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The December edition of the District Rotaract Representative DRR's Newsletter of Rotaract District 9125 Nigeria displays a captivating 2 in 1 attractive messages giving us a reflect on the events that dominated the last month in the calendar and opening our mind to the Family month in the Rotary calendar with the blockbusting opening message of the DRR. All information contained in the newsletter are true as at the time of this publication and all errors are of the hand and either of the head or of the heart. Dear reader, please take your time to please enjoy as we celebrate Rotary/Rotaract family together in this month.
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how much I care about and think of you this very
joyous time of the year. We wish you and your
family a very happy and healthy holiday season!
God bless you all!
Other News from the District Rotaract
Representative
December is Family month and I propose that
we do things that address family. At zone/club
level you should/could hold an event this month
that demonstrate our commitment to families in
Rotaract.
Thank you again to District Newsletter Editorials
for your diligent efforts in putting together this
newsletter each month so that all of you can
enjoy the news of the District.
MAY ROTARACTORS CELEBRATE
CHRISTMAS AND WELCOME THE NEW
YEAR IN THE SPIRIT AND ACTION OF
SERVICE ABOVE SELF. AND MAKE PEACE
THROUGH OUR SERVICE
Yours in service,
Rtr. SHITTU, D. Abdulwasi’u
District Rotaract Representative
2012/2013 Rotary Year
08091185017,
Pointers:
News Letter
Dear family members,
As we ushered in the traditional start of the holiday
season by celebrating all the wonderful blessings in
our lives, we roll into December and Family Month,
a time when we pay special attention to our Family
DRR’s Message
DRR’s
District 9125, Nigeria
Issue No. 6, December 2012
I had more time to spend with each and every one of you. Please know
of Rotary, both our individual families and our Rotary "families" worldwide -
Rotaractors, Interactors, Rotarians etc. We have given thanks, not only for our
family and friends, but for the opportunity to serve in an organization that, for
over 107 years, has done so much to touch those less fortunate at home and
abroad by providing: clean water and sanitation, food for the hungry, medical
care for the sick and poor, vaccine to eradicate polio, education and job training
to combat illiteracy, and so much more.
Your generosity and support have reached, and will continue to reach, so many
individuals whose lives are blessed by what you do to make a difference. But if
we focused all our attention on nothing but that life-saving and life-altering
work, then that work would eventually come to an end. Rotary/Rotaract would
die out in a generation if we did not also pay attention to the health of our own
clubs and members. Since almost everything we do as we make "Peace through
Service," and since almost all of our strength is derived from our family, we
must make sure that we also continue to take care of the immediate families of
our local Rotaractors.
As we gather in our respective family (zones) or other settings for the various
holiday celebrations, let us remember that the holidays are more than fried rice
and chickens. Let us also remember, particularly in these trying time, that some
of the greatest gifts in our lives are those that don't cost a thing, like spending
time with family and friends, and participating in family traditions. We have
many personal gifts to give - our time, knowledge and experience are just as
important as the monetary gifts. Our families can benefit every bit as much from
those gifts as those in need throughout our communities, so give generously to
your families during this holiday season!
I want to take this opportunity to let each of you know how thankful I am to all
the Rotaractors in our beloved District for all your service and support for the
six months journey so far! I consider you all "spirit friends", and I wish that
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Our lord! Suffer not our heart to deviate after
that which You have guided us to and bestow on
us from Your presence mercy. Surely, it is You
Who are the bestower!
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DRR'S MESSAGE: DECEMBER 2012
TIME FOR FAMILY!
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind
Based on the directive of the DRR, the
closing date of the submission of
articles and entries for the district
magazine has been extended to the
second week of December, fellow
Rotaractors, please let us maximize his
opportunity.
RATES OF PUBLICATIONS IN
THE DISTRICT MAGAZINE
ADVERTS
Back page N 50,000
Inner back page N 40,000
Inner pages N 30,000
Half page N 15,000
Who is who in Rotaract D9125 N1,000
Shout out and goodwill messages box
N 1,000
Reports, articles, information etc Free
NB:
Only clubs in good standing will be
allowed to submit reports
Reports should be submitted with
photographs
Who is who: Brief profile of
Rotaractors: Name, call name, club,
designation, classification, phone
number, email address and a
photograph
Shout out and goodwill messages
shall be a 3 x 3 box message
All articles, info, messages, reports
and other entries should be sent to
either: [email protected] or
Rtr. Tunde Oluwasimirin
District Editor.
