₦airaland Forum

amii131:
Any whatsapp group b'15?

Drop your whatsapp contact to be added to the group.

Mizmay13:
Congrats guys all the best... I rep Fct 14c... You could ask any useful question, would put u Tru... Was an assistant platoon leader, guard Commander for marching, got posted to National Assembly, was not retained better for me, got a a job now thou. Add me on bbm 5665BAA4 for more info. Goodluck darlings.

Hmmm Congrats!
Drop your whatsapp contact, so we can add you to the group? Thanks in advance

I'm in
Add me to the group : Tolulope is the name.
My Number: 07032257534
Any OAU graduate in the house?

C
1st choice : Akwa Ibom
2nd choice : Enugu
3rd choice : Abuja
I got my 3rd choice.
Abuja here I come

Que sera sera. What will be will be.










#AkwaIbom:oyaejekalo

Ok now.

sukkot:
you have been bamboozled, hoodwinked, had, discombobulated. the anglo-saxons and vikings were black. anglo saxon means angelic sons of isaac. this was the dark ages era when black men ruled europe and the whites were in their dark ages. just how scot land means black land and england means land of angels and british means covenant man. all these names were coined when blacks ruled europe in what is known as the holy roman empire. you need to research more brah. you have been lied to. the anglo-saxons and vikings were black men and they are the ones who created the english language over time. there is a famous white man, i forget his name, who once said THESE BLACK PEOPLE THAT WE HOLD IN DERISION TODAY WE OWE OUR CIVILIZATION TO.

I beg to differ Sir. The little I know about history tells me otherwise. I give it to Shymm3x

zimoni:
The Fulani Parasites have struck again?

These Bastardds are giving the whole Southern Nigerian headache.

They give Sorrow, Blood and Destruction wherever they go.

Sending The Bastardds Out Of Southern Nigeria Is The Only Solution, These Fulani Bastardds Will Keep Attacking Us Until We Procure AK74 Guns And Defend Ourselves.

I Hate The Fulani Herdsmen From Hell aka Leeches, Parasites, Rapists, Kidnappers, Armed Robbers, TseTse Flies and Destroyers of Farmlands.

We Need To Stop Complaining And Defend Ourselves. We Need To Take Law Into Our Hands And Give The Bastardds Ilaro Treatment.

That Is The Only Solution, Government Will Not Help Us.

What do you mean by Ilaro treatment?

Ok

pet4ril:
yeah, God bless you

Amen. And you too ma!! !

realborn:
May God bless you Op.

After reading your excerpts, I read all wiki had on Thomas Sankara. I was overwhelmed. He achieved more in 4 years than his friend, coup masterminder (resulting in his death) and successor, Blaise Compaore achieved in 27 years.

Today marks 28 years of his demise. I am inspired and motivated. My favorite effort exuded by him was his decision toward agrarian sufficiency which led to food surplus from a state of inadequacy within 4 years.

His views and policies on women rights, simplistic life style, zero tolerance for corruption, local redistribution of land and abrogation of forced labour are commendable.

Apt!

Amen. He was a visionary leader, who has the best interest of his people at heart

[quote author=Shymm3x post=38993518]Selfless and a visionary but he was just too careless - hence he died with his dreams. The dreams and hopes of millions also died with him.

That's basically the problem of a lot the great black leaders - they all failed to protect themselves adequately despite knowing that they were fighting against powerful forces. And they trusted folks too easily. Sad.

It was quite unfortunate. I couldn't agree with you more. Infact it was like he had a foreknowledge of his death. A week before his assassination, he declared: "While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas." and yet he failed to take the necessary precautions.

