A few weeks back the whole of Ogbomosho wasalive as people were celebrating the fact that the new governorm of oyo state is from the town.

Ogbomosho is one of the biggest culturally sound towns in Oyo state...,infact it is believed that the town is right after Ibadan (the largest city in Nigeria) in terms of development.

The way the people ofthe town reactedto Governor Akala's behaviour in the Ladoja Adedibu (the Oyo state Godfather) saga was quite interesting. Alot of the the town's people were willing to ignore their principle for the guy and now that he is a governor....the story is begining to bore the people whowereready to defend 'their child' though his part in the problems of the state is obvious

Everyone is running back to the religious circle because strange happenings are now occuring....salaries of workers are tobe slashed to 50% of their original salary and somany unions have gone on strike.

The recent occurrence of armedrobbery attack is a shocking event as theconfidencethe 'GUY' had was astounding. Banks were attacked, policitians killedm and innocent drivers also.

The feeling ofgooing back to God has returned...,l just wondered if we allthought about God when we werebreaking our principle for what l call a "Do mo wa syndrome" ( l wrote about it a few days back but as usual in Ogbomosho there was no light because rain felland hence no access to internet facility'.

Simple put,l would say the syndrome makes us cover the sins of our 'children' and expose that of other.

Now only God can save...and lpray he hears cause we definately didn't consult him on alot of things in this country called Nigeria.
Would this government live up to expectations l am sceptical' lfeel the last government is on annual leave! hmmmm..,l hope l am wrong...but then that is my pesonalopinion.

The air does not just feel right....

Would things change?
Big question

The Youth Development Committee of the Nigeria Internet Group cordially invites you to an interactive session. Following Nigeria’s adoption of the One-Laptop-Per-Child (OLPC) program and subsequent calls for assessment and review of the $100 laptop, the YDC considers it imperative for Nigerian Youth to deliberate on issues related to OLPC and advise the government in that regard. The YDC delivers this session in partnership with Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) which has received a sample of the laptop for evaluation purposes. PIN will coordinate technical and end-user feedback for the $100 laptop within the Youth and Civil Society community in Nigeria. In addition to the evaluation of the $100 laptop, participants of the NIG YDC interactive session will have the opportunity of discussing with a young ICT4D practitioner, whose experience will inspire and inform!

Francis Cardinal, the Global Coordinator of TakingITGlobal’s Creating Local Connections West Africa (CLCWA) project will discuss the CLCWA and share insights on Youth and ICTs. Creating Local Connections West Africa (CLC WA) aims to realize the potential of youth and engage them as development actors in the improvement of their communities, countries, and region. CLC WA will achieve this through peer-led trainings, networking, national youth meetings, media creation, award processes, research and development of strategic use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) during its implementation in: Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, and Liberia. The project is supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) and was designed by TakingITGlobal while Paradigm Initiative Nigeria is the Nigerian partner for the project. The project focuses on the Niger Delta region – seeking to provide qualitative alternatives for youth in the region.

The event holds as follows:

Date: June 4, 2007
Time: 10am prompt
Venue: NIG Secretariat, 7 Olayinka Bamgbose Street, Off Toyin Street, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

To attend, you are expected to express your interest by eMail to me@ayokunnuojeniyi.com or SMS (only) to 08053983516. All notifications must be tendered on or before June 2, 2007.

trying it out

Something very interesting happenedi n LAUTECH recently...,

Certain areas in the campus have now been WIFI enabled hence students with laptops have turned a 50 seater lecture hall into a browsing centre.

To maket hings very hilarious,some security agents in the school claimed that they heard students were commiting cyber crime in the lecture hall!

The funniest thing is that they had no idea what YAHOO YAHOO is all about....their believe is that any student browsing is committing cyber crime

Wonders shall never end.

Cheers