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  • Wike The Humorist: Another View

    Wike The Humorist: Another View

    By Freeman Datubo

    My attention has been drawn to a write-up titled “Wike the Humorist”, published in the ‘Hardball’ column  of The Nation Newspaper, April 1st, 2021 and honestly,  one is at a loss to fathom what whoever wrote the piece was talking about.

    The initial inclination which the title provoked, since  yesterday April 1st (April fool’s day), was to dismiss  it as one of those practical jokes often posted in the public space, to elicit some smirk or chuckle from an unsuspecting reader, especially when the name of a prime newsmaker who has captured popular imagination like Governor Wike was mentioned.

    However, the pun (in the spirit of April fool’s day), which reeks and drips all through the entire write-up invokes an unpleasant, sardonic humour, which not only displays lack of rigour in misrepresenting the entire context and import of the subject Pidgin language interview which Governor Nyesom Wike gave to the BBC, but sadly exposes the mission of the faceless writer. Little wonder the writer derailed into a cesspool of annoying incoherence.

    I do not intend to join issues with him, but let us, by way of elevating the illogical mishmash of the intended message, humor the article by conceding to a few observations.

    First, it is glaringly obvious that the writer does not even know the real meaning of ‘Humorist’ and has typically exposed a pardonable ignorance by giving a street translation of the word. And so by way of educating the  columnist: “A HUMORIST or HUMOURIST is an intellectual who uses humor, or wit in writing or public speaking”, and that exactly is what Governor Nyesom Wike is, especially in the unorthodox context and platform of a pidgin English interview by an international news agency.

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    Secondly, everything Governor Wike said in the BBC interview are not only incontrovertible facts, but are backed by verifiable evidence and instances, which anyone who live in Rivers State would concur instantly.

    And, still on the subject and with particular reference to the tasteless insinuation of one ‘biting the fingers that fed him’, many Rivers people will quickly tell you that instead of the example of Governor Wike and President Jonathan, both of who quite happily enjoy a very robust, and mutually respectful relationship, politically and otherwise, this analogy rather fits perfectly and is aptly suited to the relationship between the Transportation Minister and the mercurial, ebullient, revered Sir. Dr. Peter Odili, the former Governor of Rivers State. Indeed Rivers people know only too well, those who have viciously bitten the fingers that fed them.

    Sadly, what faceless writers like this hardball entrant have still failed to understand when they invoke Governor Wike’s name, is that the Rivers Governor is one of the very few leaders in this country, who speaks truth to power and calls a spade by its proper name.

    Another unfortunate observation is that Newspapers like The Nation, which has attracted some modicum of professional acceptance, still allows itself to succumb to the temptations of presenting such illogical tomfoolery that gushes in articles from authors who are granted authorial licence to massage their egos and promote their failed masters, like this particular hardball installment.

    As for the snide inuendo which the writer failed so woefully to convey with the ‘Humorist’ tag, we will forgive the misappropriated allusion and the attempted impression ignorantly evoked by the misplaced metaphor.

    One can only wonder sadly how a writer,  who tries to impress as prose stylist, would  refer to a Governor known nationally as: “Mr. Quality Projects” and who has been showered with encomiums from across all divides and bestowed with a plethora of awards in virtually all sectors of human and leadership excellence, including: “The Governor of the Year for Infrastructure Development” the “Power of Sports, POS in Africa” and the “Extra Ordinary Man of the Year” Awards, as a ‘humorist’. The Nation Newspaper can do much better than this, surely.

    • Datubo is a public affairs analyst based in Port Harcourt

     

  • Oshiomhole at 69: A hero’s celebration

    Oshiomhole at 69: A hero’s celebration

    By John Mayaki

    Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, the people’s Comrade whose fearlessness and uncompromising devotion to social justice seared the soul of corrupt administrators and endeared him to millions across the globe, resulting in a successful political career that rekindled hopes and faith in democracy as a government of the people, by the people and for the people, has turned 69.

    Born on this day, the 4th of April, in 1952 at Iyamho, a town in Etsako West Local Government Area in Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole rose from a humble background, proverbially picking himself up by the bootstraps, defying difficult odds and exceeding all expectations to become a celebrated national icon, the defender of the downtrodden, and a hero of democracy.

