₦airaland Forum

iluvdonjazzy:
great, Makinde my guy

when we say there should be state police some go oppose am... but see as gorvenos keep buying motors... for police...

jamesokikiola:
For some time now, some of us from Europe and US have been trying to respond to some adverts for jobs posted by universities in Nigeria. Unfortunately, such adverts require you to physically deliver 30 or more copies of typewritten CV and application letter asking for some ridiculous information in some cases e.g. the date you got born again, the date you got sanctified, the date you got baptized and whether you are a worker or not. But what is common is the physical delivery of 10 + copies of typewritten CV. In this 21st century, this is a disgrace to our educational system. With this kind of backwardness exhibited by the administrators of these universities, I am having a second thought about returning home. My people, what can you say about this?

if I had an opportunity to leave like u I won't bother coming back to Nigeria... a country where we don't honor merit but who u know... a country where we don't follow federal character policy to give every state a sense of belonging... I graduated with a second class upper in political science if there is fairness and justice by now I should be able to get a job esp in public sphere... since I can compete for it but since I know nobody

jamesokikiola:
For some time now, some of us from Europe and US have been trying to respond to some adverts for jobs posted by universities in Nigeria. Unfortunately, such adverts require you to physically deliver 30 or more copies of typewritten CV and application letter asking for some ridiculous information in some cases e.g. the date you got born again, the date you got sanctified, the date you got baptized and whether you are a worker or not. But what is common is the physical delivery of 10 + copies of typewritten CV. In this 21st century, this is a disgrace to our educational system. With this kind of backwardness exhibited by the administrators of these universities, I am having a second thought about returning home. My people, what can you say about this?

if I had an opportunity to leave like u I won't bother coming back to Nigeria... a country where we don't honor merit but who u know... a country where we don't follow federal character policy to give every state a sense of belonging... I graduated with a second class upper in political science if there is fairness and justice by now I should be able to get a job esp in public sphere...

dabossman:
This is not peculiar to Nigeria. People are always quick to mention Toni Kroos. But how many of his U17 teammates went on to play for Germany at senior level? Truth is, most U17 teams produce between 1-3 players who go on to excel for their country at senior level. The rest just disappear into their local or foreign leagues.

u de mind them people forget that 2009 under 17 produce onazi,azeez,omeruo 2013 produce ihenacho,uzoho,alampasu,success 2015 osihmen,chukwueze,nwakali... football is competitive and talent ll always Spring up...

emsco:
Our youth team do well in underage competitions but find it hard to replicate in the senior level.
Five years from now, we won't see most of these guys if not all in football world again. What could be the reason?

reason is under 17 FIFA tournament is not a guarantee to top level football... let's make our leagues functional with academies for team...we won't have to lament about under 17 Rooney Kane etc didn't play under 17 and they made it to d top

BanevsJoker:
Taye Taiwo and Mikel Obi dey dis your table.

which table... Mikel wey last from 2006 to 2019 for Nigeria even taiwo try self from 2006 to 2012...

LabDNA:
North re-aligning itself. 2023 will be intresting.

keep deceiving urself u here... osinbajo is the next president

Sanchez01:
The average Buharist is as dumb as donkey? This is about a citizen's right to protest and not about allocations. No go back to the post and come back to apologize

anyone who don't subscribe to una stupidity is a buharist... go protest na did anyone hold u not to protest... Lebanon practise a unitary system...nigeria is a federation you can't blame everything on the president... let everyone hold governors accountable ist I rather protest against San wolu ist before pmb

Sanchez01:
It would make sense to use Buhari and Sowore as case study rather than African leaders who have been in power for donkey years.

what useless case study don't we have governors in Nigeria who suppress LG executives and councilors... how many times have u guys protest against them... Lebanese system differs from Nigeria...so don't compare it with us...we need to hold governors accountable they receive huge allocation from FG that of LG is not released to them...in many states everytime Buhari

PennywysCares:
Something like this will not happen in bubu government

let everyone protest against their state governors ist...

OTayobami:
That was then! The least age of the players that played the u17 then would be 25 years old (and I hope you know what that means)....these ones are almost using their real ages the oldest there should be 19, majority of them there are 17 so what are you saying

guy many still de old pass 19... those who knew osihmen said he was about four to five years older than he claims... alampasu in 2013 was four years older than he claims...

