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joseph1832:
they should conduct an autopsy, to ascertain the cause of his death.

This is the first realistic comment I have read concerning the next step of action.

Unfortunately, education has been so compromised in Nigeria that it required 3 pages of commentary to read the most reasonable next step.

Pathologies like Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy can kill a person without any prior symptoms.

Someone wrote "spiritual remote control". What does that even mean? Are our brains so blunted? How do you write that in English Language? Did the Europeans who taught us their language teach that type of nonsense? Or is "spiritual remote control" only capable of affecting Black Africans?

Another wrote "phobia of the screening". Heck. An American Vice President once died while having what is rumoured to be sex. There is the phrase, "Rockefeller didn't know if he was cuming or going.."


There is so much re-investment in education that this country needs. It would help the populace to understand the actions of government. At the moment, this thread reveals a lot that tells that we have a very large ignorant population. No country can truly develop economically with this kind of population, regardless of who is President.

It is the same thing Ruto is facing in Kenya. Popularly elected like our Buhari in 2015, the locals are tired of him after 2 years because he has to raise revenue from them to settle international lenders in order to be able to run the economy. Granted, the local people may be upset at the possible extravagant lifestyle of the elected, but the same local people often FLEECE the elected so much before elections can be won.

It is more like politicians actually have to literally bribe everyone within and outside the political parties before they can actually win elections. They thus go into office to recoup the financial outlay. The financial discipline that our people consequently seek from the elected officials must also be exemplified by the people before the elections.

In Nigeria, to be a "delegate" at party primaries is considered an opportunity to "hammer". That's the corruption staring at us all in the face - as perpetuated by us in the name of "National Cake", yet we want to have the same cake we have eaten. We cannot have both.

We've got to learn the gospel of DELAYED GRATIFICATION and priotise MERITOCRACY over money politics.

Bosun Tijani came into office HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. He had been an enormous critic of government in the past.

It would be very damaging to him and Project YOUNG NIGERIA IF he cannot aggregate Nigeria's digital into one common national digital data backend or IF he cannot protect Nigerian datab breaches as Minister.

Bosun Tijani came with more popularity known than Bunmi Tunji Ojo but it would seem now that it is BTO that has used his office to solve the problem of Nigerians in a much better manner.

Bosun has to succeed, like BTO and all under 45 Ministers. You lot at the hope of our country. You guys and ladies must succeed in office. You are the hope of millions of younger Nigerians under the 35 year age belt - the largest group of Nigerians. Please, give us hope!!!

Maliqcious:
Na Abiola no hear word… Hewon use Abacha comot Ernest Shonekan. Abacha wey him know say na bad man. Last last run the mugu as the mugu no hear he jail am. Nothing for bring that man out if Abacha they alive. Abiola na greedy man tay tay.

In all this, you haven't blamed Shonekan who took upon a role he was not qualified for. Shonekan had enough time to allow Prof Nwosu complete the announcement of the results by revoking Babangida's annulment.

Bad or not, Abiola was Africa largest philanthropist who INDEED won that election and deserved to have been President. By 1998, there was too much water under the bridge that only a new election could have made Abiola President.

By that time, MKO should have surrendered his mandate like Mandela and allowed the country to go into a proper election. Even Mandela, whom MKO has as model, didn't immediately become President upon release from jail.

The Nigeria of 1993 was 30 States. Some of the Governors were dead. There was no way we could have gone back to that 1993 Mandate. MKay apparently didn't get enough advise and was sacrificed in Aso Rock.

May God continue to rest his soul. Nigeria, and indeed the World, lost a great man in MKO. Who was Harry Akande, or Dangote or Otedola when MKay reigned like a colossus?

Orun ire o, ọkọ Simbi, Baba Kola!

The reason why Nigeria is where we are is because many people have the mentality of the OP.

Dear OP, you thought you were helping the students. Indeed, you weren't. You weren't only dishonouring the school and the Catholic Faith that established it, you were actively destroying the Country.

When you 'help' students at examinations, you are blunting their critical thinking capacities and is setting a worse timebomb than Boko Haram would ever set, for yourself, the candidates and your country.

