Why should I celebrate a man that was literally handpicked by a powerful
few (US and Britain with their allies) thus negating the principle of
equity, justice and fairness. President Obama has unjustifiably
demonstrated the highest level of sentimentality in imposing Dr. Jim
Yong Kim as the 12th World Bank President. By doing this, Obama has spat
in the face of those who supported him (when all stakes where against
him) when he sought to become the first ever black-American President.
Everyone wanted a change and Obama was that change.
US and Britain
have imposed on the globe the leadership of the World Bank and the IMF
for decades. And when Ngozi came (not that I'm a particular fan of
hers), everyone earnestly wanted change except for Obama and co. Ngozi
was more qualified than the acclaimed winner, but Obama shove the idea
of excellence aside and threw antecedents into the thrash can. He
literally opposed Ngozi for reasons even a blind folks know. Ngozi is
not only black but from a developing country. Isn't it? I wish Obama
remembers his roots in the heated soil of the much aligned Kenya.
However he chose to forget so easily.
We may not have fed Obama, and
so he may not have bitten our hands like the proverbial saying of
"biting the fingers that fed you". But I bet Obama, he has not only
defaecated in a cemetery, he has touched the ghosts of Africa (after all
they think that Africa is but a dead continent with nothing to
contribute to the global economy). But these same ghosts will haunt him
soon, when the odds against his reelection heighten. I personally will
not throw in my hat for a man who has truncated the vision of the
developing economies, because that was what the candidacy of Ngozi
portended.
Obama has spat on our faces and he will learn soon.
And
I'd like to say congratulations to all truth-loving Nigerians on the
13year jail term blessing on Mr. James Ibori. What more than to say
shame on EFCC and on Nigerian judicial system.
