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luxanne:
Thank you all.

So now the bitter ones are happy,their noisemaking have been heard and authenticated, thought debating was just like football where the referees-judges whistle is final...Anyways,thank you Ma'm Luzanne and Finestboi,its a pisma pisma-sorry state that the people representing my GROUP(6) are not great debaters,i just hope and pray they will up their game and win the championship....Itwas great being here and participating, I love being the best and that is one thing you cant take from me,i am the best among the best ...GOODLUCK TO YOU ALL,and if i am called again,just if,i will make you all eat your words......I also want to apologize to my team member,a colleague and a friend GEESTARRY,in the same vein thank her.





AKANINYENE ARCHIBONG-BEST DEBATER

FrancisTony:
Adeaks only scored him low because some things were unnecessary & mumbled up.

I will never write an essay like I did in this first stage.
Only my definitions were copied.

Hmmmmmmmmm......

Neyoor:
So, moderator luxanne is making it clear to us now that plagiarism is not a sin as far as this contest is concerned?

Do you know the true meaning of PLAGIARISMA,If you do,please check the REFERENCES,thank you....and dont forget it is an example, not an idea...an example,no matter how it is put is still the same

luxanne:
Good evening everyone.

I want us to understand that there are modalities for this debate which I will post again as reminder.

DEBATE MODALITIES. 5marks for criteria to total 25 for each participant and a total of 50marks for each team.

1. Presentation (opening, flow, closing,
response to judges questions,
audience questions and contestants
rebuttals)
2. Logic of arguments
3. Strength of facts, examples, cases.
4. Persuasiveness
5. Demonstration of knowledge and
understanding of the subject

These are the modalities upon which each debaters will be graded upon you will agree with me.

So, looking at the essay in question, I'l say the accused placed great emphasis on modality 3 (Strength of facts, examples, cases which in turn addressed modality 4 & 5) and on logic of arguments and presentation you will agree with me that despite his lifting of research works used on his essay, his arguments were valid and on this I applaud him because no dullard can lift that amount of information from the internet and then present them logically.

However, the only area I can fault him is the word count but then again, aint we all guilty? I urge Fynestboi to therefore run a word count on all essays and any team found guilty by even a word over should be penalized.


Thank you.

Thank you very much,Madam Luzanne...i have been vindicated

adeaks:
Calm down Bro.

Fynestboi only collated the results sent in by the judges and looking at the varied results given by the judges, it is obvious there was no collusion.

Yes, the guy lifted that list from the website, but importantly he referenced the website where he lifted it from....meaning that he properly attributed the material to the source.

Now, I felt his essay was easily the poorest of the eight submitted as the lifting did not in any way help his piece. It was verbose, absolutely unnecessary, and only made his essay look like a treatise. That was why I personally scored him so low. Had it been I was able to give my usual comments, I would have pointed that out to him.

Should he be disqualified; personally I'd say No. He did not lift the WHOLE essay, as I presume the introduction and the rest of the essay (after the end of the copied list) were written by him unless proven otherwise. He lifted a part of the essay, but he referenced it properly.

Should he have been scored low; personally I'd say Yes. However different judges can not all judge the same way. I can only defend the marks I gave based on my appraisal of each essay using the criteria given, I can't speak for others.

Thank you,my learned judge...i freely accept your score wholeheartedly,believing it to be a punishment for the word count and none other,thank you sir for also pick pointing verbosity to be an ill of my writeup,next time i will watch my way around words and as for the example being unnecessary, with all due respect i doubt that assertion,how was i to prove my points without an example witnessed by all and sundry? Thank you once more,i appreciate...And to other Judges, thank you for believing in me and TEAMUNIUYO,i appreciate.

noskyboy:
chairman see, the copy and pasted part of your work accounts for 1,663 words which is even way more than the stipulated word count, while the one written by you, of which we are not even sure of, is just 672. explain that.

Thank you sir,you took out time to count those which its obvious i didnt because if i did,i would have sure edited and remove some of the examples,if you look at the main examples at NAIJ.com,you will notice that it was 12 examples including punishments and so forth and if you see my writeup,we have only 11 with less punishments because i removed it because it didnt really ryhme with the point i was proving...my brother,Examples are examples-same story,no matter how you coined them,i hope you will erase some of the bitterness and reason with me...Like i stated earlier,the word count wasnt on my mind during the writeup and i duly apologize for it,so you cannot attach meaning to it,sorry sir,i hope you understand, there might still be a chance for us to meet again and i cannot wait for that moment.And one thing,am a very truthful and honest person as you can see because i added the source of my example so you can believe the rest to be from my golden brain,thank you for your understanding

Fynestboi:
The judges I believed were coming up with something, it is not easy reading up 8essays, it will be rectify......


