₦airaland Forum

comshots:
So the government of that state cannot dig a borehole,buy a water pumping machine and a generator anx install it which cannot amount to a total of #800k?

Does the govt of that state look like it can do anything to you? Ordinary water... tufia

No water! Mmiri adiro

Theyre supposed to get the director of the fire service and ask him what actually happened... is Ogbuefi Obiano a firefighter

comshots:
Are these trucks statues?Why were they not mobilized to quench the fire?

No water

Alexanity:
Start from somewhere is not always a positive statement, even evil starts from somewhere, government should look at other things, there had been no serious concern arising from these issues, I'm not talking about the stigma or whatever but I'm just saying that subjecting the girls to the this government program is a potential danger, I wouldn't have much issue if it were red Cross or world health, Nigeria can fail anybody, is there any government undertaking that we do not hear stories that touch, these things are not scarce, these things are not rare, these things are not dangerous to handle, why should a failing government be meant to handle it. it woman issue though but I think a parket of sanitary pad a month is okay, 90 of these kids got parent empower the parents, girls don't talk about when they don't have pads I know that but then we have to look at the competence of the government and which company are they getting these things from, these things are serious

So basically you dont mind the idea but you would rather an NGO does the project than the government?

[quote author=tunary post=83211038][/quote]Me too

PoliticalWitch:
And another thing, when people build things in this country, they don't take fire safety seriously. What is the Market management doing about fire safety? (Nothing , most likely).

This is the truth... most markets are deathtraps... at times if you see people running you will just start running too not knowing what the running is for

Even if they get officials to regulate for Health and Safety they will either start taking bribes or market guys will get together to intimidate and drive them out

Commentor:
We are cousins and we have never denied our kinship.

We make no qualms about our close or distinct heritage unlike how Ikwere's often distance themselves from you.

Well we are politically and socio-economically marginalised which is the reason for that distance, you cant say what you would have done if Yorubas were marginalised and government funding/positions were being shared

...we are not quarrelling...it was a genuine question ... because I usually come across Itsekiri gospel music and its sounds like Yoruba

A fire service without water...Kai!

The market wares and surrounding buildings should be insured

Commentor:
By the way, I'm proudly Itsekiri.

Whats the difference between Yoruba and itshekiri Yoruba people say that itsekiri just speak an older dialect

Ezewuzie01:
It was so bad of our people. Some wicked ones whose properties were among the first to be burned didn't want the properties of others to be rescued. For them, everyone must suffer like them. Too bad.

Chai

valentineuwakwe:
i thought peter obi commission some fire service truck before he left, so wat happen to them? it's even shameful that a bigger city like onitsha don't hv a fire service.....Asaba fire service had to drive down to aid the city, meanwhile I thought the Federal Fire Service did recruitment this year?

Very nonsensical something

And the worst part is that the governor will still shamelessly carry his face to "condole" with the victims

emmaodet:
Well said sis and educating.
Keep it up and i will regularly be looking out for your contributions to learn from.

Thank you

Alexanity:
They got start somewhere, why subsidize for school Children if you can't subsidize for their mothers who pays the tax, if you can subsidize their pad then subsidize their clothes, subsidize their soaps, subsidize their underwears, subsidize their creams, subsidize their the house they sleep in, subsidize their food, that's they wat to go, you don't just do a lil thing to steal the show from the parent who's working their ass off to provide for their children, how about the kids in the street whose parents can't afford to send to school, who will buy pad for them, how about the orphaned kid under the bridge using rags as pads, who cares about those ones, there are real problems needing government attention,

Lol you just said they had to start somewhere, which they have

Clothes, soap, cream and other stuff are not stigmatised as the issue of blood and menstrual periods is. Thats why the government turned their attention to it.

In fact charity organisations and churches travel to rural/disadvantaged areas and give them free clothes and medical check-ups, are they also stealing the show? Why must you see everything as an insult? Dont you know some people need help? If they dont need the government provided stuff then they wont take it

Yeah there should be subsidised food and government housing so we can prevent people from staying slums. Let them land first with this one, or even better go ahead and help them to plan it

Kids in the street and orphans need to be taken care of...so do elderly people...so do diabetics...so do blind people....so do mentally ill people... so whats your point

So because nobody is helping those ones, they should leave the schoolgirls to bleed in the classroom?

