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PoliticsRe: Senate's Rejection Of The Gender Equality Bill: Nigerians React On Twitter by DKOKO3(m): 10:48am On Mar 16, 2016
Still on gender disparity

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It is a show of shame on the floor of the hallow senate chamber yesterday, when the "Naysayer" voted against the bill of gender parity.

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It is disheartening to know that the world is changing but our knowledge about gender remain static. It seems some of our Senators are still living in the world of 60's when James Brown released a song entitled " It's a Man's World".

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I quite understand the simple fact that in most Nigerian cultures, women generally are pictured as second class citizens, being inferior to men, objects of sexual gratification, weak vessels, personal property of men, domestic servant/slave and that which men must wield absolute power over.

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I also learnt that the holy book was cited on the floor for disparity but at this juncture let us make them understand for every word spoken in the bible there is a situation surrounding such utterances. We don't understand the established fact that the generations in the bible were guided by their ill customs too.

Their culture also preached againt gender equality. In their culture, they see women as slaves, personal propery and intimacy gadgets.

It Is unequivocally wrong to say the bible preached against women equality to men. God the Creator of heaven and earth recognises the importance of a woman. Deborah (Heb 11) was a perfect example. Let's leave sentiment and change our mindset from the seemingly bloated ego of always being superior.

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As a developing country, cultural views of a woman's role continue to devalue her worth and dignity. Sometimes, she's considered the equivalent of a domestic servant or slave. We forget that we made culture, culture doesn't make us. Why must we wallow in mental abyss for its cause?

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It is apt time we must look beyond the cultural system and rediscover intrinsic truths about the nature of women and men. We must transcend tradition and recapture principles that can free women to be fulfilled and valued.

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If we don't address the underlying cause of the problems of women by changing the mindset of men, the internalised devaluing and abuse of women will continue.

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Make social and legal advances for equal right and not advocating for more wives. We are not sexual object. We are Equal!

NIB
PoliticsRe: BREAKING NEWS: Hausa Vs Yoruba Fight Spills To Matogun Market, Ogun State by DKOKO3(m): 7:57pm On Mar 12, 2016
Ejanla07:
Normalcy from what. U said nothing happened
Normalcy from the pandemonium caused by rumour mongers.
PoliticsRe: BREAKING NEWS: Hausa Vs Yoruba Fight Spills To Matogun Market, Ogun State by DKOKO3(m): 7:56pm On Mar 12, 2016
hardbody:
You just lied. The story is true and they will keep fvcking you guys up da arse
I'm to busy to banter words with people like you. I've reported the true state of situation.

If I may ask you this, have you heard/read about any clash in that area since then?

Its an attestation that OP was only eager to create a tread.
PoliticsRe: BREAKING NEWS: Hausa Vs Yoruba Fight Spills To Matogun Market, Ogun State by DKOKO3(m): 5:59pm On Mar 09, 2016
Ejanla07:
I hope this is true. Because it will be wicked if you made this up.

People need to know the true situation. For security purpose
I stay around that area and I can confidently say there is no clash of any sort.

We thrive more on "Them say". Normalcy is restored to the area.
PoliticsRe: BREAKING NEWS: Hausa Vs Yoruba Fight Spills To Matogun Market, Ogun State by DKOKO3(m): 1:55pm On Mar 09, 2016
I become apprehensive when we mislead people and create unrest with our post.

There's no ethnic clash of any sort. What happened was that the area was often disturbed by bandits in which the security (Hausa Man) posed serious threat to successfully carry out operation. He was killed to create hitch free attack according to residents.

For the influx of hausa men, they were deliberating on how to reinforce security measures as suggested by their chairman.

