₦airaland Forum

Okay

IGBOSON1:
^^^Nigeria!.....The land where commonsense is turned on its head!

hahaha

ChristineC:
Nice analysis, let's see if the turnout is also impressive.

am projecting a 75% turnout because of the level of interest in this election.

MissEse:
where in Asaba do pple collect theirs?

go to your ward

omoalaro:
More PVC's will be distributed before the elections.

I doubt if it will be significant enough

Check out the APARTHY in PVC collection in SS, SE and SW; yet they are the most educated in the country, especially Lagos state and GEJ's home state, Bayelsa. Too poor!

NW alone dwarfs SW and SS put together but one plus one don't always add up in elections.

Even Kaduna has higher eligible voters than ALMIGHTY LAGOS with a voting populatioin of more than 6million.

Excerpts and MY PERSONAL analysis on INEC's nearly 43million eligible voters for the 2015 polls. It is premised on the six geo-political zones and north-south fault-lines:

SS = 6,214,977 Represents 14.69%

SE = 4,378,329 Represents 10.35%

SW = 6,403,350 Represents 15.13%

NC = 5,859,562 Represents 13.85%

NE = 6,678,841 Represents 15.78%

NW = 12,784,880 Represents 30.21%

With southern Nigeria eligible voting population accounting for 40.16% and northern Nigeria voting population having the major chunk of 59.84%.

On paper could beat your chest and say GMB has won already and quickly write President GEJ off. I do not blame! But every story has two good sides.

If only voting is on north-south line, then GMB will be President come February 15, but in Nigerian elections as seen recently from 2011, the centre of the north and parts of its eastern elements no longer holds again; that is what President GEJ is banking on to win the February 15 polls.

APC STATES(14) Average Collection = 56.33%

PDP STATES(21) Average Collection = 69.94%

APGA STATE(1) Average Collection = 62.25%

FCT ABUJA Average Collection = 52.18%

Going by these averages, the PDP's President GEJ should be coasting to victory come Feb 15, the APC on-groundness in some of those PDP states( especially northern Nigeria), makes the 69.94% of the PDP highly fallible and unreliable.

Also the PDP's commanding presence in the majority of the APC's states in the south means the 56.33% is a very dangerous ground for APC to stand on.
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Please read full INEC release below for state by state analysis.
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The Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) yesterday declared that
42,779,339 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs)
have been distributed so far out of the
68million cards billed to be distributed to
eligible voters.

It said that while 26million
PVCs are yet to be collected, the percentage
of collected PVCs is now 62.15 per cent.
Also, the commission declared that 145,000
smart cards have been distributed so far.

The commission had on January 7 disclosed
that 38million cards had been distributed,
remaining a total of 15million. It further
disclosed that the number of polling units is
119, 973.

According to the commission,

Abia State has distributed 1,020,997 (73%);

Adamawa: 1,239,820 (79%);
Akwa Ibom:1,328,714 (79.05%);
Anambra: 1,222, 002 (62.25%);
Bauchi: 1,745,441 (84.97%);
Bayelsa: 386,125 (63.26%);

Benue:1,132,187 (56.18%);
Borno: 999, 470 (56.18%).
Cross River distributed 776,977 (66.09%);
Delta: 1,422,595 (62.52%);
Ebonyi: 714,351 (66.50%);
Edo: 1,046,960 (58.63%);
Ekiti: 492, 869 (67.33%);

Enugu:738,933 (51.70%);
FCT: 459,913 (52.18%);
Gombe: 873,698 (78.0%);
Imo: 682,046 (37.24%).
Jigawa: 1,460,620 (79.76%);
Kaduna: 2,976,628 (87.36%);

Kano: 2, 612,400 (52.50%);
Katsina:2,245,303 (79.40%);
Kebbi: 1,232,357 (83.8%);
Kogi: 773,197 (57.24%);
Kwara: 711,920 (62.33%).
Lagos: 2,267,039 (38.39%);

Nasarawa: 850,619 (66.45%);
Niger: 1,250,379 (62.07%);
Ogun: 666,752 (36.4%);
Ondo: 824,715 (54.09%)
Osun: 995,562 (70.75%);
Oyo: 1,156,593 (47.88%);

Plateau: 1,141,260 (57.01%);
Rivers: 1,253,606 (49.40%);
Sokoto:1,211,717 (75.17%);
Taraba: 1,079,383 (80.51%);
Yobe: 740,336 (67.31%);
Zamfara: 1,045,855 (69.92%).

