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Kobojunkie:
I attack people by urging them to SPEAK THE TRUTH rather than ridicule the thousands who have gone to their graves as a result of this man's many years of adamant hold on to power?

By the way, how did he directly affect your own life? Please indulge us.

Interesting  . . . . suddenly, telling folks to be more honest in their dealings with the dead as they are with the living is UNBECOMING  . . . weeeee !!!!

Why did your evaluation of this same administration change drastically with his death? What brought this about? FEAR OF DEATH, maybe? Like someone said, fear the man might come back from the dead to haunt you? I don't get it. What changed?

Positives of his regime? Could you care naming some of them with FACTS provided? Cause I really want to know where the FANTOM positives i have read of so far come from.

Writing much but saying nothing. I do not need to indulge you nor does anyone need to inform you how they arrived at their evaluations or if  it's changed since his death. The point is, respect peoples position, if they feel they have to mourn and praise him, fine! they certainly don't need to justify anything to you. I wouldn't call referring to people as cowards 'urging them to SPEAK THE TRUTH' and of which the TRUTH here is your opinion of the administration.

I'll be interested in the facts that link the death of the thousands you mention specifically on Yar'Adua. To help you along, here's an example of a fact: Transparency - He declared his assets.

Kobojunkie:
. . . . and when I say I fear Nigerian people more than I do the less than 1% in government, some claim I speak mad words.

Look around at the weak cowardly way many are already pretending this man was a Godsend to the Nation the last 10 years. We are speaking of the same man that COSIGNED and brought SHARIA to the Nigerian people; We are speaking of the same man that destroyed the lives of thousands who had the same rights to good healthcare as he so freely accorded himself but were denied,by none other than this same yar adua. . . .

If what we see here is not cowardice, then I do not know what else to label it.  You'd almost think there is a contest running for the best lie about yar adua's life or something.

Kobojunkie:
. . . . and when I say I fear Nigerian people more than I do the less than 1% in government, some claim I speak mad words.

Look around at the weak cowardly way many are already pretending this man was a Godsend to the Nation the last 10 years. We are speaking of the same man that COSIGNED and brought SHARIA to the Nigerian people; We are speaking of the same man that destroyed the lives of thousands who had the same rights to good healthcare as he so freely accorded himself but were denied,by none other than this same yar adua. . . .

If what we see here is not cowardice, then I do not know what else to label it.  You'd almost think there is a contest running for the best lie about yar adua's life or something.

Kobojunkie, this is a place to drop a farewell message for the president, he affected people in different ways. It's perfectly fine if you don't have anything good to say about him  but do not attack those who want to mourn and pay their respect. It is unbecoming to attack anyone who doesn't share your views. We are all capable of evaluating his administration and don't need you to remind us of problems Nigeria had even before he came to power.

Also, nobody is lying or saying he was the best thing since slice bread, what people are doing is to look at what they perceive as the positives of his regime instead of slagging him off when it's of no benefit to anyone.

While Yar'adua might have not been the greatest of leaders; he was humble, religious and unassuming. Tragic case of a great man surrounding himself with the wrong people leading ultimately to his demise.

He was the 1st Nigerian president to give me hope and even though most of them were dashed due to his illness, I'll always remember the asset declaration, his stand on rule of law, transparency, Niger Delta amnesty and for once having a president who wasn't bent on looting the treasury.

RIP Mr. President.

Can one of the mods please embed the vid.

Where has this GB been all this while


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BA2Jz7xIXw

Let's not all jump into conclusions. I'm certainly no supporter of his but all Oshiomhole did was provide a platform for everyone to speak their mind. How can it be an IBB praise singing event when Festus Keyamo completely rubbished him. When the crowd was significantly anti-IBB. When Goodluck Jonathan was there speaking against undemocratic forces. What the AC people should have done is state their case to the masses and explain why we should not vote IBB rather than taking the lazy way out.

