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staggerman: Yeah. They borrow for their personal use, but the country gets to pay off the debt.

Truth is, Nigerians are distracted by the political happenings in Rivers, Anambra and Lagos State, but we are seemingly not paying much attention to the core happenings in our economic atmosphere.

Most people spent weeks, even months debating and arguing over the governor's forum election fiasco, while neglecting to raise same voices over the lack of competent actions by most of these governor's in their respective states.

I live in Portharcourt and I'm more concerned about the dilapidated Trans-Amadi road than by the so-called feud between PEJ and Amaechi.

Not trying to argue. Please you will noticed Total filling station has been demolished and RCC already has started constructing the road from slaughter axis. The Woji-Elelenwo axis of that road has also commenced. I think the constant rain in port harcourt is not helping matters. That said, i totally agree with you that we should be interested in the development and not in the politics of our state of nation. I am interested in our state thats why i can give you this piece.

solidbroda: This man is simply cra*y.
how many Americans believe in God?
how many Britons go to churches?
how many Danish believe in God?
It has been noticeable that countries with religious concentration and beliefs are the most backward in the world.
If he had say: ''we dont love one another, that is the reason for Nigeria's problem, i would have seconded him.

Leave those countries you mentioned.
South Africa, Ghana and nearly all Arabian countries including UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia believe in God.

Action not talk.

I never knew Americans are still discipline enough to take that bold action. That concert will witness strippers, smokers, drunkers etc. Pastor Will cannot give a defence of trying to preach the gospel over there.

http://dailystar.com.ng/2013/08/07/church-sacks-pastor-for-attending-rick-ross-concert/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=church-sacks-pastor-for-attending-rick-ross-concert

Please discuss.

http://leadership.ng/news/020813/nut-embark-strike-kicks-against-lg-autonomy

Discuss!

I saw this piece, felt like sharing it with you guys.
http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/2013/08/02/kudos-to-amaechi-on-teachers-recruitment/

OP, if you are a northerner, you are a learnerd one. Thats said, your points are noted.

Abagworo: Project has over-stayed. Show me any other governor that has built 120 schools since 2011. All the schools are not same size though. I believe they were built according to the expectant population of each area involved.

Amaechi to complete additional 250 schools this October

[quote author=some-girl]Why leave important issues and tackle the easier ones? Electricity and roads are key in order to encourage investment.
What's education without the hope of a means of livelihood after graduation?[/quote]Without education you won't know that, Education is less important to roads and electricity. So you have finally contracdicted to yourself.

Abagworo: Mention any other State government that has built up to 100 schools in the past 8years apart from Rivers State. If you live in Owerri, I just told you of the one at Aladinma. Go there and check if it has been completed and if so snap it and show us here.

Rivers State is 500 completed schools

touch4mony: in 2008 when i finished skul,my last skul fee i paid was 22,750 but now no university collects less than 75,000 as skul fee and they are been paid by govt,run by govt pls if i may ask u where are all this money going to,d banks in side the skul pays the uni including every other none skul activities going on inside the skul.this ppl are using the students to fight for their pocket d faster u get dat into ur head the better for u

I left UNIPORT last year december and i paid #28,900 as school fees. My best friend still in school in UNIPORT says, they still pay the same fee. So what's your point?

onuwaje: I would disagree with u on this one reasons been that the ijaws that attacked itsekiri communities last month were from egbema in delta state and the ijaws in delta state are nowhere close to any ibo land

They can help Ijaws doesn't mean they are Ijaws. Egbema are not Ijaws, they are igbos.

onuwaje: Well after going through this boring thread I wud say that the op aint using his/her number 6(sorry for the insult) reasons been that the nigerian ethnic groups re grouped into 250 enthnic sections that's y we have groups like
1.Efik/ibibio
2.Hausa/fulani etc this is because they have something in common. The ijaw nation are diverse and from my understanding we have the following
1.Okrika
2.Kalabari
3.Engenni
4.Egbema
5.Ogbia(as u have mentioned)
6.Bonny
7.Nembe and many more.. These tribes have some words in common (tamnuno,etc) so though u may say our sister ebele is not an ijaw (ogbia as u claim) he is still an ijaw man.... Ahhhhh izon!!!!!!!!

Egbema is not an Ijaw lineage rather an Igbo divide. Thats said, you can't say Bonny, you say Ibani instead where you have Bonny and Opobo natural language before their silly mistakes that led them lost the language. Just Finima retaining the language.

TBH, the OP is right. If you study the history of Ijaw nation, you won't find the present day Ogbia mention anywhere. Is the same misconception people calling Degema as Kalabari people or Bile as Kalabari. Is a funny history that need insight to comprehend. Ijaw comprises of just four divide namely:
Bile
Ibani
Okrika and
Ijaw the mother language.
Kalabari is just a lighter mixture of Okrika, Ibani and Ijaw languages. King Amachree of Kalabari migrated from Calabar to Bile area to create the present day Asari Toru and Akuku Toru. For more details...

My mum is a primary school teacher in one of the model schools just built by Amaechi in Rivers State. She has a PC in her office and it is connected to the internet same goes to other teachers in their school. I once ask her why they were not giving laptops and she said. The commissioner of education doesn't think it is government priority for now since they are all entitled to a flat screen monitor network to one CPU.

Symphony007: and what about port harcourt that is expanding beyond ogoni, into ahoada,tai and even nearly aba.

There is a different between Port Harcourt and Rivers State.

otokx: Bros please stop joking, Port Harcourt cannot be the same size as Lagos which is expanding into Ogun State.

Port Harcourt City before now have just one and half LGA. That is PHALGA and some part of Obio/AKpor. But, since ten years ago it has added 2 more local government namely Eleme and Ikwerre LGA. That said, people confuse old Port Harcourt township that is refer to as 'Garden City' with the present day Port Harcourt.
The military government did not help matter to give this present day Port Harcourt that plan we all dream of. People were buying land and building houses indiscriminating. And thus alter the initial design of the city. That is why it was difficult for the present day government to develop without demolishing. No wonder the govt came with a mega city called Greater Port Harcourt. If you visit the new city you will notice internal roads been constructed and some trunck A roads such as Prof. Tam West road and M10 road in progress, with M1 road to link the old township with the new city coming this december. Havin said these, mistakes of our fore fathers can be corrected if we all work together.

Symphony007: thank you so much for this..did my job better than me.

I went to Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Borikiri

IBETO has shut production down for 2weeks now. Only Dangote cement is producing. Don't know exactly how the prices will reduce.

As a Rivers man, it pains me to see old eastern region always fighting and divided on issues. This is politics, let the best candidate win. If APC or political party is criteria to judge our aspirants. Then, PDP should be sent packing long time here in south-south. Vote for the best candidate not the political party. Using propaganda to twist fact is very lame from us.

rabbit13467: Yes i am one of the graduate of the school..LLB Law..

Have they resolved the Law School issue? Cos the last i checked, you guys were having issues on that.

Afodot0022: ...

pls can u enlighten me about ds NOUN. school cos am interested in it and really need info before I fall into it.

NOUN have their satelite campus in all states in Nigeria but controlled by one.
I actually helped my cousin to process his admission because he wasn't chanced. Their 1st and 2nd year examination are computer base examination and they just have weekends lecutures since their target are for partimers. The glamour and booze of campus life may elude you cos is majorly for matured mind or working class people. You can actually visit their site to get more info.