ChaosMagus:


You people have lied, still lying and will keeping lying till thy kingdom come. You, Nigeria helped build Ghanas economy before deportating Ghanaians. Same way you claim you used 61 billion dollars to help fight apartheid in South Africa.

I know yall feeling like America... You guys are really funny. I swear.
Your economy was in tatters due to low price of oil in international market as at the time of the deportation, go and check. So how did you build the economy...

The same thing South Africans are doing, Ghanaians did it earlier and we are ashamed of it... But even then we say we were not as civilized as we are now. Then Nigeria did it at a time when people were supposed to be more civilized than before. You claimed the foreigners were criminals, and prostitutes. If you were not xenophobic why didnt you fish out only Ghanaians for deportation so that it can be assumed you did it to also retaliate. But you chased away all foreigners including Ivorians, Togolese, malians, burkinabes etc, you beat some, you killed some, a lot died on their way to their countries due to hunger and suffocation at borders.

Nigerians are as xenophobic as south Africa, you just hide it, but we know you too well. Evil pretenders...

It's really funny how Africans are treated as 'foreigners' inside Africa. What an Irony. South Africans should stop the xenophobic attack on other Africans.

Which platoon you belong to?

tynagurl:
Minr keeps saying no record found..contact your school for verification of approved list ..plz i graduated drom Nnamdi Azikiwe uni...is there any zikite in the house plz let me know im not alone on this..

You ain't alone.

Manbiggs:

I checked last three weeks, they Said I should come back in two weeks. Is it out. If it is , please what is the requirements

Do you have anyone in school ?

Manbiggs:

I checked last three weeks, they Said I should come back in two weeks. Is it out. If it is , please what is the requirements

I'm not sure if it's out...Called my HOD today and he said that there's internal Strike Action by Non-Academic Staff. He advised I call back on Wednesday.
I just weak like Dodo�

Padra:
Unizik please nau. Let's get done with this and rest

The thing weak me too o.
You don collect ur statement of results?

Talkingboy:


God bless you Daddy ....

There are still good men out there .

Some men will say Bathing baby , Cooking , washing , e.t.c are solely for the Women.

Have you noticed?
Only in Nigeria do Men undergo a chemical reaction and lose a half life whenever they do house chores, really pitiful.

Amarabae:
What about women not applying makeup in deeper life?
Weavon nko?

I have since come to appreciate the beauty of makeup and it's wonderful possibilities for temporary transformation. Powder is Makeup(if you understand me). It's about self Love. Makeup is good but don't conform to worldly style.
About weavon, I love keeping my natural hair and I don't advice people to relax their hair, it's a conformity to Inferiority complex and what Fela called ColoMentality. BTW there's already too many sources of cancer around us(maggi & canned food etc) and a relaxer shouldn't be one.

EngrKUNLE:
They were told not to use TV in their homes, go to any deeper life church today if you won't see more than 5 TVs

Who told them
The GO?
Nobody ever said a thing like that. Pastor Kumuyi only said that members should be careful of what they watch in TV set and TV programs especially for children who can easily exchange tapes with their mates(and these tapes could be bad).
Many of the wise Members took it upon themselves to ban TV sets from their home because of their children or better still monitored their Ward & TV(if you can't do both then abstain from having it). While the gullible ones (pastors and workers included) went around saying 'our pastor say make we not watch TV o'
Come to think of it why would a ministry like DCLM that is interested in Tele-evangelism and Crusades with a TV broadcasting Station(DLBS) ever set such 'doctrine' for the members?
PS : People will always misquote and misunderstand Spiritual Leaders.

