₦airaland Forum

donkoto:

This was how the Easterners emerged after the war. If only other sections of the country can emulate this.

But #600 is too small for the parents not to pay. These fees are most likely to be per term. If you can't pay #600 per term for a child you certainly have no business giving birth to a child

CodeTemplar:
You spoke well but forgot Cuba is a small country with less corruption and they purposely targeted health sciences related fields.

Nigerian students alone is almost the population of Cuba. How will govt then do this for everybody? A poor govt at that...

With a selfless leader it's possible. I refuse to see population as a problem when in fact, it should work in your advantage. Japan is currently experiencing population decline and it's a massive problem for them because at the current rate their future population can't support their economy.


I believe Fidel Castro would have succeeded with Nigeria because there was sincerity of purpose which every African leaders Rulers don't have. If you have a leader from a wealthy home, who realised that the poor farmers have been cheated and his first policy was to seize his family farm lands and share to the peasant farmers to improve productivity. Something his mother never forgave him for.

What is making us poor is not subsidy it's that profiteering mindset championed by capitalism. For every endeavour someone must make profit. That's why we will continue to have poor and substandard infrastructure. Let's take Lagos for instance, a vibrant ministry of works with sufficient work force that is paid living wage and well equipped too can fix all the roads in Lagos. Where you need expatriates you national some expatriates and add them to your work force. But no, we give out contracts with over bloated figures while government officials collect kick backs. All the professionals in our ministries are idle because using them won't provide much avenue for profiteering.

einsteine:
If you are giving the opportunity to emigrate to either the United States or Cuba, are you saying you would choose Cuba? Communism has failed woefully. Cuba is not a success. Do your research .

Many will choose America because they don't really understand life and what's really important. As a Cuban you're entitled to annual medical check. It's enshrined in their constitution. And coming to Communism, it didn't fail on its own. Do you have an idea about several trade embargo Cuba was slammed with?

A Cuban have more access to a doctor than an American. Infant mortality rate is lower in Cuba, while life expectancy matches that of the first world countries. So how did they fail? Because they don't have the money to buy luxurious goods they don't need to be in perfect health?

CodeTemplar:
You need to stop being emotional about freebies.
Govt can't sustain education subsidy at university level and oreover people enjoying these subsidies refuse to repay the system adequately so it makes sense to avoid free unconditional university education.

The logical thing to do is to make scholarship available for the brightest, make loans available for the bright one willing to work after graduation instead of training a runs girl who will end up as house wife.

The problem is not education subsidy. It's simply lack of foresight and the fact that we all lack morals and we believe in profiteering at the expense of the human race. It's not in the best interests of humanity to have expensive schools. And yes it's possible to maintain education subsidy.

Fidel Castro left that as a legacy. Medical students in Cuba don't pay tuition and the school pays them stipends. And this singular policy has transformed Cuba's public health. Cubans might not have the money to spend on luxurious goods but they have what is important... Well being! Doctors to patients ratio is 6.7 compared to America's 2.4. Cuba spends just about 10% of what it cost to train an American doctor.
Despite the frosty relationship between America and Cuba, Cuban doctors are recognised by America.

HigherEd:
The trick isn't making it free but making it effective. Africa hasn't suffered from the lack of affordable universities as much as it has from innefective ones. Politicians do not tell people the truth and we the people largely misunderstand the concept of Universities.

Universities are to be solution providers, which in the process of proferring solutions produce graduates who can in turn mass produce solutions for challenges in the wider society. Therefore a university that does not produce solutions in itself is not qualified to be called an ivory tower because it would not produce relevant graduates.

The Harvard of today might be out of the reach of the poor but it has contributed to human development remarkably. As a matter of fact the expensive Harvard has helped the poor of Africa more than all the free instistutions in Africa combined...

I would rather have an expensive University that would produce drugs that would cure my poor African brethren of their ailments than the universities which gives them fake free education but shortens their life span with Stress.

While i am not against free education i am of the opinion that quality should not be sacrificed on the alter of affordability...

Making schools expensive is actually not in the interest of humanity. And yes it's possible to have well trained professional at a very low cost. Fidel Castro did it with Cuba. Today, Cuba matches all the first world countries in terms of well-being, life expectancy, infant mortality rate and so on. Cuban doctors are recognised by America and yet, medical students in Cuba do not pay tuition. Instead, the school pays them stipends.

Doctor to patient ratio in Cuba is 6.7 when compared to America's 2.4. So what is the essence of making schools expensive when it leads to higher cost of living?

