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EducationMeet Amusuo Paschal, Futo's Best Male Graduating Student by picasso4u(op): 12:13am On Apr 21, 2019
Meet Amusuo Paschal: FUTO's Best Male Graduating Student

Getting a first class can be said to be difficult, but it is a feat already achieved by many hardworking students. What is rather uncommon and rare is seeing a student who participated actively in politics, entrepreneurship and other extra-curricular activities and still comes out amongst the tops in his class, with a stunning CGPA.

Amusuo Paschal C., a 22 year old native of Umunneochi in Abia state was last Saturday, April 6th, celebrated and recognized as the Best Graduating Student in the School of Engineering, Overall Best Male Graduating Student and 2nd Best Graduating Student in the university during FUTO's 31st Convocation ceremonies. He finished from Marist Brothers Juniorate, Uturu Abia state before gaining admission in 2013 to study Electrical/Electronic Engineering.

Amusuo Paschal was well known in the Federal University of Technology, Owerri and especially amongst the students of his dept (EEE) and faculty (SEET) through his active engagements in Politics and Leadership-related activities. He was the Course Representative of the EEE class of 2013/2014, a one-time Assistant Secretary General, SEEES and the 2018 Chairman of the NUESA Independent Students Electoral Commission. He also founded the 360 Leadership Forum, community of student leaders, helping them become better and more effective leaders.

In the area of entrepreneurship, Paschal is a strategic thinker. He was the CEO, AmPaschal's Payment Solutions that assisted students make various payments and registrations online without stress. He was also part of the organizers of a number of successful conferences and training programs including the MOVE 2018 Seminar and the Internhub Internship Training.

Among other things, Paschal is well known for his passion and conscious attempts in mentoring younger students and helping them achieve better academic results. He is the author of the book "Becoming a 360° student" and has also written and shared a number of strategy-filled academic articles on his social media platforms.

Paschal is an Android developer and tech enthusiasts with keen interests in IoT and Embedded Systems Design and Development.

Paschal can be reached via the following channels
07063867955
Amusuopaschal@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paschal-amusuo-134146b3

EducationMeet Amusuo Paschal, Futo's Best Male Graduating Student by picasso4u(op): 11:22pm On Apr 19, 2019
Meet Amusuo Paschal: FUTO's Best Male Graduating Student

Getting a first class can be said to be difficult, but it is a feat already achieved by many hardworking students. What is rather uncommon and rare is seeing a student who participated actively in politics, entrepreneurship and other extra-curricular activities and still comes out amongst the tops in his class, with a stunning CGPA.

Amusuo Paschal C., a 22 year old native of Umunneochi in Abia state was last Saturday, April 6th, celebrated and recognized as the Best Graduating Student in the School of Engineering, Overall Best Male Graduating Student and 2nd Best Graduating Student in the university during FUTO's 31st Convocation ceremonies. He finished from Marist Brothers Juniorate, Uturu Abia state before gaining admission in 2013 to study Electrical/Electronic Engineering.

Amusuo Paschal was well known in the Federal University of Technology, Owerri and especially amongst the students of his dept (EEE) and faculty (SEET) through his active engagements in Politics and Leadership-related activities. He was the Course Representative of the EEE class of 2013/2014, a one-time Assistant Secretary General, SEEES and the 2018 Chairman of the NUESA Independent Students Electoral Commission. He also founded the 360 Leadership Forum, community of student leaders, helping them become better and more effective leaders.

In the area of entrepreneurship, Paschal is a strategic thinker. He was the CEO, AmPaschal's Payment Solutions that assisted students make various payments and registrations online without stress. He was also part of the organizers of a number of successful conferences and training programs including the MOVE 2018 Seminar and the Internhub Internship Training.

Among other things, Paschal is well known for his passion and conscious attempts in mentoring younger students and helping them achieve better academic results. He is the author of the book "Becoming a 360° student" and has also written and shared a number of strategy-filled academic articles on his social media platforms.

Paschal is an Android developer and tech enthusiasts with keen interests in IoT and Embedded Systems Design and Development.

Paschal can be reached via the following channels
07063867955
Amusuopaschal@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paschal-amusuo-134146b3

EducationRe: FUTO Students Dilemma In Getting Transcript From FUTO. About To Lose Scholarship by picasso4u(op): 7:26am On May 12, 2018
Today's May10 and my file is still with the secretary and have not been released/minuted for typing and yet I have June 1 deadline. Again, she doesn't care! I met her today and the same response. I just occurred to me that I have to do something before I lose my ND scholarship because of one staff at FUTO.
I have a colleague who has paid since last year and yet his results are yet to hit the keyboard for typing. Not just the typing is the worry; it has to be vetted for mistakes and errors, if any and this process could take same it took to get to this level. Mind you that I have counted 6 weeks since after payment and yet nothing tangible to show for it.

Is this how FUTO emerged to be the Best in OER in Nigeria? Is it how the prestigious FUTO is the best in South-East when you can get your transcript at UNN and UNIZIK within 48 Hours? FUTA and FUTMinna have started issuing degree certificates on the convocation day yet the almighty FUTO is still giving out certificates after 3 years of graduation. Most of my colleagues (2016 class) from other institutions like FUTMinna came to NYSC with their degree certificates; FUTO graduates go with Statement of Degree Result. Mind you that FUTO, FUTA, FUTMinna, etc are the same in design and academic dispensations, but they have chosen to elevate their game.
I inquired about my certificate yesterday and I was told that the 2016 class is not yet ready.

I have heard stories in the past where FUTO graduates lost post-graduate admission offers and scholarships because of failure to submit official transcripts on time; village people it can never be my potion!

What I do not know is whether FUTO ICT Unit is clueless not to have digitized transcript processing system such that it can be processed within 1 week at least? Thanks to the immediate past vice-chancellor for digitizing the payment system from offline to online (at least I paid while in Nasarawa State) but more is needed to make things easier in the 21st Century.

The world is too digital for FUTO at this era to be copying out students results manually and have to type it into system for printing. It can readily be in database once the Senate approves your result and exported for printing and mailing upon user request without having to spend 8-12 weeks on the road back-and-forth just to plead with one unmotivated staff who 'doesn't care'.

I'm just getting tired and have to take a different step this time even if means knocking at the VC's door tomorrow, after all, I'm an alum.

I therefore, call on all FUTO graduates and well-meaning students to speak up about this archaic approach as it has not been helping patronizers of it. Things need to change for good; FUTO needs to go digital in all facets; transcripts ought to be done swiftly considering what it's meant for.

In sum, I can't afford to lose such uncommon opportunity because of inefficiency among staff at the RAS department, FUTO; something can be done. #EnoughIsEnough.

Let's tweet using the hashtags below on FUTO Vice-Chancellor's handle @VC_FUTO as well as other principal officers. FUTOites we can do it and don't play ignorant or indifferent as tomorrow may be your turn. I do not wish you experience this.

#FUTOTranscriptProcessingTakesLongerInNigeria
#FUTOTranscriptSystemNeedsDigitalization
#FUTONeedsOnlineResultSystem

PS: My inputs are based on personal experience and written at the height of conscience satisfaction that the right thing needs to be done.