Thats called "crabs-in-a-bucket" mentality and its very bad.

adem30:
Don't mind that guy. Some people were programmed to fault every policy

Lol i even wanted to modify my post to say "you are just picking holes in it over nothing" but youve already said it

tunary:
Because of free pad? is it that expensive

It depends on the quality but its expensive for some people especially in the rural areas

Alexanity:
I'm no Republican, you not seeing the danger right, we don't need to create a problem where there's non, sanitary pad subsidy could mean that these things can be impacted by the failure of the government, not every important thing should be added to the government responsibility, especially an unpredictable government like Nigeria, they subsidize your pad, so one day your girl will go without pad becuase she was replying on the government now the pad section can go on strike, they'd ban illegal import of pads, they'd get corrupt and some people selling the pad meant for free, cost of pad in the market will rise, poor girls won't be able to buy pad in the market, in case you don't know, what ever a failing government touches becomes a catastrophy. not our girls this time.

You have a point but they cant go on strike or ban illegal importation of pads because there is no difference between a pad used by a schoolgirl vs. one used by a university student or an adult woman.

They are only subsidising the ones meant for schools and not providing the ones used by the general female population.

So are they going to force the entire menstruating population to bleed into the streets because of government school pad? This is not completely under government control

Yeah! they may start selling them instead of their being free, like they do with blood and other "free" stuff but it will still be cheaper than the ones in the store. If they overprice them then people will not bother patronising them. But at least they will be available

netflicks:
One funny thing is the project wont last or may be hijacked by corrupt officials what does a little child know

Watch how some folks make money off it.

Even if that happens, that doesnt give you the right to badmouth a genuinely good proposal just because you dont like it

selfwife:
Chai!!!! Federal Government?so with all the issues on human trafficking, security lapses, bad roads and bridges causing untimely deaths everyday,high cost of food ,vat/tax/and all the bills,FSARS extra judicial killings, poor and expensive medical facilities,etc .na sanitary pad them fit help us with..una no go believe sai I feel like crying.
Except this program will involve topics like hygiene education, cancer orientation, sex education and how to defend sexual harassment, it doesn't make sense to me .

They have to start somewhere...this is a good development and it will help reduce stigmatisation of teenage girls

netflicks:
If the economy is good enough u dont need such programs..what business does the govt have with ladies sanitary pads...what a shame

We have bigger concrete issues to deal with not this #yeyeleaders

The economy would be better if we increased productivity by improving the lot of the girl child

The government should use taxes to improve our lives and those of our school children

Alexanity:
Seriously I will never allow my sisters, girl friend or any woman dear to me use this pad, please give their parent a job not their girls a pad, I hate evil government, you take the job outer the parent so you can play their role and give the kids a bad ideology of their parent, create an environment that the girls can grow up to thrive on don't subsidize their pad and infect it with the low standard Nigeria government is known for please these pads are sensitive stuff, don't allow your your girls use welfare pad, buying pad should not be a government responsibility

I understand where youre coming from but youre taking it the wrong way... sanitary products are supposed to be subsidised by our taxes because they are a human necessity

Thats like telling the government to abolish federal universities because parents should be able to pay school fees. Or saying teaching hospitals should start charging full price because we all should be paying our own hospital bills

You are looking at it upside down

or maybe you are a Republican

OChimex:
Blacks are really not fit to rule themselves. They rush to do irrelevant things that will not move the couch try forward. e.g. N-Power, Trader Money, School feeding, now sanitary pad.

But ignores the things that will move the country forward. Power sector, Infrastructures both in health and education, Human capital development. Investment is agriculture, creation of employment. What a a nation.

How is providing sanitary products for teenage girls who may not be able to afford them and may be discouraged from going to school during their menses "irrelevant"?

In fact this is one of the most progressive actions Ive seen from the government this year. Im surprised at them

Tonymegabush1:
Same pad some girls use to block toilet pipe line why flush down ur used pad inside toilet?