Meanwhile, INEC and the National Union Of Road
Transport Workers (NURTW) have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on
election logistics.
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www.scannewsnigeria.com/news/weve-distributed-43m-pvcs-inec/

GenBuhari:
[size=19pt]1. Cleansed Nigeria of corruption as head of state

2. Reduced inflation rate from 40% to 3%

3. Prosecuted and jailed hundreds of corrupt politicians, officials and business people

4. Reduced our debt

5. Diversified our economy focusing more on agriculture

6. Stabilised Naira (changed colour of money to stop illegal printing and theft of our money)

7. Rejected IMF loans and its ruinous dictates

8. Recovered looted funds from looters

9. Refused to Devalue Naira or raise fuel price

10. Captured Exiled looter Umaru Dikko in the Uk

I can go on!

Anyway I don't want any reward from Okupe I don't handle stolen money [/size]

Here are the KEY ACHIEVEMENTS any leader must have:
1. Education
2. Health
3. Agriculture
4. Security
5. Road infrastructure
6. Rail infrastructure
7. Freedom of speech and free press
8. Human rights
9. Fight Corruption
10. Manage your economy to become number one in sub-region and compete with rest of the world

Did you DELIBERATELY SKIP any of the above in YOUR LIST?

Do you not think you should group all your 11 items under one or two headings of the 10 items above?

Or do you not agree with the 10 items in my list?

babadee1:
Don't forget; there are always at least two sides to every story, sometimes more than two.

yeah and that is why the asking to know

BackDatAssUp:
www.nairaland.com/attachments/2041668_untitled_jpegf00b416e41190686e1165a3b44a1bf51

lolxxxxx

Breakeven Analysis

Breakeven Analysis: How to Know When You Can
Expect a Profit

Breakeven analysis is used to determine when your
business will be able to cover all its expenses and begin to
make a profit. It is important to identify your startup
costs, which will help you determine your sales revenue
needed to pay ongoing business expenses.

For instance, if you have $5,000 of product sales, this will
not cover $5,000 in monthly overhead expenses. The
cost of selling $5,000 in retail goods could easily be
$3,000 at the wholesale price, so the $5,000 in sales
revenue only provides $2,000 in gross profit. The
breakeven point is reached when revenue equals all
business costs.

To calculate your breakeven point, you will need to
identify your fixed and variable costs. Fixed costs are
expenses that do not vary with sales volume, such as rent
and administrative salaries. These expenses must be paid
regardless of sales, and are often referred to as overhead
costs. Variable costs fluctuate directly with sales volume,
such as purchasing inventory, shipping, and
manufacturing a product. To determine your breakeven
point, use the equation below:


Breakeven point = fixed costs/ (unit selling price –
variable costs)

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https://www.sba.gov/content/breakeven-analysis

Breakeven Analysis

Breakeven Analysis: How to Know When You Can
Expect a Profit

Breakeven analysis is used to determine when your
business will be able to cover all its expenses and begin to
make a profit. It is important to identify your startup
costs, which will help you determine your sales revenue
needed to pay ongoing business expenses.

For instance, if you have $5,000 of product sales, this will
not cover $5,000 in monthly overhead expenses. The
cost of selling $5,000 in retail goods could easily be
$3,000 at the wholesale price, so the $5,000 in sales
revenue only provides $2,000 in gross profit. The
breakeven point is reached when revenue equals all
business costs.

To calculate your breakeven point, you will need to
identify your fixed and variable costs. Fixed costs are
expenses that do not vary with sales volume, such as rent
and administrative salaries. These expenses must be paid
regardless of sales, and are often referred to as overhead
costs. Variable costs fluctuate directly with sales volume,
such as purchasing inventory, shipping, and
manufacturing a product. To determine your breakeven
point, use the equation below:


Breakeven point = fixed costs/ (unit selling price –
variable costs)

.
https://www.sba.gov/content/breakeven-analysis

chamboy:
OK, I fink You work for Cambridge WASC den

no sir! I do not. Am tired of the mess this issue is creating for the General and want settled once.

www.scannewsnigeria.com/news/cambridge-university-denies-releasing-buharis-result-to-kastina-state-secondary-school/

Despite the release of the school certificate result of the
presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the controversy over
the released result has not subsided.

A research report by an educationist and Professor of
Educational Foundations at the University of Ilorin, A. A.
Adeyinka, has punched holes in the claims by Buhari
that he sat for and got a credit pass in Hausa Language
from the Provincial College (now Government College),
Katsina, in 1961.

Adeyinka, in the report titled: “Major Trends in
Curriculum Development in Nigeria”, said no school in
Nigeria offered subjects in local languages at the time.
His research report had further chipped away the
credibility of the Statement of Result released by the
college to support Buhari’s claim that he sat for the
secondary school certificate examination in 1961.

