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[Gedegbe ni eko wa!! @ijambaforiti]

The apparent intellectual laziness creeping into our public discourse is beginning to worry me. I was in a cab just a couple of minutes ago, and unfortunately, I was forced to listen to discussion on a radio station, that I’d vowed to stop listening to, as far back as 2022 @NigeriainfoFM, about a statement credited to the Minister of Works, David Umahi, where he said that the road projects being commissioned across the country would contribute to reducing hunger and insecurity. Rather than analyse the statement from the perspective of the office he occupies, the two OAPs @SheriffQuadry and one other not too intelligent lady immediately descended into mockery, questioning how roads could possibly reduce hunger or insecurity. Predictably, the callers followed suit. Some even argued that the roads would only make it easier for terrorists to kidnap people.

At that point, I honestly wondered whether we still understand how government works. @realdaveumahi is not the Minister of Agriculture. He is not the Minister of Finance. He is not the National Security Adviser. He is the Minister of Works. If you ask the Minister of Works how his ministry contributes to the national objectives of reducing hunger and insecurity, what exactly do you expect him to say? That roads have no impact?

For years, we have heard the argument that farmers cannot access their farms because of bad roads. We have heard that food rots before getting to markets because haulage is difficult. We have heard that transportation costs contribute significantly to the prices consumers eventually pay. Suddenly, the same people are pretending that roads have absolutely nothing to do with food security. Which is it?

The same applies to insecurity. A good road does not eliminate terrorism or banditry overnight. Nobody is making that argument. But does a good road reduce travel time? Yes. Does it improve the mobility of security agencies? Yes. Does it reduce the amount of time commuters are stranded in isolated locations where they become easy targets? Yes. Does it improve access into communities that were previously difficult to reach? Again, yes! So where exactly is the controversy What amused me most was that the discussion never even attempted to understand the Minister’s point before ridiculing it. They interpreted his comments in the most literal way possible, encouraged listeners to do the same, and the result was exactly what you would expect: a phone in programme full of outrage built on a misunderstanding of what was actually said. This is becoming one of the biggest problems with our public conversations. We no longer ask, “What is this person actually saying?” We immediately jump to, “How do I ridicule it?”

I had the same conversation with the cab driver. He insisted the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway was pointless because, according to him, government had abandoned existing roads. I mentioned the ongoing reconstruction of the East-West Road. He flatly denied it. I searched for evidence and showed him that rehabilitation was indeed ongoing in phases. His response? He wasn’t interested because he had watched a video online showing a bad section of the road 🤦🏾 Oh, and btw, he’s ibo, and a soldier!

A person asks for evidence, evidence is presented, and then he refuses to look at it because it doesn’t support the conclusion he had already reached. Isn’t that what you guys call confirmation bias? Opposition should hold government accountable. That is healthy for democracy. But opposition also has a responsibility to be intellectually honest. If every statement by government is automatically interpreted in the worst possible light, and every piece of contrary evidence is dismissed before it is even examined, then we have stopped engaging in public debate. We have simply chosen sides.

[MSBABA2020 @rsalami208]

Islam is a terrible cult. an adult saying he can marry and have sex with a 6year old girl. #fypシ゚viral

[Gedegbe ni eko wa!! @ijambaforiti]

There are disciplinary procedures when it comes to public offices and erring officials. It does not necessarily end up in criminal prosecutions and the procedures are commensurate with the offences. A public official in a revenue generating agency may face disciplinary action that’ll lead to a sack, even if in a suspicious manner.

[Gedegbe ni eko wa!! @ijambaforiti]

@Omonhiyi @yxyiagain Braaaah 🥺

[y4yi @yxyiagain]

me to argentina after messi retired from the national team:

[NTANetwork @NTANewsNow]

NEWS FLASH! MESSI RETIRES FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL Lionel Messi has retired from international football. This followed the announcement of his retirement from international football on Instagram saying it was a decision that "hurt" but he understands "the time has come."

Messi said he has given everything to the national side, but now he has "nothing left to give." Messi 39, captained Argentina to World Cup honour in Qatar in 2022, scored 125 goals in 207 appearances.

[Nopkins @_Nop_kins]

Mehn I had to search her tl, just type “Igbo” on her tl 😂😂

I’m happy to inform you she is a “but” and not one of us

The ibos can have her. Thank you

[Gedegbe ni eko wa!! @ijambaforiti]

@90sfootball Fake wetin? Person lago, you say ba fake shot. If I woze you

[Osas @osazenoo]

The Abuja Train has been running free for years, transporting thousands of people to and from work every day. Yet, you’ll be shocked to hear some of the same beneficiaries ask: “What have we benefited from the government?”

[Gedegbe ni eko wa!! @ijambaforiti]

@Feeztm @adenlevicky Haaaaa!!!

[Gedegbe ni eko wa!! @ijambaforiti]

If eventually it turns out that Tinubu was/is a confidential informant or some kind of cooperating source, the irony will be very swith 🤪. Imagine all the years of noise, speculation and expectation of some grand criminal revelation, only for the files to show that the man may actually have been assisting US law enforcement. 🤣

[Gedegbe ni eko wa!! @ijambaforiti]

@Pathfinder077 @Vince4us Epic

[Pathfinder @Pathfinder077]

@ijambaforiti @Vince4us This is evergreen

[Gedegbe ni eko wa!! @ijambaforiti]

@Vince4us @Pathfinder077 If you had any iota of sense, any atom of brain cells, you’d understand why it is that even the system in itself, does not deem it fit to release the documents. But of course, you’re ibo, you’re obidiot, you’re required to not have any 🤣

[Gedegbe ni eko wa!! @ijambaforiti]

Ekun egbere yi sha ni! Some of you are soooooo inherently dumb, you just can’t comprehend when you’re being taken for a wild goose chase 🤣🤣
God abeg oooo

[Peace Ighodaro💛 @peace_igho]

Why is it so hard for the FBI to just release this man’s drvg record? What exactly are they benefiting from him??

[Gedegbe ni eko wa!! @ijambaforiti]

@SoyFilipopper @Magixlamy_ What did Tinubu inherit? I don’t know if you’re Nigerian, but sopona lo ma pa e

[SENSICUT'07 @Sensicut07]

"EWEDU" as survenier at the party👍 that's to show how were proud of it as a yoruba😂😂❤️

[Gedegbe ni eko wa!! @ijambaforiti]

🤣🤣🤣 why am I not surprised? Ibhoes! Full of shit!!

[St. Anthony💙 @AnekeTony]

@KuroPk @ijambaforiti @egi_nupe You don't mind that educated illiterate and brown eyed bigot. He thinks he can project his unfortunate family life on others. I will proudly pack that oyibo shit than subject myself to a life of servitude to a hugely corrupt drug lord. Just shows how infantile he is.

[Tamaraye Ogori @LaelOgori]

@uche_omah You cannot keep lying about historical facts and always claim to be the good ones,this is why almost every tribe in Nigeria hate you people,you are so insufferable wtf.!