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WHY ETHNIC GROUP IS AN ISSUE IN NIGERIA

According to definition ,Ethnicity is defined as a social formation distinguished by the common character,language and culture of their boundary,it could also be defined as the contextual discrimination by members of one group against others on the basis of differentiated system of socio and cultural symbol.

Why ethnic group is an issue in Nigeria can be traced to the fact that,In time of personal and political issues,ethnic ties are more meaningful to most people than reasoning beyond the ethnic difference, because the sense of security derived from ethnicity,the feeling of security that it gives in event of getting into trouble,it is believed that only their ethnic group will rally round them to rescue them.

Though, it is not true is some cases,but it is on most cases. Even outside the country,we would find Nigerians in diaspora,Yoruba in diaspora etc.

Ethnic group is seen as a guarantor of personal security,when the ethnic group is threatened,the members are threatened in a personal sense. This is why most people find threat towards our ethnic group as a fundamental threat to our identity and security. This implies that ethnicity is defined as the individual perception of and relationship to political issues. Since this is the case, it is easy for politicians to use this in time of politics to first secure the support of their ethnic group against others. Abdul AOH

2good: Why does the whole population of a country have to go to the university? Check this link below to see the percentage of population in Western Countries going to University.
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/090908/t090908b1-eng.htm

If everybody goes to university, who will mount other sectors of the economy? Ever since HND discrimination started, we lost it as a nation. Teachings in polytechnics are not even what they are suppose to be anymore in the sense that they are no more equipped to give sound technical education instead it has been converted to more of theoretical education and they still call them technical schools. We need to go back to the drawing board as a nation to redesign what system we want for ourself as a nation.
Also @ OP, don't forget that majority of these so called qualified people that you are talking about are actually not qualified but got the fantastic grades and result through 'runs' which has become the order of the day in Nigeria. Eradication of 'runs' is what we should be looking at so that truly gifted students can be identified and nurtured to help build Nigeria.

We are not talking about university here,we are talking about higher institution in general, be it uni,poly, or college.

Every qualified student is qualified according to the requirement,if you said they are not, prove it. After Jamb, we have post UME, i think there is no need to taking jamb every year,since they would still take the post jamb exam in any school they choose.. If we should go by your position, how sure are we that those unqualified once are not the once given admission?

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Be fair enough in your analysis please, Nigeria only has 30% educated rate, how then would you conclude that everyone is trying to go to school in a country with 30% education rate?

We have people who never cared about school, in fact they are the largest population till date.

But come to think of it, what is wrong with everyone going to University? why did you go to school? why don't you take the other route too?

The Government itself is calling everyone to go to school,it got to a stage that parents are said to be arrested in some states if their children are seen at home during school hours.

Also @ OP, don't forget that majority of these so called qualified people that you are talking about are actually not qualified but got the fantastic grades and result through 'runs' which has become the order of the day in Nigeria.

I would have to agree with you that we got it wrong since the discrimination started, i believe College should be accorded the same standard with University for teachers, no aspiring teacher of lecturer would ever bother about University since he would get a certificate of the same standard in College for his profession, the same for polytechnic too.

THE PROBLEM OF ADMISSION IN NIGERIAN INSTITUTIONS

It is a shame that our government could not solve admission problems in Nigeria.

I do not see any reason why every students that have the entry requirements are denied the admission to study, there are space in every school to build more classes,institutions can employ more lecturers and acquire more equipments to accommodate the students.

Why s...hould a student take jamb exam, score the required mark,yet he would still come back every year to take the same exam again? is this not exploitation? why cant he use the same result since he or she had passed already?

Nigerian students are now trooping out of the country with billion of naira every year to other countries just to get admission. How are these other countries doing it that after admitting their own students still accomodate other nationals? Nigerian students are every where,ghana,south africa,benin republic,usa,uk,france, malaysia,saudi to mention few. Most of these students are not going out because they want to,but because they could not secure admission here in Nigeria despite having the requirement. The process in getting admission in other country is more easier than getting admission in our own country,even the fees involved in securing admission in other countries are lesser than our own country. After having the Olevel requirement, A student have to take jamb,Post UME etc all totaling about N20,000,yet the student would not be given admission, he would still have to wait for another year and spend the same amount with no hope still.

