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Art, Graphics & Video › Re: My Archive (kalejaye O. T. Artworks) by Nairadean(m): 8:28pm On Jan 28, 2017

nice work, looks real

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Education › Why LAUTECH Should Be Reopened Before 31st January by Nairadean(op): 9:29am On Jan 24, 2017

LAUTECH, A Legacy Yearning for Sustenance

The situation seems to be taking the usual "ghost mode" dimension again, as it was before the two vibrant protests (December and January) embarked upon by Articulate Nigerian students against the over 7-month industrial action holding LAUTECH students' academics into Ransome. It is worrisome that only in Nigeria, undergraduates are found in one level for three (3) consecutive years as a result of the negligence on the part of the Government to value the education of its citizenry. "The labour of our heroes past shall never be in vain", so we read in the National Anthem but it is unfortunate we don't act according to what we pledge.

The Nigerian populace and students are watching the constituted authorities as we countdown to the end of January assured by Governor Ajimobi of Oyo State, a Visitor to the Institution, to reopen LAUTECH and we believe he spoke on behalf of the second visitor, Governor Aregbesola of Osun.

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, is a profound legacy founded by Well-meaning Nigerian leaders, some are Late while some are still hale and hearty. Nigerians need to be well acquainted with the reality that the worth of LAUTECH, is beyond what its proprietors (Oyo and Osun Government) are offering for its academic per excellence ever since the joint-ownership and funding challenges came in to lime light.

Late Chief M.K.O. Abiola, the pioneer Chancellor of the institution, who donated a whooping sum of money at the launching of the Higher Education Development Appeal Fund for LAUTECH in 1989, must have had the vision of supporting the incumbent military government to improve Nigeria's tertiary Educational system via establishing LAUTECH. There were also many other philantropists who withdrew from their pockets in cash and pledge with the intent of supporting the government to successfully have the University opened for academic activities.

The then Military leaders, the Polytechnic Ibadan governing council, the two inter-ministerial committee members, Nigerian leaders, philatropists, Members of Staff and the Alumni of the University were heroes who worked assiduously to establish and nuture LAUTECH to the status it is found locally and globally today. LAUTECH was once ranked best Nigerian state University in 2003 and 2004 consecutively and ever since then it maintained the status quo of producing technologically skilled manpower into the labour market.

In essence, this legacy laid down by honorable Nigerians and the glory of the institution, must be preserved while the dwindling academic excellence, caused by the inability of the goverments in-charge to adequately fund the University, must be revived before it is too late. The two proprietors must save the students academic career from being jeopardised as their ages will never cease for them toresume back on campus.

January 31st Countdown, we are watching!!!

Writes from:
https://ibadanelite./2017/01/23/lautech-a-legacy-yearning-for-sustenance/

Literature › Re: Life Of A Broke Naija Graduate ( Short Story) by Nairadean(m): 12:53pm On Jan 21, 2017

following...keep it up bibi294

Foreign Affairs › Meet The Youngest Sworn-in Lawmaker In U.S.A (photos) by Nairadean(op): 12:28pm On Jan 11, 2017

Meet the 21-year old Student Sworn in as U.S. Lawmaker in Michigan House of Representatives an EQUIVALENCE of Nigeria's State House of Assembly.

He is the youngest State legislator ever in Michigan and currently a student of Political Science and Finance, University of Michigan-Dearborn, United State of America.

We Look forward to the day Nigeria will produce young democratically elected leaders.

Source:
"Arise O Youth Patriots Facebook Page"
https://m.facebook.com/youthpatriots

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Education › LAUTECH Protest: The Astounding Role Of SERAL-C by Nairadean(op): 8:13am On Jan 10, 2017*

Quite unfortunate that a protest ought to be engineered by the apex Nigerian students' body was led by another group to protect the interest of Nigerian students in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) on 9th January, 2017. This peaceful protest by the students under the auspices of SERAL-C fetched the reassurance of the Governor of Oyo State on the reopening of the institution before January ends. He however revealed that both proprietors (Oyo and Osun) agreed to pump in atleast N250 million each to cater for the worker's outstanding earnings while a meeting had been scheduled for 11th January to deliberate and resolve with the concerned parties on the crisis, The Punch News Reported.

The group, Save Education and Re-open LAUTECH Coalition (SERAL-C), during the protest in Ibadan, agitated for the immediate payment of all outstanding salaries and allowances of striking workers, no to hike in school fees, improved funding and democratic management of LAUTECH and restoration of LAUTECH Students’ Union, as reported by Tunde Ogunesan of the Nigerian Tribune News.

