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Thanks Guys.... with this i now had some level of project management idea so by January 2014 In Shaa Allah i`ll Start mine.... Thanks once more

Thanks Bro Segcy

Keep on the go work..... ! waiting

Kitomania: The site is in far North.... Jigawa( Dutse )
Back ur Project is like it has got to Beam (linter Level) it would be more appreciated if some of ur next update will go with little narration, Thanks Architect

segcy.moor:
Where is the location of subject site

The site is in far North.... Jigawa( Dutse )
Back ur Project is like it has got to Beam (linter Level) it would be more appreciated if some of ur next update will go with little narration, Thanks Architect

Thanks.... following ur progress..... pls how do I go about building 3bdr without German Floor ..... because I can't afford sink more than 70bags on Foundation alone.......thanks advice will be appreciated

Thanks.... Guys Keep it up
Pls whats ur advise on Building without the German floor.... how do i proceed ?

Congratulation.... well done this has really inspired me, am about to start mine 3bedrm.... I will surely find usefu I what I had learned on Jarus Experiences on the course of his on project.... Congrat once more

sweetcheecks: Really the lady looks happy and in good health. Her father should just stop this and pray about it. This might be his test of tolarance. He can now just stop threatening the lady and just love her.

The bible says " many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivers him from them all". If he truelly believes his Christianity now is the time to put it to practice.

You cannot live for your children you can only pray for them to live the right way. Enuff said.

Good one....

Etisalat Opera tweak pls kitomen@yahoo.com

idee.esperanza:
Check your inbox for the etisalat opera tweak!

Pls what is the asking price.....

My deep sympathy n Condolence..... to the families of Fallen Heroes

" Oh you men of Arms proud you die proud you live,
The peacemakers and the attackers nightmare,
I salute you all "

Major H.M to Men of SF unit

Guys pls i want find out about this new exclusion letter weather is the same with exemption they now given to part-time students or those who cannot serve on medical grounds....

There is new thing called Exclusion letter.... try that

More pix needed of the new designs

am sorry to hear that.... rush to NDIC lodged a complaint there... armed itself wit factual evidencies ....

Good for you guys ... part-time pays double 12k for d new thing EXCLUSION ... Fidiepoly.

HND/Degree: Fresh controversy over old disparity




The dichotomy between polytechnic graduates and their university counterparts is a very old one, but the question on the lips of many is: when will it all end? Weekly Trust reports

Recently, the Minister of Education Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai told journalists that no formal document has been presented by Federal Government to bring the Higher National Diploma and degree qualifications at par, despite public outcry against the existing dichotomy between the two holders for several years.
The venue and the time of the minister’s disclosure were instructive because it was during a meeting with members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) in Abuja. She informed that at several forums where the issue was verbally raised by the Federal Ministry of Education, the feedback was that it was a decision taken by the National Council on Establishments (NCE).
Rufa’i said the NCE, which is a body of all Heads of Service of the Federation, would have to sit and rectify the decision but a memo was yet to be formally presented to the council. “The best thing is to initiate a memo that can be represented before the national council; and I believe that by the time a case can be made I don’t see why there should be dichotomy,” said the minister, adding that she did not support the discrimination.
In essence, what the minister said has reopened the debate about the old dichotomy which sees polytechnic graduates not rising beyond certain level in the civil service and other government agencies as well as private institutions. For instance, in its recruitment, the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) treats HND and degree holders separately. While polytechnic graduates are enlisted into the service on Grade Level GL 7, their university counterparts are taken on an entry point of GL 8. And while insiders say HND holders hardly go beyond level 14 in the Customs, degree holders can rise to level 17 and even become Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service.
Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Kaduna, Dr. Masa’udu Adamu Kazaure told Weekly Trust in a telephone interview that the dichotomy between the polytechnic and university graduates has not been removed.
“At the moment the situation is still the way it was. The dichotomy is there, but we are approaching it through various angles. The Federal Government during former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s tenure approved the removal of the dichotomy but the National Council of establishment is yet to look at it,” he said.
At the NBTE, the regulatory body of polytechnics in the country, he said they are addressing the dichotomy by working hard to make polytechnics to be awarding Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) as done abroad.
He said they are also pushing for the implementation of new scheme of service for the polytechnic sector.
“We have done a lot. You know when a polytechnic graduate is employed in polytechnic, that person is called instructor but when a university graduate is employed in the polytechnic the person is employed as a lecturer. We will change it soonest,” he added.
Controversy trailed the comments once made by the former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation Stephen Oronsaye to the effect that the Higher National Diploma (HND) is not equivalent to a university degree.
Oronsaye, who was answering questions in Abuja at the time, said “it is not the same curriculum; that is the truth.”
He said then that the Federal Ministry of Education was currently working on a scheme to enable HND graduates to spend an additional year to obtain “something that will be equivalent to B.Sc or B.Ed.”

