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3. Mobile Recording Studio – Talent Hunt

A Van equipped with a mini studio, goes to public schools with Producers, Talent scouts & coaches, after school hours, for on-the-spot auditions. They're looking for exceptional talents who need the right push/support for them to 'blow'.
Production will commence almost immediately for the selected ones, and more work will be done (Videos, Promos, etc.) to push the songs to digital platforms (iTunes etc.) for them to earn from streams and downloads. This can be a start to a very promising Music career.

2. Schools Art (Painting) Contest
This contest can help provide a platform for very talented Artist to be discovered, and their work monetized. A call for submissions of previous work or a rough sketch for a panel to review and select 50 – 100, who will receive painting materials (paint, brush, canvas, etc.) for them to paint their original piece, snap and submit.

All of the paintings will be put up for sale on online art stores, and the proceeds given back to the artiste with a small percentage retained as commission for admin and other marketing costs.
This will help give the artiste, much needed boost and encouragement to go on with making more Artworks. There is a Great Painter somewhere waiting for such an opportunity.

In Nigerian, there is still an urgent need to create more jobs, reduce cultism, rape and other vices. When young people are productively engaged, they will have less time/need to indulge in negative vices

Solution:

The Government, Private sector, NGOs, Religious institutions, those looking to immortalize a loved one and HNIs, can organize programs to help get young people positively engaged.
I will be sharing some of such programs or events that can help increase productive engagement of our young people.
I will summarize them and be available for more clarification should anyone be interested in implementing.

1. Interschool - Intercommunity Chess Competition
Chess is a game that can help teach young people to strategize and manage their every move towards winning. Organise a chess competition with a Grand prize for the Winner, 2nd, 3rd position and other consolation prizes.
For those who don't know how to play chess, Volunteers can be sent to the schools to teach in 1 hour learning sessions after school.
There is a chess guru somewhere that is waiting to be introduced to the game. When they are busy playing chess they won't have time for crime.

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Enough slips were cut last night.

Lyrics
God of grace
God of truth
Ruler of my new season
Thank you for being faithful
Setting new pace blazing the trail

Chorus
I am breaking limits
Changing levels
God has answered my prayers
He is taking me higher

Verse One
I'm ready for a lifting
Ready for my breakthrough
Jehovah is taking me there
No matter what the challenge is
No matter how the burden is
Jehovah is setting me free
Yea, though I walk through the valley of evil
God is ever by my side
Today is the day where I'm breaking limits
I have confidence in Jesus name

Chorus
I am breaking limits
Changing levels
God has answered my prayers
He is taking me higher

Verse Two
I'm heading to the top
And there's no more going down
Lines are falling in pleasant places
Jehovah Most High
He is taking me high
I have no joy for low places
See me as I'm flying
On wings like an eagle
The lord has renewed my strength
So in Jesus Name
I am breaking every limit
Limit breaker is the new code

Chorus
I am breaking limits
Changing levels
God has answered my prayers
He is taking me higher

Bridge:
On the wings of the holyghost
(I'm flying)
On the wings of the holyghost
(I'm flying)
Hey Push up push up
(I'm flying)
Hey Push up push up
(I'm flying)

On the wings of the Holy ghost
(I'm flying)
On the wings of the Holy ghost
(I'm flying)
I am breaking every limit
(I'm flying)
Hey I'm breaking every limit Yeah
(I'm flying)
God has answered my prayers
He is taking me higher

Chorus
I am breaking limits
Changing levels
God has answered my prayers
He is taking me higher

God has answered my prayers
He is taking me higher

God has answered my prayers
He is taking me higher

IT'S OUT

Ekei Essien, a Music Minister and graduate of Genetics and Biotechnology form The University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria has teamed up with the very prolific producer Ocha Manenos, spirit filled fingered bassist Zicstrings, Wonderful drummer Starflix and extraordinary BGVs also to bring us her first studio single titled "Breaking Limits"

Breaking Limits is borne from the overwhelming hunger and anger that arises when one suddenly realizes that he or she has been around a particular spot, condition, infirmity, yoke or burden for a time much longer than normal and you make up your mind that Enough is Enough.

