1. Be Unwavering: Be ethical and learn from mistakes, failure is not something to fear but embrace, even a baby learning how to walk rises up after falling. We should be concerned with succeeding than failing, so take that bold step without any atom of fear, for fear is the beginning of failure.


2. Embrace Risk: Some of the greatest businesses and investments are started by people able to make calculated risk. Fear not, risk can always be managed, playing safe always will leave you in a circle, take a calculated risk and break the circle which would gravitate you into greater heights.


3. State your vision: You must know and understand your vision. If you don’t know where you are going you will end up nowhere. You must know what you want and to remain flexible and open to change


4. Possess a selling skill: You need to have the ability to sell so you can get funding to get into the market and sell your product and services


5. Be Decisive: You must be a person with the ability to remain consistent in your decisions, behavior and communication

Credit: Forbes Africa

Source: http://liteworld..com.ng/2016/01/top-5-qualities-for-every-entrepreneur.html


cc: lalasticlala

To get the full presentation slide, send an email titled "15 Rules of Entrepreneurs" to thalithridwan@gmail.com

Glad the little cutie safe

Dating a man and getting him to marry you are two different ball games, getting a man to wife you is a topnotch in this generation. I feel so bad seeing a lot of ladies trying too hard to make a man to wife them (especially the matured ones), and all their efforts going in vain. But when you access the situation properly, you will realize that most ladies are getting it all wrong in the way they handle and treat their men. We are fast embracing the western epidemic "The single mama" lifestyle, the annoying thing is that the " Single mama" syndrome is replacing marriages and reducing family values. All my single ladies that is ready for marriage practice these tips and get him to adore you forever....



1. Be attractive: They say picture speaks louder than voice, most men, if not all are moved by what they see. Men naturally will always tend to move towards the attractive ladies more compared to the less attractive ones. It’s a simple natural phenomenon, just like insects get attracted to the more attractive flowers for their nectar, attractiveness is a magnet. Good enough their great cosmetic, fashion tips and materials out there that can help out, so you got no excuse for you not to be attractive. But after the attractiveness what else can you offer as a lady?


2. Know yourself worth: Knowing who you are goes a long way in helping you knowing what you want, this what most ladies in abusive relationships lack or lost. They feel worthless and rejected by the society, the abusive man or any man can just have their way through them, forgetting that they are totally in control of who comes and goes out of their lives. You don’t have to wait for anyone to tell you how beautiful and smart you are, create an inner joy and peace within yourself that will exude out. Never listen to all their words of hates and negative actions disorientate you, be bold, beautiful, and keep that beautiful smile lingering.


3. Be a listener: Only selfish people talks out their heart all the time and never listen to others, listening more will distinguish you as a lady. As men are always expected to listen more in most relationship, but the fact is that men too wants to be listened to, this is why they run to their moms like crybabies when faced with difficult challenges. They get to pour out their hearts and their innermost needs and desires to you when you listen more to them. Trust me; this might even earn you a position of their number one confidant. Through this you will get to know him better, and please don’t overdo it so you don’t look snobbish


4. Don’t stalk him: Yes everyone would always love to be around their loved ones, but the true test of love is letting loose of our loved ones not holding fast to them. Just like the native Roaster is set free by the day to roam around and when night draws by he remembers home, same goes with men too. Men needs some amount of space to really choose what they exactly want, and not you imposing yourself to him by you calling him every minute asking “where are you ? “. Free him, you are not his mother, let him socialize and see the world out there, if he is truly love you he will always find his way back to you.


5. Get closer to his closest relation: Ladies know this now, if a man is not willing to introduce or show you off to his relatives that man is not ready to share or spend his life with you yet. All men would gladly showoff the woman they love to their friends and relatives. If a man eventually introduce or show you off to his friends and relations as his woman, be smart enough to find out the closest to him and get close to that person. Create a good communication with the person, figure out way to get him or her to like you without looking too obvious. With this move, you are a quarter way into that family. My brother fiancée is using this trick on me and my younger sibling, my younger siblings wears a bold frown on their faces when they see my brother with another lady.


6. Figure out ways to read his mind: Sometimes try to figure out his needs before his says it out, don’t ask me how you will do this, your instincts will help out. This will keep him puzzled and more attracted to you.


7. Give him the driving seat: Avoid being too pushy and follow his lead, all you need do is to guide him. Surrender the leadership mantle to him; this would naturally make him feel good and comfortable with you. Don’t let him feel threatened by tussling by disregarding his ideas and instructions, be as humble and obedient you can be but not dumb.