Coldie:
Why is it that its easier to get a first class in a private school than a public school

good study environs... less sadist and wicked lecturers who think getting an A is a big deal... I got a 2:1 3.61 in public university if it was a private school... I would have gotten a ist class or close to it... I had E in a course cos I refused to pay 3k for that course... I knew how I got c grades that could have A or B...

diamondagent:
The rate at which private universities in Nigeria produces first class graduates every year makes me wonder if it is still the same first class that federal universities students are finding it almost impossible to bag.

the ist class isn't up to 10 percent self... nna federal schools are filled with some sadists

tiwiex:
I have always wondered why we have very few northerners in the football teams. Why is that? Is there some kind of southern bias and control?

quiet sports is talents not quota systems... besides what's ur definition of north... kogi is North..

colossus91:
enyeama was arguably the best player in enyimba then and he was picked from enyimba too so what are u saying?? Local players that cant win local based nations cup mtcheew oga calm down

u know nothing I can see only enyeama was playing everything to pick alone...guy u know nothing....

sarrki:
Ojukwu from the history we know and as it stands today was arrogant,self centered and a bigot that was so obsessed with power

am sure you know nothing about ojukwu who after returning from studies UK wanted working in North but tribal sentiment of everyone working in dier regions meant he had to worked in the east...some of u are shamelessly ignorant read the book emeka by Forsyth... read why we struck by ademolegun too...to get view of how the ist coup by the five majors was planned

peeps4u:
Yes, few that are good before moving abroad get call up, like Ezenwa, Etebo, Enyeama, Sunday Mba etc but the reality is that you can't have sizable number of local players in Nigerian national team because they rarely stay back home once they are good. It is a rare occasion when you have local players good enough for SE.

Can we still have local players in SE? Yes, but it can't come often since they don't stay at home. That's it.

We can't force mediocre home based players on national team coach because we want to promote local league players when in reality, many of them would have moved abroad if they are truly that good enough.

Take it or leave it, abroad is where better talents are. Local talents also eye abroad, so how can you now think the best talents will now be found in local league? This isn't underage category but senior national team

veron once said that what made some of them come to Europe is not to learn football but for the money... better talents de any where let's agree we lack good organised league...

chidi1:
You are partly right. The MRI checks for fusion of epiphyseal growth plates of joints that occur in boys usually from ages 15-17. Like all tests, there would be false negatives. My point however is that the test gives pause to anyone who intends on playing for the youth under 17, especially if they are falsifying thier age. Gone are the days when old men would bully genuine 16 year old talents from other countries under the guise of prodigious talent. Of course, in a couple of years when those same bullied boys come of age, you find that the old men cannot match up to them. Post MRI under 17 has given the Super Eagles genuine talent that can stand the test of time ( chukwueze, osimhen, ihenacho and co come to mind). Our zest for trophies at all cost in competitions, that is of no major significance in the grand scheme of things, almost ruined the Super Eagles.

pre MRI gave us kanu,babayaro,oruma,fatusi,ikpeba,akporue,ugbade so forget it ndidi failed MRI 2013 but today ihenacho who passed it is struggling in Leicester... MRI is not efficient..we need a working system to spot and reward great talents or else this issues ll still be there...

peeps4u:
Hello, CHAN didn't just start. Which CHAN tournaments have local SE players ever put on a superlative performance that was seen to be above what we see with traditional SE. This isn't about getting knocked out by Togo alone, but about local based players aren't ever good enough because very few food ones among them always move abroad.

If you were a local based player and topped scorer chat this season, it would be apparent you would find foreign club following season and move. How can you ever think such league will be looked at when looking for national team players? Except few exceptional ones that may come once in a while like Sunday Mba, Enyeama, Adenugba etc. And like I argued, these players moved abroad almost immediately they got noticed. Goog players don't stay long in local league here.

then stop saying home based players ain't good enough etebo was already a super eagles player in 2015 while at warri wolves before moving abroad... ur statement makes it look like every player in the Nigerian league is thrash... odey left as finished product and is doing well... last Chan they made the finals..what we need is better organized league which ll project better suited players from the league..Nigeria lost to Togo cos we didn't pick the right players

nairalee:
I agree wit you to an extent. I don't actually agree that our locally groomed talents are at par with their foreign counterparts. A foreign groomed player is more technical, tactical, exposed, fit, knowledgeable in football than their Nigerian counterparts

so why have they not groom ihenacho that he is now out of d team...ur hypothesis is overrated...

peeps4u:
Did he get call up to local based super eagles that just lost to Togo?

Many of these local guys aren't as good as your portray them. Do u people know we local based SE and they do play CHAN, how more impressive have they been above our national SE squad?

so when Holland failed to qualify for last world cup and euros it means they are shits or when Egypt after 3 AFCON win failed to qualify for 2.. Nigeria didn't make 2 afcon after 2013 triumph did we throw away the likes of Mikel and musa...?

peeps4u:
Mention one local league player that deserves eagles call up.

