@UtomiPat Prof, Nigeria didn’t start in 2023…
Norway is funding all these with their sovereign wealth fund
Established 1990
Valuation today $2.3trn
Average annual returns between 7-10%
NELFUND is a start for Nigeria 🇳🇬 ✌🏾
Gèlè is Gèlè. Names are how a culture keeps credit for what it made. Lose the name, and in one generation nobody remembers where it came from. #GeleIsGele
Perhaps I missed it, but I have not seen NAPTIP's position on @fisayosoyombo's revealing series on human trafficking along the Niger-Libya corridor. This is a regional menace, yes, but Nigeria is not without options.
I cannot remember ever being grateful for a bed until the night I read that piece. It was the last thing on my mind before I slept. Just the gift of a bed space. And that is not even the most inhumane part of what he went through.
Rape. Murder. Kidnapping. Slavery. These are some of the crimes buried in this story. Criminals are stealing our citizens in broad daylight, and oftentimes with the victims' consent. Because they are promised heaven, before being handed hell!
This is a crisis.
‘God Save Me’.
That was the graffiti (pictured below) imprinted on a car by an unknown African migrant held hostage at a trafficking house in Ghut Shaal, Janzur, in north-western Libya.
In truth, only God can save any migrant who gets stuck in Libya after abandonment by heartless Libyan traffickers and kidnappers or arrest and detention by the police. But the mortal that I only am, I am determined to save as many migrants as possible from asking God to save them after embarking on an ill-advised trip to Libya.
Therefore, starting tomorrow and for the next 20 days, I’ll be on a campaign of short videos enlightening the public on why they should steer clear of Libya. These videos will be on all social media platforms, but my primary targets are Tiktok and Facebook, where traffickers often hoodwink unsuspecting youth with fake promises of a better life.
For the first 10 days, my messages will be released in English (morning) and Pidgin (evening).
The final 10 days will be made in Hausa (morning), Igbo (afternoon) and Yoruba (evening), consequently eliminating language barriers among subliterates and illiterates, who constitute the prime target groups of traffickers.
I know some will only learn by experience and will proceed to Libya regardless of advisories to the contrary, but I also know many would stay put in Nigeria if they had access to credible information.
Migrants like ‘Para’ and Samuel who told me “I wouldn’t have come if I knew I would suffer this much”, those are my targets. So help me God!
I am looking for ‘Aminu from Yobe State’, my ‘21st reason to stay alive’, the stranger who saved me in the deserts of Libya between al Gatrun and Sabha on the night of Wednesday June 24. He vanished into the anonymity of darkness before I could even say ‘thank you’.
If you know an Aminu who migrated to Libya through the backdoor in the first half of this year, and he can confirm the encounter I narrated in Part III of @fijnigeria’s migrant investigation, please connect me to him.
I am willing to activate his emergency evacuation from Libya (if it interests him), and find him a job in Nigeria.
One good turn, they say…
@akintollgate I disagree, Akin
1. You can’t make a big impact in the society without going into politics
2. Politics requires your all and he gave it his all during the Osun election.All the attacks on him simply point to that fact
3, Did you apply this advice in 2022/2023
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@Omojuwa JJ , elephant dey, lion dey , crocodile sef dey etc ….
Some pple have clocked some aspects but there is still a lot to unpack ….Not only that elephant o
May God continue to bless the soul of Lola’s dad …He was a good man, a mentor and friend
@DrJoeAbah Well done sir. I am an advocate of such reform
Suggestions;
1. Introduction of 3-6months entrepreneurial/vocational skills acquisition program
2. Registration of all participants for TIN
3. Free business registration for interested parties
4. Training on how to access BOI funding