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He is very correct.

homerac7:
Then who r the Bariba/Kariba tribe? Are they same as d Nupe/Tapa?

No, they are this small tribe that lives in Kwara and Benin Republic. I think they are also called Borgu.

Tinubu has a traditional title from their people I think, Jagaban?

EDIT: You might like this article: http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=12940

yep. btw, how did we (yoruba) come to call them tapa? Is there any story behind it?

electricity in abundance

gidson12:
that is where it would eventually head to, 'selling it', but transparency would be a big issue

Fayemi seems like a pretty good chap and so far hasn't really made any major mistakes (imo.) Let's give him the benefit of the doubt, for now.

Err, it will increase the price. But who cares? Why are we even talking about that? It doesn't matter. The negligible increase in cost (on the order of N2.50, I suppose) won't matter much for the consumer, but the end result is a much cleaner environment.

Much better to incentivize a clean environment in this way rather than the government spending its resources cleaning up after people.

Good move. Would be better to eventually even sell it off, no? Sold to the highest bidder transparently and openly.

gidson12:
hmmn! Nice post anyway, ekt bear, can you get a statistics or data for the cutoff of 180 and 200 above, cos that is what most institutions base as criteria for qualification for the post UTME exam before admitted into the institution, 170 is a fail

I could, but the same trend for 170 and 180 shows off for 190 and 200. So I didn't bother typing it in.

automania:
A huge percentage of SW's 353231 is made up of SE indigenes (same in other zones). Put that into consideration and get the true picture.

But this is a list of exam takers listed by the state the are indigenous to. Of the SW residents, plenty are from other zones. But SW indigenes? But there is no such thing as an Igbo indigene of the SW zone, for example. He will be indigenous to some other states/zone.

Interesting. We shall see. Hopefully this takes off.

on AUGUST 2, 2011 · in NEWS

BY OSCARLINE ONWUEMENYI
ABUJA—Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Mohammed Musa Sada, has told the Bureau for Public Entreprises, BPE, to stay clear of the sale of bitumen blocks, pointing out that it was the exclusive preserve of the Ministry to allocate or dispense such natural resources.

Sada who gave the warning yesterday at the inauguration of the Bitumen Blocks Committee, said the new Committee would set new rules for the operation of the sector, as well as new framework that will lead to bidding for the block and ultimately for the development of bitumen resources of the nation.

He said: “The BPE should have no hand in the sale of bitumen block; they are not government property to be sold off anyhow. The simple logic is to adopt what happens in the oil and gas industry where it is the sole mandate of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to organizse open and transparent bids for the blocks.

“With regards to the bitumen blocks, they fall completely under the mandate of the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel development, hence the formation of this Committee to ensure an effective and comprehensive restructuring exercise of the bidding process.”

Sada added: “Nigeria has comparative advantage in bitumen resources and we can facilitate investments in the resource. Our current information is that we have over 27 billion barrels of oil equivalent. We expect whosoever wins the bid to further develop the resources.”

“My predecessors in office had done some work in developing the bitumen resources of Nigeria. The efforts were, of course, inconclusive. We now intend to take the activities and the previous work to a logical conclusion.”

Sada stated that the new initiative was very important and in line with the Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan, as well as the Federal Government’s efforts to attract foreign investment into the mining sector, pointing out that there was no better time to develop the bitumen resources than now.

According to him, “We are all aware of the global resurgence of interest in the development of bitumen by major national and international players. In fact, there has been a tremendous increase in the expression of interest in Nigerian mineral commodities over the last one year.”

“We are all aware of the occurrence of bitumen in parts of Southern Nigeria. This is found in the belt stretching through Edo, Enugu, Lagos, Ondo, Ogun states. The occurrence was discovered in Nigeria in the year 1900 and several exploration activities have been carried out over the years by private and public institutions.

“These include the Nigerian Bitumen Corporation, Shell, Mobil, Tenneco, University of Ife Consultancy Unit, Conoco and the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development.”

The Committee, which is headed by the Director_General of the Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), Professor Siyan Malomo, was given the end of the year to develop a strategy for the development of the resource, taking into cognizance the participation of both local and foreign investors.

The Minister further charged the committee to develop a framework for the new structure in the exploration of bitumen resources in the country, including the participation of new and existing ventures within the sector.

