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It’s understandable to feel concerned when you see students moving up the system without mastering basic skills like reading or numeracy. In many communities, that gap between “promotion” and “actual learning” is real, and it can be frustrating for teachers, parents, and even the students themselves.

That said, it may be more accurate to see what’s happening as a shared breakdown in the system rather than placing the burden on parents alone.

Yes, some parents do contribute to the problem—sometimes by pressuring schools for promotion, overlooking weak academic performance, or treating education as a status symbol rather than a learning process. In environments where admission into “better schools” or quick advancement is seen as success, a few parents may try to influence outcomes in ways that weaken discipline and academic standards. That part of your argument reflects a genuine issue: when accountability is compromised at home, it becomes harder for schools to enforce standards consistently.

But that is only one side of the picture.

Schools and teachers are operating within constraints too—large class sizes, low resources, overloaded curricula, and in some cases inconsistent training or poor incentives. When a teacher has 50–100 students in a class, even the most disciplined system struggles to ensure every child is truly learning. And when education systems reward exam results or pass rates more than actual comprehension, there is pressure on schools to “move students along” whether or not mastery has been achieved.

There is also a wider social layer. Many education systems are shaped by economic pressure: parents working long hours, limited time for home support, and children relying heavily on school as the only learning environment. In such cases, gaps in foundational learning are not always a matter of bad parenting, but of limited capacity.

So what often emerges is a cycle: parents expect schools to fix everything → schools under pressure prioritise outcomes over depth → students progress without mastery → parents become frustrated and intervene more aggressively → the system weakens further.

The graduates you’re concerned about are often products of this entire chain, not just one part of it.

A more useful way to frame it might be: the system is producing weak outcomes because responsibility is fragmented. Parents, schools, policymakers, and society all play a role—and when any one part overpowers the others (for example, promotion pressure overriding learning), the result is exactly what you’re describing: credentials without competence.

The uncomfortable truth is that discipline alone—whether from parents or teachers—can’t fix it unless the system itself rewards real learning again.

HacheNoire:
You killed it in below paragraphs



You would have observed that kids don’t repeat classes again and everybody kids suddenly became brilliant. I am sure you will have kids who got double promotion in that class and still can’t read.

Parents have become the root cause of the decay in education as they have corrupted and threatened the educational system. There is practically nothing they cannot buy for their kids, from double promotion to admission.

Majority are just wannabe’s who are trying hard to be like their slave masters and why they detest discipline even when it’s glaring to their face that it was worth it.

Can’t you see the quality of graduates we churning out now? They are mostly products of bad and weak parenting, and not never the fault of teachers or schools trying to make profit at the detriment of discipline and delivery.

Anyway, kudos! It’s a beautiful write up!

You're right that children eventually grow into adults who must learn to follow rules and be accountable for their actions.

However, I think the concern many parents have isn't that teachers shouldn't correct children. It's about how that correction is done. Respect and discipline can exist together.

The saying "it takes a village to raise a child" is true, but the village also has a responsibility to guide children with fairness, patience, and understanding. Parents aren't asking to be the only voice in a child's life; they're asking that the adults around their children model the same respect and maturity they expect from the child.

Children learn not only from correction but also from the way adults handle disagreements. If a parent feels a teacher acted unfairly, addressing it respectfully teaches the child an important lesson too—that authority should be respected, but it can also be questioned constructively when necessary.

At the end of the day, parents and teachers are supposed to be on the same team. The goal isn't to defend bad behavior or attack teachers; it's to help children grow into responsible adults while showing them what healthy communication and mutual respect look like.

SixSeven:
All of you keep bringing your rules in defence of your children but don't think about when the child will become an adult and have to follow rules. Parents today want to use their adult profile for their children so of course, no one can help you parent your own child because only you can be the adult to speak to them and correct them YOUR WAY. Everyone else is not qualified to do it. The village did not raise the child by mistake but keep it up, na you go de there for your child 24/7.


No wonder society is having more problems than it can handle. I would let you know that your child will watch how you solve the problem and learn from you. Teacher no teach me nonsense.

I agree that many parents react based on incomplete information from their children. Children can exaggerate, misunderstand situations, or explain events through their emotions rather than facts.

However, I think there's another side to this conversation.

As adults, teachers hold authority, experience, and power. Children don't.

