Comments on: NIGERIAN YOUNG MEN NEED HELP!

By: Akindamola Adeboye

Akindamola Adeboye — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:19:02 +0000

Dear Dipo,
it’s nice to knoiw that you gave up a cosy job because of the neds of your generation, you have a loaded reward already.
You are a role model in this world where the love of many is waxing cold.

By: emeka

emeka — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:12:01 +0000

@ dipo,
i’m glad that you are coming to launch job finder here on OAU campus,Ife.
u are the bomb!lol.

By: emeka

emeka — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:56:58 +0000

I’m glad to be back..naija young men really need help oh,for real.spent 45mins last nite trying to make a young man i met at the kiosk where i went to buy recharge card that naija has a future even though it looks bleak.what was his argument?corruption,mismanagement,unemployment,decaying educational infrastructure,nepotism and how the politician are lining up their kids to continue the ruin(plunder!) and all he could finally say was that there’s no hope for the youths.i then asked him how he has contributed to making a change and he answered that he is not a senator or a governor.but he failed to realize that no one is responsible for whatever and wherever he finds himself if he doesn’t take direct control of his future.the government even the church doesn’t have the responsibility to make you rich.the sooner our youths realize this bitter truth the better for them.with 64 million youths jobless as stated by the minister for youth and sports devt.we cannot deny that our environment is not enabling and favourable enough not to talk of the epileptic power supply which has brought our industries to comatose and our nation down to its knees.the only way to chase away darkness is to put on the light.talking and raving about who or what caused the darkness makes no sense,lets switch on the light.there is a silent drumbeat of revolution-revolution of greatness.the youths are tired and cannot leave their future in the hands of fathers who are eating all they can with no plans for their grandchildren and the unborn children yet to come.no wonder our leaders fail backward and think retrogressively.greatness first starts from within.the greatest resource is human resource.what we need is a paradigm shift-a new way of thinking,seeing possibilities,the i-can-do spirit.i believe in the naija youth who is hustling to make ends meet,the start-up entrepreneur who is on the verge of giving it all up and to those who says that naija cant rise again i say to you that out this chaos will rise a new nigeria.dare to believe,just keep making a difference wherever you are.
dipo,what more can i say to you?thank you for giving others a voice.

By: Royal_Prince

Royal_Prince — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:13:47 +0000

Hello Dipo,
Couldn’t agree with you more that Nigerian young men need help. But i think the first thing they must do is to figure out what it is that they want from life or what (business) are they capable of doing on thier own. Don’t be surprised that there are young men who can not tell you vividly want they would do if they had 500K right now without first asking for time to think about it.
Leaving paid employment is not the issue but knowing where one is headed. There are many making it big time in paid employments though, with hands in other pies as well.
Knowing when to divorce the marriage between paid employment and personal pursuits, like you did, is vital.
Any help you can render, no matter how little, to Nigerian yound men will be well appreciated. But let me add, that you have already been involved in such humanitarian gestures via this blog and the many inspirational and educative info it dishes out. Unless you mean taking it to another level.

God Bless You!

Luv U!

By: Christian

Christian — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:35:31 +0000

Hello Dipo,

Many Thanks for your recent post. You’ve said it all. Until Nigerian Young Men Throw caution to the wind and focus on what they ought to do as against the so-called Job Security Mentality—which is an Industrial Age Mentality—They’ll still continue to live a life of illusion.

One major factor that is holding a lot of Nigerian Young Men from moving forward is the “What will people Say Mentality”. Dipo i could imagine the kind of phones calls and questions you would have received from friends and family members when you decided to LEAVE GlobalCom ‘ON YOUR OWN’….’Dipo are you mad? How’ll you take care of your family? Are you aware of the Unemployment issue in Nigeria…? etc

Life is a product of personal responsibility. It’ s better we do what (Provided it’s genuine—impact our lives and the lives of others–Just like THE POETSOLVERS PROGRAM) we ought to do and forget the cynics who ain’t capable of taking BOLD steps.

Thank You.