Tuesday, 5 December 2017

THE LIFE OF A NIGERIAN ENGINEER



An engineer is an individual who has graduated from mere scientific knowledge to a pragmatic/technological status; deploying forensic and mathematical skills acquired in course of his training to invent, repair, maintain, troubleshoot and solve problems of man. 
By the foregoing definition, he is more mathematical than a mathematician, more scientific than a scientist, more logical than a lawyer, and more creative than an artist. Having successfully covered virtually all topics in mathematics, science, and also covered the fundamentals of law, humanities, management and religion.


It is however regrettable that the engineer is highly neglected by the government of Nigeria, such that the joy and morale of an engineer has almost dropped to the baseline, reducing the graduate engineer to a mere classroom teacher, artisans traders and many more unbecoming jobs to earn a living after graduation. This is unlike his pars in Medicine and Law who are given their staff of office by their automatic adoption into their professional cadre immediately after graduation with a lot of fanfare and cheers.
In the second year of engineering studies, the undergraduate engineer is taught that, engineering regulations in Nigeria does not permit him to bear the title ‘’Engr” after graduation until at least 5years, then he can sit for an exam - if recommended by Nigerian Society of Engineers(NSE). If he passes the exam, then he qualifies to practice engineering with all privileges. Making it a total of 10years to become an engineer in Nigeria- yet there are no airplanes, ships, cars, machines built by a Nigerian engineer till today. When I asked, I was told that the idea is to reduce quackery and avoid the building of substandard structures – Yet there are substandard structures everywhere, and there are quacks everywhere too. But when I checked Medicine which deals directly with human life, this stringent condition does not apply. Even undergraduate medical doctors attain to patients in the clinic- that is why they have university teaching hospital. In law, which deals with justice, this undue strictness does not also apply, everyone knows that there are incompetent lawyers and judges everywhere in Nigeria- that is why there is Appeal to cases and judgements.
On behalf of all concerned undergraduate and graduate engineers in Nigeria, make the following suggestions, submission, appeal, or demands as the case may be, to the Nigerian Government:
1. COREN should be reformed immediately to allow immediate adoption of graduate engineers into the engineering profession with all privileges, either automatically or with lesser conditions.
2. The national Assembly should initiate a bill to make a law that will establish Engineering Institute, that will be regulated by COREN. This institute will have the responsibility to prepare the graduate engineer for professionalism.
3. There should be Engineer General of the Federation. Who is to among other functions, be the Chief Adviser to the government on Engineering, Technology and Industry issues.  Just like there is Attorney General of the Federation, Auditor General of the Federation, Accountant General of the Federation, and surveyor General of the Federation.
4. Government should ensure that credit from Bank of Industries is given to engineers with minimal or zero interest rate, to encourage engineering, and National Industrialization.
5. There should be an order of mandamus, from the office of the Engineer General of the Federation to companies operating in Nigeria to as a matter of obligation, to engage undergraduate engineer during his period of internship to improve his engineering experience with stipend to offset the cost of his logistics.

From,
Graduate Engineer, Abbah Rufus.

Tuesday, 12 September 2017

Tips on what every fresh Nigerian graduate should do



Through my undergraduate days and now as a graduate I see some mistakes  we young guys who are entering into the Labour market in flocks make causing them to be unemployed even though those factors  are in reality  avoidable. 
I as an optimist term it as favour market rather than labour market because there are lots of things you  can do to get busy and reduce the number of unemployment in the country. 
Below are some  tips I have that would help improve your chances of getting employed as a freshman in the favour market   



πŸ‘‰  Completion of the the NYSC scheme before searching for a job .
This is one mistake many of us make as corp members,  you may end up regretting if you wait till then. In fact before you finish NYSC you should have applied for at least 5 jobs and attended at least 2 interviews this would either help you secure a job or give you an insight to how interviews and employers look for in job seekers.


 πŸ‘‰  If you had a 2:2 or third class like myself,  you should know you are in a more likely hood that most interviews cannot be attended by you. Am sure you know what am heading at. 
 This is because the job market is saturated and so one way many employers try to streamline the number of applicants is by stating that they need 2:1 or first class only.
This should not be a source of worry but should be a reason why you have to up your game. You need to go for additional training that are relevant (mark the word relevant), add some more skill, thereby enriching your CV making it look superb!

