KAYL3B:


I disagree with you here my brother, we shouldn't let our emotions make us say disparaging things about the educational system in the north. By the way they are all the same N,S,E,W. The educational system in the north is competitive. I schooled in the north, like wise lots of southerners , and they would admit that it standard is high 75%.

MuhMubRaj:
Take it or leave it An average southerner is more intelligent than an average northerner and the FCC something favors the educationally backward states like Zamfara, yobe, kebbi, taraba etc. Let the FCC be scrapped and only the best should be favored irrespective of region or tribe on the long run it will make everybody sit up.
PS I am not taking anything from the Northerners as I schooled in the North and I have met some of them who Are savants in academics.

Licht:
I don't feel wronged nor do some people feel wronged that northerners got in. The wrong is that a northerner should not get into a place with 40% and a southerner who scored 80% denied the same place, and you openly call such a system "merit-based".

It's a fact that many northerners will not be occupying seats they are occupying today if we go by true merit.

Even your reverred and highly educated Emir Sanusi Lamido said it earlier this week that the North should not think federal character will help them in the future and they should rather be ready to compete on equal level. I opine you can't be more northern than the Emir, but he chose to speak the truth while you shy away from it with appeal to emotions of if I have superior knowledge than northerners.

I bear no grudge against northerners, because I really do pity their downtrodden. Despite the privilege they have and systems like federal character being applied to favour them, they are still the ones you find doing the crudest & dirtiest of jobs even in the south. They are the ones you find littering & begging for alms in the south.

Why not champion the application of federal character to the Super Eagles and other national teams....

saxha:


Most Southerners that study in the North, are below average of a typical Southerner. It's mostly frustration of not getting admission in the South or due to rustication, that made some of them to study in the North, because of easier admission entry requirements and lower competition.

Bigdadson:
Getting 1st class is very easy in the south because of high level of corruption in their institutions. The reason why they seem to be better at spoken English is that they gave more emphasis to it than their mother's tongue, but still when it comes to veterans in that regard u can't compare with people like Tafawa Balewa, Maitama Sule, Sunusi Lamido, Amina J Mohammed and many more.

Bigdadson:
Getting 1st class is very easy in the south because of high level of corruption in their institutions. The reason why they seem to be better at spoken English is that they gave more emphasis to it than their mother's tongue, but still when it comes to veterans in that regard u can't compare with people like Tafawa Balewa, Maitama Sule, Sunusi Lamido, Amina J Mohammed and many more.

Licht:
I don't feel wronged nor do some people feel wronged that northerners got in. The wrong is that a northerner should not get into a place with 40% and a southerner who scored 80% denied the same place, and you openly call such a system "merit-based".

It's a fact that many northerners will not be occupying seats they are occupying today if we go by true merit.

Even your reverred and highly educated Emir Sanusi Lamido said it earlier this week that the North should not think federal character will help them in the future and they should rather be ready to compete on equal level. I opine you can't be more northern than the Emir, but he chose to speak the truth while you shy away from it with appeal to emotions of if I have superior knowledge than northerners.

I bear no grudge against northerners, because I really do pity their downtrodden. Despite the privilege they have and systems like federal character being applied to favour them, they are still the ones you find doing the crudest & dirtiest of jobs even in the south. They are the ones you find littering & begging for alms in the south.

Why not champion the application of federal character to the Super Eagles and other national teams....

papiforreal:


What are you talking about? You think northern first class graduate cannot match their southern counterparts?

4gunners:
See the effrontery-- First Class is easy in the south. Go to OAU, UI, Uniben, UNN and make that "easy" first class

