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More insighful contribution, Zexyworm. Let's get more of this. Achievements are indications of purposefulness. |
Yes, MAMA PUT is buka-ish. You guys should work harder. Choosing a name for one's business or venture is in itself a considerable task. Which doesn't seem that you have done. |
@Dozman. Please visit www.tinapa.com. Tinapa is set to become a world-class integrated business resort. Located on the Calabar River, and contiguous to the Calabar Free Trade Zone (Calabar FTZ), Tinapa is the realisation of an exciting dream - the first integrated business and leisure resort in Nigeria. The Vision of Tinapa is described as, , to play a catalytic role in establishing Calabar as a trade and distribution hub in West Africa while at the same time providing a unique tourism experience that will inform the growth and enhancement of the tourism sector in Calabar, Cross River State and Nigeria. Calabar, with its natural potential for tourism, through the unique vision of Tinapa, will transform itself into a global trading hub reminiscent of great international free zones like Hong Kong and Dubai. The complex will provide international standard wholesale emporiums, integrated shopping complexes and product distribution elements supported by business tourism and entertainment facilities. The location of these, in close proximity to a free port on the east-west trading routes, provides exciting opportunities for Tinapa to serve as: The distribution point into Nigeria and the growing economic hub of West Africa The ultimate centre for retail and wholesale commercial activities with the ECOWAS sub-region taking advantage of the international agreement on free movement. The vision for Tinapa is bold, exciting and insightful, highlighting the determination of Cross River State Government, under a Public Private Partnership, to deliver a project that will ensure high economic growth and prosperity for the people of Cross River State, and Nigeria at large. The vision builds on the principle that the creation of a trade hub will attract investors, traders and business travellers and subsequently domestic, regional and international leisure tourists. The mix of components brought together in the phased development of the project creates an ideal environment for trade and business tourism to flourish and lays the foundation on which to build a successful leisure tourism industry |
Anizzle deserves commendation, I should report - at least to all who have identified with the dream. I have been privy to all his efforts to get things moving in the right direction. In respect of Ayo Arowolo, I have also told him that his presence at the maiden exploratory meeting is crucial. I have also assured that whenever the meeting is fixed there will always be a space. |
Twinstaiye, Tell me,how would you have managed (controlled, dispersed) such a crowd? |
Can you design a magazine using computer graphics, with little or no supervision? The company I represent produces some of the best magazines in the country, and we can do with at least two new hands. If you are very sure of your abilities, just give me a call on 7201150 and we will take it from there? |
Young lady, listen to Seun: see a doctor. Because you just might have ulcer as someone else has noted. There is no how you can be pregnant even if you have all the fingers inserted into you with whatever you said it was. No way. Don't self-medicate. Oh well, you may not want to go see a family doctor. Call me on 7201150, and I can introduce you to a qualified doctor. |
Anizzle, you are blessed. And, I say that, because you have not kept to yourself an idea that, if well implemented, could change the lives of many others. Do you have a scrap book? If you don't, please get one, now. Because you need to capture various things that will come to your mind as you keep thinking about this. Note: a cooperative society is different from an Investment Club Network (which is what you are trying to do; if you wnat to change the title you may decide to call it Nairaland Investment Club Network). They may have some similar approaches, but Investment Club is essentially about investments. The good news, my friend, is that this is not a new phenomenon, even in Nigeria. Have you heard of a guy called Ayo Arowolo. He is the originator of Investment Clubs in Nigeria. He used to be the editor of Financial Standard. Ayo, am sure, would be glad to come and counsel you on how to go about it. Here is a link, that I have just gone to, before posting this message. You may wish to visit the website. Or just google Ayo Arowolo. http://www.ticn.com/TICN/Links/Contact_TICNIreland.htm Ayo can be reached on 0803 400 5022. As I was saying, you need a lot of KNOWLEDGE on financial literacy. You can't discard knowledge. Knowledge, my friend, is power. Now, really, Seun does not need to say anything on this subject, if it does not interest him, directly. God has used him to create this social networking site. It is left for the members to use the platform to their advantage: make new friends, tap into opportunities (as you are doing now), get updated on events (for instance, as soon as I had a BBC alert on the plane crash this morning, I came to the forum, hoping to post the message, but someone had already done that). So, go