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Good to note that Jonathan's administration is providing free textbooks through the UBE while the states and LGAs are literally sleeping on duty- collecting their allocations & sharing.
I imagine they also provide to the "progressive opposition" states who make plenty noise for dem yoyo propaganda projects.

Ayekotoo: Fayemi increased the state IGR to 1billion naira within 2 years where as a state like Anambra still struggling to get to aforementioned figure.

God bless the people of Ekiti.

You have to give it to the band of scammers in ACN now APC- they sure know how to EXCELlently raise IGR from the pockets, handbags, wallets and bags of the masses they are supposed to serve while providing very little in terms of BASIC services in return.

pkween: I love this topic.I think the best is to make a tomatoe/vegetable sauce instead of what we call stew .Steps to doing is is blend ur vegetables i.e the tomatoes,peppers.onion etc with a vegetable/maual blender or squeeze the tomatoes et al into a blender,bleend but not to total smoothness so u dnt have excess water and the fibre of the vegetables or flesh are not reduced to very tiny bit or paste so,it can still retain some of its nutrients. Futhermore,u heat up little vegetable oil for maybe 3-4mins to reduce the cholestero if any,put in the blended vegetables,add no water ,put in healthy spices and cook for some 4-5 mins and you are good to go.Try it today and u will be glad u did.

I believe this is approximately what is called sauce provencal and is used also for making chicken "peri peri" in restaurants.
Tastes nice and rapidly done.

Most of us do not realise that someone STARTED making stews in this OVERCOOKED way sometime based on the peculiar circumstances then. It might be time to START making stews DIFFERENTLY given our SEDENTARY (non-mobile) lifestyles to avoid the harmful related health issues.
What do you think is inside a POTBELLY

- undigested food
- digested food waiting to be expelled
- any other suggestion

#NuffSaid

howfarwhatagwan: That you cooked tomatoes does not mean there is no nutritional value. You cannot say it is zero health value. Did you do the proximate analysis of the cooked tomatoes to come to the conclusion that there is no health value? please let us be careful about the sort of information we pass on and please don't believe everything you read foods in general have a very complex matrix. Raw food and cooked food all have their advantages and disadvantages. Also when you talk about nutritional/health value of foods you need to take into consideration bioavailability and bio-accessibility these two concepts are very important.

Why don't you give us the advantage of over-boiled, over-fried VEGETABLES such as tomatoes, onion, pepper etc.
We dey wait the outcome of the

- "proximate analysis" accompanied by
- the "very complex matrix" taking into consideration
- the "bioavailability" and "bio-accessibility"

Hope we will not have to wait too long for you to back up these your big big vocabulary trying to justify OVERCOOKING vegetables.

What is the probability that will make FP?

- 0%
- 50%
-100%

Akpa ife: Even if GEJ built airport all over d region u northerns will always dislike him

He is nt doing it 4 u guys 2 like him bt he is doing it becos of God

Not quite so.
GEJ is doing it because the northern governors (along with their LGA chairmen) ABANDONED their RESPONSIBILITY for educating ALL the children in their states and LGAs.

Was that not how GEJ had to provide boreholes for CPC's Nasarawa STATE university after the students rioted

Laidan: This guy (metuh) is a clown.
Though he made some sense but imagine a 'Lai Muhammed as pdp spokesman....
It is good to have professionals to handle your affairs. Even if Lai is laying, he will present it better

Nothing more to add.
Metuh is a minus to his party.
QED!

mokaflex: Can we give APC a chance, some are of the opinion thay are all the same, but remember we haven't given APC a chance before crucifying them. They are obviously doing better at States and LG levels

Can you give us examples of the APC "obviously doing better at LG levels" vis-a-vis the 1999 constitutional responsibilities of this tier of government

It it not interesting that the case was heard in LAGOS although the whole drama and even the sealed secretariat is in ABUJA.
Any idea why this may be so
Probably thought they could compromise the judiciary easily since their APC friends control Lagos state.

#JustWondering.

Orikinla: Now you see why General Muhammad Buhari (rtd) wept for Nigeria.

