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[quote author=Rhino.5dm link=topic=606943.msg7756829#msg7756829 date=1298055424]Mr. against for GEJ , why do you think people will take your jabber with any pinch of salt?? the solution to almajiranci has been posted already either you take it or keep on deluding your self with efforts to make GEj credible. dictionary or google will not help you, log off and go see for yourself whats on ground. its vexes me seeing you pounding this issue.

And stop argueing on issue you have no clue of, cos the mask covering your stu.pi.dity has been shred in to pieces. friendly advise.[/quote]People like you just cant stop exhibiting the animal in you. Honestly. It is only an animal, a beast of no nature, who calls another person st-upid for the sake of driving home a point. Honestly speaking. You have no shame. Name calling only goes to expose your madness albeit in the festering stage of a gigantic proportion.

I dont care if you think anyone is credible or not, but for you, a nobody, to come up here, threaten others and push your "solution" down our throat is not acceptable.

Was it not the same you who said Almajiris are not destitutes?

It is very sad how people who know nothing about anything go about criticising every effort government makes and makes their own way seem to be the perfect and effective solution to that which they know absolutely nothing about.

The issue of almajiraira has remained worrisome in the minds of northern elite. This is because the practice has been a source of ebarrassment to the region.

The word ALMAJIRI emanated from the Arabic word “AL- MUHAJIRIN”, the concept of Al-MUHAJIRUN came as a result of Prophet Muhammed’s migration from Mecca to Medina, meaning the emigrant. In Hausa land the term Almajiri could take any of the following forms any person irrespective of gender, who begs for assistance on the street or from house to house as a result of some deformity or disability; children between the ages of seven and fifteen who attend informal religious school who equally roam about with the purpose of getting assistance or aims; or even a child who engages in some form of labour to earn a living.

Almajiri syndrome can be said to be another form of child abuse, in the sense that children are exposed to laborious work at tender age, normally children between the ages of seven and twenty. Their mallams cannot feed nor provide the necessities of life for them therefore they embark on begging or laboured work in order to survive and gain.

The Almajiri syndrome or phenomenon is alarming because It takes a different dimension compared to the initial idea of Almajiri formation. Almajirai plural of almajiri are children that are sent to school for learning by parents, but instead of doing what they are expected to, they will be seen roaming the street beging and engaging in unnecessary activities in which they will eventually became a burden to the society due to lack of career guidance and counselling by teachers.

Such children (the Almajirai') are usually aggressive and violent as they are exposed to different forms of pressure, problems, hunger and jobs that demand several times their energy and weight before the job Is accomplished. Some of them do go to restaurants to wash plates, fetch water so that they will be given left over foods. They are all over the streets, very dirty, hungry thirsty, they lack all kinds of necessities of life and at times they cause traffic hazards.

Child labour is a fundamental factor of child abuse, these children who are laboured about in our communities are our children. They are the leaders of tommorrow as aged ones are dying up the younger ones replace them. They are our future hope and pillars, without which the future may look bleak in terms of development, because all these violent exhibiting children grow up to become criminals in the society within which they live, hence set back in the society because the increase in number of crime that is being attributed to increase of criminals in the society.

This issue of begging is more common in the northern part of Nigeria where the children are being denied their rights including the right to western education. As the case may be, these children turn out to be loosers in whatever perspective because some of them may not concentrate to learn even the spiritual knowledge they are sent for talkless of the western education. They are automatically denied.

Usually a child becomes an Almajiri when there is high striking poverty line in his family to take care of his essential needs such as sustenance. Some children are forced to become one simply when they lose their parents and when their relatives or guardians cannot keep them. Most of such children become victims when their parents send them to Quranic schools outside their hometowns.

A child is usually taken away from his parents, his relatives, and his home to some remote areas for the purpose of learning the recitation of holy Qur’an. At the end of the day the child will learn less If any about the. Qur'an recitation and more mischievous acts. This exercise is prevailing in the northern part of Nigeria as the Hausa/Fulani are predominantly Moslems and settlers of the north.

