₦airaland Forum

Tpia,



You said:

I get so confused sometimes by this word nyamiri.

Is it supposed to be applied to Igbos or Yorubas?  

or which tribe exactly?

That was what the Hausa soldiers were yelling whilst killing the innocent Ibos and other Easterners on Carter Bridge in Lagos.  Dragging them out of their cars and shooting them dead right there for simply being an Ibo.  In that sense, I would say it refers to anybody from the former East, particularly the IBOS.

The question now though is - why do the Hausas have to resort to killing members of other tribes whenever they feel like doing so?  Please tell me, someone.




kiwi992.

A living child-witness of the massacre of Ibos on Carter Bridge, Lagos

Hi,



You should only train into a module in SAP that fits in well with your academic or professional background. 

As an OCP, you would be okay with BASIS.  Please refer to my other posts about how Oracle is one of those databases that runs at the back-end of SAP, amongst others.  However, BASIS is about the implementation of the SAP R/3 software and its administration.

SAP also has the Treasury module.  However, you'll need to come from an accountancy background to delve into that.  In professional accountancy, you study the subject 'Financial Management'.  This is akin to the Treasury module in SAP, albeit with a technical aspect to it, in that you would need to configure it in the R/3 system.

That said, you did say that you are currently using the Treasury module in your place of work.  Please remember that there's a big difference between a 'User' and a 'Consultant'.  Unless you feel confident that you can successfully train into that module, I would personally avoid it, for the simple reason that you do not come from an accountancy background.  An MBA in Finance can definitely train into that module without any problem whatsoever.

All the best.




kiwi992.

Hi All,



I don't think you should worry about getting a job in SAP until you've passed the Consultancy exams.  Why put a stumbling block in front of you?  Why not worry about the jobs later?  You've already got a job now, haven't you?

As with every job out there, you'll have to approach the specialist recruitment agencies in Nigeria such as Accenture and similar.  Look on the Internet for SAP jobs in Nigeria.  The jobs are there.  Just pass the Consultancy exams first.  You will get SAP jobs, not just in Nigeria but in the African continent.  SAP has got offices in a lot of African countries, I understand.

If the jobs aren't there, why is it that you have these foreigners going to Nigeria to work as SAP Consultants?  Surely, they did get those Nigerian jobs somewhere, didn't they?  Just search for SAP jobs on Google and you will find them.  Remember, as a Nigerian, you would be the first person to be considered as long as you've passed the Consultancy exams or indeed, have got several implementations under your belt.

As regards the issue of experience, if you follow the training methodology that I advocate - i.e. using the IDES ECC 6.0 for your training, you WILL obtain the hands-on experience, just like they do at the SAP Academies world-wide.  This would give you the experience to get started as a Junior SAP Consultant, SAP Trainer, or similar.  Trust me - this is how everybody who went through the Academy course (or indeed, anyone who trained at home to pass the Consultancy exams) got started. 

The idea behind the Academy course is simply to train you to obtain the necessary hands-on experience of using ths SAP R/3, hence the need to use the IDES ECC 6.0.

The ECC 6.0 is exactly the same product as the real SAP R/3 that costs millions of pounds.  The only difference being that ECC 6.0 is populated with live data inorder to facilitate training.

When you go out to work as a Junior SAP Consultant, you would be using exactly the same product on which you trained to pass the Consultancy exams.  You've already got the experience of using it so what could possibly be the problem?  You've got the hands-on experience, though not spanning many years as would be expected of a Senior SAP Consultant.  The only difference this time (at work) is that the data is not populated.  You and other members of the team would have to populate the SAP R/3 System with actual data that's relevant to the organisation.  No big deal, if you ask me.

Personally, I can not see any problem with experience as long as you used the IDES ECC 6.0 to train to qualify.  This is why I insist that you should take your time to train over a period of at least nine months inorder to be au fait at using the product, hence build up experience (and confidence).

The other points raised have all been covered in my previous posts so, there's no need for me to repeat myself.

If anyone here thinks that SAP Consultancy certification is not worth it, then I would ask the one to take a look at how much SAP Consultants are being paid all over the world.  SAP is definitely not like your typical MCSE, CCIE, ACCA, ICAN, MBBS, PhD or whatever.  It beats all of them by a mile.  Take it from me.  In its heyday in the UK (1995 - 2000), Senior SAP Consultants were earning anything up to £3,000 per day.  Yes, per day.  This, in addition to globe-trotting.  Now you go figure.

