₦airaland Forum

LadyFiona:
How do I go about getting my waec certificate.? I wrote the Nov/Dec stuff in 2009. Somebody should help me out.

Thanks.

Have you gotten it now? How did it go?

LadyFiona:
Hmmmm, you've not seen anything.

I have been on night duty with two ward maids who doubles as my assistants, with three patients in active phase of labour.
I have delivered babies with Nokia torchlight strapped on my hairnet, sutured perineal tears with kerosene lanterns.

No wonder my professional colleagues are writing NCLEX-RN, GFNS, TOEFL and other exams with acronyms I can't remember just to get at of this hellhole.

@topic, nurses are always at the receiving end because they are at the forefront of health service delivery.

Not just nurses even ne Medical school grads are on their ay out, Most of those I know are onto IELTs immediately after grad.

LadyFiona:
Hmmmm, you've not seen anything.

I have been on night duty with two ward maids who doubles as my assistants, with three patients in active phase of labour.
I have delivered babies with Nokia torchlight strapped on my hairnet, sutured perineal tears with kerosene lanterns.

No wonder my professional colleagues are writing NCLEX-RN, GFNS, TOEFL and other exams with acronyms I can't remember just to get at of this hellhole.

@topic, nurses are always at the receiving end because they are at the forefront of health service delivery.

Not just nurses even new Medical school grads are on their way out, go see the number of PLAB applicants from Nigeria and you'll be wowed

bushdoc9919:
The war is over....but the cause of the war....Nigeria's chop chop mentality....lives on.

You know...there would have been no war if Nigerians had not decided to think that the road to development lies with how many of your kinsmen are in office.

No...development means using what you have to solve your problems.

But Nigerians prefer to chop and chop.....not to work.

There is a reason why blacks appear backward. And it is not because of low IQ.

This Sadly is the reality of this tin Fela's voice) "Geographical Contraption"

nwanna89:
If budget is 8 trillion, govt should try to spend more on capital projects. Lot of decay in infrastructure esp roads. Also i noticed Osinbajo seems to have been put in charge of economic affairs. While he is a well-read man, he is lawyer and is not an expert in that area. So i hope Buhari has plans to put one of the more qualified ministerial nominees in charge of drawing up a budget.

Maybe with 8 trillion naira budget, FG really does have plans to pay 5k and feed school kids

That he's a lawyer doesn't make him any less a good macroeconomist.
Awolowo read commerce and that even by distance learning. Go find out how prosperous the old Western Region was under him.
So all it takes is a willing mind.
I studied Engineering in School myself but I can still talk of a somewhat average grasp of economic realities.

Flets:
This government should be reminded that elections are over. Enough of these noises as reality have set in already.

Lets do some simple mathematics.
Nigeria's total crude production currently hovers at 2M barrel per day, but I will assume 2.5M barrel for sake of optimism
Crude oil sells at slightly above $40/ barrel but I will assume $45/ barrel
Most JV agreements with Oil corporations stands at an average of 60% for Nigerian govt.
Cost of production of oil for most companies stand at almost 50% but I will assume 30% (optimist case) and then 70% profit
Only about 52% of total earnings goes to the FG, the remaining goes to state allocations and host state derivation
Assuming an exchange rate 200 naira per dollar and 365 days a year

Federal Government can make approximately 1.8 trillion naira from crude sales for 2016 optimally. Details below
so 2.5Million x $45 x 60% x 70% x 52% x 200 x 365 = 1.8 Trillion Naira

Historically, crude has formed about 70% of our budgets.... following same logic, total budget can only be 2.6 trillion Naira (1.8Trillion/ 70%)

Even if we increase taxes, collapse all tax and duty exemptions and without any diversification efforts by the current government, we will be lucky to add another 1trillion the 2.6 trillion to make it a maximum of 3.6 trillion.

So realistically speaking, 8 trillion FG budget is impossible for 2016. Propagandically speaking, APC govt have said it and they believe their zombies will believe it.

