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84 secondary schools in the whole of Borno state!!!!!!

dalass:
He's right... The books are on phonics abeg.... That's how poor little kids will be picking wrong tenses just because its a textbook and it is believed textbooks can't have errors..

We should never be in a hurry to publish books without vetting it

A lot of the things we do here are informal and very little (if any at all)care to what and how we write. Could be an innocent error, just cut the chick some slack jare, afterall na phonics not grammar.

Kriss216:
Hope you gave someone the books for review? This one I’m seeing “I’m” instead of “Am”.

Savage

Itzstarboi:
Who gat some few cash to spare and would like to give me out of it.
I won't lie.
I am a student currently in SS1.
I need a smartphone because the one I was using got spoilt.
If you gat the spare cash, kindly send some bucks to my UBA teenager's account.
No: 2158305916
I am currently using a feature phone.

I am subtly going to advice you as a father. If your parents cant afford it, you dont need it. Resulting to online begging is killing your self esteem, atleast what you have left of it.

Timekeeper:
Naso ooo.

Abeg guys where can I get a land for like 50k in south west region only...

Per square meter??

August 23, 2020

Civic Hive, a nongovernmental organisation (NGO), recently opened a can of worms by accusing the Federal Ministry of Health of engaging in hanky-panky business with regards to recent purchases of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). A spokesman of the NGO disclosed that going by the information it obtained as at August 1, 2020, from the Nigerian Open Contracting Portal (NOCOPO), the ministry reportedly spent about N860miliion to acquire assorted PPE, including ordinary face masks.

He further disclosed that “A single entry by the name Marvellous Mike Press Limited was alone awarded 15 out of the 29 contracts (little over 50 percent), amounting to N444.28million.” In addition, the ministry claimed to have spent N37.06million of the amount to acquire 1,808 pieces of ordinary face masks, bringing the unit price to approximately N20,500!

The imputed purchase price of the ordinary face mask is ridiculously expensive. Here in Abuja at major street intersections, motor parks, markets and departmental stores, such ordinary face masks are sold for N100 to N1,000 depending on the quality, indicating a mark-up of nearly 2,000 percent for the most expensive brand without even taking cognizance of quantity discounts!

When journalists sought clarifications on the mindboggling allegations from the health ministry, the Director of Information, Media and Publicity, Olujimi Oyetomi, was quoted as saying, “Don’t let us (journalists) reduce our noble profession of journalism to playing mischief. I will not be surprised if you come up with nothing truthful about the so-called expose. You should be able to know fake news.”

It benumbs the mind why and how most senior government officials just fail to get it. Public distrust of government officials is the major reason why so many people already believe that COVID-19 is a scam designed to corruptly enrich our public officials under the guise of speedily responding a health emergency. Nigerians are sick and tired of wishy-washy responses to allegations of corruption. And contrary to the thinking of Oyetomi, majority of Nigerians would not be surprised if, upon digging deeper, everything is truthful about the expose!

Oyetomi did a great disservice particularly to Civic Hive and the journalists he spoke to, as well as the rest of us in general, by insinuating that journalists and other stakeholders seeking answers to vexatious questions somehow dishonour their calling by spreading news still in the process of being ascertained as fake or factual. No sir! The situation would have been more appropriately handled by having the ministry counter the allegations by way of displaying verifiable documentary evidence indicating that the ordinary face masks in question were indeed purchased at more reasonable prices. Or is Oyetomi claiming that the ministry never purchased any PPE, including ordinary face masks, as is being alleged?

And if indeed the ministry contracted to purchase the items in question, documentary evidence should be provided indicating how the contracts were allocated to disprove the allegation that only one supplier cornered as much as 50 percent of the entire order. Is the entity in question the only company in the country that has the technical skills and capacity to produce the required masks? It must also be said that the nobility of the Press is not marked by sweeping rubbish under the carpet or in trumpeting a clichéd esprit de corps. American jurist Justice George Sutherland it was who held that “A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people.” This explains why it is universally described as the Fourth Estate of the Realm.

