₦airaland Forum

GlorifiedTunde:
The sense in what i'm saying is that:

1. the national security of any nation relies on a network, that network isn't owned by any private Telco - its national security!
2. The At&T is the US's owned private Telco, when it was purchased by Bell corporation, not everything aspect was + the aspect that has to do with national security is handled specially by the government
3. Its not about bringing in more companies - NITEL doesn't have to provide phone services, it should better serve as Backbone for all existing Telcos, and be like the grid where all information inbound and outbound passes.
4. When you privatize everything in a sector without the government having its own, regulation and QoS is difficult. For instance the Nigerian Aviation.
5. We cannot have all the things we see in the movies and clamour for - Forensic database, Effective National Navigation System, etc

All I'm saying is that because something doesn't work initially, doesn't mean you should sell it off.

AT&T is a private company. Check your facts.

What do you mean NITEL should serve as a backbone? What happens when other coys decide to build their own gateways and how does this help Nigeria as a whole?

Govt has an excellent history of mismanagement of organizations like NITEL yet you want them to carry on. Well done.

Despite the number of comments against privatization of NITEL here nobody has made a compelling case why NITEL should continue to be owned and run by the government. I think people here like to criticize just for the heck of it. Pasting the general lapses of privatization from some textbook doesn't help as it ignores the particular conditions surrounding this particular organization. We all know that NITEL since inception has been run by the government amidst a culture of waste and underperformance yet people here are saying the same government should continue.

Personally I'm with the school of thought that agrees that government has no business in business, it should only concern itself with making the playing field fair for all private hands to operate while protecting the interest of citizens. Privatizing NITEL is an over due but welcome development. If done properly, it will increase the competition in the telecoms sector and offer Nigerians more options and at the same time help in unsaddling govt from unnecessary responsibilities.

For those who keep saying that other countries don't privatize telcos, I have to ask; who owns Verizon, Orange, Rogers heck even British Telecoms? There are dozens of telcos around and they are largely private companies. One will hardly find a leading telco that is owned and run by a govt these days.

asudan:
no

How do you know?

chamboy:
mention the Sectors na.. Even Walmart supermarket has government shares in it

LOL!

Walmart has government shares? Abeg tell us which government. And how does this help your argument against privatization?

GlorifiedTunde:
I will keep saying this, I do not know why everything must be privatized. It really pains me. I know how the government can make NITEL work. The problem NITEL had was just one - Corruption!
But total privatization will not benefit us as much. Because of their inability to think about how to make things work, they sell it outrightly. Bunch of Lazy, Corrupt and Myopic leaders. Thieves! That's what they all are.

FYI, if you don't know...

Nigeria needs NITEL as a government outfit because it determines where the telecoms sector will get to. The likes of MTN, GLO, ETISALAT, AIRTEL and others cannot adequately cater for the increasing demands of the users and the development process Nigeria is aiming at.

The national security needs a telecoms outfit that will be owned by the government and security agencies. Take a look at the CIA, MI6, MI7, KGB etc, they all thrive on a communication system that is very secure.

We cannot even launch a satellite that will be up and running for at least ten years...

There's too much involved in this, Nigeria can't get a database of Nigerians filled with forensic identifications, street, shop and other public cameras, etc working without a government outfit like NITEL.

I'm just so MAD at this USELESS, BLIND GOVERNMENT!!!

It is the in thing today to talk down on every government initiative but wouldn't it be better if such talk is backed by some measure of reason? What has the CIA or MI6 got to do here? Are those organisations offering commercial telecommunication services to the citizens of their respective countries? If as you say that the present telcos are unable to meet the needs of the country wouldn't the right thing be to bring in more companies in the sector? Isn't the privatization of NITEL aimed at doing just that?

Where is the sense in what you are saying?

chamboy:
u must b Sick man, Mention any Advanced Countries with All sectors Privatise... even to their TV n Cable it's all Government Sector... you here claiming rubbish fact...

Is there any need to get abusive?

As to your question: Unites States of America . That's one "advanced" country where most of all its sectors are in private hands.

It's a shame, the quality of discussions has truly plummeted on this forum. One hardly finds comments that are insightful or enlightening, even the criticism one sees here are hollow and pointless. Where have all the bright minds gone?

chamboy:
One major reason, I want GMB 4 president..
He doesn't like this privatisation rubbish...

No Country Grows with Privatising All its Government Agencies

Are you trolling or what?

