FAREWELL SPEECH TO 2016 NYSC BATCH B CORP MEMBERS

FAREWELL SPEECH DELIVERED BY MASTER OGUNYEMI OLAKUNLE JOSHUA ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2016 NYSC BATCH B SENT-FORTH PROGRAM ON THE 26TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2016 AT THE BAR, OMUMA, ORU EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF IMO STATE.

Special greetings to;
Our amiable and hardworking Local Government Inspector,
Our ever-dynamic and gallant Corpers Liaison Officer,
Invited Guests present at this occasion,
Outgoing 2016 NYSC Batch B Corp Members,
Members of the senth-forth Planning Committee,
2017 NYSC Batch A corp members here present.

Corpers We oooo.......
I give God all the glory for sparing our lives to see today. I thank Him for his love and protection over each and everyone of us. May His name be praised forever.

I sincerely want to appreciate every members of The senth-forth planning committee for this privilege granted unto me to present this speech purposely aimed to motivate, challenge and encourage corp members and other dignitaries here present today especially the 2016 NYSC Batch B Corp Members whom we are celebrating today.

I also want to appreciate the outgoing CLO and our industrious and loving LGI for the support and encouragement given to the senth-forth planning committee, most especially for the free room they were given to operate. I want to say a big thank and pray that God will grant unto you more wisdom.

One thing i love doing is to celebrate with great people. To rejoice with people of honour who through several unpleasant experiences and ordeal had weathered the storm for a year serving our fatherland in a strange land far away from their soil.
The decision you took to remain in this Local Government despite the epilleptic state of power, poor road network, unavailability of basic amenities and other social problems is something i commend greatly because i am sure some of your colleagues who have not even experienced this had redeployed to a comfort zone immediately after they got their posting letter on camp but you have all decided to obey the clarion call to the letter. Once again, i commend you all for this uncommon courage.

To everything that has a beginning, there must also be an end. I can feel the excitement in the heart of the outgoing Batch B Corp Members whom in a matter of days will be regarded as an "ex-corper" and i want join in this feeling and to also appreciate God on your behalf for his enabling grace so far. But in the midst of this euphoria and excitement, my golden question to you remains:
What have you done with your life within this one year?
What has been your impact and achievements so far?
On the scale of 10, how will you rate yourself in terms of personal development, discipline and self-reliance in the cause of this service?
Remember that there are so many expectations from your family, the community you served, our nation as a whole and above all an expectation from God our divine maker. Have you been able to meet up with these expectations? Can God say of you that indeed He is proud of you? Ponder on this!

Life they say is in phases, a phase of our life is about to come to an end and whether we like it or not the next phase will come into play by default, hence, the need for us to start preparing ourselves for this next level. To get the best of this next level, one will have to jettison the pains and regrets of the past, draw closer to God and determine to make everyday count on the platform of significance and meaningful living.

As you proceed to this next phase, i will like you to take cognisance of the following success principles;

Principle 1:
Take 100% responsibility for your life.
One of the most pervasive myths in the culture of the world today especially in Nigeria is that we are entitled to a great life- that somehow, somewhere (certainly not us) is responsible for filling our lives with continual happiness, exciting career options, nurturing family time and blissful personal relationship simply because we exist but the real truth - and the only thing i want us to gain in this first principle is that there is only one person responsible for the quality of the live you live. That person is YOU.

It is now a glaring fact and a clear reality that has come to live with us that the government of the day in our dear country Nigeria has failed us. Believing or waiting on the for the better life you envisaged is synonymous and tantamount to a colossal destruction. Hence, the need for us to start taking full responsibility for ourselves. It is time to start thinking of what i can do to contribute my own quota to my country and not the frequent quest of what your nation has to offer you as it the case always these days.

If you want to be successful, you have to take 100% responsibility for everything you experience in your life. This include the level of your achievements, the results you produce, the quality of your relationshis, the state of your health and physical fitness, your income, your debts, your feelings - everything.

I know this might not be too easy. Infact, most of us have been conditioned to blame something outside ourselves for the parts of our lives that we don't like. We blame out parents, our bosses, our friends, our leaders, our economy, our lack of money - anyone or anything we can pin the blame on. We never want to look at where the real problem is - OURSELVES. No doubt all factors do exist, but if they were the deciding factor, nobody would ever succeed. Bill Gates would never have founded Microsoft, and Steve Jobs would never have started Apple Computers. 2016 NYSC Batch B Corp Members, i want you to know today that for every reason why It's not possible, there are hundreds and thousands of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.

I will like to share with you a formula that i learnt from my mentor Jack Canfield some years ago.
E + R = O;  E= Events, R= Response and O= Outcome.
The basic idea behind this equation is that every outcome you experience in life (whether it is success or failure, wealth or poverty, health or illness) is the result of how you responded to an earlier evens or events in your life.

