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IHate9ja1:
Sir I sent you a PM,but you haven't respond!
I am ready to utilize your services for my resume and cover letter,how long does the process takes @ your end?
Am willing to pay now,but I have enrolled for my H.SE level 3 class coming up on jan 18th to 21st 2016 and I would want you to update it in my resume.
My question is can I pay for your services now then I send you my cv and cover letter later for updating?

Check ur email.

timonski:
And you need to work on your spelling.#IHATEHYPOCRITES

Thankks. But you need to work on your choice of word. Performing his duty of pointing out a candidate's area for improvement doesn't make a judge a "hypocrite", even if he errs himself.

Fynestboi:
Judges you can turn in your score when you are through. To




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TonyeBarcanista
Jarus

Scores sent to you.

darrytoz:
Good day to the esteemed judges, erudite coordinators, fellow debaters, and the informed spectators. I am Darrytoz, the second speaker of the polytechnic ibadan. I am here to speak on the motion ''geniuses are made not born''.

GENIUS:an exceptionally intelligent person or one with exceptional skill in a particular area of activity.

"Genius are made, not born'', this encouraging saying has driven a great number of parents to explore their children's potential by all educational means. Books like The Da Vinci curse by Leonardo Lospernato do a good job of summing up a problem of our time that anyone striving to be a universal genius will inevitably fail.
Because today, unlike in Da Vinci's time, there is so much competition out there in every field that only people who devote themselves to one subject are successful. Anyone who wants to be a professional high flyer, the 'father of the year', a star violinist, a globetrotter and an art connoisseur all at once should either rethink his priorities or feel satisfied about being incredibly mediocre in each of these fields. After all, it is rare for a genius to be an all-rounder.

Alleged geniuses like Mozart, Geoethe and Picasso are not famous the world over for their unique inborn gifts, they were simply lucky enough to be born with a certain amount of talent that they could then activate with a whole lot of hard work and dedication. Anyone who wants to emulate a genius should take note of the fact that neither Mozart nor Einstein changed his profession every couple of years.
One reason why Steve Jobs was so successful was that he put all his energy into one thing and in the process sacrificed his chance of ever winning the 'father of the year' award. It is not to say that his path does not have potholes, traffic and detours, but instead that only people who experiment without fear of failure and accept that they can learn from it are bound to produce great things.
Over 100 years ago, Napoleon Hill asked himself whether the success of outstanding personalities could be explained by a formula. Did they all use the same toothpaste? Did they all follow the same traveling priest? Hill's answer which he used as as the basis for his book ''Think and Grow Rich'', was far more rudimentary for him, success and wealth were the consequence of having a clear goal and a burning desire to achieve it. And so, we can reinforce what we already knew about Mozart, Einstein and Jobs: they all worked hard and were ready to accept mistakes and failures.

Despite the widely-held belief that geniuses are all child prodigies, a race apart from ordinary mortals, a British psychologist claimed that the secret of their success lay more in hard work than in any innate intellectual gifts.
Genuine creative achievements depend more on perseverance over the long haul than on prodigrous childhood skills. We cannot all be geniuses but we can learn from them. What makes geniuses special is their long-term commitment. They struggle very hard and they keep on persisting. They enjoy their work. They excel at concentrating and persevering. Their efforts are focused, and all geniuses have a firm sense of direction. Like everybody else, even the greatest minds that have ever existed have had to struggle and strive to achieve their goals.

In conclusion, people can only truly be geniuses or achieve success if they work hard and consciously choose certain options over others. Veering off the paths of mediocrity and taking drastic measures. Becoming a genius is both a choice, that is within everyone's reach, and a difficult journey that one has to necessarily undertake (a quest that challenges you to self-actualize).
Genius become what they want to and manifest what their hidden potentialities are to state otherwise or to assert that they are either born or made is to continue paying homage to a false dichotomy that has longed outlived its usefulness. Thank you.



References
the-mouse-trap.com
www.dumblittleman.com
viviengg.
www.theguardian.com/uk
www.cewativitypost.com

Your not-so-great opening gave a bad impression (first impression matters), but along the line, you did well. Work on your opening. Opening is very key in debates.

A school boy error: The name of your school is, "The Polytechnic, Ibadan"; not," the polytechnic ibadan". Take note of proper nouns.

