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keppyy:
Thank you all for your love, care and calls...


I'm better now...

Pm me ur number I'd like to call u. Pls!

Team OAU! Hmmmmm. Well! Let's the debate continue. We re doing it for fun not for anything. There is not I will be given here that will be of satisfactory. But if any one maneuver my intelligence and swerve it, I will only render 10mins prayer and the person will use hands to gather and use his mouth to scatter that which he has gathered.

@goejona I feel ur pain. Just kponkpi.

@fynestboi sorry for the rash words by my colleague joejona and I, as per the statement above.

To the judges: what is worth doing is worth doing well.
Thank you all.

Good evening Mr. Chairman, the moderator, panel of judges, my co-debater and distinguish fellow nairalander reading at home. I am by name ehisdan, the second speaker representing Auchi polytechnic Auchi. I write to support the notion: ‘’According to the Nigeria constitution chapter 4 sections 33 to 46 which talks about fundamental human rights, has our constitution been drawn up in such a way as to protect or to take advantage of our right?’’

First and foremost I like to state some definitions of fundamental human right by imminent personals.

According to Forsythe (2000), human rights refer to the supposed basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled

Murray (2006), explained human rights as a condition in which person’s ownership rights to his body and legitimate property rights are neither invaded nor aggressed against by person, group of persons, or government

Human rights is a concept which regards human beings as having universal rights, or status, regardless of legal jurisdiction, and other localizing factors, such as ethnicity and nationality (Wikipedia, 2006)

Now the fundamental human rights according to the Nigeria constitution are:
Right to life
Right to freedom, from torture, inhuman or degrading punishment i.e every individual is entitled to respect for the dignity of his person
Right to freedom of movement
Right to private life and family life
Right to freedom of association including political parties
Right to acquire and own immovable properties in anywhere in the country. Properties either movable or immovable shall not be taken possession of compulsorily without compensation
Right to freedom from discrimination on the ground of sex, race or tribe, creed or political opinion.
Right to fair and equal hearing
Right to freedom of expression and the press
Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Right to freedom from slavery and forced labour
Right to freedom from unlawful imprisonment
Right to vote and be voted for in any given election
Right to education
Right to work and receive commensurate compensation
Right to hold public office

From the constitution it can be clearly seen that the fundamental human right law is to protect the citizen of the nation and not to take advantage of them. As seen in the first law “Right to life”. Every citizen has the right to live; no one should take the life of his fellow human being. Without this law our country Nigeria would have been in extinction by now, in the sense that, there will be unnecessary killing of the citizens of the nation with or without cause.

Taking the case of Boko Haram insurgency as a typical example of fundamental human right as to protect the citizen of the Nation; It is the right of those people being killed to live but the so called Boko Haram group has deprived them of that freedom thereby the government is taking it upon itself to make sure everything possible is done to eliminate the insurgency and restore the fundamental human right (right to life) to the areas affected.

Because fundamental human right is to protect the citizen is the reason while anyone who by anyway covet its neighbor’s property, invade its neighbor’s privacy or subject his neighbor to slavery is to face the penalty according to the law. Without this fundamental human right up till now slave trade would have still been existent.

The section 35(1) of the fundamental human right states that every person shall been titled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of such liberty (Right to personal liberty). This right makes it possible for individual to have a free will to life. It is liberty that makes man to become what he wants to become in life and destiny. If fundamental human rights were written or given as to take advantage of the citizen there wouldn’t have been right to personal liberty.

The section 36(1) states that a person shall be entitled to fair hearing within a reasonable time by a court or other tribunal established by law and constituted in such a manner as to secure its independence and impartiality. It means no citizen shall be arrested arbitrarily. The government should adopt the due process of law be it civil or criminal action irrespective of status of the individual involved (Right to fair and equal hearing). A typical example of right can be traced to what is what is currently going on in our government today, under execution of Muhamadu Buhari( the president of Nigeria) in the case Nnamdi Kanu, Dasuki, Metuh and the likes who are currently being tried by court. We all know what would have been their fate by now if it were during General Muhamadu Bahari military regime before the amendment of the constitution in 1999 which brings in fundamental human right. If fundamental human right was to take advantage of the citizen there wouldn’t have be court hearing, court of appeal and tribunal after election.

