FG Says Jobs Portal Records 400,000 Registrations in 36 Hours
June 13, 2016 0 352

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By Tobi Soniyi in Abuja
THE SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE VICE PRESIDENT ON MEDIA AND PUBLICITY, MR LAOLU AKANDE, ON MONDAY IN ABUJA SAID THE NEWLY LAUNCHED JOBS PORTAL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, “N-POWER. GOV.NG,”, HAS RECORDED OVER 400,000 SUCCESSFUL REGISTRATIONS SINCE IT OPENED FOR SUBMISSIONS ON SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016.

AKANDE SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT ALTOGETHER, THE WEBSITE HAD RECEIVED OVER 35 MILLION HITS SINCE SATURDAY MIDNIGHT.



THE STATEMENT ALSO QUOTED MR. AFOLABI IMOUKHEDE, SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT ON JOB CREATION, AS SAYING: “WE HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED BY THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE TO THE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS. AS AT NOON ON MONDAY, JUNE 13, ONLY 36 HOURS AFTER THE LAUNCH OF THE PORTAL, 403,528 APPLICANTS HAD SUCCESSFULLY REGISTERED ON THE SITE AND WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF COMPLETING THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

“WE ARE ALSO VERY PLEASED THAT THE REGISTRATIONS HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE WITHOUT ANY HITCHES OR SYSTEM FAILURES, CONSIDERING THE VOLUME OF RESPONSE.”

THE JOBS SCHEME, KNOWN AS ‘N-POWER’, IS ONE OF THE FIVE INITIATIVES OF THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, DESCRIBED BY PRESIDENT MOHAMMDU BUHARI IN HIS DEMOCRACY DAY SPEECH AS “BY FAR THE MOST AMBITIOUS SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMME IN OUR HISTORY.”

A total sum of N500 billion has been provided for the programme in the 2016 Budget, an unprecedented development in Nigeria’s budget history.
N-POWER IS DESIGNED TO HELP YOUNG NIGERIANS ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP LIFE-LONG SKILLS TO BECOME SOLUTION PROVIDERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TO BECOME PLAYERS IN THE DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL MARKETS.

IT WILL PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR 500,000 GRADUATES AS TEACHERS, AGRICULTURE EXTENSION ADVISERS, HEALTHCARE ASSISTANTS, AND CIVIC AND ADULT EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS NIGERIA.http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/06/13/fg-says-jobs-portal-records-400000-registrations-in-36-hours/

nigeria represented by 3 cities lagos 131 abuja 23 kano 10

this are the cities with the most ultra rich individuals.. who are worth more than 30 million dollars excluding their home of residence

1. Johannesburg, South Africa – The commercial capital of South Africa has far more millionaires than any other African city. With 298 people with a net worth over $30 million, it's the city with the most ultra-rich individuals in Africa.

2. Cairo, Egypt – Egypt's capital has the second highest number of high net-worth individuals -- 150. However, that's still only half that of the city which claims the top spot on the list.

3. Lagos, Nigeria – In 2013, Lagos, which has 131 UHNWIs, spent more on champagne than the whole of South Africa. With three cities in the ultra-rich list, it's not surprising that Nigeria is now recognized as Africa's largest economy, following a recalculation of its GDP in 2014.

4. Cape Town, South Africa – The number of African individuals with $30 million in assets is set to more than double over the next decade. Cape Town has long been one of the continent's most affluent cities, and has 115 ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

5. Nairobi, Kenya – Single malt whiskey is a popular luxury alternative to beer in Kenya, a country whose economy has grown rapidly in recent years. The capital Nairobi has 69 UHNWIs.

6. Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania – The rise of the urban middle class is encouraging modern retail development in many of the continent's major cities. Tanzania's trade center and economic capital Dar Es Salaam has 36 super-rich individuals.

07. Abuja, Nigeria – Nigeria is among the countries expected to have the most potential for luxury goods demand despite recent troubles. Its capital Abuja has 23 ultra-high-net-worth individuals in residence.

8. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Real estate giant Knight Frank ranked Ethiopia's capital as one of its Global Cities of the future in its 2015 Wealth Report. The city is in eighth place, hosting 21 UHNWIs.

9. Marrakesh, Morocco – Over the next five years, 13 of the 20 fastest-growing economies in the world are forecast to be in Africa. Morocco's bustling tourist center Marrakesh is in ninth place with 15 residents worth over $30 million.

