Arsenate:
Sevilla are giants when compared to EPL teams that's why they got hammered home and away by man city. And that's why Villarreal the 4th best team in Spain got destroyed 3-nil by EPL 8th placed team.
Dude you are not talking to an ignorant here.

using some few matches to support your ground makes me laugh. The same 8th placed team in the EPL was battered by Sevilla (when a Cup is at stake). Athletico Madrid dumped PSV, the 2 FCBs ( all 3 won back to back league). This same ATM destroyed Chelsea ( UEFA Super Cup) few years ago.

my questions, How many European Competitions had All the 20 TOP EPL teams won since last decade?
How many World Class players left SPL for EPL and vice versa?
How many trophies won by each National teams?.....

the questions are many

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Iamsynord:
Considering Fans ,what they want and the current trend in the music industry are key factors in determing the kind of songs artistes will release and the genre those songs will fall .

This list takes a look at Artistes who started off a rap career as rappers but have since transitioned into singing,most of them combining rapping and singing together in their career.



1) Reminisce- Reminisce started his career by recording an hardcore rap album at id cabasa coded tunes studio,which was never released.
Later he showed his lyrical prowess as an English rapper on 9ice's bachelor and ever since featuring 9ice.

" Oh yee rappers " have moved on to greater things " signalled the rappers cross over to singing in the hit kako be chicken track.Tesojue,Sunkere,olomoge,i need a girl.agidigbo all goes to prove this new found love of alaga ibile. Like he said in one of his tracks " punchlines o jawo mo".


2) Olamide - Olamide hardly took any singing role in his first album ,rhapsodi as he employed the services of the singers and fierced heavily on each track as a full fledged indigenous rapper.
However,going by his next three albums ( YBNL,BGEL and street OT),the rapper has since showcased his versatility by joining the singer/rapper camp in the music industry.

With Tracks like Eleda mi,badoo love,bobo ,melo melo as well as even taking the hooks of songs for other artist,one may be forced to question the genre of music Olamide belongs to, rap or pop??

3) Skales - Call it Frustration,indecision or whatever you call it ,Skales decision to switch genres surely paid off. Starting off at the EME crew as a rapper with singles like heading for the Grammy, ori mi ,monster,could not get skales the desired recognition compared to label mate ,WizKid.

Following his exit from EME,it enabled his full transition to singing as he released The massive hit shake body followed by je kan mo,lole,ijo ayo and countless collabos seeing a turn for good in Skales music career.

4) Eldee - Eldee the don was one of the members of the defunct trybesmen with fellow rappers.kaboom and freestyle.Soon he went ahead to form trybez records and dropped rap joints like am leaving, we made it,i go yarn and many more

The rapper however gained further prominence with the release of Songs like Bosi Gbangba, Ota mi”,One day”, Category “Wash-wash”, among others and a highly succesaful last album "Undeniable" which were all commercial and mostly pop singles.


5) Ice prince - Iceprince proved himself as a rapper on tracks like Nobody test me,oleku,Efimile remix, and other rap joints. This did not deter iceprince from showcasing his ability to sing in tracks like More,juju,Superstar,boss ft tekno as well as providing hooks for other artist like mode9 ( I see) and many more establishing him as a rapper and singer in the Nigerian music industry.



Notables

Dr Sid
Dprince
Most commercial rappers

Written and Compiled by Iamsynord

Get your FACTS right. Olamide & Ice prince shouldn't be on this list. Olamide took the chorus/hook of the Rhapsodi hit tracks I.e Omo to shan. eni duro + APA ti jabo.
also Zamami took some chorus in Everybody loves Ice prince. I.e Juju superstar etc

bobbiekrantz:




pretty much!!

sarcasm?

