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 Politics / Re: Breaking: New NNPC Boss by eelvismd(m): 7:36pm On Apr 21, 2016 |
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| Business / Re: Jonathan Flags-off First Phase Of The $1bn Azura-Edo Greenfield Power Plant by eelvismd(m): 5:33pm On Oct 11, 2014 |
Orina:Why open cycle? What happened to combined cycle? I don't get the logic of going for open cycle when combined cycle is the norm everywhere because of its higher efficiency. |
| Health / Re: Two More Nigerians Confirmed With Ebola, 139 On Surveillance by eelvismd(m): 5:02pm On Aug 08, 2014 |
donclark: I thought the word in bold ought to be "contracted". 1 Like |
| Health / Re: Help: I Am Too Skinny, I Want To Gain Weight, What Do I Do? by eelvismd(m): 11:47pm On Jan 02, 2014 |
ekoson95: Hello Nairalanders, Please I want u guyz to help me on this issue. From your height and weight, your body mass index (BMI) is approximately 19; thus, you are perfectly healthy. You should only consider yourself as being underweight if your BMI is below 18.5 and overweight if your BMI is above 25. For more information on BMI, you may check the link below http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index |
| Politics / Re: Wives Of Nigeria’s Current Powerful Politicians by eelvismd(m): 5:37pm On Aug 30, 2013 |
opeeedo: [img]http://www..com/talk/photo.jpg?action=dlattach&topic=169034.0&attach=63993&image.jpg[/img] @bolded: She is a former senator from Edo State |
| Politics / Amaechi’s NGF Mandate Sacrosanct, Says Kwankwaso by eelvismd(m): 9:37pm On Jun 18, 2013 |
 KANO State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has risen in stout defense of his Rivers State counterpart over the Nigerian Governors Forum(NGF) leadership crisis, insisting that Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi will not surrender his mandate. He also said the PDP leadership has refused to convene the party’s National Executive Committee to look into members’ complaints. Kwankwaso, told reporters in Abuja on Monday, that the G-19 voted for Amaechi after obtaining a commitment from him that he would not give up under any circumstance. “This party belongs to all of us, it does not belong to the governors; it doesn’t belong to president or it doesn’t belong to the party chairman; it doesn’t belong to anybody. “We have invested so much in this party, I don’t think any governor is thinking of leaving this party but if you are suspended, dismissed or expelled, of course there are no options. “That is why we are saying, and I can assure you, all the governors who voted for Amaechi consider this suspension as suspension to all of us; not to Amaechi, not to Governor of Sokoto. We are even surprised it started from there. I think there are bigger fish than Amaechi and Governor of Sokoto. Many of us are disappointed that it started from there. Kwankwaso went on: “On this issue, we entrusted Amaechi with only two tasks. One is campaign, talk to the opposition because it is Nigeria Governors’ Forum; it is not PDP Governors Forum. Talk to them because you are the candidate; talk to them, probably it may suit them to vote for you. The second option is, hang on to the contest; can you hold it? He said ‘yes’. “Now, I can tell you, Amaechi cannot withdraw without our approval. Anybody who is saying Amaechi should withdraw is wasting his time because that is not in the agreement between us and Amaechi. We gave only two tasks to Amaechi and he did well. “The problem we have in the party now is that we don’t have anywhere to go and say our minds and that was why our founding fathers of this party say in the constitution that at least, every three months we should meet. These are the issues. We should communicate among ourselves and that is the only way but the time we start washing our linens outside, then it becomes a disaster.” In his view, Amaechi’s election showed that the 16 governors backing Jang do not know the art of politics, contrary to their posturing, adding that the NGF crisis might lead to the emergence of two big parties. Kwankwaso warned the PDP leadership against reckless recourse to suspension or dismissal of governors. He said with the suspension of Amaechi and Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State whose order of suspension had been lifted, all the PDP governors backing the Rivers State governor had been technically suspended by the party. Kwankwaso said: “Let me say that we are Northerners and I think we should be consulted on what we need. Some people have decided that we should take chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum. That is not our choice; we know what we want from the politics of this country and even if that is what we want, we are not expecting anybody to choose for us. We should choose for ourselves. I think that point should be clarified. “Along the line, some people suggested that PDP should have a leadership. Many people thought that there is a linkage between the NGF election and the appointment of the PDP Governors Forum and, of course, we had Chairman of PDP Governors’ Forum and we met as the PDP Governors Forum immediately after the appointment of the chairman. “Let me say that at that meeting, we made it clear that we were determined to ensure democracy in this country. “If