The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Thursday June 30th, 2022 – International Asteroid Day
International Asteroid Day is about raising public awareness and educating people about the opportunities and risks presented by asteroids. The goal is to inform the public regarding various actions and efforts that should take place in case the need should arise.
A Nation Gripped By Obimania by Kola King
The former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi is a contrarian, and not the typical politician. He’s a maverick politician. His style is refreshingly simple and organic. He served for two terms as governor bringing prudence, transparency, and accountability to government business. His simplicity and humility have endeared him to many Nigerians who are all too familiar with the political class who display excesses, opulence, and crass opportunism at every turn. In general, politics in this clime is seen as an avenue for state capture, or put simply, corruption, which explains why there’s no distinction between government finances and private money. During his tenure as governor, Obi is reputed to have handled government finances with prudence and foresight. According to reports, there was appreciable progress in the area of healthcare, education, infrastructural development, and security among others during his time. For him, politics means service delivery to the electorate. In this regard, Obi is the direct opposite of the typical Nigerian politician. In a nutshell, Obi’s vision and mission are to restore ethics, hard work, and productivity, and to reduce consumption. In short, he wants to put Nigeria back to work.
His first foray into the presidential race was in 2019 as a vice-presidential candidate on the ticket of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who was the standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Before porting to the Labour Party, Obi had picked the 40 million naira presidential nomination forms of the PDP but sensing that the race had been heavily monetised and compromised he jumped ship and subsequently picked the presidential ticket of the Labour Party.
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Alexandra David-Neel (V2) #poem by Michael Lee Johnson
“she edits her life from a room made dark
against a desert dropping summer sun.
A daring traveling Parisian adventurer”
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Worming #39 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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