₦airaland Forum

Wow!

Government now name projects after serving politicians ?
Particularly projects by public funds ?
Na wao!

bro4u:
They keep milking Nigeria dry and take foreign exchange outta the country... When I become President I'd make sure I nationalize all these firms

Why?

Many Nigerian banks have successful outposts across west Africa. Should they be nationalized?

We should learn and create iconic companies too.

By the way are you aware that at least 25% of Julius berger is owned by local investors?

Ojiofor:
You are here to divert attention to the main issue.If you want to discuss discrimination amongst ndi Igbo open thread for it and tag me.Don't derail this topic.

Rather than diverting the thread I'm pointing out the flaw in reasoning that a single DCP causes people to think that Igbos are oppressed.

It's a confirmation bias.

GardenOfGod:
Igbo blood.... Give Igbo man opportunity to preside over Nigeria and see how Nigeria turns to Dubai in 8 years. No doubt! The people sabi business over.... Give it to them.

It should have been easier for them to turn one of the south eastern states to a Dubai since states are actually smaller and easier to govern autocratically than a country.

Nigeria is not as easy to govern as a state. it's also bigger.

Ojiofor:
You are so disappointed at SR but not the man that is threatening a fellow citizen for legally buying property in his neighbourhood?
Didn't the bigot said he don't want a southeasterner as a neighbor?Why are you trying hard to divert attention?

The man (DCP) is a bigot. He exposed himself.
But guess what? Bigots come from every group.
East, West, North & South.

What's ironical is how man 'Professional' Igbo victims (the Igbo man in this case is a true victim) claim there's is a grand plan to exterminate Igbos generally BUT in other settings boast about how the Igbos are dominating Nigeria commercially/economically.

Many Igbos forget to explain how even amongst Igbos 'non indigenes were expelled from their govt. jobs in Abia state ~2013 or how Anambras aren't really given to marrying Imos or that Ebonyis are heavily discrimated against within the tribe.



God help us.

kunleiky:
There's a Python library that is a wrapper around ggplot2. It's called plotnine

Ok.

Thanks.

Great.

But Why is that almost anytime HealthTech is mentioned around here, what is actually meant is Health Information technology and NOT medical sciences generally.

Medical sciences really need funding too i.e. Biotech.

Good.

The colors are the only challenge here.
See Edward tufte's book for colour appropriation.

peacettw:
Who knew! I wish the moderators will focus more on this.
Encouraging members to share their personal projects etc

@op Concerning your data visualization, at first glance, I couldn't make out anything from it. Even after staring at it several times, it is still very unclear. I don't know what is in the x-axis or y-axis.

It is very cluttered and the colors are jarring to the eye. Don't know the software that you used but I want to encourage you to try the following
1. Matplotlib.pyplot
2. Seaborn
3. Plotly
4. ggplot2 which is my personal favourite.

Good luck

Is ggplot2 a python library too?

I know it as an R package.

saphiere:
I'd be the first then.

You will not.

Actually as we chat, there are already unanswered desires in your past.

For one, I am sure you've not always gotten the grades /scores you've desired in the past.

You [probably] don't drive the car you desire nor live in the house of your dreams.
These already prove you will not be the first.

A human having all desires answered would run the risk of playing God.

saphiere:
I don't have plan B. I know the God I am serving. My plan A must work for me. He promised me through His words (Bible) that he will grant all my heart desires. I desire to have a decent home and raise wonderful kids to His glory.

Once you think of plan B, you have limited your God.

Not to counter your personal choices about marriage BUT no one in this world has ALL their heart desires granted.

okoroemeka:
even to me it is your sister that is manipulating the guy,stop poking the hornet nest,your sisters mind is already made up and obviously the guy is wealthy which is the major reason she is adamant on marrying him,I am afraid you have already made yourself an enemy with your soon to be in-law for refusing to endorse the marriage,leave your sister alone and face your own life,your refusal meant nothing in this case,it is your sisters and mothers consent that is necessary not you,don't be a joy killer.

Do you think he's foolish?

In Nigeria, families (siblings, Parents & sometimes uncles) suffer the consequences too of one's wrong behaviors. that's why they are concerned.

Don't tell me you don't know (around you) of any lady that was warned not to be involved with a particular man BUT she went ahead, had a baby for the man who has failed to take (welfare responsibilities) of the child. Consequently, these responsibilities have fallen to parents/siblings.

Tell me you don't know of any such situation around you.

Unlike in the western countries, Families often bear the consequences of our actions (not always but often) so shouldn't they at least be involved in such decisions?

PALAPALA02:
What matters is if they both truely love and understanding each other very well.

After Kanu Nwakwo married his wife when she was 18yrs and he was well over 30s when e married her. So its no big deal

That's not true.

