Overview
- Lesson Title: Obasanjo
- This report gives an analysis of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo's political ambition through the comments of two Nigerian critics with differing opinions.
- Language: Hausa
- Topic: Economics/Politics
- ILR Level: 2+/3
- ACTFL Proficiency: Superior, Advanced-High
- This ACTFL rating is an approximation based on the ILR level
- Modality: Listening
- Learning Objective: Maintenance & Improvement
- Subject Area: Language
- Material Type: LO
- Publication Year: 2007
- ObjectID: HAUS_11907
Transcript
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Obasanjo A: A karo na farko, tun da ya shiga tsakiyar zarge-zargen cewar ba ya sha’awar sauka kan karagar mulki, yau dai shugaban ƙasar Nijeriya, Olusegun Obasanjo, ya fito fili ya shaida wa duniya. Da duk masu shakkar aniyyarsa cewar ba ya sha’awar kwana ɗaya ƙari, daga ashirin da tara na watan Mayu na shekara mai-zuwa. Shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo wanda ƴan ƙasa da dama musamman masu faɗa a ji, suka daɗe suna kalubalantarsa, cewa ya fito fili … ya bayana aniyyarsa akan tazarce da ta fara kankama tun shekara ta dubu biyu da ɗari biyar. Har ta kai yanzu ana kiraye-kirayen kafa gwamnatin cire riƙon ƙwariya. Ya yi tir da masu kiraye-kirayen, cewar duk wanda ke kiran gwamnatin riƙon ƙwariya don hana ruwa gudu ne. Masu neman kawo tashin-tashin a cikin ƙasa. To, akan maganar da ake yi ta yi na cewar ko an yadda da irin wannan bani na shugaban ƙasa Olusegun Obasanjo ko ba a yarda ba, waɗansu masu sharhi akan al’amura a Nijeriya su biyu sun bambanta, watau Alhaji Bashir Baba da Alhaji Bello Katuni, waɗanda kowaɗannen suna da wani ra’ayi na daban. Da farko dai, ga ra’ayin da Bashir Baba yake bayyana mun: B: …kafin maganar gwamnatin riƙon ƙwariya, ka san an yi ba tun ta zarce. To, kowancan karamma, mun sha fadi, muna daɗa nanatawa. Kamar yadda bahaushe yake cewa, “Ba a mugun sarki, sai mugun ba fadi.” To, a wancan karamma, ba a ƙashin kansa ne ya nemi ta zarce ba. Waɗansu ƴan danfara dai ne ya haɗu da su, waɗanda dama sun danfari Abacha da irin wannan tsari. Su ne suka yi masa huɗubal shaidan! Kuma ka san mulki zaƙi gare shi haru … tun maganar nan ba ya jin ta har ta fara ratsa shi. To, daga ƙarshe dai kokawa ta kaya. To, irin waɗannan mutanen ne kuma yanzu suka sake yin shiga burutu, suka fito da maganar gwamnatin riƙon ƙwariya. Ba don kome ba suna ta kai masu ɗauki suna kai masa ziyara iri-iri, har wannan magana ta ratsa shi, a tashi yin gwamnatin riƙon ƙwariya, su a zuba su. Saboda in sun je sun tinkara al’umma, ba su zaɓuwa. {Democracy [English]} mu ke yi yanzu, hanya ɗaya ke nan da za su bi {may be [English]} … oh, ah ... wataƙila su shigo gwamnati, a ce a yi zaɓe ya gagara … shugaban ƙasa zai ce to, lokacin tafiya sa ya yi don haka, gwamnatin riƙon ƙwariya za a yi, su sai a ɗibe su a zuba, saboda su yake gani a gabansa koyaushe. Saboda haka wannan abu da ya faru ni, ni bai ba ni mamaki ba ko kaɗan. A: A ɓangare ɗaya kuma, Alhaji Bello Katuni, wani mai-sharhi shi ma akan al'amura, yana ganin cewa har fa yanzu, akwai sauran rina a kaɓa. C: To, ga yadda Bashir ya faɗa ba haka, ni a nau tunani ba haka ne ke zato ba. Idan akan ce ba geren-geren ba taimaki. Wannan zancen ko kuma maganganun da Obasanjo ya faɗa, ai ƴan siyasa ƙasan nan kowa ya san irin wannan hali, abin da suka faɗa daban abin da ke zuciyarsu daban. Gaskiya gwargwa ba gwargwadon abin da mutane ke neman sani, ita suke faɗi. Abin da ke gaskiya ta haƙiƙa ne, ta ke cikin zukatansu. Wannan magana ba ta je ko’ina ba, ai ba magana ba ce, ba aiki ne. In ana kome ƙasa ɓoye duniya a ce an yi shi ɓoye, to ban da siyasa. Kuma, ita akuya siyasa ba a ɗaure ta faɗa ai. Don haka, idan har maganarsa cewa yana da niyyar haka, to da farko, abin da zai yi ya fara tabbatar