Olaitan Balogun

[LEGENDARY J.O.E @LegendaryJoe]

The kidnappers demanded cash ransom - The President refused.

They demanded a prisoner swap - our children for captured terrorists. The President's answer was simple: Never.

Frustrated, they threatened to eliminate the hostages - The President outmaneuvered them by circling their own relatives.

When they ran out of options and attempted to flee, our gallant security forces closed in and ambushed them.

The President did not only recover all our children and their teachers unharmed, he also apprehended the terrorists.

Mr. President - The Master Strategist delivered a 100% rescue formula.

Only one move remains on the chessboard: let justice be swift and uncompromising, these agents of darkness should be hastily dispatched to hell, so our land may breathe with one less pocket of evil.

[Olaitan Balogun @OlaitanB877]

@renoomokri Responsible behaviour is the Hallmark of patriotism

[Olaitan Balogun @OlaitanB877]

@LegendaryJoe Happy birthday to the oracle , the word smith, and the living legend in literatures many Happy returns of the day.

[LEGENDARY J.O.E @LegendaryJoe]

92 Years of Excellence.

Emeritus Scholar - Kongi Wole Soyinka

Nigeria's Only Nobel Laureate

The Continent’s First Nobel Prize Winner in Literature

Africa's Finest Writer of his Age

Proud Yoruba Son

Happy Birthday - the Oracle of Literature...

[LEGENDARY J.O.E @LegendaryJoe]

Happy New Week patriotic citizens of Nigeria...

[LEGENDARY J.O.E @LegendaryJoe]

#OyoKidnap
Our children are back...

Some victories silence the tongue and leave only tears to speak. Today is one of them.

My heart overflows with gratitude.

We say when a child returns home safely, the whole village breathes again. Today, an entire nation exhales.

This is the best news of my week - surpassed only by the day these merchants of sorrow are permanently removed from the path of the innocent.

May this be the last time tears of fear visit any family. May evil meet the end it has long postponed.

May Asiwaju Succeed.
May Nigeria Survive.

Good Evening Severally...

[LEGENDARY J.O.E @LegendaryJoe]

Appears Messi and Argentina may be heading home today.

Meanwhile, the FIFA World Cup remains as prestigious as ever. Messi and Argentina losing does not take away from its grandeur - just as its glory was never diminished when Messi lifted it in 2022.

The value of a crown is not determined by who wears it, but by the weight of the throne itself.

[Olaitan Balogun @OlaitanB877]

@LegendaryJoe In victory gallantry, in defeat humility, apologies to IBB. Idalu ni iselu, egun ma n gba Owo ori ni osogbo. Take where you find it, accept it where it found you. That is peace and accountability

[LEGENDARY J.O.E @LegendaryJoe]

Before Messi's remarkable 6th Balon D'or:

Ronaldo biggest dream was to win the most Golden Ball in football history.

When Messi left him far behind, with 3 more Balon D'or awards, suddenly the award lost its credibility according to 'I am Back' Atorise Ronaldo.

Before Messi's outstanding and historic 2022 World Cup triumph:

The World Cup was Ronaldo's most coveted prize.

There were even dreams of a Portugal–Argentina final, where he would outshine Messi on football's grandest stage.

When that dream dissolved into history, the narrative changed.

When all hope got lost on that fantasy, the World Cup was suddenly reduced to "just a six or seven-match tournament," while the Euros - a continental tournament - was elevated above the pinnacle of the global game.

The fox that cannot reach the grapes is often the first to declare them sour.

In all your becomings - Do not become a sore loser.

But more importantly, where your peers are presenting their achievements, may you not tender excuses.

Be gracious in victory.
Be honourable in defeat.
For sportsmanship is the final trophy that no referee can award - and no rival can take away.

Good Morning Severally...

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[Olaitan Balogun @OlaitanB877]

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[Olaitan Balogun @OlaitanB877]

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[LEGENDARY J.O.E @LegendaryJoe]

ASIWAJU - RESTRUCTURING NIGERIA ONE LAYER AT A TIME.

First of all, "Don't go down low", just flow with me.

How did we get here?

Shall I Begin?

On the 24th of May, 1966, the then Head of State of Nigeria, Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi promulgated the infamous Unification Decree (Decree No. 34 of 1966).

The Decree has remained the most unfortunate constitutional detour in our national odyssey. And I am not counting merely from Independence in 1960, but from the foundational amalgamation of 1914. It stands as the most tragic chapter in our Nation's reform compendium - the day the stream began to flow backward.

Why?

The decree replaced Nigeria's fluid Federal System with a rigid Unitary System.

