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''They accuse you of harbouring a vice-presidential ambition. Though there is nothing wrong in that. FACT... Nonetheless, you should dump that if it makes some people uncomfortable..NONESENSE....He should drop his ambition because some people feel uncomfortable..what an advice..People are always not comfortable when you strive to grow....even before he became governor, some people are not comfortable..

This letter was claimed to be written to Amaechi by Orji Kalu, but i doubt it. And if it's true,its a useless letter.

NGF SAGA: Orji Kalu’s Letter To Amaechi:

To Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, this is the time to wear your thinking cap and beat a retreat fast. There is no need squabbling with the President, because it is a battle you cannot win. The office of the President of Nigeria carries enormous powers, and when these powers are evoked it crushes anybody in its trail. You should not look at the President as a former deputy governor and vice president. Level has changed. He is now the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He has an unfathomable capacity to make life miserable for you. Forget all the noise your supporters are making: they will desert you the moment you cease to be governor. From the support you have received from the state legislature, members of the National Assembly from your state and other groups, it is certain you are liked and very popular. But that is so long you remain the governor and control tangible financial resources.
Bear in mind that the forces massed against you are formidable..Your priority should be to leave lasting legacies for which generations unborn will remember you. That being the case, you should choose between your personal interest and that of the Rivers State people. They accuse you of harbouring a vice-presidential ambition. Though there is nothing wrong in that. Nonetheless, you should dump that if it makes some people uncomfortable. Think about your future, safety of your family and the welfare of the people of Rivers State who would be collaterally affected should anything untoward happen to you. God forbid! God has been gracious to you – raising you from grass to grace.
You had been a councillor in Port Harcourt[correction, mine], Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly during the tenure of Peter Odili as governor, and now a two-term governor. What else do you want? If it is the will of God you would be vice president or president, nobody can stop you.
They said you contested for a second term as chairman of NGF against your party’s directive. If that is true, then, it was wrong. So long you remain a PDP governor you must subject yourself to your party’s directive. If you want to do things your own way the proper thing to do is to found your own party or resign from PDP. Your suspension is a prelude to a stiffer action against you, which you may find unpalatable. As your name ‘Chibuike’ (God is my strength) goes, all will be well with you if you hearken to the voice of reason. God will desert you the moment you fail to listen to the small still voice..Now to those that fuel the crisis in Rivers State: You should search your conscience and desist from fomenting trouble. If you love President Jonathan as you openly profess then you have a responsibility to make him succeed.
And one of the ways to attain this objective is to make peace between him and his perceived adversaries. You should, for once, bury your selfishness and work for peace in Rivers State..Let me make it very clear: the crisis in Rivers State will not lead to the victory for either President Jonathan or Governor Amaechi or their teeming supporters; rather it will end up tearing the entire nation apart, because those involved in the fight are too powerful and connected to be ignored, and their tentacles stretch to as far as Damataru and Jigawa in the north, Lagos and Ogbomosho in the west, Abakaliki and Awka in the east, and Calabar and Yenagoa in the in the south. I rest my case and pray God to intervene in his own way. OUK”…..
Source: Pointblank News

Kingship Dispute In Offa Community, An Alternative Resolution
By: By Amb. Abdulrazaq O Hamzat

The Kingship dispute in Offa community may degenerate into communal enmity if not properly handle and resolved,this is the more reason why every concerned Yoruba and indeed Nigerian must seek for a peaceful resolution out of the court judgement.

The recent judgement of the Appeal Court which dethroned the Olofa of Offa in my opinion is the carelessness of the traditional institution which failed to adopt a joint problem solving techniques which is the African means of resolving dispute.

I am of the opinion that, the traditional institution in Offa community had left the issue to last too long without resolving it in a more African way,the result of which is the recent dethroning of the Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi.

It is worth to note that, A popular Yoruba proverb held that, ” A ki ti ile ejo de, ka tun se ore” which means that, we don’t return from court and remain friends. This i beleive is a pointer to the negative consequence that may befall Offa community irrespective of the final outcome of the case at the supreme court.

