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[quote author=st.okolie]it always good to knw people very well before we start saying things abt them.
first i will like to point us to the fact that bakare has always been on the opposition of bad governance even before his adventure into politics,which IMO i think was his worst decision yet.
but when people say it because he is in the opposition political party,it shw hw much most people dont know him.
he has always stood against popular corrupt government siting, Abacha,obj and gej.
the fact that some of us dont like the man,doesn't mean we shldn't see the truth whenever it is presented to us irrespective of the messanger.[/quote]My brother, I don't think it's for lack of knowing who Tunde Bakare is.

Bakare is well known to everyone.

It is perhaps the serious contradiction he represents that makes serious people doubt his message.

In public life, you have to be seen to be consistent.

He comes to us not as someone criticizing government parse, he does it like he has an oracle from God.

However, he has got it all wrong every time.

It is not criticizing government when you hear statements like “His destiny is to bankrupt Nigeria."

In fact, the more he tried, the more he seems to be confusing.

When you use the words he uses, even though he claims to be a lawyer, you are bound to think that this guy is introducing some element of religion into discourse, and that's where the problem lies.

There are several reasons his tactics has not worked, chief among it is that his predictions have all been false.

He once "predicted" Obasanjo would die in a certain year. Obasanjo is still alive several years later.

He once "predicted" Yaradua's sickness was not unto death. Umaru Yaradua died, may his soul rest in peace.

He once "predicted" the redemption of the country is in the hands of someone from the side of the north, that didn't happen.

Some say he was misquoted, if he was misquoted, then he should check his communication acumen.

And, he seems to change his mind on issues without giving serious reasons.

I stopped taking him seriously since he said he was resigning his pastor-ship in his church.

It's not that anyone really was interested in his church activities, but why make pronouncement and later eat your own word? Or why not make a counter announcement giving reasons for the change of mind.

I see him as a somewhat confused guy who, though may have good intention a times is consumed with bitterness and resorting to using God to blackmail people he doesn't like.

Again he said Buhari was expired, now the same Buhari is his god.

Some of us cannot see any reason why a supposed christian clergy politician cannot condemn the wanton killings of innocent church worshipers but instead preoccupied himself with some nonsense destiny speech.

Apart from the God dimension, there's really nothing he's saying that people have not said.

Fortunately for the rest of us, no human being has the monopoly on God!

[quote author=::Andrew::]This is what killed Abraham, The error of unthankfulness. I did this and that.
God said ok u did, do more let me see. you shall not enter that land.[/quote]You mean MOSES sir.

adonisgold: monopoly is anoda name for dangote.

Define MONOPOLY sir.

Mr Everest: u jus took it from my mouth, i came into Lokoja this evenin 4rm Abuja n was told dat GEJ wz in town 2 commision Dangote cement @ Obajana, a plant dat has been in operatn 4 yrs now! Or did Dangote expand his factory?

Yes he did, that is the third phase. He laid a foundation for the fourth phase. The target is 10million metric tonnes per annum.

manny4life: That's my major concern there, monopoly. How do they encourage small entrepreneurs going into the same market?

Small entrepreneurs in CEMENT MANUFACTURING? Haba!

philips70: 2015: Buhari, Tinubu bury ambitions, to anoint candidate


Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, presidential candidate in the April 2011 election, General Muhammadu Buhari, and leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, may have agreed to bury their differences and aspirations as the CPC and ACN rapprochement continues to gather momentum.


Gen. Mohammed Buhari discussing with Former Governor of Lagos State Bola Tinubu at a meeting in Abuja
The two met in Kaduna at the residence of Buhari last Thursday. Both men also drove together to Kano to the waiting embrace of a mammoth crowd.

It was gathered, at the weekend, that discussions between both men centred on how to proceed preparatory to the 2015 general elections.

Of specific concern, Sunday Vanguard was told by a source privy to the meeting, was the issue of presenting a “united front for the presidential engagement”.

Although talks are still on, the source said that one of the first steps to be taken by each of the parties “would be the movement towards the centre”.

