₦airaland Forum

monshege:
actually the people i know from the olden days did have large farms (both in size and in no). all the places that have houses now or are being populated were all farms. you had the living areas/quarters and then farms were a distance away from those places.

Actually,the average household did not have massive industrial farms.I lived in a village all my childhood and I have a pretty good idea of the size of the average farm.It was relatively small and the weeding,the building of ridges and the planting could be done in a full day on a household's entire farm

monshege:
while the women are weeding, the men are slashing with the cutlass. my dear, if you actually know the in and out of farming, you would see how possible it is that they are able to be at that job all year round. if they are done with theirs, there is someone else to be helped, they helped each other, not like today where the motto is "to your own tent oh Isreal"

All this is laughable.Helping people did not take up most of their time.Pooling labor resources as you suggest would only lead to lesser working time.So if you what you are saying is true,they could be spending as little as 30 days a year on farming

spoilt:
they sat around and plotted how to marry more wives!  

I saw some research on this a few years ago and it established that men in many parts of Africa did very little work for most of the day.Most of the work were done by women

Most men spent their time drinking palm wine and talking with their friends while the women went to work .

Southern Nigeria is a good example

flakylady:
i almost feel like i want to make up a big argument though, because i can't think of anything serious.

You see how women are,even when things are going well,they "want to make up a big argument" .

This was a rare moment of candour from a lady but an insight into the female tendency to argue for no discernible reason

monshege:
it has come to my notice that they do actually farm all year round from morning to night, except you are in another kind of business.

Are you a farmer?There is no way they farm all year round from morning to night

monshege:
there are different crops for different farming season and there are different things to do at each particular farming season. could be that it is time for weeding, could be it is time for planting yam or cassava or cocoyam or any other plant. could be it is time for harvesting, could be it is time for, point is, farming for farmers take their time all year from morning to night

People in the olden days did not have large industrial farms.They had relatively small farms.Remember,there are 365 days in year.

Weeding of those small farms can be performed once every 2 weeks.Planting generally takes a day,at worse a couple of days.Harvesting takes the longest amount of time and at worse 5 days.

All the above may take an average of 40-60 days out of 365.So what did the men do for the remaining 300 days.Besides,in some cases women did most of the farming

Nobody has come up with a good answer as to what men did all day long in the past     

PS:I forgot to add digging up ridges,that can take a couple of days

Can someone explain to me what men in the olden days did from morning to nite? They couldn't be farming cos you don't farm all year .

Given that today,Zimbabwe is a major recipient of food aid from the West,I don't see how what is happening in Zimbabwe constitutes black empowerment especially since Zimbabwe used to be a major agricultural exporter

Their is no "power" in taking food aid from the West nor is there "power" in causing many black Zimbabweans to take up asylum in Western countries.

Policies that reduce a people to paupers surviving on foreign aid cannot by any stretch of the imagination be described as the empowerment of the people

Secondary school pupils in north-eastern Nigeria have killed a teacher after apparently accusing her of desecrating the Koran, police say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6477177.stm

A female teacher has been murdered in cold blood for nothing

behaviour on the part of officials in the public sector, whether politicians or civil servants, in which they improperly and unlawfully enrich themselves, or those close to them, by the misuse of the public power entrusted to them. This would include embezzlement of funds, theft of corporate or public property as well as corrupt practices such as bribery, extortion or influence peddling.

This is a definition of corruption by Transparency International

Corruption involves behaviour on the part of officials in the public and private sectors, in which they improperly and unlawfully enrich themselves and/or those close to them, or induce others to do so, by misusing the position in which they are placed.
World Bank


The solicitation or acceptance by a public official, directly or indirectly, of an undue advantage, for the official himself or herself or another person or entity, in order that the official act or refrain from acting in the exercise of his or her official duties.
Article 8 of the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime


http://www.anticorruption.info/corr_def_alt.htm

It seems that many others define corruption as involving private gain

The fact that people are getting married at a later age does not mean that people are having kids at a later age.The UK has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Europe

The headline of the story is a bit misleading.They were indicted for illegally spending Govt funds.Corruption requires that such illegality is done for some personal gain.There is no indication in the report that the money was used for personal gain,just that it was appropriated without the neccasary approval.

Nevertheless,it is still a rebuttal of the case made by those who think OBJ had no case to answer

Donzman:
Mugabe is tyrannical but so was Pinochet in Chile. What did the West do abotu Pinochet? Nothing but offer him hospitality and protection because he protected their Chilean interests. The West's cause would have been plausible if it wasn't hypocritical.

This is not the West's cause.The Zimbabwean people are suffering because of Mugabe's tyranny.The West is not affected one jolt.

