This afternoon on Capitol Hill, fellow House Democrats chose Rep. Maxine Waters to serve as the ranking member on the powerful House Financial Services Committee for 2013 and 2014. The chair of the committee will be Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas.
Waters has been very critical of Wall Street and has been an advocate of consumer rights. She will succeed Barney Frank in the role o senior D on the committee.
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Congratulations, Rep.Maxine Waters as Senior Democratic on Financial Services Committee…We have faith in your ability to put the Brakes on Waste,Fraud and Mismanagement.
According to Professor George Ayittey,a Ghanaian born professor of Economics at American University in Washington D.C.”said the problem with today is that all Political Power is concentrated in the Capital Cities,making it a Treasure to be Captured. Once a Group Captures that Power,they use it to Enrich Themselves,Their Cronies,and Families while Excluding Everybody Else…It becomes something of a Political Apartheid.”
Nigeria: France Hands Over Stolen Nigerian Artifacts: It is no longer news that many Nigerian Artifacts are in Europe and America held by both Public Institutions such as Museums,Universities and Galleries as well as by Private Individuals,but what is new is the collaborative efforts being made by The Nigerian Government and The Countries where the Artifacts are taken in the first place to Repatriate them back to The Country where they Rightly Belong…Nok Arts came to light in[1928],when Co.J.Dent Young found a Small Terracotta Head amongst the gravel from tin mining operations near the village of Nok in Jos Plateau of Central Nigeria and since then these Cultural Materials were named after the Village where the finds were made…It is indeed unfortunate that so much Nok Materials have been Looted Over Time to Supply The International Art Market which is supposed to be the Exclusive Cultural Artifacts of The Nigerian People…Within the frame work of the above mentioned French Policy against Illegal Imports,The French Customs and The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs have worked together so that The Seized items be Returned to Nigeria,as The Country of Origin of The Seized Goods,in a move aiming at reinforcing cooperation with The Country of Origin in the common fight against Trafficking…He expressed optimism that the Return of The Seized Artifacts will further cement the excellent relations which exist between the Two Countries and that it will help in preventing further Illegal Trafficking of items which are part of The Nigerian Heritage.