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Polygamy: Fuel To Poverty In Nigeria

Few days back I stumbled upon an article which propelled me to write this very piece without hesitation. In some way,it has become absolutely normal to bring forth arguments with premises based solely on the “misdeeds” of a certain majority of people. Some how, the right minority go unnoticed as though they do not exist at all. The aforementioned article which had the writer giving his or her disposition towards monogamy was aimed not only at ridiculing its very ideology but also at encouraging polygamy with very poor convictions.

Most people,in much the same way as this article, often claim that women happen to cover a greater percentage of the population of any country as against their male counterparts. They further explain the act of polygamy as an effective strategy to “reduce” the population of single women. Hence,giving them the opportunity to become loving wives and caring mothers. This ideology happens to sit well with a lot of men irrespective of religion and culture. I remember listening to stories about how men married hundreds of wives in the past so they could have just enough hands to work on the farm. It’s difficult to put the piece together at the moment considering that this is a very different era.

At some point,when the aforementioned reason for having more than a wife doesn’t quite sit well with them,they’ll switch to history for aid. The famous story of Mitterrand,former french president,who was discovered to have had two sons outside his marital home at the event of his death, although the French laws forbid polygamy and the citation from 2002,where over five hundred Reverend mothers died from constant intake of abortion pills in Rome,suddenly comes into play. At the end,some eventually settle for religious reasons. This,they claim buttresses their point as they believe the more wives a man possesses,the lesser the temptation of adultery,which begs the question,”What happens if a man gets to the fourth or sixth wife and either doesn’t feel sexually satisfied still,or isn’t capable of taking care of the wives and their children,talk more of treating them equally?” Or could this logic be applied to only the rich?

Albeit the Bible doesn’t rebuke polygamy,seeing that several noble men took in more than one wife,it also doesn’t clearly state that a man is allowed more than one wife. The idea of one man to a wife in modern day Christianity is believed by some historians to be as a result of the influence of the Roman marital law which was a strictly one man-one wife institute. The Quran on the other hand clearly allows for polygamy on the basis that the husband attains absolute equality amongst the women. And the very verse ends with the notion that it is better to have just a wife in order that injustice might stay out of his dealings.

Quran 4 vs 3 :

“And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan­girls, then marry women of your choice, two or three, or four but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly, then only one or that your right hands possess. That is nearer to prevent you from doing injustice.”

Although it is a known fact that it is quite impossible for a man to dish out such justice,certain men do feign it. Scholars have translated this verse to mean that it is more advisable for a man to marry just a wife lest he commits injustice amongst them or their children. Or lest he becomes financially strained. They further agree to a reasonable degree that this very verse allows for men whose wives have difficulty producing children or as in the case of the Prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him),to liberate women and shield them from harmful cultural practices.

So many a time, I’ve heard clerics say “it is Sunnah(i.e the doings of the prophet to marry more than one wife) and as a matter of fact I’ve heard of certain men who marry two women at a time. How sensible is this very act and how does it apply to one’s life and economic growth? Because with the exception of Aisha(peace be upon her),all other women married by the Prophet were either widows,divorcees or captives. His marriage to these women were majorly to shield them from the inhumane treatment dished out to women as a whole in the 7th century Arabia. They were in the most degraded position and instead of having any rights to inheritance,a woman in her person formed part of the inheritance. Widows,orphans and slaves were most cruelly treated. Things are quite different in this very century. Women have been enlightened and advocation for women rights and freedom has been welcomed in this very state.

It becomes difficult to link the modern charade of “Sunnah” to the very act of the Prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him),seeing that he himself was monogamous for 25years. He was practically married to one woman until the age of 50.

Imagine a country where the rich,poor and wretched decide to take on more than a wife not considering whether or not they can provide for the well being of their offspring. Imagine such occurrence in a state as populated as Nigeria with little or no assistance from either the federal or state government? A country with a minimum wage of less than twenty thousand naira. A country with a 0% budget for education and health care. Would polygamy sit well with you still?

