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PROFILE OF PROF BEB NWOKE

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PROFILE OF PROF BEB NWOKE

Born on June 27, 1954 at Umuariam, Obowo LGA in Imo State, Nigeria, Prof. Bertram Ekejiuba Bright Nwoke was a pioneer student of Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu where he obtained OND (Science Laboratory Technology) in 1975. He was also a pioneer student of University of Jos where he obtained B.Sc. (Zoology) Second Class Upper Division in 1979. As the first best graduating student of Zoology, University of Jos gave him scholarship in 1980 to pursue MSc degree (Applied Entomology & Parasitology), a programme supported by WHO Geneva and he graduated in 1981. With an excellent MSc degree, Prof Nwoke went back to University of Jos for a PhD (Medical Parasitology & Entomology) and graduated in 1987. He has Certificate in Total Quality Management – a course designed and sponsored by the Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Atlantic Georgia USA in 1997. He is computer literate.
Prof. B. E. B. Nwoke started his academic career in 1981 at the Etiti Campus of Imo State University Nigeria as an Assistant Lecturer. Nine years later, in 1990, he was promoted to the position of Associate Professor; and in 1994, he was promoted to the position of Professor of Public Health Parasitology and Entomology. His teaching and research areas include Public Health Parasitology, Ecology and Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Pest and Disease Management, Public Health Entomology, Impact Assessment of Parasitic Disease’s Control,
and Environmental Impact Assessment.

Prof. B. E. B. Nwoke is Scientist of International repute. A former Acting Vice Chancellor of Imo State University Owerri, Nigeria and Consultant to many international organizations like WHO, UNICEF, Global 2000 Carter Centre, Atlanta, States and Federal Governments. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow of WHO; Bill Gates Lymphatic Support Centre at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Distinguished Scientist of the Middle States African Association, West Virginia State University USA, Distinguished Scientist of the Federal Ministry of Health in recognition of his pioneering efforts in River Blindness Control in Nigeria.
He has severally served in several administrative positions. These include the pioneer Head of the Department, 2 times Coordinator of School of Biological Sciences, 4 times Dean, Faculty of Science, 2 times Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 5 times member of Imo State University Governing Council. Other positions include 2  times Board member of Imo State University Teaching Hospital, pioneer Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Acting Vice-Chancellor of Imo State University.
Prof Nwoke has strongly contributed to academic leadership and growth as well as stimulated superior and excellent research and learning in the University. He is a postgraduate external examiner to 8 Nigerian Universities and has internally assessed more than 50 professional colleagues for the position of Professor. He has successfully supervised more than 160 undergraduate projects, 61 MSc, 11 MPH and 47 PhD Theses.
Relevant and distinguished in his field of study, Prof Nwoke belongs to 8 national and international learned/academic societies including the Parasitology and Public Health Society of Nigeria, Zoological Society of Nigeria, Entomological Society of Nigeria and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London. He has attended and participated in about 75 major national and international conferences, workshops or symposia, presenting over 80 academic and professional papers. With an impeccable probity and integrity, Prof. Nwoke has attracted and successfully completed (with colleagues) at least 17 institutional, national and/or international operational Research and Development (R&D) grants.
Currently, he has to his credit 180 academic and professional publications/works made up of  book chapters, book, edited books, technical reports and articles in peer reviewed journals in Nigeria, Germany , United Kingdom, Japan, USA, Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan, Poland, Czech, India, Scotland, Switzerland, Cameroon, etc.
He is an internationally highly sought after speaker in Ethics, Vision Management, public sector entrepreneurship, Leadership and youth development.
Prof. B. E. B. Nwoke is widely travelled. During his TDR/WHO Geneva Post-doctoral Fellow on Advance Epidemiological Field Research Training at World Health Organization (WHO) River Blindness Control in West Africa, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.    Jan 1990-Jan 1991, he carries out field studies in Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea Bissau, Togo, and Benin Republic. As WHO Consultant for Africa on Rapid Epidemiological Mapping of Onchocerciasis (REMO), Prof. Nwoke carried out research and worked with national teams of Uganda, Chad, Liberia, Central Africa Republic, Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, Gabon, Malawi, Ghana, Kenya, Southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Tanzania and Mozambique.

