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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by MayorofLagos(m): 2:01am On Nov 29, 2015 |
angiography: So what if he fails? Ports are security gateways into the country. Your response here is unreasonable. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by MayorofLagos(m): 2:11am On Nov 29, 2015 |
Arogunmasa: When you build them you invite more population from non Yoruba regions to come and lay siege and thrill in the new engineering toy. Thats not we need at moment. We need political restucturing quick. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by baby124: 3:19am On Nov 29, 2015 |
MayorofLagos:That animal can cause instant death by sight alone. Is it wearing clothes? Olorun Maje Ka Ri iru eleyi |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by modath(f): 4:07am On Nov 29, 2015 |
MayorofLagos: You will remain blessed for this comment..... I hardly engage people in this of discourse cos one hardly wins, the other side of the argument only view it on the periphery, never is the deep & all encompassing part given an objective look.. I refrain from criticizing successive governments in lagos ( a tinge of bias exists, i won't lie) because there exists a peculiar problem in Lagos & if Nigeria were to be populated with sane & sensitive leaders, Lagos should be getting double allocation... Census / Opinions / assumptions put us at 180m people & 20m of these people live in lagos.. which means 1 in 9 Nigerians live Lagos, haba nah, there is no infrastructure put in place that will not fail... Lagos also has a restriction; the Lagoon.... there is only so much that can be done when the Island has been fenced off.... & where is the fund to go over water ?? 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by modath(f): 5:21am On Nov 29, 2015 |
Classicool: Bros you see yasef? ![]() ![]() ![]() So it was Ajimobi that payed in 2015 ![]() A large majority still maintain that he only got votes cos of the Buhari factor , likewise the Reps & Senators.. Don't argue for the sake of one upping the other person, let facts on ground guide you & be objective , days & weeks before the elections, we were inundated with talks & opinion about how it was sure Ajimobi wasn't going to return but what happened ![]() Ajmobi's structure returned him to Agodi, we can stay all day complaining about the Buhari factor & what not but had Ladoja or Seyi Makinde had the same support base, either of them could have taken it too.. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Classicool(m): 5:54am On Nov 29, 2015 |
modath:What happened to Ajimobi was luck... Him too knew it.... That's why when he was giving his thanksgiving speech he said he couldn't believe him that he would return.... But if was the right structure why didn't Alao Akala returned in 2011 despite the fact that PDP almost swept all vote in both Senate,Reps except Gov... So there's nothing like right structure.... If it's right structure why did APC lose chunk of their reps in oke-ogun and ibadan though some later decamp... |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by MayorofLagos(m): 7:48am On Nov 29, 2015 |
modath: My sister, God bless you too on this Sunday. I never looked at the equation from that ratio of 1:9. On a second look, the 9 living elsewhere are spared the rat race survivability and aggresion faced by the 1 in Lagos. Lagos remits a percentage of IGR to the center, it ought to keep it all, 100%. To help depopulate the state FG can create incentives to attract indigenous investments through parnership with regional stakeholders. For example, I don't know that anyone would turn down interest free loan if its offrred for seeding production indigenously. To really get acceptance, anyone with proven success in a ten or fifteen year tenure should qualify for write off of the seeding loan. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by modath(f): 7:51am On Nov 29, 2015 |
Classicool: You win, you will hold on to your argument no matter how glaringly CONTRADICTORY ,there is no need taking it further.... ![]() I'm sure the Agboola, Adeseun, Lanlehin & co will be wondering what they did to mother luck in 2015.. ![]() ![]() You can have the last word... *mic drop* .. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by htconeline: 7:58am On Nov 29, 2015 |
The only boarder fetching money for nigeria are in SW. I don't know why one man from north we be choose to head the comptroller general in every regime. And yoruba most be aggressive in shouting about been marginalized in the custom service...... If u check the federal a point mentioned from 1999 to 2015....u wil know that yoruba have been side line for too long. DAWN should work hard and made ibadan airport come to live. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by angiography(m): 8:07am On Nov 29, 2015 |
MayorofLagos:yea it's unreasonable coz you didn't see beyond the dimension of having ur tribesmen there even tho they're corrupt 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Classicool(m): 8:37am On Nov 29, 2015 |
