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When you enter big supermarkets, you will see kulikuli, chinchin, Akara some other things the first lady mentioned. So who are those making them and who are those buying them?

Is the first lady wrong for mentioning our local snacks?

Should she have mentioned pizza, meat pie, bread etc to make it presentable and appealing?

We like to pretend in Nigeria.

Firstly, the first lady is not accountable to anybody. Her post is not political or elective. Any kind gesture she offers is a charity.

Looking at her statement, mischievous people only pick Akara and kulikuli but chose to ignore other parts of her statement.

Nigerians derive pleasure in bad news. If she had not mentioned kulikuli her words wouldn't have spread.

A grown women and men who are illiterates and unskilled, how should they be empowered?

People are assuming that every Nigerian is educated and graduate of higher institutions that's why they found the first lady advice funny but the reality on ground shows that those who are not educated and unskilled are more than the graduates or the educated ones. Obviously, the first lady was not directing her speech to those who are graduate.

Let's stop pretending.

I suggest we teach them how to code in C++ & Java, then progress to cybersecurity.

Or teach them how to synthesise hydrocarbons to medicine.

He get one guy wey be aeronautical expert for here (so he says), he fit teach them the application of Bernoulli's principle.

Una go explain taya!

Xxxx

Flangelo12:
I suggest we teach them how to code in C++ & Java, then progress to cybersecurity.

Or teach them how to synthesise hydrocarbons to medicine.

He get one guy wey be aeronautical expert for here (so he says), he fit teach them the application of Bernoulli's principle.

So men and women who have never been to school will learn all these?

Biodun556:
So men and women who have never been to school will learn all these?

Most Nigerians would support this.

Biodun556:
When you enter big supermarkets, you will see kulikuli, chinchin, Akara some other things the first lady mentioned. So who are those making them and who are those buying them?

Is the first lady wrong for mentioning our local snarks?

Should she have mentioned pizza, meat pie, bread etc to make it presentable and appealing?

We like to pretend in Nigeria.

Firstly, the first lady is not accountable to anybody. Her post is not political or elective. Any kind gesture she offers is a charity.

Looking at her statement, mischievous people only pick Akara and kulikuli but chose to ignore other parts of her statement.

Nigerians derive pleasure in bad news. If she had not mentioned kulikuli her words wouldn't have spread.

A grown women and men who are illiterates and unskilled, how should they be empowered?

People are assuming that every Nigerian is educated and graduate of higher institutions that's why they found the first lady advice funny but the reality on ground shows that those who are not educated and unskilled are more than the graduates or the educated ones. Obviously, the first lady was not directing her speech to those who are graduate.

Let's stop pretending.

Say obidients derives joy in bad news about the country or any slip by the govt......one of them was mentioning rubbish about building tech hubs and STEM schools for the intended beneficiaries and I shuddered at such foolishness.

It’s snacks, not snarks.

Defender of the galaxy.

Fix the grammar in your post, it’s causing migraines reading through it.

Biodun556:
When you enter big supermarkets, you will see kulikuli, chinchin, Akara some other things the first lady mentioned. So who are those making them and who are those buying them?

Is the first lady wrong for mentioning our local snarks?

Should she have mentioned pizza, meat pie, bread etc to make it presentable and appealing?

We like to pretend in Nigeria.

Firstly, the first lady is not accountable to anybody. Her post is not political or elective. Any kind gesture she offers is a charity.

Looking at her statement, mischievous people only pick Akara and kulikuli but chose to ignore other parts of her statement.

Nigerians derive pleasure in bad news. If she had not mentioned kulikuli her words wouldn't have spread.

A grown women and men who are illiterates and unskilled, how should they be empowered?

People are assuming that every Nigerian is educated and graduate of higher institutions that's why they found the first lady advice funny but the reality on ground shows that those who are not educated and unskilled are more than the graduates or the educated ones. Obviously, the first lady was not directing her speech to those who are graduate.

Let's stop pretending.

don't mind them,biko where do you sell your own akara ,I want to buy from you since you are sincere

Lithiumite:
Say obidients derives joy in bad news about the country or any slip by the govt......one of them was mentioning rubbish about building tech hubs and STEM schools for the intended beneficiaries and I shuddered at such foolishness.

