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gebest: tinubu i tot u said there was nothing good in gej, so why are u clapping for him.

Tinubu wey rush go Aso Rock in 2011 to collect im own personal stomach infrastructure on the head of RibaduN and duly delivered South west votes to Jonathan
The JagaBandit sabi im master when he sees him and must show respect accordingly.

Ela59: A good leader must know how to cut such expences. Sanusi complained about this issue but our President failed to make used of the advantage.

You are obviously very CLUELESS about the INDEPENDENCE of the legislative ARM of government.
Please educate yourself before you perish for LACK of knowledge.

Thank you for saving us from Sawyer's crazy antics that coild have spread the Ebola virus to thousands if not millions of our fellow compatriots.
May your exemplary courage inspire many other Nigerians to do good for our shared safety.

Keneking: Jona is so busy that he does not supervise the contracts he awards, he is a cheerful giver.
2nd term on his mind......

Permit me to ask:

* what do you do in real life- study, work, where

Itoroetti: seun ur partisanship with APC's harrlot is becoming glaring.how do u bring an unconfirm topic to frontpage?

I surely don't envy Seun at all in this election season as each side jostles for visibility of its viewpoint

OrlandoOwoh: Th President's body language does not show he is serious in his claim of fighting corruption - Aminu Tambuwal.

How much is Tambuwal paying himself & his fellow representaTHIEVES monthly so we know if his own body language is not reeking of corruption
What was his role in the Bank-OLE led House of Corruption?

Hypocrisy na the Baba of PROPAGANDA

4Play: It is not popular to say this but public sector wages are higher than the economy can support. The proof is in the fact that we spend 70% of the FG's budget on recurrent expenditure - largely personnel costs.

You can also compare Nigerian public sector wages to wages of other countries who have a similar level of per capita income. You will find that Nigerian public servants are actually and relatively well remunerated.

This is fine if you are a university lecturer or a doctor but 99% of Nigerians are neither public sector workers or politicians.

To get to a fiscally sustainable path, we need to tackle corruption and the state wage bill. The country needs investment in infrastructure and education. When you hear that Ghana needs an IMF bailout, it is the state wage bill that provided the knockout blow.

Inside that 70% is the 25% for our SINators and legisLOOTERS as reported by ex-CBN chief Sanusi. That is understandable if they receive N29 million monthly for doing almost nothing.
It is up to all of us, Nigerians to talk about this until there is SUBSTANTIAL reduction of what can only be classified as their LOOT

esere826: I'm not sure if your ascription of "GIVING" is:
1) meant soley within the christian tradition of church related giving
or
2) if it also encompasses your 'above average' generosity to all (both religious and others)

I'll assume is the second and make suggestions based on this.

You'll learn to be wiser with your money if in the UK...
so you can easilly continue with your giving if you are ready
to deprive yourself of some little comforts.

For example, you can walk instead of taking the bus or train, save on heating, cook always, avoid nigerian foods that are expensive, buy cheap basic clothing etc

But while doing this, avoid using your credit card to sponsor your genorosity.

Along the line, if you have a good source of income (either through God's reward, luck, or smartness) you can then afford to be both generous and spendthrift in luxury

The bottomline however is not to GIVE one's money anyhow to lazy, able bodied relations & friends who will enjoy (on owambes, parties, frolicking etc) the result of one's self-deprivation that resulted in the savings itself.
Better to channel it towards education and health initiatives for clearly under-privileged children towards a better society overall.

phantom: what do you think "relieved of his duty for proper investigation to be carried out" means?
please comprehend.

It is really a pity for us Nigerians to rush to judgement when there is ample evidence to the contrary indicating we should proceed with plenty of CAUTION.
Do we know the OUTCOME of the "proper investigations"
Was he duly CONVICTED, which is different from being indicted that is simply accused and/or charged to court?

Can we try asking relevant questions before we start behaving like Rush_ians?
Rushing anyhow simply makes us very good, easy targets for SCAMMERS who ply PROPAGANDA and LIES for their own parochial objectives that are of no benefit to the greater society.

ba7man: Has PDP being able to provide any of their states with Portable water??

