TO OUR PARENTS

This is coming straight to the parents- the older generation, to remind them of their responsibilities as a lamp to show us light in the right direction.This is a few lines to learn from exerpt:

As a parent you should know that your teens need your guidance to help them make the right choices in life and steer them in the right direction. It is up to you to get the rules, enforce the rules and communicate with teens regularly about choices that impact their lives. Every day, teens are faced with multiple decisions, from who to hang out with to whether or not to engage in various activities.

With marijuana (weed or ganja) being the most commonly used drugs among teens, it is important for parents to have an open dialogue and firm rules about marijuana usage and many of the issues that teens encounter. Don’t assume that your teens know or don’t need to be reminded about the risks and negative consequences associated with their actions, particularly when they are bombarded with powerful influences like peer pressure and mixed messages from movies, music (especially when these musicians use weed to feel high before they can perform excellently) and video games.

Today is a good day to remind your teens where you stand. The lines of communication are key, so talk to them. Make your expectations clear – drugs are NOT acceptable. Getting your teens to agree can help then earn your trust, which is something all teens want.

And always remember to keep close tabs on them. They have many influences in their lives and they need you to help them navigate through life and make the right decisions. Know where your teens are and who they’re with. Cell phones have made it easier than ever to just “check in”. This is not saying that you don’t respect their space or don’t trust them. It’s only sending a clear message that you care.

Above all else, you are the number one influence in your teen’s lives so lead by example because your teens are learning from you. Show the teens you love that actions speaks louder than words. Set the rules, Enforce the rules and Talk to your teens about risky behaviours and consequences. Ensure that your teens have a future that is filled with hope and success

And to the smoking –parent folk, there is something called secondhand smoke and it has its own potential danger because inhaling any amount of someone else’s smoke can promote a list of serious health hazards.

These include heart disease, emphysema, lung cancer and other illnesses. Children who include teens are most vulnerable to second hand smoke which contribute to a large extent to bronchitis severe asthma attacks, ear infections, improper lung growth and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Even brief stints around second hand smoke are enough to begin the damaging process that over time can lead to various type of cancer.

To draw the curtain I want to believe that a word is enough for the wise, if you are more than a teenager and has siblings who are still teens, kindly print this out for them, likewise your neighbours with teens in their fold, you could help save a life, a generation and make a deteriorating society sane once more.

Peace!!!!

Plateau the Beautiful

Hi folks,
This is a time to share my experience during my NYSC days in the cold region of Nigeria; Plateau State, a lovely state with wonderful features, rocky and serene landscapes, why not join me take a tour into this land that host the famous Institute of Policy Strategic Studies(NIPSS), where the big wigs always visit to get more beefed up for various leadership roles:

Jos Plateau is on a tropical highland, near the center of Nigeria. The plateau covers an area of about 26,889 sq km and lies at a general altitude of about 1,300 m (about 4,300 ft). It is surrounded by high plains with elevations of between 600 and 900 m (2,000 and 3,000 ft) and consists mainly of deeply eroded remnant volcanic rock, mostly granites.

It shares borders with Benue, Nasarrawa, Kaduna, Taraba Bauchi and Gombe State.
Temperatures in the plateau tend to be 4 Celsius degrees (8 Fahrenheit degrees) cooler than those on the coast, and the average annual rainfall of about 1,300 mm (about 50 in) is considerably higher than that in the surrounding lowland.

The weather is always cold between the months of December and February as a result of the charlatan winds even though the temperature appear highest between march and April, plateau weather remain the coldest though situated in the tropical zone, its temperature climate is nearly equivalent to Europe and the United States of America and this weather condition accounts for the concentration of expatriates in the State compared to other state of the federation.

Headwaters of rivers feeding the Niger River, the Benue River, and Lake Chad radiate from here. The original savanna woodland and forest have been cleared and largely replaced by open grassland and farms. The plateau is known for its waterfalls, several of which have been harnessed to provide power for the region's mining industries.

Alluvial tin and niobium deposits have supported a modern mining and smelting industry in the Jos Plateau since the early 1900s. Mining activities has also brought an influx of whites and Nigerians to the plateau, profoundly changing local societies. During the same period the hill farmers have expanded into the lower elevations. It has a number of minerals resources which can be a catalyst for commercial development such as Cassiterite, Barytes Clay, Columbite, Tin, Gemstones, Galena, Quartz, Felspar and Tantalite.

The state has been rightly described as a miniature Nigeria because it consists of almost all the various tribes or ethnic group of Nigeria. It has over 30 ethnic groups each with a proud cultural heritage with no single group large enough to claim the majority position. Plateau people are accommodating that makes it possible for people of other tribe to live peacefully among the indigenes, some of these indigenes are; Birom, Ngas, Taroc, Goemai, Youm, Rukuba, Kwagalak, Piapung, Buji, Gashish, Chip ,Meryang, Ron-Kulere, Aten, Mwaghavul, Boggohm,Fier, Pyem, Jarawa, Naraguta, Irigwe, Montol, Jarawa, Mushere, Amo and so on. Each ethnic group has its own distinct language but as in every state of the federation English is the official language but Hausa has so much gain acceptability as a medium of communication and might soon overthrow the use of English in Plateau state.

