₦airaland Forum

oyinglory: Na wa o! On top our money

kingblosky: Rumuibekwe; Port Harcourt. 20 hrs a day for the last 2 years. And they say Jona is sleeping ?. Jona chiri gawa

yorke1: Don't mind those poor people. All they want is free things forgetting that even in Freetown nothing is free.

KINGwax: u shld ask why england, whom her citizens pay as much as 40% in tax still pay tolls for bridges.
Most times u guys talk without reasoning!

The simple reason for tollin is

1. To discourage congestion on the new bridge

2. Free space for the old lane

3. Collect more cash from the rich who are not complaing anyway

4. Use the same cash to provide free amenities for u poor Id!ots that evade taxes and still want free things!!!

docjuli: Ok, FG should refund LASG and start the toll-collection. So sad.
By the way, LASG we need more bridges don't mind FG.

nokingasgod: True talk Brother. I remember every bit of it all. THe fear of KAI officers is the beginning of wisdom. I also remember many of the politicians that were incastrated and never survived the trauma, Ambrose Alli of Bendel, Bisi Onabanjo of Ogun etc. I remember that of the drug peddlers as well. The decree was backdated so as to make scapegoats out of them. THe atrocities were monumental and these paved the way for the ''Devil's Alternative'', Babangida's coup. I remember Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief at the overthrow of Buhari/Idiagbon.

The reforms no doubt were long over due and necessary but the modus operandi, the spirit and philosophy behind them were corrupt, so, wrong and ungodly. There must be human face to any form of meaningful reforms if it were to succeed and this was lacking in the Buhari reforms.

Get a copy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti's Beast of no Nation and right from the album's sleeve to the lyrics, you will learn more about the fraud called Buhari/Idiagbon's regime .

nokingasgod: True talk Brother. I remember every bit of it all. THe fear of KAI officers is the beginning of wisdom. I also remember many of the politicians that were incastrated and never survived the trauma, Ambrose Alli of Bendel, Bisi Onabanjo of Ogun etc. I remember that of the drug peddlers as well. The decree was backdated so as to make scapegoats out of them. THe atrocities were monumental and these paved the way for the ''Devil's Alternative'', Babangida's coup. I remember Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief at the overthrow of Buhari/Idiagbon.

The reforms no doubt were long over due and necessary but the modus operandi, the spirit and philosophy behind them were corrupt, so, wrong and ungodly. There must be human face to any form of meaningful reforms if it were to succeed and this was lacking in the Buhari reforms.

Get a copy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti's Beast of no Nation and right from the album's sleeve to the lyrics, you will learn more about the fraud called Buhari/Idiagbon's regime .

sultaan: The way you guys are talking big money, I think that country is ripe for a rude awakening.Too much money in the system. The amount you guys are paying in duty is same as paid by buyers in the west $10k to clear a $18k car?

$2k to clear a $2k van ah yah yai

trolling: We are instructed not to eat blood eg blood transfusion, kidney transplant and all that ish when you partake in this ungodly act, you take the nature and traits of the supplier of the blood, so what we have here is two souls or beings in one body, men that's scary just imagine if the supplier of the blood had psychotic tendencies Omo that one na yawa don burst o

petershehu: Why ar human beings lyk dis?Obasanjo has done a lot 4 Niger,Nigerian politics need more pp lyk OBJ,nd Jonathan,getin 2 d post of d president is wit the help of Obasanjo,so president Jonathan should have at list begged Obasanjo.....

Teejayphillip: God ave MERCY...

Sum pple r craving 2 ave dis beautiful creature, while sum whu gat d GRACE mis-use dem...

Poverty tinz sha,make GOD take control

Lilimax: Needless to get pregnant when you cannot take responsibilty of the child.
Enough of this nonsense .

rman: Nice info.
A friend was harassed and made to part with 5k in Ilorin because of this code issue. He swore he got it at FRSC office.

I didn't really have this info so he had to cooperate. I checked mine and the code matched.

seyizma: i'm sorry for bringing this thread backwards

But can someone explain how i can blindscan my decoder-am using dstv

The military are obliged to work for the government after the training if they do not they can be jailed or killed even. Doctors on the other hand receive training for their own benefit just like any other professional.If goverment does it for doctors why not engineers and lawyers and teachers etc.

The reason is simple resources are limited and so choices must be made/priorities set.
It is for every society to decide what are their training priorities given limited resources. This should be done through the political process and social debate not by coercive action of strikes etc. Or one group screaming we are the most important profession in the land.

