₦airaland Forum

Pls, I want to use this medium to appeal to the
the federal ministry of works to pay the salary
arrears of our brothers/sisters, My brother is
among the newly recruited engineers in the
ministry but they have not been paid their salary
arrears of October, 2011 to April, 2013 that is
almost nineteen (19) months. I hope the mod will
do the needful.

Some people have collected their appointment letters since last week, you are here asking for interview date.

Pls, I want to use this medium to appeal to the the federal ministry of works to pay the salary arrears of our brothers/sisters, My brother is among the newly recruited engineers in the ministry but they have not been paid their salary arrears of October, 2011 to April, 2013 that is almost nineteen (19) months. I hope the mod will do the needful

Pls, I want to use this medium to appeal to the
the federal ministry of works to pay the salary
arrears of our brothers/sisters, My brother is
among the newly recruited engineers in the
ministry but they have not been paid their salary
arrears of October, 2011 to April, 2013 that is
almost nineteen (19) months. I hope the mod will
do the needful.

Imoy:
I Find this ur story or claim difficult to believe, coz I know people who are working with the FMW and are paid.

I am not here for you to believe it or not, but to plead to the federal ministry of works through this forum on behalf of my brother and other newly recruited engineers (2011 recruitment), for their19 month salary arrears to be paid.

Vision4God:
Kip faith & God wil turn things around 4 ur broda's gud. All izzz well

Amen

Pls, I want to use this medium to appeal to the the federal ministry of works to pay the salary arrears of our brothers/sisters, My brother is among the newly recruited engineers in the ministry but they have not been paid their salary arrears of October, 2011 to April, 2013 that is almost nineteen (19) months. I hope the mod will do the needful.

I HOPE THE 19 MONTHS SALARY ARREARS OF THE NEWLY RECRUITED ENGINEERS (OCTOBER, 2011-APRIL 2013) IS INCLUDED IN THE APPROVED BUDGET.

Possibly

Pls Nairalanders let us write our date of birth and see who is the eldest and who is the youngest among the members. Let me start from my own 2nd August, 1980. No cheating pls.

stevolutionary:
sorry to disappoint you these islamists don't need sponsor from GEJ. I school in the north I know what we go tru just for being a Christian. I seen imans telling their mass that christian are evil. a non Muslim can't be a class rep in my school. if u are a non Muslim u can't be the HOD of any department we have mosques in very department and faculty but u can't hold a fellowship in a class room. we are being victimized every day. did GEJ sponsor all of these things? the only thing they want is to become president and then if the nation if on fire they don't care don't be deceived be the change they shout. they mean change from Christian to a Muslim and nothing more. when you hear them say Islam is peace this what they mean. until every one in everyplace turns to Islam that is when there would be peace.

I've seen it before they always fail. if the change is true why not fashola for president proven, tested and trusted. why not pat utomi why not former efcc boss .
GEJ come March........ 2091

Man this is nothing but trash

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yomide:
This was an interview question in India I guess, let the
nairaland geniuses answer
A lady bought goods worth ₦200 and paid the shopkeeper
with a ₦1000 Note. The Shopkeeper had no change on him
so he went to another Shopkeeper John his neighbour and
collected ₦1000 change in ₦200 denominations, with which
he settled the lady and she left.
A little while later, John came back angrily after he
discovered the ₦1000 note he was given by the shopkeeper
was fake, and demanded a replacement. To avoid trouble,
the shopkeeper had to give John another ₦1000 and
destroyed the counterfeit which had no real value.
So Question for the genius...
How much has the Shopkeeper lost in
total?
(A) #2000 (B) #1200 (C) #1000 (D) #1800

He lost (A) #2000
i.e. #1000 for replacement plus #800 change plus #200 for the goods

Now the election has been postponed when is INEC going to pay the Ad hoc staff their one day training allowance, the money may look small I.e. NGN 1,500 per day but if you multiply it by the number of enrollees say 750,000 the total is almost NGN 3 billion +.

