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Things like this makes me wonder the kind of leaders we have here. On the second thought, leaders are made from the citizens of the country. Leaders are a reflection of the value system of the citizens.

The question now is: are Nigerian leaders a reflection of Nigerian people? The answer is yes! From the early stage of life, an average Nigerian man's mind has been programmed to be corrupt and ineffective in leadership. People here shout corruption when they are not directly benefiting. But once they are benefiting, corruption is ok.

diordaves:
Your blocks are putting up a better job of spreading the load in your situation. It's not the plaster job. Plaster can only paper over the crack. Plaster work is just decoration, not structural.

You are right. It has to be block

Honestly, I want politician wey I go follow chop him money come 2023. I am seriously looking for campaign organisation to join.

One former colleague that was part of the campaign team of a popular politician came back with a campaign Sienna car, completed and moved to his own house, set up food business for the wife as the campaign team had a warehouse where they were distributing food stuffs to the people. He is now well connected and I am still hustling.

I wan chop money this time around.

n3xt:
It could be any of the following:

- You use 9in strong and solid block.
- Your foundation is well compacted.
- Your structural design is
- Your build wasn’t rushed.

Believe me it has nothing to do with the thickness of the plastering.

You are not far from the truth. The four listed points above are applicable. Nine inch were used. My foundation after sand filling the raft was left for more than 18months with rain hitting it, fully compacted and weeds even started growing there before we started the German floor.

As a kobo kobo man, the build is not rushed. It has helped me also to rectify certain defects as the build progresses. That's one of the advantages of slow and steady work.

Apart from the additional large windows mounted this year as we opened up more walls, we haven't done anything this year.

Na that your DIY matter I still the reason . I am a. DIY person, but for building, it is a hard work for me.

diordaves:
It is either your builder took his eyes off the ball (lack of attention to details) or possibly a cowboy builder. Take a careful look at the pictures I have attached including your original picture.

In your picture (with the red arrow) you will notice that the cross beam is placed directly on the blocks without a column underneath the beam. At that point, I have arrowed in red, there should have been a column to bear the load. But without that column, the blocks are serving as load-bearing (with the generally poor quality of Nigerian blocks), and not making a good job of spreading the dead load of the beam and the roof. This is the cause of the crack.

The best practice is for the cross beam to rest on the LINTEL. Take a look at my pictures (red highlighting). The all-round chaining of the lintel spread the dead load better and effectively. That is the structural purpose of all-round chaining. With your building, your builder failed to take advantage of the chain lintel by not placing the cross beam on the lintel instead he/she placed the beam directly on the blocks. This is asking for trouble in most cases.

SOLUTION
Introduce a column underneath the beam (the red arrow) - DIY approach or talk to a structural engineer if you don't feel confident.

I have couples of locations in my build, especially internal door areas where the beams rested on the blocks. I didn't see cracks on the wall. I have also seen it in other people's builds in my area.

During the plastering stage of my house, those Togolese guys were consuming so much cement in plastering and when I asked them, they said some door beams areas didn't have column and they needed so much thick plaster on the entire walls, in and out, to avoid any visible cracks on the wall later.

It is up to one year now that I did plastering of the house and haven't seen any visible cracks on the walls like the one shown here.

The way we gather around crime scenes irritates me, distorting evidences. The killers might even be among the crowd there just to cover up and ensure that the man is dead.

ethicallyright:
Till today we are poor as a country because the "literates" don't understand the problem.

That mechanic that didn't go to school is important to the economy than that graduate who read Linguistic or home economics. All he needs to do is to aim higher like INNOSON and in thirty years he would be famous for his craft. A mechanic fixes cars , trailers and maintains the vehicles for transportation which is an important part of the economy. What exactly does a Linguistic certificate offer to Nigeria? INNOSON was just a mechanic and spare parts dealer many years ago.

A plumber fixes pipes in houses and even in production firms. What exactly does a Philosophy graduate add to the economy. Without generator repairers the bad power supply channel would affect small and medium scale enterprises. What exactly do you add to the economy with your First class in Arabic studies?