ahead and do your thing. At the end of the day, if the Investment Club takes off and succeeds, it would be said that it took off from Nairaland. (And, really, there is nothing that says that its name should have a Nairaland in it, but, out of due courtesy that this is where it took birth, you could go ahead.) Be happy, Anizzle, that at least you have willing members. And, don't give up talking about it. The information you pass on could also help in raising the membership. All the best. Oh, by the way, Ayo also owns Moneywise, a newspaper which is also online. www.moneywise-ng.com. I have taken the liberty to cut and paste hereunder this information about how he started: [/color] [color=#990000]Ayo Arowolo: You Want to Be A Millionaire? How can I possibly forget December 15, 1997? I still remember the day very vividly. It was a sweltering Monday afternoon at Yinusa Adeniji Street, Ikeja, Lagos, a street made popular by the newspaper I worked for then as the Group Business Editor. I had just hopped out of my desk to have refreshment before settling down to serious editing work. Just as I was about climbing up the staircase back to my desk a few minutes later, one of our security personnel handed over a beautifully-wrapped medium-sized parcel to me, informing me that a dispatch rider had dropped it for me a short while ago. It was easy to guess what was inside because of the period. This is Christmas time anyway. Most journalists look forward to this period with excitement and expectations. It is even better if you are a financial journalist. This must be a portable radio or a well clock, I thought as I razed through the staircase. I was wrong. When I eventually opened the parcel, I found inside a set of four medium-sized books and four audiocassettes. All were on how to become a millionaire. There was also a little plain card with these words written in long hand: “My dear Ayo, study and digest these materials, they will change your life. I deliberately sent the materials to you and our mutual friend (he mentioned his name) to show how much I value the two of you. I read one of the books six years ago and my life has changed beyond my own expectations.” I must confess, I was not excited at all. I only managed to flip through few pages of the first book and I did not even listen to any of the audio-cassettes. As a matter of fact, I refused to contact the sender of the gift until April this year. The books and the cassettes, of course, quickly made their way to one corner of my study where I stuff materials I consider sub-optimal. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t intend to suggest I don’t read. Reading is a hobby to me. I remember the other time I travelled to London, I invaded The Economist shop in Regent Street where I bought books that did not allow me to put any other item inside my travel box. Although I was chided by my wife who expected me to bring back shoes and clothes for her and our daughter. So I do read, only that I concentrate on professional books. The idea of studying to become a millionaire was very funny to me and I felt embarrassed by the sender of the “funny” gift. To be comfortable, yes, but I didn’t see how writing news and becoming a millionaire are related. But something dramatic happened early this year. March 2002 to be precise. I was in Johannesburg to attend an investment seminar organized by a Lagos-based consulting firm. I had just retired to my hotel room after the opening cocktail when I noticed with the blinking on my intercom that I had a voice message. The thrust of the message was that a friend of mine, the other guy who also received the book gift, wanted to host me before I travelled back to Nigeria. We arranged the time and by the following day, he picked me up at the hotel and we drove to his place. The home, an architectural masterpiece, is situated not far away from Sandton, Johannesburg. It is a complex set of duplexes built on approximately 8 plots of land. There is a beautiful lawn, two big swimming pools, a well-laid garden, a beautiful water fountain, and fishpond. Don’t let me bore you with the details of the interior, but just to say that it is breath-taking. After some few direct interrogations I got these unbelievable facts: My friend owns the building; he has two other well developed pieces of property in Cape Town; and another one in the United Kingdom; he has two thriving businesses with headquarters in Johannesburg; and he has some sizeable investments in stocks both on the London Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Afterwards I pulled my friend by his shirt and dragged him to the garden and asked him to tell me the secret of his wealth. He only dashed back to his study and returned a few minutes later with a small box, which he dropped on my lap. “This is the secret, the whole secret,” he said with some measure of seriousness. Guess what I saw! The same set of four books and the audio-cassettes I received about five years back! The only thing I noticed was that his own set of books had suffered from over-reading. There were different kinds of markings inside the books. I also noticed that he made some copious notes into a small dairy he put inside the small box. He explained to me that it was our mutual friend that told him I would be in South Africa then and he insisted