Today's Digest: Vote For Sale

The popular belief in Nigeria is that in politics, there is no permanent enemy or friend but permanent interest. This belief is what has come to play in our political field of games; hence the porting from one political party to the other as long as the will of the personalities involved are greased not minding the interest of the country or that of the electorate (populace). If that is the case, the electorate should also protect their interest for equity to be achieved.

Anywhere in the world where polilitics is not guided or played (if it is a game), according to ideological appeal, politics will become of only that of the player’s interest and not of the society or electorate concern. The recent cross-carpeting of politicians across the nation, most specifically in the National Assembly is no longer worrisome but because it has become a trend and I believe that the study of political science would have included it in its curriculum and the need for further research.

What is worrisome and unacceptable is the attempt to deprive the electorate the privilege of selling their vote to highest bidder. Vote buying is a direct offshoot of political system failure, lack of ideology, non-performance of politicians in office, bad motive of political office seekers, political desperados, (that is on the part of the political elites), but to the sellers of vote the electorate; hunger, poverty and lack of education are the reasons for the sale of their vote, their only power.

The war of highest bidder that pervades the political scene in the last Ekiti Election where it was alleged that kiosks were opened for vote buying easily comes to mind. Vote buying has been growing since the advent of the 4th republic, but it used to be in the secret.

I was a speaking guest at a recent Youth and Leadership Summit and a question regarding vote buying was thrown at me. And to the dismay of the audience, I positioned and am still positing that vote buying has come to stay and should not be discouraged but seen as a part of the retrogressive politic that is being practice in Nigeria. I think since the players have refused to abide by the rules, it becomes an injustice for the other team to be confined within the rules; let the game continue. I did say: as long as the beneficiary of my vote is not thinking about my well-being as a Nigerian – vote buying becomes necessary. As long as we are in poverty, vote buying will continue to prevail. As long as we refuse to adequately educate our populace, vote buying will continue. As long as the economic power becomes a derivative of politics, vote buying will not stop.

I encourage every electorate to negotiate their vote, don’t sell it for piece of meal; sell your vote for an amount that will take you for another four years or electoral period. Sell your vote for an amount that will satisfy your conscience and an amount that will meet your short term and long term needs. In vote buying, let the law of demand and supply come to play: “The higher the candidate’s values; the lower the price and the lower the candidate’s value; the higher the price.”

My vote is available for sales; the price is inestimable.

Comrade David Kayode Ehindero
A Nigerian Author, Executive Director and Lead Strategist of NIWOSEC

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Wednesday Motivation

Wednesday Motivation!

Did you know that what you say about yourself has greater impact on you than anything anybody else says about you?

Many people are overly critical of themselves, saying, “I’m so clumsy. I can’t do anything right.” “I’m so overweight. I’ll never get back into shape.” “I never get any good breaks.” "I'll never make it in life cos I'm dumb." "I'm a failure cos I didn't pass my examinations." I can't make it cos I graduated with a low class degree."

They may not realize it, but they are cursing their future. Those
words sink into their minds. Before long, they develop a defeated mentality, low self-esteem and diminished confidence. Worse yet, those negative mindsets can interfere with God’s plan for their lives.

Be careful of the words you speak, even if the situations around you say you are a failure,  don't be forced to say it,  say it the other way round.

The words we speak is a conclusion of what we have in our mind,  hence, it will continue to hunt us down if we persist in speaking the negative.

Have a great day!

#speakPositive
#Courtspirion

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Nigerian Graduates Mentality and Why They Can't be Employed

This article “The Mentality Of A Fresh Nigerian Graduate” is based on how some of our graduates in Nigeria thinks. Some of them believe that the government should do everything for them

Some of them believe once they graduate they will get a job in an oil company, but they are woken up to the shock reality of unemployment and no existent jobs.

In this article the writer proffer solutions to most of the problems and challenges these fresh graduates face.

Now, let’s get talking.. You need to pick up your pen and read this as it will surely change your Life.

