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It would be nice if he had some sort of postgraduate training in economics, yes. Especially given that almost all of his peers I could find have the same qualification.

BTW, I am curious:
1) If he did indeed get this MS in 1983, and also completed his youth service in Gongola State, then did he complete this MS in one year? It appears that at least right now at ABU, the MS is a 2 year program. Were things different in the early 80s?
2) Why doesn't he make any mention of this MS on his official profile on the CBN website?

hannie:
2) Founding father of Cultism (innocently or otherwise)

3) Good Critic, Bad Politician

4) Maritally troubled (Life itself is not fair, I wont begrudge him on this)

Hehe. My dad doesn't like him in part for these reasons

hehe

Why do you all pay attention to what the Sarah Palin/Michelle Bachmann of Nairaland is saying?

*subscribing*

Though I posed these questions to a particular poster, anyone who likes is free to answer.

In a nutshell, I think branding the current banking system popular in Nigeria and the rest of the world as "Judeo-Christian" is inaccurate.

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=710377.msg8718476#msg8718476 date=1310673833]Two questions:
1) What is Judeo-Christian banking
2) Where is it practiced? In particular, is it practiced in Nigeria, Japan, China, and India?[/quote]

Hrm. . . there might be an element of that. But I don't think it is the main thing. People hate and plot the downfall of others everywhere (read about the history of Twitter for example, how the guy who was the driving force behind it got kicked out of the company.)

Whites used to look down on Asians, yet Singapore is as rich as any Western country (despite being not much wealthier than Nigeria in 1960).

I don't think blacks are intrinsically inferior. Just started out behind whites as of 1900 or 1950, and have been plagued by pretty terrible leadership/management since.

Good leadership is critical.

The way IGR is defined in Nigeria is a bit screwy to me. VAT doesn't count, yet is "internally generated." The FG taxes companies I guess on behalf of the states and redistributes, yet this doesn't count as "internally generated." Oil wealth also for some reason doesn't count as internally generated. Port revenue that goes to the FG and is redistributed, also not internally generated. Airport revenue, same.

Which state is this doing only 3%?

THE Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has called the attention of those clamouring for the creation of new states to the low Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the existing ones, saying they hardly generate up to three per cent of their total income.

The Chairman of FIRS, Mrs. Ifueko Omogui-Okaru, said in Abuja, few days ago, that besides Lagos and Sokoto states that generated 60 per cent and 46 per cent IGR respectively, in 2008, others depended on Federal Allocations for the bulk of their income.

Okaru, who is a member of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), the body which shares federal revenue monthly, made the revelation in Abuja, at the State’s Accountants-General Summit, according to a statement by the Director of Corporate Communications, Emmanuel Obeta.

“Some states have IGR to total revenue percentage that are as low as three per cent. Only two states had an IGR ratio above 40 per cent. For most states, the Federal Allocation ratio is above 80 per cent. This went down slightly to 70 per cent in 2009”, the FIRS chairman noted.

She thereafter asked the state’s accountants-general to help their states look for more independent and viable options for improving their IGR, rather than concentrate on Federal Allocation, which she said was unsustainable.

“I enjoined the Accountants-General to, where necessary, seek external help- but do not outsource core government functions, focus on building institutions rather than on personalities- capacity building, training, professionalism, reward and recognition of staff to get the best out of them,” she said.

They were also encouraged to leverage on technology, automation and electronic platforms to safeguard State revenue and improve generation.

Omoigui emphasised that the states have not been doing well in IGR. She added that “states whose IGR are about 20 per cent or a little more in 2008/2009 include Borno, Gombe, Abia, Rivers, Osun, Oyo, Ogun and Abia States. Most states did less than 20 per cent. A state managed only three per cent.

Quoting statistics from the Central Bank of Nigeria, Omoigui, who went through the Internally Generated Revenue for each state of the federation for 2008 and 2009, noted that the national average of IGR to total revenue for the two years was 12.87 per cent and 13.64 per cent respectively. “National average of federal allocation to total revenue for the two years (2008 and 2009) is 78.83 per cent and 76.29 per cent. The national average for value added tax is 8.30 per cent and 10.07 per cent.”

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54418:-states-generate-only-three-per-cent-igr-says-firs&catid=31:business&Itemid=562

Pretty much everyone looks down on the black man and views the white man as superior. Nothing about this is specific to Iranians. They are no worse (as you trying to portray them?) or better than most other people on earth.

And FWIW, I have many Persian friends myself.

You've lived in Iran before in your life, or know any Nigerians who have? This I highly doubt.

Anyway, who cares, everyone is racist against foreigners. Nigerians have hated/looked down on Ghanian/Benin Republic/Lebanese/Chinese/Indian foreigners, etc.

Yoruba (especially Ijebu), Itsekiri, Ijaw, Calabar, Hausa were also involved in the "black slave trade."