Our response to these limiting factors determines our outcome in reality. Lots of people have overcome these so-called limiting factors by controlling their responses to events in life, so it can't be the limiting factors that limit you. It is not the external condition stand circumstances that stops you. It is YOU! We stop ourselves! We think limiting thoughts and engage in self-defeating behaviours. We defend our self-destructive habits (such as drinking and smoking) with indefensible logic. We ignore useful feedbacks, fail to continuously educate ourselves and learn new skills, waste time on trivial aspects of our lives, engage in idle gossip, eat unhealthy food, fail to exercise, spend more money than we make, fail to invest in our future, avoid necessary necessary conflict, fail to tell the truth, don't ask for what we want - and then wonder why lives don't work. To be successful in life, there is need for us to really take responsibility for our lives.

Principle 2:
Be clear why You're here and decide what you want.
I believe each of us is born with a life purpose. Identifying, acknowledging, and honouring this purpose is perhaps the most important action successful people take. They take time to understand what they are here to do -  and then they pursue that with passion and enthusiasm.

You see, without a purpose in life, It's easy to get sidetracked on your life's journey. It's easy to wonder and drift, accomplishing little. But with a purpose, everything in life seems to fall in place. To be "on purpose"  means you are doing what you love to do, doing what you are good at and accomplishing what's important to you. When you truly are on purpose, the people, the resources, and opportunities you need naturally gravitate towards you. The world benefits too, because when you act in alignment with your true life purpose, all of your actions automatically serves others.

Once you have decided why you are here, you have to decide what you want to do, be and have. What do you want to accomplish? What do you want to experience? And what possessions do you want to acquire? In the journey from where you are to where you want to be, you have to decide where you want to be.
Inside of everyone of us is that tiny seed of the "you" that you were meant to become. Unfortunately, you have buried this seed in response to your parents, teachers (I remember my teacher telling me to study medicine and surgery because of my fine handwriting), and other adult role modes as we were growing up.

You started out as a baby knowing exactly what you want, and how to get it without fear. What you don't like and how to discard it. But along the line something happened. Somewhere along the way, someone said;
Don’t touch that.
Stay away from there.
Keep your hands off that...
Eat everything on your plate whether you like it or not.
As you got older, you heard....................
You can't have everything you want simply because you want it.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Stop doing what you are doing and come and do what i want you to do.

All these have developed an insurmountable mountain of fear in us depriving us of our full sense of accomplishments but i want to encourage us not to make our heart fertile fon its survival. Don’t settle for less. Make an "I want" list and stop worrying rather take it to God in prayers.

Principle 3:
Believe in yourself and believe It's possible.
"You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve" -  Napoleon Hill.

You were never a mistake, you were created for a purpose and to fulfill this purpose, you have to develop the attitude of believing in yourself. Thb choice of what to believe is up to you; so please give up the "I can't" mentality and give in to the "I can" mentality.

Principle 4:
Take action and commit to a constant and never-ending improvement.
"Things may not come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle".  -  Abraham Lincoln (16th US President)

The world doesn't pay you for what you know; it pays you for what you do. There is an enduring axiom of success that says, "the universe rewards action". Yet as simple and as true as this principle is, It's surprising how many people get bogged down in analysing, planning, and organising when what they really need to do is take action. Talk of the mouth is cheap.

When you take action, you trigger all kinds of things that will inevitably carry you to success. You let those around you know that you ars serious in your intention. People wake up and start paying attention. People with similar goals aligned with you. You begin to learn things from your experience that cannot be learned from listening to others or from reading books. You begin to get feedback about how to do it better, more efficient and more quickly.

When you take action, things that once seemed confusing begin to become more clear. Things that once appeared difficult begin to be easier. You begin to attract others who will support and encourage you. All manner of good things begin to flow in your direction once you begin to take action. Remember, nothing happen until you take action. Satisfaction comes from enough actions. Stop the talk, analysis, and start to take action if indeed you really want to be successful in life.

"We have an innate desire to endlessly learn, grow and develop. We want to become more than what we already are. Once we yield to this inclination for continuous and never-ending improvement, we lead a life of endless accomplishment and satisfaction". -  Chuck Gallozi.

In Japan, the word for constant and never-ending improvement is "kaizen". Not only is this an operating philosophy for modern Japanese businesses, it is also the age-old philosophy of warriors too -  and It's become the personal mantra of many millions of successful people.

Achiever's - whether in business, sports or academics -  are committed to continual improvement. Therefore, if you want to be successful, you need to learn to ask yourself, "how can i make this better?  How can i do it more efficiently? How can i do this more profitably? How can we do this with greater love?"