Prof. B. E. B. Nwoke is a fully packaged, lively and God-fearing person. He is a man with impeccable probity and integrity; a man with very impressive biomedical ingenuity, a man who cherishes humility, transparency, honesty and due proces

SA to the Imo State Governor on Chaplaincy Affairs endorse Arise Afrika

Ikechukwu Anyanwu
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L-R Onyi -Arise Afrika Tv, Iyke – Publisher & Krietive Chuks

Ik Anyanwu with Daddy Rev Dr Bumi Babs   


SA to Imo State Governor on Chaplaincy Affairs endorses Arise Afrika as the body sets to Unveil its publication on 26th Nov with the vision to educate, equip and empower for the future.
Raise the beautiful continent of Africa one information at a time . and promoting and recreating our ethical and moral values, blaze a trail in news update and promote tourism and culture. 
Arise Afrika hosts Mr & Miss Tourism Imsu as the winner is set to become Next Face of Rise Africa Magazine.
This organization has broken yet another record as the first time Imo state University winner of a beauty pageant would get the opportunity for a trip abroad among other fabulous prizes

Ikechukwu Anyanwu of Arise Afrika

Rev Dr Bumi Babs – SA to Governor proudly endorses Arise Afrika Magazine

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This was revealed by Ik Anyanwu in his media chat and press release leading to unveiling of Arise Africa. The event will begin on Sat 26th Nov at Rockview Hotels will be declared opened remark by Commissioner of Commerce and Industry Hon High Chief Engr Chidi Ibeh. There would be Runway show, Cultural display, Talkshow, Comedy and lots of entertainment.

The event will peak with Public lecture delivered by Prof Adaobi Obasi – Ag VC Imo State University, Rev fr Prof Philip Ogbonna, Rev Dr Bumi Babs, Dr Mercy Ogbodo, Pst Obi Iwuchukwu, Pst Kacy Okwulehie, Simple Ugorji, Hon Marcel, Dr Linus Okorie, Mr Ken Obiakor and lots of panelist/discussants.

Expected Guest includes: HE Owelle Anayo Rochas Okorocha, HE Okezie Ikpeazu,  Her Excellency Nneoma Rochas Okorocha, Guest of Honour: Hon Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, Rt Hon Ugonna Ozuruigbo, Hon Dcn Chike Okafor, Senator Ben Uwajumogu, Senator Hope Uzodinma, Senator Sam Anyanwu, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu,   High Chief Emeka Inyama, Chief Nnamdi Anyaehie, Hon Tony Offiah (Chairman/CEO Rennys) , Mazi Jude Nwosu (MD Crunchies)  and lots of other special guests.

Lots of Important  Music  personalities are expected, alongside winnners of various categories of Awards at Imo @ 40 commemorative lecture and Community development and award.

5 DAYS COUNTDOWN TO UNVEILING OF ARISE AFRIKA: WHY DO YOU EXIST? … IT\’S MORE THAN A MAG.. IT\’S A REVOLUTION

Ikechukwu Anyanwu
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Today I was privileged to share with Team Arise Afrika prelude to Unveiling proper which is 5 days from today,.
Lots of questions were thrown up and answered as we countdown to the this great event . The most important one is \”WHY DO YOU EXIST?\” amongst others.
As we count down to the unveiling it\’s important to note that this is more than a just a Mag, it\’s a revolution. Its a movement. It\’s definitely going to be out of this world. We will raise the beautiful continents of Africa one information at a time.
The pride and center of Heartland has never known anything like  this. Do well to witness it fist hand. Epoch making, paradigm shifting and trail blazing event like this is better experienced than told.

Below  was shared with Team Arise Afrika. Join us for a robust intellectual experience at Rockview Hotels on Sat 26th November 2016. Time 12 noon prompt.

WHY DO YOU EXIST

\”It\’s not death that most people are scared of. It is getting to the end of life. Only to discover that you never truly lived. According to a motivational speaker \” There was a study done of 130 elderly people on their sick bed. Facing death, close to their last breath. They were asked to reflect about their life\’s biggest regret. Nearly all of them said, they regretted not the things they did but the things they didn\’t do. The risks they never took. The dreams they didn\’t pursue. I ask you would your last words be \” If only I had…\”
Hey you …\”WAKE UP\” why do you exist. Life is not meant to simply work wait for the weekend and pay rent. I don\’t know much but I know this, everybody in this world has a gift. And I apologize to the black community. But I can no longer pretend. Martin Luther King? That man never had a dream. THAT DREAM HAD HIM. People dont choose dreams. Dreams chose them. So the question am getting to is do you have the courage to grab the dream that picked you. That befits you that grips you r will you let it get away and slip through.


