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What is this Ngozi woman doing...is she asking the president a question or advising him?

luxanne:
True that. So this leaves it at 5 *3 (judges) = 15

Hence, 15 points be deducted from UI and UNIUYO

haba, wetin won come remain again now....please just deduct 5marks each + they are first time offenders... fynest think am now
modified
i think u and fynestboi should look into this again, its too extreme...u have no idea what this will do to the debaters involved.

Fynestboi:
Sigh...

Lolz...Fynest no be say na talk... una don try die, u and them Amina...I can imagine combining the coordination of this debate with ur daily personal engagements...Biggups boss!!!

Tourshaw:
And even his word count is 2398 which has exceeded the required maximum of 1200. I am raising all these not because I am too captious or meticulous but just to make sure that, it is the best team that wins it deservedly.

mehn another lapse...Fynestboi where did u say u got this judges from ...please don't let them soil the reputation of NISD and waste ur hard work...
Tourshaw nice one

Tourshaw:
I can't hold my temper anymore. At moderator fynestboi, I think there's inequality in your judgement. first, there are 3 judges, how will your only judgement overpower the other two?
Secondly, I asked you on the chatting room if mindless lifting is allowed but you didn't answer. The best debater to you Sir, the guy from Uniuyo did mindless lifting and yet you said he is the best. I write this just for you to be mindful of the integrity of this competition. You may be thinking, it's just a trivial pursuit but to us, it means a lot. I had restless days and sleepless nights just because of this competition. Your last judgement singlehandedly ruined the integrity of this e-debate. I just want you to look at the Uniuyo guy debate and a naij.com post https://www.naij.com/402850-top-12-corruption-cases.html
you will understand me better what I mean by mindless lifting

Fynestboi, u should take this seriously...I can't believe that that guy was not disqualified after the copy and paste...I'm really doubting the dedication of the judges...
Kudos to u and the other coordinators!

i moved my debate above...