When a child comes home crying, scared, or complaining about a teacher, a parent's first instinct is naturally to protect their child. It may not always be the most balanced reaction, but it comes from love, not necessarily drama.

The reality is that while many teachers genuinely want the best for their students, not every teacher handles discipline appropriately. Some cross lines. Some embarrass children unnecessarily. Some carry out punishments that leave emotional scars long after the lesson is forgotten.

That's why parents should never blindly assume the teacher is wrong, but they also shouldn't blindly assume the teacher is right.

The best approach is investigation, not confrontation.

Ask questions.

Listen to the child.

Listen to the teacher.

Look at the evidence.

Then make a judgment.

Reading your story, it's clear your intentions were good. You invested your time, taught extra lessons without collecting fees, and genuinely cared about helping struggling students succeed. Those children benefited from your dedication.

But good intentions alone don't automatically make every disciplinary method acceptable. What one teacher sees as necessary discipline, another parent may see as excessive punishment.

Both perspectives can exist at the same time.

The goal shouldn't be "trust teachers no matter what" or "believe your child no matter what."

The goal should be partnership.

Parents and teachers are supposed to be on the same team, working toward the same outcome: helping the child grow academically, emotionally, and morally.

When either side sees the other as an enemy, the child is usually the one who loses.

Respectful communication will always achieve more than shouting, threats, or assumptions—from both parents and teachers.

Host78:
Parents can be dramatic at times as we have seen in this recent video of the woman confronting her kids teacher.

Most of these kids can come home and narrate issues not as they were but as they feel it is.

I used feelings. Kids can easily feel things differently and exaggerate unnecessarily.

I used to teacher a primary school class with 11 kids in total.

Primary 5 then.

When I started, I was preparing them for common entrance exam immediately but I had a problem: most of the kids could not read properly.

Like 5 of them could not read a whole line in their textbooks without looking up to me for help.

Now these are kids going to jss 1 the next year. We all know in jss 1, you're expected to know how to read at least from my secondary school experience.

But there was one in particular that could not read at all.

I had to confront their previous teacher from primary 4 because I found it very sad that they will keep promoting these kids like that.

But she explained that the kids won't do their homework, she can't discipline them because they don't want to loose their kids to other schools (the proprietors instructions).

But I was determined to make sure these kids can read before they leave the school.

It's not small work o. I introduced them to Ugo c. Ugo.

Everyday, they are solving 50 maths questions as assignments. I remember the very first one, none got up to 5.

I punished them myself. Not harsh but since they were not used to any punishment, it was for them.

I made sure they crammed multiplication table from 2x1 up to 15x15.

For the reading, I reduced their break time to less than 15 minutes.

Most of them became better readers but this girl continued struggling. Not improving.

Then I started forcing her to attend my extra lessons. All the others attend after school but she's the only one not attending.

She said her parents don't have money (in the real sense she never informed them about it).

Anyways, I said OK. But she must attend the lesson. So even without pay, I still made her stay for the lesson.

I focused on her reading and maths (you always have to get this foundation right. Aside maths and English.. Reading, everything else from primary school is almost useless).

So we spent extra 2 hours drilling maths and English together.

Into their second term, I saw dramatic changes in their work.

But something happened one day. I gave them their usual 50 questions assignment and she looked at me straight in the eyes and said she would not do it.

I told her if you don't do it, don't even bother coming to school because I'll flog nonsense from your body.

She then said she'll report me to her mother. I told her to try it first.

The next day she came to school and truly she didn't do it.

After marking everything, I flogged shege from her body that day.

The next day, the mother was already shouting from the road leading to school dragging her daughter along shouting and speaking yoruba angrily.

I didn't get a word because I don't understand yoruba.

So I ask her to speak with the cleaner and interpret to me.

She spoke that so I want to kill her daughter. So you single my child out because you don't like her and all manner of stuff.

I could have gotten angry but I didn't. I explained everything to her.

Then I asked the girl to bring her books same as her classmates. They all brought their books.

And proudly I showed her everything. The weekly increases in their scoring from each assignment.

They all read a full passage from their textbook in front of her. You need to see her happy that day.

She apologized and asked me to calculate my lesson fee she's owing but I never did.

I later gained admission into the university. At that time, one of the mother of the boys in my class came and was saying when she took her son to one Ansarudeen lesson, the teachers were really happy because he could solve questions faster and in different methods than all the other kids (he was average in my class then).

