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Kobojunkie:


Read what Jesus Christ said in John 6 vs 25 - 37 of seizing to work for food that perishes.

Read what Jesus said in Mark 16 vs 15 - 19 of how poison will not harm those who belong to Him.

But we still work for food that perishes. Poison still harms us. That means the curse is not yet broken.

Dear Kobo,

Don't dig yourself into a bigger hole. I am sure by now, you know within yourself that your line of argument is watery at best and without substance.

Just as a wise man would not drink a bottle of sniper to show he belongs to Jesus, so would a wise woman submit to her husband. Submission is not slavery. It is trusting. And if she cannot submit, she should not marry. After all, her children who submit to her authority are not slaves either.

If a woman loses confidence and trust in her husband's leadership, like the free woman she is, she can opt out. That's freedom, and it comes with responsibilities, anyway.

Kobojunkie:
I am afraid i don't follow at all.

I will rephrase, and carry you along.

Since you are no longer under the curse, has childbirth ceased being painful?

Kobojunkie:
1. OK

2. Submission in marriage did not begin today as it has been that way since Genesis 3 vs 14 - 19. So there isn't really anything contemporary about that since it has been so since God condemned man from Adam.

2000 years ago, Jesus Christ showed up offering those who will chose Him, Salvation from the condemnation of Sin, and so those who submit and obey the teachings and commandments of God's New Covenant are no longer condemned or cursed.

Let us tow your line of argument.

Your words say it all - Jesus Christ offered it. It is his to give, not yours to take by force. As a matter of fact, he never asked women to stop submitting. He simply asked you to choose Him. You said so yourself. It's then for him to remove the curse, not your place. Just as you cannot choose whether labour in childbirth will be painful or not.

You will also do well to what led to the curse in the first place - the woman taking it by herself, instead of waiting for it to be given to her, and the man listening to her, and eating it too.

Kobojunkie:
1. UM.. I never stated that girl education was nonexistent in the North. That assumption was wholly yours. Now go back and maybe this time, approach the post without your delusions coloring it.

These were your words:

You dont know your own constitution so I should give you examples? undecided

[b]You are not aware that even in the Northern states, girls are denied education? [/b]And here I thought you said you used to be a Feminist? undecided

Kobojunkie:

2. Not once have I mentioned contemporary marriage experiences on this thread or any other. So, again, open your eyes, and your mind, so can clearly comprehend that which is being discussed before you jump in.

When we talk about women submitting in marriage today, I don't know if that is not a reference to contemporary marriage experiences.

Please answer Akuruoulo's question.

Kobojunkie:
Is the statement you have there in bold supposed to be a joke?

You bring up the case of the Chibok gals as being representative of female education in the entire North yet you dare to accept me of bandying fake statements to curry sentiments? Are you kidding me?

Good, you have accepted there are schools for girls in the north. We are now down to the issue of whether there are enough schools. That is why everyone, including females can vote to select good leaders. Let's focus our attention on the necessary things.

Kobojunkie:
Asking about contemporary human experience while discussing God's Word? Are you serious at all?

I wonder why you can bring up contemporary marriage experiences in the discussion while he cannot bring in contemporary human experience. Answer his question, please.

@Akuruoulo, please pick up your gauntlet.

I really am taken in by your discussion with Kobo.

Magnoliaa:


How many times have you as a redpiller focused on the northern boy's plight, oga? How does MGTOW aid their cause? Last I checked, I don't see y'all discussing tangible men's issues and solutions except for heartbreak and gaming women. Who says feminism has to speak for all and do all or be every oppressed group's champion? If illiteracy is a general problem in the north, the girl child has it worse. And faces even peculiar problems by virtue of being a girl. Go ahead and be blind to this. Before you jump ahead to ask what feminists are doing about this, the question you asked was for Kobo to list problems of the girl child. For you to turn around and say, "do boys not face it?" then you have to accept the base fact that girls face it, therefore women face issues - generally and as a sex. [Sorry, feminism is not for men. I do not believe this anymore, because it's what y'all latch onto to demand inclusion and that's where the problem comes from for the "feminists" now. They say feminism is for everyone, but still go on to talk about women's issues. There's bound to arise clashes like these, therefore it's important feminism remain woman-centred. That doesn't mean they are the only ones who face societal issues, but as a sex, they cut across all other strata because they are a half of the population and will receive more attention as Whites, Blacks, Asians and so on. We can't call it feminism if we 'jampack' men's issues put and we need specialized movements to work effectively]. Even if I listed a thousand issues women face, you'd spin it around to generalize.

