₦airaland Forum

Mariangeles:
How come people are asking more than they're willing to share ?
T'was meant to be a giveaway thread, not an "askaway"
If everyone receives, who gives then ?

You write as if you don't know the stuff we are made of. Our tendency to abuse anything and everything at our disposal is legendary.

9japrof:
ASUU, ASUP or whatever body you guys form under the guise of unionism are thieves, rogues, cunny and lieing bastards who are only after their selfish interests...

Lecturers don't do two jobs, really? We all know you guys are lieing. We know many lecturers who work multiple hours for multiple schools sometimes in different states to earn multiple pay while suffering the students with less teaching hours and attention. Because they have too much workload, they end up grading the students below par because they delegate the responsibility of grading to students who sometimes don't know what they are marking.

Lecturers what about sabbatical leave where a lecturer on a 400k salary for example would move to another university or polytechnic and earn double salary at the same time for one year. This is what the rogues are fighting.

ASUU are also confused as individual members and also as a group, I know in some schools, members have been clamping down on their management of deducting their funds who should applaud this initiative are the ones fighting it, do you wanna know why?

Because another part of this IPPS backlash is because their are allowances these money loving lecturers received from their various institutions which the federal government are not aware and wouldn't agree to pay if there is a shift to the IPPS payment. These payments are usually made using the institution's IGR and would cease since payments can now be made directly from the FG.

Do you know that these lecturers even after retirement lobby management to still employ them on contract where they are still paid the same bogus salary they earn even before retirement with little or no output, all these would stop or even reduce to a barest minimum if IPPS is implemented...

Federal Government wants to block a very big loophole in the mismanagement of funds and as usual the useless ASUU is fighting. Think for example the block money the FG send to universities/Polytechnics monthly, in among these funds, some staff have died, some have resigned, some have retired and in most schools majority of them are not being replaced, what it says is that most universities/Polytechnics, there are bunch of ghost workers that would be unearthed as soon as there is a shift in IPPS, no wonder some schools are silently employing staff underground to shore up the staff they claim to have...

I know what I am saying and I ask any ASUU/ASUP lecturer to counter this

It is very difficult to understand why one post is loaded with so ignorance. It is obvious you don't know jerk about how universities are managed, and the activities of academic staff, as employees of these institutions. ASUU met with the leaders of the National Assembly yesterday and educated them on the harm the scheme would cause on the powers and rights of the parliament, because an administrative policy of the executive branch of government cannot supercede the Act of Parliament. Furthermore, ASUU has been forthcoming with ideas that will ensure that the percularities of the university environment is appropriately captured by the scheme. The government is yet to demonstrate how the scheme would be amenable to the flexibility nature of academic environment. I have to inform you that October salary has been paid against the boast, threat, and misinformation of the Accountant General that all MDAs that didn't enroll on the scheme would not be paid.

Most importantly, though, I am worried about your inability to comprehend and digest what the OP wrote, even though it appeared in plain, simple English.

SoNature:
I don't think you know what that means

Don't use an idiom because you see people use it

Find out the meaning first

The usage of the term "broken record" to characterize the now expected and predictable criticisms of the actions and policies of Mallam el-Rufia, is perfectly correct and unblemished.The term "Broken record" means a constant and annoying repetition of a particular statement or opinions. It is an indisputable fact that the most vociferous and unrelenting critic of the governor of Kaduna state today is Sen. Sani. So, it is apposite for someone to designate Sani's constant but obviously spot on criticisms of the governor as "broken record."

I concede, though, that the term may be deployed as a tool to either denounce or deflect critics and criticisms, depending on who the user is and what his motives are. But as for signification and semantics, especially as brilliantly used by that gentleman, you are the wrong party here.

Breaststroke:
OP,

I perfectly understand you and I don't think you're being insecure, my cousin and a childhood friend are the same way as your wife and it bothers me.

My childhood pal has always been a high flying, slay queen long before the term 'slay queen' hit us. Even her mother once said calm down, you want to walk before you crawl.

She's married now but there are rumours of her dating one of her organization's top clients.

Sorry I don't have any real advice other than to say, you're not insecure or crazy for wanting more and better from your spouse.