You can’t have a 2:2 and you are applying a job seeking first class and 2:1 as applicants.
 However there is a chance that when you have an outstanding and rich CVyou could improve your chances of getting that job. Also you should apply in more places to increase your chances.

 I will tell a real life stories i once came across.

 Have you heard of this man called Tony Elumelu? I heard a story about him. Tony Elumelu graduated with a 2:2. His first banking job. The requirement was a first class or 2:2. But he still applied. Tony Elumelu applied but added a cover note, explaining why he felt he was still qualified despite graduating with a 2:2. Guess what? He was hired!
Also another story i heard.
A particular lady  had a 2:2. I
But sought advice in applying for a job offer she loved but had no place for because of her graduating class,  she however was advised to go for the interview after putting excellent finishing to her CV. The day she went for the interview, all the interviewers kept commending her CV that they forgot to look at her grade. She was moved to the next stage of the interview. By this time, they had dropped some candidates. She was called again for a second interview, this time around with the top managers. She was scared. Again, they started praising her CV. Asking her questions and commending her. At the tail end, that was when one of them saw the grade. They were like, you mean you finished with a 2:2? She said yes. Then she explained why. Because she was honest and had already won their hearts, guess what! Weeks later, she was called to resume work!
 This again is a fact many graduates and job seekers don't know!


 πŸ‘‰ You don’t always need to know anyone to enter a company
 I don't know where most young people got this mindset from. They just conclude that all jobs can only be gotten by connection. I want to ask you a question. If you owned a company and you want that company to really grow. As in, you really want it to move forward. Say the truth would you like to hire all your employee based on connection? Wouldn't you want to use common sense to ensure that you have 1..2..3..4 who are really really qualified? Because if all workers were by connection it means the company will crumble. It means they are not looking for skill. And you know what that means.. the company will fall!!!

 So because they know this, they can't keep giving all the jobs by connection. There is a place for skill, for those who are truly qualified. So the big question is..Are you among the few qualified?



πŸ‘‰  Getting into a company or organisation is one thing, how you get in is another thing.
 This point is very crucial, please follow carefully!

 The route via which you enter a company goes a long way to determine your salary, your future prospects in that company, your promotion or even the benefits you will be entitled to.

 Its one thing to be working in shell or Mobil or Total, but the big question is how did you enter? You entered as what?

 Have you heard of any of the following terms: Graduate Management Trainee, Technical Trainee, Contract Staff, Intern, Outsourcing?

 Let me explain further taking the routes I mentioned above one after the other.

 Do you know that the best way to enter a multinational company (MNC) as a young graduate is either as an intern or a graduate trainee.

Let me explain. An intern is not yet employed. He/she will be paid, but is being trained to work. If they find you competent they can now fully recruit you to become a trainee.

Now if you must enter a company and you want to enjoy the highest benefits, try your best to enter the Management Trainee programme.

Those who eventually become MDs and Head of Departments are those who enter as Graduate Trainees.

They are the ones the company likes to send abroad to do one course or the other. They are the ones with the fatter salary. They are the big boys and girls. This is why they are usually few!

 The truth is not every one can enter as a graduate trainee, but aspire to do so, there is no harm in aiming big!


 A technical trainee is usually for all the technical work. They usually like to take HND and OND for these roles. They believe they have the technical knowledge

 The only thing is that, they are not paid as much as the Graduate Management Trainee

 Then for contract staff, that one your salary is smaller. You are on contract and so your contract can end anytime, and you end up jobless again


πŸ‘‰  When applying for a job in which you were given an email address to forward your CV, there are seven points you need to note
 I. Your CV should be in pdf format- it should not be in word because it can scatter when opened on the other end. Except you were specifically told to send it that way.
II. You should ALWAYS attach a cover letter. Listen to me they may not say it but it’s a secret why they screen candidates out (it should be in pdf too)
III. You must have a subject and the subject should state the position you are applying for.
IV. Your email must not be empty! It’s a sin, many make that mistake. Your email should have a catchy and stimulating body which is similar but more straight forward and direct like the cover letter
V. Your application must have a complementary close (and optionally a picture which you insert through your email complementary close setting)
VI. You must do a proper search of that company and the role you are applying for.
VII. Try to use a computer not a phone. The greatest error you want to make is having the employer see things like “sent from my blackberry Z10” or “sent from my tecnoc8”. That shows how lazy you are and how you can’t make the extra effort of applying with professionalism

 I have seen a lot of graduates err in this regard. They keep saying they have applied everywhere but they never get called. It is because your application was shabby and not pleasant to your employer.

Cc vs Bcc
 Cc stands for "carbon copy." Anyone you add to the cc: field of a message receives a copy of that message when you send it. All other recipients of that message can see that person you designated as a cc: recipient.

Bcc: stands for "blind carbon copy." Anyone you add to the bcc: field of a message receives a copy of that message when you send it. But, bcc: recipients are invisible to all the other recipients of the message including other bcc: recipients.

 Now what is the importance of this knowledge of Cc and Bcc?

 Sometimes if you are being referred by someone to apply for a job, you may sometimes need to put the person that referred you in copy to further strengthen your chances. Its more like a referral.

If you want the person you send the application, to know who referred you, you use Cc, if you want to code it you use BBC.


 πŸ‘‰  Most of the available jobs are not usually advertised
 No matter how thoroughly you search for job openings on online job portals,  job agencies,  newspapers ads or even on the company's website -  whatever jobs you find that way is only 15 percent of what's available. only 15 percent!!!

That's because 85 percent of jobs are never publicized. This is absolutely true,  and done for good reasons.

The employers try to avoid the painful and costly process of sorting through the thousands of mostly crappy applications that follow any publicized job opening,  so they would rather use other means of hiring the right people that don't require public advertisement.

 The fact that you don't see any job openings doesn't mean a company is not hiring. So you can connect directly and can convince the company that your are the right person. You will be hired whether or not any job was advertised.

 Again I must say... This doesn't mean jobs are not advertised at all.

 Now there are three key people whom, if your CV can just get to them, they have the power to get you employed. 

 1. Heads of the department, unit or team in which you wish to work
2. The HR Manager
3. The CEO, MD or founder of the company


 πŸ‘‰ Doing a Masters immediately after NYSC is very dangerous for some categories of people!

I know some people want to add something to their 2:2 or to their courses because they may not have studied some kind of courses that are very well appreciated in Nigeria
-But Masters immediately after NYSC is not for everybody.
In fact the level of those applying for MSc in the country is so alarming and this is owing to one factor NO JOB

i. If your family is broke and waiting for you to come and help them out
You would rather take that job, start looking for certifications, then you can sponsor yourself for masters.
ii. If you are like 24 and above, doing a masters immediately may not be advisable. By the time you are done they tell you not more than 26 years old (so you have no job experience, and you have lost on the age side)
-If you must do masters, do your calculations and consultations well. Don’t be a copy copy! Don’t follow crowd. Understand why you want to do it.


πŸ‘‰  Some of your CVs never get read by the employers
Some companies use what is called an optimization software to scan through thousands of CVs looking for keywords. Any CV that doesn't have some keywords they are looking for get trashed.
Only after they finish optimization does a human being now start looking at the CVs remaining one by one.



πŸ‘‰ Getting a job is a full time job!

Allow this point to sink into your head! If you are unemployed right now, you need to employ yourself into a new job called - GETTING A JOB

 When something very important to you gets missing in your house, how do you search for it please?

 You check under the table, inside your room, the toilet, you call your uncle, you turn everywhere upside down!

is that correct?
 So why is it that when its time to look for a job we do it with some lackadaisical attitude?

 My dear, Nigeria is hard! To get a job, you have to be violent about it. You have to attend seminars, ask questions, apply here and there..as in let it be serious!

 You don't get a job by watching season movies

 You don't get a job by sitting and complaining

 You don't get a job by knowing all the game of thrones series.

No way! Getting a job is serious business.

Sentiment apart,

Every recent graduate in the business of getting a job in this era needs:

1. A Good smart phone (no matter how cheap) 
2. A good monthly data plan (not all this 100 naira per month subscription) plus good Internet connection. 
3. Access to power supply for minimum 2 hours daily. 
4. Network with "correct" groups.
5. A laptop once in a while (could be your own, your neighbors own or you go to cyber Cafe).