Five PDP governors accused of
supporting Buhari
2015-01-29 15:45
Abuja - Five Peoples Democratic Party
governors are secretly working for the All
Progressives Congress (APC) presidential
candidate, Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the
February 14 contest, reports NewsDay.
The five PDP governors are clandestinely
mobilising support for Buhari to have at least
25 percent of the total votes cast in their
respective states to brighten his chances of
winning the presidential election.
The governors are Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu
(Niger), James Bala Ngilari (Adamawa),
Abubakar Danladi (Taraba), Martin Elechi
(Ebonyi) and Sullivan Chime (Enugu).
Also read: Nine PDP governors shun
Jonathan’s campaign inauguration
The governors are already preparing ground
to allow Buhari have a leverage that can give
him the required 25 percent of total votes
cast in the February 14 presidential election..
The governor are currently under surveillance
by the Peoples Democratic Party.











http://www.news24.com.ng/Elections/News/Five-PDP-governors-accused-of-supporting-Buhari-20150129

Kayode Ogundamisi needs no
introduction. He is a pro-democracy
leader and a civil rights activist. On
Twitter, over 75,000 followers follow his
views. His TV show ‘Politricks with KO’ is
one of the few programmes on television
that deal with issues that concern
Nigerians in Nigeria and the diaspora. He
took some time to talk to our Tundun
Adeyemo .
Many people look up to you as leader, but
could you have gotten it wrong on your
choice of presidential candidate for the 2015
election? Are you not saddened at the way
the Vice Presidential candidate of the party
you are backing was selected?
The vice presidential slot of the APC to
the best of my understanding was
achieved after careful deliberation and
it was actually a pretty competitive
process resulting in a first class
candidate in the person of Prof. Yemi
Osinbajo. In advance democracies, it is
the prerogative of the Presidential
candidate to choose his running mate,
however in a coalition of political
parties, and the realities on the ground
in Nigeria, it is expected that the choice
of Buhari’s vice President would not
come easy. I personally wanted Fashola
to run with Buhari but I am not a card-
carrying member of APC, I can only
advice.
They have found in Osinbajo a brilliant
choice; no matter the VP candidate APC
picked, it would still be controversial. In
Osinbajo, you have a man who reached
the top of his career as a lawyer, being
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). He is a
top class teacher, who is an
internationally acclaimed professor in
law. A top class General Buhari, who
will secure the life of Nigerians and
deliver on his campaign promises, and a
top class lawyer and teacher, who will
ensure that every action of the Buhari
government, will pass the basic principle
of respect for the laws of the land and
the Nigerian constitution.
Could your activism be propelled by the
future offer of political appointment in a
Buhari Presidency?
I have supported and worked with
different candidates at different levels
with no expectations beyond their
subsequent performance. I have always
felt free to withdraw my support as well.
Nigeria remains my sole motivation.
Would you ask the 12 million Nigerians
who voted for Buhari and the CPC in
2011 if they were propelled by an offer
of political appointment? In any case am
I not more than qualified to serve
Nigeria in any capacity if I deem it
necessary?
My support for Buhari is based on my
conviction that he’s a better candidate
than Goodluck Jonathan and until a
better candidate other than Buhari
emerges, I am going to support his
candidacy.
You are leaving for Nigeria in a couple of
weeks. Have you been paid to campaign for
Buhari?
It is obvious that 14 years of PDP and 6
years of Jonathan Presidency have
reduced your perception of political
participation to a cash and carry affair.
Nigeria is not for sale. No, I have never
been paid to campaign for, support or
mobilize for Buhari. In 2011, I got a loan
of £5000 from Barclays Bank, the
records are available, I bought my plane
ticket for £600 and donated what was
left to the CPC and Buhari campaign
team.
I recalled Nasir El-Rufai asking me how I
would survive for the entire period of
the campaign. I did survive and we are
in 2014. I have purchased my ticket
again. I am going to Nigeria because I
believe you have to walk the talk. I could
have taken the easy way out and got
involved in Jonathan’s conference like
some of my diaspora colleagues did.
They got over 46Million naira just for
recycling the same documents passed on
by Babangida and Abacha’s conferences.
I am not the only one, we have a number
of Nigerians in diaspora who are
contributing to the Buhari campaign. I
don’t have permissions to share names
but someone is donating his family home
for the period of my stay in Abuja and
he’s just one Nigerian tired of the level
of cluelessness of the Jonathan
administration. In 2011, we lived on
