LET US SAVE OUR GIRL-CHILD...

In the  month October 2016 , the Emir of Katsina reportedly married a fourteen-year-old girl, assaulting her dignity and innocence in the process but our society hardly took notice. Child-bride marriage is so common in northern Nigeria that it is considered a normal way of life.


This is a matter that has serious consequences for the lives of young people. It should concern every citizen because it destroys the lives of our children. It stops girls from going to school to get an education, which in turn affects their prospects of getting good jobs and becoming financially independent later in life. These girls are more likely to develop abnormal connections between their vagina, bladder, and rectum during childbirth, which then causes them to become incontinent of feces and urine.

The resultant malodor very often leads to isolation and social ostracism or even divorce by their husbands who simply marry the next child-bride. It is a lot of psychological trauma for anybody to deal with let alone a teenage mother. These young mothers end up begging on the streets when their elderly husbands divorce them. Sadly, their children are left to the mercies of hostile step-mothers and may end up as street beggars just like their unfortunate mothers.


There must be continuous crusade and campaign against a girl child marriage. They dont know better and in most cases they are pushed into marriage against their wish and desire.




Dotun George
A motivational & public speaker. A social crusader, a life coach and a trainer

RIGHT PICTURE/PERSPECTIVE...... . By Dotun George

Not the Colour but the content

I was told of a story of a balloon seller, his mode of advert is on the spot advertisement and publicity, he inflates it and balloon goes up and a black boy observed it and was fascinated by it. But he saw all colours goes up but he could not see the black colour going up, that begins to place some games in his mind. He moved closer to the man and asked I have seen all colours go up, if you inflate the black colour will it also go up too? That was during the segregation in America. The man understood what was going on in his mind and understood what the guy meant, the balloon seller put his hand on his shoulder and said “Son it is not the colour that makes them go up it’s whats inside them.


Son it is not the colour that makes them go up it’s whats inside them (human content).

It is not the colour of your skin, your location, family background, environment or school that determines your level of rising or success but your human content (what is inside of you). Many people in the third world countries like Nigeria have believe a lie that there are something they can never do no matter how hard they try. There are wrong assumptions going on that, African brain can never comprehend and cannot do certain things in life and this assumption has place limitation on many people of our country. There is no limitation anywhere except the one you build in your mind and see. The moment a man develop or come out of poverty, failure, hopelessness and rejection mould, there is nothing you can do for him, his life will definitely pick after the mould. In manufacturing the moment the Mould is cast the product is determine.

the moment the Mould is cast the product is determine.


We are where we are today as a people and a nation because of the mould that produce us. We can rewrite the story and the script of our lives when we begin to see life and every issue that concern us from different perspective that gave us the current level of life we found ourselves. When there is paradigm shift from old mentality to a new mentality that gives us hope of a better tomorrow, society and a better nation. It is not the colour, not educational qualification, not family disposition, not religion, not wealth of our nation that will guarantee our rising to stardom and get to the place of eldorado but the human content of possibilities, success, greater achievement and impact we develop within.

SEEING THE PROBLEMS IN A NEW LIGHT... By Dotun George

Today, it has become obvious that Nigeria, a country of great potentials, is in dire straits and one wonders what pushed us into such a state of decline within a short period. Is it our founding fathers? Is it the politicians? Is it the handiwork of external forces that never wanted this country to be a formidable global player? Is it some supernatural forces beyond our control? What is it that has made us unable to exploit our natural gifts, resources and potentials to the extent that we have swam in an ocean of fresh water for decades and yet came out dirty and thirsty?


To me, the best way to view our problem is for all of us to see it in a new light. The problem with Nigeria should be seen in the prism of social, cultural and political milieu. It is not isolated to a particular timeline. It is a process. It is like a chip embedded in our national experience and cannot be unplugged until we realize that we are carrying an invisible baggage.
It is too simplistic to point to today’s oil glut or foreign exchange scarcity as our problem. Of course, there are many other countries that had gone through recession. America did. United Kingdom did. But, while the bad times lasted, the citizens of those countries never saw it that they had existential problems. They just said, “We are in a recession; we shall get out of it!”


