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This forex volatility is a blessing in disguise only if the govt, private sectors and Nigerians optimise the opportunity it presents Backward integration is the way out but our working population must be ready to go back to work and be ready to dirty their hands while our companies must be ready to slow down operations to accommodate local raw materials and our government must fund and monitor the backward integration well.

Has President Tinubu established her fate to the office and clear the allegations of reappointing one Hon. Adepoju??

Right recommendations coming at the right time.

NBTE isn't ashamed of it, now everyone is just embarrassing them.

IMF should stop selling generic script to us and stop using us as experiment for post imperialism and for depending their neocolonialism strategy.

Imagine this lawyer is using traditional believe to interpret law by saying a person have all right to privacy even in death. He has forgotten that their is exception to every law

Niger should be ready to re-arrange and overhaul their security structure post french troops withdrawal/evacuation.

Slay Queen for my mind

Some public servants from time to time raise alarm to some abnormalities in our system but too many of us neglect it or just form to busy to mobilize against such abnormalities. One of such is someone taking home 500m severance pay after a 4 years office as pointed by this person. Our keeping quiet about it encourages such act to foster and even encourage others who are not into yet to develop these abnormalities. The whistle blower is may be poised to join them soon when he sees no one is beating them even after raising alarm.

To understand these statistics, According to 2022 statistics, there are 102,500 students in 111 private universities in Nigeria. While about 99,985 Nigerian students left for UK universities in the last 5 years. Unfortunately, this simply mean 95.5% of total students of all students in Nigeria private universities are in UK universities. This simply implies that if they didn't leave for UK university, we could have had more Private universities in the Nigeria thereby greatly help our own socio-economy development.

JAPA: 99,985 Nigerian students left for UK varsities in 5 years — Minister
Source: National Accord Newspaper Oct 9, 2023 6:59 PM

The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo says statistics indicate that no fewer than 99,985 Nigerian students left the country to enrol in universities in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2022.

The minister disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the 2023 University of Lagos International Week on Monday, in Lagos.

The theme of the international week is ‘Breaking the Borders of Partnership’.

“Every year, over 100 Nigerian students benefit from the scholarship for postgraduate and PhD degrees, I speak from students personally; we have hundreds of professionals and entrepreneurs leaving our shores to break new grounds across our lands.

“And on our part, we must ensure that we play our part in the actualisation of their dreams. They carry our identity, one which not only aids their pursuit, but also defines them.

”According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), reports have shown that about 99,985 Nigerian students left this country to enrol in universities in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2022.

“While many may contend that majority of these students have simply ‘JAPA’ for other reasons, we cannot also deny the fact that a larger chunk of these students have left with the purest of intent to seek further knowledge for self advancement.

“Now, in going all through this therefore, I may want to ask, why our students should now suffer to acquire international passports, even when they have paid for it.

“Their pursuit of breaking new grounds across borders, is one which gives us great joy as through our children, we sustain the future,” he said.

The minister said the ministry had commenced the automation of end-to-end passport application process, and had given a timeline from which Nigerians would begin to experience the “sweet experience.

“By implication, Nigerians will not need to wait longer than two weeks before they get their passport.

“By January next year, Nigerians will be able to complete this application process online, and by February next year, with collaboration and partnership with other relevant stakeholders, Nigerians will have their passport delivered to their homes, offices and other locations of their choice,” he stated.

According to him, this will also be extended to the visa application process, with technology deployed throughout the entire process, to make it as seamless as possible.

The minister said to achieve this, his office had set everything into motion to open 12 more visa application centres across the world.

“In this regard, we are also working on strengthening our visa- on-arrival policy.

“We are working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to enforce the principle of reciprocity and a committee has been set up in the ministry to achieve this,” he said.

Tunji-Ojo noted that the theme of the event reminded citizens that the challenges faced as a people were not confined by geographical boundaries.

He said that whether it was addressing climate change, promoting global health, ensuring peace and security, or fostering economic prosperity, the world was more interconnected than ever before.

According to him, there is the need to embrace partnerships that transcend borders, to tackle these complex issues effectively,

“In breaking the boundaries of partnership, we are not using rhetoric. We lead from the front. This was strongly expressed by President Bola Tinubu, while recently addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 78),” he said.

The minister expressed his unwavering faith in the transformative power of education and research.

He said that together, citizens could break the borders that hindered collaboration and unlock a brighter future for Nigeria, and by extension, Africa.

