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| Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 1:41pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Unemployement ! Unemployement !! unemployement !!! Goverment comes, Goverment goes, yet this menace of unemployement to the society continues unabated without the slytest ting of any improvement. I will like to give any progressive goverment who is at power and those who are planning to grasp power within the next 18 months, there might be a solution to the huge unemployment facing the nation. Creation of a National Guard Service The National Guard will be semi- miltiary force that deals mainly with internal conflicts in the Country example the Jos ethnic strife. Make-up of the National Guard 1. At the moment we have NYSC, after finishing the service, men or women between the ages 19 years to 35 years if they have not found permanenet jobs will have an option of Joining the National Guard Service. The time and window of joining would be open for 2 months after the end of their respective Service. Thereafter they would have missed the opportunity of joining that year, but maywell have to apply again the following year without any guarantees. Put simply, by Corpers not joining in their NYSC passing out year they have lost the previledge of an automatic ticket of joining . The Following year they would have to compete with other un-employed Nigerians from other stratas of life who would also like to join but are not graduates. 2. The national Guard would consist of 1000 individuals per state from 36 states and 500 from the FCT. 3. 75% of the Guardsmen would be giving to Nigerians with a degree, recruited directly from the NYSC, whilst those with school cert upwards will fill the other 25%. These 25% would also include individuals who are above the threshold age of 35 years and who for one reason or the other will like to be a Guardsman. The threshold for those over 35 would 50 years. 4. The Guards Service shall be headed by a Military Officer of the Rank of Colonel in each state or equivalent and shall be assited by 2 majors. The Colonel-in Cheif of the Guardsmen would be based in Guards HQ in the Capital of the State. The Guardsmen 1000 Guardsmen would be divided into 2 sections in each state. 400 Men would be in the Southern part of the State while another 400 men would be in the Northern part of the state or the equivalent if East-West normenclature is preferred to North / South 5. 100 Guards men would be based in the State Capital with another 100 acting as support staffs for the Colonel and the 2 Majors. 6. The 2 Majors shall be supported by two captains of 200 men per Captain in each State. While a Captain will command the 100 Guardsmen in the State Capital. 7. In times of peace or state's with relative peace the Guardsmen shall be allowed to take paid appointments in the states where they are posted, the essence is to fill those skill gaps like shortage of teachers in rural areas. These supplementary income would boost the wages of the Guardsmen even further. They would be paid the full pay of a teacher or lecturer as the case might be. 8. Runemaration - All Guardsmen shall start at very bottom of the ladder which in this instance shall be privates the rumerations would be as follows MSC / PHD- As Private - N53,000.00 Graduates BSC/HND/BA/ - As Privates - N45,000.00 School Certs/ Experince man and over 35 without degree/ OND- As Privates - N35,000.00 The advantage of the service is enormous Whilst a Phd can be getting 53,000 as a guardsman, he could seek employement in the local Uni or Polythenic and boost his income by as much as N60,000.00 depending on the salary giving to Doctors in the Univsersity Scale. A Bsc can boost his income by combining his N45,000.00 + a junior lecturer's salary or tacher's salary to the tune of N45,000.00 - 9. Training shall be every Thursday and Saturday plus evening trainings on Friday and Sunday optional for those who cannot make of those 2 days 10. Promotions - A Phd or Msc shall be promoted within 2 years of service to the rank of L/CPL at a Salary of N63,000.00 11. A Bsc/HND gets promoted to L/CPL within 3 years of service to a salary of N55,000.00 12. A School Certs and experienced older guys gets promtion to the rank of L/CPL within a 4 year period. to a Salary of N45,000.00 After the first Promotion exercise all categories of Gurdsmen gets promotion every 18 months with a salary increament of about N15,000.00 or 20% of Salary. 14. The minimum time u can serve is 5 years. 15. The maximum time u can serve is 30 years. 16. The higest rank one shall be able to attain shall be Major. Although someone who has being a major for 5 years, salary wise would be a lot better off than one just attaining the position, it also depends on your qualification when u joined. 17. After u leave the service after serving the full 30 years, u would be paid 60% of Salary as pension for the rest of your life, this amount would be linked to inflation, if there is an inflation of say 25%, salary shall be reviewed upwards by the said amount. 18. Colonels Promoted to the rank of Brigadier shall cease to be a commandant of the GUARDS Service such individuals shall continue their career in the regular army , navy or airforce as the case may be. 19. Guardsmen will not be allowed to serve in their home states. 20. Once every 3 years Guardsmen shall be re-posted out to new units. 21. Memebers in over subscribed states would be allowed to go to under subscribe states with aprroval from the state house assembly. Basically the State House of Assembly shall come out with a figure that they are prepared to absorb to their yearly quota. 22. 36,500 Nigerians would have a sense of belonging if these new Guards Service is put in place. It would go a long way in mopping up the hoard of unemployed youths that abounds the polity. A goverment who has the interest of Nigerians at Heart should without further ado established these Guards service as a matter as priority now than never before. The ethnic wranglings in Plateau State where the Police and National Army has being found to have takeing side would not happen as the Guardsmen in Plateau State might be a unit from AkwaiIbom with a Colonel-in arms from Oyo State and Majors from Anambara and Borno State. This Service will go a long way in unifying the county than the outdated NYSC. More suggestions are welcome in making this service worthwhile. 2 Likes |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 2:17pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