- The man who has FAILED to win the presidency despite running campaigns three times and going to the Supreme Court each time with SAN lawyers, all of which cost MONEY?
- Do you mean the same MAXIMUM ruler who allowed 53 suitcases to be brought in by his ADC while naira was being changed and borders closed?
- Who locked up the VP Dr. Alex Ekwueme and the five UPN governors while keeping his fellow fulani brother, president Shehu Shagari in comfortable house arrest in Ikoyi

The retired military DICTATOR knows why he was weeping but be rest assured it was NOT for the interest of his 160 million largely IMPOTENT and child-like compatriots, thus easily fooled and carried away by the appearances and MEANINGLESS gestures of our "leaders"!!!
Let's keep looking for some mythical MESSIAH in khakhi & boots or babanriga while God has empowered us and given us the means to be the change we CLAIM to desire.

When in church or any other religious gathering, including listening to some pastor on TV or radio, you should read some verses BEFORE and AFTER whatever s/he has quoted to get the right WHOLESOME message and CONTEXT.
That way you EXPAND your KNOWLEDGE and reduce the chances of being VICTIMised by today's pastors who are mostly not much different from the Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes etc that Christ was always challenging about their HYPOCRISY.
You can also search the Bible online every now & then for your personal edification.

http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=JEREMIAH+9%3A+23-26&ver=kjv

That my people may no longer PERISH for lack of KNOWLEDGE!
Shalom!!!

Kairoseki77: You seem to have an agenda.

OBJ was in his second term already, if Atiku wanted to contest in 2007, all he had to do was run in the party primary. He would have NO reason to form his own faction. There would be NO reason for 17 Governors to want to form their own faction.

Atiku and his boys formed their faction to prevent OBJ from clinching a third term, and to ensure that power rotated back to the North. As I said, they won, and the only thing OBJ could do was prevent Atiku from beating Yar'Adua.

Are you a learner or do you have your licence to drive
#JustAsking.


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Kairoseki77: OBJ was not harassed by Northeners. OBJ won more Northern states than Buhari in 2003.

In fact, OBJ ran against Ojukwu in 2003 and Ojukwu declared the results fraudulent. Igbos were furious with OBJ.

Pre-2003 Flashback II
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Obasanjo rejects call to drop second-term bid

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- President Olusegun Obasanjo Monday rejected a call by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on him to drop his bid for re-election for a second four-year term in 2003.
The Association had led a delegation Monday to the Presidential where it told Obasanjo that his bid for re-election was not in the best interest of the nation.
The National Chairman of the NBA, Wole Olanipekun, said "we have weighed the pros and cons of Your Excellency and every State governor seeking a second term and our honest conclusion is that it will not be in the best interest of the nation" "Right now, the atmosphere is charged every where, the signs are frightening and horrifying.
Several Nigerians are being abducted, killed, slaughtered, maimed and harassed for reasons not unconnected with the second term syndrome," he said.
Olanipekun, who led other NBA National Executive Committee members on the visit, lamented that the second term ambitions of the President and most of the State governors were being pursued at all costs.
"Should it be at the expense of the deaths of thousands of Nigerians or at the expense of the relative peace which we still enjoy now?" he asked.
The NBA chairman told Obasanjo that the Bar's position was informed only by the need for unity and cohesion of the nation.
Echoing the proposal for a single five-year term for all elected executives in the country, earlier canvassed by an elders' Committee, "The Patriots," Olanipekun dismissed the suggestions that the 1999 constitution cannot be amended at this point to accommodate the proposal.
He said: "no political executive office holder in this country, has been given a mandate for eight years in office or for two consecutive four years in office.
" The NBA said "as a Christian, Mr President is aware of the fact that even God who is Omnipotent, Omniscient, yielded to the calls and agitation of the Israelites to be governed and ruled the way they wanted.
" But in his reply, Obasanjo flatly rejected the NBA's call.
"If the constitution says I can be here for four years and have a second term, then that is the rule of the game.
It is not fair to change rules midway into a game," he argued.
The retired Army General added: "my job now is to uphold the constitution and our laws.
" According to him: "this country belongs to us all and we must do what is right for it.
If God who made it possible for me to be here decides that I should not be here again, I will not be here a minute longer.
" He said Nigerians should find workable solutions to problems associated with political transition instead of trying to run away from them.
"If a single term became law, Nigeria would still have to deal with the problem of transition," he added.
11 novembre 2002 20:03:00

http://www.panapress.com/Obasanjo-rejects-call-to-drop-second-term-bid--13-468267-18-lang1-index.html

Can you imagine how lawless our country is (was?)- a whole NBA National Chairman, who should be at the forefront of promoting Law & Order, asking the president to do something unconstitutional

musa ajebor: If the outcome of the 2006 saga is wat yall r expecting then u will be disappointed to find out that GEJ will end up as the ultimate loser. :othis is because the reason for atiku forming another PDP faction then was because of OBJs third term agenda.of which the shutting down of the PDP SECRETARIAT by OBJ did not achieve a thing the same way GEJs approach will also fail.

