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Sunday 12 December 2010

Lessons from Cote d'Ivoire

GUEST WRITER          (VIEWPOINT)
 By Kingsley Omose
Gbagbo & Ouattara
There are valuable lessons in Nigeria for those who have chosen to hire out their pens to fan the embers of sectionalism in the election of the next president, from the unfolding developments in Cote d'Ivoire were elections were recently fought out on the basis of ethnic and religious differences.

For those who have been following the news coming out from the world's largest producer of cocoa, shocking is an understatement to describe a situation where both Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Quattara are both claiming to have won the recent run-off of the Cote d'Ivoire
presidential elections.

While the electoral commission declared Alassane Quattara, who is from the northern part of Cote d'Ivoire as the winner of the presidential run-off election, the Constitutional Council charged with the responsibility of certifying the results of the election declared Laurent Gbagbo from the south as winner.

This has left Cote d'Ivoire delicately poised for an implosion that will again pitch people from the north against those from the south, and that is likely to dwarf the earlier carnage that followed the last elections which effectively divided the country into two halves after a civil war.

I make bold to say that unless an amicable solution can be found to the political impasse developing in Cote d'Ivoire, the slaughter of thousand of Kenyans that followed the announcement of results after the last presidential elections will be child's play when the forces
of destruction unleash themselves.

Although the United Nations, the American and French governments and ECOWAS have called on Laurent Gbagbo to respect the results of the election as announced by the electoral commission, he remains defiant and is holed up in the presidential villa claiming he won the
elections.

Laurent Gbagbo's defiance is impliedly predicated on the fact that the elections were fought out purely as a superiority contest between the peoples of the north and the south, and that conceding defeat to Alassane Quattara would mean a loss of face and respect for his
people.

It is immaterial that Alassane Quattra previously served as prime minister of Cote d' ivoire under Felix Houphouet Boigny during which period no one ever questioned his nationality not to talk of
questioning the right of the people from the north to be called Ivorian.

Since the death of Boigny, politics in Cote d'Ivoire has swiftly descended into an ethnic and sectional abyss, helped in no small measure by Laurent Gbagbo's desire to hold on to power by all means foul aided and abetted by pen pushers who have thrown all decorum and ethics of the journalism profession overboard.

Pen pushers from the northern part of Cote' d'Ivoire have risen to the challenge of their southern counterparts and in the process both sides have resorted to appealing to the base and animal instincts of the Ivorian people to ensure outcomes favorable to their principals.

As the Ivorian volcano bellows out thick and chocking wads of tension, frustration, anger and bitterness in preparation for volcanic eruptions of human blood, only 10, 000 neutral soldiers of the United Nations stand between the opposing camps and their foot soldiers while the pen pushers continue to incite the volcano to erupt.

From Rwanda, to Kenya, Congo, Guinea Bissau, Burundi, Bosnia and Kosovo members of the print and electronic media have been in the forefront of those backing demagogues posturing as politicians who advance positions that in themselves carry the very seeds of
destruction that result in volcanic eruptions spewing human blood in large quantities.

As Cote d'Ivoire prepares to implode, pen pushers in Nigeria who for filthy lucre have sold out to advance sectional, ethnic and religious agendas with regards to the April 2011 presidential elections must be mindful of the devastating consequences that will follow from their
penny wise pound foolish approach.

With over 400 ethnic groups and a large numbers of Muslims and Christians, playing up political issues from the north and south divide or any other divide for that matter pushes Nigeria towards the dangerous situations we are witnessing in Cote d'Ivoire without addressing their long standing problems.

We implore members of the electronic and print media not to join in the folly of those who would rather that the country go up in flames if they cannot have their way, and for them to learn from Kenya, Guinea Bissau and Cote d'Ivoire and to use their pens and cameras to steer Nigeria away from sectional abyss.

Mr. Omose wrote in from Nigeria 

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Love the article on Gaddafi
We must rise above tribalism & divide & rule of the colonialist who stole & looted our treasure & planted their puppets to lord it over us..they alone can decide on whosoever is performing & the one that is corrupt..but the most corrupt nations are the western countries that plunder the resources of other nations & make them poorer & aid the rulers to steal & keep such ill gotten wealth in their country..yemen,syria etc have killed more than gadhafi but its not A̷̷̴ good investment for the west(this is laughable)because oil is not in these countries..when obasanjo annihilated the odi people in rivers state, they looked away because its in their favour & interest..one day! Samosa Iyoha

Hello from
Johannesburg
I was amazed to find a website for Africans in Hungary.
Looks like you have quite a community there. Here in SA we have some three million Zimbabweans living in exile and not much sign of going home ... but in Hungary??? Hope to meet you on one of my trips to Europe; was in Steirmark Austria near the Hungarian border earlier this month. Every good wish for 2011. Geoff in Jo'burg

I'm impressed by
ANH work but...
Interesting interview...
I think from what have been said, the Nigerian embassy here seem to be more concern about its nationals than we are for ourselves. Our complete disregard for the laws of Hungary isn't going to help Nigeria's image or going to promote what the Embassy is trying to showcase. So if the journalists could zoom-in more focus on Nigerians living, working and studying here in Hungary than scrutinizing the embassy and its every move, i think it would be of tremendous help to the embassy serving its nationals better and create more awareness about where we live . Taking the issues of illicit drugs and forged documents as typical examples.. there are so many cases of Nigerians been involved. But i am yet to read of it in e.news. So i think if only you and your journalists could write more about it and follow up on the stories i think it will make our nationals more aware of what to expect. I wouldn't say i am not impressed with your work but you need to be more of a two way street rather than a one way street . Keep up the good work... Sylvia

My comment to the interview with his excellency Mr. Adedotun Adenrele Adepoju CDA a.i--

He is an intelligent man. He spoke well on the issues! Thanks to Mr Hakeem Babalola for the interview it contains some expedient information.. B.Ayo Adams click to read editor's mail
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