SERAL-C further distanced itself and LAUTECH students from a meeting reportedly held with the Governor of Oyo State by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), as revealed by the group's spokesperson to the Punch News. This denotes the extent we can conclude that NANS never played a role in the protest and we want to believe that the Apex student body was established to protect the interest of Nigerian students in time of difficulties like the current one.

The dichotomy in the leadership of NANS would be the major symptom that caused the inability of the body to front the protest. No doubt, the factions of NANS would have been working within their capabilities to consult the two visitors (Osun and Oyo Governors) of the university and resolve the matter but it's obvious they are not working in unison with LAUTECH students and its leaders which is worrisome.

We however hope that the astounding intervention of SERAL-C, comprising the students, will be fruitful while all its demands most especially the sustainable payments of the workers owed stipends, rejection of hike in tuition fees and the reopening of the school before the end of January 2017, are expected to be fulfilled by the two state governments.

Writes from:
https://ibadanelite./2017/01/10/%e2%80%8blautech-protest-the-astounding-role-of-seral-c/

Education › Re: LAUTECH 7-month Closure, Nigerians Are Perturbed by Nairadean(op): 8:27pm On Jan 06, 2017*

Education › LAUTECH 7-month Closure, Nigerians Are Perturbed by Nairadean(op): 8:07pm On Jan 06, 2017

The necessity to employ the power of 'pen' in writing and exploit the strength of Media in its dissemination appears to be one of the left options for parents, students and members of Staff of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) in order to awaken the Proprietors (Oyo State and State of Osun) of the institution from their 'slumbers' over the continued paralysis of academic and non-academic activities on their campuses for over seven (7) months.

Perhaps some of the allies of the two Governors will be online and coincidentally reading this piece. The Governors are very much aware that the continued closure of the institution will do more harm than good and we are compelled to either believe they are dealing with the matter or it's beyond their capability. Nevertheless we need to relentlessly intimate them on the negative intensity of their "silence" on student's career.

Delving into an open letter reportedly authored by Soun of Ogbomoso land, Oba (Dr.) Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, who revealed that as events have unfolded so far, "LAUTECH’s joint ownership is a monumental aberration and the so-called 'model,' has utterly fallen apart." He further stated that "it is evident the two proprietors, Oyo and Osun States, are tired of co-funding because of lots of intricate difficulties." We may deduce that the intricate difficulties are resulting into the delay in working out an amicable resolution with the striking workers.

Stalites and freshers are perturbed about the possibility of forfeiting a whole academic session if the crisis lingers for long.

Admission seekers are perturbed about when a new session will kick start for fresh application.

Final year students are perturbed about missing the mandatory National Youth Service Mobilizations for next batches.

The members of Staff and Students are perturbed about the slide in the rank of the university among its contenders home and abroad.

Parents are perturbed about the idleness and unstatic age of their offsprings as 7 months had been wasted.

Residents of Oyo and Osun are perturbed about the harsh effect it will pose on the states' economies.

Nigerians are also perturbed about the halt in producing technologically-skilled manpower for the nation and the world at large.

In essence, the Industrial action in the institution affects everyone and it's worrisome to see the government "staring" at the crisis without proffering sustainable solution on time before it's too late. We hope to have LAUTECH reopened as soon as possible.

...Writes from:
https://ibadanelite./2017/01/06/%e2%80%8blautech-7-month-closure-nigerians-are-perturbed/

Politics › How To Alert Nairaland Mods On false Threads by Nairadean(op): 11:07am On Jan 06, 2017*

As a concerned member of the Nairaland community and in respect to a sensitive and untrue information on Gambia President-elect, moved to the Front Page through the Politics section this week. I would like to bring to our notice the importance of utilizing the "Report" button under every post/thread on this forum to compell the Moderators (Mods) to remove unwanted posts with no reliable sources. Nairaland Rule No 13 speaks more about the button.

I'm not posting this to get any form of recognition from Seun and his Mods as I was completely disappointed in the Mods in-charge on discovering the said thread made FP. Nevertheless Nairalanders must realise that ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA FORCES in Nigeria only need the downfall or dichotomy of this Community to kickstart their ridiculous dream of clamping down the voice of the masses via internet.

We must therefore make full use of the "report" button to inform the mods on irregularities in posts. We want to believe there is a sizable number of reports that can trigger the removal or closure of a thread (capable of becoming avenue for the Anti-social media agents to ridicule this educative, informative and interactive platform for voiceless Nigerians).

God Bless Nairalanders and its Management.

