Sharing ABIOLAS Thoughts

An Unpublished work of Olajide David Abiola

By:
Nnamdi Okeke 2015.

Nnamdis Comments
These are candid excerpts of Olajide David on different issues as posted from
his online thread. Do enjoy this Piece.

About David
Is a multidisciplinary professional bringing a broad vision,
measured success and rich experience in business and operations
management, technical sales and legislation/government
administration spanning over seven strong years and preceded
by six years of impeccable record of military service. A prolific
writer and commentator.

My thoughts
IDLENESS OF FUNDS (A TETFUND Perspective)
In year 2009, a full page publication listing all Tertiary institutions
(University, Polytechnic and Colleges of Education) who were yet
to access the sum of N23.6bn from the TETFUND in the Punch news
print. Some hadn't accessed 3 years of funds as at that time, while
a few, just a year.
My feelings were mixed at this discovery. On the one hand, I was
a bit perturbed that such huge funds for a few number of
institutions were stashed away fallowing while these instiutions
suffered huge deficit and degradation in critical educational and
instructional infrastructure and facilities. On the other hand, I saw
this as a huge business opportunity to proffer IT solutions with ETF
fund compliant and accessible criterion. I believed strongly, and
still do, that one of the problems with many of our public
institutions is the poverty of ideas and absence of the moral and
political will do get simple things done.
I took time to develop some well researched solutions, which were
drafted into well detailed proposals, outlining core education
services merits, benefits and advantages to the institution with
clarity. These were sent out to the institutions listed in the
publication. They were a little over 30 in numbering. On seperate
dates after some weeks, they started replying, with invitations to
come make presentations or to communicate preferred dates.
Out of all of them, the only institution meaningful headway was
made is the University of Uyo; the commitments of the rest fizzled
out quickly no sooner had we had any meaninful negotiations.
By October 2013, the funds had grown to N73.87bn, and by July
2014, it had topped over N100bn, unaccessed. And it keeps
growing.
One can't blame TETFUND but the institutions. Most aren't serious
about accessing funds they don't have control and management
of. Many of them make attempts at accessing the funds to
execute irrelevant projects like school fencing, Bus procurement
and the likes, which have no benefits to nor correlation with the
improvement of education systems delivery for both lecturers and
students.

Legislation cannot in any way deter or prevent acts and crimes of

racism or tribalism, it is only effective at apprehending and
punishing culprits.
If laws were effective at obviating crimes, the United States
wouldn't have the highest convicts per population ratio in the
world, and Singapore, Indonesia, China and Malaysia wouldn't still
be attractive to drug traffickers considering the very stiff penalties
for such crimes.
The issue of racism will be more effectively addressed if the right
values are ingrained at the family, school, work place and worship
house levels.
One's prejudice or outright dislike for a person is an easy road to
believing anything bad, unsavoury or negative about such a
person, even when facts, reason and logic proves otherwise.
The same thing when you like someone. It becomes difficult to
accept a bad or negative reality regarding such a person.
SOLUTION: Investigate all things thoroughly before holding on to
that which is true.
The world pays attention to talk but understands action better. It
wasn't lamentations and rhetorics that stopped Adolf Hitler in his
war tracks, it was affirmative military action by global coalition of
nations. Rhetorics are good if it can galvanize inmediate
affirmative action.
If the African Nations whose citizens are being targeted in the
ongoing South-African genocidal xenophobic frenzy cannot
transmute their criticisms, lamentations and despair into pursuing a
formal complaint at the ICC or pressuring the South-African
government to rein in the xenophobic marauders, the anguish,
frustrations and agitation are pointless and needless. This
xenophobic episode shouldn't have recurred if the appropriate
measures were taken the first time it happened.
Can Africa do better than lament?
I have maintained at every opportune time at different fora that
the white man can never and should never be blamed for any
socio-economic and socio-political woes of the black man. Even

the much talked about and scholarly denounced transatlantic

slave trade is the Black man's own undoing. It should have been
described as Slave Capture but it was aptly phrased "slave trade"
because it was a concensual transaction between buyers and
sellers.
As a human being, salvation in any area of one's life begins with
acknowledging and embracing self responsibilities, rather than
misdirecting blames.
The black man is his own enemy. The black man doesn't even
know the basci responsibility that comes with power of any sort.

Who needs all these socio-cultural and socio-political groups?