It is the desire of every young people to be successful; and i pray for all the 2016 Batch B Corp Members that they will all be successful in Jesus name. As many that have served and sacrificed his/her all in ensuring the progress of the Local Government, Place of Primary Assignment, NCCF, MCAN, Community and the country at large, may the Lord replenish you all in Jesus name.
I will miss you all.
See you on top.

Thanks for listening.

Your friend,
Ogunyemi Olakunle Joshua
Pka: Prof Kay.
25th October, 2017.

The Joy of Development

The Joy of Development.

When i was baby, i reasoned like a baby but when i entered into this present youthful age, my reasoning faculty got a positive boost. I started channeling my reasoning towards affecting lives positively. I saw life as a one time opportunity and once misused can never be regained. Live it well today and enjoy it tomorrow, that is the tune.
I entered into the secondary school with this mentality and with help from the good teachers around me then, there was a great improvement on this beautiful mindset.

Little did i know that this constant mindset was an early pointer to my divine assignment in life until i gained admission into the University and God through me affected the lives of many positively.
NYSC to me is another beautiful scheme that is presently giving me and some other bright minds the privilege and the golden opportunity to affect lives positively through its Sustainable Development Goals(SDG's) CDS Group.

Indeed, we (NYSC-SDG's) are a happy family of development. We are a conglomeration of intelligent people and our focus and watchword any day, anytime is development.

We are ready to expand the boundary and create new frontiers of development. We are ready to recruit more members to this happy family by raising the awareness on the Goals in Secondary Schools, Universities, Communities, and every place where live exist. We are ready to commit our energy and precious resources, time in achieving these global Goals. We are ready to give our best against all odds. We are ready to live and preach the goals to the nooks and crannies of the country till we all see a new and better Nigeria.

We are ready to partner with individuals, groups, agencies, Non-Governmental organisations, private and public industries and other relevant stakeholders just to see a new Nigeria.
A new Nigeria, where we will all be united. A new Nigeria that will no longer be a joke in the committee of nations. A new Nigeria where peace and justice shall reign. A new Nigeria where poverty will be a thing of the past. A new Nigeria where there will be gender equality. A new Nigeria with the best standard and Quality Education. A new Nigeria that can compete with other developed nations of the world in terms of infrastructures and stable economy.
This is achievable only when we are together. When we are united irrespective of our tribe, culture and political affiliations. United we stand, divided we fall.

Together each achieve more.
I know bringing about a positive development and change in anything in life can be very challenging but if we can weather the weather, the joy of development is inevitable.

Don't wait till that perfect time before you start living and preaching the goals. That perfect time you are waiting for might not come. Now is the perfect time.
Don’t live this terrestrial ball without contributing your quota to her development.

Long live NYSC.
Long live Nigeria.

God bless you all.

Signed;
Ogunyemi Olakunle Joshua.
SDG's Representative, Imo State.
Newtonk4christ@yahoo.com.
www.olakunle4impact.blogspot.com

Voice of Development

Good evening fellow Volunteers,

Trust we all had a great day.
I want to use this medium to share with you my experience so far in carrying out the task of bringing about a positive change to the community i am posted to serve.

I was posted to Omuma Community in Oru East Local Government area of Imo State.

With the training i got in camp, i was really prepared to contribute my quota to the development of the community and its constituent.

On getting to this community, i was a bit disturbed seeing the epileptic condition of light, poor infrastructure, and high standard of living but on the other way round, i thought of this as a good pointer to what exactly i am to work on as a trained SDG's Volunteers.

After settling down, i took my time to study and survey the community to know the felt need of the people. I saw lack of clean and quality water, poor waste management and sanitation but never saw one major need until this week when i started teaching in a  secondary school in that community.
I am sure by now you would have been guessing what i saw as this major need.
Its nothing but poor standard education.

I was really shocked to my bone when i asked the students in the Senior Secondary School 3, a simple mathematics question and no one in the class could provide a reasonable answer. I thought this deficiency was only in the area of mathematics but i never knew it was the same in the area of physics and other subjects. This first impression really weighed me down.

I could not keep this to myself so i decided to share with my fellow Corps members posted to that same community and what they told me again added to the degree of the shock. They told me, "it is the same everywhere".
Oh! The challenge of development.

As i heard this from my friends, what came to my mind was the big task ahead. The task of proffering a lasting solution to this issue which is in line with the goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goals; Quality Education

I am of the opinion that if this deficiency persist, we might end up losing some potentials who would have added a lot to the economic and educational riches of the nation and end up increasing the number of young graduates who later turned up to be a nuisance to the society.

For this reason, i have decided to adopt the school and sensitize them on the importance of education and on the Sustainable Development Goals thereby increasing the quality of education in the community with some programmes i hope to come with by God's grace.

