₦airaland Forum

JUDGE W

Horlapelumi:
Presentation (opening, flow, paragraphs, grammar, punctuations, word count,
closing,)----4 points
Logic of arguments--- 4 points
Strength of facts, examples, cases.---3.5 points
Persuasiveness----4 points
Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the subject----4 points
Rebuttals and response to questions raised by the judges and the
audience----4 points.
Total: 23.5 points

Timidelaw:
Presentation (opening, flow, paragraphs, grammar, punctuations, word count,
closing,)---- 3.5 points
Logic of arguments--- 3 points
Strength of facts, examples, cases.---3.5 points
Persuasiveness----3.5 points
Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the subject----3.5 points
Rebuttals and response to questions raised by the judges and the
audience----3.5 points.
Total: 20.5 points

OAUTemitayo:
Presentation (opening, flow, paragraphs, grammar, punctuations, word count,
closing,)----5 points
Logic of arguments--- 4 points
Strength of facts, examples, cases.---4 points
Persuasiveness----4 points
Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the subject----5 points
Rebuttals and response to questions raised by the judges and the
audience----4 points.
Total: 26 points

Emaculate99:
Presentation (opening, flow, paragraphs, grammar, punctuations, word count,
closing,)----4.5
Logic of arguments--- 4 points
Strength of facts, examples, cases.---3.5 points
Persuasiveness----4 points
Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the subject----4 points
Rebuttals and response to questions raised by the judges and the
audience----4 points.

Total: 24 points

Fynestboi:
Here are Emaculate99 errors:

Was the amalgamation carried in 1984/85?

The Biafra declaration was in 1967, not 1963




Horlapelumi's article wasn't robust enough. Very few viable points. A good argumentative essay is one which maximises the number of viable points to buttress his arguement within the limited space given.




All in all, they did great.

My best contestant is Temidelaw. Although, he was very poor in his rebuttals. He needs to work on that.



Signed
Obinoscopy

Thank you sir. I really appreciate your correction sir.

The issue of Biafra declaration was a mistake. I wanted to write 1967. This mistake would have been discovered if I had run a check on it. I would have done so if I was not preparing for an examination which is to hold tomorrow.

About the issue of amalgamation stemming out of 1984/85. What I meant is that the 1884/85 Berlin conference allows for the 1914 amalgamation.

Thank you sir for pointing my attention to these. I will be more careful next time.

JUDGE X


OAUTemitayo
Presentation 3.5
Logic 4
Strength 3.5
Persuasiveness 4
Knowledge 4
Rebuttals 4.5
TOTAL 23.5


Emaculate99
Presentation 3.5
Logic 3.5
Strength 3.5
Persuasiveness 4
Knowledge 3
Rebuttals 4
TOTAL 21.5

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Timidelaw
Presentation 4
Logic 4
Strength 4
Persuasiveness 4
Knowledge 4.5
Rebuttals 3.5
TOTAL 24

Horlapelumi
Presentation 3.5
Logic 3
Strength 3
Persuasiveness 3
Knowledge 3.5
Rebuttals 4
TOTAL 20

JUDGE Y

OauTemitayo

1. Presentation (opening, flow, paragraphs, grammar, punctuations, word count, closing,) - 3.5

2. Logic of arguments - 3.5

3. Strength of facts, examples, cases. - 4

4. Persuasiveness - 3

5. Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the subject. - 3.5

6. Rebuttals and response to questions raised by the judges and the audience. - 4

Total - 21.5


Emaculate99

1. Presentation (opening, flow, paragraphs, grammar, punctuations, word count, closing,) - 4

2. Logic of arguments - 4

3. Strength of facts, examples, cases. - 4

4. Persuasiveness - 3.5

5. Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the subject. - 4

6. Rebuttals and response to questions raised by the judges and the audience. - 4

Total - 23.5



Horlarpelumi

1. Presentation (opening, flow, paragraphs, grammar, punctuations, word count, closing,) - 4

2. Logic of arguments - 4

3. Strength of facts, examples, cases. - 4

4. Persuasiveness - 4

5. Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the subject. - 5

6. Rebuttals and response to questions raised by the judges and the audience. - 4

Total - 25


Timidelaw

1. Presentation (opening, flow, paragraphs, grammar, punctuations, word count, closing,) - 3

2. Logic of arguments - 4

3. Strength of facts, examples, cases. - 3.5

4. Persuasiveness - 3.5

5. Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the subject. - 3.5

6. Rebuttals and response to questions raised by the judges and the audience. - 4

Total - 21.5

TOTAL


OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY:
JUDGES W: 50
JUDGES X: 45
JUDGES: Y: 45



LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY:
44
44
46.5




GRAND TOTAL
OAU 140
LASU: 134.5





Winner: OAU.
BESTdebater: OAUTemitayo 77.7%

Coming back to announce the winner.