Shell or NestlΓ© or whoever won't hear you were broke and so you  couldn't come online to see their post for a vacancy that suited you.


Credits Jobland.

Monday, 14 August 2017

Nobody would choose you, you have to choose yourself former President olusegun Obasanjo tells Nigerian youth

Former president olusegun Obasanjo spoke on
Saturday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the Youth Governance Dialogue organised to mark International Youth Day 2017.


Obasanjo, however, was quick to add that the youth who would occupy leadership positions in the country must have carved a niche for themselves through hard work.
Obasanjo, who warned that leadership is not just for
 the asking, but said youths have to work for it.
positions such as that of the president, governor, and National Assembly could be acquired but there has  to be a will for good governance .
He appealed to them to stop complaining and moaning.
Obasanjo said, “I joined politics from the top. The only position I contested for in Nigeria is the Presidency, but I had a track record of achievements, which led to that.
“Nobody will choose you; you have to choose yourself. Why should you have to become president at the age of 40? Why can’t you become president at the age of 35? Why can’t you become president at the age of 30?
He also called on Nigerian youths to be united, and to also contribute to the development of their fatherland.

“The point is this: how prepared are you? Are you really prepared?” he finally added. 

An analysis of the looming conditions of Nigeria




 Gone are the jolly good old days of Nigeria. The period of true nationalism amongst all and sundries ranging from tribes beliefs behaviour religion and culture


 Gone are the times of our founding fathers Sardauna, Awolowo and Azikwe

_Gone are the days where the country seem divided after the colonialism yet filled with its boom and potentials, only 3 sections were there in existence yet  they were known as the giant of Africa,
 dispersed but not in pandemonic diaspora, disunity or divisional disintegration
 harnessing its full potentials irrespective of culture,religion or tribe in harmonism without bigotry or fanatism._
Regions segmented into  

The Northern region
The Western region
The Southern region

Yet all went well and fine with mutual respect amongst those around the trio.

Looking back those time and days and equating a comparison with recent time i can not help but bring my self to tears


The Country is trying to withdraw to its past but in such a manner it would only revamp as a shadow of its horrific past

The country is moving back 'o bourke  to its looming past so to say a shadow of its past
Where there are those who claim to take it back to those times of integral amalgamation

Not the times of its simple yet peaceful,  diverse yet harmonized NORTHERN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN REGION AS ONE PROTECTORATE 

however the new inharmonious protectorate to be collated by Nigerians of present times are regionalized in the following trio


The secessionist are those who believe Nigeria has been a fallacy right from set and should be taking back to the era of tribes clans and individual settlement before even the coming of the whites, i call them the agitators e.g IPOB (independent people of Biafra) and their likes.

The unitarians however are those who still believe Nigeria can be re-formed even at its present state, they don't see dividing the country as the solution but believe with good leaders, mindset and intents all would be settled.

The Federalists on the other hand are those who think unless the en,tire system is overhauled, reviewed and recoupled only then would Nigeria be great
I call this group the restructures.


Who ever you are as a Nigerian i believe you fall under one of this groups.

Nigerians choose well we only have got this one large field as ours and if we make wrong choices then we would all suffer regrets together as this is the only land, plane, settlement or region however you may call it we have got to call our own.

Finally remember only orphans,widows,hunger,sickness and sufferings are re-births of war and it is only DEATH that has seen the end of WAR. 

Arise and wake up o Nigerians.
    

Sunday, 6 August 2017

Kogi News:- Civil Servant Arraigned For Exposing Kogi Governor ’ s Abuja Residence


A civil servant is currently on trial in the
confluence state of Kogi after he exposed
images of the new residence of Governor
Bello.


A 32-year-old civil servant, Mr. Johnson Musa,
was on Friday dragged before a Lokoja Chief
Magistrates’ Court for allegedly threatening
and exposing the Abuja residence of Governor
Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.
Musa, an indigene of Dekina Local
Government Area of the state, was alleged to
have taken aerial pictures of the governor’s
Abuja residence with a drone camera and
posted them on social media.
He was said to have posted the pictures with
the caption, “This building is owned by an
individual in Kogi, where hunger is the first
name, in less than one year.”
The prosecuting counsel, Mohammed Abaji, a
senior legal officer with the state Ministry of
Justice, said Musa was arrested on Thursday
by men of the Department of State Services.
The action, Abaji said, had put the governor
and his family under threat and potential harm
to their property, urging the court to take
cognisance of the offence of cyberstalking
against the accused.