Hello Readers.
About a few years ago while I was preparing to defend my final year project, I made an unusual decision to dedicate my Thesis to :
'All Secondary school leavers who couldn't afford tertiary education ' . My Project Supervisor - a well-meaning 'godly' Professor - found it alarming.
'Why not dedicate it to God' he asked with that air that comes with being a Nigerian Professor,his tone filled with condemnation rather than suggestion.
'Sir' I said flatly 'I know alot of secondary school leavers who wanted Tertiary Education but couldn't not afford it because of some circumstances (background and gender and what have you) and the best I can do is to acknowledge the difference in privelege - the privilege of getting a University Education.'
He laughed dismissively and asked 'And you think schooling in Nigeria is a privilege? What will you say about those schooling in American schools?'
Well like my Professor, I used to think that am not privileged. Infact being privileged is something I have admired from afar, a trophy which I felt rich kids have by virtue of their birth; having a nice car, foreign certificate and international passport choking with miles. But part of being privileged is denial of privilege. There's always an immediate discomfort that the idea of being privileged brings; a blend of guilt & defensiveness and ultimately denial.
Privilege blinds because it's the nature of privilege to blind. I am Black and Male -and while am happily both and will not exchange it for anything in the world - I belong to the 'privileged' in my immediate society. How do I see the female counterpart in my society?
If you're Male, you're privileged. If you have a fancy pants Degree(irrespective of your gender and place of school) , you're privileged. If you have a fat bank account, you're privileged. If you have a roof over your head, you're privileged...infact if you're reading this article you're privileged (at least you have a smartphone or computer and an internet connection). Kudos to you but it also means that sometimes you have to take off those glasses of privilege for you to see the Menace in your immediate society. You have to be a part of the Solution.
Privilege complicates Charity and an acknowledgement of this fact is powerful. Charity remains a Necessity. For those of us who give to charity, there's often the risk of feeling one is better than those that one has helped. We're able to do charity not because we're better than poor people who can't do charity themselves but because we're privileged. Always remember that for every single person that's privileged/rich, there are two persons who would have done better. There are people who are privileged in some Areas and are not privileged in another.
We all are privileged in different ways and we've to keep that in mind while doing our charity. One may ask 'where can I do charity?' and my response will always be 'listening to that inner voice in us and taking off those glasses of privilege'. And please not into the pockets of Pastors and Spiritual Leaders.
One last thing before I go, you also have to differentiate people who need genuine help and people who are just Leeches, Greedy and want to take advantage of your kindness. Those ones you can ignore.
Thanks.
Source; http://afrikanist..co.ke/2018/01/acknowledging-privilege.html?m=1

DMainMan:

There is still a chance if u score very high in GRE.

Numerical: 160

Verbal: 160

Do you have recent materials on GRE...if yes pls email me @ intrepidjayson@gmail.com
Am a fresh graduate (still awaiting project completion) and the tutorials I get from KhanAcademy.com are 2005. I need latest materials.

Hello Class of 2017.
I hope you are excited and happy to be a Graduate? I was when I graduated but in addition to being happy and excited, I kept asking myself: What next? What am I to do now? I had Questions and doubts and worries especially as a Nigerian. I kept asking myself am I going to join the bandwagon of unemployed graduate? If not, What am I to do?
Graduation meant that am now a real Adult and when I mean Adulthood, I mean it metaphorically; not just by age but Responsibility. Graduation meant that you've passed through the fore walls of the University. The Igbo word for University is Mahadum which literally translates to 'knowing it all' and I trust you must have acquired alot of skills but I don't expect you to know everything. I don't know everything either.
Maybe some of you are worried as I was, maybe some of you are worried about getting a job and not just any job but a desired job. You should be worried, being worried means that you care that it matter to you. As you graduate today (or before now) I urge you to think about what matter to you, think about what you want to matter to you.
This is that time when you will be told by family and friends to go and do Big thing, go and change the World. It's not a bad thing to do though but let the idea of 'big thing' be yours and nobody else. Something Big to you might be small to somebody else but that somebody else does not matter but as you define for your self what 'Big thing' is I urge you to learn to criticise yourself. Self preservation is a natural mechanism but self criticism might seem unnatural and difficult but you must try to always critcise yourself. You must be willing to be wrong, you must be willing to say I DON'T KNOW. To admit to lack of knowledge is to me a sign of immense strength rather than weakness. The ability for self criticism is a product of a beautiful kind of honesty. It's an acknowledgement that there is no such thing as perfection.
I also want you to define Success for yourself and I mean this within reasonable limit; don't praise yourself for getting a F in a course and say that's your own definition of Success. Learn always to say your truth because our time on Earth is short and each moment that we are not our truest self, each moment that we pretend to be what we are not, each moment when we say something that we do not mean because we imagine that is what somebody wants us to say then it's a waste of time.
While growing up in Nigeria, I was raised to frown at teenage pregnancy and pregnant teenagers who are not married until I started asking myself Questions, pregnancy takes the effort of both a male and female. What about the man that got them pregnant I would ask myself. So I unlearned that inhumane idea years ago. I want you to be Humane, be Human, be kind, always recognise the 'human presence' in other people. They are not just human beings but they are emotional beings with dreams so before you pass judgement, try and understand. Before you form an opinion, listen and listen again.
Eat good food and drink alot of water. Don't twist yourself into shapes to gain Likeability, the world is a glorious multifaceted diverse place and there are people that love you just the way you are. That natural version of you that doesn't hold back anything.
I wish you a life full of joy and fulfilment. Enjoy.
Source; http://afrikanist..co.id/2017/07/class-of-2017-learn-to-say-i-dont-know.html?m=1

