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Are You Buhari or Are You Jubril? – By Femi Fani-Kayode
Femi Fani-Kayode
Influential politician and former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has attacked President Muhamamdu Buhari in yet another explosive piece.
“One of the questions that came up today in my meeting with Nigerians in Poland was on the issue of whether I‘ve been cloned or not. The ignorant rumors are not surprising. When I was away on medical vacation last year a lot of people hoped I was dead. I can assure you all that this is the real me!”- President Muhammadu Buhari, 2nd December, Krakow, Poland.
Some are convinced by these words from the man who says he is Buhari but there are still many who, like the biblical Thomas, have their doubts.
I can hardly blame them because a clone will not say that he is a clone and neither will a body-double say he is a body-double.
It is in the same way that a vampire will not say he is a vampire, a tyrant will not say he is a tryrant, a genocidal maniac will not say he is a genocidal maniac and a mass murderer will not say he is a mass murderer.
And neither will an ethnic supremacist or religious bigot ever admit to being an ethnic supremacist or a religious bigot. The blanket denial of ugly and hidden truths is the first law of the scoundrel and the natural habitat of the dictator.
Such is the way of those that have been intoxicated with power and that live by deceit, cunning and guile: they lose all sense of logic, reason and rationality and they flourish in a dark world of intrigue, subtefuge, deception, delusion and illusion.
Seven examples will suffice: Adolf Hitler claimed to be a democrat, Pol Pot claimed to be God-fearing, Atilla the Hun claimed to be an angel, Ghengis Khan claimed to be benevolent, Josef Stalin claimed to be a deliverer, Idi Amin claimed to be the messiah and Augusto Pinochet claimed to be a peacemaker yet history recalls that all seven were nothing but hideous bloodthirsty monsters and cold-blooded mass murderers.
An eighth example is that of the reigning Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, His Royal Highness Mohammed Bin Salman, who, in the light of mounting evidence to the contrary, claims that he is a just and compassionate ruler who had nothing to do with the gruesome murder and dismemberment of the American-based Saudi journalist, Jamal Khasshogi in the Saudi Arabian embassy in Turkey.
If there was ever a case of wilful self-delusion, unadulterated mendacity, byzantine intrigue and good old-fashioned double-speak, this is it. Sadly such deceitful, sociopathic and barbaric behaviour is not limited to those distant climes.
Many of those in Nigerian politics also betray this trait and are also afflicted with this sad and sorry disposition.
There is always a hidden truth, an angle, a grey area or an unseen dimension to everything that a Nigerian leader or politician says or does. It is in the light of this that I submit the following.
If President Muhammadu Buhari really wants us to believe that he is not Jubril Aminu Al Sudani I challenge him to have a two-hour inter-active no-holds barred live media chat on national television.
I challenge him to take off his hat and let us examine his head and hair.
I challenge him to let us measure his ears and inspect his earlobes.
I challenge him to conduct a one hour non-stop conversation in Fufude, the Fulani language, on national television.
I challenge him to explain how it is that he is now a good deal shorter in height than he was two years ago.
I challenge him to tell us how it is that two years ago he looked like his Minister of Information’s (Lai Mohammed’s) grandfather, but today he looks like the Minister’s grandson.
I challenge him to explain why he has not been going back to the United Kingdom for regular medical check-ups after his “miraculous” recovery from a strange and debilitating illness that ravaged and wrecked his body and that almost sent him to his grave.
I challenge him to call out Eric Stuart Joyce, the former Brirish MP, former Army officer and former MI6 agent, for declaring him dead sometime last year and for accusing the Nigerian intelligensia, authorities, media, intelligence agencies and ruling elite of being complicit in the conspiracy and the Nigerian people of being the most gullible and naive in the world.
I challenge him to explain why he did not appear with any of the key world leaders in any of the official pictures during his last trip to Paris.
I challenge him to explain why President Donald Trump described him as “lifeless” and ordered his staff never to bring him before him again.
I challenge him to explain why the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, claims that two faceless, nameless, shadowy, strange and all-powerful individuals, whose shoes other government officials “lick”, are running the affairs of our country and not him.
