₦airaland Forum

The Ugly state of reporting in Nigeria today, Is one that can make anyone go GAGA!!! (Mad), one would expect a Big Media House like Punch to do some necessary investigations before publishing things as fact, In short i'm of the opinion that our people should start suing the Government and the Government also should sue and demand for damages from such erroneous reporting as this one made by Punch of November the 8th 2014, BY OLABISI DEJI-FOLUTILE AND DAYO OKETOLA captioned "Govt Houses costlier than Nigerian universities"
Although some fair points were raised but the fact that a photograph from Nairaland as the source was published as the New Governor's Office in Bayelsa State, Rubbished the entire article, Since I was the one that made the comparison between the picture in question and the Cost of "33.8 billion " naira as erroneously announced by Mr. Lawrence the Commissioner for Works in Bayelsa state instead of "3.8" Billon naira.
I felt it would be right to set the record straight.
The picture Published is the Most Expensive Building in the United State and it was only used to get a feel of what over "200 million" Dollars could fetch the state . Since the estimated cost of the House in this picture is around 139 million dollars only!!!

Please our Media Houses must call their staffs to order.

Pic. 1- Alleged Governor's Office (Which is the Most Expensive House in USA)
Pic 2. Actual Governor's Office under construction.




http://www.punchng.com/news/govt-houses-costlier-than-nigerian-universities/

Modified : It's not the Will of God

This thread is my Kermit thread sha.

Doesn't Matter, If She likes She should Endorse, If She likes she shouldn't, Wike will not and Cannot be the next River State Governor,! If PDP should make that mistake, Ameachi should start Dancing Skelewu from now.

Life is Good (LG).


Surulere



Started from the bottom now she's here


But her style of Blogging no be Beans, Since She's like a news outlet, You have to be online all the time even at Night.

Her dedication has paid off.

Author author this your disclaimer message em.

cramjones:
But sir, I am only supporting GEJ. How else can I satisfy you?

Sir, during the rot and decay of successive governments, people of Mubi, Vintim, Chibok and Uba never trooped out to celebrate GEJ.

Sir, during the rot and decay of other governments, people were never bombed on a daily basis. Sir during

Sir, during the rot and decay of other governments, $20billion was never stolen.

Sir, during the rot and decay of other governments, Nigeria's map was never redrawn

Sir, during the rot and decay of other governments, our soldiers were gallant, the fought and defeated the enemy, they never ran away and left their weapons.

Sir, during the rot and decay of other government terrorist never shot down a fighter jet.

Sir, I can go on and on and on. Sir, GEJ is 54 years, and he has shown us what a young and competent president can do. We should join hands and support him, just like the people of Mubi, Vintim, Uba and Chibok and trooping enmass as the pictures shows to support him after being sacked from their towns by the haramites!

Thank you, sir!

-CramJones

Cramjones jumping to conclusion since 1914, You assumed i'm "Male"... Hope you are not a "Sexist".

I'm not one of the praise singers out there so I won't come out here to start listing what GEJ has done or not, Because that's definitely not my job, if you want to check his score card you can follow the enthusiastic Renoomokiri on twitter @renoomokri, that's His job, I'm just a regular Nigerian who still believes in one Nigeria, and strongly feel we can put our heads together and build a better Country, not for one Family alone, but for all of us, If we come together and ask pertinent questions, to whoever is in Power and ensure we collectively find solutions we can achieve great things.

Nigeria is indeed a great nation.

The Terrorists are not Spirits they are Humans like both of Us!, They eat, sleep, move about and have Families.
If we collectively decide to kick out these terrorists they'll disappear just like EVD left our shores.

Thank you.

What is Cramjones? A name of a Person, Thing or Place?
You raised a couple of valid points but the rest are just propaganda,
This is what we should be concerned about you trying to be sarcastic, it doesn't work.
If you support the APC tell them to field credible candidates, because if they field Buhari (the Sharia Law Master) or ATIKU( the Intels Magician) then you got yourself to blame. I'm of the opinion that someone that is 71 years old should be with his Family and Friends because He's spent the bulk of His productive years already,

GEJ is not a magician and even Cramjones was in His/Her Mother's womb for about 9 Months that's if you are not a premature..

The rot and decay left behind by successive governments cannot be changed overnight, in a country where tribalism and nepotism is the order of the day.