You are PARTIALLY correct to the extent that OBJoke was trying to see if he could run for a third term to further block Atiku's access to the presidency starting with their battle during OBJoke's run for second term in 2003.

The pertinent questions to ask are:

- Did OBJoke EFFECTIVELY block Atiku's presidential ambition
- Did Atiku remain in PDP for the 2007 elections?
- Depending on how YOU answer the questions above, YOU can re-evaluate YOUR conclusion that OBJoke then "was the ultimate loser" who "did not achieve a thing"!

Now let's do a refresh of pre-2003 when OBJoke was also being THREATENED, HARRASSED & MOLESTED by the same gangs not to contest for his constitutional 2nd term:

Nigeria: There Was Single Term Consensus For Obasanjo, Says Gemade
26 NOVEMBER 2002

Lagos — Chief Barnabas Gemade, immediate past national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared intention to vie for the Presidency. in this interview with Daniel Ior in Makurdi, Gemade speaks on the controversial single term of five years as well as the agreement purportedly signed by President Obasanjo with northern leaders. Excerpts

There are claims that President Olusegun Obasanjo reached an agreement with the north for a single tenure in office. As a key member of the party, would you say Obasanjo actually signed such agreement?

...

http://allafrica.com/stories/200211260330.html

BTW, did you go to night school
#JustAsking.

Kairoseki77: Yes, we all remember.

Musa Ajebor is right, OBJ closing the Secretariat did nothing to stop Atiku's camp from WINNING. OBJ did not contest for a third term, Atiku and his boys were victorious. The best OBJ could do was prevent Atiku from replacing him.

Not so fast!
You cannot re-write our recent history for whatever your agenda is!!!
Atiku FAILED WOEFULLY then as he could not HIJACK the political machinery of PDP for his presidential ambition.
He ran to the JagaBANDIT who provided him a platform in the Action Congress (AC) to run for president, which he lost woefully to Yaradull.
Was he not even third behind Yaradull & Ayatolla Buhari
Yet you want to sell us the idea that he won. Na so dem dey win?

I guess the god of Men (goM) has been too busy identifying PROSPERITY passages in the Bible and forgot this very important passage:

Paying Taxes to Caesar

15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription
21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.


http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Matthew+22%3A+15-22&ver=kjv

The goM needs to raise money for his private jets' acquisition, fuelling and MAINTENANCE so how for do abi
Hope he read the news below sha about his VANITY upon VANITY pursuit!

Revealed: Plane On Lagos Road Owned By Omotola's Hubby [Pictures]

Yesterday, many Lagosians, especially those around Igando area of the state, woke up to see an 'American Wonder' in their neighbourhood. It was a plane that was parked at a filling station in the area called Dapsey.
Immediately, rumour filled social media platforms and some blogs that another plane crash had occurred, which caused scare until NEMA debunked the rumour and said the plane was an old jet being towed to a dump site.
But now, it has been revealed that the small plane is actually owned by the husband of Nollywood star, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Capt Mathew, who is a Nigerian pilot.
According to information gathered, the plane was released to Omotola's hubby for an educational use in Badagry. The jet was being towed at midnight from the Lagos airport to Badagry, when it developed a burst tyre.
When it was realised that it would be difficult to take the plane to Badagry with burst tyre, it was advised to be parked at the petrol station at about 2am.

[size=14pt]The plane was formally owned by late Pastor Gabriel Oduyemi of Bethel Ministry, Lagos, before Capt Mathew request to have it.[/size]

http://gossipreloaded..com/2013/06/revealed-plane-on-lagos-road-owned-by.html

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Also speaking on the PDP crisis yesterday, aviation minister in the Obasanjo government, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode said that "the only hope left for the PDP is if President Goodluck Jonathan listens to President Olusegun Obasanjo and those behind him and drops his 2015 ambition."

Fani-Kayode in a statement added: "The truth is that Obasanjo is one of the greatest political strategists that Nigeria has ever known and he is an extremely dangerous adversary. I know him well and his ways are deep.