I challenge him to explain why he has refused to give one formal press interview to Nigerian journalists and on Nigerian soil for the last two years.
I challenge him to deny the fact that body-doubles were often used in the civilised world during the 1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s for security reasons and they often represented Presidents, Prime Ministers and Heads of State at official functions and events.
Finally I challenge him to tell us whether it was a coincidence that Haibu Almu, the Nigerian Consul-General to the Sudan and NIA agent that allegedly discovered Jubril Aminu Al Sudani and proposed him as a credible and convincing body-double for the ailing Buhari in 2016, was suddenly knifed to death in Khartoum in May 2018 just a few weeks after his alleged role in the whole sordid “body-double” saga was made public.
I do not believe that Buhari is a clone but I do believe that the body-double allegation and rumour is worthy of our attention and consequently needs to be thoroughly investigated, explored and examined.
Though I cannot vouch for the veracity of this allegation and rumour one thing is clear: a significant number of Nigerians do not believe that the man in Aso Rock Villa is the Buhari that they know and, rightly or wrongly, their perception is that there is something fishy going on.
Given their disposition and suspicions, I submit that there is only one course of action that can settle this raging issue conclusively and bring closure to it: a DNA test organised and administered by a highly respected and certified foreign medical practitioner who must be jointly approved and appointed by the World Health Organisation, Medecins Sans Frontieres and the Red Cross and who must conduct this crucial assignment under the direct supervision and auspices of the United Nations.
A jocular and dismissive statement from the distant shores of Poland saying “I am not a clone” will not make this matter go away. And neither will a predictable affirmation from the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chris Ngige, that the President is the real Buhari provide the necessary evidence or assurance.
We demand to know the true identity of the person presiding over the affairs of our nation and, if it is indeed Jubril Aminu Al Sudani, we wish to know where our beloved President Muhammadu Buhari is and what they have done with him.
No matter how absurd these questions may appear to be to some, this is a democracy and we have a right to ask them.
Yet the truth is that nothing surprises me anymore in Nigeria and consequently I believe that anything, including the absurd, is possible.
If we can elect a man that cannot produce (and in my view never had) a WAEC certificate as President and one that can celebrate the fact that he was awarded an “attestation certificate” from WAEC in 2018 at the ripe old age of 80 (yes 80), then the assertion that we are being ruled by a body double is entirely possible and cannot be completely ruled out.
That is how degenerate and degraded our country has become over the last three years and six months.
The worst atrocity that the President, the Federal Government and the ruling APC party has inflicted on us as a people over the last 42 months is not the genocide that we have suffered under them, it is not the mass murders and it is not the ethnic cleansing.
It is not the fact that our country is now the most dangerous place for women to give birth to in the world, it is not the fact that we now have the highest illiteracy rate in the world and it is not the fact that more Nigerian children are out of school than any other country in the world.
It is not the fact that Nigeria now has the highest number of child brides and practising pedophiles in the world, it is not the fact that there are now more beggars in the streets of Nigeria than any other country in the world and it is not the fact that Nigeria is now the highest producer of HIV positive babies in the world.
It is not the fact that 40% of our people and 70% of our graduates are now unemployed, it is not the fact that 50% of Nigerians are now living in extreeme poverty, it is not the fact that our stock market has lost over 2 trillion naira in one year and it is not the fact that our country is now the poverty capital of the world.
It is not the fact that we are now the third most terrorised nation in the world and it is not the fact that we are now home to the first and fourth most deadly terrorist organisations in the world.
It is not the fact that over the last three years and six months the naira has depreciated by over 150% and it is not the fact that our government is attempting to bribe voters with public funds in the name of “trader-moni”.
It is not the humiliation, abuse of power and vengeful and vicious persecution that those of us that dared to resist them over the last three years and six months, that had the courage of our convictions and that remained loyal to our party have been subjected to.
It is not the storming of homes, arbitary arrest and unlawful detention of key opposition figures, it is not the harrasment of their family members or the freezing of their bank accounts and it is not the fact that we have sank lower than ever before in our entire history on Transparancy International’s international corruption index.
