Acheivers consurtium, ABSU Nexus

07/02/2019

02/09/2018

"Hezekiah: The generation that failed its young..
I digress
I haven't seen a Facebook group for scammers yet.. Or a specialised facility for learning how to pull sh**ha into a long drawn breath of smoke..
I am yet to see a manual for how to concoct a codeine diet spiced with tramadol and gutter water...
Or a dance studio for shakushaku with a scored music of legbegbe..please show me if you have. The street is the studio.
There is no N5billion facility for learning that special internet lingo that reads like an encrypted script from Krypton that youngsters use these days to remind us that coding is in**ed.
There's nothing... No PHYSICAL structure for learning corruption and vice. Youth culture is viral, ubiquitous, fluid, soft structure and in -your-face.
Youth culture is an abstract economy. It defies walls and cannot be confined to buildings.
There is however that older generation that loves their buildings. They pull down and raise bigger ones. Clearly, they missed that memo from Mark Twain "it is in vain to build the city, except you first build the man".
The man... On the street is raised by a culture that doesn't require the validation of Institutions. Its a a culture sitting on the beam of an invisible structure.
Enter Hezekiah
This king made choices, signed contracts, closed deals that would.make his children to the third generation slaves in the future. God warned him about it . His response? Very telling. " Good is the word of the Lord...For there shall be peace and truth in my days"
Listen here:
70million young Nigerians either don't have jobs or don't have the skills for them...".
By Johnson Abbaly.
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See the link below.
https://mobile.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156550169867207&id=826437206&refid=8&ref=opera_speed_dial&_ft_=qid.6596775919771954337%3Amf_story_key.-7994885069560039679%3Atop_level_post_id.10156550169867207%3Asrc.22%3Aphoto_id.10156550169737207&__tn__=%2AW-R

28/08/2018

Words to live by...

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.".

Words by Theodore Roosevelt.

27/08/2018

I've always made the mistake trying to assume that everyone around could picture the same image I have right in my mind. I've had a lot issues with people based on this, where they either misunderstood me or I misunderstood them.

A friend of mine wanted to help me get an assignment done. He offered all the answers to me. I felt so numb, by how he said that to me. He said, "Don't bother your head trying, I'll send every answer to you". I felt so bad, even though I should ordinarily have been happy for someone saving me some stress. I found out a lot of persons other than me, would have highly appreciated that kind gesture. My friend had no bad intention, other than just to assist his friend in need. But, I saw him in a different light afterwards. I only realized this, after I pondered on how I responded to his gesture. I can be quite reflective, at times.

I believe this is not just about me. I've learnt what we yell at others for, perhaps we see as wrong, could be borne out of a good heart, kind gestures towards us. I'm yet to wrap my head around it, because I haven't seen any optical theory to back it up. But, the truth is, we don't see things as they really are; but we see things as we are.

Don't take my word for it. You can take that of Anais Nin's. She said, "We do not see things the way they are; we see things the way we are".
A lot of persons have an improper perspective of themselves because of their impaired vision. And, this spills over to others, leading to a lot of problems resulting to broken relationships and marriages. It has led to wrong assumptions and misunderstanding.

To have a better view of the world around us, we need to allow a mental shift in our perspective. We need to deal with ourselves. Hence, our view of others and the world at large revolutionizes.
Build yourself.
Change your perspective...

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21/08/2018

Ok guys. Recently a group of SGCites were going for Ab event wearing their beautiful vests. One intrigued onlooking approached one of us and the following ensued:

Man: hey excuse me please, I like this shirt, who are you people, you all look smart .

SGCites: Thanks we are members of the Successor Generation Community,

Man: oh. Ok. What is that ?

SGCites: its a community of smart young people who are being groomed for leadership across 15 sectors in Nigeria. Its an initiative of the Agenda2040 movement

Man: oh I see. What's Agenda 2040 all about

SGCites: A2040 is a movement that believes that Nigeria can become top 10 most powerful nation in the world by 2040. Its an agenda we seek to pursue and achieve

Man: (scoffs) hahaha. Really , this Nigeria? It Is a nice idea but I doubt it. Nigeria is a useless place...

SGCite: (cuts in) ...I beg to differ sir. That attitude is the reason we are in this mess. Nigeria is a blessed country that doesn't have thoughtful leadership.. This is why a new generation is needed to take over.

Man: so what will you people do that others haven't done and how would you achieve this your Agenda2040?

SGCite: sir, others who tried to fix the country went straight to try to fix the economy. But Nigeria's problem isn't economic it is cultural. We are not poor because of lack of resources. We are poor because we lack resourcefulness. This is what makes Agenda2040 movement different. We are starting with a culture shift.

Man:..hmmm

SGCite: the culture of work ethic, Ubuntu, adventure, generosity, and grace is missing. Its like an operation system, if we dont fix a bad operating system, nothing else will work. We will keep making money and will still be poor.

Man: you people are smart and passionate. I love your mind. I wish I heard these things when I was your age.

SGCite: it is not late sir. Martin Luther says "the time is always right to do the right thing". You can embrace our new culture, you can ask smart people you know to join us, if you have teenage brothers and sisters they can sign up for our ROP programme.