he must have a heart-to-heart talk with me. He disclosed that our mutual friend had visited him in South Africa a couple of times and on every occasion they had discussed the principles in the books and how well they had applied them to build wealth for themselves. He told me of a couple of friends who have also applied the principles in the books with dramatic results. Was I excited? My brother, it was a sickening experience. I thanked my friend and asked him to take me back to my hotel. I spent the whole of the evening and, as a matter of fact, the rest of my days in South Africa, meditating on that experience. Back in Nigeria, I quickly reached for the books, still as clean as they were four years ago when they were presented as gift. I devoured the books within a period of two weeks, while I made it a duty to listen to the four cassettes every day. I called my friend who gave me the books (he is a multi-millionaire, in dollar terms, by the way) and told him of my experience. Surprisingly, he didn’t fell offended. He said I could still achieve beyond my imagination if only I could apply whatever I have learnt in the books plus a few lessons he would be giving me on a monthly basis. I started on what I called the millionaire tablets in April this year and have noticed dramatic turnaround in my personal finances. Ayo Arowolo, a Reuters' award winner, has been involved in financial education for the past 16 years as a reputable financial and investigative journalist. He has worked in leading newspaper groups in the country, including the Concord Group, The Guardian Group, The News Group and This Day Group. He was the founding Managing Editor/CEO of Financial Standard, the nation's premier financial newspaper and served as the Chairman Editorial Board of the paper. His column, Moneywise, in Financial Standard enjoyed wide readership and has now gone online at www.moneywise-ng.com. [color=Black][/color] Have fun. |
Visit nigeriajobsonline.com. I think there's even an exhibition in London, this weekend organised by them. Best wishes. |
Oh yes, I do. But it is not Echeoku, but Icheoku. And, Bisi Daughter of the River is a FILM, featuring Jab Adu et al. Those were epics. Their types are very rare, these days. |
It is a year old speech, but its contents are evergreen. Hope you would find this speech to students of Standford University by Steve Jobs as inspiring as I did. 'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005. I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots. I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out? It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college. And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting. It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example: Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating. None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later. Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. My second story is about love and loss. I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating. I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over. I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together. I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle. My third story is about death. When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes. I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now. This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions. Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. Thank you all very much. |
Quote from Kelvin Yea of course, maybe it can assist you in selling pure water in a show glass Alright am just kidding. Well it all depends on the kind of business you would like to start up and where you would like to set it up. There are various consultants in town, Contact any of them for professional information Kelvin, You would be surprised what kind of daily income you can make by 'selling pure water in a show glass.' Ok, forget about the show glass, think of a cooler. The other day, I was at my barber's and the female barber who assists the owner of the salon had a cooler of water by the side. As we talked, she made me realise that she could do with a bigger cooler as the demand was so very high. How much was the bigger cooler? N2,000 or so. I gave her half of it. Two weeks later, she had bought a bigger cooler and from the look of things she indeed needed another bigger cooler. I didn't ask how much she made in a day, but, as it were the demand was the most important thing to her: it was high. Just find a need and fill it. And, be not ashamed. Like an unemployed cousin-in-law of mine who I had asked one day what her passion was? When she told me she could weave, I told her she could start a 'dial-a-weave' business. I was even ready to throw in the seed capital to do a classified and some flyers (all these couldn't have cost me more than N10,000). All she needed to do was put her number in the advert, requesting for ladies who needed home service to call and book for the service. To take it further, she could get a list of good weavers whom she could call at the shortest notice to go and weave for the ladies. (And, believe me there are quite a number of ladies who would rather have the weavers come to their homes. For a little premium. Well, what did my cousin-in-law do? She listened to my 'business plan' which, if you must know, came by some impulse, and said she would get back to me. She never did. |
