National Association of Nigerian Students Ghana (NANS GH)

Join NANS GH as she celebrates INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS DAY 2016 at Bluecrest University College Kokomlemle Tomorrow from 9am – 2pm.

Do you have potentials of being a leader? Then grab the opportunity of discovering, developing and deploying your leadership potentials at the BEHAVIOURAL LEADERSHIP CONCLAVE session tomorrow with Ghana’s renowned Bishop Gideon Titi-ofie.

You are invited to The official launch of AfriCaAh inspired by Israel Onoriode

Israel Onoriode is A  Multi-Award Winner, Performing artist, Radio Ambassador  and former Nollywood Icon    (Information about this amazing community ambassador can also be found below)

AfriCaAh seek to bring blacks everywhere together to showcase who we are, exhibit what we have then work together to create a place for The Original Africans People world over Our desire is to also encourage Black brains and talents to go back and develop Africa.

We are inviting you to be a part of the premier event because in our many years of putting African events together we have noticed that you have not let the sufferings, pains and deprivations our ethnic group go through stop you trying to make or create your path in the scheme of things

This Black networking event is expected to have People of African origin – Black, brown or white come with their business, initiative or organisations

We’ll encourage people to come display: (their African, Caribbean, American, Asian… Black people everywhere) Our music Our Attire Our Art and craft Genuine Initiatives designed to develop Black communities and the continent of AFRICA

AfriCaAh ( ‘Afri Car Ame’ is not about competing with other races but to celebrate AFRICAN

VENUE –  The Warehouse, New Room, 1a Cumberland Road, Reading RG1 3LB, Berkshire

TIME   – 4PM

DATE  – Saturday the 10^th of December 2016

ADMISSION – FREE This is an amazing event you cannot afford  to miss

The Africa4u Awards for Africans in Berkshire will also be taking pace as part of this Major initiative.  Africa4u is inspired by Tony Tokunbo Eteka Fernandez. Tony is a Published Writer and Poet, MC and Youth Empowerment Consultant.  Tony will be giving out award on the day to Africans who have distinguished themselves in The Berkshire Region

ABOUT ISRAEL

Israel Godson Onoriode also knows as Dj real O’rael is originally an actor, songwriter and a radio presenter. He also does event video and photography. Isreal is  The eighth of nine children from the family of Gabriel Onoriode Uge, his love for music entertainment and media was first noticed when he was 2 years old as he would dance and sing for anyone, he eventually started making money performing at the tender age of nine. He knew and would talk about all programs especially films on TV.

Israels  passion for creativity took him to becoming a member of Stars theatre one of the most popular dance theatres in Benin City, Nigeria around late 80s and early 90s. He also featured in a couple of episodes of the comedy variety show on Edo state broadcasting corporation EBS While an undergraduate at the University of Portharcourt, he was always chosen as one of the delegate to represent the University at the annual National University Theatre Arts Festival (NUTAF). He was also one of the actors on the Rivers state entry of the then Nigerian International Bank (NIB) Annual Production It was not until he relocated to the UK that he started giving more attention his music.

He released his first highlife CD in 2007 and  again his hunger to express his passion in images led him to start Realmultimedia originally called Realife images – a video and photography event coverage business that same year.

Realmultimedia have shot about 33 events since then. They are looking forward to doing feature films from next year. Israel Onoriode DJ real, the soul man as he is fondly know on radio is the host of Real Vibez and The African Show (from 6- 8pm every Tuesday) where they examine the music, lifestyle, culture and traditions of a particular African country every month on Blast1386 the UK, Reading based radio station. Israel Onoriode is the founder of Realpraisefestival (www.realpraisefestival.co.uk) a Christian whole day praise festival and LIVING IT an annual music and general entertainment initiative where they showcase and encourage acts especially youth groups to live their acts. Some of his works on stage • Samuel Beckett’s one man play Act Without Word, Directed by Yibo Koko (Man) 1991 • Miesoinuma H S Minima’s Odum Egege – Directed by Comish Ekiye for Nigerian International Bank (NIB) Annual Production (Ikechi) 1997 • Don Pedro Obaseki’s OBASEKI, directed by Pedro Obaseki (Igbinovia) 2001, 2002 & 2003 • Don Pedro Obaseki’s AZAGIDI, directed by Pedro Obaseki (Fool) 2003 • Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Preach directed by Chris Moran for progress theatre. Reading. UK (The Magician) 2005 Films: • Aziba (1999) directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (Ebah) • Tara (2000) director by Don Pedro Obaseki (Anslem) • Brave Soldier (2000) directed by Don Pedro Obaseki (Policeman) • The Reverend (2001) directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (Police Officer) • Afro (2002) directed by Charles Novia (Native Doctor) • Sinners in the House (2003) directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (Medical Doctor) • Blood Diamond (2012) By The Film and Video Makers club Reading, UK (Diamond Dealer) • Escape (2014) The Film and Video Makers club Reading entry at the Reading Fringes Film Festival. TV Soap • ZENITH (2004) Soap Opera on African Independent Television (AIT) (John)