By Okunlola Azeezat,author of ‘Red Fuse Trip’ currently up for sale on okadabooks.

Acute Crime Rate in Port Harcourt,Rivers State.



It’s easy and less stressful to attribute the skyrocketing level of crime occurring in the state,especially in Port Harcourt to the quest for “oil money” or even more easier to ascribe it to the festive season. Why the crime rate in the state should increase during a period of supposed “celebration” of a man who according to the Christian faith,offered salvation to man that their sins be forgiven is unsettling.

Could it be that these gunmen hope to usher in the new year with overflowing pockets,or perhaps they need the right amount of money to “celebrate” this blessed day,or maybe it’s the need to have just enough to flaunt at home reunions and parties.Whatever reason,I do believe Nigerians need to be reorientated as to what Christmas is all about.

On a more important note,I, as do many others,sincerely do not believe these crime to be related to the festive season,because in fact the crime rate in Rivers state this very year has simply left us dazed and shaking in our boots,petrified as to who might be the next victim,or pawn in the hands of the perpetuators of these acts. Having gathered enough cases of killings and kidnaps by so called ritualists,cultists or desperate gunmen, I have reason to believe that if nothing is done about the situation at hand,not only would more lives be lost,we might as well be ready for a second look at Gaza without a flight ticket.

Earlier this year,circa late March,I was a victim of armed robbery. Now this was no where near festive period. And in fact it happened in broad daylight,10:00am to be precise.It’s a known fact that barb wires and bottles don’t work for these guys,they’ve trained themselves in the art of robbery.

Eventually this man found his way into the compound. Initially he had knocked on the gate claiming he was looking for a certain person whose name I was certain I had never heard. By the way,I was home alone. After speaking with him,I felt the resistance,he didn’t want to leave. It wasn’t certain he hadn’t stated what he really wanted. I got irritated that he was still standing there and so I slammed the gate in his face and went right back in.

The knock soon came again and heaven knows I should have been at alert,I wasn’t. I believed I couldn’t be in trouble. I mean,it was ten in the morning! Before I could get to the gate he took hold of me from behind. At that moment,with the blade of the knife cold against my neck and his hands shaking uncontrollably,I figured two things;

1) He hadn’t come of his own volition and if he had he definitely had someone providing him with information.

2) This might as well be his first job.

When he figured I wasn’t as easy as he might have anticipated(a facade I wouldn’t dare put on if he had a gun),as I was adamant to move into the house with him or anywhere near,he decided to leave. And that was after hurling threats and ranting about how much of a killer he was. Few nights earlier,My neighbor had been brutally hit on the head with the butt of a gun. Apparently,he tried to fight back and heaven helped him,his attacker was gifted with a certain level of patience. If this could happen during broad daylight,how much more under the cover of night?

In the light of this,these are some of the heart drenching incidents that have occurred this year,to mention but a few:

December 16th,2018

Man stabbed during struggle with robbers who supposedly asked for his phone and other valuables. The victim was rushed to the hospital and as expected in a typical Nigerian hospital,he was asked to make deposits before treatment. He died at the hospital, having lost much blood.

August 2nd, 2018

Gang of three reportedly gunned down three men,Alhaji Yusuf,a Bureau De Change operator and two of his associates who happened to be with him at the black market. The incident occurred at 10 pm after which the witnesses moved to the highway, a stone throw from the crime scene,where a police patrol team was. They explained what had just occurred and to their surprise,they were asked by the police to go after the criminals and bring them to them. This only makes me wonder how unreasonable and pathetic our police force is. Why can’t the army be mobilised? Or are they to ignore internal attacks and have no one left to defend during an external attack?

November 2018

Four shot dead after a cult war at beer parlour in Omuda village,Aluu.The source later identified the victims as cultists themselves explaining that he had been drinking with them when a call came in which necessitated his leaving. How a non cultist could be so comfortable as to sit and drink with the likes of them having the knowledge of their actions and evil deeds continued to baffle me. It’s men as these that abet evil and fail to take actions that could save the lives of hundreds of innocent people.

