CONCERNS RAISED OVER POOR MENTORSHIP
Concerns over mentorship
DENEN DANIEL
In a country with an estimation of over 200 million people and the most populous black nation on earth, Nigerians population comprised of more than 50% youths. The country has continued to receive medals design for underperforming nations in terms of high illiteracy, economic stagnation, infrastructural deficit, insecurity of lives and property etc. The attention of the public has revealed a giving trend, practicable among Nigerians which bother on poor mentorship and followership.
An elder statesman, Chief Isaac Shaahu said young people are not ready to learn from the older ones which is why the society is where it is today. He also said this generation is akin for amassing quick wealth for the benefit of family and friends. To Chief Shaahu “it is a general agreement among young people that we the old guard should be completely neglected. It is no wonder we are called living ancestors, which by extension, indicates we shouldn’t have been alive.
According to Mr. Patrick Mbassey, the stagnation in terms of career advancement amongst youth today is highly alarming. He lamented the fast withering of talents in our clime and call on all to take a new path and imbibe the culture of unconditional offering of support and care to those aspiring for higher heights, stressing that the implementation this culture will ensure gradual realization of dreams.” The lamentations common among people is that which has to do with envy from those who we expect to offer us support in times of trying to realize goals set. But the case is different. it seems the kind of envy arises from close association, whenever goals are to be achieved,” added Mbessey.
Mrs. Hambe Mwuese, says “the now acceptable but destructive phrase,’pull him down’ has come to stay due to the way and manner politicians especially in Benue believe in the Darwinian theory of survival of the fittest and wild weird west policy of Dog Eats Dog, where it is believing that fierce battles for opportunities must be made a sacred order. People tend to grow unreasonably uneasy with news of success of other people and immediately recourse to how to ruin progresses of others.” she emphasized that our societies can only be good when the trend is overturned.
Decrying the outcome of the pull him down syndrome, the Parish Priest, St Mary’s Quasi Parish, Igbor, Gwer East, Rev. Fr James Tagesa Akpagher calls on the general public, especially those in positions of giving and receiving, to always learn from the personality of Jesus Christ who helped even those he had no relationship with. He insisted when the actions are followed, the idea of extending help to only relations will reduce to barest minimum, therefore expanding the community of help givers and receivers which he “strongly believe will go a long way in helping the turnaround of events in both economic, social, educational and political backwardness in our state and the nation at large.” Rev. James charged Christians of good faith to lead by example in the war to reclaim destinies and full utilization of the abundant human resources common to Nigeria through unconditional and rare sense of mentorship.
The Facilitator, Community Links and Human Empowerment Initiatives, (CLHEI), Dr. (Mrs.) Helen Teghtegh said the idea of someone been pulled down by others is much of a psychological factor than it is widely perceived to be realistic. She cited exposure, education and internal resolution by an individual as factors responsible for success in others and failure in some. “There is this nature in humans which tends to make us feel we are targeted by others because of certain advancement we have made. But the larger contribution towards these fears hinged on individual differences; when you are resolute in your decision of executing certain goals backed with exposure and proper education, one hardly feels threatened whether he or she is being pursued by some adversaries.” Dr. Teghtegh says failure for others is retribution of “Karma” and advised that those with high aspiration must also offer themselves as spring board for others with similar aspirations.