BRB

Fynestboi:
Coming back to announce the winner.



BRB

OK..... Based on the above scores from the three judges I hereby declare OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY as the winner of NAIRALAND INTERSCHOOL DEBATE THIRD EDITION SEMI FINALS MATCH.

Fynestboi:
Coming back to announce the winner.



BRB

OK..... Based on the above scores from the three judges I hereby declare OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY as the winner of NAIRALAND INTERSCHOOL DEBATE THIRD EDITION SEMI FINALS MATCH.

I strongly disagree with the Judges on the marking requirement(s). Not a single one of the debaters followed time as stipulated by the TIMETABLE released by Fynestboi.... #OP,please take note.

Nevertheless,I say CONGRATULATIONS to the duo of OAUTemitayo and Emaculate99...You guys are wonderful. I trust you guys to win the trophy this time around!...You're a success!

Fynestboi:
TOTAL

OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY: JUDGES W: 50 JUDGES X: 45 JUDGES: Y: 45


LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY: 44 44 46.5



GRAND TOTAL OAU 140 LASU: 134.5




Winner: OAU. BESTdebater: OAUTemitayo 77.7%

OAUTemitayo, congratulations!!!

emaculate99:
OAUTemitayo, congratulations!!!

my boss

Fynestboi:
TOTAL


OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY:
JUDGES W: 50
JUDGES X: 45
JUDGES: Y: 45



LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY:
44
44
46.5




GRAND TOTAL
OAU 140
LASU: 134.5





Winner: OAU.
BESTdebater: OAUTemitayo 77.7%

Congrats team OAU and OAUTemitayo. Wishing you the best in the last round.

A very big thank you to all our judges and adjudicators, we are really proud to be part of this process.
Fynestboi you are great! thank you very much.

Congratulations from Team Lasu, the best state University in Nigeria. #WE ARE LASU #WE ARE PROUD

Timilaw and Holarpelumi I doff my heart.
You guys are great.
We are all winners.
Great honour debating with you.

horlapelumi:
Congrats team OAU and OAUTemitayo. Wishing you the best in the last round.

A very big thank you to all our judges and adjudicators, we are really proud to be part of this process.
Fynestboi you are great! thank you very much.

Congratulations from Team Lasu, the best state University in Nigeria. #WE ARE LASU #WE ARE PROUD

Team LASU, you really did a very good job over there. You are really a rare gem.... I guess you both are law students. Can I chat you up?

I doff my fila for you.

We are all winners

emaculate99:
Team LASU, you really did a very good job over there. You are really a rare gem.... I guess you both are law students. Can I chat you up?

I doff my fila for you.

We are all winners

Yes we are..... We had 3 students in the team from law and 1 from Science.

I would be honoured if you do.
Thanks Bro

OAUTemitayo:
Timilaw and Holarpelumi I doff my heart.
You guys are great.
We are all winners.
Great honour debating with you.

Maturity in action. I love that and keep it on.

horlapelumi:
Yes we are..... We had 3 students in the team from law and 1 from Science.

I would be honoured if you do.
Thanks Bro

Wow! dope! I have already sent you a pm. I am a law student too.

emaculate99:
Wow! dope! I have already sent you a pm. I am a law student too.

I have replied already, through I don't really know how to use that feature.
Its easy to guess boss, u quoting sections previously gave me clue

horlapelumi:
I have replied already, through I don't really know how to use that feature.
Its easy to guess boss, u quoting sections previously gave me clue

smiles... we are one. We will chat on whatsapp sir.

wow! really enjoyed the debate.
Team LASU really tried, despite not being given a favourable subject (opposition). They really tried.

kudos!

Nice.

Great IFE ..... well-done guys.....

horlapelumi:
I humbly submit that the amalgamation of 1914 was not a mistake nor a forceful joining of entity
Even the former President Jonathan in his speech on the celebration of our Centenary agreed with my position when he said in quote ' I have often expressed the conviction that our amalgamation was not a mistake. While our Union may have been inspired by considerations external to our people; I have no doubt that we are destined by God Almighty to live together as one big nation, united in diversity'.

Thank you all

I think the former president's remark was personal as regards to the amalgamated entity called Nigeria.