Social psychologists also noted that when a child is exposed to labour at a tender age and deprived with little or no benefit and entertainment, such child normally develops the habit of loneliness and thus lead to schizophrenia, therefore children’s right must be protected, preserved and maintained, similarly they should be given equal rights and priviledges as adults for a brighter future. The primary or basic children’s needs are right to education, health, entertainment, association, interaction, shelter and nutrition. Once these essential needs are provided, there is no doubt that they can perform wonderfully in their undertakings and can deliver as leaders of tomorrow.

LOL.

Go to Birnin Kebbi and find out.

Hope everything will be resolved in due course. Chinese Language or Hausa language notwithstanding.

I am an Ekiti man, and i dont see a reason why two towns that a re a mere 20km apart should be killing each other because of the siting of a university. Can this happen in an advanced country?

really - do u know the mind of government?

But the government has clearly positioned that the university was initially meant to be at Oye and not Ikole!

Funny.

South West? ACN is not even talking about winning the SW - na CPC come dey yearn rough. If CPC wins the SW, where ACN go come win?

Ribadu is a tribalist

Mischievous title.

The law was in place before Jonathan came to power. Jonathan has nothing to do with the law that says past Presidents/VPs and their families should be paid upkeeps and taken care of.

Propaganda doesnt pay, truth pays. These shows that people can be fed with lies and they go out celebrating. and these responders are people we thought has their head intact. Now we know better.


Keep your insults to your pockets.

Talk is cheap. Some people just hate for no reason.

[quote author=Rhino.5dm link=topic=606943.msg7750280#msg7750280 date=1297973403]if truely you people are looking for genuine solution, then take mine for FREE.

[i]What qualifiy an Almajiri to be called a destitute?? do you even know what you are talking about.
[/i]look there is a big distinction between almajiri and a begger.

with the way you are going about this an afraid to say noting meaningful will come out of it[/quote]You really make me burst out laughing.

Do you have a dictionary? In case you do not have, the dictionary defines a destitute as below:


Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished. See Synonyms at poor.


Do you now know why an Almajiri is a destitute? LOL

[quote author=Rhino.5dm link=topic=606943.msg7750180#msg7750180 date=1297971890]GEJ keeps on making people doubt his Phd. on what ground does Mr. president thinks that providing boarding facilities is the solution to the Almajiri system.

The problem of the Almajiri's is far beyond this cosmetic solution package to win more votes. so lemme guess, after putting up a boarding facilities then the gullible potential extremist among them will just give up thier radicalism or what??

my 2 cent. . .

The root cause of Almajiranci as they are widely refer to are

1. Extreme poverty of the parents of the Almajiris

2. Mis-guided notion of the islamic validation of the system

3. Extreme illiteracy level of the parent of Almajiris

4. Total neglect and non chalent atitude of those responsible to take care of childreni.e social welfare[/quote]You dont seem to understand yourself.

So building boarding houses for destitutes is a misplaced priority?

You have spoken big english but havent outlined the solution.

Stale

http://www.ceaser-web.com/dotnet/begin/default.aspx

Contribute.

"Last year Valentine Uche Chukwuma asked what my plans were for itinerant scholars found mostly in Northern Nigeria and commonly referred to as Almajiri. Though I responded then, I want to give further feedback of the fact that the FG by my direct intervention made provision this year to build boarding houses for them so they learn under a conducive environment and grow up to be adequately prepared for life. GEJ"

http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/nigerian-jailed-uk-cocaine-smuggling

A shopkeeper caught smuggling cocaine through Leeds Bradford Airport has been jailed for six years eight months.

Chukwuenmeka John, 37, arrived on a flight from Amsterdam on November 18 last year and when his extendable rucksack was x-rayed it showed organic matter in the lining.

Paul Mitchell, prosecuting, told Leeds Crown Court yesterday a spike inserted into it then tested positive for cocaine and a package was found inside the lining containing one and a half kilogrammes of white powder.

When that was analysed it was shown to contain 1.23 kilogrammes of pure cocaine which could have sold in diluted deals on the streets for up to £180,000.

Customs officers also seized £2,000 in cash, his payment for acting as a courier on the trip from Lagos.

John admitted being concerned in the importation of the class A drug.

Recorder Ian Harris told him: “Without people like you doing deliveries across borders the drugs trade would be severely disabled.”

