Good day all and a great year I believe it will be for us all. I believe Frank Agbagidi is on point with all he has said especially with a known fact that 'NO COMMAND JOS, NO COJOSA'. I believe we can achieve greatness UNITED. Lets chart a united course towards achieving that.
Regards, Wale Olatunde '91 Sent from my iPhone On Jan 25, 2013, at 1:23, frank godwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Great Commados! > i am really dumb founded and really lack the appropriate words to express how > i feel with the direction of which our Great Alumni is heading . > Rather than benefit from the strength of our unity in divercity, it appears > some of us would rather we are divided in our unity. > Lagos, Abuja, UK, US and all branches as the case may be, we seem to forget > that no COMMAND JOS, NO COJOSA! Irrespective of Chapter's. So, rather than > galvernize our strength by unifying towards the values that should make the > Center proud, the very basis for our co-existence as an Alumni, we now want > to develop our seperate units as far as possible from the very Center. > My humble advice! Attached is the Proposed Constitution of COJOSA as it were > for our digestion and action, both locally or globaly. It is either we take a > good look at that which seems to bring us together, with a view of making > amendments or adaptions that would chart the way forward for us as a ONE > UNITED entity with a focus and sense of direction. > Every one's contribution seem's to make sense to me, one way or the other. > Even if some appears to be nonsense, atleast in some nonsense, there could > still be some senses. We should endevoure to see the senses in each others > 'nonsense'. > Frank Agbagidi 88 > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Jos Commandos] Letter 20 - The Foolishness in Writing > > > What more can we say! Topsy you have said it all. Please do not be tired in > pursuing a united COJOSA. Adam, though we are set mates, I have great respect > for you, continue with what you are doing. I have decided long before now to > associate with the progressives! > We would get there some day and I hope very soon! > > Tunde Okikiolu > Class of 86 > Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone provided by Airtel Nigeria. > From: Babatope Ojo <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:00:37 +0100 > To: [email protected]<[email protected]> > ReplyTo: [email protected] > Cc: cssjos<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Jos Commandos] Letter 20 - The Foolishness in Writing > > > Hmmm. Very thought provoking. Very sad indeed. The reality stings hard. This > is the sad reality plaguing us today. The question really is why can't we > organize ourselves, despite our intellectual base and capacities? Does it > mean that we really do not care or what? I see one or two chapter trying hard > to organize themselves. However in-fighting and trivial sentiments ever > abound, tearing them apart. > I chose to stay away for the singular reason that we are all talk and no > spine! What happened to the Intervention Fund? I had to refund the monies I > collected from only two of my set mates when everything stopped. The initial > "gra gra" that greeted the noble idea fizzled away before you could say CSSJ. > Why? Why are we like this? The efforts of those that mean to contribute their > little quota keeps getting frustrated each time. > John, I feel your pain. I share in your frustrations. I share in your hopes > and aspirations for a virile and united COJOSA. > The question still remains how do we turn things around? How do we get > ourselves thoroughly organized? How do we stop the competition and rather > focus on integration and synergy to take our association to the next level? > I once wrote a piece in 2006 during the run up to the 2007 general elections > on the role of the Nigerian youth in the elections in particular. I was > shocked that no one said anything about that article. For weeks on end what > occupied our discourse was garri and how we used to sneak out to Farin Gada > and all that. > If the truth must be told, we must change in order not to fail ourselves and > the younger generation. We are the pride of Command. We didn't get there by > accident, we are known to be diligent, disciplined and visionary. We must all > refocus this new year. All sleeping branches need wake up and get going > again. Our efforts at "rebuilding" Command must not be allowed to waste or > die just like that. Arise O compatriots, let us make our association great. > Let us stand together and challenge ourselves towards achieving a common goal > this year. We should resuscitate the idea of having a national exco that will > help galvanize the efforts of the local branches while collaborating with the > branches in diaspora aimed towards the realization of rebuilding a united > Command Jos Alumni Association. > According to the words of John, "let the real Commandos stand up"!!! > God bless you all and make this year your most successful ever. God bless > Command Jos. > > Regards, > Topsy. > Class of 88. > > > > On Jan 24, 2013, at 19:28, Sagai John Adam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> ----------- >> P.M.B. 2250 >> ----------- >> A Series of 20 Letters espousing Ideas, Strategies and (atimes Bitter) Home >> Truths to Alumni of Command Secondary School Jos. >> >> From Adam John (1986 Set, Tiger House) >> >> >> >> >> =============== >> >> >> "THE MAN WHOSE LUCK WAS