Aregbe haters should go. . . well they know what they should do

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/world-bank-endorses-osun-youth-empowerment-model/
On October 2, 2011
By FOLUSHO AJIBUTU

Osun State government efforts on youths empowerment have received a boost, as the state is to benefit from the N50 billion World Bank/ Federal Government youth empowerment fund.

This was disclosed by the Sector Leader of the World Bank on Human Development and Task Leader on Youths Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO), Professor Foluso Okunmadewa, after assessing the Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES) corps in Olorunda, Osogbo and Ayedaade local government council areas of the state.

Okumadewa disclosed that the state government has achieved a milestone in the area of engaging youths into community development and the World Bank is looking into areas to help the government expand the scope of OYES.

According to him, this is the third time his team would visit Osun to assess the scheme and discovered that the government is showing other states in the country how to get their youths gainfully engaged.

“From our past interaction with the officials of the scheme, we discovered that the scheme is getting beneficiaries involved in community responsibility and this time we are seeking the response of the corps members to understand it more and help the state build upon the success it has achieved”, the World Bank Sector Leader added.

He pointed out that the World Bank would partner with the state government on the youth empowerment model and called on other states to emulate the scheme to make their teeming unemployed youths useful.

The six-man team interacted with the corps members on their areas of specialisation and where the scheme needs improvement.

In his assessment, Yasser El-Gammal observed that the scheme has the potential to be the best in Africa.

“The World Bank is here to assess what the state government is doing and complement its efforts by helping to expand the project. We are impressed with what we see and believe it is a laudable programme on the part of government”, he added.

The leader of the state government team, Commissioner for Youth, Sport and Special Needs, Mr Stephen Kolabalogun, stated that the state administration has not relented in its effort to give the youths the best welfare programme, saying government is aware of the tremendous challenges ahead and would tackle them appropriately.

He maintained that Governor Rauf Aregbesola is passionate about youths, adding that youths would be the beneficiaries of the transformational policies of the government.

“Now, through OYES, the state economy is reaping about N200 million monthly and the moment about 5,000 of the corps members are absorbed into the state teaching service, 5,000 others would be enrolled into the scheme, meaning more hands would be engaged soon”, added the commissioner.

The chairman of OYES Implementation Group, Femi Ifaturoti, revealed that the scheme is not only about engaging youths but also a platform for human capacity building for the teeming unemployed youths in the state.

Super !, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola!

Lol!
AregbeRASCAL borrows money from the World Bank and some folk are worshipping like he has brought Jesus back.

Opekete n'dagba inu adamu n'baje

Beaf:

Lol!
AregbeRASCAL borrows money from the World Bank and some folk are worshipping like he has brought Jesus back.

Beaf:

Lol!
AregbeRASCAL borrows money from the World Bank and some folk are worshipping like he has brought Jesus back.

Stop shebe,  You are very intelligent, and you know many daft people believe what you say!

Your statement is a lie, many daft ones will not read the article,but read your short lie and start commenting

How many corps members does Osun state get in a year(dfinitely not up to 5000) dat it wi employ dem and tink of employing more.U u come across such blatant lies,u know u ar dealing wt image laundering for a disgraceful governor

Haters should get a life and do away with antagonism at least.

How many pseudo-Beafs are there on NL again? Feigning ignorance of what the true story says so they tell and believe their own lies

SMH that somebody is getting paid for doing this kind nonsense with our resources.

doctokwus:

How many corps members does Osun state get in a year(dfinitely not up to 5000) dat it wi employ dem and tink of employing more.U u come across such blatant lies,u know u ar dealing wt image laundering for a disgraceful governor

Well, color me surprised.

I didn't think OYES was a good idea at all. Perhaps I was too harsh in judging it.

Btw, regarding this:

Osun State government efforts on youths empowerment have received a boost, as the state is to benefit from the N50 billion World Bank/ Federal Government youth empowerment fund.

Is it a grant? That is a lot of money if so. Or is this bad Nigeria journalism? (Koruji, I'm not trying to hate on Aregbe, just want to understand this better.)

Aregbesola, is the most useless governor to hit the streets in 9ja!
That man can show his anus and attempt to convince the World that it is the smiling face of a luscious babe.

