₦airaland Forum

Good post!

Cheta hit the nail on the head with this one.

Yes, it is difficult to implement or actualise these dreams without a true federal constitution. A constitution that recognizes you as a Nigerian individual period  -with all the freedom, liberty and rights that should come with that.

But, we will have to do a lot of cultural weeding to actualise the dreams of Cheta. Changing the constitution is just scratching the surface. Like someone said in the 234next comments, even if you change the constitution are you going to change people's minds or their names?

The Nigeria of my dream is one where my Umuahia/Ibadan born kids can contest for and win the governorship race in Katsina, not because they are Fulani but because they've lived and contributed enough to the state to earn the confidence and respect of the majority.

Ferguson Dey vex me.

Probably been busy betting on those horses again, yeye result.

tunnytox:
Also being over 27 doesn't make you irrelevant,

Nigerian Companies and some of their backward requirements

what is wrong with a 28 year old? or 27 and 3months?

What's up with the NYSC requirement? I doubt the NYSC or Nigerian employement laws specified NYSC certificate as a requirement for Graduate Employment

It's not like they care about Corp members or respect the service. These same folks who don't hire corp members are now tryna act all responsible


On a general note;

For a country with almost 20% unemployment rate (according to Aganga) all these old colonial era requirements have to go before we can get anywhere. We need to put people to work if we want to grow these economy.

Tunnytox is on point, a lot of these service jobs do not require a University degree and can be learnt within a few weeks of on-the-job training

It's only in Nigerian that you must have a masters degree before you can answer the phone for Glo or MTN. You will need a Phd in accounting to count money for GTB

It's not photoshoped, it's an old picture. Most Nigerian National Newspapers should have copies, Not sure if that is Abacha though.

harakiri:
In spite of all that has been said on this thread, only a handful of women have had the courage to drop a comment or two which proves that ALL of what has been said here is true!  It's funny how women always talk about wanting men to be "nice" to them, hold their hands and be sensitive to their emotions and any unfortunate man who conforms to this demand will be labelled by them as a sissy, not being man enough and too sensitive.Like i learnt a while back, what every woman really needs is a sensitive naughty person! ! !

@tai2

More grease to your elbows man.

If my memory ain't failing me, I remember directing you to this thread after reading your story around March this year, glad it's working for you. Tai2 must be proud.

MetalGong4:
This dude just cracked me up . . lol

Metalgong??!! You can laugh? I'm honoured, for real

Oya, everybody confess, who else laughed 

tanimz:
Kilode?!, Ki lo'n sele?

Orekelewa, bawo ni?

Awon omoge to yimika nibibayi lo distract mi

she kini yen shi n shake?

It is funny how fast the usual suspects got here

Do you people hold daily meetings to decide on which thread or topic to congregate on ? 

@OP, you sure raised some vital points there.

**grabs popcorn to watch the tribal or, gy**

marvix:
This is the sweetest thread I have seen on NL in recent times.

The challenge is who do we want representing us at our senatorial and federal constituencies.

I have always cried out that people like Utomi, Falana, Umar, Ribadu and other men of proven character should leave the presidential race alone go to your people, convince them to give u a shot as a representative then come to the centre stage and shout out.

Will Utomi agree with Senators increasing their salaries in 24hrs while docs are on strike, would a Duke be in d senate and we wuld be arguing abt wat happens because Yaradua is sick.

Not only at the national level but also at the state level and LG levels, let us demphasize the executive office but rather place more emphasis on the legislative arms because truly this is where the power comes from.

When we are able to actively vote in this people when they start misbehaving we can also recall them back home.

Well said!

@OP

You are right, the fact that we have a decent FOI bill stalling in the NA for Ten straight years( I know OBJ refused to sign it at one point) shows how important and vital the NA elections are.

We argue about National characters and politicians everyday but these NA members are the closest to our communities. I can bet most of us don't even know the names of our representatives or senators.

I'm so guilty of that: **I went to find out and the guy went to my school**   Unfortunately, I can't verify what his voting records are, but from what I gathered from those who follow him, they are appalling.

My opinion of their online presence (since they don't "exist" offline)

The NA member websites :
An insult to democracy and an assault on my intelligence  These folks allocate all those millions to themselves every year??  WTF!!!!

I think My IQ dropped 10% after viewing the piece of poo they put up there. Member pages are scanty with no links to their activities or votes, they only have a few lines of tired, silly, comments about their "awards"

http://www.nass.gov.ng/nass2/Princ_officers.php?title_sur=Hon.

