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Hearme:
IPPIS still having problems after 13 years of operation in Nigeria and you think it's the best for the system?

IPPIS implementation and application was never 13 years of operation. Aside that, those that have been using the IPPIS system before ASUU don't have such issue again. I will advise you check your facts right.

ASUU should take it easy with the govt and IPPIS because every system has it numerous challenges at beginning and get better over time. I was hoping ASUU should know this and show patient enough to get the IPPIS fully functional.

This is not the time to make excuses, but the time to make transitional justice and cleanse the public service system for the benefit of the general public

The real architect and faces of systemic public oppression and bad governance in Nigeria are our assembly members (be it state or national).

They have not represented well and mostly corner what is due to their local communities.

Its regrettable that many people don't know they are the real culprits.

Wack speak mixed with facts

Senate should not distract us with this news that affect the few population. Instead, they should work on reducing their allowances and should take eyes off zonal/constituency projects money and allow competent contractors to handle developmental projects for the populace's benefit instead of pocketing a large chunk of the money for their self benefit.

PUNCH NEWSPAPER COLUMNS:

Preparing for the Brave New World of 2050 (1)
Obadiah Mailafia October 5, 2020 by Dr Obadia Mailafia
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When Albert Einstein was 16, he was precocious enough to ask himself a simple question: “What would the world look like if I rode on a beam of light?” At that time, he himself did not know he was a genius. All the schoolmasters had, in fact, written him off; including his own parents. That big question he posed himself, as it turns out, became the biggest scientific puzzle of the century. It set him on the path of discovering Relativity Theory and his famous E = MC2 equation.


Last week we wrote about Nigeria’s 2050 Agenda and its prospects. Today, we peer into the future and try to imagine the world as it will be in 30 years down the road. That kind of futuristic thinking is important if we are to do the right kind of planning and the right kind of policy choices that will enable us to succeed as a country in the coming decades.

There is an entire discipline known as Futurology or Futures Studies. Futurologists are experts who spend their entire lives thinking about the future. Using the tools of social science, long-term perspective paradigms, mathematical modelling and other tools to peer into the future. Some of the most notable futurologists include British physicist and inventor Arthur Clarke, the French political philosopher Bertrand de Jouvenal, American astrophysicist Carl Sagan, sociologist Daniel Bell, computer scientist Eliezer Yudkowsky, historian H. G. Wells, the physicist and nuclear strategist Hermann Kahn, scientist and inventor Nicholas Tesla and the Muslim polymath Ziauddin Sardar.


We define global megatrends as long-term ubiquitous, structural and often irreversible transformations that shape economies and societies. This also means that public policies that normally operate within short-term horizons need to be designed in terms of more long-term, systems-based approaches. There are several key megatrends that we would be considering in this column. Because of space, we shall consider a few today and finalise with others in the coming week.

One of the great megatrends leading up to 2050 is population. World population attained the seven billion mark in 2010. Today, it stands at 7.6 billion. By 2050, it is projected to rise to 9.8 billion. For the advanced industrial economies, the trend will be that of demographic decline. By 2050 the number of people older than 65 is set to double to about one billion. While today, the population of those aged 65 and above is eight per cent of the global population, that figure will increase to 13 per cent in the coming decade.


Today, 90 per cent of the youth population resides in developing countries. This has profound implications for employment-generation strategies in both rich and poor countries. For the countries with dwindling demographics, public pension systems will come increasingly under pressure while public healthcare spending is bound to increase. For countries with youth bulges such as those of Africa, policies will have to be adopted to accelerate human capital development and for strategies to boost industrial development and jobs.

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In 2010, the world’s middle-class population stood at 27 per cent. By 2050, it is forecast to reach the 65 per cent mark. Of this, 80 per cent will reside in the developing countries, with all the implications for global business and world markets. These changing demographics will mean a considerable boost in global aggregate demand and significant expansion in wealth and economic opportunities. Ironically, expanding opportunities will also mean rising inequalities and deepening poverty in those pockets of the world where diminishing expectations are structurally embedded in path-dependent economic systems.


