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Its not a good news that only 48 out of over 6,000 students, could graduate with first class. Anyway, kudos to the deserving few.

1. Self- servicing a.k.a hand service... Pastor Chris once treated this issue, he didn't think its a sin. In my opinion; there is no actual place in the bible it was condemned directly... Its not clear wether a sin or not.
2. Drinking of alcohol... Drinking alcohol itself is not a sin, it is the act of being drunk which tends to make you sin unconsciously that is the sin. Some red wines are medicinal, also the natural palmwine is good for the body... But if you know you can't help being drunk, then don't drink. It becomes a sin when you do. Romans 13: 13 admonishes us to stay of from wild parties and getting drunk... Being drunk is the issue.
3. Marrying more than one wife... I'm not too clear on this.
4. Ladies putting on trousers... It is made clear in the bible that men should not put on women's clothings, likewise women should not put on men's. In that respect, I don't think a female trouser is men's, and the bible also admonishes us to not dress sexually provocatively, if you as a woman wears a trouser that is sexually provocative, you are a sinner.

Yes, gone are the days women were denied access to formal education, backed with fallacious and untenable reasons, it was that bad. As to comparing women's intellectual prowess with men, that isn't necessary. Women could be more intelligent than men in some cases, yes, likewise men could be even in major cases. So, I don't understand why the former should be stressed as a big achievement to the female folks, or are we (men) not equal to you(women) again? If we are equal, then its balanced. Even going by what Tolexander posted, you would discover there are only few exceptional women, compared to men. I'm not sounding biased here, its just an obvious fact, and I trust you won't deny being aware of that fact. In as much as women education cannot be over emphasized (we regard that), the campaign should not be unecessarily driven with sentiment.

Its not primarily poverty. There are many poor girls out there who wouldn't think of it. First, it has to do with addiction to lust. Then, greed sets in (which is always associated with lust). They are excessively materialistic, because they want to impress people with their look, as they are too conscious of how they look(they like to look sexily appealing, which is a clear case of lust)... All said, it should be clear that prostitution ( wether campus or not) is a matter of self decision. Poverty is not a substantial excuse, how do you then explain the case of children from affluent familes prostituting? Its an addiction, and with grave consequences, both spiritual and physical, and nonetheles; psychological, social and economical. Start cogitating it, you'll dig.

Who says Law, Masscom, Engr has a higher employment prospect more than the so called underated ones? A larger percentage of the unemployed or under employed today constitute the graduates of the so called overated courses; they are just too many struggling for a sigle spot. How many Law graduates today are employed or practicing? Even being a charge and bail Lawyer requires connection now.

Who says Law, Masscom, Engr has a higher employment prospect more than the so called underated ones? A larger percentage of the unemployed or under employed today constitute the graduates of the so called overated courses; they are just too many struggling for a sigle spot. How many Law graduates today are employed or practicing? Even being a charge and bail Lawyer requires connection now.

Every Nigerian assumes he knows everything about Nigerians.

I'm encouraged. Thanks for your comments, and I hope the message passes across.

There is no bone of contention anywhere. Respect is a matter of self worth and achievement, not necessarly tied to your field. Every discipline is important to the core, and we should realize that fact. A doctor cannot perform without the instruments made by the engineers, and an engineer too, can not be creative to produce machines if he is not healthy. A state in which both Doctors and Engineers dwell in cannot function well if not for political scientists. Infact, the interconnectedness of all our disciplines aggregates to appear as a whole, when we forsake one part, we won't be complete.

Happy celebration.

This is really a retrospective topic. I was only a class prefect between jss1 to jss2, and believe me, the experience was funny then, that I had to resign. I attended a public school where there were bunch of noise makers, after writing down their names, and appropriate purnishment given to them, I always had to face their fury, which I couldn't bear. On other notes; as a class prefect, you are just held reprehensible for everything you might not even had known anything about. It was that frustrating, and I had to quit.

Alikaxon:
Wow, am inspired. This is clearly from a sensible Nigerian. Well articulated. If only they will learn from this, and btw, they don't normally comment on threads like this; that will enlighting them... Pls mods, seun, fynestboy, mynd44, mukina2, u guys ensure this makes fp................ MODIFIED.... @op, going through your profile, you seem highly intellectual, kudos!

Thank you sir.

It has no indept meaning. Its just a normal act of celebration, just like popping champaign and sorth of.

I observed some things, and I feel Nigeria is worth an applaud. It marvelled me, how a somewhat super power nation could wonder on Nigeria's capability to tackle the dreaded Ebola disease without foreign assistance. They under estimated us, and were proved wrong. We came up with alternative drug, it was called a pesticide; "because Nigerians are so dumb to not know the difference between a pesticide and a drug? I could only wonder less, when we allowed the inferiority complex that we have always exibited to manifest again, it manifested before (HIV & Aides cure was developed by a UNIBEN professor, but we have soon forgot the news, still because of our inferiority complex, dancing to the tune of superiority pressure), and authorities that ought to defend our interest fearlessly, compromised to pressure. I'm a positive Nigerian, not because I'm not aware of the negativities, but I'm hopeful. In my opinion; Nigeria has achieved alot in recent years. It became the number one economy in Africa et al. Though, it could have achieved more, but it failed. I still think we should celebrate and appreciate Nigeria for what it is, for what it was, for what it will be.