You know I learnt a fact about airplane the other day. Now this was so surprising. I was talking to a pilot and he told me many of his passengers think planes are dangerous to fly in but he said it is more dangerous for plane to stay on the ground. I said, \”What? Like, how does that sound?\’ well he said because on the ground the plane starts to RUST, MALFUNCTION and WEAR out more faster that it ever would if it was in the air. As I walked away, I thought \”yeah makes total sense\” because Planes were built to stay in the skies. And every person was built to live out the dream they have inside. So it is, perhaps the saddest loss to live the life on the ground without ever taking off.
See must of us are afraid of the thief that comes in the night to steal our things. But there is a thief in your mind who is after your dreams his name is doubt. If you see him call the cops and keep him away from the kids. Because he is wanted for murder. For he has killed more dreams than failure ever did. He wears many disguises and like a virus, will leave you blinded, divided and turn you into a \”kinda\”. See Kinda is lethal, You know what a kinda is , there is a lot of kinda people. You kinda want a career change. You kinda want to get straight As. You kinda want to get in shape. It\’s a simple match no numbers to crunch. If you kinda want something.then you will kinda get the results you want. What is your dream? What ignites that spark? You can\’t kinda want that. You gotta want it with every part of your whole heart. Will you struggle? Yeah, yeah. You will struggle. No way around it. You will fall many times but who is counting. Just remember there is no such thing as a smooth mountain. If you want to make it to the top then there are sharp ridges that must be stepped over. There will be times you get stressed and things you get depressed over but let me tell you something. Steven Speilberg was rejected from film school three times. Three times, but he kept going. The television executives fired Oprah Winfred that she wasn\’t fit for TV but she kept going. critics told Beyonce that she couldn\’t sing. She went through depression but she kept going. STRUGGLE & CRITICISM are prerequisites for greatness. That is the law of this universe and no one escapes it. Because pain is life. But you can choose what type. Either the pain on the road to success or the pain of being haunted with regret.
Do you want my advice, don\’t think twice. We have all been give a gift and that is called life so don\’t blow it. You are not defined by your past. Instead, you are born anew in each moment. So own it NOW. Sometimes you got to leap and grow your wings on the way down. You better get the shot off before the clock runs out. Because ain\’t no overtime in life. No do over and I know I sound like I\’m preaching or speaking with force But if you dont use your gift you sell not only yourself but the whole world. So what invention do you have buried in your mind. What idea, what cure, what skill do you have inside to bring out to this universe? Uni = One Verse= Song. You have a part to play in this song. So grasp that microphone and be brave. Sing your heat out on life\’s stage. You can not go back and make a brand new beginning.  But you can start now and make a brand new ending.

ORIGINAL AUTHOR: OMELETO
Commented on by : Ik Anyanwu

Business Sense and Thinking Beyond You

Ikechukwu Anyanwu
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Business Sense and Thinking Beyond You.
It\’s ok to be seek for personal gains and fame of your firm but it\’s of utmost importance that every entrepreneur or would-be entrepreneur  should think about his chosen business or initiative more as a gift to the entire world which he or she has been made a custodian of rather than just an idea for personal aggrandizement.
This is a mindset of big-time business people and inventors.  It\’s far better to start in time to think of how the world can benefit from what you have to offer rather than centering your thoughts on what the world has to offer to benefit from what you have.
When your business sense primarily focuses on adding value before taking value from society,  then you will make decisions that will stand the test of time and test of greed.

Secondly you must have to think beyond your time.  What will become of the firm you are building in the next 20 year,  then the next 50 years,  then the next 100 years.
Is your business just to exist as long as you live or will it continue for generations to come?
Thinking in this perspective will enable you frame your firm around certain core values and objectives that will stand firm in winds and in storms.
For a business or brand to last for decades  or centuries after the founder is gone,  one major value it must be built on us integrity.
Integrity is forged in the fire of truthfulness and consistency.  Truth can be buried, attacked,  libelled, slandered against,  kicked and ridiculed but at the end of all these,  truth will still survive and will become stronger and shine brighter each time.
By consistency,  I don\’t mean remaining stagnant on outdated ways of doing things.  I mean,  if you are known for making the best bread is town,  don\’t ever make good bread.
Another major value a business that will thrive beyond you must have is Satisfaction of all clients (as much as possible).  One fully satisfied client is better than 10 unsatisfied clients… In the long run.
This is very important to take note of especially for young entrepreneurs who might be lucky to get overwhelmed by rush of clients at the beginning of their business.
They might rush the job or deliver goods that are not satisfactorily done all in the bid to attend to all the customers in a short time and seemingly prove your speed.
In as much as speed of completion is complimented,  it is better you take your time to deliver a satisfactory or even excellent service or good than to rush and deliver something the client will frown at.
Recap:
Make sure your business is built to serve the masses first before serving your bank account.  But remember your bank account also.
Map out value system that can ensure your business will last beyond you.  That\’s if you deem it necessary.  You can start with building the business around integrity.
Who wrote this?  Anaturuchi Iroapali 