    His parents, themselves the product of personal industry and strong character, placed Adams Oshiomhole on the path of education and imparted important values of hard work, uncompromising integrity, resilience in the face of tribulations, and ambitious strive for greatness guard-railed by contentment to ward off the familiar temptation of greed and unprincipled opportunism. No doubt Oshiomhole learned and imbibed these lessons.

    As a young pupil in primary and secondary school, Adams Oshiomhole fast gained a reputation as an honest, smart, tireless and strong-willed individual whose resolve to acquire knowledge and get more out of life than what his immediate environment had to offer was insurmountable. He was irrepressible, eager to know and never defeated, no matter what.

    After completing his secondary school education, he took a job at the Arewa Textiles company where his personal charisma, leadership qualities, and largeness of heart to look out for the interests of others, especially the small man, even at great personal costs, saw him elected as the union secretary of the union.

    He went on to become a full-time trade organizer in 1975, the same time he fulfilled his dream of securing higher learning by attending the Ruskin College at Oxford, United Kingdom to study Industrial Relations, majoring in Labor Economics. After graduating from the respected institution, Adams Oshiomhole proceeded to the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies [NIPSS] in Plateau state thus becoming a member of the National Institute.

    As a union leader in the textile industry, Adams Oshiomhole advocated and inspired several internal and external reforms that improved working conditions, welfare and trade regulations that spelled a period of unprecedented growth and productivity in the industry.

    Few were surprised in 1982 when Adams Oshiomhole emerged as the General Secretary of the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, a union with a membership strength of over 75,000 members.

    With democracy restored in 1999 and the vast majority of Nigerian workers in need of an honest, conscientious leader to advance and protect their interests against the excesses and corruption of government, Adams Oshiomhole once again was a unanimous choice, emerging as the President of the Nigeria Labor Congress [NLC], a position that burnished his image as a man of the and the people’s comrade!

    In ‘Adamant Adams’ as Adams Oshiomhole was called in press reports that praised his stubborn refusal to compromise on the demands of Nigerian workers across the country, the Obasanjo-administration found more than its match as the Oshiomhole-led NLC went toe-to-toe with the government on several crucial grounds.

    Convinced that resources of state should be used primarily in the service of the people and that Nigerians deserved a better deal than what the government was offering, Oshiomhole took on the Federal Government and pressed for an increase in the minimum wage, opposed arbitrary fuel price hikes, demanded a raft of actions as outlined by Nigerians workers following nationwide consultations to improve standard of living and revive industries that were left comatose to the detriment of the country’s economy and the people that worked there.

    Notably, and with renewed prescient value now, Adams Oshiomhole as the NLC President queried the neglect of the country’s local oil refineries, and tasked the Obasanjo-administration to end the country’s reliance on refined crude products, a problem that birthed the subsidy racket and Nigeria’s inability to take maximal advantage of high crude prices given that it spent just as much refining the products for local consumption abroad.

    Expectedly, the Obasanjo-administration did not take kindly to Oshiomhole’s consistent challenges and unyielding insistence on complete service to the people. Perhaps it troubled the administration that Adams Oshiomhole gained national and global acclamation as the “People’s President” who better felt and understood the pulse of everyday Nigerians and articulated their yearnings with unmatched eloquence.

    He posed a unique problem to the government because of his high and unflinching integrity. He could not be talked out of his demands neither could he be induced into abandoning the people. For the government, he was a problem money could not solve; he was steadfast, smart and above underhand deals that meant compromising on the errands of the people.

    And so another tactic was hatched, Oshiomhole was marked for extermination, with well-funded security agents, including the secret State Security Service, unleashed on him to break his spirit and intimidate him into silence and oblivion. But the tactic turned out a mistake. Adams Oshiomhole was a man forged by fire – he was never going to bow to bullies!

    He fought until the very end, enduring personal losses, including his freedom, but he remained undeterred. His motivation fueled by the many successes he scored for the common man and the hopes he gave them in the power of democracy and the strength of the people when they mobilize and rally together to pursue a united and common goal.

