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Never knew that accounting would put food on my table. Studied Engineering and wasn't lucky with the much anticipated oil company. ICAN came to the rescue, and for more than a decade now, I am making a living as a Chartered Accountant.

It started becoming boring lately and I branched off towards international development and Social sciences.

Make we no dey follow all these leftist western governments on this climate change thing. They used cheap hydrocarbon and coal to power their economies in the 17th century through the 19th century and want developing country to drop fossile fuel and move to more expensive renewables.

They should bear the cost and support developing countries with funds.

Outskirts of Lagos is full of faulty buildings. There is no supervision of buildings going on there. Every Laye, Sheriff or Idris is a building Engineer there.

Valentine Ozigbo don take this one o. The law is an ass. It is blind to its own judgment and repercussions. The next runners up takes the seat. What a costly mistake coming from a Professor? That's why I take my time to fill any form or document, no matter how trivial the form or document may appear to be.

I need to see the financials of this company to give my commendation. I am not a fan of Nigerian Politicians. A project cannot be accumulating huge debt and costs without commiserate return on investment.

Ibom Air should publish its books, stating appropriation of profits so that we see the financial contribution of the airline to the State coffers.
Nigerian politicians can do anything for hype and camera. For those that will come for me, you are on your own. If you want, continue to be excited about little things that these politicians dish to you.

Like joke, my wife confirmed receipt of her September stipend.

Na so Jonathan start. Please Prof., make you perform abeg. Leave all these stories.

God save us from this illness called "Protracted illness"

You even snap as them dey do the thing. Make people no doubt de breed of dog.

FarahAideed:
Lies Nigeria Airforce doesn't have any aircraft that can deliver the kind of ordnance needed to kill 1500 cow in a single airstrike...Even the B 1 Lancer super bomber doesn't have that kind of kill numbers when using conventional munition.. there is nothing our Alpha jets or Chengdus or Tucanos can pack in a single aircraft that can kill 1500 cows in a single sortie

You finished Nigerian armed forces. Despite the huge budget, our armed forces seems under armed. Taliban, with their American new armour is well armed and sophisticated than Nigeria armed forces. Even C-1 planes are outdated.

See the untared road sef. Nigeria's universities environments are nothing to write home about.

Intelligence and ambition. You must possess the above to have easy access to my heart.

All my former dates possessed the two. I took a bet on my wife as I didn't get to know her much before wedding. However, I am molding her into having the two mentioned qualities and she is adapting and absorbing them very fast.

Very petty of Peter to have done that. It may be cool but always stay away from couples that are having issues, especially if you are close to them.
When my cousin and his wife had issues, I deliberately held on with the wedding invitation extended to me by the wife, whose younger brother was getting married. Imagine my cousin seeing my picture in the wedding that he didn't attend?

A simple text message of happy birthday would have sufficed instead of all these open social media congratulations to spite his brother.

No be man be minister of women affairs in Afghanistan? So, nothing do you bro.

People should still maintain eternal vigilance. APC can still take this through the tribunal. I was surprised that Andy Uba could beat PDP's Valentine Ozigbo to the second position. In Nigeria's elections, the party with the second highest of lawful votes still stands a chance at the tribunal. Honestly, I wasn't expecting Andy Uba to have gathered these amount of votes.

Tanko is watching events!

kollinz1234:
Apga is the only party in Nigeria different from APC and PDP that is still holding onto a state; I wish Ipob can channel all their energy to take control of the party, they would have been able to make the party dominate in the south east at least and from there they can spread it to the south south and muscle it into the southwest, before you know it, it will begin to encroach into the north and the whole country will now accept the party. But for now, Ipob is only reduced to sit at home





But what do I even know

IPOB that is not democratic. Do they believe in democracy? They will want to use violence and intimidation. They best is for them to be a pressure group and build alliances with local and international NGOs and remain responsible in the eyes of the people. That's how sympathy and connections are built and not by threats, intimidation and outright terrorism.

They have lost their initial goodwill.

These oyibos Sabi milk us dry. As if na dem own park for naija whether we go fit charge dem that amount.

arthurwillia:
Please how did you get offer in investment banking ?

Early 2000s through the mid 2000 was the golden era of the Nigeria banking sector, recruiting thousands of graduates then, with social mobility.

Vetiva, Afrinvest, chapel hill dengam, Zenith capital, Diamond capital, FMDQ, IBTC, Intercontinental capital markets, oceanic capital, etc were some of the ones I did their tests. We were writing tests every month as One investment or commercial bank or the other would be recruiting.
Continue to check out with these investments banks. That'll. I think, one investment bank, coronation merchant bank is recruiting. Check out their site if it is still on.

Asour:
Hahahah.

But you should use generalizations carefully though.

The problem I see with most Nigerian scientists & Engineers is that they don't like to start small.
They also don't want to make sacrifices too.

Many Engineers made the same complaints you made too. Also justifying their not taking to business (Engineering) to lack of funds.

Guess what? When they were 6-7 years in banking and had made a few Nmillions they became [comfortable], lost their Engineering curiousity and pushed further into banking.

How much did Cyril bamford use to start JCB, what about Riese & Muller, What did Stephen Saad(an Accountant) know to create the largest Pharmaceutical company of African origin?

You may say these are foreign examples, fine.
Then what about Fidelis Ayaebae of Fidson pharma,
Gilbert Izodike of Cutix Plc (He left an established company -Raychem to create Cutix).

