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Why would any young Dr want to be a peadiatrician and stay in Nigeria to practice clinical medecine,Let's all be sincere,what incentive does he or she have.if he or she does not regret it during residency By the time he/she looks @ himself or herself in 10yrs he'll def regret the decision.

Only married woman take up such endevour this days,they don't depend on their job to keep their families,the guys all leave a year or 2 after NYSC or switch professions outrightly.

And if it continues this way,Nigeria will soon be begging for gp's to practice.In most places Its Nysc that's still saving the day so don't be ambitious asking for paediatricians,treat the ones you have well.

People,this is not acceptable,it must not be condoned not to talk of celebrated.The nation should weep,not rejoice @ this let us condem the killing of 185 men women and children of our country without fair trial.

Boston showed us an example,the city was closed down in 30mins.....why have they not declared a state of emmergency in borno,why are we so immune to the death suffering and this plight of others,where are our human feelings.

Imagine loosing all members of your families in one day,and friends,Imagine a child with no family,with no help,what seeds are we sowing for "peace"
If a tactical assault will lead to loss of lots of innocent lives and properties it must receive clearance from the highest authority.who gave clearance,was there a better way? This are the questions here while we weep for borno,and the flag flies @ half mast.

ufotuko: shey make I carry u go cnn make you pour out your feelings to them instead of ranting on nairaland like woman wey dem cut one of her breast for public....or better still let me give u princess phone number so that u can call her instead of spitting on the thread

Clowns like you are not worth joining issues with on any forum.

If we all want a new nigeria,we must reject mediocrity,dishonour and abject foolishness from people we place in positions of influence and public figures.

I insist she was at an occasion which should be celebrating the strength and success of the Nigerian woman in a hundred years,her "joke" was irresponsible and in poor taste considering the ocassion and what it stood for and the fact that Nigerian women find it acceptable is disturbing.

Silly woman she is.some things should not be joked with,its a very sensitive topic for most.

Invariably @ the celebration of 100 yrs of the nigerian woman she "jokes" about how been a single woman is a thing of shame she is glad to have escaped.

In a country where we all know the aged single woman carries an unspoken stigma which society is sometimes unkind enough to verbalize in many ways like she just did.Joke or not that statement was irresponsible and insensitive and holding her accountable in the courts of public opinion is the least we all can do.Like I said earlier,very silly woman.

RUN Buhari RUN!

A voice of rejoicing is heard in our tents and in our camp,It is the voice of them that make merry,the voice of them that rejoice,May our God heal our land and give his people peace.

Your people remain loyal sir.May God go with you.

This matter is not worthy of a reply,however evil thrives when good men are silent,so I will say my bit for posterity...

There is a code of honor,of justice,of truth one would expect from leadership.Imagine the spokesperson of any reputable country or institution issuing such a statement with no burden of proof.even criminals are called suspects till proven.

There is a code of honor even amongst thieves,If this statement credited to this spokesperson is true,then leadership has reached an all time low indeed and there is no honor in the villa and its sit of power,shameful thing it is.

They dare not say this officially in written or verbal form,by mistake or deliberately.We Team General Buhari will sue them for everything they are worth,carry the day in court and get a public apology for such behaviour.

But then give abati and co kudos,they've not been reduced to that yet,but the forty laptop squad,those ones are something else.Even amongst thieves,there is honour,but them.....

the board is trying to to do its job,so the records show it was censored.

That said,I know this documentary is on the AMAA 2013 nomination list so the censorship thing is just an "eye service".

I've not seen it yet,but I believe a nation must document its history for posterity.Why hide who we are,its like the emperors new clothes,where we all whitewash truth with denial.when all was needed was a simple mirror.

Perhaps if we take a look at ourselves objectively,see what we have let ourselves become as a nation,maybe it will be the voice for the millions we have oppressed and smothered into silence,its possible it can inspire in us the will to bring about the change in attitude and national values we so yearn for.If this documentary can do that,then it is a good thing censorship will not have the power to stop.

And Gen buhari stayed up all night,kudos to you sir,great job there.

Scores so far,
Buhari Likes-310 still counting,

Gej crew(+multiple I'd's)-Less than 40 likes.

Makes me realize,less than 40 pple have been criticizing Buhari again and again on this 18 pgs,while 310 have liked,

Also factoring multiple ids the known paid perrogative of crew pdp that brings 50pple to say 20?