I hope this clear the air?
Have a blessed day ahead.
NYSCRe: Corpers Guide And Corpers Story Book. Free NYSC Books Plus My Short NYSC Video. by DKOKO3(m): 10:43pm On Mar 08, 2016
Nwajeibabatunde@yahoo.com
Kindly help a prospective corp member.
Art, Graphics & VideoRe: Chijioke Anyacho And His Masterpiece Drawings Using Ball Point Pens. by DKOKO3(m): 7:35pm On Mar 08, 2016
Life is a coincidence. This is Malakai, Uniben, Fine and Applied Arts.
Nice one bro.
TravelRe: Can You Guess Where This Is Located? (PHOTOS) by DKOKO3(m): 7:32pm On Mar 08, 2016
Edo State, New Benin.
BusinessRe: What Kind Of Business Can I Do With N3m To Earn Min. 300k Monthly? by DKOKO3(m): 9:08am On Feb 19, 2016
las240s:
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Transportation.

If you don't mind, you can write Motorsnib@gmail.com for more clarity.
BusinessRe: What Kind Of Business Can I Do With N3m To Earn Min. 300k Monthly? by DKOKO3(m): 9:07am On Feb 19, 2016
las240s:
pls i need an insight on what kind of bizness i can do with N3million to earn min.300k monthly
Transportation.
PoliticsStudents Flee Campus As Gunmen Invade Plateau Community - This Day by DKOKO3(op): 7:13am On Feb 17, 2016
*Kill two, injure five

Seriki Adinoyi in Jos

Students of the famous Nigerian College of Accountancy
(NCA), Kwal, near Jos, Plateau State, on Tuesday fled their
campus following a ferocious invasion of the host
community of Kwal by unknown gunmen, who left two dead
and five others injured in the wake of the attack.

A student of the college, who preferred anonymity, said:
“Most of us had to flee the community to Jos for safety.”
He however said: “I was told that normalcy has been
restored to the community following a heavy presence of
military and police personnel.”

Management Committee Chairman of Bassa local
government, Mrs. Sarah Bali, who confirmed the attack,
added that she had visited the community and normalcy
had been restored.

Calling for calm, she promised that security operatives were
working round the clock to arrest the perpetrators.
Also confirming the attack, the state Police Public Relation
Officer (PPRO), Mr. Emmanuel Abuh, noted that the state
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adekunle Adedunjoye had
deployed men of the command to the scene.

Abuh however said he was yet to receive the casualty figure.
Meanwhile, The secretary of the Irigwe Youth Movement
(IYM), Mr. John Gana, told journalists that two persons were
killed while five others were injured, adding that the attack
left serious tension behind, which the security men are
trying hard to manage.

He added that most villagers too have fled the community
with the students of the college, leaving behind only a few,
who now have their hearts in their mouths.

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/students-flee-campus-as-gunmen-invade-plateau-community/232141/
PoliticsCorruption: EFCC Arraigns Provost And Four Others Over Multi Million Naira Fraud by DKOKO3(op):
Seriki Adinoyi in Jos

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
monday arraigned the Provost of Federal School of Medical
Laboratory Technology, Dr. Nkereuwem Etukudo and four
others before a High Court in Jos for embezzlement and
diversion of public funds.

Etukudo was arraigned with two other members of staffs of
the institution and two contractors. The staffs are the
Accountant/Bursar of the institution, Mr. Yusuf Samuel and
the Data Analyst of the school, Mr. Ernest Demto. The
contractors are Messrs Esio Udoh and Goodluck Echenwa.
The arraignment was before Justice Y.D. Dakwak of Court 2
in suit Number PLDJ/36c/2015.


However, the charges were not formally read to the accused
in court because the Prosecution Counsel, Mr. Steve Odiase,
curiously told the court that even though the case was for
arraignment, one of the accused persons, Demto, was down
with kidney disease and currently receiving treatment at the
National Hospital, Abuja.

He said that since they were to be jointly arraigned, it was
improper to arraign the remaining without Demto.
Odiase therefore pleaded for a long adjournment to enable
the parties pray for the quick recovery of the accused,
adding that if by the next adjourned date, he was still unfit
to stand trial, then he would amend the charges to enable
the case to go on.

Dakwak granted the plea of the prosecution counsel and
adjourned the case to May 2.

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/efcc-arraigns-provost-four-others-for-multi-million-naira-fraud/232043/
PoliticsJigawa State Government Go E- Learning For Schools by DKOKO3(op): 6:58am On Feb 16, 2016
The Jigawa State Government has approved the use of e-
learning tablets in public schools after its five-week pilot
test.

