Fhemmmy:

What do you think Industrial Training was supposed to achieve?

Industrial training is different since employers may have the need for that person. Also, there are tax advantages depending on the state/province

Fhemmmy:

That is so not true, there is something called gaining experience and instead of staying home with nothing added to your Resume/CV, you could volunteer somewhere to gain some experience/exposures and by so doing some networking as well.

I'm not saying stay at home but if the vacancy exits why can't an employer pay you to do the job? For charity organisation its ok but not for a business.

If an employer believes you can provide REAL value, they will take that risk and invest in you. As a volunteer, most times the job you do is not very rewarding. Regardless of what you put on your resume, employers recruit based on your past result, hence SARs question (Situation, Action, Result)are very common at interviews. As a volunteer you may not have results to show from past jobs.

serenegroup: i disagree my brother. volunteering is one of the ways experience is gained and also an avenue for being choosen for a job when ever there is an opening any where. when u volunteer u are also training urself for a better opportunity in the future

For non-profit or charitable organisation, yes. If it's a business, NO. Situation may be different in other countries but in U.S.A/Canada, it's no longer an attractive option. So many reasons why it's not a wise option, but I'll cite one.

In summer time, organisation recruit summer students (and usually top students) with a view to developing/mentoring them for future employment. And these are paid jobs. As a volunteer you will be doing similar jobs to these students, so organisations do not see any advantage with bringing in somebody they don't need.

Most volunteer work, generally involve less challenging tasks. Experience is only gained when you're exposed to real challenges and risks.

zangiff: you can also try blogging but its a way of investing ur time

Blogging is very hard work bro and not rewarding

Don't get seduced by all these bloggers claiming success. How many have been blogging for over yrs and making enough money?

Volunteering is just the same as slavery. Don't waste your time working for free. Any company that values your contribution to their bottom line should pay for your effort.

Employers are only after results and profit, not to help pad your resume with "make up" work

ballabriggs:


All what he listed above was what lead to the death of the trains and it is the same thing experienced by that brother on his train ride, nothing has changed. How do you spend so much money and what you get is a crap service that will ultimately lead to the death of the trains?

We talk of continuous improvement. If service today is similar to what obtained before the death of the trains in the late 1990s, then I'm afraid, that which killed it in the late 1990s will ultimately kill it today. I expect reasonable people to see his story as a first step in problem-solving as he has identified a problem and then work towards finding solutions and improving quality of service. However, what we have are people looking for who wants "to bring them down", pathetic!

[b]And that is why I say privatize the trains [/b]and let the NRC focus on maintaining and building the rail tracks. Take the NRC away from the Ministry of Transport, let it run independently of that 'Alhaji Minister'. Let it run like a business, driving quality and continuous improvement of service. Quality should be at the center of everything within the NRC. It should be a language and there should be a 'taken-for-grantedness'.

Who will invest their money in this? Credit is very tight world wide and there are more profitable ventures than a derelict rail system in a very corrupt country

This should be a top priority by Nigerian govt. They know this, but corruption and greed continues to blind their vision.

What has changed? With the old trains Minna to Lagos was almost a day's journey. Carriages were overloaded with people standing, and train moved at camel speed.

I took that journey once and will never repeat that mistake.

Nigeria! what a country.

Even when the news is good, we still find a way to make it bad news. One day of pure ecstasy and pride and just like that we're back to same ol, same ol

Keshi, the first indigenous coach to win a cup for SE.

sleekch1c: Some of the responses on this thread shows the average Nigerian IQ.....even jobless, anti-social and very depressed individuals are telling a female comedian who is doing well for herself that she is fat. Are you ppl dat daft and bereft of ideas? What is your business in how the lady looks like? She is making her money and all u sad and pathetic individuals are here typing crap with ur cheap phones and antique laptop computers. Pity!

But who is Helen Na? yes I'm jobless today and have time. And she's on front page

Since you know her who is she? Is she wife material?