Right to freedom of expression and press: section 39(1) support this this right, which states that “every person shall be entitled to freedom of expression including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information without ideas”. Subsection (2) of it makes it clear that Nigeria citizens are entitled to enjoy the rights and freedom to express their views concerning the government on economic, political and social matters without any form of intimidation from the law enforcement agents provided it is not seditious, defamatory and blasphemous by stating that “without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, every person shall be entitled to own, establish and operate any medium for the dissemination of information, ideas and opinions provided that no person, other than the government of the federation or of a state or any other person or body authorized by the president, shall own, establish or operate a television or wireless broadcasting station for any purpose whatsoever”. Examples of this are AIT (Africa Independent Television), Silverbird Television, Channels TV etc. If fundamental human right was for to take advantage of the citizen of Nigeria there wouldn’t be private televisions, everything would have be owned by the government and public opinions and ideas wouldn’t have been heard.

I believe and very sure with this few points of defense, I have been able to convince and not to persuade you that fundamental human right in chapter 4, section 33-44 in the Nigeria Constitution has been drawn such a way to protect the citizen and not to take advantage of them.
Thank you.

References
Aluyor, G.B.O and Haruna I.O (2006). Basic Reading in Citizenship Education in Nigeria, Vol. 1, Ibadan: Safmos Publishers.

Forsythe, David P. (2000). Human Rights in International Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge University press

Donnelly, Jack (2003). Universal Human Rights in Theory & Practice. 2nd ed. Ithaca & London: Comell University Press

Ewemie, B (2003). Essential of Citizenship Education in Nigeria: A basic Text for Tertiary Institutions Part One, Lagos: Dmodus Publishers.

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harrwix:
Pls kindly forward materials to adogho4eva@yahoo.com
God bless...thank you

Do me a favour as well by forwarding them to me when gotten it.
ehisdan3@gmail.com
Remain blessed.

[quote author=benedictuyi post=41290247][/quote]Bro doing PGD is the best option and if u can gather some cash I will advice doing masters in abroad without having to pass through PGD. Meanwhile direct entry is 4 years extra not 3 years.

Fynestboi:
Did you see the picture I attached to my response to your questions?

Why is it that ur mention doesnt notify on time?

fynestboi Pls inform us on time when the second stage is beginning.

Call to notice: My school resumes on the 10th and lecture begins on the 11th.
Project, Seminar and every other activities will keep me busy.

Cc joejona

As for the best debater I don't think I will choose any other person than myself

Fynestboi:
Congratulations TEAM AUCHI POLYTECHNIC..

Thank you sir

Thank you all for the opportunity. Thanks to my partner "joejona" you did a great job. Thanks to my opponent "shinaboy1" you are really good, your single effort worth commendation. Thanks to the MOD, Judges, fynestboi, Aminant508 and every other person whose impact is felt in this thread. May God bless u all.

sammyscholar:
Doff my fedora!well convincing.

Thanks bros

Shynaboy1:
These universities have been in existence for a very long time. There were few federal universities then compared to nowadays which made it easy for the federal(regional then) government to pump money into this universities. An increase in universities' tuition will however lift these "nowadays" universities up to their standard. Then there will be uniformity in these Universities which will subsequently improve educational standard in Nigeria.

Do you agree with me that those infrastructures provided by the then regional government as u said are no more in place or must have worn out or are not useful any more to modern study if at all they are still in place? These Universities must have been equipped with modern infrastructures for modern learning without any hike in the tuition fee. what do you have to say about this?

fynestboi, mizmacoli are we free to ask our opponent some questions regarding their write up?

Please moderator be patient with us. You know the problem of network in Nigeria.

Jarus:
Hi Ehisdan,

With the state of infrastructure in our higher institutions, what is the alternative source of funding if tuition fees should not be raised?

