“Ance wai juma’ar da zata yi kyau tun daga laraba ake gane ta”
Hausa proverb.
The above proverb clearly summarizes what I intend to address. It is an old Hausa- Fulani tradition that a young boy be given a piece of land to farm on so as to be tested on how much of maturity he has attained and to be able to determine whether or not it is time to give him a bigger parcel of land and subsequently graduate him to fend for himself.
It has come to my notice that the students playing the almighty national body politics and their allies have their own priorities heavily misplaced. Common sense demands a review of an intending candidate through those people over which the person in question has governed, if the subjects are happy with the performance of the outgoing; fine and good, at least this is how people like Barrack Obama were recommended and sold to the American public.
We at the local chapter down in Unimaid were suffering under a tyrannical and oppressive regime that has no respect for the views of the majority, a leadership with no screws in them, a leadership that is proud and arrogant always claiming to be king makers, a leadership that abuses public office to personal gains and gratification, a leadership that offers its helpless subjects substandard services and materials, a leadership that eulogizes vote and electoral frauds and practices in the name of “Toronto”, a leadership that is yet to finish answering our queries , a leadership that is full of self praising in the name of Achievement! Achievement! Achievement!, a leadership full of noise and yet, some disgruntled clique of disillusioned so called politicians chose for us such a leadership as president. What a president indeed!
We intend to fight injustices and unfair marginalization till our dying days, and we feel this choice of leadership is so unfair to the forthcoming generation, our children yet unborn because the incumbent is not a moral role model. And we would like to bring to Mr. presidents notice that a We Want To Say back in school!.
If I jubilate with this leadership, it would be hypocritical, I just want to say that it is very unfortunate that as intellectually minded as Kano students are perceived, how could they have scooped so low as to choose such a leadership, I challenge us to save the next generation from doom because history has a funny way of repeating itself and we are living witnesses of the excesses of your supposed leader.
Let us come together and reason rationally, come to our senses and throw away sentiments, N.A.K.S.S will be here long after we are gone and posterity will never forgive us if we jeopardize the future structure of our union. I am but a plain Warner unto us all. Thank you for reading my piece and God bless.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande, a freelance writer, a neo pan African, wrote in from the university of Maiduguri Nigeria, you can reach him online at www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com
Saturday, December 26, 2009
The last time Nigeria had a real president
It should be evident to note by now that any leader anywhere in the world that does not dance to the Euro-American tune is labeled by CNN and BBC as abusing human rights and violating seemingly countless Geneva conventions and breaching sanction agreements .
As long as a leader does not tango with the western power blocs, he is either a tyrant or a dictator. Look around you and see, the Venezuela, Iran, Uganda, Sudan, Liberia, Zaire, Guinea and Cuba to mention but a few.
It should be observed that if a supposed leader is socialist by economic outlook, a psycho-media war is declared upon the administration so much that its subjects begin to believe what they are constantly told by the media. It is funny how global opinions are formed by CNN and BBC this days. The way governments and societies are to be run is being dished out by the western media and we are subconsciously being programmed to do as we see on TV. We are living witnesses to the IDI AMIN saga, two Hollywood blockbusters succeeded each other to finally discredit him as a man eater, a sex maniac and a brutal murderer.
All the African leaders that directly or indirectly said “Africa is the only continent we have and therefore we should be left alone to solve our problems ourselves”, have become the victims of western character assassination and blackmail.
“…For the International Community, we ask that you suspend judgment while we grapple with the onerous task of nation building, reconciliation and repairs …Nigeria is the only country we have. We must, therefore, solve our problems ourselves”...
Late general Sani Abacha November 1993 speech.
To the myopic mind being plagued by the western media stereotyping and some ethnic sections of Nigeria especially the June 12 people, your sense of reason might be clouded at the mention of this African hero. However, it is clearly evident to see that poverty, depilated roads and inadequate infrastructure combined killed more people during the fourth republic than the late general supposed bullet wounds. It is a tradition in any struggling country willing to rise to prominence that some countrymen be sent forth to the great beyond to make room for growth and development, it is no secret, history has it in store from Moses down to George bush. We saw the political demise of a former minister for justice, we saw the mysterious plane crash of some seven 7 generals, we saw another mystery in Macchidos death and his allies, we saw a failed attempt at late Wada Nas of blessed memory to mention but a few.
The over ten billion dollars meant for the power sector was never accounted for. If I ruled and carried out some secret deals and I am still alive, in fact I have a stooge in place, then how on earth do you expect me to be labeled the fourth must corrupt head of state by transparency international? Halliburton is an American investment with a colorless form, I mean nobody questions its audacity.
The vendetta carried out against the late general, his family, and his allies coupled with the fact that he said no to Euro-American economic interest and said yes to Korea-Arab-China economic romance is an indicator of how personal prejudices were employed to suffocate vision 2010.
The petroleum special trust fund P.T.F is an establishment with no rival yet. Funded by revenues from an increase in the price of oil, was established in 1995. Under the leadership of former military leader Muhammad Buhari, the trust fund used its resources of almost 100 billion naira (roughly $1 billion) to repair roads and support education. In our higher institutions of learning we are living witnesses to how only P.T.F buses convey us to excursions and field trips conveniently, how we still have access to remains of P.T.F low price edition text and note books with paper quality that only MacMillan England could rival, in our teaching hospitals we see P.T.F buses still conveying patients, drugs in our hospitals were given for free, maternal health care was also free, bed sheets and mattresses , wheel chairs, tarred roads on our high ways that stood the test of time and are still trod are all courtesy of a supposed tyrannical regime and the list goes on and on… I mean eleven 11 years after its demise!!.
Against all expectations, Nigeria continued to maintain reasonable macroeconomic stability. Inflation remained at modest levels, the exchange rate was stable, and the budget deficit appeared under control.
The petroleum development trust fund P.T.D.F, is some crooked arrangement I cannot seem to feel its impact as a commoner and to understand where on earth it is headed towards. It is evident that it built and refurbished a number of departments nationwide, it dolls out scholarships to the children of the high and mighty e.t.c, if it touched the commoner, it would have become common knowledge and to God I would have said it here and now. What a pathetic substitute for our beloved P.T.F!!.
Within a span of three 3 years the P.T.F had achieved virtually what a whole civilian administration of eight 8 years failed to halve.
It is an irony how a country that wants to industrialize has almost everything from matches to toilet rolls being imported into its enclaves. We import rice, sugar, wheat, cars, soap, torch lights, bikes e.t.c and yet “Nigeria is going to be among the twenty most industrialized nations come the year 2020”!!, the millennium development goal seeks to cripple Nigeria under people that dance to the tunes of the Euro-Americans who control the world bank and the international monetary fund I.M.F. the said stashed monies in a Swiss account could be said to be chicken change compared to the living generals eight 8 years of random sampling.
They say it is good you open up, be tolerant, import from us, give us the foreign exchange, we will give you a temporary U.N seat, we will give you human right e.t.c. and yet there is no country on earth that developed without industry, and that was what the late general simply said, “ give us a chance to solve our problems ourselves” stamped his feet and meant it, that we should be left to learn to manufacture and produce and not be dependent on importation and thus the U.N sanctions that threatened our survival and the turmoil that characterized the generals exit. History has it that any nation about to take off into affluent perpetuity must endure hard times meant to absorb sanction shocks and strengthen the weakling economy.
Nigerians are very impatient people who are always expecting a miracle. Change never did come to any nation in history without some sacrificial lambs and Nigeria is no exception. To change is to persevere and sacrifice and only a few Nigerians are willing to do just that.
The Korean Indian auto works K.I.A, were in the dream pipeline of the late general to come down to Nigeria and manufacture cars with Nigerian raw material and labor, thus generating employment and jerking per capita in terms of foreign exchange [driving tokumbo cars would have since become a thing of the past]. The Peugeot assembly of Nigeria PAN was under a final warning by the late general to start manufacturing cars in Nigeria with Nigerian raw materials and labor or pack up and leave the country [thanks to ten 10 years of democracy now, the only thing Nigerian in their cars now is the water in the radiator].
The Indian company that later partnered with a Korean company to produce KIA cars was built alongside Ajaokuta steel company of Nigeria, and yet I ask you!, where is Ajaokuta steel coy today? [that is ten 10 years of democracy].
I have but touched upon but a few of the late generals foresightedness, patriotism and Africanism and challenge any one to please give Nigeria a detailed explanation behind the scraping of P.T.F, and I gallantly put the trust fund against all this ten years of saying ay!! And neigh!!.
I hope that if sentiments are kept aside and rational reasoning employed, I must have started winning some converts for the late general by now. It’s nothing personal, it’s strictly intellectual.
Thus, the last time Nigeria had a real president was 1993-1998, the late general Sani Abacha of blessed memory, may his soul rest in peace, amen.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande, a freelance writer, a neo pan African, you can reach him online at muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com
As long as a leader does not tango with the western power blocs, he is either a tyrant or a dictator. Look around you and see, the Venezuela, Iran, Uganda, Sudan, Liberia, Zaire, Guinea and Cuba to mention but a few.
It should be observed that if a supposed leader is socialist by economic outlook, a psycho-media war is declared upon the administration so much that its subjects begin to believe what they are constantly told by the media. It is funny how global opinions are formed by CNN and BBC this days. The way governments and societies are to be run is being dished out by the western media and we are subconsciously being programmed to do as we see on TV. We are living witnesses to the IDI AMIN saga, two Hollywood blockbusters succeeded each other to finally discredit him as a man eater, a sex maniac and a brutal murderer.
All the African leaders that directly or indirectly said “Africa is the only continent we have and therefore we should be left alone to solve our problems ourselves”, have become the victims of western character assassination and blackmail.
“…For the International Community, we ask that you suspend judgment while we grapple with the onerous task of nation building, reconciliation and repairs …Nigeria is the only country we have. We must, therefore, solve our problems ourselves”...
Late general Sani Abacha November 1993 speech.
To the myopic mind being plagued by the western media stereotyping and some ethnic sections of Nigeria especially the June 12 people, your sense of reason might be clouded at the mention of this African hero. However, it is clearly evident to see that poverty, depilated roads and inadequate infrastructure combined killed more people during the fourth republic than the late general supposed bullet wounds. It is a tradition in any struggling country willing to rise to prominence that some countrymen be sent forth to the great beyond to make room for growth and development, it is no secret, history has it in store from Moses down to George bush. We saw the political demise of a former minister for justice, we saw the mysterious plane crash of some seven 7 generals, we saw another mystery in Macchidos death and his allies, we saw a failed attempt at late Wada Nas of blessed memory to mention but a few.
The over ten billion dollars meant for the power sector was never accounted for. If I ruled and carried out some secret deals and I am still alive, in fact I have a stooge in place, then how on earth do you expect me to be labeled the fourth must corrupt head of state by transparency international? Halliburton is an American investment with a colorless form, I mean nobody questions its audacity.
The vendetta carried out against the late general, his family, and his allies coupled with the fact that he said no to Euro-American economic interest and said yes to Korea-Arab-China economic romance is an indicator of how personal prejudices were employed to suffocate vision 2010.
The petroleum special trust fund P.T.F is an establishment with no rival yet. Funded by revenues from an increase in the price of oil, was established in 1995. Under the leadership of former military leader Muhammad Buhari, the trust fund used its resources of almost 100 billion naira (roughly $1 billion) to repair roads and support education. In our higher institutions of learning we are living witnesses to how only P.T.F buses convey us to excursions and field trips conveniently, how we still have access to remains of P.T.F low price edition text and note books with paper quality that only MacMillan England could rival, in our teaching hospitals we see P.T.F buses still conveying patients, drugs in our hospitals were given for free, maternal health care was also free, bed sheets and mattresses , wheel chairs, tarred roads on our high ways that stood the test of time and are still trod are all courtesy of a supposed tyrannical regime and the list goes on and on… I mean eleven 11 years after its demise!!.
Against all expectations, Nigeria continued to maintain reasonable macroeconomic stability. Inflation remained at modest levels, the exchange rate was stable, and the budget deficit appeared under control.
The petroleum development trust fund P.T.D.F, is some crooked arrangement I cannot seem to feel its impact as a commoner and to understand where on earth it is headed towards. It is evident that it built and refurbished a number of departments nationwide, it dolls out scholarships to the children of the high and mighty e.t.c, if it touched the commoner, it would have become common knowledge and to God I would have said it here and now. What a pathetic substitute for our beloved P.T.F!!.
Within a span of three 3 years the P.T.F had achieved virtually what a whole civilian administration of eight 8 years failed to halve.
It is an irony how a country that wants to industrialize has almost everything from matches to toilet rolls being imported into its enclaves. We import rice, sugar, wheat, cars, soap, torch lights, bikes e.t.c and yet “Nigeria is going to be among the twenty most industrialized nations come the year 2020”!!, the millennium development goal seeks to cripple Nigeria under people that dance to the tunes of the Euro-Americans who control the world bank and the international monetary fund I.M.F. the said stashed monies in a Swiss account could be said to be chicken change compared to the living generals eight 8 years of random sampling.
They say it is good you open up, be tolerant, import from us, give us the foreign exchange, we will give you a temporary U.N seat, we will give you human right e.t.c. and yet there is no country on earth that developed without industry, and that was what the late general simply said, “ give us a chance to solve our problems ourselves” stamped his feet and meant it, that we should be left to learn to manufacture and produce and not be dependent on importation and thus the U.N sanctions that threatened our survival and the turmoil that characterized the generals exit. History has it that any nation about to take off into affluent perpetuity must endure hard times meant to absorb sanction shocks and strengthen the weakling economy.
Nigerians are very impatient people who are always expecting a miracle. Change never did come to any nation in history without some sacrificial lambs and Nigeria is no exception. To change is to persevere and sacrifice and only a few Nigerians are willing to do just that.
The Korean Indian auto works K.I.A, were in the dream pipeline of the late general to come down to Nigeria and manufacture cars with Nigerian raw material and labor, thus generating employment and jerking per capita in terms of foreign exchange [driving tokumbo cars would have since become a thing of the past]. The Peugeot assembly of Nigeria PAN was under a final warning by the late general to start manufacturing cars in Nigeria with Nigerian raw materials and labor or pack up and leave the country [thanks to ten 10 years of democracy now, the only thing Nigerian in their cars now is the water in the radiator].
