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Nigerians want to have a regional economic exclusion & tribal superiority argument in a country where everyone is being fed by the Niger Delta
Basically bigotry on welfare
Wild
Everyone respects the Igbos for their business acumen and strategy.
However, people not leaving their region for other areas (that's easily accessible) is a FLEX on their part not a point to mock at all.
People migrate for two reasons: Economic Prosperity and Security.
The Labour party needs a think tank & leadership forum where legislative agenda, economic policy and vision will be structured for all elected LP candidates
Training sessions & meeting held at least quarterly
This is of utmost importance to drive knowledge & effectiveness
The dream of Nigeria's leaders is to escape abroad
They are their happiest when they are abroad - They hate Nigerian healthcare, Nigerian roads, Nigerian security
Nigeria's leaders basically steal from Nigeria so they can afford access to the good governance of other leaders
This is what i talk about when people in Nigeria keep breaking society thinking "All is well because i had a normal day" - The ground is shifting beneath your feet
The refugees you see in war-torn countries were professionals going to club weekends like you - Till they were not
A colleague is supposed to fly with spouse & 2 children one way to Abuja - Cost: N250,000 (For the flight tickets alone)
The Nigerian middle class is almost totally gone
This is what happens when people don't understand their own interests & decide to vote for feudal statists
Peter Obi is becoming even stronger than before
The ethnic division strategy has not worked - It won't be that simple
To counter him, the usual suspects will have to do the one thing they apparently cannot do - Govern effectively & improve citizens' standard of living
Can someone explain why rich Islamic nations never seem to take in Muslim refugees fleeing Islamic extremism?
It's obviously a complex subject but one I've seen several people bring up and which merits intellectual curiosity
Kabul this morning. Afghans crowding a visa processing center, trying to get visas to the United States. Stories of desperation. Many came up to me crying.
Peter Obi got where he has gotten by occupying spaces mainstream politicians had abandoned
There is a reason he was initially derisively called a "social media candidate" - Communicating with Nigerians directly via media is his niche
I don't advise abandoning that space
I'm sorry but no matter how bad things get, i'm not blaming Nigerian voters this time
I know the real vote numbers and it was a total landslide in the opposite direction to what INEC announced - No one voted for these people
Nigerian voters did the right thing
African elders DON'T want to create wealth for their people
It is the most useless cultural quirk i've seen - Old men afraid that if their people become wealthy & educated, they won't "respect" them
You have people comfortable making their people the poorest IN THE WORLD
The same people telling you we cannot use BVAS, card readers & electronic transfer of votes exclusively for elections "because millions of Nigerians don't have internet access" are telling you that all citizens can use electronic funds transfer to do business
& you agree
What the current EFCC is doing actually an enforcement of Sharia for all intents and purposes
Hanging out at bars or partying in hotels is not an economic or financial crime - It is a crime under Sharia law though
This thing has become basically a national hisbah
Average Nigerians with zero connections who were being granted N10m by the govt to do business happily lined up to vote a man whose main legacy was creating Nigeria's only recession
What 2015 taught me was that people prefer to feed their emotions than to feed their children
Disdain for their people, especially the middle class, is a key feature of feudal leadership
You notice they mainly attack educated, upwardly mobile youth - & praise those doing hand-to-mouth farming
They hate both - But the former are competition while the latter are conquered
Let me just tell the PDP guys to their face
You are dealing with the consequences of your abdication of your responsibility to lead
People asked you for leadership & you said "The people are the opposition" - Now the people have led themselves somewhere you don't like
Most ignored aspect of poverty is that its a macroeconomic creation
Your wealth is created or destroyed by the governance of your macroeconomic environment
"Mindset" cannot save you from overtaxation, 17% inflation, trade bans, 40% unemployment & -12% real return on savings
Often times, we think people are poor because of their mindset or lack of hardwork.
When in fact, one major reason people are poor is because they don't have access.
Access to opportunities, funds, information etc.
Access is important.