One of the judges displayed clearly in his result, that Dongraspo deserves to be penalize. So we understand your plight and it will be looked into...

Audi alteram patem,I hope i will be given a fair trial,my own side of the story will be heard before i receive judgement because of petitions written out of bitterness of defeat...i cant be crucified based on a mere 11 examples,besides ARE EXAMPLES FROM PEOPLES BRAIN or THEY ARE PAST HAPPENINGS which no matter how it is written,is still the same...I also tender a passionate apology for the word count,it happened because i was deeply engrossed in the debate,it was a topic that embodies passion...Thank you sir

Tourshaw:
Oga, with due respect, point of corrections, you were not accused of mindless lifting, rather you mindlessly lifted about 90% of your essay. actually I don't know what you are you mean by saying, u just researched the 11 points. You lifted an essay and claiming your brain was the one at work. If what you lifted were to be deducted from your own part, what do you think you have left? The size of your brain? I don't know what prompted you to be claiming you are a deserved winner and thinking you can escape the minor plagiarism you did. In fact, sorry to say, you are part of corruption crippling our country

Sir,Just lifting a mere 11 examples is 90% of my work,its funny tho the way some people think...please,attack my points and not my person because like i said nobody here knows me_you know,i feel your pain,its normal i have been there before-people attack the best players even Jesus,not everyone loves him...Thank you for your personal opinion,i appreciate and hope we meet again

noskyboy:
more than 80% of that essay was coped and pasted, and it was filled with mere examples of corrupt cases, no proper analyses as to why leaders should be blamed for corruption. my take tho. anyhow sha, na una show. make una run am as una want. thanks for your time.

Thank you sir for your personal opinion but you really need to reread the writeup....

My name is AKANINYENE PAUL ARCHIBONG,I want to respond to various petitions against my writeup.
I am accused of mindless lifting,i dont understand, when you say mindless lifting you mean that everything i wrote was not from my brain which of course is a very faulty accusation because you certainly dont know me or my credentials to judge me in that manner,please someone should take a cursory look at my debate,the only lifting is the 11 examples of corruption in the last four years,This is something that happened and i was aware,all i needed was the details,so i go in search of them.
The reason why the organisers asked us for references was because they expected us to go into deep research and reference whatever we discover and wrote down and that is what i did.This is a matter of research, i did my homework,compiled my debate,strain my brain,miss important engagements,miss my meals,miss even church service to put this together and someone who is bitter because he lost is claiming am a cheat,have you ever gone on a debate before? Dont you know that in any debate,you are required to research deeply and deliver,dont you know that even the judges knows that everything you will say is not yours,that few out of the many is copyright, you just put it to prove your point....What is the point of REFERENCES if we where to get everything from our head.TELL EVERYBODY HERE,Was everything,i mean 100% of what you wrote from your head,if YES,then youre lying because you referenced the writeup,meaning that you copied someone,somewhere...my brother,nobody is an island of knowledge...to end this,i pray you take defeat in good faith as a good Nigerian.
On the word count,i apologize...it skip my mind while writing the debate due to the passion and conviction that leaders are to blame for this devilish menace called corruption and not followers like you and me...This a football match and the whistle as been blown,a big thank you to all our supporters,SEE YOU AT THE NEXT LEVEL
God bless Teamuniuyo! God bless Nairaland!! God bless Uniuyo!!! God bless Nigeria!!!!





Akaninyene Archibong

My name is AKANINYENE PAUL ARCHIBONG,I want to respond to various petitions against my writeup.
I am accused of mindless lifting,i dont understand, when you say mindless lifting you mean that everything i wrote was not from my brain which of course is a very faulty accusation because you certainly dont know me or my credentials to judge me in that manner,please someone should take a cursory look at my debate,the only lifting is the 11 examples of corruption in the last four years,This is something that happened and i was aware,all i needed was the details,so i go in search of them.
The reason why the organisers asked us for references was because they expected us to go into deep research and reference whatever we discover and wrote down and that is what i did.This is a matter of research, i did my homework,compiled my debate,strain my brain,miss important engagements,miss my meals,miss even church service to put this together and someone who is bitter because he lost is claiming am a cheat,have you ever gone on a debate before? Dont you know that in any debate,you are required to research deeply and deliver,dont you know that even the judges knows that everything you will say is not yours,that few out of the many is copyright, you just put it to prove your point....What is the point of REFERENCES if we where to get everything from our head.TELL EVERYBODY HERE,Was everything,i mean 100% of what you wrote from your head,if YES,then youre lying because you referenced the writeup,meaning that you copied someone,somewhere...my brother,nobody is an island of knowledge...to end this,i pray you take defeat in good faith as a good Nigerian.
On the word count,i apologize...it skip my mind while writing the debate due to the passion and conviction that leaders are to blame for this devilish menace called corruption and not followers like you and me...This a football match and the whistle as been blown,a big thank you to all our supporters,SEE YOU AT THE NEXT LEVEL
God bless Teamuniuyo! God bless Nairaland!! God bless Uniuyo!!! God bless Nigeria!!!!





