As I surf and peruse virtually all news portal daily, it is not all the news that attracted and make sense to me, some are distractions so i ignore them, while other give inspiration and hope in the midst of the recession, hard times, global confusion and decaying world. One of the beautiful news that ignited my passion and made me add to the volumes of books i am writing and motivational talk that i have to bring to the younger generation is this interesting story of the two brothers from the state of Ekiti in Nigeria who added application to knowledge, and decided to break out from the mould and stereotype of being people of low intelligence and third world nation.
The two brothers have broken the jinx of many years in our clime, and putting up this innovative and creative venture should be commendable by all and sundry. Government must rise up to the big challenge posed to them these Ekiti brothers telling all of us that there is no impossibility anywhere except the one an individual sees to create in his or her mind.
Where the government of Ekiti state and federal government need to come in, is to ensure this ingenuity didn't die with these two intelligent men. They need financial, moral and educational support in terms of research and development. Can we do it? Yes Nigeria has all that it takes to do the needful and offer the best assistance to the Henry Ford of our country.
Nigerians will always strike us as talented and brilliant people. There are so many sides to the people of this nation.
We live in an hostile environment, an environment that abhor positive thinking, mental exploit, innovation and attempt to break the mould that have restricted many people in our clime. The story and the reality of this invention is a possibility story of what we are made for and what we are capable of doing.
We all have potential, human content is the same everywhere in the world, it is the environment that conditioned so many people in our clime to think low of themselves. There is giant waiting for showdown inside every mortal man.
We are on the campaign since last year on advancing local production and patronizing local made products, this is the best time to put to practice what we are preaching. This story of possibilities must not die on the pages of newspapers, just celebrating the individuals and acknowledging their work, we must leverage on this exploits and innovative achievement to set a new standard for our nation and educational sector because information is the baseline for any great feat we can talk about.
We must take our science, engineering and technology students in all tertiary institutions, who only go to school to cram theory and definitions without application to the kind of workshop set up by these men to learn the real application of knowledge. And at the same time, we can get replicate across our institutions.
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