Boma Jacks

Believer ✝️ | John’s 💍 | Surgical trainee | Reluctant Nigerian | INFJ | Views are mine, not my employer’s

[Boma Jacks @ebjacks1]

My friends and I are working on a paper, highlighting the barriers to surgical care in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

It will shock anyone who has not practiced in a poor resource setting like Nigeria, what these barriers look like.

[Gavin Ortlund @gavinortlund]

One reason Christianity resonates: it speaks to both head and heart. It tells a meaningful story about the world around us, but also the longings deep within us. It explains both the universe and the human experience within it.

[BIG BEN @benmallum]

So the north that has sharia, how many terrorists have they killed in all the years of terrorism there?

[Boma Jacks @ebjacks1]

Looks like future Mr. President is becoming more assertive🥹🥹

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

What Our Pervasive Insecurity Requires: A Holistic not Reactive Approach.

In a hasty effort to be perceived as attentive and courageous, it is reported that President Bola Tinubu has approved the recruitment of about 1000 forest guards for Oyo State. This is a further demonstration of poor leadership and attending to very serious governance and security issues with a reactive approach. It is the same reactive approach that led to the sudden removal of fuel subsidy and floating of the Naira that has caused irreparable damage to ordinary Nigerians and the economy.

While recruiting more security personnel for Oyo state and the country is important, it should be done in a more organised and well-thought-out manner. Presently, almost all the 36 states in Nigeria are experiencing different forms of insecurity, with Oyo, Plateau, Kwara, Kogi, Borno, Katsina, Anambra, Niger, Imo, and Sokoto being very alarming.

The question, such as the reactive approach of our President, is whether all the states will receive the same approval to recruit 1000 forest guards per state, that is 37, 000 forest guards for the 36 states and Abuja or is the recruitment approval based on the mood of the President? Moreover, with the approval for Oyo, what will happen to the Amotekun Corps that is trying its best to secure South-West Nigeria?. Will they be disbanded in Oyo state?

The pervasive insecurity we currently have is directly related to the failure of our ecosystem, particularly leadership. It is only failure in leadership that can lead to the death of over 10,000 innocent Nigerians since 2023, and Nigeria is ranked among the top-most terror-affected countries in the world.

Addressing our insecurity situation requires a holistic or what can be described as an ecosystem approach. With failure in leadership, there is failure in unifying our dear nation, failure in industrialisation, failure in harnessing our abundant resources in agriculture, minerals, tourism, water, sports and even oil and gas to effectively generate required revenue, growth and particularly jobs for our exponentially growing youth population.

A New and Productive Nigeria will be POssible, and we will be OK! -P0

[Boma Jacks @ebjacks1]

Not all of us were quiet👋🏾. I always knew Tinubu would resort to fraudulent tactics as the thug that he is, yet I was stunned when APC reneged on their word merely weeks after publicly denying all allegations of pushing a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Glaring 🚩from the start.

[ayọ of RCCG @mistarpedro]

the first sign of trouble was keeping quiet when the muslim-muslim ticket was pushed.

[Thand @ThandiMaler]

Sharia would have made its own argument if the states that initiated and first institutionalized it were now doing better in every aspect of life than every other state.

Instead they’re Afghanistan level shit.

Sharia and communism are two evil twins. Socialism being a sibling

[𖧧 @mothintoflames]

i think it’s beautiful what you loved doing at 6 finds you again at 28

[SEYE. @toluwaniyi_]

some innocent children have been thrown into a lifetime’s worth of trauma. don’t forget.

[Kerry Baldwin 🤍🖤🕊 @MereLiberty]

The highest calling of women is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. And that does not necessitate marriage and children.

[Oluwaseun @officialtelz]

Nigerian elites are so cheap

Elites that you can buy their conscience with cars and money are the poorest form of elites

[Neto @docneto]

I feel sorry for Obi sometimes. Nigeria's are so browbeaten with dysfunction that doing things the appropriate way in a democracy is seen as weak ess and political naivety. When Obi wins, we will need a cultural overhaul. No better man than one who leads by example. Nigeria is Ok

[You Must Hate APC @ebereobua]

Look at how they’re castigating Makinde
But nobody is bothering Zulum about the rescue of the 42 schoolchildren that were abducted in his state
Okay

[Izu_ManaMana @NwagbaraIzuchuk]

If it was Christian militias going about killing, raping, beheading, kidnapping, specifically targeting non-Christians whilst demanding the application of a special Christian law, the so called 'moderate Muslims' keeping quiet now would be screaming at the top of their lungs.

