Missionary only

Won ti salaye fun wa wipe 'Missionary style' nikan l'Olorun f'owo si o.

Gbogbo eyin l'oko l'aya ti orisirisi ere buruku mbe lowo yin, won ni ina orun apaadi ti won fi sufuru (Sulphur) da le fi nsere o.

Won ni Olorun o fe ki eyin okunrin ma ba aya lajosepo lati ehin. E kii s'aja o, tabi eshin.

Won ni eyin ti e ma nso iyawo yin l'apa ati ese mo beedi, ti e o wa ma ko bilala bo won haihai latari ibasun, won ni ke ja'wo.

Eyin aya to je wipe oke leyin naa ma nfe duro si, eyin le fe ma pe'se, won ni Olorun o ran yin o. Won ni ki e gba okunrin ti o je olori laaye ko duro soke. Eyin ko lolori o...be o ba sokale, won ni orun apaadi le fi nsere o.

Eyin ti e so kini oko yin di carrot tabi ice lolly, won ni ki e ja'wo o! Nkan ti Olorun da fun ni ki e je ko je. Won ni asilo le ran yin lo si orun apaadi o.

Make i face my work #uche

How not to learn

Why would a 4-yr old child from Nigeria who is able to recite the alphabets A-Z, numbers 1-100, States and capitals etc., still be seen not to be as smart as a child of the same age from UK who at the best try can only read 1-20 and identify few different colours?

The answer will most likely be that the UK child possess a deeper cognitive knowledge which can be attributed to their different methods of learning.
While one was taught how to read, the other was taught how to think.

Due to the ever-accelerating pace of a changing and uncertain world, there is a need to expand our definition of learning from an emphasis on listening to lectures in classrooms and comprehension of page text, to the need for a broader set of skills that requires more activity-based competencies across a wide range of subjects and disciplines.
We have heard many CEOs mentioned that average Nigerian graduates are unemployable, this is true because opportunities for learning in Nigeria to a large extent are determined in classrooms only by teachers, and by the activities and experiences offered to the learner.
The world is changing but the Nigerian learning system is not. Other countries are developing deeper learning methods of constructing and transfering knowledge through active learning but we are still stucked in our linear mode of learning through cramming.
The Nigerian students appear intelligent on paper but in reality are not learning anything new.

Active learning, which is a newer approach to learning adopted by Western countries, recognise the importance of allowing students to take control of their learning and move beyond the role of passive listeners to the constructors of their own knowledge.
The students are not only given the freedom to think but also to create meaning by the application of concepts being learned to real-world contexts.
This is the only kind of learning that can bring meaningful developments to any society.

I have taken the pain to dig into the learning system in Nigeria compared to that of the developed nations just to highlight the reason why we do not have Nation builders. We do not have society changers because we are not raising any.
We are relying on foreigners to come and help build our land because we have failed to raise our sons and daughters to be able to perform this task.

So Nigeria at 55yrs have zero amenities, no defence, all sectors are non-functional, high national debts, more places of worship than factories, and high crime rate because we only appear intelligent on paper but are foolish in reality.

I'll submit by refering us to what happened recently on our political scene, where rather than focus on the articulateness and subtance exhibited by one of the presidential candidates in several of his interviews, the whole of Nigeria went in search of his certificate. We chose not to see the deeper knowledge this man has over the other PhD-certificate carrier with no substance because that is how we were raised- to be superficial.

We are not being raised rightly.
We are learning with no content.
We are being taught how to read not how to think.

Thinking makes all the difference.

AV

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem

When you pray for God's blessings, remember your family members too in your prayers, and that God should bless the hustles of your friends too.

You know why?

Olowo kan laarin olosi mefa, baba nla olosi loun naa o!

Lakoko naa, won a fi bukata ba ti e je.....

Awon to de ma korira e for no just cause naa de ma wa.....

Bee l'awon kan ma ma sare kiri wipe ki tie baje ki o le pada si square one.

Ona to fe fi gbadun owo e da?

Eleyi gangan ni itumo 'Gbadura fun alaafia Jerusalem...'
Ti Jerusalem won o ba ni isinmi, won o ni je ki iwo gan o ni isinmi.

Nolly-what? Abeg joo.....

The same clueless Nollywood people (i don't want to call them celebs because they are not) that cannot write a meaningful script for a 90-min movie, are the ones encouraging Nigerians to vote for GEJ to continue!

