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Lol, Ex u too hash O

Thank God strike is over!!

acidrop:
your brain no dey work?, i didnt mean it literaly, i mean explain, u sef explain your own, what is money

Haba Acid easy now

acidrop:
unserious

;DAbi

Better be serious!

Her eye no dey see

exotique:
olodo, u no know say celeb=celebrity
@topic
Hollywood

Mind ur bz pls!

hey u all

why u asking ur self

Clapping

Lol

Gat no option!

nana:
Aight Dude!

Nothing is imposible Nana!

Live in kaduna Soupat

Otah guy, nothing do u wishing Oba's is here!

Abi, dont mind them!

Lol, sound funny Babyos

Soulpat naji dadin karanta reply din ki susai!

Well, guess this's the same question bordering Nigeria people Redwoman, i most say is all story now, cos already in the past, but we praying to have good Governace, people making mouth Yar'adua will change, well maybe on his way, but simple instruction yet to deside, about fuel and Vat, we God is in control!

Abi, or how do u mean Babyosisi!!

That's really wat is all about Majama

That's what many naughty Muslim children are told when they're misbehaving. It's supposed to represent not only the importance of the role of motherhood in Islam, but also how women are definitely not inferior to men. Children are being told that there's nothing higher than their mother. So, it makes the critics ask, "Why do Muslim women seem to have fewer rights than their men?"

In theory, they don't. For about 1,500 years, women under Islamic laws have had rights that might have surprised their counterparts in other religions, such as the right to independent wealth and property -- which can even be kept private from a woman's husband. One staunch feminist living in Saudi Arabia pointed out in an interview that the arrival of Islam, particularly in Middle Eastern countries, actually improved conditions for women. She said before then, the pagan, often nomadic, tribes treated women like easily discarded property. Islam set standards that looked after women's interests and protected them from men.



The feminist added that, sadly, things don't always develop the right way, and that modern laws and restrictions don't always reflect what Islam had intended all those centuries ago. Women aren't allowed to drive cars in Saudi Arabia, for example, and the extent to which a woman has to cover her face and body in some places also peeves those demanding that the religion modernise. After all, cars hardly cluttered the desert at the dawn of Islam. The feminist said she had to live with a strange mixture of frustration and pride in her religion.

Equality is not always that easy to judge. It's common in Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to notice that men are far more visible than women in public places. Often that's because the culture is much more traditional. The woman's role is to stay at home and bring up a family, while the husband goes out to work.

But the degree to which a woman will cover herself varies from country to country. Pakistani women dress in anything from Western clothes to more conservative traditional "pajama"-style outfits. In an officially secular country such as Turkey, women are dressed in modern Western clothing, including figure-hugging jeans. In Iran, it's very unlikely to see that, and far more common to witness the all-encompassing black tent- like "burqa." Interpretation of Islam varies. That's where most problems within the religion arise. To some strict, traditional Muslims, music and dancing is a total no-no. Other Muslim cultures revel in song and dance.



At the Hajj, men and women walk together and pray together. Mosques around the world are generally segregated into sections keeping the sexes apart. To some degree that would present a major problem at the pilgrimage. It's easy enough to get lost in the huge crowds. The last thing the gathering needs is thousands of men and women trying to find their spouses and children after prayers. There are groups from some countries that prefer to remain apart in the Great Mosque, although not straying too far from each other. The atmosphere is relaxed. No one is tense that the segregation rules they follow at home are put aside in Islam's most holy mosque.

In this respect, performing the Hajj is also an education. It almost challenges convention. In Arabic, the Great Mosque is called "Al-Haram" , the Sanctuary. It may surprise some, but it's a sanctuary, equally, for men and women.

The stage may have been set for a nationwide strike as the meeting between labour and government over the contentious issues of hike in pump price of petroleum products, VAT rate and sale of refineries ended in deadlock last night.

Meanwhile, to ensure effective compliance to the planned nationwide strike action by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the oil workers in the country, its affiliate with the largest membership, the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has announced the plan to shut down all its 3,000 branches nationwide to ensure its success.

However, while the Trade Union Congress (TUC) representatives led by the President-General, Mr. Peter Esele were categorical on the fact that they had no option than to declare full scale strike, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) team headed by its President, Mr Abdulwaheed Omar was not forthcoming on the actual next line of action.
The meeting held at the instance of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, and which had in attendance the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Engr. Funsho Kupolokun, the Executive-Secreatry of the PPPRA, O. Oluleye, among others failed to reach a consensus on the way forward.

It was a heated argument between the labour leaders and the government representatives over the desirability of the removal of the subsidy or otherwise, as labour insisted that the money spent on the subsidy is the people’s money and they determine what to spend it on and how to spend it.
However, government posited that a sum of N200 billion spent annually on the subsidy could be put to better use for the benefit of the generality of the people, while market forces are allowed to determine the price of the commodity in view of the deregulation of the down stream sector of the oil and gas industry.

With the SGF admitting that he had no power to meet the labour’s demand and would need time to report back to President Umar Yar’Adua on the matter, Labour also claimed they lacked the mandate to agree to the government position and the meeting ended on the note of disagreement.
Meanwhile, Kingibe pleaded with labour to give the president time to settle down bearing in mind that it was the previous administration that marked up the price, sold the refineries and increased the VAT rate.
While Ambassador Kingibe claimed they had fruitful discussion with the labour after the meeting, Esele denied that the meeting was fruitful, saying no agreement has been reached.

He explained that government had not agreed to labour request and that labour also did not buy government position, hence it was deadlock.
He reminded that since the ultimatum was running out tomorrow, the TUC would have no option than to embark on strike in conjunction with the NLC and civil society groups as earlier agreed to.
In his own remarks, Mr. Abdul Omar, NLC President said the meeting was very frank, but that no agreement was reached. On whether or not NLC will embark on strike at the expiration of the ultimatum, Omar said NLC will call a meeting of its organ for the next line of action.

Labour and the Civil Society Coalition had earlier given government a 14-day ultimatum to resolve the vexed issues failure of which they will call out Nigerians on national strike. The ultimatum expires on Sunday evening.
NURTW National President, Alhaji Haman Gidado, said in an interview in Abuja that the union and its members will join the strike action planned by the NLC, Oil and Gas as well as IPMAN against government’s sale of refineries, saying it will mobilize over 7 million members across the country to join the action.

“We are NLC members and what affects oil and gas workers, who are also members of the union, equally affects us, what affects the common man on the street of the country affects us too and we can not be indifferent.
“With over 3, 000 branches and about 7 million members, we have a great stake in the state of the nation, and we are all against the fuel price increase, VAT increase and other unilateral decisions that were taken by the former president Olusegun Obasanjo”, he stated.

“How can Nigeria, an oil producing state which needs more refineries, be selling the few existing ones, preferring to export the crude to other countries to refine and sell back to them. How can one justify that?” he queried.
Alhaji Gidado however, wondered why it has taken the new president Umaru Yar’Adua so long to look into some of the critical issues that have become permanent threat to the economic development of the country.
“I am really worried that President Yar’Adua has not responded to these critical issues that borders on the masses and the economy of the country”, he stated.

Abi, and u r proud of wat ur dad did

D is much serious!

Abi david!!

How u sure?

Easy O
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