8. Create Surprises: Most African ladies leave the men to this most times, ladies needs to spice up relationships too with surprises like; cooking and leaving his favorite soup all stacked in his fridge before he returns home (leave before his arrival and just leave him a message that you have fix something special), buying gifts, taking him on a trip or date all expenses on you etc.


9. Be affirmative: You need to first believe in that relationship before going into it, be positive, believe your man’s dreams and ideas. Trust him, respect his judgments until he gives you room for doubts. Always try to see the light and positivity in his views and ideas, but if you can’t find any, don’t react immediately, make him realize it later (avoid creating an antagonistic image “Bad belle”).


10. Draw your line: Let him know and understand your does and don’ts, try to make him understand things you dislike, so he doesn’t cross your path. This will in the long run attract some respect to you. You have a mind of your own, my dear you don’t have to always like something because he likes it, draw out your line plainly without fear of loosing him.


11. Be his Cushion: Seek of better and more romantic ways to ease off his stress, so that even if somebody else tries to him the same comfort it won’t be anyway as good as yours. This will keep him running back to mama, remember; “anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well”.


12. Be Independent: Your man should never be your source of income in this the 21st century, your value reduces as a lady the moment you start depending on that man. Depending on him will make him feel everything he is getting from you is his absolute right, so he treats you like a merchandise he paid for.


13. Be Generous: You need to be very technical in handling this section, so he doesn’t take you for a fool (maga), know when to give and when not. But don’t let him brand you as a stingy lady, give only when necessary not to please him. Practice some kind gestures to others in his presence; let people come to show their gratitude to you in his presence too. This would enable him to know how much of a priceless woman you are.


14. Be financially prudent: Let him see how financially prudent you are, help him to curb cost and reduce his spending power and if possible multiply his resources. Don’t let him perceive you as a thirsty lady that makes him to cough out money at the sight of you alone. Instead of eating from the restaurant always cook, instead of asking him to buy the most expensive ride, push him to invest. Share your investment ideas with him, be the kind that if a man gives you ten naira today multiply into 20 naira tomorrow.


15. Be Homely: Let your heart be his home, let him find peace and comfort in you. Pray together with him; find time to learn his culture and belief.

cc: lalasticlala, ishilove

Source: http://liteworld..com.ng/2016/01/tips-to-get-any-man-on-his-knees-and.html

Moyarh:
I learnt from this. Thank you.

You are welcome, thanks for reading

Go explore the world and create more jobs

durapro:
Thanks bro. This 1 that there is no money. In addition to what u have said, this is an advice 4 guys > REDUCE THE RATE AT WHICH U womanise. SERIOUSLY, IT WILL HELP U SAVE BETTER.............. Have a nice time

You are welcome, thanks for reading


Go explore the world and create more jobs

Jidexfeel:
Thanks

You are welcome, thanks for reading

Go explore the world and create more jobs

Frienemy

They are the King's maker

A symbiotic relationship with the presidency

A lot is expected out of them as the presidency puts food on their table

So we still have cultist in this present age ?


We need to device a technology to swap the life of some people who doesn't know what it means to be alive


Wish Jigsaw in the movie SAW could come out in reality

Too loose, the waist line not properly fitted

The way at which materialism is driving many to their doom is appalling

So PFN has such money ?

Has PFN initiated any recognized social infrastructure or social program that's beneficial to Nigerians

In the present economy hardship, where jobs are lost every day, families and homes are being shattered because of lack of resources, can there be way out of this hardship ?

I hear wisdom calling from afar, trying to find way into our hearts but many hearts are shot tightly leaving wisdom outside in the cold.

The way out of this economy situation is learning the principles and dynamic rules of entrepreneurship, so I present to you “15 Rules to be a great entrepreneur in the 21th century”.



Now what is expected of you as a 21st century entrepreneur?



Before going any further, you need to first discover yourself



Knowing yourself is the foundation of wisdom; know what your capabilities, strength and weakness are, this goes a long way to help discover who you really are



1. Passion: Being passionate about things you do is the desiring force that drives you to do something even when you are not rewarded for it, it is something you are most times not ordered to do, you most times do them consistently out of your own free will. Passion should be the first thing to think of when choosing a career or skill acquisition , with passion everyday will be like holiday for you even at work.


2. Audacity: Be fearless and bold when handling life issues and business affairs , I learnt something from the CEO of “Konvit Records” Akon, when his record label was about to sign Lady Gaga, most of his company executives was against him signing Lady Gaga, but he was audacious in his decision taking. He stood on his ground and he went ahead to sign her, Lady Gaga later became a hit and brought the company fortunes, this is not to say being audacious doesn’t have its own shortcomings but still yet you still need to be audacious as a 21st century Entrepreneur.