Donzman:
Are you saying that we should turn a blind eye to[b] injustice[/b] and[b] massive inequality[/b] because on the macro level Zimbabwe was doing well?. . .You could have as well asked slaves to keep slaving since they were building some huge economic powers.

You can't deal with injustice and inequality by taking actions that will cause even more injustice and inequality.

Creating a situation where the people of Zimbabwe are starving while the leaders are enriching themselves is the hallmark of injustice and massive inequality

You have to separate the issue of land reform from Mugabe's tyrannical rule.The former is a must but should not be used as a smokescreen for the later

debosky:
If the president knew of these things yet did nothing to stop them then he is culpable, but if there was no material way of him knowing till an investigation came about, then he is fully absolved of blame.

How do you know that there was "no material way of him knowing"?

My view is that we do not know either way but the circumstances suggest that we can't say with any degree of certainty that the President couldn't have known about Atiku's activities.

I have not seen anything that will suggest that in the circumstances,OBJ was not in the position to know what was going on.

In any civilised setting,the question should be "what did the President know and when did he know it"?

spoilt:
@ 4play
i would. ive always been drawn to guys who are inexperienced. there's something about a guy who has been round the block and back that puts me off. nasty is the word!

There is hope for virgins like me

star01:
why has homo sapiens takin ova de responsibilties of human

Are you a Neanderthal? How come you are bemoaning the evolution of the modern human

spoilt:
@topic
he's a jerk! she should be thankful. she'll find someone who appreciates her for her.

Would you go for a man who is inexperienced?

Omo Eko:
Getting pregnant at 18 is really a bad idea because u are giving up your youth life and freedom and also u re still a baby yourself. I know people say a baby is a Blessing but also u don't want to bring a baby into this world yet. U have your whole life and future right in front of you, am sure u don't want to mess that up.
u need a degree and am not talking about BA because nobody really cares about especially if u are looking for a right paying job. AM talking about getting your Master's Degree. U need a career not a job, so plz i will advice u to think about this issue and also talk to your mum too, this are the time when our mother's are needed so they can lead us in the right path.

Omo Eko,talk true No be you write this thing

chuckdee4:
Presently England can only dream of a striker like Yakubu, yet the likes of Peter Crouch, David Nuggent, Dean fucking Ashton and Andrew Johnson are valued more than Yakubu so how are Nigerian player over valued

Why won't they value Yakubu less when Yak is much older.When Yak started playing professional football,many of them where in junior secondary

If my memory serves me well,I can remember Yak played in the Challenge Cup in 1999.

The fact of the matter is that England regularly finishes in the top 8 while our "underrated" Nigerian players have never made it past the 2nd round and just lost to Ghana 4-1

@Razorr

A few weeks ago I mentioned that Barca were interested in signing Robben.At the time I mentioned it,as far as I know,it was not yet mentioned in the Press.

What I heard is simply word of mouth from a football agent who knows a reliable journalist.Do you want a phone no? If it was something I picked up from the Press,I would have linked it.

All I can tell you is that my source is usually very reliable

Guus Hiddink called Frank Rijkaard last week and asked him if he would be interested in taking over at Chelsea.Hiddink informed Rijkaard that he (Hidink) would be joining Chelsea in some managerial capacity but not as first team coach.He asked Rijkaard if he would be interested in replacing Mourinho.Rikkaard said 'no thanks',that he has no interest in joining Chelsea

This shows that Chelsea are still looking for a replacement for Mourinho.It may not work out in the end but,at least they are looking.

Another thing is that Johan Cryuff is looking to bring Robben to Barca.Robben is a boyhood Barca fan and seems open to the idea but Chelsea are vehemently opposed to it.Cryuff decides most of the players that Barca signs

You are probably wondering who my source is.Its a journalist who is in a position to know .Remember I broke the Robben story,a few weeks ago, before it appeared anywhere in the Press

I have very reliable sources

Guus Hiddink called Frank Rijkaard last week and asked him if he would be interested in taking over at Chelsea.Hiddink informed Rijkaard that he (Hidink) would be joining Chelsea  in some managerial capacity but not as first team coach.He asked Rijkaard if he would be interested in replacing Mourinho.Rikkaard said 'no thanks',that he has no interest in joining Chelsea

This shows that Chelsea are still looking for a replacement for Mourinho.It may not work out in the end but,at least they are looking.

Another thing is that Johan Cryuff is looking to bring Robben to Barca.Robben is a boyhood Barca fan and seems open to the idea but Chelsea are vehemently opposed to it.Cryuff decides most of the players that Barca signs

You are probably wondering who my source is.Its a journalist who is in a position to know .Remember I broke the Robben story,a few weeks ago, before it appeared anywhere in the Press