Call for
Advert
Despite a $60 million (N9.6 billion) commitment from President Goodluck Jonathan for polio eradication
efforts in 2012 and 2013, and the setting up of a Presidential Task Force on Polio Eradication in March
2012, Nigeria is the only country in the world that recorded an upsurge in polio cases from 62 cases in
2011 to 97 in 2012.
THE world yesterday on the occasion of the World Polio Day, celebrated a 63 per cent decline in the
number of new cases of the Wild Polio Virus (WPV), from 467 at this time last year to 171 this year.
Polio cases have decreased by over 99 per cent since 1988, from an estimated 350,000 cases in more
than 125 endemic countries then, to 650 reported cases in 2011. In 2012, only parts of three countries in
the world remain endemic for the disease – the smallest geographic area in history – and case numbers of
WPV Type 3 (WPV3) are down to lowest-ever levels.
However, the situation in Nigeria is different. Nigeria is the only country out of the three remaining polio
endemic countries to record increase in cases with 36 per cent, that is from 62 cases this time last year to
97 cases today.
Afghanistan and Pakistan are the two other countries alongside Nigeria that have remained endemic to
polio, and have not been able to stop the transmission of the virus.
According to the latest edition of Weekly Polio Update published by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
(GPEI), Afghanistan recorded 37.5 per cent case-decline, from 40 cases in 2011 to 25 in 2012; and
Pakistan, a 62.7 per cent decline, from 118 cases in 2011 to 44 cases today.
The GPEI noted: “The four new Type 1 WPV (WPV1) were recorded last week in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina,
and Sokoto states.
“The most recent case was the one from Kaduna State, with onset of paralysis on September 22, bringing
the total number of cases for 2012 to 97. A second-round immunisation campaign, in response to the
recent Taraba WPV3 case, is ongoing.”
But the Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Ado Gana
Mohammed, told The Guardian that despite the security challenges the country has made progress in
improving population immunity and the quality of the immunisation campaigns.
Defending Nigeria despite the upsurge,
Mohammed said: “I will say that Nigeria is committed to the global eradication efforts and we have shown
that. What we are seeing is a continued transmission from last year. We found out that over the years a lot
of children have not been vaccinated. Last year a lot of children were not immunised.”
But the NPHCDA has been conducting immunisation campaigns? “What we noticed is the quality of the
vaccinators reaching the children were very poor. Routine immunisation was not functioning and there was
security challenges which made it impossible to reach a lot of areas. What we are doing is to reposition
ourselves in such a way that we can overcome these challenges,” he said.
Mohammed added: “The population immunity is on the increase as well as the quality of the campaigns.
The population immunity is now between 60 and 70 per cent and we have reached 80 per cent
immunisation coverage, which was confirmed by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
“Last week, Mr. President had a meeting with governors of the polio endemic states. We have reviewed
our micro-plan. We discovered that there were 287 settlements that were not on the polio eradication map.
In addition we have increased our surveillance. The surveillance this year has been excellent, that is why
we cannot miss any new case.”
He promised: “We are working very hard. We will be able to stop the transmission of the polio virus by the
end of next year.”
According to the WHO Fact Sheet, polio (poliomyelitis) mainly affects children under five years of age.
Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system and can cause total
paralysis in a matter of hours. The virus enters the body through the mouth and multiplies in the intestine.
Initial symptoms are fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness in the neck and pain in the limbs.
One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis. Among those paralysed, five per cent to 10 per cent
die when their breathing muscles become immobilized.
Polio As It Stands In Nigeria as at World Polio Day 2012 as Reported by Nigerian Guardian
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Don’t gain the world & lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold
District 9125, Nigeria
, he went to a bookshop and out of his
savings, he bought a copy of the
Nigerian constitution to find out what is
the portion of youths in the national cake
and discovered that the only place where
youth was mentioned in the 400page
book is the stage he just left; NYSC,
what a pathetic Nigeria that has no plan
for the youths of her land and want to
grow.
