₦airaland Forum

The chicks are coming home to roost. Some silly guy opened a thread where he was pompously telling all who cared to listen (and read his posts) why bankers live an affluent lifstyle and how rich bank staff were and all that crappy stuff. I recall replying that Banks are the most volatile institutions to work with, today, it is becoming a huge reality that they can no longer sustain their over bloated style. A lot more will be fired in days to come, i am not wishing them bad, it is just reality. I was in that industry years back and i knew what the future held and i had made 3 different moves since then. I feel sorry for the bread winners who will be put under pressure to continue providing for their own. God will see all through. However, it is an eye opener to those who feel they are all too-important in their places of employment that there is a need to have a plan B in place for a rainy day such as this. It is well with them.

It just does not sound right to have that number of graduates making a first class no matter what Tanimola thinks. I recall that in my Uni way back in time, towards the third and final years, Senate tries to rationalize the number of first class graduates in any given year. You cannot cheapen your degree this much, and as for quality, i struggled not to lose my first degree knowledge acquisition when i went to Unilag for my Masters. As I write, i have completed arrangements to repeat that programme in another University, this is because although i passed the examinations, in terms of head knowledge i was almost raped. Now i think there is a lot more in these degrees than meet the eye, believe me

Quite a number of people have captured my feelings about the reckless way that man chose to die. Taking it a bit forward, he committed suicide and therefore has offended the state, sadly we cannot prosecute his remains, however, given the training he had received while alive, and the cost of the uniform (tax payers money) he was wearing while taking those steps which bordered more on crass criminal negligence, the state should institute an action against his estate for damages. That will be a lesson for others of his type not to toy with their lives especially when they have been trained with tax payers money.

@ Bandit C, it is so funny. Its not about Nigerian graduates, its not even about the Uni, its just a problem of the individual. some people can't just get it right, let us rather have pity on them and keep praying, while we hope they also manage to cover their shame. Having said that, quite a number of the posts i read, written by the owners of the language also leaves a lot to be applauded, essentially therefore, it is the person and not necessarily the institution.

@Joeblis, If that guy writes and spells like you, there is no justification for admitting him into any high institution let alone a university. Ponder over this and step up in your English grammar or write in vernacular in the alternative.

@drnoel, I am right and ur informants are wrong. I have both oral tradition, written history and everyday observation to buttress my position. I go to Arochukwu at least 4 times every year, Easter, Ikeji (New yam) Christmas, New year and at least one burial. I also relate witht the elders because i am from Isiogo (Eziogo) (which means nothing happens without someone from my compound being there) and inspite of western education (which in all modesty i have had a fair share) i am still traditionally inclined, so i can tell you whatthe real truth is. Your uncles either do not know the history or they are trying to hoodwink you into believing the wrong. Which reminds me, the non-Amadis are generally known (not referred to) as Ohu. But it is only the elderly ones that dwell on such topics and it hardly ever comes into play when some decisions are taken. we relate without any distinctions or demarcations save as i had already outlined in my earlier post. If you want further clarifications, please ask and you shall be satisfied.

@ afam, I do not have the patience to read through the entire thread, i have however noted a point that i believe deserves a response, or perhaps an answer. The people of arondizuogu are not osu, at least from inception (so i guess it will not change later). They are people of Arochukwu extract and they moved on to stay in the present location where they are now. For avoidance of doubt, the Aros of Arochukwu do not have the Osu Caste system, what they have is Amadi and non-Amadi. An Amadi can actually marry a non-Amadi and no body will raise an eyebrow, although there was a guy that wanted to marry my cousin (a female) sometime ago, and i think one of my uncle's did not just like the guy, so part of his peruasive argument was taht my cousin will loose her Amadi status upon marrying the guy. However, people do not go into tracing such history generally in terms of marriage, although in quite a few instances, teh Amadis will always try to indicate that they are the 'sons of the soil'.

Back to the people of Arondizuogu, they still come home to their ancestral home in Arochukwu during the Ikeji Festival )in teh last week of September each year) and they are welcome and we mix and celebrate with them. As a matter of fact, another of my uncles married from there and that his wife happens to be one of the best wives we had ever brought into our family fold. Further, my other relations also go to Ndizuogu whenever they are celebrating their own Ikeji (new yam festival), i have hardly had teh time to attend though. Essentially therefore, teh Arondizuogus are not Osu because they are extracted fro Arochukwu and the Aros do not have the caste system.

Secondly, the law has also abolished that rubbish and honestly why would any one person have a right to determine that someone else is lesser than others. If we had that system, i for one would have gone all out to search out and marry an Osu and then see what happens. By the way forthe records, in Arochukwu, the people we say are not Amadis are teh ones doing a lot better than the Amadis, althouh te reason is a lot more historical, but that is the fact.

