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Is there a gay gene? An emphatic NO! Being gay is a choice. A lifestyle and in some cases a psychological problem. Gay activism is based on the false premise that some people are born gay and should not be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation. There is no scientific evidence backing such false premise. Gay gene doesn't exist. Legalizing same sex marriage in the name of 'freedom of choice' is taking liberty to the extreme. Such extremes are not without their damning consequences.

You are not alone. I currently run an IT firm with my bro. We both graduated top of our classes. After about two years of futile job hunts with interviews in companies like shell, NLNG, Mantrac etc. we decided to quit the rat race and create jobs for ourselves. Today, we are employers though getting here wasn't a walk in the park.

For those screaming oil companies, we can't all work in oil companies. I dropped the 'oil company mentality' after being interviewed twice by NLNG (Trainee Electrical officer position in 2011 and Trainee Operator position in 2013) without a job offer. While chasing the oil companies, I rejected some offers especially from some start-up factories at Agbara looking for Trainee Engineers. It takes more than just good grades, professional competence and experience to land a job in oil companies. You need luck more than anything because you will be competing with the best of the best and those with formidable connections. I'm not giving up anyway because I still have a pending interview with NNPC.

Since age is still on your side (I presume), I'll advise you give the oil majors some shots. You might get lucky and if you do, it will avail you the opportunity to raise the much needed capital for your business(at least 60% then you can use your landed property as collateral to secure the remaining 40% as loan). However, I won't advice you to go into small scale manufacturing or production. The risk of failure is very high in that area with power and competition with imported goods as major factors.

I discovered Nairaland through google. I love Nairaland specifically because of the anonymity of members. Apart from the privacy that the anonymity offers, it also promotes freedom of expression. Ever since I signed up in 2010, I've been trying to control my addiction. I gave up when Nairaland became the first thing I check every morning.

Misleading information. Ogun is not owing. I'm very sure about that.

Most comments here are not addressing the issues. The crux of the matter is the fact that most States are not viable. The dwindling oil revenue is just exposing that. Very soon, even the most seemingly viable States will start finding it difficult to pay salaries if nothing drastic is done to salvage our plummeting monolithic economy. Aregbe's present travails is just a case of history repeating itself. The governor ought to have learned from Bisi Akande's experience. Instead, he went ahead to worsen the situation by recruiting massively into the already bloated civil service of the State. States like Osun should have the leanest civil service and government. He should take the following drastic steps:

1. Sack/Suspend all political appointees (commissioners, special advisers, special assistants etc.). A huge amount of money will be saved from emoluments due to them. Those however willing to work for free should remain.

2. Stop all social security related expenditures like school feeding programme, allowance for old people etc.

3. Sell off all unnecessary government acquisitions like helicopters. If possible, re-call all 'opon imo' and auction them

4. Privatize state owned businesses to raise funds.

5. Suspend all white elephant projects.

After paying the owed salaries, a massive shake up of the civil service should follow. The MDAs should be digitized to cut number of government employees by at least 65%! And if he'll be re-appointing political jobbers, they should only earn their basic salary. The governor and his deputy should also sacrifice their excessive allowances. Desperate time requires desperate measures.

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This is no big deal. There is a community named 'Oyotunji' in South Carolina.

Good points on either side.

My observation:

Ibadan Poly argued concisely with the following vital points:

1. The socioeconomic impacts of criminalizing abortion on the nation (almajiris in the north and street urchins in the south come to mind. Most of them are products of unwanted/unplanned pregnancies).

2. The physiological, psychological, social and economic impact of unwanted pregnancies on women.

3. Criminalizing abortion is counterproductive. It doesn't stop/reduce abortion. People still find a way to abort unwanted pregnancies even in countries where abortion is illegal.

4. Legalizing abortion will not only reinforce the freedom of choice for women, but also allow them to abort SAFELY by engaging the services of qualified doctors.

5. Other benefits of legalizing abortion like population control.


LASU harped mainly on the MORALITY of abortion and THE RIGHT OF THE UNBORN CHILD to life.

jbadmus:
Good analysis from you bro.You do have an indept understanding of this HND-B.SC upgrade or dichotomy stuff.I have read a lot of your insightful posts on polytechnic education vis-a-vis HND-B.SC dichotomy. I want to know whether you have gone for your B.SC.

Thanks.