Someone pointed out that if the sitting CBN governor can run for president, the sitting INEC chariman can also run
He is correct
The gravity and implications of these two things are almost exactly the same
Meanwhile economy class base domestic flight tickets are now N50,000 minimum - From N7,500 in 2014 to this
A whole generation will grow up into adulthood not having ever travelled by air like it was before 1999 - Not counting the economic cost of reduced productivity
ONLY one group has been physically bullied, obstructed & beaten
From their meeting venues being violently attacked to court cases to stop their rallies to them being warned not to rally in Lagos to the literal police threatening their rallies
GEJ was shouting daily that all his children school in Nigeria - Nigerians took it to mean he was a peasant like them & therefore, did not deserve respect
Now the first lady herself lives in Dubai & "visits" Nigeria
No voices, no "domestic appendage", no "sheppopotamus"
Obi doesn't know what he is offering looks like a nightmare to feudal regressive leadership in these places not progress
The thought of economically well-off, educated people terrifies them - Such people are impossible for them to lord over, use & exploit
Cook on regardless sir
almost 6 years ago before my dad passed he gave my sister this 10$ bill to give to me on my 21st birthday so he could buy me my first beer, cheers pops havin this one for you!
Nobody should tell me to pray for any govt to succeed
I pay taxes - If govt exempts me from taxes for prayer, fine
I will not pray for Obi's govt either - Let him work
You people dont take yourselves seriously as taxpayers that's why supporters of govt's tell you stupid things
2015: "It has happened, plan for 2019"
2019: "It has happened, plan for 2023"
2023: "It has happened, plan for 2027"
2027: "It..
Obvious mockery
You know who's telling citizens this? - Politicians who are so unwilling to wait that they maim, murder & commit crimes to get it now
The same people who laughed at us & swore Labour would not get up to 10,000 votes are now telling us that we are clowns & nothing will come out of the Election Tribunal
Being in this position is normal for Obidients
Sha meet us in court
I've never seen a political campaign where a political party cannot get organic support in ANY part of the country - Even on home turf they had to threaten shop closure & destruction to get market women to march for them
Had to fake Bishops
A truly unique level of rejection
In 2013 Nigeria was the top foreign investment destination in Africa - Then Nigerians decided to commit economic suicide
The gift of 2015 keeps on giving...
If actions taken in the past do not matter then why was Onnoghen forced out of office? - Why did Kemi Adeosun resign?
Why do we even have a court system? (All crimes are literally committed in the past)
Anyway, you people should keep speaking English
Anytime you see Obi, he is amongst the citizenry and voters who are overjoyed to see him
Anytime you see the other one, he is with a small group of hardened criminal politicians
They cannot come out in public & face ordinary citizens because the people rejected them roundly
If your president select is not getting this kind of genuine happiness when they see him
Please ask him to return the mandate he stole
Is that simple shekina
When APC decided to drive a vicious campaign to ethnically divide Nigerians, i don't think a Middle Belt identity & political reawakening was what they had in mind
The law of unintended consequences
By the Grace of Nom(God), we are taking the Middle Belt Gospel to every nook and cranny of the Middle Belt, from Southern Kaduna to Nasarawa, to Plateau, to Niger, The FCT, Kogi, down to Benue, to the great Taraba, Adamawa, Southern; Gombe, Bauchi, Borno, Kebbi.
The Middle Belt
It just struck me watching this
This is where all the emotional energy that would ordinarily fuel upsrisings goes - People come here & convert anger to blind hope
Religion & inter-tribal xenophobia are heat sinks to draw heat away from leadership thats why politicians fund them
They're asking people who've submitted drivers license, BVN, home address, phone numbers & relatives names for their social media ostensibly to "know the customer"
A weak lie
They know the customer - They just want to know what the customer says & punish them if they dislike it
All this anger at the Soyinka criticism is simple
They are used to using prominent figures to control the people - Now a generation has come that simply resists this fake respect
Well, would've been different if the elders didn't give the youths the poverty capital of the world
This week will be gaslighting week
You have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to select a quality of leader that Nigeria has not seen for decades
Ignore serial losers who have not gotten a single prediction about Obi right in 9 months & go vote for what you want on Saturday
This is a uniquely Nigerian argument where we say "Don't punish the villain for his crimes, he has a life,a family" - Directly implying his victims are subhuman & their lives are cheap
Somehow, pity is reserved for people who caused the deaths of voters not the voters themselves
I can only plead to Nigerians in the UK, yall need to stop these reporting one another to the UK Home Office all because of your constitutional right
No politician is worth dying for, Na hustle everybody find come abroad, Don’t take down a fellow Nigerian, use your brain
You see this
#EndSWAT
movement? This is why feudal elites hate the middle class
They're the demographic with the most knowledge, resources & confidence to tackle a feudal elite - especially our low-quality kind
They have access to similar assets & do not think you're special
There is a reason they are slowly trying to convince you "Yoruba people voted for Tinubu"
Two reasons:
1-They need you in your frustration to attack "the people who caused this". They need you to attack Yoruba wholesale knowing that the bulk of Yoruba people are against them
Peter Obi has captured the hearts of Nigerian voters - Every single public space he walks into erupts in spontaneous support
Anyone saying he can't win is talking about rigging not votes - & yes, that may be a factor but people should stop saying it as if they're talking votes
Most sides in this Queen issue have merit - It truly is a grey issue
But me personally I'm finding it very difficult to point my anger across the ocean to be honest - My gaze is blocked by the real villains in my story
They all have had black skin & lived at Aso Rock
Nigerians are angry at churches & demanding they build factories because the church is "safe" to criticise
The church collects VOLUNTARY DONATIONS - You literally can just stay home on Sundays
Can you similarly opt out of paying taxes? - Why is your anger not reserved for govt?