Stating the fact of things is not engaging in an oppression Olympics.

Here...go through this Twitter thread and see the things women experience and men do not, hence the importance of feminism for addressing women's issues. It's a list of discriminatory laws in African constitutions.

https://mobile.twitter.com/a_nickabugu/status/1264295256473964545

These are easily verifiable. Don't be lazy and tell me they are just tweets, deer.

Talking about what women lacked and are denied would rightly not include men because those things in particular do not affect them. Their experiences are literally nonexisten-t in such cases.

Any more deflections and whataboutism yo' gort?

Y'all be confusing disenchantment with a movement that has turned toxic with an ideal to fight for.

Feminism started out as a laudable movement to emancipate females from oppressive cultural norms. It has eventually become a man-hating, anti-male movement that will attack even the females it claims to fight for, if she so much as takes a stand for her husband, or son or any male loved ones.

Just like most Nigerian secret cults that claim to fight for emancipation, but the visible outcomes are robbery, rape, murder etc, you can all see where the feminist movement is currently and where it is headed.

Just as I will not go against my wife, mother, sisters and daughters because of some silly biases against females, same way, they will not stand for a movement that tries to place a wedge between family, friends and loved ones.

You can keep playing the ostrich, and watch your beloved feminist movement implode. More women will take a stand against it, because in the end, we all live for something that far supercedes gender, religion or race.

Kobojunkie:

A. Again, Jesus Christ gave salvation from all the curses listed in Genesis 3 vs 14 - 19 to all those who will submit to and obey Him.

B. Again, Jesus Christ gave salvation from all the curses listed in Genesis 3 vs 14 - 19 to all those who will submit to and obey Him. If you don't understand what this means, ask.

C. Jesus Christ was addressing an audience of Old Covenant Law adherents. What would have been the point of Him addressing the position of a woman to a man with these men when the Old Covenant which they follow does not offer them Salvation from the condemnation of Sin as defined by God in Genesis 3 vs 14 - 19?

D. Jesus Christ, God's Law in the Kingdom of God declared in Matthew 23 vs 7 - 10 that He alone is Head and Authority over each of those who belong to Him - male and female alike. So no one who belongs to Jesus Christ can have another as head over him/her.

His question in (A) was not answered. He did not ask what Jesus or the Bible said. He asked a simple question about contemporary human experience. Please do well to answer the question as honestly as possible.

Kobojunkie:
You dont know your own constitution so I should give you examples?

[b]You are not aware that even in the Northern states, girls are denied education? [/b]And here I thought you said you used to be a Feminist?

The bolded is not true and you know it. I suppose the 270 Chibok girls were kidnapped while they were in the farms? And not at school?

Do not mix constitutional issues with cultural issues. And when it comes to cultural issues, you should be circumspect in claiming cultural superiority.

It appears you know nothing of the north, and just bandy fake statistics to curry sympathy.

peacettw:
Read in between the lines. There must be a reason artesunate was included..

Finally, these people are acknowledging the low Covid-19 mortality and morbidity rates in Africa. They do not understand why we aren't all dead yet despite the fact most of the populace are yet to be vaccinated.

I am certain their best guess as to why this is must have been malaria since it is endemic in our region. Hence the reason they are testing the ant-malaria drug artesunate.

You're on to something.

modath:
Malaria vaccine took this long to even get to "trial" stage as it's basically an African disease..

