Ben Dare

Husband, Father, Lover of God and men, Encourager, Print Media, Gunners for life.

[Strategy House Limited @strategyhouseng]

Growth in leadership starts with self-leadership - @drmaxwellubah

#today #relationshipcoach #Thursday #drmaxwelubah

[Strategy House Limited @strategyhouseng]

Strong teams reflect strong leadership - @drmaxwellubah

#wednesday #team #strong #leadership #drmaxwellubah

[Dear Son. @DearS_o_n]

Life hack: Never give people the reaction they want from you. Play smart, and starve them.

[Dear Son. @DearS_o_n]

Get addicted to thinking positively about your life.

[Strategy House Limited @strategyhouseng]

Your example speaks before your words - @drmaxwellubah

#Tuesday #quote #leadersh

[Ben Dare @dare_benjamin]

Our Home! Our Heritage!
We are builder! We would flourish as a nation! Nigeria is rising despite her flaws!

[Tadé Makinwa @MackOmotade]

They say Nigeria is a failed country. I say Nigeria is my home. The soil upon which I will prosper. The land upon which I will build.

The ground upon which I will create wealth, build institutions, establish businesses, create jobs, and leave something meaningful behind.

I refuse to believe that the difficulties of this country are stronger than the possibilities that exist within it.

Nigeria is not merely the place where I was born. Nigeria is the place where I am building. This is the land where I will build businesses that will outlive me. This is the land where I will create opportunities for thousands of people.

This is the land where my children will grow. This is the land where my husband and I will build our home, raise our family, and create a legacy. This s the land where my children will prosper. Where my grandchildren will prosper. Where the generations that come after them will inherit not only wealth, but institutions, businesses, knowledge, values, and a foundation strong enough to carry them further than I ever went.

I am not building my life with the expectation that I must eventually escape Nigeria to become successful. Here is my option A-Z

I have chosen to become one of the people who will contribute to the Nigeria we keep saying we want. I am not waiting for a perfect country before I begin. I am not waiting for a perfect system before I build. I am not waiting for someone else to create the opportunities I want to see.

I will build. I will prosper. I will create. I will employ. I will contribute. I will build wealth. And I will do it on the soil of my own country.

And when the generations after us look back at where their story began, I want them to see that we were not the generation that surrendered to the problems of our time.

We were the generation that looked at a difficult country and still chose to build.
We were the generation that saw possibility where others saw only failure. We were the generation that built the businesses, institutions, families, and wealth that gave those after us a better starting point.

Nigeria is my home.

And I refuse to speak about my home as though my destiny is powerless within it.

This is my soil and my own opportunity.

And by the grace of God, I will leave this land better, wealthier, and more prosperous for the generations that will come after me.

#Tadé
#iyawooga
#refinedlady

[Ben Dare @dare_benjamin]

@mrlurvy You like wahala too much. 😂😂😂😂

[Ben Dare @dare_benjamin]

@abrahamgreat @TheQueenGreat Congratulations! Keep soaring effortlessly. You are celebrated

[Woye @woye1]

Inflation has reduced to 15.91%

2: share this as you dey share inflation rises

[Ben Dare @dare_benjamin]

Nigeria is rising! The future is bright.

[Dr. Toks 🦇 @fimiletoks]

Asiwaju - To catch the rabbit, you have to give a bait.

This is the first deepwater production-sharing contract project to approach an FID in Nigeria since 2008. Emphasis on 2008!

- $20 Billion
- 150,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
- Supply roughly 140 million cubic feet of gas daily.
- Create more than 5,000 direct and indirect jobs for Nigerians.

Exactly what he said he was going to do at the NESG summit.

[Dr. Toks 🦇 @fimiletoks]

Asiwaju - To catch the rabbit, you have to give a bait.

This is the first deepwater production-sharing contract project to approach an FID in Nigeria since 2008. Emphasis on 2008!

- $20 Billion
- 150,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
- Supply roughly 140 million cubic feet of gas daily.
- Create more than 5,000 direct and indirect jobs for Nigerians.

Exactly what he said he was going to do at the NESG summit.

[Fola Aina @folanski]

Normalise self affirmation. Don’t wait for nobody to validate you. You are good enough. You are more than enough.

[Strategy House Limited @strategyhouseng]

Great leaders develop independent thinkes; not dependent followers. - @drmaxwellubah

[Toby @TomolaGroup]

Nigerians will:

• Sow ₦50k in a seed offering
• Contribute ₦100k to aso-ebi
• Spray ₦200k at owambe
• Spend ₦30k on a birthday photoshoot

But ask them to invest ₦10k a month in stocks and suddenly it’s risky or I don’t have money.

The problem isn’t poverty. Its priorities dressed up as culture.

[Christianne 👑 @Chris_LaStar]

... And the word became flesh!
God's promises will manifest in my life in Jesus' name. Amen..

