Uti Nwachukwu Writes: 3 Issues Nigerian Leaders Should Start Rebuilding With

Nigerian model, actor and TV
personality Uti Nwachukwu has written
a new piece.

In this new piece he talks about politics
in Nigeria and the 3 issues of Nigeria that
its leaders should address.

Read

I don come again o!!! Yes
I know that’s what some
will be saying! Well get
used to it cos Baba Jesus
won’t let me disappear
anytime soon ()

So I’m not one to delve
into political matters but
at 32, i think it would be
cowardly not to share my
thoughts and speak up for
my generation and MY
KIND!

Now it’s a bit worrisome
when people come to me
to ask me what’s the
state of Naija now!? Is it
time to relocate? Wetin I
fit do if I come back?
Yes I’m going to say it
here. I’m one of those
that say Abeg if you have
a well-paying job.. stay
back now. Unless you are
coming back to be
employed as an
expatriate, work in an oil
company or *clears
throat * go into politics.
Because if you do not
own a business empire or
if you’re not the leading
choice in your field (like
say entertainment,
import/export,
Agriculture..etc) THEN
DONT BOTHER FOR NOW
O…cos you cannot cope!
About 6 or 7 of my
friends have actually
come to see for
themselves and they ran
back with their shoes on
their heads saying : men
Una de try o! How do you
cope?!!! I was like
ohoooo oooo! No oooo
Lol.
Don’t get me wrong o…
home is home and
there’s nothing better
than that. But if you have
spent a long Time outside
the country, you will
literally run mad trying to
settle back here.
Now what were their
issues…

No 1 .. POWER!!!!!
It’s absurd!!! LUDICROUS
(my favorite word Hehe),
UNTHINKABLE!
INSULTING!! That at this
stage we still suffer loss
of electricity?!!! How can
little businesses survive?!
There are young people
trying to start out
businesses  but they
collapse because over
70% of their capital and
or profit is spent on
running their generators!!
Even the big ones charge
you an arm and a leg to
patronize their services
just because they run
their generators almost
24 hours a day! A
generator in every home
has now been accepted
as a norm! Smh smh
smh!!! I know how much
I have paid just to enjoy
interrupted 24hours
electricity supply!!! It’s
ridiculous!!! My friend
Cheri once said it’s all
about division of gain…
REALLY??? At the expense
of the common man?!!!!
It’s so so bad that
sometimes you hear
people saying ..’ahh this
one that there has been
‘Light’ since
morning ..now it’s
afternoon and them
never take am. We go
hear am for the next few
days o!’ Or you
hear..”them don really
try today OOO!!!” Wait
try for what ?? For
executing what we are
paying for?!!!
Gattttssssbyyyyy!!!! Have
we really been pushed to
accept this level of
mediocrity??! Na wah o!!!
You know WE ARE NOT
ASKING MUCH FROM
OUR LEADERS..we know
Rome wasn’t built in a
day! But habah!!!
POWER!! Power!!
Power!!! Give us power
Na???abeeeg!
You see once we have
steady power supply. A
LOT OF THINGS WILL
CHANGE FOR THE
BETTER!!! THIS IS THE
TRANSFORMATION WE
ARE ASKING FOR… let’s
start from power at
least!!! 24hours supply
every day!!! We can do
it!!!! And watch as our
youth thrive!!

No 2 SECURITY
SMH. Don’t even get me
started here. We are not
even talking about the
apparent national security
issues. We are talking
about day to day security!
Going out and coming in!
Response to threat!
Execution of Justice!
Protecting the life of the
everyday man. Let me
put it this way. I think we
would all feel safer if we
all had our own
entourage of security
(pun intended)… OUR
LEADERS NEED TO BEEF
UP SECURITY IN EVERY
LGA! I rest my case.

