₦airaland Forum

octopusfreaky:
my friends with 2:1 back den in school made 2:2 and third class students feel miserable...right now three with third class that knew the course very well(practical)aspect but had p with reading are far better than the first class student that just crammed to pass...no matter the grade focus on expanding your horizon,,think of how to solve one of Nigeria problem...

And your idea of doing better? Jeeps, fashionable clothes I.e. Plenty Money Right?

Onyiridike:
@OP, you are simply jealous.

I am not a first class graduate but I seriously worked hard to become one.

If it is easy to read, memorize and pass exams, everybody would graduate with first class.

Also, being a first class person or having a first class personality is different from being wealthy, popular and influential.

Personality has to do with the difference in behaviour, feeling and thought. Dangote, 2-face, Bill Gate and Adenuga may not have first class personality.

It is ONLY in Africa that everything is reduced to money and afluence.

Tell them abeg,the reason nothing. Works in this country is because everyone is only interested in the balance sheet.
Gains do not have to be capital alone.

sylviamuogbo:
I can't blame most people for being devoid of what bring a radiographer really means, after all we are barely over 2000 in the country. So its safe to say they lack the inept knowledge and understanding. I hope this clears things up for u.

Good morning "doc"
I have someone I want to suggest the course to,
You mind shedding more light on the course, schools. Offering it and of course....

Career Prospects

INDUSTRIALFAN:
am in Lagos now...

K. Thanks

omenka:
My brother, I DON'T JUST KNOW!

Yet we intend to have a tourism industry. Are the tourists only gonna come see hills, rocks, caves, forests and no wildlife??

Today we see pictures of giant snakes killed for no reason, the next day, a hippo.

It is high time those redundant legislators make laws criminalising these acts. Let them be allowed under conditions of self defence only.

Nope! Since it has nothing to do with allocations, revenue or posts- sharing, I wont expect them to discuss it.
They'll even prefer to visit hippo-peppersoup joints and wear the hide as a "toga" of their feats.

INDUSTRIALFAN:
January this year

Can you help with it? Might be in Benin soon

bigtt76:
Na we de take our hand look for trouble. You're computer literate and educated, you could have carried on witb your passport acquisition online without resortinto seeking and immigration officer's assistance. You probably did to get undue advantage and now you rush here to cry wolf because of the 'service charge'. The amount charged you is for running the rounds by the officer to help you get your passport out on time. You could have waited weeks if you did it yourself. Other factors to consider include but not limited to availability of passport booklets.

Running the rounds you say?

Setaje:
How many fulani dey go school? That's a non issue. Do u no how many people from the south east and south south are schooling in the southwest. Whether it's their parents or not, it doesn't make sense for people to want to die in a particular school or region after trying so many times when u no u would be considered in another region. It doesn't make sense. This is what oyerinde is trying to do yet people who are not thinking feel he is bad. Make una die untop Unilag, ife and covenant u hear. E go soon clear for una eyes!

I don't see much wrong with choosing those schools.
Except, existing realities are that these schools can't take everyone.

Btw, ignorance is actually why many people fall into these ditches.
A 250 or other average score in JAMB stands (thanks to federal character n less population) a better chance for offer into the so-called "Cherished" courses in Northern schools where as even with such scores, na still man know man for the 'glorified ones" in the south.

Ignorance generally is why students still suffer these hitches.
As for the kids arguing, leave them alone o! By the time they spend 3 yrs at home waiting for admission into a four years course, them go get sense.

There're many roads to every market and sometimes it takes advance in age to start seeing it.
But this ones will keep thinking the road is just "straight"

Setaje:
That is my uncle.

You mean it don't you?

9cbaby:
I did my passport 18k and collect it the same day, so I see no reason for charging extra,its unfair.

Still waiting!

INDUSTRIALFAN:
a friend did his own at asaba at 17,500 and even got it same day same with me.... I did mine at Benin At 17500 also and I waited n collected it same day in less than 4hrs

When was that?

