@DingoleD@ma1ybe Or the option, as she did, correct it so that the wrong input isn't the only thing he has and he doesn't grow to be an adult thinking it's appropriate to make comments like that about someone else?
I'm sorry; I still have something to say on this matter. Please, bear with me.
Why do people expect virtue from the poor that the rich lack? Why do we expect restraint from the poor and illiterate that the rich and educated cannot afford?
We've seen rich and educated people throw chairs in the House, we've seen them beat each other up, we've seen them climb the fence and riot, we've seen them kidnap the Mace, we've seen the rich steal like mindless zombies...
All our INEC heads for decades have been professors. Were they incorruptible? Did we not see Honourable Judges suddenly become unable to understand "...and 25 percent in the FCT"?
If learned men with foreign university degrees, who don't have to worry about money or food, still get paid to rig elections, why are we witch-hunting the poor who are getting paid in food and measly stipends?
Don't blame the poor or the illiterate. Blame the system that weaponised disadvantage and greed to its pernicious gain.
Final questions:
If the poor didn't collect Semo and Indomie, do you guarantee that the elections would not be rigged?
Who do you think is more influential in the scheme of rigging: the educated and rich who get luxurious houses and billions, or the illiterate poor who get Semo and Indomie?
This evil system is scapegoating the poor, but they're not the accessories; they are the victims.
Withdraw your sympathies from the corrupt rich people first.
@alaraofara@TalkswithAkwa Words of hope mean absolutely nothing to the girl in this situation. The kindness she received will teach her that she is also deserving of kindness. No matter what her 'boss' does to her after, that knowledge will remain with her.
@waleonaola@Nifemi_Olu Do you not buy fabric in Nigeria? Or building materials? You absolutely use imperial units in Nig. Also, everything in our lives is understood by measurement. Engineering has nothing to do with it. Do you not describe distance to others? Or volume of food?
โ2 Weeks Suspension for Saying 'Do Your Worst, Prefect' (FGC Warri, 1976)
P.M.B. No. 1014
Telegrams FEDCOL
Telephone 381
Ref. No. P90W.1/S.2360/12
Date. 24th November, 1976
Alhaji Abdul Kano,
House No. 328,
Gama, Gwagwarwa,
Brigade, Kano,
Kano.
Dear Alhaji Abdul,
I regret to inform you that your son, Tahiru Abdu, has been suspended from the college for 3 weeks for insubordinately and wilfully defying the authority of a School Prefect.
Yesterday, 23rd November, he changed places at his table in the Dining Hall with a Form I boy without the permission of his Table Captain. Prefect Sule Adesoh ordered him to resume his proper place. Tahiru refused. The Prefect ordered him to stand on his seat as a punishment. Tahiru refused again. The Prefect then walked to the High Table and, using the microphone, ordered Tahiru again to stand on his seat. Tahiru refused for the third time and told the Prefect that the worst that could be done to him was 2 weeks suspension.
I must warn you that I shall recommend Tahiru for expulsion if he repeats this offence. For this offence he is suspended for the remainder of the Term and may return for the beginning of next term on Friday, 7th January, 1977.
Yours faithfully,
(F. R. Davis)
Principal,
Federal Government College, Warri.
PHD/FIO
FGC Warri discipline in 1976 was no joke.
Tahiru actually told the Prefect "the worst you can do is 2 weeks" and got 3 weeks plus warning for expulsion.
@UfotImaobong@OchukoThelma@Quo_Riri@wahalaMann Interesting. I suppose it would depend on who is reviewing said applications. Did you then have to provide extra documentation to prove a relationship?
@UfotImaobong@OchukoThelma@Quo_Riri@wahalaMann Done all of these. Never had an issue with the mum having a different surname. I don't know anybody who has had an issue because of that either.