Drug abuse

May 05, 2018

Banning codeine  in Nigeria because of its abuse is one of the shrewdest, dumbest, crudest and laziest method of checking drug abuse. Cocaine has been a major source of drug abuse but the west curtailed it's excesses. Anyone who feigns ignorance to why hard drug is prevalent in Nigeria these days is grossly insincere. Frustration is driving most Nigerians to drug abuse, let's solve the root cause of it and we will be safe again. Nigerian govt should rise up to the challenge of drug abuse before it become disastrous. Give the average Nigerian a ray of hope,give them reasons to be alive. If you want to use banning method, then be ready to ban almost everything as they can convert almost anything to drug. Prevention has always been better than cure. It is increasingly becoming a curse to be a Nigerian. Daily, Nigerians are looking for escape routes to run away from there country because of hopelessness, all we do is form groups and committees, go to the media and be making noise thinking we are discouraging anyone from using any means possible to run away. Its either you die instantly or you die gradually, to them they rather face the high sea than face the Nigerian govt. Stop increasing the number of police and other security agencies,increase the welfare of Nigerians and see crime drop drastically. All those money you use in buying arms and ammunition, use them to give the Nigerian youths electricity and majority of them will never remember crime or drug again. Why is Nigeria intentionally wicked to her citizens?

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*WORDS FREQUENTLY USED IN NIGERIA NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY*

1. *Installmentally:*
This “word” is a favourite of many Nigerians, but, sadly, it simply does not exist. You won’t find it any reputable dictionary. The correct thing to say when “installmentally” comes to your mind is in _"instalments"_ or _"by instalments"_.
*2. Plumpy:*
Nigerians use _“plumpy”_ when they want to say that someone is chubby or slightly fat. The correct expression is _plump_.

3. *Disvirgin:*
This particular “word” is used severally on a daily basis, especially by Nigerian men when they intend saying that a woman has lost her virginity to a guy. The correct word to use, however, is _"deflower"_, because “disvirgin” is not a word.

4. *Crosscarpeting:*
This is a favourite of Nigerian politicians and political analysts alike. They use it when they want to say that a politician has dumped his political party for another party, usually a rival party. The right terms to use when describing this scenario are _"party switching"_, _"defection"_ and _"crossing the floor"_ and not “cross-carpeting” or “crosscarpeting.”

5. *Go-Slow :*
The word go-slow exists, but not in the way Nigerians use it. A “go-slow,” in the peculiarly Nigerian context, is a situation in which road traffic is very sluggish due to vehicle queues. However, go-slow in the English language actually means _"an industrial tactic used by employees whereby they intentionally reduce activity, productivity and efficiency in order to press home some demands"_. When this happens, you say that work in the office, factory or organization is at a go-slow. The correct terms to use when road traffic is very sluggish due to vehicle queues are _"traffic jam"_, _"traffic congestion"_, _"gridlock"_, and (less technically) _"hold-up"_, not “go-slow.”

6. *Cunny:*
“Cunny” is not found in authoritative dictionaries, but it can be found in some slang dictionaries. Over there, it is a slang used to refer to a woman’s private part. The correct term to use is _"cunning"_ (which is used to describe someone that is being deceitful or crafty) and not “cunny.”

7. *Opportuned:*
There is nothing like “opportuned” anywhere in the English language, but that has not stopped its blatant use by all and sundry in Nigeria, including journalists and writers. The correct word is _"opportune"_. The word opportune is an adjective; therefore it has no past tense. An adjective has no past tense. However, some verbs can function as adjectives or adverbs in a sentence. These verbs are called participles and they do have past tenses. They are not pure adjectives. Examples of participles are fattened, amused, disgusted, mystified, overwhelmed, upset and bored. Be that as it may, opportune is a pure adjective and not a participle, therefore it has no past tense. Opportune means appropriate or well-timed.

8. *Alright:*
“Alright” is a misspelling of the term _"all right"_. All right is used when you want to say that something is adequate, acceptable, agreeable or suitable. To hardcore English language linguists, “alright” is not a word. However, its usage is gaining traction and it’s increasingly becoming acceptable. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary – which is considered the gold standard among American English speakers – has recently drawn a lot of criticisms for its permissiveness when it began indexing some otherwise colloquial and street language terms, including “alright.” Most linguists disagree with the gradual acceptance of “alright” as a word by the public and even the media, while those in the minority are “alright” with it. 😁

9. *Wake-Keeping:*
“Wake-keeping” exists only in the imagination of a few English speakers. As a matter of fact, there is no such thing as “wake-keeping.” The correct word is _"wake"_ and not even “wake-keep.” Both “wake-keeping” and “wake-keep” are ungrammatical.