If it had been ravaging Europe & The Americas, pharmaceutical companies would have found solution to it all these years.... They were making money from Artesunate, chloroquine & others and knowing people will keep allowing gutters to clog up so it's an endless stream of income.

As it is now, Malaria drugs company will go bankrupt if it's successful.... life oh life... success one side is disaster for another side..

Did you read the article?

If Nigeria's forex flows can be explained in the light of this analysis by op, it would be kinda easy to solve.

Fx is needed by different categories of people and the demand is huge. Legitimate demands, that is. However, even with our love of imports, Nigerians are not a lazy people. There is a very huge undocumented amount of dollar flowing into Nigeria. With a little tweaking, we would be able to stabilize the naira. The goal is stability anyway, not just appreciation.

However, there is a huge demand for dollars that have no reason, no rationalization, no explanation, no logic, that is killing our country. The demand for dollars by politicians, and people in high places.

These fx purchases have no economic rationale. They are willing to buy at any price, and these fx either get stashed away in safehouses, or smuggled out in their millions. These buyers, mainly made up of the kleptomaniac leadership in Nigeria today, create the illicit financial flows that has rendered all economic attempts at stabilising the naira, unsuccessful.

The solution is not economic. It is political. And it requires courage, and a willingness by whoever it is at the helm of affairs to lose power and let Nigerians gain it.

How that can be done is matter for another discussion. But for now, these politicians will pay any necessary to get the dollars, and thus, render any efforts by CBN fruitless.

Who re that character Squealer in the classic Animal Farm?

Or the quote:

Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer—except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs.

First of all, you need to get the age of the foetus in weeks, not months.

Secondly, the age is calculated from the first day of the lady's last menstruation.

So, if an ovum was fertilised yesterday, it will be aged about 2 weeks, technically.

Take care of your woman, and don't cause unnecessary drama. She needs your now.

computer0810:

So all u so desire nw is for Osinbajo to be fighting d president, my brother fighting Buhari will not solve Nigeria problem and he has the right to do whatever pleases him, what we know is whatever he handles always come out good and is better to play along, that's politics for u
U r just crying over ur emotions, u need to think deep down

We know u r so bitter another yoruba man that can take over is coming out strong too, nobody stops the igbo from showing interest my dear

Back to the same tribal rants. It all ends there. No attempt at reasonable discussions.

Osinbajo cannot change anything. No one can. Except one courageous enough to do what is required - restructure the polity. And in that regard, Osinbajo has been tested, and found wanting.

Tell us another story, please.

caye:

Love your sarcasm.
However, don't be upset by the sparse woro-woro comments it has generated.
Put in mind that the average IQ of Nigerians has seemingly depreciated over the years; so it
( your thoughtful analysis) sounds unappreciated.

Thanks for the encouragement.

It appears this man derives pleasure from sounding off.

You want all tiers of government to be open-minded. Can you say the FG is open-minded?

An istration in which every critic is denigrated, and/or hounded by DSS, and to survive, we have to post our views on Nairaland where we are to an extent, faceless.

I cannot stop talking about my disappointment in a man who promised the gates of heaven, but watched silently while his principal drove us to the furthermost recesses of hell.

As MLK jnr noted, "In the end we will , not just the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends".

owagbeba:
There is no evidence that using a mobile phone next to petrol may spark an explosion. The science is “not” there.

From page 1 to page 2, no one countered this narrative on mobile phone radiation-petrol explosion? No science student on Nairaland? This is sad!

Test for Non-Science kids on Nairaland:
Pour a bit of petrol in a cup.
Set a mobile phone to auto answer
Place the phone over the cup.
Go to safe distance and call that mobile phone from another phone.
Any explosion!

.... mythbusters to the rescue

There was a time phones emit radiation enough to heat fuel up and cause an explosion. The warnings are a carryover from those days.

This road was recently reconstructed by the FG. Built with billions of naira, out of Buhari's love for the Igbos.