[Olóyè. @Ol0ye]

The Nigerian security architecture is incredibly competent when they are protecting their political friends and cash cows.

They are only incompetent when it's time to protect the citizens of the country.

We must vote for a government that works for everyone.

Vote NDC.

[Mrs. O 🌸 @Akustics]

I have noticed that a lot of Christians are uncomfortable with how positively Paul speaks about remaining unmarried.

[Hans Fiene 🦬 @HansFiene]

Some of the anger I saw from pro-lifers responding to my tweets was essentially, "how dare you insinuate that pro-life people would abort a child with Down Syndrome!"

Guys, I've been in the care of souls business for 18 years now. And when you're in the care of souls business, something you see often is people who have been lifelong, devout Christians completely bail on the faith the SECOND holding to it requires them to suffer.

People who have spent decades faithfully coming to worship will leave forever the second their kids come out to them and tell them they have to choose between holding to the Bible and having a relationship with their kids. People who have always upheld what the church teaches about cohabitation immediately reject it the second their kids start shacking up.

People who lament the evils of divorce will get divorced the second they think they can come out of the situation better off, and they will give you every rationalization for why the words of Jesus don't apply to them. Ask your pastors about this. Dudes will leave their congregations, go to another down the street to another congregation with their mistress on their arm and act like nothing happened, utterly convinced that God supports them in doing so.

People who have thanked you for preaching against the idolatrous nature of youth sports that keeps kids out of church on Sundays will immediately embrace the idol when their kids have the opportunity to join a travel team. And so on.

And yes, when people who have boldly and faithfully stood against the evils of abortion find themselves carrying an unwanted child? They will often employ the very same vile rationalizations that they have condemned fifty trillion times before.

Do people who identify as pro-life have fewer abortion than pro-choicers? Of course. But with love and respect, you are absolutely clueless if you think that a notable percentage of women having abortion weren't pro-life identifying ladies until the moment their desire for abortion overpowered their faith and convinctions.

And, more to the point, if you are offended by this assertion because you know would never in a million billion years ever do this, you are clueless to the power of the sinful nature that lurks within you. If you think you would stand where they fell because you are more pious, more devout, more devoted, etc...well, pride comes before destruction.

[sc @sxdiqcarter_]

Back on Nairaland, there was a thread where farmers posted before and after pictures of their farms after they had been destroyed by Fulani herdsmen. Thriving farms brought to ruins. No arrests, no justice, nothing . Some of the farmers that tried to stop their farms from being destroyed were attacked and injured.
Go and tell those ones "not all herdsmen" now.

[Olamide . @olamide_adee]

I find it weird when Nigerians are asking ‘why schools’ do you not know the literal meaning of ‘BOKO HARAM’??

[Boma Jacks @ebjacks1]

It’s the dishonesty that gets to me every single time. Was Deborah a Muslim? Why did “blasphemy” laws apply to her? Why was she brutally murdered? Why was her death justified and celebrated by extremists and moderates alike?
Get off the road with the lies, please.

[Beet-Kon @beet_kon]

It baffles me how non-Muslims are against sharia

Who told you sharia is for you 😂

[sc @sxdiqcarter_]

Yeah sure , cos Benue & kogi people welcomed them with open hands .

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

The abduction of the Chibok girls in 2014 triggered a global movement. One school abduction was enough to unite Nigerians, attract international attention, and place enormous pressure on the government through the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.

Yet, what has happened since then should trouble every Nigerian.

Under President Buhari's eight years in office, Nigeria witnessed about ten school abductions. Under President Tinubu's administration, in just three years, we have already recorded over ten school abductions.

Despite these repeated tragedies, there has been neither sustained national outrage nor significant international attention comparable to what followed Chibok.

This raises an important question: have we become so accustomed to insecurity that what once shocked our national conscience is now treated as normal?

At a time when millions of Nigerians are grappling with insecurity, poverty, and hardship, it is deeply troubling that those in power appear more focused on political calculations and preparations for the next election than on addressing the urgent challenges confronting our people.

It is, therefore, no surprise that some observers have labelled us a "Now Disgraced Nation". While we do not agree with any attempt to define our great country by its present difficulties, we must acknowledge that persistent insecurity, economic hardship, and leadership failure have damaged our reputation and standing among nations.

The answer is not denial, propaganda, or political distraction. The answer is leadership that is competent, compassionate, accountable, and genuinely committed to the welfare and security of the Nigerian people.

The Nigerian youth must not become indifferent. We must all refuse to normalise failure.

Young Nigerians - Take back your country!

A New Nigeria is Possible. -PO