UBA SANI AND THE EKITI ASSIGNMENT
The Kaduna State governor is an asset to APC, writes JOSHUA J. OMOJUWA
Nine out of ten African teams made it to the round of 32 of the ongoing FIFA World Cup. By the time you read this, there is a chance only Morocco would have made it past that round. Egypt have a tie you’d expect them to navigate successfully, but you just never know with our teams. The most painful of the losses has to be Senegal. They were two goals up with five minutes to the end of regulation time; one had to believe they were almost home and dry. Until they weren’t. Bang! Bang! Belgium hit them for two in less than three minutes and 2-0 was suddenly 2-2. Extra time came, a dubious penalty, in my opinion, and yet another African country had played well in the knockout round but was on its way home anyway.
Winning and losing is mental. It is also by design. When you are used to winning, even when in a losing position, you’ve got a depth of muscle memory to draw your belief from. The reverse applies too. Arsenal took years to get past this mental hurdle. The APC is setting up to be that political force of nature that, amidst all the angst against the party in certain quarters, somehow continues to win elections.