Please bear with GEJ until 2019 or Field credible candidates or just sit back grab a box of Pop corn and watch.

Happy Viewing

Cramjones

ugoezeik:
lol. Newkid? Lik hw old

A few days old

Hmmmm well it's not within His power.

Superstar007:
I thought am the one that noticed it. That's what you'll get someone is motivated to do something knowing he'll gain something at the end than doing it free, it's good Seun learnt and acted fast. Btw, please don't forget to vote Nasprada for Miss Nairaland 2014

Ok noted, btw in a few minutes from now one sports thread will make Frontpage. You can thank me later

Superstar007:
You mean the changes in frontpage topics?

Yes

I'll like to say there is a New Kid on the block, Probably Seun finally hired someone or maybe someone woke up on the right side of the bed today.

Well Elections are around the corner, more stuffs coming soon

I've been to this beach, it's a beauty to behold but it is very untidy, with little activities to engage in and people building permanent structures all around.

The road from Eket to this beach is very bad...


Don't think the aerial photograph is a picture of the beach, rather it looks like a meandering river.

Wow seriously b

A nice perspective and more or less a personal one too

PEREP:
We have 170M nigerians which included the Non-Skilled, Semi-Skilled and Skilled. If the minister has provided job for the Non-Skilled and Semi-skilled, they are still jobs.
Many of Nigerians wish the days of boom in the banking and Communication sector will return but they are near saturation. Let's embrace the newer sectors (Agriculture, Transport and Power) and we will bring back a place for all of us to prosper.

Security is a problem but our scientist and Universities are not thinking along the line of shelling terrorist in a way that simply deactivate them for 6 or 8hrs till Soldiers comb them.

Opportunities all over but we wait for Govt till we move.

The private sector includes your biz of 100k and a million of such will assist about 20 million pple but many of us want to make 1 billion in a year forgetting a warren buffet and the likes started small and became BIG cos of consistency.

The reason why people are screaming is that the working population is about 85 million people 15- 55 years old, How many of the 85 million are currently employed, we don't know, but assuming all the 85million are unemployed this post means that 1 in every 85 people have been employed directly or indirectly, I believe I know more than 85 people and those 85 know more than 85 others, But I don't know anybody that works or has been employed by the ministry or as a result of the Ministry's policy so far.

englishmart:
Ubanka there..
So as e own don dey work make person no talk about am again?

If e dey pain you, "pharmacy get panadol".

PEJ is a.... good people

As u see am so. Him own don dey work hustle ur own

The Prof. Probably has no idea what it entails to be a Ph.D holder, He's one of those that immediately they hear u have a Ph.D they feel u must know everything about everything. The President is only an administrator that delegates duties to others basically, and that obviously has nothing to do with a Ph.D. The President received his Ph.D from a Federal University in Zoology. Just in case the Prof isn't aware.

aragon4realz:
if you have served you LL understand how tough and rough it is to complete your clearance at the camp,maybe just maybe this LL help make that process stress free

You amuse me, I've served and hoping this mobilisation part will sort out the clumsy attitude shown by NYSC officials during and after camp is like wishing horses could fly. In Nigeria. We make something extremely simple complicated, the Flaw of this so called online system is that students will still have to travel to their institutions to make sure they've been mobilised if not they'll experience what just happened now.

Developing software no be Beans, It's clear that all over the world Apple OS, Microsoft Windows, Linux and co.
It doesn't start one day. If the people are here that can do such support them.
But this is not another Local Content thing.

aragon4realz:
yeah it will not cost that much even after I saw it I laughed but on a second thought I think it's for the hardwares and stuff like that, computers ......

So how come corps members were able to mobilise without Hardwares this time?

A detailed written letter about the plight of Many because of the FLAWED NYSC ONLINE REGISTRATION SYSTEM.

All they can say is wait for next batch like it's tomorrow!!! It's about 4 months away, If it's so short a time, I put it to any official not to collect His /Her salary for these 4 months!!!

"I greet you with the best of greetings and with a hope that you see this. Ordinarily, I should not have taken this course to write an open letter to you using this medium but when several entreaties made at reaching your office and that of the NYSC has failed and knowing fully that the NYSC Batch C mobilisation closes next week, I am left with no other option than to employ any means necessary to get your attention in a bid to resolve the log jam, trauma, stress, agony and anxiety your agency has caused me for the past 3 weeks.

