₦airaland Forum

budaatum:
I am educating you here. It is still however not my responsibility to educate you.

Its about you learning, which you are responsible for.

So how do you let all Nigerians who may not know to know that they are responsible for their learning?

budaatum:
No politician brought thugs, police and guns to pressure voters to vote in his Favour, but if you have evidence they did, please provide it.

But even if some did you've answered your own question. Those you claim they even killed must have resisted, and that's what any reasonable person would do, I'd think, though perhaps I shouldn't presume.

Brendaniel, what would you do if politician brings thugs, police and guns to pressure you to vote in his Favour"?

So are you saying voters can die because they want to vote?

ppogba:
The whole country is quiet?
Is Peter Obi part of the whole country that is quiet?

Has Peter Obi himself being quiet?

Why not bother to check the dictionary meaning of whole and quiet?

Typical hypocrites.
Shameless liers.

You people would have set the country on fire if it was Peter Obi that was there and all these were happening...

That is the quietness I'm talking about, GEJ didn't do quarter of Tinubu has done, yet you people wanted to burn down the country...

You are the liar and hypocrite here...

Zackattack:
Please stop bringing Peter Obi and Igbos into a national matter. The most silent zone in the last protest was the South East.

Yes, because if we talk, it is still people like you that will come and attack Igbos saying it is because Peter Obi lost election, that is why we are talking, is that Not what you people have been doing?

It still boils down to tribalism....

budaatum:
No single solution is guaranteed to work on the topic being discussed here!

That's why no one is suggesting only one solution but many various ones. And that's why everyone should do their bit instead of just giving up and not even bothering to vote.

But you have already given up that it is not your responsibility to educate anybody ?

Mccullum:
That I can't say but it's possible, every leaders usually confronted such circumstances in Nigeria. Which had been so since 1999 till date.

That's what I'm telling you, my concern here is the reaction, tribalists especially from the south west are mostly concerned about the tribe involved and not the crime, GEJ didn't do quarter of Tinubu has done and yet they were all over the place trying to force him out of power...

Igbos have not done 1/10 of what Fulanis have done to the Yorubas, yet they blame Igbos and continue to hate them more and even chase them away more than what they do to the Fulanis...

That is my point....

budaatum:
Resist the pressure of course. Unless you want to increase the pressure when he wins and then mounts corruption and ineptitude on you.

But don't be facetious. No "politician brings thugs, police and guns to pressure voters to vote in his Favour". I did not see Tinubu in Aba!

But they did, port harcort, Edo, Lagos and so on, they even killed some voters....

So are you saying the voters should fight them with their guns ?

budaatum:
I am not responsible for 10 million Almajiris or 220 million Nigerians, Brendaniel. I'm not even responsible for the about 100k people in my own local community. Some of them cursed me for bringing books and asked me to just give them the money, as if na me born them!

Every Nigerian is responsible for educating themselves to choose the right leaders just as every Nigerian bears their own suffer for us all choosing the wrong leaders.

So that means you are saying that your solution is not guaranteed to work?

Mccullum:
Which quiet? Go to X and see how Nigerians criticizing Tinubu. Especially, Nigerians of Igbo extraction. That's normal between the leaders and the led.

You think it would be the same?

You think they wouldn't have gone on riots already?

Christ4ever:
Are you sure the whole country is quiet?

Maybe on the streets and some key public figures but social media isn't quiet.

Unlike in 2012, the Youth have taken solace in content creation. The hunger and anger is being converted to skits and money making.

The day Meta, Tiktok, YouTube permanently demonetize their platforms for Nigeria is when you will know the true level of anger in the land.

Even skit makers are feeling the heat, and not every skit maker is making money...

ShogunNoName:
Who is quiet. It is you ibos who are quiet.

Yes, because if we talk, it still people like you that will come and attack Igbos saying it is because Peter Obi lost election, that is why we are talking, is that Noe what you people have been doing?

It still boils down to tribalism....

budaatum:
Education has an effect on political leadership.

Educated leaders lead better. And an educated electorate choose better leaders.

And no, i don't mean educated like you'd think, knowing you'd likely point out our leaders are educated with degrees. I mean the education that gives proper understanding and teaches people to use their own senses to reason and solve problems.

If the voting people have proper understanding and can solve problems, they'd elect the right people and no one would steal their votes.

So if a politician brings thugs, police and guns to pressure voters to vote in his Favour, what should the voters do?

budaatum:
How do I get every person to be responsible for curing themself of ignorance by educating themselves?

Now that's a funny question indeed. I'm telling people to be responsible for curing their own ignorance, and your question is, how do I do this, lol. But I'll answer you all the same.

By talking to people like you until you learn or until I decide you are a lost cause and move on to people who are willing to be responsible instead of irresponsibly blaming others.

Good thing is, my effort is not in vain. For while some might not see sense in my effort, you aren't the only one reading my effort.

And how many people can you do it to at a time, let's assume you are the only one with this mindset in Nigeria, I mean how do you educate the remaining over 220 million Nigerians?

