₦airaland Forum

ItsMeAboki:
Every country has a right to develop its own policy; Nigeria has decided for itself to insist on those involved in teaching must have basic qualification in education, to ensure such persons can actually impart their acquired knowledge to their students - I personally don't see anything wrong with the rationale; especially as most professions have similar requirements.

There is a minimum qualification for lecturing in Nigerian universities by the NUC. There is no requirement for PGDE.

Be guided.

ItsMeAboki:
It seems you have a very short horizon in your knowledge - try expanding it a bit.

Actually, you are not informed. Your reasoning is at the elementary stage.

Endeavor to check the meaning of university. Then check the difference between university and college of education and secondary school.

ItsMeAboki:
It is a fundamental requirement for teachers to have basic qualification in education; it is one thing to be knowledgeable and quite another to have the requisite skills to impart it - PGDE seems to address that problem and hence mandatory for all educationists.

Lecturers are scholars.

It is the National Universities Commission (NUC) that regulates and sets standards for the university education in Nigeria.

A PGDE is not part of the requirements for lecturing in the university as stipulated by the NUC.

The NUC has set a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) as the minimum qualification for lecturing in Nigerian universities. This requirement is above many other countries' standard. A master's degree holder is appointed as an assistant lecturer while a first degree holder is appointed as a graduate assistant.

Lecturing does not fall under the National Teachers' Registration Council regulations. That agency regulates primary and secondary schools teachers. No university lecturer is required to register with them.

Both the monarch and the VC should be properly informed. The VC especially should have corrected his chancellor for the obvious mix-up.

There is no university vacancy advertisement
for lecturing positions that requires a PGDE. It is not necessary.

University education is the highest form of education. It should not be dragged down to the level of A for Apple, B for Ball.

This sounds extremely Malthusian.

There was a British demographer/economist who predicted something like this for the entire world over one hundred and eighty years ago. His predictions were and still continue to be off the marks.

Some of yours look very plausible, though. But that aspect of electric cars, I will advise you don't put too much attention on what the media is spinning, rather, follow the money. Check out the economics.

On religion becoming less attractive in Nigeria - that is left to be seen.

franchasng:
Another reality many Nigerians are yet to realize including those celebrating the victory of failure called Buhari and APC!


Many Nigerians have relocated since 2015, the number may run into millions of Nigerians that ran away from Nigeria due to Buhari induced hardship from bad leadership and stupid economy policies.


Only few Nigerians have enough money to spend on things. The rest spend on basic needs like food, drug, housing and transport while managing and neglecting the rest of their needs like clothing, etc which has led to low patronage for businesses in Nigeria.


So many Nigerians are jobless, no hope, can't even afford to eat well talk more of patronizing business owners. Those working are earning peanut that cannot even take care of their basic needs.



If things continue this way for Nigeria, it won't be funny in the next 10 years cos there will be escalated increase in all manner of crime all over Nigeria. Insecurity will worsen

The saddest part is that the youths cannot see any link between their deteriorating living conditions and the overall economic outlook. That is why you hear something like "no matter how bad the economy is doing, I will make it".

They are blaming 'badluck' for their misery and seeking solutions that don't make any sense; like useless rituals.

netflicks:
My dear u have done nothing wrong, the economy is just hard....when business was good I guess it will dated back in 2014...I can testify with mine.

The story of "The Lion King" best explains the situation of the country. When u have bad leadership hardship and hunger will become the other of the day..

This is even putting it mildly, can you see what the mental states of Nigerian youths are turning to with majority of the comments on this thread? They are now turning to inanimate objects (a house) to blame for a business collapse.

If anyone in the world is doing a research on why Africa is so backward right now, this thread will provide a clue.

While the whites are using their minds to project into the galaxies and discovering planets like hundreds of million million kilometres away; while villages in Italy are reportedly offering money to anyone interested in exploring their serene environment in exchange for investments, Nigerian youths on nairaland are accusing a house as being responsible for a tailoring business downturn in an economy that is practically on its knees.

Who exactly can rescue the African minds from this hole?

