The pre-order platform for Simon Kolawole’s maiden book, ‘Fellow Nigerians, It’s All Politics’, is now live on the website of Roving Heights, the nation’s most respected bookstore.
Cable Books, the book publishing arm of TheCable, said while the cover prices for paperbacks and hardbacks are N6,000 and N9,000 respectively, there will be a 10% discount on pre-orders.
“All pre-ordered copies will also be signed by the author,” Joshua Ocheja, business manager of Cable Books, said.
You can book your pre-order by clicking here.
The book will go on general sale and on Amazon from October 3, 2022.
About the book
In this collection, there are previously unpublished articles, one of which is titled ‘The Value of a Nigerian’s Life’. In it, Kolawole argues that “the day Nigerian leaders begin to value the life of an average citizen, something major will shift in the way they govern”.
As voters prepare to elect a new president, Kolawole warns in ‘The Search for a Perfect President’ that although Nigerians desire and deserve a world-class leader, “we have to accept the stark reality: human beings are flawed and no one [candidate] will tick all the boxes”.
The book also contains a selection of his most popular articles since he started writing a weekly column for THISDAY in 2003.
He often identifies politics, or “politicking”, as an obstacle to Nigeria’s progress. All other problems, he argues, derive from the wrong form of politics. This, he says, is often manifest in the manipulation of ethnic, religious and regional differences for political gain.
The ultimate solution to getting Nigeria out of underdevelopment, Kolawole contends, is the enthronement of competent and patriotic leadership committed to playing “the politics of purpose” and implementing a development-oriented “vision of society”.
For further information, please contact:
Joshua Ocheja
+234 811 397 5335
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