Charles. E:
Amazingly, the controversial pint sized former minister of the FCT and now chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Malam Nasir Elrufai, has accused Nigerian youths of being lazy and quick to judge.

Elrufai made the accusation today on the Social networking site, Twitter (see twits below)


Elrufai was apparently reacting to the youths who regularly accuse him of corruption and high handedness when he was in office. Elrufai is currently facing a corruption charge at an Abuja court bordering on the lands he seized from legitimate owners and reallocated to friends and his wives and Underaged son.

Amazingly the same Elrufai who is so sensitive to criticism regularly insults the person of the President of Nigeria on his facebook and twitter profile, using foul words to describe President Jonathan.

I simply dont agree....Mallam, where did u get ur figures?
Question for u Mallam, in d entire black society/race where do u think we as nigerians are placed? Comparing us and the blacks in America who do u think wud or is going better outside government inabilities (which of cours u r part of)
i challenge u wt this following question(s)

It may be recalled that Elrufai had asked Nigerians not to vote for Muhammadu Buhari in October of 2010 alleging that Buhari was too old to be president and that he was primordial having chosen his military vice, Tunde Idiagbon, from the same region (North) as himself. However, just two months after making that statement, Elrufai became one of Buhari's chief campaigners asking Nigerians to vote for the man he had condemned only weeks ago!

Egba girl:

they might be hardworking but many people dont read books. SIMPLE. it's not just nigerians. call me silly but many black people in general (HUGE generalisation btw) dont read. "If you want to hide something from a black person, put it in a book" stereotypical but stereotypes are sometimes true to an extent.

To be fair however, the world is shifting from reading books to reading blogs, etc so hey I dont blame them but there is still something about reading books that cannot be replaced.

salam001: I thought you wanted to say Garri

dridowu: Who is El-Rufai ?

dridowu: Who is El-Rufai ?

Charles. E:
Amazingly, the controversial pint sized former minister of the FCT and now chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Malam Nasir Elrufai, has accused Nigerian youths of being lazy and quick to judge.

Elrufai made the accusation today on the Social networking site, Twitter (see twits below)


Elrufai was apparently reacting to the youths who regularly accuse him of corruption and high handedness when he was in office. Elrufai is currently facing a corruption charge at an Abuja court bordering on the lands he seized from legitimate owners and reallocated to friends and his wives and Underaged son.

Amazingly the same Elrufai who is so sensitive to criticism regularly insults the person of the President of Nigeria on his facebook and twitter profile, using foul words to describe President Jonathan.

It may be recalled that Elrufai had asked Nigerians not to vote for Muhammadu Buhari in October of 2010 alleging that Buhari was too old to be president and that he was primordial having chosen his military vice, Tunde Idiagbon, from the same region (North) as himself. However, just two months after making that statement, Elrufai became one of Buhari's chief campaigners asking Nigerians to vote for the man he had condemned only weeks ago!

AJpikin: stop insulting d man he is saying the truth. When most of u have timaya n d banj as ur role model how can anytin good come out of nigeria.

atbu1983: we d nigerian youth deserve d insult. How many nigerian younths watch CNN,BBC,CCTVnews,CNC newsN for at least one hour evryday in thier dstv? D only tin most of us watch is - d girls african magic, those who claim they are civilised (actually very dumb set) .. Channel E..kim kardashan and chloe. The boys mtv, mtv base, trace, soundcity, suppersport and other junk strictly entertainment stations. With this life style, how can will ever evolve and progree?.

Dlyna:

That d'banj and Timaya have made more money than you'll ever dream of. Why aint our professors, teachers, and writers so rich and respected.
You think they are good for nothing abi? Because they are musicians. If you don't know those guys that look like nothing good to you have made some westerners not to think that we are all cave men in this country.

What's your own contribution to this country with all the books you have read?

duni04:
LOL..comparing d'banj and Timaya with professors and writers? Is this how our young people think? OMG! We're in serious trouble!

duni04:
LOL..comparing d'banj and Timaya with professors and writers? Is this how our young people think? OMG! We're in serious trouble!

acidtalk: Lazy is an understatement.
They are DEAD intellectually.


In my house I have about 500 Audio CDs and over 1,300 Books (All Original).

I noticed that while my books worth 100 times the price of the Compact disc, People pay more interest in "borrowing" or "fapping" them more than even the Best of the life changing books.



God bless the soul of that woman who said "if you want to hide anything from a Black man, put it in a book". She is damn so correct.


Why are people insulting El-Rufai for saying the truth? Even though me and the mumu no dey gree for twitter (I go soon block am sef). But he is saying the whole truth.