Ogbenyealu; The Capitalist Igbo.
Actually the Igbos were the first indigenous capitalist tribe in Africa. It has been our culture even before the Arrival of the 'colonial masters'. Ogbenyealu is a female name that translates to 'Never to be married by a poor man'; putting a price tag on a child @ birth is a pure capitalist choice and in a way sexist. What else is Capitalism?  We have different systems of oppression and all are built around gender. Gender is a problem because of sexism and gender is the foundation of every systems of oppression.
I was about 9 years old when my younger sister Obiageliaku was born, three months later she was baptised in a Catholic Church and after her baptism well wishers prayed for her to grow into a beautiful woman and for good suitors to locate her when the time is ripe! I was slightly startled, for heaven sake she's but a child and if she were to be a boy, good health & prosperity would have been the prayers of well wishers and of course not a good wife. I noticed the problem of gender at a very young age by observing the world in the way it treats women for the sole purpose that they're females. So my sister grew up into a girl who lived her life always keeping in mind that marriage is the ultimate as such she automatically inherited some marital books with funny title from my mother, books with title like 'How to deal with a nagging husband' 'The Virtuous Woman' and the list goes on. This is the typical case for girls in Africa.
So I stumbled upon this picture online.
A culture in Ethiopia where women begged to be flogged in an effort to prove their love for men; it was then it dawned on me that gender as a system of oppression is still predominant in Africa. For things to change, we have to start raising our girls and boys differently.
We teach girls compromise in Relationships; give up your dream; Quit your job so that you can take care of your family. We teach girls self reduction and self sacrifice as the only way of showing/increasing their worth in life; 'I gave up my job in an oil company just to show my love for my husband' and I think this is the dumbest idea we give to females. Stay down and keep yourself down and you will be rewarded with a cookie. If you're the breadwinner in your family, pretend not to be. Never show that you're more intelligent than a man otherwise you'll threaten the man and this has got me thinking, why should a man feel threaten by a woman's success? Girls eventually grow up into women who have turned pretense into an Art form and this is the worst thing we do to girls. We do a great disservice to girl, gender as it functions in Africa (and this cuts across other continents) is  a grieve injustice to both boys and girls. I am angry, we should all be angry towards gender issues because anger has a long history of restoring peoples dignity.
What if we raise our children differently, what if we teach them that compromise is something that is supposed to be associated with both gender. What if we teach them to love by giving and taking?
To all the girls; love by 'giving' & 'taking', and when you're are giving too much than you are receiving you will know. Dare to speak.
Next post will be about Marriage. Is Marriage a thing of ownership or partnership? Is it an Achievement? Drop your comments or send them to my email address: intrepidjayson@gmail.com
Daalu.
Source; http://afrikanist..com.ng/2017/05/gender-issues-in-africa.html?m=1

EmeeNaka:
There is no excuse for rape in whichever form it occurs.It can happen to anyone both male, female.

True talk.

babyfaceafrica:
Is that all?

You wanna add any other thing?