It is not the fact that Priti Patel, a British Member of Parliament and the United Kingdom’s former Minister of State for International Development, has warned foreign investors not to invest in Nigeria because the Government refuses to obey court orders and it is not the fact that the International Criminal Court at the Hague (ICC) has accused the Nigerian military of committing crimes against humanity.
It is not the fact that we are now more divided than ever before along religious, ethnic and regional lines and it is not the fact that the Federal Government has destroyed our economy and thrown 14 million people into penury and unemployment over the last three years.
It is not the fact that they have emboldened and strengthened Boko Haram, it is not the fact that law and order has broken down under their watch and it is not the fact that they have consistently nurtured, supported, assisted and protected the cruel and murderous herdsmen.
It is not the fact that they have lied to the Nigerian people and to the world that they have defeated Boko Haram, it is not the fact that the West African branch of ISIS now carries out terrorist operations in various parts of our country and it is not the fact that a new and utterly ruthless Malian militia now carries out terrorist operations in the north west.
It is not the fact that they have insulted CAN, marginalised Christians and humiliated the Church and it is not the fact that they are shielding and protecting military officers and Boko Haram members who committ atrocities.
It is not the fact that they have slaughtered thousands of Shiite Muslims and it is not the fact that they have demonised IPOB, labelled it a terrorist organisation, butchered thousands of its youths and sought to destroy it even though its members have never threatened violence, attacked or killed anyone, waged an armed conflict on the state or carried guns.
It is not the fact that 13.5 million Nigerians voted without a PVC in the 2015 presidential election and that 75% of them did so in the states where Buhari “won”.
It is not the fact that they have wilfully refused to sign the Electoral Act Amendement Bill, it is not the fact that they have blatently refused to heed the patriotic call for restructuring of the country and it is not the fact that they have looted, stolen and plundered more public funds than any other government in the history of our country.
It is not the fact that one of the greatest sons of Africa and one of the most respected and reverred world leaders and elderstatesmen that has ever lived, President Olusegun Obasanjo, recently and rightly said when commenting on the performance of the Buhari administration that “only a fool will sit on the fence or be neutral when his or her country is being destroyed with incompetence, corruption, lack of focus, insecurity, nepotism, brazen impunity and denial of the obvious”.
It is not the fact that every single Nigerian former Head of State and President has given the Buhari administration a vote of no confidence and has refused to endorse them for a second term.
As frightful, scandalous and unacceptable as all these failings are, not a single one of them demeans, diminishes and damages us more than the possibility that, for the first time in our history and indeed the history of the entire world, a massive multi-religious, multi-ethnic and multi-cultural nation such as ours is saddled with a President that many genuinly believe is not who he says he is and that some believe is a foreigner and a body-double!
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Nigeria To Receive $5.600,000 From Bill Gates, For Health And Agricultural Reforms, GMOs
Alongside the activities surrounding the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Vice President Kashim Shettima held a meeting with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation leading to the announcement of the donation by the Foundation’s head of Global Development.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving Nigeria through Vice President Kashim Shettima, a $5.600,000 funds to speedy up health and agricultural reforms in favour of the GMOs in Nigeria, and flood relief.
Through the Foundation’s head of Global Development Programme, Dr Christopher Elias, Bill Gates pledged $5 million grant approved for Lagos Business School and partners to develop the agricultural economics they called “industrial cassava” and $600,000 for flood relief in Borno State and other health sector initiatives.
Alongside the activities surrounding the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Vice President Kashim Shettima held a meeting with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation leading to the announcement of the donation by the Foundation’s head of Global Development.
Recall that on 4 September, Bill Gates had described the Nigeria’s economy as “stagnated” and proposed agricultural reforms for faster and increased growths in crops, fruits, vegetables amongst others to enhance nutritional values of the Nigerian citizens through the agricultural sector.
In that meeting Chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Bill gates urged Nigeria to adopt “innovative crop varieties with shorter growing periods, higher yields, and better pest resistance” pointing to the GMOs to address the food crisis.
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Moreover, at the 79th UN General Assembly in New York, VP Shettima reaffirmed to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the commitment of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu prioritizing health, nutrition, and agricultural development in Nigeria’s national agenda.
In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha, Shettima said: “we are deeply committed to addressing the pressing developmental challenges facing our nation, particularly the significant malnutrition crisis”.