It is more heart breaking when they say
the youths of today are the leaders of
tomorrow when the said leaders of the
yester years think of nothing than to be
recycling themselves in the corridor of
power and before they become feeble,
bring in their children into the system to
replace them, hmmm! No wonder the
wealth they gathered are most times
being scattered by the frustrated youths.
Though, the energetic guy had luck ran
his way one day and got a good job from
a multinational company and now
soothing away the pains of the old,
feeble, weak and grey parents he left in
the village. No effort is wasted especially
when invested on education.
Finally, I take the second stanza of the
National anthem:
Oh God of creation
Direct our noble course,
Guide our leaders right
Help our youths the truth to know
In love and honesty to grow
And live in just and truth
Great lofty height attain,
To build a nation where peace and justice
shall reign.
Written by
Icon Tunde Oluwasimirin
Born mostly without a silver spoon, grow through the thicks and thins of life, fed with the
unimaginable and drank from the same river where his clothes are washed, loaded with
different mentalities that has no correlations, living so disturbed but with the hope of a
bright future. Launched into the journey; started a primary school with no uniform, trekking
a 5km distance on daily basis in pursuance of the dream bare footed, attended classes with
empty stomach and sometimes if lucky, eat the remnant of the previous night, came back to
resume on the chores for the day leaving no time to rest, sleep so late after a long wait for
the dinner, yet on a tattered mat passing the night with irregular dreams and at times,
nightmares, woke up the following morning to continue the cycle, hmmm, the Nigerian
child.
Growing in this nature, got admitted into the secondary school and started seeing hope and
the reality of the dreams getting closer even amidst the harsh realities of the present
situation, stayed at home most times for school fees as he had to pay for himself, feed
himself, buy books and so many other things, most times give to the struggling parents
from the meager he could realise from the ups and downs, through the pains and smiles, he
graduated from the secondary school making his first attempt of his final examination but
gone are those days in the land that such brilliant effort like his will earn you automatic
scholarship to study in the tertiary institution, now the whistle for the kickoff of the
problem has just been blown.
Travelled to the town to source for a means to make ends meet, after several years of
preparing for the tertiary institution funding, he gained admission into one of the prestigious
universities in the country to study a course of choice for four years but plus X (4yrs + X),
the X been Nigerian factors of ASUU strike, NLC down tool, internal problems among
others. Struggling with the purchase of handout after paying the throat cutting tuition fee
imposed by leaders who started with the Awolowo free education and ended with the
scholarship scheme of the state now became a tuition fee sucking demon, this coupled with
the problem he’s facing with a lecturer who wants the back of the only girl he has loved on
his (lecturer) bed or else, toying with his graduation, battling with this and still thinking of
the way forward when the news of the new policy of no class without laptops came and he
completely became devastated. Like the Yoruba adage; “elede a de Oyo, ariwo e lapo”,
“the pig will get to Oyo town its the noise that will be much” , after struggling and battling
and battling with the university headaches for years, here comes the convocation day,
forced himself to dine and wine with the people – mates, friends, colleagues etc, the NYSC
posting list is pasted just shortly after and the boy is posted to Maiduguri, having just two
days to report in camp when he got the letter a day before the first day, needed to put some
things in place and had to travel another 21 hours with a challenging transport fare after the
subsidy on PMS was removed by the so called leaders, going through the pains and
surviving on the monthly 19,700 + 3,000 of the state government for the state government,
he went for the POP, looking closer than ever to the fulfillment of dreams , got back home,
rested a bit and went to book with a vendor for daily reading of newspapers for job
advertisement, funny enough, he sees vacancies every day, but Nigerian companies will
always demand for 5 years post NYSC experience, and for the young man who just passed
out of the scheme could not meet the said requirements, after a while 3
Info bytes:
The DRR official visitation to zone L and
K comes up during the zonal Family of
Rotary for the two zones on the 6th
and
13th respectively:
YOU ARE ALL INVITED
Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love
District 9125, Nigeria
The pencil maker took the pencil aside
just before putting the pencil into the box,
he said: there are five (5) things you need
to know before I send you to the world,
he told the pencil, always remember them
and you will become the best of pencil
you can be.
Everything you do will always leave a
MARK
You can always CORRECT the
MISTAKES you have made
The most important part of you will
always be what is INSIDE OF YOU
In life, you will undergo PAINFUL
SHARPENING which will make you
a BETTER PENCIL
To be the best pencil you can be, you
must allow yourself to be HELD and
GUIDED by the hands that hold you.