No 3 HEALTHCARE
My goodness! Shoutout
to the Nigerian doctors
that work hard every day
to use their limited
resources to save lives.
But meeeen! Even the so
called good hospitals a
times are unbelievably
unprofessional. Kai
kaikai!!! Where do I start
here? Is it the case of my
relative that had kidney
stones and it took 3days
to detect after how many
scans (we literally had to
have agreement prayer
and the next day it was
detected…smh) I won’t
even tell you what they
were suggesting at first!
Or a friend who had a
condition that required a
simple fluid extraction
but our dear naija were
suggesting amputation?!
Or is it the cases where
malignant (cancerous)
tumors were removed
like they were benign
(non-cancerous??) which
led to a more aggressive
spread of the disease
months later?!! Is it the
maternal deaths? Is it the
state of the average
hospitals?? WHERE
SHOULD I START….do
you know how many
people have to fly out of
the country to get proper
diagnosis and effective
long term treatment?
Even simple checkup
routines sef o!!
COME ON DEAR
LEADERS!! Instead of
joining the others to fly
out to receive great
healthcare, why not
rectify and develop our
hospitals to international
state of the art standards
so we can all enjoy the
benefits!!

There are other issues
from JOBS to Education to
transportation to Injustice
but if I touch on it. Una
go say e too long. Lol.
But REALLY THO! We
need LEADERS that can at
least start with these 3
simultaneously! Is it
really too much to ask??
WE CAN AFFORD IT! Our
international reputation is
dwindling day by day! The
young people are
earnestly searching for
ways to travel out or
hustle here in Nigeria via
any MEANS POSSIBLE to
survive.  Countries are
beginning to treat our
citizens like they are
doing us a favour by
accommodating them.
Smh
Change and transform
this country and watch it
blossom and become one
of the most sort after!

I don’t know it all. And
I’m not perfect. I’m
simply a man that relates
with the everyday man
and now it’s time to let
people out there know
exactly what we want. I
know and believe Nigeria
is a great and wonderful
country! Our potentials
are endless and
possibilities limitless!
With God on our side WE
WILL SUCCEED!! It’s not
about promises. It’s
about execution
It starts……….NOW
And remember,
IT ALWAYS BEGINS WITH
A CHOICE…….

HE BEST (AND WORST) TIMES TO POST ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, LINKEDIN AND GOOGLE +

How do you successfully get the most
views to your social media updates? The
secret to viral content is in many cases
related to identifying the social media
time sweet spot. Here, we review the
various social media networks, and the
best time to post to each.
1. WHEN SHOULD YOU POST TO
FACEBOOK?

Towards the end of the week
According to Buffer, many office workers
will peruse Facebook when they are in a
workday slump, especially towards the
end of the week. In fact, engagement
rates on Facebook are at about 18% on
Thursdays and Fridays – those pesky days
that stand in between you and the
weekend. This is an optimal time to post
your information because it has a higher
likelihood of being seen.
2. WHEN SHOULD YOU POST TO
TWITTER?

Mondays through Thursdays between
1pm and 3pm
Twitter gets the most views Mondays
through Thursdays around 1 to 3pm. The
worst times to post are every day after
8pm and Fridays after 3pm. Further,
Hubspot also points out that posting
photos drives interaction. Tweets with
photos have a 36% increase in clicks and
and 41% increase in retweets.
3. WHEN SHOULD YOU POST TO
LINKEDIN?

Tuesdays and Thursdays, between
7am and 9am
Because LinkedIn is specifically used for
businesses and business professionals, it
is often used right before the workday
begins and right after it ends, according to
Entreprenuer.com. Entrepreneur also says
that it is often used on Tuesdays and
Thursdays around those times. If you
make a post during normal working hours,
it is less likely to receive views or bring in
any clicks and visits. Try posting your
LinkedIn material on Tuesdays and
Thursdays specifically at around 7am to
9am local time and avoid posting
Mondays through Fridays between 1pm
and 5pm.
4. WHEN SHOULD YOU POST TO
GOOGLE+?

Wednesdays at 9am
G+ is yet another social media site that is
best posted to in the morning. Hubspot
says that the usual time people are on G+
is between 9am and 10am. The best time
to receive the most engagement on your
G+ updates is Wednesdays at 9am. You
will get more interaction and +1’s for
posts made on those days. An important
fact about G+ and demographics is,
according to Hubspot, it is growing rapidly
with people between the ages of 45 and
54 years old. Keep this in mind as you
post to G+ and make it friendlier for that
demographic.
While these statistics are really helpful, it
is wise for you to learn what times work
the best for your specific audience. Try
earlier, if that doesn’t work, try later.
Keep tweaking until you reach the time
slot that works the best for you!

