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I do not want a godfather but I need godbrothers and godsisters who can support me financially. I know that crowdfunding for politics is not yet a popular concept here in Nigeria. On the contrary, once people hear you're contesting for office, them go open hand make you give them money sef. Lol. Notwithstanding, there's no harm in trying.

If you believe in my ONE AGENDA and you're moved to support my political ambition financially, please whatsapp me on +2349095000603

If you belong to my Nkanu-West constituency, I'd love to hear from you. Is there any particular law you'd like me to push in the Enugu State House of Assembly? Please feel free to whatsapp me too.

Thanks in advance.

You may be wondering whether the terrorist-herdsmen issue is my only mission and motivation for aiming for a seat in my state's house of assembly. Indeed it is, it is my ONE AGENDA. In fact, if it takes me only one term of four years (2019 - 2023) in office to achieve it, I'll gladly not recontest. Except for a higher office perhaps at the national level where I can push the Igbo agenda.

If you were active on Nairaland in 2016, you might have seen this post https://www.nairaland.com/3460740/fulani-herdsmen-preparing-strike-amurri where I narrated an ugly experience my village had with herdsmen. (I don't know why I can no longer gain access to that my former Nairaland account.) Thank God it was eventually resolved. Nevertheless, it woke me up. It made me realise that we need to be proactive in our dealings with these herdsmen. It made me wonder whether our representatives at our state house of assembly were still sleeping. Don't they know the powers they possess as state lawmakers?

All that must change with my presence in the Enugu State House of Assembly. All I demand is a level playing ground for responsible youths like me who are not yet millionaires and as such can't afford to neither spend lavishly nor be enslaved by corrupt godfathers.

The answer to that question is the reason I plead with the National Assembly to add the Not Too Poor To Run to the Not Too Young To Run which they have already passed. At present, Nigerian youths are seated in a plane with only one wing. The plane cannot take off, talk more of flying, until the other wing is attached to the plane. If we opt for the private jets of godfathers, we will still be handicapped as we must dance to their corrupt tunes.

It is true that the Senate deserves commendation for even regulating the nomination fee for aspirants. Before now, it used to be arbitrary. So bad that some parties charged as high as N22million and N11million for their presidential and governorship nomination forms respectively in 2015. We the youths are truly grateful to the Senate President and our distinguished senators for taking a step in the right direction. Yes, half bread is better than none. Yet I think we'll benefit fully fully if the nomination is reviewed further downwards to reflect the harsh reality of the economic hardship faced by the average Nigerian youth.

I suggest that the nomination fee be pegged in relation to the national minimum wage which still stands at a meagre N18,000 (eighteen thousand naira) as I write this. I suggest that the nomination fees be revised as follows:


(A) N37,500 for Ward Councillorship aspirants in the FCT

(B) N62,500 for Area Council Chairmanship aspirants in the FCT

(C) N125,000 for State House of Assembly aspirants

(D) N250,000 for Federal House of Representatives aspirants

(E) N500,000 for Senatorial aspirants

(F) N1.25million for Governorship aspirants

(G) N2.5million for Presidential aspirants

In the course of my search for a lower price, I discovered that a newly registered party the Youth Party charges N20,000 for their expression of interest form and N200,000 for their nomination form. I almost lost hope till I found an online announcement by another new party the National Rescue Movement (NRM) of a Not Too Poor To Run policy.

When I contacted them, they informed me that their expression of interest form and nomination form is N20,000 and N100,000 respectively. Which is indeed in line with their Not Too Poor To Run policy.

Compared with other parties like APGA (which I had originally wanted to contest under), PDP, APC, YP etc, it is the most fair, most affordable and most youth-friendly alternative. The problem is that as an aspirant there is more spending to do even after winning your party's primaries. You have to campaign in your constituency, print flyers/posters/banners, send bulk SMS and of course meet with influential people who can convince eligible voters to vote for you. No be small tin at all. Lol. Worst still is that, in my case, Enugu state is a 99% PDP state from the governor, local government chairmen to the councilors. (I say "99%" only in the hope that I'll be the 1% as from 2019.) What shall it profit an opposition aspirant to spend close to N300,000 campaigning and still end up losing the elections?

My name is Ngene Chibueze John and I want to represent my Nkanu West constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly. My main reason of aspiring for this position is so that I can protect the good people of my constituency in particular and my state in general from terrorist-herdsmen, in a peaceful and proactive way, by sponsoring a bill in the house of assembly.

When the bill is passed and becomes law, it'll empower some of our young men and women to monitor the movements of herdsmen in Enugu state to ensure that their cattle do not stray into farms and damage crops. These unarmed youths will also play a role in resolving potential conflicts between farmers and herdsmen or communities and herdsmen.