The only reason why the proxy war has gone on for too long in the creeks is becuse the army gets bogged down by doing duties that are below them. Supervising and standing as a guard in elections in Ekiti is not the reason why people join the army. With the establishment of the national Guards the army can be free to deploy soldiers to those areas of conflict with a maximum force. I dont see any reason why 50,000 soldiers are not yet hibernating in the creeks of the delta today, by now the army should have between 3 to 4 battalions in the creeks the only reason why this is not so, is because their hands are filled up to the brim with a lot of mundane stuffs. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by ziga: 2:35pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Sound like a brilliant idea, especially the pension for the rest of their life. The only problem will be proper implementation is Nigeria. We have lots of corrupt people all over Nigeria including the forces. If the can be kept completely free of corruption, they may even be able to serve as the model for transformation in the other forces in Naija. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 2:50pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
What I like about renumerations is that a young boy of 19 who joins at 19 after O' level will be getting N35,000.00. If he is still in service after 10 years he would be getting N135,000.00 and if does the full stint he would retire at N390,000.00 A YEAR or thereabout. 30 + 19 = 49 at 49 years of age he would start receiving a pension of N234,000 or 60 % of his last wage Inflation linked for the rest of his life. That would be fantastaic for someone with just o' levels. I work closely with British Army and I am aware what they get especially if u have put in the years, in the UK it is 20 years then u start drawing a pension from the age u retire. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 2:54pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Another good thing is these men and women the guardsmen would boost the economies of those 2 other towns which are not the capital of the states, stimulating growth and commerce in 72 settelments nationwide. 36 x 2 = 72 towns. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 3:00pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Getting our graduates into more situations where they are likely to be killed is just a silly idea. Human life is more valuable than employment. Also, 36,500 is not a very big number. It is not mandatory u join up, u are better off joining than being unemployed, moreover the NYSC scheme which is compulsory will be be in existence. 1 Like |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 3:03pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Also, 36,500 is not a very big number. I think 36,500 is a good number to start with, within a 10 year period it would have grown to 300,000 give or take a few thousands resign or retire early. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by ziga: 3:09pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Seun: First, it has to be voluntary service. Also, if it is to be done properly, the national guards will be a very well trained and functional unit that everybody should be made to respect. If you become good at what you do, you will enter situations that other people will fear to even smell. They will be respectable citizens, and their level of discipline should be exemplary to other citizens. If it can be done properly without corruption, shortcuts, i believe it will bring a very big change to lives in Nigeria. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by presido1: 3:14pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
@Knowall You have been on this forum for close to 3 or more yrs yet you can't quote. Or do u delibrately do ur quoting that way. If you don't know how to quote ask. @Topic The idea will create employment but will they be paid? will they work in hamony? wunt it be tribalised. I heard a news that the army helped one of the factions in Jos during one of the crisis how do you feel the NGS won't do same. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 3:33pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
The idea will create employment but will they be paid? will they work in hamony? wunt it be tribalised. I heard a news that the army helped one of the factions in Jos during one of the crisis how do you feel the NGS won't do same. It is an open invitation and seniority is based on date of recruitiment just like SANs . That is why if u have a Phd and u have an O' Level u would both start at the bottom as a private Guardsmen. Even if your Father is the President u will not be able to be above someone who is ahead of u. Although the Phd rumenarition wise will get more than the O' Levels guy, rank wise they are equal. There would be know factions like Jos the Nigerian Military has being Politicalised that is why u have what is happening in Jos. The Ibbs and ABACHA's of these world have destroyed the Militatry it is better the Military face those threatning the soverignity of our nation than to be involved in internal conflict. The Guardsmen serving Pleateau State might come from Imo State and the Commanders would be from other states, therby limiting instances of taking sides. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 3:43pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
