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Our client is a first generation bank with branches all over the country urgently requires the service of a Productivity Support Officer.

The job location is in lekki/Ajah Lagos State.

ONLY CANDIDATES THAT LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY NEED APPLY.

Requirements:
• MALE not older than 27years
Maximum qualification - OND
• Ability to multitask
• Ability to think on his feet.
Very proactive


If you are qualified or know someone who is, kindly send your CV to Jideadeleke@whytecleon.com (08037270655) with the subject ‘Ajah/Lekki PSO'

Applications sent to any other mailbox outside the above will not be considered.

Our client is a fast growing confectionery business and urgently requires the service of a HR Manager who will hit the ground running.

The HR Manager will report directly to the MD.

The job location is in Agbara, Ogun state (outskirts of Lagos east) and the package takes care of accommodation.

ONLY CANDIDATES THAT LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OR WILLING TO RELOCATE TO AGBARA NEED APPLY.

Requirements:
• 10 years experience
• Ability to manage expansion of the group
• Ability to implement HR policies and strategy
• Certification is an added advantage

If you are qualified or know someone who is, kindly send your CV to careers@fastizers.com with the subject ‘HR Manager Position’

Applications sent to any other mailbox outside the above will not be considered.

Hi guys, we urgently in need of customer service reps.

Minimum age is 27, graduate of any discipline is fine. Must be fluent in English and an indigenous Nigerian language. Interview starts Tuesday next week.

Pls kindly send your detailed CV to jideadeleke@whytecleon.com with the title "Customer Care Rep - indigenous language spoken".
For instance, if I speak Yoruba and Igbo, I will make my subject "Customer Care Rep - Yoruba&Igbo."

Hurry guys!!!

Our client, a fast growing new generation bank in the Nigeria economy, seeks to recruit highly intelligent, young and dynamic professionals with integrity for the position below with excellent career growth opportunities:

JOB DESCRIPTION:
•Taking deposit from customers and crediting their accounts respectively.
•Collection and posting of dividend warrant
•Processing of cheque lodgement for local and central clearing
•Opening of Savings and Current Accounts
•Calling of tellers transaction on daily basis
•Posting of profit and loss account
•Payment of cheques that meet mandate requirements
•Receive all cheques of any amount, provide timely and courteous teller services
•Obtain approval from head of tellers or appropriate authority for amount beyond own limit.
•Monitor the cash-in-till balance and request for funds as required.
•Perform other duties as assigned by head of tellers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
•Open and close of teller batch for the day’s operations.
•Payment of cash and cheques withdrawal to customers.
•Received of both cash and cheques deposit into customers accounts.
•Register of all cash transactions in their respective registers and balance registers daily.
•Posting all customers’ transactions.
•Check customer’s balance and verify customer’s signatures.
•Ensure cash analyses are done on all cash transactions.
•Call over of daily transactions.
•Escalation of issues bothering on cash theft, lose, shortages/ overages.
•Carries out other tasks as assigned by the head of teller

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
•Very quick learner
•Keen attention to details
•Good team player
•Relationship Management
•Problem Solving
•Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite1
•Strong computer skills
•Interpersonal skills
•Good written and oral communication
•Service orientation and strong Customer focus
•Integrity

Educational Qualification
•BSc (Minimum 2:2) and HND (Minimum Lower Credit)
•Age: Not more than 28 years
•Experience in the banking industry will be an added advantage



Interested candidates should log on to www.whytecleon.com click on TRANSACTION TRAINEES to submit their CVs. This position is for immediate employment

JOB DESCRIPTION:
•File Management (Ensuring that files are properly kept and secured)
•Mail management ( Receipt and preparation of mails)
•Dispatch of internal mails
•General Office Operational support services (Not personal errand)
•Work on Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
•Any other official duty that may be assigned by Supervisory Officer(s)


KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
•Very quick learner
•Keen attention to details
•Good team player
•Relationship Management
•Problem Solving
•Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite1
•Strong computer skills
•Interpersonal skills
•Good written and oral communication
•Service orientation and strong Customer focus
•Integrity


Educational Qualification
•OND Graduate only (Minimum Lower Credit)
•Age: Not more than 27 years
•Experience in the banking industry will be an added advantage

Interested candidates should log on to www.whytecleon.com click on Productivity Support Officer (PSO) to submit their CVs, not later than one week from the date of this publication.

