Nigeria: Okonjo-Iweala - the Pot, the Kettle

12 June 2014

WE salute the Nigerian spirit - the spirit of enterprise. It is the spirit that rewards excellence and punishes indolence. We have seen the Nigerian team in a football match with another country on our home ground. In the beginning, Nigerians applauded their team to the high heavens but as soon as the Nigerian team fell into goal deficit, Nigerians switched their support to the visiting team and at the very height of their disappointment, they even started hurling stones at the Nigerian players.

This is instructive for Nigerian politicians. In his opening address to the 52nd Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on August 28, 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan informed the gathering of learned gentlemen that he was "the most criticized President in the world".

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