Africa Is Being Governed By Incompetent Leaders | PLO Lumumba
Summary
TLDRCe discours passionné aborde la question cruciale de la leadership et du suivisme en Afrique postcoloniale, divisée en 55 pays avec des frontières imposées. Il évoque les grands espoirs placés dans cette 'Berceau de l'humanité', mais aussi la déception face à ses performances insuffisantes. Le texte cite des leaders africains inspirants et souligne la nécessité d'un leadership authentique, basé sur le service et le sacrifice, plutôt que sur l'émulation de modèles coloniaux. Il appelle à un renouveau de la leadership et du suivisme éclairés pour que l'Afrique puisse réaliser son potentiel, en s'unissant contre les divisions ethniques et religieuses, et en écartant l'influence néocoloniale.
Takeaways
- 🌍 Le leadership et le suivisme en Afrique postcoloniale sont critiques, avec 55 pays divisés par des frontières imposées.
- 📚 L'Afrique est souvent décrite comme étant à la fois le berceau de l'humanité et un continent avec de grandes attentes mais qui sous-performe.
- 🕵️ L'indépendance a été marquée par des discours inspirants de leaders africains, promettant un avenir prospère et libéré de la pauvreté et du tribalisme.
- 🔍 Il y a une déception générale envers les dirigeants africains, avec un sentiment que les attentes initiales de progrès et de bonheur ne sont pas encore remplies.
- 🗣️ L'Afrique doit se confronter à des questions difficiles sur l'absence de progrès malgré la présence de leaders et l'héritage colonial.
- 🤔 Le leadership est défini comme un service et un honneur, et non simplement l'occupation d'un poste élevé.
- 👥 L'Afrique a besoin d'un leadership qui s'engage à servir et non à être servi, avec une conscience des responsabilités envers les citoyens.
- 🏛️ Les dirigeants africains doivent s'inspirer de l'histoire et de leaders comme Nelson Mandela, Julius Nyerere et Kenneth Kaunda, qui ont servi avec intégrité.
- 🌐 L'Afrique doit surmonter les influences néocoloniales et les divisions ethniques et religieuses pour construire des nations unies et prospères.
- 📈 L'éducation et la formation des citoyens sont essentielles pour créer une base de suivisme éclairé et responsable.
- 🌱 Pour que l'Afrique réalise son potentiel, il est crucial de dépasser les divisions et de promouvoir l'unité, l'éducation et le leadership altruiste.
Q & A
Quel est le thème principal abordé dans le discours concernant l'Afrique postcoloniale ?
-Le thème principal du discours est la question critique de la leadership et du suivisme (followership) en Afrique postcoloniale, et comment ces éléments affectent le développement et la position de l'Afrique sur la scène mondiale.
Quels sont les éléments clés que l'orateur mentionne pour définir l'Afrique ?
-L'Afrique est décrite comme étant la Berceau de l'humanité, ayant de grandes perspectives et des attentes élevées, mais qui continue de ne pas atteindre son potentiel, avec 55 pays et des frontières imposées par la colonisation.
Quel livre est引用 dans le discours et quel est son lien avec la situation de l'Afrique ?
-Le livre 'A Tale of Two Cities' est引用 dans le discours pour illustrer la dichotomie entre les opportunités et les défis que connaît l'Afrique, similaire aux descriptions du meilleur et du pire des temps dans le livre.
Quels sont les mots d'un leader africain mentionnés dans le discours et comment ils sont-ils perçus par les jeunes ?
-L'orateur mentionne des mots d'leaders africains tels que Nnamdi Azikiwe et d'autres, qui étaient perçus par les jeunes comme des Messias capables de réaliser des miracles et de les libérer de la pauvreté et des clivages ethniques.
Quels sont les sentiments d'inadéquation exprimés par les gens envers leurs leaders après l'indépendance ?
-Les gens expriment un sentiment de déception et de regret, disant que 'c'était mieux en attendant', indiquant que la situation n'a pas amélioré malgré l'indépendance et que les leaders n'ont pas tenu leurs promesses.
Quel auteur nigérian est mentionné dans le discours et quel est son point de vue sur le leadership ?
-L'auteur Chinua Achebe est mentionné, qui a écrit un livre intitulé 'The Trouble with Nigeria', dans lequel il soutient que les problèmes du Nigeria sont principalement dus à la question de leadership.
Quels sont les défis auxquels l'Afrique fait face selon le discours ?
