Alright stop, collaborate & listen...
Who EXACTLY is a “thug”?
Why are they so easily available?
Why are YOU not a thug?
What do you have that they don’t?
If politicians use thugs so frequently, answering these questions will help disempower them! 1/4
If one has no sustainable source of livelihood & concern is personal & immediate gratification, that person has a high potential to be “bought” cheap.
If that person has low trust for govt institutions in a society with no social safety-net yet rampant display of opulence 2/4
Then that person will have a high disdain for anyone they arent directly benefiting from.
If their lives have no value to society & the more well-off look down on them & If the person has low education & cannot reason beyond a pedestrian level, frustration drives their anger 3/4
Whoever gives them “HOPE” & food/education/care will get their loyalty
It’s govt’s responsibility but keeping “thugs” pays the politicians in govt so they won’t do it.
Churches can, but that’s a different matter.
If WE do it, WE take power from politicians
Think about it
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2. I am a firm believer that the global reaction to covid was exaggerated because social media amplified the impact and therefore anyone refusing to react wouldve been seen as irresponsible. A catch22 situation was created.
3. Before then, we saw how xenophobic attacks in SA were amplified by social media causing riots in Lagos cos of the death of 2 Nigerians. At the time & as far as I’m aware, there’s no confirmation of the death of these 2 Nigerians
I know we are all concentrating on the #EndSARS campaign, but here is a thread on some financial information regarding the state of the country's debt that we should all analyse and research!!
We are not all finance people, so it'd be short and as direct as possible
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While working in a bank, HR didn't allow staff loans if the repayment was more than 30% of your take home!
This is a key reason why I don't agree with those who quote DEBT:GDP ratio because GDP DOES NOT pay debt.
Pay more attention to the debt service/revenue ratio.
In June 2015,
- Nigeria's Foreign debt was $10billion
- Nigeria's local currency debt was N10.1trillion
- Nigeria's budget expenditure was N4.3trillion
Fast forward to June 2020,
- Nigeria's Foreign debt is $31.5billion
- Nigeria's local currency debt is N19.5trillion
Here’s a story I wrote in 2018 that has relevance today (with events around Covid and CAMA)
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Hindsight they say, is 20/20 & it’s often easy to look back & see what should’ve been & to see why exactly the string of “coincidences” happened the way they did.
2. “Peter go visit & share with that Gentile called Cornelius!”
Still, it took 3 visions before Peter went & God must’ve said
“Can’t work like this & save the world using 3 visions per person”.
So, God locked down an overzealous religious bigoted killer called Saul of Tarsus.
3. Saul had 3 important things God needed:
1. Zealous to a fault for what he believed 2. Well educated (means he reasoned things out) 3. Was both a Jew & a Roman.
Reviewing/overlaying the life & character of Paul, timing of his calling, dual citizenship and education...
Someone forwarded this awesome message to me and I wish I knew the author to thank him/her.
It raises a valid question we never ask because we think we know the answer
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MEN SHOULD KNOW THEY MUST STRIVE TO KEEP THEIR NAMES ALIVE, IT IS NOT THEIR SONS OR DAUGHTERS THAT WILL DO THAT ...
Spartacus died in 71 BC.
Today millions of people know him.
We all know him. Our children also know him.
In 500 years, people will still read about him, about Socrates, about Plato, about Winston Churchill, about Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Queen Amina, William Shakespeare. Their stories will almost live for ever.
But, do you know any of their sons or daughters?🙄🙄
1. I noticed a colleague always had lunch at a particularly run down bukka so one day, I offered to take him somewhere "nice" for lunch. He was rather reluctant but he eventually agreed.
Honestly, I seemed more excited than him
2. This wasn't my regular lunch place as it was barely affordable but I was just too happy to "do some good" to the "less privileged".
Lunch was rather awkward cos I kept trying to keep a conversation going while he ordered modestly and kept sneaking a glance at his watch
3. We finished & he literally bolted out of the place with a weak apology of needing to be somewhere. Somewhere better than here? Anyway, he was cordial & polite all through but honestyly, I expected much more appreciation for the favour I was going out of my way to do for him.
One of my greatest blessings is also one of my greatest curses: that I can see & understand completely different & opposite perspectives.
Though I have my position, that I see & understand the opposite perspective doesn’t mean I agree with it.
This gives me patience
It forces me to wait and get as much information as possible, to stand in their shoes of everyone & feel their pain, anger or joy.
Then, I am able to engage them at their own level even if I dislike or disagree with them
It helps me separate the person from their circumstance
It’s not easy accepting that what you see or hear is not what is mean and it certainly isn’t easy bringing balance to those who are convinced that their senses are always correct.
We can both see or hear the same thing and yet, sense or perceive entire different messages