So, what really did JayZ say? I thought that was the thread: Jay-Z issues Statement on Nigeria Visit) Where is the statement? |
[color=#000099]14. The job situation in Nigeria is getting worse and worse? Secondary School Students are dreaming of universities and avoiding polytechnics. There is a great imbalance in the system. Jobs are few compared with the job seekers. Would you advocate entrepreneurship? Seun: I always tell job seekers to create their own jobs, because nobody owes them a job. “Look for a painful problem that others are facing, and then devise a way to make people pay you for the solution. Look for problems that don’t require much capital to solve. In a developing country like Nigeria, there are so many problems waiting to be solved. One man’s problem is another man’s profit! Competition is often weak which means you’ll make a lot of money. So what are you waiting for?” Unemployment is a problem of highly regulated and unionized countries where job creation is made difficult by politicians and labor leaders. Nigerians should not be talking about unemployment at all. There are so many obvious opportunities around us waiting to be exploited. Being jobless in Nigeria is a big shame indeed.[/color] [color=Black][/color] The foregoing is a quote from an interview granted by Seun to Dipo Tepede (which link you will also find on this forum). How I wish this will inspire a number of people who have posted their resume here. Am just imagining how one or two of these guys, with different or similar qualifications can pull resources together and face a problem that they can make profit from. Guys, let's wake up: the jobs are few and far between here in Nigeria or even abroad. Cash in on your passion. All the best |
Yes, indeed, Orikinla: I don't know if it was Tade Ogidan that said this, or Wale Adenuga or Tunde Kelani, that learning movie production is best when you are in the thick of production. As it were, learning under the supervision of a master. So, Seun, you have to create time to do some attachment with any one you would consider a master. If you don't want to do that, I'll advise that you go spend one weekend in Jos, at the Nigerian Film Corporation. Oh, by the way, the NFC's last SHOOT 2006 - a kind of training workshop facilitated by some expat filmmakers was considered WOW! NFC's Managing Director, Afolabi Adesanya, himself a notable film-maker, will be so happy to help give you some inisghts. Am sure he will. He has no hang-ups like some other CEOs. And he is very progressive. NFC under him has made some remarkable strides. They are reportedly building a studio where filmmakers can do a lot without having to travel abroad. So, brother, you've got to find time. And, all the best in your attempt to be a movie maker. |
For those of you on this forum who live outside of Nigeria in the so-called democratic countries, where in any of thee countries do you have 3 governors running a state. That, dear friends, was the situation in Ekiti State before the State of Emergency was declared. |
You guys needed to have been at the NLNG Grand Award Night on October 7 and see James Iroha (Gringory) perform. Yes, the same Gringory of the famous Masquerade. He was the special guest of honour at the event, which has become Nigeria's literary and science event of the year, and didn't really need to do anything. By the way, for the uninitiated, since 2004, the Nigeria LNG Limited had been awarding the Nigeria Prize for Science and the Nigeria Prize for Literature at very grand dinners. This year's edition for Literature was for drama. Which is why Gringory was the special guest of honour. He created one of the most entertaining dramas in Nigeria. Without doubt, that was what Masquerade was. And, he was also the best graduating student of Theatre Arts in his class at the University of Ibadan. So, his special guestship was most deserving. Even as he was not expect to play any particularly role, he was allowed to do whatever he wanted for about 15 minutes. Oh God, he cracked ribs during that period. The younger comedians sure need to learn a few things from him. |
By the powers not conferred on me, this thread shall henceforth be known as AMAKA's BUKATERIA. I can publish your Cookbook, when you are ready. Bon apettit |
Mayo: What kind of job are you looking for in a media house? What are your strengths? Print or electronic media? |
You need a JAMBITE to go and discuss with investors or reporters? Do you really mean that? What you need my brother is a short course in Entreprenurial Management. Check with them at the Enterprises Development Services of Pan African University (Lagos Business School). Just take a trip to LBS at Victoria Island, and ask for Mr Peter Bankole, the general manager. You will have to create time for it. You may be a young man, but you have created a big thing. And, you need now to play in the big league. You have to widen your horizon. We can discuss a few possibilities. You may wish to call me on 7201150. |
Before him, there was one oyibo man; I can't even remember his name now. When he left, they said Cool FM will die. Yet it hasn't. If he leaves, there will be others. Our people say when one door closes, another opens. |
