Olusanya Tomi

No Virtue in Absolutism

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

I just published Positioning Nigeria as Africa’s Pharmaceuticals’ Manufacture Hub https://t.co/QjPvuVHUU1

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

Maybe players need to document more. thankfully @docneto documented what we found selling health insurance to the informal market

https://t.co/7mNkWHO0aU

[Chukwuedozie Nwa Charlie @TheCharlesIsidi]

With over 300+ fintechs in Nigeria, our technology ecosystem is still very nascent, we are just not thinking about solving hyperlocal problems that scale.

We are still duplicating existing global models to little success in adoption and growth here.

When we talk about learning context, it seems to go over people’s heads. Why haven’t we built micro insurance for instance, people will say it’s because Nigerians rely on the blood of Jesus, but who has context beyond this from the field? No one.

We can’t keep building on screen sign up experienced for a third world declining nation. And the solutions that will scale here are still the stupid, nothing spectacular ones.

If you even take the early stories of the Silicon Valley stories, you’d realise that there was a grit that it took to create solutions to nagging problems to which solutions didn’t exist earlier.

Are Nigerian innovators willing to take that risk to learn? Or is reading about a global startup and duplicating it locally just easier.

To my earlier example, why aren’t we collecting insurance like Ajo? If it’s too difficult to do, then it will be very defensible. But we simply want a dashboard.

I do not say these as a saint, so bear me with the same whip I’ve used here.

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

😂😂😂😂

[Otiga Jerseys @Otti129]

Ronaldo first half misses 😭😭😭😭😭

All these in just one half 😭

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

😂😂
The guy no well

[Cjay🌎 @AnyanwuMalachy]

Since our new security man resumed work in March, my colleague usually sends him to get her lunch.

She usually sends ₦5,000 to his Opay.

The food she buys doesn't exceed ₦4,000, hence the extra tip is for him.

She has done this everyday since that March.

On Tuesday, as she sent him as usual, she later called him on phone to add Tigernut which is sold for ₦1,700 without sending any extra money.

Only for our security guy to call her, and asked for the extra ₦700.

My colleague didn't pay attention to him, because she was busy at work.

Only for our security guy to come back to the office to ask for the extra ₦700 without even buying the food.

Angrily, she asked him to send back her ₦5,000 that she wasn't interested in the food again.

Now our security guy went and told HR that since this week, that my colleague totally snubs his greetings, and it is making him so uncomfortable.

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

Haba 😂😂😂😂😂

[Ibrahim Suleiman @edomaloybwg]

Captains kissing shiny things at the end of the season.

Tradition.

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

Answer is so obvious 😂😂

[Arsenal Chizzy @ArsenalChizzy_]

Arsenal fans, be honest…

Would you rather:
😎 Dominate the final and win 4-0 comfortably

OR
😱 Win it with a 90+7’ last-minute winner that sends the whole fanbase into cardiac arrest? 😂🔥

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

Should be 72

[Beyza @hicasamadim]

bunu çözersen, IQ seviyen ortalamanın üstündedir.

çözebilir misin?

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

Words on Marble😂😂

[OurFaveOnlineDoc 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 @OurFavOnlineDoc]

“I think that, for democracy to flourish, only people who can accept the pain of rigging - sorry, defeat - should participate in an election.”

Happy new year to you, Dear Rotimi Amaechi.

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

@Rx_Ollie 😂😂

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

And the 2027 EPL too😂

[Amina 25/26 🏆 @__amina__x]

I lied . I want the UCL as well

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

Bible brothers bagging baddies😀

[HEISABIA @abia_benjamin]

🚨🎙️BUKAYO SAKA’s girlfriend, in an interview:

"After the Premiere League , saka came home very drunk. I had to treat him like a baby because he wouldn't stop celebrating the title. So I told him I loved him to calm him down. Then he replied,
'I love you too, Mikel.'

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

It was always written❤️

[Premier League @premierleague]

Victory Through Harmony, it was always written.

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

@dglasses_girl 💯 I think series allow me connect overtime with the characters..

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

Sweet video compilations everywhere

Netflix fc coming through😁

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

Wetin be this😂😂😂😂

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

😂😂
The assumption is that village people have planned some evil in front that needs to be everted

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

"Destiny Changer" is a very funny gospel song.

You don't even know what your destiny is, you're asking God that gave you destiny, to change it.