But I never stayed to see all of them get into secondary school though.

I remember back then because of the dramatic change in their performance, the proprietor for the first time had to enroll them in an all primary quiz.

This was the first ever time she had tried it because according to her she didn't want to go and disgrace her school in such competition.

Although we didn't qualify but I strongly believe if the foundations had been right and they had been more strict, we would have done better.

Little discipline goes a long way in shaping kids. Kids don't know their left from their right, yet they can be very stubborn in their ways.

As you are entrusting them to teachers, learn to trust their judgments. But more importantly, if there's an issue, don't go fighting.

Teachers can easily neglect your child and watch her self destruct in that school, not only physically but academically.

Instead, go to them to reason with them. Find out the issue. Communicate your feelings and make them understand you and you too try to understand them.

No teacher, well, maybe some and very few at that will ever single your child with the aim of maltreating them.

Even some, will have their best interests at heart while punishing them severely but don't know that they are crossing your personal line.

Communicate this to them peacefully. Don't even let your child to be in the same room while this is going on.

My one piece

For months, nobody paid attention to the quiet newcomers.

They rented a small apartment, greeted neighbors politely, and rarely drew attention to themselves. To most residents, they were just another group of young men trying to make a living.

What nobody knew was that their real mission wasn't robbery or kidnapping—it was information.

Every day, they watched.

They noted which houses had generators running all night, which families returned home late, which business owners handled large amounts of cash, and which streets had the weakest security presence.

One of them spent hours at local shops listening to conversations. Another became friendly with commercial drivers who unknowingly revealed who owned expensive properties. A third walked through the community pretending to be looking for accommodation while quietly mapping entry and exit routes.

The information was carefully organized and sent to an unknown criminal network operating outside the community.

To the residents, nothing seemed unusual.

But somewhere else, people were building profiles:

- Who was wealthy.
- Who lived alone.
- Which houses had CCTV.
- Which roads were easiest to escape through.
- What time security patrols usually passed.

The community wasn't being attacked by strangers.

It was being studied.

And by the time the first crime occurred, the criminals already knew the area better than many of the residents themselves.

The biggest weapon wasn't a gun.

It was information.

TONYE001:
Interesting.

Hopefully, these guys are well investigated.

What we want na their sponsors.

We need a bold leader that can name names, and prosecute accordingly... hopefully, securing the death penalty.

These are just foot soldiers.

Deal with them, yes. Squeeze all necessary information from them and send them to their 72 virgins.

But the sponsors are the real deal.

AyarmBoye:
what’s the wattage ….your location….and price

350 watts Lagos

....

Ote$

ositadima1:
Could you share your sources?

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handsomebolanle:
Thanks… that’s circa 490.

Happy Sunday

Please 🙏 was gifted N100,000 as a birthday gift 🎁 what stocks would you recommend I buy.

Thank you in anticipation of your response.

$100m

ositadima1:
What’s the minimum entry barrier they are setting for private investors to get an allocation?

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I dey change am for them o! 😄 They are parasitic people on nature.

CaptainFM1:
My biggest challenge is Tenants want everything free. They don't like to pay for anything. You will beg them to pay for water, light, security, waste management, cleaners fee.

ugodson:
Yahoo boys that hasn't seen life.
Nosey and Loud music generator through out the night.

This is in kogi state.any advice on what to do to them I have talked and no positive reply. My plan is to go to the police and let them know there is Yahoo boys in my compound

if you have their number. Print vacancies in their name and send it to different job group or better yet report to the agency in charge of environmental pollution in Kogi

The saddest part is that most Nigerians no longer recognize unnecessary suffering when they see it. We have lived with it for so long that we now mistake it for diligence.

A young graduate in Lagos should not have to travel hundreds of kilometers just to obtain a state-of-origin certificate in 2026. A patient should not spend hours waiting in a hospital while basic processes that could be automated are still done manually. A student should not spend the better part of their childhood buried under an overwhelming workload simply because "that's how it has always been."

Hard work is valuable. But hard work should produce value, not waste time.

When a nurse spends her day shouting names instead of using a digital queue system, that is not hard work; it is an inefficient system forcing people to compensate for poor processes.

When students spend twelve years memorizing information they will never use, that is not educational rigor; it is a system that values endurance more than understanding.