This is a link to the story on Oshun state govs website: http://www.osunstate.gov.ng/view-all-news/159-osun-to-benefit-n50bn-youth-empowerment-fundworld-bank-lauds-oyes-initiative-pledges-support.html

If you are the investigative type, you will find absolutely nothing you can hang a story unto there. Instead, you will find from other sources that Oshun invited the World Bank and the World Bank is studying their case. Where the story of the N50 billion World Bank/ Federal Government youth empowerment fund comeis in is any ones guess.

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@ekt_bear
OYES is a good idea so far as they keep moving the participants to higher paying actual jobs. That is starting with the plan to train & absorb 5,000 of the initial 10,000 into the Osun State teaching service.

The N50 billion mentioned is probably the total funding that the WB is making available under its own Youth Empowerment scheme. How much Osun State will get is not clear, but it is likely to be only a fraction of that amount.

There is certainly an element of propaganda to all of this, but so was the case with Fashola in Lagos. However, there is no denying that both governors in Lagos & Osun are approaching their jobs with reason and method. Osun State cannot be compared to Lagos in terms of resources, so Aregbe is trying to find resources wherever they may be located.

ekt_bear:

Well, color me surprised.

I didn't think OYES was a good idea at all. Perhaps I was too harsh in judging it.

Btw, regarding this:Is it a grant? That is a lot of money if so. Or is this bad Nigeria journalism? (Koruji, I'm not trying to hate on Aregbe, just want to understand this better.)

koruji:

@ekt_bear
OYES is a good idea so far as they keep moving the participants to higher paying actual jobs. That is starting with the plan to train & absorb 5,000 of the initial 10,000 into the Osun State teaching service.

The N50 billion mentioned is probably the total funding that the WB is making available under its own Youth Empowerment scheme. How much Osun State will get is not clear, but it is likely to be only a fraction of that amount.

There is certainly an element of propaganda to all of this, but so was the case with Fashola in Lagos. However, there is no denying that both governors in Lagos & Osun are approaching their jobs with reason and method. Osun State cannot be compared to Lagos in terms of resources, so Aregbe is trying to find resources wherever they may be located.

Fair enough.

Someone like Beaf is a person you can refer to as "robotic human being". They have been programmed to reason in a highly predictable way that you just need to look at the topic, then predict his opinion. As long as Mr Gov. is giving hope to the people of Osun State, who cares? We have president that each time he opens his mouth to talk, he always successfully dashes the people's hope. Youths in Osun State now have hope and that's what leadership is all about, ability to give hope to the governed.

ekt_bear:

Well, color me surprised.

I didn't think OYES was a good idea at all. Perhaps I was too harsh in judging it.

Btw, regarding this:Is it a grant? That is a lot of money if so. Or is this bad Nigeria journalism? (Koruji, I'm not trying to hate on Aregbe, just want to understand this better.)

Remember that folks like us did tell you to stop thinking entirely like a capitalist by recognizing a very important concept in business and politics i.e local conditions that shape policy making . It would be a long debate if we looked at pros and cons suffice to say I personally think socio-capitalism, impacting positively on the lives of ordinary Nigerians, certainly is best for Nigeria at this stage rather than totally capitalist focus that only widens the gulf between the elite and the poor.

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/column_socio-capitalism-set-to-become-the-new-economic-doctrine_1254764

Socio-capitalism set to become the new economic doctrine?
R Jagannathan | Sunday, May 10, 2009

Three seminal events have given rise to a new economic vision. It’s called socio-capitalism, [b]a term that seeks to combine the best ideals of socialism while mitigating the worst features of capitalism. [/b]It’s being discussed in blogosphere, and some critics of market fundamentalism — Paul Krugman, Joseph Stiglitz and Raghuram Rajan, among others — have discussed it elliptically (“Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists”, et al).
The three events are the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of China and the collapse of western financial institutions. The first discredited Soviet-style communism. We now know that state capitalism driven by bureaucratic elites cannot deliver the goods efficiently.