Malcolm X Community Centre

The Malcolm X Community Centre is a multi-purpose community resource built in the early 1980s for the primary purpose of the Centre was to “provide social, recreational, educational and entertainment facilities to the inhabitants of St Pauls and surrounding areas. Service currently provided include:

1. Venue hire for business, social and cultural activities
2. Provision of office space for local groups
3. Activities for elderly people
4. Activities for families, children and young people
5. Advice and Support
6. Arts and Culture
7. Recycling
8. Education and Training

The Centre works with other organisation to promote cross-cultural integration in Bristol, build good race relations and providing a voice for the black and ethnic minority community in Bristol.

Objectives

Our vision is to become a thriving multi-purpose Centre of diverse, dynamic and inspirational activities and services.

Our Mission is to constantly strive to meet the needs and expectations of our users by providing excellent and accessible local services.

Our objectives are:

• Empowering the BME community in particular and all other communities regardless of race.
• Providing facilities for social, culture, recreation and training for the BME Community, the people of St Pauls and neighbouring areas.
• Promoting city-wide community cohesion and good race relations in Bristol.

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Our Contact:

The Malcolm X Community Centre
141 City Road – St Pauls
Bristol BS2 8YH
Telephone: 0117 955 4497 /  Fax: 0117 941 4410
Email: info@malcolmx.org.uk

Today 14^th November 2016 is the World Diabetes Day.

Diabetes has been established as one the fastest growing health issues across all the continents of the world. The situation is now so critical that the World Health Organization projects that Diabetes will be the seventh leading cause of death by 2030.

This is a grim reality for mankind but the good news is that we can actually control the factors that lead to the diagnosis.

Ultimately we can go for a change of lifestyle to keep diabetes and other ailments at bay.

We can reduce the over-consumption of sugary diet.

We can start using our bodies more and adopt routine exercises to achieve a healthier wellbeing.

As we remember Diabetes today, you should all note that there is no better time to get yourself on track to control and manage the risk factors

The greatest wealth is health.

PROFILE: James Ewa Henshaw.

Between 2000 and 2013 when I returned to Nigeria I was a senior lecturer in Business and Computing at South Thames College, London where I taught on the National and Higher National Diploma courses, and was the Co-ordinator of the Foundation Degree Programme in e-Business under the auspices of Kingston University. My specialisms were Programming, Business Information Systems and Project Management.

The Arts, particularly theatre, has always been my abiding interest, something I probably inherited from growing up with a playwright father. I was deeply involved in student drama while at university. In 1986, I won an Arts Council Bursary for New Writing (Plays), and this led to setting up a theatre company which performed African plays and toured mainly around the North-East of England. Subsequently, I took a post as a Community Arts Development Officer attached to Northern Arts based in Newcastle upon Tyne.

After taking up a teaching career, I continued to be involved with a amateur and semi- professional theatre, and directed plays for the Calabar Union in the United Kingdom.

After the death of my father, spurred by the desire to maintain his literary legacy I set up the James Ene Henshaw Foundation and returned to Nigeria.

The Foundation has since republished 3 plays by the late playwright, Ene Henshaw, and got them back on the English curriculum for secondary schools in a number of States, as well as several universities in the country. Reviving the practice of drama in secondary schools, as well as encouraging the growth of a theatre-going culture in the local community are the main challenges taken on by the Foundation. We are addressing these issues through our PLAYS-TO- SCHOOLS programme and the Season of World Classics which we have opened with SIZWE BANSI IS DEAD.