He emphasised the Federal Government’s dedication and urgently working to secure locations for maize production under the Telemaze programme.
VP Shettima, promising swift action to the Gate’s Foundation on import permits for certified seeds, the VP said, “We recognize the critical importance of food security and industrial agricultural development. The Cassava Accelerator programme, in particular, holds immense potential for our economy.
“We are pursuing a whole-of-government approach to digitisation and data exchange systems, which we believe will revolutionise our public services,” he added while reiterating the government’s focus and commitment to digital transformation.
“With the expertise” of Nigeria’s ministers, “and the continued support of partners like the Gates Foundation,” the nation remains confident in its “ability to drive meaningful change and improve the lives of all Nigerians.”
In his response, President of the Global Development Programme at the Gates Foundation, Dr. Christopher Elias, said the Foundation is burdened with worries of the severe flooding in Borno, and is “committed to supporting Nigeria in times of crisis.”
Speaking of Polio, the Foundation said, “We’re impressed by the national task force’s efforts to eliminate variant polioviruses by year-end,” Dr. Elias noted.
Also, President of Global Growth & Opportunity Division at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rodger Voorhies, detailed plans for scaling up drought-tolerant maize production and advancing the Nigeria Cassava Investment Accelerator programme emphasizing that a $5 million grant has been approved for Lagos Business School and partners to develop the agricultural economics of industrial cassava.
In his words, “Industrial cassava presents a multi-billion-dollar opportunity for Nigeria,” Voorhees stressed.
He requested import permits for 5,000 metric tons of certified GMO maize seed to build a foundation seed system in Nigeria.
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Health: Genotype And Compatibility, Phenotype, Blood Groups And DNA
Within the Rh and ABO blood group systems, there are 8 different phenotypes in human blood – A-Positive, B-Positive, A-Negative, B-Negative, AB-Positive, AB-Negative, O-Positive, and O-Negative.
Do you know your genotype and its compatibility, phenotype, blood group and your genetic health?
The genotype is the genetic makeup of an organism and the genetic makeup of an organism is coded for in its DNA, being the hereditary material of the cell.
Medical researches have revealed that the DNA of organisms is organized into sections that code for proteins which are called genes.
Understand that each gene has different versions and the specific version that an organism inherits is its genotype. It is the genotype of an organism that helps to control the phenotype, or the observable traits of that organism.
What are the examples of phenotypes? It include hair color (whether brown, black, blonde), eye color, or even microscopic traits such as which version of a protein is produced inside cells.
How Genotypes, Blood Groups And Phenotypes Are Inherited
Genotypes and blood groups are inherited from parents. There are about 41 types of blood groups according to ISBT in 2019, especially the Rh group and ABO systems.
Within the Rh and ABO blood group systems, there are 8 different phenotypes in human blood – A-Positive, B-Positive, A-Negative, B-Negative, AB-Positive, AB-Negative, O-Positive, and O-Negative.
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The genotype helps to indicate the protein type that is found in the red blood cells (RBCs). People who possess the genotypes SS and SC have sickle cell diseases and based on the type of haemoglobin found in the RBCs, human beings have about six genotypes namely: – AA, AC, AS, CC, SC, and SS.
DNA is the genetic material of the cell in human bodies which is arranged in order of sequences called genes.
Human genes come in different versions called alleles. Allele is one of two or more versions of DNA sequence at a particular genomic location.
Each individual inherits two alleles, one from each parent, for a particular genomic location where the type of variation exists. There are two copies of each gene in an individual and the specific combination of alleles which is inherited is called the genotype.
Study shows that alleles can also be dominant if they mask another allele, or recessive. If you inherit two dominant alleles (LL) your genotype is homozygous dominant. But if it is two recessive alleles (ll) your genotype is homozygous recessive.
In any case an individual inherits one of each allele (Ll) the genotype will be heterozygous.
What Are Differences Between Blood Group And Genotype?
The major difference between blood group and genotype is that blood group is what constitutes the different kinds of blood found in human beings, governed by different antigens found on the surface of the red blood cells (RBCs), while genotype forms the genetic constituency of cells in human beings.