ASLEEP" >> >> >> >> A man who worked hard but always stayed poor decides to look for a wise man >> (a hermit on a far off mountain) to ask why he must endure poverty. He sets >> off in a hurry. >> >> Along the way he met a wolf who hunted long and hard but was always hungry. >> >> The wolf asks that he ask the wise man how long till his stomach is filled. >> >> Then he met a beautiful maiden who was young, fair, rich, but very unhappy. >> >> She asks him to ask the wise man how long till she finds true happiness. >> >> Then he encounters a dried up tree by a river. It asks him to ask the wise >> man how long till its roots find water and its leaves turn green. >> >> When he finds the wise man he makes his complaints and gets an answer. >> >> "Your luck has been asleep - but now it is waking up. Go find and enjoy it." >> >> He also got answers to the other three requests. >> >> The Tree is told a buried pot of gold is blocking its roots. The Tree begs >> him to dig it up, but he is in a hurry to find his luck. >> >> The maiden is told she needs a kind man who will be a good companion. She >> begs him to marry her, but he is in a hurry to find his luck. >> >> The wolf is met again and the man tells of the wise man, the tree and the >> maiden. "But what of my request?" The wolf asks. "You will find a foolish >> man, eat him and never hunger again!" >> >> The wolf replies - "Where will I find a more foolish man than you?" and ate >> him up. >> >> Obviously some people don't know luck when they see it. >> >> >> >> Source: Tashjian's “Once there was and was Not”. >> >> =============== >> >> >> >> >> Letter 20 of 20, January 25, 2013 >> >> >> >> >> Dear Commando, >> >> >> THE FOOLISHNESS IN WRITING. >> >> >> It’s 30th of December 2012. My birthday. >> >> The felicitations are pouring in via SMS and Facebook. >> >> I smiled at this one: >> >> Oluwaseun Osewa wrote on your Timeline. 30 December 2012 at 19:19 >> Happy birthday, big bro. Thanks once again for your assistance in 2005. >> ----- >> >> Who is Oluwaseun Osewa? >> What assistance in 2005? >> >> Seun Osewa owns Nigeria’s most popular website/forum nairaland.com with over >> 1 million members as at 23 January 2013. When you count the top 5 internet >> entrepreneurs operating from Nigeria, Seun will be on it. >> >> >> What about the 2005 bit? >> >> Here is what Seun said in an interview by www.cp-africa.com: >> -------QUOTE------ >> >> ...I created 3 forums in November 2003 >> (one for higher institution students, >> one for IT discussions, and one to >> cover the emerging GSM industry; >> the Mobile Nigeria Forum at >> MobileNigeria.com). >> >> The Mobile Nigeria Forum took off, so I >> relaunched it in February 2005 with the >> assistance of Mr. John Sagai Adams, who >> posted a link to the forum on his mailing list >> and participated enthusiastically in those >> early days. >> >> Other mobile enthusiasts like Mr. Yomi Adegboye >> pitched in to make the site a success. In a month >> or so, the forum had about 300 members, but the >> growth potential didn’t satisfy me... >> >> -------END OF QUOTE----- >> >> >> >> The mailing list he was referring to was an electronic magazine (or e-Zine) >> called GSM Today that I had the pleasure of publishing weekly between 2002 >> and 2006. It covered the emerging telecommunications space in Nigeria at the >> time. >> >> It was in those years that I developed my writing. >> >> Writing taught me to research. >> Writing taught me humour. >> Writing made me unafraid... to write. >> >> >> Writing has also given me bragging rights, like the Seun Osewa’s case. How >> many Nigerians can say they had a hand in helping the biggest internet >> personality in Nigeria? >> >> Oh, and one other benefit: >> Writing EVERY week for all those years is what helped me to deliver the 19 >> Letters of PMB 2250 between September 2012 and December 2012. >> >> >> THE FOOLISH WRITER? >> >> While I can harp on and on about how writing has been good to me, it is not >> the complete story. >> >> Writing should lead to a desired action or reaction. >> >> It should inspire. >> It should annoy. >> It should motivate. >> It should lead to change. >> >> When it comes to writing about the Jos Commandos Alumni experience (I am >> tempted to say experiment) I have not been silent. >> >> Sadly, I have been the sole, hoarse, lonely, voice. >> >> The ranting fool. >> >> From my first “essay” titled, “Where are the REAL Commandos” way back in >> 2004 to these 20 Letters of the PMB 2250 Series in 2012, I have complained, >> complained and complained that Jos Commandos are under-performing. >> >> In that first essay I thundered: “JOS COMMANDOS HAVE FAILED.” I then >> predicted that, “... AT THE PRESENT COURSE AND VELOCITY, WE WILL ONLY GROW >> INTO OLD MEN AND WOMEN WHO NEVER FULFILLED THEIR POTENTIAL.” >> >> In the follow up, “Part 2 - 101 Questions”, I was fed up and said so in >> clear terms. Not withstanding my frustrations, I outlined many powerful >> questions that should provoke change. After the 2 essays of 2004, I went >> silent from anything COJOSA for one full year. >> >> By the time COJOSA was celebrating her 30th Anniversary in 2007, I wrote in >> “Command Jos @ 30 – Our Darkest Hour”: >> >> “Oh, how I hate anniversaries sometimes. >> I hate anniversaries because they compel me to >> reflect and judge my performance. >> Birthdays are usually a time of >> accountability. >> >> The tough questions at stare at you: >> < > <Command Constitution-2.doc>
