₦airaland Forum

Beaf:
I don't think we've got 7000 Megawatts, but I've heard unconfirmed gist that there's 4,500 - 5000 Megawatts. What is quite clear though, is that the WWII equipment we have now can't carry more than about 3,500 Megawatts without a massive convulsion.

No, it isn't different. Construction of the super grid is starting immediately.
It is being built in phases, the deliverable for the first phase is 7000 Megawatts by April next year and 14,000 by 2013.

. . .And by 2020, we go nuclear.
I fear dat one sha! May the nuclear reactor be built in my enemies village.

Yinkaboy:
The picture is more mixed than people think. Yes, there loads of Nigerian doing well in the UK, educated, doctotrs, lawyers, accountants. Its cost allot of money to get to the US/Europe. I know people who have spent upto £20k just to get papers!

Everytime I go out to nice bar/ restaurant in central London and I use the bathroom, the guy handing me a cloth to dry my hand is a nigerian, or the security guards at the apple store, or at any west end night club.

S[b]ometimes I have to go to Heathrow earlier in the morning, the train is full of nigerian cleaners and porters. This being said I know a nigerian cleaner who saved every penny, put her son through priavte school in naija, and he works as a banker in naija. I know of mechanics who own three houses in magodo. I know of porter saving that every last penny to build that bungalow in enugu. People are struggling whether in Nigeria or US/UK, they all want a better life, or more opportunities.
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There tons of  people without papers, everyweek you hear about a nigerian being deported, or caught in a sham marriage.

pslm23:
I swear i have never laughed as much as I just did in my life.            This thread is off the hook! kudos to the person who started it.

I remember right after i got married, my husband while cooking, cut himself pretty bad, and me being a typical Nigerian, immediately started saying "sorry sorry"  . He looked at me like i was crazy  and said "why the heck r u apologizing? u didn't cut me! and i told him, well, where i come from, if anybody hurts themselves, we always say "sorry" to them to help ease the pain! He then said, well here in America, we laugh our arses off!  so now, even if he is bleeding to death I  my butt off and keep my 

experts:
it was on the news, u mean u didnt see it, okay i will get a link,


i found it

http://www.elombah.com/news/node/3912



* 86% of its total revenue was coming from its Federal Statutory Allocation, while 14% of its total revenue came from IGR,


okay, many states in Nigerian get there revenue from the same source, that is why they need to spend it wise rather than put it tin there account or control in the name of Government,


* It is number 33 out of 36 in terms of Federal Revenue Allocation, no doubt

* At least 65% of its total revenue is spent on recurrent expenditure - salaries, administrative expenses etc

This is why they are the state that pay less salary in the whole of Nigeria, N9000 for a level 7 civil servant

Horayce:
Pls do an online mba rather than lose your job. The Mba is not as competitive as it once was, like in the 80/90s when it wasn't as trendy. Right now every one wants to get one. So be wary of the herd mentality,

The market is in tatters like u know, and don't even bet on it picking up in a couple of years cos it wont still be able to deal with the backlog - i.e the pent up demand for jobs from qualified peeps who have been under-employed or unemployed all that time.
To my mind MBAs are for people who r dead sick of their careers, and who probably need a break to recalibrate, procrastinate or explore other career options. Only losers consider doing the mba really,

But hey i'm considering doing one

salamsm:
why will a smart person be schooling in an educationally inferior nation?
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Yeah tell that to all the other countries, since it is your understanding that only a handful of countries offer the best education in the world.

No knowledge is a waste. Besides, I feel that people who studied in Nigeria should feel very insulted by such comments.

I[b] have met people who completed all their studies in Nigeria and they are highly intelligent, even fare better than some who are foreign trained. Geniuses or Knowledge are not determined by a person's Nationality, it is a God given gift.[/b]

buzugee:
not sure about your assertions or sarcasm but i can assure you that the education i had in nigeria was world class. now when i school in britain or america, i am always the best student. thanks to the nigerian educational background

experts:
I hate it when Government lie,

That is the case of kwara state Government, i will add a link on the details of the shonga farm,

But from what i no,

The so called shonga farm is nothin but the saraki property,

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OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
1. Kwara State Government - 15%
2. New Nigerian Farmers - 40%
3. The Banks (Intercontinental, Guaranty, FinBank, Platinum-Habib and Unity) - 45%


It is correct to some extent,but not in the other hand,

1.Kwara State Government -15%
2. New Nigerian Farmer- 40% this company is registered in 1987 by Dr Olusola saraki and its nothin new, the Governor present the Company as a new company that came to handle the job, yet its for his father,

They used Government resources to acquire it,

3. The Banks (Intercontinental, Guaranty, FinBank, Platinum-Habib and Unity) - 45%
They borrow alot of money with the name of kwara state Government from these banks to run the farm yet state Government own just 15%, so if The governor finish his tenure, they will pay the Government 15% and own the Farm while the debt is on the state,

buzugee:
iyke-d, your colo-mentality has blinded you to the reality of things. nigerian education is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than american education. i attended schools in america and naija and let me tell you, the number of illiterate americans i met in school was baffling. these are adults who went to all the primary and secondary american education yet they couldnt spell well, read well, or do simple basic arithmetic. so i sat down with a few of them to try to find out whats going on. the consensus i got was that the american education system has failed all of them. their education is crap. i went to a boarding school in nigeria. by the time we were in our second year we were all experts in spelling and mathematics. please dont be blinded by your colo-mentality

Beync:
My question is
'How does this ceritification affect the life of an ordinary man in the street?'

Ayowumie:
This is my point! The fact a government in Nigeria has established a laudable project does not mean such project will translate into better standard of living for the people. Based on your posts on this topic, what u have failed to understand is application of theories to Nigerian situation does not actually bring expected effect. In Kwara, we can "excess of supply will bring down price". This is a mere theory.

Setting up a dairy farm and obtaining its advantages go beyond mere theoretical speculation of 'good economies for shonga' as some people are saying. THE MAIN QUESTION is" i[b]s there a political will to sustain economic importance of this dairy?'[/b]

Harzan:
@Ayowumie:
No mind dem ooooh, make dem dey do as "na dem sabi pass"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yawnnnnn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I smell some posters as Gov'nor BUkola Saraki special adviser on Nairaland
& other related stuffs matter!!!
Wat a nice portfolio!

jot01:
Women can do better in this Country of Ours.
Our Men are just ruling and putting the Money in there own Pocket,