Unforced errors
The choice of how to spend my weekend two weeks ago wasn't up to any debate that I needed any deputy to handle for me. The decision was made before the choices of whether to go to New York and watch the women US open tennis finals or read a book by James Comey book entitled,Higher Loyalty even came up. I could do both with minimal fuss; I watched the game on Television and read the book during commercial breaks. I hate adverts.
On papers, it was already a mismatch. Serena Williams is arguably the most successful woman athlete in that elitist sport with 24 majors, on the other side of the net was Naomi Osaka with nothing but a racquet. In a sense I was proved right because in less than 2 hours, the game was over, Naomi Osaka won. No one envisaged that. Without taking anything away from the rookie, Osaka crushed almost all Serena first serves, her cross courts forehand were blistering as she obviously left her nerves in Japan as she served out the match with an ace. Forget the controversy with the umpire, Serena partially handed the trophy over to her by uncharacteristically serving 6 double faults while ammasing a total number of 21 unforced errors. The only place you can make so much errors and still be relevant is in Nigeria politics.
I joined other fine professional colleagues on BGGI (Buhari Good Governance Initiative)then to campaign selflessly for Buhari not on mantra for change but for integrity. So, when it took him so long to name his team, we all figured and agreed that finding ministers with proven financial integrity may seriously take years of intensive online and offline search. Six months later, the list came out and there were no surprises in the sense that nobody expected Buhari to roll with those individuals. We weren't expecting angels to come and serve as ministers but we didn't deserve those devils either. Unforced error.
Prior to his coming, insecurity has gained an actual life in the country and coming from a military and north background, we assumed this was going to be a piece of cake for the retired general. With his walking cane, a rag tag army and self preservation, he did what he could with Boko Haram and hurriedly announced the defeat of just a wounded enemy. He didn't go for the kill and so thunder struct again at the same spot. The Fulani herdsmen plundered farms, killed and maimed as the President joined the rest of us he has sworn to protect to watch in horror. This has to be a double fault.
From day zero, the economy was going to be his greatest albatross beacuse prelude to his coming, sucessive governments have wrecked the economy and his choice of economic team leader was a rookie. Tackling financial corruption was tactical; but his inexperience at handling political corruption marrs his efforts in reviving the economy. Again, prematurely announcing that we were out of recession when all street indices showed otherwise was insensitive. Unforced error.
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Double Fault
The server has two serves to start the point. Whenever he misses both he looses one point in the game and this situation is called a double fault.
Unforced Error
Error in a service or return shot that cannot be attributed to any factor other than poor judgement and execution by the player.
On papers, it was already a mismatch. Serena Williams is arguably the most successful woman athlete in that elitist sport with 24 majors, on the other side of the net was Naomi Osaka with nothing but a racquet. In a sense I was proved right because in less than 2 hours, the game was over, Naomi Osaka won. No one envisaged that. Without taking anything away from the rookie, Osaka crushed almost all Serena first serves, her cross courts forehand were blistering as she obviously left her nerves in Japan as she served out the match with an ace. Forget the controversy with the umpire, Serena partially handed the trophy over to her by uncharacteristically serving 6 double faults while ammasing a total number of 21 unforced errors. The only place you can make so much errors and still be relevant is in Nigeria politics.
I joined other fine professional colleagues on BGGI (Buhari Good Governance Initiative)then to campaign selflessly for Buhari not on mantra for change but for integrity. So, when it took him so long to name his team, we all figured and agreed that finding ministers with proven financial integrity may seriously take years of intensive online and offline search. Six months later, the list came out and there were no surprises in the sense that nobody expected Buhari to roll with those individuals. We weren't expecting angels to come and serve as ministers but we didn't deserve those devils either. Unforced error.
Prior to his coming, insecurity has gained an actual life in the country and coming from a military and north background, we assumed this was going to be a piece of cake for the retired general. With his walking cane, a rag tag army and self preservation, he did what he could with Boko Haram and hurriedly announced the defeat of just a wounded enemy. He didn't go for the kill and so thunder struct again at the same spot. The Fulani herdsmen plundered farms, killed and maimed as the President joined the rest of us he has sworn to protect to watch in horror. This has to be a double fault.
From day zero, the economy was going to be his greatest albatross beacuse prelude to his coming, sucessive governments have wrecked the economy and his choice of economic team leader was a rookie. Tackling financial corruption was tactical; but his inexperience at handling political corruption marrs his efforts in reviving the economy. Again, prematurely announcing that we were out of recession when all street indices showed otherwise was insensitive. Unforced error.
We will take a commercial break, and if you're reading this, don't lose hope. Vote.
P.S.
Double Fault
The server has two serves to start the point. Whenever he misses both he looses one point in the game and this situation is called a double fault.
Unforced Error
Error in a service or return shot that cannot be attributed to any factor other than poor judgement and execution by the player.
