By Samuel Ogude
A Television Personality and Motivator, Lilian Ngozi, popularly known as LEE said for youths, adults alike to put up good behavior that will enhance their living in the society, the church has a lot of roles to play. Ngozi stated this in an interview with Bailout Magazine immediately after she organized the programme: Matters Of The Heart With Lee (Moment Of Our Youth) titled:” No Filter! Removing the Mask (Adversaries & The Avenger).
She said though, it is good the church preaches the word of God but should be related to the things happening in the world today, saying it is not enough, as the church has to go beyond this by organizing programmes that centre on different areas to educate the youths and adults on the best way to behave in the society. According to her, the programme was held to enlighten the youths and adults to enable them know or identify their real selves as many people have double personality. According to her, Removing the Mask is to enable people really know who they are and how to control themselves in different situations saying, it was for youths, adults to discover their real selves.
She said:” We see things happen every now and then. We hear stories of men sleeping with their daughters and we want to know why these things happen. Is it spiritual or a case of mental disorder? Whichever, I think, there should be a programme like this to enlighten the young ones and of course, their parents, letting them know the repercussions of what they do especially, for young ones coming up: how this can affect them in the future. It’s almost becoming a norm in the society where the male child confidently claims to be a female. Our young ones now practise homosexuality and Lesbianism and somehow, not many people seem to frown at it anymore. A lot has been happening, if we don’t educate them and try and curtail these ills and make them know the consequences, they would not know that they are doing the wrong thing. So, this formed the basis of the programme”.
According to her, in order for the participants to know what the mask is all about, how it can make the wearer uncomfortable, she told them to come with the mask and for those who didn’t have, she provided for them to practicalise it. In the process, she asked them how it worked on them and a lot of them said it was not okay. She said, the secret of the removal, is enlightenment as they have to learn how to go about this hence she brought in professionals on various fields to duel on different topics that bother on life generally.
LEE said: The programme centred on some of the behavior our youths and adults put up in the society. Most of them don’t even know the negative effects of these behavior hence the programme was organized to educate them because, they need to be enlightened, this is where the church has a role to play” . For example, some discussants in the programme discussed the negative effects of the today’s girls dressing naked, thinking that, that is only when they could see a man to marry them, most of behaviour are encouraged by their parents. Also discussed were problems facing marriages today, the causes and the solutions”.
According to her, many marriages break up today because, many of the women or men don’t know why they have got married as they see others get married, so, they did and today, such ones regret the kind of woman or man they are married to, hence, many now stay in marriage out of endurance instead of enjoying the marriage. According to Lee , many topics were discussed in the programme as experts were invited and talked on various issues such as marriage Talk, Talent Development, Youth Empowerment, Drug Abuse, Gayism, Lesbianism and among others. On this very platform, the Health Coach spoke on healthy living: health benefits of some of the fruits we eat; the negative effects of alcohol and drug abuse.
The C.E.O of the Talk With Lee Show and the Editor- In-Chief of the Inspiration Magazine said: “a lot of things are happening in the society today that are bad, if efforts not made to correct them, the society will not be good for all to inhabit.”
She said, the mind of man needs constant education to enable man distinguish between good and evil. Lee therefore advised parents to monitor their children both at home and school just as she advised them not to allow them to be exposed to social media (internet) as these also contribute to corrupt the mind of the children.
She said:” Parents should not allow their children to use social media platforms because that is where most of them form bad behavior”
How she is able to run these programmes financially, she said, God has been faithful saying, when she thinks all hope is lost, God just brings somebody to help her for each of the programmes.. She however said, she really needs sponsors as she intends to make each of these programmes elaborate that would make people to really learn. She therefore solicited for the assistance of well meaning individuals, corporate bodies, government at all levels to come to her aid as she has the passion for what is doing at present.
She said: “God has been faithful. He has a way of bringing in people to help, I am really happy for that. I just want the Talk With Lee Show to be bigger than how it is now, but because of lack of finance, I am not able to make it bigger. I organized a Talent Show last year where huge prizes were given and I hope to do the 4th edition this year in October but I need funds. I need good sponsors. Everyone needs to be encouraged, motivated and learn. Many people don’t know how to go about it and I am sure with the TWL platform, many of the youths and adults alike would learn. I would appreciate if well meaning individuals, corporate organizations and government at all levels help to sponsor these programmes because our youths and even adults really need to learn for the society to move forward and make the world a better place”.
While thanking God for the success of the programme, she used the medium to appreciate the various personalities who discussed various topics in the programmes . They include:Dr. Uyoyou, Pst. Ayo & Barr. Gelles O. . She also appreciated those who were able to attend the programme saying, by the grace of God, many of them have learnt.
According to her, the programme is in series as the one coming up is titled:” A Meeting With The King (The Royal Party). She said, there would be a lot of discussants in the programme as well as personalities would be drawn from the legal profession to speak on different issues ranging from human rights and all that. According to her, issues on how to make money, no matter how little the capital is, would also be discussed. She said, the idea of many youths (females) depending on prostitution to keep life going will be discussed. So, all of these and others would be discussed in the programme.
She said:” The upcoming programme will show case Career Development: How to make money. You can start with small business and you get something out of it. “For instance, as a youth, there are so many legal or genuine jobs you can do to make a living”. She said Lee has extended these teachings and awareness too by honouring invites to events as a guest speaker in several churches and organizations and she ended up saying this is her calling.