I want to use this medium to encourage SDG's Volunteers in Imo State and other states to please try and do their best in bringing about meaningful development to their respective community within this one year programme.

We shall live it and preach it, till we all see a new Nigeria.
Team we shall be, All stakeholders. Together Each Achieve More.

I pray that God almighty will equip us all with everything we need to bring about this change in Jesus name.

We are a Happy family of development.

SDG; Everyone, everywhere.

Signed;
Ogunyemi Olakunle Joshua.
SDG's Representative, Imo State.
Newtonk4christ@yahoo.com.
www.olakunle4impact.blogspot.com

Forestry Fresher's Charge.

A SHORT SPEECH DELIVERED BY COM. (HON) OGUNYEMI OLAKUNLE JOSHUA ON THE 21ST DAY OF JUNE, 2017 AT THE 2016/2017 ORIENTATION PROGRAM FOR FRESH STUDENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, FUNAAB AT EXACTLY 3:30PM

The Dean College of Environmental Resources Management, FUNAAB,
The Head of Department, Forestry and Wildlife Management, FUNAAB.
The Director of Part-time Studies, FUNAAB.
Staff Advisers, Forestry and Wildlife Management Students Association,
Able lecturers in the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management,
The elegant Fresh Students of the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management,
All other protocols due observed.

Good afternoon.

It is an honour and a great privilege to be given the opportunity to write from my abode here in Lagos on this very important day to challenge the fresh students who had just being admitted into this wonderful department.

I want you to know that it has always been on my mind to seek an avenue to encourage and prepare the mind of fresh students in the University of the challenges ahead and the possible way to overcoming these hydra-headed challenges. I am glad the opportunity is here now and i want to sincerely appreciate the executives of FOWISA ably led by Com. Abiodun the first female President of the department since its inception for this awesome privilege.

As it impossible for a young soldier to be enlisted into the army without a proper orientation of what lies ahead in the profession so it is for you as a fresh students in the department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, FUNAAB. This is a day and an occasion where you will be trained, lectured and given relevant piece of information needed for your survival in this department within your five(5) years sojourn in FUNAAB. Therefore, i urge you to pay rapt attention to every Speakers and take cognisance of everything you will learn, or hear today as it goes a long way to securing your success on a long run.

I believe great Speakers who had spoken before the rendition of this speech and those that are yet to speak will excellently educate you on the importance and opportunities that avails in this profession. So, i won't bother you much on that but from experience i can boldly tell you that you in a noble profession with different niche and many lucrative opportunities void of massive competition as it is in other fields today. I am a living witness even with the little time i have spent in this field.

After i graduated from secondary school, studying forestry was the last thing on my proud mind. All i wanted was engineering and medicine & surgery but as fate would have it, i find myself admitted to study forestry. I couldn’t comprehend it at the early stage as i was thinking of changing course or registering for Jamb again before i later knew that God was involved. Since, i caught this revelation, i have never regretted studying forestry till today.

Let me not bore you much about my story but i am very sure a lot of you are also in the shoe i was 6 years ago presently. I am sure many of you are already thinking you are in the wrong place. Wait a minute, how many of you agree with me that your admission into this department was not just by accident or co-incidence. How many of you believe it is divinely arranged. If you do, i want you to throw away those negative thoughts and pride that might want to stop you from giving your best and do everything possible to be the best in this field of study.

Yes, your friends might make jest of you but never mind, they will soon come and celebrate you. Making it in life today is not only a function of the course you studied but a function of many other things some of which are attitude, ability to multitask, ability to solve human problems etc. And this you can acquire irrespective of your course.

To conclude, let me share with you the 7 P's that helped me achieved a lot during my stay on campus.
1. Plan: If you fail to plan, you will plan to fail. Have a short and long term plan, this will help you.

2. Prepare: Adequate preparation prevents poor performance. I will forever remember the boys scout motto which says "be prepared". Test can come at any time, let it not meet you unprepared. Be ready at all times.

3. Practice: Make it a habit to always reflect on everything you are taught on a day. Don't wait till a week before the examination before you start reflecting. Practice on daily basis. Practice they say makes perfect.

4. Passion: Develop passion for this field. Make it a point of duty to learn something new about this profession on daily basis. Have a tree book where you will jot down vital information on trees for those interested in the Forestry aspect and an animal book for those interested in the Wildlife aspect. Just be passionate.

5. Purpose: The question of purpose is a very important question every individual on earth must answer. Your purpose in life guides your and shapes your actions. Your purpose gives you a clear direction. Ask yourself on daily basis, God, why am i in this department. What is that special thing you want me to achieve in this department and be rest assured he will tell you.

