₦airaland Forum

Kindly remember that a few nominees where not given portfolios, those onces will work under cumbersome ministries like finance, transport, power works and housing.

The whole idea is to cut cost of running the indigenous offices (PA, special assistant, protocol officer, aids etc) let's hope for the best.

you might need to spend extra time studying.

Talk to those students ahead of you especially those with the grades you want on the different lecturers and their styles.

get past test and exam questions review them over and over again till you get used to them.

talk to your lecturer about what they expects of you.

pray and ask ask the holy spirit to show you things to come.

do not let anyone dissuade you your dream of a first class is still achievable.

Why does it have to be the President looking into this? Our justice system should handle things like this, we really need to transcend powers from individuals to institutions.

Gov Ambode better get a good publicist, cos he might be working but people are not feeling the impact.

bidexmimi:
Why should we bother ourselves on 5000 naira promise..If they eventually decide to pay the 5k, do you think it would help the unemployed in anyway.. of what use is 5k monthly when some of your mates are earning 200k and above monthly..

We need to wake up and demand for skill acquisition schemes and Jobs..we don't want 5k...5k can't make some ladies hair, some of us spend more dan 5k daily..Will 5k feed you for a month?
Let's fight for Jobs and reduce unemployment not 5k.
Nigerian youth should be thinking of the nation's progress,we don't have to be political in all our thinking. Just my thought.

exactly my thinking why do we want to plunge our country into a social welfare when other countries are looking at ways of get out of it.

There are some discipline that need to be given on the spot because children forget things easily and if you prospone discipline they see you as being wicked cos they don't recall were they faulted.

I think what we should be against is abuse no discipline and most of us that grew up 20+ years ago shouldn't forget in a hurry how our teachers rod helped in shaping us. The decadence in our society is on the high and only collective training of our children will reduce it.

NYSC should be restructured

1) 1 month military training/ orientation
2 ) 2 months skill acquisition training
3) 7 months primary assignment.
4) 2 months of refresher on skill acquisition (field work) and giving each person 500k to kick start an SME
5) provide soft loan schemes.

EternalTruths:
What do you mean by bankable resources


Please list them while not including agriculture and tax

ABUJA
- Marble
- Clay
- Tentalite
- Cassiterite
- Gold (partially investigated)
- Lead /Zinc (Traces)
- Dolomite

ABIA STATE
- Gold
- Salt
- Linestone
- Lead/Zinc

ADAMAWA STATE
- Kaolin
- Bentonite
- Gypsium
- Magnesite

AKWA IBOM STATE
- Lead/Zinc
- Clay
- Limestone
- Uranium (Traced)
- Salt
- Lignite (Traced)

ANAMBRA STATE
- Lead/Zinck
- Clay
- Limestone
- Iron-Ore
- Lignite (Partially investigated)
- Salt
- Glass-Sand
- Phosphate
- Gypsium

BAYELSA STATE
- Clay
- Limestone
- Gypsium (partially investigated)
- Uranium (partially investigated)
- Manganese
- Lignite
- Lead/Zinc (Traces)

BAUCHI STATE
- Amethst (violet)
- Gypsium
- Lead/Zinc (Traces)
- Uranuin (partially investigated)

BENUE STATE
- Lead/Zinc
- Limestone
- Iron-Ore
- Coal
- Clay
- Marble
- Sakt
- Berytes (traces)
- Gem stones
- Gypsium

BORNO STATE
- Diatomite
- Clay
- Limestone
- Hydro-carbon (oil and gas)
Partially investigated) cool
- Gypsium
- Kaolin
- Bentonite


CROSS RIVER STATE
- Limestone
- Uranium
- Manganese
- Lignite
- Lead/Zinc
- Salt


DELTA STATE
- Marble
- Glass Sand
- Gypsium
- Lignite
- Iron-Ore
- Kaolin

EBONYI STATE
- Lead
- Gold shocked
- Salt


EDO STATE
- Marble
- Lignite
- Clay
- Limestone
- Iron Ore
- Gypsium
- Glass-sand
- Gold
- Dolomite Phosphate
- Bitumen

EKITI STATE
- Kaolin
- Feldsper
- Tatium
- Granite
- Syenite

ENUGU STATE
- Coal
- Linestone
- Lead/Zinc

GOMBE STATE
- Gemstone
- Gysium

IMO STATE
- Kead/Zinc
- Limestone
- Lignite
- Phosphate
- Marcasite
- Gypsium
- Salt

