On the first of October 2026, which was Nigeria's 66th Independence Day, we saw a large crowd dressed in yellow shirts marching on one side of a major road. It wasn't just a march to celebrate Nigeria's independence but also a march to show allegiance to a particular political party, the party of the tormenting government in power.
"Make a big trailer jam all of them. So, this crowd of foolish people agreed to come out for this march because of a yellow polo shirt?" This post on a Facebook page caught my attention, and I couldn't hide my laughter, even in the midst of anger.
As people confirmed, the large crowd that joined the march did so because they wanted to get the customised yellow polo shirts. These were low-budget polo shirts that couldn't withstand handwashing for a month, shirts that one couldn't ordinarily wear and walk alone on a lonely road without risking being sent to deliver a message to angels in heaven or hell. That's how people stoop so low for government empowerment. They don't just care; anything you give them can buy their conscience, even something as cheap as a sachet of water that sells for less than $0.1. The government has understood this and has been using it to its advantage, and it has been working. One might think that it's the level of hunger in the land that's making people accept anything as empowerment from the government, but no, it's far from hunger. Using myself as an example, I'm one of those hungry Nigerians, but my brain hasn't been chopped off by hunger. So, it's the foolishness of the people that's causing it, not hunger.
Red Panties as Empowerment:
A government distributed red panties, I mean, the very underwear that covers a woman's private parts, to ladies. The political party's logo was placed at the front, right where it touches the "gate of a woman".
"What's the essence?"
"Please, what's the essence of the panties?"
Everyone asked. I asked, you're asking too, and guess what? Even the women who collected the panties as empowerment have asked the same question, but they couldn't figure out the purpose of the panties as a form of empowerment from the government. However, because they're foolish, they happily accepted them. Maybe that's because they don't have many pairs of underwear, or they need to replace the tattered ones they've been using.
Come to think of it,
I'm still curious about why the ladies who collected the empowerment items didn't attach any superstitious meaning to them. It could be that the politicians wanted to steal their destinies. But, considering how things stand, I doubt whether the women who received the panties as empowerment have any remaining destiny for the government to steal.
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