Our client, a fast growing new generation bank in the Nigeria economy, seeks to recruit highly intelligent, young and dynamic professionals with integrity for the position below with excellent career growth opportunities:

TRANSACTION TRAINEES (TT)

Locations: ABUJA, KANO, GOMBE, JIMETA, MAIDUGURI, BAUCHI, JOS, KADUNA, ZARIA, LOKOJA and BENUE

JOB DESCRIPTION:
•Taking deposit from customers and crediting their accounts respectively.
•Collection and posting of dividend warrant
•Processing of cheque lodgement for local and central clearing
•Opening of Savings and Current Accounts
•Calling of tellers transaction on daily basis
•Posting of profit and loss account
•Payment of cheques that meet mandate requirements
•Receive all cheques of any amount, provide timely and courteous teller services
•Obtain approval from head of tellers or appropriate authority for amount beyond own limit.
•Monitor the cash-in-till balance and request for funds as required.
•Perform other duties as assigned by head of tellers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
•Open and close of teller batch for the day’s operations.
•Payment of cash and cheques withdrawal to customers.
•Received of both cash and cheques deposit into customers accounts.
•Register of all cash transactions in their respective registers and balance registers daily.
•Posting all customers’ transactions.
•Check customer’s balance and verify customer’s signatures.
•Ensure cash analyses are done on all cash transactions.
•Call over of daily transactions.
•Escalation of issues bothering on cash theft, lose, shortages/ overages.
•Carries out other tasks as assigned by the head of teller

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
•Very quick learner
•Keen attention to details
•Good team player
•Relationship Management
•Problem Solving
•Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite1
•Strong computer skills
•Interpersonal skills
•Good written and oral communication
•Service orientation and strong Customer focus
•Integrity

Educational Qualification
•BSc (Minimum 2:2) and HND (Minimum Lower Credit)
•Age: Not more than 28 years
•Experience in the banking industry will be an added advantage



Interested candidates should log on to www.whytecleon.com click on TRANSACTION TRAINEES to submit their CVs. This position is for immediate employment and candidates should either reside in the states above or be willing to relocate on their own.

More details: 0802 359 2706; 0803 727 0655

Loose ends not lose ends. (Carefully edit)

Please if you do not have hands-on IT support skills you need not apply. Bare in mind the location as well when applying as my client will not be paying relocation allowances.

If you have been in bank IT support please highlight it in CV. Thanks

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: IT Support Officer

Location: KANO | ENUGU | PORT HARCOURT

Job Summary
Ensuring systems and software are working at optimum

Requirements
Minimum of 2 - 3 years experience
Good knowledge on technical support

QUALIFICATION:
BSC HND OND


SEND CV to lucascrib@yahoo.com

by Lucas Togan

I finally stopped beating my wife just last weekend. And I vowed never to touch her again. The reason for this paradigm shift is what I want to share in this article.

In the few years that I've been married, I have often come to the tipping point of giving my wife a thorough beating. I have often been tempted to end a heated dispute with a deafening slap. Sometimes I threaten her with physical abuse (Don't lie, you've been there too). In all these cases, I have only succeeded (or is it failed?) once in punching her arm. An incident that I deeply regret till today. I'm not sure if I felt sorry for hitting her or disgrace and disgust at myself for having stooped so low.

My wife is a very strong woman and you'd have to really be in control to convince her on many issues. Let's just say she has her own voice and refuses to be silenced for no good reason. This attribute is very rare in my society for ladies. I was brought up in a society that promotes male superiority over the woman. I belong to a religion that relegates the female folk on all possible fronts to background responsibilities. I enjoy the privilege of knowing that I can get away with almost anything I do to my wife in this society. Even her folks would accommodate many of my excesses should I choose to subject her to such. So little wonder that I feel so much venom when she does not succumb to my whims and wishes as often as I want her to.

However, being the type of person that self scrutinizes often, I decided to investigate the root of my disposition by asking these questions:

1. The rage I feel when my wife challenges me on certain issues - is it nature or was I nurtured to feel that rage? If my younger brother or friend (emphasis on younger male), who's taller, bigger and obviously stronger than me, were to challenge me on same issues will I feel the same rage? If I do, will it be to same extent? Will I be as condescending in my reproach of fellow males as I am of my wife?

2. If I married Ronda Rousey, the MMA champion, will I feel the same rage as I do towards the woman I married? - knowing that Ronda will kick my ass will calm me down considerably I'm sure.

