The 9th of October was like every other day. It was however special for over fifty young Nigerians- students of Gloryland secondary schools, Idimu Council, Lagos because on this day they were encouraged and shown how-to be the best.
The programme tagged BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE was organized by Macroskopes in conjunction with Youlibry and had a singular purpose to inspire the young students to aspire to be the best, not only in the current academic term, but in life. The Programme started some minutes before 12:00pm with opening prayers and by 12:10pm, Mr. Ekundayo Moyo came up to the dais to give the keynote speech of the day.
Mr. Ekundayo Moyo |
From the beginning of the speech, Mr. Ekundayo Moyo
captured the attention of the students with the catchphrase, “who are you, a
success or a flop?” To this, the students replied, “Listen sir, I am a success,
I’m not a flop.” He parleyed this well and got all the students shouting their
lungs out. The strategy was that as these students repeated the phrase again
and again, it would help them to connect with whatsoever would be told them
weeks after they had been told.
Mr. Ekundayo divided the class into three
categories, students who are on top of the class, those who are average and
others who are at the bottom of the class. To the three categories of students,
his message was the same – be the best that you can be.
He outlined a number of obstacles that had hindered
the students from reaching the best of their potential including, lack of
discipline, lack of concentration in class, too much TV, youthful exurberance
to mention a few. He was so practical that at a point the students were rolling
in laughter, as just as soon as the hall was quiet, they were listening with
rapt attention.
The speech ended with the stories of individuals who
had deferred the odds to become the best. At least one of these individuals
fell under the three categories Mr. Ekundayo had divided the class into. He
narrated the story of Ben Carson, Richard Bradson, Robert Kiyosaki, and Ludwig
Bethoven. The speaker did not leave the dais until he had asked the question,
“who are you, a success or a flop?” The reply from the students was loud enough
to blow off the roof.
The need for such program was to solve the poor
motivation towards hard work and greatness which is greatly experience and has
caused a lot of young ones from derailing from the path to greatness seeking
shortcuts. Macroskopes and Youlibry, the organizers of the event are looking at
creative ways they could employ so that the steam they had kindled will not be
put out in so short a time. The sustenance of the project is of utmost priority
to the organizers, to that effect, there are plans to make the event come up
every session in as many schools as possible in Lagos state.
By 1:00pm, the programme was drawn to a close. By
this time, the participants of the events had gotten more than they had
bargained for. This was visible on their faces and in their repeated “Thank You
Sir”s.
EKUNDAYO MOYOSOLUWA, is a graduate of statistics
from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, he heads Macroskopes- a
NGO that offers solution to the growing decadence of education structure In
Nigeria and also offers educational consultancy services. Moyo currently lives
in Lagos. Contact : [email protected] , 08136181285.
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