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jubrealguy:
learnt a lot from this thread, i can remember vividly when i had a very bad day and i had no one to talk to, was already feeling sick then I opened NL just to see.... "jubrealguy, i av missed u a lot" from iambibi. Brother, one paracetamol....i didn't use again. So it was the least i could do, I'll try to get involved in the few ways I can.
U are mouthed brother

Dreamcome2ru:
Education being continuous,i will gladly learn that from you sir,please kindly do justice to the above question because i believe you have one or more inputs about the above question.

CROBBOY:
THERE WAS [size=15pt]DEFICIENCY[/size] IN THE WORK FORCE OR LABOUR MARKET

Due to the great and emerging civilization/industrialization that commenced soon after Nigerian independence, there was so much to be done with very few educated people to take up such job description/responsibilities.

As at the said time, majority of people saw education (or going to school as commonly considered) as a form of punishment/slavery from our colonial masters that were the major master minders. Most of the few who decided to get educated had to fly overseas for better opportunities which were available at their disposal. This was fuelled by the simplicity and lost cost with which Visas were been processed then.

The consequences of those actions were that the Tertiary Institutions (most of which were founded and funded through Acts) were preparing students for the workforce and local industries, only for these students to fly overseas upon graduation, or return to their normal traditional farming, leaving the Nigerian industries to suffer the fate. In some states (which I won't call names), it was as bad as having number of graduates similar to the number of fingers you have.

This led to the introduction of the compulsory NYSC scheme. As a means to make it attractive, they (Government) had to provide several incentives ranging from Peugeot 504, to houses, Beatle Car, Honda bike, etc.

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DTOBS:
Thank you very much sire for holding the ground. Please, I will do the needful when am free as I have a lot on my hand now and the countdown was as a result of commitment i have towards this great city.
Please bear with me all!
Thanks

jaybiz007:
**clears throat** I hail from Ogun state, born and bred in the city of Abeokuta.
Ogun state is touted as the industrial hub of the south-western part of Nigeria, and arguably the entire Nigeria. It houses so many factories ranging from Ibese cement factory (owned by Dangote - The Richest black man), Nestlé @ sagamu (FMCG - The pay is overwhelmingly attractive ), larfage wapco cement factory at ewekoro (multinational coy), and too numerous to mention. It is noteworthy that factories are partly concentrated in Sango-Ota.

Tourist attractions include the famous olumo rock, which housed the egbas during the pre-colonial wars. If you are a lover of history, then you will love to pay a visit to the historical site of bilikisu sungbo (Queen sheba). It is quite unfortunate that past and present governors didn't harness the potentials of this particular tourist site.

Abeokuta is the capital of Ogun state, and it possesses the necessary infrastructures and amenities of a modern emerging city. The road network is great and the best university of Agriculture in Nigeria is situated there.

Chai! To write epistle no be hear ooo...aswear una dey try. Kindly overlook any grammatical blunder.

TBC

Qutyjoice:
Hmmm thanks bobo, ofcourse I wnt betray dem.....It's fyn hun (all is well)....So ao are yu doing?

jubrealguy:
As we all know, Lagos, a former capital of Nigeria is a very densely populated State bounded by Ogun state in the north and east, the Republic of Benin in the West and the Atlantic ocean in the south. Having one of the busiest ports in the continent, the presence of so many multibillion naira companies ranging from the oil/gas companies to construction and manufacturing companies, the presence of five star hotels and a good transportation network makes lagos the economic nerve centre of Nigeria.

Lagos state can be divided into five administrative regions; IBILE (Ikorodu, Badagry, Ikeja, Lagos and Epe division) and 20 local governments area; Alimosho (largest), Amuwo-Odofin, Ajeromi Ifelodun, Apapa, Agege, Badagry, Epe, Surulere, Mushin, Oshodi-Isolo, Ikorodu, Somolu, Kosofe, Eti Osa, Ikeja, Ifako-Ijaiye, Ibeju Lekki, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland and Ojo. In order not to drift away from what's really needed, I'll try to be very brief and precise.

