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HALL OF FAME NOMINEES TO DATE
Achebe - 12
Slain Corpers - 9
Tinubu - 4
GEJ - 3
Buhari - 2
Ojukwu - 1
Patience Jonathan - 1
234NEXT - 1
Justice Salami - 1
Bankole - 1
Rochas - 1
Imo Voters - 1
Okonjo Iweala - 1
Nigerian Senate - 1
Few truthful Nigerians - 1

chakula:
If I HAVE A RIGHT TO NOMINATE TWO PERSONS MANMUSTWAC SHOULD BE MY SECOND CHOICE!

You have. Go check the rule, 2 is allowed.

y me:
They have confused me to the degree i don't know which one i'm using anymore

Same here. I have used both, but yet to see difference except some technical jargons I read on the internet.
In fact sometimes I feel like going back to where I bought that 2, asking for refund of price differential 'because they have conned me and given me Touch 1 as Touch 2'

I've been wondering same for Touch 1 and 2 too o.
Pls can anybody help out with the difference?

oyb:
the funny thing is that most of these people shouting entrepreneur and be your own boss are ultimately doing little more than glorified trading - buying goods for n10 in china and selling them for n100 in nigeria

no real contribution to the economy or employment for that matter - just flooding nigeria with substandard goods.

all this noise about being your own boss is hilarious

there are several self employed vendors working as contractors for my employer who when we say 'jump' answer 'how high'?

people just swallow all those self help books which are written about a western environment and think they apply to nigeria

nigeria does not support entrepreneurs. this country can never produce a microsoft, an apple, a samsung.

+10

Halfway into the First Round (Nomination), here is the standing:

NOMINATION MONITOR: (After day 7)
1, Gbawe - 15
2, Katsumoto - 8
3, OnlyTruth- 7
4, GenBuhari - 5
5, Ekt bear - 3
6, Jakumo - 1
7, egift - 1
8, Okadaman - 1
9, Jmaine - 1
10, Goldieluks - 1
11, Nasoeb - 1
12, Lucenzo - 1
13, Musiwa - 1
14, Buzugee - 1
15, Papabrowne - 1
16, Dede1 - 1

Halfway into the show, Gbawe appears to have unassailably crossed the bridge, OnlyTruth elbows GenBuhari out of 3rd position and running neck to neck witgh Katsumoto. But only 3 will make it to the final poll. Can GenBuhari stage a comeback? By now it's appearing the dfending champion, ekt-bear, will need miracle to retain the title. Dede1 is also newly featuring.

Political pundits, this place is too dull, let's keep it lively. Make cases for your nominees.
Let the nomination continue!

@ Odunnu,
If we have 3 field team members,  one in Lagos another in PH and the third in Kano, how will they meet physically? If the one in Lagos is not available, who will assist? If Ify and OlowoT had not been Lagos-based, the Obuh project may not have been that successful.

The actual reality is, almost half of the cases we will hear about will be in Lagos. This doesn't mean mean only Lagos cases will be entertained, but all we need do to handle a case outside Lagos is co-opt a Nairalander in that place on adhoc basis and work with him/her.

This is just my opinion though, the Lagos-rule can be expunged.

Anybody that satisfies the above criteria can signify inteest.

We are sorry for the somehow strict rule on 2009 backward membership of NL. It involves money and we all know what money can cause.

Very entertaining threads you guys have done here, lightened up by PointB and Okija in partiicular. I have rolling here in laughter for the last 30 minutes.

Beyond the entertainment, and that's where I disagree with Abagworo and Koboj, I think this thread passes a message: Igbos are organized. Remember the first physical get-together of Nairalanders some 3 or 4 years ago was by Igbo Nairalander in London, I think.

Kudos to you guys.

I enjoy Onlytruth's acceptance speech and will give him my vote.

Igbo kwenu!!!

I support  r231 as coordinator and FC-abroad.
I nominate OAM4J as Assistant Coordinator.

I accept the FC-Nigeria role and will also be available to assist the field/project team.

Ifyalways is our best bet for project team lead but she is usually in and out of Nigeria, but if she takes it, we will be grateful.

Can you sort the above by home or abroad-based.

Can we bring I Odunnu and Ronkebp who have also expressed interest?

Odunnu= being able to Moderate Education section says alot about her.

LOL. I agree. With all those JAMB and WAYEC students looking for orijo on NL
Wish I can nominate 3

1, OAM4J :  My partner in Politics section for taking over 'Complaints thread' and effectively attending to complaints after I was almost choked with complaints before his coming on board

2, HONERIC01: I see in him a me - passionate and involved! With his equally capable partner, he runs the Sports section effectively.