This calls for attention.

and what do you mean by he his a messiah...?

A messiah that remove fuel subsidy without no result
stop funding of institution with no plan
double electricity tariff
insecurity all over

i cant even continue self

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FG CAN NOT FIX THE POWER PROBLEM


It was a shame and a surprise to read the punch news paper on May 16th,2012 to discover the true situation of the power sector in the speech of the vice president of Nigeria,Arc Namadi Sambo.


Vice president Namadi Sambo reportedly said: the illness and eventual death of late President Umaru Yar’Adua denied Nigerians the benefits of being led by a leader who saw himself as a servant. This statement implies that the next president (Goodluck Jonathan) after Yaradua does not see himself as a servant leader as he has been claiming,despite being the vice president under Yar'adua.


The most shocking revelation is the part were the Vice president said: Yar’Adua’s seven-point agenda and the emergency he declared in the power sector would have solved the lingering electricity problem in the country if not for his death.


I do not want to believe the Vice president said this,because the now president is the Vice president during Yaradua's tenure,they were working together on the power project i suppose,and having assumed the post of president after his boss,it should ordinarily translate to a continuous project since he Goodluck also declared an emergency on the same sector. But the Vice president said the contrary,which means that this administration did not follow the path of its own promise and declaration and neither did it follow the solution supposedly created by Yaradua which would have solved the power problem as the VP put it.


I do not know if i am mistaken, but what this statement simple means to me is that, no hope for Nigerians on the power sector,at least for now,contrary to what the FG have been saying.


According to president Jonathan “By God’s grace, by December 2012, Nigeria will not only celebrate one day of uninterrupted electricity supply, but we would celebrate one week, one month and so on of uninterrupted electricity supply,” President Goodluck Jonathan assured his audience, at the inauguration of The Road map For Power Sector Reforms, on August 26, 2010 in Lagos. Ever since this declaration was made,the power situation has been getting worse by day,only for the FG to announce its intention to increase the electricity tariff.


The statement of the vice president confirmed that there is no hope for any change in the power sector, everything the Fg had been saying is a mere word to impress the citizens,because if the statement is to be well interpreted, it means that the FG can not fix the power problem.


If the Government can indeed deliver on its promise,the VP would not say Nigerian were denied the benefit of being lead by a servant leader,neither would he talk about the death of Yaradua as a set back to solving the lingering electricity problem in the country since Yar'adua was succeed by his Vice.

what Dbanj did is simple called.. e ma da mi duro... emi omo baba olowo.

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When the child would cry over night or when sick cry for giving him or her drugs or food, the mother endured and did everything that must be done,even when the child run away to avoid drinking the herbal concortion, she would be patient until he takes it. she didn't complain because she knew there was no room for complain when she fails in her duty. She did appreciated the child, that is why she took care of him or her knowing it would be the turn of the child to some day do what she did for him. Now is our turn, there is no room for failure.

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WHY DIALOGUE WITH BOKO HARAM IS A MUST
Abdulrazaq O. Hamzat


I have always expressed my disapproval with the FG on the choice of dialogue with the Boko Haram sect, but after pondering on the issue over and over again, i could not come up with any better option than dialogue.



Dialogue i believe is not the best solution for solving the Boko Haram issue,but i think it remained the only available option yet to be explored. They say you don't negotiate with the devil,that is correct if you are directly involved. If you do not want to negotiate with the devil, you must be directly in charge and face it squarely with every thing you have,both the will and might should be employed to engage the so called devil,else you are not fighting the devil,you are rather giving him enough space to occupy your domain.



Why dialogue with Boko Haram is a most in my opinion boils down to the response of the FG so far and the previous responses on other occasions,though not similar situation,but crisis situation in form of terror and visualizations.



It all started during President Yarauda's tenure as president,at that time,the Amnesty program was proposed for the Niger Delta Militants in an effort to end the crisis in the region. During that period, I opined that any attempt to offer the militants an amnesty would mark the beginning of the dark days in Nigeria, It would mean that any group could wake up some day and start a war against the Government with the hope of getting compensation and the FG would be helpless than offer Amnesty to them inform of dialogue and compensation.Though i was criticized , many tagged me all sort of names and the then president was praised and commended for taking the right decision.



