₦airaland Forum

imagine the thickness of the asphalt on the road in the 1st pix. can it ever have potholes in 20years?

in a country, this will make a sought after in the museum. But in a Zoo it story will end on nairaland

I wonder why "touch not my anointed" is still missing on this thread

In February 1988, the Federal Government created the Federal Road Safety Commission through Decree No. 45 of the 1988 as amended by Decree 35 of 1992 referred to in the statute books as the FRSC Act cap 141 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN). Passed by the National Assembly as Federal Road Safety Commission (establishment) Act 2007. The functions of the Commission generally relates to:
Making the highway safe for motorists and other road users.
Recommending works and devices designed to eliminate or minimize accidents on the highways and advising the Federal and State Governments including the Federal Capital Territory Administration and relevant governmental agencies on the localities where such works and devices are required, and
Educating motorists and members of the public on the importance of discipline on the highway.
In particular the Commission is charged with the responsibilities for:
Preventing or minimizing accidents on the highway;
Clearing obstructions on any part of the highways;
Educating drivers, motorists and other members of the public generally on the proper use of the highways;
Designing and producing the driver’s license to be used by various categories of vehicle operators;
Determining, from time to time, the requirements to be satisfied by an applicant for a driver’s licence;
Designing and producing vehicle number plates
The standardization of highway traffic codes;
Giving prompt attention and care to victims of accidents
Conducting researches into causes of motor accidents and methods of preventing them and putting into use the result of such researches;
Determining and enforcing speed limits for all categories of roads and vehicles and controlling the use of speed limiting devices;
Cooperating with bodies or agencies or groups in road safety activities or in prevention of accidents on the highways;
Making regulations in pursuance of any of the functions assigned to the Corps by or under this Act.
Regulating the use of sirens, flashers and beacon lights on vehicles other than ambulances and vehicles belonging to the Armed Forces, Nigeria Police, Fire Service and other Para-military agencies;
Providing roadside and mobile clinics for the treatment of accident victims free of charge;
Regulating the use of mobile phones by motorists;
Regulating the use of seat belts and other safety devices;
Regulating the use of motorcycles on the highway;
Maintaining the validity period for drivers’ licences which shall be three years subject to renewal at the expiration of the validity period; and
In exercise of the functions, members of the Commission shall have power to arrest and prosecute persons reasonably suspected of having committed any traffic offence

if i am the president, i will scrap FRSC because all the functions stated above can be executed under the NPF.

what we need is a licencing office under NPF and paramedics with functional ambulance, helicopters and a national emergency number (e.g 234) attached to a robust NEMA

FRSC officials had become a menace on Nigerian roads extorting money from motorist. the least they collect is N2000 once they stop a vehicle for virtually no reason.
i pity those okada riders during this economic recession.

with N100 maximum, a policeman will let go once you have nothing incriminating on your vehicle and your papers are complete

a custom officer will simply let go once he confirms your vehicle is registered through a phone call

but a FRSC official, there must be a reason to cough out over N2000 at any point in time.

the roads are bad
petrol is expensive
Nigerian are hungry
yet FRSC officials are heartless

Honorable members of NASS should please do the needful

from this narrative, it is obvious he had been folding his hands doing nothing except receiving fat salary

i know a lady who hardly miss the rccg holy ghost service, she could pray for 10hrs non-stop, fasting is her hobby and she is very hard working. if you see her and a serpent in the same room and you have a gun with one bullet. if you choose to kill the snake then you've made the greatest mistake of your life. if you kill her, you will be guilty of murder and may be lucky with life imprisonment if the snake did not bite you but if you kill the snake instead, she will make your life a living hell without repentance. pastors had fell victim of her. she is not married but i pity her next victim

that girl lying on the floor was blinking her eye, its all drama acted to reduce airstrikes

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved a comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s tertiary education system, scrapping the award of the Higher National Diploma (HND) by the nation’s polytechnics.

In effect, the award of the HND will be limited to only the students currently admitted for the programmes.

Also, all the programmes currently being run by the polytechnics, which are not technology-based, and which are about 70 per cent, will be scrapped.

Under the new rule, the polytechnics will now become campuses of the proximate universities with the Vice Chancellors of those universities appointing provosts for the polytechnics, subject to the ratification of the Universities Councils.

The polytechnics will now be limited to award of the National Diploma (ND) while those desirous of further education will be awarded the Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) by the proximate university.

To kick-start the new policy, the nation’s two most prominent polytechnics – Yaba College of Technology and Kaduna Polytechnic – will henceforth be known as City University of Technology, Yaba and City University of Technology, Kaduna.

And to give legal teeth to these approvals, the FEC approved the submission of two Executive bills to the National Assembly for enactment into law.

With education being on the concurrent list, the states may wish to consolidate their tertiary institutions. But if they do not wish to follow the federal example, their programmes will continue to be regulated by the relevant agencies of the Federal Ministry of Education.
The first bill will concretise the setting up of the two city universities while the second will approve the preparation and consolidation of all federal polytechnics and colleges of education as campuses of proximate universities.

The Ministry of Justice will do the preparation and submission of the two bills to the National Assembly.

