The national discourse in Nigeria in the past few weeks has been dominated (and deservedly so) by the kidnap of innocent girls from a school in Borno State by armed men. It is no news that The Bring Back Our Girls campaign, which was launched to put pressure on the government of Nigeria to expedite its efforts to rescue these girls, has gone international. The search for the girls is still on and our thoughts are with them. While we have all been agitated by the ordeal of these hapless girls, some events have taken place that made Nigerian laugh even in of this trying period. Our ability to laugh during trying times was captured by the late Afrobeat legend, the inimitable Fela Anikulapo Kuti in his song, Shuffering and Shmiling. This ability was probably the reason Nigeria was said to be the happiest nation on earth some years ago (whether that is still the case today is a matter for another day). In this post I want to share two of the funny moments we have had in the last few weeks and one other video which is still relevant.
This is the video of the First Lady's outburst:
I saw another video that made me laugh so hard. It is the video of Ayo Fayose' campaign in Ifaki Ekiti where the podium on which the campaigners were standing collapsed. Please note that this video's quality is low.
This last video is not new but it is a sad commentary on our nation.
The abducted girls are still missing and we cannot afford to forget that. Please join the campaign to #BringBackOurGirls.
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