When graduates must physically travel across states to collect documents that could be verified electronically in seconds, that is not character-building; it is bureaucracy masquerading as necessity.

Technology was supposed to remove friction from everyday life. Its purpose is not to make people lazy; its purpose is to free human beings from repetitive and unnecessary burdens so they can focus on creativity, problem-solving, innovation, and meaningful work.

The true measure of progress is not how much suffering people can endure. It is how much unnecessary suffering society can eliminate.

A nation develops when it stops glorifying hardship and starts rewarding efficiency.

Our children deserve an education system that develops their talents, not one that merely tests their ability to survive stress. They deserve teachers who inspire curiosity, hospitals that respect their time, and institutions that use technology to simplify life rather than complicate it.

The question should never be, "Did we suffer too?"

The question should be, "How can we make life better for those coming after us?"

Reverseng:
‎I was at LASUTH to see a doctor. The registration took 1hr +. Nurses on uniforms suddenly became bus conductors shouting patients names at the top of their voice one after the other. We were more than 50 seated at that registration point. It is close to a new building at LASUTH. Sustainable xxxx...I can't really remember the building name, but that experience left me feeling disappointed in our 'Tech gurus'
‎
‎At the moment, i need a state of origin certificate to apply for Access bank graduate trainee program currently running.
‎
‎Guess what?
‎I was told to GO TO THE PHYSICAL OFFICE AT VICTORIA ISLAND, to get it, or to go to an office in my village in the southeast to get it. I'm in Lagos typing this.
‎
‎I really hope Access bank HR and other related bodies are reading this, because I might have to decline applying for their Graduate Traineeship. And trust me, I'm smart enough for them to want me to choose them.
‎
‎Parents are working 9-5 jobs, while their children are even more hardworking than their parents, working 7:45am -5pm schools.
‎In a school in Ekiti state, each senior secondary student offer 13 -16 subjects. This is not hearsay. Trust me. I served as a corper in one of the schools. And after school closes by 3:30pm, they're told to wait for a compulsory extra lesson while lasts till 5pm. And it's not a free lesson. It's paid for by their parents. Imagine parents paying for their children suffering. Truly, the love of parents triumphs.
‎
‎So children spend Monday - Fridays (7:45am - 5pm) in schools learning 13 subjects, and on Saturdays, they're probably completing their notes or doing 13 different assignments, and then on Sundays, they go to church, rest for some hours and resume school on Monday. And one would expect success independent of theoretical speechification from these children.
‎
‎JSS1 - 3 = 3yrs
‎SS1- 3= 3 yrs
‎That's 6yrs on average

6 years of depression, bought and paid for by parents for their children. And I haven't even included the stress from university lecturers who were forced to study a particular course by their parents or society, and after realizing the disappointment of not following their dreams, become sadists, amongst others, who aim to frustrate students with their chants of  "A is for me, B is for your HOD, C are for my loyal students. You can distribute the failures generously amongst yourself"

So you see. It's a snake that eats its own tail.
The university lecturers were once children. The tech Bros and Girls too were once children. But now, each and everyone is either focused on milking these children, who they once were, or ignoring them completely, with silly comments like "school made me tough, if not, I would not be who I am today"

No. Being who you are made you come as a child to suffer in the Nigeria education system so you can be sensitized, through suffering, to create a platform to reduce the suffering of others when the time comes.

What happened to using technology to alleviate the suffering of children through the introduction of a passion+brain-friendly scheme, across all levels, from Primary to University.

1) Mondays- Wednesday = Classroom

2) Thursdays- Fridays= Online lectures

3) The presence of equipped and numbered guidance counselors whose job is to study a child and try understand where their passion lies, so that their education will be tailored to what they find joy doing. A hairdresser has no primary business learning geography, neither does a DJ have any primary business learning 'almighty formula'

This tailored form of leaning reduces the number of subjects that students are exposed to and secondly, it reduces the 7:45am - 5pm jobs that students work in schools. Now schools can comfortably close by 12-1 pm, even on Mondays because of the reduced work load of the students.
And mind you, when this efficiency has been created in learning, the free time of children should not be filled with more schoolwork/assignments because of a pathetic saying that "an idle mind is the devil's workshop"

6) A course in AI/ prompt engineering to enable students appreciate the fact that suffering isn't hardwork when they're able to swiftly generate an AI picture with precise prompt engineering, compared to a conventional graphics designer that spends decades on it.