I'm addition, while such students may immediately thank you but would never respect our trust anything that has your signature on it forever. They would see you as a fraud as you are. It further queries your own education. If your education was sound, you wouldn't help others to get improper education.

Where people like you who hold the National Certificate in Education, and are qualified to teach in Primary Schools do this, what is the hope for Nigeria's tomorrow?

My brother,

The fact that you are asking for advice from a public forum like this indicates that you have cold feet. My straight advice, don't proceed.

You see this thing called marriage? You would bring the woman, regardless of her status when you meet her and marry her, to whatever social status you are.

Nobody would hear your story or pity you after marriage. You'll not be able to complain about her disability after you marry her.

So if you need the endorsement of the world, then don't proceed. Don't marry ANYBODY out of pity. Few very women in Kogi or anywhere in Nigeria would marry a man out of pity.

It MAY not be his last trip, really.

God owns life. Should anything happen to the re-installed Emir, he steps back on the throne.

It is a 'Game of Thrones'.

emkz:
Credit must be given to TVC News Journalists' Hangout.

On Monday or Tuesday, Babajide Kolade-Otitoju blamed the President for not paying attention to the fact that 32 members of the reconstituted governing councils of universities came from Adamawa State alone, where the Minister of Education hails from. He further said other people submitted names that were disregarded.

Otitoju said federal character must be reflected so as not to give undue advantage to any state. Someone called into the programme to blame Gbajabiamila and NSA Ribadu, but the anchor cut him off.

If there is one thing about the Tinubu administration, it is that he listens and tries to be fair.

Babajide Kolade-Otitoju, if you ever read this, we are grateful that you used your programme to tell the president how it is. Continue that way.

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I clicked 'like'. More grace.

rotadeco27:
I met recently someone very close to him in my clinic, he said with all sincerity Tinubu intentions to make this nation work. There are whole lots of things we do not know that is why we say most of the things we say. I sincerely regretted campaigning against him in the last election. Nigeria needs sincere leader like him at this point and not a palliator that will be packaging a failing nation to get cheap accolades. The country is undergoing what I termed economic debridements which comes with pains and bledding, but by the time the nation recovers , she will be 1st in Africa as Lagos is always 1st in progress. Some people built America, we must build own nation too.

You've said it all. Nigeria needs a strong leader like BAT at this time who can do the Economic Debridement. We need a Moses, even though we as Israelites would always complain, and may regularly upset Moses so much that he may act in error and fail to reach the Promised land.

Leadership is a tough job, and I entirely empathise with our Political Leaders, beginning with BAT to the rest of them. Agreed, many of them are THIEVES, but NOT ALL OF THEM ARE THIEVES.

It is a game of numbers in democracy - and the majority would always 'carry the day'. To fix this country, we must go through the debridement.

Gerrard59:
I love your response. More of this on Nairaland and other Internetsphere in Nigeria, please.

Thank you Gerrard59.

I have seen a lot come and go on this website since 2006...

Thank you for your kind words.

VinnyBaba:
Ogbeni, It is said that Isaac Newton Lived his ENTIRE life as a Virgin.

Even the likes of John the Baptist, Elijah, etc Lived and died WITHOUT having Sex.

If your Life is so dedicated to a Particular cause, you won't reason Ladies and Sex. Many European Inventors were like that.

Two problems:

One, you referenced MYTHs that have no scientific evidence: Einstein's celibacy, Elijah etc.

Two, you then mention European inventors - who are SCIENTISTS - but have no scientific evidence to back your own assertion.

Finally, I didn't write 'all'. I employed no absolute language in my originating comment.

This is the only problem I have with the Catholic Faith.

It is almost biologically impossible for an adult male without physiological problems or IATROGENIC ALTERATIONS to PERMANENTLY decide NOT to willfully ejaculate for an entire lifetime.

Observer23:
Seun, Mynd44.

The poster stole the pics with no reference and yet it makes front page.

Is this what Nairaland has been reduced to? Are you proud of this?

