The mystery of Nigerian titles
By Carlang Mbofung
January 18, 2011 12:23AMT
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Truth be told, there really is nothing wrong with people calling each other by their professions.
It is, after all, how the Masons of the world were born. The irony, however, lies in the lack of
substance behind the titles. Every year, Nigeria universities churn out thousands of engineers
who are yet to understand how the engine of a car really works. There are thousands of
graduate computer scientists (also known as computer gurus) who are still struggling to come
to terms with the fact that the programme, FOTRAN, died three decades ago.
Sadly, at some point in the last three decades, people have become more concerned with
attaching titles to their names and less bothered about whether they can actually live up to these qualifications.
I am not sure who the president’s speech writer is, but I fail to see why he would have
Mr. Jonathan refer to his running mate as ‘Vice President, Architect Muhammed Namadi Sambo’.
Surely, the term ‘Vice President’ had to have been sufficient enough, especially since
Sambo hasn’t exactly been an architect for at least five years. Still, according to his
professional history, the president has been fortunate to work as an educational inspector,
an environmental protection officer, and a lecturer outside his political career.
With any bit of luck, when “Architect Sambo” makes his next speech,
we just might be fortunate enough to hear him say, “I welcome President
Inspector Lecturer Protector Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.”
Now that would be something.
Signed Columnist Journalist Carlang
FROM NOW ON I WILL BE CALLING MY FRIEND
CLEANING SUPERVISOR GODWIN. UNITED KINGDOM !!!
NIGERIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
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