It is generally perceived that there was something fundamentally wrong with the amalgamation of the present day Nigeria.How can one justified the favour a particular region enjoys at the expense of others,hence the call for referendum .

horlapelumi:
Very well but then why were they not able to win the war? History has it that their men were starving and many were dieing of hunger instead of gun wound shortly after the North shot down its food supply to that region. That is saying something Sir

that was because during the war, no one had time to GI to the farms . the war was fought on their region. No one in their right senses would go farming during war times.

Fynestboi:
TOTAL


OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY:
JUDGES W: 50
JUDGES X: 45
JUDGES: Y: 45



LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY:
44
44
46.5




GRAND TOTAL
OAU 140
LASU: 134.5





Winner: OAU.
BESTdebater: OAUTemitayo 77.7%

grave injustice. LASU Shud hv won. And timilide or wats his name is my best debater. No question was directed 2 OAU debaters by d judges. D oda speaker frm LASU was targeted. I pray my school fail 2 progress 2 d final if dis same set of judges will preside over d debate.

OAUTemitayo:
Amalgamation of Nigeria:
An Historic mistake:
Position: Support
OauTemitayo Representing OAU.

The foundation of any civil society is justice, fairness and equity.
Amalgamation is the mixture of two or more things together according to Colin's dictionary.
The amalgamation of Southern and Northern protectorate in 1914 was the height of injustice and insensitivity by the British colonialists on the right to self determination of the various ethnic groups living across the area.
Any society or country built on falsehood, deception and unwilling compulsion of several homogenous people against their will into one will fail. The balkanisation of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Sudan, Pakistan and India is a pointer to this. Even advanced socities such as United Kingdom (Northern Ireland and Scotland), Spain (Catalonia and Basquets) Canada (French speaking part) are still battling with secessionist agitations as a result of lumping together people of diverse cultures and languages.
Nigeria was actually created as a company by the British as the United Africa Company to expand British business and hegemony.
According to Chief Richard Akinjide, the British amalgamated only the administration of the southern and northern protectorates of Nigeria and not the inhabiting people.
Justice demands that people should be involved in all decisions that can make or mar them now or in the future. It is a known and unarguable fact at no time did the Yorubas, Igbos, Hausas, Itsekiris and other ethnic groups sat down together to approve their forceful union.
By excluding the indigenous people from taking part in the decision that will decide their future, the British committed a deplorable crime against humanity. The amalgamation which was deliberate and calculative is today why Nigeria has refused to be a home desired by all. If the Igbos are not agitating today for Biafra, the Niger Delta would be canvassing for the control of their resources.
It is known worldwide that countries with people of the same language, culture and tradition are usually united and focused on development. The British deliberately lumped together people of diverse ethnicity, language and tradition just to serve their own administrative and financial interest.
Even British colonial officers such as the legendary Harold Smith has confessed that the amalgamation of Nigeria was wrong and unfair to some parts of Nigeria.
The amalgamation was done in such a way that a particular part of the country has some sort of political leverage over the other parts.
Such is the political leverage that issues such as expertise, qualifications and intellectual ability are being shoved aside on the basis of Federal character. A look at admission requirements for entering Nigerian universities will highlight the injustice being meted on brilliant students from certain parts of Nigeria through their disqualification not because they did not perform better than some admitted students, but because of an unfair and illogical policy called Educationally less developed states program which demands that less intelligent students be admitted before them. This injustice is not peculiar to the education sector, it is a general norm in all spheres of life in Nigeria. This has led to promotion of mediocrity over expertise in government settings and the nation as a whole. The result of the above is the failure of Nigeria to develop economically, and politically beyond the yardstick of a third world country due to the supremacy of federal character over intelligence and expertise.
Such is the flawed foundation of the country that even after over hundred years of the amalgamation, Nigeria is still battling with basic problems such as food security problems (we are still importing majority of what we are eating such as rice and others even though we have an arable land that is more than enough), inadequate power generation (despite spending over twenty trillion naira on the sector we are still generating 4000MW for a population of over 160 million when South Africa a country with half population of ours generates over 50,000MW), poor road network, poor health facilities, terrible education sector (or how do you explain students dying on the collapse of classrooms that should have been renovated) etc. This are problems synonymous with mediocrity, lack of direction, loss of sense of dignity and poor leadership born out of the apparent lopsidedness of the country structurally.
The mistrust among the over 250 ethnic groups in Nigeria has led to unending ethnic clashes and the loss of millions of lives. The Nigerian civil war, Itsekiri Vs Ijaw, Fulani vs Agatu in the middle belt, Hausas vs Jos indigenes, Yoruba vs Hausa at mile 12 and many more are examples. Even our celebrated leaders such as Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikwe and Ahmadu Bello did not believe in the oness of Nigerians considering the various divisive statements credited to them.
Salient issues such as accountability and corruption cases are usually given ethnic colouration by opposing ethnic groups trying to support their kinsmen who in most cases are only using them as a means to an end.
The fact that majority of European and Asian countries are made up majorly of one ethnic group and the progress, development and peace existing in such countries when compared with the homogenous countries of Africa which have been riddled with so many problems such as ethnic wars and poor leadership points to the fact the amalgamation of several ethnic groups into one as done in Nigeria was a great mistake.
Conclusively, if after hundred years we are still battling with issues such as ethnic clashes, mistrust and basic economic problems such as food scarcity, then we need to have a rethink and accept the fact that the amalgamation of Nigeria which is the foundation of the entity called Nigeria is faulty and therefore will lead us to nowhere.

