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“ỌJỌ GBOGBO NI TI OLÈ, ỌJỌ KAN NI TOLÓHUN”: “EVERYDAY IS FOR THE THIEF, ONE DAY FOR THE OWNER”.

Ní ọjọ Ẹti ọjọ keji lelogun oṣu keji ọdún yi, Ẹrọ amóhùn máwòrán Iluọba (BBC 1) tu asiri ọmọkunrin kan ti o ni iwe ijẹri irina ọmọ Naijeria ni oruko ọtọtọ mẹta ti o fi nlu ìjọba ní jìbìtì gba iranlọwọ ti ko tọ si. O ti gba owó rẹpẹtẹ ki wọn to ri mu.

Ni Ìlú Ọba (United Kingdom) Ìjọba pese ilé fún awọn abirùn ati aláìní ti o jẹ ọmọ onilu ati iranlọwọ miran lati mu ayé dẹrùn fún wọn. Àwọn àjòjì ti o fi èrú ati irọ gba àwọn iranlọwọ yi, wọn a dẹ tún fi ma yangan titi ọjọ ti olóhun yio fi muwọn. Irú iwa burúkú bi ka fi èrú gba ohun ti ko tọ wọnyi mba orúkọ jẹ.

Ẹ jẹ ki a fi owé Yorùbá to wipe “Ọjọ gbogbo ni tolè, ọjọ kan ni tolóhun” se ikilo fun iru awọn oníjìbìtì bẹ ere jibiti, nitori bi o ti wu ko pẹ to, ọjọ kan ọwọ òfin a ba iru àwọn bẹ. Nigbati wọn ba ri wọn mu, wọn a ko ìtìjú ba orúkọ idile ati ìlú wọn.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

On Friday 22^nd February 2013, BBC 1 Television Channel exposed a man with 3 Nigerian Passports in different names that he was using to defraud the Government by collecting benefits that he was not entitled to claim. He had collected large sums of money before he was caught. Continue reading →

Originally posted 2013-02-22 20:58:21. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Oriṣiriṣi òwe ni Yorùbá ni lati fihàn pé iwà rere ló ni ayé. Iwà ni Yorùbá kàsí ni ayé àtijọ́ ju owó ti gbogbo ilú bẹ̀rẹ̀ si bọ ni ayé òde òni. Fún àpẹrẹ, Yorùbá ni “Ẹni bá jalè ló bọmọ jẹ́”, lati gba òṣiṣẹ́ ni ìyànjú pé ki wọn tẹpámọ́ṣẹ́, ki wọn má jalè.

Ránti Ọmọ Ẹni ti Iwọ Nṣe – Leave a good legacy. Courtesy: @theyorubablog

Ni ayé òde òni, owó ti dipò iwà. Olóri Ijọ, Olóri ilú àti Òṣèlú ti ó ja Ijọ àti ilú ni olè ni ará ilú bẹ̀rẹ̀ si i bọ ju àwọn Olóri ti kò lo ipò lati kó owó ijọ àti ilú fún ara wọn. Owó ti ó yẹ ki Olóri Ijọ fi tọ́jú aláìní, tàbi ki Òṣèlú fi pèsè ohun amáyédẹrùn bi omi mimu, ọ̀nà tó dára, ilé ìwòsàn, ilé-iwé, iná mọ̀nàmọ́ná àti bẹ ẹ bẹ ẹ lọ ni wọn kó si àpò, ti wọn nná èérún rẹ fún ijọ tàbi ará ilú ti ó bá sún mọ́ wọn. Ará ilú ki ronú wi pé “Alaaru tó njẹ́ búrẹ́dì, awọ ori ẹ̀ ló njẹ ti kò mọ̀”.

Owé Yorùbá ti ó sọ wi pé “Ránti ọmọ Ẹni ti iwọ nṣe ” pin si ọ̀nà méji. Ni apá kan, inú ọmọ ẹni ti ó hu iwà rere ni àwùjọ á dùn lati ránti ọmọ ẹni ti ó nṣe, ṣùgbọ́n inú ọmọ “Olè”, apànìyàn, àjẹ́, àti oniwà burúkú yoku, kò lè dùn lati ránti ọmọ ẹni ti wọn nṣe. Nitori eyi, ki èniyàn hu iwà rere.

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Originally posted 2015-10-09 15:29:50. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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