Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has explained why he always wears Khaki and red beret to attend public events. He shared his explanation on his Facebook wall.
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"So many people have asked this same question " what is behind your mode of outfits and what is the motivating principle?" The 'Red Beret' is my signature for a struggle of the common people. The 'Khaki' is just nothing but a very modest way of appreciating the magnitude of problems the 'common people' face in this country. I don't fancy putting on attires outside that because it does not at all, portray our understanding of the situation in which we operate. There are people in this country who find it difficult to eat one meal a day and yet, we intimidate and harass them with gorgeously expensive dresses. Some of our apparels can even feed a whole community! I find it difficult to reconcile such an irony. (Sighs) So, I have decided to just live happily and modestly because that is how I feel happy each time I am in my simple wears. As for the 'Red Beret', it is the signature of those who struggle against injustice, violence and oppression of the poor. In fact, the red colour, historically represents the blood of the poor people who have been struggling for a better society. Each time we look at the red beret, we remember that some people have sacrificed their lives in struggling to live better in a world which was created by God and which others have decided to hijack and live at their own advantage against the voiceless majority. So...the summary of who I am is that I am a Comrade walking the talk "
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Posted: at 3-02-2016 11:27 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Ennyolalekan at 3-02-2016 11:31 AM (8 years ago) (m)
na lie joor. u don't want pple to notify u ni. bunch of thieves.
Posted: at 3-02-2016 11:31 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
concentrate at 3-02-2016 11:52 AM (8 years ago) (m)
The best way to identify with the people you call common is by going to the hospitals and pay their bills, go to schools and pay fees for as much less privilege as you can. nigerians needs actions not a man who wears red beret about claiming he is identifying with the sorry state of most nigerians.
Posted: at 3-02-2016 11:52 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac