I read two articles in one way or
another they were talking about the same subject, on Ynaija!, it was about Fmr.
President Obasanjo, being afraid of the youth of today, about that the rise of
unemployment and the second by Isioma Osaje about young people not getting a job
but prefer being on twitter. But the fear on everyone’s mind is, for the
upcoming youth having the power of the nation and the world at large in their
hands! And we are not prepared!
I was talking to my classmate that do
these people know that the job market is very competitive now, it’s not about
your certificates, but what you have to offer, the employers know that the
school system needs help they are not really teaching what’s needed in the
market and the students are just in school to pass exams and not to learn.
Not too long I was telling a young man
to be productive and stop doing nothing all day, but dedicating all he has to
observing sports, listen to music and get to know the latest dance steps, I
began to explain if at all you like these things so much why don’t you write
stories on the things you watch on these sporting channels! Stop being a
consumer, my former I.T will always say, you Nigerians keep on consuming and
importing isn’t there anyone that has the idea of creating one these things you
buy from foreign nations
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I attended a leadership summit by
Annabel Leadership Academy, between the 11th and 12th of December
2012, various dignitaries graced the occasion from political people Senator
Obi, Fmr. Gov Donald Duke, Prof. Dora and the list goes on, to the
entertainment industry, Ben Bruce, Genevieve, Omotola, Ali Baba and many more and
they addressed many issues concerning, Leadership, unemployment and how to move
the nation forward.
There were some remarkable contribution
I would like to share…..
Leo Stan Ekeh, “CEO Zinux”
“In 21st Century all are
called and all are chosen”
“You must be strong morally and spiritually
and you must have style”
“When you make decision forget your
emotions” “Build yourself as a “collateral”
“Be innovative, Ethical, Disciplined,
and Flexible”
Fmr. Gov. Donald Duke……
“A true leader
must know himself”, “don’t short-change yourself”
He gave a scenario, where David Beckham
couldn’t play a match, but he coached from the line and lead his men to
victory, you can only do this if you know yourself, and not being emotional
about making decisions.
Pat Utomi…………….. “If you don’t know you
can’t lead”, it’s not compulsory you know everything, nobody wants to follow a
leader who has no sense of direction.
“You must have sense of service’’, “Courage
to stand for what you believe in”, “Leadership is a process”, “Leadership can
be learnt’’
Ben Bruce………. “You must have a plan”,
“You must know your history”.
“Apply emotional Intelligence to carry
and pull people along”, “When you walk the talk, you make aggregate, mass and
effective change”, “For you to do the right thing you have to keep clean
hands” “Be Courageous, Principled,
Prudent”
Prof. George Obiozor “Choose your
enemies wisely” “Learn from others”
Senator Ben Obi “Leadership is not
having the best of everything, but making the best of anything”
Ali Baba, “Always hit the Reset Button”,
“Self Development” “Don’t drop your leadership level” (Don’t settle for less as
you grow)
Omotola and Genevieve ....... “Nigerians should be creative”
Dr. William Tiga Tita
Leadership is like salt, if it’s too
much people would complain, if it’s too little people would grumble but if it’s
just enough nobody says anything about it, have you ever heard anybody say
there about enough salt in a food.
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Ali Baba, Tonye Cole of Sahara group,
Ogbo, Nicolas Okoye (Host) and many other speakers, emphasized on the youths
that they not being employable at all, at least “most”, they may have good
certificates but they do not have anything upstairs.
The youths really are not capable, most
of the job openings usually handed out; sometimes a thousand people come for
the job opening and only a minute number of people do qualify for the job, and
sometimes none.
The older generations are so concerned
about the upcoming generation, that they do not entrust any role in our hands.
We all hated Gaddafi and his government,
but see what happens when government changed hands, Egyptians are still on the
streets, while Gaddafi is long gone.
Will we be ever ready? Yes! I assure
you! I was preparing for an exam in year 2 and I told my classmate that we are
all not studying hard, he says to me, no matter how much you think everyone is
playing there’re still some people studying.
There are still some people preparing and
working hard towards, self-development, leadership and doing their best the way
they can in their own field.
I’m not really worried about this
upcoming generation, about not being prepared and serious at all, because
producers are always less than the consumers, on the stage is a star in the
audience are a million fans, don’t be bothered to enter a room and find a few
or nobody with leadership qualities.
Many are called few are chosen Matt 22:14………………………
