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odumchi:
"m bu" means I am and with that the raw translation is "The child that came to walk like me is, ". However the sentence isn't complete.

that seems like the literal translation.

it probably means 'i am on a mission'

let us be honest with ourselves,for those that went to unity schools we must have encountered people like this .

if only guys here can use their heads instead on their hearts.

emotional arguements by a man is saddening.

GAR3TH:
Thats only $6,391,822 USD monthly, $76,701,864 a year, this is a real shame on nigeria's part. Suffolk County (local government) in the united states has an operating budget of $2.7 billion (N422 Billion) a year. A local government area in the USA has a larger Budget than an entire Nigerian state why, because it collects it majority of its budget from taxes. I hate comparing but people have to realize the scope of trouble alot of states in nigeria are in. More states in nigeria need to start IGR schemes in order to boost their budgets and stop relying of federal allocations. In reality federal allocations are MEANT TO BE Bonuses for states and not their main source of revenue. I'm glad states are now realizing that they shouldn't just sit and wait for federal allocation, this is a good move by Kano.

the should be 'forced' to do so by stopping allocation completely

i never thought i would live to see the day this will become a hot issue in nigeria.i actually saw this debate on tv on nta.


bia seun what is wrong with the word G A Y? man lover doesn't G A Y cover L E S B I A N I S M?

man-lover rights activists want Nigerian homophobic bill dropped
On November 1, 2011 · In News

ABUJA  (AFP) – A Nigerian lady-loving-lady physician burst into tears Monday as she made a case to lawmakers to stop parliament from passing a bill that seeks to criminalise same-sex marriage.

The bill, which has passed the second reading in the senate, calls for a three-year jail term for anyone involved in a same-sex marriage and five years for those that abet or aid the solemnisation of such unions.

Otibho Obiowu spoke for the lady-loving-ladies, man-loving-men, Bisexuals, Transexuals and Intersex in Diaspora (LGBTID) group at a senate-organised public hearing on the proposed law.

About a dozen other members of the group attended the session and were under police protection to prevent any harassment from members of the public.

In tears, she told the panel that “LGBTID rights are human rights.”

“The fundamental human rights of intimate minorities are violated daily because of criminalisation of same sex relationship and societal prejudice,” Obiowu said.

She said the consensus among scholars is that intimate orientation is not a choice and the bill “aims to punish people for what is essentially not their making





http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/man-lover-rights-activists-want-nigerian-homophobic-bill-dropped/

coolruler:
@Richvkunt,
No, I do not and have never drank to intoxication. Two bottles of Heineken is what I permit myself and that is what I enjoy. I'm trying my best to be a model husband, but she's not making it easy.
i think she's further pissed because I admitted to her Pastor that Yes, I do enjoy my Beer. I guess she sees that as meaning she cannot control her home.
All am asking is the freedom to kill one or two bottles of beer when I feel the urge. Surely that is not too much to ask?
Why is she taking it so personal?

@chaircover
Thank you. I suggested substituting with wine, but she wants to choose the type. This is what am totally against. I'm not going to lose my freedom to choose whats best for me, marriage or not.
Come to think of it, I've never given her any grief for her love for shopping. Why should I? its what makes her happy. So, why won't she just leave me alone?

i dey feel you my guy.

unserious guys

jason123:
This was discussed earlier this year when we talked about independent region (like your post you posted "+1" to on the other thread). You'll notice that we talked about the pros and cons to such an arrangement such as the temptation for the richest region to break away.
Anyway, pros vastly out-weigh the cons.

there is a saying in my language translates as thus

'if you are holding me to the ground you are also holding yourself to the same ground'

the regions should be freed up to reach their potentials jare.we cannot continue on this part.with efficient management you will be suprised at the wealth the so called 'less endowed' regions can generate.

harambe:
This arrangement will ensure that each region gets zero allocation from the fed govt. The regions should be paying the fed government for maintenance of military,foreign affairs, customs and immigration.
if you generate $10 billion in your region, you keep a substantial percentage of it. based on your cultural and political situation, you can create states, municipalities, councils or whatever local goverment system you want. the regions should be in charge of education, police, health, tourism, commerce, industry. in terms of commerce, the fed govt should only handle things like import/export duties and pay it back to originating states while keeping some.

+1

but even as a 13 year he must have been very strong willed to take that decision at that age.i wonder if anyone in this part of the world can do that at that age.

jason123:
I assume you are referring to national policies and allocation of revenue. Even at that, it still makes "much" of a difference when we talk about elections, in Nigeria.
Asha 80, Nigeria cannot last with this sort of injustice. You know it, I know it and the so-called high and mighty know it.

yes i mean the so called allocation of revenue from crude oil.

who does not know that the structure we are running is unsustainable?

