Suruwa'l ko: 'Gaache reye na hajj fa beye di daahay saacha.' (Shamed is the dog where the goat fends off a thief). So should be the nigglesome intellectual élite of this country.
If you think our government shouldn't take grants or go for loans, and you're the cream of the crop, stop creaming our crop with specious arguments and give us proper alternatives or forever hold your peace.
Even I know that national reconstruction and wealth creation has to start somewhere. And if the endless speech-recycling workshops, seminars and study tours aren't taking us far, maybe we should do like Europe did.
As mighty as they once were, Europe never felt big after WWII's destruction of their infrastructure, productive capacity, housing, etc.
They knew they needed help, and like allies are for, there was the Marshall Plan: an American initiative, in which they were given over $13 billion in economic assistance. Now look who's laughing... did that assistance make Europe kiss America's behind?
So, given where we are coming from, how economically malnourished we are thanks to a shitstem that arrested our development, I don't think our worry should be whether to take the money, but rather, what do we do with it.
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