    Adams was a terrific mobilizer, a charismatic figure who spoke the language of the masses. And so he won, his victory underscored by none other than by the head of the same government he battled into the ground, President Olusegun Obasanjo who attested and expressed respect for the courage and personal integrity of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

    Beyond impressed by this, Adams Oshiomhole was called home to Edo State to lead his people. And in 2007, he contested and won the Edo State Governorship election on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria. But his victory would be delayed and he returned to the trenches with the people who freely gave him their mandate.

    The PDP grabbed a victory they never earned until the courts ordered a reversal a year later and Oshiomhole was finally propelled to Osadebey Avenue. In the history of Edo State politics, perhaps nothing compared to the organic and statewide outpour of joy, frenzy and celebrations that trailed the restoration of Oshiomhole’s mandate. It was seismic, with tremors felt all across the country. “Hurricane Adams” swept away the PDP and unclasped its grip on the state since 1999.

    As Governor, Adams Oshiomhole rewarded the faith of the people with people-focused policies and unprecedented infrastructure drive that transformed the three senatorial districts of the state. Roads were repaired and constructed, schools were built and equipped with modern facilities, security was improved and peace restored, jobs were created and sustained, investors were invited and seduced into staying by the good, responsive governance on show.

    Little wonder his re-election campaign in 2012 smashed all records as he became the only Governor to be returned to office with a definitive conquest in all 192 wards of the state. His victory was total and complete. It was a rousing rout. The people made a statement; Adams Oshiomhole was no ordinary leader and so he deserves to be returned back to office with a rare feat no one has been able to repeat to date.

    He continued his good works in his second term, particularly a systemic tackling of floods ravaging most parts of the state with a Water Storm Project that earned global commendation for its design and execution.

    In his last days as Governor, Adams Oshiomhole had invited leaders of the All Progressives Congress, the party his initial Action Congress had mutated to in a merger process, to the state to join in the inauguration of key projects as part of events to draw the curtains on a very successful two terms as Governor and to provide an account of his stewardship to the people of Edo State and other interested parties across the country, as he had become a model for effective and transformational governance.

    President Muhammadu Buhari, then the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, was part of the APC leaders that visited the state to join in the inauguration. So impressed was President Buhari at what he saw and the fanatical love of Oshiomhole in the state that he told him he would be needed for continuous and advanced national service after completing his tenure as governor.

    President Buhari made good his promise when in 2018, he rallied behind Adams Oshiomhole to emerge as the National Chairman of the APC. Typical of him, Oshiomhole brought his talents to bear, reforming and repositioning the party, repairing broken ties and resolving internal contentions, and organizing all organs of the party behind its original ideological origins and electoral promise to the Nigerian people. Under his leadership, the party expanded its base of support in the next general elections, with President Buhari winning re-election as President with even greater numbers than he did in the previous election.

    Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s life is a long and captivating story of resilience, hard work and rewards of integrity. He got his own fair share of life’s tribulations, one of the lowest depths being a painful loss of his first wife, Clara Oshiomhole, to cancer. But each time, he rose again, emerging from the ashes like a phoenix, with broader and adversity-tested wings, flying to even greater heights.

    To his followers, he is a guiding light, a shining example, and rich source of life and professional lessons. Indeed, his doors are open to all anywhere he finds himself in the country and beyond. He is a patriot and statesman who believes that those who love their country can change it.

    “Every country has its own problems and our task is to remind ourselves that Nigeria is for all of us to build,” he once famously said.

    Adams Oshiomhole is nothing short of a hero and as he turns 69 today, we congratulate and celebrate him, even as we pray to God to grant him good health so he continues his service to country and mankind.

    • Mayaki is an archivist, historian, documentalist, communication, culture and media expert (Coventry University, England).

     

  • On the Igbo Presidency Project (1)

    On the Igbo Presidency Project (1)

    By Igboeli Arinze

    Come 2023, Nigerians will again troop to the polls to elect a leader that will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner who will be finishing off two terms of four years  each. This would then mean that barring any incidents either of the superlunary  or manmade, Nigerians will have a new helmsman come 2023.