It is no coincidence that even in developed countries more billionaires like Bill Gates , Mark Zuckerberg and even the richest man in China , Ali Baba either dropped out of the university before their sophomore year or never even had formal education. As a child , I listened to Steve Jobs and I learnt that he dropped out of school to master the craft of calligraphy .... that was all he needed to make iOS fanciful and Apple the brand your graduates want today. UFC President, Dana White , even has a more thuggish history than MC Oluomo and helped the investors of UFC in creating a billion dollar system for fighters.

You must understand how a system works. There will be at least 3 chartered accountants and 3 legal practitioners who work for that transport union headed by MC Oluomo just like they work for Billionaires Gates and Zuckerberg who have no University degree . However, those who know exactly what they are chasing are those who employ the graduates.


MC Oluomo generates more revenue for the government of Nigeria than even your Arabic or Philosophy Professor and Professors of at least 50 other courses who drag an industrial action for more than three decades. Throw that worthless certificate away and stop comparing University graduates who add nothing to the economy with career bus drivers and conductors who help in the transportation of people in an over populated urban city while generating revenue that the government will use to subsidize school fees.

You made so much sense bro. Academics seems highly overrated. The guys at computer village and Saka Tinubu street surprises me a lot. These guys never went to University but their coding, hard ware knowledge, problem solving skills and general computer knowledge is legendry.

That's why Germany, China, Israel and South Korea places so much emphasis on technical and vocational skills. I have said it, my kids will learn one skill before proceeding to the University. I am happy the way my 7 year old daughter is learning about hair plating.

She loosens my wife's attachment and hair anytime my wife wants to do a new style and she is always interested in supporting to plate other people's hair.

Skill rocks. Learn one!

n3xt:
@egunmogaji2

There are lots of solutions in the market by Nigerite that might interest you.

Check out Kalsi Plank http://www.kalsisolutions.com/kalsiplank/

There are alternatives but the question remains: are they cost effective when compared to the status quo? We are still very poor in this country and most of us are very cost sensitive. I love all these alternative construction material being marketed these days by the companies but their costs are still quite high. Dominion is into all these fiber board, Kalsi board cladding and other alternative building materials. But the guy is always objective to let you know that their prices are far higher than the regular thing we use. However, they always turn out to be more beautiful and aesthetically more appealing.

Cost is always a determining factor. I love what Nigerite and some other building material companies are doing. over the long run, the prices will level up with the other alternatives.

n3xt:
2021

Shape of things to come

#contemporary #passivhaus #NextHome20

Nice and beautiful aesthetics. But when the almighty and inevitable burglary and mosquito nets are installed, the beauty of the glass fades away.

Our peculiar environmental and societal challenges have made it impossible for us to a enjoy a beautiful glass homes.

I wanted to do that small diameter lengthy fixed windows but shelved the idea. When you have it like 4 on a length of a wall, it is beautiful.

I agreed with you - our fabricators should do away with all these 4x4 or 8x8. I never had any of all these. All my window measurements were bespoke.

Large and tall windows rocks any time, any day.

All these graduates programs and interns hip favours graduates from private universities as many would have completed their NYSC before the age off 24.

If you have opportunity to attend private university in Nigeria, don't waste it and don't listen to those that lampoon private universities and looks down on them. It is because of jealousy.

KPMG, PWC, Deloitte and other multinationals now have most of their graduates trainees from private universities as most do graduate before the age of 21 and completes NYSC before 23.

Public universities here are joy and career killers.

I don't know how these ladies does this thing, knowingly fully well that the man they want to get down with is an anointed man of God, may be a priest or a married pastor. They have the mind and open the thing for the man and the next day, sees him preaching in the church. It is even better that the lady/woman in question didn't know about the man's status.

Even here in my church, the way I see some young pretty girls coming too close to our priests, I wonder how they would be able to resist them. I visit my churches for prayers at some odd times during the day, especially in the afternoon and I will see young lady parishioners moving up and down round the priests house, for what naa? Prevention is better than cure. The annoying thing is that some of these ladies will not offer personal assistance to their partners or parents but will gladly come to priest's house to help do laundry, cook and jist.

