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36 — Vanguard, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2019 Laughter as political medicine NIGERIANS love travel and adventure. But Ukraine and its forbiddingly cold capital, Kiev, wasn’t a favourite destination for many years. That is until Pastor Sunday Adelaja of the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations, fired the public’s imagination with his evangelical charismatic brand of the gospel. The news from Kiev last week was not about Adelaja whose outreach has been muted by domestic battles. Nor was it about the outcry of the growing community of Nigerian students in Ukraine who have protested the decision of the Nigerian government to close down Nigeria’s embassy in Kiev as part of a cost-cutting measure. Almost two decades after the Orange Revolution promised to sweep away the old order in Ukraine, the world is learning, yet again, that the more things appear to change the more they remain the same. In Ukraine, comedy is not just imitating politics; comedy is the new politics. After nearly 20 years of taking itself too seriously, Ukrainians decided they might as well try laughing at themselves. That was the message of the election by landslide of the lawyer-comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky, as Ukraine’s new president. In the war for territory and influence between Russia and the West led by the US and Britain, Ukraine has remained a battleground. Russia had sent a message with the so-called annexation of Crimea that it would not take nonsense from the West. Whose revolution? But US and its NATO allies were still prowling Russia’s southern borders, trying to rattle the old bear. The tensions that arose played themselves out in the Orange Will Zelensky be his own man? It will not take long to find out Revolution in 2004, a revolution which Ukrainians thought they won, and the West believed it won, but which time would show that the ultimate winners were the same old guard that had been declared vanquished. Between 2004 and the presidential election this March, Ukraine has had four presidents. Virtually all have been from among the oligarchs, a heavysounding pronoun for a club of about 100 people whose combined wealth reportedly grew by 43 per cent last year to $37 bil- lion when more citizens were getting poorer. The joke is on my dyedin-the-wool ideological friends who believe that ideology of the socialist variety cures all societal ills. The predatory oligarchs of Ukraine made their money, not under the current flux or from the depredations of capitalism. No. They became mega-oligarchs under socialism, the mythical leveler of all comrades. But I assure Kayode Komolafe and other comrades that this is a matter for another day. Outgoing President Petro Poroshenko, who failed to get a second term, is among the oligarchs, the privileged few former-socialistturned-capitalist, richer than their country. Chocolate king reigns When Poroshenko came to power five years ago, the “Chocolate King” (he owns one of the largest confectionery companies in the former Soviet bloc) promised to “personally oversee” the fight against corruption that had impoverished the people and bring an end to the virtual state of war in the country. He did a few things alright; like cleaning up the banking sector, reforming the stateowned gas company and growing the GDP by about 3.3 percent. But the changes were skin deep. His enthusiasm for change didn’t last a winter. In a spectacularly famous case, after journalistic investigations revealed a rotten judiciary, Poroshenko promoted even more corrupt judges to a peer review panel. He kicked out a Ukrainian judge, ironically widely known for his anti-corruption credentials, but yet continued to promise that the best was yet to come. Yet, Ukrainians could see that the Confectionery King just couldn’t keep his hand off the cookie jar. By the time the elections were due in March/April, Gallup said Ukraine was holding the world record in low trust in government. That was evident in the sheer number of candidates who threw their hats in the ring: 39 of them. Nothing that Poroshenko said mattered anymore. After two revolutions in 20 years, a litany of failed promises and an upsurge in the misery index, Ukrainians seemed determined to try something dangerously new. Against the odds The line-up of presidential candidates tells part of the story. Zelensky, the showmanscreenwriter-director was the odd man in a battle that featured a former prime minister, two former deputy prime ministers, a former governor, one former defence chief, a professor, economists, veteran politicians and business moguls. In Nigeria-speak, Zelensky’s chances were the political equivalent of Governor Rochas Okorocha becoming the next president. But Zelensky made it, against all odds. The man who plays poor, honest teacher in the TV series, ‘Servant of the people’, now gets a chance to be the servant of the people for real. If the world was shy about giving professional jokers and TV celebrities a chance to lead before, Americans helped to change that attitude significantly when they voted Donald Trump. And whether Americans are sorry or just pretend to be sorry about the gift of Trump to world politics, Trump’s disciples are growing, enabled by voters who are fed up with empty promises and broken politics. There is, regrettably, desperation for a difference, however dangerous. We see that in the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who likened himself to Adolf Hitler, called the Pope the son of a whore and treats women like idiots. Britain’s Nigel Farage, another Trump disciple, used fantastically dodgy figures to con the public into Brexit only for half of the voters to wake up the day after the referendum to start googling the meaning of Brexit. The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, even out-trumped Trump. While Trump was still talking about building a wall, Orban actually built a wall between Hungary and Croatia and closed Hungary’s border with Serbia to keep out desperate Syrian refugees. It might seem unfair to attach Zelensky to a family tree of ideologically deranged forbears. Indeed, the sentiment in some Western capitals is that here, at last, is the man with whom the West can do business. But as surely as the fruit never falls too far from the tree, those who have eyes only need to look at the man behind Zelensky to wonder if Ukrainians are not laughing themselves into trouble. The godfather’s legacy? Zelensky has a godfather, one Igor Kolomoisky, an oligarch and owner of the TV channel which broadcasts Zelensky’s show. Apart from giving Zelensky a platform, reports say Kolomoisky’s lawyer is never far from the president-elect. Will Zelensky be his own man? It will not take long to find out. When the outgoing president took over in 2014, expectations of change were high from Poroshenko who had campaigned on the slogan of, “Live a new way”. Five years down the road, voters found that the new way, if it ever existed, only led to Poroshenko’s confectionery shop. It was a new way to nowhere. After the Poroshenko years, Zelensky will have to be more than a celebrity to make his honeymoon last.