So what exactly is your point?

buzugee:
persians, arabs, they are all the same.

Extremely ignorant post, lol. They hate each other.

EzeUche:
To you. . . Maybe. But to others, my words are gold. 

roflmao

See delusion

I have liked what I've heard so far from Ajimobi, but this I think is a mistake. You cannot really "create" jobs through a government (at least in this way), it just means less resources being used elsewhere and some other area suffering.

Adding 20,000 (probably unproductive) additional workers probably is not a good way to spend limited resources.

Ajimobi needs to scrap this plan.

In line with his campaign promises to create 20,000 within his first 100 days in office, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Wednesday inaugurated a six-man committee that would supervise the creation of jobs.
Inaugurating the committee in his office in Ibadan, the governor said the provision of 20,000 jobs was one of the cardinal programmes of his administration, to be achieved in his first 100 days in office.
He said the creation of jobs was to address the problem of mass unemployment among youths, both at individual and societal level.
Ajimobi said the scheme tagged Youth Empowerment Scheme of Oyo State (YES-O), would involve intervention in employment and skill acquisition.
He said: “We shall not only provide fish for participants in the scheme, we shall teach them how to fish. The participants shall be engaged in public works like environmental sanitation and beautification, sensitisation and enforcement of traffic regulations, provision of support in emergency situations and farming in the state’s farm settlements.”
The committee will be chaired by Deputy Governor Moses Adeyemo. Other members are Deputy Chief of Staff Bimbo Adekanmbi; Nurudeen Olarinde; Taiwo Fawole; Soji Eniade and Fatai Omokemi.

http://www.osundefender.org/?p=18355

^-- lol

Thoughts? I don't think he is entirely wrong. . . it isn't a failed state like Somalia or something. But neither is it a successful state, right now.

Nigeria is not a failed state, President Goodluck Jonathan said Thursday, adding that his administration would work assiduously to make the country a pride for all.

Speaking while inaugurating seven of the eight ministers confirmed by the Senate in the last one week at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, Jonathan said: “Our nation has been described by certain persons as a failed state. But we are definitely not a failed state. We are a country of talented people, who have the capacity to address whatever challenges our country may be facing. Other nations have passed through their own trying moments, in no way is our experience peculiar.”

He charged the new ministers to see their appointments as a call to service, which he said, required that they must serve Nigerians with diligence.

He assured them that he would guide them through by providing an enabling environment to enable them to perform efficiently.

Jonathan said he was confident that with the team he inaugurated, which formed the last batch of nine ministers, his administration was set to hit the ground running. They took their oaths of office without Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Jigawa State nominee.

He told the ministers that: “Our task is to address the issues which preoccupy Nigerians. We must act quickly while at the same time, working on sustainable responses to long-term challenges. This is the debt we owe the electorate who turned out in large numbers in the April 2011 elections to make a statement with their votes. I will therefore expect the best form of conduct in the discharge of your responsibilities.”

According to him, “A responsive, responsible and accountable government is central to a genuine democracy. To continue in your positions, you must always be responsive, responsible and accountable. In particular, I expect that ministers and ministers of state will work together as a team, and in so doing, eschew the kind of rivalry and one-upmanship that has been a problem in the past. I expect maximum cooperation among all members of the Executive Council of the Federation. We cannot achieve much if we work at cross-purposes”.

Explaining the long wait for his ministers to emerge, the president said his search for the team led him within and outside the country where selection was based on an “assessment of expertise, integrity, experience, qualifications, and after due consultations with a broad category of stakeholders”, and the screening of the nominees by the Senate as required by law.

Preparing the minds of members of his team on the direction of the administration, he said: “I believe with a transformational leadership that is willing and committed, we can reposition our country for economic growth and development, and win the support of all and sundry, including those who are in doubt or denial.

“There will be difficult decisions and tough moments ahead but we must, through our efforts, show that we are prepared to work in the best way to focus on the people’s aspirations. It only takes committed people to do things differently. I believe you are among the group of Nigerians that can do things differently and help to move our country forward.

“One critical issue that will also engage our attention is the issue of corruption. There is no doubt that our rating in the global corruption index is embarrassing. Corruption is therefore the monster that we need to confront and defeat in order to raise the country’s integrity profile. The war against corruption in this dispensation will start at the centre.

“The anti-corruption agencies have been directed to beam their searchlights on the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government, and also focus on the states and local government areas, in order to send out a clear signal that no form of abuse will be tolerated. We will carry out a comprehensive audit of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government beginning from June 2007. You must observe due process in all that you do. I expect you to be above board.”

He admonished the ministers to be change agents and see their appointments as opportunity to address the myriad of problems besetting the power sector, revolutionise the agricultural sector for food security, roads, create employment and revive productivity, sanitise the oil and gas sector, sanitise the educational sector by restoring quality to public school system among others for the difference in the expectations of the people to be felt.