Minister of Education, Mall. Adamu, told journalists after the weekly meeting of the council that under the reform measures, her ministry would, however, continue to licence private polytechnics and colleges of education for the award of qualification at ND and National Certificate in Education (NCE) levels.

She said: “There will be no more award of HND.

After we have exhausted the current students under the programme, there will be no more award of HND. This means that there will be no fresh admission for HND programmes. And in addition, any programme that is not technical will be out of the polytechnics. About 70 per cent of polytechnic graduates are in the non-technical courses. It is going to be a rigorous implementation programme.”

A ministerial committee to ensure the smooth implementation of all that is required for the take-off of the reform initiatives is to begin work immediately.

Mall. Adamu said: “The HND certificate will remain a legal tender in Nigeria and holders of such certificate will continue to be recognised as the equivalent of first degree holders without discriminatory remunerations and limit to progression in the work place.

The NCE certificate will be retained as the minimum teaching qualification at the basic level of education. Any higher qualifications by
these private or state-owned polytechnics will be only affiliation with a university. So, HND is no longer in existence, but existing HND will be respected and considered legal tender.”

The council also approved the Federal Government’s formal take-over of the Waziri Umaru Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, which will be the College of Technology campus of the Othman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, as well as the Hussein Adamu Polytechnic, Kazaure, Bauchi, which will be a College of Technology of the proximate university in the state.

Also, the Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, has been taken over as a campus of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri.

A state that had never had any federal institution, like Bayelsa, is to have a College of Technology as a campus of the College of Technology of the University of Port Harcourt.

are we in 2019 already? why the campaign for votes using power supply as bait

i wonder why public servants like pop corn on the 26th of every month.
for a whole month they will not check this page until it is 25-26. by 27-28 you will see them refreshing this page per minute but as soon as they receive alert they disappear into thin air

you can conveniently get 2 pieces of chewing sticks for N5.

he was part of the 5% during Gej regime as President for slapping him when he was a deputy gov.
he practically missed the looting period to sustain his billionaire status

government will soon be competing with religion for tithe and offering in nigeria

i knew buhari intentionally gave fashola this portfolio to destroy fashola's political future ambition

no wonder your post attracted few response. In Africa, you summarize your long story into points.
have you ever seen an African man reading a scientific calculator manual?

i live in ibadan and i know 95% of all the picture locations. i wonder the kind of camera used for this work. it makes ibadan look foreign. with this look of ibadan in pictures, pictures of foreign countries may be deceptive after-all

no matter how beautiful a policewoman is, she can never be my type

just saw the video. I do not want to comment because I do not want innocent people to be killed.

Lesson for all investors: 1 Don't invest your money in the Niger delta region. 2 No insurance for life & property 3 Even the president cannot visit the region anymore 4 they are good people but some times very destructive

as soon as police officer's faces are showing from crime scene finger prints, the machine will pack up

just wandering why you never had cancer until buhari became President.
amid several cancer treatment centres here in Nigeria, you chose to travel to UK.
its been a year since you visited a country where you've being a minister on many occasion.
metuh and dasuki both claimed sicknesses, they wish they could be hiding in UK like you, ranting rubbish from social media.

Oildichotomy:
Just Name checking for the interest of National Character with the 97% to 5% dichotomy in mind.

The Yorubas takes the cake here probably because Osinbade is in charge.

Babu people are few here too hope he won't throw tantrums at him for doing this.

The 5% are somehow by the twist of fate included too.- Halleluyah!

Hate it or love it - Nigeria is divided along these ethnic lines, the earlier we realise this as a compass to move forward the better for us. Let us quit living in denial, at least Babu shows it quite glaring without any fear.

Proudly 5%
Proudly ND
Proudly Nigerian

Hausa/Fulani hardly study law.

Adaowerri111:
grabs popcorn

I wonder why you always settle for pop corn towards month ending

sinto5:
Bros are u sure of what u are saying? If u are, pls I'd like u give me more details of such pastor, u can add me up on whatsapp for better chat .. 08095968570

why do you care if the elders don't?
he was a guest minister last Friday at a vigil jumping up and down like jetli

just make sure you make heaven, you will see lots of surprises

uyisteven:
*****
because d white says he needs helps means the allegations are true...u need bigger help.
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.They say your country is corrupt and hopeless...why don't you jump into the lagoon because you feel they are right and you can't progress .

are you resisting help like adelaja?

I know a man in rccg they call pastor who is married with 3 kids.
he is very good in motivating people to pray at the top of their voice
he goes to deliverance ministration with his girlfriend that pose as a gospel singer while his wife stays at home.
the elders always celebrate him although they do not know of his secret life meanwhile they care not to know so far he is 'fire brand'

jcmaiah:
No step down anything Na ur church. Cheaters can hang on with u like them doing with one of very renowned miracle workers here.

white men that brought Christianity to African are saying your pastor needs help.
don't you think you need help also?

if the devil himself should put on coat and start distributing food, money etc like your idols , especially at a time like this in Nigeria where PMS is N145 per litre, no salaries, no job etc.
people like the Op will call him Messiah

Atheist, how life without God? be sincere with yourself

frank317:
What?

You should have shut up when u know u have nothing to say...what's with embarrassing urself with this nonsense?

frustration