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Hi guys,
This interesting topic caught my attention and I could not help but share my thoughts on it.
So I heard recently that our Senator, Ben Murray Bruce celebrated his birthday in grand style spending about 200 million on the dinning arrangements alone. Naturally I won’t be bothered about a Nigerian showing off his affluence but this guy has moved the heart of masses with his “I just want to make common sense movement”. He preaches about how the government should improve the economy via different means: better security, cutting back on government expenditure, reducing national assembly member benefits, improving the economic sectors…
If you have ever listened to the moving speeches he gives, you can testify that you would be moved to be a better citizen and worry about the economic situation of my country, contributing in every little way you can,.
You can imagine my surprise when I got home and I heard that the beloved of the masses spent “200 million naira” on his birthday dinner. I don’t know if this is true but remember that saying “Every rumour has an element of truth”
My thoughts
It would have made more sense if he spent that money on something worthwhile, say giving back to the society (orphanages, schools, slum children…), some people might say he’s already doing that but having a cinema that sells overpriced popcorn to the masses isn’t giving back, having a television station that’s crap most of the time isn’t giving back, organising beauty pageants which show off the mediocrity of Nigerians isn’t really giving back in the real sense of the word.
Word is he wrote a new book “The common sense revolution” which he shared for free at his birthday/book launch party. That would have made sense if the reading culture in Nigeria is what it was way back then, truth is more than half of the people that got that book won’t read it, they’d keep it as a monument to attest to the fact that they got invited to the Bruce party and attended.
Some of you might be thinking “but it’s his money” but…
If you attack someone for doing something you deem “wrong” isn’t it only right that you strive not to do that which you’ve judged others for?
You can’t come out everyday on national TV and tell the government to cut back on spending frivolously and go ahead and spend that amount on a birthday/book launch forgetting that you are also a part of that government. It goes on to further buttress the fact that Nigerian politicians are hypocrites, they say one thing now and do another.
Doing all they can so that they can win the hearts of the masses and save their votes for the next election day is what Nigerian politicians do.
The first time I heard a common sense speech from Ben Bruce, I was happy that at least one of the people in “power” is bold enough to stand up to the government and tell them what they are doing wrong and what they could do to fix it. What made me even happier was the fact that he was a senator and he could do something about it even if not out rightly but he could try on our behalf, I thought he was going to be the voice of the masses to the government, but as time went on I began to realise that all these common sense speeches were just a publicity stunt. A means to show Nigerians that he is not just occupying a senatorial seat but he is “working” (I put that in quotes because I do not see what he has done apart from organise more unnecessary pageants).
I think that seat is just a means to expand his business reach which I term strategic thinking (Thumbs up on that one).
It is okay to be smart about business but it is not okay to play on the intelligence of innocent people.
This might feel like a “biting the hand that fed you situation” to you Ben but what you should really be thinking is what have I really fed them. Hope, truth or overpriced popcorn? Cos it’s definitely not common sense.
The name is Cat and I just made common sense.
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Hey guys any body got called today?....just saw their missed calls

Ya i also saw their missed calls mayb they'll call tomorrow

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May be they are not yet thru with ph

foraaz:
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AC was conducted in lagos first then abuja then ph

Hadeybholar:
Guys, I received a mail from brand@unionbankng.com inviting me for an event on tues at onikan. Pls who else got same mail

Yh i got thesame mail but due to the nature of my work i would not be attending the event.

Tonynwaduche:
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TGM2015:
For those that has been called and yet to be called.

Age limit is between 26 - 30 years
Qualifications Degree (2.2 at least) and HND (Upper credit and above).
NYSC Discharged certificate is compulsory.

I believe the interview is going to be an Assessment Center.
Be yourself and forge not your results.

Best of lucks.

Oga please don't mislead people .Age limit is 25 max qualification is 2:1. the only correct thing u have said here is that there is gonna b an assessment centre.

Rich4god:
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Na

Rich4god:
abeg, no vex... wch type of number did dey use in calling? is it the normal GSM line or landline.

Landline

youngwolf:
I even signed a bond with my current employer.

Access bank?

youngwolf:
Guys I got a call from Ubn. Asked me if I was still available....anyone else

Yes am with you bro. But I told them I was already engaged with another bank

For not inviting me F**k u FAAN

deni7:
Did you get a sucess mail stating this?

don't worry you'll pass the mails aren't out yet so chill my guy

TheRealAdonye:
About to start.

nigerians and last minute rush I just pray there won't b any system jam

While we wait, watch and pray that the union banks recruitment team remembers us it is imperative that we seek opportunities elsewhere. Got a job in another bank where I did test two months after the union bank test. I don't think these ppl are ready to hire anybody or did they have second thoughts along the way?It's quite unfortunate that they'll keep ppl waiting this long without any word or msg to help keep our hopes alive haba since 2 July 2014 nothing .

Phreshpet:
@alimethus please are all the numerical questions, tables and charts or we still have some word problem there. Thanks

no word problems strictly charts and tables

teeteebalogs:
Pls are d passages long?

very brief, it will take an average ready 45 secs to read

ziezy:
bro pls help me with d material...oyewo_bolaji@yahoo.com thanks man

there's a link on this thread that you can use to download the questions would have sent to ur email but my phone get issues

ziezy:
bro pls help me with d material...oyewo_bolaji@yahoo.com thanks man

there's a link on this thread that you can use to download the questions

kosebinu:
How many numericals and how many verbal were
given? And how much time was allowed? Hope
the questions weren't tough sha

for the verbal 30 questions 19mins the numerical is 18 questions 25 mins

kennywood2:
pls what kind of question shd we expect? do you remember any of the questions?..God bless

lay your hands on any shl cbt material u can get. A Link was posted earlier just download those questions as some of them are even an exact repeat if ur lucky tho. Cos they just have a pool of questions that they select at random

Just took the test oboy no be beans ooo Dunno how they expect one to finish within d stipulated time sha. For those that are yet to take theirs just practice the materials in circulation and make sure that for the verbal u can ans 30 questions in 18mins the numerical sha make sense baba God na ur hand e de now ooo