modath:That's it.. Happy Sunday.... |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 8:42am On Nov 29, 2015 |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Belmot(m): 9:08am On Nov 29, 2015 |
Classicool:No structure No victory.... Ajimobi had the right structure 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by jstbeinhonest(m): 10:40am On Nov 29, 2015 |
Today has been really slow |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by tupacshakur(m): 10:54am On Nov 29, 2015 |
CabbieAC: Iya o ba ti jeju ![]() Small London is different from Medube. Medube is just opposite Small London, across the road from Small London but still within Shitta. Medube is around where the popular Lemo joint is situated. Those zones are for the strong-hearted, if you know what I mean. Marijuana, gbana, hard drugs, wild b!tches, gambling, guns and all other vices you can think of. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by tupacshakur(m): 10:57am On Nov 29, 2015 |
CabbieAC: ![]() ![]() Aare baba, I tried quoting Shymmex but he seems to have deactivated his account. Why na? The thread is back to the Politics section, after all. Shymmex, no try am o. Come back to this thread sharp sharp! Abi na Shymmex be TreyQ? |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by OnReflection: 11:35am On Nov 29, 2015 |
angiography: I will provide a response later. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by ekafine(f): 2:07pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Yorrrobbers do not like the truth. Discuss Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has said that all States must look inward for survival as funds coming to them from the federation account can no longer support their development projects. 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 2:24pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Aregbesola laments paltry federal
allocation The Governor of Osun, State, Ogbeni Rauf Areg besola has said that states of the federation must look inward for survival as funds coming to them from the federation account can no longer support their development projects. Aregbesola said with Osun’s receipt of N55 million for the month of September, the message was clear that all avenues hitherto untapped must now be examined in order to sustain development initiatives. The Governor stated this at the commencement of the reconstruction of Orita-Olaiya-Ita- Olokan Road at Olaiya Junction to commemorate the 5th year of the Aregbesola-led government. The project is part of the designs to ensure smooth transportation within the state capital, Osogbo. He pointed out that money coming from the Federation Account has dipped badly hence the need for people of the state to look inward in advancing the course of the state by returning to Agriculture. He said, “We must at this point tell ourselves the truth, there is no money coming from the federa tion account, 34 million barrels of Nigeria’s crude oil are on the sea without buyers. “Money coming from the Federation Account has dipped seriously and our hope for survival is in our hands, what our forefathers lived on was agriculture. “We must now go back to the farms and work. We also need to pay our taxes so that government can meet its responsibilities. For September, our state got N55.8 million. The money we received cannot pay for the power supply by Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) that we use at the state Secretariat monthly”. The governor told people at the programme. Advising people to adhere to town planning rules, Aregbesola also added that the issue of separating houses during road constructions and expansions could have been avoided if there had been strict adherence to town planning rules in the past. He emphasised that his government regrets and offer sincere sympathy to those that will be affected by the construction of the road which his administration is embarking on. The Governor admonished those affected to see it as their own sacrifice to the present administration’s effort to enhance the status of the state for better living conditions of the generality of the people. Aregbesola stated that Messrs RATCON Construction Company Limited will be undertaking the reconstruction of the road at the cost of N985,115, 410.78. He said, “The expansion of the road and the need to have a reasonable setback unfortunately mean that some buildings are already standing in the way and have to be separated. This could have been avoided if there had been strict adherence to town planning rules in the past. “We regret this and offer sincere sympathy to those affected. They should see this as their own sacrifice in our efforts to beautify our city and develop a decent human environment.” http://sunnewsonline.com/new/aregbesola-laments-paltry-federal-allocation/ |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by AtlanticBreeze: 2:30pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by absoluteSuccess: 2:57pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