You get up, declare and speak those things you want to see manifest in your life whether they look like it or not, till they Become.

No matter the situation, you can break the limits!

Follow the link below to listen and download and kindly share when you see this so others can be blessed too!

I wish you all a Limit Breaking New Year as you Soar on Eagle's Wings!

Listen & Download
https://my.notjustok.com/track/427086/ekei-essien-breaking-limits

Joblessness.

She has her life to live, celebrity or not

Nickisindigo:
but remember this is nigeria

What does this imply?
What are the fears or concerns?

SoNature:
It's a great concept, but Lagos has this kinda business model already.

When you hear people say they slept under the bridge in Lagos, it's not under the bridge per se.

Lagos has this kinda of massive apartment that can house lots of people. It's under one of the popular flyovers in Lagos

Are you being serious?

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By @mrebis on twitter

Imagine: A Co-living space, which could be a hall with 50 double deck beds with lockable cupboards and wardrobe spaces assigned to each bed. So 100 occupants. And about 10 toilets, 10 bathrooms. And 4 lounge areas, large dining and games space.

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It can serve as a space for new entrants into a City to stay till they find their feet and rent their own space. They will be able to pay as little as 5,000 naira monthly. That's 60k a year.

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The space will have dedicated cleaners and pay-to-use washing machines. So its a semi serviced coliving space.

Taking 5k from 100 people monthly is 500k, that is 6 million naira a year.

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Coworking spaces can also be provided within the co-living campus for those who are yet to find a job to use in submitting applications as well as embarking on other self development moves.

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Washing machines could be provided at the onsite Laundromat with games available to keep busy while waiting for your laundry.

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This will be a nice initiative for religious bodies to carryout to support young ones who are just living home to stand on their own.

Possible jobs created.
Security
Cleaners
Cooks
In-house Nurses
Technicians (Electricians, Carpenters and Plumbers)
Etc.
And other indirect jobs

With a growing presence across corner shops, supermarkets, and public market stalls, it is safe to say that Jumbo Detergent Powder is making an impressionable appearance and adding it’s own aesthetics to the shops and stalls wherever it is being sold or displayed.

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Coming back into the Detergent Powder market with a much improved and advanced formula, this Detergent powder with its eye-catching pack design is growing in the hearts of users and gradually earning it’s place on shop shelves.

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It has a distinctively soothing fragrance, and its new formula, improved its handling of tough stains while still gentle on the hands. Jumbo Detergent Powder has gained entry into shops, malls and marketplaces and is on course to reach more regions. If you are yet to find this product around your neighborhood, HOLD ON, IT IS COMING TO A SHOP NEAR YOU

More photos from the event

Over the weekend, BigKitchen held the maiden edition of its Burger Party where they set out to serve 100 guests with as much food as they can eat. Bels Lounge at the Abuloma Axis of Port harcourt was the venue and New Rivoc’s Jumbo Detergent was well received as part of the give aways prepared for the guests.

One of the recipients of the Jumbo Detergent pack, expressed how happy she was about the product being manufactured in Port Harcourt Rivers State, and stated her decision to start using only Jumbo detergent going forward.

There were a lot of Burger, Bole, Fish and Drinks to go round. In all, it was a good event and a Saturday well spent.

Over the weekend, BigKitchen held the maiden edition of its Burger Party where they set out to serve 100 guests with as much food as they can eat. Bels Lounge at the Abuloma Axis of Port harcourt was the venue and New Rivoc’s Jumbo Detergent was well received as part of the give aways prepared for the guests.

One of the recipients of the Jumbo Detergent pack, expressed how happy she was about the product being manufactured in Port Harcourt Rivers State, and stated her decision to start using only Jumbo detergent going forward.