It’s not as if the Soviet system didn’t work at all. For several long decades, the USSR outperformed the west on growth rates. But, as the systemic inefficiencies became apparent, people stopped believing in it. “Communism failed as a system because people stopped believing in it…,” said Krugman in one of his columns.

The second event, China’s phenomenal growth and poverty reduction over the last three decades, showcased the results of combining political authoritarianism with capitalist economics (“capitalism with socialist characteristics”). It is still working. The third event, the shrinking of US and European banks, was triggered by the sub-prime mortgage crisis of 2007. It forced western governments to abandon laissez-faire economics and embrace state intervention as a critical life-support for capitalism.
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The bailout of once-mighty banks such as Citicorp, Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch has been dubbed “socialism with capitalist characteristics.” A Newsweek headline summed up the changing mood in America thus: “We are all socialists now.”

T[b]he world has been groping towards a new economic doctrine, something that combines the animal energies of capitalist entrepreneurship with the distributive justice of socialism.

Given the vast diversities in global culture and socio-economic development, we are likely to see a lot of experimentation before socio-capitalism can be defined more precisely. What is certain is its inevitability. Evidence of it is right there in the heart of capitalism, the corporate sector. Companies increasingly see competition and cooperation not as antagonistic features, but complementary.
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It’s called coopetition, where companies in the same space cooperate for mutual benefit in some areas (generic branding for market development, joint sourcing of raw materials to cut costs, etc) even while competing for markets and customers differently.

Unlike coopetition, though, where two opposing forces coexist, socialism and capitalism are not necessarily antagonistic. This is because socialism (or communism) is an ideology; capitalism is an engine. The former is a destination, a goal for society to achieve; the latter is a vehicle to get you there, if that’s where you want to go. There need not be any contradiction between a vehicle and its destination as long as we know who’s the driver. Socio-capitalism is about getting both society and capitalists to drive together.

Without an ideal, capitalism is like an unguided missile. It can land on any one, usually the poor and the unfortunate.

But, occasionally, it can also land on the rich - as it did this time. This is why it needs reprogramming regularly on the basis of a broader, inclusive agenda.

In India, we have had a mixed economy all along, but it hasn’t worked. We tilted excessively towards state control in the first three decades after independence. Then we started easing up in the 1980s, before finally opting for a more market-driven economy after 1991.

However, we didn’t get either the socialist part or the capitalist part right. In the early years, we didn’t achieve growth or redistributive justice; in the last 15 years, we have seen better growth, and some reduction in poverty. But we do not have the best of both worlds.

We need to develop our own version of socio-capitalism, where poverty reduction is the primary goal of capitalism, with the lion’s share of growth being redirected towards the poor.

Socio-capitalism is a non-doctrinaire world where nationalisation and privatisation are continuous processes —- driven by what is appropriate for a certain time and place. If nationalising banks is a cheaper way to save them (as the US is discovering now), so be it. Once they are fixed, they can be returned to investors. Government spending and private spending are also complementary: if schools are better run in the private sector with suitable tax breaks, well and good.

If no private party wants to run a hospital, the government can step in. It’s also about expanding choice: if subsidies have to be given — say, for kerosene or schooling — it should be possible to credit cash directly into beneficiary bank accounts so that the citizen can decide what she wants. Choice must be available not only for the rich, but the poor.

Socio-capitalism is an idea whose time has come. It may not be easy to define what it embraces, but what it abandons is clear: market and ideological fundamentalism.

The Structural Adjustment Program in 1986 was endorsed by the World Bank

Beaf go Die ooo

maasoap:

Someone like Beaf is a person you can refer to as "robotic human being". They have been programmed to reason in a highly predictable way that you just need to look at the topic, then predict his opinion. As long as Mr Gov. is giving hope to the people of Osun State, who cares? We have president that each time he opens his mouth to talk, he always successfully dashes the people's hope. Youths in Osun State now have hope and that's what leadership is all about, ability to give hope to the governed.

Hmmm! So you have hope in empty words and promises? Thats a new one. . . A really strange one.
I guess the man can continue living in Lagos, bankrolling politics in Alimosho LG and Alausa with your money and telling you fibs.