Where can you find this? Arise Afrika Magazine

Imo Tops Annual Jamb application List

Ikechukwu Anyanwu
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Imo Tops Annual Jamb application List
The Register/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (Jamb) Prof, Is-had Olayede, has said that Imo State has been on top of the board’s application since 2012.
Prof Olayode spoke yesterday in Owerri, the Imo State capital when he visited Governor Rochas with his team.
The Jamb Chief, who was in the state for the boards second Technical committee meeting for the admission to tertiary institutions noted that in 2012, Imo Stat had 123,865 applications to stay on top of the table, followed by Delta State with 88,876
He recalled that in 2013, the state recorded 134,610 followed by Delta State again with 101610 applications
Oloyede said Imo State, last year recorded 104,382 applications to maintain first position while Delta State came second with 78,856 application. 

This year, the JAMB chief said that Imo State got 104,383 followed by Delta with 78,854
The Jamb registrar regretted that despite the developments, Imo State has only three universities while Ogun and Osun states had 14 and eight,
Oluyede said the state did not have sufficient number of universities to accommodate its multitudes of candidates.
The JAMB chief said the state’s free education programme might be the reason for its unbeatable record in JAMB applications in the last five years.
HE urged Okorocha to encourage the establishment of private universities in the state. Okorocha assured that the state would sustain its free education programme  at all cost. Adding that more resources would be provided for the sector.

Ik Anyanwu urges South East youths to be agents of Change as Arise Afrika is Unveiled

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Ik Anyanwu urges South East youths to be agents of Change as Arise Afrika is Unveiled  
A social commentator and publisher of Arise Afrika Magazine,  IK Anyanwu has urged South East youths to be agents of Change. 
The leadership blogger, event / media Consultant  and Human Resources Specialist, made the call during Imo at 40 commemorative Lecture held at Concorde Hotel Owerri. He called on the 
youths to become self reliant instead of  looking for white collar jobs. This is coming at the heels of the official launch of Arise Afrika Magazine which would be unveiled on the 26th of  November at Rock View Hotel as w
youths from the south east has lend their support towards the success of the event which will be attracting participation of high profile guests, from across the south east.
He called on youth involvement and active participation in developing their talents instead of looking for white collar jobs that are nonexistent, due to the harsh economic conditions in the country. The launch would also be a platform to brain storm, which will include cultural exhibitions, African Fashion show, Comedy, Talk show,
 As Arise Afrka Magazine is unveiled to the general public. A civic gathering will be held to feature technocrats, educationists, captains of industries, civil society leaders , opinion molders and the general society in a discussion that will that will elicit thinking for self sustenance.  
The theme: Analysing the future of south east socio-political persuasion in today\’s Nigeria; the way forward will be on Arise Afrika Magazine.
Topic for discussion at the unveiling *Power of Vision & Enterprise, Thiniking beyound you
 Speakers at the launch includes
 Prof Mrs Adaobi Obasi (Vc Imsu) Rev Fr Prof Philip Ogbonna *Prof **Prof OC NWAORGU *Prof Chidi Osuagwu *Dr. Linus Okorie,** Pst Obi Iwuchukwu,** Pst KC Okwulehie,
Guest of Honour Includes:
 Hon  Ugwumba Uche Nwosu – Chief Of Staff to the Governor
 Rt Hon Ugonna Ozuruigbo – Deputy Speaker Imo State House Of Assembly
 Hon Engr Chidi Ibeh – Hon. Comm. For Commerce and ,Industry. 
Special guests of honor; His Excellency Rochas Okorocha & Her Excellence Nneoma Rochas Okorocha
 Distinguished Guest: Senator Ben Uwajumogu, Senator Hope Uzodinma, Senator Sam Anyanwu, Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, Hon Dcn Chike Okafor
Side Attractions: Fashion Show, Mr & Miss Tourism RunwayShow, Cultural displays, Comedy, Talkshow, Music by noteable artists. 
Dontt miss out. 
For participation: Pls call 08037512288

