PEFON Induction June 2015

June 20^th  was a date I needed to keep as directed by my Boss, my Sole Administrator. But the day started as a dull day. The rain started quite early and throughout that morning, it rained. At a point I started praying because, I was scared that the rain would stop me from attending the Award and Induction ceremony of the Professional  Excellence  Foundation of  Nigeria.

My Sole Administrator, Eng Joe Isah of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited was being honoured and inducted as a Distinguished Fellow of the Foundation and I was to stand in for him. I did not want to get there late and with the rain, I was really worried. Also my brother who is to drive me to the venue,  stays in another area that gets flooded easily.   I had to be calling him every other hour to remind him that its raining (as if he doesn’t already know that) and that we need to leave the mainland earlier than we agreed.

The rain had been raining since morning and our street was flooded. The other staff, Raphael that was to go with me called that he would not make it as his area was flooded too. Since I was directly instructed by my SOLAD, I had to go alone.

I got to the Venue in Victoria Island by 2pm, an hour before the commencement of the event. Everywhere was flooded and I feared that people would not show up but they did. Although  the turn out was low, it was still memorable.

I met some of Nigerians best professionals in Pharmacy, Banking, Legal, Enginnering, Investment etc. I have not met Ndi-Okereke Onyuike, the former Director General of NSE before but I was able to stand and discuss with her. I met another woman, Professor Sophie Oluwole of Unilag African Studies Department. She is a very passionate woman about African culture and Tradition. She is a fast talker too. She talked about African professional which should be honoured too but Chief Dipo Bailey the founder corrected her that those people are vocational artisans not professional because of their low work ethics. But he agreed that an award would be created to honour the highly skilled ones among them.

Objectives of the Foundation

• Identifying the Nigerian Professionals at home and abroad who may wish to be part of the Foundation.
• Recognize and Reward professional Excellence.
• Raise a Scholarship fund to assist the young ones to study and become professionally qualified.
• Wherever possible, assist the professionally qualified to be employed
• Recognize the Builders of Professionals i.e. individuals and institutions who even though do not possess professional qualifications, but have employed a large number of professionals.
• To organize fora to seek ways of developing Nigeria Further.

So many professionals have bought into this idea and have been identifying with the Foundation. Though the rain affected the attendance because even the chairman of the Board, Chief Julius Adelusi did not come many others came. From the list of the inductees, 2 did not come too but the program went ahead and it was a success.

Chief Bailey announced to the house that come August this year when the next set of professionals will be inducted, I will be among them. I laughed because money no dey to do that now. I would love to do that but na person wey chop belle full na im dey think about Awards. Abi no be so?

I congratulate my Sole Administrator, Engineer Joseph Onobere Isah for the Award and I thank the Professional Excellence Foundation of Nigeria for honouring him. He deserves to be honoured. He has been working so hard to start production at the Plant.

THIS IS BRUCE, SORRY CAITLIN JENNER

This is Caitlin Jenner formerly Bruce Jenner the father of 6 children and a former World Champion in Sports.

    

                                                                                                                  

Some weeks ago, the world was shocked by the News of Bruce Jenner’s transition to a woman.

Bruce Jenner is a Reality Star of the TV Show ' Keeping up with the Kardashians and a former Athlete.  He is also an Olympic gold medalist and three time divorcee. 

His first marriage to Christie Scott produced two children namely Burton and Cassandra. His marriage to Linda Thompson gave him two sons namely Brandon and Brody and finally from his recent divorce from Kris Jenner he has Kendall and Kylie.

Bruce Jenner was always lay back and controlled by Kris Jenner, his wife then and the mother of the Kardashians sisters, Kourtney, Kim and Khloe. He was supposed to be the Man in the Family, the head of the Family like we say in Africa but he was always silent and detached. I dont really like watching the reality tv show because that wife of his is a manipulative and domineering woman. Who knows maybe the strong trait he saw in Kris made him to want to be a woman. Just saying.

To some in the entertainment industry, its cool but to me its weird and ungodly.

God created him a man. The Bible says we are fearfully and wonderfully made by God. We are God's beautiful Creation. God cant be wrong with him. He has been fulfilled as a man. He has married 3 women, and fathered 6 children. What else does he want?  Why did he waits for 65 years before deciding the way God created him was wrong? This is insane.

