₦airaland Forum

GloriousGbola:
the average nigerian has zero concept of basic safety and also a complete disregard for safety in general
i regularly see tanker drivers smoking beside tankers full of product
as for drivinhg, it is only in lagos people wear seatbelts - and this even includes road safety

driving safety is one of my pet peeves because you will see nigerians put thier children in thr front seat. you will see mothers put babies in the front seats of cars - sometimes the children will sit with them in the drivers seat

so i will not be suprised if the average nigerian does not know or care that explosives are controlled /regulated substances

nigerians only proactiveness is in saying a petrol station should not be sited in a location - which for me is partially misguided. a fuel station or gas plant is safe as long as it is deigned and operated accoording to standard [of course there again is where nigerians come in, esp for all these independent mush room operators.]

iamoyindamola:
Now that's someone that is ready to take responsibility within 24hours he is all over the screen true or false but you can be hopeful
But you see that wike forget it

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Why not name the company?

In USA, person go shoot people. E no go reach 1 day, and they have unveiled this killer, whether living or dead.

A proverb for my place says; Big news na 7 days, Small news na 4 days.

This one na 7 days. By Wednesday next week, the news fit don disappear[/color]

A001:
I read the same all over social media. Really painful and sad. They threw families into sadness at the beginning of the new year.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]That house is registered under their Disco

That house must be paying tenement rate to the LG in that state.

That house must have an owner, which is documented in the books of that community

How come there is an unknown Senegalese and Namibian that the state is trying to uncover?

You see this country? [/color]

GloriousGbola:
Now I have to start another round of paranoia. Who knows what my neighbors have stored in their houses?

A001:
So na foreigners caused the Bodija gas explosion with their illegal mining activities. Na wa o. Human lives are so cheap in this country. The borders are so porous. Anyone can enter and leave the country as they like.

afrodoc2:
Sir Kazeem.

popizaino:
Let us just agree that Mourinho is to perfect to fail if his players do not sabotage him.

afrodoc2:
Very cogent and crucial question.

popizaino:
Roma players sabotaged him.

iamoyindamola:
In Ibadan, house empty kwa for night?
Ko jo
There is a video of a lady that said house collapsed on her mother, sister and baby

izzou:
[color=royalblue]My brother, the whole world needs to come and study Oyo state.

How can only 2 people die?
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izzou:
[color=royalblue]No matter how badly he performs, I am tempted to vote him in 2027[/color]

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Just 2 people died in all these rubbles I am seeing?

Has to be a miracle[/color]

izzou:
[color=royalblue]You guys really have strength with the way una dey probe and ask questions.

Let us keep asking what Obi would have done, while 3 billion is being used to verify a register....Verification only.

Una get strength.
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izzou:
[color=royalblue]See the scanty lines wey dem write sef.

For 3 billion naira?

I expected a spiral binded, 40 page document, explaining what they want the money for.

The disrespect on that amount is too much [/color]

Spy360:
How does addressing the anomaly solve the question on ground? Unless it does I think it's a distraction. As a matter of fact, Wike should have been referring to himself when making that warning because he himself does not spend two consecutive days in Abuja before rushing back to Rivers.

BlueRayDick:
I'm sure that is not the full excerpts of the meeting. PM news obviously reported a part of his speech at the meeting.

By now u should know how Nigerian newspapers operate na; they can make 3 to 4 news headlines from one single event/meeting.

iamoyindamola:
What about the reason he was called
The kidnapping issue did he give solution or update?

Posers for the Governor of Oyo State Seyi Makinde and Security agencies regarding the deadly #IbadanBlast last night

1. Even in developed countries, it takes nothing less than 48 hours before government agencies make a categorical statement about such a massive explosion. These include cordoning off the area, obtaining evidence on the scene, and analyzing it before telling the public what exactly happened.

2. In less than 10 hours, Governor Seyi makinde already "investigated" the incident and submitted it was “Illegal Miners.” Who are the illegal miners? What do they mine, and why are they in possession of such powerful explosives?

3. Is there any explosives dealer known to security agencies in a high-brow neighborhood in Ibadan that the govt had long been aware of and did nothing about?

