From The Outside....

This is my debut Thisday cartoon in January 2008 titled “From The Outside”. It was the cartoon that I used to announce the name my back page cartoons will go by.

Why the cartoon now?

A brother and colleague, Semoore Badejo posted the following question on his Facebook timeline a few days ago:”.....If you are offered a Ministerial appointment by President Goodluck Jonathan today, will you accept?  “It attracted over 50 comments - from the ridiculous and absurd to the clever and ingenious.

My own comment falls within the ambit of the ridiculous. I wrote: “Semoore, Yes, I will accept it, because as an armchair critic, I’ve always been on the outside of the system condemning the rubbish going on inside of it. But once inside, as a minister, (and since ministers don’t do any work) I will spend precious three months to collect hard evidence of the rubbish going on inside the system. I will go public with my findings and then, citing principle and honour, resign my appointment! That way, I’ll go on record as the first minister to resign honourably!!!

Here’s my debut Thisday cartoon in January 2008 titled “From The Outside”. It was the cartoon that I used to announce the name my back page cartoons will go by. It came to my mind as I was posting this comment.”

"Do Or Die" Politics....

Towards 2015 Elections: Rent-A-Crowd

What Are We Teaching Our Children?....05

When you hear an official statement like: “We condemn the nefarious/dastardly/barbaric act.... and we’re going to bring the perpetrators (of the dastardly act) to book” and you believe them, you are doing so at your own peril. It is better you resign yourself to your fate and start licking your wounds, because, frankly, “they DON’T GIVE A DAMN”!

Serving Godfather's Self-Interest

13 PDP govs reject deputies as successors

All the 13 outgoing governors of the Peoples Democratic Party have rejected their deputies as their successors, investigations by The PUNCH have revealed.

The governors are those of Abia (Theodore Orji), Akwa Ibom(Godswill Akpabio), Bauchi (Isa Yuguda), Benue (Gabriel Suswam ), Cross River (Liyel Imoke), Delta (Emmanuel Uduaghan) and Enugu (Sulivan Chime).

Others are Jigawa (Sule Lamido), Katsina (Ibrahim Shema), Kebbi (Usman Dakingari), Niger (Babangia Aliyu), Ebonyi (Martin Elechi) and Plateau (Jonah Jang).

-Punch, November 10, 2014

http://www.punchng.com/news/13-pdp-govs-reject-deputies-as-successors/

Why They'll Get Away With It

Jonathan Gets A Free Ride From 40m Car Owners

According to Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, “the improvement in the economic situation of Nigerians based on concrete steps has led to a situation where about 40 million Nigerians are comfortable to have cars.”

Be Careful What You Wish For

What's The World Coming To?

Governance and Protocol...02