The Indian company that later partnered with a Korean company to produce KIA cars was built alongside Ajaokuta steel company of Nigeria, and yet I ask you!, where is Ajaokuta steel coy today? [that is ten 10 years of democracy].
I have but touched upon but a few of the late generals foresightedness, patriotism and Africanism and challenge any one to please give Nigeria a detailed explanation behind the scraping of P.T.F, and I gallantly put the trust fund against all this ten years of saying ay!! And neigh!!.
I hope that if sentiments are kept aside and rational reasoning employed, I must have started winning some converts for the late general by now. It’s nothing personal, it’s strictly intellectual.
Thus, the last time Nigeria had a real president was 1993-1998, the late general Sani Abacha of blessed memory, may his soul rest in peace, amen.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande, a freelance writer, a neo pan African, you can reach him online at muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com
A trip so far.
Daily Differences in wants and needs abound,
Food, shelter and clothing we see basic,
Daily thriving for survival make us move,
From one place to the other we journey,
Searching for a cause to better life,
This time, way past basic needs,
At first, eager and enthusiastic we climb on board,
Excitement mounting at the thought of perceived success,
Buying extravagantly at origin we set forth,
Thereafter, settled we are on board as we take off,
Through hills and valleys we journey,
Day gives way to night and then, the heart goes sober ,
A skid at the wrong turn sends the car swinging off course,
Everybody on board timid and frightened for dear life,
Clinging on to the carrier as a baby would his mothers back,
Looking forward into the depths of the night and hoping,
Too dark to see through the night, what will be at the next turn?
Only the Lord knows!, men they say; only turn to God,
When the Devil has no further use for them,
Now , even the godless turn to God and yearn for safe delivery,
Stars above in the sky give a glimmer of hope in earnest,
Soft as wool in winter the hearts of men on a trip become,
Whispering in low tones, asking the Lord to see them through,
Their whole dilemma handed over to their own creator ,
Out of his infinite mercy he lands them safely,
Proud and arrogant they become once again,
Hurriedly, they disperse forgetting,
The favors of their Lord upon them,
To even say thank you Lord?, it might seem tiring,
And thus, the search for livelihood continues,
A seemingly endless search indeed!,
From the cradle to the grave we search,
Sometimes obliged to move in order to seek,
How long will this journey go on?, a lifelong pursuit I guess!,
How much easier is the journey getting so far?, only the Lord knows,
Time destroys everything, and thus the trip so far.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande, a freelance writer, is a neo panafricanist, you can reach him online at www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com
Food, shelter and clothing we see basic,
Daily thriving for survival make us move,
From one place to the other we journey,
Searching for a cause to better life,
This time, way past basic needs,
At first, eager and enthusiastic we climb on board,
Excitement mounting at the thought of perceived success,
Buying extravagantly at origin we set forth,
Thereafter, settled we are on board as we take off,
Through hills and valleys we journey,
Day gives way to night and then, the heart goes sober ,
A skid at the wrong turn sends the car swinging off course,
Everybody on board timid and frightened for dear life,
Clinging on to the carrier as a baby would his mothers back,
Looking forward into the depths of the night and hoping,
Too dark to see through the night, what will be at the next turn?
Only the Lord knows!, men they say; only turn to God,
When the Devil has no further use for them,
Now , even the godless turn to God and yearn for safe delivery,
Stars above in the sky give a glimmer of hope in earnest,
Soft as wool in winter the hearts of men on a trip become,
Whispering in low tones, asking the Lord to see them through,
Their whole dilemma handed over to their own creator ,
Out of his infinite mercy he lands them safely,
Proud and arrogant they become once again,
Hurriedly, they disperse forgetting,
The favors of their Lord upon them,
To even say thank you Lord?, it might seem tiring,
And thus, the search for livelihood continues,
A seemingly endless search indeed!,
From the cradle to the grave we search,
Sometimes obliged to move in order to seek,
How long will this journey go on?, a lifelong pursuit I guess!,
How much easier is the journey getting so far?, only the Lord knows,
Time destroys everything, and thus the trip so far.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande, a freelance writer, is a neo panafricanist, you can reach him online at www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com
Monday, December 7, 2009
Thank you Mallam shekarau! A youth perspective.
“A leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it”.
Harry S. Truman (1884 - 1972)
U.S. president.
It is evident to note by now that, no society has ever progressed and developed infrastructure wise with its human populace being handicapped.
It is on this premise that I will put forth my views on Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau’s person and administration. By party affiliation, I belong to the shekarau opposition camp, but the effort put in place is so glaringly clear that even a blind man could testify, so, I put political party affiliation aside, say the truth and shame the devil, and to remind you dear readers, my admitting the golden era of Mallam shekarau does not in any way make me less of an opposition that I was and will always be. It’s nothing personal, it’s strictly politics.
Categorically put forward, it could be deduced that the first four [4] years of Mallams administration was geared towards Human development, while the second part of the four [4] year tenure is being driven by Infrastructural development.
If you and I are hungry, impoverished, unemployed, insecure, and if our aging and dependent fathers who served this great state are not given their dues in good time or not paid at all as the case was, if portable pipe bone water had eluded the general populace and in their place we had instead, well tarred and glamorous roads, fancy Sallah events, world standard hospitals, extravagantly furnished ministries, fancy round-abouts and the likes. Then let me tell you something, a beautifully paved road and fancy clinic will not have people to walk it and admire it if the people are not well equipped, thus empowering the people to be employed and engaged would guarantee enjoyment of the facilities that would later be provided, and this is just what Mallam shekarau did in a nutshell, and it is what we are going to dwell upon, adore and appreciate and once again collectively say thank you.
“It is everlastingly true that on the whole the best guide to the future is to be found in a proper understanding of the lessons of the past”.
Warren G. Harding (1865 - 1923)
U.S. president.
Whatever the leaders of today put in place will be for the benefits of the youths of today who are presumably the leaders of tomorrow. We are going to start by examining the human development aspect of Mallams administration then later focus on the supposed infrastructural development and subsequently marry the two giant efforts together to rival and supersede the administrations of the likes of former governor Abubakar Rimi and Late Audu Bako of blessed memory combined.
The Mallam shekarau lead administration started off with a set of programs that were aimed at directly making an impact on the life of the poor and the downtrodden, the middle class and subsequently the elite to begin with;
• This administration restructured the salary package of the class room teacher, paid them in good time and looked into their general welfare.
• The A daidaita sahu program was put into mainstream governance which greatly helped in producing a more well behaved and refined citizen of Kano state thanks to constant radio messaging that readily reaches the common man in Kano state i.e “daidaita sahun nan yana nufin….mata su zauna gidan miji…daidata sahun nan yana nufin yan achaba su daina ganganchi.. e.t.c
• The same program brought in buses and tricycles that both young and old were employed by, which fed extensive families with, gave others the opportunity to be married , paid bills and school fees with, and gave out “sojan haya”, a term given to a person who works off a vehicle already assigned to another and still make money to survive. It also gave shelter to our mothers and grandmothers who instead would have been exposed to the dangers of Achaba riders and sex offenders.
• The Hisbah board systematically sought to and made a giant effort towards sanitizing our billboards which hitherto contained explicit and sometimes nude depictions of sensual female models in the crafty name of advertising and marketing.
• The Adaidaita Sahu inspired program was instrumental to the partitioning of almost all Kano state ministries bringing an end to free mixing of the sexes in their bit to contribute to nation building. What more of a Sharia system would we be asking for? [ I mean anywhere in the world].
• The Tsangaya system [ a system of Islamic education in northern Nigeria] sought to sanitize the Almajirai/allo system of education and thus, documented the ones worthy of caring and educating the young minds, provided them with the necessary learning materials, enlisted them in free food distribution during Ramadan, and provided them with soft financial assistance and strict monitoring as a pilot project to begin with.
• We the youth have been witnessing a near perfect and stress free Kallon Hawan Sarki due to effective and pro active arrangement jointly put in place during the whole week of Sallah by the Nigerian police force.
• The primary and post primary school within the government in question has witnessed a surge in its total staff employment list, the largest of its kind in the history of the education sector. Young and energetic N.d, N.c.e graduates were at last taken off the streets for good.
• The food handed down to people which is evidently well prepared is one of the greatest achievements of this administration towards improving the human lot of this great state because it is evident that feeding in the month of Ramadan is very much rewarding
• It was during Mallams administration that we as tertiary institution student got a 100% rise in scholarship and course with practical studies were recently given a rise, how sensitive of a humble fellow!
The soft loans handed out to unemployed youth after empowering them through seminars and workshops on things like soap making and poultry is a normal occurrence and a good sight to behold as some of those youths shot off on track to becoming great poultry farmers feeding families and dependents from a supposed paltry loan.
The seemingly inexhaustible roll call of Mallams human development oriented first four [4] years could be said to be simmered down in order to save space for the infrastructural side of the story. Thus, with the generality of the populace being humanely empowered, we could say that they are now ready to enjoy whatever infrastructure will be put in place at ease. A hungry man they say is an angry man and thus we might have been indisposed towards enjoying the supposed social amenities then.
Infrastructure is defined as ; public services or systems, the large scale public systems, services and facilities of a state or a region that are necessary for economic activity, including power and water supplies, public transport, telecommunications, roads, and schools. In this regard, we could however bear witness to the giant stride by the Shekarau administration to among other things provide;
• An enviable road network rehabilitation, upgrading and at most trying times demolition and renewal. We saw roads pass through the most remote locations never imagined in the history of the state and it is ongoing.
• Our state specialist hospital popularly referred to as asibitin murtala or birni was rehabilitated to the world standard that it was and a new well tarred road inset, the nasarawa specialist hospital popularly called Muhammad Abdullahi wasse was equally refurbished and a new tarred road inset also.
• We are witnessing the building of two world class ultra modern hospitals at giginyu and zoo road respectively, an effort we cannot seem to remember which of our past military and civilian governors made.
• Street lights and traffic lights in Kano were considered a thing of the past, alas!! We can now enjoy the comfort of a well lit street while we cruise the beautiful road networks of our dear city.
• A fly over bridge we were meant to believe is only for riverine areas and too expensive to build, thanks to this administration, a fly over bridge is almost at 60% completion stage at the outskirts of Kano to ease traffic.
• To compliment the aging water processing and supply plant at Challawa, Mallams administration built from scratch the Tamburawa water processing and supply plant and now, places with ghost pump head terminals are seeing water for the first time in ages.
• The same program ushered in once again a more refined and well structured Hisbah board, their presence on our junctions to help when the traffic warden is off at six o clock really touched the high and the low [we all know the traffic jams we witness]. Their mere presence prevented us, especially the youths from committing countless crimes, their words although always mocked at, are always a reminder for people of understanding, they sanitized indiscriminate alcohol consumption that hitherto was spreading like wild fire in our society, advised ladies to dress decently e.t.c.
• The turmoil that surrounded our post office environs was laid to rest by a fair compensation which sought to relocate the skilled youths to a well designed and equipped market at farm centre. It was evident that three months ago the road leading to the post office and the post office buildings themselves were quite elusive to the view and passing through which took a minimum of ten [10] minutes then, now takes less than two minutes to get through and the view of the post office is a spectacular sight to behold.
• The illegal refuse dump sites and street corner refuse dumps are now a thing of the past, thanks to the effort of the refuse management and sanitation board REMASAB. Overtime recurring potholes on our roads are constantly filled up and maintained through the effort of the state ministry for land and physical planning and Kano state urban development and planning division KNUPDA. Many thanks to mallams efforts in providing them with over twenty [20] heavy duty trucks, [all painted yellow for reference].
• The recent effort of this administration to equip kano line with long commuter buses for a start is a move that only our fathers saw during the Rimi and Audu Bako era.
As inexhaustible as the roll call of this administrations infrastructural development effort might seem, time and space will warrant our limiting the efforts here and move on to simply marrying the two move together.
Thus, it is becoming increasingly clear that human development should supersede infrastructural development which will ensue maximization of the opportunities provided by an equally capable citizenry.
As for our royal father, I would also like to use this medium to say a big thank you and a big “Ran Sarki ya dade!” It is evident that the most advanced and sophisticated civilizations which today pride themselves as being the best democracies did not find any cause to separate politics from the monarchy on who’s foundation politics was built and strongly relies upon. The romance between our political administration and our humble monarchy is a symbol of the level of trust and confidence the common people have for this administration which tends to transcend itself in the royal approval and blessing given to the leader of the administration I call “The Golden Era”
The above notes, although not statistically documented are the pure observations that we as the youth have seen on the ground and can’t help but say thank you to mallam shekarau once more for a job well done, so far so good. God bless him and give him the vision to move on as humbled as ever, if his supposed dreams for the highest seat of governance is going to be beneficial to his being, religion and our beloved nation, may God see him through to it, amen.
Long live the federal republic of Nigeria!
Long live Kano state!
United we stand, divided we fall [like a house of cards]
Nigeria! Good people, great nation!
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande, a free lance writer, neo pan africanist, you can reach him at www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com
Harry S. Truman (1884 - 1972)
U.S. president.
It is evident to note by now that, no society has ever progressed and developed infrastructure wise with its human populace being handicapped.
It is on this premise that I will put forth my views on Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau’s person and administration. By party affiliation, I belong to the shekarau opposition camp, but the effort put in place is so glaringly clear that even a blind man could testify, so, I put political party affiliation aside, say the truth and shame the devil, and to remind you dear readers, my admitting the golden era of Mallam shekarau does not in any way make me less of an opposition that I was and will always be. It’s nothing personal, it’s strictly politics.
Categorically put forward, it could be deduced that the first four [4] years of Mallams administration was geared towards Human development, while the second part of the four [4] year tenure is being driven by Infrastructural development.
If you and I are hungry, impoverished, unemployed, insecure, and if our aging and dependent fathers who served this great state are not given their dues in good time or not paid at all as the case was, if portable pipe bone water had eluded the general populace and in their place we had instead, well tarred and glamorous roads, fancy Sallah events, world standard hospitals, extravagantly furnished ministries, fancy round-abouts and the likes. Then let me tell you something, a beautifully paved road and fancy clinic will not have people to walk it and admire it if the people are not well equipped, thus empowering the people to be employed and engaged would guarantee enjoyment of the facilities that would later be provided, and this is just what Mallam shekarau did in a nutshell, and it is what we are going to dwell upon, adore and appreciate and once again collectively say thank you.
“It is everlastingly true that on the whole the best guide to the future is to be found in a proper understanding of the lessons of the past”.
