Unlimited22: Bikeman, just in case the first renouncing wasn't enough, I hereby disassociate myself from that clown masquerading as our number one goalie
Until he decides to be an actual one.
41 goals conceded in all competitions and we still dey January.
elampiro: You want us to play like Liverpool. My guy things scattered since SAF left. It will not be easy to get the consistency we all want. But it is better recently and Rashford is proving critics wrong. Martial is getting better too. The understanding among players is better.
It seems you stop watching Man Utd matches since Rooney left.
Jchibike: My point is that it cannot be forced. You cannot gather people and ask them to revolt, like Sowore tried to do. Everyone must come to a point where they see for themselves that no other option is available than a revolution.
I know what you meant, I’m just asking how that will happen.
Revolution all over the world was started by a person or an event. Any Revolution still needs someone to be the leader else it will be free for all anarchy.
SolidLight: 1. A democratically elected person with a formidable support base to fight opposition. 2. Military coup: JJ Rawlings of Ghana comes to mind. A risky option but one that will guarantee tremendous improvement if a sound General or Officer is point man. 3. Recolonization: in this case, the use of the word "ruthless" might be an overreach. I consider this the best option for Nigeria but chances are very low considering how the world has evolved. South Africa is a mirage of what Nigeria would have looked like should the brits have stayed a while longer.
1. Then you begin to hear cries of witch hunt, attack on democracy and the likes. LOL
Jchibike: How idealistic! You want to change the course of Nigerian history forever using the NOA and social media. The former is an institution run by people who themselves most likely need orientation. People without their skin in the game trying to spur an equally docile people towards change. No wonder it worked so well in the past!
Social media? I won't even go into that.
My use of social media is for awareness purposes. Lots of fake news and different kinds of stories and news are being shared daily on Social Media which in one way or the other impact in the way people think and behave. NOA can use SM as a tool of counter measuring those narratives.
StephenEA: further more, reorientation is a very sssslllloooowwww process, was it today you heard "Charity begins at home". Meaning"Reorientation begins at home". Years I've been hearing this, but today, the family is no difference, even worse.
Reorientation requires understanding, long suffering. But this is very impossible as a result of the great Wall of Ethnicity and Religion. Now look at Nigeria today, if you begin reorientation today, when do you think you'll achieve your goals. How, do you go about it like Jchibike said?
Sowore was doing something diplomatic, he was silenced, that's not what I'm talking about. Such revolution will need a personality like sowore, (someone who is aimed at demolishing bad leadership), but not the activities of sowore.
LOL.
Every democratic process is slow because it will always involve a lot of bureaucracy.
Reorientation can start from anywhere. From your home, by telling your fathers n mothers, brothers n sisters to do the right thing. By telling your colleague to not cheat the system. By obeying all laws including traffic, waste management, pedestrians crossing and the likes and of course by paying your TAX.
Like Buhari once said, change begins with You and Me. Once we are able to change from our lawless ways and be acccoutable to ourselves, we then become major champion of accountability from the government.
We can start by preaching love n unity in all parts of the country but first you have to show that love n unity to those around you, those Yorubas you loathe or those Igbos you don’t want to see or those “illiterate” Hausas you dislike with passion and all other ethnic group. No one is more Nigerian than the other. Shun tribalism or religion intolerance.
To effect wholesome changes in the political space, Nigerians must band together and that’s why Reorientation is important.
Cheers.
N.B: I don’t subscribe to any of Sowore shenanigans, he contested for President, lost n called for revolution. In any other country, he will be languishing in some forgotten jail.
Jchibike: I agree with you on all the problems you've mentioned--as I'm sure most honest Nigerians would. Do you mind telling me how you plan to carry out that reorientation? It's not enough to highlight all the issues that disturb us as a nation. What is your plan? I would like to know.
Do you know why I think a revolution would work? If tomorrow you see a group of soldiers guarding a wooden table in the middle of the road, what would you think? It doesn't matter if there's a similar table just a stone's throw away on which a woman is selling pepper. So long as that one table is being guarded by soldiers, you'd be forced to deduce that there must be some great value to that one table.
Value systems are not always symmetrical. If Nigerians decide today that this country, as seemingly hopeless and worthless as it is, is worth fighting for, no one in his right mind will stand in the way for too long. We, with our own hands, will reorient ourselves.
The solution is simple; revive the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and let them start delivering on their core mandate.
NOA has the reach to get to the inner parts of the country, from Ikwo in Ebonyi to Orlu in Imo to Ajilete in Ogun to Ila orangun in Osun to Sabon gari in Kano to Daura in Katsina, they must begin to enlighten the citizens.
Until citizens awareness (both in the urban n rural areas) are high, we will keep going in circles.
A quote says “If someone can be taught to hate, they can also be taught to love”.
With the advent of social media, it’s easy to disseminate information and spread awareness.
Jchibike: 1. Libya's so called revolution did not happen organically.