Of all the aforementioned local government areas, Epe is one place I wouldn't want a PCM to go, EPE is so dry and i wonder why it wasn't carved into ogun state, the main occupation in this region are farming, petty trading and fishing due to its proximity to water bodies, power supply is not epileptic but ZERO. Most hinterlands in Lagos are in EPE, from ketu-ejinrin, ilara, ibonwon, odo-iragushi, igboye, mojoda etc, the positives that can be drawn from this particular place is the very low cost of living, the availability of the best garri u can ever taste and a very quiet and serene environment. I schooled in this place for 6yrs (boarding school tho) and it's where I hail from so i know what I'm saying. Ibeju lekki is a closer local government to Epe, better but still developing

Lagos Island and eti osa local government, aside from being surrounded by water, are the exact opposite of Epe. These areas house headquarters of top banks in the country, chevron, Arab contractors and so many many construction companies, 5 star hotels, expensive clubs, beaches. Plenty plenty enjoyments and beautiful memories awaits you if you have real money to spend as everything here is very expensive and on the high side, this is where you find most celebrities living and the high and the mighty of our society. The positives; get posted to one of this firms and work as hard as u can (yes hardwork still pays) and u can be retained by this mega companies.

Ikeja being the capital is a very expensive place to live in also, mega hotels like sheraton and so many clubs, trust me,this place is Igbaladun too if you have your money (remember ur 19,800 is nt money) as a CM, I'd love to be posted here cos everywhere is just so full of government parastatals, from courts, police stations, army barracks to secretariats (who doesn't like govt job) and also ikeja houses the ever mighty computer village (every electonics, phones and other gadgets can be fixed here, they want to fix u sef if it were possible)

Places like Oshodi-Isolo, Somolu, Agege, Ifako ijaiye, Ojo, Amuwo odofin(Lagos owners, they claim) kosofe, Mushin, ajeromi ifelodun, Surulere (another mini ikeja), Ikorodu (developing with godspeed), Alimosho are just there, moderately expensive and so much fun are there too. Badagry is not too far from Epe in terms of livelihood but it's closer to the border, foods are cheap here too. Apapa is also a good place to be and it's a place where manual labour thrives, there is money in apapa if u r strong enough to work.

I can't really say much about the business part but I know everything sells in lagos, interpersonal relationships and hardwork is key to living well in lagos.

NB: if u find urself walking the streets of mushin and oshodi, don't just trust the man beside u....even as a MUSHIN boy, somebody shook my hands in oshodi and said up man u, before i know it, my galaxy s5 was gone......owo oniru, owo oniyo.

LAGOS FOR ALL

justified10:
really trying to understand your question...

if u mean what hapns to union workers after being scrapped...here is my answer;

they have to undergo "compuslroy rehabilitation" for dem to b useful for demsefs and d society.

this days, smoking, excessive drinking, ruggedity level and thugery are d criteria for one to become a union worker.


actually, d nurtw doesne necessarily have to be scrapped cos it generates revenue... but union workers can be forced to undergo special skills/training before being employed... it should be made to look like "FRSC" etc..

jaybiz007:
Thanks for your maturity bro. I just saw kbs468 's post. I will respond to it ASAP.
Good morning and have a fruitful day ahead.

Fireandice:
happy birthday to me and my twin sis......

jubrealguy:
Good morning peeps, I think CROBBOY, Logodwhiz and Kbs468 brought up an idea that will be valuable to PCMs as most of us would have little or no knowledge of our states of deployment, so the few things we might have learnt here on our states deployed will gives us an expectation of what to see, so we can brace up better. I felt reluctant to put in something being a lagos boy and I'm like everybody knows Lagos now but I think I'm wrong cos of all the plenty lines I'd be writing about lagos, a line might be very invaluable to someone so I'll be writing about Lagos now, I hope someone finds it useful and anywhere Ic go wrong, someone should feel free to correct me cos i know a lotta peeps here knows abt lagos maybe better than I do.

iambibi:
.. Ur right,... As in for the first time i agree with you..... Alryt now back to the nysc related questions.... If am to pen down the little i know about a state, tell me, what should be the necessary embracement and/or required areas of specification regarding the state.