Irrespective of who wins the court case, the negativity would never be discontinued if it is allowed to start and the enmity shall last long unless it is prevented now.

Alternative Dispute Resolution, as the name implies, is an alternative method of resolving disputes, in a less formal way.

It has been established that, Relationship is mostly valued in this part of the world, but one of the factors that could easily turn a good relationship into a sour one is disputes, particularly when such disputes is to be resolved through court process which is known as litigation.

As earlier noted, there is a popular Yoruba saying that says “we don’t come back from court and still be friends”. This is because, parties in a suit don’t always see themselves as friends even if they are from the same family. This no doubt is as a result of litigation process which does not take into cognisance the relationship of the parties in a suit before delivering judgment based on provisions of laws governing the subject of the disputes.

Contrary to this, there is an alternative method of resolving disputes which do not in any way injure the friendship status of the parties, yet resolved their disputes amicably without any of the parties being seen as the loser or the winner as it is in litigation. This method is known as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and one of the popular form of ADR is mediation. Mediation is a process of dispute resolution focused on effective communication and negotiation skills. The mediator acts as a facilitator assisting the parties in communicating and negotiating more effectively, thereby enhancing their ability to reach a settlement. It is not the mediator’s role to adjudicate over the issues in dispute and indeed the mediator has no authority to do so.

Mediator could be an individual, association,cultural group,community elders and so on.

Mediation is not a process to force compromise, although compromise is an element of the process. Each party’s limitations are respected and a party is only expected to make a shift in its approach to the problem if it becomes convinced that it is reasonable to do so.

Experts in ADR also maintained that, Alternative Dispute Resolution involves methods of resolving disputes other than through litigation which is a court process. Knowing full well that parties don’t return from court and still remain friends but the practice of ADR has given room for parties to resolve their differences without losing their relationship.

It is my believe that, the ongoing dispute in Offa community doesn’t just involve the two ruling house in the battle to emerge victorious, it in reality involves the entire community as a whole,and the outcome may likely instigate members of the community against each other.

If this is the case, i expect that the Offa Community would act swiftly to resolve the ongoing dispute in a less formal way amicably to avoid destroying the peaceful relationship between its community.

http://247ureports.com/kingship-dispute-in-offa-community-an-alternative-resolution-by-amb-abdulrazaq-o-hamzat/

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crazy indeed

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Politics is not just about physical skills or arbitrary use of power of position, but ability to control mental dexterity, which our 'oga at the Top' lacks; while 'oga at the middle' displays some political senses.
Like it or hate it, Jonathan, except for presidential power, is a mere political caricaturist. .....
Amaechi proves he is a political juggernaut in his domain.
Truth is bitter but must be told.
NIGERIANS are watching and I borrowed from Baba " I dey laugh ooooooo"

Corruption is so systemic in Zimbabwe, one of Africa’s poorest countries, that a local hospital charges mothers-to-be $5 every time they scream while giving birth. That’s according to an extensive new report from Transparency International on corruption around the world, which also notes that a staggering 62 percent of Zimbabweans say they’ve paid a bribe in the past year.

The $5 hospital screaming fee, purportedly a charge for “raising false alarm” but clearly aimed at separating mothers from their money, is no joke. Gross domestic product per capita is only $500 in Zimbabwe; average annual income per person is about $150. Zimbabwean hospitals also charge a $50 delivery fee. This means that, in a country where underemployment is 95 percent and poverty is rife, a mother who screams a few times during delivery might owe half her annual income after giving birth.

According to a follow-up by Transparency International, women who can’t afford the high fees are sometimes detained at the hospital and charged interest until their family can pay up. As a result, many Zimbabwean mothers give birth at home because they can’t afford the charges. The United Nations reports that, on average, eight mothers die during childbirth every single day in Zimbabwe.

Transparency International says its Zimbabwe office contacted the national health ministry about the issue by sending, as such offices often require, a formal letter. The health ministry said it had received the letter, then apparently did nothing, and when the NGO followed up an official told the organization that they had lost the letter. Finally, a member of Transparency International was able to meet with Zimbabwe’s deputy prime minister, who promised to look into. Since then, the NGO says, it’s heard no more complaints about screaming charges – although the $50 delivery charge, impossibly expensive for many in Zimbabwe, remains.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/07/11/a-hospital-in-zimbabwe-charged-women-5-for-each-scream-during-childbirth/

fuel? How?