6. People: This is a very important aspect of it all. People plays a vital role in the success of any individual in life. You Can't succeed without people. Remember, we are gregarious. Created to interact. So, having this understanding there is need for you to align yourself with good people. People who will influence you. People who will add to you and not devalue you. Abstain from people who will lure you into sin and cleave to people who will always draw you to God on regular occasions. People that will motivated and encourage you. It is also important you have a mentor especially one in this field.

7. Pray: After all that have been said and done, prayers remains the most important Key of it all to becoming a success during your stay on campus.

My prayer for you is that God almighty who saw me through without a carry over despite all my extra curricula attachments to the glory of God will see you through.

I love you....

God bless you.

Signed;
Com. (Hon) Ogunyemi Olakunle Joshua.
Pka: Prof Kay.
07063403997.

Dad is Divine.

DAD IS DIVINE

Growing up as a child was to me an unforgettable experience as i enjoyed a greater amount of love from my dear parents. The first word i learnt to pronounce was the three letter word dad. As a child i got so used to this word that i call virtually everybody i see on daily basis dad until one day when i got the understanding of who a dad was in the real sense.

The first understanding i had about the father is that they are the male parent, the head of the family and the one responsible for the provision of the daily needs of the family. The second is like this that they are an important tool in the hand of God to bring about the fulfilment of his plan for mankind.

As important as the head is to a body, so is the father to the family. Remember, it is at the head that the most important organs, glands, tissues and cells are concentrated. This analogy to a reasonable extent shows to us how important a man is to the family as vital resources needed for the survival of the family is embedded in him.

As Christ is the head of the Church, so also is the father the head of the family in all ramifications. The head is meant to provide direction to the body, it is meant to house the eyes that aids our perfect vision, and also the brain that controls the whole human body. Therefore to be the head of the house in all its entirety, the father must be able to lead the family in the way of God to achieve God's laid down vision for the family and to also provide direction to the family. Failure to do this as a man is tantamount to destruction, lack of vision and direction, vulnerability to external attacks, and inability to fulfils God's mandate as a family.

Human needs they say is unlimited and insatiable, but in the midst of this unending desire, it is expected of a man to do everything within his possible best to provide the basic needs of the family. The needs of the family like food, clothing, shelter, school fees, bills, rentage and many more. He must also be able to meet the spiritual needs of the family, he must be able to regularly feed the family with the undiluted word of God that is able to save the family from the hands of enemies.

In the agenda of God, man plays a very important role in colonising earth for God with heavenly principles. No wonder God created man first in his own image and gave him dominion over everything He has created. No wonder he choose twelve disciples where virtually all of them are men. The idea of man as the head of the family is as old as creation and divinely arranged by God our perfect creator. His expectation on man is that man be the head in everything. Especially in the fulfilment of his responsibility as the head of the family.

At the fall of the first man, Adam, man lost dominion but thank God for Jesus who had appeared to restore unto mankind all her lost glories and dominion and he has also given us the grace and the spiritual enablement to be man indeed.

Most people think fatherhood is all about the name or fulfilling the desire of their parent or keeping cultural demands but let me shock you, it is far from this, it is in the doing, and fulfilling the expectation of God for the family.

Show me a peaceful society and i will show you a man who is living worthy of his calling as the head of the family. Most of the issues rocking our society today is as a result of poor parenting especially in the area of fatherhood. Many father have left their responsibility undone and pay hid to common rashes. Today is a day for us to retrace our steps as fathers and start to do the needful without any iota of delay because delay may be dangerous.

The real concept of fatherhood is really going to oblivion as many young people are really missing it big time in this present dispensation. Many want to marry but are not fully ready to carry the attached responsibility. Many want to marry but don't have what it takes both spiritually, financially, physically, materially and in many more areas. It should not be so. Remember, Dad is divine and not jocosive.

As i join in the celebration Of this year Father's Day, i want to sincerely give it up to a man who has been a good father in every aspect of it. A man whose commitment to leading the family to achieve God's laid down vision as a family has been spectacular. My dad, Engineer Joseph Ojo Ogunyemi has been a mentor and a perfect model of who a true father is. You have been up and doing in the fulfilment of your responsibility and i pray that the good Lord almighty will continue to strengthen and grant unto the grace to continue to be a good father to us all. I love you dearly.

This is also an opportunity for me to plead with other men in our nation to please wake up to their respective responsibilities. I pray the Lord will provide for you all and grant unto you more grace to be man indeed.

This celebration is also a good medium for me and the entire nation to pray for our ailing President,  General Muhammadu Buhari that the Lord will send forth his hand of healing to heal him wherever he is in any part of the world and deliver him from the hand of the wicked ones in Jesus name. I also want to pray for the acting President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo that the Lord will grant him the grace to be a true father indeed and that the Lord of heaven will endow him with wisdom needed to lead our nation right in the absence of the President in Jesus name.

