₦airaland Forum

I don't think it has anything to do with culture or whatever. The SS isn't very homogenous culturally anyways.

Overall, the more important thing to me is a local focus rather than a national one. If everyone focuses on making their region as strong as it can be, Nigeria would be better off

Dis Guy:
sounding like you are gunning for a post with the govt.

I used to think NYSC is only compulsory if your looking to work in the civil service or government job

I think I might run for governor one day, 20-25 years from now or so. That is the only reason I had for contemplating NYSC.

It is a necessary step. Don't blame Goodluck for this, imo

deadie:
I once gave pork meat to a muslim, he thought it was lamb. I always have a smile whenever we meet

lmao

Pork tastes way different from lamb. How did he not realize the difference?

Would he confuse chicken for beef too or something?

I think he was pretending

davidylan:
hmm are these bombings and killings not taking place insha allah? Please i'd rather allah stays out of this, he already has enough blood on his hands.

lol

An excellent development. More regional integration = win

Looks like you don't need this NYSC to be employed in Nigeria, get appointed as a minister, or even be governor, if I'm reading things correctly.

I guess I won't bother with it then. More convenient to spend that year making money anyways

Lmao

Wise man. Since the state cannot guarantee security, what choice does he have?

This aunty sounds like a very evil woman to me.

Fully-funded opportunity to study in the US, and she wants the child to turn that down for staying naija?  

Madness

dayokanu:
@ Dapo,

I found a wikipedia link which states some countries that have state religions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_religion#Present_state_religions

I think most of those countries, what they mean by "state religion" is that there is some official state-sponsored church. Or some acknowledgement of a Christian faith in the constitution.

But this doesn't mean:

1) You MUST be a member of this state church
2) Other churches/religions are not permitted
3) The Bible (new and/or old testament) is the law of the land.

I doubt that there exists a country on the face of the earth that follows the Bible as the law of its land.

But anyway, that isn't really relevant, since as stated before, beer money is not "haram" under Christianity like it is under Islam.

Well, first of all, I don't think any Western country has Christianity as the law of the land.

But even if they did, Christianity doesn't require you to reject beer money. So even a hypothetical Christian state/country that received beer money would NOT be hypocritical, since no religious law of theirs forbids their actions.

Otoh, the 12 northern states which follow Sharia law DO have laws forbidding them from engaging in certain types of activities, do they not? If so, then they are hypocrites.

Do you not see the point here, DK?

There is no "hypocrisy from both sides of the divide", since (A) one side of the divide isn't even Christian (B) even for Christians their law doesn't forbid such.

The 12 Sharia states (Niger, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Jigawa, etc) are hypocrites.

Someone should in fact take them to court to force them to follow their laws fully.

@PhysicsMHD and @daroz: Yep, I'm a fan of Iggy. Was curious cuz the name doesn't sound Yoruba or Igbo to me. Most of the other Nigerians in the NBA were easier for me to identify.

China is impressive as heck.

They are building a modern high-speed rail network to connect their country, while we don't even have ordinary rail.

Kudos to them for their progress.

dayokanu:
How come Western countries dont hesitate to take money from such Islamic Sheiks?

Maybe England should have rejected all money from those Sheiks who invested in the country

I don't get your point. Western countries don't follow any religous laws that say some sorts of money are 'haram.'

Why should England reject money when their beliefs don't require them to?

And conversely, why is Kano State eating money that comes from beer sales? Is that not forbidden under their Sharia law?

@ZnO: Indeed. It was the 5 year time period after PR before one can become a citizen which I was referring to, not 5 years for PR (dunno if the law even mandates any amount of time for the latter.)

Question is, is it really this easy to skip youth service and pay no penalties (not even just the chicken change fee they charge, but the limited life and career opportunities)?

Petroleum Minister is a pretty plum job, one of the most powerful positions in Nigeria.

If so, you can be damned sure I won't do it

hehe

Anyway, if all the stuff she did to work at Shell is above board, then I'll probably skip my youth service too and get it sorted out later. I wasn't too keen on donating a year of below-market labor anyways

Under Nigerian law, fresh graduates under the age of 30 must sign up for a year of national service in a part of the country different from their places of origin. The service year serves as a demonstration of patriotism to the Nigerian state. No one who skipped the compulsory national service, barring any exception, clearly stated in the law, may receive employment in Nigeria.

At least on paper, that sounds like it leaves very little room for exceptions, no?

By "expatriate Nigerian", you mean as a citizen of another country, yes? Not completely clear to me that she could have become an American citizen in that time period. . . . probably attended Howard on a F-1 Visa. Leaving only 6 years for permanent residency (5 year process) and citizenship. So I doubt she is American. Perhaps she aquired British citizenship and was employed by Shell through that?

Anyway, Next (or someone else) should investigate and report their findings.

Long live Kwaraki state, i guess

A slave escaping bondage only to be captured by the son of the slave owner

hrmmm

But there must have been some document forgery of some sort, no? That is the real point I'm making.

How did she get employment at Shell w/o the youth service?

Just curious.

Heh, no surprise that a thread like this would get so many posts.

Anyway, long story short, live and let live imo.

lol

interesting

lmao @ epic fail above

The NIRSAL thing is what is "Northern"? What aspect thereof? Not quite seeing how the article relates to the ops title

Hrm. The last comment made in the video (about the private sector). . . is a voucher-type system possibly the answer?

The idea is that Lagos State allocates a certain # of money to each student, and if a student chooses to leave the public schools and attend a private one, Lagos State pays the tuition at this private school (up to a certain amount.)

I guess I'd need more # on what Lagos State's education sector actually looks like though. . . performance of exams of public vs. private school, average tuition at private schools, average spending per student at public schools, etc.

sanusi must go