According to Adeyinka’s research findings available at
www.unilorin.edu, prior to the emergence of a
centralised government of the regime of General Yakubu
Gowon from 1966 to 1975, all regions in Nigeria had
different academic curriculums.

He added that it was only the Western Region that
offered a local language as a subject in both its
curriculum and school certificate examinations.
The university don said it was after a central government
was formed and a universal educational curriculum was
developed and adopted that other local languages were
included in school curriculums in 1974.

He listed subjects in the academic curriculum to include
English Language, Biology, Commerce, Principles of
Accounts, Health Science, Literature in English, Bible
Knowledge, History, Geography, Yoruba, Mathematics,
Physics and Chemistry.

According to Adeyinka, Yoruba was included in the
academic curriculum following the recommendations
of a commission set up to review the academic
curriculum for schools in the then Western region.
He wrote: “In the former Western region, for example,
both the Banjo Report (1961) and the Taiwo Report
(1968) recommended the revision of the school
syllabuses and the introduction of a new structure of
education.

“The Banjo report specifically recommended a new
model for secondary education, comprising junior and
senior secondary schools. The curriculum of the former
should be comprehensive.
“Similar recommendations were made in the East (Dike
1959, Ivan Ikoku, 1964).”

In the same vein, the Director Media, Goodluck Jonathan
Campaign Organisation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, claimed
that he came across an e-mail dated Thursday, January
22, 2015 from the institution’s Archives Delivery Service
Officer, Jacky Emerson, to one Sodiq Alabi who
requested confirmation if the examination body offered
Hausa Language in the 1961 West African Certificate
Examination it organised.

Emerson, in his one-sentence reply, said: “According to
the Regulations for 1961, African Language papers,
including those for Hausa, were not included for West
African School Certificate.”
He had pointed out a number of inconsistencies in the
document at a press conference last Thursday in Abuja.

Among other things, Fani-Kayode pointed out the
alteration on Mathematics, which he said Buhari must
have failed, adding that since that was the case, he
should not have been enlisted in the military as a
commissioned officer, having failed to satisfy the
requirement of pass at credit level in Mathematics.
He said at best, Buhari should have been enlisted as a
non-commissioned officer.

He had also questioned the recent passport photograph
of Buhari on the statement of result (which is not a
certified true copy) purportedly issued by the Ministry
of Education, Katsina State; the “1961” date at the top of
the document which conflicted with the “2015” date
signed by the Principal of Government College (Pilot)
Katsina, whose name was not stated in the document.

Meanwhile, Fani-Kayode has also faulted reports which
claimed that the Minister of Defence, Gen. Aliyu Gusau,
said Buhari passed his Cambridge/WASCE examination in
1961 and that they attended Katsina College together.

Fani-Kayode, in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja,
said the report was part of the opposition’s propaganda
and desperate bid to cover the wrongdoing of their
presidential candidate whose integrity they have so
much flaunted.

According to him, “It has been brought to our attention
that a number of online publications and newspapers
have published a false story suggesting that General
Aliyu Gusau, the Minister of Defence, has defended
General Buhari on the certificate issue and has said that
they attended Katsina College together.

“This is pure falsehood and crass disinformation, and it
is indicative of the type of shameless desperation and
propaganda that the opposition are now indulging in.
“Not only did General Gusau not attend any school with
General Buhari or go to Katsina College but he has also
never sought to defend or absolve him in the on-going
controversy about his school certificate.

“We urge the Nigerian people to be very wary of the
antics of the opposition when it comes to this and
virtually all other matters; and we encourage them to
continue to insist that General Buhari should stop
clutching at straws and prove that he is the man of
integrity that he claims to be by producing his school
certificate.”

The Coalition of Concern Lawyers in Nigeria (CCLN) the
same day also picked holes in the All Progressives
Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate, calling on the
Inspector General of Police (IG) to investigate and
prosecute those found guilty of perjury.

It equally called on the IG to investigate and prosecute
anybody found to have, forged the Permanent Voters
Cards (PVCs).

The group, which said it was not sponsored by any
individual or organisation, noted that its hallmarks was
credible, free and fair election devoid of any criminality.

It frowned at diverse statements that greeted the
authenticity of the certificate, calling for a thorough
investigation of the saga.
Dr. Amaechi Nwaiwu (SAN), made the call at a press
briefing in Abuja.
Saying: “Nigerians have the right to ensure that persons
contesting to gorven them are qualified. Where there is
an allegation of forgery, the Nigerian Police have the
powers on a complaint to investigate, interrogate and
prosecute any person found to have committed forgery
of a document or committed perjury.