3. What if I ended up with a soldier wife who's well trained in all combat situations and can physically defend herself? Will I ever raise my hands on her or ever think of striking her?

The answer to the questions above is quite obvious. Evidently my position of authority will be greatly hampered should I find myself in any of these situations. That begs the question - can wife battery be justified in any guise? I think every man who has thought about beating his wife is guilty of wife battery because only a coward man hits or thinks of hitting a woman (especially one that can't defend herself physically). This warped ideology in itself is the problem with my society - the misrepresentation of cowardice for authority.

In southwest Nigeria, women are taught absolute submission from the tender age of 5. It is almost as if marriage is a trophy to be achieved in this lifetime and making that marriage work is her ultimate goal in life. Men on the other hand, are prepped with endless doses of superiority complex pills right from boyhood to the extent that they assume this demi-god mentality and inevitably often act with impunity towards the wife.

It is this superiority complex that I seek to address here. I am a firm believer in spanking or flogging children as a form of reproach. I was often spanked and I turned out pretty fine. But spanking an adult? Naaaa! Not done. Should never be done. The thing about beating a woman is that you are announcing that she is a child. If she is truly a child then you the man should be charged with pedophilia for marrying a minor. She is not a minor. That she is your wife already confirms her adulthood because only adults concede to marriage. If you have ever as much as thought of hitting a woman, you are guilty of wife battery because it all starts in the mind. Only a question of time before it is made manifest. Men should think of women as adults and that may just help a bit.

I would like to make clear here that most movements that advocate against domestic violence are getting their tactics wrong. The fight should be taken to the root of the problem - society and religion. We the people must stop feeding men with these superiority mentality and must start to encourage the females to self identify early in life. When a woman understands herself and loves herself she can better identify a life partner that she naturally connects with. She should not be a servant wife but a partner wife who understands that she has rights just as the man.

I have since stopped "beating" my wife and realized that loving her gets her to do the things I want faster and better than before. I am happier and healthier. Above all these I am finally free of the many thoughts of battery because each time it crosses my mind I think of her as Ronda...lol.

(CAVEAT: A woman that hits a man and gets an ass whooping is guilty of beating an adult and self defence on the part of the man is a good excuse.)

*This piece was written with permission of the couple involved*

SPARK! Let's change it.

Our client, a first generation Nigerian bank seeks to recruit self-motivated, intelligent, articulate, dynamic and experienced professionals with integrity for the position of Security Offices (SO) nationwide.

POSITION: SECURITY OFFICER

JOB DESCRIPTION

This position involves working with a team of security officers to provide an efficient and professional security service to the Bank, its staff and customers.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide a professional, efficient, and approachable security service, high level of customer service to staff and visitors at all times.

Carry out internal and external patrols, day and night to ensure a safe and secure environment, recording maintenance issues, potential breaches of security or unusual occurrences in the ‘Daily occurrence book’.

To provide visitors to the Banking Hall with helpful advice, guidance and information and if not able to do so, direct to other members of staff who can assist.

 Ensure that those who should not be granted access to the Banking Hall are professionally and politely prevented from gaining access or escorted from the building.

 Provide support in an emergency or evacuation situation, in a calm and professional manner. Actively provide information to any emergency services when requested to do so.

 As part of the team to undertake regular testing of fire alarms and other security equipment, completing the appropriate logs, and notifying the Security Supervisor or Head of Operations of any issues of malfunctioning equipment.

 Ensure and regularly check that the Banking Hall’s fire exit doors are maintained free of obstructions and that the chains are removed when the Banking Hall is occupied, reporting any defects or maintenance issues as appropriate.

 Monitor and respond immediately to alarm system activations to check designated areas of concern. Effectively use of the Banking Hall’s PA system to notify staff and customers of situations or actions required of them.

 Ensure that the bank’s CCTV system is professionally, effectively and sensitively monitored in compliance with the Banking Hall’s agreed standards.

 Conduct individual bag or property searches, if directed to do so by the Duty Manager or a senior manager.

 Ensure the effective control and maintenance of keys and security equipment including any equipment e.g. radios.

 Maintain all security related equipment and working areas to a high standard of cleanliness and safety and ensure all defects are reported.

 Complete relevant records and log books, in a professional manner providing sufficient detail.

 Respond to requests to move on touts and vagrants from the bank’s property and ensure that staff and clients are not harassed by providing a visible security presence.

 Support and comply with the bank’s Fire, Health and Safety, and Security policies and procedures.

