Posts by solomon2day
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God hears our murmurings
- By solomon2day
- On 27/09/2024
- In Special Report
We should not give room for our faith to falter, for God our creator will continue to guide and protect us.He will make provision for all we need.
Exodus 16:1-10
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Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand
- By solomon2day
- On 20/09/2024
- In Update with Solomon
The Prime Minister of Thailand between 2001 and 2006,Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand, mismanaged and frittered away the country's resources, running into billions.The country's Assets Examination Committee indicted him for corruption and other illegal acts, including becoming extraordinarily wealthy after five(5) years of governance.
Shinawatra went into exile to Britain when corruption charges were about to be filed against him. While sojourning in Britain, he bought the Manchester City Football Club for $168 million.
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God brought His people out of Egypt
- By solomon2day
- On 20/09/2024
- In Special Report
The guidance and protection of God led God's people out of Egypt to the promised land. Psalm 1361O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
3O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
4To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
5To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
7To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
8The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
9The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
10To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
11And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
12With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
13To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
14And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:
15But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
16To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
17To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
18And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
19Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
20And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:
21And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
22Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.
23Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
24And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.
25Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
26O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Attributes of leadership 6-Tact
- By solomon2day
- On 10/09/2024
- In Update with Solomon
A leader with focus must possess the sensitive perception of the feelings of the people, to serve as an input to do what is required, graceful and considered things in every situation.
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God delivered His people
- By solomon2day
- On 10/09/2024
- In Special Report
The people were poor and suffered a lot of persecution. But God in His infinite mercy delivered them from the hands of the Egyptians.Exodus 3:11-22
19And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
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President Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo
- By solomon2day
- On 06/09/2024
- In Update with Solomon
In 2002, President Gnassinbe Eyadema of Togo ordered the release of 5000 prisoners.
174 of the prisoners were from Lomé Civil Prisons, 82 from Kara in the North and 62 from Aneho in the South.
Although a cross-section of Togolese citizens insisted that most of those freed were political detainees, the government stressed that they were common law offenders.
President Eyadema took over the reign of power in a coup in 1967.
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Attributes of Leadership 5-Experience
- By solomon2day
- On 06/09/2024
- In Update with Solomon
Experience is the definite foundation for courage in addressing crucial and fundamental matters in ensuring a background of success in solving a great number of relatively unimportant matters.
It also includes decision-making skills devoid of delay and initiative in implementing crucial decisions that revolve on the wealth of experience an individual has garnered over time.
Experience is the basis of all that would be successful.
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Pray for God's Deliverance
- By solomon2day
- On 06/09/2024
- In Special Report
Let us be persistent in our prayers for God to deliver us from the ''hands of the oppressors''. Exodus 3:1-10
3And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
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Lessons in Insecurity : The Nigeria Model
- By solomon2day
- On 04/09/2024
- In Update with Solomon
Adolf Hitler labeled the extermination of the Jews in Europe,''the Final Solution'', while the military dictatorship in Argentina, which embarked on an unprecedented killing of its citizens, code named the same ''The Process of National Reorganization''.The activities of bandits, insurgents and herdsmen in Nigeria which have claimed thousands of lives are similar to the above-mentioned.
Between 1976 and 1983, millions of citizens lost their lives in Argentina.
Death squads operating under secret circumstances and under the cover of the state, murdered about 11,000 people, which is now described as ''The Disappeared''.
Two million people escaped persecution, while hundreds of babies born to ''The Disappeared'' were either sold, bartered or murdered.
Indeed, happenings in different states of Nigeria, including, Borno, Benue, Taraba and Plateau and Zamfafra states, among several others, indicate the Government's adequate knowledge of the situation, while unabated killings go on.
The relocation of the Inspector General of Police to Benue state, one of the troubled spots then, did not reverse the status quo.
On March 23, 1976, General Jourge Videla, Head of the Argentine Army, overthrew the Government of Isabelita Peron, a former nightclub dancer. In this country, no civilian government has completed its tenure, except for Juan Peron, who spent only one tenure in office.
However, in Nigeria, a two term governor of Lagos state, is in charge, even though the country still experiences symptoms of economic hunger, poverty, mass unemployment, corruption and a high level of insecurity.
The Ejercito Revolucionario de Pueblo and the Montoneros, leftists, took to kidnapping and killings to express their displeasure over bad governance in Argentina. In Nigeria, kidnappings and killings have gone on unabated. Political watchers put the blame at the doorstep of government.
Presently, Nigerians are worried over the government's inaction, as the country gradually slides into anarchy.
Sadly, the open stealing of smart phones has become bibg business in Ibadan, Oyo state and other states of the federation
Accusing fingers are being pointed at political office holders who have failed to deliver the dividends of democracy.
Interestingly, the body language of the National Assembly, is an indication that the lawmakers are yet to realize the need for the entrenchment of the rule of law and due process in the polity, just as impunity is now the order of the day
In 2009, the Defense Minister of Madagascar, Cecile Manorohanta, resigned her appointment on the grounds that she would not be part of a government that kills its citizens.