Is there a proper sanitary bin provided inside the cubicle? Is there a sign telling people how to dispose of their soiled products?

Is the bin regularly emptied? Is it clean so that someone will be able to touch it and put their trash inside?

Those are the questions to answer your question... we have terrible toilet culture in this country

Lol! Enugu that runs out of water at the same time every year and she is apparently powerless to do anything about it

Even the wells will run dry or start producing stinky green water full of parasites. Nonsense and cooking utensils

This is great! More grease to their elbow

genq:
Yup - and clearly, that sh!t works hence why there will always be an idi0t like Blackmiserable who disputes the points I raised regarding caucasians. You see, it's not a hidden fact that the average Negro loves his oppressor more than he loves himself. That's why a white man/white-looking Lebanese is afforded more opportunities, favours and power in our own country than we the citizens but the reverse is the case abroad.

It's also why we see the epidemic of the light skin craze amongst our women today. I love my women slim & DARK and what I consider beautiful are the likes of Stephanie Okereke, Naomi Campbell, Diane BBnaija etc.. It hurts to see so many of our beautiful dark complexion sistas using cream to measure up to the standard of beauty the white man has falsely portrayed. It's not just amongst blacks, many other races also see the fairer skin as more beautiful e.g. Latinos, Indians etc..

It also hurts to see the black race give up so much of our values and culture to adopt the lifestyle of these Neanderthals who have no roots.

I think he was right to counter you, to an extent. As I said, the quality of "going to and fro between nations" may be evil, but anybody who wants their own people to be great and not to suffer must do it. Even in the Old Testament you can see God helping the Israelites destroy so many people, not because He enjoys bloodshed but because the earlier parts of the Bible are centred around organic human struggles and natural realities.

Human beings, whether individuals or whole countries, have enemies. They also have to maintain their access to resources, put food on the table and guard against disease and famine. Its tough, but the question is, what are you going to do about it? What makes somebody in a different country more deserving of their natural resources, since they cant even defend them and you are hungry? Are you going to starve? Thats just the problem

He was also correct to point out the advantages of conquest... that was just the truth. We are all typing on phones that use batteries charged by light...did we discover any of them? In fact did we even install them here ourselves?

But completely whitewashing the fact that millions of people have suffered and died under this domination was wrong of him. At the same time, you were being unrealistic about what it really means to build and maintain a thriving nation state such as the whites have. Its a dirty business

Yeah, exactly. We are programmed to see ourselves as inferior because we are down and out, for the moment. In the same way, some Arab societies in times past frowned on whiter skin because it meant that the person was either a captured slave or prostitute from further north (I think Europe). The darker skin is not really the problem, but what they are trying to tell us it represents. Poverty, animalistic/sub-human nature, intellectual inferiority, backwardness and all that stuff associated with our enslavement/colonisation. Whereas the white skin represents the opposite of those things and above all, power.

In fact some white people often spend long periods tanning their skin artificially or actually lying out in the sun, because having tanned/brownish skin is a sign of wealth ie. being able to travel to faraway places and spend money on leisure. So its more about representation. its up to us to change the narrative and not allow them to turn a neutral/evolutionarily advantageous trait like dark skin into a negative thing

I wouldnt say eschewing harmful/non-progressive parts of culture is necessarily a bad thing...changing with the times and adapting to your circumstances is a useful survival tactic in some cases. If you actually have a reason for adopting something, its different from just following somebodys custom blindly because of inferiority complex when it doesnt serve any kind of purpose.

For example, the introduction of gsm in this country was great...the later abuse of social media for stuff like runs, trashy displays of wealth, stupid posting, not so. The idea of the TV show Big Brother is a very interesting type of psycho-sociological experiment that allows us see how people behave in a controlled environment...the current degeneration into distasteful squabbling between Tacha and whoever for the sake of cheap publicity, not so (though I must confess i have never watched it, so it may be more than that).

genq:
Touché - but I highly doubt the highlighted.