How is NITEL a core goverment responsibilty? So you and your ilk want government to be saddled with unnecessary responsibities so that the that the history of mismanagement and wastage that has plagued this nation from the beginning continues? Any forward thinking person will agree that a leaner government is better than one bloated with activities that the private sector can handle efficiently. If this is truly the position of Buhari then many people will flee from him and his party since such a stance can only move the country back to the stone age era. All nations that we consider leading in today's world have all embraced privatization; this is the way to go.

Nice. I saw these on 9gag too.

Godfullsam:
$252.25m is too small for NITEL . Money must av exchanged hands through d back before NITEL can be sold for this ridiculous amount.
RIP to NITEL

Are you making this statement from an informed position or are you following the common tradition of most NLanders in making baseless allegations? Why exactly is $252.25m too small for NITEL?

Reporters who broke this story say that the N1 bears an uncanny resemblance to Apple's iPad Mini 2. Is Nokia now entering the KIRF business ?

CuteDude53:
The Tablet make sense according to the specs posted above...

Yeah specs wise it's impressive but the real attention grabber is the fact that it looks like the iPad mini 3. Nokia isn't known for this kind of brazen copying.

detunj:
Woah see fone....woah this is fone.....up nokiia

It's a tablet, wise guy.

lekinz:
And did u know that Lumia phones had been discontinued due to their Nokia x running on android O.S...

In a nutshell #NokiaSucks

What are you on about?

I don't have the energy to deal with this right now. Go and troll somewhere else.

Is there a site where one can see in detail the businesses, products or services of the 1200 YouWin finalists?

lekinz:
I know they won't be able to continue again after their flop with Nokia Lumia

The operating system is just rubbish ...How do they expect an illiterate fella to operate that

That useless phone with windows O.S

SMH for them !!! Make they go work partner with iTel or Tecno

#TeamiPhone

Don't be silly. Microsoft bought over the phone making division of Nokia and they will continue with the Lumia phones and WP OS.

Nokia won't be making phones anymore but they will be making tablets. The Finnish company just announced their latest product; the N1 tablet. (Source http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/18/nokia-n1-tablet-249/ )

There is no hacking of anything using this method. All this is is an alternative way to connect to a known WLAN. If the network is passworded this cmd method will not magically provide access.

It seems the first port of call when people break out of an asylum is Nairaland.

oyb:
WP supports number blocking . . .

Yeah but how many numbers are you going to block? Those spam texts come from so many different numbers that it's almost impossible to keep track of them.

You all should go to this link and sign the petition to put an end to the senseless spamming that these companies are subjecting us to.

https://www.change.org/p/nigerian-gsm-operators-and-regulator-mtn-glo-airtel-and-nigerian-communication-commission-stop-harassing-your-network-users-with-unsolicited-sms-and-calls-even-at-odd-hours

ITbomb:
Change OS in 3 sec?

Amma get this phone for Xmas

Are you joking or do you honestly not know that this is a hoax?

abubello:
when are they going to remove the arabic numerals from the Naira?

+1000

Let the bigots and intolerant clowns push for this too. Ignorance is surely a disease

This is why not everyone is sane. Disgusting!

Good job OP I have signed the petition.

@Mods

The word "were" should be corrected to "was". Amnesty International refers to one body not several bodies.

mecusbosco:
Mr man! Extreme cases requires extreme measures. Collateral damage is everywhere! Some companies abroad have rejected their own staff, denied them from coming back to their place of work, just because they visted Nigeria or othere Ebola related countries. Where is human right? Please answer!

Who does this guy think he is telling this monkey tale to? Please provide the names of the companies that did that.

@Topic
The majority of people here will not appreciate the gravity of the matter because they are not the ones affected. Its far more easier to blame the entire north for the activities of BH, that way when human rights violations are reported they can be dismissed with little effort.

Nigerians first have to collectively learn and advance to the stage where each individual's rights are respected before we will care. Right now we will keep playing the ostrich and somehow hope that new problems will not be created by this approach.

Those unsolicited text messages are a pain. Everyday on my phones I get as many as 15 useless messages and I have to delete all of them as their presence alone is irritating. These people should be stopped!

It's alarming how easily people drop inane comments here. Is there any hope for this country? Too many gullible people here.

Is Half of A Yellow Sun really a Nollywood movie? Aside from the fact that the story is set in Nigeria and based on a book by a Nigerian what genuine claims can the Nigerian movie industry lay on the movie?