NASIR EL-RUFAI: A MOMENT SIR

emerged, you will be proud of them. I hear that he was not even the real man o. That his oga suffered severe persecution including imprisonment and from the prison, the strategy of upfronting this one with two wives was forged. Kudos must be given to the Senegalese authorities for knowing when to give up. Some ‘mumu’ governments like some that we know would have annulled the elections and thrown the country into another round of uncertainty. With Liberia and now Senegal, the subregion is beginning to look like sense is coming back after that rash of military interventions by some upstarts hiding behind some revolutionary gum shots to seize power. I am also very happy that our president was there personally. He is now playing the big brother role. At least, if respect no come from America, we can start building it from home. Nigeria must support her younger ones in the sub-region. My prayer is for Oga not to go and teach the young man “agbado” economics o and that one will now stand at his inauguration and pronounce “subsidy is gone.”

ALLEN ONYEMA: THE LION HAS LANDED

You know how Nigerians leave the forest and fight the grass for lack of understanding? A historic thing just occurred and all the noise has been the uniforms the crew wore. Kai, Nigerians ehn, only God knows which mould of sand he used to create us. An individual has gone through thick and thin to land in the UK as a fullfledged Nigerian airline and all we see is the Lion of the Igbo that some, not all o, wore as cabin crew. The beautiful Nigerian pilots, the backroom staff that covered the operations, the banks that financed him, the Federal authority that gave all the support and much more importantly, the resilience of the man himself, all went missing simply because some staff wore something that represented one ethnic region. We have a problem I swear. What would they have worn? Would we have preferred for some to wear Igbo and others to wear Yoruba and the rest Hausa before we let the man rest? Even at that, the minorities will scream, because I would really scream o – where is my wrapper? Mbok, can we just focus and see how we can support this Air Peace so that it will not go the way of its predecessors? Abi the ones that first went and died, na Igbo cloth dem wear? Na wa.

KFC, ADEBOLA DANIELS AND A MISDIRECTED BASHIRU AYINLA

This honourable wants to spoil the matter now o. So the young man had complained, the firm had apologised, FAAN, the direct authority has taken a stand, imposing sanctions, and now this one is talking about an investigation. So, this Honourable Ayinla now wants the whole National Assembly to leave all their matters and come and investigate the refusal of one overworked staff member to refuse another young man in a wheelchair entry into an eatery. The matter has been addressed and I must state very clearly that I stand with the wheelchair-bound young man but causing federal legislation’s investigations is taking it too far. One would understand if he was pushing for a national framework that would protect such Nigerians in all of our public places but asking for an investigation of this particular case as reported is taking -eye service too far. Abeg oga, if you are less busy, better come to Shomolu. Let’s play monkey post together and stop trying to waste taxpayers’ money on this puerile matter. Joker.

First sir, kindly assist in reining in your son. His mouth is worsening this matter. Calling the governor names and saying he is surrounded by incompetent aides as reported is not helping this your matter at all. The fact that is on ground is that the governor has been reported to have announced that you left behind 115 contractual responsibilities, N85bn and $587m, making his ability to meet his obligations including salary payments quite difficult. You see, I am on your side on this matter simply because the governor was not expecting to come and meet the Saudi Arabian treasury. All these are crocodile tears being faced with his inability to proffer solutions that would enable him to deliver on his promises. You see, we are tired of these excuses. Even you yourself played this game, blaming Jonathan for everything under the sky down to my inability to have a good time in the other room. It is a lazy way of governance. It is like inheriting a distressed bank and wailing to the shareholders that kai, no money o, they have wrecked the bank oo. Excuse me? Yes, the bank is wrecked, deal with it or ship out. Let me state clearly to this Kaduna governor – I no even know his name sef – the treasury is empty, what are you going to do about it? Deal with it. What solutions are you going to throw up that will give you the leeway to deliver to your people? Even if you jail El-Rufai today, will that enable you to pay salaries? Abeg, leave all these lazy man tactics, El-Rufai has gone, face the devil and perform abeg. My only worry is that this El-Rufai’s son with his loose mouth will not even let us see road to engage this governor and set him aright. Sir, can you kindly just ask your boy to “shut up” and let us hear word? Please, Mr. Governor, which governor in this country inherited a healthy treasury o? Just face your mirror in your house, stand naked and answer that question truthfully. I suspect that the answer will give you peace. Mbok, leave my brother El-Rufai alone, the man is focused on getting a new job. It’s not easy to be an applicant in this economy and at that age. I hear he has carried an application to SDP. Let’s wait and see first o. I wish him luck.

TOSH ADEFEKO: A PROFESSIONAL ODYSSEY

I crave your indulgence to celebrate this thoroughbred professional. When people are doing well, it’s good to celebrate them, especially at these times when there is so much despair in our nation. Tosh is a super brilliant PR and communications expert. She cut her teeth in Biodun Shobanko’s Quadrant where I heard that she led the organisation through its golden era. Her profound understanding of her space has led her to win such prestigious clients like Meta for her new agency. I know that some of you will not know what Meta is oo. I swear I know that my brothers Ken Etete, Dere Otubu, my Editor, Davidson and Chike Ireogbunam have never heard of Meta. Meta for those of you who do not know is the former Facebook. Anyways, Tosh has suddenly discovered that content via the platforms of podcasts is the next wave when it comes to social cohesion amongst others. In this regard, she has built a multi-million naira studio in Ikoyi where she has hosted such notables like famous pastor Ituah Ighodalo and influential Lanre Olusola to very major discussions on life, economy and leadership. These discussions have been so engaging that they have gone viral, pulling in a lot of listeners to the podcasts. I have been begging my Editor, the handsome Davidson Iriekpen, to come as a guest but fear has been catching him and I don’t know why. Anyways, Tosh must be celebrated for braving the odds and refusing to “Japa,” and also for building this inspiring agency that now has international recognition. Well done my sister, and please, she is the beautiful wife to my big egbon Ade Adefeko who taught me banking. If I don’t mention his name now, I no go hear word o. Lol.