I am a Prospective Batch B corps member, awaiting my call up letter. I have some spare time on my hands. So I decided to do a write up on Thomas Sankara to commemorate the 28th anniversary of his death as well as educate those who do not know about this charismatic and iconic figure of revolution. I stumbled on the name recently too and decided to google up the name and read about him. I am a lover/student of history though not an historian. I found the biography of ‘Tom Sank’ as he is popular called and interesting one. I was completely overwhelmed with respect for this great African man. Africans need to learn to celebrate our heroes and heroines.
Thomas Sankara was president of Burkina Faso from 1983 – 1987. He was a captain in the Burkinabe army, a Pan-Africanist and a Marxist revolutionary. He was referred to as the African Che Guevara. Thomas Sankara was born on 21st Dec, 1949 and he was killed in a coup organized by his longtime friend and compatriot Blaise Compaore on Oct 15, 1987. Blaise Compaore also organized the coup that brought him to power. Thomas Sankara legacies still lives on, despite concerted effort by the government of Blaise Compaore to commit him to oblivion and erase his legacies.
Africa is a land flowing with milk and honey, a land blessed with abundance of human and mineral resources. It is quite unfortunate that the continent is grappling with underdevelopment, backwardness, abject poverty and economic crisis. Little or no appreciable progress has been made in the area of human and infrastructural development since the colonial masters left. No thanks to the selfish and the sit tight leaders that the continent has been cursed with. Greedy leaders who are only concerned about amassing gargantuan wealth that their generations unborn cannot exhaust while the rest of the masses live in abject poverty.
In an age characterized by an obvious dearth of selfless leaders, Thomas Sankara had carved a niche for himself as a man of the people, a leader who has the best interest of his people at heart. Thomas Sankara is an inspiration to many, he had left his footprints in the sand of time. He made his mark in life though he was cut off at a young age, his achievement speaks volume. A life well spent is not measure in the quantity but in its quality, it is not how far but how well.
Thomas Sankara came into power in 1983 in a popular supported coup. His goal was to eliminate corruption and reduce reliance on their former colonial master, France. He renamed the country from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso (Land of the upright). He also composed a new anthem (being an accomplished musician himself) and designed a new flag for the country.
Thomas Sankara shunned all forms of foreign aids and clamoured for debt reduction. He vehemently opposed the influence of International Monetary fund and World Bank, whom he believes further impoverish African states with their unfavorable economic policies that they imposed on them. Knowing fully well that he who pays the piper dictates the tune. He believed that Africans have what it takes to be self-reliant and should not be beggars in their own land. He was quoted as saying that “Our country produces enough to feed us. Alas, for lack of organization, we are forced to beg for food aid. It’s this aid that instills in our spirits the attitude of beggars.”
Thomas Sankara embarked on massive social and economic reforms: which led to the state stripping the local chiefs of their powers: including their right to forced labour and tribute payment as well as having their land redistributed among the peasants. This led to improvement in the standard of living of the masses and within a space of four years Burkina Faso reached food sufficiency. About 10 million trees were planted to stop the desertification of the Sahelian region of the country. And keeps the ever advancing Sahara desert in check.
In the area of health, Sankara vaccinated about 2.5 million Burkinabe within a week in a bid to eradicate Polio, Meningitis and Measles, a feat that is still unsurpassed till now. He was also the first African leader to acknowledge that Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) pandemic is a major threat to Africa as far back as the mid-80s. While Thabo Mbeki, with all the advancement in the field of science and the information available at his disposal in the 21st century denies the link between the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and AIDS. This is the reason why South Africa today has the highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS.
Thomas Sankara oversaw the connection of all the regions of the country by a vast road and rail system. Over 700 kilometers of rail was laid by the people themselves without any foreign aid.
Thomas Sankara could well be described as women right activist. He was the first African leader to appoint women to key cabinet positions. His government banned female genital mutilation, forced marriages and polygamy. He even encourage women to work outside the home and stay in school when pregnant. Sankara promoted contraception and encourage husbands to go market and prepare meals to experience for themselves the conditions faced by women.
In an act of solidarity with the masses, he sold off the government fleet of Mercedes cars and made the Renault 5 (which was the cheapest car in Burkina Faso at the time) the official service car of the ministers.
He reduced the salaries of well-off public servants, including his own, and forbade the use of government chauffeurs and 1st class airline tickets.
He spoke in forums like the Organization of African Unity against what he described as neo-colonialist penetration of Africa through Western trade and finance. He forced well-off civil servants to pay one month’s salary to public projects. He refused to use air conditioning in his office on the grounds that such luxury was not available to anyone but a handful of Burkinabes. As President, he lowered his salary to $450 a month and limited his possessions to a car, four bikes, three guitars, a fridge and a broken freezer. He was known for jogging unaccompanied through the streets of Ouagadougou in his track suit.
I am not trying to paint Thomas Sankara as a saint without any flaws. He had his own short comings too, after all to err is only human. There are somethings he did that could have been done in a better way. At a point he became increasingly dictatorial; he banned freedom of the press and sacked all the teachers.
His many radical reforms set him on a collision course with some vested interest, including: the Burkinabe’s middle class and foreign powers (especially France that likes meddling in the affairs of their former colonies), which eventually got him killed.
NB: Please kindly call my attention to any typos or grammatical blunders in the write up, Thanks in advance.
Adapted from: Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sankara)

The real money is in the numerous allowances and not the basic salary. It's a step in the right direction anyway. You can do better than this.

Struggling to remain relevant in the political landscape.

This is totally uncalled for and should not be heard of in a so called democratic setting. As at the last time I checked, there is still freedom of speech in Nigeria. Ibikunle Amosun you got this all wrong and you need to reverse this grave injustice done to the parties concerned.
"Freedom of speech I can guarantee but freedom after speech I cannot guarantee." Ibikunle Amosun 2015.

Kk

All of you guys that are singing the praises of Akon to the heavens, wait until you read this;
http://ynaija.com/does-akon-really-want-to-light-up-africa/

[quote author=JayKayMaybachz post=32077017]Please add me to the whasapp group boss. 07032257534

I am also interested. Please how do i get the e-book? Pls how can u help me with the discount, i guess the deadline is past already. The good Lord will continue to shower you with blessings for putting food on the tables of our teeming unemployed population and smiles on their faces. Seasons greetings.

I'm so sowie, bt i can c any correlatn btw Achebe's death n Kano bombing. It sounds illogical to me, i dont mean to be disrespectful to elders, jst sayn it d way i c it. Achebe wud be long death by nw if all ds killns really affect him, cos dia av bn worse bombns in d past wt higher casualty figures dn ds 1. I rest ma case.