₦airaland Forum

oluwafrizzy:
but am a student and I know that's not true

oluwafrizzy:
please make your findings before saying things the money is not only for tab it also covers starter pack And a year Wi-Fi

milkymesh:
hmmm

StarBukola:
thanks for asking, sure j can

StarBukola:
[color=#990000][/color] To all the short girls out there, am using this medium to tell u ,WE ROCK!!!!!!! ,I knw it not easy being a short girl, appreciate your shortness,

bsonenterprise:
I spoke this to an uncle who worked in the Special Fraud Unit,
Can the OP text this number 08033188099
Just your ID name...and I'll forward your info to my uncle.
They will pick this basterd up wherever he might be...and he will pay through his nose.
And I am disappointed in the OP...you can make Cityhood suffer through following the law.
Text my number...lets deal with this criminal.

kayzat:
As I'm reading this I just keep looking at my gf where she's watching film and wondering if she's really fit enough for all this.




I am really worried o.

MsDelilah:
I don't feel the slightest bit sorry for the OP. Learn from people's mistakes. How many times have people created threads to post their ordeals of being scammed online?

Still, you carried your two left legs and paid for a vehicle you hadn't physically seen and inspected. You even paid extra. Too much money.

You've made your bed. Lie in it.

INFOTECH2:
Very nice. This reminds me of when my wife was in labour early this year.

I was confused while waiting at the general hospital for over 12 hours.

Na respect I dey give mother and baby now oooooo.

I even opened a thread that day:

https://www.nairaland.com/2957173/wife-early-labour-what

Since it's our first child, I decided to create a blog

http://firstimedaddy.com/2016/11/26/series-10-benefits-of-breast-milk-for-your-baby-part-1/

Regards

Ayeesharh:
Minta castabu


Hit like if u understand

Nairalanddiary:
Mtn has become an expert on double billing especially when its's data oriented, and here i thought we have seen the last of such demonic thievery as exhibited by Airtel in the past, Glo still looks like a better option, 2500 gives you 5gig.

Dygeasy:
I subscribed to the new MTN Data plan of 2,000 naira for 3.5gig yesterday. I'm on the Bettertalk plan which gives me triple of every recharge so I got 4,000 naira bonus upon recharge.

I did the subscription while still having the bonus intact. Now according to a Customer Care representative when I enquired sometime ago, I was told that if you subscribe to any data plan on Bettertalk, before your data starts getting deducted they would start deducting from the bonus airtime for any internet-related activity. That is however true from my previous data subscription with MTN when I used to do the 4.5 gig for 2,500 Naira.

For the past 20 hours I have made calls and used the Internet all of which were charged from my 4,000 nara bonus airtime.

Late into the evening, I checked my data balance and I had my full 3.5gig intact and I saw another 700mb for night plan. I disregarded that as system error and went about my own normal business.

I used the Internet for a while and about three hours later, I wanted to see if they had started deducting from my data and Lo! I saw I had 615mb left.

I didn't download. In fact I made sure I didn't download because I wanted to ensure I used a substantial amount of the airtime to make calls.

How on earth did I spend 2.9 gig in three hours?

I called Customer Care and they were quoting some nonsensical thousands of kilobytes that I used.

My phone is telling me otherwise. No matter the difference in the data usage calculations, it shouldn't be that much. Screenshot attached.

This is a huge inconvenience from MTN. 2,000 Naira might be meagre but this is unacceptable.

This is not my first time of subscribing on this phone for different data plans. Why is this different? I am not going to accept this.

Dygeasy:
I subscribed to the new MTN Data plan of 2,000 naira for 3.5gig yesterday. I'm on the Bettertalk plan which gives me triple of every recharge so I got 4,000 naira bonus upon recharge.

I did the subscription while still having the bonus intact. Now according to a Customer Care representative when I enquired sometime ago, I was told that if you subscribe to any data plan on Bettertalk, before your data starts getting deducted they would start deducting from the bonus airtime for any internet-related activity. That is however true from my previous data subscription with MTN when I used to do the 4.5 gig for 2,500 Naira.

For the past 20 hours I have made calls and used the Internet all of which were charged from my 4,000 nara bonus airtime.

Late into the evening, I checked my data balance and I had my full 3.5gig intact and I saw another 700mb for night plan. I disregarded that as system error and went about my own normal business.

I used the Internet for a while and about three hours later, I wanted to see if they had started deducting from my data and Lo! I saw I had 615mb left.

I didn't download. In fact I made sure I didn't download because I wanted to ensure I used a substantial amount of the airtime to make calls.

How on earth did I spend 2.9 gig in three hours?

I called Customer Care and they were quoting some nonsensical thousands of kilobytes that I used.

My phone is telling me otherwise. No matter the difference in the data usage calculations, it shouldn't be that much. Screenshot attached.

This is a huge inconvenience from MTN. 2,000 Naira might be meagre but this is unacceptable.

This is not my first time of subscribing on this phone for different data plans. Why is this different? I am not going to accept this.

Fynestboi:
Team Unilorin.

Did you get the token?

Cc: Neyoor Graciousolo Tourshaw

whizqueen:
It's just a token. I'm so proud of you guys

Caracta:
Now you took that straight from my mind...

Add that to my question emaculate99.

And please graciousolo, tell me the source of the Hausa-Fulani 60%-70%-80% statistics in your first submission.

emaculate99:
1. Federal Character was made to correct the mistake of the British who joined us together without any recourse and thereby making each group to be scared of being dominated by a particular group.

