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Romance › Re: Do You Think Virginity Is Overrated??? by barackodam: 11:29am On Jun 08, 2015
1 reply to you......fuckingglyy overrated!!!

eww angry
Romance › Re: Can U Date A Tomboy? by barackodam: 11:22am On Jun 08, 2015
lol, cutehector, you wan date tomboy.....
lipsrsealed
Romance › Re: My Affair With A Generous Aristo by barackodam: 11:17am On Jun 08, 2015
hehehehehe.

NSG, you and this your stories ehn!!!
BTW, so no be only mtn computers be thief, na cos their ogas stingy sef
Education › Re: Ahmadu Bello University: Here We Come. 2015/16 by barackodam: 7:46am On Jun 08, 2015
Asamu07:
Pls anybody with idea on HND special form for Direct Entry into 300levelhuh
naa
Education › Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate Match Two :Abu Zaria vs Funaab WINNER: FUNAAB by barackodam: 9:49pm On Jun 07, 2015
Danjuma827:
and its not the fault of the followers because they were blindfolded by these leaders political propaganda. and it is the choice of the leader to be bad or good when he or she assumes office. So the leaders are to be blamed.
exactly what I said
Education › Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate Match Two :Abu Zaria vs Funaab WINNER: FUNAAB by barackodam: 9:47pm On Jun 07, 2015
Nunushokoto:
And I say its the other way round cos followers appoint leaders.
how do we know the intention of our supposed leaders?
Education › Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate Match Two :Abu Zaria vs Funaab WINNER: FUNAAB by barackodam: 9:36pm On Jun 07, 2015
pseudonomer:
That means we are all corrupt. If we want to fight corruption, it has to start from me and you(the followers). And this is the main problem facing the corruption, we the followers are not ready to become "un-corrupt" but we want the leaders to stop corruption. Do you know that fuel is still being sold N110 in most places? You want to blame the government for that too?
i don't deny that fact, but do you accept the fact that good followers do turn bad leaders??
Education › Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate Match Two :Abu Zaria vs Funaab WINNER: FUNAAB by barackodam: 9:27pm On Jun 07, 2015
pseudonomer:
If I am allowed to answer this. If we the followers are scared of saying no to Corruption, how do we want the leaders to put an end to corruption. A good citizen that has integrity will say no to sharing, he will stand even if it is going to cost him the job contract. That is what a righteous man will do.
how many are righteous??

pseudonomer:
Where is that done? Every leader started from the ground before getting to the top.
We know, but there are good followers who turn bad leaders
Education › Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate Match Two :Abu Zaria vs Funaab WINNER: FUNAAB by barackodam: 9:12pm On Jun 07, 2015
pseudonomer:
He was able to that with the cooperation of the corrupt followers. The followers under him are corrupt too.
remember.....head before tail, leader before follower
Education › Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate Match Two :Abu Zaria vs Funaab WINNER: FUNAAB by barackodam: 9:11pm On Jun 07, 2015
Its better not to do a thing at all than to do a bad
job. Do u think those standard buildings abroad are
built just for building sake?:Do u also think that time
is not taken to make sure that the buildings are well
erected? One bad attitude of Nigerians is 'haste' we
are in a hurry to get things done legal or illegal.....nunushokoto.

dont deviate please....


if you're given a job by FG and about 3 ministries collect their so-called share from you, will you go back to FG and tell them you're ni longer working on the project after being paid??

or you can as well start a job you know you won't finish and later be chased be crimes agency for embezzlement
Education › Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate Match Two :Abu Zaria vs Funaab WINNER: FUNAAB by barackodam: 9:05pm On Jun 07, 2015
Jarus:
Barackodam, substantiate your claim that Babangida legalised corruption. Pls show me the section of the "legal instrument' he used in "legalising it".
Babangida is seen by many to have presided over one of the most corrupt governments in Nigeria, however,
unlike other regimes, no ministers of his regime were convicted/tried by the courts.


