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“Oga You Failed Us” Warri Comedian Mc Olokpa's Open Letter to RMD

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We all know and love  RMD – Richard Mofe Damijo  as a veteran Nollywood actor, Nigeria’s own Denzel. But a lesser known fact is the actor is also a politician. He has been the commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State for the past 7 years. In an open letter penned by  Comedian Olokpa , the rising talent makes weighty accusations. He alleges misappropriation/missing funds (to the tune of 300 million a year), suggested ‘improvements’ like a Warri Carnival akin to the Calabar Carnival, international standard TV stations and more. Here are some excerpts: Excitement on RMD’s Appointment It’s with pains in my heart and with disappointment that I decided to write you this letter. Our hopes were high when you were brought into the Uduaghan government as Special Adviser on entertainment and Talent development and later commissioner for culture and Tourism about seven years ago. Entertainers in Delta were happy that a veteran has come back home and also in ...

Why Lagos must remain with APC - Sam Kargbo

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A friend of mine recently said that it would be a joke taken too far for anyone to expect Lagosians to transfer the gov ernance of Lagos State to a dying People’s Democratic Party (PDP) after the state has resisted the PDP for so long – even when it was at its prime. I dare say, for political correctness, that it would be a risk taken too far for Lagosians to abandon their good old All Progressive’s Congress (APC) for the PDP now that power at the centre has shifted to the APC. For 16 years, Lagos has endured the scorn and neglect of the Federal Government because of the state’s refusal to surrender to the PDP. The state has had to be ingenious in its income generation drive to survive the suffocating 8 years of Baba Olusegun Obasanjo and has had to cope with the chicanery and manipulations of her sons who believe that the state’s independence could be breached by strangulating it from the centre. One question I know Lagosians can answer without difficulty is: considering the role...