Blood Group
It is important to know that the absence or presence of antibodies and inherited antigenic particles on the surface of the red blood cells (RBCs) leads to the classification of humans’ blood into different groups.
The following are the antigens based on the blood group system: Carbohydrates, proteins, and glycoproteins.
Also note that a few of these antigens are found on the surface of the other cell types of different tissues.
According to Study.com, “There are two main types of genotypes, heterozygous and homozygous. If an organism has a heterozygous genotype, this means they inherit two different versions of a gene. If an organism is homozygous for a gene, it means they inherit two of the same versions of the gene.”
As explained earlier, human beings can inherit a version of blood that produces A-type of blood, B-type of blood, or o-type of blood.
The Following Are Some Examples Of Heterozygous And Homozygous Genotypes
Heterozygous genotypes: Ao, AB, or Bo.
Homozygous genotypes for blood type: AA, BB, or oo.
Research shows that different genotypes produce different phenotypes depending on which version is dominant to the other.
Function Of Genotype And Compatibilities
Genotypes makes up for the genetic constitution of each individual.
Your genotype makes up for the entire heritable genetic identity you possess– the genes transferred from your parent to you, which you also transfer to your children, the children’s children throughout generations.
It is the red blood cells (RBCs) that is involved in determining the genotype of human beings.
Understanding the genotypes compatibilities can prevent the hardships caused by Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in relationships and families, ensuring healthier generations to come.
The genotypes compatibilities:
- AA + AA: No risk of Sickle Cell Disease
- AA + AS: Safe, but potential carrier of the sickle cell trait
- AS + AS: 25% risk of having a child with SCD
- AS + SS / SS + SS: High risk of having a child with SCD
| Blood group | Genotype |
| What are they? | |
| Refers to different human blood types determined by different antigens found on the surface of the RBCs | It makes up for the genetic makeup of a cell |
| Occurrence | |
| Found outside RBCs | Found in every cell |
| What is the phenotype? | |
| In humans, there are 8 phenotypes of blood groups – A-Positive, B-Positive, A-Negative, B-Negative, AB-Positive, AB-Negative, O-Positive, and O-Negative | In humans, there are 6 phenotypes – AA, AC, AS, CC, SC, and SS |
| How are they determined? | |
| By absence or presence of antigens on the surface of the RBCs | By amino acid sequences of haemoglobin in RBCs |
| What traits does it control? | |
| Governs traits of RBC type only | Governs all the characters that are observed |
| Example | |
| A type, O type, AB type, B type, etc | Height, hair colour, eye colour, etc. – those traits controlled by single genes |
Take the step today—know your genotype and secure a brighter future for yourself and your family.
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Bill Gates, Anthony Fauci and conspiracy theories (part 2)
In 2022, in the wake of COVID-19, researchers from Harvard University reported that a large percentage of public comments on YouTube revealed suspicions of a ‘Hidden Agenda’ surrounding Gates…
By Femi Olugbile
According to ‘Abigail’, a Nigeria YouTube blogger in a trending video clip, the ‘296’ Nigerian girls who were abducted by Boko Haram fighters a few years ago were ‘stolen’ as part of a sinister plot. She tells a hair-raising story of how Bill Gates, the world’s leading philanthropist, is behind the abductions.
The purpose, according to “Abigail”, is an ongoing scheme to clone human organs for rich white people by inserting cells from their diseased organs into an egg from a woman’s ovary. The implant would grow into an organ which could then be surgically used to replace the diseased organ. The industry is potentially worth ‘thirty trillion dollars.’ It would require an endless supply of ovaries, and Nigerian girls are the main targets.
‘Abigail’ is not the only person who is distrustful of Mr Bill Gates.
The ‘retired’ co-founder of Microsoft has the dubious distinction of being, not just the most ‘generous’ man in the world, but also the most vilified man on the planet.
In 2022, in the wake of COVID-19, researchers from Harvard University reported that a large percentage of public comments on YouTube revealed suspicions of a ‘Hidden Agenda’ surrounding Gates, including his role in vaccine development and distribution, distrust concerning the supposed harmful effects of 5G network, and dark hints about the implantation of microchips in human beings.
