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LET'S WORK TOGETHER

After having watched this ongoing partnership between NAFDAC and CRS (Catholic Relief Service) I realised how open minded Muslims are. How dedicated they are to a shared vision of bettering Nigeria not minding whose idea it will take to push #Naija forward.  This is what we need. Have Muslims and Christians work together to make things work for the greater good of all.  However, I could not control being human_ a Nigerian for that matter. That bias, that prejudice, that proclivity to fault my neighbor, that inbuilt unwholesome ability to make my tent feel good at the detriment yours. You know!?  That tongue lashing superpower we tend to exude  as soon as we see those in the other camp taking giant strides towards developmental progress meant for the benefit of all.  Recently in my hometown this CRS body provided my people with mosquito nets. As soon as this came through, Muslims sold and bought the trend via the use of public address systems in various Mosques to promote a
It took time and adverse distruction of lives and properties worth billions of dollars as well as the abduction of some innocent school girls before the dreaded boko-haram was declared a terrorist group. Till now the pangs of this unwholesome Northern sect are being felt. Elsewhere ...It took a couple of days and few hours for IPOB to incinerate a Masjid, kill three or so Northerners as well as harass fellow ndi-Igbos before operation Anaconda abi constrictor got them dancing to the drums of pythons. My questions are, what is the difference between the nine-life-cat and mazi yamiri? Why hasn't the Fulani herdsmen been declared terrorists? A host of other critical issues are left hanging and dangling on the threads of my thought process but let's leave it here for now. Jeremiah Kadiri 16/09/017
So despite the ongoing unrest and restiveness that has become a synonym for the south-east, the proliferation of hate speeches that have become a norm on social media, the diversion of relief materials for IDPs and the subsequent protest by victims, the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities cum that of Resident doctors as well as the continuous killing of middle beltans by Fulani herdsmen, trinkets of boko-haram in parts of the Nort-east, the continuous deportation of Nigerians from UK and other countries, the attendant issues surrounding the health of our beloved president; the rats saga (gosh! I missed that part coz I wasn't online then), the recession (I hear we are out of it. Hmmm), the degenerating death traps we call federal roads,  the spate of unemployment, 419ning cum other decadence that have caused our nation to rot, someone on my list is sending me a candy Crush request!? Wait first, this is not to say he is not a serious fellow. No. Fa