Aregberascal is following d steps of Akande in osun, come nd see wot teachers nd health workers are passing through, nd almost everysector in osun is on strike because of dat goat. He doesnt worth it a bit.

Am tired of the dumbazzes praising this fool.If you go to the state now,people are expiriencing hunger and starvation.In a state which is often described as a 'civil servant state' things have gone terrible for the people of the state,even the hardcore supporters are languishing and lamenting,and you cant believe he comes to the state few times, Woe,i repeat woe betide the ignorants praising the worst nigerian governor ever,mschewwwwt.smh

TRADEMARK:

Am tired of the dumbazzes praising this fool.If you go to the state now,people are expiriencing hunger and starvation.In a state which is often described as a 'civil servant state' things have gone terrible for the people of the state,even the hardcore supporters are languishing and lamenting,and you cant believe he comes to the state few times, Woe,i repeat woe betide the ignorants praising the worst nigerian governor ever,mschewwwwt.smh

And people wonder why he is called AregbeRascal and AregbeSewer!

Those AregbeSewer sycophants will soon have face full of sewer, just a matter of time! Getting N 50 Billion Naira loan from a desperate lender (World Bank) to fund activities of thousands of grass cutters and bush burners (OYES) is now an epitome of achievement. Wonder-ful!

In the name of sounding politically correct, and as a marked deviation from my skeptical view of 'Symbol' of rascals progressive, let me join other sycophants in praising AregeSewersola for not in-debting the poor Osun state further with phantom foresighted wasteful loan!

All hail Aregbe (Sola, Sewer, Rascal)

Beaf:

Hmmm! So you have hope in empty words and promises? Thats a new one. . . A really strange one.
I guess the man can continue living in Lagos, bankrolling politics in Alimosho LG and Alausa with your money and telling you fibs.

Why don't you give it a rest and call it a day? Must you always continue to be the high chief of mischief? I really don't know how you can keep talking here when your Governor is virtually the worst in Nigeria. By the way, what's up with the signature? I always knew you were a Yoruba wannabe. This is why you are more interested in talking about the region than your own .

http://www.osundefender.org/?p=20002

[b]The World Bank, through its office in Abuja, has shown interest to understudy the Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES). The World Bank is interested in partnering with the state, for development and documentation of the programmes as a template for other states and other developing nations. [/b]The development programmes of Osun State are sustainable and laudable internationally as the best in the country. After OYES’s success, Ekiti, Imo, Oyo and Ogun States have also promised to employ youths as a way of reducing youths’ unemployment.

@Gbawe: I'm not a dogmatic capitalist, just I have always hated "make-work" sorts of things. And that was the impression I got of this.

But it seems I may have been wrong.

Forgive me for being slow but . . . what exactly is OYES, how does it work, and how has it added N200 million into the state coffers? Why do they need N50 billion? You don't need up to 20 percent of that money to revamp the Steel Rolling Mills at Osogbo, which can of its own add a slew of jobs to the state's economy.

Forget the World Bank noise. The World Bank is not a productive institution. I'm still trying to understand why exactly it exists even.

Gbawe:

Why don't you give it a rest and call it a day? Must you always continue to be the high chief of mischief? I really don't know how you can keep talking here when your Governor is virtually the worst in Nigeria. By the way, what's up with the signature? I always knew you were a Yoruba wannabe. This is why you are more interested in talking about the region than your own .

http://www.osundefender.org/?p=20002

Lol!

Sir, we are witnessing 419 in high places and crying out. Why is this sooooooooooooooooooo painful to you, sir?

PointB:


And people wonder why he is called AregbeRascal and AregbeSewer!

Those AregbeSewer sycophants will soon have  face full of sewer, just a matter of time! [size=14pt]Getting N 50 Billion Naira loan from a desperate lender (World Bank) to fund activities of thousands of grass cutters and bush burners (OYES) is now an epitome of achievement.[/size]  Wonder-ful!

In the name of sounding politically correct, and as a marked deviation from my skeptical view of 'Symbol' of rascals progressive, let me join other sycophants in praising AregeSewersola for not in-debting the poor Osun state further with phantom foresighted wasteful loan!