With time, the highest Guardsmen who attain the ranks of Captain and Major would be redeployed to replace all the Miliatary Captains and Majors. With time there would be no Military Captains and Majors in the Guard's Service. The Captains and Majors would be Guards men who went up through the ranks from Private. The only miliatary man that will not be changed is in the the Colonel - in - Chief who will always be a miliatary Officer. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 3:53pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
The Guards men unlike the Nigeria Police would not have a boss in Abuja like the IGP. ALL 36 Colonels are bosses and they would be giving equal budgets at the begining of the year to pay for their men and any other sundry expenses. They would be encorage to try start mechanised farming so that they can raise internal genearated revenues which in time could reduce the the money coming from the centre. The enterperise can take different forms depending on what can makes money in the local area. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by Kay17: 4:18pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
a good source of underemployment, fantastic means to burn and destroy talents and skills amd brainpower. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 4:32pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
[K17]a good source of underemployment, fantastic means to burn and destroy talents and skills amd brainpower.[quote][/quote] It is the wisest way of re-distributing skilled labour in the country. Everybody wants to work in Lagos, Abuja and Port Hacourt. I remember when my junior brother finished his medicals at UI, he was working for a private hospital at Ibadan at the time, doing DC for N15,000.00 a month. Why has Yobe State recruituted Egyptian lab technician and call them Medical Doctors. Would it not be wise if a Nigerian Medical Doctor signs on with the Guard service as a Medical Doctor and gets posted to Yobe State, he would be getting N53,000.00 from the Guard Service and by working for Yobe State Gooverment he would be getting the full pay of a Junior Doctor say N100,000, is that not a lot less cheaper than the N500,000 paid to those Egyptian lab technicians. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by Kay17: 5:08pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
in conclusion, employ the entire labour of Nigeria? |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 5:12pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Another good thing about the Guard Service would be, the 500 Guards men and women in the federal Capital terriotry would be In Charge of the Presidential Guards in Conjustion with Civilian Police. Some higly qualified Guardsmen might also work for the goverment as speech writers, special advisers and other ad hoc duties expected from them. The Much dreaded brigades of guard an Ibb creation and an anomaly should be allowed to go and show how good they are in the creeks of the delta. I would suggest they are moved out of Abuja and transferred to Yenogoa or Warri as a Commando Unit. At least the suprise we had when Mr Yaradua came back to the country would be somthing that will not repeat itself. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 5:19pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Kay17 in conclusion, employ the entire labour of Nigeria?nation Any Country that is worth to be called a succesful nation should at least employ 20% of their labour force diractly or indirectly. 30 million people in Nigeria should be the target figure. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by ziga: 5:26pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
@knowall KnowAll: The only thing i don't quite agree with is integration into the Nigerian army. This will turn things political, and the same problems of the Nigerian army will be introduced to the system. I think the national guards should run parallel to the Army, and their functions should be well defined, so we don't have overlaps. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 5:31pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
By taking 36 Colonels, 72 Majors, 108 Captains out of their boredom in the Army, Navy, and Airforce one would have created a proper Jobs for these idle fellows. Coup plotting would be somthing that would only exist in our distant memory and not something that will be clear and present danger. These officers would serve a minimum of 18 moths in one State and then move to another State. After doing a stint of 2 states they join their units in the army, Navy and Airforce for 24 months before the whole exercise repeats itself again provided they are still within those 3 ranks of Captain, Major and Colonel. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by maclatunji: 5:40pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Make your idea actionable, by sending it to the National Assembly and following it up. It is not enough to be shouting it all over cyberspace. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 5:43pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