What kind of mentality is this? What is the meaning of this, African youths?

amc:
You still don't get it. Buhari is not responsible for the security of people living in a foreign land. All he can do is talk to his counterpart out there on ensuring that his people are protected and culprits brought to justice. The Foreign Minister has done it, the Diaspora envoy has done it, Buhari himself has done so and you are ignoring the fact that hundreds have been arrested in the SA for the dastardly act.




What did GEJ do? Please remind us what he did that prevented or stopped the killings.




Buhari discussed the issue with President Ramaphosa over a week ago. How much more urgent response do you need?

Buhari, Ramaphosa meet over killings of Nigerians in South Africa
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/349274-buhari-ramaphosa-meet-over-killings-of-nigerians-in-south-africa.html

In 2012:

South Africa apologies to Nigeria over yellow fever row - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-17299326

OlujobaSamuel:
I've even tried searching the coy online and the only relevant results are ones related to this case with Nigeria.
The name sef sound somehow; Process and Industrial Development Ltd.
Don't be surprised if the promoters released this statement because their deal is about to be exposed.
We are yet to even hear name of the coy rep

Lol

You people ehnnn.

This same company just won a case against Nigeria in a British court where their online activity was of no significant value. What the court relied on was the written agreement between the company and the Nigerian government.

Akpuoru:
In setting the record straight, the company started from 2015 when negotiations were made to pay them $850M. Why not start from the very beginning; i.e. the award of the contract, your part of the bargain, Nigeria's part of the bargain, how much you've delivered of your part of the bargain, how much Nigeria has failed to deliver of her own path of the bargain.

Apparently, the company was reacting to the claims of the Buhari government; trying to exonerate itself from the entire process and treating the whole deal as a scam; during a press conference. That press conference was what necessitated the statement stating the current government's role in the transaction.

Akpuoru:
I'll never support our government to pay a dime in connection to this monumental fraud and all those that were involved in entering into this kind of wicked contract should be delt with ruthlessly

You don't understand.

It's not up to the 'government to pay a dime", it's for P&ID to seize $9.6b assets belonging to Nigeria. They are the ones about to deal 'ruthlessly' with Nigeria.

Osidazz19:
Well what you don't know is that it's easier to get a court judgement than to enforce the judgement. The company will be waiting for decades to see any Kobo. They will eventually settle for cents on the Dollar if they really want to see any of this judgment. The fact still remains that this case should have been settled by the Jonathan's govt instead of leaving it to the next govt when oil was selling for $28 per barrel. Did you really expect the Buhari govt to fork over $850 million DOLLARS when the country was struggling to stay afloat in 2015? NO.

Things have since moved beyond that stage. They just secured a judgement to start confiscating our assets abroad.

The stage they are now is identifying which assets to seize in enforcement of the court order.

They are not waiting for Nigeria to willfully pay them again. They are going ahead to use any Nigerian assets they can get hold to offset the judgement debt. They earlier cited Argentina and Venezuela as two countries that had been so treated. They went after a naval vesel in one of the cases.

That's the reason the government should have treated everything as urgent and important. The more reason they should make conciliatory move in this case.

SuperS1Panther:
The name of the newspaper is even very funny.

The Boss Newspaper. All these overnight image laundering online media!!

It's owned by Dele Momodu

islandmoon:
imeko tomatoes used to come to Ogun state, pineapples and so many farm produce from Igbo Ora but buhari government stopped it to pace way for his brothers from north bringing in tomatoes with tankers , go to olomore fish market in Abeokuta, you will see for yourself.
herdsmen destroying tomatoes farms in southwest and custom blocking few ones

Ehmnn??

But Ogun State youths and "intellectuals" said they have been so blessed by Buhari's train and several appointments into government. They said their economy had never been so good.

Inspectahdeck:
If they have proof that they are farmers, quarantine officers working with custom will give them free passage of their product.

I once transported 15 tons of dry maize from my farm to Lagos. Quarantine officers stop the truck and I was called to come and defend and show proof that they are not imported maize. I got there and explained to their my occupation, took them to my factory where I shell and process maize, and also to my farm.

They registered my company name and now I have free movement of my products. When my stuff pass they comment na that farmer get am o.

