₦airaland Forum

Uchesis:
But she doesn't like you guys

Yeah. That's why she said she identify as Yoruba but not Nigerian. 😆

MiamiNite:
Go Kemi 💪

Yoruba Lagba ⭐⭐⭐

Yoruba Amaka 🌟 ⭐⭐

Unfortunately Yoruba, Nigeria and even Africa is not agba anything if we are doing japa to work in neocolonialist countries for them to be much richer and have better living conditions than us.

What fraction of what we contribute to their economies do you think is remitted here? Up to 20%?

anonimi:
David Hundeyin
May 4, 2022


I want to sell a script to a Hollywood studio. The story is about a guy who owns a farm that constantly runs at a loss but never quite shuts down.

The farm is massive and underutilised, and the protagonist has all the opportunities in the world to improve its output and get a bumper harvest.

He has access to credit, machinery, free irrigation and gifts from neighbouring farmers, but all he ever does with these things is drink and smoke them away while his family suffers.

Nigeria has refused to grow up and achieve something, but it somehow feels as if it is living vicariously through the achievements of its estranged children around the world

Apart from drinking, smoking and generally being utterly useless, his other pastime is to pump out children at an industrial rate. Needless to say, he takes no care of his children whatsoever, and many of them fail to survive childhood.

Those who do survive have to leave the farm and hire themselves out as hired labour to the neighbouring farmers, having picked up some survival skills from home.

With time, a number of them rise through the ranks and become senior managers, directors and even shareholders in these other farms while their father continues mismanaging his farm.

When good news about some of these successful children gets home, their father is filled with pride and joy, but when they end up on the wrong side of life, he acts as if he never knew them.

The successful ones make efforts to revamp their childhood home by sending back money and volunteering their skills and time, but all this guy ever wants to do is be a 62-year-old underachieving idiot carried through life by charity and luck.

Famzing” diaspora success is dishonest
I’m sure before the end of the second paragraph, you figured out whose story I was telling. The 62-year story of post-independence Nigeria — which the Hollywood studio would surely reject for being too sad with no redemption — is that of our fictional antihero.

Nigeria has refused to grow up and achieve something, but it somehow feels as if it is living vicariously through the achievements of its estranged children around the world.

Remember how everyone from corporate brands to Abike Dabiri made a big song and dance about supporting Anthony Joshua the “Nigerian,” whose only chance to become someone in life came when his parents emigrated from Nigeria?

Remember how things turned when he somehow lost against that chubby Mexican dude whose name I can’t remember? Remember when the Super Falcons won the female AFCON title and received a congratulatory tweet from the president, only for them to have to stage a protest before being paid their camp allowances?

That’s what we do in Nigeria. We try to live vicariously through the achievements of people who have achieved great things under their own steam, simply because said people happen to be called ‘Ifeoma,’ ‘Efe’ and ‘Ayotunde.’

Even when Nigeria had absolutely nothing to do with said success, or in fact happened in spite of Nigeria, as with Divine Oduduru, we bask in the reflected glory of their personal achievements.

Sometimes when those people wear a Nigerian flag or post something about Wizkid or Jollof Rice on Instagram, we go crazy with the Nigerian flag emojis because oh my god, they identify with us!

This is not about being a Killjoy
Somehow, the complete failure of Nigeria and our complicity in its failure is more bearable when we point at Nigerian immigrants doing great things in life and say “I knew Femi before he started calling himself Anthony.

His father and I were classmates in Aiyetoro.” It is unclear how exactly this helps our situation but hey, it’s also unclear how chugging the amount of alcohol we do helps either.

Escapism is a key part of our culture, and anyone who dissents must be a non-Jollof-eating, vegetarian heretic, and possibly also an atheist.

Now while all this is painfully cringey to my eyes, some will also point out that Nigeria is not the only country that has a weird obsession with its diaspora population.

Even ‘first-world’ countries like Ireland continue to have deep emotional and economic connections to their diaspora, and in any case Nigerians proudly supporting Anthony Joshua or the NBA’s Giannis Ante…African-sounding-name is basically harmless fun. They’re not hurting anyone. Why be such a killjoy, David?

The reason this matters can be found in a quote that has been dubiously attributed to Russian President Vladmir Putin, where he describes Africa as the place where its diaspora does not invest in, but returns to only to die and be buried with their ancestors.

While there is no concrete evidence that Mr. Putin ever actually made that comment, the truth in it is painfully poignant.

For diaspora success to be meaningful to Nigeria, it must correlate to on-ground results in Nigeria. The example of Somalia shows that having a well-educated, globally successful diaspora while being an absolute basket case are both possible at the same time.

I’d imagine we do not aspire to be Somalia.

If Kemi is allowed to become the PM, she will deport Islamic Jihadist from the UK and likely stop taking in refugees.

prophetfire:
Prior to the supreme Court judgement, Stammer was among those advocating for transgender women to be treated as real women and the supreme Court ruled against him.
That's why Kemi is trolling him.