It would surprise you to know that our dear government has in no way addressed the issue. They have however decided to focus on the famous “Boko Haram”, insurgents,a group that would never have dug their way so easily into the country if our borders were well manned and our gluttony immigration officers weren’t so self centered. Well you ask me how massive weaponry as efficient as those they possess find their way into the country on a daily basis without being noticed.

It is now clear that Nigerians are on their own and no official is ready to fight for the safety or security of the people when they themselves cruise the streets of the state with well equipped security and bullet proof cars. Now is the time to protect our own selves in the little way we can. It’s best to stay indoors and remain there once night approaches no matter the situation. Now is not the time to live recklessly or stay out late watching football or concerts.

Those whom you watch are well guarded while you put your life at risk. Let’s ‘wise up’ and arm ourselves the best way we can.



By Okunlola Azeezat author of Red Fuse Trip currently up for sale on okadabooks.com.

Still On The Vice Presidential Debate


I’ll begin by expressing gross disappointment as to the cluelessness of most of the candidates presented as regards the complexities of the problems haunting Nigerians and Nigeria as a country. It was quite exasperating watching these lot go on and about the issues presented before them but without proper logical or critical strategies to accomplish the changes we hope to see.

I believe Nigerians have gone past the stage of being seduced into voting for men who have little or nothing to offer but lies and promises. And even more heartbreaking was knowing that these were the supposed best candidates worthy of being chosen by their parties. If indeed they happened to be the best of them all then I wonder what would become of this nation in years to come.

I believe that at this point,who so ever is to come up to seek the vote of Nigerians must no doubt embody certain characters; intelligence,strategic mindedness,compassion,maturity and passion amongst others.

As the debate proceeded and questions about the rapidly increasing rate of poverty,subsidy and governmental policies were asked,I waited patiently for the time when proper attention would be given to issues like terrorism,health care and education of the Nigerian child but it never came.

The candidates however never failed to take us down memory lane to their previous achievements and how Nigerians should place much trust in them. Some even boldly stood before us to recite figures and ridiculous achievements that couldn’t be found anywhere after fact checks were carried out.

This is 2019 and Nigeria still suffers from recession,an economic disease that doesn’t just begin over night. Recession is the result years of wrong choices,policies and lack of continuity and proper follow up. Yet, these candidates found it quite unnecessary to give Nigerians something tangible to hold on to as regards battling this monster.

What seemed important was closely comparing their policies in initial positions in government or at NGOs to the policies that would affect Nigerians as a whole- A country with total population of 200 million people. How unreasonable?

It’s disheartening that issues like cultural and religious intolerance, terrorism and the famous herdsmen killings weren’t addressed at all. Or perhaps these are strategies by the government to reduce the population or have the nation divided. It’s high time transparency was the moto of our government.

Excesses from subsidy,recovered funds,fines and taxes have somehow dematerialized into thin air. What we need is a committee in charge of funds such as these who would be held accountable and see to it that these funds are put into profitable use. It’s ridiculous how the economy has been monopolised,with no trace of Agriculture or Industry and yet none of our refineries are functioning. We import even the only resource we can boast of and as much trees as we have in their variety, we spend over 26million on the importation of toothpick.

How Mr. Vice President could boldly make mention of this fact is even more outrageous. We have gotten to a point where corruption has eaten so deep our law makers have no problem standing before us to slap us in the face with lies and feel no remorse or compassion.

The problem with Nigeria isn’t lack of funds as our government portray. It isn’t that it’s so hard to turn things around in this country as our law makers paint it to be. Our problem is consistently swearing in mediocrities into power,men who have long sold out their soul and have no trace of conscience left in them.

I believe democracy doesn’t work well in a country as corrupt as this. Not when the senate never seem to act civilized or come to a favourable agreement,yet are handsomely paid even higher than the senate of any other country whilst her citizens die from the pangs of hunger and starvation,not to mention the Godforsaken allowances and projects handed to them whilst our youths remain unemployed,roaming the streets of Nigeria.

