Segun(🦁)Showunmi (PhD)
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We have created a mess! Shame on the Yorubas! What a shameless race. You will hardly see Igbos begging for food! Ndi Igbo Anayo Ego. How did the Yorubas become this? We must rework the developmental framework of the Southwest! I am ashamed, to say the least. Shameful.
Segun(🦁)Showunmi (PhD)988,667 просмотров • 2 лет назад
Why Our Idea of Empowerment Is Not Working. For decades, Nigeria has pursued empowerment as a development strategy. Every year, governments at all levels distribute grants, sewing machines, tricycles, grinding machines, motorcycles, fertilizers and various forms of financial assistance. Yet poverty remains stubbornly high, unemployment remains a challenge, and millions continue to struggle at the margins of economic survival. The question therefore must be asked: Why is our empowerment model not producing the transformation we seek? The answer may be uncomfortable. We have largely mistaken empowerment for development. Too often, our approach to poverty eradication and job creation has been rooted in tokenism rather than transformation. We measure success by the number of items distributed, the number of beneficiaries photographed, or the number of people who receive one-off support. What we rarely measure is how many people have successfully moved from one economic level to the next. Nations are not built by distribution. Nations are built by ideas, institutions and structures that enable continuous economic advancement. The akara seller, tailor, welder, carpenter, mechanic and market trader should not be viewed as recipients of government generosity. They should be viewed as participants in a deliberate growth ladder. The objective should not merely be to help them survive today. The objective should be to help them become more productive tomorrow. A woman frying akara today should be able to become a supplier to schools and offices tomorrow. The supplier of tomorrow should become a food processor next. The processor should become a manufacturer. The manufacturer should become an exporter. The exporter should become an innovator. That is what development looks like. The most successful economies in history understood that prosperity is created when millions of people are assisted in moving upward through structured stages of productivity. Growth occurs when economic actors are continuously upgraded, not when they are continuously subsidized. Unfortunately, much of our empowerment architecture has no scaling mechanism. We hand out resources but provide no pathway for progression. We celebrate beneficiaries but rarely track transformation. We focus on access rather than advancement. The result is predictable. Every year new beneficiaries emerge to replace old beneficiaries because the system has not fundamentally altered their economic position. What Nigeria needs is not another empowerment programme. Nigeria needs a national scaling framework. Such a framework would identify the lowest rung of economic activity and deliberately create pathways upward through training, financing, market access, technology adoption, business formalization and industrial integration. Every intervention should answer one question: How does this move the beneficiary to the next level of productivity? The true measure of success is not how many people receive assistance. It is how many people no longer need it. Until we shift from a culture of empowerment to a culture of economic progression, poverty reduction will remain elusive. The future belongs not to programmes that distribute opportunity in small doses, but to systems that systematically scale human potential. The difference may appear subtle, but it is the difference between managing poverty and creating prosperity. Otunba Segun Showunmi The Alternative. N:B When I tell you this man(Oko Iya Alakara aka President Bola Ahmed Tinubu)is in a class of his own I kid you not! Look at how he took ownership of what many might consider a vexing issue. I greet you.
Segun(🦁)Showunmi (PhD)18,418 просмотров • 23 дней назад
OLUBUNMI OJO: WHEN COMPETENCE JUSTIFIES OPPORTUNITY By Otunba Segun Showunmi I have read the writer’s reflections on our recent visit to the Honourable Ministry of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and I must say: every word resonates deeply with my own impressions. In fact, I feel compelled to add my voice not merely to agree, but to affirm, with the weight of experience, that what we saw that day was not accidental. It was the unmistakable signature of a man who understands the responsibilities of public office and is determined to meet them with courage, innovation, and discipline. The meeting was not premeditated. It was not staged. It was not a political courtesy call arranged for optics. It was simply one of those encounters that reveal the true measure of a leader. And what we encountered in Olubunmi Ojo was clarity of purpose, passion for reform, and a refusal to accept the institutional mediocrity that had plagued the ministry for years. Let me state this clearly: the writer is right. This is not the Ministry of Interior of old. This is not the era of bureaucratic congestion or administrative chaos. There is a new energy here cleaner, sharper, more deliberate. From the moment we walked in, the tone was different. Ojo received us warmly, without the unnecessary stiffness that often accompanies government offices. But courtesy was the least of what he offered. His mind was the real revelation. As he spoke, I saw a public servant who has internalised one of the most profound truths of leadership: impact outlives identity. When he said, “We remember Shakespeare and Alexander the Great not for their faces but for what they did,” I understood the driving philosophy behind the reforms he has championed. The writer highlighted one of these reforms the consolidation of Nigeria’s passport system and he is absolutely correct. For years, the passport regime represented the very worst of our inefficiencies: duplication, abuse, exploitation, and reputational damage. How does a country justify ninety-six processing centres? How do we defend two contradictory passport regimes? It was chaos, and it was embarrassing. But Ojo confronted that chaos. He simplified the system. He unified the process. He restored order. And he did it with a level of decisiveness that gives me hope for our wider administrative future. The fact that the new central processing centre was built at zero cost to government speaks not only to prudence but to genuine creativity in governance something our nation desperately needs. And when he spoke about technology-driven homeland security and the transparency of the current recruitment exercise, I saw a man who is not only reforming an institution but redefining what public service should mean in Nigeria. Some say he is there because of his relationship with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. My response is simple: even if favour opened the door, merit is doing the work. One must learn to recognise excellence when one sees it. This is excellence. This is serious-minded reform. This is public service that answers to conscience, not convenience. In my years of observing and working around leaders, I have come to know the difference between performance and performance-for-show. Olubunmi Ojo is not acting. He is working. The difference is stark. So I stand with the writer. I affirm his observations. I echo his conclusion. Olubunmi Ojo deserves commendation real, enduring, and unreserved commendation. His work is not illusory. It is not political theatre. It is tangible, measurable, and profoundly consequential. If this is what the future of public service looks like, then Nigeria still has a fighting chance. Otunba Segun Showunmi The Alternative
Segun(🦁)Showunmi (PhD)88,312 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад
It was truly refreshing engaging in light banter with Hon abikedabiri a solid administrator, a brilliant communicator, and an ever-reliable, can-do compatriot. I took a moment to appreciate her unwavering commitment to bringing diaspora issues to the front burner and ensuring that the voices of Nigerians abroad remain heard and valued. Otunba Segun Showunmi Odofin Keesi.