To this end, both men are said to be disposed to a compromise that “would see each relegating his ambition for the common good of the proposed alliance”.

If all goes well, both men, according to our source, would seek and anoint candidates for the presidential election.

In fact, the reason both leaders have decided to commence talks in earnest is “just so they would avoid the type of last minute rancour that led to the collapse of talks last year”, a source said.

It would be recalled that last-minute efforts by the ACN and CPC to forge an alliance for last year’s presidential election collapsed.

The inability of each of the party’s leaders to subsume their ambitions led to the collapse of the talks.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/2015-buhari-tinubu-bury-ambitions-to-anoint-candidate/

Check out the bold and see why they have lost before even starting.

Seeking and anointment of candidate in a supposedly democratic opposition?

Winning elections begins with the process candidates emerge.

If the idea is to seek and anoint impose candidates in 2015, then the PDP will trounce them bastardy starting from Eagle's Square primaries.

binger: If önly u guys knew pdp...u will be certain that no merger,addition or multiplication will remove dem 4rm d seat of aso rock

Leave them with their grand delusion.

Just merge ACN and CPC and pronto PDP is defeated 2015, not 2035 o?

In reality, apart from some SW politicians and may be Buhari himself, every politician in Nigeria is a PDP member.

PDP is an agglomeration of Nigeria's best brains; what they chose to do with the brains is another topic.

Many Nigerian professors are PDP members.

PDP has the most political organizational skill in modern Africa.

PDP has the most money, in Nigeria.

PDP has the broadest acceptance across all cultures and religions, there is no local government that PDP is no present, there is hardly any church or mosque in Nigeria without a PDP member, including Tunde Bakare's Latter Rain Assembly.

If only they knew the PDP as you rightly said, these people would stop wasting their time and do something meaningful with their lives.

The truth is, if you ask many of these CPC/ACN guys, deep inside their minds, they wish they were in PDP.

Watch out for the so called opposition parties in the National Assembly in the coming months, watch how they'll decamp to the PDP on flimsy accounts, whereas people who have left have come back, ask Atiku, ask Nuhu Ribadu.

If PDP has survived APP, then ANPP, then AD, and then AC what is special about ACN or CPC?

ANPP had more than 7 state governors at a time while AD had 6.

As things are today and going to 2015, PDP is the main opposition to PDP.

Is PDP beatable? YES

Is PDP beatable in 2015? NO

Simple,

1) the message of the opposition and the messengers are scary.

2) You need considerable time and commitment from the so-called opposition to disseminate their message in simple ordinary day language down to the grass root. That is not even being considered, they are talking of merger.

3) The truth be told, the two characters, Buhari and Tinubu, leading the opposition scare people.

a) Buhari is perceived as an Islamic jihadist while,

b) Tinubu is perceive as an opportunist working with some elements to dismember the Nigerian federation through SNC, see what his surrogate Aregbesola is doing in Osun State (or State of Osun)

4) CPC is a glorified Northern West party, i.e. sectional

5) ACN is a One-Yoruba-Man party, ask the people of Akwa Ibom, Kogi, Kwara and Benue to name a few.

6) It will take time and effort to remove this notions and the individuals from prominence and communicate in simple language, the opposition's agenda to the people. Buhari and Tinubu should take the back seat.

7) Finally, the opposition must stop copying the Occupy Movement mentality, riotous demonstrations, unruly and uncouth media language, but instead adopt the style of the Tea Party with well organized, well funded grass root movement that sponsors faithfuls to political positions across the country, by then there would be no need of merger or acquisition, there would simply be one opposition speaking the same language in Zungeru and Orlu, in Offa and Ogoja.

Hello, PDP will not go to sleep while all this is happening, they have demonstrated astuteness in re-inventing themselves over the last 13 years, but, we would have gone beyond the talk of mergers and acquisition in our politics.

bittyend: I don't really know much about Nigerian history. But this regime has to be the worst since I became conversant with the name, Nigeria.