Are you saying this professor is lying now?

What about those women on DoveTV always talking sex?

They use very graphic language while the channel and the programme are not rated. Are you going to have an "African" version of the programme too?

seunmsg:
Just like I told you earlier, my major point of argument is that churches are liable to pay taxes if they engage in commercial activities. The provisions of section 23(1)(c) of Companies Income Tax Act, Cap C.21, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN) 2007 (as amended) ('CITA') provide that the profits of any company engaged in ecclesiastical, charitable or educational activities of a public character in so far as such profits are not derived from a trade or business carried on by such company shall be exempt from tax. CITA also provides for taxation of passive income (dividend, interest, rent or royalty) when earned by educational institutions even if limited by guarantee.

FIRS is a responsible revenue generation agency. They wouldn’t have listed Assemblies of God church as a tax defaulter if the church had not generated income from trade or business. Instead of accusing FIRS falsely, you should try and find out the exact reason(s) why they took the decision.

As regards your claim that schools must be limited by guarantee, I think you should do your research very well instead of making uninformed statement. We have so many schools limited by shares. Just last year December, the court of appeal ruled on a matter between FIRS and Best international schools limited. The court ruled that the school is liable to pay income tax. Below is the link https://www.proshareng.com/news/TAXES%20&%20TARIFFS/Court-of-Appeal-Affirms-Educational-Institutions’-Companies-Income-Tax-Obligation/44026

And as regards my reference to PAYE, it is very relevant to the discussion because we are talking about taxation. So many people don’t know that salaries paid by churches to church workers are taxable. In 2008 when I was still working for LIRS, my tax station had lots of difficulties convincing Churches within our jurisdiction to deduct and remit the PAYE of their pastors and workers because they ignorantly believe that they are exempted from paying taxes.

Finally, let’s endeavor to put the correct information out there and not mislead people just to win argument. I have nothing against churches. However, they are liable to pay taxes on income generated from commercial activities.

Your link redirects to the homepage but you can get a better insight on the case on the Lawyard site; link below.

Both the High Court and the Court of Appeal simply upheld Nigerian laws in the case. If anything, the case buttresses my assertion that schools are registered as not for profit entities. There is nothing in the case that invalidates the point that schools have no choice of registration or that they are not expected to make profit. It is very simple. The FIRS in this case was simply enforcing the Nigerian laws and the courts agreed.

Excerpt from the analysis says "The court relied on the provisions of section 26 of the CAMA that provides that a company created with the purpose of promoting education or other similar objects must be registered as a company limited by guarantee. Hence, if BCIS Ltd had been registered as a company limited by guarantee, the COA would have held that it was not liable to tax due the general nature of companies limited by guarantee as non-profit making institutions"

https://www.lawyard.ng/%25EF%25BB%25BFtax-liabilities-of-educational-institutions-in-nigeria-the-public-character-twist-by-ayodeji-abdul/amp/

You cannot eat your case and have it. As is the case with many of these socalled schools with international "outlook" disobedience of Nigerian laws is rife. Registration of many of them can be classified, at best, as improper registration. They circumvent the system either by omission or outright commission. Where they should have followed due process, many choose not to go through the ministry of education so that they wont be subjected to proper scrutiny and adequate regulations regarding Nigerian educational systems and standards. They go ahead and run systems and standards at variance with the national standard.

For you to register a school, you must be limited by guarantee. The CAC must involve the ministry of education. It is compulsory. The ministry will ensure that at least one of the promoters of the school MUST be a holder of Nigeria's National Certificate of Education (NCE) or Bachelor of Education (B.Ed), among other requirements. These are basic facts that do not require "research" level inquiries to ascertain. If laws are violated, it is the courts that interpret and give judgement, which they have rightly submitted in your example.

What usually happens is that people do not have the patience to wait for the ministry to carry out its due diligence and therefore find a "short-cut", which invariably lead them back to the limited by shares route, hence the intervention by the FIRS in your example.

But that is not even the case with the issue under discussion. Churches are not registered as companies. The FIRS cannot make any claim on churches' profit/income tax. If they run schools and the schools' registration are "somehow" limited by shares, then they would have listed the specific company's name as tax defaulters and not the Assemblies of God Church, which has a different charter.