bread, sardine and water as we travelled
across Nigeria with Buhari and the CPC.
My joy is that today, Nigerians are
donating every little amount to help in
the campaign for change.
What is the vision of Nigeria you like to see
in your lifetime?
A just nation where every citizen,
regardless of circumstance, religion,
location or tribe, is afforded every
opportunity to live anywhere they
choose to with decency and dignity. A
nation that will not be shy to discuss its
differences; that will allow a resolve by
citizens to peacefully negotiate the
mistakes made by the colonial masters
and our founding fathers.
Is this ideal achievable?
Yes it is very much achievable. The
alternative is not looking good.
In 2010, you campaigned for GEJ to be
made acting President and look at how
that has turned out. What guarantees do
you have that Buhari is the right
candidate for Nigeria?
Actually you got it wrong. Yes, I stood on
the side of truth and justice against the
Yar’Adua cabal who held on to power
rather than hand over to Goodluck
Jonathan, the legitimate Vice President.
It was not about Jonathan. It was about
justice, equity and forthrightness. I
disagreed with those who felt Goodluck
Jonathan shouldn’t be President because
of some warped arrangement within the
PDP.
I was the toast of the Goodluck Jonathan
gang then but I was very clear that it was
not about their principal (GEJ) but about
Nigeria. An injustice to Jonathan was, in
my opinion, an injustice to Nigeria. But
as soon as Jonathan became the Acting
President, it became clear the man with
a so-called PHD had no clue about
governance. He set out on an agenda to
divide Nigeria just for his selfish
interests; he promoted bigotry and left
Boko Haram to go on the rampage. In
four years of Jonathan’s cluelessness,
over 17 thousand Nigerians, by his own
count, are dead, killed and maimed by
terrorists. Rather than go after terrorists,
the commander in chief spent money
and propaganda blaming opponents
without one shred of evidence.
I had no lofty expectations from GEJ so I
am not disappointed but only
vindicated. His track record from deputy
governor to accidental governor, from
vice president to accidental acting
president was resoundingly uninspiring
but Nigerians chose to ignore Olusegun
Obasanjo’s rape on democracy when he
handpicked two candidates, who had no
intention of running, on the night of his
party’s presidential primaries.
Obasanjo picked a sick Yar’adua and a
clueless Goodluck Jonathan. Look, I was
very close to the Ijaw struggle; I was
party to and active in the movement that
led to the Kiama Declaration. Even
amongst the first 20 Ijaw comrades I
know, Jonathan cannot make the top 19
in terms of understanding the dynamics
of Nigeria and ability to serve.
People will be shocked in 2015. A
number of people in the Niger Delta will
look at their environment and notice
that things are not better under their son
and that the oil companies still go about
destroying the environment, the
militants are the new oppressors. The
loyalty of the militants is now to one
man Goodluck Jonathan and not the
working class people and the poor in the
Niger Delta.
General Buhari is not a perfect
candidate, no Nigerian is perfect for
Nigeria but with the choice we have
today, comparing Buhari to Jonathan is
like comparing light to darkness.
With Buhari what you see is what you
get. His commitment to his country has
never been in doubt, his records as
military head of state creates fear in the
minds of the corrupt, the drug barons
and those who enslave Nigeria but it
brings hope to those who want the best
for Nigeria.
I do not share Buhari’s dream of a one
indivisible Nigeria but I share in his
dream of a Nigeria where justice will be
made available for all. I share in his
dream that as long as we remain one
united country, terrorists should not hold
Nigerians to ransom, a minority one per
cent should not take the wealth of all,
that our schools should be a safe place
for our children, that we should be
respected internationally as a result of
our progress.
I share in his dream that Nigerians
should be able to get the basic needs of
life without having to bribe their way up
or ladies sleep with men for favours, I
share in his dream that our women
should have a place of pride.
So I can hold on to my long-term
disagreement with Buhari on the
national question to achieve those short-
term goals. That I want a confederation
in Nigeria does not mean a massacre
should go on in any part of Nigeria.
Nigerians in the UK suffer very harsh
immigration laws and cost of living crises,
could your energies not be better utilized in
working with minority groups in the UK
who are underrepresented and in many
cases without a voice?
Nigerians in the UK are of course
affected by what happens in Nigeria.
Diaspora remittances alone are the
budget of small countries. Money aside,
the anguish one goes through just
knowing a relative is ill and at the
mercy of a broken system is bad enough.
If the situation at home is improved, I