The same hungry Nollywood people that beg for money on social media to get transferred to India or South Africa for treatment when they fall sick, are the ones same ones encouraging Nigerians to vote for GEJ to continue!

The same Nollywood people that lack the capability to elect a president for their association are the ones telling Nigerians that they know who is right to lead the country forward.

These greedy people know that even as talentless as they are, GEJ would still not get a role in their sub-standard movie industry talkless of offering him the leadership responsibilty of this nation, but they cannot say the truth because they are thinking with their stomachs and not their brains.

These descendants of Esau are satisfied with the annual dinner at Aso rock and cash gifts which GEJ offers, rather than push the government to implement policies to fight piracy, the demon that is responsible for the wretchedness of their industry and members.

These people who are talking, prostitutes their bodies to members of the cabal in this corrupt goverment. They know that if GEJ and his cohorts are kicked out of power, they also will be permanently kicked out of relevance, afterall acting no longer pays.

This post is not to convass votes for GMB. It is a call for Nigerians not to take these bunch of jokers serious. Their conscience have been seared.
They were not thinking about the collective welfare and progress of Nigeria while they stood on that podium. They said 'the only reason you should vote for GEJ is because he has been good to Nollywood'.

Who is nollywood?

Shameless people.

Somebody, somewhere is watching

Just because hardwork is usually not rewarded monetarily, most people avoid going the extra mile. They justify this by saying 'afterall i won't be paid for it'.

What i have realised is that hardwork is rewarded by good recommendation which is far better than money.
There is no limit to where you can reach in life when people can put good words out there for you.

Good references can court favour for you in a place where mercy is an alien word.

Put your best into everything you do whether you are getting paid for it or not. Don't bother even if it seems your hardwork is not being noticed. Somebody, somewhere is watching.
That somebody will someday say something somewhere that'll open doors which money cannot open for you.

Ma sise lo ma se ro wipe a o ri lala re.
Gbogbo ise re la nko sile, beeni oogun oju re ko kan sile lasan
Lojo ti iwo ko ro la o san gbogbo ere ise owo re fun o.
Ma sise lo ma se ro wipe a o ri lala re.

The messiah of Nigeria is not abroad

Folks back home think that Nigerians abroad are better just because we speak passionately about the state of the Nation, and sometimes share intelligent and insightful views.

The truth of the matter is that we are no saints. The likes of James Ibori, Dimeji Bankole and the Balotelli of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose, who just like his counterpart at Liverpool fc have been given a second chance at the top flight are recent examples. These people and others all came from abroad to hold various public positions in Nigeria but never fared better. We need no further proof to show that some other factors are at play, rather than just the parts of the world we live in.

Firstly, the Nigerian environment which encourages abuse of office, power or position, is one of the contributing factors to why anyone who gets to power irrespective of where they have lived or studied, contributes to the rot rather than implemeting a change.

Secondly, Nigeria has a culture of not digging deep to know a person fully well before committing them to certain responsibilities. We attach too much sentiments to trivalities like 'abroad-ness', tribe, and religion rather than focusing on who the person is really is. If personal integrity was one of the determinants we have used in the past in our selection process, then somebody who had once been convicted of financial fraud abroad would not have been allowed to govern a state.

The saviour of Nigeria is not abroad. We should stop waiting for those abroad to come and help fix the country because we think they are better exposed. Maybe most people don't even realise that majority travelled abroad out of frustration to better their lives, and 10-15years down the line they are still stucked in the work-pay bills cycle. The sad truth is that average Nigerians abroad who want to join politics are not doing so with genuine interest for the nation, but rather see it as a golden ticket to escape from the stressful lives they are living abroad. So what do you expect when somebody with such mindset is picked to operate within that same corrupt environment?

Nigeria needs what i call a system re-engineering. This current system cannot serve the country any further good. A system where even relatives see your position of power as 'your time' to take the family lineage out of poverty. They want you to rebuild the family house, re-accomodate all the olori-ebis, employ all the jobless youths within the extended family.... It has now become a system 'for our family' rather than for 'the people'.

Not even if God were to send down an angel can there be any progress in that land if we do not replace/repair this present system. See what is happening now to madam owe-gele ojuyobo Iweala. The economy under her watch is now in a complete mess despite all her 'abroad' degree and experience. So it's either she was over-rated from the onset and we don't know about it, or she has been corrupted by the system because she seemed genuine when she initially surfaced in the government.

The messiah of Nigeria is not abroad. The system, and the determinants we use in choosing public office holders are what we need to change inorder to have a better Nigeria.

AV