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I wonder why God is slow in anger. God come down (earth) quick oooo shey you know your people nau.

I wonder where you'll be if God came down now

Currently battling a matter similar to this. I still do not have answers why

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Ref. Number: CMC/CML/LAGOS/SE/06152015

Christian Maurice Consulting is a HR Outsourcing company with interests in sales and operations. We hire, train anf retain skilled professional workforce on behalf of our clients.

We are looking to recruit on Forty (40) sales executives to be deployed across LAGOS STATE ONLY. Successful applicants will be deployed to a client who is a major indigenous player in the FMCG sector. This position is open to everyone with minimum of O' Level for sales executives. Salary range from N30,000 - N50,000 depending on experience

Interested applicants should send a detailed resume and application letter within two weeks of this publication via email to: 


care@christian-maurice.com


Please quote the reference number and your residential local government on your email Header.

Our client is a major indigenous player in Nigeria's industrial raw materials sector. Due to recent repositioning efforts, our client is aiming to deepen its presence throughout the south west region plus Niger, Kogi and Benue State.

Our ideal candidates must have extensive experience in trading and developing chemical based raw materials such as disinfectants, perfumes, pharmaceutical dressing spirits, and hot drinks. A deep knowledge of any of the South west markets: Oyo, Kwara, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Ogun, Kogi, Niger, Benue, Nasarawa will be an advantage.

Candidates must show demonstrable capacity to grow new areas, develop products, close, manage and maintain key accounts. Our client demands the candidates must have not less than 30 existing customers - medium to large in the aforementioned areas

We will preferably want independent and unattached candidates to apply for this position as the final 9 shortlisted candidates will be deployed immediately on very attractive salaries to compete for two slots over a 6 months period.

Interested candidates should send a detailed resume within two weeks of this publication via email to:

care@christian-maurice.com

Please use the reference code: CMC/CML/RM/001 in your email header. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.

Christian Maurice Consulting is an HR Outsourcing company. The company hires and retains contract staff on behalf of clients. The company is looking to recruit

A. Thirty (30) sales executives (one for each local council in Lagos) and
B. Two (2) sales supervisors.

Deployment: Successful applicants will be deployed to a client who is a major indigenous player in the FMCG sector.

Skills: Applicants must show demonstrable commitment and willingness to work. Supervisors must show proof of past work.

Qualifications: Open to everyone with minimum of O'level for sales executives and a good first degree for supervisors.

Interested applicants should send resume via email to: care@christian-maurice.com

But I have to ask, what would you be doing at speeds of about 130km/hr on Nigerian roads. Do you not read sign or understand basic traffic rules?

ACM10: Pray tell me any well-educated first lady in Nigeria's history. This man is a card-carrying member of ACN. So his outburst is expected. Nigeria has never had an intelligentsia as our president, so it's no surprise that our first lady's were also half-baked. Birds of the same feathers flock together.

Hon. Justice Abubakar is one. She's a justice of the court f appeal and was once a First Lady. And guess what, her legacy persists in the democracy she and her husband, Abdulsalami, bequeathed to us till today

billante: Joe Igbokwe you are very stupid for written this loads of garbage!
whatever power Patience Jonathan is displaying now no former first lady has not done same,

Jonathan and his wife are the most tolerant president and first lady nigeria has ever had.....if half of insults, accusation,lies that has been bombarded on the first family is heaped on tinubu and remi his wife if they were the president and first lady of this country,believe me most of folks will either be rotting in jail or messed up including you joe igbokwe.

Any good unbiased nigerian will agree Jonathan and his wife are the most tolerant and coolest first family nigeria has ever had.

Nobody could have insult obanasanjo and stella or abacha and his wife on a regular basis the way they have belittled Jonathan and his wife.

Oga, you could've at least got your tenses and grammar correct before numbing our senses with your jargon. You need more education than the dame herself

sizzlez_NBT: Bloke, get the right education...