I have been on this NYSC issue for 3 weeks now trying to find a solution. I have been to the NYSC Lagos State Office in Surulere to complain; I have sent emails, tweeted at the official handle of NYSC (@nysc_ng) on twitter and called your agency’s numerous help-lines all to no avail. Every of the official I met at your Lagos office kept directing me to NYSC office in Abuja. They practically claimed to know nothing about mobilisation and call-up number and they refused to accept a letter to your office asking me to take the letter to Abuja myself. Sir, at this junction, I have no other choice than to write this open letter to your esteemed person and office for immediate and necessary action and I apologise ahead if this does not go down well sir."


I studied LAW and graduated from the Lagos State University in the year 2013 and thereafter proceeded to the Nigerian Law School for my mandatory professional training. This ultimately was the reason why I could not meet up with the Batch B in August 2014, even though I was officially posted to Katsina State.


Upon the conclusion of my studies at the Law School, I returned to Lagos in time (latter part of August) to register my interest in the November NYSC Batch C in my school (Lagos State University hereinafter referred to as LASU). I also proceeded to register ON-LINE in line with the directives of the NYSC on September 10 and I paid the required N4000 on September 11. (I have copies of these documents with me and will produce upon demand). To further confirm my registration I received sms and an email from the NYSC on September 22 CONFIRMING that my application has been received and was being processed.

The confirmation I received from the NYSC and my prints-out gave me the assurance that I have fulfilled the obligations necessary for my mobilisation. I went home to rest and I was expecting my call-up number from the NYSC via email as that was the reason for paying the N4000 in the first place.

One (1) month after payment of N4000 and registration, I became increasingly worried that I was yet to receive call-up number. This was more evident when colleagues who paid the N4000 had begun receiving theirs. I decided to keep my cool because I felt the NYSC was sending it in stages. However, I could no longer stomach the issue and felt I needed to rise up to the occasion when a friend who paid the required N4000 got her call-up number almost immediately.

I immediately swung into action trying to contact the NYSC. I went to the CONTACT US portal on the NYSC website and tried all the phone numbers there, all were switched-off. I also sent emails to the following email addresses I came across on the NYSC Website …abubakarkuf@yahoo.com , nyscsupport@sidmach.com and info@nysc.gov.ng . In the emails I sent to the earlier mentioned email addresses, I explained the issues therein and sought for support and help to get it resolved.


To my surprise, I did not get an acknowledgement of my email neither was my issue being attended to. At this point, I became very worried and I began to ask friends for NYSC contact phone numbers. One of my friends eventually got me a number 08065688891 and asked me to call and explain my concerns. I did call the number and I spoke to a man whom I explained everything to. He listened very patiently and afterwards asked me to hold on while he ran a background check on my name and Matric number (080411061). After 10minutes, he got back to me by saying my school didn’t mobilise me for NYSC. I was quite furious because I did not owe Lagos State University (LASU) anything and I did everything required of me to make sure I was mobilised.

I immediately proceeded to Student Affairs Department of my school to enquire why I was not mobilised for NYSC despite fulfilling all requirements laid down by the Senate of the school. I met the officials and I explained to them. They were surprised to hear me tell them that I was told by an official of the NYSC that I was not mobilised. I was directed to go and check the notice board in front of the Student Affairs to see if my name is included in the Remobilisation list they pasted, I did check and my name was there right on Page 16 number 96.

I went back to them at the Student Affairs and I told them my name was there. Apparently trying to make it clear that the fault was not from LASU, the LASU officials sat me down and brought out the 38 pages Master list of the names of eligible graduates originally sent to the NYSC for Batch ‘C’. Yet again, my name was on page 16 number 96. With this, LASU insisted that they mobilised me and my name was included in the list forwarded to the NYSC and that if there is any problem, it has to come from the NYSC and not them.

Armed with this revelation, I called the 08065688891 and this time I spoke to a lady and explained everything to her. The lady who kept posting me asked me to call back after 10minutes which I did. Again she asked me to call back after another 10minutes which I again did. On my third attempt, she said she could not attend to me and that I should call again the following day. When I called the following day, the lady asked me not to disturb her again.