#copied.

Please help move to front page to assist a fellow student.
EducationRe: FUTO Students Dilemma In Getting Transcript From FUTO. About To Lose Scholarship by picasso4u(op): 7:22am On May 12, 2018
After being frustrated that day, I went ahead and returned on Wednesday, May 2 to continue my undeserved maltreatment and harsh feedback from people who are being paid to do their work. The worst just happened; the codes and titles of courses/subjects that I took while studying at FUTO cannot be found in their database. Two things must have caused it: it's either they have not updated their database since 2015 (that was the year the inaugural class graduated in Quantity Surveying) or no one else has ever processed transcript from the department which I doubt. Either way, it's their responsibility to ensure that the database is update to accommodate all the courses approved and offered in FUTO.

Meanwhile, all the transcript applications received from my department prior to mine for processing were all dumped and sidelined because of the database issue. Should this be the case? Aren't they supposed to sort the issue and fill the lacuna long before now? The funny thing is that they have my departmental brochure which contains all our courses and codes. Why not input the data themselves? Must they wait for another year for update before processing transcript requests on their table? They just complained and nothing was done about it (if at all they did).

As someone in need, I took it upon myself to solve the problem and fill in the gap. I obtained a copy of our results including the previous class before me and went to my department to obtain all the codes and titles of all the courses missing in their database. After doing all these, I submitted it to my schedule officer who now confirmed all info to be correct and gave it to the secretary and the typing staff who collected it with gloomy look. No regard was given to me for this effort, no credit, not even considering my file. What a world!
Now, after pleading with the secretary to minute my result, she refused saying that I have to wait until she's satisfied that submitted ones have been done. No consideration for my plea, not even my condition and urgency; she just didn't care and will not care from the look of things!
EducationFUTO Students Dilemma In Getting Transcript From FUTO. About To Lose Scholarship by picasso4u(op): 7:15am On May 12, 2018
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING: My Dilemma in Obtaining FUTO Transcript.

[PLEASE READ IN FULL]

The Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) my alma mater, has been ranked the 'First' and 'Best' federal university in Open Educational Resources (OER) in Nigeria by the National Universities Commission (NUC). This means that FUTO has been accessed to be the best in teaching, learning and research materials in any medium, DIGITAL or otherwise, that reside in the public domain...and that permits no-cost access, etc. It might interest you to know the items that constitute the OER accessment: curriculum, course materials, multimedia, etc and any other materials that have been designed for use in the teaching and learning environment. This may have been the case within the last two years because prior to my graduation, these items were not effectively administered and not accessible to students not to mention the public.

What then prompted me to scribe on this subject matter?
Any FUTO graduate who has been subjected to this similar experience below should join me and let's speak up about the unnecessary difficulties graduates face while applying and processing their OFFICIAL ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT.

I applied and paid for transcript on April 4, 2018 (I would have applied earlier than this but for the NASU strike that lasted for months, the staff were not working). I traveled to FUTO on April 17 to be sure my application was well-received. When I got to Records and Statistics (RAS) department of the Registrar's office, I found out that my Student's Record File (Green File) has not been sorted out for processing; then I offered to do it myself since my departmental schedule officer was not on seat at that moment. I reached the File Office at SOSC building (Room 004) and found my file. That same day, my file was sent back to the RAS department for prompt attention. It took me another day to get to meet my schedule officer whose work is to confirm my academic records and compile my results manually for further attention.

After several days of constant pleas and case presentations (by case presentations I mean explaining my situation and the urgency of the transcript), my schedule officer compiled my results and forwarded it to the secretary's office for minuting and typing on April 26, that's after 8 consecutive working days of constant attendance and case presentations.
On Monday, April 30, I went back to the secretary's to request that she minutes my result file for typing and to explain how urgent the transcript request is. I have until June 1, 2018 to turn in my transcription to ND Graduate School. I went as far as explaining to them why I had to come down to FUTO myself because of the urgency and the resulting implications of nullifying my offer of enrollment. I equally informed the secretary that it's a scholarship and needs urgent attention. Her replies and responses were unethical, unprofessional and derogatory.

It's saddening that a staff of an institution cannot treat alumni/graduates from that institution with respect and regards after 5 years of painstaking scholarship at the institution.
FamilyRe: Please Help, I Am A Man But, I Behave Feminine! by picasso4u(m): 1:20pm On Dec 25, 2017
First guy, your problem is not with people... It's in your mind
And that's the greatest problem anybody can have...
First, you need to accept yourself for what you are, who you believe you are
I don't care whatever people tell me or say about me
Instead, I hangout with those that value me, my personality and my friendship.
If you love to gym, gym... If you love to run, run
Don't do these because of people... Do it because it is fun to you.
You have a little self confidence... Work on it
I know a guy with a feminine voice... And yet, he's a public speaker... Nobody cares about his voice... At least, not me

Why are you after girls... Just for sex or for friendship/relationship... Whichever way, look for someone that appreciates your personality and not your body. You'll definitely find them

Cc: JESUSBOIY
Jobs/VacanciesRe: How To Earn Extra Income Through Online Freelancing by picasso4u(op): 6:32pm On May 31, 2017
At this point, let us understand how the site function
When the potential client purchases the job, he pays immediately to the company site and an order is created for the job.
The client can chat with the seller and track the progress of the job within the duration of the job
Once the job is completed and delivered to the client, the client indicates he has received the job and is satisfied and only then, is the sellers account credited.
So, you can simply sell your services there and start earning immediately
The company is serving as an intermediator
The site also permits you to share your jobs to your social media accounts so that your friends can see it and purchase from you.

To learn more, visit the site and you can start earning immediately.
http://www.9jaservices.com

Jobs/VacanciesRe: How To Earn Extra Income Through Online Freelancing by picasso4u(op): 6:28pm On May 31, 2017
The best place to earn money online through freelancing is through the various freelance sites.
I've used a lot of them but the best I've seen is 9jaservices, a site where you can sell and buy services.

Below are the major strengths of 9jaservices

1. It is tailored to our native environment
Exploring the site categories of jobs will definitely point this out as it includes categories peculiar to our society here.
The site also have a location based categories to assist participants post jobs that are location based.
Are we following?

2. Participants can both post a job they can perform and post a job they are looking for.
While most freelance site either allow you to post jobs you can perform so clients contact you or post jobs you are looking for so freelancers contact you
9jaservices allows you post jobs you can perform or request for a custom job

3. Since it is Nigerian based, you have no problem with payment methods unlike fiverr where you have to tweak your system IP address in order to use paypal.

4. There is no risk of doing a job only for the client to say he is not interested again or the client paying for a service and the freelancer not performing the job.
The site took care of these situations.

As we can see, the site support both mobile and desktop devices, hence another strength
So... The basic question is how does the site function...
How can someone start earning there.