Nigeria is a country filled with many problems awaiting solutions, but her Citizens are blind to identify solutions to these problems. Some of these problems have been there for ages, while some are new, begging for solutions.

I once heard of a Lebanese man who came to Nigeria, when he saw how the country was and the attitude of her Citizens, he declared that “there is so much money on the streets but the populace could not see them“.

1. IDENTIFY A PROBLEM & CREATE A SOLUTION AROUND IT

What he tried to say is that there are so many problems which if anyone could find solutions to, he would be smiling to the bank with a fat account.

No thanks to the Nigerian educational system that keeps putting the mentality of Job seekers in its students ☹☹

After four or five years, a graduate cannot boast of any skills which they can use to create a job, rather what the systems thought and is still teaching them is how to be job seekers.

I once read a book titled “IDIOTS WITH B.S.C” by Collins Oscar, in the book the writer overheard a particular graduate complaining of so many things that are wrong in this country, how the system kills innovations and so on.

The writer told him that that is why he is a graduate, the country expected him and the rest to provide solutions to these myriads of problems in this country.

Some of these graduates have been told that after graduation they will probably get a job in an oil company, with fat salaries, allowances, official cars and so on, only to graduate and realized that they were all lies.

They lament about the government not providing jobs for its teeming youths who are graduates.

2. WE ARE BEEN TRAINED/TUTORED WITH OUTDATED MATERIALS & SOFTWARES

Before I proceed with this, let me tell you a short story about a friend of mine (True life story) ☹☹

A friend of mine graduated from a Nigerian University (Studied Computer Science and Graduated with 4.5 CGPA) and he decided to travel to the US to work and earn some money but on getting there, the story changed.

He couldn’t get a good job because he was trained with FOTRAN 2001 version in the year 2015 (Very very Outdated) when the Company he was seeking Employment at is already using a very recent Computer Program (Version 2016 in the year 2016).

My Friends was advised to start schooling again (from the very beginning) in the US and guessed what, in less than just 2 months, he can handle everything he was taught in Nigeria for 4 years.

The problem is that our Education system is not improving and the Lecturers does not see a need to improve on what they know thereby releasing junk graduates into the system who can’t fit into the System with their knowledge.

3. OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IS NOT EFFICIENT ENOUGH

Most road-side mechanic are better than Universities Lecturers & Professors.

Some of these graduates studied engineering in the school, after years of stay in school, they could not construct an ordinary machine to grind melon  😢😢

imagine if one of them construct a grinding machine, he will employ thousands If not millions and liberate himself and his generation from poverty.

Some of these graduates are so proud to learn the practicals of their chosen career.

For Example

A graduate who studied mechanical engineering  in school should humble himself and learn the practicals and hands-on-training from the roadside mechanic. It will help!

But most of them see the roadside mechanic as never do well, but they forgot that he has many years of practical experience even more than their Lecturers & Professors in the Universities and for them to access this knowledge, they have to humble themselves.

Indeed most of these graduates will never take on low paying jobs, rather than find something doing, they go about feeding fat on their family and friends.

We know the country is hard but we no longer want people that all they do is cry and complain about what is wrong and what is not working. We need people who will change the narratives of this country.

Nigerian graduates should start to change their mentality by investing in their minds, they have to do away with employee mentality that they were groomed with.

Learning never stops so they should keep learning new skills, go for that training, instead of going to clubs and buying expensive things they could barely afford just to show off.

They should also find something worthwhile doing while awaiting their dream jobs, they should humble themselves and volunteer. I tell you there are a lot of things you will learn by Volunteering for organizations, individuals.

4. TECHNOLOGY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW

Technology is also another platform that offers a wide range of opportunities for our teeming unemployed youths.

There are jobs that never existed six or ten years  before such as Digital Marketer, Social Media Manager etc

Technology creates avenues for people to take on a new career. They should also learn a short-term skill to make a living for themselves. Short time skills such as Web design, Graphic design e.t.c

Go for a Training, Seminar or Workshop today, your life will never remain the same.

