Ogiri John Ogiri

By Ogiri John Ogiri The outbreak of the devastating Covid-19 pandemic in the world and eventually in our country, Nigeria, has exposed the folly of deliberately neglecting the development of the country by our political leaders over the years. It has taught us one unforgettable lesson and that is, even if you do not sleep at home because you can afford a bed in the most luxurious hotel elsewhere, you should at least furnish your house, not just because your family needs it but also because you will need the same furnished accommodation one day when the accommodation outside cannot take you anymore. As a political office holder, there comes a time when it becomes obviously glaring that the country and the people you have deliberately kept in abject poverty cannot protect you when a major crisis like this one breaks out. At such a time as this when you can no longer fly into another country because all borders are closed to outsiders and you are compelled by the circumstance to stay i...

Photo credit: medium.com By Ogiri John Ogiri For a very long time now,you have been searching for a life partner or for a stable relationship. Yet nothing good has come out of your search. They tell you someone somewhere is responsible and you accept. You begin to move from one prayer house and mountain to another. You even fast and pray longer than Jesus Christ even did it. Unfortunately, you have never engaged in an examination of conscience or what psychologists refer to as 'introspection' to find out who is truly responsible. Take a journey into your mind and search your soul. You may be shocked to discover that you have been the only enemy that has kept you from finding the right person. You want a God-fearing man or woman but you have no fear of God in you! You do not want a stingy man or woman but you are not generous! You want a humble partner but you are full of pride! You cannot even greet when you pass people on the road or in your neighbourhood. You want...

By Ogiri John Ogiri I don't have to look poor or rich before you help me I don't have to come from the same hometown with you before you help me. I don't have to speak your language before you help me I don't have to attend the same temple, synagogue, church or mosque before you help me I don't have to be related to you before you help me. I don't have to have all the certificates in the world before you help me. Just help the humanity that I represent. Helping to give me a job won't stop your salary from coming. Don't look at my family. Just think about humanity and help. Think about human love and help. If you help me, you help a community because I represent it. You help my country because I represent her. This is what should occupy your mind always. Your next-door neighbour can only empower others economically when he/she is empowered by you when you still have an opportunity to help. ©Ogiri John Ogiri.

Photo credit: Daily post By Ogiri John Ogiri He has lived In Kebbi for the most part of his life. In 2015, he probably voted for change. Four years later,the hitherto hope for change he was given during the previous campaign dimmed with unapologetic recklessness. He did not see much of the changes in the life of his people. He was told that PDP was responsible for the failure. Blame became a game. Irresponsibility became the norm until the end of the ruling party's first term in office in 2019. Another election year soon came. He was convinced to give his vote to the president again in 2019. He probably accepted and voted for the ruling party. Barely a year down the line, in his face, the worst is still being exacerbated. Insurgency and raw terrorism competed for dominance in his region. Killings have not stopped; hunger for food and water has not been quenched;unemployment has not been tackled; poverty has degenerated to squalor despite all the promises of the ruling p...

Photo credit: worldatlas.com By Ogiri John Ogiri Why do most small-scale businesses fail in their infancy? Why do many small-starting entrepreneurs crash out of businesses before they have a chance of growing them to maturity? I know you have many answers streaming through your mind already. Yes, many factors are easily identifiable as being responsible. For example, shortage of funds, hostile business environment, insecurity and general instability, inexperience among many others are easily identifiable. However, my focus in this exposition is not to attempt to discuss those factors. Rather, I will be concerned with helping you understand how another important factor outside the ones itemized earlier can equally contribute to the collapse or survival of small-scale business enterprises in Nigeria. Let me begin with a story. Onyowo is a young graduate of Political Science from a Nigerian university. After her National Youth Service Corps scheme in Abuja in 2014, she,...