http://evolux78.tigblog.org/ What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/1180873 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:27:00 EDT http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/1180873 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/887563 Jesus saw this blind man in John 9 - just like He sees you! You are not here by accident - you are here for a reason - so that you can meet with Jesus - so that He can work a miracle in your life.

The desire of Jesus' heart is to bless you, touch you - to give you a hope and a future.

To the drug addict, alcoholic - Jesus doesn't ask why? Why do you sin? Why are you an alcoholic? Jesus says 'I love you!' He sees the answer. He sees you not as you are but for what you can be!



]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:16:00 EDT http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/887563 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/622337 Tokyo, Japan


My first intuition was to head this treatise "How Not to Help a People" or "How best to Assist a People" but I ended up following other instinct probably because the discourse is about financial muzzle in one hand and begging for arms in another, hence, "POWER and CREATIVE STRATEGY" {apology to Prof. Wole Soyinka}.
Japan boasts of being probably the highest donor in terms of charity to developing and under-developed countries. Such benefits are in the areas of structure, education, scholarships, manpower provision, training and splinter offices constructed with the aim of sensitizing the people of what has been done and what is being done.
The country or nations that enjoy these benefits are ever willing to return cap in hands asking for more year on, the psychology of asking, not withstanding. We live in a practical world and therefore it serves no need wondering why such countries cannot sustain themselves in the first place. It serves no purpose to mention corruption as the bane in such societies. It will serve no purpose to state how endemic the issue of corruption has become to the extent that those who peddle it do not care if qualitative education is provided. After all, enlightenment will create awareness and reduce or out rightly, challenge the purse of the corrupters. Therefore, why repeat what has been obvious; fact that has graduated from the margin of secrecy, that is, if there was ever any in such environment thriving on support and charity. Fact on ground is that many countries are lacking in human endowment being enjoyed by others, for instance, basic needs and therefore goes hands in begging. The human endowment, mind you, has its abundance in natural resources. It's only that…, that…, that…
Japan as stated has positioned itself to assist. What are the benefits if any to Japan? What satisfaction do they derive?
Japanese citizens can take a glimpse and see how better they are than those other people from those other countries.
Japanese citizens in noticing how other people lives can therefore be eternally grateful and loyal to its government for providing means and materials that those other countries government had failed to make available or can simply not make available and for whatever reason.
The super-ego factor; some Japanese getting news of large amount of fund being budgeted and disbursed feels either proud or superior or both., that is, "my car is bigger than yours" mentality, and therefore, I am better than them.
I must add that the above benefits are not exhaustive as other factors may exist but they are a needed psyche in the goblets of the Japanese and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Japan doling out handsome money yearly has been most benevolent, no doubt.
Arguably, an agency like Japan International Cooperation Agency {JICA} covering Africa should be concerned about final disbursement and application in respect of effectiveness and sustenance. Japan need to take an in-depth look on what has been achieved in concrete terms and not just on paper. Japan looking in, will find ways to fashion how best to apply resources, plenty but scarce at this time.
In other words, what initiative can one proffer so that the begging and giving will be more effective? I have discussed this point while meeting with JICA, May 2008 and I mentioned it again on my meeting with staff of International Developing Economies-Japan External Trade Organization {IDE-JETRO}, December 25, 2008. For want of elaboration, I have proffered some suggestions here in respect of assistance to Africa.
1. All INCLUSIVENESS:
The unspoken and unofficial idea that "East Africa is Heaven, West Africa is Hell" should change. Branding a particular area as prone to danger, uninhabitable or rather trouble-some to deal with is highly selective…especially, when the trickles that gets to the West of Africa is hardly effective in terms of benefiting the people such help was originally intended for.
2. EDUCATION:
Many researches are undertaken by government and its agencies. Most times Lecturers are invited to research and speak on different subjects. Where it concerns Africa, Africans should be directly involved with such researches for effectiveness. By Africans being directly involved, they will provide on the ground information that researchers ordinarily could not have known or that could have escaped them. Researches should be conducted both through existing government agencies or bodies and other blocs like organizations that are not directly leaning on government. By getting Africans involved in their affairs and dealing with organizations other than government, balanced and in-depth information will be handy for decision making and implementation.
The issue of education through research cannot be over-emphasized. Suffice it to say that government need to be properly educated in order to serve better who they are assisting and in this subject matter, Africans. Besides, the history of a people, the nuances existing in a SOULFUL place like Africa can best be cracked and understood by Africans. Simply put, Africans should be involved while making researches and lectures or paper points on Africa.
3. INFORMATION:
Japan MOFA {Ministry of Foreign Affairs} has lots to do in terms of information dissemination. MOFA through its agencies and bodies like diplomatic channels should be able to give sound information on Life in Japan. Many times, probably out of need, people from Africa, Nigeria for instance, look at Japan as a place to be, a place to go and settle down. The feeling is that work can easily be found here and life is "bread and butter". They are more encouraged by Japanese electronics and cars in Africa markets. It is now obvious that they are far from the truth and therefore, it is now important that apart from this wavelength of technology mentality, Africans should be informed about family and social life in Japan, including what can be available on landing; tax systems, business ownerships, stocks and in fact what is permissible and what is not. I stress this because much as many probably will like moving over to Japan, I know a few people who would not have choose Japan had they the information of what is obtainable here. Had they elementary information on the rudiments of life here, I am quite sure that such persons having alternative {which they had} would not have made Japan their choice. In fact, I have met people who refused to come and settle in Japan because of one or more reasons. For instance, they felt that they cannot internalize in Japan social and family system. I also know people who are ready to come and settle no matter whatever negative information they have.
While there is nothing potentially wrong with Japan, my point is that value system and culture differs and some people based on these would have made their choice elsewhere or rather, even remain where they are. MOFA, JICA, etc, should therefore act faster with utmost alacrity in this area. Of course, this, like I mentioned will not stop Africans from coming. While a few people will not arrive to settle, people who want should be made abreast with elementary but important information.
4. INTEGRATION:
In line with information dissemination is integration. Most times, information disseminated on Japan TV or aired by NGO's/ NPO's that has visited Africa depicts Africa as not just poor but retarded. Accepted that most of Africa "is at the very nadir of human degradation", that most of Africa is in the "Ninth world", accepting that there is nothing wrong in reporting that, it is also right to highlight the good sides of Africa, the cities, the vegetation, the abundant talents and brain and so forth. For one, this fosters better information and pulls people not only along but bonded. Absence of this creates in the minds of Japanese that all of Africa are a people that need sympathy or even pity. It often reflects on immigrants while dealing or relating with their hosts. MOFA and its bodies, for instance, Japan Foundation, JICA, should do its best to change or at least, down-play this stereotype.
Added to integration is the issue of Africans who are already living and legally so in Japan. This has to do with acceptance. In my comments to Asia Leadership Fellow Program Symposium held October 31, 2008 at International House of Japan and hosted by IHJ/ Japan Foundation, I stressed that more than passport and place of birth, acceptance is important to make a people feel part of a nation or have a sense of belonging to a country. Japanese government through its ministries and other human service bodies like Japan Foundation, JICA, NGO's/ NPO's and designated government ministries should therefore do its best to identify talented and educated Africans. The idea should be to channel them into fields or discipline they can contribute. More too, initiative should be created so that those with less than qualitative education can go back to school or do some courses or training. This will upgrade their intellect and or worldview. On qualification, there should be ways to manage what has been learned or acquired for productive purposes. While Africans are not the representative of crime in Japan, a few who indulge may choose such opportunity and better themselves. Chances are that some may even return to their home country to impact on what has been learned or acquired.
JICA has already taken the right step in having foreigners take Japanese Language Test if they choose to but this is not enough. Language, important as it is will not replace knowing and understanding where you are, the people, their heartbeat, the mindset and you do not need language to know these; all immigrants need is acceptance embedded with balanced information and germane initiatives that will see them getting involved with better tasks.
5. PUBLICATIONS:
The last but not the least is publications. Researches carried out on Africa often end up being published only in Japanese language. Attempts should be made to print copies in languages other than Japanese only. Africans need to know what is being published about them and need to participate in information sharing. There should be freedom to access information in more than one language. Since information denied is knowledge denied, publications on researches carried out should include English and French, at least.]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:57:00 EDT http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/622337 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/455001
Top Hamas leader’s son converts to Christianity

