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Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. Henry Ford Recently, I decided to cut back on the number of online Nigerian newspapers and news sites I visited each day because I found the constant negative news reports was doing little or nothing to aid my ability … Continue reading
“I’m starting with the man in the mirror, I’m asking him to change his ways, and no message could have been any clearer, if you want to make the world a better place, Take a look at yourself, and then make a change.” Michael Jackson As Nigerians mourn the tragic loss of lives in the … Continue reading
“We have to change the way we think about crashes, majority of people think that crashes are due to fate. We have to think of a crash as a preventable event, that a death in a crash is a premature death.” Part of a press release by a coalition of four NGOs (Arrive Alive Road … Continue reading
“You Are What You’ve Done, Not What You Own” Susan Weinschenk For about 5 years, I ran a holiday company (Akwa Holidays) focused on packaging holidays for Nigerians to destinations across the globe. The biggest challenge the business faced was the mind-set of most Nigerians who valued possessions more than experience. Let me explain. For … Continue reading
“As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.” Arnold Toynbee Responsibility is a core nation-building value and this is so because nothing is built without the first step of accepting … Continue reading
In the news in the last few weeks, has been the Police Pension and Fuel Subsidy scams and a common denomination is the looting of billions. Now in Nigeria, when a person in authority is being accused of corruption that amount is usually in billions and this includes bankers, religious leaders, national assembly members, government … Continue reading
In my book, ‘Nation-building: How to Build and Sustain a Developed Nigeria’ I stated “… No one has ever reached the pinnacle of human endeavour without adequate study as a form of preparation. So, for us to take our nation to the pinnacle of her potential, our study of what nation-building is, why it is … Continue reading
“Learning is the indispensable investment required for success in the ‘information age’ we are entering” Authors of report ‘A Nation at Risk’ A few years ago, Nigerians with assess to the internet was mainly focused on forming groups on Yahoo, AOL and Hotmail for chatting about the problems in Nigeria and a few with suggestions … Continue reading
“The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done – men who are creative, inventive and discoverers” Jean Piaget (Swiss Psychologist & pioneer in the study of child intelligence) There is a blog doing the rounds recently about a … Continue reading
“One of the consequences of such notions as “entitlements” is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something….” Thomas Sowell Last week I commenced a series on the various mindsets that is hindering our efforts to build a developed Nigeria. The focus was on the ‘Destination Mindset’ and I … Continue reading
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