Musa pleaded not guilty to the offence and
his counsel, Williams Aliwo of Crystal
Chambers, orally applied for his bail in line
with section 36(5) of the constitution and
section 341(2) of the Criminal Procedure
Code.
Aliwo submitted that any order to remand the
accused in prison custody would amount to
punishing him ahead of the proof of his guilt,
adding that the accused would not jump bail
or try to escape justice if the bail conditions
were granted.
But the bail application was vehemently
opposed by Abaji on the grounds that an
investigation into the matter was ongoing
aside from the fact that the penalty attached
to the offence is 10 years’ imprisonment or an
option of a minimum of N25m fine.
In his ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Alhassan
Husaini, said by virtue of Section 36(5) of the
Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the presumption
of innocence of the accused was
constitutionally guaranteed.
Husaini granted the accused bail in the sum
of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum,
adding that the sureties must be resident
within the jurisdiction of the court.


To allay the fears of the prosecution counsel
over the inconclusive investigation, he ordered
that a register of attendance be opened at
the DSS office for the accused to report on
Monday and Thursday.
Husaini adjourned the case to August 17.

Monday, 10 July 2017

NASS SHOULD LEARN FROM VENEZUELA AND OTHER COUNTRIES






The National Assembly (NASS) has been at loggerheads with the executive since the commencement of the Buhari-led administration on May 29, 2017. This has retarded normal running of government, delayed the approval of budgets on two occasions and slowed down other government-related activities.



Worse still, the executive-parliamentary faceoff appears rooted in their diametrically opposing approaches to the issue of corruption and how to tackle it. While the executive demonstrates unflinching determination to eliminate graft and punish looters, the legislature whose membership contains some law-makers who are facing corruption charges is not so keen. It is even on the verge of promulgating a law granting amnesty to looters of the nation’s treasury, a move widely believed to benefit some of its members.



The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) is deeply disturbed by this cat and mouse game between the executive and the legislature. From all indications, it appears that the eighth NASS was set up ab initio to frustrate the efforts of the Buhari regime in its fight against corruption.



Nigeria’s eighth legislature is embroiled in a litany of sins ranging from its alleged outrageous emoluments, tampering with budgets, rejection of government’s nominees, arm-twisting the executive over sundry issues thereby virtually railroading the government to bend over backwards to meet lawmakers’ frivolous demands.




Against the background of the threat issued by the NASS to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo who has been asked to sack Ibrahim Magu, head of the economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) or face the consequences, we warn against any rash action.



Our message to the Nigerian lawmakers is loud and clear: touch the Acting President and face the wrath of the Nigerian people. We believe that the NASS is taking too much for granted. This law-making body should not invite anarchy. Nigerians are not really the fools they think they are.



Our legislators should learn from countries like Venezuela, Paraguay, Macedonia, Moldova, Iraq and Burkina Faso. These are six countries whose parliaments were attacked by patriotic citizens for adopting anti-people policies in the last three years. Just five days ago, precisely on Wednesday 5thJuly, 2017 in Venezuela, pro-Maduro groups stormed Caracas congress accusing the lawmakers of standing in the way of President Nicolas Maduro’s reform policies and programmes.



Also, for adopting an unacceptable amendment to the country’s constitution, Paraguayans invaded parliament on 1stApril, 2017. The amendment would have allowed current President Horacio Cartes to be re-elected for another term. In the Balkans, the Macedonian congress at Skopje was invaded by supporters of President Zoran Zaev on 27th April 2017.


Last year, Moldovan parliament in Chisinau was also stormed on Wednesday 20th January 2016 by hundreds of demonstrators shouting ‘thieves!’ after parliament appointed a third prime minister within one year. Iraq’s protesters stormed parliament on 1stMay, 2016 demanding an end to corruption.



Burkina Faso parliament inOuagadougou was burned down on October 30, 2014 when demonstrators vent their anger over a proposal to extend President Blaise Compaore's 27-year rule. The storming of the parliament building marked the culmination of several days of demonstrations.



