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agbameta: Ar you not the same mindless double ID OP? Cheap intellect people...

If this is all the response that agbameta can muster then it is a sure sign that GEJ's performance cannot be matched by the propaganda-fueled APC governors, state & federal legisLOOTERS as well as LGA chairmen & councillors.
This is noted for reference.

Is it not quite interesting that the meeting was held in Niger state and the announcement made on Tinubu's TVC station
Does that say anything about the possible POLITICAL motive of the striking lecturers

Is it not about time we also sack our politicians, especially the LGA chairmen & councillors, state & federal legisLOOTERS, who simply collect mega-million bucks monthly and produce next to nothing
Abi our MUMU never do

For those who may have forgotten about the 14 years unpaid salary to the church musician:

https://www.nairaland.com/1126937/man-sues-chris-okotie-owing

For those who may have forgotten the story of the 14 years unpaid salary to his church musician is here:

https://www.nairaland.com/1126937/man-sues-chris-okotie-owing

If you know you serve an IMPOTENT god who cannot protect you from your MUMU congregation then you can have armed bodyguards.

Was this Chris Okotie not the same man who refused to pay the keyboardist of his church

hbrednic: it seems you dont know the difference between ifeanyi ubah and Andy ubah.

Abg na why you wan confuse people anyhow so? Abi you be CONFUSIONIST ni

Ifeanyi Uba Emerges LP Candidate For Anambra Guber

Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas, Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah yesterday emerged the flag-bearer of the Labour Party (LP) in the November 16, Anambra State gubernatorial election.

More from: http://leadership.ng/news/290813/ifeanyi-uba-emerges-lp-candidate-anambra-guber

luvinhubby: That guy is miles smarter than those fellows, I wish he was in Labour Party so that Nigerians can build a true progressive political philosophy around him.

Fashola is really smart, nor be so
That must be why he started wasting Lagos tax payers money to challenge Jang's election in NGF before he realised his folly and quickly withdrew the case.
Indeed as LASU students noted in one of their placards to protest the "smart" progreTHIEF governor's 1,000% increase of their school fees:

Being a SAN is no guarantee of being SANE

Which Labour Party are you talking about? Is it the one that fielded this man Andrew Ubah as governorship candidate for Anambra elections

EFCC Arrests Ifeanyi Ubah Over Fuel Subsidy Scam

From: http://saharareporters.com/news-page/efcc-arrests-ifeanyi-ubah-over-fuel-subsidy-scam

Fuel subsidy scam: EFCC quizzes Ifeanyi Ubah

From: http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/fuel-subsidy-scam-efcc-quizzes-ifeanyi-ubah/

AMCON takes over Ifeanyi Ubah’s Capital Oil

From: http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/amcon-takes-over-ifeanyi-ubahs-capital-oil/

For now, Nigeria's politics is about individual and their credibility not the party they belong to.

omenka: I feel really heart broken seeing the kind of negative reception this letter has received so far. The barrage of attacks obj has come under in the past 24hrs for reason of this letter only signals how fiercely resistant the nigerian state is to positive change. They have completely abandoned the substance and content of the letter and gone for the jugular of the messenger, thesame way they did Soyinka when he stood up against the overbearing attitude of the first lady.

Obj is no saint, and it doesn't take a saint to give a good advice, but just as his letter warns, most of the president's actions and inactions as we speak portend grave dangers for the future of the Nigerian State. I give him credit for speaking out while his contemporaries have decided to adopt the "sidon look" approach.

May God steer this nation away from the catastrophe this seemingly drunken leader is steering her towards. The Rwanda experience would be child's play if we ever cross that line.



God bless Nigeria.

Have you heard that he who comes to seek Equity/Justice must come with Clean Hands
That principle is illustrated here:

And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Luke 19: 1-10

You notice that Christ did not pronounce salvation into the house of Zacchaeus UNTIL he had CONFESSED and promised RESTITUTION.

So if OBJoke wants us to listen to whatever message he has for us he should:

- Confess his corruption
- Return all the money he stole
- Promise not to steal our money anymore.

