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Politics / Re: Why Tinubu Is Yet To Visit South East, By Tor by segefx(m): 6:44am On Aug 22, 2022 |
Point of correction, its not about tribal politics for SE rather its about party!! The former Presidents you mentioned are all PDP president!! donaldking100: |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 10:25pm On Sep 05, 2020 |
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Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 7:01pm On Jun 12, 2020 |
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Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 12:26pm On Jun 09, 2020 |
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Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 10:45pm On May 23, 2020 |
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Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 11:51pm On May 12, 2020 |
Hmmm I laugh in Spanish. nitigriti: |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 9:54am On May 12, 2020 |
For some its daunting task,for some its an easy ride with little hills which are inevitable in business . Yes FX is real!! 1daboi: |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 8:08pm On May 11, 2020 |
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Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 5:58pm On May 07, 2020 |
Hmmm bravo bro .Very Concise Report !!!!! Felicity0001: 1 Like |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 10:23pm On Mar 27, 2020 |
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Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 1:19pm On Mar 24, 2020 |
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Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 11:13pm On Feb 29, 2020 |
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Business / Re: Do You Need Working Capital For Your Business? Come On In! by segefx(m): 8:35am On Feb 28, 2020 |
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Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 7:06am On Feb 07, 2020 |
This fake alert is becoming rampant this days..What can be done? Can Uber start debiting from Riders account directly maybe through bank..Something must be done.. tunlapapa: |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 6:59am On Feb 07, 2020 |
Link not going through, pls re- check.Thanks lin3r2: |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 6:04pm On Jan 30, 2020 |
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Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 5:24pm On Jan 30, 2020 |
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Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 7:06am On Jan 19, 2020 |
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Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 10:50pm On Jan 15, 2020 |
Tell us about the investment or PM me. Thanks Christie171: |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by segefx(m): 2:09pm On Jan 15, 2020 |
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Travel / Re: USA Visit Visa Part 4 by segefx(m): 10:54am On Apr 16, 2019 |
Hello guru in the house,please help me....What can I do,if my passport expires before my interview, can I go with the renew one?.What I mean is that I was about to fill my DS-160 when I checked my passport and realizes it will expires in June and my propose travel/interview would be August. please can I go ahead and fill the form,book interview with the present passport number having in mind to renewed it before August ,so that I can go with the two passport on the interview date....(the passports will have two different numbers) or Do I have to renew my passport so that the new passport number can appear on the DS-160 and the appointment letter.meaning My August travel date is not visible again. please help |
Health / Re: All You Need To Know About The Deadly Hepatitis B Virus! by segefx(m): 9:48pm On Aug 06, 2018 |
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Health / Re: All You Need To Know About The Deadly Hepatitis B Virus! by segefx(m): 10:37pm On Aug 05, 2018 |
Reymysterio: I beg you in the name of God tell us the drug please |
Politics / MUST READ!!...The True Story: How Emperor Fayose And PDP Lost Ekiti Election by segefx(m): 2:41pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