5. THEIR MENTALITY SHOULD CHANGE

Lastly their mentality should also change from employee to employers mentality. The flood of unemployment ravaging our nation is too much for us to curtail.

We no longer want graduates that will come and join the already saturated unemployed youths. We need those that will create jobs, opportunities, investment for others.

They should start that little business, from there the work of their hands will be blessed. They should also not despise the days of their little beginnings.

The End!

Written by:- Adetayo Omotoyosi (A Writer, Poet, Philosopher and a Laptop Specialist based in Lagos)

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Change Your Word, Change Your World : The Secret to making the most of life

I once read an article about doctors who incorporated “talk therapy” to treat patients suffering with depression. Instead of

medicating the problem, the doctors instructed the patients to

start making positive declarations over their lives, saying such

things as: “I have a bright future. People like to be around me. Good things are in store.”

Some of the patients were depressed because they were facing life-threatening diseases and felt there was no hope.

The doctor asked them, “Has anyone ever survived this disease?” The answers were always yes. So he told them,

“Then I want you to start saying, ‘I will make it. I will be one of the people who beats the odds.’ ”

Those patients obeyed the doctor’s orders, and amazingly, many of them not only came out of their depression, but they

also made full recoveries!

Did you know that what you say about yourself has greater impact on you than anything anybody else says about you?

Many people are overly critical of themselves, saying, “I’m so

clumsy. I can’t do anything right.” “I’m so overweight. I’ll never get back into shape.” “I never get any good breaks.”

They may not realize it, but they are cursing their future. Those

words sink into their minds. Before long, they develop a defeated mentality, low self-esteem and diminished

confidence. Worse yet, those negative mindsets can interfere

with God’s plan for their lives.

One of the best ways to break free from such strongholds is simply by speaking words of victory.

Instead of killing your world with your words, you can produce a profitable and healthy world out  of your mouth. 

Don't forget that your tongue is more powerful than its size,  use it to change your world today. 

Have a great day! 

Credit: 

Joel Osteen's Change your word,  change your world

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Job Seekers - See Best Way To Answer "Why Should We Hire You"

Do you know that One of the most important things to do if you want to answer this question well is understand what you want to say at first!

So we decided to give you the most important tips on getting that job of your choice. This will help you understand what the employer is looking for and as such will help you frame your answer to suit what they want.

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Must Read: Study Shows Degrading Plastics Emit Greenhouse Gases

This photo taken on July 16, 2018 shows volunteers sorting out plastic bottles at a recycling centre run by a non-profit Buddhist organisation in Taipei. Taiwan started recycling plastic more than a decade ago and today it boasts more than 70 percent recycling rates, according to the Environmental Protection Administration. Chris STOWERS / AFP

A study in the journal PLOS ONE on Wednesday found that degrading plastics emit powerful greenhouse gases like methane and ethylene, and are a previously unaccounted-for source of these heat-trapping pollutants.

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On this day in 1997, Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti died, and we take a look into his life and achievements.

Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti to an Anglican reverend and a feminist.

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Embracing Change: A Journey Through Metamorphosis

Lanre Olusola

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change”. – Charles Darwin
CHANGE in Life is inevitable. Adaptation to Change is Optional. Your Experiences and Outcomes hitherto are dependent on your Choices and Flexibility. Although change is constant to man, many dread it, wish it does not come; others ignorantly fight against or resist it to their own peril. Unknown to you wherever you find yourself in the equation above you are making a decision. So why not act swiftly and make the right intelligent one which is to accept and embrace change! To Survive and Succeed in Life you have to accept that change is a very critical part of the cycle of life. So stop running away from or trying to avoid it, because this is an aspiration in futility, instead run towards it and embrace it? Knowledge and insight is key to the concept of adaptability to change.

