₦airaland Forum

Dede1:
Based on the free liberty of the contributors to the forum, there are Nigerians that could be simply classified as educated dolts who are unashamed of their ignorance and how they flaunt it.

I would like for DRANOEL and Knowall to make their ethnicity public so that benefit of doubt could be given them.

Until now, I did not know that Nigeria history is a piece of gold bar. How could someone who had been breastfed by his or her mother refer to the indigenes of Middle Belt region as brave? In 1962 up to 64, there was political riot in that particular area and the Premier of northern region was bent on the teaching the inhabitants of that section of jungle a serious political lesson. The Ahamdu Bello had his wishes on the steam roller but one young Major Chris Anauforo stood on his way.

The Sarduana of Sokoto had the 1st Brigade commander and zonal police commanders in his back pocket. NPC leaders had ordered the riot police to deal ruthlessly with the supporters of Tarka’s United Middle Belt Congress. The order was also relayed to commander of Race Squadron, Jos. Instead of arresting the Tarka’s United Middle Belt Congress supporters, Major Anuforo arrested the supporters of Nigerian Peoples Congress and ordered the release of UMBC supporters already in police net. This action infuriated the Premier who sought the transfer of the Major Anuforo out of Jos.

One wonders where the so-called brave Middle Belts soldiers were hiding when Bello was steam rolling their people. The civil war showed that cowards actually die many time before their death.

And for the idiotic Knowall, did you think the northern region would have been able to take eastern region in any warfare? Even with numerical superiority on the side of Nigeria, Biafra would have had her way with the jungle if not for massive support from Britain, USSR, Egypt, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Arab league Nations.

Please Ndigbo as we remember the brevity showed by Soyinka, we must not forget one Lt. Col. Ayo Ariyo, a Sandhurst trained officer, the second in command to Col Adekunle in Calaber in 1967 who relinquished his commission into Nigerian army instead of fighting against the Biafrans.

to say you are ignorant is to say the least! we can go on and on but the thing is your post didnt say sh*t!

of the brave and cowards we can name lots and lots of mid-belt people and igbos on the brave side but i guess same can't be said about yorubas,we all know about those who run to far away countries claiming to be activist and we know those who have taken the gallows,we know those who after plotting coups took their faith as it came and we know those who shit in their pants,we know those who agreed to break away nigeria and went the whole 9 yards and those who b*cthed out.
go do a little more research then i can argue with you

cowards have their say,soldiers have their day!

have you guys ever heard the saying,talk is cheap?

the civil war was what it is because the section of the country thats acts rather than talk was on the side of the federal forces, yes the middle belters wether people accept it or not,it is these people who determine what happens. we have had southern activist and paper warriors but thats all they are. or did you ever hear a gideon orkar demonstrating or complaining? no,he took the gun and as long as these middle belters are satisfied with the way nigeria is,theres going to be no break up period! so my friends soyinka can write as many books as he wants,gani can demonstrate as many times as he wants nothing will happen! but when another ojukwu or orkar enters the foray you are bond to see results.

the good thing is that he is sacking people,that's encouraging! cause he might wake up one day and sack himself

and you just said yorubas are holding you back!

i guess everyone has seen who the true coward is

in this age and time of obama and reccession you are writing about breaking nigeria, my friend no one is holding you back,wake up tomorrow morning get a gun and declare republic of whatever you call it and let the rest of us hear word you internet revolutionist!

if i may add when you form your own republic and there are problems do remember to recommend another break up along kinship lines.

the central people are the most detribalised

ibb by far better than obj-no comparison here

interstingly most nl's didnt comment on this,it goes to show how we ourselves bring our country down,we focus only on the bad and never looking at the good

ibb

tpia:
tribal and political explanations.

Nigerian politics is based on tribe, and that explains most of what you noticed.

Oyo proper used to be further north than the current state. The seat of power was in kwara, I think. It was later relocated south.

Edo and Delta are midwest, not south south. _{just like there's middle belt}. I think they used to be part of the western region until the midwest was created. However, the geographical appelations are more a reflection of the political picture.

south south covers the oil producing regions most times.

the point is politics shouldnt be played with geography,if its north it should be north and if its south it should be south regardless of wether the person is hausa or yoruba

some few questions about the map of nigeria.

1. how come northern oyo state is more northern than kogi and benue states and yet oyo is considered south while benue and kogi are called north?

2. how come akwa ibom and cross rivers are more eastern than abia,enugu,anambra,imo and ebonyi states yet we say there are south-south and not south east?

3. how come edo and delta are also called south-south when in fact there are actually located in the west?