Sure, anybody can bring up a case, but has to be physically verified and weighed(not a case of fake kidney patients that cries for help with some fake plasters/bandages in the afternoon and use the money to buy weed in the evening ) But our major sources shall be media reports.

I personally have a bias for urgent medical needs; nothing moves me more than cry for money to do operations in hospital. There are a number of critical cases I read in papers from time to time, and our token, like 50k or more or less, can be helpful.

Odunnu:
How can I behave when another woman is beside this tall, dark and handsome dude? See Ify holding the man sef, choi!!!!

with nice jersey on jeans, well-belted, like happening under-25

blacksta:
Please help me vote

choose any one of the following

Gbawe , Kasumoto , Koruji , Kilode, Ekt-bear

By our rule, we will be recognizing the first on your list. If you're not ok with it, be specific, name one.

Let's decide on structure.

I suggest we structure the Group thus:
1, Coordinator(CC): Can be Nigeria- or abroad-based; should be a very active Nairalander, not fringe one.
2, Assistant Coordinator(AC):: Can also be anywhere-based, should also be regular Nairalander, to be running things when coordinator is unavoidably busy or to assist him when still around
3, Fund Custodian - home(FC-H) - To coordinate fund-raising in Nigeria and report on regular basis
4, Fund Custodian - abroad(FC-A) To coordinate fund-raising abroad and report on regualr basis
5, Project lead(PL): To physically confirm and lead projects; must be in Nigeria, ready to devote time for the exercises
6, Assistant Project Lead 1(APL-1): Same as above. To work with PL
7, Assistant Project Lead 2(APL-2): Part of the field team
8, Project reviewers : All Nairalanders, but more particularly donors, to examine prospective cases(as a thread on NL) and deliberate on whether we should go ahead or not.

Notes:
- 5, 6 and 7 must be Nigeria-based and possibly live in different parts of Lagos
- Some roles may be merged e.g if the coordinator is abroad-based, can also be the FC(abroad)
- aside the standing team, we may need to bring in new Nairalanders on adhoc basis as occasion demands, e.g if we have to verify a case in Kano or Ibadan, we will need to bring in trusted Nairalanders in these places to work with.
- If chanced, any member of the exco that is Nigeria-based, will be part of the inspection/confirmation/field team along with the 5, 6 and 7,

Also note that the structure/nomenclature above is just an idea to start with; your suggestions on tinkering with them are welcome.

r231:
Reporting. . . . . .

This is the team that worked on the Oburs project

Jarus, r231, OAM4J, yamakuza, Ifyalways, OlowoTee

and I believe we intend to keep it that way but we require one or two more helping hand preferable in Nigeria that can donate some of their time to work hand in hand with Ifyalways and OlowoTee

Any suggestion

Let's bring in 2 more people.
Let interested Nairalanders show interest here, who must be regular posters not once-a-week posters. Location? I think Lagos will be preferable. Should be willing to spare his/her time for physical inspections.

A small boy uses his first money to buy akara, so goes a Yoruba saying.
This Ubah guy has been announcing his arrival this year.
I hope he will learn a lesson from Femi Otedola.

Relax101:
Why is beaf's name missing? Genbuhari is one that knows how to ignore insults.
There will be rigging no doubt. No be Naija we dey again?

If Beaf too had known how to ignore provocations, he would not have been object of bans and warnings too.
That is exactly our point. There is nobody that is not insulted, even us Mods, even the forum owner, but the maturity we exercise in handling it makes the difference.

NB: N43,900 has been carried forward from the Obuh's fundraising. That is the balance in Nigeria a/c now. r231 will report on the balance in paypal and we will have idea on how much we have in the coffers of the Group for start.

NAIRALANDING CHARITY ORG. - BRAINSTORMING ON THE FUTURE
Folks,

The question here appears not to be "What do you think on Nairaland Charity Org.?" again but 'when to start', as the votes here have been overwhelmingly in favour of Nairaland having such.

Even before the formalization of the Charity Group, we have already successfully carried out our flagship project: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-801338.1344.html#msg9711739. To God be the glory.

Now, with us almost through will the Obuhs, we can focus on formalizing and structuring the Group and deciding on key issues.

To set the ball rolling, I'm proposing the following:

1, We should clearly define our goals and the name of the Charity
2, We should define our modus operandi - how, when and who do we help? For example, I read in the papers couple of days ago the case of a woman crying to raise 600k or so for his little boy that needed to be operated upon for a tumour or so urgently. We can donate like 50k to such things. This is just an example.

3, We should appoint a management team of like 4-5 Nairalanders to run the Charity group(President/Coordinator, Treasurers etc)
4, All cases of charity must be first discussed and screened on Nairaland by all members before we go ahead to assist
5, Anybody can bring a case up, either heard from radio/TV or read from newspapers, but we will always physically confirm before assisting, to avoid scam
6, Are we going to have regular contributions or raise funds as case comes up or both?