dare say 90 per cent of their woes here
would vanish. How many are here
because they love it?
I pick my battles and I am sure we have
more than enough groups campaigning
for the rights of Nigerians in the UK and
above all, we have strong institutions
here where you can challenge the system
and injustice. My ultimate goal is that
we should make Nigeria better so we
don’t have to be in the diaspora
permanently.
Can’t you run for office in the United
Kingdom?
I can but I am not interested.
Would you not say that this is the best time
for Africans living in the UK to have a
stronger and unified voice? Could they not
benefit from such leadership from you?
I run a programme, Politricks with
KO, on Ben television and have done so
for two years with 100 per cent
volunteers’ effort. This show gives the
diaspora a platform to speak and be
informed. The TV show survives on the
magnanimity of the Chief Executive of
Ben TV, Alistair Soyode, who donated
airtime to my platform. All the
crewmembers are volunteers who are
not paid a dime, including me.
Every week, we provide a platform for
Nigerians. If that is not leadership then I
don’t get the definition of leadership.
For me service and personal sacrifice to
the people is what leadership is all
about.
On a lighter mode, I was told BEN-TV
was under pressure from the Nigerian
government to take the programme off
air. But we are still on and that is thanks
to the resilience of the Chief Executive.
If they come under pressure, anyway we
still have Sahara Reporters to fall back
on.
Most Nigerians are disillusioned about
the state of Nigeria’s political and
economic mess, should we promise a
hope in APC, a party we cannot rely on?
I am not a card-carrying member of APC
or any Nigerian political party but we
are hopeful that the APC will be
different. If we don’t notice anything
tangible in one year, we will unleash the
people might on them.
Why do you hate the PDP so much?
Look around you. The country is the
most divided it has ever been since the
civil war. Our leadership beats its chest
on achievements, buys more private jets
and eats billions in yearly food budget
while Boko Haram has driven one
million citizens out of their homes. Many
abandoned people have run to Niger
Republic, Chad and Cameroon, our
neighbours. If you are not angry with
the party that’s been in control at the
Federal level for 16 years then you are
either a beneficiary of the system or
simply living in la la land.
Nigerians are tenacious people- most
Nigerians are doing well by themselves,
would your efforts be best channelled in
economically supporting people?
Tell that to the 1.5 million displaced. We
cannot dance around the fact that
Government must work and not exploit
the people for the advantage of a few.
The cynicism against politicians and
government in general is one you
encounter every day especially on your
TV show. How do you deal with that?
I let people talk. There is nothing to deal
with. It’s the peoples’ show. I hope the
politicians and their handlers listen.
PolitrickswithKO is unique in one sense.
I declare my interest to the viewers. I
don’t pretend to be unbiased. I let people
challenge me and I am very glad that we
get calls from all over Europe on the
programme.
I don’t know how we have survived the
last two years but we managed to keep a
live show without a dime. I take criticism
on the show on board. I don’t just
dismiss them, when I get home I think
about what even those who oppose my
view say and I improve on my point of
view.
What would you like to be remembered for?
What is the one thought that gets you out of
bed every day?
I have three lovely daughters and it is
what my children would think about me
when I leave this world that bothers me
more than what the world would think
about me. I am extremely satisfied with
my little service to my community both
in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Each
time I wake up, I want to do better than
when I went to bed the previous night. I
want to contribute to the change
movement in Nigeria. My first love is my
service to the community. If you knew
where I am coming from – growing up in
Mushin and Agege in Lagos – you will
understand why service is key to me. I
was brought up to understand that
change won’t come without a struggle.
Why should the electorate follow you and
vote for Buhari?
The electorate should look at Nigeria
under Goodluck Jonathan. If they think
they have a better life they can vote
Jonathan but they should also look at
Buhari – his honesty, his vision and his
passion for Nigeria – if that gives them a
reason to vote Buhari they can join me.
2015 election is not do or die to me.
One, I don’t live in ground zero (Nigeria)
so I am not directly affected by the
misrule in Nigeria but I can also not turn
my back on my country. If Nigerians
chose Jonathan again in 2015, it won’t be
the end of the world. Of course, we
would wish him the best as President
and pray he gets it and delivers on his
electoral promises. Those of us who
oppose the PDP and Jonathan’s