Cc: Seun, Lalasticlala

Foreign Affairs › Re: Meet U.S. 21-year Rep-elect: 5 Hurdles Nigerian Youths Will Scale to be leaders by Nairadean(op): 2:38am On Jan 06, 2017

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Foreign Affairs › Meet U.S. 21-year Rep-elect: 5 Hurdles Nigerian Youths Will Scale to be leaders by Nairadean(op): 2:32am On Jan 06, 2017*

"Youths are leaders of tomorrow", a statement initiated to psyche out Nigerian youths when in reality, the Nigeria's political atmosphere is yet to accomodate such assertion in all ramifications. To further corroborate the reasons which connote the words as cajoling expression, majority of the youths ought to have been financially independent and enjoying a sustainable standard of living as obtained in some other sovereign states but unfortunately the reverse is the case in the Nigerian state.

You will rarely find a Nigerian youth who wouldn't have encountered one of these challenges or currently belong to one of them.

1. A youth who finished schooling with no single bursary payment or merit scholarship award,

2. a graduate who finishes National Youth Service, NYSC and returns back to his/her parents' home for survival,

3. a youth with no self-reliance or entrepreneurship background to thrive,

4. a secondary or grammar school graduate who stays home for years searching for admission into University ( Polytechnic and monotechnic discrimination),

5. a student whose school curriculum doesn't give room for adequate practical experience and likewise carve time for reliable part-time jobs during the course of study (for full time students of Tertiary institutions)

All those aforementioned categories are the sorry state we find Nigerian youths and such encounters are capable of knocking out average Nigerian youths from dreaming let alone attaining the corridor of leadership in all tiers of government. Once there is freedom, food, shelter, clothing and income-work then the path to leadership will be easily accessible without thorns. At least we expect that if the status quo can't be improved then it should have been maintained instead of depreciating the standard of living of the youthful citizenry for decades now.

Young Nigerians have been ridiculed to suffer and keep smiling while many of the Older generations, given the mandate of leadership, keep siphoning Nigerian's wealth, meant to cater for the young and coming generations, in order to takecare of themselves and their family lineage (born and unborn).

Most of the older generations enjoyed busary payment when they were schooling, got scholarship awards to proceed their studies abroad, intelligent ones (with first class or second class upper) got jobs on the completion of their first degree or the end of Higher National Diploma while some on the convocation days. This ancient development will hardly be found in play today.

They tell us technological advancement (like internet, smart phones) have blind-folded us and occupied our time but they have failed to realise that the Chinese and other foreign states enticed younger generations, by flooding the market, with cheap internet-enabled phones and gadgets (initially called "chinko" ) having discovered that many of the youths are idle and the cure to our poverty infection is yet to be applied. Nigeria's Minister of Information, tourism and culture recently reiterated and confirmed it in a statement, disclosing that "social media is the greatest nightmare of Public Relations Practioners and the government".

The United States (USA) 2016 general election fetched a 21-year old full-time student of University of Michigan-Dearborn, Jewell Jones, a victorious election into Michigan House of Representatives an equivalence of the Nigeria's State House of Assembly. He studies Political Science and Finance, previously served as Inkster City Councilman and now laying a record of the first ever elected young Lawmaker in Michigan. His swearing-in ceremony has been slated for 10th January, 2017 as unveiled by his Facebook page named "State Representative-Elect Jewell Jones".

A 21-year old Nigerian student still hustle to support the parents in financing his/her academic career or the parent hustling to fund his studies, leaving some parents with no choice but to ring warnings into the ears of the kid to "face his or her studies" and do away with distractions of leadership responsibilities.

The workload in school is enough to occupy your 24 hours and if you intend to be actively involved in school politics then you must be willing to forfeit a first-class, second- class upper and lower or even third-class honours chances of being awarded when graduating likewise polytechnics and mono-technics.

The most obvious of all is the discriminative notion already planted in the mind of the graduates of highschool or grammar school or secondary school that University is more superior to polytechnics and monotechnics whereas in sane societies where education is a major priority in the agenda of the government, these tertiary institutions have their individual values with no one inferior than the other when they are all in good shape.

Our institutions are not well equipped that a typical Nigerian youth, who has talents capable of making him self-reliance and contribute into improving our economy, have limited and sub-standard medium of learning to develop his or her technical skills which polytechnic and monotechnics were established for. On graduating from poly or mono technics, they discover that university qualifications are more valued and praised than their own qualifications. The path to gaining admission into universities have now been turned to a bottle-neck where less than 20% of applicants of some institutions are admitted.

An hungry youth will only think of one thing, how to hustle and feed his/herself and family while a striving parent has no dichotomy in vision for the kids other than admonishing the offsprings to get them out of their poverty status and not get involved in the dirty game of politics.

