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I had ...: DON’T KEEP SILENT ON YOUR CHILD’S BEHAVIOUR I had a friend (Bayo) who got married to Jane a decade ago but without a child. Everyon...

DON’T KEEP SILENT ON YOUR CHILD’S BEHAVIOUR

I had a friend (Bayo) who got married to Jane a decade ago but without a child. Everyone had expected that by the second month into their marriage, preparations would be on-going to welcome the new visitor (their baby), contrarily, it was not as expected. Six months passed, a year was gone, two years, and so on. No issue!

Bayo became worried. To the amazement of all, Jane’s mother-in-law was not in any way looking for a substitute for her son. She kept faith with God, since medical reports have clearly shown that the couple is fertile.

One night, Bayo returned from work late, but before then, he had called Jane at 5:00 pm that he would put up at the office so as to meet up with office tasks. While he was talking to her, he heard her sobbing without any response. Abruptly, Bayo left the office for home to know what was wrong with his wife.

Exactly 11:00pm, Bayo called Jane that he was at the door. Immediately, Jane opened the door and fell on her husband. Still sobbing! All attempts to know what was wrong were abortive, as Jane kept mute all the while.

Jane was able to put herself together to talk to her husband. Here is what she said: “I may not be the best woman on earth, but I know assuredly, that you are worth more than the whole world to me. I cannot fathom the depth of your love. I will always love you. Bayo was startled for some minutes, wondering such accolades on him by his wife.

She then let the cat out of the bag and said: “honey, I’m two weeks pregnant! Bayo screamed and burst into tears of joy, appreciating God’s loving-kindness towards his family.

Nine months later, Jane was delivered of a baby boy who was named ‘Ebun-Oluwa’ meaning God’s gift. Three years later, a feud ensued between the couple over their son’s character, who bullied every child he came across. He became a pilferer, and insolent when corrected. Hmmm! The child we all expected.

In all these, Jane kept silent on her son’s characters which were worsening by the day, since she had waited for ten years before having him.

Ebun-Oluwa became an affront to the family, and would use derogatory words on his parents. What really went wrong?

If you think you are doing your child a whole world of good by keeping mute on his/her absurd character, then, are kicking against the bricks. Definitely, you will feel the pains alone. An average African child needs not to be pampered; else, you spoil the child.

Parents and guardians please don’t keep quiet on your child’s behaviour, lest we breed posterity of indignity.

POLITICAL HARLOTRY IN NIGERIA’S POLITICAL SYSTEM

During the time of creation, everything that God created was good in his eyes, of which they are still maintaining the status-quo, thus, being blessings to mankind. The seas have remained in their positions; the sun and moon have never been rivals; the nebulas have equally maintained theirs. Contrary to this is man (both male and female) who is seen as an insatiable being. Man has not maintained the position that God gave to him, and has played the harlotry right from the beginning.

Political harlotry in my own perspective is a system of leaving or decamping from a political party on the ground of ideological differences. Political harlotry is synonymous with cross-carpeting, and it took the centre stage some decades back when political parties in the country experienced a large pull-out of members from opposition  basically in search of what appeals to their quest for power and affluence.

Cross-carpeting was legitimized in March 2010 by the Nigerian Senate according to Section 68(1), (109(1)) of the 1999 Constitution on the basis of a division in a member’s political party or there is a merger of that party with another or factions in the party. In recent times, Nigeria’s political parties have experienced series of crises which brought about defection from one party to another.

Chief Ikedi Ohakim, a former governor of Imo state who lost to the incumbent governor Rochas Okorocha in the April 2011 gubernatorial election, was formerly a member of the Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA). He left the party for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and finally pitched his tent in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where he was ousted from office.

Isa Yuguda, a former governor of Bauchi state was a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) after which he decamped to the ruling PDP.

The intra-party crisis in January 2014 which rocked the Peoples Democratic Party under the chairmanship of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, also brought about massive exodus of members from the party to the opposition party. During this period, governors Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Idris Wada (Kogi), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara,) and many of their loyalists cross-carpeted from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Former governor of Ekiti state, Segun Oni, also decamped from the PDP to the APC on the candidacy of Ayo Fayose as the party’s flag bearer for the June 21 election in the state. Mediocrity of the latter was the main reason for his decamping.

A former minister of aviation, Chief Femi Fani-kayode, who was a stalwart of the PDP, cross-carpeted to the APC, after which he dumped the party, accusing the leadership of the party of having an Islamic agenda and insincerity among its members.

Presently, there is a rift between Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state under the platform of the APC and a national leader of the party, Chief Segun Osoba, on the ground of exclusivity of some party faithfuls from the state government. If this feud between the duo is not resolved, then, cross-carpeting is imminent as the 2015 general elections draw near.

People defect from one party to another on the ground of party ideological differences. The value system of our political landscape is gradually being torn apart due to sentimentalism. Let us do the right thing so as to secure our posterity.

NIGERIA POLITICS: BETWEEN FAYEMI AND FAYOSE

The build up to the race for whom to occupy the Ekiti State Government House, come June 21, 2014, is drawing very near, and the battle between the titans is already on top gear.

The state has been greeted with incessant cases of violence between supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The incumbent governor, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, assumed office on Saturday October 16, 2010, and has been given the party’s ticket to run for a second term in office. Governor Kayode Fayemi succeeded Engr. Segun Oni, after fighting a legal battle for 42 months to reclaim his mandate in a court injunction on October 15, 2010, at the Court of Appeal, Ilorin, Kwara state.

