Every one here can only start by joining and being active in your local chapters of Command Old Student Associations. If it's collective actions there ill be more impact, nevertheless individual efforts are not undermined.. thank you all for the concerns and God Bless
________________________________ From: Kadiri Ibrahim <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, November 12, 2010 8:02:41 AM Subject: Re: [Jos Commandos] What about a Foundation, or Scholarship? Snr Tunde,Paul& Harold......Kudos on your comments.....the present state of CSSJ is indeed a major concern. You have made the picture very clear.We need to Strategies very well with a define roadmap. Its time we made the authorities in Jos to Wake up. Excommandoes for Life. I remain loyal. BR// Ibrahim Kadiri. Asst Dragon House Captain 93 Set. On Fri Nov 12th, 2010 6:07 AM CET Paul Afiegbe wrote: >Hi Harold, u did hit home no doubt about it,something for posterity, this a >good > >one in the right direction. > >Harold where is your brother my set mate? U could reach me @ [email protected]. > >If not for just the name Command, our dear sch now stand not any less the way >we > >saw n rated our next door neighbors Naraguta Sec Sch. > >For the authority response on the way forward would be a hard one to pin down >but we could give it a shot. > >Been proactive here would do us all some good. We should set a time frame to >raise funds and get a road map on our target reforms. A little drop is just >the >chain reaction we need here. Simple plan actions. > >We've got Arc & Engr's in the house. This falls to their lots of which I am >one >by HIS Grace. My time would be made available for this runs. > > >A redesign of the Sch gate could just start this chain reactions. My last >count >when I did drop by last Nov '09, a large scale dualisazation of the the Zaria >rd > >to Gada biu n tru Unijos rds was under construction, it would have been >completed by now except if the Jos part 6 didn't kill the project. Not to be >derailed the the Jos pt 6 issues, Ur home is Ur home war or no war, it's still >ur home. > >A simple top up redesign job of our gate should send pegs in, questions would >start to crip in. But not to point any fingers at any one, this Sch has left n >imparted so much in our lives dat we should be all great full in the first >instance. > >For me and my AFIEGBE'S Sibblings, CSSJ EXCO, Pen me down for a N100,000:00 on >or b4 31-12-2010 > >Command re-sharped my live n I am great-full. Awa ( Command Nursery sch), >Command Childred Sch & Comman Sec Sch Jos ). Am in for this re-branding. Where >would I be by now if the ARMY had never set up a Scholarship system in the >first > >place, Heavens only knows. > >My target guys is do a touchup job on my three times class rm block, I went >tru >dat block 3 times, 1A, 2A & 5A. > > >I had to visit Command last year, I needed to deal with an issue. The Sch kept >prompting in my dreams for years, I had to set myself free by visiting. In the >years gone by, I had clear revelations of all the building in dat sch, I meet >a >91 set in Lagos in '03 n asked questions on specifics where certain buildings >were, added building or building coming or would come up, I made a drawing n >she confirmed my fears. > >Guys I must do this, there's a reason for everything in this Live. > >Together we stand divided we fall. My candid advise to the 95 set, is 4 u guys >to close Ur exclusive site. We were trained by the Army, we are 1 not two in a >house, democracy is not allowed, u made dat choice when u crossed dat Main >Gate. > >Obey b4 complain. Dats our MOTTO. Be warned! We have zero tolerance for Muntiny. > >Arewo. > >85 Capon Di Ti Ti > > >________________________________ > >From: Harold Nwariaku <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Fri, November 12, 2010 1:08:18 AM >Subject: [Jos Commandos] What about a Foundation, or Scholarship? > > >________________________________ >To: [email protected] >From: [email protected] >Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:59:12 -0800 >Subject: Re: A MUST READ! Re: [Jos Commandos] The State of Command Jos > > > > >Vivi, U can count on me here, > > When I say d sch has fallen, I have with facts. U would see pictures I took > in >the 80's,d very foundatn of Command, how we sat in glass classes, green >quadrangles, clear No-go areas about the Hostel area by vehicles, Snr now men >and sisters now mothers, U guys would laugh where did this all came from but I >have them. > >U guys would see how the presence assembly hall was built, how the dinning >hall >used to be, alot of glorious days in the Sun of our their old CSSJ. > >I await a way for wand to re-awrite our CSSJ. > >Thanks. > >Arewo. >85. > > > > >________________________________ >From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 7:22:31 AM >Subject: A MUST READ! Re: [Jos Commandos] The State of Command Jos > > >Dear Paul and all ye Commandos , > >I feel you in this matter. > >2 things I feel can be done. A couple us can pay a visit to the school to >ascertain what it will cost to put the place back in shape. > >Then let's come back to lagos and organise a fund raising dinner and invite >all >the who is who's whose children have passed through the scool. > > >Those of us who have pictures from command in its days of glory should get >them >together as we will need them for publicity. > >If we pursue this event with huge publicity and 'funfare' we will achieve >something big. Haba! Command, my Command. > >Vivian Akinyosoye. > >86' set. >Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN >________________________________ > >From: Paul Afiegbe <[email protected]> >Sender: [email