All the above stated facts have adverse psychological effects posed on the thoughts and deeds of Nigerian youths by the poverty infection in our system and the inconducive environment established by greedy leaders in the realm of power. And with these ridiculous happenings still in existence, our naturally endowed creative thoughts and talents will remain boxed while the path to attain the corridor of power will keep growing thorns to slow down average youths from possessing the mantle of leadership.

...writes from:
https://ibadanelite./2017/01/06/5-hurdles-nigerian-youths-will-scale-to-be-leaders/

Politics › Between Nigerian Politicians and The Masses: One identical feature by Nairadean(op): 11:51am On Jan 03, 2017*

Between Nigerian Politicians and The Masses: One identical feature

Nigerians cease to realise the lucid fact that in thought we are equivalent to the politicians we curse, praise and abuse on daily basis. There are however three fathomable differences projecting them to be more superior than the citizenry while one unfair attitude coexists in both parties which demands transformation at the grassroot level.

Take it or leave it, President Buhari, former President Jonathan, Obasanjo and many other leaders were not born with "silver spoon" which means they were once among average or poor ones who complained and condemned the leaders of their time before being blessed with wealth, fame and power, which are the clear differences between politicians and the citizens. Many Nigerians have descended harshly on one or two of these politicians because of their attitudes and inability to save the masses from the mud of poverty.

This is not an avenue to praise or condemn their personalities or actions but to make average Nigerians re-examine and cleanse their thoughts and deeds before they are bestowed with power, fame and wealth. You are a boss of your business, harvests your products at your backyard, sells it at an inflated price to your customers, gets excessive profit and eventually hide under the disguise of other inflated price of commodities affected by the naira depreciation against dollar. Can you escape rain of curses or condemnations when you are bestowed the power to manage a huge business or clusters of diverse set of human across Nigeria?

Exploring the background of some of the leaders stated, Goodluck Jonathan originated from a poor family of canoe maker in Otueke of Ogbia Local Government, Bayelsa State. He was named “Goodluck” with the hope that he would change the fortunes of the family (Wikipedia, 2016).

Olusegun Obasanjo "could not bear college expenses, in 1958 he joined the Nigerian Army and went to Aldershot, England, to attend a six month training of the ‘Service Commission’ held at the ‘Mons Officer Cadet School’.", TheFamousPeople revealed. He was brought up in Owu, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

President Muhammad Buhari is the twenty-third child of his father. He was raised by his mother after the demise of his father at four (4) years old in Daura, Katsina State. In 1961, he enrolled in the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) now NDA, Nigeria Defence Academy after which he also underwent officer cadet training at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot in England (Wikipedia, 2016).

These are few facts to buttress the affirmation that Nigerian leaders were once among average and poor masses plunged into poverty to hustle for survival. The Self-centered attitude in politicians is an identical feature which corresponds with that of the masses.

This lone-feature, often nutured from childhood, becomes a norm and habit when we mature to be leaders and it eventually drives us to care less for the survival of the masses being governed. The self-centered attitude meant here occurs when we become more concerned about harnessing wealth extravagantly to improve our standard of living at the expense of the people we serve and against their will.

Therefore, it's onus on us to suppress the unprogressive attitude of self-centeredness right before we attain the realm of power or become a politician/leader.

Writes from:
https://ibadanelite./2017/01/03/%e2%80%8bbetween-nigerian-politicians-and-the-masses-one-identical-feature/

Investment › Re: The Return Of MMM And The Fidelity Of Nigerians by Nairadean(op): 1:30pm On Dec 30, 2016

powerfulsettingz:
With this ur write up, u may bcom an enemy of seun

It's the reality, even if it's bitter to digest. Seun and lalasticlala can't deny it!!!

Investment › The Return Of MMM And The Fidelity Of Nigerians by Nairadean(op): 12:12pm On Dec 30, 2016*

The Return of MMM and the fidelity of Nigerians

Many have failed to examine what pushed Nigerians into participating in different ponzi schemes aside MMM but instead we dwell more into an assertion that "Nigerians are gullible". There is an adage which says "A person who has not been to a battle field will always tag himself among brave men". As the scheme "returns", we must reiterate the fact that few persons would have been involved if not for our low and unsustainable standard of living. You will discover that the scheme is touring the African continent while the reason behind this is not far fetched.

MMM had been discouraged by the government through Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other agencies or parastatals. Some religions also forbid such schemes and likewise the 'body language' of some online forums and media platforms had been against the pyramid scheme which is quite commendable, but has Nigeria's economic atmosphere been able to dissuade its citizenry from getting enticed with those schemes?

