Those moments when you can't find nobody

By: SAMUEL UFOT EKEKERE 2015-02-08 08:42
What do you do when you need someone so badly to support that idea you’ve been cooking up and you think it’s really going to succeed and you don’t find that someone. You may feel down-casted, pained and perhaps doubt if you really are in the world for good. These situations are part of our everyday existence and a fact we often have to face whether we like it not. However successful a man may be, he still has such issues to face.
A sales manager at a top commercial bank had this to face trying to defend his well thought through sales strategy. He had acquired all the advice from top sales analysts around his professional industry and had deep assurance that all the advice were worth it. But he had to face the top directors and managers at his office over defending the possibility of his sales proposals working. From one idea to another, his ideas got bashed and washed as each manager took turns to rubbish his work. This manager was dazed that his best work was being given a zero. He returned home feeling depressed and in need of just that one top manager that will stand and see from his stand point.
Whether you are down the ladder or up there at the prime, there is still that fear of being alone with your big set of ideas. Depression may steal in and you increasingly find yourself plunging downward away from your expected endpoint. The question at the beginning of this writ becomes necessary when we consider that many ideas are finding their way into dustbins because the inventors of those ideas could not find that person who they expect to believe in them.
Your idea is scarce and nobody will offer it the way you do even if those you believe to accept it don’t. They only do not accept it because, they aren’t in your shoe picturing from the same direction as you are.  Yes, you need somebody, but not having that body to support your idea doesn’t mean it’s finished for you. You can afford to look up to “Someone.”
Every idea developed from its inventor or initiator takes a “long walk to freedom.” That freedom arrives only after some bashing and whitewashing by everyone. Everyone often does not see great ideas because they are easily deceived by the normal life they are used to.
Everyone loves the sky remaining blue; they can’t picture a green or yellow sky. Everyone sees only everyday possibilities, they can’t see beyond today. You can understand with such persons how short sighted they are.
In the face of a crowded disbelief system, is that someone who manages to call you aside and ask for a one to one discuss on the possibilities of your idea making grand entry into realism. That someone is ready to help you iron out those issues that seems to limit your idea and then help you make it a reality. That someone is always around watching out for you.
We are often plunged into depression by the uncelebrated acts of everyone who might have pushed at their thought of how irrelevant our special idea may be. We often are the ones who allow them this opportunity to demean our so much work often because we think we have them as our celebrators. They necessarily will not celebrate your work until you have gotten your way up. The crowd won’t support you up.
What the crowd does is boo your desire to climb and cheer only after you have strived your way up.
Finding that someone to give your idea a lift may not be as easy at the first trial. However your resoluteness at pushing your idea through however the encumbrances will attract that someone you will need. People are the hand tools of God for the manifestation of ideas and visions. Somehow someone will have to believe your idea makes sense once you can get going pushing behind you the fact that what you are offering hasn’t gotten the cheering as you had thought.
Coca-Cola won’t be Coca-Cola today if the man who had developed its recipe had quietly thrown it away after everyone he had tried to sell it to had disdained it as useless. Today, it is a brand name because the developer found that one person who bought into it against the crowd who had opposed its market value.
You might not find everybody walking in your direction because you may not be worth looking at now. Well, that’s for now. Just wait at that idea; someone will come knocking very soon.

- MyNews24

Plot to remove Jega thickens

Abuja - To ensure that President Goodluck Jonathan wins the March 28 presidential election convincingly, the Presidency has launched a two-pronged war against those opposed to his re-election, reports Vanguard.

One of the plans is to replace the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega with a less independent-minded person.

The thinking in the Presidency is that Jega is too independent-minded and uncooperative despite being given the job on a platter of gold by the president’s men.

The plot is to forced Jega to comply with the civil service procedure by proceeding on his three months terminal leave with effect from March 1, this year since he is expected to retire on June 13.

The other plan to to stop Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate from contesting the election with Jonathan.

Read more at Vanguard.
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Ban Ki-moon asks INEC to embark on rapid PVCs distribution

Abuja - The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has asked INEC to take advantage of the shift in polls to embark on rapid distribution of the remaining Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to all registered voters.

This is contained in a statement from the Secretary-General on Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on the postponement of Nigeria's elections, initially scheduled for February 14 and 28.

The statement was made available to the media by Oluseyi Soremekun, National Information Officer, UN Information Centre in Nigeria.

Ban, in the statement, pointed out that the rapid distribution of PVCs to all eligible voters was imperative to ensure credible polls.

