No wonder a former Nigerian president said the youths are lazy, the only thing h e didn’t realize is that their parents are even lazier.
Most of the useful ideas that are coming from the Tnubu family stem from agriculture.
Remember the agbado promise of the Nigerian president?
The only thing is we’ve not seen enough plows, planters, mowers and grader blades on the farms.
Sorry, presidio, I forgot your mantra is for people to be hopelessly hopeful.
When I first heard the first lady’s motivational speech, I was inspired to start a small business like selling akara, ojojo, mosa, kuli kuli, agbado, etc.
I realized she is definitely the savour we’ve been waiting for.
And to cap it all, she’s giving the piss-poor beneficiaries a huge sum of 50,000 naira.
You see, it seems my young life is wrapped around akara.
When I was a kid, my grandparents would always send me to buy some akara oforo with which they’ll take their ogi.
Then, when I entered school, there was this English language text book whose cover had a vivid drawing of a traffic scene. In our innocence, we interpreted the drawing as:
Motor jam police;
Police jam bus;
Bus jam mama;Akara mama throway!
Also, the famous song that those of us who were “fortunate” enough to attend public primary schools came to my mind.
Talon f iya alakara sere
Iya alakara
O nta san san si mi nimu
Iya alakara
O nte dodo simi lofun
Iya alakara
In the secondary school and tertiary institution, the administrators made sure we were fed with akara because of its proteinous value. At school, we used to put akara in bread and we called it akara burger.
That’s not all, there is a town in Osun state, which is known for its akara fried with palm oil. I used to partake in the akara ritual there.
I really don’t know what Nigerians are looking for. I don’t understand what else they would want from a presidential family.
Forget the fact that the very same first lady has given some party loyalists common SUVs.
Let’s look at the akara business, a ball goes for at least 100 naira. Those who take the first lady’s advice will become instant millionaires.
The advice is very appropriate in the sense that while others are empowering the citizenry with information technology, especially AI, and mass production,the powers that be in my country are thinking of petty trading within a terribly underpaid economy. Will the buyers come from Mars?
I would rather think the so-called advice is an insult to the intelligence of ordinary Nigerians.
Why is a simple act of gesture reminding me of the French Revolution, which happened from May 5, 1789, to November 9, 1799? It’s the detachment of the ruling elite from the suffering of the people, …the people’s pulse.