Simply, to earn, you register here http://www.9jaservices.com and create a service that you can perform.
Services include those listed previously and they are arranged in categories in the site.
So let's take it step by step
To register, click on register, fill in your username and email.
A password will be sent to your email which you should change after login in

To create a service or job that you can perform, click on 'sell service' at the top of the page, then you will fill in the following details

The service title... This appears on the home page or category page
The service image
The service description
The length of time it will take you to complete the job
The amount
Any further information

After successfully creating a service, the service appears on the 'latest service' column on the home page.

Services, I repeat are the skills you have like designing and writing that you want people to contact you for
I even saw something like 'I can solve your mathematics problems for you'...
And when people have maths problems, they simply contact the guy and he earns

At this point, we have learnt how to register and create a service...
Let's continue then
When a visitor opens the site and clicks on your service, a page opens that shows all the details of the service.
The potential client can either contact you to discus with you on the site or purchase the service directly
Jobs/VacanciesHow To Earn Extra Income Through Online Freelancing by picasso4u(op):
What do you know about Freelancing in Nigeria?

Freelance jobs are taking over the internet today. Many people join the freelancing community on a daily basis and make more money to either support their main source of income or even as their main source of income.
However, succeeding in these situations are not easy as one might think. But In this article, I am going to let out the secrets of being a successful freelancer especially in Nigeria where there are some limitations to how one can interact with the rest of the world or use some internet based services.

I know some of you reading this might not really understand what it means to be a freelancer. Some even go to the extent of understanding freelancing as just freelance writing. Well, there is more to freelance jobs than just writing.
Freelancing is having different jobs or services you offer which are usually based on short-term contracts to anybody at all, it could be to a company or to an individual.
Still confused? Don’t worry! By the time you are done with this article, I assure you that you will grounded as to what freelancing is all about and how to be a successful freelancer in Nigeria.
There are a lot of freelance services out there which one can offer and sometimes it’s difficult to classify them all but in 9jaservices Freelance marketplace we tried to classify them under these main categories

Advertising Services
Business services
Digital Marketing
Fun & Lifestyle
Graphics & Designing
Logo Designs
Music & Audio
Programming & Tech
Video & Animation
Writing & Translation
Others

Some popular freelance jobs include any form of design, web development and programming, writing and content management, video editing, animations, consultancy services, etc

You see? There are really a lot of things you could do to make money online without indulging in any illegal jobs.
However, you don’t just jump into any of these jobs and say that’s what you gonna offer and then, tomorrow you choose the other.

There are things to put into consideration before you jump into freelancing jobs which include:

1. Evaluate yourself and decide on what to offer: You have to take time to evaluate yourself and find out those things that you can offer or sell that is actually worth buying by others. Sometimes, the whole world might not think the same way you do. So, deciding on what to do is one big step to being successful.

2. Setting Apart : I call it setting apart because that’s actually where most people get stuck after being successful with the first stage.
What you have to know, is that for whatever service you are out to offer, there are probably more than a thousand others who are out to do the same thing. So, you have to think of a way to set yourself apart.

It could be by offering the same services some put up for a high amount at a lower price, you can also go as far as marketing or advertising your services using other platforms i.e creating more awareness.

Try to put up a good and clear description of what you do. Also make sure that you provide videos, pictures and testimonies of your previously done jobs. Experience shows that most people actually contact sellers based on their good reputations and what other people have said about them. So always ask your former buyers to make reviews at the completion of each order.

3. Keeping in Touch : You have to always be there whenever your clients need you. A businessman is always mobile and available lest he/she misses business deals and opportunities. Try to always to be available to answer your customer’s questions and tell them all they need to know.

4. Being Real: It’s internet. So a lot of people are still scared of getting scammed and falling into the wrong hands. They need you to be real with them. Use your real pictures as profile display pictures and also use a nice looking display name. Building up your profile is another important thing to consider. It is the first thing a potential client checks when he/she lands to your page. Including some qualifications from Institutions or universities you attended could be advantageous.

5. Don’t be discouraged: You might have been doing all these and still not so much customers are coming your way. Don’t worry! It takes patience. Getting to the top is never a fast trip. It’s always very slow at the start and it gradually grows faster and faster until you even feel you can’t keep up with the pace. Just know that there will be such moments and you should not be discouraged so far you followed all these steps I have outlined.

There are other questions we still have to consider.

Can I do all these in Nigeria?

How do I start?

How do I get paid ? and so on…

To whatever question you might have, we have an answer for you.

9jaservices have thought of a way of making all these possible for all Nigerians and we created a very safe and secured Freelance Marketplace where you can buy and sell any service you want for as low as #1000.

If you are already made up and have all it takes to become a freelancer in Nigeria, just click here . Don’t worry we got you covered and have made everything easy for you.

Please I will appreciate if you could share this article with your friends on social media if you liked it. You can also comment on the comment section below if you have any questions or contributions.

To learn more tips, visit the link below
https://blog.9jaservices.com/money-freelancing-nigeria/
EducationFUTO Clamps Down On Examinations Malpractice, Approves Expulsion As Punishment by picasso4u(op): 5:31am On May 27, 2017
The Federal University of Technology, Owerri has approved expulsion as the punishment for examinations malpractice. This was revealed by the vice chancellor during the 35th matriculation ceremony which held on the 26th May, 2017.

Hitherto this decision, students who brought in external materials into the hall were rusticated for a year while students involved in impersonation are rusticated for two years.

Just recently, over 140 students were rusticated for involving themselves with various forms of examinations malpractice during the 1st semester of 2015/2016 session.

What's your take on this?
EducationOpen Letter To The Futo Vice Chancellor...what Futo Students Really Need by picasso4u(op): 5:24pm On Nov 21, 2016
OPEN LETTER TO THE FUTO VICE CHANCELLOR

WHAT FUTO STUDENTS REALLY NEED

Good day sir,
Let me once more congratulate you on your assumption to office as the 7th substantive vice chancellor of Futo and pray you achieve your goal of driving the culture of excellence during your 5 year tenure.
Sir, moving round the large expanse of FUTO, one would definitely see your impact especially with the planting of grasses around the campus and the completion of the various infrastructural projects inherited by your administration. We fully believe in your good intentions in the university.
Sir, of recent, I heard of a rumour of your intentions to increase the school fees by #13000 in order to increase the ICT capabilities of FUTO in line with international best practices, introduce free and fast Wi-Fi on campus and also introduce inter and intra-campus shuttle to ease transportation problems of campus. This, we believe will help position Futo as the best and premier university of technology in West Africa. But sir, with the current economic conditions of our country Nigeria, I believe such proposals are luxuries which are not supposed to add extra burden on our already over-burdened parents. I also believe there are some critical areas concerning the welfare of Futo students that need more urgent attention. This I hope to convey to you with this letter and hopes it gets to you through the media.

