The leaders of this country today are too old for the challenges of the 21st century.
No matter how hard they try, they cannot truly grasp the realities, technologies, and aspirations required to lift a nation forward.
Since 2015 after the emergence of APC in our national politics, the quality of the conversation we debate has been greatly eroded.
People now discuss subsistence farming as substitute for mechanized farming, Igbo vs Yoruba soups, Akara as poverty alleviation scheme, 10k tradermoni, Fulani herdsmen & sharing of bread and oil. It’s never about progression. We have greatly regressed as a nation.
Destroy the APC before they destroy us.
The woman selling akara is not praying for her kids to take over the business. She wants to give her child an education that helps him compete in this world.
It is one thing to be overtly stupid. It is another to be heartless.
We went from "must you eat rice?" to "must you run all your equipments all the time?" to “apart from Ice block, what do we need 24/7 electricity for?” to “must an airport have 24/7 electricity?” & now to “To start Akara business doesn't take a lot of money”
Take 2027 elections like your life depends on it because your life actually depends on it.
Imagine where military officers are giving terr0rists information. Such country is gone. Tell me any country reintegrating terr0rists into the army/society that would conquer terr0rism.
The reason your mother fried Akara to send you to school is so that you can be a better citizen of the society and have a fighting chance against poverty. She didn't do it for you to come online and defend frying of Akara as economic empowerment. Don't waste her efforts.
Crude prices have fallen below were they were at when we were buying pms for almost 700/l and here we are still buying at 1,360/L e no go better for all of Una o.
Dear @fccpcnigeria, in the middle of a cost of living crisis, can you do something about the collusion between Abuja estate agents who have uniformly pushed agency and legal fees to 20%-25% of annual rent?
A private landlord can charge whatever the market allows. That is their right. But agents coordinating to fix fees at the same arbitrary rate is textbook collusion and it is exactly what your agency exists to stop.
Have you heard what is happening inside Tinubu's Presidency?
Are you even aware that someone is publicly claiming he paid ₦600 million just to be appointed to head a federal agency?
No, this is not a movie.
According to Prince Adeyemi, he paid ₦400 million upfront and was expected to pay another ₦200 million later.
But that's not even the biggest part of the story.
He says the real trouble started when he refused to part with 48 percent of a ₦24 billion take-off grant meant for the agency he was appointed to head.
Now, before anyone jumps to conclusions, these are his allegations. The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has denied any connection with the agency altogether.
And that is exactly where this story becomes unbelievable.
The Chief of Staff says the agency does not exist.
Prince Adeyemi says it does.
Not only that, he says it has over ₦1 billion in the Appropriation Act, over 300 approved staff by the head of service of the federation, and even accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Now tell me...
If the agency does not exist, who inserted its budget into the Appropriation Act?
Who approved over 300 staff?
Who processed the files?
Who opened the accounts?
Or are all these claims completely fabricated?
On the other hand, if the agency truly exists, then why is the Presidency denying its existence?
Can you see why this matter cannot simply be dismissed?
Somebody is not telling Nigerians the truth.
Personally, I am less interested in the drama than in the documents.
Produce the appointment letter.
Produce the budget.
Produce the payroll.
Produce the CBN records.
Produce the evidence of the alleged payments, if they exist.
Let Nigerians see who is lying.
Because if a man can wake up one morning and falsely accuse the Chief of Staff to the President of collecting ₦600 million and demanding a share of ₦24 billion, then that is a national scandal.
And if he is telling the truth...
Then that is an even bigger national scandal.
Either way, this matter deserves much more than a press statement.
Nigerians deserve answers.