My special prayer also goes to my dear governor, Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose and his able deputy governor, Dr. Kolapo Olusola and the rest able men responsible for the development of Ekiti State, i pray that the good Lord of heaven will bless and keep you all. He will cause His face to shine upon you all and be gracious unto you. May He release unto you the wisdom required to lead the state to her promise land of Milk and honey in Jesus name.

I won't also forget to pray for church leaders all across the globe particularly leaders of the Anglican communion.

The Primate of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Revd. Nicholas Okoh, our Bishop, Rt. Revd. James Odedeji the Head of the Diocese of Lagos West, Anglican Communion and to my lovely Vicar, the priest in charge of the Anglican Church of Pentecost Oke-ira, Rev. William Casley Swanzy, i pray that the Lord will empower you all and fill you with more power from above. May his spirit never leave you in Jesus and may the Church of God continue to march forward in Jesus name.

This is very important for me to do. Let me also use this medium to re-affirm my love and commitment to ensuring the regular happiness of the wife that the good Lord the giver of all good things will give me. I promise to be a good father to my unborn children and a good husband to my future wife.
So help me God.

Happy Father's Day.

Signed;
Com. Ogunyemi Olakunle Joshua.
Pka: Prof Kay.

www.olakunle4impact.blogspot.com

WHO NO KNOW GO KNOW

WHO NO KNOW MUST KNOW.

In the cause of implementing my laid down plans for this year world environment day celebration, i met with some young and old people around my locality here in Lagos. I took my time to ask a sample of their population questions on what is happening today but i was greatly surprised at their various responses. None of them knew what exactly June 5 was all about. Even when i was explaining to them what today was all about they seem to be uninterested with their discouraging response showing glaringly to me the level of their ignorance on the sustainable management of our environment.

No wonder waste and debris are dropped at the water ways causing hindrance to the free flow of our waste water thereby resulting in erosion and on the larger side flood. No wonder indiscriminate bush burning persist in the midst of civilisation bringing about loss of earth's riches in biodiversity and loss of our precious forest land area and resources. No wonder the misuse of the environment by some people because it is hard for them to give what they don't have. Must we continue in this trend? Must we continue to leave in this ignorant state without allowing the breeze of change to transform our thinking and mindset on the need to manage and protect the environment? Must the educated keep mute while those who have no knowledge about the environment continue with their destructive action on it? What about the consequences of their actions and that of our inaction on the environment?

This is the major reason why environmentalists all across the world have set aside June 5 of every year to celebrate this wonderful complex biotic and abiotic community, the natural world where we find our existence. This we do by educating those who don't know much about the environment and its paraphernalia on the need to know so that the world can be a better place for us to live because if this destructive actions on the environment continues, we are only heading towards an irreversible doom one day.

Remember, there is strength and gain in biodiversity. Shun hatred and let's show love to one another without the exemption of animals. I am very sure our environment will be a better place if we can show her greater love than we have for wears , phones and other mundane things made from the environment. According to the popular saying, "cleanliness is next to godliness", let us endeavour to keep our surroundings clean at all time. Adopt the proper and modern way of disposing waste. Plant a tree to mitigate the effect of some obnoxious gases on the environment and at least the oxygen it produces will be good for us and our neighbours.

If you are yet to join this celebration, you can join by educating someone around you on the need to sustainably use, manage and protect the environment our common asset.

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Signed;
Com (Hon) Ogunyemi Olakunle Joshua.
Pka: Prof Kay.
07063403997.

THANK YOU FOREST

THANK YOU FOREST

Oh my God! I just can't believe that my tight schedules had made me forgot the day that has been set aside internationally to celebrate an ancient complex biological community called Forest.

I could have left the day unnoticed but i am very sure Mother earth won't forgive me if i fail to celebrate the benevolent nature of this community that have been supporting the continuous existence of lives on this terrestrial ball from time memorial, a community that have been of tremendous blessings to me and my entire generation. Hence, the monumental necessity of this great write-up.

_"Feed a frog for 3 years and he will remember you for 3 years. Feed a man for 3 years and he will remember you for 3 days"_
-Anonymous.

This is a true saying and its worthy of our careful and critical logical examination. For a Forest community that has been of great help to humanity from creation till now, only a day out of the abundant 365 days of the year has been set aside to celebrate this entity called Forest and yet not many of us even bother to celebrate her and even to those that did celebrate her, it was not done to its fullness.

I know how man bothers much about appreciation. The rate at which man seeks for appreciation and celebration these days is even far more greater than their search for food. We all loved to be loved, celebrated and appreciated most especially anytime we render any service or assistance to our fellow humans. At times we even feel bad and hurt when such an appreciation tarries or didn’t even come but its very unfortunate how less we care about the forest that does for us millions of things that we can't even quantify or measure.

