Rasheed Bisiriyu

Journalist, teacher, mentor and transport/motoring editor, blogger.

[Rasheed Bisiriyu @Rashdom1]

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[Ogbeni @OgbeniAdugbo]

Give this woman a name!

Ex wife of a Senator.
Ex wife of a former governor.
Ex wife of Africa's foremost Monarch; Ooni of Ife
Ex wife of an Arab Prince.
Now the wife of Nigeria's SGF!!!!

[Rasheed Bisiriyu @Rashdom1]

@renoomokri @NuhuRibadu No birthday present for the NSA now.

[Rasheed Bisiriyu @Rashdom1]

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[Rasheed Bisiriyu @Rashdom1]

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What a lawmaker earns in Nigeria is akin to a kidnapper's ransom. I seriously doubt if any meaningful reform can emanate from this current bunch of lawmakers.

[Mahdi Shehu @shehu_mahdi]

Democracy in Nigeria is simply a robbery through the constitution. It is simply mans inhumanity to man. It is simply a dehumanising arrangement and process. It is a cursed system with neither pity and compassion or consideration. JUST LISTEN TO THE VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE BELOW

[Punch Newspapers @MobilePunch]

𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍: 𝐍𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐅�� 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬

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[Reno Omokri @renoomokri]

What is the use of making an unenforceable minimum wage law? More than half of Nigeria's thirty six states are already struggling to pay the current ₦30,000 minimum wage. It does not take a genius to know that if they are forced to pay ₦60,000, the Governors will have to engage in MASSIVE sacking. Only about eight states can fully survive on their own without federal allocations. Nigerians are notorious for not paying taxes. We have tax-to-GDP ratio of less than 10%. Even Ivory Coast has a higher tax-to-GDP ratio than we do. So, where will the states find the extra money for the new minimum wage? From Christ Embassy's school of miracles?

Sadly, we, as Nigerians, can be very emotional. it is just like the current complaint in Southern Nigeria about the sudden rise in the price of pepper. And all we do is complain. Are we aware that if we go to the back of our houses and plant pepper seeds, they will grow, and in ninety days, we will have peppers to harvest and even to sell? No. It is to blame Tinubu. Meanwhile, and please fact-check me: almost 60% of the British population grow at least some of their vegetables at home. The percentage in the U.S. is 55%. But here in Nigeria, as soon as it rains, it is bedroom enjoyment we think of. Yet, we have more fertile land and much more sunshine than Britons or Americans.

Unless we allow the states to individually set their own minimum wages and allow the Federal Government set theirs, whatever new minimum wage we come up with will be defaulted on by more than half the states.

Oya, insult now. As if it is insult that will guarantee that you get paid a fair wage.

#TableShaker

[Forbes @Forbes]

Seven decades after he became addicted to Superman, Gary Prebula’s collection of graphic novels and comics has a permanent home at the University of Pennsylvania library. It took a team effort. https://t.co/MBtSJg1kGj

[Rasheed Bisiriyu @Rashdom1]

@officialSKSM @officialABAT Good job sir. It's commendable. This govt will do well and receive accolades by completing the Sagamu-Benin expressway project and many others. Sagamu to Ore is in a sorry state, riddled with potholes, narrowed, bushy median, some spots are death traps.

[Senator Kashim Shettima @officialSKSM]

VP’s New Residence Fulfills Our Promise To Complete Inherited Projects - President Tinubu

* Says it’s wasteful to abandon projects after spending heavily

President @officialABAT has commissioned the official residence of the Vice President, saying it is in fulfillment of his promises to Nigerians, including completion of inherited projects which is one of the cardinal objectives of his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

Speaking in Abuja on Friday during the commissioning of the Vice President’s official residence, President @officialABAT noted that it was in the government’s best interest as well as that of the public to ensure projects are completed.

The President who was represented at the event by his deputy, Vice President @KashimSM, stated categorically that abandoning projects after spending heavily amounts to a huge waste of the nation’s resources.

His words: “As we commission this state-of-the-art edifice as the official residence of the Vice President, we are fulfilling a longstanding commitment and reaffirming our unwavering dedication to accountability, transparency and efficient utilization of resources for the betterment of our nation.

“I hold a very strong opinion that abandoning projects after substantial expenditure have been incurred is inherently wasteful, and it is in the best interest of the Government and the public to see them through to completion. I therefore, once again, want to express my gratitude to the FCT Administration for taking up the responsibility and feel duty-bound to complete this project to avoid wastage of taxpayers’ money”.

[NIGERIAN RAILWAY CORPORATION @info_NRC]

Hon, Minister of Transportation, Sen Said Ahmed Alkali, officially flags off the commencement of freight train service to and from Dala Inland dry port, Zawachiki, Kano, on Thursday, 06 June 2024

[Rasheed Bisiriyu @Rashdom1]

Review and rejig your marriage regularly just as we periodically appraise our business, life plans and others.

[Albert Nat Hyde @BongoIdeas_]

Before Mr Ibu died:

▪️first wife divorced him & took away his savings
▪️Second wife accused him of sleeping with daughter
▪️Consequently, he suffered diabetes
▪️Had blood clotting & dead blood vessels in leg
▪️His daughter squandered monies meant for his surgery
▪️His wife still asked for iPhone 15 while he was dying
▪️He sold almost all his properties
▪️His leg was eventually amputated
▪️Finally, he dies abandoned with no wife, no properties, no money and no legs

Legacy ruined! Marriage is a loss to every man!

[Rasheed Bisiriyu @Rashdom1]

@jidesanwoolu No nation has taken the IMF/World Bank bitter pills aka conditionalities and survived.
He will only be inviting bigger trouble by being a good boy to these int'l creditors.
This is no time for politics but time to work.

[Rasheed Bisiriyu @Rashdom1]

@jidesanwoolu If FG fails return the dollar/naira exchange rate to about N75/80 as in the 2024 budget benchmark, no palliative will be enough to prevent the coming calamities.
Tinubu should be bold enough to fire bank chiefs sabotaging Nigeria's economy.

[Rasheed Bisiriyu @Rashdom1]

@jidesanwoolu Good. These policy statements Mr Governor just reeled out are products of a thinking govt, no doubt.
But beyond these, the FG headed by Asiwanu Bola Tinubu has to arrest immediately the naira slide. 200/$ exchange rate is not acceptable and cannot work.