MayorofLagos: Great soul, i'm fine o. I have to speak out, you know what people do with Yoruba history now, we provide the idea and they twist it to make us a distant-subject. No one enjoys the bastadization of the history of his own people, we are at the entrance of the Yoruba land from the sea and we have kept the gates. yes the Dahomey were a ferocious people, terribly consuming every obstacles on their path, but Awori escaped her, And of course, Dahomey was at the service of the ijebu at one time or the other to sack a part of Yoruba land. I haven't come across a tale of Awori asking for bini's help. I just want to be sure its not John Losi's work going through various forms of reforms to make our domain count as satellite to a great Bini empire. Let them feed us their side of the story. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 3:02pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
When I read the news about Aregbesola saying that Osun state got a paltry sum from the Central govt,I remember this from Fun... LORD we thank you for life. We thank you for how far you have brought us. These past months, you have shown us great and many troubles. You more than once proved that you are the giver of life and the taker of it. We saw fire, we saw blood and death in the holy of holies. Yet you kept us till this moment, this hour. At some point, it looked like we were going under, like this is a hopeless nation. But you kept us. What broke others made us stronger. So we bring thanks in spite of our many struggles. We are glad to be here, on the threshold of another brand new year. It has been a long year, a year of ups and downs. This is year you exposed the rump of many chickens and demystified those we thought were infallible. You preserved the masses even when they were served poisons right from January 1. You encouraged flood victims when those who were supposed to give them succor stole from them. You gave them strength when those who were well arrayed left them in the cold. You kept this nation together in spite of every threat and prediction of breakup. For these and many bless ings we are grateful. However, we need to report ourselves to you before our leaders make their new year resolutions. Considering what they did to us this year, we need to hand them over to you before they make new plans and execute us. Yes, execute us. Dear Lord, you really have to help us out here. We are poor, needy and in distress but we are many. We can pray. We can shout louder than our oppressors and you said if your people that are called by your name return to you, you will heal their land. You said you are our present help in time of distress. What is more, our leaders have everything, great mansions, sleek jets and bullet- proof automobiles. We have nothing but our distress. Please don’t let them rob us blind in as we approach a new year. With everything that makes you God, stop them whichever way you can from making our lives miserable in the coming year. We cannot take their comforts from them but you can. If they dip their hands in our tiny pockets to further stuff their overflowing ones, take away their comforts. We know you are a merciful God, forgive their past sins if you want, but don’t let them get away with fresh thieving. These leaders, not all of them are leading. Many are raiders. Bless those who bless us and curse those who are causing us to live like a cursed nation. Those who wake up every day determined to make money to further impoverish us, let them see the side of you that makes you the Terrible One and Lord of hosts. We know you know all of them, including those who pretend to be on our side. Those who take money meant for our roads and pocket them and those who see them doing it and turn their eyes away. Those who profit from untimely death of helpless Nigerians. Those who bring in outdated, dead hospital equipment just because they can afford treatment abroad. Those who occupy critical offices in critical sectors of the economy but watch the nation go to waste, you know them. They are the eaters of our flesh and the drinkers of our blood. You know what you promised to do to such people. Hear the voices, the groans of millions of youths in Nigeria who have no jobs because the raiders have eaten both profit and capital of this project called Nigeria. For 430 years, the Israelites were under their task masters in Egypt, labouring under heavy yokes until you heard their groaning and decided to do something about their tears. In the new year, shame the Pharaohs and deliver us from bondage. I know you know that Pharaoh and his horses and their riders all perished in the sea. We, all 170 million Nigerians minus the raiders, are asking with faith that you show up as the Mighty Man in Battle. Because Lord, we are really at the shore of the Red Sea and we do not know how to cross to safety. We are desperate. We are afraid. We have no weapons. Our raiders have everything. We can’t even sue them successfully. You need to show up, let them know that you made the