Former presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili, has blamed the economy for the beggarly attitude of gatemen and security personnel in public places, Igbere TV reports.


Mrs Ezekwesili tweeted severally on Saturday lamenting the spate at which security personnel channel energy into accosting incoming and departing guests with the aim of getting tips to supplement their income.


“Pretty sure that one is not the only Nigerian extremely alarmed and crying about the dehumanizing effect of the economy on some of our people. When mobbed by gatemen, security personnel and their other colleagues whose Good Morning is Give Me Money , I feel very sad for us all.


“The rate at which this culture of begging by gatemen and security personnel has become the ‘creative supplement’ to their income is a proxy for what’s going on with the rest of society. It sure cannot be easy to throw away your dignity & devote most of your time @ work begging,” she said.


The former education minister said the beggarly acts were indicators of ‘economic depression’, urging political leaders to fix the economy.


“The indicators of economic depression are all over for the thoughtful and intuition political leaders to see. Those gatemen and security personnel operating Beggars Units across the land are a sample of many more others that we don’t see. This country is in CRISES. Fix it,” Ezekwesili said.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/?p=820789

hmm

Transfer income. Income not worked for such as gifts,bribes and stipends truly affect GDP

it is not government fault. blame the security companies who collect N50,000 Per guard and pay the guard N20,000

Old hag!

Under Obasanjo, this same woman wanted to sell Unity schools to people like Dangote. That single step would have ensured that the children of the low wage workers like gatemen would never be able to afford Unity schools.

She attempted to deprive coming generations of public education and she's trying to form holy. She thinks everyone has short memories like her supporters.

She should shut up cos she's part of the problem and stop making hypocritical noise. With her hair like the experiment of an inexperienced barber.

Not true..

In America when I visited ,it’s official to give tips to server and waiter.

But it's true! When they say "Morning ma" they mean "Money ma!"

The begging culture is at its peak right now, even person wey lend you pen at the airport to complete a landing card is eyeing you for something..

it is in our DNA to beg, period... Nigerians have been begging since 1861 A.D. JUST THAT it was done with some self-respect, now it's BRAZEN!!!

She has some good points here.....

It is the mindset too you are very correct.

ogbonti:
it is in our DNA to beg, period... Nigerians have been begging since 1861 A.D. JUST THAT it was done with some self-respect, now it's BRAZING!!!

I don't know how beggarly attitude of gatemen affects the nations economy. I really don't know how.

Chimaokigwe:
Under Obasanjo, this same woman wanted to sell Unity schools to people like Dangote. That single step would have ensured that the children of the low wage workers like gatemen would never be able to afford Unity schools.

She attempted to deprive coming generations of public education and she's trying to form holy. She thinks everyone has short memories like her supporters.

She should shut up cos she's part of the problem and stop making hypocritical noise. With her hair like the experiment of an inexperienced barber.

Irrelevant comment from the stable of zombiesm.

Xisnin:

Irrelevant comment from the stable of zombiesm.

Keep typing nonsense. If that woman had her way, your children would never see the 4 walls of a school.

Which day beggarly enter dictionary

Hmmm

As a matter of fact, most Nigerians are beggarly. I heard someone saying with Buhari, things are hard, I asked why he said so and he was like nowadays, when you call someone to ask for money, they will tell you there is no money that things are hard, but it wasn't so during PDP era. He went further to say he would prefer a corrupt government which money would flow than this kind of government we are seeing now.

Even Police on the road, is that not what they do?

Chimaokigwe:
Under Obasanjo, this same woman wanted to sell Unity schools to people like Dangote. That single step would have ensured that the children of the low wage workers like gatemen would never be able to afford Unity schools.

She attempted to deprive coming generations of public education and she's trying to form holy. She thinks everyone has short memories like her supporters.

She should shut up cos she's part of the problem and stop making hypocritical noise. With her hair like the experiment of an inexperienced barber.

She complained bitterly that funding of these school was consuming a disporprotionate amount of money compared to other areas within the education sector and the primary beneficiaries were students from middle class backgrounds.

Majority of students in these schools are from middle class homes. Three (actually 4 but he didn't go beyond JSS 2) of my siblings went to them. Two went to Ijanikin, 1 to Idoani and another to Queens College. I was in International School Ibadan while I had siblings who did their A levels in England. We aren't exactly poor are we

Obasanjo's son was in Ijanikin and Abachas daughter went to Queens College. Chukwumerije's son was in Ijanikin.

She said it was disporprotionate and it mainly benefitted the children of the rich. I know a man who was told to pay 250,000 for his daughter to enter Queens college.

The vast majority are from middle class homes, people who can afford a private education for their children

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ogbonti:
it is in our DNA to beg, period... Nigerians have been begging since 1861 A.D. JUST THAT it was done with some self-respect, now it's BRAZING!!!

Brazen.

Boyooosa:
Which day beggarly enter dictionary

Check its etymology.

Vanityupnvanity:
I don't know how beggarly attitude of gatemen affects the nations economy. I really don't know how.

Think about how dignity in labour affects choices and how choices affect innovation, enterprise and GDP.

AK481:
Not true..

In America when I visited ,it’s official to give tips to server and waiter.

if you like just like here in Austria, the way security beg in Nigeria will embarrass You from airport immigration will beg you customs will beg you then you go to toilet cleaners will beg you, police at the airport will beg you ,trolley people will beg you ,then you want to buy snacks they will like to take your change ,you go to bank security are begging you go to mr Biggs tantalizer securities are begging, your hotel nko ,they are begging ,what is going on please