darepoju:
yea! i understand..
oya help us tell GMB to talk to his ppl...
they marry many wives and give birth to children too much for them to takecare of... just look at the they are causing problems for the nation.. day in day out.. its too much abeg

China has too many people....yet is close to being developed.

It isn't the number of people that determines how a country is developed...it is how you use those people that determines how a country is developed.

That is why you and the Northerners at state level should develop innovative and industrial economies...not economies that export raw materials....that tomorrow when the price drops , our treasury would suddenly start looking empty.

That one wey you dey use for 9ja food,na lie! We don't have anything of such. That pic wey you dey see na Ajebo school no be PAKO wey we go. Na your family go give you that small money for food. Na abo alayo attached with plate cover and name printed with nails we dey use that time. Even if you're not sharp,you money go disappear inside plate. Lol.

CountDracula:
Where naija own?

you hve seen it already in the secondary school you went to

collins125:


[size=14pt]You think the Nigerian Government really wants you to go to school?

You must be living under a mahogany tree.[/size]

Well, l didn't know that.
Now I do.
As for the tree l am living under, it's actually Sycamore; no Mahoganies around here

Sooo, dem sabi fry dodo 4 Brazil sef?
WANDAFUL!

WHY DEM NO GO SABI BOOK

ITbomb:
By the time you finish eating government food during NYSC camp, you would not wish any of your children to touch any food from the government

Bro, I be guy, I get money and I sabi cook. Yet, bad as e be, I was thankful for NYSC food.

Defcon1:
If it was like this in Nigeria, all those stubborn kids who hate school wouldn't miss a class

Take your pick
As for me, Brazil it is.
As a typical Naija man; quantity over quality any day.Na wetin you chop you carry

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-2957301/What-school-lunches-look-like-world.html[b][/b]

Wait o , no be dodo and egusi soup I dey see for that Brazilian line up , where the fufu to take chop the egusi soup. Really though the Italian menu has my vote on this one

Defcon1:
Honestly, food is more of aesthetics than taste
Oyibo sabi packaging.

point of correction...its not about aesthetics...its about a balanced diet that meets the daily requirements of the growing child to ensure optimal growth and development...Most people need good food when growing up during childhood which poverty impairs and we in Africa mostly only afford Carbs as proteins and veges are expensive...By the time an African gets a job and can eat balanced diet, its mostly too late to provide the essential nutrients

comedy thread!

Atk01:

Is that Naija own? Why is the beans watery? There is no stew on the rice sef.

Stew is coming soon...

gmyguy:
point of correction...its not about aesthetics...its about a balanced diet that meets the daily requirements of the growing child to ensure optimal growth and development...Most people need good food when growing up during childhood which poverty impairs and we in Africa mostly only afford Carbs as proteins and veges are expensive...By the time an African gets a job and can eat balanced diet, its mostly too late to provide the essential nutrients

Sir, l was just trying to show how much I appreciated the way the meals were arranged and presented.
Read my second sentence in that post
No one is disputing the fact that the true essence of food is nutrition

Did I just see fried Plantain in that of The Brazilian School Food??

bushdoc9919:


Nigeria is not rich enough to give its pupils good school meals...because Nigeria is not an industrial country...and as such our GDP cannot sustain major welfare projects.

(And as for oil...we produce 800000 Barrels less than the United Arab emirates...which has 8million people. Now you know why Dubai is high class...and Nigeria...with 170million people..is still developing.)

Tell your thieving leaders to return some part of their loot maybe we can start somewhere.

themanderon:


Tell your thieving leaders to return some part of their loot maybe we can start somewhere.

Maybe....but we would still need far more.

Corruption IS wrong...and must be stopped....but we need a high GDP too

We also have to increase agricultural production....ie...more mechanized farming

CountDracula:
Where naija own?

Abeg which Naija? Dem dey feed their shidrens?

hhehehehehehehe

mmsen:


Food is about nutrition, not aesthetics.

Taste is definitely important as well.

What a peculiar mind you have.


P.S.
These pictures were taken expressly for the purposes of the newspaper - the school food that the kids eat is presented very differently, most schools do not use prison trays for school meals.

Please, don't get me wrong.
Nobody is disputing the fact that the true essence of food is nutrition.
l was only trying to say that the attraction in food is more about aesthetics than taste.
lf you were given two versions of your favourite meal, one prepped at a roadside eatery, and the other at the Hilton, which would you rather choose despite the fact that each would satisfy your nutritional requirements?

As for the pictures, l never said they were necessarily the actual meals given to kids
That is why l posted the link so people would learn more.
Everyone knows these pictures are for illustrative purposes.