Transgender involve a partial or full reversal of gender. So Bruce has transgendered, what happens if tomorrow he does not like to be a woman again?  From interviews and discussions on the show, he said he was suffering inside, She said she has had to deal  with gender dysphoria since youth. So from all intents and purposes he was a woman in a man garb. But it did not look like that to me. He had married 3 times apart from other women he had dated as a man. The last marriage lasted 25 years. 

I think this celebrity status emboldened him too to embark on this change.

As the show KUWTK progresses, he started distancing himself by moving out from his house claiming his former wife, Kris was unbearable and overbearing. Although he was not the only that started distancing himself, Rob did too but Bruce caused  concern among his children. His children Brody and Brandon are now regulars on the show so one would have expected him to be featured on each episode but this was not the case.

 Now Brandon, Brody, Kendall and Kylie his biological children: Kourtney, Kim and Khloe, step children have 2 mothers,  Although he is being celebrated by all when the change was made public including President Barack Obama  who wrote on his twitter account "It takes courage to share your story", It against God doctrine. My Church will say this is a deliverance case.

I bid CAITLIN JENNER goodluck as she becomes a transgender woman.

CHANGE FINALLY IS HERE- PRESIDENT BUHARI

 
 PRESIDENT MUHAMADU BUHARI being sworn in on May 29th 2015.

Finally President Buhari takes over the mantle of leadership from President Goodluck Jonathan.. The Election this year was the fiercest I have seen since we started this democratic process in 1999.
We had two strong Parties ( PDP and APC). They both had campaign coordinators but the PDP Team headed by Femi Fani-Kayode crossed the line with their hate campaigns. It was really so bad that the Presidents wife, Dame Patience Jonathan asked people to stone anyone chanting the opposition slogan of 'CHANGE'. So during the voting days, the thugs and touts already armed by the Politicians unleashed mayhem and destruction on the citizens and the security agents.

These four human beings Fayose, Okupe, Fani Kayode led the hate campaign against Muhamadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu. They ran TV series on Buhari and Tinubu. They even called the former Governor of Lagos State, the National Leader of the apposition 'The Lion of Boudillion', Jagaban.  I wonder how they came about such tittles. But what I know is that Tinubu had been consistent in leading the opposition in Nigeria. He is not a saint but he has remainedconsistent and relevant.
There were violence almost everywhere that PDP thought they were losing. The worst States were Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Imo, Kogi, Benue and Abia.
Below are some of the horrible attacks on voters and electoral officers by the criminals paid by the Politicians.

One of the issues the ruling PDP was hammering on and probably thought could be used to disqualify General Buhari was his certificates which mysteriously got missing during the electioneering campaign. Cannot believe it that the Army could be bought by the Presidency then to remove the certificates and hide.
It was a real shame when the certificate showed up after General Buhari won the election. Above is the Army officer presenting the certificates that eventually showed up to the Press. This was how far the battle for Aso Rock went. It was fierce and deadly and brutal.
Well we are all looking forward to this CHANGE.
CHANGE from bad Governance to responsive and God fearing Governance. We need Governance with human face. We need Governance that is prudent and accountable. We need Governance that is fair to all.
So far its slow but I pray it will gather momentum in weeks ahead.
There is so much expectation from the People which could be overwhelming but I know this new Leadership is up to task. 
There must DELIVER O

Fayose also yesterday blasted Governor Fashola over his comments that democracy was diminished with the election of Fayose in Ekiti State.
Replying through the Director General of the Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation, AFCO, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, Fayose cautioned Fashola to refrain from insulting Ekiti people with his comments on the election.“The governor’s comment that Ekiti people were induced with money to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party is an insult on the entire people of Ekiti State, and we in the PDP will not take lightly to anyone insulting Ekiti people under whatever guise.”
“It is only a hypocritical mind like Fashola that would claim that the results of an election as credible as that of last Saturday was induced by money and that Ayodele Fayose ought not to have been voted for by Ekiti people because he was standing trial for alleged corruption.”
Anisulowo, who reminded Fashola that Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly,  Hon Adeyemi Kuforiji was also standing trial for alleged corruption,  said; “Fashola should first remove the timber in his eyes before talking about the speck in other people’s eyes.
“Therefore, on the Ekiti election, Ekiti people have rejected the APC and its deceitful government and elected their own governor. If Fashola and his ilk are not pleased, they should go to the tribunal instead of insulting the collective intellect of Ekiti people.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/watch-your-words-fayose-warns-fashola/#sthash.KFLhQzW1.dpuf