In addition, APC FG has claimed that 2016 budget will be developed through zero budget based budgeting. Now without ministers who are supposed to draw up the budget components within their ministries ..... how exactly did Osibanjo come up with 8 trillion when zero based budget was the agreed method?


And for those quoting revenues from Gases- NLNG; Inflow from Royalties (Oil and Gas and other ones); Non- Oil revenues; Custom Duties; Fines and Penalties; Licenses etc...... You need to understand that these are not new revenue sources, they have always been there and only contribute about 30% of the budget while crude sales provides the rest. Y'all need to learn, crude earnings - 70%; non-crude earnings - 30%. As such, estimated budget of 2.6 trillion had that all included if non-crude contribution remains at 30%.

Well, the man made an audacious statement I agree, but he's not a man of words, so he must have something up his sleeves.
Let's wait and see.... So long as they won't come next year and start the blame game they've been at recently all over.

redsconsult:
if within 3months mda can generate over 1.4Trillion naira i think the zerobase 8trillion naira is feasible. and less coruption means more development and more job opportunities.

I kind of agree with you, Nigerian Immigrations and Passport offices also need some sanitizations. The brazenry there will baffle a sane person.

IyaIode:
Very pitiable analysis.

Why not post your own "Superior Analysis", that should enlighten people more

IyaIode:
40% on capital project is still low in my opinion especially for a country on the edge of depression. Impressive direction though

40% may be low but if implemented to the letter, it should make more impact on the citizenry than 60 or more % where over 3/4 of which ended up in private pockets and offshore accounts.

One shouldn't complain of a gift/bird being too big when the owner hasn't even finished un-wrapping it.

IyaIode:
All these are projections anyways before people come and say Buhari promised them 8 trillion

Yorubas will say the villagers know the king in whose reign the town as peaceful, they will also not easily forget the king in whose reign they groaned.

CR77:
Pls no names

I am here to check there names

You and Name checking? You can name them yourself!

CR77:
Pls no names

I am here to check there names

You and Name checking? You can name them yourself!

jazinogold:
lol


then the house girl who was not allowed to complete her secondary school education and always beaten by the wife did the assignment and got 10/10

Then "Power may change hands" in that house soonest.
Watch what you buy.
Unlike most articles, wives are non-returnables.

FirstCounsel:
@ mickey45.....you sent me a mail and its blank

So sorry that was the mobile browser.... I'll just do it again

shortgun:
I was a guest at a party organized by one of the bigwigs as far as politics is concerned is in the country.

We were doing our thing........drinking expensive wines and dancing to music by some of best Nigerian artistes when suddenly a big coaster bus drove into the expansive compound with two police escort vehicles.
We were just wondering who the passengers were only to discover that the bus was filled with young girls.

The oldest among the girls should not be more than 23....I believe most the girls were sourced from secondary schools. I came to understand that some of the Aides to these big men normally arrange for these young girls on the instructions of there Principals whenever they want to host their friends.

The Oga on whose compound we were partying just came out and selected some of the girls and took them inside. He then said to us "Guys pick anyone you like and go enjoy yourselves".

I was not able to sleep throughout that nite.....These are men who have daughters of the same age with the ones they are sleeping with.
These are men that most young people see as role models.

I lost my respect for these so called "elder statesmen" that nite.

It's a pity how low we've sunken in this country, you'd such men will have some honour but alas!
But Awolowo wasn't wrong when he said said: “The trouble
With Nigeria is that while most people in public life and
in the position of leadership and rulership are spending whole days and nights carousing in clubs or in the company of men of shady characters and women of easy virtue, I like a few others, am always at my post working hard at the country’s problems and trying to find solutions to them”

You then wonder how people whose idea of relaxation is as described above can really have the time for critical thinking that real Nation-building requires.

shortgun:
I was a guest at a party organized by one of the bigwigs as far as politics is concerned is in the country.

We were doing our thing........drinking expensive wines and dancing to music by some of best Nigerian artistes when suddenly a big coaster bus drove into the expansive compound with two police escort vehicles.
We were just wondering who the passengers were only to discover that the bus was filled with young girls.

