[rpd] IOF

[Benjamin Eshun]

1- OIF has been a supporter of Afrinic  since day0,  even when some were
calling  Afrinic "vaporware"

 https://www.afrinic.net/ast/pdf/meetings/reports/afrinic1.pdf

https://afrinic.net/fr/gouvernance/conseil-administration/reunions-conseil-administration/reunions-conseil-administration-2004

https://afrinic.net/ast/pdf/afrinic-10years-ab-sept-2015.pdf


2-OIF  has never been a resource member but an associate member

There is no personal or direct interest in policies adopted through PDP for
OIF. There is no conflict of interest and therefore no risk with  OIF
fellowship.

3- until the agreement between Afrinic and OIF fellowship was revoked,
AFRINIC organised logistics  for OIF  fellows. AFRINIC can confirm that
fellows never signed any contract, they were not provided any policy briefs
documents and were not rewarded financially per performance

OIF = Organisation  Internationale de la Francophonie.
 https://www.francophonie.org/
Want to know what OIF does in relation to ICT:
https://www.francophonie.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/rapport-2018-etat-francophonie-numerique.pdf

 Please let’s focus on resolving the issues on the table instead of
dragging others to try to cover the mess.

regards,

Benjamin


On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 4:43 PM Taiwo Oyewande <taiwo.oyewande88 at gmail.com>
wrote:


>

> If we want to talk about organisations being partial then let us talk

> about partiality in all its aspects and by including all the parties

> involved and not focus on one party.

>

> As I have stated severally, there is absolutely nothing wrong with an

> organization sponsoring specific people they think are the best to

> represent their interests. This is what fellowships are for in the first

> place, Look it up.. This is how everything works in the world, regardless

> of the field. partiality is an essential part of fellowships, whether it’s

> direct or indirect.

>

> Now that we cleared that out for probably the hundredth time, let us take

> the IOF as an example of many. Let me quote from the IOF website : “IOF

> organises political activities and actions of multilateral cooperation that

> benefit French-speaking populations.” The organization is literally letting

> you know that they only spend money on a specific small group of people

> that benefits another small group. We are talking about Africans

> discriminating Africans, their own people. And this is not yet the funny

> part because what’s really laughable is that the IOF is only sponsoring

> Africans based on a spoken language that is not originally theirs in the

> first place and discriminates against people of other languages. That is

> the bigger picture my friends. So let’s be real for a second and ask

> ourselves who is really working against the African Community and

> dividing the unity as seen in recent weeks.

>

> I would really understand if this whole matter started as an innocent

> question from someone from the community that is trying to have answers to

> his questions or that simply doesn’t agree with something, but people that

> started this have obviously personal interests and motives that do not

> represent the African community as a whole but rather their own as

> individuals or groups. And we are sick and tired of us Africans being

> played like that. Let’s focus on what really matters to the community

> because there is definitely a lot we can be productive about and help our

> dear continent that is suffering.

>

>

> Kind regards

> Taiwo

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