Work won't let me even if I want to. It's not easy going back to the classroom for another 3years for a certificate that's unjustifiably viewed to be above the one you currently hold mainly because of the prejudice towards technical education. The best upgrade plan any HND holder can have is a plan to travel overseas for master's degree and that's what I'm working towards.

The following should be considered before embarking on a 3-year journey to obtain a bachelor's degree after HND:

1. Resources: Time and finance. You'll most likely be sponsoring yourself which means you have to combine working with studying. That leaves you with the option of part-time studies with its inherent baggage. You may be lucky to have a sponsor for full-time study meaning you'll spend the next 3years after your HND pursuing another certificate that won't fetch you automatic employment (remember there are many unemployed degree holders roaming the streets) while your colleagues are gathering work experience. By the time you are through, you'll be far above the maximum age usually pegged for those applying as fresh graduates (without working experience). The bachelor's degree in essence will only be useful for postgraduate studies in Nigeria and brandishing.

2. Career path: If your need for further studies is motivated by your desire to reach the zenith of your career, professional certifications, PGD or Professional masters is the way to go especially if you are working in the private sector. If you however belong to the academia or work in any government MDAs, you'll need a bachelor's degree to reach the pinnacle of your career.

3. Course of study: Are you willing to dump your hard-earned HND after obtaining a bachelor's degree? If your answer is No then it is not advisable to pursue bachelors in the same course as your HND. A different but related course will be more appropriate. That's the only way the degree will be an addition and not a replacement.

Olayiwola124:
Is it advisable to go for one year convertion of HND to BSC programme at a private university which is SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY oku-owa Ogun state. Though the skul ws accredited by NUC but my bothering is 'Will govt universities such as U.I, UNILAG, LASU nd others recognise d certificate given by dat university {southwestern university} for Masters prog in their skul!

Our educational system is not dynamic as what is obtainable in saner climes. One of the sickening policy of NUC as regards university education is that an undergraduate must spend nothing less than 3years in a university to obtain a bachelor's degree. This is why you'll be placed in 200level of a four-year bachelor's degree programme when you gain admission through direct entry with your HND. Should there be sincerity of purpose in our policy making, credit transfer as obtainable in saner climes would have been the norm in direct entry admission in which case obtaining a bachelors degree after HND in the same course of study wouldn't take more than 6-months (after comparing courses passed at ND and HND level with all registrable courses for bachelors degree, the difference is what will be left to study). This is why it will only take you 1year to obtain a top-up degree in the UK with either your HND or ND.

To answer your question directly, the bachelor's degree obtained from such programme will not be recognized in Nigeria because the programme violates the 'minimum of 3-years' standard. No one will listen to the voice of reason. When you apply for postgraduate studies in any of the federal universities you mentioned above after the degree programme, they will ask for your academic transcript and that's where they'll point to this retrogressive 3-year policy. You will however be able to secure master's degree admission abroad because even with your ND+HND, most universities in the US and Canada will admit you directly for masters if after evalution, your ND+HND is determined to be equivalent to US bachelor's degree (there are testimonies by people who got admitted directly for masters with their ND+HND in the US, Germany and Canada).

Kwara State University and University of Port-Harcourt have similar programmes but theirs is about 3years, which is in tandem with NUC policy. They run the programme on part-time which gives it an edge over full-time direct entry of same duration. National Open University of Nigeria is another option though their programme also lasts for 3-years.

In essence, I won't advise you to go and obtain a 1-year B.Sc. that will subject you to another form of discrimination (it will be termed a mediocre degree ).

As old as they are, non of them is on the list of top 100 Universities in the world. It is not about 'how far' but 'how well'. If not for Leadership failure, University of Ibadan should be in the top 100 of the league table based on its potentials when it took off in 1948. Our Universities still remain degree mills, filling the mind of their students with facts instead of teaching them how to think. Little wonder we are where we are today, as no nation can develop beyond its level of Education.

Very simple. All public officers must take oath of office with Ogun, Sango or Ayelala. That's all!

ayoku777:
Sentiments apart, there is no scriptural justification for abortion; only emotional justification.

Unfortunately, we live in a world now that suffering for righteousness sake is now farfetched for many. People can go through physical pain for money, endure psychological stress for fame; but doing something painful but pleasing to God is now too great a demand.

Abortion is murder; pre-meditated murder. It is termination of a life and a destiny.

With God, there is no such thing as unwanted pregnancy. It may be unwanted for the mother but not for God. Once a baby is conceived, he already has an identity and a destiny with God.

Jeremiah 1v5 - Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

From the moment we are conceived in the womb, God already knows us and has ordained a calling for our lives. Meaning every baby in the womb already has an identity and a destiny before God. To abort it is not just to terminate a life but also to truncate an ordained destiny.

Luke 1v15 -For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, EVEN FROM HIS MOTHER'S WOMB.

The Holy Spirit does not fill things or objects, the Holy Spirit fills people and persons. If the Holy Spirit could fill a baby in the womb, it means a baby in the womb is already a person before God, not a thing.

To abort a baby in the womb is tantamount to killing a person. You might as well deliver the baby first and strangle it to death. It's the same thing before God.

If the mother doesn't want the baby because of the circumstance of his conception; I believe that there are some religious bodies that are into child care charities that can take care of the baby. There are also motherless babies homes funded by secular NGOs that can take up the responsibility. Not to talk of countless childless couples who would not mind adopting the babies.

All these are if the mother's say they don't want the babies. And I'm sure some of them may even change their minds when they deliver.

There have been instances where a pregnant woman claimed a pregnancy is unwanted and will give him up for adoption, only to change her mind after delivering the baby, as a fountain of love she never knew she had or was capable of gushed out towards the baby. And was willing to do anything for that baby afterwards, not minding the circumstances of his conception.

And there were other cases where the child was even given up for adoption; only for the mother to start longing and pinning for the baby months or years later.

Abortion should not even be an option much less a last option. If we really know the power of God; and how capable He is of healing our physical, emotional and psychological pains; we will realise that abortion need not be an option at all; it is an error of decision.

That's why the bible says; Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. -Matthew 22v29

Saying children of rape don't deserve to live is an emotional rant, not a scriptural or godly opinion. I know its not easy, but nobody ever said obeying God is. Christianity is about obedience not convenience.

Shalom.

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@OP I don't think a new topic is necessary. A new topic amounts to playing DrFunmi's game of denigrating perceived competitors. Some of us already gave a point by point rebuttal in DrFunmi's thread just for the records. The HND/B.Sc. dichotomy usually generate endless debates in this forum. The degree holders usually launch the attack while HND holders fight back. Nothing other than ego massaging is achieved on both side at the end of the day.

The discrimination is one of the injustices in Nigeria and it's sad that it is already deeply entrenched. There is a bill presently in the Senate seeking an end to the issue and it has already scaled through second reading. One thing is however clear, until this issue is resolved and premium placed on technical education, Nigeria will continue to remain a slave to foreign technologies and a predominantly consuming economy.

DrFunmi:
You got it all wrong. I didn't put this up to trigger argument. I just wanted to state some obvious hard truth. I wish both BSc and HND holders the best of 2015.

Modified: 1 forgot to add this point:

9 Worth of certificate - the BSc certificate is more valuable than the HND certificate. An HND holder requires a PGD to further his Postgraduate studies even if the holder has a distinction. On the other hand, a BSc holder can directly enrol for MSc or PhD without any hurdle. HND is equivalent to an associate degree in the USA and will require additional courses to be accepted in foreign institution. A BSc holder in Nigeria faces no such barrier.

On the worth of certificate, PGD is required for further studies only in Nigeria. The admission of HND holders into Postgraduate Diploma programme while at the same time maintaining that HND is not equivalent to a bachelor's degree further exposes the hypocrisy of our educational policy. As for the USA, your assertion exposes you as ignorant of the realities like someone earlier opined. All academic qualifications obtained outside the US must pass through an evaluation process by a recognized credentials evaluation agency before they become tenable for postgraduate studies in the United States. One of such credentials evaluation agency is World Educational Services (www.wes.org). All those who I know have had their HND evaluated by WES were found eligible for direct admission to master's degree programs because their HND was found equivalent to bachelor's degree. The mistake most prospective students make when sending their HND for evaluation is sending the HND transcript alone. The HND qualification is based on the ND (a prerequisite) so both the ND and HND are evaluated together to determine the academic worth of the HND holder. It is the ND alone that is equivalent to Associate Degree in the US or BTEC-HND in the UK. So for those who are well-informed, they know the discrimination is only entrenched here.

DrFunmi:
Success in life should not be determined by our alma mater. I believe that everybody has a chance to be successful whether they went to a university or polytechnic. Our success is in our hands. This write-up is not meant to degrade HND holders. I am one of those that are strongly against the discrimination against HND holders. However, the reality on ground (due to the discrimination) is that BSc is still more superior to HND and I have given reasons below to state the obvious but bitter truth.

1 Entrance Qualification - The entrance qualification to the university is more stringent than that to the polytechnic. The UTME cut off for universities is higher than that of polytechnics. All universities require a minimum of 5 credits in WASSCE/NECO while most polytechnics accept 4 credits as minimum requirement. It is well accepted that the entrance qualification to any institution says a lot about the prestige attached to such institution.

2 Quality of Lecturers- You cannot compare the quality of lecturers in the university to that of the polytechnic. Most university lecturers are professors and PhD holders with decades of teaching and research experience to show for it. Some of them are universally renowned professors. The head of universities are always renowned and experienced academic professors. Most Master degree holders in universities are mere assistant lecturers. The same cannot be said of polytechnics where most of their 'experienced' lecturers are mere BSc holders. Most rectors of polytechnics are Msc holders, only a few have PhD. Even corps members lecture polytechnic students. Has it ever occurred to you why polytechnics find it hard to employ even their own products (HND holders) to lecture? Instead, they employ mostly university grads to teach.

3 Research Work- University is the bedrock of research work. Research work lays the foundation of advancement and any sane society will rate any higher institution by the quality of their research. Unfortunately, the quality of research work in Nigerian universities is poor but this is still far better than that of polytechnics that do absolutely nothing (or very negligible research work).

4 Funding- Universities are much more funded than polytechnics. One of the metrics for determining the quality of an institution is the level of funding. No wonder, the government and the media pay more attention to the demand of ASUU over ASUP. Thus, you will expect a product of a university to be better trained than that of a polytechnic.

5 Quality of students - The brightest, youngest and most motivated students go to the universities. Go to a polytechnic and what you will see a lot of dejected, not-so-young students who have written UTME many times but have not succeeded. A few in the polytechnics are young and bright, but they are few and far between. The majority of young and bright students, just fresh from secondary school are found within the 4 walls of the university. Thus, most university grads are of higher intellectual quality than their poly counterparts.

6 Size and Beauty of Campus - A lot can be said about the quality of an institution by the architectural structures of the institutions. Let's take the elite universities and polytechnics in Nigeria for instance. One cannot compare the architectural edifices in the prestigious OAU, UI, ABU, UNN, UNILAG, UNIBEN to that of Yabatech, Kadpoly, Auchi, Bida Poly or any polytechnic in Nigeria. No polytechnic in Nigeria can even compete with some 2nd and 3rd generation universities like FUT Minna, UniJos, FUTA, etc in terms of structures.

7 Preference / Demand - The preference for BSc is higher than for OND/HND. All or almost all aspiring students wish to go to the university. Employers generally prefer BSc holders over HND holders. HND holders are seen as middle level manpower (That was the intent when polytechnics were initially created). There are more opportunities for BSc holders not just within the country but outside Nigeria. Jobs and scholarship opportunities abound for BSc holders and undergraduates while it is almost non-existent for HND holders.

8 Self Esteem - Last but not the least, an average BSc holder is more confident than an average HND holder. This is however not the fault of HND holders who unfortunately have to face stiff discrimination in the labour market, thus negatively impacting on their self esteem.

Thought we've had enough of this but it seems some people will stop at nothing to denigrate HND. Is it bigotry, fear, hatred or inferiority complex? I normally wouldn't have respond to an unnecessarily provocative post like this because nothing will be achieved by arguing back and forth. Besides, my followers know I have articles tackling the OP's misconceptions. However, for the sake of those who don't have all the details, I'll be back with a rebuttal.

Modified:


1. Entrance Qualification: The introduction of UTME ended the era of dichotomy in O'level requirements though some Polytechnics still admit with 4 O'level credits just like some Northern Universities accept D7 in Maths or English for some courses. The discrepancy in UTME scores cut-off is the issue here and most polytechnics have kicked against that. That's why Polytechnics like Yabatech insist on same UTME cut-off mark with the universities. The impression that lower entrance requirements for polytechnics implies inferior or poor academic standard is far from reality. The stakes are higher in polytechnic where you have to prove yourself worthy in both theory and practicals. The superior academic standard of polytechnics has been proved overtime through Direct Entry, External Exams and at Work Place where polytechnic undergraduates/graduates have engaged their university counterparts. So the deliberate lowering of entry requirements of polytechnics by 'the power that be' is an unwarranted discriminatory policy in itself and stakeholders in the polytechnics have always kick against it. Sadly, our society despises technical education therefore most students prefer universities to polytechnics. Therefore the lower entry requirement is an incentive to attract secondary school leavers to polytechnics but it is wrong.