By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries
UNITED STATES (ANS) -- The son of a top Hamas leader has converted to Christianity and prays some day his family will also accept Jesus Christ as their savior, according to an Israeli newspaper.


Mosab Hassan Yousef (Photo: Fox News Channel)

Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of West Bank Hamas leader Sheik Hassan Yousef, revealed for the first time in an exclusive interview with Haaretz newspaper that he has left Islam and is now a Christian. Prior to the interview’s publication last Thursday, Yousef’s family did not know of his faith conversion even though he is in regular contact with them.

This news was revealed in a story written by Ethan Cole for the Christian Post (www.christianpost.com).

“[T]his interview will open many people's eyes, it will shake Islam from the roots, and I'm not exaggerating,” said Yousef, who now resides in the United States. “What other case do you know where a son of a Hamas leader, who was raised on the tenets of extremist Islam, comes out against it?”

The Christian Post story says that Yousef, who is now 30-years-old, was first exposed to Christianity eight years ago while in Jerusalem, where out of curiosity he accepted an invitation to hear about Christianity. Afterwards, he became “enthusiastic” about what he heard and would secretly read the Bible every day.

“A verse like ‘Love thine enemy’ had a great influence on me,” Yousef recalled. “At this stage I was still a Muslim and I thought that I would remain one. But every day I saw the terrible things done in the name of religion by those who considered themselves ‘great believers’.

“I studied Islam more thoroughly and found no answers there. I re-examined the Koran and the principals of the faith and found how it is mistaken and misleading.”

The story by Ethan Cole went on to say that with Christianity, Yousef said he could understand God as revealed through Jesus Christ. He said he could talk about God and Jesus for days, but Muslims are not able to say anything about God.

“I consider Islam a big lie,” said Yousef. “The people who supposedly represent the religion admired Mohammed more than God, killed innocent people in the name of Islam, beat their wives and don’t have any idea what God is.

“I have no doubt that they’ll go to hell. I have a message for them: There is only one way to paradise – the way of Jesus who sacrificed himself on the cross for all of us.”

Four years ago, Yousef decided to convert to Christianity but did not let his family know. He still helped his father with his political activities, and his father only knew his son had Christian friends.

“I felt responsible. It was better for me to be there rather than a gang of fools who would poison his mind,” Yousef explained. “I tried to understand those people, their thoughts, in order to change them from inside by means of a strong person like my father, who admitted to me in the past that he does not support suicide attacks.”

Cole went on to say, “Yousef described his father as a moderate Hamas leader. But even before his encounter with Christianity, Yousef had already become disenchanted with Hamas and Islam after being imprisoned at the age of 18 years old for heading a youth Islamic movement at his high school.”

Yousef the Hamas leaders he met in prison as people with “no morals” and “no integrity”, although they hide their corruption better than Fatah party members.

“Nobody knows them and how they operate as well as I do,” Yousef said, recalling how the family of Hamas members killed by Israel were forced to beg for financial assistance while the leadership “abandoned” them and “wasted” tens of thousands of dollars a month only on security for themselves.