Whose interests do these groups really serve? Self or altruistic? Are
groups required to address issues related with bad governance
like unemployment, poor infrastructure, social insecurity et al.
Personally, I think groups like AFENIFERE, AREWA and OHANEZE
should altogether be proscribed by our collective attitude of
ignoring them. Their views are always representative of a very few
and self serving at best.
Who can really state with confident assertion that these groups
really represent interests beneficial to an egalitarian society for all
within their regions?

Multichoice and MTN are white owned businesses. Sanctioning

these firms in an effort to rein in those black blood suckers will be
misplaced. Those murderers should be hit so hard and bad that
they'd think twice resorting to the madness called xenophobia.
Afterwards, they need to be properly desensitised and orientated.
Beasts they're, and should be treated as such.
Seriously, the singular most important major difference between
the white race and the black race is the white man's "sheer will to
get things done".

When it really comes to getting things that matter to them or their

society done, their egos, petty differences and those silly
prejudices aren't ample hindrances or saboteurs.
I hear and read many Nigerians adduce a flawed constitution as
cause of many of our National problems. This is weak and myopic
in several ways as there is no nation of the world where the citizens
were every content or satisfied with all the articles that define the
constitution.
What have we made of the numerous aspects of our constitution
considered ok? As the Nigerian constitution stand today, does it
permit theft or corruption, murder, tribalism, violence, economic
sabotage, anarchy, partiality, insecurity, chaos?
The black man's problem seem to be getting trapped in the white
man's idealism; being unable to transmute them into action or
practice.
Nigerian government at all levels are bedevilled by the spirit of
time wasting and sluggishness.
We can learn how to spend a 4 year tenure from the likes of
China, U.A.E, Singapore or even Ethiopia.
Aswear, a lot can be done in 4 years if the sheer will is present.
I once had a time wasting experience of 2 years with a State
government that really wanted to procure my professional
services. The proposition was initially tendered 2 years into the
government's administration. It spent approximately 18 months
going back and forth in the name of due process. By the time it
was approved, the administration had 6 months left with a reelection bid on the horizon, causing its suspension till after election
on the premise that the intended solution may hurt electoral
chances.
The incumbent governor lost, having 3 months duration left to
handover. He totally shelved the project because he didn't want
to appear vindictive by going ahead to implement the solution.
2 years gone! Hahahaha

Should we wish back the evil of APARTHEID upon this black SouthAfricans?
No wonder the white population reside in mostly heavily secured
homes, relying on private security outfits, and arm themselves to
the teeth with sophisticated firearms. Their xenophobic craze no fit
near them, even foreigners. Violence seems to recognize higher
power.
From the body languages broadcasted in the photos emerging
from the streets of South-Africa, it seems to me that the
government is complicit, what with the way the police look on
and even laughing while the flames of immolation burns on.

One reason the materially wealthy status of many Nigerians lack

the substance of inspiration to many aspiring entrepreneurs, gifted
and professionals is the absence of a real narrative that led to the
wealth.
What you get for your inquisition is usually "Na Godu ooo", as if
God is a sorcerer. I guess not too many are have the pride of
dignity to share how they came into their material wealth.
I see a new generation of honest and hardwork forged
entrepreneurs emerging with the new Nigeria, not those
"Microwave" millionaires who mock the dignity of labour of others.
Some join the mob or assume a mob mentality, for there in they
derive strength to act or think as they wouldn't do alone.
For others, they form a clique to feel safe, secure and to have a
sense of belonging.
And you have those who stand with sense, reason, logic and the
truth, causing the mob and the cliques to buzz about them.
Luggard and Bortha's similar verdicts on the black man several
decades ago continues to generate indignation from black
readers till date, however, very little to nothing has improved in the
general affairs of the black man or the societies which they
doninate and organize. Rather than react indignantly, it is only
wise that one takes a critical and careful study of these verdicts in

a passively objective way. This will help seperate the chaff from
the grain, enabling a good takeaway.
That there is nothing genetically inferior in the makeup of the
black man as compared to other races is an absolute truth
requiring neither scientific experimentation nor historical study. The
least developed mental faculty can comprehend this.
So if the black man is provenly mentally at par with other races,
with intricate superior physicality, what can evidently be alluded
for his century endured hopelessness and decade long confusion
in spite of immense natutal resources and great advancement in
science and technology to aid his salvation and significantly thrust
him ahead of other races in many or all frontiers?
I for one do not believe there exist and elusive Holy Grail to
salvage the black man other than the simple, yet ignored
principles. A quick list will do without deviating into an academic
discourse.