@mrinsurer, i use Cornerstone Insurance Plc for all my household, car and Life Insurance and they perform efficiently. I sleep with my eyes closed, fly without any fear of air mishap and drive carefully just bc i am expected to as they fix my dents without qualms. Those guys are professionals. If you want their contact, i can give you my account officer's contact and he will reach you @ Y'all.

@3k, thanks bro. That was d least i could do, and if i had half another chance, i will do it again.

Omo, that storm was something else ooo. A certain woman driving by my side was struggling with her picanto against the gusto, she rested by the side of vehicle (an SUV), i naturally stopped so that i remained her wedge for sometime, when the blizzard calmed a bit, i drove on. Now i need to do some body work(minimally though) because she scrapped my paint, but i am happy i saved that woman and her car, the breeze was pushing her sideways near the edge of the bridge on 3rd mainland. At this rate, this year will be brutal walahi

@ bouncino, in those days, any cummulative 3 unpassed papers earned one an 'advise' to withraw, the only first class in that ur set was a guy from 'Economics' . I cant recall his name now. It was really tough even making the 2.1

@ bouncino, u r dead right. Where belong 2 d same generation of malabites. Ur analysis is a replica of what i obtained. 3.01 gave me a 2.1 after ur set. However no one will dare reduce my grade on any fabricated recent grading system.

@Oga Spyder

Permit me to ask this rather 'silly' question. I recently fired my contractor as he was not performing on point. However, i took personal steps to commission the roofing of my house ( a 4 bedroom duplex). I want to proceed to the next stage and currently setting processes in place to purchase the aluminium profiles and glasses ( i intend to personally scrutinize proposals and be fully involved in the purchases and installations at least by a close proxy). However, i am not clear in my head, whether the next steps should really be to procure those frames and install or first construct window protectors. My plan is to do all at about the same time (windows, protectors and plastering) but i need to know in what specific order, please.

I just read through this. It has been some time i graduated from that institution, i recall that 2.1 (Second upper) starts from 3.00 and ends somewhere around 3.75 or thereabouts ( I made a 2.1 on 3.01 scale). If given a little bit of time (some days), i hope to look for my academic transcript and then give a well articulated response to this enquiry. One sure thing is that the grading system was never confusing then, and it should not be now.

@ufumes, minute details of security operations will make it easy for other criminals to have some understanding of the workings of the system and therefore will tend to be a step ahead of the law at any point in time. Such info is released on a need to know basis. Bottom line is he was tracked down after profiling to his final point in mutum biu. The saddest part is how all these supposedly strong and hard guys are always pulled out from holes that will make d weakest of women feel very low. It is rather very shameful. People like him should be strong enough to pursue his beliefs to d point of death, afterall he has engineered more than 40 deaths in one fell swoop.

Issa Hayatou has signified intentions of going for a 'last 4 year term'. My question is, dont we have other capable hands or is it his father's estate? Africans are so intoxicated with power that they do not know when to ever let go . Not even when the ovation is at its lowest ebbi

My local govt and location of origin which some prefer to call a village is metropolitan (Arochukwu, the ancient city, so i wount call it a village), and it is d best place to be in d whole world. I visit every xmas, at least in d past 15yrs. I also visit my maternal ancestry home (calabar) at the same time as i visit Arochukwu. All those talks abt witches and wizards have always been there, my head is 2 strong 4 dem (apologies to d kokomaster), i will always visit, infact i visit at least 4 times each year. I am also developing properties. Everytime i hear that there are plans to either kill me or incapacitate me, i visit with a renewed vigour to place my success on the map of the environs. Guys, visit ur village, once u dont ingest poison, nothing will happen to you, after a while, they will start getting scared of u. Just be sure u fix ur stuff, get good tyres, sort ur car out and ensure u drive carefully in and out, nothing dey happen. I personally drive fro Lag to my villa round the year and believe me, nothing fit happen bc i believe in my creator and take all due precautions. It is Feb and everyone knows i will come in regularly and finally on Dec 24 every year. Nothing dey pa, anything wey pa, na winsch and even when wisch pa, God pass them. True talk

All talk ang hogwash. First BH cant access McCulley. Second, if they did, US cant do jack. BH has no base that u can attack or ferret out unlike the organized creek fighter, except of course they wanna kill innocent people, IMO

Let us even assume for the sake of argument that it is a fact that Igbos are crossing the border into Cameroun, so what? @ Bluetooth et all, if Ivory Coast was very close, we would have moved over there, prevention is better than cure, and he who fights and runs away is not a coward, he is living to fight another day, if you doubt this fact ask your kinsmen in the military (Brigadiers and General) who were kneeling down and grovelling begging Mustapha ( a major) for their dear lives. Talk is cheap joor, internet tigers.

the fone get name?

