Fantastic!

Obi is the role model Nigeria needs at the leadership level. His principles are consist with his examples. God bless you, dear Sir Peter Obi

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/ae-funai-debunks-news-publication/

The authority of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, (AE-FUNAI) Ebonyi State has debunked a news publication that appeared recently in some sections of the media with the effect that the Federal government has approved Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (FETHA) as AE-FUNAI Teaching Hospital.

A press release issued by the institution’s registrar, Mrs Odisa Okeke, stated that, “the attention of Management of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, (AE- FUNAI) Ebonyi State, has been drawn to a news item on page 39 of the Daily Sun newspaper of Friday, February 15, 2019, entitled “FG Approves Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA) as AE-FUNAI’s Teaching Hospital,” which contained serious misrepresentations of facts.

“The vice chancellor during the 53rd regular meeting of the University Senate held on Thursday, February 14, 2019, noted the approval of the Federal government, through the Federal Ministry of Health, for the use of Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA)) for MBBS programme of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State. The vice-chancellor never mentioned that the provost of the institution’s medical college would take over the leadership of the teaching hospital. The university and FETHA are two different Federal government institutions; of this, we are fully conscious.

“The vice-chancellor and the management of AE-FUNAl understand and are fully aware that the responsibility for the appointment of a CMD of a federal teaching hospital is not that of the vice-chancellor of an affiliated university, likewise the official public release of such information,” Mrs Okeke stated.

She further stated that the views espoused in the said publication did not represent the correct account of events, and did not represent the view of the management of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Udufu-Alike, Ebonyi State.
She, however, regretted any inconvenience the said publication would have caused the concerned stakeholders, especially the management of Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA).
https://www.sunnewsonline.com/ae-funai-debunks-news-publication/[b][/b]

PDP, APC, Etc POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS ARE REINFORCING NEOPATRIMONIALISMsee Wikipedia):

[b]Neopatrimonialism[/b] is a system of social hierarchy where patrons use state resources in order to secure the loyalty of clients in the general population. It is an informal patron–client relationship that can reach from very high up in state structures down to individuals in small villages.

Neopatrimonialism may underlie or supplant the bureaucratic structure of the state in that only those with connections have the real power, not those who hold higher positions. Further criticisms include that it undermines political institutions and the rule of law, and is a corrupt (but not always illegal) practice.

Neopatrimonialism also has its benefits, however. Neopatrimonialism can extend the reach of the state into the geographical and social peripheries of the country, provide short term stability, and facilitate communal integration.

Neo-patrimonialism, as defined by author Christopher Clapham of The Nature of the Third World State, is a "form of organisation in which relationships of a broadly patrimonial type pervade a political and administrative system which is formally constructed on rational-legal lines". It is a system in which an office of power is used for personal uses and gains, as opposed to a strict division of the private and public spheres.

Miffed by the incompetence that brought the commission to this unfortunate decision.

INEC had 4 years to plan. Money wasn't mentioned as a problem.

Will no head roll?

[1 question & half :
Who funded the documentary & why?

BREAKING: ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, NDUFU- ALIKE, EBONYI STATE EXTENDS 2018 POST- UTME REGISTRATION

For details visit www.funai.edu.ng

What one perceives from the very poorly crafted Communique in shameful grammar by the National Association of Nigeran Students (NANS) leadership of Ebonyi State is, first of all, that they are not fit to present themselves as students of a tertiary educational institution; secondly, there is a pitiable failure to define what they are trying to achieve. Thirdly, they don't have the interest of AE-FUNAI students at heart. Let's take it one after the other.

NOT FIT TO BE CALLED UNDERGRADUATES
The very first sentence contained a bomb that will make primary school pupils collapse with laughter: "... a revolutionary and freedom greetings from ...". There are many other unforgivable grammatical blowouts that cause headache. If this frightening assemblage of grammatical errors is available in a single public release, then God help the teachers that mark the scripts of these so-called NANS leaders. These are probably professional students who find activism more profitable than finishing school and moving on with their lives. Their grammar suggests that they probably don't attend classes. Their English language should cause them to hide their faces in shame. Every one of them whose signature is on that material has become an embarrassment to humanity on account of such poor use of language by a higher education student. This, once more, calls to question the leadership recruitment process in Nigeria. One feels certain that there are students that speak and write more decently than this garbage. So, how come these are the ones representing the better students? Could it be that the better students are put off by the political system or too busy studying to care? Even rough students speak and write better than these ones. So what is the matter and where is this leading to? Ebonyi as a State should begin to get worried about this. The Special Adviser to Governor Dave Umahi on Youth/Student Affairs should begin to tell His Excellency that the people that will be contesting for his office in 20 years time are lame in language and possibly in logic. The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Economic Development needs to red-flag this letter and use it to extrapolate the quality of governance and public discourse in 10 - 20 years time. Economic Development is, firat about people. There is danger. Unless the State deliberately raises another set of leaders in other spheres, there will be huge a problem from this generation of student leaders with a fractured power of expression and reasoning.

WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO ACHIEVE?
The document which has been circulating as Communique stated, inter alia, "We, having honoured our meeting at AE-FUNAI subsequent to our notification that the management of AE-FUNAI having endorsed the formation of a forum called Funai Parents Forum which they used to impose a security fee of #50,000.00 (fifty thousand naira) on level 100 students and #5,000.00 on level 200 students in the name of security fee ...." This suggests (1) that the NANS people 'honoured' their meeting at AE-FUNAI, whatever that means; and (2) FUNAI PARENTS FORUM was " ... used to impose a security fee ...". This is where the logic gets illogical. From what one knows, FUNAI PARENTS FORUM is an assemblage of parents and guardians of students of AE-FUNAI. In 2016 when it was formed, the parents observed that chairs in most classrooms and lecture theaters had been broken in the course of use (and misuse). Hence, students had to stand or carry blocks to sit for their lectures and exams. It was also observed that there was no perimeter fence around the school and coming on the heels of experiences in Lagos state where students were kidnapped from their hostels as well as the Chibok experience, parents felt a dire need to wall the campus. Parents also expressed discomfort at the fact that staff didn't live on campus. People came to work from Abakaliki which is 30 minutes away and retired there at the end of each day, leaving the rather young male and especially female students alone through the night and weekends. There was no allocation in the 2016 Federal Budget to meet these crying needs and the parents decided to courageously take steps towards providing some of these facilities while seeing how they could help to have the items appropriated for in the 2017 federal budget. Accordingly, the parents met, agreed amongst themselves and communicated their agreement to the university to the effect that they would pay SECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE levy for each of their students. They fixed the amount themselves and they resolved not to tolerate the free rider phenomenon whereby some people choose to benefit without paying. That is where enforcement came from. It is curious to note that the NANS representatives appear not to recognize the dynamics at play here. It is not about the University raising money, it is about Parents wanting their children safe and provided for. FUNAI Parents manage the fund themselves. They construct what needs to be constructed and buy what needs to be bought. It is gladdening to note that so far, FUNAI PARENTS FORUM has contributed chairs in classrooms and lecture halls. Standing to take lectures or carrying blocks to sit on for exams has become a thing of the past. Many students do not even remember such an experience. Also, the perimeter fencing of the Ikwo campus is proceeding. The infamous herdsmen have been seen grazing cattle in the campus because of the porous nature of the borders. While we pray for no mishap, it is clear that the best remedy is to fence the premises and thus deny them access intoto. Trust God, but lock your doors. NANS, Ebonyi Zone should rather praise the AE-FUNAI Parents Forum, rather than vilify the University. This is a business of the parents, not that of University Management. If there are students or parents that are worried about the ability to pay, they should use the platform of the Parents Forum to ventillate their opinions. Just as NANS's Communique stated "We, having honoured our meeting at AE-FUNAI ..." all parents should equally "honour" their own meeting. If any NANS leader failed to "honour" their meeting, would it exculpate such a leader from ownership of the decision taken at the meeting?". NANS is a civilized assembly. It's leaders should demonstrate the requisite level of civilization on this matter. The answers you get depend on the questions you ask. You know an intelligent man by the answers he gives, but you know a wise man by the questions he asks. It's time for NANS Ebonyi to ask the right questions - in wisdom.