“Then (in prison) I understood that not everyone in Hamas is like my father. He's a nice, friendly man. But I discovered how evil his colleagues are,” Yousef said. “After my release I lost the faith I had in those who ostensibly represented Islam."

Cole went on to say that Hamas is considered a terrorist group by the United States, Israel, and many Western countries. The group has publicly vowed to destroy Israel.

He added, “Now Yousef, the eldest son of Sheikh Yousef, says he ‘admires’ Israel.”

"You Jews should be aware: You will never, but never have peace with Hamas,” Yousef stated. “Islam, as the ideology that guides them, will not allow them to achieve a peace agreement with the Jews. They believe that tradition says that the Prophet Mohammed fought against the Jews and that therefore they must continue to fight them to the death."

He denounced the “entire” Palestinian society as one that “sanctifies death and the suicide terrorist.

“In Palestinian culture a suicide terrorist becomes a hero, a martyr. Sheiks tell their students about the ‘heroism of the shaheeds (martyr)'.”
Yousef highlighted that Hamas was the first to use suicide bombers as weapons against civilians.

"They (Hamas) are blind and ignorant. It's true, there are good and bad people everywhere, but Hamas supporters don't understand that they are led by a wicked and cruel group that brainwashes the children and gets them to believe that if they carry out a suicide attack they'll get to paradise,” he said.

Cole went on to say, “The Muslim-turned-Christian says he does not think Islam will survive for more than 25 years because the truth about Islam will be exposed given the mass communication available in the modern age.”

For his part, Yousef says he hopes to “open the eyes” of Muslims and “reveal the truth” to them about Islam and Christianity with the goal to “take them out of the darkness and the prison of Islam”.

“In that way they'll have an opportunity to correct their mistakes, to become better people and to bring a chance for peace in the Middle East,” he said.
Yousef, who has taken the biblical name of Joseph, said he dreams of one day becoming a writer to tell his personal story and about the Middle East conflicts.

“But at the moment, at least, my ambitions are only to find work, a place to live,” admits Yousef, who left behind properties in Ramallah to find true freedom. “I have no money, I have no apartment.

“I was about to become one of those homeless people [in the United States],” he confessed, “but people from the church are helping me. I'm dependent on them."
He also dreams that some day he can return to his homeland and his family will accept Jesus Christ.

"I know that I'm endangering my life and am even liable to lose my father, but I hope that he'll understand this and that God will give him and my family patience and willingness to open their eyes to Jesus and to Christianity,” Yousef said. “Maybe one day I'll be able to return to Palestine and to Ramallah with Jesus, in the Kingdom of God.”
]]> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:44:00 EDT http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/455001 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/349519 NIGERIANS are in distress. Buffeted by hunger, poverty, illiteracy and diseases for years, they have entered the terminal consequences of decades of neglect by governments that profess to serve the people.

Most recently, strange illnesses that defy their resources have joined the siege against the Nigerian. Malnourishment, one of the excruciating effects of poverty, has pushed the Nigerian to food sources that cannot protect his body. He is at the mercy of all types of illnesses.

The evidences abound. From those who die in the rural areas where deaths are still attributed to the anger of gods that demand unattainable sacrifices to the strange ailments that some people display on the streets of Lagos, while soliciting assistance, it is clear that Nigerians are grinding out their last phase of meaningful existence. Some with cancers are on the street asking for money to treat themselves. Where would they get the money? Children, some still suckling, are down with illnesses that their parents do not know.

Among the factors held responsible for these illnesses are poor diets, foreign foods that do not pass proper inspection, junk foods that are gaining acceptance in the urban areas, environmental pollution, especially in the oil producing areas and places close to industrial estates.

Whatever the causes are, governments have done little to assess the plight of Nigerians. Assistance to all those involved is impossible without knowledge of them and their predicaments. Some have kidney, heart, or liver failures. Others have ailments that defy diagnoses within their means.

The pathetic sights on the streets of Lagos of women exposing cancer ravaged breasts or of men showing off their elephantiasis blighted scrotum to gain sympathy of passers by are indication of people who have declined from being hopeful to sheer desperation. They have lost a big chunk of their humanness.

It is dehumanising to behold these sights. It is worse to imagine how long these people had agonised in silence before conquering the shame to show off diseases in their most private parts, hoping they can elicit the public’s sympathy.

Where can Nigerians in need get help? What really is the essence of governments, if after all these years, hardly anything is done to improve the welfare of Nigerians? How do governments intend to tackle these problems that are becoming national fixtures all over the country?

The helplessness of the Nigerian is obvious. The rich, with all the resources available to them, cannot get good medical services in Nigeria. How the poor survive leaves little to the imagination.

What makes this an emergency is the fact that these deaths cast debilitating effects on the survivors. In the absence of medical insurance, whole families pool their resources into rescuing one of their own, who invariably dies, leaving debts that trap the living in further despondency.

immediate intervention is required to arrest these situations. They are getting worse. Nigeria cannot continue to ignore these concerns.


-vanguard newspaper nigeria]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:33:00 EDT http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/349519 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/349395 fkizito1@yahoo.com
Pennsylvania, USA

NIGERIANS IN THE U.S. ARMY: LET TRUTH BE TOLD
he headlines struck me like a punch to the jaw- blinding lights and all. According to the piece, Nigerian citizens, on a path to quick American citizenship, have played the wrong hand and found themselves in the world's number one hotspot- Iraq. Delving further into the meat of the story, I discovered that although the exact population of these soldiers were unknown, there major motive for 'going green' was the quest for the enviable dream of becoming a U.S. citizen. This supposed piece of news took just four lines of print before giving way to plagiarized stuff from either Yahoo, CNN or BBC online news sites about information that were no longer newsworthy , except to our unnamed and misinformed journalist from the Daily News.