4. Again, who is that miner? What is the miner's name, and what do they mine in Oyo state? Is it gold, silver, cobalt, uranium, or what? A release should be done immediately to reveal the identity of the miner!

5. Mining and using explosives has a procedure and rarely explodes without a trigger, especially dynamite. You have to ignite it automatedly or use fire. Was the building rigged with explosives? If so, why so?

6. Is the governor or Oyo state government aware of mining in Agodi residential area? Is the governor aware of it, or is his or the state carrying out rock blasting in a residential area?

7. The DSS is saddled with approving the use of explosives around Nigeria. What is their public position on what happened? At least citizens need a preliminary report from the DSS on this matter immediately.

iamoyindamola:
But this as been going since forever even when he was a governor
What did he do?
Eventually he didn't tackle the issue at hand instead created a diversion

iamoyindamola:
Exactly this is actually what happens but baba is looking for scapegoat for his incompetency

iamoyindamola:
https://www.nairaland.com/7971783/insecurity-wike-condemns-constant-travel

Itsrm help me tell wike he's ment

This man is at best well suited for village headmaster post
He doesn't look or sound alright to me i no know wetin you see in him sha

liveLongNprospa:
Yup.
That crater used to be a house

liveLongNprospa:
Ground zero😵

nihilistjnr:
That's why I drew a distinction between Indian resource in India, and resource of Indian descent working in the US/UK

The Indians working in Nigeria are expatriates likely procured as highly skilled specialists.

When you outsource to Indians resource working from India however, the main driver is cost, not skill. You're paying for comparatively cheap resource, not the best of the best.

And it's that cheap resourcing business model that we're discussing.

The majority of them I've worked with on two of the biggest Indian consultancies were SHÏT bro. In at least one case, it was their utter incompetence that literally led to me been hired to manage a team of them on a client engagement.

nihilistjnr:
Omo no talk this one for outside.

Indian resource (as in resource based in India, and not UK/US based resource of Indian descent) behave very similarly to Nigerians in my experience. There's good and bad talent, highly skilled resource and grifters blagging their way through roles, highly conscientious workers and lazy bums in every workforce.

But the idea that Indians take work more seriously than most is a big MYTH.

Brah, I've worked with a lot, and alongside a lot in my consulting travels - and the majority of the ones I've worked with are shït, having either lied about their skills and qualifications to land on jobs they couldn't do, to being unable to produce documentation in simple English, to being incredibly lazy bums.

In my experience, they work well on repetitive task roles where they have to follow scripts, like call centres, but that doesn't require additional work ethic beyond basic gumption.

No talk this thing again for outside.

President Bola Tinubu has violated a new directive he recently issued on cutting down the number of people on his entourage during local and international travels.

Last Tuesday, the President announced the slashing of officials accompanying him and other top government officials on official trips.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said the move was part of the new government’s “massive cost-cutting measures.”

Mr Tinubu directed that individuals on his delegations should be pegged at 25 for local travels and 20 for international engagements. He also ordered that security agents based at his destinations should be regularly deployed for his protection whenever he travels to states instead of being accompanied by many security details from Abuja.

The policy drew huge praises from many Nigerians who had all along been irritated by the regime of waste and mismanagement of public funds characterising government operations at state and federal levels.

The directive was issued following a barrage of criticisms of Nigeria’s 1,411-member contingent to the COP 28 climate conference in Dubai and other wasteful public spending patterns.

But less than a week after the new laudable policy took effect, President Tinubu himself violated it. PREMIUM TIMES understands that when he travelled to the South-east state of Imo on Monday to attend the inauguration of Governor Hope Uzodinma for a second and final term, more than 50 individuals were on his delegation.

In his first trip outside Abuja since the new policy was announced, Mr Tinubu flew with at least 25 people on the presidential aircraft to Owerri, the Imo State capital. At least another 30 officials travelled before his arrival in the city.

Some of those who flew with the President on the NAF 001 are his son, Seyi Tinubu; his senior special assistant/private secretary, Aderemi Damilotun; his principal secretary, Hakeem Muri-Okunola; his senior special assistant on domestic matters; Subair Oluwatoyin and his senior special assistant on social events, Atika Ajaka.