Is that the same road MTN wants to go and reconstruct? For tax credits?

Lai Mohammed, where are you? I am sure there's an explanation.

Ayam not understanding.

The economic team headed by Prof has performed wonderfully well in the area of job creation.

Just set up a small kiosk that will employ a Nigerian, and the next minute, their representatives will appear to give you a helping hand.

All you have to do is pay a whole lot of documented and undocumented taxes and levies. Never mind the very high power tariffs. Or the cost of petrol. You'll still be okay.

Talking of petrol, the cost of generators are so cheap now that you almost get them for free. Should we tell Prof how cheap they are now?

Because we have never had it so good, with all the well paved roads and infrastructure they rolled out for us, out of the goodness of their hearts, we never have to worry about transporting ourselves and our goods. There's even better security now. The babalawos made sure of that. Traditional bulletproof business is booming for them now.

We have delivery guys that do business and are now off crime. ing their business is so easy now. Never mind the N2million they need to pay NIPOST. It's chicken change.

Now, to the best news of all - this istration has created an entirely new industry worth billions of naira. The kidnapping/banditry industry.

These bandits offer state of the art services to students of post-primary and tertiary educational institutions. The parents can easily afford it. Even though they can't afford meals for the students. It is easy to see that parents can't pay for the children's meals after paying the bandits. Reason why our sweet leaders set up the school feeding program. It costs just a little in billions of naira monthly.

Kudos to the VP for coordinating this huge economic growth we are experiencing.

I salute oooo.

LegendHero:
Ojukwu wey no win any election during his lifetime, how him spirit wan take win election?

APGA should as a matter of urgency Fani Kayode, he can convince Bianca instead of wasting time invoking Chief. Ojukwu Spirit.

I had always regarded you as widely read, and thus assumed you'd have courtesy enough not to type something like this.

Was I mistaken?

Gireiboy:

How many times do you want people to tell you guys, that no country in these world would extradite it citizen to a foreign country.

Stop disgracing Adamawa State, monsieur, especially the people of Girei.

Girei can't be hosting a university and a Gireiboy will be here on Nairaland talking like an illiterate.

FYI, Nigeria has extradited over 100 of it's citizens to face trial in other countries since this istration commenced.

Less than two weeks ago, a patriotic Nigerian asked them to take a stand for Nigeria, against the state-sanctioned corruption, banditry kidnapping etc.

They nearly lynched him. They did anyway, in their warped minds. And threw him out of the bus, in a show of loyalty to the corrupt officials.

Less than a month later, they are getting a feel of the uselessness of these same officials.

Didn't take long...

TheRareGem1:


That's because he reads and make researches unlike you who.....

He's a prof nah. I'm still growing.

Meanwhile na you wey no dey try. Stop printing out tweets for him. Buy a tablet and give him instead...

Osinbajo clearly uses crypto. He sounds like someone who has stashed funds in blockchain.

Else how can someone who prints out tweets to read know so much about blockchain tech?

LegalWolf:


Dear Fegeitok, I will appreciate if you don't share political posts with me. I appreciate your other posts in other walks of life but not politics or views that are anti-north or skews perspective against the North.

Thank you as I anticipate your usual cooperation.

You quoted the wrong person. Recheck.

This is where we expect to see so-called erudite government officials take a stand. Where are the Starboy crew? Theraregem1? Joylove2324? Lifted2000?

This is where we expect Osinbajo to show working. Make a clear statement and force the hands of the law enforcement agencies to file a criminal case against him.

thinkmoney:
find a way if softly pressing down its head with something like a stick then hold the head in the hole of ur hand and check its teeth, if it doesn't have fangs then nothing to worry about. Invite me over so we can hold it together and send pictures to all this people that refuse to advance

Terrible advice.

Holding a snake by the head breaks their trust. If you want it as a pet, never do that.

Karleb:


This school I'm taking about, for S S S 3 alone, they have 150 students, these senior students pay at least N300k based on Jamb, WAEC and NECO charges.

