Peregrine Ejembi

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

There’s a silent disaster happening in Nigeria that nobody wants to confront honestly.

We keep shouting about unemployment, bad leadership, low productivity, corruption, poor healthcare, failed institutions and why our country is not working. But many people are avoiding the root cause.

Our education system has been deeply compromised.

A student enters secondary school or university full of dreams, intelligence and potential. Then the system teaches them something dangerous:

“You do not need competence to succeed.”

WAEC malpractice. NECO malpractice. GCE runs. Sorting. Sex for grades. Extortion. Intimidation. Victimization. Handout rackets. “See me after class.” “Talk to your lecturer.” “Settle this course.”

And after 4 or 5 years of surviving that environment, we expect excellence to magically appear.

It won’t.

A country cannot repeatedly reward dishonesty in classrooms and expect integrity in government offices, hospitals, engineering sites, courtrooms and businesses.

This is where many of our unemployable graduates are coming from.

Not because Nigerians are not intelligent.
Not because our youths are lazy.
But because too many people were trained inside a system where merit was murdered.

The painful part is this:

UNN, UNILAG, FUTO, ABU, UI, IMSU, ABSU and many others are using largely the same NUC-regulated curriculum.

The difference is standards.

The universities that still command respect are usually the ones with stronger resistance against sorting, extortion and academic fraud.

The ones collapsing in reputation are often the ones where corruption became normalized.

Once a student realizes they can buy an “A” with ₦20,000, or sleep their way through a course, or manipulate results through connections, the motivation to truly learn starts dying slowly.

And when millions of such graduates enter the labor market, the entire country pays the price.

That weak engineer may eventually supervise a bridge.

That poorly trained nurse may handle a patient.

That compromised accountant may manage public funds.

That fake first-class graduate may become a lecturer and reproduce the same cycle again.

This is no longer just an education problem.

It is a national security problem.

Countries become great because they protect competence fiercely.

Singapore did it.
China did it.
Germany did it.
South Korea did it.

You cannot build a first-world country with a third-world attitude towards education integrity.

Nigeria does not have a shortage of talent.
Nigeria has a shortage of systems that protect excellence.

And until we become ruthless about fighting academic corruption, exam malpractice, sorting, sex-for-grades and institutional intimidation, we will continue producing certificates instead of competence.

This fight is bigger than schools.

It is about the future survival of Nigeria itself.

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

If your baby is sick by 2am, you are not supposed to call a man of God

God already gave you the technology to cure your baby

You call an ambulance, the paramedics come, you pray as they examine your baby

The paramedics think your baby needs more care, they transport you and baby in a modern ambulance to the pediatric ward, in the ambulance, you pray as you ride

Your baby is admitted, your bill is covered by your health insurance, you give a prayer of thanks

The doctor comes in the morning, gives you a diagnosis, gives your drugs, it's subsidized, you pray for continued health

God needs something to bless, as you pray in that ambulance and ward, God has blessing everything

If your baby is sick by 2 am and needs urgent and critical care, and you can only pray, no ambulance, no paramedrics, no hospital, what should God work with? If faith alone cured people, no family would lose a loved one

This ward in this picture, will not cost N80m, which means the cash accountant general is alleged to have stolen can build 1000 of these or 1 in each LGA in 🇳🇬

Selah

[Peregrine Ejembi @Odobi]

@josdisco Hello JED, we have serious power problems in Obi and Oju LGAs of Benue State. It's now 3 days out and 2 hours supply or less. The excuse is that they're rationing power between us and some communities in Otukpo LGA. Those communities always have power. kindly do something pls

[First Doctor @FirstDoctor]

There are more virgins in the world than you can imagine but social media has bullied them into silence.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Education does not consist in filling heads with ideas, but in accompanying and encouraging students on a journey of human and spiritual growth, showing them how friendship with the Risen Jesus enlarges the heart and makes life more human. #GeneralAudience

[Mufti Menk @muftimenk]

Ignore those who talk behind your back. You can’t stop them. What everyone else has to say, think, or feel about how you live your life does not and should not affect your happiness or state of mind. It’s really about them, not you. Realize this before it's too late.

[Mufti Menk @muftimenk]

You cannot control other people. You can’t force them to do what they don’t want to do. The only person you can control is you. So don’t let their behaviour & what they do upset you. Your worrying, obsessing, venting etc, has zero impact on them. It only hurts you.

[Mufti Menk @muftimenk]

Don’t let people who’ve not walked in your shoes tell you how to live your life. Your journey is yours alone, known only to you and the One who made you. Seek your strength from Him. Let people say what they want. Trust your intuition. Trust Him.

[Aisha Yesufu @AishaYesufu]

Until every life in Nigeria matters, no life will matter.

Until we are as outraged when one unknown person in the village is killed as we are when one prominent person is killed we will not truly fight these monsters that have decided to use us to satisfy their killing sprees

[Mufti Menk @muftimenk]

Money is important, for sure. But you don’t have to go crazy over it. The Almighty has written it for you, there is no need for you to lie, cheat, deceive, resort to fraud, abuse the rights of others just to make some extra bucks. Greed doesn’t pay.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

We need to be careful of the mentality that separates priests from laity, considering the first as protagonists and the second as executors, and carry out the Christian mission as one People of God. The entire Church is an evangelizing community. #Prayer #Vocations

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

The abuse of minors is a "psychological murder", it takes away their childhood away. Therefore, the protection of children against sexual exploitation is a duty of every state. Also needed are reporting, prevention and efficacious help for the victims.

[Aproko Doctor Global @aproko_doctor]

Don't get so caught in paying bills and taking care of others that you forget to take care of yourself.

Sometimes, enjoy yourself, na you dey make the money.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Let us pray to the Lord for Nigeria, so that every form of violence might always be avoided, in the constant search of social harmony through the promotion of justice and the common good.

[Airtel Nigeria @AirtelNigeria]

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[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

The root of every spiritual error is believing ourselves to be righteous. To consider ourselves righteous is to leave God, the only righteous one, out in the cold.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

God has no need to be defended by anyone and does not want His name to be used to terrorize people. We call upon everyone to stop using religions to incite hatred, violence, extremism and blind fanaticism. #HumanFraternity

[Peregrine Ejembi @Odobi]

@realDonaldTrump CX

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

The Lord cannot enter into hard or ideological hearts. The Lord enters into hearts that are like His: hearts that are open and compassionate.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

We want to respond to the virus pandemic with the universality of prayer, compassion and tenderness. Let us stay united. I invite all Christians to direct their voices together toward Heaven, reciting the Our Father on Wednesday, 25 March, at noon. #PrayTogether