...the Federal Government's stance of "Monkey de work, baboon de chop".

That's fantastic.

FTA: Essentially, the best manure in any farm is the farm owner's footprint.
FTA: [R]ather than the Federal Government's stance of "Monkey de work, baboon de chop"

This guy's writing is a goldmine of nearly insane proverbs.

That's all fine, but it's not a top flight performance until she also sings/plays for us the song of her people...

Sir Roderick Glossop: This guy's writing is a goldmine of nearly insane proverbs.

Came here to say this! Remind me not to visit...

Nice article and fairly well written. Too bad it's his last.

"The fine on her is non-negotiable (one carton of beer and a she goat). In the past, she was also immersed in ground charcoal and made to dance nude round the village"

I think the world might be a better place if this sort of punishment concept was much more widely applied

/There'd be a lot more people watching Judge Judy for starters

In other news, there are thieves in Nigeria.

I don't get the dipping in ground charcoal bit.

lunkhed: In other news, there are thieves in Nigeriagovernment . FTFY

The one good thing I got from this article: beginning to refer to the criminally incompetent Feds as the "FG".

hillary: Ahhh, Niger

Oh please. It's Nigeria. Two different countries.

What a strange article.

Also, Monkey de work, baboon de chop.

My understanding:

"A thief is a thief, even if it is one of our own. There was once a son who caught his mother cheating. His mother would be punished harshley if he told, as per Bini tradition with a sacrifice (known as "ekpetin vbe odegbe"). In the olden days she would have been tarred and feathered.

If he does not tell, he could face a much worse fate himself.

Budgets get tight at the end of the year, and people do things they may not normally do out of desparation.

The Federal Government is taking credit for Local Government's infrastructure spending, by putting up signs claiming they did the work. This is lazy, wrong and deserves punishment.

Like the old saying, you reap what you sow, the Federal Government is neglecting its own people. We have to fix this, the status quo of many suffer while some benifit must end.

Two unpalatable options remain; to tell father or not. Enough is enough! The government has to work for the people."

(Monkey de work, baboon de chop = Money works, baboon benifits)

Really, the FG should be the ones providing ekpetin vbe odegbe.
To make reparations for too many years of "Monkey de work, baboon de chop."

Goodfella: The one good thing I got from this article: beginning to refer to the criminally incompetent Feds as the "FG".

I didn't get why he said that, and then said "Federal Government" every other time. What was the point of using FG that one time?

I always wondered what our Federal Bureaucracy uses for inspiration.

Perhaps now I know.

This article is anti-baboon. Some of my best friends are baboons, and they earned every penny they made.

it's definitely more monkey de chop up here

CrispFlows: wtf am I reading?

Third world problems.

Dammit Fark. I'll not sit idly by while Hon Josef Omorotionmwan's good name is sullied!

So, no "A", then?

fjnorton: Let's get the "what the fark am l reading" jpg up.

//too lazy to do it myself











happy now?

Someone should caption his pic with that "Monkey de work, baboon de chop" . This could be a potential meme.

Monkey de wwebsite such as the baboon de chop sinse u were a sperm in yoir dadies bolls.

//2012 meme'in like a boss.

Carton of beer? A Carlton of beer?

socodog: Monkey de wwebsite such as the baboon de chop sinse u were a sperm in yoir dadies bolls.

//2012 meme'in like a boss.

I 'Smart' button'ed this.

But de monkey de work, him got $16 million USA Dolla he want stick in yo bank account, you send me yo bank numbers, so dat baboon don't get de chop, okay?

\\ Aisle seat please, non-smoking.

Ghastly: And now I have a new fetish. If anyone needs me I'll be dancing naked around Hamilton covered in a fine powder of ground charcoal.

How many she-goats does it cost to buy a ticket to that show?

I feel gratified. I was present at the birth of a new Fark meme (monkey de work; baboon de chop). What a wonderful New Year's gift!

/where be de t-shirts?
//and de white wimmen?

And.....
Another article by the same guy: http://www.nncpo.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=316: caveat-emptor-bad-bonds-around&catid=37:nigerianews&Itemid=67

He likes his little aphorisms (as do I) and the "ekpetin vbe odegbe" phrase.

/has been fond of aphorisms for many years.

Nigerian de work and Fark de chop.

Well, it's good to know that Nigeria has their own version of the Tea Party.