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Op. Punctuation error! It should be 55.941 billion not 55,941billion (which is 56 trillion naira!) Or do you insist that it is 55,941? Then I'll tell all Lagos GDP is not near 56 trillion. |
Olusola Aladejebi wrote: How pathetic, how disastrous if having walked 8km into the Sahara, I find out that the bottles in my backpack contain oil rather than water! I’ll most certainly be filled with despair. I have reflected deeply the role of higher education (especially in Nigeria). I have also read views of profound thinkers across the globe on the role of the universities. I therefore conclude that many are pursuing an education of illusion. The picture of my hypothetical foray into the desert is an apt metaphor for the reality ahead of some people. Education, be it basic, secondary or tertiary, is aimed at learning. Impartation of relevant knowledge is, or ought to be, the most fundamental objective of any school system. To the degree it deviates from this objective, it is to that degree that the school system loses relevance. A test for any educational system is: if all students and parents are made to understand that no certificates will be given at the expiration of the course of study, how many students will remain? I dare say less than 20%. There is clearly an undue value placed on higher education, especially postgraduate study, at the expense of acquiring useful, creative knowledge. ‘Will you do masters’ has now been replaced by ‘when will you go for your masters?’ Such talk only fuels the rabid desire for an unthinking master’s degree. There exists this spurious idea that with a master’s in hand the gates of success will open to you more quickly than when you hadn’t. Holders of such idea do not yet know that the gates of success open to the man or woman with relevant knowledge and skill regardless of where he got them or where he did not. It is noteworthy that one of the most important ‘exports’ of U. K to Nigeria is now the Master’s Degree. All over the web space you find advertisements for university upon university. They seem to understand that we place an inordinate value on a 2nd Degree. In a declining European economy they cash in quickly on our thinking handicap. Time published in 2010 the list of the most successful college drop outs. Some on the list include Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zukerberg, Frank Lloyd Wright and James Cameron. Dropping out of college to pursue a passion and create value is not a recent phenomenon. Frank Lloyd Wright for instance dropped out of University of Wisconsin—Madison in 1886! to become America’s most celebrated Architect. Gone are the days when the universities held the only key to knowledge. The information revolution has now provided access to knowledge on anything through the internet. My point is not whether people drop out of university or whether they continue to post graduate study. Any idiot can drop out of school as well as any idiot can finish school. If your unique contribution will be realized by an extended stay in the university, please stay on. But never just continue to gather certificates as if they are ends in themselves. Delete the mind-set: now that I have this certificate, I can now be successful. Rather the mind-set should be: now that I have detected the unique contribution I will make in this life, I will seek relevant knowledge that will help in this quest. In closing, Peter Thiel, an entrepreneur and billionaire, expressed the view that, ‘although higher education is definitely useful for some career paths (medicine, engineering, etc.) and people learn very valuable things in the university, there are many career paths, such as entrepreneurship, for which higher education is not useful and simply leads them to waste years they may have been doing something more productive’. I am convinced that the most creative among us will never be the ideal university student. They will find school uncomfortable for their ideas. They may find lecturers speaking a different language from the one in their hearts. Three things may happen to these most gifted ones. Some may try hard to finish schooling while keeping the fire of their new creative ideas burning. Some may detect that their continued stay in the university will drown that pure, fresh creativity growing in the hearts and hence escape for their lives! (Those on the TIME’s list above obviously thought so)Some others unfortunately because they didn’t develop the courage to step out allowed the old stuff to kill their unique creativity. Sometimes to think outside the box, you have to step outside the box (university). Even if you are not one of the most gifted among us, you should not have the illusion that unless the university certifies you, there can be no excellence for you! |
Do you reside in Ibadan and want to work with a team to deliver robust organization architecture (design) to businesses? Note that 'architecture' is in the human element sense and NOT the physical layout sense. Send a mail to wittyolusola@yahoo.com Then we start from there. |
valdovas:Keep deceiving yourself. You will provide help for thousands of people! Kwantinue. Even Alhaji Dangote won't do so. |
iykedare:Your comment blaming govt for people participating in MMM is like that of view of arrested kidnappers who say the committed the crimes because of unemployment. Are they the only unemployed folks,? |
At last the banking halls will be freer for us who want to do proper transactions. |
playtheblues:Hmmn. Frozen under the south pole. |
Diiverexii:How much are you being paid for this? |
[quote author=ebuclassic18 post=51894089][/quote]You still don't get it. Such a scheme is not sustainable any where in the world. |
majekdom2:You still don't get it. It is not sustainable any where in the world. |
Catastrophe1:
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fyneguy:Even before I checked where he comes from I guessed. And I was right! He is a Ugandan. I wonder what his beef with Soyinka is. I suspect it is because Soyinka called GEJ Nebuchadnezzar: The enemy of my friend is my enemy. |
ekestic1976:The way he talks, he seems he is a young fellow (this is not excuse his rudeness because there are many of his age who don't talk like that). His father can't be 82; more like his grandfather. |
Boldstar:Op! Congrats. Police work is indeed an honourable work. I challenge you to do the work right! I know the forces of evil and injustice are rife in the NPF but I believe you can make a difference. You are definitely not alone if you decide to stand for fairness. Remember the experiences you've had of police injustices (or of other persons' experience) and how you felt. Now put in mind that other people would feel exactly how you felt when on the receiving of police injustices. I challenge you to be DIFFERENT! |
Do you reside in Ibadan and want to work with a team to deliver robust organization architecture (design) to businesses. Send a mail to wittyolusola@yahoo.com Then we start from there. |