The only thing i don't quite agree with is integration into the Nigerian army. This will turn things political, and the same problems of the Nigerian army will be introduced to the system. You did not read the whole peice. The Guards service would be lead by a Colonel or Lt Col. They would be assisted by 2 majors and 3 Captains at inception. It would take a period of 10 or 11 years before the privates get to that position. When the Privates gets to Captain they would be replacing all the military officers for good. That means there would not be any military Captain in the Guards Service at some point. As time goes the recruits would get to the post of Major they would replece all the professional Military men who are Majors. A time would come when the only Miliatary men in the Guards Service would be the Colonel-in Cheif. The Guards Captain and Major that came through the ranks would never join the regular army. The whole idea is for people to stay for the long haul. Everyone must be able or be seen to be able to attain the highest rank in the Guards Service which is Major. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 5:51pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Make your idea actionable, by sending it to the National Assembly and following it up. It is not enough to be shouting it all over cyberspace. I am happy to accept a plagarized version of my idea from Nigerians on ground to push this forward through the necessary channells. Dont worry I will not sue anyone for plagarism. Anything to push Nigeria forward will make me and a lot of true patriots of Nigeria a happy man. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by Seun(m): 6:04pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
If it's voluntary, how is it different from just joining the police or the army?  |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 6:20pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
If it's voluntary, how is it different from just joining the police or the army? The National Guards have a lot more fire power than regular police, they are para-military , counter insurgency force like what is happening in the plains of plateau they would be able to operate there and get results. They are trained like the regular army but giving speacalist training like those of the British SAS or Navy Seals. The only difference is they have no tanks and artillery those are domains of the regular army. They would operate with fast jeeps like those open police jeeps and wear green uniforms not carmouflag. They would also be allowed to carry small explosives like grenades which the police dont carry. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 6:32pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
@SEUN Forgot to add each platoon would have 10 professional snipers. it means in a state there would be 25 snipers, 10 for each of the platoons outside the state capital and 5 in the platoon in the state capital . |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 6:41pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Runumeartion of the Miliatary Officers The Colonol in Chief would be paid N106,000.00 a month on top of his regular army pay. This amount is double the highest paid recruit which is the Phd at N53,000.00, that payment would be subject to increament as those in the Guard Service. This allowance will not to be paid to the Colonel in Chief if he cease to be the Colonel- Chief it is a payment that goes with the job and the responsibilty. The 2 Majors would be on N73,000.00 on top of their regular army pay why the Captain will get N53,000.00 to their regualr pay in the army. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by naijaking1: 6:49pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
@Poster Good and very wonderful idea. You really knowall  We can take a leaf from the US that has a long history of national guard service. Each statehas it's own national guard, the commander is usually answerable to the governor, but in times of crises, the governor could quickly call up these guards in a matter of hours---to save people from hurricanes, help local police, and answer to federal authority in times of need. The president could also neutralize a state national guard service by a simple decree in case of a confrontation between the 2. Historically, people think that the individual state national guard services in the US is the main reason why there has never been a coup in the US, because you have to fight and defeat all the 50 national gurads one-by-one: an impossible task. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by Akanbiedu(m): 6:52pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
@knowall Based on ur proposal, i will like to have an idea what the yearly budget will look like. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by ReachRich(m): 7:52pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Nice idea.The problem is with our government.The govt that have not been able to increase the minimum wage of workers from N7,500 how then will they employ 36,500 people and pay each person atleast N35,000.Do u think our greedy lawmakers will be able to approve the establishment of the National Guard considering the cost implication of paying their salaries and other cost implications that will be incured in funding the National Guard? |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 8:05pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Based on your proposal, i will like to have an idea what the yearly budget will look like. http://instacalc.com/ You can use billion Calculator to get the exact figure. It would cost 23,214, 000,000 or 23.214 billion Naira based on all 36,500 recruits a year getting N53,000.00 a month which is not the case. In a 10 year period it would Cost Nigeria 213 BILLION Naira or $1.45 Billion dollars. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by KnowAll(m): 8:26pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
Obviously the setting up would gulp another money 3 bases per state, the HQ in the State Capital and Quarters or barracks for personnel, and 2 other bases outside the state capital. The State goverment may be asked to fund or contribute towards the living quarters for the Guardsmen afterall they would benefit imensley from the economic growth it will bring to the state especially rural states. |
| Re: Establish A National Guard Service - Employ 36,500 Yearly by Akanbiedu(m): 8:41pm On Mar 20, 2010 |
@poster. I like this your idea really. From the looks of things, I think the cost might be too much for government to bear. The figure you gave there is way below what it will take to make this happen. |
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