Remember we are in Nigeria where nothing is what it seems but then i will suggest they first represent NYSC worth instead of throwing away the bill (the baby with bathing water).

its a stupid idea. they should also stop that so-called amnesty program

Good start surely we will get there lets keep trying, aleast for the next generation

The people who are here commenting that the legislators are fools, I wonder who is more foolish?
How can you people believe such crap. Thumbs up to the legislators! This would have just been another avenue where the proponents of this bill would have ripped the nation off billions of naira just for a so called 'Monthly allowance' for the un-employed youths.

Be wise Nigerians! Be wise...don't be so gullible!

May hiv/aids strike all their children dead. Rubbish and insensitive looters.

asidere: naija has enough money to cater 4 the unemployed but corruption will not allow this bill to work. I dont like the idea of paying graduates money rather i suggest graduates go and acquire skills that can make them productive to this country.lets create a forum where graduates can meet and rub minds,network and form partnership.lets create an interactive website for graduates.lets join forces together and make our lives better than relying on government.this partnership can lead to us setting up companies and employing other people.

my brother i believe you 100%, i believe every one including grads can be gainfully employed. but the evil leaders with their decomposing, putrid, demented skulls will not allow it happen because they dont believe its possible, they believe lack of infractructure, eppileptic power, suffering and the likes is normal!!!

Hope on!which one dem don do for your eyes b4 as in,wey dem follow tru sincerely!? Hiaaan!!!

ohuegbeair: A good mive,hopefully d money wud be channeled into d right industries and not their pocket industry .[color=#006600][/color]

Hmm...i smell ''ghost graduates''

Na wa o may God no spoil una own

Joniboi: First to comment.

Seun and co, it's only a matter of time before you'd realize the extent of damages these kind of posts are causing NL.

tonididdy: Hmm...i smell ''ghost graduates''

But on a serious note, this was a great idea.just to avoid graduates collecting the fee for life even after they've got jobs they shoùld have a time frame.unemployed graduates will get the fee for the next 2yrs,if after 2years they still havent got a job,then the graduate should be able to start up a buisness with what he has got over the 2year duration

lynpetra:


Phooooooool! The economy challenges incited by who The unemployed graduates Rawbish talks!!! God punish you and devil solder you.Kai dis man don make me vex dis ugly morningo

ehhhhm u don talk awa mind but u for nor quote d topic naaaaa.

Why are some people saying this is just an avenue to channel this funds to their pocket as if they don't have other avenues? Believe it or not, this people have more than a million ways to channel our money to their private pocket. All they just wanted to do is to give the unemployed graduates at least 30% of the loot and pocket the remaining 70%. But since you guys still subscribe to this view. I will tell you guys to watch on and see how this people will divert these funds into their pocket.
A very good example of this diversion are
1 creating committee and standing committees in the house which we pay for, whether they work or not
2. The good governance tour is another huge debt burden on us.
3. Sitting allowances on every sitting

God will help us.

Ndi ara..Y wud d approve it wen it does not directly affect dem

BASTARDS. May God judge them rightly

If i say naija youth dont know what to fight, some will insult. This is the bill we should occupy house of rep.

quote author=motobid]Do we have d Azonto Progressives congress(APC) members in d house? No. When it comes to what wil benefit d poor, no party wil be there to fight 4 d poor. Poor people I pity una, but I know dat God wil one day rise on behalf of d poor in dis country n dis wil bring calamity over our oppressors.[/quote] Smh @ Azonto Progressive Congress

Their mama..slow mofos!!! Mehn...em b wayray for this house of Rep sha...Even if em approve am, diz same fools go hand the money!! I tire for NAIJA.

Ha, u don't need a vodoo priest to tell u that they will never sign such a thing

omiobo: They should not give us fish,they should lead us to the stream and teach us how to catch fish.