10. *Screentouch:*
This bad grammatical expression gained currency in Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries with the influx of made-in-China stylus pen touchscreen not-so-smart phones in the mid 2000s. It was a novelty then; many in Nigeria had not seen it – or even thought such advanced technology was possible – before. So, they looked for a name to call it and “screentouch” came to mind, after all you just touch the screen and it starts working. In case you’ve still not figured it out yet, the correct thing to say is _"touchscreen"_ and not screentouch.

11. *Trafficator*

There is no word like this. Nigerians use it when driving and want to alert other road users that the driver wants to turn to either left or right. The correct term is _"indicator"_ as a sign to indicate that the driver is either turning right or left.

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OPINION: Buhari has changed –

 Peter Okwoche
…..And I don’t mean the mantra that brought him to power nearly a year ago. I mean HE has changed.

I’ve interviewed him four different times now. The first time was in 2012. Then he wasn’t too sure if he still had the stomach to stand for election as president again, having already lost three previous times. The second time was just after his Chatham House Lecture, just weeks before last year’s elections. After his victory, I got a scoop: being the first international broadcaster to interview him.

Finally, I interviewed him again last Friday at the Abuja House, here I London. So, I guess it’s fair to say I have seen a few ‘phases’ of the man. You see during the chat I had with him last year at Chatham House, – the one before the election, President Buhari had all the solutions to Nigeria’s myriad of problems. Boko haram, would be defeated in no time (afterall this was an ex-General talking), corruption would be booted out with military alacrity and those found guilty of looting the nation’s treasury would become guests of the Nigerian Prisons Service.

I remember asking him if – should he win- we would witness the War Against Indiscipline type of rulership. I even jokingly asked him if was going to throw everyone in jail like he did in 1983. He replied with a question of his own: “Did I throw you in jail?” He sought to reassure Nigerians that his days in Khaki were gone for good and everything would be done swiftly, but democratically.

Fast forward a few weeks later to our next chat, the one after he had won. It took place on the day he received his Certificate Of Return. I was given just five minutes to talk to him, because CNN were waiting in the wings and he needed to pray as well. I asked him if he had come up with a plan to defeat Boko haram, yet. His response came as bit of a surprise; how could Nigerians expect him to defeat Boko Haram in weeks? Something the outgoing administration had been unable to do in six years. I also asked about his much touted War Against Corruption. His answer: “I made that promise and I hope Nigerians will give me the opportunity to see whether my efforts will be good enough or not.”

You see this was the first sign of change I saw in President Buhari. The urgency was missing and bureaucracy was creeping in. It wasn’t even subtle. But I decided that it had been a long day for him and would get longer still. Maybe he was just tired.

When I met President Buhari last week, I was one of his first appointments of the day. The Interview was scheduled for 10 am and when I arrived, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina told me I had twenty minutes with the President. As the interview got under way I began with his promise to defeat Boko Haram. Nine months after he took office the terrorists were still ravaging parts of the North east. No, he insisted, Boko Haram had been ‘technically defeated’.

When you defeat an enemy, they can no longer hit you, I told him. But Boko haram have just killed 65 Nigerians in the village of Dalori, near Maiduguri. He insisted they HAD been beaten and we agreed to disagree on the definition of ‘defeat’, as if it differs from a military man to one who has a degree in English language, Literature and Dramatic Arts.

As to the war against corruption he admitted not much had been done.
But it was when we were talking about the economy that I noticed that this new Buhari is actually the old one. The one that dressed in khaki’s from the 1980s. Against advice from experts that due to the slump in oil prices and the depletion of our purchasing power, the Naira needs to be devalued, Buhari insists that HE won’t devalue the Naira. He said his economic team had to convince HIM that the Naira should be devalued. But Mr. President it’s not about YOU! It’s about what’s good for Nigeria. Don’t get me wrong, I actually see the logic of his argument, that devaluation has never helped the Naira in the past. But his insistence that he had the final say was a bit off-putting. At times during the interview, his eyes narrowed and you could tell he found some of my questions irksome.

We to and fro’d for a while longer and as I wound up the interview, I thanked him for his time. “Yes thank you for your hard questions too!” he retorted.

Of the two main candidates that stood for last year’s election, I thought Buhari was the better man. I believe the description by Time Magazine of Goodluck Jonathan’s time in office was pretty accurate. But If I think back to 2011, then I believed GEJ was the right man; we were proved wrong. Buhari still has time to prove us right, but he can’t do that by changing back into military fatigues.”

Peter Okwoche is a Presenter on BBC World News.
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