Wondering who to follow on Twitter this weekend?
The more you know about the society, the better a citizen of the world you will be. For engaging discourse that will go a long way in increasing your social awareness, the following accounts are recommended:
Bio: A fiercely passionate believer in the public good of nations, serving before leading. Validated by God & my Dad who taught me to never dignify nonsense.
Tweets We Love
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#PublicPolicy101: It has cost me more RAIN OF ABUSE & FILTHY WORDS from those that should welcome ACCOUNTABILITY. But we got the DEBATE!! 🙂
– Is it not a TRAGEDY that we make it seem that asking that the right thing be done in Governance is sacrilegious?
-More TRAGIC is conveying d impression that it is “saintly” to simply do the right things. No its not! It simply shows Decency n a Just Society
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#PublicPolicy101: How can I possibly forget the untiring effort of Deacon Gamaliel Onosode whom I persuaded to lead Negotiations with ASUU?
– God forbid that I should ever choose Indifference. God forbid that for fear of being called names, I should choose Indifference. God forbid.
Bio: Lecturer at the Free University of Berlin | Famed African Public Speaker & Blogger | Cyberpreneur | x
The skies ·
omojuwa.com
Tweets We Love
– Life. Until the race is done and dusted, beware lest you fall.
– More than at any other time in our history, this generation has a chance to make a telling demand on itself and the government.
– Debate or no debate, the National Assembly cannot continue to have a N150b budget in a country of poor people
– If the only thing we achieve in 2013 is the reduction of the evil National Assembly budget, we’d have achieved something.
– Until the bulk of Nigerians become like activists, nothing will move.
Bio: Social commentator, satirist. Unusual geek. Barçaneer. Puts Nigeria above all other. Super Eagles Fanatic. You are in the presence of a god (Ps. 82:6)
Tweets We Love
– If the UK insists on the £3K bond, then they have left Nigeria with no other option, and have given UAE much better options.
– Smart phones have become a problem for police men and women now…..
– Let’s assume Shekau, the leader of a bunch of indoctrinated murderers, has been killed…will it stop Boko Haram from still operating?
– In China, if it becomes obvious that you don’t have the aptitude for the academics, you are sent to learn a vocation. Both ways, they win
– Nigeria was on the right track with 6-3-3-4< but what is the point if the economy is not a production one…but a fully retail one?
Bio: Christian, Igbo, Nigerian, African. A complex personality, not a stereotype – Western Media take note
Tweets We Love
– I’m pinching myself – PHCN has been sold to private investors & there’s graveyard like silence in Nigeria.
– The modern European state is a consequence of 2,000 years of abuse of religious power. Let us be forewarned.
– For many Africans, the Church is the only real institution they come across in their daily lives. That trust shouldn’t be broken.
– The state is adversarial, Police extort, but the Church welcomes with open arms. Africans embrace that. That trust shouldn’t be betrayed.
– Jonathan’s media team is so bad; Nigerians are totally in the dark about the reforms in the power sector.
Bio: Overlord-in-training ||@MINDcapitalNG
Tweets We Love
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@folamanboy @gboukzi truth is, you can’t have LG autonomy w/out true federalism, where states are cut off from the centre.
– It does seem that Nigerians, quite generally, have a poor breakfast culture. Most ppl hold off eating until brunch or even lunch
– Inter-ethnic marriages work best the more each spouse is divorced from their own ethnic culture
– The hospitality of rural folk is so touching. They’re always offering you sth to eat or drink or take home.
– It just proves you don’t have to be rich to have a giving heart, since even from their poverty, they’re so giving.
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This article was first published on 25th August 2013
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