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Politics › Re: Judgment Seizing Nigeria’s Presidential Jets Would Be Vacated Soon – Adebayo by budaatum: 1:52pm On Aug 20, 2024
Biodun556:
Some people will not like this
Don't mind those "some people".

Ogun State has consulted babalawo and done the necessary and will win this case.

The Chinese company will even have to compensate Ogun State and every Nigerian for causing us loss of reputation.

Register here to receive your share.
Business › Re: Nigerian Presidents And Value Of Naira To Dollar by budaatum: 1:37pm On Aug 20, 2024
I actually expected 2000 Naira to the dollar during Buhari's term, and I'm surprised it never got there, but with NNPC's fake non-subsidy and Nigeria living on loans, I'd now bet 3k to the dollar and petrol at 2k a litre and bread made with sawdust.

My desire not to depress anyone or get stoned is why I did not say 5k to the dollar, note. And I'm praying I am wrong.
Family › Re: . by budaatum: 1:30pm On Aug 20, 2024
rdsco:
He's Probably a genZ. All these 2005 and upward kids grin
The subsidy generation. They don't seem to know life is hard.

Lishet:
No long story. I'm a student, starting exams today, I'm so hungry right now, I've not feed well for about days now. Please help me, even if it's 1K. 😪

I used my last card, 1200 to fill gas yesterday even when I didn't see food.
Even if it's 500, I'll appreciate to at least buy noodles. God bless you. 🙏

MODIFIED

Thank you everyone. This is 24 hours since I made a post that I'm hungry, till now, I've got nothing but bashings. I've taken down the account number.


This my down moments have made me realize that it's indeed a cruel world. If I do something funny today, everyone would blame me for not speaking up, or I even get a dead sentence just as some people here have given me a fair share.

The other time, I was saying on a thread that I'm owing a loan app, i had to subsequently clear the thread.

All these are stories I'll live to tell one day.

I just want to use this medium to tell you that not all begging for help online are scams, if you can't contribute to their wellbeing at anytime, do well to skip the post other than adding to their woes. It's still the same set of people who go to church everyday with a bible preaching goodness.

To everyone currently down now, we would come out of this soon.
Family › Re: . by budaatum: 12:53pm On Aug 20, 2024
rdsco:
He said he "prayed for them" grin grin.

You no work, you dey pray,
Hunger never wire you.
He's here praying (begging) for food too, so I guess he hasn't learnt yet.
Romance › Re: I Trust My Husband Of 11 Years With All My Heart And I Brag About Any Where Any by budaatum: 12:50pm On Aug 20, 2024
He is having fun they say. And hopefully he's using condoms when he catches his fun so he does not catch Hiv and Aids and bring his fun home to you.

It's been a year. How far?
Family › Re: . by budaatum: 12:41pm On Aug 20, 2024
You don't deal with such parents. You know they can not feed you, so you need to start looking for ways to feed yourself instead of seeking alternative parents to beg from.

Life can be hard for some like that, so either swim or sink.
Food › Re: Would You Eat This (II) by budaatum: 12:35pm On Aug 20, 2024
If it were better presented and if the sausages didn't look like they came out of a jar, why not?

Politics › Re: Russian Engineers Begin Extensive Assessment Of Ajaokuta Steel Plant by budaatum: 12:27pm On Aug 20, 2024
If this were a 1979 car we were trying to revive, someone would tell me its a vanity job, done for show, and there's no way it could perform like a 2024 car though the cost of revival might likely be enough to buy a 2024 car. But I'm expected to believe a steel plant built in 1979 would be productive today and produce steel cheaper than can be imported from China.

Thankfully, those we are taking loans to come revive it for us know we have presidential jets they can confiscate if we don't pay up.

In 2002, the Nigerian government under Olusegun Obasanjo concessioned the project to Japanese Kobe Steel in an attempt at revitalization, however without much success. In 2004, the project was again transferred, this time to Ispat Industries. The deal was financed by Global Infrastructure Holdings Limited (GIHL) (now Global Steel Holdings Limited, GSHL), which is chaired by Indian steel magnate Pramod Mittal. The concession ended in 2008 after the government accused GIHL of asset-stripping. GIHL then sued Nigeria at International Chamber of Commerce.[6] The dispute was initially resolved in 2016, with Nigeria regaining control of the Ajaokuta Steel Mill in exchange for GIHL retaining the Nigerian Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO) operating at Itakpe.[7][8] In 2022, the Nigerian government paid $496 million to GSHL to settle the claims.[9]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajaokuta_Steel_Mill
The below is dated Friday, 5 Jan 2024 1:20:50.

