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Why I Am Thankful

Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo
5 min readNov 26, 2021

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It is Thanksgiving Day in America. Here are the reasons I am thankful.

I am thankful that despite all our differences, we have all agreed that there is a division of labor — ekelu olu eke.

I am thankful that Muhammadu Buhari has been president of Nigeria for a full 2375 days. If he had not been elected president, he would have been the greatest president Nigeria never had.

I am thankful that Buhari has a whole 549 days remaining in office. I hope that despite his busy schedule, traveling around the globe in search of agbala, that he will find the time to quietly reflect on the state of the country that President Goodluck Jonathan handed over to him on May 29, 2015, versus the state of the country he is leaving behind in 549 days.

I am thankful that we have amended our constitution to state that one can worship the Okija shrine to perfection and still be killed by Ukpaka Ndam shrine.

I am thankful that Vice President Osinbajo has not sued me yet, despite all the newspaper stories about him that I forwarded to the Whatsapp group of my village people.

I am thankful that Bola Tinubu is back in Nigeria (from medical pilgrimage in London) to claim his birthright — the presidency of Nigeria. He will finally prove the ideal of Nigeria which says that anyone found in Nigeria 12 years before an…

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Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo
Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo

Written by Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo

Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo is the author of "This American Life Sef." He is also the host of Dr. Damages Show, 90MinutesAfrica & HaveYourSay247. He teaches at the SVA.

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