2. You only mentioned the fact that it breeds bias without mentioning how. How can a beautiful Federal Character that is made to correct the British mistake and to give everyone a sense of belonging breed bias?

3. Federal Character can only work in a country that has the law that back it up. Nigeria only operates Federal Character on paper and in not in reality. If such is the case, we won't be here debating.

emaculate99:
If that is the case, then meritocracy will be more irrelevant as it is not mentioned in our constitution at all in terms of appointment. For the fact that Federal Character could enter into our constitution means that its importance is recognised than meritocracy.

OAUTemitayo:
Is there any region of Nigeria that has a monopoly of the stated standards and benchmarks used alongside the federal character?
How would you feel if only Igbos are the one controlling the military?
Do you the dangers of a single ethnic group controlling government and security structures of a country with a very diverse and agitated ehnic composition as Nigeria?
Remember the Rwanda genocide?
Remember the Sudan civil war?
Concentration of state structures in one ethnic group was the major reason the above wars happened.

emaculate99:
FEDERAL CHARACTER SHOULD MATTER IN PUBLIC OFFICES APPOINTMENT.
Omirin Emmanuel (Emaculate Ife)

Position: Support

School: OAU

For a Federation that was coerced together, lack of equal representation of the federating units is the greatest threat to the national integration of such country. This bores down to the 1914 mistake when Nigeria was coerced together without any recourse to the people's feeling. Instead of breaking up, national integration was chosen. In a bid to maintain the national integration and development, the government was faced with two options federal character: a principle of equal representation of the federating units or meritocracy: a principle that cares not for the equal representation of the federating units. If lack of equal representation is the greatest threat to national integration of a coerced country, then which out of federal character and meritocracy is a threat?

Constitutionally, appointment into public offices is expected to reflect federal character in order to aid integration. Sadly, this provision was made non-justiciable, that is, the government can forgo federal character while appointing without facing the wrath of law. Its non-justiciability has brought feelings of marginalisation in the face of visible dominance of office by some regions. This feeling has been known to have fuel protests and the fight for emancipation of the aggrieved region. If care is not taken, national insecurity and division will set in. In a bid to stop this callous consequence, federal character should be made justiciable.

Naturally, no sane person can work efficiently in an unfriendly environment. A product of marginalisation is protest. Most times, protesters prevent workers from going to their place of work thereby slowing down the productivity of the workers which in turn affect the nation's economy negatively. There might be a change of event, they might go violent by vandalising properties. But will there be any development if workers are prevented from working or properties are being vandalised? For the sake of the economy and development, federal character should be considered.

Moreover, anyone conversant with the world will note that federal character is not alien. It is the quota based form of affirmative action that is given full force of law in UK, US, India, Canada, South Africa among others. The love the government of these countries have for their people necessitated their choice of not sacrificing integration on the altar of meritocracy. If these countries practice affirmative action for the purpose of integration, why then should Federal Character not matter in appointments?

On the 5th day of May, 2016, Mr drtwist, a south-southerner, took to Nairaland to explain how being from the richest region in the country had not helped him secure a place in the military after years of "searching" while his "brothers" from the north were easily recruited - feeling neglected. This was how Niger Delta Militancy started. It comprised of young men in the region who were dissatisfied with their inability to find jobs, destruction of their lands and rivers (which served as means of survival) without any intervention from the government. Suffering and poverty became the order of the day. If care is not taken, Mr Drtwist and the rest, can be turned into readymade tools in the hands of the Niger Delta militants.

Analogically, democracy is a government based on majority's wish and not merit. Just like democracy, Federal Character is based on the wish of not being marginalised. Wish of the people is a driver for the two concepts. It is apparent that people's wish is given great esteem in the world. If that is not the case, aristocracy should have been more popular than democracy since it gives room for the best to rule. Federal Character is our democracy, it should matter in our appointment.

Legally, the safety of the people is the supreme law; all good laws must guarantee the safety of the people directly or by implication. In a country like Nigeria where protest which might lead to chaos can spring out at the slightest scent of marginalisation like the Biafra agitation which is fuelled by their feelings of being marginalised. Which law do you think will guaranty the safety of the people more when implemented? Meritocracy that will allow marginalisation of some regions or federal character that will give no room for marginalisation? You choose!

My Daddy is a man that stands between chaos and the citizens. Each day, he cheats death and listen to the music played by gunshots on the battlefield because he wants to protect the country. He sees his friends being killed beside him but he keeps praying for God's protection as he fights for the country's unity. If you were my Daddy, would you rather choose to protest a law that will protect the country's unity which your teammates died for? I believe you would go for that which will protect the country's unity.

Meritocracy might be good but Nigeria is not yet ripe for it. Nigeria will be ripe for it when fear of marginalisation and domination is removed. She can also be ripe for it if this forced marriage is broken into pieces and ethnicity becomes a thing of the past. Till then, Nigeria should make Federal Character matter in appointments into public offices.

REFRENCE:

Biafra agitation: a bedrock to protest injustice, marginalisation.
www.elombah.com/index.php/opinion/3679-biafra-agitation-a-bedrock-to-protest-injustice-marginalisation

Southeast one of the Richest Region After Southsouth NBS report 2016- evidence
www.nairaland.com/3088004/southeast-one-richest-region-after#45339723

1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2011 as amended.

Federal Character And Quota System in Nigeria A Good Public Policy
http://www.gamji.com/article8000/NEWS8640.htm