Striving to be better, greener, wiser & happier. Fellow,NEIEF #NotAnotherNigerian; AfricanInnovationLeader #EAIL; Co-author #OrdinarySaviour; BEng Civil MSc Env
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I have nothing against any individual or group...
BUT
everything against
Nepotism
Favoritism
Tribalism
Incompetence
Mediocrity & the likes.
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Suzanne Myada retweeted
“I’m Tired Of Seeing White Box Houses Because They Don’t Work For Us! Nigerians, We Need To Design Houses That Suit Our Climate, Lifestyle And Heritage. We Can’t Keep Importing Architectural Designs From Cooler Countries And Replicating Them In Tropical Nigeria, Then Expecting Them To Be Comfortable. Here Are Some Practical Tips For Designing Homes That Suit Our Climate And Lifestyle, Especially In Lagos.” ~ Nigerian Architect Speaks Out
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*as sent to me
FOREIGNERS BEATING NIGERIANS IN NIGERIA: A NATIONAL SHAME*
What we saw in that video of an Indian national beating two Nigerian truck drivers, Riliwan Olajide and Taiwo Yinusa, with the help of Nigerian thugs on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is not new. It is a pattern. And it is wrong.
How can a Nigerian be abused in Ghana, be abused in South Africa, be abused in Libya, be abused in India itself - and still come back to his father's land and be abused again by the same foreigners in his own country? Where then is safe for a Nigerian?
This is what happens when a government makes foreigners feel like gods and its own citizens feel like slaves.
Today in Nigeria, a Chinese man will slap a Nigerian worker in a factory in Ogun State and nothing happens. A Lebanese man will seize the passport of a Nigerian girl working in his restaurant and use her as a slave and nothing happens. An Indian factory owner in Lagos will flog his workers like animals and beat truck drivers with sticks using hired thugs and nothing happens.
Why? Because the government has told them, through its silence, that Nigerian lives do not matter.
A foreigner knows that if he beats a Nigerian, he will not be arrested. He knows he can call the police and the police will come to protect him, not the Nigerian. He knows he has money and our officials have hunger for money. So he does what he cannot try in his own country.
No Indian can beat a Chinese driver in India with Nigerian thugs and go free. No Lebanese can beat an American worker in America and still keep his business open the next day. But in Nigeria, anything is possible.
If government does not act on this Karma Agric Feed & Foods case, it is sending a message that it encourages this abuse. Because justice delayed is encouragement. Every day that man is still walking free, other foreign factory owners are learning that they too can beat Nigerians and nothing will happen.
Nigeria must not be a country where Nigerians are strangers. We cannot be unsafe in foreign lands and still be unsafe in the hands of foreigners in our father's land.
If a Nigerian breaks the law in India, India jails him. If a foreigner breaks the law in Nigeria, Nigeria must jail him too. That is what sovereignty means.
Until we start defending our own people on our own soil, no other nation will respect us outside.
Suzanne Myada retweeted
What money cannot buy in #Nigeria does not exist.... 😊😆
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As the economy gets bad it becomes difficult for men that earn legitimately.
Unfortunately, the men are called stingy even when they work round the clock to make ends meet.
No problem.
Yesterday, a man sent me a voice note about a new job offer he had received.
He had been offered a job as an accountant in a hospitality company, with a take-home pay of ₦200,000 after all deductions. He said it was an improvement on what he currently earned as an accountant in a confectionery and bakery business.
He told me he was ready to accept the offer because he was in debt. His wife had recently given birth through a C-section, and he had borrowed money to cover the expenses.
I could hear the relief in his voice as he spoke about the offer.
To him, this was a chance to breathe again, repay his debts gradually, and take better care of his family.
These are the men these ladies call stingy. I don't blame them.
But as I listened, I couldn't help thinking about the salary.
₦200,000 a month and you have a wife recovering from childbirth, a newborn to care for, debts to repay, and the everyday cost of keeping a family going.
How much would be left after all these responsibilities are settled?
"Men dey" they said, where are the men?
The difficult part is that the responsibilities don't reduce because your income is not matching reality.
The bills still come. The family still need care. Emergencies still happen. And somehow, you are expected to figure it all out.
But someone wants you to give out the little you earn so you could be the man of his dream.