He urged, “the electoral authority to take all necessary measures, such as the rapid distribution of the remaining PVCs, to enable all eligible voters, including those displaced, to exercise their right to vote in a timely manner. “

“This is imperative for ensuring a credible, free and transparent election,” the statement said.
The statement also said that the UN scribe had spoken in a telephone conversation with President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday over the postponement of the election, and also to Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).

He had encouraged both Jonathan and opposition candidate Buhari to respect the Abuja Accord they adopted and which commits them to non-violence, peace and tolerance during the elections.

"He looks up to Nigeria's authorities to uphold their commitment to ensure a violence-free election and put in place adequate security measures, so that citizens across the country are able to exercise their civic duty safely and without fear,'' the statement added.

The secretary-general expressed the hope that the forthcoming elections would meet the high expectations of the Nigerian people and the international community.

"The successful conduct of these polls would strengthen Nigeria's democracy and enable the country to continue to play a leading role in the promotion of regional peace and security," Ban said.

- NAN

Decision to postpone polls highly provocative - APC

Lagos – The All Progressive Congress party (APC) has reportedly described the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delay the country's general elections as a "clearly major setback for Nigerian democracy" and "highly provocative", according to The Star.

With just a week to go before the country's general elections, INEC decided to postpone the polls by six weeks.

The elections have been pushed from 13 February to 28 March, while the state gubernatorial and legislative votes have been moved to 11 April.

The United States on Sunday said it was disappointed by INEC's decision.

"Political interference with the Independent National Commission is unacceptable, and it is critical that the government not use security concerns as a pretext for impending the democratic process," Secretary of State John Kerry was reported as saying.

Security reasons were stated as the major reason for postponing the elections.
The delay was set to give a new multinational force – made up of at least 8 700 troops, police and civilians to secure north-eastern areas under the sway of Boko Haram Islamist insurgents.

There were fears that millions could be disenfranchised if the vote went ahead while the Boko Haram held a large swath of the northeast.

According to Africa Check, this is not the first time that INEC has delayed a presidential vote. The commission did so in 2011, but this time it has come "in the context of a far tighter political race".

Osun auto crash claims 17 lives

2015-02-09 10:41
Abuja - No less than 17 people have lost their lives in an auto crash along the busy Ilesa-Ife Expressway on Sunday, PUNCH reports.

The accident, which occurred after 4 pm, was allegedly caused by the driver of a Toyota Hiace who moved out of his lane and crashed into Toyota Sienna space bus travelling on the same road.

Ten of the seventeen deceased are said to have been children.

Items found at the accident scene suggest that the occupants of the Toyota Sienna were set to attend a funeral.

Injured parties have been transported to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital in Ile Ife for treatment.

The identities of the deceased have not been ascertained at this time.

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Driver causes death of three, flees accident scene

2015-02-09 10:41
Abuja - An investigation into the whereabouts of a Lagos bus driver has been launched after the man fled an accident scene in which three people were left dead while five others were injured.

The accident, which occurred along the Ikorodu Road in Lagos State, occurred after the brakes on the driver's commercial bus failed, causing him to ram into Volkswagen Golf.

The driver of the Golf was killed immediately, while two others were rendered unconscious on the scene.

According to a PUNCH report, the bus driver was driving in the BRT lane when the crash occurred.

The names of the driver, along with the other parties involved, has not been ascertained at this time.

Read more at PUNCH

Take advantage of poll delay, Buhari tells supporters

Lagos - Opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) leader Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly urged his supporters to take advantage of the postponement of the country's elections.

The elections which were scheduled to take place on 14 February were moved to a later date after Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) expressed concern over security.

The elections have been pushed from 14 February to 28 March, while the state gubernatorial and legislative votes have been moved to 11 April.

According to Premium Times, Buhari told his supported just after the announcement that the delay gave them an opportunity to mobilise support among Nigerians.
Buhari warned that his party won't tolerate any further delays, calling on INEC to maintain the newly scheduled date.

"The elections must be sacrosanct," Buhari was quoted as saying.
According to reports, the delay was set to give a new multinational force – made up of at least 8 700 troops, police and civilians to secure north-eastern areas under the sway of Boko Haram Islamist insurgents.
There were fears that millions could be disenfranchised if the vote went ahead while the Boko Haram held a large swath of the northeast.
According to Africa Check, this is not the first time that INEC has delayed a presidential vote. The commission did so in 2011, but this time it has come "in the context of a far tighter political race".

President Goodluck Jonathan is set to face Buhari in the elections described by analysts as the fiercest in many years.