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What Future For Nigerian Youth?

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Whenever we talk about the youth, what readily comes to mind is the future of the nation. But with the present crop of youth in the country, can we beat our chest to say that the future is assured? Probably not. This is because the youth of today appear to have lost focus on most important things in life such as being career minded, learning a skill or a trade and most importantly, having Christ in their lives.
Seventy percent of the youth are distracted by inanities of life such as catching fun, not minding what the future holds for them.
Another thing that distracts youth is love. You need to see some young persons when they are in love with someone; they put everything that is important aside and focus on that relationship. They are ready to sacrifice anything for love.
However, the main distraction and perhaps most ridiculous, that is becoming alarming among our youth today is the menace of NAIRA BET. This is becoming a very serious problem within our youth, especially with the guys. They no longer want to engage themselves in meaningful source of income, they depend on Naira Bet to make quick money without sweat.
A guy once told me that playing Naira Bet is better than wasting long hours in the office to collect a peanut at the end of the month; that one good money you win from Naira Bet will cover all the money you can be paid for months at work.
The dawn of Naira Bet has made many youth to lose focus on important things in life. They all want quick money without stress.
Naira Bet has taken the place of hard work in the life of our youth today. If you walk up to any youth on the street and ask what he/she intends to do as a career, you will hardly get any reasonable answer from them. You will often hear things like, “I will do anything as long as it will pay me good money”. They are always after money. None is interested in any specific job or career. They want to eat their cake and have it at the same time. At the end, they constitute nuisance to themselves, their families and to the society at large.
The ones that went to school are sometimes mostly centered on white collar jobs or nothing; not many of them want to be entrepreneurs because they believe that being an entrepreneur requires a lot of hard work.
Something of interest happened some weeks ago. I had the opportunity of talking to some youth about career. The question I asked everyone of them is, what is your career or what do you intend to choose as a career? In response, some of them didn’t even understand what a career is. When I explained, they said, “abegi, who that one go help, I will only do anything that will give me money”.
Even the educated ones among them do not know what to do with their lives. They said they were just in schools just to get the certificate.
This, to me, is pathetic. But how will a nation progress with an ignorant youth? How long will our youth continue to chase shadows?
Azodoh contributes this piece from Port Harcourt.

 

Chinasa Azodoh

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The Wise Woman

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The wise woman builds her home. Mothers are supposed to live exemplary lives. The roles of mothers in the building of the modern Christian home cannot be overemphasized.
The function of the mother is to help the man build the home. She is a helper. A helper to the husband when the man is not doing well. It is important for the wise woman to assist when the man is not able to meet up with the items needed in the home.
A wise woman needs to reference God first and then the husband. Also the wise woman should respect her husband.
Caring for her own children as well as others is very crucial.
Do not despise children from other mothers. Discipline the child who is going the wrong way.
Ensure family bonding, show love and don’t discriminate. Connection with children is very important, especially the females. Find out who is her friend. Also find out the kind of lives they live. Caution, counsel and guide so that they make good partners.
Teaching children the dos and donts should start from birth. Inculcate the word of God in them so that when they grow, will not depart from it.
From the Scripture, some women influenced their families positively. Virgin Mary influenced the world, she never destroyed herself hence she gave birth to Jesus Christ.
Elizabeth, despite her age, God blessed her as she waited patiently.
A wise should curb favouritism in the family and love children equally. Whether a child is your biological child or not, it is necessary to show love equally. Reprimanding the children should be the function of both man and wife.

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The Desire Of Every Woman In Marriage

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Marriage is beautiful when there is love. Before and after marriage, couples show love to themselves. But you discover that after some years, that same love turn to be something else. A lot of people start going through emotional trauma in the hands of their loved spouses.
There are many things the woman desires to keep the love on as far as marriage is concerned.
Women are blesssed with feminine abilities that can be used for good in husbands lives. With your abilities, you can create a marriage that will last till couples get old.
A woman needs
man that is honest,  trustworthy,  nice,  loving and financially stable.
There are no two ways about finance in marriage. No matter the level of love, if there is no reasonable finance,  it is always difficult to manage the home.
Referring to the Biblical belief in Genesis 3: “Your desire  shall be unto you…….. “
What this means is that whatever the woman desires in life shall be provided as far as she performs her role in her home. There are many things  the woman expects her husband to take care of.
A woman wants a husband that is not lazy,  at least helping to do one or two things when he is at home.
A man that is educated and intelligent so that they will transfer such traits to their children.
Knowing that there are traits that her husband has,  traits of taking care of people,  giving freely to people and caring for her family. She expects him to exhibit them.
A woman wants to love a husband that has family interest at heart. A man that spends time with his family,  remembering his family even as he is away from home.
No matter where he finds himself, he is not destracted by external influence. He returns home to his loved ones.
A woman should not antagonise her husband because of one error or the other. No matter the level of offence he may have committed, you still show some love.
According to the Scripture, it is with wisdom that a woman builds her home. As far as he rreturns home, you accept him as your own.
It is not as if the woman will not monitor her husband, but to certain limit.  Don’t be a monitoring spirit.  Don’t allow anything to take your joy.
Don’t loose trust in your husband. The idea of checking your husband’s phone should be discouraged. The more you check your husband and his phone, the more you loose your joy.
You can show some form of jealousy, but to an extent. Cooperation, respect and being honoured from time to time is what the woman desires.
The home should not be a battle ground for a woman and man.  A woman should be able to ask herself if the check on her husband will pay her any good.
Draw a line to a point where you checkmate your husband’s activities.
A woman wants a man that will love her and telling her you love her will be all she desires.

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The Desire Of Every Woman In Marriage

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A woman needs a man that is honest,  trustworthy,  nice,  loving and financially stable.
There are no two ways about finance in marriage. No matter the level of love, If there is no money,  it is always difficult.


Referring to the Biblical belief in Genesis 3:Your desire  shall be unto you……..
That is one aspect  the woman expects her husband to take care of.
A woman wants a husband that is not lazy,  at least helping to do one or two things.   A man that is educated and intelligent.
She knows that there is a trait that her husband has.  Traits of taking care of people,  giving freely to people and caring for her family.
A woman wants to love a husband that has family interest at heart. A man that spends time with his family,  remembering his family even as he is away from home.
A woman should not antagonise her husband because of one error or the other. No matter the level of offence he may have committed, you still show some love.


According to the Scripture, it is with wisdom that the women builds her home.
It is not as if the woman will not monitor her husband, but to certain limit.  Don’t be a monitoring spirit.  Don’t allow anything to take your joy.
Don’t loose trust in your husband.
The idea of checking your husband’s phone should be discouraged. The more you check your husband and his phone, the more you loose your joy.


The home should not be a battle ground for a woman and man.  A woman should be able to ask herself if the check on her husband will pay her any good.
Draw a line to a point where you checkmate your husband’s activities.
A woman wants a man that will love her and telling her you love her will be all she desires.

Eunice Choko-Kayode

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