To anyone familiar with the U.S. military and the current situation in Iraq, that story may well be described as sensational junk journalism stemming from 'unresearched and unverified pepper soup joint' sources. That piece, at best, is a figment of the writer's disjointed imagination. Are there Nigerians in the U.S.Army? Yes, of course. Are some of them currently deployed in Iraq? Again the affirmative; and that's where Mr. Anonymous and the truth part ways. Here are a few facts that the reader should know in order to see the full picture. Fact one: The U.S. Army is not the only branch in Iraq, but also the Air Force, the Navy, the Marine Corps and the National Guard units. Fact two: There are Nigerians spread across all these branches. Fact three: they all offer chances to U.S. citizenship. Fact four: there are also citizens of other African countries in the US military and currently deployed in Iraq as I write.

Nigerians have a passion for the military way of life. Judging from the number of applications the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) receives each year; as well as the number of those who show up for the annual recruitment exercises across the states of the federation, one can see that the quest for a life of service, discipline and regimented way of life is part of our national psyche. Reasons Nigerians join the military include a chance for an adventure, an opportunity to work towards a secure pension, an escape from poverty and hardship; a chance to receive an education and a chance to travel as well. Openings in the Nigerian military are few compared with the available applicants and so the way to get in is often tainted by the Nigerian factor aka the godfather phenomenon.

The love for the uniform does not always die when a Nigerian migrates abroad. Be it the U.S., U.K. or any country that will accept the, Nigerians dash at the opportunity to be in the military and serve with pride. An interaction with many of these men and women will reveal that citizenship was often the last thing on their minds when they made the decision to serve in uniform. This author has met service members who enlisted in the military in order to have money to pay for college (bet your reporter never knew that,) travel, have a career, and strange as it seems, to experience war. Few, if any would cite a quick path to citizenship as a motive for joining the military. Ironically, many Nigerians who enlist in the US armed forces are 'stones rejected by the Nigerian military.' Not counted as good enough for the Nigerian side (or no godfather), these men and women will go on to prove themselves in the world's greatest military, occupy more professional positions and earn a hundred times more than they would have in beloved naija.

It must be pointed out that the minimum requirements for wearing the uniform in any branch of the US military is that the applicant must be a permanent resident (green card holder ) of the US. A green card holder is 99.99% sure of becoming a US citizen already, so where is the wisdom in joining the military in order to obtain citizenship? The expedited citizenship process did not come into action until the year 2003 when President Bush signed an executive order, opening the way for those who so desire, to apply for citizenship as soon as they enlist. It will amaze our reporter that there are Nigerians in the military who have no wish to become American citizens despite the fact that Nigeria accepts dual citizenship. Consequent upon this, one can then ask: if the expedited citizenship process came into being in 2003 and there had been Nigerians serving in the US armed forces since God knows when, then how can anyone in their right mind soil their names by saying that their service is a cheap gambit aimed at obtaining American citizenship? What ignorance!

The United States military is a kaleidoscope of races; whites from Europe; blacks from Africa, the Caribbean, Indians, Chinese, Cubans and even Australians. There is no country on Earth that has not contributed a few citizens to the greatest war machine in modern times. These various countries support their citizens and value them as 'exports' that will bring much needed publicity and exposure to their lands. This author has met many an American service member who has been to Nigeria because a buddy of his had invited him to see his home. This is the sort of exposure our tourism industry so desperately needs. Nigerians serving in the US military or any military, for that matter, are ambassadors.

Our reporter could have put his time to better use, like trying to chronicle the actions of Nigerians serving in foreign militaries so that their stories will not be lost like those of their fathers, who served in world wars One and Two; or in Vietnam (there must be 1 or 2 Nigerians who fought in that war,) or in any global conflict. Who is telling the stories of Nigerian soldiers in peacekeeping efforts in Beirut in the 70's, or ECOMOG soldiers in Liberia and Sierra Leone? How about the Nigerian soldiers who kept the peace in the Balkans (Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Serbia); or the African Union soldiers keeping the peace in Sudan and elsewhere? Let me guess, we must wait on BBC to produce its own version of half truths to record the heroism of our brothers and sisters in these foreign lands. These are the stories that our historians and journalists should give life to, and not who is in Iraq for a free lunch and a quick citizenship.

When expelling the Indians in the '70s, the dictator Idi Amin, accused them of 'milking the cows but not feeding it,' a phrase that summarized the keep-to-yourself mentality of Indians in Uganda at the time. Nigerians are not a people with such a mentality. Wherever they are, they involve themselves with the affairs of their host countries to the largest extent permissible. We can be found in government and private sectors, be it health, manufacturing, information technology, education, religion; arts, commerce, agriculture, the good and unfortunately, the bad as well. Being in the military is just another way by which they involve themselves with the affairs of their host country, why should they catch flak for that? In the deserts of Iraq, this writer has had the honor of meeting Nigerians who view their being out there with a sense of duty; their reasons for signing up in the first place being far from the citizenship quest. There were also other Africans from Ghana, Sierra Leone, the Sudan and even South Africa just to mention a few. One noble thing about this men and women stands out: none of them gave the feeling of regret that our reporter had implied in his story.