I won't blame Nigerians this time
Nigerians voted in a landslide against these people - One man singlehandedly decided who would be President & told voters to go to court if they didn't like it
This time, i do not blame voters at all - Almost nobody voted for these people
Nigerians please
Do not support govt to implement price controls - Let the free market reduce the price for you
Nobody forced airlines to start selling tickets for N7,500 in 2013-14, competition did - Likewise SIM cards
You cannot fight economic laws & win
& what you just explained is govt's fault
I don't think we fully understand govt's role - Its only in Nigeria citizens are to self-govern
You approve building plans according to regulations, if violated, you enforce & punish - No society runs on "Citizens should just be good"
Nigerians are so evil, you keep blaming government, but then when ya building house to sell or rent , you keep asking asking developers to use cheapest everything.
"Go now. Run along and tell your King that he faces free men here. Not slaves."
The reason they are having so much trouble with the propaganda now unlike before is simple
Slaves don't fight like free men do - No one is waiting for alert
That tribalism is being pushed after Yoruba and Igbo voters joined hands to vote massively for Peter Obi yesterday is no coincidence
You people should be wise for once - You should be hailing each other to solidify your bond. Instead you are helping the enemy
Abeg be smart na
It appears we have finally arrived at "It doesn't matter who is president. Things would still be exactly like this"
This is the usual process in the election cycle - About a year after election, supporters of a failing incumbent tell the country all others would fail too
Nigeria's first lady living permanently in Dubai for years - No outrage, no problems, no "Sheppopotamus"
Nigeria's intellectual elite suddenly can't mouth sexism about a first lady being a "domestic (or foreign in this case) appendage"
Jonathan (& Patience) really suffered
Read this thread
Its only in Nigeria that a businessman will complain about systematic risk & people will say "If you wrote your business plan better, 400% movement in exchange rate, border closure, FX ban, Naira scarcity & SIM ban wouldn't affect your business"
We are lunatics
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Let me say
The Nazi-style tribal hate propaganda you are seeing is a direct fallout of the result of the last election in Lagos
After seeing they had completely lost the support of their people by scoring only 150k votes against 1m, they knew something drastic had to be done
Hence, racism
This is why people saying its "policy sommersault", "confusion" or "clownery" are naive
They know the border is needed to trade & create wealth - They just don't want YOU trading & getting that wealth
If you haven't yet figured it out, you are dealing with feudalism
Nigeria has allowed Dangote Cement to resume exports across its land borders, raising hopes that trade with neighbors may be opening up after a year-long blockade
Meanwhile Bill Gates is worth $91billion - Nigeria's whole economy is $400billion
Bill Gates is paying your national debts, he can fund your nation's imports for twice the time your foreign reserves of $40 billion can
But Shehu, 34, from Argungu is insulting Gates
Shehu is mad
You know the only way to stop this hisbah religious radicalism progressing in Kano & other parts of the Muslim North?
Restructuring
Make people responsible for producing their own sustenance & they will fight against all societal impediments to business & investment themselves
A woman worked hard for years to PhD/WB DG level, created record jobs & wealth for ordinary Nigerians
Some folks here sat & said "How do we destroy her?"- Wrote a petition to Yale to get her hard-earned PhD revoked
& you people are gisting with them?