[Ben Dare @dare_benjamin]

@OluwatobiAjayiJ Happy birthday! Greater you! I celebrate you. Have fun.

[Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT]

Tonight, our nation has reason to give thanks.

The children and teachers abducted by Ansaru terrorists in Oyo State have been rescued by our security forces, alive and unharmed. No ransom was paid. No concession was made.

I salute every officer and operative whose courage, discipline, and professionalism made this possible.

To those who seek to spread fear through terror, know that the Nigerian state will pursue you relentlessly. We will protect our people, defend our communities, and never relent until peace and security prevail across our country.

BOLA AHMED TINUBU
President & Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Federal Republic of Nigeria

[Toby @TomolaGroup]

The average Nigerian gets ₦100m and buys a liability they cannot maintain.
The wealthy get ₦100m and buy cash flow.

Here is a realistic ₦100m breakdown that actually builds wealth:

1. The Safety Bucket (₦50m)
• Treasury Bills or Money Market funds
• Purpose: Peace of mind. Pays you about ₦9m per year with almost zero risk.

2. The Growth Bucket (₦35m)
• ₦20m into land banking around Epe or the Ibeju corridor
• ₦15m into blue-chip stocks
• Purpose: Grow your capital while you sleep.

3. The Lifestyle Bucket (₦15m)
• Car upgrade
• Personal care and quality of life

The Goal:
Use the ₦9m yearly interest to pay rent in a luxury apartment while your ₦100m capital stays intact and continues to grow.

This is how you move from looking rich to actually being rich.

[Ben Dare @dare_benjamin]

‘PEOPLE BUILD SYSTEMS’

Thank you for this honest conversation.

[Tadé Makinwa @MackOmotade]

Whenever Nigerians gather to discuss the country’s problems, one phrase is almost guaranteed to come up:

“We just need a functional system.”

I hear it everywhere. In interviews. On social media. In taxis. At conferences. In political conversations. At some point, I stopped listening to the phrase itself and became more interested in the people using it.

So one day, I asked someone a simple question:

“What exactly is a functional system?” And he couldn’t give an answer.

That conversation proved that many people use the phrase because it sounds intelligent, not because they truly understand what it means.

A system is not magic. A system is simply a structure made up of rules, institutions, processes, incentives, consequences, and people who consistently make those things work.

A functional system is one where the rules are largely predictable, institutions perform their responsibilities, excellence is rewarded, incompetence has consequences, and the average citizen understands that there are standards that cannot be negotiated.

Now let me say something uncomfortable.

Many Nigerians say they want a functional system, but the truth is, many are not yet prepared to live in one. If you think I’m lying think about it.

The same people who complain about corruption but become excited when they know someone “at the top” who can bend the rules for them, they are also the same people who will make excuses for fraudster and yahoo yahoo.

They criticize politicians for nepotism but call their uncle to secure jobs they are not qualified for. They want law and order until the law applies to them. They want accountability until they are the ones being held accountable.

That is not a desire for a functional system, that is a desire for a system that works only in your favour.

In a truly functional system, you do not drive against traffic because you are in a hurry. You do not skip queues because you know someone. You do not evade taxes while demanding world-class infrastructure. You do not bribe your way out of offences. You do not submit fake certificates. You do not forge documents. You do not throw refuse into drainage and then complain about flooding. You do not expect electricity without paying for it. You do not ignore building regulations and then blame government when buildings collapse.

A functional system is expensive, not necessarily because of money, but because of discipline. It demands that everyone, rich or poor, connected or unknown, submits to standards. It inconveniences everybody equally, and that is why many societies appear orderly, not because they have angels living there, but because the cost of breaking the rules is often higher than the benefit.

Sadly, many of the people who loudly demand a functional system have built their own success around dysfunction. Some businesses exist only because of these loopholes , some careers thrive because merit is absent, some fortunes were built through regulatory loopholes.

Ironically, if Nigeria suddenly became completely functional tomorrow, many people currently celebrating their success would struggle to maintain it.

This is why I believe our conversation must mature. Yes, government has enormous responsibilities, institutions must improve, and leadership matters.

But systems are also strengthened, or weakened by the everyday behaviour of citizens.

A nation where millions of people constantly look for shortcuts cannot magically produce world-class institutions.

The same values that destroy homes eventually destroy organisations. The same attitudes that weaken organisations eventually weaken nations.

A functional Nigeria will require functional citizens.

Perhaps we should start asking:

“Are we becoming the kind of people who can sustain a functional system?”

Because systems do not exist independently of people. People build systems. People protect systems. And ultimately, people either strengthen them, or destroy them.

#Tadé
#iyawooga
#refinedlady

[Ben Dare @dare_benjamin]

Nigeria is winning! Step by step, precept by precept.

[Osas @osazenoo]

Travelers are giving testimony to the developments going on at the Lagos International Airport. Even the biggest critics know this Government is deliberate when it comes to infrastructural upgrades and development.