These two people made Nigeria great.
Before they came into power, many Nigerians still believed the country could recover. There was hope that Nigeria could once again become Africa’s leading economy and a true continental power.
Today, many believe that hope is becoming a reality.
It’s no longer the Nigeria of 2015.
It’s a new Nigeria.
The economy has undergone difficult but necessary reforms aimed at building a stronger foundation for long-term growth. Although many Nigerians still face economic challenges, the goal is to create a more stable and prosperous future for everyone.
Then there is security.
This is no longer just about responding to kidnappings or isolated attacks. Efforts have been intensified to dismantle criminal networks, strengthen security agencies, and improve national security.
No country can truly prosper when its citizens do not feel safe.
The work is far from over, but the foundation for lasting progress is being laid.
In my opinion, the reforms introduced today could help position Nigeria for sustained growth over the next 20 years.
But they are not finished yet.
Your focus as a young Nigerian: Focus on your own empowerment.
Invest in yourself. Build valuable skills. Create opportunities that are not dependent on the government.
I can confidently advise young graduates to develop valuable skills alongside any career path they choose. If public service is your calling, pursue it.
Your best option right now is to find ways to earn beyond the limits of the local economy. Learn a high-income skill, build a business, or earn in foreign currency while living in Nigeria.
If you’re under 35 or 40, make that your primary mission.
If you’re waiting for Nigeria to become the land of opportunities you’ve always imagined, prepare yourself now so you can take advantage of those opportunities as they emerge.
The country is changing, and those who continue to improve themselves will be better positioned to reach their full potential.
Your responsibility now is to keep building yourself and creating opportunities, even while living here.
Do not wait for the system to become perfect before you decide to change your life.
Self-empowerment is no longer just an option.
It is the path that gives you the greatest control over your future.
Get started now.
Why did Allah ask Maryam (AS) to shake the palm tree?
She was in labor. Weak. In pain.
And palm trunks are solid like stone.
She couldn't possibly move it.
Yet Allah said:
"Shake towards you the trunk of the palm tree..."
Why ask the impossible?
Allah could have dropped the dates without effort.
No shaking.
No pain.
No movement.
But He didn't.
Because miracles don't cancel effort. They meet it.
Maryam's (AS) strength wasn't in moving the tree.
It was in not giving up the attempt.
The tree didn't respond to her power.
It responded to her obedience.
Sometimes Allah doesn't ask you to succeed.
He asks you to try.
Even when you feel weak.
Even when the task feels too big.
Because trying keeps your heart alive. And effort keeps your faith awake.
If Allah sent the dates without the shake...
She would have eaten.
But she wouldn't have grown.
So when you're tired and still asked to take one step... That step is the worship.
Not the result.
That's why Allah ties provision to movement.
Even when He alone creates the outcome.
Maryam A.S didn't shake the tree.
She shook herself out of despair.
And Allah sent the fruit.
Your job is not to make miracles.
It is to move even when you feel small.
Allah handles the falling dates.
At 15, my father sent me to a stranger's house at night.
It changed the trajectory of my life.
I was struggling with Maths.
In Mushin, there was one tutor everyone whispered about.
He was so good he taught the children of the wealthy privately.
Bode Omotowoju Bankole.
My father went to see him.
We couldn't afford his prices.
After much persuasion, the compromise was harder to swallow.
He would charge 100 Naira per hour
but the condition was that I had to spend the night at his place.
He needed every naira he could earn to survive as a UNILAG student.
My mother said no.
My father looked at me
and said nothing.
He hustled for the money.
And he took the risk.
Poverty does not give you perfect conditions.
At night, Bode would wake me:
"Wale, what time is it?"
"3am."
Then we did Maths for two hours.
Night after night.
For weeks.
When I returned to school, something had shifted.
I wasn't catching up.
I was flying.
In the end:
WAEC - A1 (Maths)
NECO - A1 (Maths)
Those foundations stayed with me.
They are part of why I chose Civil Engineering years later when I returned to university as an undergraduate at age 30.
This is why I struggle when I see young people refuse to engage.
This generation faces fewer barriers to knowledge than any in history.
You have:
Khan Academy
ChatGPT (Take a free prompt engineering course to know how to use it well)
World-class professors on YouTube, from India to the US
Entire calculus courses - free
What you are fighting is not scarcity.
It is DISTRACTION.
For the poor African child, the journey has always been hard by design, not by accident.
"The future you is silently depending on the current you to stay disciplined"
If this reframed something for you,
Please share it with someone you love.
And follow for more.
We will rise together.
The Grand Mosque of Mecca tops the list of the most expensive buildings on Earth, built at a cost of $100 Billion!!!!
Size: One million (1,000,000) square meters Capacity;
🕋Can accommodate two (2) million people at a time;
🕋Receives twenty (20) million visitors annually;
🕋Open twenty-four (24) hours daily. It has never been completely closed in over 1400 years;
🕋Has 1800 cleaners, & 40 electric sanitary cleaning cars;
🕋Has 60 electric sanitary machines to clean open courtyards;
🕋Has 2000 Sanitary barrels spread throughout the premises;
🕋Floor covered with 40,000 carpets (longer than the distance between Jeddah and Makkah (79km));
🕋13,000 toilets, cleaned four (4) times/6 hours daily;
🕋25,000 water dispensers (one of the largest water dispensing systems in the world);
🕋100 random samples of drinking water are inspected daily;
🕋Excess water from Zamzam Well is stored in storage tanks with a capacity of 1,700,000 (1.7 million), water bottles (capacity 10 liters)
🕋HARAMAIN recitation service: broadcast recitation of the Quran; 24/7; recitation using all ten (10) recognized methods of recitation of the Qur'an; more than 500,000 (half a million) episodes in 180 countries have been aired in three (3) years;
🕋More than 2,000 safety deposit boxes (to keep personal belongings safe);
🕋Hundreds of air conditioning units (for cooling) are scattered inside the Mosque;
🕋The floor of the Mosque reflects light and heat thus improving the regulation of heat in the premises;
🕋Electronic Tour guide application that shows the location of any part of the Mosque;
🕋Detailed and highly efficient audio system:
🕋The sound system in the Grand Mosque is one of the largest and most complex sound systems in the world:-
Audio system error margin: 0%
6000 speakers
Four (4) different audio systems
Fifty (50) sound engineering personnel;
🕋Copies of the Quran are translated into 65 different languages;
🕋Translation of each Friday sermon into five (5) different languages;
🕋Services/facilities for the disabled:-
10,000 regular wheelchairs available for use, free of charge. 400 electronically guided wheelchairs available, Automatic wheelchairs (2 wheels and 3 wheels);
🕋RAMADAN special services:-
4 million free meals for breaking of fast every day, throughout Ramadan;
5,000,000 dates (seed discarded) are distributed in the mosque area every day during Ramadan
After breaking fast, it takes 2 minutes to clean the place for Maghrib prayer (Sallah)!
SUBHANALLAH ...
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For all Muslims, When you're in a situation that feels like you're stuck somewhere, overwhelmed with emotions, and having anxiety, recite Surah Duha and surah Ash- sharh together until you feel better. It is the medicine of anxiety‚ depression and sadness
@taiwoyedele Mr. Chairman sir,
Have you consider those of uss from the North in this your process of nominations??
Such knowledgeable and resources spending such at least target the northerners.
@taiwoyedele If this is an FG sponsored program then, you guys are not serious or have a. Very bad intention towards the people that seriously needs the education.
My people need to be adequately represented.