₦airaland Forum

EloSela:
I have already tried this avenue but most of my efforts were thwarted by people who were just too greedy to see the bigger picture. Unfortunately I just don't have it in me to be ruthless to deal with such people. I do believe that we need a Sadaam Hussain type character as the head of state if only for a short while to get the masses to straighten up.

You may not find it easy to resettle because of your mindset that every one back home wants to take advantage of you!
Some of you "returnees" still treat some of us with mistrust and out right very condescending and patronising manner.

Many returnees are too "english" or "american" to integrate

EloSela:
As the article expresses, Nigerians have been led to believe that the only way that they can get something is to look out for themselves and theirs. It is a ‘Dog eat Dog’ way of thinking. Thinking collectively and working together for the benefit of the whole of Nigeria is lost on many Nigerians.

Stereotyping again!
I am sure the writer does not stay in Nigeria. I do
A typical Nigerian believes that hard work pays.
And I see it everyday on the streets of Lagos.

There are too many graduates who are seeking employment in predetermined "Grade A" companies - Telecoms, Banks, Oil & Gas etc
They spend 2-5 years trying to get employed in these sectors. At the end of the day, they become dated, un-employable and frustrated.
The largest employers of labour are the SMEs and MMEs.
Most of our young graduates shun these sectors, they'll rather escape somewhere to do some demeaning jobs.

Education is still very important. I will rather have an educated taxi driver than an uneducated one.!

It is more of systemic corruption.
You may not believe it, but there are still a lot of Nigerians that are not corrupt
But stereotyping Nigerians is wrong.
Make the system work, and you will be amazed, how the typical Nigerian adapts.

We expect thorough, rational and lasting solutions to problems like
Power Supply, Security and Corruption.

Although there is nothing on the ground to show we have moved
beyond OBJ years of spur-of-the moment policies,
but I am willing to still give him some time.

Some say he is slow. But I think he is taking his time to
profer concrete solutions to our problems.
I hope I am right!

akinalabi:
He sure can make a difference.

The russian team is an average team but the
coach has brought the best out of them.

Croatia's best player is Eduardo and we can
all see that he is just an average player.

The greek team that won Euro 2004 was made
up of average players.

Capello can surely turn the fortunes of that
team around.

All these "average teams" you mentioned have some inherent talents
There are no genuine talented english footballers. I am sorry, but thats the truth
Capello is not the answer

Until they stop exagerating the quality of players they have and start very early, youth development
Otherwise, it will be the same story, even with ten Capellos

Ronaldo was third
I am sure he thinks, he is better than Messi
In my view, he shouldnt even be on the podium
He is just over hyped, because he plays in england

Any one of them can win if Prof. Iwu is hired to perform his abacadabra.
I would have preferred Obama.
But reality shows that there would be a white woman in the white house before a black man

McKren:
Exactly let others learn from him and Delta and Nigeria as a whole will be better for it.

Do we ever learn?
As long as we have the "my car is bigger than yours" mentality
Corruption will always continue.

The impeached governor of Ekiti State Ayo Fayose has been charged to a Lagos High court on a 51-count charge.
Case will come up early next year
Source: Channels TV

Another Xmas inmate!
Do these people ever learn?

Ghost writers at it again!
And whats our business in this matter now?
Whats the difference between Atiku and Obasanjo?
Both are very corrupt

These are not my ideas, but I agree with them
A penny for his thoughts

http://www.globalpolicy.org/nations/launder/general/2003/12real.htm

Tackling Corruption Realistically
By Anthony Ogus
id21
December, 2003

Corruption is deeply embedded in the political culture and poverty of many less developed countries (LDCs). Regulatory bodies are particularly vulnerable to corruption as they have the power to make key decisions on profit-making activities. Corrupt regulatory bodies can thus dangerously impede economic development. [b][/b]

How can LDCs tackle corruption? International organisations usually recommend one of three traditional remedies:

• The criminal justice system
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have promoted attempts to suppress corruption in LDCs through the criminal justice system - by catching and punishing illegal behaviour. However, as most LDC criminal justice systems lack both the capacity to find the culprits and the judges to condemn them, the process is largely futile.

• Administrative law reform
Attempts at administrative law reform focus on depoliticising the civil service, improving the quality of officials through better training, pay and conditions; making decision-making more transparent and; better account auditing. Whilst such reforms should be welcomed, they depend on both the availability of resources and vitally, the existence of political will to make administrative processes more accountable.

• Rewarding lawful behaviour
It is often presumed that lawful behaviour can be encouraged by increasing the salaries of officials and giving better rewards to ‘whistleblowers’ who report corruption. However, this is not necessarily correct. High paid government officials might still be tempted by bribes and the existence of high rewards might itself be a further incentive for criminals to frame innocent officials.

The problem with all these remedies is that they are too ambitious. Corruption is likely to remain a factor in many LDCs until substantial changes in their political cultures and economic structures have been achieved. Instead of trying to eliminate corruption altogether, LDCs should act now to redesign their regulatory structures and procedures so as to reduce the opportunities for corruption to flourish and take over. The following possibilities could be explored in the redesign of LDC regulatory structures:

1. Decision-making by committees rather than individuals
Although this adds to the cost of regulation, it may eventually save money by facilitating mutual monitoring and accountability.

2. Competition between officers/offices
Some competition can be introduced into the regulatory process by providing the same service through alternative individual officers or offices. However this should not mean adding further layers of bureaucratic decision-making: that would simply make the problem worse.

3. Centralisation of decision-making
A “once-for-all” payment to secure the co-operation of a single corrupt centralised decision-maker may be better than having to pay bribes to a number of officials operating under a multi-layered system of decision-making.