@Ezeufi, i am sure u could do a lot better than that. Correct me if i am wrong, there were no Igbos in Lagos in that golden era? Think first, articulate ur thots and then put it down in a comprehensible and equitable manner. There is really no justification in trying to turn every topic into an ethnic bashing. Just my perception.

I am feeling nolstalgic over a time period that i was not even about to be concieved yet. That says a lot about the beauty and peace of the master pieces. I so miss the period under consideration here. It is soooo beautiful i could almost cry, lol

I am sorry safarigirl. Come back next year when you have reached the legal age, perhaps by then you will have a fuller understanding of how these things work. I just checked and found out that you will be 18 someday in the future, tasking your brain presently could be interpreted as a form of assault. When it is mature enough to comprehend, i will oblige you. Good day.

And BTW, where i currently work, the Chief Financial Officer had a first degree in a physics related programme before he veered off into Accounting and Finance having worked over time with Deloitte. One of my core directors is heading a private equity firm recognized world-wide and his first degree was in, guess? MBBCH (or whatever acronym they use for medical doctors)(essentially he started off as a medical doctor with the then Authur Anderson but working in tax, etc etc). It pays to manage one's ignorance and learn than to parade same in a public forum such as this. I amnow getting incensed really

It is amazing how we easily derail a thread from the very serious and solemn issue of death to that of Nigeria being a failed state and Engineers working in Banks, etc etc.

Let me say without mincing words that with a first degree in any field, you are positioned to work at the entry level of a bank. If you aspire to go higher, you will then need to learn on the job and acquire some certifications. I trained as a lawyer and spent 2 years working in the Legal Department of a foremost bank. While there, a few other colleagues (lawyers) veered into corporate finance and they excelled. As i speak, i have left banking but have upscalled my skills to enable me take up challenges in various other spheres of life. My point?, it is not a Nigerian factor nor is it perculiar to Nigeria for skills to be applied across board. Secondly, I have held down 4 different jobs and i did not know a single person in any of those establishments, i simply applied, got interviewed and got offers which i accepted. It is so very easy to sit on a certain high horse and be castigating everything Nigerian, we know we are not doing well, it is more a case of the powerful minority downplaying the good intentions of the weak majority. People like me believe that someday, the wind of change will blow, until then, we keep trying to make this place the best we can. Oya small pikins make una begin abuse una uncle

@Op and the mugus that are falling i ask, after you have seen the pic, what next? Its Valentine, right? some candle-lit dinner in a cosy restaurant, u pick some gifts and the guy walks away a lot more broke than he was on 13th Feb and probably wondering how to run through the month till the 28th or thereabouts, essentially what gives after the review of the handsome men (boys) Just an innocent question

the idea behind it is very simple, the phone has the Nigerian market as its target, in a coupla days, it will be seen as a 'position statement' in a gathering of 'who is who' in the Nigerian context. they know we have some dumb folks around and about with no brilliant ideas of what to invest in other than trying to outdo each other in fad related rubbish. Mtchewwwwwwwww

At any rate, 14th falls on a Tuesday, Go to work, and letthem know that you have auditors reviewing your books and you may not be able to leave till late, keep calling to reassure them each of your undying love for them (i guess they will be telling you the same sweet nonesense either riding or being ridden by some bloke anyways). Close from work late, buy ur sorry azz a beer or two and go home and sleep in mysery. Call them first thing on Wednesday and ask when you can make up for the lost date, at each point of the discussion, keep abusing and swearing for your employer, they will appreciate how deeply disappointed you are. (i am hoping you have a job though)

I have laughed all the way reading this thread, Omo @ OP, you be real swegbe. *Killz* and Ultrame have suggested brilliant ways of getting out of this self imposed insanity. If you were not broke, i would have given you a fail-proof option, but since you are broke and still wanting to satisfy 3 different babes, i must say you are too new in that game. the earlier you quit, the better for your sorry Life. MuMu X 100.

Na wa 4 9ja ooo. It is a muslim holiday, we should savour the benefit of sit at home, the same way they savour the benefits of all the christian holidays (although most of them are based on paganistic origin e.g Christmas and to some extent Easter). All these tantrums being thrown are just uncalled for, Nigeria is a secular state and we should make room for one another. By the way, i profess christianity but i see all these other Northern brothers as human, it is just a tiny minority that have been brain-washed to believe they must kill 'infidels' so that they can go to paradise and acquire seven (7) virgins.

In the meantime, i will rest wella on Monday, or maybe drive out to swim at the club, what a wonderful off-day

to igbo political leaders i say
and to Uwazurike i say

Eventually something will give, what exactly it is, i cannot say, but i am watching with rapt attention

please send account detail to hard_body99@yahoo.com

i.e ''hard(underscore)body''

I do not quite get a good grasp of her predicament but one sure thing is she needs help and support both financially and morally. Let us rally round this person, as they usually say, ' E fit be you, '