On a personal note, this author joined the US military as a matter of personal choice. It was more for fun and adventure than for any citizenship, and it has not been a bad decision so far. In this military, he has almost completed his second degree in aeronautical science; in this military he has met a President of the United States; and in this military, he has traveled in worlds that would otherwise have been impossible- for free. Finally, I volunteered to go to Iraq, a decision that was made freely and without any compulsion. I returned safely and arrived at the same conclusion as everyone else who has ever been in a war zone: only those who have never seen a war clamor for one. All I can say to the saber rattling interest groups in Nigeria is this: never stray from the path of dialogue and peaceful ways of resolving your differences. It is way better to jaw jaw than to war war


]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:48:00 EDT http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/349395 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/349393

Nigerian, others bag US citizenship for dying in Iraq

By Waheed Bakare with agency report


Nigerian-born Justin Onwordi, who fought on the side of America and was killed in Iraq was among over 100 foreign-born American soldiers who earned post-humous American citizenship for dying in Iraq.

Onwordi died when his vehicle was blown up in Baghdad on August 2, 2004. He left behind a wife and baby boy.

Onwordi, who came to the US from Nigeria in July 2000, started his military training six months later. The 6-foot-4 Nigerian was later assigned to the Army’s 2nd Battalion, 12th Armoured Calvary Regiment, 1st Calvary Division, and was stationed at Ford Hood Texas.

He started his tour duty in Iraq in January. When his wife gave birth to a baby boy, he got two weeks’ leave on June 23 to visit his wife, Monique, and baby named Jonathan on July 7, 2004.

According to the Associated Press, certificates of citizenship were presented to the families of the victims at a memorial service conducted by a Roman Catholic Cardinal on Sunday in Lomita, Carlifonia, US.

Jose Gutierrez was one of the first to fall, killed by friendly fire in the dust of Umm Qasr in the opening hours of the invasion.

In death, the young Marine was showered with honours his family could only have dreamed of in life.

His sister was flown in from Guatemala for his memorial service, where a Roman Catholic cardinal presided and top military officials saluted his flag-draped coffin.

And yet, his foster mother agonised as she accompanied his body back for burial in Guatemala City: Why did Jose have to die for America in order to truly belong?

Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, who oversaw Gutierrez’s service, put it differently.

“There is something terribly wrong with our immigration policies if it takes death on the battlefield in order to earn citizenship,”

Mahony wrote to President George W. Bush in April 2003.

He urged the president to grant immediate citizenship to all immigrants who sign up for military service in wartime.

“They should not have to wait until they are brought home in a casket,” Mahony said.

But as the war continues, more and more immigrants are becoming citizens in death — and more and more families are grappling with deeply conflicting feelings about exactly what the honour means.

Gutierrez’s citizenship certificate — dated to his death on March 21, 2003, — was presented during a memorial service in Lomita, Calif., to Nora Mosquera, who took in the orphaned teen after he had trekked through Central America, hopping freight trains through Mexico before illegally sneaking into the U.S.

“On the one hand I felt that citizenship was too late for him,” Mosquera said. “But I also felt grateful and very proud of him. I knew it would open doors for us as a family.”

“What use is a piece of paper?” cried Fredelinda Pena after another emotional naturalisation ceremony, this one in New York City where her brother’s framed citizenship certificate was handed to his distraught mother. Next to her, the infant daughter he had never met dozed in his fiancee’s arms.

Cpl. Juan Alcantara, 22, a native of the Dominican Republic, was killed Aug. 6, 2007, by an explosive in Baqouba. He was buried by a cardinal and eulogized by a congressman but to his sister, those tributes seemed as hollow as citizenship.
]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:45:00 EDT http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/349393 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/334181
Als ik blind ben, kan ik run mijn hand over de rug van een shell en vieren schoonheid. Als ik heb geen benen, ik kan zitten in een rustige wonder voordat de rusteloze murmurs van de zee. Als ik gewond in geest, ik kan bereiken in mijn hand aan diegenen die zijn kwetsen. Als ik me eenzaam, ik ga onder degenen die wanhopig naar liefde. Er is geen tragedie of onrecht zo groot, geen leven zo klein en inconsequent, dat kunnen wij niet getuigen van het licht in de rustige handelingen en verborgen momenten van onze dagen.

En wie kan zeggen welke van deze handelingen en momenten maken het verschil?

Het heelal is een grote en magische membraan van betekenis, stretching in tijd en ruimte, en het is niet aan ons om te weten haar geheimen en haar manieren. Misschien waren we hier de uitdaging van een enkel moment, misschien wel de tip geven we zullen ervoor zorgen dat het contact dat zal de wereld veranderen. "

--"A Capacity for Love" by Karen Edels from Michigan...


]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:28:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/334181 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/332709 Africa cup of nations is a unifying force for all Africans.Like any other sporting events,it plays such a big influence on the people.What the politicians couldnt reach,the nations cup did just that.

we Africans love each other,and we have found a little respite off conflcts,killings,Hiv(aids),poverty,hunger e.t.c
This competition has given us the opportunity to demostrate to the entire world how we passionate care for each other .
I implore African leaders to invest more in sports, preach more about sport instead of fighting each other.
I ernestly wished the African cup of Nations was held every year.
]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:30:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/332709 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/332023

Eugene Duru Monday, February 4, 2008
eduru@tiscali.it
Italy

WHILE KENYA BURNS, NIGERIANS WATCH WITH AWE
igerians are watching, from a distance, in disbelieve, the current crises in Kenya, which broke out as a result of the flawed electoral process in that country. It's like playing to them what could have become of their country or better still, the likely scene that was avoided after the 2007 electoral outcome, had other political parties not taken things the way they did -- let peace reign and also to avoid the thousands of lives and properties that could have been wasted.
What the ruling party under Kibaki did in Kenya is exactly a replica of what PDP under Obasanjo did in Nigeria in that 2007 election that was widely described as no-election by both local and international observers. Not perturbed by these condemnations, Obasanjo went further to corruptly produce the current president and governors who are almost all from his party (the PDP) which held power during the said period.