Kanu Nwankwo is 45 yrs old (Born 1976).
He married in 2004 (18 yrs ago).

He certainly wasn't 'way over 30' 18 years ago if he's 45 yrs now.

thesicilian:
What makes billionaires want to keep making more money, even though they have more than enough to last them ten life times?

I think work becomes a duty to them.

They become more spurred to succeed because of the people that indirectly rely on them.

I'm talking employees, global partners or the foundations they support. Most reasonable people don't want to fail those counting on them.

Just my thoughts.

safarigirl:
4.92 CGPA? Mad mad

That means, if he got any low grade, it was maybe a B twice, nothing less.

Please, he should apply for further studies abroad. That is a scholarship worthy result, full ride.

Not necessarily.

He/she could also get a 'C'or 'D' in a low(er) credit course. I.e. 1 or 2 point course.

FarmWay:
This Igbo man is the grace in this callous junta we are in at present in this country...

















Give Igbo man a to rule Nigeria and see massive transformation

But people & not tribes now.
People are individuals.

Generally Igbo states (safe for efforts of private individuals) are not different from other states in governance.

Totilopussylick:
you don't have to deny your brethren because of crimes

Accept them

Care for them

Forgive them

Jesus loves you

The fellow is being sacarstic.

Pierocash:
E no pass boyfriend matter.

Zimbabwe,and Kenya are one weird kind of people. Not forgetting Ghana too

Sad story.

Trust me, they find Nigerians weird too.

egojeny1:
Why is it always GTB, First Bank and Access Bank?? So sorry for this predicament.

Always?

It can happen with any bank.

Probability is the cause of your observation.

Kingpin1000:
The war never even start sef, America is living on past glory Just like my darling Man utd. Only one match go open their defence.

Hahahaha

Is the word 'Camera phone ' still in use?
I thought it was replaced with Smartphones.

Haha.

aribisala0:
Well I am happy to change subject.
Yes Nigeria has worsened in terms of welfare but this is predictable. In our culture every person is required to have children. If you don't you are a failed human being . Is that right? So we are heading for a population of 300 million maybe 1 billion one day
We cannot provide for all these people and a crisis is predictable especially as most are under the age of 30 with no skills to sell and no jobs and they too are making babies.
A Legislator announced baby 29 this week.
So there is an element of individual responsibility in this welfare issue
Do not make babies if you cannot provide for them

The other issue is the restructuring question. Do we have the optimal political structure in place ? Many argue that the structure and not the actors is the problem .
e.g with security what is the best way to police Nigeria?

Hahahaha!

Very true but (as they say on Twitter) we are not ready for that conversation.

aribisala0:
I suggest you refresh your understanding of the phrase
"getting ahead of oneself"
Praiseworthiness is in the gift of the praise giver.
You are entitled to withhold your praise but remember

You have only ONE PRAISE

Many others have different schemas from yous.

Yorubas will praise Awolowo for eternity and there is nothing you can do to change that.
There are many who praise Tinubu whether he deserves it or not I certainly acknowledge his impact relative to what went before him and in the context of societal expectation. I agree that we need to upgrade expectation but everything in life is contextual. and that is how one must appraise Tinubu; with contemporaneous contextual knowledge
Today is another context another time and perhaps a different set of qualities are needed but part of the contextuality is the psychology of Nigeria today

Sure. It's my opinion.

Everyone has theirs that's why we converse.
However if we are indeed sincere, Nigeria (all over obviously with different intensity) has progressively worsened in terms of welfare of [the Majority] of it's citizenry. Is this also my opinion or this is a fact?
Consequently anyone (not solely but collectively) who has been an active part of the political class over this period(s) would not reasonably be proud of any 'feats' as there aren't many.


O well I guess I may be the 'only' one seeing things bad.

Cheers.

aribisala0:
Who is getting ahead of themselves and how? Are you wanting to practise the phrase? How does that come into anything I have said thus far?
So what if Seaports are on exclusive List What is the relevance of that ? Is there not a port almost complete in Lekki? A private venture?
Has PDP not been in control at the centre. The reality is that there has been no political will or vision to deliver that in the 16 years that PDP controlled Abuja.
Are refineries also on the exclusive list ? Did Amaechi as governor not have enough money to deliver a refinery playing those peculiar "advantages" > Advantages like gas, crude oil. What industry have any of those governors established to take advantage of their own "ADVANTAGES"?
Where is the Fishing industry? Where is the boat building industry?


The Niger Delta should even be better off than Lagos considering the huge oil prices they enjoyed under PDP

No leader has really achieved any praise worthy feat requiring special praise in Nigeria. That why I said get ahead of ourselves.

It seems you're going into politics. Unfortunately I won't as I am no politician.

