Give happiness a chance. Be the chess player not the chess piece🙂
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Leadership is about showing up, listening to the people, and working together to build a better Nigeria.
We welcomed H.E. @PeterObi and other stakeholders at a town hall meeting to engage directly with the people, listen to their concerns, and exchange ideas.
For us in the NDC, meaningful dialogue, collective action, and people-centred leadership remain at the heart of both our commitment and our chosen path to a better Nigeria.
Most of us are aware of the unfortunate attempt by armed thugs to disrupt the meeting, which was bravely and successfully resisted by our committed party members. While our preferred path is peaceful engagement and mutual respect, we reserve, and our people exercised, the right to defend ourselves, insisting on our fundamental right of opposition. We will not be denied our voice and ability to engage with the electorate freely, without intimidation or attempts to silence them.
Let Lagos and Nigeria be on notice. Our democracy must make room for differing opinions, not suppress them.
The journey towards a better Nigeria continues. One conversation at a time. One deliberate action at a time. One brave stand at a time.
Ó TI YÁ.
Global🇳🇬 retweeted
See this man!
So the campaign is here now, he has come into the city!
He didn’t complain about the heat or electricity?
Plateau, if you guys vote for this man, you deserve whatever is happening to you.
“When I last visited the other time, I was limited to the airport. Forgive me if you didn’t see me enter the land. I assured those displaced, we will rebuild your community, and we will bring you back. I have directed all security agencies to take decisive action.”
- President Bola Tinubu today at the APC presidential rally in Jos, Plateau State
Why is the official handle moving like this?
You are the disgrace and no-one else. Outside of that your insolence and ignorance knows no bounds. You are bringing your nation into disrepute and willfully and purposely burning the bridge of peace and reconciliation. That is a matter of concern to us. The only thing that is inappropriate is the shameful way that you and your team behaved. A few months ago you, as spokesman to the President of the Republic of South Africa, described our President and the President of Ghana, as peddlers of fake news after they expressed their deep and legitimate concerns about Afrophobia and Xenophobia in your country. We let that one go and ignored you. Today you are calling our newly-accredited Ambassador to your country a liar as well barely a few hours after he presented his letters of credence. You also claim that he has disgraced our country simply because he complained to your President about a slight which your media team subjected him and our nation to. Did you really expect him to simply stomach your ill manners and keep quiet? If so you have misunderstood the character and nature of the Nigerian. We cannot be easily cowed. I really do wonder when this provocative and undiplomatic behaviour, which always emantes from your office and person, will stop? Why can't you leave this matter for the diplomats to resolve rather than attempting to add fuel to fire? We urge you to exercise caution and tread the path of peace and reconciliation which is what we earnestly desire. Yet if truth be told you are the liar and no-one else. Many witnessed what happened at the accreditation ceremony in disgust including the newly-accredited Ambassadors of other nations. We also have the full video clip of the proceedings after the pictures were taken which, if and when we are given the go-ahead to do so, we shall release. Thankfully your President had the decency and prescence of mind to put out the fire and direct you and your state broadcaster to do the right thing. He literally saved the day. To us this matter is closed but if you wish to escalate it you are welcome to do so and we are up to the task. A word is enough for the wise. Have a great day.
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Who do you think can hold your local government chairman accountable and he will listen? You or the person giving him the money?
Quick one Guys:
Do you know how much money your Local Government received this year?
Well, most people don't.
From January to August 2026, Nigeria's 774 local governments were allocated ₦4.38 trillion from the Federation Account.
Yes! ₦4.38 trillion.
Divide that by 774 and you get about ₦5.66 billion per local government for eight months.
Divide again by 8.
That's roughly ₦707 million every month for one local government.
In August alone, local governments received ₦673.65 billion.
Split that across 774 councils and the average is about ₦870 million each in a single month.
Of course, some get more and some get less.
Yet, we talk about the Federal Government every day.
We argue about governors.
But the money closest to our homes ?
The money meant for our streets, our health centres, and our children's schools ?
Hardly anyone asks where it went.
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Global🇳🇬 retweeted
This strengthens my confidence in Peter Obi actually. A busy man who gives 1 hour 30 mins to understand and learn from people who have issues with him, is an excellent human being.
Grab a coffee, it is a long one,
Thieving politicians have the twisted advantage of using state money to buy favour. “Take this mansion take hold body.”
Peter Obi has only his vision to sell.
A vision full of deep sacrifice, toil and pain. Always pushing uphill against a mammoth ev1l and doing it with almost no resources, all the while being harassed by the powers that be. It’s tough. Very tough.
Anyone who dusted themselves off from the disillusionment of the last election is to be praised. Because we won and were denied and real life around us didn’t stop.
