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A taya o. They pay rent of $800 per month, which is almost half of the monthly earning. That's over one million naira on rent per month. If they have to keep telling us what they earn by converting to naira, then they should also convert what they spend to naira. Who spends up to 1,000,000 naira on monthly rent in Nigeria? Nobody wastes so much here.

This idea of exchange rate that means nothing to a man permanently resident and doing menial job abroad is deceiving them.

Iamzik:
Just one question for you...
Is Op spending in AUD or Naira?
Is he converting his salary to naira to send back home?

If No then your comparison is needless. You can never compare a successful CFO in Nigeria to a Forklift operator anywhere in the world.

Change will not be given to you. You have to ask for it and collect it. Oyinbo once had corrupt leaders too, they didn't fix things by running away to another man's country.

classicfrank4u:
Grow up
If Nigeria had given him a job he wouldn't have gone to U.S in the first place.
Nigeria failed him!

This you question is powerful! Never occurred to me.

papyjaypaul:
Why do people in same sex relationships always have someone that acts like the other sex? That's hypocrisy of the highest order.

In gayism, 1 gay behaves like a woman

in lesbiakneeism, 1 lesbian behaves like a man, kneels down to propose and acts like a man

As it is same sex, can't they behave like same sex Boy boy, girl girl

The type of democracy in which whenever a legislator who is fighting for us the citizens gets punished by the political crooks, we go about our normal businesses as if nothing has happened, only grumbling on social media. Sometimes, we even insult them and say they were fighting for themselves.

Ask Dino Melaye, Abdulmimuni Jibril, Ali Ndume, Omo-Agege, etc. We the citizens betrayed them and they had no option but to go and beg the crooks for forgiveness.

BlueRayDick:
But which kind yeye democratic system we dey run for this country?

A senator is a representative of his constituents; they are the ones who voted for him to represent them at the national level. Why should fellow senators suspend a senator thereby preventing him from carrying out legislative duties which his constituents sent him there to do?

Senators suspending their fellow senator because they do not agree with him on an issue should not be allowed by law. Why prevent him from carrying out his legislative duty when u didn't vote him into senate in the first place?

Check all my posts. I have never said one positive thing about Obi's tricks, and this is the first negative thing I have posted about this government.

So, stop being tribal.

tsdarkside:
obi will still not be voted president....

end of discussion....

stano2:
Shame de catch me
See what Nigeria has been reduced to . CHAFF

Just imagine that their minister of commerce is too busy to meet with our president.

These are people who genuinely have our interest at heart and they know that the President's visit will be a waste of time and money for both countries.

You won't fix your country, you're travelling upandan asking foreigners to come in and invest, you think they are also stupid? Ordinary security sef no dey.

Not many people know that there's more killings in the US than in Nigeria. US is not as safe as Nigeria.

inoki247:
RiP to the kid....


To even run away from death come hard if you stay in Nigeria u no safe from death still run go abroad death go still find u....


Na why I say we only came to die in this world...

Wow! I found this article to be quite enlightening.
It reveals the real problem of ASUU and the government. I recommended to all students.
Though a bit long, the writing is entertaining and easy to read.


BEYOND HEADLINES: ASUU versus ₦683 billion intervention fund
Prof. Muhammed Sani Ibrahim

Lately, Nigeria’s media space has been buzzing with twisted news of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of a hefty ₦683 billion as the 2024 Intervention Funds for public tertiary institutions.

However, amid the excitement, Nigeria’s political elite, aided by the media, seem to be playing tricks, wrongly implying that ₦1.9 billion is set aside for ASUU in each university.

While praises go to President Tinubu for nearly doubling the 2024 Intervention Fund, a crucial question lingers: What is really covered by this ₦683 billion? A closer scrutiny is essential to avoid misunderstandings of the true purpose and destination of this Intervention Fund.

So, why all the drama?

In the recent history of ASUU strikes, their constant requests revolve around seven points, with about five being money matters. These money matters are: revival of tertiary institutions (so called Intervention Fund), increasing budgetary allocation to education to 26% (from primary to tertiary levels), salary adjustment, payment of earned academic allowances of several years still being owed, and payment of withheld salaries.

Sadly, similar to past governments, the present administration is becoming fixated on just one money matter – the Intervention Fund. But why is it becoming more of a pattern to always prioritise these so-called intervention projects? Even the Minister and Minister of State for education seem to be talking more about “infrastructure” than about the quality and quantity of manpower needed to improve the education sector.

It is the same with the Executive Secretary of the government agency that manages the intervention fund, Mr Sonny Echono, whose admonition was featured in Premium Times on 13th January 2023.

While announcing the President’s approval of the hefty ₦683 billion, Mr Echono “urged heads of institutions to ensure timely payments to CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS (emphasis mine) to enable the proper completion of projects…”.

Contractors and vendors! Why do government officials consistently prioritise the so-called intervention funds and the associated contracts of buildings and vehicles while forcing the diligent workers to survive on a cocktail of unpaid salaries and earned allowances? Why do they ignore the reality that their prioritisation of contracts and vehicles is continually depriving the manpower and damaging the country’s education system?