-Selon le discours, l'Afrique fait face à des défis tels que la dépendance économique, l'absence de confiance dans les institutions et les systèmes éducatifs, et un manque de leadership capable de réaliser le potentiel du continent.
Quelle est la perspective de l'orateur sur les réunions internationales telles que le G7 et le G20 en ce qui concerne la représentation africaine ?
-L'orateur souligne que les dirigeants africains ne sont pas représentés aux réunions du G7 et du G20, ce qui illustre la faiblesse de la leadership africaine à l'échelle internationale.
Quelle est la définition de leadership selon l'orateur ?
-Selon l'orateur, le leadership est davantage une question de service, d'honneur et de privilège pour servir, et non simplement l'occupation d'un poste élevé ou le bénéfice matériel.
Quels sont les changements que l'orateur souhaite voir dans le leadership et le suivisme en Afrique ?
-L'orateur souhaite voir un leadership éclairé et altruiste, ainsi qu'un suivisme conscient et critique, capable de demander des comptes et de s'opposer aux politiques de division ethnique et religieuse.
Quel exemple historique est donné pour illustrer le leadership altruiste en Afrique ?
-L'orateur mentionne des leaders tels que Kenneth Kaunda et Julius Nyerere, qui ont quitté leur office avec peu d'argent, démontrant leur altruisme et leur service désintéressé à la population.
Outlines
🌍 La question de la leadership et du suivisme en Afrique postcoloniale
Le paragraphe aborde la question complexe de la leadership et du suivisme en Afrique postcoloniale, divisée en 55 pays avec des frontières imposées. L'Afrique, considérée comme le berceau de l'humanité et pleine de potentialités, n'a pas atteint ses aspirations. L'auteur fait référence à 'A Tale of Two Cities' pour décrire la situation contradictoire de l'Afrique contemporaine. Il évoque les souvenirs des dirigeants africains et des promesses faites lors de la rééducation de l'indépendance, soulignant le sentiment d'espoir et de désespoir qui prévaut aujourd'hui.
😔 Le sentiment de déception par rapport aux attentes de leadership
Ce paragraphe exprime la déception générale envers les dirigeants africains, qui malgré leurs positions élevées, ne semblent pas répondre aux défis majeurs. L'auteur mentionne le livre 'We Could' de Chinua Achebe, qui déclare que le problème avec le Nigéria est la leadership. Il pose des questions difficiles sur l'inaptitude de l'Afrique à se nourrir elle-même, à avoir confiance en ses institutions et à contrôler son propre destin économique et politique, et sur la dépendance persistante vis-à-vis des anciens colonisateurs.
🏛️ L'absence de leadership africaine sur la scène internationale
Le texte critique l'absence des dirigeants africains dans les forums mondiaux importants tels que le G7 et le G20, et la faiblesse de leur voix aux Nations Unies. Il souligne la dépendance des dirigeants africains sur les convoitises des puissances mondiales et interroge l'authenticité de la leadership en Afrique, mettant en doute si le leadership est réellement l'occupation d'un poste ou une position de service et d'honneur.
🕊️ La quête de leadership authentique et le rôle des dirigeants traditionnels
Dans ce paragraphe, l'auteur réfléchit sur la signification du leadership en Afrique, en se demandant si les dirigeants traditionnels et les structures héritées des colonisateurs sont en mesure de répondre aux besoins actuels. Il cite John Hendricks Clark, qui déclare que l'Afrique ne réussira pas par l'imitation des anciens modes de leadership coloniaux, et appelle à une réévaluation de l'état du leadership en Afrique.
🔍 L'importance de la stabilité du Nigeria pour l'Afrique
L'auteur insiste sur l'importance du Nigeria pour la paix et la stabilité en Afrique, soulignant que la stabilité du Nigeria est essentielle pour la paix de l'Afrique. Il décrit le Nigeria comme un pays divers et talentueux, mais qui n'a pas atteint son plein potentiel économique et social. Il appelle à une meilleure compréhension de l'histoire et du leadership pour surmonter les défis actuels.
👥 Le leadership et l'unité intergénérationnelle en Afrique
Ce paragraphe célèbre les dirigeants africains de l'époque de l'indépendance qui ont lutté contre le colonialisme et ont marqué l'histoire. Il souligne l'importance de l'unité et du leadership intergénérationnel pour surmonter les défis et réaliser le potentiel de l'Afrique, tout en reconnaissant que les efforts antérieurs ont été faits pour libérer l'Afrique des chaînes coloniales.
