₦airaland Forum

cristianisraeli:
whats funny about wanting hebrew..do u think if they introduce hebrew the northerns wont make noise like we are making nowthey would behead someone

Not a single cell in my body doubts this. But to me, it honestly makes no sense to reciprocate foolishness with foolishness. Just my opinion though.

cristianisraeli:
theres a religious war going on around the world now..maybe u should read the news more often..THERES war going on now..religious war..LOL.thats dubai visa is easy like pure water..u would want to visit france if they give u the visa..its not about what who prefer...its what everyone should follow..ok we in the south want hebrew...it shouldnt always be about the northerns...thats he problem we have...northerns want his and want that and we all follow like sheeps..count me out

Hebrew!

This is exactly what I talked about. You just keep working yourself out believing that you are in a competition which you need to win with the other religion. Bro, I'm not made for that kind of life. The gates of hell cannot prevail over the kingdom of God, I do not believe I can be Islamised by anyone so I wouldn't be beating myself with needless paranoia night and day and thinking I need to put in some ridiculous shows to defend my religion. If you think someone can Islamise you, and you feel the urge to do something about it, goodluck!

cristianisraeli:
continue with ur political correctness..until when they say no more building of churches...am glad lots of people are wiser..if u say u no go wise continue with ur big big grammar..just let the ones that want to talk talk,ok..na our right to talk

make i give u home work...go and read more about stealth jihad and how it spreads,ok

do u know lebanon was a full christian country b4?now its half islam and half christians

So you expect me to start fighting the stealth fight for Christianity by wailing about Arabic language being taught in Muslim neighbourhoods in the north?... Was that what your own bible instructed you to do?... I swear religion is the only reason why Africa is useless.

Meanwhike the so called 'wisdom' you talk about is just a result of political discontent. Everbody just suddenly turn to wise sages after 2015 elections.. Even people lime FFK now na pot of wisdom for many... yeye dey smell..

cristianisraeli:
E don already better for FFK..i mean the guy don do alot with him life..u nkoyes people speak arabic more than french..we learn french because of our neigbhours..how many times will i say it....who messed with ur head that u cant understand why WE SAY NO TO ARABIC..GOSH!!!

You say NO to Arabic because you see yourself being in a phantom competition or religious battle, a position which politicians have engineered in your mind to destroy Nigeria (and the world) for their personal interests.

You learn French cos of your neighbours but the fact is that with globalisation, Nigerians even visit Arab countries more than they do French countries. I'm a Christian from southern Nigeria but while I havent visited any French country before, I have visited Dubai. All these is even inconsequential, the plain fact is that the people up north prefer Arabic to French. Now they have their alternative. I am still confused at you because you havent been able to explain to me how the northerners getting their Arabic Language affects your own rights?.. Kindly tell me?

cristianisraeli:
popular demand from the north abi..continue...are u christian or muslim..so i can know how to better respond..but..let me know waste time going back and forth with u because u dont know were u stand...its called freedom of expression,ok...have u heard of the nigerian constitution b4..go figure

I am a Christian from the south but I am immune to the nonsense brainwashing and brain configuration from politicians like the duo on this thread who have for decades, distorted and manipulated and configured the minds of people to self destruction all because of their selfish personal interests. To me, there is absolutely nothing wrong if any language or even religious study is added to the curriculum. People who are interested can go ahead and enjoy it as long as my wards arent forced to offer these subjects. And yes, the so called Arabic isnt compulsory and there will not be a single school down south which would even offer it.

cristianisraeli:
bros wait oo..are u saying liar mohammed is not a liar..let me not add the fool part?

LISTEN MAN...ARABIC SHOULD NOT BE THERE.....WE HAVE SPANISH..HELL CHINESE...WHY ARABIC..the truth is buhari keep making nigerians believe his sharia plans for nigeria...for goodness sakes..out of the whole langauges in the world na arabic them see add..swahili for better at least we can communicate with out fellow africans better..not people from far away arabia and dont tell me about the arabs in africa..because they dont consider themselves africans..

Like I said before, even Arabic is more widely spoken than French globally. It may not be useful to me or you, but there are over 70million Nigerians who may prefer it to French or Spanish or Chinese etc. So why cant you just be human and let them be?... Nobody is forcing you to offer Arabic for crying out loud. Gosh! Who has messed with the heads of people like this?... E no go better for people like FFK and co who deliberately choose to spread dangerous inciting lies lnowing full well that they have a large audience.

