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HungerBAD:
Madam Plantain seller please wise up.

Please stop voting in those that will steal your State and Country Blind.

Those that steal you blind like Reno Omokri,Obanikoro are chilling in the United States,and even Ekweremadu is in New York now.

When are we going to wise up?and not bring in looters into power?

project50:
no wonder sum apc were buyin dolar knowin dat buhari wil kil naira

Na true Oooh!! Bros if this dollar thing fit reach #600 or #10000 sef; na to just buy like 200 dollar tight belt.

U can never tell Oooh!!!

Einl:
He said we should eat Nigerian rice. His daughter should also school in Nigeria...

Yes ooooh

That way she too can join us and eat ofada rice...........olodo editor without newspaper..........

After them don wire am for social media...................olodo editor! After you don run down PM newspaper like the way Buahri wan run down we country so. All I see is a padded comment.............

That is a confirmed Esan man!!

Whether na #50 Change or #100 change (2 #50) or #200 or #500 change, we must change the change.

But that Landlord dey vex sha, e just evict that APC tenant sharp sharp before PVC begin lost for yard.........

idris4r83:
She never tire to dey roast plantain that's why she doesn't want to support CHANGE

The kain change whey "Change" dollar from #216 to #420 ba??

The Kain change whey all e money na audio; we dey here say government recover $billions but we no dey see am!

Because una think say the woman na zombie.......


Receive sense!!

What did they expect. You change commissioner of police 5 days to the election and you expect that in 5 days he will be ready to ensure peaceful conduct during the elections in a state as big as edo? Rubbish..................

princetom1:
Actually what the op said isn't all.

I and a friend too has tried him but he isn't pure at all.

He told someone the car has been sold on whatsapp on Friday, but posted an hour later on Nairaland it was available.

When the contradiction of his Whatsapp message & Nairaland post was pointed out to him, he spun a yarn about buying it from the owner to resell.

I mean, why buy a car from the owner and still sell at the same earlier advertised price of 850k. Isn't the aim of buying it to resell for profit?

When we tried to inquire about the vehicle with another number, he just blocked us on whatsapp, we didn't just wanna raise alarm, we were watching him to display his real intent

He does deceptive advertising by not disclosing the full price of his cars. This is to lure buyers. When an interested buyer makes contact, he will then reveal the deal is the advertised price of the car + 30/20k (his commission).

He has dubious and scamming tendencies. Deal with him at your own risk.

I be no wan talk before Ooh!! But Kayharry did this thing to me too.

For those who can remember, they was a time a registered 05 Pathfinder was placed for sale at 500k on Nairaland auto section.

I responded because I used to see KayHarry's ads on OLX a lot so I assumed he was a reliable dealer.

I called him and he said the car was available but there was someone inspecting the car as we speak. I fly bike from festac to oshodi with a mechanic to agbado jaiye - on your way to Ota - got to Jankara market.

When we got there, they showed me an 01 pathfinder - a different car altogether - I called KayHarry only for him say he wants to call the car owner that he will call me back - he never called back.

Then they took me and the mechanic to an inner workshop away from the main road and we saw the car. They said the car cost 800k, I protested and called Kayharry (that said he will get back to me). He now said that the car has been sold, I said I was looking at the car, he now said that I was now dealing with the new owner who wants to resell and that the price was #520K.

I said but you put 500k on Nairaland plus I called you when I first made enquiries and you said 500k; Kayharry deny himself say na 520k e tell me. I say Ok, I recheck Nairaland see 500K I no bother. (I became suspicious at this point, as in was the car bought for so less than 500 that the new owner is willing to sell for 520k)

I now told the guy in front of me that I will pay 520k, he said no issues and asked if I wanted to pay in cash or kind, I said I needed to see the documents of car first and inspect it (because the car was locked) before we talk of money now, abi.

He said we should go and meet the owner, we waka Oooh, till he took us to another person. That one said the owner left the car in his care and that they was nothing wrong with the car but the only thing was that the car was smoking a little bit and that just changing valve seal or so would stop it.

I ask mechanic how much it will cost in his presence, mechanic smiled and said it shouldnt be more than 15k - 20k tops. The next thing, the baba dey ask me whether I wan pay now in cash or transfer.