" Go and find out what happened to all those that betrayed him or tried to kill him. Their end is never good. Those close to Jonathan would do well to advise him to get on his knees and beg his political mentor. Only Obasanjo, with the help and support of President Ibrahim Babangida and Vice President Abubakar Atiku, has the power, authority and moral gravitas[/b] within the PDP to call the dissidents to order and rally their support. Without that, President Goodluck Jonathan is finished and he should just wave goodbye to his 2015 re-election ambitions.

"The APC, with the support of the PDP dissidents, will form the next Federal Government of Nigeria. That is the way to go. PDP, as we once knew her, has gone forever. The ship has hit the rocks and she has sunk to the bottom of the sea. She is dead and buried and my prayer is that her soul rests in perfect peace''

For more:

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/pdp-crisis-protest-as-police-seal-off-barajes-faction-secretariat/

- Is he talking about the Baba Iyabo who could not win his ward for the daughter's re-election to the SINate?
- The same General Olusegun Obasanjo (rtd.) who could not win his south west yoruba folks in 1999 (after his recruitment from Abacha's gulag to contest and displace Dr. Alex Ekwueme) as he was perceived to be a stooge of our FELLOW compatriots from the north
- The Ebora(demon) Owu who could not "mobilise" (as in with GMG bags) then SINators and representaTHIEVES to impeach Atiku so he could be replaced with Muazu?
- The same Ota farmer who had to dobale (prostrate) for his Vice President so he can run for a second term instead of taking the Mandela option- serve one term as he REPORTEDLY agreed with his northern sponsors

Shey na so dem take dey get title of "GREATEST political strategists" with what was that big vocabulary he used again oh- "moral gravitas"
FFK must think today is World Clowns Day with this level of unseriousness he is displaying.

The year was 2006 i.e. seven years ago.
PDP was split into two factions and Atiku (yes he again) leading the New PDP with 17 governors and one of the founding fathers of PDP by his side.

Police seal off factional PDP secretariat
Monday, June 12, 2006

Security operatives yesterday in Abuja, swooped on the National Secretariat of a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), sealing it off.

The operation, which began at about 7 A.M, was carried out by a detachment of anti-riot policemen numbering 20 and led by the Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lawrence Alobi.

In a dramatic twist Friday, the PDP faction believed to be loyal to Vice President Atiku Abubakar, opened the secretariat and announced the dissolution of the National Working Committee (NWC) led by Dr. Amadu Ali.
Confirming the raid on the secretariat, Alobi told Sunday Sun that "the policemen will continue to be there until we are sure there will be no crisis."

On what prompted the action, the FCT Police Commissioner said the police acted to prevent a breakdown of law and order, adding, "when there is a crack, there is bound to be crisis. We anticipated crisis and it is better to prevent it than manage it."
The factional PDP, which identified itself as "leaders and co-founders of the PDP" has such members as Senator Ibrahim Safana, Alhaji Shuaibu Oyedokun and Ifeatu Obi-Okoye.
The group asked members of the NWC to vacate their offices immediately and hand over to the directors in their various departments.

It said it took the action in order to give a sense of direction to the party and ensure that it does not continue "to nose-dive into oblivion".
Led at the world press conference by Oyedokun, the group named the founding National Chairman of the PDP, Chief Solomon Lar, as the head of a 26-member Interim National Management Committee (IMC) to direct the affairs of the party pending the conduct of an elective national convention later in the year.

Others named in the committee are Safana (deputy national chairman, north); Oyedokun (deputy national chairman, south) and Chief Orji Nwafor-Orizu (national secretary), among others.
It purportedly nullified the expulsion of ex-Governor Chris Ngige and the indefinite suspension of Governor Joshua Dariye from the PDP, adding that all activities of the party carried out by the Ali executive, including the membership revalidation exercise and congresses at the ward, council, state and zonal levels stand voided.

No fewer than 17 serving governors of the PDP as well as Chief Solomon Lar, one of the founding fathers of the PDP attended the "emergency" meeting.
But in a swift reaction, the embattled PDP leadership has dismissed the development as illegal and that the party will go through a legal process to pursue the matter.

