The
struggle has come this far
We must not retreat an inch
Be steadfast
Be strong
Be
resilient
Knowledge
dispels fear
So
said the chair
When
fighting a bandit
Behave
like one, said a Sociologist
Be
the last bastion against tyranny
The
struggle is existential
It
is either success or doom
We
either fight on or perish
A
senseless and clueless government
Need
a place on the ground
ASUU
is an idea
It can’t be banned.
August 22, 2022
I am a lecturer and I am not ashamed
I am on strike to ensure my existence
the existence of a sane and great society
a society that is rational and productive
The future of my nation is at stake
some oppressors have taken over its soul
they’ve turned my country into a milk cow
squandered its resources and embezzled its riches
The nation has become so docile and submissive
shrouded in sold ethnic and religious bigotry
every sector has been destroyed without remorse
the leaders are not concerned about our fate
I am on strike and I am not ashamed
called names by the people whom I’m fighting for
I have been punished by hunger and poverty
I promise I will not go down nor give up
I am entitled to a good salary
I am entitled to good working conditions
I am entitled to be respected by all
I am not ashamed to fight for these rights
I chose to join this noble profession
I choose to stay and make a difference
I choose not to run away even with options
I am a lecturer and I am not ashamed
Let all Nigerians know
let the irresponsible government note
we have not come this far to abandon the battle
we will remain the last bastion against tyranny.
July 1, 2022
After Stan’s Apologies
It is our inner “beingness”
That made us that different
It is an invisible but real strength
To say I am sorry is short and soft
The weak will never be able to say it
Those of us who apologize
Present the homo sapiens in us
Those who are too weak and ego-ridden
Whose tongue cannot apologize
Present our evolutionary origins with the
beasts.
April 11, 2022
Yes Mr. President, Enough is enough
Because you don’t seem to be yourself
A total stranger to Nigerians who voted for you
Not the man we thought will deliver the nation
Enough is enough, Mr. President
Because your favourite ASUU is black painted
You don’t seem to know what is going on
Mr. President, we are the same ASUU of pre-2015
We are those patriots who care for this nation
We are still the light of the nation
We are not the agents of darkness.
Yes, Mr President, enough is enough
Enough is enough because it is enough
It is enough because we too are tired
Tired of always closing our classrooms
Just to remind the government of its job
Tired of making sacrifices for the nation
Tired of being accused and abused
Tired of being punished for saving education
Tired of being starved for insisting on truth
Tired of being disgraced by governments
Tired of insisting on saving Nigerian universities
Mr President, enough is enough
Because we have not come this far to give up
If you want students to go back to school
Be informed on how far we have come so far
Get the facts, the truth and the reality
Come back to the world Nigerians are living in
Mr President, be yourself, the real you
We know who you were and what that meant
When you become you, strikes will be history
We look forward to meeting people’s president.
The one we voted for in 2015, Yes, Mr President
July 12, 2022
For Idrissa Gueye
Freedom is often invoked
so also human rights
when the monsters wish to bully
the rest of the world.
Freedom to choose
right to be oneself
are always a convenient card
to intimidate the world
None should have endless
freedom and rights
where other’s rights and freedom are denied
if there will be freedom and rights at all
let everyone be free to be and right to express it
May 28, 2022
10:51 am
Futures of humans destroyed
ocean of blood shed
fortunes lost
hearts broken forever
fighting European wars
When Europe fights
it takes the world with it
the World has fought European wars
all the so-called World Wars
are in fact, European Wars
Let Europe fight its wars
Let the World live in peace.
(Inspired in a dream, 6/4/2022)
The howling of the wolves
the vulgar laughter of the hyenas
beating the drum of bloodshed
coercing the world into a conflict
they created by their arrogance
Why must their enemy be ours?
Mandela taught us to love
those who stand with us in pain
let everyone mind his business
I would rather go with the Bear
(Inspired in a dream, 6/4/2022)
Accounting for less than one-fifth of the world
Very small in population and landmass wise
Always calling themselves International Community
They dictate to the majority with rude arrogance
They set moral standards that they never have
Flooding the world with their media organs
Labelling and accusing other nations of crimes
They show the world how to commit
Using the garb of freedom and democracy
They use the human-right card every instance
To interfere in other countries' internal affairs
Abusing the same rights they preach to protect
They abuse the freedom of people to be free
Invading and toppling governments around the world
The Middle East, Latin America and Asia still bleed
Their double face, shameless brutality has no bounds
The world has now understood the trick
Hold your human-rights card oh the West
Let’s every nation define its human-rights
Let’s every nation define its freedom and protect it.
The world is tired.
March 26, 2022
Women are us
As we are them
They are from our ribs
We come from the wombs
God said we live together
In love and with patience.
