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KingTom:
You gotta be trolling Datti ko Natti ni, if he wins his LGA call me itiboribo

Spy360:
Indeed

Spy360:
Indeed

airmark:
Joy is coming.

Ibime:
FFS, are you Bayo Onanuga?

raumdeuter:
Who dem sign oh. Give me update

semid4lyfe:
◾Local Government Autonomy ✔️
◾Tax Reform ✔️
◾Overhaul and Digitalization of Passport Issuance System ✔️
◾Increased crude production ✔️
◾NELFUND ✔️

Make I drop this one. True life story.

It was in August 2023. My institution was on vacation and I was in Lagos. On that fateful day, around 5pm, I was driving and was stuck in traffic on Ikorodu road.

A young guy selling gala approached at my driver's side, and gesticulated to me to buy. I shook my head and waved my hand indicating I wasn't interested. This guy no leave, instead he tapped on my windscreen and gesticulated for me to wind down the glass. I became annoyed, and in my mind was like, "wetin na, na by force to buy?" So I wound down with the intention to halla for him.

He spoke before I could utter a word, and what he said made me freeze, and deflated my anger and annoyance completely.

He said;

"Sorry sir, I just wanted to greet you. You're my lecturer at XYZ university. You thought me ABC 101 and EFG 111 last session".

With shock on my face, I said "Wow! Which department and what are you doing here"?

He replied; "Anatomy sir. I'm hustling to raise money to pay my school fees, and go back to school on resumption"

Me: You came a long way o. I never imagined to meet any of my students like this. Well done.

The traffic was about to move so I picked my phone. and told him to drop his digits promising to message him later that night

So when I got home, I called him and requested for his aza, and when he sent it, I transferred 10k to him.

To put things in perspective. I live and work in the farthest state in the South east, and this encounter was in LAGOS.

The encounter completely changed my perspective and mindset about the students. It opened my eyes, and made me see their suffering, hustling and what they go through to be in school.

As per our local market here, encounters plenty so make I no go that side.

If one student could cross states to hawk gala in Lagos just to return to school in the East, then there are thousands more like him with stomachs rumbling but hanging on by grit and hope.

That’s why I rate NELFUND and would always commend PBAT for it. It’s not politics but helping the poor, and this kind of help will enable families re-apportion resources and also make a difference in their lives.


Oasis, you're welcome.

DissTroy:
I personally think Tinubu has three things working for him which many politicians can't lay claim to:

1. Not micromanaging his appointees. Ministers are fairly independent. Along with heads of MDAS generally.

2. He lets squabbles between warring factions of his government play out without wading in publicly. E.g the Ngalele and Onanuga, and state APCs.

3. His insistence on governors ceding financial control to LG bosses and their seeming independence. He's been opposed to the no LG elections de facto status quo.

I like those three.

airmark:
Local government is the closest government to the people and it's important that they are well-funded.

Any President that does what Tinubu did for the LGAs, meant well for the populace. The issue now is for those at that level to perform. That's one of the reasons I haven't given up on Tinubu.

Elsewhere, a Governor stylishly scrapped the LGAs by not conducting elections for 7+ years. You won't see me clapping for such leader, let alone supporting him for the highest position in the country.

KingTom:
God I don't want to be a Doctor anymore I want to be a Sole Administrator

vanitybutiwanti:
There is no difference between this man and the scammer Peter obi

afrodoc:
LOL one of my mum’s cousins moved that way.

His party entered and he started restricting calls. When his party was booted out he started sending my mum monthly inspirational messages like he used to do before.

His party is back in power now and his number is unreachable again. 😀

KingTom:
So my cousin wey be Chairman dey chow nearly 600milla a month? No wonder e no wan pick anybody call again

liveLongNprospa:
Answer nau.
I ask you.
Did he pay salaries during strike? 😁

liveLongNprospa:
Did he pay them salary during the strike? 😁

liveLongNprospa:
Obi also owed doctors 13 months abi? 😁