A Few Good Men

Earlier today, I watched a preacher on television talk about the distinction between GREATNESS and GOODNESS. He drew my attention to the fact that all you needed to be great was to achieve some level of success and fame and the World system would call you great. On the other hand, if your life has gone a step further to touch humanity positively, then you have shown goodness.

I learnt something valuable that it is better to be a good man than a great one, though there is absolutely nothing wrong in being both. A lot of the great men we have around are not good men. That is also a fact.

Same day, I had to take my niece back to boarding school and we got talking about the charity work her school's proprietress does and I got to know she was the founder of an orphanage I had visited a few times somewhere in Abuja called Gishiri. Now, I was privy to the fact that she had an orphanage hitherto but I never imagined it was the same Hope for Survival Orphanage I knew. My heart melted.

This woman treats these kids as very privileged children affording all of them 100% scholarships at her schools spread across Abuja and Nasarawa State, both in the Northern-Middle Belt. And by the way, her group of schools has very good standards. My niece told me that over 50% of the students at the school she is enrolled in are from the orphanage. This woman even makes sure  these kids go ahead to have tertiary education.

The first time I went to The Hope for Survival Orphanage in February this year with a few friends, we all left there almost in tears, tears as the children there was quite a number and we imagined where they would have been if they weren't in a foster facility.

This night, I want to thank all those who run such facilities round Nigeria and beyond. I also want to thank all those who donate fund and supplies to these homes. Pioneers in this sector would be Rev. Mrs Dele George of The Strong Tower Mission / Little Saints Orphanage, The Pacelli School for the Blind, The SOS Children Village, and several others.

Nigeria needs a few good men to change this country. We have too many great men as it is but a lot of them are no good.

Tonight, you Mrs Ruth Ibrahim are a perfect example of one good person with a great soul. I have never met you in person but I can tell that you are one good person, and a great one at that.



Thank you ma.


Daniel Omizu-Ojadua

twitter: @dannyomizu

Robin Has Kept Me Pondering

It's 12.39a.m Nigerian Local time and I just got the news of Robin Williams passing on. Under normal circumstances, I would be celebrating his transition because he was a great man who had achieved a lot but not now because of the tragic end to such a fine mind. Suicide is never an end in itself.

There are lots of questions many of us would've loved to ask Uncle Robin if we could but alas he is gone.

I am broken as I write and a lot is going through my bleeding mind. Robin, how could you allow the devil push you to the brink? Do you not know how much joy you have brought to the world around you? Oh! yes, you had a problem with the bottle, so what? We would have kept on loving the man you are. You were not just one of Hollywood's finest but you had a fine soul.

The world as you knew it would never forget you in a hurry. To your widow and three kids, GOD grant them the fortitude and grace to bear your passing.

Lights out!


Daniel Omizu-Ojadua

twitter: @dannyomizu

The Man With No face!

The story of Jose Mestre really touched me. As we step into the new year, we should remember the importance of family and how much they mean to us. Jose was remarkably lucky to have a wonderful sister in his life and a few other friends who kept him on his journey to recovery.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/man-lost-face-tumor-lifesaving-surgery-chicago-doctor/story?id=12943815

Click on the link above to read his full story.

GOD bless you all.

Daniel Omizu-Ojadua
twitter: @dannyomizu