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has
condemned the recent attacks by Boko Haram on
Monguno, Kukawa and Maiduguri in Borno State,
which left many people dead.
A statement on Sunday in Kaduna by Muhammad
Ibrahim, the National Publicity Secretary of the
group, described the attacks and killings by the
insurgent group as worrisome.
According to ACF, it was deeply worried same way
Nigerians were worried and disturbed with the recent
and frequent attacks on villages and even states
capital of Borno and Yobe by the Boko Haram
insurgents.
“The renewed direct attack on the people in the
Monguno, Kukawa, Maiduguri and many villages in
Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states is cruel, barbaric
and condemnable especially in the holy month of
Ramadan,” ACF noted.
“This clearly shows that the Boko Haram insurgents
are cults in form, character and operation as their
claim to be Muslims is untenable.
“Islam enjoined Muslims not to fight during the
month of Ramadan no matter the provocation, let
alone, attacking and killing innocent people for no
just cause,’’ it said
The ACF said that the activities of the insurgents
posed a serious challenge to the military and other
security agencies.
It commended the decision of the Federal
Government to move the military operational
command from Abuja to Maiduguri and the
establishment of the Multinational Military Joint
Task-force.
The group also lauded President Muhammadu
Buhari’s visits to Niger and Chad and for soliciting
the support of other foreign leaders at the G7 and
African Union summits in the fight against Boko
Haram.
ACF further urged the security agencies to employ
new strategy and intelligence gathering to smoke
out the terrorists from their enclaves and hideouts.
“With the adequate supply of equipment and other
logistic support to the military, Nigerians expect to
see offensive attack on the terrorists,’’ it said.
ACF also urged communities in the affected areas to
cooperate with the security agencies in the area of
intelligence gathering.

Lagos—The Lagos state chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, has advocated the use of Smart
Card Readers for the state’s local council elections just
as it decried the delay in the conduct of the polls.

In a statement by its State Publicity Secretary, Mr Taofik Gani, the PDP also lampooned the state government for failing to conduct the council polls long after the expiration of the tenure of the last elected council officials.
According to the PDP, the composition and existence of
the councils as they presently stand is illegal,
unconstitutional and democracy.
The party argued that “the administrators appointed by
the state government for the council’s are not recognised
nor accommodated in any of our governing laws. Section
7 of the 1999 Constitution as amended states that only
democratically elected local government council is
guaranteed.”
“It is thus unexpected that a state like Lagos that says it
progressive and democratic can continually disregard this
constitutional provision and allow illegal, unconstitutional
councils since October 2014 when the tenure of the last
councils terminated”, the party stated.
The PDP however called on the Lagos House of Assembly
to make necessary amendments enable to the Lagos
State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC,
accommodate the use of PVC and Card Reader to
conduct the council polls.
“We shall mobilise our votes and stand to protect it. We
have no doubt that our soaring influence in lagos state
will cut across at least 35 LCDAs and 250 Wards during
the polls”, the party stated.Lagos—The Lagos state chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, has advocated the use of Smart
Card Readers for the state’s local council elections just
as it decried the delay in the conduct of the polls.

In a statement by its State Publicity Secretary, Mr Taofik Gani, the PDP also lampooned the state government for failing to conduct the council polls long after the expiration of the tenure of the last elected council officials.
According to the PDP, the composition and existence of
the councils as they presently stand is illegal,
unconstitutional and democracy.
The party argued that “the administrators appointed by
the state government for the council’s are not recognised nor accommodated in any of our governing laws. Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution as amended states that only democratically elected local government council is guaranteed.”
“It is thus unexpected that a state like Lagos that says it
progressive and democratic can continually disregard this constitutional provision and allow illegal, unconstitutional councils since October 2014 when the tenure of the last councils terminated”, the party stated.
The PDP however called on the Lagos House of Assembly to make necessary amendments enable to the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC,
accommodate the use of PVC and Card Reader to
conduct the council polls.
“We shall mobilise our votes and stand to protect it. We
have no doubt that our soaring influence in lagos state
will cut across at least 35 LCDAs and 250 Wards during
the polls”, the party stated.