What is the difference between Jonathan, Jang and Jagajaga?
By: A concerned Nigerian

Over 10 years ago, Eedris Abdulkareem, the legendary Musical Artist of Nigeria sang a hit banger song titled Jagajaga.

Even though the song pitched Eedris against the authority,particularly the then president which forced Eedris out of the country and get is song banned from being played on all radio and TV stations,but Nigerian youths were busy unbanning the song by playing it in their homes and the DJ's in parties in and outside Nigeria.

The content of the song is a reality,though bitter in the hear of the authority. in fact, it is a propehcy of what is yet to happen,but we didn't see it. Instead of the govt to work and improve the condition of life Eedris complained about in his song, the govt was busy chasing shadows.

10 years after, The Jagajaga Eedris refer to in his hit song finally surfaced with his gray hair in his 70's at the NGF election.

After loosing the chairmanship position in an open,free,fair and transparent election as captured by the video released, Mr Jona which Eedris mistakenly refer to in his song as jaga, in collaboration with another Jona which Eedris also mistakenly refer to as Jagajaga decided to jagajagize the NGF and now the Rivers State Assembly.

You would notice that, Eedris mention JagaJaga many times in his song, this is a short form of Jona in Plateau and Jona in Abuja,which the combination of both makes up the Jagajaga Eedris is rightly refering to in his song.

If the song is to be rightly recomposed, it would be said that, Nigeria Jaga(Jona Abuja) Jaga(Jona Plateau). everything scatter (NGF) Scatter (Rivers Assembly). Poor man dey suffer (in Plateau crisis) Suffer(Rivers crisis). Gbosa Gbosa...Gun Shot... this is apart from suffer (Subsidy) Suffer (Boko Haram). Gbosa Gbosa. gun shoot i dey hear.


If you didn't remember the lyrics of the song, see below:...

Turn up my microphone
INTRO
It's time to hear some reality
turn up my microphone
2004, Abdulkareem, whad up
CHORUS (x2)
Nigeria jagajaga
Everything scatter scatter
Poor man dey suffer suffer
Gbosa, gbosa, gun shot inna de air

VERSE 2
Armed robber came to your house
E no take money, E no rape your wife
Went straight up to your bedside (Gbosa)
Six feet, now you are down
Which armed robber no want money
Which armed robber no want jolly
Na political armed robber be that
Na wetin dey kill Nigeria o

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

VERSE 2
If you see Kiyamo Biya Biya
They lock am for jail for Abuja
Kingsley Agbe sef dey for here
Ade Bendel na him dey feed all of them
Yepa, inside prison, prison
Everything scatter scatter
Poor man dey suffer suffer
Gbosa, gbosa, gun shot inna di air
What your say

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

BRIDGE
Africa, make you love your land
Africa, this na motherland
We dey grow (x2) [eh]
There's still bad world
We dey grow oh oh oh oh oh
There's bad world

VERSE 3
[Eedris, what about COJA now]
Won ti ko owo wa ja
NEPA, won ti di regular 419 in Nigeria
Agege to Ikeja na 100 naira
Fuel scarcity na popular
Action film for Nigeria
[Eedris, where Charles Taylor dey now?]
He dey live big life
Fine estate for Calabar
That na Liberian mafia
For Nigeria
Everything jaga jaga
Everything scatter scatter
Poor man dey suffer suffer
Gbosa, gbosa, gun shot inna di air
What you are say

REPEAT CHORUS (till fade)

Africa, make you love your land
Africa is na motherland

By: A Concerned Nigerian


I can't stop laughing after reading this.

AMAECHI IS MORE POWERFUL THAN JONATHAN IN NIGERIAN POLITICS

I heard someone say that, Rotimi Amaechi is more powerful than Jonathan in Nigerian politics. He added that, Forget that Jonathan is the president, he his weak and a nobody as far as Nigerian politics is all about compared to Amaechi.