You asked a gentleman to quote you in an old thread. I wish to do same. Can we speak on the telephone, please?

ivandragon:
How to get out of the quagmire is to get the generality of the population to push in the same direction and hold leaders at all levels to account (easier said than done though).

I don't really subscribe to the East-West debate about the East being less explotative than the west. Any industrialised nation would always seek to do what's best for its own economy. In fact, our own politicians are far more explotative than any foreign government.

Nigeria has failed to follow tried and trusted patterns of transitioning from a traditional society to a developed one because we place more value on parochial affiliations than productivity and I say this down to intra state levels. We have very narrow outlooks on issues.

We are trying to modernise without evolving our traditions, perceptions and values. It can't work. Even China, as traditional as it is, has had to evolve itself to become what it is today.

Everyday, we hear about our massive natural resources, yet we don't know those who exploit them. Today they say foreigners, tomorrow they say bandits... yet, no one is arrested and prosecuted.

Also, there is need to review our electoral system. There is a proposal some of us have been trying to sell, but of course, a lot of resistance to it. It would make elections performance based and is unlike any other electoral system in the world. Hopefully one day, it would come to fruition.

I think we are saying the same thing at this level, and as you have enthused, the solution as in your first paragraph, is easier said than done.

I have always held the opinion that harder issues are what great men are called to address. So that "easier said than done" should not be a limitation but a call to action.

I have written already what has to be done: improve education and eradicate education malpractices. That's the lowest hanging fruit to harvest in our current messy situation.

Once you do that as a people, you instantly boost (I had to stop myself from using the word 'fecundate') the critical thinking skills of the populace.

It may take a few years to see the effects, but like an Avocado 🥑 seed planted, the fruits would come to bear very bountifully in the near future.

That's what would achieve your proposition in your first sentence.

Every other thing: investment in health service delivery especially at the primary tier, construction of access roads, bridges and waterways, speed trains, power and electricity, sports advancement and youth development etc would then come after.

But this idea of doing 'giveaway', even by the government - which Betta Edu got burnt at - is irresponsible tokenism that would never develop our society.

I have no qualms with taking very hard decisions in government, but it must be followed through to the letter as conceived, to ensure that it ultimately leads to a better developed society.

ivandragon:
If the president can unilaterally make pronouncements that impoverish the people, then a sincere leader can do same in the opposite direction.

Though I agree that it is a vicious circle because the society breeds the politicians and the politicians run the society, so its basically garbage in, garbage out. Our sociopolitical culture and values are at its lowest ebb in decades.

But some people have to break that mold or else the country is doomed.

Thank you very much, Brother/Sister.

The big question is: how do those "mold-breakers" get into power?

Let's not talk about anything undemocratic. As far as I know, democracy breeds the best form of participatory governance and I am entirely against anything that suggests otherwise.

So in such depraved society as this, the originating question persists: how do the change agents get into power?

Mind you, it is not getting into power at the Federal level like Obi's style o? No. They have to get into power across board i.e 50+1% of elective offices all over the country in order to have the democratic number required to make the changes necessary in public administration.

Mind you, the Industrialised Countries of the world are really uninterested in Nigeria and Southern Hemispheric countries economic independence and sustainability. The IMF and WTO, for example, are institutions to maintain the global economic imbalance. There are already great challenges in Europe and America over the Chinese and Russian economic might.

They are never going to be interested in such in Africa, and would in turn influence our capacity to think by giving our corrupt leaders free money that is in turn multiplied by the exchange rate - which would help them win every election conducted in this 'line up at polling booth' style. That's where people can easily, or readily 'buy' votes.

I'm unimpressed by the noise in the media: all the three major parties essentially rigged or suppressed/incapacitated opposition votes in their areas of strength.

So we must dig deep to bring ourselves out of our political and socio-economic quagmire. I think that educating the people is one of the important tools to achieve that.

I thank you for your positive contributions this morning.

ivandragon:
Hmm...

The socio-economic damage bubu and bulaba have done to this country would be so difficult to reverse.

The country had entered into a very bad corner which would be very difficult to get out from.

The fact is a minimum wage above N70k would be a struggle to pay for majority of small & medium businesses.