 Undertake first aid training and provide first aid services to staff, visitors or customer as requested.

 Working with a Building Service Technician or Fire Officer, carry out the evacuation of people from lifts, to minimise panic and ensure the safety of all concerned.

 Assist in the induction and training of new members of the team.

 Where required work as a Duty Fire Officer (training will be provided) during events to patrol the building and report potential risks to the Duty Manager.

 Deal with any suspicious packages, maintaining own and others safety and dealing with these in accordance with the bank’s procedures.

 Actively maintain the confidentiality of information to which Officers will be privy, be this around individuals or security sensitive information in relation to the Building.

 Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required by the Security Supervisor, Head of Operations, Duty Manager and Bank’s management.

Person Specification Essential

 Be customer focused with a smart presentable appearance and willing to uphold the Bank’s customer service approach
 Strong verbal and written communication skills
 Excellent inter-personal skills
 Security experience preferably as part of an in-house team
 Ability to maintain a sense of calm and control in difficult situations, minimizing panic in others
 Reliable with excellent timekeeping
 Ability to use initiative and be adaptable
 Self-motivated with a willing and friendly approach
 Ability to work effectively and constructively within part of a team
 Excellent general health with a good level of physical fitness
 Willingness to undertake a flexible shift pattern, to include night shifts in accordance with the bank’s roster
 Ability to respond appropriately to alarms
 Ability to assess a situation quickly, using appropriate actions to diffuse a situation and provide effective solutions, particularly with people demonstrating disruptive behaviour.
 A good knowledge and appreciation of current security environments, the potential risks and threats and actions to mitigate these.


Desirable
 Current first aid certificate from a recognised Institution
 Capable of using the Microsoft Office packages (Work, Excel, Outlook) and generally IT literate


Educational Qualification
 A good SSCE or ND ( minimum of Lower Credit)
 Certificates in security training will be an added advantage
 Age: Not more than 40 years
 Interested candidates must have experience in the security sector.


Candidates should logon to www.whytecleon.com and click on the Security Officer (SO) position to fill out the form. Application closes one week from date of this advert.

recruitment@whytecleon.com.


Please like on facebook @ www.facebook.com/whytecleonlimited

Our client, a first generation bank in the Nigeria economy seeks to recruit highly intelligent, young, well articulated and dynamic professionals with integrity for the following positions nationwide: CUSTOMER CARE OFFICERS (CCO)

Job Description
•Attend to customers enquires promptly and efficiently
•Issue banker’s signature confirmation and reference letter as required
•Refer customers request beyond his/her limit to appropriate authority
•Process internet banking services and e-product request
•Perform other duties as assigned by the Business Service Manager

Skills Required
•Good customer service skills
•Good relations skills
•Good problem solving skills
•Good documentation and record keeping
•Good reading and listening skills
•Good dress sense

Educational Qualification
•HND Graduate only (Minimum Lower Credit)
•Age: Not more than 27 years
•Experience in the banking industry will be an added advantage


Please visit www.whytecleon.com or call Kayode 0703 761 7340

DRIVERS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED FOR IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT.

SALARY from 40k

call 0802 326 6758 now

pleep:
Maybe because those of us abroad are actually smarter and more informed?

dude... do you realize that as a landlord your property depreciates ( looses value) faster the more people are living in it? That stipulation is there so that his tenants don't flood his property with permanent "visitors" who aren't paying him. Hospitality be damned business is business.

You should let more capable people make the important decisions.

You live abroad and are smarter yet you spell "lose" like that? Issorai.

by Lucas TOGAN


I'm ashamed of myself this morning. I am the problem with my country. I will not blame any leader ever again for the monster that I have become. I have lost my humanity in the pursuit of my daily bread.

A few years back, I hitched an Abuja bound ride from Ibadan. I was first to board the "cha cha tokunbo" (chacha means "brown" new not "brand new" and tokunbo is second hand ~ get used to the oxymoron) Toyota highlander SUV. As we moved, he hailed a lady on a bike bound for the official Abuja park. She liked the car but was skeptic seeing just two guys in the front seats. To allay her fears, I told her I had just boarded a few minutes earlier. She immediately asked to see IDs - like that would have prevented us from hurting her if we were so inclined. She finally boarded and we were soon on our way. Just after Okene (mid- western Nigeria), we witnessed a ghastly motor accident. Apparently there had been a head-on collision between two Toyota Hiace filled-to-capacity commercial transporters (Nigeria's major means of inter-state travel).