Let me share the concept of metamorphoses with particular emphasis on the butterfly. With you today, this concept is still a phenomenon even to scientist. Despite the fact that scientists have done several researches on Metamorphosis of a butterfly they are still unable to come to terms with what actually happens during each of the critical change phases (Especially the change phase of pupa/chrysalis). As we reflectively look into the subject of metamorphosis of a butterfly, I believe we will learn one or two critical life and adaptability lessons.

What is meta·mor·pho·sis?

According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary: It is a change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means. It can also be seen as a striking alteration in appearance, character, or circumstances. Lastly, it is typically marked more or less by abrupt developmental, in the form or structure of an animal occurring subsequent to birth or hatching. The development of a butterfly goes through 4 phases: Egg, Caterpillar, Pupa and Butterfly.

The young budding caterpillar eats its way out of the egg to be able to hatch it. So the egg is the caterpillar’s first meal, in order to grow its feasts on leaves. During this growth process, the caterpillar sheds a layer of skin 5-6 times. The last skin shed happens just before the caterpillar wraps a pupa/chrysalis around itself. Approximately 2 weeks later the caterpillar is completely transformed into a butterfly. We can categorize human development in five phases: a fertilized egg (fetus), birthed as a baby, grows into a toddler, matures into a teenager that goes through puberty to become an adult.

Although the human development has an extra process with reference to the development of a butterfly there is a significant difference that occurs. The anatomy of a human being is not radically changed into another form to enter the next phase of life. Unlike the butterfly, human beings simply grow into the next phase. Irrespective change occurs at each phase. One of the most fascinating phases of a butterfly’s metamorphosis is when the caterpillar wraps itself into the Pupa/Chrysalis. During this stage everything about the caterpillar changes. The caterpillar as we know it is reconstructed. The brain, digestive system, the sensory organs and everything that caused a caterpillar to thrive turns into what scientist call a ‘goo’. When they opened a Pupa/Chrysalis, they found no shape or form just a ‘gooey substance’. Why does this matter and how is this information going to help you to accept, embrace and adapt to change?

The ‘gooey/formless’ phase is where most people struggle.

All of a sudden people get bored, they feel stuck; at this stage when they begin to work on change they become impatient because they are not seeing the fruits they want to see as fast as they want to see them. They get frustrated, try to help the process or eventually abort the process and quit. In actuality, before a caterpillar can spin itself into the pupa/ chrysalis stage there is a last layer of skin that it has to shed. Even before the development starts happening within the pupa/chrysalis it sheds one last time. This is the MOST IMPORTANT aspect of embracing change. Could it be that the current phase that you are in, is an opportunity for everything about you to be changed?

What is it that you need to shed in order to embrace ’The formless’ phase. Could it be that your structure, habits, thoughts, beliefs, values and approaches have to go through a complete metamorphosis and become completely formless so that you can function in the next phase of your life? Would you need to do like the larva, pupa or butterfly at each phase to embrace change? What is hindering your growth so you can live your greatest life? Are you ready to accept that being formless is not indefinite? Another important lesson from the metamorphosis of a butterfly is that, even though the caterpillar changes and becomes a formless goo, scientists have found through classical conditioning that the butterfly still remembers that it was once a caterpillar. The butterfly simply allows the process to start and complete itself. With some kind of Intelligence, the butterfly know that one of the most DANGEROUS things to do is to try to assist the process at any stage: The larva, pupa or adult butterfly knows that it will be deformed or dead if anything interferes with the natural process of change. Imagine a human being or something external trying to help the adult butterfly by Pulling on its wings as it naturally struggles to wriggle out of the pupa/chrysalis phase.

What do you think will happen to the tender wings of the adult butterfly? Will that intervention help or destroy the butterfly? People have to be intelligent just like the butterfly, to know what stage in the Metamorphosis process [Egg: Larva: Pupa: Adult] they are currently in for their; Health, Overall Achievements, Career/Business, Spirituality, Relationships, Marriage, Self-Worth/Esteem, Home/Family or Finance. Know that they can be at different stages with each of the above, at different times in their lives.

