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advanceDNA:
How much for the phone wey snap this pics

idahme:
Let no one shame you for going life's struggles, that you are broke doesn't mean you don't deserve a bride.

A society who despises a broke man shouldn't tell the man how many women he will Carry when he becomes rich. There are levels to which someone can be broke, some don't work at all and don't have funds to take care of their recurrent expenditure not to talk of additional people while others are broke earning minimum wage or above minimum wage jobs but can afford their basic needs.

If you find yourself in the latter category then it's easier but if you find yourself in the former the scenario becomes even more daunting. For scenario one you have to consciously find a bride who doesn't have the mindset of "my money is my money and your money is our money" else you will regret taking the route of marriage im the first place. But if scenario two is what you are experiencing the only option is to seek a bride that is way financially stable than scenario one but it's like passing through the eye of a needle because 99 % of ladies will over look you because hypergamy won't work where you are.

You must note an intentional mindset to planning yourself in this , don't ever let things to chance like the number of children you should have as well as how to improve your finances to accommodate the ever increasing financial obligations as the family size increases. Never live your life to the standards of people around you, set your own pace and conquer your world. The road is extremely challenging but with hardwork, dedication you can surpass all limiting vicissitudes around you.

wellmax:
They are not supposed to ask you to prove. They are supposed to take your accusations and just make you the winner. Obidense.

Slow strides in education leave stakeholders nonplussed
The education sector is one of those that stakeholders say has witnessed no significant changes or developments but is bogged down by a litany of challenges, including financial burdens. The delay in the takeoff of the students’ loan, suspension of the school feeding programme, attacks on schools, and failure to address FGN/ASUU issues are top on the sector’s worry list.

In what was believed to be an alleviation of the economic hardships and school fees increment, Tinubu, in keeping with his promise of bettering the sector on Monday, June 12, 2023, signed the Students Loans Bill into law. Not much has happened regarding its implementation.

The bill had earlier been passed by the House of Representatives and sent to the Senate, where it also sailed through in November 2023, but attracted criticisms from many Nigerians, including members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), who described it as unnecessary.

The union described the bill as an attempt by the government to systematically abandon funding of education in public universities.
With the launch plan failing to materialise, Tinubu, again, took action on March 14, writing to the National Assembly to repeal and re-enact the Students Loans bill.

Since it was passed and assented to almost two months ago, nothing concrete has happened although the Managing Director of the Fund, Akintunde Sawyer, said that the application portal will be formally opened today (Friday).
Already, most of the tertiary institutions, particularly universities, and the Federal Government Colleges, had increased their fees by over 200 per cent, in anticipation that students would have access to the loan.

Apart from the loan initiative, the school feeding programme, which kick-started in January, was later suspended in the wake of corruption allegations against the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr Beta Edu.
The Federal Government had earmarked N100m for the scheme, but with inflation, the cost of food items quadrupled, and the government will need about N560m to kick-start the project.

Attacks on schools and the abduction of students across the country have, sadly continued unabated, with students’ abduction becoming particularly worrisome.
Nigeria’s education funding has again failed to meet the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) standard, given President Tinubu’s allocation of only 5.98 per cent of the 2024 budget of N24.08 trillion to the sector.

UNESCO sets a benchmark of at least 15 to 20 per cent of the national budget for education. However, successive governments have failed to meet the benchmark year after year.

In a significant attempt to ensure undisrupted academic activities by the ASUU, Tinubu, in October 2023, waived the “No work, No pay policy” of the Federal Government and approved the release of four of the eight months’ salaries of the university teachers withheld by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Tinubu also approved 25 and 35 per cent wage awards to university lecturers.
In their separate assessments of the Tinubu administration, the university unions said there is nothing to celebrate in the education sector. They noted that the sector is under threat due to a lack of sufficient good faith on the part of the government to ensure that there is no industrial unrest because the controversial issues have remained unaddressed.

The National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said since Tinubu came on board, things have gone from bad to worse.
“From transportation to food items, electricity and fuel, while the pay of an average worker has remained the same, including academics.
On his part, National Vice President, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Dr. Abdussobur Salam, lamented that the promises made by Tinubu to students and lecturers have not been pragmatically addressed.

Salam noted that the promise of an uninterrupted calendar as promised by President Tinubu is under threat because the issues that usually cause crisis have not been addressed.

Despite the one-week warning strike by the union, Salam said all the issues that led to the action are still not addressed.
He highlighted some of the issues including non-payment of withheld salaries, earned allowances and the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement.

On funding, he noted that the government has not also shown sufficient interest in increasing its funding of the sector.
He noted that where we are presently is not fundamentally different from where we were before the Tinubu administration came on board.
Although Salam described the loan scheme as laudable in terms of conceptualisation and content, he said we need the practical results to be able to see whether it is indeed worthwhile.

On his part, the National President of the Congress of University Academics (CONUA), Dr Niyi Sunmonu, described the loan initiative as laudable and expressed hope that the set date would not fail.

Sunmonu said the present administration has failed to prioritise the welfare of academics and workers in general.

With subsidy removal, Sunmonu said there have been a lot of policy summersaults. He urged the government to go back to the drawing board and do things that would improve the purchasing power of every Nigerian.

Source:
https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/one-year-of-renewed-hope-tinubus-costly-reforms-leave-nigerians-on-edge-one-year-after/