With the little experience I have, I noticed that the values of Yoruba is reducing day by day and what led to this?
Firstly Is lack of qualitative teachers in the school both in rural and urban areas. We hardly get teachers for Yoruba language and most times some schools hardly teach this subject and if we aren't careful Yoruba will become a past in our lives. At the primary school levels, where a teacher handles all subjects. Those teachers sometimes neglect the teaching of the subject because they don't know what to teach and how to handle and even what they know are what they focus on. That's been since and I am among the victims of this because of the way I was brought up by my primary school teachers and that's how I will do for pupils and gradual it trends.
However, these students hardly understand teachers in class when using English to explain to pupils and this mostly happen in the rural areas. With the experience I have gotten, if I continue explaining with English for my pupils for the whole day, is like am just wasting my saliva if I failed to interpret in Yoruba for them to understand. I think and I subscribe to the step took by former governor of Osun state, Olagunsoye Oyinlola in enjoining teachers to explain in Yoruba for students. If this could be applicable, I think there would be change towards the understanding and assimilating of the pupils.
Government should focus on primary school pupils and teachers because if the foundation is not okay, there are
big challenges upfront. There should be a debate among students on Yoruba and huge amount should be spent on those who performed well to boost the morale of others in concentrating and showing interest in the subject.
I would be happy if WAEC and other examination bodies can make Yoruba a compulsory subject and shouldn't be a voluntary one and he who failed shouldn't be admitted to school. With this, enthusiasm would be shown to this subject. A summit should be called and research should be taken on this language to know more about it weaknesses and way forward to it.
We have fallen in to victims and for future purposes and incoming generation, I think a necessary action should be taken to give remedy confronting this language. There should be a change now!
However, since parents don't check their children books at home to know how teachers handle students in school, it makes teacher to teach anyhow and even most schools don't have scheme of work to use at primary schools yet teachers teach what they understand. I don't want this to continue because of incoming generation, actions need to be taken.
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Electioneering campaign
As INEC opens room for campaigns, what are the necessary requirements of political office holders and electorates?.
Firstly, they should be mindful of their utterances that won't jeopardise the peace and unity existing in the state. Each political party should tell electorates what they're intend to do, where problems lie and measures to apply in solving the problems. As a country that has attained close to 60years, I expect change in the thinking of the electorates. Not all those contesting know how to address the situation, they just know that our education is ineffective but lacks the technicality of giving remedy to the issue. Let's us give them thorough test not all about shouting at the rally but asking 'How' and I know with that many candidates will flop.
Nigeria being the Giant of Africa needs to be walking not crawling. We can do it if we're ready to build a formidable state. Mind you, many don't know the functions of executive and legislature. They expect legislature to be performing the functions of executives like building of roads, bridges, gutters and others that they're not allergic to embark on. As a legislative member representing a constituency or district, his functions are to make laws, passing of budget and work towards bringing something tangible to his constituency by working in hand with executive to include that in the budget. It's for him to work for inclusion in budget while executive will embark on it.
Also, we've to shield the politics of money whereby money will buy the conscience of electorates in voting for wrong candidate who doesn't have the knowledge, technicality and clue to give good governance people deserve. Let's wake up from slumber, let's other African countries see us as a deterrent to them because Africa is the center piece of Nigeria foreign policy. Those who are in abroad during this time, they know what their countries are facing but whoever promise to make change would be asked, "How?".
In nutshell, let's shun political enmity, Nigerians can't go the same way, party maybe different but let's work towards the same programme, and that's towards the growth and development of Nigeria. Let's get our brains functioning. May God bless Nigeria and Nigerians.
Firstly, they should be mindful of their utterances that won't jeopardise the peace and unity existing in the state. Each political party should tell electorates what they're intend to do, where problems lie and measures to apply in solving the problems. As a country that has attained close to 60years, I expect change in the thinking of the electorates. Not all those contesting know how to address the situation, they just know that our education is ineffective but lacks the technicality of giving remedy to the issue. Let's us give them thorough test not all about shouting at the rally but asking 'How' and I know with that many candidates will flop.