Also, the people of Madagascar vigorously opposed the attempts by President Marc Ravalomanana to lease one million acres of their land to a Korean firm, Daewoo, for intensive farming.
The people have deep ties with their land and, as a result, view the President's action as a betrayal.
The same scenario is playing out in Nigeria.
The insecurity in the land has made foreign investment impossible, while the disenfranchised and poor majority look into the gloomy future for reprieve.
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Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos of the Philippines
- By solomon2day
- On 04/09/2024
- In Special Report
The Philippines was among the poorest countries in the world.
Between 1965 and 1986, during which Marcos called the shots, he, alongside his wife, frittered away billions of the country's money meant for governance.
Imelda, the first lady, was the proud owner of the largest women's wardrobe in the world, which featured five thousand(5,000) pairs of ladies' shoes.
The President and his wife bought mansions in major cities of the world and invested in the top-rated multinational companies around the globe, even though the citizens of the Philippines remained in the firm grip of hunger and poverty.
When Marcos and his wife were forced out of office, an unspecified number of corruption cases were brought against them.
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Change for the Better
- By solomon2day
- On 04/09/2024
- In Special Report
Our God is able to help us to become better people-responsible, reliable and selfless.Genesis 45:4-43
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The Lord is with you always
- By solomon2day
- On 30/08/2024
- In Special Report
Regardless of your travails and challenges, do not allow your faith to waiver, you will overcome them.Genesis 39
13And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
16And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
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General August Pinochet of Chile
- By solomon2day
- On 30/08/2024
- In Update with Solomon
In 1973, General August Pinochet facilitated a coup d'état, in which the Socialist President, Salvador Allende, was murdered.In 1990, when General Pinochet ended his rule, the country's treasury had been greatly depleted.
He passed on to glory at the age of 91 on the 10 December 2006, with charges of corruption trailing his death.
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Revenue Generation as a Priority
- By solomon2day
- On 30/08/2024
- In Update with Solomon
In 1974, the committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities put in place a panel of the two admissions experts-Mr. L. R Kay, Secretary, Universities Central Council on Admissions of the United Kingdom and Mr. Pettipierre, Director of Ontario Universities Application Center of the province of Ontario, Canada-to examine issues and problems arising from the system of admissions into universities then.The panel submitted its report to the committee.
Sometime in February 1976, the Federal Military Government also put in place the National Committee on University Entrance, with Mr. Michael. S. Angulu as Chairperson, the committee comprised of 14 other members, who represented various other interests and bodies related to matriculation examinations, university placement and post-secondary education in the country.
In February 1977, the Angulu-led committee submitted its report and recommendations.
After going through the recommendations, the committee of Vice Chancellors, the National Universities Commission and the officials of the Federal Ministry of Education made their own recommendations to the government.
Again Decree 4 of 1993, now mandated the board to conduct admissions in collaboration with higher institutions.
And in March 1977, the Federal Government accepted the recommendations and went on to constitute the Board now known as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), while a year later the board became a legal entity with the promulgation of Decree 2 of 1978.
The Federal Government then went on to appoint Mr. Angulu as the first Registrar and Chief Executive of the Board in 1977.
The mandate of JAMB is to ensure uniform standards in the conduct of matriculation examinations and placement of suitably qualified candidates into higher institutions in Nigeria.
In December 1989, the Federal Government repealed Decree 2 of 1978 and, in its place, promulgated Decree 33, which empowered the board to conduct admissions into Polytechnics and Colleges of Education all over the country.
Although the functions of JAMB do not include revenue generation, with over one million candidates purchasing the entrance examination forms in recent times, the Board is now a major revenue earner for the government, while several other irregularities shadow the operations of the board.
A cross-section of Nigerians are of the belief that limited educational exposure could be an obstacle to achieving positive results.
However, today, higher institutions conduct independent post UTME tests, which have been trailed by lamentations by parents and guardians of the enormous costs about implications for their children and wards in higher institutions of learning in Nigeria.
Despite the rigorous process of admissions, the end products are not of satisfactory quality.
Without doubt, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) seems overwhelmed by its challenges, most especially after the introduction of the Computer Based Tests(CBT).
These challenges, which are enormous, have characterized every examination the board has conducted in recent times.
With no hope for a possible reversal in the near future.
Even though the results of its most recent examinations have been released, thousands of candidates insist that a lot is wrong with the conduct of the examinations, which the board has consistently ignored.
The dynamism and vision of the present leadership of the Board is debatable, if the comments, remarks and questions of candidates and their sponsors are anything to go by.
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In the Interest of Digital Literacy
- By solomon2day
- On 23/08/2024
- In Update with Solomon
In Nigeria, millions of citizens, most especially the poor and vulnerable, remain without internet access. For a long time, internet users have had to put up with very substandard services.
This is as a result of inefficiency and inadequate infrastructure.
Sadly, most of those who are fortunate to have internet access use it negatively.