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Re: Keri Hilson Takes Shot At Nigerian Artiste's Lyrics
« #52 on: October 29, 2011, 10:20 PM »

if say "lick ya speakers" came from 50 cent we would have been saying "damn he killed it bro!". smh

Biafra is back in the news in a big way, thanks, in large measure, to the recent death of Steve Jobs, co- founder of Apple. In a bestselling authorized biography written by Walter Isaacson, we learn that Biafra had something to do with Mr. Jobs’ renunciation of Christianity. To paraphrase the story: as a 13-year-old, the late inventor extraordinaire had confronted his Lutheran Church pastor with a photograph of two starving Biafran children on the cover of Life magazine. The young Steve asked his teacher whether God was aware of the plight of the children. Once he was assured that divine omniscience implied that God had such knowledge, Steve Jobs, there and then, announced his divorce from Christianity.

man the guy no even waste time

jason123:
SW PDP! Power to the politicians people!! This is the reason why the SW voted them out.
He made a valid point on the last paragraph. No one can justify why some geopolitical-zones have 7 states, others 6 and 5. This is an example of gross injustice we practice in Nigeria.

it might not make much difference if we did not turn federalism on its head.where it would have an impact is representatives to national assembly

I inherited N40b debt – Fayemi
On October 31, 2011 · In News

OLA AJAYI, IBADAN
GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has restated that his administration inherited a debt profile of N40billion from the past administration.

He said this Monday in Ibadan at a lecture organized by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) to mark the 10th Anniversary of Premier FM, Ibadan which kicked off on Sunday.

The governor who was represented by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Oritentation, Mr. Funminiyi Afuye said the inherited debt was a big threat to the well being of the people of the state and consequently a threat to peace.



He therefore called for proactive steps to check corruption by fighting it in a just and fair manner.
This came as Senator Olufemi Lanlehin representing Oyo South in the National Assembly took exception to the way federalism is being practiced in the country.

Senator Lanlehin, who was the chairman of the occasion commented on the topic of the lecture entitled “Peace as Panacea for National Development saying “Federal Government has no business handling matters relating to agriculture, transportation, labour and so on. This should be the major concern of State and local governments because they have direct link with major players in those sectors.

He said as much as he would love to align with the call for the accommodation of state police to address the daunting challenges of insecurity across the country, he warned that there was need for caution in the area of procurement of arms and ammunition so that some of the governors don’t abuse the process in the long run”.

He cited an example saying that in the immediate past government in Nigeria, some state governors did not behave better than armed bandits adding that to leave arms in the hands of such people would be very dangerous.

Lanlehin lamented further that “In Nigeria today, peace is becoming elusive in virtually all the sectors of our national life because we have not come to terms with some realities. For instance, the 1999 constitution does not help matters in that it does not reflect the status of Nigeria as a diverse nation.

“Peace is usually a product of justice and fairness without which there can’t be progress and development. Peace cannot be achieved when the privileged few treat the majority with disdain, he s


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/i-inherited-n40b-debt-fayemi/

it is becoming normal

does lil wayne rap or croak?

KnowAll:
State creation brings development closer to grass root THAT is a FACT. Let us look at Akwa Ibom State and Cross River State. If Akwa Ibom was not created the development in present day Akwa Ibom would not be there for all to see. In fact today Uyo has fly-overs and worth not meanwhile the old capital of Calabar is still stuck in its old glorious past.

Same thing Ibadan City, one would expect that City to have moved on since the hey days of Awolowo, but because they had bad managers since this civilain dispensation started they are stuck in the rut of under-development. Can you say the samething of Mimiko's Ondo State one the states created from Ibadan or Oshiomeles's Edo State one of the states created from former western Region-NO

We need good managers not mediocres that is the bottom-line.  

how about local councils within a region being empowered to generate their own revenue and take care of themselves.no more allocation(how i hate that word in nigerian context) from abuja.

you cited ibadan.as big as ibadan is why can't they be allowed to generate their own revenue to take care of itself without abuja allocation.taxes and what ever money generated in natural resource in any local council or local governmet should at least 50% remain there while the rest goes to the region that local council belongs to.

you stay in uk remember council tax?

KnowAll:
Sanusi is an Idiiiiooot, he wants to hold his grand father's estate together. There is no reasons why any state should be paying 96% of their revenue on concurrent expenditure. What we have in many states are bad Managers, Ex Gombe State Goverment paid himself $ 1 million dollars severance pay to himself whose fault is that. 

This is an extract about Akwa Ibom State


This is a state created after Kwara, ONDO, OGUN, and Kano. For this reason I object to any cull in state creation. State creations brings development close to grass root people. We need good managers to manage the states. Another thing I have noticed of recent,  why has all the State Houses of Assembly suddenly become fearful, toothless bulldogs allowing the Governors to rule with ignominy. They should be impeaching any incapable Governor, they are the last bastion of the common man.