First sir is the nature of some university lecture halls. The Workshop 3 lecture hall that harbours over 500 students from 4 major departments (EEE, MEE, AGE, MEC) has just about 10 pews and is totally unfit for lectures considering the nature of the building (an engineering workshop)
Lecture hall 2 for students in CHE, PTE and PET is located in the heart of business centres at old registry and the noise from generators from the business centres hinders effective learning. Also, majority of students in lecture hall 2 and SOSC extension (Ground floor) that harbours students from MTH, PHY, CSC, ICH, STA stand up to receive lectures as these lecture halls do not contain seats for up to 30% of the students there.
Sir, it is also a miracle that learning takes place at Hall of Mercy where over a thousand engineering students receive lectures without any public address system. This is also the situation in all the large lecture halls in the university such as the SOSC extension, SAAT auditorium, 500 and 750 capacity lecture halls, etc.Sir, we plead you provide fitted public address system in order to achieve excellence in the delivery of lectures in these lecture halls.

Secondly sir, is the nature of hostel allocation in FUTO. While other universities now employ ICT in hostel allocation, the story is different in Futo. Over 5000 students line up and struggle in front of Students Affairs Unit to collect and submit the hostel forms and at the Microfinance bank to pay the hostel fees. Just last year, the fence of the microfinance bank was pulled down by the multitude of students at the bank and yet, it seems as if the university administration has done nothing to improve on the process of hostel allocation.
It is also on record that new students resume without the school making any provision for temporary accommodation for them and this has caused a lot of them to fall prey to rapists, homosexuals, cultists and armed robbers. In schools like your alma mater, UNN, hostel allocation and payment is completed online even before school resumes such that new students already have a place to stay when they come in. Sir, we plead you ameliorate the suffering of hostel allocation on the hostelites by the introduction of online allocation and payment of hostel spaces.

Thirdly sir, I once again plead that you review and improve the banking situation in Futo. With only a functional banks and 4 functional ATMs in the school, the pains of students is better imagined than experienced. I still wonder why it is difficult to get more banks when neighbouring schools like Federal Polytechnic, Nekede has over 4 banks on campus servicing their student and staff population. Sir we sincerely plead you make arrangements with other first generation banks to site a branch in Futo.

Fourthly sir is the issue of school ID CARD. All Students from 400 level to 100 level have not yet been given the school ID card even though we paid for it in our 100 level. Sir, non-possession of the school ID cards have actually denied a lot of us scholarship opportunities while others have resorted to producing their ID cards themselves in business centres. We plead that you look into this issue and make provisions for ID cards for the students.

Finally sir, is the delay in the release of semester results in FUTO. While almost all universities now employ ICT resources in the compilation and release of students academic results, it is still done manually in Futo. Sir, it is on record that it takes an average of 2 semesters to see the results of examinations already written in Futo while it takes just 6 weeks in uniport for students to see their semester result on their portal. Sir, this has discouraged a lot of students and has been the cause of the underperformance of majority of Futo students as results are often and always, a source of encouragement and morale booster to students when seen early enough.
Also Sir is the problem of missing exam scripts and practical results. After a student labours for 3 months studying a course, no result is returned for him due to the carelessness of the lecturers and the student suffers grievously. Sir, over 60 percent of FUTO students have re-written courses that they did not fail simply because ‘their scripts missed’ and nobody bothers or cares for their fate. Sir, we plead that you set up a system that ensures that every student who writes an exam must be given his acquired grade and any lecturer that misplaces the scripts or makes random mistakes in computation of the student's scores be severely punished. I believe this will further boost the morale of our students.

Sir, on a concluding note, I pray you give these areas their needed urgent attention as they will aid in driving the culture of excellence in the process of teaching and learning in FUTO.
I also pray you take into consideration, the current economic recession that has sent a lot of our parents away from their jobs and have also folded the businesses of our parents and change your mind on the intended school fees increment as such may cause severe heart attack and possibly loss of life on the already traumatized parents.
We also pray that this appeal should not discourage you from implementing the good and innovative ideas you have for the Federal University of Technology, Owerri.

Thank you sir.

Yours faithfully,
A concerned Futoite.
CareerRe: Choosing Between Power Systems Engr, Electronic Engr And Communications Engr by picasso4u(op): 2:08pm On Jul 31, 2016
@oyb, @darkhorizon, thanks for the comment sir far...

how versatile are the various fields, for example, as a Power Systems Engr, where else can I work apart from the Gencos, TCN and the Discos, as an Electronic Engineer, where in Nigeria can I even work as related to the course, etc
CareerChoosing Between Power Systems Engr, Electronic Engr And Communications Engr by picasso4u(op): 11:17pm On Jul 30, 2016
Good day, I'm a 300level student of Electrical/Electronic Engr in one of the Federal universities and am having problem choosing between Power Systems Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering and Communication Engineering options.
I'm actually a tech lover and hence, wanted to study Electronic Engr or Communication Engr but then, I'm that kind of guy who loves calculations and analysis and hence, wants to go for Power Systems Engr.
I really need advice based on the marketability and versatility of the courses in present day Nigeria.
please, the likes of @Ajanlekoko, @Firemanjr, @oyb, etc, advice is really needed
EducationRe: Academics And Politics: Can I Combine The Two In The University? by picasso4u(m): 8:59am On Jun 03, 2016
Greetnz Bro... so much has been said already.
I'll say “go for it" but then, to still be at the top needs a lot of time management which I feel you are already good at since you were able to be a 4.7* and still play departmental politics.
Am in Futo (300l) and my course Rep has CGPA of 4.7* (above 4.75). He has been into departmental politics since year 1 when he ran for deptal ASG. Today, he is course Rep, Sec Gen of IEEE, FUTO and still a leading political figure.
EducationRe: We Need More Banks In Futo -futo Students by picasso4u(op): 3:25am On Apr 28, 2016
1) students crowded at the ATM
2) students lined up to enter the bank
3) exhausted students waiting for their turn to reach at the ATM

Reactions of some students

I don't have any money left on me. I haven't even eaten because I can't withdraw -James, EVT

Imagine, I've been here for 4 hours and yet I can't even withdraw. There have been no network for 2 hours now - Uche, AST

I was sent out of the exam hall because I haven't paid my fees but the money is in my account and yet, I can't access it - Paul, IMT

I spent #300 to go to Ecobank in obinze just to withdraw #1000. Imagine - Anthony, MME

What we don't understand is why Ecobank, whose structure was completed beside this diamond bank 3 years ago hasn't started operations till now.

The said Diamond bank hasn't in anyway contributed to the social welfare of the students despite the fact that every Futo students has an account with them.

#WeNeedMoreBanksInFuto
EducationWe Need More Banks In Futo -futo Students by picasso4u(op): 3:19am On Apr 28, 2016
It is really appalling that a Federal University of technology with a population of over 30,000 has just only one bank with four ATMs (2 working ) serving it. What we don't understand is why the school management has continued leaving diamond bank to enjoy monopoly in the school at the detriment of its students and staff. Students now spend #300 just to go to town and withdraw when we have people calling themselves SUG.

For two weeks now, Futo students have gone to social media to protest and have flooded facebook and twitter with hash tags such as #MoreBanksInFuto.

Pls, we plead that the school should do something about this urgently. I pasted this here because I understand the power of Nairaland.

The mods should please help put this on front page so it can get its deserved attention.