Sada said, “I have high expectations from the Committee. I expect it to set the rules of the game ab initio. I expect a professional and transparent process that will lead to the bidding for the block and ultimately for the development of the bitumen resources of the nation.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/minister-wants-bpe-to-hands-off-sale-of-bitumen/

kolexy:
@ ekt_bear.
Are you sure Fayemi is doing ok? Am really concerned about events @ home. I think people are getting frustrated or is it a case of too much expectation?

Sorry for the late response, I didn't see this post. I'm not on the ground in Ekiti, but pay attention to what is going on there from my family members, the news, and the Ekiti web forums. The impression I have is that he is doing very well.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/14393-how-abiola-abacha-were-killed-by-al-mustapha.html

Interesting:

al-Mustapha claimed to possess some documentary evidence to show that shortly after Abiola’s death; Gen Abubakar allegedly ordered that various sums of money be withdrawn from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to placate some Southwest leaders.
He said $200 million, £75 million and N500 million were allegedly withdrawn from the CBN to douse tension arising from Abiola’s death.

I wonder who these SW leaders are who accepted blood money? Their names should be publicized. . .

Hehe. Like a court jester in feudal europe, I guess?

[img]http://fellowshipofminds.files./2010/10/ist2_4129313-cartoon-court-jester1.jpg[/img]

Kind of funny.

I guess an example would help motivate the purpose of this law.

Before the law, a governor could do X. Now he cannot do X anymore.

So what is X?

I vaguely see that it restricts executive powers, I don't really understand specifically what the law does.

koruji:
I beg to disagree - OYES was not a mistake. It was a quick and dirty way of bringing relief to people who do not have alternative employment very quickly.

I dare say that the 8 month salaries and perks of those commissioners & their aides was enough to cover the cost of OYES.

If Aregbesola did not violate any constitutional requirements, Beaf can shout himself hoarse - it is of zero value.

Hrm. I guess hard to say w/o knowing how much money was spent exactly I'm just not a fan of government make-work programs, I guess. But maybe it didn't cost very much, so not that big a deal.

@koruji: What of the landlines? And doesn't NITEL have a monopoly on installed new landlines for data/voice?

It is that monopoly which I'd be keen on acquiring if I had the money to buy NITEL.

Unfortunate for your students. "Data" vs. data, indeed.

Anyway, I don't want this thread to be derailed into focusing on you. . . so I'll drop anything not directly related to the OP.

There weren't any conclusions made. . . both were questions.

I guess you've attempted to answer the second question.

So let's follow through your reasoning. As you said, the lands were seized by the FG. So Shell is not the one selling off the oil community's land. So why exactly are they opposed to Shell selling off its interest freely? It isn't selling off the land, since it doesn't own it. Instead it negotiated a deal with the FG/NNPC to share in the oil proceedings of the land. This right is what it is selling off, not the land itself.

So if they want to recover their right to the land, they'll need to recover it from the FG/NNPC, not from Shell.

But it is not the foreign oil companies which represent the interest of the locals. It is NNPC, right?

Even if NNPC is handed over today to the indigenous oil communities (rather than controlled by the FG), won't you still respect agreements previously made, use the expertise of the foreign oil companies, and most importantly give them the right to exit and sell off their interest if they like to the highest qualified bidder?

So you seem to have retracted your previous statement and concede that this is indeed data. No doubt your previous mistake was due to not being a native English speaker.

Didn't really like this Omatseye piece. Sort of a disjointed and odd writeup.

So the oil companies are not allowed to sell off their interests w/o coordinating with the indigenous communities? I guess the indigenous communities want the first crack at buying?

Anyway, interesting

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Interesting

Was this guy any good in his previous run?

And Kogi-ites available to shed some insight?

Agreed, it is an excellent idea.

You may want to look up the definition of the word 'data' and see whether this falls under it. I know that you perhaps don't speak English as a first language, so the mistake is understandable.

[quote author=South.East link=topic=725471.msg8836013#msg8836013 date=1312245523]Is this a data? Na so your teach teach you to collect data? So much for your sabi sabi[/quote]Heh. Kindly explain how this is not data? I'd be very curious to hear what it is, then. If it isn't "data", what is it, hydroponics expert?