you have no idea of what you are saying here

ITbomb:
Assuming Sanusi is rite
Gowon finished the joke britain stated,
by creating 12 artificial states in an
artificial nation they called nigeria. The government with 36 states which
arose from equally artificial
considerations instead of from resource
oriented realities, have become
unmanageable as productive and
federating units. Federating unit means you give as well as take, not just
a resource sucker or parasite tethered
to the center by decree and corruption.
Assuming nigeria does not divide as
predicted: Most nigerians would not want a return
to 3 regions. But we identify with the
geo-political zones. So why not run
nigeria as six states, with 6 economies,
governments and federating states
with Abuja run as neutral metropolis funded from the contribution of the 6
states? Each state with its own police
administration and municipal
administration(aka local governments)
. One problem the suggestion for state
autonomy is facing is that most states are currently too small to run
autonomous, self supporting
economies, e.g. for state police, etc.
They don't have a sizeable economy to
financially support certain things
without FG intervention. So what makes them a state? But each of these six
states can have a large economy, easily: 1. Niger Delta State
2. Middle Belt state
( will exclude/include certain new
areas) 3. South-Eastern ( or Biafra ) state 4. South-Western ( or Oduduwa ) state 5. North-Western ( or Dan Fodio ) state 6. North-Eastern ( or Kanem Borno or
Boko Haram ) state That is how those we are copying [USA]
made sure the federating states can be
autonomous and viable, in a
voluntary union with a secession
clause. With this structure, the state
decides how many local governments ( better called municipal councils ) it
needs, then create and fund them itself
with tax-revenue.

classic

marvix:
Hercules and Ekt let's discuss d issues leave d personalties politics is a deep game and takes strong conviction and courage to say d truth as it is.

SLS said some states spend 97% of their revenue paying civil servants d FG uses 70% these are serious issues he is suggesting we reduce number of states which would affect more nothern states than southern cos there would be more viable states in d south than in the north for sure. SLS is asking for consolidation of states we could possibly revert to regional style of govts if we take his idea serious.

Now compare him to El Rufai who never said anything while serving as minister and suddenly found his tongue after been displaced from office. I kno SLS has more to say but wld rather bid his time but one thing is for sure he can not be cowed and would gladly resign if pushed or pressured to do something he does not agree will b in d best interest of Nigeria, a govt official to take over a sitting presidents bank is no mean task, challenge and dare members in the NASS is no coward, he shld be prepped for presidency either in 2015 or 2019!

not too sure about that.potentially s lot of northern states have enough agricultural and solid minerals to survive.

it is only in nigeria that federalislm is turned on its head.

oyb:
i can tell you what will happen, if the unrealistic school fees are not adressed.

fine, students will pay n25,000 in school fees and they will recieve a degree which in reality is nothing more than a certificate of attendance

they will then come back to nl to biatch about discrimination against lasu grads in the labor market. already, i am seeing the trend at work.

70% of the new hires are from covenant etal. and small wonder. our federal and state schools are so backward. . .i have a very bright it student from uniben , who has never worked with autocad before he came to our company, who has never worked with a computer but was "taught" C++. how will such a person be able to compete against grads of convenant or ghana universities who are taught with up to date methods etal?

the evil day is simply being put off. 90% of the lsu grads will come out and find they are unemployable because what they were taught is of no use in today's society. the really bright or lucky ones will get a pass, but that is where it will end.


its sad, but you need to com to terms with the fact that tertiary education i not for everyone. its for those who can pay. i have pointed out before that in the west, people start saving for their kids education from day 1. anyway, all is not lost. you dont want a quality education, there are always cheaper schools that are even worse.

does increase in fees in nigeria automatically mean increase in facilities and infrastructure in the school hence better quality education?

i wish flavour can reduce some of those his 'dirty lyrics' and add more uplifting lyrics but i guess the former sells more.

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=791335.msg9433361#msg9433361 date=1319762222]What metric does this study use? Like, what does "unhealthy" mean, in terms of #s?[/quote]i think it is wage bill compared to money allocated to state with debts owed by the states in mind.

i repeat you can advise your brother and outrightly condenm your family members for supporting your brother.you can even distance yourself from the family for now if you want BUT on no account should you report your brother to EFCC as your brother might find out it was you that did it and this will in future lead to very nasty brother and family feud that might last generations.

unless of course you do not mind being a loner.

this is coming from someone that belongs to a family that is suffering from serious family feuds because of actions of a few of my uncles and my father.one of myu uncle still regrets the actions he took almost 30 years ago that sort of caused the problems.

guy u dey look for trouble o ^^^^

on a more serious note poster never in your life report your brother to efcc because if he finds out that you reported him then you would have drawn the line for future battle lines amongst brothers or future family members.

try and be advising him and also your parents that are supporting him on the dangers of what he is doing.he is 18 now and it is understandable if the money he is making is making him arrogant.

yahozee

igbo2011:
@Alj Harem
Dud you need to set up a power point presentation about the industries of Nigeria. Then you can give it to a government official to look at and present it. Then maybe you can implement it. You can display how it can create jobs and do a rough estimate on the amount of jobs. Also say how it can be implemented. Then try and pitch it to some people in charge over an iPad or something. Then he might give you a job for the government. You can be the overall coordinator then you can have people on the side help you implement.

Also in agriculture it can be moringa and cassava as well.

Also what do you not like about the sports industry?

i asked that question because you seem like straight up guy but it seems you do not really know what goes on in nigeria.example is the bolded.

you think that government officials are not aware of these things? guy there are serious corruption and down right incopetence issues that i will not go into now