When we leave essential services to profiteering we will all suffer at the end. That's why we hire foreign contractors to do common road maintenance, they make profit at our expense. Because money will never be enough we go back to borrow. Roads that government can mobilise the ministry of works to do

Angel196:
Seriously? Chelsea gave him? Before Mourinho who were Chelsea? What was Chelsea? He was the one who helped give Chelsea a name and reputation in the football world so he is indeed special.

Before Mourinho came Chelsea had played in the semi final of the Uefa Champions league, won the Uefa super cup defeating Real Madrid. And won an European trophy before Arsenal

shutto:
How do I contact you?

09031599840

shutto:
Bbbbyyyy

Can you come to Lagos?

Na wa ooo. The evils of capitalism. It finds it's way to your politics (without #22M you can't buy form), Religion (You go to hell if you don't pay tithe), Family system (Your wife will fall out of love with you when you fall out of cash). If we continue on this part humanity is doomed.

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We all lack morals. You take loans without the intention of paying back. I keep saying it that more than 70% of Nigerian rich elites are all criminals. When the much awaited revolution takes place in Nigeria many of these criminals will go on exile.

CoolAmbience:
United States of America is built on fairness, honesty.....bla bla bla.

Was their presidential election not rigged?

Dangote is a blessing to Nigeria incase you don't know. You don't seem to know what it means to have over 10,000 people in your employ and counting...

He can't be a blessing to Nigeria. Great wealth create great poverty. You can't be a billionaire in dollars unless you have multitude of workers getting paid peanut and living from hand to mouth. Wealth accumulation is what creates poverty.

ifyalways:
They don't want foreigners doing retail. It applies to all nationals. Import to Ghana but leave small scale business for Ghanaians, how hard can that be? Serious Governments implement such laws . It's in place in Kenya, Rwanda etc. No retail business for foreigners, deal with it!!
Way to go Ghana


Keep your lawlessness to your country. Your leaders have refused to look out for their citizens, don't blame Ghana for that.. The other day a boy was asking/planning to go to Accra to do mai chai by the roadside. Ridiculous. I must travel by force to go pollute countries trying to better themselves. Please I applaud Ghanaian govt . If you have no money for wholesale and bulk importing, come back home let's vote in the right people and make Nigeria great.

I agree. It should be Ghana first. Supply the Ghanaian retailers if you want to do business in Ghana.

Is it time for electioneering campaign? Is the poster supposed to be there in the first place going by the electoral act? And what crime can they possibly charge him with? For destroying a campaign bill board the law said shouldn't be erected in the first place.

That is the trade mark of the Nigerian police. My cousin's phone was stolen same way. If you're arrested your valuables don't get released when you're granted bail

Open a Nigerian PayPal account with the master card and link it to Facebook. Facebook hardly debit directly from a card nowadays

Interesting

sacajawea:
If you don't want Capitalism why do you want then? Socialism?

It's not about what I want. As a human if you don't find it troubling that humanity is constantly sacrificed on the alter of profit maximisation then it's pointless. We will no more be talking about if human race will continue to exist but when it will go into extinct.

sacajawea:
But many of us are benefiting immensely from it

That's an illusion. There is more poverty than ever before. Capitalism if not checked will lead to the end of the human race. A 2007 report stated that in the United States, 3.5 million people are homeless while there are 18.5 million vacant homes. Is humanity not sick?

Capitalism

Sad. At this point it's pertinent to ask if development is made for Man or Man, made for development

Nice surprising. Our banks are all about free money. Creativity is zero

Banks

Glink2018:
Why did you take the matter on the wrong side.
Lagos is full of opportunities if you can hustle. Chinese man came to Lagos , he said he can pick money every corner of the street (figuratively)
There are people earning 50k and they've built there own house and drive their own cars.
So, what works for me may not necessarily work for you.

Corruption. A proper lifestyle audit will have many lagosians in jail. There are civil servants earning less than #200k a month yet they maintain two suvs

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Ifex

She is just an innocent girl. It shouldn't be an issue. Adopt her. Love her and see the result. I really don't see any special thing about the biological connection with a child.

Politicians doing what they ought to do while the masses failing to do what they should do

omenziate:
How does high interest rate stimulate growth or make your currency strong ?As a manufacturer , I want interest rate on my borrowings to be low . While high deposit rates which is what you mean is okay for an investor which he sees as high return on equity , it is a lazy man’s way of making which doesn’t stimulate growth in anyway. I would rather just plunge my money in TBills or Time deposit doesn’t really add value to the economy by creating jobs or anything .

If I am not mistaken ,taxation and government spending ,when the government spends less and taxes More which is tight , how does that strengthen the Naira??

Mayb I am missing something ??

Thank you for this response. Real investors don't play in the money market. High interest rates drive away investors.