    As one deeply committed to seeing this country doing great things, I am much interested in who succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari, this is because whoever succeeds Buhari will either make or mar Nigeria, now while Buhari’s scorecard is two years from been tabulated, it is however of interest to the ordinary Nigerian that we elect someone who will be passionate about the nation’s development and unity, someone who will rise above the culture of corruption and kick against every reason why the country is not working.

    Originally, Nigerians should not be bothered about where such a leader will come from but then prevailing factors demand otherwise. In a nation that has long suffered ethno-religious crises after crises, there is the deficit of trust between its people, with each group engaging in a vicious struggle with  another and at the same time crying foul at how they are been marginalized. 60 years after our independence , we are yet to arrive at a consensus on whether we are Nigerians first or Igbo, Yoruba, Efik, Fulani, Tiv, Bini, Berom or Kanuri before we are Nigerians. It has even become more complex as the Nigerian spirit now battles the ghosts of Biafra and the specters of  Oduduwa , Gamji and the Niger Delta Republic and so you could be a Biafran Citizen possessing a Nigerian identity or a citizen of Odua  Republic  worried sick about the influx of supposed aliens into Yoruba land.

    Two key steps will readily remedy the above situation; the first, is the need to restructure the country along the lines of what obtains in the practice of true federalism, the second will be the issue of rotational presidency. Both steps are important to the survival of Nigeria as a nation and one step as a stand-alone measure cannot ensure the survival of the nation, these two measures must be deployed together.

    The issue of rotational presidency has been a much debated  topic since the days of the National Party of Nigeria, NPN, when it’s successor in the People’s Democratic Party, came on board, the issue of zoning was seen as a sacrosanct issue up until President Goodluck Jonathan was gifted before going on to  deny the existence of a zoning formula within the party and the conventions that had governed the nation since its independence. The idea was to ensure that every region in Nigeria would get a shot at the leadership of the country to assuage the fears of the Northern domination particularly in the South.

    And so in 1999, the presidential election was a southern affair, while the PDP produced an Olusegun Obasanjo, the Alliance for Democracy , AD settled for Dr. Olu Falae while the APP produced Ogbonnaya Onu, this was in line with the need for the presidential ticket to go south after almost 39 years of Northern domination.

    When Obasanjo completed his eight year tenure of two terms a number of Southerners raising all sorts of the illogical positioned themselves as worthy successors, to their dismay, the same Obasanjo who had goaded a number of them to run for the office played his trump card by producing a  Northerner in the person of a non chalant Umaru Musa Yar  Adua who had initially wanted to return back to the classroom as a lecturer.

    The Yar Adua administration was to be short lived as his failing health could not see him through a first term, his Vice President, a lackluster Doctor of Zoology in the person of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan would succeed him. His emergence pitched the North against the South as certain elements within the North believed that according to the zoning formulae of the PDP, the North still had four years left. This was rebuffed by a number of Southerners, particularly those of the South South Region who argued otherwise, stating that since the Yar Adua/Jonathan ticket which had initially brought the duo to power was one, it would be better if Jonathan serve out the remaining years and then hand over to a Northerner in 2015.

    Jonathan, however like Oliver Twist wanted some more time at the seat of power to the chagrin of millions of Nigerians who realized that the hatted president had squandered the enormous goodwill initially foisted upon him at his emergence, combined with his attempt to shift the goal past midway into the game after having agreed to run for four years only, the North felt cheated and began to mobilize its political ranks, defeat stared Jonathan in the face so much that any candidate presented by the Region was sure to defeat Jonathan.

  • Topright to release another blockbuster

    Topright to release another blockbuster

    Our Reporter 

    Being one of the youngest and most versatile producers charting a new course and setting new standards in Nollywood especially in the area of movie-making, Temitope Iledo, popularly known as Topright, will be releasing another blockbuster movie across most Yoruba Nollywood movie channels on YouTube.

    The movie entitled “Jagunlabi” has already been premiered in Dubai and paraded top Nollywood stars such as Muyiwa Ademola, Antar Laniyan, Ayo Adesanya, Kola Adeyemi and ace Fuji musician, Abass Akande Obesere among others.