You don't value your lives
They like him - And voted massively for him
The people who invented fake figures as election result are sending armies of poorly paid bots to speak on behalf of Lagosians and convince you Lagosians don't like him
It is simply a lie
If you're surprised the middle class Is being blamed for policy failures by their "bad behaviour", you've not been paying attention
APC is a feudal party - & feudalists hate the middle class
A feudal leadership & the middle class are mortal enemies - One must destroy the other
This country that brand new cars had started selling for slightly under N1m in 2013-14
Young people in whose interest it was to be able to a buy new cars fresh out of university a few months into a new job said this was unbearable & voted for "WAI brigade" & "ESSENCO"
Kudos
Go on the streets of Nigeria today, on independence day - Not a shred of the green and white, not a single flag, nothing
Nigerians (and their government) have checked out of Nigeria - No country exists anymore in the real sense.
Its just a place where people hustle and die.
When we talk about poverty, many think it's the people living in shanties...Lol
If you didn't know, every single Nigerian is taking a pay cut every month
How do you guys think Venezuela happened?
Nigeria’s naira has fallen to its weakest level in six weeks in informal trading as central bank interventions in the official window failed to meet demand
Honest question - What does "beyond politics" mean?
If my political stance is that govt should kill all babies under 9 months, am i still a "great guy despite my politics" if i am friendly/nice to some people? - I ask because i struggle with this idea that politics is not real
"snatch it, grab it, run with it" only works when you're dealing with unarmed people
But its easy to forget that and start believing that the courage to take brash actions alone makes you a badass when you've been victimising unarmed peaceful citizens all your life
Nigeria is legit on autopilot. The babies have taken over the nursery. There are no adults in the room.
These guys legit almost started a war tonight with that reckless decision. They really tried to cut through enemy airspace like they were taking 1-way on Ikeja Airport Road!😭
So the people who want to enforce the payment of taxes by ordinary citizens do not need to be taxpayers to qualify for that role?
There is a name for a system of government where the leadership creates laws for the people which do not apply to them - And its not democracy
Massacre denial tweets will be mass deleted in a hurry and they will ask you when they said any such thing & then proceed to advance another propaganda angle
Search, screenshot and archive
People who overtly aid extrajudicial massacres of citizens are way too dangerous to you
There is no "Them"
If you need to improve your quality of life, work hard, make money and then buy the things you need
We need to stop programming young people with this phantom siege mentality & need for "revenge" against assumed "haters" that leads to bad financial choices
It was BECAUSE they could buy 50kg bags of rice for N8,500 that they voted for the worst president in our history to replace our most prosperous economic period
Enjoyment makes people more angry at leadership not less - Feudal leaders know this & keep people poor to prevent this
What voting pattern?
I don't know why we keep analysing rigged results in Nigeria - If someone uses TIPEX to cancel results and writes what he wants, the data won't tell you anything
Rephrase to "What Yakubu is telling us" then it can make sense
Their electoral umpire is an overt fraudster & they are asking why young people are turning to fraud
The one thing i hate in Nigeria is the culture of absolving leadership of responsibility
The highest office in the land is gotten through open fraud but you're speaking English
This
#LostSince2015
space is still on 10hrs later? - Ten hours
It's really been hell - People really need catharsis and some form of closure
I pray for healing for people - and strength to do what they have resolved to do
"You can't prosper in a country that you curse all the time"
So the govt will collect my taxes then tell me "because you cursed Nigeria, i will not provide good governance" & you, a fellow taxpayer, support it?
Some of you are not trying to be stupid - You're the real deal
There is a reason APC members pushing this anti-Igbo narrative make sure to mention "Yoruba"
They want the victims in their anger to lash out at Yoruba people & not at the APC - The APC is has eaten the meal & is sending the bill to the whole Yoruba tribe so APC goes scot free
Let me make myself abundantly clear: the views I express on Twitter are my personal views. I don't owe anyone any apology for addressing the existential threats of our people. I am after all, first of all a Yoruba, before being a Nigerian.
Nobody has spent every waking moment the last few months telling Sowore he won't get votes
In his case, it is known he actually won't get but they're not bothering to tell him
So ask yourself, why are they trying so hard to convince you everyday?
You have no business listening to people you are more knowledgeable than
Everything they have said about Obi has turned out to be utter nonsense - Everything you said about Obi has happened & you made it happen
They should be the ones listening to you - Ignore them & push
NOI, Omobola, Oteh, Aganaga, Adesina all maintained professionalism, refused to associate with thugs & their acolytes - They got viciously attacked by the establishment but today, all flying high, internationally respected
Some forgot themselves & joined forces with miscreants
My bank just sent an email that majority of their branches will now be closing 3pm
They gave no reason but my guess is those diesel prices are hitting hard...