But that is not to say that the NGO and the concerned pressmen are not without any blame. For instance, it would definitely have been much better if they had followed up by making inquiries at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to obtain the identities of the shareholders and directors of Marvellous Mike Press Limited. Readers may recall how a superintending minister of a cash-cow agency allegedly similarly farmed out the highly lucrative business of supplying diesel to a mistress. It was revealed that normal electricity supply to the headquarters of the agency was continually sabotaged just to ensure the lady kept smiling all the way to the bank for services supposedly rendered in kind to the Oga at the top!

It goes without saying that tackling allegations such the ones made by Civic Hive has become an endless and ineffective task in this country. Despite the Buhari administration making the war against corruption a cardinal policy plank, coupled with the draconian measures being adopted to curb it, many government officials still wallow in corrupt practices. It is either that corruption is really in our DNA and manifests as a virulent pandemic or that the administration’s policy is not being taken very seriously.

It must also be said that the general attitude and disposition of the larger society leaves a very bitter taste in the mouth. Whether we support or oppose the investigation of a suspect largely depends on primordial considerations such as political affiliation, creed, tribe and region of origin. It has become the norm that whenever news of the pilfering of stupefying amounts of public funds makes the round, we simply scream “Aaah!” and “Ewooh!” and move on to the next breaking news. At a time when a former leader of a militant group in the Niger Delta referred to the unauthorised N81billion expended by the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as “mere pocket change,” it is more than likely that many Nigerians would perceive N37million as “mere chicken change” not worth the bother of being talked about!

The question begging for answers is what then is the point in expending billions of naira every year on institutions such as the Bureau for Public Procurement/Due Process Office when such shenanigans continue to fester unabated? Would it not be more meaningful to shut them down and divert the huge savings to more needy areas of the national economy?

Be that as it may, public officials and senior civil servants must understand and appreciate the fact that Nigerians are getting smarter by the day. A law such as the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act is not there just for fun. Despite the rather ignoble role oftentimes played by a section of the judiciary, it has become a critical tool in the kit of various advocacy groups to exhume dirty skeletons government officials and politicians do not want the public to know.

Accountants usually speak about materiality but as far as corruption goes, no amount is too small because as King Solomon – touted as one of the wisest men that ever lived – averred: “It is the little foxes that actually spoil the vine.” The buck now squarely stops at the desk of the Federal Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, to help Nigerians make some sense out of the ongoing nonsense on his turf. Either way, it is a case President Buhari must hear if he desires to keep the anti-corruption crusade on course and thwart the demystification of his credibility and legacy.

Okoye, public affairs analyst, wrote from Abuja 08054103468

https://thenationonlineng.net/face-masks-n20000-the-president-must-hear-this/

[quote author=SmartPolician post=92509409]Do people still fall for this? [/quote
As long as there are greedy people

Anuoluwa1234:
A typical Nigerian man!!!... Many ppl blame the politicians etc, even I,... but truth be told, an average politician is exhibiting what and an average Nigerian man( male/females) will do, if power is given to him!!!.. ..

Wickedness, selfishness, scam, lies, every bad behaviour of this life is flowing in our muscles .. I believe there is something fundamentally wrong with Nigeria/Nigerians.. something far beyond human comprehension!!!!.

95% of Nigerians are deceitful.. no truth at all, etc... Imagine, a yahoo boy raining curse in government, calling dem Thief.. etc..

How many of us write the correct time when we get to work, how many of us care about our neighbors, etc... This this are all sum up, contributing to all these gibberish!!!..

The Bible says, Righteousness exalts a nation... And here we are, full of lies, hatred bitterness etc... Let's wait and watch how we will grow ...

Compare the behaviours of white ppl with the black, and reason why we are still far behind.. there is no magic in it.. but we can't pay the price, cuz of our human nature..

Only those who can realise this fact & understand, will be pulled out of that bondage!!!...

Sincerely, I sometimes wish all my live in Nigeria is just a dream!!!