Nigeria being the Giant of Africa needs to be walking not crawling. We can do it if we're ready to build a formidable state. Mind you, many don't know the functions of executive and legislature. They expect legislature to be performing the functions of executives like building of roads, bridges, gutters and others that they're not allergic to embark on. As a legislative member representing a constituency or district, his functions are to make laws, passing of budget and work towards bringing something tangible to his constituency by working in hand with executive to include that in the budget. It's for him to work for inclusion in budget while executive will embark on it.
Also, we've to shield the politics of money whereby money will buy the conscience of electorates in voting for wrong candidate who doesn't have the knowledge, technicality and clue to give good governance people deserve. Let's wake up from slumber, let's other African countries see us as a deterrent to them because Africa is the center piece of Nigeria foreign policy. Those who are in abroad during this time, they know what their countries are facing but whoever promise to make change would be asked, "How?".
In nutshell, let's shun political enmity, Nigerians can't go the same way, party maybe different but let's work towards the same programme, and that's towards the growth and development of Nigeria. Let's get our brains functioning. May God bless Nigeria and Nigerians.
Parent misused words on their children
Is curse a tool to correct the bad act of children?
Why do parents see cursing as a way to correct their children? That's the questions intellectuals need to look into.
As a parents who wish that your children should go far better than you in life, in which you need much prayers for your children but you're the one cursing them, how do you expect the prayers work for them?. That means all your efforts are waste.
Although, not every curses work on the children because they might not be at fault, and also what you're cursing children for, ain't you fell, or falling in to that act?. That means a waste of saliva.
Parents think since God gives them the privilege on their children that if they cursed it would come to pass. They've forgotten that God doesn't just say yes to something without a tangible reason on that. Curses you see go into different areas and if the one you cursed throughly at fault that's when it will have effect on him.
Parents who are cursing there children now, they would not see it as something bad, but in future if it's working on the children, they will now started to regret there actions. For them to patient now, it'll be difficult. It will be better if all parents that cursed there children are living as at the time the curse is working on there children to regret there actions and face the problem together but it doesn't happen like that most times.
It's good to correct, but you have to check yourself before correcting that are you also acting in line with your correction? If we can't be looking in that aspect I think world will change. A teacher who flogged students for being late to school, and not dressed properly, yet he also late to school and wore a flip flops to school, was there not partial in that one?. If that child fortunate to become a teacher won't he apply such method and be saying when we were, that was how we were trained and gradually it becomes trend. Let's everyone leads by example and world will be a better place for us to live on.
Why do parents see cursing as a way to correct their children? That's the questions intellectuals need to look into.
As a parents who wish that your children should go far better than you in life, in which you need much prayers for your children but you're the one cursing them, how do you expect the prayers work for them?. That means all your efforts are waste.
Although, not every curses work on the children because they might not be at fault, and also what you're cursing children for, ain't you fell, or falling in to that act?. That means a waste of saliva.
Parents think since God gives them the privilege on their children that if they cursed it would come to pass. They've forgotten that God doesn't just say yes to something without a tangible reason on that. Curses you see go into different areas and if the one you cursed throughly at fault that's when it will have effect on him.
Parents who are cursing there children now, they would not see it as something bad, but in future if it's working on the children, they will now started to regret there actions. For them to patient now, it'll be difficult. It will be better if all parents that cursed there children are living as at the time the curse is working on there children to regret there actions and face the problem together but it doesn't happen like that most times.
It's good to correct, but you have to check yourself before correcting that are you also acting in line with your correction? If we can't be looking in that aspect I think world will change. A teacher who flogged students for being late to school, and not dressed properly, yet he also late to school and wore a flip flops to school, was there not partial in that one?. If that child fortunate to become a teacher won't he apply such method and be saying when we were, that was how we were trained and gradually it becomes trend. Let's everyone leads by example and world will be a better place for us to live on.