Warren G. Harding (1865 - 1923)
U.S. president.
Whatever the leaders of today put in place will be for the benefits of the youths of today who are presumably the leaders of tomorrow. We are going to start by examining the human development aspect of Mallams administration then later focus on the supposed infrastructural development and subsequently marry the two giant efforts together to rival and supersede the administrations of the likes of former governor Abubakar Rimi and Late Audu Bako of blessed memory combined.
The Mallam shekarau lead administration started off with a set of programs that were aimed at directly making an impact on the life of the poor and the downtrodden, the middle class and subsequently the elite to begin with;
• This administration restructured the salary package of the class room teacher, paid them in good time and looked into their general welfare.
• The A daidaita sahu program was put into mainstream governance which greatly helped in producing a more well behaved and refined citizen of Kano state thanks to constant radio messaging that readily reaches the common man in Kano state i.e “daidaita sahun nan yana nufin….mata su zauna gidan miji…daidata sahun nan yana nufin yan achaba su daina ganganchi.. e.t.c
• The same program brought in buses and tricycles that both young and old were employed by, which fed extensive families with, gave others the opportunity to be married , paid bills and school fees with, and gave out “sojan haya”, a term given to a person who works off a vehicle already assigned to another and still make money to survive. It also gave shelter to our mothers and grandmothers who instead would have been exposed to the dangers of Achaba riders and sex offenders.
• The Hisbah board systematically sought to and made a giant effort towards sanitizing our billboards which hitherto contained explicit and sometimes nude depictions of sensual female models in the crafty name of advertising and marketing.
• The Adaidaita Sahu inspired program was instrumental to the partitioning of almost all Kano state ministries bringing an end to free mixing of the sexes in their bit to contribute to nation building. What more of a Sharia system would we be asking for? [ I mean anywhere in the world].
• The Tsangaya system [ a system of Islamic education in northern Nigeria] sought to sanitize the Almajirai/allo system of education and thus, documented the ones worthy of caring and educating the young minds, provided them with the necessary learning materials, enlisted them in free food distribution during Ramadan, and provided them with soft financial assistance and strict monitoring as a pilot project to begin with.
• We the youth have been witnessing a near perfect and stress free Kallon Hawan Sarki due to effective and pro active arrangement jointly put in place during the whole week of Sallah by the Nigerian police force.
• The primary and post primary school within the government in question has witnessed a surge in its total staff employment list, the largest of its kind in the history of the education sector. Young and energetic N.d, N.c.e graduates were at last taken off the streets for good.
• The food handed down to people which is evidently well prepared is one of the greatest achievements of this administration towards improving the human lot of this great state because it is evident that feeding in the month of Ramadan is very much rewarding
• It was during Mallams administration that we as tertiary institution student got a 100% rise in scholarship and course with practical studies were recently given a rise, how sensitive of a humble fellow!
The soft loans handed out to unemployed youth after empowering them through seminars and workshops on things like soap making and poultry is a normal occurrence and a good sight to behold as some of those youths shot off on track to becoming great poultry farmers feeding families and dependents from a supposed paltry loan.
The seemingly inexhaustible roll call of Mallams human development oriented first four [4] years could be said to be simmered down in order to save space for the infrastructural side of the story. Thus, with the generality of the populace being humanely empowered, we could say that they are now ready to enjoy whatever infrastructure will be put in place at ease. A hungry man they say is an angry man and thus we might have been indisposed towards enjoying the supposed social amenities then.
Infrastructure is defined as ; public services or systems, the large scale public systems, services and facilities of a state or a region that are necessary for economic activity, including power and water supplies, public transport, telecommunications, roads, and schools. In this regard, we could however bear witness to the giant stride by the Shekarau administration to among other things provide;
• An enviable road network rehabilitation, upgrading and at most trying times demolition and renewal. We saw roads pass through the most remote locations never imagined in the history of the state and it is ongoing.
• Our state specialist hospital popularly referred to as asibitin murtala or birni was rehabilitated to the world standard that it was and a new well tarred road inset, the nasarawa specialist hospital popularly called Muhammad Abdullahi wasse was equally refurbished and a new tarred road inset also.
• We are witnessing the building of two world class ultra modern hospitals at giginyu and zoo road respectively, an effort we cannot seem to remember which of our past military and civilian governors made.
• Street lights and traffic lights in Kano were considered a thing of the past, alas!! We can now enjoy the comfort of a well lit street while we cruise the beautiful road networks of our dear city.
• A fly over bridge we were meant to believe is only for riverine areas and too expensive to build, thanks to this administration, a fly over bridge is almost at 60% completion stage at the outskirts of Kano to ease traffic.
• To compliment the aging water processing and supply plant at Challawa, Mallams administration built from scratch the Tamburawa water processing and supply plant and now, places with ghost pump head terminals are seeing water for the first time in ages.
• The same program ushered in once again a more refined and well structured Hisbah board, their presence on our junctions to help when the traffic warden is off at six o clock really touched the high and the low [we all know the traffic jams we witness]. Their mere presence prevented us, especially the youths from committing countless crimes, their words although always mocked at, are always a reminder for people of understanding, they sanitized indiscriminate alcohol consumption that hitherto was spreading like wild fire in our society, advised ladies to dress decently e.t.c.
• The turmoil that surrounded our post office environs was laid to rest by a fair compensation which sought to relocate the skilled youths to a well designed and equipped market at farm centre. It was evident that three months ago the road leading to the post office and the post office buildings themselves were quite elusive to the view and passing through which took a minimum of ten [10] minutes then, now takes less than two minutes to get through and the view of the post office is a spectacular sight to behold.
• The illegal refuse dump sites and street corner refuse dumps are now a thing of the past, thanks to the effort of the refuse management and sanitation board REMASAB. Overtime recurring potholes on our roads are constantly filled up and maintained through the effort of the state ministry for land and physical planning and Kano state urban development and planning division KNUPDA. Many thanks to mallams efforts in providing them with over twenty [20] heavy duty trucks, [all painted yellow for reference].
• The recent effort of this administration to equip kano line with long commuter buses for a start is a move that only our fathers saw during the Rimi and Audu Bako era.
As inexhaustible as the roll call of this administrations infrastructural development effort might seem, time and space will warrant our limiting the efforts here and move on to simply marrying the two move together.
Thus, it is becoming increasingly clear that human development should supersede infrastructural development which will ensue maximization of the opportunities provided by an equally capable citizenry.
As for our royal father, I would also like to use this medium to say a big thank you and a big “Ran Sarki ya dade!” It is evident that the most advanced and sophisticated civilizations which today pride themselves as being the best democracies did not find any cause to separate politics from the monarchy on who’s foundation politics was built and strongly relies upon. The romance between our political administration and our humble monarchy is a symbol of the level of trust and confidence the common people have for this administration which tends to transcend itself in the royal approval and blessing given to the leader of the administration I call “The Golden Era”
The above notes, although not statistically documented are the pure observations that we as the youth have seen on the ground and can’t help but say thank you to mallam shekarau once more for a job well done, so far so good. God bless him and give him the vision to move on as humbled as ever, if his supposed dreams for the highest seat of governance is going to be beneficial to his being, religion and our beloved nation, may God see him through to it, amen.
Long live the federal republic of Nigeria!
Long live Kano state!
United we stand, divided we fall [like a house of cards]
Nigeria! Good people, great nation!
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande, a free lance writer, neo pan africanist, you can reach him at www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com
Sunday, November 22, 2009
POWER
When power is abused in excess,
when the rulers hip shy’s away,
pretending not to hear the cry,
when the ruled complain in anguish,
when the society frowns at it,
when the good advisers refrain,
when opposition becomes taboo,
when the imam says “a daidata sahu”,
when no one says the same to the imam,
then, prejudice overshadows the king,
pride and arrogance rules the king,
seeing no fences and feeling no bounds,
there seems to be no limits at all,
self admiration and self worship ensues,
in a manner only befitting a dictatorship,
history has it in store that,
all tyrannical leaders since Moses,
they ended up self destroying,
ironically, history goes in cycles,
power abused in excess,
power seized by fraud,
comes haunting its culprit,
until it leads to self annihilation,
a word is enough for the wise,
a word of advice for future leaders,
do not seize and abuse power.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande, a freelance writer, neo pan africanist. You can reach him at www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com .
when the rulers hip shy’s away,
pretending not to hear the cry,
when the ruled complain in anguish,
when the society frowns at it,
when the good advisers refrain,
when opposition becomes taboo,
when the imam says “a daidata sahu”,
when no one says the same to the imam,
then, prejudice overshadows the king,
pride and arrogance rules the king,
seeing no fences and feeling no bounds,
there seems to be no limits at all,
self admiration and self worship ensues,
in a manner only befitting a dictatorship,
history has it in store that,
all tyrannical leaders since Moses,
they ended up self destroying,
ironically, history goes in cycles,
power abused in excess,
power seized by fraud,
comes haunting its culprit,
until it leads to self annihilation,
a word is enough for the wise,
a word of advice for future leaders,
do not seize and abuse power.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande, a freelance writer, neo pan africanist. You can reach him at www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com .
THE gods are not to blame.
[Pure confessions of a hypothetical sister gone sober]
Sincerely , I do not blame the God of time for a lack of husband or a set of difficulty in finding or keeping a date,
At 25+, I look back and I say what if,
When I look back through the hands of time and the joyful memories, left to me now I ask myself a very sincere question?
The last person I intend to lie to is myself though,
What was at the top of my priority list when I was young and tender?[when I was 16-18+],
A time my skin was as firm as a rubber band, and my whole being as succulent as a pumpkin from a royal pumpkin tree,
And remember!, no additives involved then!!,
Boys my age with fairy tale hopes asking me to marry them and alight,
Men much older and matured, proposing to a diamond in the dark,
Men and boys all in a seemingly endless journey of wooing a priceless work of art,
The thrill and fun that came along being clamored around intensified and I was beginning to think it will never end,
And at that time I had a list of my greatest priorities, neatly folded and tucked beneath my boundless heart,
As for the innocent proposers, it was either he was too short or too tall or just too cute for my liking dad,
And after all, marriage against my western induced will in the 21st century!?, that’s utterly silly dad,
Higher education and western influenced independence was all I yearn for inside silently though,
Marriage at this point to me is portrayed as being a burden which will tie my hands down and deprive my independence [babies and university!!!?]
Establishing a promising career was all I yearned for,
Financial independence is all I foresee,
All had to wait till I had my fill,
My biological clock would not stop ticking though, and my skin would not stop sagging as I grew older,
The natural allure and sharpness of my succulent skin is all but a mirage now,
Now I am plagued by enormous cost of maintenance, new gel, new soap, latest wears,
And now I look back at it all and say to myself silently,
Whatever was at the top of my priority list then should have waited,
Today, I do not want to blame the God of time,
For the God of time gave me a chance at a tender age,
this chance I thought would last a lifetime,
Indeed the gods are not to blame.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, wrote in from the university of Maiduguri, borno State, Nigeria.[2008]
Sincerely , I do not blame the God of time for a lack of husband or a set of difficulty in finding or keeping a date,
At 25+, I look back and I say what if,
When I look back through the hands of time and the joyful memories, left to me now I ask myself a very sincere question?
The last person I intend to lie to is myself though,
What was at the top of my priority list when I was young and tender?[when I was 16-18+],
A time my skin was as firm as a rubber band, and my whole being as succulent as a pumpkin from a royal pumpkin tree,
And remember!, no additives involved then!!,
Boys my age with fairy tale hopes asking me to marry them and alight,
Men much older and matured, proposing to a diamond in the dark,
Men and boys all in a seemingly endless journey of wooing a priceless work of art,
The thrill and fun that came along being clamored around intensified and I was beginning to think it will never end,
And at that time I had a list of my greatest priorities, neatly folded and tucked beneath my boundless heart,
As for the innocent proposers, it was either he was too short or too tall or just too cute for my liking dad,
And after all, marriage against my western induced will in the 21st century!?, that’s utterly silly dad,
Higher education and western influenced independence was all I yearn for inside silently though,
Marriage at this point to me is portrayed as being a burden which will tie my hands down and deprive my independence [babies and university!!!?]
Establishing a promising career was all I yearned for,
Financial independence is all I foresee,
All had to wait till I had my fill,
My biological clock would not stop ticking though, and my skin would not stop sagging as I grew older,
The natural allure and sharpness of my succulent skin is all but a mirage now,
Now I am plagued by enormous cost of maintenance, new gel, new soap, latest wears,
And now I look back at it all and say to myself silently,
Whatever was at the top of my priority list then should have waited,
Today, I do not want to blame the God of time,
For the God of time gave me a chance at a tender age,
this chance I thought would last a lifetime,
Indeed the gods are not to blame.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, wrote in from the university of Maiduguri, borno State, Nigeria.[2008]
Friday, November 20, 2009
कानो!!!
“ No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all by himself, or get all the credit for doing it”
Andrew Carnegie [1835-1919].
“True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers not the enrichment of the leaders. In combat, officers eat last”
Robert towns end [1920].
“We have to stop personalizing politics and be ready to accept genuine critism”
Aminu bello masari.
The above quotations are a food for thought for our dear readers.
The cardinal objective of a leader is the happiness, peace and progress of the followers. It is therefore pertinent for leaders to consider the teeming masses first, as their primary target, in order to change their lives for good. Anything contrary to this remains counterproductive and anti people.
As long as the world lasts, there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs will last forever.
Empty vessels they say makes the most noise. Achievement! Achievement! Achievement! Is all we ever hear. Ideally, a good leader should not blow his own trumpet all by himself.
Each succeeding generation of leaders should patiently await the testimony of the people they ruled over, it is from the joint testimonies of the teeming g masses that a historical account could be adequately documented and laid to rest in the annals’ of history whether good or bad. At first when votes were sought, it was low tone voices and a sense of pity for losing a first attempt; with high expectations, a majority of congress voted although some electoral misappropriation was employed. Still sober and timid, executive support was geared towards retrieving the unions most valued possession, from then, it has always been busy days, pride and unlimited arrogance. A crooked ruler just like a good liar will surely have an excuse for every misdeed when confronted, so, at first they might seem spotless.
