Nigerians desperately need to stop this blunder of assuming our governors are stupid, grossly incompetent or somehow lacking in basic brainpower.
The Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, may very well be corrupt, but he is neither incompetent nor stupid for launching this grand theatrical mass wedding featuring 3,000 couples.
To grasp the sheer genius of this scheme, you have to recognise that the budget for this extravaganza dictates the state government pays the mandatory dowry of ₦100,000 for each bride and provides an additional ₦100,000 grant per couple to help them start a small business, a petty trade, a neighborhood kiosk, or a joint venture.
The lion's share of this multi-billion Naira budget is not even handed over as traceable direct cash to the couples.
Instead, it will be miraculously spent on purchasing physical goods such as thousands of wooden beds, oversized wardrobes, thick mattresses, sewing machines, bags of rice, cartons of spaghetti, and flashy wedding attire for the couples.
You must be smoking something highly illegal if you think the supply contracts for these items will be awarded to genuine independent businesses, rather than shady proxy companies indirectly controlled by the state government and the highly placed Hisbah officials.
The logistics racket is where the real premium tears of joy are shed by the politicians. Mattresses and bed frames are incredibly heavy to move and they require rented heavy-duty trucks, expensive loading crews, massive storage warehouses, and armed security escorts.
Also, the couples undergoing medical screening will be housed, extensively fed, tested for HIV, screened for drug abuse, checked for genotype compatibility, transported back and forth, and thoroughly monitored.
Every single one of these line items will be shamelessly inflated, padded to the heavens, and mercilessly added to the final bill that the tax-paying public is forced to cough up.
When you zoom out and do a proper forensic analysis, you quickly realise these people are not intellectually challenged. They are systematically funneling billions of Naira that should have provided the people of Kano with functional hospitals, reliable primary schools, clean drinking water, paved roads, and CCTV cameras for state policing, straight into the deep pockets of government officials to buy private jets and luxury estates in Dubai.
What's even said is that, the very citizens whose futures are being looted into oblivion, instead of demanding a serious investigation, instead of assembling a crack team of accountants to x-ray the accounts where this public money flows, instead of auditing the fake supply invoices, instead of tracking the nepotistic subcontracts, they will just run to social media, type out a few angry emojis, and start calling the government stupid, misguided, or retrogressive.
How exactly does your lazy online name-calling help stop this monumental, meticulously planned, and spectacularly executed daylight robbery?
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Everytime I think Nigeria has reached its limit, another tragedy reminds me just how vulnerable ordinary citizens have become.The silence and inaction are deafening. How many more lives must be shattered before decisive action is taken? This is now our daily reality as Nigerians
When I say modern-day dating has become miserable and is more of a humiliation ritual than love, this is what I mean.
Look at her texts and the misery in her life. she tried to put in her best effort and wanted to talk to him, but instead, she became meme material on the internet because he wanted some likes and validation.
Donating projects like this & seeing children of the poor benefitting from your donation is the most fulfilling life experience that no amount of cruising in Lamborghini & Rolls Royce can give you. I will one day execute similar projects in my village.