Will u vote for me if I provide u with Portable water?

Mr Portable water.

I dey answer present sir, my Oga @ the top
Yes oh nor be sey I go only vote for you even sef I go mobilise plenty plenty votes for you if you do am for potable water only. Make water dey flow yanfu yanfu for our TAPs dem. Na so we want am oh! Make we come get am for ogbonge correct health plus hygiene and wholesale sanitation for our area dem
E come be like sey EkoIle aka Aresa don go yarn im oga for Alausa House sey this water matter don dey reach palava phase so tey the wayo, TALKative man dey REPEAT im promise of 2020- Year of Water for All Lagosians That is to say five whole years after the Smooth Operator im tenancy agreement go don expire I guess that means for the past over 15 years he and his godfather were literally looking at the gadas (bridges) in Lagos and counting the number of floors on skyscrapers.

Na so dem take us do MUMU finish
As I talk am before na all the 36 governors (to the best of my knowledge) who have been sleeping on duty while the Jonathan&Sambo federal administration has been very busy turning around our moribund fortunes of decades of decay & rot in infrastructure and electricity.

Bazinga: i dont respond to people like u. go look for someone else that has ur time. i ve made ma point. PDP Out come 2015

Na real wah for you oh
See as you dey pick race
You made a BASELESS post and I pointed it out to you but rather than take the OPPORTUNITY offered to correct yourself you still dey make shakara dey carry swagger like person wey sabi
If you choose to remain inside the jail that your CLUELESSNESS has thrown you in, then na your own palava be that. I can't help you further



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BTW, are there no PDP governors among the 36 referred to in my first post on this thread

Bazinga: PDP e-warrior. we knw u

Your label is noted.
Now that you have gotten that out of your system, is there any chance of responding FACTUALLY to the issues I raised in my post
Or can we safely conclude that you are indeed CLUELESS

4Play: The debt situation is worrying but most Nigerians won't support measures that will curtail the debt - removing subsidy, restraint on public sector wages.

Corruption is the only issue where everyone agrees on but it has become a red herring - bone headed policies like fuel subsidy are justified because "until we end corruption, politicians can't be trusted with the subsidy savings."

Very good points but I would rather say POLITICAL Office holders & appointees wages.

Bazinga: PDP o. they want to bankrupt nigeria. 2015 is behind the corner, here is an advice for u all

Why are so many of us very DUMB and have no iota of reading and COMPREHENSION skills as to render us CLUELESS and still brag about it
Why?
The very first paragraph of the OP had this:

Nigeria’s total debt stock has again risen to a very high level of N10.4 trillion as at June 2014. The rising debt profile of the country is made up of external debt stock of N1.46 trillion ($9.377 billion), Federal Government domestic debt of N7.421 trillion ($47.653billion).
States in the federation have a domestic debt stock of N1.551 trillion or $9.963 billion. The Federal Government’s share of the rising external debt stands at $6.363 billion.

Therefore the 36 states have accumulated $3.014 billion EXTERNAL debt in addition to local debt by these same 36 states of N1.551 trillion.
REASONABLE citizens would be asking what have these states done with the money since there has been little or no improvement in:

- primary, VOCATIONAL, secondary and TECHNICAL schools quantity (enrolment) and quality (teacher/laboratory/library seats:students RATIO)
- TAP water provision.
- health clinics and general hospitals adequately equipped & staffed with PROFESSIONALS instead of annual recycling of youth corpers.
- FEEDER/INNER roads

Compared to the Jonathan/Sambo federal administration that has made real progress delivering on infrastructure, territorial defence and international representation of the country.