About 1,000 students, 61 teachers and 27 student-
technicians were trained in the art of e-learning and e-
teaching programme held in Dutse, the state capital,
according to a statement by the state government.
The state Governor, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar,
had directed that over 8,000 e-learning tablets/computers,
tagged, e-Mallam, be distributed to all senior secondary
school students and teachers in the state, the statement
said.


It added that the e-teaching and e-learning devices came
with pre-installed educational applications designed to
enhance learning for students in the states.
Abubakar was quoted as saying at the inauguration of the e-
Mallam pilot scheme that the move became necessary
because of the declining level of education, which his
administration inherited from the previous regime.


He added that e-Malllam Tablets would prepare students for
examinations and train them on digital technology,
especially since examinations bodies were shifting from
paper and pencil to computer-based testing.


The Commissioner for Education, Hajia Hussein-Adamu
Esiak, said the introduction of the tablet would improve the
standard of education in the state.
She said that statistics showed that the students had not
been learning well, hence, the decision of the government to initiate the intervention programme.


The Project Coordinator, Basheer Aliyu, demonstrated how
the devices provide interactivity and simulation in various
fields in a manner easy for students to understand and
apply in real life situations.

The Country Representative of Echo Telecoms, Mr.
Abdussalam Ismail, said Jigawa State was the first state in
the northern Nigeria to adopt the innovative approach to
learning.
http://www.punchng.com/jigawa-adopts-e-learning-tablets-for-schools/
PoliticsNEMA Distributes Relieve Materials In Maiduguri IDP Camps by DKOKO3(op): 6:49am On Feb 16, 2016
Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri


The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has
commenced the distribution of special needs, food and non-food items to internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in Maiduguri.

A statement by the information officer of the agency’s North-east office, Mallam AbdulKadir Ibrahim, yesterday said “the North-east zonal office of NEMA has started distributing special needs food and non food items for IDPs in camps across Maiduguri metropolis.


He said the items distributed are meant to cater for IDPs with special needs like diabetes patients, babies and nursing mothers.
He disclosed that the food items distributed to the camps include Cerelac formula for babies, milk, biscuits, custard, beverages, wheat, Hungary rice, soya plus, kunun tsamiya, among others.


He also disclosed that among the non food items distributed include slippers, blankets, plates, spoons, vaseline, soap, detergents and dignity kits for lactating mothers.

He however revealed that the distribution was aside the memorandum of understanding signed by the agency and Borno State government where NEMA supplies all food items to be prepared in camps while the state government provides condiments and other necessities for cooking the food.

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nema-distributes-special-need-items-in-maiduguri-idp-camps/232048/
PoliticsWhy The President Is Reluctant To Back Devaluation by DKOKO3(op): 8:23am On Feb 15, 2016
•CBN may invite EFCC to probe allegations of round
tripping
•IMF relaxes stance as more countries adopt capital
controls
By Obinna Chima with agency report

With the clamour growing everyday for the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) to devalue the Nigerian naira and relax
foreign exchange controls, THISDAY has learnt that a
number of factors, chief of which is the lack of conviction
that a devaluation would not improve dollar supply in the
economy, are some of the reasons President Muhammadu
Buhari and the CBN have adamantly refused to endorse the
devaluation of the nation’s currency.

However, Buhari’s stance has led to a division in his cabinet
and among some party leaders in the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC), some of whom believe the president should
be more pragmatic in his dogmatic stance against
devaluation, arguing that by not devaluing, there will be
more money for the three tiers of government to share from the Federation Account to meet their obligations.

As one government official, who did not want to be named,
explained to THISDAY: “Yes, there are those in government
who want it, but there is stiff resistance from Buhari and the
CBN. “But those who are pro-devaluation have argued that with oil prices at a 12-year low, our foreign earning have declined to less than a billion dollars a month. To top it, we have no buffers to shield us from the oil price decline.
“So they believe that if we devalue, the three tiers of
government, especially states with a cash crunch, will have
more money to share from oil earnings going to the
Federation Account.
“And this will enable the three tiers of government to meet
their obligations to their workers, contractors, and help to
reflate the economy which is literally comatose at the
moment.”

