Once again, another Nigerian has done his country proud. His name is Jelani Aliyu.
“New York, US, 01/24 – A Nigerian, Jelani Aliyu, has recorded a major breakthrough in the automotive industry in the US, with the design of a state-of-the-art electric car.“Chevy Volt”, described as an “American Revolution”, was designed by Aliyu at the US-based world`s largest automaker, General Motors (GM) plant in Detroit.A statement issued in New York by GM Tuesday, stated: “GM`s most electrifying advanced technology vehicle is the Chevrolet Volt concept, a battery-powered, extended-range electric passenger vehicle”.
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While Mr. Aliyu is still basking in his glory, a debate has started on whether Nigerian Engineers are smarter than their American counterparts. Just because of one man, a debate has started. Wonders will never end. Anyway, let us hear you view here.
And just in case you want to be the next prodigy of the same institution that Mr. Jelani Aliyu attended, the Center for Creative studies (CCS), kindly contact the department of your choice for enrollment. I particularly love their webpage, the way it just changes like the screensaver of my PC.
Eddy Jawed
May 27, 2008
Wow – a nigerian did this?
Thats very inspirational and shows that Africans are not stupid.
Boniface Kassam
June 8, 2009
This is great news for me and my fellow Nigerians and indeed, Africans. This is an addition to the ever rising profile of Africans abroad. But can this breakthrough be transfered home to enliven our commatoes industries.
OLUWAFEMI
August 2, 2009
This is a wonderful news. Africans has got great potentials within, i believe with stories like this, some of us are encouraged to exploit our creative prowess. God bless the womb that conceived Jelani Aliyu
CHIEDOZI ALPHONSUS UCHE
August 2, 2009
God bless Jelani Aliyu. With his innovation, the world should expect more. Nigerians & Africans in general are blessed with un-tapped talents which are waiting to be nurtured for greater heights.
Nwankwo G.C
August 9, 2009
All humans created by God has great potentials and undoubted abilities, but it takes wisdom, decision, and encouragement to fish out and utilize the great resources in us, Thank God that Aliyu discovered and well managed his to the top.
Faruq
August 9, 2009
Nigerians are smart people, like Jelani Aliyu, only our leader discourage honesty & hard work by their corrupt practice.
Ken
August 17, 2009
Nigerians are blessed and distinguished in their endeavors. Really intelligent and talented people, showing off unusual skill and talent at what they do. Little wonder, it’s jocularly said that “the world has whites, blacks and Nigerians.” Isn’t it funny? I just wish intelligence and skill could be applied positively by all Nigerians just like some have done already.
Zakari bello
August 20, 2009
How fantastic an achievement this is!.Even more fantastic is the fact that it is borne out of a Nigerian!.If only our leaders will do what is right even if it doesn’t favour them!
Sunnie Ebiega Ogbu
August 22, 2009
This is “Fantabulous”. At STP-Standard temperature & Pressure, Nigerian can be the best…thumbs up to you my brother Jelani Aliyu, U r an inspiration to this generation & a great Mentor indeed. Keep d flag flying. I admire you too much!!!
suliaman saheed
August 26, 2009
This is really a very unexpected development from Nigerian……………to God be the glory for the NIgerians of our father`s land in diaspora who are making us proud…..more powers to your elbows……………………….
SHITTU AHMED
September 2, 2009
This makes me proud to be a Nigerian. This goes out to Nigerian ledership and our educational sector stakeholders to take education of Nigerian youth serious. GOD Bless Jelani’s Papa & Mama for giving him opportunity to have sound education without which this feet would have been hard to achieve.
Aminu Jibrin (ICPC)
September 2, 2009
This is great and wonderful, is also a work of God it’s true blacks particularly Nigerian a more intelligent than American if that is what you want to know. Becuase Jelani Aliyu proved it, let other Nigerian be given a chance you will see that only the sky is going to be their limit
kehinde
September 2, 2009
Men the guy has really tried and there is no need for comparism yet cause more is still coming trust me!
shamsudin daura
September 7, 2009
Congratulation, son of the soil..
However the world should know that Nigeria can produce thousand of jelanis, if quality education will made acessible to all. But due to the behavious of our leaders we are only celebrating one. may Allah protect us from the handiwork of bad learders.
Simon John
September 8, 2009
This to me is very inspirational and congratulations to the great Nigerian, but to the Nigerian government, it is a disgrace that a material like Jelani Aliyu will go as far as America to do such a thing, by and large its all great, I’m proud to be a Nigerian.
Teddy
September 8, 2009
If our leaders can provide us with enable enviroment, then our youth will excel beyond our imagination. this is a pointer that we can rule the world in any area of human endeavour.
olusegun henry faiyetole
September 9, 2009
l salute the Inspirational creative excellence in jelani .A.,you make us proud in nigeria & africa.To our leaders l challange you to have conscience both in the goverment and orgarnize private sectors, to be very sincere about patrotism to the cause of nigeria building.stop deceiving us,there are many jelani aliyu ,create the enabling enviroment that will foster for such many creative devlopment.stop the lootings,& destructions of the future generation ,at least 4 the sake of posterity.Nigeria can be great!