Faded

faded…faded…shadows
are wearing our fathers’ shoes
moths are sniffling footprints
jagged steps
ragged breath
legged breathe
faded…faded…
we are shallow waters
melting silence into tides
we, sands weaved
in seashells
are turned in out
a funeral dress
faded…faded…
we see no dreams
nothing grows in our mouth
hands are livid
gods are silent
faded…faded…everything

©tohquality

MADE IN NIGERIA; THE STORY OF THE FUTURE

Betty (fake name) and I got into a discussion. She was complaining bitterly about how she is losing customers due to the hike in dollar as she was into selling foreign clothes and fashion accessories.

Her boutique was dying as no one could afford the new price. So I made a big blunder, I suggested she sells  Made In Nigeria.

How dare you, she screamed. Do you know who my customers are? You think they are cheap? So I went ahead to tell her about Deola Sageo, Alara and the likes. They sell Made in Nigeria and Made in Africa and I bet your costumers can’t even afford them. Then her story changed…

How many people can afford to buy a Deola Sageo? Do you think they design for us? I saw then that this is another one of our blind patriots and so, I stopped selling my new idea to her.

The truth is that if we want to make it through this recession and build our economy, we have to start relying on Made in Nigeria. Anyone doing business in dollar right now is heading for the rocks.

Diversify, find a new business, especially one which doesn’t trade in dollar or has limited dollar spend. If it has a Nigerian version, try it out.

Before Facebook changed their billings to Naira, you must know that it has become critical to stay afloat in this recession with your business. This is the time to be flexible in business especially, the time to push Made in Nigeria.

I keep saying that if our government is smart, they will start encouraging Nigerian made products plus applaud them. This is the way to go to build back our economy and make it strong.

We preach about Aba (Eastern State) made things but in truth, these people are innovative. All they need is encouragement to make their products good and durable and voilà, we have an export haven.

Early this year, I attended a program called Business Women Road to Growth, training for women entrepreneurs and I must say, I was proud to see a lot of ladies producing their own products and pushing services especially in the area of fashion, education and agriculture. One of them now exports her own shoes, thanks to one of the support groups/firms.

This is the time our government should place policies that can help build the nation; though, they have to combat corruption to ensure policies live their time. We need to improve on agriculture and make food available for the multitude; food grown and produced in Nigeria by experts in the field, trained in the knowledge of food production by our Government.

We also need to ensure that anything that can be locally made be locally made especially if we have the natural resources to produce them e.g toothpick. I mean, how can a giant of Africa be importing something like toothpick? We’ve got enough trees to make tooth pick for the continent. These are things the government should look into, encourage local made and support them.

This will help us eventually trust in our own good and build them I mean, is China better than Aba?

For me the difference is just support and promotion. It’s time to embrace our own and encourage it so that we can keep the money within and build our economy. Imagine when we start exporting our goods full time? Yes, we will become a country of good financial repute.

I applaud the Made in Nigeria event they had and hope to read about the post event value. We need more Made in Nigeria initiative and policies to protect and grow our locally made goods. Cause another problem we have is ‘us’; omo nile, the people who destroy and stop locally made goods to progress in our country. We need to wake up and see that we are destroying ourselves for quick short term gain that is limited to us. We need to stop discriminating and start supporting our products so we can grow our economy.

Written by Suziette Ukey

Nigerians In Diaspora Organization Europe Election: Why & How I Wish To Lead As Chairman Of Nigerians In The European Diaspora

A manifesto of a new stewardship in NIDOE: Why & how I wish to lead as Chairman of Nigerians in the European Diaspora

“As the President of NIDO Germany, I will be leveraging on the globally acclaimed know-how of Made-in-Germany approach. I have midwifed the transformation of NIDO Germany into an enviable organization both within Europe and Nigeria. I am looking to repeat the same feat as Chairman Board of Trustee of NIDOE“

Repositioning the Diaspora: Putting the right processes in place helps to ensure that projects succeed. Diaspora engagement should equate with being in a service-driven role; an important life-wire, supplying economic and development lifeline to Nigeria. Viewed from this perspective, the focus of my stewardship is to position NIDOE as facilitators to the local developmental agenda of the Federal Government but mainly driven through the smaller entities like the Local and State Governments from the Diaspora standpoint. In this regards a plan to raise half a million Euro within the first one year is already in place. With that NIDO can conveniently execute crucial pilot projects in Nigeria. NIDOE should be self-sufficient and independent in carrying out its projects. We have lacked this aspect for far too long.