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Babangida


judges, please, my internet connectivity has become very poor, I may reply every one later than expected

thanks
Education › Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate Match Two :Abu Zaria vs Funaab WINNER: FUNAAB by barackodam: 8:54pm On Jun 07, 2015
Nunushokoto:
Going for substandard materials shouldn't be an option for any patriotic citizen.
what to do when the money will never complete the project and it need be delivered??


pseudonomer...... By accepting to give the share, the follower is also corrupt.

yes, but as a result of the leader
Education › Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate Match Two :Abu Zaria vs Funaab WINNER: FUNAAB by barackodam: 8:32pm On Jun 07, 2015
pseudonomer:
You have no claim, proof or supporting evidence to this. Or do you?
When EFCC Cecilia Ibru, the then CEO of Oceanic Bank. She was said to have borrowed about a 100billion naira and then she was granted bail of 1.5billion naira.
Education › Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate Match Two :Abu Zaria vs Funaab WINNER: FUNAAB by barackodam: 8:28pm On Jun 07, 2015
Nunushokoto:
The followers are to be blamed. Why?.:They present good proposals to the government just to get approval ,after getting the approval thy go behind and use substandard material for construction that make the buildings or roads not to last long and at the same time poses danger to inhabitants.
followers are to be blamed for bad roads?? poor airports?? after paying tax??

and I refuse to accept your claim, we all know of the bureaucracy in our country. You are given 100% to execute a particular contract, Ministry of A comes to collect his share, Ministry of B comes and probably ministry of C also, how much is left of the 100%, and since you have to execute the project, you go for substandard materials
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by barackodam:
we beat Cyprus champions.........APOEL
we beat Dutch champions...........AJAX
we beat English champions.........CITY
we beat French champions..........PSG
we beat German champions........Bayern
we beat Italian champions who also beat the then Spanish champions
....Juventus......Madrid.
We are now Spanish champions, Spanish cup champions, European champions, champions of champions.

we are Blaugranas.......
we are Catalunyas........

we are Barcelona!!!!!


Mes Que Un Club.


The champions defeater!!!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by barackodam: 8:07pm On Jun 07, 2015
pickabeau1:
Champions...
Italian champions also

cheesy
Education › Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate Match Two :Abu Zaria vs Funaab WINNER: FUNAAB by barackodam: 7:37pm On Jun 07, 2015
Miscellaneous:
Barackodam please update the thread with your argument. . . .

Speakers of funaab can now post their arguments.
done!!!
Education › Re: Nairaland Interschool Debate Match Two :Abu Zaria vs Funaab WINNER: FUNAAB by barackodam:
CORRUPTION IS A SOCIETAL EVIL CRIPPLING OUR COUNTRY NIGERIA; WHO TAKES
THE MOST BLAME OUR LEADERS OR THE
FOLLOWERS.


Name: Barackodam
School: ABU Zaria
Stance: Leaders take the most blame.

In order to have a vast understanding about the
subject topic, permit me to enlighten you more about the keywords of this essay.

Corruption: Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by
those in power, typically involving bribery.

Crippling: causing something to become unable to walk or move properly.

Leaders: The person who leads or commands a group, organization or country.

Followers: An adherent or devotee of a particular
cause, person, or activity.

Now that we have an understanding of what this
entails, let me start the essay proper.

The regime of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, has been seen as the one that legalized corruption in Nigeria. His administration refused to give account of the gulf war wind fall, which has been estimated to be $12.4billion. He rigged the only successful the only election in the history of Nigeria in June 12 1993. He lives in a very exquisite
mansion in his home state, Niger, in the northern part of the country.

The death of General Sani Abacha revealed the global nature of graft. French investigations of bribes paid to government officials to ease the award of gas plant construction in Nigeria revealed the global level of official graft in the country. The investigations led to the freezing of accounts containing about $100million. In 2000, two years after his death, a Swiss Bank commission report indicted Swiss Banks for failing to follow compliance process in allowing family and friends of Abacha access to accounts. The same year a total of more than $1billion were found in various accounts throughout Europe. Yet, we intend to blame followers for corruption, these men were both Commanders in Chief of Armed Forces.


In terms of infrastructure, series of avoidable deaths have occurred in the past. They range from road accidents due to bad roads, air mishap due to lack of proper regulation, among others. Nigerians, wallowing in poverty should be held responsible for that? Do we award contracts or construct roads? Are we National Airspace Management Agency(NAMA) to know if planes are in good conditions to fly? There is absolutely no hope for development without infrastructure, so who do we blame? Are the followers the ones implementing poor projects or the ones launching them?

Indeed, Nigerians are not corrupt but our leaders are. If Nigerian leaders keep our national values and make our laws potent, Nigerians will be forced to do what is right. It is often surprising that whenever Nigerians travel overseas, they comply and abide by all laws and regulations over there, but when they are back home in Nigeria, they continue disobeying the law. This is more so because the leadership in those countries do not joke with their own laws whereas Nigerian leaders trample upon their own.