If Nigeria would be made to improve,then a critical constitutional amendment process must take place. A constitution in favour of the people,the poor,the needy and the generation to come.

By Okunlola Azeezat Olayinka,Author of ‘Red Fuse Trip’ currently on sale on okadabooks.


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Still On The Vice Presidential Debate


I’ll begin by expressing gross disappointment as to the cluelessness of most of the candidates presented as regards the complexities of the problems haunting Nigerians and Nigeria as a country. It was quite exasperating watching these lot go on and about the issues presented before them but without proper logical or critical strategies to accomplish the changes we hope to see.

I believe Nigerians have gone past the stage of being seduced into voting for men who have little or nothing to offer but lies and promises. And even more heartbreaking was knowing that these were the supposed best candidates worthy of being chosen by their parties. If indeed they happened to be the best of them all then I wonder what would become of this nation in years to come.

I believe that at this point,who so ever is to come up to seek the vote of Nigerians must no doubt embody certain characters; intelligence,strategic mindedness,compassion,maturity and passion amongst others.

As the debate proceeded and questions about the rapidly increasing rate of poverty,subsidy and governmental policies were asked,I waited patiently for the time when proper attention would be given to issues like terrorism,health care and education of the Nigerian child but it never came.

The candidates however never failed to take us down memory lane to their previous achievements and how Nigerians should place much trust in them. Some even boldly stood before us to recite figures and ridiculous achievements that couldn’t be found anywhere after fact checks were carried out.

This is 2019 and Nigeria still suffers from recession,an economic disease that doesn’t just begin over night. Recession is the result years of wrong choices,policies and lack of continuity and proper follow up. Yet, these candidates found it quite unnecessary to give Nigerians something tangible to hold on to as regards battling this monster.

What seemed important was closely comparing their policies in initial positions in government or at NGOs to the policies that would affect Nigerians as a whole- A country with total population of 200 million people. How unreasonable?

It’s disheartening that issues like cultural and religious intolerance, terrorism and the famous herdsmen killings weren’t addressed at all. Or perhaps these are strategies by the government to reduce the population or have the nation divided. It’s high time transparency was the moto of our government.

Excesses from subsidy,recovered funds,fines and taxes have somehow dematerialized into thin air. What we need is a committee in charge of funds such as these who would be held accountable and see to it that these funds are put into profitable use. It’s ridiculous how the economy has been monopolised,with no trace of Agriculture or Industry and yet none of our refineries are functioning. We import even the only resource we can boast of and as much trees as we have in their variety, we spend over 26million on the importation of toothpick.

How Mr. Vice President could boldly make mention of this fact is even more outrageous. We have gotten to a point where corruption has eaten so deep our law makers have no problem standing before us to slap us in the face with lies and feel no remorse or compassion.

The problem with Nigeria isn’t lack of funds as our government portray. It isn’t that it’s so hard to turn things around in this country as our law makers paint it to be. Our problem is consistently swearing in mediocrities into power,men who have long sold out their soul and have no trace of conscience left in them.

I believe democracy doesn’t work well in a country as corrupt as this. Not when the senate never seem to act civilized or come to a favourable agreement,yet are handsomely paid even higher than the senate of any other country whilst her citizens die from the pangs of hunger and starvation,not to mention the Godforsaken allowances and projects handed to them whilst our youths remain unemployed,roaming the streets of Nigeria.

If Nigeria would be made to improve,then a critical constitutional amendment process must take place. A constitution in favour of the people,the poor,the needy and the generation to come.

By Okunlola Azeezat Olayinka,Author of ‘Red Fuse Trip’ currently on sale on okadabooks.


