An Open Letter to Professor Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, PhD, OON, Chairperson of Transcorp and Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange

Written on Friday, August 15th, 2008 at 9:44 am → Filed under General Articles

Greetings. I apologize for the cumbersome heading of this letter. I may be dangerously approaching one and a half decades in the West, I am still very mindful of the importance of titles in Nigeria. I try to respect our sensibilities. I have also taken the liberty to address you as “Chairperson” as opposed to your normal designation as “Chairman” of Transcorp. You see, I live in North America and I don’t want wahala with the feminists. But I digress. I am writing to congratulate you on the astounding success of your latest initiative and contribution to the advancement of the black race: the launch, on Friday July 18, 2008 of the Africans for Obama 2008 group. The launch was followed, last week, by a celebrity dinner/concert fundraiser for brotha Barack’s election project. It has now been widely reported that you were able to raise in excess of N100, 000.000 for the advancement of your worthy cause.