Fayose also yesterday blasted Governor Fashola over his comments that democracy was diminished with the election of Fayose in Ekiti State.
Replying through the Director General of the Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation, AFCO, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, Fayose cautioned Fashola to refrain from insulting Ekiti people with his comments on the election.“The governor’s comment that Ekiti people were induced with money to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party is an insult on the entire people of Ekiti State, and we in the PDP will not take lightly to anyone insulting Ekiti people under whatever guise.”
“It is only a hypocritical mind like Fashola that would claim that the results of an election as credible as that of last Saturday was induced by money and that Ayodele Fayose ought not to have been voted for by Ekiti people because he was standing trial for alleged corruption.”
Anisulowo, who reminded Fashola that Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly,  Hon Adeyemi Kuforiji was also standing trial for alleged corruption,  said; “Fashola should first remove the timber in his eyes before talking about the speck in other people’s eyes.
“Therefore, on the Ekiti election, Ekiti people have rejected the APC and its deceitful government and elected their own governor. If Fashola and his ilk are not pleased, they should go to the tribunal instead of insulting the collective intellect of Ekiti people.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/watch-your-words-fayose-warns-fashola/#sthash.KFLhQzW1.dpuf

Fayose also yesterday blasted Governor Fashola over his comments that democracy was diminished with the election of Fayose in Ekiti State.
Replying through the Director General of the Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation, AFCO, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, Fayose cautioned Fashola to refrain from insulting Ekiti people with his comments on the election.“The governor’s comment that Ekiti people were induced with money to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party is an insult on the entire people of Ekiti State, and we in the PDP will not take lightly to anyone insulting Ekiti people under whatever guise.”
“It is only a hypocritical mind like Fashola that would claim that the results of an election as credible as that of last Saturday was induced by money and that Ayodele Fayose ought not to have been voted for by Ekiti people because he was standing trial for alleged corruption.”
Anisulowo, who reminded Fashola that Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly,  Hon Adeyemi Kuforiji was also standing trial for alleged corruption,  said; “Fashola should first remove the timber in his eyes before talking about the speck in other people’s eyes.
“Therefore, on the Ekiti election, Ekiti people have rejected the APC and its deceitful government and elected their own governor. If Fashola and his ilk are not pleased, they should go to the tribunal instead of insulting the collective intellect of Ekiti people.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/watch-your-words-fayose-warns-fashola/#sthash.KFLhQzW1.dpuf

GOVERNMENT ministers have held a closed door meeting with the parents of the Government Girls Secondary School Chibok pupils in Maiduguri indicating that they may soon be rescued. - See more at: http://www.nigerianwatch.com/news/6525-ministers-meet-with-parents-of-chibok-girls-indicating-plans-to-launch-rescue-attempt#sthash.tNInngIo.dpuf

CHANGE IS HERE IN NIGERIA

This year 2015 is Election year in NIGERIA.
The Election started with Presidential Election. Initially it was on the 14th of February 2015, the lovers day but the Federal Government shifted it to 28th March 2015. It was a six weeks shift which did not go down well with a lot of people including the opposition. But the President had the last say on that and pronto it was done.


The main contenders - President Goodluck Jonathan of PDP and General Muhammadu Buhari of the APC

That date eventually came and we all trooped out to perform our civic responsibility.

Prior to the election day, there were political campaigns that were more of war threat than manifesto presentation or pomises. The Presidency came up with this campaign of calumny. The leaders of the opposition were discredited and their image and reputation were tarnished. In fact we had mini nollywood shows. All the lives of the opponents were on display for all to see.

The Presidency had Femi Fani Kayode leading the onslaught followed by Fayose, Okupe, Dokpesi and many others. On the opposition side, they had Lai Mohammed, Amaechi and others.
But the campaign organisation of President Jonathan were more aggressive, audacious and vitriolic in their attacks.