4. Abolition of unnecessary licensing requirements
Many forms of business create no significant risks for the community and controlling entry by requiring a licence often creates an unnecessary opportunity for corruption.

5. More rules, less discretion
Discretion creates more opportunities for corruption than where regulatory requirements are laid out through clear, precise and formal rules.

Not all these suggestions marry well with models of regulation common in industrialised countries which often favour decentralised decision-making, less specific rules and more discretion. However, if these policies were transplanted to LDCs, they would enhance, rather than reduce, the opportunities for corruption.

Another common thief in the net.
Will not surprise me, if he and his ego massagers come out to justify his blatant stealing of public money!

Afam:
It is not about how good he is, it is about the allegations against him. Guilty or not?

If I rob Mr A and use the money to grant scholarship to child B does that make me innocent of my robbing Mr A?

Well said.
But normally Mr. A would use some token, and keep 99.9% of what he has stolen.
Which everway Mr. A is still a thief!

What type of justification do we have for thievery here?
He was rich. Then he could steal from his people?
He is a southern thief. Then until all the northern thieves are caught, then he should be left alone?
He is from Delta. No problem if he stole Deltan money?
Next we will be told that EFCC is selective!

A thief is a thief is a thief.
All corrupt officials should be executed

shigidi:
FCMB is good, if it doesnt move , i will pick up more, very good fundamentals and should hit 25 naira soon.
GTB is still good, expect them to hit 21bn profit, just watch out for GTB

Not after they must have recovered money stolen from Ibori!

When criminals think that they are smarter than the system.
Eventually the system catches up with them and screws them real hard
We shall overcome!

Improve Power Supply
Better Security
Better Education

And , kill all corrupt officials

nigeriaone:
My brother who made this statement,  One funny thing I discovered over here, is that Oyigbo no dey look at certificate,  IF you like you get PHD,  If one high school or what they call secondary school grad have more experience in that company,  they pay him more than you,  If they want to employ you,  they only ask you what do you know,  they are more interest what you can offer their company and how relevant you experince is to their business,  If you do not have it,  They would  not employ you,  they would employ that man that did not go to school but have that experience,    So for Oyiboland,  degree no mean shit,  it is the skill you bring on the table that matter,  Most Nigerian over here pocket their PHD for their house,  The more the degree the less you get a job and end up a Taxi driver,  except if you become a university prof or university that would  take you. if you don't,  Taxi driver you would become. Too many people too in the university system. you have Phd holder teaching secondary school over here,   Look take for example NEPA,  I have to be honest with you,  Nigeria based Engineers can not fix the problem, if they could have they would have done so a long time ago,   Since me I get here , my brother na,  i have learnt alot,  that i would never know in my life time in Nigeria,  Nigeria engineer most of the times do not have the skills that even people lower than them have,  No company want you,  when you have nothing to offer them ,,  than calculus and laplace thoery,  What good is it in the real world.

Come if Nigeria company pay oyigbo 4 million,, I dey here, me too be oyigbo now,  if they can pay me, with trip 4 times,  I dey here,  I even get the degree with certificate and skill. i know how to fix nepa, na calculation them go take fix nepa, only those abroad knows it, oyibo man no teach us everything finish.

Thats a satisfied expartriate labourer for life. Good for you and I wish you luck!

But you all get everything muddled up
One, you do not seem to understand what an engineer does
There is a difference between an artisan and an engineer
An engineer does the same thing all over the world
There are damn good engineers in Nigeria who are employable
anywhere in the world

Secondly solving NEPA problems goes beyond "your newly discovered solutions"
NEPA problem is more systemic than any other thing else

And lastly you need education to do whatever you do, anywhere in the world, unless you want to remain a yessir man all your life!

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Are you saying your company should pay you exactly what they charge clients?
No, it does not work that way
Didnt you negotiate your salary initially?

My candid opinion?
I think you are over rating yourself and thats probably why the company called your bluff.

And for the EFCC?
I think they have better things doing than carrying your personal baggage
Go to the police if you have a case

Tale by the moonlight

Intelligentsia my foot
Pretending to speak big big grammar does not make you more intelligent than baba Ibadan.
Wasnt Utomi the MD at Volks once? and where is Volks today?
I beg dont rationalize nonsense here.
The so called intelligentsia are part of the problems!

What do you expect from parasites like Kingigbe, who have never done any honest jobs in their entire life, apart from feeding fat on government patronage and politics.
And I don tire for this our president self.

There are too many fly by day ISPs
Most of them do not even know their bandwith or lie about it.
I still need a genuine portable broadband ISP
Any offers?
Hardware must just be a single unit. No outdoor antenna/unit

The thieving and conniving civil/public servants!

Why must they all visit Nigeria when they become lame ducks?
Nigeria must be very unimportant to them.
Anyways whats in a visit

@chidichris
Its all the reasons you have given that breed 10 Iwus
We either want to fight corruption or we don't.
When we start talking about "selective justice"
Can you pls tell me which one of the ones selectively caught, that is not corrupt?

Because Gov A or Minister B has not been caught, should that give Chairman C the justification to be corrupt & incompetent?
May be what we need is to execute all indicted corrupt public officers, then this askew argument of selective nonsense will stop!

How many agberos or middle class citizens are ready to go and eat at Sweet Sensation, or ready to watch movies at Silvereagle? What is your discount rate? We all know that this outlets are meant for the well above middle class of the nation.

Well said
When fixing Nigeria becomes a class thing, then the concept is wrong, or there is another motive.
Nigeria can never be fixed by proxy!

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