This applies to all other born-to-gain Anti-Corruption Network, ACN crusaders.
If we do not hold them to these standards then we are unwittingly responding present, each time our Looters-in-Power (LiPs) say MUMUS should raise up their hands.

https://www.avalonchurch.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/raised-hands_volunteer_031612_blog-crop.jpg

ajasa4link: I write tests for fellow full time students and I write exams at part time campus for a fee.. I know it's illegal, but the truth is I've realised in this Nigeria it's quite hard to make legit money if u don't have the right connections...of All d points stated by the op, I only see organizing tutorials as the only feasible option and even at that,the money always realised is always too small...I just see the mercenary thingy as using ur God given talent to make Cheddar.. If u give me a note/textbook of a course today and the exam is tomorrow, once I go through the material between today and tomorrow Morning, u are sure going to score at least a B even if ur c.a was poor

What do you KNOW will happen if/when you are caught

Another good way of making money on campus is by doing laundry for your schoolmates and doing it very well by employing & adequately supervising the laundyman.
If you have a passion for this service business you can grow it to a multi-purpose dry cleaning enterprise after graduation.

[quote author=Okija_juju]I really cant seem to get your train of thought or your line of questions..

Are you saying that Liyel abandoned major tourism Projects in Cross RIvers with high revenue potentials that were started by Duke because he couldnt find suitable people to run them or what?!

You were the one who called the projects white elephant projects. I rebutted by saying 'Seeing as Government is the highest employer of Labour in Cross Rivers, Seeing as Cross Rivers is no longer a benefactor of the 13% derivation, it would be wise for them to invest in these potential revenue generating projects like the TINAPA which is rotting away, like the Marina that was salavaged by Duke and is now rotting away, like Obudu that was being refurbrished by Duke that is now rotting away'...

This is about Cross Rivers State.. Paying of salaries promptly should not be a yardstick for judging good governance. Its an obligation, not an achievement..

Well, to answer your Question;

Akwa Ibom State Government - le Meridian, Ibom place - Best Le Meridian in Nigeria - Employment, boosted tourism, revenue generating, e.t.c.

Akwa Ibom State & Rivers State Power Projects - Created high profile jobs, boosting power supply to their states, reducing cost of doing business, attracting investors

Imo State - Ibari Ogwa beer palour - Biggest Beer palour East of the Niger - Boosting alcoholism, bad behavior, employment, etc - iKid, iKid..
_{Still thinking}[/quote]My point from the onset is straightforward:

Paying GOOD salaries PROMPTLY should be the FIRST priority for any serious government that expects something good from its REAL workers.
Anyone who pays peanuts must be expecting peanuts results with plenty corruption. QED!!!
I hope I made myself reasonably clear now.
This is in addition to providing education for ALL children and primary healthcare guaranteed.

Abi you think sey our people wey dey cross desert, ocean and sea go obodo oyino land na to go see yoyo infrastructure dey make dem

ballabriggs: Loooollll If this is not desperation by a failed government, I wonder what it is. Abacha must be shaking in his grave. You know why? The major part of this project to Delta state was completed under Sani Abacha with the aim of connecting the Ajaokuta and Aladja steel complexes. OBJ discontinued the project as those complexes were to be privatised.

It seems CONFUSION is seriously reigning among the Arewa People's Congress, APC to the extent that they are actually providing information to validate Jonathan's TRANSFORMATION work in our dear country that has witnessed many Start & Stop, DISCONTINUED & Abandoned projects.
Is it not such a good thing that GEJ did not follow OBJoke's bad example of discontinuing the project yet again

Thank you Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as you CONTINUE working TIRELESSLY to resuscitate our country from its comatose position despite the many hurdles and obstacles, violent & non-violent thrown your way by those who wish us no good.

BTW, does anyone know if trains have started moving on Fashola's metro line, after almost 15 years of progreTHIEF 419 governance by Tinubu and his boy, boy with multi-trillion naira down the drain, including some 60% as Internally Generated Revenue directly from Lagos residents
Yet this was a project initially commenced by Jakande before Ayatollah Buhari cancelled & discontinued it after overthrowing him and locking him up in jail along with others
That was more than 30 years ago
What a shameless ethno-religious BIGOT who wants to enjoy the benefits of democracy after his 1983 coup!