If you said you have worked at LIRS before, then you of all people should know that the charter documents (incorporation papers - Certificate of Incorporation and the MEMAT) are the very first things that tax authorities demand from entities. Under what law would you now begin to calculate the income tax liability of an entity whose charter reads "not for profit"?

It wasn't me that didn't allow the FIRS to explain itself in this case. The person who did that was you. You can check your former posts. The thread reports that the church is embarrassed that it was wrongly listed as a tax defaulter by the FIRS, stating its reasons. But instead of getting briefed properly (by them or people who commissioned you to defend every indefensible actions of government) on the specifics and details of the case, you jumped into the spin of "commercial activities". And your "commercial activities" keep changing, from schools, books, etc you now jump to "passive income".

In the spin, you lumped PAYE into an FIRS discussion in your belief that people are so ignorant that no one would know the left from the right. Was that not why you listed Winners Chapel and RCCG when you were asked to give example? Why was PAYE of pastors paid by the two churches the closest example when you were supposed to cite example of churches paying taxes to FIRS?

You think the FIRS is a responsible agency of government but the Assemblies of God Church is an irresponsible and ignorant organization, right?

But, does it occur to you that the church has hundreds of qualified professionals and academics; FCAs, CFAs and eminent professors of law, taxation and indeed experts in all human endeavor, whose advice they seek before taking decisions? Are you aware that among those who drafted the laws are members of the church?

Okoroawusa:
If a church has a school,an event center,a microfinance bank,a water bottling company then it's expected to pay tax

Schools don't pay tax. Sorry!

A water bottling company is already a company, a different entity, whose liability is limited to the shares held by the shareholders.

While a micro finance bank is subject to the laws and regulations of the CBN.

Except what you are saying is that the church should start paying taxes on its processed plastic water meant for its own use.

seunmsg:
I wanted you to clarify the point you’re trying to make before I respond.

My contributions on this thread is very clear. Commercial activities carried out by churches are liable to income taxes. If Assemblies of God church have engaged in commercial activities, the income generated should be subjected to tax.

At no point did I say FIRS is responsible for collecting PAYE. I only buttressed my point by saying even the salaries of pastors and other church workers are subjected to personal income tax.

Your argument that schools don’t pay income taxes is also laughable. If the school was registered to make profit, they are liable to income tax. Schools are only exempted from income tax if they are registered as non profit making and incomes generated are for charitable purposes.

So, I ask again, what exactly is your point?

You listed schools as one of your so-called commercial activities in your earliest post qouted below as you can see.

Schools do not have any choice than to be registered as a not-for-profit outfit. They do not have the liberties to choose how they are registered. They are simply registered as such because that is what the law says. Schools are not meant to make profit. They are chartered/registered as LGTE (limited by guarantee) not LTD (limited by shares). It is the law. The registration process must pass through the ministry of education; it is compulsory.

Your allusion to RCCG and Winners paying PAYE of their staff has no basis on the subject of discussion because the Assemblies of God's issue is with the FIRS which doesnt have any jurisdiction over PAYE.

Coming back to your so-called commercial activities. For any activities to be commercial, the charter must specify that. For example, a church running a micro finance bank must get a micro finance bank license from the CBN, which licenses all lenders in Nigeria. And for the CBN to license any lender, the very first prerequisite is that the entity must be a limited liability company.

It means that a church doesn't have any choice than to register a limited liability entity different from its own registration as a charity organization. It stands to reason that the two organizations are not one and a federal entity like the FIRS is not expected to list a charity organization as a defaulter of tax instead of the actual business.

In other words, shouldn't the FIRS have listed the "commercial organization" liable to tax instead of listing Assemblies of God as a federal tax defaulter when it is not liable ab initio? Assuming that is what happened.

seunmsg:
Assemblies of God church is not God and asking the church to obey the law does not amount to fighting God. So, don’t mix the two together.