Few years later, the Boko Haram group sprang out of no where, and their destruction is far worst than one could imagine.



Though, the Boko Haram sect and the ND Militants cases were different,but they are similar in some ways. They both launched terror attacks on govt establishment and private properties. Boko Haram is even worst because they specifically attack innocent people,worshipers etc making them more destructive and blood thirsty.



The Niger Delta Militants at that time may have claimed to be fighting for their rights with their sympathizers,but Boko Haram sect didn't claim otherwise,they also have sympathizers alike. At this point, It doesn't matter who is right or wrong, the situation boils down to destroying lives and properties,hence both groups are destructive.



The Niger Delta Militants didn't get the amnesty on a platter of Gold, it did after causing serious havoc and destruction of lives and properties. The Security personnel JTF was introduced during that period to curb the threat of these militant groups,they tried their effort which proved abortive before the Government decided to offer the amnesty program.



On the issue of Boko Haram, the Govt have done in my opinion what they think they can to end the situation and all effort has proven abortive as far as reality is concerned. Innocent people keeps dying, freedom of movement and all sort are denied,their work and means of livelihood destroyed,their life is miserable and always in fear of being attacked either by Boko haram in most cases or even the security personnel which would knowingly or unknowingly take them for supporters of boko haram.



Some people would claim that the citizens harbour Boko haram,but how would i harbour someone killing my friends and families? The Boko Haram would come into a market were poor people are selling and buying and start a random shooting or through an explosive at them,killing only ordinary people as far as their terror is concerned,and we still think the same people would harbour Boko Haram? The Boko Haram sect are not killing ministers,commissioners,chairmen,governors etc,those stealing the public funds which would make the people feel they are fighting in their favor,they are killing only the ordinary people,so why should any one harbour them?



Why should the Govt continue to deny the people their right of freedom if the approach as not produced any meaningful change? why allow people die if dialogue can solve the problem? i hate it to dialogue with Boko Haram, a group which has been killing innocent people and causing a lot of panic among the people,but what can we do? allow the killing to continue with no hope of it ending any time soon or dialogue to at least save the people who may possibly become victims of their next attack.



A situation was reported by IG Wala on the social media about the conduct of the soldiers on the high way check points between Jos and Abuja,In one of the Villages on Jos road, a woman was stripped naked because she refused to come down & open her bag for search. The husband was said to have volunteered to do so since the lady explained she is ill as confirmed by the husband. But the Military boys insisted she must come down, when she refused, her punishment was to undressed her and leave her with only her pant standing by the roadside and for the husband, he was beaten by the soldiers. Another incident was how a soldier man insisted on checking a dead body that was being escorted to grave yard in an open van. When they arrived a checkpoint, a soldier insisted that they must open the dead body, one of the relative of the deceased confirmed that they have performed the religious rites to bury the dead man so it is not proper to expose him any longer, and he explained that with this crowd you don't need to cast any doubt if the man is dead or suspect anything, by looking at their mood any intelligent officer will understand. The soldier went ahead to use his hand to pull off the white piece of cloth, one of the relative tried to stop him, and it ended into a wrestling, the boy grabbed his gun and scattered in on the ground. It was the second soldier on ground that fired into the air and suddenly a patrol van appeared and they took the boy away, until today no news of that boy. IG Wala opined that there are lots of unreported cases every day which is diminishing the image of the military drastically, people are now seeing the military as the worst enemy of the common man in northern Nigerian. Despite these harsh treatment the people face in the hand of the military in an effort to prevent a furtherance in the activities of the boko haram sect,the situation keep getting worst. How then do we rely on this approach forever?



If the govt can indeed crush the group,they should within a reasonable time without putting more lives in danger,but how sure are we of the govts capability to end this anytime soon? What has the Government achieved from the state of emergency declared in some of the states in the North?



I would never support dialogue if their is another means. But if not, dialogue remain the only option.



I have been to Niger,Pleatue,Bauchi,Gombe and Abuja where some Boko Haram attacks have taken place and i can boldly say that the people are going through hell.



