{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mathematical 7","provider_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7","title":"Sport, the last card for Nigeria. - Mathematical 7","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"udvyD52BGm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/sport-the-last-card-for-nigeria\/\">Sport, the last card for Nigeria.<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/sport-the-last-card-for-nigeria\/embed\/#?secret=udvyD52BGm\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Sport, the last card for Nigeria.&#8221; &#8212; Mathematical 7\" data-secret=\"udvyD52BGm\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Sports_Nelson_Mandela_2.jpg","thumbnail_width":488,"thumbnail_height":375,"description":"Now I know that Nigeria needs Sport to get out of the cesspool it has found itself after over 50 years of a political arrangement that has largely failed to produce results reflective of the country\u2019s huge expectations at Independence as a future global Black superpower. With the way things are going politically at the present, it is unlikely that things would change. The world is not designed by the White person for the Black person to succeed. So, why would Nigeria, the most populous, and potentially the most powerful, be the exception?A friend asked me the other day to sum up my experiences in politics, \u2018particularly as you kept insisting to everyone how you saw the country and its future through the prism of sports, and how you kept repeating the eternal words of late Nelson Mandela like a broken record that \u201cSport has the power to change the world\u201d. Why could you not change the dynamics of politics in Ogun State, through your message?\u2019.Those are valid questions.My friend was one of those that believed every word I said and wrote when I ventured into politics a few months ago and started to \u2018sell\u2019 the vision of a new Nigeria starting from Ogun State, developing rapidly through the instrumentality of sport. The strategy was simple. Since politics are a game of numbers, deploy the numbers of adherents to sport to access political power.Try to imagine the numbers I was dreaming about."}