The All Progressive Congress is still complaining about
the political climate in Rivers state.
On Sunday, the party accused security operatives and
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
of plotting to rig Saturday’s governorship and state
assembly elections in favour of the candidate of Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Nyesom Wike.
According to the APC’s National Publicity Secretary of
the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who called a news
conference in Abuja, his party had enough evidence to
implicate INEC and security operatives in Rivers in a ring
aimed at rigging the elections in favour of the PDP.
Here are our top takes from Mr Mohammed’s
comments.
The APC lacks ‘capacity’ to rig elections
“We have lost 55 persons so far in the run-off to this
election. The APC does not have the capacity nor the
will to frustrate election. You all saw what happened in
Rivers State during the last election.”
The INEC in Rivers has a reading problem
“If you did not see anything, at least you saw when the
Returning Officer was asked to read the results, he could
not, because it was not written by him.”
Term of the day – the rule of law
“Our party is a party that believes in the Rule of Law.
They have the police, the Department of State Security
(DSS) and INEC. They have these three groups which
they are using to subvert democracy in Rivers State.
Everyday, they are killing our people and nobody is being
held responsible.
The state is drenched in blood…
“Last week, nine members of our party were killed in
cold blood, while many others were injured, when armed
thugs invaded Obrikom and Obor communities in Ogba/
Egbema/Ndoni local government of Rivers State.
“These same thugs set ablaze the residence of Vincent
Ogbagu, our candidate for the House of Assembly
elections.”
…and police action
“Dozens of our members have been arrested on frivolous
charges, just to put them away. At least, four persons
were arrested just because they defected to our party.
“APC members have been subjected to persistent
harassment and intimidation across the state, using the
Police in Rivers and the Zone Six in Calabar. Over 150
prominent members have been victims of this
unprovoked persecution.”
And, INEC was both culprit and witness
“Unfortunately, the violence targeted at APC members in
Rivers, especially during the last elections, was carried
out in the full glare, and in most cases, with the
connivance of INEC officials in the state.
“Of course, it is needless to say that the collusion of
INEC with the PDP and the police to pave the way for
unbridled violence against APC members and
supporters, and the subsequent rigging of the elections,
was spearheaded by the Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC), Ms. Gesilia Khan.”

