Tosin

The Government doesn't publish the full facts on how migration impacts the NHS - including the long-term costs of hiring from abroad rather than training people here. I've written to the Health Secretary, asking him to publish this information in full, or explain why he won't.

I haven't been on twitter today - but someone brought a few of my old tweets to my attention and I can't not address it. 14 years ago, I was 23, so I was definitely not a child. I'm not here to make excuses because I don't have anything to make excuses for. What I can't let anyone do is twist my story to fit false narratives. In 2012, I lived and helped out at my mom's daycare while I was hustling my music. I tweeted everything that happened in my life, as we all did at the time. Kids can be mischievous. If a child did something I found funny, I tweeted about it. Kids are cute and lovable. I want to hug, kiss and cuddle them. I tweet about it. Nothing I tweeted was from perversion. I was not famous, so maybe if I was, I would have understood that anything is open to whatever interpretation including being used falsely by a faceless mob. I've never been depraved in my life. You can retweet all the tweets in the world about me loudly crushing on people I admire/d. Or being a cheeky young woman. I wasn't trying to hide it, because I don't have anything to hide. My team has been deleting some of my tweets because of how sensitive it is for my family. To be honest, I did not want to. I have always spoken against rape and sexual assault even before you knew I existed. It's not a costume I'm wearing, it's who I am. I've never claimed to be perfect. I've never claimed to know everything. I said stop raping women. I stand by it.

“My sister and I once went to a restaurant in Ikoyi, Lagos. When we asked for the bill, the waiter told us that some gentlemen had already paid for our meal. We looked at them, nodded and say thank you. We stayed a few more minutes to take pictures, but about 10 minutes later, the waiter returned and said the men wanted us to pay the bill ourselves since we didn’t come over to their table. Men can be funny. They try to weaponize their provision. We’re not even broke.” — Lady says.

I’ve noticed something. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala studied at Harvard, ran Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance, now leads the WTO yet when she speaks, she is unapologetically Nigerian. Same with Chimamanda Adichie. Global mind. Nigerian soul. But watch some people who left Nigeria 6 months ago suddenly full foreign accent, complete rebrand, identity reset. Here’s the hard truth nobody tells you: No matter how much accent you acquire, that society will never fully accept you as one of them. Authenticity is not a disadvantage. It’s leverage. Indians understood this early. They went global without deleting themselves, accent, culture, confidence intact. And today, they dominate boardrooms, tech, medicine, and politics worldwide. Trying to sound “less Nigerian” doesn’t make you global. It makes you forgettable. The world rewards originals, not imitations. Be excellent. Be global. But be yourself first. Nigeria needs to hear this.

tell me one

Your boss resigned a few months ago, and you’ve been acting in her role for a while. You’ve received feedback that you’re doing an excellent job, and you’ve been hoping to be appointed as the substantive replacement. Then one morning, you’re invited for a chat and told that a replacement for your former boss will be starting next month, and that you’ll need to coach the new hire since you’ve been acting in the role. What’s your reaction going to be? Could you have done anything differently before the replacement was hired?

You came to me for help on X. I don’t know you from Adam. Never seen you. You said you need small push in business and that you will return the money on X,Y,Z date. Gave the shittiest sob story ever on how your wife gave birth through CS. Lied about the business you wanted to use the money for. I gave the person 2.2m. Ok do the business let’s see. If it gets bigger I will add more. Guess what? He used the entire money to play bet. 2.2m naira. Even showing me his bank statement as if to say “What you gonna do about it”. Now he’s doing sob story on how he wants to kill himself and all sorts. I am like you better not die yet o. His wife is saying she will pay 100k a month 😀 Is 2.2m naira a small money that I’m to forgo? This is why I mind my business here despite all the sob stories for assistance. Nigerians don’t want help. They want who they can take advantage of. I’ve left it to the authorities to sort out. Whenever they resolve it is cool with me.