Because in the north alone you have over 10 million Almajiris who are not educated, how do you achieve educating them about your idea?

budaatum:
People had books to read. People had a library to read books in (I paid for it to be open).

Some have claimed the library is what has helped them be the success they are.

Good, but we are talking about the political leadership here...

AntiChristian:
We should blame ourselves for the poor community we now have! Our leaders are from the community! An average Nigerian is like our leaders!

Your leaders are from the community then why select those who will not teach you to become better rather to become worse like Tinubu is doing?

Even most animals pick the best among them to lead them, are you saying Buhari and Tinubu were the best from among Nigerians?

What then is leadership if the leaders you select don't lead by good examples?

budaatum:
No. I am not saying all my efforts and those around me are in vain

Rome, they say, was not built in a day, so I don't expect all my efforts and those around me to produce instant results.

Story.
One day, 10 years after the first of 3 of my donations of books to my local government library, a one year old child who could barely speak was humming "abcd, efg. hijk, lmnopq", and that was the first result I had seen from my efforts.

I expect all my efforts to produce results long after I am dead since Nigerians are stubborn and would rather claim the elections were rigged when the truth is they never bothered to vote.

Suffering will teach people to become responsible, or their suffering will increase until we learn, or die.

So what was the effect of your input, can you highlight it?

Can you just imagine for a second that it was Peter Obi that was president and all these in Nigeria were happening?

The insults and attacks the Igbos would have received, the hate and narrative that would have been heaped upon the Igbos, now it is Tinubu a Yoruba man, the whole country is quiet...

When we tell them that Tinubu and Sanwo Olu are pure scams, they begin to shout go back to your region...

They have refused to try another party in Lagos because of hate and tribalism, I wonder if Abians followed their style of politics, Abia would have still been shambles today

budaatum:
Well, that does depend on what the problem is.

[b]It is every persons responsibility to cure themself of ignorance by educating themselves so they make the right choices. [/b]And if everyone educates themself, we shall collectively make the right choices and improve our collective communities.

And how do you get the people to do this?

budaatum:
Like every other state. We are after all facing a Nigerian problem, and not just any state's or persons sole problem here.

Its why I said it's not about your one vote, but about democracy. Until we learn to protect our democracy and its process, we whall all continue to suffer the consequences of our bad choices.

So are you saying all your efforts and those around you are in vain?

budaatum:
No, Brendaniel, that one is not my problem.

Its like rain. When the pain starts I will not be the only one crying ebi npá wa because bad and non-caring politicians are in power.

Its after all not like I am buying my petrol for ₦2000 when everyone else is getting theirs for ₦200. And I don't rely on minimum wage.

In present day Nigeria, it is almost like everyone has to handle his problem by himself...

budaatum:
Hopefully, I don't need to start trying to convince you that books in libraries contribute to the education of people, which does help people make the right choices.

No one rigged any election in my area with thugs and machetes. Some tried, but we elected a PDP governor because we had educated ourselves on what might be better for us, though it could be argued it isn't.

And how is your state doing now?

May her soul rest in peace...

alanto:
You just typed a long trash. Can't even respond to any of your false claim. You sound really low. Its like you need to recharge your brain.

Long epistle of nonsense.

If telling you the truth means means to you long trash, false claim, sounding really low and needing a brain recharge then that's your problem because the truth will remain the truth....

stuffs4me:
1) Tinubu must deliver SE and the entire country. I totally agree with you
2) SE must also deliver themselves from their constant hate, evil and wickedness

Is it the hate that is stopping Tinubu from delivering good governance to all Nigerians ?


The way you guys reason sha

When I saw the headline, an African-American woman first came to mind...

May the child survive and live a very normal, healthy and purposeful life for both man and God

budaatum:
Yes, I already have And you said it was good.

One must start by educating oneself, for only then can one educate others.

I was referring to your kind gesture, because I don't see how that story stops the very same man from rigging election in your area with thugs using guns and machetes on you and the people...

budaatum:
You earlier asked the question below.



And my answer would be yes.

It was my own people in my own town with its one local government that told me [url]they will not vote for a person like me[/url] because I wouldn't steal and wouldn't let them steal. Meanwhile, they continue to elect leaders who steal, while they lie to themselves that their vote was stolen as if most of them did not vote for Tinubu!

They will indeed learn when chaos happens and kills them! Then might the remaining open their eyes and see.

Well, that one is your problem...

afube:
if Nigeria's current inflation rate is 33% , then you do not know the true definition of inflation! The actual inflation rate is well over 60%......

Im only giving the information based on the official one...

budaatum:
You don't wait to secure your property when the thieves arrive to steal it. The wise protect their property before the thieves even know they have property worth stealing.

can you share your experience ?

budaatum:
I have told you, and also referred you to further learning.

Its the same way you'd protect your valuable property from thieves, or irresponsibly refuse to learn and let your valuables be stolen.

Your concern should not however be protecting your own one vote, but protecting the democratic process so all votes count.

Voting happens during election, how do you protect your vote during election in Nigeria ?