It was the tories, kemi party that gave transgender the rights they exercise and abuse in uk. The case in question that ended it was filled 2023 in Scotland when the tories where in power.

Stammer may personally be an advocate but the tories created what the Supreme Court has to define inthis ruling. So blame kemi and her party.
She is acting all innocent.

A real firebrand. So proud that she's Nigerian

Ladiesdoctor:
Who is still bringing this agbero woman issue

between you and her, who is agbero?

I so love UK parliamentary system.
The prime minister is a parliamentarian. 1st among equals. And leader of opposition is Prime Minister in waiting.
As Prime Prime Minister appoints his Ministers, leader of opposition appoints his shadow ministers.
Every government paper is duplicated, one for the minister, one for the shadow minister.
When a head of government arrives UK, he holds meeting with the prime minister and then holds meeting with the head of opposition.
Oyibo Don go far joor

Ladiesdoctor:
Who is still bringing this agbero woman issue

she's always seeking relevance.

Tflex01:
Yeah. That's why she said she identify as Yoruba but not Nigerian. 😆

Its just like the heart saying it is an organ but its not a part of the human body

FreeSpirited:
Nigeria can never reach this level of politicking in legislature

Except they go steal am.

Nwaikpe:
Fun fact: When she becomes prime minister,

She will surely tow the path of China; declare islam a mental case.

Gbamsulotely

But they're not women. Why would he apologise?

Imagine opposition dey give Tinubu wotowoto like this the country would have been better

brownbib:
This woman always making headlines for wrong reasons...the sex when you are born, is who you are, leave all these artificial human beings...

Did you watch the video at all?
Or you made this statement based on prejudice.

prophetfire:
Prior to the supreme Court judgement, Stammer was among those advocating for transgender women to be treated as real women and the supreme Court ruled against him.
That's why Kemi is trolling him.

Don't blame them.
Some Nigerians no longer have patience to watch videos before commenting because of tribalism, stereotypical inclination and prejudice

DeZoro:
The PM is solidly right. In the beginning God made Man and Woman... in as much as UK is under the control of Christianity, that biblical verdict must be respected.

So a Trans woman was created by your God?
Did you watch her video or you just drew conclusion based on "Kemi's Controversies"

thatigboman:
I so love UK parliamentary system.
The prime minister is a parliamentarian. 1st among equals. And leader of opposition is Prime Minister in waiting.
As Prime Prime Minister appoints his Ministers, leader of opposition appoints his shadow ministers.
Every government paper is duplicated, one for the minister, one for the shadow minister.
When a head of government arrives UK, he holds meeting with the minister and then holds meeting with the head of opposition.
Oyibo Don go far joor

Isn't that what we were practising before those military boys hijacked the process! They were babarian, illiterate and impatient with democracy!

So proud to be a Nigerian.

It’s all politicking - the man knows there are only 2 genders but he got elected based on Liberal ideas . Now he can say trans women are not women as per Supreme Court and life goes on .

anonimi:
Is Kemi not a Nigerian, born and raised here until she was a teenager?

Think before u post... With crops like Wike, Tinubu and those northern hypocrite u think a Kemi will have a chance in naija

Even in sport, trans women are sideline

DeZoro:
The PM is solidly right. In the beginning God made Man and Woman... in as much as UK is under the control of Christianity, that biblical verdict must be respected.

Check again? Under which Christianity? If you check well, priests and pastors are wedding same gender in churches. Arab moslems have almost taken over the UK. Go and check.

Thundafireseun:
Are transgender women supposed to be women??

Bobrisky is still a man…. Irrespective of whatever he tells himself

You stored Bob pix on your phone, you sure you not jerking off with the dude picture? That’s quite weird

Nwaikpe:
Fun fact: When she becomes prime minister,

She will surely tow the path of China; declare islam a mental case.

Imposter

brownbib:
This woman always making headlines for wrong reasons...the sex when you are born, is who you are, leave all these artificial human beings...

I bet you did not watch the video. Let me help you, her stand is that trans women are not women.

thatigboman:
I so love UK parliamentary system.
The prime minister is a parliamentarian. 1st among equals. And leader of opposition is Prime Minister in waiting.
As Prime Prime Minister appoints his Ministers, leader of opposition appoints his shadow ministers.
Every government paper is duplicated, one for the minister, one for the shadow minister.
When a head of government arrives UK, he holds meeting with the minister and then holds meeting with the head of opposition.
Oyibo Don go far joor

while Nigeria is practicing useless state government system.

Guy

We run a presidential system not a parliamentary system so your basis of comparison is misleading and misplaced. Our democratic style is similar to American system of government.

FreeSpirited:
Nigeria can never reach this level of politicking in legislature

Great woman any day. Her shameless Nigerian haters not withstanding.

Can someone tell me and our politicians where to be watching live British house in section?

Kemi Badenoch WIPES THE FLOOR with Keir Starmer | PMQs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuPUMEchJPY?si=FIHDhm3PeQL2qlkt

Does The PM Have The Balls?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um2aNRpEUyE?si=X62OgaBxmDY8jn48