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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

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 21^st century. The 21^st 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 21^st 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 21^st 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 21^st 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 21^st 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.

#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?

Nigeria is Ranked 62 Poorest Country in the World

A sky-view of Lagos’s Third Mainland Bridge.
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Originally published in Glitz Plus Magazine.

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

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

Women Development and the English Language

She was shivering and weeping...

She needs an interpreter to explain to the doctor how much pain she is feeling and when last she felt it... Looking tensed and in-pain, she screams in her dialect, "I am in pain!!!..." (translated).

The lady by her side understood that language and transferred the screamed message to the doctor...

What if that woman by her side wasn't there to interpret her language to the doctor? I know how

Happy Thanksgiving

#ManyThanks #MyThanksgiving

Its amazing how time flies, and how much I have been able to gather in the shortest period of time...

Each moment and each passing time, I try to hold my SMILE in the face of difficulty and pain...

I reminisce about how my journey and step in life have been; not trying to impress anyone with words and lies, but every now and then, I try to impress and be truthful to myself. Truth is, I have so much to be thankful for than to grumble over...

People who know me, I mean know me, know that I wasn't born with a silver spoon, hence, I'm trying to build my diamond spoon.

I'm not where I want to be, I'm on the road though, but I'm not where I used to be... This is not achieved through my accord, but by God Almighty through Jesus Christ (the author and finisher of my Faith- the WORD of God) and through my parents, Mr and Mrs Richard, my siblings; Yemisi, Wale and Dupe and my elder brother Engineer Ayodele (these set of people remain with me through thick and thin). I thank my closest cousins, Segun and Bunmi Lebi for supports granted me.
I want to thank my Fiancee, Ola Oluwapelumi, her sisters and parents Elder and Mrs Ola, they too have been supportive.

Special thanks goes out to my relatives and friends, for keeping it real with me and most times taking all my bullshits. Thank You.

To those of you that have been in one business or the other with Glitz Plus Entertainment, thank you for working with me. We are certainly going somewhere, we are not giving up because there is a whole lot to fix in our world today.

Happy thanksgiving day and have a great and fulfilled day.

@Roluseye Cares!
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#SayNoToDomesticAbuse: A Call To Action

A Grid Picture of the victim, between marriage and brutality

This got me, this story I'm about to write is just one in a million cries for help amidst some relationships and marriages. Nigeria, a country still building her 'democracy', still have a long way to go in providing laws that protect the generality of people occupying its geographical space, irrespective of their age, sex and gender. Stringent laws need to be enacted to

#KogiDecides - A Short Experience on Nigeria Election (#INEC)

#KogiDecides
From my experience as a PO at Ilorin, Kwara State, in the last General Election; some of these Collation Officers are confused. You hear someone say, how can your Total Vote Cast be lesser than the Accredited Voters? Like I should go and drag people from their houses to come cast their vote abi? What should be their concern, is that Votes Cast shouldn't be more than Accredited voters. In as much as we shouldn't disenfranchise anyone, there are instructions on the commencement of voting process and closing of such process.
Also, in as much as security operatives

On #Biafra and #Nigeria

J.F.K.

Had a gathering of Entrepreneurs a month ago, at the Lagos Business School, V/I outlet. The guest speaker, Mr Uzo Nwagwu, COO of General Electric in West Africa, spoke on the Opportunities in the Oil and Gas Sector, he never spoke of Biafra or wished Nigeria was not whole as it is. I listened to him say good things about the Northern part of Nigeria and how he enjoyed his growing up there and

#Regrets or #Thanksgiving...

While I am still feeling the pain and regrets of loosing my laptop, Phone and modem, to the act of burglary, when I was serving my fatherland in Kwara State, barely a month before I left service. I felt I was hated and forgotten by God to have allowed such thing to have befalling me His Favourite Son (despite my shortcomings). Despite the fact that the

Why This 'Hate' Message from Ben Carson?

Personally, America do not practice true-democracy, until they do away with religious and racial hate. This is why I 'fell in love' with St. John Paul(formerly known as, Pope John Paul II), with the kind of life he led, embracing Christians and Muslims alike, seeing us as one in the almighty lens of God.
These same republicans will be the ones so quick to legalise and embrace homosexuality but will reject other religion, even the ATR!!! Its sad really.

Read Carson's excerpt below;

In an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," Carson, a retired brain surgeon who often refers to his own deep Christian faith, was asked whether a president's religion should matter.

"I guess it depends on what that faith is. If it's inconsistent with the values and principles of America, then of course it should matter. But if it fits within the realm of America and consistent with the constitution, no problem," he said.

Asked whether he believes Islam is consistent with the US constitution, he responded: "No, I don't. I do not."

"I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that," he added.
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TO OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS WHO FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM

The effect of terrorism is in great magnitude (a negative effect to say the least). Its effect can not be compared to the effect of war at all. The world as experienced so many wars and consciously don't wish to experience such again.

The #UN Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs) and My Reservation(s)

Photo: Richard Oluseye (Roluseye)

Have you heard of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a global goal, taking over from MDGs on the 1st of Jan. 2016... As we might argue, MDGs was actually for the broke/poor countries like Nigeria, India, Malaysia, etc. Nigeria practically failed in achieving the goals except achieving a bit of the goal, which states 'combating HIV/AIDs and other diseases' (we combated #Ebola) and tried to priorities

WERE POLICE EVER OUR FRIENDS…A TALE OF INSANITY IN A SANE STATE

If she were shot-dead by a white cop, we would have said it was an act of racism... In short, why am I saying this, if the same scene which happened some days ago, where a gang of police officers intimidated the people they swore an oath to protect, if it had ensued abroad or south Africa, we would have joyfully looked for a name to brand that deed; xenophobia, racism and the likes. Nigerian Police have being acting in a state of impunity for a very long time(no apologies to my police folks) and it is high-time something is done about it.

But this ugly incidence happened right here and nobody is saying anything. It even happened in Lagos. The victim was an Igbo family and

No One Ever Said The Road Was Going To Be Easy(HNM)

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ALL MINISTRIES ARE EQUAL AND SHOULD BE UPRIGHT- THE ROAD TO ACHIEVING #SDGs

This certainly is not the time to start comparing and contrasting who is more significant among the cabinet members sworn-in on the 11th of November, 2015, by President Buhari of Nigeria. Nigerians have taken to social media to swell the head of some of the appointees that they have the best portfolio and the likes.

Let's look at some of the various ministries and their import and why you should not undermine them...

Transportation is important in any nation before you can say a meaningful development has occurred. People must be able to move goods and self to one place and another in a convenient possible way. Be it air, land or water, it must be safe and cheap.

Happy Birthday Mrs Richard Gbemisola Florence

Yes, you took me in,
Yes, you carried me for nine months,
Yes, you laboured to deliver me,
Yet, you still laboured to breastfeed me,
Yes, you never slept if I found none,
Yes you are the best mom in the world...
Yet, these words are not enough to capture my love...

No, you never thought evil on me,
No, you never abandoned me when I needed you,
No, no woman can trade your place,
No, I never wished I had another mother aside you,
No, I never wrote a poem in a long while
Nor did I wish anybody else a happy birthday on my blog...

Yes, you deserve the honor and more,
Yes, you are beautiful,
Yet, you deserve more...

I love you ma, you are my goddess ('orisa')...
May God keep you for us, may you reap the fruit of your labour and may God continue to reward you beyond measures...
Happy Birthday Mrs Gbemisola Florence Richard

Undergraduate Students need to read this

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