No wonder we have these LOOTERS as governors, LGA chairmen and legisLOOTERS whom we praise, worship and adore as we seek to get our own "breakthroughs" via access to these people who DEPRIVE us of BASIC things of life even as they mortgage our future generations with heavy debt burdens

Yet, FOOL'ISH as we are know how to abuse Obama and the US for not giving our LAZY bums ebola drugs that they have RESEARCHED many decades to come up with in their SCIENTIFIC laboratories.
We dull nor be small, I swear

boladez: Sir, I boldly say to you that if minimum wage goes up to 100k there will still be insecurity. Unfortunately you have not identified the REAL CAUSE of insecurity which is a total breakdown in our social system (lost values). I say so because in the past Govt wages were low and yet the young ones would either learn a trade or go to school. How many young ones today know that hard work is the key to success? Are you then insinuating that government workers who are paid poorly are the ones stealing and robbing? They make be bribe takers but not generally thieves.

The real cause of robberies in Lagos is NOT poverty let no man deceive himself - there are many people who hustle every day in this town despite the odds and have not resorted to crime. Go to Olusosun refuse dump and see young boys trying to get a life, go to Lagos island and see young women trying to hustle and get a life, go to mushin, oyingbo and alaba see young men whom this system has let down trying to eke a good means of livelihood. Many of the younger generation want to drive big cars , wear designer clothes and flirt around with women , they join gangs and end up using the short cut i.e crime.

Do you know the number of people who troop into lagos every day because of the opportunities this state offers? are you telling me LASG should employ them all? comon.... the solution to crime is to fight it and make sure people do not get away with committing crimes, second thing is to fix power and basic infrastructure to enable local businesses thrive.

Finally,Minimum wage used to be a federal affair but even as at today the states draw their own min wage from the centre. You seem to be hard on the wages and that makes me suspect you work for govt. If you work for govt you should bury your head in shame because civil servants including the police account for 90% of our problems in Nigeria!

Again you show plenty of CONFUSION in your post, which I will try to address a few salient ones.
In the past when wages were low, how much were the political office holders & appointees like governor, LGA Chairman, state legislators and LGA Councillors receiving as their own pay. If you do not know go and find out then compare with the situation in Nigeria today. What I am talikng about here is not just increasing minimum wage for workers.
No!
I am talking about having COMPARATIVE wages for expected productivity and relative value creation by all CATEGORIES of workers for the SAME government, whether they are civil servants or political office holders.
If you still do not understand what I am talking about go and find out the minimum wage in the US and the salary of a Senator and Congressman compared to Nigeria's N18,000 vis-a-vis N29 million

You must be really shallow in your thoughts to give example of people sorting out refuse and "hustling" for hard work yet you talk about absence of values in the society. What kind of "hustle" do you think those guys are doing? - borderline crimes Such that they are willing tools for political THUGGERY and murder when needed for some crumbs out of their own cake thrown at them by the likes of Fashola and his party's "field agents"
Please tell us why any RATIONAL person will want to go to university pay Fashola's 250k tuition fees for four years to start "hustling" on Olusosun refuse dump when he can be a party "field agent" till he becomes LGA Councillor with almost 300k salary guaranteed for contributing absolutely NOTHING of value to our society's well-being. In case you do not know the eligibility requirement to be a LGA Councillor is "attended Secondary school" and 25 years of age.
No more! No less!!
So you see where the problem is

Where did I say LASG should give everyone work? Again displaying shallowness of your thoughts. Go read what I wote here and elsewhere again and quote where I said government should give EVERYONE work.
I go dey wait oh

Do you understand the meaning of the word MINIMUM
Is LASG a minimum income GENERATING state? If not why should it stick to the minimum wage RECOMMENDED by the federal government based on the legislative work of senators and representatives, including those from Fashola's party

1. Public Water supply is not piped with the domestic pvc pipes you see in your home they require planned major supply lines that will go into major areas for distribution.

2. The ketu area i was referring to is densely populated. Its practically impossible to put supply lines in those areas because[b] our people have built as usual without common sense and regard for any town vlaws.[/b] Have you heard of the Lagos state urban renewal projects and the agency? do you know what they do? Pls use google.

