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Buying, wearing, and using made-in-Nigeria goods and services is a low-hanging fruit through which you and I can help strengthen the Nigerian economy. Each time you wear imported clothes and fabrics, you are exporting jobs from Nigeria and importing poverty to our beloved country. Let's put an end to the $4 billion Nigerians spend annually on imported clothes and put that money back into our own pockets. Aso Oke from Iseyin Tailoring and embroidery from Lagos Zip from Aba Replica shoe from Abuja Corals from Warri Always choose a made-in-Nigeria alternative!

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Dear Adebowale, Thank you for your feedback. I encourage you to keep blessing Nigeria daily. Do not be discouraged by those who curse Nigeria every day and also bully those who bless her. By the grace of God and the efforts of patriotic citizens, Nigeria is alive, will survive, and will definitely thrive as one indivisible nation under God. Nigeria is not a zoo. Nigeria will not divide. Nigeria won't go down. May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. May God bless President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. May God bless all Nigerians. Reno Omokri Ambassador Designate to Mexico. Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years.

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Nigeria Is Not a Corrupt Country and President Tinubu Is One of the Cleanest Leaders On Earth Right Now!

I met and learnt from Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Bank. Mr Greenspan was one of the most intelligent men I have ever encountered. He served as Chairman of the Feds for almost twenty years and was the second-longest Chairman ever. His death today, at 100 years old, is not a cause for sadness because he lived a long and useful life and contributed greatly to the growth and improvement of the global economy. How he guided the world's economy through the stock market crash of 1987 is the stuff of legend, as was his belief in deregulation. We both shared a love of music, and it was a blessing to have crossed paths with him in the sands of time. May God grant his family fortitude during their time. Ambassador Designate to Mexico. Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years.

Dear Austin, Thank you for your feedback. Are you sure about your statement? Nigeria is the largest Islamo-Christian nation on Earth, therefore, not only should we avoid such prejudice, as you have just displayed, but we should take time to understand each other better. Perhaps you may need more education on how brainy, intellectual, and progressive the global Muslim Ummah has been over the years and to this day. In Southern Nigeria, my family and the family of the Oba of Benin were the first families to receive a Western education. My ancestor, Ogiame Atunwatse I, graduated from a Portuguese university in 1611. But long before then, Nigerian Muslims already had formal Eastern education and had been travelling to Makkah from the 14th Century. For your information, many intellectuals in Sudan are descendants of Hausa Muslim pilgrims who undertook the return journey from Makkah on foot or by camel centuries ago, and, owing to the hardships of the journey, decided to remain in the Sudan. There are three million Hausas in the Sudan, and they form much of the intelligentsia and academia of that country. You and I have a lot to thank Muslims for. Even the very foundation of the Internet, which enables you to make these claims, originated from Islamic science. The word 'algorithm' is named after Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, a Persian Muslim mathematician who helped develop the discipline of mathematics. Without him, there would be no Internet as we know it. The word 'algebra' is taken from his book, Kitab al-Jabr wa-l-Muqabala, which means 'The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing'. The father of modern surgery, Abū al-Qāsim al-Zahrāwī, was an Arab Muslim physician, surgeon and chemist. He invented the first forceps, which are still in use today, over a thousand years after he introduced them to the world. His other creations were medical bone saws, scalpels, and sutures. Some of the scientific tools that we use today were the brainchild of Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham, a Muslim Arab mathematician and physicist who lived over a thousand years ago. Ismail Al-Jazari, the polymath and inventor, who invented the crank-connecting rod system as far back as 1206 AD, was a Muslim. The concept of hospitals was first introduced in Baghdad by Muslims in 805 AD, when they founded the Hospital of Baghdad. The oldest university in the world is the University of Al-Karaouine, founded in 859 AD in Fez, Morocco, by Muslims. And this brilliance continues in modern times. A Tunisian Muslim, Moungi Bawendi, recently won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. The CDMA technology that led to 4G mobile technology is the invention of the Egyptian Arab Muslim Dr Hatim Zaghloul. Even here in Nigeria, a Muslim man, Aliko Dangote, is the single largest employer of labour in Nigeria. Through his enterprises and business ventures, he employs more people than any state government. Only the Federal Government employs more people than he does. But when you count his employees in other African countries, he almost matches the Nigerian Federal Government. What about Jelani Aliyu, who is from Sokoto and designed the bestselling Chevrolet Volt Electric Car? Austin, are you saying that all these people do not have brains? Austin, you need not see Muslims as your enemies. Try to understand them. They have existed as a religion in the geographical area known as Nigeria for far longer than Christianity or Judaism. Therefore, it is in your own economic, social and political best interests to understand them and learn how to coexist peacefully with them. Finally, I strongly urge you and others like you to read history. Images, such as yours, were the triggers for the July 29, 1966, counter-coup and subsequent pogroms, which eventually resulted in the unfortunate Nigerian civil war. We would be wise not to repeat religiously outrageous actions that led to catastrophic consequences. Thanks again, and may God bless you.