About 6 years ago in one of Nigeria's campuses, a young girl was raped by four boys in a room and there was outrage online but I was surprised at some of the comments made by young Nigerians (both girls and boys) concerning the Rape. Comments that would sum up to;
●Yes Rape is bad but what is a girl doing in a room with 4 guys?
●Why didn't she scream?
●Am sure she wasn't decently dressed. She tempted them!
Now I want you to see the inhumanity in these statements and the gravity of its contents.
People tend to occupy the World in the way they socialise to it. In Africa young people are taught to always blame girls (rape victims) for the Rape. While I was in secondary school, my teachers taught us to always cover our unclothedness 'properly' so that we won't seduce men and avoid the risk of being rape victims. I really found this alarming as it contradicts some of the knowledge I have about Africa; Black women were known to be expose their bodies and were never ashamed and most importantly there was never any case of Rape. We teach girls shame! Cover your legs and we  make mistakes of always linking morality to dressing. In the process we raise girls who see themselves as sexual-prey who must tend to the fragile ego of men and create space for men to be monsters and sexual-predators. But the truth be told;
● Men are not Monsters.
●Women are not sexual-prey.
Rape is not a spontaneous action, it is a premeditated act of wickedness and as such rapist should be punished. Men should know that 'No' is a No and no matter what circumstances,whether the victim is drunk,drugged, or sober her opinion must be respected. Being a Rape victim comes with stigma and trauma and a struggle to overcome both and move on with life. It's an injury to one's dignity and the after effects can be devastating.
Most Rape Apologists often think that being a rape victim will make one morally strong and perhaps dress 'properly' to prevent future occurrences but victimhood is not a virtue. They always give excuse for men to be sexual-predators but thank God for civilisation:for the sole purpose of civilisation is learning, unlearning and relearning. We have to unlearn some of the false ideas we have about rape and to learn that rape is not an involuntary action (like blinking of eyes,in that sense we can relearn good ideas and tackle rape cases seriously. If a married man rapes his wife, he his guilty of Rape and we shouldn't in anyway try to be apologetic about the issue and waving it off with comments like;
● Afterall he paid for it.
●She's supposed to be submissive...and all manner of silly statements.
Rape is Rape and we Africans must treat it like it is.
Daalu.
Source;
http://afrikanist..com.ng/2017/05/the-rapist-rape-apologists.html?m=1

This picture was posted by Dr Kingsley Ugbaorji of the department of Applied Biochemistry, NnamdiAzikiwe University Awka. The disabled guy is one of his students and use alms from begging to fund his school fee and means of livelihood. You really don't have any excuse not to pursue your dreams.
Source;
www.Afrikanist..com
Mynd44
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ehikwe22:
You're heartless to Compare Ghana must go to SA xenophobia. Ghana was the first to deport Nigerians for reasons best known to them. Nigerians reciprocated but in a completely unrelated event. Every country has the right to deport foreigners if they're not there in the best interest of the country. It's good to be welcoming and open armed but it's a personal decision. Deporting illegals shouldn't involve bloodshed and killings. That's just devilish and callous. Ghana and Nigeria didn't do their through killings. They allowed the government to do their job. Now, SA government is sponsoring the killing of foreigners yet they keep on granting visa to these foreigners. Does it mean they use the foreigners blood to worship their Zulu demons? Possibly yes

Wow very quick to jump into conclusion. I think you should read the full aarticle here;
http://afrikanist..com.ng/2017/02/south-africas-xenophobic-attack-and.html?m=1
before concluding.

PetroDolla3:
Stop talking nonsense! Did you say nigeria built Ghana's economy before deporting Ghanaians in the 1983s? That is a very stvpid thing to say,huh? Or you think some us were born yesterday?

Don't say things you know nothing about, mudder fugger!

You magg0ts deserve even worse treatment from south Africans! Utter crap!

with all due respect, I think you are wrong when you said Nigerians deserve worse treatment from south Africans. Two wrongs will never make a right and being treated badly does not make one somehow morally strong or good.

EmeeNaka:
Nigeria govt fail the people. Nigerians are not refugees in South Africa and they're not illegal immigrants, so Nigerian case is not like Ghana case. As of today,there are millions of Ghanaians and Togolese in Nigeria taking up Nigeria jobs especially in construction but Nigerians are not complaining. South African industries are monopolizing Nigeria market and Nigerians are not rioting. If govt of South Africa fail to protect Nigerians, Nigeria govt should not fail her subjects. But it's unfortunate, Nigeria is an evil forest.

That's true.
Thanks.

ehinmowo:
d fact is most Nigerians deal in illegal businesses in foreign countries.

if Nigeria is dt gud, u wudnt wnt 2 die in another man's land

Most Nigerians? ?? Seriously? That's not true.