I asked say whether them no dey inspect car Jankara market before them buy am; at that point he said he wants to call the owner and he left us.

Immediately he left, my mechanic say na lie the baba dey lie, say valve seal or whatever it was no dey make engine smoke. Say na to change engine and the engines cost hundreds of thousands of Naira.

10minutes later, the guy came back and said that he has spoken to owner that he is on his way. That the guy is at Oshodi and he is with the car keys.

Na that time me come dey suspect say na 419 them be wan play me (else why ask me about paying when I haven't even seen the engine, or seen the interior, they just pointed to a parked car that was locked and were asking me to play like say na promo or special offer whey fit go anytime).

I now called KayHarry and this is exactly what I said, word for word "Guy nawa for you, you fvck up, next time when you wan market car whey no be your own, dey try do research on the car first. Habaaa. You said nothing do the car, everything is working "pafectly" meanwhile engine dey smoke, you talk one price online, I don reach here now another price, I call you, ask you whether make I show, you say make I show meanwhile no way to confirm the car................."

KayHarry firmly interrupted said shebi I "call you" (false because the 3 times we spoke I called him even though he said he will call back) tell you say person dey already inspect the car before you come plus I tell say e don already buy am..........why you come dey talk trash for my ear? Guy, fvck off............."

And he hung up on me, I wanted to call him back but I remembered that I didn't even know who I was talking with.

Come to think of it, from the very beginning when I made enquiries till that moment everything had had said was inconsistent at best and at worst lies so what will calling him achieve?? I was even going to raise the issue on the Ad he placed on Nairaland but I felt no need; you would need to super foolish to deal with a person who didn't even bother to be physically present at the scene where the car was so I locked up.

Don't know about you but the pattern discussed by the Op was used by KayHarry on me. Na the 3k whey I blow on biking up and down with my mechanic in the rain all the way first Festac to catch a "sweet" deal na e pain me!!

But in the end, I rather lose 3K anyday than lose 500K to a faceless and ficticious bastard, wannabe car dealer anywhere, anytime, anyday.

drskyfly007:
lol we are talking of cabinet in Nigeria and you are here telling me about a developed UK economy bro in Nigeria cabinet the Minister is appointed by the President subject to approval by the Senate and is responsible for POLICY, while the Permanent Secretary is responsible for implementation of the policy...Now let me use myself as an example am a medical doctor how can I be a minister in ministry of finance and make policies for permanent secretaries to implement? Let's stop putting square peg in a round hole in this country....By and large, with a sense of sincerity, Buhari’s allocation of portfolios to his ministers may be what the Hausa term as “gamin gambiza” or what the Yoruba call “orisirisi” or what the Igbo call “nwonwo” – all outside the culinary semantics.

Abeg helep me tell am Oooooh! Just saw Unicameral system in the UK and fell in love. Wasn't it the same system we were using during the first republic....................where you are both lawmaker and minister at the same time with zero security. That system cant work in a Nation as diverse as ours, you dont believe?

Ask tafawa balewa and ahmadu bello and akintola. They will explain further, Jo Cox wiill give the closing address.

aribisala0:
Your first remark is childish. I am not interested in you or your biography.
A degree is not the same as expertise.

There is not one person in the entire British Cabinet that holds a portfolio based on their major degree
Most people there hold degrees in Politics Economics English or the Classics.
It is not a recipe for chaos. Rather than spouting long epistles and theoretical constructs provide one example of a list of Ministers from a top 15 global economy. I agave you the example of the British Cabinet .
I also said that in the parliamentary system Ministers MUST be elected legislators> What happens when so called experts are not elected?
The most important thing is political experience. The degree means little

Why can't you bring a lawyer who has trouble with bluetooth? That is simply ignorant. You can have a Minister who is blind (without sight), we have seen this before, you simply expose your ignorance with your wild and uninformed assertions

Your remark on Nigerian degrees is equally as childish and may be seen as near vulgar by some - depending on if such persons are academics or not - plus I wasn't particularly interested in your opinion on Nigerian degrees either.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm........................true Degrees are not always the same thing as expertise (emphasis on the word "always", but more often than not, a degree is the stepping stone for acquiring expertise especially when apprenticeship systems/licensure are the case (try becoming a medical expert or an architect without a relevant degree in that area and testify).