Church are exempted from paying taxes from income generated from tithes and offerings majorly. However, if they generate other incomes from commercial activities such as sales of books and other items, operation of schools etc, they are duty bound to pay taxes on such incomes. Salaries paid to pastors and other workers in the church are also taxable. The church should go and pay up its taxes instead of throwing tantrums around.

seunmsg:
What exactly is your point?

This confirms you do not know what you are saying.

People with grasp of issues don't ask 'what exactly is your point?' when they are expected to clarify their positions or apologize for misleading people.

Omooba77:
I tender, unreserved apology to all Nairaland.

Don't let him confuse you. He barely understands what he is saying. Either that, or he is paid to spin government policies every time here.

Schools in Nigeria are registered as limited by guarantee. They are not limited liability companies (they are not limited by shares). They don't pay tax to FIRS. They only pay levies to states where they operate. Similarly, PAYE is not collected by the FIRS. Personal income tax of employees goes to state internal revenue service, where the business is located.

Churches are registered as not for profit organizations. Most of the activities of the church are charities.

It is only the FIRS that can make clarifications on these very unusual inclusion of this church.

seunmsg:
RCCG and Living faith are good examples. They pay taxes on all their commercial activities. RCCG also deduct and remit personal income taxes (PAYE) from the salaries of their full time pastors.

You must be a very ignorant person or an extremely mischievous human being.

You went from church operating schools down to personal income tax.

Schools do not pay tax in Nigeria and personal income tax (PAYE) of any employee is paid to the state's internal revenue service. PAYE is not collected by the FIRS.

You should stop your mischief. It is not everything you can make yourself available to defend. Even if it is your duty to spin all things on behalf of government, try and get the correct background and details to avoid doing severe damage to your reputation.

aguele:
By Ayo Obaju

" Look at our collapsing public utilities; our inefficient and wasteful parastatals and state- owned companies...if you want electricity, you buy your own generator; if you want water, you sink your own borehole; if you want to travel, you set up your own airline. One day soon, said a friend of mine, you will have to build your own Post Office to send your letters."---Chinua Achebe ( 1983)

Nobody is persuaded to love him neither would anyone be induced to hate him. But President Muhammadu Buhari has more friends or admirers than foes. It is the experience of every popular and selfless leader. He attracts cult-like apostates, because he exudes the image of an emancipator.

Whatever is your emotions on President Buhari, your innermost, honest assessment still reminds you, the populism of this great and charismatic leader is waxing stronger. He has offered himself as a friend to his enemies, arch antagonists and even cretins, who delude in his malicious persecution.

Buhari has remained popular in Nigeria, Africa and the whole world for incontestable reasons. It is not controvertable that this leader can tolerate anything, except what is potent to impede or imperil the progress, development, peace and security of Nigeria. Meet him on this doorstep, you will find Buhari defiantly uncompromising.

As reflected by the erudite scholar and author, Chinua Achebe's title of his book, President Buhari knows, "The Trouble With Nigeria," (1983). Mr. President knows insecurity and endemic corruption are Nigeria's infectious, immortal enemies, which must by crushed with a big hammer, relentlessly and with immediacy.

Achebe and a few other notable Nigerian patriots as well as the generality of the masses of Nigeria have encountered and grappled with these twine evils for decades. When President Buhari sauntered on the leadership podium in 2015, the fangs of insecurity and corruption had insanely blighted the serenity, peace and progress of Nigeria, the world's most populous black nation.

These were the two basic, but very fundamental and monstrous problems the Nigerian masses identified as constituting everyday anxieties and nightmares to the people.

Nigerians had seen leaders and experienced different administrations, but these problems have rather accentuated, instead of waning. There were palpable frustrations, pains, agonies, and disenchantments in the land before Buhari's ascension to the throne of leadership. The people yearned for a messiah; the masses wanted a leader who could exculpate them.

And God Himself delivered President Buhari to a traumatized and humiliated nation and a people for redemption. He has kept his eyes focused on this trajectory and has delivered shocking impacts.

Mr. President who is conversant with the covenant he made with the masses of Nigeria has neither deviated nor backslided in the last four years.