All hail Aregbe (Sola, Sewer, Rascal) 

God, I beg o! N50billion for graduates he employed to cut grass and catch squirrels! Yet the state is still owing its civil servants.
I can bet you that that money is going into Lagos politics. Sadly, AregbeRASCAL has no time for Osun; its really hard to imagine a governor like him. When the people voted, the dreamt "Fashola," but look at the nauseating weed they got.

[size=14pt]New rule on NL should be read the story yourself[/size]. Don't let yourself be misdirected by liars like Beaf.

Osun State is not borrowing N50 billion - that is the fabrication coming out of politically-twisted minds like Beaf & PointB.

If Osun gets any money from the WB it would only a very small portion of the N50 billion. That is what the WB does - they give grants.

I don't buy into the WB model myself, but that is the absurdity of Nigeria. Look up how important the so-called "Fadama" project grants by the WB for agriculture is "valued" by the Federal Government.

AjanleKoko:

Forgive me for being slow but . . . what exactly is OYES, how does it work, and how has it added N200 million into the state coffers? Why do they need N50 billion? You don't need up to 20 percent of that money to revamp the Steel Rolling Mills at Osogbo, which can of its own add a slew of jobs to the state's economy.

Forget the World Bank noise. The World Bank is not a productive institution. I'm still trying to understand why exactly it exists even.

^^
Where is the story to read?
Can you post any link that even describes what OYES is all about? 'Empowering Youths' is just a vague sounding phrase.

Mind you, the World Bank does not give grants. Why do people keep saying that? They only give loans. They don't give any grants to anybody. They're not a charity.

Investigative type, you say?

Why don't you investigate the greatest 419 to step inside Aso Rock. I will do this, I will do that - the only problem is he has no clue.

Look at that repair job after the "I am no General, no Pharaoh" debacle. On independence day he told us "I have devised a new method to stop bombings".

Oh yeah? Within a week of being dominated by many Goliaths, he has a new way to stop bombings. The only problem is he doesn't believe his own statement. Otherwise, Eagle Square would not have been empty on Oct. 1.

[size=14pt]I pity my Nigerian people as I watch the "GEJ Presidency" become the "Boko Haram" presidency   [/size]

Beaf:

Aregbesola, is the most useless governor to hit the streets in 9ja!
That man can show his anus and attempt to convince the World that it is the smiling face of a luscious babe.

This is a link to the story on Oshun state govs website: http://www.osunstate.gov.ng/view-all-news/159-osun-to-benefit-n50bn-youth-empowerment-fundworld-bank-lauds-oyes-initiative-pledges-support.html

[size=14pt]If you are the investigative type[/size], you will find absolutely nothing you can hang a story unto there. Instead, you will find from other sources that Oshun invited the World Bank and the World Bank is studying their case. Where the story of the N50 billion World Bank/ Federal Government youth empowerment fund comeis in is any ones guess.

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Wetin konsain dat long story wit OYES and N50billion?
How can you attempt to derail your own thread?

Google is your friend. It is good to get more information before joining the chorus of the infantile. This is the Osun State website http://www.osunstate.gov.ng/.

AjanleKoko:

^^
Where is the story to read?
Can you post any link that even describes what OYES is all about? 'Empowering Youths' is just a vague sounding phrase.

Mind you, the World Bank does not give grants. Why do people keep saying that? They only give loans. They don't give any grants to anybody. They're not a charity.

koruji:

Google is your friend. It is good to get more information before joining the chorus of the infantile. This is the Osun State website http://www.osunstate.gov.ng/.

Humour me and post one link that even remotely explains the scheme.
Else I'll just have to brand you another amateur Nairaland praise-singer. You lot must think everyone is illiterate or something.

Because that is the only reason you leave the blinding corruption eating up your state to concentrate on another. And you can't even be honest with yourself.

Go and help Delta people with your Governor. Stop carrying on GEJ's personal war - although I am afraid it is too late. You have accepted a job/pay for a task to pull down Aregbesola & other ACN people. Whoever, is paying you is going to get caught in his own schemes.

Beaf:

^
Wetin konsain dat long story wit OYES and N50billion?
How can you attempt to derail your own thread?