You did well, but your opening almost spoiled your efforts.

Abuklaw:
Do genes make the genius? Or is it really true that practice and training determine a genius?

I am using this medium to pay homage to whom it’s due.
The C.E.O of Nairaland, Mr. Seun Osewa,
Organizers of this intellectual event,
Incorruptible and ever-sagacious panel of Judges,
Perspicacious co-debaters,
Members of Nairaland intelligentsia,
Ladies and gentlemen.

Good day, I am abuklaw by moniker, representing Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The purpose of this write-up is to logically support the topic “Geniuses are born, not made.”

For proper understanding of this subject, there are some terms that need to be expounded. The understanding of the term “Genius,” “Genetic” and “environmental influence is pertinent.

Genius according to American Heritage Dictionary is defined “as a person with an IQ of 140 and higher”

Wikipedia regards a genius “as a person who displays exceptional intellectual ability, creativity, or originality”

Genetic according to Merriam-Webster dictionary mean “relating to or determined by origin, development, or casual antecedents of something.” Or “of, relating to, caused by, or controlled genes.”

While environmental influence can be explained in this context as the training, practise and human interactions that people undergo in the course of their development in life.

Without further ado, the points that succinctly back up the motion that “Geniuses are born, not made” are as follow:

It is unarguably incredible that there is someone in this world that still holds the opinion that irrespective of circumstance of birth, one can become anything in life, as long as one gets adequate training and practice well. The Einsteins, Edisons, Da Vincis, Picassos, Michelangelos, Galileos, Freuds and Mozarts of history were nothing but born Genius. As much as psychologist can say pertaining human intellectual abilities, they can’t till today explain the rationale behind the variation in learning and memory capacity of human being without referring to the hereditary dispositions of individuals. Contrary to John Locke’s assertion that “the mind at birth is like a tabula rasa-blank slate,” Lady gaga in her 2011 album made the bold empirical claim that “we are just born like this.” This means the musician was not born a blank slate but with natural abilities.

Genius is quantitatively and qualitatively different from talent. Talent refers to the ability to perform special kind of work and implies a relatively quick and easy acquisition of a particular skill within a domain while Genius involves originality, creativity, and ability to work and think in areas not previously explored. A genius is a person who comes up with ideas that are achievement model which others admire and imitate. The world would have been a worthless place if some people couldn’t come up with first of its kind invention. These people to a large extent cannot explain the steps that lead to the conception of their idea or how they come about such invention.

It would be absurd to assert that practice or training can make someone achieve in few months what normally takes a decade for an average person to achieve. It is without doubt the innate gifts of an individual that propel such individual to be extraordinary and exceptional in their chosen field. If training or practice could make a genius, it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to pick a football player as the best in the world among the pack of players who receive similar or better training and coaching from competent coaches in the world
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Howard Gardner identified eight particular types of intelligent. He opined that the genius is born with extraordinary capacities in at least one of these areas of intelligence. A writer possesses linguistic intelligence, a successful footballer possesses kinesthetic intelligence, and a Nobel price holder in science related field possesses a mathematical-logical intelligence e.t.c.

Lending credence to the above, it is noteworthy, that attempt to make a genius will most time end in emotional debacle and psychological disorder. Imagine the disaster if Michael Jackson’s parent had tried to make him a boxer and Muhammad Alli’s father forced him into music. I am aware of the fact that training and practice can improve a person’s ability but it is ultimately biological factors that make a genius among ordinary achievers.

Although special programs attempting to overcome the deficits of people with low intelligent quotient abound, programs targeted at the genius (intellectually gifted) are rare. This is so because of the persistent view that the gifted ought to be able to “make it on their own,” if they can’t, they really weren’t gifted in the first place. (Robinson, 2003, Parke, 2005, sparks, 2007)

On a final note, the recipe of extraordinary achievement which include Intelligence, considerable drive, persistence, perseverance etc. Are to a certain degree genetic. If you’re born “stupid and lazy” forget about earning a Nobel Prize in physics.

Let’s take a look at the below short biography of a person published on page 125 of people weekly magazine in 2003.