The best attribute of a good leader is that which is inclined towards accepting genuine critsm and not making excuses and trying change for the better. An exemplary rule within a student union like ours will definitely be passed on to the outside world, back at home; if we are asked to give testimony of the leadership habits of a supposed senatorial aspirant who was a one time leader within our cycles back in school, guess what our general response will be? how much support do you think we will give? Do you and I think that we will forget so easily the busy spree? No!, I do not think we will.
Thus, I say this, even though the leader maybe as wise as a sage, he must humble himself and yield to the inclined public pressures and demands, only then will the intelligent and the wise offer to him their good counsel and the braveness to exert themselves in full submit to his course.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, a neo pan africanist. You can reach him at www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com .
Andrew Carnegie [1835-1919].
“True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers not the enrichment of the leaders. In combat, officers eat last”
Robert towns end [1920].
“We have to stop personalizing politics and be ready to accept genuine critism”
Aminu bello masari.
The above quotations are a food for thought for our dear readers.
The cardinal objective of a leader is the happiness, peace and progress of the followers. It is therefore pertinent for leaders to consider the teeming masses first, as their primary target, in order to change their lives for good. Anything contrary to this remains counterproductive and anti people.
As long as the world lasts, there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs will last forever.
Empty vessels they say makes the most noise. Achievement! Achievement! Achievement! Is all we ever hear. Ideally, a good leader should not blow his own trumpet all by himself.
Each succeeding generation of leaders should patiently await the testimony of the people they ruled over, it is from the joint testimonies of the teeming g masses that a historical account could be adequately documented and laid to rest in the annals’ of history whether good or bad. At first when votes were sought, it was low tone voices and a sense of pity for losing a first attempt; with high expectations, a majority of congress voted although some electoral misappropriation was employed. Still sober and timid, executive support was geared towards retrieving the unions most valued possession, from then, it has always been busy days, pride and unlimited arrogance. A crooked ruler just like a good liar will surely have an excuse for every misdeed when confronted, so, at first they might seem spotless.
The best attribute of a good leader is that which is inclined towards accepting genuine critsm and not making excuses and trying change for the better. An exemplary rule within a student union like ours will definitely be passed on to the outside world, back at home; if we are asked to give testimony of the leadership habits of a supposed senatorial aspirant who was a one time leader within our cycles back in school, guess what our general response will be? how much support do you think we will give? Do you and I think that we will forget so easily the busy spree? No!, I do not think we will.
Thus, I say this, even though the leader maybe as wise as a sage, he must humble himself and yield to the inclined public pressures and demands, only then will the intelligent and the wise offer to him their good counsel and the braveness to exert themselves in full submit to his course.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, a neo pan africanist. You can reach him at www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com .
Zan rattaba!!
“I do not believe in running cap in hand begging people or organizations for money to run our humble union. We must have a source of raising our revenue so as to truly make us independent to pursue our goal of equity and justice for all our members”
Muhammad Garba , N.U.J president.
Any organization that is not capable of generating its revenue internally and running itself at least for survival is not considered by business administrators to be an establishment deserving to maintain its name for much longer.
A good leader is suppose to be an innovator, creative and dynamic, not in terms of sweet begging the rich money bag politicians or elder state people; but in terms of being able to utilize revenue internally generated to put forth simple little achievements for their humble union.
A good leader ought to be a good manager and use funds and fund raising material at his disposal to churn out money for well defined projects.
The most prestigious N.AK.S.S is Bayero chapter. But even they put their vehicle to tread the equivalent of “accada to complex” generating nothing less than 15,000 naira monthly, which will be enough for fueling and general maintenance over time. Sometimes I wonder how show off on campus with public property could bring some cadre of people supposed happiness, while the masses are generally grumbling against unfair marginalization.
We are generally meant to believe that the essence of taking our unions vehicle home was to chase money bag politicians around for funds or their equivalent, visiting sick or bereaved congress members, attending their weddings and events e.t.c , yaeh!. So?, ideally under such arrangement the use of the vehicle should have been restricted within the bounds of this venture and not too much inclined towards personal gratification. Yes the vehicle serves as a personal as well as an official car to Mr. president! Agreed!, but how personal? There are and should be restraints. Ideally, personal engagement should be 30% and union issues take up 70%, in its absence, let the vehicle sleep and rest.
Almost everybody back at home, maid student or not will tell you where they saw your unions vehicle, Kaduna- Abuja express way, bachirawa, hotoro,shagari quarters e.t.c and in almost every unguwa within the metropolis , one thing I live to ask you and I is, are we the only union with a car or it’s just that we have a leadership with no screws in them?
Trust is burden and every one of us is but a Sheppard that will be called upon to account for their flock on the day of recompense. Public property is too sensitive to be employed for personal gratification. I remember we used to have a business centre that is decaying out of empty promises, if only the money making tools within the leadership had been put to effective use? Sometimes I look back and I say what if?
Thus we do not believe in a system that is so dependent on external support to survive. Going cap in hand, begging money bag politicians for dimes and pennies will no develop vibrant future leaders with a zeal for creativity and success which is independent of external support, at least not until it becomes an absolute necessity.
An ce “wai daga na gaba akan ga zurfin ruwa”, I hope the next cadre of leaders will learn from the blunders of history and steer us to greater heights.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, a neo panafricanist. You can reach him on www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com .
Muhammad Garba , N.U.J president.
Any organization that is not capable of generating its revenue internally and running itself at least for survival is not considered by business administrators to be an establishment deserving to maintain its name for much longer.
A good leader is suppose to be an innovator, creative and dynamic, not in terms of sweet begging the rich money bag politicians or elder state people; but in terms of being able to utilize revenue internally generated to put forth simple little achievements for their humble union.
A good leader ought to be a good manager and use funds and fund raising material at his disposal to churn out money for well defined projects.
The most prestigious N.AK.S.S is Bayero chapter. But even they put their vehicle to tread the equivalent of “accada to complex” generating nothing less than 15,000 naira monthly, which will be enough for fueling and general maintenance over time. Sometimes I wonder how show off on campus with public property could bring some cadre of people supposed happiness, while the masses are generally grumbling against unfair marginalization.
We are generally meant to believe that the essence of taking our unions vehicle home was to chase money bag politicians around for funds or their equivalent, visiting sick or bereaved congress members, attending their weddings and events e.t.c , yaeh!. So?, ideally under such arrangement the use of the vehicle should have been restricted within the bounds of this venture and not too much inclined towards personal gratification. Yes the vehicle serves as a personal as well as an official car to Mr. president! Agreed!, but how personal? There are and should be restraints. Ideally, personal engagement should be 30% and union issues take up 70%, in its absence, let the vehicle sleep and rest.
Almost everybody back at home, maid student or not will tell you where they saw your unions vehicle, Kaduna- Abuja express way, bachirawa, hotoro,shagari quarters e.t.c and in almost every unguwa within the metropolis , one thing I live to ask you and I is, are we the only union with a car or it’s just that we have a leadership with no screws in them?
Trust is burden and every one of us is but a Sheppard that will be called upon to account for their flock on the day of recompense. Public property is too sensitive to be employed for personal gratification. I remember we used to have a business centre that is decaying out of empty promises, if only the money making tools within the leadership had been put to effective use? Sometimes I look back and I say what if?
Thus we do not believe in a system that is so dependent on external support to survive. Going cap in hand, begging money bag politicians for dimes and pennies will no develop vibrant future leaders with a zeal for creativity and success which is independent of external support, at least not until it becomes an absolute necessity.
An ce “wai daga na gaba akan ga zurfin ruwa”, I hope the next cadre of leaders will learn from the blunders of history and steer us to greater heights.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, a neo panafricanist. You can reach him on www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com .
NATURAL SUCCESSION AND THE HUMAN MIMICK THROUGH THE RISING OF MEGA CITIES [SKYCRAPER ORIENTED].
In the field of ecology, succession is the natural process by which a community of organisms in an ecosystem gradually replaces another. The process of succession begins with a group of simple, rapidly growing organisms called the pioneer community. The final stage of ecological succession, which consists of the most complex and stable community, is called the climax vegetation.
The human societal development takes a similar pattern as such, through an increase in population. In the field of population and urban geography, it is believed that people move into a favorable area in drifts from different places and tend to settle down permanently. Over time one generation succeeds the order beginning with homogenous group to a vast heterogeneous pack of people with advancing technology for shelter and thus the emergence of complex buildings.
Through the stages of succession which are nudation, migration, excess, competition, stability, the ecosystem reaches a stage of structural complexity and subsequent climax. This is achieved while the vegetation undisturbed passes through stages where plants and animals compete to establish themselves, reproduce, compete for space, sunlight, nutrients all in a quest to survive leading to an endless struggle known as the survival of the fittest in which only the strong can survive.
In comparison, the human society tries in earnest to outdo each order in wealth and property. High rise apartments are thought to be trendy and cool, offering a paradise view, lots of sunshine and free flow of natural air. Thus competition between tall buildings developed as technology and affluence evolved. A ten story building in the middle of Manhattan in new York city will be deprived of essentials such as sunlight, free flow of air for comfort and thus has to be pulled down for a fifty story building [that is before many seventy story buildings cover the sky overtime]. Thus, the climax of human succession could be said to have been reached.
In the plant community as explained above, a stage of structural complexity is reached as well, as such only the most advanced species could carry on living.
Thus the above keen observation of mine attempts to put forth the glaring similarities inherent within ecological succession and human territorial expansion and quest for survival.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a 300 level student, department of geography, university of Maiduguri, Borno state Nigeria.
You can reach him at www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com
The human societal development takes a similar pattern as such, through an increase in population. In the field of population and urban geography, it is believed that people move into a favorable area in drifts from different places and tend to settle down permanently. Over time one generation succeeds the order beginning with homogenous group to a vast heterogeneous pack of people with advancing technology for shelter and thus the emergence of complex buildings.
Through the stages of succession which are nudation, migration, excess, competition, stability, the ecosystem reaches a stage of structural complexity and subsequent climax. This is achieved while the vegetation undisturbed passes through stages where plants and animals compete to establish themselves, reproduce, compete for space, sunlight, nutrients all in a quest to survive leading to an endless struggle known as the survival of the fittest in which only the strong can survive.
In comparison, the human society tries in earnest to outdo each order in wealth and property. High rise apartments are thought to be trendy and cool, offering a paradise view, lots of sunshine and free flow of natural air. Thus competition between tall buildings developed as technology and affluence evolved. A ten story building in the middle of Manhattan in new York city will be deprived of essentials such as sunlight, free flow of air for comfort and thus has to be pulled down for a fifty story building [that is before many seventy story buildings cover the sky overtime]. Thus, the climax of human succession could be said to have been reached.
In the plant community as explained above, a stage of structural complexity is reached as well, as such only the most advanced species could carry on living.
Thus the above keen observation of mine attempts to put forth the glaring similarities inherent within ecological succession and human territorial expansion and quest for survival.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a 300 level student, department of geography, university of Maiduguri, Borno state Nigeria.
You can reach him at www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com
Thursday, October 22, 2009
nature speaks
sitting alone listening;
sitting in a natural setting,
listening, as nature converses,
listening, as the birds sing, rhythmic and melodious tunes,
listen!!, as the breeze brushes gently past,
watch!, as the sun sets majestically beyond the horizon,
listen!, to what nature is saying,
behold!, nature is speaking,
listen!, nature speaks to a person!,
a person in solitude.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande, a freelance writer, wrote this poem in the year 2007.
sitting in a natural setting,
listening, as nature converses,
listening, as the birds sing, rhythmic and melodious tunes,
listen!!, as the breeze brushes gently past,
watch!, as the sun sets majestically beyond the horizon,
listen!, to what nature is saying,
behold!, nature is speaking,
listen!, nature speaks to a person!,
a person in solitude.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande, a freelance writer, wrote this poem in the year 2007.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Letter from the west [on high rates of divorce].
Hello, I figure out that since we as Africans can’t seem to stop the blind emulation of the western despoiled civilization and that issues such as early marriages, women and career, divorce, feminism and its unforeseen consequence and a host of other social vices have been exhausted. And the fact that the westerners have reached the pinnacle of their civilization and have seen where all the social experiments and the ugly head of the feminist movement has landed them; and the fact that they are tense and remorse now and saying “what if”. I decided to create this format to help relate from their own words what they say about the issues we now consider burning or rather controversial. Thus, I will be bringing you admissions, views and confessions of our supposed models[ those who have awaken from their deep slumber though]; these will be cut from their blogs, sites, books etc for your deliberation, you may find it hard to accept that “facts are facts and will not disappear according to your likes”,
Mr. man, September 28 2009 at 03:48 am commented on Cathy Meyers divorce support blog on about.com from U.S.A and he says, and in quote:
“I am recently divorced, and know quite a few friends who are. Not one of them, including me, did this because of cheating.
I think the rising divorce rate is driven by 3 things. In order of importance (most important first):
1. Pressure, economics, the change in the American lifestyle.
Since the 1970s, we have become a nation where many couples have both spouses working full-time. We are also moving around a lot, so our extended families are no longer nearby. On top of that, the economy and standard of living have declined so much that even with two working spouses, it is very hard to maintain the standard of living that couples had in the 1950s and 60s. By “standard of living”, I don’t just mean wealth. I mean a standard in which people could work AND rest AND be together at home.
If you think that the lifestyle that couples are living now isn’t destroying marriages, think again. If you work all the time, and spend your only “off time” tending children, chores and the household, how can a marriage possibly survive?
2. Lack of accountability, punishment, respect for law – call it ” – call it “personal responsibility”.
Yup – we are a nation of lazy, excuse-making whiners. Marriages don’t survive well in that environment.
3. “Feminism” – Please read before you blow a gasket.
No, I don’t really mean the movement for women’s rights. That’s why I put it in quotes. What I mean is that before the surge in feminism in the 1970s, males and females had much more clearly defined roles. That left women holding the bag for a lot of housework and chores, and rotten pay, and it wasn’t fair. BUT, we have replaced it with a system where only SOME of those inequalities have been righted, and I think that’s worse for marriage than what we had before. Women now work as much as men, compete with men, and although not equal, they are approaching the pay and careers of men.
Well, whoop-de-doo, because now they also have the stress, the lack of home time, and the lack of domestic time or skills that men always had.
That means that NEITHER partner in the marriage is much of a domestic home-maker. Well, SOMEBODY bloody well has to be good at that. Making a home is NICE THING TO HAVE. It’s important to marriage.
What has happened is that in our zeal to equalize things for women, we have made domestic life, or “homemaking” a dirty word.