And those buildings are invisible and have been so invisible for the past 15 years plus that Thief'nubu & Fashola have been in continuous charge of "their progreTHIEF" administrations? LASG obviously has not EMPLOYED enough Town Planning monitors to ensure adherence to ITS own laws. Don't you think so
Let me throw your advise back to you and ask to google how the old town areas of European big cities such as London, Paris, Frankfurt were fitted out with TAP water despite being heavily built up like Ketu.

Meanwhile your idol realises his COLOSSAL FAILURE on this count hence he his TALKING about water provision to ALL Lagosians by 2020 i.e. five whole years after he has packed out of Alausa House

https://www.nairaland.com/1865253/fashola-inspects-70-million-per

He must really think we are all MUGUS like you taking excuses and collecting priviledge CRUMBS rather than asking that our BASIC RIGHTS be dealt with first.

6 Ways to Prove You're a Genuine Superstar at Work


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Remarkable employees (here's how to tell if you are remarkable) spend significant time helping other people succeed: their company, their employees, their customers and vendors and suppliers...

But remarkable employees also spend a little time helping themselves succeed, both for "selfish" reasons and because their success creates success for others.

Want to stand out from the crowd? Want to stand out based on go, not show? Here are some great ways:

1. Be first, but with a purpose.

Many people try to be the first to arrive each day. That's great, but what do you actually do with that time? Organize your thoughts? Get a jump on your email?

Instead of taking care of your stuff, do something visibly worthwhile for the company. Take care of unresolved problems from the day before. Set things up so it's easier for other employees to hit the ground running when they come in. Chip away at an ongoing project others ignore.

Don't just be the one who turns on or off the lights – be the one who gets in early or stays late in order to get things done. Not only will your performance stand out, you'll also start to...

2. Master a specific -- and valuable -- skill.

Meeting standards, however lofty those standards may be, won't help you stand out.

So go above the norm. Be the leader known for turning around struggling employees. Be the shipping manager who makes a few deliveries a week to personally check in with customers. Be the VP who promotes from within. Be known as the employee who responds quicker, acts faster, or always follows up.

Pick a worthwhile mission and then excel at that mission. I promise people will notice.

3. Create your own side projects.

Excelling at an assigned project is expected. Excelling at a side project -- especially one you created -- helps you stand out.

For example, years ago I decided to create a Web-based employee handbook my then-employer could put on the company Intranet. I worked on it at home on my own time. Some managers liked it but the HR manager didn’t, so it died an inglorious death.

I was disappointed but the company wasn't "out" anything, and soon after I was selected for a high visibility company-wide process improvement team because my little project had made me "that guy."

Try it. For example, experiment on a new process or service with a particular customer in mind. The customer will appreciate how you tried, without being asked, to better meet their needs... and you'll never be forgotten.

4. Put your effort where your mouth is.

Lots of people take verbal stands. Few take a stand and put actual effort behind their opinions.

Say you think a project has gone off the rails; instead of just pointing out its flaws so you can show everyone how smart you are, jump in and help fix it.

Everyone talks about problems. The people who help fix problems are the few who stand out.

5. Show a little of your personal side.

Personal interests help other people know and remember you. That's a huge advantage for a new employee or a company competing in a crowded market.

Just make sure your personal interests don't overshadow professional accomplishments. Being "the guy who does triathlons" is fine, but being "the guy who is always training and traveling to triathlons so we can never reach him when we need him" is not.

Let people know a little about you; a few personal details add color and depth to your professional image. (Plus it makes you a lot more likeable.)

6. Work harder than everyone else.

Nothing – nothing – is a substitute for hard work. (Sure, you can also work smarter -- but why not do both?)

Look around: How many people are working as hard as they can? Very few.

One way you can always stand out -- regardless of talent, experience, or skill -- is by outworking everyone else.

It's also the easiest way to stand out, because I guarantee you'll be the only one trying that hard.

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Once more another FREE professional development short education for those who want to be successful.
These tips are also useful for the farmer, entrepreneur, business owner etc.
We can all strive to EXCEL and reap the outstanding rewards.