Two-third of Nigerians were unhappy with the out come of that election and they pointed accusing fingers at Prof. Maurice Iwu who headed the commission that organised the election, they are angry with Obasanjo the then president who wanted his anointed son to win at all cost, and of course, they are angry that Yar adua was foisted onto them against protests from different quarters of broad-day-light irregularities that characterised the process. In fact, one still wonders why the African union still allows Yar adua to attend its meetings even when article 30 of its charter speaks against such process. That article declares that “governments which shall come to power through unconstitutional means shall not be allowed to participate in the activities of the Union”, yet no sanction was pronounced against Yar adua.

Anyway, I hope Obasanjo is watching the struggle that is going on presently in America. Since the campaign started, President Bush has not been seen talking about it nor presenting a candidate he would want to come and shield him when he must have been gone. He can not do that because he knows that democracy is all about people choosing whom their choice is and not for one person to decree who he wants to put in positions of authority. Obasanjo should be taken to secondary school and be thought a good lesson about democracy and its process. He needs a good teacher that will teach him that democracy simply means government by the people, of the people and for the people and not government according to Obasanjo.

During 2007 election campaign in Nigeria, while people were yet asking who Yar adua was, as many had never heard of him, Obasanjo didn’t only endorsed him as his successor, he further made it clear that if any one kicked against Yar adua’s candidature because of his ill-health as was much rumoured in the media, that let the person come and rule. For that he declared that election a do-or-die thing which direction must be directed by him and that he did.

Today, Nigerians are asking him and his cohorts mentioned above to see the kind of catastrophe that was narrowly avoided in Nigeria had other parties not played it cool. At the same time, they are warning them particularly the electoral body to be very careful in its future organisation of elections so as not to plug the country into a situation of 1963 that evidently produced much death and also led to wanton destruction of properties and social infrastructure across the country. Nigerians are asking them to look at Kenya and what Kabaki’s greed for power has caused the entire nation.

Imagine what this upheaval is causing Kenya today, a country that have always enjoyed peaceful coexitence. A country where you rarely hear anything ugly coming from, and certainly the reason why it has always enjoyed much revenue from tourism just like many European countries.

But today, with what is happening in Kenya, how many foreign nationals do you think are still planning for a visit or holiday to that country after watching aggrieved youths on CNN chasing and killing each other with machetes. In fact, only the Kenya ministry of finance will be in good position to quantify in monetary value how much in foreign currency the crisis have caused their nation.

Observers say that the out-play is not only a big loss for Kenyans, rather, it should be seen as a big lesson for all seat-tight presidents in Africa. It is a lesson they should know that rulership is not a do- or-die affair like Obasannjo once proclaimed. Leadership is a continuous process that has to pass from one person to another, or from one political party to another or could even remain with the party that ruled during the period when elections were held as long as the electoral process were free, fair and open and also in accordance with the rule of law. A country’s leadership position is no body’s or group of persons’ farm yard where they farm perpetually.

Having made this point, it will be pertinent to re-emphasised that this problem that is currently tearing Kenya apart shouldn’t be seen by African leaders as Kenya’s problem, because, as the problem progresses, so many people are displaced and where do the displaced people look for refuge under such situations?, of cause within the neighbouring countries and that is why it shouldn’t be seen as a Kenyan problem alone but one that is threatening the peace of the region and if not global.

If I may ask, does the African Union not have a unit that respond to such emergency in the continent? I suppose that this is one of the purposes for which such a regional organisation was formed to address. To have the capacity to respond to such sudden shocks which if allowed unattended to, could within the shortest space of time, affect the peace and security of the whole region. And if on the other hand there is a machinery in place within the AU structure, why then wait for lives to be wasted before an appropriate action is taken.

Instituted authorities like the AU should be able to tell erring leaders within their regions straight in their faces that enough is enough, after all, the unity of Africa is one of the purposes that led to the formation of the AU. Article 3 (f) of the charter of the union specifies that one of the objectives for which the union was formed was to “promote peace, security, and stability on the continent “.

They should be able to settle disputes like the one being witnessed in Kenya presently before it degenerates to a real civil war. Article 9 (g) talked about “the management of conflicts, war and other emergency situations and the restoration of peace”. In other words, the AU charter 9(g) gave the union the mandate to intervene in situation like we have in Kenya, and if so, why wait for the UN or other organisation before action could be taken to tackle African problems.

Africa has always been looked down on, by other regions as a region that can not fend for itself and this is time to act to change that perspective if we want others to respect us. In fact, we do not need the kind of waste that is going on right now in Kenya, not in the current economic mess most African countries are in, and more so, not with an authoritative regional institution like the AU in place to quench such social, economic and political disorder before more harm is caused.


]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:39:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/332023 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/330587 Attending the 2nd edition of the New Media Conference at the Hague in the Netherlands did not hold much promise of a holiday but it provided me a convenient alibi to escape the clattering din in the Nigerian marketplace. Talks about the fate of Nuhu Ribadu at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) helm, about whether President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua would probe his predecessor formed the plank of discourses when I crammed my personal effects, laptop and all and jetted to Amsterdam en route to the Hague . The New Media fraternity is a gathering of online journalists and marketers from around the world. It is a rare confederation of journalists who deploy the Internet as platform to reach wide audiences across the globe in the most unobtrusive manner.
For sure, I was apprehensive knowing that questions would be asked of me about my country, the issue of corruption (both fiscal and electoral), the state of democracy in Nigeria and other issues that may catch the fancy of the hundreds of journalists at the event.

