Jagunlabi

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[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

Comrade, this sounds like a typical campaign manifesto for a Makama Bida or Jaja Hall chairmanship election. It also sounds like the usual rhetoric of a politician who seeks to keep his followers uninformed.

JAMB, in Nigeria, just like the SAT in the United States and Canada, is a standardized entrance examination for tertiary education. Like the SAT, JAMB does not participate in the admission process of any institution. Its role is simply to assess the readiness of prospective students for higher education through a standardized examination.

From its inception, JAMB's primary responsibility has been to provide candidates' examination scores to tertiary institutions. The institutions, in turn, admit students based on their own admission criteria and subsequently forward the names of successfully admitted candidates to JAMB for matriculation records. At no point in the law or decree establishing JAMB was it given the authority to participate in the selection or admission of students into any institution, whether private, state, or federal.

Mr. Sowore, you went through Nigeria's educational system. You know exactly how it works, so you should also know the implications of what you are putting out. Unless you are suffering from an undiagnosed medical condition, which would be highly unlikely given your age, there is no reasonable excuse for making such a misleading statement.

If there is anything within Nigeria's educational system that deserves to be abolished, it is the catchment area policy. In my view, it is a national tragedy for students from states classified as educationally developed.

Students from these states are often required to score significantly higher marks in JAMB to gain admission into competitive courses, while students from states classified as educationally less developed may gain admission with substantially lower scores. For example, a candidate from an educationally less developed state may score below 200 and still secure admission to study Law at the University of Lagos, whereas an indigene of Lagos or Ogun State who scores just one point below UNILAG's cut off mark for Law may be denied admission and either asked to retake JAMB or redirected to a completely different course such as Philosophy or Anthropology.

This policy effectively punishes students from states whose governments historically invested in education while rewarding the failures of governments in states that neglected educational development. Merit should be the primary basis for admission, not geographical classification.

I was a JAMBITE when you were the ULSU President. I remember the reckless protest you led us into in 1992 against the IBB regime. We were teenagers, naive, and easily influenced. What did we really know? We innocently marched into the path of Mobile Police bullets. To this day, it remains a mystery to me how the bullets missed you, who was at the front, yet killed as many as seven people behind you.

My advice to those who continue to follow you is simple: whenever you call for a protest and they should take your money and remain in the comfort and safety of their home, or watch from a distance as you get tear gassed, arrested, or subjected to whatever treatment law enforcement decides to mete out. There is no reason to risk one's life for someone else's political and financial agenda.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

A shotgun is different from an AK47, shotgun is legalized while AK47 is outlawed.

Hunters across Nigeria including the vigilante groups commonly carry shotguns.

Also, pursuing suspected terrorists or kidnappers is completely different from killing police officers and soldiers.

Furthermore, asking followers to kill government officials and burn down the state with the highest IGR is an act of war against all of us, including the Ibos.

I hope you learn a thing or two from this. We can all come together to solve our common problem of ignorance.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

WAEC and NECO also known as SSCE or GCE, are secondary school certificate examinations. They serve as proof that a student attended and successfully completed secondary school education. JAMB, on the other hand, is an entrance examination, similar to the Common Entrance Examination, used for admission into high school.

If any examination should be abolished, it should be the SSCE (WAEC/NECO). In that case, individual secondary schools would be responsible for awarding their own diplomas or certificates to graduating students instead of relying on centralized examinations like WAEC and NECO.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

@Montero1016 I do not disagree with that at all.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

@DeeOneAyekooto In his usual blackmailing business, disguised as satire, he highlights the elephant in the room: Nigerians involved in drug trafficking crimes in South Africa.

He said, "You're Nigerian. You smell like drugs."

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

@iluispc_perez @EricLDaugh Very

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@sowore Aluta continua, victory uncertain.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

There is a vast, fertile land filled with a wide variety of edible leaves, inhabited by elephants. One day, a clan of hyenas secretly approached some unsuspecting and naive baby elephants, proposing a collaboration aimed at fostering unity and celebrating what they supposedly had in common to help the economy of the jungle.

When the parent elephants discovered these secret meetings between the baby elephants and the hyenas, they warned them, saying:

"Hyenas are among the most disruptive animals in any jungle where they are found. You feed on grass, while they feed on flesh and bones. Whatever relationship they are planning with you is likely to be parasitic, and in the end, you may become the meal."

In this analogy:

The green land represents Yoruba land and culture.

The elephants represent the Yoruba conservatives.

The baby elephants represent you and others like you.

The hyenas represent whoever you believe fits that description.

A word is also enough for the fools.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

I understand your point. You are referring to political strategies that go beyond alliances with the Fulani. However, my view is that, with or without such alliances, Northern Nigeria may be on the verge of becoming increasingly Taliban like within the next five to ten years.

If that were to happen, I believe the Yoruba people could be among the most vulnerable because of the large Muslim populations in states such as Oyo and Kwara.

For this reason, I honestly believe that there may be no lasting political solution to Nigeria's challenges. Much of what Tinubu is doing today could be systematically reversed or jeopardized in the near future.

And eventually Nigeria will be back at its British colonial cage setting.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

A good political idea, but not within this British colonial cage called Nigeria. No matter the alliance, Tinubu will not remain president forever. By 2031, power will most likely swing back to the North, and another Fulani Muslims could become president and attorney general.