🌐 L'influence néo-coloniale et la souveraineté de la leadership africaine
L'auteur discute de l'influence néo-coloniale des anciens colonisateurs et de la création d'institutions comme le Commonwealth des Nations et la francophonie pour maintenir un contrôle sur les anciennes colonies. Il appelle à la liberté des dirigeants africains de toute influence étrangère et à la nécessité de leadership dans un environnement multi-ethnique, soulignant l'importance de l'unité nationale au-delà des différences tribales.
🗳️ Le rôle de l'éducation et du suivisme éclairé dans le leadership africain
Ce paragraphe traite de l'importance de l'éducation et d'un suivisme éclairé pour le développement et la réussite du leadership en Afrique. Il critique la délégation de l'éducation aux organisations non gouvernementales et aux groupes de la société civile financés par des puissances étrangères, et appelle à la création d'un suivisme capable de tenir compte et de questionner les dirigeants.
🌱 Le leadership et l'unité nécessaires pour la croissance en Afrique
L'auteur insiste sur le besoin d'un leadership uni et de l'unité nationale pour la croissance et la réalisation du potentiel de l'Afrique. Il dénonce la politique fondée sur l'argent et la division des peuples沿着种族和 religieux. Il cite l'exemple de Mahatma Gandhi pour appeler à la tolérance religieuse et à l'unité, et appelle à l'élimination des spectres de la pauvreté, de l'ignorance et de l'étroitesse d'esprit.
🕊️ L'héritage et l'impact du leadership: l'exemple de Dr. Saraki
Dans ce paragraphe, l'auteur rend hommage au leadership et au service du Dr. Saraki, un homme de grande stature qui a laissé un héritage positif. Il souligne que le véritable leadership est évalué par les actions et les réalisations qui ont un impact durable, et appelle à une réflexion sur la manière dont les dirigeants actuels et futurs serviront leur peuple et contribueront à l'Afrique.
📜 L'engagement envers les valeurs et la responsabilité du leadership
Le dernier paragraphe appelle à un engagement solennel pour incarner l'esprit de Saraki et ses valeurs de leadership, de service et de bienfait. Il encourage les dirigeants à être des serviteurs de leur peuple et à agir dans l'intérêt de l'humanité, en se rappelant que l'histoire jugera leurs actions et qu'il est essentiel de ne pas induire en erreur les gens mais de les éclairer et de les unir.
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Keywords
💡Leadership
💡Followership
💡Postcolonial Africa
💡Independence
💡Cradle of Mankind
💡Neocolonialism
💡Unity
💡Ethnicity
💡Service
💡Enlightened Followership
Highlights
The critical question of leadership and followership in postcolonial Africa, divided into 55 countries with imposed boundaries.
Africa's reputation as the Cradle of mankind with great prospects yet underperforming.
The disappointment with leaders at all levels and the sense of 'it was better while we waited'.
The late Chinua Achebe's view that Nigeria's problem is a problem of leadership.
Africa's inability to feed itself and lack of faith in its institutions 60 years post-independence.
The absence of African leaders in global platforms like the G7 and G20.
Leadership defined as service, honor, and privilege to serve, not just the occupation of office.
The historical context of leadership in Africa before colonial disruption.
John Henrik Clarke's assertion that mimicry of colonial leadership will not lead to African success.
The state of unrest and instability in various African countries as a sign of leadership deficit.
The importance of Nigeria's stability for the stability of Africa due to its size and influence.
The need for leaders to be free from external influences and to serve the people's interests.
The artificial nature of African countries as a result of colonial boundaries.
Samora Moises Marshall's belief that the tribe must die for the nation to thrive.
The role of an enlightened followership in holding leaders accountable and demanding progress.
The impact of external funding on education and civic activities shaping followership outside of African interests.
The necessity to move beyond politics of money to politics of ideas for Africa's growth.
The story of a shepherd illustrating the difference between leading humans and animals, emphasizing the responsibility of leaders.
The American Declaration of Independence's principles applied to the duty of people to change ineffective governments.
A call to imbibe the spirit of the late Dr. Saraki to serve and unite Nigeria and Africa.