However, the flipside to this line of argument is that whilst
the three tiers of government may stand to gain from
devaluation, in real terms, they could also lose it to inflation.
According to a director of the CBN who spoke on the issue:
“Yes, we understand that devaluation will create more
money for all the tiers of government, but what we stand to
gain from one hand, we will lose on the other hand due to
inflation.”

The director, who preferred to remain anonymous, pointed
out that the enforcement of transfers of federal government
funds to the Treasury Single Account (TSA) has led to the
accumulation of N2.8 trillion in the CBN, part of which will
be used by the government to fund the 2016 budget.
“Given the experience of the federal government, states will
be well advised to adopt the TSA to plug leakages, as hidden
state funds in commercial banks could help them to meet
their obligations also,” he said.
He added that there was no guaranty that by devaluing the
currency, there will be an improvement in dollar supply
through foreign portfolio investors, “whom the markets have claimed have been sitting on the fence”.
“This is hot money and there is no guaranty that devaluation
will attract them to the country. Besides, even if they come
back, whatever cash they inject will just be a drop in the
ocean relative to the demand requirement for dollars in the
foreign exchange market,” the central bank official said.
When reminded that the forex restrictions have led to a
massive widening in the gap between the official rate of the
dollar and the parallel market rate, resulting in rent seeking
in the market, he said the CBN was not unaware of this
problem and was considering inviting the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate banks,
companies and individuals who might be engaged in the
illicit practice.
“We are aware of this problem and have received some
reports that some banks may be colluding with customers to engage in round tripping. Owing to the reports, we are
currently considering inviting the EFCC to investigate banks
and anyone caught will face the full wrath of the law,” he
said.

The director added that it was for this reason the Bankers’
Committee agreed to start the publication of forex
allocations to bank customers in newspapers on a regular
basis.
Surprisingly, Buhari and the CBN’s anti-devaluation stance is
getting support from the most unexpected of quarters, as an
article published recently by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ)
has shown that some global analysts, including the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), are gradually accepting
the argument that capital controls could serve as a shield
against destabilising investment flows from foreign
investors.

According to the report by WSJ, the response to turbulent
financial markets might be a dose of “unorthodox thinking”,
which is in line with CBN’s position in the last few months.
For instance, the central bank officially stopped the sale of
dollars for 41 items, as it sought to reduce pressure on the
naira and preserve external reserves.

It also cancelled the sale of dollars to Bureau De Change
(BDC) operators and the use of electronic naira cards
abroad, just as it has continued to resist pressure to further
devalue the naira.
Dissatisfied with the central bank’s forex policy, a lot of
foreign portfolio investors have continued to divest from the country’s equities and bond markets, with their exit
accounting for one of the largest chunks of forex outflows
from the economy.

However, the WSJ report pointed out that amid the turmoil,
financial and economic policy makers are advocating a tactic once anathema to all but the most mismanaged economies: capital controls.
Governor of the Bank of Japan, Haruhiko Kuroda, it stated,
seemed to deviate from standard economic thinking late last month when he suggested that China might benefit from stricter capital controls.
“Both India and Nigeria tightened restrictions on their
citizens’ access to foreign currency in recent months, battling to limit capital outflows caused by the winding down of the Federal Reserve’s bond-buying programme. Controls are making an intellectual comeback, too,” the New York-based financial paper added.

Also expressing his support for the policy, Olivier Blanchard,
who arrived at the IMF as chief economist in 2008 and left
the fund last year said: “The general presumption was that
capital-account liberalisation was always good, and capital
controls were nearly always bad. I’ve seen the thinking
change, partly because it was already wrong then, and
because it was particularly wrong in the crisis.”

Similarly, IMF’s Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, at a
speech in Maryland recently, cited “a growing recognition
that the short-term nature and inherent volatility of global
capital flows are problematic”.
She said emerging markets and countries such as the US that are the largest sources of international capital flows should consider new regulations and tax policies that curb short- term debt flows and stimulate longer-term equity
investments.

