MONTEÈCLAIRS TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE

Benny was kind enough to allow me on team TWINKLE, a project to reach out in love to school children in Ajegunle, Lagos.  See details below page. While Prepping to counsel,  I started thinking of something inspiring to share, something the children could remember and have hope...hope?! I suddenly remembered my mum's story...A truly touching one. My mum came from a poor and divorced home.  She didn't start primary school until she had breasts. She was so poor, rags were her sanitary towels,  left overs were her 3 course meal, murky was the drinking water,  child labour was daily routine,  a maid even in her father's house. Mocked, tempted, maltreated,beaten, ridiculed, abandoned and persecuted,  she was told to quit school,  get a boyfriend and learn a trade, but she had a dream,  to be someone,  be educated,  be important, rise above the mediocrity evident in her family. And she did,  for God was with her. Tod...

Mr.  Ben Murray Bruce has been sparing no expense to pass a message to Nigerians, trying to make common sense, and he's making quantum sense.  Infact, we all should begin to change our language,  mindset and actions towards the country for positive transformation,  at least to better the polity before generation X takes the stage. In a bid to make my common sense contribution,  I wrote and shared my article with a friend and he opined we consider some real logic,  ensuring some parameters are put in place, especially in our education system before all my common sensible thoughts will make sense. His observation show the average Nigerian is educated to be super dependent. That's the reason why most are unemployable after "education". "So many attend school with the mindset of "let's just get the certificate", that is why they just get in there, sort their way through and graduate "undone". School in itself is not even interesting,...