What sort of advice do you give to your cousin and your pal who apparently seemed confused and insatiable? This genuinely worried man needs such a piece of advice from you. How come you are the first lady in this graveyard to absolve the OP the charge of being insecure leveled on him by our starry-eyed and highly predicitable sisters.

saggitarius01:
Ode. While trying to impress simpletons like you, you ended up writing a full incoherent paragraph of hot cow dung. You know the simple word "tautalogy"?
Let me take out a few secs and and knack you some better sense..."Schmuck or simp" should never be in a sentence for they in the end, convey same message and are similar in meaning although I knew you directed them towards the everlasting bastard that fathered a fortified ignoramus of your type but in my own way of showing you that you are an educated illiterate who only sleeps and wakes but with a dictionary instead of going to the nearest celestial church for heavy beating with da "HOLY CANE" to liberate you and your generation unborn from the wicked sharp claws of poverty, I choose to give you a lil attention so you don't blade yourself to death.

We no get degree but omo you no fit yarn me dust. MKPI!

Hmm! What an annoyingly long, pointlessly disjointed, and grotesquely meaningless sentence. Aunt, you can't correctly write English language -- and any other language as well-- without making good use of punctuation marks. It is obvious the fellow you gruesomely attacked has a degree in tautulogy, and has completed all requirements to do a masters' programme. Nevertheless, your poor usage of punctuation marks to create good connections and eliminate "verbal violence" in your sentence makes two of you birds of a feather.

SouthSouth1914:
Rightly said! He could as well attribute the mistakes to typos or English isn’t his first language and still get away..

That would be prevaricating at best and lame at worst. Learning never ends. However, only those who recognize and accept their susceptibility to error, continue to learn everyday. Whenever I read an English text, I am always looking out for ways to improve my proficiency of the language.There is no excuse for failure, but accepting a mistake is a symbol of strength, not weakness.

This post is sadly replete with a lot of grammatical bloopers: beginning from the Op who claims to be doing a masters programme, and a raft of self-awarded "grammarians," whose posts are riddled with kindergarten errors.For example, one of the rib-tickling remarks of the Op which I cherish the most, is the gratuitous retort that she isn't "writing a formal letter," as an excuse to ignore (perhaps mitigate) her obviously poor language skills.

SouthSouth1914:
With all these grammar, there is still a grammatical blunder!! .

Not too great advice though since you are advising the lady not to put all her eggs in one basket! She should love unconditionally, if it works out fine, if not..

I thought I was the only one who noticed the unpardonable grammatical boo boos and unnecessary use of words in that post. The fact that such a post was cheerfully received without noting some defects in it by many members, shows how bad and broken our educational system is. On the flip side, however, the young man possesses all the attributes of a budding writer, but he must always proofread his work to weed out errors.

TerryMcGinis:
Im starting to fall for this beauty, God helpp me.

That is if she is truly a woman. You don't wanna end up loving a man. Do you?

carter009:
Check ur mail...

You must have assumed she is blind not to see the mail. Stop dishing out unnecessary insult to a bimbo.

Advise abi na advice. This Nairaland bimbo sef.

vanunu:
The Shiites want to convert Nigeria to an Islamic state, meanwhile, 12 northern states are already an Islamic state.

Most Nigerians don't understand what is actually the bone of contention. The government is upset because a lot people -- especially the youths -- are embracing El-Zakzaky's Shiite Islam, so it is a threat to most Sunni Muslims. If the north is to be Islamised, it has to be with Sunni ideology not that of the Shiite.

GISpro:
Forced grammar. Empty writing. You know next to nothing about leadership.

At least none of my points were countered with superior argument. You are just a 21th century starry-eyed jihadist.

GISpro:
Great Mr President. I stand with PMB.

And I stand against IMN.

And I am a Muslim.

Nigerians will come to appreciate PMB for his fight against shites in Nigeria. Throughout history of Islam Shia have nothing but treachery and bloodshed.

Shia originated from political instability and they've always had no tool of penetration than to cause political instability in every place they are.

They're pained because they tried to initiate PMB but he refused. A man like PMB can never join such filthy movement. Never.

If PMB had joined them Nigeria would have been hell on Earth for all Muslims. Shia have no good to offer but treachery and deceit.

Their voice is only loud in times and places of anarchy. May Allaah curse them.

I stand with PMB on this one!