Only those who have not encountered monetary challenges would have the statement "Nigerians are gullible" flow through their tongues without conditioning their affirmation. Some Nigerians are stucked in debt of house rent, children's tuition fees, shop rent, business capital and many other sardonic situations we find Nigerians in the recession the country is plunged into. No doubt, those with strong faith in what they worship and believe in hard work won't be swayed by the temptations of 30% or 50% acrrual involved in the ponzi scheme. Some hid under the believe that "life itself is a risk, therefore they can risk their spare money".

The return of MMM after their accounts were frozen may be detrimental as fear and panic had been groomed in the mind of Nigerians involved in the scheme even though they neglected the warnings prior to the suspension of the scheme in December, 2016 till January 14, 2017. This panic is capable of turning many of its participants into "get-helpers" while those who will provide help will be scanty. Then who helps the helpers?

Nigerian's fidelity in the return of the scheme can not be overestimated as the top guiders kept on persuading and giving hope to its participants. The Bitter pill we must swallow is that until our basic standard of living are catered for and sustainable, it will be laborious to curtail Nigerians from continuous participation in the scheme and subsequent ones.

https://ibadanelite./2016/12/30/%e2%80%8bthe-return-of-mmm-and-the-fidelity-of-nigerians/

Politics › Re: NLC, NANS Leadership Tussle And The Sagging Aluta Spirit by Nairadean(op): 10:41am On Dec 29, 2016

seun, lalasticlala

Career › Re: Labour Plans Fresh Showdown With 7 Banks by Nairadean(m): 10:23am On Dec 29, 2016

a divided labour will achieve nothing

Politics › Re: 5 Challenges A Young Nigerian Will Overcome To Join Politics by Nairadean(op): 4:12pm On Dec 27, 2016

Cc:seun, lalasticlala, Mynd44 , OAM4J

Education › Re: FUTA Student Breaks Record With CGPA: 5.00/5.00 (100%- Distinction) At Masters by Nairadean(m): 11:06am On Dec 25, 2016

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Education › Re: FUTA Crisis: Police Assault SUG Officials (pics) by Nairadean(op): 1:31pm On Dec 22, 2016*

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WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE ASSAULT HERE...
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1275878529153253&id=182330288508088&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1275878529153253%3Atl_objid.1275878529153253%3Athid.182330288508088%3A306061129499414%3A54%3A0%3A1483257599%3A-1439411404692265959&__tn__=C

Education › FUTA Crisis: Police Assault SUG Officials (pics) by Nairadean(op): 1:20pm On Dec 22, 2016

FUTA crisis: Assault on SUG officials by NPF and FUTA JAC, Barbaric

The Students Union Government officials of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) was yesterday, 21st December, 2016, reportedly assaulted by some men of the Nigerian Police within the institution's premises. This related act will be the third in recent times coming from the Nigerian Police Force against Nigerian students.

Even though we are yet to ascertain the cause of the assault, we are astonished by the action meted out to the student union officials by members of a co-union on campus, which comprise of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), Non Academic Staff Union (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), called Joint Action Congress (JAC) of Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA).

This remains a "huge slap" on the students of the institution and Nigerian students atlarge. According to an eye witness, as revealed on the facebook timeline of an alumni and former President of FUTASUG --Salami Ismail El'sama, "JAC members (more than 150) held the FUTASUG officials (about 10) hostage. They knelt them down. They beat them. Then they incited the gullible policemen to harass, assault, arrest and whisk them away from the campus!"

We call on necessary authorities to probe the cruel act as soon as possible to forestall future replication while the Nigerian Police Force are urged to be more professional when called to intercept student related matters.

Arise O Youth Patriots, Facebook page

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1275801419160964&id=182330288508088&__tn__=%2As

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Education › Re: LAUTECH crisis: Why Aregbesola, Ajimobi "can't have the cake and eat it" by Nairadean(op): 8:07am On Dec 21, 2016

Nairadean:
The two state Governors in-charge, resolved in the extract of the communique stated above to restructure the institution in order to achieve national, regional and global reckoning while till date the school is still on industrial action paralyzing all activities on its campuses.

The Governors "cannot have the cake and still eat it", it is either they find a sustainable solution to the crisis befalling the school by funding the institution and its workforce as soon as possible to preserve its glory or jeopardize their vision to preserve and upgrade the university's reputation and academic excellence in reckoning, home and abroad as embedded in the joint ownership meeting resolution.

Therefore, it will be in the best interest of Nigerians to resolve the cause of the industrial action with none of the two parties (Students and workers) being victimised or caused to suffer for the strike after its being called off or suspended.