JIGAWAA STATE
- Butytes

KADUNA STATE
- Sapphire
- Kaoline
- Gold
- Clay
- Surpentinite
- Asbestos
- Amethyst
- Kyanite
- Graphite (partally investgated)
- Silhnite
- Mica (Traces)
- Aqua marine
- Ruby
- Rock Crystal
- Topaz
- Flosper
- Tourmaline
- Gemstone
- Tentalime

KANO STATE
- Prrochinre
- Cassiterite
- Copper
- Glass – Sand
- Gemstone
- Lead/Zinc
- Tantalite

KATSINA STATE
- Kaolin
- Marble
- Salt

KEBBI STATE
- Gold
KOGI STATE
- Iron-Ore
- Kaolin
- Gypsium
- Feldsper
- Goal
- Marble
- Dolomite
- Talc
- Tantalite

KWARA STATE
- Gold
- Marble
- Iron-Ore
- Cassiterite
- Colubite
- Tantalite
- Feldspar (Traces)
- Mica (Traces)

LAGOS STATE
- Glass-sand
- Clay
- Bitumen

NASARAWA STATE
- Beryl (emerald)
- Asquamirine and
- Haliodor)
- Dolomite/Marble
- Sapphire
- Tourmaline
- Quartz- Amethyst (Topaz, gamet)
- Zireon
- Tantalite
- Cassiterite
- Columbite
- Limenite
- Galena
- Iron-Ore
- Barytes
- Feldspar
- Limesstone
- Mica
- Cooking coal
- Talc
- Cay
- Salt
- Chalcopyrite

NIGER STATE
- Gold
- Talc
- Lead/Zinc

OGUN STATE
- Phosphate
- Clay
- Feldspar (traces)
- Kaolin
- Limestone
- Germstone
- Bitumen


ONDO STATE
- Bitumen
- Kaolin
- Gemstone
- Gypsium
- Feldspar
- Granite
- Clay
- Glass-sand
- Dimesion stones
- Limestone
- Coal


OSUN STATE
- Gikd
- Talc
- Toumaline
- Toumaline
- Colimbite
- Granite


OYO STATE
- Kaoline
- Marble
- Clay
- Sillimnote
- Talc
- Gold
- Cassiterite
- Aqua Marine
- Dolomite
- Gemstone
- Tantalite


PLATEAU STATE
- Emerald
- Tin
- Marble
- Granite
- Tantalite/columbit
- Lead/Zinc
- Barytes
- Irton-Ore
- Kaolin
- Belonite
- Cassiterrite
- Phrochlore
- Clay
- Coal
- Wolfam
- Salt
- Bismuth
- Fluoride
- Molybdenite
- Gemstone
- Bauxite


RIVER STATE
- Glass-sand
- Clay
- Marble
- Lignite (traces)


SOKOTO STATE
Kaolin
- Gold
= Limestone
- Phosphate
- Gpsium
- silica-sand
- Clay
- Laterrite
- Potash
- Flakes
- Granite
- Gold
- Salt

TARABA STATE
- Kaolin
- Lead/Zinc

YOBE STATE
- Tintomite
- Soda Ash (partially Investigated)

ZAMFARA STATE
- Goal
- Cotton
- Gold

Just to mention a few mining will fetch states more money than they can spend.

The answer is simple you are a slave to your job, you need to draw the line between hard work and your job owning you. The sooner you strike the balance the better cos the higher you go the more time will demand of you.


Cheer's mate

EternalTruths:
True federalism is the way out



When the states control a reasonable portion of their resources, this will speedup economic diversification leading to economic prosperity

Giving states more resources won't change anything most of our govonors don't think they are simply just share money. True federalism can only work when we have visionary leadership. Most states are filled with bankable resources but no govonor has taken the initiative in exploring these resources

It's funny how we argue about this things, in politics there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies it all about personal interest. Saraki trial was a message sent by PMB to the senate that he has their dirty laundry hence everyone should sit up. I laugh when people say it is jagaban that is after saraki, let's learn from history on the behaviour of military men, they are trained to be strategist and ghost you never see them coming or leaving the damage is the only evidence of their presence.

Saraki will remain senate president but a weakened one. PDP should get over amaechi after all if they didn't play politics blindly the whole PDP mess won't have happened.
We the youths need to stop focusing on useless politics and start pressuring our government to create sustainable development for us.

The elderly in our society have done disservice to the youths by not properly educating on history.

