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Dele Momodu
8 quotes
“I have not been critical of government; I have only been analyzing issues and proffering solutions. You cannot call me a bitter critic because you must differentiate between people who just criticize anything that has to do with government; that is not me. I proffer solutions, I write letters to Nigerians, write letters to leaders, and give them my ideas.”
Dele Momodu (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If all of us can tell ourselves the truth, Nigeria will be a better place. But in Nigeria, once you are comfortable, once you have cozy relationship with people then you cannot talk to them again. I don’t believe in the traditional definition of critics in Nigeria, which means that when you are a critic, you must be a poor man, you must not have rich friends, all your friends must be saints. I don’t know where those saints are.”
Dele Momodu (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Nigeria I would love to see, seriously, is the Nigeria where there is infrastructural development because we have so many resources to fix our infrastructure. I mean if you ask me, my biggest frustration is the lack of infrastructure.”
Dele Momodu (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no electricity, I would love a situation where I am spared the noise of generator and fumes that comes from the exhaust of these generators, this is monumental pollution.”
Dele Momodu (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wish we could do something very drastic about our education. I am worried about mass unemployment, these days, I run away from my telephone because eight or nine out of 10 callers are asking for favours that I know I cannot deal with.”
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“The reality about Nigeria is Nigeria today is not ready for change. I have seen the attitude of our young people who you think want more change, call them tomorrow and tell them you want to contest; they will say you lack experience. What experience do I lack?”
Dele Momodu (born 1960) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On why he would not be contesting for the 2015 Presidency.
“People expect the journalist to be the lamb of God and take away the sins of the earth, but that’s not it. It is not easy to stop brown envelope because journalists are part of the society and they must be able to live responsibly to the expectations of their family.”
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“I am not under any illusion that social media will ignite a revolution in Nigeria. Don’t forget that Nigeria has come a very long way and about 70 to 80 per cent of our people are unlettered, illiterate, and sometimes incurably ignorant because some people just refuse to change and they will tell you this is how it’s been done since the first republic and this is how it will be done. So social media has it uses, for me, it is a form of therapy, social therapy, just to calm me down and at least give me a voice that I am saying my mind and expressing my views without hold back. If I go to NTA or FRCN, they may say I can’t say certain things whereas on social media, it is free. Once I pick my Twitter or Facebook, I can express myself.”
Dele Momodu (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source