Ghana-must-go bag is a locally made bag in Nigeria with different sizes and colours and capacity. It is used mostly for interstates travelling and moving of goods and foodstuffs. When I was quite young, the name 'Ghana-must-go' fascinated me because a sack bag was named after a country and I was tempted to assume that the bags were either made in Ghana or the manufacturer is a Ghanian. Whichever, I was interested in knowing the inspiration behind the name so I asked my parents about it. They laughed heartily to my question and told me how Nigerians matched against Ghanians in Nigeria during Maj.Gen Buhari Regime and it was in a way instigated by the then military head of state. 'It wasn't a violent match' my father was quick to add, we just wanted them to go back to their country and develop their economy and it worked peacefully. Majority of the illegal immigrants moved back to Ghana with sack bags that we later named 'Ghana-must-go' and it's the name till date.
The Igbos call it Obodoyibo but in English language it can be referred to as 'abroad'.Abroad is a name we give to some Western countries that offers many opportunities, has a good economy and low cost of living. America for example is 'abroad'; the first time my Aunty travelled to the UK, she called us with excitement in her voice to inform us that finally she's in 'abroad'. Every family in Nigeria will like to boast about their relatives abroad; I have an uncle that lives abroad, my cousins are all in obodoyibo and so on but 'abroad' can not be anywhere, especially not just any African country, it must meet our standards and South Africa is the only African country that has met our qualifications so far. So Ghana is Ghana and South Africa is 'abroad' and one needs visa, international passport and flight ticket to get there. Statistics has shown that a handful of Nigerians live in South Africa for obvious reasons; Schooling, good economy, infrastructure, their minimum wage is about $260 and ours is $60.
About two years ago a Xenophobic attack was launched by South Africans against Nigerians and other African immigrants in South Africa which took the lives of about eight people because they think the foreigners are siphoning their businesses and source of livelihood. My father was angry about the attack so as were other Nigerians because it wasn't the first, I think the first was in 2008 which claimed the lives of 60 people. My father took it personal, it was as if the attack was against his dignity, his soul and spirit. He felt wounded and betrayed, he told me stories of the Apartheid and how they (himself and other well meaning Nigerians) boycotted lectures and fight against the Apartheid and how they celebrated the release of Nelson Mandela. 'It was like our own fight' he said and in many ways we have come to see South Africans as our own brothers. In a fist of revenge, he broke his MTN simcard, called our relatives and told them to boycott Shoprite and DSTV and any other south african investments in Nigeria. All these he did out of mild irritation and anger; ofcourse anger has a long history of restoring dignity and setting things right and the xenophobic attack subsided and reduced until about three weeks ago.
My SA based friend called me to inform that there was another Xenophobic attack in Johannesburg, SA. The victims were alleged to be drug dealers, human traffickers and bad people but all the victims were Nigerians and this made it troubling to me. Why only Nigerians? And there was outrage online between the two countries and I was surprised how most people (SA citizens & even some Nigerians based in SA)supported the attack. I was surprised how people believed that jungle justice is the best way to deal with crime. Let's assume that the victims were guilty of the alleged crimes but Victimhood is not a Virtue and treating them badly will not in any way curb out crimes rather it will leave a wound on their dignity.
I was arguing with someone online about the attack and he was quick to mention the Ghana - must - go case and it has never occurred to me that there's any similarities between the two occurrences...
Read more;
http://afrikanist..com.ng/2017/02/south-africas-xenophobic-attack-and.html?m=1

