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Canada GDP 2018 = $1.713 TRILLION
Canada population 2018 = 37.5 million

Nigeria GDP 2018= $397 billion
Nigeria population 2018 (eat) = 180 million

Kindly work out the maths.

He who's not grateful to men, won't be grateful to God, the Almighty

I hope this move is part of a comprehensive solution to a nagging problem of chronic poverty and not a knee-jerk response!

FreeGlobe:
Buhari should keep his brothers in the north or extend them to the south west who voted him. Any vehicle seen to be carrying Buhari's brothers to anywhere in the east should be destroyed.

Mind your language. It's allowed to air your grievance but don't call for violence.

The walls have ears!

Buchukwu:
Get lost, cowardly yorubas, can you people do what biafrans did for 3 years against the world?

No not at all. Yorùbás won't be as foolish as the Ibos as to take on the "world"! Because they know too well not to ask for the murderer of their fathers as long as they are unable to have firm grip on the sword.

M4gunners:
Wen mumu talk,is not hard to know. Keep making jest of us, you will live to regret it when Boko Haram start killing in the east as they are doing in the north now. As it affects we the easterns,it also affect other parts of the nation.

It's an easy equation, simply ask the FG to move MASSOB, MEND and other Biafran prisoners to the Northern prisons so that the equation is balanced.

OREMUSSANCTUS:
I prefer to be a mere citizen, dan to be a vice-president(houseboi for tinubu cum Buhari)

May it be so!

Hitherto, the culture of impunity, lawlessness, lack of regards for extant rules and regulations and lack of due process had reign supreme under the last dispensation, sparing no segment of the Nigerian society.
This had made most people and institutions to act on their whims and caprices with the highest level of unimaginable impunity.
No wonder the confusion, now that square pegs are kept in square holes!

sunshine1974:
It's true jare, one small geh like dat got level 12 in my work place in April just like dat. All we heard was dat she's minister's candidate.

PLEASE NAME AND SHAME HER, LET'S FORCE THE GOVERNMENT TO ACT!!!!!

CIVIL SERVICE MUST BE NON-PARTISAN AND IT'S SITUATIONS LIKE THIS THAT DESTROY THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE SERVICE.

sunshine1974:
It's true jare, one small geh like dat got level 12 in my work place in April just like dat. All we heard was dat she's minister's candidate.

PLEASE NAME AND SHAME HER, LET'S FORCE THE GOVERNMENT TO ACT!!!!!

website: www.mpac-ng. org
Tuesday 19 May 2015 | 30 Rajab 1436 AH



THE PREGNANT VICTIMS OF BOKO HARAM ATROCITIES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS - AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE

SUMMARY:

DILEMMAS REGARDING THE PREGNANT VICTIMS OF THE BOKO HARAM ATROCITIES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE

The Boko Haram tragedy has affected a large number of people in diverse ways. This paper focuses on the dilemma faced by women who were abducted by the Boko Haram members and are currently pregnant as a result of having been raped by Boko Haram members.

The opinions expressed by various individuals, opinion leaders, organised groups and government make it apparent that the dilemma faced by these women on how to handle their situation is of great concern to many. It is hoped that this paper would add clarity to the issue.

The aim of this paper is two-fold

(1) To discuss the alternatives available to the women

(2) To proffer some suggestions on how the government, Muslim community and the society in general should respond to the situation

As Muslims, we should always be guided by the divine values of compassion, fairness and wisdom. The fundamental objectives (maqasid) of Islamic law are the promotion and enhancement of the common good (jalb al-masalih) and removal of harm and vice (dar’ al-mafasid).

At least three possible options may be considered by the survivors i.e. the pregnant women.

a. Having an abortion if the pregnancy is still within the first 120 days (4 months). This is based mainly on the position of the Hanafi School of Islamic jurisprudence (madhhab) and their interpretation of the relevant texts. It was also the basis of a religious verdict (fatwah) issued in the 1990’s by the late Sheikh Imam Ibn Uthaimeen of Saudi Arabia in response to a case in Algeria where women who had been raped by members of a violent extremist sect (similar to Boko Haram) became pregnant as a result.

b. If the pregnancy is older than 120 days old, the woman should be advised to deliver her child. Thereafter, she may give it up for foster care. This also applies to a woman who decides not to abort the pregnancy, even when it is less than 120 days old. Considering the circumstances of the child’s conception, it would be understandable if a woman decides that she cannot raise the child herself.

c. The woman may also choose to keep the pregnancy and raise her child herself with the support of her family.

Irrespective of the choice made by the survivor, she should have the emotional, social and economic support of her family, community, the government and society in general. The women are the wronged ones, and their children will be born innocent of the crimes committed by their fathers. Neither the women nor the children should be treated in any discriminatory way or stigmatized.