2. The outcomes of events like a revolution are largely asymmetrical and cannot be predicted in the short term. This is the problem. No spirit of sacrifice. Look through history at the nations whose founding fathers fought off oppressive colonials to establish. They suffered short term losses for the future gains of their offspring.
3. Note that I'm not trying to convince anyone to start or join a revolution. Like I said earlier, it must happen organically.
Nigerians need to change the way they view public office and officials.
An average Nigerian is selfish and self centered, Nigerians has sacrificed their morality on the altar of corruption. We no longer teach moral but promote anyhowness as long as it brings “Money”.
From top to bottom or bottom to top, we need a massive shift from the way we do things. Our leaders are not aliens, they are drawn from among us so they know how the average Nigerian thinks. While we want the government to be accountable to us, we must also be accountable to ourselves.
Nigerians shout rule of law yet remain LAWLESS. Nigerians lament lack of infrastructural development yet destroy existing ones or sabotage the process of building a new one. Nigerians wants improved healthcare yet not ready to fund it by enrolling in NHS.
In this Lagos alone, I can’t count the number of public properties that citizens have destroyed. Some months back there were reports that thieves were stealing the bolts on the Lagos - Ibadan railway that’s being constructed and they had to replace it again. Days ago, Fashola claimed some communities in Enugu were asking for 500M before they will allow them to continue working. There are stories that abound in the SS about “development levy” that you have to pay before carrying out development project.
SARS that’s terrorizing Youths are not alien, they are Nigerians like you n me with relatives among us yet we hardly see their family members talk to them or anything, why should they when they bring in money?
Those civil servants that makes corruption very easy are our fathers, mothers, aunts n uncles. They are the ones helping rogue politicians to shortchange the country. Go to any ministry, department or agency even local government councils and see how our mothers n fathers, brothers n sisters are destroying the country but we hardly talk about them because we benefit from them.
Should we talk about how our mothers n fathers, brothers n sisters, uncle n aunt are destroying/frustrating the Education sector due to negligence and corruption?
When a politician wins an election or is appointed into government, everyone in his community/area will most likely go to him with one problem or the other while neglecting the problem that affect US all. Instead of fixing those bad roads or upgrading those public schools or equipping our hospitals, we will share the money to solve some individual problems and pocket the rest.
Nigerians have to reorient themselves to think more about our collective goals and development than individual aggrandizement.
Oh did I mention Nigerians that travel to Ghana and follow their laws and come back to Nigeria to scream about how lawless n disorganized Nigeria is and yet still continue to break the law? LOL
Jchibike: There is no country more in need of a revolution than Nigeria. And yet there is no group of people more incapable of bringing about it than Nigerians. However, revolutions can hardly be sustained if they do not happen organically. We must get to the point where there is no available option than revolt. This is partly why Sowore failed. Our collective inertia is too strong to be overcome by mere social media rhetoric. What is needed is a strong message. But until that happens, we must naturally arrive at our own tipping point. I'm afraid that will be a long time.
Nigeria does not need REVOLUTION, what Nigeria needs one REORIENTATION.
dalhjana: REVOLUTION is like an overthrow of government. More like a coup. Where you have militias fighting the military to take power. Is that what you want? I think that's why Sowore was detained although might not be what he intended. Just chill because i still remember vividly an engineer at the tower said it took close to two years for theirs to be out. But Last Last you saying you can't live in another man's land.. That a big fat lie. If unfortunately say nnpc no show us love.. I too sure say you go later be Land grabber.
Nobody should click the link below.. He is looking for traffic for his site. Ntooor.
Victornezzar: How's this Expert dude a Utd supporter??
Did he tell you he’s one?
I don’t blame him, I blame airmark who keep entertaining him since yesterday. When someone starts calling Edgar Davis a “Bolton hero” you know you should cut the debate immediately.
hensben: You have said it all. Pogba na flash in the palm. He is the best in United ask them how many times he has emerged as United best player of the season. That guy just Dey deceive them with showboating. He lacks intensity, he is not perfect in anything just a copy cat trying to do everything on the pitch and end up doing nothing, he is unserious footballer.
adebayo201: Yes, 8 weeks! I think that was why maybe they stopped the sale of Matic.
I'm still looking forward to when Garner and the likes will be introduced into the senior team. Not rushed but a gradual process. Matic doesn't have that strength again and Fred, uhm... I'm afraid he should be rested. If he get injury, e don be be that oh.
If only the transfer window is open we could have gotten bodies into the midfield area.
afrodoc2: What do you want him to say? "My boss Woodward is confused, and the owners the Glazers are American aka gums who are in it only for the money" ?
No.
He could have said something like “I didn’t hear the chant maybe because I was too focused on the match, I will have to watch the videos again to know what the chant was about” then continue talking about the match.
This is an opportunity for him, if he wants to be asslicking the board and Ed when it’s obvious the fans at OT are on their neck, it’s his choice and will bear the full consequences when shít hit the fan.
When the fans turn on him, we will see who will be out of a job.