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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 3:27pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
[size=14pt]Baron Victor Adebowale[/size] ![]() Victor Olufemi Adebowale, Baron Adebowale, CBE (born 21 July 1962) is the Chief Executive of the social care enterprise Turning Point and was one of the first to become a People's Peer. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to the New Deal, the unemployed, and homeless young people. In 2001 he became one of the first group of people to be appointed as people's peers and was created a life peer on 30 June 2001 taking the title Baron Adebowale, of Thornes in the County of West Yorkshire. In 2009 he was listed as one of the 25 most influential people in housing policy over the past 25 years by the housing professionals magazine Inside Housing. Adebowale was born to Nigerian parents Ezekiel & Grace Adebowale. His name "Adebowale" means "the crown comes home" in Yoruba.[6] He was educated at Thornes House School, Wakefield and the Polytechnic of East London. He began his career in Local Authority Estate Management before joining the housing association movement. He spent time with Patchwork Community Housing Association and was Regional Director of the Ujima Housing Association, Britain’s largest black-led housing association. He was Director of the Alcohol Recovery Project and then Chief Executive of youth homelessness charity Centrepoint. Adebowale was a member of the Social Exclusion Unit’s Policy Action Team on Young People and was Chair of the Review of Social Housing Co-ordination by the Institute of Public Policy Research. Adebowale joined Turning Point as Chief Executive in September 2001. Turning Point is a care organisation providing services for people with complex needs, including those affected by drug and alcohol misuse, mental health problems and those with a learning disability. In addition to providing direct services, Turning Point also campaigns nationally on behalf of those with social care needs. Adebowale has been involved in a number of taskforce groups, advising the government on mental health, learning disability and the role of the voluntary sector. He is Co-Chair of the Black and Minority Ethnic Mental Health National Steering Group and is a member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. He is a patron of Rich Mix Centre Celebrating Cultural Diversity, a patron of Tomorrow’s Project and of the National College for School Leadership. He is a member of the National Employment Panel, the New Economics Foundation Board and the Institute for Fiscal Studies Council. He is also on the policy advisory board of the Social Market Foundation, and on the board of the National School of Government. He is a Director of Leadership in Mind organisational development consultancy, a non-exec of the health IT consultancy St Vincents and a member of the Audit Commission and has advised governments of all parties on Employment, Housing, Poverty and Public Service Reform. Adebowale has an honorary PhD from the University of Central England in Birmingham, an honorary doctor of letters from the University of Lincoln, an honorary PhD from the University of East London[8] and most recently an honorary doctorate from the University of Bradford, where he is involved with their Centre for Inclusion and Diversity, in December 2007. He is an honorary fellow of London South Bank University and Honorary Senior Fellow in the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree from Lancaster University. On 12 December 2008, Adebowale was installed as Chancellor of the University of Lincoln. Adebowale has a Post Graduate Diploma From the Tavistock institute and an MA in Advanced Organisational Consulting from the City University London. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 3:30pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
[size=14pt]Zuriel Oduwole[/size] [img]http://4.bp..com/-OgCsPa8EJV0/VOrtRdnENYI/AAAAAAAA8Yc/VuMVjD_5weM/s1600/Zuriels%2BNew%2BPotrait.jpg[/img] The young woman above is 12 year old Zuriel Oduwole, who lives in California, but was born in Nigeria, and who happens to be, not only a political journalist and interviewer, but is currently the youngest professional working filmmaker in the world today. She started out 3 years ago, at the age of 9, interviewing presidents and prime ministers in Kenya, Liberia, South Sudan and Jamaica among other countries, and celebrities, such as the Williams sisters. And, on top of that, she is still, to date, the youngest person in the world to be featured in Forbes Africa, was named one of the world’s 100 most powerful individuals by Business Insider magazine, invited to attend the African Union’s 50th anniversary conference, selected as Global Brand Ambassador for Ethiopian Airlines, and Heritage Bank’s Financial Literacy Ambassador in Nigeria. And that's just the beginning... She makes it clear with everything she does, and every opportunity she has to speak, that her goal is to inspire young black women such as herself, and that she is “concerned that not every girl has a right to get an education or a chance to accomplish her dreams like she does." Now she has added to her very impressive resume (more impressive than 90% of most adults wouldn’t you say) that of a documentary filmmaker. Her feature doc, "A Promising Africa," her fourth one to date, was released last November at the Film House Cinema theater chain in Lagos, and will open this month in London. This makes her currently the youngest filmmaker in the world to have her film shown in a commercial movie theater. Now, just to make it clear, before some wise guy commenter jumps in, Ms. Oduwole is not the youngest professional filmmaker in history. That credit, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, goes to Indian filmmaker Kishan Shrikanth, who started out as a child actor and directed his first theatrically-released film, "Care of Footpath," in India, when he was 10. Now he’s a veteran, at the age of 19, with several films to his credit, which makes Ms. Oduwole the youngest professional filmmaker in the world today. But no matter, Ms Oduwole is a true inspiration, and if she can’t get us motivated to make our own films, then who can? 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 3:31pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
