The major aim of establishing tertiary institutions is to build high-level manpower for national development. It is a place where people acquire the needed tools; social, mental and intellectual skills, which will be required by the beneficiary to become self-reliant and resourceful member of the society. In Nigeria today, there are public universities owned and [...]
I know many Nigerians would wonder who this Mariette I am trying to compare with Miss World is. Let’s cut the suspense and state right away that she is a female, a young girl who probably by virtue of her age, is not reckoned to deserve the same media attention as Agbani Darego who has [...]
Taming the Elders- By Yushau a. Shuaib As one of those teeming Nigerian youths, with the uncertainty of our union staring us in the face, I find it extremely difficult to remain nonchalant in the face of the obvious betrayal, deceit and disappointment the youths have had to contend with today through the unwholesome actions [...]
Being a published Speech Delivered by Yushau A. Shuaib at a farewell dinner for the Final Year Students of Mass Communication Department, Bayero University, Kano. Let me first affirm how honoured I am to be invited to this farewell dinner for the outgoing students of the Mass Communication Department and to be in the midst [...]
The Youths Speal Out – By Yushau A. Shuaib If elders possess the experience, the youth have the energy, if elders are the planners, the youth are the builders, if elders are blessed with the benefit of hindsight, the youth are enriched by foresight, powerful dreams and visions – General Sani Abacha The above articulate [...]
As a corps member serving in Delta State, I feel compelled to comment on the state of the young state. It’s been long I have been planning to communicate you personally but unfortunately, I didn’t have the means of reaching each and every one of you. I then resolved to use this widely read medium. [...]
AFTER NYSC, WHAT NEXT- By Yushau A. Shuaib After the National Youth Service, what next? From here, where next? How long have you been fantasizing and dreaming of your next port of call after putting most of your life in academic pursuit? Would you further your studies, look for an employment or get married? Would [...]
NYSC at Twenty- By Yushau A. Shuaib One, two, three, four, five…twenty years. The National Youth Service Corps scheme is celebrating its 20th anniversary. It has truly matured to a dreamy youth-age being the only youth scheme in the history of this country. It has not been easy threading the path of success and weathering [...]
I know, daddy, how worried you would have been by now for not receiving my letter since the time I departed Kano for Delta State to answer the call to serve my nation through the National Youth Service Corps scheme. Don’t ever think those terrible, nightmarish, unwholesome stories we were fed by unscrupulous elements about [...]
Sir, Frustration and disappointment coupled with other unmanageable psychological conditions stared us on the face as we kept trooping to NYSC Secretariat to lodge complaints of rejection or no-accommodation from the organisation we were posted to serve. Most of us particularly those with nobody to squat with, in the state capital, slept at motor parks, [...]
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