Segun(🦁)Showunmi (PhD)46,707 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад
Ndigbo Kwenu! The Igbos I know might be different from the ones you know. Hear me on my own Ndigbos. The Alternative. A United, Peaceful, Greater Nigeria is on the Horizon. The Alternative. Peter Obi come and learn how to unite a country. Receive Sense!!!
Segun(🦁)Showunmi (PhD)63,424 просмотров • 1 год назад
I am a son of Keesi! My father is the Balogun Keesi my uncle is the Apena Keesi. Keesi is the eldest child of an ancient mother who begot Keesi, Kemta, Ketu, and Ake in that order as told by our ancestors. The men are getting old, 86 going 87, and 85 going 86. May God help. All sons and daughters of Keesi at home and in the diaspora we have a call to duty.
Segun(🦁)Showunmi (PhD)36,933 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад
Yesterday, I visited H. E Former Peter Ayodele Fayose, where I prostrated to him at his building site in Ikeja GRA to beg that we all come together to save our common patrimony. In the end, it will be clear that I have what it takes to lead this party, for I am committed
Segun(🦁)Showunmi (PhD)93,944 просмотров • 1 год назад
A Partnership That Works: Lessons from Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Sen Oluremi Tinubu, CON. Mr President and The First Lady. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Her Excellency Sen Oluremi Tinubu, CON offer a two-for-one lesson in how strategic partnership can truly work. At a time when many pretended their wives were unelectable, incapable of contributing value beyond domestic roles; when religious harmony was treated as taboo; and when obedience was demanded under the cloak of “culture” a culture that is ironically un-African the Tinubus chose a different path. They invested in capacity. They built relevance. They understood that partnership is not decorative; it is strategic currency for the day it matters most. Today, those who dismissed such foresight are left to lick their wounds and rue regrets that came too late. We must study leaders even those we envy or dislike because that is how societies learn. We avoid what is flawed, replicate what is right, and pass wisdom from one generation to another. Congratulations to Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Oluremi Tinubu. That recognition during President Donald J. Trump’s prayer meeting was not accidental; it was a teachable moment and a powerful testimony of how leadership partnerships ought to function. It was diplomacy executed with dignity, synergy, and foresight deserving of commendation. Congratulations, Nigeria. We find ourselves engaging confidently with a key actor in the emerging global geopolitical order. Now, wisdom demands that we avoid missteps that could jeopardize this evolving relationship. Thank you, President Donald J. Trump. Otunba Segun Showunmi The Alternative.
Segun(🦁)Showunmi (PhD)24,920 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад
All Hail the Odofin of Keesi All hail the Odofin of Keesi! Yesterday, I had the distinct honour of being formally presented before the Keesi Traditional Council at the Ile Ogboni, Keesi a moment of deep cultural significance and solemn pride. In the ancient hierarchy of Keesi, the Odofin stands next in authority to the Oluwo, the head of the Traditional Council and custodian of our enduring customs. This is not merely a title; it is a responsibility anchored in heritage, wisdom, and guardianship of communal values. Keesi, an ancient town in Egbaland, carries the weight of history a legacy of order, tradition, and principled leadership. To stand before its council is to stand before generations past and future. May the wisdom of our forebears continue to guide the Odofin. May the council deliberate with clarity and justice. May Keesi continue to flourish in unity and honour. All hail Keesi. All hail her custodians of tradition. Otunba Segun Showunmi Odofi Keesi.
Segun(🦁)Showunmi (PhD)10,978 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад
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