“The Nigerian Police, under Section 214 of the
constitution and the Police Act, have the powers and
duty to investigate and prosecute such offences.

“We call on the IG to investigate, interrogate and
prosecute any person upon a complaint found to have
committed perjury or forgery of school certificate.”

Nwaiwu added that having relied on the school
certificate, it has to be produced and not only a
statement of result.
“We also call on the IG to investigate, interrogate and
prosecute upon complaints on persons found to have
forged the PVCs
“A fundamental aspect of our constitutional democracy
is to create electoral process with credible voters’
register, right to vote and freedom to vote.

“Freedom entails the voters’ right to have the franchise
recognised through registration and possession of PVC
to cast their vote freely, decide how to vote and expect
their ballot papers to be counted accurately,”
Nwaiwu
added.
.

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/certificate-saga-hausa-language-was-not-offered-in-1961-says-report/200173/

Mutuwa:
I sure say butchers de side de sharpen their knives.

trust our fishermen

Sorryfor the delayed photo. Having challenge with uploading from my phone.

This giant hippo was caught in river Benue earlier today by fisher men.

.
www.punchng.com/news/hippo-killed-in-river-benue/

Though I do not believe some of the things said about Buhari, owing to how dirty politics is, but this one I must definitely do my first ever independent research on the ALLEDGED characterisation of GMB as a man who queued up behind another country's man AGAINST his own country's interest.

At least my papas and elders are still alive. With some very senior Profs in history and international relations and political science around, I will be better informed about this charge against GMB.

The story is just too touching

But for this election maybe I would not have read and known certain things that alledgedly happened in this nation.

Of course I read about the $50,000,000 LAGOS RAIL PROJECT said to have been canceled and an alledged $500,000,000 paid as fine instead, but not this.

Could this have really happened in Nigeria?


By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

“I remember in 1985 in Africa Hall that he
was for confirmation of Dr Peter Onu of
Nigeria, who was acting Secretary General
but Nigeria’s Head of State Gen
Muhammadu Buhary was adamant in his
support of Niger’s candidate, Idi Omaro, a
Fulani Muslim. In a meeting, a handful of
Presidents led by Nyerere met with Gen
Buhary and Nwalimu begged him: ‘Please
give us Peter!’ Buhary refused and forgot
even to be courteous to his old peers. What
was astonishing, when the vote was in
favour of Niger’s candidate, the Nigerian
Head rejoiced to such a degree that he was
unable to control his emotions. That was a
moment I witnessed and was convinced
that General Buhary would not last long as a
leader.” –--- The OAU: Reality Or Fiction by
Ibrahim Daggash, former Head of
Information and Communication,
Organization of African Unity (OAU); pg 69;
ISBN 1-9044722-25-3

It is unheard-of in
history that a self-respecting leader of a
country would vote against his country’s
candidate in international diplomacy. But
here, you have it in black and white, in a
book, that former Head of State General
Muhammadu Buhari would rather have a
Fulani Muslim candidate from Niger instead
of Nigeria’s own esteemed Dr. Peter Onu.
Not even the highly revered then President
of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere could make
Buhari to change his mind.

This kind of
bizarre shamelessness is why Nigeria is the
laughing stock of the civilized world. It is
unthinkable that any leader, anywhere
would insult his own country by backing an
opponent from another country.

READ FULL > > >

www.scannewsnigeria.com/politics/buhari-the-only-leader-ever-who-voted-against-his-nation/

Atigba:
I submit the acknowledgement slip wrote my name,state of origin,my local government and the local I want to be posted to.

They will call for training soon

That is all

thanks man

Atigba:
My name was shortlisted

Bayelsa state

The Inec just past the list in their office yesterday

please what was required from you? And what did they say about training?

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Okay thanks

Good plans but I in the words of Sule Lamido, the cabal surrounding him will not let him.

Corruption and Governance

I pledge to:

Publicly declare my assets and liabilities.
Encourage all my appointees to publicly declare
their assets and liabilities as a pre-condition for
appointment. All political appointees will only
earn the salaries and allowances determined by
the Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Allocation
Commission (RMFAC).

Personal leadership in the war against corruption.
Inaugurate the National Council on Procurement
as stipulated in the Procurement Act. The Federal
Executive Council, which has been turned to a
weekly session of contract bazaar, will
concentrate on its principal function of policy
making.

Review and implement audit recommendations
by Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative including those on remittances and
remediation.

Work with the National Assembly towards the
immediate enactment of a Whistle Blower Act
Work with the National Assembly to strengthen
ICPC and EFCC by guaranteeing institutional
autonomy including financial and prosecutorial
independence and security of tenure of officials.
Make the Financial Intelligence Unit of the EFCC
autonomous and operational.

