₦airaland Forum

"Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach."

Tony Robbins
(1960 - )
Self-help Writer and Professional Speaker

This guy should compile a dictionary to be called ANGLO-WAZOBIA DICTIONARY

This Pension Reform is a killer of employees. Tell me, how can you serve the government for 20 years and you are paid only 25% of your entitlement with the excuse that you are not upto 50 years or put in 35 years in service.? How do you want the man to start life?I know PENCOM will tell you to go look for another job but is that the right way? If the government can not continue to pay pension for life for civil servants, the government should think of payoff on retirement. Nigeria is not matured for executing pension fund because so many fundamentals to enable a civil servant survive after retirement are not there. Salary is not sufficient to meet daily needs. No easy access to credit facilities. The housing schemes put in place to enable poor civil servants acquire low income houses are ursuped by the rich. No incentives to get more when you put in more. No electricity to enable them set up small biz. From my observation, no civil servant can build a personal house without some element of corruption in Nigeria.

In fact, the real reason why government is finding payment of pension difficult is because of corruption at high level. How much does an average pensioner collect per month, by the way? The government should not just copy something because it is done else where. We should look at our own perculiarities to tackle our problems. I tell more solemnly, Pension reform has increased the level of corruption among civil servants now than ever, because the future is very bleak and the civil servant wants to secure himself against the doom that is to come. Government should scrap it with immediate effect. What help do they think they are rendering to the average civil servant when they the leaders do not put in place structures to support good life in this country? Our leaders go abroad for medication, while our hospitals are in tatters. They send their children abroad for the best education while our educational sector is in shambles. In short, our leaders do not wish the average civil servant well because the basic necesities for a good life are not in Nigeria.

As a solution to the existing pension reform, I will suggest that government should fight corruption; this is the drain pipe to which the money of the nation goes to a few pockets. Provide electricity. Government should adopt the option of payoff instead of pension for life.

I will rather oppose your motion.
The aim of establishing the NYSC scheme among others is to develop junior leaders for this country. How can you lead a people you don't know? You must serve to get use to the people whom you will lead in the nearest future. If there are challenges in the scheme, it is normal with any other establishment in Nigeria. What you should request is improvement in the leadership of Nigeria and by extension the NYSC scheme.

"I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing. "

-- Larry Bird, basketball player

"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me, You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."

Walt Disney
(1901 - 1966)
Film Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Animator, and Philanthropist

We are tired of hearing setting -up of committees. Action we need. We want to hear jailing of culprits. Period.

Abegi, I'm tired of hearing -settingup this, setting- up that. I want to hear, so -so - and so has been jailed.

Ufan Ndipe, aba die? Ami ndiongo ke o. Ufok, mbok ani owo ediongo?

How can our leaders recognise him when he has no godfather? Nigeria is a sad story in recognising merits.

Politics without principle is the bane of due process in Nigeria. Nigeria is a political jungle where survival is for the fittest, by hook or crook. No wonder everything in Naija is upside down.

IBB should be familiar with the saying, that the day your troops stop coming to you to tell their problems, know that your leadership has failed. IBB should please withdraw behind the scene. It is finished!

Oya now!

"All successful people, men and women, are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose."


Brian Tracy
(1944 - )
Canadian Self-help Author

How ex-governors, ministers, others frustrate corruption trials – EFCC

Ex-governors, ministers and other high profile suspects being tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission are devising various methods to elongate and frustrate their trial, SUNDAY PUNCH investigation has revealed.But, the anti-graft agency is also not taking any thing to chance to outsmart the suspects whose alleged financial crimes bordered on corrupt enrichment, mismanagement of public fund and oil bunkering.

Documents exclusively obtained by our correspondent on Saturday, identified the filing of ”frivolous applications” by defence lawyers to either stall or prolong their trial as among the ploys adopted by the suspects to frustrate their prosecution.

Please read more of the story here:
http://h2.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2010052309340

How comes individuals have become more powerful than Nigeria as a nation? It is high time Government dealt with these jokers to erase the notion in some quarters that the anti-corruption war is a charade. The judiciary must call lawyers who use the freedom of democracy to feather their nests to order too.

Pictures please. Give details about your car.

"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

Dale Carnegie
(1888 - 1955)
American Writer and Lecturer

Security is serious biz!

Oya, make una help madam o.

"Most of what happens in life is a result of a person's mindset. The body, aspirations and achievements all follow mindset as best they can."


Phil Fedewa
DOB unknown
Executive Coach

"The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are."

C.S. Lewis
(1898-1963)
Irish writer, scholar

In Naija, GENIUS WITHOUT POLITICAL CONNECTION = NONENTITY

I f Nigeria was a seious country, it would have assisted the poor old man to get his royalties. sad.