there is no democracy in the Governors Forum, I begin to wonder where we can have democracy in this country and many people don’t understand how angry many people are. Many people here in Abuja don’t understand how committed we are to ensure democracy in this country. “So, we decided to stick to our gun – that many of us have got grandchildren now. I have two grandchildren in primary school now and no grandfather can go and choose a friend for his children. You only see your children’s friends and when you do, you ask: who is your father? They will tell you and he may be your enemy or friend. It is very difficult to tell your child that the father of your friend is my enemy. And it is better for a good father or grandfather to keep quiet because the more you tell them – that your grandfather or your father is their enemy – the more they stick to their friends because they would not understand what you mean by that.” Kwankwaso condemned interference in NGF affairs by some forces in Abuja, especially the PDP leadership. He predicted that the NGF crisis may lead to emergence of two big parties in the country. He said: “I want to say that those living in glass houses should not be throwing stones, especially when it comes to suspension, dismissal, impeachment. These are words that people should be cautious about. “We want peace, we want stability and we want development in this country. All these things that are happening, I think you should not worry too much because in developed democracies around the world, in America, Germany, Britain, everywhere, developed world, you have two major parties. “Nigeria, we have one party now and other small, parties. Who knows, maybe we are having transition in this country to two parties and before we have two parties, some people must make mistakes, big, big mistakes.” He said the pro-Jang governors became desperate about removing Amaechi and forced the NGF to postpone the election twice. Kwankwaso explained how he nominated Jang as a strategy to show that some of the G-16 governors are novices in politics. “Because we realised that they were very desperate and that even when we did the election and they were defeated they will not accept, we decided to deny them of their first choice, second choice and any choice at all. We gave them who will feel should be the minority leader of G-16. “They refused to take us seriously that Ameachi should continue. They thought they could play games and, you see, when we left the place, they went and had a meeting and accepted our nomination and at the end of the day, they brought him to the general meeting of the Nigerian Governors Forum and at that Forum, we told them that Amaechi should continue as our chairman. They made all efforts to frustrate voting, saying that there should not be voting. We said: ‘Why should there not be voting? This is a democracy’. “They were hell-bent on removing Amaechi and we were also determined to ensure that our friend, whoever, he is among the 36 governors, is the chairman of our Forum. That was how we brought all the ballot papers and the box (the one we are familiar with from INEC) and there was an election; 35 of us who were there voted, and it was counted 35. Only the governor of Yobe was absent. All of us were present. At the end of the day we counted 35 ballot papers and when they were separated, Amaechi had 19 and the other 16.” Kwankwaso said he warned Governors Ibrahim Shema and Isa Yuguda that they could not win the NGF poll. He added: “During the meeting of the PDP Governors Forum, we decided to call the Northern Governors Forum, we all sat down at the Governor’s Lodge. “At that meeting, the issue of Shema came up and I told Shema that ‘look, my brother, I was terribly disappointed in you that you are my neighbour, my friend and you are my brother, you never came to tell me that you are contesting election and you are parading yourself, looking like somebody who was being sent to us. “I told him clearly that I would never vote for him and I will never ask anybody to vote for him and I would make sure that he lost that election and I even told him to go and withdraw. Other governors supported me. Sule Lamido was there; he supported me. Isa Yuguda was there; the Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, supported. Those who supported me asked Shema to go and withdraw. “ Unfortunately, some people took that opportunity to go and say that Shema did not have the North to support him. Later, Shema was dropped and they brought Isa Yuguda. Isa came to me and I told him that ‘Look, I am still a villager and I behave in many ways as a villager and in my village, Kwankwaso in Kano, if a councillor goes to a family and says I am contesting to be a councillor and they accept it, when somebody comes in the afternoon, they will tell him that you are too late. I told him that you are late. “Let me also correct the impression that many people thought that I did not really like Shema; it is not so. In that particular instance, we did not want Shema because we wanted to choose our own chairman. “With Yuguda, they came through the same route and I advised him, ‘you must not do that; if you do that , you will fail’. When he insisted, of course, he was in my house, I did not want to go as hard as I did with Shema. I told him ‘we will see; let us see how it will go. “Now, you see on Friday, on the day of the election we went to the Chairman of Northern Governors Forum, it was all politics all through. “Some people were determined to ensure that Ameachi did not win the election and we were determined to prove to them that nobody can shave our heads in our absence. “A situation where our colleagues were going round Abuja, they were abusing us, telling us all sorts of things, I don’t think that is acceptable and that was why we proved to them that they were at the elementary level of politics. “By the time we went to the Niger State Governor’s Lodge for the meeting of the Northern States Governors Forum, the question was: was anyone of them ready to step down for the other? Neither of them was ready to step down for the other. “When the issue of electing somebody to replace the two(Shema and Yuguda) of them that was when the politics came in. It was very clear to the two of them and our position was very clear to all governors either in the North or in the South – that we were determined to elect the NGF chairman of our choice but everybody was playing games and politics and what we did in the Niger State Governor’s Lodge in selecting Jang as a consensus candidate was to show them that they know very little about politics. “One, we decided to say they cannot get Shema as the chairman of the minority group of the G16. We also said you cannot even get your second choice (the Bauchi State governor elected) and our group decided, under my leadership, to give them Jang as their leader. I nominated Jang. I gave them Jang and I asked the Governor of Benue, Gabriel Suswam, to support me and many people supported me.” On the withdrawal of Yuguda and Governor Gabriel Suswam from Northern States Governors Forum he said: “Maybe they are not Northerners, the interest of the North is bigger than the NGF. When people are angry, they should know what to say; they should not allow anger to lead them to say what may count against them tomorrow.” Kwankwaso faulted the endorsement signatures being bandied about by the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Governor Godswill Akpabio. He said: “I was really shocked when the Governor of Akwa Ibom brought a paper that was signed in April. Initially, I was laughing, but when I thought of it deeply, it was very disheartening for a governor, especially somebody who is supposed to be our leader, someone who is supposed to be the chairman of PDP Governors Forum. He brought an old paper. Even that paper; many of them who signed were calling us to say they called them to sign. They have 19. They thought they defeated us. “What is important, I believe, in democracy is to appreciate the sanctity of ballot papers. I am the governor of Kano today by the grace of God. I got only 46 percent of the votes. The three major parties in Kano State (ANPP, ACN and CPC) shared 54 per cent. They went to court; they went everywhere. Now I am the governor. “You see it is very disheartening that all our governors will sit down in a hall, get ballot papers, vote, count the votes and somebody will say an old paper that was signed was an evidence of voting. “The chairman of PDP Governors Forum; they way he brought that paper; the way he spoke, I think he should learn to talk. When you see him, you tell him to be talking like the chairman of the PDP because I am beginning to be ashamed if our chairman is behaving like that. “Like I said, we (Northern PDP governors) should decide on what we want. We are few in number; 15 governors. If there is anything, we should be given the chairman of the PDP Governors Forum. “Now that we have chairman of the PDP Governors Forum just saying his own, I think he should better keep quiet. Kwankwaso added: “Quote me, tell him that we can also Janglize the PDP Governors Forum; we can also form a separate PDP Governors Forum.” Source: http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=124908:amaechis-ngf-mandate-sacrosanct-says-kwankwaso&catid=1:national&Itemid=559 1 Like |
| Politics / Re: Is Dangote Really The Richest Nigerian??? by eelvismd(m): 11:28pm On Jan 06, 2013 |
KnowAll: that means no execution of project at all and no payment of salaries, which is not the case  . Mind you when Tinubu was in power as Governor of Lagos state, I believe Lagos state never budgetted up to N300 billion in a single year throughout the 8 years he was in power. Anyway, like you said in one of your posts, maybe they might come close in 20 years time. But wait a minute, the last time I checked, Dangote's worth usually increase by up to $1 billion on the average per year...meaning in twenty years time, he will be worth more than $30 billion. Please tell team tinubu/fashola not to waist their energy and time because even if they decided not to spend any of their stolen money to eat at all, they will still not come close to Dangote in the next 100 years. |
| Politics / Re: Is Dangote Really The Richest Nigerian??? by eelvismd(m): 11:18pm On Jan 06, 2013 |
KnowAll: Lol. How I wish I was Dangote...Anyway, what you quoted was a typo and it has been corrected |
| Politics / Re: Is Dangote Really The Richest Nigerian??? by eelvismd(m): 11:15pm On Jan 06, 2013 |