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It's an involuntary erection. A penis can be manipulated (stroked or fondled) causing signals to be sent from the penis to the spinal cord and back to the penis, resulting in an erection. This means that a man can get an erection without wanting to or being aware of it. An example is when boy gets an erection during class or while sleeping. So it's wrong to believe as most people do that when men are raped they get erection because they enjoy it or want to be raped.

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Academic Success : An obstacle To Personal Achievement by Azeezat Okunlola

You might have heard of students who stay back home and probably never got the opportunity to get into a higher institution, majorly because they either couldn’t get a good grade in mathematics,supposedly needed for courses like Mass communication,African religious studies and even European languages or because they had the wrong “jamb combination”,so to speak,which begs the question,”What secondary school subjects correlate with learning a new language or a course like anthropology which delves into the prehistoric culture of man and how he survived in respect to ages and weather conditions?” It shouldn’t come as a surprise that over 50% of secondary school graduates in Nigeria fall into this category annually.

Even more traumatic is the mental condition of a student in the university who one way or the other struggles to overcome the everlasting long hours in class,battling with assignments and a 65 paged project,preparing for classroom test whilst struggling to build up a career at a young age,hoping that perhaps,three hours a day would lend a great smile to creativity, but then doesn’t the General studies material say the body needs 6-8 hours of sleep a day to function properly? At what point does nutrition come into play again? That,i’m afraid is the sound of goals,hopes and dreams of the Nigerian child,being shipped away.

You might want to term this other set of students as even more pitiable for they no longer remember words like “purpose” and “fulfillment”,save for the first class honours gradually swimming into their transcripts. The pressure from parents and society is just about enough to want to book an apartment in space,only a journey like that would probably cause a fortune, which reminds me of a student who only last year forced a good quantity of poison down her throat. She left a letter though;it said to not weep over her. She mentioned that she had felt embarrassed and did not want to wait to hear what new words her parents had added to their book of diction on the event of their finding out that her Cumulative Grade Point Average had dropped by a point five. It’s obvious a student like that worked day and night to build a CGPA that at the end of the day would not result in anything satisfactory,at least not for her.

The question is, “Why do we school? Why spend so many years of one’s life in school?” Perhaps just to attain a certificate,or perhaps to be called a graduate. Schooling is supposed to be a thing of leisure,just as the word school has its etymology from Greek “schole”, which means “leisure”. The idea of schooling is to attain education, even the word education has got its etymology in latin “educatus” which literary means “to draw out”,”to pull from within”,”to be refined”. What exactly is to be refined? The concept of education is aimed at pulling out one’s dreams,and refining one’s talent and inbuilt gifts. Education is not about spending 18 hours a day stuck to some chalkboard and a teacher who goes on and on about the history of Nigeria.For how long do we read about great men and fill our brains with achievements that run all the way back to the 3rd century and yet, give no room for creative imagination and actualization of dreams and goals? It is high time the mentality of the average Nigerian is changed.The end product of education should not be a certificate,but rather, a satisfied,fulfilled and active individual.

Why do you school?

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Men Also Get Raped by Azeezat Okunlola



From time memorial,much emphasis has been placed on sexual abuse committed solely against the female sex and how traumatic such experiences could be.In fact,the Penal Code,Criminal Laws of Lagos and the Criminal code all define rape as a crime committed solely against the female sex;

“Any person who has unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman or girl, without her consent, or with her consent, if the consent is obtained by force or by means of false threats or intimidation of any kind, or by fear of harm, or by means of false or fraudulent representation as to the nature of the act, or in case of a married woman, by personating her husband is guilty of an offence called rape”.

Section 357 of Criminal Code further states that;

“…any person who has unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman or girl” is said to have committed rape.

This is perhaps because society has failed to understand that rape goes way beyond merely overpowering a person(which of course ridiculously translates to women, the weaker sex) and taking advantage of them sexually.

Rape is psychological and depends mostly on what goes into the body and mind, be it information or acid. It is hypocritical to attach rape to indecent dressing on the part of females as though only women who dress indecently get raped or as though women are incapable of committing rape themselves. A study carried out in 2008 involving the interview of 98 men found that nearly half of the men (46%) who reported some form of sexual victimization were victimized by women. It is however very important to note that rape victims are some times sodomised. In as much as much attention is given to rape from the opposite sex, equal thought should be given to same sex rape as well.