ElRazur:
He does not belive in God? More reasons to vote for him. At least he won't attack Iraq and claim he felt it was the right thing to do by and for God.

He gets my motherfunky [b]X [/b]on the ballot paper.

Unfortunately, unless you live in Sheffield Hallam you can't vote for Nick. I identify mostly with Lib Dem policy but their candidate in my constituency is just utterly incompetent, Labour all the way.

Nigerians and sensationalism, from the link provided I can't see where he said he's sure of winning. The qualitative he used is 'possible' SMH

@aasog

Your opinion of the poster is irrelevant. If you can't address the issue without an ad hominem then it's best not to reply.

Chuka Umunna is the labour Parliamentary Candidate for Streatham, south London, defending a labour majority of 7,000.

http://www.streathamlabour.org.uk/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/chukaumunna

A lot of buzz about Chuka being Britain's Obama and he's been touted as a potential labour leader. Can this mixed Nigerian-English-Irish deliver or is he another David Lammy.

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2009/01/chuka-umunna-labour-obama
http://naijagal..com/2009/05/chuka-umunna-britains-future-obama.html

Also, anyone attending Black Britain Decides with Brown and Cameron on Wednesday? I'm always sceptical of anything organised by self proclaimed Black Leaders (Lee Jasper ad his lot) but this looks quite neat:

http://www.blackbritaindecides.com/

AjanleKoko:
@joeycrack, noted and will be restored shortly.

Now, I read your post. I am not sure you got my point. I agree with your points, and definitely we need to work smarter. But it doesn't take away the need for real skills.

I don't really care much for effort as much as results, so your outsourcing stunt is cool by me. But as your manager, I would still need you to think, and produce real results. Real results can only come out of real skills. Real technical skills, whether you are a banker, accountant, day trader, engineer, doctor, or lawyer, are important. As simple as they make it sound, you can't really outsource thinking, only repetitive operational tasks like preparing reports and presentations. And we need our young grads to think more, and learn the rigors of whatever profession they find themselves.

@Ajanlekoko

I should apologise as my post wasn't squarely addressing the topic, it's just I get tired of everyone giving us flack for our "bad work ethic" and "sense of entitlement", which was what I was mainly addressing. I think the argument of paying your dues is over played and everyone talks about spending time on facebook and twitter when in reality it's no different from them spending 45 minutes at the water cooler gossiping or coasting in the guise of filling out forms.

Yes, I do think the issue of technical knowledge is important but in my opinion that's more of an issue with the educational system. I have friends who are on high 2:1s and 1sts in the ifes and unilags but are far behind in relation to their counterparts in the west. As someone who has interviewed graduates, I am appalled by the lack of technical depth. I'm not so quick to put that down as their fault but more as a product of a failed system. You are right, graduates today have less technical skills than previous years but that can be accounted for through the fact we have younger and less experienced people graduating, the vast increase in number of students to faculty ratio, loss of personalised learning and what is pretty much a failed system.

The spambot has gone crazy again. Keeps eating my post. @Ajanlekoko, can you please restore my post

AjanleKoko:
No hunger to learn or achieve anything, rather an expectation of what they feel is entitled to them.

Most of the sense of entitlement comes from the fact that our generation had been told from a young age that getting an education is a requirement in order to be successful in the working world. Bright futures were promised to the starry-eyed, academically-rigorous students, which most are yet to see. Impatience sets in when you realise that the realities of life are different from what your parents and teachers told you, it's this impatience of Millennials like myself, I believe Gen Xers refer to as a sense of entitlement.