There were a lot of Burger, Bole, Fish and Drinks to go round. In all, it was a good event and a Saturday well spent.

Jetrue3oo:
Nigeria we are good at speaking big big grammar.

But you try only they be able to see,read and understand you.

Yeah, Hopefully they get to read and understand. Some of the inventions and solutions we seek may lie between the lines filled with big grammar.

Dear Sir,

Congratulations on your nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari as a Minister and the subsequent ratification by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

There is no doubt that your choice as the Minister of Transportation at this critical time of our nationhood is an attestation to the confidence Mr President reposes in you to reposition this sector.

As a critical stakeholder in the maritime subsector and given the myriad of problems facing the Maritime Industry, I expect you to hit the ground running as soon as you take your Oath of Office.

Your predecessor left no one in doubt about his preparedness to rewrite the history of the Transport sector. He engaged all critical stakeholders to acquaint himself with firsthand details of the teeming problems facing the sector and how best to tackle them. He was ready to learn and one who was widely regarded as a good listener. However, a vocal minority felt he spoke too much and did too little.

Dear Sir, as you assume duty as the Minister of Transportation, I will employ you to build on the foundation or the successes recorded by your predecessor. Let me therefore list some areas that require your urgent attention and intervention.

1. RAIL TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT: We must all agree that Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi made Mr President and Nigerians in entirety proud in opening up the rail sector as a reliable and secure mode of transportation. When it became a near impossibility for commuters to ply the volatile Abuja/Kaduna highway due to activities of kidnappers, the railway corridor became a ready option for majority of Nigerians.

Nigerians expect the incoming Minister of Transportation to open new rail corridors between Lagos and Maiduguri as well as the Lagos/Sokoto route.

While the incoming Minister must consolidate on the Lagos/Ibadan route , efforts should be made to open the Lagos/SouthEast and the Lagos/SouthSouth corridors.

The Apapa gridlock and subsequent hardship encountered daily by importers is a clear pointer that haulage of goods by road is no longer in vogue.

Dear Sir, I therefore urge you to set up a committee to arrange modalities for an enduring intermodal system of transportation. The Committee should come up with a timeline for all seaports to be linked by rail.

We want to commend efforts of the Nigerian Shippers' Council to establish dry ports and inland container depots in strategic locations and commercial hubs to aid speedy evacuation of goods from the seaports.

Besides, the National Inland Waterways [NIWA] should be given the necessary support to ensure the commencement of commercial activities at the Baro Port and Onitsha River Ports.

As a short term measure, please consider the construction of a suspended bridge accros the Tin Can Island Port. No ammount of Presidential fiat can solve the lingering crisis occasioned by the Apapa gridlock. Concessionaires who have partitioned all available spaces inside the Apapa and Tin Can have made access to the ports terminals difficult.

2. NATIONAL TRANSPORT COMMISSION BILL: The refusal of Mr President to assent to this very important bill has come as rude shock to the Transport sector. The Bill which is the brainchild of the Nigerian Shippers' Council aims at fusing agencies under the Aviation, Rail, Road Transport and the Maritime sectors. Stakeholders are at a loss as to how the bill which went through a public hearing at both Chambers of the National Assembly could suffer such a fate.

Hon. Minister Sir, I have on good authority that your predecessor was worried by this development and had set up an intra-ministerial committee to look at the grey areas which Mr President took exception to.

We expect you Sir, to study the observations for a possible presentation of a revised Bill to the 9th Assembly.

3. NIGERIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY, OKERENKOKO AND THE MARITIME ACADEMY OF NIGERIA, ORON BILLS: Hon. Minister Sir, Nigerians were shocked that the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko Bill was not also assented to by Mr President.

Sir, we were reliably informed that Mr President was uncomfortable with the mode of funding for the University and asked proponents of the Bill to rework it. Of serious worry to Mr President were the numerous sources of its funding especially at a time when various interventions are needed in several sectors of our economy.