Nigeria’s problem is caused by all of us. On an individual level, we all have Nigeria-killer microchips embedded in us. For some, it is the ethnic bias or religious bigotry. And for others, it is pure greed. In all, the individual comes first in consideration before the nation.
The danger is that it is so deeply hidden that we are each like a terrorist sleeper cell, to be activated once we are in that critical moment in which we would be useful to Nigeria. The worst part of it all is that the forces of evil have a way of bringing kindred spirits together to fulfill an evil agenda. At that moment, any other dissenting voice could be effectively silenced by this ‘axis of evil’. This is why, in some other saner climes, in as much as there are bad eggs they are not as powerful as to silence the patriotic voice of the majority. And because impunity is low, the spirit of the nation always finds a voice.


One of the way to silence evil and terminate its effects in the life of a man is to confront it, expose it and deal with it. Evil triumph when good people and men of purpose keep mute and ignore it. We all know one or two problems militating against the society we are born into and the nation we belong to, we can redefine the problem and provide 21st century solution to it. The significant and peculiar problems we face and encounter cannot be solved at the same level we were when those problems were created. It will require a new level of thinking to resolve it. This what we need to do at the leadership level, followership level and at institutional level.

PROBLEMS ARE MEANT TO BE SOLVED.. By Dotun George

One fact that we need to realize is that problems are a part of our existence. Though not palatable experiences but often times, they actually come as opportunities in disguise.
Interestingly, the same problem that makes millionaires out of some people has wrecked businesses and forced companies to relocate from Nigeria.


Though we are currently facing challenges as a nation, remember problems are meant to be solved.

Do you know that the solution we are looking for will be provided by people? And that solving problems for a million people creates the avenue of becoming a millionaire?
I suggest you identify the sector that grieves you the most. The likelihood is that you will be able to proffer a solution for us there.

Our nation needs solution providers at this time. Are you one of those we are waiting for?

CREAT A MINDSET OF POSSIBILITY..

Mindset plays a vital role in the way we live our lives and how we turn out in life.
In 2003, Mike Tyson, a former world heavyweight boxing champion was broke and filed for bankruptcy. This was in spite of the fact that he became a world champion at the age of 20 and earned a whopping $470 million! How did he become broke after earning such an amount of money?

A close look will reveal that Tyson’s undoing was his mind-set. Psychologists call it cognitive restructuring.
He grew up in the slums of Brooklyn, New York. The slum has its own culture; prevailing way of thinking. Unfortunately, when he began to earn millions of dollars, his old way of thinking remained with him.

He did not invest in stocks or in real estate. He did not know how to start and run businesses. His mind, instead of being an asset, became a liability.

Tyson’s story holds a big lesson for you and me. We cannot rise beyond the level of our thoughts. Given the fact that poverty and wrong thinking have become part of our culture, we must find a way to escape its mental trap.

Everything you see in life both success and failure emanate from the mind. Deploy your mind creatively and productively today. Create a mindset of possibilities and you see it happening.

RARE CASE ROYAL PRINCE EXECUTED FOR MURDER.

In Saudi Arabia: Royal prince executed for murder.

The execution of Prince Turki Saud-al-Kabir is an extremely rare case of a member of the ruling family being put to death.

A prince from the Saudi royal family was executed on Tuesday 18th of October, 2016 for murdering a man during a brawl in the capital Riyadh.
The Interior Ministry stated that “in announcing this, we want to affirm to all that the Kingdom’s government is determined to establish security. “It will bring about justice and implement God’s law against all those who attack the innocent.”

Saudi Arabia imposes the death penalty for offences including murder, armed robbery, banditry, rape, drug-trafficking and witchcraft.

That is a society that is interested in law and order. If it is in our clime, we stab and murder Justice, we explain it away and justify it and give a covering for as long as he is a member of the ruling family and elite.
Any society like ours support any form of abnormalities and shield evil, ills and corruption cannot move to the place of development and Eldorado. Humanity are the same over centuries but our disposition to life, human content, and attitude to life are what differ. An invariably, that is what our society is paying dearly for now.

DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEMS..... By Dotun George

MY REFLECTIONS...

One of the things that keep Africa underdeveloped and has not been properly address all these years especially in Nigeria is the issue of health, housing, environment, standard of living, cost of living and overdependence on foreign government and aids.

Nigeria population according to statistics is over 170 million, the population is on the high side and large percentage of the population are on the dependency ratio. Except we reduce the dependency ratio otherwise it will drive down the economy. Nations with high population like Nigeria fail to use their population to drive upward their economy.

Problems with health are actually originating outside of the health sector. Education is one of the solution to health care problem, people want to know what is given them problem but unfortunately, education also suffers deficiencies in terms of curriculum, planning and structures.