On his part, the keynote speaker at the event, Prof. Iain Gillespie, Vice Chancellor, University of Dundee, U.K, said institutions, industries and policy makers across the globe must work together to address common challenges.

According to him, partnership has the ability to bring about expertise and capacity.

“It requires genuine alignment of good and equitable relationship to deliver meaningful impact,

“Universities on their part, are indeed meant to be centres for commitment to excellence in knowledge, character and service to humanity.

“They must strive to transform lives locally and globally through triple intensity, to deliver on social purpose,” he said.

Earlier in her welcome address, the Vice Chancellor of UNILAG, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, said at the turn of the 21st century, the world had started to come to terms with the impact of globalisation.

She said this was so in all its ramifications on how life would be lived in the present and in the future.

According to her, global-higher education sector was not left out as it was itself both a driver of, and a respondent to the changes being witnessed.

She noted that there was growing recognition among its managers on the place of universities and like institutions, as research, teaching and learning arena,

Ogunsola said managers believed that if such institutions were going to be valuable to the knowledge economy of the 21st century, they would have to adapt to the imperatives of internationalising higher education.

On his part, The Executive Secretary TETFund, Mr Sonny Echono, said the organisation was working hard to promote internalisation in terms of scholarship.

He said that it had offered scholarship to over 40,000 scholars to do their Masters and PhD programmes abroad.

Oyedele was right. In this vast capitalist knowledge economy, those refineries equipment are most likely obsolete and may not fit for this time. They are better sold as scrap. if care is not taken, Dangote refinery may find itself in this shoe too. Equipment manufacturers are making new equipment so as to make new money.

What more does Atiku want CSU to Artikulate??

I am with Reno on this. I have said it and I will say it again that in a capitalist world, I don't think any institution will not want to have the president of the largest economy and the most populated black man nation as its alumni at a minimal cost.

Good

While more churches are coming up

I am on 1.5gb everyday data on Airtel. In the past, I hardly use 1.5gb in a day but have it rolled over to the second day.

However, in recent time I use internet less or same level as I used to, but I observed that the rate the 1.5gb daily data is being exhausted is very high and unusual. I don't have any background running apps or any different settings from how it used to be.

Please, is there anyone who is experiencing same or am I the only experiencing this with my airtel 1.5gb everyday data subscription?

If banks could be allowed to borrow this much within that short period, then I can understand why the currency devaluation cannot end. It is easy for banks to borrow this money to speculate on dollar and make quick profit from the dollar price increase and weaken our Naira.

Mammon Ghadafi of blessed memory has always spoken for Africa before he was killed. However, kudos to President Tinubu for that speech too.

Anybody could be mischievous including the FBI.

Protest ke??

I thought the "useless generation" as predicted in the book "21 lessons for 21st century" won't happen in my generation ni, alas I was wrong sha!

These politicians knows how to finger our brains and trend on our emotions.

Abeg what concerns DSS with investigation of death of an individual who is not material to the Nigerian state security? Gov. Sanwo Plus, this is not the mandate of DSS please.

Somebody should please tell Nami to go set and meet the target in his personal office.

Tell me which school will like to lose associate with the president of largest economy in Africa in a capitalist world??

Hmm

True story:
I went to my farm recently in a town that was announced to be expecting flood. I was asking why it had not rain for quite sometimes but a resident of the village told me that the spiritualist in the town has diverted the rain as a result of impending flood expected in town. And now, I am reading that Libya (a country with close proximity to desert) experienced flooding while the town whose flood has been predicted repeatedly now have the flood alert cancelled.

Now, I am wondering if those spiritualists truly diverted the rain as insulated by my town person.

erico2k2:
Who approved the building plan? is it not Government??

The question is what was approved and what was built?? If Mrs. Daniel believe that her right has been violated, she can go to court and even make damages claim.

This is contempt

We should let the government institutions do their job wether witch-hunting or not. Any party that is not satisfied can approach the court of law to prove being witch-hunt or breach of right.

Thank you "Dropped mic"

Hehehe!

To give you clue of those responsible for the development of those called developed country, it was majorly done by private sectors but with government permission and direction called regulations while does refered to as not well planned or underdeveloped is orchestrated by individual efforts without government permission or regulations.

The question is how many Nigerians would not groan under strict government regulation or how many of us will seek government permission to carry out what required government permission?

LOL