The oldest among the girls should not be more than 23....I believe most the girls were sourced from secondary schools. I came to understand that some of the Aides to these big men normally arrange for these young girls on the instructions of there Principals whenever they want to host their friends.

The Oga on whose compound we were partying just came out and selected some of the girls and took them inside. He then said to us "Guys pick anyone you like and go enjoy yourselves".

I was not able to sleep throughout that nite.....These are men who have daughters of the same age with the ones they are sleeping with.
These are men that most young people see as role models.

I lost my respect for these so called "elder statesmen" that nite.

It's a pity how low we've sunken in this country, you'd such men will have some honour but alas!
But Awolowo wasn't wrong when he said said: “The trouble
With Nigeria is that while most people in public life and
in the position of leadership and rulership are spending whole days and nights carousing in clubs or in the company of men of shady characters and women of easy virtue, I like a few others, am always at my post working hard at the country’s problems and trying to find solutions to them”

You then wonder how people who so wantonly into venery can ever have the time for critical thinking that real Nation-building requires.

Lucasbalo:
100% Percent right. I am against any form of dictatorship. I am all for constructive opposition. Wishing Nigeria and Nigerians well.

Constructive opposition seems to have died with the second republic, while then, for every Government policy they oppose, they'd come up and advocate a pragmatically better method of achieving the said aim or sound reasons for discarding such train of action(s).

I see whatever opposition we've had since 1999 as mere noisemaking and attention seeking.

Lucasbalo:
Not only LUTH . most hospitals if not all are death traps. Until there is total overhaul of the healthcare system in Nigeria, cases like this will continue.

Nigeria's entire institutions need overhauling, not just the health sector.
It's pitiable, the fact that you have to be on the lookout for yourself for almost everything just makes it difficult for even professionals to concentrate and fully commit to their jobs without having to go see to some side hustle.
Government Hospitals are the worst for it. Went to one some years ago, you won't believe the ward walls were all cracked up.

davide470:
http://nairametrics.com/record-loss-oando-beats-estimates-posts-record-n183-billion-loss-in-fy-2014/

If only they waited a bit to acquire Conoco Phillips, the loss would not have been massive as this. All the hedging done by OER, the disposal of most of the downstream assets still could not increase the bottom line..

Oando Share Price closed at 9.96 (-4.23%) as at 23/10/15

I expected it, no thanks to both their latest acquisition as well as the spiralling oil price.
But they've also added some new and profitable arms recently, take the CNG business for instance.
Capital expenditure on such ventures will also further dip their profit but things should start improving by Q3- Q4 plus oil seems to have started climbing lately too (albeit slowly)m
Patience is the word right now

angieberry:
Cu students full that place sha

I'm not surprised, the school does instil a sort of "Can do" mentality in their students

Trailblazer1:
The dullard is hell bent on plunging the economy into a recession.

where are all the critics of Ngozi Okonjo Iweala?

calling Soludo, Utomi, Oshiomhole, et al to come to our rescue

Begging Okonjo Iweala to come to our aid will finally be our last option when the dullard is true with us

Not necessarily, PMB will have to leave this job to real Macro-economists, else we're heading for a cliff.

Soludo's actually good at this but I doubt they'll let him in.
The other person good at this will be Basil Enwegbara but they're both far from the geographically "upper pole" of the country and Soludo's Godfathered.
I did say it that outright banning of imports is too cosmetic unless accompanied with serious import substitution drive.
But neither the presidency nor the lawmakers are currently after the nation's interest.
They're still busy bickering over who gets what. One's forced to ask if their so-called screening/ interview can stop any of the nominee from clinching whatever portfolio the president has for them.


Rhetorics doesn't solve economic problems

Trailblazer1:
The dullard is hell bent on plunging the economy into a recession.

where are all the critics of Ngozi Okonjo Iweala?

calling Soludo, Utomi, Oshiomhole, et al to come to our rescue

Begging Okonjo Iweala to come to our aid will finally be our last option when the dullard is true with us

Not necessarily, PMB will have to leave this job to real Macro-economists, else we're heading for a cliff.