As the global population rises over seven billion, a new
report has shown that the number of deaths from
hypertension, stroke, heart attacks and other circulatory
diseases is on the rise, climbing from 12.3 million deaths
to 17.3 million.
The report also showed that efforts to prevent and treat
cardiovascular diseases appear to be working as the rise
in deaths is slower than the overall growth of the
population.
This is coming on the heels of a recent survey that shows
that hypertension rates in Nigeria jumped from 11 per
cent in 1997 to 40 per cent in 2013.
5 millon deaths in 13 years
Globally, the number of deaths due to cardiovascular
diseases increased by 41 percent between 1990 and
2013, climbing from 12.3 million deaths to 17.3 million
deaths. Over the same period, death rates within specific
age groups dropped by 39 percent, according to an
analysis of data from 188 countries. Death rates from
cardiovascular diseases were steady or fell in every region
of the world except western sub-Saharan Africa, where
the rates increased.
The study, published last week in The New England
Journal of Medicine, and the “Demographic and
Epidemiologic Drivers of Global Cardiovascular Mortality,”
was conducted by researchers led by the Institute for
Health Metrics and Evaluation, IHME, at the University of
Washington.
South Asia, which includes India, experienced the largest
jump in total deaths due to cardiovascular diseases, with
1.8 million more deaths in 2013 than in 1990 — an
increase of 97 percent. In line with global trends, the
increase in deaths from cardiovascular disease in India is
driven by population growth and aging without the
decrease in age-specific death rates found in many other
countries.
“This pattern is reversed to some extent in the Middle
East and North Africa, which includes countries such as
Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Jordan. In these regions,
population growth and aging have been offset by a
significant decline in age-specific death rates from
cardiovascular disease, which has kept the increase in
deaths to just fewer than 50 percent.
“Taken together as a region, the United States and
Canada were among a small number of places with no
detectable change in the number of deaths from
cardiovascular diseases, because aging and population
growth balanced out declines in age-specific death rates.
The same was true in southern Latin America, including
Argentina and Chile, as well as Australia and New
Zealand.
“Two regions– central Europe and western Europe–have
managed to do what their global peers have not by
significantly reducing not only the death rates but also
the total number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases,
which fell by 5.2 percent and 12.8 percent, respectively,
between 1990 and 2013. When looking at cardiovascular
death rates, the high-income Asia Pacific region, which
includes Japan, achieved the greatest decline globally.
A persistent global threat: In the views of Assistant
Professor at IHME from the Division of Cardiology at the
University of Washington, Dr. Gregory Roth
“Cardiovascular diseases will remain a global threat as
the population grows and people age but the progress
seen in some regions shows that reducing the toll of
cardiovascular diseases is possible.”
Researchers found that population aging contributed to
an estimated 55 percent increase in cardiovascular
disease deaths globally, and population growth
contributed to a 25 percent increase. These demographic
factors are not the only drivers behind the trend of
increasing deaths and falling death rates. Changes in the
epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases are another
factor.
Ischemic heart disease is both the leading cause of death
worldwide and accounts for almost half of the increase in
the number of cardiovascular deaths, despite a 34 percent
decrease in age-specific death rates. Several other types
of cardiovascular causes of death followed the same
pattern, including aortic aneurysm, hypertensive heart
diseases, and endocarditis, among others.
Two conditions that were exceptions to this pattern are
atrial fibrillation and peripheral vascular disease, for which
deaths have jumped significantly since 1990, due to both
higher death rates within specific age groups as well as
general aging and population growth.
Only rheumatic heart disease, which had a death rate
decrease of more than 100 percent, had a lower number
of total deaths in 2013 than in 1990; deaths fell by an
estimated 27 percent over the 23-year period of the
study.
Researchers also examined whether wealthier countries
fared better than lower-income countries when it comes
to cardiovascular deaths and found there was not a
strong correlation between income per capita and lower
age-specific death rates. The dramatic improvement in
the death rates seen in some regions was attributed to
prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, in
part by reducing risk factors including smoking. Primary
care management of other risk factors for cardiovascular
diseases, such as elevated blood pressure and blood
sugar, are also important.
IHME Director, Dr. Christopher Murray however said:
“Addressing the range of factors that contribute to
cardiovascular disease will help ensure that fewer people
around the world die from it prematurely. Investments
and policies aimed at targeting preventable risk factors
can reduce the impact of cardiovascular disease.”
Jump in rates: Research shows that hypertension rates
jumped from 11 per cent in 1997 to 40 per cent in 2013. A
World Cardiology study conducted in Oyo, Katsina, Kwara
and Enugu states, shows that estimates that the
prevalence of people living with hypertension is about 27
per cent in Katsina, 36.6 per cent in Ilorin, 20.8 per cent in
Ibadan rural, 46.6 per cent in Enugu rural.
Speaking on the issue, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at
the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Oladipo Akinkugbe,
noted that unmanaged and undetected hypertension or
high blood pressure was the major reason why more
Nigerians were suffering and dying of stroke, heart
disease and chronic kidney failure.
“The lifestyle and diet of the average Nigerian has
changed. We eat more processed foods than ever, yet we
are the ones suffering from the diseases they cause
because of our genes,” Akinkugbe lamented.
High blood pressure
In the views of Associate Professor of Medicine, College of
Medicine, University of Lagos, Dr. Amam Mbakwem,
Nigerians suffer from the effects of high blood pressure
due to ignorance.
Ignorance: Mbakwem, a cardiologist, argued that more
than 60 per cent of Nigerians, who are hypertensive, do
not know they have high blood pressure. Her words:
“Many Nigerians with heart diseases do not know that
they have high blood pressure till their hearts start failing.
They wait for symptoms before they go for check up,
which is deadly. If you have high blood pressure and you
don’t know, by the time you are feeling dizzy or weak or
breathless in the morning, some organs, such as the
kidney and the liver, may have been damaged.
“We are not just worried that the number of hypertensive
patients is going up. We are more worried that Nigerians
do not know how to manage it. The statistics has been
going up in the last 15 years, yet there is no special plan
to check it. High blood pressure is fatal to the heart,
kidney and brain when left unmanaged.” Recent surveys
show that heart and cardiovascular diseases are the
leading causes of death in the world. Findings show that
death rates are higher generally in developing countries,
including Nigeria due to the late detection of cases and
other risk factors such as high cholesterol, high blood
pressure and smoking; diabetes, obesity and sedentary
living.


By Sola Ogundipe, Chioma Obinna & Gabriel Olawale

URL :
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari

snapshot

Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is the
President-elect for the Federal Republic of Nigeria
and a retired Major General in the Nigerian Army who
was Head of State of Nigeria from 31 December 1983
to 27 August 1985, after taking power in a military
coup d'état .[3][4] He emerged as winner of the 2015
Presidential Elections which held on the 28 and 29
March, 2015. The term Buharism is ascribed to the
Buhari military government. [5][6]
He also ran unsuccessfully for the office of President
in the 2003 , 2007 and 2011 elections. In December
2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of the
All Progressives Congress, for the 2015 elections . A
native of Daura in Katsina State , Buhari is of the
Fulani ethnic background, and his faith is Sunni
Islam .[1][2]

that question is for NBC to answer!