KnowAll: [@shaw007][/b]- @bolded: the person you quouted said N130 billion in 13 fold, meaning N130 x 13. Dangote's $12 billion worth (http://www.forbes.com/profile/aliko-dangote/) will translate to N1.8 trillion, which can finance Lagos state budget for 4 solid years...Please compare Dangote with FG and not states |
| Politics / Re: Is Dangote Really The Richest Nigerian??? by eelvismd(m): 11:03pm On Jan 06, 2013 |
KnowAll: With the kind of money some of those South-South Governors get on a monthly basis and spend willy-nilly without any checks, restrictions, or restrain, is it not a fallacy to think Dangote is the richest Nigerian? In Lagos, Tinunbu/Fashola and his cronies who have held the commercial heart of Nigeria for 13 years are the God-Fathers of this city that has the reputation of being the 5th largest economy in Africa if it were a country How can you even compare Aliko Dangote with our politicians who steal in naira...According to Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/profile/aliko-dangote/), Aliko Dangote is worth $12 billion as of November 2012, which is equivalent to 1.8 trilliion naira using an exhange rate of N150 to $1. You will agree with me that Dangote's net worth can finance Lagos state budget or Akwa Ibiom budget for 4 solid years based on their budget estimates for 2013 and yet you have the mind to compare Aliko Dangote with our small 'thiefy' politicians...The truth be told, business men rule the world and not public office holders. It still baffles me why you will compare Aliko Dangote, who has decided to single handedly invest $2 billion (i.e. N300 billion) in a fertilizer plant in Edo state starting from this year, with our small 'thiefy' politicians (see http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/dangote-to-establish-n300bn-fertilizer-plant-in-edo/). Just in case you do not know, that investment alone can finance the budget of 3 or 4 states on the average as of today. If you ever want to compare Dangote with anybody or institution in Nigeria, it should be Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) and not states 1 Like |
| Business / Re: ATM: Banks To Lose Millions If Transaction Fee Is Stopped by eelvismd(m): 11:35am On Dec 02, 2012 |
Itoroetti : My question for you would be were they charging you money on savings to pay the salaries of their workforce? The answer is capital NO. So the actual fact is that with widespread patronage of ATMs, the banks will be able to operate effectively with fewer number of workforce and unnecessary branches and that is exactly what they have always wanted. Banks do not survive by meager ATMs fees and you need to understand that fact. |
| Business / Re: ATM: Banks To Lose Millions If Transaction Fee Is Stopped by eelvismd(m): 11:27am On Dec 02, 2012 |
Fatdon: We don't have to be I disagree with you to a large extent because the more complaints customers have with ATMs transactions, the more crowded the banking halls will be and, by extension, there will be more work for the bank both in terms of time and manpower. So the banks are actually happier if the ATMs do not result in any transaction error because what the banks want is money in your accounts and not crowded customers in their banking halls. Furthermore, with respect to your claim that ATM fees are charged globally, all I can say is that almost all ATMs in the UK are completely free for withdrawal irrespective of your bank. Besides, from the comfort of your home and with the help of a laptop or a smartphone, it doesn't cost any pence to send money from your account to any other UK acount no matter the bank you are sending the money to. 2 Likes |
| Education / Re: Free Tertiary Education Kicks-Off In Imo State by eelvismd(m): 6:44pm On Nov 16, 2012 |
MostIncredible.DFirst: MISPLACED PRIORITY! 100000 naira X 30000 students for 4years is enough to b used 2change dat university's status 2a top institution in Nigeria- if not West Africa! Most male students wud used dat money to pursue women. Zeus I: Nigerians are 10million times more inclined to complaining, just about anything than the ancient Israelites in the wilderness. You do good, complaining; you do bad, complaining. @ Zeus I: If you read the comment of MostIncredible.DFirst in between the lines, you will appreciate the truth in what he/she said better...All the show to gallary and window dressing usually adopted by our leaders will not take our Universities to greater height in terms of scholarship and state-of-the-art infrastructure. 1 Like |
| Education / Re: Free Tertiary Education Kicks-Off In Imo State by eelvismd(m): 6:39pm On Nov 16, 2012 |
MostIncredible.DFirst: Nice comment! |
| Science/Technology / Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by eelvismd(m): 9:00pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
lollydyss: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-Powered Generator My question is how much energy is consumed by the entire process per kW generated because it will be of little or no use if 10 kW is used to produce 1 kW? Remember hydrogen can be produced by electrolysis of water but the energy involved makes it unfeasable as a means of energy generation. |
| Jokes Etc / Re: PHOTO: New Seating Arrangement For Exams by eelvismd(m): 3:55pm On Nov 06, 2012 |
Am just me: Second to comment finally! Is there a price for being first or second to comment? Anyway you are still not the second to comment...  |