The Nigerian government has commenced discussions with renowned Chinese Company, Luan Steel Holding Group to build a new Steel Plant in Nigeria and commence the building of military hardwares in Ajaokuta Steel Plant.

The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, disclosed this Thursday after his tour alongside Minister of Defense, Badaru Abubakar at Luan Steel Holding Group in Hefei and Guangzhou region of China, as part of an effort to industrialize Nigeria.

https://dailytrust.com/fg-china-to-build-steel-plant-military-hardware-in-ajaokuta-minister/
Romance › Re: I Can't Wait Too See My Grandfather In Heaven by budaatum: 2:15pm On Aug 19, 2024
Yes you can wait and will wait, since you have no plans to kill yourself and go join him.

Or do you?
Politics › Re: FIRS Drafts Executive Bill To Give National Assembly, Seek To Reform The Revenue by budaatum: 2:13pm On Aug 19, 2024
I wonder if this new tax law would stop iyalojs from collecting separate market fees and local government taxing for igr.
Politics › Re: $3.3 Billion Controversial Loan: FG, APC Betraying Nigeria's Future - NYA by budaatum: 2:09pm On Aug 19, 2024
I wish Nigeria had elected a different party at the last election so these sort of deals could be revealed.

Thankfully, there's another election in 2027, and 2031, and 2035, and 3027. And we Nigerians can not continuously choose to cover our eyes forever so we don't see.
Food › Re: See The #2,000 Worth Of Tomatoes I Bought Today by budaatum: 12:56pm On Aug 19, 2024
RepoMan007:
Zaria isnt Ibadan. Plus at what time of the year was the Zaria purchase? Peak or off-peak?
Zaria is not Ibadan? Damn! I thought it was.

The Zaria purchase was not in the same year neither, nor under the same government or conditions! Exchange rates were different. Minimum wage was different, and peoples' satisfaction or dissatisfaction was not the same.

Now compare.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Colombia Bans Coal Exports To Israel by budaatum: 12:50pm On Aug 19, 2024
Meanwhile, UK sells Israel its genocide tools.

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9964/

Politics › Re: The Bane Of Nigeria Today Is Self-centered And Deceitful Leadership - Obasanjo by budaatum: 11:36am On Aug 19, 2024
BATified23:
I wish this man will contest one day. I'm very sure he will turn Nigeria to Dubai with constant electricity.
You being sarcy?

You should wish this man had been head of state and president of Nigeria before. If what you are sure of were true, Nigeria would be heaven with constant electricity and plenty and peace by now.

Romance › Re: I Have Spent 30k In 2 Weeks Our Currency Is Useless. by budaatum: 11:38pm On Aug 18, 2024
Skooltynz:
Did you read my post?
grin
I read your post. Please help me with .1k
Foreign Affairs › Re: Israeli Authorities Approve Controversial Settlements In Christian Areas. by budaatum:
Floky215:
Rubbish...as long as it's their land they are free to construct and develop anywhere they chose to...!!
Even when it means chasing people off land that is already owned and developed, because who cares about those non-jewish people?

https://embraceme.org/blog/settlers-and-settlements-a-guide

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/06/israel-occupation-50-years-of-dispossession/

Politics › Re: Presidency: I am Not Eyeing Tinubu’s Job in 2027 – Ganduje by budaatum: 8:59pm On Aug 18, 2024
Gandollar for President grin Of Chad! angry

Though I must confess that I don't trust we Nigerians not to elect him or sit at home and let him win with low turnout.

budaatum:
Chad does sound like punishment. Like where people are sent to be killed. Lol!
Food › Re: See The #2,000 Worth Of Tomatoes I Bought Today by budaatum: 8:46pm On Aug 18, 2024
I thought it would be a lot less than this.
Seriously like 8-12 tomatoes!

Here is 2021 in Zaria for comparison.
https://www.nairaland.com/6389889/see-tomatoes-onions-bought-50
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by budaatum: 7:30pm On Aug 18, 2024
Ladyhippolyta88:
Her name is not difficult to pronounce.