I was impelled to come up with this, after reading a piece on the frontpage on "8 people that became successful without a university education". I'm not trying to dispute the fact that it is not possible, yes it is, but on a slimmer chance. I began to wonder why I didn't see the list of 1million people that made it without education, but just 8 people? On the other end, I know there exist more than a million people that became successful through the platform education afforded them. Now, why the negativity, why should we compare two things that are not measurable. Information such as that, have a greater effect more than you think. Youths and teanagers will read and be filled with false hope. They may just believe the fact and henceforth see education as unimportant, their zeal is reduced. On a final and most important note; let us stop seeing just wealth as success. An educated individual is a successful and happy person. Little wonder why professors and other high flying intellectuals are somewhat internally fulfilled and happy, irrespective of their financial status. A typical professor is just so satisfied with his knowledge. Also take a cue from the likes of past intellectual legends, as Albert Einstein, Plato, Karl Max etc, even Karl Max died a rached man, but nevertheless, his name continues to live in the anals of history. Those are people that are selfless, we should live a life of selflessness. If the inventors of what we all enjoy today were selfish, we wouldn't be enjoing their effort today. These people went through the pain of unending research, all in a bid to make life better, and I didn't hear they were millionaires in their time. So, we; what do we think we can offer? Even when we go to school, our motive is just to graduate and work in oil companies, how easy. How creative are our engineering students? And other disciplines are not an exeption. Nigeria should develop, we all scream. Who should develop Nigeria?..Nigerians. Who are Nigerians?..You and I. The task of taking Nigeria to greater height is in our hands. God help us.

More of your observations and your opinions are welcomed.

Our attitude on time: They call it African time, maybe because it is percuiliar to Africans, ofwhich has to stop. Who are the main people guilty of this? The high people in the society, whom everybody has to wait for their arrival before the show commences. With time, even the lower class started the trend (no thanks to the top men in the society for showing bad example). It makes me wonder how a scheduled event for 12noon will later start by 2pm or later. And with time, even the event organisers started playing on the tactics of the invitees; if they actually want an event to start by 1pm, they better schedule it for 11am disguisedly, and this tactics work. This makes me begin to wonder why we can't just do things right on our own if not compelled to. You know you have a schedule by 12noon, and it will take you maximumly 30mins to drive there, why then wait till exactly 12 before moving? You ought to get to any event earlier than the scheduled time, say 15-30mins earlier. The issue of lateness is worrisome. It is uncivilised and uncalled for. Our attitude on religion: Religion, instead of being a unifying factor is diversifying us, because of the way we interpret it. That we have a particular religious belief, doesn't make any one that doesn't share the same belief an enemy. We ought to show love to everyone. Until we learn to love and respect one another for who they are, peace won't be restored fully in Nigeria.

Our attitude on the environment: We are humans, and we dwell in the enviroment. It is our duty to maintain the environment, and make it look like what we want it to be. (Thanks to environmental possibilism). Let me make it simple; "our environment should be kept clean" by us. Some of us don't even care. We eat, drink in public and lither the waste on our evironment. We have street waste bins, right? But some people don't even care to know. It can be dropped anywhere, they think. This people ofcourse, knows how to tidy their homes, but fail at the public level. Does cleanliness ought to be limited? These are why we find hips of refuses at major roads/streets. (Thanks to Calabar, the cleanest city), and also thanks to some sensible government administrations that provide waste bins, but how well do we compliment their effort by simply using them? We always blame government for everything, forgetting that we too, have a role to play. And when the consequences backfire, we blame the government for causing it. Do I need to still talk about the dangerous health hazards of this ill practices, that we already know? We take our selves to be civilised, we should be able to use our senses and conduct ourselves well in public. Put off "I don't care attitude", it concerns we all. This issue might appear simple, but we are guilty.

Dear Nigerians and beyond, I briefly encapsulate these social ills, unprejudicedly. This is my observation, (maybe you concur) we all could be guilty of one or the other. We consciously or unconsciously exibit some of these behaviours, and it has a way of backfiring on us, directly or indirectly. We yearn that we need a change, we point at our leaders (I'm not justifying them), but the change must start from us. We should change or modify our attitude... All these attitudes are expressed on the internet for the world to see. Remember anything you post on the internet can be seen or read by anybody, and the content of your words, gives the reader an impression about you. Before we post, let us think. Let us cultivate good internet habit. This facet of the discussion is too elaborate, let me stop here. To the next facet...

D. I missed your call.

This is a very nice and inspiring article. The above commenters have said it all, I don't have anything different to add. The way the writer (onihaxy) thinks, is the way most Nigerians ought to think. Its high time we look into the society, examine things, and work on modifying ill issues. It begins with one step.

Having tattoos doesn't depict a sense of responsibility. Ofcourse; he will influence the children negatively, @the first example. It is synonymous with indecent dressing, and most people that are guilty of it are indecent. They can't sue the companies; the companies have the right to give terms and conditions of work, as well as dressing/appearance codes etc, as they so desire. When I see young people of nowadays drawing tattoos and piercing their body, immitating stars that have already made name for themselves. I don't laugh, I feel sorry for them. They lack foresight. If only they could see the impending consequences.