Do you reside in Ibadan and want to work with a team to deliver robust organization architecture (design) to businesses? Send a mail to wittyolusola@yahoo.com Then we start from there. |
Do you reside in Ibadan and want to work with a team to deliver robust organization architecture (design) to businesses? Send a mail to wittyolusola@yahoo.com Then we start from there. |
Do you reside in Ibadan and want to work with a team to deliver robust organization architecture (design) to businesses? Send a mail to wittyolusola@yahoo.com Then we start from there. |
PaulIdu:IF and if the stone throwing is true, I condemn it totally and irrevocably. Now to giving them arms; for every problem or situation there are usually more than one way to address it. The best way should be taken. The problem that made arming FRSC officials an issue at is their safety. Does any responsible state allow it officials to be killed anyhow while on duty? Apart from arming them, some have suggested assigning police to them on patrol. The BIG problem with that is lack of independence. If they depend solely on the police for their protection ON DUTY it will affect their autonomy. As a person with a reasonable sense of self efficacy, FOR ME, the first argument for arming them is give them some level of respect their job requires! Imagine yourself on patrol. A vehicle breaks down on a side of the road which causes traffic to build up. The vehicle however doesn't block the road completely. Immediately some motorist see the building traffic, they begin to take 'one-way'. The FRSC official at the junction tells them to return to their lane but they push him away with their vehicle. Remember you are the FRSC guy. What would you do? I want practical plausible pragmatic answer. If I was the official I would feel some kind of frustration at a situation where I am deployed by govt to do a job in which I am not empowered to do (in our system). What I believe the gun will do is to make people respect them ON DUTY for the work they do. I salute Oyeyemi the boss for this initiative. It seems to me that he is capable of rising to the occasion when situation demands it. I would rather resign that allow my men to be mauled down by some insane driver. Is that not what leadership is about? Is it not taking responsibility for and protecting those who look up to you? Was that not what Late Lt Col Abu Ali was doing that earned more moral authority that some arm chair generals? |
PaulIdu:Nairaland and some unreasonable people! Who are those liking this silly post! Didn't you read that the stone claim was false. Nigeria's future may be at risk with the proliferation of unreasonable persons. |
uxdesigner:In person you won't give him room to air his views. Na wao! Would you beat up? SMH. |
delishpot:The answer is 70 in 2016 just if you didn't see it clearly. Putting a system right is by wailing and complaining. You were right in saying that in more developed societies, they would just take down the number and the police take it from there. But we are not there yet. I don't think we will be in the next 10 yrs. So for our level of development, this is a step in the right direction. What do you want an official of FRSC to do when 30 vehicles face on coming vehicles? Tell me. He asks them to stop but they wouldn't. So he should go to babalawo to collect do-as-I-say medicine! If government won't arm them, or won't provide a system where people who commit traffic offenses can be gotten easily(which I am sure we can't do yet) they should just scrap the organization. Enough of exposing them to needless danger! |
shinarambo1:Even policemen who are armed are sometimes still hit by motorists. But if you do that you had better in a Ferrari or a bullet proof vehicle. The point is: having guns deters just any idiot from hitting them. |
lezz:They seriously need the gun to compel egoistic people like you to respect the fellow man. |
This is a very welcome development. This FRSC boss is thinking. Good strategy! And for those condemning it: If your brother had been killed by a lawless driver, you would have a rethink. |
From the majority of posts on the thread 3 things are obvious to me: 1. Integrity doesn't mean much to the children of these days. Soyinka said he was leaving US if Trump wins.(that is the meaning of the 'tear green card'). 2. There is a certain disrespect for elders which I believe comes from a certain region which has ties to Uganda. Most of them, their grandfather is not yet 82 yet they spew insults on the honourable man. A man who spent 22months in jail for supporting their failed attempt at secession! 3. Education is really deficient in Nigeria. One would think with internet on their phone they can check information. If you ask many of what Nobel prize means, they come up blank. For your info if Prof applies for residency in any country in Europe he would get it IMMEDIATELY. |
mrblessed:You are building political theories just with your mouth! If you understand politics you won't say the things you said: "that his (Tinubu's) demands were dismissed with a wave of hand depicts his true standing in the party." You bestow on PMB the authority he does not have yet. How big is GEJ's political influence today? I am not saying he does not have but right now his party is in shambles so his influence is not much nationally. PMB's will atrophy if APC becomes deserted too. And all those who call their elders mad because of a current president should be careful. Where is the powerful David Mark today? Even if Aketi feels animosity against Tinubu he should be wise about it. He should not be like Fayose. |
It is misleading to say that God will remove the names of anyone who does MMM. While I don't participate in the scheme for 2 reasons: 1. Since I understand economic value creation, I know that the scheme will certainly crash! 2. Since I know this I consider it immoral to participate in a scheme that will crash (even if I make my money) on some people. What makes a person's name written in the book of life is faith in Jesus Christ and remaining in him. Some people who participate MMM are immature Christians. Immature Christians also have their name written there. 1 John 2:1 says: My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Caveat All sin is dangerous and should be avoided. Playing with sin may make you fall off the vine. |
sammyj:Which one is media trial? The newspapers should not their work again? If the EFCC forbids them from reporting, we will shout Press must not be gagged'. Nigerians! SMH. |
Lagos and development.
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Do you reside in Ibadan and want to work with a team to deliver robust organization architecture (design) to businesses? Send a mail to wittyolusola@yahoo.com Then we start from there. |
Tino86:Please stop the belly aching. Because you were not selected, hence the whole process is a sham! The same mentality our politicians have! For your info, they selected just 200,000. So it means probability of selecting you is reduced. |
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