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Whole Woman Network Co-op

May 13, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X

My prayer for all of us is that after critiquing eloquently on these streets, when we are called upon to serve, may we not do like or do worse than those we criticize.

May all critiques/feedback we dish out to others, also be the lens through which we self-reflect and improve..

Each time I am home I am reminded of this stark reality- friends/fellow advocates/family members/mentors/business partners+collaborators..,who were so eloquent in calling out leaders/politicians, now get into power & fall to the lure of abuse of power. Past/present admins. So sad

#BelovedNaija There are still kids begging/sleeping on the streets, there are still dilapidated classrooms, some without toilets, there are still poorly paid/not well-trained teachers & even among the well trained, some are owed for months! Yet Governors/Senators/HoRs get awards.

May each of us choose ONE public school in our community/village/LGA to advocate for? Get like-minded folks in our communities & engage with Govt/Teachers/Parents/Faith based groups/NGOs/Private sector/Donor agencies...and really standardize these schools/sponsor teacher training

To everyone in the SE (and all other regions -SW/NE/SS/NC/NE), may we start in our backyards? In SE, may we leverage our well organised network of town unions, at home/in diaspora?

First, let's STANDARDIZE Early childhood Education & Basic Education. Both in rural/urban centres.

I truly believe in the power of ONE. One idea; One person; one cause; One project; One community at a time..

More people live in rural/under-served communities. It makes sense to make grassroots the engine room for sustainable development.

Today, make the commitment to #SERVE

There are more peoole at the base of the pyramid. If that base is well cared for and protected, then we are all safer and will all thrive together.

We need to stop demonizing poverty. The poor/vulnerable deserve dignity/respect/ opportunities/infrastructure so they create wealth

WE need to start calling out politicians who give hand downs of stomach infrastructure while ignoring the more important infrastructures that give people a hand up to a life; to earn their keep and not have to feed off crumbs of often corrupt politicians. Let's reset our mindsets

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Honour is important

When politicians agree on a set agenda with clear rules of engagement, whatever the outcome, the decision should be upheld, especially if the parties participate.

Nothing is do or die. Rules should not be changed when it does NOT favour individuals

#Honour

And the most important questions are:

Did candidates pull out before the votes are tallied or after? If after, it means they participated and so were bound by the rules;

If the voting outcome were reversed 4:3 and FD lost, how would we have felt/reacted if FD backed out??

When aspirants dropped from 19/18 to 13...why didn't those who felt it was no longer a consensus/no longer comfortable with the process, all back out like Sowore did?

I guess I am saying processes matter.

Constitutionally, yes, everyone can still run...but, lots to learn here..

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Aug 30, 2018

1/7 It suddenly hits you that we have serious systemic rot as a society and behavioural challenges wrt personal hygiene, maintenance culture, waste management & environmental sanitation.

This is a thread about the intl airport in Abuja, our Capital, the gateway to our nation😭😢

2/7. Typically, I love to be law abiding. I just think a culture of anyhowness does no one any good. However, today, I did not do as asked.

Basically, I was told to take off my shoes to go through the security checks and I flat out said NO! Why? The carpet/floor were so filthy!

3/7 On any other given day, I may have simply overlooked and tippy-toed on the dust/dirt filled carpet but not today. I just couldn't. What would it cost these folks to have a proper maintenance/cleaning culture in place? Why have a carpet that traps so much dirt & not vacuum it?

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Jul 30, 2018

I AM VOTING for KINGSLEY MOGHALU.

Some deride and attack, publicly and via DM, saying it's akin to a wasted vote. Really? I supported a 'strong man-General' from the North, today, Zamfara is wasting away. You voted a Southerner from Niger Delta, till date, Ogoni is wasting away

FEDERAL ROADS in the NORTH and SOUTH are still death traps! Boko Haram is still bombing, herdsmen are still slaughtering, bandits are still attacking/sacking villages, kidnappers are still killing...ARE YOU NOT TIRED OF THE UTTER DISREGARD FOR LIFE? Are you not sick of deja vu??

Is your soul NOT wearied from seeing the poor & vulnerable treated with such contempt? Are you not livid that IDPs are being created daily? Does it not seem like we're at war? Are you not darn tired of EVERY DAY FEELING LIKE A HEART-CRIPPLING DAY OF NATIONAL MOURNING & HATE-FEST?

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Jul 9, 2018

As an Igbo woman I can go to ANY part of Yoruba land and buy land, even in their villages, Christian or Muslim or Traditionalist. I have Yoruba female friends who inherit ancestral lands

As a woman I cannot own ancestral land in my village. My brother/cousin has to front for me

These are the honest, difficult, open & meaningful conversatii we need to have as Nigerian women. HOW we can learn from positives of one another and not demean one another

FGM is highest in Osun and Ebonyi states. And lowest in the North. And so, we can learn from the North too.

The challenge of child marriage and it's associated consequences (VVF/lower literacy rates..), are more pronounced in the North. These challenges existed I the SE/SW and were curbed using a combination of approaches. We can all learn from one another.

Across board, uplift women

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Jul 2, 2018

@Naijavote

1. Great Reminder
"In the spirit of healing some of the pain and frustration Nigerians are currently going through - when it seems like we just cannot get along, I am sharing an old speech by Nurudeen Lemu that might help us chart a way forward to peace and Justice." -@Naijavote

2.

Written and Presented by Sheikh Muhammad Nurudeen Lemu from Niger State:

“As a delegate, and as a people representing people of faith in God from the Islamic perspective, one thing we believe is that God will protect the community that stands for justice..."

3.

"..even if they are not Muslims and God will not protect the community that goes contrary to justice even if they call themselves Muslims.

God is not a religious bigot. He is not a male chauvinist. He is not an ethnocentric tribalist. God is not the oppressor of anyone..."

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Jun 30, 2018

If you think the dysfunction/historical experiences/lawlessness/injustice of this nation doesn't shape your thinking or unconscious behaviour, you may be in lala land.

50 years post-civil war, Igbos build lovely mansions they hardly use, in their villages because "what if"...???

People in the middle belt and in all other regions, will be shaped by these experiences. Trust in nationhood is built when citizens trust the state to protect them.

In the absence of this, lawlessness reigns & people jetisson state/community of residence & cling to their origins

If people do not feel/experience/perceive a real sense of security, then we have not achieved anything as a nation

The danger/sadness of Nigeria is once you are cast as a villain, when you are attacked, your pain is diminished/justified

Igbos for the war. Fulanis for herdsmen..

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