PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has come of full age in the politics of survival. He seems to have learnt all the tricks in the kitty of political manipulation.

RECENTLY, there has been a lot of news about a police bust up of baby selling homes or cartels, or about people selling their children for a fee.

It is really exciting going through the statistics of the mid-term score card of the House of Representatives under the leadership of Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. For a recap, the leadership of the House was elected on June 6, 2011 in an atmosphere that has served as a quick reminder of the goodness of team work and promotion of democratic tenets.

MAHATMA Gandhi, referred to by historians and authors as the Father of Modern India, listed the seven blunders of this world as Wealth without Work, Pleasure without Conscience, Knowledge without Character, Commerce without Morality, Science without Humanity, Worship without Sacrifice and Politics without Principles. Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 because this world wanted to live with blunders at whatever the cost.

IN the African socio-cultural milieu, elders occupy positions of honour nurtured by wisdom and experience. As repositories of the culture and tradition of the people, they are often revered, especially by the youth who yearn to drink from their fountain of eternal wisdom in their search for direction in an otherwise treacherous world. In the days of yore, elders are economical with words to the point of taciturnity.