False Knowledge Vs Ignorance Essay

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KADUNA STATE LAND GRABBERS, THEIR SUPPORTERS AND OUR GENERAL INTERESTS
"False knowledge is more dangerous than ignorance" - George Bernard Shaw
My people will s...ay "matambayi baya bata"; which is literally saying those who ask will never get lost. And that is why I like people who are not too ashamed or egotistical to ask when they are lost as to why certain things happen or why they didn't, people who ask to know what happen and what didn't. Because only then will they know what actually happen.
Sometimes, especially on social media, when you humbly ask, the response you will get will be many, varying, conflicting and most times bias and sentimental, but it is only after that that you will make informed decisions and when you publicize your opinion your position and reasoning may be sound. …show more content…

These days people are hardly patient. Some are so desperate to be a journalist and public analyst they are competing for who is first with the "breaking news" or who is first to analyse without all the necessary information.
A few days ago, while many were rushing to post and repost on what is going on in Kaduna State and sharing and re-sharing the views of a certain politician, my good friend, Bimbo Ariyo, who is in UK, about 5,000 kilometers away, made a post and ask a simple question, "Hassan DM, what is going on?" I know what is going on, I've written about it, he read it. But he is also reading something else. So, I set out to visit the affected public institutions and take some pictures to send to him, before I respond again.
On that politician and the governor, I had this to tell Bimbo, that in comparison, this is what is going on. We need to just look at the two personalities.
1) We have two people and two different approach. One wants to be popular and relevant. The other want to leave a

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