OUR CRUMBLING WALLS [end this strike!]

I was going through the news paper today when the headline caught my eye "TEACHERS REFUSE TO RESUME WORK!" This issue can never be overflogged and even though we might not be able to do much as individuals, we must continue to voice our displeasure, shout if need be day and night until the right thing is done. The educational system of our country isbbeing handled too ligghtly for my interest. Education is what secures the tommorrow of our country, It is the reason we are where we are now and it is our only security for a greater tomorrow. It started with our tetiary institution and has now rippled down to both the primary and secondary schools. What in the name of God are our leaders doing? It was disheartning to see this children resume school with no teachers to teach them and those who even went to teach were chased out of the classrooms.
I will not at this point blame the lecturers and teachers because they are only asking for what has been promised by the government. Rather I would want to appeal to them , knowing fully well that we have an irresposible and unconcerned governement, to return to school. Not because they are weak or have lost out, but because they are stronger and wiser in every aspect. Our Education as Africans is what secured our independence and has been serving us till date. Let us not toss it out the window! This is a clarion call to all patriots out there, NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM needs you and I!

NO! TO DISTRICT NINE

I have not stopped asking myself how we allowed things to get out of our hands. After watching the movie "DISTRICT NINE" I began to think and eventually came to the following conclusion. We have actually done enough talking and it's high time we started acting as one. Our country Nigeria has been identified with a lot of negativity far and wide and it seems as though we{Nigerians} are doing little or nothing to change this. We have the journalist, the broadcast media{tv & radio} and the print media and i highly recommend that all hands need to be on deck now to condem this act. For those who have not watched this movie, permit me to hint you a little;
Plot Synopsis by Jason BuchananDirector Neill Blomkamp teams with producer Peter Jackson for this tale of extraterrestrial refugees stuck in contemporary South Africa. It's been 28 years since the aliens made first contact, but there was never any attack from the skies, nor any profound technological revelation capable of advancing our society. Instead, the aliens were treated as refugees. They were the last of their kind, and in order to accommodate them, the government of South Africa set up a makeshift home in District 9 as politicians and world leaders debated how to handle the situation. As the humans begin to grow wary of the unwelcome intruders, a private company called Multi-National United (MNU) is assigned the task of controlling the aliens. But MNU is less interested in the aliens' welfare than attempting to understand how their weaponry works. Should they manage to make that breakthrough, they will receive tremendous profits to fund their research. Unfortunately, the highly advanced weaponry requires alien DNA in order to be activated. When MNU field operative Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) is exposed to biotechnology that causes his DNA to mutate, the tensions between the aliens and the humans intensifies. Wikus is the key to unlocking the alien's technology, and he quickly becomes the most wanted man on the planet. Ostracized and isolated, Wikus retreats to District 9 in a desperate bid to shake his dogged pursuers. "
The bottom line is that in this movie, Nigerians were outrightly defamed, insulted and displayed as unintelligent. This is a clarion call to Dora Akinyuli, this will notb help REBRAND Nigeria in any way.
The movie should be BANNED! and we must not keep quiet at all. They cannot even refer to South Africa like that! We must protect what's left of our dignity.

ASSU {WHAT WISDOM IS THIS}

It is becoming really annoying and I actually feel lioke taking a whip and flog all the Assu lectures back to the classroom. I don't dispute the fact that the Our Government is a very irresposible one{without apologies}, but there is need for some sacrifice on our part. They have gone on strike as though while thry were in session, they were actually working. We all knlow how these lecturers operate on campus and their lackadisical attitude towards teaching and their students; so why the prolonged strike. I beg to say that these lecturers are purely LAZY, UNSERIOUS, & SILLY!

My candid opinion is that they get back to the classrooms and still continue their negociations. The government they are fighting have little or nothing to loose. Their kids are either in private or foreign institutions meanwhile many of these lecturers have their wards @ home now because of the strike. We have an irresposible government, they know and the world knows. Let the strike be called off, display the foolishness of the government, save our educational sector from collapsing.