Please, let our historians give us facts

Do you write history when events are still taking place?

Good, very brilliant.

It would have been better to chronicle these achievements with dates though, starting from their dates of birth.

Very good.

aasog1: This really troubled me. Watching him weep like this.
GEJ, you need to be a man. Crying publicly doesnt mean you are less of a man. But you could still salvage things. You need courage, lots of it at this point.
You need to stop feeling like you dont deserve to be the president! You need to start acting like YOU CAN Be the Best President this country ever had.
Stop pointing fingers. Use the stones the oppositions are throwing you to build a monument....JESUS!!!! I feel like I should shake the president a bit
Fire all those political jobbers who are presently appointed on the basis of favoritism. Theyve stolen enough. And yes, we all know you employed those people because they campaigned and politiked for you during the past election.
Corruption is killing Nigerians, not witches and wizards! For crying outloud, who the hell is Bokoharam in any nation with a good security agency.
Everything is falling apart sir. You need to for crissakes: Man UP!!!!!!! Stop acting WEAK!!!!!

He is a human being. Human beings cry.

During Muhamamdu Buhari's reign of terror in the '80s, his second-in-command Babatunde Idiagbon was not once seen to laugh in public.

They (Buhari and Idiagbon) unleashed a rain of terror on Nigerians.

They brutalized Nigerians and traumatized our psyche with military booths.

Private enterprises were shut down at will.

Nigerians became virtual slaves in their own country.

Until, they were booted out by the gap-toothed general and some "boys" without a single drop of blood.

We never knew Buhari and Idiagbon were such weaklings who could not even maintain their house.

We didn't realize what psychologists have known for years, that weak people always want to cover their weakness with bully behaviors.

Now, Buhari is weeping for Nigeria.

After being vicariously responsible for the massacre of YOUTH CORP MEMBERS in the North last year.

After forcefully overthrowing a democratically elected government.

What did Shagari do? What did Ekwuewe do? What did Ajasin do? What was their offense that democratic practice cannot resolve?

And then he set Nigeria back several decades.

Nigeria lost direction and just trying with serious effort to get her bearing.

Now that we are cleaning up our lives in great difficulty he wants to come and reap fruits where he sowed thorns.

He is not remorseful.

He has not apologized for cutting down our nation's destiny.

He is not sober for making Nigeria lose concentration.

We would never have had Babangida's eight years.

There wouldn't have been Abacha.

Our path would have followed another direction.

We would have grown this democracy to a fairly stable level.

May the Almighty God proclaim his judgment on those who are responsible for the loss of bearing of Nigeria.

Airoju airaye (utter confusion) will be their lots in their remaining years on earth.

The Almighty God will make their path crooked. Amen!

They will never disrupt our lives again.

It's simple. Irritate him!

Call him every minute.

Visit him all the time.

Give him a close marking.

Feign jealousy.

Start checking his phone.

Question his movements.

Seem like you don't like his mum and sister around him.

Intrude on his privacy, not private part o, lol

Do all this and many more rapidly.

He'll run in a single week.

It's psychological, we all don't like people breathing down our necks.

Perhaps part of the reasons he failed your test was because he won't give you a breathing space.

Think of the guy you are now falling for, you'll see that he doesn't have your time.

Let me know how it goes.

I wish you the best.

Katsumoto: My take

1. GEJ has the right to change the name but he should have consulted the relevant bodies i.e Alumni, university board, etc before changing the name.
2. Students and Alumni may be concerned about the brand of their school; they have every right to be.
3. Apart from dying for the the cause of democracy, MKO still remains the greatest philanthropist in Nigeria
4. It may be true that MKO was far from being a saint but what matters is that he gave his life for the cause even when he could have renounced his mandate
5. The University of Chicago Business School (a top 20 Global Business School) was renamed the Booth school of Business after Booth who donated $300 Million to the school. Ignoring the money factor, if students who paid in excess of $80,000 to get an MBA did not run riot all over Chicago, why are students who are paying less than $2000 rioting? More worrisome is that these same students are yet to protest over issues that will affect them directly.
6. The rebranding of the school could have been handled much better if all sides were involved in the process. I don't see any issue with renaming the school let alone after a man who paid the ultimate price.