—–
If we don’t retrench to a way of life that prioritizes plain, uncluttered, domestic life, less money, and less career pressure, the state of marriage is only going to keep getting worse”.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, a neo pan African activist and the unauthorized compiler of remorse westerners thoughts, wrote in from Kano state Nigeria.
Mr. man, September 28 2009 at 03:48 am commented on Cathy Meyers divorce support blog on about.com from U.S.A and he says, and in quote:
“I am recently divorced, and know quite a few friends who are. Not one of them, including me, did this because of cheating.
I think the rising divorce rate is driven by 3 things. In order of importance (most important first):
1. Pressure, economics, the change in the American lifestyle.
Since the 1970s, we have become a nation where many couples have both spouses working full-time. We are also moving around a lot, so our extended families are no longer nearby. On top of that, the economy and standard of living have declined so much that even with two working spouses, it is very hard to maintain the standard of living that couples had in the 1950s and 60s. By “standard of living”, I don’t just mean wealth. I mean a standard in which people could work AND rest AND be together at home.
If you think that the lifestyle that couples are living now isn’t destroying marriages, think again. If you work all the time, and spend your only “off time” tending children, chores and the household, how can a marriage possibly survive?
2. Lack of accountability, punishment, respect for law – call it ” – call it “personal responsibility”.
Yup – we are a nation of lazy, excuse-making whiners. Marriages don’t survive well in that environment.
3. “Feminism” – Please read before you blow a gasket.
No, I don’t really mean the movement for women’s rights. That’s why I put it in quotes. What I mean is that before the surge in feminism in the 1970s, males and females had much more clearly defined roles. That left women holding the bag for a lot of housework and chores, and rotten pay, and it wasn’t fair. BUT, we have replaced it with a system where only SOME of those inequalities have been righted, and I think that’s worse for marriage than what we had before. Women now work as much as men, compete with men, and although not equal, they are approaching the pay and careers of men.
Well, whoop-de-doo, because now they also have the stress, the lack of home time, and the lack of domestic time or skills that men always had.
That means that NEITHER partner in the marriage is much of a domestic home-maker. Well, SOMEBODY bloody well has to be good at that. Making a home is NICE THING TO HAVE. It’s important to marriage.
What has happened is that in our zeal to equalize things for women, we have made domestic life, or “homemaking” a dirty word.
—–
If we don’t retrench to a way of life that prioritizes plain, uncluttered, domestic life, less money, and less career pressure, the state of marriage is only going to keep getting worse”.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, a neo pan African activist and the unauthorized compiler of remorse westerners thoughts, wrote in from Kano state Nigeria.
Men are very stupid people.
Yeah!, some keen followers of my past writings will wonder why this statement about my gender huhn? Well, when reality beckons I cannot but yield so as to free my conscience. Facts are facts and will not disappear according to our likes.
The predominant obsession these days is about women dressing explicitly, nudity, gold digging, women and careers, moral bankruptcy etc.
Sometimes I stop to think of this gender based bias and my heart is baffled by the intriguing findings I come across,
It’s funny how almost all guys dream and keep on searching for a God fearing wife while we ourselves are not down to earth and God fearing,
It’s funny how we want a neat and tidy wife while we smell of sweat and dirt with unkempt hair all over,
It’s funny how we want to marry loving and caring wives while we are so much absorbed in our careers and we hardly find time to care or love properly [love is a two way thing you know!],
It’s funny how we want a wife that should wake up early, do the domestic chores, fix breakfast, prepare the kids for school etc, while we wake up late and grumble when asked to drop the kids at school,
It’s funny how an adulterous husband is passed away as an adventurous male that will stop some day, while an adulterous wife is labeled a disgrace to womanhood, marriage sanctity and a blasphemous creature,
It’s funny how men become older, richer, more educated and become more wanted by ladies, while the more education, wealth and age a girl accumulates the more despised she becomes by men,
It’s funny how we wear body hugging shirts and tight jeans to show off our biceps while the lady in the body hugging attire is whore,
It’s funny how a guy impregnates a girl and gets scolded for a day while she has to bear the scorn for nine enduring months,
It’s funny how women are still not equal and just alongside men,
It’s a man’s world!, yeah! right,
Are we being fair to the ladies?
Where is the justice?
Where is the equality?
Where is the love?,
It’s funny, how ironically ladies are systematically robbed of their God given rights,
Let us be just and exemplary to women not feministic, it’s funny how… huhn?
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, wrote in from Kano state Nigeria.
The predominant obsession these days is about women dressing explicitly, nudity, gold digging, women and careers, moral bankruptcy etc.
Sometimes I stop to think of this gender based bias and my heart is baffled by the intriguing findings I come across,
It’s funny how almost all guys dream and keep on searching for a God fearing wife while we ourselves are not down to earth and God fearing,
It’s funny how we want a neat and tidy wife while we smell of sweat and dirt with unkempt hair all over,
It’s funny how we want to marry loving and caring wives while we are so much absorbed in our careers and we hardly find time to care or love properly [love is a two way thing you know!],
It’s funny how we want a wife that should wake up early, do the domestic chores, fix breakfast, prepare the kids for school etc, while we wake up late and grumble when asked to drop the kids at school,
It’s funny how an adulterous husband is passed away as an adventurous male that will stop some day, while an adulterous wife is labeled a disgrace to womanhood, marriage sanctity and a blasphemous creature,
It’s funny how men become older, richer, more educated and become more wanted by ladies, while the more education, wealth and age a girl accumulates the more despised she becomes by men,
It’s funny how we wear body hugging shirts and tight jeans to show off our biceps while the lady in the body hugging attire is whore,
It’s funny how a guy impregnates a girl and gets scolded for a day while she has to bear the scorn for nine enduring months,
It’s funny how women are still not equal and just alongside men,
It’s a man’s world!, yeah! right,
Are we being fair to the ladies?
Where is the justice?
Where is the equality?
Where is the love?,
It’s funny, how ironically ladies are systematically robbed of their God given rights,
Let us be just and exemplary to women not feministic, it’s funny how… huhn?
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, wrote in from Kano state Nigeria.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
My philosophy
“I am not perfect and neither are you, I would rather change plans while still at port; than to set sail and sink at sea”.
I am an ordinary guy with an average I.Q, I have made a lot of mistakes during the course of my life and God being so kind to me ; I have been able to cash in the experience. At a very early age in my life, I developed a keen desire for understanding the principles of “social engineering”[ a type of engineering in which you and I become the designated product, via print and electronic media CNN, BBC], and the social principles of life through social scientific means of research and interpretation.
It is very funny how the things with the most consequence receives the least attention., I grew up by the TV set, watched countless cartoons and children movies while growing up, I watched an enviable dosage of CNN, BBC ,Good Morning America, CBS news, late Night show by David letterman, Sally[then], oprah winfrey etc. I am not a guy with a clean slate, at least not as clean as many of you are, I am fully westernized.
Subsequently, I look at where we are all headed and I pause to ask myself, isn’t there some one who has been to where I intend to go now?, and fortunately enough for me, I met an armada of people whom have gone to where I intend to go and have cashed in the experience already[ Europe and America]; so I stop to ask them the following set of questions which I believe any wise traveler to a supposed disrupted nation will do; it’s like travelling to Jos [ capital of plateau state in Nigeria], which was war stricken then, and when you set out, you encountered a person just coming back from Jos, ideally you are supposed to ask that man as thus;
When did you go to Jos ?
How was the journey en route Jos?
How was your stay there?
Was all good when you left there?
How was your homecoming journey?
Where there any obstacles en route Jos?
How would you assess Jos ?
I am an eager bewildered traveler to the Jos now,, what advice would you give to me if it becomes absolutely necessary that I must go Jos ?
The above passage is a purported metaphor. Ideally, what it stands for is, since our own civilization has been cut half way through [ colonization of Africa]; and now we have embraced Sir Mango parks [British] civilization and decided to swallow its contents hook, line and sinker, the impression imbued in us about their own civilization [Euro-American] is that; it is more refined, and people treading its part are happier and more free. And in turn we are being conditioned to believe that our own civilization is rudimentary, crude, barbaric and unrefined, that we are less happy and poverty stricken, that we cannot even govern ourselves without U.N intervention.
Over the past forty years or so. Women have been liberated, they left the home for the job market which is a God given right [although terms and conditions apply], women today head universities, transcontinental business corporations, women head countries as presidents, they make up the best surgeons, economists etc. Their home and children? [that is if they have any], they live it to the supper nannies, the idle step parent, and to a wide variety of satellite TV programmers etc. the consequence? The highest number of rape, drug, suicide, pedophilias, incest’s, divorce phonographic, homosexuality, lesbianism, Gangsters, lack of remorse for the old etc and yet still I asked them the question that you and I need to answer, did women in America become happier? Is weight and ideal beauty the western woman’s obsession? [ unrealistic standards of beauty ironically set by men, where is the equality?] How many of them western women did manage to juggle a career and family successfully? I think you cannot eat your cake and still have it. Its either you focus on building a beautiful traditional family and do career later or do career fully and do Emily later. These are all subject to academic discourse now as we are meant to believe.
It is very funny how the things with the most consequence receive the least attention. It pains me when I visit websites and blogs and I hear American and Europeans regretting and complaining about how feminism has despoiled western civilization, has destroyed and will destroy more innocent lives, about how they turn off the TV set for a week annually just to control their lives awhile, how some fight against daycare centers and nannies and how they demoralize little kids[ because they are products of these social experiments themselves, how they feel full time breastfeeding should be done because with it the body secrets a natural contraceptive, that polio vaccine and all vaccines are a detrimental to our health[ your health], in essence those euro Americans that have woken up from a deep slumber now realize that they have been deceived by the global social engineers of feminism and the new world order. Herewith I placed a direct quote from an American woman in the hub post blog under the topic what is happening to women’s happiness?, she writes, and I quote “I feel like my mother's generation took away the ability for me to be a stay-at-home mom. For most of my peers, it is financially impossible to do this, when 30 years ago it was the norm. I know I have been taught that this kind of thinking should be wrong, but I don't. There had been a balance going on for generations, and it was only tipped recently. I would love to have lived my life 30+ years ago, instead of now”. These nations have been to the pinnacle of their own civilization, and yet they are the most morally bankrupt nations in the world.
Thus, the delicate balance that has been going on for generations dear comrades has been tipped by the social engineers. How does the African copy cat plan to recreate a balance?
I am no saint comrades. I am just a fellow with a thirst for moral redefinition and afro-cultural reclaimation. How and when will we, Africans, set our stakes based on African standards? When will we stop hero worshipping Europe and America? It is said that “it is by copying what everybody does that the monkey ended up slitting its own throat”. Let us pause to ponder over our roots as Africans and as Muslims, how unique a civilization we had. I do not intend to wait until I become a saint before I help pass down information with such grave consequences to my fellow Africans. Every one of us is like a moon having a dark side which they never reveal. All I preach is but moral philosophy.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, a neo pan-African, wrote in from Kano state Nigeria.
I am an ordinary guy with an average I.Q, I have made a lot of mistakes during the course of my life and God being so kind to me ; I have been able to cash in the experience. At a very early age in my life, I developed a keen desire for understanding the principles of “social engineering”[ a type of engineering in which you and I become the designated product, via print and electronic media CNN, BBC], and the social principles of life through social scientific means of research and interpretation.
It is very funny how the things with the most consequence receives the least attention., I grew up by the TV set, watched countless cartoons and children movies while growing up, I watched an enviable dosage of CNN, BBC ,Good Morning America, CBS news, late Night show by David letterman, Sally[then], oprah winfrey etc. I am not a guy with a clean slate, at least not as clean as many of you are, I am fully westernized.
Subsequently, I look at where we are all headed and I pause to ask myself, isn’t there some one who has been to where I intend to go now?, and fortunately enough for me, I met an armada of people whom have gone to where I intend to go and have cashed in the experience already[ Europe and America]; so I stop to ask them the following set of questions which I believe any wise traveler to a supposed disrupted nation will do; it’s like travelling to Jos [ capital of plateau state in Nigeria], which was war stricken then, and when you set out, you encountered a person just coming back from Jos, ideally you are supposed to ask that man as thus;
When did you go to Jos ?
How was the journey en route Jos?
How was your stay there?
Was all good when you left there?
How was your homecoming journey?
Where there any obstacles en route Jos?
How would you assess Jos ?
I am an eager bewildered traveler to the Jos now,, what advice would you give to me if it becomes absolutely necessary that I must go Jos ?
The above passage is a purported metaphor. Ideally, what it stands for is, since our own civilization has been cut half way through [ colonization of Africa]; and now we have embraced Sir Mango parks [British] civilization and decided to swallow its contents hook, line and sinker, the impression imbued in us about their own civilization [Euro-American] is that; it is more refined, and people treading its part are happier and more free. And in turn we are being conditioned to believe that our own civilization is rudimentary, crude, barbaric and unrefined, that we are less happy and poverty stricken, that we cannot even govern ourselves without U.N intervention.
Over the past forty years or so. Women have been liberated, they left the home for the job market which is a God given right [although terms and conditions apply], women today head universities, transcontinental business corporations, women head countries as presidents, they make up the best surgeons, economists etc. Their home and children? [that is if they have any], they live it to the supper nannies, the idle step parent, and to a wide variety of satellite TV programmers etc. the consequence? The highest number of rape, drug, suicide, pedophilias, incest’s, divorce phonographic, homosexuality, lesbianism, Gangsters, lack of remorse for the old etc and yet still I asked them the question that you and I need to answer, did women in America become happier? Is weight and ideal beauty the western woman’s obsession? [ unrealistic standards of beauty ironically set by men, where is the equality?] How many of them western women did manage to juggle a career and family successfully? I think you cannot eat your cake and still have it. Its either you focus on building a beautiful traditional family and do career later or do career fully and do Emily later. These are all subject to academic discourse now as we are meant to believe.