There are spouses to love, children to take care of and bills to pay even as Tinubu economy tightens the noose around our necks. It’s not easy.
Following and supporting Peter Obi is not a jamboree and there is no Prado jeep at the end of it. It’s real work. The only real price is a Nigeria that has hope. But not everyone is built for the sacrifice that it requires. Not because they’re not good people, but because, well … they’re people.
It takes a truly remarkable person to get beat down and stand back up not for oneself but for others. We pretend we can all do it, but we lie to ourselves. I include myself in that number. E no easy.
After some time something tells you that the pain is not worth it and the comfort you deny yourself for others is not even appreciated.
This is why we should pause and think about the man himself, Peter Obi. He has lost a huge amount of his net worth in the pursuit of a better Nigeria. He is harassed and loved in equal measure.
He braves the toughest and the most dangerous terrains in this country to reach the most forgotten people. He stands as a bulwark against the might of the Nigerian state being used against the Nigerian people.
I argue that without a PO, Tinubu’s govt would have had absolutely nothing to fear, no one to challenge them to hold back on anything, and our condition would have been orders of magnitude worse than today.
His life of integrity has acted as a shield, not just for him, but for us. If he were found wanting, the Obidient movement would have fizzled out a long time ago once his charge sheet is read on TV, and him thrown in prison quicker than you can say, “Wetin happen?”
And then where will Nigeria be? Who else is not singing “On your mandate” today?
No — tell me.
This is the role PO is playing in our civic space even without power.
Peter Obi is not just a politician of a different breed, he is a once in a lifetime Nigerian, period!
Let me also remind people that people did not promise people happiness. He said so himself. So being happy is not part of the deal.
The main promise he has made is to use public money for strictly public good. I believe him.
If none of the people leaving him today, did not leave because he has done something that suggests otherwise, then we are fools to even contemplate not voting Peter Gregory Obi in January 2027!
You withdraw support from someone who will keep your resources safe and fruitful and give it to who exactly? Keep your eyes on the fkn ball!
Finally, my encouragement to everyone is to accept that for whatever flaws we see in him, real or imagined, we must stop comparing Peter Obi to God Almighty, but against the alternatives.
He is a legend. His book 21 success secrets of self made millionaires is one of the best I have ever read.
It is a good thing to be able to help solve their problem. It is a privilege as long as it is not affecting your finance and there is no entitlement.
As long as there’s no entitlement or expectation for me to do pass myself, I really don’t mind black tax. Second time sending serious money to my mum and I’m just so happy to be able to help solve her problems🥺
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Omo. What is going on here?
It was a great and historic morning today at the South African Presidential Guest House in Pretoria where I had the honor and privilege of presenting my letters of credence to His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa @CyrilRamaphosa, the President of the Republic of South Africa, along with Ambassadors from 14 other countries.
It was a beautiful and historic occassion which witnessed the first posting of a substantive Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of South Africa in four years.
The entire event was livestreamed by @PresidencyZA (the South African Presidency) where millions of Nigerians, South Africans, Africans and members of the international community were watching in real time.
Every single one of the 15 Ambassadors that were present were introduced formally and gave a speech.
Curiously the South African Presidency refused to air the introduction of my goodself and the Nigerian delegation or to air my speech.
They went a step further by cutting us out of the livestream completely and went back on livestream only after my speech was concluded.
Of all the 15 introductions and speeches that were made and delivered this morning only Nigeria's was cut out.
I raised the issue with President Ramaphosa directly during the course of the photo session and whilst we were still on the premises and, in fairness to him, he took me to the relevant officials and acted with despatch.
Right there in my prescence he questioned them and directed them to resolve the issue immediately.
Sadly by then it was too late and Nigeria had been left out. To be clear, I repeat, we were the ONLY ones that were left out.
Clearly some elements in South Africa do not want to hear what we have to say or see our faces but we are here to stay as long as we are welcome and have the confidence of President Ramaphosa, which I am sure we do.
Luckily for us there were at least two Nigerian television stations at the event and all that I had to say was fully recorded by them and will be released to the Nigerian public.
There is also footage that will be released in which I complained directly to the President and in which he called his staff and told them what to do.
Whilst still on the premises, when offered an interview by @SABCNews
(the South African State Broadcaster), I turned them down as a consequence of the deplorable way we were treated and I told them to go and listen to my speech instead which their Presidency officials had refused to air.
One thing is clear, I have immense respect and affection for South Africa and the South African people but I will not be anywhere or tolerate anyone that disrespects or treats our Government or our people flippantly.
My thanks goes to President Ramaphosa for his concern and timely intervention.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria and God bless the Republic of South Africa.
(FFK)
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Lmaooo. Your Tinubu was disgraced again today.