Finally, Lagos maybe 'better' than most Nigerian states (I'm in Lagos) but it's hardly a special place.
In many respects it's a terrible place. Anyone who thinks Lagos has 'arrived' as a basis to laud his/her leadership skills has limited his/her growth & has probably deceived many.


Cheers.

MufasaLion:
Seems your uncle easily jumps into marriage without proper courting. He should take things slow and steady.

Funny enough 'courting' as we know it today of familiarity & long months is quite a new concept.

Long ago people married without any protracted 'courtships', and those marriages lasted longer on the average.

Wow.

aribisala0:
Well we know that IGR in 1999 was 500 million a month
So clearly the IGR opportunities were not optimized.
Optimizing IGR has been a game changer.

You make it sound as if Economic advantages are something to be ashamed of? What is your point> Every state has advantages but they have not been optimized
From that same 1999 Delta State enjoyed advantages in terms of Derivation ditto Akwa Ibom and Rivers .What do they have to show

AKpabio and Ibibio cannot by any stretch be described as visionary
The money that the foreign governments recovered from Ibori could easily have delivered a seaport to rival Lagos

Same in Akwa Ibom where Akpabio decided a stadium was the best thing he could give his people

Advantages are not be ashamed of BUT they should be mentioned so that we don't get ahead of ourselves.

Again you have failed to mention states that were inherently 'better' than Lagos before 1999.

Most oil companies (well virtually all reasonably sized firms) in Nigeria have always had their HQ in Lagos. Does that count for nought?

By the way, for all their sins, Ibori & Akpabio may not be saints but do you realize that seaports are an exclusive list item in Nigeria?

Do you think I can go ahead to site a seaport as I choose without Oga FGN? I suppose not. Nigeria is a low Manufacturing country with huge imports.
Surely a state that 'ushers' in a huge % of such imports has to have better opportunities economically than other states. No?

I am not trifling what you purport the likes of Tinbus have done in Lagos, I'm just saying let's not get ahead of ourselves. There's a long way to go.

aribisala0:
I think you have a comprehension problem.

I said Lagos State hosted the FCT .
You said Lagos State has natural success factors and my question was why that success did not manifest before 1999 so do not lie or misrepresent my words.
The simple explanation is that Lagos has had better more focussed governance since 1999 than previously

There's no way to confirm your assertion.

To do so, one has to control for the economic advantages Lagos has which most states lack. And that's a tricky one.

Again what Nigerian states were better than Lagos before 1999 (safe for maybe Kano)?

teejayreal:
Only parent who don't value their children lives are the ones that will send their ward to schools like dowen.

They never knew. You can't blame them.

Again, contrary to what many are won't to think, Down would be more ideal for most students than most other schools as they have now been placed under scrutiny.

Cheers.

aribisala0:
Lagos the Former Federal capital is NOT A NIGERIAN STATE

That why we were comparing Lagos since 1999.

Wasn't it you that asked the comparison question about before 1999? I never did. You did.

I said since 1999 (even before) Lagos has (due to no magic of any) racked up several advantages that puts it ahead of virtually all Nigerian states from the word go.

Is this even debatable?

aribisala0:
Why did Lagos not achieve it before 1999? WHEN it hosted the FCT

Why has Abuja not achieved it?

Abuja is NOT a Nigerian state. You should know this. It's not a 'normal' place. It was never to/can never Jostle with Lagos as a commercial capital. So no comparisons here. In terms of planning, Abuja is /was better planned than Lagos — Oh I said no comparisons.

As for why Lagos was not better before 1999?
This shouldn't be a question as Lagos was already ahead of [most] Nigerian states before 1999.
Don't you know this?

LegendHero:
Asiwaju Tinubu laid the framework of trying to make Lagos state independent financial wise which is one of the reason Lagos state has been on an upward trajectory since then.

Now Lagos is the only state in Nigeria that generate almost 70% of her total revenue internally. That means Lagos is non-dependent on federal allocation. A feat that was achieved through the framework of IGR system Tinubu laid.

However, Fashola exceeded expectations and if we are to be fair in this, I think he Trumps the others because he actually projected Lagos as the model state for development while building on his predecessor framework.

There are natural success factors that helped Lagos achieve those feats.

This is not to say no work was done. This is to say that Lagos is like no other Nigeria state hence any comparison would be unfair.

Xscape1993:
I don't want to be tribal here, but sincerely speaking some major tribes in Nigeria are too lazy. They are just after people's property. The agbero business in Lagos is not a good business. It is nothing but daylight robbery.

But rent seekers AKA Touts /Agberos are not the preserve of any tribe.

Lagos being Lagos has the chief share BUT touts are everywhere. Go to Anambra markets & see touts there. Let's not even talk about rent seeking & 'marching ground' in the south south.

Let your go-to arguments for most Nigerian issues not be tribally inclined.