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Power of a woman- My View

Naturally ladies have the advantage of having keen attention from men ( most especially) and fellow women. This is linked to the fact that women are seen to be more innocent and harmless than men. This notion is the reason why people would not board a cab that has men ( especially young men) as all or majority of its passengers. It is the understanding of such potential in women that Criminals who rob people on transit employ ladies to aid them carry out their dirty mission. The fact that we see so many men in prison than women is also an evident with which I base my argument. It is clear that women are not involved in many capital crimes like men do.

Additionally, if a lady talks to a person whether male or female, the possibility of the listener to see her as fraudster is very slim compared to when a man is involved. Most people will not even want to see the lady's means of identification ( that is if she confronts them as a company's agent) before yielding to them. It therefore means that a Lady has an advantage of succeeding as a product marketer than a young man. This potential fondly referred to the power of a woman is an advantage for ladies. It is a tool with which positive approach towards life and daily struggles can be taken if used properly. But it is quite unfortunate that majority of ladies ( especially the lazy and promiscuous ones) ignore that good and positive tool and place emphasis on using "bottom power" and using it well. Such class of ladies will normally interpret "having what it takes to succeed as a woman" to mean "using her body members for act of seduction and other immoral act".

I strongly see the power ( ability to attract attention, care, favour) of a woman as natural. And that it can be used by a serious, industrious, virtuous and positive minded lady for her own good and that of her environment( nation) and people around her.

#IamMcCoyMcPeter

Power of a woman- My View.

Naturally ladies have the advantage of having keen attention from men ( most especially) and fellow women. This is linked to the fact that women are seen to be more innocent and harmless than men. This notion is the reason why people would not board a cab that has men ( especially young men) as all or majority of its passengers. It is the understanding of such potential in women that Criminals who rob people on transit employ ladies to aid them carry out their dirty mission. The fact that we see so many men in prison than women is also an evident with which I base my argument. It is clear that women are not involved in many capital crimes like men do.

Additionally, if a lady talks to a person whether male or female, the possibility of the listener to see her as fraudster is very slim compared to when a man is involved. Most people will not even want to see the lady's means of identification ( that is if she confronts them as a company's agent) before yielding to them. It therefore means that a Lady has an advantage of succeeding as a product marketer than a young man. This potential fondly referred to the power of a woman is an advantage for ladies. It is a tool with which positive approach towards life and daily struggles can be taken if used properly. But it is quite unfortunate that majority of ladies ( especially the lazy and promiscuous ones) ignore that good and positive tool and place emphasis on using "bottom power" and using it well. Such class of ladies will normally interpret "having what it takes to succeed as a woman" to ean "using her body members for act of seduction and other immoral act".

I strongly see the power ( ability to attract attention, care, favour) of a woman as natural. And that it can be used by a serious, industrious, virtuous and positive minded lady for her own good and that of her environment( nation) and people around her.

#IamMcCoyMcPeter

YOUTH CORPERS UNVEILS A NEW LOGO FOR AKWA IBOM STATE

As part of activities marking the 30 years anniversary of Akwa Ibom State, some serving youth corp members recently launched a new logo in commemoration of the event.
According to the Youth Corp members, the launching of the logo is a way of giving back to the society that has accommodated them thus far.
It was gathered that the Youth Corp Members also expressed delight at the rapid development witnessed by the State in the last few years which has heralded a new chapter in their lives and has thus contributed to their success story.
It will be recalled that Akwa Ibom State will clock 30 years on the 23rd day of November, 2017 following her creation from the then Cross River State.
The launching of the new logo is in synchronization with the hashtags #AkwaIbommyfuture and #AkwaIbommysuccessstory which was exclusively created for the anniversary.