4. why is niger called a central state when its actually in the north west?

and how come even the so called educated nigerians have never thought of correcting this asertions?

is there possibility for an efik president?
is a tiv president possible?
how about jukun president?
o wait,what of ibibio president?
just thinking about an angas president.

you see dude,there are over 250 tribes in nigeria and you certainly dont believe all will smell the presidency in your life time! go and rest abeg

http://www.thesourceng.com/tamingmonsteroct29.htm

the source magazine

@poster
if you want to say it,say it all


Taming a Monster

Aja-Nwachukwu
Once again, the decadence in the nation’s education sector is brought to the fore with the release of the 2007 Annual Examination Ethics Report
By Popoola Kunle
To many education stakeholders and watchers, the recently published Annual Examination Ethics and Examination Malpractice rating of states and geo-political zones in Nigeria is, perhaps, one of the inestimable goodies that has happened to the development of education in the country. Within 11 years of it existence, the non-profit organistion called Examination Ethics Project (EEP), has propelled a significant determination by the appropriate authorities to channel all necessary resources to change the decadence that has moulded the nation’s educational sector into a failure of sorts.
For many, the sector’s failure has become an added burden to the problems posed by advance fee fraud, drug trafficking, failed policies, failed health care system, electoral fraud and all the negatives of a criminalised society.
Such analysts believe, compared with the educational standard in countries such as Ghana, it would be appreciated why much needs to be done in order to minimise the negative effects posed by examination malpractice.
Indeed, the menace has become a monster that has metamorphosed into organised crime controlled by syndicates with links in education ministries, examination boards and other educational institutions. It has also been revealed that supervisors, invigilators and examiners are now part of the syndicate rings extorting money from students during examination periods.
Of the 36 states of the federation including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, as well as the six geo-political zones, none is free from the menace of the monster called examination malpractice.
However, in line with the country's many policies geared towards eradicating examination –related offences, the government in 2006 launched targeted initiatives aimed at combating the scourge of examination malpractice and campus cultism. The former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili and the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Abba Ruma, implemented a number of examination ethics and campus safety initiatives under the Education sector reform programme.
The efforts include the re-constitution and re-empowerment of the Joint Action Committee on Examination Ethics (JACEE), which later executed a memorandum of understanding with All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), Conference of Primary School Head Teachers of Nigeria (COPSH), National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN), National Association of Nigerian Student (NANS), National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC). The committee was inaugurated by the then Special Assistant to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Information and Re-orientation, Erelu Bose Ogunmuyiwa.
The 2007 Annual Exam Ethics Report, which is based on 2006 statistics of examination malpractice released by public examination bodies, revealed that there was an increase in exam malpractice between 2005 and 2006. The report also indicates an increase in the value of revenue extorted by syndicates in form of examination fraud to N25 billion in the same year, while the total amount lost by parents to result cancellation on account of examination malpractice in 2006 stood at N21 billion.
This shored up the amount lost to examination malpractice- related cancellations in the last five years to N107 billion. Also, the total number of post-primary exit examination results cancelled by public examination bodies including West African Examinations Council (WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB) in 2006 stood at 410,000. Lecturers in public tertiary institutions are said to have extorted about N50 billion from students through the sale of handouts in 2006. Such handouts, purchased from lecturers, is the major conditionality for passing examination in some institutions of higher learning.
Instructively, the Nigerian government had read the riot act to key stakeholders in the nation’s education sector to end all forms of educational malpractice as soon as possible. This is a bold resolve to check the increasing trend and its often accompanying hazards. The move was made in order to boost the culture of reading in the country, hence the directive was a follow-up to the number of blacklisted schools and rating of states by the Examination Ethics Project.
[b]In 2006, the National Examination Malpractice Index (EMI) indicated an increase of 7.2 from 6.9 in 2005, which therefore meant that examination malpractice increased by a factor of 4.3 per cent between 2005 and 2006. For the second year running, the South east zone retained the first postion in examination malpractice, with an index of 11.45.
Eleven States (Borno, Abia, Enugu, Imo, Bayelsa, Lagos, Ebonyi, Cross River, Edo, Rivers and Benue) are included in the states with malpractice indices higher than the national average. Borno State, the Home of Peace, took the first position in examination malpractice with EMI of 17.26, followed by Abia State, which came second with EMI of 15.11, while Enugu State came third with EMI of 14.10.
Analysis show that the following states came first in examination malpracticce in their respective zones: Benue led the North-central zone with EMI of 8.22 followed by Borno from North east with EMI of 17.26; leading the pack from the North-west is Kaduna with 5.21 EMI. Abia came first in the South east with EMI of 15.11, Bayelsa topped the South south with EMI of 12.10, while Lagos from the South-west topped the zone with 11.95 EMI index.[/b]Remarkably, the resultant improvement in the sector is visible in terms of blacklisted schools, supervisors, invigilators and the de-certfication of examination centres by the Federal Ministry of Education– measures which contribute in no small measure to achieveing this feat.
Notably, Ezekwesili had explained that in line with the developments in the sector, government would no longer tolerate examination- related offences. She promised that the education ministry would soon follow-up the action by releasing the list of blacklisted examination supervisors and invigilators who would cease to participate in the supervision and invigilation of Federal Ministry of Education -associated examinations.
These measures, according to The Source’s findings, have compelled schools, invigilators and examination bodies, in collaboration with various law enforcement agencies, to work towards eradicating exam malpractice and cultism from the schools.
Some of the initiatives by the government, The Source learnt, include the ‘Name and Shame Initiative’ (or the Blacklist Initiative), which since it was launched has blacklisted 346 schools that involved in examination malpractice, while 262 individuals (Principals, Teachers, Supervisors, Invigilators and Examiners) were also blacklisted for their involvement in this offence. The flipside of the ‘Name and Shame Initiative’ is the Recognition and Rewards Initiative (The Honours List Initiative), which aim is to identify, recognise and reward individuals and institutions that have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of examination ethics.
Others include the publication and distribution of integrity manual for supervisors, invigilators and examiners as part of the examination ethics and campus safety initiative. The manual, based on previous code of ethics published by Exam Ethics Club of Nigeria with contributions from JACEE members, outlined the dos and don’ts for supervisors, invigilators and examiners.
However, with the upsurge in examination malpractice- related offences, stakeholders have recommended that the federal anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies, including the police, the Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Currupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the Federal Ministry of Justice should initiate serious action against those named in Federal Ministry of Education blacklists. The blacklists, it is believed, will provide good evidence for investigation and action.