government would then go back and
continue to try and convince Nigerians
for change. You cannot force a people to
follow your ideals, you have to keep
trying and hope they are convinced that
your ideals are right for them. That to
me is what democracy is all about.

Niger, Benin, Mali, Cameroun more prosperous than Nigeria.

Despite its latest status as Africa’s biggest
economy, and its government’s claim of
improved standard of living, Nigeria was
not only one of the world’s least
prosperous countries in 2014, but also
one of Africa’s poorest beaten by smaller
nations like Niger, Benin, Mali and
Cameroun, an annual global prosperity
survey released this week has said.
The report, published by UK-based
Legatum Institute, a research
organization that documents annual
prosperity indicators around the world,
listed Nigeria as the 125th out of 142
countries surveyed.
Remarkably, Nigeria failed to make the
list of Africa’s top 10 most prosperous
countries, a league dominated by
Botswana and South Africa.
Other countries in that bracket, listed
from third and below, are Morocco,
Namibia, Tunisia, Algeria, Ghana,
Rwanda, Burkina Faso, and Senegal.
Nigeria fell to 27 in Africa in 2014, nose-
diving 22 places from its ranking in
2011, the report said.
In between the top 10 countries and
Nigeria are Benin, Kenya, Zambia,
Uganda, Mali, Niger, Cameroon, Egypt,
Tanzania, Malawi, Djibouti,
Mozambique, Cote d’Ivoire, Congo
Republic, Zimbabwe, and Mauritania.
“The 2014 Prosperity Index provides a
lens through which to view a
comprehensive assessment of national
success. The Index measures the broad
set of indicators that tell us not only how
nations perform economically but in
vital areas of education, health, freedom,
opportunity, social capital,” said
Executive Director of Legatum Institute,
Sain Hansen.
Other indicators measured by the
institute are, governance and safety and
security.
For each of the indices assessed, Nigeria
performed woefully, highlighting how
life in Nigeria is perhaps among the
harshest in the world despite the
country’s oil and mineral wealth.
Nigeria’s best ranking was in the
economy group, where it was ranked
97th out of 142 countries in the survey.
Elsewhere, Nigeria ranked 114th, 130th,
123th, 132th, 137th, 106th, and 108th in
entrepreneurship and opportunity,
governance, education, health, safety
and security, personal freedom and
social capital respectively.
The leading African country, Botswana,
ranked 75th globally, and has a Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) of $15,147. The
country is among the biggest
proportional spender in the world as its
government spends 8 percent of its GDP
on Education.
The least ranked country in the survey is
Central African Republic, barely
unexpected as the country has be
ravaged by internal ethno-religious
conflict in the past few years.
Norway is ranked as the most
prosperous country in the world
followed by Switzerland.





http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/173566-niger-benin-mali-cameroun-prosperous-nigeria-global-report.html

Pls,

May God bless u all.

Tunagee:
These are the things to do:

1. just see yourself as better than all the interviewers. Most of them are dullards that do not know anything, but can only intimidate job seekers during interview.

2. Do not see it as a do or die affair. If it works fine; if it does not, life goes on.

3. Ensure you look straight into the eyes of the interviewer( very important)

4. Put up a smile and ensure you do not get overwhelmed with fear. They would not kill you.

If you meet a white man, he would even make the situation less tense or serious by offering you water or tea; but the stupid nigerian interviewer would look so mean just to scare you

10E 1000000 times correct.

The Bill for an Act to Abolish and Prohibit Dichotomy and Discrimination between First Degrees and Higher National Diploma in the same Profession/Field and related matters on Wednesday scaled second reading in the Senate.

 

The bill, which scaled second reading after heated debate at plenary on its relevance, seeks to resolve controversy over wage disparity and gross discrimination against HND holder in public and private sectors of the economy.

 

The Senate President, Sen. David Mark in his remarks, said it would be difficult to legislate on the bill, given that polytechnics were not originally established to be degree awarding institutions.

 

He said rather than canvass for abolishion of the dichotomy, polytechnics should be changed to degree awarding institutions.

 

“ The problem here is whether we can legislate on this.  I think obviously that is not going to work for several reasons that we have all advanced here.

 

“We can’t legislate here and say you must employ an HND instead of employing somebody with B.SC.