Transcripts
on the critical question of leadership
in Africa
and the critical question of
followership in Africa
and the Africa that I talk about is the
postcolonial Africa
the Africa
which is now divided into 55 countries
with 55 boundaries
imposed on her
an Africa
which is famous
as the Cradle of mankind
an Africa
which is said to be great in prospects
and Africa about which
there is much expectation
but on Africa which continues to punch
below her weight that is the Africa that
I will be talking about as I focus
on the question of leadership
and followership
as I think about that Africa and her
leadership and fellowship
and I think about her often as all of us
should
the words of a book that I read as a
youngster
come to mind
and any one of us
who had the opportunity of reading the
book A Tale of Two Cities
will remember
this word
it was the time
the best of times
and the worst of times
it was the age
of wisdom
on the age of foolishness
it was the epoch of belief
and the epoch of incredulity
it was the season of light
and the season of Darkness
it was the spring of Hope
and the winter of despair
those words
Define the mother continent as we live
in heart today
those who commentate about the continent
never tired to say
that this is a great continent
those who care about this continent
never tired to remember
that this continent divided our shears
has had many leaders
and when I allow my mind
to go down memory lane
I can remember so very vividly
The Immortal words
of many great African leaders
on the eve of our regaining our
independence
and many of us can see pictures
of young Africans
whether in Nigeria
or Ghana
or Algeria
or Kenya
or Tanzania
celebrating when we regained our
independence
and many of us can remember
the words that they spoke and the
promises that they made
if it was in Nigeria here
you can remember the immortal words
about what they would do to Nigeria of
namdi aziki where you can remember those
words
you can remember the words
you can remember the promises he made
you can remember the erudite words of
the Southern
and the promises he made
and many others
when they spoke then
those who are young
soy in them
the similitude of Moses in the Bible
they thought of their leaders and saw
their leaders
as Messiahs
who would bedazzled Latter-Day pharaohs
with miracles
who would liberate them from the Egypt
of poverty and one
who would cost
pillars of fire to stand between them
and sorrow and one
who would park the Red Seas of tribalism
and ethnicity
who in times of hunger would summon
Manner and quail from heaven
that is what they thought of their
leaders Messiahs
but today permit me to say
in many African countries they are
saying it was better while we waited
it was better while we waited
there is a sense in which throughout the
continent of Africa
there has been disappointment with
leaders at all levels
so that when on the eve of Independence
we wanted to come home
now that we regained independence
we never started to see images of our
young men and women
dying in the Sahara
dying in the Mediterranean Sea
being humiliated at the embassies of the
earthwild colonizers
as they seek to leave our countries and
the continent
it was better while we waited they said
which begs the question what happened
and what is happening
that we have so many individuals
who occupy positions of leadership
and yet the biggest deficit is that of
leadership in Africa
you know
in 1983
your own country man
the late China
wrote a little book
we could which he could well have been
writing about Africa but he focused on
Nigeria
the travel with Nigeria
and chinwa without mincing words
says
the trouble with Nigeria is simply and
squarely a problem of leadership
whether you agree or disagree with the
chinois that is another debate
but he had his perspective
and he was asking a question that we
continue to ask about the continent of
Africa
why is it
that while on average
60 years
after we regained independence
the 55 countries that constitute the
continent of Africa
why is it
that we cannot feed ourselves
why is it
that we have no faith in our
institutions we have no faith in our
hostels
why is it that we have no faith in our
education systems
why is that
that we have no faith in our abilities
why is it
where has the leadership been
why is it
that so many years
while politics becomes the toy that
lulls us into a false sense of security
our economies are controlled by people
from other civilizations
why is it
these are uncomfortable questions
which we must pose and confront and
answer if the mother continent is to
realize our potential
why is it
that the mother continent is ever so
negatively attractive to other
civilizations
you know
as I talk about leadership
and as I think about leadership
and I think about lead what leaders are
enjoying to do I think about this mother
continent
and many times
I see how our men and women in positions
of leadership are being treated by other
civilization and I said oh God where are
our leaders
when the world congregates
under the G7
there are no African leaders there
the best they can do is to invite one or
two
and Beyond the fourth opportunity they
are told to go away and go away they do
when there is a meeting of the G20
it is the same thing
there is no African leader there
and when at the United Nations they have
voted all our countries
France the United States
China
Russia can come and neutralize all our
votes and I say where are the leaders in
Africa
