₦airaland Forum

Omoawoke:
Thanks to Lagos, you are able to achieve something

Sure. Goes the other way too. Thanks to me, Lagos is able to achieve something. Lagos can say, we've got the best teachers in Nigeria, and they'd rely on the few of us that manage to climb the podium year by year to prove just that, irrespective of our tribes, that is.

Omoawoke:
Many of you think business is like selling okrika in market

Lmao

I do not sell Okrika. I have no business with that either. I'm a school teacher amongst other things and quite good at what I do. Recently emerged top 3 teachers in Lagos State as well.

Besides, ednut1 has clarified that for me and I'm fine now.

ednut1:
https://www.nairaland.com/7809041/igbo-man-owns-highest-number#125211607 Answered here

Okay, this makes sense.

Thanks for clarifying

ednut1:
He has a private jet rental business does not mean he owns the private jets.

If he owns the business, doesn't that mean he owns the jets?

What you probably mean is they're not for his private use alone even though he owns the business.

I see people up there saying it's mostly greed. They're just being blind to the truth. In as much as greed can be a factor, it is low on the reasons people go into a life of crime. Even young children are lifting their parents out of poverty today because their hardworking parents couldn't; and we are here being blind to the truth, blaming it on greed.

Poverty, Unemployment and underemployment remains the biggest reason crime is on the rise in Nigeria. You cannot have 133 million people below poverty line as at the last analysis and before any of these subsidy-induced inflation and expect morals to be at the forefront. If they are at their jobs which gainfully takes care of their expenses, they won't be the idle minds for the devil's workshop.

Secondly, the lack of will in the evil government to combat evil from which they too benefit and turn a blind eye to. It will be shocking the ranking of the big man behind these guys. They can't pull off such without observation, no matter how long it takes, except there is a sustained crime ring that protects them from query. After all, a little side money and a little muscle on standby are some of what they enjoy playing around with.

Nigeria, as a country, is one of the many country with third world problems where crime pays and uprightness is ridiculed. From the judiciary, to peer pressure, to religious and political reasons; it's almost common place to see people being honoured for being involved in one crime or the other. All of these were in full parade this past elections and see how some of us were actually praising criminals for their roles. Crazy. And we want to call out greed when we create an enabling environment ourselves.

Rubbish, really.

ceejayluv:
Many have been killed And Arrested after several tipoff.

Lol. Self deceit 😎.

You see, lies can only take you so far. But when it comes down to hard numbers, lies get exposed.

You've been noticed by the way. You can rest now.

ceejayluv:
You call ipob "viable". A group with an orientation of molesting and killing anyone opposed to their ideology?

I take it you are Igbo? How many IPOB molesters/killers have you brought to book in your community?

If you would also make up a reason the fowl charged at you, it would be because it thought you brought goodies 😁

Zico5:
That's the problem with some of u. U think everyone is a beggar like some of u guys. That's why u always talk of poverty indices. The poverty indices in Nigeria shows that South east are suffering the most. Go online and search. That's why ur affinity to make money by all means is on another level. You worship money as if it's the end of the world. If u are wise enough, u will know the ethnicity of the person chatting u up.

So sad.

A simple question to show us how your tribe's patience has presented you all with the fattest bone you referred to earlier and bettered your life. This is your reply? You can't even present just one index. Just one.

Simply put, your tribe has nothing to show for anything. You're in the same boat with the bulk of Nigerians, from any part of the world. Shelve your nonsense allusion to any fat bone and leave Igbos be.

Likely one of the islands dotted around South South. I remember attending such wedding in Delta 😁.

Some even came in rubber shoes/with their rubber shoes in bags. People like us had to join others in taking our shoes off and plodding barefooted in the mud.

Zico5:
They failed to understand that the patient dog eat the fattest bone.

Let's get factual. Numbers don't lie. This is assuming you as a people have been patient and have gotten the fattest bone, maybe, more than once.

As patient as your people have been with Nigeria, first, identify your ethnicity, then go on to explain how it has lifted your people to an enviable standard of living (symbolised by the fat bone(s), compared to other tribes, using the recently released poverty indices as a reference point.)

Thanks in advance.

Svoboda:
In nigeria, the igbo is now viewed with suspicion.

Viewed with suspicion by who? People whose population has been largely successful and are not part of the 133 million people in poverty and rising??

People who can do without the Igbos but want no part in letting them be since 1967??

People who hold the fate of the average Igbo man in their palms??

Like, who are the class of people whose suspicion should bother the Igbo as a tribe?

You need to be able to discern and focus on the things that actually matter. Suspicion counts for shit if it ain't making the average Igbo man's life better.

IPOB presents a viable alternative for the failing Nigeria.

That is to say, in a properly run Nigeria, IPOB is no option.

And this piece is not necessary ultimately.

How does that make up for lost time? The timing of this accusation is not fair to her, considering she was in the middle of preparing for a tournament then.

The symbol of hope for the common man.

Nigeria will win.