Akaninyene Archibong

CORRUPTION IS A SOCIETAL EVIL CRIPPLING OUR COUNTRY, NIGERIA. WHO TAKES THE BLAME- LEADERS OR FOLLOWERS?

Good evening the Noble Moderator,Learned Judges and my Scholarly Co-debaters. I am AKANINYENE ARCHIBONG,a representative of University of Uyo, supporting the assertion that leaders take the blame for corruption in Nigeria.

Nigeria, with a population of over 100 million people, is the most populous country in
Africa; one in five Sub-Saharan Africans is a Nigerian. At the time of political independence,
on 1st October 1960, Nigeria was known for her exports of agricultural products including
groundnut, palm oil, cocoa, cotton, beans, timber, and hides and skins. Then, during the oil
boom period of the seventies Nigeria made headlines with her oil wealth, as the country is
richly endowed with oil and natural gas resources capable of financing a number of important
projects to meet basic consumption and development needs. With a per capita income of
around $1100 during the late 1970s Nigeria was regarded as the fastest growing country in
sub-Saharan Africa, thanks to the oil windfall. Since then Nigeria has been rarely off the
world press, but mostly due to notoriety rather than fame. One persistent accolade conferred
on Nigeria is that it is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. The succession of
dictatorial regimes, disregard of human rights, political instability and economic
mismanagement have all contributed to cast Nigeria in a bad light internationally.
There are a number of definitions of corruption. The simplest definition, however, is that
it is the misapplication of public resources to private ends. For example, public officials
may collect bribes for issuing passports or visa, for providing permits and licenses, for
authorising passage of goods at sea/air port, for awarding contracts or for enacting
regulations designed to create artificial scarcity.
This is a list of the Top 11 corruption cases of the last four years:

1.N195 Billion Maina Pension Scam

It is believed that Alhaji Maina misappropriated billions of naira worth of pension funds, which he claimed to have recovered from pension thieves. The senate committee probing pension funds management accused him of mopping up pension funds from banks and depositing the money in his private accounts. According to the committee, this mopping of such funds had made it impossible to pay thousands of pensioners across the country for months. When he was summoned to appear and clear the air on the committee’s findings, Alhaji Maina instituted a N1.5bn case against the senate and the inspector general of police. Things came to a head, when the senate passed a resolution asking the presidency to sack Alhaji Maina within two days or face its wrath. Although the presidency had initially insisted that only the head of service could sack Maina, it subsequently changed its tone and ordered that disciplinary action should be taken against him for absconding from his duty post without permission.

2.Kerosene Subsidy Scam

The Former Governor of the Central bank and Now Emir of Kano, Mr Sanusi had shown that the kerosene subsidy was eliminated in 2009 by a directive of the late president Umaru Yar’Adua. Further evidence, in the form of official data from across Nigeria, shows that nowhere in the country is kerosene sold at a subsidised rate. It is bought by the NNPC at N150, sold to marketers at N40-N50, but retails at N170-N250. Mr Sanusi estimates that $100m goes astray this way each month.
“The margin of 300-500 per cent over purchase price is economic rent, which never got to the man on the street. In dollar terms every vessel of kerosene imported by NNPC with federation money cost about $30m and it was sold at $10 or $11m generating rent of $20m per vessel to the syndicate,” he writes.
It was learnt that since the national assembly members concluded their investigations, no officials of the NNPC or the marketers have been sanctioned, thus emboldening them to continue to import kerosene and allocate to themselves and their cronies.Apparently due to alleged pecuniary benefits, the NNPC has continued to import kerosene and allocate in questionable circumstances to individuals and groups at the ex-depot price of N40.90.But rather than selling the product at the subsidised price of N50 per litre at filling stations, the beneficiaries of these allocations sell the product to middlemen at N95 or N100 per litre at the gates of the depots.
These middlemen, it was learnt, truck the product to the filling stations and sell between N130 and N150 per litre.
It was alleged that marketers give some of their allocations to some top PPMC officials to ensure that they turn blind eye to the scam.
The failure of the NNPC to implement a presidential directive removing subsidy from kerosene has fuelled suspicion among the stakeholders.

