Afolagbade Olajide

A thread. Still at the #ncah2019 organised by @sayphinng Repeated unwanted pregnancies, 600 thousand women visiting hospitals for abortion in a year in Nigeria, sexual debut for boys and girls in Nigeria at 15, series of complications as a result of this nuances like fitsula.

@ankayoe @daemperor007 @insight_noir @winexviv In the industry even as a trainee (SIWES) unless you are very resilient you will be treated as a "would be" Engr and as much as basic skills like troubleshooting will ve taught, you have to be very willing to learn anything close to repair. I had to go to mech village to learn.

@jideafolagbade @daemperor007 @insight_noir @winexviv So why are they going for SIWES? Yes, to gain practical knowledge But sadly, many of the same hands-on practical skills they were exposed to during SIWES are no longer practiced after graduation.

The Mechanical Engineering final year students of IMO State University were hosting a graduation party. At some point the generator developed fault. None of the students had a clue on how to fix it. They all had to start searching for an artisan to fix it. They eventually found someone that came and fixed it. The quality of the graduates in most of our state universities and in some federal universities are unemployable. A university where students have to sort their way out without learning anything meaningful. I call many of them, illiterate graduates.

@daemperor007 @insight_noir @winexviv Boss I graduated from Funaab, Mechanical Engineering. Maintenance Engineering is in 500 level taught by the amazing Prof. Mrs Kuye. It's not a course to teach you how to carry spanners or screwdrivers. Worked in Dangote and NNPC..I can tell you an Engr isn't for those things.

@jideafolagbade @insight_noir @winexviv Bro "corrective maintenance", "Mechanical maintenance (FUNAAB)" are examples of engineering courses that touch on it. You should note that syllabus are not totally similar across engineering faculties of Universities across Nigeria. So i'll understand if urs didn't touch it

@daemperor007 @insight_noir @winexviv Boss no be so No one is teaching you how to fix a generator by year 3. Of course you can learn outside or get acquainted during SIWES But repairing is not core engineering curriculum. Unless you can point to a mechanical engineering course that teaches students this.

@insight_noir @winexviv Omo! The point was not to term you an engineer because you can fix one. The point was to tell you how not-so-complicated it is. An average Mech Engineering student would have covered everything needed to fix a generator by year 3. You are fixing not making one.

@michaelinioluwa @sulaimonidowuu Hi

i’m creating this say hi below if you wanna join this is a good fit for you if you invest currently or you’re curious about investing focus will mostly be global stocks not ngx (i know nothing about this)

“Why are you recording us? This is Nigeria, it’s not abroad… put the phone in your pocket.” — Nigerian police officer at checkpoint told a foreign woman who came to Nigeria to visit her Nigerian husband.

It’s not about proving them wrong — it’s about becoming right with yourself.

BE A MAN last week, I saw a man in the body of a boy, he was drowning in a very large pool each time he raises his head they appeared and drowned him he was very young today he died he was buried by those who drowned him their tears were genuine, ignorant of their crime #boychild

Moving fast isn’t the same as moving right. Don’t confuse speed with direction. 🌿 
#Mindset #Purpose #NYFEW #WAVECommunity

Burnout doesn’t mean you’re lazy. 
It means you’ve been trying too hard alone. Rest is also part of progress. 🌿 
#NYFEW #MentalHealth #WAVECommunity

@drpenking This may be a joke But the thought pattern alone highlights ways to know how we think as Nigerians How can I circumvent the process? Where is the shortcut? How can I get there faster? This we call working smart, yet it hurts the system and rewards something else

We’ve evolved. 
From a WEEK to a WAVE. 🌊 
From moments to movements.
From fashion to full-blown creative impact. This is NYFEW, where vision meets value and creativity moves nations. #nyfew #thewaveishere #projectmakeme2026

@eric_gugua Balance

You’ll walk into a church, they’ll go over every single topic that can possibly exist but never the gospel. Then after the service is over you’ll hear “if you know you want to give your life to Christ, come outside” What Christ? The one you didn’t even talk about?? O-kayyyyyyy.