Nigeria, the most populous black nation in the world with an estimated population of over 170 million people, is endowed with a lot of natural resources which include crude oil, coal, tin, columbite and obviously a vast human resources. The country which is perceived as the giant of Africa in some quota got its independence from Britain in the year 1960, since then, Nigeria has been ruled by thirteen (13) leaders at different point of its history, either as military head of state and/or democratically elected president (with a few exceptions). All this thirteen (13) heads of states and presidents which to an extent, reflects the diversity of Nigeria in terms of ethnicity and religious beliefs have one thing in common; they all have allegations of corruption attached to their names.
Corruption is a societal evil, crippling our country Nigeria; who takes the most blame, our leaders or the followers.
My name is obiZEAL, I am representing the bright students of University of Jos, but before I continue, I will like to send my unreserved appreciation to seun, the founder of Nairaland for his ingenuity which has provided us with this platform and also to the inventors and coordinators of NISD, not forgetting the judges and my opponents. I am arguing that our leaders should take the most blame for the corruption that is crippling our beloved country Nigeria.
Corruption, according Transparency International (TI), is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain, TI further stated that corruption can be classified as grand, petty and political, depending on the amount of money lost and the sector where it occurs.
To justify my stand on this debate, I will carefully analyze the 2014 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of Transparency International (TI) which ranks Nigeria 136/175, this implies that Nigeria is the 39th most corrupt Nation out of the 175 countries examined. Nigeria scored 27 CPI (where 0 means a country is perceived as highly corrupt and 100 means that a country is perceived as very clean) behind Denmark which scored 92 CPI and Botswana with 63 CPI. The CPI score is based on how corrupt a country's public institutions are perceived to be. Public institutions in Nigeria include Federal and State executive councils, Local government and municipal government, National and State assemblies, NNPC, Nigerian customs, FIRS, NPF and a host of others. All the above mentioned institutions construct into the ''leaders'' of Nigeria and these leaders have been ranked as corrupt by TP. Now, a close look at Botswana will show that they have less resources compared to Nigeria, but surprisingly, a survey carried out by United Nations shows that Nigeria's Developmental Index from 2005 to 2013 was just 0.49 points, while that of Botswana from 1980 to 2013 was as high as 0.62 points, further study of the survey shows that in the year 2013 alone, Botswana scored 0.683 points while Nigeria scored 0.504 points. This comparison shows that although Nigeria is potentially richer than Botswana, the level of corruption in Nigeria's public institutions, which is carried out by the leaders of these institutions have crippled the country's development.
With this succinct comparison which is backed by statistics from reliable organizations, it should be clear to all and sundry that Nigeria's Leaders are to be blamed for the corruption inherent in Nigeria.
To further highlight why our leaders should take the most blame, if not the total blame for the corruption that has marred our country’s progress, I will bring to light part of the data released by United Nations concerning Nigeria's corruption. The report indicated that Nigeria lost a whooping sum of 400 billion dollars to corruption and corruption related practices which has plunged the nation into untold poverty and hardship, executive director of United Nation Office on Drug and Crime, UNODC, Antonio Costa was quoted as saying ''... Unscrupulous leaders( Nigerian leaders) pilfered the national coffers and stashed away billions of dollars in foreign bank accounts...'' the sanctity of this statement as it relates to this debate is unquestionable, this is because in a democratic country like Nigeria, our leaders and the ruling elites, have, sometimes, unrestricted access to our National treasury, this one privilege followers don't have, this have rendered our treasury at the mercy of our leaders, simple logic will tell you that you can't blame someone who have never entered a building for anything that goes missing in the building. If our leaders had been a little more credible with our wealth, the 400 billion dollars which Antonio Costa said, when placed end to end can make 75 round trips to the moon, would have been enough to finance Nigeria's 2015 budget of 4.36 trillion Naira, pay off our external debts and we will still have left over funds that can be used to build thousands of kilometer of roads, hundreds of schools, hospitals and water treatment facilities that would have increased the standard of living of Nigerians.
Finally, I will like to bring to bare one last reason, as regards this debate, which absorbs the followers from sharing any blame for the corruption that has ravaged our beloved country. Section 308 of the 1999 constitution provides impunity to some certain people in our society, it is stated clearly in the constitution that '' no civil or criminal proceedings shall be instituted or continued against a person to whom this section applies during his period of office'' it further stated that '' a person to whom this section applies shall not be arrested or imprisoned during the period either in pursuance of the process of any court or otherwise''. NO, this much talked about ‘person’ in this section of the constitution that have been given the go ahead to rob the nation and carry out corrupt practices without any fear of punishment what so ever, are not the followers, this 'person' is the leader.
Simple reasoning will reveal to anyone who is objective enough to engage in such, that if we have a Mr. A and a Mr. B, with Mr. A being fully aware that he will be punished for any act of corruption he indulge in and a Mr. B knowing that he is protected by law from being 'arrested or imprisoned' for any act of corruption and dishonesty, Mr. B will likely enrich himself with resources that belongs to millions of people. That is exactly the case obtainable in Nigeria, we have had presidents and governors looting the treasury of the country or states for years, effectively protected by the immunity clause, and when it is time for them to leave office, the manipulate the electoral process and install their stalwart and surrogates who covers their tracks and continue the looting from where his/her predecessor left off, there by plunging the nation into a vicious cycle of corrupt leaders which leaves us with the kind of situation we have now; corruption, a societal evil crippling our country Nigeria.
The above outlined facts are self-evident and stand to suggest that, in no condition should the Nigerian citizens (in this case, followers) be blamed for the corruption that have brought the giant of Africa to its knees.


References
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik/Corruption_in_Nigeria
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/nigerias-latest-corruption-perception-ranking/
http://www.transparency.org/country/NGA
http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/results
http://www.compareallcountries.com/Botswana/Nigeria/human_development/
http//firstafricanews.ng/index.php?dbs=openlist&s=13351
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/187783-nigeria-lost-over-n6-4-trillion-to-corruption-ridden-nnpc-oil-sales-nrgi-report.html

http://segundawodu.com/olaniyonu2.htm
http://thelawyerschronicle.com/the-immunity-clause-under-the–nigerian-1999-constitution-a-curse-or-a-blessing/

Fynestboi:
Unilag Cleared YABATECH cleared Auchi poly cleared Uniuyo cleared Unilorin cleared Futminna cleared Unibadan cleared LASU cleared.