and as You observe African leadership
today
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they are summoned by different leaders
in the world
if the Japanese do not summon them to
Tokyo under uncle
the Indians are summoning them to New
Delhi and if the Indians are not
summoning them
the talks are summoning them and if the
attacks are not summoning them the
Chinese are summoning them in the next
two years two weeks they will have been
summoned to the United States of America
summoned are used
Africans who are watching this scenario
ask
where are our leaders
which begs the question who is the
leader
is leadership the occupation of office
is leadership the occupation of the
Office of the President
is it the occupation of the office of a
senator or a member of Parliament
or the occupation of these high sounding
positions which gives us honorifics
is that what leadership is
from where I sit that is pseudo
leadership
from where I sit leadership is about
service
leadership is about honor and privilege
to serve
that is why I still understand the men
of all the men of wisdom who said
he who is the greatest amongst you must
be your servant
this is what Africa is asking for
and Africa has been asking this question
since she regained our independence
you know
when one is talking about leadership in
Africa
one must go into history
and ask ourselves
what was leadership before we were
rudely disrupted
we are our traditional rulers
how did they govern
for whose benefit did they govern
they are still there the traditional
rulers
how do they fit in in the new
dispensation
when we regained independence
and adopted all these structures from
the earth while colonizer
what did we expect to deliver
that great American Pan African
pan-africanist John Hendricks Clark
says that when Africans regained their
independence not a single one of them
re-examine the style of leadership all
of them continued with a mimicry of the
leadership that they inherited from the
colonizer and he then delivers this
verdict not a single African country
will ever succeed by mimicry and I want
to submit to you that whether one agrees
or disagrees with John Henry Clark
one
must look at Africa in order to ask
ourselves what is the state of
leadership in Africa and permit me to
run you across the continent of Africa
and you will see a continent that is not
at ease
the continent is not at ease because the
continent is suffering from a deficit of
leadership
look at Africa today
tell me whether we are at ease in Asia
tell me whether Mali is settled
tell me whether there is quiet and calm
in charge
tell me whether Guinea bissau is doing
well
tell me whether the cameroons are stable
tell me whether Central African Republic
is good tell me whether Sudan South
Sudan Somalia Ethiopia Northern
Mozambique so and all these countries
where there is peace and quiet whether
the Sons and Daughters of this country
tell me whether even this great Nigeria
is that he is tell me
the answer is she is not
and I dare say that as long as Nigeria
is not at ease Africa will never be at
ease
if Africa wants to be at ease Africa
Nigeria must be at ease
cheese
the largest economy in Africa
she has the population of over nearly
200 million people
one in every African is a Nigerian
she is represented in every sector if
you want the best engineers in the
continent they are Nigerians
if you want the best doctors they are
Nigerians if you want good lawyers they
are Nigerians if you want good people
they are Nigerians but also if you want
Yahoo boys they are Nigerians
Nigeria
is a great country
a friend of mine once told me
that if you go to any part of the world
and you do not find a Nigeria leave that
place
because there is nothing to do there
Nigerians are present everywhere in the
world everywhere in Africa and Nigeria
I'm told is a 500 billion dollar economy
never ever be proud of that Nigerians
this is an economy that should at least
be a four trillion dollar GDP economy
whenever you reach that level then I'll
say Nigeria is doing the right thing all
the ingredients are there the question
is
why is it that she is not realizing our
potential when we talk about leadership
we must ask ourselves why is it that
despite the best intention of the best
of us
we do not gate and gain what we desire
you know
I said
that when you look at Africa
and Leadership
you must go back to history
and you ask yourself what the leadership
is
and we have looked at Africa that is not
at his
but yet there is a sense in which Africa
has had and continues to have men and
women every now
I remember
courtesy of History
when Africa
was struggling for our independence
I can remember
that great meeting
in Manchester in the United States of
America
the pan-african meeting
and history tells me that Nigeria was
there she forbid me away was there in
1945
and I can still remember his word spoken
about African Unity
I remember that Ghana's Kwame nkrumah
was there
and then we remember
how they came back to the continent to
lead the continent
and I am still wondering how in those
days
without the benefit of the internet
without the benefit of all means of
communication that we now have today
that those men and women who are able to
govern and to Galvanize the attention of
the continent of Africa for the sake of
Africa they were there
throughout
but even prior to that I can still
remember another great African talking
about leading Africa out of our state
the Great South African pixlica