“Writing at age 2, Reading at age 3, playing classical music on the piano at age 4 and composing music at age 5. But that is just the start of Sho Yono’s resume. With an IQ measured at 200, he entered Loyola University at the age of 9 and graduated summa cum laude at the age of 12. Then it was off to a joint graduate program in molecular genetics and medicine. He received a PhD at the age of 18, and he is now in medical school. Along the way, he received black belt in taekwondo and played piano on a national radio program. He’s also prone to understatement, saying “it is just fun learning.”

Do you still think Sho Yono was made through training and practice?

REFERENCE:

Parke, B.N (2003) Discovering programs for talent development. Thousand oaks, CA: Corwin press.

People weekly. (2003, June 23) kid doc: He’s no brain surgeon yet but sho yono, 12, is about to start med school. People weekly, 125

Robinson, N.M (2003) two wrong do not make a right: sacrificing the needs of gifted students does not solve the society’s unsolved problems. Journal for the education of the gifted, 26, 251-273

Sparks, S.D (2007, October 2). Foundation: Gifted poor students given short shrift. Education daily, 40, 3.

Valerie Strauss (2012) geniuses born or made?. Retrieved online @ 10:15am on 12:12:2015 @ www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/geniuses-born-or-made/2012/05/28/gJQAkvRhxu-blog.html.

https://www.quora.com/are-geniuses-born-made-or-both

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Idiots

American Heritage Dictionary.

Merriam Webster Dictionary

Good argument, but watch your use of capital letter. You start a word with capital letter if it's a proper noun (name of person or place) or if you're starting a new sentence after full stop. "Organiser", "incorruptible" and "perspicacious" as used in your opening greetings are neither of these, so starting them with capital letter was "over-skill". Don't shoot yourself in the leg next time.

sammyscholar:
Topic: GENIUSES ARE BORN, NOT MADE!

School: The Polytechnic, Ibadan

Stance: Against


"Born genius vs. made genius" is a controversial phenomenon that, even, scholars from related fields are finding hard to reach a common ground on. The 'born genius' protagonists have always said that genius is a product of raw talent and intelligence culminated from birth or heredity. In lending credence to their claims, they are always swift to citing child prodigies like Leonardo da Vinci, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Michael Jordan et al; who at tender ages, began to exhibit exemplary traits.

Conversely, the 'made genius' advocates, on their own spectrum of the line, believe every man is born with innate talent, ingenuity, and with matching brain capacities. They posit that genius is what the 'carrier' made of his creator's given talent, intellectuals, skills and ingenuity. They believe every man (able or disable) is endowed with innate talent and giving such ability/talent a right platform to nurture, and a stimulating and supportive environment to grow, is what produces genius.

Hence, is genius actually culminated from birth? Or, at the opposite, made? Well, without mincing words, I make bold to say; geniuses are not born, but made!

DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS

GENIUS, according to a repute professor of psychology - Keith Simonton, "is a person who have the intelligence, enthusiasm, and endurance to acquire the needed expertise in a broadly valued domain of achievement and who then make contributions to that field that are considered by peers to be both original and highly exemplary."

CHILD PRODIGY, according to wikipedia; "is a person under the age of ten who produces meaningful output in some domain to the level of an adult expert performer."


"Genius is one percent inspiration; ninety-nine percent perspiration" says Thomas Alva Edison.

It is, rather, bewildering that most of the celebrated geniuses that many have taken to be super humans, created with some sort of peculiarities have attested, themselves, to the fact that 'perspiration' is the potent behind their ground breaking successes. When pressed, they have always said their successes are final products of many inputs; which include: inspiration, perspiration, hard work, commitment, vision, determination, imagination, and other virtues. One then begins to wonder why the notion; “geniuses are born,” has hitherto, persisted.

Little wonder Albert Einstein was quick to assert that; "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." That is, many have what it takes to become genius; but when told, they disbelieve. They believe ingenuity is restricted and limited to some set of persons, and thus, genius can only be attained by certain few.


Basically, every man has something in him that if discovered and well harnessed would lunch him into the society of geniuses. There is always an area of life that every man is gifted. Even the biggest dunce in one field has a specific area where he is talented and if he could discover his talent and put it to good use; only sky would be his limit.

Scott Barry Kaufman, an American pathologist, once averred; “Genius involves figuring out who you are, and owning yourself." Genius simply means discovering yourself and building on that thing that you found to be your strength.