da dokin da za a ɗora a ƙasa a gan shi, na harkokin siyasa sun kama gadan-gadan ko’ina, na yadda za a tafi a ce za a yi zaɓe. Amma saura mutane ma fara ke maga karans tsada shugaban ƙasa ba mu shekara ɗaya: in an yi haka a can baya, ai lokacin sojoji ne, yanzu kuma dimukuraɗiyya muke ciki. Don haka a ce an rage lokaci, ko kuma an ɗan sanya ɗan ƙanƙanen lokaci. Na yadda mutanen nan za su yi tunani, ko kuma yadda mutane za su samu damar yin hada-hada da hikimomi na siyasa. Har yanzu akwai wasu abubuwa, ba- ... babu wannan lokaci, don kuwa wannan magana ba wani abu ba ne. Irin abu nan ne kawai ka yi gurum-gurum-gurum da gangarka a ji karanta bayan cewa kuma can cikinta ba kome duk abun ne. A: Ra’ayin wani mai sharhi kan al'amura ke nan, Bello Katuni ne, yana tsokace akan bayanin da shugaban Nijeriya Olusegun Obasanjo ya yi. Umar Faruku Musa, Murya Amurka, a Abuja, Nijeriya. |
Obasanjo A: For the first time since he became entangled in the controversy that he had no interest in sitting on the seat of power, today the president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, appeared in public to inform the world and all those doubting his intentions, that he has no desire to sit a day longer beyond the twenty-ninth of May of next year. President Olusegun Obasanjo, who the whole country, especially the commentators, they spent a long time watching his movements, that he would appear publicly ... and explain his intentions for the campaign that has begun to take root since the year two thousand and five. It has even come to a situation where some are calling for an interim government. He’s been annoyed with those calling for it, saying that everyone who calls for an interim government is trying to prevent the water from flowing, and bring unrest in the country. Well, on whether one agrees with president Olusegun Obasanjo’s plan or not, two commentators on Nigerian affairs differ, that is Alhaji Bashir Baba and Alhaji Bello Katuni, each of whom has a different opinion. First of all, here’s the opinion of Bashir Baba that he explains to us: B: … Before speaking of an interim government, you know there’s the subject of campaigning. Well, every one of the candidates, we’ve said it before a lot, and we’re repeating it more and more. As the Hausa say, “The king is not bad, but his courtiers are.” So, for that candidate, one doesn’t have his bone that he’s seeking to go beyond. He gathered together some adherents, who in the past had supported Abacha in this kind of arrangement. They are the ones who preached to him about the devil. And you know that there’s sweetness in power ... since this talk he didn’t hear it until it began to affect him badly. These kind of people have again entered the fray now, and they are coming out with talk of an interim government. It’s not for nothing that they keep bringing their shares, that they pay him various visits, until this talk began to get into his head ... Because if they go and confront the public, they won’t vote. We’re doing democracy now, and there’s one path that they’ll follow, maybe ... oh, ah ... perhaps they’ll enter the government, and one says the election was out of control ... and the president will say OK, the time for stepping down will be thus, and they’ll make an interim government; then they’ll be taken and given positions since they are the ones the President always sees around his palace. Therefore, I’m not the least bit surprised about what happened. A: In the other corner, Alhaji Bello Katuni, another commentator on matters, he thinks that up to now, there’s been other hornets to hit. C: See how Bashir says that’s not the way it is; as for me, if I think it’s not that way, I think about it. When one sets no traps, then no help. This topic of what Obasanjo said, well everyone knows