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Perhaps a business opportunity for the famous (infamous?) Alpha-Beta company. . .

Hehe

Seriously though, it makes no sense that schools like Ife and Ibadan, with some of the most accomplished graduates in Nigeria should be so financially unsound.

How come Benin Republic hasn't held it in the past 30-odd years or so?

It is mostly ceremonial anyways, right?

^-- Mine tried to hit me up for donations even before I graduated (during my final year)

Agreed, these universities need to be more aggressive about raising funds from alumni.

tlops:
the problem of Nigeria will not be solved by handling out cash, but by creating value and valuable systems.

yep

Sylva put all this work into "accumulating" votes for GEJ, right?

Kind of interesting to see the guy discarded after his help.

At topic, seems like Sylva is screwed.

Kinda nuts

hm

Game (NYT) recognizes game (SR).

Kudos to SR.

Which stronghold does ACN have in Sokoto and Borno?

I don't care if I sound like an ethnic bigot or not. . . I'm not trying to be anyone's buddy or role model here.

Middle belt is more fertile grounds anyways, as the events in Benue and the strong showing in Kwara should have told you.

And as I said, I don't want the ACN to be loved by core-northern political pr0stitutes.

Sometimes it is better to be hated/disliked by some than to be loved by everyone.

icez:
What do you mean?

I mean exactly what I said.

[quote author=Akanbi_edu link=topic=806839.msg9589909#msg9589909 date=1321699944]This Ekt never fails to expose his ignorance on Nigerian affairs. What middle belt?[/quote]If I am ignorant of Nigerian affairs, you are one of the last people capable of improving my knowledge. As for "What middle belt", perhaps someone else is interested in humoring your question.

afam4eva:
Don't mind him. He must think the middle-belt is between Lagos and Cotonou. What else can you get from a google Nigerian.

And I thought that I had already trampled this cockroach under my feet. Rather than concerning yourself with me, perhaps you should spend more time facing this book that you are having so much difficulty understanding.

I don't think K-12 education is something that needs individualized laptops.

While I had my own PC in high school and college, I'd have done just fine w/o one.

In fact in college I did a lot of my academic work on the machines in the computer labs, just because they had certain software that I didn't have on my computer.

In high school I only used my computer for writing essays, or typing up essays I'd written by hand (at least for academic stuff.)

And I'm a guy in my mid 20s, not someone who finished high school in the 70s or something.

You really don't need a laptop. Unless you write for a living (e.g., you are a programmer.)

ogugua88:
Why do people keep talking about age difference like it actually means something? "The age gap was too big. That's why the marriage failed". What of the hundreds of thousands of couples with a smaller age gap between them? Does age ever come to question? There are 55 year old boys and there are 22 year old men. Ashton Kutcher is a 33 year old boy, not because of the number of years he's served on Earth, but because of his childish behavior.

You are being a bit unrealistic here. Men have biological needs, amongst which are kids. He isn't 60 or impotent, he'll probably want a son/daughter someday soon. .  .

Not saying he isn't immature. But there is more to it than that.

Heh.

I've never been pleased with the ACNs attempt to become friends with core northerners anyways. Much better to focus your efforts on the middle belt.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Fashola baba. . .

Some skinny girls are beautiful, some bigger girls are too. Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. . .

Anyway, the point is that even if you want to provide computers, do it in a centralized way. Have a computer lab available somewhere for people to use. Don't hand them out laptops.

You don't need computers to write essays. You can easily do it by hand. Sure, it might be more convenient, but isn't better. Surely providing computers for essay-writing cannot be the highest priority for Osun State at this point in time.

And everything else (math, science) aside from programming can be done with pencil, paper, and at most a calculator.

^-- If it were me, I'd build a damn good public library in each LGA (or I guess several in each LGA). Equipped with lots of books, computers available to use, etc.

Access to good libraries as a kid made a lot larger impact in my life than having a computer.

Well, I'm not sure that even libraries/computer labs should be the #1 priority. But a helluva lot better than Aregbe's proposal.

I just don't like when politicians come up with these cheap populist ideas that aren't well thought out. Really annoys me.

Even at the university level, for most courses of study you don't really need to own a computer.

1. For 95% of the work you do in primary and secondary school, you don't need a computer. Writing essays, doing math, etc, none of this requires a computer. Maybe once you've composed your essay by hand you might want to type it up later, but you definitely don't need to have one in your possession.
2. If your goal is to increase access to computers, set up centralized computer labs. That way people can come in and use it as they need, rather than something individualized. Also if you do this you can get more computational power for the money you spend (by buying desktop machines.)
3. 150k laptops, even at $300 each is $45 million. I'm pretty sure that if your goal is to boost academic performance, there are 100s of better ways to do this with 45 mil.
4. In general, handing out something to anyone "for free" will cause them to treat it in a crappy manner. What happens when this expensive equipment is lost, damaged, stolen? Will you ask them to replace this $300 laptop?

Really, really, really, bad idea. Terrible idea. Cannot overemphasize how bad an idea this is.