Lightening:
Tell us the advantages of Arabic studies to a secondary school pupil in Nigeria

Lightening:
What is the value of Arabic studies to Nigeria. Please educate us.

Arabic is useless to me, Arabic is useless to you, but it is useful and more preferred (than French) to over 70 million people living up in northern Nigeria. This is common sense.

Now can you kindly tell me the advantages of French to a secondary sxhool pupil in Nigeria?

Ngokafor:
..You deserve hot slaps for your ability to defend the indefensibles done by your yeye apc renegades.

You deserve a total brain transplant cos it doesnt seem the one you have is capable of comprehension. You deserve serious sympathy.

cristianisraeli:
i guess u are missing the point because its difficult for u to understand something in 2017..WHY MUST ARABIC BE AN ALTERNATIVE TO FRENCH..THATS THE POINT...SPANISH COULD HAVE BEEN AN ALTERNATIVE...AND WHAT U CALL NONSENSE COMPLAIN..IS CALLED FREEDOM TO MAKE NOISE..AS WE LIKE ITS OUR RIGHT to complain

Some kind of noise is just silly to be honest. We are in a democracy, if it is put up for a vote, the number of people who would opt for Arabic as a new alternative to French would take the day. The Arabic language as a subject is Optional, you cann ignore it since it is useless to you.

French has always been the only foreign language which is made compulsory in the curriculum. Now an alternative is being added based on popular demand from up north and people like you are being pained and lamenting pointlessly. What kind of man loses sleep because his neighbour gets what they clamoured for?... Did you clamour for Spanish and it wasnt added? ... Na wa for bad belle oo

ivolt:
It doesn't sound silly because the resources wasted on catering to a religion
which is supposed to be a personal affair can be used for better things.
There is no :right to spend the states wealth on your religion", if you can't
support your religion from private pocket, then dump it in the sea.

Mind you, there is nothing optional about religion in a religious-dominated
society. Anyone not complying automatically become an easy target for the
dominant mob. I remember when a woman got beaten up in a Kaduna
market for eating during Ramadan even though she is not required to fast.
Government should not adopt policies that end up causing division and
justifying discrimination in the society

One is supposed to wonder how an organization christened the
"Nigerian Educational Research Council"
suddenly becomes an Arab education advocate even though
it does not benefit an average Nigerian.

First of all, Arabic is a LANGUAGE, not a religion. Oh yes it may be relevant mainly to people up north who are of a particular religion, but it still remains what it is, just a language.

To respond to your concerns, what is the value of having FRENCH language and Igbo/Yoruba/Hausa language in the curriculum?... If you think Language modules aren't necessary in our curriculum, then we can as well advocate to have all language courses scrapped.

Or then again, while you think French is more relevant than Arabic language, there are people up north who prefer to be taught Arabic language instead of French. Arabic is the ligua franca spoken in many countries of the world, it is a more widely spoken language than French Arabic is useless to me and I prefer my children to be taught French in school. But while I live, I have to let others live their lives.

Stop letting your opinions in life be moulded by psychotic political losers like FFK whose stock in trade is to distort simple information to religiously incite people against one another. FFK stated that Arabic and Islamic studies were made compulsory and CRS removed from curriculum; every single thing in that sentence is a lie to deceice people who have refused to verify info but who choose the lazy route out by listening to jobbers.

Lightening:
What is the value of Arabic studies to a southern Nigerian child. Leave FFK and Reno and educate us. I know both of them are 'certified idiots.'

The Arabic is an OPTIONAL subject. My common sense tells me this option will only be picked by northerners who find it valuable to them. So why should this be the business or problem of a southern kid who has the option to offer the alternative French?

What is too difficult for Nigerians of 2017 to understand in this?... must everything be a ground for nonsense complaints in Nigeria today?

DamiBukola:
Wait and see how one of the mods and other Buhari supporters will hail Buhari for this feet and call these guys as relics of corruption fighting back.