My point here is not that it is easy to create companies in science & Engineering space in Nigeria but that many Science & Engineering graduates lack the skills / curiosity to do so in the first place having only choose those courses for PECUNIARY gains alone.

You are not far from the truth

Started on a very sluggish note and I am afraid, it may end also on a sluggish note. Thank God for July and August. I for end the year empty. However,we are still grateful as the dream is still on course and have one more month left.

Forget the degree and focus on your career. All those science courses in our universities are waste of time. Nigeria's economy is not productive and diversified to absorb those from natural sciences. I am not discouraging people, but studying natural science courses in Nigeria now is becoming waste of time.

I studied Engineering but couldn't make a breakthrough to secure a place in the oil industry. I got offer with an investment bank, with good starting salary as a trainee after passing the numerous aptitude tests and interviews. I enrolled for ICAN, starting from the foundation papers and qualified. Did masters abroad in finance and have since, became authority in finance and accounting. Currently, I am on my own as a chartered accountant and management consultant.

Science graduates have edge over their art counterparts. As an engineering graduate, we are better placed to pass the aptitude tests because of our strong background in mathematics. Many of my mates that scaled aptitude tests had background in engineering and sciences.

So, learn as much as you could. Go to YouTube and read about your functional area in the bank. You have to put extra efforts. A lot of Bankers majored in disciplines out side the finance and accounting courses.

Lucky you. Once you are able to secure a graduate position in the current Nigeria labor market, just thank your God, as a good career path has been created for you to follow. Those not lucky will be moving from one contract jobs to another; from one low position to another. Please, utilise this opportunity to the fullest. Don't waste it or take it for granted. Use it to build your capacity for the future as learning is a continuous thing.

I am grateful that such path came my way when it did. It is always difficult for people to find their footings in the corporate world once they miss that opportunity of being hired as a graduate trainee in reputable firms like banks or multinational.

Good luck to you!

Men will never learn. It is good to toil and work hard for your family. But please, take care of your health and your self. Once in a while,I totally disconnect from my family, find a comfort hotel or eatery and enjoy myself.
Taking care of myself has become a great priority for me now. Is it selfishness? May be.

OP is trying to gather some statiscal information for her employer. It seems she works for Arise tv. Nothing wrong with your intention o.
Sometimes, you take stock to know how your activities affected the overall outcomes of any undertaken.

Maduka has concluded plans to sue Alex Reporters.

The guy and his crew members chop the man money wella and were giving him all the hopes. I said that Maduka should have exercised patience and wait for APGA ticket after Soludo's tenure. He is more fitted with the APGA way of reasoning.

I go outside on a long walk. Find a quiet place after the walk and start visualizing all the goals and the things I would love to achieve.
Then if time permits, I visit the blessed sacrament in my church for meditation.

Stella Obasanjo!

That was the same fate that befell her. People were shocked when they heard of her death as she was full of life. Just maintain the way you are - nothing do you. Don't mind all the gossips and the hypes people show on the social media. Sometimes, you may have to disconnect yourself from mainstream social medias like facebook for your sanity.

Anyway, apart from LinkedIn, Nairaland and Whatsapp, I don't do any other social media. Is it weird? My choice!

Good fact! Nice observation. My father trained a lot of "Umu boy" then in his hey days at Onitsha. Mostly from Enugu and Abakiliki.

At the peak of my father's trading business in the 80' and early 90s, we had about seven of them in our house. All were settled and were doing relatively well. There is no more youth willing to learn trade or apprenticeship. Everybody wants the fast money. The "Nwa boy" or "Umu boy" apprenticeship system helped built and distributed wealth in the Igbo families and supported the great social mobility witnessed after the unfortunate civil war.

Families that were hitherto very poor, saw their situations changed because one of their sons has been settled by his "Oga" and is now doing very well in Onitsha or Lagos. Before you say jack, he has demolished his father's old hut house and erected a befitting structure. The neighbor, seeing what Mazi Okeke's son did, will encourage his Son and even pushed him higher to meet up with his mates. Healthy and sometimes, unhealthy competition and rivalry, bestrode the Igbo communities, especially in Anambra.

OlawaleBammie:
I tot they said no election would hold



Belive the audio braveness of these people at ur own peril


How i wish this election and the general election in '23 do not hold, these leaders are suppressing us abeg.

They did not say "election" would not hold. They said "erection" would not hold.

True true, "erection" did not hold. What we are seeing in Anambra holding is "election"

I like this guy. Very matured and decent. No drama

Nigerians and gullibility!!!

Fake fake and fake!!!

Friends over seas are the ones that runs their friends in Nigeria street because of desperation in an average Nigerian residing here. There is no Job for those with PR and citizens and you are being deceived with a fake offer.
What skills do you have that could make a Canadian employer to take you before those residents in the country? Employers go through a lot to hire a foreigner and some wouldn't want to pass through the stress except if the candidate is highly exceptional.

Be wise o!

I always see their advert. My wife has been looking for an opportunity to work for an international NGO and was looking for something that will enrich her experience in humanitarian aid assistance work. She wanted to apply to them even on volunteering basis. I told her not to bother that they don't look legit.

I can smell fraud miles away. Some of all these adverts in Facebook are fake jobs. Be wise while seeking for job. Scammers are on the prowl, looking for who to devour.

She doesn't look like a medical student. Most medical students are conservative and reserved. This one looks like those that will be moved to Combined Biological sciences (CBS) after the first year because of poor academic performance.