On getting home, I again sent an email to the above email addresses explaining the new revelation to them but still. I got no reply.

The final straw came in when I was informed that my school has pasted a list of the call-up numbers received from the NYSC and my name was not included. I went there and confirmed it to be true. At this point, I was faced with the stark reality that I may not participate in the upcoming NYSC exercise and this is too bitter for me to swallow. As a Lawyer who understands the importance of time in a career, I cannot accept to be professionally useless for the next six month due to no fault of mine. I have my career plans well laid out with NYSC fully incorporated into it. Failure to get mobilised for this set will truncate and throw irreparable spanners into my future plans and the effect may destabilize me.

Again, I was reliably informed that NYSC sent a list to my school asking them to correct the data and resend back to them so they can mobilise and prepare their call up numbers. I immediately rushed to school and stayed with them until my name was included and ensured my data was correct. The Student Affairs even placed a call to NYSC on my behalf and in my presence to specifically complain that my name was sent in the master list of the School Senate (Page 16, No. 96) and that I was not given a call-up number. The NYSC official (on phone) directed that my school should include me in the new list, which they did.

With this, we thought everything was settled and I was told to expect the call-up number by Monday, 20th October, 2014. Monday came and to my greatest surprise, NYSC sent call-up number to everyone on the corrected list and YET again, omitted me. I was enraged and I contacted the school immediately. I was told by the Student Affairs that NYSC said it was an omission/oversight and that I will be mobilised for the next batch in March, 2015. Again, I called the NYSC official and explained my predicament to him. In a rather astonishing tone, the NYSC official told me to “shut-up and stop disturbing him because I paid N4000”. He asked me to go and learn a trade instead and slammed the phone on me. I thought this was very unprofessional, degrading and insulting.

At this point, I felt this can no longer continue. Why should I have to pay with my future for the negligence, omission and oversight of NYSC despite paying the required N4000 and complying with all necessary condition? Why would NYSC decide to painfully halt my progression and render me useless knowing the fact that no one would employ me yet while my colleagues are mobilised, neither can I apply for Post-graduate studies in any University in Nigeria without having served? Why do I have to go through this harrowing experience to get mobilised? Why should I have to go through unimaginable pressure and trauma to serve my country? Despite the fact that LASU correctly mobilised me (twice), why has the NYSC officials in charge of mobilisation refused to process my data? Why am I told to face the ignominy of seeing ALL my colleagues get mobilised and I am left out for no cogent reason only to be told by some unruly NYSC staff to go and learn a trade?

At a crucial time when majority of Nigerians are fast losing hope in governmental agencies as a result of inefficiency and lack of seriousness. NYSC in my opinion should be the last of such agency to erode public confidence. Sir, I listened to you when you organised a live twitter session with Mr. Japhet Omojuwa on this issue of N4000 and Online registration. You made it clear that everyone who complies with the requirement and instructions will be mobilised. I did not only comply with ALL instructions as set out by the NYSC, I ensured I complied as far back as September 11th, 2014, why I should be singled out for labrat analysis out of thousands of students who did not even pay the N4000 is beyond comprehension. I am quite sure this would not have happened had the NYSC maintained the tradition instead of using the future of thousands of students to test run a facility that has not been perfected. I write for myself, but with the deep knowledge that there are hundreds of student who may have resigned their fate as there is nothing they can do. However, with due respect sir, such fate I cannot accept.

Sir, I have employed all peaceful means necessary to resolve this and I am aware there are just few days left to close the NYSC BATCH C mobilisation exercise. I urge you to please use your good offices to get your agency to do the needful and suspend the agony and trauma your agency has made me go through for the past three (3) weeks. While, I am not bothered by the insult I have received from the NYSC officials I called on phone, I just want my data processed and my call-up number given so I can fully focus on serving my country alongside my colleagues.

With due respect sir, failure to get a positive response within forty-eight (48) hours, I will have no other option than to instruct my Lawyers to immediately commence a legal action against your agency for discrimination, victimization, exploitation and obtaining money by false pretense. Whilst I will also pen a petition to the National Assembly and all relevant agencies including the Presidency.