the character of politicians in this country: what they say is different from what’s in their heart. It’s true that there’s no proportionality between what people seek to know, and what they say. What’s undoubtedly true is, it’s in their hearts. This talk doesn’t go anywhere, and if it’s not talk, there’s no work. If everything in the country is kept secret, and everyone says keep it secret, well, there’s no politics. And the goat of politics, one can get it to say anything. So, if it’s this talk that he intends to do it, then the first thing he should do is start certifying the law that will be laid down in the country and look at it, how the political authorities have obtained their property everywhere, and how the election will be administered. But for the other people, start talking about teaching the president to give us a year: if it was done this way back then, in the military period, now we’re in a democracy. Therefore we should reduce the time, or announce shorter times. These people should think about it, or people will get confused by negotiating with the political authorities. Until now there have been some things ... not this time, that this talk doesn’t apply to. It’s only this kind of thing that you make noise about on your drum, to hear the similarity, after saying whatever happened back then doesn’t matter now. A: That was the opinion of a commentator on current matters, Bello Katuni. He was analyzing the explanation that Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo made. Umar Faruku Musa, Voice of America, in Abuja, Nigeria. |
Glossary
| Hausa | Hausa Meaning | English Meaning |
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| Tazarce | A ƙara tsawo ga lokacin mulkin shugaba. | Extension of power by an additional term |
| Sha'awar kwana ɗaya ƙari... | Yin tunani bisa hanyar da za a iya ƙara tsawon lokaci. | To contemplate prolonging a period of time |
| masu faɗi a ji | masu muƙami. | High-ranking or influential people or influencer |
| Suka yi masa huɗubar shaiɗan | Suka ba shi mugunyar shawara. | To mislead |
| Ba a mugun sarki, sai mugun bafade. | Karin magana ne, ana nufin maganar shugaba ta kan zo daga wanda yake kusa da shi har dai in ba mai kyau ba ce. | A proverb, meaning unwise action does not come from the leader, it comes from the courtier |
| Akwai sauran rina a kaba. | Magana ba ta ƙare ba. Aiki bai ƙare ba. | A proverb, meaning there is yet more to come |
| Ita akuyar siyasa ba a ɗaure ta fada. | Ba a iya ɓoye siyasa. Siyasa ba ta da asiri. | A saying meaning there are no secrets in politics |
| zarge-zargen | Wannan na nufin a zargi mutun ko ba mutun laifi. | Accusations |
Note
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An ga mulkin soji dayawa a ƙasar Nigeria cikin shekaru masu dama da suka wuce. Zaɓen da aka yi cikin shekara 1999, ya kawo Olusegun Obasanjo ga mulki, kuma ya yi shugabanci shekara takwas.A ƙarshen mulkin nashi wani sabon shugaban da za a zaɓa zai ɗauki wurinsa. Wannan canji kuma zai zama babban tarihi ga dimoƙuraɗiyya a Nijeriya. Obasanjo ya tada yaƙi da rashawa duk da ana zana Nijeriya cikin ƙasashe na duniya inda rashawa ta yi yawa. Nijeriya ƙalƙashin mulkin Obasanjo, ta shugabanci tsara ƙungiyoyi kamar ECOWAS (Ƙungiyar Tattalin Arziki ta Ƙasashen Yammacin Afirka), da NEPAD waɗɗanda suna ƙoƙarin tattalin zaman lahiya, ko bunƙasar tattalin arzikin ƙasashen Afirka. Obasanjo ya ɗauki shugabancin ƙungiyar haɗin kai ta Afirka. Ya yi ƙoƙarin biyan wasu bassussukan ƙasa amma kuma an zarge shi bisa ga yadda yake tafiyar da harakokin ƙasar kama misali aniyya da ya ɗauka ta canza tsarin mulki cikin shekara ta 2005, aniyya da yawancin Yan Nijeriya basu amince da ita ba. |