HIDDEN COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION
The Parents Forum Security and Infrastructure levy is a straightforward levy imposed by parents on themselves for the provision of infrastructure and the enhancement of security on campus. One's experience is that the AE-FUNAI Management remains largely transparent about key decisions on funds, funding and the like. Parents have also not been opaque. There is no staff or student, if such a person cares to listen, who doesn't know what the Levy is about, how it came about, what it is achieving and how it is managed. There is no hidden cost in AE-FUNAI, to the best of this writer's knowledge. Hidden costs in higher education include the fact that in many schools, after students complete their final exams, they often spend a year (or more) at home before being called up for National Youth Service. The amount they spend at home is more than the SECURITY & INFRASTRUCTURE Levy they appear to be talking about at AE-FUNAI. In many schools, you go doing what they call RECONCILLIATION after your final year exams, and it involves looking for your results from various departments and paying somebody or some persons to help you trace some of them in order to have Exams and Records build a composite result for you. It costs money in tips, transportation, feeding, etc which is far beyond what AE-FUNAI parents committed by themselves, for themselves to pay on behalf of their children and wards for Security & Infrastructure Levy. Parents are comfortable paying their own levy because they are certain that the rest of the process runs well. Handouts are not forced on their children, there is no record of 'sorting', sexual exploitation is a rarity. What you see is what you get.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE INTEREST OF AE-FUNAI STUDENTS AT HEART
Whatever the meaning of the NANS "ultimatum", it will be a great disservice to final year students of AE-FUNAI (who can speak far better English and script far more coherent communiques) if they are harassed and prevented from their external examinations. The corollary is that for the first time in history, AE-FUNAI graduates will not be called-up for National Youth Service in the year of their graduation. Another possibility is that the NANS Ebonyi Chapter executive which is peopled by persons outside AE-FUNAI will disrupt the on-going second semester examinations and students may have their 2017/18 second semester possibly finishing later in 2018 and they would thus be on their ways to spending 5 years for 4-year courses. None of these options is funny. One trusts that AE-FUNAI students will not allow themselves to fall into the trap of students of institutions that have a lax academic calendar.

Meanwhile, it is interesting to note the schools from which the Ebonyi NANS leaders signed their Release: Ebonyi State University (SUG President, Comrade Anyigor Julius), Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo (EBSCOEI SUG President, Comrade Nwankwo Anayor), Federal College of Agriculture, Isiagu (FCA IShiagu SUG President, Comrade Oshim Lawrence), and Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana (AIFP Unwana SUG President). I daresay that the quality of that Communique is an embarrassment to those three institutions. Their VC, Rector, and Provost need to do something about the quality of their students.

[8/29, 10:59] ‪+234 802 901 5922‬: Pls the 2017/2018 POST UTME Screening is not on the news on the FUNAI site except that of the foundation program. I just received some complaint and I tried locating it but couldn't as well. Can anyone help out pls?
[8/29, 12:16] David ICT Cyborg ICT FUNAI: 2017/2018 Admission Screening

This is to inform the general public that registration for the Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of the Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State, shall commence on Monday, 28th August and end on Monday, September 11th, 2017.

Interested candidates who made FUNAI their first choice institution in their application for admission in the 2017/2018 UTME, who scored180 and above are hereby informed that the University’s Post-UTME Screening exercise for the under-listed programmes is scheduled to hold as follows:

DAY ONE: Monday, 18thSeptember, 2017

Time: 8.00 am

1. Faculty of Management and Social Sciences (1)

Business AdministrationMass CommunicationBanking and FinanceSociologyPsychology

Venue: University Auditorium

2. Faculty of Science (1)

BiotechnologyMolecular BiologyMicrobiologyBiologyBiochemistry

Venue: Faculty of Science Auditorium

3. Faculty of Humanities

History and Strategic StudiesLanguagesLinguisticsLiterary StudiesFine and Applied ArtsTheatre ArtsPhilosophyMusicReligion

Venue: School of Foundation Studies, Aguogboriga Estate, Abakaliki

DAY TWO: Tuesday, 19thSeptember, 2017

Time: 8.00 am

1. Faculty of Management and Social Sciences (2)

Political ScienceCriminology and Security StudiesEconomics and Development StudiesAccountancy

Venue: University Auditorium

2. Faculty of Science (2)

StatisticsPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceChemistryGeologyGeophysics

Venue:  Faculty of Science Auditorium

3. Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences

AnatomyPhysiology

Venue: School of Foundation Studies, Aguogboriga Estate, Abakaliki

DAY THREE: Wednesday, 20thSeptember, 2017

Time: 8.00 am

1.  Faculty of Agriculture

Agriculture (Animal Science, Agribusiness, Crop Science, Soil Science, Agricultural Economics & Extension Economics)2. Fisheries and Aquaculture