My anxiety was further jabbed when participants at the event broke into small groups during the strategy sessions. And trust journalists especially those savvy in digital matters, they came armed with new media gadgets from pint-size but very powerful cameras to notebooks and laptops endowed with the speed of light. I pulled out my Nigerian-branded laptop. It was a high-speed Zinox Duo Core - cute, smart and elegant. And pronto, it engaged the attention of my colleagues especially those from Europe and Asia . They expressed surprise that a computer of such sophistication could come out of Nigeria . I was amazed at their amazement. I countered that Nigeria is the birthplace of globally acclaimed techies and scientists. I cited Philip Emeagwali acclaimed as the Father of the Internet for his peerless parallel computing power. I pointed to Professor Barth Nnaji, one of the topmost roboticians in the world. I posited that there are many Nigerians in the laboratories of Microsoft, IBM and other Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). I told them that Zinox, though a foremost brand, was not the only Nigerian-branded computer. The more I reeled out my explanation, the more their eyes popped out with plenary incredulity. I gushed that my Nigerian laptop could out-perform many of the established brands in the global market. Still, there was a halo of doubt in their visage, something verging on both suspicion and doubt.

You’ll excuse them for almost disbelieving my story. Hitherto, their minds had been suffused with sour and sordid stories about Nigeria as the hotbed of all scams especially advance fee fraud and as a place where oil money stalks the streets ready and willing to be grabbed by anyone that wishes. To them the Nigerian environment was antithetical to enterprise and entrepreneurship particularly the type that requires clinical cerebral sagacity. They could imagine Nigerians in Nigeria excelling in sports and other endeavour that requires more of brawn than brain but certainly not in the highly analytical geekdom of computers. My audacity could not douse their disbelief. As if to puncture my now swollen ego, Stein Hademann, a German prose stylist dragged my laptop to himself. Quickly, he ran a check on the application software embedded in it. He checked the Internet speed, it was fast and rocketing. He turned to the control panel and jiggled at a few icons as though trying to find a technical deficiency. I watched his face as it flashed from a smile to plain demure and back to a smile. I was numb but unfazed by his unsolicited scrutiny of a proudly Nigerian computer brand. At the end, he pushed it back to me with a veneer that suggested satisfaction. “It’s top grade”, he said, and apologised for his raffishness. Almost immediately, it was the turn of Lee Wung, the zesty mixed blood (half Korea and half Taiwan ). He literally put me on the dock. Assured that the Nigerian branded laptop was of a superior quality ranking among the very best in the world, he prodded me with a spasm of questions. He wanted to know if the builders of the laptops were actually Nigerians or Asians working in Nigerian factories. He sought to know the level of computer penetration in my country, the market capacity and potentials. I obliged him with answers. He goaded me for more explanations in a manner that bordered more on mischief than plain inquisition.

Again, he could not be blamed. Several years of poor leadership had placed on Nigeria the dreadful poster of underdevelopment, backwardness and primitiveness. It is difficult for any foreigner to imagine that out of Nigeria could sprout any touchstone of modernity especially in the ICT sector. This is more so because outside the United States , the birthplace of personal computer, Asia is at the moment the largest consumer of computers and allied products. According to global market-research group, IDC, global computer sales had been on the rise with Asian countries doing better than American market. By fourth quarter of last year, global computer shipments had hit 40.15 million units which is 19.6 percent higher than sales within the same period the previous year. The research attributes the growth to a booming and bullish Asian market. And that’s what really got me angry. Asians are leveraging on the opportunities of ICT but Africans are far behind in the digital race. From India to Singapore , a new platoon of ICT-powered billionaires are popping up but in Nigeria it is not so. The billionaires are crooks in government houses who accessed public funds and shoveled them into their private accounts. The real entrepreneurs who strive to create wealth particularly those in the knowledge economy are left dry in the mud. But thanks to my Zinox laptop, I did not lose face in a global assembly of knowledgeable journalists. I had a digital product, a very good one at that, to advertise my country. If anything, it helped to douse their perception of Nigeria as a nation of scammers and political scoundrels. Now they know that Nigeria is not all about petro-dollar sleaze and skirmishes in the Niger Delta, it is about enterprise, hard work and industry best practices. They know that Nigeria is ready and primed to play in the global market.

Officials of Zinox Technologies may not know this, but there is a tenor of patriotic redemption in their effort to produce a Nigerian-branded computer that competes favourably with only the very best in the world. It was for them I left the Hague feeling proudly Nigerian. And in a globalised economy especially with the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between ECOWAS nations and the European Union, Nigeria would have something to showcase on the negotiation table. This perhaps is why the Yar’Adua government should consider a regime of incentives for those companies that have weathered the storm in local production of goods, not least would be those in the ICT sector.

--By Raymond Umukoro,lagos 02.02.2008


]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:46:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/330587 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/325421 Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The Nigeria Government on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the stringent migration rules and regulations which migrants are forced to meet by the United States of America (USA), Britain and other western countries.

It said these had contributed to illegal migrations and human trafficking from developing countries. Against this background, the Federal Government told the United States and Britain to relax their migration rules and regulations and warned against maltreatment of migrants, especially Nigerians.

Minister of Labour, Dr. Hassan Lawal, stated this while receiving the US Ambassador at Large for Trafficking, Mr. Mark Lagon, who wason a visit to Nigeria and six other African countries to understudy the situation on human trafficking and efforts by the governments to address the problem.

The minister said, the tough rules to cross by intending migrants had not helped in the fight against illegal migration and trafficking, but rather added to the problem.

he then called on the United States and other European countries to, as a matter of urgency, review their migration rules.

The minister frowned at the experiences of the immigrants from the developing countries and advised the western countries to desist from maltreating the migrants and respect human dignity as well as human rights laws.

Dr.Hassan mohammed Lawal stressed the need for transfer of skills and manpower, while he also said that America’s success was made possible through the meaningful contributions of various migrants from Africa and other continents of the world which were now being disregarded.