 

“I think it is more of attitude than what we can legislate on but we can get an arrangement where the polytechnics begin to award degrees, in which case the polytechnics will no more be polytechnics; they will be universities,’’ he said.

 

Mark, who did not outrightly condemn the bill, said it should be sent for public hearing, to get the views of relevant stakeholders on the way forward on the issue of dichotomy.

 

He, however, said that “our attempt really to equate HND to a degree is not likely to work. Nobody who has done a degree has gone back to the polytechnic to do HND and you can’t blame that logic.

 

“The whole essence of allowing the bill to go through second reading and public reading is for us to get more ideas about how to get the way forward.

 

“That will be the only benefit that will come out it’’, he said.

 

The lead debate, presented by Sen. Patrick Akinyelure (PDP-Ondo), highlighted the need to abolish the discrimination between HND and First Degree.

 

Akinyelure said the continuing discrimination against HND holders was threatening to ruin the nation’s core policy thrust of evolving a technological and scientifically based society.

 

He said that findings had proved that some polytechnic graduates were in some cases better on the field than their university counterparts.

 

“To all intents and purposes, a government employment policy that places degree holders ahead of HND holders without recourse to skill and ability of the HND holder thereof does more harm than good to the nation’s development plans.

 

“Therefore, the aim of the bill is to promote the technological advancement of our great nation by encouraging many qualified candidates to pursue polytechnic and technological advancement,’’ he said.

 

Some lawmakers, however, argued that rather than seeking to abolish the dichotomy, efforts should be made to transform all polytechnics to degree awarding institutions.

 

The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, said even if the bill did not succeed, it would help to raise awareness on the dysfunctional nature of the country’s educational system.

 

He decried the growing trend where polytechnics offered courses outside their field, adding that in order to correct the abnormally, all polytechnics should be converted to degree awarding institutions.

 

“All we need now is to expand the knowledge base of our polytechnics, increase entry qualification and employ qualified teachers for the polytechnics.

 

“We should then make conscious effort to set up technical schools that would award only diploma to support our industries and help the system industrially.

 

“To say we will abolish the dichotomy is difficult. The committee to handle the bill should invite experts to look into harmonising the institutions,’’ he said.

 

On his part, Sen. ITA Enang (PDP-Akwa Ibom) decried the poor standard of some polytechnics in the country.

 

He called on the regulatory body in charge of polytechnics to adequately regulate the establishment of the institution in the country.

 

“I have seen polytechnics operate in two bedroom flats and this is the situation that brings suspicion about the quality of our polytechnics.

 

“I have also seen standard polytechnics and the quality of their product compete favourably with universities.”

 

He called on relevant agencies to improve on the carrying capacity of universities to accommodate all those seeking admissions.

 

He also called for harmonisation of universities and polytechnics to help manage a situation where people went to polytechnics because they could not secure admission into universities.

 

“This bill should pass a second reading to find solution to the problem. I support this bill,’’ he said.

 

Sen. Chris Ngige (APC-Anambra) said in as much as he sympathised with HND holders, the bill should be dropped.

 

He said that relevant agencies should rather harmonise the institutions and make polytechnics degree awarding institutions.

 

“The bill evokes emotion but laws should not be made based on that to avoid mistakes. This has to do with fundamental structure of the education sector.

 

“Let us conserve the resources of the senate; it will not go through second reading,’’ he said.

 

Sen. Abubakar Bagudu ( PDP-Kebbi), a member of Senate Committee Education, said if the dichotomy should be abolished, there would be standardisation of policy.

 

He argued that standardisation of policy was vital because universities and polytechnics had different structures.

 

“The university is theory and research oriented as compared to polytechnic which is supposed to turn out industrial ready graduates,’’ he said.

 

Similarly, Prof. Olusola Adeyeye (APC-Osun), the Vice Chairman of Senate Committee on Education, canvassed for the harmonisation of the institutions to enable polytechnics to award degrees.

 

“I believe that  for as long as there is difference in admission standard and training for both institutions of learning, there will be difference in employment.

 

“ Let us go the U.S. way and equalise both polytechnics and universities and have specialised institutions to handle the technical aspect.’’

 

The lawmaker explained that Nigeria inherited the polytechnic system  from the colonial masters, who thought of having a middle level manpower where people could be trained without the lengthy period in university.

