Public service. The field of elective politics. Comments.

SPEECH: The Stakes And The Imperatives by Dr @kfayemi at the @gotning Emerging Leaders Conference in Abuja #ELCAbuja http://t.co/atKjTez4Ph
— Kayode Fayemi (@kfayemi) August 30, 2014

When good & competent people refuse to engage in public service, the bad & the incompetent take their places and we all suffer for it.
— Kayode Fayemi (@kfayemi) August 30, 2014

Thus, the proposition that politics and public service are the preserve of knaves becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. #ELCAbuja
— Kayode Fayemi (@kfayemi) August 30, 2014

Our ability to execute change is entirely dependent on what we do in the field. ~ JKF #ELCAbuja
— Kayode Fayemi (@kfayemi) August 30, 2014

Elective Politics is contending for the fate of your society with the weapons of your values and ideological convictions. ~ JKF #ELCAbuja
— Kayode Fayemi (@kfayemi) August 30, 2014

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We the people. We the wonderful powerful people.

Weird MC says
"I believe in putting Africa on the map."

“Sometimes I even do stuff in my Ijebu mother tongue because it’s about pushing our culture too”

“I was heavily involved in the social media [electoral] campaign” [More]

 “not sure, but...what I know is that...If I go into politics, I’ll be hardcore, non-nonsense…" 

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Spy Story - Lagos 2014

There was a political gathering - this I know because an inexplicable number of new or newish cars of various makes and colours (Kia, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai) were parked in a neat row on the street; a few had party flags/logos inside.  Minor election, obviously.  For a major election, the cars would be black SUVs.  With armed police escorts and bulletproofing and no chance of seeing what's inside.  Anyway... 

There were spies - this I SUSPECT because across the street from the cars, I passed two youngsters fiddling with a contraption of metal and dials.  I couldn't look long enough to be sure; maybe it was safer to mind my business.  

Will elections be decided by public vote on issues and manifestos, or by the ground tactics of a few operatives?

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Ebola on top of Boko Haram

You scare yet?  I scare.  

Historically, the viral disease Ebola has killed majority of the roughly 2,000 people known to have contracted it.  There seems to be something like an experimental cure now.  We'll be ok.

Boko Haram terror continues.  The most devastating episodes have occurred in North East Nigeria, wiping out whole families, emptying out whole towns.  

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