“No person with a burden shall bear the burden of another”

(Qur’an 53: 38)

“A person can have nothing but what he does (of good or bad)”

(Qur’an 53: 39)

One of the major objectives of Islamic law (maqasid al-Shari’ah) is the protection of human dignity and honor (‘ird). With this in mind, it is important for all those offering support and care to the survivors to respect their privacy (including the privacy of their families) and be sensitive to their religious and cultural preferences and norms.

Islamic organisations and other concerned groups and institutions should be foremost in showing compassion and kindness to the victims, their families and those supporting them. They should increase their on-line presence in order to offer more people the opportunity to support their work with the survivors. They should also engage in greater inter-organisational collaborative work.

The challenges facing the survivors are a challenge to us all. Their challenges are a test of our compassion, humanity, and faith in God. It is our prayer that God continues to support us all in bringing an end to the Boko Haram tragedy; that He continues to give strength and faith to all the survivors and bless their families and care-givers.

Allah’s Messenger said “The Merciful One shows mercy to those who are themselves merciful (to others). So show mercy to whatever is on earth, then He Who is in the heavens will show mercy to you”. (Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi)

May Allah continue to guide us and forgive us where we go wrong.

READ FULL TEXT HERE: http://www.mpac-ng.org//downloads/pregnant-victims.pdf

The first casualty of the pay cut should be the constituency allowance of N500,000,000 per senator and N300,000,000 per member HOR, annually since 1999!

We all came from various communities but I bet none can say there's anything to show for that huge sum of money except the senators' personal houses and business centers.

The wastage of hard earned resources and tax payers monies by governors and chairmen & women in LGAs should also be addressed. The case of Senator Bukola Saraki's father collecting N10,000,000 from the Chairmen of LGAs in Kwara state on monthly basis through out his tenure as the governor of that state, needs a revisit. So also all the other states of the federation including but not limited to the Sultan, Emirs, Obas of Lagos, Oyo, Benin, Egba, Ijebu and others too numerous to mention.

Sitting allowance should also be axed or tied to some achievements, after all they requested to be voted in so as to sit and legislate people-oriented and progressive laws!

Chukwugekwu:
Buhari is an idiott.



Clueless man

I wonder how you could be helped if you call an elderly man an idiott! It speaks volumes about your background, home training, level of education, mannerisms, social status etcetera.

Don't forget that he's done it before, he's a stateman, a retired general, an alumnus of both the American and British War colleges. Not even the current Nigerian military elites will dare look him in the eyes.

I know his trip abroad is not understood by feeble minds, but these questions beg to be asked: Do we manufacture weapons, from where is he to get weapons for the soldiers and officers on the battlefield, where is he to get the resources to jump start the moribund economy, create jobs for the teeming unemployed youths and diversify the economy, how is he to get back our looted commonwealth that are laundered abroad if as you weak minds opined in your very myopic views that he sits back and tackle a problem at a time.

No wonder the country is where it is!

But for your last paragraph and the number of likes you've received, I would have ignored you. However, since you ended being sarcastic and then posted your picture, or so I believe, seeking fame and feeling cool I think you should be brought to order.

From your look, you'd probably be a toddler or perhaps yet unborn when his excellency left the military as a Major General. If by education, you meant the current standard of education since the current political dispensation, then I'd rather not go to school because as far as I'm concerned most graduates from Nigerian citadels of knowledge are at best "Educated illiterates".

We're all too aware of the poor logistics and infrastructures in nija today that have brought everything to its knees, not to mention the sabotaging actions of officers and men whose responsibilities it is to procure and win the war. Is it with such challenges that you expect such a highly decorated veteran of many wars, home and abroad, to uphold a "siddon-look" approach? Not to mention that if there's one man who knows the geopolitical and cultural variables of the North-East, it is PMB.

I don't want to insinuate that perhaps you are either looking for cheap popularity or a spokesperson for distractors who are trying to spoil our celebrations today.

This is PR move by the American Embassy in Nigeria. Now that there's light at the end of the tunnel and it seems that Nigeria and Nigerians are about setting their feet on the part of progress and prosperity, we're being courted by the very people who treated us like scorns of the earth and laughing stocks. I won't be surprised if we're no longer required to write toefl, ielts and other similar exams in order to pursue our dreams and education abroad or even having visa waivers from many bankrupt so called developed nations.
Before now, the world had courted corrupt nigerians and government officials while encouraging them to bring their loot - our national heritage/cakes to invest in their countries. Now that the chances are that the leaking pipes will be blocked and the national cakes will no longer be available for pillage, we're beginning to hear new songs and praises inreminiscence to the immediate post colonial era and the oil booms of the 70's. Otherwise, when last did we have 50 head of states gracing the swearing-in of a new president in nija? Times have changed, the narratives are changing, hence the strategies are changing. Nija ronu oooo!
I hope we've learnt our lessons! No one truly loves us, except if we believe that prostitutes are love-birds! Eni ori o ba lo ni won oooo!