Somebody(I nominate r231) to moderate this discussion so that we have a sense of direction and prevent it from drifting off tangent. He will also summarize decisions from time to time and declare it closed.

Let's give ourselves timeline, say till Dec 31, to reach a final decision and lock it, so that actions can begin.

Oya, let's get the ideas flowing,

Having spent NGN374,000 on the Obuhs and providing them with what we feel will be sufficient for them to take off in a new, productive life, we have decided to take a financial break with them and see how they fare. We want to watch them over the next couple of months.

Many thanks to everyone who has supported this cause - in cash and kind. Your words and trust lifted us - and the Obuhs. We appreciate everyone.

Meanwhile, we have decided to continue this kind of worthy cause. Meet us in this thread for further discussions on Nairaland Charity: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-802184.160.html

Please note that donations are still welcome, as we would definitely be lending helping hands to other critical cases as we will discuss in the thread above.


Many thanks once again
Jarus, r231, OAM4J, yamakuza, Ifyalways, OlowoTee
Coordinators

BREAKDOWN OF NAIJA A/C CONTRIBUTIONS TO DATE
1, Charcover - 10k
2, 9ijaman - 10k
3, Phemmy - 10k
4, Militia Dewdrops - 15k
5, Firearm - 3k
6, Anonymous - 5k
7, Joagbaje -100k
8, RonkeBp - 10k
9, Sheriffman - 3k
10, H&L Brokers - 10k
11, FTmom - 10k
12, Vicjustice - 10k
13, Gabng - 10k
14, Initials BAA - 10k
15,Web Extreme Concept - 2k
16, Initials AGT - 5k
17, Initials FOS - 5k
18, Initials AH - 5k
19, Initials OACT - 20K
20, Initial EMN - 3k
21, Igbonla - 25k
22, Initials NVC - 10k
23, Bernard James - 5k
24, Oyinmama - 10k
25, Initials AOA - 10k
26, Joy2theworld - 2.5k
27, Unidentified(ATM/POS transfer) - 1k
28, OAM4J ($100) - 16k
29, bfire - 10k
30, A-zed - 1k
31, Jamace - 10k
32, Anonymous - 10k
33, Docjuli - 1k
34, Initials KSS(Temp) - 10k
35, Initials UA - 2k
36, Initials AO - 5K
37, Nagoma - 12k
38, Queen - 2k
39 ,Initials NMO - 2k
40, Freiburger (50 Euros) - 10.4k
41, Menek - 2k
42, Barong - 5k
TOTAL DONATIONS TO DATE b]417,900[/b]
Used to Date(Ify reporting details) 374,000
BALANCE(09;30 am; 07/12/11) 43,900

Signed:
Jarus
Fund custodian (Nigeria)

Abi o. That is why some of us select who we reply on NL.

I had been thinking in the last 5 days of who to nominate. But I jsut came back from one thread now and cannot but recognize Katsumoto's depth. I may disagree with him on so many things but he is someone that clearly knows his onions and you have to equip yourself before arguing with him. Being a student of First and Second Republics politics myself, he is one of the very few Nairalanders that are authorities on Nigeria's political history, never mind his sometimes less-than-objective interpretation of history.

Katsumoto, at last, gets my nominatiion.

All hail the awaiting NL Career Section Poster of the Year 2011 - chamber2. Oh boy, this is one horse race o

5k confirmed paid by Baroong

Good counter-responses, Jay bee. These 'self-employment' theorists oversimplify many things. Truth is: it's not as easy and straightforward as you guys want us believe.

NOMINATION MONITOR: (After day 5)
1, Gbawe - 12
2, Katsumoto - 6
3, GenBuhari - 5
4, Onlytruth - 5
5, Ekt bear - 3
6, Jakumo - 1
7, egift - 1
8, Okadaman - 1
9, Jmaine - 1
10, Goldieluks - 1
11, Nasoeb - 1
12, Lucenzo - 1
13, Musiwa - 1
14, Buzugee - 1
15, Papabrowne - 1

After day 5, no major surprise, the top 5 contenders are still in good position, with Gbawe further expanding the lead and seeming unassailable; but only 2 people will join him at the poll, and the places appear open to any 2 of Katz, The Peoples' General, The Truth man and even the bear from Ekiti. Onlytruth had a good showing in the last 24 hours, threatening GenBuhari's place in the final 3. Or will a new dark house alter the equation? Papabrowne has also joined the race. 9 days is a long time, the race is too early, even for the early masquerade that is Gbawe!!!

Keep nominating!!!