He concluded that,Jonathan his destined to loose against Amaechi in any political contest or power struggle. Do you agree with this statement?

UNDERSTANDING YOUR YOUTHFULNESS THE REQUIRED LEADERSHIP

Brothers and sisters,

We all must understand that Africa is not under developing because it lack, it is under developing because it lack purpose. And at the same time, what is missing is not the lack of leaders, but lack of purposeful leaders who can apply our numerous resources appropriately to tackle the challenges confronting you and i. Therefore, the new generation of African leaders must stand on purpose and lead purposefully to upturn the negative precedence.

For us to appreciate and come to term with the subject matter of this discuss, there is a need to define some basic concepts associated with it.

The concepts to be defined are as follows:

Youth
Leader
Leadership
Purposeful leadership

1. Youth: from the oxford dictionary, a youth is a young person who is strong and has only existed for a short period of time.

It is worth to note that, the youths have the ability to either use their strength for positive or negative ventures depending on their choice; it is up to you to decide on what path to take.

However, if youths decide to take on the path of purpose, they have even greater capacity to explore their hidden potentials; the part of purpose that they have taken gives them added opportunity to unleash their internal creativities for positive accomplishment.

Youths could also be said to be new creatures with virgin reasoning, fresh thinking and new ideas. This means that, youths are also capable of seeing the errors that is holding the continent down in the old practices. In addition, Youth may also be said have the capacity to overcome obstacles and overcame a dysfunctional society. Having identified the challenges, the youths are endowed to proffer solutions that would address the obstacles. It is therefore pertinent that the African youths understand their importance and the powers they hold in deciding the direction of their societies.

2. Leader: the second concept to be defined is a leader. A Leader is defined as an agent of change. But, change from what to what?

It is also defined as someone who influences the actions and lives of others by bringing about either a direct or indirect change to the live of individuals or organization and society.

We may also say that, a leader could be an agent of change who influences the lives of the others to bring about either a positive or negative changes to the lives of others.

If we take a closer look at the definitions, we would realize that being a leader is not such a difficult task or a special accomplishment, as virtually everyone can become a leader in one way or the other. We could also become either a positive or negative leaders. So, being a leader has nothing to do with being good or bad, it is only a skill that helps individual organize and influence others. The African youths must not just seek to lead; Africa already have more than enough leaders, what we lack are leaders with purpose and that is what we must all strive to become.



3. Leadership: Leadership has been defined by many as the act of influencing others, i.e. organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal. This definition is said to work well when describing a quality in an individual, but when a deeper understanding of leadership is sought, the word becomes much more mysterious. On Wikipedia, leadership is described as ‘’a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task.



From the above definition, it became obvious that leadership has to do with accomplishing a common task. But what the leadership definition didn’t inform us about is, if the task aimed to be accomplished is a positive or a negative task.

So, weather you seek to accomplish a positive or a negative task; you have to possess some leadership qualities. The more you master the act of leadership would determine the level of your success in your leadership venture. This has nothing to do with your mission, either positive or negative. This informs us that, as aspiring leaders, we must acquire and master certain leadership skills and having acquired these skills, we must apply them positively for collective gains. We must be able to lead by followership, by giving those we seek to lead a sense of superiority and take their priority as our priority to command their willing respect.



Leadership is not about leading for others to follow; it is about pursuing a mission and having the skills required to carry other along to accomplish it. Your ability to carry others along to jointly accomplish a mission is what we mean by leadership.

4. Purposeful leadership: The final concept to be defined is purposeful leadership. Purposeful leadership may simply be defined as the act of making dreams come true or transforming dreams into reality in a way that helps others.

Another way of saying this is that, purposeful leadership is a special form of leadership that incorporates positive ethical values and is aimed at serving others.

Going by this definition, we may simply say that, purposeful leadership is a transformational leadership. A kind of leadership that sought to positively affect others and makes things better for them through empowering them to do what is good for them.