The British parliament is Unicameral, ours is not, so considerations for ministerial appointments are not expected to be the same - in case you are not aware ours is Bicameral, with clear separation of powers between legislature and the executive so ministers mustn't be legislators - remember that.

My analogy with "Bluetooth" was to show the relevance of personal research and exposure when handling the affairs of a ministry; you didn't get the point? Then let it fly.

And par physically challenged folks, I believe Dr. Samuel Ankeli is a member of Buhari's cabinet so its not strange here.

Plus you seeking "examples" is a clear sign that the focus of the OP/thread is lost on you. Plus that question suggests my clinton/powell analogy was lost on you as well................Oh well let it fly.

You don't like long epistles? Stick to twitter or 2go. After all, na long epistles dey pay seun bills seeeeh...................

aribisala0:
I said it MAY be
Again I said in Parliamentary systems such as we ran before as in the UK and much of Europe such "expertise" is irrelevant as a minister rather what is preferred is POLITICAL expertise. The most common degrees British Ministers hold is in Politics,English,Economics and Philosophy,
Before you become a Minister in most cases you will have been in politics LEARNING THE TRADE from carrying the briefcases of senior politicians and attending important meetings and holding junior positions across departments and learning how government works. That means that when matured most ministers can handle ANY department and often they DO because cabinets are shuffled often.
I am very categorical that the job of a minister is not a technocratic job.

Spend some time today to study the profiles of ministers of the top ten economies.

Even in Nigeria we had under the military Buhari as minister of petroleum and things worked very well then.

A degree by the way is not the same thing as EXPERTISE let us not conflate the two many Nigerians have empty "degrees".

Well if you insist that as a Nigerian (or otherwise) your degree is empty, I cannot fault you.

Neither of my three degrees are empty, I paid the price in hardwork, sweat and tears to get them and I am able to defend then if occasion calls for it.

Hiring anybody at all as minister (whether in their area or outside) "may" still be counter-productive.

This is because expertise in the real sense should account for just 50% - as far as appointments go - there is also the personal track record - Personal character and philosophy as well as the ability to apply diplomacy and to lead.

You don't bring a man into your cabinet who doesn't believe in your vision nor share in your ideas and expect him to perform. A firm example is Sanusi Lamido. He never believed in our Bi-cameral legislative system one day, he was the face of the campaign for TSA - where all government cash rest in his control, which is killing our economy right now as we speak - so asking such a man to be CBN governor knowing fully well that the same National assembly will want to exercise oversight functions over him one of these days is just foolish.

You don't bring a lawyer who still has trouble using bluetooth on his phone, with zero ICT exposure and make him Minister of Communications Technology and expect the fellow to deliver.

The truth is that appointments in some cases are used to reward political backers or constituencies. They rather give appointments to political backers and make the expert his adviser and hope for the best.

Look at the USA for example, Hilary clinton wasn't necessarily the best person to be made secretary of state (comparing her to a man like colin powell) but it was an arrangement design to reward her for her efforts during Obama's presidential campaign.

That's it. There is nothing counterproductive in Hiring a man to oversee a ministry in it area of expertise.

It is only so when a man who lacks the ability to lead, or doesn't share in your vision as chief executive is mande minister that it may be counterproductive.

In any case, following your analogy; if a man like me for example have served as a PA to the Senate house committee Chairman on Communication Tech, worked with a Communications Minister as Senior special adviser and I do all this as a lawyer and eventually become Communications Minister; and all this is done in a space of 25yrs.

I don't see why I can't be deemed qualified to become Communications Minister because I have been in the system even though I may be a lawyer by training.

So there is nothing wrong with appointing someone with exposure. But appointing someone outside his area of training and exposure is a recipe for chaos and may lead to disaster.

Most especially in the United States of Nigeria..........

aribisala0:
Mark Zucerberg is God?


Your write up is quite ignorant about the role of a Minister. A minster is a political appointment. They are not meant to be technocrats rather they SUPERVISE a ministry making sure they implement the will of the electorate. The Minister therefore must have as his primary qualification an understanding of the electorate.Indeed in parliamentary systems such as what we operated at independence and is still in the UK and much of Europe before you can be appointed as a Minister you must be elected as a national legislator i.e MP.