I don't see any other race becoming more technologically advanced than the caucasians - perhaps the Chinese? although I doubt their ability to surpass the brutal domination of the white race.

Yeah, that is the snag in being a human and not a spirit...our lives are just moments so we cant imagine some things coming to pass

I guess if we were having this conversation in some colonised location some thousands of years ago, we would imagine that we would be under Roman or Songhai control forever because nobody could match their military might, commercial savvy or their political intelligence...yet where are they today?

Unscrupulous use of technology is now wreaking havoc (especially) in the western world...social media and artificial intelligence are being manipulated by enemies to cause problems for them...check out the US election, the Brexit campaign and the Anti-Vax movement

Whole countries are subtly being led down the rabbit hole because of unregulated use their own inventions...so is technology really the be all and end all? At some point it will collapse under its own weight or another idea or type of strength will come in and render it useless...then another group of people will swoop in and start oppressing everybody else...then other people will call them "brutal" or "wicked"...rinse and repeat...

Thats just how humanity is...civilisations and empires rise and fall but it seems like the people holding you are superhuman... thats another psychological aspect of the subjugation...mental entrapment...

When they flood our media with photos and movies of so-called "superior" beauty and great aspects of white people, or keep showing where Chinese people are eating dog meat or where black people are dying of HIV in slums do you think its a joke? Dont they have slums in the west? Arent thousands of children starving and selling drugs to survive because of harsh government policies?

They have to make it look like theyre the only ones who know anything or who are worth seeing or who have any kind of positive quality... propaganda and brainwashing on a massive scale to make you feel powerless and stop you from making an effort to become their equal...

Jimbadly:
Midnighter dear I was banned by the spambot on that romance section thread when I was posting the proverbs. I posted up to 17 of them. They were all hidden.


I'll try and post again later today.

Lol sorry friend, thanks for the effort. Spambot messed me up as well in the politics section lol

Maybe it doesnt like what we say haha

genq:
Dude are you okay?

The thing is that civilisation and humanity itself are based on the principle of "hunt or be hunted"

Empires are formed by groups of people who conquer and plunder other groups... white people are not an exception

The Songhais, Mongols, Ottomans, Romans all thrived because of this kind of subduing of populations and political manipulation

But because we are seeing it in our lifetimes it seems as if it has never happened before or that white people are "wicked"

The fact is that in terms of civilisation or statehood, to enrich yourself and stay on top, you have to make other people pay the price...thats what theyre doing

At some point the biggest modern empires, like America and China will still fall and somebody else will take over. I guess that should be when the big banks/credit systems begin to fail or when another country is able to overpower them technologically

Thats why theyre willing to cheat, maim and kill to stop that from happening. If anybody wants to challenge them or bring them down, they must simply be smarter than they are and beat them at their own game of chess

Jimbadly:
Uh oh! Your Igbo is not good? That's depressing I must say. How did that happen.

I know a ton of Igbo proverbs including that one.

It literally says: Let's keep carrying out sacrifices so that the spirits will be the ones to bear the guilt.

It means do what you can in any situation and leave the rest, that is, do your bit and leave the rest.

You can use that in all sorts of instances.

Lol i dont know how it happened oh I blame my parents even though I am trying to improve on it

Yes, exactly. Thats how the book translated it

So do you know any other interesting ones? Care to share?

Jimbadly:
Okies, I'm a cow cooler.


Yea, they sure do and it's not healthy.

Lol sorry i meant *now cooler

NwaAmaikpe:




You are not okay.
Not one bit if your cum is little.
Your impaired and retrograded ejaculation is because you've wasted all the sperm God gave you and now there is none left to shoot out.

I'd advice you to go for a hormonal essay or better still check your blood sugar for diabetes.

Considering you'd be getting married soon, I'd also advice you become acquainted with a Motherless Home so you won't have difficulties adopting a baby from them because you may have difficulties having yours.

But if your cum is plenty, there's nothing to worry about.
You are just suffering from sufferhead.

God forgive me, I just cant stop laughing

What is wrong with you... you must be a spirit or a deity that escaped from the shrine

I cant believe you are a human being with this crazy psychology of yours