What government needs to urgently do is to bring about stability first in the economy, then introduce measures to bring down prices of goods & services. Tackle corruption... hmm...

Then ensure income is tied to productivity (work) which in turn must be tied to taxes. The way some people spend money is ridiculous but it is because they easily dodge taxes and no one questions thier source of income.

Unfortunately we have a government that prioritises White elephant projects, propaganda & sycophants over genuine socio-economic development.

I agree with you to a large extent - but I'm afraid you may not be considering the political side of state.

To win most elections in Nigeria as of today, you have to splurge i.e dash money, fritter resources, be seen as a "spender" etc. All these reduce the possibility of being frugal in administration and strategic in development.

To recoup the money ahead of the next elections or to retain your party in office after you, all colours of big animal projects are entertained as Special Purpose Vehicles.

I wouldn't blame the Presidents or Governors ALONE. We, the people, must also partake in the blame. There are no short cuts. The reorientation must start from the grassroots, ourselves. We must realise that our current style of politicking wouldn't help our country. If would incapacitate anybody who wins elections - regardless of intention.

A country where we celebrate people for Federal appointments. What that tells is that we think such person now has access to the fabled 'national cake', isn't it? And we want our country to work. How?

We have to change the way we think, as a people.
We have to prioritise education: not the miracle centres we bandy everywhere but our graduates cannot pass IELTS.

I wouldn't excuse the President(s), but the problems are more than a single persone who is President.

TTPAAR:
Myself and my brother will sit in front of our old TV waiting for 4:00pm when NTA will start. First multiple colors will display on the TV. We always get excited when we saw that, then comes the national anthem and then a break down of all that will happen for the day.

Good old days!

Same here!
Those multicolour vertical lines - like a vertical rainbow 🌈 - made us happy and showed that the station would open soon. Then the anthem, then the Duty Continuity Announcer would read the programmme schedule till midnight when the station would close...

opes:
Wow..Am old member of Nairaland..lol..Thanks

I guess I'm older on this platform than you are, though.

opes:
the combination of siasia and oliseh may even cause problem to the team,oliseh is so arrogant and siasia will never tolerate nonsense,infact,the Technical adviser may fail to achieve with both oliseh and siasia as his assistances

You apparently saw Oliseh's character as Super Eagles coach 5 years before the rest of the world...

opes:
4 X 400 women didnt participate due to visa and injury challenges

Thanks for this update. However, that shouldn't have been a problem if we were serious as an Athletics Federation. We knew of this event at least two years ago. I can bet that it may not be the same quartet that ran in all the qualification races that would ultimately represent Nigeria at the Olympics.

Each relay team at the Olympics has six members to run through the heats to the final in sets of 4 per race. Nigeria should be able to raise 8 female quarter millers (400 M runners) at any time, even if it is to give the needed high-level international exposure to the less ranked or amateur athletes. We should have had a female 4X400M team in Bahamas. The injury and visa excuse is, at best, an excuse.

Kind regards.

Nigeria's 4X400m women nko?
If they participated and didn't qualify, then the truth changes from what was presented here to ", Four out of Nigeria's FIVE Relay teams qualify for Olympics".
We must not mispresent fact.
The article suggests that Nigeria has only four replay teams in athletics, which isn't true. We have at least five.

4 X 100 male and female
4 X 400 male and female.
Then the mixed relays of male and female teams running together.

They call it 'fashion' but if only young ladies who behave indecently today can picture their tomorrow, as potential wives and mothers...

This election in Edo should have been the litmus test of LP's popularity, ordinarily.

If political parties in Nigeria had Ideological Basis, and not ethic interests, parochial sentiments and all what not, LP should be winning Gubernatorial elections in at least half of the thirteen or so States that the party won at the General Presidential Elections a year ago.

Edo was one of them. Let's see how it goes.

For me, this is nonsensical and cannot be followed through.

What the hell does this have on the problems of Nigeria? If you enter university at 18 for a four year course, ASUU strikes makes it six. NYSC call up can be delayed for one year. Then you do NYSC for one year and try looking for a job at age 26 when the banks and most employers now want to employ a maximum of 26 year old with two years experience!