It is very funny how the things with the most consequence receive the least attention. It pains me when I visit websites and blogs and I hear American and Europeans regretting and complaining about how feminism has despoiled western civilization, has destroyed and will destroy more innocent lives, about how they turn off the TV set for a week annually just to control their lives awhile, how some fight against daycare centers and nannies and how they demoralize little kids[ because they are products of these social experiments themselves, how they feel full time breastfeeding should be done because with it the body secrets a natural contraceptive, that polio vaccine and all vaccines are a detrimental to our health[ your health], in essence those euro Americans that have woken up from a deep slumber now realize that they have been deceived by the global social engineers of feminism and the new world order. Herewith I placed a direct quote from an American woman in the hub post blog under the topic what is happening to women’s happiness?, she writes, and I quote “I feel like my mother's generation took away the ability for me to be a stay-at-home mom. For most of my peers, it is financially impossible to do this, when 30 years ago it was the norm. I know I have been taught that this kind of thinking should be wrong, but I don't. There had been a balance going on for generations, and it was only tipped recently. I would love to have lived my life 30+ years ago, instead of now”. These nations have been to the pinnacle of their own civilization, and yet they are the most morally bankrupt nations in the world.
Thus, the delicate balance that has been going on for generations dear comrades has been tipped by the social engineers. How does the African copy cat plan to recreate a balance?
I am no saint comrades. I am just a fellow with a thirst for moral redefinition and afro-cultural reclaimation. How and when will we, Africans, set our stakes based on African standards? When will we stop hero worshipping Europe and America? It is said that “it is by copying what everybody does that the monkey ended up slitting its own throat”. Let us pause to ponder over our roots as Africans and as Muslims, how unique a civilization we had. I do not intend to wait until I become a saint before I help pass down information with such grave consequences to my fellow Africans. Every one of us is like a moon having a dark side which they never reveal. All I preach is but moral philosophy.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, a neo pan-African, wrote in from Kano state Nigeria.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Why some people are and will remain single, are social networking sites to blame[ face book, MySpace]?
The basic idea of my generations self indulgement and self centeredness has always given me pain in my heart as to the unforeseeable future, I had my own scattered thoughts about how excessive self worship and selfishness was ruining me and my generation, but not until I laid my hands on a very nice piece online that had almost all the right words I needed, because the writer was writing originally as a narrative, picking out the fruits from the orchard would have been a tedious and discouraging task to the ordinary reader. So, I decided to help break it down, make some insertions, deductions and simmer down to points a little bit more faster, all I want is for my people to get the message and deliberate over it for ones of understanding.
Narcissism is defined by the Encarta dictionary of the English language as;
personality disorder: in psychiatry, a personality disorder characterized by the patient's overestimation of his or her own appearance and abilities and an excessive need for admiration. In psychoanalytic theory, emphasis is placed on the element of self-directed sexual desire in the condition.
self- admiration: excessive self-admiration and self-centeredness.
Twenge also said that a study she's currently conducting with W. Keith Campbell leads to the conclusion that narcissism in Africa is higher than it's ever been before, and by definition narcissists consider themselves more important than the people they associate with, narcissistic people make terrible relationship partners. Twenge blames this spike in narcissism on societal teachings like those aforementioned but also feels that purported social networking devices like MySpace and Face book are less a method of connecting with others than a means of shameless self-promotion, giving the individual limitless opportunity to think about themselves and advertise why other people should want to know them.
Any way you slice it, we're all looking out for Number One. Here's the trouble: the more time we spend thinking about ourselves, formulating clever responses to friends' online comments about us, posting our most attractive photos, and "pimping our profiles" to leave impressions on our contacts, the less time we spend actually interacting with and caring about others.
The fact today is, young African adults view deep emotional involvement with others as weakness and dependence. It's not just that our culture accepts and accommodates the single lifestyle now -- it's that it actually despises the individual who isn't focused solely on her own personal advancement. The ubiquitous teachings from our capitalist culture media, Boomer-generation parents who toiled to teach us the importance of pursuing personal goals, and teachers in an increasingly survival-of-the-very-fittest education system -- all these emphasize the individual and her goals, not her need for involvement with others.
Looking for love or a list of features?
Chris Morett is a sociology professor specializing in family and marriage at Fordham University in New York City. Morett echoes this cultural emphasis on the individual. He says our communities and peer groups have broken down significantly in the last decade, and our consumer culture promises the singular single that you can "Have it your way." Thus young Africans are less willing to compromise their own desires than ever before, and Morett goes so far as saying that the African dating process has become similar to other means of shopping for a product.
Women don't need marriage for their economic stability and source of identity the institution provided decades ago. The majority of African women nowadays were not raised simply to be wives but to value personal advancement by self-sufficient means, and women are now economically independent, deriving their identity from their work and other societal roles, not just from being a wife. Marriage is no longer a necessity but a choice. So when a woman dates a man and he doesn't possess all the "features" she requires, she briefly deliberates and continues shopping ("Is passionate about his work, check. Loves to travel, check. Forgot to ask how my meeting went, uh- oh. Completely unacceptable.")
The feminine personality is founded on the emotional relationship between mother and baby. It is based on nurturing and self-sacrifice. Masculine nature is founded on the relationship between hunter and prey. It is based on aggression and reason.
Feminism teaches woman that feminine nature has resulted in "oppression" and that she should convert to male behavior instead. The result: a confused and aggressive woman with a large chip on her shoulder, unfit to become a wife or mother.
No longer does a woman need a man or a marriage; now she wants a soul mate, a partner to share her interests and values and someone who provides passion and support and fun. She desires a man who won't require her to sacrifice her identity or every aspect of the single lifestyle she's come to enjoy.
But until we meet him, the solution to the single person's isolation may be simple: shut the lid on our laptops and get over ourselves -- you don't have to do it all on your own. We'll only find the comfort to our singles' loneliness by spending time in the physical presence of people we love. If we want love, we have to love. We have to open our hearts to connecting again.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande; a freelance writer; is the unauthorized editor who reshaped this beautiful article by dating editor Kristine Gasbare for tanoo.com
Narcissism is defined by the Encarta dictionary of the English language as;
personality disorder: in psychiatry, a personality disorder characterized by the patient's overestimation of his or her own appearance and abilities and an excessive need for admiration. In psychoanalytic theory, emphasis is placed on the element of self-directed sexual desire in the condition.
self- admiration: excessive self-admiration and self-centeredness.
Twenge also said that a study she's currently conducting with W. Keith Campbell leads to the conclusion that narcissism in Africa is higher than it's ever been before, and by definition narcissists consider themselves more important than the people they associate with, narcissistic people make terrible relationship partners. Twenge blames this spike in narcissism on societal teachings like those aforementioned but also feels that purported social networking devices like MySpace and Face book are less a method of connecting with others than a means of shameless self-promotion, giving the individual limitless opportunity to think about themselves and advertise why other people should want to know them.
Any way you slice it, we're all looking out for Number One. Here's the trouble: the more time we spend thinking about ourselves, formulating clever responses to friends' online comments about us, posting our most attractive photos, and "pimping our profiles" to leave impressions on our contacts, the less time we spend actually interacting with and caring about others.
The fact today is, young African adults view deep emotional involvement with others as weakness and dependence. It's not just that our culture accepts and accommodates the single lifestyle now -- it's that it actually despises the individual who isn't focused solely on her own personal advancement. The ubiquitous teachings from our capitalist culture media, Boomer-generation parents who toiled to teach us the importance of pursuing personal goals, and teachers in an increasingly survival-of-the-very-fittest education system -- all these emphasize the individual and her goals, not her need for involvement with others.
Looking for love or a list of features?
Chris Morett is a sociology professor specializing in family and marriage at Fordham University in New York City. Morett echoes this cultural emphasis on the individual. He says our communities and peer groups have broken down significantly in the last decade, and our consumer culture promises the singular single that you can "Have it your way." Thus young Africans are less willing to compromise their own desires than ever before, and Morett goes so far as saying that the African dating process has become similar to other means of shopping for a product.
Women don't need marriage for their economic stability and source of identity the institution provided decades ago. The majority of African women nowadays were not raised simply to be wives but to value personal advancement by self-sufficient means, and women are now economically independent, deriving their identity from their work and other societal roles, not just from being a wife. Marriage is no longer a necessity but a choice. So when a woman dates a man and he doesn't possess all the "features" she requires, she briefly deliberates and continues shopping ("Is passionate about his work, check. Loves to travel, check. Forgot to ask how my meeting went, uh- oh. Completely unacceptable.")
The feminine personality is founded on the emotional relationship between mother and baby. It is based on nurturing and self-sacrifice. Masculine nature is founded on the relationship between hunter and prey. It is based on aggression and reason.
Feminism teaches woman that feminine nature has resulted in "oppression" and that she should convert to male behavior instead. The result: a confused and aggressive woman with a large chip on her shoulder, unfit to become a wife or mother.
No longer does a woman need a man or a marriage; now she wants a soul mate, a partner to share her interests and values and someone who provides passion and support and fun. She desires a man who won't require her to sacrifice her identity or every aspect of the single lifestyle she's come to enjoy.
But until we meet him, the solution to the single person's isolation may be simple: shut the lid on our laptops and get over ourselves -- you don't have to do it all on your own. We'll only find the comfort to our singles' loneliness by spending time in the physical presence of people we love. If we want love, we have to love. We have to open our hearts to connecting again.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande; a freelance writer; is the unauthorized editor who reshaped this beautiful article by dating editor Kristine Gasbare for tanoo.com
Friday, October 16, 2009
High school movie trend and the next generation [us, our siblings, our supposed kids..] what does the future hold?
The new lexicon Webster’s dictionary of the English language defines a model as “a person or thing considered as an object of imitation’’ and in the same line the Encarta dictionary of the English language defines modeling as ”psychology demonstration of behavior; the demonstration of a way of behaving to somebody, especially a child, in order for that behavior to be imitated”
A subliminal message is a signal or message embedded in another medium designed to pass below the normal limits of human mind’s perception. These messages are unrecognizable by the conscious mind, but in certain situations can affect the subconscious mind and can negatively or positively influence subsequent thoughts, behavior, actions, attitudes, belief and value systems. The term subliminal means beneath the ‘’limen’’ [sensory threshold]. This is from the Latin word ‘’sub’’ meaning under and ‘’limen’’ meaning threshold. [ for more information on the negative influence of T.V on kids and adults alike, you can view my article posted 8/30/2007 in the general board section of Kano online.com].
It is evident however that we do not need to look hard to find Model/ Hero/ goddess worship all around us[ no age limits whatsoever]. From our young teenage boys trying to walk, talk and act like Eminem, Usher, 50cents, Dr. dre, Tupac e.t.c to wanting to save beautiful damsels the way superman and spider man does; to our young adolescents and grown up men trying to act or think like T. bag, Michael scoffield or play like ronaldinho e.t.c. On the other hand, the tender shoots of young feminine and inexperienced teenage girls are caught up within the pathetic web of trying in earnest to match the perfect colors of makeup and available wigs to look like the American teen icon ‘Britney spears’, Beyonce or Celine Dion ; to the young adolescent and grown up ladies, it is always weight and figure obsession to equal the likes of Nancy agram, Angelina Jolie’s sensualities and coca cola dream figures.
Sometimes I wonder what happened to our Parents as role models, Mr.s Shekaraus, Mr.s Dora Akunyilis, Maryam Abachas, General Muhammad Buharis, late Audu Bakos of blessed memory, Wada Nas, Mrs. Fatima Abbas Hasan[ n.t.a] , Mrs. Hauwa’u Geibi [n.t.a], Mr.s DR Galadanchi e.t.c.
Every year thousands of curious teenage girls/boys and adults alike wait in earnest for the next high school super hit, to swallow its contents hook line and sinker!, from scary movie 1, 2, 3, I know what you did last summer, I still know what you did last Summer, One Three hill, Hanna Montana on d.v.d, Raven, then subsequently trimming down to the series -Friends, Lost, Prison Break, 24, Charmed e.t.c for the adolescent, adult category.
These are all movies with uncensored explicit languages and scenes depicting gruesome, violent, sensual, sexual intimate happenings that are continually being absorbed by the part of us which does not distinguish between right or wrong- “the subconscious mind”. Ideally, in most of these high school films you and i are humorously taught and conditioned to believed that loved is sex, that we are just biological beings with an impulsive natural sex drive which should be satisfied within or outside wed lock, that disrespect for authority and disregard for parents is trendy and cool; that every date should end with a good night touch, remembrance kiss or a hug “ not even a good night kiss!!” or possibly a first night stand (depending on the freedom, the availability of apartment and mutual consent of the parties involved.
Ironically, the parents, guidance and siblings are the same people who buy these high school d.v.d’s v.c.r’s and the season one to four of these series for their wards and children, these youngsters that are curious and eagerly waiting for a role model are given an array of morally bankrupt people to choose from, from the comfort of their rooms. To cap the irony up, when such explicit behaviors are slowly being detected in the once innocent ladies and gentlemen, it would be exclaimed “albasa bata yi halin ruwa ba!!!”, meaning that this generation do not look or behave at all like the last generation.
Tell me what on earth will make our teenage brothers and sisters not to demand a good night kiss or a hug after a first date? Tell me how cuddling and fondling will be exempted from a typical relationship (as it is always depicted in high school movies like one tree hill, Hanna Montana or friends); will you have any cause for alarm when you work past and suddenly find your 16 year old sister in a hot fondling season in a guys ride ( as seen in Scary Movie) .
Thus, our generation and our successors are continually being conditioned to live the euro American life style as we are meant to believe through the same movies that our cultures are outdated rudimentary, barbaric and uncivilized. The kind of movie, news and books we read inevitably shapes and unconsciously dictates our approach to life and living. Humans are creatures of habit, and thus, like the renowned computer concept of garbage in garbage out [the GIGO principle], if we watch, read and hear garbage, we in turn talk, act and form habits based on the garbage we put into our subconscious mind.
So, let us put the idea that says “ it’s just a movie, its harmless fun and entertainment” aside and think rather deep into how daily exposure to these unethical high school movie trend is continually shaping the line of thought and general perception of our next generation towards life and living [ the euro American way though]. We are African remember?, the euro American trend is alien to our moral and cultural norms. Values and belief system. The exposed life never did work for them, why do you think it will work for black Africa? Let us restrain[if we could] ourselves from junk media then move on to explain to our siblings how unique our afro-Nigerian cultures are and the need to put our own civilization first; and that love , relationship and dating take their natural due course if pursued conventionally [you can’t teach a duck to swim, put it into the water and it swims away] . so, please let us reason and think outside the box, at least for posterity.