3.$6bn Fuel Subsidy Scam

Nigeria’s parliament has discussed a report said to reveal that $6bn (£4bn) has been defrauded from the fuel subsidy fund in the past two years.
The debate, which was televised live, made official findings that have been widely leaked in recent days.
The fuel sector probe was set up in the wake of angry nationwide protests in January after the government tried to remove a fuel subsidy.
Nigeria is a major oil producer but has to import most of its fuel.

Notable members of the PDP or their families were involved in the scam like Mamman Ali and Mahmud Tukur.

4.123bn Naira Fraud – Stephen Oronsaye

A damning report by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has indicted a former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, over an alleged N123billion fraud perpetrated during his tenure, between 2009 and 2010.
The 169-page report, entitled “Special Audit of the Accounts of the Civil Pensions,” according to an online news medium, Premium Times, found Oronsaye guilty of allegedly presiding over the looting of the nation’s resources during his tenure.
The audit by the auditor-general arose from the work of a Special Audit Team constituted by the federal government in May 2011 to conduct a comprehensive examination of the accounts of the Civilian Pension Department domiciled in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
The audit, which covered the period 2005 to 2010, uncovered monumental financial irregularities, opaque transactions, irregular and abnormal running costs, and outright stealing and kick backs said to have reached its zenith during the 18 months that Oronsaye served as Head of Service.

But no action has been taken to bring all those indicted to book.

5.Police Pension Fund Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned the ex-permanent secretary in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, now a director in the Police Pension Office, Atiku Abubakar Kigo; the chief accountant, Mrs. Uzoma Cyril Attang, and four others before an Abuja high court on an 18-count charge of conspiracy, breach of trust and embezzlement of N32.8 billion police pension funds.
The six accused persons were docked before Justice Hussain Baba to whom the case was reassigned following a controversial judgement of the first trial judge, Justice Abubakar Talba: he gave a light sentence to one of the accused, John Yusuf, who pleaded guilty to a three-count charge.
But Attang, who was arraigned by the EFCC for the first time in connection with the alleged fraud, was granted N10million bail and two sureties in like sum.

Those who were re-arraigned include Esai Dangabar, Atiku Abubakar Kigo, Ahmed Inuwa Wada, Mrs Veronica Ulonma Onyegbula, Sani Habila Zira, Christian Madubuike, and John Yusuf who had been convicted.

6.Stella Oduah car purchase scandal

The committee set up by Former President Goodluck Jonathan to probe the N255m bulletproof car scandal in the aviation ministry has indicted the Minister, Ms. Stella Oduah.

It was gathered in Abuja that the report of the presidential committee tallied with some findings of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation on the scandal.
In October, there were reports that with the approval of the minister, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority purchased two bulletproof BMW cars at an allegedly inflated rate of N255m.

The development sparked a countrywide controversy with many Nigerians-FOLLOWERS and groups-FOLLOWERS calling for her sacking.

7.NNPC missing $20billion naira

Even in a country where untold oil wealth disappears into the pockets of the elite, the oil corruption scheme he was investigating seemed outsize — and he threatened to lay it bare at a meeting with Nigeria’s top bankers.
The whistleblower was none other than the former governor of the country’s central bank. Weeks later, however, he was out, fired by Nigeria’s president in an episode that has shaken the Nigerian economy, filled newspapers and airwaves here, and even inspired a rare street demonstration.

The bankers were going to have to open their books, the former governor, Lamido Sanusi, warned them at the recent meeting. He wanted to see where the money was going — $20 billion from oil sales that, mysteriously, was not making its way to the treasury, in a country that could soon be declared Africa’s biggest economy and already attracts the most direct foreign investment on the continent, according to the United Nations.

8.$15 million in Private Jet Arms Scandal

A private jet that conveyed $9.3 million cash from Nigeria to South Africa for an alleged arms deal between the two countries, had Nigerian crew members, and passengers from Israel and Austria.

Punishment: government claims involvement in scandal. No further explanations to individuals on board. Blames US for black market arms deal.

9.Crude Oil Theft Scandal

According to Former President Goodluck Jonathan, 300,000-400,000 barrels of oil per day, or more than 10% of all Nigeria’s production, is being lost at a cost to the state and oil companies of around £1bn a month – more than is spent on education and the health of the nation’s 168 million people. Not only is Nigerian oil theft helping to keep the world price of oil high, it is causing corruption and social disorder, says the president.