3. Problem Solving: One of the major reason why I wouldn’t like to be a resident in a developed country is because there are no much problems there for me to solve, the people who solved majority of their problems have earned a fortune and they are now spreading their tentacles to Africa e.g. The Chinese. When you discover a problem, instead of you complaining to the government like an average Nigerian do, device a means to solve the problem and smile to the bank. All the billionaires we have today worldwide are problem solvers, quote me anywhere.



4. Spend Money to Make Money: As a 21st century entrepreneur you should spend money to make money not save money, you only save to later spend on a venture that will yield more. Majority of your money should be spent on avenues where you can get the money back, this is why the banks are loyal to top CEO’S in granting loans, because the bank is sure that these ones spend money to get money back. Know this now that CEO’S don’t establish a business with their own money, they establish industries and companies with the accumulated money from peasants and workers collected by banks.



5.Sacrifice: Bear the present pains, pay the sacrifice of that thing you believe in, Bill Gates sacrificed his degree for Microsoft, even our own Seun Osewa sacrificed his degree for Nairaland, this is not to discourage anyone to obtain a degree, just want to use them as an example to open our eyes to a bigger picture. To become a successful 21st century entrepreneur you must be able to let go off something you hold in high esteem that’s a hindrance to your set out goals. In the race of becoming 21st entrepreneur is always a tussle between the stoic trait and epicurean. A stoic is one who can sacrifice present pleasure for the future, an Epicurean is one who lives like there is no tomorrow, they live for now and are consumers.



6. Invest in yourself: When we say invest in yourself we don’t mean buying yourself unnecessary luxuries, invest in things that will add value to you. Like the saying goes “garbage in and garbage out”, computer hardware is useless without an inputted software, you input into a hardware system in relating this to human practicable act, we are humans are the computer hardware and information/ knowledge is the software. You are limited to the amount of information you have, educate and illuminate working scope, and general life engagements. All these will cost you something but never mind it’s for the betterment of your well being.



7. Be Humble: Being humble is as simple as the word sounds, but it’s difficult for many to practice, people naturally despises the proud which is the opposite of humble, no two ways about it, it is either you are humble or proud, so check yourself. No matter the caliber of customers, clients or staffs and even people around you, just be humble to them, because in people lies the treasure you seek (This is why we have the human relation department in companies). Be humble to the extent you make your clients and customers feel comfortable or even above you, being humble doesn’t stop you from becoming who you are.




8. Get a Mentor: Look for someone who is already successful in the direction you are heading to and be humble enough to be mentored by him or her. Apply the law of 33%,

· The first 33% of your time should be spent with those who you above

· The second 33% of your time should be spend with those who are your equals

· And the final 33% should be spent with those above you



9. Read More: Be a voracious reader, this saying in time past was made popular “you want to hide a secret from a black man, put in a writing” but in this present 21st century that saying holds no weight, ground or validity anymore. The fitness folks would say “ you are what you eat “ but I will prefer to say “You are what you read”. In those closed books are hidden treasures of this world, it won’t be revealed to you until you open and read it. Some years back I read the book “ The Angels and the Demons” few years later I watched the movie, but I tell you, It was nothing compared to the book itself, a lot of information was left out of the movie.



10. The Team : You need to work with a smart team, folks that are your like minds, people that will make life easier for you. With the right people around and the right attitude success is a must, a piece of broom stick can sweep only but a little, but with many brooms sticks bonded together there is a greater impression. Stay away from negative people, they have a problem for every solution, while the positive people have the solution to every problem



11. Persevere: One company I will never stop admiring is a digital satellite TV company in Nigeria Sta*****s, when Mul********ce company came up with Go** an exact product like theirs, I exclaimed “ This is the end of Sta*****s” because of the strong reputation of Mul********ce ! But Sta*****s stood on their ground, persevere and restrategized to remain in business. One CEO I cease to admire is the Chairman of the defunct telecommunication company, he allowed the troubles in the business world to overwhelm him , hereby committing suicide, how I wished he has persevered. Rome wasn’t built in day, so start start small, work hard and watch that business grow



12. Consistency : Continue doing what you are doing, also seeking for better ways to do it, at the long run you will sure reap the harvest. Now lets rewind back to 2008, if someone had told Linda Ikeji that Blogging will later get her a mansion, fame and wealth she has now, she might have doubted it. Let the world know you for something, and not a jack of all trade. Being consistent and effective at your game is what qualifies you to be a professional.




