There are two ways to be in this world, one is to be like Alex who has given his life and resource to empowering children and making their greatness known to the world. I met him once and he’s a truly remarkable guy. I have supported in a small capacity and encouraged others to do the same.
The second way is to be a moron like this guy who posits himself as a faux intellectual whose only claim to relevance is making snide comments like this one and forever hoping someone important notices.
One of these people is doing meaningful work and changing lives, the other doesn’t matter.
Be like Alex.
Thank you, Tunde. I truly appreciate the kind words.
The truth is, Nigeria needs many more people solving problems from different angles. You are transforming lives through Chess in Slums. We’re working to transform lives through education. Neither mission competes with the other.
We may not always agree with everyone, but our energy is better spent building than fighting.
If more Nigerians chose to create instead of merely criticize, our country would move much faster.
Let’s keep building. The children are watching.
This is THE MAN OF THE YEAR.
Alex Onyia is vindicated! He is my MVP.
When he defended some of the children in his CBT Testing centers, he knew exactly what he was doing. Those children are on FIRE! Alex could vouch for some of them — because he knew that JAMB & WAEC are a walk in the park.
Next time, when he calls out WAEC or JAMB, listen! Don’t reduce everything to tribe or Miracle centers. He has invested heavily in those children. I won’t forget when he ordered (1000 pieces of low cost — fairly used Lenovo Thinkpad PCs from Germany) in a hurry.
He even promised to order thousands more! He keeps fighting for education. He fought for the students of UNN to have better hostels.
He hosts Math Olympiad & trains teachers & pupils. He single-handedly put education back on the map. His advocacy has become an established powerhouse. Alex is global now!
The Presidency are confused. They don’t know how to congratulate the children for winning 12 Gold medals & 3 silver at the STEM Olympiad in Rome, Italy. Congratulating the children could easily be interpreted as promoting Peter Obi.
The world-class performance of the children is why the government must begin to invest in education & sponsor education tournaments.
Their victory is why tribalism & bigotry must die for Nigeria to rise. Aso Rock would have taken all the glory. All they needed to do was reach out & bankroll the children. Congratulating the Geniuses is easy for Peter Gregory Obi.
After all, education is his strongest suit. 👏👏
I was paired with a man for a game, yet somehow he spent the entire time rooting for his wife… who was on the opposing team. Of course she won. It turned out my brilliance was no match for marital loyalty.
The wait is over.
We have 2 golds: Chimdiebube Onwubiko and Don Anele Munachimso.
We are the best in the world!
Egejurum Onyedikachi’s name was omitted. He should have a gold.
Christians are mandated to wear hijab in Al-Hikma University and nobody protested or took the management to court.
It’s simple, if you can’t abide by their rules then don’t go there.
Why is it that Muslims always stir chaos???
This math teacher, Anthony Iwegbu, walked up to me today to tell me that he is the first in his lineage to have gone abroad. He said that bringing him to Rome, all expenses paid, will change his life forever as a teacher.
At first I didn’t believe it, but I’m happy that his effort as a teacher has made that possible for him.
I really love to see our teachers excel. They have been neglected for so long.
I took the boys and teachers to the Italian Parliament building in Rome, which is equivalent to the National Assembly in Nigeria.
The boys asked why everyone was walking freely and why the police were being so nice to us.
I told them that what you see in Nigerian government offices is Third World behavior.
If you’re leading your people well, nobody will want to kill you.
Tunde Onakoya teaches chess only to the kids from the Southwest, and has taken them abroad. We were happy and celebrated him for doing a great job.
Alex Onyia is pushing for Science and Math Olympiad in the Southeast, and has taken those kids abroad. Alex is now the tribal bigot.
Hypocritical idiots.
Did you know that when Bowen University was founded, a huge number of muslim students were sponsored by one rich Iwo indigene to buy the University's Entrance Forms, and after they secured their admission, they began to agitate for a mosque on campus and hijab for female students, etc
When they were turned down, they began to hold prayers on the school field in defiance
When the school authority protested, they started a riot.
I have never seen Christians going into muslim schools or companies or institutions and demanding that rules must be changed for them
They knew it was a Baptist University, they knew it was a Christian institution, and yet they did all that.
The Inaugural Vice-Chancellor of Bowen University, Professor J. T. Okedara, had to retire early because of the trouble these students gave him
It took the intervention of the Nigeria Baptist Convention and a change of Vice-Chancellor for these students to be rusticated and for peace to be restored.
I was reading the news about International School, Ibadan, and I can see the same spirit of disruption and troublemaking at work.
I have never seen bandits wearing cassocks, carrying Bibles and shouting Hallelujah as they behead people
It is a paradox that people practising a religion can be fomenting trouble without provocation all over the world and still claim that they are a religion of peace.
Indeed, there is a spirit at work in every human being based on the faith they embrace.
Enough time has passed, we have blamed the wife that didn’t give husband lunch and we have blamed the husband who couldn’t create boundaries, but sis to sis, why are you taking lunch for someone’s husband? As in, you wake up very early to cook for man that isn’t yours????