The current support for capital controls builds on a change
of course at the IMF half a decade ago. After long urging
countries to free the movement of capital, the fund
surprised markets and economic policy makers by endorsing and even recommending the use of controls in
some cases to slow destabilising inflows of investment.
The fund was in part influenced by the lessons of the
financial crisis, when a handful of advanced economies that
were entirely open to global capital flows were hit hard.
Iceland and Spain both experienced deep recessions when
the foreign investment that had driven booms in their
economies evaporated.

According to WSJ, similar lessons were drawn by some
observers during the Eurozone crisis. Greece and Cyprus,
both facing sudden outflows over fears their banks would
fail, put strict restrictions on bank transfers to stop money
from leaving. Switzerland, meanwhile, has struggled to keep its economy balanced amid massive inflows. Those flows put pressure on the Swiss franc to rise. A stronger currency pushes down consumer prices that have been falling for most of the last four years, making it harder for the Swiss National Bank to fend off deflation.

A strong franc also hurts Swiss exporters by making their
goods less competitive in global markets. The central bank
sold huge quantities of francs to keep the currency from
appreciating until deciding a year ago it couldn’t sustain the
effort, allowing the franc to rise sharply.
Capital controls have major downsides, nonetheless. For
one, they can make it hard to attract inward investment,
because investors may fear they won’t easily get their
money back out. They also can be hard to kick.
After its collapse in 2008, Iceland imposed capital controls
that helped stem colossal outflows, but also crimped
investment and financing for Icelandic companies. Seven
years later, the country only now is inching towards
eliminating them.

But there is growing support for the idea that limits on
money flows may be necessary. Any economics student will
have read about the so-called impossible trinity that
supposedly binds policy makers’ hands.
It holds that a country that wants to control its own
monetary policy, such as interest rates, can’t also have both
a fixed exchange rate and a free flow of capital. Financial
and economic orthodoxy thus held that countries should
allow exchange rates to float and keep themselves open to
movements of international capital.
Helene Rey, an economist at the London Business School,
believes the trinity is actually even more impossible than
has been thought. In a 2013 paper presented to the
influential Jackson Hole, Wyoming, gathering of monetary-
policy makers, she argued that the tumultuous global
financial cycle showed that countries hoping to control their
monetary policy could have neither fixed exchange rates nor a free flow of capital.

That view appears to be spreading. Benoit Coeuré, a
member of the European Central Bank’s executive board,
has referenced Ms. Rey’s work in two speeches over the past
year. Last November, Mr. Coeuré said capital controls were
“once again part of the policy discussion”.
Some of the change is evident in the financial policy already.
Poland, for example, has effectively halted new lending in
foreign currencies for most people. Many Poles had taken
out mortgages in Swiss francs and were badly hurt by the
franc’s striking appreciation a year ago, which made their
loans more expensive to pay off.
The increasing focus on those sorts of “macro-prudential”
measures to limit financial instability can have the same
effect as capital controls, Mr. Blanchard said.
“If you forbid someone in your country from borrowing in
another country’s currency, that’s macro-pru,” he said. “But
stopping a foreign bank from lending in your country is
called capital controls.”
Expectedly, the debate has come to a head with China,
reported WSJ. In the past, policy makers in high-income
countries could argue somewhat dispassionately about
fluctuations in capital flows that rocked emerging markets.
But now that the swings in flows are hitting the world’s
second-largest economy, how China responds is the rest of
the world’s problem, too.
“There is a real contradiction between what China needs for
internal balance—lower interest rates, significant credit
easing via unconventional channels—and what the
exchange-rate consequences of such easing mean for both
Chinese and global external balances,” said Karthik
Sankaran of the Eurasia Group, a consulting firm.
Capital controls could help Chinese authorities use
monetary policy to stimulate the economy without causing
the exchange rate to tumble.
“This makes it a lot easier to deal with those situations
where the demands of internal balance and external
balance point in opposite directions,” Mr. Sankaran said.
Recently, Beijing imposed some added controls in an effort
to halt a huge outflow of funds from China. The moves
include curbing the ability of foreign companies in China to
repatriate earnings, and forbidding foreign asset managers,
including hedge funds and private-equity firms, from raising
yuan-based funds aimed for overseas investment, people
with direct knowledge of the matter said.
History has also shown that capital controls played
significant roles in stabilising economies centuries ago. For
instance, the Border Guards 1300 Act made it increasingly
difficult to export metals from England. A 1381 King Richard
II statute condemned “the great mischief which the realm
suffereth when gold and silver leaves the country”.
Prohibitions were lifted in 1538 by King Henry VIII.
Also, between 1914 -1944 when World War I and the Great
Depression disrupted the international order based on the
gold standard, John Maynard Keynes argued for permanent
restrictions on capital flows.
Then between 1968 – 1971 when the Bretton Woods system
collapsed, fixed exchange rates were abandoned and the
IMF enforced a new orthodoxy: money should flow freely
across borders.
But between 1997-2016, as Asian currencies plunged during
the region’s 1997 financial crisis, Malaysia spurned the IMF
and slapped capital controls. Iceland followed suit in 2008 as investors tried to yank their monies from the country. This was followed by Greece and Cyprus, forcing the IMF to state in 2010 that controls could be useful.