Suzanne Myada retweeted
“I said I will not allow Obaseki produce a successor even though the candidate was a very good candidate; very good candidate who was the chairman of a bank. Ha came to see me more than three times but I told him “listen, I know you are a good candidate, but for this election I am sorry; because this election is between us and the man who is bringing you, called Obaseki. Returning you would be like bringing him back so I am sorry, you have to fail”.
And he failed.”
- FCT Minister Nyesom Wike reveals role in helping APC’s Gov. Okpebholo defeat PDP candidate Dr. Asue Ighodalo during the 2024 Edo Governorship elections.
Suzanne Myada retweeted
Here's what I said on the matter of #LagosCalabarCoastalRoad 3 months ago
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I posted that the new coastal road would end in the Lagos sector, and I was right.
I also reminded everyone that an East–West Road already existed; thus, the new coastal road was a duplication, or just a ploy to build really good coastal infrastructure in the Lagos sector, which is good for the economy of Nigeria.
A pattern is emerging; only the foolish will not see it.
I want to congratulate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and say; well played Sir.
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So, I have been in Jos for the past two days, and I am immediately reminded why this land was such an experience the last time.
So, I took a Bolt here in Jos, and it was N3,500.
The distance was like heaven. But it was just N3,500.
Then, it’s almost as though the government has told the keke guys not to charge above N500.
You can take a keke across the Atlantic in Jos, and it would be N500.
Then, the hotel where I am lodged. I am not even ashamed to say I am paying N15k per night.
But the room is big, the water is heated, and I have free Wi-Fi powered by Starlink. It is heavenly.
That’s not the highlight.
It is the courtesy of the service. Everyone calls me “sir.”
For breakfast, the lady was preparing my tea and bread.
I got uncomfortable because such courtesy is alien to me as someone from Lagos.
Like I have said before, I know good street food by how rude the woman is.
The other day at Ikeja Under Bridge, I bought rice from this woman.
The setup looked great. But when I engaged her and she was very warm and respectful, my heart sank.
I knew the food would not be good.
I was right.
But here in Jos? I feel human warmth.
Guys, God has to do something for us in Lagos.
You would hardly feel any human collective joy and community here.
The atmosphere is hard, tense, fast, and strained.
You won’t find that here in Jos. It is indeed peaceful.
Oh, people are respectful here. So, so respectful.
Finally, there’s a guy who sells suya around Lamingo Road.
Honestly, I think God called that guy to the ministry of suya.
I don’t think you can make suya like that if God is not with you.
No. That has to be a gift from above.
The meat listens to him.
They are so soft you feel like heaven makes contact with your teeth and tongue.
I shall go draw from his ministry tomorrow night. I must eat it before I leave.
Lastly, lastly, the Chinese rice here costs just N5,000.
My God, it does taste like China’s beautiful skyscrapers.
I shall draw from that ministry tomorrow too.
So, that’s been my experience so far in Jos.
It has been a delight.
Suzanne Myada retweeted
I would start with the household's circumstances: income stability, local prices, maintenance costs and how long they expect to stay.
Owning can bring security. Renting can preserve flexibility. Neither choice should become a verdict on someone's progress in life.
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WAEC has officially been deprioritized in Nigeria.
Starting in 2027, NECO examinations will be conducted before WAEC, and NECO results will also be released ahead of WAEC results to enable students to pursue their university admissions without unnecessary delays.
Students may no longer be required to sit for WAEC from 2027.
When we raised our concerns, WAEC was nonchalant and failed to take them seriously.
NECO must now step up and ensure excellence, credibility, and integrity in its examinations.
Suzanne Myada retweeted
The community college pathway to a US degree, for Nigerians who cannot afford a four-year school upfront:
Start at a US community college, tuition often under 6,000 dollars a year for internationals in some states.
Earn a 3.7+ GPA in two years.
Transfer to a UC school, Michigan, or a solid state flagship, into the junior year.
Graduate with a name-brand degree at half the cost. Employers do not read the transfer path. They read the diploma.
Most Nigerian parents have never heard this option. Print it. Give it to one uncle.
Suzanne Myada retweeted
At 32 I was editing Papa Ajasco and Super Story, trying to become a director.
One night officers who had been drinking shot me through my car. I am 47 now. The hand is dead. I edit with my left hand for $10 and $20 so my children can eat. I won in court.
The police have ignored the judgment since 2015. The officer’s name is in their own report. Ayuba Philip ID 257745.
Please tag em until @TunjiDisu1 & @CspIniedu see this impunity. Thank you
punchng.com/drunken-policema…
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About three years ago, I reviewed the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA). It was one of the most corrupt agencies I have ever seen…and I have seen many!
