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To the global icon that you are.

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@renoomokri A very big congratulations to Mr Reno Omokri. Many happy returns. Greater Heights In Jesus name. Cheers.

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Without The Yoruba, Nigeria Would Be a Black and White Television

Someone responded to my homage to Yoruba culture by saying the Yoruba are a frivolous people because they 'celebrate even when nothing has happened'.

You ought to understand that even in that so-called "nothing", there is something. That something is life.

Chief Sunday Adegeye (AKA King Sunny Ade) put it best in his song Ma Jaiye Oni when he said, "Maa jaiye oni o, mi o meyin ola o".

The Yoruba believe that God does not give us a refund for the life we refuse to enjoy. That is why they enjoy it today. Being alive is worth appreciating.

Since any of us were born, I doubt if we have ever heard of any host communities attacking Yorubas. It is not possible. They are just too likeable.

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce and I were shopping at Harrods of London, and because of my Yoruba agbada, I got a discount from the white attendant who said King Sunny Ade is her go-to person when she wants to be happy.

What is life if not for joy, gladness and happiness? Unfortunately, some of us put too much emphasis on money when happiness is free.

And as a people, the Yoruba possess great emotional intelligence. I believe it is an ethnic trait. They know how to relate to people on a personal basis. And they are able to suppress their emotions for their peace of mind. This humility is what some people see as cowardice. They pick their battles.

They don't say what is on their mind. They understand that their minds belong to them, and they don't belong to their minds. Thus, they say what will engender peace because their ancient omoluabi ethos controls them.

To them, what cannot be avoided must be endured until such a time as you are in a position to remove your obstacle at the barest cost to you. That is why there was no war after the June 12, 1993, election annulment. They endured, and a Yoruba man eventually became President six years later.

Other people would have spoken their minds and acted rashly, and there would be war. And nobody knows who will win a war.

Do you think it is a coincidence that the highest-ranking Nigerian-American in the US is a Yoruba (Wale Adeyemo, Assistant Treasury Secretary), as well as the richest Nigerian-American, Tope Awotona, CEO of Calendly?

In the UK, the same is true, with Kemi Badenoch being the ranking British-Nigerian in the UK (Secretary of State for Business and Trade) and Bayo Ogunlesi being the wealthiest person of Nigerian origin with businesses in the UK (he owns Gatwick and multiple other UK airports).

And music is synonymous with joy and happiness. And, again, it is no coincidence that ALL Nigeria's Grammy Award winners are either wholly or partly of Yoruba origin, including:

Sade Adu (1986), Babatunde Olatunji (1991), Sikiru Adepoju (1991) and Seal (1996), Burna Boy (2021), Wizkid (2021), Temilade Openiyi AKA Tems (2023).

The above are 100% Yoruba (if your father is Yoruba, the Yoruba consider you fully Yoruba).

And then Burna Boy (2021), partly Yoruba.

And it is not just in music. Even in dance, they distinguish themselves. And it is not a recent phenomenon. If you grew up in Lagos or the Southwest in the 80s and 90s, you happified (I formed the word) yourself by imitating General Ayinla Kollington as he danced to Fuji Ropopo, Ijo Yoyo and Ijo Mbe. The General in Kollington's name was not self-proclaimed. It was given to him by General Abacha. For such a shrewd figure as Abacha to give you the title General of Fuji Music, you MUST be good!

And long before Tupac and Biggie, we in Southwest Nigeria enjoyed Alhaji Agba and Ayinla's feud that gave us Fuji Garbage, Series 2.

Regarding Rap Music, I believe Sikiru Ayinde Barrister is the real father of that art form. His albums from the 70s incorporated rap before it even became a musical genre.

And in terms of peaceful religious and ethnic coexistence, NOBODY or people on planet Earth can match the Yoruba.

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If Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi had not abolished regionalism and resource control on May 24, 1966, with his Decree Number 34, the Western Region of Nigeria would have been better than Dubai today. That act set back Nigeria perhaps 100 years backwards, and we have not recovered from it until today.

Even with Awolowo in prison since 1963, the Western Region was on automatic pilot and still outperformed every other region by 1966, when Ironsi ended regionalism, because of his policies, especially his Universal Free Primary Education, which was compulsory and non-discriminatory. It included free school feeding to all children in the Western Region, no matter where their parents came from.

The Awolowo Western Region government introduced university scholarships that were higher in award amount than the federal scholarships. Awolowo's scholarship not only paid your school fees, whether in Nigeria or abroad, but your parents were paid a stipend during the pendency of your scholarship.