The depth of your blistering animosity towards the Shiite does not amaze me because I understood the origin of the Sunni-Shiite blood-stained feud. It is a rivalry birthed in blood and sustained with blood. In any Shiite-dominated country, Sunni Muslims are seen and treated like sub-humans: just like Buhari and co-travellers like you do not accord any modicum of respect to them as humans, let alone as Muslims. In fact, you will certainly prefer to deal with a non-Muslim than to have anything to with Shiites.This is not perculair to Nigeria.
At the core of the dispute and rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, is religion -- engendered by lack of tolerance. States like Bahrain, for example, has a tiny Shiite ruling dynasty, but an overwhelming Sunni population. Like Nigeria, Bahrain suffers severe religious tensions, fueled by intolerance. What amazes me is that Nigeria has a large Sunni Muslims, yet afraid of paltry Shiite Muslims.

Only the informed and the gullible would believe that the Shiite movement posed a security threat to Nigeria, in a manner more existential like the killer herdsmen that receive state support and protect. If anything, the majority Sunni Muslims in Nigeria do not have reasonable explanation for the steady growth of the Shiite movement, even in the presence of official suppression.
You are obviously an educated person. However, you are unfortunately imprisoned by religion, making you to sound dumb and unintelligent. Even if the Shiite movement is declared a terrorist organization -- I don't see this happening anytime soon -- it will not put to an end to the rapid but staggering growth of the movement.

hostkobo:
Hi all,

Just seeing this.

@dedons,
It was nice working with you. Hope your business is going on well.

@all
Amen to those well-wishers,

And to those who feel contrary, here: yes, you are entitled to your own opinion, but happiness is beyond business.

regards
HK

Thank you for giving a helping hand to a brother who was in need. The world needs people like you to fight the forces of darkness, greed, cluelessness, self-fishness, and evil.

Once again, thank you.

You told a lie when you wrote you weren't keeping tabs on the relationship of your neighbour. To say that you have admired this damsel from a distance is to simply acknowledge what is obvious. Let it be known to you that you don't know this lady, even though you have succeeded in painting your neighbour in a bad light. The truth is, you had long expected a break up to occur, to give you the opportunity to swoop on the lady.This is further corroborated in the needless attacks you unleashed on the persona of your neighbour to provide you with a shaky and dubious cover of decency and fortitude.

Only a man without shame will date the ex-girlfriend of his neighbour in the same compound. However, it is not illegal, but nonetheless says a lot about the strength of character and your sense of judgement.

ibbo:
i like your use of words. Making it look academic.

Thank you.

Nigerians and inferiority complex. Queen's English is a unique variant of English language spoken only in South east England: not all parts of England speak queen's English. Therefore, it is not possible to speak queen's English when you are not raised in South east England, this is even more difficult and inconceivable for a Nigerian who has not lived in the UK.

The best you can do is to painfully twist your tongue, and produce what is called Nasalised Babble, in a gratuitous and futile bid to speak "queen's" English. If you want to have first-hand experience of nasalised babble just visit our airports, or listen to our radio presenters and Djs.

This question of yours is not properly framed. You clearly don't have substantiative evidence that nurses are promiscuous, why ask as if you are cocksure about the promiscuity of nurses? A better rendering of the question -- since you aren't sure about the versimiltude of the topic -- should read, "Why does the stereotype of female nurses' promiscuity endure, even when evidence, as your case study reveals, is widely incoherent and nakedly paltry?"

justtryme:
I was in engineering esut far back 1999, no lecturer can raise his voice to students let alone harass you when some guys come to class with their guns on their waste.

Things have really degenerated that we now have kids in our universities who do not know their left and right.

It seems like guns were part of your curriculum during your days at ESUT. So carrying guns, especially as a student, in a country that hasn't legalise it, is part of human right? I am sure you graduated with flying colours; with your teachers, of course, well aware of the efficacy your gun.

Thuglife2020:
Lol. Man it’s not what you this. I love her front the start and I have the intention of helping her. But I later realized she’s not into the relationship. I promised to do a lot for her but I’ve stopped already. I’m even thinking of telling her I won’t be able to come up with the money I promised her or I should just play along and keep posting her

Stop thinking, don't play games, just tell the parasitic leech it is over. It will make you a stronger and finer specie of homo sapian sapian.

Dearest Thuglife, it is self-evident you need sense more than you need help. It boggles my mind how a young bimbo could take you for a ride, disrespects you, and yet you appear helpless and pale. Nevertheless, I see a burgeoning trait of philanthropy in you.

crackhaus:
Please clarify this for me.