| Romance / Re: Are Male Bankers Really Stingy? by eelvismd(m): 1:22pm On Nov 04, 2012 |
disloman: Guys,pls grow up.can u b in a relationship n nt spending?Girls,don't xpect u 2 buy them heaven or everything.they just want security n b secured is 2 av someone they can rely on if nt 4 every needs.mind u,the toto wey u wan screw na u or papa get am?ply guys,if u r nt capable.tell them u nt n b claiming what u r nt. LOL...The enjoyment is mutual remember! Afterall the girls scream louder you know |
| Politics / Succinct Comparisons Between Nigeria And India: A Food For Thought For Nigerians by eelvismd(m): 3:41pm On Oct 26, 2012 |
Hello all! I got this article from one of my friends on Facebook and thought it wise to share it here. [b]The biggest country in Africa that the United Kingdom colonised is Nigeria. The biggest country that the United Kingdom colonised in Asia is India (which then comprised the present Pakistan and Bangladesh). When the UK came into Nigeria and India, like all other countries they colonised, they brought along their technology, religion (Christianity), and culture: names, dressing, food, and language, among others. Try as hard as the British did, India rejected the British religion, names, dressing, food, and even language, but they did not reject the British technology. Today, 80.5 per cent of Indians are Hindus; 13.4 per cent Muslims; 2.3 per cent Christians; 1.9 per cent Sikhs; 0.8 per cent Buddhists, among others. Hindi is the official language of the government of India, but English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a “subsidiary official language.” Interestingly, it is rare to find an Indian with an English name or dressed in suit. On the other hand, Nigeria embraced, to a large extent, the British religion, British culture – names, dressing, foods, and language – but, ironically, rejected the British technology. The difference between the Nigerian and the Indian experiences is that while India is proud of its heritage, Nigeria takes little pride in its own heritage, a situation that has affected the nationalism of Nigerians and our development as a nation. Before the advent of Christianity, the Arabs had brought Islam into Nigeria through the North. Islam also wiped away much of the culture of Northern Nigeria. Today, the North has only Sharia courts but no Customary courts. So from the North to the South of Nigeria, the Western World and the Eastern World have shaped our lives to be like theirs and we have lost much or all of our identity. Long after the Whites and Arabs left Nigeria, Nigeria has waxed strong in religion to the extent that Nigerians now set up branches of their home-grown churches in Europe, the Americas, Asia and other African countries. Just like the Whites brought the gospel to us, Nigerians now take the gospel back to the Whites. In Islam, we are also very vibrant to the extent that if there is a blasphemous comment against Islam in Denmark or the US, even if there is no violent reaction in Saudi Arabia, the Islamic headquarters of the world, there will be loss of lives and destruction of property in Nigeria. If the United Arab Emirates, a country with 75 per cent Muslims, is erecting the tallest building in the world and encouraging the world to come and invest in its territory by providing a friendly environment, Boko Haram ensures that the economy of the North (and by extension that of Nigeria) is crippled with bombs and bullets unless every Nigerian converts to Boko Haram’s brand of Islam. We are indeed a very religious people. Meanwhile, as we are building the biggest churches and mosques, the Indians, South Africans, Chinese, Europeans and Americans have taken over our key markets: telecoms, satellite TV, multinationals, banking, oil and gas, automobile, aviation, and hospitality industries among others. Ironically, despite our exploits in religion, we are a people with little godliness, a people without scruples. It is rare to do business with a Nigerian pastor, deacon, knight, elder, brother, sister, imam, mullah, mallam, alhaji or alhaja without the person laying landmines of bribes and deception on your path. We call it PR, facilitation fee, processing fee, transport money, financial engineering, deal, or whatever. But if it does not change hands, no show. And when it is amassed, we say it is “God’s blessings.” Some people assume that sleaze is a problem of public functionaries, but the private sector seems to be worse than the public sector these days. One would have assumed that the more churches and mosques that spring up in every nook and cranny of Nigeria, the higher the morals in our society. But it is not so. The situation is that the more religious we get, the baser we become. Our land never knew the type of bloodshed experienced from religious extremists, political desperadoes, ritual killers, armed robbers, kidnappers, internet scammers, university cultists, and lynch mobs. Life has become so cheap and brutish that everyday seems to be a bonanza. We import petrol even when we have crude oil in abundance. We also import rice and beans that our land can produce in abundance. We even import toothpicks that primary school children can produce with little or no effort. Yet, we drive the best of cars and