Here is a classic reflection and testimonial of Kemi, a client that I recently helped through a Metamorphosis Coaching Session. “If I were to currently look at the integrality of categories for my life, I do find categories where I am an egg, caterpillar or in a pupa. Nonetheless, if I were to “Holistically” look at my entire life and what phase I am in the metamorphosis stages, I would be a pupa, which is formless goo.

Every conscious limiting belief? Gone! Every excuse? Stripped! Fears? Confronted! Insecurities? Reframed! Past hurts, Daddy issues and traumatic experiences? Healed with new perspective! Rigidity? Reversed to Flexibility!. One would think that with all the above mention, I’d be ready to go. 
No I cannot be ready to go yet, as I am faced with the reality that “I am formless”! 


How will I survive in the real world stepping out now prematurely as a formless being?

I need to allow the process complete itself as in try to fully grasp that the deconstruction of the ‘old me’ was only part of the pupa process not its entirety. The other half is the reconstruction. Just like the caterpillar, I must first turn into ‘goo’ before my organs/elements reconstruct themselves to be able to turn into the adult butterfly I am ordained to be. Although I am assured that I have now been taught methods and I have been given tools to survive and succeed. Without their application it is futile and I am learning that implementing the application in my life will be a step by step and day by day process. With trials, errors, failures, successes, corrections and readjustments.

I am understanding now that my reconstruction process will take time, discipline, endurance, accountability, transparency and a loyal support system that cheers me on and challenges me in my highest highs and in my lowest lows. As I go through this tedious process, I have come to accept that I have to get out of my comfort zone. Moving forward I am putting personal structures in place to make the reconstruction for my purpose easier. I am giving grace to myself. I have accepted that it is okay to be formless and that as I go through the process form is gradually being created. I have dedicated my life to serving humanity and I know that this reconstruction process is crucial for my full life expression and longevity. I am starting all over again and it is ok. I have reselected the values I will live by, the beliefs that will drive me, the qualities that I am harnessing, my personal interest and the personal standards that I will live by. I cannot wait to be the Beautiful Butterfly I was created to be; I now know that NOTHING can stop me”
FINALLY;

Like the butterfly people also need to be able to;
1. Accept and embrace change
2. Be flexible and adaptable to change
3. Patiently allow the process to start and complete itself
4. Know that embracing change doesn’t mean that you should or will completely forget your past, but that you should not remain there
5. Accept that trying to abort or help the process in anyway will destroy, deform or kill your final outcome

Remember that; the change you are afraid of embracing is the change that you need to change your life for the Best. If you need help with understanding the many changes and stages in your life? If you need help with developing the ability to adapt to change? Call a Life Coach to help you today on +23480770077000, Or Send an email to info@olcang.com To Get FREE Coaching today go to http://www.coachme.lifexone.org/

Source:

https://guardian.ng/features/health/embracing-change-a-journey-through-metamorphosis/

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Must Read: The Biggest Mountain In The World

Your biggest mountain in this world is ignorance,  there's no mountain anywhere.

There's this elephant which a hunter caught from a very tender age. The hunter  tied a rope to its neck and then to a big tree. This elephant has been limited to a certain perimeter till it grew bigger but never realise that its strength is stronger enough to pull off the tree. At a certain point, the rope tied to the tree was untied,  yet this elephant was still limited to the perimeter.

The elephant's mind has been limited and because it doesn't know the rope has been untied or that its strength can pull it out,  it is limited.

Ignorance is a disease, if you don't know,  you don't know. It's so simple!
Your problem is your ignorance.

Knowledge is needed to move from where you are to where you want to be. Do you want to make more profits in that business,  get more customers,  get promoted or achieve you goals?  Then,  you can't afford to be left out (outdated) in that field.  Get knowledge today!

Happy new month

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