SHUT UP AND LISTEN! TIPS FOR BETTER BRAND MANAGEMENT IN 2015

We grew up chanting, “Sticks and stones
may break my bones, but words will
never hurt me.” However, when it comes
to brand vitality, this is far from true. In
fact, most companies would take a stick
and stone attack over publicly disparaging
remarks.
WHO IS TALKING?

Every time a competitor says how much
better their products are, an industry
voice mentions your company or a past
consumer talks about their purchasing
experience with your company, your
company is being promoted. Word of
mouth is the most impressionable form of
advertising and these presentations will
mean a lot to those listening. Whether a
reader is sharing an interesting blurb from
your blog or a frustrated employee is
railing on your company for poor quality
standards, you are directly affected.
SOCIAL LISTENING

Can you hear me now?
Good.
It’s time to start listening in on the very
public conversations being held about
your company, employees, customer
service and products on various platforms
across the web. You can gain invaluable
consumer insight for branding
improvements and form a stronger online
presence when you respond
appropriately. Studies have found that
most consumers have more positive
feelings towards brands who respond
professionally to publicly displayed
complaints.
Of course, searching on your own will
take countless hours and you will likely
miss many important conversations.
Instead, you can utilize listening tools that
monitor social media, blogs and websites
for specific keywords.
OKTOPOST

Focused on your brand posting,
Oktopost enables lead generation and
social conversations on various social
platforms. Oktopost allows you to
monitor the conversations you have
started or are holding with other
businesses and industry peers online.
This tool makes it easy to track how
leads are brought in by specific
campaigns and schedule new
campaigns. You cannot find or track
brand conversations you did not
initiate.
CYFE

Designed to be your all-in-one Big
Brother monitoring dashboard,
Cyfe allows you to check out real-time
data across various platforms,
including Constant Contact, AdSense,
Salesforce, Amazon, Facebook,
WordPress, Twitter and more. Instead
of spending time logging into to
various dashboards to keep tabs on
your stats, Cyfe will provide a bird’s
eye view, including external and
securely-pulled internal data. This will
allow you to manage your websites,
departments and social accounts on a
cloud-based account that requires no
downloads, installs or programming.
SOCIAL MENTION

Ready to see what others are saying?
Social Mention allows you an in-depth
view through the looking glass to see
what’s being said in real time. Not
only can you check specific brand
mentions on a variety of platforms,
but you can even get a feel
for how things are being said. Yes, this
tool will actually rate the sentiment,
strength, passion and reach of how
your brand is being talked about by
others. It breaks analytics down into
number of unique users, frequency of
mentions and allows you to view
specific posts. You will be able to
search specifically for the keywords
relevant to your brand, product or
services, allowing you to target your
focus on specific events, marketing
campaigns, products or other aspects
of your business.
HOOTSUITE

This listening tool allows you to
manage your accounts across multiple
social networks and schedule future
posts. Manage your Twitter, Facebook,
WordPress, Google+ and LinkedIn
accounts all at one place. While you
may not be able to
access every feature of the individual
platforms, you will be able to do most
things through Hootsuite and
streamline your process with access to
all of your accounts in one place. One
great feature about this free listening
tool is how it facilitates team profile
management. Hootsuite allows you to
delegate tasks, send private messages
and view weekly analytics reports to
help keep everyone on board.
Now that you know how to listen, are you
brave enough to do it? Not everyone
wants to know what is being said about
them behind their virtual backs, but—for
those that do want to pull back the
curtain— social media management tools
can only help strengthen your approach
and improve your productivity.
So, grab a bag of popcorn and tune in to
the good, the bad and the ugly.
Then, take a deep breath and respond
(without any hint of hostility or
vengeance), keeping in mind that timely
responses are seen in a much better light
by onlookers.

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Splash Fm Presents 2nd Oyo State Gubernatorial Debate 2015

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Sen. Isiaka Ajimobi (APC)

Teslim Folarin (PDP)

Alao Akala (Labour)

Seyi Makinde (SDP)

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