Transformational leadership is said to enhance the performance of followers through a variety of mechanisms. These include connecting the follower’s sense of identity and self to the project and the organization, being a role model for followers that inspires them and makes them interested in the right direction, challenging followers to take greater ownership for their work and understanding the strength and weaknesses of followers, so the leader can align followers with tasks that enhance their performance.

We can therefore conclude that, purposeful leadership is the leadership of positivism, where the sole aim of the leader is selfless service, or the service that circled around helping the followers be what they want to be and achieve what they wish to achieve.

(Concept definition was copied from ‘’Decline in purposeful leadership, bane of Nigeria’s woe’’ a paper presented by Abdulrazaq O Hamzat, the writer of this piece.)

My dear brothers and sisters, based on the above submission, if we become leaders without being purposeful, we would have become a waste with no value to mama Africa. If we become leaders without purpose, making a positive difference that impact in human and capital development would be impossible and hence, we would have become nothing better than the present leaders we condemn.



THE FUTURE IS NOW

Ladies and gentlemen,

Youthfulness or being a youth is an opportunity to make change happen in your time, if you fail to effect the changes you deserve as a youth, you shall live the rest of your life hoping on others.

You must act and position yourself as a purposeful leader in your community, school, and area or anywhere you found yourself. You must also become a role model for others through your actions and inspires them to act positively. You must always strive to make others be interested in the right direction and challenge them to take greater ownership of their life, their work and their society.



Let me inform you once again that, you have the opportunity of being part of the new generation of purposeful leaders that would transform Africa and change its history from the history of need, to that of sufficiency.

However, if this is to be achieved, you can no longer afford to sit back and expect opportunity be offered to you, you have to create the opportunities. You can also no longer expect a chance be given to you; you have to make chances, not just for yourself alone, but also for others.



In conclusion, for youths to stand a chance of restoring the negative precedence of our fathers, the new generation of leaders must set a new standard of leadership, devoid of the inherited tribalism of our fathers. We must embrace each other as brothers and sisters irrespective of tribe and religion and collectively set a common standard of leadership based on a common purpose with truth, sincerity, love and oneness.

We must do away with unwarranted suspicion that creates disunity between us, which brings about the crisis that still loom in the continent. We must acquire our continent and take full responsibility from the hand of the present set of leaders and dedicate our life pursuit around making Africa great.



Thabo Mbeki, a former South African president said in one of his presentations that,’’ I asked myself how an ordinary African, particularly the youths, could make the 21st century an ‘’African century’’?’’

He noted that, As African youths, it is not easy to influence your community, country or continent because of the economic, environmental, cultural and political barriers.



However, he advised that, Young people should stop talking and acting for the future, they should start talking and acting about now.

As stated earlier, permit me to also refer to the popular quote which states that, ‘’youths are the leaders of tomorrow’’



Again i have been asking myself, when is the tomorrow coming?

When we promise to get the job done tomorrow and that tomorrow becomes today, another tomorrow awaits us in the future until our lives is no more, and there will always be another tomorrow even after we are old and dead.

This made me concludes that, there is no future awaiting the youths tomorrow, there is only today because in reality, there is nothing like tomorrow. Tomorrow means forever and forever means no time. Therefore, we must all come to term with reality and know that the only tomorrow we have is today and today means now.



Brothers and sisters, you are that youth who have the capacity to overcome the dysfunctionality in our society now, you have the capacity to overcome the obstacles of government negligence now, you are capable of seeing the errors in the old practices and correct them now. Don’t wait for any opportunity to come, create it now.



Why can’t you become the president of your country now? Why can’t you lead your state as a governor now? Nothing is stopping you if you put your mind at it. Organize yourselves into groups now, peacefully challenge the institutional, environmental and cultural barriers that has been preventing youths to act now, take control of your life now, decide your political future now, and be responsible and creative now. Don’t watch your future pass; it’s your time now.



Africa’s greatness, a possible accomplishment.



Thank you and God bless you all.

discus4now@gmail.com

Abdulrazaq O Hamzat is the Nigerian Ambassador to the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC). He is Also a Transformational Speaker and Initiative Creator.