Man: what's ROP, what's Ubuntu.

SGCite: ROP is another initiative of Agenda2040 movement. It targets teenagers and helps them transition into responsible adulthood by working with them to mind map the next ten years of their lives. Vision and clarity are very important to a young person and the RITES OF PASSAGE programme is set up to achieve just that.

Well Ubuntu is an Africa word that means " because you are, we are". Its a new culture that believes that when we support one another to succeed, everybody succeeds.

Man: I am really touched by all these you have said. I feel challenged . if young people like you can think like this, I feel ashamed to even be arguing with you. I will support Agenda2040.

SGCite: Thank you sir, we need a critical mass. We need more youths to embrace these movement. It is our future at stake and we must take control of it. Thats why we must be groomed and processed for the take over.

10/08/2018

ROP BOOTCAMP 2018
Rise of Smart Africa

This August, over 200 young people will camp for one week and take control of their future. This is not the regular Bootcamp

Its a Rites of Passage Bootcamp

Its a passage into the reality of the 21st century. Smart youths will mind map their career around the disruption of technology and lifestyle.

Many of the participants will be freshmen in school, this Bootcamp will help clarify the next 10 years of their lives.

We shall have industry/ career mentors on ground across 15 sectors to help these youths decide their career paths.

The highlights of this Bootcamp would be self discovery and clarity.

6 days of uninterrupted focus on what's really important. 6 days of companionship with incredibly brilliant youths. 6days to recreate the world.

Investment is N25,000 .

Feeding, accommodation, resource materials, starter pack shall be covered.

August 20th- 25th 2018

Lekki, Lagos

Register now. Limited spaces available.

Click on link below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflOiNpYzKwiunnSadmUZyuyUMtexFB7zzuST1OmlqCx2ek3Q/viewform?usp=sf_link

We are offering Bootcamp sponsorship to at least 100 participants between ages 17-22.

This Bootcamp provides a one week Odyssey into the culture of Ubuntu, work ethic, adventure, generosity and grace in the company of some of the smartest young Nigerians in Lagos.

Two clear deliverables: Self discovery and clarity. It is difficult to amount to anything significant without those two gifts.

Helping young people discover their natural rhythms and clarify their career paths for the next ten years is the singular most powerful way to prepare them for the 4th Revolution.

To qualify to be sponsored, do the following:

1. Upload a 30seconds video of yourself making the case "why Africa needs me".

2. Upload to your Facebook wall and/or Instagram pages with the tag

3. A team in the secretariat will track all videos and decide based on merit of video and engagement on the video.

Please, let's share the information with our friends and loved ones who could benefit from this.

The future is beautiful. Prepare!

09/01/2018

The coolest dudes of the 21st century would be so disruptive they would make their lecturers green.

A Nigerian man attended a tech conference in Silicon Valley and emerged befuddled beyond recognition. He was like "what the heck just happened"

It felt like an alternative universe. Everything from AI permeation, to digital centralisation, big data explosion, 5G tech, white collar automation... Sounded like Latin spoken in Greek verse.

Schools are not even nearly close to bridging the gaps. With what we learn today we would graduate as vacuous intellectual derelicts with copious chasms of knowledge entirely unfit for purpose in the 21 century.

Woa. The future is here folks. Don't let your local squabbles fool you. The generation that will dominate the future are here. Yeah. Right on your campus as I write.

But there's one thing though. They are disruptive and they rock like that. You can be told or you can do the telling.

Find Us at the old business block, sociology 300 level class, Abia State University on Wednesdays by 4:30PM.

Let's Unlock the Next Generation!

08/11/2017

On Tithe or No!

A missionary once visited India and decided to visit the "sacred" places...

He happened upon an on going construction of a Hindu temple..

He took a fancy to it and decided to go look around.

He was smitten by the sheer grace and audacity of the beauty that was evolving right in front of him. It was exotic in an otherworldly way.

The building was overlaid with pure beaten gold. The interior was exquisitely manicured with tapestry, flowers and precious stones...

The ambience of the dome was fit for the past time of gods.

It dawned on the missionary, these people were not building a temple, they were creating spiritual art from painstaking details, from sweat and worship. It was an edifice hewed out of blood and treasure.

He approached one of the women working there and curiously asked " What does it cost to build this?"

The woman was startled, horrified! She looked at him with both indignation and pity. Oh wretched soul, how mundane could he be; how mindful of earthly dross and spoils.

She puckered up and looked him square in the face as one ready to deliver an eulogy with the sentence of finality. She said...

"It is for the gods, we dont count the cost!".

Go figure!

- Johnson Abbaly

27/08/2017

God is "everywhere you go"

23/07/2017

23/07/2017

Happy Birthday to the chief information officer of the House of Daniel absu and successors generation community Absu, Mr Esonu Chukwuma.
We love you sir.

13/07/2017

great works guys, we just reached 200 likes! we promise to not let you down and keep on edifying. more grace.

House of Daniel is a movement with a mandate of raising intelligent and spiritually stable Sons of God in the Nigerian universities and beyond.