Other teams what's stopping you from sending your numbers.

I've sent that of Unijos again, please lemme know when u get it

Fynestboi:
TEAM 6

UNIUYO UNILORIN UNIJOS UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN NAIRALAND UNIVERSITY

Fynest, which one is Nairaland University again

E come be like say na their b red father get the money...

Noskyboy, beautiful80 and perfecter4real I suggest we form a group on whatsapp to discuss the way forward.
I also nominate Noskyboy for group leader and perfecter4real as assistant.
...no time

post=40796861:
TEAM 6





Hello participants, you are qualify for the third edition. To that effect meet and pick a team leader and assistant, then forward the both number to
Nairalandinterschooldebate@gmail.com. We will communicate with the both so they can relay our message to other team member.

hello all...
I suggest noskyboy for group leader and perfecter for assistant...is that cool with y'all?

KashyBaby:
Define Sexy....?

define sex

Perfecter4real:
No bro I've not been busy lately don't think have the time...will just join the supporters club

Aiii, no p, ur support and the support of other jossites who are not opportuned to participate will be invaluable...

Carlson001:
Sorry for bothering u

this guy don craze finish...just free am

Perfecter4real:
Where are the jossites? I rep university of jos.

we are right here...hope U've registered

Name: obiZEAL



School: University Of Jos



Email: obinnannamdi28@gmail.com

Guess it was the devil that put u into the mess in the first place... After una don share pipo money finish

Guess it was the devil that put u into the mess in the first place...

...this is one funny story

Dude just gave her free publicity...

Have real plan for ur life...don't make it look like ur aim in life looking for some one to pity u and heal u from the 'disease' of singleness

Lets see ebute meta at night...

FREEDOM4BIAFRA:
Can you pull a man out of a pit who refuses to hold the ropes?
Do the northerners see boko haram as terrorists that they should come together and fight?
Is boko harm equal to IPOB peaceful protests?
What social amenities do I use? I sank my own borehole, drive on the west roads, I have my own power generator, buy my food with my extra-hard earned money, and is forced to pay tax to an undeserving govt. So what's been in it for me?

When BH kill and Maim in the north...
And IPOB call Nigeria Zoo, insults it leaders and disrespect its Law...I don't see any deference between the two factions, what you and the deluded Kanu don't understand is that u can't create Biafra by destroying Nigeria.
You listen too much to the media...I live in the north, I and the members of my community have always reported suspected personalities and activities to the security operative, so when next you say people in the north support BH, you will have to be specific...about coming together to fight BH,I'm sure u must have heard of civilian JTF.
...And what do u mean by west road?
I bet u also went to a University funded by your Father ( please no disrespect intended).

[quote author=FREEDOM4BIAFRA post=40037468][/quote]Ur Biafran online and Nigerian on ground... U pay task to, and use social amenities provided by the Nigerian Government; if that sounds wise to you then I'm afraid ur otherwise .
You sound like one who still consider BH as a regional problem and unless you clear urself of that misconception, then I can't help you.
You Went ahead to give reasons why 100s of french lives are better than thousands of Nigerian lives and then you turn around and say its unfair that 2 million Biafrans where killed During a WAR 45 years ago?
Should even be replying you?

The day we start to value ourselves is the day they'll start to show us respect. ''Nigeria has a population of 180 million, France 66 million. Nigeria has more users on Facebook than France and Boko Haram has been bombing Nigeria for over 5 years, people being killed, even school children being kidnapped and never did Mark Zukerberg and Facebook think to offer the world a chance to change their profile pictures to the Nigerian colours, but one attack goes off in France and the world has to be French. Ask yourselves why? And somehow you fools still assume your lives mean something to them. You fools still assume the world is fair and a level playing field. You fools still assume they have your interests at heart. You fools change your profile pictures to French colours!''- Teekay Arabambi Akin

Cosmasel, Howfa...ur my new partner for the poetry ish...I think whatsapp will be suitable for communication...if ur gamed just add me 08167499365.

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