Is the Minister high on dope or what? It looks like their brain loses nuts when they are in public office. What does the age of a qualified university applicant have to do with undergraduate studies for crying out loud? How many 15 and 16 year old undergraduates have died or failed to survive academically for which this idiotic policy is being considered?

These are largely career ambassadors from the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I believe.

How the Nigerian Federal Government regularly employs people without ever advertising openings baffles me until tomorrow.

You want to ask, 'how do these federal civil servants get employed'?

Nigeria must decide what it wants to do with Sports.

A whole lot of money is invested in Sports by the State and Federal Government with little returns for it. Meanwhile, Sports is a money-spinning GLOBAL business.

We must decide on what specific sports we want to invest in and become global leaders in it. Topping the games table is as easy as focusing on Sports like Swimming and Gymnastics, for instance, which have very many medals at games.

You'll find out that Nigeria and South Africa may do better than Egypt at the Olympics despite all these 94 medals here. It is about strategy and planning.

How UNIPORT/Delta State win all those swimming medals at the NUGA)National Sports FESTIVAL without translating it into continental dominance is something we should check again.

Like I often say, Nigerians are either not thinking, or are shameless about our poor organisation and output as a people.

I hope this would be clarified soon.

It would be unfortunate if the Federal Government claims to have offset Forex Backlog that is discovered not to be reflective of reality.

Nigeria is a place where we intentionally refuse to do simple things.

It is intentional not to have the data of every citizen born in this country so that loopholes can continue. This is fed into the over-centralised Federal system where the centre in Abuja controls millions of people she doesn't know, rather than let States and local governments manage themselves properly.

In today's world, with digitalisation, GIS and Information Technology, these things can be easily prevented if we wanted to.

School children have been routinely kidnapped under three concurrent Presidents and we seem completely handicapped. We are an embarrassment to ourselves! What do we do with all the fingerprints at Immigration, NIN, BVN and telecommunication companies? How difficult would it be to have CCTV cameras in our cities?

These are simple things that we have made difficult and seemingly unachievable!!

I consider it as the height of deception to blame the often described "our leaders" for our chaos.

"Our Leaders" is nobody.

Leadership direction is like a Computer. You put Garbage In, you get Garbage Out (GIGO). Even the military dictators do not have legitimacy if the people revolt against them. The military know this.

Nigeria's leadership is a reflection of the prevalent mindset of the Nigerian people. We would not get it right until we get EDUCATION right and eliminate examination malpractice completely.

That is the level where we got it wrong. People who cheat in school would cheat everywhere else, but that's not even the worst part. They would have a small horizon and be unable to think beyond immediate personal gain.

Such people seek vain glorification, and it is evident in the 'I better pass my neighbour' mindset of our people. You would never hear such phrase in the developed countries of the world where there is a better semblance of equitable distribution of social resources.

I empathise with our leaders. They are victims of the corrupt society that threw them into office. It is a predatory and unbalanced situation.

The solution would start from below and ascend to the top. Nobody builds a skyscraper from the roof. You may build a mud house or farm shelter from the roof, but certainly not a skyscraper...

It only shows how much we plan...

We knew Pesiero's contract was expiring. Regardless of whatever, we should have had a substantive coaching option if we weren't going to retain Pesiero...

All these happening in a State and a ruling Political Party where an ordained Roman Catholic Priest is the Governor!

AshipaEk0:
Good lord,

It has become very apparent that this country cannot progress when the average individual is this ignorant about financial matters and economics


Some believe dollars is sitting down in bank accounts gathering dust

others believe when Dollars is sent from abroad through banks its the physical dollars that is mailed in

others believe when the govt requires conversion of remittances to naira, it means the banks will actually receive dollars they they will in turn dash the govt or random people asking for USD in Nigeria


Good lord

And ALL the above people can VOTE - Nd be VOTED for, once they are 18 and 25/30 respectively.

Nigeria's FIRST problem is the destruction of EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS AND EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES. That's the first thing that must be fixed before we can rework this society!

Tesenak20:
Moses Simon seems to be from Kaduna State.

I think you are right.

What took you to that very old thread?