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ImaIma1:
Sometimes parents get it wrong. His mum cannot be right all the time. She may be doing what she thinks is best which might be wrong. Mums are humans too...not above mistakes.

If he wanted to go back to school, she should have encouraged it instead of forcing him to do tailoring that he has no passion for. If he were to be in school, he may not consider leaving school for this job because he wants school and not tailoring.

Parents should stop forcing careers or businesses on their children. They don't always know best as we used to believe before. Many children are hopeless and frustrated because of their parent's interference in their lives. Parents should only guide and not impose.

Cc FutureDecisions

FutureDecisions:
Someone working for him referred me to him since he said he needs someone that can help him to be managing his website.

I still have the intention of going back to school

I am having double mind on whether to take the risk or not. Some people are saying it is a great opportunity for me as I would get to know more people/elites.

I know traveling out requires lots of money... I already planned everything it will cost me 2.5m which is what I'm searching for. That's the more reason I'm thinking of taking the job

My brother who happens to be the first one is in school, he's even struggling over there. My sis who happens to be the second born.. I don't want to talk about that.

FutureDecisions:
I'm the last born.

I don't think she will change her mind. She's struggling to pay for my bro's school fee.

I understand the point that labour market is saturated.. She never had Idea that I want to study outside the country

She also never made mention that I will continue my education. She said once I'm done with the tailoring apprenticeship, we'll find ways to raise money for me to open my own SHOP.

BiafraIShere:
Lol, you are gradually becoming funny.
Did you read and understood what I wrote earlier? I said I served in the north, once lived in Abuja and have visited some other areas, I don't have to visit all the northern states and towns before I can know what is happening there!
On your 2nd paragraph, you also missed the point. You said that north supplies 80% of the food consumed in the South and I told you it's a fallacy because the major staple food consumed in the South is garri, rice, yam, cocoyam, vegetables etc and they are largely sourced in the South with others imported. What the north supplies to the south is mainly onions, tomatoes, and a few others while items like livestock and beans are gotten from the north, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso etc. Now how does these items constitute 80% or you just throw figures about carelessly??

On your third paragraph, thanks for acknowledging the fact that northerners live in shanties all over the south. Again, have you asked yourself how Nigeria would have looked like if Igbos in north as well as Yorubas and other Southerners all chose to live in shanties across the north just like the northerners do in the South?? The whole country would have been filled with slums and the GDP would have been far lower than what it is currently!! When you buy land and develop standard structures or at least rent, you are helping the economy to grow unlike when you live in unsightly shanties!! If Nigeria is not a fake country don't I don't see any reason why rich northerners won't build standard structures in the South. Whatever their reason is, is antithetical to national development, divisive, selfish and parochial.

On your 4th paragraph, you ended up validating my earlier statement that northerners are docile, unambitious and timid. Just look at the examples you are giving as case studies Jesus Christ, how on earth can someone attend Milwaukee school of engineering and studied a high in demand course like software engineering only for him to return to the north and be selling textile materials This is absolute waste of resources, time and money and he ought to be ashamed of himself, no pun intended!! About your second example, this is a common phenomenon because there are thousands of Southerners who studied in the UK and other Western countries who returned afterwards to look for jobs in Nigeria.

Lol, your statement about embassies looking at names and giving Northerners visa than Southerners is nothing but beer parlor gist and fallacy of hasty generalization. Embassies grant visa based on individual reasons for wanting the visa and if they appear genuine enough. I have a brother and sister that were granted visa to the US this year and they have Igbo and Christian names!! This assumption lacks merit and should be thrown into the trash bin until we have strong evidence to back it up.

On your final paragraph, again read what I wrote earlier, this time more slowly. You said north is safe and I asked how is that so when you can't travel on the roads without risking being killed or kidnapped?? What about the killings currently going on a daily basis in states like Plateau, Kaduna, Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Zamfara etc or are these not northern states?? What about the former army general who was recently kidnapped and killed while he was on his way to Bauchi?? What about the MTN engineer who was also killed in similar fashion not long ago among others?? How do you explain that more people died in Northern Nigeria this year alone than war torn Syria?? So much for peaceful North.

