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^-- government doesn't understand that there are certain things it just doesn't do well.

How does that quote go? I think it goes "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results."

Nigeria is a country with 160 million+ people, but educationally is definitely punching below the level of even countries half it's size like Iran or Turkey.

If you want to harness the talents of your populace, you cannot keep doing the same silly things that don't work.

talina:
Fickle, you are beautiful! And I dont know why this is about white women either.

I'm not trying to take shots at white women. I like all sorts personally, white, black, asian, indian, hispanic, jewish, whatever.

It is just something I've noticed on white chicks but haven't really seen on darker women.

CyberG:
One thing I have noticed is that white women have very good skin when they are in their early twenties but mid thirties to early forties, the skin is already sagging around the neck and discolored! I think it is in the skin pigmentation.

Truth. I'm pretty much never attracted to any white women 35+. Very rarely. But there are plenty of 35+ year old black women I find very attractive.

rokiatu:
Amazingly enough, I haven't seen any black woman with cellulite. Maybe I do not go around checking out nake!!d women.

Hrm

I may have to inspect you for cellulite. Purely for research purposes, ya dig?

To be fair, I can think of a few ways to profit in a fraudulent manner from large-scale subsidized education; I'm not saying it is impossible. Just don't think it is as easy

[quote author=Sisi_Kill link=topic=762399.msg9168495#msg9168495 date=1316307979]Dude. . .errr. . .I think she is saying the same objections you raised against subsidizing petrol would also apply to subsidizing education seeing as it is still the same country, with the same people, the same issues etc. It's got nothing to do with one thing being better than the other.

Subsidy in Nigeria is still subsidy in Nigeria. . . regardless of what is being subsidized?

Ka gani? [/quote]I don't think it is quite the same. Subsidized petrol. . . well, it is easy to carry away and steal, divert.

How do you steal subsidized education? 

I dunno, it seems to me like that is not quite as easy to steal.

In any case, isn't the government effectively subsidizing education right now? I dunno how much leakage/corruption there is in your typical state department of education. But I would guess that less is stolen there than at NNPC, for example? Pure speculation on my part, granted. Perhaps someone has evidence suggesting otherwise. . .

KoboJ.

Surely you see a difference between providing education for the poor and providing subsidized petrol, right?

One is an investment in the future, the other is spending money on the present.

I view spending money on basic education in the same way as I view building roads or bridges.

Fuel subsidy is no different to me than amala subsidy.

So "subsidizing education for the same public will make more sense" = you think that subsidized education makes no more sense than subsidized fuel?

If that is what you are saying, then see my previous post.

Kobojunkie:
Yes, subsidizing petrol cost for the public is WRONG but in the same country, plagued with the same issues of corruption, subsidizing education for the same public will make more sense.

Yes. Is this not obvious?

BRILLIANT!

Wait, you were being sarcastic?  Kobo, if you really reason in this way, and you really think that spending money on subsidized amala petroleum is better than investing in the education of children, I don't know what to say to you. I just hope you never have any influence in my own part of Nigeria.

[quote author=Sisi_Kill link=topic=762399.msg9168415#msg9168415 date=1316306487]What percentage of the Nigerian populace can afford the exorbitant fees of private schools?[/quote]Probably not many. I would suggest subsidizing private school education through some sort of voucher program (raising the money from taxation.)

This is the only real way to have large-scale QUALITY education rather than the large-scale CRAP education we currently have.