Education › Re: LAUTECH crisis: Why Aregbesola, Ajimobi "can't have the cake and eat it" by Nairadean(op): 3:40am On Dec 21, 2016*

The two state Governors in-charge, resolved in the
extract of the communique stated above to
restructure the institution in order to achieve
national, regional and global reckoning while till date
the school is still on industrial action paralyzing all
activities on its campuses.

The Governors "cannot have the cake and still eat
it", it is either they find a sustainable solution to the
crisis befalling the school by funding the institution
and its workforce as soon as possible to preserve
its glory or jeopardize their vision to preserve and
upgrade the university's reputation and academic
excellence in reckoning, home and abroad as
embedded in the joint ownership meeting resolution.

Therefore, it will be in the best interest of Nigerians
to resolve the cause of the industrial action with
none of the two parties (Students and workers)
being victimised or caused to suffer for the strike
after its being called off or suspended.

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Education › LAUTECH crisis: Why Aregbesola, Ajimobi "can't have the cake and eat it" by Nairadean(op): 6:15pm On Dec 20, 2016*

Berating Aregbesola, Ajimobi on LAUTECH: "You can't have your cake and eat it"

By Fatola Abdullahi...

We unequivocally condemn first, the actions of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) towards the protest embarked upon by the students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) on 9th December, 2016. They were reportedly shooting at the students sporadically and tear-gasing them, Are Police really our friends like they portray themselves?.

Prior to that, a duplicated scenerio was recorded during the last peaceful protest organized by students of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) when a student was shot in the eye as a result of either the carelessness or intentional act displayed by the security agent in question. We urge all security agencies to employ more civil means in containing subsequent student protests so far they are orchestrated with peace.

The academic and non-academic activities on LAUTECH campuses had been on halt for over six months while students and the members of staff have been victims of the paralyzed activities. The industrial action began June 9, 2016 when the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) protested their outstanding salaries yet to be paid by the two state governments managing the institution.

The students and workers of the university had been suffering from the inability of the Oyo state and State of Osun to release funds to cater for the workers' earnings. More importantly, student's academic career had been at stake leaving them confused on the next stage of life to mount with the bachelor's degree study still pending.

The fear of any-time strike suspension or call off holds grip on many students from venturing into another stage of life and as the Nigerian labour market had been programmed, without Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate or Bachelor's Degree Certificate and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate you can't find a manageable job except for those with entrepreneural skills who have capital to fuel their self-reliant businesses.

Furthermore, The Nations news conducted an interview, reported by Daniel Oladele and featuring students of LAUTECH, where a 300-Level student, who simply gave her name as Adeife, lamented about the strike, saying: “This strike has not helped anyone. I only wake up and do nothing all day in the last six months. There is nowhere to engage in temporary work, because of the economic situation in the country. One is in fact not productive. I can’t even remember anything I was taught. I see my mates in other schools moving to the next level and I am stuck at a level for more than a year.”

Consecutively, in 2003, the institution was ranked best state university in Nigeria by the Nigerian University Commission (NUC) and it retained the position in 2004. Ever since then, the students of this prestigious institution had been representing the university home and abroad returning back in flying colours.

Sequel to a resolution reached in a meeting to resolve the joint ownership crisis of the institution on Wednesday 19th October, 2016, a communique was drafted and agreed upon in the presence of Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state and his Osun State counterpart, Governor Abdul-Rauf Aregbesola with their deputies and other government officials from each state .

The communiqué thus read in part, as reported by Daily Post news on 20th October, 2016, that “The meeting also agreed on the necessity for a comprehensive restructuring of the institution to ensure fair and effective development and distribution of academic resources, physical structures and assets of the University across the two states in order to achieve national, regional and global reckoning.

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) had been recieving excellent global appraisal for a long time, not to mention national and regional reckoning, nevertheless they still yearn to improve the status quo and as well "to be a centre of academic excellence and a training ground for productive, self employable, self sustaining and self reliant individuals passing through it" as enshrined in the university's mission statement.

The two state Governors in-charge, resolved in the extract of the communique stated above to restructure the institution in order to achieve national, regional and global reckoning while till date the school is still on industrial action paralyzing all activities on its campuses.

The Governors "cannot have the cake and still eat it", it is either they find a sustainable solution to the crisis befalling the school by funding the institution and its workforce as soon as possible to preserve its glory or jeopardize their vision to preserve and upgrade the university's reputation and academic excellence in reckoning, home and abroad as embedded in the joint ownership meeting resolution.

