₦airaland Forum

toluine56:
Source - www.punchng.com/cbn-moves-to-boost-naira-injects-more-dollars/

Oh my goodness! What are they doing? They are about to burn through our foreign reserves pursuing a policy that is not sustainable. Na wa o.

Bollinger:
Una no go suffer die for Nigeria i swear. What talent? What qualifies her? The problem in Nigeria is not it's leaders but it's citizens. Smh.

I tire o when people say talent. If you mean over acting then maybe she is truly talented.

myproperty:
Do you still think he is a drop out after the school authority confirmed he graduated from the school

But why hasn't he showed us his certificate bro? If he did graduate he would have done so the very minute the story broke out so what are you talking about?

clickbnkgod:
A well deserved position. I just hope this politician is not looking for anything in return.

Well deserved? How? When we are in the middle of a recession where govt is supposed to be downsizing and cutting costs yet they are hiring? Na wa o.

stephleena:
i am happy for mercy.....well deserved, appointment, her talent really paved the way for her...no be like that over hyped omotola..mtcheew...by the way, I hope halima abubakar,is learning from aunty mercy..and dis their governor,with black specks, looking like a swaggerlicious blind man..

When govt is supposed to be cutting down costs and downsizing they are still hiring??

The Grudge.
I couldn't even seat through it.

dfrost:
Those kids pictured, do they look malnourished?

Is malnourishment the only symptom of poverty?

Do you even know if they have enough money to get by day by day? Or will they have enough money to send the kids to school in future?

OfficialAwol:
Elections Will become rowdier since more charlatans can buy forms.

That's the whole purpose of it isn't it?

That's why democracy is called the govt of the people by the people and for the people.

sshalom:
He has done well!

What?!?!?

dfrost:
That's the joy of parenthood. My uncle once told me, if you want a clean house, don't have babies.

The joy of parenthood is having kids you can't afford?

castrol180:
I know that guy wella, no be him be them father. He owns only two of them and while one of the two was celebrating her birthday, they decided to invite their neighbours and blue jeans was the aso ebi for the day

For reals?!?!?! Where does he live?

opius:
No provision for independent candidates

Dad isnt it? That you need to have a machine backing you before you can run for the presidency.

nkemjacob2:
tell me how corruption will be reduced....

Nigeria is no longer a country...

Bros, it's all beginning to make sense why Nigeria has poor leadership and why there is so much corruption. I used to think the root of the problem was that there was just something wrong with Africans. Now it's all becoming clear.

One thing I learned recently is that when an entity is not working well there is usually a fundamental (foundational) reason why. And if you dig deep to look at there policies and procedures you would eventually see why.

No wonder consultants make a lot of money because they are usually paid to examine the system to understand why things don't work well and make recommendations.

AreaFada2:
Funny people.

When will an ordinary honest guy guy get a chance?

If he borrows right from election form fee, why won't he/she be corrupt when in office?

Our elites have designed political power for the elite only.

It's all beginning to make sense why there is so much corruption. An honest candidate would not stand a chance.

Bollinger:
Fooolish people. How in Gods name can this happen? Basically they are saying on a select few can ever be president while in other normal countries, anyone can attain that office. What a people. Smh.

Dude, can you imagine if this happened in the West that you have to pay money to run for office you go see riot for street.

Rick9:
Would love to have a beautiful family like this.

As long as you can afford them.

MARYchiells:
I doubt if she's the biological mother of all of them.

She probably is.

Celestyn8213:
In this recession? Oga wheh don

They lol like Americans bro.

YonkijiSappo:
Mods, this is promoting rubbish on frontpage
Family with 8 CHILDREN is not what Nigerians need to be seeing right now.
We are even trying to make some of them reduce child bearing to like 4, and they aren't listening.

Gbam!!!!!!! Even in the us where kids are expensive how are they going to be able to afford to send those kids to university in future?

While they are at it, why didnt they make the primaries open so that the people get to vote who their party nominee as supposed to continuing the current system where the party canals select who they want forcing us to have to pick between two sub par candidates like in the last elections where Nigeria had to chose between Jonathan and Buhari.