If dialogue can solve the problem, i think it is an option now unless the govt have other better plans than what they have employed already. The present approach would never stop Boko Haram,The checking points does not affect the Boko haram attackers like it affects the innocent citizens,they spent hours under sun in checking points, yet we still hear of attacks here and there. The people are beginning to see the military as more dangerous than even the boko haram sect itself.



My advice to the FG is to as a matter of urgency embrace dialogue to end this crisis before it gets out of hand. I am sure that some countries like Somalia,Pakistan,Afganistan where bombing is a major case would wish to have the opportunity to dialogue,may be they once had the chance but didn't take it which resulted to their current situation,The Nigerian Government must take the right step now.



My concern now is, which group will be the next to take arm against the government?

Who Shall take the responsibility of the innocent people already killed?

Who shall be brought to Justice?



I hereby call on the FG to crush these sect now or dialogue to save the Innocent people. Abdul AOH

Is this the Liberation brought to Libya or the freedom achieved?

http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-09-libyan-militia-storm-pm-office-demanding-pay/

At least one man was reported killed, paramedics said. Several dozen pickup trucks with heavy machine guns surrounded the building as government negotiators met the former rebels, who are demanding back pay they say they are owed.

The attack caused pandemonium when the militia, from Kikla, a town in the Nafusa mountains, attacked in the morning.

Gunfire echoed as the militia stormed the front gates and main entrance as staff fled the building. Keib was reportedly not in the building. His whereabouts were unknown.

Streets around the office, near the headquarters of Libya’s National Oil Corporation, were closed by local militias in the absence of an effective government police force.

“The guys from Kikla are inside,” said Tripoli militiaman Abdul Zeli, sitting in a Jeep outside the building. “I was woken in the morning and told to come here by my brigade commander. We have a small problem.”

Periodic bursts of machine gun fire echoed from the building compound, which has been home to the prime minister since the interim government was sworn in last November.

The protest follows week of rising tension, with militias across the country demanding to be paid as Libya’s oil revenues balloon. The ruling National Transitional Council made a one-off payment of £250 earlier this year but it was halted amid allegations of fraud.

Deadlock on back pay saw another militia from the Nafusa mountains delay handing the capital’s airport back to government forces until last month.

In the streets surrounding the office, there was sympathy from ordinary Libyans for the militia demands. “These militias made the revolution but they don’t get paid,” said Moatasem Sotni, a Tripoli hotel worker standing under the flyover leading to the roadblocks.

As gunfire echoed through the streets he added: “There is nothing to fear from these guys [the Kikla militia]. They want to be paid. There is plenty of money now in Libya, you can believe it, they should pay them.”

The attack will cause huge embarrassment for a government which has failed to exert control over the militias that fought in the revolution last year to oust Muammar Gaddafi.

Elections are due next month but some diplomats question whether the chaos and sporadic inter-tribal warfare will make them impossible. — © Guardian News and Media 2012

you are correct pal

the same person would applaud Yaradua for giving amnesty to Militants but would be against GEJ to dialogue with BOKo haram.

I am wondering how easy it is for a sudden change in position on similar cases involving two parties.

I find it hard to understand why most people have double standards

Why do people usually maintain a double standard position on the same issue involving two different people or parties?

For example,A pdp supporter would support GEJ for removing fuel subsidy because they said they needed money for infrastructure,but the same person would castigate BRF for increasing LASU fee for the same reason.

An ACN supporter would applaud protest in favor of Tinubu at the code of conduct bureau and the same person would condemn the protest in favor of Bukola Saraki for almost similar corruption ..

I am wondering, why do people maintain double standards on the same issue involving two different parties?

We still find people condemning the bishop.hum

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I Speak of Freedom - Kwame Nkruma, 1961

For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent. The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to "civilise" Africa. Under this cloak, the Europeans robbed the continent of vast riches and inflicted unimaginable suffering on the African people.

It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity. Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.

Although most Africans are poor, our continent is potentially extremely rich. Our mineral resources, which are being exploited with foreign capital only to enrich foreign investors, range from gold and diamonds to uranium and petroleum. Our forests contain some of the finest woods to be grown anywhere. Our cash crops include cocoa, coffee, rubber, tobacco and cotton. As for power, which is an important factor in any economic development, Africa contains over 40% of the potential water power of the world, as compared with about 10% in Europe and 13% in North America. Yet so far, less than 1% has been developed. This is one of the reasons why we have in Africa the paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty, and scarcity in the midst of abundance.