Long before Barack Obama achieved the Affordable Care Act (ACA), on March 23, 2010, Chief Awolowo had universal health coverage in the Western Region of Nigeria for every child and persons under eighteen, irrespective of whether or not their parents were from the Western Region. He did this by establishing at least one hospital in every administrative division in the Western Region.

The Western Region also had the first television station in Africa, the Western Nigeria Television Service, to keep citizens informed, educated and entertained.

Chief Awolowo established the Western Nigerian Development Corporation, which helped Westerners establish businesses and turned present-day Imeja into the most industrialised part of Nigeria to date. He set up the cooperative that ensured that as long as you were a farmer in the Western Region, the government would buy your produce as a last resort if you could not sell it.

Explaining why he committed himself to these policies, Chief Awolowo, on September 3, 1959, said:

"To educate the child is to lay the solid foundation for future social and economic progress: to provide health services is to combat diseases which are wasting on human resources and, therefore, reduce our productive potentialities. The Government has, for these reasons, brought about the greatest social revolution in the history of Black Africa."

May God bless the memory, offspring, and lineage of Papa Obafemi Awolowo, forever and ever, in Yeshua's Name.

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Actually, the Naira is ₦1025 to the dollar, not because Nigeria's economy is. The Naira has never been strong since the Shagari regime. In the last forty years, we have either pegged the Naira or artificially sustained its value through government-controlled foreign exchange markets.

The reason the Naira was trading at ₦150 to $1 during our administration and at ₦550 to $1 under Buhari's presidency is because the Naira was being defended by the Central Bank of Nigeria, which was artificially pumping dollars into the market to stabilise the Naira. Basically, we were giving away our foreign reserves.

Under the current system, the Naira is being floated. That means that market forces determine the value of the Naira, as it does in America, Europe and England. This will now allow us to use our foreign reserve for development rather than to fund importers.

Every major Presidential candidate, except Kwankwaso, said they would float the Naira. Let us try to be patriotic to reap future gains.

If you look at the monthly income going into the Federal Account Allocation Committee account since fuel subsidy was removed and the Naira was floated, you will notice it has increased exponentially.

For example, in July 2023, the FAAC income was ₦1.9 trillion, the highest ever in our history. To put this in perspective, a year ago, in August of 2022, our total income was ₦885 billion. By July 2023, the Naira had not collapsed to ₦1025 to $1. Please fact-check me.

If we keep paying fuel subsidies and importing, we will never have a strong and stable economy. Japan, India, Vietnam and Indonesia deliberately weakened their currencies to promote exports and local consumption, and it worked. We must make sacrifices and do the same in Nigeria, or else we will keep frittering away our foreign reserves, importing needles and toothpicks from Asia that can be made in Nigeria. And only traders will benefit. The manufacturing and service sectors of the economy will not.

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and anticipate your success on the horizon. I foresee your success!

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One way to experience unlimited joy and happiness is by engaging with cheerful, sociable, and positive individuals. Conversely, associating with pessimistic individuals can lead to sadness. It's important to recognize that both joy and sadness are contagious, akin to spirits –

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spirits – one serving as a virus and the other as an antivirus. While joy motivates, sadness tends to demotivate. To start each day with a fresh perspective is refreshing and promising. If this resonates with your aspirations, elevate your efforts, expand your reach globally,

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challenge: our minds often lack the education, insights, knowledge, understanding, and technical-know how needed to harness the abundant resources available to us, both natural and artificial."

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"Gold and other resources are worthless without the mind. Many of us can't recognize crude or raw gold if placed in our hands, nor can we know what to do with rocks, stones, iron, copper, soil, trees, leaves, shrubs, forest, or water apart from drinking. This highlights our

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Pitch your tent with the principal, and you will become a principality. Build your life around the principal, not around principalities. Embrace the principal and His principles, and you won't need to bow to principalities.

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Have no excuses.

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Published in England in 1678, "The Pilgrim's Progress" has been translated into more than 200 languages, continuously in print, and ranks as the sixth all-time bestselling book. This enduring work was authored by John Bunyan during his 12-year imprisonment. Consider Watchman Nee,

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whose numerous published works stem from meetings, conferences, and study notes crafted during his time in a communist prison. Similarly, Apostle Paul, who authored two-thirds of the New Testament, did so during his periods of isolation and prison experiences. You and I have no