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    The young producer, who has produced no fewer than seven movies and featured in many others, is currently working on another mind-blowing movie. With the title “Afefe”, the movie tells the story of a small child that was carried away by a thick wind to a strange world different from where he was born. But having toiled through thick and thin, he somehow found his way back to home, but things never became the same for him as the harrowing experience he had bagged in the strange land affected his perspectives and sense of reasoning to issues back home.

    Topright said he also featured top Nollywood actors such as Jike Kosoko, Yemi Solade, Yinka Quadri in the movie which will soon be hitting the cinemas nationwide.

  • We never discussed Caretaker Committee tenure extension – APC chairmen

    We never discussed Caretaker Committee tenure extension – APC chairmen

    By Jide Orintunsin – Abuja

    The Forum of State Chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted its alleged rejection of tenure elongation for the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC).

    Rather the forum said its Wednesday meeting only deliberated on the needs to extend the membership registration, revalidation and update exercise, a request that has since been approved with a three-week extension.

    Reacting to reports the forum rejected a plot to extend the tenure of the Caretaker Committee, Chairman of the forum and Borno Caretaker Committee chairman, Hon. Ali Buka Dalori, said at no time was anything related to tenure elongation of CECPC deliberated or mentioned during their meeting.

    Dalori said: “A news report of how the recent meeting of states caretaker chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) rejected an imagined plot to extend the tenure of the Party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) is fake and only exists in the imaginations of the authors and their sponsors.

    “Our meeting deliberated on and unanimously agreed on the need for an extension of the ongoing membership registration, revalidation and update exercise and we are happy the CECPC promptly acceded to our pleas by granting a three-week extension to accommodate states requiring additional time to conclude the exercise and capture millions of Nigerians who are still desirous of joining the APC.

    “At no time during the meeting of APC states caretaker chairmen or in our briefing to media organisations after the meeting was anything related to tenure elongation deliberated on or mentioned.

    “The CECPC under the leadership of Governor Mai Mala Buni has truly surpassed its mandate to reposition and bring unity to the APC and we will continue to support all its efforts ensure the completion of all the tasks assigned to the CECPC by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) and further entrench the APC as a truly progressive political platform.”

  • Guardiola hails ‘fantastic’ Iheanacho

    Guardiola hails ‘fantastic’ Iheanacho

    Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is delighted to see Kelechi Iheanacho succeed with Leicester City.

    Guardiola worked with Kelechi at City before he left for Leicester.

    Ahead of their weekend clash, Guardiola said: “Incredible. The quality was there, he was a young player here and I believe at that moment with Gabriel (Jesus) and Sergio (Aguero) we didn’t have much space.

    “He is a fantastic person, we had a good relationship, and I’m delighted it’s going well lately

    “He’s playing for the injured (James) Maddison and he links really well with the midfield and he’s good in the behind, he’s fast and in the final third he has the right tempo, he is so clear in front of the goal.”

  • D’banj advocates use of intellectual property as collateral for bank loans

    D’banj advocates use of intellectual property as collateral for bank loans

    By Agency Reporter

    One of Nigeria’s popular musicians, Oladapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj has advocated the use of intellectual property as collateral for obtaining bank loans.

    A statement on Friday, by Chief Damian Okoroafor, D’banj’s Manager, quoted the artiste as saying this in Abuja, at the inauguration of Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank’s Women and Youth Export Fund (WAYEF) platform for easy access to funds.

    Okoroafor quoted D’banj as saying that the creative industry was a bigger exporter of Nigerian products than the country’s crude oil and as such it deserved all the attention it needed to enable it grow.

    “Our creative industry is a bigger and better export than the oil industry. So, there is the need for more access to stress free funds for those in the creative industry, using their intellectual property as collateral.

    “When you look around the world, one of our biggest exports is the creative sector, thanks to our music, movies and photos.

    “So, WAYEF is another opportunity to fully throw some weight behind the creative industry, through capacity training or access to funds,” Okoroafor quoted D’banj as saying.