I encouraged some youths 2years back to feel free to come over during weekends to come turn by crib into a "library club", omo, them no gree oh! Instead it was always "brother Acidtalk, please borrow me your Jay Z cd. Or Bros, do you have have the latest Cold Play album?".

new maonza:

D'banj and Timaya are more hard-working and have better Chances of being World best than our Professors and Writers...... "THEY ALSO DON'T DENY WHERE THEY CAME FROM",,,, Personally they are better ROLE MODELS than ALL Professors at the UNILAG, LASU , MAUL et al

Dlyna: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
How did we youths get to the stage of not reading anymore?
Are our schools of same quality as the ones our parents attended?
What's the benefit of reading so much for what we are not given any opportunity to apply?
How much are how professors, lecturers,teachers, who are suppose to impact this knowlege earning?
The people that are supposed to impact this reading culture into children at their tender age are not encouraged to do so, because being a teacher is no more honourable.
We have the 'thieving' politicians to look up to now.
So what do we expect?
Comparing a country that intellect is not appreciated to one that values it.

Abeggi make we hear word for una and 'there's sense in what he's saying'.

Will one read on empty stomach?
Ordinary food is luxury in this country and you are expecting youths to read.
Where will the money for the books come from?
After hustling in the day to make ends meet you expect them to carry book to read.

nosa gold:

If U̶̲̥̅̊ as a nigerian youth deserves this insult from this aboki then that's ur own p,

Btw, must I watch bbc, cnn, aljazira,cctv news 24/7 b4 I become an intelligent nigerian youth? So I shouldn't watch mtv base, trace, sound city, ninja warrior, formular 1, chelsea vs man utd on sunday? Kai! Bros if na joke mske U̶̲̥̅̊ stop A̶̲̥̅♏ na

Horayce:

Truer words have never been said.

But I also think this isn't a peculiar Nigerian problem, most youths anywhere in the world simply do not read!
And by reading, I mean the conscious and deliberate act of reading serious literature to expand and grow your mind, not just blogs and media propaganda but acquiring that liberal education no one else can give you.
The Harry Potter series was praised for sparking a reading revolution among children in the west, unfortunately that was short lived.
Most people would rather vegetate in front of their TV screens watching other people spoon feed them on the latest goings on in the world than to pick a gem of a book such as the federalist papers and discover for themselves the origins set forth by the founding fathers of that great modern civilization called the new world.
WHy? because the latter is more difficult and abstruse, but ultimately gratifying! And human beings by nature are wired to thread the well worn path of least resistance.
Besides, like Dylna said, in our context, it is quite a thing and most people in this part of the world simply can't afford.
But if by chance, we can fortuitously build a sustainable economic base in Nigeria that can usher in majority into the middle class, then maybe and maybe it would be plausible to expect more youths to join that cultured class of serious readers, but for now, all bets are off!.

atbu1983: my point is most naija youth cant even watch news for 30mins a day.

new maonza:

D'banj and Timaya are more hard-working and have better Chances of being World best than our Professors and Writers...... "THEY ALSO DON'T DENY WHERE THEY CAME FROM",,,, Personally they are better ROLE MODELS than ALL Professors at the UNILAG, LASU , MAUL et al

acidtalk: Lazy is an understatement.
They are DEAD intellectually.


In my house I have about 500 Audio CDs and over 1,300 Books (All Original).

I noticed that while my books worth 100 times the price of the Compact disc, People pay more interest in "borrowing" or "fapping" them more than even the Best of the life changing books.

God bless the soul of that woman who said "if you want to hide anything from a Black man, put it in a book". She is damn so correct.


Why are people insulting El-Rufai for saying the truth? Even though me and the mumu no dey gree for twitter (I go soon block am sef). But he is saying the whole truth.

I encouraged some youths 2years back to feel free to come over during weekends to come turn by crib into a "library club", omo, them no gree oh! Instead it was always "brother Acidtalk, please borrow me your Jay Z cd. Or Bros, do you have have the latest Cold Play album?".

Sky-walker:
Stupid man talking. Are Nigerians not one of the most hard working people around.WTF is wrong with this bastards who steal money and believe everybody is below them?

Dlyna:

That d'banj and Timaya have made more money than you'll ever dream of. Why aint our professors, teachers, and writers so rich and respected.
You think they are good for nothing abi? Because they are musicians. If you don't know those guys that look like nothing good to you have made some westerners not to think that we are all cave men in this country.

What's your own contribution to this country with all the books you have read?

seunfly:

I guess you are one of the youth he is talking about.

(1) just because you see dbanj and timaya on tv and publicity which part of their marketing strategy make them the best Nigeria can produce over professors, another intelectual laziness.
Can you please name 3 american professor now and name 3 american artist.
(2) just because dbanj and timaya have money so they are better than the professors and others another sign of wrong mindset and lack of inteligence.
Money is not everything my dear can you tell me how rich is wole soyinka, darwin, albert, ben carson, newton and others that contribute to sustainability of live.
Unfotunatly u are using their work yet u think they are valules
(3) don't you know that the more you read the better you are, infact you will not be making this kind of argument if you are informed, and you can only get that trough research and deep reading.

acidtalk: I have never bought books in soft copies. I only have them in Hard copy and Audio Cd. But if I know your interest of reading I could recommend some books for you and send you links of where to download them from.

ekt_bear: Twitter, Facebook and social media have been the downfall of many youths, who posted or said things on such sites that they'd later regret.

Evidently social media might be the downfall of El Rufai as well.