There is also the realisation that all the stress and work and sacrifice (of time and money) in the university years to become well-rounded students with great marks merely amounts to a name on a diploma. The current incentive climate doesn't reward process but results, so if results are all that matter we are more than happy to forgo the tried and tested methods and look for faster ways of getting a job done. We do not see the need to do things for the sake of doing them. After working my behind off to get a good result, I do not see why I should effectively become a file clerk or be doing tasks which don't help me meet my targets, I didn't forgo my social life for all those years just to be performing irrelevant tasks all in the name of being hard-working. This attitude of looking for a more efficient way of getting results and cutting out bureaucracy is what Gen Xers refer to as lazy and unwilling to learn. We are willing to learn not just the things you learnt or way you did 10, 15, 20 years ago. The way I see it, there is no need for me to learn how to wash clothes with my hands when now there's a washing machine everywhere or learn to use a broom when there's a vacuum cleaner around.

When I got my 1st part-time job, I was giving a set of tasks I would be evaluated on. I immediately mapped out the easiest way of getting them done but "management" was slowing me down with bureaucratic tasks like filling reports, typing and filing documents. I complained, told them they would be better off getting a clerk to perform the tasks and that doing it kills my productivity, I was labelled 'lazy and unwilling to learn'. When I realised they weren't going to change, I logged on elance.com, found two Filipinos willing to handle the clerical aspect for cheap, employed my cousin in Nigeria to handle some part of the job, altogether taking away 80% of my work and only a small dent in my salary, it allowed me focus on the areas I really enjoyed, at the end of the assessment period I outperformed the supposedly hard-working part-timers by over 5 times, got way bigger commissions than I paid the Filipinos and my cousin, now they are wooing me with expensive dinners and want to retain me permanently but at the beginning I was just another lazy kid with a sense of entitlement.

I do agree with some of your points but I feel a lot of managers haven't realised the world is changing and they need to change their incentive structures too. A lot of my generation want to learn, work effectively and get promoted faster than ever before. If the rewards are not clear or attractive enough then there's no point working that hard. You can either turn self-indulgent, ego-centric recruits into fast risers or a bunch of non-motivated hustlers. We've seen our parents retrenched after decades of service and don't fall for the 'one day you'll get to the top' line, we want clear reward structures, we want our rewards quicker than ever before and wouldn't allow anyone ride our coattails. If I'm producing more than someone with 20 years experience in the company, I feel I should be paid more too regardless of his experience.

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Interesting I think it's a bit exaggerated but there is still an issue here. This article also looks at it: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-435694.0.html

Jarus:
I agree with you on the issue at hand, but I take slight exception to the bolded statement.
Ajanlekoko is in his mid-thirties and that's not 'rusty' an age for a Manager. If anything, if he finished school not long ago, say less than 10 years ago, and has risen to his position of today within that period, then he's not on the rusty side.

In any case, Ajanlekoko is truly on a mission to entrench a culture of real, rather than false personal growth. This is well evidenced in his concerns for topics that deal with workplaces, youths, self development etc, part of which is this topic.

I'm sure aniiseg meant that as a tongue in cheek comment and not in anyway malicious.

Discussions on this topic have almost been exhausted on Nairaland but I think this gives a different dimension to the arguments. The article seem to place a lot of the burden on black women themselves, do you agree? should our Sisters be looking inwards rather than slagging off all the brothers?

Personally I think a good black man is not hard to find , Idris Elba, however, is. Are black women raising their expectations too high, especially with the image of a good man=multi-millionaire, tall, dark, handsome and built like a quaterback?

Dr. Boyce Watkins April 22, 2010 10:13 am


I watched an ABC News special the other night featuring Steve Harvey, Jacque Reed, Sherri Shepherd and my homeboys Hill Harper and Jimi Izrael. The show covered a tried and true topic that is sure to get sky rocket ratings from the black community:  The topic was, Why successful black women can’t find a good man.   I am not going to risk bringing on the wrath of black women by saying things that some of them may not want to hear, but I have to be honest about what I saw.  Let me just cut to the chase and lay the issues out one-by-one:

1)  Why are black women taking relationship advice from Steve Harvey?

Not to disrespect Steve’s ability to drop knowledge, but isn’t he a comedian?  If we are taking relationship advice from a comedian and our relationship turns into a joke, who do we blame in the end?  Bottom line – perhaps learning how to love another person means that after you put aside the book by the comedian, you should go out and buy a book by a relationship expert.