In response to reports which have circulated the media,
the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) have
revealed that they did not ban the hit song, Shoki By Lil
Kesh.
Media reports had within the past two days revealed
that airplay restrictions have been placed on the song
» , drawing a huge outcry over the move.
But the NBC have come out in a series of tweets to
reveal it as untrue. According to the official twitter
handle » , they specifically mentioned that the song was
not banned, but a radio station was restricted from
playing a club version during 'Family Time”, that is the
period when children have access to all media.
In their word: “We at the National Broadcasting
Commission can confirm there was no such ban. A club
version of the song cannot be played on radio. The club
version contains vulgar lyrics which was played around
9am which is considered as “family time”. The station
that aired the club version was asked to play only a
suitable broadcast version of the song. During these
times children are exposed to all media & it is the
NBC’s duty to protect the broadcast rights of children.
"There is a broadcast code to follow by every broadcast
station and this station failed to comply. This said
station has been sanctioned for playing a club version
during family time. We at the NBC did not ban “Shoki”-
by Lil Kesh. We simply asked the suitable broadcast
version to be played on the radio."

dapsoneh: Olympus has fallen

hilarious... winks

In a recent chat with Encomium magazine, singer,
Emma Nyra disclosed the reason she always reveals her
boobs in videos and at events.
“It’s not that I flaunt them but part of your selling point
as a female artist is your body, your voice, your look,
your hair, everything.
Chidinma’s lack of hair is her selling point, you
understand. Each part of you is your selling point,” she
said.
She was further asked why she finds it interesting to
show it off even when they are not sizable, she added:
“Its confidence, you understand. Somebody like Toolz
for example, her selling point is her body. Before her
voice, it’s her body. As a woman, her own packaging is
always different. I have grown up to be comfortable
with the way the skin is because, I have accepted the
fact that I can’t change it. I have to accept the way I
am. Men don’t look at me, the women look at women.
If I go out with or without makeup, a man will not
notice. But if I go out and I see a woman, she will say
Emma Nyra, you are looking different from how I see
you on TV. She would comment on everything to my
eyebrow but a man won’t look that deep unless he is
into fashion and everything. I have learnt to accept
myself. If you are not confident about yourself, people
won’t buy your brand” she added.
When asked what her standing was as regards
bleaching the skin, Emma explained thus;
“I grew up with white people and I noticed that white
people tan. They wanted to look like me whereas I
wanted to look like them while growing up because I
wanted to belong.
This bleaching thing, Indians do it too, even Americans
do it. It’s been so bad lately because the society’s
perception of beauty has to do with it.
The lighter the better, whereas, in Europe, the darker the
better. Dark hair, dark skin, it’s a kind of class. That’s
how they do their own class system.
Our own is just, we have grown up watching aunties
bleach. When I first came to Nigeria, I went to a store
and I couldn’t find a regular cream, all I saw was
whitening. I went to Dubai, the same thing.
Indians and Arabs, they bleach. I am more concerned
with clear skin, not light or dark or whatever because I
grew up seeing girls wanting to be dark. So it didn’t
affect me that way.
I don’t support bleaching; I don’t think its right. Some
people wear padded bra, some wear padded bum. As a
woman, you can choose whatever you want. You can
change your nose, your breast, anything. But as for
bleaching, because of the long term effect, I don’t think
it’s good for you”

snrman: For me o its too much of instagram.suddenly its raining imagine a 13yr old gal looking for followers

have to laugh to this....hahahaha

goldfish80: Guider ultimate search 10 million plus edorsements
Mtn project fame 7.5million plus SUV
Glo naija sings 5m plus Suv
Etisalat Nigerian Idol  5milion plus multimillion NGN contract 
Cowbell mathematics competition  N100k
Spelling Bee N50k
Cool for spelling game, a duffle bag filled with amilia drinks. 
Why won't students fail Waec?  

so funny......but frankly, you are very correct!

Tundeiab: They do them but with moderation.

okay, but I still think the government and parents should be held more for this massive failure.