Venue:  School of Foundation Studies, Aguogboriga Estate, Abakaliki

2. Faculty of Education

Science EducationArts and HumanitiesVocational and Technical EducationEducational Foundations

Venue: School of Foundation Studies, Aguogboriga Estate, Abakaliki

3. Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Chemical EngineeringPetroleum EngineeringElectrical EngineeringElectronic EngineeringCivil EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMechatronics Engineering

Venue:  Faculty of Science Auditorium

MODE OF PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

Eligible candidates are required to pay a fee of N2, 000 only. To register, follow the steps outlined below:

Visit the University website:www.funai.edu.ng,Click on the QUICK LINKS or ADMISSION Menu items.Click on 2017/2018 Admission Screening Application sub-menu itemEnter your “JAMB Registration Number”Select your payment mode (Generate Remita Retrieval Reference Number).Proceed to any bank for your payment with your Remita number.Return to the Application page and enter your “JAMB Registration Number” again.Proceed with the completion of the form.Upload CLEAR COPIES of 2017 UTME Result, O’ Level results, Birth Certificate, and Local Government Identification.Confirm your entries.Submit your application.Print out your acknowledgement slip,And come with it for the Post-UTME Test.

 

TEST REQUIREMENTS

Candidates are required to come with the following items:

Registration print-out acknowledgement slip from the University website2017/2018 Original UTME Result slip (not photocopy) showing

candidate’s picture and score

For support:
E-mail: info@funai.edu.ng
Hotlines: 08173383032, 0905686810, 08061211296, 08033161039, 08067558863

Signed
Odisa C. Okeke (Mrs.)
Registrar[b][/b

Does anyone have an idea of a Knowledge-based firm, say a management Consultancy with strong coverage of Ebonyi State? If one needs sound market research, high quality training facilitation, non-entertainment events management, businesses event MC and similar specialized contributions, who has an idea of a firm that can deploy within 24 hours? - I know Answerbank Consulting is on ground & is handling a number of such assignments, but I need 2 more firms. Anybody?

lilzcee:
Please whats the latest about absu and funai screening excerise? I heard absu own is on, is it true?

FUNAI online post -UTME application and screening are going on right now. application closes on Monday October 10, 2016. Go to www.funai.edu.ng

FUNAI (Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo in Ebonyi state has 2 new faculties and some other departments to which persons that didn't initially choose FUNAI in the 2016 UTME may apply to.

Info and online application procedure are available on www.funai.edu.ng. Closing date for online applications is on October 10, 2016

As you may already be aware, the new CBN FX guidelines yesterday floated the FX rate. The Naira is now left to fight for its own life and dignity in the community of those colorful papers that are used for trade, account-keeping and store-of-value. Like tubers of yam taken to Ekeja market by a hard-working Ehume Obowo farmer, every Naira taken to the forex market will fetch what the market confers on it, and not necessarily what it's owner thinks of it. Welcome to right-hand economics which is not new, by the way.

The implication of this policy for the sensible execution of 2016 Federal budget is huge. First, it has reset the exchange rate base of the budget in such a way that expected revenue will shoot up even if production quantity of our crude oil remains as projected.

My expectation is that Government fiduciary revenue will so increase that Fed Govt will probably afford an attempt at a wage review for its workers, it may also more assuredly afford other social safety net programs such as the N5k conditional transfer. But because of something economists call MONEY ILLUSION, it's doubtful if Govt can eventually afford the school feeding program as well. Inflation will see to that.

Money illusion, by the way, means having additional money without truly having additional value which the additional money was meant to confer. At 15% inflation rate released by nbs recently, a 14% increase in wages, for instance, leaves the wage earner 1% worse-off. But you rather see him celebrate the 15% absolute increase, instead of mourning the 1% relative loss. It's an illusion of having money and we are all guilty of. Well, at least, I am.

Now back to the fx policy. I know that people like Rewane and Pat Utomi have openly canvassed for this since March 2016 and they were called uncomplimentary names in certain quarters. Hey, those 2 are not necessarily our best economists - Pat is not even an economist - but they are some of our most vocal economic thinkers. Inflation was still single digit at the time they were asking for market-driven FX rates. With our eyes open, we have paid the price of market-detrrmination of FX without enjoying, at the very least, the intellectual respect of employing it as a solution earlier in the day. In holding onto the erstwhile 2-part FX policy in the manner it was structured and operated, we got the whole world of economic thinkers wondering if Maduro of Venezuela wrote us the script.