INDUSTRIALFAN:
a friend did his own at asaba at 17,500 and even got it same day same with me.... I did mine at Benin At 17500 also and I waited n collected it same day in less than 4hrs

When was that sorry?

kaka22:
Before processing your passport, make sure you have original date of birth certificate, original certificate of origin, two passport(your pictures), a guarantor's international passport and driver's licence photocopies and his/her passport. All these will be asked from you during interview. Take along voter's card or national id because they can find fault in your certificate of birth... If you want to pay online yourself, activate your ATM card for online transaction and go to their site for registration https://portal.immigration.gov.ng/... After you register and pay online, print out the confirmatory page and proceed to any immigration office in Nigeria for further processing and take along all the documents I mentioned above... The location is immigration office, agodi gate, Ibadan... when you get to Agodi gate, ask anybody for direction to their office...

Ok thanks

9cbaby:
I did my passport 18k and collect it the same day, so I see no reason for charging extra,its unfair.

Where, when n how (online/off)?
Someone needs that info pls

kaka22:
I went to immigration office in Ibadan today to apply for my international passport. On getting there, I consulted one of immigration staffs who was in uniform on how to go about it. He told me that 32pages passport was 27500 while 64pages passport was 35k. I didn't doubt him since he was an immigration staff and I had seen on nairaland that international passport was 27k. I paid and waited for interview and biometric scanning. While waiting, I talked to people around who then informed me that the official amount was and still is 17k. I thought they were joking. Then, I opened immigration website to see the authenticity of what I was told. I saw 17k as official price. I was flabbergasted. I realised that I have been duped of 10500 by immigration staff.
Note: 1.For those that want to confirm the official price on immigration website, click on 'apply online' icon. Then fill your details or any details and proceed to payment. You will then see the official price.


As I am now, I am still in shock and furious at the the same time.

Morning, you mind sharing the entire procedure? Starting with the Immigrations office's ibadan address? I'll be coming from a neighbouring state

Setaje:
Nothing is wrong wiv dpr.

You're sure about that madam?

Didn't have that impression when I last visited the place.
It was as if it belonged to only one tribe alone.
That might be a sort of payback for the Abuja situation anyway.

Although I did hear of a "standard practice" thing there recently.

But the tales of kickbacks and collusions in the award of fuel station licences, inspection and recording oversights, subsidy brouhaha, etc., you mean they're all baseless?

The whole forum will greatly benefit if you'll just say things as they are so that myself and OTHERs (buharites, etc.) Can have balanced views of this issue.
Cos for now, DPR is generally considered another "tower of babel"

otokx:
They should torchlight DPR.

DPR I agree with you is another cesspit.
All manner of happenings go on in that their lagos office and I know Abuja and the rest may not be better off.

ANBAKO:
There is hope of better Nigeria. Please Baba, kindly distribute the ED positions evenly to reflect federal character.

We want NNPC- Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and not "NNPC - Northern Nigeria Petroleum Corporation".

Biko!!!, Jooo!!!, Please!!!

U're speaking many people's minds. But the only choice the populace have it to watch and see how things unfold.

Alhough, most of them got promoted into their roles pre-election and with the way the country was then, due process might've been sacrificed on the altar of ethnicity/nepotism/favouritism etc.

One's prayer will be that true federal character+competence will be reflected in the re-appointments.

soe:
Hello...can we please be reasonable here.

The United States is not running a stagnant economy...their currency value would definitely rise and fall at some points...the influence of a capitalist economy cannot be over-ruled.

On the other hand, what we are doing is to have a nation that is less dependent on the US economy, Mynd44 had asked a very salient question yesterday for which no one could answer.

he asked, Why did the Naira fall so badly from 160 to 200 in 2014/2015 ? If you can answer that, then we can reason with your cock and bull theory

The answer is so simple. A number of factors contribute to the rise or fall of a country's currency; We have the stock market/foreign investments, tourism and international trade. But basically, and speaking in lay man terms, if you have more people replacing their currencies with your currency, then your currency will rise in value. If you have more people dealing in your currency than their currency, then your value will rise. Sadly as the reverse implies, if you have more people dumping your own currency for the other currency, your value will nose dive.

If you look at the above relation, you will notice that it all falls back to a demand/supply chain rule, but not explicitly.