My exciting Moments Experience with NIDO

• Elected President NIDO Germany since 2013
• Member Peace and Reconciliation delegation to Nigeria High Commission UK in search of NIDOE Unity
• Member Swiss Peace and Reconciliation Committee
• Hosting of 8 NIDOE Chapter Chairs and some NIDOE Stakeholders in Munich Germany, during the NIDOE Germany AGM, in attempt to narrow our differences in the draft MeMart which eventually facilitated the adoption of the new MeMart pending ratification by the General Assembly.

What I will be bringing to NIDO Europe

As the President of NIDO Germany, I will be leveraging on the globally acclaimed know-how of Made-in-Germany approach. I have midwifed the transformation of NIDO Germany into an enviable organization both within Europe and Nigeria. I am looking to repeat the same feat as Chairman Board of Trustee of NIDOE.

Mr. Ekpo Nta, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and members of the Board of Governors of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), Austria, representing the African Regional Group. Ready for NIDO Germany EAGM 2016 in München tomorrow 12/03/2016

MOU with ICPC: NIDO Germany signed a Memorandum of understanding (MOU) with The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to join in the fight against corruption.  This MOU provides the opportunity for NIDO European community members to contribute to the fight against corruption by providing services such as training the trainers in security issues, transfer of Diaspora knowledge and provisioning of IT based solutions and best practice models.  As chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nigerians in Diaspora organization I will make this one of our focal points and translate the memorandum into action.

MOU with Lead-University: We have also signed an MOU with Lead-University in Nigeria, a university under registration with Nigerian University commission NUC. The aims of Lead are to support scientific and technological research as well as business development collaborations when it is approved. The interaction with it will be a model for NIDO Europe in skills and know-how transfer in various fields. It will also form a base station for NIDO university exchange scheme between Nigerian and European students.

Business and consulting Partnership: NIDOE Germany under my leadership has signed a tentative Partnership agreement with Aulic Nigeria Limited, concessionaire of Lagos International Trade Fair Complex for the New Nigerian Export Hub (NETH) at Lagos, for export promotion. This partnership, considering the current realities, provides solution to the diversification of our economy away from overdependence on crude oil. NIDO Europe members or partners in consulting, software developments, business, processing industries and related services could key in into the opportunities this partnership will provide. Many of such partnerships in the areas of Agriculture, mining IT will follow under my watch as Chairman BOT NIDOE. Effective but easy platforms will be provided for honorable stakeholders to participate in national development.

Physical Meetings: Leveraging on the model of NIDOE-Germany financed physical meetings of NIDOE Chapter Chairs which covered (transport, feeding and accommodation), I will continue and intensify such physical meetings as a sure way of building confidence and consensus, purposeful leadership based on mutual trust, respect and secured relationship. Should you entrust me to serve you, I will expand this to include BOT, Chapter Chairs and important stakeholders. As a matter of fact, May 15, 2017 has been tentatively fixed for such a summit. If I can do this at Chapter level, we can do it at European level too.

NIDO as a symbolic 37^th State of Nigeria: I will pursue the policy that sees NIDO as a symbolic 37^th State of Nigeria in terms of politico-structural importance to rekindle once again the Diaspora indomitable spirit through a holistic re-strategizing and repositioning of NIDOE to  present the organization and the Diaspora as a well ordered and dependable group, promoting national development, business, trade & investment opportunities, providing a professional resource pool from where the Diaspora and National developmental interests could be managed in a transparent but secure, respectful but fair manner to induce growth in the areas of economic, social, academic, political, entertainment activities where our people seek to position themselves.

Consolidation: The organization needs to build a sense of urgency, not around the word reform or change but a sense of urgency for consolidation. Every little gain and progress which has been made must be guarded jealously. As chief servant in the BOT, I will pursue such implementations. These nonetheless will be preceded by wide consultations so as to be sure that everyone is carried along; at least the critical mass of NIDOE stakeholders as democracy entails. Consultation must be an ongoing process yielding an organic change within our communities while consolidating on our gains.

