The challenges of present day Nigeria and what We can all do.

I have always been passionate about my country and over the years I have proposed many ways to help her

One of such was in an article I wrote during my secondary school days for the national essay competition on the topic “Corruption the way out” in it I canvassed for a revolution! A bloody one at that, I cited the Ghana example and took it all the way back to the French revolution! (just finished reading “A Tale of Two Cities”. So hot was my desire to see a change that I didn’t mind if they thought my article distasteful. That was in year 1999 or 2000, surprisingly the essay won a significant position.

Now what can we do:

1. Pray: we often downplay the power of prayer until we are hit by trouble; Nigeria is in enough trouble already. Pray that Righteousness will reign like a river!

2. Begin to think Solutions in your small corner; we often take ourselves for granted. Say you are a banker, you can offer to teach a class of 10 underprivileged youths around your block the A—Z of banking. You might discover you’re teaching the next president or taming the next fanatic!

3. Let’s start giving out solutions for free. Learn to share insightful ideas with people that it will benefit (this is one thing I intend to do on this blog),

4. Quit complaining, it hasn’t changed a thing.

5. Buy Nigeria as much as possible (imported products is killing the economy).

6. If you are reading this post, you’re quite educated. Capitalize on that, your education has given you the ability to think. Pls create, I will be providing more insights on how to bring your ideas to fruition.

7. Lose your entitlement mentality. If anyone owed you something, forget it! Live like they don’t. Never expect the government, your parents, uncles or connections to make things happen for you. Take responsibility for your Life especially when you are out of the University.

8. Read, Read, and Read: Television has done much harm to Africa, it has made us passive. Our answer believe me is in us all along. THINK SOLUTIONS not Problems (it doesn’t cost anything)

9. Be bold enough to package your solutions, start drafting proposals for institutions and governments (after all it doesn’t cost much to do so). Go buy a printer and type the stuff. Try this if you are unemployed. Look at a local business around you or a school institution or something, detail their problems. Then write a proposal on How to change things and go give the management for free! You’ll be surprised at the outcome, as I said it will not cost you much.

Imagine what would have happened if Joseph taught his ideas would be of no value to Pharaoh (note that Pharaoh didn’t know Joseph’s God) or that David didn’t believe his experience with the bear and Lion had any correlation with Goliath.

When you are taking on big issues like this, pls don’t negotiate pay. There is an underlying principle that the bigger the issue the bigger the consultancy charge but all big issues have miniature similitude.

To be continued…………………..

Okwonna Nelson