That will never happen as these people are greedy bastards....its better they give us fish, and then, no one should expect to get a full fish

why wont they oppose such motion,it might lead to the reduction of their sundry n ridiculous allowances.
if we av a responsible govt,they are meant to take care of d unemployed,dis will in turn drive them to create jobs thereby lessening there expensives because an employed graduate will definitely contribute to d devt of a country.
the bottom line is our govt has failed,lacks focus n insights,inconsiderate ,selfish,n shortsighted

In a way i support d reps 4 not passing dis bill cos d con3 is not ripe 4 dis policy....we all no hw & wat corruption has done 2 various genuine policy,am certain if dis bill was pass it wood neva get 2 d intended pple

Do you blame them, when they have millions in their bank account. Infact they don't understand what it means to be unemployed!

adim2: Why are some people saying this is just an avenue to channel this funds to their pocket as if they don't have other avenues? Believe it or not, this people have more than a million ways to channel our money to their private pocket. All they just wanted to do is to give the unemployed graduates at least 30% of the loot and pocket the remaining 70%. But since you guys still subscribe to this view. I will tell you guys to watch on and see how this people will divert these funds into their pocket.
A very good example of this diversion are
1 creating committee and standing committees in the house which we pay for, whether they work or not
2. The good governance tour is another huge debt burden on us.
3. Sitting allowances on every sitting

God will help us.

But you must agree that the amount they can fritter from any 1-3 you listed above is no where near the allowance for unemployed graduates will be. I mean we are looking at potentially one of the most effective and efficient means of fattening personal accounts with diverted funds.

We are still reeling from the petrol subsidy and pension fund fiasco, both of which arose from systems expected to have reasonably reliable checks and balances designed forestall the kind of that monumental fraud that took place. One can only imagine what would happen in this case.

[size=18pt]Even in England, with all their checks and balances and their sophisticated gadgets, people still claim and work, how much more in gang-sta Naija, the legislative used their brains for once, did not know those guys have brains...................... jokes apart it was a good decision[/size].

The bill if passed would duplicate an existing bill This bill should have been ammended to incorporate the existing bill., Somehow it got through the cmmittee to the floor for a vote. The hours wasted should be a deduction in their salary for scheduling a vote on an existing bill.This bill if passed could be another jackpot for the officials responsible for its disbursements. There is no reliable data to effectively disburse the allowance, thus the purpose of this important scheme may be abused.

Is anyone surprised?

if dem no agree with d proposal then make dem use the money provide job for people nao. Also i use style agree with the rejection because it will course laziness for some youth.

Mad Cow:


[b]I also support the rejection of that bill..


Nigeria is a country that puts the cart before the horse..

I am all for social welfare and benefits, but not at this time when most state primary schools sef have no records of the total number of students they have. The loophole if such a bill were to be allowed to go through would be bigger than the Canal that killed many people during the Ikeja Cantonment bombing. The fraud would make the subsidy scam look like pick-pocketing.

Let the government first of all tidy up their house.

Proper Databases should be set up.

Power! Power!! Power!!! We need electricity.

I.T as well needs to be enhanced. Ordinary to get Drivers License takes so long because of the excuse 'Our servers are down'.

Until a credible census is taken in this country, proper birth and death registrys are set up, we have proper figures with a less than 5% margin of error, this bill should remain dead. Look at the money that Nigerians made from the Amnesty programme. I know a woman who made so much money that now all her cars carry custom plates and she now has Mopol escorts. All from ordinary Amnesty o!! Talkless of unemployment benefits.


I SAY NO TO THAT BILL!!!!!

I know we are suffering in this country, but I will not willing open up more avenues for us to get robbed all in the name of social welfare.. [/b]

True talk man.

Hmmm

My colleagues and I have been debating this issue at work and someone brought up an interesting point.

What about NYSC, he asked? How different is this from what is being proposed? According to him, as long as we are talking about graduates, and not any unemployed Nigerian, it shouldn't be too difficult to verify the actual number of those that should benefit. It is assumed they all would have graduated from a registered tertiary institution, and just as NYSC get its names directly from the school, the same could apply to the bill.

Strong points, but I'm still very skeptical; we are unpardonably, insufferably and demonically too infused in corruption for this programme, with our current structure, to work and benefit only those intended.

My heart goes to the unemployed graduates out there, but this bill in truly ill conceived.

I dnt blame diz sorri ass basterd. Dey all seat n reject bill dat are sopos 2 b implimented 4 d gud of d future of 2moro. I hate dem all greedy animalz seating n yaning bullshit. Idiot.