DONSMITH123:
The Senate on March 30, passed the Electoral Act No 6 2010 (Amendment) Bill 2017 and one of the things it will do when signed into law, is abolish arbitrary fees for nomination forms fixed by political parties.

Before now, the parties demanded high fees for nomination forms from aspirants, fixing a price as it deemed fit.

President Muhammadu Buhari famously claimed he borrowed money to pay for his nomination form which cost N25 Million, in the build up to the 2015 general elections.

However, the Bill has now put a N10 Million limit on the forms.

The Bill is also aimed at instituting reforms in the electoral process by making it more free, fair and credible.

HERE ARE 17 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BILL

– It stipulates that “there shall now be full biometric accreditation of voters with smart card readers and/or other technological devices, as INEC may introduce for elections from time to time”.

– It provides that “presiding officers must now instantly transmit accreditation data and results from polling units to various collation centres. Presiding officer who contravene this shall be imprisoned for at least five years (no option of fine)”.
– It states that “all presiding officer must now first record accreditation data and polling results on INEC’s prescribed forms before transmitting them. The data/result recorded must be the same with what they transmitted”.

– INEC now has unfettered powers to conduct elections by electronic voting.
Besides manual registers, INEC is now mandated to keep electronic registers of voters.

– INEC is now mandated to publish voters’ registers on its official website(s) for public scrutiny at least 30 days before a general election and any INEC staff that is responsible for this but fails to act as prescribed shall be liable on conviction to six months’ imprisonment.

– INEC is now mandated to keep a national electronic register of election results as a distinct database or repository of polling unit by polling unit results for all elections conducted by INEC.
Collation of election result is now mainly electronic, as transmitted unit results will help to determine final results on real time basis.

– INEC is now mandated to record details of electoral materials – quantities, serial numbers used to conduct elections (for proper tracking).

– A political party whose candidate dies after commencement of an election and before the declaration of the result of that election now has a 14-day window to conduct a fresh primary in order for INEC to conduct a fresh election within 21 days of the death of the party’s candidate.
Political parties’ polling agents are now entitled to inspect originals of electoral materials before commencement of election and any presiding officer who violates this provision of the law shall be imprisoned for at least one year.

– No political party can impose qualification/disqualification criteria, measures or conditions on any Nigerian for the purpose of nomination for elective offices, except as provided in the 1999 constitution.

– The election of a winner of an election can no longer be challenged on grounds of qualification, if he, the (winner) satisfied the applicable requirements of sections 65, 106, 131 or 177 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), and he is not, as may be applicable, in breach of sections 66, 107, 137 or 182 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. (For example, a person’s election cannot be challenged on the grounds that he did not pay tax, as this is not a qualifying condition under the constitution.)

– All members of political parties are now eligible to determine the ad-hoc delegates to elect candidates of parties in indirect primaries. The capacity of party executives to unduly influence or rig party primaries has been reasonably curtailed, if not totally removed.
Parties can no longer impose arbitrary nomination fees on political aspirants. The bill passed prescribes limits for each elective office as follows:
(a) N150, 000 for a ward councillorship aspirant in the FCT;
(b) N250, 000 for an area council chairmanship aspirant in the FCT;
(c) N500, 000 for a house of assembly aspirant;
(d) N1, 000, 000 for a house of representatives aspirant;
(e) N2, 000, 000 for a senatorial aspirant;
(f) N5, 000, 000) for a governorship aspirant; and
(g) N10, 000, 000) for a presidential aspirant.

– Relying on the powers of the national assembly in Paragraph 11 of Part II (Concurrent Legislative List) of the Second Schedule (Legislative Powers) to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the senate also passed measures reforming procedures regulating local government elections. State independent electoral commissions can no longer conduct elections that do not meet minimum standards of credibility.