4. MARITIME SECURITY: Hon. Minister Sir, there has been a growing concern by the International Maritime Organization [IMO] at developments in the Gulf of Guinea.

The time has come for Nigeria to play its leadership role. Perhaps, this is the time to take a second look at the contract entered into between NIMASA and an Isreali firm. The incoming Minister should take a second look at the contract or any other option (s) open to government. This will undoubtedly send a strong signal to the international maritime community.

5. CVFF FUND AND SEATIME TRAINING: Dear Sir, it is totally unacceptable that NIMASA is still foot-dragging on the imperatives of putting modalities in place to commence the disbursement to qualified shipowners.

We cannot continue to deny prospective shipowners access to the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund. We also require concerted effort to ensure our cadets have their seatime training.

Since it is becoming increasingly difficult to get external assistance, why cant we encourage our local shipowners to develop their capacity. Or should charity not begin at home?

Sir, I want to congratulate you on your appointment and wish you the wisdom of Solomon to carry out this onerous assignment.

Welcome on Board Sir.

NB: The general consensus among industry stakeholders is that the erstwhile Minister of Transportation,Rt Hon Rotimi Amaech, be reappointed to ensure continuity and sustainance of the ongoing projects initiated in the previous dispensation.

By Elder Asu Beks (President Maritime Media Ltd)

So sad.

Stay Strong Bro

Hope this brings better news from that school.

· As Dakuku Rallies Continent For Greater Role In Marine Biodiversity

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, will today, Thursday 25th july 2019, in Lagos lead other stakeholders, including Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo- Ita, and key maritime industry players, to the opening of activities marking this year’s African Day of Seas and Oceans. The occasion meant to highlight the potential and opportunities in the continent’s vast maritime domain, is organised by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

The event in Nigeria, themed, “Harnessing Nigeria’s Marine Biodiversity for Accelerated Economic Growth,” echoes the African Union (AU) subject for the 2019 African Day of Seas and Oceans, “Enhancing Africa’s Role in a Globally Binding Instrument on Marine Biological Diversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.”

Ahead of the event, the host, Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, who is also Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA), emphasised the need to dismantle national boundaries that impede effective utilisation of Africa’s vast marine resources.

Dakuku stated, “The importance of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction cannot be overemphasised, considering that Africa is greatly endowed with vast maritime resources and opportunities which must be harnessed for economic development and wealth creation.”

Dakuku further enphasised the essence of the event, while receiving the Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Oladele Bamidele Jaji, in preparation for the African Day of Seas and Oceans.

Speaking on the vital role of the Nigerian Navy, the NIMASA DG said without effective security it will be impossible to reap the benefits of the marine environment. He identified shipwreck as a major challenge of the Nigerian marine environment. But Dakuku said NIMASA was partnering with the Hydrographic Survey Department of the Navy to isolate, chart and mark wrecks with the support of the Agency’s Intelligence Information System, which has the capacity to capture every area of the Nigerian maritime domain.

Besides Gbajabiamila, who is the Guest of Honour, and Oyo- Ita, who is Chairperson, dignitaries expected at the occasion holding at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, include Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Sabiu Zakari, who is the Chief Host.

AU at its 22nd Ordinary Assembly declared 2015 to 2025 as the decade of African Seas and Oceans, and July 25 as African Day of Seas and Oceans.







Source https://shippingworld-ng.com/index.php/2019/07/25/gbajabiamila-oyo-ita-lead-stakeholders-to-lagos-for-african-day-of-seas-and-oceans/

Nice one.

Okay,Nice one.

Praise Her

There is only so much any state Governor can do until we have STATE POLICE.

This is very good, and worthy of emulation.

They deserve some accolades.

I wonder how they stay motivated.

May God continue to protect and strengthen them, and punish those stealing and looting funds that would have improved the Army.

Heros!!

Clueless?

why always Rivers?