Nigeria has seen a succession of military regimes for many years. Olusegun Obasanjo was elected president in 1999, and served two terms. When he leaves, he will be succeeded by another democratically elected president, making it a historic change of power for Nigeria. He made fighting corruption one of his priorities in a country considered to be one of the most corrupt in the world. Nigeria has played an important role in the foundation of organizations like the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) and NEPAD (New African Partnership for Development) that are active in regional peacekeeping and development. Obasanjo has been the chair of the African Union as well. He managed to pay off some of the national debt, but he has also been criticized regarding the way he handles national matters, like his 2005 attempt to amend the country’s constitution that has been resisted by most Nigerians. |
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<eng-response>This report relates to comments from two critics, Bashir Baba and Alhaji Bello Katuni, on the Nigerian president's answer to accusations regarding a possible plan to extend his tenure. Obasanjo not only refutes the claim, but he also describes the presumption of an interim government as an impediment to progress, according to the reporter. In two conflicting interpretations, Bashir Baba and Alhaji Bello Katuni speak about the president's declaration. While Katuni denounces the hypocrisy of politicians, the president included because he has not shown proof of his intention to step down, Bashir Baba depicts the president as an instrument used by vicious politicians with an agenda of holding power.</eng-response>
<response>Wannan rahoto yana bayyana ra'ayoyin wasu masu sharhi akan al'amura a Nijeriya su biyu, bisa bayyanin da Shugaban ƙasa ya yi kan zargin da ake yi masa na niyya tsayawa bisa mulki. Obasanjo ya bayyana rashin jin daɗinshi bisa ga jita-jitan, ya kuma kira masu tattalin a kafa gwamnatin riƙon ƙwariya da rashin son tattatalin zaman lafiya.
Bashir Baba da Alhaji Bello Katuni sun bada tasu fassara ga maganar Obasanjo da ra'ayoyi daban. Shi Alhaji Bello Katuni ya kwatamta cewa babu gaskiya ga amsar Shugaban domin ƴan siyaya ba su faɗin abin da yake zuciyarsu. Obasanjo kuma bai share hanya ba wadda za ta sa a yi zaɓen da za ya hana shi tsayawa kan mulki, amma Bashir Baba ya amince da cewa wasu yan danfara ne suke kai Obasanjo ga yin kamar yana da niyyar tsayawa bisa mulki.</response>
<eng-fdbk>Incorrect. Think about Obasanjo's feelings from the reporter's comments. How does his attitude reflect those feelings?</eng-fdbk>
<fdbk>Ba daidai ba ne. A ƙara tunani bisa yadda Obasanjo ya ɗauki zargin.Yaya ra'ayinshi ya ke nuna yadda yake ji?</fdbk>
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<eng-response>Two critics give their points of view regarding Nigerian President Obasanjo's objection of claims that he aims for another term in office, according to this report. Obasanjo reaffirms his intention to step down, and compares the idea of an eventual interim government to a stagnant thought on the part of some people, as the reporter mentions. The observation given about the president's declaration by Bashir Baba is that the president has been pushed by a group of unpopular politicians to make decisions that would put them into power without going through elections that they cannot win. Alhaji Bello Katuni describes the presidential words as contradictory to his actions and therefore not credible because he failed to prepare the population for a change of power that should happen through ballots, and that is typical of politicians, which Katuni he mentions.</eng-response>
