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Yesterday, a senior management official at @UBAGroup reached out to me regarding my views on the treatment of the young woman in UBA’s Graduate Management Accelerated Programme (GMAP) who addressed @TonyOElumelu by his first name.
I made it clear that, in my view, this was not a “culture clash”; it was a class war, a reflection of the deeply entrenched hierarchy and class consciousness that too often determines who is considered entitled to demand deference and who is expected to provide it.
I gave a simple example, if Tony @TonyOElumelu son or daughter addressed the family gateman or driver by his first name, hardly any Nigerian would bat an eyelid.
In fact, many of the same people outraged by this young woman calling him “Tony” would probably expect the gateman or driver to address Elumelu’s children with exaggerated deference. That tells you immediately that this argument is not really about “African culture” or respect. It is about class, status, wealth and power, about who society permits to speak casually to whom.
More importantly, I specifically requested that, given the enormous public opprobrium, ridicule, and attacks this young woman has been subjected to, UBA must immediately provide her with appropriate psychosocial support.
Whatever anyone thinks about how she addressed @TonyOElumelu, no young employee or trainee should be left alone to absorb the psychological consequences of suddenly becoming the target of a massive public controversy.
She should not be sacrificed on the altar of corporate hierarchy or social-media outrage. Her dignity, welfare and mental well-being must come first. Let the poor breathe!
The land recovered by ICPC is large enough to cover about 39 standard football pitches.
Instead of remaining tied to an alleged fraud, it is now being returned to its original purpose.
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I lost my spark, and my wife suffered for it. And then I became an obsessive dad. I gave everything in me to my son. I was a proper stay-at-home dad.
I became an excellent father but a woeful husband.After a while, she said, “I can’t find the man I married anymore.” I told her, “I don’t know what it’d take for me to heal and bring myself back.
If you want to wait for me, I’d appreciate it. And if you can’t, I would understand.”
She said she couldn’t, so we shook hands and parted as friends. — Jim Iyke on his failed marriage
UPDATE: One of the Amotekun personnel (Paul), who got injured during the rescue attempt of the kidnapped victims in Oriire LGA,Oyo State, which the criminals used a dynamite made explosive to thwart the attempt.
Just to know that he and many others do not have appointment letters, confirmation letters, valid HMO, Pension scheme, and other important things a civil servant gets as a staff of the govt.