You don't contribute to the savings which you insist on using to buy a car?

So because she didn't contribution a dime to the saving makes her ineligible to insist that they adhere to their plan? She didn't claim ownership of the money; it is just that Oga suddenly refused being a committed team player.

Validation! Validation! Validation! When are you moving to the Federal Capital Territory?

MissRaine69:
You still have not explained to me why a guy feels obligated or mandated to give a woman transport money. You argue it’s some sort of poverty alleviation scheme but is that not enabling the situation more?

The issue you raised might appear trivial on the surface, but it has deeper roots which governs/controls our everyday life. In a way, the practice of giving transport fare to ladies clearly reveals the patriarchal structure of our society that massages male ego to a fault. Yes, we have been culturally socialised to view the opposite sex as weaklings that deserve to be protected. Therefore, the giving of fare holds dual advantage for both male and female. If a man must be the head, both in marriage and in relationship, then he needs to assert his authority more strongly in the area of finance.

However, the democratisation of the worforce in Nigeria has seen a large number of ladies attain appreciable level of financial independency. I don't have problem with ladies who accept our prevailing ethos that distributes roles in a manner that appears seemingly unjust. It is the brazen double standard of our sisters who embrace the glib and empty campaign of feminism which, at its core, advocates complete equality of sexes, and at the same time demand to be given the privellges that are naturally attached to womanhood. To be a feminist is a be gender-blind, no privellges.

Watch as nairaland's prententious feminists swiftly abandon their hollow and facade claim to an ideology they barely understood, for a defence of their source of livelihood. Imagine the vain, cringe-worthy, fury-laden, and knee-jerk reaction of a damsel who feels threaten about the possibility of endangering her sole source of survive.

But miss Op, don't you know that the first law of nature is geared towards self-preservation or survival? A lot of our sisters here are what is called "Situational Feminists"; that is, a disposition whereby the topic at hand determines their approach and position. And we just can't loving them for who they are. At best, erotic relationship in Nigeria is a stone-cold transaction, and at worst, a grandiose poverty alleviation scheme.

Richy4:
My brother u saw those personal pronouns too?... Many happy couples that I know uses "WE" & "OUR" in their conversation as if it was running out of fashion...
But this particular one was shockingly using "I" and "My" one just wondered the kind of relationship they have going on @ home.. ... I am not against her moving but make it a team work... I used to hear that two heads were better than one... Even if it was to bad heads, at least they will join together to make it worse... If marriage were to be I and MY, what is the use.. is it not better to remain single and make your decision by yourself,

My brother, the title of this post -- "Should I leave him?" -- clearly betrays the lack of respect this young lady has for her husband, solely because he is currently incapable of providing the type of material comfort she requires. When I saw first the post, I thought it was the usual, run-of-the-mill boyfriend-girlfriend relationship challenges that litter the entire landscape of nairaland.

Imagining a future without the husband, and with no intention of being cynical, casts a huge doubt of paternity on those children.

The overwhelming use of personal pronouns to describe your notion of marriage and the place of your husband says a lot about this woman and her ambition. Fortunately, she has find the validation she passionately seeks on a silver platter. Congratulations!

A man in Africa is "modern" only if he mimics European culture in parrot fashion. A "modern" man is also a split personality, who thinks and claims what he is not. I can already see many "modern" men showcasing their traits.

kingcalors:
I am happy this same issue has come up. I almost did not graduate from UNN because of my project supervisor. Just because I acknowledged him last in my final year project, he became annoyed. I explained to other lecturers who saw nothing in what I did. One of them went to apologize on my behalf but he refused. If not for God's mercy and grace, I wouldn't have graduated when my mates graduated. I pray that this guys case would be resolved and the lecturer be brought to justice. Enough is enough!

Writing project/dissertation/thesis acknowledgements have a conventional pattern or principle. Although majority of Nigerian lecturers are not aware of it, those who are, are not keen to implement/enforce it.
Note that acknowledgement is supposed to be that part of the research where you appreciate people who have contributed significantly to the completion of the research. If that is the case, then you are wrong to have mentioned your supervisor's name at the rear. However, to me, it sounds petty and preposterous to punish students who make this infraction. I hold this view because polite rebuke and correction would suffice, but people are different.