28 Years together ..........
Walking in the park yesterday evening holding each other, talking about those years, couldn’t help thinking that i was the luckiest man alive.
So many more to come.
Happy Anniversary ........
@yodifiji
#together
#❤️❤️
#🥂🍾
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1992 was a great year!
2022 even better! the 30yrs in between epic wonderful and just heart filling.
God knew exactly what he was doing when he gave us each other.
Our journey is only part way through
I thought it impossible to love you more than then but i do
@yodifiji
15.10pm flight Lagos - Abuja today, received a lovely email at 18.10pm thanking me for flying with them and hoping I enjoyed the flight.
Only problem is that as at 18.30pm I am still in the departure lounge waiting to board 😡
Years of education
to get here....
Graduating with honors and Gods blessings for the future,
In a student life filled with proud moments, none more proud than today.
Great pleasure today to visit Abuja National stadium with my friend
@DrJoeAbah
.
We were surprised at its usability despite a lack of expenditure on maintenance.
Most telling impression was that facilities were being maintained by ordinary people or teams so they could use them.
Happy Tradiversary Olowo ori mi! As resplendent in agbada as you were 28 YEARS ago in
#Ibadan
asking for my hand. My bestie, my korikosun, Baba
@DanielleAlakija
Remilekun, oko Ayoade Morenike. AdeRikki fun rara e, Omo dara o dejo. The kindest humanoid EVER ❤️❤️❤️
@DrJoeAbah
The actual stadium is under-utilised but not in bad shape. center pitch needs relaying.
The practice track adjacent is good and is a hive of activity every morning with various track clubs and football clubs using it.
Contrary to comments there are no herdsmen grazing cattle
@Naijavote
Everyone who has booked to visit Yankari should still go ahead. The poster raised valid concerns, not going won't help. These places need all the visitors they can get or they will never improve. Go and see for yourself, post your experience and it will help them improve.
Most affirming fact from the visit was that no one we met today subscribed to the “govt did this - govt didn’t do that” hypothesis - they just got on with it, enjoyed their sport and maintained the facilities themselves in some cases. In ALL cases the kids benefited.
VERY proud of Yodi’s new appointment and congratulations.
So much of her work is behind closed doors and uncelebrated, adding my bit to make it “shine” more.
@yodifiji
@DanielleAlakija
Happy Birthday to my one and only! marking another year backwards for you. Effervescent and as timelessly beautiful as ever…..
Enjoy the day that God has made for you with many, many more to come.
Much love……
Didn’t name the airline for two reasons :
1) At the time I tweeted they had not yet uplifted me 😂 and i didn’t want to sleep in Lagos.
2) I have flown with them PEACEFULLY up until now and this was the first time i’ve had such a delay.
Everyone deserves a second chance
On International womens day honouring the finest one i know. Your indefatigable and largely unheralded work is encapsulated by the smile behind you, one of the many lives you have changed
@yodifiji
@DanielleAlakija
Please read this, amongst the twitter politics and doom and gloom this is truly unique funny and uplifting. How an 80yr old grandmother singlehandedly drove from Cape Town to Cairo and onto the UK telling border officials she was having tea with the Queen
@yodifiji
In celebrating mother’s day today all over the world, we celebrate you. Over the years you have used those mothering instincts to save people, nurture them and provide for them with policy, development and action !
Happy Mother’s day !
@DrJoeAbah
The dive pool is left unused and dirty as it takes different maintenance.
It was a hugely expensive stadium but because of that it was very well constructed and is the reason today with some work that it could be brought back to its full operating state.
In celebrating mother’s day today all over the world, we celebrate you. Over the years you have used those mothering instincts to save people, nurture them and provide for them with policy, development and action !
Happy Mother’s day !
@yodifiji
@DrJoeAbah
The grounds are well fenced and there are no access points. There are multiple groundsmen who work hard seeding all the grass on various pitches but they are paid very low wages and usually unpaid. The main pool is maintained and is used daily.
Abuja, Abuja,
With its straight roads and bent politicians,
Roads lined with thousands of sentinel masquerade trees,
Their arms forever downwards, silent, uncaring,
We must vote like an axe
@Onyi_Estelle
@DrJoeAbah
With some cleaning up and a reasonable investment it is indeed usable as a National Stadium and i completely agree that it needs revenue generating use and needs to be used more on a bigger scale.
No acceptance of mediocrity here but a realistic view of where it is at.
@DrJoeAbah
and
@Onyi_Estelle
No benchmarks, my daughteran experienced athlete ran there inside and outside for 3wks, we toured the grounds which are large, the outer grounds are scruffy but i stand by my description, It’s in usable shape and used by a host of athletes everyday
@cchukudebelu
More than half the population is under 30yrs old and this is widening.
Graduates are educated so they are aware.
The status quo cannot hold.
They not only need hope and opportunity, they deserve it.
Actually it’s their right.
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@yodifiji
@DanielleAlakija
Happy mother’s day to all the mother’s out there, and especially to the powerhouse mother of my family. In reaching for the stars you have inspired our family to
@do
the same.
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@Onyi_Estelle
@DrJoeAbah
Was just going to say we should tour it. The root causes are a lack of support for secondary school students with sport. Open today’s newspapers and find me an article about youth sport. There was a national schools athletic development day recently and hardly anyone turned up!
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