foundations of the world. I can tell you this, these people are drinking champagne and cognac straight from the bottle and are so drunk they are beginning to think they created themselves. Will you let them get away with thinking that you, God, does not exist? Will you? We know that taking what belongs to us has become second nature to our raiders. They probably can’t stop stealing but we need them to increase ‘our allocation’. We know they will want to buy more jets, more houses while more roads fall apart and our children fail more examinations. Touch their hearts to do what is right otherwise you can smite them on the cheeks… We have suffered great losses this year. We have had many burials. Both young and old trees have fallen. We cannot query you. We can only beg you to grant them eternal rest. Our fathers also taught us to thank you in every situation. So, we thank you. Now,dear Raiders of the Federal Republic (RFR), you need to repent now, before the arrival of the seven plagues of Egypt at your doorsteps. For the avoidance of confusion, these are the qualities of RFR. They profit while the nation looses. They make money off the sweat on the bent backs of the masses. They take money meant for improving education. They celebrate their wealth at every available opportunity. They are the reasons there is daily carnage on our roads. They deploy bureaucracy to ensure the lives of Nigerians are difficult. They take bribes to deliver judgement. They hoard PHCN metres. They hide files in Ministries. They cook the books and share unspent funds from their budgets between 27th and midnight of December 31 every year. They inflate budgets and spend money meant for healthcare on travel allowances. They let national robbers get away with national robbery. They make Nigeria unliveable, our lives unbearable.RFR join hands and conspire to make us all live in poverty surrounded by wealth. They make carrying a green passport a shame. They make us a laughing stock while they stack up wealth for their unborn great grand children. May I remind them that nothing lasts forever and that no matter what they think; they WILL reap what they have sown. IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE RAIDERS OR RELATED TO A RAIDER, REMEMBER THAT KARMA IS A ... 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by laudate: 3:14pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
modath: The lagoon is not a restriction. It is in fact, an asset. But many governors in Lagos have not harnessed its potentials appropriately. Fashola did a little bit, by trying to resuscitate water transport in the state, but what has been done so far, is only a tip of the iceberg. Cities like Venice, Amsterdam etc., have done a lot to harness the potentials of their waterways. With the kind of funds Lagos has raised through the bond market in the previous years, it should have done a whole lot more to harness the potential of its waterways. ![]() |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by laudate: 3:21pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
TreyQ: Erm...traditional Yoruba outfits shouldn't be referred to as 'costumes.'. They are traditional Yoruba attire, or outfits, or dressing. An Englishman would not refer to his suit as a 'costume', neither would a Scotsman call his kilt a 'costume.' And I am yet to see an Indian woman call her sari, a costume. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Firefire(m): 4:00pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Firefire(m): 4:08pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:14pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
I REALLY LIKE THIS THREAD.BEST THREAD ON NAIRALAND ![]() |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 4:36pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
The Yoruba nation was and will always be one of the greatest nations in the world.But in recent times one would be forced to ask if our politicians in Yorubaland do not remember that this world is transient... Yes,this would happen to you and I: “It was the case of one wealthy(politician) man whose word was law and whose influence spread far and wide. He had everything: money, power, fame, position, wives, children, and all that money and affluence could buy. He lived a life of extraordinary opulence. “Death knocked on his door and told him time was up. The big man was startled and rattled. He fretted and fidgeted. Beads of sweats streamed down his rotund cheeks. His heart beat jumped to 300 per minute. He almost collapsed. Quickly he gathered his breath, flung himself in prostration and begged Death to spare his life and give him more years to enjoy his hard earned stupendous wealth. I still have young children. The current set of my children, 17 of them are under 5 years of age. I beg you,” the man of means shivered as he held tightly to Death’s feet. “That is not my business or concern,” Death retorted. “I beg sir. God will spare your own life and even grant you eternity. I beg you,” Mr Richman continued his plea with obvious