For Nigeria, in particular, our population is set to dramatically increase from the current 206 million to some 263 million in 2030. We are projected to become the third most populous nation in the world, behind India and China, with a population of 410 million people by 2050.

Another megatrend is urbanisation. In 1950, some 30 per cent of the world’s population lived in urban cities. According to some forecasts, some 68 per cent of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. In the case of developing countries such as those of Africa, rapid urbanisation is the norm, but by 2050, urban dwellers are likely to constitute 50 per cent, up from the current 30 per cent. In the advanced industrial nations, the trend is likely to exceed 70 per cent.


A remarkable trend in the current urbanisation process is the phenomenon of megacities, defined as cities with more than 10 million people. We might also see what are known as gigacities, i.e. super cities exceeding 50 million dwellers. For example, China is planning to connect five cities into a massive urban conurbation, such that Greater Shanghai could exceed 170 million.

Megacities are vortices for business, money and capital. They will have a capacity to wield economic power well beyond their national frontiers. Several of those cities have a GDP higher than many countries. New York’s economy stands above US$1.5tn while that of London is US$845bn. Lagos is projected to become a megacity of 32.6 million, with a GDP higher than that of many African countries.



Urbanisation will push demand for greater infrastructure, housing and public social facilities such as education, health and public transport. The challenges of pollution, floods and other urban problems will also intensify. Governments will have to design urban management solutions that will enable the new megacities to flourish; otherwise, they will be dens of iniquity and strife, with all the implications for governance, security and social stability.

We will also witness the phenomenon “smart cities” that are innovative and creative. Drones will be widely used. Waste disposal networks by way of tubes will carry wastes from building to building into recycling plants for production of biogas. Driverless cars and buses will gain increasing acceptability while maglev subways will become one of the popular means of transport. But there will be substantial differences in the demographic mix of the megacities. In Asia, the population of over 60 will outnumber the young while in Africa, it will be the opposite.



By 2050, the global information revolution would have reached its mature stage. The so-called “digital divide” would have been reduced. Rudimentary technologies of today — robotics, nanotechnology and sustainable energy systems would have made quantum advances. Intercontinental maglev trains traversing oceans should be possible. Supersonic flights will be back after the disappearance of the French Concorde. Electric cars would be the norm while hydrocarbon fuelled vehicles may be consigned to museums. The Age of Big Data would reign supreme, including use of blockchain in business, finance and public communications. Unless governmental authorities take measures to curtail it, electronic money will threaten the survival of some national currencies.



The technologies of the future will shape transport, communication and energy systems. Manufacturing will also be greatly influenced by artificial intelligence and robotics, with all the implications for labour and employment. Increasing sophistication in financial technology will increase risks for cybersecurity particularly in the banking and investment world. There will be further advances in biotechnology by way of manipulation of DNA to produce new organisms. There will also be production of artificial tissue and advanced nanotechnology for surgery and remote monitoring of patients.



Governments that care about their people will accelerate policies to manage the demands and expectations of mass publics. More vigilance will have to be paid to cyber-security to ensure that banking systems are safe and technology-based digital money transfers are secure. Just as new jobs will emerge in technology and communications, many more will be lost. Governments must therefore invest in human capital and skills while updating the technical competencies of young people to ensure that they are well placed to enjoy gainful employment in the emerging new industries.

https://punchng.com/preparing-for-the-brave-new-world-of-2050-1/

Nigeria should then prepared to be 11th most advanced medical country in the world please.

Hdhsh

Hmmmm, 50 more new directors inducted to monitor share of national government revenue.

Congratulations to their family and those that are very close to them.

Fuckingmallam45:
These are the harsh realities of life

You will be alone most of the time. Not lonely, but alone. Try to understand the difference to avoid unnecessary suffering.

Happiness will not come easily as it came when you were young. You would have to work towards it. Discipline and sacrifice would be your best bet. Don't get caught in the YOLO gimmick.

Life will get boring. Your mind will wander. Learn to control it before it starts controlling you.
Your best friend might no longer be your best friend. Your ex would have already moved on. You will struggle. But it will imbue you with lots of wisdom. So don't curse yourself.