    It would be recalled that D’banj, had on March 26 rewarded five young talented Nigerians, in different fields, with one million naira each to develop themselves.

    He extended the gesture through his foundation “CREAM Platform”, Nigeria’s premiere creative reward platform, supported by Heritage Bank’s YNSPYRE Initiative.

    The monthly reward comes through draws organised for participants wishing to develop their talents in the creative industry. The next edition of the draws is scheduled to hold on April 30. (NAN)

  • Women seek prayers for missing NAF pilots

    Women seek prayers for missing NAF pilots

    By Okodili Ndidi, Abuja

    A coalition of women under the aegis of the Mothers for United Nigeria (MUN) has commenced prayers for rescue of the two Nigerian Air Force pilots that disappeared with the missing Alpha jet (NAF475).

    The aircraft went off radar on 31 March 2021 night.

    The group said the report of the missing jet and fate of the two pilots is a source of concern to Nigeria mothers who continue to grieve over the security challenges in the country.

    The women noted members of the Armed Forces have continued to pay the sacrifice to keep the country safe and together.

    In a statement on Friday they noted the fact that the pilots were part of the ongoing counterinsurgency operations in the Northeast gives reason for Nigerians irrespective of tribe and religion to support leadership of the Armed Forces of under General Leo Irabor to return peace and stability to the country.

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    The Coalition also commended Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, for quickly relocating to the northeast theatre of operations to coordinate the search and rescue operations for the missing Jet aircraft.

    A statement by MUN’s Publicity Secretary, Hajia Salamatu Adebayo said: “We are once again faced with the immense sacrifice of our Armed Forces personnel who continue to attack positions of the enemies of the country.

    “We commend efforts of the Armed Forces of Nigeria under General LEO Irabor as he continues to proffer solution on how to end the security challenges.

    “We so commend the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao for quickly relocating to coordinate the search and rescue operations.

    “We also take time to commend and pray for members of the AFN for preservation as they continue to safeguard our country.”

  • Missing jet: NAF dismisses B’Haram video as false

    Missing jet: NAF dismisses B’Haram video as false

    By Okodili Ndidi, Abuja

    The Nigerian Air Force has dismissed claims by terror group Boko Haram that it gunned down the missing Alpha jet, which disappeared from radar on Wednesday, March 31.

    Boko Haram claimed responsibility for downing the aircraft in a viral video.

    But the Director Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said the viral video could be clips from a previous incident.

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    He insisted the video is fraught with inconsistencies that established it was fake, adding the lush vegetation in one of the videos suggest it was not in the Northeast.

    NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said: “We have seen some videos but there is nothing that has proven that the aircraft in those clips belongs to us, or have you seen a Nigerian Air Force aircraft number or the body of Air Force pilot or have you seen any Air Force unifor until we get all these details strengthen out, we are not going to go into speculation.

    “That video could have been shot somewhere. I have seen four videos so far, one of them has lush vegetation in the background, and I wonder where they have such vegetation in the Northeast. Unless they did something and they are releasing the clips bit by bit, we are waiting.

    “Except we have evidence, because like I said, these persons have families and you cannot go their wives, parents or wards, you must bring concrete evidence. There must be something to show”.

  • How I built Africa’s first Bitcoin card- Benjamin Oyemonlan

    How I built Africa’s first Bitcoin card- Benjamin Oyemonlan

    Bitcoin expert Benjamin Oyemonlan has spoken on his innovative skills in the E-commerce industry.

    In a post on Instagram @trillbjm, the Chief Technology Officer said: “When I nursed the idea of building a Bitcoin card years ago, it was taken for granted.

    “The idea never made sense to lots of persons because either people didn’t understand the innovation or where just making jest of me.

    “One thing is that in spite of the discouragements, I never gave up. I kept my strength in focusing on getting the project to be successful.

    “Today, People are after the Bitcoin cards we have produced. Our products are the talk of town as it concerns E-commerce.

    “What started as a dream and an idea was converted into productivity. It was on the strength of my achievement, I emerged the youngest CTO.

    “I like encouraging our youths to stay focused in whatever they do, as every dream can be a reality, only if we are consistent in our commitment to making it come true.”