agitated voice. “You are wasting my time. Okay. In the next twenty seconds I shall order your eyes closed and your lungs shut down,” Death roared. In a miraculous turn of events, Death told the frightened man that he would spare his life, but the man must watch out for the signals that would herald his next call, and on that day it would be final. Richman was very happy. He sprang to his feet, wiped tears off his face and cried Allah Akbar! Death never gives a notice. When Death says it is over, it is over. And this is why people say that nobody can predict the day he will die, where he will die. How he will die. And what hammer shall snuff life out of his nostrils. “One year passed. Death did not show up. Two years, three years, four years, five years, ten years, fifteen years, and twenty years passed, Death did not come to keep his date. At exactly twenty five years after the first dreaded visit, and with the Big man completely oblivious that Death might ever come again, forgot himself and planned an elaborate twenty-one in one where he was to give out 21 daughters in marriage. Death roared his entry. “Now pack up. Time is up. In the next five minutes Assarahelu will escort you to heaven.” “But sir,” Richman father of the brides stammered, “But you said, you said, you, you would give me notice notice.” “Of course, my friend, I gave you not only a notice but quantum notices, signals and signposts.” “No sir. I did not receive any. If I had received any I would not have fixed these elaborate weddings for today. Look at all the dignitaries; our President, our Prime Minister, our Ministers, Justices, Veteran journalists, our Obas, Obis, Obongs, Emirs and Sultans. Wait let me give you 100 billion Naira.” Death roared in laughter. “You think I am a Nigerian? Come on, here you go.” “For the records, I did send you notices. When I first called here, how many teeth did you have in your mouth? “ Death asked. “Thirty–two sir,” Father of the brides trembled. “How many do you have now?” “ I have only four original teeth left sir, the 28 others are artificial,” Richman answered. “The last time I came you recognised me clearly. On this occasion you requested your children to identify who I was because your sight was blurry,” Death demanded an answer. “You had no arthritis when I first came here. Your hearing was excellent. You had no rheumatism, no backache, no prostrate…” Death rolled out several health and ageing challenges the big man had encountered. “How many heaps can you now cultivate? How many heaps…and you said I did not warn you I was coming. You had more notices that were required.” “The rich man slumped and Death disappeared.” YES,DEATH WILL COME SOONER OR LATER BUT HOW PREPARED ARE YOU? 2 Likes |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 5:49pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
THE OLADAPO STORY Remarkable achievements by Nigerians who reside in overseas countries are difficult to identify in light of the widespread view that our citizens are mostly involved in inappropriate behaviour, regardless of where they live. Not only is that view highly exaggerated, it also tends to diminish the notable accomplishments of many Nigerians, who contribute in various ways to the development of their fatherland. So, when I received on Sunday, August 9, this year, an email from Mr. Adebayo Oladapo about a new digitised Nigerian food recipe application applications (apps) he created to make it easy for anyone, including children, adults and young people to cook our traditional foods, I decided that must be one outstanding achievement that deserves to be acknowledged and publicised. Oladapo is the director of a private enterprise, TalkaSoft Pty Ltd in Brisbane, Australia. The applications (apps)- Digitised Nigerian Food Recipe and Shopping List app- provide step-by-step guide to food preparation. It also contains an ingredient list that can be converted to a shopping list, which could be used at the shops or ordered online. The applications are available on Google App Store and is expected to be available on the Apple platform. Anyone who has experienced the negative image associated with Nigeria would understand why I was delighted to find in Oladapo’s innovation a reason to crow about something that would help Nigeria and its citizens to begin to redeem their tattered image. On Tuesday, September 15, this year, I settled down in my office to interview Oladapo on his latest and previous technological innovations. I asked what he intended to accomplish through the development and his response was as detailed and clinical as you can expect from a man with a humble background. Oladapo said: “The app is intended to modernise and at the same time preserve one of the greatest exports of Nigerian culture- our food. Every Nigerian understands this. “Our food has unified our people and our cultures for many years and it deserves to be preserved for future generations. “Many people may wonder why and what is so special about this app, after all, we have many Nigerian cookbooks and