Truly, traits are transferable from parent to child. And there is also the possibility that a child of intelligent parent would take after them; but there is no guarantee to that! Although, some children are quick to demonstrate high-level intellectual trait right at tender age, but they likely would become nothing if those trait are not well exploited, leveraged and put to good use (which is the making process).

'Make', according to wikipedia; "is to form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create." Therefore, it is safe to say that genius is the final product of combination of many parts, which includes: talent discovery, courage, vision, passion, insight, reasoning, practice, hard work, determination, perspiration, imagination, perseverance, et al.

startlingly, some, many a times, tend to take the fact that only few persons have attained the height of geniuses in the history of man to mean it is a special and super magical trait ascribe to few persons. "Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others," Says Mark Twain. Just as not everybody would live to become rich; many also would not live to become genius, even when they have the endowment; because not all would be willing to do and give what it takes.


While delving into Albert Einstein’s anatomy, Dean Falk of Florida State University was quoted to have said; "both nature and nurture were probably involved in Einstein's success, pointing out that his parents were "very nurturing" and encouraged him to be independent and creative, not only in science but also in music, paying for piano and violin lessons." "Einstein programmed his own brain.” “When the field of physics was ripe for new insights, "he had the right brain in the right place at the right time."

A critique of Falk’s statement above reveals that self discovery, supportive home, nurture, practice and positioning are what played the lead role in Albert’s success; which further corroborates the fact that genius is the final product of many factors, and not just a trait inherited by birth.

Furthermore, there is also the need to place more emphasis on ‘positioning’ in the making of a genius. Come to think of it; If Albert Einstein had lived all his years in a very remote section of a village in sub-Saharan Africa, and had no equipments and facilities to explore; would he still have lived to become what he became? Or if Lionel Messi (the much touted soccer genius) had out rightly gone the academic way, would he still have achieved high impetus as he does in soccer today? Our answers, undoubtedly, are synonymous. It is a capital NO.

Also, talking about child prodigy? Truth is, every child prodigy was only lucky to have been at the right place, doing the right thing at the right time. They were fortunate enough to have discovered themselves early in life and providence so have it on them that they had a very supportive home and environment. The musical genius - Mozart, was only lucky to have had a father who himself was a musician and was able to furnish his daughter with what he thought would help her in her musical career.

Conclusively, genius is a sheer product of self discovery, positioning, hard work, perseverance among others. Thomas Edison would have become nothing had he not persevered - it takes only a determined person to try out something more than a thousand times. “Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard,” says Kevin Durant. No matter the enormity of the talent of a child; it would out rightly amounts to nothing if all the virtues cited above are missing.

Before I put scribble to halt, I would like to affirm, once again, that genius are not born, but made. Thank you.


REFERENCES:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_brain

https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/facts.html

http://news.sciencemag.org/2012/11/why-einstein-was-genius

https://www.quora.com/Can-a-genius-still-be-a-genius-if-they-are-uneducated-in-the-modern-sense

http://www.google.nl/search?q=child+prodigy+meaning&client=ms-rim&hl=en&oe=UTF-8&channel=browser&gws_rd=cr&oq=child+prodigy+meaning&gs_l=mobile-heirloom-serp.3..0l2j0i22i30.78.5846.0.6407.15.13.0.1.1.0.597.597.5-1.1.0....0...1c.1.34.mobile-heirloom-serp..13.2.636. x0N7ZdFQkaQ

Hi Sammyscholar,

You did largely well, but you need to do more on proofreading your write-ups for subject-verb concord. For example, in the last paragraph, it should be "genuises...are born", not "genuis...are born". Singular subject (genuis) is followed by "is", not "are".

Also, your use of "Conclusively" in the last paragraph is wrong. It should be "In conclusion..". Conclusively means "Without doubt" or "overwhelmingly proved".

Otherwise, you did well. Scores sent to judge.

owolabifunke14:
coming from you,I will keep quite because you are one of the few Nigerians I trust and respect a lot. But something is still blurred here,if cars were bought for former Heads of State as you said, why is nobody telling us of any

cars bought for Obasanjo,IBB,Gowon and Shagari by the same thief Dasuki?

Thanks for the kind words.