13. Goal Setting: Set out your goal, write and execute them, it’s enough for you to just set out goals without execution. Write out your short term goals and your long term goals. Your short term goals ranges from 1 month to 5 years and your long term goals ranges from 5 years and above. Never make that mistake of thinking you can memorize your goals without writing them, our several life’s engagement might let those goals slip off our memory, so it’s we right them out and execute. Always write yours goals like a To-List, marking out each successfully executed goal.




14. Build your Network: In your road to success you are bound to meet with all kinds of people, these same people you came across coming up are the networks you will need to remain a success, everybody you meet are your potential network so treat them nicely. Try as much as possible not to break these networks with poor or bad relations so as not to experience severe hiccups in the business terrain, everybody is useful. Instead of cutting them off, keep them in touch, like Paul the Apostle would say “If possible, be at peace with all men”.

15. Be Optimistic : Expect the best in all possible ways, this is what the religious folks will call faith, stay positive, stay focused, the sky is just a stepping stone.




Narrated by Salisu-Thalith Ridwan

Composed and Written by Henry Nwachukwu (HerexG)

cc: lalasticlala, ishilove,fynestboi, obinoscopy


Source: http://liteworld..com.ng/2016/01/15-rules-to-be-great-enterpreneur-in.html

cute

The little girl looks like a Ifa goddess

A great move, i was a victim of this nonsense act of police checking ones phone indiscriminately, was glad they didn't find what they were looking for.

EZEIGBO1OFIMO:

I rest my case jare..... make I chop this bread and akara wey dey here.

Aaaah you don fall my hand bro, na God purposely make good things dey difficult to find, see to find gold you ve to dig the earth, same goes with diamond too. So my brother dig harder joor !

In the mean pass me some Akara, i get bread wey i fit take eat am

EZEIGBO1OFIMO:

You no see say she no gree for me....... no jollof for you

Continue my brother, na the early gra gra wey dem dey first do be that, so press harder man .

No allow this jollof rice pass me by o abeg

EZEIGBO1OFIMO:
Promise I won't tell

You are scoping babe on my thread abi

Make una just do quick invite me for wedding, can't wait to chop ya jollof rice

Fire on bro

Before now I used to wonder if our African magic, jazz, or juju like we all call it truly works, but just recently I gave it a rethink when a friend narrated this true life story I shared bellow...

"After government paid my dad his gratuity money, he then called his two sons which was I and elder brother for a meeting . He asked us what is our immediate plans were, in regards to attaining financial freedom. My brother told him his plans and I told about my plans of moving to South Africa to continue my barbing career.

A week to when I'm supposed to leave for South Africa, the young man who is supposed to receive and accommodate me in South Africa called me. He gave me an address to his family house in Nigeria. He asked me to go and collect the package his mom has for him, so i could bring it to him at SA. I was curious of what the package could so I asked him what the package is, he paused for some seconds and then he replied "Its Agbor ( Herbal medicine) joor, na "okpa eyin", I won take am wound this SA babes ( he wants to use the herbal medicine to enhance his sexual prowess). So I went as he directed, I got to meet with his mom, she is a matured Yoruba woman in her mid or late 50s. She handed me a 1litre gallon to give to her son, I again asked but in in polite way, I asked her what is inside the gallon and she replied very confidently in Yoruba language "Agunmu Ibile waa ni" ( Native Herbal mixture). I became skeptical, because papa doesn't know about this. What if they stopped me from flying to SA because of this, papa would kill me. So to clear all doubts, I asked her what if they stop me at the Airport . She confidently laughed and reassured me that no man born of a woman can stop me, except that person doesn't have blood flowing in his or her veins. I collected the gallon from her, she prayed for and I left.

I arrived the Murtala Airport, holding the 1litre gallon in my right hand , when I got to the official who is supposed to scan and access me. I tightened up my face and looked serious, he asked me what the content of the plastic container I'm holding is and I boldly told him that it's a herbal medicine. After he finished accessing and scanning me, he requested I hand over the gallon to him. He then thoroughly checked and scanned the gallon, a few minutes later he handed back the gallon to me and I boarded my flight to SA.

On my arrival to SA, the young man who is to receive me was so please with that I successfully brought the gallon to him. To cut the long tale short, after a week I noticed this guy is broke, we were living with the little money papa gave me from Nigeria . But I noticed something, he is always with his laptop chatting online or checking stuffs online. I realized later that he is a "Yahoo boy", one other thing observed was that whenever he is about switching on his laptop, he will drink the content of the gallon I brought to him from Nigeria, he will scoop some into his hands and rub it all over his arms, then he will say some incantations.