THINGS OTHER RACES DO RIGHT THAT THE BLACK MAN HASN'T

UNDERSTOOD
- Other races plan, prepare and execute
* The black man believes in fate
- Other races are altruistic and sacrificial
* We are more self oriented & more focused
on who takes the credit than who will benefit.
- Other races think with their head
* The black man thinks with the heart mostly.
- Other races have stronge senses of reponsibilities.
* God takes responsibility for everything with
the black man.
- Other races seek power to serve, to work
* The black man seeks power for aggrandisement.

- Other races thrive through organized societies.

* The black man requires chaos to thrive.
It is not a close ended list, but it isn't endless either.

The sooner we realize heaven is yet to come upon us, the less
jarred we would feel about the vicious ways of men in this
checkered universe.
Prime your mind for the unexpected.
If you're feared or deified by your subordinates, never look forward
to sound and good counsel from them. All you'll ever get is
stroking of your ego.
The black man will accomplish so much if he cared less who took
the credit.
People hardly remember the shape of the trophy, but the memory
of the winning performance or act endures.
Personally, I don't believe there are ethnic haters and religious
extremists in the real sense of it. There are simply enemies of
HUMANITY. Wicked people! Evil people.
All these classifications simply give them less indignant and evil
appellation.
Intense enthic hatred and religious extremism invariably leads to
inciting murder and triggering unrest. Profiling crimes against
humanity on the grounds of race, ethnicity, gender, religion et al is
flawed.
Religion and ethnicity doesn't just cut it. Haven't you variably
encountered both good and bad people of the same ethnicity
and religious faiths as you? A criminal or an evil mind saying
ngbati ngbati and ni oruko Jesu will not be less harmful to you
because he shares your faith and ethnicity. There are bad people
and there are good people. It doesn't get simpler than that.

Does a terrorist shouting the name of Allah while blowing himself

up along others or savagely cutting another's throat make
everyone who says Allah akbar a real or potential demon? No!
You're likely to consumate more meaningful and rewarding
friendships, social and business relationships if you focused on
people's character rather than their religious proclamations or
ethnic descents.
The greatest challenge to the 21st century individual is preserving
self when almost everyone is taken by the active ongoing pressure
within society to make the individual conform, accept and
embrace the status quos. This is often angrily greeted with the
protestation language like "I have a right to be myself; justifiably
so. However, before we exercise this right, it is incumbent we
answer the question of our sanity, civility, mannerism and
humanity. The moral and natural right to be one's self should never
include being noxious. Therefore, before agitating and pursuing
the right to be self, these conditions beg for satisfaction.
A lot of people have fallen under the hypnosis of society's
influence to tune other's lives with conceited overbearing
attitudes. The tyrants of this age are not physical brutes, but social
and emotional control freaks, many of whom are really oblivious
of their state of being or minds. Their attitudinal dispositions can be
rightly discerned if you're sensitive and observatory enough. They
want to dictate the mood and atmosphere of any given social
space. They want to set the agenda of social discourse and
determine what's relevant and intellectual to stimulate their
participation or respect; they want to determine who you can
and ought to relate with. If they don't relate with person A, they
expect you not to too; doing so earns you a systematic boycott.
To roll with their illusional league, your lingo has gotta conform,
else the right of place in their world is not guaranteed. They're
mental meddlers. They may even not engage you, but they
observe and monitor your social trail, beating and agitating
themselves with why you should be relating with this or that
person, the trendy topics you should be buzzing along with or
initiating, the timing of your activities, and finally the intellectual
upper crust you should identify with to belong to their virtual island
of "gbo gbo" big boys and girls. Lol.

Be yourself, everyone in the world is taken. What makes

socialisation exhilarating is the diversity of our narratives and the
issues thrown up for discourse. But before you be yourself, make
sure the self is not rude, mannerless, uncouth, uncivil, treacherous
and overbearing.
Good morning.
For a Corporate or Government really committed to getting
anything worthwhile done in good and reasonable time, it is no
brainer that eliminating or shrinking bureacracies to the barest
minimum is the most important thing to do.
On board the smartest minds and the most dilligent hands all you
can, yet, very little will be accomplished at the expense of
irredeemable time and material resources.
The same way one can be in the middle of Oceanic waters and
remain thirsty (due to salinity), is the same way one can remain
acutely ignorant in the midst of vast amount of information in this
age. Information overload doesn't equate knowledge.
Upon hiring a coach, you leave him be to choose his players and
define his game formation and strategy. You don't behave
meddlesome.
The overall purpose of bringing a coach on board is to improve
game performance leading to more victories, trophies, earnings
and perhaps bragging rights for team and fans. How he does it is
not the business of the fans nor stakeholders in as much as the
rules, principles and spirit of the game are not undermined or
violated.
If you didn't have confidence in the character and competence
of the coach, why hire him if you'd have to preemptively censor
his team selection and strategy?
Like a student, I don't have to read late into the night, early in the
morning or go to some remote places to find solitude conducive
for study as is the practice and habits of some; they may not be
my own approach to effective study. The koko is that I study and
pass my examinations. I choose the strategy best suited for my
cognition.