And, in the midst of this financial paradox, the laboratories and studios for student learning resemble a low-budget horror tale in which students are forced into the lowly realm of “alternative to practical”, a sort of practical exercise without apparatus or specimens. And, strangely, the political elite’s undying love for awarding contracts continues to wax strong.

It’s almost like they’re working overtime to create a separate universe of construction marvels, all while expecting poor workers to keep perfecting the art of unpaid academic diligence. Surely, the stark parallel between Nigerian politician’s enthusiasm for ‘infrastructure’ and his indifference to the pressing, unpaid entitlements of the poor workers paint a sorry picture that calls for urgent recalibration of this administration’s priorities.

By the way, where in the world have physical structures form the body and soul of efficient and effective university systems? Is it not common knowledge that a thriving university system is not merely about bricks and mortar but a system of motivated team of human beings?

President Tinubu, a seasoned manager of people, must be well aware that the most important resource of any setting is its manpower. In his 2023 election campaign, he promised to ensure that “our graduates at tertiary level are not only trained for white-collar jobs, but they will be enterprising and innovative.”

As such, he must steer clear of misguided advice on the priorities of Nigeria’s education sector and close the wide gap between the beloved construction wonders and the often-overlooked, unpaid academic dedication.

He must work with the understanding that improving the quality of Nigeria’s tertiary education system centres on a motivated manpower propelling it forward, not just forests of buildings manned by sparse and deprived, unhappy humans. Buildings and vehicles are essential, but not at the expense of workforce needed to run the system effectively.

Yes, Nigerian public university workers are deprived.

Let me paint a picture of the struggles faced by public university workers using my personal story. My promotion journey resembles a suspense thriller – I was promoted to associate professor in 2017, and my salary arrears are still pending. In 2020, I was promoted to the rank of professor with yet another round of pending salary arrears. It appears university workers’ pay cheques have embarked on indefinite sabbatical. But that’s not all; hard-earned allowances of several years continue to play an endless game of bojuboju. Sadly, this narrative mirrors the experience of every worker in Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions.

Again and again, why does the approval for building and vehicles seamlessly sail through every time, while the rightful entitlements of workers remain perpetually underway? How does the “intervention” ritual consistently navigate around challenges, overlooking the plight of the workforce in the tertiary institutions?

Surely, this government must not, similar to its predecessors, expect substantial national development without a strategic investment in its most vital resource – the manpower. Surely, President Tinubu must urgently examine his appointees’ priorities, questioning why spending on constructions and automobiles consistently takes precedence over the immediate and essential needs of the manpower that shapes Nigeria’s educational landscape.

Permit me to say the ongoing unchallenged misinformation buttresses my argument in a previous essay about ASUU’s insufficient engagement with the Nigerian public, titled “Rethinking ASUU’s Approach in The Government Tug of War.”

In the essay, I argued that effective communication, idea marketing, and evidence-based problem-solving methods by academics are crucial for positive change in the Nigerian university system but have been noticeably absent. Is ASUU, alongside other academics, steering the current narrative? No! In fact, it seems they are unaware or even helpless against the ongoing propaganda. As it stands, students, parents and other stakeholders are celebrating the ₦683 billion approval, assuming it is earmarked “for ASUU.” Oblivious, many now believe that the government is already meeting ASUU’s financial demands.

From the foregoing, ASUU and its counterparts must do more work to counter the ongoing misinformation of relevant stakeholders of Nigeria’s education system by the politicians. Otherwise, this propaganda will later turn around to haunt ASUU by laying the foundation for a future false narrative that ASUU is difficult to please or ASUU’s appetite for money is insatiable when, on the contrary, no money has been paid out of the workers’ entitlements being owed. ASUU and its counterparts must communicate with, not merely inform, the Nigerian public about the recently approved ₦683 billion being solely for the procurement of physical structures and vehicles, not for salaries and allowances being owed the workers. The unions must emphasise their little or no involvement in spending these intervention funds because, as the legendary Chinua Achebe aptly expressed, until the lion learns to speak, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

In addition, the unions must engage the President to make him fully comprehend the aspects of the education sector being funded by a significant chunk of the earmarked funds. Certainly, he appreciates the distinction between the roles of towering physical structures and hefty contracts and the indispensable roles of manpower in any critical sector. So, it is urgent to make him understand how, against global best practices, sound academic minds are being replaced by forests of buildings and vehicles associated with endless contracts. The loss of these scarce human resources forms for a major portion of the ongoing japa syndrome, a phenomenon the President is pledging to reverse.

Because the academic unions are not the only stakeholders in Nigeria’s education sector, reforming the sector also requires selfless contributions from parents, students, CSOs, NGOs, religious and traditional leaders, media, etc. After all, it takes a village to raise a child, not just daddy and mummy. As such, the current set up that disproportionately overburdens ASUU with the responsibility for a well-functioning education sector will not yield results. Other stakeholders must join to push government agencies to demonstrate sincere commitment to educational development. CSOs should invest in enlightening parents about how perpetually denying lecturers their salaries and hard-earned allowances negatively impacts their children’s education. Also, parents should actively push the government to work with the established fact that educational development goes beyond constructing physical structures and purchasing vehicles. It mandatorily involves prioritising the human resources that shape the entire sector. Nonetheless, ASUU, as a group of intellectuals, must continue to lead by engaging and influencing every stakeholder using approaches that are pragmatic and effective.