#SayNoToMonopoly
#WeNeedMoreBanksInFuto

CareerRe: Strictly For Elect/elect Aspirants, Students, Engineers And Professionals. by picasso4u(m): 8:50pm On Dec 16, 2015
Please add 07063867955
PoliticsRe: Any Government That Doesn’t Owe Is Not Serious – Governor Udom Emmanuel by picasso4u(m): 9:51am On Dec 02, 2015
So Jonathan spent 5 yrs as president of this nation and did not build even a single kilometer of road in akwa ibom... yet you all supported him to go for a 2nd tenure... NIGERIANS!!!
EducationRe: Mtn Foundation Scholarship 2015/2016 by picasso4u(m): 6:30am On Nov 20, 2015
Please, someone should send the past questions for me. My email is amusuopaschal@gmail.com
PoliticsRe: Full Text Of Governor Nyelsom Wike's Inaugural Speech by picasso4u(op): 10:07am On May 30, 2015
Governor Wike spent more than half of his speech on Amaechi... see hatred na Just prays he fukills all these promises.
PoliticsRe: Full Text Of Governor Nyelsom Wike's Inaugural Speech by picasso4u(op): 10:03am On May 30, 2015
Similarly, in furtherance to our pledge to restore the independence of our judiciary and enhance justice delivery in the State, we will guarantee full financial autonomy to the judiciary by ensuring that its funds are captured as first line charges in subsequent budgets of the State. We shall also prioritize the welfare of judicial officers, including enabling judges to retain their residential accommodation upon retirement for life. We had severally condemned the prolonged absence of a State Chief Judge and closure of our courts and promised that these issues will not remain unresolved beyond a day after today. Therefore, in fulfillment of our promise to reopen our courts and restore normalcy to the State’s judiciary, I hereby, in exercise of my powers under section 271(4) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, appoint the most senior High Court Judge in Rivers State Judiciary, the Honourable Justice Daisy Okocha as the Acting Chief Judge of Rivers State. Her Lordship will be sworn-in on Monday 1st June 2015, after which she will be required to immediately terminate the dark moments of our ignoble judicial history by reopening the courts for business. Under our watch, never again will the doors to justice be deliberately and punitively shut against the people of Rivers State. In the same vein, I hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 281 (4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended, appoint the Honourable Justice Christy Gabriel-Nwankwo, as the Acting President of the Rivers State Customary Court of Appeal following the indefinite suspension by the National Judicial Council (NJC) of the holder of that office. Justice Christy will also be sworn-in on Monday 1st June 2015. Nigeria is a democracy and people are free to hold and express divergent views and opinions as well as to form trade unions for the purpose of collective bargaining without the fear or pain of any harm. As a government we shall not violate or tolerate the violation of the democratic and constitutional rights of Rivers State workers by any authority, be it public or private. In consequence therefore and in exercise of the powers vested in me as Visitor, I hereby direct the management of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology to immediately recall and reinstate to their duty posts with all their rights and privileges restored, all the academic staff of the University, who were purportedly disengaged from service on account of their membership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and participating in a legitimate strike action called by the union. Let us at this point specially congratulate our traditional rulers on the noble role they have played in promoting the dignity and sanctity of our sacred traditional institutions and for wisely guiding our people to maintain the peace throughout the campaigns. We specially appreciate those of you, our royal fathers, who remained calm, unruffled and fearless despite provocations and attempts to unjustifiably balkanize and diminish your domains. We assure you all that our government shall revisit the issues thrown up by the recent appalling amendments to the State’s Chieftaincy Laws and ensure that justice, prestige and respect is restored to our natural rulers. As a government, we shall be workers’ friendly. We acknowledge the public and civil service as the engine rooms of development and our duty to enhance their wellbeing for greater productivity. Against this background, we shall give priority to prompt payment of workers’ salaries and other entitlements; clear the backlog of salary arrears unduly owed and ensure regular merit-based promotions. We are committed to restoring the pride of the civil and public service through value re-orientation, exposure to regular training and meaningful motivation for efficient and effective service delivery. Our collective quest for a prosperous future depends on making Rivers State economically strong and self-reliant. To realize this basic objective, we shall develop and implement an economic development blueprint that leverages on our strengths to make Rivers State the industrial hub of Nigeria in oil and gas, agriculture, maritime and tourism businesses. Additionally, we shall promote investment in partnership with private investors for the utilization of our large reserves of kaolin, silica- sand for the ceramic industry; explore opportunities in wood processing and energize participation in large scale commercial farming, agro-allied business ventures and the promotion of a green economy. No doubt, Rivers State has the geographical advantage and resource endowments to attract serious investors in order to diversify the economy of the State. We will therefore deliberately create the enabling environment to attract local and foreign investors into Rivers State by tackling the challenges of multiple taxation, irregular power supply and insecurity. In growing and managing our economy we will focus on poverty reduction through job creation and expanding business opportunities for our people. We intend to achieve this in part, by encouraging Rivers people to participate in both the upstream and downstream sectors of the Oil and Gas industry and also, through a strategic engagement drive, ensure that our people benefit from the local content policy of the oil, gas and maritime industries. Certainly, agriculture, being the bedrock of human civilization, will receive priority attention to guarantee food security, stimulate agro allied businesses and create jobs for our people. Rivers State is endowed with arable land, aquatic and marine environments, a rich Atlantic Sea Board for fisheries development. In addition, we shall reform land administration and fast track the issuance of certificates of occupancy to enhance land acquisition for agriculture and other commercial and social ventures. Rivers State is a haven for tourism. Our numerous river courses, forest reserves, rich biodiversity and beautiful beaches are beckoning on us for full scale development attention. Consequently, our tourism policy thrust is to provide a clear plan for the development of tourism, especially eco-tourism in Rivers State in partnership with the private sector. This administration envisages a State that should be the knowledge-base of the nation. To this end, we will give serious attention to the provision of quality education to all at all levels by improving budgetary allocation to the education sector. We shall also effectively implement the Universal Basic Education Scheme and demand total devotion and accountability from our teachers through effective monitoring and supervision. The era of throwing money at public education without the desired results is over. We intend to reintroduce a functional boarding system in public secondary schools and increase funding for research and innovation in our tertiary institutions. We will also fund a competitive local and foreign scholarship scheme for brilliant students of Rivers origin to enhance manpower development in critical areas of local and national needs. On healthcare delivery, we are determined to ensure that our people have access to affordable and quality healthcare. To achieve this objective, we will adequately rehabilitate, equip and staff all existing General Hospitals and health centers across the State. As a permanent solution to the challenge of inadequate manpower, especially medical doctors, in the health sector, we shall establish and ensure the immediate take-off of a Medical School in the Rivers State University of Science and Technology. As your Governor, I will ensure that we build the infrastructure, including first-class all season roads, bridges, canals, jetties and other mass transit infrastructure that the State needs to drive socio-economic development. Specifically, we intend, subject to available funds, prioritize the completion of all on-going roads projects; construct the trans-Kalabari costal road network, dualize the Ahoada-Omoku road; Sakpenwa-Bori road; and Oyigbo-Afam road, among others. We shall also tackle the challenges of urban renewal, road congestion and traffic gridlock in Port- Harcourt City, Obio/Akpor and other major population centers in Rivers State. Our administration will ensure that the fruits of development get to every path of the State, including the rural areas by implementing an integrated action plan that takes the entire State into consideration. Already, we have concluded plans to reticulate pipe-born water to Abonnema, Gokana and Khana communities within our first 100 days in office. Furthermore, as a deliberate policy of promoting the growth of more cities in the State, we