DenreleDave:
Check my post.. Done is done for me

But for you, I doubt.. Always engaging in tribal fight.... I don't know why you are denying this now..

Atleast I owned up to my own

I challenge you to prove this. Bring up anywhere in my last 1000 posts (you can go beyond this freely) where I exhibited tribal bigotry.

You don't understand that for some of us, uprightness is not negotiable. It's a habit. 😎

orisa37:
THANKS. PLEASE GIVE US THE REST, THEIR EARNINGS AND RATINGS.

You're not a researcher?

DenreleDave:
Do you exhibit your tribalistic bigotry attitude on twitter like you do on nairaland?

I'm not you. My posts since 2014 are there for you to scrutinize. 😎 I for one, have no personal value for Nairaland's anonymity. I understand it helps the traffic here and I respect that business decision.

You came out the other day to denounce your tribalistic tendencies. I hope you still uphold it?

Why would anyone be bothered if asked to present an ID for validation? If you can't take the heat, stay away from the kitchen. My twitter account already bears my name and twitter bio details what I do. An ID is mere formality.

chukkystar:
Meet them in their office and rest

Nah. That was the second option. I'll rather just run the surface wiring and save myself the time of having to search them out. They have unhindered access to where the meters are everytime they come around. If they detected an issue, they'd have mentioned it earlier.

abuhusna1:
Tell them to put your meter on pole outside your house. They don't want you to bypass it

Not for this type of meter. The keypad for entering the token is on the meter itself so it needs to be in a place where it is reachable but secure from tampering.

Calabar1stSon:
Just like how I have a valid account number with GTB. An account I never opened.

Same here. I think we should align with others for a class action.

molas02:
I bet it with my life ... U have been using illegal connection since 14years ago... By calculation u will be owning upto half a million

I reject it for you, my brother. Even if you don't have dependents, you have a future role to play in your immediate society.😁

wisz1:
Op,I have gone through your post and comments from my fellow Nlanders.

Firstly I would like to correct some few postulations;

1.The conduit pipe was not constructed simply to by-pass some energy or for the purpose of energy theft. It's just an old way of connection,a means provided for passing electricity wire from the pole to the meter board. There are no way the wire can be bypassed because the conduit pipe was done during decking of the building.


Modern build follows the new trend of electrical installation by providing a mini power house or power board for all electrical connections.

Op,just go to the office address given to you for them to correct it or use a certified electrician to correct it by running the wire via surface to the meter where it will be seen easily by everybody.

To be honest, I wondered how possible it was to bypass via concrete decking but I want to believe they must have seen it somewhere. I will just run it on the surface abeg. I no get EKEDC people power.

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Thank you so much for taking your time to explain the scenario to me. It makes sense that they are concerned about something like that.

The kind of meter installed those years are those with the keypad for entering tokens on the meter itself so it can't be installed out of reach. And it's puzzling to me since they oversaw the electrification of this place. The insistence on prepaid meters from Day 1 was to avoid NEPA issues.

I'll just pull out the wires and run them on the surface. Even if we have an agreement, it may take a change of manager and we're back to square 1. That 'visiting their office' option smells of probable extortion. I see what few of my neighbours undergo with them and I want no part in those.

I'll like anyone with insight or experience on why this demand was made to let me know if this is standard practice.

These pair of prepaid meters has been installed since 2009 (14 years ago) and the house was built with conduit wiring. The wire bearing the supply from the electric poles entered the building as shown below and exits where the meters and junction boxes for each flats are installed (pictures shown below).

It was quite surprising when I came home today to meet this 'Disconnection Order' from EKEDC, asking that the wires be pulled out off the wall within 48 hours to avoid disconnection (or visit their office at Isashi).

I'd like to know if anyone has had this experience before and what the reason for such order is as I do not think conduit wiring is outlawed by them before now..or has it been outlawed?

Note that there is no contact email or phone number on the order and my primary concern is how breaking the walls if necessary might affect the structural integrity of the building. I'll appreciate any rapid response to this.

Thanks in advance.

Pic 1: The order: Meter No(Yellow), Home Address (Blue).
Pic 2: Entry point of wires
Pic 3: Exit point of wires
Pic 4: Remarks on order

adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/Diesel-price-hits-N950/litre-manufacturers-fear-shutdowns-job-losses

Your source is not connecting.

https://punchng.com/diesel-price-hits-n950-litre-manufacturers-fear-shutdowns-job-losses/

Wise move.

The herdsmen menace and banditry are something the FG has been very comfortable with.

Agriculture, which is touted as Nigeria's sole hope of transiting to a production country is under heavy threat by the criminal elements amongst these people and the government chooses to look the other way.

People who have tasted it up North and within their borders have been loud and clear in their advice.

Better to be proactive than reactive. Voom ka nma karia statement.

So, Niger Republic's Prime Minister recognizes the coupist as their leader. Weird.

maasoap:
More like what a clueless person would put forward.

Are you suffering from amnesia or just being a troll?

You literally quoted the same post today 😶