Finally, the fourth estate of the realm, the media, must continually critique and influence affairs and opinions concerning tertiary education by enlightening and guiding the political class and the citizenry. Rather than merely circulating news from the politicians, the media should be posing incisive questions. Globally, education sectors thrive on intricate systems of motivated manpower and abundant equipment and supplies, beyond indiscriminate constructions and their associated hefty contracts.

Ibrahim is a Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.


https://nigeriansketch.com/beyond-headlines-ASUU-versus-%e2%82%a6683-billion-intervention-fund/

Which Islamic law? Can you guys ever think without invoking religious or ethnicity issues?

ValCon888:
He probably divorced her according to Islamic law. Then she went ahead to find love and happiness and remarried.

Yet he's so pained he killed himself.

I have no RIP to waste.

This is how you people kill your minds with bitterness. Someone says something publicly, you're making another unsubstantiated assertion. Shame!

Beremx:
He backs it publicly but deep inside him he's also playing ethnic politics with it.

Sanusi wey be silent ethnic and religious bigot

See dis one o

BarrElChapo:
Wait nobody is talking about the Halima woman that stole 44bn only betta this betta that. I’m beginning to agree with those that say it’s a northern scheme to kick her out.

This man is making sense. For the first time since Feb 2023.

Rubbish!

They keep setting for production in the media for several weeks now

Joseph099:
What does he mean by na my money I take buy this one o

If you listened, he asked his agents to buy him one but they didn't.

DesChyko:
Thanks for your insight. Can you please help us with the true version of things so we will not be misled?

God bless you!
Amen!

EreluRoz:
It's too small for marriage, you can't get anything reasonable with that amount.

See dis one

Correct question!

DARLINGTON869:
1•2 million naira marriage list. HOPE SHE IS A GRADUATE OF HAVARD UNIVERSITY AND CURRENTLY WORKING IN EXON MOBIL OR SHELL?

See a consultant gynaecologist in a teaching hospital or federal medical Centre. Not just any doctor o and not just any hospital.

Jewessgratitud3:
I suffer severe menstrual cramps and it's really taking a tow on me. Like I no longer look forward to having my menses because of the pain and discomfort that comes with it.

The only thing that stops the cramps is felvin but it makes the flow three times heavier than normal to the point that I'll start feeling dizzy. The last one scared me cos after taking felvin, on the second day I was changing diaper every 5 mins. (Yes I use diaper cos pad no longer holds my flow. ) At a point I stood up and it's as if the whole blood in my system gushed out and I nearly passed out. So I said I wasn't going to use felvin again.

Now, I didn't use felvin this time and the flow is normal but I've been crying from pain since yesterday. It's like labor pain and im tempted to take felvin but when I remember what happened the last time, I'll ditch the idea.

Please what can I use to stop the pain that will not increase the flow? Please help with remedies that work.

Akpacha:
U think say na every body de brainless like ur papa? Omo ale eranKo jati jati!

Sorry, boy. This 2024, I will only argue with people whose heads are not hollow.

Not always.
In this case, how do you prove your you got a degree and went to NYSC without revealing your identity? Almost impossible!

SharingIsLife:
I knew they'd come for him. And he caused it. Undercover agents don't show their faces to the whole world.

And you think they can't get him outside the country You guys somehow think that japa solves all problems.

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Click and see this on X and you'd understand: .

Akpacha:
Like u now, u are a confirmed one of them.

How you take known? No be who get brain dey fit confirm others?

God bless you

In power, you used to say posterity will judge you right. After about 30 years, you're still talking rubbish about posterity judging you right in the future.

Nonsense!

Nwaokunkpara:
But how can Israel carry out an airstrike in another country's capital city?

They say it is defending itself

Akpacha:
Served him right! No hiding place for terrorists.

And how do you register a terrorist?

Before, na em papa go stop the break up? No be God?

These fake prophets that all dodged the prediction of 2023 presidential election.

And they still have followers!

EtinosaDLaw:
The traffic situation in Lagos will not let armed robbers get away with it. That's what's stopping them. Not all this balderdash. Celebrating mediocrity.

The traffic situation in Lagos just started 4 years ago?

Perhaps, loneliness was part of their problem and in their heart they were in a relationship with her on the screen. So they were feeling jealous and heartbroken 💔

How else does one explain it

Bliss62:
I wonder how some people were raised, attacking a stranger hiding behind your keyboard

Some parents failed this Generation with very poor parenting

Social media , freedom of speech should not turn you into an animal

DarlingtonC:
If this is in southern Kaduna, I can bet you it was deliberate

Luckily it was not in Southern Kaduna. CAN for don see food for political campaign.