National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, John Odey told a news conference that there are no factions in the PDP.
"What is really happening at this stage is that an alliance of a few politicians who are stranded by virtue of a deserving loss of influence and reputation, together with politicians of some opposition parties rather than prepare for the forthcoming elections are indulging in a delusion that can scatter the ruling party," Odey said.
The National Secretary, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, in his comments said the party's resolve for reconciliation should not be viewed as a sign of weakness.
"Our olive branch should not be taken to be a white flag of surrender. No one should be under any illusion that we are scared," Maduekwe declared solemnly.
Meanwhile, the Osun State chapter of the party has reacted to the development by disowning Oyedokun.

The party, in a statement signed by its Secretary, Mr Yinka Adeojo, said Oyedokun's name is not in the party's register, having voluntarily withdrawn to join the Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD) with his co-travellers.
The party said it was laughable that Oyedokun who addressed a press conference a few days ago in Osogbo City Hall as the ACD leader in the state could suddenly emerge in Abuja to say he and his friends were taking over the PDP.

"As a Yoruba man, we expect Alhaji Oyedokun to know that the people have a name for anyone who attempts to sneak back into a house where he had earlier said goodnight. Nigerians should ignore this man and his friends," the statement said.
In Asaba, Delta State, a prominent politician and retired civil servant, Chief John Enemoh said the present fate of the party was long overdue, describing the PDP family as bereft of principles and ideology.

Enemoh said that the PDP, contrary to its earlier" manifesto had been emasculated and rendered impotent as well as turned into a military organisation where members were only to express or show loyalty.

Also, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in the state said it was not surprised at what is happening in the PDP, describing it as a good omen for other parties to strategise ahead of 2007 elections .

The Vice Chairman of AD in the state , Chief Tony Ezeagwu noted that the PDP has long been deceiving Nigerians that all was well when in actual fact, it was locked in deep crises of confidence and zero performance.

http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=7507&z=17

Same story!
Similar people!!
Different time period!!!

SUBMARINE: BAN BAN BAN Abeg Gov Fash no replace danfo for camel. No be today they start. Eko no fit be like london overnight.

And the main reason being that in London, education is free and COMPULSORY for all children who attend mostly (over 95%) government schools. Not much different from how it was under Awolowo's six years (1954-1960) as Premier of the Western region that included most of Lagos STATE and the four years of the five UPN governors who PROGRESSED to secondary school level Awo's free education that ended at the primary school.

Unlike Fashola's Lagos where many children have no such hope hence creating more area boys that may make Lagos and the whole south west soon compete with our FELLOW compatriots from the northern part for street urchins, known there as almajiris.
I won't be surprised if he and his supporters however disagree.
They believe simply building PHYSICAL infrastructures is the main ingredient. Without adequate focus on HUMAN CAPITAL development, all na wash!!!
Na so the mostly panda infrastructure go just wash/fade away due to lack of maintenance and renewal in the absence of home-based knowledge and TECHNICAL competence.

berem: With the kind of roads in Lagos, one needs to be high on coke and weed to drive in Lagos. So oga Fash don't be surprised.

And who is RESPONSIBLE for MOST of the roads in Lagos STATE- is it not the administration Fashola heads as well as those of the 57 LGAs and LCDAs controlled by his party
I think Fashola is gradually realising, as his second term draws to an end, that his legacy is dubious at best as he focused mostly on the wrong things all the six years he has been in power.
Meanwhile he has ammassed, along with his godfather who REIGNED for eight years before him, over N=600 billion in debts despite annually raising more than 60% as IGR from the pockets, bags, wallets and handbags of Lagosians in the form of taxes, TOLLS, levies, rates, fines etc.

So what to do
Start talking about emotional things to literally get the ELECTORATE on a real high so they can forget about your embarrassing ineptitude that is slowly becoming obvious to more people.
And it seems to be working going by the comments on this thread and other similar ones.
A few weeeks back it was to respond to a (also useless) former governor colleague of his- first by sealing (& then unsealing) his Ikoyi house for tax evasion. Then a few days later responding yet again to the same guy about Lagos not being a no-man's land and that in fact his (Fashola's) ANCESTORS are from Lagos STATE, effectively locating the garden of Eden somewhere on the 1,342 sq miles (3,475 km²) that is the total area of what he has been in charge of for over six years.
Could this be his attempt at boosting tourism in the state after the failed Sunborn floating hotel scandal

Mr. Fashola should get really serious and start focusing his attention on the BASIC services, for all residents of Lagos STATE, that he has largely neglected up till now.
He has less than two years before he vacates Alausa secretariat built by the REAL progressive ACTION governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande who had much lesser budget per capita but achieved much more for the people of the STATE in just four years (1979-1983).
#FriendlyAdvice

agbameta: Keep quiet please, you have zero credibility here. Nearly all your posts and threads on NL are anti Fashola/Tinubu/SW regardless the topic.
I know you are a troll and unlike a lot of folks on NL, I hardly pay your menstrual assss any attention.