Vanguard, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2019 — 37 OLD OYO NATIONAL PARK: is a unique park among the other parks in Nigeria. Apart from the preservation of flora and fauna resources the park is highly blessed with historical features. The park takes its name from Oyo-lle (Old Oyo), the ancient political capital of Oyo Empire of the Yoruba people, and contains the ruins of this city, the park had been in existence in the past as two game reserves- the upper Ogun games reserve and the Oyo Ile games reserve. The Oyo Ile game reserve was the abandoned site of old Oyo Empire where the present day Oyo came from. The Oyo people settled down in so many places before they got to the present Oyo town. “One of those places is Oyo ile which falls within the park today. It is the largest concentration of archaeological and cultural sites that contain more than twenty of the identified relics. One will be struck by the hosts of cultural artefacts that litter the sites like grinding stones; earthen pots potsherds; snags, snail shells; mud walls; mound of ashes and charcoals that are still discernible with the abandoned old settlement till date. The walls called the Koso defence wall were built around the city of old Oyo-Ile; it is about 6.5ft high and they made holes on it where they spy on those coming in . The wall made with mud is still standing till date right from 16th c. •Part of the walls at koso still standing •One of the ruins of commerce •Agbaku cave Ekiti to acquire, market local festivals for tourism devt, says ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ DG •Ojo-Lanre We are training over 5,000 youths to develop tourism potential — Ooni of Ife The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, on Wednesday said that no fewer than 5,000 youths were currently being trained to develop tourism potential in Ile Ife and make them financially independent. By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ado Ekiti-In a bid to shore up the revenue base of Ekiti State through Tourism, the Director General of the State Arts and Culture, Wale Ojo-Lanre , hinted during the week that the state government would acquire all local festivals being celebrated in some towns and give it national and international exposure. The Director General said this when playing host to Ogun Onire Carnival Forum, a committee set up by Ire Ekiti for the 2019 edition of the Ogun Onire Festival slated for August in his office . Ojo-Lanre expressed regret that many of the deities that were of great significance in Ekiti like Ogun and The Ooni of Ife, represented by Oba Adebanjo Adenini, Asoja of Isoja in Ife Kingdom, disclosed this during the 2019 Tourism Innovations and Development Advantage c (TIDA) conference. Osun, but were relegated and neglected, were veritable sources of income in other states of the federation. He said the administration of Dr Kayode Fayemi was committed to the promotion of those sites that were regarded as being historical and strategic to the existence of any town. “Ogun was a deity that had become so popular in Yoruba race and other climes. And if you look at the myth around it, it has significance connection with Ire Ekiti people, but not much has been done to improve the festival the way Ondo people were doing . “ According to history, the Osun Osogbo originated from Igede Ekiti but we could all attest to the millions The theme of the conference is: “Impact of Sustainable Tourism Development and Marketing of Tourism Destinations on Host Communities” held at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), of naira being made annually through Osun groove and its celebration by Osun government . “That is why we have a law that had empowered the state to acquire, protect, project and market local festivals and deities of interest to promote our culture and make money for our dear state. “If you look at Ogun festival, people only paid obeisance to a man who did well for the people , there was nothing fetish about it and other mythical festivals we are holding to celebrate our past heroes”. The Director General added that it would seek the collaborations of the towns where the deities are located and corporate organisations to achieve the task. The Chairman of the Ogun Onire Victoria Island, Lagos. Ogunwusi said that this was embarked on due to his passion for tourism development in the country and to ensure tourism has positive impact on community members. “Two years ago, I built the Ife Grand Resort, thereby creating over 2,000 jobs. “I am currently training 5,000 youths in Ile-Ife on embracing tourism businesses to make a good number of youths self reliant and independent. “The training started in January and it will last six months to complete. “With all the innovations in my mind, nothing is impossible to achieve, I am fully ready to listen to the youth. Dr Wanle Akinboboye, Managing Director, La Campagne Tropicana Resort, urged Nigerians to groom tourism potential within their local communities. He said this would have great impact on the community members, boost the economy of the community and the country at large. Carnival Forum, Chief Femi Ajayi, appealed to the government to help in rehabilitating the Ogun groove in Ire Ekiti before the 2019 celebration slated for August. Ajayi said the the town was particularly happy that the government had taken over the location where the groove was situated , saying developing the site to an international standard would help the drive to promote the festival to national and international standard. “We are not going to leave the festival to government alone to promote, we are ready to collaborate, because our local economy will witness a radical change when tourists are trooping in the be part of the celebration”, he said •Ooni of Ife According to him, this will also raise the standard of living for women in the communities, reduce conflict, crime rate, menace of area boys. He said that it would also improve financial independence, exposure to different cultures and attract more investors. “Our major problem in Africa is that we are only interested in grooming that sector of our economy which yields immediate gain.
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