The General NA website;

Well, it's just there I see some effort(I think it's just me settling for mediocrity though). I saw a few pages of official PDF documents about legislations with no specifics on how individual members voted. But I'm glad they keep some records     

http://www.nass.gov.ng/ (you can read comments and verbatim transcripts of proceedings)

I'll give them a pass mark for effort


I think we need a dedicated thread or someplace on NL where we can post or discuss specifics about our NA representatives.  If we can't fight them on the streets we can shame them online. Because, believe it or not, majority of these looters will win the coming elections.

I really wish I can trade my NA representatives for some cold drinks,
 
http://www.nassnig.org/nass2/votenproc.php  (votes and proceedings)

gadogado:
Everybody in the world would be corrupt if they had their way. Wasn't it Adam Smith that said self interest is the main motivator of human beings. Isn't it true that humans strive for self preservation more than anything else. Don't expect Nigeria to be Utopia or that there is some sort of higher morality that is expected of common men be it fulani ex generals, bush and cheney connected oil & energy tycoons that prompted a foreign invasion, western trained Afghan government officials, Pakistani military and what have you.

What we lack are institutions that check corruption. We say nuhu ribadu instead of legal system as if the two are euphemisms. who builds these institutions, the govt? you must be joking, its the people, the ordinary Nigerians that must build it. This is so off topic though that I cant say more.

You said "This is so off topic though that I cant say more"

Actually, that is the crux of the matter. The highlighted statement above is the only thing that really needs to be said.

After rotating, zoning and sharing power among Nigeria's 250 ethnic groups a million times over, we still won't solve any of our problems or satisfy any of those groups until we deal with the statement above and pursue Liberty, Freedom and Equity for each individual to the best of our collective abilities.

Without that, the rest is just Fluff.

So my off topic analysis of the main actors

IBB and his apologists(Dokepsi & co): Won't fight for change or do anything radical, it's not in their character nor in their interest, there is no need to waste time on them.

Ribadu: Claimed he recently caught the "democracy and equity" bug but the jury is still out on him too risky, too much of a flip flop, now too cushy with western powers to be trusted.

Jonathan: Fate, Luck, Fate, and nothing else, I'm yet to be convinced he will act on the side of Justice, Liberty, Freedom or Equity. Too weak, too shifty,  too indecisive, too many skeletons(hello patience!)

Buhari, Utomi and the rest: They need to put in more work and convince the people they have the guts to do the right thing.  For now, their tents are too small and their message and audience too limited.

My People in 2011 and Beyond: We are still in trouble, we still have a lot of work to do. We can't continue like this forever. Something has to give.

Me: I'm full of hope

[quote author=mama-gee link=topic=504268.msg6738047#msg6738047 date=1284243461][color=deeppink]Yes, I'm a blonde spambot that posts replies.

You're delusional![/color][/quote]no vex ma, the pink fonts confused me.

Idowuogbo:
^eyah bobo won ti mu na lo , lodo wan now
kilafe she bayin , ok sho mo kan to ma shele
tobaje ife takan takan lo ni fun tanis , to ba di ola lo deliver generator so do won , oti win ee ni yen
generator lo ba de ,lwkmddd

Hehehehehehe

Ok, mo ti gbo ma

Mo fe lo wo MTV-VMA kini

awa shi ni ina lodo tiwa

LOL @ thread. Brotha Effed up!

Idowuogbo:
hehehe, on shomo gidi walai , nigbati buda ti fe tu agbada le, lo wa salo
omode isi yin sha

Auntie, e saamo

Emi a si feekan pada wa

tanimz:
Hehe, e tin soro ni sin, mi o ti loko.

A'a ma soro later. Odaro.

Ko si wahala, omo'luabi, mo ri o na

tanimz:
Mi se ni mean yin?

Se e fe soro ni pa inkan imi abi Boondocks ni? Ewo len se?

Ewo?_{ma ba runs je fun mi ni ale yi oo.}

Ati boondocks ati "nkan mi" gbogbo e aso po

Ewo lo se? se iwo naa ti loko ni?

tanimz:
E tin fi style change subject ni yen o.

Haha omo ele yi mean mi ni sha

Mo n gbadun e, Ok, go on soun!

tanimz:
E de fe deru ba mi. Anyway, mo ti dari ji yin. Bi mo se nice to ni yen.

Hehe. . . Riley oo buru to yen now.