Lets allow the incoming President choose whoever he pleases to

drive and implement his vision and goals, not satisfy our fantasies
about those we consider competent or otherwise. Competence
isn't lacking in a population of 170 million. Who knew Dora until she
was appointed DG NAFDAC? Who knew Nuhu Ribadu until he
was appointed EFCC chair? Who knew Adeshina, the minister or
Agric before he was appointed? Who knew Fashola before he
became Lagos governor? The names are endless. There are more
capable but obscure minds and hands than we can ever
imagine.
To understand how impressionable the average human mind is,
craft an averagely articulate sensational fictitious reportage on
any state actor or affair and publish it on Social media. Shaka
boom! It has accelerated and gone round the globe and back
long before the veracity or logicality is attempted to be
determined.

If you believe your "religion", sect or denomination is superior to

others, I have one question for you. How did you realize this?
As an adherent of one of the monotheistic religions, have you
ever paused to ask yourself how you found and developed faith in
it? Chances are good that you were born into it and grew to
accept it as a religious heritage. So, assuming you were born into
and grew under a different religious practice, would you have
maintained an open mind and assumed the courage to explore
other religions objectively? If no, how sure are you that your beliefs
and faith is true and accurate? If you feel they are, why then do
you disdainfully act and think towards others who came abother
their "religion" through family heritage as you?
I know if the fear of being ostracised or persecuted at different
levels of family and society are removed or eliminated, many
would choose their beliefs differently.

The world would be a better place if people weren't meddlesome

in the affairs of others except those affairs are hurtful to individual
and society, or criminal.

The error many people make is to accept others' lifestyle and

experiences as absolute verdict.
Someone has a distasteful experience in marriage and concludes
marriage is overrated. You totally embrace it, ingraining it as a
mindset. Another tells you marriage is sweet and singleness is not
good or idealic.
Neither marriage nor singleness confers happiness or joy
whatsoever. You're the architect of your own experiences and
feelings. The world is populated by equal numbers of miserable
and happy married and single status individuals. Refrain from
mindsets as this and liberate yourself.
What's the conclusion? You're happy or sad because you chose
to, not because anything is faulty with the institution of marriage or
the state of singleness.
You make your choice. Live your own experience. Let no one's
experience define your reality.

OF WRONG MINDSETS.
When an experience is tough, it is the DEVIL. When an experience
is smooth and easy, it is GOD.
If you have a mindset as this, I ask, who bewitched you? No
wonder many people lack the toughness of character to come
into significant living; because they associate easy with God and
hard with the devil.
Show me one really great soul who ever had it easy on the road
to accomplishing something noteworthy. Check your doctrine,
evaluate your understanding and reset your mind.

AIT
Freedom of any kind is naturally accompanied by plethora of
responsibilities; therefore, it must not be trifled with nor abused.
Those who defended the defamatory and hate broadcasts
against President elect Buhari and others cannot tolerate an
ounce of slander, yet they'd be the most vocal in pulling out the
Freedom of Expression card, as if my freedom to give expression to
an opinion includes defamation, hate and slander.
Buhari's barring of AIT from covering his activities is well within his
right to do so. Se fini. He hasn't violated any laws! Shikenah.
Whatever reactions towards it is one of the fine attributes of
democracy: Everyone can have their say! We will all have
divergent views on how Buhari should have handled AIT, but the
prerogative to do so is his in as much as he doesn't undermine the
law. Simple!
Were the AIT reporters assaulted? No! Have they been hindered
from broadcasting on air? No! So what are the issues here? NONE!

Your SIN is what you address with God through your conscience.
Your CRIME is what the STATE deals with.
Woe betide you if your SIN also amounts to CRIME. God will forgive
you but the law will still take its cause. If you doubt me, ask the
repentant theif crucified beside JESUS.