Soludo's actually good at this but I doubt they'll let him in.
The other person good at this will be Basil Enwegbara but they're both far from the geographically "upper pole" of the country and Soludo's Godfathered.
I did say it that outright banning of imports is too cosmetic unless accompanied with serious import substitution drive.
But neither the presidency nor the lawmakers are currently after the nation's interest.
They're still busy bickering over who gets what. One's forced to ask if their so-called screening/ interview can stop any of the nominee from clinching whatever portfolio the president has for them.


Rhetorics don't solve economic problems

Trailblazer1:
The dullard is hell bent on plunging the economy into a recession.

where are all the critics of Ngozi Okonjo Iweala?

calling Soludo, Utomi, Oshiomhole, et al to come to our rescue

Begging Okonjo Iweala to come to our aid will finally be our last option when the dullard is true with us

Not necessarily, PMB will have to leave this job to real Macro-economists, else we're heading for a cliff.

Soludo's actually good at this but I doubt they'll let him in.
The other person good at this will be Basil Enwegbara but they're both far from the geographically "upper pole" of the country and Soludo's Godfathered.
I did say it that outright banning of imports is too cosmetic unless accompanied with serious import substitution drive.
But neither the presidency nor the lawmakers are currently after the nation's interest.
They're still busy bickering over who gets what. One's forced to ask if their so-called screening/ interview can stop any of the nominee from clinching whatever portfolio the president has for them.

ALISMILE:
well its however unfortunate for me that am yet to spiritually evolve to dat level! The picture u jus described above reminds of the humble personality of some greats like Jesus(AS), Moses(AS) and Muhammed(SAW)!

Not necessarily,

chigoizie7:
Did he take other people's belief into consideration? Na only him get naija? To me, that is nonsense, he should not be made a minister because he is self oriented/centered, he is only particular about what he believes and not the plight of the people he is meant to serve. How could he say such a thing? Religious leaders should be paid? On what grounds? Why didn't he clamour for all unemployed graduates to be paid?

And another agitation and infighting will start amongst the various sects and denominations.
I hope he's going to a non-core ministry though.

Again, Merit just keeps being slaughtered in our polity ....
Wait till he gets to the ministry and scatters the place all because of religion tinted views.
On the other hand he could be a balanced individual, except .....

ALISMILE:
your number 2 explanation of wat Shittu said is too gud! U really got it there! But most pple rush to criticise!

"Too good" I'm all for "giving people the benefit of the doubt"but one would be forced to form an image of you being "a long-bearded and short-trousered" brother too.

That's if you're Yoruba.

I hope I'm wrong though......

MrMcJay:
The person that can afford to pay for a bag of rice doesn't have the strength to carry it; and the person that has the strength to carry it can't afford to pay for it.

I think it is better to be a ministerial nominee than to be an article-writing nobody.

In a sane world,
You'll never be a "ministerial nominee" if you were never "an article writing nobody" at some point in your life

KHAYGOLD:
Those with such an error are either the hausa nominees or igbo nominees. I trust my yoruba nominees, fashola, fayemi, adeosun, shittu and the rest.

And you didn't see Fayemi pronounce "Comity of Nations" instead of "Community of Nations"?
You are such a wonderful person.

Real Education is expected to take care of such nuances as you just exhibited in human character.

sunnyb0b0:
How about the Sarkin Hausawa and Sarkin Fulani?

Both of them don't go gallivant around with Crowns that even their kings only wear on ceremonial occasions.
This is not to support the actions meted on him, but rather a man should first acknowledge his own part in a fracas before asking anyone else for apology.

neocortex:
I am not unaware of the rot in the Nigerian system particularly the education sector,
but I am writing based on reality and fairness.
In Nigerian society, many believe that the end justifies the means, e.g becoming a prof. invalidates any
allegation of scholarly fraud against an academic also occupying a political office raises an individual above
criticisms.
The whistle blower knew the consequences of his noble actions before embarking on them and
I believe he must have prepared for the worst.

