Favour Ofili.

In my discussion with the former Olympian, here's what he posited.

As a Federation, you have to manage your team. There is a lot that goes on before a race that non-athletes aren't privy to.

The mental & the physical stress.

Stay with me through the preamble.
/1 Sometimes, the athlete doesn't eat or sleep well before a race. Then there's the almost three hours of physical preparation and warm-ups before the race.

To ho through that EVERY DAY, for eight days straight, is torture on the body.

Diminishing returns, so you try to balance
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Small thread on/about the @PoliceNG.

I had cause to go to a police station in Agege last night. Nothing do to do with me. Just escorted a friend. Big compound but the buildings looked like they were built in 1932. Felt that way too. Ground was rough. Smell was awful. No light. We sat in the DCO's office. That's the "Divisional Crime Officer." The most senior officer in charge of criminal investigation in a division. My Gawd, the office was awful! One miserable desk. Some miserable chairs & benches. No working lockers so things were strewn everywhere.

Fascinating conversation with an NGO person I know. I won't mention the name or the area of concern but here's what I found out:

Let's assume there's an NGO working to eradicate HIV in Nigeria. I use "HIV" because it's one disease that needs blood sampling. Funding from the U.S. The NGO sends people out there, to communities, to find cases. "Boots on the streets" go 'round communities, collecting blood samples. For every blood sample collected, you get paid a small amount. For every positive case gotten; bigger money. Treatment? Even more money.

Right.

We have come to the junction that your fathers & mothers got to; what next? Well, like the ones before you, you must make a decision. Do you, like the late great Tai Solarin, remove your protest clothes, wear a big agbada & accept the People's Bank job?

Do you? Do you, like the great Wole Soyinka, put down your pen & accept the Federal Road Safety Corps job? Do you, like Baba Gana Kingibe, renounce your M.K.O Abiola & take up your Minister of Foreign Affairs job with Abacha?

Or!

Do you, like the late great Gani Fawehinmi, say; "No."

Back when the Europeans owned black people as slaves in the Americas, especially North America, these slaves were split into "House Negroes" & "Field Negroes."

The Field Negro worked in the cotton fields. Conditions were harsh & brutal. Horrific weather conditions, whippings... ...& hunger was the order of the day. Life was brutal for the Field Negro & (s)he constantly looked for avenues to escape. It was brutal. Life was horrible for the Field Negro.

Then you had the House Negro. (S)he worked inside the house with the Master. Conditions were good...

This Isaac Promise saga is just a tragedy. The whole story shows how much we, as a people, are usually thinking about how to get ours from our seemingly successful dead relatives.

Here's what I found out.

The late Isaac Promise's career had stalled somewhat, since 2014... ...with his Turkey expedition seemingly going nowhere. His move to the MLS was supposed to help revitalise his career and his last club, Austin Bold in Texas, were a willing stepping stone. Then he tragically passed. How much was he earning before he died? $2,500 a month.

Man.

A few years ago, I was drinking at this joint I normally drink at in G.R.A when this young waitress served. Looked all of 17 & it was quite late. I was a bit bothered. She looked way too young. So I asked her. She was 17. Pretty young girl... ...I could see her immediate future at that joint, with pervy old men like me drinking there, so I asked her why she wasn't in school. Familiar tale of no money so she was waiting tables until she could save up to buy forms for SSCE & JAMB. I don't remember how much it was...

I went to a military secondary school. Now, in the Nigerian Army, like almost other armies in the world, a Field Marshall is the highest rank, but no Nigerian has ever gotten that rank & I really doubt if anybody will. It's just there to be admired because it's god status. Only a commissioned military officer, in theory, can rise to become a Field Marshall. But. Among non-commissioned officers or "Other Ranks," the highest a soldier can get is the Warrant Officer Class 1. An officer by warrant. Or a Regimental Sergeant Major, RSM.

Because I'm jobless. Again. A few election facts for you plebs. Yes, I enjoy tweeting about it & no; my mother is not ya mate...
#ElectionBlues Election results breakdown from 2015, by regions.

SW - Buhari got 57% of the total votes cast.
SE - 7%
SS- 8%
NC- 58%
NE- 78%
NW - 84%

That translated to 54% of the total votes cast in 2015, or 15.4 million votes.

#ElectionBlues

Steps to impeach a President, if you haven't seen it before. Here goes! Again.

1. A notice of any allegation in writing alleging gross misconduct on the part of the President. This notice must be signed by not less than one-third of the members of the National Assembly.
#Impeach 2. The Senate President must within seven days, serve the President and each member of the National Assembly with a copy of the notice of allegation.

Steps 1 & 2 look easy enough.

#Impeach