Whao! This is the best analysis of the Ekiti election have seen so far. You will know that indeed, this guy is on ground and understand Ekiti politics in and out. ------------------------- How Fayose, Eleka, and PDP lost To APC What are the issues? What are the factors that characterized the election? Enjoy. Lemme first of all state here that my name is Asiwaju Oladimeji, from Usi-Ekiti. I am from Ajana family. I schooled at University of Ado-Ekiti. Worked in Ado Ekiti Married in Ado Ekiti. I witnessed Fayose-Oni-Fayemi-Fayose administrations. So, i am rooted here. Again, i studied political science and i have been involved with 4 Elections in Ekiti: 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018 as either INEC's ad hoc staff or observer. So, i am at a vantage position of analysing voting behaviour/pattern of Ekiti people. Again, cos i worked with National Population commission in Ekiti state and with my vast experience as a field officer, i have traveled round most of the villages and towns across the 3 senatorial districts. So, omo una kan o le wa ma pa iro mo wa l'ori.. Hell No. It is important to draw our attention back to 2014 especially on PDP primary which produced Fayose then. Yes, it was on record that Prince Dayo Adeyeye stepped down for Fayose. But an insider told me that Fayose never committed himself of supporting Adeyeye in 2018. However, i was informed that Dayo Adeyeye was of the opinion that he will get Fayose's support in 2018. Moreover, Fayose himself declared that once his tenure is over, he is going away with his Deputy. Why did Fayose then changed his mind three years after that statement? The choice of Eleka by Fayose was the beginning of PDP defeat on Saturday. After PDP primary, Eleka emerged via Fayose's structures. Dayo Adeyeye left for APC. He did not just leave. He left with some bigwigs. Owoseni (Ise) Gbosa (Ikere) Etc. Again, because of Fayose's arrogance and 'one-man mopol' style of governance, most of his financiers and supporters who felt aggrieved immediately he became the governor distanced themselves and later left for APC. Cyril Fasuyi from Ido wws another big factor. All of a sudden, emperor Fayose become a god to himself. He shut down every opposition within PDP. He is the alpha and omega. He singlehandedly selected all the HoA members without conceding some to other members. Fayose appoints all the Commissioners, SAs. In fact, there were rumour that he even reduced the number of Eleka's (Deputy Governor) convoy. Slashed his security vote. Fayose was another Pharaoh Fayose turned Ekiti House of Assembly to another laughing stock. How i wish some of u have an idea of those we called Honourables in Ekiti. One is called Paso Osoko. The guy does not even know what is a "bill" One is Olasca from Ido. That one nah Fuji musician. Iya je wa oo. There were rumours that those HoA members paid Fayose certain percentage. Attempt to do something similar with Senator Raji Rasaki (Central) and Senator Olujimi (South) was met with stiffed opposition. Because of Fayose's greediness, he lost Olujimi. Senator Olujimi became an outsider even as a PDP member. Most of her followers waited patiently for July 14. Again, Senator Raji Rasaki could not work with Emperor Fayose. In fact, Senator Raji Rasaki was more of APC than PDP. Though she later decamped officially. Thus, in just 3.5years, Emperor Fayose had lost Prince Dayo Adeyeye Senator Olujimi Senator Raji Rasaki Barrister Owoseeni (His former attorney) Lemme also remind u that Emperor Fayose because of his dictatorial character, singlehandedly selected Deji Ogunsakin as Eleka's running mate. Sir/Ma, that decision did not go down well with most PDP members. E.g. Tosin Aluko became aggrieved in Ado. I met some of Tosin Aluko's supporters after that decision. They were so angry. They felt rejected. If u go to their base around "Orita Blessing", u can feel their anger. They will tell u "who is Deji"? For those of u who do not know who is Tosin Aluko? Go to Ado and u will know how popular she is. Yes, she did not decamp but her body language speaks volume. Her supporters got her message loud and clear. Invariably, Emperor Fayose and PDP went into this election with a depleted and torn umbrella. But because he knows how to mobilize for rally, some of u thought he was that same Fayose of 2014. Ba ba nla scam. Lemme quickly state here that the choice of Baba Bisi Egbeyemi as APC Deputy Governor was strategic. Baba is from Ado. Immediately Baba accepted that offer, some important PDP members left for APC straight away. I know of Hon Adeleye Adebayo. Immediately, Emperor Fayose lost Senator Raji Rasaki (Ado), Tosin Aluko (Ado) and the emergence of Baba Egbeyemi as APC DG, some of us knew Ado votes will be keenly contested. The result from Ado vindicated us. Immediately Emperor Fayose lost Prince Dayo Adeyeye and Barrister Owoseeni, some of us knew Ise/Orun LG will be difficult for PDP to win. Ise Ekiti people simply came out and carried out a protest votes against Fayose for denying their son twice: 2014/2018. Emperor Fayose's calculation was to use Emure LG