WE ARE NOTHING BUT PENCILS IN
THE HAND OF THE CREATOR
Written by
Merry Olu Escort.
defense. Guide them far enough down the
wrong path, envelop them in enough
smoke, and by the time they realize your
intentions, it will be too late.
LAW 3
NEVER PUT TOO MUCH TRUST IN
FRIENDS, LEARN HOW TO USE
ENEMIES
Be wary of friends they will betray you
more quickly, for they are easily aroused to
envy. They also become spoiled and
tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he
will be more loyal than a friend, because
he has more to prove. In fact, you have
more to fear from friends than from
enemies. If you have no enemies, find a
way to make them.
LAW 4
ALWAYS SAY LESS THAN
NECESSARY
When you are trying to impress people
with words, the more you say, the more
common you appear, and the less in
control. Even if you are saying something
banal, it will seem original if you make it
vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike.
Powerful people impress and intimidate by
saying less. The more you say, the more
likely you are to say something foolish.
LAW 5
SO MUCH DEPENDS ON
REPUTATIONGUARD IT WITH
YOUR LIFE
Reputation is the cornerstone of power.
Through reputation alone you can
intimidate and win; once it slips, however,
you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on
all sides. Make your reputation
unassailable. Always be alert to potential
attacks and thwart them before they
happen. Meanwhile, learn to destroy your
enemies by opening holes in their own
reputations. Then stand aside and let public
opinion hang them.
LAW 6
COURT ATTENTION AT ALL COST
Everything is judged by its appearance;
what is an unseen count for nothing.
Never let yourself get lost in the crowd,
then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be
conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a
magnet of attention by appearing larger,
more colorful, and more mysterious than
the bland and timid masses.
LAW 7
GET OTHERS TO DO THE WORK
FOR YOU, BUT ALWAYS TAKE THE
CREDIT
Use the wisdom, knowledge, and legwork
of other people to further your own cause.
Not only will such assistance save you
valuable time and energy, it will give you
a godlike aura of efficiency and speed. In
the end your helpers will be forgotten and
you will be remembered. Never do
yourself what others can do for you.
LAW 8
MAKE OTHER PEOPLE COME TO
YOUUSE BAIT IF NECESSARY
When you force the other person to act,
you are the one in control. It is always
better to make your opponent
come to you, abandoning his own plans in
the process. Lure him with fabulous gains
then attack. You hold the cards.
LAW 9
WIN THROUGH YOUR ACTIONS,
NEVER THROUGH ARGUMENT
Any momentary triumph you think you
have gained through argument is really a
Pyrrhic
LAW 10
INFECTION: AVOID THE UNHAPPY
AND UNLUCKY
You can die from someone else's misery
emotional states are as infectious as
diseases. You may feel you are helping the
drowning man but you are only
precipitating your own disaster. The
unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on
themselves; they will also draw it on you.
Associate with the happy and fortunate
instead.
Tunde Oluwasinmirin Fikayo Benson Jide Ajao Rtn Kola Oderinu Dr Buchi Akpeh
District Editor Deputy District Editor Media Consultant Chief Correspondent Chief Correspondent (Internal Affairs) (External Affairs)
Akintayo Orimadegun Balogun Ajibola Ayoola adedolapo Senior Correspondent Zone L Senior Correspondent Zone K Correspondent J
LAW 1
NEVER OUTSHINE THE MASTER
Always make those above you feel
comfortably superior. In your desire to
please or impress them, do not go too far
in displaying your talents or you might
accomplish the opposite inspire fear and
insecurity. Make your masters appear
more brilliant than they are and you will
attain the heights of power.
LAW 2
CONCEAL YOUR INTENTIONS
Keep people off-balance and in the dark
by never revealing the purpose behind
your actions. If they have no clue what
you are up to, they cannot prepare a
4 Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without
District 9125, Nigeria
Although we may be born with certain wrong
inclination, violent behavior is usually learned.
The same is true of peacefulness. The question is
who can teach us the ways of true peace? Surely,
the most authoritative person would be our
Creator, whose wisdom is unsurpassed. Consider
the following five points.
DO NOT BECOME ENVIOUS OF THE
MAN OF VIOLENCE.