Separate federation account from FG’s account – Aregbesola

Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has reiterated his call for the separation of Federation Account from the Federal Government’s account.
Aregbesola argued that as long as the Federal Government controls the entire resources of the federation, there would always be conflicts at the state level in the areas of declaring the financial resources and sharing formula.
The governor spoke in Osogbo, the state capital, over the weekend at the Maiden Convocation Lecture of the Fountain University, Osogbo delivered by Niger State governor, Dr. Mua’zu Babangida Aliyu.
His lecture was entitled "Leadership and Governance: Emerging Issues for Genuine Transformation of Nigeria".
Aregbesola stated, "The best form of government for a nation with multi-ethnic nationalities like Nigeria is federalism.
‘’Most of us, particularly those that have managed the Nigerian state as an entity, know that the name of Nigeria is not Nigeria alone, not Liberia like Liberia, not Congo like Congo, but it is Federal Republic of Nigeria.
‘’The simple interpretation of that is that the Federation Account should be distinct and different from the Federal Government’s account.’’
He faulted the operation of the federal account by the FG as a contradiction in a federal system.
The current system being in operated in Nigeria, he said, does not give autonomy to the states.
According to him: "our nation is a federation and the meaning of federation is simply autonomy for the federating units.
"The only tiers of government recognised by the Federal Republic anywhere in the world are the central government and the state governments.
‘’If by any imagination, you recognise another tier, in any form, you have bastardised the context of federalism."
He appealed to all Nigerians of good conscience to insist on true federalism in Nigeria.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/19922-separate-federation-account-from-fg%E2%80%99s-account-%E2%80%93-aregbesola.html

For a Nigerian setting, I don't think public schools make a lot of sense.

If you want to raise quality, I think private schools are the way to go.

Solarin’s Widow To Protest For The Return Of Mayflower School

Pupils would be returning to schools across the country tomorrow after the long holidays but not so the pupils of the famous Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State.
Reason: the school will be under lock and key with the matriarch of the late Tai Solarin family, Madam Sheila Solarin sitting at the main gate to protest against the Ogun state government for the latter’s refusal to hand over the school to her.

Speaking on behalf of the Solarin family is their daughter, Corin who is also the school proprietress in charge of the Mayflower private school, she said,’’ the nationally renowned school founded by the late Dr. Tai Solarin and his wife Mrs. Sheila Solarin is moving into the final phase of a three year privatization effort that will see the school finally returning to Mrs. Sheila Solarin, MFR, MBE this month.

‘’The privatization effort that the wife of the renowned social critic is spearheading has indeed been the "rough road" that the late social critic Papa Tai wished on his followers.’
According to Corin , while Lagos state is returning schools to private owners the Ogun state counterpart is different .In her own words she said ‘’ While former Lagos State schools have transitioned smoothly into private ownership those types of schools in Ogun State have had a much more challenging go of it. There has been a certain amount of opposition to the return of Mayflower School to private ownership appearing to emanate from primarily stakeholders within the Ogun State Ministry of Education itself.

"The change in state government in May of this year provided the cover needed to muddy the already turbulent waters with regards to the privatization of
Mayflower School. Conflicting statements have originated from the Ministry and a new Governor intent on fixing the myriad of problems in Ogun State, leaving the proprietors of the private schools inc luding Mayflower confused and unsure of the intentions of the Ministry of Education.’’

Corin said the Ogun state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun assured the family when he visited them in July that he would return the school back to the family, but now singing a different tune.
She said ‘’a personal visit by Governor Amosun to Mrs. Sheila Solarin on July 22 of this year however saw the Governor assuring the 87 year old matriarch of the Solarin family that his intention was indeed to return Mayflower School to her.’’
She added ‘’In the meantime however, public school officials have not been reassigned to other schools, and indeed are still on the grounds of the soon to be completely private Mayflower School selling admission forms and stating that the government run school is still in business.

Corin said the former students of the school want the school returned to the family believing that the government cannot do what the Solarins had been doing .’’There are thousands of Ex-Mays as they call themselves that is the old boys and girls of Mayflower School who are taking a keen interest in the proceedings. While there are a variety of opinions on what the best options are, the majority of Ex-Mays interviewed are unanimous in their opinion that their formerly proud school has definitely fallen on hard times as a government school, both in terms of academic performance and behavior and also in terms of the physical infrastructure of the school. The majority of Ex-Mays seem to feel that private enterprise and ownership by owners who care about the school is the best option at this point if their once great alma mater is to be brought back from the current state of decay.

