₦airaland Forum

JuanDeDios: @bolded
How many? Has our government told us? - as in so-and-so number died, comprising so-and-so men, women, kids, Nigerians, Ghanaians, South Africans, etc? Yet you expect a serious government to keep quiet.

infohenry: . My friend don't waste time and energy educating this guy please. Just imagine what he wrote up there as the reason a responsible government will indulge in illegal arm deal. I weep for the future of this country because with this kind youths there is no redemption.

aderonila18: The dude is saying things he doesn't understand the repercussions of. As a Country fighting home grown terrorism, the UN and other such organizations obviously recognize Nigeria's need to buy weapons quickly an Nigeria can easily approach them to facilitate the process. Instead he is saying our government decided to become like Iran who is known for breaking international laws and that is why they've received various sanctions all along. Do you know that a government breaking the law of another Country and engaging in illegal arms purchase on it's soil can be taken as an act of war? Then please explain to me why it's only the Private Jet of CAN that the government saw it fit to involve in their illegal operation?

aderonila18: .

"The seller is probably the one that made request for cash so their govt may not know they are selling such"

Won't that mean the government of Nigeria is conducting business with a criminal? The army is not supposed to buy black market weapons, there are legitimate approved companies that sell weapons and a Country fighting terrorism has no need to go to the black market. If the government knows that this seller is trying to evade his Country knowing he's selling arms which means it's an illegal deal why would a Country and it's government get involved in that. Basically what you're saying is that the Nigerian government was caught buying weapons on the black market and aiding a criminal to break the laws of another country?

Rawani: Your two scenarios lack logic and are dead on arrival.

1. Is it faster to make a purchase through wire transfer or cash? If the act was neccessitated by urgency, the arms could have been ordered on phone or electronically and money transferred to the dealers account in a fraction of a minute, instead of chartering a plane, getting unused brand new bills, packing them into suitcases, co-ordinating logistics and flying hours to SA, when it's obvious $10m worth of arms can't fit on a plane, so whats the use? which is faster and more efficient?

2. Nigeria is a signatory to several international groups such as the AU, UN etc. and the only way we can be refused sale of weapons is if we are sanctioned by these organizations from being sold arms, or if we are trying to purchase arms from a country or organization that is apologetic to the cause of Nigeria's enemies.

Both of these scenarios are not the case so your assertions hold no water. There are actually two main reasons people engage in these type of transactions with CASH instead of electronic transfer:

1. Money Laundering - this is basically a way of transforming proceeds from a crime like looting into legitimate money or assets (in this case). However the government who is the client here has other means of hiding looted funds; if they could hide $20b, whats $10m? This is not the only reason they chose to use cash.

2. Eliminating the Paper Trail - All bank transactions leave a trail of documents which could attract attention or be used in investigations against a criminal. Using cash reduces this paper trail to the barest minimum as the transaction becomes simple 'cash and carry'. While this might look like the most likely scenario in this case, the government is actually more sinister.

The FG despite its characteristic failure in almost all sectors, seems to have managed to develop an efficient hybrid of the above two scenarios. A self-sustaining evil system that can go undetected to the untrained eye. The government's actions in this case, while being able to launder stolen money from the defence budget - transforming stolen funds to weapons in the name of the FG, then diverting these weapons to arm BH, who then unleash even more deadly attacks where our military assets are siezed which then triggers the need for an increased defence budget which is then looted and used to buy more arms for BH. This vicious cycle repeats itself again and again, netting billions for FG's criminals and leaving Nigerians none the wiser. All these are done while eliminating the paper trail, which is why i said the FG developed a ruggedly efficient hybrid of the two scenario's. Evil however, always has a way of consuming itself.

We are watching.

kopell: Good job doctor engineer Lol. Am loving it sha

YourHealthlabs: Bros, your Acute appendicitis is confirmed by an Imaging Scientist/Sonographer/Radiographer. Not a Physician.

When you need blood for pre-ops. Where do u look?...Into your wardcoats?...We know the answer.
Afterall, we also have ailments that can be taken care of without keeping an appointment with a Physician. Lab investigations will CONFIRM and/or SUPPORT, and/or MONITOR the progression/regression of a disease condition.

Ok let me ask you, do you Confirm Schistosomiasis by just adjusting your eyeglasses while looking at the patient?. Afterall there are many other ailments that presents hematuria as one of their Clinical manifestations.

How about Trichomoniasis?..I guess the smell of that HVS swab tells you it's T.V without having a Scientist look into his microscope and confirming it.

Let's stop deceiving ourself, you can't extricate Lab investigations from 21st century medical practice. Except you want to practice pre-pleistocene, dinosaur-era medicine.

The Radiographers and Scientists provides information that helps you develop a treatment plan for the Patient.

Healthcare is multidisciplinary with the patient in the middle and all of us around him.

**I think i've derailed the Op's "Doctor-title' thread enough**

mufutau55: You are doing real good Doc. God bless.

Hajji Mufutau

egin: @ helpee how much did you pay for the cleaning? What is the cleaning cost based on?

oldenglish: Is this your ceiling PVC?

adewasco2k: nice

euromilion: @helpee,

Sorry I didn't get the mail bro,pls can u resend it,when you have time.

Cheers.