10.Ekiti Gate

The audio recordings depict the meeting as being attended by the eventual “winner” of the election, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti; Senator Iyiola Omisore; a man identified as Honorable Abdulkareem; the Minister for Police Affairs Caleb Olubolade; and Senator Musiliu Obanikoro who was at the time the Minister of State for Defence. Mr. Chris Uba came to Ekiti with huge stash of cash and soldiers from the East to carry out the assignment.

The 37-minute recording details the conversation between these men as they bribed Brigadier General Momoh with a promotion for his assistance in carrying out election fraud in Ekiti. In it, Obanikoro is clearly heard informing the group of men, “I am not here for a tea party, I am on special assignment by the President.”
The audio recording provides exact details of the plot, with the collaborators almost degenerating into physical combat

11.Mohammed Abacha N446 Billion case

The government had Charged Abacha to court on nine counts of stealing against Mohammed in February 2014.
It had accused him of unlawfully receiving about N446.3bn allegedly stolen from its coffers between 1995 and 1998.

But later the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, asked Justice Mamman Kolo of the FCT High Court to strike out the charges on the grounds of “fresh facts” that just emerged concerning the case.

He was silent on whether new charges would be filed against Mohammed or not.
Efforts to arraign Mohammed on two previous occasions were unsuccessful because of his repeated absence from court.But when he was present in court, a private prosecuting counsel, Daniel Enwelum, informed the court of Adoke’s instruction to discontinue the case.
Applying to court for the withdrawal of the case, Enwelum said, “I have been instructed by the AGF and Minister of Justice to withdraw the charges as presently filed before this court, because there are fresh facts and documents available to him.


From the discourse above,it could be seen that the perpetuators of this atrocious, ghoulish and malicious act called corruption are our so-called LEADERS,then how is it the fault of the FOLLOWERS whose vote does not even count due to the various rigging machineries kept in place by our so-called LEADERS. Our opposition will argue that the followers are the ones to take the blame because they are the ones that voted the leaders into power. Even if that was true - without the rigging by the high and mighty in the society-LEADERS, how were the followers supposed to know that the people they are voting into office are wolves in sheep clothing. Even the constitution of the federation has not provided for that. Or are the followers now God or superbeings to know that the same person who appears gentle, intelligent, brilliant, brainy, ingenious, distinctive, etc will turn to be a corrupt leader when voted into office.
The leaders are the ones in control of these enormous resources, how is it the fault of the followers that they are using it for their personal ends? Why blame the followers?
In this world that money determines everything, the leaders have it all because of the corruption permeated by them and the followers have less,therefore it becomes difficult for the followers to fight them,then why do we blame the followers.
Is it the followers that make the unholy nefariously ogreish corrupt alliance with other countries or the leaders. Then why should we blame the followers?
The leaders have made corruption a culture in Nigeria. Measures should be adopted to check this menace that has eaten into the fabric of this nation. Followers should not be blamed but should be educated on the negative consequence of this menace so when the get to a leadership portfolio ,the mistake will not keep repeating itself.Negative consequence such as:

1.Poor investment
2.Rise in poverty
3.Poor national development
4.National crises

In conclusion,I want to tell everyone that most of the leaders in Nigeria are corrupt even our PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, who is trying to fight corruption... Can you fight something you know nothing of? NO!!!, in fact, you have to become that thing in order to fight it perfectly and in the process of becoming that thing, it might eat you up. On the whole, corruption has pitched it's tent in NIGERIA and the LEADERS are to be apportioned more blame and not the FOLLOWERS.

THANK YOU




REFERENCES
www.Wikipedia › wiki › Corruption_in_Nigeria

www.BBC.com › news › world-africa-34580862

www.bribenigeria.com › bribe_question

https://www.naij.com/402850-top-12-corruption-cases.html

TEAM 6-UNIUYO
Presenters are DONGRASPO-HEAD,GEESTARRY-ASST.HEAD

TOPIC:Corruption is a societal evil crippling
our country Nigeria; who takes the most
blame- our leaders or the followers?

UNIUYO-LEADERS

We,the representatives from UNIUYO call for ORIENTATION and possibly sms or e-mail notifications when the topic is out,thank you

Let the game begin...




Name: Dongraspo

Course: Law

Uni: University of Uyo

E-mail: akaninyenearchibong48@gmail.com

#Let the best player win