Salam!
Shalom!!
Peace!!!

P.S.: Kindly share the link with as amny as possible.
Together let's build a nation of successful people and thus create a better society for our own benefit.

F117A: I am not even bothered about that.
I am angry with the level of the so-called aid.
Nigeria is fighting a war,yet the US will not SELL us offensive weapons while DASHING over $12billion worth of highly advanced offensive weapons to egypt and israel every year.
The US practically made Egypt africa's strongest military by virtue of aid .
The same weapons the US won't sell to us.
And some moronnic Nigerian american think we should be grateful.

Yes we MORONS in Nigeria should be VERY grateful for any little, minute aid they give LAZY BEGGARS like us

F117A: Any aid Nigeria gets from america are usually peanuts and are often insulting.
If you are looking for grateful people ,go to Egypt or israel as both countries get over $12billion as US aids anually.
Dont be surprised though, if they shoot you the moment you mention america.

I read somewhere that America FORCES us to collect their aids, abi
Why are we such shamelessly CLUELESS people?
Why?

phantom: really? you expect that?
a certain Nigerian footballer died on the pitch 25years ago. he's death came while he was on active service,but today he has nothing in his memory.

Please read my post again. I said DECENT society. Are we decent as a SOCIETY
Kindly note that I did NOT use the word government. It is over to all of US.

This is very sad. I hope the family and friends she left behind will find the strength to continue this life without her.
It will be very appropriate that the federal government gives her a meaningful national award while the Lagos state government and other organisations find useful ways to honour her memory. That is the minimum to expect in a DECENT society.

rhames: Vote Asiwaju People's congress in 2015 and you will get light.

Abi oh! see story
That was how Ayatollah Buhari was promising fiscal federalism recently
Something he could not deliver as MAXIMUM ruler and military DICTATOR when he had no lawmakers to deal with
MUGUs raise up your hands



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Eyop: Brother same will be experienced in Nigeria some day. Just like the recent Akpabio pension law in AKS all protested and it was reversed but as for that of election,the case was taken to court and they kept adjourning the case till no one ever heard of it again. USA,UK and Canada that you have listed didn't achieve all of that in one day and i believe Nigeria wouldn't be an exception.

I fully agree with your comment except the aspect on the election case of which I know nothing about.
Salam!
Shalom!!
Peace!!!

Eyop:
You cannot 100% blame the citizen. A situation where by elections are rigged in favour of another for their selfish gains,in such situation will you blame the citizen? Udoedehe won the last election in my state but the result was manipulated. So will you as well blame the citizens for the outcome of the elections?

Yes the citizens carry most of not all the blame.
Why did they not ALL protest
Do you think USA, UK, Canada etc where we run to became what they are from the Kings who ruled over them centuries ago by lazily blaming their leaders only?

Bluetooth2: Oh my. . . . So this is the same shiit about resource control. What's true federalism when a large percentage of the population save for those in this metroploitan do not feel the impact of his governance ?

The problem with y'all is that most of you choose not to question the crediblity of your governors and hold them accountable for every dime spend. DoesUyo really need those white elephant projects when most of the local governments are bunch of shiitholes ?

What are your criteria for defining a shiithole?
How many LGAs in Akwa Ibom state have you visited to conclude that most (over 50% at least) are shiitholes

ujoinme: There are a bunch of lazy people who do not know how to read commenting on this thread. The news article says that

"“The state government said it has attained 85 per cent electricity coverage of the state through the Inter-ministerial Direct Labour Projects while records have shown that the Ministry of Rural Development has also electrified about 2,209 villages out of 2,671 communities in the state to meet government target and vision of providing uninterrupted power supply in the state.

“But the same gesture accorded in other villages in the state has not been extended to us at Ikot Unah of which we feel very bad."

At present the state government has attained 94% from the 85% electricity coverage reported in the state with the target of 100% by may 2015. How many states in Nigeria can boast of such a record?

