I wish people knew you like I do
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How upset you get when you see children who should be in school, hawking
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How you cried when you read in the papers that over 85% of children who wrote the 2007 WAEC & NECO exams failed
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You didn’t need to care, they weren’t your kids.
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In 2008, you did something about it. You launched Project RAISE (Revive Academic excellence In Schools & Educational institutions)
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You trained 51K public secondary school students writing WAEC and NECO & over 4K teachers in Oyo State for 2 weeks in 2008 FOR FREE. .
Your intervention took Oyo State from #28 to #4 in one year (2008-2009)
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Then you did it in 3 other states until the governments put politics above the kids education
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In 2009, we drove by Mushin on a way from a training & you mentioned how giving a facelift to the houses would make a difference to the people
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That became the Mushin Makeover .
You raised 2K volunteers who painted 294 houses and gave 100 people the opportunity to learn how to paint.. ALL FOR FREE
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From October 2005 to October 2008, every 3rd Sat of the month, you trained thousands who wanted to learn the art of public speaking FOR FREE. .
That was Speakers Corner
In 2010, you raised over 100 volunteer teachers to train over 4K public secondary school students across schools in Lagos & bought over 4K math sets & 4 figure tables because they didn’t have any.
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In 2010, you gave away 17K copies of your book: 17 Secrets of High Flying Students for FREE
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Since 2012, you shut down your profitable consulting business & shifted your focus to only nation building at GREAT PERSONAL COST, building national values & vision to build a New Nigeria to over 300k people
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In 2004, before it became sexy to talk about a #NewNigeria. you’d been sharing the vision of Nigeria being the most desirable nation to live in by Dec 31, 2025
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These fake politicians are 14 years too late. .
I believe in Nigeria because of you
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You’ve done all this without political office
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People think you talk for a living
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They’re mistaken. .you EXECUTE MASSIVE PROJECTS .
You’re a nation builder & Nigeria would be blessed to have you lead us in 2019
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Happy birthday dad
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