Please don't get scared or indeed, worried, before you even got started.  Start the training using IDES ECC 6.0.  Just do it now and pass the Consultancy exams.  I'm sure that you would all come here to thank me immensely for changing your lives for the best.





kiwi992.

Hi All,


I've signed up as well.

I live in the UK and most happy to help my country get rid of these corrupt politicians through direct and peaceful means.



kiwi992.

Hi,


Iceland is a very, very expensive country. 

Steer clear of that country unless you are filthy rich and can afford to throw away your riches on basic living amenities.  A pint of lager costs £5 (or more).  In the UK, it's around £1.50.  Now compare.

That said, it has many natural attractions such as the 24-hr midnight sun, hot water springs, ice bar and so on.



kiwi992.

Hi All,


I really do not wish to offend anybody here - be it Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba, Edo or whomsoever.

That said, as always, I'll speak the truth as I know it, whilst being as objective as possible.  I would never insult anybody as a way of defending my opinion or try to force my views down other people's throats.  This I wouldn't do.  Everything I say here is open for debate, putting insults and tribal sentiments aside, so here goes.

Ever since giving my own personal account of the massacre of Ibos (and other Easterners) on Carter Bridge, Lagos and at the foot of it by the Hausa soldiers, various people have commented on it. 

Pastor PLC said:

@Kiwi992,

Your post is nice and I love your wisdom.  Though, Northerners had no such power in Lagos to masscre Igbos if Yorubas had not helped them.  The masscre in Lagos was not actually the way you posted it.  The killings in the North was much but it was all that much in Western Nigeria (Yoruba)

I couldn't see why I would want to twist the truth.  After all, I am not an Ibo so, why on earth would I want to say something that paints the Ibos (and other Easterners) as victims, if that wasn't the way the killings started in Lagos, and exactly as I saw it as a kid. 

I don't know what part the Yorubas played in it but I can tell you that a lot of Easterners (including the Ibos), were saved by their Yoruba neighbours from the hands of the Hausa soldiers.

People like Scanless have adopted a totally different posture in this debate without being objective, I'm sorry to say.  Instead, he/she had resorted to raining insults at the peoples of the Niger Delta.  How so sad, but then so be it.  He talked about our eating winkles and bonga fish and going gaga (or words to that effect) because we did not support the Biafran war effort, but hey, that's his opinion and I do respect that.  By the way, fish is good for your brain. 

In my humble opinion, the Biafran war was justified.  This is because of the simple fact that nobody would wish to be part of a state that commits attrocities against a specific tribe (and its neighbours).  There was no alternative left for the Ibos but to secede.  Afterall, Nigeria didn't want them so, why would they wish to remain a part of that country?

That said, the Biafran war effort failed because they (the Ibos) made the fundamental mistake of not seeking the opinion (and agreement) of the other smaller tribes in that region - the Ijaws, Efiks, Ibibios, and so on.  They totally failed to co-opt those other tribes in the East into the war effort.  Instead, they went ahead and unilaterally declared independence for themselves and themselves alone, with the aim of forcing the other smaller tribes to tow the line.

In war, (just like it is in chess), you have foot soldiers (under the command of the generals), guarding strategic corners of the war front (chess table).  In the Biafran war this was lacking because they (the Biafrans) failed to place foot soldiers guarding those strategic riverine areas closest to the Atlantic.  They couldn't because they did not get the agreement of the peoples of the Niger Delta before starting the war.

We the peoples of the Niger Delta owed our allegiance to the Federal Government (despite all the attrocities committed against our neighbours and indeed, us) because we knew exactly what the Ibos were like.  We knew that the Ibos planned to take-over all the riverine tribes with the sole aim of exterminating them - erase us from the face of this earth in view of the size of their population compared with ours.

This grand strategy soon surfaced when the Biafrans evacuated EVERYBODY (yes, everybody!) from Bakana, dispersing them to the Ibo hinterland and populating the town with their soldiers.  Now if you were a military strategist, how would you explain this type of action?  Come on, be honest.  How would you? - disperse, assimilate and eventually re-settle your own indegenous people.  Is it not?

There is a cause and effect in everything.

Bakana had been taken over and its citizens dispersed to the Ibo hinterland.  Which town next?  Buguma, Abonnema, Tombia, Okrika, Bonny, Opobo, Andoni, Ogoni, Brass, Nembe, Sangama? (to name but only a few).  Isn't life about self-preservation anymore?  Please tell me otherwise.