Dmamasboy:
A lot of southerners don’t have northern exposure. I studied with a lot of them and the first thing they say to me when I tell them I’m from the north is `I didn’t know that there are hausa people like you’. Just like the western world think of Africa as a jungle with it’s people wearing animal skin and hunting, so do the southerners think of the northerners as village people or cattle rearers living in their huts. Like I said "lack of exposure".
There was a time when the northerners weren’t interested in western education. That time is long gone. When you speak of Emir Sanusi’s speech, be rest assured it’s not directed to anybody from the north who applied for NNPC recruitment with their first class and second class uppers. It is directed at the northerners who don’t put enough effort and still expect to get something. And if you ask me, that is not just particular to the north. I don’t know the exact census but I’d think the population of the north is almost the population of south south, south east and south west combined. That means that it’s obvious we’ll have a large number of undereducated people who’d expect more than what they worked for or deserved. Emir Sanusi is from the north and his concern is for the north.
True there are some states with more number of well educated people but that doesn’t mean that the best from the state with the less well educated people won’t be more than the best from the state with the highest number of well educated people. Those Zamfara and Kebbi people you see as illiterates will shock you

NigelCundy:
Please, someone should urgently help with a statement of purpose sample, preferably MBA. Thank you.

RoeBobo:
. No bitterness bro, intelligence is an individual thing,it doesn't check what part of the nation u are from before it comes when u seek it. Besides,someone who is intelligent wouldn't spook those he/she perceives are less intelligent. Most people who got the APL deserved it....by knowledge or by grace....if anyone didn't, they should improve...not blame the system.....it was fair..

papiforreal:


What are you talking about? You think northern first class graduate cannot match their southern counterparts?

dustydee:

You may be surprised that even if you were pitched against those from the so called "North", you may still not be among the top 25 from some of those states. The fact that Federal character was used does not mean it favours the "North". It may well be that if that criteria was not used, there may be disproportionately more people from the north employed that from the south and this will lead to acrimony.
I know the general idea is that the "North" benefits more but that does not mean there are not many smart people from there.
During my set, after FSTP, there were more people from the "South" at the bottom than from the "North". And all those sacked for forgery were from the "South". So chill, lets keep striving for a better Nigeria.

dustydee:

You may be surprised that even if you were pitched against those from the so called "North", you may still not be among the top 25 from some of those states. The fact that Federal character was used does not mean it favours the "North". It may well be that if that criteria was not used, there may be disproportionately more people from the north employed that from the south and this will lead to acrimony.
I know the general idea is that the "North" benefits more but that does not mean there are not many smart people from there.
During my set, after FSTP, there were more people from the "South" at the bottom than from the "North". And all those sacked for forgery were from the "South". So chill, lets keep striving for a better Nigeria.

Dmamasboy:
A lot of southerners don’t have northern exposure. I studied with a lot of them and the first thing they say to me when I tell them I’m from the north is `I didn’t know that there are hausa people like you’. Just like the western world think of Africa as a jungle with it’s people wearing animal skin and hunting, so do the southerners think of the northerners as village people or cattle rearers living in their huts. Like I said "lack of exposure".
There was a time when the northerners weren’t interested in western education. That time is long gone. When you speak of Emir Sanusi’s speech, be rest assured it’s not directed to anybody from the north who applied for NNPC recruitment with their first class and second class uppers. It is directed at the northerners who don’t put enough effort and still expect to get something. And if you ask me, that is not just particular to the north. I don’t know the exact census but I’d think the population of the north is almost the population of south south, south east and south west combined. That means that it’s obvious we’ll have a large number of undereducated people who’d expect more than what they worked for or deserved. Emir Sanusi is from the north and his concern is for the north.
True there are some states with more number of well educated people but that doesn’t mean that the best from the state with the less well educated people won’t be more than the best from the state with the highest number of well educated people. Those Zamfara and Kebbi people you see as illiterates will shock you

favouredpikin:
Please o I want to ask a question. Has this thread become a debating ground for or against the northerners. Am just asking ooo

Emmanuelk1234:
Please does NNPC pay immediately after ur first working month ends or they wait till 3-6 months like a lot of MDAs do?

Licht:
OK. Please do a research and tell us the number of candidates from Zamfara State or Kebbi State, that registered for WAEC, NECO and JAMB in 2019.

Also tell us the cut-off mark for Zamfara & Kebbi State indigenes, for entry into the Federal government colleges. Then state the cut-off mark of any two States you choose to pick from the South-west, South-west or South-south.

Your statistics will prove how competitive the educational system in the north is.

And if you are so sure of how strong northerners are in education, please clamour for the abolishment of federal character.