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A glance at the distribution of the parastatals, he revealed, indicated that the Federal Ministry of Health has 77; the Ministry of Science and Technology has 40; Education - 41; Agriculture - 44; and Power and Steel - 27 agencies, among many others.

crazy quangos, they just push papers here and there ask for billions for HQ buildings, There are some ministries that need to either rent their office buildings to private firms or just share them with other ministries- I still dont understand the Difference between NDDC and Ministry of Niger Delta?

And there different Space Research institute always claiming to have invented this or that

So how much?

fm7070:
NO KUDOS TO POLICE

they're so shameful to tell us the amount the government paid to the kidnappers before the corpers were released.

Logically speaking, how can you recover the corper without exchange of bullets. I don't believe their story.

The other journalists that was released told us how that was done and it was soldiers that did it.

Why have they refused to allow the corpers from naratting their ordeal since they were released??

I tire ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

They cant refuse the corpers from speaking, it's not like they are going to come after them when they get home

kcjazz:
But on a more serious note, what do the civil servants do? And why can't they generate revenue for themselves?

NTA, Road Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Immigration, Foreign affairs, Education etc can at least generate some part of income. What do this folks do and if they don't contribute then why are they paid?

They watch Nollywood, they sell forms, some sell dubai gold, they run errands for oga, Oga is usually not on sit anyway

Have you ever written a letter to a local council expecting a reply in the post?

agitator:
all foreign companies do it. have witnessed where a where diploma holder heads a department with Nigerian master degree holders working under him being treated like poo with salary 1/20 of what the diploma holder earns as an expatriate.

I know what you mean but sometimes an experienced worker is more valuable than an Msc holder anywhere in the world especially in some industries like construction

Jakumo:
The vast majority of Germans who work for Julius Berger treat Nigerians with great respect, and enjoy the company of Nigerian women in particular.  

I have hunted with these guys on many occasions, and thus spent long enough around them to note that they are very courteous with their drivers and assistants.   The man trying to create his little Apartheid in some remote Julius Berger camp is clearly[b] a wacko that does NOT represent the majority of other Germans and expatriates working in Nigeria.[/b]

this doesnt represent the reality, so many insider stories online, not just in Nigeria

But i wonder why they had to report to the IGP in abuja who will running for his life, what happened to Police in Delta state?

Calculia:

Dis is were Nigerian faulter. In other countries citizens would jump in front of the bullet so Mr President can live and push forward the agenda of his manifesto for the nation. In Nigeria, the job is do or die. If u ask me dat is not necessary. I mean to be President doesn't qualify as Messiah.

Nah Leaders over the world lead from the front, they take the lead in going green, take the lead in slashing their pay/benefits and reducing their backroom staff, take the lead when there is a system failure-they resign, so far Jonathan has been missing in action- he should lead from the front making effective use of the cowboy hat thats suitable for catching bombs either from MEND or Boko Harams- his name will be written in the Gloryland estate-otukpe!

Alex J:
I think these victims are usually threatened or warned of the dangers or consequences of disseminating whatever they saw, knew or heard. They could be advised to keep shut and if they must talk, they should keep it simple. In Nigeria, there is no guarantee of safety especially with our kind of security agencies. You know, if they got to them the first time, they can get to them again. Lolz, trust you dont want that happening.

Nah most of them will be safely in their state or home base, some will outside the country (for good!)

Mai Suya:
hmmm. . .so with the exception of Lagos, (23billion, not bad), and perhaps Rivers State, virtually all the other states are almost 100% dependent on the FG for payment of salaries.

And the agitation for new States still continues. . .

I think all those state receiving 13% should be able to comfortably pay the minimum and Rivers should be talking 20k minimum sef

They should cut their 'security votes' by 50% instead of transferring the billions to their godfathers and political parties


Guess this is the first showdown for Jonathan

I think its about 16b, with the guy in charge saying if they work harder by 2012 they can realise 20b

Calculia:
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No, he will stay in Abuja and die for this God forsaken country, for nothing. I said it before and will reiterate, for safety reasons because of terrorism, Jonathan need to move Abuja(FCT) to Port-Harcourt, for any planned infrastructural development investment to be making sense for the Niger-Delta(The region dat lays the Golden egg of Nigeria.)[/b]

die for this God forsaken country is what his job needs! abi no be why him apply for the post be that? if he doesnt want to die for the country he is leading he might as well quit and go compete for a job as governor of Bayelsa, Not like he helped the cause of the ND (kudos to him for the monthly stipend he paid militants to give him some breathing space)
instead of moving the Capital, why not just make sure the ministry/Commission created solely for the ND do their work, or re-jig the revenue formula

So apart from school and church/mosque where do parents take their kids to?

especially outside lagos

you beat me to it!


Apartheid right here in Nigeria!! The name of the official is not even mentioned, so he can easily be transfered to some other state under the guise he has been sacked!

Any particular reason the TV stations didnt show the match?

Roland17:
lets appreciate the Nigerian Police for this effort, but i ask, why can't such strategy and intelligence be replicated in the Wild Wild North?

Road blocks?

Na wa O

vanguard said:

“Thus, at about 1930 hours the five kidnapped corpers were sighted and rescued by Mobile Policemen conducting stop and search at Omerenu along Port Harcourt-Owerri road.