Consequently, the peoples of the Niger Delta had to spring to action, escaping to Lagos by sea and steering the Third Marine Commandoes to the Niger Delta through the creeks inorder to stop the Ibos from achieving their ultimate goal.

The effect of all this being that a counter attack was mounted, Bakana fell, then Port Harcourt and so on.  The rest is history and I really don't want to go into all that.

Others said:

JosBoy4Lif:
You people that keep saying Hausa were the ones killing Biafrans during the civil war. Have you guys taken the time to realize that the Nigerian Army consisted even of Igbo stock at the time. Yes the lingua franca of the Nigerian Army is indeed pidgin Hausa, but if that is conclusive evidence that the Army consisted 100% of Hausa stock than you incorrect.

As for this Ojukwu fellow he was a coward from the beginning to the end. Sending Eastern Nigeria into turmoil, and then fleeing, this are no acts of heroism

It was most definitely the Hausa soldiers that started the massacre, if truth be told.  People can say all sorts of things here but as a non-Ibo, I know for sure that it was those Hausa soldiers that were doing the killings on Carter Bridge and right outside Ebute Metta market but NOT the Yourbas.  I don't care what anybody says.  The truth is the truth and it's always bitter.

Having said my piece, I believe that we should try our level best to move on and put aside the wrongs done.  We must not let those wrong deeds retard our progress.  The IBOS must never be marginalised in the country.  Afterall, it was they who were wronged.  So, why marginalise them?  Where is the fairness in all of this?

As Nigerians, we need to be tolerant of other tribes (and their religion) and never be forever pre-occupied with tribal sentiments.

May peace prevail in our country in the name of One Nigeria.




kiwi992.

Fellow Nigerians,


Peace be unto our country.

There are no heroes, villains or cowards in any war.  The Nigerian war was a very sad event that still traumatises me whenever I think about it. 

I am from Bakana in the Niger Delta.  As a kid living in Lagos with my dad, I saw how the IBOS (and indeed, people from the then East) were being massacred by the Hausa soldiers on Carter Bridge, Lagos (I don't know if it's still there) but I did see the massacre with my own eyes as my dad and I were driving towards Yaba from Ikoyi.

The Hausa soldiers were killing everybody right outside Ebute Metta market (the market that you come to, once you've crossed Carter Bridge).  I think it's called Ebute Metta market but please correct me if I'm wrong.

My dad's best friends who were Ibos were killed without being shown any mercy for just being Ibos.  Yes, for just being Ibos!  My dad was saved by his Yoruba friend.  The Hausa soldiers were shouting 'yan miri, yan miri' and just shooting and killing everybody as long as you came from the East.

We had to run away from Lagos to Ibadan with the help of my dad's friend and then on to Port Harcourt, eventually reaching Bakana.  I can never forget that.  Never!  I just pray that there should be no more war in Nigeria because it leaves a long-lasting impression in people's minds.

Despite what Quota preaches (as well as his tribal sentiments), I can see why he feels the way he does.  I really could, because I saw the Ibos and other Easterners being massacred by the Hausa soldiers.

Then again, the Biafrans evacuated my town (Bakana) and made it a garrison town for supporting the Federal Government.  Several hundred people from the town perished in the Ibo hinterland.  Some were saved by the Ikwerres at Abonnema Wharf in Port Harcourt.  The rest that survived suffered needlessly in the hands of the Ibos.

Ever since leaving Nigeria in November of 1974, I have never been back home.  I don't even know what the country looks like right now.  Only ever heard of Abuja.    

Though an adult now (obviously), I have been psychologically scarred for life, for witnessing the killings of innocent people whenever I think about it.  Seeing dead bodies strewn all over the place - people being killed for no apparent reason.  

A needless war it might have been but you guys must look at the circumstances that brought it about.  Gowon or Ojukwu, none of them was a hero, villain or coward.  It was a painful war that had to be fought for attrocities that were committed against the peoples of the East, particularly the Ibos.  I am calling a spade a spade here.  Doubt me if you like but I don't care.  This is the truth and the Ibos are right in the way that they feel today. Worst still, they have been marginalised in Nigeria.  They never asked to be massacred, did they? 

