MONTEÈCLAIRS TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE

ANGELS ON STRIKE Breaking News! #news intro plays# “ Welcome! You are on to Space TV and this is news beyond the solar system and i’m Purity Seth. Report reaching our studio reveals a state of pandemonium ,confusion when Angels at Heaven’s gate threatened to go on strike, after a man refused judgement (with affidavit as  proof  ) stating that he was now 58yrs instead of 68yrs and so will not bear responsibility for the extra 10years...” “Na so i siddon  jejeli (calm & relaxed ) after a powerful church service for owner’s corner inside my friend moto dey hear tori o...’ Frank :-  how far with your football trials na? Jayjay:-   i went to embassy, everything was ready but they said i should change my football age from 21-20 years Frank:-    and have u done it? Jayjay:-    Yes o! Everything will be sorted soon.... My people , as i turn head to look the person (Christian brother) wey suddenly grow younger, i s...

God knows i can NEVER marry a policeman (pay me a millions bucks if it happens mistakenly...hehehe). Of course millions of Nigerians share my opinion of not liking the Police, but i’ve recently decided to see them as friends, not just because of their ad-campaigns or that they are humans too, but at least for their efforts in maintaining civil order (Titus 3:1,2, Romans 13:5 ). However, i must add they have played hilarious roles for lots of my spontaneous mischief.  As i strolled to the bus-stop with two of the Nduaguibe’s one fateful evening after youth meeting in church, we encountered a police van parked on Western Avenue, Ojuelegba , with 3 officers (one behind the steering wheel and two on either side of the front doors).Their black uniforms under darkness formed a perfect camouflage in collaboration with their dark truck, as they laid in wait for ‘criminals’ # usually traffic offenders#. As we walked past i hollered, ‘Police!’ , and kept walking with a mischief grin...

 Everybody hates to be kept waiting! Chidi was no exception, he was sick of it. He had sent me an 'epistle' (in the name of chatting) sharing his despair of waiting for a job after graduation...and his case isn't peculiar. Everybody hates to be kept waiting! Okay maybe not 'everybody #making allowance for weird exceptions# , but most 'normal' people hate to be kept waiting particularly when they are not certain of when the wait will be over. I am not quick to judge those 5 foolish virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) who weren't sufficiently prepared for the wait on the bridegroom (there were also virgins). I'm not quick to think i know how 'waiting' people feel, be it 'Waiting Mothers', 'Waiting Singles', 'Waiting Orphans' (awaiting adoption), 'Waiting Contractors' (especially for payment on government related projects), 'Waiting Applicants', 'Waiting Hungered', 'Waiting Patients', 'Waiting...

FOUNDER’S SYNDROME David wouldn’t let me be, he kept asking prodding questions seeing the pissed look on my face. Eventually, i had to share my grievance... In retrospect, someone (another friend of mine) had offended me, threw many months of service and commitment back in my face. I was pulled out of an on-going project without-a-word, for sentimental reasons, and what he’d done was pure and simple, utter disrespect #eyes-rolling#  David smiled in understanding, then educated me on the ‘condition’ plaguing my offender, Founders Syndrome. Founder's syndrome, sometimes called founderitis , is a label normally used to refer to a pattern of behavior on the part of the founder(s) of an organization that, over time, becomes maladaptive to the successful accomplishment of the organizational mission. The term is anecdotal/unofficial and does not actually refer to a medical syndrome . It is particularly common where there has been only one person leading the orga...

NETWORK CONSPIRACY THEORY Nod your head twice if you’ve ever gotten any of these responses:   ‘ Network Busy’ , ‘Number not Available on    Network’, ‘number you have dialled is not reachable at the moment’, ‘Number does not exist’, ‘communication failure has occurred’, ‘you have insufficient balance’ , ‘you are not allowed to call this number’ ‘...your call has been terminated’   ...not to mention undelivered emails, pings and the wasting prepaid monies to the mobile networks and failed customer care   ...arrrgghhh!$#@^#&%^$R^&...mssstchheeeew ! #i guess your head is already vibrating with many nods...lol# Have i been the only one experiencing this network menace recently?? make no mistake  about it dear  friends, all the networks in Nigeria are culpable. 'Oh my God!', i exclaimed out of frustration yesterday (and short of throwing away my phones and laptop in annoyance).  I simply concluded it could only be a kinda networ...

Peter rushed into the studio screaming, feigning an alarmed look, ‘Breaking news: Obama has been kidnapped!!!’, ‘how that wan fit happen na?’, someone said, chuckling. ‘Why not?’, i asked. ‘What’s so special about America sef?’ #mssstcheeeeeew# i hissed. It seemed i had some kind of contempt against America; No way! I appreciate and respect them. However, the Truth was, i was upset. Upset with i saw and heard earlier that day. Upset with the disorientation and lazy minds of ‘some people’. I was upset that some people were also cashing on the ‘lazy minds’ of others. I’m Upset that we ‘all’ want to escape from our responsibilities, our values, our inheritance...doesn’t it mean anything anymore? #earlier in the day#   There they were, at a busy junction with loud speakers and fake ‘oyibo’ accent calling out to people to come apply for America Visa Lottery, so they can live & work in America. Only civility kept me from walking in there (to scatter all their stuff) an...