Popoola Oladotun
September 9, 2009
wow, this is marvelous. who said good brains and good thing can’t come from Africa and indeed, NIGERIA. this is just the beginning. I see many more Africans inventing invention.
laolu
September 10, 2009
we Nigerians are smart and if we can channel our knoledge and creativity in the right channel we will be astonished at how many jelani Ailiyu’s are in Nigeria.
taiye
September 16, 2009
Glory to God for this Great and tallented guy. But shame on the Government of Nigeria. I hope they will have some lesson to learn witht his development.
ONUOHA MAXWELL
October 3, 2009
U re indeed a true nigerian and i salute ur nigerian spirit.whenever i hear ur name on the television as one the nigerian who have done our country proud it heats my mind that in nigeria we can achieve greatness. thanks for challenging me to always pursue whatever goal i wish to pursue.to all nierian youth out there please come and borrow a lesson from the life of jelani and make ur country proud.if nigeria must grow to greatness all hands must be on deck.
Chris Ochai
October 5, 2009
I’m not surprise a nigerian( Jelani Aliyu) did that because nigerians are blessed people. These is just the beginning of more inventions from nigerians
Murjana
October 26, 2009
very inspirational. he is indeed my hero!
Jim
October 26, 2009
amazing!!!!!!!!!!!will he come home when he’s needed in the soon – to – be – established automotive industry?
Tunde
October 26, 2009
we will need pple like U to need 9ja a better place.i still believe in 9ja and i believe U will come back home some day to make an impact just like u are doing outside home.God bless and keep U.
Tunde
October 26, 2009
God be with U out there!
Salihu Abdulmumini Jalo
October 28, 2009
Congratulation Jelani,Nigerian and Africans in large the world should know that Nigeria can produce thousand of jelanis, if quality education will made acessible toevery one in grass root. But due to the behavious of our leaders we are only celebrating one. may Allah protect us from the handiwork of bad learders Amin.
Ismail lekan
October 29, 2009
You have really done a great job!!!May God keep you for longgg and continue to be your guide.I am proud to be a nigerian………
Musa Zubairu
November 16, 2009
Well done. Please remember Nigeria. We need people like you here too. Cheers.
Jamil mohammed suleiman
December 9, 2009
Welldone jelani, more grees to your elbow.May almighty Allah help and protect you Ameen.
ottobong usoro
January 24, 2010
Thank you Jelani Aliyu for proving wat nigerians ar capable of, and wt we can become. Instead of beeing accused as terrorist! This’s wat Mutallab lacked, he would have been an engineer, but instead making bombs!!!
Ibrahim Yakubu
January 24, 2010
Aliyu is favoured, but by Allah only.
Nigeria is quick to claim as their own one who has distinguished himself without any help whatsoever from the quality of the services provided by the entity called Nigeria. Meaning; Nigeria did not contribute in any way to his achievement.This has been the trend in recent times; From Hakeem Olajuwon, Chimamanda, Seal, Asa, to Aliyu. Funny how we struggle to deny Farouk and retain his father.
Go ahead Aliyu, but while you are at it, Pray for our dear abused Naija.
Shade
February 20, 2010
Great!!! I’m so proud of him!!!
kollybrado
March 9, 2010
Why would someone think that Africans are stupid in the first place? Why? Such a thought is not only very immature but also gullible! It shows the degree of efficiency and soundness of the brain of such a person and I am not surprised such is coming from a certain quarter simply because they are white!For God sake, there is nothing to show a supremacy of white over black in this context, after all we were all created by the same Supreme Being, God! By the way, when compared with apes and chimpanzees, I am sorry, the whites resemble them more and that is why they stink whenever you get close to them! But if not for deodorants and perfumes,…Anyway, Charles Darwin, a white has said it all, so all I have said is predicated on what a fellow white as you Eddy Jawed!
Good job, Jelani, more powers to your elbows and certainly, you have yet to begin your success story because this is just a tip of the iceberg.
Haruna Maisalati Katsina
March 24, 2010
Iam seriouly taken away forawhile by the compact of jelani’s abilities,but highly depressed by his escaped nationality which was denied to him and his fellow countrymen by people of demo-crazy in the game of domesticated political crusadein Nigeria.Weldone AMERICANS.GOD BLESS AMERICA,Where rights are RIGHT.
Haruna Maisalati Katsina
March 24, 2010
And I wonder how uprising Nigerians could attain such epic,while best liars are often placed on ruling posts.It would have been different if Jelani resides in Nigeria no matter how good he is……Keep rolling good the brain African-Americans.I salute your piece,
Abubakar Lawan Jalingo
April 10, 2010
My brother we ar proud of u nt only as a Nigerian but also a black African who demonstrates 2 the world what a talent africans are if giving the opportunity. I believe if nt bcos whitemen distortion 2 african technology during the full colonisation we would hv millions of Jelanis. But thnk God it nw a history. U are a PRIDE OF NIG. AFR & BLACK WORLD.