Our point has been made,The General remains a sought after candidate,The challenge my people now is how do we ensure a credible fair election 2015.Victory comes with preparation.let's find a way early to make this happen.

Let's Focus pple,the question is simple,will you vote for General Buhari-240 likes still counting,the pro GEJ folks with confirmed multiple Ids are yet to garner 100 likes.

Let's pretend its a microsm of society,statistics are there too show,haters hate all you want,comment with multiple ids if u wish, Buhari has his confirmed sure followers who are non muslims,non northerners waiting to vote 2015.

PDP pple,mission accomplished,hurry back and report to ur masters.

and in excess doses causes Parkinson like disease.
problem is therapeutic index has not been determined.
Compren tu?

General Buhari has my vote, that of my friends, family and those I will hopefully beg and influence to vote for him 2015 except he endorses another candidate.

put the thread on front page if its statistics you want and see.last election, a lot of young upwardly mobile Christian professionals voted for him. yes in lagos. and theres a lot of us on the net you know, enough to match the gej supporters on nairaland that put us in this mess and are not ashamed.

Don't forget to add the uneducated northerners you all so despise without realizing a solution only comes when you have a leader who takes the bull by the horn and solves the problems of all.

General Muhamadu Buhari (yes that's General to you)has my vote,
2015 cant come soon enough.

I"m worried as a pple we have been so beaten we now have poor self esteem.

The issue here is simple, a south African hotel put a notice saying Nigerians not allowed, that is documented discrimination if true, we should be discussing diplomatic resolution of the matter, or principle of reciprocal gesture .e.g Imagine Nigerian hotels or businesses saying south Africans not allowed? even if they don't use there...and they come to naija a lot.

whether it was put there because of the corrupt, poor, or agbero Nigerian or not ,the point is such discrimination against our kindred, yes our people anywhere in the world for any reason should not be tolerated or considered permissible.

Saw this article somewhere,my exact thoughts on many issues in Nigeria,e.g the oga " the top matter,on militancy and others,its like someone put in words articulately this nigerian factor.hope you enjoy reading it like i did,hope it inspires us to correct mediocrity wherever we can.


That Nigeria Rewards Mediocrity- Femke Van Zeiji



I used to think corruption was Nigeria’s biggest problem, but I’m starting to doubt that. Every time I probe into one of the many issues this country is encountering, at the core I find the same phenomenon: the widespread celebration of mediocrity. Unrebuked underachievement seems to be the rule in all facets of society. A governor building a single road during his entire tenure is revered like the next Messiah; an averagely talented author who writes a colourless book gets sponsored to represent Nigerian literature overseas; and a young woman with no secretarial skills to speak of gets promoted to the oga’s office faster than any of her properly trained colleagues.

Needless to say the politician is probably hailed by those awaiting part of the loot he is stealing; the writer might have got his sponsorship from buddies he has been sucking up to in hagiographies paid for by the subjects; and the young woman’s promotion is likely to be an exchange for sex or the expectancy of it. So some form of corruption plays a role in all of these examples.

But corruption per se does not necessarily stand in the way of development. Otherwise a country like Indonesia—number 118 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, not that far removed from Nigeria’s 139—would never have made it to the G-20 group of major economies. An even more serious obstacle to development is the lack of repercussions for underachievement. Who in Nigeria is ever held accountable for substandard performance?

Since I came here, I have been on a futile search for a stable internet connection that does what it promises. I started with an MTN FastLink modem (I consider the name a cruel joke), and then I moved on to an Etisalat MiFi connection (I regularly had to keep myself from throwing the bloody thing against the wall), and now I am trying out Cobranet’s U-Go. I shouldn’t have bothered: equally crap. And everyone knows this. They groan and mutter and tweet about it. But still, to my surprise, no one calls for a class-action suit against those deceitful providers.

A one-day conference I attended last year left me equally puzzled. Organisation, attendance and outcome left a lot to be desired, if you ask me. But over cocktails, after the closing ceremony, everyone congratulated each other over the wonderful conference—that started two hours late, of which the most animated part was undeniably lunch, and in which not a single tangible decision had been made. This left me wondering whether we had attended the same event.

I thought these issues to be unrelated at first, but gradually I came to see the connection. Nigeria is the opposite of a meritocracy: you do not earn by achieving. You get to be who and where you are by knowing the right people. Whether you work in an office, for an enterprise or an NGO, at a construction site or in government, your abilities hardly ever are the reason you got there. Performing well, let alone with excellence, is not a requirement, in fact, it is discouraged. It would be too threatening: showing you’re more intelligent, capable or competent than the ‘oga at the top’ (who, as a rule, is not an overachiever either) is career suicide.