LogoDWhiz:
Cost of living..
Accomodation
Foodstuffs..
Developed local govts apart from the state capital.
Viability for business.
Industries in the state.
Best places for corpers to serve.. that they can look forward to

LogoDWhiz:
Care to drop tell us?

jaybiz007:
I really do have to say this. Mr CROBBOY, as much as I always appreciate your intelligent posts, I will love to implore you to kindly drop this "get a job musings". Not everyone is privileged to get a part-time job, not even a zero renumeration internship position.
I didn't write this to attack your personality, but to simply draw your attention to something that kinda reminds we the jobless pcms our not so nice condition.
Don't take this too serious bro, just here to have fun.
Happy new month to all Golden city kings and Queens.

Qutyjoice:
Yes here to have fun but at the same time our fun is becoming boring coz of NYSC ish...It z as if som pple are now working, and some are tired of aving fun here everyday.....I seriously love this thread but finding it difficult to com coz of many reasons(yu know ryt).....I love everybody infact I wish to meet y'all if possible..I promise to be coming here everyday.

# I rep GC#

#I rep GC#


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Y'all




Love you all!!!

Keeping GC till d real day......

justified10:
do u mean d Union workers DAT will be affected by DAT policy?

LogoDWhiz:
Well.. frrom the NYSC act that I read.. it was due to the civil war..

amodu:
Pressy LogoDWhiz, apology for not airing my view on matters arising yet, will do so in due time. My phone is experiencing battery problem, charge it a whole day it won't leave 1 or 2 %.

Marvluv, let's meet you dear.

justified10:
being president for one week? too short..

I will only think of what can be implemented within dat one week...policies and laws dat wouldn't take long process to get dem implemented and which would be felt by nigerians if continued.

only one thing comes to my mind, I will scrap or change the "face" of NURTW. .d union encourages thugery and laziness dat leads to insecurity and robbery...if u live in IB or lag, u will understand..

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crobboy

Brimmie:


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SENSE O

LogoDWhiz:
Civil war..

To promote unity..

That's actually the reason why we go to camp and why nysc is a paramilitary setup..

After the civil war then, nysc was Introduced to promote unity in the country and also so that other tribes will get to know each other.
And then they were trained. Self defence and normal training in case of anything..
And you'll taught some basics about the state you are going to serve in..
Tradition. Greetings and so on

justified10:
it was to ensure unity in Nigeria...

but now, it has becum a burden'

Qutyjoice:
Yes here to have fun but at the same time our fun is becoming boring coz of NYSC ish...It z as if som pple are now working, and some are tired of aving fun here everyday.....I seriously love this thread but finding it difficult to com coz of many reasons(yu know ryt).....I love everybody infact I wish to meet y'all if possible..I promise to be coming here everyday.

# I rep GC#

#I rep GC#


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Y'all




Love you all!!!

Keeping GC till d real day......

Dreamcome2ru:
There are so many ways in which we can salvage our ailing educational system,if am the minister of education,I will only do the following:
**Copy and implement the world leading universities laws into the Nigerian educational sectors.
**See to it that our grassroots education is monitored properly(The Nursery and primary classes because that's the bedrock of a good education,foundation it is).
**Lecturers,yes,we have the "you can't jump and pass"among them,will make a strict rules,victimize any students and lose your job or face a fine of 2months with no pay.
**Serene environment,without that education will be like forcing a camel to a river,renovations will be carried out every 2years in each universities,college or poly.
**Persuade the relevant authorities like the president,lawmakers to make a law,strict one to any parastatals never to place the foreign certificates over the indigenous ones.
**As every child who successfully completed his/her primary to university education will be rewarded financially just like in the olden days where peugeot cars are be given out,i.e.primary level,got yours,a substantial finance that will nearly sustain them to the last stage of their secondary education.
**Overall,re-introduce technical and practical works into our basic,secondary and tertiary schools and not all is theoretical.
Cc: LogoDWhiz
CROBBOY
And all GC citizens.