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Dear Mujaheed, Thank you for your feedback. What you have to understand is that I study languages, cultures and religions. And I travel extensively in search of such knowledge. Therefore, my tolerance level for any religion that teaches humans the discipline of morality is high. Added to that, I do not believe I have a moral high ground over anyone because of my religion. For example, are you aware that the word Islam, or إسلام, means submission to God? Islam is submission to the Almighty. Anybody who submits to a Monotheistic God, as they genuinely perceive God to be, is practising Islam. For instance, a follower of Yeshua, who submits to God as he genuinely perceives God to be, is practising Islam. You, as a follower of prophet Muhammad, salla Allahu alayhi wasalaam, do not have a monopoly on the term Islam. What you have a monopoly on is the term Mu'min or مؤمن. You submit to God (Islam) as a Mu'min. Others submit to God (Islam) as followers of Nabi Isa. As long as it is the One Monotheistic God that Ibrahim, alayhi al-salam, believed in and worshipped, and that Musa, alayhi al-salam, discovered when he lived amongst Black people, then the Destination is the same. Only the Road/Way is different. Thanks again, Mujaheed, and may God bless you. Ambassador Designate to Mexico. Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years.

Are Nigerians Better Today Than They Were In 2023? Here Are The Facts Please fact-check me: Nigeria's inflation rate in 2022, before President Tinubu took office, was 23%. Today it is 15.9%. Meanwhile, the minimum wage before President Tinubu took office was ₦30,000. Today, it is ₦70,000. Before President Tinubu, the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee was sharing an average of ₦700 billion each month to states and Local Governments. Today, FAAC shares an estimated ₦2.1 trillion among states and LGAs monthly. That is three times the revenue the sub-nationals received before Asiwaju became President. That is why in 2022, twenty-seven states could not pay salaries, but today every single state can pay wages. And also why Nigeria's foreign reserves have doubled since President Tinubu was sworn in: at $51.04 billion, our current reserves are the highest they have been in 17 years. Meanwhile, one-third of Nigeria's 3.1 million university undergraduates are recipients of the Tinubu administration's NELFUND Student Loan initiative. This is even as the last three years have been the first and only time the Academic Staff Union of Universities has gone without a national strike. Under Tinubu, a four-year course is a four-year course. Furthermore, no other administration in the history of this nation has democratised road construction to the extent that the Tinubu government has done, simultaneously connecting the Southwest with the South-South via the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway being built for ₦15 trillion, linking the Northwest to the Southwest with the 1068-kilometre Illela-Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway costing ₦13 trillion, and bridging the gap between the Southeast and the entire North through the 465-kilometre Trans-Saharan Road is being constructed at a price of an estimated $750 million. Additionally, in 2022, Nigeria was the largest importer of refined petroleum products in Africa. Today, we are the largest exporter of refined petroleum in West Africa. These and other feats are why the Nigerian economy under His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, has experienced twelve uninterrupted cycles of GDP growth and trade surpluses, which have catapulted our nation to being the African nation with the second-highest manufacturing capacity after Egypt, with a $55 billion Manufacturing Value Added output. So, I appeal to you to let's put things in their proper perspective and refuse to allow uninformed elements to confuse you. Nigeria is definitely better today than it was in 2023. Ambassador Designate to Mexico. Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years.