It is an attitude that trickles down from the very top, its symptoms eventually showing up in all of society, from bad governance to bad service to bad craftsmanship.

Where excellence meets no gratification, what remains to be celebrated is underachievement. That is why it is not uncommon to find Nigerians congratulating each other with substandard results. It is safer to cuddle up comfortably in shared mediocrity than to question it, since the latter might also expose your own less than exceptional performance. Add to this the taboo of criticising anyone senior or higher up and it explains why so many join in the admiration of the emperor’s new clothes.

I have been writing this column for the last year, and after ten months I realised my angles were getting more predictable and my pieces less edgy. I figured newcomers do not remain newcomers forever and therefore decided to round up the ‘Femke Becomes Funke’ series this month, a year after it started. Ever since I announced the ending, tweeps have been asking me to change my mind and in comments on the columns and through my website I get songs of praise that make me feel my analyses of Nigerian society are indispensable. If I had no sense of self-criticism, I might be tempted to reconsider my decision to discontinue the series and start producing second-rate articles. Who would point this out to me if I did?

The hardest thing to do in Nigeria is to continue to realise there is honour in achievement and pride in perfection. I imagine the frustration of the many Nigerians who do care for their work, who take pride in their outcomes and who feel the award is in a job well done. When you know beforehand that excellence will not be rewarded, you are bound to do the economically sane thing and limit your investments to accomplishing the bare minimum. This makes Nigeria a pretty cumbersome place for anyone striving for perfection.

By Femke Van Zeijl

and since we are on this topic,I must add my observations....On a recent trip to the niger delta region,I saw pple accord respect that was shrouded in fear and awe to the pple they described as millitants,they got vip treatment like they were super humans.I saw jobless youths and no jobs,My friend I was visiting had once been kidnapped and had paid a ransom,the only other person I knew in town had also been kidnapped in the past also paid a ransom,it appeared there was no motivation in this town for the youths to work to earn legitimate pay,crime obviously has been institutionalized.All because the authorities rewarded wrong.

So the hardworking,honest Niger delta guy earning 200,000 naira and struggling to build his life while paying his bills and earning a honest living is regarded as unsuccesfull and a failure,and the unemployed ones....well they find money to spend somehow.And it appeared majority had emmigrated away from there.

by granting this amnesty to the millitants and actually paying them,the nation has rewarded violence and set a trend for the future,that violence pays.The militancy issue is like the hydra head with tentacles far reaching than amnesty can truly solve.This very system that rewards crime and condems hardwork and justice must be condemed today so we all can live without looking over our shoulders tommorow.so our children can have a place to call home without fear.

Insurgency,militancy,terrorism,all are synonyms in words and in action,any serious goverment must not tolerate any form of lawlessness for whatever reason.That been said,this militants that have been appeased with funds they fought for on account of the "people" what have they done with it?

I was priviledged to visit some cities in the niger delta region recently and understood the level of poverty,and lack of infractructure the people have,it seemed they lacked industries hence job opportunities and one gets the impression of a sleepy town not the hub of "oyel" wealth of the nation.What have they the millitants done to change this?what schools have they buidlt,hospitals,jobs created, etc....how have they brought development to their towns from the gains of holding the nation ransom for years at the cost of blood and terror.Instead we hear of private jets,of weapons,of affluent and exhorbitant lifestyles,of investments abroad.....

Boko haram and mend,none is better.They were both raised to glorify lawlessness,to strike fear in the hearts of the people,and any sane,patroitic Nigerian should condem not reward or condone such especially those targetted against the common good of the people and the progress of the country.semantics people,semantics.

the woman is to be blamed.You dont add a man u dont know and flirt with him when ure married.Faithfulness takes discipline and practice.

The husband on the other hand should beg her sha,if temptation must come,it should not have come from someone so close to home,from the one you should ave trusted the most to look out for you,its just pure evil and with that act of immaturity he has suceeded in wrecking his own home.Wife,not gf.What kind of man is that? and what has he achieved by that?

kinefeltter syndrome perhaps? born that way,do not judge.

Is this even true? any party Gen buhari is associated with will be more disciplined as such one wll expect an official declaration from the party before posters come out.I'll be on team discredit this information.

