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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?

DissTroy:
For 8 years under Buhari, GEJ's Facebook posts on alternate weeks used to be him encouraging Nigerians to pray for the country, wishing it well, while asking us to hold still as the country gets better, even as he got dragged through the mud by the APC for 5 years.

I just checked his page now. He no longer cares or posts about the Nigerian situation. Just updates about his work and wishing his Nigerian friends on their birthdays well while those who blamed him for every woe in the country fill the comment section with, "Sir, say something. We are dying. Tell Buhari (now Tinubu) what we are facing", and he ignores all as he should.

monerozi5590:
You can lie sha. This was my post under your post.

very easy to blame Buhari for everything. In Jos, blame Buhari, in Abuja blame Buhari, in Kaduna just blame Buhari. Blame him even when he is not the president anymore.

Buhari should carry guns and start protecting everybody in Katsina.

When Buhari was the president, you said he is Fulani that's why the Fulani guys are doing anyhow, now he has left but insecurity still persists.

Is this how to even criticize someone? What do you want Buhari to do right now?

When Buhari was the president, he was blamed for Insecurity, I blamed him too but he has left and I am understanding right now that insecurity is something that is hard to tackle as the president in a country like Nigeria.


You now said this "Alhaji Monerozi is telling me to keep Buhari’s name out of my mouth because he has a Buhari effigy in his house he worships and kiss when he wakes and before he sleeps ". And I replied you should stop shouting Buhari Buhari everytime.

monerozi5590:
Anytime you start losing an argument, you start bringing insults just shows how smart you are.

Maybe you didn't see clashes there in Ogun and Oyo.

iamoyindamola:
These guys are not smart
They believe they are untouchable in the forest, I blame the government and useless military people
All those one know is flex muscle with civilians

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I am seeing some broadcast messages on WhatsApp that there is a new vehicle document that has been introduced.

CMR, and it costs 10k.

Abeg who don confirm this?[/color]

monerozi5590:
I should show you evidence of clashes. Your gra gra too much. I am done with this your bias take.

This is copied from a write up in 2013 before Buhari became the president. Finding it difficult to upload screenshot.

In Nigeria, the Fulani have continued to clash with sedentary farming communities in Plateau, Ogun, Oyo, Sokoto, Nassarawa, Benue, Rivers, Bauchi, Yobe, Enugu, Cross-Rivers states and the Federal Capital Territory. The war being fought with the Tiv is fought in Tiv territories of Benue and Nassarawa state, where the Tiv have lived in the last three centuries, farming; rice, yams, cassava, beniseed, soya beans, and keeping their own cattle the Muturu cows. The Benue state and Tivland is Nigeria’s bread basket.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/114532-the-fulani-tiv-at-war-in-nigeria-as-president-jonathan-helplessly-looks-on-1-by-iyorwuese-hagher.html

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I don't think there's any mining site near there.

Maybe na there dem dey pack the materials and dynamites.

And if it is illegal, be very sure that it won't be known to the public; I mean their activities[/color]

izzou:
[color=royalblue]The Governor said it was dynamites from illegal miners

Gasland has issued a statement that it wasn't them.

I can't say, but nobody is pointing to gas.[/color]

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Nigerians should learn to relax...

So, in the end, it wasn't Gas or Gasland.

I have seen and Gasland and been to Ventura mall, just metres from UI, and i have been wondering how that explosion would shake Ibadan.

Even the gas explosion we had at Abule Egba sometime in Lagos, didn't shake the whole Alimosho sef.

May God have mercy on the dead and comfort their families. [/color]

monerozi5590:
So before Buhari, there were no clashes between Fulani herdsmen and people in the South West?

Do you even know when those clashes started. Everytime you will just open your mouth and be shouting Buhari Buhari.

Why are you not blaming Obasanjo for every insecurity in Ogun State. He was once the president too?

Didn't Buhari government tackle Bokoharm insurgency? Did you know those guys created a state in Nigeria and hoist their flag,? Where is all that now?

Where were you when people in the North couldn't go to church or mosque because of fear of bomb blast . People couldn't even go out in gathering. Bomb blast everywhere even in Abuja.


You think kidnapping started under Buhari? Go and read the history of kidnapping in Nigeria, not everytime you open your mouth and be shouting Buhari. Buhari is no longer the president.

monerozi5590:
Is very easy to blame Buhari for everything. In Jos, blame Buhari, in Abuja blame Buhari, in Kaduna just blame Buhari. Blame him even when he is not the president anymore.

Buhari should carry guns and start protecting everybody in Katsina.

When Buhari was the president, you said he is Fulani that's why the Fulani guys are doing anyhow, now he has left but insecurity still persists.

Is this how to even criticize someone? What do you want Buhari to do right now?

When Buhari was the president, he was blamed for Insecurity, I blamed him too but he has left and I am understanding right now that insecurity is something that is hard to tackle as the president in a country like Nigeria.

iamoyindamola:
Nah gas explosion can't release such waves and tremors
About 5 to 6 locations were affected
Go twitter see the effects and aftermath this one no be gas

Ballzproblem2:
thread on FP say na tremor, which one we go believe?


make God help us o , being a Nigerian on its own na risk.

If no be kidnappers,na reckless drivers or armed robbers now this.

Realmrsean:
What is happening in ibadan? Bomb 💣 blast

Realmrsean:
Why is no one talking about shell leaving?

Maybe the competitions in the oil and gas sector is chasing them

DissTroy:
Like the Wagner Group rescued Mikel's father in 2018 on Abrahomivic's orders before our security forces could finishing drafting their shitty press releases.

More shame for us.

raumdeuter:
Like Gbola said yesterday, The elites have grown these menace for long and now the thing don chook dem for throat. The almajiris have grown into adults. They are no longer begging for alms, they are forcefully taking it.

DissTroy:
Funny that Nigeria is also currently bidding to host AFCON.
Imagine Salah and Onana disappearing with their team buses in the suburbs of Abuja...