Also on the flight were two other Personal Assistants to Mr Tinubu, Kamorudeen Yusuf and Wale Fadare; the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale; the State Chief of Protocol, Victor Adeleke; the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the President, Fasasi Adegboyega; the Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the President, Nurudeen Yusuf (a lieutenant colonel); the Chief Principal Staff Officer to the President (CPSO), Usman Shugaba (a deputy commissioner of police); the Personal Physician to the President, Dr Tinubu Sikiru Adekunle; the Chief Detail to the President; Bashir Mohammed and the Presidential Liaison Officer, Musa Yakubu.

Other officials who flew with Mr Tinubu include:

• Two presidential photographers, Asemota Nosa Joseph and Okanlawon Taiwo.
• The President’s official videographer, Sunday Moses.
• NTA reporter, Musbau Danwahab.
• NTA cameraman, Lukman Sani.

In what one State House official described as ludicrous, also on the presidential aircraft for the trip were Eniola Sakumbi, the personal assistant to the President’s ADC and a certain Emma, who functions as personal assistant to the President’s CSO.

In addition to the officials who flew with Mr Tinubu for an engagement that lasted only a few hours, at least 30 other people were mobilised to travel by commercial aircraft ahead of the President’s arrival in the Imo state capital.

Our sources said the advance party included the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Print Media, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, as well as five other officials from the media unit of the presidency, six officials from the protocol department, 15 security details and five journalists covering the State House in Abuja, even when their media organisations have representatives in Owerri and were on ground to cover the inauguration.

Also on the advance party were soldiers from the Brigade of Guards, drivers and other auxiliary staff with little or no role to play in Owerri.

Presidential spokesperson, Mr Ngelale, did not answer or return calls seeking his comments for this story. As of the time of filing this story, he had yet to respond to a message sent to him.

DissTroy:
A little harsh on the Nigerians I see on Upwork and LinkedIn putting in the work everyday. Maybe our tacky reputation precedes us but Nigerians in the ecosystem have crazy work ethics.

“More than 60 per cent of the population is below 30, a lot of them haven’t been to school and they are claiming that Nigeria is an oil producing country, therefore, they should sit and do nothing, and get housing, healthcare, education free,” Mr Buhari was quoted as saying by The Cable during a panel appearance with world leaders at the Commonwealth Business Forum in London.

DissTroy:
Thank you! We are just as skilled here, and it irks me that we aren't having a lion share of the outsourcing market. India was already a top outsourcing destination before Rishi Sunak though, and even more so for Silicon Valley companies.

Just last year, Microsoft had to downsize and that's when I discovered most of its Github top engineers were Indians. Imagine Indians being almost entirely responsible for maintaining the dependencies of millions of websites, web app, and programming languages. Crazy.



Sadly, Nigeria has an uphill task at hand to really measure up to India on this scale.

As at 2022, India had the cheapest internet in the world, second only to Israel. As at 2023 and last week, it's still top 3.

It's tackling its electricity challenges. India is producing electricity in Gigawatts while Nigeria last peaked at ~ 10 megawatts years ago.

Plus the Indian government continually engages these countries in trade deals, gives task breaks to tech companies, e.t.c.

These combine to give the Indian the advantage. Cheap and constant electricity, and cheap internet means tech-wise, the Indian has an advantage to rake up new tech skills quicker.

During the Lockdown, tech courses I took on Coursera and Futurelearn were filled with Indians, and only occasionally would I stumble on a Femi or Dekunle.
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Unlike Indians in the diaspora, Nigerians abroad in the tech ecosystem do not connect Nigerians on the continent to gigs. The Yorubas do this to their credit, but others have to step up.

Most times these companies just need credible referrals for one to get these gigs.

monerozi5590:
Glad you know you lied and you started the name calling. From Buhari effigy that I worship and kiss to joker to irritant to foolish.


No. This is what I quoted " So People don even dey abandon their home in Buhari’s home state Katsina due to insecurity ?



Is Buhari still the president?