Just two weeks later after my arrival, this guy life changed from being broke to a super big boy in SA, first changed all his wardrobes, appliances and gadgets in his home. Three weeks later to my great surprise this same guy who we were both managing the little money papa gave me, sent a whooping sum of 2 million Naira to his mom in Nigeria. He bought about two sleek rides, he took me to shopping and asked me to select whatever i want but never gave me a dime.... " The End

My question is why can't we develop and make great positive use of this African powers, is it conditioned to work negatively or we intentionally left these powers because the white man term it a black or evil powers ?

cc: lalasticlala ishilove

Source: http://liteworld..com.ng/2016/01/why-are-african-powers-used-negatively.html

The social life style of ladies in thier 20s should be quite different from ladies in thier 30s, when a lady in her 30s socialize like she is in her 20s, most people would likely perceive a negative perspective on such a lady and she will eventually attract the wrong people to herself. Ladies in her 20s are predominantly carefree, they are attracted and moved by materialism, love to explore excessively, the drive to catch fun is very high that's why you find them mostly in places like late night clubs, parties, being with numerous companies and associates.

Now does it means that ladies in their 30s should be left out of socializing ? The answer is simple as "No", here are six ways a single lady in her 30s should socialize without attracting the wrong people and perception of her personality.....


1. Always conceal the search for your life partner: Ladies, don't make it resounding or too obvious that you are single and searching, this is the point where most matured ladies get it all wrong. When you make it too obvious that you are in search of a spouse or life partner, it sends immediately sends the wrong signal to that potential spouse, it will at the long run make him feel as though he is doing you a big favor by dating or marrying you. Reduce to the max every form of desperation and insecurity, instead employ tactically the good old prank ladies in their 20s uses to keep men abate "The hard to get game".


2. Embrace and Get devoted to a Belief: Africans most especially Nigerians are a sucker for religion and spiritualism, you can easily pierce through a harden criminals heart if you appeal to his own religion or belief. For the Christians become a devoted church worker with some swag and class, not the "Mgbeke or SU" ones looking so unkempt and without a drive and passion for life and the same goes to other religions and believes.



3. Attending Occasions and Events: Attend more of classy weddings and business meetings "Alone", majority of the potential spouse you get at 30s are mostly gentlemen and most times shy, so give them all the opportunity to come approach you. Reduce all that girls large round table sittings when you attend events and occasions, give a smooth avenue to reach you. Note not all men are that confident to fish you out of sitting of group of friends.



4. Reduce Luxuries : Avoid looking too expensive when going to work, event or occasions, just dress responsibly, cute and smart. Cut down all forms of flamboyance and looking too flashy, one of the ladies I respect most when it comes to this aspect is Nollywood Rita Dominic, though she might be rich but she doesn't look too expensive, she just look smart and beautiful all the time. Ladies make yourself approachable and not looking like a demigoddess.



5. Embrace the "one man MOPOL" Phrase : Reduce and avoid too much companies , most especially guys, avoid the "friend zoned guys" those guys that loves hanging around ladies that they are not dating or having a relationship with, don't allow them deny you of a potential suitor. These guys will clinch to you to the extent that people would start thinking if something is going on between you both, not knowing that he just using you as a showoff to his ladies.



6. Take a chill pill: And last be very humble, polite but not stupid, if you have to talk, talk in a polite manner, avoid loose and derogatory words in the public. Get a natural shock absorber, so example when someone accidentally steps on you, don't allow all hell loose, just accept the sorry or the least you could say is " please be more careful next time" and not "are you blind..... ?


Do all this and you will get suitors all attracted to you, but the problem would be how to identify the right suitor, in my next post I will analyze and break down how to identify a potential marriage suitor. So watch out guys


cc: lalasticlala ishilove


Source: http://liteworld..com.ng/2016/01/how-best-does-single-lady-socialize-in.html

She is now like a banana peel thrown away after eaten the banana inside, ladies be wise .

olarwhumy6:
I wil go wiv herexG on dis one. He/she has said it all.

I'm all yours Hun....

1. Don't make it resounding or obvious you are searching

2. Be a devoted church worker with some swag, and class not the " mgbeke or su" looking ones

3. Attend weddings and business meetings alone

4. Avoid looking too expensive, just dress responsibly and cute

5. Reduce too much companies, most especially guys

6. And lastly be very humble and polite


Do all this and you will get them all attracted to you like ant, and pls don't forget to send me your wedding IV when its time

Fynestboi:
If not to late. Happy new year to the following nairalanders. In no right order.