A politician can be likened to a priest. A priest communicates from God to the people while a minister communicates from the people(President) to technocrats.

Indeed having a technocrat run the ministry of his area of expertise may be counterproductive. what we need to do is to change the recruitment process so that we employ the best people into our ministries and ensure that they have job security and are politically neutral, this means a fundamental issue like looking at institutional culture, merit ,federal character and such issues which are far beyond the power of a Minister. I always laugh when people make this mistake. We must not forget that Ministers have a political and not a technocratic job. Ultimately the president sets the agenda for the ministers as he is the one who got elected.

Is America so dominant in ICT because of the ministers they have had?

What??

It is counterproductive to hire a Minister in his area of expertise??

So it is counterproductive for a medical doctor or health care professional to be made Minister of health, appoint a lawyer who is a seasoned politician.

Its counterproductive for an Engineer to be Minister of works, appoint a seasoned politician who is a linguist.

Its totally counterproductive for an economist to be Minister of Finance, a seasoned politician who is a cosmetologist will do.

Its totally off-key and counterproductive to appoint a professional Agriculture expert to Preside over ministry of agriculture, a medical doctor with a strong political background will suffice.

Its counterproductive to appoint an ICT professional or a scientist as minister of Communications technology, a seasoned caterer or Nutritionist with a strong political record will be excellent.

That is the most unintelligent argument/excuse I have ever witnessed for the current spate of ill-advised ministerial appointments in Nigeria (and I happen to have seen/heard a lot).

odimbannamdi:
to become ghost don dey hungry u abi? lol

All these lie lie ghost!!

For their mind nah them be ghost busters!!!

But to apply for that kind "ghostmanship" for make sense Ooooh............

#8,000,000,000 ÷ 40,000 ghost workers = #200,000

So on average each of the ghosts were earning #200,000 each. Hmmmmmmmm

How much is minimum wage sef??

At a time when Buhari don use Butcher Knife butcher all the hazard allowance for salary na e ghost dey collect #200,000.

These Buhari people dey compete with Lai Mohammed Ooooh!! They can lie ehhhhhhhh.

MadeInTokyo:




I laugh in daura



Buhari u are welcome


Oshiomole, Obaseki and Edo State APC have refused to campaign with Buhari's name since the campaign started...u can verify that.

There is serious hunger and unemployment in Edo state, the sight of Buhari in Benin will make More voters will swing their votes to Pastor Ize Iyamu on Saturday.



Quote me.....this Saturday 10th of September, Pastor Ize Iyamu will be voted overwhelmingly by we the good people of Edo State as the Governor elect of Edo State... ..I repeat quote me.

E don do seeh!!!

Oya I don't quote you!! Shey your mind don rest!!

franzis:
who no like better thing

That kain thing no be malt Oooh!!!

That one na big stout!!

Wizzyblack3:
Whenever i hear 'BUHARI', Joachim's dog comes to my mind.
Buhari has been predicted to be a disaster for this nation, now we're in it.. This is what we call disaster! BIG one o

I just thank God Ebola doesn't come in this time of Buhari administration, how will we have contained it? Jesus! I can't even imagine.

Btw; Am fvcking hungry right now.

Abeeeeeeeeeg!!!! No even mention Ebola Oooooooooh!!!!!

Till date they have been unable to curtail Lassa fever, Polio is now back in Nigeria.

If that one happen, them go just throway face, bone the Ebola, say them wan probe health minister for Jonathan time for siphoning money meant for ebola equipment during the first outbreak........


As far as I am concerned, calling Buhari a failure is uncalled for.

It is an insult to call Buhari a failure, because it suggest that he tried and gave up. He has not even done anything.

He use 6 month to fill a cabinet loaded with lawyers everywhere (who was the person that time that said lawyers are liars).



Minister of Information - Lawyer
Minister of Works, power - Lawyer
Minister of Communications - Lawyer
Minister of Budget/National planning - Lawyer

One of the few people whey no be lawyer na Minister of Finance and that one na middle level accountant - not even an economist.

