Thanks, @OP.
Wait and watch how this thread grows dry and deserted.

Hmm...

khaz:
THANKS. I PRAY GOD HELP ME WITH AN HELPER SOON.

@khaz
now 8 months or so after, have you got your appointment?

This country - Ethiopia -doesn't seem to be doing badly, really.
10% annual growth for a country in Africa not known for any huge underground mineral resource is good.
I hope Ethiopia succceeds more.

Vanguard is little more than these N20 Oshodi collage 'soft-sells' that claim to be newspapers

Only this morning, this same Vanguard published an interview for someone it claims to be an APC chieftain that I personally know to be a PDP topshot. I was shocked and irritated at the same time...

Now this!

Was it not this same Vanguard that published that Oyedepo article/video?

Defence budget halved, in fact reduced to less than 5O% of preceding years and the success in the year surpasses that of the previous 5 years combined.

How's that?
What singular thing is responsible?

musicwriter:

Agriculture, yes.
Sufficiency in power, No.
Sufficiency in petroleum products, No.
We cannot achieve sufficiency in power or petroleum products because the method of knowledge acquisition to achieve that was imposed, it happens in English language, and only happens in a school environment. On the other hand, the method of knowledge acquisition for agriculture is ours, happens in our native languages, and everywhere in our society. So, any Nigerian can have access to agricultural knowledge.
It can't happen because the model of education we practice is suffocating knowledge creation and development in those areas, not only in Nigeria but in all colonized third world countries. .
If you or anybody out there want to understand this theory, ask yourself; how come we have achieved self sufficiency in food supply and not in electricity supply, even when more money has been invested in electricity?

If we do the right things and allow all the refinery projects currently ongoing to succeed and produce
if we make the necessary investments in power projects and curb sabotage,
we can attain self sufficiency in both, regardless of the current language of instruction in schools,
afterall isn't modern agric techniques taught in the English language.

I'm the first to admit though, that the language of instruction in the classroom is important for long-term national socio-economic development.

Comprehension! Comprehension ! Comprehension!

It's sad that most folks here if not all, have failed to comprehend this simple sentence.

Nigeria too big to fail does not mean it cannot fail.

It means it cannot afford to fail. It means everything must be done to make sure it does not fail.

Now go back and read again.

Comprehension!

I don't get it!
Can a person cut his own nose to spite his own face?

Aufbauh:
This is what we saw that the wailers lack the capacity to see.
From all indications 2017 will be far better than 2016 as Nigeria is well position for greatness through self dependency.

By the way, the Lagos rice is supposed to land today.
Has anyone bought?
...Or seen the rice in any of the advertised locations?

Hopefully we can attain self sufficiency in food
...self sufficiency in power
...self sufficiency in petroleum products

If Buhari can achieve these three in addition to security and corruption in three years or so,
then he would have put Nigeria on the right track

If we continue on this trajectory and the govt steps in adequately to prevent wastage and glut by way of buying back excess produce and resupplying same when prices go up, we'd have achieved a great deal.

The trajectory I mean here is a massive return to agricultural investments by both govt and the private sector including the individual.

By Oluwafunke Ishola

Ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations, prices of tomatoes and pepper have reduced by 55 per cent in most Lagos markets.

At Mile 12 and Iddo markets, a basket of tomatoes which previously cost N9,000 now sells for N5,000, while tatashe and chilli pepper cost N4, 500 and N4,000 respectively, as against N8,000 in November.

A jute bag of Onions sells for N17, 000 as against N28, 000, while a paint measurement of garri costs N650.

Mr Femi Odusanya, Spokesperson, Mile 12 Traders Association, told NAN that the prices dropped due to massive harvest of the items for the Yuletide season.

“Most farmers are harvesting their produce now leading to surplus and drop in prices of the items in the market.

“Our appeal to government is to mop up the excesses through preservation because prices will further drop until April when the produce will not be in season.

“We do not want a repeat of previous experience that we had much food waste due to our inability to preserve the excesses,” he said.

Odusanya urged government to take pragmatic steps that would encourage farmers to increase their outputs to boost food sufficiency in the country.

At Daleko Market, the price of a 50-kilogramme bag of rice ranged between N16,000 and N24,000 depending on its brand.

Mrs Yinka Okunola, a rice seller at the market, said that the prices of rice were high due to exchange rate of the Naira and non-availability of local variety in most markets.

