₦airaland Forum

sirpharrell:
Where did you see me mention Tinubu abi your eye dey pain you?
Imagine her appointing faculty liason officers when there are faculty Presidents and Excos
Imagine her appointing a SA on sports when the SUG has a Director of Sports
You can go on and on.
It beats me how a reasonable person can defend her but this is the Nigerian leaders of tomorrow for you.

Let's agree to disagree please. I had thought you were one of those who mentioned me earlier citing Tinubu hence the reference.

Civility is key to a healthy discussion

paxonel:
So, assuming I'm a unical student, how will you explain this to my understanding?

when the sug presido is saying needs and welfare, what exactly is she referring to needs and welfare?

On the contrary, I do not think that you are a student. Although it would have been better if you are because it would have explained to a large extent why you have a limited understanding of what needs and welfare is.

If you want to be further enlightened on what the terms means, may I suggest that you reach out to the SUG president if you are a unical student or better still look it up yourself. I recommend ChatGPT. Cheers

sirpharrell:
You have even made her case worse.
The 20 faculties have their various students Unions headed by the faculty presidents
The 110 departments have theirs too headed by the departmental presidents
Even the halls of residence have their various students executives.
Then there is the elected students union parliament
The students Union also have their elected executive Council.
Are these numerous representatives not enough for her to work with in the "complex" University?

Not quite.

You equated her organizational structure to that of Tinubu who caters for 200 million persons forgetting that that isn't entirely the case.

Now, that you have roped in more groups, are you now beginning to understand why she needs 50 aides or even more? Or are you really expecting her to communicate directly to all the representatives of these groups and more in person?

Above all, let's not forget that she is a student as well. To effectively lead, one must learn to delegate.

Ferebiekunake:
The VC of a university is assisted by all administrative staff plus deans of faculties, heads of departments, coordinators of courses, and numerous others in statutory positions.

If her appointees are truly volunteers who are competent to serve the interest of her jurisdiction, then, she's a promising good administrator.

Well put

Yampotatocarrot:
If you use this your calculation, that means 1 aide will be for 840 students

Let's bring it to Nigeria with a population of over 200million citizens. If we are conservative enough to say 200million, it means President Tinubu alone should have about 238,000 aides... Well, he can also say it's voluntary and no salary attached, lol

Check am na

I have. Think beyond Tinubu.. Remember we are talking about 200 million people. Besides Tinubu and his 'aides', we have the 36 states, each with her respective governors and 'aides'. Going further down, we also have the LGAs.

And that isn't all, think about the schools with VCs, hospitals, markets, towns, villages, churches with bishops, obas, emirs, chiefs, etc. These people are all there for a reason, to serve the people.

I mentioned the above people because that is exactly what you need to cater to the welfare of every single person in this country.

I hope you understand better now

otomatic:
Even the SUG presidency is voluntary.

If we then look at a country with 200M+ citizens and hundreds of thousands of villages and hamlets, then more political appointments need to be made. At least 1 per hamlet.
Truly, a people deserves the leadership they get.

Don't you think that you are misrepreeenting facts? What exactly do you think political appointments are? Going by your logic, even the aides appointed to cater to the students in this one university are political appointments as well.

Now sit back and think of every current political appointment made in this country, down to the schools, churches, markets that cater, like you put it, to the needs of 200M -+ citizens. I am pretty sure it will run into hundreds of thousands.

paxonel:
What do you mean by need and welfare abasi mi bok ?

Una won provide food?
with what?

With dues?

I find it deeply concerning that that you are equating needs and welfare to just food. I sincerely pray that all is well with you. Hang in there

Atiku is engaging more which in itself is very unusual. There is something in the offing.

She had a valid reason. Besides all the appointments made were done voluntarily. Noone is on a payroll. At best, a certificate will be issued at the end of the day for services rendered.

Catering to the needs and welfare of 42,000 students in 110 departments is no joke. I would have appointed more.

Then check top 50. Rubbish

There is always room for growth so do not despair.

I find it intriguing that this man is unusually chatty now. Something is in the offing.

Disturbing

Why are they shooting? This is just sad

Almost 40 and still throwing a tantrum. Sad

When corruption fights back....

Nothing said on health

This is just absurd

Bobloco:

Called it. The 'speech' changes nothing

Claasy

Bobloco:
Nigerians don't need his speech. 

His speech is worthless and doesn't elicit hope.

What if he wants to bring back subsidy and cut cost of governance? A moment please, I just saw a pig fly.

This is really insensitive. Who is advising our leaders?

My God! What a loss

Not nearly enough

"My husband is a good man, he cares for me and the kids"... I understand the need to marry the positive and negative in any narrative, it can be quite potent as it aims to strike a balanced perspective.

However, in your case, I fail to understand how your husband actually cares for you and your kids with these mountain of challenges. Nonetheless, I implore you to please try not to lose yourself while trying to change him.

You are the responsible adult now, and while waiting for him to change, it's crucial that you focus on developing yourself to genuinely care for yourself and the kids.

Hopefully you will get the results that you seek in the nearest future but for now, prioritize yourself and the children.

Cheers

A bit disappointed that Seun is allowing this to be showcased on the front page. I understand him though, afterall, last I checked, noone has banned Instagram or Facebook.

However, thinking about it, Nairaland is like our own indigenous Facebook. Seun has the power to drive social change with this platform. I just wish he was more aware of the social impact he could make on a national scale.

This reminds me of a randomized controlled trial... Let's introduce an intervention and study what the outcome will look like.

I wish the 'researchers' luck because one can clearly see that they have failed to control all the confounding variables both known and unknown.

This country is truly a mad house. May God save us all

CyrusVI:
What would u have them do?

I guess its hard to please u all

Perhaps you should answer that question.