₦airaland Forum

tanimz:
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Wole Soyinka

Felaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

NobiGod:
My mentors changes with time as I just admire successful people even those younger than me.
I draw inspiration from diverse source and also quite specific -  from dressing, to business, career,
politics, to disposition, even brilliance etc.  I admire Tope Lawani of Helios Investment Partners
and Bamanga Tukur. I will state these 2 for now.

aisha2:
Has to be

Nuhu Kwajafa
Cohbams Asoquo
Mrs. Fatima shagari- Saad

mbulela:
i do not trust any man completely as i believe the complete story is unknown from outside but these three are worthy of some emulation.


Gamaliel Onosode
Atedo Peterside
Combhams Asuquo

9jaganja:
To me, a role model is someone you can follow every step they took in their life time and not go wrong. Hard to find any role model cause even all the people mentioned had taking steps that make me question their roles as a model.

As for me, my grandpa is my role model. He is the one that taught me how to have dual mind, and question my own action instead of indulge in it. My Grandma (on my mum's side)  also is someone any woman can look up to. She sent 7 kids to world class universities all by her self, and doesn't depend on anyone at 80. She's special taught me to believe in change as the only thing constant and to always be ready for change no matter how perfect I think I am.

The youngest of my role models is Bros Onome. A social role model I'll say. He taught me to drive and always put it in my head to always respect women no matter what or who they are.

Don't people have family members or senior friends that said or did things that changed their lives? Why must it be popular people?

Goodnite.

AjanleKoko:
Double-edged nomination for me.
Gani Fawehinmi, for making the most contributions to the pursuit of human rights and justice in Nigeria.

Then, in terms of professional endeavour, I would go for two: One resident in Nigeria (Fola Adeola, for building the monument to banking excellence known as GT Bank) and the other, a diasporean (did I get that right? ) Kunle Olukotun.
Find out more about him on http://www-hydra.stanford.edu/~kunle/

illusion2:
[size=18pt]Role Model : James Onanefe Ibori

Why?: A perfect example ,of how. . .given the enabling environment,a truck driver can become a state governor and an international oil  bunkerer+ political power broker.[/size]

4 Play:
Nigerian role models do not necessarily have to have contributed to Nigeria but are simply Nigerians whose achievements are worthy of emulation:

I would count Bayo Ogunlesi and Fidelis Oditah amongst role models

Ibime:
Henry Okah

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Chimamanda

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redsun:
[b]Femi outrightly,openly and dangerously speaks to the people about the ills of nigerian government [/b]in his music,tours and other activities.We all know it is a dangerous and selfless thing to do in nigeria judging from the reactions of the government to people that speaks the truth about their inefficiencies.Apart from that,he is a hard working,talented,employer,entertainer and an incorruptible family man,a rare brred in nigerian society.

tunnytox:
I think its a case of choosing a lesser devil, all Nigerians politicians are devils in human flesh but i think Nigerians will be very quick to accept a lesser devil

redsun:
If university professor can be as sickening as they are,who else can be a role model in nigeria?,may be people like  Femi Kuti and some few remaining silent and humane human beings in what use to be nigerian middle class aswell as ordinary market women and men,ordinary people.

tanimz:
Used to be Farida Waziri, bt now i think el-rufai and the formr cross river governor, cnt remember his name

komekn:
Can a thief, looter, election rigger, liar, murderer, etc, etc, become a role model as long as he makes some sort of positive contribution.

komekn:
One mans standard of good is another mans standard for unrighteousness.

TransformR it would help if you set some sort of parameters  for what we term a role model, for instance to some Bola Tinubu is a saint to others he is drug dealer wanted by the DEA and CIA.

bjmighty:
Bola Tinubu is the man. He is a true democrat and he set the stage for our dear Fashola to perform. They are both good people.

Paroh_frey:
realy?

many Nigerians in the Diaspora are contributing immensely to the development of their countries of residence.


and to their country of birth? they run it down and wish it never existed.

bjmighty:
Bola Tinubu!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Light2:
Check out the 100 Richest people on earth and tell me how many of them have 1st class, 2nd class or any class at all.

Life is not about how people grade you but how you decide to grade yourself.
Make the best of your life and be respected then you will be a first class.

Bill Gate is a first class brain But never got 1st class, OK?

Kobojunkie:
What? Better a living goat than a dead lion? Is that kind of in the same category as that miserable saying that IGNORANCE is BLISS? Please, Please STOP that. It is better to die FIGHTING than to live a COWARD, breeding more cowards, and expecting things to SELF correct. People who do that RARELY ever enjoy any benefits in that state. History has so many examples of that to boot.

By the way, Ignorance is NOT bliss.