shall modernize development infrastructure at Ahoada, Bori and Degema towns to facilitate their gradual transition to new cities in Rivers State. We will seek to enhance our prosperity through power supply and energy security. Until steady power supply is taken for granted, our development efforts will be in jeopardy and so we will strive to achieve power and energy security for Rivers State in partnership with the private sector and the Federal Government as well as ensure the completion of ongoing electrification projects. As an initial step towards tackling the challenge of irregular power supply before making fresh investments, we will conduct a forensic audit to find out the reasons behind the failure of the State to reap maximally from the huge investments already committed to the power sector by the immediate past administration. We will also review all issues relating to the secret privatization and or sale of the government investments in power and other related projects without due process. Our women are our wealth. The new vision means empowering women through concrete and direct initiatives to enable them build strong family values and play key roles in the development of the State. More importantly, we will work to reduce the rate of maternal mortality in our society, promote gender equality and discourage all forms of discrimination against women as deliberate policies of our administration. We believe that our youths represent our strength and our future. Our goal is to develop the youth to realize their full potentials as future leaders who constitute the critical mass of our human capital asset base. We will create opportunities for the youth to acquire needs-based vocational training and lifelong skills that will enable them gainfully fit into the society. Our Government will partner with the private sector to expose our young ones to the numerous opportunities provided by Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the oil and gas industry and entrepreneurship development. Besides, our new vision acknowledges the importance of sports and recreation to the socio- economic mobility of youths both within and outside the country. The global economy today has sports, recreation and tourism as the key pillars of development. For instance, football, basketball, boxing, athletics, generate huge revenue and resources for active participants. These activities are youth based and they would attract the attention of our government to systematically promote them. On environmental protection, our mission is to create a responsible management strategy for the sustainable benefit of the present and succeeding generations. For us, environmental protection is a task that must be pursued with greater intensity, direction and clarity of vision because the environment as our common heritage and the foundation of our existence. In consequence, we will ensure that all relevant legislations and policies on the environment are enforced as well as ensure efficient and sustainable management of wastes through the collaborative efforts of stakeholders. We will further enter into strategic partnership with the Federal Government, the oil companies and communities to clean-up polluted communities and adversely impacted sites throughout the State as well as ensure the protection of vulnerable shorelines through land reclamation and embankment and, afforestation through massive tree planting. Let me also assure you that we will not abandon our responsibility to protect the weak and lend a helping hand to the needy. To this end, our administration will provide social safety nets for senior citizens, the elderly and vulnerable persons to enable them live in comfort and happiness. We will reform the pension scheme to ensure prompt payment of retirees, as well as provide free medical services for the aged and children with appropriate age brackets and improve living conditions in old peoples’ homes, orphanages, and motherless babies’ homes in collaboration with faith based and voluntary organizations. Fundamentally, during the campaigns, we also promised to secure our State. No government is worth any value if it cannot guarantee the security of lives and property. I assure you that never for a moment will our administration be a captive of politics, when it comes to public security. We have the political will to fight, defeat crimes and criminality in Rivers State. There will be effective coordination, collaboration and synergy with the Federal Government, the law enforcement agencies and our community leaders in the prosecution of the war against cultism, kidnapping and armed robbery. We urge our people to fully co-operate with us in this direction. My fellow citizens of Rivers State, we told you when we were seeking your mandate, that our promises are our bond. Once again, our promise to you is that, we shall work tirelessly to actualize these goals, objectives and targets. But as human beings, we are not perfect and cannot lay claim to having all the answers to the problems and challenges confronting us as a State and as a people. This is why we shall need your wisdom, prayers and support in diverse ways because working together we can do and achieve much more. We shall also call on you to make necessary sacrifices so that collectively, we can make Rivers State the place that we can all be proud of with confidence in the great possibilities ahead. At this point, let me also assure our people that our government, and indeed Rivers State, will not be on a war path with the Federal Government. We will cooperate and meaningfully engage the Federal Government to develop the Port-Harcourt International Airport to accommodate additional International routes and flight frequencies. We also commit to working with the Federal Government to complete the Bodo – Bonny and other federal roads, as well as ensure the optimal utilization of the seaports in Port-Harcourt and Onne for greater commercial and economic progress. We assure you that Rivers State will not only continue to serve as the Treasure Base of the Nation, but we will also ensure her beautiful people, will be equal partakers of the resources of the land. I cannot savour this day without conveying my personal appreciation and profound gratitude to His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, and his lovely wife and former First Lady of Nigeria, Her Excellency Dame Dr. Patience Faka Goodluck Jonathan for the priceless love, tremendous support and wonderful affection you extended to me and my family in the course of this venture. The former first family has remained a strong pillar to me in many ways and I cannot thank you enough. I pray to God to specially bless you for me now and always. I wish to reaffirm my unflinching loyalty as well as assure our amiable political leader that if I have the opportunity again, I will firmly stand by you. Finally, it is with an eternal sense of love that I express my profound gratitude to my beloved wife of inestimable value, Justice Suzette, our lovely children Jordan, Joaquin and Jazmyne for graciously standing by me all through this difficult and strenuous struggle. The work begins now! As a sign of our commitment to hit the ground running on our march to meaningful progress, please join me and the Deputy Governor, Her Excellency Dr. Mrs. Ipalibo Harry Banigo as we proceed from here to the UTC junction and two other sites to flag-off the operation zero potholes in Rivers State project. We wish to assure you that hope has returned and Rivers State shall once again be the pride of our nation. Thank you all for coming. Thank you all for your attention and May God continually bless our land. Gusto
PoliticsFull Text Of Governor Nyelsom Wike's Inaugural Speech by picasso4u(op): 10:02am On May 30, 2015
THE INAUGRATION ADDRESS OF HIS
EXCELLENCY CHIEF (BARRISTER) NYESOM
EZENWO WIKE, CON, THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR
OF RIVERS STATE ON FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 AT
THE LIBERATION STADIUM PORT HARCOURT.
Protocol,
My beloved people of Rivers State
It is with great humility and gratitude to God
Almighty, who makes all things well that I
address you today. I feel so humbled, blessed and
grateful to God, whose holy hands in my life and
the trust you have in me, provided the opportunity
for me to serve as your Governor for the next
four years. Let me on behalf of the Deputy
Governor, Her Excellency, Dr. Mrs. Ipalibo Harry
Banigo express our deep appreciation to you all
for bestowing this great honour and responsibility
on us.
2. Rivers State has been rescued and reclaimed.
It is a new day in our history, a new dawn to
repair and restore our dear State to the path of
sanity. I invite you all to the table of brotherhood
for the new beginning. I reiterate my declaration
that in the election there were no losers and
winners. Rather, Rivers State was the winner and
so we are all winners.
3. During the campaigns, we visited several
communities in all the local government areas.
We met with thousands of people including civil
servants, teachers, students, doctors, lawyers,
traders, market women, the business community,
pensioners and the unemployed. We were shocked
by the level of despair, anguish, frustration, pains
and worries on the faces of all those we met.
4. We noticed that so many people were worried
about the pervasive poverty in the land and the
hardship they and their families were going
through. So many parents were worried about the
future of their children against the backdrop of
failing public education and the lack of decent
jobs for school leavers. People raised concerns
about the continuous violence, crime and
insecurity in our neighbourhoods. Above all,
