Kemi👑

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[OurFaveOnlineDoc 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 @OurFavOnlineDoc]

It’s 42days since Oyo children were taken.
It’s 42days since Oyo children were taken.
It’s 42days since Oyo children were taken.
It’s 42days since Oyo children were taken.
It’s 42days since Oyo children were taken.

Pls keep speaking up.
Pls share for the world to see this.
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[Yehgha @yaygha]

Nigeria, man. There's no escaping the rot, insecurity and dysfunction, no matter how rich you get.

1. Buy an SUV because the roads are bad, and you become a prime target for kidnapping, extortion, and inflated prices

2. Live in an estate for quiet and security but the moment you drive out the gate, you're back in the same poverty, crime, chaos and insecurity everyone else suffers. Your safety exists only within the walls of your expensive prison

3. Spend millions on solar so you don't have to suffer generator noise but your neighbours still use generators. You stop hearing yours, not theirs.

4. Make money and the women will come but the women who come are poor. You work hard to escape poverty, only to give your money to women who are hoping to escape their own poverty by 'working' you

5. Buy Starlink to escape MTN and Airtel, and now the whole compound wants your password.

"But it's unlimited now?"

Decline and you're a bad neighbour

The tragedy of trying to buy your way out systemic dysfunction is that you never truly solve the underlying problem. You just spend money trying to insulate yourself from it, and in that process, create new problems for yourself.

But you interprete it as progress because you no longer have the exact same probems as the next Nigerian.
Because progress here is less about better roads, reliable power and security for all.

Progress here is more about owning an SUV while everyone else dodges potholes in their Camry, having steady power and uninterrupted airconditioning whilst everyone else sweats through the heat, and living behind the 'security' of estate gates while everyone else lives with insecurity.

It is that contrast that gives me fulfilment. It is what makes you stand out, and provides both of us something to brag about. So the benchmark is not whether the system works; It is whether I am better than others in a system that does not work.

And I say "I", because I, also find myself thinking that way sometimes.

I also want to brag about paying 8 million for rent, rather than demand afforable housing for all or protest against the fraud of agents and the greed of landlords.

Afterall, I am also a product of the system.

As a result, most of what I, and by extension, Nigerians broadly speaking, consider progress, is a maladaptation to systemic failure.

It is, to condense it, progress measured against dysfunction, rather than freedom from it.

And 'Maladaptation' because the actions we have adapted to help us cope with the dysfunction, ultimately does more harm than good.

So for example, rather than protest insecurity, bad roads or unreliable power, we maladapt by travelling by air, buying SUVs and installing solar.

We spend money to work around failing institutions while the institutions themselves continue to decay.

But the problem with our "I better pass my neighbour' cope is that it will eventually reach its limit. Because as the rot and decay deepens and spreads, even our workarounds will fail, our estates will no longer keep the criminals and the abokis that surround us out (Abuja residents beware), the kidnappers will come to our doorsteps, like they're doing in Ekpoma, and our roads will get so bad even our four-wheelers will no longer be able to handle them, leading to accidents that will land us in hospitals with no doctors and nurses because our best health workers have japa'd.

Checkmate

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@ymnremy @TheRealTemz Yeah, I dislike that shouting.

[MrBanks💰 @Mrbankstips]

Retweet if Who wants to Be a Millionaire, hosted by Frank Edoho and sponsored by MTN inspired you growing up

[Omo Oba @omoobastudios]

THEY ARE STILL IN CAPTIVITY!
THEY ARE STILL IN CAPTIVITY!
THEY ARE STILL IN CAPTIVITY!
THEY ARE STILL IN CAPTIVITY!
THEY ARE STILL IN CAPTIVITY!
THEY ARE STILL IN CAPTIVITY!
THEY ARE STILL IN CAPTIVITY!
THEY ARE STILL IN CAPTIVITY!
THEY ARE STILL IN CAPTIVITY!

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@99billionEuros @_Somtochi Which grounds are you covering if you're playing a low block?

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@drealEjaySwitch @y3naware You mean if Messi had Bruno, Nuno Mendes, vitinha, João neves, Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva, João Felix, Rafael Leao, Ruben Neves, Cancelo, Dalot he'll be retired? You want to tell us that Portugal's squad doesn't have quality compared to Argentina?

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

Recently, my mom was on admission. Everyday, myself, my siblings and my dad were at the hospital. We kept her company till 10pm before we dispersed, with one person staying back overnight.

Everyday, I looked around and saw the entire family and I smiled. It made me realized part of the ressons I hated living abroad. Your love one is sick and all you can do is send money. Meanwhile, your heart is beating fast because you cant see them. There is celebration or random Sunday family gathering and you are the only one missing. The reason I always show up in person for anything is that money cannot fill the place of presence. It is the memories we share that lingers.

Many families can't gather together anymore for celebration or caregiving. The only time some families can gather now is burial, and even burial no dey see complete family again. Nigeria has to work for the next generation. They deserve to gather around with their cousins, nephews, nieces, aunts, uncles, parents, and grandparents on a random Sunday.

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@Destiny247247 @boniface_jrn @_BarnyO Low block is more about positioning than running, that's why if you watch those kind of games it always look slow and boring.

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@paulosa_igbinz @boniface_jrn You dey play straight 3 hours?

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@kayvins @Wizarab10 There's a reason basketball game is 15mins per quarter, you don't see anyone strolling for even 10secs. 15 minutes of high intensity is not child's play

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@aightclips @baska0151 @JoeyMannarino Western influence too

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@PMOTION5 @Dolly25888094 There are criminal South Africans?

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@danielswags @dixkheadxoxo @Mayoveli Which car be asset😒

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@getKennethed22 @FabrizioRomano Chelsea started signing players for outrageous amounts?? Chelsea??

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@Dazzle86557086 @__zuggy @seyedele problem-solving, strategic thinking, reaction time, teamwork, creativity are all essential for navigating life. Do you know some researchers make people play video games to determine their cognitive level? You can't do that with wigs.

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@Dazzle86557086 @__zuggy @seyedele Your family uses whot, mine uses playstation that's fine. Nobody gathers around to try on wigs and have a good time 😏

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@Dazzle86557086 @__zuggy @seyedele I never said that is the primary reason why they buy it, it's an added advantage that comes from playing the game. Video games and books build more life skills than wigs, the gap is too wide ma'am.

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@Dazzle86557086 @__zuggy @seyedele You need a shirt to go out matter how ugly, that isn't really optional, you don't need a wig to step out of your house.

[Kemi👑 @kemi_360]

@Dazzle86557086 @__zuggy @seyedele I mentioned entertainment, source of livelihood, character development, you'll be amazed how many video games actually improve IQ and strategic thinking. A wig cannot benefit your family members, but a playstation can during a family reunion.