 

He further explained that UK subsequently abolished the system after meeting the purpose for which it was established to meet its industrial need.

 

“We need to make the admission standard the same for polytechnics and universities; forget the dichotomy issue. It is a lie to say you need HND to run an industrial state,” he said.(NAN)









http://leadership.ng/news/education/387911/hnd-discrimination-bill-narrowly-scales-second-reading-senate

Great! I am grateful will try it and hope it will work for me.

Great, thank you so much I really appreciate your advice/contribution.

Please, I need help from my able Nairalanders on the possible ways/ methods that will help me improve my oral English. I am a graduate but my spoken English is fairly good and I want to become extremely fluent when speaking English.
Thanks in advance.

A middle-aged woman, who caused
commotion at the Cappa Bus Stop in Oshodi,
Lagos State last Friday, after eyewitnesses
claimed she transformed from a bird into a
human being, has died.
Some of the eyewitnesses, who claimed the
woman had fallen off after hitting an electric
cable as a ‘bird’ but transformed into a
badly burnt woman upon landing, was
alleged to have confessed to being a witch
with metaphysical powers.
Although policemen from the Mushin
Division, Olosan, who raced to the scene and
later took the woman away, was already
unconscious before arriving at the hospital.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, while confirming her
death to PUNCH METRO , said the woman’s
corpse had been deposited at a morgue.
“Eyewitnesses said there was a bird which
fell down and turned into a woman. So, a
large crowd gathered round her. She was not
attacked. Eventually, when the police got
there, they rescued the woman from the
surging crowd. But unfortunately, she died,
and her body has been deposited at the
Mainland General Hospital’s morgue”,
Nwosu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police
said.








http://www.informationng.com/2014/10/bird-that-allegedly-transformed-to-woman-dies-in-lagos-hospital.html

Kentnickole:
Were you offered the job in the end?

Still waiting for them, but possibly by next week I will know my fate.

I attended an interview with one INGO and was asked this question by the HR, and the position I applied is for experience hire, what I told them is N450,000-N500,000 per month.

A picture that speaks a thousand words.From
left late Mohd Yusuf (the late boko haram
leader, Asari Dokubo in the middle and Pastor
Ayo Oritsejafor.

pls what of NGOs like, MERCY CORP, FHI 360, CLINTON FUND, UNICEF, WHO, ACF INTERNATIONAL, how much is their salary.

taharqa: Islamic terrorists, u mean??

No sir, he meant Christian terrorist who were given contract through CAN to buy Arms worth $9.3m.

Boko Haram
No fewer than 300 Boko Haram fighters have
surrendered in Nigeria’s neighbouring country
Cameroon in the past three weeks, Cameroon’s
defense ministry has said.
According to the country’s
military spokesman Lt. Col.
Didier Badjeck, the Islamist
militants gave up their
arms and asked for asylum
in Cameroon.
Badjeck added that the
fates of the terrorists are
yet to be decided.
It would be recalled that
fighters from neighboring
Cameroon, Niger and Chad
have been identified
recently fighting alongside
Nigeria’s homegrown Boko
Haram sect.
The insurgents have in
recent weeks attacked
border towns and villages
in Cameroon.
Boko Haram had seized a
string of towns and
declared an Islamic
caliphate in northeast
Nigeria before the Nigerian
military started recording
victories with air and
ground attacks that have
resulted into 135 Boko
Haram fighters also
surrendered to Nigeria’s
army.
According to the Nigerian
Defense Ministry, about
135 insurgents
surrendered Tuesday night,
some at Buni-Yadi some
200 kilometers (125 miles)
west of Konduga and
others at Michika, 165
kilometers (100 miles)
south of Konduga.
It was gathered that
several militant
commanders were among
the dead including
Mohammed Bashir, whom
the Nigerian military
identified as a double who
posed in videos as Boko
Haram leader Abubakar
Shekau.






http://aitonline.tv/post-300_boko_haram_terrorists_surrender_in_cameroon__plead_for_asylum

Hello, please is Mujahid Asari Dakubo still in Nigeria? Is he among the two Nigerians arrested in South Africa in connection with $9.2 or so million Arms deal scandals.
I know many times he use to comment on national issues like this but this time around I didn't read or heard his voice on the issue, hope all is well o!!!!

Thanks.