Stop acting as if you are a sane and rational poster on NL. You are a troll and a loud mouth for incomoetent and corrupt elements on in Nigeria.

As usual I will ignore your insults and abuse, which are all vain attempts to e-timidate those of us who take the pains to analyse and highlight the shortcomings of the CURRENT lords & masters of yoruba politics. Pius Adesanmi already pointed out your scare tactics out:

https://www.nairaland.com/1350079/eebu-o-tinubu-buhari-supporters

That way we can focus on the real issues of policies that affect the lives of our people.

I see that at least you are partially honest with the highlighted part of your post- some of my posts and threads are pro Fashola etc. Obviously you do understand that you can only be praised if you have done something good, which for now are so few for you guys, PROPAGANDA apart!
Don't worry if you ACN guys stop your scamming and hoodwinking of the residents of the "State of Excellence" who bear the TAX BURDEN of your fancy schemes then I will also highlight MORE of your good works and make you sweat less in your job with Fashola.
Deal

BTW, how is your oga at the top's promise for total water in Lagos by 2020,

https://www.nairaland.com/1308999/lasg-plans-total-water-supply

i.e. 5 years after his lease on Alausa house must have expired, coming along?
How many of the 57 LGAs and LCDAs are now covered and will be covered in the less than two years before he leaves office

lertee: If poverty is eradicated or alleviated in nigeria,issues of giving out a child to an old man for marriaage would stop.
A man that has the ability to train his daughter through school and as well as provide her basic needs would not be intimidated by a rich man who wants his girl in exchange for money.
The origin of this problem is “poverty” people like yerima are just opportunists.

He is an opportunist of a poverty situation that he contributed to as two-term governor of Zamfara state.
He continues to contribute to its endurance on the poor people of Nigeria as a SINator who collects multi-millions every month for doing almost nothing while real workers in the same government are paid on the basis of 18k minimum wage.

Efiko: ...Cool write-up but how do you reward him big time? Just being curious.

Na wa for you oh.
Can't you use your imagination, efiko or not?
Abi you be under 18 ni


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orgasticdance: the men i see doing the things in your list are not men in the mold of murray bruce, donald trump, fola adeola, psquare, wizkid, late senator chuba okadigbo, govnor fashola, or even the most able mechanic in ketu. alpha males who for the most part drip with bloodthirsty ambition. no time. we'll send the cheques instead

Guess you know what the wifey does....

Chillisauce: Is this for a typical Nigerian .

Close from work by 6/7pm, traffic, gets home by 8,9,10pm.
Eat, sometimes take a shower and heads straight to bed to get up as early as 4,5 am for the next day work.

For self employed, that one is always on the road everyday.
Weekends, plenty wedding, child dedication etc. the free weekend they have is to sleep and get the stress reduced.

Even if you try walking down to the "park" Agberos everywhere
Small small boys go collect your small wrist watch sef .

The fun most ppl know is go drink pepper soup Tinz while shining their eyes for stray bullets and bottle breaking on ones head.

This is the average Nigerian.

You mean it is the average Nigerian you know.
Those who follow this pattern of your "average Nigerian" will end up being stressed unduly with costly health consequence, including death. Why spend your hard earned money on health issues from stress that you can avoid without too much cost
Did you read that the life span of Nigerians has dropped in the past years/decades?
Even if you live in rowdy areas of your town, you can take a bus/taxi ride away to somewhere more peaceful for your stroll or simply walk away from your house as a cost-less exercise.

I see that others have addressed the issue of weekend parties (and religious meetings- church, mosque & shrine) adequately.

PS: Most of these practices were done in Nigeria up to the mid-70s or so when we had a vibrant middle class that was not overly anxious about money.
That was before the negative socio-economic effects of decades of military rule started showing with the siphoning away of our commonwealth to foreign bank accounts by the khakhi boys.

texazzpete: Interesting.
From railing against hooligans in power to being an official mouthpiece of the presidency....