in 1906 in Colombia in the United States
of America say Africa must be
regenerated
when all these things happened
they were leaders in Africa at that time
and their mandate was cut out for them
their mandate was to ensure that we
broke the colonial chains and we did
I remember
and many of you here
courtesy of History will remember many
Africans at that time and if I name them
you will agree with me that they were
leaders
how many of you in this assembly will
not remember Marcus Garvey
and say that he was the leader how many
of you here will not remember Julius
nyerere and not say that he was a leader
how many of you will remember kawunda a
milka Cabral Samora Moises Marshall
Augustine
and many others and remember that they
were leaders who did not want to occupy
political space because of material
aggrandizement
they denied themselves
I saw very fondly remember that when
Kenneth David kawunda left office it was
said of him that the only amount of
money he had in his account was the
equivalent of five thousand dollars
that is what your current politician
eats for breakfast
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I can remember when Julius kambarage
left office after 24 years the only
amount of money that he had in his
account was the equivalent of 8 000
United States dollars that is what your
current politician uses for a single
visit to a gymnasium
there were leaders who are selfless
they understood that it was an honor and
privilege they sacrificed their lives
they saw the oppositions of leadership
as that of leading their Brethren they
did not think that they were superior to
the people they LED they thought it was
a privilege and that they are the owner
and that because they are that honor
then they had to serve their Leaders
with distinction with consistency they
were prepared to be questioned they did
not believe that they are the Monopoly
of knowledge and wisdom they were
leaders because they were servants
you know
I can still remember
Julius kambarage
speaking on the sixth day of March
1997 in Accra Ghana on the occasion of
the 40th anniversary of the independence
of Ghana
under the subject without Unity Africa
has no future
recounts the history of Africa
he says
when we rose up
against the colonialists
our agenda was cut out for us
we the Africans had been humiliated in
our online
our people had been denied the
opportunity to realize their potential I
was Monday it was one
to expel the colonizer
we did our best
we made our mistakes but who said we
were infallible
this struggle is an intergenerational
struggle
the Next Generation after us had the
duty to pick up the Baton and to run the
next leg the question is
did that generation pick up the Baton
have they run the leg well the answer
not as well as they should have because
we must never make the mistake of
assuming that African leaders have done
nothing no that would be too harsh
I think attempts have been made whether
in Nigeria or in different parts of
Africa
to liberate ourselves from the chains
and Sorrows of the colonial project
but remember as Kwame once said
the colonialists never left
he is alive and well
he still wears different masks
and those masks
may appear to camouflage him but they
are here
have you ever wondered
why
when the British left their colonies
they created something that they called
The Commonwealth of Nations
to which Nigeria belongs
in that Commonwealth of Nations
they had is the British monarch
when the queen dies
the king becomes its head
it is headquartered in London
it is the Commonwealth of independent
and free Nations it is not
it is a post-colonial
neo-colonial Institution
which continues to massage
the ego of the Earth's collar last while
colonizer as we celebrate
through such institutions they continue
to control and to manipulate us
and many of us particularly those of us
who have had the advantage of foreign
education we never want to talk ill of
bodies such as the Commonwealth I do
foreign
the British who did it the French did it
under francophony
in order to control their former
colonies and to make sure that they
remain within their sphere of influence
they created a body
which is alive and well
in the former French colonies is even
worse
they even print the occurrence
the Portuguese did it
so in as much as African leaders have
been trying to ensure that we change the
circumstances of our people there have
been external attempts as torpedoing
those efforts and Africa and African
leadership must be seen in those
contexts there are those in many African
countries who have allowed themselves to
be acolytes of the neocolonizers
and to the detriment of the continent of
Africa so when we interrogate leadership
we must ask ourselves how free are our
leaders
how free are our politicians from
external influence but that is that an
excuse no
it cannot be an excuse
leaders
in a multi-ethnic environment must also
be different
you know Nigeria
as China rightly said
like all African countries is an
artificial entity
chinois says in his book The tribal the
trouble with Nigeria
that there is nothing
comparable
to how the European nations were created
there is no Nigerian China versus
in the same way as there is a Danish
or a Swedish or a Norwegian
Nigerian Nigeria is a unique state
with many states
the same is true of Kenya
the same is true of Ghana Nigeria
possibly has far over 500 Nations within
her
Tanzania 136 the Democratic Republic of
Congo 306 Kenya 42
Uganda 56.