These scenarios can be replicated in Abuja.Members of the NASS should not be deceived by the elitist environment of Abuja which, unlike Lagos, Kano, or Enugu, makes mobilization difficult. Our lawmakers should know that it is not impossible for a determined citizenry. Neither should they underestimate the Nigerian electorate. Nigerian parliamentarians should not test our will. Nigerians are sick and tired with legislative oligarchy and parliamentary terrorism.



This eighth NASS is severely detached from the citizenry. We voted the present administration into office to fight corruption. We are disappointed that the NASS has become the recruitment sergeant for corruption and a weapon for harassing, coercing and intimidating the symbols of change and champions of accountability like President Muhammadu Buhari, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, Babatunde Fashola, etc.



We can no longer stand akimbo watching lawmakers who are paid with our hard-earned money destroying the future of coming generation of Nigerians. We want to see looters in jail. We want our stolen money recovered. We want special courts to try these sophisticated kleptomaniacs.



Although protests against parliaments in other countries in the examples cited above have been characterized by violence resulting in injuries inflicted on lawmakers as well as destruction of properties, MURIC advocates non-violent action like the occupation of the NASS and peaceful rallies and protests in state assemblies by placard carrying patriots. We know the hawks in the NASS will not succumb easily. Nigerians must therefore be ready for a prolonged struggle. We must be determined. Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom. Dare to struggle, dare to win. There must be no retreat, no surrender.



Islamic liberation theological teachings enjoin citizens to stop evil doers and oppressors from perpetrating further evil (wa yanhawna ‘anil-munkar : Glorious Qur’an 3:104, 110; 31:17; 16:90). It warns that the wrongs committed by a few will sooner or later affect all if citizens do nothing (Qur’an 8:25) and that citizens must take necessary actions to effect change because Allah will not come down by Himself to change things for them (Qur’an 13:11). The hadith of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) equally exhorts mankind to “hold the hands of evil doers” (ta’khudhuhu faoqa yadayhi).


As our concluding remarks, we remind Nigerians of the wise words of great men in history. Uthman Dan Fodio said, “In an unjust society, silence is a crime.” Dante Alighieri, an Italian Poet opined, “The hottest part of hell will be reserved for those who in times of moral crisis maintain their neutrality.” Lastly, Elie Wiesel fired man’s revolutionary instinct when he observed, "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest."


We remain oppressed until the hungry are fed, the sick healed, the naked clothed and the homeless sheltered.


By:Professor Ishaq Akintola,
President,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)

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Sunday, 9 July 2017

Research discovery on Urine to be used as Fertilizer

An environmental engineer, Mr Isaac Bryant, on Saturday urged conversion of human urine into fertiliser and other products that would have higher environmental value.
He disclosed that urine, which is generally considered waste, is a valuable resource which can be used as fertiliser.
“Urine is very safe, hygienic, easy to handle and collect, and easily available,” Bryant, a lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, told the News Agency of Nigeria.
He spoke to NAN at the 2017 African Clean Up Conference taking place in Cape Coast with the theme: ‘Exploring New Horizon and Sustainable Best Practices in Waste Management and Recycling’.
The three-day conference, which began on Thursday, was organised by the African Clean-up Initiative – an NGO committed to promoting environmental activities in communities and schools.
Bryant said that human urine was part of domestic waste water, which could be used as fertiliser.
The lecturer said that using urine as fertiliser posed minimal health risk to both the environment and human beings.
He advised countries to tap into the resource rather than rely on chemical fertiliser which, he said, impacted negatively on the environment and posed a health risk to humans.
“Rather than use chemical fertiliser for crops, human urine is better.
“We can use human urine to cultivate crops such as maize, okro, tomato, pepper, garden eggs and some other vegetables,” he told NAN.
Bryant said that countries could instruct their universities and research institutions to pilot the usage of human urine for agriculture, and sensitise the public to the benefits.
According to the lecturer, use of human urine as fertiliser would reduce its public discharge and promote a clean and safe environment
NAN reports that no fewer than 200 environmentalists and others gathered for the conference to discuss environmental problems peculiar to Africa and proffer indigenous solutions.
According to the Convener, Mr Alex Akhigbe experienced environmentalists were expected to deliver papers on how best to manage waste and sustain best environmental practices in Africa.
“The intention of the 2017 Africa Clean Up Conference is to create a platform for Africans to recognise and discuss their peculiar environmental challenges and determine indigenous solutions.” (NAN)