people were worried about the systemic failure of
governance and lack of service delivery. The more
the people expected their difficulties to be
ameliorated, the more the government betrayed
their trust and exacerbated their sufferings.
5. Friends, let us be frank to ourselves. Today,
Rivers State is at the crossroads. The economy is
in shambles and retrogressing by the day. Poverty
is pervasive. The rate of unemployment remains a
nightmare to our youths. Workers and pensioners
salaries are months in arrears unpaid. The
menaces of crimes continue to unsettle peace
and security of lives, property and businesses.
Infrastructure is seriously broken; healthcare and
water services are abysmal, while public
education continues to fall below desirable
outcomes.
No doubt, Rivers State has just been relieved of
the most decadent case of maladministration in
our history – an administration that mindlessly
borrowed and frittered public resources on
wasteful projects, sold our valuable assets at
underpriced rates to fronts and cronies and left
the State financially crippled with a heavy debt
burden.
For four years my predecessor ruled over us with
the mindset of a dictator and promoted impunity
to levels unimaginable. For as long as he
presided, all his actions and inactions were
prodded by obsessive lust for power actuated by
a self-indulgent messianic gusto. That is why up
to this moment he has refused to get reconciled
to the reality of the new political order and the
resounding rejection by Rivers people of
everything he symbolizes.
In his desperation to sabotage our vision, he
refused to consent to a smooth transition and
mischievously left us to wallow in the dark. He
prevented us from accessing even the most
elementary ceremonial facilities in his custody. It
was so bad that we had to travel to Ondo State
to acquire the open police parade vehicle as well
as buy our own machines for the escort riders.
Having vowed without any just cause never to
allow the manifestation of today’s glorious
reality, he fruitlessly executed various sadistic
schemes to scuttle our inauguration. In the last
one week alone he sought in vain to procure
spurious court orders from the Federal High Court
in Owerre, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja and Kano
to prevent today’s swearing-in ceremony and
plunge the State into chaos and senseless
political crisis. What a wanton display of ungodly
hatred and impunity!
As you know, every democratic government rests
on a tripod. Good governance principles always
dictate the supremacy of the rule of law as well
as the equality, autonomy and interdependence of
the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary.
Never is any one arm of government permitted to
dominate, castrate or undermine the dignity,
powers and relevance of the other arms.
Unfortunately, these hallowed principles of
democracy and good governance meant nothing
to my predecessor in office who, despite being the
direct beneficiary of the rule of law, became its
greatest betrayer with imperious rascality. At the
last count, no public institution, including the
State’s House of Assembly, the State’s Judiciary,
the Civil Service and the Traditional rulers was
spared from the Governor’s crass abuse of
powers.
For four years our dear Rivers State was denied
the electoral services of the State House of
Assembly. For reasons of self-preservation the
Assembly was sharply divided and the Governor’s
lackeys exchanged their dignity for wraps of
rotten porridge from Government House. They
repudiated their responsibilities, put the Assembly
complex under lock and key and preferred to
operate from Government House under the
influence and control of the godfather to the
detriment of effective legislative duties and
oversights.
For the same reasons of self-preservation, the
outgone administration deliberately contrived a
needless succession crisis in the State’s judiciary
and instigated an irrational strike among the staff
of the Judiciary to completely dislocate the
judicial system. And as he had wished, our courts
have remained closed to litigants, lawyers and the
public with the attendant pains and
inconveniences since June 2014 till this day.
Not done with his destructive agenda, the former
Governor descended on our traditional
institutions. He deliberately bastardized and
desecrated our time-honoured traditional
institutions by the wanton balkanization of a
number of such stools as it suited his ego. This
was especially so with our royal fathers who
maintained the dignity, prestige and decorum
demanded of their exalted thrones. Never in the
history of our dear State had our traditional
institutions been subjected to undue politicization
and contemptuous treatment.
I commend you all on the pains you have had to
bear and the inconveniences you have had to
endure while the macabre dance lasted from a
truly bitter ruler on an imaginary vengeance
mission. But the good news is that it is over! It is
indeed over. I salute the warriors of our struggle
who made today possible. I alone, should not and
cannot earn the credit. Never! It is our collective
victory.
Congratulations again my dear people of Rivers
State. Let the freedom bells ring! Let the people
shout for joy. Let them leap and sing to God,
who heard our cries and today impunity and
tyranny have been put to rout. The vicissitudes of
the old ignoble order have come to pass. Only the
remnants remain. For our elders say: “The fire
wood dies, but the ashes bear its memory”. We
shall send the ashes to the dustbin of history.
But, let me admonish like the philosophers would
say: “eternal vigilance is the prize of liberty!’’ We
must be on guard to ensure proper cleansing of
the Augean Stable!
But this we promise. Never again, shall our
people and our land be subjected to destruction
and waste by those we mistook, perhaps, for
builders. They failed us. They took away our
mandate, pilfered our resources and, like the
prodigal son, wasted them with strangers. Thank
God and providence. With the resilience of our
people we have recovered our land for the good
of all.
As we reiterated at several fora during the
campaigns, our blueprint is an agenda of hope.
We pledged to offer a New Rives Vision based on
a new thinking. Our goal is to make Rivers State
a land of peace and prosperity with boundless
opportunities and possibilities – a place where no
one is left behind because of his or her station
and everyone who works hard can achieve his or
her life’s dreams. Please be assured that we are
committed to actualizing our vision and mission
already in the public domain.
Now that we have become victorious and have
arrived at the home ward end of our beautiful
water-side, it is time to work, to erect landmarks
of progress and prosperity. Yes, it is time to
deconstruct, reconstruct, rehabilitate and restore
the damage inflicted on our common wealth.
Now is the time for us to rebuild. To rebuild our
State; to rebuild our educational and health
institutions; to rebuild our occupations and to
rebuild our infrastructure. It is time to provide
new opportunities to maximally touch the lives of
our people. It is time to restore hope.
For us, the problems and challenges that any
government is confronted will also define the kind
of solutions advanced in their resolution. We
appreciate that these are difficult times. But we
are confident about the brightness of our future
which begins today. The enormous natural and
human resources, including oil and gas deposits,
vast arable land, rich biodiversity and water
resources, two sea ports, an international airport,
two refineries, a petrochemical plant, a Liquefied
Natural Gas (LNG) company, a fertilizer company,
numerous oil and gas companies and activities, a
dynamic population and vibrant labour force,
remain solid development sign posts on which to
hinge our march of progress.
Indeed, God has blessed us with all that a State
can ever need to develop and prosper together as
one people. The missing link however, especially
in the last few years, arose from the absence of
effective leadership to give purposeful direction,
deploy resources optimally and galvanize the
populace with the right policies to achieve our
collective objectives and aspirations.
Therefore, a major significance of today’s historic
event is the opportunity to break the spectre of
misrule and win the battle for a better Rivers
State. Accordingly, we call on every one of us,
and in particular, our workforce in the civil and
public service to get ready to work with patriotic
spirit, commitment, devotion to duty and honesty
to restore dignity to our state and our public
institutions battered and demoralized. And as a
government we humbly request and oblige you to
hold us accountable for the following in the next
four years:
We shall return power to the people as we
conduct our common affairs with the fear of God
and ensure that everyone is equal and
accountable before the law. Our government will
certainly be that of the people, for the people and
by the people. Under our watch, the principle of
separation of powers shall be operative. Equality
and mutual respect for the constitutional status,
powers and functions shall prevail among the
three arms of government.
By the grace of God, and as an initial step
towards restoring its autonomy, I shall on
Monday, June 1 2015, proclaim the opening of
the 8th Session of the Rivers State House of
Assembly in its proper location and venue to
enable our elected legislators to perform their
law-making and oversight functions. Under my
watch, never will the Rivers State House of
Assembly be subjected to sitting at Government
House or any other improper venue in utter
disregard of its autonomy.