As an independent business person or sole entrepreneur, the

responsibilities are huger than a pay slip drawing exployee.
A pay slip drawing employee has his job schedule, duties and
responsibilities interwoven with those of his mates, superiors and
subordinates. A significant drop in his productivity in many

instances will not eat away at such a person's pay. This isn't so for
the business person.
A business person earns every dime of his cheque. No slack
cutting from the customers, except from the "money miss road
sorts" of clients. Customers are really a person's boss in this
circumstance. You lose your pay check if you're denied
patronage.
You should ponder it well. Your reason for going into business for
yourself should greatly transcend the desire of freedom to be your
own boss. Such a freedom is ladened with immense
responsibilities.
The same common sense required to get a spare tyre placed in
the trunk of your car, to change a deflated tyre and to have it
fixed and inflated back is what is required for good governance.
No rocket science nor high sounding philosophies required.
Common sense, character and resolve in that order.
What's
hard
about
receiving
monthly
allocation?
What's hard about signing off payment of workers' remuneration
monthly?
What's hard about getting thr road fixed or getting waters running
from
the
taps?
What's hard about getting classrooms equipped and getting
instructors
well
trained
to
do
the
job?
What's hard about charging working residents as tax to get all of
the
above
done?
What's hard about building hospitals and getting equipped?
Nothing! No new laws are even required to do these basic things.
Money isn't the problem, neither is education. The problem is
simply the lack of willingness and the character.
All our problems as a nation requires simple COMMON SENSE,
CHARACTER AND RESOLVE to solve. Not Havard, not Yale, not MIT
type education. Just PLAIN COMMON SENSE that makes every
human to get water to drink when thirsty. SIMPLE!
As a lucky beneficiary of the cheap appellation of HEROISM
around this clime, I had expected he would fix a mouth guard to

prevent self-denigrating words proceeding from it, revealing him

as the real VILLAIN he was and remains.
Who are the real HEROES between millions of people habitually
subjected to the harrowing and tortuous experience in Nigeria,
but self-restrained from going berserk on the leadership, and a
leadership that came to power with the most widespread
goodwill ever given by Nigerians and oversaw the hugest
resources ever made available to any government in Nigeria, but
frittered everything.
Where and what were all the religious minds watching and doing
till the country got under dysfunctional bondage in several
respect?
This is a critical question one needs to sit down and really ponder
upon. Christians and Muslims alike calling loudly unto God. It is
either we are calling upon the wrong God, or there is no God at
all (which I doubt) or we are just plain hypocrites.
The Chinese we consider atheists, the Indians we understand to be
idol worshippers, the Japs we also perceive to be a blend
between atheists and Buddhists massively dwarf us in Science,
technology, industry, economy, order, organized society, citizen
character et al. To cap it all, many of them don't even speak
English.
The truth is, Nigerians misrepresent God on earth the most. They're
the worst marketers of God. If Christianity and Islam started in
Nigeria, no one would practice both religions today.

You blame another's chicanery for your deception but excuse

your own lack of discretion and discernment.
This is not to excuse vice but to question absence of virtue.
Lacking or possessing few vices is not evidence of the presence or
abundance of virtue. Sometimes being naive does pass for virtues.

For criticism to be valid, it must be aimed at improving the quality,

performance and occurrence of the object or activity being
criticized. Anything to the contrary is misguided, misplaced and
nonsensical.
Any criticism outside the realm of influencing and causing good
improvement is ill informed, regardless of the compelling
eloquence and brilliance by which it is crafted or spoken.
Most criticisms (Not all) are motivated by strife, envy, bitterness,
hate, and in some instances sycophancy. As poisonous as snakes
are, they don't bear their fangs on every prey unless to eat or in
self-defense.
Throughout history, no single man (anthropic) of reckon in any
sphere has ever escaped fallibility of deed, speech and
judgement, nor successfully dodged the dart of vicious and
maligning criticism, envy and bitterness. Such a persona has
neither bestrode this checkered pavement of mortality nor can a
biography of the like be found filed on the shelf of any human
library.

One cannot be hopeless and optimistic at the same time. They're

diametrically opposed.
You assert that it's not possible for a lady to be very successful
without compromising, questioning and suspecting the success of
another on this premise, yet you desire and are in pursuit of
achieving success without compromise.
How can you pursue or become what you have the conviction
not to be possible?
Do people really think about what they think and do at all?
You believe it is not possible to be rich without cutting corners but
your own aim is to actually make it without cutting corners. Are
you alright?