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Death knell on the war against corruption
By Abiodun Raufu

I don’t know how many people have noticed it, but it appears to me that after the initial enthusiasm elicited by the gestures of President Umar Yar’Adua, the war against corruption is beginning to die a gradual but slow death.


As I have written in earlier columns, there are two major problems that have stunted our progress as a nation. The most devastating has been corruption. The second is lack of infrastructure which when well examined, is actually a spin-off of the endemic corruption in a country which for every N100 voted for a public project, N85 goes into private pockets.


I had thought that one of the best example of leadership was the action of the president laying a marker in the public domain and setting the tone for his young administration and by extension this democratic dispensation that transparency and accountability will become a big issue with his decision to go public with his assets.


We were happy when his deputy even if grudgingly followed suit. Only two governors (Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State and Ibrahim idris of Kogi State) have shown courage to follow the president’s example. Others made some inaudible noise about their readiness to do the same thing. But in a country where money illegally earned forms the bulk of the wealth of many past and current political office holders, many of them are too scared to reveal their worth. They were glad when the media frenzy over the issue began to die down. For the truth is that, many of them will find it hard to justify the source(s) of the stupendous riches at their disposal.


But it is not the governors alone who have not been forthcoming on this matter. After initial promise by the Senate President, David Mark, to the effect that he was still trying to put together the worth of his bank balance and property in far flung cities across the world, he has wisely decided to keep mum on the issue. The embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Patricia Etteh, did not even bother to make any promise. All the members of the National Assembly have toed the line of their leaders by sneering at the issue of public asset declaration.


What however baffles me is that among members of the president’s cabinet, only two ministers have tried to show that they believe in the president’s attempt to occupy a high moral ground in the war against corruption. Finance Minister Dr. Usman Shamusideen and his minister of state, Remi Babalola have publicly declared their assets. But there has been no one else among the ministers who takes the president serious on the issue.


It is of course clear that that there is no legal compulsion on the matter of public asset declaration. Even the ministers may say that there is no formal directive from the president on the matter and that it is a matter of individual preference. To me, it looks more like the ministers are dis-interested in the moral crusade of the president and the continuation of come and chop politics of the past era where political office is just about the scramble for sharing the national cake by privileged individuals.


On the other hand, I am puzzled by the president’s intention on this matter. I may not entirely agree with those who have said that the president’s public declaration of his assets was a mere gimmick to legitimize his government and win public confidence. But my arithmetic on this matter does not seem to add up. I mean, here is a president whose posturing is beginning to give conflicting signals to the public. He has declared his assets but he does not think that those who work with him should follow his example. He proclaims an aversion for corruption but he has been vacillating on the prosecution of former political office holders accused of embezzling public fund.


I agree with everyone that has insisted that the EFCC must clean up its acts and follow due process and the rule of law. Democracy and arbitrariness do not go together. But the way the Attorney General of the Federation, Mike Aondoakaa has carried on in his attempt to scuttle the prosecution of former political office holders accused of corruption with the tacit support of the president is enough to elicit suspicion that inside Aso Rock, EFCC under Nuhu Ribadu is now seen more as a liability than an asset. The irony is that many of those on Ribadu’s list are former colleagues of the president some of who actually bankrolled his campaign during the April presidential election. And the president, I am told, is not a man known for ingratitude.


I used to think that one of President Yar’Adua’s greatest achievements will be the successful cleansing of the polity of corrupt practices. But now, I am no longer sure.




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Hi all, This piece was sent from my friend
"kessington Osahon Idehen"
This is to say that I am still alive and kicking.
Happy new year to you all in the TIG family. I hope ya all are catching the
season's fever
THE CROSS
>A young man was at the end of his rope, seeing no way
out, he dropped to his knees in prayer.
>"Lord, I can't go on," he said. "I have too heavy a
cross to bear."
>The Lord replied, "My son, if you can't bear its
weight, just place your cross inside this room.
>Then, open that other door and pick out any cross you
wish."
>The man was filled with relief and said, "Thank you
Lord," and he did as he was told.
>Upon entering the other room, he saw many crosses;
some so large the tops were not visible. Then, he
spotted a tiny cross leaning against a far wall.

>"I'd like that one, Lord," he whispered. The Lord
replied, "My son, that is the cross you just brought
in."

>When life's problems seem overwhelming, it helps to
look around and see what other people are coping with.
You may consider yourself far more fortunate than you
imagined.
>YOUR CROSS
>Whatever your cross
>Whatever your pain
>There will always be sunshine
>After the rain
>Perhaps you may stumble
>Perhaps even fall
>But God's always there
>To help you through it all
>Funny how you can send a thousand "jokes" through
e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you
start sending messages regarding the Lord, people
think twice about passing it on.

>Funny, isn't it, when you go to forward this message,
how many on your buddy list will not receive it
because you're not sure they believe in anything?

>Funny? No!

>Sad, and thought-provoking...
>May God give you the strength and courage to pass
this along to everyone on your email buddy list....

>I JUST DID!]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:50:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/322291 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/215527 He make me hope when i was upon my mother´s breast.
I was cast upon him from the womb,for he is my God from
my mama´s belly.]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:28:00 EDT http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/215527 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/162303
I really wish the modern day leaders of nigeria would be right and just in their ways to clear their
conscience.]]> Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:27:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/162303 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/161893 and recognition of their specific talents and qualities, and the proper
conditions for their development.]]> Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:17:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/161893 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/161891 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:14:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/161891 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/160519 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:26:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/160519 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/160517 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:16:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/160517 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/160515 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:14:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/160515 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/159081 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:15:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/159081 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/159079 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:13:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/159079 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0 http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/153715 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:10:00 EST http://evolux78.tigblog.org/post/153715 52.8833333 6.052.88333336.0