live in the best of edifices, visit the best places in the world for holidays and use the most expensive electronic and telecoms gadgets. It is now a sign of poverty for a Nigerian to ride a saloon car. Four-wheel drive vehicles are the in thing. Even government officials, who were known to use only Peugeot products as official cars as a sign of modesty, have upgraded to Toyota Prado as official vehicle without any iota of shame, in a country where about 70 per cent live below poverty line. Private jets have become as common as cars. A nation that imports toothpicks and pins flaunts wealth and wallows in ostentation at a time its children are trooping to Ghana, South Africa and the UK for university education and its sick people are running to India for treatment. India produces automobile and exports it to the world. India’s medical care is second to none, with even Americans and Europeans travelling to the country for medical treatment. India has joined the nuclear powers nations. India has launched a successful mission to the moon. Yet bicycles and tricycles are common sights in India. But in Nigeria, only the wretched of the earth ride bicycles. I have intentionally chosen to compare Nigeria with India rather than China, South Korea, Brazil, Malaysia, or Singapore, because of the similarities between India and Nigeria. But these countries were not as promising as Nigeria at the time of our independence. Some would say that our undoing is our size: the 2012 United Nations estimate puts Nigeria’s population at 166,000 million, while India has a population of 1.2 billion. Some would blame it on the multiplicity of ethnic groups: we have 250 ethnic groups, India has more than 2,000. Some would hang it on the diversity in religion: we have two major religions — Christianity and Islam; but India has many. Some would say it is because we are young as an independent nation: we have 52 years of independence; India has 65 years. Apartheid ended in South Africa only in 1994. I am a Christian, and nothing can change me from Christianity. But I think that our country is daily sinking into religiosity to the detriment of godliness. Our land is sick and needs healing. “If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land” is still a saying that is germane to our current situation. We need more godliness than religion; more work and less of hope; and more action and less of words. Let everyone tidy up his or her corner first and demand fervently that our leaders tidy their areas of governance. Our nation is degenerating at a fast pace and we need to save it now or it may be too late.[/b] 1 Like 1 Share |
| Health / Re: Nigeria Loses $500m Annually To Foreign Medical Trips by eelvismd(m): 5:17pm On Oct 23, 2012 |
Gbawe: @ bolded and coloured: Your use of fundamental human right is totally out of place because attaching conditions to certain positions does not translate to any infringement of fundamental human rights. As far as I am concerned, if you don't like the conditions attached to a given position, then forget about the position because it is not compulsory that you must occupy the position. It is as simple as that! Nobody said you cannot travel overseas for medical treatment; what is being proposed is that if you want to occupy any political position in the country, then the condition is that you won't be allowed to travel overseas for treatment because that is the condition attached to the position. The choice as to whether you are still interested in the position or not, with the attached conditions fully spealt out, is yours to decide. The public and private sectors have rules and regulations governing employment and positions, some of which we might not be comfortable with personally when seeking employment or when we are being redeployed. My question is do we normally ask them to change the conditions just because we feel it affects our rights when seeking employment? The answer is capital NO. What then makes political positions in Nigeria different, especially when we have irrational fellows as leaders? My only concern is that these same irrational folks are the ones that can effect such change constitutionally and they wouldn't want to do that because they are irrational and have taken Nigerians forgranted without any consequence arising |
| Romance / Re: Tips On Finding A Wife For Single Guys by eelvismd(m): 10:49am On Oct 07, 2012 |
jayjagz: It would have being more appreciate if it is free of abusive words. Written English is not easy for you at all! 2 Likes |
| Politics / Re: Why Are Nigerians In Diaspora So Bitter? by eelvismd(m): 2:03pm On Oct 06, 2012 |