Warner Falk, representing John, said he had a business in Nigeria trading electrical goods but had got into financial difficulties after borrowing money to buy stock which did not then sell.

He was given time to pay but could not do it and after receiving threats to his family agreed to act as a courier for £2,000 and a reduction in his debt.

He deeply regretted what he had done, particularly being separated from his wife who was expecting their third child. (Yorkshire Post)

You right there MA.

I have never experience a coup. I have never been a President or Head of State of any country. Thanks ma.



Text of General Ibrahim Babangida's Coup Speech
againstbabangida.com .August 27 , 1985

Fellow Nigerians,
When in December 1983, the former military leadership, headed by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, assumed the reins of government, its accession was heralded in the history of this country. With the nation at the mercy of political misdirection and on the brink of economic collapse, a new sense of hope was created in the minds of every Nigerian.


Since January 1984, however, we have witnessed a systematic denigration of that hope. It was stated then that mismanagement of political leadership and a general deterioration in the standard of living, which had subjected the common man to intolerable suffering, were the reasons for the intervention.


Nigerians have since then been under a regime that continued with those trends. Events today indicate that most of the reasons which justified the military takeover of government from the civilians still persist.


The initial objectives were betrayed and fundamental changes do not appear on the horizon. Because the present state of uncertainty, suppression and stagnation resulted from the perpetration of a small group, the Nigerian Armed Forces could not as a part of that government be unfairly committed to take responsibility for failure. Our dedication to the cause of ensuring that our nation remains a united entity worthy of respect and capable of functioning as a viable and credible part of the international community dictated the need to arrest the situation.


Let me at this point attempt to make you understand the premise upon which it became necessary to change the leadership. The principles of discussions, consultation and co-operation which should have guided decision-making process of the Supreme Military Council and the Federal Executive Council were disregarded soon after the government settled down in 1984. Where some of us thought it appropriate to give a little more time, anticipating a conducive atmosphere that would develop, in which affairs of state could be attended to with greater sense of responsibility, it became increasingly clear that such expectations could not be fulfilled.


[size=14pt]Regrettably, it turned out that Major-General Muhammadu Buhari was too rigid and uncompromising in his attitudes to issues of national significance. Efforts to make him understand that a diverse polity like Nigeria required recognition and appreciation of differences in both cultural and individual perceptions, only served to aggravate these attitudes. [/size]


Major-General Tunde Idiagbon was similarly inclined in that respect. As Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, he failed to exhibit the appropriate disposition demanded by his position. He arrogated to himself absolute knowledge of problems and solutions, and acted in accordance with what was convenient to him, using the machinery of government as his tool.


A combination of these characteristics in the two most important persons holding the nation's vital offices became impossible to content with. The situation was made worse by a number of other government functionaries and organisations, chief among which is the Nigerian Security Organisation (NSO). In fact, this body will be overhauled and re-organized.


And so it came to be that the same government which received the tumultuous welcome now became alienated from the people. To prevent a complete erosion of our given mandate therefore, we had to act so that hope may be rebuilt.


Let me now address your attention to the major issues that confront us, so that we may, as one people, chart a future direction for our dear country. We do not pretend to have all the answers to the questions which our present problems have put before our nation. We have come with the strongest determination to create an atmosphere in which positive efforts shall be given the necessary support for lasting solutions.


For matters of the moment which require immediate resolutions, we intend to pursue a determined programme of action. Major issues falling into this category have been identified and decisions taken on what should be done.


Firstly, the issue of political detainees or convicts of special military tribunals. The history of our nation had never recorded the degree of indiscipline and corruption as in the period between October 1979 and December 1983.


While this government recognises the bitterness created by the irresponsible excesses of the politicians, we consider it unfortunate that methods of such nature as to cause more bitterness were applied to deal with past misdeeds. We must never allow ourselves to lose our sense of natural justice. The innocent cannot suffer the crimes of the guilty. The guilty should be punished only as a lesson for the future. In line with this government's intention to uphold fundamental human rights, the issue of detainees will be looked into with despatch.