Argue with Ur keyboard!!!...
Shallom

God bless you Anu.
An average Nigerian is a thief undiscovered.
If Amosun was in any way related to these people, none would cry foul. These are the same people to cry and shout marginalisation/selective justice/religious war when he is arrested
Let's just wait and see

Hnmmm

Mylove55:
may you never see a benefactor in your life again if you think oshomole is evil.

God is against ingrate.

Sister wetin happen naa!!
Shey na did same issue or another wan?
We thief table water you trowey vegetable oil.
SISTER CALM DOWN!!

ikorodureporta:
Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/07/miyetti-allah-sets-up-vigilante-nationwide/

Damn!!!
The end is here.
You mean Fulani vigilante group will operate freely on Yoruba/Igbo soil.
I see a North vs South war brewing

StacyO:
Lolzzz
Funny video

But,why do some parents flog their kids

Pray not to have a son like me.��

Stanweezy:
They tried, even without marriage, they have seen it all. Marriage is just to make it official.

Very funny but untrue. There are things (the good, the bad and the ugly) they will find out about themselves a month into the marriage. Not an easy chumchin

Very well said.
This is what you get in a society where everyone wan "blow". Nobody is ready to build/grow wealth.

Human or elf
If you know you know

if you like open schools tomorrow, my own no dey go

fulaniHERDSman:
Bad guys made me work harder while the good guys held the light.

Deep man!!

simple nah. she's saving data space for Facebook, knowing how expensive it is running data farms.

they endangered the lives of the animals.
wicked people.
sorry,
they endangered the lives of the people. wicked animals.
abeg just pick one, the the people and animals, no difference.

Lamanii22:
You broke his heart... He has no reason to continue the friendship... Having you in his life is like having a chicken, the chicken he was suppose to eat and now somebody else has eaten it....

LOLZZZ

Too much sense

By who??
This mad man did not see the viral video of kano youths washing their hands in a bowl only to drink the dirty water just to prove corona na scam
he didn't see anything wrong when the Governor lifted lockdown to allow them stock up for Ramadan. I almost cried when I saw the video.
He saw nothing wrong when the governor stylishly stopped testing to cover up the astronomical rise in infected cases, even when they started dieing in droves.
I just wonder when we will be humans again in nigeria and not christian/ muslim

ThierryJay:
I pity all those insinuating that it's a scam because people you know are not dying yet. Don't worry e go soon clear for una eyes.

With the way people have not been taking precautions here in Nigeria, it's a no brainer that it's going to spread widely. Whatever NCDC stands to gain financially does not stop people from infecting one another.

If it's real in Ghana, in South Africa, in Egypt, in Burkina Faso, why wouldn't it be real in Nigeria?Are all of these countries scammers too? Including their European counterparts?

The 27billion grant that you claimed WHO gave Nigeria, Nigeria has lost several multiples of that amount in revenue from unproductivity due to lockdown. So will you as a rational person shut down your personal business that gives you 10million a month, in order to receive a 500thousand Naira handout from good Samaritans? I'm struggling to understand the level of gross stupidity at play here.

looollll
an average Nigerian thinks he's super smart cause cause he can afford to buy a Gigabyte of data on his phone. Thinks its his right to dip his hand in his butts to feed equal fools whatever he comes out with.
how can you think a pandemic of this proportion is a scam only because you are yet to loose anyone close.
Sanity's clearly eluded some people.

baconline:
See the local one I bought

you resemble sub-Zero

oloriburuku somebody

just when I thought I had seen it all.
How can a human mind be so warped.
I wish they would love-vendor his mother effing ass out to hefty prisoners when he gets there.

"He said Nigeria was leading and remains the best in Africa in the area of provision of palliative to citizens as the world battles the scourge."

oga, so you came 1st in a class of 50 with a 45% score. Does that make you smart?

shuo :oshuo

How did he leave Lagos with all the LOCKDOWN noise !!!!!
Now he has Coronised Daura.

hnmm

Did you sort yourself out yet?