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.”