I am just wondering why those making so much trouble about Biafra leave outside the shores of Nigeria with their families, so should there be a war their families are safe.

I changed my paradigm when I once referred to one of my friends from bayelsa as Biafra secessionist and he told me this Igbo get 5 states Niger delta get 6 states who surpose join who? Then I realised that things have changed since the Biafra war.

Janix2:
I need honest answers.
Notice this days that Women earn than men.

everything narrows down to agreement, many people go into a marriage without solid plans on how it would be run, financed, and grow. if marriage is a life long thing then it is much more important than a career and i don't need to tell how we all prepare and plan our careers but sadly jump into marriage believing that it will take care of it self. It is very important to discuss about finances marriage because it is the second cause of broken marriages after sex.

there are methods being agreed upon by couples in financing their marriages

1) bring all the earnings together, draw out a budget and implement it. only humble, united, similar life style, and submissive couples should use this method and it should be agreed upon before marriage.

2) share the bills in accordance with your earning. this also takes a high level of agreement and trust

3) who ever has the money pays the bills. there is usually confusion.

4) the under earning spouse doesn't care and expects the high earner to take care of the bills. there is a lot of tension and disrespect in this home.

they may be more but these are the few i know

The most important thing is defining the modalities of your marriage before you go into it, talk about everything finances, sex child training, church, where to live, parents, vehicles, house chores, savings, future plans, short medium long term goals, vision. that's what courtship is meant for no going to fast food restaurants, clubs, and having sex.

Marriage is a team (Together Each Achieves More). it is also the industry where you give up the I's for the US.

Fayose better speak now cos Ekiti gate is next. Captain Koli in town. I really don't understand these PDP guy's, Wike would have won hands tied to his back without any irregularities and I believe he will still win the rerun, I just don't understand their obsession with landslide victory, and they make it now look like their opponent does not have kin folks.

I think your man is just indisciplined and irresponsible, being in the UK he can earn enough by doing customer service or PPI job to sustain your family and he seems to me that he gets work but he is not serious enough to keep it.

I think u better sit him down and talk to him about his life style and his incoming responsibility.

Then secondly better start praying cos only God can change a man's heart. I don't have to tell you how difficult it is to raise a child in as a single mother irrespective of if you have a money or not so do exhaust all options before calling it quit.

Immaculatebabe:
Hello fellow NLs. I'm a lady in her late 20s, married to a very wonderful man who adores me a lot but the problem is his demand for sex these days are increasing.

He wants it everyday & if refuse, he gets mad & starts ignoring me & the kids. I'm lossing my mind because this action of his is making me feel bad. No sex, No talking to each other. Please what do i do?

The good thing is that your husband still finds you irresistible and he is not getting sex outside. you need to talk to him, it could be that he is having a difficult time at work, or some lady is tempting him or something. to make him slow down i advise that you both get an extra curricular like gyming or other exercise just to burn out extra energy. talk to him to know what has changed and why he has a high drive, it is not easy being a working mom with children and a husband to care for i think you should let him understand that you are limited and it will only be a matter of time that the pressure will affect your health.

i'm kind of confused here PMB brought his proposal for INEC Chairman to the council of state, why didnt Gov Fayose raise an opposition to it there and then? Cos it is clearly stated that council of state approved the man in question and by my understanding Fayose as a governor is a member.

I'm of the opinion that ministers of petroleum is a higher position than GMD NNPC. Both are political positions and can change overnight. If PMB was trying to clip kachikwu's wings it would be foolish to make him oversea the complete oil industry as compared to nnpc alone.

I'm tired of hearing all these rubbish, the President is the strongest person in the country and ought to use what he has. If GEJ had put his foot down and insist that we had electricity he probably would have still been president.

I sure hope the matter is settled, enyeama needs to be warned not to go on social media to air his displeasure, he should have reported to NFF about the situation, isn't he now doing same thing now? He just succeeded in defamating the coach's character which I believe is unfair.

Everything that has a beginning has an end, its sad that your end came this soon and my only hope is that you were in tune with your maker.RIP Alams

The boko haram problem is a intelligence gathering and handling problem. Our military can keep their mouth shut, once they discover a goat it is straight to the press. They need to infiltrate BH to know how they operate. We need military officers subtly joining boko haram and getting intelligence Dow to war room.

The choice is yours for the pick cos either ways can go right or wrong. So decide what you want and go for it.