They are being racist when they intentionally try to mispronounce her name.

A very useless political party of bigots and hateful people. God forbid.
Tueh.
https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/trump-mispronouncing-kamala

Politics › Re: South-east Governors Seek To Combat Youth Unemployment With Empowerment Plans by budaatum: 7:41pm On Aug 17, 2024
Kobojunkieee:
Industry will train, you say! Interesting assertion. But we have seen happen over and over again is that rather than train the locals, industries, time and time again, go out to hire already trained minds from foreign countries to come work in Nigerian companies and schools. So what exactly is wrong with the state spending money it has already allocated for training anyways, to help ready its workforce for the jobs these companies have here in Nigeria? undecided
Have you not wondered why "industries, time and time again, go out to hire already trained minds from foreign countries to come work in Nigerian companies and schools"?

And have you asked what those "trained minds from foreign countries" contribute?

The answer to the first question is a lack of proper training in Nigeria indeed. And I don't just mean skilled training. A person trained to believe in the Gods has a different training to one who believes in the sweat of their brow. I'm talking work ethics here.

The answer to the second is industry doesn't hire low skilled labour from abroad. It at best hires at management level. And even most foreign teachers are better trained than Nigeria teachers who are mostly untrained corpers.

And now, to your question, "So what exactly is wrong with the state spending money it has already allocated for training anyways".

I highlight "allocated", because I feel we both know no money is already allocated for training anyway, and even only a fraction of the money mentioned here will end up spent on the intended purpose.

But even if money were allocated for training, what would we spend it training people to do if the jobs they are trained for do not exist?

If I were to answer that, I'd say spend it training teachers, but we'd need to first decide what we want our teachers to teach. And I'd suggest they learn to teach students to use their own minds instead of mindlessly believe.
Politics › Re: Low Voter Turnout Mars Bauchi LG Elections by budaatum: 7:16pm On Aug 17, 2024
HellVictorinho8:
U promote distrust
Chai
U can as well endorse kidnapping
Hell, I don't think I need to promote distrust to people who already buy and sell distrust.

As for kidnapping, you haven't got the balls for the work involved.
Politics › Re: South-east Governors Seek To Combat Youth Unemployment With Empowerment Plans by budaatum: 7:14pm On Aug 17, 2024
Kobojunkieee:
Oh! My focus is on the kind of training the Nigerian poor need, training which should be removed from the many failed empowerment schemes of the past 25 years which have only served to further impoverish the Nigerian people and enrich their politicians. undecided
The training you refer to is employment based. Like a factory needs workers and trains people. Unfortunately, Nigeria does not have the factories today and so therefore do not need as many workers, which is why government is the largest employer in Nigeria. And we all know government produces nothing.

Industry will train people if it can find a use for them to make profit. It unfortunately can't make profit, so the people are worthless to them, and not worth investing in, sadly.

Government needs to refine its taxes and foreign exchange management to make Nigeria worth investing in. But the rate they are going, they'd likely tax more in the name of internally generated revenue, to fund their excesses, which will further kill off whatever industry there is.
Politics › Re: South-east Governors Seek To Combat Youth Unemployment With Empowerment Plans by budaatum: 6:59pm On Aug 17, 2024
Kobojunkieee:
OMGOSh! You watched an entirely different video altogether. lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed

I meant the video posted by Bashir Ahmed on X smiley
I really did watch the right video.

Politics › Re: Low Voter Turnout Mars Bauchi LG Elections by budaatum: 6:51pm On Aug 17, 2024
Orlu13:
will u shut up ur mouth...talking rubbish
as if u down know d reason fr Voters apathy...shift with ur motivational quote abeg
I forgive you because you are hungry and devoid of sense use.
Politics › Re: South-east Governors Seek To Combat Youth Unemployment With Empowerment Plans by budaatum: 6:49pm On Aug 17, 2024
Kobojunkieee:
Please watch the following video and then come back and try to attack this problem again. https://www.legit.ng/nigeria/1608774-watching-video-incredibly-emotional-clip-nigerias-rich-economic-history-surfaces/

Nigerians corpers themselves need significant amounts of training to measure up to the standard that is the world today.
The first comment on the video was about oil money, though it mentioned only northerners and not all Nigerians.