A common feature among the ethnic groups in Plateau state is the strong attachment to dance culture and the performance of festivals, initiation rites and naming ceremonies, religious rituals and ancestral worship. Some of such festivals span through the year and are performed in Pankshin (Pusdung),Mangu(Pus Kaat),Shendam(Bit Goemui), Qua’an Pan(Panyam fishing festival) Local Government Areas of the State .

Cultural festivals include Afizere Culture Festival, Irigwae New year Celebration, Taroc Cultural day, Resettlement day, Goemai day Pu’us kang, Mushere Zarachi Festival, Nzem Berom, Puska at Pusdung, Thaar Cultural Community Festival, Ron Kulere Festival, Bogghom Cultural Festival to mention a few.

Apart from the cultural heritage modern day social life in Plateau state cannot be underemphasized, night life is so wonderful from the club Zero-eleven, to D’Makuba club, Bar Cardi, Zoo view, West of Mines, Stepps and various social centres and joints.

Commercial activities in Jos are always buzzing with the Old Terminus Market, Abuja Market, Kwarafa, Bukuru, Yandoya, Potatoes Market, Fari gada, Katako Market and so on; the cool upland is the only region in Nigeria that permits the cultivation of potatoes. This area is also a center of a dairy industry producing butter and cheese, and other agricultural produce of the state which includes yams, maize, guinea corn, carrot, Tomatoes, Groundnut, cowpea, Pepper, Acha (lunagy rice), Beniseed, Garden eggs, Okro, Cabbage, Beans, and a host of others including Cows, Chicken, Rabbits, and Dogs as livestock. With the emergence of recapitalization virtually all surviving banks has at least one branch in Plateau State.

Plateau state has 17 local Government areas which made up the whole state as a peaceful and a tourist abode, these LGA include: Barkin-Ladi with headquarter in Barkin-ladi, Bassa in Bassa, Bokkos in Bokkos, Jos North in Jos, Jos South in Bukuru, Jos East in Angware, Kanam in Dengi, Kanke in Kwal, Langtan North in Langtan, Langtan South in Mabudi, Mangu in Mangu, Mikang in Tunkus, Pankshin in Pankshin, Quan’pan in Doemak, Riyom in Riyom, Shendam in Shendam, and Wase in Wase.

Tourist attraction in the plateau include Assop falls and Riyom Rocks in Riyom LGA, Kura falls in Barkin-ladi, Wase Rock in Langtan, Kerang Volcano in Mangu, Kahwang Basalt Rocks in Bokkos, Pandam Game Reserve in Quan’pan, Miango river Gorge, Jos Wild-life Park, Rayfield Resort Lake and Shere hills in Jos South, Naraguta Leather works, Jos Museum, Jos Main market and the Lamingo Dam in Jos North LGA.

what more can a man ask for

Hi folks,
Im sorry for the long absence on this forum but its good that im back refreshed and this is so hot and sizzling for the other sexfold.This is simply amazing and a love letter to all your loved ones most especially those you have shared wonderful moments with and you believe those memories are worth preserving. Take a hint from here and appreciate her for her patience, perseverance and unflinching love she has for you from time immemorial:


Honey,
When I think about the man I was before God brought us together, and the man I am today, I am in awe of the distance traveled! When I talk to other husbands and husbands-to-be in the course of my travels, I understand the fear and uncertainty as the conversation invariably turns toward relationships because there is a certain amount of faith involved in the journey.

I want to thank you for having faith in me that I would wake up and begin focusing on you instead of waiting for you to focus on me. I have always seen myself as a “good man” in the back of my mind, but somehow I could never quite get my actions o match up with my words. I just wanted to be trusted and to be trustworthy.

The first things that you helped me to see is the divine order to things; God first, wife second, children third, work fourth and I am fifth. More specifically you taught me it is not about me anymore.

You were patient with me as I learned the value and power of becoming a “servant-leader”. I began to see that God gave only one directive to husbands regarding their wives- “love them”. You helped me to see that if I wanted to be the head of the house then I should lead by being the first to “apologize” and “ask for forgiveness”.

By being who you are you gave me insight to what being the “a mature man” is all about. The mature man can let his wife get the glory”. A mature man is secure in his wife’s love for him even when she is basking in the spotlight while he stands behind the scenes.

And it takes time for a woman to “pray her man into maturity” because the mature man begins to gradually acquire the understanding that oftentimes one has to “give and give and give and give….. in order to get”. The mature man understands that respect is “earned” and not “given”. And he is not undaunted by this “refining process” during those first five years of marriage. The mature man remembers that he got own on one knee and “asked” his then girlfriend to be his wife…….
It is a very difficult process for a man and a woman to get this “understanding” about their roles and begin to look for ways to “do” for the other person. When does that moment happen? When the husband and the wife cease competing with each other, and begin looking for ways to put and keep smiles on each others faces.

Honey, you have taught me to slow down and “change my attitude” you have indeed “helped me meet God”, and for that I will forever be indebted to you.

And finally, I want to thank you for preparing me for fatherhood. I got to know that it is not about the children. “When you get married and have children”, they said “never forget that the children would not be there of not for you and me” they let me know that we must stay focused on our marriage! The primary relationship in life is not parent/child, but husband/wife. Now that the children are here, that the lesson becomes all the more powerful.

There is no such thing as a “perfect marriage”. Men are men and women are women all over the world. Just because we have been blessed to be able to make a living “playing” does not exempt us from having to do the same work every other husband and wife have to do. I just want to thank you for making the decision to work with me.

What more can a man ask?