[quote author=Okija_juju]Paying salaries on time ofcourse is always a good thing.. And then?!

For a state like Cross Rivers where the government is still the highest employer of labour, I would have expected that these so-called 'cheap & wasteful projects' which have a high capacity to generate more revenue for the state (both directly and through taxes), create more employment for the state and attract investors into the state would be prioritized.

Lest you forget, Cross Rivers no longer gets 13% derivation since Akwa Ibom took all their oil blocks away..[/quote]Can you give us a list of such projects done in the past 14 years from ANY state that has generated more revenue for the state etc without ADEQUATELY motivated and duly qualified personnel to run them
The stated benefits from such projects must be verifiable in an empirical manner.
Thanks.

[quote author=Okija_juju]Paying salaries and just doing the needful to get along. Nothing ground breaking like Donald Duke did in the state. All the investments that Donald started in Cross Rivers are still as he left them.[/quote]Paying salaries PROMPTLY and as recommended by law on minimum wage is a VERY important role of any responsible government BEFORE embarking on cheap & cheerful, propaganda-friendly white elephant projects that are NOT sustainable.
How many of governors of the states you listed earlier as deserving of best governor have workers going on strike for being OWED salaries and/or not being paid MINIMUM wage

[quote author=L.M Ayedun..]Best Gov. Indeed
How much did he pay to get the award [/quote]I was also wondering how much of our Osun taxpayers money Ogbeni Aregberascal paid for his NewsDirect award.

https://www.nairaland.com/1551303/aregbesola-receive-best-governor-year


Maybe one of the APC e-warriors can tell us

texazzpete: I continually mourn the old anonimi who once stood for justice. Now you're just one of many PDP lapdogs.

How did they get to you? Money? Fine babes? Did someone promise you a council slot someday?

Once you railed against all 'hooligans in power'. Now you complain against only one against one set of hooligans while your corrupt paymasters get kudos from you.

Either way, this is a topic that touches Nigeria's foreign policy. Nothing to do with PDP or APC, just how shabbily Nigerians as a whole are treated by South Africa. Keep on topic or STFU.

I complain against "one set of hooligans" who are hoodwinking the gullible mumus to believe they are saviours so they can be seen for the HYPOCRITES they are.

Can you show me where "my corrupt paymasters are getting kudos from me" Just one instance will suffice.
Thanks.

plaindealer: And we are still waiting for the corrupt and incompetent Jonathan to do his job by arresting and prosecuting people like Fashola.

Unfortunately, he can not because he's too weak and incompetent to do his job.

See how dumb you always sound when you point your silly fingers when in fact, you cluelessly indict your Jonathan and expose his culpability and incompetence?

You people are equally daft just like the man you foolishly defend for real.

So the president is the one who will arrest and prosecute a corrupt governor
WHy am I not surprised seeing this is coming from a supporter of the AUTOCRATS in the former ACN who have merged with their fellow DICTATORS in APC
Since you do not understand the BASICS of how government works in a DEMOCRATIC setting I guess it is pointless discussing further with you until you get MORE education thereon.

It is obvious, going through the comments on this thread, to see why we are easily led by thieves PRETENDING to be saviours since we are such MUMUS carried away by the fickle things of this world.

* So OUR president's name is missing from tribute list
* Is it not a snub to us as Nigerians whom OUR president represents to the outside world?
* How many presidents gave tributes at the funeral? Can someone provide a list here?
* Why should that be VERY important to us as a NATION?
* If it is even THAT important to us and our president's name is missing on the so-called tribute-giving list, have we asked ourselves what role OUR Ambassador to South Africa should have played in the protocol arrangement?

Meanwhile for those who consider SUCH things important you may want to take note of the following:

0819 GMT: Among the high-profile guests today include Obama and three of his predecessors -- Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter -- plus French President Francois Hollande, British PM David Cameron, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

From: http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-memorial-live-report-075827440.html

desgiezd: Isnt it about time you come of of this sulking and face a greater reality confronting the country as a whole?