Africa, a developed continent before the advent of Whiteman, Nigeria a case study
Africa is a continent that has up to 54 countries which is called the home of Negroes. It's a continent that has developed in terms of economy, politics and religious, education and health sectors before the coming of white man.
Politically, Nigeria was separated with Yoruba, Hausa/Fulani and Igbo practicing different mode of administration. For instance, Yoruba is a tribe that was practicing democracy because checks and balances existed in there governance whereby the Ogboni society has the right to check the activities of Oyo mesi and Oyo mesi check activities of Alaafin, the head of state. The leader of Oyo mesi who was Bashorun, was the Prime Minister at that period. Alaafin only came out 3times a year that was the period of festival and Aremo who was the second in command couldn't succeed Alaafin. The political affairs was democratic to the extent that if Alaafin misused power would be asked to commit suicide which served as judgement for him and others.
Igbo system was acephalous in nature whereby every citizens were being carried along in the state administration and that made it a direct democracy. The Ofo were the head of each family in Igbo, whereby the head of Ofo is called Okpara who served as leader in decision making. Ozo title were the wealthy men in the society and different age grade was formed and performed different functions. We have junior, senior and elders. They were to clear and sweep market square, safeguard the community and performed judiciary role in the community.
However, economic aspects, in the Hausa/Fulani administration. They had the mode of buying and selling of goods and services whereby big market place was established and tax which served as a major source of revenue had to pay on cow known as jangali and other form of taxes. Unitary system applicable in the area where the Emir would devolute power for appointed chiefs would perform in line with what Emir stated for them. Alkali in charge of court case but big cases the Emir verdicate them himself. Sharia laws served as the constitution during the period which was unwritten and strictly adhere to unlike present one that's documented and hardly abide.
The means of exchange was trade by barter before moving to coweries as a mode of exchange. Nupe, Benin, Dahomey were all part of Yoruba and they all paid homage and tribute to Alaafin as revenue.
Education aspect was non formal education and vocational training in particular. Every family has there own profession. It might be goldsmith, farmer, and hunting. There's no way you would have the knowledge of one profession in the past. Nothing like lacks of job as it happens these days. Every children would be equipped and wouldn't be jobless.
Health aspect was good enough then. We had physician, herberlist and native doctors. They didn't have laboratories but they took care of sicklers without much problem. Even in this present world upon having knowledge of whiteman health wise we are still going to native doctor to make consultation on problem facing us. Physician and herbalist prepare herbs for us to use when we use medicine and no charges. So, we can say the coming of whiteman led us to become developing countries.
Militarily we were unique. In Yoruba region, they had there own standing army led by Are ona kankanfo and at district was Balogun with well equipped machineries. Although we cracked before we shot but we developed technologically in that aspect. The issue of Boko Haram stuff, we all heard about what vigilante and hunters made in killing them in the northern part of the country.
Culturally we are unique. Mode of dressing was decency and modest. When Nigeria players went for Russia World Cup tournament, we were the only country that failed to wear coat and was given prize. So why can't we be wearing our own materials to work. Why can't we improve our cultures.
In the past, we used to engage in moonlight play at night, like telling stories and playing together like brothers and sisters from different families. Such can't happen now again because coming of Whiteman has erased the love and unity binding us together. We were running extended family in the past but now we are running nuclear family. Two brothers are fighting each other saying, won sera won. Which shouldn't be so. The coming of these people destabilize everything about us in Africa.
Inconclusion, the coming of whiteman to Africa is a course for us because it removed many things from us and gave us otherwise. If they didn't come, we would have developed economically, politically, socially, militarily and health wisely. The best is to start from the beginning.