Future and success never come by lamentation but by believing it, working towards it. Proper diagnosis of problems affecting each sector of our national life will save us a lot of headaches and setbacks. Nigeria can work again very well if we understand the real problems and get the competent doctor and mechanic to work on her.
Corruption is a vicious cycle, without a fundamental structural change we are still wasting our time. Change that begins from the leadership to the followers. History has unveiled this truth to us that everything rise and fall on leadership. When the society thrive and make progress, it is base on leadership and society that decided to choose the path of perdition and run down the road that leads to nowhere, all is still boil down to leadership.
Leaders must lead from the front and not from the back, the change we are yearning for begins with the leaders. When leadership sacrifice it will be easier for people to make sacrifice too.

DISCOVERY THE HIDDEN YOU.... By Dotun GEORGE

Discovery is one of the potent forces in the universe, certain thing about our lives and destiny will continue to elude us if the vital things are one discovered. The majority of the black race will not breakthrough until something massive is done now to prevent waste of life and potential.
Discover is to find out about something, to find information about something

In life until certain thing are find out about our person so many of us will still be limited in life and never go beyond where life place us.
Discovering is an act or process of finding somebody or something that was not known about before.

The hidden you are your potential
Potential is anything that you have inside of you that can be developed into something or be developed in the future. It is the possibility you have in you.
It is the ability/quality that exists in you and can be developed.

Everything thing in life have potential, one of the greatest tragedy is to watch potential die untapped. Every man sent to this world is equipped with limitless credit but seldom draw to their full extent.

Your life success, fulfillment is attached to the discovery of this ability and to maximize them.

3 TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT EXIST
§ Few who make things happen
§ Many who watch things happen
§ The overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happen

Understanding, discovery, releasing, and utilization of our potential that made us a creator of factor instead of creature of circumstances.

Everything in life was created with potential and posses the potential principle. - In every seed there is a tree, in every bird, a flock, in every fish a school, in every sheep a flock, in every boy a man, in every girl, in every nation a generation. It is a tragedy for a man to die as a boy, a woman died as girl, a forest as a seed etc

YOUR DUTY§ Understand and discover potential you posses
§ Commit your self to maximize it in your short life
§ Your potential has no retirement plan therefore explore it to the fullest.

HOW CAN YOU DISCOVER THE REAL YOUYou can discover you gifting, talent, ability and what have you, by simply follow some of the process or ways that I will be discussing now.

§ YOUR CHILDHOOD DREAM – Sometime childhood dreams and aspiration are often neglected and abandoned later in life because of new opportunity life has presented or probably due to myopic nature of children. But in some cases childhood dream may help you detect your gift, talent, interest and your focus in life. Childhood dreams are real, unadulterated true and sincere but adulthood dream are often trusted with present situation.

§ ENVIRONMENT- Your environment most time determine how you will turn out in life, enabling environment provide opportunities to look inward and turn inside out but hostile environment kill the seed of potential in you.

§ FLAIR - This is your natural ability to do something well, or ability to do something in an interesting and imaginative way. Your flair are things you can do naturally without training and finally flair are things that flow out of without much struggle and stress. Fish don’t go to aviation school to fly, fish don’t attend swimming school to learn how to swimming. So ask yourself what can I do naturally that is your real you and that make you relevant in life.

§ DESIRE OF YOUR HEART –Desire is a strong wish to have or to do something. Your desire that is channel properly becomes your strength in life. Desire come into you to unlock and make you discover your potential and your destiny.

§ PASSION –Passion is a strong feeling of love, hatred or enthusiasm. The moment desire take root in your life, passion to accomplish, achieve, to get what we desire done comes. What you are passionate about well tailored will become your strength, power and ability to make impact in life. When passion comes it ignites desire and causes explosion of desire. If you are passionate about building you will end up as an Architect, building technologist, building engineer, civil engineer. If you are passionate or love counseling, talking to people, you will end up as a teacher, counselor, and preacher. If you are passionate about literary or literature you will end up as a lawyer, talker, preacher, actor, etc.

§ WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SEE IN YOU – Sometime it is other that can see you better. Sometime you don’t know what you carry until others start pointing to your strength.

With the above few ways you can be able to bring the inside out and do extraordinary thing with your life in this short life of yours. Our greatest quest as an individual is to search and make discovery of our real being, which is our potential. Nobody succeed in life outside the discovery and utilization of the inner strength called potential.