As for "prison trays", in as much as some schools don't use them, many others actually do.

Defcon1:

Please, don't get me wrong.
Nobody is disputing the fact that the true essence of food is nutrition.
l was only trying to say that the attraction in food is more about aesthetics than taste.

There's a lot of well-presented food that tastes dreadful, to insist on that point is odd.

To many people outside of Africa some of the soups that Nigerians eat are not appealing to look at but they taste delicious.

Presentation is a factor in a restaurant and will have some relevance for children who can be shallow when it comes to food but taste and nutrition far trumps aesthetics.

come to Bethany International Collage, Gombe. they will give you one bons with one useless tea wey no get milk, suger, or lipton. i dey suspect that tea nah warm water with chalk dust. for dinner dem go give you one useless yam with two slices of potato.

bushdoc9919:


China has too many people....yet is close to being developed.

It isn't the number of people that determines how a country is developed...it is how you use those people that determines how a country is developed.

That is why you and the Northerners at state level should develop innovative and industrial economies...not economies that export raw materials....that tomorrow when the price drops , our treasury would suddenly start looking empty.

China has a lot of people but a much slower birth rate (as a result of their state enforced policies), allowing their development to be felt by the people.

India has a lot of people but an unsustainable birth rate - any development that is taking place there will not be felt by the majority because no economy can grow to match such a birth rate.

A good economy needs equivalent social policies to be effective.

show me China!

mmsen:


China has a lot of people but a much slower birth rate (as a result of their state enforced policies), allowing their development to be felt by the people.

India has a lot of people but an unsustainable birth rate - any development that is taking place there will not be felt by the majority because no economy can grow to match such a birth rate.

A good economy needs equivalent social policies to be effective.

But you cannot have those social policies without a hefty treasury.

And it seems to me that countries that are innovative make more money than raw material reliant countries.

We cannot have an effective social/welfare policy because we don't have enough money....thanks to the fact that oil...our only resource....is subject to price fluctuations that affect the amount of kudi one can make from it.

That is why we have to develop an industrial society. We have no choice.

bushdoc9919:


But you cannot have those social policies without a hefty treasury.

And it seems to me that countries that are innovative make more money than raw material reliant countries.

We cannot have an effective social/welfare policy because we don't have enough money....thanks to the fact that oil...our only resource....is subject to price fluctuations that affect the amount of kudi one can make from it.

That is why we have to develop an industrial society. We have no choice.

Developing a robust economy should always be a priority but I was not thinking of expensive welfare programs - more so using the existing networks to spread information that will assist in social development.

Basic lessons and information on health and hygiene would go a long way in parts of Nigeria - the need to keep an environment clean, proper refuse collection practices, how to deal with waste water etc. The money for such a project could easily be found, no need for a hefty treasury.

The other fact is that many of these social policies are cost saving - advising people to have fewer children is one such example.

mmsen:


There's a lot of well-presented food that tastes dreadful, to insist on that point is odd.

To many people outside of Africa some of the soups that Nigerians eat are not appealing to look at but they taste delicious.

Presentation is a factor in a restaurant and will have some relevance for children who can be shallow when it comes to food but taste and nutrition far trump aesthetics.

Well, I have been talking about the attraction/ appeal of food NOT the basic essence for it; we are obviously not on the same page.
The first thing that attracts me, and I'm sure most people, to a meal is the sight/presentation, before the taste.
The better the presentation, the stronger the attraction.
Then taste ( which determines whether we eat the food or not) and nutrition naturally follow.

Fair enough.
We are all different...one man's trash is another man's treasure.
Hold onto your opinion, while I hold onto mine.
We are both entitled to them.

Gaucho:
That one wey you dey use for 9ja food,na lie!

that's not Nigerian, the op or whoever, is just pretending it is.

Defcon1:

lf you were given two versions of your favourite meal, one prepped at a roadside eatery, and the other at the Hilton, which would you rather choose despite the fact that both would satisfy your nutritional requirements?

what kind of question is this?

owolawitola:
Besides in my own secondary school, our stainless plate no get partition. Which school in Nigeria uses that sef?

its not Nigeria.

tpiadotcom:


what kind of question is this?

lf you followed the argument from scratch, you'd understand.
Besides, replace " both" with "each"
in the statement...my mistake.

sholapot:
Nigeria

any school that decides to serve that for lunch, adults will even come from outside to eat it, it will be a miracle if it reaches the children at all.

gebest:
na u wan pay abi?

l resemble Buhari? lol