I could see why the Ibos tried to secede.  Wouldn't you, when the Hausa soldiers massacred the Ibos (and other Easterners) for being who they were.  Let the truth be told, okay?  Truth is truth and the truth is always bitter.

In case you are surprised to hear this from me, remember, I am a Kalabari and definitely not an Ibo and we the peoples of the Niger Delta never supported the Ibos in their war efforts.  My people knew what the Ibos were like, from ancient times, living as neighbours, and knew their grand strategy of wanting to annex every other tribe into theirs.  This was why they didn't get the support from my people.  If we had supported them, I can tell you right here that the Biafran war would have succeeded.     

So, for those of you asking for a hero or coward, I can tell you that there are no heroes, cowards or villains in any war - I just hope that Nigerians would learn from it and put aside tribal sentiments and move forward as one country.

My people, including Adaka Boro, Ken Tsaro Wiwa, and many others have been killed by the Nigerian government for fighting a legitimate cause.  Still, I feel that Nigeria should remain one, perhaps I'm crazy or just believe in the fact that united we stand, divided we fall.

Finally, I would caution the people in this forum that triumphalism would not help heal old wounds, and to think carefully before expressing such sentiments because if there were another war, Nigeria would never be the same again.  It's landscape would definitely change forever.




kiwi992.

Hi All,


That's most disgraceful.

We must endeavour to put a stop to this type of conduct in Nigeria.  Please name and shame those people involved, in this forum and similar.  I think there's a Forum at ThisDay (and similar), not quite sure but this is the way forward for our country.  Direct action.  Everybody join in, please. 

Give us their e-mail address here so that we would all mass e-mail the department and shame them.

Yes, the peaceful revolution to change Nigeria has started right here in Nairaland.  Enough is enough and the talking shop is over.

Direct action my people, direct action.  This is what works globally.  Please read the relevant thread by the man with foresight called Inquisitive.




kiwi992.

Hi All,


Nuzo said:

Seun banned me before because i suggested this revolution. why has he not banned the poster this time?. It might just be that quotasystem or whatever is echoing.

Did he?  I'm most surprised to hear that.  Where's the freedom of speech in all of this?  If people can not openly and freely speak their minds, what's the point in being here?

I'm sure that Seun is beginning to realise that with the global membership of this Forum, such action would be deemed as high-handed, autocratic, and indeed, amounts to an abuse of power.

I hope it doesn't happen again because if it does, I'll be out of here in a flash and never to come back.  That said, I would like Zino-Ben to be de-barred if he actually has been barred from this Forum.

I'm all for direct action in Nigeria before the country is finally thrown to the dogs by corrupt politicians who carry on with their thieving ways without facing the full force of the law. 

Direct action is the only solution.  Direct action and Nairaland would be forever remembered in the history of Nigeria. 




kiwi992.

Hi Paribus,


That was an excellent answer based on a real-life scenario.  Very practical indeed, very.  That's the kind of mentality that we are trying to cultivate in our fellow-Nigerians here.  Well done.

Hopefully, the poster would come in to say thanks to you.

Perhaps he would also come in to tell us which router he is using and how far he has gone with the actual hands-on configuration of port forwarding, now that he has got all the help that he needs.



kiwi992.

Hi Babs,


Many thanks for the link. So far, everything is alright in the house. Praise be to Allah.



kiwi992.

Hi All,



Ogb5 said:

I feel that Nigeria 1 guy is either drunk, stupid, has IQ problems or downright mischievous. measuring 200 miles diagonally from ondo to bayelsa.

Actually, I was beginning to think that but I'm sure Nigeria1 is smart-enough to realise that he made a fundamental error.



kiwi992.

Seun,

Seun:
What exactly do you hope to achieve by this? I don't get it. Our youths are as corrupt as the government.

Why? - because it's about time that people took direct action in Nigeria, as it's done in other parts of the world.  Surely, not every youth in Nigeria is corrupt or are they?

Governments all over the world listen and eventually succumb to the peoples' demands when they take direct action - peaceful protests, to be precise.  Why should Nigerians sit on the fence when the country is going to the dogs?  What, with all this corruption, yet nothing has changed for decades.  Look at the state of the country.    

As the poster suggested, it's time for direct action.  Soldiers would shoot and kill but that's what happens when you fight to free yourselves from the stranglehold of a corrupt government.  A country in which politicians are out for themselves by robbing the country of its wealth, yet nobody ever stands up to them.

It's about time 'an all and I support direct action.