MAULag students have demonstrated a rather myopic outlook which many of them will regret later. I say this because their actions has demonstrated that it is an effort in futility for anyone to give up his life for that country. After this episode, many will justify their lukewarm attitude or even outright hostility towards progress by referring to this action of these students.

Thank you sir. Permit me to add that in the next 10 to 15 years, the name (MAU, MA U, Abiola U, etc) would have been funkified, if it stays. Eko for show, they momentarily allowed anger to rub them of swagger.

BabaOlowo: In as much as I like MKO, I strongly believe that it should not have been UNILAG. National Stadium, Independence Building, Race Course could have been ideal, but Not UNILAG, it is a Brand that has been in existence for 50 years, Jonathan should not just erode this away in 1 day.

If I get you right, University of Lagos is bigger than Abiola. Is that your point?

If it is, then we've noted it.

ayox2003: I want to state it here that MKO was a philiantropist in his life-time and we appreciate it. Infact the greatest. We all must learn from history and pass it down to the next generation. MKO had somany shady deals. He and IBB were good friends but they had a rift (which ofcourse would be about power sharing) and IBB through Abacha messed him up. The SW are not naive and dumb. MKO worked really hard during his campaign and he won the election.

Saying something is wrong with SW shows you're ill-informed. I'm not against immortalizing MKO but let due process prevail. Plus, is it only education that MKO represents? He already has MAPOLY in Abeokuta. Why not something else? Even Pa Ajasin that severed this country, never stole a penny and died in the prison was immortalised with ONE school. Why does MKO deserve two schools?
GEJ cant woo us with that, he needs to perform. Simple.

Hello sir, I don't know what you mean by this bold part. And did Pa. Ajasin actually died in prison? That's news to me.

eGuerrilla: https://saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/articles/2012/wole_soyinka.jpg?1338411150

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Did I read institutional autonomy? Are these institutions self funding?

LocalChamp: http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/mobile/news/48423-unilag-renaming-noble-but-illegal-says-afe-babalola.html

Home | News | UNILAG renaming noble but illegal, says Afe Babalola
UNILAG renaming noble but illegal, says Afe Babalola
31/05/2012 01:35:00Joseph Jibueze


Former Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Lagos, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) yesterday said the renaming of the institution after the late Chief Moshood Abiola was “noble” but illegal.

He said before the decision to change the name was taken, no amendment was made to the provisions of the University of Lagos Act.

President Goodluck Jonathan usurped the powers of the National Assembly by not seeking its backing, he said.

According to him, even though the motive was noble, the Federal Government followed an unconstitutional procedure.

He said such a decision would have been better effected if proper attention had been given to the provisions of the Constitution and the University of Lagos Act.

Babalola, who was Abiola’s lawyer, added that President Jonathan’s powers as visitor to the university did not include changing its name without recourse to the National Assembly.

In a statement, the senior advocate said many notable Nigerians who championed the call for the immortalisation of Abiola’s contribution to the current democratic dispensation were appalled at the manner with which the government about its decision. 

“It is my view that things could have been better handled,” he said.

To him, while it is proper to give honour where it is due, such must be done in accordance with the law. 

“Afterall respect for the law is an integral part of democracy itself,” Babalola said, and called for a review of the decision. 

“It is my hope that the authorities concerned will review their position and take appropriate step to do things in a lawful manner. 

“That to my mind would be the greatest honour to the late Bashorun MKO Abiola.”

Describing the renaming process as faulty, Babalola said: “It is pertinent to state that I do not entirely agree with the manner in which the government has gone about its decision.  

“To my mind, a decision to honour the sacrifice of a man such as the Late Bashorun MKO Abiola required much more thoughtfulness and thoroughness than that which the current decision seems to display. 

“I take this view in the light of the obvious illegality and unconstitutionality of the decision to change the name of the University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University, Lagos.