A-40:

I don't know if Dwight didn't do his research on just how ornery Kobe could get! Kobe also plays with injuries so people tend to listen when he talks. On this issue he does have a point especially as Dwight has still not committed himself to the Lakers going forward so he has not endeared himself to the members of the team who probably see the possibility of him leaving in the off season anyway! However I do sympathize with Dwight in the sense that his shoulders are the most important part of his game. They do the most work and receive the most punishment from the opposition! Its easy to tell people to suck it up but not everyone has the same pain threshold

Lakers vs Celtics tonight

Oh yes, the big one. The most exciting match up in basketball or even in all sports. Maybe Barcelona vs Real Madrid is more intriguing

Anyway, I say Celtics win because:
- KG is playing championship ball and nobody to challenge him with Howard & Gasol out. Dropped 27 on Raptors last night
- The Celtics back court of Lee & Bradley have steeped up with Rondo out. They've hardly missed Rondo

Ok need to get my court-side seat asap. In front of my TV of course
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Who can stop the Heat? They've been under the radar all season. just cruising. Last night's match vs. Houston confirmed they may be unbeatable.

In the East nobody can outlast them in 7 games. The Pacers? perhaps. In the West they own the Thunder and the Spurs are no threat. Grizs? Clippers? nah

Can The Lakers beat the Heat? Don't look like that now, but if they get to the playoffs, despite all the drama...hmnnnn

Feelings are meant to be hurt. No big deal. Kobe and Shaq loathed each other but played hard together to win. Howard should just shrug off Kobe's rant.

Staying with the Lakers is Howard's best choice of winning a ring. Plus, money wise only the lakers can offer him the max $111 million. Other teams can only give $80 million as per the CBA

Who is funding this project - land owners, govt or private developers?

Laudable project. Kudos to Lagos state for supporting this. That said, maintenance is one aspect that needs to be figured out. Given the lack of maintenance culture, over time the building can become derelict and an eye sore in the neighborhood. 1004 apartments comes to mind

Oh and there's the little matter of constant electricity to run the lifts. I know gen dey, but...

Billyonaire: Even Obama can not run Nigeria, the way it is mangled with defective Constitution and Federal Character syndrome. Another reason that Obama can not rule Nigeria better is because we are very ignorant of the duties of a President and that of a Governor. We almost always want GEJ to be the one to buy transformer for our streets and repair our backyard Roads. Obama can not rule Nigeria because our past Presidents did absolutely nothing right. We have been ruled and misruled by egocentric and militarily back-grounded ignorant fellows who found their way into Politics. GEJ is the best President Nigeria ever had. He would have done better if he was President of an Organized Country like the USA.

So I take this as admission that the man is not fit to lead Nigeria. BTW, The U.S. Presidency is far more challenging. Jonathan simply had no vision nor plan on how to fix the various issues. Handpicked by the ruling PDP to do their bidding, he doesn't not have the courage to exert his authority and do the people's business.

Though given his experience (Deputy Gov, Gov, VP & Acting President) I'm very surprised the man failed so woefully.

@OP
What exactly is the purpose of showing us list of activities/spending and touting it as achievement ?

With a yearly budget of N 3 trillion a year we expect significant improvements. Are we getting results. Absolutely not! 3 years of spending over N 10 trillion this is what we have to show:

- Nigeria remains anchored at the bottom of the Human Development Index (#156 out of 187 nations) Ghana, Cameroon, Namibia etc are way above us on this ranking
- Life expectancy is under 52 years
- We generate just 4,000 MW of power for a population of over 160 million. Logic dictates we need over 50,000 MW to drive industrialization
- Education and health service is in shambles. The corrupt elite prefer to spend $25,000 a year to educate their kids in Canada/U.S.A.

You expect rationale human beings to accept this list as achievement? Jonathan is working? Of course, that's what he's elected to do. WORK

We have to rise above the level of mediocrity that has become the norm in Nigeria.

A-40:

Personally I think they should trade him! Bad back bad shoulder! He is never going to be as dominant as Shaq! Kobe isn't 23
Dwight just doesn't seem like someone built for the pressure of LA you can see it in his face

They should do no such thing. That will be a panic move. Right now, they won't get equal value for him. A successful playoff run may change his mind and encourage him to stay.

funky medina: success has many fathers

...failure is a bastard, even an orphan. na so life be o

No Howard, no problem. Lakers have Earle Clarke. Earle who? He's a throw-in to the Dwight Howard trade and fast becoming the most valuable Laker. I love it when a no name player steps up when the coach calls his number.

Have the Lakers really turned the corner? Well the "fire D'Antoni" noise has subsided of late. That's a good thing. no more panic.

