Joni the Change Agent Int.

"Wherever you find quality, you will find a craftsman, not a quality-control expert." Jonathan Olakunle Olanlokun is a social entrepreneur, the Founder of Barbara Abike Epperson Foundation (BAEF), a non-profit organization, who aims at immortalizing the works of his American foster grandmother. He is also the Founder of BJB EPPERSON (NIG) LTD and Joecan Aluminium, a technical company established in the year 2000. Furthermore, Jonathan is an active member of the Bring Back Our Girls (#BBOG) movement. Evidently, he is a Nigerian with keen interest in community and national development. His passion is borne out of the need to see the poor live a decent life. As an advocate of poverty reduction, Jonathan is well known for rendering selfless service to his community and the people he finds on the street. On several occasions, he has been found on the streets, giving food, financial support, and most importantly, giving hope to the hopeless. Jona...

I called myself "THE GREAT ACHIEVER" in my last post of yesterday, for the fact that I have been able to overcome many turbulences in life.  As at March 2015, my unexpected and orchestrated journey to greatness started just after my enterprises folded up and I also got tired of my locality and I decided to move out. With courage I left Osogbo, my comfort zone to Lagos in search of greener pastures. With just N1,500 naira only, I landed in Lagos like a scavenger, spent a week with my friend in Ajuwon, and immediately after that one week, I became a homeless visionary that needed clarity. I slept in motor parks and under the bridges. As a vision bearer and mover, I didn't let my challenges and circumstances terminate my vision, despite how big and overwhelming my challenges was, I didn’t let go off my dreams.  The attempts I made to get temporary accommodation with three different individuals, whom I once helped in different occasions was jeopardized, as they tu...

Throwing trash or garbage on the floor isn't prohibited here, but this unlawful acts, is  supposed to be prohibited in any ideal society.   It sadden me to say, It's is our culture to litter. This culture of littering is a bad culture, that must be abolished at all cost, if all stakeholders involved in the work of sensitization does their work very well.  Some months ago, I met this amazing boy that was selling round fried fish 🐟, he was sipping yogurt as he walked around. I took time to ask him few questions about how he will be disposing his empty yogurt schatet, in one of his reply he said "I will just drop the yogurt schatet on the ground". That sound shameful and truthful. I admonished him to dispose the yogurt schatet inside the nearest dustbin 🗑. He agreed with me and we both smiled.   ● Benefits of a litter-free environment/society.          ■Shows respect for others, the environment and yourself. ■...