Cc lalasticlala ,ishilove , ishlove

BEYOND THIS SECOND COMING

(An analysis of the poem titled: This Second Coming, written by ORIMOLOYE IFEOLUWA)

Here is the link to the Poem: https://www.nairaland.com/3941917/second-coming-poem-orimoloye-ifeoluwa

REVIEWED BY: PETER EKEMINI
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This second coming could be assumed to be an expression of a heartbroken lover to his beloved, Abike. Abike, in the Yoruba philosophy means “born to be taken care of”, Abike is therefore a child that is meant to be treated with care. It should also be noted that for Abike to “be meant to be treated with care”, then, Abike could be said to be fragile.
But beyond all this, the poem fits into the description of the current political situation of Nigeria touching especially the absence of the ailing President of the Country. Abike, here in this context could point to no other person other than the President of the Country and the fragile nature of his health. The poem could therefore be a pointer to the inner feelings of his “regent”.
Reports indicates that in the absence of the President of the Country, some cabals have hijacked the reins of power and reduced the “regent” to nothing but a mere coordinator. It could also be assumed that this may not augur well with the (now) coordinator of the activities of Government, who has been reported by some individuals to have been prevented from seeing his beloved, the ailing President, who according to the poem “stared away from a distance.”
Therefore, for the purpose of this piece, the (supposed) main characters namely; the President of the Country and his Vice (now acting) President would hereafter be represented with the word ‘beloved’ and ‘hero’, respectively.
By saying that his beloved “mindlessly stared away from a distance in the comfort of the voyage”, the hero could have felt that despite knowing his wishes, intentions and lamentations, his beloved seemed to be yet unconcerned about these lamentations and wishes. Thus, he stated that he had “knocked until the demise of his wrists and shouted until the rotting of his tone.”
This, if related to the current political atmosphere in the country, could mean that despite doing everything within his power, yet, the hero has hitherto been denied an access to his beloved.
It could also mean that the hero feels that his beloved seems to be unconcerned about the controversies, travails and elements working against his tentative assumption of power.
At some point, it would be observed that the hero reportedly stood at the entrance of his beloved heart at “half-mast”, that is, hopelessly and with sorrow he had waited for the return of the beloved. The hero seemed to have lost hope at some point when he sorrowfully declared “what can the righteous do, be that the bond is broken.”
However, the second stanza appeared to have signaled hope for the young lover. Albeit, despite the huge fiasco, he seemed to be yet unperturbed by his beloved’s seeming nonchalance. This was expressed in the first line of the second stanza of the poem, where the hero stated that “he is still standing by the door of the beloved’s heart”
According to the hero, although “his heart is bleeding” and he is “cowering in shame behind a finger, yet he would be willing to be again signaled for this cohabitance.” That is, the hero would be willing to be again called upon to work with his beloved. This could yet be an absolute and an uncommon show of loyalty for his beloved.
The hero also wishes to be given a second chance to prove his worth by “making a mountain out of a molehill, rather than to make a molehill out of the mountain.” This description also indicates that the hero is aiming for a breakthrough that can be guaranteed once his proposal is given a consideration.
Also, in his words, “this apathy of a mountain shall be reduced”, can be interpreted to mean that he intends to destroy the dreaded cabal if he is given the opportunity.
In the end, this hero hopes to “return to the earth a burnt offering which shall be offered, on the day his beloved offer to pass his lane.” This can be translated to mean that the hero would be very happy the day his beloved begins to pay attention to him or consent to his wishes.

NIGERIA IS STILL IN DARKNESS (II)
BY: PETER, Ekemini
Email:ekeminicephas1@outlook.ccom