A Governor working for the President by name of Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State took a paid advertisement in the Newspaper to announce the death of the Presidential Candidate of the Opposition party. At every point, he was telling people that General Muhammadu Buhari was going to kick the bucket. I have not seen or heard that type of story before. In our society even when someone is gravely ill, no one dares mention or talk about the person dying. So seeing Fayose daring to proclaim a living person dead, was unbelievable.
Well that was the extend of the campaign this time around.
Infact this election brought out the beast in all NIGERIANS.( Fela)

A Documentary was shown on AIT tittled the Jagaban of Boudillion, Ikoyi. This was Tinubu, the former Governor of Lagos State. This was the last man standing in 2003, when the Former President swept through the South West winning all the States for the ruling PDP party. Bola Tinubu was the only one who survived the hurricane and was re-elected Governor, the second time. It was the same Tinubu who helped Fayemi of Ekiti, Aregbesola of Osun, Oshiomole of Edo and Mimiko of Ondo to reclaim their stolen mandates. He singularly built the qpposition Party in Nigeria to the position of unseating the ruling party.

The All Progressive Congress was not given any chance of survival not to talk about winning election.
  Odumbakin and Okupe even predicted that the Party will not last six months from the date of formation. The APC came with the slogan CHANGE and many Nigerians bought into it.

We were ready for CHANGE, were ready to have a say on how we were governed and how our resources were used or squandered in this Country.
Our weapon was and is the PERMANENT VOTERS CARD. So that 28TH March 2015, we trooped out to queue to vote to make that CHANGE.




                                                                                                                                                                                      

Cleaner Rewarded With Peanuts

Cleaner who found a missing $12,000 at MMIA gets N7,200 salary increase…. That is the news.

This is Josephine Ugwu , the cleaner who works for Patovilki Cleaning Service. The company has the contract by FAAN to keep Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos clean.

This woman has Ordinary National Diploma from Our Savior Institute of Science, Agriculture and Technology, Enugu. Without a job, she is working with this cleaning company earning less than the supposed minimum wage of N18,000 a month. She was earning N7800 when she found a missing USD12,000 at the  Airport. This was on January 23  this year, as she worked, she found the  bag containing large sums of money in different currencies. hear her:

That particular day, I was doing morning shift. As I was cleaning, I saw the bag on the floor where passengers were waiting. Because some passen­gers were still there, I thought that it belonged to one of them. So, I left it there.
Around 7:20pm when I closed and was about to leave, I saw the bag again still in the same position. I then told the passengers there to take note of the bag so they will not forget. The passengers said it didn’t belong to them. So, I had to take the bag to the security point.

“If I had an intention to steal, I would have taken that bag be­cause I knew it contained money. But I could not do it. That is why I took it to the security point at the airport. After they scanned the bag, the security men then opened it and counted the mon­ey. The money was in different currencies. They said it was a total of N12 million.
After sometime, the owner of the bag came to the post to ask for the bag. The security men in­terrogated him to make sure that he was the owner and when they were satisfied, they gave him the bag. He counted the money again and said it was complete. Then they told him that I was the person who picked the bag. They even told him that he was lucky that I was the one that saw the bag; that if it were some other people, they would not have returned it. The man thanked me and left,” she said.

She returned the money and the man who came back and was given his money intact could not give her a little from it to show his gratitude. What kind of man was that?
 Even her colleagues who heard the news were angry with her for returning the money and not getting a thank you reward. Some even said that she threw away God’s blessing.

The woman may not be rich but she values her reputation and that of her company. According to her, there are things money cannot buy:

I have no regret because it is not the first time I would return people’s money. I returned such bags two times in December last year. I was not tempted because they were not mine. The devil will always tempt someone to do what is bad. But I believe in God and what he is capable of doing. So, I trust in him. In fact people have been telling me that by find­ing the money God had already blessed me but that I did not appreciate what God did for me. If I had taken that money I could have damaged the name of my company, and my family name. It is also about the family I came from. I was taught not to take what does not belong to me.

Her company to show appreciation in March increased her salary to N15,000. They just added N7,200 to what she was earning. What a shame. The Company may be paid N20,000 or more by FAAN per each of those cleaners but the Company will not pay them well but use them as slaves.
Even with the increase the money is still not up to the minimum wage. How can she cope? What does she spend on transportation, food, health, accommodation etc.
This woman has OND and yet cannot find a job that pays above the minimum wage. What kind of a Country is this?
Well thank GOD the wind of CHANGE is here. I pray the lot of people like Josephine will change for the better.