 “The University is a creation of statute. 

“Everything relating to the University including its name, administration and control is provided and regulated by statute therefore necessitating that any action taken in respect of the University must comply with the provisions of the Law. 

“Therefore, the most important yardstick against which the decision must be measured is the provisions of the University of Lagos Act, Cap U9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.

“The Act provides for the establishment, incorporation and administration of the University among others. 

“Section 1 provides as follows: •’Incorporation and objectives of the University:

• There is hereby established a University to be known as the University of Lagos (in this Act referred to as “the University”) to provide courses of instruction and learning in the faculties of arts, law, medicine, science, education, commerce and business administration, engineering, and any other faculties which may, from time to time, be approved under this Act.

“•The University shall be a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal.’

“The above reproduced section of the Law without equivocation states that the name of the University is ‘University of Lagos’. 

“This amply demonstrates that the name ‘University of Lagos’ is derived from an Act of the National Assembly.

“Any other name other than ‘University of Lagos’ would run contrary to the provisions of the Act.

“With the above in mind, it is not difficult to see that the name announced by President Jonathan is unknown to the University of Lagos Act. 

“This is so for the following reasons: Being an Act of the National Assembly, the provisions of the University of Lagos Act can only be amended by another Act of the National Assembly.

“Prior to the decision of the Federal Government to change the name of the University, no amendment was made to the provisions of the University of Lagos Act.  

“The decision of Mr. President ostensibly acting in concert with the Federal Executive Council, amounts to an usurpation of the powers of the National Assembly. 

“Section 4 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended confers Legislative Powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the National Assembly which consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.”

Besides, Babalola said the powers vested in the President as visitor had their limits.

“They do not empower him to unilaterally direct or effect a change in the name of the University. 

“I state this for the following reasons: The powers of the visitor are as expressly contained in the University of Lagos Act. 

“It is settled that where power is vested in any individual or body, such body or individual cannot exceed the powers which had been so vested. To do so would be to act ultra vires.

“A careful perusal of the provisions of Section 16 of the Act will reveal that the exercise of the powers vested in the visitor of the University must be consistent with the provisions of the Act. 

“This is the direct purport of Section 16(3)(b) which requires bodies and persons comprised in the university to give effect to the instructions of the visitor which are consistent with the provisions of the Act.

“Clearly, a unilateral change in the name of the university from that stated in Section 1 of the Act cannot under any guise, be regarded as consistent with the provisions of the Act...

 “The powers vested in President Jonathan under Section 16 of the University of Lagos Act are not wide enough to support the decision of the Federal Government to change the name of the University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University, Lagos.”

Well said our respected legal luminary.

With respect to the bolded, I want to know sir, is the National Assembly part of the Federal Government of Nigeria that Mr. President said changed the name of University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University, Lagos?

If No, please explain sir.

If Yes, then your fears are unfounded.

At best they are based on legal confusions.

And I was wondering why you did not quote sections of the constitutions when your state, Ekiti State (or is it State of Ekiti?) benefited from nine new universities similarly arbitrarily announced by Mr. President but which were only recently backed by The Act of National Assembly.

Can you explain sir? Or is it because they have not made name for 50 years?

Or perhaps you saw nothing wrong in the arbitrariness at that time?

[quote author=Ejiné]You may win an election; but you'd have to be sworn in first before you could be called a "president".
And it's embarrassing that a man in such a sensitive position in Nigeria's polity isn't aware of this.[/quote]My brother, you don't know these people. The same guy, I mean the same Rauf Aregbesola will question the "decision" and/or the "timing" when/if his wishes are carried out, he will come and demand that the United Nations Headquarters should have been named after him instead, since it was Kofi Annan who last visited him. Just watch out! I have predicted this current imbroglio for years, I'm happy it's happening in my own life-time.

Babakenny: Thank God too my certificate bears the great University of Lagos, 'the Nations pride school'. I wanted to do my postgraduate next session but now that the University has been renamed, I can't stand having MAU in my postgraduate certificate.