Are we to talk of the magnificent roles played by forest in mitigating climate change? They serves as a sink for most of the obnoxious gases that would have been very injurious to our health.
Are we to talk of the production of quality, pure and fresh oxygen produced as result of the sequestration of these unpleasant gases? If we are to pay for the amount of oxygen we breathe in, how many one of us can afford it even for a week? Ask those on the live support in the hospital, they will tell you how expensive it is and yet we didn’t even value and respect this entity God has been using all these years.
Are we to talk of the the services and goods derived and produced by the forest?
I know a lot of countries and community that depends on this for their survival and economic growth. Too many are the benefits, both the Non-Timber benefits and the timber benefits that we enjoyed from the forest.
Are we talk of the watershed management ability of the forest?
Are we to talk of the amelioration and wind-break potentials of this divine community?
I can continue to mention a lot of these benefits that we enjoy from the Forest because they are countless. This i do not to make you devalue or exploits the Forest the more but to make you see reasons to appreciate her and value her.

Enough of our unlawful felling of our trees!
Enough of the illegal killing of our wildlife resources!
Enough of our indiscriminate bush burning!
Enough of the wasteful use of our Forest resources!
Enough of the anti-forest conservation policies by our government!
Enough of the destruction of forest in the name of development and urbanisation!

It is high time, we started having a rethink. A change of mindset. A paradigm Shift.
It is high time we began to value our forest resources.
It is high time we began to fight against the poachers decimating our riches in wildlife resources!
It is high we stood to fight illegal tree fellers.

It is high time we began to preach the message of conservation.
It is high time we began to make wise use of our forest resources.
Remember, our existence to a greater extent has a lot to do with the longevity of these ancient complex biological community.
The more we decimate it, the greater our problems.
Remember, the last man on earth will die when the last tree in the forest is being felled.

I love Forest.

Happy International Forest Day.

I am proud to be a forester!

Signed;
Ogunyemi Olakunle Joshua.
Pka: *Prof Kay*
07063403997
www.olakunle4impact.blogspot.com

THE TRAGEDY OF INCONSISTENCY.

Dear friends,
After my devotion this morning, i was inspired by the Holy Spirit to write something on this very important topic: *When the Roll is called up yonder.*
This is a popular Hymn written by James M. Black the president of a certain Young People’s Society who was once chanced to meet a girl of fourteen, poorly dressed and a drunkard’s daughter, whom he invited to join the Society and to attend Sunday School.
She did this, and attended for a time, but one evening at a dedication meeting, when the Society’s roll of members was called, and each member responded with a text, there was no response from this girl.
Remarking on her absence, the president, Mr. J. M. Black, spoke of the shyness of anyone being absent when the names were called of those written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, and then added the prayer, “O God, when my own name is called up yonder, may I be there to respond!”
Wanting something suitable to sing on this occasion, Mr.
Black searched the hymn book, but could find nothing, and after the meeting was ended, on his way home he still kept wishing for such a hymn.
On reaching home the words of the first stanza of a new hymn came to his mind in full. Within fifteen minutes the two following verses were also written down, and then Mr. Black turned to the piano. “I played the music,” he said, “just as it is found today in the hymn books, note for note, and I have never dared to change a single word or note of the song.”
What an inspiring story!

To everything in life, there is a time. A time when we will be born. A time when we will turn adult. A time when we will marry. A time when we will die.
Let us also remember that a time is coming when the trumpet of the Lord shall sound. When all that have been said had been done.
Hmmmm! At least now we have the right to use our time anyhow in the way we like. Some of us can even afford to use our time to gossip, fornicate, lie and on some other ephemeral things. I wish we all know a time is coming when time itself shall be no more. A time we would wish to change from our old ways of life and sinful ways but it won't be possible any longer. We would wish to serve God with all our heart but it won't be possible again because the end would have come.
Just as it is in any academic Institution where records of students names are kept and on regular occasion attendance register are being marked so will it be on the last day when the trumpet of the Lord shall sound.
I could remember during my days in the University how we use to take the issue of attendance very serious because it carries marks and it is of great significance and use to the Staff and management.
At times we go to class purposely to mark the attendance register but to our surprise our lecturers won't even say anything about it throughout the lecture as if he/she knew our mind. If these persist for some time, we might decide to stay back from lectures a day knowing within us that the attendance will not be marked. But unfortunately for us, the lecturers whom at times are good mind readers would take the attendance that day we decided to absent ourselves from class. What a pity. What a marks we have missed.
Hmmm.... Had we known, we would have waited but impatience, distractions and the love of games and pleasures more than class cost us our mark.
The hour and the time that the attendance will be marked is only known by the lecturer and God the all-knowing. It might be marked at the last lecture in the semester or at times at the first or Middle lecture in the semester.
So it is all about our consistency and not about our inconsistency.
Though, we might not really feel the impact of the missing mark in our overall result due to our performance in the examination in the analogy used above but the reverse would be the case when the roll of God is called up yonder and we are not present. We can't make it up.
That you have been a christian for 100 years will not make you meet up with the roll when it is been called, what will make you meet up is your consistency in the pursuance of the Kingdom of God.
Don't allow that distractions, don't allow that sin and pleasure to draw you back.
Determine to follow him consistently today and He will help you.
I will like us to also remember that only qualified and admitted students would have their names on the register of the University. So also will it be on the register of God. Only the names of those that are saved would be on the Lamb's book of life. The painful thing about this is that some can be on this list and yet miss out when the roll is being called up yonder. Therefore the need to emphasize on the word consistency once again.
You might have been reading this story from the top to the bottom. Know this that only those who have accepted and believe Jesus as their Lord and Saviour and are working according to his precept and direction will have their names on the book of life.
You might have been praying, thinking asking if indeed your name is on the book of life by now. Don't think too much, don't procrastinate. Take a step of faith now and confess your sins to God and ask him to write your name in His book of life because a time will come you will be crying for salvation but you won't see it.
Now is the time to cry. I mean a great cry. Cry a great deal till your name is written on the Lamb's book of life.

