@ tundewoods
I truly feel you,well said.

It's a shame Emeagwali is proud that his wife and kid never visited nigeria. The apathy he displays on his country of birth is worrisome. Quite un-nigerian of him. Damn! this guy says he visited africa (probably sudan, ethiopia or another african country) 20 years ago not 20 months ago!

He is an eminent scientist but should not let his achievements get into his head. He should come to nigeria/africa to teach some of this mathematics he talks about all the time. We acknowledge his guruism.

On a final note, a labourer is worthy of his wages. The nigerian government should pay him for the research he conducted on our diminishing resources (). He is entitled to his wages.

He should also state the exact work he did for Nigeria and the amount involved and the amount that is still being owed to him.

The level of apathy he displays is high and with all due respect we don't need people with such mindset today.

As regards his achievements, he could end up becoming the next Dead Sea who refused to give out anything.

It will be interesting to know exactly what he was paid to do that he feels the oil companies are benefiting from.

Was he asked to quantify the oil resources or confirm that crude oil was dwindling even when it is common knowledge that oil is a wasting assest.

I was not paid for 15years of excruciating hard intellectual labour", Emeagwali said.

Not suprised at the rather narrow minded responses. The reason why some countries are called 'developed countries' today is simply because of their government's long standing investments in intellectual development. If most people here will very likely support the NLC going on strike for wage increase, why all the talk about achievement getting into his head.
The most important question is whether it is true he worked for the Nigerian government, if so, then he should be paid, simple; and he has every right to say Nigeria owes him.

Whether his wife and son has even been to Nigeria is his own problem, I don't think Nigeria misses them; but he is a professional, and if you engage a professional because of his professional skills, then he should be compensated. I don't remember him saying he was a member of the "Salvation Army" or the "Volunteer Service Organisation" who  works for free, he is a professional; if he was engaged then he should be paid. And he has every right to complain.e
Unfortunately for those who said they don't need such peoples like him; not suprised because it takes a professional to understand the importance of professionalism and not individualism. The major bulk of the net GNP of UK for example is not from manufacturing or oil but from highly skilled areas such as finance, international investments, medical and computronics etc in an increasingly global economy.
The guy might have his personal idiosyncratic issues, but let's think outside the box; he and others like him are the kind of people we need to mentor young, up and coming lecturers, students, professionals in Nigeria for high level skill transfer which will help the nation in the long run. Not loquacious traders!

Don't mind the imposter.What did he actually do for Nigeria and when did he do it? Nigeria owes me too for the investigation I did into our diminishing foreign debt    

He could bring legal action if he actually did something which requires remuneration.

As regards his achievements, he could end up becoming the next Dead Sea who refused to give out anything.

What actually were his achievements?

@batu,

Appearing to be a professional is not the same thing as being a professional so you can continue to make senseless comments and chase people around while imagining you are making sense.

As they say, it's your world.

Leave this man ?  come How many Nigerian professional abroad   would come back to Nigeria,  not less than 5%,  Most do not want to come,  come and do what,  ? Do you know anybody who would leave a comfortable life and jump into an uncomfortable life. If Nigeria get it art right. Nigeria professional  would come back home,  If Nigeria fail to remain the same. They have no other option but remain over here.  Soup that sweet na money kill it,  abi,  you should not forget that most nigerian abroad have dual citizenship,  their children only know this place as their country and not nigeria. If i am coming home. It most be for a reason. Not just because i just want to come home, that reason is because i am coming to change nigeria for the better.

Afam:

@batu,

Appearing to be a professional is not the same thing as being a professional so you can continue to make senseless comments and chase people around while imagining you are making sense.

chase who around? you? definitely a case of grandiose delusion. Well, it's true 'appearing to be is not the same as being': but I am very sure Philip Emegwali is more relevant to Nigeria than you my dear friend, and I think we need him but you think otherwise because he asked for what's due to him. Your thinking is reverse patriotism, if the guy is well compensated for his work, dont you see that is a motivation for him to do more?
I see from your blog that you sell and/or consult on inverters or generators; that shows you are skilled in that area; if you are engaged by the energy ministry as a Consultant, say in rural electrification, how would you feel if you are not adequately compesated? you'll say it's okay because 'I am a Nigerian.'
Let's look beyond the 'individual' involved and look at what we as a nation stand to benefit from the guy. I know the guy has his own haters, but for him to  be engaged by Fortune 500 tech. companies and US Army in electronics is not cheap or fake. Those guys will use you if they see practical skills even if you dont have a single certificate.
A bricklayer is not the same as a construction engineer at a simplistic level; the former can be sacked and replaced immediately but the later cannot.

look the technology I work with is broadband related, but Nigeria do not have broadband system, except if i am coming to teach software development. no broadband in nigeria at the moment, but some skill may be transferable like the software for banks, and others over the years,

If the man Emeagwali is owed, he should be paid. I wonder how anybody will be called to investigate Nigeria's diminishing petroleum reserves.