a very unnecessary post,during obasajno all the police i.gs were from the west(yoruba) and no one made noise about it,so why would some one now start making noise about some one who appointed a rivers man and is about appointing either an ibo man or a northerner?

brownbonno:
chidichris,

I appreciate your response.When i mean patriotic minded,i was not specific to El-Rufai but to other well meaning Nigerian with good heart to help the nation grow.
Firstly,The chairman and other members of the hearing committee have personal interest in the case because their own properties that where seized/demolished.Since you cannot be a judge in your own case,i can imagine what recommendation we should expect from such a committee.
Secondly,non of Nigeria public office holders are saints and we should be able to separate the sheep from the goats.The performance of some of the OBJ key officers in his administration will ever remain in the GOOD history book of Nigeria.
Nigeria can only be better if corruption is handled in a more drastic way,although Ribadu is not perfect but his efforts as EFCC man is worth emulating.The Mrs Waziri of EFCC is not ready yet to fight corruption and must start with herself before inviting another person(s) for interrogation.Did you care to ready about Former Gov Igbinedion plea judgement.He will only pay about N3.5m and a property in GRA Benin city,when there are clear evidence that he stole more than N4b from Edo state people.
Why has the EFCC not gone back and ask James Ibori why he did not declare his criminal past in the UK when contesting for the Governorship position?Legally,that will mean he was not qualify to contest in the first place.Did the Police do and background check ?So tell me who is the scapegoat ?

what has all that got to do with waziri? was she the judge in igbinedion's case? was waziri there in 1999 to nstop ibori? if ibori had a criminal past that is under the purview of the police and not EFCC

@seant21

why are you calling him a fool? we all did mischiveous things when we were kids, the boy is just growing up,i remember doing something similar

the things we do with church money hmmmmmmmmmmn

then christians should get ready for war too

battlefield- jos - where north meets south

and another

see aso rock

ven more reasons why nigeria should break,this guys just turned it to an igbo - itshekiri war

for those of you shouting eureka have you checked the profile of the people that were given health ministry and education? is dora better than them? let us hear word abeg

@lagosboy

nice one

@naijex

i never siad our economic problems lies with a division but our cultural and religious problems lies with the fact you cant mix oil with water

who siad the middle belt just started the agitation for a break up? i refer you to the tiv riots of 1957

i'm sure they were some who lost their lives in jos that believed in one nigeria till the day finally came.

nigeria aint one,we just pretend to be one

not to attach any sentiments but it is clear from recent events that nigeria aint a nation,atleast theres is now this fast growing irritation amongst the people of the south and the central states against the hausa/fulani muslim north.

how long are we going to loose lives because someone's culture is not like mine or because some ones religion is not the same as mine, i hate to say but it seems gideon orkar and co were right.

i recommened we all stand up and start by writing letters to the mugus in abuja for a peaceful seperation of nigeria within the following lines

1. yoruba states (including edo southern kwara and southern kogi)

2.eastern states including the niger-delta

3.central states ( benue,kogi,nassarawa,southern taraba,plateau)

4. northern states ( including northern kwara and niger)

the truth is we will always be suspicious of each other as we all see our selves differently. but we can atleast live we a bit of sanity within this lines. it is not by force we maintain a fake british marriage

rubbish! if they give you more space you will soon start claiming benue and maybe enugu

the north's like any other part of nigeria, stinking with poverty and barbarians just like the east,the west,the south south and the central states