“We do not have the locally produced rice in the market, and when available it competes favourably with the imported rice and forces a reduction in the prices of rice,” she said.

NAN recalls that the Lagos State Government had disclosed that it would commence the sale of its Lake Rice on Dec.15 at N13,000 for a 50kg bag. (NAN)

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/yuletide-prices-of-condiments-drop-by-55-in-lagos/

fash78:
Folks this is my first posting on this thread.
I have the following degrees:

1. BSc Industrial Chemistry - Unilorin
2. PGD Chemical Engineering - Unilag
3. MSc Chemical Engineering - Unilag
4. MSc Petroleum Production Engineering - Robert Gordon University Scotland.
5. PhD Chemical Engineering - starting in 2017 by God's grace. - [i]I am considering a joint PhD program with Unilag and University of Alberta. I already got a Prof in Unilag willing to supervise me and a co- supervisor from University of Alberta.
[/i]
I will be following this thread closely to learn from folks who are presently studying towards their PhD degrees.

How does this joint PhD with 2 universities work?

The economy is tough right now no doubt, but I believe the prognosis is good.

Good day everyone,

This post here is a rejoinder to a topic started yesterday by a certain obiageli titled as above. This rebuttal is only my appreciation of the issues and not an attempt to put anybody down.
Here:

@obiageli and all

Three matters were the most important to Nigerians going into the elections last year:
a. Security viz a viz boko haram threat
B. Corruption, unchecked with impunity threatening to bankrupt and KILL the country and its people.
C. The economy

Now it's easy for people to forget where they were coming from with regards to these three areas. The govt of the day at that time was failing woefully in all the areas. Even people in the South had their hearts in their mouths for the threat of boko haram. Secondly, news of wanton stealing was making a turnaround hopeless in all spheres of our national life. Thirdly the inevitable downward spiral had begun with the finance minister warning as early as a year before election.

Most unbiased folks agree most people outside Borno can now sleep with their two eyes closed as far as boko haram's existential threat is concerned - a success of this govt.

Most unbiased people also agree that brazen corruption with impunity has been given a bloody nose. A larger success could have been achieved if the judiciary had been more cooperative. Thankfully that area too is getting a look-in currently. This success is ongoing.

The third area of the economy is understandably challenging and we hope for a turnaround soon.

Now do you call a govt or a man who has won, or is winning two of three battles a failure?

Understandably, people can now focus and make demands on the economic front only because they don't have to worry about boko haram's threat to their existence anymore!

How easily and quickly we forget!

Yes we have a right and a need to make demands. And Baba and his team need to double up on the third front- the economy, yes. But to say that Baba and the govt has failed or that we made a mistake is a bit uncharitable.

May the GOD Almighty help Baba and bless Nigeria.

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@obiageli and all
Three matters were the most important to Nigerians going into the elections last year:
a. Security viz a viz boko haram threat
B. Corruption, unchecked with impunity threatening to bankrupt and KILL the country and its people.
C. The economy

Now it's easy for people to forget where they were coming from with regards to these three areas. The govt of the day at that time was failing woefully in all the areas. Even people in the South had their hearts in their mouths for the threat of boko haram. Secondly, news of wanton stealing was making a turnaround hopeless in all spheres of our national life. Thirdly the inevitable downward spiral had begun with the finance minister warning as early as a year before election.

Most unbiased folks agree most people outside Borno can now sleep with their two eyes closed as far as boko haram's existential threat is concerned - a success of this govt.

Most unbiased people also agree that brazen corruption with impunity has been given a bloody nose. A larger success could have been achieved if the judiciary had been more cooperative. Thankfully that area too is getting a look-in currently. This success is ongoing.

The third area of the economy is understandably challenging and we hope for a turnaround soon.

Now do you call a govt or a man who has won, or is winning two of three battles a failure?

Understandably, people can now focus and make demands on the economic front only because they don't have to worry about boko haram's threat to their existence anymore!

How easily and quickly we forget!

Yes we have a right and a need to make demands. And Baba and his team need to double up on the third front- the economy, yes. But to say that Baba and the govt has failed or that we made a mistake is a bit uncharitable.

May the GOD Almighty help Baba and bless Nigeria.

GOD bless the president.

GOD protect the president.