When oil boomed in the 70s, it became much cheaper to import than to produce at home, and that just about killed any innovation that would have kept our industries growing. The subsequent bust was the death kneel.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-XMuEvXlQo?si=_6PuWAW-KFJWNN0F

https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/glossary/resource-curse/

Corpers is like the scheme we are condemning here. It gives money to people in guise of empowering them when it really doesn't. And worst is that it suppresses employment and wages and training, since they can be turned over every year. Up to me, I'd want it scrapped or made more fit for purpose.

Politics › Re: Low Voter Turnout Mars Bauchi LG Elections by budaatum: 6:26pm On Aug 17, 2024
MIKOLOWISKA:
how will it count when you did not vote
See stupidity
Now is the time to show your power instead of useless protest that had no constitutional backing
They are funny people, lol, and want their uncast vote to count.
Politics › Re: Low Voter Turnout Mars Bauchi LG Elections by budaatum: 6:25pm On Aug 17, 2024
MIKOLOWISKA:
Na if they were truly hungry they would come out to vote
Very difficult to make people understand this.

In fact, if people were truly hungry they wouldn't let the election be rigged, since the rigger is who is depriving them of their food.
Politics › Re: South-east Governors Seek To Combat Youth Unemployment With Empowerment Plans by budaatum: 6:21pm On Aug 17, 2024
Kobojunkieee:
It is also that too. undecided
Just take a look at the skills they intend to spend billions of dollars in the year 2024, as part of their so-called empowerment schemes and you can immediately tell that these people are simply looking to create an army of those who are in poverty. undecided
Skills that can't properly be learnt in 8 months, lol.

I'd have prefered if this money went into apprenticeships. Like pay half of it to a mechanic etc to take on an apprentice who is paid the other half. But when I thought of the need to monitor progress, which I doubt would be done, I just sighed.

Better might be to invest it in our education system so corpers are not teachers.
Politics › Re: South-east Governors Seek To Combat Youth Unemployment With Empowerment Plans by budaatum: 6:06pm On Aug 17, 2024
Kobojunkieee:
Empowerment in Nigeria na highway to fraud abeg! Some individuals in Government, that Kalu senator in particular is about to make a killing from this scheme. undecided
I thought "vote buying" when I read it, If I pay people 10k a month they'll likely sell me their pvc even if they don't learn any skill.

They sure will be empowering me to remain in office to enrich myself.
Politics › Re: Low Voter Turnout Mars Bauchi LG Elections by budaatum: 6:02pm On Aug 17, 2024
BluntCrazeMan:
And that is exactly Their Game Plan..
And it is working for them due to the current corrupt systems where the number that goes in are never the same with the number that comes out,, and there are no logical explanations for any possible discrepancies..

..
As for me, I want an election where,, even if it is only 20-people that came out and casted their votes, let it be that the results showed that only those twenty people casted their votes.. And not “MORE THAN TWENTY”..

If there are voided or rejected votes,, let it reflect very well..
But let everything not be MORE THAN THOSE TWENTY PEOPLE who actually voted in real-life..

That will be the only time we will move forward with our elections,, and VOTER-APATHY will just die a natural death on its own.
Democracy is not just voting, but also includes the vigilance that ensures votes count.

We conduct elections in our own communities, and should therefore ensure the number who go in equals those who come out.

Voter apathy is to your detriment. It works for "them" and not for you.
Politics › Re: South-east Governors Seek To Combat Youth Unemployment With Empowerment Plans by budaatum: 5:50pm On Aug 17, 2024
Mr. Chris Asor, a leading member of the civil society groups in Anambra and coordinator of Anambra State Civil Society Network (ANSCONET) said: “We think there should be a monitoring mechanism because many of the people who will get these funds or training are targeting the empowerment money, and to them it is like bazaar or windfall. The government must properly monitor these initiatives and ensure that those who are imparted with the skills and who get empowered are truly those who need it.
They should have done research to find out how similar ideas have fared in the past. But of course we wouldn't!
Politics › Re: Low Voter Turnout Mars Bauchi LG Elections by budaatum: 5:36pm On Aug 17, 2024
I so love the fact that you all don't bother to go out to vote and then claim the winner rigged the election.

If I wanted to win an election, I too would promote this distrust you all have in elections, while paying my supporters to go out to vote.

Its like Fela said. "If I want to knack your head, na from back". But I'm certain most of you would rather throw bricks at me.

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