Browsing: Mai Gaskiya

Who could have predicted that a honest man, Mai Gaskiya, had come forth? Who could have foretold that he would rule the country twice, first as a soldier, and later, as a civilian, a democrat? And who could have prognosticated that he would perhaps be the politician with the greatest crowd in the history of the country, for a long time to come?

Like Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari whose minders ingenuously chiseled out an alias: Mai Gaskiya, of out of his simple lifestyle which, unbeknownst to the generality of Nigerians, was a façade that covers gross latitude for egregious corruption by the people who surround him, America was later to find out that wrapped up inside that Cleveland shawl of “telling the truth” was the most untruthful cover-up in American history, far more scandalous than Watergate.

Even South Africa, Africa’s undoubted leading light in the economic firmament, has begun to flounder. What with the many offensive news of inappropriate conducts of officials at the commanding height of government. It was thought at a time that South Africa may join the BRIC, a categorisation of emerging economic super powers made up of Brazil, Russia, India and China. But that hope may just remain presumptive