Alameen

Once you realize that your surname or that "uncle" can't get you a solid government job, stop wasting time hoping for one. Hustle and hustle. Look elsewhere. Hustle. The private sector can be very rewarding - if you're not lazy.

Don’t know very much about IT, but this is applicable to almost all other areas in the private sector. You hardly see our people excel in the private sector. The very few that do, even in the public sector, they create huge barriers for others to scale. It is sickening at times. We have so much respect that we become timid. We can’t engage our elders. We mostly emphasize our misunderstanding of religion as an excuse for us to be mediocre. Our elders are so conscious of their egos that they openly engage with the young. You do something only for someone to say, “shi wannan waye ubansa?”. Surprisingly, even some of the educated don’t try to narrow down these gaps. They don’t do things that will make the young to dream, to dare, and to go for the best. It is who do I oppress, who do I arrest, or who should I match. There are so many reasons for this. Lack of education, poverty, lack of mobility, wrong understanding of religion and so on. Solution lies within all of us; to do our parts and remember that we are representing the region and our people whenever we have the opportunity to be in the spotlight. To be exceptional wherever we find ourselves and make sure we serve as examples that not everyone is mediocre. This why some of us do what we do, perhaps, others will see reasons to believe that they too can achieve their potentials and go beyond what is normal.