The corruption was brazen. It wasn’t sophisticated at all. You could see it from miles away. They were still using emergency COVID procurement protocols FOUR years after COVID ended! The head of the Zambian Procurement Agency was sacked and even the head of the Zambian Anti-Corruption Agency was removed for corruption and the board was dissolved.
Donors paid for most medicines and medical supplies in Zambia, and citizens receive all medicines free of charge.
Because Zambian public servants are constitutionally allowed to run ANY business on the side, many public servants owned pharmacies. So, the drugs were never available in public pharmacies but you could just cross the road and get them in a private pharmacy owned by a public servant…for a fee, of course. Even when you label the drugs as free and not for sale, they simply removed them from the packs and sold them in jars.
We recommended changing the Constitution to remove that incentive for public servants, changing the procurement regime, tracking the medicines from the ports all the way through the stores to the dispensaries, etc, but senior politicians were alleged to be benefiting directly from the fraud and there was no political will to end it.
So, we recommended a reset of the entire agency. From the law setting it up, to its management and governance, to its staffing, to its funding.
Now, following elections about a month ago, the new Minister has sacked ALL the staff in ZAMMSA and is starting the agency afresh!
When you do good reform work, your recommendations may not be implemented immediately but time does not diminish their relevance. One day, somebody will pick it up and implement it.
I am Ezemmuo. I know things.
Suzanne Myada retweeted
A country moves off fossil fuel the way a household moves off a leaking roof: not all at once.
First the room that cannot wait. Then the one above the baby's bed. Last, the guest room.
Energy transition is a sequencing problem before it is a technology problem.
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Nigeria bought it.The CIA was puzzled why it wasn’t getting any read from the machines in Nigeria. No state secrets leaked. So they sent in a crew disguised as company reps check customer satisfaction & servicing to investigate, if Nigerian intelligence patched the backdoor….
The CIA and West German intelligence secretly bought Swiss encryption maker Crypto AG in 1970, turning the machines governments paid to protect their secrets into a way to read them.
Those governments had no idea the machines were rigged to read their messages.
In the 1980s, Crypto devices accounted for roughly 40% of the foreign government messages the NSA decoded.
The CIA didn't sell the company until 2018 and called the operation "the intelligence coup of the century."
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In 2016, Nina tried to facilitate the acquisition of Educare by GTBank for ₦600 million (about $2 million at the time). I declined the offer because I believed strongly in the potential of Educare.
She went on to introduce us to several schools, many of which became customers in our early days.
Since then, she has moved on to hold several senior positions at some of Nigeria’s top banks. Today, she is a Global Product Manager at Citi in Toronto, Canada, covering over 90 countries.
We have so many exceptional Nigerians like Nina leading major global institutions around the world.
Our problem has never been a lack of talent. We have the talent.
What we lack is the quality of leadership and the enabling environment needed to retain exceptional people, give them opportunities to thrive, and build world-class institutions here at home.
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I bought fuel yesterday in Toronto, Canada, at $1.7999 CAD per litre, and it cost about $98.95 CAD to fill up my tank. This should ideally last me about a week or more.
Now, the minimum wage in Canada is $17.95 CAD per hour, which means someone who works an average of 8 hours a day will earn $143.60 CAD before tax. A day's salary is enough to fuel his or her car for 2–3 weeks. This means that even one of the lowest earners in Canada can afford to own and drive a car daily without the cost of fuel becoming an overwhelming burden. Public education for children is also free and of high quality.
In Nigeria, fuel is about ₦1,300 per litre. It would cost about ₦88,000 to fill up a similar tank. The minimum wage in Nigeria is ₦70,000 per month. This means that an entire month's minimum wage cannot even fill the tank once.
A minimum-wage earner in Nigeria cannot realistically afford to own, fuel, and maintain a car. The same person still has to afford food, rent, children's education, healthcare, electricity, transportation, and other basic necessities. The list goes on.
In fact, even a bank manager in Nigeria earning ₦1 million monthly could still struggle to maintain a decent standard of living after covering these basic expenses.
This is one reason poverty is so widespread in Nigeria. The cost of basic living is simply too high relative to what the average person earns.
You don't just have an income problem in Nigeria. You have an affordability problem.
For millions of Nigerians, simply living a decent life has become too expensive and increasingly impossible.