Also, any INEC official who disobeys a tribunal order for inspection of electoral materials shall be imprisoned for two years, without an option of a fine.


http://dailypost.ng/2017/04/03/2019-presidential-nomination-forms-cost-n10million/

What?!?!? How about getting rid of this fees completely? What an outrage?

Now I am beginning to understand why Nigeria keeps suffering from poor leadership? It's because of the pathetic leadership selection process (elections) that only ensures the highly connected and hyper wealthy get to run the country leaving out potentially qualified candidates. All this time i used to rack my head trying to figure out why other countries are moving forward and we moving backward. Its all beginning to make sense now. No wonder they loot a lot when they get to office because they have to make back the money. Can you imagine if this happened in the U.S, Western Europe or any other advanced democracy? There would be rioting in the streets.

stephleena:
waist trainer,at work...breathe well sister, breathe!!!...

Hahahahahahahahahahahahabahahahahahaha

Confirm! Tell am to breathe easy.

softnipples:
As staunch catholic, my parents are blind to the risk involve. My mum even tried covering my mouth with her palm so as not to say it loud. And if they continue to insist, my sis will not really have a choice

Wow!!! Na wa o.

softnipples:
My younger sister of about 16yrs has been assigned by my mum to be cooking for a reverend father newly posted to our church. My sister doesn't seem quite confortable with the arrangement and I also don't think it is ideal considering my sister's 'tendencies' . She also has some features(if you know what I mean).
But my mum is insisting that she goes since the church management has already approved it!
What do you think people??

So what happened eventually?

And by the way, what do you mean by tendencies?

uboma:
With the growing cases of children being abused by seemingly adults these days, its a pity that your parents arent proactive when it comes to protecting their girl child(ren).

Another alternative open to your sister is for someone to accompany her and stay with her throughout the duration she stays with the clergy man.

Or simply getting a guy to do the job. That should be simple enough.

kevoh:
Allowing a young fresh female near a man (Rev or not) is not ideal! The church should hire a grown male cook for the reverend father jare!

I tire o. I have always wondered why a lot of Naija people naturally assign some positions (Cook, Personal Assistants etc) to females.

limitless777:
NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING IS WRONG with our use of English. it's an epic demonstration of class and the level of our advancement.

Y was Wole Soyinka whose write ups U need the dictionary to fathom and Achebe given worldwide recognition?

this people sef, yet IF we are below this level a lot of them will indict and run down our educational standard. na wah O.

listen to Jay Z's, Nas', Talib Kweli's, Jadakiss' lyrics and U all we marvel at the level of intellectual capacities of EVEN this non-graduates command of the English language.

I don't buy this ttrraaash.

It's called context. Those guys you are talking about don't use the same lingo when communicating with other people now do they?

There is a reason journalists are taught to keep it short and simple. It seems our Naija journalists skipped those lessons.

jaybim:
Besides some obviously flawed grammar and almost zero punctuation, I'd say you are equally guilty of that which you have complained about.

Everyone writes from within a social fabric and that fabric to a large extent colours what he writes and how he writes it.

Yes my grammar is technically flawed especially since I am writing on a public forum to pass time but that's not the issue. The issue i raised here is when people use unnecessary language when they can use a simpler one. End of story.

Ighoga898:
even the op dat is correcting someone said there instead of their

Nope! I am not correcting anyone's grammar I am just against people using unecesary grammar when simple words will do.

khalhokage:
Being obtuse and intentionally confusing isn't what made Chinua Achebe & Chimamanda Adichie award winning authors though.

Tell em jare.

Bitcoiniler:
It is apparent you weren't taught how to differentiate "Their" and "There"

I probably was but it looks like I didn't pay attention or I simply forgot.

Fifthcolumnist:
Even in literature, the average Nigerian writer tries to impress using words straight out of the Queen's playbook. Reading an average column in a local newspaper consumes more calories than reading a similar article from the Guardian or Daily times UK.

If you doubt me read Saturday match comments on goal.com international and compare to match comments on goal.com Nigeria.

Bros I find it waaaaaay easier to read from CNN.com or from the New York Times than to read from Naija news.