in order to be a leader in such
countries those who have the honor and
privilege
must be men and women who are prepared
to ensure
that they weld the bonds amongst those
people
as Samora Moises Marshall said if the
post-colonial African country is to
succeed the tribe Must Die
and the tribe must die because if the
tribe does not die then the new nation
will never Thrive and I did not
understand Samora Moises martial to say
that he should stop being a Yoruba no I
did not understand to say that him to
say that he should stop being achieved
or to stop being uneven
you know those are cultural mosaics
which when put together Mecca Nations
beautiful and strong
but what does
what do we do in most of Africa
we use those cultural differences to
divide the people
we use those cultural differences to
reinforce and review go forces and
therefore threaten the very nation which
we want to serve I am telling all of us
who are present here and many of you who
are present in this assembly who are
honored and respected and claimed to be
leaders that you have a duty to ensure
that you are in front in order to serve
and not to be served
but ladies and gentlemen
let us also ask ourselves about
followership
you know
as a young student and many of us who
are young students it was the culture
when you are in your first year of
studies that you must be a revolutionary
and a revolutionary in the style of Karl
Marx
and therefore you would say Walkers of
the World Unite you have nothing to lose
but you have changed all of us
were revolutionaries
and we used to say then that the safety
of the Bourgeois demands that the
proletariat be kept in the most profound
ignorance we were revolutionaries
who is the leader
is he a leader who allows meta ignorance
to reign supreme amongst the people he
or she is leading
is it the duty of a leader to ensure
that he leads men and women who are
enlightened men and women who can
question what he or she is doing
I'm suggesting to us the true and
sustainable leadership also requires
that you have a followership that is
enlightened a followership that calls
you to account a followership that is
going to make demands of you a
followership that when you say that you
are going to improve the quality of
their food they do not believe that
agriculture stops on that day but they
believe that agriculture must be
intensified and the technology must be
used
a followership which knows that when you
say you are going to deliver heaven on
Earth they know that that is merely an
advertisement that you are incapable of
delivering Heaven on Earth
a followership that knows that when you
are promising to do things within a
hundred days which ordinarily can only
be done in five years they know that you
are a liar a follower ship that is
capable of discerning that when you
speak things there are many variables
and it is the duty of a leadership to
ensure that such a leadership is indeed
created
what do African leaders do
African leaders
in many African countries
have now assigned
the question of Education the educating
their followers to ngos and cbos which
are financed by the Americans which are
financed by the Europeans which are
financed by other civilization how do
you think how do you imagine that the
people of Denmark would have the
interest of Nigeria at their heart
how are you satisfied
that all those civic education
activities that are being undertaken in
Borno in my degree or in abeokuta
financed by usid are meant to be for the
benefit of Nigeria because the last time
I checked the English used to say he who
pays the FIFA calls the tune
so today
when you look at most of Africa we have
a followership that is tuned from
outside
it is not a followership that is tuned
from inside
and you wonder why they behave the way
they do they behave the way they do
because they are being tuned by other
civilization
three years ago
an old friend of mine
now gone to be the Lord
was engaged in a conversation with me
and I was complaining about the
leadership and he told me I hear you
young man
you're always complaining about
leadership in Africa and other parts but
have you ever wondered
about the followership
says you are complaining about the
windmill
but do you have a bother about the wind
is it not the case that the windmill
follows the wind
I'm suggesting to you that Africa will
never realize the potential as long as
the critical mass of our people I must
in sorrow and one to
what I am suggesting to you
that Africa is not going to grow
as long as you who are in positions of
leadership as perfect have perfected the
Arts
of appealing to the stomachs rather than
the minds of the men and women that you
lead
I'm suggesting to you
that Africa is not going to realize
their potential as long as we continue
to conduct the politics of money and
money bugs not the politics of ideas
I'm suggesting to you that Africa is
never going to realize our potential as
long as we are dividing our people along
ethnic lines I'm suggesting to you I'm
suggesting to you that as long as you
who are in positions of honor and
privilege are in the business of
dividing our people on the basis of
religion Africa is not going to realize
our potential
I remember in 1982 I watched a movie
about Mahatma Gandhi and I remember that
great man
sang in one of the scenes in the movie
that he remembers one day
when somebody who was more enlightened
than the other preachers came
and he said that on that day
he saw that preacher reading from the
Muslim Quran on to the Christian Bible
on to the Jewish Torah on to the
hindu-gita and on to incantation in
African religion as if it did not matter
which book was being read as long as God
was being worshiped
I look forward to the day when those of
you who are in positions of leadership
will be able to tell our people wherever
they are in Nigeria or Africa that it is
not for us to fight for God if I have a
God for whom I have to fight for that is
not a god