[quote author=tonytony208 post=39298464][/quote] No she is actually from Ido/Osi local Govt of Ekiti |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 3:32pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
Off for now...I'll be back with the big list soon (entrepreneurs, inventors, and academics) and that would be 20 updates per day for the next week or two. Yoruba folks are achieving greatness in a ll fields. Proud to be Yoruba. Out. 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by zimoni(f): 4:13pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
Good job Bro Shymex. Love this thread. 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:57pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
ProfShymex: Maybe Yoruba race is blessed and too talented but the fact remains Nigeria is holding us down seriously. Politically. Economically. Culturally. Socially. Academically. Scientifically. The list goes on. Our political leaders and our enlightened youths have let the politics chew into their mind so much so that mentioning Yoruba interest is an irritant to them. All they are interested in and what they do is how the party (that has no ideology whatsoever) they subscribe to is going to take all no matter where the end product goes to, even if it ends up in the hands of those they dwarf intellectually. My grouse is majority of us are putting Nigeria's interest before Yoruba interest. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:57pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
CabbieAC: Screw one nigeria mongers. When Yoruba had cohesion and ran its own government regionally, we had a lot to show for it. What do we have to show for Nigeria with Yoruba being part of the entity, zilch. Don't be tired, there's work to be done. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:06pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
9jacrip: The emboldened is the truest statement since man ever stepped foot on earth.Back then during the days of the western region, everyone was playing catch up,we were unstoppable.Today whenever statistics are being revealed, we have to check whether flat.heads are above us or not.What we have today is competition with flat.heads. Its like a competition between two poor people but one is contented as long as the other poor man is not wealthier than him 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:21pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
CabbieAC: Your last sentence sums up everything wrong with Yoruba folks in Nigeria and why I always call them mentally lazy. Once you start downgrading yourself to compete with folks you ought to naturally be ahead of based on achievements of the past - then you'll never achieve anything. I don't even get swayed by the pictures folks post about "developments" in the SW cos I know they are non-achievements, just bragging rights against fellow bottom-feeders. Classic case of one-eyed king in the land of the blind and a next man with one eye but also with acute glaucoma in the same eye. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by MayorofLagos(m): 5:21pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
WIZGUY69: We dont need to have parallels. DAWN is a great initiative and a forum for cooperation and alingment in the commonwealth. Before we start new things how about getting updates on what we already had going and ask "where are we on DAWN"? 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:31pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
MayorofLagos: DAWN is probably the best thing to happen to the south-west since Jakande. Immediately i saw their agenda and their blue-print, I fell in love with them.Some people have even accused me of working for them. ![]() ![]() 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:31pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
9jacrip: That's what you get when folks decide to stop thinking and they get carried away with the backwardness around them. That's why I support Biafra...at least if Biafrans can take the lead, these lost Yoruba souls won't have any other choice than to start thinking about Yoruba country cos I doubt they want to live in the same country as those up North alone. I just think folks care about the oil stipends than actually having a foresight into what nation building is. The oil stipend is more of a curse cos the thing it creates is basically corruption and the gift that comes with it is negligible. It is just basically like pouring water into a basket, really. And we all know that no matter how much water you pour into a basket - it will never retain anything. When building a nation - the paramount thing is: common interest to achieving a common goal. And Nigeria lacks that cos the folks are just different mentally, socially, culturally, linguistically etc.. Then you have got the religious differences as well. So matter how you slice, dice, and stress it - the folks will never converge in the same space cos their destinies are different. But they will surely get along if they were to exist in different spaces. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Emilokoiyawon: 5:33pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
SirShymexx: Love his body of work. An excellently gifted young man. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by hinohsend: 5:43pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