2) Most good women have little trouble getting married to decent men: 

One has to be skeptical of the beautiful, intelligent, fully capable woman who simply says that she can’t find a good man anywhere.  Most women I know who are well-balanced and who also appreciate the idea of respecting men in the same way they would like to be respected have no trouble finding suitable mates.  Sorry to break this to you, but the only constant variable in your relationships is a person called YOU.   Rather than pointing the finger at the world, a bit more introspection might be called for:  perhaps you have to reconsider your laundry list of expectations or wonder if you’re not doing a good job finding men who are open to commitment (it’s easy to find a man, just not easy to find a man who is willing to be with you and you only- maybe different types of men should not be held to the same standards).  You may be fishing in the wrong ponds in the first place or using the wrong bait to catch the fish you’re bringing home.

3) If you want something bad enough, take a class:

There are classes on relationships and marriage out there that don’t cost much money.  If you are determined to be the best mate you can possibly be, it might make sense to take a class (not just the counseling you get from your pastor) that explains all the subtleties and challenges of being married.  A relationship is not about a mate filling your long and detailed list of needs and expectations.  The bottom line is that if you hope to receive more, you must first fully commit yourself to giving more.  Some of us are taught that we should expect the world and not offer anything in return:  that’s a perfect recipe for getting dumped.
RELATED: How The Mass Incarceration Of Black Men Hurts Black Women

4) Big mistake – always chasing the alpha male:

I know a lot of “regular guys” who are unable to find a woman that is interested in being with them.  This is especially true in their mid-twenties, when everyone is single and living fancy-free, with little expectation for long-term commitment.  Some of the women these  ”regular guys” are interested in are not paying them much attention, mainly because the woman has become enchanted with the dream-like alpha male:  the guy who fits every single portion of the checklist (height, income, education, toe nail length, swag, etc.), but who may not be available for a monogamous, long-term relationship.  What many women seem to forget is that there are some men who always have room for another woman on the roster.  If you’re wasting all your time with the lying, cheating, super dog, you might miss out on the chance to be with the man who will love you forever and father all of your children.  He may not come in the same package, and by comparing the two without considering the differences in what each of them offers, you may be passing up on your opportunity.

5) Relationships should not be a pissing contest:

One of the by-products of many black children growing up in single parent homes is that their relationships become highly contentious.  I once saw a neck swinging, energized woman say, “I need a man who can handle me!”  What I wanted to tell her is that your man should not have to “handle” you as if you are a wild bull with his testicles sewn together.  The act of love is a process of being open, feeling and sharing, not trying to dominate one another.  So, if you need to be “handled” in your relationships, realize that you are likely going to only attract men who are mean, rough and insensitive enough to handle you effectively.  Fighting and domination is not the same as love – let’s not get it twisted.

6) There’s nothing wrong with a few gender roles:

Sherri Shepherd, during an especially volatile segment of the ABC News show, swung her hands around in the air saying, “I don’t have time to validate you every day!” – referring to the fact that she doesn’t feel that it’s her job to make her man feel good about himself on a regular basis.  What’s interesting is that most women want their man to make them feel beautiful and to feel like a woman.  So, why is it not acceptable for a man to expect his wife to make him feel like a man?   A man doesn’t want to marry another guy – or rather, a woman who feels that any and all gender roles are an insult to her feminine independence, who expects the man to be willing to be regularly emasculated.   It’s O.K. to make your man feel like he’s THE man, a king and a leader.  A good man will surely return the favor and make you feel like a beautiful woman.