<response>Wannan rahoto ya danganta da sharhanta da masu sharhi, Bashir Baba da Alhaji Bello Katuni suka yi bisa amsar Shugaban ƙasar Nijeriya Olusegun Obasanjo kan tsammani da mutane suke yi cewa yana so ya zamna kan mulki ƙarin wasu shekaru. Obasanjo ya nanata niyyar shi ta barin kujerar iko lokacin da ya kamata kuma ya ce rashin tattalin cin gaba ne, tada maganar aza ikon riƙon ƙwariya kamar yadda dan jaridar ya faɗa. Bashir Baba dai ya yi la'akari da cewa mutane masu mugunyar niyya ne suke tura Obasanjo, ba kwaɗayyin kanshi ba. Shi kuma Alhaji Bello Katuni ya nuna cewa da tafiyar da harakokin Shugaban suna daban da abin da yake faɗi, wannan kuma tabi'ar yan siyasa ce.</response>
<eng-fdbk>Incorrect. Listen again to the introduction. How does the reporter describe the situation?</eng-fdbk>
<fdbk>Ba daidai ba ne. A ƙara saurara gabatarwar labarin.Yaya ɗan jaridan ya nuna al'amarin da ake ciki?</fdbk>
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<eng-response>This report gives an account of the difference in opinions from two critics, Bashir Baba and Bello Katuni, on Nigerian President Obasanjo's denial of ambition for a third term. Amidst rumors of his will to extend his tenure for another term, followed by claims for an interim government, Obansajo denies having such intentions, and adds that calling for an interim government is bringing the situation to a standstill, the reporter said. Baba sees the situation as deja vu; some unscrupulous people, unable to ensure ballots for themselves, enticed the president into taking actions that will bring them to power in the long run. Katuni, on the other hand, sees Obasanjo's message as unreliable simply because politicians tend to hide their real intentions. He said that the president's words are not trustworthy since he has not paved the way for people's involvement in politics.</eng-response>
<eng-fdbk>Correct. You have correctly understood the reporter's introduction of the subject, and the support that the different critics give to the main idea in describing the situation.</eng-fdbk>
<response>Wannan bayyani yana bada labarin yadda wasu masu sharhi bisa al'amura na ƙasa Nijeriya suke ganin zancen barin ikon Shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo ya yi shaida wa masu zargin shi da niyya tazarce ga iko, kuma da musu zacen mulkin riƙon ƙwariya, ba ya tunanin wuce ƙayyadadden lokacin da ya kamata ya saki iko; kuma neman naɗa gwamnatin riƙon ƙwariya ba tattalin arziki ne ba, mai rahoton ya ambata. Ra'ayin Bashir Baba shine wannan al'amari ba sabo ne ba cikin siyasa Nijeriya, akwai mutanen da ke sa Shugaba a wata hanya da bai ɗauka ba, kuma sun yi ne don ribar kansu. A kishin haka kuma shi Alhaji Bello Katuni ya ce maganar ba magana ce ba, magana irin ta yan siyasa ce da ba ta da gaskiya saboda Obasanjo bai zamnar da hanyoyi na shirya mutane ga harakar siyasa ba.</response>
<fdbk>Daidai ne. An saurari gabatarwar ɗan jaridar kuma da yadda ra'ayoyin masu sharhin suka ƙarfafa ganewar rahoton, da halin da ake ciki kuma.</fdbk>
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<instr type="eng">INSTRUCTIONS:
Choose the best summary.</instr>
<instr type="target">Umurni:Zaɓi taƙaitawa mafi dacewa.</instr>
<finish>How would a new government reinforce democracy in Nigeria? What challenges could it face?</finish>
<finishtl>Yaya wani sabon gwamnati za ya ƙarfafa dimokuraɗiyya a Nijeriya? Waɗɗane matsaloli ya ke iya fuskanta?</finishtl>
<finish>What examples from the Nigerian experience would you suggest for other African countries to follow?</finish>
<finishtl>Kan waɗɗane abubuwa za ku ba sauran ƙasashen Afirka shawara ta su bi misalin Nijeriya cikin tafiyar da harakokinsu?</finishtl>
<finishtl>Yaya Olusegun Obasanjo yake iya taimakawa ga aikin tattalin zaman lahiya cikin ƙasashen Afirka da ba su da
kwanciyar hankali?</finishtl>
<finish>How can Olusegun Obasanjo help insure peace in troubled African countries?</finish>
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