NIGERIA AT 56, THE CHALLENGES AHEAD AND HOPE OF FUTURE... By Dotun GEORGE

Nigeria was born in 1914 when the Southern and the Northern Protectorates were amalgamated by the then Governor General of Nigeria, Lord Fredrick Lugard. The colonial masters knew what was their intention with this machinations but the natives did not had a clue that the amalgamation was to help the colonial masters in the furtherance of the exploit and slavery of the Africans, especially the Nigerian people. Years after years, the agitation for independence reached its crescendo and the colonial masters have no option than to let go of their hook and grip over Nigeria. The smart colonial master did not just vacate the seat of power, they succeeded in setting the country up for imminent destruction because they are part of the first election that produced the first set of leaders and every seed that was sown then grew over time and bore much fruit in our days, making the political class repeating the same blunder of the past. And instead of things getting better, it seems as if we have not make any meaningful progress.



The active members of the society, students and the Nigerian media rose, fought and demanded for self-government and sovereignty. The demand was eventually granted on October 1, 1960 when the British flag was lowered and the Nigerian flag hoisted signaling the beginning of self-rule, self-government and self-determination.

October 1st 1960, the day the declaration for Nigeria independence was made, there were funfair, great joy and celebration, with much anticipated hope that in a short time we shall become the most powerful nation in Africa continent because at 1960, the most educated people in the whole of Africa, the most civilized men and women are from the country of Nigeria and Ghana. The two countries have the best infrastructures and more expectancy, unfortunately for Nigeria the joy, hope and aspirations were short lived. Why,  because Nigeria got independence from external colonial masters and now found herself in the hands of internal colonial masters.


The trends continues unabated for so many years and 56 years after, we are struggling to start all over again. Sunny Okosun said which way Nigeria, which way to go?

In the first Republic Nigeria was good. Even in the succeeding administrations, Nigeria fared well and the economy boomed. Nigerians worked with a united mind, putting aside religious, tribal and political affiliations to develop the young but promising nation.
They were all interested in building the young independent nation to grow and become a great and successful nation in the world. There was neither segregation, disunity nor agitation for personal or regional aggrandizement.

All sectors of the economy experienced boom and national life was better for all Nigerians. Agriculture and education were specially given attention since these were observed to be the plank upon which the development of the nation rested.
Educational institutions were far better and products from them were given due recognition unlike what obtains now. Facilities in the institutions were standard and students then were well trained. The agricultural sector was given due attention so as to provide food for the teeming Nigerian populace.
Jobs were available for Nigerians. The competition between the whites and black Africans had given way to a completely black world where friction was no more. Peace reigned and there was food for all. That was the good old days, the post independent years in Nigeria. This good days continues until the days of oil boom, immediately we forgot everything that gave us a good beginning and we abandoned the real elements of nationhood that make us command the attention of all nations of the earth. Sad to say, we are now paying dearly for lack of vision, planning and good leadership in our land.


Instead of long term investments in productive sectors of the economy, Nigerians opted for the easiest and quickest way of making wealth through contracts, commissions, foreign exchange deals, drug trafficking, and oil bunkering, among others.
This is the beginning of the “get- rich- quick- syndrome” that is still affecting the psyche of Nigerians till date.


The impact of the visionlessness and rudderlessness have impacted the nation badly and today, it looks as if we have missed it. Yet in the midst of all these, a people who sit in darkness shall see light,  if we are ready to rewrite the story, change the tide and recompose the music.

Malaysia and Singapore was rated badly by UN and World Bank in the mid 1960, and what did the leadership of these countries did? Instead of bemoaning the problems and become perplex with the conditions of their country, they rather chose to prove UN and World Bank wrong. Under the space of 30 years Singapore broke the world record as the first nation that navigate the stormy weather of change within a shortest period in the history of the world.  From third world to first world was made possible because they have a visionary, selfless, purpose - driven leaders, and the leaders lead by example. Power of exemplary lifestyle is very vital in taking a nation out of the woods.
Nigeria is at a very critical juncture in our history, since independence we have always be revolving round the same inglorious position, repeating the same error but now we have no option than to rewrite the ugly and unbecoming story, except we do that with proactive measures from the leadership to the least of the citizens, the story will remain the same.

The poorest country today can feed other nations if we cares to do the needful and change the tides. Our 56 birthday should be a time to go back to the drawing board, do check analysis, diagnose Nigeria and come out with the best medication.