2. Quality of Lecturers: We all know that most of those Professors and Ph.D holders in universities don't do the actual lecturing. It is common practice for them to delegate their duties to graduate assistants and postgraduate students under their supervision while they focus on 'research' and attendance of conferences. That said.

It is only in Nigeria that a tertiary institution can't award a degree unless it carries the nomenclature 'university'. That's one of our retrogressive policies. If not for this myopic policy, the HND programme wouldn't have surfaced in the first instance. Those who know the history of Nigerian Polytechnics, know that the 'middle level manpower' in the polytechnic act refers to the ND (National Diploma). So to produce ND holders, bachelor's degree was adequate as minimum academic qualifications of polytechnic lecturers. When their was a need for polytechnics to award a qualification higher than the ND, the polytechnic Act ought to have been amended to allow polytechnic award degrees. That didn't happen as result of the myopic policy earlier mentioned hence the retention of bachelor's degree as a minimum academic qualification to lecture in a polytechnic. When the HND/B.Sc. debate resurfaced nationally in 2006, NBTE upgraded that requirement to master's degree. Apart from these myopic policies, the unjustified discrepancy in salary/benefits in favour of university counterparts is another factor. It is natural for scholars to be more attracted to where their inputs will be more appreciated. Another factor is that Ph.D holders' career are terminated at Chief Lecturer level in the polytechnics unlike universities where they can rise to become a professor. These hostile policies, as a result of Nigeria's neglect of technical education, are directly responsible for the lesser number of Ph.D holders you'll find in an average polytechnic. But even at that, some Polytechnics like Auchi poly and Yabatech have more Ph.D holders than some universities.

3. Research Work: There is a fundamental difference between the educational philosophy/objectives of polytechnics and universities. While universities focus on development of new ideas, the polytechnics focus on how to fine tune such ideas and make it work. It is however sad that we focus on argument about superiority of roles here in Nigeria instead of appreciating the complementary roles of the two institutions. Also, the research objectives of polytechnics is usually geared towards producing something physical and not just about publishing abstract concepts, that may not have any/immediate useful applications, in international journals. Therefore one can be quick to conclude that polytechnics don't conduct research but a visit to one of the exhibitions of polytechnics will make you conclude otherwise. There are many prototype technologies waiting for adoption in our polytechnics but our government's disregard for technical education and preference for imported technologies (forgetting that producers of such imported technologies started from somewhere) will never make them look inwards.

4. Funding: Underfunding of polytechnics is part of the unjustified discriminatory policies of government against polytechnics. We hope this will end when technical education regains its pride of place. With such low level of funding however, polytechnic students still have better and adequate access to facilities than their university counterparts because most polytechnics do not over-admit students. The mad rush for Nigeria's sub-standard university education, as a result of discriminatory policies against polytechnics and colleges of education, has left us with situations like collapse of students during lectures as a result of overcrowding. When you examine the NEEDS assessment of our universities, you'll focus more on making your degree relevant than trying to pull down HND.

5. Quality of students: Again the discriminatory policies of government make polytechnics unattractive to most bright students.

6. Size and Beauty of Campus: The polytechnics were originally established to offer only technical courses. Unlike universities, the colleges/schools/faculties are few hence the few structures.

7. Preference/Demand: It appears degree holders are preferred presently because Nigeria is largely a consuming economy. We import virtually everything. China recently overtook the United States as the world's leading economy. They were able to achieve that because they placed premium on technical and vocational education. It may interest you to know that most Chinese Engineers in our construction industry are not degree holders yet our government prefer them to local 'Engineers'. Why? They get the job done while our own 'Engineers' are stating theories.

8. Self Esteem: It depends on the personality of the HND holder.

aisha2:
Why should you give him a slap? Is that what " western " women do?
What has paying bills got to do with being badly behaved, rude and uncultured? Even when I go out with friends we spilt the bill based on what we all ate does that mean I will now start challenging them, slapping them and being rude to them?