Beautiful woman, SLS get eye. By the way the reason for the whole outbust on her age is culture. In other countries in the world an 18 year old is considered an adult and held responsible for their action hence they can go to jail, get an apartment, get a job, get a driver licence etc. But our Nigeria culture sees you as an adult when you finish a higher education or get a good job. Prehistorical Nigeria allowed the marriage of 18 year olds cos at that age it was believed that all here female organs were already properly formed and she was ready for child bearing and not at arisk of diseases like vvf which occurs as a result of unready reproductive system.

Will I give my daughters hand in marriage at 18? If she so decides to want to get married, my responsibility is to train her the best possible way to be able to make intelligible decisions.

nationwide1:
Don't deviate from the topic. We were talking about a governor celebrating a festive season with his citizens by offering them gifts. How is that a crime that warrants condemnation? You are more partisan bro.


Why are you against federal government feeding the children? This is practiced in the UK and yet the parents are empowered.
Do you mean the government cannot feed the children and still empower parents?


You're rather very hypocritical. We can discuss this better when you you come out of your shell of prejudice.

Is the cost of the rams coming directly from the governor or is it at the expense of the state?

I'm of the opinion that we are the ones allowing illegal pratices in our governance, were rams put in the budget of the state? How is the governor financing it? If he puts the price of each ram at 1million naira, do we have the moral right to contest it in future?

I have no prejudicial shell to hide, my views could be conservative in nature, but I strongly feel we should metamorphos from the era of stomach infrastructure to citizens productive development.

nationwide1:
Aregbe not a give him Muslim brothers rams, yet e not a empower them to buy their own rams.



Why una de always think of how to condemn only based on emotion devoid of any logic.



If this gesture was done by El-Rufai or Ajimobi, you would have tagged him the most people friendly governor in Nigeria. Hypocrisy I hail o!

Sorry but I'm not sentimental, I'm against the FG plan to feed children in school. Empower their parents to feed them so that we are not dependent on government.

I think you need to lighten up because you are partisan and not nationalistic.

Don't give them ram instead empower them to buy their rams for themselves.

arabianights:
I see......But why do we still have tuition free universities in the country ? how do they maintain the schools as well as pay the lecturers? IS it that the countries are too rich ?

Most of the countries with free tuition follow a distinct population pattern, you would hardly hear of countries with population of say 80million having all free education. As regards your question other oil rich countries have less population going to university compared to Nigeria hence they can foot these bills.

It's all mathematics let's do a little analysis.

A private uni has about 6000 students

The tuition & accomodation is averagely about 500000 naira

Total revenue is 3,000,000,000 naira

They have 300 lecturers (that is a ratio 1lecturer: 10 students)

They have say 500 administration n services staff.

Total staff is 800 staffs.

Assuming the average salary of staff is 200,000 naira monthly so let's put it at 2,400,000( puting into consideration professors, senior lecturer, senior administration staff etc might earn more but balancing it with low earners like gate man, Gardner, security)


Total staff annual salary is 800×2,400,000= 1.92 billion

After salary payment the balance left for the school is 1.08 billion.

Other expenses
Cost of social amenities (electricity, water, generator).
Cost of maintaining laboratory.
Cost of additional/ upgrade machinery and equipment.
Cost of maintaining the school buildings and structures.

I'm afraid that the remaining money might not be sufficient in servicing the other expenses.

I might have to agree that they are under paid and probably have to depend on IGR to make a profit.

I know that in the UK locals have to pay close to£3000 as tuition excluding accommodation which is 900k naira. I think the US is similar if not more, the fact is that education is expensive all over the world and the reason Nigerian university is cheap is because the government still pays salaries of staffs in other countries the university fends for itself with little or no support from the government. I am of the opinion that the growth of our educational system depends largely on the independence of the institutions.

Bialegend:
"Values and principles" exactly what Nnamdi Kanu of Radio Biafra has been harping on about. If you live together in a country with peoples of opposite "Values and principles" to yours as obtains in Nigeria's of today, then there is no way such a country will proper nor have peace. For us Biafrans to achieve our target goals in life, we must fight hard to separate from Nigeria where these northerners and south westerners are clogging the wheels of our progress. We do not have anything in common with them.

I think you need to get it straight, SS is not Biafra. And should we decide to split as a country which is most unlikely, it is going to be a north, SW, SE, and SS split. The truth is the SE is the most disadvantaged of the pair.
So tell Mr KANU to have a plan in place for the survival and sustainance of the SE before blowing his trumpet of secession.

Political immaturity