The only back door approach to a rise/fall currency value is the so called "de-valuation or denomination" of the currency which has to do with the Central Bank physically reducing the supply of your own currency so as to make it seem as though it is scarce again.

So what do you think happened in 2014/2015, Corrupt polithiefians knew it was the season of campaign and stealing and stashing and looting. It was the season to keep monies at home. They all withdrew in USDollars and replaced our Naira with Dollars. So, the dollar became increasingly more sought in our local market, almost competing with the Naira. Hence the crash of the Naira in the local (black) market.

What CBN is doing now, as part of the change program, is to force the polithiefians to return to the need and use of Naira and dispose their ill gotten USDollars stashed in their personal and underground vaults. The moment USDollars is not acceptable to our local banks. That will reverse the 2014/2015 trend and restore the Naira value to 160.

But as I said...the US Govt. has an economy to run also, and until we successfully reduce the dependency of our economy on theirs, our Naira value will also rise and fall intermittently....the good news however is that the USDollars is no longer competing with the NAIRA in our loal market...we are shifting the battle back to the International FOREX MARKET

At least we'll clear out the artificial "Sinks" and "Pockets" in the system. Then appropriate measures can be taken since the actual size of the market will then be known

INTROVERT:
Barcanista must be a prophet.

I pray tomorrow we will wake up and it's 170 again

I'm forced to agree with his former conclusions too but not necessarily with all of his analysis.

But I'm inclined to think even this upswing you're seeing will be short-lived.

What's still at play here are mainly people's emotions cum sentiments. Not necessarily pure economics.

If CBN keeps to this for considerable time, speculation will become less attractive and significant need based dollar demand shd make the dollar have to bottom again although gently this time around.

Just my 2 cents

teeowl:
Sensible Nigerians? You mean salary earners that dont have any business opening a domicilliary account? Or the ones that dont really bother about whether dollar falls or rises? the people converting Naira to dollars are the speculators and burea de change guys...

Exactly,
Help me answer the guy.
It's why I asked him if he's not a profiteer himself, remember GEJ and the subsidy saga, people took to the streets not knowing their hearts' strings were being pulled by the profiteers themselves ....

teeowl:
Sensible Nigerians? You mean salary earners that dont have any business opening a domicilliary account? Or the ones that dont really bother about whether dollar falls or rises? the people converting Naira to dollars are the speculators and burea de change guys...

Help me answer the guy.
I'm thinking he's a BDCer himself....

Jesusloveyou:
u mean, next tme, i should vote for a loser, in order to get favor from d winner, in other words i should get favor from who i hated with passion, who i wish death

You need to look for and read up some Robert Greene's works. Especially the first one. I'm opined you'll understand better.

Sensible benevolence ultimately profits the benefactor.

Crieff:
That's humongous!


Really!!! What's up with all these snakes people keep seeing everywhere?

Their habitats keep being cleared for "estates" this is how the developed countries started, till their descendants now have to pay to see a handful of those "common" animals alive.

I'm no longer surprised when kids who attended "posh" boarding schools get hyper-excited when they see a live goat on visiting less urban areas of the town.

Heard of a 19-20 year old girl who got busy snapping pictures when she saw a she-goat strolling about d first time she got to LAUTECH for post-utme.

MizMyColi:
This was my reaction when I saw the news of Naira appreciation.



I am stepping out of my work place now.
I will read the OP and draw a conclusion as soon as I'm settled.

*modified*

I have read the OP

Well‎ ‎
*sighs*

Is it that Mr Godwin is simply unintelligent?
Is he under pressure of any kind to perform?‎
Why the cosmetic change?
‎
To be honest, I want to see transformational progressive change, but if Barcanista's ‎writeup is anything to go by, then it means we're still far from anywhere near el-dorado.
Smh really.‎