Source - www.thisdaylive.com/articles/why-the-president-is-reluctant-to-back-devaluation/231973/
PoliticsRe: APC Wants Buhari To Sack Heads-Of-Parastatals by DKOKO3(op): 7:55am On Feb 15, 2016
PoliticsFG, W/bank, EU, UN Complete Assessment Of North- East by DKOKO3(op): 7:49am On Feb 15, 2016
AGAINST the backdrop of plans to rehabilitate the region, the presidency on Sunday announced that the Federal Government, the World Bank, European Union, and the United Nations have concluded a two-week recovery and assessment mission in the north eastern states ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency.

It came as part of its ongoing Recovery and Peace Building Assessment (RPBA) programme. According to a statement issued by Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, in Abuja, on Sunday, the recovery and assessment team which
was led by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Dr Mariam Masha, visited Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi, Borno and Yobe states during which they actively engaged with state governors, decision- makers as well as top government functionaries, Civil Society Organisations, private sector players, traditional rulers, the Internally Displaced Persons
(IDPs), emergency management, humanitarian and relief agencies and other active partners in the recovery efforts in the affected states.

The statement said in the course of the tour, the team visited several camps and resettlement centres for the IDPs as well as insurgency–ravaged public institutions like hospitals, markets and military formations.

The team also gained first hand knowledge of human and physical conditions in the camps and resettlement centres affording them the opportunity to empathize with the people and also reassured them of the commitment of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration towards addressing their challenges.

According to the statement, in furtherance of the importance of the recovery and assessment mission, the team’s top level engagements with relevant stakeholders centred on sector recovery and needs assessment strategy in the three major components of infrastructure and social services, peace building, stability and social cohesion as well as the economic recovery of the affected people in the six states.

It added that the visit by the technical and humanitarian experts from these critical global institutions primarily focused on validating the processes through which data are to be collected and how to develop internationally acceptable mechanisms to maintain contact with focal points in all the states.

The statement recalled that the Federal Government had last month unveiled this assessment programme which is a joint, high-level collaboration between the government of Nigeria and development partners - the World Bank, EU and the UN - aimed at supporting government in its short,
medium and long term efforts towards peace building and sustainable recovery in the North-East region of the country.

It is a follow up to the agreements reached with the North-East states in respect of the sector and component work plans, data collection modalities and timelines and provision of quantitative and qualitative information by the states.

This assessment will also form the pivot for planning a broad-based public sector recovery programme for the zone, as well as leverage, synchronise and inform the financing initiatives and projects of Nigeria’s development partners, civil society organisations and private sector groups and organisations.

Source - Nigerian Tribune
PoliticsAPC Wants Buhari To Sack Heads-Of-Parastatals by DKOKO3(op): 7:39am On Feb 15, 2016
• Despite enabling laws, 35 agency chiefs may be forced out

By ‎Davidson Iriekpen

With the agitation by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on President Muhammadu Buhari to replace several heads of federal government agencies whom he inherited from his predecessor reaching fever pitch, there are indications that Buhari, who resisted the clamour to remove them on the grounds that their tenures, some of which are backed by law, had not expired, may have succumbed.
In this regard, THISDAY learnt that Buhari late last week approved the sack of no fewer than 35 chief executives and directors-general‎ of some agencies of government.