The scene was gory to say the least. The driver slowed just enough for all of us to catch the full picture of events. Mangled bodies in the front seat, a man had half his torso outside the front window while the lower one was stuck in the car. Some injured people lying here and there. Dead ones lying lifeless elsewhere. The vehicles looked more like mangled metals than what they used to be just a few minutes earlier. Just as I thought the driver was going to clear and park to allow us offer some assistance, he accelerated to my utter shock and disbelief. Naturally I screamed, "what are you doing!? We should go and help those guys." His reply was even more shocking - "I am a nurse but I can't help them. You see, this car is for someone in my hospital. When I'm off duty, I buy and deliver cars to people. Besides, the closest hospital to where we are right now is half an hour's drive in the opposite direction. I can't afford blood on these seats and neither can I afford the time it would cost me to help them to the hospital. Sorry sir. And I know you don't want to drop either." Though I hated to admit it, he was right - I didn't want to drop. I couldn't say anything to that. The other passengers didn't say much other than the generic "eyas"(the sound we make when we sympathize with a situation or person) and mundane prayers to God for fortitude to bare losses. As he drove on, I felt like my soul was being dragged reluctantly from the scene.

That experience has stayed with me ever since and I've blamed myself for what I didn't do. I hated my excuses. I hated that I understood the driver's position and reasonable predicament. I blamed the system for rubbing me of my humanity. I blamed everyone and anyone for my inability to help those guys.

This morning, it happened again.

As I hit the road to work this morning, I saw a huge ball of fire on 3rd mainland bridge. I initially thought it was these political thugs fighting for either party because there had been pockets of violence since Sunday. As we approached, it became obvious it was a vehicle of sorts. As we leveled up, I saw a man on fire and still moving. I immediately asked the driver if he had an extinguisher and he said yes. I motioned that he park but he said "No O! We have already passed him now." And he continued driving. I looked back and no one - not a single car parked to help. Everyone was just "flying" off to their destinations. That Okene feeling enveloped me again. The man then said what completely killed my spirit - "Eya, and he woke up hail and hearty this morning O. God is in control." That's when I got mad - REALLY MAD.

"Sir, please keep quiet." I screamed. "We all ought to be ashamed of our collective selves. You have an extinguisher you did not stop. All the other cars did not stop either. My own excuse is that I am not the one driving. No excuse is good enough. We should help people. Our problem is not government. We are a sick sick people. We have no human feelings anymore. We are the problem with Nigeria. The problem with us is us. No leader can change a sick lot like us sir, so please stop the excuses and the prayers. You and I are the problem because even if I was driving I don't know if I'd have stopped." I got out of his car and banged the door. I wasn't mad at him. I was mad at us.

I have henceforth decided not to criticize any leader again. I will work doubly hard on becoming the person I want to see in society. I will dedicate the rest of my life to changing myself, my family, my community then the larger society. I will henceforth channel my evolution towards becoming a better human being.

I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS SO EMOTIONALLY BANKRUPT.



SPARK! Let's change it.


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Our client, a first generation Nigerian bank seeks to recruit self motivated, intelligent, young, articulate, dynamic and experienced professionals with integrity for the position of Marketing Associates (MA) nationwide.

Job Description

Continuously source for new business opportunities and deposit liability generation
Identify customer needs and proactively seek to provide products/services to meet the identified needs
Review applications for credit facility and make appropriate recommendations
Manage assigned credit portfolio and monitor the quality of existing credit relationships on a continuous basis
Analyze and screen applications for credit, based on the Bank’s credit risk procedures
Initiate and carry out recovery action on non-performing credit facilities on assigned accounts
Regularly contact customers via telephone calls and physical marketing visits to obtain feedback on service quality and customer satisfaction levels
Perform other duties as may be assigned by BDM or supervisor

Skills / Competence Required

Good marketing skills
Proficiency in MS Office suit- Excel spread sheet, power point etc
Deposited liability generation
Credit knowledge
Analytical
Basic banking
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Good customer service skills
Good problem solving skills
Good documentation and record keeping
Good reading and listening skills

Educational Qualification

A good Bachelors degree or HND only ( minimum of Second Class Lower or Lower Credit)
NYSC Certificate or exemption letter

Age: Not more than 32 years

Interested candidates must have experience in the banking sector.
Candidates should logon to www.whytecleon.com and click on the MA position to fill out the form. Application closes one week from date of this advert.