Ghana-must-go bag is a locally made bag in Nigeria with different sizes and colours and capacity. It is used mostly for interstates travelling and moving of goods and foodstuffs. When I was quite young, the name 'Ghana-must-go' fascinated me because a sack bag was named after a country and I was tempted to assume that the bags were either made in Ghana or the manufacturer is a Ghanian. Whichever, I was interested in knowing the inspiration behind the name so I asked my parents about it. They laughed heartily to my question and told me how Nigerians matched against Ghanians in Nigeria during Maj.Gen Buhari Regime and it was in a way instigated by the then military head of state. 'It wasn't a violent match' my father was quick to add, we just wanted them to go back to their country and develop their economy and it worked peacefully. Majority of the illegal immigrants moved back to Ghana with sack bags that we later named 'Ghana-must-go' and it's the name till date.
The Igbos call it Obodoyibo but in English language it can be referred to as 'abroad'.Abroad is a name we give to some Western countries that offers many opportunities, has a good economy and low cost of living. America for example is 'abroad'; the first time my Aunty travelled to the UK, she called us with excitement in her voice to inform us that finally she's in 'abroad'. Every family in Nigeria will like to boast about their relatives abroad; I have an uncle that lives abroad, my cousins are all in obodoyibo and so on but 'abroad' can not be anywhere, especially not just any African country, it must meet our standards and South Africa is the only African country that has met our qualifications so far. So Ghana is Ghana and South Africa is 'abroad' and one needs visa, international passport and flight ticket to get there. Statistics has shown that a handful of Nigerians live in South Africa for obvious reasons; Schooling, good economy, infrastructure, their minimum wage is about $260 and ours is $60.
About two years ago a Xenophobic attack was launched by South Africans against Nigerians and other African immigrants in South Africa which took the lives of about eight people because they think the foreigners are siphoning their businesses and source of livelihood. My father was angry about the attack so as were other Nigerians because it wasn't the first, I think the first was in 2008 which claimed the lives of 60 people. My father took it personal, it was as if the attack was against his dignity, his soul and spirit. He felt wounded and betrayed, he told me stories of the Apartheid and how they (himself and other well meaning Nigerians) boycotted lectures and fight against the Apartheid and how they celebrated the release of Nelson Mandela. 'It was like our own fight' he said and in many ways we have come to see South Africans as our own brothers. In a fist of revenge, he broke his MTN simcard, called our relatives and told them to boycott Shoprite and DSTV and any other south african investments in Nigeria. All these he did out of mild irritation and anger; ofcourse anger has a long history of restoring dignity and setting things right and the xenophobic attack subsided and reduced until about three weeks ago.
My SA based friend called me to inform that there was another Xenophobic attack in Johannesburg, SA. The victims were alleged to be drug dealers, human traffickers and bad people but all the victims were Nigerians and this made it troubling to me. Why only Nigerians? And there was outrage online between the two countries and I was surprised how most people (SA citizens & even some Nigerians based in SA)supported the attack. I was surprised how people believed that jungle justice is the best way to deal with crime. Let's assume that the victims were guilty of the alleged crimes but Victimhood is not a Virtue and treating them badly will not in any way curb out crimes rather it will leave a wound on their dignity.
I was arguing with someone online about the attack and he was quick to mention the Ghana - must - go case and it has never occurred to me that there's any similarities between the two occurrences...
Read more;
http://afrikanist..com.ng/2017/02/south-africas-xenophobic-attack-and.html?m=1

I was about 5 years old when I first heard the name Buhari. It was in 1984 when he became the Military Head of Nigeria. Maj.Gen Muhammadu was not the first military head of state but his regime was inauspicious as scarcity rife and the black market thrived. Common goods became luxury and his regime was a fight against indiscipline as soldiers were always at bus stops to enforce long Queues and people were flogged for littering ( this is common with other military regimes where the Rule of law is suspended).  I noticed the demeanour of my parents; it was full of Fear & Anxiety and they will wake up early each morning and pray in whispers to God for him to 'arrest' the head of state. Monthly salaries hardly come by so I saw bread disappear from the breakfast table, beef was rationed and tin milk became costly that our nutritional needs took solace in vegetables,beans and soy milk.
Fast forward to 31years later before the Nigeria general election, the APC party announced Maj.Gen Buhari as it's Presidential candidate against the incumbent president. The APC party was meticulous in picking their candidates for presidency and vice presidency; Maj.Gen Buhari is from the North & a Muslim while Osibanjo is a Christian from the southwest and this careful selection will satisfy any ethno-religious sentiments. He was painted as the 'Messiah' who will save Nigeria from corruption and Bokoharam. My father Onukwuli was a supporter of Buhari, I wasn't surprised since they were reports of Corruption and massive looting of public fund during the tenure of the incumbent president. People wanted a change but were afraid of the consequences and my father in his own words said 'shall we endure yet another 4 years of Corruption because we fear the unknown? If the unknown comes and underperform then we will vote them out'. The people finally voted out the incumbent in an election that was largely accepted as free & fair. The citizens were happy as it is uncommon in Africa for an incumbent to step down for an opponent without war.
And Maj.Gen Buhari became President Buhari but the change in status is not the 'change' Nigeria longed for, they wanted something magical and quick like the snap of one's fingers. He was under the watch of the citizens and majority participated actively in politics. It took PMB a long time to appoint his ministers and that was his first mistake and this flawed his first year in office. The first real test came when there was sharp fall in oil price (it started from the previous tenure) and Nigeria is a country whose Economy depends wholesomely on oil. Niger Delta militants started bombing oil pipelines and Nigeria's oil reserve dropped, it was catastrophic. He wanted to diversify the Economy but his approaches were outdated, he introduced a new forex policy that favours a few Elites, they buy dollar at a cheaper rate and sell it costly in the black markets. The black market flourished but it doesn’t have any impact on the Economy. In an effort to increase local production, foreign goods were banned and high custom duty was placed on a selected few. Traders complained about the dollar price, the cost of living became high as Rice, Bread and tin milk became costly but it was obvious that the President was not concerned about the Economy of the country as he was busy fighting 'corruption' and travelling to other countries for health care and other businesses.
The Economy went into Recession, businesses folded up, unemployment rate increased and the presidency blame it's inefficiency on the mistakes of past 'corrupt' leaders. All promises failed but the people were optimistic, my father will say 'let's give him more time, it's barely 2years' but the President seem deaf to hear the cry of the Masses the same way he acted towards the fulani herdsmen killing farmers in Southeast, the killing of IPOB members by soldiers in Onitsha and Port Harcourt, and the killing of the Shiite Muslim group by soldiers who buried their corpse in hastily dug graves. Of course he was busy fighting terrorism and locating Chibok girls at specific period in an effort to pacify the people.
It will be wrong to say PMB was responsible for the killings and bloodshed and it's another thing to notice how he ignored such occurrences and waited until after much criticism before he condemned the killing of farmers by fulani herdsmen. It is a natural mechanism to be self preservative and self criticism is not something that is associated with governing but it is good to always criticise government and in so doing, its an acknowledgement of imperfection.
Onukwuli is an Igbo name and it tranlates to ' let the mouth speak ' and it can also be referred as ' speak freely '. It was a common name during the colonial era given to freedom fighters and Activist but now my poor father keeps doubting the ' viability ' of his own name because now Freedom of speech is just something in paper, Activists who talked against government were threatened. About 3 weeks ago, PMB embarked on a 10 - day medical leave in London ( our health care system is not for Elites ) and he was supposed to resume office on Monday 6th February but while the people were anticipating his return he had already written a letter to the National Assembly about a postponement of his return indefinitely.
Now in a country where $ 1 = #500 and the cost of internet data is so high, the most asked Questions on Google by Nigerians are ' WHERE IS PRESIDENT BUHARI? ' & ' IS BUHARI DEAD? '.
Daalu.
Source; http://afrikanist..com.ng/2017/02/onukwuli-where-is-president-buhari.html?m=1