If you ask if this floating one is the best FX policy under the circumstance, my answer will be, "what circumstance?". If your 2016 budget is highly pressured from the revenue side & you can literally double your revenue by simply heeding advice by multilateral friends and domestic businessmen to surrender more control of a key variable (FX rate) to market forces, will you be smart or not to kill the 2 birds with one stone? If your problem is money to fund your budget, this is the magic Psalm. I don't know a politician Head of State that won't hug and kiss this policy, other things being equal.

Incidentally, there is no one-handed economist " on one hand ...., and on the other hand ...". The two hands will surely come to play in the case of this new CBN FX guidelines. We say in my village that he that eats the genitals of a ram is indebted to the elephantiasis of the scrotum. Meaning: Inflation rate will surely spike consequent upon this policy. Considering that this is the famine season when plants have gone into the ground and harvests are still some distance away, rural suffering and urban lamentations will rise. The roundabout effect of FX price on pump price of fuel may be further unsavory because the market-determination rate may be higher than the rate used in PPPRC's template for petroleum products pricing.

Implication? Fuel importers may halt imports while they pressure govt for review of the template. Another round of fuel scarcity and, perhaps, fuel price increase.

But it shall come to pass as it always comes to pass that stability may return to the forex market after about 6 weeks, farm harvests will begin to stroll to market, supply rigidities in the Niger Delta will ease-off and a new dawn will break. Then there shall still be a heaven and a new earth (new Nigeria?).

After all the grammar, the LCM is: Those that call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

As you may already be aware, CBN released new FX guidelines yesterday that floated the FX rate. The Naira is now left to fight for its own life and dignity in the community of those colorful papers that are used for trade, account-keeping and store-of-value. Like tubers of yam taken to Nkwagu market by a hard-working Ikwo farmer, every Naira taken to the forex market will fetch what the market confers on it, and not necessarily what it's owner thinks of it. Welcome to right-hand economics which is not new, by the way. I have some rambles and thought on this otherwise ordinary policy:

The implication of this policy for the sensible execution of 2016 Federal budget is huge. First, it has reset the exchange rate base of the budget in such a way that expected revenue will shoot up even if production quantity of our crude oil remains as projected.

My expectation is that Government fiduciary revenue will so increase that Fed Govt will probably afford an attempt at a wage review for its workers, it may also more assuredly afford other social safety net programs such as the N5k conditional transfer. But because of something economists call MONEY ILLUSION, it's doubtful if Govt can eventually afford the school feeding program as well. Inflation will see to that.

Money illusion, by the way, means having additional money without truly having additional value which the additional money was meant to confer. At 15% inflation rate released by nbs recently, a 14% increase in wages, for instance, leaves the wage earner 1% worse-off. But you rather see him celebrate the 15% absolute increase, instead of mourning the 1% relative loss. It's an illusion of having money and we are all guilty of. Well, at least, I am.

Now back to the fx policy. I know that people like Rewane and Pat Utomi have openly canvassed for this since March 2016 and they were called uncomplimentary names in certain quarters. Hey, those 2 are not necessarily our best economists - Pat is not even an economist - but they are some of our most vocal economic thinkers. Inflation was still single digit at the time they were asking for market-driven FX rates. With our eyes open, we have paid the price of market-detrrmination of FX without enjoying, at the very least, the intellectual respect of employing it as a solution earlier in the day. In holding onto the erstwhile 2-part FX policy in the manner it was structured and operated, we got the whole world of economic thinkers wondering if Maduro of Venezuela wrote us the script.

If you ask if this floating one is the best FX policy under the circumstance, my answer will be, "what circumstance?". If your 2016 budget is highly pressured from the revenue side & you can literally double your revenue by simply heeding advice by multilateral friends and domestic businessmen to surrender more control of a key variable (FX rate) to market forces, will you be smart or not to kill the 2 birds with one stone? If your problem is money to fund your budget, this is the magic Psalm. I don't know a politician Head of State that won't hug and kiss this policy, other things being equal.

Incidentally, there is no one-handed economist " on one hand ...., and on the other hand ...". The two hands will surely come to play in the case of this new CBN FX guidelines. We say in my village that he that eats the genitals of a ram is indebted to the elephantiasis of the scrotum. Meaning: Inflation rate will surely spike consequent upon this policy. Considering that this is the famine season when plants have gone into the ground and harvests are still some distance away, rural suffering and urban lamentations will rise. The roundabout effect of FX price on pump price of fuel may be further unsavory because the market-determination rate may be higher than the rate used in PPPRC's template for petroleum products pricing.

