QUALITIES OF A LEADER: HUMILITY Sam Adeyemi When you look through God’s eye, then you really discover who you are. You are not inferior to anybody else on this earth. At the same time, you are not superior to anybody else on this earth. Humility is not running yourself down. It is not stupidity. When …
LIFE IS PRECIOUS
LIFE IS PRECIOUS The death last week of four of the sextuplets born to a Nigerian family is heartbreaking. It brings to fore the question of the value we place on human life in our country. A part of the future died with those children. When a seed dies, the potential harvest dies along with …
CHANGE AGENTS II
CHANGE AGENTS II Nelson Mandela’s tribute to Walter Sisulu, the man who recruited him into the struggle for freedom in South Africa, is quite touching. Both men had spent almost three decades each in prison for daring to lead their people to demand equality of all peoples in their country. They changed agents. They …
CHANGE AGENTS
CHANGE AGENTS Who can you be that you are not yet? What can you do that you have not done? And what can you say that you have not said? In each person there are potentials! Each man was designed to be a person of influence, a person of success. The simple way to becoming …
THE VALUE OF A NIGERIAN LIFE
THE VALUE OF A NIGERIAN LIFE We would be starting this New Year with this subject that I consider to be very critical to our being as a nation. I am talking about the worth of one life in Nigeria; the worth of a Nigerian life today – what it is and what it should …
QUALITIES OF A LEADER: VISION
QUALITIES OF A LEADER: VISION Sam Adeyemi says: I am impressed by the Paretto principle: the 80/20 principle. It suggests that twenty percent of the population of a country should control eighty percent of the wealth of the nation. But in a country like Nigeria, I find that the Paretto principle has been messed up. …
NIGERIA: OUR VISION
NIGERIA: OUR VISION My dear reader, I ask that you indulge me for the next few weeks, as I think aloud on our journey to development as a nation, as we celebrate the 44th anniversary of our independence. The reforms being carried out in our economy, the civil service, the police, the military, and other …