Many things in life are similar to food preparation. You need some
heat to cook or prepare.
Apply too much heat for longer than necessary and the food gets
burnt, becoming inedible, in spite of the completeness of
ingredients.
Similarly, apply inadequate intensity of heat for either short or long
periods and you also get an inedible or unenjoyable outcome, in
spite of the proportional balance and completeness of ingredient.
Heat can be likened to efforts and duration is same as time.
Timing and efforts often go hand in hand than any other factoral
combination.
Often, people quit when they ought to have held on and hold on
when they ought to have quitted.
Choice making on the surface seem easy, but it is as hard as a
crucible for the majority of people. Remember, what's good may
not be right, but what's right will always be good.

The singular attitude of underestimating and undermining the

intelligence, greed, pride and ambition of your competitor or
subordinates reveals inferiority of your thinking, strategy and
tactics. This alone makes you inferior.
You can't go into a contest with emphasis and focus on solely your
own merits, strength and advantages without factoring those of
other contestants and participants.
A GOOD person is not immune from the consequences of a bad
decision, choice and strategy. Likewise, a BAD person cannot be
denied the rewards of a good choice, decision and strategy.

I don't fret, worry, panic or lament over what is outside the sphere
of my control and influence. This singular principle and attitude
have made a lot of difference in my career, business, relationships
and interaction with the world.

Much of our international image is shaped by the values

projected by the citizens.
We believe image making is the inherent and statutory
responsibility of government.
Few years ago, Nigeria was a permanent feature on the blacklist
of many commercial (not economic) platforms, while countries
like Somalia, which hardly had a stable government, with a
wobbly socio-economic structure wasn't. What this implied was
that the Somali people were and still considered more honest
than Nigerians, despite their lingering multifaceted socio-political
problems.
The few foreigners I have interacted outside will remark or ask thus:
'why are you people? Why do Nigerians indulge in this or that? All
their negative perceptions and beliefs of Nigeria were shaped by
engaging and observing Nigerians, not the government. The illicit
activities of dubious Nigerians have created more degrading
images, identity and perception for the country than the
government and leaders. After all, the government is formed by
individuals from the citizenry.
We have a reputation outside as dishonest people, and this is
justifiably so. It won't be the job of the government but the people
to fix this.

People should endeavour to read and listen to UNDERSTAND first;

not to respond, not to remark, but to get the message, to really
assimilate what is meant and what is implied and in the right
context.

I believe we most times mean the same things but read things with
the wrong mindset.
Finally, you can never read or listen to understand someone you
despise, envy, jealous or hate. I have keenly observed this
phenomenon. No matter the effort, it doesn't just work.

DEALING WITH TREACHERY

I don't know why many people think heaping vituperations on a
treacherous person is a sound strategy for dealing with such
behaviour. I don't just get it. It doesn't work. You'd make a hero out
of a villain that way.
Attacks don't reverse the situation, turn the tide or punish the
behaviour. All the betrayed needs to do is put up measures to
protect against such treacherous conduct from the traitor in the
future.
TRAITORS have self-destructive mechanisms within their character.
They never fail at doing themselves in.
People are in the habit of always seeking technical ways of
solving problems instead of simply allowing NATURE to take care of
things where it matters.
Don't fight traitors. Don't attack them. Just insulate/protect yourself
and watch them do themselves in.
THE FALLACY OF JUSTICE
The general idea of good Justice through the is that of the
judgement favouring popular expectations of people. Anything
contrary to this is considered miscarriage of justice or compromise.
Either fair or unfair, we have to accept any final judgement from
the secular temple of justice as final, at least, in the scheme of
human affairs (This doesn't obviate appeal, but an appeal still
leads up to a final judgement).
The conclusive assumption of guilt over an accused is wrong both
morally and legally. Doing so opens the pathway for anyone to

easily fabricate an accusation to pin on another, relying on the

'mob justice mentality' of the mass of people. The best disposition
is to condemn the offence while maintaining the benefit of doubt
over the suspected offender.
Lets reorganize our law enforcement and judicial systems, while
embarking on mass moral rejuvenation. Without moral
rejuvenation, the best of laws and judgements will never be
properly enforced and dispensed.
The law cut FANI KAYODE free. That's the law! It isn't prejudiced
towards commonly held opinions. The government can appeal
the verdict, but as of now the law has determined him Not guilty
of the alleged crime of corruption. Case closed, case brief filed
away. Lobatan!