Dude, in plain english what he ment was dey shld kill d snake before it hurtz some1 nyweiz it cnt cz itz got a huge meal to digest,mite prolly take 2 or 3 dayz for dat 2 happen... For nw it's lazy

Seriously, you too, get the right education

I had the misfortune of walking through a South African owned shop in Lagos recently. I had just returned from a trip to Johannesburg and looking for cheap gifts i had forgotten to pick up for my hangers. There was a piece of sweat shirt I had made a mental note to purchase at Mr. Price and decided to get it at the Nigerian store. This was a piece of item placed at their “priced to go” racks at N1,800 (R114.74) per piece. I have a long, retentive memory and i could still recall that this same piece of sweatshirt sells for N784.24 (R49.99) in South Africa. And if you factored in my 14% tax rebates, that sweat shirt did in fact come to me at N669.34 (R42.99). That’s some 269% increase over and above the marked prices inside South Africa. This huge price differential is typical across board on most South African owned consumer products in Nigeria. From Shoprite to Chicken Republic to Massmart (Game), Mr. Price, Woolworth and Truworths. It is a tale of undue exploitation of Nigerians by South African Businesses.

Before i am crucified for being xenophobic, it is important to understand that the criticism of South African companies have persisted as a consequence of their approach to business in Nigeria, which has often been characterized as predatory and mercantilist. South Africa’s foreign policy towards Nigeria and indeed, towards all of Africa is not based on any Pan-Africanism or anti-imperialism as one maybe quick to assume; it is rather based on promoting South Africa’s expanding business interests on the continent. It is an expansionist agenda that South African corporations and parastatals have successfully implemented in a one-sided hegemonic relationship.

Believe me, I am a fan of South African business in Nigeria. Rightly or wrongly, the economic boosts our country has experienced in various sectors of the economy, in particular, retail trade and telecommunication, through the interventions of South African businesses have helped to redefine the consumer experience here. They have brought healthy competitions and quality alternatives to other product offerings. They have been open about their desire to conquer the consumer market and have in turn created employment opportunities for thousands of Nigerians. They saw the potential of the middle income groups in Nigeria and positioned themselves to tap into it.

My grouse however, is that this competitive positioning cannot and should not be exploitative in nature, which is exactly what is happening today. It shouldn’t happen in a market of 170 million people in which, 40% of the population describe themselves as middle income earners. This target group alone represent a market that’s still larger than the entire population of South Africa! Worse still, this should not be happening in a country that allows businesses to repatriate 100% of entire profits back home. And it definitely shouldn’t be happening in a country that has massive disparities in incomes with it. Some comparative economic data will suffice here:

Nigeria South Africa
Population 170 million 52 million
Gross Domestic Product $268.7 billion $375.9 billion
GDP per Capita $1,657 $7,257
Exports (1st Quarter, 2012) $750 million $150 million

How does it happen that the earning power of the average South African is more than 4 times that of his Nigerian counterpart and yet, Nigerians are made to pay almost 3 times for the same quality of goods. The reality is, South African companies are making a dangerous killing in Nigeria and we are helpless to do anything about it. There is evidence that the companies have been involved in blatant profiteering and looting in Nigeria. For a very long time, MTN charges in Nigeria were the highest rates in the world for cellular phone calls. And despite its massive profits, MTN has really only created about 500 permanent jobs. Most of its employees are casual or temporary workers, and just like other South African corporations, denies all of its workers the right to join a trade union. Something that would be most unheard of in their own country.

