tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post114556411710586887..comments2016-08-22T12:00:03.978+01:00Jeremy[email protected]Blogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1145689396786885422006-04-22T08:03:00.000+01:002006-04-22T08:03:00.000+01:00Dear Ayoke,<BR/><BR/>You hit on a very important issue there - succession planning.<BR/><BR/>In the West, it is called mentoring, a positive process of grooming a protege for leadership by exploiting the protege's potential.<BR/><BR/>Our brand of mentoring is better referred to as God-fatherism (sic) where nepotism and self-interest along with the corrupt manipulation of mediocrity for excellence prepares a cabal of miscreants for the trough (looting the treasury).<BR/><BR/>It is not helped by the fact that our parents did so well in the building blocks of our education but quite badly in the end-game of retirement planning.<BR/><BR/>This feeds into the grab-all mentality that pervades the lack of life-long mentoring where public service is supposed to be good, integrity is important and honesty is a given.<BR/><BR/>We end up being trained with great skills but no virtues or values - it is the failing our polity that people in leadership subscribe to the hubris of unassailability vegetating into eternal incumbency. [1]<BR/><BR/>Reference<BR/>[1] <A HREF="http://akin.blog-city.com/the_indulgence_of_incumbency.htm" REL="nofollow"> The Indulgence of incumbency</A>Akinhttp://akin.blog-city.com[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1145635175893149682006-04-21T16:59:00.000+01:002006-04-21T16:59:00.000+01:00Mswati... handsome for nothing. All over Swaziland, you're confronted with WFP (World Food Programme) posters. Yet, this dude just sits everyday waiting for the next reed dance. Our continent and its bunch of jokers. They accomplish great strides and turn back to trample upon their very successes. 1st on the ladder: our mighty Mugabe. Who can help me beg Baba not to follow this accursed path? He has done well but I've always believed that the hallmark of an incumbent is training a good successor. By not doing this, Baba has allowed some bunch of no-gooders get cheap publicity. Anyway, that's a story for another day. For now, I'll bask in the euphoria of today's joy. Hopefully, it won't become an agony tomorrow.ayoke[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1145620520615214502006-04-21T12:55:00.000+01:002006-04-21T12:55:00.000+01:00Between King Mswati III of Swaziland and King (third term bought and paid for) Obasanjo I of Nigeria, I wonder who is the bigger spendthrift.<BR/><BR/>We earn international praise and swander the goodwill for more opprobrium.Akinhttp://akin.blog-city.com[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1145618188224027092006-04-21T12:16:00.000+01:002006-04-21T12:16:00.000+01:00ha ha! good news, n'est pas? been celebrating all day till someone in my office burst my balloon and said Baba is going to use the money we should be using to service the debt to settle National Assembly members !ayoke[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1145567017059995402006-04-20T22:03:00.000+01:002006-04-20T22:03:00.000+01:00"...removal from FATF..." is excellent news however "..allow Nigerian-issued Mastercards (and the new Visa card soon to take over from ValuCard) to be used abroad.." is another matter upon which I would not like to comment...the flying monkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00294875520555839146[email protected]