Therefore, it will be in the best interest of Nigerians to resolve the cause of the industrial action with none of the two parties (Students and workers) being victimised or caused to suffer for the strike after its being called off or suspended.

As this pen is being laid down, we urge Nigerians home and abroad to rally round the students and staffs of the university even if it was not our alma mater. Many of us once experienced an indefinite strike during our school days which is enough to know how it feels to be sent home (half-baked) out of their will and waiting endlessly to accomplish the bachelor's degree when other colleagues whom they matriculated the same year in other institutions have graduated or are at least one year ahead of them.

#ReOpenLAUTECH

Source:
https://ibadanelite./2016/12/20/%e2%80%8bberating-aregbesola-ajimobi-on-lautech-you-cant-have-your-cake-and-eat-it

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Politics › Re: President Buhari And Gov. El-rufai’s Unrewarding Jibes by Nairadean(m): 7:54am On Dec 19, 2016

Politics › Re: Handshake Between Buhari And Tinubu: What Has Changed? by Nairadean(m): 10:13am On Dec 18, 2016

lol

Politics › Re: A New Party Is Born; Political Hot-heads, Stake Your Claim by Nairadean(m): 10:09am On Dec 18, 2016

Why Young Nigerians Will Thread Thorny Paths To
Leadership

"Youths are leaders of tomorrow", a statement
initiated by some Nigerian politicians to psyche out
Nigerian youths when they obviously know that their
assertion is yet to be realised in all ramifications.

...Majority of the youths ought to have been financially independent and enjoying a sustainable standard of living as obtained in some other sovereign states abroad but unfortunately the reverse is the case in the Nigerian state.

You will rarely find a Nigerian youth who won't
belong to one of these following ridiculous categories...

Read more on https://www.nairaland.com/3506076/why-young-nigerians-thread-thorny

Politics › Re: Papers That Put Babachir On The Spot by Nairadean(m): 10:06am On Dec 18, 2016

Politics › Re: What Does It Take To Register A Political Party? by Nairadean(m): 9:41am On Dec 18, 2016*

Politics › President Buhari @74, Throwback To The 1985 Coup by Nairadean(op): 12:56pm On Dec 17, 2016

PRESIDENT BUHARI @74, THROWBACK TO THE 1985 COUP

Ibrahim Babangida justified his coup d'état by saying that Buhari failed to deal with the country's economic problems and promised "to rejuvenate the economy ravaged by decades of government mismanagement and corruption".

Buhari's admirers believe that he was overthrown by corrupt elements in his government who were afraid of being brought to justice as his policies were beginning to yield tangible dividends in terms of public discipline, curbing corruption, lowering inflation, enhancing workforce and improving productivity.."

Similar to the current Nigeria's situation (Now under Democratic setting), Mr President must sit tight to avoid a replication of such occurrence.

GOD BLESS NIGERIA.

LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA!!!

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Politics › Amina Mohammed, Served with PMB, GEJ, Others (see Her Biography) by Nairadean(op): 10:19am On Dec 17, 2016*

Amina J. Mohammed is Minister of Environment of Nigeria, appointed on 11 November 2015. On Thursday, December 15, 2016, the UN Secretary-General -designate Antonio Guterres announced that he will appoint her as his Deputy Secretary-General.

Previously, Amina Mohammed was a key player in the Post-2015 development process, serving as the Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Post-2015 development planning. In this role, she acted as the link between the Secretary-General, his High Level Panel of Eminent Persons (HLP), and the General Assembly’s Open Working Group (OWG), among other stakeholders.

ACHIEVEMENTS

In 2005 Amina coordinated the Debt Relief Funds of $1Billion towards achievement of Millennium Development goals in Nigeria. She also coordinated Development of a Fully Participatory National Action Plan.

CAREER

Amina J. Mohammed has been working in the field of development for more than 30 years both in the public sector and the private sector. Prior to her current appointment, she was the CEO and founder of the think tank Center for Development Policy Solutions.

Previously, she worked as senior adviser to the President of Nigeria on Millennium Development Goals for six years. In this position, she was in charge of designing and developing government projects to reduce poverty around the country. Between 2002 and 2005, she worked in the United Nations Millennium Project as a coordinator of the Task Force on Gender and Education.

In 1991, Amina Mohammed founded Afri-Projects Consortium, a multidisciplinary firm of Engineers and Quantity Surveyors, and from 1991 to 2001 she was its Executive Director. Between 1981 and 1991, she worked with Archcon Nigeria in association with Norman and Dawbarn United Kingdom.

On November 11, 2015 Mohammed was sworn in as the Environment Minister in Buhari's cabinet. Mohammed has also served on many international advisory boards and panels such as the Gates Foundation and the UN Secretary General’s Global Sustainability Panel.