The Buhari Presidency has etched it's name on the pysche of Nigerians and Africa as a populist administration for it's exceptional and commendable exploits in surmounting Nigeria's multifarious insecurity challenges, especially Boko Haram insurgency.

The Buhari Presidency, through a reformed and re-equipped Nigerian military, confronted Boko Haram terrorism like a wounded lion. And with a crack soldier, COAS and resilient leader of the counter- insurgency operations in Nigeria, like Lt. Gen. TY Buratai, Boko Haram insurgents have received more than they ever bargained or contemplated in the last four years.

Nigeria under Buhari has been able to stop Boko Haram bomb explosions in Abuja and any other Northern cities in the throes of terrorism. He has liberated multiple and all the LGAs under the captivity of Boko Haram. Religious and community leaders deposed by insurgents have been reinstated and kingdoms restored.


The likes of the Shehu of Bama and his Dikwa, Masa II counterpart, Ibn Umar El Kanemi, were some victims of insurgency who deserted their communities to reside in Maiduguri. They have all returned to their deserted communities; while the rehabilitation and re- construction process is steadily in progress.

Echoes of excited voices of thousands of Nigerians in gulags of Boko Haram as hostages reverberates everywhere in the Northeast. IDPs camps are becoming forlorn.

Evidently for the first time in five years, the Shehu of Bama Kingdom in Borno State, Kyari Ibn Umar El-Kanemi, and his people joined the rest of world in celebrating the global Muslim feast of Eid-el-Kabir in his domain. It's quite relieving in every consideration.


Nigerians recall with much sadness the 2013 Boko Haram deadly massacres in Bama. Over 300 Nigerians lost their lives in that terrorists onslaught.The community was consistently the target of Boko Haram terrorists years back, forcing natives and other inhabitants to flee their ancestral homes. But Bama's gory tales, like other communities have been positively rejigged.

Therefore, the Northeast is no longer an enclave where terrorism once reigned. Or Nigeria is no more under the spell of insurgency which ravaged Abuja, the nation's capital almost on daily basis; or Bama where Kings were sent out of their kingdoms; women chased away from their homes and children dislocated and disconnected from their parents.

Boko Haram can longer lay claims to Gwoza as it's administrative capital of conquered territories in the Northeast. This was where they cruelly tortured and slaughtered Nigerians.

Furthermore, other variants of terrorism which previously ravaged Nigeria in violent insurrections have been tackled by the Buhari Presidency. Nigerians now have respite from insecurity threats such as militancy in the Niger Delta; IPOB's armed secession agitations in the Southeast; armed banditry and cattle rustling, farmers/ herders skirmushes; sectarian and ethno-religious upheavals.

No part of Nigeria is currently under the siege of terrorists and insurrectionists; detonating lethal explosives, executing reckless abductions of Nigerians or where rampaging killer swords holds sway in mindless bloodletting.

But where President Buhari has touched on the sore nerve of national consciousness defiantly is his anti-corruption campaigns. The anti-corruption battles against looters and economic vultures as spearheaded by anti-graft agencies such as the EFCC and the ICPC have posted stunning results.

Nigeria had the unenviable and notorious fame as corruption kingpins in Africa and around the world. The afflicting monster of corruption was not only endemic, but embarrassingly very pervasive.

As far back as 1983, Achebe succinctly and pitiably lamented the fate of Nigeria on corruption in his book; " The Trouble With Nigeria," when he stated;
"My frank and honest opinion is that anybody who can say that corruption in Nigeria has not yet become alarming is either a fool , a crook or else, does not live in this country."

But pleasurably, President Buhari has silently changed the negative narrative which formerly foisted Nigeria on pariah status in the comity of nations.

Under Buhari's administration and in just four years, there is massive recovery of looted Commonwealth in cash and properties as well as convictions of top -flight politicians and leaders who were hitherto untouchable. It was strange that though looters, these odious public servants were feted and treated like sacred cows, a disposition which emboldened others to intensify indulgence into corrupt practices.

Today, former state Governors, Ministers, parlimentarians, high profile businessmen, party Chieftains and other fraudsters are either serving jail terms or are being prosecuted over corrupt enrichment charges.