I have no interest in dragging NYSC through anything, neither do I desire any attempt to rubbish the good name and your sincere effort aimed at repositioning the NYSC. However, I cannot accept that I will be jobless for the next six (6) months despite having complied with all instructions as laid out by the NYSC.

As the last hope of the common man, I will be left with no choice than to seek redress in the court of Law if no positive response is given by the NYSC.

Thank you in the hope of a positive response sir.

I salute your sense of administration.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

BAKARE ABDULAZIZ OLATUNDE (@Backarray)

07062157616, 0812209822


http://dailypost.ng/2014/10/22/bakare-abdulaziz-olatunde-n4000-online-registration-nysc-open-letter-dg/

Initially I thought we were the only ones affected but it's now obvious that this online system has robbed a lot of prospective Corp members from going to camp this November after paying the controversial #4000 in my opinion because of lapses on the part of NYSC and the flaws of the online registration system and we shouldn't be made to pay for their mistakes.

Please keep sharing until we all are included in this November batch. Thank You.

It's not just Bayero it includes Igbenedion University Okada, Obafemi Awolowo University, several Doctors and Lawyers
Worry as NYSC exempts 1,360 Bayero varsity graduates from mobilization

"FOR reason yet unknown, about 1,360 prospective corps members from the Bayero University, Kano due for the 2014 batch C orientation course scheduled to kick off on November 4 nationwide have been exempted by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). 

The Guardian learnt from the Students Affairs Unit of the university that only 1,921 prospective corps members, less than 65 per cent of the total fresh graduates, made the mobilization list forwarded by the NYSC to the university.

  Going by the development, those affected prospective corps members currently in their late 29 may not be lucky to serve their fatherland.

 A source in the university told The Guardian that a list of 3,821 prospective corps members were sent to NYSC headquarters in September for batch C as requested, out of which 1,360, representing about 40 per cent, were not lucky enough to make the list.

Abubakar Umar, a graduate of Biochemistry, amidst hundreds of affected prospective corps members who now throng the Students Affairs Unit daily, told The Guardian that “most of them are being frustrated after spending five months waiting for the service. Can you imagine that after spending at lease four years in the university, just for us to be mobilized is now a challenge”.

While some of the students blamed the university authorities for the situation which cropped up after completion of the online registration as required by NYSC, others blamed the NYSC which they accused of engaging in inordinate moves to rake undue gains.

It was learnt that the NYSC had compelled the prospective corps members to register online to obtain their personal data after which additional electronic registration is expected for online call-off letter, all amounting to N5,000.

The Deputy Dean, Students Affairs Unit of the university, Dr. Shamsudeen Umar, debunked the allegation against the institution, arguing that the university has fulfilled all righteousness as required by the NYSC.

Shamsudeen said: “The university forwarded names of 3,821 prospective corps members from Bayero university to the NYSC as at when due, only to receive less than 2,000 list of participants. We are so surprised about this development because this is not the tradition.”

Although a recent memo that originated from NYSC and obtained by The Guardian indicated about 730 prospective corps members from the university could not complete their online registration, suggesting why their names did not reflect in the comprehensive list.

But Shamsudeen who maintained most percentage of the affected persons has evidence that they completed the online registration. “I will disagree with the argument of NYSC because most of those that are coming here have the print out of the online registration. So they cannot give such excuse as far as we know. "


http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/national-news/184732-worry-as-nysc-exempts-1-360-bayero-varsity-graduates-from-mobilization

sodiqyinka:
You wait for next batch.

You see we are back to where we got started initially that the online system has failed some corps members especially those that listened to NYSC and followed the normal procedure

Please "sodiqyinka" the portal has reopened but NYSC hasn't accepted new names from my University. What can I Do. Please

This was my initial post on behalf of someone.
From this experience my advice is to ignore the Online thing until you've done your manual registration / Mobilisation with your school first before going online.
"Please someone should beg NYSC to please mobilise me for this November batch!!! I am a victim of the so called online system, because NYSC informed us to register online which I did since early september, only to receive a text saying I have incomplete DATA, after much enquiry I was told that NYSC sent the list of those that enrolled online to the school for confirmation after the mobilisation window had closed, this has affected a lot of us especially Doctors and Lawyers. Please help me to put pressure on the DG to mobilise us for this November batch. Next year March is too far after suffering for close to 10 years in school and writing exams. Please!!!".