PaulIdu:
Stupidity is the oil required to keep the Ponzi scheme machine going on perpetually and Nigeria has an abundance of it so don't be suprised if Nigeria eventually gets the record for the longest running MMM scheme

...and greed.

And yes maybe the bad state of the economy.
But one needs to ask where the money comes from.

Pls note that the analogy narrative is not OP's original property. Credit goes to 'anonymous'.

jerrywool:
Preach brother, Preach
E go soon clear for their eyes.

Yes we need to preach it because when half of the country's able bodied young men and women become money doublers and abandon real productive pursuits, all of us would bear the brunt.
Moreso, when it comes crashing, their anguish cry and wail would not allow us sleep well.

This MMM thing has blown the cover of many folks who lay claim to virtue and decency.
Make thirty percent every thirty days with no known investment, no trade nor any paid service rendered and these money doubling folks don't like to ask " where's the money coming from?

Pls stop and think.

The Muslims involved especially should repent ask the forgiveness of their Lord. This scheme is haram. Simple.

The Monkey Money Madness! (MMM)

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced that he would buy monkeys for N100 each. The villagers seeing that there were so many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.

The man bought thousands at N100 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their efforts. He further announced that he would now buy at N200. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to N250 but the supply of monkeys became so little that it took much effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch one.

The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at N500! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on his behalf.

In the absence of the man, his assistant told the villagers: ''Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that my OGA has bought from you, I will sell them to you at N350 and when my OGA returns from the city, you can sell it to him at N500''.

The villagers squeezed out all their HARD EARNED savings and bought all the monkeys. The most greedy ones among them even sold their lands to purchase many MONKEYS, hoping to make a huge profit without labor.

Then...

They never saw the man or his assistant. Only monkeys everywhere!

Welcome to MMM. The world of Monkeys!

Be wise

I can't see anyone shouting Christianization of Nigeria on this thread.

Here the country's V.P is on the altar of probably the biggest chuerch in the country, a day after hosting a body of apostolic clergy, but it's not big deal.

It is no big deal because we've always known he's a Christian and a pastor before becoming the VP.

But if this was the president, some bigoted rabble-rousers would have filled the air with some half-witted cry of islamization. Bigotry + hatred is lethal.

Were are the avengers? ?

The modify button is invented for a reason!

barackodam:


The former

Actually the former but without the 't' sound

May Allah preserve the scholars of the Deen and keep us on the Truth and Guidance.

The scholars have given a fatwa.

I, though, as long as there are alternatives to these achoolic perfumes, would rather choose to use the alternatives even if a bit more expensive or less effective.

BTW, can one also extend this argument to their use as preservatives in cakes, bread and other food items since no matter how much bread or cake one eats, one would not be intoxicated? Or that's over the top?

Anyway, my reference in this and similar matters always is the Hadith of Nu'man bn Basheer: alhalaal bayyin, walharaam bayyin, wabaynahuma umuurun mushtabihaat... Whoever avoids these doubtful matters protects his Deen... Ref Hadith 2 in Imaaam Nawawi's selection.

Wa-LLahu a'laam wahuwal musta'an.

Yes, it's good to be bold to speak truth to power. And the society needs such people.

Speaking truth to power though, is not the same thing as insulting people, especially those in authority.

This chap went beyond criticizing, crossed the line into outright insults and name mentioning - that's silly!

I dare any of you cheering him on to do same to your lecturers and VCs or your bosses at work. - mention their names and tell them their education is a waste and that they use the office's reputation and space as a brothel to sleep with girls.

Come back here to show us your commendation/promotion letters.

This chap was not brave, he was silly.

MadamExcellency:

I am sorry for quoting your comment in the first place. Be that as it may, please never quote my comment again in your life with this or similar stupid question.
You think everybody on Nairaland is ignorant, deluded and mischievous as your class.
Get lost and dare not quote my comment again.

Get a life! Internet big madam.

So madam, where is the infrastructural development by GEJ?

MadamExcellency:

Lagos State under Fashola was doing quite well and yet never saved but borrowed beyond record, which means no one saves for another when there is need for infrastructural development begging for attention.
Secondly, your figures are all wrong.

So madam, where is the infrastructural development by GEJ?

Why do some people hide behind a finger? Is it deliberate self-deceit or just chronic lack of cognition?