Vision Management by Ikechukwu Anyanwu

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Vision Management
\”The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart, this you will build your life by and this you will become” Anonymous
Yesterday, I trained some of my team on Arise Africa I spoke to them as part of my goal in life to develop and raise effective leaders in various fields of life without cost. Here are some of the excerpts   

Why are we here today? It\’s all about People…. Leadership… Vision Management.      
Quality people differentiate good companies from mediocre ones. Intellectual capital and emotional capital (the discretional effort of motivated staff) are now the key measures today.
Let me begin with some quotable quotes.
“I am not a genius. I am only passionately curious” Albert Estienne
What are you curious about? What is that thing that gives you joy and satisfaction the most. Build your life around that. Your success lies in that. That is why you must enjoy your work and not endure your work.
“The illiterate of the future is not the person who cannot read but the person who does not want to learn”
It’s important we learn how to manage our visions in life. That is why Fresh Minds Academy was established some years back. We are here to learn on so as to take our chance when it comes.
According to one of the greatest American President Abraham Lincom, he said  “ I will study , learn and get ready perhaps my chance will come”
His chance came. Yes or no?

What is the Vision of your life? What is the vision of your business?
To understand the above, one need to understand what vision is.
The empires of the future are empires of the mind “ Winston Churchhil
Where there is no vision the people perish  Proverbs 29:18
What is vision?                     
DEFINITION OF VISION
  • The power of sensing with the eyes, sight
  • The act or power of anticipating that which will or mau come to be: Prophetic vision, the vision of entrepreneur.
  • An experience in which a personage, thing or event appears vividly or credibly to the mind, although not actually present, often under the influence of a devine or other agency.
  • A vivid imaginative conception or anticipation . visions of wealth and glory.
“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be. Your ideal is their prophecy of what you shall at last unveil”
. James Allen
 \”A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done\”  Ralph Lauren
 I will like to share with you the story about the man who started the Disney world. He had this wonderful vision of Disney world and described it vividly to the wife, all  he had in mind about the project. Unfortunately, he died before the commissioning of the biggest project of his life. A man on the occasion said how he wished that Disney has seen this wonderful work before he could go on, the wife intercepted. He saw it from the very beginning  before we all are gathered here today. my husband saw it
 \”The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart, this you will build your life by and this you will become\”
There is a great relationship between vision and mission.
Vision differs from but complements Mission and philosophy.
Mission: States the basic purpose of the organization, defines it\’s relationships to other organizations and sets objectives
Vision : vision builds on mission statement to describe the future size, shape of the organization
Vision sets specific goals, drives and guide actions to achieve these goals
“A person who has vision constantly has a picture of how things should be which ultimately leaves him with mental guidance /direction. On the other hand, a person who lacks vision dwells only on the immediate and often lacks the energy and courage to pursue the ideal” Prof BEB Nwoke
A visionless person lacks the drive and can not work towards a long term advancement or stability.
“The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but has no vision” Helen Keller.
Vision And Perception :
if you want to be effective businessman you got to be a person with vision
Be an eagle!
Lesson from the Eagle According to Erudite Scholar Prof. BEB Nwoke
* The monarch of the sky
* The perfect flying machine
* In aerodynamics, wonder of the sky, king of the birds
*Eagle-eyed persons are capable of seeing to a great distance
*They are focused.
* Effective businessman are focused.
* Keep their mind on the task at hand and very good at the job.
*They are not distracted like the Eagle
* They are strategic in approach.
Check out how the Eagle soars – the highest height
Not like the vulture, the scavenger that does not distinguish between the good and the bad.
The company I manage has a vision
Our Vision: To be among the best Quick Service Restaurant in Nigeria and beyond
Our  Mission : To make our customers love Rennys through adherence to industry best practices anchored on the principle of quality products, Quality service by Quality people in a quality environment.
I am so glad to be a part of that vision. As an employee I understand that vision and it has become a passion for me.
I tell you the progress of the company and also that your business depends on the employee.
so you must make everyone who is part of your business to have a proper understanding of your vision, mission, values
A vision you don\’t understand, you can not actualize
Write it down. place it on strategic location of your business.
Show loyalty and devotion
Provide customers with the best product and services at all times
Taking you back a little…
We (Rennys) opened operations on October 2004
Between then and now. several fast foods that opened up in exactly same locations has closed up
The difference is one has a vision. The others don\’t
Benefits of vision management.
It helps you and your team to have a sense of ownership, sense of belonging or being a part of a great future.
Vision creates the big picture!
They will by the understanding of your vision, develop a high standard of productivity.
They will take personal care of all machinery, tools, material
They will provide the whole of their time, energy and ability to further the interest of your company
They will cooperate and work in harmony with other employees, management
They will be willing to give constructive suggestion for the improvement of process, efficiency and working conditions
In managing your business, it is quite important for you to ensure everyone keys in
It\’s either you shape in or you  shape out!
Instill discipline
Discipline :  Training of mind and character. A mode of life and character in accordance to rules and regulations
Disciplinary procedures should be put in place to ensure that discipline permeates the whole strata.
This is premised on the notion that if your staff are well disciplined by abiding to the stipulated company rules and regulations, the organization would achieve it\’s objectives and VISION
Another important aspect is performance management.
what do you understand by performance appraisal?
 It\’s a very important aspect that you shouldn’t neglect
Reviewing performance requires one follows a process
1. Planning
* setting goals. Communicating these objectives
When you set goals, you commit to outcomes that you can accomplish personally or through your team
Goal setting creates a long term vision for your people and provides motivation to get you there.
Why do we set goals?
By setting goals and measuring their Achievements you can : a. focus on what is most important to accomplish on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis
b. Provide a unified direction for your team
c. Achieve more and devote less energy to non critical tasks
d. Motivate your team and boasts it\’s overall job satisfaction
Just imagine a football field without a goal post…
Your goals must meet the requirements of SMART
S = specific  M=measurable A=achievable R=realistic  T=Time bound
2. Follow up : monitoring performance against goals.  Providing support and encouraging improvement
The focus of the reviews should be on How to raise performance and improve effectiveness
it should involve : Reviewing,  Discussing,  Confirming the staff tasks, objectives & Standards
You can achieve the unimaginable in that your business if you set your mind to it.
\”I am only one. but still I a one. I can\’t do everything but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do\”  Helen Keller
Helen Keller (1880 – 1968)
Awarded Presidential medal of freedom in US at the age of 84 yrs
Nominated to Women Hall of Fame at New York World fair at age 84
Renowned author and writer
Conducted world motivational talks through Japan, Australia, South America, Europe and Africa
Who was Helen Keller?
Born normal child 27 JUNE 1880
Fell ill at 19 months and became deaf blind
Learned writing spelling of things on her palm and later with use of brail
1st deaf blind to enroll in an institution of Higher learning
Retired from public speaking at 81 due to failing health
Died peacefully at 88 years
Helen philosophy : “the blind man is neither a genius nor a freak nor an idiot. He has a mind that can be educated, a hand which can be trained, ambitions which is right for him to thrive and realize”
If Hellen Keller can achieve all she did above in her condition and at her age. Then you can even do better.
So go Ahead
Be that great person God has called you to be!
Thanks for your time