Email – recruitment@whytecleon.com.

For Urgent Employment:

I am in search of a FRONT DESK ASSOCIATE (FEMALE).

The candidate must have at least OND and decent looking as well. Must be very articulate, spoken english must be good and attitude must be positively exuberant.

To get this job, you must be a people person and understand that your personal problems must remain so - PERSONAL. Your attitude must be proactive and not reactive.

If you think you meet these criteria please call 0909 810 8400.

Location - Allen Avenue

Salary - 45k (neg.)

(Please if you are reading this and it is not for you, please do share. Also you might just have cleaners in your office who are pretty and qualified for this post. Imagine how you will change their lives from mopping to front desk.) ~ If each one can reach one, then each one can help one.

Ten months ago, I was a hundred per cent homophobic. Today, I'm less bias. You want to know what happened? I'll tell you.

I had a gay post last year on this page where I posited that having not taken part in birthing a child, gay people had no right to raise children. Academically, I still hold that position but when the premise is changed (which is what Bayero did) and viewed from the angle of the many homeless kids who are getting care and love from these people or the many abusive heterosexual homes who mess these kids up much more than is being perceived by being raised in a gay home, then we have a whole new discussion on our hands.

As the debate raged on and people made their different submissions and comments (championed by Bayero ofcourse), I started to ask myself "is homophobia nature or nurture?" This thought made me explore the matter.

What is homophpbia?

According to Wikipedia, Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being LGBT. It can be expressed as antipathy, contempt, prejudice, aversion, or hatred, may be based on irrational fear, and is sometimes related to religious beliefs.

Merriam-Webster says "irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals"

It is interesting and pertinent to note that homosexuality was once viewed as a mental condition. In my part of the world, it is still viewed as such and more often as a spiritual battle lost by gay people. To us, it is the devil - SIMPLE.

But should this blanket definition suffice? Can this bias stand critical scrutiny? Are we born with gay bias or did we learn to hate them?
In my opinion, which is informed by my limited knowledge of human anatomy, I find that the vagina expands and gets wet in anticipation for the entrance of the penis. I am not sure if the anus is designed to do that as well. But that's how far I've come with logically defending my bias. However, since homosexuality is much more than sex, I realised my argument was weak. So I asked myself these questions:

Am I homophobic by nature or is it my society that shaped my bias?

If I lived in a more gay tolerant society, will my position change overtime?

If my boss was gay, will I quit?

If I had gay team mates, will I quit the team?

If a gay man saved my life, will I be more tolerant?

If I had a gay offspring or sibling, what would I do?

In pondering these, I found that the only reason I still hold any shred of homophobia is because I lack the opportunity to interact with gay people. Being a strong advocate of judging people by contents of their character, I increasingly see the error in hating someone for who they choose to sleep with. I have realised that in this honest self evaluation and assessment, I am better equipped mentally to deal with them when I find myself in a gay tolerant community. I know I'd definitely cringe at my first sight of gay PDA, but I have come to understand that they are human first.

How will you respond to these questions?

‪#‎mindshaft2015‬

SPARK! Let's change it.

Lucas Togan tweets from @ltspark and please visit and like our SPARK! page on https://www.facebook.com/sparkchange

by Lucas TOGAN


Standing on the second floor of my school building that hot afternoon, I saw my dad walking to the principal's office. Now, I was one of those students that stayed out of trouble for the most part; so you can imagine my shock as he had given me no prior notice of visiting. Surely, a few minutes later, I was summoned. Guess what? He had come to school with a new jamb form so I could change my course from Architecture to Computer Engineering.

"Huh, seriously?", I thought.

Being a civil engineering contractor he explained that he'd seen too many an architect reduced to rubbles just to get a design job on site.

"Lai lai, my son will not do that", he thought. (Emphasis on "my son" - not me)

What did I know at the time? Fear of pop coupled with the fact that I believed there was no course I could not pursue convinced me to shift from what I naturally liked to what I thought I could do. How wrong I was!

Fast forward 8yrs - I graduate as a computer engineer from one of the most challenging university environments known to man - LASU!

What did I know? - Nada!

What could I do? - a whole lot other than anything I was forced to load up to stack up grades in school.