If true,any party with Gen Buhari is fine with me.Make we dey campaign dey go.....

The wife has no right to talk publicly on this matter other than to apologize on behalf of her husband and appeal to the nation.Her duty as wife is to support him thru this trying period and raise not pull down watever is left of his self esteem,same with the children.If anything happens to him its their fault not the nations fault

Frankly I'm tired of the culture of impunity in Nigeria.Its possible she didn't do it,but for it to be entertained as permisble is appalling.Its like military wives bullying civillians saying I'm the wife of group captain,so wat?

All those saying the devil and issueing threats,in Nigerian style-back to the sender,imagine ur lifes been run like Nigeria.

Don't you all get,this is not about comandant shem.It should be a sober momment for those who choose to take it seriously while appealing not threatening the youth to tone it down.

Simply put,the Ogas @ the top have messed up the country.The youth found a voice to criticize it in humour/not violence and u try to stifle it, you dare insult the collective pain,and anger of the people...ask urself how hard its is to save 250k on ur 120k salary,extrapolate it to the unemployed guy,also pic the millions,yes millions that did not get the opportunity...and then ask why did they ever think it was ok to part with that money for employment,ask urself again why would anyone think of swindling someone that vulnurable,ask again could anything be done about all this?,who could address it?what did they do?,only then can you almost start to graze the matter...

The oga @ the top issue is everywhere.no matter how simple the stuff u want done is u get reffered to an oga @ the top (including answering a simple question on recruitment),some oga somewhere is stifling the process and we have come to accept it as normal.

I do not support mocking my enemies,but it is the system we mock not the man.The one that leaves its children unfed in the sun,the one where the ogas get a quater of the national allowance,where their kids get all the contracts,where homage and bribes is the culture,where the main man does not give a dam,the one that makes pple cry the country inhabitable,making us call strange places home.The system has failed us,and finally we have a collective voice to call the oga @ the top out on it.Its not done in violence,ask tunisia,ask libya,ask egypt,its done with sarcastic humour...I think we should let the people be on this one,Maybe this will make us and the Oga's on top start to address due process in the way we handle things In Nigeria.

Naptu where do you get your resources? May ur ink never run dry.

To the matter @ hand,its no longer about the comandant,really,its simply passive aggresion on the part of the Nigerian youths to the high handedness of the prior generation.Its anger @ failed governance,stolen opportunities,broken dreams,unmet expectations,inapproriate bullying by....let's say the powers that be.

Have you ever lost a position,a contract,a bidding,an idea,an opportunity because of frustrations from the "powers from above" now known as "the oga @ the top"

Someone articulated this unspoken truth in the system,(maybe unintentionally) and every Nigerian youth recognized it,identified with it,and displayed their anger,passive aggression @ the oppression styled in humour.its more than a failure to remember a site,its about the culture of hubris,that in Nigeria there's a glass ceiling,always there by an Oga @ the top and that is what the people rebel @,not rejoice @,its passive aggresive,and its unfortunate the comandant became the mascot for it.

In Pr when an error has occurred,the first thing is to admit the mistake,explain how it came about,explain what has been done to correct it,and explain further what steps are been taken to ensure it does not occur again in future.I think the org should focus on doing that on the job racket scandal,it will be nice if they used the comandant again,with or without a PR person this time while he answers questions on operational issues.That may redeem his Image.

But on this oga @ the top matter,sadly it exists,and in acknowledging it publicly by all,has come to stay.

The issue was simple,People where swindled to part with money on fake sites recruiting for the organization.In asking the representative of this organization to come on air with appropriate information to shed light on the matter and to prevent such occurence in future,and him unable to provide the correct website address for recruitment purpose,(the main topic of the interview session)....The journalists were polite for not telling him then and there it was not good enough,it was not fair to the citizens of the country,and it showed absolute disregard for the plight of the unemployed graduates who had lost money for him to come to the show without the needed information to make it right.The journalists where simply doing their jobs.Please note again the title of the interview session.

A Buhari thread,Im so late....
Vote for Buhari come 2015,any other vote is simply a wasted effort.
Long live General Buhari,
Long live the federal republic of Nigeria.

Add genotype and no social life.I know lots of morally grounded good single ladies like that,for them life goes on they don't sit and cry.seeing this thread my heart goes out to them,they obviously have no love from society.

Lastly add failure to take responsibilty that abounds with the male folks castigating blames and pointing fingers.