the God that I worship finds for me
and if we accept that that is the nature
of God that is omnipresent omniscient
and he knows all then we are going to
unite our people in other words I'm
saying that if we are going to have a
followership that is going to change the
continent of Africa we have got to
exercise the ghost of ethnicity
we have got to exercise the gods of
ignorance we have got to exercise the
ghost of poverty we have got to exercise
the ghost of narrow-mindedness
fellow Africans
fellow Nigerians
it is still true
that everything fails
and falls
on leadership
it is true
that we man
and women
are in unique positions
Abu Bakr
or Lucilla
saraki
was present on this Earth
like all of us
he had his coming
and he's going
today we are gathered here
to remember him
because
South Sudan's John garang dimabio once
said
as you walk the Journey of life
there are two baskets
that you fill by your words and deeds
whether wittingly or unwittingly
the basket of Good Deeds
and the basket of bodies
and then at the end of it all
when we weigh those baskets Let It Be
Sad of you that the basket of Good Deeds
outweighs the basket of bodies
it would appear to me
that the late Dr saraki's basket of Good
Deeds
far outweighs his basket of bodies
and that is why we can say without
flinching and without equivocation
that he was a Colossus
that is why you call him fondly by the
Monika or lawyer
that is why you are gathered here on a
Monday morning to pay homage to him
now I can see saraki upstairs
through imagination
I can see him asking us who we are
present here today oh dear Nigerians
it is 10 years since I left you
where are the leaders
I can see saraki
asking the president of this country how
have you served Mr President
I can hear him ask the vice president
how have you served
I can hear him asking the Senators how
have you served
I can hear him asking the members of the
House of Assembly how have you served I
can hear him asking the governors how
have you served
as to how they have served that is not
for me to say
it is for them to say
but I can also hear the great saraki
asking the Nigerian how have you been
sir
have they given you food I can hear him
ask
have they given you Fearless
have they given you electricity I hear
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as to whether they have been well served
it is not for me to say it is for them
to say in other words the great saraki
is asking both leaders and the LED have
you demanded and have you served
and the leadership that I hear him the
great saraki asking of us is our
leadership where we are united
not the unity of the graveyard whose
lingua Franca is silence no
it is the unity of those who are seeking
to do good
those who are seeking to do good those
who will ask with the firmness that will
open their eyes of the leader without
inflaming their anger I can hear it
being said
you know as I conclude
I remember this story
a story that must be known to you
is a story about leadership
which must be contradistinguished from
Human leadership
is the story of a shepherd
or the story
of a poultry farmer
but I'll start with the story of a
shepherd
many of us
from the north are famed for cattle
keeping
and when you are driving the cattle
through different grazing grounds
the cattle believed that you love them
so much
because you protect them from the
elements
because you protect them from other wild
animals
but if the cattle were to know that you
are the one who would end up eating them
they will treat you very differently
invariably they do not know
and therefore you will continue
controlling them the way you do and
you'll continue eating them the way you
do
but it is a totally different case when
you are leading human beings
they are not like cattle
you may lead them in a particular
direction
you may think that you have lulled them
into a false sense of security you may
think that you have
deadened their minds but always remember
that one day if you don't do that which
is good and right for your fellow man
there is the Day of Reckoning there is a
Day of Reckoning and history as
demonstrated that it can come in the
twinkling of an eye history has
demonstrated that Kings have been
toppled history has demonstrated that
presidents have been removed history has
demonstrated that great men have been
cut down history has demonstrated that
men can rise when they are misled
history has demonstrated that men are
indeed capable of rising up you know
I always read these words of the
American Declaration of Independence
because I love them they apply to
humanity before America became what it
is they had enlightened man we hold this
truths to be self-evident that all men
are born equal that they are endowed by
their creator with satna and aliyana
bride that among those are life liberty
and the pursuit of happiness and is for
this reason that governments are
instituted amongst men and that when
those governments fail to perform it is
the duty of those people to rise up and
to remove such governments
foreign
I am submitting to us that we in the
continent of Africa you who have the
honor and privilege of serving you who
worked and served under the tutelage of
a lawyer today let us take a solemn vow
let us take a solemn vow that we are not
simply here to memorialize him
we are not simply here to remember the
good deeds that he did we are not simply
here to repeat the things that he did
that we have come here to imbive the
spirit of alloy we have come here to
have a little saraki in us so that
saraki the good politician
saraki the philanthropist saraki the
servant saraki the doctor saraki the
business can leave a little in us so
that when we go home so that when in the
month of February Nigeria I will be
electing its leaders it may be said that
there was a saraki and that good men and
women Rose and good men and women came
out to vote and the best man did God
bless
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