Imperatives of coherence: NIDOE is irritatingly at a dangerous threshold. There have been areas of good connections in the past that made NIDOE what it was then and what it is today. But many areas of total disconnect also exist at different levels: between the Board and the chapters, between various chapters and between NIDOE and non-NIDO members both at national, continental and intercontinental levels. There must be an immediate information offensive to bridge these gaps using all available information strategy and all available media tools. Moreover, the information offensive will help NIDOE win hundreds of professionals and resourceful people in the Diaspora who may not have had a favourable disposition towards the organization. As the CEO of the biggest African-European Network in Continental Europe with media Network both within Europe and Nigeria, I am certainly at home in this area.

Sharpenng the lobby tools: It is important to know that none of the efforts of Nigerians in Diaspora will germinate if our leaders, policy makers and opinion leaders at home and in Diaspora do not provide a fertile ground for these efforts. Together with the NIDOE stakeholders in Nigeria, a concerted effort must be made to provide this necessary fertile ground through intensive lobby for the creation of important enabling institutions. Top on the Diaspora list are the Diaspora Database, the Diaspora Commission and the Diaspora Voting Rights. These legislated structures or institutions will act as catalysts giving the Diaspora the impetus to coalesce further and to create new solutions for national challenges. Good news is that the architecture for these important bodies of work is already in place. I want to lead us to swiftly run them to the finishing line.

Cooperation rather than competition: Crucial Diaspora affairs and items like the Diaspora Commission, Diaspora Voting Rights and Diaspora Day are matters that concern all Nigerians outside Nigeria, therefore a strategic cooperation and synergy with other Nigerian Diaspora Groups e.g., ANNID, NIDAN, CANUK is cardinal. The Diaspora of 2016 must be seen as a call to service and all hands must be on deck while NIDOE must be seen as providing the needed framework and guidance for cooperation. We must reject manipulative tendencies designed to keep us divided and fighting one another. We must accept to dance individually to the tone of our music, each in its own dancing steps and rhythm; but we must learn and accept to dance together. Together we are stronger and united.

A new leadership is urgently needed: I should say that there is much work to be done to overcome the things that set us apart. This work we must do together. Then focus on discharging our duties as Diaspora in accordance with the Charter of NIDO. Building on the experiences of our founding stakeholders both within the Diaspora and back at home, it is my utmost duty to provide the leadership needed today to make NIDOE a cornerstone of foreign and domestic policy by the Republic of Nigeria. I am certain that I can rekindle the rather dwindling indomitable Diaspora spirit and we then can pave new roads. Yes, I can unite us around a common agenda. Yes, I can get us work effectively with the private sector, governments and non-governmental organization at all levels. Yes, together we can break new grounds and we surely will! We will bring Nigeria’s developmental partners on board. It is the choice of others if they want to tell you something different, but I call upon you to retain the faith. Believe me, the work to be done is not more complicated than I have laid out before you. We can do it and I want to provide us the strategic servant-leadership as chairman, Board of Trustees to do it. For this, I humbly request your endorsement. So help us God!

About Kenneth Gbandi

I hold a Master’s Degree in Peace Research and Conflict Mediation, with focus on dialogue based solutions in stress afflicted communities, conflict mitigation, integration and the rights of demographic minorities. I have served in Hamburg Senate’s Foreigners Advisory council, representing Africa, and was later elected Chairman of the Committee on Anti-Discrimination. I currently run one of the biggest African – European Media Network in Germany & German speaking areas. I am the director of the African-German Information Center AGiC, a social business outfit responsible for one of the Federal German Government programs for recognition of migrant’s educational qualifications (Africa) and the empowerment of Nigerians and African citizens in Germany. I currently coordinate the activities for Germany & continental Europe for Nigerian Fallen Heroes project, an initiative of Nigeria Legion in partnership with the Ministry of Defence Abuja. The Project aims to rally support from Nigerian Diaspora community for our Fallen Heroes. Since 2015 I am a member of the German-Africa communication concept committee of German Foreign Affairs, Africa division, aimed at analyzing the causes of African influx into Europe, its consequences and possible solutions.  I have founded and co-founded many Initiatives in Germany, including Nigerian Football Club Germany, African Football Festival Germany, Miss Africa Germany, Miss Nigeria Germany and African Living Legend Award Germany. I am also currently the Head of Media Commission, African Union African Diaspora Sixth Region (AUADS) Germany.