thelastPope: I am really getting irritated by many Nigerians in diaspora. They seem bent on seeing Nigeria and Nigerians go down. They come here and all over other Internet sites spewing garbage about Nigeria. They will put down anything positive about Nigeria. It seems they are suffering from gross bitterness. I don't want to believe they are bitter as you have put it but they are not happy with the state of things in Nigeria, which is normal to me. On the other hand, I am not an advocate of negative words and I do not support such no matter what. I have read many comments, both those in support and those against you claims, and I wish to add the following: Massive dynamics are changing the world order and countries we had always regarded as safe heaven are not finding it funny anymore. The implication is that opportunities for many Nigerians in the diaspora as well as other foreigners are shrinking and that, you will agree with me, is more than enough reason to feel bad about the deplorabe state of their country. Afterall, if Nigeria (with all her God given potentials) was doing well there will be no need to be overseas on a permanent basis. Another reason while Nigerians in the diaspora may not be happy with the state of things back home is because they have seen a working and decent society and when the compare it with the settings back home, they feel bad about the state of things in Nigeria. As per your claim that Nigerians in the diaspora contribute nothing to the Nigerian economy, I believe that is totally false because data from CBN and World Bank say otherwise in view of yearly remittance by Nigerians in the Diaspora to their relatives and loved ones back home. Most SMEs in Nigeria are products of such remittance. In conclusion, Nigerians both home and abroad must be more committed towards lifter their country from her current deplorable state because the current dynamics changing the world order will not spare even those abroad. |
| Politics / Re: Why Are Nigerians In Diaspora So Bitter? by eelvismd(m): 4:27pm On Oct 05, 2012 |
Gbawe: May God bless you richly. I couldn't have said it better 1 Like |
| Politics / Re: Why Are Nigerians In Diaspora So Bitter? by eelvismd(m): 4:17pm On Oct 05, 2012 |
Dede1: Local champions are always delighted with beer parlor-styled discussion. This goofy thread is no exception. If Nigerians in Diaspora are bitter about the state of affairs in Nigeria, one can easily conclude without malice that the alleged bitterness is drawn from series of conspicuous dead-end behaviors from Nigerians at home. In addition, the so-called Nigerians in Diaspora have grown to appreciate orderly environment stuffed with social decorum. I love your use of words my bro. I can't help the laughter any more o!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Education / Bill To Ban Public Officer’s Children From Studying Abroad Passes Second Reading by eelvismd(m): 8:41am On Oct 05, 2012 |
A bill which seeks to prevent children of public office holders from schooling abroad has passed second reading in the Senate. The bill, if passed, will restrict children of public office holders from schooling abroad except for specialized courses not offered in any of the country’s educational institutions. The sponsor of the bill, Senator Mohammed Basheer (PDP Kano) said the country’s education sector is confronted with serious challenges and it has become important for the Senate to adopt drastic measures to rescue the ailing educational system. The bill was among three bills which passed second reading in the Senate on Thursday without being debated. Another bill which seeks to compel the executive arm of government to implement resolutions passed by the National Assembly, also passed second reading. http://www.elvisagbonghae.com/2012/10/bill-to-ban-public-officers-children.html
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| Politics / Re: What Has Nigeria Achieved So Far? by eelvismd(m): 4:44pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Ikengawo: satelite that was packaged and launched for you by others and which you cannot operate on your own without foreign assistance. You must be joking if that is all you can say to justify your thinking of Nigeria making progress when the contrary is obvious to everyone. |
| Politics / Re: What Has Nigeria Achieved So Far? by eelvismd(m): 4:24pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Godogwu: Nigeria is 52 tomorrow and so we should not have any problems what so ever? Please don't be so gullible....every country had issues of theirs at 52 and still have issues at whatever age they are now. Then again, power has been improving, new and better roads have been built, education is thriving, economy is growing etc.....people should understand that everyone in Nigeria can't boast of success; that is very impossible....some people suffer, some smile and some are very happy, that generally how the world is. I'm forever proud of my country at 52 "Nigeria, great people, great nation" Are you really serious about this post of yours? If you are, then you must be one of the selfish Nigerians who think about themselves and nothing more...Just in case you don't understand what you just posted, let me put it in clearer perspectives. 1. You are proud of a country blessed with human and natural resources and yet more than 70% of her population cannot afford 3 square meals a day after 52 years of independence 2. You are proud of a country that exports crude oil to other countries and in return imports refined petroluem products after 52 year of independence 3. You are proud of a country whose educational and health systems are nothing to right home about; a country whose leaders are always on the run to Europe and America, including India, for ordinary cold and cough. 4. You are proud of a country from which Malaysia took palm oil seedlings from and today malaysia is earning more from palm oil than what Nigeria earns from crude oil, while we are importing palm oil based products from all parts of the world. I can go on and on but we all know among ourselves that Nigeria of today is a failed country after 52 years of independence in view of of the human and natural resources God bestoyed her with...So stop deceiving yourself just because you are probably benefiting from the status quo 2 Likes |