protected] >Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:05:02 -0800 (PST) >To: <[email protected]> >ReplyTo: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Jos Commandos] The State of Command Jos 2 > > > >Hello Everyone, > >I did drew the attention of the house about this sometimes in Nov' 09 last >year. > >Am happy people are now getting angry and asking questions. I see good >responses > >coming. > >If 90's sets are crying out this loud! What should the 80's sets do! Maybe we >should all go to Jos n block the Sch gate for quick answers. > >What U 90's sets are crying about is just a chip of what CSSJ was in my time. >I >felt a deep pain when I did visit. I walked in through my classs, dinning hall >to the my hostel, not even one student stopped or greated me, that's how low >the > >moral up bring of the young one's in sch. > >All the green grass quadrangles are gone, very tall grass in our football >pitch >behind the Admin block, buildings planted indiscriminately. U need to visit. I >assure U, from the gate U will start to cry. Or better still if not for the >name > >of the sch, U might drive pass it only to reach FGC then U will recon U've >passed Commmand. > >CSSJ now pass for Naragutta Sch. > >I hope to be in Abj when Commandant would visit, Guys & Chicks, lets take our >WARS to him when he visit. > >Thanks. > >Afiegbe Paul Arewo > >85 set. > > > > >________________________________ >From: Kadiri Ibrahim <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tue, November 9, 2010 3:21:39 PM >Subject: [Jos Commandos] The State of Command Jos! > > >Hello, >Compliments. >It just came into my mind that all this while,we have been complaining about >the > >deplorable state of Command Jos and we are yet to look deep within. >Seeing pictures of the present state of CSSJ,gives you the jibes.The first >thing > >that comes to our mind is what can we do&how fast can we implement it. >Have you ever asked yourselves.......What has the Military been doing with all >the funds allocated to Military schools by the Federal government.The Military >has an educational unit primarily for educational purpose. >Funds are allocated for the yearly upkeep of this schools. >The question should be....what's the Flow process?are the funds reaching the >school?what has the commandant been doing?where are the loop holes coming from? >The Commandant should be heavily questioned.....since he is the last man >standing. >The Ufodike era also popped into my mind,the way&manner he almost milked the >school financially. >The Flow should be questioned,not just we(the ex-students)crying over the >deplorable state of the school.Fine that we can make our own contribution but >what stops the school from been fair to the students. >Government has made provision for all this,down to the basic infrastructures >like Computers,to tell you or show you how the world is advancing.......Did >the >school make any provision for it,which I doubt but yet the school was. smiling >with the recently Donated Computers......then where did the funds allocated >for >the provision of the computers gone to? > >Additional questions......What has the Military Educational unit doing about >the > >states of the school?Do they still supply educational materials like >before?What > >does the Commandant do with all the funds channelled to him? >Why are the students paying the huge price? > >Next time we are making donations to the school.....It should be questioned >internally...not just because of the glory of it. > >My Candid observation. > >Nice day > >BR// > > > > > > >Hi guys, >A few weeks ago, I started a small write up on "my memories of command". I >guess > >I was inspired by some of the stories I was reading, and wanted to share my >own >version of how I saw Command in my days. I stopped when the direction of >conversation changed, but thinking about it, I will finish it and post it >sometime. > >The diversity in this group is simply sublime and it is interesting to see how >the different views are expressed and received. >Do you guys know that just by reading your comments, one can try to describe >some of us here? It's just beautiful to see how we pour ourselves out when we >write. Maybe one day, when I have the time, I will try to do short >descriptions >of people who have contributed here. I may not be 100% correct, but I'm sure >some things I say will hit home. > >As for our dear Command, hmmmmmm! > >I will like us to keep the ideas coming, as somehow, we will find a way to >agree > >on what must be done. My suggestion is to go for something that will outlive >us, > >like a foundation or a scholarship. > >If we are able to agree on some kind of yearly contribution, we can have the >best student in the entrance exams, or the interviews, go through the school >on >a scholarship fund. This will drive students to want to do well. > >We might also make it that the best graduating student goes through university >on a scholarship. This may push them to focus on their academics. > >If we are able to pull more funds together, we can extend it to sports – the >best athlete, or the best in something will get an opportunity to develop >their >interest in any institute of their choice anywhere in the world. > >These are big dreams I know, but it is something to aspire to. If we as a >group >can find a way to set this up, posterity will refer to us as the ones who >created a new future for Command. > >I still think the school is ultimately about the students who pass through it; >though the state of the infrastructure is very concerning. > >I also think that the attention this will give to the school will force the >authorities to want to present a better image. > >Harold Nwariaku >88. > > > >