The FG is statutorily required to provide 3 cars to each former President every 4 years. When BH destroyed 2 of Buhari's, they were replaced by the NSA's office.

Within the tenure of GEJ, the 4-year replacement cycle for the former Presidents' cars elapsed and were all duly replaced as required by the constitution. No big deal here, guys just sensationalised Buhari's as incumbent president and subject of this regime just to score a point. It's a routine act.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/dasukigate-buhari-never-received-monetary-compensation-from-jonathan-for-attack-on-his-convoy-presidency/

owolabifunke14:
Uncle jarus

Don't tell me you believe Buhari collected money? Where did you see that Buhari collected money?

Cars were bought for former Heads of State, including Buhari, from the Security Vote, not from arms purchase money.

knostbrown01:
very handsome and very dullard

You can be "very dull", but you can't be "very dullard".

Now who's a dullard?

Kai, so sad. To think the car doesn't look like one in which all occupants died.

It was very shocking when I heard. He was well known to me (not on personal level). Our paths crossed on Facebook in 2011 and we were always at loggerheads. He blocked me on his Facebook wall in 2012. I went ahead to publish articles to get back at him (and he did to me too).


So sad Eghes is gone.

May God comfort the family.

10 MOST CONTROVERSIAL MOMENTS IN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. Not generally. More controversies in Politics, Religion and other aspects of our national life.

bchi:
I came to Lagos in August in search of job, after I concluded One year nysc programme.
I left my mom and my kid brother to relief my mom expenses on taking care of us with my aunt( mom elder sis) and granny(mom's mother).
My mom is a single mother( lost husband at early stage of marriage like 5years after) and also an average civil servant, who has been taking care of every one and our needs.
I left them to Lagos to hustle and also support them.
Since I came to Lagos in August, I have been searching for job and spending my little service on transport, paper work(photocopy and writing/ rewriting of CVs) and feeding most times.
Here in Lagos, I live with A cousin brother(from mom side) who i respect alot and love most among my other cousins.
He accommodates me and sometimes drops #500 for cooking when need to , i have to manage it ( everything is expensive but I have to squeeze) and cook two days meal for both of us.
Since this month, he has been get upset over anything and i sense he not happy of my joblessness and he's fed up of my staying at home sometimes ( I stays back cos of no transport fare to go out and I was told to check back some places I tried by January).
My hope is in January and I believe I must get job by January with the faith I have.
My cousin brother came back yesterday 24 Dec and told me, he's travelling to villa that when he's back, I will tell him why i came Lagos. Before leaving he drops #500 for Christmas cooking.
I have endure enough staying with him by eating like a beggar because in my house we eat 3square meals everyday. Food is not our problem,Christmas day mom will prepare a big chicken, salad and drinks for us. I'm saying here is that am not after food but what he told me. Now I sense that he doesn't what me to stay in his place again. As it stands, I don't have anywhere to go and I really want to work in Lagos, am not lazy and I dislike staying at home. That's why I went for aviation course ( Ticket booking ), So I can get job since my grade is poor ( my bad mistake)but I believe my destiny is not tie to it.
I don't know what to do and where to go.
I have been crying all day.
PLEASE I NEED YOUR NICE ADVICE
Pardon my errors.
Thanks
Sorry for the long piece....


Mind you marriage is not my priority but I need to work for myself , I don't love depending on any one
#NoLiability

Which area do you stay in Lagos? Can you do a 15k per job?

OLADD:
Jona reduced the PMS price from N97 to N87 but Lai Mohammed and APC cried blue murder. Today, while in govt, all APC-led administration can do was a N2 reduction! What a scam!

Jonathan met petrol price at N65 and left it at N87. Does that tell the story now?

spicyuzo:
I am pleased to meet you sir.....

Pls pray not to meet him now o

I fear road travel more than any other form of transport.

ruffhandu:
Is that one of the names Kenyans call Nigeria, Ogaland? Hahahahaha.

From Nollywood.

Meeting my target of completing my second house within planned timeline of 1 year.

AreaFada2:
Suits him nicely.

Nigeria was seen as the best biggest hope for black people.

But we didn't live up to it.

