book tour

Last week I was on my premier book tour for my new book tilte SENIOR GBENGA.it was very impressive, talking about the reception from the two schools I visited. Babington Macaulay Junior Seminray and Christ The Redeemers , Sagamu. The students bought quite a number of books, in fact we have to go back to Prsee so that other schools can have copies.I believe that the best is yet to come.I am looking forward to visiting Redeemers High School, Chrisland College, Vivian Fowler and Faith Acdemy in June.

Just 4 u

KNOW RISK, KNOW SUCCESS

I look before I leap

For I?m too scared to get a limp

Stepping out before time to get a look

Of what tomorrow holds in its grip

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Life is but a trip

Journey through with wisdom and your lip

When stressed, wait and get a tip

It sustains you never to slip



Lazy men could die in their sleep

But take risks and don?t dare quit

Click, click, click

The clock tick whilst burning night oil still

Never be too careful to embrace life?s risks



Reach the top and don?t you flop

Lest the blest place from you flee

The realm of joy that awaits you see

Embrace luck but from sin flee



BiGiTWRITE?
this poem was written by one of my readers, Busayo Yusuff, you could also send your article to gfatogun@yahoo.com

what a week

I am scheduled to speak at Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary on Saturday and Sunday.Then on Monday, May25th, I would be at Christ The Redeemers College, Sagamu.

hardwork

the last one week has been very hectic for me, indeed nothing good comes easily. I printed about 5000 free leadership bulletins for secondary school students. Already students in Chrisland College, Alex Duduyemi College, Ile-ife, Redeemers International School, Vivian Fowler and others have recieved their copies. But I was not too satisfied with the cover pix of Senior Gbenga, the way it came out on the bulletin.

The hunt for a better cover pix made my week very stressful After resolving to use a life image of some selected secondary school students, I began to look for a school to use. I visited three schools but I had very little time for the protocols I had to go through. Finally I resolved to use my own picture alongside other friends for the front cover. I hope u like it.

new cover

SENIOR GBENGA

C.M.S. Grammar school yesterday ordered copies of Senior Gbenga for all their graduating students. What are you waiting for, the book is a must read.

finally

i had to change the book cover, it has been very sressful. I had visited three different secondary schools trying to get pix for the book, eventually i decided to take this pix today. I hope it comes out very well, thanks to cyril onih, mayowa, david, tinuke nad Ifeoma for this pix.

senior gbenga bulletin

frre leadership bulletin for secondary school students is now available. Call 08072738668 to order for your copy.

Quizzer

Question 1
In what year and who invented the windscreen wiper after watching the FA final at Wembley on a stormy night?

Question 2

“Saturday, July 31st 2006 was a very important day for me. I could barely wait for the dawn of the morning.” According to the book, Senior Gbenga, why was that day remarkable for the Author?

Question 3

Who wrote the book, “Sammy and the Wallets”

SMS your responses to 08072738668 or by email – gfatogun@yahoo.com. Prizes for the first three correct responses.

WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE?

There’s never been the need for transformational leaders who have the will and determination to be change agents. Men who know where they are going before asking for the hands of others. I am not talking about unprepared men who have no business leading others here, but a crop of exemplary leaders who are passionate about others. Leaders like Martin Luther King, Obafemi Awolowo, and Nelson Mandela just to mention a few.

But I can hardly find the leaders anymore, everyone is playing the blame game but no one is taking responsibility. The average person is more concerned about himself than what he can do to help another. Now everybody is talking, even those who are suppose to be listening, leaders listen first. I see people searching earnestly for titular leadership, when they can start from where they are in their classes, school, and community. Where have all the leaders gone?

I agree with Governor Babatunde Fashola when he says that, “ I argue that by sowing for an early crop the capacity to lead particularly in our youths, we can guarantee for this nation a harvest of exemplary leaders that our people so clearly expect and deserve.” So, I stopped my search for the leaders I desire in the Senate and other Government houses, I suddenly began to focus on young people in secondary schools. But that was until I came across an article in the newspapers, I that gave me a lot of heartache. It’s the story of 18 years old Jagi (not real name) a secondary school student in Ibadan who was the alleged armourer of a 14-member gang that held the city of Ibadan spellbound after a bank robbery, leaving on its trail corpses, broken limbs, damaged vehicles and property. The shocking story of Jagi left me with a lot of questions. Where have all the leaders gone?

Finally I resolved to start looking within, after all it was A.A.Allen that said, “You cannot travel without, if you do not travel within.” I realised that I had been counting on other people to make the change our country needs. Ironically in the same vein many other people are counting on me, what a puzzle. Eventually if every one would play his/her part in our quest for national transformation, the results will be outstanding. Here is the conclusion of the matter, “I cannot do everything, but I will not allow what I cannot do stop me from doing what I can do.”

are u ready?