Implication? Fuel importers may halt imports while they pressure govt for review of the template. Another round of fuel scarcity and, perhaps, fuel price increase.

But it shall come to pass as it always comes to pass that stability may return to the forex market after about 6 weeks, farm harvests will begin to stroll to market, supply rigidities in the Niger Delta will ease-off and a new dawn will break. Then there shall still be a heaven and a new earth (new Nigeria?).

After all the grammar, the LCM is: Those that call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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kennyblaze007:
I am serving at a very remote area of Enugu State and sch buildings are so dilapidated.. I have decided to take it upon myself to renovate a block of 3classrooms as my personal CDS.I have asked for funds frm d villagers but they have constantly remindered me that they are poor

I just want to ask if its possible for me to write MTN,GLO or AIRTEL for assistance... If yes,how do I go about it?

Great idea. First write to your state director (?) of NYSC outlining the dire need for the project you want to undertake. State that it is in order to help the community & to highlight the relevance of the nysc program. Include an estimate and, if possible, a before & after design. Also include a cost estimate.

Then, in the same letter, request nysc approval & request that they write a to-whom-it-may-concern letter which you can photocopy & attach to your fundraising letters to the organisations & govt departments that you may target for support.

Best of luck. P.s. old ensure your English is good.

FUNAI undoubtedly has a marvelous female hostel.
- Spacious rooms;
- Ultramodern common rooms on all floors;
- Kitchenette for indomie things;
- Etcetera

Nairalanders, please generously donate pity for @Opioko who is seeking to be noticed by demarketing the institution whose certificate he is being prepared to carry into the labor market.

Reminds one of the sheep that decided to deal with its owner by defecating all over the compound. The story goes that it took purgatives and tried to mess up the compound but the compound was too large for it it to make an impact. Now, here's the interesting part: Later that evening, the house owner brought in a ram. The randy ram occupied itself with the other sheep, totally ignoring 'Opioko' because its vital area was messed up with pooh-pooh. Its very own pooh-pooh had messed up its 'London' and it was too late to clean up.

I understand that an anti-cultism billboard close to one of the gates of FUNAI reads, "As you make your bed, so you shall lie on it". OP, you Don hear? You never begin lie on hard wood o. Na bed of thorns level you dey pursue so. Better go confess for reverend father that you have been undoing yourself. Abi na your stepmother dey manipulate you into did kain error?

By the way, what are those dirty cooking pots doing atop the wardrobe? Are you practicing to be a pig? Don't worry the way I'm seeing your ingratitude, the government will arrange accommodation for you in a piggery wella.

In the interim, Nairalanders, please donate powerful 'eeeyaaa' for @Opioko. God loves a cheerful giver.

Answerbank:
Ah ah, see modern chairs, modern wardrobe. Ceiling fan, modern ceiling, tiled floor & even bed. It's obvious there must have been mattress as well.
Let OP please explain what became of the mattress.
And look at how he littered the bedside. Is that also the fault of government?
Do your own bit before you blame others. As the Lord Jesus said, remove the electric pole jutting out of your eyes before you point out the speck in your neighbour's eye.
OP, wake up & stop deshining your school. Your prospective employers are on Nairaland o!

Ah ah, see modern chairs, modern wardrobe. Ceiling fan, modern ceiling, tiled floor & even bed. It's obvious there must have been mattress as well.

Let OP please explain what became of the mattress.
And look at how he littered the bedside. Is that also the fault of government?

Do your own bit before you blame others. As the Lord Jesus said, remove the electric pole jutting out of your eyes before you point out the speck in your neighbour's eye.

OP, wake up & stop deshining your school. Your prospective employers are on Nairaland o!

The Industrial Training Fund, a parastatal under the Ministry of Trade & Investment, is vested with the responsibility of enhancing Industrial Work Experience and vocational training. To fund it's activities, it's enabling law empowers it to receive 1% of the worth of total payroll of all companies that have up to 5 staff or annual revenue of up to N50m.

For some reason, many MDAs have made the presentation of ITF compliance certificate a prerequisite for bidding for government contracts. Hence, any SME that wants to do the right has no choice but apply to an ITF Zonal office for the certificate. And you will pity yourself if you apply at the Abuja Zonal Office of ITF.