The school's population is atleast 1,000 for the secondary alone.

The owner goes around, building hotels, building other schools and paying N49 at entry level. That's too poor.

You people should stop saying the "you'd see things differently when you become employer" line.

A lot of employer in Nigeria rip off their employee.

Strictly speaking, employees are not slaves. They can always walk away if they want to.

If an employee strongly feels he should earn more, he can reach out to other employers, bargain a better compensation package, and leave.

If he cannot, maybe because his services do not add as much value as he thinks, or because there are many others with similar skills willing to do the same job, at same or even lesser pay, then why should the employer pay more?

If an employer is forced to pay higher wages for services valued at far lower prices, he reserves the option to purchase same services from economies/countries where he can pay less. Or refuse to invest if the resultant profit margin is unacceptable.

This is why American firms moved to China to set up shop, and Americans suffered increase in unemployment. Such a policy thus ends up hurting those it is meant to protect.

On the other hand, it can lead to proliferation of immigrants, as undocumented immigrants might happily accept what citizens won't. The influx of Latin Americans into US is a point in study. Same has happened in Europe. In fact, Brexit happened because a lot of UK citizens wanted to end the situation where immigrants from EU states do the jobs they do for far less pay.
In all these, the question is - If the pay was that bad, why are people willing to take risks, cross the borders and take up the jobs?

In all, it's better to let the market manage the costs of labour. Government and regulating agencies can set up guidelines to curtail sharp practices and exploitation, but fixing prices arbitrarily will hurt the employees, rather tan the employer.

NoSentiment:


You must have made this statement while under the influence of ogogoro or burukutu. Go and check the number of local govts in Adamawa and tell me those xtians dominate.

Fufore - predominantly Muslim
Yola South - predominantly Muslim
Mayo Belwa - predominantly Muslim
Yola North - Capital city. Can't tell.
Girei - predominantly Muslim
Song - predominantly Muslim
Maiha - predominantly Muslim
Mubi South - predominantly Christian
Numan - predominantly Christian
Demsa - predominantly Christian
Guyuk - predominantly Christian
Shelleng - predominantly Christian
Gombi - predominantly Christian
Hong - predominantly Christian
Michika - predominantly Christian
Madagali - predominantly Christian
Mubi North - commercial hub. Can't tell.

Is that all?

stepaside2:

Usually, banks that borrow money to state governments often secure those loans primarily through domiciliation of monthly allocations in that bank. For the loans taken from commercial banks, I agree that those banks should just go ahead and deduct from domiciliation proceeds except they can mutually agree to restructure.

For the non commercial bank bit, those loans were a product of FG's intervention through the Ministry of Finance with CBN acting as FG's bankers. FG surely guaranteed the loans and should be involved one way or the other. the states used most of that money to pay salaries and cushion the impact of economic downturn on the states. The alternative would have been to throw those workers out of work, a commercially sensible thing to do but politically not advisable. There are no easy solutions

Okay, I get your point.

But to get more clarity, is the FG the lender, or just the guarantor? If they're a guarantor, who's the lender?

stepaside2:

But you won't mention why Governors can't pay. They took loans, pay back. No they will prefer to blackmail FG as Obaseki did. But someone comes in to mediate a peaceful resolution and you are saying many things. Ok what is the solution? If FG goes ahead to deduct from their allocation, you will be the first to scream blue murder

It is not the FG's job to deduct money from the allocation, nor is it the governor's job. It's the CBN's job. And the CBN should just go ahead and do it. If the FG borrowed from CBN, the CBN should also collect the repayment accordingly. The fact that a supposedly independent corporation like CBN is yoked to FG is even an indictment on the office of the VP.

If any governor needs to refinance their borrowings, they should approach the relevant bank, make their case and negotiate. If any bank lends outside regulatory guidelines, CBN should fine them accordingly.

The VP's interference should be to ensure that the right thing is done, period.