“Can I bring my baby to the interview?” The message came in at 11 PM: “Hi, I have an interview with you tomorrow at 2 PM. My childcare fell through. Can I bring my 8-month-old? I understand if you need to reschedule.” Old me would have rescheduled. Unprofessional. Distraction. Red flag. New me replied: “Absolutely. See you tomorrow.” She showed up with her baby on her hip. She apologized three times before even sitting down. Ten minutes in, the baby started crying. She tried to soothe him while answering questions. She apologized again. I stopped the interview and said: “Hey. You’re managing a fussy baby, answering complex questions, and staying calm under pressure. That’s literally the job. Handling chaos while staying professional. You’re already proving you can do it.” Her eyes filled with tears. We hired her. She’s been with us for a year now. The most reliable team member we have. Why? Because when you’re used to handling a screaming infant at 3 AM and still showing up to work the next day, workplace stress feels like nothing. Working parents, especially mothers, are some of the most organized, efficient, and resilient people you’ll ever hire. Yet we lose them because our hiring processes are built for people with zero caregiving responsibilities. If your interview process can’t accommodate a parent facing a childcare issue, you’re not filtering for professionalism. You’re filtering for privilege.

A dad can lose friends. He can be misunderstood by his own family. He can carry the weight of criticism and still sleep just fine at night. You know why? Because his mission isn’t to be liked by the crowd. His mission is to be respected, trusted, and loved by the only audience that matters his children. One day, those kids will look back and realize why Dad said ‘no’ when everyone else said ‘yes.’ Why he stood his ground when it would’ve been easier to bend. Why he took the long road, even when the short one looked tempting. A father doesn’t measure success by applause. He measures it by the way his children see him when the world is quiet and by whether they know, without a shadow of doubt, “That’s my dad… and I’m proud he’s mine.”

He literally explained why six months is enough to reinvent your entire life...

@wealthcoachomi Predict

You asked for it, there you go, Part 2 and final review of my 2025 stock prediction! Do you want my 2026 prediction? Type “PREDICT” in the comments. #wealthcoachomiete #financialfreedom #investsmart #moneytalks #stocks

@Dr_Wafy @MoSalah You are right. That's the beauty 9f salvation. So God himself became a man, the son is still God in his incarnation. Divinity taking on humanity. Jesus, the son is God himself. So God gave himself to save man. What height of love. Believing in his death burial and resurrection

I boarded a flight from Amsterdam to Lagos. When I got to my seat an elderly woman was sitting there. I told her politely that she was sitting on my seat. She didn't move and didn't say a word. I called on one of the crew to please ask her to move to her seat. The crew member asked for her ticket. She said she couldn't speak English but Yoruba. Some other passengers then told her in Yoruba to bring out her boarding pass. She did and it showed it wasn't her seat. It was mine. The woman still refused to leave saying that her allocated seat was between two men and she doesn't want to be between two men. I told the crew member that I paid for the seat for my comfort and I need to have the seat. He pleaded with me to take the seat beside her and during the flight he will look for another seat for me. For the sake of peace and given the age of the woman, I agreed. When the flight took off, the woman was now talking to me in Yoruba, saying "shebi Omo Yoruba ni e"....suggesting that I shouldn't have insisted on claiming the seat I paid for because we share same ethnicity. I told her in Yoruba, that the only reason I did so was because of her age not ethnicity. As luck will have it, I hit it off with the white guy sitting beside me. He was travelling to Lagos to get married to his Nigerian Fiancée. So we talked, culture shock, business and entertainment. The woman kept looking at us and at one point interjected in perfect ENGLISH something along the lines of "So, you can be this friendly and you were stressing me to leave my seat". Imagine my shock. Not only me, the women in the adjourning seats who had joined to plead with me to let it go. I asked her now very loudly "SO YOU CAN SPEAK ENGLISH....AND YOU WERE PRETENDING THAT YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK YORUBA?" I told her in Yoruba "Mummy oni oruko till Yoruba ma'npe ewa beyen...sugbon nitoripe mo je omooluwabi, I will restrain from saying it". Throughout the flight, she kept trying to make conversations with me, asking me where I am from, telling me what she went to do abroad. I wasn't interested. The dishonesty was too much for me to overlook. There is something about us that permits bad behaviour. It is regardless of age or ethnicity, status of even religion. We are simply accepting of bad behaviour and willing to rationalize it for the most silly reasons.

Quick math check 👇 Borrow N900,000 Pay back N1,879,200 in 6 months FairMoney is just something else. 18.13% monthly is not normal banking interest - this is loan-shark territory. (That’s over 200% interest p.a.) Financial inclusion shouldn’t mean financial punishment. These kind of predatory practices shouldn’t be happening under the watch of the CBN @cenbank