And do not be deceived by the trade surplus in Nigeria’s favour. Of the 750 million dollars worth of Nigerian exports to South Africa reported in the first three months of 2012 by The South African Revenue Service, 740 million dollars worth are made up of mineral products, mainly oil. That means, other than oil, Nigeria have absolutely no stake in South Africa’s economy. Compare that with MTN owning 52% of Nigeria’s mobile telecommunications market; franchises like Nandos, Chicken Republic and St. Elmos, etc owning 50% of the international fast food market worth US$2.5 million per annum; DSTV accounting for 90% of the viewers that watch satellite TV in Nigeria; SASOL playing major roles in Escravos with Chevron; and Entech and Broll managing prime estates and properties including the development of the Bar Beach (Eko Atlantic) and management of over 600 fuel stations and malls across Nigeria respectively. This can’t healthy.

There is a reason why such unequal trade relations exist between Nigeria and South Africa. The bilateral agreements signed by both governments since 1999 allows this to happen without hindrance to operations. South African companies’ investments in Nigeria are heavily protected from any interference at any level by the Nigerian government. It is a license to grow as they please without consequence. Added to this, there are substantial tax rebates for companies operating here through agreements on eradicating double taxation. South African companies that paid tax in Nigeria are protected from paying taxes back home and can repatriate the entire profits. Now, imagine the US$5.3 billion MTN had earned after tax in the 10 years of operation from 2001 – 2011 finding its way back to the South African economy tax free! Why wouldn’t the Rand be stronger than the Naira at any level?

When the foundations of this country was laid in the fight against imperialism, it was not envisioned to have it substituted with another form of neo-colonialism. The activities of South African businesses in Nigeria have been abrasive to Nigerians and the Nigerian economy. There is a siege mentality they have on this country that needs to be addressed. They have created opportunities not to develop the Nigerian economy but to exploit its resources. We experienced that with the British, endured it with the Chinese and now, it’s the South Africans that are our new colonialists. This is not the sort of relationship we should be aspiring to at this time. The sooner our government addresses these imbalances the better.

coolzeal: I regret the time i wasted on opening this trend, sad truth is i won't get it back.

Bloody hypocrite

So what's wrong if he's gay? Dude is doing what he loves doing and doesn't have to apologise to anyone for that. You'll do well to Follow your own dream and leave the boy alone

chief batiatus: The most unfortunate thing about all this is that Igbo boys are in south africa, europe, america busy spoiling our collective name and yet because we are from the same country I get to be given the same name as them. Am from the middle belt and none of my tribe has ever involved in criminality abroad but yet because of Ibos who can't stay in their homes I get called a criminal even before I have the chance to defend myself.
As Ibo it is permitted to go abroad with just a school cert to hussle. Even when at that level you hardly have enough experience or knowledge of how the world works. Yorubas also have their own but you cannot compare them to Ibos in destructive capability. Ibos won't u ask yourselves questions? U and achebe keep saying people hate u in nija, funny enough u also hated in europe, in malaysia (last week 2 ibos kidnapped a japanese there), in singapore, US, everywhere. So people jus hate u people because they aren't as fine as you abi? Payment time is coming oh!

Forgive my comments but you are worse than a racist!

Litmus: You know, looking at this again, one wonders why anyone ever believed that any hotel or any institution anywhere in the world, except some far-right establishment, refused entry to Nigerians. I would state that these propositions are lies if not for how rude it would seem, so let's just settle for stating that it is unlikely to be true that any hotel, except one owned by a white racist, would ban Nigerians. Might ban a person who happened to be Nigerian for some transgression but preventing Nigerians, nah...

The name of the hotel is Safari Hotel, near fire station on Louis Botha drive. And there are indeed many hotels in SA, Malaysia and Singapore with such signs. However, these are hotels in rundown parts of town where crime and chaos reign. You will never find a hotel in a safe place with such signs

I think its most regretable someone will go to my blog, copy my entire article in full and post it here without giving any credits. The person even disguised some of my exact words with his/her bad english in the last line. It is important to note that all articles on: http://www.kritzmoritz. is copyrighted. It doesn't cost a lot to do the right thing. Give credit to whom its due where necessary. That is the pride of any writer.

And for those who are asking, No, I don't live in South Africa.

Oga, you need to go back to grammar school. Shocking, really