What is wrong with building tech hubs and STEM schools for the beneficiaries and encouraging them to take advantage of them? You mind telling us? You should be shuddering at the chains that have bound your feet and the grey matter upstairs.

Justifications on why they're still poor and unprogressive nation just be flying around.

Poor people should fry akara and do kuli kuli, while the rich sells off your mineral resources to enrich themselves, without you poor supporters of the nonesense she said do not see nothing.

No wonder the olodo uprising is so massive these days.

Op, how should you be empowered?

marlow1962:
Justifications on why they're still poor and unprogressive nation just be flying around.

Poor people should fry akara and do kuli kuli, while the rich sells off your mineral resources to enrich themselves, without you poor supporters of the nonesense she said do not see nothing.

No wonder the olodo uprising is so massive these days.

Abi o?

Why can't we just teach them computer networking or Machine Learning?

Mariangeles:
Una go explain taya!

Xxxx

Explanations go plenty. Eh go tire dem to explain.

Una never start the explanations.

The photo below shows Tinubu’s supporters explaining why selling akara, kwuli-kwuli, and roasted corn is excellent business for over 80m Nigerians living in multi-dimensional poverty.

Biodun556:
When you enter big supermarkets, you will see kulikuli, chinchin, Akara some other things the first lady mentioned. So who are those making them and who are those buying them?

Is the first lady wrong for mentioning our local snacks?

Should she have mentioned pizza, meat pie, bread etc to make it presentable and appealing?

We like to pretend in Nigeria.

Firstly, the first lady is not accountable to anybody. Her post is not political or elective. Any kind gesture she offers is a charity.

Looking at her statement, mischievous people only pick Akara and kulikuli but chose to ignore other parts of her statement.

Nigerians derive pleasure in bad news. If she had not mentioned kulikuli her words wouldn't have spread.

A grown women and men who are illiterates and unskilled, how should they be empowered?

People are assuming that every Nigerian is educated and graduate of higher institutions that's why they found the first lady advice funny but the reality on ground shows that those who are not educated and unskilled are more than the graduates or the educated ones. Obviously, the first lady was not directing her speech to those who are graduate.

Let's stop pretending.

You never even start the explanation. You go explain tire.

Within a narrow context, there is no big deal in what the 1st lady has said. People have been frying akara, kuli kuli since forever.

Within that category, we have vulcanizers, butchers, fish mongers and others within the nano/micro business categories.

The bigger context however is that in the past, people naturally gravitated to such businesses and such businesses funded the relative lifestyles of those persons.

Today however, the government, by its incompetent implementation of certain policies, has pushed millions more Nigerians into the poverty level and is determined to keep them there. So people who would naturally not be there by default, are now forced into that category regardless of how you have been able to personally develop yourself creating invisible underemployment and skills mismatch.

An akara seller could comfortably provide for a household and send kids to school without loans. Can that be possible today?

Also, the tone of the 1st lady shows exasperation. Like people should stop disturbing them and be comfortable in their suffering.

While the president and his cronies live profligate lifestyles on tax payers resources, they want MORE tax payers to live in penury. That makes it easier to bribe them with peanuts during elections.

Flangelo12:
I suggest we teach them how to code in C++ & Java, then progress to cybersecurity.

Or teach them how to synthesise hydrocarbons to medicine.

He get one guy wey be aeronautical expert for here (so he says), he fit teach them the application of Bernoulli's principle.

I honestly agree with you.

Why stop at akara and kuli-kuli?

Let's immediately enroll every widow and roadside hawker in Data Science, Machine Learning, Quantum Computing and Blockchain Architecture.

After that, they can proceed to Artificial Intelligence, write smart contracts in Solidity, and defend a PhD thesis on Computational Fluid Dynamics before collecting their first meal.

The elderly woman selling roasted corn should first master Python, C++, Java, and Rust.
Poverty can surely wait until she finishes her software engineering bootcamp.

The young man pushing a wheelbarrow? Please don't insult him with petty grants. He should first derive the Schrödinger Equation, explain General Relativity, and optimize neural networks before anyone dares offer him capital.

And don't forget the widow struggling to feed three children. She should first obtain an MBA from Harvard, complete a certification in Cybersecurity, and publish a peer-reviewed paper on renewable energy economics.

