Realities of Today Blog: A Nigerian Initiative for Enlightenment

Germany lost in the semi-final match of EURO 2016 after a 2 nil defeat to FRANCE, Courtesy; Antonio GRIEZMANN.

The most precious gift that happened to planet ‘earth’ amongst other planets in this current dispensation is the gift of life. Living is what makes everything spinning, changing, and progressive over time across national and international boundaries on earth. The organisms inherent in earth served different purposes for the survival, sustenance, and continuity of the system. However, the input of man as the most sensitive living being in the spinning of the earth cannot be underestimated. Lifestyles of man from time immemorial tend to justify this assertion because they always find means of surviving/ progressing under favorable and unfavorable conditions. In this current epoch, man irrespective of gender differences performs more than iota of roles directly or indirectly for the continuity of the system. Nevertheless, the fact that man can only live once leave them with their discretion of life, how it operates and how to live it. Since human being are rational thinkers, t

          The word ‘game’ revolves around virtually everything in human dealings. Every day activities from any angle of its preview served as a reflection of the concept ‘game’ because it’s a two way thing i.e. win or lose. Game in its practical sense manifests the act of tussle between two different groups with the sole of aim of coming out with the same motive; to win.

          On population criteria, people can be categorized as being fragile, energetic , or aged in nature. The fragile are the new entrants ( dependent souls ) in the society, the youths of any society are seen as the most active or energetic group of people often referred to as the ‘leaders of tomorrow’ ( future leaders ) while the aged are the most experienced of the group . Since independence through the 55th birthday of Nigeria, the youths are sidelined/redundant in the economy because the same old group ( 50years and above ) still directs the activities of the nation from time immemorial.           On cultural stand, the youths of nowadays as against the yester years have lost/neglected/substituted the values/heritage/norms ascertained/established by the general public owing to diverse reasons - economic downturn, family breakdown ( divorce or separation ), globalization to mention but a few.           Religious wise, youths today show lesser interest in the teachin

          The successful few seen across the globe today passed through different path/patch before getting to where they are destined. The path mostly rough, breathtaking and tiring but it takes an enduring spirit to get to where “one’s” fate is. Mark Zuckerberg created this platform, Bill Gates gave the world a Microsoft gift, Amancio Ortega brought to existence Zara and Obileye Abolaji kicked started Project Affairs on a fateful day.

            At the basic level of our educational pursuit, a skeletal knowledge of the concept “scale of preference” is taught in the subject matter of Economics. In reality, the concept has a deep root in our day-day activities. The tremendous and unexpected success or the slow pace of development of any man is attributed to the choices he made based on the priority attached to it.