other apps that illustrate Nigerian foods. “My response to such queries is that this new app provides the recipe in a digitised format, which means you can change the attributes of the recipe (such as ingredient quantity, unit costs and also add more ingredients and link the recipe to a shopping list, so that you can get everything you need when shopping).” He elaborated further: “The digitised format enables you to calculate the quantity and number of people who will eat the food, thereby reducing waste and ensuring the food maintains its taste and comes out perfectly at all times, whether you are cooking for two or 20 people. “The format also allows the user to video each cooking step and/or take pictures to graphically explain the cooking processes. “This provides an opportunity for mothers, aunties and uncles and other relatives to record their special recipes as a legacy for their children. “These functions are not available even in the best cookbooks and other Nigerian food apps currently in the market.” The key features of the app, he said, are that it can create new recipes for your favourite dishes; use the best of Nigerian food recipes already packaged with the app; create your own preferred recipe ingredients’ list; create your recipe preparation process; create your recipe cooking instructions; add recipe ingredients to your shopping list; enter each ingredient’s cost to have an idea about the cost of the recipe; and add extra number of people for whom the food is intended. This will trigger the app to automatically update the ingredient quantities accordingly. In addition, it enable you to know how much the extra people will cost; get phone alert for next cooking steps, so you don’t miss a step, helping new starters to cook perfect meals at all times; record recipe ingredients with pictures and videos and cooking instructions with pictures and videos; share your recipes with family and friends via SMS and emails. The second function allows you to create ad-hoc shopping list, for example, save and re-use your weekly shopping list; know the amount your shopping will cost you; create your shopping list as a daily, weekly, monthly or ad-hoc shopping list; recall shopping list items by speaking to the app; use items barcode to insert the app on your shopping list; and create Favourite shopping list. It is refreshing to note that something remarkably groundbreaking could emerge from our fellow citizen. Through the app, Oladapo has demonstrated a rare application of his technological skills to the benefit of humanity, not only in Nigeria and Africa, but also across the world. Oladapo was born in Osun State and grew up in Lagos. He graduated as a production engineer from the University of Benin and worked at the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi, Lagos, before travelling to Adelaide, Australia to undertake a postgraduate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Australia, specialising in Computer Aided Design. He subsequently worked for three years as a research engineer for an agricultural machinery company in Adelaide, but following an observation about the growing interest in Information Technology (IT) in the early 1990s, he changed occupation to focus on IT and has worked in this area for the past 23 years. Oladapo, who has lived in Australia for 26 years, currently works as a Principal Consultant in Enterprise Documents and Records Management Systems (eDRMS), an IT company in Brisbane and doubles as the director of his own firm, TalkaSoft Pty Limited. What could have motivated him to develop the app? He said: “As a Nigerian who has lived overseas for most of my life, I was concerned that my children and other Nigerian children born overseas may not feel confident to continue upholding our culture or preparing/ cooking Nigerian foods or sharing this wonderful culture with their own family when their parents have departed. “The fear of what will happen to my children in foreign land when I am gone is the main motivation. “Our legacy is mostly illustrated in our language and our food. I promised myself to do my very best, as an IT consultant/ developer, to use the technology at my disposal to preserve our legacy and make this more accessible to young Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora and also to preserve and expose them to other African cultures.” He added: “This is why I developed in 2007 my first application, Soro Nigeria, which translated over 1,000 words and phrases in Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa languages to English, and Speak Ghana, for translating Akan (Twi) and Ga languages to English.” These applications run on Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 operating systems and come with their own language translation engine as well. Oladapo would appreciate support from the Nigerian governments to develop other apps. He replied: “I would like to cover many of the Nigerian languages, at least the main ones, and also digitise many other Nigerian food recipes. So, I would like to work