After all, practical help for vulnerable people is apparently beneath our intellectual standards.

Sometimes, social media forgets that the purpose of empowerment is not to produce professors.

It is to help people stand on their feet.

Not every intervention is designed to create software engineers.

Sometimes, it is simply designed to ensure that a mother can feed her children today while building a better tomorrow.

There is a world of difference between empowerment and elitist performance art.

Some critics seem unable—or unwilling—to tell the difference.

Biodun556:
When you enter big supermarkets, you will see kulikuli, chinchin, Akara some other things the first lady mentioned. So who are those making them and who are those buying them?

Is the first lady wrong for mentioning our local snacks?

Should she have mentioned pizza, meat pie, bread etc to make it presentable and appealing?

We like to pretend in Nigeria.

Firstly, the first lady is not accountable to anybody. Her post is not political or elective. Any kind gesture she offers is a charity.

Looking at her statement, mischievous people only pick Akara and kulikuli but chose to ignore other parts of her statement.

Nigerians derive pleasure in bad news. If she had not mentioned kulikuli her words wouldn't have spread.

A grown women and men who are illiterates and unskilled, how should they be empowered?

People are assuming that every Nigerian is educated and graduate of higher institutions that's why they found the first lady advice funny but the reality on ground shows that those who are not educated and unskilled are more than the graduates or the educated ones. Obviously, the first lady was not directing her speech to those who are graduate.

Let's stop pretending.

You , the useless First Lady and APC guys are so ignorant no wonder we have lost 60% of our gdp since APC came to power

1) is there a shortage of akara /kuli kuli ? The answer is no the ones selling are even struggling

So why on earth do you think it makes sense to create more sellers ? Create more sellers without increasing buyers make the life of both new and older sellers worse

2) not everyone is meant to be a business owners some people love to work , even the ones that love businesses like me has APC every since 2015 called manufacturers to ask what’s their biggest challenge ?

Let me give one example, pharmaceuticals
Emzor is looking for loans for 18.5%
Companies in India get at 5%
China 3.5%.
How would Emzor compete and expand globally?
Governments taking loans at 4% and give to Emzor for 5% she expands build more factories then employ people

Those people become richer buy more akara and kuli kuli once demand is high more people join

Now imagine 20 billion dollars apc has borrowed under tinubu is used to to give to proven investors
Cooperatives with viable businesses

Now that’s how u create jobs

This is exactly what peter Obi has been saying since 2019

Flangelo12:
Abi o?

Why can't we just teach them computer networking or Machine Learning?

Nah no need for computer networking or machine learning, just fry akara and kuli kuli, they will be okay.

Biodun556:
When you enter big supermarkets, you will see kulikuli, chinchin, Akara some other things the first lady mentioned. So who are those making them and who are those buying them?

Is the first lady wrong for mentioning our local snacks?

Should she have mentioned pizza, meat pie, bread etc to make it presentable and appealing?

We like to pretend in Nigeria.

Firstly, the first lady is not accountable to anybody. Her post is not political or elective. Any kind gesture she offers is a charity.

Looking at her statement, mischievous people only pick Akara and kulikuli but chose to ignore other parts of her statement.

Nigerians derive pleasure in bad news. If she had not mentioned kulikuli her words wouldn't have spread.

A grown women and men who are illiterates and unskilled, how should they be empowered?

People are assuming that every Nigerian is educated and graduate of higher institutions that's why they found the first lady advice funny but the reality on ground shows that those who are not educated and unskilled are more than the graduates or the educated ones. Obviously, the first lady was not directing her speech to those who are graduate.

Let's stop pretending.

The same way you guys twisted the words of gej when he said stealing is not corruption.. Una understand what he meant but twisted it for politics sake and used it mega against him.. Everything bad in this country was started by BAT supporters.. You guys are the number one enemy of the country.. If nigeria should do 1% of what you guys did prior to 2015 election, tinubu won't even get 2%.. You twisted gej, mama pee and several others words even okonjoniweal words were twisted..
You are just being paid in your coin..

1vandragon:
Within a narrow context, there is no big deal in what the 1st lady has said. People have been frying akara, kuli kuli since forever.