The last time a Fulani held those two positions, Sunday Igboho narrowly escaped an attempted state sponsored assassination for confronting Fulani terrorists.

Perhaps we have become too comfortable with Tinubu's presidency within this British colonial entrapment called Nigeria.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

@YOLICOM6 @yorubachic Nigeria remains a British colonial entrapment in which we have found ourselves. Life after Tinubu's presidency may be difficult to imagine, and Yorubas should not become too comfortable with Tinubu's presidency.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

Shame on any Nigerian celebrating South Africa's exit from the World Cup. Instead, we should be ashamed that our own country failed to qualify as one of ten Africa's representatives at the tournament.
If South Africa's efforts to rid their country of drug traffickers and those involved in child and human trafficking have led you to label them as xenophobic, then I will always stand with them.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

@DurkioWiz Whatever it is in this country that has made the Ibos become a tool for every Tom, Dick, and Harry in Nigeria needs to be studied.
Whenever any fool needs a mob against an enemy or opponent, they simply find a way to provoke the Ibos and sway them to their side.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

Anobi Mohammed suffered from undiagnosed and untreated mental illnesses such as psychosis and schizophrenia, and many of the individuals referred to as prophets in the Bible and the Quran may have exhibited similar symptoms. However, people in those times lacked the medical knowledge to recognize or diagnose such conditions, and these individuals were therefore regarded as prophets.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

@seyilaw1 He ignorantly yet eloquently explained the parasitic relationship the Ibos have with the Yorubas.
It was all about the good deeds the Yorubas did for the Ibos, with no mention of anything the Ibos did for the Yorubas.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

@ruffydfire Selling akara is better than almajeri.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

World top 5 notable Olodo uprisings.

- Bill Gates (Microsoft): dropped out of Harvard in 1975 to co-found Microsoft.

-Mark Zuckerberg (Meta): Dropped out of Harvard in 2004 to build Facebook from his dorm room.

- Larry Ellison (Oracle): Dropped out of the University of Illinois to co-found Oracle.

·- Michael Dell (Dell Technologies): Dropped out of the University of Texas at age 19 to sell PCs, founding Dell.

·-Dustin Moskovitz (Asana): Dropped out of Harvard with Zuckerberg to help build Facebook.

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

Dear Waa Sere,

I do not think Yoruba conservatives hate you, dislike you, or oppose your work. Rather, many of them are trying to draw your attention to what they perceive as an underlying concern. There is nothing in your content that directly relates to Ibo culture. Therefore, the fact that you say many people from that community are in your DMs giving glowing reviews should, in my opinion, raise questions for a culturally knowledgeable Yoruba person like yourself.

From my experience, this appears to be part of a broader and coordinated attempt to influence or undermine Yoruba cultural heritage at its very foundation.

You also stated that Yorubas and Ibos do not like each other. I found that statement disappointing, especially coming from someone as culturally informed as you. Until the emergence of Peter Obi as a presidential candidate, there had never been a significant period in Nigerian history when Yorubas, as a people, were known for hating any other ethnic group. Yorubas have historically been more inclined to disagree among themselves than to harbour hostility toward other tribes.

The Yoruba and Ibo confrontations we often see online today are, in the view of many, a reaction to years of perceived denigration of Yorubas by Ibos, a situation that became particularly pronounced during and after the 2023 presidential election.

You know, both culturally and historically, that Yorubas have not been known for hating people because of their ethnic background. Therefore, when you say that Yorubas and Ibos simply hate each other, it can come across either as an oversimplification of a complex reality or as an insensitive reading of the historical context.

For the first time since the creation of Nigeria, many Yorubas are openly and actively responding to what they see as decades of denigration and aggression. You do not have to participate in that conflict, but it is important not to misrepresent or reduce it to mere social media exchanges or "gbas gbos."

On the issue of cultural appropriation, some concerns have also been raised. Certain Ibo writers and commentators have published claims that Ile Ife was originally founded by the Igbo and that Oduduwa was not Yoruba. Similar narratives have been repeated by prominent individuals, including the Obi of Onitsha. Some Ibos beer parlor historians have also argued that the Yoruba language is a corrupted form of Ibo language.

Given these narratives, many Yoruba people see a coordinated attempt to challenge or redefine Yoruba historical and cultural identity. Whether one agrees with that interpretation or not, it helps explain why some people react strongly to issues touching on culture and heritage.

For this reason, when people whose culture has no direct connection to your content show exceptional interest in it, some Yoruba observers may interpret that with caution and suspicion.

Ultimately, if your philosophy is that "the more, the merrier," that is entirely your choice. However, it is worth considering the concerns being raised, as some believe that embracing every audience without discernment could, in the long run, affect the Yoruba people, the culture, your brand, and even your personal credibility.

Through your content, you have established yourself as an ambassador of Yoruba cultural identity. As such, you should always bear in mind that you are likely to become a target for individuals, both within and outside the Yoruba community, who may seek to advance agendas that are not in the best interest of Yoruba culture.

Wàà Sèrè

[Jagunlabi @TJOlaBode]

@Oyoaffairs Èrànkò àtì Èrànkò lòpà 'rà wòn kò lè jònu