RELIGIOUS FAITH
To me, religious faith is like a piece of stone viewed differently by
two or more people. One says this is a limestone; another says this
is a gravel stone, and another, this is a gemstone. Expectedly,
another says this isn't even a stone, it merely has the apperance,
creating and illusion.
How the the stone is percieved by each will determine the end for
which they attempt to use the stone regardless of the real nature
of the stone.
It is all ok if we don't percieve the STONE the same way provided
we don't hurt one another with it. The debate on whether the
stone is lime, rock, gem or wether it is a stone at all is all ok in as
much as we don't resort to using the stone to harmfully hit one
another in an attempt to have others percieve as we do.
If you believe it is a lime, by all means attempt making cement
with it. If yours is seen as a rock, make concrete pillars. And if yours
is seen as a GEM, please polish and sell. All I know is that divergent
perceptions doesn't change the real nature of a thing.

RESPONSIBLE MONEY LIFESTYLE AND ONE OTHER.

Majority of Nigerians are financially undisciplined on several
grounds, especially at savings and spendings. That's what you see
reflected in public governance.
People spend what they don't earn on what they cannot afford
(what you can buy doesn't equate affordability). This isn't perculiar
to a particular economic class. It cuts across all. Low, middle and
high income earners. People are simply mindless, careless and
irresponsible with money.
Somone earns a profit (not transaction value) of N36m from a
business break and already broke within 12 months struggling to
pay a house rent of N800,000. Another has to borrow to renew
house rent in spite of earning salary in the 7 digits region. Some
become financially in disarray just one month after being out of
job. Sadly, the most financially irresponsible are 'religious' folks.
They're so reckless and senseless when it comes to money
management.
Funny enough, 80 percent of religious gymnastics in Nigeria
revolves around how to come into overnight wealth or preserve
your existing 'prosperity' supernaturally. Overnight financial
breakthrough, debt cancellation and transfer of the 'wicked's'
wealth to the lazy, undisciplined and unintelligent 'righteous'. No
lifestyle changes sought or emphasized, no organized
commitment to a spontaneous and responsible wealth building
and wealth creation pathway followed; just mindless expectation
of an EFFECT without a CAUSE.
The same applies to 'HUSIBAND' seekers (A very legitimate desire).
Getting a spouse or marriage is not a MIRACLE, it is a covenant.
Covenant is a binding agreement between two consenting
parties based on mutually agreed terms and conditions. Marriage
is not a miracle, it is a lifelong designated relationship with somone
of the Opposite sex (my irrefutable believe) whom you agree with.
Getting married is a CHOICE, not an obligation whatsoever. It is a
relationship, not an ACHIEVEMENT. You won't get a SPOUSE by
giving 'GOD' money (seed). Whoever, and I mean whoever told
you this was possible is a thief, liar and demon. You get a spouse
by making yourself visible, attractive and communicative to
someone or people with similarly shared interests, values and
views. If it is your character hindering you, modify it for the right

reasons and you'd be more attractive. MARRIAGE doesn't make

you happy. If you are an UNHAPPY lot, that's exactly what you're
taking into that COVENANT. And woe betide you that your partner
too is unhappy. That's going to be an explosive fusion of TOXICITY.
You can be happy being single.
N.B
IF you've got to give GOD a SEED in exchange for an answered
prayer or heart desire, trust me, that's not God. It is scam, it is
gimmick to fleece you. If you don't agree or understand now, I am
patient enough to witness your frustrations in the years to come.
GOOD MORNING.

DISCIPLINE AND SELF CONTROL

If you lack any of these virtues, forget achieving sustainable
stability of anything worthy, good and right. They should rank high
above in one's stock of virtues.
Our generation is grossly deficient of these two essential virtues.
DISCIPLINE sees one through, SELF-CONTROL insulates one from so
many troubles.

'WHAT SIGNAL WILL SUCH INDICATE'? is more important and valid

than 'WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY'? They are two entirely different
things.
What if I am caught? So if you won't be caught, the act would
have been committed? Integrity and ethics tied to surveillance or
monitoring isn't INTEGRITY; it is playing to the gallery. The
appropriate thing is to abstain or refrain from an act for being
WRONG instead of the fear of embarrassment and shame of

being caught. It means the deed will be done if all possibilities of

getting caught can be eliminated.
LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF VALUES IN EVERY STATEMENT

Humans, especially those of the African stock, have yet to

progress in the act and practice of collaboration and team
working. A little, negligible difference of no consequence
amongst them and work or progress is stymied.
Majority of Nigerian activists are opportunists and "chopvitists".
Their motivation is pecuniary not altruistic.

Everything is easy behind the screen and in front of the keyboard

of social media. So easy to condemn, jeer, sneer and criticise
without profering any solutions. This is very typical behaviour of
armchairs.
Armchair: used to describe people who like to give opinions about
matters they do not have to deal with themselves and do not
have responsibility for.