Jaybee3
Caracta
Tgril4real
Ujsizzle
Obinoscopy
Jarus
Naijadeyhia
Isacolukay
Joseph1832
HerexG
Xynerise
Freemanan
Aminat508
Tosyne2much
MizMyColi
Luxanne
Honeydear
Eveluv
Seun
Lalasticlala
Coogar
Pickabeau1
Dominique
Mynd44
And all my love ones....
To all my great ife pal on nairaland


Love. You all..

Thank you boss, wishing you the very best

scentmarlc:
Waooooow see what I missed !



I guess I need to make more impact on this forum, hence be in the list come 31st December of. 2016.



However it gladdens my heart to see people I hold in high esteem as part of the MVPs. To me, its a little motivation for everyone to keep doing what you know how to do best.




Congratulations to my padiis:


Aminat508
Tosyne2much
Agarawu23
Cherlene
Omotayor123
Prettythicksme
Flow1759
Introvert
Twaci
Ask4bigneyo
Dygeasy




And to the people I admire from Afar:



Emusmith
Jarus
Tonyebarcanista
Mizmycoli





You did great in 2015. Your impact was felt, no matter how little.




Though I think there are still hundreds of Nairalanders out there that distinguished themselves in different sections such as:



Spywareczar (Arts&Graphics)
Wristbangle (formerly wristwatch). Romance
Luxanne
Lanicky
Ronald4lif (via is comments)
Yokiti
Mrcork (though he is crazy )
LadyF ( where she dey sef!)
Gurgle
Missclasy
Kingtom ( for his comments)
Tomfrench (reigning Mr Nairaland)
Fynestboi (NISD Founder)




And a host of others.




But like the Op said, 1.4million members is such a hugh number to vet, there is only so much they can do. So in all fairness to humanity and in the spirit of sportmanship.......................I and all members of KALAKUTA REPUBLIC, MATURED MINDS and EGBE AWON WEYREY 100% Endorse the ratings.



CC:
Adeh39
Erukumakanaki
Orijin101
Stephenqueen
Lekinz
Montezz
Dollyjoy
HerexG
Tohpahz
Esosuo
Pheals
Hate2U
Kinglekan
Truckpusher
Adeaks
Vhema
Trypa
Selebobo
Nairalandstinks
Adaure4ever
Cyprus000
Dharay99






Come see wetin I see bikooooooo


Compliments of the season guyz.............

Thanks Oga scent, you too much jare.. Odun ayo ni o

Omotayor123:
Happy new year : HerexG Viviangist3 Naijasinglegirl Onila Missmary glossy6
Wish you all the best!

Thanks Beautiful Orente, wishing you the best dear....

A Nigerian girl 'Eden Oyewole' wish comes true by @MakeAwishAmerica

The young girls dream of visiting the White house became a reality as the US first lady Michelle Obama shares this on her Instagram page

"Who says dreams don't come true"

Source: http://liteworld..com.ng/2015/12/a-nigerian-eden-oyewole-visits-white.html?m=1

cc: lalasticlala ishilove

I would have appreciated it more if it was

" Work plan to move forward in 2016"

My Nigerian people let's use our head more workout our success than relying words from these clowns

I don't blame him, he is holding his present ministerial position because of his loyalty to the 10 Kobo "Change" party

binary007:
NAIRALAND INTERSCHOOL DEBATE COMPETITION.
THIRD EDITION
School: THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE.
TOPIC: EDUCATION IS A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEDGE.
POSITION: SUPPORTING
DATE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2015


Before I begin, I’d take a moment to thank my opponent, whosoever he/she should be, I wish you all the best of luck.

With that said, my position on this topic is simple, Education should be mandatory, a legal right not a privilege, or a special opportunity. An hint into the basic concept on education would be very paramount in the cause of this debate, education is an enlightening experience, a mind sharpener, it is a weapon whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and to whom it is aimed, trust me, it could be that powerful. Before I proceed any further, I would love to clarify a general misconception between literacy and education.

Literacy is simply the ability to read and write.
Education is the ability to reason, to use your ability to read and write to your benefit and to be able to gain spectrum of knowledge by surging deeper into the literate knowledge imparted to you. It is just so ethically correct, just and honourable to a legal entitlement to a free and compulsory access to education, show me a nation with a struggling and plummeting economy and I will gladly point out its educational shortcoming, I would love to bullet my points so as to buttress my argument.