7) Let’s be real- many men aren’t as excited about marriage as women:

As much as we want to believe that men grow up fantasizing about their wedding day the same way that many women do, the truth is that this is not the case.  Many men see marriage as a frightening commitment that will cause them to be vilified for actions they can engage in without consequence when they are single (notice the millions of dollars that Shaquille O’neal and the rapper Nas have paid to get out of their marriages – every man gets petrified when he reads these stories).  A woman who gets her husband is the one who makes the man WANT to be married: she let’s him feel free, strong, needed, loved and supported.   While this may seem to be a primitive concept, the reality is that the reverse is true for intimacy:  Men and women both want it, but men know they have to work just a little bit harder to “get some.”  They’ve got to buy flowers, take the woman to dinner, and make her feel comfortable.  It would be silly for a man to think that a woman should buy him flowers and beg him to have intimacy with her.  The converse is true for marriage – where getting a man to overcome his anxiety is a great way to get him to give you what you want.

I love black women:  My mother, daughter and grandmother are black women and there is not a more precious group of women on the planet.  But the truth is that this “woe is me, black men ain’t excreta” attitude has to be replaced with something more constructive.  If not, we’ll be having these same forums 20 years from today.  I had a conversation on black women and relationships with Lola Adesioye from the Huffington Post.  Click [http://blip.tv/file/3520639]here [/http://blip.tv/file/3520639] if you’d like to listen.

http://newsone.com/nation/boycewatkins/dr-boyce-black-women-cant-find-good-men-oh-really/

Dr. Boyce Watkins is the founder of the Your Black World Coalition and the author of the book, “Black American Money.”

It was quite inspiring, maybe too patronising but inspiring non the less.

You people have come with this imaginary cabal again. I don't understand why this is a worthy of news. If Jonathan seeked the Clerics opinions, then it's left to him to decide to take the advice or not. This is a non-story

on bawo's suggestion.

Basketball Wives: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-428467.0.html

@Chiogo

Premiers today on VH1 (http://www.vh1.com/shows/basketball_wives/series.jhtml).

They are a bunch of phonies, programme should have been called 'Basketball Jump-Offs'

@Bawo

Expected more from the players, with all the millions I'm sure they can get classier girls not some booty shaking gold-digging Northern calif girl.

@Topic:

The Govan sisters really know their game. Gloria Govan - Matt Barnes, Laura Govan - Arenas and Shaq.

http://tv.yahoo.com/basketball-wives/show/45647/videos/19044528

Is it just me or are these girls the definition of trash. Expected more from NBA players

@mod: pls move to the tv/movie section

Don't know what you guys are all screaming about still think she looks okay

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=425871.msg5853739#msg5853739 date=1270734525]she looks better without long hair, that's all.

Oluchi is ok with long hair, but agbani's beauty lies in her facial bone structure.[/quote]Exactly. She hasn't always been the prettiest , it's the facial bone structure that sets her apart.

Brown confirms election on 6 May


Prime Minister Gordon Brown has confirmed that the UK general election will be held on 6 May.

Flanked by his entire cabinet, Mr Brown said it was the "least well-kept secret of recent years".

He said Britain was on the "road to recovery" and urged voters not to put it "at risk".

But David Cameron said the Conservative Party offered a "fresh start", while Lib Dem Nick Clegg said only his party offered "real change".

Mr Brown made the announcement outside Downing Street, after a 20-minute meeting with the Queen at Buckingham Palace to seek the dissolution of Parliament.

CORRESPONDENT VIEW
Ben Wright BBC political correspondent
So today we have Labour pitching itself to voters as the party of experience - stewards of an economic recovery that's still fragile, and protector of public services. Gordon Brown is asking the country to stick with him and not risk a switch to the Conservatives. It's an echo of the Tories' campaign in 1992.

But David Cameron is determined not to be the Kinnock of this contest. His speech to party activists was an effort to lift the aspirations of a politically weary electorate. Mr Cameron knows that it's not enough to show that his party's changed, and today promised real economic and political reform. A smaller state is the thread running through his appeal.

Nick Clegg is calling for the c-word too - but change to a new way of doing politics that cracks open the two-party dominance.

