@renoomokri ﴿قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلَانَا ۚ وَعَلَى اللَ��هِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ﴾
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9:51 Say, "Never will we be struck except by what Allah has decreed for us; He is our protector." And upon Allah let the believers rely.
It is easy for us to say populist things like what Reverend Father Mbaka and some Obidients said about Governors, Senators and Representatives earning ₦60,000. The Governor of Benue State is also a Catholic Reverend Father, like Mbaka. Is he paying himself minimum wage? What about Governor Alex Otti? Is he not using long convoys? What about Labour Party Legislators? Has any of them rejected their pay?
Nigeria needs practical solutions. Populist platitudes will not work. We cannot have one minimum wage in a country of 220 million people, with standard of living differences. Food, rent and transportation are less expensive in Birnin Kebbi than in Port Harcourt and Lagos.
The solution is to have multiple minimum wages. The Federal Government can pay above ₦60,000, and each state will pay an amount balanced between what they can afford and what is reasonable for the living costs in their states.
But just making wild statements will lead us nowhere and achieve nothing other than helping the maker trend on social media.
Is it not the same Mbaka that lied that then President Jonathan wanted to kill him and subsequently asked Nigerians to vote for Buhari because he is better than Jonathan?
It ie just that Nigerians have such a short memory.
#TableShaker
A Palestinian woman whose son was killed by a bomb in front of her, said she saw her son in her dream, in Jannah (Paradise). She asked him: “Ya mama. Oh, my beloved son, what happened to you? Are you okay? Did it hurt you?”
The boy said, “I don't know what happened to me, mummy. I was running towards you when you were calling out to me. I was running towards our house. And then suddenly I… I saw myself running in garden. That's it.”
The Mother asked him, “Did you get hurt? Did it hurt you?
“No. I just felt like a big pinch. It pinched me, and then I was running here, in Jannah.”
View the full story here: https://t.co/5bHOg6YLEs
#Palestine #StopBombingGaza #ceasefire #peace
I am extremely excited to be back home and deeply humbled by the warm welcome I received on my return to Abuja today.
Thank you all for your love and support. Our promise to deliver a nation of Renewed Hope for all Nigerians remains in motion.