Indeed, digital literacy is a major challenge across the country and this has translated to limited internet use in most sectors of the economy.
Youths have taken to crime due to the attitude of the leadership at all levels of government, while pornographic content has exposed minors to immoral acts.
Of worry, is the lack of funding for research and infrastructure for Information and Communication Technology(ICT) by today's leadership.
The Backbone
The Nigerian youth involved in crime is not acting alone, some of those in positions of authority are his or her backbone.
This becomes glaring when an individual takes a keen interest in unfolding events.
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The Omnipresent
- By solomon2day
- On 23/08/2024
- In Special Report
We cannot avoid God's assignment for us. God is everywhere and His love is so great. Genesis 28
7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
10And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
21So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
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The Leadership Challenge
- By solomon2day
- On 20/08/2024
- In Update with Solomon
What would aid good governance is not in place. Rather, unnecessary criticism and condemnation of trailing the activities of Those-in-Charge visible are setbacks.Unguarded remarks, utterances and reckless statements and comments amplify the leadership abilities of an individual, positively or negatively.
Sadly, the trend among leaders in most climes, is to take positions on sensitive issues without thoughtful analysis of available facts.
Indeed, paying attention to details and aspects considered to be irrelevant ensures a very high degree of intelligent fairness that is essential for success in leadership.
Mao Zedong, popularly known as Chairman Mao, was successful with his noble goals for China through despotic means.
His leadership was severe, dictatorial and personalized.
For as long as Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution lasted, thousands of Chinese died of starvation and inhuman labor.
Mao and his co-travelers argued that the same was the price their people had to pay for re-education.
This brand of governance ensured the extermination of the heroes of the civil war and the old party chieftains by the President's armed squad.
Chairman Mao is perhaps the role model of those who hold sway in Nigeria today.
Indeed, the Senate President is among several other political office holders who adore President Ahmed Tinubu.
Those in support of this argument insist that the lawmaker is a regular visitor to Aso Rock for unknown reasons.
However, those against this order of things, stress that the underlying factors revolve around hypocrisy and boot licking.
Nigerians are yet to stop complaining of constitutional breaches and the unabated trampling of the rule of law in the dust, without noticeable changes by the powers that be.
From recent events in the country, the economic reform programs of the All Progressives Congress(APC) led government at the center and in the states, are modeled along the thinking of a free market economy.
It is doubtful if the government, in most recent times, has managed the economy for the benefit of Nigerians.
Of worry is the state of manufacturing industries, which could be said to be epileptic, even as food security is a mirage, insecurity is the chorus everywhere, while crude oil remains the major hope of the present administration.
Interestingly, the future growth of the Nigerian economy rests comfortably on diversification and focus on visionary and creative people-friendly economic policies, although the government still over-relies and over-depends on crude oil to fund its programs.
Can the present administration turn around the troubled economy ? Nobody knows.
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The Perpetual Absence of Visionary Leadership
- By solomon2day
- On 19/08/2024
- In Update with Solomon
The improvement in the system of transportation, to a very great measure, increases the physical extent and economic size of a country.However, in the Nigerian context, a number of factors have negatively affected the transport system and this has resulted in an astronomical rise in the prices of goods and services beyond the reach of a majority of the population.
The prohibitive transportation costs coupled with the multiple taxation across the country and the unabating insecurity have all succeeded in ensuring that Nigerians remain in a perpetual state of hunger and poverty.
Curiously, levels of government have channeled generated revenue from multiple taxes, unproductively, to real estate, while Nigerians continue to daily count their landed property losses.
Indeed, the government at all levels have always contended with inadequate financial organization and the relevant knowledge.
Sadly, economic stagnation is now a major characteristic in most cities that are contending with overpopulation. Petty trading and individual investments in consumables have become the preference of the people, in the absence of proactive, visionary leadership.
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Teach us Thy Paths
- By solomon2day
- On 19/08/2024
- In Special Report
We should not relent in prayers for God to teach us His ways.Psalm 25
1(A Psalm of David.) Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
2O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
3Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
4Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
6Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
8Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
10All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
11For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
12What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
13His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
14The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
15Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
18Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
19Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
20O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
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Calming Frayed Nerves
- By solomon2day
- On 15/08/2024
- In Update with Solomon
The burden of a nation is too multi-dimensional for a single power broker to manage.There are entrenched interests in the military, security services, a section of the judiciary and also the bureaucracy, while the population at large remains distraught and impoverished.
Indeed, to inherit a badly managed and shattered economy is disturbing to those who know what is in stock aside from the high level of insecurity.
Those-in-Charge need not feign ignorance about the pressing issues at stake, but go all out to tackle the issues, even as reservations, doubts and suspicions grow among the populace by the day.
The Situation
It is now very glaring that millions of Nigerians-outside the workforce- are contending with hunger, poverty, unemployment and a number of other hardships.
This has resulted into a sizable number the citizens embracing crime as a means to an end.
Those -in-charge are only scratching the surface while the situation deteriorates daily.