Favouritism and tribalism is another problem of Nigeria. I am aware that Nigeria lacks a common goal and identity. I learnt that tribalism and favouritism is one of the causes in the light of such lecture.
In order not to favour some people and render this paper too sentimental, let me declare my views as regards some uniform officers. Our security personnel, as the name implies, are supposed to protect our right and existence as long as we remain loyal and patriotic. It is on the contrary that some of our uniform officers operate. I am aware that by the virtue of their work, a uniform officer should be given some level of benefit and preferential treatment. He may need to attend to an emergency in the next moment. But it is not right for a uniform officer to take undue advantage of the people by collecting the ATM cards meant for certain individual(s) and go straight to withdraw money for them without taking permission from the people on the queue. Some of them do it to be rewarded by their employers. Such action cause murmur in a place where such an officer was deployed to constitute and maintain peace. Sometimes the persons they work for are not even the pregnant women or aged that are permitted in such cases. I do know that some cases would demand a mass arrest by the police without requiring detention but to extract information that can lead to the arrest of a culprit. But I do not understand why some selfish officers would go contrary to what is expected of them. Some police officers would go against the command of a superior officer while on a mission to arrest. They will immediately beat up the suspect who may be innocent without carrying out any investigation. It is very common to see three to about five well-armed police officers going to arrest an unarmed civilian who only fought with a neighbor without shedding blood or causing severe injury. I am aware it is not so in developed countries. Those countries are the ones actually on track, we are still miles away.
What about our Doctors and Nurses and their negligence of duty. They will leave some patients to struggle and die in their pains in the name of “buy card and register first…you have to pay your deposit first”. They do that too in some Government hospitals. I know they want to ensure effective generation of fund. But what should be our priority in the case of life and death? Is it money? (Private hospitals may be exempted in that question). Can our government not make provisions for such cases in all government hospitals at least?
We have been in this darkness for far too long. Now is the time to wake up. We have been dreaming for years before now. Let us wake up. Otherwise it will be just like the much emphasized Vision 2020 which is now witnessing little or no attention. Our government should play her role well in development of appropriate systems for the nation’s building. Good monitoring team should be set up. Members of such team should ensure honesty, faithfulness and diligence in executing their duties. Respective leaders should refrain from greed and ensure they deliver their duty without selfish interest. Let us not concentrate on criticizing the leaders and the police with the understanding that we have failed as a group; a country. And that the police and politicians are seen to be very corrupt because there are closer and more open to us. We hardly speak against senior civil servants because they do their evil with just pen and paper inside their offices. Let us stand to the fact that we owe our country duties and obligations and we must do them. Let every citizen have a change and renewed mind and things will be better. Nigeria, our country will only continue to remain in darkness if the youths continue to say “I am just waiting for an opportunity to be there, I shall make money. Corruption won’t end in my time”. If corrupt minds are not renewed, things will not work normal since a corrupt mind breeds a corrupt leader. A corrupt mind produces a corrupt lecturer. Corrupt minds brings about corrupt masses. A corrupt youth will be a corrupt leader.

I do welcome corrections and critics but in polite, friendly and educative manner.

#IamMcCoyMcPeter.
© April 17

NIGERIA IS STILL IN DARKNESS (I)
BY: PETER, Ekemini
Email:ekeminicephas1@outlook.com