votes to negate that of Ise/Orun. Sadly, Adeyeye penetrated that axis and APC narrowly lost with just 100votes. Adeyeye was a GAME CHANGER. Now, why did Eleka who hailed from Ikere performed badly even though PDP won in Ikere. Lemme explain. After Ado, if i am not wrong, Ikere has the next voting population. Ordinarily, if any candidate win Ikere/Ado with huge margin, trust me u can win Ekiti election. Hon Gbosa from Ikere followed his godfather (Dayo Adeyeye) to APC. That was the first major problem of Eleka in Ikere. Dont forget, Eleka is not a politician. In fact, he is not even popular in Ikere if not because he was made the DG. Gbosa is another strong grass root politician in Ikere with the likes of Hon Afuye. They were ready to spoil the votes in Ikere for APC. But that was not the major factor of Eleka's poor performance in Ikere. It was the issue of Olukere vs Fayose tussle. Historically, Ikere Ekiti has two kings namely, Ogoga and Olukere. I was informed (not certain) that the Olukere side has more population than Ogoga. Fayose had issues with Olukere and at a point Emperor Fayose locked the king inside prison for 54days. You locked a whole king up, what a taboo. That was Eleka's problem in Ikere. Eleka too during this period was silent. Your king was dehumanized yet u keep quiet. Who does that pls? When Olukere was eventually released, some of u need to see how he was welcomed back. U need to see the crowd. Well, the King promised to answer Emperor Fayose at the right time. So, the Olukere and his people waited till July 14 and play their own game. So, APC lost Ado with small margin and even performed excellently in Ikere beyond expectations. What do u expect, the game was over. Again, another strategic man for APC was BAFEM. In fact, immediately Fayemi won APC primary election, he had to quickly woo BAFEM. The man is just another FAYOSE. BAFEM is from Omuo Ekiti. The rest was history. Lemme quickly add here that though Senator Olujimi (South) from Omuo Ekiti though still in PDP could not deliver because most of her supporters felt aggrieved especially with the way Emperor Fayose treated her. Then Ido-Osi. My local govt. In fact, i can't remember the last time progressive won Ido Osi LG. Emperor Fayose lost a key figure there. Cyril Fasuyi. My brother and sister, that was all. Couple with how Fayose betrayed Baba Adeniran (Orin), Ido-Osi was lost 4 d 1st time. The bottom line is that, Fayose had created more enemies for himself. Enemies who had at one point in time were his foot soldiers across the 16 LGs. Enemies who fought for his victory in 2014. He lost all of them cos of HIS GREEDINESS and thirst for POWER. He lost all those structures he worked with 4years ago. He pushed them outside the umbrella and the broom family welcomed them. Is politics not LOCAL? From Ayo Arise in Oye Dayo Adeyeye Ise BAFEM Omuo Cyril Ido And hosts of others, Fayose became an isolated child. He was fooling himself.. Thinking he has all the structures across the 16 LGs. He was a FOOL. Lemme quickly add this. Emperor Fayose, during the two LG elections in the state, singlehandedly selected all thr chairmen and Councilors including all the supervisors. You dare not challenge his authority. What baffled me most was how Fayose treated all these LG chairmen. In fact, some of them even regretted it. Yes. I am not exaggerating here. Some of them could not even boast of doing anything meaningful for themselves. No single LG chairman can spend 500k on project. Won ti bi e da. U will have to take it to Oke Ayaba and consult Emperor Fayose. His verdict is final. See, all these factors got some people angry and the were waiting for July 14 to pay back. Should we talk about how Emperor Fayose lost the Ekiti state civil servants? Those that normally would die for him anytime any day? In fact, they were patient with him. But at a point, they were tired of his gimmicks and lies on EKTV Few days to the election, some of them who are ardent followers of Osoko, started asking questions. Fundamental questions. Questions that Emperor Fayose could not answer. He had run out of lies. The last one was the delay in FAAC. Sadly, workers' votes had been divided. He could not secure their bloc votes. He wanted to play on the teachers but it was late also. LG 9months salaries Teachers 7months EKSU 3months State workers 6months They could not STOMACH the INFRASTRUCTURE again. APC was ready to exploit that on the day of election. I will explain that later After losing his foot soldiers, Emperor Fayose could not again secure the workers' bloc votes. Pensioners could not give him their bloc votes. Old citizens who were enjoying 5k from JKF 4yrs ago which Fayose stopped could not give him their bloc votes. Game