[quote author=ProfShymex post=39351204] That's what you get when folks decide to stop thinking and they get carried away with the backwardness around them. That's why I support Biafra...at least if Biafrans can take the lead, these lost Yoruba souls won't have any other choice than to start thinking about Yoruba country cos I doubt they want to live in the same country as those up North alone. I just think folks care about the oil stipends than actually having a foresight into what nation building is. The oil stipend is more of a curse cos the thing it creates is basically corruption and the gift that comes with it is negligible. It is just basically like pouring water into a basket, really. And we all know that no matter how much water you pour into a basket - it will never retain anything. . . . . Xactly,dats y it always hurts me wen i c yorubas opose biafra,if we cant help them achieve it, we should leave them alone.Reply their insults but dnt opose dia nation. 2 Likes |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by MayorofLagos(m): 5:43pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
9jacrip: Our leaders recognize this. It is not that we don't have the will but the problem is a gap in our total appreciation and understanding of the dynamics in the other regions we co-share with. The East was out of our sphere of knowledge and understanding until just now with widespread use of internet. The North is still shrouded in mystery. Yoruba had opportunities twice in past to uproot Fulani Emirates from Ilorin all the way to Sokoto and help reinstall Hausa to their ancient Sarkida thrones, all done simply by activating a political agenda initiated in the Middle Belt. Our live and let live attitude stopped the idea. Look, each time there is a Constitutional Drafting Conference and we participate, we are endorsing Nigeria as an entity. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:02pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
hinohsend: I honestly don't know why these folks can't let Biafrans be. The only time you should be against them is when they encroach into Yoruba territory - apart from that, ideologically only the Northerners should oppose Biafra cos they're the only ones benefiting from the Nigerian experiment. I've also seen some Yoruba clowns on here give the Kiriji wars excuse as why Yorubas can't have a country. That's just one of the dumbest excuses ever and I just never told those folks how dumb they sounded cos I kind of rate them a bit. All the Germanic tribes that formed the English ethnicity fought so many internecine wars before rallying around one another to go conquer the world. Even till today, if you understand English history, you'll understand the different areas where the different Germanic subgroups are and how they all subtly don't agree politically - but the English interest will always be greater than those differences. These folks need to get their shyte together - they're a disgrace to the Yoruba heritage. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:08pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
MayorofLagos: Egbon mi Mayor. I do not think the live and let live attitude is even the problem. I think the leaders, even if they recoginze the need for the importance of Yoruba cohesion and interest, are much more concerned in what poilitical bridges they can build and what wealth it can generate - this is the major reason why they strongly root for Nigeria and endorse it as an entity. Most of these politicians do not have other jobs, it is in Nigeria that I'd see people fill in politics as an occupation. Those who have other means of survival base its existence on politics. As a result, party interest often comes first even if the region gets nothing. This style of leadership is what the youths have chosen to follow, party interest first. Why can we not have a Yoruba agenda but take them into different political parties so that in the end, whichever pary wins, the agenda remains and it is pursued with everyone, no matter the party brought on board. Everyone shouts how Afenifere every Afenifere's press statement is for money or political appointments yet disregarding the content of the message. If the crop of Afenifere leadership is corrupt, can't we the present generation who are even more 'enlightened' pick things up from where these elders have gotten things to? I do not even know if Afenifere has a website, membership procedures and what have you. We need cohesion, badly. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:12pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
CabbieAC: Brilliant analogy there egbon mi. We are leaving off past glory, western region has fallen apart. When some of us appreciate Tinubu and give him props for at least wanting to create cohesion even if it is along his party line, you'd hear some opposing party members throwing shades knowing fully well no Yoruba man in recent times has tried to create cohesion amongst all Yoruba states. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:20pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
9jacrip: While i will give tinubu credit for trying to create cohesion among all Yorubas along party lines, I will also blame him for being part of the reasons we're here today.He hasn't shown any sign or interest as regards the matter of Yoruba independence. If he had enough zeal for the course of true federalism in Nigeria and the development of the Yoruba nation, then we won't be where we are today.He's more concerned about national agenda rather than the Yoruba agenda,this is not what Awo preached 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by zimoni(f): 6:22pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
Thanks to all the contributors. We shall get there. This thread IS THE BEST. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:22pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
