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Monday, May 15, 2017
Entrepreneur Linkup: Let Us Work Together
Hey there, are you an entrepreneur or presently don't have a job to keep you busy and you posses integrity and professionalism? And you reside in
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
You Need To Hear This Story, From Osun State, Nigeria
A school with a motto that reads: "Building Future Leaders", is not expected to be covering an evil act as child molestation and sexual assault. Academia Group of
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
THE ROLE OF NIGERIAN YOUTH TO NATION BUILDING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE 21ST CENTURY CUM RECESSION
By Richard Oluseye
(@Roluseye)
Nigerian Musician Chidinma Ms Kedike and Youths during a Breast Cancer Awareness program by #ProjectPinkBlue |
The
hunger for a fresh start is spreading widely among the Nigerian populace, as
people (young and old) are angered by failures of corruption and poor
leadership; people are frustrated by economic policies that do not deliver,
impatient to recover from lost civil rights and worn out by conflicts from
religion to ethnicity, increase in unemployment rate and debasing educational
and health sectors. Who will bring the fresh start? The answer to this question
belongs to the youths and it is in the hands of the Nigerian youth; because the
fresh start can only come from a new generation of leaders committed to acceptable
and sustainable reforms, as suggested by Nasir El-Rufai. The youths are
indemnity to this fresh start the people clamour for.
The
youths, who are mostly referred to as the bed-rock of any nation, are saddled
with colossal responsibilities and have an inordinate role to play in the
development and growth of any developing nation like Nigeria, especially in the
21st century. The 21st century have been marked by the
rise of global economy and third world consumerism, mistrust in government,
deepening global concern over terrorism and an increase in the power of private
enterprise. The 21st century is characterized by the internet age,
which emanate with so many opportunities and disruptions; it is left in the
hands of any youth to pick which she/he wants to plunge into; possibilities or
distractions. The exuberance that comes with the 21st century is
enough to make any youth play a role in development of any nation; be it from
globalisation, digitalization, venture capitalism, etc.
The
opportunities embedded in the 21st century would want to make the
former generation jealous and wish to be born in this age and time, but again,
how many youths can tap into these magnitude of opportunities. Every developing
nation like Nigeria is faced with great circumstances and challenges that
hinders development and the youth have a role to play in supporting the government,
not always the other way round. As former US president, John F. Kennedy, once
opined, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your
country”; these are words that should echo in the heart and mind of Nigerian
youths who are on the road to play a role in nation-building.
So
many areas needs the hands of qualified youths, be it health care, education,
entrepreneurship, law and justice, leadership, and so on. It is not an
understatement to argue that, the vibrant contribution of the youth have begun
to be felt in most of these areas, but more needs to be done as these contributions
are inchoate. Government and corporate organisations need to train and engage
the youths in activities that will bring about development and economic growth
in the nation, Nigeria. Either by organizing youths forums and events, that offer
youths in various walk of life, the opportunity to discourse the state of
things in the country and suggest ways of solving them, especially those that
affect them; or by sponsoring youths for advanced training in their chosen
profession, this will go a long way to produce youths who are experts in their
own field.
The
United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, emphasised and reiterate the
important roles youth play in nation building and economic growth when he says;
“Let us acknowledge and celebrate what youth can do to build a safer, more just
world. Let us strengthen our efforts to include young people in policies,
programmes and decision-making processes that benefit their future and ours”.
Thus,
my proposal, in the area of leadership and good governance, youths should be
seen to participate actively in the discharge of leadership qualities. For
instance, at most tertiary institutions, there are students’ representatives
and bodies where youths can start developing and preparing themselves to engage
in national and international leadership positions. Aspiring youth leaders
should make use of the opportunities that comes with the 21st
century globalisation, by learning and studying how things are done in
developed nations and by applying for one out of the many fellowship programs
developed nations are granting to developing nations, like the recent Mandela
Fellowship program put together by the United State government under the Barack
Obama presidency. They should equip themselves with core values like honesty
and hard work, that will distinct them from their colleagues.
More
so, in the area of entrepreneurship, the youths are vested with great role to
contribute to entrepreneurship and skill acquisition. This in turn, bring about
great economic growth and leads to solving the bizarre problem of unemployment
in the country. Entrepreneurship is not limited to a profession, a person from
any field can decide to be an entrepreneur, and it only takes discipline,
foresightedness and a great business plan. Youths should be aware that most
multinational or huge corporations in developed countries today, started out as
an entrepreneurial ventures, like Microsoft, Google Inc., Facebook Inc., among
others. The continued over-dependency phenomenon by youths cannot make our
youth the fresh start Nigeria seeks, hence, it cannot help them to meaningfully
contribute to national development and economic growth. There are a lot of
needs in Nigeria, those needs can and should be turned into opportunities,
whereby youth come up with innovations and ideas that will ultimately provide
solutions to those needs. Youth entrepreneurs can seek support from government
and financial corporations to attain their aspirations.
It
is on this note that I conclude, by challenging the youth in all sector and
profession, to embrace the great challenge of development and the abysmal state
of our nation’s economy(the present recession), and make great use of the
opportunity as a vibrant youth and to leave a positive trail in whatever they do.
Enough said about youths being the leaders of tomorrow, youths should be seen
as partakers of today’s development.
Monday, December 21, 2015
#Arikuyéri: Yoruba Names
What is it with Yoruba cultural belief and death...what makes death so important that people from the culture make so much reference to it, even in their names?
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Nigeria is Ranked 62 Poorest Country in the World
A sky-view of Lagos’s Third Mainland Bridge. Image Credit: http://www.neogaf.com |
I know you know that Nigeria is the
largest country in Africa, with population size of over 170million, this factor
gives room for the country to be regarded as the largest economy in Africa,
ahead of South Africa (aside from the nominal GDP being used to arrive at this ranking). With this status, one will expect that the country and
her people should be experiencing significant development, but this is not so
as the country is lagging in some major aspect like
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
As 2015 Fades Off... Deja' vu
As we approach the end of 2015, I want us to feel a sense of deja vu in December 2015. Last year December, most of us were filled with anxiety, while some were excited.
This last month of 2015 should entail being
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