Three set of people that do not need your advice:
1. A lady in love.
2. A man with money and;
3. Buhari supporters like Saraki, Omenka, one of the mods in this forum etcetera

Of course these two guys are just sorry pathetic losers who are desperate to cause chaos through religious and tribal incitement. The info they both just passed in those tweets is clearly false, and they are well aware of it; they deliberately divisively distort info to deceive gullible minds because they know most Nigerians are simply emotional and wouldnt bother going to confirm anything.

Correct me if I'm wrong, and please dont quote the tweets of these 2015 sore losers as your source of info:
1) CRS was not removed from the curriculum, it was only merged into Civic Education. IRS was also merged into civic education and the students still have a choice to select CRS or IRS. Of course the divisive losers like FFK and Reno wouldnt include this bit of info in their tweets cos it wouldn't 'serve' their divisive motives.

2) IRS was made compulsory, every student can still offer to choose the IRS or CRS module under the civic education course.

3) I understand a new course was added to the curriculum under the 'Foreign Language' category. In aďdition to french, there will now be Arabic Language in the curriculum. Since it is compulsory to offer at least one foreign language, students now have the option of picking French or Arabic, as against only French which seemed to exist before. Inclusion of this OPTION would be very exciting news to fellows up north who have a leaning towards Arab/middle-eastern world. But Of course, the moronic FFK who just this morning, called Lai Mohammed a fool and a liar just deliberately lied to you and the rest of the world that Islamic/Arabic studies is being made compulsory by the recent changes. He obviously had to add the tag 'Islamic' infront of the Arabic to drive home his divisive motive.

If you cant see the motives of FFK and Reno here in distorting info to suit their devilish motives of fuelling religious and ethnic discontent, then it's a pity.

lapagegirl:
There is no justification for this. In the village were I served in the north, we are not permitted to hold fellowship, if we must do devotion no singing or clapping and today they want my kids to do IRS by force. I weep for some of our our Christian Leaders

And who says the IRS is by force?... Who even says CRS has been removed?...

How I wish at least the learned Nigerians can just for once, learn to find out info for themselves instead of swallowing deliberately divisively distorted info from the tweeter space of political morons like FFK and Reno.

ivolt:
I believe neither IRK nor CRK should be in school curriculum.
It was share malice that both were merged under civic studies to pave
way for Arabic studies.

Parents who want their kids to learn Arabic should enrol them in madrassa
or specialist language schools.

This isn't noise as you claimed, I will expect anyone with foresight to raise concern on this issue,
there is no reason or benefit to including Arabic language in our school's curriculum
safe for eroding our culture and spreading Islam.
I also consider Hebrew language as being useless to Nigerian pupils and should
never be included in the curriculum.

Of all the problems facing our educational system, all the committees could
come up with is addition Arabic language to the curriculum, this is insane, I can
only conclude that such recommendations were based on sentiments rather
than critical thinking and goodwill to improve our educational system.

I ask again, what is the use of Arabic language to a Nigerian pupil ?
Why waste scarce resources just to emulate Arabs ?

The keyword there is that, IT IS OPTIONAL. It is useless to you, it is useless to me, but it is useful and good news to some people up north who use it for their religion, and who need it for communication when they visit destinations of choice in the middle-east/Arab world.

Once again, IT IS OPTIONAL, so why cant you and everyone else just ignore it and let the dudes up north be?... But then, since everything must now be seen as religious competition, then I suggest HEBREW language (or whatever language the opposers want) should also be included in the curriculum and it can be offered by CHristian students down south who can't sleep because students up north are being taught Arabic Language. How silly does that sound?

Godmicrophone:
When, you may be right on some points. But we need to be careful on raising some issues that can cause us more evil than good.
There is no need for Hebrews in our curriculum, likewise Arabic. What made non-indigineous languages like English and French important is the role they play.
English is the language of our colonial master, hence it becomes the official language of our country while French is the official language of our neighboring countries (Benin, Niger, Chad and Cameroun). The purpose of French is to enhance communication between us and other citizen of those countries I mentioned above.
Now, to every common man, Arabic and Hebrews are religious languages. Therefore, if anyone wants his/her ward learn any of the two religious languages, he/she should send the ward to special school established for such.
This country is called a secular country and we are extremely sensitive to religion issue even more than ethnicity one.