That Cote D Ivoire guy That guy should not be less than 35. See as him resemble Olumo junior brother

I hate to say this: Nigerian soldiers looks rag-tag in the eyes. I expect to see heavily armed soldiers with assault magazines, wearing well protected armor and fiercely looking. See soldiers even from war torn Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq even rebel soldiers in those countries looks well armed than our regular soldiers. May God be with them

rotecch77:
Thanks so much for your kind word.
YES to your question, we always make sure our finishing is always superb couple with friendly cost
Although we are not the best but with the help of you people we can grow higher with finishings that will supersede “Oyinbo” work in the nearest future .

Check this post for some of our finishing work.

https://www.nairaland.com/4269104/showcasing-finishings-work-i.etilingkitchen-setup/15#96809506

I am impressed. Very neat work

That's why I hardly deliver things for people abroad. When me and my wife was about to travel, the guy gave us PEAK milk tin to give to their relatives that "so much likes" the Nigerian brand.

I left the thing in my house deliberately when we were packing. I knew the guy would feel offended if I had rejected it in his front. I agreed and kukuma left it in my house when my taxi man came to pick us.

He didn't even wait for us to land before he started calling, whether we have reached and given his family member the peak milk. I told him that I forgot it in my house but the guy was so furious. Me, I no send and I told him I could buy another one from African shop in US and replace it but his anger was on the high, me I no send as I did it deliberately.

rotecch77:
Plastering of the external area still in progress

Your plastering work is always out of this world. See the neatness and the detailing and yet, the cost is still within reach. Do you follow the same detailing in your screeding and painting works?

I mean is your screeding and painting works as neat as your plastering work?

ecomalchemist:
To be honest, I really don't see why anyone should drive around Lagos especially during weekdays, there's literally traffic every damn where.

The best time to make be around Lagos is from 11pm - 4am when the roads are less busy.

Staying in traffic for more than 30 minutes gives me serious headache.

This slum is highly overrated, damn it.

Highly overrated. Lagos is a very difficult city to live in. The traffic situation is one of the reasons that made me to quit my banking job and set up my own consultancy. Just for the sake of my health and sanity.

Waking up by 3:45am to meet up with staff bus at 4:30am and coming back home by 10pm was stress too much to bear. Traffic affects mental health a lot and has a way of increasing BP. Ask the medics and you would be told the dangers long hours in traffic poses to health.

This is one of the reasons most people in Lagos are depressed, unnecessary angry and rude. Traffic raises the stress hormone, couple with work stress. My brother, I just had to quit to define a new path for myself and so far, my health has been top notch and I enjoy far more better quality life now.

I don't drive again in Lagos except when it is absolutely necessary. I rather take public transport to go to places I am not used to than going with my own car. Nigerians will direct you on the road to follow without knowing it to be a one-way.

Once your car is impounded, na auction straight. For this Buhari regime, getting a new car is difficult my people.

maternal:
You're naive if you think your kids will find success in Nigeria. This isn't about money or a job. This is about SARS, a lawless country, a functional society, access to the world Visa free, etc. But because you were success and was offered a job, you were too selfish to think about your children or future children's success at the time ? Such as what if they won't be as fortunate as myself ? 20 years from now your children will be making a thread like this. Its not too late. Try to get out.

If yours can't find success and happiness in Nigeria, mine will. They are not limited to Nigeria alone. Their success could come from any where. Moreover, they were all born in US and are citizen.

If their success resides here, so be it. If it is abroad, so be it. The summary is that I will give them the necessary support to discover their talents and where the successes and happiness lie. If you are projecting Nigeria of 2045 to be worse, then too bad. People will still live in Nigeria at that time and be fulfilled and successful

Success and happiness are not destination thing. They are personal, irrespective of your place of residence. I don't blame those that wants to leave but don't lampoon those that have equally found reason to stay. It is all about choices and we live by the choices we make.

As for your prediction that my kids will regret not leaving Nigeria, may be that is what you have envisaged for yours. Mine will have no cause to regret anything. My own father formed me to be successful anywhere, same way I shall form mine to be and the baton will continue to be passed from one generation to another.