NAN said :

Rivers Commissioner of Police Suleiman Abba told NAN in Port Harcourt on Monday that the corps members were rescued in a forest at Omerelu around 8pm on Sunday.

were they rescued or found left abandoned in the forest?

_{How come most kidnap victim never tell their stories?}

teskyg:
they should move most of the headquarters of some COY to neighboring Sates.I am still surprise why Banks and Insurance COY still have their Head offices in Lagos instead of Abuja.I think it will be wise if some organization  such as Banks and Telecoms are made to move the Head Offices to Abuja .Thier Operational offices can remain in Lagos.

This will greatly decongest Lagos

Who are 'they'? You can compel any private business to move to anywhere. Companies wont move when there's not advantage, the sea port is still in lagos, financial companies have majority of their clients in Lagos with international partners having access via MMIA however derelict it get. They might have a second headquarters in Abuja though but expenses will shoot up as well. you also have to consider the talent pool,

Start-ups can take advantage if their service are remote like Airtel (or the company it outsourced to), i wonder why they will have call centres based in Abuja instead of cheaper places like Ilorin, Osun state for example where cost of living will be cheaper and they wont have that much of an issue when it comes to cost cutting

dayokanu:
If I had her kind of education I would brag with it too

what, in a a bukateria?

lola34:
As Jay-z said, "you can pay for school, but you can't buy class."

see why it pays to listen to 'em rap mooosic! well said, she is trashy, cant believe some people find her attractive, she looks like the regular paki/asian girl

Just keep saying Aish kuhf, Kishkuf

or mention nigerian players Kanu, Okocha the rest as they say will be history

High Speed rail will help, there are so many potential new commuter cities that can be created along the SW region
A 2hour train Linking Lagos to Ilorin/Abuja with one stop at each city will reduce the burden

maybe more studies should be carried out to find out where the people are actually coming from

Calculia:
If u ask me oooo! Dat capital city(FCT) need to be moved to Niger/Delta (Port Harcourt) for any planned infrastructural development to be making sense. Look how BOKO Haram are moving through abuja like they own the place. J[b]onathan need to relocate the capital city to Port Harcourt for safety reasons and because of Terrorism[/b]. 

This move alone will create all the Jobs needed to disband mend and put all does oil company in check.

you are calling the state governor incompetent?
You mean Jonathan should run from abuja to be safe? how nice
So naturally jobs cant be created until the FG moves into a city ?

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/appeal-court-sacks-delta-speaker/93272/

So what's the point? What happens next, they have been another election

crazy jungle!!

so how do they qualify? the fifth and sixth teams in the league or some other method?

Boko Harams or innocent Almajiris?

One of the reason these guys get more members is that innocent beggars on the streets are arrested and shot in the streets, the police are still insisting they shot their leader in a gun battle   how can someone in handcuffs engage in a gun battle?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1hc1zKnLr0&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3Dboko%2Bharam%26aq%3Df&has_verified=1

snowdrops:
congratulations to the olympic team. cant wait to see them in london. this is hoping they go through amonsgt the top 3 teams.

and hoping you get a ticket for the football events, the ticketing system sucks big time, maybe it will be on the black market

which one is wafu cup again, thought it was countries that play wafu, no?

I mean Globacom premier league players Like Ajani Ibrahim with Sanusi Rabiu, Gambo Mohammed ect etc

you never see them on newspapers outside the pitch!

In UK, Islamic/non interest bank is just a product in a bank. It is not that you will see a bank solely for Isalmic banking products.
Well I agree with you on the saying that part of the requirement for new investors was capacity and resources or is it because they are from Pakistan? what if a UK bank comes along would that be suitable?. I am just being sceptical owing to his background and the agreesion with which he is campaining for Islamic banking.

Well there will be regional banks, Mortgage banks, merchant banks, if someone somewhere pay for a license to start an Islamic bank will Josephine lose her work at Wema bank, will inflation burst through the roof, will the dollar become N500? I cant get my head around it as long as people are not forced to open an account with a bank i really don't know the implications that will get people so worked up

perhaps there's something in the procedure that i don't know

monopolist:
Adjournment till Sept 26 when Liquidation date is Sept 30.

The deal will soon explode and the bubble will soon burst

Afribank is on course for recapitalisation

The shareholders are not broke, if they are they will not be challenging the sales of their banks and clamouring for stock market recapitalisation. Let me tell you what I think, I think Sanusi knows that if he allows those banks to go to stock market like he allowed Unity bank to do, Ibru, Ebong , Akingbola and co will still be the ones to pump in money and have a controlling interest in those banks again. And you know that will spell doom for Sanusi because they will appoint the EDs of their choice who will in turn appoint the MD of their choice who will now expose all the alledged looting of Sanusi's MD's management of those banks. That is why Sanusi at all cost will want to merge or sell the banks to his prefferd bidders who will cover up their mismanagement.

Yes you dont return mismanaged banks to CEOs that have broken every rule in the book, the stock market was deflated, remaining investors that have not left to shore up operations in their own country wont sell good stock for badly run banks, they money these 5banks require is another ball game to that of unity and the rest, plus 5-8 banks going to the stock market at the same time- come on, even when the going was good bank spaced out their IPOs. Akingbola,Ibru will have to sell the Dubai shopping complex (bought with loans theyve no intention of paying back or insider trading)- ~Imagine Bankole buying his official accommodation

you have to pay people top money to restructure these banks so they get their monies back from acting big men and look pretty for investors- so alleged looting i dont know