The greater reality of EMPTY words without matching action that progreTHIEF Fashola is known for as with other Nigerian politicians or something else
I have simply pointed out the gross hypocrisy of Fashola and reasonable people understand how such hypocrisy (and its MUMUCIOUS acceptance by gullible folks) contributes to the general rot that has been our lot for the large part of 53 years since independence.
I hope you will appreciate if not everyone is carried away by JUST words like you seem to be

babamutum: “We are the ones being driven out of South Africa. The British can enter South Africa. We have to take a visa. These are deep questions because they hurt me.

Coming from a man who drove out his fellow Nigerian citizens from Lagos and dropped them off at Onitsha in the middle of the night
The HYPOCRISY of these Arewa People's Congress, APC leaders stinks to high heavens, surely.

Tolexander: well, maybe you took your character from your handle, cos octopuses are wholly, acceptably and obviously known to be acerebral!

The post was not to eulogise obasanjo, but to made known the project has started before GEJ's administration. Of course Labaran Maku said the project couldn't be completed due to lack of fund!

So OBJoke did not make adequate arrangements for funds to finance the project to completion until GEJ showed up and revived it, right
The good thing about Jonathan's administration is that he is not ABANDONING projects initiated by his predecessors, which was what Yaradull did and others before him.
Ayatollah Buhari in his CLUELESSNESS canceled the Lagos metro project initiated by Jakande after locking up the old man in jail even if we had to pay contract breach penalties

Ghost01: He should also have been angry with himself and his country. Despite the political concessions made by the Mandela-led ANC, social inequality and economic injustice persists, till date, in the Rainbow Nation. This is a country (South Africa) that has a GDP ($408.24 billion as of 2011) that's far greater then Nigeria's ($243.99 billion as of 2011), a population (50,586,757 as of 2011) that's less than 40% that of Nigeria's (162,470,737 as of 2011), and yet has an unemployment rate (29.8% as of 2011) that's greater than Nigeria's (23.90% as of 2011).

I hope you realise that Nigerian statistics are not as reliable as those of South Africa given the system they inherited not so long ago after apartheid compared to ours that has been bastardised for almost four decades but is slowly being revived now as with other things by Jonathan administration.

Moreover you need to realise there are millions of Nigerians flooding into South Africa to work there despite their "higher" unemployment rate.
Another factor is the unemployability of the majority SA blacks due to lack of education that will take decades of dedicated efforts to fix.

Then you have to spend a lot of your resources for education. Educate children of the poor, so that they can get out of poverty. Poverty does not breed confidence. Only confident people can bring changes.

This is the nugget of societal development that is embraced by the developed countries where we run to and those aspiring to join the league like China. They all ensure ALL children are in school while continually improving the quality of the education.

Awolowo understood this and ensured primary schools were free and COMPULSORY.
The UPN governors moved to the next level making secondary schools free even with textbooks and established subsidised universities and other tertiary institutions.
These measures lifted so many in the West out of chronic poverty and made them today's elites.
The big question is what have we done with this legacy

Nightshift: It's not just a northern problem, but a reflective indictment of Nigeria's elites. The backwardness might be more visible in the North, but where is Dubai, Abu- Dabi or Riyadh in our southern oil cities of Port Harcourt, Uyo and Warri?
We have been lacking pragmatic political leaders in Nigeria since independence, especially at the centre.

Awolowo and his UPN governors were a notable exception in the old Western region and the LOBOO states that were carved out of it with

- free, mass & COMPULSORY education for ALL children
- free primary HEALTH care coupled with
- agricultural and agro-allied industries and rural development while still
- building big infrastructures.

Unfortunately one cannot say the same of the band of PRETENDER progreTHIEVES holding sway in the region.

take dat: A growth concentrated particularly on trade and agriculture would suggest substantial welfare benefits for many but the opposite is the case in Nigeria because the social welfare indicators have been slower than would be expected in the context of this growth. What was the impact of this growth on the citizenry within the period? Even if our growth is in double-digits, as long as the growth is unable to result to more job creation and poverty reduction, is anything but cheering!

I hope you do not mean simply giving out money to people for doing nothing as "social welfare benefits"

How have the states and LGAs fared in carrying out their constitutionally assigned duties that entails recruitment of promptly & well paid civil servants and teachers to carry out monitoring, assessment of private enterprises and provide education to ALL children in their states among others

MODERNISE: Pls can a food scientist apply as nutritionist and dietician?