[size=14pt]As we do not intend to lead a country where individuals are under the fear of expressing themselves, the Public Officers Protection Against False Accusation Decree 4 of 1984 is hereby repealed. And finally, those who have been in detention under this decree are hereby unconditionally released. The responsibility of the media to disseminate information shall be exercised without undue hindrance. In that process, those responsible are expected to be forthright and to have the nation's interest as their primary consideration. [/size]


The issue of decrees has generated a lot of controversies. It is the intention of this government to review all other decrees.


[size=14pt]The last twenty months have not witnessed any significant changes in the national economy. Contrary to expectations, we have so far been subjected to a steady deterioration in the general standard of living; and intolerable suffering by the ordinary Nigerians have risen higher, scarcity of commodities has increased, hospitals still remain mere consulting clinics, while educational institutions are on the brink of decay. Unemployment has stretched to critical dimensions. [/size]


Due to the stalemate, which arose in negotiation with the International Monetary Fund, the former government embarked on a series of counter-trade agreements. Under the counter-trade agreements, Nigerians were forced to buy goods and commodities at higher prices than obtained in the international market. The government intends to review the whole issue of counter-trade.


A lot has been said and heard about our position with the International Monetary Fund. Although we formally applied to the fund in April 1983, no progress has as yet been made in the negotiation and a stalemate has existed for the last two years.


We shall break the deadlock that frustrated the negotiations with a view to evaluating more objectively both the negative and positive implications of reaching a mutual agreement with the Fund. At all times in the course of discussions, our representatives will be guided by the feelings and aspirations of the Nigerian people.


It is the view of this government that austerity without structural adjustment is not the solution to our economic predicament. The present situation whereby 44 per cent of our revenue earning is utilised to service debts is not realistic. To protect the danger this poses to the poor and the needy in our society, steps will be taken to ensure comprehensive strategy of economic reforms.


The crux of our economic problems has been identified to centre around four fundamental issues:


1. A decrease of our domestic production, while our population continues to increase.


2. Dependence on import for both consumer goods and raw materials for our industries.


3. A grossly unequal gap between the rich and the poor.


4. The large role played by the public sector in economic activity with hardly any concrete results to justify such a role.


These are the problems we must confront.


ON FOREIGN POLICY:


Nigeria's foreign policy in the last 20 months has been characterised by inconsistency and incoherence. It has lacked the clarity to make us know where we stood on matters of international concern to enable other countries relate to us with seriousness. Our role as Africa's spokesman has diminished because we have been unable to maintain the respect of African countries.


The ousted military government conducted our external relations by a policy of retaliatory reactions. Nigeria became a country that has reacted to given situations, rather than taking the initiative as it should and always been done. More so, vengeful considerations must not be the basis of our diplomacy. African problems and their solutions should constitute the premise of our foreign policy.


The realisation of the Organisation of African Unity of the Lagos Plan of Action for self-sufficiency and constructive co-operation in Africa shall be our primary pursuit.


The Economic Community of West African States must be reborn with the view to achieving the objective of regional integration. The problems of drought-stricken areas of Africa will be given more attention and sympathy, and our best efforts will be made to assist in their rehabilitation within the limits of our resources. Our membership of the United Nations Organisation will be made more practical and meaningful. The call for a new International Economic Order which lost its momentum in the face of the debt crisis will be made once again.


Nigeria hereby makes a renewed request to the Non-Aligned Movement to regroup and reinvigorate its determination to restructure the global economic system, while we appeal to the industrialized nations to positively consider the debt plight of the developing countries and assist in dealing with the dangers that face us. We shall remain members of the various multilateral institutions and inter-governmental organisations which we belong to and do what must be done to enhance the membership and participation within them.


Fellow Nigerians, this country has had since independence a history mixed with turbulence and fortune. We have witnessed our rise to greatness, followed with a decline to the state of a bewildered nation. Our human potentials have been neglected, our natural resources put to waste. A phenomenon of constant insecurity and overbearing uncertainty has become characteristic of our national existence.


My colleagues and I are determined to change the course of history. This government is determined to unite this country. We shall not allow anything to obstruct us. We recognise that a government, be it civilian or military, needs the consent of the people to govern if it is to reach its objective. We do not intend to rule by force. At the same time, we should not be expected to submit to unreasonable demands. Fundamental rights and civil liberties will be respected, but their exercise must not degenerate into irrational expression nor border on subversion.


