A message from my heart to the people of Osun. Stay peaceful. Stay united. Come out, vote freely and never allow anyone to intimidate you, Osun belongs to all of us. @AAdeleke_01 4+4🇳🇬👏
“This morning, we received a letter informing us that the Osun State Government's account had been frozen. This action was taken without any court order.” — Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke
For a soldier to abandon his military training and discipline and beg because he is hungry suggests that the soldier isn't the problem, the system is. Yet, as with so many things in Nigeria, instead of addressing the root cause, they chose to arrest him!
“Catholic bishops visited President Tinubu and told him the current reality in the country that many of them don't want to hear. That is what we want from our pastors, imams, and other religious leaders. Nigerians are really suffering.” — Lady reacts
Many Nigerian Youth Can’t Even Think of Marriage Because They Are Jobless — Cardinal Onaiyekan
Cardinal John Onaiyekan has expressed concern over Nigeria’s worsening unemployment crisis, saying many young graduates can no longer think about marriage or building a future because they cannot find jobs.
Speaking during an interview on Frontline, a current affairs programme on Eagle 102.5 FM, Ilese-Ijebu, Ogun State, the Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja reflected on Nigeria’s economic situation following the recent meeting between the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria and President Bola Tinubu.
Onaiyekan said the true measure of any government’s success should be the well-being of its citizens rather than economic indicators such as GDP or reports from international institutions.
He said: “If we admit that the role of government is the welfare of citizens, then it means we are not going to judge the success of our government on the basis of the statistics from GDP, from the World Bank, or whatever. The important thing is, what, how is the life of the Nigerian?”
Describing youth unemployment as one of Nigeria’s biggest challenges, the cleric noted that many university graduates remain jobless despite years of education.
He said: “The terrible thing now is many of our young people that have struggled to finish university are all going around with their degrees. They are unable to get a job. Therefore, they can’t even think of marriage. They can’t think of starting a family. They can’t think of planning their life. That is terrible,” the Cardinal lamented.
He warned that growing frustration among unemployed youths could have serious consequences if not urgently addressed, urging the government to show the political will to govern with honesty, fairness and justice.
He said: “The only thing it takes is a political will to do the right thing, to be honest in how government is run, to be just to everybody, to be fair in this.”
There’s nothing left unsaid. This week alone, we’ve seen videos from across the country that expose the dysfunctionality of Nigeria as a whole. I don’t believe the almajirai seen here, or those at Pellas’ wedding, are products of any state Government’s mass wedding programme or the result of a gateman having four wives. These are symptoms of deeper, long standing systemic failures that cut across the country.
The Sultan of Sokoto told Northerners & Muslims to vote for Tinubu. But the Catholic Bishops visited the President and told Tinubu the truth about the economy & security situation. Whether he accepts it or not. Meanwhile we suffering the most our leaders are promoting Tinubu.
"Any Northerner supporting Tinubu's administration has no difference with an animal.
Look at how Southerners went to the President, looked him in the eye and told him the are not happy.
Imagine how many deaths in the North but Northern leaders are nowhere to be found"