10. Kano, Nigeria – The rise of Africa's super-rich has put the continent on the map as the new frontier for global luxury brands. WealthInsight, a global research and analysis firm focused on the world's richest individuals, has singled out 10 cities where Africa's ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI), those with over $30 million of net assets excluding their primary residence, live.

Kano, in Nigeria's north, is in 10th place, with 10 UHNWI's in residence.

dangote rice factory in hadejia jigawa

Bayero Mohammed Tukur recently graduated with a first class degree in Engineering from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He also was the best graduating student of the Faculty of Engineering. The elated civil engineer explains how he achieved the feat 20 years after the faculty failed to produce a first class grauduate and also speaks on the practice of engineering in Nigeria among other issues.

Daily Trust: What was your major field of study?

Bayero Mohammed Tukur: I graduated from the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering. You may wish to call me a water engineer, a hydraulic engineer or an environmental engineer. Above all, you may wish to call me a civil engineer, because they are all one and the same thing. But I wish to quickly note that we can be said to have majored in everything in the department. It is the system here where you have to read everything.

DT: How do you feel, graduating with a first class degree?

Tukur: I give thanks and glory to Almighty Allah. We are two first class graduates in the Faculty of Engineering. I emerged first and the other person emerged second. For the past 20 years before us, there hadn’t been any first class graduate. So, when we came for the orientation immediately after our admission, we took it up as a challenge, and we kept on praying to Allah. Today, our fervent prayers came to fruition. Today, by the grace of Almighty Allah, two of us have caused to happen what did not happen in 20 years.

DT: Perchance you proceed for higher degrees or any professional training, what would you like to specialise in?

Tukur: I would like to specialise in environmental engineering as my major field because of the ever-changing climate globally now. I am really interested in this phenomenon, and I would like to make my contributions to humanity in that aspect.

DT: Is it, therefore, right to say that you were driven by challenges bordering on the practice of engineering in the Nigerian society to venture into what you have just graduated in?

Tukur: My father, who died while I was in my 100 level, may his soul rest in peace, was also a civil engineer. I have nine elder brothers. None of them saw engineering as a field they could venture into. They have never seen it as a challenge. I took it up as a challenge. I wanted to take after my father. Secondly, I am not happy with the way Nigerians are treating engineers. When an engineering project is to be contracted out to an engineer, it is seldom contracted to a Nigerian engineer. Project executors prefer engaging, say, Egyptian engineers, and even Nigerien engineers, condemning the huge population of Nigerian engineers to frustrating joblessness. We have over 40, 000 graduate engineers that are not even working, let alone practicing engineering. A key aspect of my reason for taking up the challenge is, I believe, engineering is more delicate than medicine. When an engineer makes a mistake, he kills millions; but when a medical doctor makes a mistake, it is only a soul that is going, and this is a fact everyone knows.

DT: How does an engineer’s mistake kill millions?

Tukur: By discipline, I am a civil engineer, a hydraulic engineer, and an environmental engineer; in my design of a structure, if I make a mistake of 0.1 mm, it makes a big difference. If I make a mistake of 0.01 in design of any structure, the consequences could be monumental. You don’t make mistakes when you are mixing concrete, you don’t make mistakes when you are designing structures etc. Everything must be perfect. There shouldn’t be anything like near perfect in designing structures. Near perfect is not perfect. If a design is a near-perfect design, it is not a perfect design, and grave consequences could happen, sequel to whatever little deficit in the total perfection. That little imperfection could immediately or in the course of the life-span of the structure result in the loss of lives and property. So, our field of practice is even more delicate than that of the doctor.

DT: How would you assess the quality of structures designed by engineers in the Nigerian society?

Tukur: I regret to say such designs have not been in good hands. You see, I have always believed that graduates of engineering have the talent to make a good difference, but the Nigerian society is not giving us the opportunity to explore our talents.

DT: Collapse of buildings is rampant now in Nigeria. What do you observe as responsible for this situation?