You'll realise in retrospect that very few people really loved you whilst others just wanted something out of you.

Memories are not always good. More than often, they induce unncecesary fear, anxiety and mood swings.

Time starts becoming the most valuable commodity. It will treat you like shit if you treat it cheaply.

Whether you like it or not, people will talk behind you. Sometimes it would be the people whom you trusted the most. Learn to ignore them.

You'll run down the guilt-valley more often than before. You will do things which you know is not good for you but will anyways end up doing it. You will invariably be distracted by foul things. This is your mind conquering your weak spot. Like I said, discipline can save you.

You'll realize that success is not that easy after all. It's that difficult. You would be tempted to give up on your dreams and live an average life. Don't.

Things will go wrong. Personally and professionally. The unexpected will happen. There won't be any reason/person to blame on. Your faith in humanity will plummet all of a sudden. But hey, don't give up. Move on.

You will soon start noticing your parents are getting old, your best friend is suffering from illness or money constrait. You realize how much time you've wasted playing the ego game. So don't wait. Make that phone call now.

Most of the times, you'll experience fear for no reason. When things are going good, you'll dread on ‘what if this happiness goes away?’. When things are not going good, you'll still dread on what's going to happen next.

You'll get your heart broken multiple times. And you'll have to break a couple of hearts yourself. That's life. There no right and wrong here.

There are no good people/bad people. You'll have to come out of this cynical mind-set. There are only people who bring you pleasantness and unplesantness. Remember, people who bring unplesantness to you might bring pleasantness to someone else.

You'll realize that multi-tasking is not beneficial. You start focusing on one big goal/day rather than 10 small goals/day. You'll learn to differentiate between being productive and being busy.

You'll learn that not all emotions you experience are genuine. More than half of them are mere mind-games. Learn to distinguish to avoid bouts of depression.

You'll be forced to change your attitude towards failures because you'll have more failures than success. You will no longer react to events, but will eventually respond to it. Reacting will get you into more trouble. Responding will move you towards a solution.

You'll realise that you can't be friends with everyone. And you don't have to be. Accept this fact sooner than later.

You'll realise that earning respect is more difficult than earning money. And it's the respect that would eventually make you feel proud about yourself in life.

This write up will help a lot of people who are just starting life and will support people who is experiencing life already.

Thumb up to the writer.

Don't blame Asiwaju, blame the traditional institutions that did not only subject themselves to the government of the day (as requested by law) but also other politicians (as not required by law).

Even FFK as a politician can do worse, so also other politicians.

I don't always comment, but I see that you are hungry for successful and wishing to be wise and successful, that why you open this thread.

My best advise for you is to find a person you consider successful, find out what he/she does and ask him/her to mentor you into your own success journey.

However, you must be prepared to serve and take bold actions that would produce a result as your mentor want without fear.

Everyone was talking of Erica threatening to kill laycon, but no one is commenting on a man of God threatening to kill and tear to protect his so called father o.

Yoighaman:
@OP:
This your matter na real case study, couldn’t help but smile whilst reading other people’s comments but it is a serious matter that should not be swept under the carpet; at least that is why you have spoken up, so I’d try to give my little cent briefly.

Guy 1- Dubem: Let go of the relationship, the incompatibility in your genotypes will always rear its ugly head; why go through unnecessary stress?...and like you rightly mentioned, he could wake up one day and make a big deal out of it, citing his family as an excuse.

Guy 2- Nedu: To me, this seems to be the right guy for you and I’d like you to give him a chance. You see, a man that does not have money today can have tomorrow as long as he is ambitious and not lazy, forget about the hallucinations of other ladies, saying that they cannot date/marry a poor guy, blah, blah, blah. You can make money at any time; you can also have money today and lose it tomorrow but you see, those other qualities he has, my sister, they are very hard to come by.

Guy 3- Victor: This guy is arrogant; you will have issues with him later in future should you become more successful than he is. I can see you have great academic ambitions; this man will be intimidated and might make your life miserable. The misery would quadruple if you dare make/have more money than him.