That moment when a momentary flunk is cast in stone. I have

laughed myself silly from that moment up till now. When something
one does effortlessly is staged competitively, murphy's law can
upstage even the most prepared and capable. Ouch!
I guess making occasional mistakes keep us humble and human
after all.
MS Excel related task on my mind.
* It's a personal habit to review my efforts after any task during the
day immediately or before retiring to bed, and being objective
makes it easier to identify fault lines I take full responsibility for.

FORGETTING IS THE CULPRIT

We need to receive and heed counsel as often as we can, not
owing to lack of KNOWLEDGE or WISDOM, but because of our
susceptible human nature of forgetting our learning.
Many are very knowledgeable and wise yet, very few people
benefit from such virtues when they FORGET to utilize or apply it.
Humans have an inherent inclination to forget virtues which they
posses.

We should never come under any illusion.

If religion and race did not exist, HUMANS would still have devised
other banners of reasons and excuses to murder one, kill many,
hurt people and pillage lands.
As long as MONEY is to be had, POWER is to be grabbed,
INFLUENCE is to be exerted, GREED to be fed, EGO to be
massaged and HATE nurtured in the hearts of Men, killings and
destruction on either small or large scale would exist, with or
without RELIGION or RACE. A lot of people don't understand the
nature of humans hence they quibble over RACE and RELIGION.

I was grazed on the left rear side while awaiting the traffic light
indicator by an SUV which squeezed itself through a very narrow
opening. Immediately, the driver alighted while I cleared off the
road and did same. He approached me and immediately
admitted his error of judgement, making me speechless with just
smiles on my face; an amusing sight to onlookers at the traffic
stop. He was ready and willing to accompany me to go get it
fixed, to which I declined because he was elderly and also

impressed me with his display of civility and responsibility (and

perhaps the damage wasn't much). At my decline, he fetched his
business card and handed it to me, asking that I give him a call
afterwards. I have given him a call, asking if he has yet fixed his
(which was worse than mine and across the full length of his
vehicle). The man is happy and so am I. I guess it isn't what
happens but our disposition and reaction to what happens.

The blatant exaggerations and utter disregard for information

accuracy and fact validation by the Nigerian press in their
reportage is very disturbing, irresponsible and nonsensical. A social
and professional disease aggravated by the frenzy driven
appetite for the absurd, superstitious, negative by the mass of miseducated citzens.

When we've erred in an instance of misinforming the public, we

should be ethically responsible in making the appropriate
correction. It starts from such seemingly little matter.
Days ago, social media was abuzz with the reportage and
attendant excitement over a $5,000,000,000 donation to the FG's
fight against insurgency by the United States government.
Unfortunately, the actual figure has been accurately determined
to be $5m i.e $5,000,000.
Freedom of expression must be accompanied by the responsibility
of accuracy. The long term implication of this is usually adverse.
Just imagine detractors waking up tomorrow demanding where
$5,000,000,000 disappeared to when only $5,000,000 was in
question.
GOOD GOVERNANCE & PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

You shouldn't be civic-minded or focus to the detriment of your

own life. Of what use is good governance without a resourceful
and useful you within same society?
Government is not responsible for making individual lives better, it
is only responsible for making the public space and systems
functional and level for everyone. Therefore, while demanding for
good governance, don't ignore to equip and develop your own
capacities and capabilities to benefit from the resulting results of
good governance.
Government is not designed to take up personal/individual
responsibilities.
The fact that there are considerable numbers and presence of
poor, wretched, invalid, alcoholic, loafers, homeless, criminals, et
al within the population (though in varying degrees and
proportions) of all nations is emperically conclusive of the
irrefutable role of personal responsibility in shaping the good life.
Government plays its own part, you also play yours. No spoon
feeding.

VALUE & USEFULNESS IS OGBONGE

Acquired knowledge that can't be distilled into the sequence of
understanding and action is USELESS. The aim of knowing is doing,
not retrievable storage. Not all shreds, coloration and layers of
information or knowledge are USEFUL.
This is similar to the issue of NUTRITION. 'Ponmo' (Cow hide, for
those too anglicized to understand) is edible, gives the teeth a
good feel when biting or chewing, and can even be tasty when
garnished with the balanced combination of seasoning; but it is all
NURITIONALLY useless to the body. Yet, after it, your belly and your
mind both conspire to convince you that something 'good' has
been eaten.
I hope all you have as information/knowledge can't be likened to
'ponmo', the local favorite 'hide' delicacy with no nutritional
benefit.
You sef consider the matter small.