RAISING A NEW GENERATION OF PURPOSEFUL AFRICAN LEADERS

By: AMB. Abdulrazaq O Hamzat

A Speech delivered at the African youth Charters Summit in Dares Salam, the capital of Republic of Tanzania on the 6th of July, 2013 at the University of Tanzania Auditorium hall.



It is my pleasure to welcome you all to the African youth Charters Summit, a summit dedicated to empowering youths with the required skills needed to excel in leadership and also serve as wakeup call to African youths on the need to rise and assume our rightful roles and duties in deciding the faith and future of our continent, through effective participation in the political processes and assuming leadership responsibilities in our respective communities and countries.

Fellow African brothers and sisters, I say to you once again, welcome to the African Youth Charters Summit 2013.



THE CHALLENGES OF AFRICAN YOUTHS

Permit me to refer to a popular quote which states that, ‘’youths are the leaders of tomorrow’’, and i have been asking myself, when is the tomorrow coming?



In my quest to finding a suitable answer to the question, it occurred to me that, when we promise to get the job done tomorrow and that tomorrow becomes today, another tomorrow awaits us in the future until our lives is no more, and there will always be another tomorrow even after we are old and dead.

This made me concludes that, there is no future awaiting the youths tomorrow, there is only today because in reality, there is nothing like tomorrow. Tomorrow means forever and forever means no time. Therefore, we must all come to term with reality and know that the only tomorrow we have is today and today means now.



Honourable ladies and respected gentlemen,



You would have been aware of the increasing rate of youth population around the world, particularly in the sub- Sahara Africa. In the words of Joel Lowthel, the world is ‘experiencing an unprecedented increase in the youth population. In the ‘sub-Sahara Africa, almost 62% of the population is under the youth circle and this population is seen by many as potential strength of the continent.



However, the youth population didn’t come alone, it has also came along with several challenges among which include, the increasing rate of youth unrest, unemployment, youth involvement in crisis and many more ills affecting the society negatively. Although, it is not supposed to be so, the increasing youth population is supposed to be utilized to bring about increase in development and human capacity, it is supposed to bring about increase in creative ideas for development and potentials to transform the continent from its present shaky state of underdevelopment to a more flourishing land, but the general sense of youth negligence has led to the many negative consequences presently being witnessed.



It is worth to note that, the youth population which should ordinarily serve as positive agent for progress is now being used for selfish and destructive purposes and maim due to frustration and negligence.

According to the Atlantic council, it states for example that, Africa’s youth bulge ‘’reinforces the opportunity for economic growth that is gaining attention and foreign investment, a reality that other emerging regional and global powers including China, brazil, India and turkey, have already begun to seize, but in Africa, the reverse continues to the case.

While young people are playing major roles in policy formulation in other parts of the world, the case in our continent, the mother Africa is contrary to what is obtainable all around the world. This explains the present condition of the continent, where youth unemployment continue to climb on mountain tops, continuous civil and political unrest ravaging the continent, high level of insecurity, internal strife, and of recent, the challenges of terrorism. It is worth to also note that, in the entire crisis ravaging the African continent, the youths are the major players and at the same time, the major victims.

Youths had become tools for all these negativities due to the frustration usually associated with being isolated, neglected, marginalized, dissociated from political process and denied the opportunity of taking part in determining the direction of one’s present and future.

The research of Joel Lowthel in his paper titled, ‘’the role of African youths in electoral democracies’’ best described the situation. Joel stated that recently, Africa has been at the forefront of a democratic revitalization, as many nations now welcome a free and open political system. The pattern of democracy is catching on throughout the continent and the world is beginning to take notice. However, to retain a truly inclusive democratic society, everyone must be involved in the political process, but many segment of the African population remains marginalized, especially the youths.

He explained further that, in other parts of the world, the youth have played a vital role in recent elections, but in Africa, institutional and policy constraints have hindered youth involvement and left them side-lined from the democratic process.

Let me also add that, youths are said to be the strength and backbone of any nation, but what happens when the said backbone are relegated, neglected, undernourished, dis-empowered, isolated and denied of their rightful roles and duties in shaping the society? Of course, the resultant factors would be chaos.