Yes o! But we also far from going under.
Things shd stabilise soon enough.
Then you can buy those "chicky" wears n high heels from obodo oyibo/Chinko without breaking your "kolo" (mud-bank)

helpee:
@ barcanista, thanks for the analysis. kindly disregard those that have nothing to contribute except shouting wailing wailers. But i disagree with you. naira actually depreciated against the dollar because of excessive speculation. As you know, due to the ban on 41 products importers from accessing forex at the official rate, they had to source it from the parallel market. The excessive demand for forex by these importers from the black market at first created a scarcity that pushed the dollar up temporarily. speculators then cashed on that and started hoarding dollars thinking the dollar will keep rising against the naira especially since the new govt has no concrete plan in place. i was almost caught up too. i was advised to change most of my daily sales to dollars and then deposit in my DOM account in speculation of a further weakening of the naira. therefore, the banks were flooded by speculators with dollar deposits and many of them under the disguise of importation are laundering the money abroad via transfer. so, by refusing to accept the dollars, the CBN is playing a very smart move aagainst speculators. many people are therefore caught with dollars which they cant transfer or even deposit except to convert it to naira. therefore, the economy is flooded with dollars and demand is less than supply so the dollar must come down.
IS IT SUSTAINABLE/
Yes but we will temporarily suffer in sacrifice for a prosperous naira. importers will be temporarily caught unaware. the CBN will only create a bereaucratic bottleneck that will make it difficult for anybody except importers to access forex. BVN is one of the them. money launderers that used to access forex and transfer via DOM account will be cut off by the bottleneck. speculators will not find it attractive to hoard dollars because unless they ggenuinely need the dollars, they wont be able to get value for it since they cant spend it locally, cant transfer and cant even deposit. what do you need a useless dollar for?
it is not easy to open domicilliary account in neigbouring countries like you suggested unless you are a citizen or permanent/legal resident so few will be able to divert import activities to the neigbouring countries. therefore, even without increasing local production of imported stuffs, the naira will still stabilise against the dollar at a favourable position cos the most damage done to the naira usually comes from speculators. once we only access just the dollar we need for importation, school fees and other legal business abroad, we will stop speculating with the naira .
Even if things are temporarily expensive, we youths should take up the challenge and start producing. you can start with toothpick for example cos it is part of the products banned from accessing forex officially. the bottomline is that if it will be sustainable we must support the CBN in this quest. this is the first policy of this govt/CBN that i support.

So do I although I expect them to "grow the engine" soonest, course like a good author I know will say "rather than living below your means, why not increase your means" guess you know him too

agriboom:
Yes it will, but over time the legitimate ones will make themselves known by finding and going through the legal ways and the illegitimate ones will hide away. And maybe just maybe the honest ones will be dealing at the bank rate you always see at banks but can never get.

Let's hope the banks (who I suspect to be complicit in this Naira-Dollar imbroglio) will be willing to play by the rules (albeit the reduction in free-money) this time around.
It'll really help the economy.

bankylan:
...The future is bleak for Nigerian youths judging from comments on Nairaland. Youths are now repeating the mistakes of their fathers.

The mental slavery in Nigeria is alarming! When able bodied men and women now believe it is their grandparents that will determine their future, then the future is not only bleak but a mirage.

You care to explain this your statement?

barcanista:
He should constitute Economic team.

That'll be a good step in the right direction, but an economic team does not a robust economy make.

A good look at GEJ's last Economic team shd teach this lesson.

There's no way his appointing the team will not be inundated with ethnic, religious, regional etc.

You wonder why cement which is cheaper outside than in Nigeria was banned when Dangote was a key member of the team. Since
profits come first to a businessman.

If he'll need to clear some clutter before installing ministers. Then let him do it.

Though might be apt to mis-interprete his "procastinations" as cluelessness too but one has to try to not believe he never had a comprehensive ministerial list prior to winning the elections.
And that his moves so far are not real-time decisions.

ydass:
Going too far with this money laundry policy don't forget there are genuine Nigerian business persons who needs DOM acct. for their business.

I think the government should rather focus attention on creating identity for every Nigerian to enable traceability of any money laundry act.

Yes there are, these constant intrusions shd force them into thinking of import substitution.
Even if it'll initially be at some discomfort to themselves.

Jennylov:
keep your orders coming.more bales to go this week. is d lords doing.buy 5 bales before August ends and get 1 bale of ladies polo top guaranteed.

Someone's interested in units, do you have a place where someone shd go?