With this said, the great Unilag will loose many prospective students for this stupid and untimely name change. A lot of young people seek admission to this great school cos of her name 'UNILAG'.

Chichi.. Hey Nancy!! Guess what!!
Nancy..what Chichi!
Chichi.. I just got an admission into Unilag...
Nancy... Oh really?
Chichi.. Yes yes of course! I'm super excited!!
Nancy.. Hmmmmm! But have u heard?
Chichi... Heard what, what's going on?
Nancy... Its no longer Unilag but Mau or Moau or I don't knw
Chichi.. When does this happen?
Nancy... Jonathan did it. He changed the schl to suit the west and bribe himself for 2015.
Chichi.. Oh no! I picked the schl cos of her name Unilag!
Chichi... My other friends have been calling me Unilag babe already! Wht's next now? I guess I"ll change school!
Nancy... That's a good idea...
Chichi.. I'm goin home, I'm not happy anymore. I hate this Jonah... Nonsense!!!!

First time I am hearing people chose school because of the name, i.e. Alphabetical name and not name as in reputation or brand.

This seems to be the main and only reason the students are on the edge.

In that case, then they lack self esteem.

People build name.

People make name sexy.

Human beings build brands, brands don't built people.

It is not the other way round.

What is sexy in ordinary Bush?

What is "tooch" about Aliko Dangote ordinarily?

What is so romantic about Obama?

What is the big deal about Gates?

I mean, who would want to name his/her child Laggard?

It is part of Africans obsession with mundane things.

No one has even mentioned the financial cost of the name change.

From the letter head to the sign-post, to the website.

All you hear is "Akokites" as if the Uni has been taken from Akoka.

I actually don't know why these students cannot "tooch the name it up" if they are really that "tooch"

Anika Shiloh: We have now created a proper petition page that can be forwarded to the office of the presidency. This will help to consolidate all facebook groups that are popping up. Remember, we mean no disrespect to MKO. Remember, it is not about name change. Remember, it is not about disrespecting GEJ. It is about our leaders not giving due weight to important matters. It is about letting them know we would no longer be taken for a ride. We know what we want. And this is just symbolic. The power belongs to us, the people.

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/referendum-against-unilag-change.html

Did you listen to the entire speech?

rhymz: Yes of course, MKO Abiola does not deserve any recognition, the man got what he deserved. He was no different from the rogues that run the government then and even now. He was a victim of his own high-handed politics with the khaki boys. Need I remind you of his numerous money making schemes and corrupt enrichment? What exactly did he do to deserve the kind of accolades being showered on him? Even Bill gates is yet to get the kind of National recognition that Abiola has gotten so far. I mean, Gates' philantropy is incomparable, the man's giving is not even inspired by any politics unlike Abiola who started philantropy because he was nursing the ambition of becoming a president. How much of philantropy did he do outside of the southwest? At least I Know Rochas has many school foundations outside of the SE, point to one Abiola did outside of his comfort zone? Are you telling me that if Abiola was not your tribesman giving his character you would have accepted whole heartedly that UNILAG be turned to Abiol bla bla to imortalize him. He and his wife have already been immortalized so why change every goddam parastatal to Abiola's name. The man is not even that learned. As much as I love Ojukwu, I will be mad if Jonathan in his bid to play his stooopid politics of appeasement changes UNN to OJUKWU University. That is gross and wrinks of mediocre politics, there are are way better people with sterling achievements than Abiola whose names still would have caused a stir let alone a corrupt money bag like Abiola that was busy enriching himself and got his finger burnt in the process. Abeg call a spade a spade, Abiola was not all that he is repped up to be by the south western news media propaganda, a lot of us still have very xlear memory of what he realy did to the Nigerian polity, he is not any different.

Oga, the man, Abiola, is learned. He held a First Class Honors Degree in Accounting from the City of Glasgow University, Scotland.

baslone: Why does our President take decisions that are blatantly unpopular with the people

The person(s) who advised him to change the name of University of Lagos to MOSHOOD
KASHIMAWO OLAWALE ABIOLA UNIVERSITY LAGOS, are they living in this same Nigeria with
the rest of us?