My parents are civil servants so they have had the opportunity to embark on many solidarity protests when there is a delay in salaries or bad working conditions. The 5 years old me would always mistake the solidarity song as ' soaking garri is forever! !!We must always fight for our rights '. Its a wonderful prospect for the 5 years old me to watch my parents sing and dance with placards to Government offices to discuss their unpaid Salaries. My parents were sometimes victims of violence from police and other security agents but they never stopped because protest has a long history of bringing justice and solving social issues.
Few weeks ago one of Nigeria's famous musicians Tuface Idibia ( 2baba ) announced a Nation wide protest against the Federal government because of high cost of living, bad economy and other mishaps in the Country. He was criticised by Academics and was even threatened by the Police and other Security Agencies. Despise the threats, he announced the Meet up Venues and dress code for the Protest. The date of the protest was shifted from 5th February to 6th February. Many people argued that the protest was politically induced but I see it as an amazing step for Nigerians to come out en mass to protest against something that they felt is not good enough. I woke up this morning only to discover that 2baba has cancelled the planned protest and in his own words he said ' Dear Nigerians! Due to security concerns and public  I hereby announce the cancellation of the planned March '. I was disappointed because I wanted to see people fight for a common goal.
Last year in University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria a Final year student who was the President of his faculty was killed in a protest by a DSS member. Himself and other students were protesting against the law that says that the students must pay all their fees before writing any exams. The students wanted more time to make payment but the school authorities were quick to call the police and other security agents and students were injured  and a student was killed in the process and all these happened in the school's campus. The student that was killed has paid his own school fee but decided to stand with other students to fight for a common goal. I sometimes wonder what is a University without students?
About 3 years ago in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, the Student Union president otherwise known as SUG President protested against the cost of transportation within the school premises. He wanted the price to be reduced to #20 which is fairly affordable and he also protest against the School Authority concerning unnecessary levies that students pay for. He organised a peaceful protest and he was rusticated from the University. Noble Eyisi is from a privileged family, his mother is a professor and he can afford to pay for transport fares and pretend that all is well but he refused to pretend.
It is one thing to feel something emotionally and it's another thing to engage ones intellect in making conclusions and about the cancelled protest, I was devastated and emotionally exhausted. I couldn't find any space for humour and laughter. I wanted more, I wanted to see people fight for a common goal...
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