One mans trash is anothers treasure,to thine own self be true.

happy birthday Mrs wellington.

The guy sang vulgar lewd lyrics,thats his claim to fame,how exactly does that make him a hero? or a model to the upcoming young ones.

Lets uphold our social values,let us collectively criticize and condem wrong,empathy for the weak yes,but not celebrate the mundane,wrong or outright evil,the younger ones are watching,they are been influenced by what we celebrate,and one day we all will be accountable for every seemingly loose word we utter even on nairaland.

lets always be slow to judge.she's 18,delivered of an unwanted child,abandoned,alone and most likely poor with some postpartum depression.Its possible her mind broke,its called inasnity.She should get a psychiatric Hospital with rehabilitation not jail.The real issue here is psychiatric with no avenue for her to give the baby up for adoption.

Things to do in lagos Nigeria.

Music Classes
Muson center offers a flexible hr based schedule,meaning you can go once a week,on any day of your choice.the classes are affordable,and you can pick cheap musical equipments to start with,like i said earlier,great networking.If muson is too grandiose,ask your instrumentalists in church for a good tutor on any instrument of your choice.

Language Classes
lots of language classes exist in lagos,french german,spanish etc,...alliance francaise with offices in ikeja,yaba,and badagry are about the most popular,they also run flexible schedules to accomodate working class citizens...you never know when a new language will come in handy..

Social Dancing
social dancing is here to stay!...salsa,cha cha,bachetta,line dances etc.Social dancing is a great form of excercise,especially if you live a sedentary life style,and that includes most desk workers.You cant leave a dance class depressed,dance gives a natural high try dance office, anthony ikeja,awolowo rd ikoyi,and I hear theres one in surulere.

sports
Golf
most golf courses allow non members use their course for a small fee.If u can pay a little extra,you get a professional tutor.and yes you can do one lesson a month very cheap this way, practise the rest on ur own @ home or @work.you can get a golf kit for less than $200 dollars.

lawn tennis, basketball ,badminton.
Unilag sports center,1004 sports complex

swimming[/b]-
lots of tutors available @ the pools,choose one,start learning.

football
any field will do


Plan a group outing
Paintball
@ elegushi is the paintball center in nigeria,however you have to call to book ahead. Its more fun with friends, but they are always pple there to form a team with.

Go carting
need for speed? thats @ the get arena near shoprite

Boat Cruise
Boats can be rented under the bridge Apapa, the Apapa boat club for something big and fancy.

Karaoke
lots of karaoke bars in town..my fav, karaoke towers on idowu taylor..get your friends,and sing your heart away.no exceptional talent needed.


plan a road trip
how many people have left lagos on a tourist trip? visiting family does not count.
so go rock climbing olumo rock Abeokuta, Isamuni hill ogun state,Idanre hill ondo state. Visit ikogosi warm springs,mambilla hills taraba, obudu ranch.Book a weekend with friends outside lagos while you visit, there're way cheaper than lagos hotels,(except obudu)you get to ave a memmorable trip.

cant leave lagos?try the national museum for nigerian history and culture, terrakulture and onikan theatre for stage plays and exhibitions, beaches abound, Fancy resturants, take your pick.

Volunteer!
A great way to spend time,and give to society.from orphanages to NGO's the list of potential volunteer places is long,a google search will show.

additions, suggestions to this list are welcome have fun, healthy fun, you only live once.

In Nigeria,a woman must not be a housewife.The future is too uncertain,there is no provision by the society for the unemployed,not to mention unemployed mother of four.in the case of unforeseen emmergencies,like The husband can loose his job,die,or simply divorce her at 40 from boredom that happens a lot,she gets no alimony in naija.For those saying to get a job,get real.where does she start @40? with years of no experience,remember its Nigeria.Customer care agent?or a 30k job.

And wat has the goverment of his excellency president GEJ got to do with this?much as I,m a pro buhari advocate,ill be sincere and put the blame @ the foot of the school management.Luth as a whole is not maintained by their admnistration.Compare luth and UCH and see the diff by far,With internally generated revenue and donations from alumni and others,the administration of UCH has continually maintained and embarked on new projects with no government input.compare their student hostels the diff is wide.one man per room free internet services,tv subscription and other things to make their system conducive,with regular maintainance culture.compare with lasuth where their rooms have ac's and well furnished.so to see any institution falling apart and blame it on GEJ is failing to take responsibilty by in this case,the students and the school authorities.