Tukur: Buildings collapse when preliminary surveys are not done. There should also be environmental impact assessment, which will show you how far your structure can last, and what are the economic implications it will lead to, good or bad. For example, if you are constructing a dam, you have to consider all aspects in its design, and their possible economic implications, to forestall flood displacing large populations and destroying hundreds of farmlands. Studies are not being done properly. At the beginning, when a building collapses, the engineer is at fault, because his design is faulty. The builder just builds on what the engineer designs. Yet, I cannot say it is wholly the fault of the engineer, because he may do the proper thing in terms of the design, but someone else fails to do so, on his own part. I am saying that generally, it is a collective responsibility. Everyone must do his own part properly for the structure to stand.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/encounters/1st-class-in-engineering-how-student-broke-20-yr-old-jinx-in-abu/133379.html#4hLTOJl6MBRQjlMI.99

this same with the one on the naira.. that some people are shouting about

most of the letters where between emirs to emirs or letters on divorce etc

ajami is a type of alphabets derived from arabic that was used by different ethnic groups before coming of europeans to africa.. eg hausa,mandinka,songhay,fula etc

Boybrano:
I don't think that's the real queen of England

who is she then ? mr know all educate us? na aba queen she be?

shapeey:
Dressed in a yoruba outfit

shapeey:
Dressed in a yoruba outfit

shapeey:
Dressed in a yoruba outfit

says who? go and read the history behind those type of clothing... and read between we and you who were the first to use such clothing.. as early as the 19th century most are unclad.. so when you popularize something those not mean you invent it... we have been exporting clothes from our dye pits more than 700 years ago.. so stop such nonsense

I would tell you what i got .. when you tell me origin of the name Yoruba..

OPCNAIRALAND:

Lmao....
What else you got?

Please endeavor to know the difference between Hausa speakers and Hausa people...

Don't give me Wikipedia source you piece of shit.. now tell me origin of your name you stupid slave

Although i already told you i don't accept Wikipedia as source... who knows wetter you edit it... the general knowledge was know Yoruba were slaves Hausa were never slaves... although they might be Hausa speakers.... Yoruba were known as nago in Brazil idiot

In Ghana any one can be Hausa as far as he is Muslim and speak hausa

Idiot the Ghana salaga people are not Hausa but Hausa speakers who came to be identified as Hausa... Hausa in Ghana are merchants who brought slaves for trade.. even the ouakam they wrote in article is pronounced wanka... baiyu is slave in Hausa... you see your ignorance research before comment.. Hausa people live in zongo those in saliva are Hausa speakers

Don't bring any Ghana saliva nonsense because Hausa people live in zango not salga .... Hausa people went to Ghana as traders and merchants not slaves

Just because someone is a Muslim sold as slave he must be Hausa idiot

Idiot never give me Wikipedia as a source... who knows even you can edit it.... but first before i talk to you go and learn the difference between Hausa speakers sold as slaves and real Hausa people

OPCNAIRALAND:
No long grammar.....here is BBC on how Hausa was enslaved by other Africans.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/9chapter4.shtml
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Before the sixteenth century, slavery was not regarded by anyone (outside or inside Africa) as a particularly African institution. The association between Africa and slavery emerged in the fifteenth century. It was then that ship design made it possible for sailors from the Mediterranean to make long journeys down the coast of Africa and ultimately across the Atlantic to the Americas.
By the time the slaves reached the coast, they had already undertaken a long journey from inland. They were often bought and sold several times along the way. Many of these transactions were conducted in the market place.
CASE STUDY: THE SALAGA SLAVE MARKET
Salaga, in northern Ghana, was the site of a major slave market. Today, there are still descendants of people who were slaves. The history is vivid in peoples's minds.
OUAMKAM BAYOU
"Ouamkam means bathing. Bayou means slave. So literally it means 'Bathing slaves.' This is the place where all the slaves were bathed. They would bathe them here, rub them with shea butter and make them shine, and they gave them food to eat, to make them look big; then they'd take them to the slave market for sale."
Listen to Shaibu Inusah on bathing and preparing slaves for sale
THE PARAMOUNT CHIEF OF SALAGA
"Salaga is in the southern part of the northern region. Salaga was an old slave market. Caravans used to come all the way from northern Nigeria and other places, Burkina Faso, Mali and so on. Salaga became important for its market in human beings.
The slaves were brought in here. There were places to store them and most of the time they were actually tied around trees…in the market. There were just one or two rooms that can even be seen up to this date. But most of the time they were tied around, big, big trees, guava trees, close to the market…
Slavery became a commercial venture. Even local chiefs benefited. When the slaves were brought, the chiefs took a certain number for themselves and sold them to the buyers. People benefited. If you were not a victim, of course, then you benefitted. Sometimes, even the people themselves became victims. Because it was so inhuman that there was no sympathy between them. If you quarrelled with your friend and you managed to capture him you could take him to the market - to sell him.
With hindsight, we feel remorse that these things happened and our great great grandfathers took part in the trade. But at that time it was a normal thing. It's just like what is happening today. It was a market; people were buying. There was no transaction in cash. It was just gunpowder or guns in exchange for human beings. Sometimes you look at it from a human and religious point of view, sometimes you feel it was a very bad thing…but it happened. "
Listen to Paramount Chief Of Salaga
"Slaves were the most important commodity as opposed to other commodities like salt and other mercantile goods that were brought from the south. But definitely slavery dominated the activities here.
Everybody here in Salaga is a descendant of a slave. Everybody in Salaga, except those of us who have moved in now. But you see people don't feel easy speaking about it. But everybody knows that he is a descendant of slaves. The Gouruma, [size=20pt] the Hausa, [/size] the Zaboroma, the Hausa, the Dagomba. All the tribes in Salaga, there are thirteen tribes in Salaga, know."