Within that category, we have vulcanizers, butchers, fish mongers and others within the nano/micro business categories.

The bigger context however is that in the past, people naturally gravitated to such businesses and such businesses funded the relative lifestyles of those persons.

Today however, the government, by its incompetent implementation of certain policies, has pushed millions more Nigerians into the poverty level and is determined to keep them there. So people who would naturally not be there by default, are now forced into that category regardless of how you have been able to personally develop yourself creating invisible underemployment and skills mismatch.

An akara seller could comfortably provide for a household and send kids to school without loans. Can that be possible today?

Also, the tone of the 1st lady shows exasperation. Like people should stop disturbing them and be comfortable in their suffering.

While the president and his cronies live profligate lifestyles on tax payers resources, they want MORE tax payers to live in penury. That makes it easier to bribe them with peanuts during elections.

You put it succinctly sir.. While most understsnd the first Lady point, her tone was ridiculing and condescending of the very people they pushed to poverty level with their policies.. She also failed to understand the reverberating effect if the policies they have inflicted on the people and the larger pictures..

hegelian:
You put it succinctly sir.. While most understsnd the first Lady point, her tone was ridiculing and condescending of the very people they pushed to poverty level with their policies.. She also failed to understand the reverberating effect if the policies they have inflicted on the people and the larger pictures..

One of the issues with the present government is its inability to connect its policy actions with end goals. They seem to believe policies are an end to themselves without caring about the end results of those policies.

They also rely so heavily on propaganda to sell thier achievements, and when those achievements are put side by side with the reality on ground, it is glaring that they have not impacted positively on where they are most needed.

Lithiumite:
Here they come, bloody wailers.......STEM schools and tech hubs for women who can barely read or write,what will tbey be surviving on while attending the schools......bloody airheads,always turning logic on its head in the name of politics.

Those women you flippantly wave off as undeserving of benefiting from Technology could be by far more intelligent and reasonable than you, going by your comments so far on this thread. If you believe that the government doesn't have the capacity of providing Science and Technology education for this women but would rather splurge billions and billions in frivolous things, then you better quit whatever it is you're doing and start hawking kuli kuli yourself.

Elusive001:
Explanations go plenty. Eh go tire dem to explain.

Una never start the explanations.

The photo below shows Tinubu’s supporters explaining why selling akara, kwuli-kwuli, and roast corn is excellent for over 80m Nigerians living in multi-dimensional poverty.

Na thread upon thread them don dey create since to explain and defend nonsense! 🤣

ResidentSnitch:
I still maintain that those so-called illiterates could be far more brighter than you. Just take a look at the gibberish you wrote up there filled with several grammatical errors. You can't even articulate simple correct sentence without it being riddled with errors, yet you're posturing that those people don't deserve STEM education. Tell us what kind of school you attended.
Do you even know what STEM is, and how governments are taking advantage of it to improve the welfare of their people? Do you even have the capacity to Google something or make simple research? The least basic research could have cured you of this public display of mumurism.

so mothers who have never been to school can learn STEM education?

Biodun556:
so mothers who have never been to school can learn STEM education?

Absolutely yes.
Strange to you, huh?
Just copy the question you asked me and paste it in any search engine or AI and see for yourself. Then after that, tell me what you think.

Lithiumite:
English teacher,your amorphous rants doesn't change the fact you are turning logic in its head by making nonsensical inferences on the usefulness of tech education to poor,illiterate and untrained women........only a no brainer sounds logical to himself while those listening to him see a circus clown.......
The first lady's welfare initiatives have been known to invest heavily in education and support indugent students in pursuing their dreams so also artisans in other trades.......you are here with such ridiculous suggestions that every poor,impoverished Nigerian be thrown into tech regardless of age or circumstance......tech education my arse!!

You think you know what is STEM education but you don't. Your type huff and puff and blow hot air everywhere when you know absolutely nothing. Disgraceful.
The question you have been tap-dancing over since is: why can't illiterate people benefit from STEM education?

ResidentSnitch:
Absolutely yes.
Strange to you, huh?
Just copy the question you asked me and paste it in any search engine or AI and see for yourself. Then after that, tell me what you think.

Who will be taking care of their children?