Politically, Nigeria was separated with Yoruba, Hausa/Fulani and Igbo practicing different mode of administration. For instance, Yoruba is a tribe that was practicing democracy because checks and balances existed in there governance whereby the Ogboni society has the right to check the activities of Oyo mesi and Oyo mesi check activities of Alaafin, the head of state. The leader of Oyo mesi who was Bashorun, was the Prime Minister at that period. Alaafin only came out 3times a year that was the period of festival and Aremo who was the second in command couldn't succeed Alaafin. The political affairs was democratic to the extent that if Alaafin misused power would be asked to commit suicide which served as judgement for him and others.
Igbo system was acephalous in nature whereby every citizens were being carried along in the state administration and that made it a direct democracy. The Ofo were the head of each family in Igbo, whereby the head of Ofo is called Okpara who served as leader in decision making. Ozo title were the wealthy men in the society and different age grade was formed and performed different functions. We have junior, senior and elders. They were to clear and sweep market square, safeguard the community and performed judiciary role in the community.
However, economic aspects, in the Hausa/Fulani administration. They had the mode of buying and selling of goods and services whereby big market place was established and tax which served as a major source of revenue had to pay on cow known as jangali and other form of taxes. Unitary system applicable in the area where the Emir would devolute power for appointed chiefs would perform in line with what Emir stated for them. Alkali in charge of court case but big cases the Emir verdicate them himself. Sharia laws served as the constitution during the period which was unwritten and strictly adhere to unlike present one that's documented and hardly abide.
The means of exchange was trade by barter before moving to coweries as a mode of exchange. Nupe, Benin, Dahomey were all part of Yoruba and they all paid homage and tribute to Alaafin as revenue.
Education aspect was non formal education and vocational training in particular. Every family has there own profession. It might be goldsmith, farmer, and hunting. There's no way you would have the knowledge of one profession in the past. Nothing like lacks of job as it happens these days. Every children would be equipped and wouldn't be jobless.
Health aspect was good enough then. We had physician, herberlist and native doctors. They didn't have laboratories but they took care of sicklers without much problem. Even in this present world upon having knowledge of whiteman health wise we are still going to native doctor to make consultation on problem facing us. Physician and herbalist prepare herbs for us to use when we use medicine and no charges. So, we can say the coming of whiteman led us to become developing countries.
Militarily we were unique. In Yoruba region, they had there own standing army led by Are ona kankanfo and at district was Balogun with well equipped machineries. Although we cracked before we shot but we developed technologically in that aspect. The issue of Boko Haram stuff, we all heard about what vigilante and hunters made in killing them in the northern part of the country.
Culturally we are unique. Mode of dressing was decency and modest. When Nigeria players went for Russia World Cup tournament, we were the only country that failed to wear coat and was given prize. So why can't we be wearing our own materials to work. Why can't we improve our cultures.
In the past, we used to engage in moonlight play at night, like telling stories and playing together like brothers and sisters from different families. Such can't happen now again because coming of Whiteman has erased the love and unity binding us together. We were running extended family in the past but now we are running nuclear family. Two brothers are fighting each other saying, won sera won. Which shouldn't be so. The coming of these people destabilize everything about us in Africa.
Inconclusion, the coming of whiteman to Africa is a course for us because it removed many things from us and gave us otherwise. If they didn't come, we would have developed economically, politically, socially, militarily and health wisely. The best is to start from the beginning.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Motivation for Nigeria youth
NIGERIA has got nothing to offer her youth,
A lazy youth will always remain a failure,
And guess what!
Creativeness is the only panacea to our (YOUTH) problem cause the government are not ready to aid.
That thing you know you are good at,
Keep it on. Your talent may later be the lead to your success.
Add passion to what you are doing,
You never can tell.
Be wise
A lazy youth will always remain a failure,
And guess what!
Creativeness is the only panacea to our (YOUTH) problem cause the government are not ready to aid.
That thing you know you are good at,
Keep it on. Your talent may later be the lead to your success.
Add passion to what you are doing,
You never can tell.
Be wise
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