OAP Freeze
of Cool FM Lagos took to his Instagram page to share a photo of Olajumoke the
bread seller turned model, Mr. Ayodele Daniel Dada the first Nigerian tofinish
university with a perfect CGPA of 5.0 and another
hawker who was snapped in traffic
by Ciara who is in Lagos for Darey-Art Alade's Love Like a Movie3.
According to him, Mr Dada should be celebrated
first and I agree with him on this one.
We in this country always talk about education and
now that one has attained that height, is it not time we give him all the support
he needs?
Let me not pour out my anger here, Read from Mr.
Freeze below....
POVERTY MENTALITY'
When are Nigerians going to celebrate real achievements?
On the left is Mr. Ayodele Daniel Dada the first
Nigerian to finish university with a perfect CGPA of 5.0 and on the left is
Mrs. Olajumoke Orisaguna a 'former' bread seller.
Before Ayodele, no one had 'EVER' finished with a
perfect CGPA in UNILAG!!! Since it was established in 1962, he made history by becoming
the first to achieve such a commendable feat!
Now, so many questions come to mind. How come my
dear friend Kunbi of 'April with Kunbi' hasn't styled him or recommended him for
styling? How come CNN hasn't done a story on him? How come his life isn't documented
on blogs daily? How come he isn't a brand ambassador for any product?
The questions are ceaseless. Ciara put up a post of
an equally beautiful traffic hawker selling some type of fruit yesterday and
she was described, in Ciara's own words as 'beautiful and talented'. If these two
'hawker beauties' were discovered less than 2 months apart, it means that beautiful
girls that hawk commodities aren't in short supply in Lagos.
While people who finish with with a 5.0 CGPA is
almost nonexistent! It took 54 years to produce the first one!
While Olajumoke and this other lady are rough
stones that could be polished to achieve a lustrous shine, Ayodele is a true
jewel, a rare yellow diamond in its truest and purest form.
Let's not let our 'poverty mentality', that makes
things of lesser importance seem valuable, cloud our judgment.
I have no objection to polishing stones to bring
out their shine, but please let's not do it at the expense of gems of
inestimable value! The outcome of our future depends largely on 'what' or
'whom' we invest in.
If Japan, Switzerland
or America invested their time and money in pretty bread sellers, we won't have
the brains behind their automotive, aeronautic, horological or financial achievements
today.
I'm not saying we shouldn't celebrate Olajumoke o!
Before people call me a hater but like hell we must celebrate Ayodele first! Just
my thought.
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