For context, the grant in question was N10m - Not loan, grant
I mean yes, GEJ's govt was giving Nigerians/youths N10million to start or expand their business & they didn't have to pay it back
And you didn't need to know anybody or bribe anyone
But, "he's weak, vote in tyrants"
Randomly remember stories of people wey collect Youwin grant come vote against the admin wey give them such grants. You carry hand vote against your own interest. Wonderful
In which the govt is publicly displaying that it has zero diplomatic clout or respect from any country & has resorted to presenting activism as diplomacy
This is what happens when offices are handed out as political favours & the professionals have been kicked out
A clown show
The Egyptian border still not opened for our students, but the Nigeria Airforce is ready, the NAF C 130 landed in Aswan Airport, and they say “We will not leave without our students
Thank you
@NigAirForce
Nigeria
No one cared about Argentina's dysfunction until a reformer came along
Now they want to criticise all he does & raise the bar until people start thinking his performance is below par - once they replace him with a fool, everyone ignores Argentina again
This was 2013 Nigeria
This is nonsense
If Africans agree that a film made by foreign businesses for profit depicting a fictional superhero is what carries our hope as a species, then maybe we are actually inferior
We must stop this shallow emotional fixation on trifling things - It is just a film
This is the rubbish i hate about Nigeria
A massive macroeconomic decision is being made on assumptions backed by random anecdotes & "video of 2 bundles" - Same nonsense we did with border closure & SIM ban (Economy tanked, inflation rose & crime increased)
No data just nonsense
An old man will collect taxes of people & steal it publicly, use it to pay thugs to stab them in the face when they want to vote, then complain taxpayers are "not respecting him"
But our problem is "People are saying that our country is the way it actually is, lets fight them"
Interestingly, they believe they can solely use cash inducement & tyranny with zero organic love to win
Notably, these people believe the worst aspects of humanity define people - Namely greed & fear
This means they will do unspeakable things to people if given power
Let me just tell you
No one will ever behave like Jonathan in power again - They saw what you did to him
You have told all future presidents you don't like presidents who come to address you anytime you demand & you dont care about economic growth or fair elections
As you were
A young girl was shot on a train
With her life ebbing, she gathered little strength to tweet "I've been shot. Please pray for me"
The last thing that girl ever saw was APC supporters wishing her death
Today they want to "fight for the people" because they can't buy an election
You look at 50 million youth & all you see is soldiers to be fed with cassava
No scientists, doctors, lawyers, engineers, no Paystacks, entrepreneurs - None of that came to mind to promise the people even as lies
Just poorly fed infantry is the future you see for all your youth
This
Nigerians did their jobs the last election - That's why they had to turn off the IREV on election day, keep people in the dark for 3 days & issue blurred results
It was just direct imposition & little else
One of the Victims of the Attack who was interviewed by the Middle Belt Patriots team yesterday.
We crave your indulgence to listen to their story and understand what these people have had to experience (and are still experiencing)
More videos will be posted shortly!
I look at Nigeria Twitter & all i see is resignation
When we had a better performing, more respectful & reasonable govt, all you saw was anger to fight the govt to the end
Nigerian culture is a cowardly one - They ironically only fight those who don't treat them like animals
Daily reminder that a section of your elite DON'T want progress - Simply because it will make you rich
Your job is not to foolishly join their agents to parrot "They are the same"- Your job is to find the section of your elite who are fine with you getting rich & align with them
But really Fela was right that Nigerians like to suffer
When flights were N7,000, USD was N197, rice was N7,000, industries/jobs were growing and fuel was N87 Nigerians swore things were terrible
Now they are oddly silent & comfortable in the midst of true suffering
Turned off the server on election day, forced unsubmitted results back to collation centers to collate under cover of darkness, ignored widespread mutilations & announced disputed results at 3am
Then send Kaduna APC supporter to ask us "What if you actually lost fair & square?"
People legit came here & gleefully said Igbos will suffer under Buhari because they, & i quote, "Put all their eggs in one basket"
Hard core racism in public with their chest - And here's the thing, they only felt bad because it didn't play out as they'd hoped
Imagine if it did