EducationRe: Sad! Lecture Room 184 At The University of Jos.(pic) by picasso4u(m): 7:52pm On May 19, 2015
U guys have a lecture hall like dis with nice seat, electricity, podium, pulpit and public address system, yet you are complaining and you even said DAT was a Yr 1 lecture hall...UNA GET LUCK O
come to futo, either workshop 3, sosc extension ground floor, 750 cap, etc and see where Yr 1's are receiving lectures, then you'll know dat dis lecture hall is heaven.
Apart from d new lecture halls built by prof asiabaka (seet complex and Phy dept), futo does not have any lecture hall as good as dat one above...u can ask questions.
Let me just get back to school, asiabaka will beg me to stop posting futo pix online
CareerRe: Strictly For Elect/elect Aspirants, Students, Engineers And Professionals. by picasso4u(m): 5:00pm On Jan 11, 2015
07013133357...a student
at FUTO
EducationFUTO Invention Patented By Federal Government by picasso4u(op): 12:00pm On Nov 06, 2014
The Federal Government has approved the
registration of a research patent
submitted by the Joint Research Team of the
University and Project Development Agency,
(PRODA), Enugu. It would be recalled that on
assumption of duty in 2011, the administration of
the Vice-Chancellor, Prof.C. C. Asiabaka reviewed
the operations of the World Bank funded
research initiative: the STEP-B PROJECT. A
new Management Team headed by Prof. F. C.
Eze, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) was
subsequently re-constituted to effectively co-
ordinate the approved researches.
The STEP-B Project recently entered into a
joint collaboration research arrangement with
PRODA, to conduct joint research. This reaserch
collaboration between the two institutions has
resulted in an invention known as “TEST RIG
OF INTEGRATED BIO REACTORS FOR
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF ORGANIC
WASTE”. This invention has been successfully
patented with the Federal Ministry of Science and
Technology.
The FUTO Research Team that achieved this
remarkable feat include the following; Engr Prof.
E. E. Anyanwu, Prof. E. N. O Ejike, Engr Dr.
Nnamdi Ogueke and Mr Michael Onwukwe
The Vice-Chancellor has congratulated the
researchers for bringing honour to the University
by this feat.
mods or whoever is involved, please I believe this should be on front page.
EducationRe: Low Level Of Infrastructure In FUTO (pictures) by picasso4u(m): 2:04pm On Oct 30, 2014
mmmh...time to defend my school...
In d last 2 yrs, Futo has completed and started many gigantic projects all in a bid to place it as a foremost university of technology in line with the vice chancellors quest for excellence.
The recently completed school of engr complex can stand any in Nigeria with its ultramodern classes and staff offices. All other schools in Futo have complexes at various stages of completion. just recently, contract was awarded for the building of four students hostels and d site has already been cleared. the new 1000cap auditorium is....(check it out for yourself)
In terms of infrastructure, Asiabaka would leave Futo far better than he met it.
lest I forget, most of d buildings are currently undergoing renovations such as SOSC building, SMAT building, 500cap lecture hall, hostel A and many others.
In terms of academics, Futo is still d school to beat having having one of the best and updated syllables in Nigeria...U can ask NUC or COREN...
PoliticsRe: PDP Rejects Two Presidential Aspirants... Balewa And Abiola by picasso4u(m): 8:02pm On Oct 28, 2014
Anyi3:
Who careshuh
NFCS does
HealthRe: Ask The Eye Doctor Any Problem Concerning The Eyes by picasso4u(m): 9:18am On Oct 27, 2014
drsteroid:
sandy or gritty sensation is a sign of foreigh body or dry eyes,or one of d many causes of fb sensation...I wil advise u go 2 a nearby eye clinic where a thorough external examination can be carried out on ur eyes and cornea..please dnt try 2 rub ur eyes or apply any medication as u can cause more damage 2 ur eyes if the fb sensation is as aresult of cornea abrasion.tanx
you are really God sent...I don't take any medication but of recent, I started washing my eyes with salt and water everyday...is it okkk?
concerning foreign bodies, think it is just sand because it does not last
pls mod...unban jauntty na
HealthRe: Ask The Eye Doctor Any Problem Concerning The Eyes by picasso4u(m): 9:18am On Oct 27, 2014
drsteroid:
sandy or gritty sensation is a sign of foreigh body or dry eyes,or one of d many causes of fb sensation...I wil advise u go 2 a nearby eye clinic where a thorough external examination can be carried out on ur eyes and cornea..please dnt try 2 rub ur eyes or apply any medication as u can cause more damage 2 ur eyes if the fb sensation is as aresult of cornea abrasion.tanx
you are really God sent...I don't take any medication but of recent, I started washing my eyes with salt and water everyday...is it okkk?
concerning foreign bodies, think it is just sand because it does not last
HealthRe: Ask The Eye Doctor Any Problem Concerning The Eyes by picasso4u(m): 10:07pm On Oct 26, 2014
jauntty:
Floaters are tiny particles or threadlike strands that patients see moving in their vision.
.
okkk, I don't c any but sometyms, I feel something lyk grain of sand in my eyes
HealthRe: Ask The Eye Doctor Any Problem Concerning The Eyes by picasso4u(m): 10:07pm On Oct 26, 2014
jauntty:
Floaters are tiny particles or threadlike strands that patients see moving in their vision.
.
okkk, I don't c any but sometyms, I feel it
HealthRe: Ask The Eye Doctor Any Problem Concerning The Eyes by picasso4u(m): 5:13pm On Oct 26, 2014
jauntty:
Do u experience floaters or flashes of light?
briefly explain folaters pls. my vision is normal just except d myopia and I don't c clearly in d night or in dark places

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