KNOWING THAT NYSC IS JUST A NIGERIAN THING (NOT OBSERVED IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY), WHAT NECESSITATED NYSC IN THE FIRST PLACE AROUND THE 1970s

daudae1:
Breaking news! NYSC Batch a 2016 stream 1 Camp Nw April 20th 2016... Check the TT nw pls

kbemanuel:
I wonder wie d strictly nysc related questions crew are right now...

justified10:
hello golden city, been a while here..


chilling, relaxing and waiting for contributions from "serious minded" pple dat want only discussions of "serious" issues..

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if I was d DG of nysc for a year, I would put it to d president to make d scheme optional and not compulsory for all graduates...

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logodwhiz

crobboy

kbs468

and all

okitaiji:
seriously some of us have been frustrated with the way NYSC is handling the affairs of PCM which led to majority of us to come and pop in and go out, but not withstanding we are on it together so therefore I will try my little effort to bring Benue state profile to the public tomorrow.

LogoDWhiz:
Good afternoon house..

I'm really not happy about how some things happen here..


Some people come here and start criticizing. Saying they want serious talks.
But then, serious talks are initiated. All we get is low turnout.
This is not fair.
I expect better..

Even if it is a 1 paragraph contribution. Please drop it.

We are all here to learn and have fun.
And primarily, get news as regards NYSC.

It's quite discouraging when you try to bring about positive ideas but people don't contribute and the annpoying part is the people that just start criticizing and won't offer anything positive. And yet won't contribute on the positive things being brought forward...

I believe things will turn around for good after this.


This is how i feel..

God bless us all.

LOola12:
NYSC ANNOUNCES 25% REDUCTION IN CORPS MEMBERS ALLOWANCE

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has revealed its decision to downwardly review the monthly allowance of Corps Members by 25%. The Director General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Bamidele Oluwami made this known to newsmen after an emergency meeting at its headquarters in Abuja. On what prompted the decision, he explained that the current economic situation in the country coupled with its low allocation in the 2016 budget necessitated such decision. "We cannot afford to continue with the current payment we are making to youth corpers. The provision in the 2016 budget didn't allow for that. We are even owing 2 months allowance for batch b corpers" that we have not paid. He appealed to corps members to be patient as the country is going through tough times.

With this development, instead of the 19,800 monthly allowance, corps members will now receive 14,800 as monthly allowance.

Corps Members React

Angry and frustrated corps members have taken to their twitter accounts to vent their anger.

@Jude Uchendu "They must be joking. This is totally unacceptable. When we are even clamouring for an increase in our allowance. Or are they trying to fool us?

@ Daniel "This is a far cry from the change buhari promised us. How is that money supposed to maintain us when prices of things have Skyrocketed.

Ever since the Apc government took power in 2015, there have been a lot of mixed reactions from Nigerians concerning the administration with a vast majority of Nigerians vacillating between exorbitant enthusiasm and irrational irritability.

#copied

YoungestCEO:
hello....am here again. please, i am appealing to you all prospective corps members to make use of this judicious time to get engage in meaningful stuffs than lamenting over postponement of dates. FG will still be FG. it happened to us. So if you are wise, go get a mini business or learn some things with your hands to make money. Because, money is needed for your journey. Alawee doesn't come in on time.....so how do you survive waiting for the money? Have you asked yourselves that question? when you get to the camp, can you stand under the SUN nor be under the RAIN which is a compulsory condition as stated in the NYSC anthem. Are you ready to march all around the camp and listen to boring lectures under the sun? Think twice. I have been there and i hated myself for not being prepared. Was caught unawares. So many of you may not return home for a very long time after camping due to money and distance. My pple, this is the opportunity to plan and prepare. Get ready for the journey ahead.

ngoziigwe:
You pay 7,500 and you are complaining. We paid 23k

goodguy4sure:
Buhari in Washington DC, President Buhari said in view of the controversial alteration and padding of the budget proposals, he needed to review the appropriation bill to be certain that its contents tallied with the authentic budget proposal presented to the National Assembly.
ITS OBVIOUS THAT THE NYSC27TH APRIL MAY NOT STAND., SO LETS US (PCM) PREPARE TO MOBILISED FOR THE SCRABING OF THE SCHEME,LETS KNOW OUR FATE AND FACE OUR CAREER