My favourite chapter is the one in which he discusses what is undoubtedly one of the most difficult tasks to saddle with changemakers: Talking to the enemy… Ilo has dedicated a chapter to detailing why changemakers should not entirely foreclose discussions with the enemy — the very people profiting from the status quo they’re attempting to dismantle. Ilo’s book draws on worthy examples at home and abroad about how that phone call to the enemy’s camp can put the seal on all the advocacy work done behind the scenes.
It is imPOSSIBLE? That was a slogan that gained momentum in the lead-up to the 2023 presidential election, which was defined by the emergence of Peter Obi (PO), candidate of the Labour Party, as a third major force and disruptor to the PDP-APC hegemony. The etymology of the slogan might be unclear, but it became sealed as a Peter Obi identity in December 2022 when the former Anambra governor announced his 72-page manifesto, titling it: ‘It’s…