Education is the key to fight ignorance.
‘Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored, hence, nothing in this world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity’. Ignorance is pre-defined, it is a state of being totally or partially uninformed[lack of knowledge], and as the general saying goes, right information is absolute power, we can therefore infer that an ignorant mind is powerless with zero psychological prowess, on a much broader view, how do a clan, a community, a town, a city, a state, in fact! How does a nation develop with citizen with far lesser knowledge relative to the exposure and brain capability? It could therefore be said that proper education is unnegotiable to national development and economic advancement, tune your mind a bit and imagine that we are still so ignorant as to believe a plain mirror is a reflection of a supreme being on us rather than the simple scientific phenomenon of light, I’m so sure you have stretched your mind to its limit, there you are, on the path to conceding that as many persons as possible should be scooped out of the shallow river of ignorance, and what better way to inform people other than education?


Education is the key to securing the future.
‘To correctly predict the future, you design it ‘
As a popular singer Whitney Houston sang ‘I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let the lead the way’ , I would love to integrate the kids into our discussion, younger children, mostly coming from broken homes, do not understand the importance of an education, with parents non-challant altitude, they often weight the decision of quitting school as a very tender age only to really discover the truth in the nearest future, to prevent this, a fundamental right should be available to curb and prevent occurrence of such painful mistake, a detailed educational guideline should be put in place so this innocent children wouldn’t just be a victim of a circumstance they could barely help, or would you think otherwise? I fully doubt that. while I await you replies to this questions, come to think of it.

Education is freedom.
Next in importance to freedom and justice is proper education without which neither freedom, nor justice can be maintained, making education a privilege will only end up fuelling gender discrimination as only masculine entities would be believed to deserve formal education as in ages past, how then are we supposed to justify a slide back into an obliterated practice? Perhaps, those philosophies are kept till recent times, great minds like Dr. Mrs. Allison Makueke, Dr(mrs) Okonwo iweala, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, would have been left unharnessed and untapped, I seriously don’t think sentiment as to who receives education is worth considering.

On a lighter note, it would be very ridiculous and absurd to consider access to education as a special privilege.


References.
Concise oxford English dictionary(11th edition)
www.vanguardngr.com/page/7/?s=privilege+education
www.debate.org/debates

Great job "binary007" from "FUTA" , but presentation is a bit poor. Firstly you failed to tell us why you were thanking your opponent, I think the right word should have been "greetings " and secondly you didn't acknowledge the Moderators and organizers of this debate. I admired your emphasis on literacy and education, and also your basis of argument. Well done, scores sent.