The presidency, which has communicated the president’s approval to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir David Lawal, is expected to announce their removal this week.
Prior to the approval, Buhari, it was gathered, had resisted pressure for the ouster of some of the heads of parastatals he inherited from the Goodluck Jonathan administration, arguing that their tenures had not expired and in some cases is backed by law.
However, there has been mounting pressure from members of his party to remove the parastatal heads and replace them with APC loyalists as compensation for their loyalty to the ruling party and contributing to its victory in the 2015 general election.
A notable case was that of the APC candidate in the April 11, 2015 Rivers State governorship poll, Mr. Dakuku Peterside, and some APC chieftains from his state, who after the Supreme Court dismissed their election petition against Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, met with the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun recently.

At the meeting, they pleaded with Oyegun to make a case for their compensation at the federal level owing to the sacrifices they had made and the fact that they had been branded “traitors” in Rivers State for siding with the APC.
Some of the affected agencies, according to THISDAY sources, are the Nigeria‎ Railway Corporation (NRC), the National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and the Industrial Trust Fund (ITF), among 32 other agencies.
According to sources, the complete list of agency chiefs would be announced this week by the SGF who at the weekend asked the supervising ministers of the agencies to inform the affected persons of their removal.
Lawal chose to wait to make the announcement because he did not want to spoil their weekend, more so since the Valentine’s Day celebration fell at the weekend.

But ahead of the annoucement, he asked the supervising ministers of the affected agencies to inform their heads ahead of time, which some of them were believed to have done.
Although Buhari, sources said, is yet to announce replacements for any of the agencies, their letters of disengagement will instruct them to‎ hand over to the most senior persons in their respective agencies, pending the appointment of new substantive heads to run the parastatals.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/apc-pressure-mounts-on-buhari-to-sack-heads-of-parastatals/231974/
InvestmentRe: In Need Of Short Term Loan! by DKOKO3(op): 5:41am On Feb 14, 2016
uboma:
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What collateral do you have in place?
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Our business idea is our collateral.


I wish to write beyond this but there's a limit to what I can do.

You can share your email address with us then we will be able to convince you more.

Thank you.
InvestmentIn Need Of Short Term Loan! by DKOKO3(op): 8:03pm On Feb 13, 2016
ABOUT US

We are a new Transport Company that deals in transportation of people from one point to another. In addition to conveying people, we also provide goods delivery within Lagos and its metropolis.

We strive to expand our business services to the community and we hope that you will take pride in supporting our cause of providing affordable public transport services to our esteemed customers.

In light of the above description about what we stand for, I write to plead for 600,000 thousand loan. This loan is payable six months after obtaining and with 20% interest.

You can write us via Motorsnib@gmail.com

Thank you.
PoliticsRe: What The NewYork Times Said About Nigerians. Photo Attached. by DKOKO3(m): 8:56pm On Feb 11, 2016
Karlovich:
And yet a certain man without certificate will label them criminals. Smh
I am highly disappointed in you. Why? Interpretation of English Language is your problem. Go and read the interview over and over again, maybe this time your brain will be open to comprehend and figure the context in which the word criminals was used.

Don't be parochial when it comes to national issues. Its enough to instigate violence to gullible audience or readers like you.
NYSCA16 Call - Up Letter Is Out!!! by DKOKO3(op): 8:05am On Feb 10, 2016
After the show of shame in registering for the NYSC A16 batch finally, the call - up letter is out.

Worry not if its showing oops as the site is congested now.

Here is the process of checking

1. Use a system to browse

2.. After logging in, link will be Portal.nysc.org.ng/nysc4/corphome

3. Change link to Change the link to

Portal.nysc.org.ng/nysc4/print

4. Upon entering, it will go straight to "download call_upletter"
Pdf format

After downloading, open the letter
You'll see your everything there
NYSCRe: Akwa Ibom, Nassarawa, Delta Does It Make Sense? Please Reply. by DKOKO3(m): 9:29am On Feb 09, 2016
Kookny:
Federal allowance is uniform.
I meant state
Thank you for the clarity.
NYSCRe: Has Any One Registered For The NYSC2016.? by DKOKO3(m): 6:46am On Feb 09, 2016
Successfully registered. After spending over 20 hours at the cyber cafe coupled with the series of tweets to them, I break even.