Mr. President said that he had consulted widely before announcing the name-change, but,
given spontaneous protests by Unilag students against the name-change, Mr. President had
obviously not considered the Unilag body of students relevant during his wide consultation.

I thought it's Moshood Abiola University, or which one are you referring to?

It is all in the mind.

Think about the difference between you and your cousin in the village.

The difference between white culture and black culture.

Below is a list I made up, it fairly reflects what is behind development and underdevelopment.

No human being can grow beyond his/her mind.

Whites and Blacks here are in the mind/brain and not skin colors.

1) Whites believe in building infrastructure, Blacks believe in consumption.

2) Whites believe in leaving legacy for their descendants, Blacks celebrate or worship their ancestors.

3) Whites want to surpass previous achievements and records, Blacks cannot get beyond thinking of their past success.

4) Whites want to try new things, Blacks cannot take basic risks, fear of the unknown.

5) Whites have sense of danger, Blacks have sense of fear.

6) Whites rise up to challenges, Blacks are overwhelmed by problems.

7) Whites are obsess with planning, Blacks believe in magic.

8 ) Whites seek knowledge and understanding, Blacks are engross in myth and superstitions.

9) Whites save to invest, Blacks borrow to consume/party.

10) Whites set realistic expectations/targets/timelines, Blacks always think of sudden change.

11) Whites believe everything will work in his favor, Blacks see everything working against them.

jisky: Hi nairalanders,i need your advice n sincere advice because i belief ds s only place i can gt d advice.I have HND in Accountancy from 1 of d best polytechnic in d country kadpoly in 2008,b4 my service period i secured a job wit a coy in kad state wt my OND Result.my job in kad st n service in southwest was not easy in 08/09.since then i ve been trying to use my HND result in my current place or any oda place bt it proves abortive because of B.sc n Hnd discriminatn syndrome.in my current job i got married wt a baby n have my personal car which i also thank God for it.bt my concern s ds I want to do my university degree n d only programme avallable are Bachelor of Education B.ed as 'per time' programme because of nature of my job i ll not b able to do full time.pls can I do,ao acceptable s B.ed in labour mkt apart frm teaching n i dont want it to b lyk Hnd at last n which course can i do dat can be combine wt my Hnd accountancy.am thinking of B.ed economics.pls i need ur advicem

1) Majority of the people responding to your post seem to be in Lagos or South West, going by their ''go for professional exams'' mentality, while your post suggests you might still be in Kaduna. The fact is outside Lagos or may be South West, your ACCA, ICAN or whatever is not worth much. Because companies and industries are situated in Lagos/South West, professional qualifications are still regarded somehow. It's just some papers in some civil service locations like Kaduna or Abuja.

2) HND plus PGD is not equal to B.Sc. in anyway. Note that PGD still carries Diploma. It is not for fun that they did not call it Post Graduate Degree. I know many people with HND plus Masters in 300L in reality. Some professional societies have stopped recognizing HND e.g. Nigeria Society of Engineers.

TO DO

3)B.Ed. is relevant in the academics, (at least) i.e. you may want to go further to earn a M.Ed and/or a PhD in Education if you so wish. At PhD level, things are sort of even. Majority of policies are drafted/authored by PhD holders in various fields, including education, you can Google Prof Ruqayatu Ahmed Rufai for instance.

4) You can go for National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN. Admission is almost guaranteed, they are having challenges in graduating students though. Things are being improved on every day. That is if time is your problem.

5) Or you can get another job in a less stressful company to allow you concentrate on your studies. Your HND can only take you to a certain level in your current job after then they'll employ a B.Sc. graduate to replace you.

6) You may want to place a moratorium on more babies till your dreams are fulfilled or finances improve to deal with 5 above.

