Thanks bro.for the update from the giant of Africa; and keep up the good work down there!! Regards Basss! ********************************************************************* >From: Harona S Drammeh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: NIGERIA ,THE WORLD IS WATCHING............. >Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 05:50:23 PDT >MIME-Version: 1.0 >From [log in to unmask] Sun May 30 06:04:30 1999 >Received: from [149.68.1.24] by hotmail.com (1.5) with SMTP id >MHotMailB91A824401B5D1B98314954401180ED22; Sun May 30 06:04:30 1999 >Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu (149.68.1.24) by maelstrom.stjohns.edu >(LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <[log in to unmask]>; >Sun, 30 May 1999 9:00:49 -0500 >Received: from MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU by MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU >(LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) with spool id 835173 for >[log in to unmask]; Sun, 30 May 1999 09:00:44 -0400 >Received: from hotmail.com (209.185.131.175) by maelstrom.stjohns.edu >(LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id ><[log in to unmask]>; Sun, 30 May 1999 8:50:31 -0500 >Received: (qmail 3077 invoked by uid 0); 30 May 1999 12:50:24 -0000 >Received: from 212.60.66.40 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Sun, 30 May 1999 > 05:50:23 PDT >X-Originating-IP: [212.60.66.40] >Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> > >FELLOW L-ERS, > >NIGERIA HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF DEBATE AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE PAST 15 >YEARS OR SO, ON ITS MILITARY LEADERSHIP AND HOW IT SYSTEMATICALLY >ROBBED-OFF >THE NIGERIAN POPULACE. >ON SATURDAY THE 29TH OF MAY 1999 AT EXACTLY 11:11am NIGERIAN TIME GENERAL >OLUSEGUN OBASANJO WAS SWORN-IN AS NIGERIA'S DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED >PRESIDENT.GEN.OLUSEGUN OBASANJO WHO WILLFULLY RETURNED NIGERIA TO CIVILIAN >RULE SOME 20YEARS AGO( AS A MILITARY HEAD OF STATE THEN)A RETIRED SOLDIER >AND A MUCH RESPECTED ELDER AND FARMER, OBASANJO IS NIGERIA'S HOPE INTO THE >FUTURE. >THE CITIZENS OF AFRICA'S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY EXPECT OBASANJO NOT ONLY TO >DELIVER BUT RECOVER ALL THE ILL-GOTTEN WEALTH OF IT'S MILITARY LEADERSHIP >AND RESTORE HOPE AND CONFIDENCE OF THE WORLD TO NIGERIA AND NIGERIANS. WILL >HE DELIVER ? AND HOW SOON ? IS THE QUESTION. >WHILE SPEAKING TO HIS FELLOW COUNTRY MEN AND INDEED THE WORLD AT THE EAGLE >SQUARE IN ABUJA(NOW PRESIDENT OBASANJO)PROMISED THE WORLD THAT HE WOULD >HANDLE THE MANTLE OF POWER TO THE DESIRE OF HIS ELECTORATE, HE QUICKLY >ADDED >THAT WIPING OUT WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION AND BRING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT TO >NIGERIA >WILL NOT BE AN EASY TASK, HOWEVER HE IS PREPARED FOR THE UPHILL BATTLE. >IT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO NOTE THAT WHEN OBASANJO WAS HANDING OVER POWER >SOME 20YEARS AGO, THE PARADE COMMANDER THEN LT.COL. ABUBAKAR IS NOW HEAD OF >STATE HANDING OVER POWER TO ELECTED PRESIDENT OBASANJO( CO-INCIDENCE OR >DESIGN?) >GEN. ABUBAKAR, MUCH AS HE IS RESPECTED BY THE WORLD FOR HAVING LED NIGERIA >THROUGH A SUCCESFUL TRANSITION, NIGERIANS STILL POINT A FINGER AT HIM FOR >NOT BRINGING THE ABACHA CLAN TO BOOK PARTICULARLY ABACHA'S KILLING AGENTS. >WILL OBASANJO PROSECUTE THEM? > >NIGERIA AND NIGERIANS TAKE NOTE FOR AFRICA AND THE WORLD IS WATCHING YOU >WITH KEEN INTEREST! > >WISHING YOU WELL IN YOUR NEW FOUND DEMOCRACY. > >HARONA DRAMMEH FROM NIGERIA. > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------