Now, this is ridiculous, has it gotten to the level of posting two pictures of Maiduguri, and what is spectacular about those pictures?? What point exactly do you want to prove with those mediocre pictures?? FYI, Borno is still receiving its monthly allocations as well as more extra budgets being allocated to it in the name of fighting boko Haram not to mention foreign aids through NGO's.

Northern Nigeria including its leaders and the people are the reason why Nigeria is in this mess and has refused to develop!!

FutureDecisions:
Thanks for your input.

First off, the job is genuine.

It's only my mum that decides.. She's the only one who pay my school fees.. My dad is also alive though but he doesn't have a job, he's old already.

BiafraIShere:
Yes, I have lived in the north, at least I spent a year there during NYSC years back, also lived in Abuja and visited other parts. I have also lived in the West and I'm living in the East now. When I said the north is largely unproductive, I know what I'm saying.
Firstly, it's a fallacy to say that north supplies 80% of food consumed in Nigeria. The staple food consumed in the South is mainly garri (gotten from cassava which is grown largely in the South) and rice that is largely imported with a significant percentage grown locally in states like Ebony, Ogun, Anambra among others in the South. Others like palm oil, vegetables, yam, cocoyam, maize, crayfish etc are all gotten mainly in the South and the middle belt. What we source from the north are food items like tomatoes, onions, groundnut oil and a few others and I don't see how these items automatically amounts to 80%. I have traveled on the road across the north and I saw massive acres of lands wasting away!
You said that northerners don't even travel abroad, and how is that a positive attribute?? Do you know the kind of mess Nigeria would have been in today if Southerners didn't leave their comfort zones to travel abroad and try to earn a living while repatriating forex back to the country? Did you know that remittances are the second most important foreign exchange earner for Nigeria after crude oil?? How could we have earned enough forex to balance our payment if our people didn't travel abroad??
Where is the productivity of the north when poverty levels is spiking at an alarming 90%?? What is the productivity of the almajiri system that has over 10 million children and youth out of school or work but begging as a way of life??
Which part of the north is safe please? Northern Nigeria or Northern Algeria?? Can you travel the highways in the north like Abuja to Kaduna express way, Jos to Bauchi, Kano to Maiduguri etc without risking being kidnapped or even killed by either Fulani herdsmen, boko Haram or several other militia groups on vengeance like the Berom and others??
GDP is used as a means to measure productivity, now what is the GDP of northern states despite having most of the Federal government agencies and establishments built there??
Northerners don't travel abroad simply because they are docile, not ambitious and too timid to be adventurous in places they will need to compete in harsh environment, so they simply chose to stay at home (this is not a good attribute!) What about other major sectors of the economy like entertainment that includes music and nollywood, entrepreneurship, commerce, sports, industry etc??
Where are the homes northerners are owning, because last time I checked I couldn't find any!? From Lagos to P.harcourt, Enugu to Ibadan, Benin to Onitsha etc all I saw were northerners living in slums they usually call Ama Awusa or Sabo across these cities. They prefer to live in these shacks than rent decent apartment or better still buy land and build.
I repeat that north is the problem of Nigeria and the major reason the country has refused to develop!!

BiafraIShere:
Reading the comments here made me sobber, and angry at the same time. Lately, I'm always battling with my emotions if I made a mistake in deciding to stay in Nigeria. Just look at all the things people are enjoying and taking for granted abroad which we home-based see as luxury!? I had the opportunity to travel to the US this year but I passed it over to my brother and he traveled to the US along with my sister. I thought I would be somewhat okay in Nigeria since I was earning relatively good money (averaging about 250-300k but now seems to be fluctuating downwards) in a not so expensive city. I even installed solar system in my office to overcome the notorious power problem but most times at home, a neighbor will always leave his rickety generator on even late into the night with the noise and fumes constituting serious nuisance!! Nigeria is just a terrible and hopeless place where nothing works yet I'm very reluctant to travel abroad. Someone said that Nigerians are living a mediocre life If only the politicians and indeed everyone else will be responsible and productive, maybe we won't be in this mess we are currently in. I keep saying it, the problem with Nigeria is majorly caused by the north. Northern Nigeria is largely unproductive and the South has to pay for it by subsidizing them!! If the whole country is working in the same pace then our GDP would have been double of what it is currently and the north won't have been so adamant against restructuring. Nigeria will be in serious trouble if the status quo remains considering that income is likely to fall or at best remain the same while population keeps ballooning!! My ambition has always been to earn enough to travel the world and send my children abroad for good education but this country is so unpredictable and with buhari staying beyond 2019, I don't know what the future holds in stock for us. So sad.