“Let me also say this to you, that there is a body, the National Council on Establishments where this thing was tabled. And unanimously, all of them said it cannot be equal; and that is the highest body to take this decision.”
However, the Head of Service, who said he knew of a white paper mandating the equation of both qualifications, advised HND holders to “better themselves”.
“I know that the Federal Ministry of Education is already doing something through the NUC.
“The holders of the HND or OND should actually avail themselves of that opportunity to better themselves so that they can aspire to get to grade level 17.
“I am not one of those who will shy away from saying it the way it is,” Oronsaye said.
Michael Alli, a PhD student, seemed to agree with Oronsaye. He said degree holders should not be placed on the same pedestal with polytechnic graduates, because the two are not the same. “You cannot compare the quality of the lecturers in the university with those in the polytechnic. This is so for reasons that are obvious. One of these reasons is that many lecturers in the polytechnics are either HND holders or first degree holders unlike in the universities where most of the lecturers are Ph.D degree holders and professors.”
He said he has no idea when the disparity between polytechnic and university graduates will end. “But I will say that it is imperative for the government to liberate access to education with better funding. The society should stop the discrimination and encourage everyone to contribute his best just as everyone should be accommodated fairly in the national economy.
For Saidu Yakubu, a polytechnic graduate who said he went and did his masters degree to get himself out of the discrimination, blamed the government for not being sincere in ending the dichotomy. “It may interest you to know that despite all the hues and cries, there is not even a memo to that effect, and this much was disclosed by the Education Minister.
“However, one thing that I will want to say is that it does not make sense for polytechnic graduates to be confined to certain limits when secondary school certificate holders are allowed to become the president, the number one job in the country. Merit should determine how far one can go not only in the civil service but in life generally. This is because there are competent polytechnic graduates just as there are incompetent university graduates. We should give people a chance because of what they can do, not the certificates they hold.”
Another graduate of polytechnic Fateema B. Bello also said at several occasions, the Federal Government has talked about ending the dichotomy which, for now, favours university graduates ahead of their polytechnic counterparts.
She also said that leadership of National Association of Technologists in Engineering (NATE) through its National President of NATE Dr. Leo Okereke has severally appealed to the Federal Government to release the white paper on the Ernest Shonekan panel on the disparity between Higher National Diploma (HND) and university degree, but nothing has been done.
Weekly Trust reports that NATE said 11 years is more than enough time for a circular to be issued in the civil service and went ahead to urge President Goodluck Jonathan to demonstrate the political will to release the long awaited circular.
Even before the appeal by the NATE leadership, Niger State Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu once called for the removal of discrimination between holders of university degrees and the holders of the Higher National Diplomas in job placement and rating.
“Many stakeholders have also expressed concern over the treatment meted out to graduates of polytechnic, especially in the federal civil service. Today, in many government institutions, products of polytechnics hardly go beyond level 14 just as many of them are being systematically frustrated out of the service when their juniors are promoted above them, even though HND holders have continuously proved their mettle,” she said.
She urged the federal government and even private companies to stop discriminating against polytechnic graduates, which she said is creating unnecessary animosity between HND and degree holders.... source (Dailytrust of 20th April, 2013)

I spent like 15K per month....