macof:
In Bahia the Hausas were primarily identified with practicing Islam because they adopted Islam before coming over to Brazil
rebellion in Brazil was organized by Muslim Yoruba and Hausa slaves and
directed against the whites and against nonbelievers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%AA_Revolt
Nd the fools said no hausas were enslaved. Slaves in Bahia are known to have come through the bight of Benin slavery sellers - yorubas, Dahomeans

Idiots those were Hausa speaking slaves sold in Ghana... you can't differentiate between a Hausa speaking and an ethic Hausa idiot...

kaura5000:
Yoruba like to lie about their association with mali and songhay when there is no proof to support that.. they try to cover others influence on them by attributing it to mali... you guys had no relationship with mali on songhay they don't know you

OPCNAIRALAND:
No long grammar.....here is BBC on how Hausa was enslaved by other Africans.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/9chapter4.shtml
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Before the sixteenth century, slavery was not regarded by anyone (outside or inside Africa) as a particularly African institution. The association between Africa and slavery emerged in the fifteenth century. It was then that ship design made it possible for sailors from the Mediterranean to make long journeys down the coast of Africa and ultimately across the Atlantic to the Americas.
By the time the slaves reached the coast, they had already undertaken a long journey from inland. They were often bought and sold several times along the way. Many of these transactions were conducted in the market place.
CASE STUDY: THE SALAGA SLAVE MARKET
Salaga, in northern Ghana, was the site of a major slave market. Today, there are still descendants of people who were slaves. The history is vivid in peoples's minds.
OUAMKAM BAYOU
"Ouamkam means bathing. Bayou means slave. So literally it means 'Bathing slaves.' This is the place where all the slaves were bathed. They would bathe them here, rub them with shea butter and make them shine, and they gave them food to eat, to make them look big; then they'd take them to the slave market for sale."
Listen to Shaibu Inusah on bathing and preparing slaves for sale
THE PARAMOUNT CHIEF OF SALAGA
"Salaga is in the southern part of the northern region. Salaga was an old slave market. Caravans used to come all the way from northern Nigeria and other places, Burkina Faso, Mali and so on. Salaga became important for its market in human beings.
The slaves were brought in here. There were places to store them and most of the time they were actually tied around trees…in the market. There were just one or two rooms that can even be seen up to this date. But most of the time they were tied around, big, big trees, guava trees, close to the market…
Slavery became a commercial venture. Even local chiefs benefited. When the slaves were brought, the chiefs took a certain number for themselves and sold them to the buyers. People benefited. If you were not a victim, of course, then you benefitted. Sometimes, even the people themselves became victims. Because it was so inhuman that there was no sympathy between them. If you quarrelled with your friend and you managed to capture him you could take him to the market - to sell him.
With hindsight, we feel remorse that these things happened and our great great grandfathers took part in the trade. But at that time it was a normal thing. It's just like what is happening today. It was a market; people were buying. There was no transaction in cash. It was just gunpowder or guns in exchange for human beings. Sometimes you look at it from a human and religious point of view, sometimes you feel it was a very bad thing…but it happened. "
Listen to Paramount Chief Of Salaga
"Slaves were the most important commodity as opposed to other commodities like salt and other mercantile goods that were brought from the south. But definitely slavery dominated the activities here.
Everybody here in Salaga is a descendant of a slave. Everybody in Salaga, except those of us who have moved in now. But you see people don't feel easy speaking about it. But everybody knows that he is a descendant of slaves. The Gouruma, [size=20pt] the Hausa, [/size] the Zaboroma, the Hausa, the Dagomba. All the tribes in Salaga, there are thirteen tribes in Salaga, know."

Yoruba like to lie about their association with mali and songhay when there is no proof to support that.. they try to cover others influence on them by attributing it to mali... you guys had no relationship with mali on songhay they don't know you