Also, acts of the followers depends on the leaders
themselves. If the leader is corrupt free and he enforces it on his followers they definitely will change for good. Let us take a look at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) under the leadership of Nuhu Ribadu and the EFCC of now. Is the difference not so obvious? The EFCC of Ribadu had vision, while he led, his followers saw it and worked with him to achieve it. Take out Ribadu,the leadership and we can all see the difference.


We say followers are to be blamed, yet institutions that are meant to fight corruption statutorily are themselves corrupt. The malfeasance of corruption
is so endemic that graft fighting bodies such as EFCC, ICPC, and CCB have become toothless bulldogs as their ranks and file have been weakened. Even the so called human rights activists, Labour Unions, Civil Society Organizations among others that profess to be fighting for the masses are ironically infested with corruption. Human Rights crusaders and professionals such as lawyers, journalists and academics get to political offices only to spit on the cause they fought for during their days in human rights activism.

Let us not forget, we have laws that guide us, our conduct and our behavior, in a country like ours, when the leaders who are meant to enforce the laws refuses to, are we to blame the followers for not enforcing law and order or blame a citizen for giving bribe when the officer himself knows that attempting to give bribe is a punishable offence by law but still collects it?. An audio tape was released of an alleged rigging of the Ekiti state 2014 elections, yet statement was supposedly released by the presidency that it would not investigate it, claiming the tape was forged. We also heard the case of the then aviation minister, Mrs. Stella Oduah who, allegedly bought bullet proof cars worth over 200million naira, yet the presidency did nothing about it till 3 months after the supposed incident before she was relieved of her duty. The Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) then governor, had said $20billion was missing from NNPC audit account nothing was done about it till date, instead, the President GCFR sacked the governor when he had no constitutional right whatsoever to do so. Who are we to blame for all these? is it we the followers of which many have no iota of an idea about what is happening?

I can go on and on giving reasons why our leaders
are meant to be blamed but will like to stop here due to time factor.

I would also like to end this with q popular saying
that "With a rotten head, the body can not function properly, however with a good head, the body is left with no other choice than to perform"


THANK YOU



REFERENCES
Google definition
http://m.thenigerianvoice.com/news/96089/1/why-blame-nigerians-and-not-government-by-anthony-.html
http://www.punchng.com/opinion/letters/nigerians-are-not-to-blame/
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Nigeria
http://www.ifeadebayo.com/who-is-blame-nigerians-or-our-leaders/
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by barackodam: 12:21pm On Jun 07, 2015
Lionel Messi.............4 time UCL winner Andres Iniesta..........4 time UCL winner Xavier Hernandez....4 time UCL winner Gerard Pique............4 time UCL winner


deal with it!!!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by barackodam: 12:19pm On Jun 07, 2015
Marc Andre Ter Stegen won a treble in his first season Claudio Bravo won a treble in his first season Thomas Vermalean won a treble in his first season Douglas won a treble in his first season Luis Suarez won a treble in his first season Ivan Rakitic won a treble in his first season Jeremy Mathieu won a treble in his first season.

can you beat that....half a dozen players won treble in their first season.
dine with winners and you're a winner.
how I pity Alex song.....sad
Education › Re: 6 Students Bags First Class As Kwara State University Graduates 732 Students by barackodam: 6:19pm On Jun 06, 2015
mehn!!!!
6 1st class 3 3rd class

damn craazzy school
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by barackodam: 5:52pm On Jun 06, 2015
stevemims:
Its part of the game.
lol
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by barackodam: 12:16pm On May 31, 2015
bykebyke:
@emboldened... How Can you see the good he does when you are always looking for a mistake from him?

You saying that there are much better holding midfielders than him is thrash

So Guardiola was stupid when he decided to forgo Yaya Toure for Busquets?

"You watch the game, you don't see Busquets. You watch Busquets, you see the whole game." - Vincente Del Bosque


Sit Down and watch bro..This is Busquets101
http://vimeo.com/59287663
yea....exactly, you won't appreciate busquet till you realize he's absent in the team...he's a ghost player
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by barackodam: 12:07pm On May 31, 2015
homesteady:
I wonder when dribbling became a crime! Dinho and Okocha have done worst, but everybody loves them!
Some players are just idiöts, they have been hacking Neymar anyhow since the beginning, then he dribbles them and they want to start a war! They want to be respected, but they don't want to respect him!
exactly what I said....dinho did worse.
I wonder when he's meant to show skills, when match is just starting or when match is as good as finished
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by barackodam: 9:48am On May 31, 2015
okay....but guys, did you see anything wrong in what Neymar did?? he tried dribbling you, you fouled him, yet you're still mad at him.......ion get it, pls elaborate

cheers

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