Source News Express

Monday, 26 June 2017

WHY AM ON SOCIAL MEDIA

It’s true, I'm one of the millions of social media users,
but I'm not here to play…I'm not here to fall in love
....I'm not here to waste my time....Every second of my
life is a chance used or abused to get closer to my purpose of creation.
Www.fb.com/thedynamicengineer 
I'm here on your Facebook, twitter, mailbox,  whatsapp,bbm and all as an ambassador,
for whatever I do, say or post represent my religion, my family and my passion as a Believer and one who submits to peace.
I sure am here trying to boost my
knowledge, skills and artistry. I'm here to post
what pleases the Almighty and also pretty good people, NOT YOU...  oh yeah(you know yourself), i don't need to delete you all i need is keep saying the truth until the weak minded weed them selves out, and i do what i do until haters go into purgatory or go ballistic launching themselves into space, cause i love to share what I know and what I believe and what inspires....
I'm here trying to obey the message from our beloved Messenger
when he said:
” Convey from me even if it be one letter ” I'm here to
spend sweet moments with you my brothers & sisters
whom I love for the sake of the Creator. I'm here with them so
that we help each other with the obedience to Him and
to advice each other.
I don't care what people say about me , but I'll remain
committed to His call and to His path by His will
```ABDULMATEEN YUSUF```

A Nerve awakening story

A Nerve awakening  Story 


A handsome man went into a hotel and asked to see the boss. When the boss came, the story began.

-The client: is room 39 empty?
-The boss: yes, sir.
-The client: can I book it?
-The boss: of course you can.
-The client: thank you.

Before going to the room, the client asked the boss to provide him with a black knife, a white thread 39 cm and an orange 73g.

The boss agreed though he was surprized at the weird things the client asked to have.

The client went into his room, he didn't ask for food or anything else.

Unfortunately for the boss, his room was next to room 39.

After midnight, the boss heard strange voices and noise in that client's room. Voices of wild animals and of utensils and dishes being thrown on the floor.

The boss didn't sleep that night. He kept thinking and wondering what might be the source of the noise.

In the morning, when the client handed the keys to the boss, the latter asked to see the room first.

He went to the room and found everything alright. Nothing unusual. He even found the thread, the black knife and the orange on the table.

The client paid the bill and gave the bellboys a very good tip and left the hotel smiling.

The boss was in a shock but he didn't reveal what he heard to the bellboys. In fact, he started to doubt himself.

After one year, the client showed up again. He asked to see the boss again. The boss was in a puzzle.

The client asked the same things: room 39, black knife, white thread 39cm and an orange 79g.

This time, the boss wanted to know the truth by all means possible. He spent a sleepless night, waiting for something to happen. After midnight, the same voices and noises started, this time louder and more indecipherable than the year before.

Again, before leaving, the client paid his bill and left a large tip on the table for the bellboys. The smile didn't leave his face.

The boss started searching for the meaning of everything the client asked to have. Why did he ask room 39? why the white thread? why the black knife??? In fact, the boss didn't arrive to any convincing answer to all these questions.

The boss now was eagerly waiting for the month of March, the month in which the client showed up.

To his surprise, on the first day of March, the same client showed up. He asked the same questions. Wanted to book the same room, wanted to have the same things as before.

The boss again heard the same noises, this time more louder than before.

In the morning, when the client was leaving the hotel, the boss apologized politely to the client and asked to know the secret behind the noises in the room.

-''If I tell you the secret, do you swear never to  reveal it to anyone else?''
-''I promise I will never let anyone know''.
-''Promise''
-''I promise I won't reveal your secret''
So finally, the client revealed his secret to the boss.

Unfortunately, the boss was a sincere person. Uptil now he hasn't revealed his secret to anyone.

When he does, I will let you know...


Eid Mabrook

Don't forget to fast situ-shawwal

Sunday, 7 May 2017

Comprehensive sexualization of our kids



CSE as it is called or Comprehensive sexual education or Sex education as commonly referred is something now eating into our children without we knowing
This is an agitation that preach sex to our children and we think it's OK
When i first heard this in the early 2000's to be introduced into the primary curriculum
Scholars of the Muslim community raised alarm kicking against it and all society could say and call them where Noise makers and bigot