Among sexual assault victims, over 16.1% of males incurred non-genital injuries from the assault. Male victims receive more ancillary injuries and are more likely to be coerced with a weapon by their assaulters. The symptoms and injuries that most frequently follows are tension headaches, ulcers, nausea, colitis, abrasions to the throat, black eyes and broken bones. It does not help that people find such rape as female-male rape and male-male non-existent. It is even worse being a male victim listening to the public give insensitive comments like,”he isn’t man enough to fight” or “how can he let women overpower him?”

A victim once stated;

“Since the assault I have trouble relating to my wife. I have found myself in homosexual relationships that disgust me afterwards…it is almost as if I am punishing myself for letting the assault happen in the first place.”

Another victim of a female-male rape also explained how he had been traumatize ever since the ugly incident occurred;

“Women disgust me. Sex disgusts me.I sincerely do not consider getting married to one of those animals. I’ll rather do a man.” He further explained how he had intentionally hurt several women and managed to get away with it,and to top it all,he felt quite satisfied with his achievement.

All said,It is about time the various sections of the Criminal Code Act dealing with rape be revised and the orientation of the masses improved to meet contemporary realities.


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Nigeria's Government: A Ridiculous Anarchy by Azeezat Okunlola


Not too long ago,President of the United States,Donald Trump, proclaimed Africa a “shit-hole”. He later justified this claim with extremely excellent convictions. Taking Nigeria as a case study, research has proven that ever since Nigeria had gained her independence, the country has practiced a hereditary political monarchy.

It has further proven to be a lawless nation;A country where the legislative cannot be differentiated from the executive. A nation where the sole aim of its government officials is to retain power for as long as they desire and to pass it on to family and relatives,and if need be,to friends,equating the nation to a piece of generational jewel handed down to successors.

Proper assessment of governmental positions in Nigeria has shown that in several cases,six to seven members of certain families had held governmental positions simultaneously.

The Tinubus family- Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu~Governor Lagos state(1999-2007) & Senator Lagos West(1992-1993),Sen. Olumi T.(wife) ~ Senator Lagos Central(2011-present),Rep. Dimeji Oyetunde(son in-law)~Member,Federal house of Rep,Ekiti state(2011-present),Hon. Lola Akande(sis In-law)~Member,Lagos State House of Assembly(2007-present),Hon. Adedamola Kasume(nephew)~ APC’s candidate for 2015 state House of Assembly.

Sarakis family- Sen. Dr. Olusola Saraki(father)~Senate Leader (1979-1983),Sen. Dr. Olubukola Saraki (son)~ Governor,Kwara state(2003-2011) & Senator,Kwara Central(2011-present), Sen. Gbemisola Saraki(daughter)~ Senator,Kwara Central (2003-2011),Member of Federal House of Rep(1999-2003),2015 Kwara Governorship Aspirant (PDP),To mention but a few.

Have you wondered why although Nigeria happens to be one of the richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources,the demos still die of hunger and live in penury?

A bulk of the blame can be passed to the Revenue Mobilization Allocation Fiscal Commission particularly because they have failed to check the actions of the legislatives in the aspect of remuneration according to sections 70 and 111 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution in proportion to some factor that can be calculate.This agency is charged with the function of scrutinising government officials and seeing to it that they follow the constitutional provisions. The Constitution further states that a legislator can not sit for les than one hundred and twenty one days in a year. It further states that legislators are to be paid according to sittings,not monthly(i.e part time). Section 109 of the Constitution gives grounds for the removal of any legislator from office,a ridiculed documentation,seeing that not only had the mace disappeared, legislators had the audacity to stir up chaos in the house only few years ago.