The earlier we realize that we are not actually progressing in the manner and direction that we ought to, the better for us and generations to come. We are in a country where almost nothing seems to go in the right direction and yet we close our eyes, silence our consciences and claim that we are on our way to the promise land: a land where unemployment will be reduced to minimum, a land where the problem of power failure will be reduced or completely eradicated, a land where our parents, brothers and sisters will be diligent and committed in executing duties in their places of work (especially government establishments), a land where our youths will shun violence and the so called leaders would refrain from sponsoring them, and so on. I am talking about the Nigeria we see in vision. It is high time we stopped looking for who is wrong outside our immediate environment, organizations and team and see things in a different way. We should start by accessing ourselves, parents, brothers, sisters, wives, husbands, friends and relatives. Whether (or not) these crime and errors can be attributed to someone is not my concern in this paper and better still can be deliberated upon by someone who cares to make his feelings known, as I am not willing to join in the blame game.
Exploitation we know was the major cause of agitation for Nigeria’s independence in the late fifties and early sixties. An achievement some define as a premature and an untimely harvest (without source). Our fathers as at then shouted “we want to be free and control our own things…The exploitation is too much…Stop keeping us in the dark”. But the question is: has the exploitation they fought against been eradicated? I say NO with my reasons. Some of our leaders left the period of darkness and slavery with some sediments, traits and traces of darkness. They could not for some selfish reasons and interest leave everything that has to do with exploitation. They could not shun greediness, desperation for wealth and the likes. These characters were passed on to their children, friends and relatives who circulated them. The evidence is what we are seeing today. When allocations are made for specific purposes, our corrupt leaders embezzle the fund. Each one of them (the corrupt ones) takes a portion until little or nothing is left. This is the reason why most infrastructures set up by government are never used just a day after commissioning. Why would contracts not be awarded to people who cannot carry out their duty when some members of committee that has to do with infrastructural development and project supervision has a share in the “proceeds” from the contract.
Our education system is another problem we must solve. The standard associated with learning is dying daily and yearly, even on occasions when we say we are developing it. Some of the corrupt senior staff of our universities, polytechnics, colleges, secondary and primary schools will not want the government’s effort to yield any or better results. In my secondary school, I never knew that WAEC scratch card was free for every candidate until 2011 and 2012. Candidates were given scratch cards alongside their examination numbers. Why will I continue to pay for the facilities meant for a particular level even after I have left the stated level? In certain instances, they say it is for maintenance but yet the place is filled with furniture devoid of routine maintenance. Some of these facilities are even very old. What about the ones you pay for and are not provided or installed the way it ought to be? One will pay for a facility which will only be provided at a time they know majority of the students will not be able to enjoy it. It is now very common to hear “we will not go deeply into that area of the topic, you will be taught in the university” in secondary schools. And in the university you are told “we will not deal much on that, you learnt that in secondary school”. Sometimes you are lucky to have actually learnt it in secondary, sometimes not. We believe these topics were in our secondary school curriculum, but do some schools have the necessary facility and required skilled-manpower to teach their students as required? In addition, some students and pupils belonging to some schools that are blessed with good and sound teachers will not want to study. A lot of us (students) waste our precious time on meaningless and harmful things (I do not want to count them) and forget about our aim of being in school. As a result, indulging in “sorting” of lecturers and bribing lecturer’s assistant to pass examinations in common. Some of us intentionally waste our study time and wait for examination time with the mentality of “it is just to cram and pass”. It is true that you will graduate but how will you solve problems? How sure are you that you can solve one out of a million problem? I know you will point to a lecturer in your school that does not (want to) teach when he should until periods close to examination. Nigerians, let us not deceive ourselves, we will continue to produce half-baked graduate if we do not access ourselves and ‘debug’ (permit me to use it) the errors. We must change our life style, behaviour, mentality and mindset towards things.
Another thing I do not understand is the grounds on which the political appointments given to our politicians are based. Is it based on expertise in the individual’s carrier? Is it based on acquired skill? Is it based on experience to be acquired? Maybe it is based on just compensation and recommendation. I wonder why the position of the Minister of power should be given to someone who studied neither power and machine nor Electrical/Electronic Engineering. Do Nigerians not excel in the field of transport management technology? Let us say we do not want to use just graduates, Doctors and Engineers. Do we not have Professors? I am sure that our present Minister of Works did not study engineering. In this respect, what has the Nigerian Society of Engineers done? I am yet to find out. If you feel you are clever, try NBA and NMA.
How about our economy? Do you realize that inflation rate in our country normally grows geometrically? If you do, who is to be blamed? Is it the government or private sector? To me, it is the private sector. Some individuals who in their spare time criticizes government and leaders, police and fake religious leaders will be waiting to take advantage of inflation in order to increase the price of a commodity. You will discover that handkerchief within a period of two days will be sold at N70 from N50. Those who have fuel stations can sell a liter of petrol at N150 from N120 within 24hours or less. Even at a time like this when there are lot of enlightenment messages preached almost everywhere, some of us do not want to shun the act of vandalism. Some citizens are still stealing armoured cables from electrical power substations and transformer unit.