Never before have a people had within their grasp so great an opportunity for developing a continent endowed with so much wealth. Individually, the independent states of Africa, some of them potentially rich, others poor, can do little for their people. Together, by mutual help, they can achieve much. But the economic development of the continent must be planned and pursued as a whole. A loose confederation designed only for economic co-operation would not provide the necessary unity of purpose. Only a strong political union can bring about full and effective development of our natural resources for the benefit of our people.

The political situation in Africa today is heartening and at the same time disturbing. It is heartening to see so many new flags hoisted in place of the old; it is disturbing to see so many countries of varying sizes and at different levels of development, weak and, in some cases, almost helpless. If this terrible state of fragmentation is allowed to continue it may well be disastrous for us all.

There are at present some 28 states in Africa, excluding the Union of South Africa, and those countries not yet free. No less than nine of these states have a population of less than three million. Can we seriously believe that the colonial powers meant these countries to be independent, viable states? The example of South America, which has as much wealth, if not more than North America, and yet remains weak and dependent on outside interests, is one which every African would do well to study.

Critics of African unity often refer to the wide differences in culture, language and ideas in various parts of Africa. This is true, but the essential fact remains that we are all Africans, and have a common interest in the independence of Africa. The difficulties presented by questions of language, culture and different political systems are not insuperable. If the need for political union is agreed by us all, then the will to create it is born; and where there's a will there's a way.

The greatest contribution that Africa can make to the peace of the world is to avoid all the dangers inherent in disunity, by creating a political union which will also by its success, stand as an example to a divided world. A Union of African states will project more effectively the African personality. It will command respect from a world that has regard only for size and influence. The scant attention paid to African opposition to the French atomic tests in the Sahara, and the ignominious spectacle of the U.N. in the Congo quibbling about constitutional niceties while the Republic was tottering into anarchy, are evidence of the callous disregard of African Independence by the Great Powers.

We have to prove that greatness is not to be measured in stockpiles of atom bombs. I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity, the innate respect for human lives, the intense humanity that is our heritage, the African race, united under one federal government, will emerge not as just another world bloc to flaunt its wealth and strength, but as a Great Power whose greatness is indestructible because it is built not on fear, envy and suspicion, nor won at the expense of others, but founded on hope, trust, friendship and directed to the good of all mankind.

The emergence of such a mighty stabilising force in this strife-worn world should be regarded not as the shadowy dream of a visionary, but as a practical proposition, which the peoples of Africa can, and should, translate into reality. There is a tide in the affairs of every people when the moment strikes for political action. Such was the moment in the history of the United States of America when the Founding Fathers saw beyond the petty wranglings of the separate states and created a Union. This is our chance. We must act now. Tomorrow may be too late and the opportunity will have passed, and with it the hope of free Africa's survival.

THE FASHOLA'S MADNESS

It is now becoming a custom in Nigeria to condemn the bad things done by people we dislike,but when such thing is done by the people we adore,it becomes good.

Its obvious many double standard people would condemn any thing regarded as against their adored BRF, but we would not avoid speaking for fear of being label all sort of names. Yet, the same people would be the first ...to condemn GEJ on ever wrong actions.

Why shouldn't we all condemn the wrong of every leader and call all spade the same name..SPADE

The Govt signed an agreement with the Doctors in 2010 with no implementation and after some protest by the doctors,the agreement was half implemented. 2 years later, the doctor demanded for the full implementation of the agreement,but FAshola was hunting them down with security. Arrested some,scatter police around every venue of their meeting where by preventing them to discus the issue until when they declared the strike. The fashola's madness got to its highest level when the said doctor's that he deprived of civil and constitutional right of freedom of association and unlawful arrest,where announced sack. Which responsible leader would watch all the recorded death in the name of arrogance? What a Progressive.. Now that you have sacked the doctors, how many more would die? They were sacked because they demanded for their rights and some retard still think its worthwhile.