Reading about Osogbo and learning about another bridge being made in Okefia by Isiaka leaves me perturbed as to why successive government in that state claim that the state is broke but then take on capital projects whose utility you need to convince the people about.
This gave me some nostalgic feelings because I was in Osogbo when the Olaiya bridge project began and I know firsthand what you write about.
Thank you for commenting, thank you. I thought I was the only one going crazy with frustration as to why there's another bridge at Oke-Fia. And I wonder why nobody is talking about it.
Well, I think they are but like you said, the complaints are lamentations in their homes, the front of their shops and in small pockets of irrelevance. On speaking publicly, I know from firsthand experience that dissent in public forums is swiftly clamped down upon by little minons, who pride themselves as influencers on behalf of the government in power or whether bloc that their interests favour. I recall how the supposed Osogbo Twitter Community members came after me when I had said in passing that Osogbo was boring on some Twitter space that they had engineered for the exact topic. For months after that, they will come after me with several baseless accusations, including "brokeshaming people," "destroying the image of the city," and such yadayada. I had intel that they had in fact discussed me on their WhatsApp group and so when they started coming out with guns for what I considered a fistfight,. I initially thought I was being misunderstood, but no, agenda must agend. A lot of people will eventually consider it not worthwhile to speak and have raging dogs on the payroll of politicians come after them. As much as I miss the relative peace that characterised my life in Osogbo, I am glad to be rid of that community. With the risk of sounding insensitive, I daresay the people somewhat deserve the kind of leadership that they have been getting. They are the direct reflection of society, after all. Sorry that I have begun my own writeup under yours, but I could write a whole ass essay on that community.
Although I have not been to Osogbo, this work evinces eye opening images to the vices and situations of the urban city. I could deduce from the work that the parts governors built bridges which in a way embarrassed the people because that actually wasn't enough development.
A deep contrast on their manifestos if you'd ask me
Reading about Osogbo and learning about another bridge being made in Okefia by Isiaka leaves me perturbed as to why successive government in that state claim that the state is broke but then take on capital projects whose utility you need to convince the people about.
This gave me some nostalgic feelings because I was in Osogbo when the Olaiya bridge project began and I know firsthand what you write about.
Thank you for commenting, thank you. I thought I was the only one going crazy with frustration as to why there's another bridge at Oke-Fia. And I wonder why nobody is talking about it.
Well, I think they are but like you said, the complaints are lamentations in their homes, the front of their shops and in small pockets of irrelevance. On speaking publicly, I know from firsthand experience that dissent in public forums is swiftly clamped down upon by little minons, who pride themselves as influencers on behalf of the government in power or whether bloc that their interests favour. I recall how the supposed Osogbo Twitter Community members came after me when I had said in passing that Osogbo was boring on some Twitter space that they had engineered for the exact topic. For months after that, they will come after me with several baseless accusations, including "brokeshaming people," "destroying the image of the city," and such yadayada. I had intel that they had in fact discussed me on their WhatsApp group and so when they started coming out with guns for what I considered a fistfight,. I initially thought I was being misunderstood, but no, agenda must agend. A lot of people will eventually consider it not worthwhile to speak and have raging dogs on the payroll of politicians come after them. As much as I miss the relative peace that characterised my life in Osogbo, I am glad to be rid of that community. With the risk of sounding insensitive, I daresay the people somewhat deserve the kind of leadership that they have been getting. They are the direct reflection of society, after all. Sorry that I have begun my own writeup under yours, but I could write a whole ass essay on that community.
Although I have not been to Osogbo, this work evinces eye opening images to the vices and situations of the urban city. I could deduce from the work that the parts governors built bridges which in a way embarrassed the people because that actually wasn't enough development.
A deep contrast on their manifestos if you'd ask me