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Nigeria is filled with unsung heroes,<br />
people who are doing exploits in their<br />
chosen field and yet despite their<br />
numerous achievements they have failed<br />
to catch the attention of the national<br />
media and brought centre stage unto the<br />
national spot light. This is one of the<br />
reasons why I decided to go into the media<br />
sector. I want to bring Nigerians an<br />
alternative to the negativity and cynicism<br />
which currently fills the airwaves. There’s<br />
a particular shop I go to from time to time<br />
in Valencia Spain and the day the shop<br />
owner discovered that I was Nigerian the<br />
first thing he said was “BOKO HARAM”.<br />
Now each time I walk into his shop that’s<br />
the first thing he says. I was so<br />
disheartened because in a country with a<br />
population of close to 200 million people,<br />
they’re so many positive and progressive<br />
things taking place on a daily basis which<br />
unfortunately do not get reported in either<br />
the national or international media.<br />
The media is a powerful tool for shaping<br />
the perceptions of people. We only need to<br />
look at America, a country that has dropped<br />
more bombs than all other countries<br />
combined to see how they have mastered<br />
the art of media propaganda, and their<br />
journalists know only too well how to<br />
make America look like a saint whilst<br />
By Paul Okade jr<br />
demonising other nations. It’s only in<br />
Nigeria where we have journalists who<br />
cannot seem to find anything positive to<br />
report about the country.<br />
Thankfully, a new generation of<br />
journalists are on the rise and I<br />
am privileged to be amongst<br />
them, and I have a passion<br />
burning deep in my heart to<br />
report and propagate “positive<br />
news” so that we can begin to<br />
break the stronghold of cynicism<br />
and negativity which has<br />
occupied our media space for far<br />
too long.<br />
When I came into contact with Ibrahim<br />
Mohammed, the CEO of Webland Visionz<br />
Nigeria LTD many years ago, I was blown<br />
away by his depth in the ICT sector. Ibrahim<br />
comes from a well bred and highly<br />
educated family from Jega Local<br />
Government area of Kebbi State Nigeria.<br />
He is the Business Development Executive<br />
and Group CEO of Webland Visionz Nigeria<br />
Ltd.<br />
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