70% of Nigeria's population is under 30 years (as of 2021).
147,980,000 of 211,400,000 is under 30 years.
Pause and think on that statement for at least five minutes.
Some of them are at home because of ASUU strike.
Some of them have parents who have not been paid salaries for months because of ASUU strike.
They watch their youth being wasted.
Someone that was 22 years when Buhari took office will be 30 by the time Buhari leaves office.
Add another 8 years to that, he will be 38 years.
If another Buhari takes over from the one there now,
He would have wasted his whole youthful age.
Trying to survive in a jungle he found himself.
Some of them protested during ENDSARS and were killed.
They are being harassed every day by the police for owning laptops and iPhones.
They are angry.
They are frustrated.
When they cried, they were shut up.
They lost hope in their country and their rulers.
They wake up every day planning how to escape from the hell hole they found themselves in.
Then one day, a man showed up on the scene,
And made three simple statements:
1. Turn Nigeria from CONSUMPTION to PRODUCTION.
2. Remove the SHARING FORMULA and replace it with the PRODUCTION FORMULA.
3. UNLEASH THE HIDDEN POTENTIALS OF OUR YOUTH
BOOM!
A ray of light.
A spark of hope.
He dialed their number.
He spoke their language.
He made them feel that they matter.
They saw how he invested in the education of young people as a state governor.
So they put their hope and trust in him.
He became a symbol of their dreams and aspirations.
He became the rallying point they had been looking for.
A platform to finally change the system that failed them.
A platform through which they can vent their accumulated pain, anger, and frustration.
For them, it is a fight for survival.
That's why they are investing their time, talent and resources to campaign for a man they have never met.
That's why they go for your head each time you try to denigrate their symbol of hope in an environment they consider hopeless.
That's why they chew you raw when they see you promote the same people they see as the cause of their pain.
They are tired of being ignored and treated like they don't matter.
They have finally decided to be seen and heard.
And to take back their country from the hands of hyenas and jackals.
Simba has finally realized who he is.
And that the Pride belongs to him, not to Scar and the hyenas.
And he is on his way to take it back.
If you are part of the system that killed his father and desecrated his country, be very afraid.
For he will not spare you if you don't change your ways.
Your usual arrogance will be your undoing.
Make no mistake about it,
2023 election is the youth against a corrupt system that has kept them under for too long.
It's not business as usual.
Welcome to the second half of the year.
© Okeke Ifeanyi
Monday, July 4, 2022
The Supreme Court cannot violate its own ruling - Malcolm Omirhobo
A Nigeria human rights lawyer has reacted by dressing like a herbalist for a court hearing, to the recent verdict of the apex court which legalised the wearing of hijab in schools in Lagos state.
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If You Discover You Were Deceived, Should You Stay In The Relationship or Marriage?
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She was enraged.
And charged into her bosses office.
Eyes blazing behind her glasses.
Pen in hand.
Curvaceous body ramrod straight.
Beautiful Light complexioned face taut with frowning.
Her words were harried.
So he said.
"Calm down and speak slowly."
She calmed down.
And then spoke.
"Sir, I feel very disrespected. The client you told me to call and discuss logistics for the delivery is openly flirting with me over the phone."
"And?"
"I cannot take it, sir. I am a married woman."
"But you want your job?"
"Yes, sir."
"Would you do your job for free?"
"No, sir."
"How will I get the money to pay you, if my client cancels the contract?"
"But sir, it is morally wrong. I am a professional and..."
"It is money they use to pay professionals."
"My husband will be enraged to find out that men are flirting with me at work."
"Are you working for your husband?"
"No sir. But that doesn't mean that he will tolerate men flirting with me."
"Please call your husband."
"Now?"
"Yes, I want to talk to him."
"Sir, I don't understand why you..."
"Please, call your husband."
She stood there undecided for a moment as she stared at her unsmiling boss.
The she slowly brought out her phone from her pant suit pocket and placed the call.
It rang once, twice and he picked up.
"Babe, how far?"
"My boss wants to speak to you."
"Your boss?"
"Yes."
"Hope nothing?"
Her boss leaned forward on his seat and signaled to her to pass the phone.
"Let me give him the phone."
She handed the phone over to him and stood there uncomfortably.
Her hands behind her back.
Whittling in the aura of power that was emanating from her boss.
He placed the phone on his giant polished antique mahogany desk.
And put it on speaker.
"Good afternoon, my oga."
"Good afternoon, sir."
"Apologies for the call but there is an issue here concerning your wife that I believe I will need your take in solving it."
"I hope its not serious, sir."
"I am afraid she says it is serious."
"Ahhh. Is she in trouble?"
"Not with me, no. But I think there will be some kind of trouble if we do not resolve this amicably."
"Hmmm. Okay sir... what exactly is the issue?"
"She is handling a very important client account for the company. An account that brings in nearly 50% of our revenue. It is an account that normally only my high performing staff handle and seeing that your wife has been recently promoted and I believe now able to handle our major clients, I personally had the account handed to her."
"Thank you, sir."
"You're welcome. You see the client is a personal friend of mine and your wife just angrily came into my office unannounced."
"I am sorry, sir."
"It is okay, I am a reasonable man, and she is like a daughter to me."
"I appreciate that, sir."
"The problem is that she says my friend, as in the important client she is handling is flirting with her."
"Flirting?"
"Yes, my Oga. Over the phone."
"Oh, it was over the phone."
"Yes, my Oga."
"She has not met him in person?"
"Not yet, my Oga."
"Hmmm... will she meet him in person?"
"Depends on how this is handled. But for our major clients, the staff personally in charge of the account will have to meet them in person from time to time, depending on the demands of their needs."
"Hmmmmm."
"My Oga, I understand how this sounds but I have a company to run, salaries to pay and my family to take care of."
"Hmmmm."
"Your wife is a high performing staff and I see a bright future for her in this company. Someone who might one day sit on my chair if she does the right things. But right now my Oga, I have been put in a very difficult position and at times like this I have to first and foremost thing of the balance sheet of the company."
"Hmmmmm."
"My Oga, I am sure you understand my predicament."
"Hmmmm. Yes I do, sir. Shebi it is just ordinary flirting..."
Lagos
Jude Idada
June 28, 2022
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