The War Against Indiscipline will continue, but this time, in the minds and conduct of Nigerians, and not by way of symbolism or money-spending campaigns.


This government, on its part, will ensure that the leadership exhibits proper example. Criticisms of actions and decisions taken by us will be given necessary attention and where necessary changes made in accordance with what is expected of us.


Let me reiterate what we said in 1984: This generation of Nigerians and indeed future generations have no other country but Nigeria. We must all stay and salvage it together. This time it shall be pursued with deeper commitment and genuine sincerity.


There is a lot of work to be done by every single Nigerian. Let us all dedicate ourselves to the cause of building a strong, united and viable nation for the sake of our own lives and the benefits of posterity.

Finally, I wish to commend the members of the Armed Forces and the Nigeria Police for their mature conduct during the change.


I thank you all for your co-operation and understanding.

If Buhari was such a saint, I wonder why he was overthrown by IBB. I know your answer there anyway. But I have a reply for u as well.

Eziachi:
I take it then that within a blink, your conspiracy theory on 2.8 billion has taken a new turn? This time it is hidden in his wife/children account and I will assume that, that was because they can spend it when he is dead and buried.
What next, he hid it under his mother bed or inside his father's turban?

I take it you are joking there.

Where did I mention any 2.8 billion? People. Lets say the truth here.

You probably are joking or missing up the usernames. Nice try though.

It is not a sin to be a rich man. Rich men fund political parties worldwide.

I am thinking why this is under the technology board.

Poster,

They will insult you because of this post.

Eziachi:
Just as I had told yours like minds, you don't have to resort to making up fantasies about your favourite candidate’s opponent in order to sale your choice of candidate. I can't speak for Buhari, neither a supporter of his,  but the if information that you are spreading  is the truth even by a tiny margin, [i]you think Jonathan who is desperate to rule [/i]will not use it against his opponent, when someone as OBJ is his right hand man?  One thing I had realised about Nigeria and Nigerians is that they liked beer parlour gossip and this gossips after a while turn into reality in their crooked minds and they will be talking about it as if they were actually there in person when it happened. Reality and fantasy becomes very blurred in the end.

Buhari is the only big thief in the world with billions in his pocket that lives like a monk. I don't know how old the guy is, but I will like to know when he will start spending this 2.8 billion he supposed to have stolen since I was a young man. No one, not even his opponents has disputed that the guy according to his supporters has no house anywhere except the modest one he lives in Katsina. He has no foreign bank account of any sort. Until anyone proves otherwise, that is the version that I will stick to because it’s based on personal observation over a long period of time

If those that set up Oputa panel were serious about finding the truth and making correction about ill of the past, what stopped them passing a bill before hand in both chambers of law making organ that will require every person called by law to appear before the panel, thereby giving the panel a legal backing and constitutional backbone to work with?
If I were Buhari or any other person, I will be an   to appear before such a panel that was more of a jamboree than a fact finding organ. After the panel, what was its outcome and what did you gain as citizen from the Oputa panel? Based on what everyone I saw during the sitting of Oputa panel, it was a bit of a show comedy and uncontrolled emotion for some people like Mustapha, Gani. No serious document was produced through the sitting of the panel for anyone to take it serious.

I would like you to sale your candidate Jonathan with what you believed puts him well ahead of his challengers and not splashing mud on his opponents with rumours and gossip whips.  Tell the voters what Jonathan has achieved as a person, inside and outside his public life that left his opponents far behind. What his private life are like, with respect to his relationship with people he had worked with in the past.
Not supporting him just because he is from the south like you and I and therefore deserved to be president.  The same accusation levelled against northerners for years that they always believed that they deserved to rule.  Presidency in a democratic republic is not royal throne that anyone deserved; you earn it by your programme and better plans for the voters. As we speak, Jonathan has no programmes anyone can point at.   If he gets one please tell me what his programme is in reducing the size of huge government his currently running which is unsustainable for even big economies of the world?

GEJ is desperate to rule? I thought he is already the ruler. Or have they removed him?

You talk like if you are a foreigner. Which politician/Nigerian uses their personal name to acquire wealth? They use their kids, wives etc. Dont you know? So you think because Buhari has nothing in his name- so, he qualifies as a saint. I laugh.