CHOOSE YOUR ASSOCIATES WISELY.
CULTIVATE TRUE LOVE FOR
OTHERS.
TRUST GOD TO DEAL WITH THE
WICKED.
LOOK TO GOD'S KINGDOM TO BRING
TRUE PEACE TO THE EARTH.
These point teachings have help millions of
people - including some with a violent
disposition-to become lovers of peace. Consider
the point and let SERVE THROUGH PEACE.
Rtr. Oladimeji Jubril A.
(RAC. Ikirun C.B)
Blessed with the best human and natural
resources
Had her glorious days and time of
celebrations
With outstanding achievements in various
fields
Education, sports, culture, tourism, even
governance, 13 years of uninterrupted
democratic rule,
Though all these are not without the
turbulence of time test,
The pre-colonial days slave trade
The cultural killing of twin children
The independence chaos,
The post-independence military coup
d’état at various times,
The 3 years civil war that took the country
through a memorial,
The post electoral violence of 1983 that
saw the nation through the return to
military rule
The era that involved the days of the
master dribbler; Nigerian Maradona
The dictatorship years of Gen. Sanni
Abacha,
The June 12, 1993 annulment that ended
with assassination of innocent souls,
The beginning of the murder of social
justice in the land,
The return to democracy and the
beginning of another era
The electoral frauds and corruption that
nearly became a legal business,
The kidnapping that arose from the
militant of the south,
The present day insurgency of the Boko
Haram sect that has claimed so many
lives,
But the good news of the story is that the
beautiful ones are born,
Even though the ugly ones refuse to die but
then...
Amidst all odds, the country still exist as
one, then I think I’m justified for calling
the nation the giant of Africa.
God Bless Nigeria and God bless us all.
The most populous black nation,
Never an understatement to be called the
giant of Africa,
Or how else do you describe a country
like Nigeria,
When a universal maxim says that:
“the success of a man is not quantified
by the level of his wealth but by the
number of problems he overcame in the
course of succeeding”
Then you will agree with me that a
country with
One Federal Capital Territory and the
fastest growing city in the continent,
36 States across the 6 geo political zones,
Over 250 ethnic nationalities and tribes
divided to 774 local governments
Covering over 900, 000 square kilometer
in land mass
With over 150 million people
representing more than half of the total
population of West Africa
Became a sovereign entity 52 years ago
The GPEI was launched in 1988 when the 41st
World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted a
resolution for the worldwide eradication of polio.
It is spearheaded by national governments,
WHO, Rotary International, the United States
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), United Nations Children‟s Fund
(UNICEF), and supported by key partners
including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
This followed the certification of the eradication
of smallpox in 1980, progress during the 1980s
towards elimination of the poliovirus in the
Americas, and Rotary International‟s
commitment to raise funds to protect all children
from the disease.
In 1994, the WHO Region of the Americas was
certified polio-free, followed by the WHO
Western Pacific Region in 2000 and the WHO
European Region in June 2002. Of the three
types of WPV1, 2, and 3, WPV2 transmission
has been successfully stopped (since 1999).
According to the WHO, more than 10 million
people are today walking, who would otherwise
have been paralysed. About 1.5 million
childhood deaths have been prevented, through
the systematic administration of Vitamin A during
polio immunisation activities.
Polio eradication partners around the world are
marking the first WPD since India was removed
from the list of countries with active transmission
of WPV.
A statement from the GPEI on the WPD states:
“This development opened up a historic
opportunity to complete polio eradication in the
remaining endemic countries, powered by the
WHA declaration of an „emergency for global
public health‟ and implemented through national
emergency programmes run by the governments
of Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
“In all but three countries of the world,
governments supported by the GPEI have
stopped transmission of this crippling virus. This
year, fewer children (171) have been paralyzed
by polio, in fewer parts of the world than ever
before.
“Since the launch of the GPEI‟s Emergency
Action Plan in May 2010, India – long thought to
be the hardest place from which to eradicate
polio – has stopped polio transmission. Polio
now survives among the most marginalised
communities of just three countries: Afghanistan,
Nigeria and Pakistan.
THE LAND
CALLED
NIGERIA
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There is no ‘way to peace,’ there is only ‘peace’
District 9125, Nigeria
6 How can we play war and not peace?
District 9125, Nigeria