Thunder whey wan fire Buhari dey Microwave oven, e go soon done..................

sonibota:
Am still searching for the 'crisp' in the car.

that makes two of us

luvinhubby:
Then Bunmi Okeowo is not in charge of communication portfolio in Nigeria.

Actually the Portfolio is Communications Technology but its usually referred to as just Ministry of Communications because we already have a Minister of Science and Technology.

Obviously there exist in Nairaland, evangelists trying to Market Bunmi as the man to do business with in the area of ICT.

I guess Zuckerberg's visit made him to sit up from just doing NYSC programs and holding seminars up and down the place.

In any case, it still plays to the narrative of the OP. Bunmi may have what it takes to be Communications Minister but instead shittu got the Job instead obviously because Bunmi has zero political mileage to offer Buhari/APC.

And to think that it took six months for Buhari to decide that Shittu is the best person to be Communications Minister; imagine how many months it will take for Buhari to decide its time for him to leave.............

aresa:
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The same ignorant rubbish....

You people just won't go to school, you just keep embarrassing, Nigeria, humanity and the internet community..

I am highly disappointed in your choice of words, moreso considering that Nairaland is an anonymous forum, you don't even know who I am, my discipline nor in what capacity I made my comment.

I didn't insult you - whoever you are - nor call you vile names yet you replied my comment in such a rude manner.

I suggested you do your research before you contend further, yet you choose the path of the proud.

FYI, OIIE is just an initiative of NITDA. It is not an agency, it is not even a parastatal, its an adhoc program initiated by NITDA and NITDA is under the purview of Ministry of Communications Technology.

You still believe I am ignorant??
Visit the OIIE official website below and learn who out of both us is.............what did you call me again?.......... embarrassing, Nigeria, humanity and the internet community..

ictinnovation.gov.ng

Aresa..............There is no point trying to apply grammar or linguistic technicalities to the issue in contention.

We have a Minister of Science and Tech
We have a Minister of Communications
We have a Minister of Information.

Bunmi Okunowo is not a minister and isn't in charge of ICT in Nigeria. Depending on what Bunmi wishes to dabble into, he may have to work with either Minister of Science and Tech or Communications Ministers.

Bunmi reports to Barrister shittu, you don't believe? Go and do your research and come back and school us better before you contend on it any further. After all, they are agencies of government.

Even if you wish to go by linguistic technicalities.

ICT means Information and Communications technology

If we say Barr shittu is the communications minister or ICT minister, that should suffice, seeing that we already have a minister of Information in the person of Lai Mohammed.

Your line of argument is similar to that of one who assumes that simply because Lai Mohammed is the Minister of Information and culture that the National Orientation agency doesn't report to him.......

The strongest is actually B. He has to balance himself on a and bear the weight of c and d

kayalla:
what type of Nigeria is this?

The Buhari type

MadCow1:
The eclipse never reach Trans-Amadi o!


Maybe its been kidnapped..

Endtime Spiritual Militants

maclatunji:
The problem with Nigerians is that we like gimmicks, what happened to all the gimmicks that GEJ launched like SURE P and YouWin?

This government is brave enough to seek fundamental reform and the results will show soon enough.

Any reasonable observer knows that economic policies take time to bear fruit. We are reaping the fruits of GEJ's policies now. President Buhari's policies should begin to yield results in real terms in the next 12 months.

Which of the twelve months abeg?? Twelve months from now or twelve months after May 2015 or May 2019

Ohammadike:
Next time una hear change stone the idiotic heediot

Or idiotic sheediot!!

abeg where be Udo Kingdom abeg?? Abi na only me see that one??

delaw4u:
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Some people sef!!!

Wetin low-ballers do una!!??

If you know wan see lowballers, then take ya merchandise elsewhere, abi to be sell market for Nairaland na by force..............??

Meaning the lizards are so hungry because of the way the economy dey so na e dem switch over to rat poison.

MadCow1:
ABU EKITI just overtook UNIBEN as the worst University in West Africa..

Taaaaaaa!!! Park well.
How can UNIBEN ever be the worst University in west africa when OAU, OOU, LASU and ABUAD is there!!?

Fear God Ooooooh!!!!!