Eduntee:
Debate, the art of reasonable discussion of controversial topics, will help us all become morally aware and will enhance our ability to think critically. We take the perspective of others, and make thoughtful moral decisions for ourselves. We may often disagree—but we learn to do so respectfully and civilly.. Good day moderators, distinguish adjudicators, co debaters and amiable Nairalanders. I am Eduntee representing the prestigious Lagos State University and am here to vehemently oppose the notion which says that “Education is a right not a privilege.
I shall be addressing this house by giving a definition of Education, Right and Privilege after which I would be supporting my claims that Education is a privilege and not a right as well as opposing the opponents claim on different grounds.
What is a right? A right has been defined as that which is proper under the law, morality or ethics. Hence they are inherent and cannot be taken away from a person. However the problem associated thereto Right is that they are usually either enforceable or un-enforceable and also subjected to jurisdictional issue because what is attainable as a right in a particular place might not necessarily be a right elsewhere while a privilege are those special legal right, exemption or immunity granted to a person or group of person. A privilege grants someone the legal freedom to do and not to do a given Act. Education simply put, is the process of teaching, training, learning especially in school or college to improve knowledge and develop skills.
In line with the above it is therefore safe to define Educational privilege to mean those benefit, exemption or immunity granted to a person or class of persons who has showed interest in the process of learning. This brings me back to the notion which warrants me to ask; is education a right or has education ever been a right? In other to answer the questions above, I will plead to use Nigeria as a case study, so let’s take a trip back to the history of Education in Nigeria.
The entrance of the Europeans into Nigeria brought along European western Education in the 1840s. In the western part of the country western education was encouraged by the Missionaries. The Northern part of Nigeria, majorly populated by Muslims, western education was prohibited giving way to Islamic school that focused primarily on Islamic education. Prior to Nigeria’s Independence, only two Established Post Secondary Institutions were available, Yaba Higher College (Now Yaba College of Technology founded in 1934) and the University of Ibadan, founded in 1948. Post Independence brought about the major development of education in Nigeria, with increase in the number of primary, secondary schools, teachers college and Polytechnics and Universities. Flowing from this, it is a notorious fact that Education in Nigeria is as a result of the adventures of the colonial masters to our part of the world and as such Education is, was and is still a privilege of such colonial visit to Africa. Globally Education is a privilege that accompanied civilization and that is why the very yardstick for measuring civilization in any part of the world is Education, then are we going to say; those part of the world that lacks Education have been deprived of their rights? Emphatically No they are yet to get such opportunities
More so it is painful, odd and self deceptive if at this stage of increasing tuition fee, cost of reading and instructional materials someone will still stand to say “Education is a right”. I beg to ask my fellow talk mate this question why do still have to pay school fees when this so called education is your Right. It makes me wonder why rights need be paid for. In the words of George Carlin; Rights aren’t rights if someone can take them away, as a matter of fact they are only privileges. As much as we have rights, they are inherent acquisitions of which enjoyments cannot be exhausted. All over the world, educational structures have been put in place in varying size and qualities but yet one thing makes them unique and that is the fact that whatever services you get from the school is a product of your tuition fees. The moment you stop paying, your rights to those benefits are withdrawn (Now, are you thinking what I am thinking?) and then do we call that a right? Right are never to be paid for.
Even though my colleagues on the other side might want to argue that there are certain institutions of learning that have been put in place by government to ensure the enforcement of this supposed right but if we are to call a spade a spade then my colleagues would agree with me that no such as free education exists, it’s just a form of education in a subsidized rate. This I found out after random interactions with both current and past students of these institutions.
Furthermore, Quid sit jus, et in quo consistit injuria, legis est definire. What constitutes right, and what injury, it is the business of the law to define. The implication of this is such that, if education is a right its a claim arising from ignorance because if this government takes away this right as calmed, they are as a matter of fact non-justifiable because section 6(6c) oust the jurisdiction of court from sitting on the issues that fall under chapter 2 of the constitution and matters in this section are not justifiable as the court in the case of Okogie v A.G Lagos State held. Now it is crystal clear that the education provided for are simply the special privilege that is enjoyed by student who has shown interest in it. The implication of this is that, until such laws are enacted to make Educational rights enforceable then education remains a privilege and never a right. And as we all know, the law gives a right and where the law gives a right, its gives a remedy to recover (L’ou le ley done chose, la ceo done remedie a vener a ceo) this has been affirmed by the Supreme court in the case of Aoko v Fagbemi.
Awhile back I watched a TV program that compared high school students in the United States to high school students in India.. While many American high school students sleep in, Indian high school students attend four-hour-long mathematics tutoring sessions starting at 7:30 am. On what was supposed to be a typical Saturday morning, I watched as a high school boy got up late and hung out, while a young Indian girl sat in a study group to prepare her for advanced mathematics. If she doesn’t pass the test, she wouldn’t be able to move the next level. My impression was that her future is hung in balance. At least that was how her face looked. The American kid was laughing and sitting in his room. That is exactly what happens when Education is seen as a right rather than a privilege. It’s become prone to abuses because the purpose is unknown just like the American kid who saw education as his right‘ If It is my right then I can so do whatever I like with it, if only’ such kids know how many kids are outside their wanting such opportunity. Until Education is seen as a privilege then it will remain a blunt tool that can never change a country not to talk of the world as Nelson Mandela of South Africa has proposed.
Access to education is not a privilege, it’s a right. And yet, 61 million children are not in school, Are these ones without such rights? A Privilege is when a child goes to school, sit in a classroom among peers of the same age and have someone instruct them. Do you know why? Many are out there seeking the opportunities to do so. I would have in my own discretion give a standing ovation to my opponent if they had argued that “EDUCATION IS RIGHT” and not “EDUCATION IS A RIGHT



reference
Black law dictionary 9th edition
Oxford advance learner dictionary
www.the law dictionary,org
www.collegetermpappers.com/viewpaper/1303959893
http://chalcedon.edu/research/articles/learning-is-a-privillege-not a right.
www.researchassistance.com/essays/higher-education-is–a-privillege.
www.studentloansherap.com/higher-education-privilege.
1999 constitution of the federal republic of nigeria as amended.

Great job Eduntee from " Lasu" , you laid out a very good argument, strong facts, good choice of words which makes me to wonder if you are a law student. I noticed only one typo error " why do still " you omitted the word "we". In all you did well , scores sent.