One of the biggest achievements of President’s Buhari’s government is to the stop the bleeding of the nation’s resources. The previous regime made a few people midnight millionaires and billionaires. For any country to progress there is a need for everyone to see rewards in hardwork and not thiefwork . The present administration has embarked on a lot of agricultural projects which the sole aim of boosting our local production of food products and also create employment opportunities. This is a noble idea but let us call a spade a spade, the Nigerian youth is what I call the elitist youth – they are mostly not interested in agricultural work. Rather than focus on trying to get them engaged in farms, we have to find other ways of getting them gainfully employed and effective for the nation’s growth. The future simply for the Nigerian youth is technology and entertainment. The government should not worry about those that would do the farm work, just like what is happening in the
DIASPORA CRIES – PASSPORT/VISA WOES Sometimes, you wonder why a simple process is made extremely complex. Is it cause of education? I doubt that because we (Nigerians) have overqualified people in their millions. Is it greed? Maybe - or can we just say “lack of understanding the way things should work in a modern day world.” My name is Adedoyin Akinnurun, and let me itemize the troubles you go through trying to get a Nigerian passport or VISA, if you are living in the United States Passport Process · Fill out the application form from the portal https://portal.immigration.gov.ng/pages/welcome · Make the necessary payments online or pay by Credit Card · Print the application form · Print the payment receipt ( payment varies with age) · Make a copy of your passport page · Visit the nearest embassy to collect your passport. (Appear in Person) o There are 3 embassies/consulates in the states § Atlanta §
"Nigeria at 50, Day 26 - Tobenna www.eyemuse.blogspot.com ================================================== I shout at the top of my voice "Hello , can you hear me !!!" I can hear her voice, but she can't hear me. I have to dial again and again before the great MTN or is it the mighty GLO allows us to converse. This remains my daily communication with home. Her heart beats when she hears my hi(s). My heart skips when I hear her bye(s). Her mind ponders. My mind wonders. Her voice resonates ripples across the ocean waters. My voice baritones across the wavy atlantic waters. I can sense her pains. She can sense my groans. I can feel the tears dropping down her cheeks. She can sense the fears from the pulse of my beats. Her voice echoes from a distance. My voice thunders from the mountains. My mind gropes in the dark when the phone clicks. Her mind is revived when the line rings. Our eyes do not clash, but our hearts remain meshed. Our flesh is weakened, but our heart
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