Like I wrote before, education is a right not a privilege. The infrastructures u made mention of can be realised through government budget in education and if tuition fee is raised it simply means the running of education is a dependent of the fee which shouldn't be so, and it will be a burden on the masses. UNICEF has more good in our educational system in Nigeria than Government itself. In Nigeria if meeting infrastructural needs is the key then the Government is capable of doing that without placing it a burden on the students in the name of high tuition fee.

xynerise:
I asked for Francophone......anyways, thank you.

France and Canada

xynerise:
Ehisdan,


You seem to know more about the educational system of "non-English" speaking countries. Kindly tell us two Francophone countries using the "nominal tuition fee"? We need examples for further research.

France: a French country and Germany

Fynestboi:
Your time starts now... 4-5

May God help us

Fynestboi:
You are good to go... You have just one hour to unveil your essay.

Which means between now till 5pm

Fynestboi:
DarqChild
Talius

AUCHI POLYTECHNIC
Joejonah
ehisdan

KSU
promisechild
CashZamani
Mcmooneyy

Present Sir

Good day the creator of this Forum, the moderator, panel of judges, my co-debaters and fellow nairanders viewing this thread at home.

My name is Ehisdan an electrical/electronic student of Auchi polytechnic, Auchi. I am writing to oppose the notion ‘’Increase of tuition fees in Nigerian Universities is necessary for a better educational standard’’.


I start my opposition by first explaining the sentences ‘’tuition fee and educational standard. ‘’Tuition fees are charged by educational institutions in some countries to assist with funding of staff and faculty, course offerings, laboratory equipment, computer systems, libraries, facility up keep and to provide a comfortable student learning experience’’. While educational standard define the knowledge and skills students should possess in their educational carrier. I believe with this explanation many will support that there is a need for tuition fee increment forgetting the word ‘’assist’’. Since the fee is to assist the necessary body or board in charge of education why should there be hike on the fee? In other countries of the world tuition fee increment is a little addition to its original amount while in Nigeria it is a hike. In most countries, especially non-English-speaking countries, there are no or only nominal tuition fees for all forms of education, including university and higher education which is the pivot of this debate. To back up my stand, are few of the many points outlined below:


Corruption: Nigeria has been so drown in corruption that nothing is worth writing good for/about the country. Corruption has affected the way funds are allocated within the national/state budgets diverting expenditures from education to high kickback areas thereby using hike in tuition fee to cover up. Former EFCC chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, at Babcock University convocation ceremony, acknowledged that education is our destiny in the journey towards freedom and progress, but as reality of our nation has shown he warned: “If we do not build this project of education on the important values of honesty, transparency and accountability, education itself can become a rapacious, self-consuming monster that nurtures nightmarish visions”. He revealed that Nigeria has spent over N1.1 trillion on education in the past five years – “a whopping budget that appears to have deepened more private pockets than any national institution”. If Government money can be embezzled what do you think will happen to the money gotten from the masses? So increment of tuition fee will only be to enrich to pocket of some certain people in power.


Financial barriers to education impact: merit and desire to education should determine who goes to the university, when the ability to pay becomes a deciding factor, then our country loses the chance to benefit from the skills and capabilities of its citizens. Many are on the streets that are supposed to be on the four walls of our tertiary institution but are unable due to high tuition fee. The first decade after independence, there was free-flowing access to education at all levels – primary, secondary and tertiary (university specifically) and the standard of education was very much ok. My mathematics lecturer, who happens to be a beneficiary of this free education in his cause of lecture once, told us that the standard of education in Nigeria has gone down the lane. He said and I quote: ‘’this is not school you people are attending, during our time everything was in order, well composed by the government, when corruption has not Crip into the government of this country. We were taking three times free meal a day, the government is the one providing our textbooks and notebooks and everything needed to standardise education were readily made available by the government’’. Then I said to myself will this ever happen again, all these were possible without assistant of tuition fee. Now that there is assistant through tuition fee everything has turn upside down. Which means if tuition fee is increased more than what it is now the education system in Nigeria University will totally fall apart.