More importantly, will they make the playoffs and even get out of the West? They won in it all in 2002 after a very horrible start. Can history repeat itself? You never know, just never know. Its the NBA! where amazing happens.

All the doubters (yours truly included) may end up eating humble pie in June.

ojdollars:

http://sports.pptv.com/africa/live/

thx this link works

Sam Milla: The saboteurs just took my light. Jonathan is working.

report him to Amanpour

KokoBeware:

DO you really think those where the only people Amanpours crew Interviewed on the streets??... i could stake a lot that they screened out those that said power has improved and is improving.... she needed to package her story and that she did.....

You're only speculating; you don't know who was screened out.

Put aside her selection process and focus on the message. Fact is, as most people know: we no get light for Naija. All this he go come gan he dey go small na story. People that have stayed in African countries with constant power supply will just laugh at all this our light is improving thingy

What can $45 billion buy that they're shouting? Dangote alone has $12 billion in his reserve. Bill Gates nko?

Useless CBN people making noise and disturbing us. Abeg make we hear word. BTW, Did the count the one that has already been chopped?

Okija_juju:

[b]I am not doubting that people do indeedhave as much as 4 generators in their houses and offices..

My dad has 4 Diesel generators as well and an Inverter. But that babe was just talking for the sake of it. Now I wonder why you felt insulted by the presidents comment. Here is an extract of the transcript from that CNN interview with the president;

Christiane Amanpour: Alright, well the United States Assistant Secretary of State has said that the method of the crackdown is inflaming the population and inflaming the situation.

Let me move on to the issue of corruption. When I interviewed you three years ago now, in your first interview as you assumed power, you said that the main issues for the people of Nigeria are corruption and even electricity, power you talked about. Well today those are still the same issues. Some 60% of the people of Nigeria don’t have enough or regular power, regular electricity. There’re constantly shortages and outages. Three years later, what do you have to say about that?

GEJ: I would have loved that you asked an ordinary Nigerian on the streets of Lagos, Abuja or any other city the situation about power.

That is one area that Nigerians are quite pleased with the government, that our commitment to improve power is working. So if you are saying something different I am really surprised. That is one area, one area that even civil society members agreed that government has kept faith with its promise.

Christiane Amanpour: So, so what should I tell people that keep contacting us and say they hope they have electricity just to be able to watch this interview on their televisions? Clearly it is still a big problem. Is it still a big problem, despite, you say, the progress you say you’ve made?

GEJ: We have not got to where we should be and of course you know the power infrastructure is one investment that you must complete the chain before the, th.., the bulb can light. You must generate, you must transmit, you must distribute. And even if you have the money and the political will to do so, you cannot do it over night. And we are working very hard, and I promise you that before the end of this year power will be really, reason…, reasonably stable in Nigeria. This is something that has been a problem for years, for years. So you cannot correct it overnight. It takes time even if you have the money.[/i]


What exactly did the president say that was wrong or remotely infuriating about his statement?!

The president said that Nigerians are happy with the current improvement noticed in electricity, I concur. Many Nairalanders also concur. Its evident in our homes. He also pointed out that we havent reached the pinnacle or even close, but without a doubt, there is an improvement. [/b]

I cringed when I watched that interview. He appeared very unsure and pitiful. He seems not to understand the problem and rambled incoherently. Why didn't he mention the privatization process?

He dared Amanpou to ask Nigerians and she did. Most Nigerians aren't seeing the improvement in power and that’s the truth. A few, perhaps

C’mon over 5 years (as VP, Acting President & President) this guy still can’t articulate the issues about power sector in Nigeria.

ballabriggs: Jona is a known fraud. A man who lied stupidly on the $67 billion reserves, what do you expect again.

Back then in Lagos early 2000s, I used to get close to 18 hrs power supply daily and so I find it strange that the same level of supply is called "improvement" by Jona and his gang.

There is no improvement if it does not go round. Nigeria's population is increasing and it still seems at the same level per capita as it was in the 1980s. Improvement?

Thanks for this. The reason why this constant reference to 4,000 MW output is just hollow. Besides the pop. then was around 130 million.