Finally, my initial posts though blunt were actually satirical.

I saw the satire, what I was against is the chance of those who won't. Say teenagers.

Fabrication, falsification and plagiarism is not uncommon amongst such people.
Prof. Expecting some punitive measure(s) against the woman will only hold if all the members of the supposed "disciplinary Committee" aren't guilty of the same offense.
Going by the looks of it, this doesn't seem to be the case. Hence their tacit support of the woman. She might've threatened not to go down alone.
So it becomes a case of who's fit to cast the first stone.

Women learn almost all their bad habits from men, so she was introduced into the practice by someone(s) in that same school.
Punishing her would therefore only open up grounds for to investigate and expose all the others yet to be caught and she might rat on them if they don't protect her now.
God help this republic

EreluY:
[size=15pt]@ mickey45: I'm following this thread. It's really disheartening. Nigeria, including its academia, has deteriorated to the point that what its current crop of citizens do is glorify and celebrate mediocrity. The vast majority of Nigerian academics are incompetent and laughing stocks at international conferences.[/size]

Your position isn't too far from the truth, although there are still a good number of true and genuine academics around.
"Publish or die" is a common lingo in this circle. This is because the number of published works is a criteria for promotion in most tertiary institutions.
Not necessarily patents, industrial/field contributions etc.
This in part explains the high rate at which most of them churn out journal papers (albeit "shallow" ones).
Knowing the gap between our current standard and that of our contemporaries abroad, I had to defer an agreement made with an academic mentor of mine to work on journal papers while on NYSC (I actually have seniors who wrote up to seven-ten within that year alone) now,
But I just have this belief that a single ground-breaking paper is worth more than a hundred junks.
But the Nigerian values the number of published works. Than their quality.
This mind you is a system where
i. Researchers (especially those in Applied Sciences and Engineering) often have to send their samples abroad for analyses. Often with their own money.
ii. Research funds are allocated 'nepotically'
ii. Lecturer-student ratio is far below semi-unity
iii. A single lecturer might have to tutor 3-4 courses to 3-4 different levels minus other"official assignments"
Iv. Average pay is often less than 200k where as the same guy could be getting more than that as scholarship stipends if he's studying abroad.
Vi. Same guy stays in a country where 70-80k is just about enough to sustain a single person for a month, not to talk of an entire family earning 200k/mo.
No country. Has ever grown without shoring up her knowledge base. America and China both survive more on their human capital than any other resource.
But "Oyel" seems to have blinded us.
But "this generation will pass away" says the good Lord, we'll all soon realise what we shd've been pursuing.

As you have seen just now though, there are still a handful of them who know their onions but again as you've seen, they get so stifled by the others that they often get out of it in anger
Hope your weekend's been fun?

Dextra:
This woman has done nothing wrong for sticking to her faith and belief, unfortunately, this is something most of us cannot do. Have you ever heard of "DNR" Do not Resuscitate Order? It is your right to refuse any form of treatment. I am very proud of her!

Secondly, this woman died of complications from a Cesarean Section, the hospital ought to be sued for that. The hospital should have prepared for auto-transfusion knowing her religious beliefs (having her donate her own blood few months t weeks before the surgery). Beside, from the story there is no evidence that she died from anemia. She died from Sepsis which can lead to DIC and finally ARDS.

In well developed countries, spiritual beliefs of patients are taken into account and respected. I am not a Jehovah Witness, but I hate blood transfusion especially from paid donors and will refuse it. I plan to have my kids through c/s, I will bank my blood before the elective.

You all should stop condemning her because she has done nothing wrong. I have seen many people die even during and after receiving transfusion.

AUTO- TRAnsfusion! That I got from this! You should cosider educating few JWs around you and see what they think about it.
If their elders give assent, you may take up a campaign ....