So is this a classic choice of change versus more of the same? The opinion polls provide no answer and many voters remain undecided or fed up with politics after the expenses scandal. Add in the televised debates and this feels like a very different sort of contest.

The prime minister - who faces his first election as Labour leader - said he wanted a "clear and straightforward mandate" to continue the work of economic recovery.

He said he would be travelling the country telling voters: "Britain is on the road to recovery and nothing we do should put that recovery at risk."

And he added: "We will not allow 13 years of investment and reform in our public services, to build up the future of these great services, to be put at risk."

He also paid tribute to the "courage" of the armed forces in Afghanistan and said Labour would "support them in every way", and would produce a plan to make politics more transparent and accountable.

Mr Brown stressed his ordinary upbringing and said Labour would "fight for fairness at all times".

Mr Brown said: "We will say to the British people: 'Our cause is your cause'," before adding: "Let's go to it."

But Mr Cameron said he offered a "modern Conservative alternative" and his party offered "hope, optimism and change" and a "fresh start".

He criticised 13 years of Labour's "big government" and said it was time for the Tories' "big society" instead, adding: "If we win this election, there will be real change."

Describing it as the "most important general election for a generation", he urged activists to tell voters: "Let's get off this road to ruin and instead get on the path to prosperity and progress."

Lib Dem leader Mr Clegg told reporters earlier on Tuesday the election campaign would not be a "two-horse race" between the two biggest parties, and people were "crying out for something different".

"All bets are off," he said.

"This is a choice now between the old politics of the two old parties and something new, something different, which the Liberal Democrats offer."

It will be the first time that all three have led their respective parties into a general election - none was a party leader at the last one in 2005.

Hung Parliament

It will also be the first campaign to feature live television debates between the three main party leaders.

BBC, Sky and ITV announced the first 90-minute debates would be on ITV on Thursday 15 April, the next on Sky on 22 April and the last on the BBC on 29 April.

The whole cabinet is to start campaigning immediately and the shadow cabinet is also poised to fan out across the country.

The three main parties - along with a host of other smaller parties - will be fighting for 650 seats, four more than currently exist because of constituency boundary changes.

To secure an overall majority, a party must win at least 326. If no party succeeds in doing so, the result will be a hung Parliament.

“ Few could doubt Gordon Brown's determination to win the general election but many question his ability to do so ”
The BBC's Iain Watson
After 13 years in power, Labour enters the election with a notional majority of 48 seats, meaning that a loss of 24 seats would see them lose their overall majority.

Whatever the result, the make-up of the House of Commons will change significantly following the election, with 144 MPs so far having announced that they will stand down.

Parliament will be dissolved on Monday 12 April but MPs will not return until Tuesday 18 May - later than the traditional start date, the week after the election.

It follows a recommendation by a committee of MPs that there should be 12 days between the two events, to allow for a proper induction programme for new MPs.

Opinion polls timed to coincide with the announcement all suggest a Conservative lead over Labour, by differing margins.

An ICM survey for the Guardian indicates the Tory lead has dropped to just four points, with the Conservatives on 37%, Labour on 33% and the Lib Dems on 21%.

However a YouGov poll in the Sun and another by Opinium for the Daily Express suggest the Tories have opened up a 10% lead - the margin David Cameron is likely to need in order to win an outright majority on 6 May. The Sun has the Tories on 41%, Labour on 31% and the Lib Dems on 18%. The Express reports a 39/29/17 split.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8603591.stm

My Prediction: Hung Parliament with a Lib-dem/Labour Government. Gordon Brown will fight to stay on and Vince Cable (Lib-Dem) will be Chancellor.

To all the doubters.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has claimed Guus Hiddink is interested in taking charge of the national side.


Shiabu Amodu was dismissed on Saturday after growing public pressure following the African Nations Cup and, with a replacement due to be appointed by the end of the month, Hiddink is on a shortlist to take the side into the World Cup.
Bayern Munich boss Louis van Gaal moved swiftly to dismiss speculation that he could take the job, but Hiddink is understood to be willing to take on the role after his current side, Russia, failed to qualify for South Africa.