ProfShymex: The emboldened makes a lot of sense. Many Yoruba think they have a good relationship with the Hausa or that Yoruba and Hausa share a good level of understanding when it comes to the scheme of how Nigeria goes. To me, the fact is, Igbo people given their non-cordial relationship with the North are the reason the Hausa can look to Yoruba for connivance against the Igbo. Once they're able to exit, you'll see things go down the drain fast with the Yoruba Hausa lovers. The second emboldened is becoming replicated in the Swest. Yoruba, even from the same states picking different destinies and different goals rather than have a common one. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:29pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
9jacrip: True words! A lot of Yorubas keep deceiving themselves.The so-called relationship between Yoruba and Hausa is a hoax.The Hausas are more interested in your religion rather than your tribe hence a Yoruba muslim is more noble to them than a Yoruba christian 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by aresa: 6:31pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Lagos State Government (LASG) has identified the provision of POWER as a key area to be addressed if it intends to sustain its growing mega city status. As such, the Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) administration through its 10 point development agenda has identified the development of an energy security strategy that supports the state’s economic development program. 1 Like 1 Share
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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by zimoni(f): 6:34pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
Yes, Hausas don't really love us. They only align themselves with us in order to checkmate Igbos. I support Igbo's quest for a new nation 100%. Genuine love is not there, we are only faking it. Different people with different culture and philosophy lumped together forcefully in a nation called Nigeriya. I've stopped attending Padre Hour at work since PA to our MD bashed Yoruba's, the azzhole didn't know I was listening. That very week, the Preacher(our MD) asked us to face eachother and pray for ourselves and the azzholes was beside me. I sha pray anyhow and left for my office after the service. I realized my prayer would not be answered because I'm not happy worshipping with some azzholes. I've stopped attending since then. The azzholes is from Plateau State. He speaks his dialect, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba fluently. Nigeria is fake. That is the truth. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:34pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
CabbieAC: Thank you, you just spoke my thoughts about Tinubu all this time. And hasn't he lost out on the national agenda? He appears to have been shortchanged badly and if Buhari decides to contest again in 2019, Tinubu may becomes useless in the APC scheme of things. See how Buhari has surrounded himself with his Northern brothers hiding under 'they are the people he can trust and they're capable'. I guess he didn't think this when he was struggling to win elections till he came west. There's a but: If Tinubu attempted to pursue a Yoruba agenda, the Yoruba in PDP and other parties and even Afenifere would have attempted to malign the course even if genuine. This is why I'm saying we need a 'Yoruba cohesion beyond party lines'. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by aresa: 6:34pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by aresa: 6:36pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Emilokoiyawon: 6:36pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
![]() 1) Short-term/immediate goals: design and implement models that would enhance our (Yorubas) development in the current Nigerian structure. The good news is that we don't have to (for the most part, I believe) reinvent the wheel in advancing (as best as its possible within today's Nigeria) our region. How can things be better than what they are now for us? Politically? Economically? In education? Infrastructure etc. I believe there are models around the world that we can borrow from to make this possible. 2)Long-term goal: Here an independent Oduduwa Nation is the goal or at the very least a very independent South-West in a regional Nigeria. No matter how successful we become under the present Nigerian structure, we will always fall victim to mass migration of our region from the our less fortunate Nigerian neighbors. The Igbos have been doing this for decades, and now we see how even the Fulani-herdsmen are increasingly finding their way into the center of our abode. Until we are able to control migration from non-Yoruba enclaves, we will always be limited in our ability to stand out. As more and more non-Yorubas flood daily into the SW our culture (especially Ede Yooba) will continue to suffer the consequence. 3 Likes |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by aresa: 6:39pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:41pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
zimoni: We share the same mind state. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:41pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
9jacrip: I once spoke about this in one of my previous comments. This PDP/APC nonsense are part of the problems we yorubas have. Yorubas will sabotage the efforts of fellow Yorubas because they don't support the same party. In ondo state for example, there is an OAU lecturer who refines untapped crude bitumen in Agbabu, Irele of Ondo State, to Cold Mix Asphalt but guess what, he's an APC chieftain in Ondo State and Ondo state is controlled by PDP.The same man gave the Ondo state government suggestions on how to manage the bitumen in Ondo state, till date we haven't heard anything 3 Likes 1 Share |
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