12 Points For Wives To Note

Ikechukwu Anyanwu
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12 Points For Wives To Note
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1. The wife that wins all arguments with her husband is not wise. The home is not a law court.
2. The wife that uses sex as a weapon in the home – placing embargo, going to bed in jeans shorts and trousers – lacks wisdom.
3. The wife that uses the modern trends and laws of \”women\’s rights\” to insult or ridicule her husband simply makes a fool of herself.
4. A woman that makes her home devoid of peace through bickering, nagging and quarrels needs help. A man should be eager to run away from office to be at home, for that should be the safest and coziest place on earth for him.


5. Modern-day equality in marriage does not mean competition. It simply means partnership. Taking advantage of such equality to turn around and become the de facto head of the home and oppress the man is tantamount to playing with fire. If you destroy your home, soon you will be the boss of an empty home.
6. A wise wife makes the man feel so good that he assumes that he is the head. Once he gets that feeling, the woman gently wields her power and the head actually turns to wherever the neck wants without a protest.
7. A wife that does not pull herself away from friends\’ influence and advice or even from the control of her mother and father will have herself to blame.
8. When a man is looking for a wife, he bypasses women of different shapes and sizes to choose a wife. But soon after childbirth, many women hide under the excuse of childbirth to let go of themselves.
Many stop bothering about their looks, shape, dressing, etc. Within 5 years of marriage, people start wondering if the wife is the man\’s aunt, even though she is 7 years younger.
Her defence is that if he truly loves her, he should love her the way she is.
But when looking for a wife, he saw people like the present YOU and ignored
them and settled for the former YOU. Today, you go to bed smelling of onions
and ogiri. You go to bed wearing grandmothers\’ clothes. Why are you playing
with your marriage? Love is not about looks – we know. But looks enhance
love and marriage. There is a difference between someone disfiguring herself
and the person being disfigured by an accident. Please don\’t be complacent.
As hard as it may be, work on looking like you were when he first saw you
and began the chase.
9. If every night you are tired, sleepy, sore, down with headache or fever, \”not in the mood,\” you are a joker, a serious comedian!
10. If your children suddenly become more important to you than your husband, you need prayers.
11. If you assume that as the woman, only you need to be pampered and
fussed over while the man is a stone that has no emotions, you need to be
pitied.
12. A woman that has the mind of a wife does not excite her husband. Wives are usually complacent and presumptuous. A wife must strive to have the mind of a girlfriend. A girlfriend is always nicer, sweeter, more loving and always thinking of ways to wow her sweetheart; a girlfriend does not try to win all arguments, does not call the man a \”useless man\”, is not careless about her looks or dressing, always smiles and laughs with the man, sends the man sweet messages and calls, etc.
Are you your husband\’s girlfriend in word and in deed?
Now That you have read this, please SHARE to educate others.
They need to read it too, don\’t be selfish.