At least, there is visible public apprehension and phobia in engaging in sleaze and fraud now, as against the competitive looting and plundering of public resources as obtained in the past. Nigerians are elated with President Buhari that sanity is gradually being restored and the country has rebounced on the path of progress on it's match to the Promise Land under the leadership of Buhari.

Therefore, the consensus reached by Nigerians in 2015 that President Buhari is the right leader to turn the tide and reconfirmed it in 2019 with popular votes is not only rewarding for the reawakening of Nigerians, but has paid off handsomely.

It is the protective shield of Buhari and the reason his administration is on an unstoppable populist radar and insulated from fraudulently ambitious politcal hynas.

Obaju wrote from Ogori-Magogo, Kogi State.

Fiction.

B/Haram using drones to monitor troops’ operations – Borno gov

By Uthman Abubakar, Maiduguri | Published Date Jul 31, 2019 5:49 AM

It is not yet Uhuru – Gbajabiamila

Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has raised the alarm that Boko Haram insurgents are now using drones to monitor military operations.

He said this yesterday in Maiduguri while welcoming the speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and his entourage who were in Borno to assess the situation of the IDPs in terms of their population and their transition from camp to resettlement.

According to him, “The capacity of the military has to be re-examined in terms of technological warfare. Otherwise this thing (insurgency) will never end.”

“Boko Haram now uses drones to monitor the operations of the military. Without providing proper and up-to-date technological capacity to the military, this thing will never end,” he cautioned. He urged the Federal Government to increase the “numeral strength” of the security and paramilitary personnel fighting the insurgency war as well as support the civilian JTF to meet the emerging challenges.”

 “Sustained military operations in the Chad Basin cannot be overemphasized in the face of the scaled-up operations of ISWAP in the region”, he said, noting that Borno shared borders with Niger, Chad and Cameroon.

Zulum said although all local government areas in the state had been liberated from Boko Haram, “only 10 villages now stand out of the about 500 that used to exist in Northern Borno, only about 20 now stand out of the about 1000 villages that used to exist in Central Borno before 2015.”

Responding, Gbajabiamila said the insurgency continued for “a bit too long and we have to put it behind us.”

Gbajabiamila said the federal legislature had now resolved to collaborate with the executive on the Boko Haram war because “it is not yet Uhuru; we are not there yet and the government can’t do it alone.”

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/b-haram-using-drones-to-monitor-troops-operations-borno-gov.html

Mr Onyiuke, find a place for your son in a good university abroad.

By making them poorer.

W3LLAND3R:
I'm still in college ,I'm 22

Try and have an open mind as you prod further. You will possibly come up with good answers and solutions to the big question.

Don't be discouraged with cynicism and various negativities. It's part of the real issue. And don't hesitate to share your findings for the benefit of the larger black people.

Look critically at socialism and its impact on black people. You will be shocked that Africans' concept of wealth is not the same as the whites'. Many Africans/blacks are not really bothered about their future generations' welfare. They are only concerned about the present and the present only.

babasolution:
Talking about mansa musa wealth is almost like talking about Abrahams or solomons wealth,that kind of wealth doesnt count,mansa musa simply got rich probably cos he was royalty and gold was abundant in his land,just like say queen of england,that wealth doesnt count,africans just started building wealth through creating value or systems very recently,probably after the slave trade era in the 19th century,while whites probably have been in the game just before the slave trade era and reinforced during that era,as u probably know,capitalist system and cooperations took off due to the trans- atlantic slave trade mainly.

Everyone has been in the game of wealth creation since the beginning of humanity. The question is why are some wealth and businesses sustainable and why are blacks' not sustainable? Are you saying there were no wealthy Africans during the slave trade era? Before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade there was the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade.

If the capitalist system and the corporations "took off due to the trans-atlantic slave trade mainly" as you claim, why didn't it take off with Africans/blacks merchants and mercantilist? And why were they not transferred to their generations? The system itself is just to aid what people do in a more organized way. So why did the wealthy Africans fail to integrate what they did then?

Mansa Musa's type of wealth is similar to the Arab Sheikhs' of this modern times. Are you saying they don't count too? They are major investors in property and assets in the west.

