Dear Mr President, I write as a youth corper who has, like most serving members of the Natonal Youth Service Corps, been actively involved in the elections. I am sure that you are aware, Sir, of our gallant efforts to help achieve our collective goal of free and fair elections in Nigeria. We have worked [...]
As the already-postponed-twice National Assembly elections draw near, I want to wish Professor Attahiru Jega a great dose of good luck (no pun intended) because he is very likely to need it. How do you single-handedly change a system that is stubbornly resistant to change? How do you adjust the lifestyles and thought patterns of [...]
Hi, everyone. It’s been a while since I posted last. Hope you missed me? I picked up the movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and watched it yet again. A particular scene caught my attention. It was of little Jamal (the hero of the story) passing excreta in a pit toilet which happened to be his elder brother’s source [...]
“What subject are you supposed to have now?” The student looked at me with a blank and irritating expression and then sat down. As you would expect, I was livid. “I said; what subject are you supposed to have now?” I repeated with some vehemence. I felt like punching this boy who seemed determined not [...]
My last post was about Nigeria and the paradoxes- amazing contradictions- she presents. Today, I wish to tell you about my experience with the National Youth Service Corps, or NYSC for short. For the benefit of my foreign readers, NYSC is a mandatory scheme for Nigerian graduates under the age of 30. It involves a [...]