Business Sense and Thinking Beyond You.

Ikechukwu Anyanwu
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Business Sense and Thinking Beyond You.
It\’s ok to be seek for personal gains and fame of your firm but it\’s of utmost importance that every entrepreneur or would-be entrepreneur  should think about his chosen business or initiative more as a gift to the entire world which he or she has been made a custodian of rather than just an idea for personal aggrandizement.
This is a mindset of big-time business people and inventors.  It\’s far better to start in time to think of how the world can benefit from what you have to offer rather than centering your thoughts on what the world has to offer to benefit from what you have.
When your business sense primarily focuses on adding value before taking value from society,  then you will make decisions that will stand the test of time and test of greed.

Secondly you must have to think beyond your time.  What will become of the firm you are building in the next 20 year,  then the next 50 years,  then the next 100 years.
Is your business just to exist as long as you live or will it continue for generations to come?
Thinking in this perspective will enable you frame your firm around certain core values and objectives that will stand firm in winds and in storms.
For a business or brand to last for decades  or centuries after the founder is gone,  one major value it must be built on us integrity.
Integrity is forged in the fire of truthfulness and consistency.  Truth can be buried, attacked,  libelled, slandered against,  kicked and ridiculed but at the end of all these,  truth will still survive and will become stronger and shine brighter each time.
By consistency,  I don\’t mean remaining stagnant on outdated ways of doing things.  I mean,  if you are known for making the best bread is town,  don\’t ever make good bread.
Another major value a business that will thrive beyond you must have is Satisfaction of all clients (as much as possible).  One fully satisfied client is better than 10 unsatisfied clients… In the long run.
This is very important to take note of especially for young entrepreneurs who might be lucky to get overwhelmed by rush of clients at the beginning of their business.
They might rush the job or deliver goods that are not satisfactorily done all in the bid to attend to all the customers in a short time and seemingly prove your speed.
In as much as speed of completion is complimented,  it is better you take your time to deliver a satisfactory or even excellent service or good than to rush and deliver something the client will frown at.
Recap:
Make sure your business is built to serve the masses first before serving your bank account.  But remember your bank account also.
Map out value system that can ensure your business will last beyond you.  That\’s if you deem it necessary.  You can start with building the business around integrity.
Who wrote this?
My name is Anaturuchi Iroapali (GreenBrain).

AN X-RAY OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ……..A citadel of failed expectations

Ikechukwu Anyanwu
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AN X-RAY OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
……..A citadel of failed expectations
 
The root in the Local Government has necessitated and legitimized any genuine effort by any state government to redress the shame in the existence of the councils in the states.
These local government councils have constantly failed to live up to the expectation of their mandate in making sure that people at the grassroots feel the impact of the government in measurable terms.

