HUMAN CAPITAL. By Tobe Eze

HUMAN CAPITAL.

From experience, I have noticed that some have turned everywhere they see a student of students in churches where reflections and homilies are given. Some through their advice make some students to know of evils that did not even know of them before. Borrowing from my brother Ugwuanyi Joseph Obumnaeke, “A student needs money more than advice”. Investing on human beings sometimes seems very difficult for what people are turning to be now. People are now biting the fingers that are feeding them. But that should not make us to stop it for there are still many good ones we can help. Anyi ama ji maka mgbagbu yara ogu.

Some rich men and women are scattered everywhere around us and we still have poor serious youths wasting around us. What is happening? Is it that the youth are not good to be helped or the rich do not like to help? Let us watch this problem very well to know how to tackle it for it is destroying our community and life.

Think of a brilliant young boy in the village that the family is finding it difficult to have their three square meal everyday. When you ask him his class from the window or glass of your car, when he answers ss2, you will shout “Wow!” You are there already. You will give him series of advice, preaching without any referential content. When you go to the university, behave yourself there, when you know there is no WAEC money. Or another boy who has finished learning work but no money to start his own, you will tell him, when you start your own, try and be going to shop on time and go home late. And so many persons who have different potentialities but no one to help them to put them into actualities.

Logical Positivist in Analytic Philosophy made it clear that for any statement to be meaningful, it must have a referential content. I am now saying that, for any advice from the rich to the poor must have a referential content for it to be helpful. Let us build people and they will in turn build others and life will continue in that spirit and our world will be better. Though some may disappoint, but greater number will do good. Build human beings so that, they will build others for it is the best. Thanks.

Tobe Eze (DAN~HILL)