Now we know the privatization process is ongoing and have been told to expect great changes when completed. Well, we'll wait

Rossikk:

We've had about THREE polls on this issue in the last year and the vast majority testified that power supply had IMPROVED in their area. This is not a surprise since power output has DOUBLED since Jonathan came to power, from 2,400 mw to 4,500 mw at last count.

CNN can always find riff raff on the streets of Lagos to pour scorn on the truth. That's what CNN does for a living. They even made the whole world believe a Iraq was drowning in weapons of mass destruction just ready to go off at any minute. And it was all a LIE.

So lying, or getting their pansies to lie about power supply in Lagos is child's play to them.

As for that little paid Nigerian wannabe American whor.e who claimed she hadn't had any light for three weeks, does anyone here really believe her??

Touting megawatt increase is not how we measure improvement. When people see it, they'll talk about it. For instance, if govt can prove that 60% of neighborhoods or towns now have 18 - 24 hours regular supply vs. 40% in 2003, that's IMPROVEMENT.

Mogidi:

Trust me if indeed it was Obahiagbon those words would be in the dictionary. He's not called king of verbosity for nothing.

Those words don't exist. He's just making stuff up. Who speaks like this?

fittty: Good! The rate at which lesbianism is increasing in this country is alarming. I used to think the western world do such only but unfortunately Nigerians have taken so much interest in the shameful disgusting act. Lots of ladies here on NL reading this threads are lesbians/Bisexuals and they all stay in the closet. Funny how I came across a lesbian website owned by a nigerian female in her late 20's. The website is opened to lesbians and bisexuals in nigeria only. I was shocked when I saw the website had thousands of registered and active members (Nigerian girls)with profile pics, most are students from various institutions in Nigeria and also working class ladies and they kept talking dirty and exchanging BlackBerry Pin.. Even on facebook too you'll see them creating pages just for lesbians/bisexual females... Something really has to be done to stop these devilish act. Just how would a human enjoy having sex with the same sex? WEIRD!!!!

Give us the link to this site make we see fyn girls. All dis lesbian talk na story

nuclearboy:

Well DS, whitecat doesn't know who you are, does he? And you'd be surprised how many people in this country see any job as a blessing!

I think you "morally" did the right thing getting appalled at what you saw! However, the reality on ground is that most Nigerians have been dehumanized and frankly, eating in an office is the least of their concerns! In issues like this, it will do you good to remember not everyone has the opportunities you do for education, exposure or even common sense! People are assailed by news of thugs and mediocres who became politicians, stealing Billions and here's DeepSight harrassing a poor clerk over eating his 200 Naira meal!

Its as simple as that! Whether its "right" or wrong is beside the point - in a savage society like ours, its absolutely a non-issue!

Very depressing. Really where and when did Nigeria take the wrong turn. A country penciled for greatness, but mediocrity is now the norm

Fhemmmy:

He has no right to post the pix, the pix was taken with hidden camera, Sir . . On the issue of lack of professionalism, yeah, the man was wrong to be eating in the office, [b]but from his own writing, he sound more like he is angry cos the man was eating Amala and not Friend rice with friend meat . . [/b]

Amala felefele ati obe gbegiri at eja obokun hmmmm! I love it too...

Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with taking the picture. Legally, maybe he violated privacy laws. However, given the message he’s trying to pass, he may not be seriously punished. I’m not familiar with Nigerian law so I’m just speculating

Fhemmmy:

I am sure you must have read some of the comment that what the guy did was wrong, but was posting his pix online without his permission nor knowledge right?
I think we have moved past his act.

Absolutely nothing wrong in posting the picture. How else can we appreciate the gravity of the act without pix?

It's not about privacy laws. He's in a public place and paid by tax payers to do his job.

This issue of picture and privacy is a red herring. Don't distract people from the main issue: lack of professional conduct in the typical Nigerian work place

Deep Sight:
Well! ! ! ! !

Interesting comments; and most - simply show that this country is utterly uncivilized.

I will respond to ONE consistent point only: privacy -

In response to that; I say that the (un)gentleman, was doing this in a public office.

Thanks. Y'all deserve the leadership you get.

Mofos.

Your anger is understandable.

The comments are a revealing insight into why Nigeria is not working.

We keep on blaming the leaders, yet in our jobs we hate doing the right thing. And when you call people out they get defensive and tel you "this na naija"

On a lighter note: Despite eating all that amala, the guy still looks underfed