“I
thought, age should speak, advanced years should teach wisdom.
But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of
the Almighty that gives him understanding.
It is not the old who are wise, not only the
aged who understand what is right”
Job 32:7-9 (NIV)
In this type of society we operate here, age is always put
before ability or skill. In the real sense, it does not always have to do with
how old you are…. it is important that the best man do the job: it should not
always be about how many professional qualifications obtained or how long they
have been on a job, when someone can excellently execute a task, encouragement
and challenges should be placed before such a person. An example is about David
in the Bible; if age was so much a factor, David would not have been anointed
king by Samuel….God would not have chosen him. He was the youngest. (1
Sam16:1-13)
Excellence does not thrive where there is stagnation,
mediocrity….. a place where people are not encouraged to use their initiative
is not healthy. We may be tempted to give in to age considering how this
environment, yet you must be wise enough to look at the end result. Let the
best man get the job done; swallow your prejudice for excellence to thrive.
When a leader decides or allows himself to be surrounded with
outdated, archaic, unproductive people, he will never rise above their level of
reasoning. This is why Nigeria
will always be battling with productivity and excellence because we so much
place emphasis on age even when it is counter productive. Let the best man
effectively do the job…that should be the most important thing. The vibrant
middle class is gradually dwindling because the society does not groom people
for the type of mindset that thrives in excellence. We find ourselves sometimes
under the type of leadership that makes you so angry because of how unbelievably
incompetent the leadership is, people who cannot run a simple cycle, how much
more the seat of power? A lot of people in position of authority who think they
know everything; they never give room for other people’s opinion to count….. At
the end of the day, the whole system is plagued with unyielding standards of
stagnancy and unproductivity. 
The world will always marginalize the ignorant; we
cannot continue in fossilized backwardness. We must be able to always be
logical rather than emotional in getting things done.