Even though leaders in Africa and beyond fear that disenfranchised young people pose an imminent threat to national security and political stability, youth involvement in the political process is still limited. Instead, many African politicians have utilized the youths voting clout for their own political agenda’s, thereby exploiting Africa’s youth through the political process. It is this kind of mentality that has created violence in recent elections. While such violence is caused by variety of factors that differs depending on the country and situation, it can be determined that youth involvement in election violence is often driven by dissatisfaction with government policies or with on-going manipulations by politicians that seek to gain support by ethnic, religious or tribal divides. Although a particular youth group might pledge support to a candidate or political party with hopes of material gains or greater political influence, these promises are often not fulfilled.

Joel therefore concluded that, in reality, African youths are often utilised as pawns in the political game by veteran politicians. These occurrences have hindered the development of young political leaders and have resulted in a situation in which many young Africans fear that, there is no way to peacefully assert themselves in the political system.



HOW YOUTHS CAN SERVE AS STRENGTH TO THE CONTINENT

Fellow compatriots,

The major challenge presently confronting the African youths is how to peacefully influence the community and key into the political process, this is apart from the environmental, cultural and economic challenges which are also very vital. But one fact that stands clear is that, for African youths to stand a chance of overcoming the economic, cultural and environmental challenges, we must first be able to assert ourselves into the political system and assume leadership responsibilities in our various communities/countries where we would contribute in policy formulation. This would give youths the opportunity to introduce and influence policies that would enhance the general performance of the youths and create opportunities for rapid development and general human improvement.

As earlier stated, the marginalization of the youths in the political process has denied youths the opportunity of being in a position to contribute to solving their own problems as most projects outlined by governments to address the unfolding challenges are of counter productivity, it mostly lacks the youthful qualities that would make it suit the challenges of the 21st century and ensure its proper formulation and realistic implementation. Also, most of the government projects had continued to prove ineffective to solve the challenges due to lacking the youthful passion required to actualize and implement it.



This brings us to the question, how can African youth population serve as the strength to the continent?

In my opinion, there is no other ways of answering the above question than the youths to be empowered, involved in the political processes and taking responsibility. There is no other way.

But who will empower the youths? Who will involve youths in the political processes? And who will help youths take responsibility?



Ladies and gentlemen, The African Youth Charter which contains valuable propositions on routes to positively utilize the potentials of the youths wished that the present set of African leaders could take advantage of the increasing youth population to create positive changes, but time and again, African leaders have proven incapable of looking beyond their personal ambitions. Most African leader’s only sees the youth as tools of manipulation, they use them as tools of violence and tools of causing destruction which must not be empowered and involved to prevent shortage of manpower in causing maim for their selfish interest.

Since this is the case, the youths must look beyond this set of leaders for empowerment and involvements, youths must create alternative route to its political and economic emancipation.



It is therefore imperative for the youths to show the present set of leaders that government or politics is not about the gathering of the old, neither is it the gathering of orators and wishful thinkers that only seek to impose their ways and ideas on others, it is rather a gathering of the affected people who seek to fashion out a common means of solving their own problems.



As the title of this presentation states, ‘’raising a new generation of purposeful African leaders’’, African youths must put an end to leadership recycling in the continent, where only those who had ruled in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s had not seized to rule till date, it is time for the youths to form its own bond and create its own ways.



The youths must channel its energy into positive ventures, we must never allow frustration take over us in our pursuit for relevance. We must resist every temptation of being part of the problems or being used by others for negative purposes, but should rather channel the energy into pursuing our own agenda and dream of liberating the continent through democratic and electoral processes. We must utilize the resources in our environment to create empowerment, utilize our intellectual prowess to create initiatives, create network within and outside our domain to sell our ideas and harmonize our thoughts to create political movements for change.

Wise talk

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The National Association of Nigerian Professional Footballers in conjunction with former national team footballers have called for the resignation of the Maigari-led NFF board

The National Stadium, Lagos was a beehive of activities on Wednesday afternoon as retired national team players alongside the National Association of Nigerian Footballers, the body also referred to as ‘Nigeria Players Union’, staged a rally to kick against the Aminu Maigari-led Nigeria Football Federation board and also to address other issues affecting the growth of the game in the country.