I will suggest you tweet at them and suggest the nature of the problem and area where you are.

It was indeed instrumental to me.

God help us all.
NYSCRe: Complete Nysc Camp Kit #teammarch by DKOKO3(m): 1:49am On Feb 08, 2016
How much?
NYSCRe: Akwa Ibom, Nassarawa, Delta Does It Make Sense? Please Reply. by DKOKO3(m): 11:30pm On Feb 07, 2016
Kookny:
I served in Akwa Ibom. The state is pretty cool.

Most of us served in state secondary schools and the pay was/is 9800 per month, usually paid in arrears (a month or two). for such PPAs

The power situation is relatively fair. Ikot Abasi LGA seems to be the power-house of electricity in the state. I'm not so good in technical terms, but I mean, from there power is distributed to the other parts of the state.
Mkpat Enin is another LGA too. Good.

Uyo is nice, don't mind people telling you that it's quite expensive, nay, unless I don't know where you're coming from, but for me, a plate of swallow @N250 was familiar. The only problem you may encounter as a corper in Uyo may be that of acceptance/getting a PPA. Next might be accommodation, but you can always find your way round it.

The villages are okay too, but don't expect much power/electricity o. Cos the state is laced with a remarkable kind of uneven development. Such that you may wonder if such villages are inside the same geopolitical zone with Uyo grin

You can go for Akwa Ibom, it's a nice place. Generally, the people are nice, even in the villages.
You mean Awka Ibom monthly allowance is 9,800 or 19,800?
Please clear the uncertainty.
NYSCRe: Nysc by DKOKO3(m): 6:35am On Feb 06, 2016
From antiquity the essence of NYSC is not for money making but for promotion of national unity, perhaps, self development.

Its an aberration to see many corp members wire their minds as an avenue to rake in more money hence unmitigated unemployment.

Obviously, money is part of it but prominence should not be given to it. In the face of dwindling economy, does that mean the scheme won't continue? Certainly NO!

Use this medium to develop and re-brand yourself to make you marketable.

All the best.
PoliticsBreaking News: Explosion Rocks Chibok. by DKOKO3(op): 6:24pm On Jan 27, 2016
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A suicide bomb attack, believed to be carried out by three
people, has left at least 13 dead and 30 wounded in
Chibok, according to media reports.
The explosions hit a market in the northern town on
Wednesday. Two of the three suicide bombers were believed. to be women who approached the market dressed in veils.

"Two veiled girls suspected to be suicide bombers entered
Chibok market at about 12:54 P.M. today," a police official
informed Reuters.

Thus far, no one has claimed responsibility for the attack
although the incident bears a resemblance to tactics utilized
by the terrorist group Boko Haram.
Nearly two years ago 200 girls were kidnapped from Chibok,
the whereabouts of the girls still remains a mystery.
The Nigerian Army has been able to reclaim control of most
of Borno State, where Chibok is located. In response, Boko
Haram has resorted to hitting soft targets such as markets or mosques.

saharareporters.com/2016/01/27/suicide-bomb-attack-leaves-13-dead-chibok
EducationRe: Uniben by DKOKO3(m): 6:13pm On Jan 27, 2016
UNIBEN is a federal institution with all States in the federation as her catchment area.

The ball is your court as you need to Invest more time and work hard to earn yourself good marks in their exams and pray you're among the selected.

God bless.
Science/TechnologyRe: Uniben Student Builds Touchless Phone From Scratch by DKOKO3(m): 7:00pm On Jan 24, 2016
UNIBEST ... Representing.
I Rep 2015 Class.
TravelRe: Amazing Art Works And Extracts In Edo by DKOKO3(m): 7:22am On Jan 21, 2016
Edo State is a state of artefacts. Lovely art works.

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