A Thousand Iwealas...
Only a few Nigerians have been able to attain the rock star status accorded . Only a few have managed to do this via the business route sans politique. There are a thousand out there willing and able to contribute to the growth of home country. I personally do not think Nigeria needs that many rocket scientist or too many top of the class students. All we need are people willing to apply true and trusted methods, to our economy and we would be just fine. Ours is not a country that needs to reinvent the wheel, it is all in our hands already. So how do we put this together.
An Iweala being an industry leader with years of experience in a functioning economic system, he/she is probably a bit frustrated with contributing to another man economy while theirs wallow in poverty. Probably feels he has a lot to offer. On the flip side he/she is disappointed with the Nigerian political class, and may describe Nigerian politicians as diabolic from time to time. To him or her Nigeria has become a far away country with a lot of armed robberies making it quite impossible to enjoy a quiet Xmas. He/she has heard about the progress being made, but remains dismissive since there isn't a defined role for them to play.
Planners, we need diligent planners and visionaries who have a few years of experience in systems that work with minimal waste. How do we get this human resource cheaply? Nigerians in diaspora. People whose brains were once pronounce drained. Just like China reverse engineered technology, we stand a chance of being the comeback kids who have managed to reverse engineer human capital.
There are thousands of out there, how do we get them interested in an economy that has disappointed many times in the past. I often face the challenge of getting this group interested in the burst of growth and goodwill presently being experienced by Nigeria. How do we market Nigeria to ours?
To be continued in the next post...
Footnote: 1. Is the contribution by Nigerians living abroad as important as it is often made to look? Are we wasting our time by expecting those living abroad to pitch in and help? Should there really be a framework or getting the diaspora involved? Should they make their contributions as foot soldiers just like everybody else? 2. This post was resurrect for my draft folder and inspired by entry at . 3. The where Indian trained tech. graduates honed their skills in the US and Europe, but returned to India to make things happen. This are lessons worth living by. 4. My Patriotism still isn't working just right.
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Great post. looking forward to the next. How is it going, are you back or you still buried son.
Nigeria is not in need of foreign help you guys always get it all wrong. It is only a matter of time all Nigeria needs is prayers. We will overcome.
Thanks Dare...hmm not yet back. But will soon be.
@anon please try not to be so sensitive. I do not care where the help comes from we sure need help. Yes it is right to pray, I hope you know it is right to fight for justice too. We are at war, we better get that part right. Thanks guy for coming by.
...After praying we still need to get our backsides up and doing..
We need help from who ever we are ready to learn from...
We need to learn to work together and trust.
Nigerians in the diaspora can help..if given the chance with those back home- and not put up a brick wall( that is the working together i mean)... That is a good start.
looking forward to reading more.
Stay strong bro'
I personally believe that only like minded Nigerians will improve the country. Those Nigerians are fighting an uphill battle against greedy and corrupt Nigerians and non-Nigerians who will sabotage and attack any and all attempts at progress, because the status quo wirks to their advantage.
Nevertheless, the Iwealas out there will work independently and collectively to slowly oust the negative elements and strategically weaken them. the Iwealas must work together to circumvent the status quo and help Nigeria achieve its unfulfilled dream.
Take it easy 'dudu. Our time will come.
@refined I concur, Nigeria has made many of us quite defensive. Thanks for pointing out that the onus still rest on all of us. I f I get help from the moon I would take it as long as it helps me push my agenda shey?
@Solomonsydelle, ehn so how do we get past the talking about it and moving forward actionssssss. It is so hard to play this field solo.
ok. i gathered from the post that Nigeria needs help.
But what kind of help do we need and where do we get it from.
I believe it's only God that'll help us
Oracle: Though not related to the issue on ground, but in reference to your comment about God helping us, I think we need to start helping ourselves first before God can help us!
Cosby doesn't have the answer to heal the world, but he made a lot of sense in that article. Take time to read it...I've bookmarked it since I bumped into it weeks ago:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pound_Cake_speech
"The church is only open on Sunday. And you can’t keep asking Jesus to ask doing things for you. You can’t keep asking that God will find a way. God is tired of you..."
I know God isn't really tired of us, but bottomline is, we've gotta make d move, first!
nija really needs help,from all angles,even from our houses...coz charity does begin at home...Long Live nija!!
thnx for coming by...
Great post. Too true. I wonder why it took me so long to read this.