1.0Mathematical 7https://mathematical7.com/m7rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NjA8G5VpOn"><a href="https://mathematical7.com/m7/sport-and-politics-exciting-times-ahead/">Sport and Politics – exciting times ahead!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mathematical7.com/m7/sport-and-politics-exciting-times-ahead/embed/#?secret=NjA8G5VpOn" width="600" height="338" title="“Sport and Politics – exciting times ahead!” — Mathematical 7" data-secret="NjA8G5VpOn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://mathematical7.com/m7/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://mathematical7.com/m7/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Big_Seg_Poster.jpg24202156I am formally announcing to readers of this column my intention to run for political office in Nigeria starting from Ogun State.I want to whet the appetite of Nigerians and Ogun State people in particular.They should be prepared for an avalanche of new ways and an exciting future. They shall be actively involved in the creation of these new ways and a new life that shall reflect the best parts of Yoruba culture and traditions.They shall be the first (in the ancient tradition that they were renowned for of being the ‘first’ in a lot of things in Nigeria’s history) to translate Nelson Mandela’s vision in 1995, when he walked into a packed stadium in Johannesburg during the opening ceremony of the World Rugby championships, one year after he was freed from prison, and declared that ‘Sport has the power to change the world’, into reality!Since then, the world has continued to see in glimpses the possibility of what he was referring to that evening.We just saw what Russia did with the recently concluded World Cup hosted by the country to reposition it as the next global friendly tourist destination.But still, the world is in the infancy of maximizing what sport can do in society.Ogun State is about to join that company.There is too much power in this human activity (sport) that drives deep incomprehensible emotions, passion and followership, and breaks down intractable economic, cultural, religious, geographical, tribal, racial, and social barriers.Nothing else on earth demonstrates such powers the way sport does.How to channel that energy more purposefully is ongoing even in the most developed societies in the world.That’s what is in play when the most powerful nations struggle to host the biggest sports events in the world, at the expense of the ‘weaker’ ones that actually need the events more in order to advance their development, but if only they know how.That is the awesome power that I am bringing to Ogun State in 2019.