Tunde Aderibigbe, special assistant to NFF president Sani Lulu Abdullahi, told Kick Off Nigeria: "He expressed an interest in the position and that is why we put his name there."

Egypt coach Hassan Shehata has claimed he has already received an approach about replacing Amodu.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/738940/ce/uk/?cc=5739&ver=global

@NINETOFIVE
we know nuclear power has a lot uses, 1 being power generation. As a matter of fact i tink most see it as a good idea, but, ar we still talking abt the same govt? A govt notorious for negligence, a govt. dat cnt fix its road, take care of its investment(a la Ajaokuta), dt neglects its refineries 'n' hydro stations. Hw do we know oficials will nt generate black market for bak door sale of uranium.

We have had catastrophes in recent yrs e.g plane crashes, cantonment bomb blast etc, bt these are very small compared to wat will happen if der shud be a disaster or melt down. Just ask chernobyl and its surrounding villages who are still suffering years on. Its like giving a toddler a motorcycle whn he/she hs nt evn mastered the trycycle.

Also u dont hav to result to insults to get ur point across, If anytin it shows a sign of weakness.

cheers

Ugwumba makes a lot of sense,

nobilia:
If you get off that crack, we may understand you

@nobilia, we all know crack makes the world go round

What I was a saying is that for the majority of It I think it was a waste bringing Rio. The only substantial arguement for bringing him is because of sponsors, lets face Rio can attract Investors. On the other hand, these sponsors may have bn onboard even without Rio.

I was not comparing Him to Rio, I was stating Y i think kanu bn Jealous is not a reason for his comments.

Abeg make una dey read person post well well,

Nairalanders just go to OP,

Rio did not organise the street soccer challenge , he was merely called to flag it off. Other Celebrities and even presidents have been to Nigeria, so the cumin of Rio having such a huge Impact on our Goodwill is beyond me. And pls do not tell me its becos Rio came that the Man utd will be cumin.

On the other hand, Rio will be able to attract more sponsors than a Nigerian player but this sponsors may have been on board even without Rio has it does a lot to improve their Image.

Kanu is not Jealous,

We are talking about the most decorated player in Africa here,
Also Kanu has been and is still involved in helping the youths, He's a Unicef ambassador for pete's sake (needless to talk about the foundation).

I wonder how many lives the so called Educated ones have been able to save and how they have been able to help their community. Education is Xtremely important but so also is beign a proffesional and succesful at whateva you do and giving back to the society.

Having a superior educational background does not trivialise the opinions of others. Education and literacy are different things.

The intersest rates have to be annually, it cant be monthly as it means u will be paying N850,000 @ the rate of 17% on a N5,000,000 loan which is just ridiculous as you would covered the capital in less than 6 months.

Also, These loans are better for postgraduate students who use only a year except there is an oppurtunity for refinancing every year for foundation and undergraduate students. These loans should be used as a LAST RESORT

@GUK, u right on point. Not to talk of the huge accomodation and living expenses. THese schools feed on International students.

Then again, nobody is putting a rope on ur neck to study over there.

I agree with Kanu to an extent, The use of taxpayers fund i.e your money and my money to bring Rio is relatively a waste as the money could be used to further increase the living standard in the state.

The case of kanu bringing foreign players for testimonials is different, He can use his own money to bring whoever he likes talkless of the fact that some of the players come relatively free and the events benefit charity. The issue here is the use of public funds which could have been used to benefit the people.

Those who say the amount is pale compared to the waste experienced in the govt. sectors, the fact that we have been wasting resources doesnt mean we should continue wasting our resources.

IMHO, I believe the use of a nigerian or an african star who is familiar with the dynamics of the environment would have better driven home the point of overcoming adversities rather than a foreigner who self admittedly is still learning about the conuntry.

Generally, I think Fashola has done a great Job so far in running the state.