USMAN Alhaji MAIGARI karim lamido
May 4, 2010
may God guide u and protect u Jelani
Nura Garba
October 25, 2010
JELANI ALIYU is indeed a model to Nigerian and insprations to our youth, but yet nothing good enough to honour him from our govt. Simply becouse he is not among the political bamfires but a talented person from the politics of inventing. More so we are calling on our govt to named the fed govt house (presidency) JELANI ALIYU, we are also calling on our fellow youth to keep away from any political gangstars in the name of so called helping the nation and copy from the great talented son of our nation, JELANI ALIYU. WE PROUD OF HIM THE MOST. by Nura Garba Katsina.
stmanuel emeka
December 15, 2010
The black man is created with brain nt fibre.congrt jelani.
tolu oyewole.
March 5, 2011
hv always posted on facebook my strong feelings dat nigeria wil soon be like d u.s.we r brains behind d world success.
Engr.Elhuseini Garba
August 29, 2011
wel..dts acudus to our proud jelani…may ALLAH SWT Sees u tru all ur endevours…n im lookn 4wrd 2meeting u…
segun
September 28, 2011
i am very happy when i saw it in a newspaper that a nigeria design a car, i thought that i would be the first nigeria to design a car , but it does not matter who designed first, but it is about respecting each other tallent and embracing each others idea, God bless you.
Shuaibu Ahmad pali
October 2, 2011
Wow am very happy with ths gud tidens as well as i know many africans must be happi nd i pray we should keep it up.
ibrahim babakara
October 8, 2011
This shows that God can make a genius out of everybody inrespective of ur religion, race or geographical location. To God be the glory!
You are gullible fools
November 14, 2011
Nigerians – please stop embarrasing yourselves by believing something so ridiculous. A single engineer does not design a car. Jelani Aliyu is one of MANY engineers who worked on the Chevy Volt, and his contribution is relatively small. His work is limited to the shape of the exterior of the vehicle. He did none of the difficult engineering required to make the vehicle functional. Yes, he did a good job, but quit patting yourselves on the back as if you had anything to do with it. Nigeria is a disaster of a nation because YOU who remain in Nigeria refuse to do anything about your corrupt government and corrupt culture. You accept things the way they are and pretend it is the fault of white men. Grow up and become men yourselves instead of scam artists, racists, and lazy good-for-nothings. Get an education and sacrifice for your country. You have huge oil deposits and other natural resources, but you do not have success, because your dishonest culture does not deserve success. Change yourselves so you can change your government and your country. Then you will not have to cling to false stories about how a single Nigerian invented an American automobile in order to feel good about yourselves.
sani
January 10, 2012
salm,@ aliyu jelani i dont hav enithink 2 say jost pray 4 u may Allah upgrade ur talent mor nd mor
dakarey haliru
February 18, 2012
wao! Jelani i am simply very proud of your achievements. u were a genius in our class and indeed the best in the sch. I still keep one of your imaginary automobile drawings @ The Poly of Birnin Kebbi (1986 – 1988) Its fantastic!!! I THANK FACEBOOK FOR THIS LINK..I hope this will be an opportunity to flashback and recall your old good friend Arc. Haliru Yusuf Dakarey. You are indeed born great. NIGERIA IS PROUD OF YOU.
Umar muhammad
March 24, 2012
I am very happy with you since the time that i sow your speeh,which included many advice and i cant imaging just how much i luv u, olso i wish you the best in your life, lastly pleas JELANI, may i be your friend.??
Jamal Aminu
July 29, 2012
Allah’s Will must prevail! I’m really delighted as well as encouraged by the achievements of Jelani. The children of Adam have indeed come a long way inhabitting almost all the humanly habitable areas of the world. Science, engineering and technology have facilitated our togetherness such that we refer to planet earth as our global village! Fellow Nigerians need to understand that talents abound everywhere(God is ever Generous). The only thing remaining is to have the enabling environment, a fact the Americans understood long ago and tirelessly strive to provide. And, there you have the brains and talents of the world like Jelani naturally trooping into America to achieve great things!
SO, WHEN WILL WE BE DONE AWAY WITH ALL THE CORRUPTION AND RAT RACE TO MAKE NIGERIA THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT THE BRAINS AND TALENTS?
AUWAL SADIQ
September 1, 2012
جيلاني علي كيف أنت
Agwom 'TwistBeatz' Wakili
September 23, 2012
Why am I not surprised? It simply confirms the saying “we can be anything we want to be” regardless of our hieght, tribe, ethnic group, or skin colour.
Am challenged by Jelani’s works. It make me want to do better than what he did
Suleman .A. UKYA
January 7, 2013
Nice nigerian,which our country has & we pray 4 leaders they should encourage our youth 2 praticalise what they had learn in school, MY ALLAH SEEN US THROUG,AMEEN
Mohd Bello Wakili
February 13, 2013
Do not estimate the powers of HUMANS in respective of race…..human beings have high and powerful tissue like organ (called brain) hidden in their head…..and it is not inferior to that of the whites…so, if people from the other world can do wonders we in africa can equally do that with passions. More grease to Jelani and his like……..