The issue of equipment is just an alibi. Nigeria is a poor and corrupt nation and the issue of funding is pervasive across Nigeria and not new.Doctors are not striking about equipment let us not deceive ourselves.They are striking for their training funding

Anyways, there was a time when doctors genuinely did strike for equipment.I know because I was there and guess what Beko Ransome Kuti was jailed by Buhari and many Nigerians supported him. In so doing The Nation has chosen. doctors should protect their interests and I support that 1000% but spare us this hypocrisy that they are fighting for equipment.

Anyway the government did spend good money purchasing equipment under Obasanjo but it can never be enough and there will always be leakages.
The more mature discussion should look at the bigger picture and how more private public partnerships can develop to make the sector more efficient.Government should hands off anything above a health centre and let doctors,nurses etc form companies and run their own hospital in a concessionary arrangement .My personal view is doctors like lawyers should not be government employees but that is another debate

xykms101: Security reason my foot! This is dinner party not official meeting. I can't imagine this is happening jst bcoz of little misunderstanding. Infact i don't even know why this insane country stil existing. Nigeria is one Nigeria is one, what is one in Nigeria when jonathan, tinubu, buhari, obj and babangida can't wine and dine together, igbo, hausa and yoruba can't move together on a path, moslems see christians as their worst enemies. Time to go in our separate ways has come so as to secure better future for coming generations.

omonnakoda: This thread is not about me .Who the hell are you to ask me what I do.?What relevance is it.People holding position of President in Nigeria utter stupid statements all the time and so the position I hold does not validate my opinion.You reason like an undergraduate

I do not need to prove anything and I cannot prove anything. Let us deal with the issue here which is that doctors,adults who earn probably the highest salaries in the public sector in Nigeria want the government to pay for further training for them to improve themselves and their financial prospects. In a perfect world this may not be bad but government does not do this for any other group in the country except maybe the military.why should they do it for doctors. My point is doctors should be prepared to make a financial sacrifice/contribution to their training and they can reap the VERY PERSONAL financial rewards afterwards. That is the issue ,let us debate that respectfully rather than engaging in the usual "doctors are the highest ever known" rhetoric or other abusive tirades which no one has a monopoly of. No one is saying it is not a good thing if resources are unlimited but where they are I think government will do better and the nation benefit more from training Teachers,Engineers and Community health workers than doctors who relatively are rich and can pay for their own training! Many of those here claiming to be doctors in Nigeria cannot even write good English and guess what for that very reason I do not doubt they are doctors. I meet them here all the time and I repeat as I have said severally most Nigeria doctors from the mid 90s to date cheated their way through WAEC JAMB and medical school. We all know this and this is our shame as a nation. When you have those kinds of characters in the profession what do you expect?

omonnakoda: There is one unfortunate thing about debate in Nigeria w eoften personalize it.It is a contest to establish superiority,unfortunately. I really am not sure what my alleged offence is. I mentioned earlier that I am a doctor and many here say I am lying. With all respect to my teachers and mentors there is nothing to boast about being a doctor.It is a position of service which should be approached with humility,a rare commodity in modern Nigeria. Becoming a doctor is NOT WORTH BOASTING ABOUT. Really.In fact it is embarrassing when you have no money compared to others less gifted academically!!
There is a common myth that doctors are scientists,they are not !they are technicians(a debate for another thread) .A paramedic is another technician common in western countries ,when I was in Nigeria there was no such thing.Basically they are themain crew of ambulances and have skills like ;intubation,basic and advanced life support and general emergency care.They saved the life of Fabrice Muamba initially and then doctors took over. Everyone is important. Nigerians and Nigerian doctors have serious ego problems ,the need to dominate and lord it over everyone we see it with Jonathan Amaechi and the Nigerian doctor is worse. I have seen resident doctors with grey hair running to open the door for Oga consultant , bow and take his bag off him.He has failed several attempts at part 2 because Oga is annoyed with him etc etc that is the Nigerian psyche. Bitter ,bullying and bombastic with no progressive outlook sadly they have created many neophytes ,HERE, in their own image..............
There is nothing to write home about of the Nigerian doctor in Nigeria,Nothing!!

Queendo: I dont expect the men to respond.The truth is that all men are boys but not all boys are men.

xtocom: This capital punishment cannot be reduce to somethin like cut all their fingers since every1 is sinner? Anyway, sorry 2them!

mikeywise: Na wao, so they have not abolished capital punishment? this is 2013 oooo

omonnakoda: doctor can comfortably do the job of a nurse These Home base doctors are very funny dudes.You need to change your attitudes and dispense with this arrogance and adopt intellectual humility. what next Army can do the job of police but police cannot do the job of army .Funny bunch of people