tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35104533.post1934495671766315912..comments2023-07-20T09:06:52.338+01:00Comments on Funmi Iyanda: Power From The PeopleFunmi Iyandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943233329336056807noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35104533.post-57884746775568077122007-04-30T00:05:00.000+01:002007-04-30T00:05:00.000+01:00My take on this issue is that Nigeria masses shoul...My take on this issue is that Nigeria masses should blame themselves for all the irresponsible acts been perpetuated upon them by the elite.If u don`t confront an individual who steals from u,at some point he might start believing that u cherish being stolen from and u can`t fault him for having such a believe.So,the solution is in our own hands.We need to tell these people that we have had Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35104533.post-56308221072877705582007-04-29T15:14:00.000+01:002007-04-29T15:14:00.000+01:00well, what do we expect? For me this hasn't been a...well, what do we expect? For me this hasn't been an election as far as i am concerned. Our leaders just felt like using our heads to play, what can we say? We just have to wait because i strongly believe that God would vindicate us since our good Lord would not give you a cross you can't carry. This is their time, our time would finally come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35104533.post-44221887527785798602007-04-24T19:31:00.000+01:002007-04-24T19:31:00.000+01:00toks-boyDont trivialise the very real tragedy some...toks-boy<BR/>Dont trivialise the very real tragedy some people faced. <BR/>People died. I saw through my Nigerian non foreign observer eyes at least 3 dead bodies IN ONE PLACE on NTA and they were not even thugs. They just went to vote. Why on earth would anyone in thier right mind not think twice about voting the next weekend. We are so quick to take cover in the oyinbo hates us umbrella and pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06599257710002007601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35104533.post-18571139668848330822007-04-24T19:12:00.000+01:002007-04-24T19:12:00.000+01:00i really dont know what to say? i am not in nigeri...i really dont know what to say? i am not in nigeria but i hear about all these things going on and i get scared. i love nigeria and would love to live there but sometimes its like WHY?Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365438162930340765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35104533.post-91550656970782962762007-04-24T17:41:00.000+01:002007-04-24T17:41:00.000+01:00Thank youu Toks-boy. In fact God bless you for you...Thank youu Toks-boy. In fact God bless you for your comments. As far as I am concerned these forigners want us to fail. <BR/>You know the way people look at Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes or Angelina Jolie and Brad Pit and wish and hope for them to fail so that they can do a happy dance on their graves? That is the way I see these people. At the last Ontario Canadian elections ( I am not sure which Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35104533.post-26686787282732424342007-04-24T16:48:00.000+01:002007-04-24T16:48:00.000+01:00I think, it is now left for people to face the cru...I think, it is now left for people to face the crude realities that,when it comes to politics in Africa, what has happened during the last elections cannot be ruled out and Nigeria is not an exemption.<BR/><BR/>We can only improve upon the electoral system that was left on ground, but destructive will go a long way in denting more further the already battered image of Nigerians political wandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09832278652543494832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35104533.post-3290156374520376922007-04-24T10:22:00.000+01:002007-04-24T10:22:00.000+01:00Thanks for the link to the Independent article- af...Thanks for the link to the Independent article- after reading it, I saw what you meant about looking through outsider eyes.....everyone seems subdued, but what's the way forward in your opinion?uknaijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364734451470135447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35104533.post-17789430508703006442007-04-24T07:30:00.000+01:002007-04-24T07:30:00.000+01:00Funmi thanks for your observations but I beg to di...Funmi thanks for your observations but I beg to disagree. I am very wary of all these foreign observers and their claims of irregularities etc. We all know, and expected , that there would be shenanigans along the way. If people chose not to exercise their right to vote surely that in itself is part of being in a democracy? The right to choose? Nigeria is on a journey. This is part of the journeyToksboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01677461134164763718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35104533.post-51098534793404385102007-04-24T01:51:00.000+01:002007-04-24T01:51:00.000+01:00Check this link out: http://www.time.com/time/worl...Check this link out: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1613615,00.html<BR/><BR/>Nothing about this 'Selection'last saturday phased me...I knew it would happen, its sad....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35104533.post-84713501558946056792007-04-23T22:42:00.000+01:002007-04-23T22:42:00.000+01:00Im not sure there was a point to voting as our pre...Im not sure there was a point to voting as our president had already been ordained. But at least he fixed katsina so fingers crossed he will fix naija,we must acept our portion as the umbrella has insisted that it will protect us from the rain for another 4years.CheersCheetarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553686841762806473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35104533.post-62283661253611493742007-04-23T18:17:00.000+01:002007-04-23T18:17:00.000+01:00sad thing yea... like you said "...our worst is to...sad thing yea... like you said "...our worst is to sigh, complain and leave them to God" and they know this... <BR/><BR/>Warning: Time is a silent serial killer...UnNaked Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192342200790273568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35104533.post-39268640998200139522007-04-23T17:17:00.000+01:002007-04-23T17:17:00.000+01:00Funmi I read the Independent article. You know I s...Funmi I read the Independent article. You know I sit here and I just wonder what's next for us, really. I try to be positive by thinking it really could be a lot worse, at least Nigeria has not (in recent years) been plunged into war and chaos like a lot of our African sister countries. That said, I also know there have been close calls. I try to remind myself that God has not forgotten us and I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com