“Between us and the next generation there is a contract. It is our SACRED duty to create the enabling environment to make the young/upcoming ones to be convinced that the moment you GENUINELY struggle /work hard and get your certificate of registration with NITP & TOPREC, you can nod your head in fulfillment that it is not only a passport to good living but also to a fortune.” Late Tpl. Dr. Femi Olomola Ph.D., FNITP, PPNITP. When an architect graduates from school, he partners with another architect and they form a consultancy firm. If a surveyor graduates from school, he forms a firm and starts practicing. If a medical student graduates from school, he opens a clinic but when a town planner graduates from school, he stays at home and seek for government employment which is not available. Tpl Ashiru Olugbenga Oladimeji I have come across so many posts, so many comments from young and old town planners about seeking/hunting for town planning jobs. Whenever I meet with Tow...
My great mentor asked me one day, a few years ago, why after the appointment of a Receiver/Manager by GTB over the assets of HiTV I gave up fighting and just rolled into a semi coma. He said this because, he knew how hard we fought to save it. I responded with the story of King David crying to GOD over his sick child but then quickly wiped his face off, ate and started drinking, when the child was pronounced dead. You really just must know when to move on so that you can see and take the future opportunities that will come your way. Thereafter, Solomon, the wisest and richest ruler of Israel was born to David because he looked and lived forward. People who care, ask me what happened to HiTV and others in their supreme wisdom profess their own reasons. I have kept my peace and quietly moved on in life, until I wrote an article recently about 1 million Digital Jobs from the Creative sector. I realize, however, that if I am throwing a challenge to other entrepreneurs to be bol...