Tundeiab: The problems are 24 hrs tv( DSTV), face book, 2GO, nairaland, BBM and what have you. All the afore mentioned have succeeded in distracting our teenagers from their books.

I don't see any change in view except parents go back to the era of strict parenting.

I partially agree with you. Do you think all the "good" students are not doing all the listed problems?

Ramon92: Instead of them to read their books, they are busy chatting away their time about god knows what, 69 position??

teachers, parents and government must start acting now, before its too late if its not already

Descartes:

so hilarious

BY Laju Arenyeka & Favour Anthony
About 69% of Nigerian students who wrote the last
West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations,
WASSCE, failed. If this statistic is anything to judge the
education sector by, it would mean that only about
three out of ten students currently in the nation’s
secondary schools will be qualified for the tertiary level
at the end of their secondary school careers.
It would also mean that seven out of ten Nigerian
students are unqualified to leave secondary school after
six years. Who is to blame for this dismal performance,
and inadvertently the overall failure of the education
sector?
To answer this question, Vanguard School Life, VSL, first
turned to the students. A student from Command Day
Secondary School who failed English Language told our
reporters: ‘The time given was too short, and as a
result of this, I didn’t finish answering the questions.’
The student, who did not want her name in print, had
hoped to rely on her friends to give answers to
questions she didn’t know. However, this was not
possible. ‘The invigilators were too strict,’ she said, ‘so
I didn’t have the opportunity to ask my friends for
answers I didn’t know.’’
She wasn’t the only one counting on examination
malpractice. Another student, Tobi Isaac (not real
name), who failed Mathematics, said he did not like the
subject and knew that he was going to fail even before
the examinations began. He said: ‘I don’t like Maths,
and I also dislike my teacher, so, I didn’t bother to
prepare, because I already knew I would fail Maths
before writing the exams. That is why I paid someone
to provide me with the answers; but I was disappointed,
it turned out that the person was not legitimate.’
Another candidate who also preferred to remain
anonymous told VSL, “I don’t have any plans to school
in Nigeria; that is why I did not take the exams
seriously. I want to attend a private school abroad and
that just requires a lot of money.’
Yet another candidate who failed the examinations
spoke to our reporters. He blamed his failure on his
addiction to social media. He said: ‘I was really
distracted by social media. I was always fond of my
phone. Even a day before examinations when some of
my friends were reading, I was busy with BBM and
Instagram.”
Recall that a total of 529,425 candidates, representing a
meagre 31.28 per cent, obtained credits in five subjects
and above, including English Language and
Mathematics. When compared to the 2012 and 2013
May/June WASSCE results, there was marginal decline
in the performance of candidates as 38.81 per cent was
recorded in 2012 and 36.57 per cent in 2013.
Mr. Mark Okoh, Principal of Caro Favoured College in
Lagos, gives reasons for this decline. ‘There are a lot of
combined factors responsible for this’ he said, ‘there
was less commitment on the part of the Government,
teachers, as well as students.
Last year, all hands were on deck to ensure that the
performance was better. I guess everyone relaxed this
year because of the performance of last year. Another
issue is the fact that the average Nigerian student reads
for examinations. Even when the school calendar is
running, students do not study. They wait till exams are
around the corner and begin the fire brigade approach.’
For the Education Rights Camaign, ERC, the blame
should be placed solely at the feet of the Government.
In a Press statement signed by its National Coordinator,
Mr. Hassan Soweto, the ERC said: ‘Far from being the
fault of the individual candidates, this disastrous result
is a reflection of the failure of the anti-poor and
capitalist neo-liberal policies of education underfunding
and commercialization by government at all levels in the
country. Government at all levels has pursued a
relentless policy of starving public education funds such
that public primary and secondary schools across the
country have become devastated with little or no
teaching infrastructures such that no useful learning is
taking place.’
Recall that a member of the House of Representatives,
Chief Yomi Ogunnusi, even traced the poor performance
to erratic power supply in the country. Ogunnusi, who
represents Ifako-Ijiaye constituency in Lagos, said that
unstable power supply in the country was disincentive
to learning, adding that it had discouraged students
from studying hard.
The buck is now being passed on from power to social
media, from Government to students, but the truth
remains that if all stakeholders do not begin to take
responsibility immediately, another blame game will
begin when the next WASSCE results are released.