Ikot unah villagers are protesting because their neigbouring villages have been covered. All villages cannot be covered at the same time its will get to them eventually, For those villifying the Amiable governor who is the an uncommon transformer in infrastructural renaissance should learn to read articles before responding! cheers

Many thanks for your "uncommon" clarification
I do not know Akwa Ibom neither Akpabio but for Prof. Wole Soyinka to commend his free education policy and the eye witness reports I have seen there must be a lot going on quietly

Wale112: Giant of Africa indeed..this can't happen in Cameroon or south Africa.

This is also a LIE.
Do you know the meaning of a community?
Are ALL communities in South Africa and Cameroun connected to the national grid of their respective countries

This should not be construed as an excuse for not having electricity in the past 10 years for this Akwa Ibom community.
The relevant authorities in PHCN as well as the LGA Councillor, state assembly lawmaker, senator and representative responsible for this constituency should addrsss their matter with teh urgency it deserves.

aresa: But, I'll expose your ignorance anyway....

Let me expose Akpabio's budget fraud and why his budgets remains the largest in Nigeria.

1. In 2013, Akpabio signed his N470 billion into law and barely half way though the year, he asked his rubber stamp lawmakers for N70 billion supplemental.

N470 billion + N70 billion = N550 billion

^^^^^ Hence the largest budget in Nigeria

In 2013, Akpabio signed his N459 billion into law and barely half way though the year, he asked his rubber stamp lawmakers for N125 billion supplemental.

N459 + N125 billion = N584 billion

^^^^^ Hence the largest budget in Nigeria

You must be a really CONFUSED fellow ascribing diiferent budget amounts for the same year 2013
Moreover as I stated earlier Akwa Ibom and other South South states have nothing to start with unlike blessed Lagos that was the Federal capital for so many decades and continues to be the commercial capital. So we cannot compare apple with oranges.

CosmicSensation: so u can bash the ruling party if it is not the same with the one u support abi
Alryt. It's Edo state sha.

No biggies, my bro.
Just trying to highlight what I said in my first response on this thread- this situation exists in all communities in all 36 states of the federation and is even WORSE in some. Nevertheless we should commend the community for drawing attention to their plight.
So nothing do you o jare

Bluetooth2: Free money that actually went into private pockets. What will Akwa Ibom do even if they have full resource control of their money ?

The same thing that somewhat autonomous Western region, Northern region and Eastern region did prior to January 1966 COUP that led to UNITARY government for our country with an overbearing centre.
I assume you know what happened then. However if you do not please read up our history to update yourself.
Moreover you can find out how Texas runs on ITS own petroleum in the USA.

Where does Lagos get its money from and where does Akwa Ibom get its own from ? Can you also furnish the forum the total money they each get from the federation account monthly ?

You used the word "richest" state based on their BUDGET that is the total amount available to each governor in a year to deliver on his promises, didn't you I have simply proven that you are a LIAR!
No more!! No less!!!
For the time being I will ignore whatever could be your motivation

Fishbrain

I'm sure your village is a victim of Akpabio's negligence and executive recklessness.

I will resist the temptation to get into the dirty gutter of abuse & insult with you so I can adequately puncture your LIE without losing focus.

desgiezd: It is what we all know irrespective of the cooked acquittal he received.

Based on the CLUELESS prosecution by the Lagos state government led by Alhaji Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN. I hope you realise that FACT of just over one year ago

Probe Al-Mustapha’s prosecutors, HURIWA tells National Judicial Council
16/07/2013

A call has gone to the National Judicial Council (NJC) to probe the conduct of the team of prosecutors from the Lagos State judiciary that handled the case of the erstwhile Chief Security Officer to late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, over the gruesome murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, wife of Chief MKO Abiola, the undeclared winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential polls.

The call was made yesterday in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) following controversy trailing the release from detention of Al-Mustapha as a result of last Friday’s judgement of the Appeal Court, Lagos, discharging and acquitting him.

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