Since April 5, 2016, Mohammed has served as Chair of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) .

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_J._Mohammed

Politics › NLC, NANS Leadership Tussle And The Sagging Aluta Spirit by Nairadean(op): 5:06am On Dec 17, 2016*

NLC, NANS Leadership Tussle And The Sagging Aluta Spirit ---

Trust is lost in the dictionary of many aspiring and current Nigerian leaders. Presumably, if the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria were not saddled with the power of the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, it would have been impossible to forestall electing factional presidents into power, either in the past or the nearest future.

On a research writing tour of the leadership tussle bedeviling the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), it was discovered and disheartening that the two peak "Aluta" driven bodies, established to protect the interest of Nigeria's citizenry (workers and students respectively) against any form of oppression, are involved in leadership dichotomy.

The phrase "Aluta continua" originated from the FRELIMO movement during Mozambique’s war for independence led by Samora Machel to cultivate popular support against the Portuguese colonial presence (Wikipedia, 2016). "Aluta continua, Victoria ascerta" means "the Struggle continues, victory is certain" as against its misconceived interpretation tagged to be violence-related by some Nigerians.

The factional leadership existence in NLC and NANS evolved as a result of the thirst for power and the lack of trust between the members and their leaders in organizing free, fair and violence-free national elections. The labour congress, ably led by two factional leaders, Com. Aliyyu Wabba and Com. Joe Ajaero who are in control of sizable number of workers' Union each, held its national election at two different locations on the shores of Nigeria on Thursday, 12th March, 2016 and 19th March, 2016 in Abuja and Lagos respectively.

Months after their inaugurations, Com. Aliyyu Wabba led NLC declared an indefinite strike, shunned by Com. Joe Ajaero led faction, to express their dissatisfaction against the increase in the pump price of petrol from N86.50 to N145 by the Federal Government. Peaceful Protests were held in different parts of the country in this regard but the difference is obvious when compared with the Occupy Nigeria which occurred during the immediate past regime to protest against the same subsidy removal.

This, however reveals the essence of NLC moving as one entity to agitate their demands and protect the interest of their members across the country. Aluta spirit requires unity and not division. The morale of struggle often gets demoralized when the members become hopeless in their leaders' decisions-making powers.

In similar vein, the apex Nigeria's student body, NANS, currently led by two presidents, Com. Chinonso Obasi (aka IBB) and Com. Aruna Kadiri, who possess considerable number of student's union bodies under their factions. According to vanguard news portal, Comrade Chinonso Obasi emerged 31st NANS president on Tuesday, 19th July, 2016 in Gombe state and was subsequently received by Governor Ibrahim Dakwambo of the State. Also, the same news portal reported on 19th August, 2016 that the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youths and Students Affairs, Nasiru Sa’idu Adhama, organised a peace parley for stakeholders of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) ahead of its national convention which was reportedly held in Abuja on 1st to 4th September 2016 where Com. Aruna Kadiri emerged President.

The two factions of the student's body have so far, in their capacity, been articulate in presenting some of their demands, ranging from the Com. Aruna Kadiri led protest against the detention of some Nigerian students by the Republic of Turkey at the Turkish Embassy, Abuja, (as Punch news portal reported) to the Com. Bamigbade Taiwo led Senate President of IBB's faction who called for the probe of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and immediate payment of outstanding Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) allowances, among others.

The efforts of the two factions would have yielded immediate response from the concerned authorities to accede to their demands if they had been working in unison. Unfortunately, most agitations have remained on paper and media with little or no effect on Nigerian students. This is a consequence to be reaped from the dichotomy in NANS leadership, whose movements are often fueled with "Aluta Continua, Victoria Ascerta".

Apparently, the two leadership factions of both NLC and NANS will organize parallel national elections when their tenures expire and these sardonic trends will continue (A bad legacy for younger generations).

Therefore, I Leave us with no iota of doubt that the crisis currently rocking Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) whose workers embarked on industrial action indefinitely on 9th June, 2016 till date, can be resolved via a united NANS by fusing the commendable efforts displayed so far by the two factions in consulting and consolidating with the authorities in-charge for the benefit of Students and Nigerians at large.

On a concluding note, the continued division among the leaders of both bodies will further strain, beyond "yielding point", their factional Struggles to become fruitless till their members and the helpless masses begin to develop little or no confidence in them.

Source:
https://ibadanelite./2016/12/16/%e2%80%8bleadership-tussle-and-the-sagging-aluta-spirit-a-tour-to-nlc-nans/

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