Encourage proactive disclosure of information by
government institutions in the spirit of the
Freedom of Information Act.

Ensure all MDAs and parastatals regularly comply
with their accountability responsibilities to
Nigerians through the National Assembly.

All political officer holders earn only the salaries
and emoluments determined and approved by
the Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Commission
RMFAC.

Work with the leadership of the National
Assembly and the Judiciary to cut down the cost
of governance.
I will present a National Anti corruption Strategy.


Insurgency and Insecurity

I have had the rare privilege of serving my
country in the military in various capacities and
rose to become a Major General and
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. I
defended the territorial integrity of our nation.

I pledge to:

As Commander-in-Chief, lead from the front and
not behind in the comfort and security of Aso
Rock to boost the morale of fighting forces and
the generality of all Nigerians.

Give especial attention to the welfare of our
armed forces and their families; lost heroes and
their families and the victims of insurgency.

Boost the morale of the men and women in the
field by public recognition of their efforts
through memorabilia, stamps, statues, regular
rotation, regular payment of allowances, regular
communication between the men and officers of
security agencies, provision of best health care
and housing for families of deceased comrades.

I will present a marshal plan to the nation that
will combat insurgency, ethnic and religious
violence, kidnapping and rural banditry.

Provide the best and appropriate military and
other materials the country needs to combat
insurgency, ethnic and religious violence,
kidnapping and rural banditry.

Establish personal relationship with governors of
the affected states by insurgency, with leaders of
the countries in the region and with leaders
around the world to coordinate efforts to combat
insurgency, oil theft, piracy and criminality.

Restore confidence in the bilateral and
multilateral partnerships in addressing
insurgency including procurements.

Activate regular meetings of the National Police
Council to ensure the discharge of its true
constitutional role in a transparent and
accountable way.

As a father, I feel the pain of the victims of
insurgency, kidnapping and violence whether
they are the widows and orphans of military,
paramilitary, civilians and parents or the Chibok
girls. My government shall act decisively on any
actionable intelligence to #BringBackOurGirls.


Niger Delta

I pledge to:

Restore the integrity of the Niger Delta by
implementing relevant sections of the Ledum
Technical Committee on human capital
development, resource management and
distribution, governance and rule of law,
reclamation and environmental and sustainable
development.

Commit myself and my administration to the
phased implementation of the United Nations
Environment Program’s(UNEP)
recommendations on Ogoniland.

Unveil a marshal plan for the regenerative
development of the Niger Delta.
.
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www.aitonline.tv/post-my_100_days_covenant_with_nigerians_____muhammadu_buhari

This is a breakdown of the over 68million eligible voters for the 2015 general election as released by INEC on tuesday.

Of the six geo-political zones, LAGOS STATE leads the South-West with 5,822,207; followed by KANO STATE North-West with 4,975,701 and RIVERS STATE South-South with 2,595,590. BAUCHI STATE leads North-East with 2,054,125; just ANAMBRA STATE South-East has 1,963,173 and finally BENUE STATE North-Central Nigeria comes with 2,015,492 eligible voters for the February general elections.


.....................................................................
STATE No. Of Eligible Voters
......................................................................
ABIA 1,396,162

ADAMAWA 1,559,012

AKWA IBOM 1,680,759

ANAMBRA 1,963,173

BAUCHI 2,054,125

BAYELSA 610,373

BENUE 2,015,452

BORNO 1,934,079

CROSS RIVER 1,175,623

DELTA 2,275,264

EBONYI 1,074,273

EDO 1,779,738

EKITI 732,021

ENUGU 1,429,221

GOMBE 1,120,023

IMO 1,803,030

JIGAWA 1,831,276

KADUNA 3,407,222

KANO 4,975,701

KATSINA 2,827,943

KEBBI 1,470,648

KOGI 1,350,883

KWARA 1,142,267

LAGOS 5,822,207

NASARAWA 1,242,667

NIGER 2,014,317

OGUN 1,829,534

ONDO 1,524,655

OSUN 1,407,107

OYO 2,415,566

PLATEAU 2,001,825

RIVERS 2,537,590

SOKOTO 1,611,929

TARABA 1,340,652

YOBE 1,099,970

ZAMFARA 1,495,717

FCT 881,472

..........................................................
TOTAL 68,833,476
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www.thisdaylive.com/articles/state-by-state-of-eligible-voters/199342/

MissMeiya:
Companies that exist or work with Nigerian customers. Names of suppliers and vendors?

No middlemen contractors, please.

Oil presses, nut crackers, integrated mills, etc.


cc: Lesgupnigeria

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