On assumption of office, Governor Kayode Fayemi outlined an 8-point agenda as the road map to the development of Ekiti state:

·         Education and human capital development

·         Good governance

·          Health care services

·         Infrastructural development

·         Modernized agriculture

·         Tourism development

·         Industrial development

·         Gender equality and women empowerment

According to his admirers, Governor Kayode Fayemi has touched the lives of the Ekiti people in so many ways. Presently, all the 183 schools in the state have been renovated, 2,820 youths have benefitted from the Youth Commercial Agriculture; teachers and students have laptop computers distributed to them.

There has been construction of roads spanning hundreds of kilometers within the state. The Ikogosi Warm spring has been made a sought-out-for to tourists. The elderly in the state receive a monthly stipend of #5000.00 each; little wonder he is referred to as oko awon arugbo (meaning old women’s husband)

No doubt, Kayode Fayemi has laudable achievements credited to him; hence, his return to the government house will be accepted by all and sundry.

His critics say the education policy of merging the three universities of the state into one was wrong of the government of the day. This they say would inhibit students from gaining admission into any of the institutions of higher learning in the state, thus, resulting in thuggery and other forms of social vices to those who do not gain admission. This would also affect the allocation of funds by the Federal government on education through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND)

Former governor Dr. Peter Ayodele Fayose, who is also the flag bearer for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the June 21 election, is poised to gaining the people’s mandate.

Fayose assumed office on May 29, 2003, succeeding Niyi Adebayo. In his own little way while in office, Fayose touched the lives of the poor in many ways through the mobile clinics, distribution of potable water in tankers which reduced typhoid occurrence in the state. His admirers in no doubt say he understands the plight of the common people.

Fayose also has laudable achievements credited to him while in office which include construction of classrooms and administrative blocks for the state’s school of health technology, Ijero; lecture theatres for the then College of Education, Ikere Ekiti; construction of roads in the state capital as well as the purchase of agricultural equipment to boost agricultural production.

No doubt, these two personalities have touched the lives of the Ekiti indigenes in so many ways. Following the impeachment process by the state House of Assembly, Fayose and his deputy Abiodun Olujimi were ousted from office on September 26, 2006 due to gross misconduct. With this, President Olusegun Obasanjo declared emergency rule in the state, thus, Fayose, his deputy and the State House of Assembly were suspended.

Brigadier General (rtd) Adetunji Olurin was made the administrator of the state between October 19, 2006 and April 27, 2007.

Although, the PDP won the state from the then AD, but the founding fathers of the AD (CAN turned APC) were able to cling to power again.

As the battle between the titans draws near, the godfathers have prepared their candidates at the shrine, with a view to defeating the opponent at the polls.

Who will the gods anoint?

TAGS: APC, PDP, Ekiti State, Fayemi, Fayose

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Children’s Day is a day set aside in honour of children all over the world, but it is celebrated on different dates globally.

It was first proclaimed in 1925 by the World Conference for the wellbeing of children, after which it was universally established in 1954 by the United Nations General Assembly to encourage all countries to institute a date, although, the universal Children’s Day is celebrated annually on November 20 by the United Nations.

 

In Nigeria, Children’s Day is celebrated on May 27 annually, and is set aside as a public holiday for primary and secondary school children. Children from various schools are selected for a march past parade competition. Parents and other Non Governmental Organizations, organize parties for children in a bid to give them a sense of belonging.

Today marks the 43^rd day since over 200 female students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State were abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents. The abductors have held the girls hostage since they were whisked off at 11:45pm April 14, 2014, to an unknown location.

The leader of the Islamic sect, Abubakar Shekau, who spoke sometimes ago, stated that the girls were captured because they were seeking western education. To him, western education is sin; hence, it is to be forbidden. He further said, women are to marry and not to be in schools.

After foreign governments offered assistance to rescue the kidnapped girls from their abductors, Abubakar Shekau came out in a video clip on May 12, 2014, demanding an exchange of the Chibok girls for members of his group in the custody of Nigeria’s security agencies. About 100 girls in a video released by the sect were seen reciting the Quran. The girls have been converted to Islam contrary to their religious beliefs, which is at variance with the rights of a child.

Obviously, these girls are not safe; they have become endangered. You’ll not be wrong if you assert that the Nigerian military is lethargic in the search for the missing girls.

With the spate of things going on in the north-eastern part of the country, our children are not safe. Fear has gripped every parent up to the point that none of them wants their children engaged in any social event. This is in accordance with the Nigerian Union of Teacher’s (NUT) declaration that all primary and secondary schools in the country be closed as at May 22, 2014, in protest against the abduction of the Chibok girls and the murder of 173 teachers.

Is this year’s children’s day worth celebrating? It is supposed to be a day where children all over the world would be aware of the vulnerability of their counterparts to violence, exploitation and discrimination. Children in some troubled parts of the world are recruited as child soldiers.

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN, led the initiative for the education of children, stating that every child must be able to attend school and improve on the skills acquired in schools.

Of a truth, the essence of the celebration is to promote mutual understanding among children, and the initiation of actions towards enhancing the welfare of the Nigerian children.

Our children are the leaders of tomorrow.

Let us protect them.