Xisnin:
I was neither a rapist, cultist, fraudster, armed robber nor murderer and I believe most people are not.
It is unfortunate if you fall into any of those group.

If he has nothing to lose, why is he complaining and why are you complaining on his behalf?
Through arrogance, you claim Ford was lying and didn't experience any pain. I am sure every rapist out there
think the same way but it won't save them in the long run.

Xisnin:
Yes, they should if our actions are causing them a lifetime of pain as Dr. Ford has been experiencing


You might want to check what a background check means. It is just checking to see if a person has committed a major crime
or has a connection to crime syndicates. There is no way such check will bring up and unreported sexual harrassment case.


What you don't get is that Brett is not some kind of serial rapists moving from town to town raping women, if he was, he would likely have
been caught and sent to jail. However, he chose the easy route, sexually assaulting girls at parties because the victim would be too
embarrassed to report due to the shame of being blamed for going to party in the first place.


You and Brett the drunk are one and the same, he also thought there is no big deal about groping, but he
is learning bitter lessons. Even if he gets confirmed, no one would trust him with their daughters because
who knows when he will get drunk and start harassing them?

A word of advice for you, it is no longer normal to grope people after #metoo especially if you have big
plans for the future.


His high school and college friends all remember his excessive drinking habits, some even wrote
books about it.

Xisnin:
If you understand the US system, you would have understood why she got a lawyer.
The law reigns supreme in the US and a victim can be punished if they fail to protect themselves.

There is a difference between not having a convictable proof and baseless allegations

What is wrong with anyone accusing me of what I did in the past?

Brett, the drunkard was furious that the recklessness he has been getting away with has finally caught up with him.

I know he will likely be the first drunkard on the supreme court because whatever he did does not matter. If O.J Simpson
could be acquited of murder, Brett confirmation will likely be a walk in the park.

Xisnin:
I watched Ford's testimony. She was calm and composed, unlike Brett who relies on emotional blackmail and manipulation
to make his case. It is a shame that a judge that has decided people's future in the past cannot handle direct questions from politicians
who aren't legal specialists. Even when questioned about drinking habits, he flew into a rage with accusatory questions though evidence
suggests he is a drunkard.

Xisnin:
I watched Ford's testimony. She was calm and composed, unlike Brett who relies on emotional blackmail and manipulation
to make his case. It is a shame that a judge that has decided people's future in the past cannot handle direct questions from politicians
who aren't legal specialists. Even when questioned about drinking habits, he flew into a rage with accusatory questions though evidence
suggests he is a drunkard.

Xisnin:
Liar, Brett the drunkard was not accused of rape by anybody. Never rely on propaganda for news.

AsianLoyalist:
Defense ministry said they're deploying women to the front line of major wars or conflicts.

What do people do in front line? Open teeth ? Are health personnel and non combatants deployed to front line?

AsianLoyalist:
Sir please don't be ignorant. US changed their laws to deploy women to frontline in 2016 . Women were even deployed to Afghanistan.

You can check Google sir.

AsianLoyalist:
Is that a general rule or why do you say Nigerian female soldiers don't participate in wars?
Even in the US? Do you have any link or statistics to prove your point? About 10% of the US Army is made up of women ，what do they do?

You also feel disturbed seeing this picture, why?

Mfunkynation:
just use ur remote and enter menu . then locate data reset and reset ur decorder. then input the tp n frequency of each sat n blind scan again

Mfunkynation:
the issue was resolve by factory reset. it now save channels individually

justmide:
I got Honda. Enjoying it since. No regret