Op... why do want it?

snowboy12: Doz Muslims who hate d xtians and burn churches are goin against the doctrines and teachings of Islam,dats wat u guys should know.Islam is a religion of peace and doesnt support killing of innocent lives...Judge a religion by its Holy scriptures and not the followers.If u want to judge by the followers,den check out d last prophet of Islam 'Muhammad S.A.W'...his biography and how he relates wif d Muslims and non-muslims alike. A proud to b a Muslim-PEACE AND SUBMISSION TO GOD!

am one too

Am confused right now too... The lady i help thru sch & got job for her after we got married now she don't want to contribute to up keepin of d family....

@ Born2f**k and Lobotinti
Why do u hate Hausa people we are humans like u .... every person has weakness if one or two had done some bad things why condemn us all... Remember this some of us School togather, aluta together, serviced together, club together and sometimes eat together.... all those u no talk na now u dey abuse us like say we fall from de sky.... what of d Aboki u dey call us "Are we not Friends again Guys ?"

This is very impressive... last Techno broke d high coded android market... already they had phones that runs on android in Nigerian Market ranging from T1, T2 & T3... works perfectly like any other android but the diff is that there's is cheaper... if not Naija Mentality... to me i'll prefer it than followin highbrand...

Guys am waiting 4 " Ascend P1" Huawei... BB is irrelevant now... any1 here wit info abt price in naija....

Yep...it's really annoying to be woke up at 2am by a phone call or text massage which u later discovered that it's from Advert Agency...... Many GSM subscribers having complaining this new trend.... I once over heard some guru explaining to some one that there is a barring code u can use to prevent unwanted callers or SMSes from coming into line..... Make a research about it i believe it's possible.

KD its still N97 per ltr... only few station are selling above pump price for now.... Total around Central Market is good i just left there....

This is really good development... that NHIS is expandin... but the challenge here is Quality Service... i recently had bad experience in Government Medical Center in Abuja... where as NHIS pioneer beneficiary more so that was my clinic before the NHIS but to my surprise i went for routine Dental Check-up which the Dr prescribe that i should undergo " Preventive" i was ask to comeback for the procedure the next week which i did but nobody its not covered by NHIS until the technician was about start work on me... i was on lay and set then i told me thatam going to pay the sum of Two thousand five N2500 naira.... i object at first but i overheard another technician comfirming that i have to pay.... which late paid without a reciept the worse is i paid directly to the Dental Clinic Tech.... i felt cheat, this Center is here in Abuja....

Finally I had no option then to buy the PHCN pre-paid meter for N 25,000 naira and N10,000 for installation fee.... As I can't continue to pay N5,000 every month for one room that I leave in as last month I got PHCN bill twice that the first one there is mistake in the computation where the second bill comes with addition of N1,650... Making it about N6,870.... Far month this too much... My pain now is what will i do with my World Bank Pre-paid meter..... This kind of situation u got when government agency make promises of freebies where as if they were silent about it, the system would revive it self without making any publicity.....

In my own case the PHCN staff in my Area they don`t have prepaid meters in stock and they don`t want the World Bank Assisted Prepaid meters, even when i installed it they came and disconnect it..... am force to stick to the old chaw-chawa estimated billings which has once came written in pen, now am paying Five Thousand (N5,000) Naira a month and i had only one TV set, Fridge, two fans and four bulbs..... i leave alone and stay at home only in the night or weekends if i didn`t travelled....

But comes they disconnect mine.... after about four years waiting for Pre-paid meter from PHCN Jabi special Area Unit...I leave Opposite the FCT minister official residence at Life-camp in a room and parlor paying estimated bill of five thousand (N 5,000) naira monthly....as NEPA Bill, which i had complaint but nothing was done, But rather i was ask to get pre-paid meter at the cost of twenty-five thousand (N25,000) naira.... When i knew its free as announced by the NERC, I contact World Bank Pre-paid meter Installers to installed & recharged immediately, But the PHCN staffers came in there numbers the next day to removed it, Because the money is not going to their Area Unit Account is going to Karu Area Unit Account...... So i ask the Madam in charge in Jabi special Area Unit if they have the meters let them come and installed it for me, Her response is they don`t have even in there Head Office then allowed me to use my World Bank assisted Pre-paid meter she say NO......! what pains me is i paid my arbitrary estimated bills regularly and in my present she was shouting on others customers that came with complain that she needs money as if the money goings to her personal accounts... This is why its even better for Federal Government to sale NEPA/PHCN to private investors.