over. Emperor Fayose levelled what he called child tax. For every child in private school, a parent will pay between 500-1000 naira. Meat sellers tax was increased. At a point, they went on strike in Ekiti. For one cow, u pay 1k. Imagine how many cows they kill everyday. Those tippers association also went on strike. He increases tax on them. Same thing goes to those selling woods. All these anti-human policies became subject of discussion during the campaign. But Miz Cazorla in Abia wont know this. Running out of idea, Emperor Fayose wanted to employ, 2000 people barely 2weeeks to the election. The application form does not even has a column showing which position u are applying form. Rather the form has column for PVC, Ward, Polling unit etc. What kind of madness is that. He sent the applicants 1,500 each to come to his rally so as to deceive the likes of Atiku that he has the state lock down. And my SE brothers fell for it. Sad. A day to election, Emperor Fayose insulted Ekiti workers by crediting their accounts with 3k each calling it EKSG Stipends. That was an insult. A great one. Folks that u are owing 5-9 month salaries? So, what do u expect on the day of election. You have an emperor who has lost his structures, lost the civil servants, lost the pensioners, lost the old citizens that were getting 5k before but can barely eat now. Pls, what do u guys expect? Eve to the election, emperor Fayose apart from the 3k that were sent to all the civil servants, his foot soldiers started sharing 4k each to any voter. Moving from one house to another. Collating names and their data. 4k each. Yet the idiot could not pay salary. APC responded on Saturday by sharing their own 5k. In some hot spots like Ikere, i learnt it was 5-10k. So, both parties shared money. Was that the defining factor? Hell No. People were hungry. People collected part of their stolen money from both parties. Then, they decided to vote for whoever they want. Am i justifying financial inducement during election? No. But don't let us treat this issue of inducement in isolation. Something led to it. Lemme rest for now. Battery is 20% Thanks. By the time i am back, i will discuss the role Igbira's bloc votes in Ekiti and how Yahya Bello's influence was also strategic. I dey come. I am back now. Let wrap this up. At least, since 2003, i know that the Igbiras mostly from Kogi always support Fayose during election. And if there is any place u need to manipulate election in Ekiti, u have to go to those farm settlements populated by Igbiras So, APC job was well cut out. Make sure that Fayose does not have his way this time around in those settlements. Thus the need to bring Yahya Bello from Kogi was not only timely but strategic. Bello ensures that the Igbiras bloc votes go to APC And yes, from what i experienced on the field on Saturday, Yahya Bello delivered. Again, emperor Fayose lost out. Lemme quickly express how emperor Fayose lost in Ikogosi and his axis. This is very key for me because it has to do with folks losing their jobs because of Fayose's inability to understand what governance is all about. Now, Ikogosi is a town in Ekiti state. It is a tourist attraction site where cold/warm water met. The place had not witnessed any meaningful development until JKF came to power in 2010. The town is like a ghost town before the emergence of JKF in 2010. However, the town witnessed a new life when JKF invested on Ikogosi project. New hotel was built. Actors/Actresses started visiting the place. I even learnt (not sure) that some movies were shot there. Then we had gossy water. UAC was part of those stakeholders that invested in that Gossy water. Boom. U can imagine the economic activities that greeted those towns around Ikogosi. Jobs were created. Even most of their Youth who are okada riders started making money. U can imagine number of visitors that visit Ikogosi during Xmas, Easter or any festive period. My brothers and sisters, after emperor Fayose took over, that place is now DEAD. I mean DEAD. Gossy water no longer function. The resort center is nothing to write home about. Instead of visitors trooping in.. What u see is goats sleeping on the main roads that leads to Ikogosi. Those villagers waited till July 14 and do the needful How will emperor Fayose secured Farmers' votes in Ekiti. Lemme inform u guys that the Ministry of Agriculture has just one tractor that is functioning. In his 3.5 yrs, Fayose did not empower one single farmer. Yes, u heard me LOUD and CLEAR. All the tractors that were working at the LGs are almost dead. Emperor Fayose has no interest in Agriculture. He prefers the bridge. The conduit pipe for his stolen money. As God liveth, he will cough out our money. As farmers, we