6 years into marriage, and today was the first time a male doctor was going to attend to me. Every doctor in my records had always been female.
When I arrived, the receptionist said, "The only doctor available today is male."
I replied, "That's okay. Give me a minute to speak with my spouse If can proceed."
The smile on the receptionist's face said it all.
For us women who choose the hijab, modesty isn't something we put on when we leave the house and take off when it's inconvenient. It's a way of life. Consulting my husband wasn't about weakness; it was about honoring the role Allah has given him as the head of our home and preserving the values we strive to live by. There is a quiet peace in living by your principles, even in the smallest moments.
I have not issued any statement on this matter. Kindly disregard any post or claim being attributed to me regarding this issue unless it comes directly from my official platforms.
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Hello, Corporate Affairs Commission!
I'm registering a company (NEXT PAGE PROMOTIONS LTD) on the CRP portal and my invoice (RRR: 141495827631) has an unexplained ₦25,000 "Restricted Address" charge added, though I never requested this.
Thank you.
Fwd as received
*Professor Idris Bugaje wrote:*
A strange thing is happening in Nigeria.
A young man spends 20 years climbing the educational ladder.
6 years in primary school.
6 years in secondary school.
4 to 6 years in university.
1 year of NYSC.
By the time he is done, he has invested roughly 6,500 to 7,000 days preparing for life.
Then life arrives and asks a simple question:
“What problem can you solve?”
Silence.
Not because he is unintelligent.
Not because he is lazy.
But because somewhere along the journey, we confused education with certification.
We taught people how to pass exams, not how to create value.
Think about it.
An electrician who never attended university can walk into a building worth N500 million and confidently power every room from the foundation to the penthouse.
A graduate with multiple certificates may stand beside him unable to identify which wire powers the building.
One has credentials.
The other has capability.
The market pays for capability.
That is why reality often delivers a rude mathematical lesson.
If a graduate earns N100,000 monthly, that is N1.2 million annually.
A skilled technician charging N40,000 per job and handling just two jobs weekly earns over N4 million yearly.
Same country.
Different skills.
Different outcomes.
The tragedy is not that one earns more than the other.
The tragedy is that we keep preparing millions of young people for a race that no longer exists.
We celebrate admission lists like victory trophies.
We celebrate graduation photos like guaranteed employment letters.
Then we act surprised when hundreds of applicants compete for one vacancy.
Imagine 1,000 people chasing 10 jobs.
Basic mathematics says 990 people will be disappointed.
No motivational speaker can negotiate with arithmetic.
Yet we continue producing graduates faster than we produce opportunities.
That is like manufacturing keys without building doors.
The painful irony?
The people we once looked down on are increasingly becoming the people we depend on.
When your transformer fails at midnight, you do not call a philosophy graduate.
When your water stops running, you do not search for a political scientist.
When your air conditioner breaks in April heat, theory suddenly becomes less important than technical competence.
The economy has a brutal honesty.
It rewards usefulness more than status.
Nations that understood this long ago built prosperity differently.
They stopped asking only, “How many graduates do we have?”
They started asking, “How many builders, technicians, machinists, coders, welders, mechanics and innovators can we produce?”
There is dignity in intellectual work.
There is dignity in skilled labour.
The mistake is ranking one above the other.
A society that worships certificates while neglecting competence eventually discovers that framed documents cannot build roads, repair machines, wire factories, manufacture products or create wealth.
The future belongs to people who can solve problems.
Whether they learned it in a lecture hall, a workshop, an apprenticeship centre or under a mango tree is secondary.
Because at the end of the day, the market does not award marks.
It awards value.
And value has never asked to see anybody’s certificate before writing the cheque.
May Nigeria win 🇳🇬🇳🇬
Engr Prof IM Bugaje
Executive Secretary,
National Board for Technical Education (NBTE)
APPEAL FOR HELP IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH
Dear Muslim brothers and sisters, and all compassionate individuals, we sincerely appeal for your assistance for the sake of Allah.
The young woman you see in these photos was healthy in the first picture, while the second picture shows her current condition after Allah tested her with a serious illness.
Patient's Name:Hadiza Umar
Age:20 years
She lives in Sabon Gari, Gangaren Dinya, Hardawa, Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
She has been diagnosed with kidney disease, and both of her kidneys have failed.
Her parents and relatives have done everything within their means to seek medical treatment for her, but they have exhausted their financial resources.
Doctors have now requested a payment of ₦750,000 to continue her treatment, but her family cannot afford this amount.
We therefore appeal to everyone who is able, and to anyone who wishes to do good for the sake of Allah, to kindly support her. No donation is too small, and by Allah's permission, your contribution could help save this young woman's life.
DONATION ACCOUNT
Bank: OPay Bank
Account Name:FATI ALI
Account Number:9115643969
For more information or to verify the patient's condition, please contact:
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We pray that Allah rewards everyone who donates with abundant blessings, grants Hadiza Umar complete healing, and eases her hardship.
Please help by sharing this message so it reaches those whom Allah has blessed with the means to assist.
May Allah grant Hadiza Umar a complete recovery and reward everyone who supports her.