7) Ban the physical submission of notes or handouts, especially for marks.

Also ban lecturers from physically selling handouts to students. A lecturer with an Innovative solution, be it in paperback, should copyright or patent it and lease it to students through the school education authority who thoroughly screens and approves it for sale at a very subsidized fee to students in ebook format. The sheer volume of students demands in campuses around Nigeria should compensate for the price reduction. There should be a digital right management thoroughly applied to the ebook to disable copying and mass production.
These amongst other solutions

To wrap this post up, Nigeria has become a nation where suffering is being seen as hardwork. We've become so used to seeing as "suffering= good person/hardworking" and "not suffering= bad person/lazy"
But suffering is not hardwork. The morality of continued hardwork is the morality of slaves. I've written about this here on nairaland.
Do find time to look it up, at your convenience of course.

I'm open to hearing your suggestions on how schools can be efficient, especially in Nigeria so that the coming generations don't go through the suffering we passed through while in school

There's is digital birth certificate. Google is your friend

Reverseng:
‎I was at LASUTH to see a doctor. The registration took 1hr +. Nurses on uniforms suddenly became bus conductors shouting patients names at the top of their voice one after the other. We were more than 50 seated at that registration point. It is close to a new building at LASUTH. Sustainable xxxx...I can't really remember the building name, but that experience left me feeling disappointed in our 'Tech gurus'
‎
‎At the moment, i need a state of origin certificate to apply for Access bank graduate trainee program currently running.
‎
‎Guess what?
‎I was told to GO TO THE PHYSICAL OFFICE AT VICTORIA ISLAND, to get it, or to go to an office in my village in the southeast to get it. I'm in Lagos typing this.
‎
‎I really hope Access bank HR and other related bodies are reading this, because I might have to decline applying for their Graduate Traineeship. And trust me, I'm smart enough for them to want me to choose them.
‎
‎Parents are working 9-5 jobs, while their children are even more hardworking than their parents, working 7:45am -5pm schools.
‎In a school in Ekiti state, each senior secondary student offer 13 -16 subjects. This is not hearsay. Trust me. I served as a corper in one of the schools. And after school closes by 3:30pm, they're told to wait for a compulsory extra lesson while lasts till 5pm. And it's not a free lesson. It's paid for by their parents. Imagine parents paying for their children suffering. Truly, the love of parents triumphs.
‎
‎So children spend Monday - Fridays (7:45am - 5pm) in schools learning 13 subjects, and on Saturdays, they're probably completing their notes or doing 13 different assignments, and then on Sundays, they go to church, rest for some hours and resume school on Monday. And one would expect success independent of theoretical speechification from these children.
‎
‎JSS1 - 3 = 3yrs
‎SS1- 3= 3 yrs
‎That's 6yrs on average

6 years of depression, bought and paid for by parents for their children. And I haven't even included the stress from university lecturers who were forced to study a particular course by their parents or society, and after realizing the disappointment of not following their dreams, become sadists, amongst others, who aim to frustrate students with their chants of  "A is for me, B is for your HOD, C are for my loyal students. You can distribute the failures generously amongst yourself"

So you see. It's a snake that eats its own tail.
The university lecturers were once children. The tech Bros and Girls too were once children. But now, each and everyone is either focused on milking these children, who they once were, or ignoring them completely, with silly comments like "school made me tough, if not, I would not be who I am today"

No. Being who you are made you come as a child to suffer in the Nigeria education system so you can be sensitized, through suffering, to create a platform to reduce the suffering of others when the time comes.

What happened to using technology to alleviate the suffering of children through the introduction of a passion+brain-friendly scheme, across all levels, from Primary to University.

1) Mondays- Wednesday = Classroom

2) Thursdays- Fridays= Online lectures

3) The presence of equipped and numbered guidance counselors whose job is to study a child and try understand where their passion lies, so that their education will be tailored to what they find joy doing. A hairdresser has no primary business learning geography, neither does a DJ have any primary business learning 'almighty formula'

This tailored form of leaning reduces the number of subjects that students are exposed to and secondly, it reduces the 7:45am - 5pm jobs that students work in schools. Now schools can comfortably close by 12-1 pm, even on Mondays because of the reduced work load of the students.
And mind you, when this efficiency has been created in learning, the free time of children should not be filled with more schoolwork/assignments because of a pathetic saying that "an idle mind is the devil's workshop"

6) A course in AI/ prompt engineering to enable students appreciate the fact that suffering isn't hardwork when they're able to swiftly generate an AI picture with precise prompt engineering, compared to a conventional graphics designer that spends decades on it.

