Pride in ourselves
It is said that the best way to develop a country is to develop the people. Every developed country has done so because the people of those nations have been willing to take the baton to develop from their governments. Governments have a role to play in providing the fertiliser to help to germinate the seeds of development. The citizens must be willing and ready to drive forward and help the country.
A barton is a threshing-floor. Why would a government want to give those to aid development?
Tom.
 | The_Walrus [Member] http://www.doctor-dark.co.uk 29/06/08 @ 15:03 |
I expect it was supposed to say baton, as in some sort of figurative relay race. I have driven forward for years now, and has the country ever thanked me for it? No, they just keep throwing fertiliser at me.
 | SeasideMan pro 29/06/08 @ 15:34 |
I knew that really, I was just pointing out the mistake in a non-obvious manner. The post is cirrect though: a government can lead their people to water, but they can't make them drink.
At least fertilizer washed off and is good for the garden...
Tom.
| The_Walrus [Member] http://www.doctor-dark.co.uk 29/06/08 @ 19:49 |
This government makes me drink...
 | wallon70 [Member] 29/06/08 @ 19:51 |
You are right. I got my spellng wrong, but seasideMan, you did the same, cirrect instead of correct. Anyway, I like your sense of humour.
Hello,
I was in conversation with a couple of Nigerians a few days ago and was on the verge of writing a blog about development and the need for government, governance, institutions, leadership and grassroots support.
One of us contended that meeting with market women and traditional leaders can secure development plans and goals, I felt the role of governments, especially state and local governments cannot be ignored for reasons of stability, continuity and the necessary resources to safeguard development plans and implementations.
Having read the Undercover Economist and a topic on Why Poor Countries are Poor, I can only agree with your assertion that governments have a role to play, they also have to trim down the bureaucracies that complicate the development process.
Hello again,
I forgot to put in a postscript to my last comment.
I attended Remo Secondary School between 1976 and 1981, your name looks familiar enough for me to suspect you did your HSC there between 1978 and 1980.
Just a shot in the dark.
(Generate new code automatically posts the comment - I was not expecting that and hence did not properly sign off my first comment - my apologies.)
Regards,
Akin
| wallon70 [Member] 28/07/08 @ 15:58 |
WHAO!!!.You are right. I was at RSS during those wonderful years. How you can pull together those little shreds of info is incredible?. I hope to hear from you again. I love writing and exchanging ideas about how we can develop our country. Tell me more about yourself.
| wallon70 [Member] 28/07/08 @ 16:32 |
Akin, Now that I have gone to your blog site, I definitely remember you. Hope you are alright?. Its a small world.
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29/06/08 @ 13:01