Guy 4- Denver: I don’t have an issue with him having just an HND or not being in the corporate world, he is a businessman and can ‘blow’ tomorrow but my concern with him is that he is putting you under pressure; please take a walk, never marry anyone out of pity or pressure, you will regret it.

Guy 5:- Bright: Leave bright out of the picture, he is an unserious serial cheat, more of a playboy roaming around probably looking for whom to devour, such people can be on a revenge mission for rejecting their previous advances.

These are just my opinions, please pray to God if you believe in him, I do anyway; he (God) knows your future, I don’t, he is therefore in the best position to guide you.

Wish you all the best.

The only unconfused person apart from me. Your advise is top notch.

Alot of people especially the first page commenters did not read the story but just the headline.

However, if they actually read it, they would easily know that alot of experts doubt the discovered Ark.

Iro osi! Mhtwwwww!

It's better Iran was stopped to go ahead with it's nuclear sector. Recent incidences have proved that if Iran if allowed to have nuclear power, the world will be at greater risk.

PureGoldh:
Chai.....in dx life...no dey do pass urself.

Others donated ....so they followed suit and at the end of the day...Their workers are to be whipped out from the office.

All dx donations wey Dem give FG...e be like say all of Dem don enter voicemail ooh

It is better to give one time than to be keeping recurrent (reoccurring) expenses especially when the future is not certain.

sweetmelanin:
I think you are the shallow one here who has clearly refused to reason!

1. Why is Bill Gates (a college dropout with no medical background) suddenly the spokesperson for global health?
2. Why is the vaccine (which we have no idea of it's long term effect) being pushed to be mandatory?
3. Why is Bill Gates pushing for digital identification of those who have been vaccinated (ID2020)?

I don't want to talk about the whole subject matter, but I want to comment on your number one point.

Sit down there and be calling Bill Gate a dropout. If your reason for writing him off is based on his level of education, then you are a shame to this generation if you are using or once used a dropout product despite your level of education.

I want you to know that any successful man you see can never be compared to any first or second degree graduate. The knowledge they possessed is very much higher than any graduate you can think of.

My woman don't have this talent o. She doesn't bother herself about my phone.

Please what crime has the man committed? It is not in any way a crime for a man to be a native doctor or spiritual man (as the man called it) even if you are a pastor unless he committed a crime with it.

Dasshboard:
How about traveling out to mobilize the required resources needed and come back to make our country great.

I for once, I will not be out for more than 10years.

Whatever you may think as resources is alright here not until you travel out sir. There is no resources for our generation greater than the internet.

Metrofox:
Lol.. Motivational speaker, he doesn't need to travel to understand living conditions of other human beings, thanks to the internet we have access to information at the tap of a button..

Be conscious! Someone who has access to intenet, information and who have been in some of those places you see on internet in person is here advising you.

RuudVanNisteroy:
Na condition make crayfish bend. Nigeria is one of the worst countries in the world to reside as a human , you are left to fend for yourself without government providing the basic functions such as water,healthcare,education,security and electricity. A country where security is only guaranteed to the rich businessmen and corrupt politicians that can afford armed escorts.

Chai! See someone who possibly has not been to any or so much country saying Nigeria is one of the worst place to live.

Change your perception about Nigeria and begin to see the opportunities that lies in it

It's good to find out how to receieve permanent residence of another country, but it's much more better we discuss how to stay back and develop our country for the benefit of all.

Commonsense99:

If he was in Nigeria, he will still be thinking of Waec and, jamb, Pume...and then comes the incessant ASUU strikes, then the wait for mobilisation, before Nysc, finally no job!
Nigerian educational system forces their youths to graduate at a close to retirement age.

You don't need any degree to fly a plan. All you need is a pilot training within some period that is shorter than secondary and graduate degree

All for camera.

I am sorry to say but not everyone has a misplaced brain socket as FFK. Mrs. Gate can't spew that rubbish, but on a normal day FFK can spew worse and he thought everyone is like him.

desvi:
what is this one saying

All I am saying is that continent will higher casualties are not on the media giving figures of their casualties like Africa Center for Disease Control is doing now. Africa should be careful about it's reportage so as not to shot itself in the leg again to be called disease prone continent