Unfortunately however, I cannot sponsor this bill without being in the Enugu State House of Assembly. I cannot be in the House without contesting under a political party. And I cannot contest without paying as much as the Senate-regulated maximum price of N500,000 (five hundred thousand naira) for the nomination forms of the party.

Believe it or not, others officially stand at
(A) N150,000 for Ward Councillorship aspirants in the FCT
(B) N250,000 for Area Council Chairmanship aspirants in the FCT
(C) N500,000 for State House of Assembly aspirants
(D) N1million for Federal House of Representatives aspirants
(E) N2million for Senatorial aspirants
(F) N5million for Governorship aspirants
(G) N10million for Presidential aspirants

13. Hmmmm… Is there something I’m forgetting? Will add it here later.


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10. Monitor your progress.

You can take pictures of yourself on Day 1 and compare it to other pictures after Month 1, Month 2, Month 3 and Month 4. I also encourage you to keep a workout journal where you should write down your observations about your body and the reps and sets you’re doing.

11. No excuses.

Don’t wait till you can find a state-of-the-art gym before you begin to workout. Check around your neighborhood, you must find someone who has a barbell made with motor spare parts or even cement. If they charge a fee for you to use it, negotiate and pay. Yes, the money’ll even make you more serious and committed.

12. Eat well.

Lifting weights will increase your appetite. So please eat well. Especially proteins. I no dey play with my beans and garri, okpa and garri, agbugbu, fufu and soup, rice and beans etc.

8. Don’t compete with other guys at the gym.

Start with small weights and gradually progress to bigger weights. It took those big guys months to get where they are. So don’t be tempted to challenge them yet. Take your time. No go kill yourself by yourself abeg. Lol.

9. You’ll feel sore and sleepy afterwards.

Get ready to feel pains and don’t be surprised if you’re feeling sleepy too. I actually thought I was the only one experiencing sleepiness after lifting weights till my cousin who gyms with me confessed his own sleepiness to me. So I guess it’s a good idea to lift weights in the evening, bath, eat and then sleep. But if you can’t find the time or strength to lift weights in the evening, do it in the morning.

6. Reps and Sets

If you lift up the barbell from your chest level till your arms are up ten times, you’ve done 10 reps (repetitions). Now, if you do the 10 lifts again, you’ve done 2 sets. Understand? In summary, it’s important to count. Don’t be like some guys that lift and lift and lift, without counting, till they’re tired. Another thing is, don’t rush your lifts because you want to do as many reps as possible. It’s better to do 10 x 5 (10reps 5sets) than to do 50reps in a rush rush way.

7. Please drink water when you feel tired.

Water will help you renew your strength and keep you safe from dehydration. Thank God my darling sister who’s a nurse warned me to always drink water during my workouts. If not, I might’ve thought it wasn’t important judging from the way guys I met at the gym prefer to drink alcohol and smoke instead of drinking water.

After you’ve held the bar properly, there are different kinds of grips. There is the wide-grip, normal grip and close-grip.

5. Grip the barbell properly.

If you take a close look at the “wrong grip” picture, you’ll notice that the barbell is resting on my palms. That is the grip I saw most guys using and it always scared me. I mean, what if the barbell slips off while they’re lifting? I tried it one day and honestly it felt easier than the correct grip I was already used to. However, from my experience and research, the correct grip of wrapping your hand firmly round the bar is the BEST way to hold the barbell. That’s if you want to pump up your chest faster and of course to avoid stories that touch. Lol.

3. Lie down on the bench properly.

This means that you should lie down with your back curved up and with your chest out. When I initially did it lying down flat, I always felt pains in my shoulders as if it was dislocated.

4. Put your legs down

Happy new month ladies and gentlemen.

It's a new month and I want to encourage somebody to lift weights. I'll be posting gradually here and responding to your questions if you have any. But if you can't wait and want to read everything immediately, please go here:
https://womentrainer./2018/09/01/my-bench-press-lessons/


I registered at a local outdoor gym in my neighborhood last month. So throughout August I was working on pumping up my chest.

These are the lessons I learnt along the way.

1. Don’t eat before workout.

2. Warm up and warm down before and after each session.

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From my perspective as a fitness-trainer, I'd say their lifestyle is the secret of their lean physique.

We all know the Fulani TREK a lot with their cattle everyday. I also doubt if they eat junk food.

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I think the 7th lesson should be to meditate, prepare and praise God even while in your lowest, darkest and most depressing moment just as Jonah did while he was in the whale's belly.

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Ask God to touch someone's heart to support you.

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