7) Ban the physical submission of notes or handouts, especially for marks.

Also ban lecturers from physically selling handouts to students. A lecturer with an Innovative solution, be it in paperback, should copyright or patent it and lease it to students through the school education authority who thoroughly screens and approves it for sale at a very subsidized fee to students in ebook format. The sheer volume of students demands in campuses around Nigeria should compensate for the price reduction. There should be a digital right management thoroughly applied to the ebook to disable copying and mass production.
These amongst other solutions

To wrap this post up, Nigeria has become a nation where suffering is being seen as hardwork. We've become so used to seeing as "suffering= good person/hardworking" and "not suffering= bad person/lazy"
But suffering is not hardwork. The morality of continued hardwork is the morality of slaves. I've written about this here on nairaland.
Do find time to look it up, at your convenience of course.

I'm open to hearing your suggestions on how schools can be efficient, especially in Nigeria so that the coming generations don't go through the suffering we passed through while in school

Lol! 🤣 Mine was that he increased the house rent by 350% and I asked why he said I can afford it and it obvious I am expanding 😭

GIDIBANKZ:
Bcose I bought AC, my landlord told me to remove it or I pack out of the apartment

Obakoolex:
Then I was leaving at ijebu ode and we men had to go out for vigilatee on weekly rotations. Even if you're a banker, this landlords will force you out when it's your turn.

Omo those Ijebu Ode house owners get "ogba".

Fact! Next have it written signed that it would be deducted from your next rent otherwise na voicemail.

chaliceGodson:
Getting the landlord to repair or overhaul a dilapidating part of the apartment is sometimes a stressful task, you might end up paying for the repairs and not get your a refund from the chairman.

I have experienced this and it was prepaid, omo e no easy at all.

Adaumunocha:
Sharing meter with people with high home appliances

Before you judge a woman by her mother, remember this:

Children do not come into the world as photocopies of their parents.

Yes, upbringing matters. Family patterns matter too. But people also grow, heal, unlearn, and become their own person.

Some women watched their mothers suffer and decided:
“I will never build a home like this.”

Some men grew up with absent or toxic fathers and still became loving husbands and responsible fathers.

A person is not automatically their parents’ unfinished story.

Instead of studying only her mother, study HER:
How does she communicate?
Can she take accountability?
How does she treat people when angry?
Is she willing to grow?
Does she have emotional intelligence?
Can both of you solve problems together?

Because marriage is not inherited like family land.
It is built daily by two self-aware adults.

Your partner’s background may explain certain behaviors, but it should not be used to predict their entire future.

People are capable of becoming better than what they came from.

marcusverum:
Before you propose to that woman, go and study her mother carefully.

Not her looks. Not her career. Not how she treats you right now when she is trying to win you. Study her mother.

How does her mother speak to her father? How does she handle conflict?
How does she age?
What is her disposition toward men?
What is her relationship with money?
What is her energy in the home?

That woman you want to marry is watching her mother every day of her life.
She is absorbing those patterns whether
she knows it or not.
What you see in the mother is a preview of what is coming in the marriage.

A woman with a bitter mother will become bitter.
A woman with a disrespectful mother will become disrespectful.
A woman with a strong, dignified mother has a template for strength and dignity.

You are not just marrying her. You are inheriting her upbringing.

Do your homework before you propose.

Curious to know too 👀

Because leaving spare cash in a brokerage account in Nigeria sometimes feels like keeping bread beside hungry ants 😭

Some people:

- Leave it there untouched waiting for the next buy
- Move it to money market funds for small interest
- Use it to buy stable dividend stocks gradually
- Keep averaging down on existing investments
- Convert part to dollars to avoid Naira drama 🇳🇬
- Or accidentally “borrow” it for shawarma and data… then promise to return it before market opens 😂

Meanwhile inflation is in one corner doing press up.

What about you? Do you keep idle cash ready for opportunities or make the money work while waiting?

HesInMe:
Curious to know: What do you do with the spare cash sitting in your brokerage account while waiting for the next investment opportunity to open?