In its effort to rejuvenate the dwindling performances in public schools, Osun State government, would soon distribute 150,000 laptops, to students in its public schools free.
This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Sunday Akere at a public lecture held at Igbajo Town Hall in Boluwaduro Local Government Council Area of Osun State.
The computers, according to him, would not be internet ready; to discourage social vices that youths commonly exploit the internet for, adding that they would be used effectively for academic purposes.
According to him, the governor resolved to e-learning to facilitate easy learning among students and also to facilitate friendly teaching and learning environment between teachers and their students.
He disclosed that it is disgusting that Nigeria, which pride itself as the Giant of Africa is ranked below countries like Benin Republic, Rwanda, Uganda and Botswana in global competitiveness, which results from poor technological and institutional development.
“The decision by Osun to implement the outcome of the education summit it organised early this year, by reorganising its school system at the elementary, junior and high school, is to ensure that education is returned to its pride place in the state”.
Akere maintained that other states in the country would have to emulate Osun when its numerous policies on education begin to manifest.
He added that the elementary schools would cater for pupils from Primaries One to three and each school would have the capacity to accommodate 900 pupils at a time, while the junior schools would be for pupils from primaries four to junior class three and would accommodate 1200 students at a time.
He said; “For the senior schools, it would cater for students in senior classes one to three and would have the capacity for 2500 students comfortably.”
The model schools are presently under construction in Osogbo (Elementary school), in Ilare, Ile-Ife (Junior school), and Ejigbo (Senior school).
He stated further that by January next year, the contract for construction of other schools across the state would be awarded to contractors that would build in accordance with the structure on ground.
The commissioner added that one of the focuses of the administration is to turn public schools in the state into centres of excellence, with emphasis in science and technology.
“Government had organised workshops for teachers in senior schools on curriculum content enhancement, aimed at preparing the teachers for the task ahead. This would not be the end of such workshop, as government would continue to ensure that teachers are well equipped for the task before them,” he emphasised.
The computers, Akere added, would be distributed to students this November to commemorate the first anniversary of the Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola-led administration in the state.

http://www.osundefender.org/?p=22891

Ashton is way too good for Kim, much as I like Kim

From Demi Moore to frikkin Kim Kardashian

age diff too much

Ashton is only 33, still a young man

passyjango:
The guy made good sense. Nigeria is a major shareholder in Shell's joint venture operations in Nigeria represented by NNPC and so cannot wash off her hands off the oil spill. Although, I do not agree that only Nigeria should take care of the mess, I do not also think that only Shell should. Each member of the joint venture should contribute a stake proportional to their share in the joint venture. So, since Nigeria holds majority stake, they should contribute more for the cleanup. That is what joint venture is all about, you share cost and profits.

+1

I don't see a way to get around his logic.

afam4eva:
What's wrong in two businesses being in one location?

lol

Dutch Cabinet: Nigeria Should Clean Up Oil Spills

Cleaning up extensive oil pollution in the Niger Delta is the primary responsibility of the Nigerian government, Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal told a parliamentary commission on Thursday.

He was supported by the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs, Henk Bleker, who pointed out that the Nigerian government, like all governments, is responsible for the well-being of its population. On top of that the Nigerian state is the majority shareholder in the SPDC joint venture of oil companies that includes Royal Dutch Shell, Bleker added.

High on the agenda of the commission’s debate on the Netherlands’ corporate responsibility programme was how Shell’s home country should respond to the United Nations Environmental Programme’s (UNEP) report on the massive soil and water contamination caused by oil spills in the Delta’s Ogoni region. The report recommends that oil giant Shell and the Nigerian government take urgent measures to clean up the environment.

Corporate responsibility police
Last week, human rights organisation Amnesty International accused Shell of delaying the cleanup operations in the Ogoni region. Opposition parties called on the Dutch government to “put pressure on Shell” to take action. The ministers responded that the Netherlands would not play the role of “corporate responsibly police” abroad.

Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal said that the Netherlands is seen as a trendsetter in terms of corporate social responsibility in the world. Socialist MP Ewout Irrgang said he was “shocked” by this assertion and asked the minister whether he didn’t feel ashamed given the suffering in the Niger Delta.

Merchant
Green Party MP Liesbeth van Tongeren referred to the old saying that the Dutch behave both as merchants and moralistic preachers in their contacts with the rest of the world. In the case of Nigeria the Netherlands clearly preferred the role of the merchant, she argued.

Rosenthal said that environmental issues and the situation in the Delta were often raised “diplomatically” in bilateral talks with the Nigerian authorities and during regular meetings between the Dutch government and Shell. He said that the situation in the Niger Delta was too complex, with too many actors involved, to expect Shell to act alone.

Funds
In general, the Dutch MPs, many of whom had attended a recent briefing offered by UNEP, gave the impression of being well informed about the situation in the Niger Delta.Christian Democrat MP Ad Koppejan suggested that Shell start putting aside funds for the one billion dollar special fund the UNEP said should initially be created to finance the cleanup operation in Ogoniland.

In a reaction to Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Shell said that “delicate talks” were going on between the Nigerian government, SPDC and other oil industry representatives on how this fund should be set up.

http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/dutch-cabinet-nigeria-should-clean-oil-spills

I hope not. Anyway there are many different successor companies of PHCN. Or you mean he bought all of them?

Giving Dangote another monopoly would be very foolish

The way he is r@ping Nigerians on cement, he will r@pe you on electricity too.

Better to sell to anyone else but him.

oyb:
for the majority of nigerians, security agents (police, SSS, soldiers etal ) are little more than thuggish, swaggering bullies with guns - people who bash your car if you dont move out of their way fast enough, who shake you down for money, incarcerate you at will, slap you for not getting out of their way etc

it is even worse for teh poor, those who clearly 'no sabi pesin'

i wont really be surprised at the idea of people cheering when bullies receieve their comeuppance - even if it is from a differnt set of monsters.

Makes a lot of sense.

dayokanu:
Ekt bear

An example of one of those Private University some ppl are bragging about

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-805270.0.html#msg9573973

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-156750.0.html

Lol, looks more like Corpse of Madonna university