References:

Amalgamation of Nigeria
www.unitedijaw.com/amalgamation.htm
The conflict between Itsekiri and Ijaw in Warri Delta
www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad6864.html
Yoruba and Hausa clash at Mile 12
www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/03/five-killed-several-cars-vandalized-as-hausa-yoruba-clash-in-lagos/
Many killed as Fulani and Agatu people clash
dailypost.ng/2016/02/23/breaking-many-killed-as-suspected-fulani-herdsmen-raid-agatu-community/
The causes of Nigerian civil war
www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-were-causes-biafran-nigerian-civil-war-what-466264
Legendary Harold Smith Speaks about Nigeria
https://haroldsmithmemorial./2011/01/05/legendary-harold-smith-speaks-about-nigeria/

Even though the amalgamation of 1914 was a mistake by hindsight, as the main parties in that consummation at that time considered to a large extent the economic benefits of it, it was not the single most important blow that plunged Nigeria into its current situation, i will ascribe most of the blame to bad leadership- the selfishness of the leaders we have had over the years. It is understandable to refer to the amalgamation when matters concerning the livability of Nigeria are discussed, but it will only serve the effect of consoling us for a short while, but like a hangover, we will wake up to the reality of our own failure in the long run. Nigeria would not be the first country to experience such landslide change, other countries have witnessed a progressive transformation after such historic union. I hope you know the british also colonized singapore,as at the time they gained independence from uk, the singaporean population was majorly composed of people from China, malaysia and india, and infact there are four official languages in singapore, but over a period of 10 years from 1990-2010 the illiterate level reduced from 60% to 20%, thanks to the effective leadership of lee kwan yew. He led singapore from a third world economy to a first world economy, mind you singapore gained independence 5 years after we did. My brother, change is inevitable but the most important thing question is 'how do we adapt to the process of change when it finally comes'. We have failed ourselves, we would not be talking about this if our leaders had done it right. Why would i would i loath the thought co-existing with my fellow human, if i have just as much right as he does. We were given the mantle to rule ourselves but one man threw the baton away before he could pass it to the next, when another was handed a new one, he did the same without any iota of conscience. All things being equal if we cannot exist as a nation, then how backward we really are, the british made a mistake, which we could counteract , but we over-reacted and made a bigger mistake that tripped us over into the abyss of hopelessness. We have outlived the history the british made at our expense, we are now living our own history, the history our leaders made for us. The british put our legs in boiling water, it left a scar,and you detested it as an act of injustice, fine, you obtained a right to self-rule, and in a somewhat pre-meditated way, you lowered that leg into a pot of boiling oil, so who commited injustice in this case. We did, injustice by our leaders on humanity, because i am sure God did not create us to think this way, we evolved our own patterns of thought. You have made a very good point about the mistake of the amalgamation, but saying that it is the reason we are still under-developed deviates from reality, if you sum all the funds that had been embezzled since independence, it would just be enough to raise a country from scratch to developed. I repeat again, change is inevitable but your ability to react positively to change is vital, we witnesses change but we reacted negatively towards it, that's our failure.I stand to be corrected. God bless Nigeria.

graciousolo:
I don't know if I'm allowed to contribute here. I think emmaculate99 was probably referring to the Berlin conference in '1884/85' which led to the scramble for Africa, which is led to the almagamation in 1914.

yeah.... Thanks boss mi

The debate was horn for horn, both sides held their position. Team Lasu congrats"you guys rock", Team O. A. U" I love the vigor and tenacity you guys showed ". The spicy part is the rebuttals,brilliant Q and A session.
One Love.

The debate was horn for horn, both sides held their position. Team Lasu congrats"you guys rock", Team O. A. U" I love the vigor and tenacity you guys showed ". The spicy part is the rebuttals,brilliant Q and A session.
One Love.

There will be third place match, LASU take note...



Timidelaw
DEJMAN
Holarpelumi