Jonathan told the audience that in the effort to select his cabinet, some nominees and members of their family were threatened with assassinations, while others were visited with campaign of calumny and character assassination.

He said all these were uncalled for as all hands had to be on deck to deliver the goods while the ministers should give proper account of stewardship to the people through hard work. His cabinet, he said, was not that of any party but for Nigerians.

“You have been called upon to serve your fatherland at a most trying and challenging period in our nation’s history. On October 1st last year, we celebrated our golden jubilee as an independent nation. On January 1, 2014, we will celebrate our centenary as a nation. This surely is a transitional phase that requires transformational leadership at all levels. I believe that the best way forward is to have a strong government of determined and capable men and women, who believe passionately in Nigeria and who want to make a difference.

“In the various speeches that I gave from the primaries through the campaigns to the inauguration on 29th May, I promised Nigerians that I will run a transparent government and ensure a significant improvement in our economy. You are to join me and the vice-president to achieve this. Our plan is to restructure the economic management team in order to make it more functional; the new structure will be coordinated by the Minister of Finance, with a charge to ensure improved performance of key economic sectors and greater efficiency,” he said.

Concluding on a jocular note with a quote from late Dr. Tai Solarin where he said the task was not going to be easy, he said: “May your road be rough. I am not cursing you; I am wishing you what I wish myself every year. I therefore repeat, may you have a hard time this year, may there be plenty of troubles for you this year! If you are not so sure what you should say back, why not just say, same to you? I ask no more!”

Continuing, Jonathan said: “Obviously the road ahead of us may be rough, but with sincere and purposeful leadership, we will surely succeed in transforming this country.”

Ministers sworn in Thursday were Dr. Mohammed Ali-Pate (Borno), Chief Edem Duke (Cross River), Mrs. Omobola Johnson (Ondo), Mrs. Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafia (Kaduna), Dr. Nurudeen Mohammad (Jigawa), Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe (Plateau), Ms. Ama Pepple (Rivers), Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike (Rivers), and Dr. Akinwunmi Adeshina Ayodeji (Ogun).

Speaking on behalf of the new ministers after the group photograph, Wike said they had resolved to key into the vision of the president and deliver key sectors, especially power, without which the vision would be hard to achieve.

He said education, agriculture and building of infrastructure were other priority areas and pledged to work together to make a difference in the administration of the country.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/jonathan-nigeria-is-not-a-failed-state/95050/

Certainly cannot hurt to have this endorsement

By RAYMOND OSOGBE

Last updated: 07/15/2011

BENIN CITY- The Benin Monarch, Oba Erediauwa has restated his heart desire to see the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole back on the saddle in 2012.

Oba Erediauwa bared his mind while reacting to an address presented by Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola at the palace yesterday.

The Benin Royal Monarch noted that the Comrade Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has embarked on projects that are both monumental and unprecedented in the history of Edo State, adding that he is very passionate about the completion of these development projects.

Earlier, Governor Babatunde Fashola had told the Oba that all the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governors were in Benin City on a one-day retreat programme.

He stated that ACN as a political party detests the poor state of Nigeria’s economy despite the abundant human and natural resources.

The Lagos state governor asserted that the ACN- led governors in the South West were determined to reverse the trend.

He reiterated that there will be remarkable changes in the ACN controlled states in terms of revenue generation, projects execution and job creation.

Governor Babatunde Fashola referred to himself as a “made in Benin product,” and described the Oba as the voice of reason and conscience of the nation.

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole led the guests which included Governor Ajimobi of Oyo State, Ogun State Governor, Amosun Ibikunle; Osun State Deputy Governor, Princess Grace Titilaoye; Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi among others.

http://nigerianobservernews.com/15072011/news/news%202.html

No sir, I'm only human. I'll respond in the same manner. Tit for tit, an eye for an eye is one of my guiding principles.

Anyway, no offense intended to you specifically, I don't think we've ever had any negative interactions on this forum.

Interesting. If he brings back some some sort of investment or $$$, then the trip will have more than paid off.

Let us see what unfolds from this.

Where is ndu_chucks, alj_harem, abu-maryam and the rest of the northern crew to condemn this?

Kano, a city that is dying or has died economically. Should anyone be surprised, if this is the type of management it gets?

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=713160.msg8719749#msg8719749 date=1310686882]What kind of an opprobrious post is this? Where in my post did I suggest that MEND is under any obligation to ramp of their activities just because Boko Haram is? Did you read the post at all?[/quote]This is a Kobojunkie-style dodge by you. Anyway, I'll (probably) address your post in a few hours, if someone doesn't beat me to it.

No worries man. Ultimately we are all on the same team here