@renoomokri Thank you Jagaban. May God continue to bless Nigeria

Dear Jarado, Thank you for your feedback. The truth is that, like many Nigerians, you play politics with your emotions rather than your rational mind. What is corrupt and bad about this government? Like I said during my Honest Bunch interview, and I know this truth will be offensive, many Nigerians don't understand economics. Many just only understand Eba and Rice. Has any corrupt activity been established against the President? Has any corruption been traced to a minister, and the President refused to sack such a person? The last time a minister was suspected (not proven) of corruption, did the President not sack that individual? Many of you cite the value of the Naira. Are you aware that the Naira was being subsidised under previous administrations, including ours? The Naira subsidy was $1.5 billion each month. It was higher than the fuel subsidy. Nigeria, under previous regimes, borrowed for two main reasons: to pay salaries and to fund subsidies. President Tinubu ended that. Now, we borrow to fund infrastructure, such as the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, being built at an estimated cost of ₦15 trillion; the 1068-kilometre Illela-Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway, costing ₦13 trillion; and the 465-kilometre Trans-Saharan Road, being constructed at an estimated cost of $750 million. Jarado, today, Nigeria has had a trade surplus for 12 consecutive cycles. We now have the second-largest manufacturing base in Africa after Egypt. Do you know why? It is because President Tinubu stopped subsidising the Naira. Do you know what will happen if the Naira is ₦1 to $1? Nigerians, like you, will import everything with the cheap Naira, and we won't produce anything. And it is not useful things we will import. We will import toothpicks, pizza, champagne, rice, etc. Do you know who the single biggest individual importer in Nigeria is? Peter Obi. Please fact-check me! This President is taking the right steps. But emotional Nigerians, like you, Jarada, want us to keep living a fake life by borrowing to pay salaries and fund subsidies. Before Tinubu, 27 states could not pay salaries. Peter Obi owed salaries in Anambra. Today, all states can pay salaries due to Tinubu's reforms. And this is the same government you call "bad and corrupt"? The same government that has paid ASUU as and when due and is sending 1 million students to school through the Student Loan Program? On insecurity, please note that President Tinubu did not bring bandits and terrorists to attack parts of Nigeria. The people doing this are mostly from our communities. Terror only thrives where there is local support. Two things are feeding insecurity in Nigeria. Local support from Nigerians who sell food, arms and ammunition to bandits and terrorists, as well as act as their informants. The second is France's withdrawal from the Sahel at the request of some governments. So, Jarado, if you and I refuse to support President Tinubu's State Police and Forest Guard initiatives and also provide information about bandits in our communities, and instead, criticise these proposals without providing alternative solutions, like Peter Obi is doing, our situations will not improve even if we have a change of government. Not everyone opposed to President Tinubu does so for genuine reasons. Many people hate him and his government because of his religion and ethnicity. Even if, God forbid, you remove him and put someone else there, as long as he is not from their ethnicity and religion, the hate will continue unabated! Anyway, thanks again and may God bless you. Ambassador Designate to Mexico. Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years.