Arabic is equally important to a very large population of people who prefer to align with the Arab world. Today we have countless number of Nigerians running to the middle-east in search of greener pastures. Arabic is a language spoken in quite a large number of middle-eastern and Arab countries and for those who prefer those countries as their dream locations, you really can't tell them Arabic language is useless. The typical Hausa man today who chooses to live abroad would prefer places like Qatar, UAE, Kuwait etc as against UK, USA etc, Arabic is widely spoken in those countries. You need to understand that to you (and to me), Arabic may be useless, but to many others, it is quite useful; and there is no compulsion to offer it as a subject in Nigeria. It would certainly be chosen as a subject of choice to many in the north... Why should you or I feel threatened or angry about this?... What exactly is the solution to this senseless uproar across Nigeria's media space today?... I suggested that if some people who claim they are Christians are angry that some people in the majorly Muslim north now have an opportunity to learn Arabic in schools, then maybe HEBREW language should also be included down south for these thoughtless people who think everything must be competition.

Meanwhile I just read the tweets by FFK and Reno Omokri; the duo have just broadcasted deliberately distorted info to cause chaos. The just claimed CRK was erased from curriculum and IRK/Arabic has been made COMPULSORY for everyone. And of course, they are enjoying the result deliberate actions to cause chaos.

Hmm... I didnt read anywhere where it says Arabic was compulsory. These same set of charlattans just have a way to connect with their audience by distorting info and saying exactly what their admirers want to hear.

That's a freaking puff adder... VEry poisonous beast that looks like a harmless baby python... I hate snakes...

This FFK guy keeps losing his sanity but has no one to tell him. Instead, many keep cheering him on for political reasons and tagging him 'fearless man,' but little does he know that he isn't the only fearless one in the pack and others in his cadre certainly dont frequently use this sort of language. It's only a matter of time before the man hits the market naked.

ivolt:
There is no such thing as optional when it comes to religious study
in a socio-religiously charged environment, not blending in will be
a big mistake.

Arabic language is pretty much useless to an average Nigerian safe
for spreading Islam.
Anyone who want to learn Arabic should sign up with the nearest
madrassa, Nigeria govt have no business spending scarce resources
just to massage some people's ego.

There has always been IRK and CRK in the curriculum. Contrary to the deliberately divisive report that CRK has been removed and IRK retained, fact is that neither CRK nor IRK has been removed from the curriculum; they were only merged into a single title 'civic studies' (or something like that) and each student still reserves the right to choose either of the two since they will still be even taught in separate classes. So what exactly is the basis of this alarm if not to intentionally raise confusion and disharmony?

Using yourself as an example, did any of your teachers force you to offer IRK?.... It's a no-brainer, your answer is definitely NO; and neither did my own teachers force me to offer IRK when I already opted to do CRK. So the big question now is, what exactly is the problem if Arabic is put in as one of the foreign languages on offer?... It would probably be available only in the north by the way cos that's where there is a demand for it.

So if you weren't forced to offer IRK (which is the pure religion), why does it now make any sense to you that someone would force you to offer Arabic?.... Cant you see how silly this whole noise is just because a staunch Muslim man is president?... Cant you see this is all nonsense politics as politicians try to play with your head creating a distraction?... When are we going to start focussing our energies and intellects on meaningful things?... Once again, maybe we should include HEBREW language as one of the optional courses in the curriculum, that would make things equal or fair to some people right?

ivolt:
It is not a lie, I have no problem with government removing CRK from school
curriculum but imposing Arabic language on Nigerians is nothing but an
Islamization strategy.

How exactly is Arabic being imposed?... From my understanding, it is an optional subject and will not be forced down anybody's throat. As a matter of fact, since it's only relevant in the north, you will most likely only find its teachers in the north, and this subject would be restricted to the north (as an optional course to whoever wants to study it). On the other hand, CRS and IRK still remain in the curriculum as against the irrational alarm being raised by some confusionists; they would simple be grouped together as civic education, and would still be taught in separate classes with each student still having a choice to choose whichever one he wants to offer.

So for crying out loud, what is the meaning of this uproar?... Why can't we just for once in Nigeria, elect to spend our time and energy on meaningful things?

ivolt:
You are being myopic, that you can even request for basic human need is courtesy
of Nigeria being a secular country, if it becomes an Islamic one, you will be too
scared to post.

