Michael Botu's Blog

The story is told of a young man who went to a successful man to learn the secret of success. The successful man asked the young man to meet him by the Beach the next morning. Ready to learn the Lessons of Success the Young man came the next morning dressed in suit and equipped with pen and jotter. He was however surprised to meet the successful man dressed only in a swimming trunk. The Rich Man asked the Young man; are you ready for the lesson? The young man replied, Yes Sir. The Successful man took some steps towards the water and asked the young man to follow him into the River. Puzzled but determined to learn the young man went with him into the River, they both went in until the young man had his head almost under the water. The successful man with the benefit of his height held the young man under the water for a while until the young man begin to kick and struggle for survival, he pulled him up and the following dialogue ensured: Successful man : When you were u...

Back in 1993 during the Electioneering Campaigns between the Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s Candidate Chief M. K. O. Abiola and the National Republican Convention (NRC)’s Alhaji Bashir Tofa, one of the most catchy phrases I heard then was “Times are Tough now, but Times with Tofa will be tougher” it’s a phrase that apt describes the times we are in now. Times with PDP were tough, but the Times under APC are Tougher. Members of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) insist, if the PDP was in power, the hardship we face now would have been tougher. That of course is an argument that is neither here nor there. The reality today is that Times are Tough and even the Tough are buckling under the circumstances and to add insult to injury, the future remains hazy as the Government keeps assuring us the Hardship will soon be over when there no plans as far as the public can see, perceive or as we had been exhorted to do read from their body language. With the ever rising pric...