Perhaps, we should just DO SOMETHING. I wish to suggest that every member who desires to get Nigerians to read adopt at least ONE person to encourage. The story of John Wood, a former marketing executive at Microsoft is instructive. This Wood, simply walked off his lucrative career in search of something more. He took a backpacking trip through Asia. In a rural Nepalese village, he had a chance encounter with a teacher. While touring the teacher's school, Wood was surprised to learn that their library contained only 30 books - most of which had been donated by travellers passing through the area. Those 30 books were even locked in a cabinet: for fear that they might get damaged! Wood's belief was that if the school just had access to more books, these children could begin really learning from them and set their futures in motion. When Wood got to a place that had Internet access, he e-mailed an appeal back home. That singular act brought in 3000 books to that rural school in Nepal. In 2000, Wood set up an NGO called Room to Read. Its task was simple: build schools and libraries. If you go to www.roomtoread.org, you will find that till date, that NGO has set up nearly 3,000 libraries in the developing world. It projects that by the end of 2006, 4000 libraries would have been set up. In August, Wood released his memoir, Leaving Microsoft to Change the World. (I should be looking out to buy the book, or perhaps, someone out there in the Diaspora can send me a copy. No, am not joking. But the most important is that we must Change a situation by Doing |
Seun, please comment |
This is very interesting. There are very few threads on this forum that have generated as much response as this. It shows that it is of concern to many. And, the comments have been generally stimulating. This same question, Do Nigerians read? was at the heart of a recent survey conducted in Lagos, Enugu, Oyo, Edo, Kogi, Kaduna, Osun and Rivers States, by Lumina Foundation, publishers of The Lumina journal. According to results of this survey summed up in the brochure of Get Nigeria Rading again 2006 by The Rainbow Club in Port Harcourt, the No of literate Nigerians who read is 59%. The percentage of those who read soft-news publications is 22%; those who read for utilitarian purposes, 22% and those who read newspapers for information, 13%. Those who read for leisure, 2% and those who do not read due to low buying power, 41%. The survey showed that the true reason the literate population does not read is not so much 'low buying power' but 'misprioritisation.' These same people spend money on looking good or fancy telephones sets. We need to commend people like the founder of the Rainbow Book Club, Koko Kalango, who in her little way, is try to get Nigerians to read. For those who love to help support her efforts - and she sure needs all the support she can get, you may reach her through her Rainbow Bookshop, at 20 Igbodo Street, old GRA, Port Harcourt. Tel 084 579966, 0802 3187 731, 0803 5508 579. Or send a mail to info@rainbowbookshop.com. Am looking at the brochure as I write. I am looking at A dozen ways to JOIN THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Adopt our reading campaign as your organisations's social responsibility Pick up the bill for the 2007 'Get Nigeria Reading again! campaign Make a donation in cash or kind towards our work Pay the 'price' put on a table at the Garden City Literary Evening (GCLE) and get a table for 10 branded to your organisation Build up our library as a friend of Rainbow Book Club by making a donation of N12,000 or multiples of N12,000. (This sum represents the cost of a book a month for a year.) Donate new or used books to our library Build us a website Stop by and volunteet your services Set up a reading group Give a good idea. Read! |
Don't you think it is necessary that you could just spend perhaps a week or two out here to even get the feel of what is going on here. Ask questions. Get answers. Am not saying you should not trust your contact, but as they say, seeing is believing. |
don't. if you don't have anything doing that day, just sleep. |
Bravo! Power on, brother. Bravo, Nigeria at 46. |
This is absolutely rubbish. Pardon my French. And I stand to be challenged. We need to stamp out the activities of such charlatans who put out fake vacancies on this Forum. It is not funny, moderator. When these people are found to have misled the multitude of people here, I don't think they should be allowed to stay one minute extra on this Forum. Members are invited to simply search for Centre for Democratic Growth on any search engine, and you will definitely find that there is no such thing. As someone had said before, such organisations would definitely have their websites. Moderator, please do something. |
Please call 08056082315. The man's name is Koku |
I report that I have sent a message to the Engineer, asking him if he would want to go and fix your printer at Sango-Ota. Meanwhile, how did you come to the figure as to how much you want to spend on the repairs? |
I willl speak with the fella tomorrow. And revert. I hope you are not far, far into Sango Otta. The guy doesn't have a car. But I will call him tomorrow. |
Do you have any website that you have done before that can be viewed? Apart from websites, could you also design magazines? |