She continued ‘’While the owners await word from the Ministry of Education about the date for the final reassignment of government staff to other local government schools they are going ahead and getting ready for the hundreds of students who will be starting back to Mayflower School as a private school on Monday.’’



She told The Nation ‘’ I am not happy the way things are going, is this the way to treat education? The state government should allow people who want to improve the educational sector to do their best .We see what the state schools are producing and this is what my late father fought against when he was alive. Let them privatise education and have qualitative one."

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/19938-solarin%E2%80%99s-widow-to-protest-non-return-of-mayflower.html

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=762381.msg9168217#msg9168217 date=1316303039]LOL i can see u alreadying attacking the poster

He is not hausa

he is nchara/south-east etc

it is obvious isn't it [/quote]i just wanted to use "X and hausa"

I've heard jokes of that sort before . . . e.g.:

"A bus crashed, killing everyone on board. 15 people and 3 hausa died" 

horny4u:
@OP
Do you have a pot belly, just curious?

Nope. I'm in pretty good shape. I'll probably have one when I get older though. . . I think i have fat tendencies

Looks like a hotel for poor people and hausa

naija girls are skinnier and in better shape on average than their counterparts abroad, I think?

At least this is what I see when I go.

mens dept:
Go On With One Nigeria, abi, or join the South to rid the nation of muslim copy-cats that wear bedsheets in the Kano sun.

lmao @ bedsheets

Another thing too, this chick in her 30s was in GOOD shape. She wasn't fat, out of shape, obese, etc.

Just a skinny, fit woman, but with tons of cellulite in her thigh.

I'm not racist and like white women well enough.

But one thing I've noticed is that they get these nasty cellulite marks/deposits/whatever the heck it is as they get older.

I was grabbing lunch the other day and saw this white chick in her 30s sitting down. Her entire left thigh was some nasty looking curdled cheese looking mess. It was fascinating, but repulsive.

Like these images:
http://www.wrapyourselfslim.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cellulite.jpg
http://cellulitetreatmentadvice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Thigh_Cellulite-300x200.jpg

but 20 times worse. And all over her thigh.

I've never seen the like on black women. However, just because I have not seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

So in a nutshell my question is, do black women get nasty looking cellulite or is this only a white thing?

heh, interesting

OBJ probably stole enormous amounts of money. However, I doubt Mills has any hard evidence of this.

As jigga said recently though:
"If you put crabs in a barrel to insure your survival \ You gon end up pulling down niggas that look just like you"

Dunno what is up with this Mills dude 

I don't think oil prices will fall either (at least in the long run.) China and India are still industrializing. As this happens, they'll demand more and more energy.

Most of these green technologies aren't very effective. Either they are too expensive (e.g., solar), or just don't provide enough energy (wind.)

At the end of the day, burning the remains of dead dinosaurs (probably not the correct technical description, but whatever) is the best way to generate energy, at least for now.

Negotiating with terrorists never works.

Hunting them down and killing them is the only solution that is effective

Good intentions by OBJ I guess, but not going to help

IJN, amen.

I used to think NLC was evil. Now I just think that they are dumb.

We already know most of the fuel subsidy is stolen by corrupt guys connected to NNPC or smuggled to benefit Benin Republic, Niger Republic and Cameroon.

So how can anyone be in support of a policy that spends $1 to give 5 cents of benefit to the common man?

Shouldn't you be fighting to see it abolished and the money spent on something that will actually benefit the people? Policies that spend $1 and give say 50 cents or 75 cents, or hell, even the full dollar to the common man?

Do any of these non-Ijaw groups acknowledge being given land by the Ijaw?

If so, when do they claim it happened, and where do they claim to have migrated from?

Airports should ordinary be fenced anyway, shouldn't they?

Wow

BH don't play around

X-factoria, 100% correct

[quote author=South-East link=topic=761590.msg9161306#msg9161306 date=1316194682]So that you yaribas will try to corner that too? I dey laugh oh!. I did not know BA is a company director too in Bayelsa.[/quote]You don't know how to read engleesh

Perhaps have someone translate into heebo for you, then you'll understand the meaning