Mom
Just a quick note. I'm still going to do a long piece on this phenomenon called Dame Patience Jonathan, our first lady. But we must acknowledge right away her indefatigable role in bring in the votes for her husband. She criss-crossed the country, rallying the womenfolk to vote for her spouse, and got him to announce a 35% affirmative action for Nigerian Women if he wins.
She is a fighter, and a winner's talisman!
When (not if!) the president gets reelected in April, all his supporters owe Patience a world of roses. And she will get it.
Patience is your daughter, Mom, keep praying for her.
Ever
Dayo
Showing posts with label Women Development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Women Development. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
FOOD Insecurity
Dear Mom
I speak of foods & drinks - especially water! - as the most frightening lack in the land today. You see women basically manufacturing meals out of nothing for their families - especially our hapless kids! And you wonder, you just wonder.
It takes weeks to grow most basic staples and their condiments. And we can do this all-year-round in this country. It takes days to do wells and boreholes in any part of this country. And we have the knowhow, can procure or produce the tools/equipment, and have millions of idle hands waiting to be deployed. No, our leaders won't! And you wonder, you just wonder.
FOOD Insecurity debases all of us. As endowed as we are here, we should be worrying more about less fortunate countries, drought-ravaged lands, poverty-stricken communities, where Nigerian food aid should flood. Alas, we are the shameless and wasteful ones asking for foreign assistance in agric! I shudder at what
our so-called partners think of us, say behind us. Do our leaders care? You wonder, you just wonder.
Well, citizens must ACT in self-defence, self-actualization. Let the private sector and civil society step in! We know now that when they do, things change virtually overnight.
I speak of it today because I'm optimistic that 2011 elections will give us the leverage, willy-nilly. And like you, when you were here, I worry about the fate and state of women and children worldwide. It will be well, by God's grace. Amen.
Love
Dayo
I speak of foods & drinks - especially water! - as the most frightening lack in the land today. You see women basically manufacturing meals out of nothing for their families - especially our hapless kids! And you wonder, you just wonder.
It takes weeks to grow most basic staples and their condiments. And we can do this all-year-round in this country. It takes days to do wells and boreholes in any part of this country. And we have the knowhow, can procure or produce the tools/equipment, and have millions of idle hands waiting to be deployed. No, our leaders won't! And you wonder, you just wonder.
FOOD Insecurity debases all of us. As endowed as we are here, we should be worrying more about less fortunate countries, drought-ravaged lands, poverty-stricken communities, where Nigerian food aid should flood. Alas, we are the shameless and wasteful ones asking for foreign assistance in agric! I shudder at what
our so-called partners think of us, say behind us. Do our leaders care? You wonder, you just wonder.
Well, citizens must ACT in self-defence, self-actualization. Let the private sector and civil society step in! We know now that when they do, things change virtually overnight.
I speak of it today because I'm optimistic that 2011 elections will give us the leverage, willy-nilly. And like you, when you were here, I worry about the fate and state of women and children worldwide. It will be well, by God's grace. Amen.
Love
Dayo
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Look at Them!
Dear Mom
You know, we had a good laugh yesterday over the names of the various fish and marine life in Ilajeland. It led us to wonder what happens to local knowledge these days.
Growing up under your care and tutoring was a rare privilege, honour and grace - such a blessing! Maybe the trajectory had a lot to do with it (i.e. losing dad so early and moving from place to place, etc.) but I can also cite many who had such and more, who haven't been so blessed.
We got to gain insights about our localities, neighbours, languages, cultures, flora and fauna. The freshwaters of River Oluwa, the brackish waters of the swamps and lagoons, the salt waters of the Atlantic Ocean and those generous offerings from its huge expanse, the communities-on-stilts, the wonderful and peaceful lives of the riverine peoples of Nigeria's coastal splendour, and our numerous relations spread along its territories. Oh!
These are memories of unmatched measures. Royalty and your rich heritage conditioned you and cautioned us. These days, one must wonder.
Our kids need so much help that a real renaissance must commence. They know less and less of both the country and their place in it. There are parents who even know less than their children! How then can they help them? Alas, we have to redesign our civic education and invent our own Public Service Media to save the situation.
May I close on a bright note: Many many mothers are doing their very best to redeem things o! We just hope and pray that 2011 will be an electoral banquet for Nigeria and her hardworking MOTHERS.
We love and miss you dearly
Dayo
You know, we had a good laugh yesterday over the names of the various fish and marine life in Ilajeland. It led us to wonder what happens to local knowledge these days.
Growing up under your care and tutoring was a rare privilege, honour and grace - such a blessing! Maybe the trajectory had a lot to do with it (i.e. losing dad so early and moving from place to place, etc.) but I can also cite many who had such and more, who haven't been so blessed.
We got to gain insights about our localities, neighbours, languages, cultures, flora and fauna. The freshwaters of River Oluwa, the brackish waters of the swamps and lagoons, the salt waters of the Atlantic Ocean and those generous offerings from its huge expanse, the communities-on-stilts, the wonderful and peaceful lives of the riverine peoples of Nigeria's coastal splendour, and our numerous relations spread along its territories. Oh!
These are memories of unmatched measures. Royalty and your rich heritage conditioned you and cautioned us. These days, one must wonder.
Our kids need so much help that a real renaissance must commence. They know less and less of both the country and their place in it. There are parents who even know less than their children! How then can they help them? Alas, we have to redesign our civic education and invent our own Public Service Media to save the situation.
May I close on a bright note: Many many mothers are doing their very best to redeem things o! We just hope and pray that 2011 will be an electoral banquet for Nigeria and her hardworking MOTHERS.
We love and miss you dearly
Dayo
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