Mr. Shehu Sani,Representative,Kanu Central,in an interview explained that the senators are paid a sum of 13.5 million naira running cost which must be receipted,but has no specification as to what it should be used for. It is however,different from the 700,000 naira consolidated salary and allowances. He spoke on a controversial constituency projects for “law makers”.

This project is given on a zonal basis to almost every senator,with a constitutional fund of 200 million naira. Why the law makers should perform an executive function which yields to nothing at the end of the day is quite disturbing.

The RMAFC has proved incapable of its constitutional functions up till date. Putting into consideration the fact that 1, 152 members of the state legislators earn a minimum of N50 billion a year (N 5.1 billion in salaries, and N 35.9 billion in allowances); with 8, 692 members of the local legislatures in the 774 local government areas in Nigeria earning N 342.9 billion a year (N 25. 9 billion in salaries, and N 317 billion in allowances), and less than 500 federal legislators earn N 60. 4 billion a year (N 6.2 billion in salaries, and N 54.2 billion in allowances), we can see that just 10, 308 Nigerians (legislators at the three tiers of government) earn a total of N 453.3 billion, which is an average of N43,975, 553 a year!

And yet,government owes public servants millions of naira. Imagine how much can be done with if a minimum of 300 million naira can be deducted from this annually to cater for the masses,build railways,equip hospitals,enhance educational facilities and level up security. How sensible is it that in this same country,the minimum wage is 18,000naira? Until the constitution holds that anyone going for a governmental office,must;

1) Be ready to see to it that all his/her children and relatives school in Nigeria.

2)He and his family members shall on no account leave the country for any sort of medical care.

3)He and his family members must make use of the road and railways not less than 30 days during his tenure…

Nigeria would never be better. Politics is not a do or die affair.And If they can not abide by the above listed,they are free to step aside for all those who are ready to “serve” the nation.

The Nigerian Judicial system :Cash and Carry by Okunlola Azeezat



What really is the definition of Justice? As a kid in junior secondary school, civic education was one of my favorite subjects on account of the fact that in that world I was made to believe retribution and punition met face to face with evil in the kingdom of justice.
I was wrong. Justice has no place in this land of ours. It’s been dethroned and expunged with the passage of time. So, when you see the headlines read, “Millionaire, who accidentally tripped and penetrated a girl, cleared of all charges”, do not be surprised, for in some way, it has become absolutely normal for older men to take minors against their will.
When you rise from sleep and all that comes on air is, “Millions of naira miraculously swallowed by a diabolical snake(in the presence of no one in particular)”, do not rip your garments from frustration. And if by chance all we ever get to hear is news of our brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers, gunned down in some unknown town: vengeance, courtesy of men at corridors of power, please, do not think this something new.

“No Money, No Justice,” the headline read on this very occasion. Apparently, a three year old girl was denied justice having been raped by a man old enough to birth her, on account of the fact that her mother, Mrs. Ify Oyegbule couldn’t afford the prosecution fee.

The above story not only reveals the lackadaisical attitude of the state’s executives towards the welfare of her citizens but further corroborates the fact that in Nigeria, the supposed court of justice, the executive arm and even the law making body operate a “cash and carry” constitutional system and not necessarily one based on the precedents of the rule of law, which brings us to the question, “What are the functions of the arms of government?” Why was the court of law brought into existence?

I believe that in a country where the rule of law reigns sovereign and its leaders aren’t too engrossed in financial matters that lead up to personal gains, series of tests and check ups would have be carried out on the victim of such predicament, whilst the police begins intense investigations.But it shouldn’t come as a surprise that a country whose supposed leaders barely have an idea of the content of the constitution would do nothing about matters such as these. Yet, these so called leaders of ours grumble at the comment made by North Korea’s president barely one week ago.

How effective is the Nigerian constitution? What percentage of justice has been attained? How well is the law interpreted? And how well is it understood? Is there truly justice for the poor? Questions such as these would never seize to exist as long as corruption pervades the very throne of justice and threatens the very existence of the rule of law.

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