Any above average local league players always leave the league to foreign clubs after a season or two, that explains why we don't have much local league players in eagles. Once you put on a good performance in the local scene, you move to abroad. Musa was the top scorer in local league before he moved, this mountain of fire striker few years ago also moved abroad after good performances, and so many more.

good points which shows we talent in d league despite how poorly organized... afelokhai sikiru alimi are good prospect in the league.... reality is even if our league is well organized so long our players travel out then the bulk of national team stars ll be foreign based...

colossus91:
when last did the good local teams get to semi final in cafes champions league sir?

when they got there how many were pick stop regurgitating a stale line... our issue is instability of the league,lack of TV to see players and others... Stephen odey scored against Liverpool on Wednesday am sure if he was still in mfm u ll still be saying he is not good...

our issue is bad management across the land Nigeria ought to be the arrow head for Africa we have the geography and population resources whether human and natural... we should be comparing ourselves to China America Russia South Africa Canada not Rwanda Gambia or Ghana Gambia is just 2 million not up to alimosho... Rwanda is not up to Lagos self if we can rejig our country starting with our constitution then the structures too let every state work based on their selling point like cross river with tourism..lagos Kano as commerce hubs abia anambra as industrial hubs... ensure the ports in Niger delta is functioning well to decongest Lagos ports...

earleswood:
That is because Ojukwu is a surname, not a first name, just like Awolowo, Akintola, Obasanjo,

but why do u guys like to spoil things with trivially... the afonja guy who started this name thing is very senseless wallahi

simpleseyi:
Forgive Nigeria for what? They played for the country and they were paid well. The country also made them known thereby making the players get contracts in big clubs in Europe and earn good money. Now tell me, what is Nigeria's offence against them?

u de mind them me we have civil service retirees too ex service men who served this nation too... from reports yekini was not poor like people make it look like there were some family tins and his secluded lifestyle didn't help matters... someone was saying why ll Tammy want to play for Nigeria self... see Nigeria has Neva been short of talent to rep her yesterday odey scored against Liverpool he was in mfm some months back...

midnighter:
You are not really getting me

I didnt say Hausa is bad. If a child doesnt understand something, nothing wrong with explaining it any way you feel like

But normalising native language in place of English for teaching instruction is not a good idea

Yeah! pidgin could be used to help teach. In fact I would definitely enjoy that lesson but do you think Delta state should replace English with pidgin for all teaching, exams and textbooks just because all the kids find it easier? Terrible

you can have text in pidgin teach pidgin as a communication pattern... if we are serious we would have developed pidgin beyond what it is... a prof in UI once said they were working on dictionary of pidgin but the support was coming from France... Chinese still use English along side their mandarin...

chidi1:
My brother no matter what you do, you can't cheat nature. Nigerian players brought up in foreign countries do not have this problem since birth records are well documented. I sincerely believe the introduction of MRI to youth football has really saved Nigerian football. Back to the examples you listed, Osaze Odemwingie is the only Nigerian player, raised in Nigeria, that played football with his real age. That also reflected in his game during the waning part of his career, as he started aging. Nigerian footballers do not last more than 7 years as you stated because they are age cheats. Prior to MRI, oshimhen, Ihenacho, chukwueze would have been playing under 17 football now ( and would probably look the age!!!). We have to concentrate on more long term benefits than being seduced by immediate gains of shortcuts.

MRI only check bones isn't reliable as u think... did Stanley okoro not Pass MRI test.. 2009 captain under 17 who pass MRI test was confirmed by adokiye amaisiemeka to be over Age... who told u naija players don't last beyond 7 years... okocha played from 93 til 2006...mikel played from 2006 til 2019... enyeama played from2002 til he was forced out by oliseh 2014 he could have stayed longer... age cheat still de it might not be to pronounced but then talent is key... ikpeba only removed 4 years from real age did he play forever... yes those guys abroad have a good system but person wey no get talent even if na real age nothing's go comot

crazygod:
Mikel would have been a prodigy in his own right but his management's greed just messed him up when he went to a club that played negative football at that time. If Mikel had gone to Manchester United he would have progressed the way Ronaldo did.
I wish Liverpool can buy this Ebere guy. God knows we lack creativity in our midfield. This guy will fit in perfectly.

like how ihenacho has progressed abi u guys keep repeating this shit line Mikel would have been wasted had he gone to Man Utd... why did zaha not last at Man Utd...?? what about Anderson...

Ekpekus:
Stephen Odey.. from NPL to champions league with a goal .. well played bro

a message that naija league players aren't thrash... it's the environment that limits them

midnighter:
No problem. It's people who visited north who are saying it

Doing Hausa language is not a bad thing at all

But the language of instruction and teaching should be English

there's nothing bad to add Hausa just like Yoruba is used in Lagos ...if we must develop in Nigeria our languages is part of it... remember we have other minority languages too... even pidgin can be used to teach too...
like I said stop listening to hear say the day u visit u ll know many things on internet are false... yea every society has issues but over exaggeration is a problem...