begged him to approach FG for CBN-Anchor. But hell No. Farmers cant get fertilizers at subsidized rate like some other states. Farmers do go to Osun, Kwara, Ondo, Kogi to hire tractors Pls how do u convince them to vote for u. How many of u are aware that Emperor Fayose in his 3.5yrs is yet to renovate up to 5schools or hospitals in Ekiti. Some of u need to even visit all the General hospitals across the 16 LGs. He just doesn't care. How many of u are aware that some Ekiti people lost their jobs because of how his anti-investors policies pushed Coca-Cola out of Ekiti. Same with GTB. We initially even lost Eco Bank. Here is my conclusion, PDP did not lose this election on July 14. They did not lose cos of 5k because they also shared 4k. They lost the moment one ARROGANT, SELFISH, GREEDY and TYRANT man made the election about himself. He is called AYODELE FAYOSE PETER THE ROCK END Copied! |
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Politics / Re: CBN GOVERNOR: We Wrecked Our Country With Our Own Curious Choices. by segefx(m): 4:40pm On Aug 22, 2016 |
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Politics / CBN GOVERNOR: We Wrecked Our Country With Our Own Curious Choices. by segefx(m): 9:24pm On Aug 21, 2016 |
I found this reading very interesting Please read this long presentations of CBN Gov *Mr. Godwin Emefiele’s Report: Quote* “It is either I do not understand economics and how exchange rates work or a vast majority of us Nigerians still don’t get how we have wrecked our country with our own curious choices. Just this morning, I was listening to the radio and the lady on air went on and on about how she thought CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele was incompetent and should be sacked because the Naira was now exchanging at 309 or so to the USD. “That view pretty much echoes the sentiments expressed by many people I know and it amazes me that there are Nigerians who actually think there is some magic POLICY that can make the Naira strong in the near term. If my economics and my understanding of the way the world works are right, then that is as far from the truth as Jesus Christ is black. “The simple fact of the matter is that apart from oil that accounts for over 90% of our revenues, we really don’t have much of an economy. We hardly produce anything, we import even toothpicks, so exactly what policy is going to be implemented that will turn Nigeria into a top exporting economy in the near term? Where are our Apples, IBMs, Disneys, GMs, General Electrics, Coca Colas, Empire State buildings, Statues of Liberties, Lockheeds, Citibanks, JP Morgans, ExxonMobils, NBAs, Super Bowls etc? Let me bring that closer home. “There was a time long ago when Nigeria had a truly strong economy and the naira was one to the dollar – even exchanged for higher than the USD, but that Nigeria is not this Nigeria. Sadly that Nigeria was laid by the British, and this Nigeria (if you don’t believe in the nonsensical imperialist conspiracies like me) – fueled by the DAMAGING Indigenization Decree, has been the creation of us Nigerians. Back then we had a booming economy. We were either the top, or among the top exporters, of timbre, cocoa, groundnuts, rubber, palm oil, etc, in the world. Nigerians not only holidayed at home in their villages, at Yankari Games Reserve, at Obudu Cattle Ranch, at Oguta Lake, at Ikogosi springs, at Gurara Falls, at Mambilla Platueau, etc, we attracted international tourists who brought in loads of foreign exchange. Even Nigerian schools were foreign exchange earners because they attracted foreign students. “We had different car assembly plants – Peugeot, Volkswagen, Anamco etc. Nigerian government officials only bought vehicles assembled in Nigeria for official cars. We had a thriving sports industry. We were not Man United or Chelsea fans, we were Rangers or IICC fans. We had the Nduka Odizors, people made money from sports. We also had companies like Lennards and Bata producing school shoes in their thousands, we had the thriving Nigerian Airways and the Aviation School in the north that produced some of the best pilots in the world. In those days if you were brilliant you were respected much more than the crass money-miss-road contractors of today. Most of the Aje Butters I knew had fathers who were university dons. Back then it meant something to ‘know book’. Our textile industry was alive and well. Just recently I watched a news report on the textile industry in Nigeria on CCTV News. Though the main focus was on the comatose status of the industry, I was stunned by the gigantic Kaduna Textile Mill built in 1957. I could go on and on. “Today however, no thanks to our parents (and we must call them out the way Wole