7) The decision is yours but you should do something quickly as per your dreams, there would come a time that your risk appetite index will fall to ZERO, that is, you may be too scared to take path again. The fact on ground is that there are too many university graduate now that some employers have lost consciousness of something called HND. It's sad but that's the reality.

I wish you the best.

He is just advertising his work without paying. Smart guy.

SUDDENLY, SUDDENLY SUDDENLY SUDDENLY (apology to D'Banj/Don Jazzy)

Suddenly, they are coming out one after another.

Have they suddenly realized their folly?

Is the blood of the innocent people they have murdered in cold blood tormenting them?

Is the international community (read Britain and America) coming after them?

There must be something behind this suddenly show of face of BH sponsors.

From Buhari, to El-Rufai now to Bamanga Tukur...

I am still watching

Revolva: hahaha naija
can u imagine i registered a new sim card today wid a fake details. Who kares . We dont have a true data structure

Your photograph and finger prints must be fake as well!

Another James Onanefe Ibori in the making?

Pennywise: I did Lagos-Benin road for the first ever since I started driving sometime last year. And I was amazed at why we do not have more fatalities on that road. At 120km/hr you get the sense that you are having a stroll on the highway. A good number of the vehicles have dubious road worthiness (I am not talking certificate here) but they want to prove to you that they can still out-run you for some uncertain glory.

Even at the best of times, the road is still dangerous. When you factor in the police and the custom with their surprise road blocks then you get a real sense of what I am talking about.

This same scenario is repeated all over the country. With a population of 160million people abandoned by Govt, I am surprised there is any other country with a more depressing statistic.

And what were you doing at 120km/hr?

Maximum speed limit in Nigeria is still 100km/hr.

I guess you were thinking of being part of the statistics.

OMG! Is this how DUMB these guys are?

They are still mentioning Buhari while the bombings are still on?

Have they ever heard the phrase ''BLOOD IS THICKER THAN BALLOT PAPERS'' before?

MsDarkSkin: @ neuronin

Generally speaking, Africans have always been well traveled. Keep in mind our ancestors for the most part were nomadic.
Africans were very much part of the Greek, Roman, Persian, Mesopotamian, Assyrian; etc empires despite that fact being voided out of textbooks (an effort to hide our contributions to western civilization and the world at large). Not to mention our ancestors built magnificent empires and kingdoms of their own. But the issue is black people are too trusting of others but hateful to one another!

While other people may have tribal or national conflicts, when it comes to outsiders they will form alliances within their race to aid each other in fending off foreign attack (although S. Korea is an exception to that rule!). This is notable when the Celtic and Gaul peoples (western European in origin) and Greeks, all former enemies BTW, banded together against the ancient tribes of the middle east (Phoenicians) who sought to invade and control many parts Europe. Yes many of these groups incorporated African and foreign men into their armies but those men had to abide by the laws of that society. There were boundaries when it came to foreigners.

Africans will invite foreigners to help annihilate other Africans just to be victorious. In the Congo for example, when the government hired white South African mercenaries to help fight Congolese rebels, they not only paid them but gave these men the right to do as they please within Congolese borders. This included terrorizing, extorting and abusing their power on the people they claimed to be helping. That is what makes us different. That is what makes us weak. We are a docile people to others but very hard on each other....since the beginning of time.

Even those of us in the west who are descendants of slaves took that same mentality with us. This "extreme" tribalistic and "better them than us" mentality. During the 70s and early 80s, Jamaicans killed each other based on political influence just so that their white or biracial candidates could get into office and fulfill their promises of "Americanizing the nation". Lives lost for what? Better cars, clothes, and means to brag. ('Greedy chief' syndrome) Smh. Don't get me started on African American issues.

Readers pls. don't get me wrong, I am not "putting Africans/black people down". I am just saying at what point do we realize that our M.O. is failing us and accept that WE ARE THE PROBLEM?

We can write our own textbooks based on our own accounts.

gegee: other people get sense pass africans simple and short

No sir, other people use their senses more.

Arosa: This is what I wrote two years ago, maybe it's relevant here as well.

Sir, what about Somalia?