RANT - SEASON 22 BY YOMI

Helllloooooo

Hiiiiii

My Nigerian people ewe so oooo

Griii gba gba...
Greatest Nigerian students o....

Mehn, I miss my Uni days... When you hear "of the greatest gba gba gbi gbi" then you know something is happening.
I am not razz *covers face* but if you attended my kind of college, I'm sure you'd turn out worse. Ask Tosyne and Gbolahan. 
Talking about Gbolahan, where is he o? Someone should get the popo or EFCC immediately to look for him...seeing everything in Naija is done by the police *covers face*

Now the rant for today is not my own rant. Rather it is my colleague's. But I am the reporter and the writer. He decided to give me another job *evulll*

So on my way to work yesterday, I saw some people dressed like clowns.. Really they looked like clowns. They stopped everyone on the street, cars entered shops and offices without a second thought, begging for money in their funny kpangolo (metal tin cans). Apparently it was their RAG DAY.
Well it wasn't a surprising sight cos I see these guys anytime of the year. Apparently, it was a particular school's rag day where these guys dress like Zombies... torn dresses, crazy hairstyles, wearing different colors of shoes and somethings I can't mention. I just smiled and walked on to the office. Little did I know that the sight of these people won't make some people I know smile. hehe... My colleague walks in and starts ranting like 
"Bj you should put this on your blog. What are those guys doing on the road constituting nuisance. (At this point, I think he places his hands on his head...I think ni o)" 
Then he continues."What's the idea behind what they are doing? Like seriously. You need to put this on your blog...I can't take this anymore (I included this part *covers face*)". 
I was about to say "Bruh calm down na...those guys are my niggas. They are just representing noni" but instead I just said "Oh I see why this looks strange to you. You went to a private school shebi?". And I continued working...or started pressing my phone... erhmmm I can't remember the next thing I did but I started doing something *scratches head*.

I understand his reason for ranting so much. You know all these butty children that will not let let us hear word because they are O.B.Os (omo baba olowos) a.k.a My father got too much money. So I decided to put up his rant today and let other O.B.Os in the building vent. But then I decided to research a little before saying anything. I mean Rag day can't be a Nigerian thing na shey?

I decided to first check the origin of the Rag day and I was surprised to see that the rag day started wayyy back... even before my mum was born. The Oxford English Dictionary states that the origin of the word "Rag" is from "An act of ragging; especially an extensive display of noisy and disorderly conduct, carried on in defiance of authority or discipline". These Rag collectors would Rag passers-by until they made a donation.

Alternatively, it is thought to be from the Victorian Era when students took time out of their studies to collect rags to clothe the poor. More surprisingly is that RAG stand for "Raise and Give", "Raise A Grand" or "Raising and Giving".

I didn't know

The first Rag was started at the University of Pretoria in 1925 of which during the parade, they build floats, they carry cans and ask the spectating public to make donations.

Early Raggers...Ragees..Ragist. Pick whichever you want..

But in Nigeria, Rag Day is usually part of the Student Union week when students, especially the newly-admitted ones, wear rags or dress in crazy manners and storm the streets in a bid to raise funds for charity. Its purpose is to help children in need of one thing or the other, particularly in the orphanage. The fund was also sent to hospitals to help the needy and the less priviledge. 
Over time, the concept of "rags" on Rag Day has come to mean not necessarily torn or dirty pieces of clothing but an outrageous combination of everyday clothes - so outrageous that the wearer, at first impression, would be rated as 100 percent mad and then the money made are used for personal keep. 
However, some private bodies that are not in school also do rag day for no cause.

Now my colleague has an issue with this cos he feels that people or students were constituting nuisance on the road for nothing. 

I decided to give you guys a little insight into what this rag day is about so you can understand better. 

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So you gerrit?

Now what do you all think about RAG day? I never did it in school though cos shakara was too plenty. Well truth be told I don't think they do Rag day in Lagos State University sha. Dunno o.

But I want to read your thoughts. Do you support my colleage that RAG day is stupid cos I know it is tradition in some schools or is he just being a butty. 

Lemme go and sit down so I can raed your comments well.

Cheers....