What exactly is really islamic about the latest development?.... Have you really tried to read or understand what the changes are, or are you just driven by emotions and the words coming out from the mouth of politically motivated people?

CRK and IRK were removed from the curriculum; the bone of contention is, why is there still 'Arabic Language' as one of the foreign languages offered in the Nigerian curriculum. Does this make any sense to you?... I mean, comparing Language to Religious studies?.... I gues the solution to this should be to include 'Hebrew Language' to Nigeria's curriculum.

Markfemi:
I think during the civil war Nigeria functioned properly and not a dime was borrowed so your exit won't affect west im certain

Can you provide any evidence to buttress this your point?... Can you provide any evidence to prove that Nigeria's economy wasn't devastatingly hit by the exit of Igbos from all over the country?.... It is commonsensical that any economy would be seriously hit if there's an exit of so many people who greatly contribute (and even form the life-blood) of trade, commerce, industry, real estate etc. The economies of even the almighty nations like USA or Great Britain would be hit if Nigerians living and working in those countries are ejected forcefully.

Of course history doesnt lie and the wise man learns from the experiences of others. If Igbos are chased away fron Nigeria, the economy of Nigeria will definitely crumble and it may take decades to fix it.

However, considering the vitriolic tirades of the ipob organisation and its thoughtless adherents in the last 2 years who havent relented in throwing needless abuses at any and everyone, how can we really blame anyone in Nigeria for reciprocating by asking Igbos to leave (in order to claim abandoned property)?

Still wondering what the Op is referring to as 'thick' from his pictures.

We still have a long way to go. While agriculture alone wouldn't get us to where we want to be, but we must start from somewhere.

This write up is rubbish. Agriculture is the solution, it's just been poorly executed. When you get the said cocoa, the key isn't to import it, you are supposed to pass it down through several production cycles. The skin of the plsnt as fertilizer? The seeds sold to local companies to make their own beverages, chocolate etc. Its the solution, it depends on how you exploit it.

Lol... This one certainly didnt read the article.

Ipob hungry priest..

Izonpikin:
we don't give a shittt... our Brother communities can always benefit from host communities since we are Niger deltans not the north..ok we agree let it also affect some Niger delta communities so that the north can leave us alone..

Nonsense...when the likes of Ken sarowiwa dey fight where the hell were those fools in the north...nonsense...

You really think it was those few benefiting northern communities that fought for this?.. as against the hundreds of new southern communities that now get to receive 'host community' status?

Izonpikin:
by the time we blind flange the lines connecting to the lines running to the north we would see how they can still be called host communities...leeches...

We are looking at them...they want to play Smart abi??..

GUy, anything north too dey pain your ear sef

Do you know the sheer number of new ND communities that would lose 'host community' status in the PIB if the 'pipeline bearing' clause is removed?... Na only north your ear just hear stand... You really think it was those few northern communities that engineered this?... How many pipelines dey north sef?

Newmanluckyman:
...You are contradicting yourself. First, you admit that 'numbers 'matters, secondly, you came up with let's ignore the number. All I see in your arguments are hypothesis and assumptions. If you think that middle belt will go against the interest of the northerners in a key decision moment involving the interest of the 'North's then you can believe that a man of 90 year old can give birth to twins. Work with the reality on the ground first.

I repeat we southerners are the architect of our own problems. We are busy trying to pull one another down while the northerners where busy consolidating on their positions. Today, we have SE gov meeting, SS gov meeting and SW gov meeting but the only have one Northern governors meeting. Think about that. To them the effects of creating geo political isn't a problem but to us its a great deal. This country must be restructured otherwise the cry of marginalization won't end.

What I tried to point out is that we've stressed the issue of numbers for too long but on critical examination, the difference in numbers is insignificant and can easily be dismantled if the south can be united to play a bit of politicking. You really believe the middle-belt's umbilical to the north cannot be broken?... Then it means you aren't paying attention.

The only reason the middle-belt hasn't broken that link to the north is cos they have nowhere to run to considering that the south hasn't been able to put its house in order. The moment the south successfully unites for anything in this life, that is when you will understand that the middle-belt states, especially a state like Benue is absolutely sick and tired of the domination of the core north.

REgarding restructuring, if you are wondering why it still isn't possible, you need not look far, just re-read the first 2 paragraphs above.