| Business / Re: Dangote Flour Sells 63% Stake To South African Firm by eelvismd(m): 8:57am On Sep 26, 2012 |
Billyonaire: Must you insult to drive home a point ? I particularly hate, yes, I hate people who insult people to drive home points. Windows products face stiffer competition and has few products as flagship, same can not be said of Dangote, whose investments span Oil wells in Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, his stakes in telecoms in East Africa, His stakes in Power bids, his stakes in cements production, his rail line projects in the pipeline, Dangote sugar, Dangote pasta just to mention but a few. I still stand by my assertion that Dangote might beat William Gates in 5 years. Cos Bills fortune can only diminish cos bill has reach his peak and can only innovate but Dangote is just beginning Mr. man, let it be known to you that Bill Gate is richer than all Nigerians put together - including Dangote, Adenuga, Otedola, IBB, etc. |
| Business / Re: Dangote Flour Sells 63% Stake To South African Firm by eelvismd(m): 8:48am On Sep 26, 2012 |
Billyonaire: It will be obviously rebranded if the majority stake holder feels so. 63% is majority, but its nothing considered to what Dangote can do with $181.98 million in the Cement Industry. Dangote is also investing in Power Sector, and $181.98 million input if actually added to his stakes in the power sector will catapult Dangote into the world's richest man. Do you know what it means to own a power plant and/or distribution license? Dangote will beat Bill Gates within 5 years, mark my word. @bolded: I guess you meant in the next 5k years |
| Travel / Re: Warning For Pregnant Women Travelling Abroad by eelvismd(m): 11:51am On Sep 18, 2012 |
solomon111: yeah. Thank you my brother! I thought I was the only one who noticed that attitude. Nigerians are always looking for already made as if America and Europe became what they are without sacrifice being paid to get to where they are today. Like I read somewhere, "the only place where SUCCESS comes before WORK is in the dictionary". I believe many Nigerians are not aware of that fact. 2 Likes |
| Travel / Re: Warning For Pregnant Women Travelling Abroad by eelvismd(m): 11:31am On Sep 18, 2012 |
12 inches!: All your points are valid and I understand you very well. But will running away make Nigeria better? The answer is NO. Why do you think the few wicked politicians and thieves are succeeding with their loots? The answer is because they understand the Nigerian psyche, which is: it is me and me alone. So they loot without stress because they know that the average Nigerian does not really mind what is happening in government and hence there is no strong reason to be accountable. Another thing many of us are not aware of is that these countries we consider heaven on earth are becoming saturated by the day and in no distant time, you will begin to see the horrible things that the first class citizens will be doing to the second class and third class citizens. The very rosy America and Europe we know or heard of a decade or two ago are disappearing fast and the sooner we all sit down to put our house in order the better for all of us because the children we are thinking of making second or third class citizens of America will ask us one day if we were sub-human to white Americans when they grow up to see what the first class (white) American citizens will be doing to them. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Travel / Re: Warning For Pregnant Women Travelling Abroad by eelvismd(m): 10:54am On Sep 18, 2012 |
justwise: We are saying the same thing my bro but in different tone. We are more or less talking about "cause" and "effect"; while you are talking about the "effect", I am talking about the "cause". I guess you will agree with me that there will be no "effect" without a "cause". We will not be talking about foreign health system being abused if we put our house in order and Nigerians are proud of their country. Will a German or any citizen of one of the developed countries think of going to US in the name of giving birth talk less of abusing the US system? The answer is capital NO. So my point is that there is a poor mentality among Nigerians which must be addressed and once that is taken care of there will be no abuse to talk about 1 Like |
| Travel / Re: Warning For Pregnant Women Travelling Abroad by eelvismd(m): 10:31am On Sep 18, 2012 |
justwise: What is the motivation for such? 1. Citizenship for their children because they see no hope in Nigeria in terms of opportunity 2. They consider the West to be superior and hence have no value for whatever emanate from us What are the reasons for those travelling in the name of schooling? Guess the same reasons above So they are connected whether you admit it or not, and the bottom line is that we have a poor mentality fueled by our perverted value system. 1 Like |
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