It is like hiring someone to investigate the diminishing nature of the liquid content of a bottle of Coca-Cola while it is being consumed.


But if they hired him to do that, them they should pay him for doing it. However, this should not be seen as an incentive for him to come back to Nigeria. It should be done by the Federal Government because that is the honorable thing to do.


Nobody needs Emeagwali in Nigeria right now. When he was inventing stuff, he went to give his intentions to companies in the USA for free so now that he doesn't have anything more to give, I wonder what we need him for. Nigeria doesn't have unconditional love. She needs those that can contribute to come and benefit from arising opportunities.


The only thing Emeagwali is good for right now is lecturing in a University or being on the Board of Directors of billion Naira corporations. There are more than excess people to do that over here. In fact, if we recall, there is a high unemployment percentage in Nigeria.

Thanks to emeagwali. Nigeria now knows that "sucking" its oil will lead to depletion .

Emeagwali The Fraud Is Back In The News?

What Da Heck!!!

The Guy Is A Fraud. I'm Surprised That People Still Listen To Him!!!!

Pain:

Emeagwali The Fraud Is Back In The News?

What Da Heck!!!

The Guy Is A Fraud. I'm Surprised That People Still Listen To Him!!!!

I wonder oooo, i know know whether he still wan dupe nigeria. The guy thrives on propaganda, mis-informing people, arrogating the power he never had to himself, claiming credits for what he never did.
He should go and die in hell, bloody opportunist

The funny thing is that more and more people are more inclined to believe whatever he says or claims rather than taking time to substantiate such claims.

How someone will be contracted to investigate Nigeria's dwindling oil reserves beats my imagination.

We have reservoir engineers to do such calculations and I thought the foreign venture partners were the operators and not NNpc that just sit down to share or loot money.

Can anyone point to a school where Philips got his PhD from or do people now award themselves PhDs?

http://chippla..com/2005/12/is-philip-emeagwali-fake.html seems to have some interesting issues with claims made by this man.

Afam:

The funny thing is that more and more people are more inclined to believe whatever he says or claims rather than taking time to substantiate such claims.

How someone will be contracted to investigate Nigeria's dwindling oil reserves beats my imagination.

We have reservoir engineers to do such calculations and I thought the foreign venture partners were the operators and not NNpc that just sit down to share or loot money.

Can anyone point to a school where Philips got his PhD from or do people now award themselves PhDs?

http://chippla..com/2005/12/is-philip-emeagwali-fake.html seems to have some interesting issues with claims made by this man.

I was wondering too. I know that reservoir engineers in the various joint venture companies calculate the volume of oil in their oil fields/reservoirs and these figures from the various oil companies are aggregated to give the country's oil reserves. With the volume of oil reserves and the rate of oil recovery from the reservoirs, the lifespan of the reserves can be estimated. So what services exactly did he render to the country in this area? Did he go round to all the oil companies and sit down with the engineers/geologists to vet their calculations/assumptions before coming up with the total amount of oil reserves that Nigeria has? I really need to know!

Lets not play the tribal or any other cards here. I do not see the comments of posters as being judgemental. We are all presumed to be educated in this forum and need to rely on our individual professionalism and/or judgement to come up with near conclusions or conclusions on issues we encounter. Otherwise, what do we have the brains for?

Emeagwali is a BIG fraud!
If anyone cares, take time to study his profile and background.
What you will find will definitely surprise you.
His claims are so outlandish. The guy is delusional at best.

^^^^^^^
Big fraud, I wonder who still takes this guy seriously

Emeagwali is the best thing that happened to Africa and Nigeria in particular..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-OQmjYIuAU

Philip Emeagwali IOD Interview

Are people still talking about this man,

@ posters please has any African / Nigerian dead or alive won the Gordon Bell price in super computing particularly the yoruba scholars in britain and usa

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azorjiu:
It's a shame Emeagwali is proud that his wife and kid never visited nigeria. The apathy he displays on his country of birth is worrisome. Quite un-nigerian of him. Damn! this guy says he visited africa (probably sudan, ethiopia or another african country) 20 years ago not 20 months ago!

He is an eminent scientist but should not let his achievements get into his head. He should come to nigeria/africa to teach some of this mathematics he talks about all the time. We acknowledge his guruism.

On a final note, a labourer is worthy of his wages. The nigerian government should pay him for the research he conducted on our diminishing resources (). He is entitled to his wages.

was he not paid by his masters the oil companies. All this brain still de produce this kind mumu talk. True true no be by school

Emeagwali my man!

My role model.

Emeagwali my man!

My role model.

Respect Sir!

Emeagwali my man!

My role model.

Respect Sir!

And he didn't table his 'complaint' to IB when he was there as president.

Philip is an American not a Nigerian.

Does he still have a Nigerian passport... WTF