You will not know UNTIL you have applied, nor be so
I hope now you know what to do. . . . you may want to MODERNISE your CV to reflect nutritionist and dietician aspects of your training and experience.
Best of luck.

bcomputer101: Chai, this people fall my hand oooo.

How come there is no space for Environmental Scientist?

That is why people go to hospital for treatment of infection diseases and go back with malaria when there is no Environmental scientist to make the environment clean and tidy for them...

Lack of knowledge dey worry this people...
Well, me i go apply ooo and i will state reasons why dey need my service in that hospital...

@ALL, abi you no reason along with mi?

This is the unbeatable spirit of WINNERS.

It should be clear to any keen observer that after nearly four decades of gradual rot by successive military, pseudo-military and civilian regimes & administrations who did NOTHING but simply shared our commonwealth and national cake aka Niger Delta oil, things are slowly changing for the better.
Let us find out how we can not only benefit from the ongoing change but also how we can accelerate the pace of the change starting from our communities and LGAs.

efilefun: "GEJ wey no fit control hin house, abii u don forget say the best president of naija na hin keep students for house for almost 6 months now and the fool called himself a lecturer, throughout he's tenure as a governor can you point out a reasonable project he executed!!!

For how many months were Lagos state doctors on strike while Fashola sent his father abroad for treatment
That does not seem to me like a man with sound mind

Jobos: What is the tolerancy in approving a loan that will be payback by lagos? Is that a free fund or grand? That is just an administrative role .

Maybe we should ask Ayatollah Buhari who cancelled Lagos metro rail project in 1984 after throwing Jakande, the initiator into jail following the COUP that brought him into power in December 1983

NO LONG TIN: Funny, you didn't even comment on what he said, you rather chose the easy path of attacking his person - when faced with the truth.

If Fashola is frustrating PDP councilors from doing their jobs, he needs to stop.

We should all remember that it is Lagosian that would benefit if the councilors aren't stooped/hindered from doing the work they were elected to do

That is the message from PDP Lagos and if Fashola does not sit up I hope PDP will continue to expose his Achilles heel.

BTW, Tinubu scored points for standing up to OBJoke for the seizure of LGA funds, which were subsequently released. However how many LGAs in Lagos state have done anything significant relative to their assigned roles in the 1999 constitution, reproduced below

Fourth Schedule

Functions of a Local Government Council

1. The main functions of a local government council are as follows:

(a) the consideration and the making of recommendations to a State commission on economic planning or any similar body on -
(i) the economic development of the State, particularly in so far as the areas of authority of the council and of the State are affected, and
(ii) proposals made by the said commission or body;
(b) collection of rates, radio and television licences;
(c) establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds and homes for the destitute or infirm;
(d) licensing of bicycles, trucks (other than mechanically propelled trucks), canoes, wheel barrows and carts;
(e) establishment, maintenance and regulation of slaughter houses, slaughter slabs, markets, motor parks and public conveniences;
(f) construction and maintenance of roads, streets, street lightings, drains and other public highways, parks, gardens, open spaces, or such public facilities as may be prescribed from time to time by the House of Assembly of a State;
(g) naming of roads and streets and numbering of houses;
(h) provision and maintenance of public conveniences, sewage and refuse disposal;
(i) registration of all births, deaths and marriages;

(j) assessment of privately owned houses or tenements for the purpose of levying such rates as may be prescribed by the House of Assembly of a State; and

(k) control and regulation of -

(i) out-door advertising and hoarding,
(ii) movement and keeping of pets of all description,
(iii) shops and kiosks,
(iv) restaurants, bakeries and other places for sale of food to the public,
(v) laundries, and
(vi) licensing, regulation and control of the sale of liquor.

2. The functions of a local government council shall include participation of such council in the Government of a State as respects the following matters -
the provision and maintenance of primary, adult and vocational education;

(b) the development of agriculture and natural resources, other than the exploitation of materials
(c) the provision and maintenance of health services; and
(d) such other functions as may be conferred on a local government council by the House of Assembly of the State.

From: http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/ConstitutionalMatters/1999Constitution/FourthSchedule.html