Agreed that we have numerous issues in Nigeria, such is not peculiar to Nigeria. Happiness and personal contentment matters irrespective of where you are.

Goodman247:
Fake stories, so.it is when you were about to enter the university, you knew your dad studied in US

You will be shocked that some didn't even know the school their parents attended or the course they studied. This has to do with communication. When parents don't communicate or discuss life matters with their kids, such knowledge gap is bound to occur.

For those blaming the Dad for coming back after studies abroad, it is not a crime to return home after your studies if you are sure of being gainfully employed. I did same in 2010 after my masters in UK that was sponsored by PTDF and I don't have any regret returning back.

Though I am not where I want to be yet but when I looked back, I felt some sense of achievement and success in Nigeria and I also believe that my kids will find their own success as long as I lay solid foundation for them.

I hate this. Why waste lives like this? They should have been handed over to the police or to the Oba. Those that kill or set armed robbers on fire are capable of murder under ideal circumstances.

The women should have been given chance of defending themselves or exposing their other accomplices. That's how crimes are solved oversea but here, our savage attitude wont allow good reasons to prevail.

We have wasted a lot of souls in this country - both innocent and guilty ones.

BeLookingIDIOT:
That one Jewish criminal 2000 years ago died for my sins ...How God sacrificed himself to himself to save me from himself.

You are not far from the truth. I am a fervent Christian. A staunch catholic but sometimes, I reminiscence on the whole story of the bible, the Christendom and somehow, how the stories tended not to add up to my understanding. Millions of people around the world do not believe in any religion, especially in the developed world and some parts of Asia. They believed that once you die, that's the end. Just like the way animals die and nothing more.

However, as a Christian, I am still holding unto the notion that there is life after death and believe in the resurrection, which is the backbone of Christian faith. As St. Paul said, If Christ had not risen from the dead, then our faith is in vain. Our believe in Christ is to rise with him after death. However, once in a while, I look at the whole story as if they were fake.

My annoyance is that they hardly arrest those danfo drivers that constitutes these nuisance. They will focus more on private cars.

I am not exonerating private car owners. Law enforcement agents are known to be sympathetic to commercial bus drivers but when the see private cars, they vent their whole anger on you as if you are the cause of their problem.

Women sabi marry rubbish wey dem go de call husband.

A whole medical doctor, marrying this ordinary reporter. I wonder how the man was able to woo her

This government and Niger republic. I am sure most of them have mansions in Niamey going by the way they are constructing rails there, importing petroleum products and building school.

Toks2008:
Correct guy!

No be sey man no get money to buy new one but why pay more for new when I can get just like new for less?

It is called prudence.

Prudence and being a minimalist are my core values. No need of wastages. My ogas in the bank then used to by all those Zara suites at cut throat prices but me de go yaba meet Efosa wey they import used ones from Italy and my dry cleaner, Idris, will do justice to the material.

Replicas for me, anytime, anyday or at worst, go and get original tokunbo.

All my suites are first class Zara original tokunbo at less than 20k, while the new ones are going for more than 200k

All these wanna be entrepreneurs and motivational speakers - some are actually scammers. Ask them what they do, they will tell you that they are entrepreneurs without any tangible source of livelihood. Living large, appearing in celebrities and choice magazines, conferred with one title or the other, wearing exotic suites, driving big cars, living in exotic flats, attending seminars and dishing out speeches.

We know them. Behind closed doors, some are big time scammers and G-men. Go to Lekki phase 1, there are many of them there. One even asked my wife to bring her CV but when I followed up with the guy and found out he was just a predator, forming "highly-connected' person. My dear youths, in as much as things are hard, don't fall victim to the antics of these scammers. Use your head.

demanuel:
If I may ask, can you get clients online (freelancing) or in another state/location with what you do?

My brother, getting clients directly by marketing yourself or your company is very difficult. People love to work with people they know. My clients came mainly through referrals and speaking to people who referred me to companies. I am into audit, tax and international development.

I am always pissed with what the citizens sees as development - We are too ignorant in this country. OP, I spit on your bald head