<p>Prompt: is the idealiistic approach less valuable than a practical one?
Essay
The approach employed toward the solutiom of a problem is best being practical than idealitic. This is because a more pragmatic modus operandi, almost always, turns out to be more doable. Examples frm various projects undertaken by various organizations, as well as a personal project, help to butteress this claim,</p>
<p>According to the rules of the G.S.M. market in Nigeria, the average Nigerian would most likely buy a phone he/she deems to meet the basic necessities; a phone with a torchlight to aid one during power outagees which is quite rampant. A company, called Ziteus, once embarked on a project to sell phones that were 'marble-studded' to the Nigerian masses. It tried to incorporate various strategies into marketing this new product like trying to woo customers with the idea that such a phone presented them with class and had never been done before. Unfortunately, most Nigerians needed phones that could do the basic things phone do. They were, not in the very least, interested in luxury phones or phones that brought about prestige, so to speak. Consequently, Ziteus's somewhat impractical approach for garnering a particular market resultes in a terrible loss which it failed to recover from.</p>
<p>Another rather note-worthy example is my otherwise beautiful campaign that seeks to eliminate the use of water sachets by bottling companies. Most Nigerians prefer to buy water pasked in sachets popularly known as 'pure water.' This is because it is somewhat inexpensive compared to the conventional bottled water. I have, in myriad ways, found the idea of water sachets quite unhygenic. It cannot be sealed back like the bottles perhaps if one doesnt finish the water in it. Thus, it bears the risk of being easily contaminated by germs. As such, i started a campaign against it by writing a series of articles and holding press conferences to address the issue. However, the response of most Nigerians wasnt in the affirmative. The average Nigerian lives below a dollar a day and would rather purchase the relatively cheaper sachet water. By all indications, trying ti abolish the use of water sachets without providing a better alternative in terms of cost was utterly impractical on so many levels.</p>
<p>A journal called, 'The TribuneL recently wrote an article on the Informations Minister of Nigeria, Professor Dira Akun. Akun, based on what was written, supposedly said she wanted to embark upon a quest of liberating the numerous street urchins that roam around the streets in the city of Lahos. Nothing can be further from the truth as regard such anoble cause. However, the Lahos sate hitherto fails to allocate adequate funding to education and the development of entrepreneurial skills of youths. How on earth would it be possible to emancipate these street urchins when the required funding is being squandered by politicians? Perhaps it would be doable if this is first addressed.</p>
<p>Projects, be it personal or altruistic, need to be pragmatic enough to be accomplished. Else, one winds up on a wild goose chase. Needless to say, valuable time and effort inevitably end up being completely wasted. Hence, a practical, workable and realistic approach invariably trumps an idealistic one.</p>