DIKEnaWAR:
Why do we blacks always shoot down a discourse that tend to teach us by either playing the victim or insulting whoever raises the discourse with having a low self esteem?

I was just thinking this same thought this evening with the McMahon family in mind. I mean they have run the wrestling business and grown it into a billion dollar venture while it passed from fathers to sons.

Please dont blame us much. It's an IQ issue. The average IQ of blacks is low. People with poor IQ don't appreciate critical thinking. The instinct is to fight off any dissent. It is easier to relate to sounds (especially meaningless and wild sounds) and flashy colors than abstract (sophisticated) thoughts.It is relaxing to play with toys and gadgets (made by other serious people) than to engage in very "complex" activities like observation of trends and making any meaning out of it.

jesmond3945:
This kind of thread is the problem with Nigerians. You guys live in a bubble, you judge white people from far why not live close to them and see the scum they are. I bank with santander and barclay but I can tell you the services I enjoyed from gtb alone is far better. Our ICT firms are doing well. Proforce and Innoson are doing well. Tell all the white people to leave Nigeria you think they will? Blacks are working hard so that white people can claim benefits and waste at the pub. Op cure yourself from self hatred, go live and work with white people for atleast a year, then come back and edit your post.

He is actually not referring to services. He is talking about building sustainable wealth that spans several generations of the builders of the institutions.

For instance, what is the assurance that GTBank and Innoson (in your example) would continue to exists in the next 50 years? And more importantly, what is the guarantee that their ownership structure would be in the family/circle to sustain the organizational vision and institutional stability?

In other words, are the current owners children's children not going to be looking for jobs/starting afresh in 100 years from now?

Fine, GTBank had very successful transition from Fola Adeola and managed a non-disruptive succession after the sudden demise of Tayo Aderinokun, but how it can be sustained for another 100 to 200 years is the question.

asuustrike1:
A prophet speaks the mind of God by saying " thus says thy Lord of host". Either at the beginning or at the end of the sentence. This validate what God has spoken. Prophecy manifestation may not be immediate even when it is given in a particular year,month or day.

Where did you find this?

Do you have your own interpretation contrary to what the Bible says, now?

Baba Kolade, you threw out an appointment by a government that reposed so much confidence and had high regard for you only to team up with others to bring the same government down and helped install 'change'.

You had an opportunity to assist in fixing the subsidy scam through the reinvestment programmes of an agency you were appointed to coordinate, but you resigned unceremoniously.Too bad, sir.

All these things you are saying now, how do you want them implemented without political parties. After witnessing "change" and the current "next level" sir, how does the Nigerian younger generation that you mentioned come out to confront armed election riggers with bare hands? How, sir?

It is also not true that people who have built structures and performed excellently outside Nigerian government would necessarily perform when they get into government. Many of them are there currently and performing very woefully. It is first, a serious fundamental error to assume that public and private sectors work the same way. They don't, and you know sir.

The private sector is motivated by profit margins and bottom lines and all manners of consideration to the stakeholders - chief of which is maximization of returns. This is a motivation that is propelled by the amount of "greed" that the board can allow.

The public sector is however not motivated by same. It is almost altruistic where profit is replaced with the push for the good of the people who are not always economically buoyant to afford to contribute to the bottom lines.

For instance, consider the fiscal objective of FULL EMPLOYMENT of the public servants and compare with corporate retructuring tendencies - downsizing, right-sizing, layoffs and so on - in the private sector. How does a person with the mindset of layoffs of workers fair in the public sector.

There are many corporate titans who have been tested in the public sector and found wanting. Many! Orji Uzor Kalu, Yahaya Bello, Nasir El Rufai, Rashidi Ladoja, etc. have relatively built something for themselves in the private sectors but couldn't do much as governors.

El Rufai woke up one day and sacked 23,000 teachers because he said they failed exams. Needless to say that the world is still awaiting the "extraordinary performance" of the pupils (of the schools where he replaced teachers) in national exams after 2 years of the exercise.

Yahaya Bello cannot even pay regular salary to Kogi State government workers despite being reputed to have built Fairplus Transport Company.