A HOME AWAY FROM HOME
INTRODUCTION
As a young chap in his prime, I have always longed for freedom, freedom in terms of a situation where I can conveniently unleash and hurl my talents. Often time when I find myself within the four walls of our home I seem not to feel free. Ideas and inspirational flows seem to be on a slow and steady note. At home I struggle hard to unleash my talents and try to make the most of them with the inspiration I get so far at home bearing in mind that I can still do better if I find myself in my own place of freedom. Then I hoped to see myself performing better as soon as gain admission into a tertiary institution
Alas! I gain admission into the university towards the end of 2013 around October that was the university of Ilorin, in Kwara state Nigeria, my mindset then changed in anticipation to nurturing my freedom and independence in the university community in such a way that it will culminate into scaling through hurdles likewise soaring high and higher both in the adventures of life and likewise in my academic pursuit.
As a fresher, it took a while to adapt to life in the university community say like about a month and half this is what I tagged as “the dilemma of a fresher”. After get used to the new environment I then thought of relaxing, feeling free and being brave to improve myself, make giant strides and bring out the best in me.
MY SCHOOL: A PLACE THAT ALLOWS ME TO FEEL FREE
My school is University of Ilorin given a striking accolade as “the Better by Far University” It was established by a decree of the Federal Military Government in 1975 and is a federal government owned tertiary institution of education. The University of Ilorin is located in the ancient city of Ilorin, about 500 kilometres from Abuja the Federal capital likewise the country’s administrative capital.. Ilorin, the Capital of Kwara State, is strategically located at the geographical and cultural confluence of the North and South.
In school I discovered that my talents and potentials are much more that I used to think they were back at home. When I got to the school library, the level of the inspiration I get is just very laudable. Avalanche of ideas keep running through my mind most of which has favoured me not only in my academics but as well as co-curricular activities. Here are some of what areas I have put in my best and had potently turned into landmark achievements.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Like every other student in this part of the world, the is often a problem of finance this is predicated on the need of money to pay school fees, buy textbooks and other study materials, take good meals, secure a decent accommodation, board cabs to and fro the campus, procure decent attires, type, print, photocopy and spiral bind assignments. There is therefore the need for every student to embark on a voyage of deliberate and concerted self development: nurturing of the head, training of the hand and building of the mind. The foregoing position is what orchestrated my entrepreneurship skill, I started a small scale printing business on campus and this has to a large extent made me financially free!
CONCLUSION
These and much more are my independence testimony and freedom acts. Indeed I can then say that “Freedom creates prosperity; it unleashes human talent, invention and innovation creating wealth where none existed before”.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Abdulazeez Muh’d Bashir is a a young, gentle and cool headed, Nigerian who takes solace in writing, entrepreneurship and public speaking. I am undergraduate of law in the university of Ilorin. I like reading and travelling.