Soyinka did his generation) and many of us (and we should be remembered for failing our children if we continue like this), we have destroyed everything. Today for instance Nigerian football (which comes easy to me obviously) doesn’t appeal to us, we have to fly across thousands of miles to watch ‘our’ clubs play. Every year we collectively burn billions of Naira being fans of clubs that give us nothing back, but some ‘entertainment value’ – simple pleasures for which we are ready to destroy the future of our children. “Well people, payback time is here. Even with our ta-she-re money we all want to wear designer clothes and carry designer bags, Armani, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton etc. We all want to drive jeeps with American specs, our children must now school overseas and acquire the necessary accents to come back home and bamboozle their ‘bush and crass’ contemporaries that they left behind. Who holidays in Nigeria anymore, is there Disneyland here? No one buys made-in-Nigeria school bags for their children, after all no Superman or Incredible Hulk or Cinderella on them.“We are no longer top exporters of anything and the demise of oil means we have zilch… zero. A country of 170M fashion- conscious people has no textile industry. We take delight in showing how our made-in- Switzerland Aso Ebi is different class to everyone else’s. When we help our musicians grow and pay them millions, they repay us by immediately shipping the monies overseas to produce their “i-don-dey-different-level” music videos. It makes no difference that distinctly Zulu dancers are dancing to a Nigerian highlife song. “As stars concerned they also wed and holiday overseas to impress us all. All the musicians who acknowledge their Ajegunle roots now speak in a cocktail of strange accents to symbolise how much they have blown their monies overseas. Were we a more serious people, the highly popular Kingsway Stores of the past would probably have a thousand outlets pan Nigeria today supporting a massive agriculture industry among others, but today we have the likes of SPAR, Shoprite, dominating the retail industry while Kingsway is dead. “And we Nigerians make it a special point to shop from the Oyinbos who have ‘cleaner shops’, ‘better this and better that’. For our personal pleasure we don’t mind them dominating us in our own backyard and shipping proceeds overseas. I could go on and on, but I don tire. Even as you are reading this, stop for a moment and look around you. What you see will probably explain why we are lucky it is not N1000 to the USD yet. And don’t think for a moment that it cannot get there. “Just continue to wear your Armani gear and Swiss-made lace, continue to spend your money on Man United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Barca and encourage your children to do same. (My article tomorrow in my Saturday column in This Day is on the Nigerian champions Enyimba FC – Nigeria’s most successful club – not having a sponsor, yet Nigerian brands pay over N600m to Man United and Arsenal for sponsorship to impress us.) Ehhh, no problem, continue to tell me the NPFL is rubbish or the clubs should clean up their act if they want sponsorship, mo gbo . “Don’t curtail your interest in choice wines ( we were the number one champagne consumers in the world in 2015), continue to love your American specs, cheer the education ministry for letting schools sink to pitiable levels, don’t fight them to improve our schools, don’t chide them for letting schools drop Nigerian history and embrace British, America and whatever else curricular. “Carry on with your love of French wines and Chinese silk, don’t bother about Jamiu Alli when there is Roger Federer. Stock up on your Italian, American, British products which you cannot live without, including the ‘baby soft’ toilet rolls produced only in that small unique village in England – the days are long gone since you were a broke student who used wet newspapers to wipe your butt. “Don’t even consider holidaying in Nigeria, it’s too dangerous – you have to fulfill your dream of being Nigeria’s Henry Ford. Don’t listen to people like me who have a wardrobe full of only cheap adire that is actually cheaper than just one of your Tom Ford blazers. Please keep dressing in fine silk made in some exotic place so you can be addressed accordingly. “Finally keep letting corrupt leaders who have looted your commonwealth and shipped all the monies overseas get away because to attack them does not fit your political narrative. Let us continue with the fine life, let us all continue to work for Oyinbo. But don’t forget that there is a payback time: Worth sharing again. 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