Local governments have been hijacked by so called powerful individuals who claim to be leaders and spokesmen who have invariably become De facto owners to whom these local governments have been ceded. They are known to be doubtful philanthropist who claims to have the masses at their beck and call. This is their greatest trump card for deceit.
Governments without the right discernment have trusted the chameleonic utterances of such leaders  by allowing them  manipulate the party machinery in such a way that Local government chairmen and councilors must be produced through their endorsement if they are to win section election called elections where the electoral process denies the electorate their legitimate mandate.
The so called TC chairmen are therefore reduced to mere robots and stooges  that must take instruction from such leaders.
These leaders have place the Local government under siege, the traditional rulers who are supposed to fight and ensure the wellbeing of their subject once they collect their allowances, they retire to their urban and rural places unaware of the insecurity, tax evasion and mismanagement in their local governments areas because they are cajoled into believing that they will live forever.
In situations where their utterances and resolutions can bring about positive changes, their votes are eclipsed in a conspiracy of silence typical of no mans land.
Party leaders of all descriptions and stake holders in a desperate swinish scramble to reap where they did not sow: gather in the councils at the arrival of local government federal allocations to have their chare of the national cake.  Council officials are not left out f the game as they are known to award contracts to themselves and sublet same to close friends whose sharp practices lead to abandonment of contracts, revalidation and profit sharing to that at the end of the day, huge funds have been salted away without any tangible evidence of work one after making council workers millionaires. No wonder why council workers resist deployment under the guise of autonomy of the establishment. This is the local government for you across the country.
It is unfortunate that the masses have continued in vain to hope against hope as promises by local government bosses, whether elected or appointed have become the Sunday – Sunday medicine” In episodic, repetitive and puerile tough pronouncements ranging from carrying everybody along; warning against gossip; absenteeism; open administration; teamwork and payment of outstanding allowances; to dealing firmly with nonconformists.
This has been the order of the day at the inception of any administration while the workers applaud as the “soldier comes and goes”
Professional praise singers will then take over and consummate the orgy of unrealizable manifesto and verbal dividends of democracy.
Invariably there is a rapid return to status quo to organize useless seminars  and workshops on nothing to give the despondent apathetic workforce a sense of belonging. How can the masses anticipate any good from their local governments where chairmen share the allocations from their hotel rooms after which they disappear and make occasional pilgrimages to their council offices only to explain their absence with doubtful meeting at the government house.
Some dry season, strategic roads are graded to rake up dust to justify sacrilegious expenditure instead of making them motor able.
Cottage industries to create employment are often promised to the rural dwellers but these are not in the agenda of local government councils as funds have been spent upfront on frivolities.
Any community that wants portable drinking ware will buy or sink her own boreholes. Mediocre supervisory councilors clad in administrative ineptitude end up serving visitors all in the offices instead of initiating positive proposals to generate revenuer to make the councils visible.
Take a trip to any local government headquarters and weep over grave yard silence, dilapidated infrastructures, unkempt weedy environment that reminds you of war torn establishments. The publicity hungry honorable chairman mortgagees the meager remnants of council funds to the electronic and print media to enhance his noisy vulgarity. Inundate him with chieftaincy titles and see how vain he is.
Go to the local government council to pay any fee and discover that government receipts are not available. Revenue generation is utterly neglected unless it is geared towards enriching the collector.
The concept of local governed have become a misnomer, phantons and painted sepulchers where state legislators are known to collect their own share of the funds from the Local Government they represent in addition to their entitlements. Local government  councils have symbolized a catena of failed expectations as ghost civil servants in some local government from where they collect monthly allowances. Every incoming administration makes frantic efforts to engage revolving ghost workers to give sense of belonging to relations irrespective of establishment procedures not adhered to. This shame goes on ad-infinitum.
Environmental sanitation and disposal of refuse have defied solution and beyond the competence of chairman in urban areas because the fat allocations have made them so intellectually morbid that they chose to hide under the cover of state governments.
People’s money are store away by political office holders for more political exploit in futures. The local government are nor left out in such guests instead of serving the masses. There is therefore need for a new paradym shift. Mature and seasoned individuals with clean public service records should serve as chairmen and councilors of local government to render selfless service to the people, instead of traders and baby aspirants fresh from school.
These should not be imposed on the people under any guise as they easily fail prey to praise singers, deceptive bill boards and assaults. We need chairmen and councilors who know their bearing and commitment t to the people not protégés of God fathers and glorified chief clerks put up for window dressing as executive chairmen. The sole administrator or whatever name they may be called as occasion and circumstance demand should settle down to work according to the dictates of law. They should not be cajoled into feeling that they are better as round pegs in round holes or more qualified than those not appointment. They should realize that their appointment is an opportunity to render selfless service, to the people instead of those responsible for their appointment under the guise of Nigerian factor.
On a more serious note, the Community Development Initiative should be seen as s revolutionary departure from the statuesque. It is aimed correcting the debilitating endemic wrongs of the past, provided the operators will not betray the trust like lions in sheep clothing. It should be endorsed and supported by all for introducing grassroot participatory democracy in practical terms. If the local government system is to serve its purpose in this country instead of being waste pipes
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