With the Gutting of the Voting Rights Act, the MAWA agenda has come to the limelight in full view. This was how Jim Crow policies were instituted, and it reversed decades of progress made, post the Civil War ... The race by Southern States, especially, RNC states to redistrict to eliminate majority African districts by diluting the districts, dissolving them into areas where minorities are not considered competent, let alone win an election, is an indication that the SCOTUS has failed Americans by their decision last week... Otherwise, these states will do nothing; rather, they will ensure all people in the state have a seat at the table. Their claim that America is far removed from race-based politics is an illusion. This speed of redistricting will ensure fewer Africans in the U.S. Congress in 2027, and make it harder for Democrats to win a presidential election in 2030, which is a disservice to the American people... The sad thing is that the only African man in the SCOTUS vote...
I just came back from Nigeria . I traversed the length and breadth of the nation a bit in my three-week stay. Something is different about the country compared to when I visited last year.... The people are more desperate... Hunger has increased astronomically.... The gap between the haves and have-nots has further widened... You feel impunity in the air... You see police collecting bribes openly like we have not seen since the Shagari era in 1983... There are more law enforcement agents on the roads now, yet the crime rate has not abated... You see VIO , Road Safety, State Law enforcers, the Police, everywhere mounting illegal roadblocks... I heard things from those close to the seat of power about those who hold the reins of power, and I weep for Nigeria - it is beyond disheartening... Projects are being abandoned because a significant portion has been given as bribes to government officials like governors and ministers, including major monarchs - they all collect money for projects...