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What is it about this man that attracts so much negativity, from a world citizenry that should be appreciative of his generosity?
It is a complicated matter.
Despite giving away so much, he continues to grow richer. With a private fortune of $138.6 billion and a Foundation worth $67 billion, some observers have noted unkindly that Gates’ total value is more than the GDP of most of the poor countries he is purporting to help.
Gates gave a Ted Talk in 2010 where he seemed to imply that the world’s population crisis could be reduced ‘if we do a really great job on new vaccines, healthcare, reproductive health services.’
He has since explained that he was merely stressing the point that with good healthcare, people would opt to have fewer children, knowing they would survive. But his words were taken as evidence of what later came to be known as ‘The Great Reset’, when rumour was rife that COVID-19 was engineered by Gates and ‘Global Elites’ to depopulate the world.
William Henry Gates III was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington, the only son of William. H. Gates Sr. and his first wife. Small and scrawny, he was bullied as a kid. At 13, he joined a prep school where he wrote his first software programme. In 1973, he enrolled at Harvard. He only stayed for two years, when he left to form Microsoft with a friend.
The rest, as they say, is history.
In 2010, he left Microsoft to dedicate himself to philanthropy.
From a psychologist’s perspective, Bill Gates appears to be an inventive genius who believes that by applying rational logic and limitless funds, he can help solve most of the world’s problems, from malaria, to hunger, to climate change. His reach is longer than many Heads of States, and his interests are everywhere.
The blowback is predictable to anyone who has heard the words of Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey’s famous song ‘The Horse, The Man, and His Son’ – about how no one could ever please all the world.
The whole culture of International Aid – Governmental, Agency or NGO, has a seamy undergirding of undue influence, and occasional subversion and corruption, no matter how originally well intended.
It is a truism that nobody can develop a nation, its institutions or its people better than the people themselves. That responsibility cannot be relinquished to any ‘AID’ group. No nation constructs a ‘Strategy’ for another nation. National Questions are for national leadership to ask and answer. Vaccination, including manufacture and decision on whether to deploy? Food production – natural seed only, or side-by-side with GMO?
“From a psychologist’s perspective, Bill Gates appears to be an inventive genius who believes that by applying rational logic and limitless funds, he can help solve most of the world’s problems, from malaria, to hunger, to climate change.”
Strategic Thinking is the ultimate National Security priority, even if Africa is falling down on it currently.
The one suspicion that is not bogus or easy to bat away from Gates’ garment is the activity around ‘food security’ and ‘Climate Smart Agriculture’. Gates Foundation is a facilitator—there is no evidence it stands to profit—in an ongoing push to increase the presence—some say control—of the global seed market by a four-company ‘oligopoly’ (Bayer, Corteva, BASF, Syngenta).
‘GMO’ is a bogey word in Nigeria, true, but ‘improved seeds’ are already here, including tomatoes and other plants and fruits developed by local scientists at IITA, Ibadan, and various agricultural universities. At the same time, fear of ‘GMO’ is real among the public.
The proponents of the drive to ‘globalise food security solutions’ are not necessarily red-eyed monsters eager to starve Africans to death. Many genuinely believe it is the way for the world to go. They included Barack Obama as US President. And Kamala Harris pushed the same point during her official visit to Africa.
‘Improved seed technology’ is copyrighted, and a farmer could technically be jailed for sharing seeds he bought if proposed ‘international treaties’ are enforced. The intentions articulated by ‘Multilateral Organisations’ may be lofty. Or perhaps they are not; who knows? As Ghanaian and Guatemalan peasant farmers are pointing out, such decisions are not in the place of foreigners to make. They are for Ghanaians, and Guatemalans themselves.
No, Bill Gates is not a villain, at least not intentionally.
But the notion of ‘philanthropy’ on such a gargantuan, supranational, intrusive scale carries its own perils. It illustrates the fundamental inequity and unsustainability of the ‘World Economic Order’ and the enormous gulf between the rich and the powerless. People get conditioned to being spoon-fed, and African nations frighteningly seem ready to outsource the continuous strategic thinking required to solve problems and ensure the development and wellbeing of their people to foreign ‘do-gooders’.
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