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Uko Precious

Uko Precious

Social Media Manager at Diadem NG and Entertainment Writer at DNB Stories Africa, based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Sep 3, 2026

27:35
Perhaps hope itself is just a mere dream,
27:39
an illusion.
27:41
No, no, majesty.
27:42
Hope is not something that we should just see.
27:44
Hope is something the government must give us a reason to see.
27:47
Dear Mr.
27:47
President, you have inherited a broken country, true.

22 MINS LATER

49:23
Your mic is on now.
16:21
Use them wisely, starting now.
16:25
Distinguished adjudicators, throughout this debate, opposition has reduced the value of human beings to simply the capacity of the mind.
16:31
They knew that because intelligence solves problems, it therefore matters more than character.
16:35
But to accept their case, this House must accept the hidden assumption that human achievement is damaged primarily by the ability to produce an answer and not by the qualities that develop that ability, sustains it through difficulty, Adapts it when circumstances change and determine how it is being used.
16:49
And that's precisely what we reject.
16:50
Let me make our stance clear.
16:52
We are not saying that intelligence is irrelevant.
37:41
It's counting down now.
37:43
Distinguished adjudicators, throughout this debate, people should not confuse being a big threat to being the biggest threat.
37:48
To accept their case, we must now accept that climate change surpasses every other threat capable of endangering human existence, and that is precisely what we reject.
37:57
Let me make our stand clear.
37:58
We consider that climate change is a big threat, but is it the biggest? No.
38:02
First of all, pollution tells us that climate change affects our basic amenities like food and healthcare.
38:06
But unfortunately, the mistake breath of impact is superiority of threats.
48:22
Precious, three minutes, starting now.
48:26
Distinguished adjudicators, you will notice a recurring flaw in almost every argument made by the proposition today.
48:31
Whether they speak about history, psychology, tribalism, or superiority, they repeatedly confuse the essence of a phenomenon with its weaponization.
48:39
To accept their case, you must accept that the mere existence of identity necessarily produces division, and that is precisely what we reject.
48:46
It not only lets us identify the four major clashes the proposition built our case on.
48:50
First was the clash of identity.
48:52
Proposition claimed that cultural pride causes a... produces identity, which means, let us go back to the first principle, social categorization.

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64:15
Your time starts now.
31:24
And your three minutes start right now.
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A nation is on fire.
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The flames are fed by poverty, terrorism, weak systems, and corruption.
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Then someone arrives with a brand new fire extinguisher and confidently declares, these will improve the safety of the house.
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The question will not be directed at the value of the fire extinguisher.
31:39
The question will be, does this really address the root cause of the flame? And my answer is no.
31:43
Good day to my distinguished adjudicators, my worthy opponents.

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