Ma beru, ko si 'yonu!

Ha! ti Baba-agba ba fi Riley sile, Omode yen ma da iru lu

Sugbon mo gbadun Riley nigbakugba ti o ba so wipe "Nigga You Gay"!!

tanimz:
Eyin naa like Boondocks?

Ki le mean pelu "delicate areas"? E ma deru ba mi oo.

Ti e ba ti ni iyawo, e ma bother la ti reply.

Haba Omoge, ti Iyawo ba wa iyen ko mean pe aa le sefe.

Ko ti si Iyawo, sugbon Ololufe wa repete.

Boondocks dun gidi gidi. Omoluabi ni Huey! Odaran ni Riley!

tanimz:
Ese, ee seem bad. Se e ni iyawo?

But, eyon yin ni mi now.

Mo ri wipe o feran boondocks, a fiyen jo ara.

Omo ele, Iyawo ke? O ti fe ma lo si "delicate areas" ni yen o. O sure pe o fe mo sha?

excanny:
Nah nah nah. I dont believe you. Be specific with proofs of such swagga and I'll give you scores of Igbo men wey such swagga dey over worry. Igbo men just have a different kind of swagga. You only need to do one thing- find out.

See advertisement!!

Carry on my Igbo brother. Nothing do you.

just treat my Yoruba sister right. Else juju go fire ya yansh

ihu oma diri my brotha

tanimz:
A-ahn, kilode t'efi wan expose mi ni publci ba yi? E fe ba runs je fun mi ni?

Mi kunkun binu si yin. Eyin na, e ma binu.

Orekelewa mi o le binu si e

Eku faaji opin ose

Idowuogbo:
@ kilode
kare omo gidi
wa  reni pe ronshe , omo luabi

ko much jare , ewo lon shele todo tin yin sir

E se pupo auntie mi.

Awa n miliki nibibayi ni

tanimz:
Ejo oo. . . Bawo ni tiyin se je?

Omo ele ma binu simi; Agba kii wa loja Kori omo tuntun ko wo

tanimz:
Emi? Kin kun le kawo soke? Se e ro pe mo ti dagba ju gbogbo iyen lo ni?

Aburo kii dagba ju fun Ibawi egbon! Oya, so pe ki won ma binu


Eyin Omoge e wo le se?

tpiah:
juju is widespread across nigeria, but its only yoruba's own that gets broadcast.

as per women giving their daughters juju, well, that depends on the type of family the daughter is from. Someone raised in a juju setting will definitely depend on juju no matter what.

btw the world capital of juju is benin republic.






you wish.

ask any Nigerian anywhere on the street- even a two year old- they will tell you something about juju.  

I'm not saying juju isn't rampant in yorubaland but to say nobody elsewhere knows what it is, is simply false.

If I may add to your observation, I don't know what is negative about a people who use their own religious and cultural beliefs to order the course of their life or find meaning and succor. Isn't that what religion is for?

One may not agree with Juju, or believe in Ifa Religion or Osun, or whatever some of these people call unto, but we can agree that all religious people use their religion for both bad or good, the wife asking Osun to give her a child or hold down her philandering husband is not worse than the night-vigil wifey that constantly hugs the ground at the holy-ghost conference demanding those same things from her God.

Not to talk of the sister tryna covet another pesin BF with prayer and biblical verses

I do not agree with all of their cultural/ religious practices(same for Christian practices) but I'm glad they use their own religion to give their life meaning, I wish all Africans will do the same.

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[quote author=Aloy+Emeka link=topic=229963.msg6741453#msg6741453 date=1284317825]Ijebu Ode is the capital of juju and witchcraft in Africa and would have been the world capital save for Haiti. Also, jujuism is engraved in Yoruba culture and that is why it proliferates more in Yoruba land. Check the number of spiritualists, pastors, babalawos, etc churned out from Yorubaland yearly and compare with other tribes.
It is very normal to find a 20 yr old Hausa/ Igbo/Ijaw/Efik, etc boy or girl who has no clue of juju or how it works but it will be very rare to find such in Yorubaland.

It is very rare to find Igbo/Ijaw/Hausa/Ibibio etc women who give their married daughters juju to plant in their husbands home even when there is no cause for alarm but that behavior is not rare in Yorubaland. More likely than not, a Yoruba wife will receive juju  no matter how harmless from her mother for further protection even if she lives in UK, US or New Zealand.[/quote]For someone with an Igbo name, You watch Yoruba movies too much

Funny