Tuition fee increment is not what universities in Nigeria need for standard education but government proper agenda toward the standard of tertiary institution: Education of this country should be the responsibility of the government, especially at the University level by providing the necessary needs for better educational standard in the country. This is the only way the education sector in the country can grow and compete with other countries of the world. If it’s swerved to tuition fee, a good standard will never be attained because the higher the fee the lower the number of people who can afford it.


High tuition fee is not a determinant of better educational standard: Countries like Finland, Austria, France, Germany, to mention but few have a better educational standard compared to Nigeria, their tuition fee is low. Another example is some of the universities and polytechnics in Nigeria whose tuition fee is low yet their academic standard is better than that of the universities whose tuition fees are high, the likes of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), University of Benin (UNIBEN), Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, and University of Ibadan (UI). These are the best Universities and polytechnic in Nigeria yet their tuition fee is at the lower rate.


Education is a right not a privilege: high tuition fee in the name of a better educational standard will prompt education to be a privilege in which only the rich will be able acquire it. In 1977 the government of Nigeria declared that education is an instrument of national development. If cost of acquiring this instrument is a burden on the people of the country and only the rich are able to overcome it how then will the country develop? The need for low tuition fee is very necessary so that there will be equality of educational acquisition.


Having written all these, I draw the cotton of closure for the time being, with believe in my heart that I have bring to your understanding the reasons why ‘’Increase in tuition fees in Nigeria universities is not necessary for a better educational standard’’
Thank you.

References
Vanguardngr.com -- boosting access to education
Policynote.ca
Education.stateuniversity.com
Dictionary.reference.com

Fynestboi:
Which school sir?

Auchi polytechnic Auchi

No mention received. Any way! I pray to be available on that that day. @fynesboi I hope u ve gotten every thing needed from us through my partner? Not the essay ooo.

sparkleRed:
Goan sitdown one place ee, dnt even let me talk of d auchipoly alumni around me is it roseline, funmi or Larry or ehis dat i want 2 contest with hian, y am I even answering u


Am just here 2 have fun lemme alone

Feel free

Wonuola89:
#YINMU#

Eyaa! Sorry ooo. I know say catarrh no dey good for ur nose. And e come be this harmattan period. Abeg clean ur nose eeeh! Doooh.

sparkleRed:
Buhahhahahaha u say wat! Lol same Auchi poly I know! Wait lemme laff again buhahhahaha

#unibenite#

yea! same Auchipoly u know. Uniben is good but not the best. I have friends who left Auchipoly for Uniben, they can testify to it. If u still don't believe me go into contest with the auchipolytes around u and u won't believe what u will get urself into.

sparkleRed:
Auchi poly pple story 4 another day, I like dem sha buh bini spirit of gra gra full their body esp wen dey vex, and their pidgin na die

Madam critics. I seldom post things like this but I just have to cos that's my school u re criticizing. I bet it u can't stand the least student of that school.

Bros let me tell u a story. A brother finished his university for three years his result was withheld. Ask me his offence, he did noting wrong. A church program was going on and the man of God fish out his sister. And the sister confessed to be the witch behind it. In her confession she said she covered the boy's certificate in a spiritual pot in their coven.

Another one is that a brother finished his university in peace with good result and every one was happy. The brother was manipulated by forces of darkness beyond him. He took the result back to school handed it to there professor and told him he cheated when he was in 100L.

I believe you can now see where ur problem lies. My brother you need God intervention in this matter. If not the demon that cause the typographical error of ur number will manipulate u to sue the school and the school will not even struggle to win the case, that will be the end of ur education.

You need prayer and a genuine man of God to back u up.

I will support u in prayer and also urge everyone reading this to put u in prayer.
May God bless u and make ur case a testimony like others in Jesus name! Amen.

balad009:
double likes, in my opinion nothing shd make him stay wit d lady alone. Satan is the third companion to two sexually active people, of course except u r prepared for d show

Thanks man!

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