World's greatest footballer of the era, Pele of Brazil, was in Lagos the day Murtala was killed in 1976.

ciwi:
No, I said I FEEL LIKE I wasted my money. The onus is on u to let me know I didn't waste it. That's ur business, I didn't ask you to beg me. Keep up with your attitude, I sure don't have anything to lose

Send me your account number and we will send your money to you. I don't have time for this and I will not take nonsense in the name of customer is king. Any customer that is sincere knows the right channel to complain, not seeking cheap publicity on public forum.

ciwi:
I do not have your direct line, the number I called was ur PA's and you need to improve your customer service skill. To have the mentality that anyone who complains is spoiling your business will not take you far.

You came to Nairaland to say you " wasted your money" engaging us, when you could have used the same medium to ask "Jarus, I need your attention" and expect me to come and beg you. Nah, I don't do that.

ciwi:
Jarus, if I demarket u, what will I gain?

Do I supply the same service as u?

The reason I wrote this here is cos I felt u were not involved in it and I felt I should bring it to your attention. What I expected you to do was to find out what the exact problem is and assist resolve it. For crying out loud, I am a customer. To dismiss my complaint as demarketing is not customer centric at all

You had obvious channel to complain to me directly, but decided to come to Nairaland to complain - to the whole world. And you think we should also be begging you on Nairaland, rather than call it what it is?

ciwi:
I contacted u guys for the same service. Was satisfied at all with the job done. In fact, I feel I just wasted my money.

More than 100 people were satisfied and felt they even underpaid, so your your demarketing will not work.

Food don ready

honeric01:
Please do, i made a "financial" error that concerns you. i bet by now you'd have noticed[size=2pt] (If you GTB acct sends alert)[/size]

I saw the thing o. Wondering how it got there. I even searched for the name on Jarushub gmail adddress and my personal gmail, haven't had anything to d with such name n the past.

Send me an sms for faster treatment.

honeric01:
Second time i'd be drawing your attention to your PM. at least acknowledge my post!

This is the first I'm seeing but my apologies all the same.

My NL PM goes to my yahoomail which I check maybe once in a week. Will try and check tomorrow by Gods grace.

ProudOlodo:
What would you tell someone who is not inclined to the belief that everyone has need of a mentor?

It is absolutely in order not to have a mentor, but it is good to read profiles and biographies of people to learn one or two things.

ProudOlodo:
What would you tell someone who is not inclined to the belief that everyone has need of a mentor?

I don't agree everyone needs a mentor.

KanoAbiaBabe:
. Guess u r not a northerner. One of the negative thing about Sunusi is the fact that he has no feelings for the poor,maybe becos he has never tasted poverty all this life. I have no problem with him,but he is nowhere to compared to late Ado bayero ,We the southerners miss him.
Congrats dear,more grease to ur elbow.

And I will try and relate this to him as feedback from his people in Kano.

Part of what he said yesterday which I was impressed about was empowerment intiatives he has championed in Kano. He talked about farmers, tomato farming and 500k grant to the poor Kano tomato farmers etc.

So, surprised with your feedback. Thought the poor should like him more.

Akinrogun:
I'm indifferent to the mentorship discussion.

Jarus Jarus.....i need to give my commendation.

for your services to the Nairaland community in the days of yore.....when nairaland.com is trying to find its feet....before d advent of indomie generations.....u rose like a Titan and defended d vision.....u did ur best.

accept my heartfelt gratitude....God is a rewarder of diligence....He'll surely recompense ur act of love. Thanks a million!

Thanks bro. And I must thank Nairaland too for giving me the platform to pursue my passion. Admittedly, I think Nairaland made me online. It was from NL I went to float my own online platform too that also morphed into a full fledged company.

Noteworthy also that the first chapter in that book started as a Nairaland post in 2008. I just expanded it to form a standard article and that's chapter 1 of that book.

cosmo84:
How come you now know him personally, all things you've posted have pointed to your being grateful at this meeting.

I don't intend to just criticize you but someone is not a mentor because you share similar characteristics, infact a mentor is one you look up to cause there are things in that life you aspire to.

Orubebe was fearless and courageous in his drama.

First physical meeting, but almost weekly communication via other media since at least 5 years.



This thread was my convo with him on currency redenomination policy 3 years ago https://www.nairaland.com/1029840/conversation-sanusi-new-currency-policy