Any society that promotes frivolities above mental capacity
will remain in the back waters of life...
As we celebrate the "beauty" that TY Bello discovered in
Olajumoke the bread seller, it is wrong for the same set of
people (we Nigerians) to ignore a young man who just
achieved what millions of graduate had failed to achieve. By
doing so, we tell our youth that education is nonsense. Is this
right?
POVERTY MENTALITY by OAP Freeze
When are Nigerians going to celebrate real achievements? On
the left is Mr. Ayodele Daniel Dada the first Nigerian to finish
university with a perfect CGPA of 5.0 and on the left is Mrs.
Olajumoke Orisaguna a 'former' bread seller.
Before Ayodele, no one had 'EVER' finished with a perfect
CGPA in UNILAG!!! Since it was established in 1962, he made
history by becoming the first to achieve such a commendable
feat!
Now, so many questions come to mind. How come my dear
friend Kunbi of 'April with Kunbi' hasn't styled him or
recommended him for styling? How come CNN hasn't done a
story on him? How come his life isn't documented on blogs
daily? How come he isn't a brand ambassador for any
product ? The questions are ceaseless.
Ciara put up a post of an equally beautiful traffic hawker
selling some type of fruit yesterday and she was described, in
Ciara's own words as 'beautiful and talented'. If these two
'hawker beauties' were discovered less than 2 months apart,
it means that beautiful girls that hawk commodities aren't in
short supply in Lagos. While people who finish with a 5.0
CGPA are almost non existent! It took 54 years to produce
the first one!
While Olajumoke and this other lady are rough stones that
could be polished to achieve a lustrous shine, Ayodele is a
true jewel, a rare yellow diamond in its truest and purest
form . Let's not let our 'poverty mentality', that makes things
of lesser importance seem valuable, cloud our judgement.
I have no objection to polishing stones to bring out their
shine, but please let's not do it at the expense of gems of
inestimable value! The outcome of our future depends largely
on 'what' or 'whom' we invest in. If Japan, Switzerland or
America invested their time and money in pretty bread sellers,
we won't have the brains behind their automotive, aeronautic,
horological or financial achievements today . I'm not saying
we shouldn't celebrate Olajumoke o! Before people call me a
hater.
But like hell we must celebrate Ayodele first!