Remember, Heaven is a place we must not miss.

God bless you.

Share with a friend if it has blessed your life.

I am your loyal Servant;
Olakunle.
07063403997.

EVERY WOMAN DESERVES A PRAISE

*A short speech by Master Ogunyemi Olakunle in celebration of the World Women's Day, on the 8th day of March, 2017.*

The International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

This is a day for us to ponder and think much on the usefulness and importance of women to the entire human race. A time to ponder on the achievements and positive contributions of women to our world.

As the role of a woman in this world cannot be easily underestimated so also is the need to celebrate them and encourage them to do more. There is a need to provide an enabling environment for their survival.

Without any controversy, women have been of a major help to this world. They are our Mothers, Aunties, Sisters, Cousins, niece etc.

Anytime i think of my hardworking and loving mother, my caring and wonderful sisters and my loving female friends and their positive contributions to my life, i see that indeed, these sets of people needs to be appreciated and honoured.

They go through a lot just to make us happy. Our mothers go through a lot to make our fathers and even we the children happy. Sometimes, they miss their meal for us to meet up with our daily 3-square meal. Sometimes, they let go of some things just to let in time to cater for us. For 9 months we were in our mothers womb disturbing them gallivanting from North to South and from East to West, yet she never complained neither did she make any attempt to abort our pregnancy.

Think of the pains, think of the struggles, think of the suffering, think of the sacrifices, think of the commitment to our survival, think of the unflinching love, then you will agree with me that these sets of people needs more of our love in reciprocal. More respect, appreciation and encouragement.

They are our sidekick and helper that we can't do without. They are a very essential and an integral part of any society. Their strategic position in history has been very astonishing and amazing. Thus, without them we will be incomplete. For a world without women will be a world of crisis.

No wonder God said in his unfailing word that is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him and help meet for him.
*Genesis  2:18.*

How stupid does it sounds to hear a man beat his help meet ? How satanic does it sounds to hear a man abuse, harass a a lady? It is a abnormal, it is a sin and a big crime against humanity. I want to encourage men in this categories to stop and turn a new leaf. Appreciate your thing because if you don't, who will ? Do you even know ladies love people that appreciate them ? Words of affirmation is one of their love language. Make them happy with good words. Take the advantage of a day like this to celebrate them more. Remember, it is not a day thing, it is a lifetime thing.

Yes, i agree that before we were born, our fathers have always harassed, oppress our mothers. This is as a result of ignorance, poverty and a positive mindset deficiency but we can't afford to continue that way now that we are knowledgeable and of the right mindset. We must pioneer a generation that will forever celebrate the women and thereby maintain and sustain its potentials for coming generation to feed on.

Let us give our wives, fiances, girl friends the love support, appreciation and encouragement needed. Let us help them to be the best version of themselves. Let us help them to achieve their God-given dream. Let us expose them so that they can be the President, Governor, Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer, Vice-chancellor etc.
Let us have the right attitude towards in our relationship with them. Let us not be clouded with wrong mentality, wrong religious belief and cultural way of life that's against giving a woman her rightful place in out lives and at home. If the home front is not right, the system will have a problem.

As a single man, i promise to love my wife to be. I promise to support her, encourage her and help her in the fulfilment of her God-given dream.

How about  you ?

Celebrate your wife, fiance, aunties an sisters today.

Signed;
Prof Kay.