What it means?

This simply meant that Nigeria ceased to be a true Federation. Powers that traditionally belonged to the regions and sub-nationals were withdrawn and concentrated at the monolithic Centre.

Powers such as:

1. STATE POLICING

The demand for State Policing had always been there since the fall of the 1st Republic but the debate grew into a deafening echo upon our return to Democracy in 1999.

"The current policing structure is incapable of meeting our security needs. State police is inevitable." - Bola Tinubu 2001.

Successive governments ignored, delayed, or were deaf to the request till Bola Tinubu answered himself in 2026, 25 years after - State Policing is finally here.

2. RESOURCE CONTROL/FISCAL FEDERALISM

The yearning for Sub-National Governments to have more control over the resources in their domain, and to hold a fairer share of the National pie, is an old wound that predates the Civil War. It was the core of Ojukwu's argument in Aburi, and it was the prophetic warning corroborated by Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

"True federalism is the only basis for Nigeria's unity and progress." - The Sage Awolowo, 1966.

Every leader since then, military and civilian alike paid no serious attention to this critical demand until Bola Tinubu responded to both Ojukwu and Awolowo 60 years with the definitive stroke of the Tax Reforms Act.

3. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY:

The local governments were stronger in the 1st Republic. politicians preferred the immediate impact of being Councilors and Chairmen to the distant allure of traveling to Lagos or Abuja as Lawmakers, but that culture had since died, leaving the grassroot to suffer.

"Local governments must be truly autonomous if democracy is to reach the grassroots." - Atiku Abubakar, 2002.

Atiku did not answer his own call while he held the reins as VP for 8 years. He had to wait for Asiwaju to deliver the response 23 years later. With the landmark Supreme Court victory, true Local Government Autonomy was secured, and today, the grassroots finally breathes again.

4. ELECTRICITY GENERATION

Lagos State single-handedly championed this energy revolution during its fierce historic dispute with the Federal Government over independent power projects in 2001. The visionary who led that gritty struggle as Governor is the exact same man who has ensured its grand manifestation as President. - Bola Ahmed Tinubu 24 years after.

5. FUEL SUBSIDY REMOVAL

The first major call for the removal of the corruption laden, cancerous fuel subsidy was made in 1986 under the Ibrahim Babangida Structural Adjustment Programme and had been repeated by successive administrations.

"Fuel subsidy is unsustainable and disproportionately benefits the rich." - Ngozi Okonjo Iweala 2012.

Yet, no leader had the stomach to face the entrenched oil cabals; no leader possessed the political will to risk temporary popularity; no leader had the statecraft to place the destiny of the nation above personal ambition, until Asiwaju emerged with the response to a 40 year old question. SUBSIDY IS GONE!

​If you do not see it now, your eyes will open to it eventually. Asiwaju is the REFORMER GENERAL - painstakingly restructuring our Nation, one complex layer at a time... Without Noise too.

Good Afternoon Severally...

[Olaitan Balogun @OlaitanB877]

@Rejoice_inlife @PO_GrassRootM They did not owe you an obligation over his duty

[Olaitan Balogun @OlaitanB877]

@PO_GrassRootM How do you define a thief?

[Olaitan Balogun @OlaitanB877]

@LegendaryJoe How now, Gowon 1966, NYSC 1973, Shagari 1979. Irreconcilable fact. It is Gowon not Shagari that initiated it in 1973. When Shagari was a bit far away from government

[LEGENDARY J.O.E @LegendaryJoe]

LOVE LETTER TO THEE - OH YE EKUKES

When Election again beckons, bear in mind the following, or even put upon the tablets that they may never escape your mind...

1. The Church will not baptize you President.

2. The Mosque will not declare your Shahada into Presidency.

3. Your tribe will not christen you President.

4. The theatrics of pseudo-humility - carrying one bag, flying economy, wearing one singlet, and recycling one boxer - will not deceive everyone into electing you President.

5. Insults, curses, and slander will not bully your way into the Presidency.

6. A mob of arsonists, anarchists, rebels, uncultured irritants, coup-craving bandits, and nattering nitwits will not blackmail the Nation into making you President.
Etc…

To be President, you will need the embrace of all faiths - including the ancestral; the trust of all tribes - including the so-called minorities; and the confidence of all citizens - especially the sane, the strategic, and the sensible, not a litter of underfed ekukes (ill-bred dogs).

Above all, you will need a track record of performance, achievments, and bold leadership, not the childish rhetoric of sending citizens to verify acute barrenness and chronic failure.

Good Afternoon Severally... Awa na lo shi kan...