I used to hate LASU for my apparent discontent with life but that was misplaced. Then I hated pop for the same reason but that was also misplaced. The man did what he thought was best for his son at the time. Not me O - his son. But not his fault, he belongs to a generation that took most of their decisions based on a myriad of prejudices and insecurities. Above all they manipulated us mostly so we become like the societal figures they most admired.

Fast forward another 3 years, my son arrives. Before birthing the kid, wifey and I agree not to put any pressure on the lad in terms of class position - he can come any position but last. We also agree not to manipulate or influence his career choice but instead to identify his talent/strengths and invest heavily there in. This is the "best" that we want to give the boy. He is our son, but first he is an individual with his own race to run. The best legacy we can give him is to equip him well enough for this life race; not the rat race.

When parents say I want to give my child the best education - what do they really mean? More often than not, they mean I will send my child to the most expensive school I can possibly afford. However, what should they mean? A parent should give a child - not their child - the best education in line with the child's natural ability. Parents need to first shed the toga of selfishness and see the child as an individual with unique abilities and characteristics. In this light, it will be easier to invest in what that individual can do.

The biggest challenge facing my generation as we become parents is to have a paradigm shift from our folks (the generation before ours). I can bet I was schooled because kasali, who is a mechanic down the road, did not go to school. So my folks figured he failed because he lacked formal education. What they fail to realise is that in a different place; and different time, kasali - albeit lacking formal education - could have become the very best mechanic he could be.

What am I saying in essence, I have agreed with wifey that our son must finish secondary education at the very least but afterwards we will only support whatever he chooses to become - concert pianist, chef, biker etc. We do not want to contribute to the rat race the way everyone seem to be doing. We want a child who will be happy making money from his natural God-given abilities. We owe him this much. You owe yours this much. They should not die with their talent/potentials the way we seem to be dying with ours.


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by Lucas TOGAN

GEJ is a good and decent human being. I believe that he never thought he'd come so far so soon in his lifetime. But he has. I also believe that the body took office but the mind never came. GEJ is a nice and sincere guy - I truly believe that. But the problem is that "nice" is not a fruit of the holy spirit (my christian adherents can relate) and my corporate juggernauts know that "nice" guys don't get the corner office and they often finish last. I have never been a supporter but he especially disappointed me repeatedly with his unguarded utterances over the years. Also whatever empathy he had before taking office has since evaporated.

Buhari on the flip side rides on his past records. These records attest to his uncompromising nature and also his genuine distaste for corruption. Despite these laudable achievements, a few questions bother me:

1. Can he repeat same milestones without his formidable team mate - Idiagbon? - Who knows?

2. Are his 30+ year old credentials and modus operandi relevant in the face of modern day Nigeria? - Hard to tell.

3. Can he understand that while decrees go from table to street (pronouncement to implementation) in no time, bills can sometimes take years to pass? - I hope so.

Truth be told I have not seen a Nigerian leader who impresses me. Fashola came close but he did nothing special. Between the 2 described above, who is my man? Neither. But I'm gunning for Buhari - not because he has given me any clear cut blueprint about his plans for Nigeria but because I know there will be less sycophants around the president. I'm gunning for Buhari not because APC is less corrupt than PDP but because with APC, I believe one key sector will be handed to Fashola - I imagine POWER - and he will turn it into a "Lagos". I want Buhari because though some of his efforts might be frustrated by the national assembly, other sectors will function much better while he wrangles with the "big belly" men. I will vote Buhari because if he is the same man as 30+ years ago then his technocrat running mate will have a lot of input in governance. If Osinbajo does to Nigeria what he did to Lagos judiciary then my vote would have truly counted.

Buhari's pointe majeur is to fight corruption. The funny thing is that corruption will fight back and fight hard - very hard. Corruption needs to be starved. When you starve corruption, it dies a natural death. That's the Osinbajo style. That's how he approached the corrupt Lagos judiciary and won the war. Though I fear some of Buhari's ideas might be archaic and his methods border-line mundane, because of his choice of running mate, I am convinced they make a formidable team.

Having said all these, I, however, only want Buhari for one term. I want him to be a bridge to the future. A future where intelligence supercedes sentiments. A future where a performer like Fashola can be rest assured that what he did in Lagos for 8 years will guarantee him the Aso Rock residence. A future where people like El-Rufai will not be victimized after the outstanding job he did in Abuja. The list goes on. That future is not today; so Fashola should settle for a ministerial portfolio. El-Rufai should go and govern Kaduna. But the future belongs to the intelligent and Buhari is a safe bridge to that future.


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