tyro Profile picture
Sep 23, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read Read on X
I really enjoy this kind of logic. Basically, there can be no disproportionate impact where everyone is black. As Nigerians like to say - sense won't kill you Image
Come closer let me whisper something - regardless of how the govt responded (or not), the corona outcome has been pretty much the same across sub-saharan Africa. Pick any random SSA country and look at their stats. Pretty much the same
And it’s not a stat problem either. There is no way to hide people dying in large numbers. It simply hasn’t happened. The answer is obviously elsewhere but the Afreekah People already have it
We might never know the answer because the Afreekah People are only interested in adding it to their pre-existing racism fight in/with America.

So in summary - we thank God.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with tyro

tyro Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @DoubleEph

Dec 14
A lot of ink on Kemi Badenoch and Nigeria this week. If I may be so presumptuous to think I have something to add to the 'debate', here goes 🧵
The first thing to say is that there are millions of Nigerians in Nigeria and outside Nigeria who HATE Nigeria. HATE in bold, uppercase, underline, red font. They have a deep and visceral dislike for the country
I know this because I have some such people in my own family. They have not set foot in Nigeria in *decades* and have no plans to ever do so. No amount of pleading has got them to change their minds. Nigeria means less than nothing to them
Read 19 tweets
Oct 13
This is fascinating indictment as it unwittingly gives an insight into what a lot of the Nigerian ‘elite’ got up to during the (ongoing) currency crisis that started after oil prices crashed in 2014 and Buhari got elected in 2015. Short 🧵
The indictment comes at it from the point of view of Onyema using the US banking system to commit fraud. And that’s all fine and true. But what was happening on the Nigerian side of the ledger was even more interesting
Once forex got scarce, rationing began because Buhari - a simpleton - decided that he would rather do this than devalue the currency. Naturally this caused a thing - the dollar - to have two prices that were increasingly diverging with a mouth watering arbitrage between both
Read 9 tweets
Jul 22
This guy is too stupid to be the richest man in Nigeria or even Africa.
Really promised myself never to comment on him or his stupid business anymore to avoid brain damage to myself. But his stupidity is just everywhere and hard to avoid
I always say - Nigeria’s demographics are an important consideration. Since the country is so young, you can safely guess that a majority of the current population were born since the return of democracy in ‘99. This guy has been the richest Nigerian in that time
Read 12 tweets
Aug 20, 2023
Another day, another one. And trust me, he’s not just ‘changing the straps’ #TheWatchesofSanwo

Image
Image
Yesterday the Adamawa governor, completely unprovoked, posted a video of him enjoying his holiday abroad (now deleted). I will say Nigeria is probably going through one of its toughest economic crises since the 90s right now
I won’t say I’m an expert on Asian economic development, but increasingly, the thing that stands out to me as a *stark difference* between Asian and African leaders is the amount of pressure leaders are under to deliver. It is, to put it mildly, disturbing
Read 8 tweets
May 28, 2023
Buhari was a useless president, that is not in doubt. But as someone who lives outside Nigeria, one of the worst things about his presidency has how he made Nigeria completely irrelevant outside of Nigeria. A big country no one cares about
This last election really brought it home to me. Barely any coverage, no one cared at all. Had it not been for Obi who added a dimension of interest, I shudder to think how much worse it would have been.
Consensus was something like - you guys just do your elections, as long as you don’t start fighting and create a refugee crisis, you can do whatever you like. See you again in 4 years.
Read 5 tweets
Mar 1, 2023
[
Bola Tinubu - The Optimistic Case 🕊️
]
1. He is not Buhari - Simplistic as this sounds, there is at least 1% economic growth available just because the person in Aso Rock is not Buhari - a congenitally mentally lazy fellow who put in at most 1.5yrs of actual work in his 8yrs in office
With some initial buzz here and there, he can make one or two useful things happen. Subsidy removal is the big and obvious one - painful but should give the govt some breathing room for about 5 mins. He may waste it, of course, but the opportunity will be there
Read 12 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

:(