Zainab Mustapha Jaji

CEO SkillTensive Training and Development Company Ltd. #IVLP2018 #Alumni #AWEPNIGERIA #GCSPAlumni #AWEMentor #BizConsulting #Entrepreneur #Farmer

[Mohammed Jammal @whitenigerian]

Kun faya kun, May Allah surprise you with what you had hoped for and considered impossible. 🤲🏻

[JJ. Omojuwa @Omojuwa]

@addazee Made a stop at Nguroje. Met the traditional ruler and his council. I wrote about a part of my trip here https://t.co/w3H4Gxy09m

[Zainab Mustapha Jaji @addazee]

@Omojuwa JJ..this is marvelous. Absolutely wonderful to see our part of the country highlighted like this. Brings back happy memories of visits to Tunga Dam, Nguroje and Gashaka. 👏 👏

[JJ. Omojuwa @Omojuwa]

I spent 10 days on the Mambilla Plateau — a vast, breathtaking landscape that can rival any plain in the world. One of the most beautiful topographies on earth. That experience was worth every moment. Certainly one of Nigeria's best kept secrets, one that ought not to be.

The turbaning ceremony of the inimitable @Abdulrahmanleme as the Madakin Mambilla made the visit historic in its own right. The Making of the Madaki offers a vignette of the man, his essence, and a culture that continues to hold its own in the 21st century.

[𝐖𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐚 @WazirinTaraba]

Residents of Runde Community by CBN Bypass, Jalingo, have been without electricity for over 5 months due to a damaged transformer.

The blackout has increased insecurity and affected students living in the area.

The community is appealing to Shuaibu Isa Lau to kindly interven

[Zainab Mustapha Jaji @addazee]

@Oladipo_Oyebode @aedcelectricity Same story everywhere. @aedcelectricity never keeps its words or to timeliness. Keep us paying for Band A and keep us frustrated with no power..

[Mr. El-Bonga @el_bonga]

Dr. Aisha Ali-Gombe has secured yet another major grant as https://t.co/79HLIlnOoR awarded $1m to the LSU Cybersecurity Clinic under her leadership as Director. This adds to her previous $1.5m cybersecurity research and innovation grant by the NASA in the US. We’re proud of her.

[Nuuman. @NuumanAshaka]

Today marks the Seventh Day of Saleh’s Demise and on Behalf of the Entire Family, I wish to Extend our Appreciation for Support and Prayers during this Difficult Time.
May Allah Forgive Saleh’s Shortcomings and Grant Him Jannah.

[Cerca Africa @mycercaafrica]

We are excited to welcome @addazee Hajiya Zainab Mustapha Jaji, on her appointment as the 3rd Board Chair of Cerca Africa.

We are inspired by your amazing leadership on many platforms and look forward to an awesome future with you at Cerca Africa.

Congratulations, Ma.

[Zainab Mustapha Jaji @addazee]

@NuumanAshaka Allah ya qara wa Baba lafiya, da haquri. Ameen. Allah ya jiqan Saleh da rahama. Allah ya raya mana Jamil. Ameen ya rabbil alameen.

[@UBECnigeria @ubecnigeria]

UBEC MOURNS THE PASSING OF MAL.SALEH SHEHU ASHAKA
@AishaMGarba
@ubecmedia

[JJ. Omojuwa @Omojuwa]

My beautiful Nigerian passport has now been released and is ready for collection. I missed it. But it is good to see it out, getting some air at last.

The article will still be written. Only now, it will not be aimed at a single diplomatic mission. The target is the entire visa processing industry.

There are better ways to do this work. And whatever uninformed TV personalities and their imitators have to say about it, the best practices exist, they are known, and they must be adopted.

cc @NigeriaMFA @BTOofficial @Ojukwu_Bianca @France24 @AbikeDabiri @francediplo_EN @GermanyInAfrica @EmmanuelMacron @officialABAT

[Zainab Mustapha Jaji @addazee]

@NuumanAshaka Ameen ya rabbil alameen. Allahumma magfirlahu, Allahumma tabbitu. Ameen.

[Nuuman. @NuumanAshaka]

Saleh has been laid to Rest.
May Allah Forgive all his Shortcomings and Grant Him Jannah.
Allah sa Mutuwa ta zama Hutu a Gare shi.

[JJ. Omojuwa @Omojuwa]

If you think it is normal for your passport to be held for 8 weeks or more, you would have found comfort in being a slave 500 years ago. In that sense, you were born five centuries too late. I refuse to find comfort in such anomalies and I refuse to have my right to movement so impeded.

In all my public and private engagements with embassies, I have never denied their right to grant or deny me their visa. No country owes me a visa.

That's where that right ends. It does not extend to minuting on my passport after a denial. I challenged an embassy over this in 2015. That was the last time they did such a thing on any Nigerian passport.

That right does not also extend to holding one's passport beyond a certain point. Other Nigerians, for whatever reason, may be comfortable with taking such disrespect, I am incapable of accommodating what I can't take. I am a Nigerian, not a docile sub-human obediently accepting whatever gets thrown at me.

That is why I will be making a proposal for serious embassies, including Nigerian embassies abroad, to adopt a new order for visa processes. It is not even a new order per se, except that it will be unfortunately new for an inordinate number of embassies and high commissions.

PS: I saw a tweet from a CNN reporter about Nigeria charging exorbitant fees for its visas while his own country allows Nigerians easier access, I took up the matter privately with the minister in charge. He promised action on it. I didn't even reply said tweet. So, any such intervention that gets online only does so when offline efforts are deemed to have been exhausted.

Not only do I fight for easier visa processes for Nigerians, I do so for those looking to visit Nigeria. Because I know what it means to navigate these relics of days that have no place in modern times.

[Connected Development [CODE] @Connected_dev]

Connected Development mourns the passing of Saleh Shehu Ashaka @AshakaSaleh, a veteran journalist, trusted partner, and a man who dedicated his life to seeking and speaking the truth.

Saleh dedicated his voice to the voiceless and his pen to justice. He was more than just an associate of CODE; he was part of our story. His integrity, loyalty, and commitment to a better Nigeria will never be forgotten.

To his family, friends, and everyone who knew him: may Allah (SWT) grant him Al-Jannah Firdaus and give you the Sabr to bear this loss. 🤲🏾

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un.

📄 Read our full statement here 👇

[Saleh Shehu ASHAKA @AshakaSaleh]

It is not the length of our journey that matters, but the depth with which we have lived and loved along the way.

[Zainab Mustapha Jaji @addazee]

Inna lillahi wa inna lillahi rajuin. Abban Jamil as I called you. @AshakaSaleh you were an exceptional brother and friend. Always kind and giving of yourself. Allah ya jiqan ka da rahama, ya sa qarshen wahalan kenan. Ameen. Baba and I will miss you so much. @najat_ashaka

[Gimba Kakanda @gimbakakanda]

Even in his illness, @AshakaSaleh remained the life of every space. He looked out for his friends and never allowed anyone to be burdened by his health struggles. It is devastating to learn of his passing today, and I believe his absence will leave a deep vacuum in many social circles, as it will in his family. May Allah forgive his shortcomings, repose his soul, and comfort his loved ones. Ameen.

[Mohammed Jammal @whitenigerian]

Be humble and never think you are better than anyone else. We all leave this world with nothing.