Other issues that generated heated debate were how to address cases of untimely deaths of ex-internationals, which was claimed to be as a result of total neglect from the Nigerian government and the ill-treatment meted out to retired footballers by the NFF.

Former Super Eagle Thompson Oliha died on Sunday morning at age 44.

Addressing a large crowd at the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria secretariat after a procession round the stadium with solidarity songs chanted amid display of placards with different inscriptions, Harrison Jalla, president of the Nigerian Professional Footballers claimed that the NFF executives led by Maigari have done more harm than good to the development of football in the country.

“We are expressing our discontent with what we think is wrong with the state of Nigerian football. Things must change. Maigari and the rest must vacate office with immediate effect. They must obey the judgment of the court. If they don’t vacate in the next two weeks, we will result to self-help to throw them out of there. We need to secure the future of Nigeria football, and the time is now,” Jalla said.

‘’Young footballers are emerging from the country day by day, and we don’t want them to suffer our own fate. Besides this, much death in one year is incredible. Our colleagues are dying of neglect and there must be inbuilt mechanism for this to change. We want to take our destiny in our own hands because we can’t continue like this. We want Nigerians to know that enough is enough,” he concluded.

In an interview with Goal, former Flying Eagles forward Monday Odiaka said that allowing illegality to continue is a danger signal for the country.

“We want changes, we want the government to do the right thing. A court order asked Maigari and his gang to vacate the Glass House, and for three years we still let them damage our football. They are an illegal body not supposed to be in existence,” Odiaka said

http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4093/nigeria/2013/07/04/4092380/former-footballers-call-for-sack-of-aminu-maigaris-nff-board

A legal practitioner, Barrister Abiodun Dada has promised to award the sum of N5, 000 to the best literature student in each secondary school across Kwara State.

Barrister Dada made the promise to all the participating schools at the Inter school quiz competition held during the week at the Anglican Comprehensive High School, Oke Opin in Ekiti LG area of Kwara State.

While encouraging Art students to take literature serious, Barrister Dada stated that, ''I urged you all to take literature serious and I promise to give N5000 to every student who emerge as the best literature student in their respective schools''.

The competition which was hosted by the National Association of Ekiti (Kwara) students (NAEKS) draw its participants from the Ekiti speaking area across the state and the event produced Anglican Comprehensive High School Oke-Opin has the winner.

The two students who represented Anglican Comprehensive high school at the competition Olajide O. Bless and Adeniyi D. Timileyin went home with their WAEC examination fee paid cash to them by the organizers, plus a gift to their school for winning the 1st prize and another prize for their school for participating at the event.

The second and third prize went to Community secondary school, Etan and Osi central Secondary school respectively. All other schools that attended the competition also went home with textbooks as a compensation for their participation.

Barrister Abiodun Dada in his address to the students noted that, some years ago, he was like them killing animals in the bush, but today, he give glory to the almighty that made him what he is today. Adding that, the major purpose of the event is to encourage the students to work hard and concentrate on their studies without minding their present condition. He assured the students that, if they work hard and put God first, there is no limitation to their success. In his words, ''if you work hard, the sky would be your starting point''

The President of the Association, Comrade Awogbemi Babajide expresses his gratitude to the sponsor and others who contributed immensely in other ways to ensure the success of the event.

While presenting the award to the winners, the former president of the Association, Comrade Busayo David urged the students to take the responsibility of returning the gesture when they assume the position to do so in the future, he also noted that, barrister Dada has always been the pillar of the association, adding that; he was a pioneer member who played significant role in ensuring the sustainability of the association. He prayed and asked the students to join him pray for the continues success of the association and its sponsors. Other schools that participated include Muslim Community secondary school which came 4th, Benevolent High School etc.

http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/118119/1/kwara-best-literature-student-in-each-school-to-ge.html

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when another person start to paste negativity about those you also call saint, you call that propaganda, isn't it?....

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