with the Nigerian government for assistance and support. “Our languages are so important to preserve and it would appear that more people are speaking English than our dialects in Nigeria. “This concerns me and I am ready to work with federal, state and local governments to translate their languages or dialects and digitise their foods for posterity. “I see this as a further uniting factor for our great country, knowing that if you can speak other people’s languages or cook their food, it makes it very difficult to be one another’s enemies.” Oladapo is an active member of the Nigerian community in Queensland, Australia and was a former president of the association, during which he initiated new ways of assisting Nigerian community. Through his apps, Oladapo guides users on how to make their food choices, including the ingredients required in preparing the food, as well as the quantity of ingredients required, the cost of feeding a certain number of people and time required to prepare the food. Users are guided systematically on how to access the ingredients, how to prepare the foods and indeed how to shop for the ingredients. Oladapo said his apps are targeted at all Nigerians and those who love Nigerian foods, regardless of whether they reside in Nigeria or overseas. “I also want people from other cultures who love technology and foreign foods to have an app that can help them to experience delicious foods from the largest African country, Nigeria. “This will also be developed for other African countries,” he said. On acceptability of his apps, Oladapo revealed the total downloads of all his apps is now close to 70,000, mostly by people in the United States (US) and other European countries, thereby achieving his goal of reaching Nigerians in foreign countries. He has close to 25,000 downloads of the Ghanaian Akan (Twi) language, also mostly from the US and Europe. “This is evidence that the apps are being harnessed and are having impact. “The apps have made a major difference by simplifying Nigerian foods, as well as some Nigerian and Ghanaian languages. “I strongly recommend the apps to everyone,” he noted. Asked his greatest challenges in developing his apps, Oladapo said: “Time has been my greatest challenge. Having to work fulltime as a Principal IT consultant, it takes a lot of motivation to develop all these apps using my own free time. “I get through this by reminding myself of the reason why I am doing this, which is, to leave a legacy and preserve our culture in the way that I know best. Young men and women who are grappling with knowledge of how to prepare Nigerian foods, including the ingredients required for preparing the foods, will find the apps veritable tool to practice and improve their cooking skills. “The apps are easy to understand and apply. They are available to men and women, boys and girls, the young and the old, Nigerians and non-Nigerians, as well as people of other cultural backgrounds. “The apps are tailored to suit the needs of people in rural, remote and urban locations. It does not matter where you reside or what your socioeconomic status might be.” He attributes his accomplishments to his perseverance, tenacity and incomparable determination to succeed where other people might have encountered difficulties. Oladapo is a self-made man. Despite the successes he achieved through his apps, he remains unpretentious, polished, unassuming, amiable and courteous. To young Nigerian students aspiring to achieve success with new technology, he said: “I have dedicated most of my time in engaging with young Nigerian students. I always encourage them to know what they are capable of and be determined to work hard to achieve their goals against all odds. “I impress it on them to be motivated and to believe in their strength and to stay focused in achieving their objectives.” Nigerians in the Diaspora are often described in offensive terms, such as “economic refugees” in the countries in which they reside. As Oladapo has shown through his apps, Nigerians in the Diaspora make valuable contributions to Nigeria’s economic and political development in different ways. And they do these from their overseas locations based on their hard-earned and legitimate incomes, as well as their professional skills. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by PrincessJaneDoe: 5:53pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
where is everyone? Aareonakakanfo, CabbieAC, Whathaveidone, ilekehd, shymm3x, katsumoto, terracotta, raudmeter, zimoni, 9jacrip et'al Why have you all abandoned this thread? You people should please come back. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by mignone(f): 8:30pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Ritchiee:e ku deedé ìwòyí oo gbogbo omo-olú-ìwà-bí. orí mi n wú bí mo se n ka àwon ohun ìjìnlè wònyí lati owó àwon t'èmi. to the question, I think 'omoluabi'- "offspring of distinct virtues" depicting that which d Yoruba culture&tradition represents; IMO 1 Like |
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