GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Monday, August 17, 2020

NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALLA : UNDESERVING OF ALL THE IGBO ADULATIONS.

ICHEOKU says it is symptomatic of a people who are marooned on the Island of no  leadership and yawning for succor, and peradventure any scintilla of gravitas to cling on. Ndigbo are afflicted with Personality Cult Syndrome Disorder (PCDS) is what is wrong with Ndigbo and this is why they have penchant for celebrating any person amongst them who excels in his or her calling, regardless.  must stop in order for the Igbo nation to truly begin to reap the benefits of having or rather producing some men and women of weighty influence. 

But until then, these accomplished individuals feel there is no need to try to work harder in order to earn the adulation of their Igbo people since they are getting it for free anyways. ICHEOKU says what has Ngozi Okonjo Iwealla done for Ndigbo, not then, not now and not lately to warrant her celebration as an Igbo bona fides, Ada Alaigbo? How did she earn Ndigbo's loyalty, love and affection that they are prepared to go to war with anyone on her behalf or defense thereof? If the North celebrates Dangote and Buhari, that is understandably worth it. If Yoruba celebrated Tinubu and Obasanjo, that too could be reasoned out. If Okada town Edo State celebrated Igbinedion, ICHEOKU approves as ICHEOKU was there in Igbinedion town back in the day to witness the opening of an ultra modern hospital right there. Ditto some other towns and villages whose folks have done a lot to try and improve the life and wellbeing of their people. But if ICHEOKU may, what is it exactly did Ngozi Okonjo Iwealla do for Ndigbo to rightly earn their love?

So yes, she is a PhD. So yes, she worked for the World Bank. So yes, she was twice a Finance Minister. So yes, she was once Minister of Economic Planning. And so yes, she was a chief Minister under President Ebelesieme Jonathan Goodluck. But how did any of these her positions affect the life of the Igbo man or woman; the average Joe and Jill Igbo person did not see anything to back up this testimonial of her storied resume. 


Ngozi Okonjo-Iwealla, just a female version of Fantasy Island Mr... who is drowning in an unmerited too much encomiums based on an over hyped relevance to Ndigbo and underwhelmed record of achievement for Ndigbo. ICHEOKu was most reluctant to engage this gear, fully aware of the sometimes mob-reaction of some folks who will not reason along the thinking expressed but will readily go to battle that an Ada Alaigbo was disparaged or talked down by a supposedly another Nwa OnyeIgbo. ICHEOKU says to please give ICHEOKU a break that such a person has an immunity from being truthfully called out for her lack of endearing performances that would ordinarily have endeared her in the hearts and minds of Ndigbo. But before any pinhead starts firing off his or her salvos, ICHEOKU will like to see their cards on the achievements of Ngozi Okonjo Iwealla for Ndigbo and then we can like God said to other Gods, reason together. 

Not in infrastructures as the 2nd River Niger bridge remained largely unbuilt while she was the chief mInister of the last government. She was there when the coward of Otuoke took a Samurai sword to cut off five prominent Ndigbo from his cabinet including Barth Nnaji, Festus Odimegwu, IGP Onovo, Ihejirika, Mrs Uzodimna, Professor Maurice Iwu but didn't do a thing to protect them. Yet this is the woman Ndigbo are falling behind of in her latest dart at Duke? She narrated what her perception was but has Donald Duke told his own story and who collaborated Ngozi's tale as she saw it or have those apologists not seen or heard the story of the six blind men of Hindustan who went to see the elephant. 

Perception is a very subjective thing and what if she was merely positioning herself for the presidency when it rotates back tot he South and seeing Donald Duke as a possible threat, decided to get him out of the way now? The world has seen so many of such books of distortions written against President Donald John Trump and how their writers were later forced to eat the humble pie of shame for making up stories and embellishing others, just because they have to sell books and the more salacious the better. Yes indeed in writing books, you must incorporate in them what your prospective readers will like to see in it and every writer, both fiction and non fiction, are guilty of this otherwise no publisher will like to lose money backing your horse. 

Ndigbo have many sons and daughters worthy of celebration including Ikemba Odimegwu Ojukwu, Alex Ekwueme who brought ANNAMCO to Enugu as well as the built the new Enugu-Onitsha road; M.I Opara who alongside Kanu Ibiam literary developed Enugu as a city. The Enugu State Assmebly is  still seating in the House which MI Okpara built. Then come Jim Nwobodo and you have the Enugu Broadcasting service as well as the University of Technology. Princess Oduah also tried by upgrading the Akanu Ibiam airport Enugu and falls within those Igbo people who have earned their praises. These are legacies which outlived their respective times and are still enjoyed till today. They were all built before so many staffers working there and schooling there or legislating there were even born. 

They are called lasting legacies and these are the top of thing that makes one deserving of being celebrated. But Ngozi Okonjo Iwealla, did what again for Ndigbo that people are prattling about and prancing about ready to duke it out on Donald Duke. Really? It shows that so many people need to get a second job to exhaust their energy or rather find something worthy of their time to tussle on but definitely not on the female version of Mr Fantasy Island. ICHEOKU says fa-fa-FOWL; not under ICHEOKU's watch and not under ICHEOKU's time and energy. If you must fight her war, please do not make it an Igbo affair or another baseless "we and them" tribal warfare because it is not and cannot never be because it is not earned and therefor undeserving. Just like the coward of Otuoke is to both his Bayelsa and Niger Delta people, so also is Ngozi Okonjo Iwealla and anyone feeling diminished or offended, should go and jump off or better still commence an action.  
6/18/18; 11:48pm

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