OUR MONEY HAS LOST ITS VALUE, SO SAVING MONEY IS BECOMING A BAD IDEA*

If you are not capable in handling money then you will become uncontrollable in spending the money

Divide your SALARY by 30 days and see what you get (i.e. the number of days in a month and see the funny thing about your salary plan). For example,
(1) An average level-12 worker in the state government civil service earns NGN 60,000. And this translates to NGN 60,000÷30= NGN 2,000 every day. This is LESS THAN the amount made daily by an AVERAGE HAWKER in the city.

(2) A fresh EMPLOYED GRADUATE BANKER in most NIGERIAN BANKS earns an average of NGN120,000 monthly. ***So everyday, you get NGN120,000÷30= NGN4,000 as the daily value for your work-life. By implication, this is LESS THAN the amount earned DAILY by an AVERAGE DRIVER in the city and in some villages…..

(3) If you are a FRESH GRADUATE EMPLOYEE in some big companies, you earn an average of NGN300,000 monthly. So in a day your WORK-VALUE is NGN300,000 ÷ 30= NGN10,000 **** This is LESS THAN the daily amount earned by an IRRIGATION FARMER supplying vegetables to Lagos MARKETS, a TIPPER CAR DRIVER supplying sand for three BLOCK INDUSTRIES and CONSTRUCTION SITES just 3 times a day and DRIVERS of DANGOTE TRUCKS who have bought off the trucks at scrap value and are using them to convey products between villages and the cities for just five business owners etc.

This is to tell you that you can never attain financial freedom when you work for someone else or even in an oil company. You can only get there when you build a successful business and become an investor.

The problem is not the size of the money or the value of the money but the way you are been taught on how to use the money. Money is not the answer, but the answer is keeping it or investing it wisely, that is why the popular saying big man big problem, that is not the issue.

To be rich is not enough but also how to guide it. If you are rich then learn how to guide your wealth and how to manage your resources. So if you have that money and your planning is poor, that money will soon vanish, the reason why your income is not stable is because your planning is unstable. Having money is not the answer, but having the right planning.

*Money at hand has no value, money in the bank is useless, but money invested brings more money. Your money can only be useful when it has been converted into tangible resources*. Many people might still be wondering what is tangible resources or intangibles resources. These two has a lot to do with achieving greatness in life. Your money will first come in form of intangible (ideas) which you alone will convert it to tangibles. It is the unseen that begets the seen, so if you can’t calculate it in your mind you can’t arrange it with your hands.

Your mind is the first place your wealth will occur and the major reason why people are not getting rich is because they are not yet in line with what they want.

Before you invest, clear every depth and then make savings and investing your highest financial priority. This may be the first time you are hearing this, never owe any depths and think of investment.

Our money lost its value since 1971 that is when our money stopped being money and became a currency when it ceased being hacked by gold. That was the year our money became absolute and that was what prompted to People not getting rich working and depending on monthly incomes.

People are complaining of low income and high demand on that low income, still yet they don’t want to know what they will do to get out from the issue. Ones your income is low it will be affecting the chancing of you not getting rich.

*In Nigeria the income for an average man and fifty percent of people under middle class is very low and this low income is the result why none of them is rich. I have seen a family man, that earns #80,000 per month and spends #15000 every month in maintaining and fueling his car, REV4 private jeep and after spent #15000 out of #80000 the money left is #65000. The money remaining will rather keep him in middle class or ends him up poor. Because after bills and children school fees and all that, he will be left with nothing*

The more things are getting bad the more he is thinking of what to do with his income so that it will be enough for him and the family, a time came that he packed the car and start entering commercial bus to maintain his salary still yet things keep getting worse. This is to tell you that most times money is not our problem but lack of no financial intelligence, since the money that is coming in keep making the matter worse what do you think he should do.

While I was written this book I had a brief conversation with my mother about monthly incomes and its solution to free people from the limitation of long term monthly income, she said monthly income can never make you rich but can only make you comfortable, reasons that most middle class people are saving money to solves problems so their money will always go into what they kept it for. I wasn’t surprise because she said that out of experience. If you closely look at what is happening around you, you will notice that people that are getting richer are the ones that don’t play with investment

The rich are getting richer because they know something the poor and middles class doesn’t know, not only that they hang out with their fellow rich people also.

