Amir Harbo

Retrospection: And Sule Lamido Boasted!  -By Ameer Muhammad Harbo. What I always remember is how his inaugural speech was presented on the 29th of May, 2007 with alot of emphasis, confidence and a even a certain boastful tone in it's content. In Nigeria, elected public officials hardly boast and live to tell the story. It takes…

Rising Poverty and Kidnap Incidences; It is Indeed Time To Unite Jigawa For Our Prosperity: Amir Muhammad Harbo  Today marks the Birthday of Dr Nuruddeen Muhammad (former Minister of State Foreign Affairs and Minister of Information) and I found myself profoundly reflecting on how I once asked him politely about why he wasn't pa…

Arewa Inane Matsayar Mu? Duk da munsan cewa mun gama bauta ƙarƙashin turawan mulkin mallaka, akwai wata sabuwar bautar da mukeyi tuntuni ƙarƙashin ƴan kudancin ƙasarnan. Wannan babu ja! Duk dadai nasan na dauko batu mai girma amma ba ina faɗa bane dan san rarrabuwar kai ko tashin hankali saidai dan musan inane ke mana ciwo kuma mu…

Poetry: Worms in my brain going in and out The profound and inane what's it all about? Revolution, evolution Politics or religion Zeal or function Poetry my unction. -Amir July, 2020.

FOR THE WOMAN (to my mommy): For the woman whose husband makes an "extra stop" after work every evening. For the woman  who is mourning the loss of a daughter that nobody else knew about. For the woman  who still leads from the front even although she’s lost inside. For the woman  who was fired for her fourth late becaus…

THE WAY FORWARD: JIGAWA AND ITS DECLINING EDUCATION - Amir Muhammad Harbo I am very sure that decapitation is not the cure for headache. If we do not invest in education, we will not reap in it. Therefore, the education system in Jigawa state needs some modifications. Though the state keeps developing but there are still so many t…

Retrospection: Sule Lamido, Please Come Back; Jigawa Needs You:  -Amir Muhammad Harbo What I always remember is how his last valedictory speech was presented with alot of emphasis, confidence and achievements.  Going by his ways of handling of both private and public affairs of the state when he was in power, I can say that Jigawa w…

A perspective: Why Jigawa is the poorest state?  - Amir Muhammad Harbo The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its recent poverty and inequality report unveiled that Jigawa state is one of the states that have the highest poverty rates in Nigeria. What a despicable!? As I am saying this, despite the fact that the state has grown…

WHY DO WE NEED TO LEARN ENGLISH?! Amir Muhammad Harbo ameerharbo@gmail.com It has been estimated that English is a second language for well over 300 million people: the number of second-language speakers may soon exceed the number of native speakers, if it has not done so already. English is generally acknowledged to be the wo…

Pastilence: Not a Scintilla: Beside oppressed souls and revolutions sitting, staring and chewing. There're feofle who drive vans and vault of Dolas, etc. They used our insanity. And push us by some pastorprenuers using 1k as a palm greasing. Some, said they're tarred with brush of korruptions. No! Indeed, they're thy…

As we all know, Kano is situated in the Muslim-northern part of Nigeria, it is the centre of the Hausa video industry locally also known as "Kanywood". There was an agreement in “December 2000 in which the government of Kano State in Muslim northern Nigeria reintroduced shari’a and established a new board for film an…

In moments of profound decay, a revolutionary should lead the way. Our collective motivation should be for the good of the greater number of people, not jealousy, envy and greed. If I say great, I mean many things that will be reformed positively by that revolutionary consciousness. In a better way, "what I am saying is …

WHEN OTHERS...  -Amir Muhammad Harbo When others are reading  She is chatting. When others are revising  she is trying to learn. When others are writing  She is mopping. When others have finished  She is starting.  When result is out  Everybody is rejoicing. When she saw her own  She is crying.  She's now too late.  Beware! Wh…

ZEPHYR: It is harmatan The west wind                   Picked me up                   Wrapped me delicately Shielded me From jaded weapons                   Of cruelty and reality                   Where I can crawl again Under cherry blossoms And tremble in delight. ©Amir Muhammad Harbo ameerharbo@gmail.com

An Unknown Letter I am thinking of the received letter. I don’t know, it is a death letter. Meaning, Death by invitation. I can recalled a handsomely wreathed and ornamented Black and red-letter came yesterday I had put it on the broken Nigerian table And forgot about it. It was a night then, I attempt to eat. Yet, I …