Truths and Deeds!

There is a huge disconnect between policies and actual implementation in Nigeria. The policies made at the national level often tend to lose their relevance and usually remain ineffective in terms of the intended impact in the lives of Nigerians who form the different components of the society. By implication, the masses who are the backbone of the nation are neglected, the result of which is a generalized discomfort all round. Economic development is a popular ideology that has not produced the desired benefits hence the failure of the government to milk the concept genuinely. Ideally, one would expect the private sector to exact some influence in ensuring that growth is achieved. The private sector players are however concerned only for what they can gain and not what the entire country can. This begs the question of how Nigeria is supposed to generate development given these challenges. The obvious solution is an all-inclusive governance. The sort that will motivate all groups t

For every time I am offline for a bit, I get this urge to go online, and play catch up for missing out on stuff I identify with. Click, I am live! News begin their endless travel through my timelines, and the images, the later scare me like pain torments the body. 'Dirt' is the best description that comes to mind, and i am assaulted by volumes of it. Now I am forced to ask; is this the best the world can do? I mean, there are so many principles to IT use, but none of it says abuse it. Best practices are versions of activities that would add value to life, not the other way round. A friend, Tony Joy, is constantly fighting the menace of physical dirt ; cleaning surroundings she has no business doing all by herself, but she seeks to make her environment clean and we must cue into that. I feel as though we have lost it. Have we? You see, any news feed online has the weight and judgment of the world behind it. The world takes note when a post, image or other, associated with

A professional is one whose expertise in a given venture is rated far above the average. More so, efficient  and reliable are the qualities that are associated with a professional. It is becoming even more obvious to me that the personality of a professional is continually eluding many of us in the areas we call our own. Many times, i have come across people who claim to be professionals but whose very own actions leave people depressed and frustrated everywhere they go. I have fallen victim a number of times and i am almost certain that at one time or another, we all have. Those of us who are accustomed to meeting and dealing with handymen, managers and others who are best known to engage in 'trial and error practices' on a day to day basis, can rightly agree that professionals are hard to find, especially in a society where people follow the money trail. I do not have a problem with those who desire to break new grounds but I am constantly at odds with the ones who lie t