I don't understand you people. You think you'll be doing a good job and people will hate you just like that? That I'll have electricity, food on my table and cash in my wallet and I will hate you for fun? Please come off this delusion and go do real work
I cannot stress this enough; In a (largely) binary choice such as the current elections have pitched before us, we don't have the luxury of sitting on the fence. We're either for or against. So if you're criticising Obi, you're implicitly in favour of BAT. Simple and short. If you think both are bad, the criticism of either is pointless in an election period; come back after the elections and work to put better people on the ballot.
For me, I'm firmly in support of Obi because he represents a better option than BAT. He's not perfect; I don't need him to be! He just needs to be better than the alternative and that he clearly is.
For one, Mr Obi has addressed the country more often than an actual sitting president who's presiding over a country in serious security and economic crisis. So I don't care for the content of Obi's media appearances; at least I dey see am steady. Whereas I no dey see the person wey suppose be my president.
The alternatives set the standard.
I am retired now, and last year I thought, I would go home and just chill for a couple of months. It was rough. I do go home every now and then, but I'd never stayed this long.
I should have planned the trip better. I have been away for almost 44 years, and my system has been used to a certain planet. Everything about and in me was stressed. Nigeria is a different planet.
I did not attempt to replicate my comfort and lifestyle that I enjoy in the US. I stayed in rough and tumble places. It's hard if you do that. It's tough to think, to function, you are swamped with trying to make it through the day, seeing as you are deprived of what are basic services back in the US.
Light, water, good roads, security, they are luxuries there. I have said this before, in Nigeria, no matter how wealthy you are, you are basically poor. Things need to change in Nigeria, the place needs a hard reset and a Marshall plan to replace the inchoate and decaying infrastructure and services. I stayed the entire two months, I was too lazy to try to change my flight, I would have done so.
Would I go back? Absolutely. This time, I'll simply pay for comfort, I am too old to immerse myself in the drama of incompetence. I'll go back for the spirit and the camaraderie. My friends and relatives were incredibly generous and I did not lack, but I could tell they were struggling to keep up with my spiritual, emotional and physical needs. America had defanged me and I could no longer thrive in Nigeria's jungle. Our leaders and their enabler-intellectuals should be lined up and taught a lesson, if you know what I mean. Disgraceful lot.
Sadly, there is no sugarcoating it, Nigeria is in very bad shape. And I speak from professional experience having worked with municipal government in the US for decades. Any attempt to gloss over the mess that is Nigeria is not merely dishonest, it is cruel.
Nigeria needs a cultural and structural reset, one that this version of "democracy" cannot offer. Nigerians have no idea how badly they are being governed. And you don't have to go to the West to see that. Just go next door, to an African country. It's so sad. The two months I spent there, I lost total respect for our politicians and their enabler-intellectuals. They are all grifters.
This is why people Complain about Harden, it’s one thing going 0-7 in the 4th quarter, but to decide not to attempt at all is why people get on his neck, Cavs coach decided to leave the ball in his hand, so he is forced to work
Rewatching Merab vs Yan 2. In all my years of watching UFC, I don’t think I’ve seen a bigger shock. Not knockout or a lucky shot, those ones don’t count. Absolute masterclass domination from start to finish by somebody no one gave a chance.. Best fight in a while