Pius Adesanmi Past Presidents of CAN: His Eminence Dominic Cardinal Ekandem His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Okogie Dr. Sunday Mbang Most Rev. Peter Akinola His Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan. Chai, see list! See quality! See greatness! When the present is a joke, when the present is disgraceful, when the present is an embarrassment, maybe it is better not to remember the glorious past in order to avoid depression? How did an organization that was once run by this cast of great Nigerians become an unrecognizable appendage of corruption and power? In the 1980s, any mention of CAN in the media invited such ancillary registers as the gospel, Christ, the poor, the Bible, etc. Thats the symbology which defined CAN. Today, the operative metaphors associated with CAN are: bling bling, private jets, Villa, PDP, gun running, money laundering, roforofo, etc. It is better to erase memory and claim that the current brood of moneychangers who have replaced the Temple with the Villa never enjoyed the predecessorshipof the great men who once led that organization. Let us claim that we do not know how the incumbent happened on the scene with no leash around his neck. Let us claim that we do not know how, where, and when the rain began to cane CAN. CAN my foot! Obasanjo had said and we screamed sacrilege and abused him. Little did we know that Obasanjo was even doing his corrupt foot great injustice. He was spoiling the bad name of his foot by placing it in the same basket with CAN. Those of us who abused him for abusing CAN must now go shamefacedly to Ota and apologise to Ebora Owu. Anyway sha, since CAN is now PDP and Villa lite, we must discuss her using approrpiate diction. When will the tenure of the current CAN Party Chairman end? Has CAN fixed a date for her party primaries? Who are the candidates lining up for the succession of the current bling bling chairman? Is there any zoning formula in place? Any gentlemans agreement that we need to be aware of? We need to know early so we can inspect the churches of aspirants. If they have a two-storey building, we must make them sign an undertaking not to convert it to a ten-storey before they will be allowed to contest the primaries o.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 07:16:26 +0000
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