The next wave of Japa will shake the health sector to its foundation.
I knew we were in trouble when I saw an unmarried Hausa lady, born and bred in the North, in her 20s, Japa.
Whenever I went to Nigeria (until last year), I stayed in hotels. Every time, my good friend and Oga would graciously book the hotel for me. He is a respected academic and has both a car and a motorbike. He uses both, but especially the car, for its convenience and safety.
During one of those visits, he came to see me at a hotel, which he recommended and booked for me. The hotel security shouted at him, rudely ordering him to take his bike behind a generator room. He was shocked because just a day earlier, the same security personnel had gleefully greeted him and prayed for him when he arrived in a car.
Again, my younger brother has a small car. I have one too, but mine is a bit more expensive than his. As my driving licence had expired and I was in the process of renewing it, I felt I shouldn’t drive. My brother laughed at me, telling me that even if KAROTA, the police, or road safety officers stopped me, they would not care about my licence. Instead, they would beg for “na goro”, a token. And they proved him right!
I had these recollections after watching the last episode of the Kannywood drama, “Kaddara”, last night. Maimuna’s 4th husband is a spendthrift. He insists on driving an expensive, flashy car to match his new status as the MD of a big company. He argues that if he drove a cheap car, he would not be respected.
Unfortunately, we overvalue material possessions, especially cars, in Nigeria. In Europe, a flashy car does not signal wealth. None of my colleagues, including globally renowned professors, drive expensive cars. Most use bicycles. They usually use a car in winter or for special occasions.
We need to undergo an attitudinal change. We should learn to value people for their worth as human beings, not for wealth, position, or anything else. Allah (SWT) Himself says, “Indeed, We have dignified the children of Adam”.
May we be guided, amin.
Muhsin
On this, I’m with Mallam Nasiru a hundred and one percent! These monstrous killers live we’ve always maintained should not see the light of the day. There’s no negotiation whatsoever that can ever be done from a position of weakness! Finally, it’s our belief that the day the Government is ready to end this, THEY WILL!!
Finally, Allah ya isa 🤲🏾
Arewa has no media is such a funny way to mask up the stupid misplaced priorities of your people. When Bello Matawalle’s son inlaw cheated, you people had enough voices to make it trend in every corner of the internet for days. But Matawalle as minister of defense has never trended on Arewa media for his failure to tackle the constant daily killings of Northerners under his leadership. Even the top voices in Arewa have turned to slaves to the very politicians that failed to protect the North. Arewa’s problem is stupid misplaced priorities centered around marriage, relationship gossips and political almajiri pandemic not lack of media.
First he condemned politics. Then he entered politics. Then he lost in one party. Then he joined the party he tearfully cursed in a qunuut.
This isn’t hypocrisy — this is a JOURNEY of self-discovery.
Subhanallah!
Apparently, Mallam looked at everything he preached, studied it carefully, and said — “nah, that’s not me !”.
I wonder what the multitude standing behind him in that mosque on that day are now thinking….
This is truly inspiring.
We should all celebrate his growth and “awakening(?)”.
Indeed, “may Allah never test our Imaan beyond what we can bear.”
Pantami went on national TV saying he would fight injustice after he was denied the APC ticket, claiming no consensus took place.
Now he has moved to the PDP and got the aspirants who worked hard for the party dumped just for his own interest.
Wannan shine adalci 😂
But why is Pantami being assessed differently, and attacked more harshly than even less experienced aspirants? There are people with uninspiring credentials and administrative qualifications running for various public offices, some with histories that are hardly praiseworthy, yet none of them is being subjected to this level of obsessive scrutiny.
Most of his critics have no idea who he is running against. They seem interested only in his takedown. Let us at least pretend that we are comparing him with other aspirants and faulting him based on where he ranks, instead of singling him out for exceptional treatment.
I understand the argument that his clerical activities may not align with his political adventure, especially since politics is often seen as a practice of double-speak and dishonesty. But since he is running for political office, we should assess him as a politician and not as a candidate for the Imamate.