What would you call a society that preaches safe sex rather than save sex.... A society preaching where we teach children at 15 how to get laid without getting pregnant or contracting STD's

A society where we dress our kids seductively and make them dance sensually all in the name if birthday parties
A society where cartoons preach gay an lesbianism and we as parents say nothing and do nothing
A society where the only way we preach love in children programs is when two people kiss
Even our novels and readers are no longer safe

What do you say about books such as independence day and some primary school readers for our children???
Now do you know that the book recommended for our kids by jamb this year promotes such.. This book prepare our children for sex when gaining entrance into the university.

How many of you parents have looked into the the front cover of the book???
At first glance it looks likes a map but a closer look shows you of two faces coming together for a kiss. And the contents of the book preaches nothing but sex an intimacy amongst students.....
Its high time we wake up as parents else we are soon to pay the consequences.

By:Abdulmateen Yusuf

Monday, 17 April 2017

A DYNAMIC WAY OF VIEWING LIFE


The road to success is never straight.

There is a curve called failure, a loop called confusion, some speed bumps called friends, red light called enemies, caution light called family.

in this road some times you would have flat tyres called jobs, but with a spare wheel called determination and an engine called perseverance also with insurance as faith and a driver called the Almighty, you sure would make it to that destination called success 
cause if you really want to make it in life you've got to take risks that way if you win you can lead but if you loose you could guide 
now you have to know that people aren't what they say,do or look sometimes so the only way you can judge them for sure is true their actions so don't be in a hurry.
one thing i had to learn from people the hard way was people can hurt you or make you feel bad even when you have a pure motive but i soon got used to that cause its just law of nature, afterall the sweetest fruit tree gets the maximum number of stones thrown at it.
so take what you can learn from this life, the earlier the better because when life starts to take from you it takes all till your last breath.
finally i find challenge to be interesting (crazy ain't i uhn?)but i did understand that life would be boring without challenges cause overcoming them makes your life interesting!!!
that's how i view life i hope you would do same soon enough and control your life.   
Because if what you did yesterday is still your biggest achievement then you have really done nothing much today  
 
 

Thursday, 13 April 2017

Hi guys please i really need someone to help me decifer this lock!!?
www.fb.com/thedynamicengineer 

I Think we all need to know these

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while In college i learnt in Biology that:
After sexual intercourse about 200 to 300 million sperms are deposited by the man,they all begin to swim upwards within the tract to meet the ovum (egg), of the over 200 million that are deposited only 300 to 500 actually reach the site (others get tired on the way because its not a small race).
And of the 300 that manage to reach the ovum (egg) only one fertilizes it and in this case the winning one forms a baby which is YOU

Have you ever thought of this ? you ran a race without your eyes and u won, you ran a race without education and u won, you ran a race without certificate and you won, you ran a race without help and you won,,,,what makes you think you would lose now ?

Now that you have both eyes, legs, now that you have plans, a dream and a vision.
Beloved you didn't give up on day one,you cant give up now giving up now is an insult to the creator, it doesn't matter what you see now, take it as a challenge, always remember that you won from the womb.


Always be thankful no matter what, better days ahead you'll smile all soon lets keep hope.

A CAUSE FOR WORRIES TO THE MIDDLE CLASS AND PEASANTS (a short and interesting piece)

A CAUSE FOR WORRIES TO THE MIDDLE CLASS AND PEASANTS
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What a Stupid world we are... 
excuse my use of language but the fact must be said
when people suffer and toil in labour to get a good education to become leaders and elders of tomorrow...
Some times fall a victim of circumstances, suffer inconvenience and at times loose their struggle in aim to make a responsible life and worthwhile leader
Some blood sucking bastards and influential politicians, moguls and godfathers....
nominate people without Dreams, plans, ambition, sympathy_and_Compassion.
To rule us the struggling Ones.....
I fear I fear I fear and i Pray what u Fear does not come alive into play
What does somebody who won the so-called obscene Tv show BigBrother know about being a Senior special adviser for Entertainment
what does an actress know about being a sate minister for entertainment
SaveUsLord
from this Dream killers an blood suckers