The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is supposed to be the heartbeat of football in Nigeria. A country blessed with football talent, passionate fans, and millions of people who breathe football daily should naturally have one of the strongest local leagues in Africa. Sadly, that is not the reality today.

Many Nigerians would rather stay indoors to watch the English Premier League, UEFA Champions League, or even Saudi League matches than spend time watching local football. The passion for football is still alive, but the love for the local league keeps fading year after year.

One major reason people avoid watching the NPFL is poor infrastructure. Many stadiums are old, poorly maintained, uncomfortable, and sometimes unsafe for fans. Some lack basic facilities like clean toilets, proper seating arrangements, quality pitch surfaces, and stable lighting. Football is entertainment, and people naturally prefer environments that feel enjoyable and modern.

Another major issue is poor television coverage and media production. In today’s world, football is no longer just about the game itself — presentation matters. The English Premier League is attractive because of high-quality cameras, good commentary, proper analysis, and strong media promotion. Meanwhile, NPFL matches often suffer from poor camera angles, unstable broadcasting, low-quality production, and inconsistent live coverage. Reports have shown that broadcasting challenges in Nigeria are tied to limited production equipment and infrastructure.

Corruption and poor administration have also damaged the reputation of the league. Over the years, there have been allegations of unpaid salaries, poor officiating, match manipulation, and lack of accountability among football administrators. When fans believe league results are influenced unfairly, trust disappears. Football fans want transparency, professionalism, and fairness.

Security concerns also discourage fans from attending matches. Cases of violence, hooliganism, attacks on referees, and pitch invasions have created fear among supporters. Nobody wants to go watch football and return home injured or unsafe.

Another painful reality is the massive talent drain. The best Nigerian players rarely stay long in the league. Once a talented player shines for a short period, they quickly move abroad to Europe, Asia, or North Africa in search of better opportunities and financial stability. This constantly weakens the quality of football in the league and makes it difficult for fans to build emotional attachment to players and clubs.

There is also the issue of poor marketing and fan engagement. Most NPFL clubs do not effectively use social media, storytelling, branding, or community engagement to build loyal fanbases. European clubs understand how to make fans feel emotionally connected, even from another continent. Nigerian clubs still struggle with creating that same emotional experience.

Ironically, Nigerians are deeply passionate about football. Stadiums become full whenever the Super Eagles play important matches. This proves the problem is not football itself — the problem is the structure, organization, and experience surrounding the local league.

Despite all these challenges, the NPFL still has massive potential. Nigeria has one of the largest football fan bases in Africa, incredible young talents, and passionate supporters. With better management, improved stadiums, proper broadcasting, stronger sponsorship deals, better player welfare, and serious investment, the league can grow into one of Africa’s best.

The truth is simple: Nigerians do not hate local football. They are simply demanding a better football experience.

Pootle:
how about you talk about promotion from nigeria national league to the premier league. enough of this foreign football we cant grow like this

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webizone:
Good morning fellow market lovers, may the greens favour us all.

Guys, I am here again with a request.

I need a real and responsive stockbroker which I can use to trade and invest in the stock market.

I noticed some problems with some I tried:

I place limit orders and it never executes,

I tried to do a withdrawal with one but I was told to update my NIN or some other verification, which I did but haven't got a response in days,

Generally poor customer service everywhere, never getting response on time,

I also hate manual doings, like, why can't I click a button and do some withdrawals in an emergency instead of contacting someone for it and then it may take days to process?

All these, guys, I need to avoid. I have platforms that do well for other things I venture into but why not the stock market?

Please help me.

millo:
I have been with STANBIC IBTC for ages. I have no issues. They also have advantage of being the front for the big IPO's less likely to get your eventual allocations slash down if oversubscribed when you get it through them. I also think their fees are cheaper than most.

Stanbic cheaper? 🤔

We have been hearing this for years?

neutralmind:
Oando is like Arsenal Football Club

They have been under performing for many years but one day it will emerge victorious.

Oando will get to the promise land

Profit takers in preparation for sallah next week

ogawisdom:
Everywhere is red, red sea

PETERiCHY:
24m bids vs 1.9m offers
OANDO superlative results is around the corner 📌📌📌


BARGAIN HUNTERS TAKE NOTE!

I laugh in Chinese, where you as oando when other stocks in tit league were flying 🪽. Oando is a joke 🤣