"The Survival of
the fittest" theory has been a redundant aspect of life, it is present in
every life form present on our planet, from the unicellular organisms to the complex
ones, and it’s usually the fittest that survives.
Please permit me to
share a brief story on how I scaled through gallantly during my NYSC camping
days. To those that have not read my three publications stressing on my NYSC
experience, please do to understand this piece better. One thing I did before
leaving for the NYSC permanent Camp site at Ise-Emure, Ekiti state, was to take
a full dose of Malaria drug to aid my immune system in the combat of Malaria
disease, caused by the Plasmodium parasite present in mosquitoes and
transmitted while sucking a Host's blood; hence, I was fit health-wise. I also
trained myself personally by doing at least 40 push-ups every day just to help
in my fitness and of course taking enough water.
Sometimes you
don't need to follow the crowd. You must not participate in all the programs
but choose with wisdom which programs you wish to participate in, it could be
in Media and Publicity, Parade, Sports, drama, or dance. Usually, it is
believed that those who are very active in camp or those ones that are engaged
in "eye service" tend to be favoured during posting, but this is not
always true. I still recall a friend who was not active at all in camp, yet he
ended up in the state capital, Ado-Ekiti, while some of us that were so active
were posted to villages attached to a Local government within the state.