The power of brown envelopes!

I don't rail against no one.
I continue to highlight faults as I see them while pointing out worthwhile IMPROVEMENTS to encourage more of such to be done, irrespective of which party or personality is involved.
You can go through my posts- past & recent- again.
Do you find something wrong with that

[quote author=Misunderstood_G]1 million likes for Stella and that havard dude.. Yerima is a pedophile, and that Lagos prof. Is a disgrace to Yoruba's around the globe... He should be hanged[/quote]Can I propose that he be hanged from his phallus as opposed to the usual hanging by the neck

AS part of efforts aimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on health, which is largely dependent on a strengthened health system and ensure zero tolerance to the existence of substandard, fake or adulterated products in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Yaba, Lagos, inaugurated the first in-vitro diagnostics control laboratory in West Africa.

The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) via the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), established the Public Health In-Vitro Diagnostic Control Laboratory.

Jonathan who was represented by the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said the feat which marks the beginning of a new era in the production, importation, storage and sale of diagnostic laboratory reagents and chemicals in Nigeria was necessitated by the general principle underlying the transformation agenda of the Federal Government.

Also, determined to stem the enormous capital flight due to increased medical tourism and avoidable stress experienced by Nigerians in that respect, Chukwu yesterday commissioned the Medical Art Centre (MART) Medicare World Class Maternity Suites and Genetics Diagnostic Centre at Maryland, Lagos.

Jonathan said: “The health laboratories which play a pivotal role in diagnosis and monitoring of diseases rely on the availability of the highest possible quality of personnel, equipment, reagents and chemicals to produce consistently reliable results for the correct diagnosis and proper monitoring of many disease conditions.

“For this, there cannot be anything other than zero tolerance to substandard practices or equipment or diagnostic reagents and chemicals. Doing otherwise would have a hugely negative impact on the health of our citizens. “I am happy to note therefore, that in establishing this laboratory, the MLSCN has substantially carried out my directives to all our standards and regulatory agencies when they met with me early in the life of this administration to give full effect to our declared zero tolerance to the existence of substandard, fake or adulterated products in the country, be they food, drugs, laboratory reagents and chemicals or even household consumer items.”

Mr. President said the facility would strengthen the regulatory function of the MLSCN with respect to the verification, validation, listing and registration of in-vitro laboratory diagnostics and attainment of its key performance indicators, which must necessarily be similar to those of other regulatory agencies in the country.

Chukwu said the inauguration of the MART Medicare Maternity Suites and Genetics Diagnostic Centre set up by the Joint Pioneer of Test Tube Baby in Nigeria and Adjunct Professor from the University of Illinois Chicago, United States, Prof. Oladapo Ashiru, epitomises the height of response to government’s clarion call for enhanced private sector participation in health care delivery in Nigeria enshrined in the transformation agenda.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/national-news/132030-jonathan-inaugurates-first-in-vitro-diagnostic-laboratory-in-west-africa

The president continues to march on reviving our rotten infrastructures and making policies for improved living standards for Nigerians all over the country through gigantic, big & small measures everyday.
Meanwhile those who believe they are born-to-rule continue formenting trouble through terrorists and political traitors in-house, trying to distract the president from the needed transformation of the decay he inherited just three years ago.

What kind of prayer can one say for such people who want to drag us back and hold us down as they have done for the almost four decades that they effectively had power at the centre

DJDOLA: read d topic mr man....they said pastor or parent not jesus or parent...abi when did pastors turn 2 jesus

Abeg make you leave the acidic man o jare.
Make e dey wriggle and twist round the subject so tey the question go come deform finish beyond recognition.
Na so dem dey do and nor be today oh. Misleading the sheeple with twisted scripture.
Makes you wonder what will happen to these pastors misleading their congregation AWAY from the standard set by Christ

I believe it is useful to consider the words of Jesus Christ, whom we are trying to emulate as CHRISTians, in responding to this thread:

9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Mark+7%3A+9-13&ver=kjv

In short the pastors' equivalent (Pharisees & scribes) encouraged people to give them things that they could have given their parents. By so doing they were negating Moses' commandment.
They did other similar things.

leighcon: The NEMA case........ well dude is like 15 years older than me, so I treated it in the best way I could. Not to be discussed here.

The above got me laughing....trying to imagine how that went down.