A subliminal message is a signal or message embedded in another medium designed to pass below the normal limits of human mind’s perception. These messages are unrecognizable by the conscious mind, but in certain situations can affect the subconscious mind and can negatively or positively influence subsequent thoughts, behavior, actions, attitudes, belief and value systems. The term subliminal means beneath the ‘’limen’’ [sensory threshold]. This is from the Latin word ‘’sub’’ meaning under and ‘’limen’’ meaning threshold. [ for more information on the negative influence of T.V on kids and adults alike, you can view my article posted 8/30/2007 in the general board section of Kano online.com].
It is evident however that we do not need to look hard to find Model/ Hero/ goddess worship all around us[ no age limits whatsoever]. From our young teenage boys trying to walk, talk and act like Eminem, Usher, 50cents, Dr. dre, Tupac e.t.c to wanting to save beautiful damsels the way superman and spider man does; to our young adolescents and grown up men trying to act or think like T. bag, Michael scoffield or play like ronaldinho e.t.c. On the other hand, the tender shoots of young feminine and inexperienced teenage girls are caught up within the pathetic web of trying in earnest to match the perfect colors of makeup and available wigs to look like the American teen icon ‘Britney spears’, Beyonce or Celine Dion ; to the young adolescent and grown up ladies, it is always weight and figure obsession to equal the likes of Nancy agram, Angelina Jolie’s sensualities and coca cola dream figures.
Sometimes I wonder what happened to our Parents as role models, Mr.s Shekaraus, Mr.s Dora Akunyilis, Maryam Abachas, General Muhammad Buharis, late Audu Bakos of blessed memory, Wada Nas, Mrs. Fatima Abbas Hasan[ n.t.a] , Mrs. Hauwa’u Geibi [n.t.a], Mr.s DR Galadanchi e.t.c.
Every year thousands of curious teenage girls/boys and adults alike wait in earnest for the next high school super hit, to swallow its contents hook line and sinker!, from scary movie 1, 2, 3, I know what you did last summer, I still know what you did last Summer, One Three hill, Hanna Montana on d.v.d, Raven, then subsequently trimming down to the series -Friends, Lost, Prison Break, 24, Charmed e.t.c for the adolescent, adult category.
These are all movies with uncensored explicit languages and scenes depicting gruesome, violent, sensual, sexual intimate happenings that are continually being absorbed by the part of us which does not distinguish between right or wrong- “the subconscious mind”. Ideally, in most of these high school films you and i are humorously taught and conditioned to believed that loved is sex, that we are just biological beings with an impulsive natural sex drive which should be satisfied within or outside wed lock, that disrespect for authority and disregard for parents is trendy and cool; that every date should end with a good night touch, remembrance kiss or a hug “ not even a good night kiss!!” or possibly a first night stand (depending on the freedom, the availability of apartment and mutual consent of the parties involved.
Ironically, the parents, guidance and siblings are the same people who buy these high school d.v.d’s v.c.r’s and the season one to four of these series for their wards and children, these youngsters that are curious and eagerly waiting for a role model are given an array of morally bankrupt people to choose from, from the comfort of their rooms. To cap the irony up, when such explicit behaviors are slowly being detected in the once innocent ladies and gentlemen, it would be exclaimed “albasa bata yi halin ruwa ba!!!”, meaning that this generation do not look or behave at all like the last generation.
Tell me what on earth will make our teenage brothers and sisters not to demand a good night kiss or a hug after a first date? Tell me how cuddling and fondling will be exempted from a typical relationship (as it is always depicted in high school movies like one tree hill, Hanna Montana or friends); will you have any cause for alarm when you work past and suddenly find your 16 year old sister in a hot fondling season in a guys ride ( as seen in Scary Movie) .
Thus, our generation and our successors are continually being conditioned to live the euro American life style as we are meant to believe through the same movies that our cultures are outdated rudimentary, barbaric and uncivilized. The kind of movie, news and books we read inevitably shapes and unconsciously dictates our approach to life and living. Humans are creatures of habit, and thus, like the renowned computer concept of garbage in garbage out [the GIGO principle], if we watch, read and hear garbage, we in turn talk, act and form habits based on the garbage we put into our subconscious mind.
So, let us put the idea that says “ it’s just a movie, its harmless fun and entertainment” aside and think rather deep into how daily exposure to these unethical high school movie trend is continually shaping the line of thought and general perception of our next generation towards life and living [ the euro American way though]. We are African remember?, the euro American trend is alien to our moral and cultural norms. Values and belief system. The exposed life never did work for them, why do you think it will work for black Africa? Let us restrain[if we could] ourselves from junk media then move on to explain to our siblings how unique our afro-Nigerian cultures are and the need to put our own civilization first; and that love , relationship and dating take their natural due course if pursued conventionally [you can’t teach a duck to swim, put it into the water and it swims away] . so, please let us reason and think outside the box, at least for posterity.
SAYING GOODBYE
During the course of my life, I have been around ladies,
This girl I met; coincidentally,
Carved out of gold she was, white gold,
I loved and cared without knowing why?
I treated her delicately, like an egg, carried around in a stony desert,
She loved me like a fairy tale story, with surplus gestures,
I mean, with every muscle in her being, day and night,
Even a blind man could have testified to that,
Perceptions clashed, and we called it quits,
I knew she would never love another as she did me,
Why?, because I made her believe, at a time she had no faith,
She had then no reason to believe,
Thereafter, I stretched forth a friendly arm in a festive mood,
Just but to be a comforter, what happened?,
She threw it right on my face, good intents only I had,
Back to the old drawing board she had slipped,
slipped back and dwelled before and after my gesture,
she stopped believing and started hiding all over again,
hiding behind a courageous mask and denying,
deep down sober and timid, wanting companionship,
yearning within but stubborn and stoic,
as for me, I walk away never to look back again,
why? Because even the price of gold in the world market falls,
happiness though is all I want for her,
it might take ages before the stiffened steel softens,
and a miracle might be needed to melt steel like snow in summer,
how much longer it will have to take? I can’t say,
how long must this feeling go on?, only the Lord knows,
my greatest heart desire now?, that she reads my poem.
Muhammad tijjani nakande is a free-lance writer, wrote in from university of Maiduguri, Borno state Nigeria.
This girl I met; coincidentally,
Carved out of gold she was, white gold,
I loved and cared without knowing why?
I treated her delicately, like an egg, carried around in a stony desert,
She loved me like a fairy tale story, with surplus gestures,
I mean, with every muscle in her being, day and night,
Even a blind man could have testified to that,
Perceptions clashed, and we called it quits,
I knew she would never love another as she did me,
Why?, because I made her believe, at a time she had no faith,
She had then no reason to believe,
Thereafter, I stretched forth a friendly arm in a festive mood,
Just but to be a comforter, what happened?,
She threw it right on my face, good intents only I had,
Back to the old drawing board she had slipped,
slipped back and dwelled before and after my gesture,
she stopped believing and started hiding all over again,
hiding behind a courageous mask and denying,
deep down sober and timid, wanting companionship,
yearning within but stubborn and stoic,
as for me, I walk away never to look back again,
why? Because even the price of gold in the world market falls,
happiness though is all I want for her,
it might take ages before the stiffened steel softens,
and a miracle might be needed to melt steel like snow in summer,
how much longer it will have to take? I can’t say,
how long must this feeling go on?, only the Lord knows,
my greatest heart desire now?, that she reads my poem.
Muhammad tijjani nakande is a free-lance writer, wrote in from university of Maiduguri, Borno state Nigeria.
Are you healthy?
Health is a gift …a rare commodity,
Cherish it if and when you can,
Use it to get all you can and want,
Pray hard to your Lord and be good in conduct,
Because, when health is lost, all is lost,
Have faith in your Lord and ask him for health,
Why? Because only he and he alone can cure you,
When you are losing your health, you might not,
You might not have the strength to pray,
Death is inevitable, but disease and health are his,
They are his to give to whomever he so wishes,
He who prays hard with utmost humility and belief,
Hoping, hoping that their prayers will be answered,
Humbled, humbled before the creator and praying,
To him belongs the most beautiful and magnificent of names,
By which ever you call on to him, it will suffice,
It is he who gives health and causes illness,
He gives health to whomever he wills and whenever he wills,
So, our true faith as Muslims lies in a simple fact,
That we will never fold our arms and wait for the Jews,
Jews and Christians for our survival[ the dajjal],
Why? Because we were given two of the most greatest gifts,
Greatest gifts of all times, the Qur’an and the Sunnah,
From within them, with enough faith and taqwa,
We find answers to the whole travails of humanity,
Allah is great and Islam is the true religion,
So therefore let us go back to the roots and find the fruit.
Cherish it if and when you can,
Use it to get all you can and want,
Pray hard to your Lord and be good in conduct,
Because, when health is lost, all is lost,
Have faith in your Lord and ask him for health,
Why? Because only he and he alone can cure you,
When you are losing your health, you might not,
You might not have the strength to pray,
Death is inevitable, but disease and health are his,
They are his to give to whomever he so wishes,
He who prays hard with utmost humility and belief,
Hoping, hoping that their prayers will be answered,
Humbled, humbled before the creator and praying,
To him belongs the most beautiful and magnificent of names,
By which ever you call on to him, it will suffice,
It is he who gives health and causes illness,
He gives health to whomever he wills and whenever he wills,
So, our true faith as Muslims lies in a simple fact,
That we will never fold our arms and wait for the Jews,
Jews and Christians for our survival[ the dajjal],
Why? Because we were given two of the most greatest gifts,
Greatest gifts of all times, the Qur’an and the Sunnah,
From within them, with enough faith and taqwa,
We find answers to the whole travails of humanity,
Allah is great and Islam is the true religion,
So therefore let us go back to the roots and find the fruit.
Face book, a social networking site?
Hello, I have been on this social networking site as a passive member for quite some time now. During the course of my membership, I have had the opportunity to make a series of observations that tend to give me a heartache as bonafide northerner, a Muslim and most importantly a new believer in the Nigerian spirit[at least not until Mrs. Akunyili came on board].
So, my dear face bookers, after extensive comparison within the face book topics of our peers in the southern parts of this country, Ghana, and other west African countries, I unearthed a horrifying reality which is that; ,most of the topics being put forth within their social circles are topics that are close to reality, concerns everyday life and very much contemporary. They tend to put forth challenging issues to be critically discussed, analyzed and possible solutions be proffered. At the long run with every login into this supposed social network, they leave it better educated to face the challenges of our time[ because you never can tell what collective ideas could do to a virgin mind].
Let our circle movers and shakers begin the task of giving us important and realistic topics of life and living so we could be better off anytime we log in. the superficial love, relationships and dating topics are so fake and so not in touch with reality[ no offends intended please]. Let us discuss our country Nigeria and nation building, career and career opportunities, Africa[ the likes of Sardunas , ziks, Awolowos, Balewas, Abachas, Felas e.t.c] and their various contributions to our nation’s building and nationalism e.t.c. even when we deem it necessary to always discuss superficial fairytale issues, let us be realistic and not pick out topics from love magz.
Let us face reality and converge socially for a noble cause. Thank you for reading.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer living in Kano,[still passive on face book though].
So, my dear face bookers, after extensive comparison within the face book topics of our peers in the southern parts of this country, Ghana, and other west African countries, I unearthed a horrifying reality which is that; ,most of the topics being put forth within their social circles are topics that are close to reality, concerns everyday life and very much contemporary. They tend to put forth challenging issues to be critically discussed, analyzed and possible solutions be proffered. At the long run with every login into this supposed social network, they leave it better educated to face the challenges of our time[ because you never can tell what collective ideas could do to a virgin mind].
Let our circle movers and shakers begin the task of giving us important and realistic topics of life and living so we could be better off anytime we log in. the superficial love, relationships and dating topics are so fake and so not in touch with reality[ no offends intended please]. Let us discuss our country Nigeria and nation building, career and career opportunities, Africa[ the likes of Sardunas , ziks, Awolowos, Balewas, Abachas, Felas e.t.c] and their various contributions to our nation’s building and nationalism e.t.c. even when we deem it necessary to always discuss superficial fairytale issues, let us be realistic and not pick out topics from love magz.
Let us face reality and converge socially for a noble cause. Thank you for reading.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer living in Kano,[still passive on face book though].
The light
It all started as a wakeup call,
a call to mankind and jinn,
a favor lowered down to earth,
through hard and good times it poured along,
adding meaning and value to everyday life
it cleansed old barbaric Arab tribes,
full of tribal and ethnic feud they were,
its soothing influence spread like daylight,
as far east to China and west to Rome,
it reconciled man with the almighty god,
in a manner only befitting a divine call,
it reconciled man with the al-alamin,
a task in which all hope was lost,
some say it was tales of the ancients,
some say it is mere poetry,
some believe it prose,
lost they are all in a perpetual cross,
its rhymes and lyrics too unique to be classified as such,
the greatest poets and orators attempted to put forth,
the likes of it they never could,
the contemporary secular world has come to terms,
it is the most unique book that ever was,
light upon light is what it brings,
opening hearts that never were,
thus, mankind and jinn has never seen,
a light so bright the noble one,
the Qur’an, which is light and guidance.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, wrote in from Kano state Nigeria.
a call to mankind and jinn,
a favor lowered down to earth,
through hard and good times it poured along,
adding meaning and value to everyday life
it cleansed old barbaric Arab tribes,
full of tribal and ethnic feud they were,
its soothing influence spread like daylight,
as far east to China and west to Rome,
it reconciled man with the almighty god,
in a manner only befitting a divine call,
it reconciled man with the al-alamin,
a task in which all hope was lost,
some say it was tales of the ancients,
some say it is mere poetry,
some believe it prose,
lost they are all in a perpetual cross,
its rhymes and lyrics too unique to be classified as such,
the greatest poets and orators attempted to put forth,
the likes of it they never could,
the contemporary secular world has come to terms,
it is the most unique book that ever was,
light upon light is what it brings,
opening hearts that never were,
thus, mankind and jinn has never seen,
a light so bright the noble one,
the Qur’an, which is light and guidance.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer, wrote in from Kano state Nigeria.
There is a pebble in my shoes
As far as moral history is concerned, the last generation of true Africans [our parents] with rich trado-cultural and religious norms and values might be winding up. I remember my guardian used to tell me how he went to school just to get some “education”, be able to communicate in the alien language and he always dreamt of speaking like Tafawa Balewa of blessed memory, and how much he admired Fela Kuti’s call for a corruption free society which stresses trying to bring an end to colonial indirect enslavement of African[post independence style].