Until you change the idea and language you have toward money, you can’t make adequate use of it. Money is a slave to the rich and master to the poor. To the rich they control it while the poor has no control over it. The poor thinks that money is only meant for the rich that they have no access to it.

After this I will tell you why the educated ones still serve and work for the rich , people didn’t went to school. For you to know that money will only have value when you invest that money in something that will double that money. To me the poor know nothing about dreaming big, the poor has a small dream and that is why they are small and will remain small. The people who dream small, think small, and work small still do the hardest part of the work and are paid least amount of money. If you do not dream big you will appear small.

Money at hand has no value, money in the bank is useless
Until it is converted into tangible assets

Biography of Malcolm A Benson

Malcolm A Benson is a multi award winning Media Professional and the CEO of Benalex Media based in London. He is an Alumni of London Metropolitan University having obtained two Academic Hons Degrees as well as a Post- graduate diploma and other undergraduate qualifications in the same University.

His first academic degree was in Professional Studies in Education (BA Hons) followed by a second degree in Law (LLB). He then went on to do an LPC before joining a Law firm in London where he now practices.

He is a Mentor and has mentored a number of students at the London Metropolitan University as well as in the film industry. M A Benson also qualified as a Teacher before following his passion and extending his reach into the Media and Entertainment industry. He is a Film Producer, Actor, Director and Screenplay writer. He has produced a number of films such as ‘Phantom of Fury’; ‘Forget the Pact’, ‘Ortega and His Enemies’, which had picked up 14 Film awards nominations.

His recent film Return of The Don, having sold out its UK Premiere seats at the British Film Institute (BFI) IMAX Cinema and hitting no 23 on UK Box Office chart, has also won 5 Film Festival Awards. These include the Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival Award of Recognition, Canada International Film Festival Award of Excellence, Depth of Field International Film Festival Award of Exceptional Merit, Accolade International Film Festival Award etc. Return of The Don has received over 40 Film Award Nominations so far including The Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, Festival International De Film du Cannes, London Independent Film Festival, NAFCA Awards, ZAFAA Global Awards, CA Awards, BEFFTA Awards, Cameron Film Awards, African Film Awards etc.

Malcolm Benson’s Film Premiered in Cannes twice and was chosen and screened at the Mache Du Film by the New World Cinemas in Cannes. M A Benson has been Nominated Best Director, Best Producer, Best Screen Writer and Best Actor by the Los Angeles based NAFCA Prestigious Awards, BEFFTA Awards, ZAFAA Global Awards and African Film Awards in 2016

Awards seasons. In previous years M A Benson has amongst other awards also picked up the ZAFAA Best UK Film Director and The Life Changers Award as a Champion for Art and Culture. He has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Gathering of Africa’s Best (The GAP Awards) for his contributions on the promotion of the positive image of Africa and Africans through The Arts

His many TV productions are shown on flagship sky channels such as Nollywood Movies Channel 329 and Vox Africa Channel 218. This includes the high profile ‘Show 4 Africa’ and ‘Take 101’ which have attracted widespread media appeal. Take 101 is a documentary TV series that helps film makers especially new, young and upcoming ones to learn the A to Z about the film making process from concept to reality and from ideas to motion picture.

M A Benson’s Media Company launched one of the first Igbo TV shows on a UK Television, which aired on Ben Television SKY Channel 182 paving the way for other producers of similar shows. He is a founding member and creator of the successful Igbo Heritage Awards event. M A Benson is actively involved in the community leadership, fund raising and empowerment projects. He has worked actively as a committee member for three Former Mayors of the London Borough of Waltham Forest and two Former Mayors of London Borough of Enfield raising money for various charities.

He is a committee member for delivering the successful Nigerian Centenary Awards UK 2014. M A Benson is the former president of a youth organization for all igbos based in the UK called The Igbo Cultural and Support Network (ICSN).

He is the current President of Okija UK since 2013 and a founding member of the Actors Guild of UK as well as the Vice President of the UK Nollywood Producers Guild. M A Benson is driven by his passion for giving back to the community and is a much heralded community/industry leader and creative champion.

Some of his work can be found at http://www.benalexmedia.com, Facebook M A Benson, Twitter MabensonFilm, IMdB Malcolm Benson, Instagram Mabensonproduction.