Young ladies please read and understand the concept and struggle of feminisim before you put yourself in trouble.

If you slap a man he has the right to give you a powerful slap back. If a woman in the west slaps a man he can sue her for assault and get paid loads of money in damages.

If I pay my own bills, spilt cheques and take care of myself it simply means I respect myself and know my responsibility towards myself and don't see a man as my atm.

You marry a man because you love him and respect him. That love and respect shouldn't be based on what he can or can't give you.

You are one in a million. The average Nigerian girl don't marry for love. They marry for socio-economic benefits and to satisfy societal norms (the you must marry before 30 nonesense even if u're marrying ur enemy). It is marriages that are based on such faulty foundations that have issues like the one raised by the OP.

Where there is love, a husband will see spending on his wife as spending on himself while the wife will respect her husband like she respects herself.

Formal Education is overrated. Real knowledge doesn't exist within the four walls of classroom. Albert Einstein developed his Relativity theory by locking himself up for about two weeks upstairs in his bedroom, thinking, imagining and inventing. One of his popular quote emphasized the superiority of imagination to knowledge: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” Formal Education will only fill your mind with facts, garbage and essentially other people's thought. Great inventors are people with a mind of their own. They are people who think outside the box. The whole essence of University Education, and other forms of tertiary education, is to sharpen your thinking faculty. It is however sad that most Graduates usually miss the point and thereby view their certificates or degree as an end in itself. Knowledge is dynamic. Your degree in Computer Science today may be completely irrelevant 30years from now. By then what will make you relevant is your ability to think critically, which is the whole essence of tertiary education. It must be emphasised also that attainment of such critical thinking ability is not an exclusive preserve of degree or certificate holders. It is therefore possible for someone who hasn't seen the four walls of a university or other tertiary institution to be more intelligent than a degree holder. That said.

@OP Buhari has no degree. All he needs to lead according to 1999 constitution is SSCE or its equivalent. The United States' (the country with the most advanced democracy) constitution is silent about formal education in stating the minimum requirements to become President of the United States. If formal education or university degree is that necessary to lead well, I am sure that section of the constitution would have been amended. The major responsibility of a President is DECISION MAKING and any SANE, INTELLIGENT and COURAGEOUS person is capable of good decision making when presented with necessary facts.

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alpontif:
I leave you with a story. In 1994 (incidentally the year Ben Enwonwu died) I served as a United Nations justice sector expert in Mogadishu, Somalia. The country had failed then, after several years of misrule, corruption, neglect of social justice and disregard for the rule of law. The nation was now managed by war lords. (Area boys to use a more familiar expression) every part of the city and country had its own reigning war lord. There was hardly any food, chaos everywhere.

In one of the camps where hungry men, women and children queued up for food in a long line with their bowls. On the line were former university professors, former senior public servants, former Supreme Court justices, former journalists, all hungry, waiting in line with their little bowls for food from the World Food Programme.


Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN
November 18th 2009

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Deep! Their is a thing line between the powerful elites and the proletariat they oppress. An unjust society is only a time bomb that will explode inevitably and when it explodes, the proletariat will have nothing to lose because they are already on the ground and are not afraid of falling. The oppressors have everything to lose including their lives.

"He's collecting 2.4billion naira monthly as security vote, am I not entitled to half of that?" - Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu, 'justifying' the impeachment of Gov. Rasheed Ladoja.

arsetalks:
APC staged? Whats your proof? Is this also like you all claimed that no girls were kidnapped and then jubiliate when the fraud of a shoeless president we have claimed they have reached a cease fire agreement?

You're quoting me out of context. APC members are Nigerians with every rights including right to protest. I was trying to point out that they saw today's crisis coming and that protest was meant to dissuade PDP from fomenting trouble at the assembly complex today.


PS: News just filtering in has it that 7 Ekiti PDP lawbreakers [lawmakers] just 'impeached' the Speaker.

http://www.punchng.com/news/seven-ekiti-pdp-lawmakers-impeach-speaker/

The atmosphere will naturally be tensed so adequate security measure is necessary. The recent APC staged protest is not unconnected with today's sitting. I believe the IG of police or DG of SSS will not plunge the nation into unnecessary crisis by preventing the substantive Speaker (Tambuwal) from sitting. I want to believe additional security men are there to forestall violence. Fingers crossed.