At the office located behind Transcorp Hiltonthe officials on the second floor accounts office will request for your audited annual report and, where available, your Tax Clearance Certificate. If you avail them of these and the officials note that your total payroll is small, you will be forced to pay N50,000. The officials of Abuja Zonal Office of ITF have abandoned their Act and now go outside of it to fix a minimum ITF payment of N50,000!!!!!

This wickedness is killing SMEs that seek to do the right thing. If you point out that it's outside their powers to arbitrarily fix such an amount, they ask you to go and come back when you are ready. If you beg that your small company will find the payment burdensome, they tell you how you will enjoy wealth when you win government contracts for which the compliance certificate prequalifies you. It appears to be a no-win for DMEs and many are fleeced daily.


Considering that the ITF Act requires only 1% of total payroll, the N50k/annum which they are slamming shows that they assume every company must have payed out a total emolument of N5,000,000 to its staff in the year under review! Considering what many Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises are going through, this is position of Abuja ITF not realistic. In fact, it is wicked. Zones outside Abuja appear more responsive to their Act than the Abuja Zone.


It's time for right-thinking people to mount further investigations and bring ITF to book. They have no power to abandon statements of affairs as reflected in TCC and/or audited reports that are duly sealed by an accounting firm only to slam their own N50,000 charge.

Woooow!! Prof Chinedum Nwajiuba is a wonderful choice. The no-nonsense Prof that turned IMSU PG school right-side-up. Well done, PMB.

Falana should eat humble pie and admit his failure to appreciate/accommodate the modus operandi of the ICC. The route he is taking will, at best, earn him the tag of a busybody & mediocre meddlesome idle brain.

He should focus his energy on Nigerian criminal law & jurisprudence which is where he earned his reputation. He is risking that reputation by showing oyibos a poor grasp of elementary aspects of International Criminal Jurisprudence.

Are the gods about to destroy Falana?

Sincerely, Falana seems to have become an embarrassment in recent years. What those who know him closely speak about his integrity is benumbing. Wish he could just relax and focus on probono cases for the underprivileged. It is a pitiable error to hunt for legacy by targeting NOI. I bet it's more about an international audience than about any love for Nigeria.

Come to think of it, why hasn't he added his voice to the argument concerning human rights of detained persons? Whether for or against? I suspect the reason is that Human Rights crusades served to earn him prominence & Supreme Court appearances necessary for SAN applications over the years. Now, be appears to be looking for another frontier. Younger people have cornered oyibo money in the NGO-support business.

It'll be interesting to see his next attempt at the global stage

This is a great contribution. Your personal experience validates the principle. I've learned. Thanks a million

PMB stated unequivocally in his inaugural speech that the wsr against BB will not be considered won until the Chibok Girls are rescued & reunited with their families. Who changed the goal post, when & under what condition?

Please let it not be that N78m Fashola website O. Abeg.

What a pity that the new Minister of Defense is beginning by attempting to move forward by fixing his eyes at the back of his head.

First, he chides his predecessor & then he uses a podium presentation to address what belongs to policy engagement (regarding length of service posting). It amounts to a public criticism of his service chiefs.

Everything good student of leadership can tell that this man will fail because he'll have lots of friction with his service chiefs. He'll also be unable to flow with civil servants.

I hope for the sake of motherland that I'm not proved righy

Sahara Reporters, rather than red-flag this Barrister for clients he represents in Court, we should praise PMB for picking a heavily competent Barrister.

It takes courage and conescimento to accept such briefs. I'll be glad to see such a highly courageous person as AG & I'll praise PMB for it

This story is 1-sided. The hunter continues to tell the story of the struggle in the jungle. The judiciary will surely give the lion its own voice in court.

FBN & UBA, what are you waiting for? Head to court today today!

klem93:
It was typed MINISTERAIL instead of MINISTERIAL. Some said typographical error but for level of where it was sent from and where it was sent to is this mistake suppose to occur?

http://www.maxgist.com/2015/10/photo-did-you-see-mistake-on.html

Not good for the Office of The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The misplacement of a comma can sometimes make a hell of a difference.

With Microsoft Word spellcheck being standard these days, that MINISTERAIL LIST is inexcusable from the office my President.

Moreover, Mr President should have an attitude of crosschecking every document before signing lest he signs away the nation because of a typist's sloppiness

As we can see, building a plane isn't same as building a flyable plane