Dear Abu, Thank you for your feedback. I am not a Muslim. In fact, I am not even a Christian. If you bring a form and ask me to fill it out, for ease of reference, I will tick Christianity. I have said this repeatedly, and I will say it to you again. I am a follower of the Jewish Hebrew Rabbi known as Yeshua (Jesus, Nabi Isa). He was NOT a Christian. He said so Himself. He described Himself as a Jew multiple times in John Chapter 4. At the end of his life, when he was arrested, Paul also testified with his lips that he was not a Christian, but a solid Jew. We see this in Acts 21:39: "Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.” Peter, the leader of the disciples, described himself as a Jew. We read this in Acts 10:28: "Peter told them, “You know it is against our laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home like this or to associate with you. But God has shown me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure or unclean." Being a Jew is different from being a Hebrew. Hebrew refers to the Semitic race of the Israelites, while Judaism refers to their religion. The term Jew applies only to adherents of that faith. In the New Testament, the word "Christian" was coined by the townspeople of Antioch to refer to the followers of Yeshua (Jesus) (Acts 11:26). The only times Paul used the word "Christian" were as a verb or adjective, not as the name of a religion. I say this respectfully: I have absolutely no plans to change my faith. However, if there ever comes a time that following the teachings of Yeshua, the Jewish and Hebrew Rabbi, is no longer sufficient for me, then I will follow the ways of my ancestors and practice Ifá religion and its Ìṣẹ̀ṣe traditions, which, to me, is the most advanced form of spiritual consciousness on this planet, and which I believe was practiced by the Black African people who taught Moses about God. In case you are not aware, Moses (Musa) was married to a Black person, like you (Numbers 21:1). Numbers 12:1: "Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite." Note the word Cushite, which is the Hebrew word for Black person. In some translations, you may see the word Ethiopian. For example, the King James Version says: "Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman." Now, do not confuse the word "Ethiopian" with the modern nation of Ethiopia. The current nation, Ethiopia, only officially adopted that name in 1945. Before that, Ethiopia was known in English as Abyssinia and as Habesha to the locals. In the Hebrew Bible, the nation now known as Ethiopia is called Sheba. When the English translation of the Hebrew Bible uses the terms "Ethiopia" or "Ethiopian," it refers to sub-Saharan Black peoples. And that Black woman's father was Moses's mentor and taught him virtually everything he knew about God. In fact, the Hebrew Jewish Scriptures state that: "Moses listened to his father-in-law and did EVERYTHING he said."-Exodus 18:24. So, to borrow your words, "To cut it short", I cannot be labelled! Thanks again, and may God bless you. Ambassador Designate to Mexico. Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years.

Dear Zakariyya, Thank you for your feedback. I am not sure you understand your own religion. And you definitely do not understand the language of the prophet, salla Allahu alayhi wasalaam. Islam in Arabic means submission. You are perhaps confusing the word Salām, or سلام, which means "Peace" in Islam. My wife, though an Orthodox Ethiopian Tewahedo Christian, speaks the language of the prophet fluently. That, along with my travels and research, gives me some perspective, sensitivity, respect, and tolerance for Islam. What you must understand is that all Mu'min are Muslims, but not all Muslims are Mu'min. Many who profess Islam are just like a lot of those who identify as Christian. They were born to Muslim/Christian parents, indoctrinated into the religion (not the faith), and it became a culture and way of life for them, without them making a conscious decision or deliberate choice to interrogate, independently understand, and then personally accept their beliefs as a faith. I will give you an example: I am a follower of the Jewish-Hebrew Rabbi known as Yeshua (Jesus, Nabi Isa), yet I believe in my heart, soul, and spirit in the Islamic doctrine of Tawhid. Additionally, I am a firm believer in the Ifá Traditional Religion of my ancestors, who, unlike what modern Nigerians were deceived into believing by the colonialists and their local agents, has NOTHING to do with idol worship or polytheism. Ifá is divination, and divination is also found in the Hebrew Scriptures. Ifá has only one God, who is Oritse (Ori meaning head, and Tse meaning to create, hence Oritise means Head Creator). Oritse is called by the honorific title of Eledumare (or Edumale, if you are Itsekiri, like myself). Lukumi people who were enslaved in the Americas know Him as Olodumare. Eledumare is the only God of Ifá. There are saints in Ifá, who are NOT God. They are human beings who lived in antiquity and because of their exploits in this world, were canonised and made Òrìṣà. What I encourage you, Zakariyya, to do is to truly know your own professed religion. Then, when you have done that, do your best to understand other people's beliefs. That way, you will grow along a continuum of maturity from self-awareness to awareness of others and, finally, to spiritual mastery. At that point, you, too, can become a Hafiz, who understands other Peoples of the Book. If not, you will just be born, live and die as the result of other people's choices, prejudices, and biases. Even worse, you will try to force your ideas on others and hate them when they refuse to buy them. Thanks again, and may God bless you. Ambassador Designate to Mexico. Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years.

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