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

@TheRealShegz @Arsenal @airwallex 😂😂
E reach to beg

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

Maths keep giving these guys an inaccurate sense of the value of their brand.

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

Business people that do the maths well will see that most of the "big influencer" promotion does not offer enough value for the charge.

You charge me 15m but what is the conversion rate and how much is my profit on each sale??

Those that don't do

[𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐲𝐆𝐑𝐍 @AsakyGRN]

“The price Nigerian influencers charge for content isn’t sustainable. Imagine wanting to patronize Sydney Talker and he tells you to pay ₦20 million for just one video. Shank tells me ₦12 million. I paid Ola of Lagos since last year till now and he still hasn’t fulfilled his contract; he’s still owing me six videos. Carter Efe is also still owing me three videos.”

— Fekomi states the reason he stopped using Nigerian influencers to promote his products.

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

So spot on💯💯💯

[dele osunmakinde @deleosunmakinde]

Dear senior Pastor,

Perhaps one of the conversations the Church must begin to have with sincerity, wisdom, and maturity is the human and pastoral side of modern church branching systems.

Again, this is not an attack on multi site ministry, apostolic networks, or expanding churches. Church planting is beautiful. Expansion is necessary. The Gospel must spread. But as we grow, we must continually ask whether our structures are helping to build healthy local churches and healthy local leadership.

Because many local pastors today are carrying silent tensions that few people speak about openly.

One of the most unsettling realities emerging in some systems is the growing culture where members see themselves as loyal primarily to a distant central figure while treating their local pastor merely as a branch manager.

This creates a difficult pastoral environment.
Because a local pastor is expected to pray, teach, counsel, disciple, visit homes, resolve conflicts, bury the dead, dedicate children, officiate weddings, lead workers, oversee administration, handle crises, and carry the emotional burden of the congregation daily…

Yet in the minds of some members, the “real pastor” is still somewhere else.
This creates a dangerous emotional and pastoral contradiction.
Because practically speaking, one pastor cannot truly pastor two churches in two different cities simultaneously.

Administration can be centralized. Doctrine can be unified. Vision can be shared. But shepherding is deeply local.

A pastor must know the people. A pastor must discern the atmosphere of the church. A pastor must respond to local realities. A pastor must be present within the life of the congregation.
And a church cannot meaningfully be shepherded by two competing centres of pastoral loyalty at the same time.

The people become confused relationally. The local pastor becomes weakened functionally. And tension quietly develops beneath the surface.
This is why many local pastors today are emotionally exhausted.

Some are expected to carry the full burden of a church locally while lacking the authority to lead meaningfully. Some cannot make even simple pastoral or administrative decisions without escalation to a central office. Some constantly battle comparison because members evaluate every sermon, decision, or leadership style against a distant central personality. Some feel pressure to reproduce another man’s exact tone, gestures, communication style, and ministry personality instead of developing authentically within their own grace and context.

And in some churches, members themselves become conflicted.
They attend one church physically but emotionally belong somewhere else. They receive pastoral care locally but resist local accountability. They seek counsel from distant voices while the local pastor carries the responsibility of holding the church together practically.

Over time this creates strain for everyone involved.
The New Testament pattern appears much healthier and more balanced.

Paul raised Timothy for Ephesus. Titus was entrusted with Crete. Elders were appointed city by city.
Paul the Apostle
Timothy
Titus
Ephesus
Crete
Even the Lord Jesus addressed seven churches individually according to their conditions, strengths, weaknesses, and realities.

Book of Revelation
Ephesus was not Smyrna. Pergamos was not Thyatira. Philadelphia was not Laodicea.
Smyrna
Pergamon
Thyatira
Philadelphia
Laodicea
Different churches required different pastoral emphases while remaining grounded in the same Christ and the same apostolic truth.

This does not remove apostolic relationships, shared doctrine, or broader ministry vision. Those things matter deeply. There is beauty in family, accountability, alignment, and collective mission.
But healthy unity must also leave room for healthy local stewardship, pastoral dignity, leadership trust, and mature decentralization.

A branch is not merely another viewing centre. It is a local church.

[Olusanya Tomi @Rotimitweets]

Win any two and it's still a good season🤔

[Tosin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇵🇹 @tosin_1109]

My mental health for the whole year depends on these 3 games.