The last generation of true Africans went to school to get educated not a Meal Ticket, they strove hard having in mind that collectively or otherwise, they would be given a chance to work in Nigeria’s bureaucratic administration and be given the honor to serve in nation building, they revered with utmost passion and an insatiable zeal for emulation the legendry Kwame Nkurma’s, Gen Usman Katsina’s, sardauna’a, Awolowo’s, Namdi Azikwe’s, Balewa’s e.t.c. and they hard an unshaken mindset to emulate these immortal humans who fought so hard to make Africa and Nigeria a better place. The last generation of true Africans loved Nigeria with a passion and always thought of what they could sacrifice for their motherland either in thought, time or money and not what they could squeeze out of it.
When I look forth at my generation, my heart bleeds with so much pain!. We are the generation entrusted upon with the responsibility of making Nigeria a better place, for our children and our children’s children right? Or we just don’t care huhn?, the basic impression is “ if I can make some cool money, get my children a good life then Nigeria could go to hell huhn? Well the truth of the matter is that “what goes around comes around” if Nigeria is corrupt, no matter how hard you try to protect your own, it will still catch up.
When I look hard at my generation, I see a generation of youngsters with misplaced priorities, I see a selfish and self indulgent cadre of future leaders, I see half baked and ill educated people with no regards for being their brothers keepers let alone their nation builders, I see a generation of future leaders with such gullible role models as Michael scoffield, Angelina Jolie, Christiano Ronaldo, Drogba, Tupac, Celine Dion, t.bag, David Beckamp, Jessica alba, Ali Nuhu, Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Anioston, Brad Pitt, Fati Muh’d e.t.c.
Sometimes I get to thinking that this pebble in my shoe will give me a gangrene. My generation don’t refer to scholarly books and important education web links to be educated on life, living, religion or leadership, but only wait in earnest for Oprah Winfrey, Dr Phil or some movie e.t.c to give them advice on how to live; ohh! what a pathetic state of intellectual degeneration have we scooped so low to.
My own generation cannot be referred to as true African huhn? There is an adage in Igbo land that says, “ it is by copying what everybody does that the monkey ended up cutting its own throat”, thus we are neither British nor Americans, Latin nor French, Arabic nor Indians… “a lizard they say may resemble a crocodile, but it does not necessararily make it to become one” and imitation they say is the highest form of flattery, and it is limitation. So, when I peep into the future of our dear nation guess what i see? If Michael scoffield and the likes of him would be passionately seen as role models and be religiously emulated by the supposed future leaders guess what subsequently ensues? Thus, the above questions are a food for thought to ponder over.
Meanwhile, I appeal to those within the concerned cadre to please close their eyes and visualize Nigeria in the next fifty years going at this reckless phase coupled with our generations supposed provisions for tomorrow. What will the future of our own children look like? Their children?....
So please, let us wake up from our fantasy slumber, come together, be patriotic, selfless and strive to love our country and make Nigeria a better place thus, preserving and restoring trado-cultural and religious norms, values and be our brothers keepers.
Nigeria good people, great nation!,
Long live the federal republic of Nigeria,
Long live Africa,
United we stand, divided we fall[ like a house of cards]
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer living in Kano State Nigeria.
The last generation of true Africans went to school to get educated not a Meal Ticket, they strove hard having in mind that collectively or otherwise, they would be given a chance to work in Nigeria’s bureaucratic administration and be given the honor to serve in nation building, they revered with utmost passion and an insatiable zeal for emulation the legendry Kwame Nkurma’s, Gen Usman Katsina’s, sardauna’a, Awolowo’s, Namdi Azikwe’s, Balewa’s e.t.c. and they hard an unshaken mindset to emulate these immortal humans who fought so hard to make Africa and Nigeria a better place. The last generation of true Africans loved Nigeria with a passion and always thought of what they could sacrifice for their motherland either in thought, time or money and not what they could squeeze out of it.
When I look forth at my generation, my heart bleeds with so much pain!. We are the generation entrusted upon with the responsibility of making Nigeria a better place, for our children and our children’s children right? Or we just don’t care huhn?, the basic impression is “ if I can make some cool money, get my children a good life then Nigeria could go to hell huhn? Well the truth of the matter is that “what goes around comes around” if Nigeria is corrupt, no matter how hard you try to protect your own, it will still catch up.
When I look hard at my generation, I see a generation of youngsters with misplaced priorities, I see a selfish and self indulgent cadre of future leaders, I see half baked and ill educated people with no regards for being their brothers keepers let alone their nation builders, I see a generation of future leaders with such gullible role models as Michael scoffield, Angelina Jolie, Christiano Ronaldo, Drogba, Tupac, Celine Dion, t.bag, David Beckamp, Jessica alba, Ali Nuhu, Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Anioston, Brad Pitt, Fati Muh’d e.t.c.
Sometimes I get to thinking that this pebble in my shoe will give me a gangrene. My generation don’t refer to scholarly books and important education web links to be educated on life, living, religion or leadership, but only wait in earnest for Oprah Winfrey, Dr Phil or some movie e.t.c to give them advice on how to live; ohh! what a pathetic state of intellectual degeneration have we scooped so low to.
My own generation cannot be referred to as true African huhn? There is an adage in Igbo land that says, “ it is by copying what everybody does that the monkey ended up cutting its own throat”, thus we are neither British nor Americans, Latin nor French, Arabic nor Indians… “a lizard they say may resemble a crocodile, but it does not necessararily make it to become one” and imitation they say is the highest form of flattery, and it is limitation. So, when I peep into the future of our dear nation guess what i see? If Michael scoffield and the likes of him would be passionately seen as role models and be religiously emulated by the supposed future leaders guess what subsequently ensues? Thus, the above questions are a food for thought to ponder over.
Meanwhile, I appeal to those within the concerned cadre to please close their eyes and visualize Nigeria in the next fifty years going at this reckless phase coupled with our generations supposed provisions for tomorrow. What will the future of our own children look like? Their children?....
So please, let us wake up from our fantasy slumber, come together, be patriotic, selfless and strive to love our country and make Nigeria a better place thus, preserving and restoring trado-cultural and religious norms, values and be our brothers keepers.
Nigeria good people, great nation!,
Long live the federal republic of Nigeria,
Long live Africa,
United we stand, divided we fall[ like a house of cards]
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande is a freelance writer living in Kano State Nigeria.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
PHYSICAL/SENSUAL DISPLAY AND MORALITY, TO BE OR NOT TO BE?
IN THE WAKE OF THE ELIZABATHEN ERA WHICH WAS CHARACTERIZED BY THE UNFAIR SEXUAL SUPPRESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL THEN; CAME ALONG THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION THAT SAW THE EMERGENCE OF PROTESTANTS AND RUNAWAYS FROM THE SO MUCH DISTORTED ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN BELIEFE OF “IT IS BETTER TO MARRY THEN TO BURN”. SEX WAS THEN CONSIDERED ALMOST AS A TABOO, HUSBANDS AND WIVES HAD SEX ONLY FOR PROCREATION AND NOTHIG ELSE E.T.C.
THUS, IF YOU PUSH EVEN THE MOST PATIENT HUMAN BEING TO THE WALL, HE/SHE WILL AND MUST REVOLT AND BREAK FREE OF YOUR TYRANNY; THAT IS IN SUMMARY WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EURO-AMERICAN- JUDO-CHRISTIAN WESTERN WORLD.
THEY BECAME LIKE ANIMALS IN THEIR OWN RIGHTS AND WALKED THE STREETS ALMOST STALK NAKED; WEARING SEE-THROUGH’S AND TIGHT FITS FOR STARTS[JUST AS THE CASE IN COPYCAT AFRICA].
THEY PRIDED PHSICAL ATTRACTION SO MUCH AND ALMOST LIVED BY THE FLESH[HEAVILY RELYING ON THE DOCTRINE OF “THE ORIGINAL SIN”. ALONG THE LINE AIDED BY PEOPLE LIKE CHARLES DARWIN ET’AL, MOST OF THE EURO-AMERICA CHRISTIANSN WILLINGLY STOPPED BELIEVING IN ANY DEITY WHATSOEVER AND STARTED LIVING” SECULAR”. A PHENOMENUM BETTER KNOWN AS ATHEISM/MATERIALISM.
THEY ARE TODAY THE MOST RICH AND SOPHISTICATED NATIONS IN THE WORLD BUT THE MOST MORALLY BANKRUPT NATIONS, HAVING IN THEIR STATISTIC S THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF RAPES ABORTIONS, ILLLEGITIAMTE BIRTHS, CHILDREN GIVING BIRTH TO CHILDREN,DIVORCEE’S, ECXCESS/ SURPLUS OF LADIES[YET EDUCATED MOSTLY MARK YOU], INCEST E.T.C.
THUS THE WESTERN WORLD’S SOCIAL EXPERIMENT OF TIGHT FITTING CLOTHING, SEX APPEALAND NUDITY BROUGHT THEM VIRTUALLY NOTHING BUT HIGHEST IMMORAL RATES OF SUCH AND SUCH.
SO I ASK YOU COMRADES, IF THE WESTERN WORLD WHICH AFRICANS AND ALMOST THE WORLD AS A WHOLE IS BLINDLY EMULATING IS SUFFERING AND HAS SUFFERED DEARLY FOR ENDEARING THE PATH OF” SHOW ME YOUR SKIN AND CURVES”;? HOW SURE ARE WE THAT PHYSICAL AND SENSUAL BEAUTY THAT OUR LADIES ARE BUSY POTRAYING AND GETTING LAID INSTEAD OF GETTING HOOKED[MARRIED] WILL STEER US THE RIGHT PATH?
WHAT MODIFICATIONS OR DEDUCTIONS ARE WE PLANNING TO EMBUE IN THEIR LIFESTYLE WHICH WE ARE EMULATING BLINDLY[AND THEY, REGRETING SILENTLY AND SOME TRYING TO RETRACE THEIR STEPS; EVEN ADMIRING SOME AFRICAN CULTURES SUCH AS THE FORTY DAY REST FOR A JUST DELIVERED MUM E.T.C ], SO THAT WE DON’T END UP WHERE THEY ARE?
HOW SURE ARE WE THAT PHYSICAL AND SENSUAL ATTRACTION THING WILL WORK FOR OUR LADIES?[ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT WORK FOR OUR ROLE MODELS]? HOW SURE?
WHAT COULD BE OUR GUARANTY THAT IMITATION WILL SEIZE TO BE LIMTATION IN AFRICA THIS TIME AROUND?
HOW AND WHAT IS WHAT I CANT SEEM TO STOP ASKING AND DWELLING UPON COMRADES, HOW?
MUHAMMAD TIJJANI NAKANDE , IS A FREELANCE WRITER; WROTE IN FROM UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT, BORNO STATE, NIGERIA.
THUS, IF YOU PUSH EVEN THE MOST PATIENT HUMAN BEING TO THE WALL, HE/SHE WILL AND MUST REVOLT AND BREAK FREE OF YOUR TYRANNY; THAT IS IN SUMMARY WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EURO-AMERICAN- JUDO-CHRISTIAN WESTERN WORLD.
THEY BECAME LIKE ANIMALS IN THEIR OWN RIGHTS AND WALKED THE STREETS ALMOST STALK NAKED; WEARING SEE-THROUGH’S AND TIGHT FITS FOR STARTS[JUST AS THE CASE IN COPYCAT AFRICA].
THEY PRIDED PHSICAL ATTRACTION SO MUCH AND ALMOST LIVED BY THE FLESH[HEAVILY RELYING ON THE DOCTRINE OF “THE ORIGINAL SIN”. ALONG THE LINE AIDED BY PEOPLE LIKE CHARLES DARWIN ET’AL, MOST OF THE EURO-AMERICA CHRISTIANSN WILLINGLY STOPPED BELIEVING IN ANY DEITY WHATSOEVER AND STARTED LIVING” SECULAR”. A PHENOMENUM BETTER KNOWN AS ATHEISM/MATERIALISM.
THEY ARE TODAY THE MOST RICH AND SOPHISTICATED NATIONS IN THE WORLD BUT THE MOST MORALLY BANKRUPT NATIONS, HAVING IN THEIR STATISTIC S THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF RAPES ABORTIONS, ILLLEGITIAMTE BIRTHS, CHILDREN GIVING BIRTH TO CHILDREN,DIVORCEE’S, ECXCESS/ SURPLUS OF LADIES[YET EDUCATED MOSTLY MARK YOU], INCEST E.T.C.
THUS THE WESTERN WORLD’S SOCIAL EXPERIMENT OF TIGHT FITTING CLOTHING, SEX APPEALAND NUDITY BROUGHT THEM VIRTUALLY NOTHING BUT HIGHEST IMMORAL RATES OF SUCH AND SUCH.
SO I ASK YOU COMRADES, IF THE WESTERN WORLD WHICH AFRICANS AND ALMOST THE WORLD AS A WHOLE IS BLINDLY EMULATING IS SUFFERING AND HAS SUFFERED DEARLY FOR ENDEARING THE PATH OF” SHOW ME YOUR SKIN AND CURVES”;? HOW SURE ARE WE THAT PHYSICAL AND SENSUAL BEAUTY THAT OUR LADIES ARE BUSY POTRAYING AND GETTING LAID INSTEAD OF GETTING HOOKED[MARRIED] WILL STEER US THE RIGHT PATH?
WHAT MODIFICATIONS OR DEDUCTIONS ARE WE PLANNING TO EMBUE IN THEIR LIFESTYLE WHICH WE ARE EMULATING BLINDLY[AND THEY, REGRETING SILENTLY AND SOME TRYING TO RETRACE THEIR STEPS; EVEN ADMIRING SOME AFRICAN CULTURES SUCH AS THE FORTY DAY REST FOR A JUST DELIVERED MUM E.T.C ], SO THAT WE DON’T END UP WHERE THEY ARE?
HOW SURE ARE WE THAT PHYSICAL AND SENSUAL ATTRACTION THING WILL WORK FOR OUR LADIES?[ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT WORK FOR OUR ROLE MODELS]? HOW SURE?
WHAT COULD BE OUR GUARANTY THAT IMITATION WILL SEIZE TO BE LIMTATION IN AFRICA THIS TIME AROUND?
HOW AND WHAT IS WHAT I CANT SEEM TO STOP ASKING AND DWELLING UPON COMRADES, HOW?
MUHAMMAD TIJJANI NAKANDE , IS A FREELANCE WRITER; WROTE IN FROM UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT, BORNO STATE, NIGERIA.
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