My suggestion:

   -  post every incriminating evidence about a politician/government official on Youtube
   -  name and shame the corrupt politicians in public
   -  camp outside their homes and shame them
   -  place a banner on their homes and rooftops to say that the one is a corrupt politician.
   -  rally everybody (not just the youth) of the country through this Forum and others
   -  harness the power of the Internet - you would be amazed at what it can do
   -  mass e-mail members of this and other Forums
   -  post photos of the various property owned by a politician or government official
   -  leak their bank balances online.

These corrupt practices have gone on for much too long and something has got to be done about it.

Oh yeah, QUOTA - all you ever preach is nothing but tribalism.  What is the matter with you?  Do you really have to see everything in a tribal context?  You complained about the Niger Bridge that's about to collapse.  Don't you think that the corruption in Nigeria has got a lot to do with its current state?  You never fail to amaze me with your tribal sentiments.  You need to change your psyche because when you lot were attacked by Zino-Ben (hope he hasn't been barred from this Forum), his posts were quickly deleted because it caused so much offence to the Ibos, yet you come here to attack other tribes.  You know what?  I'm sick of your tribal sentiments.  I wish you would contribute positively to the betterment of this Forum (which I'm sure you could, if you tried) instead of being constantly involved in tribal bashing.    



kiwi992.

Sim,


I give up on you.  You've got no sense of humour.




kiwi992.

Hey Sim,


Are you running scared now or what?

I thought that was what you wanted because my statement regarding 'how to be nice to Nigerian men' was a sexual innuendo.

I thought you would have figured that out.  I'm surprised that you didn't, meaning that you are still very naive when it comes to matters of this nature.

You totally got the wrong end of the stick!  Next time, please read between the lines.   




kiwi992.

Hey Sim,


You said:

How to be nice to a nigerian men ? teach now

Alright then.

Which lesson would you like first?  Would you rather I teach you how to be a rider or how to be a missionary that makes a rear entry whilst pushing a wheel barrow, side-by-side towards the stagecoach?

The last time I taught somebody on how to be a rider, she went to cloud nine ten (10) times in that session.  Sadly, my neighbours started complaining about the noise.  Would you like that?  I don't suppose you care about your neighbours that much or do you? 

The above is just a small sample of the lesson plan I've drawn up for you on how to be nice to Nigerian men.  Take your pick but I need to have your vital statistics to see if you are fit to take it all, in your stride.  LOL!!
   
Ready when you are.




kiwi992.

Hi Pilot77,


Thanks for asking.

However, as I've always said to the people at the SAP thread, I do NOT get in touch with anybody privately.  Sorry!  Hope you understand.



kiwi992.

Hi Pilot77,


Glad to hear that you've already told them.  You are the anchor man here and they need to listen to what you tell them.

They would start their training by using VFR and so it's no use using FlightSim (at this stage) which would only tempt them into instrument flying.  As you know, FlightSim is particularly good for Instrument Flying and a general introduction to flying such as flying principles, forces acting on an aeroplane, aerodynamics and so on. 

Please help them as much as you can.  I'll chip in now and then because you fly professionally (I think), whereas I just fly for fun.




kiwi992.

Hi,


Go to a Notary Public.

Some firms of Solicitors also act as such.  They would want to see your passport which bears the name that you now wish to change.  The name change is done by Deed Poll whereby you swear an oath with a Bible or the Qur'an, depending on your religion.

You'll then be given a duly-signed (and dated) copy of the Deed Poll showing your previous and new name.  That's it - all done and above board.

You wouldn't need to take any further action about it, unless you wish to publicise it.  Just ensure that you keep a copy of the Deed Poll and be prepared to tender it as evidence of your change of name.




kiwi992.

Hey Sim,


You said:

No, I wont keep nothing to myself. Ou favorite position was doggy style

Oh yes, doggy-doggy style and a good spank whilst at it always gets the looks of amazement and the response - ouch! what have you done that for?  I knew you would love that position anyway and I bet you are missing it, you sexy kitten LOL!!  Miaauww.   

Wait 'til I get my wicked ways with you hairy beaver and teach you a lesson on how to be nice to Nigerian men.  A lesson that you would never forget, just like what A-40 was going to teach Tara.  Hey hey! 



kiwi992.

Hi Babs,


Many thanks.  I would do.



kiwi992.

Hey Shawn,


No probs.  Just make good use of it.




kiwi992.