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pedrilo:I disagree absolutely. Of course this is Nigeria where might makes right; the supervisor will probably have his way. However, a supervisor is there to advise on academic matters, and not force a student to adopt his own world view or belief system! |
pedrilo:I don't understand your "advice" o, and why you're giving it. What do you mean by "got lost in the usual excitement of project completion". I repeat, is a man (probably) over 18 not entitled to have a girlfriend? * Or are you saying that there is a master list of things worthy of acknowledgement in theses?? Modified: how would something like that in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT section mar a researcher's career? Is he a Mullah? Full disclosure: I myself am a researcher, and I've assessed theses for what I will vaguely call "decades". * Again, I repeat: no evidence of sexual immorality. |
pedrilo:Oh, come off it! What's this character thing you guys are going on and on about? Are you saying a young man who is very likely over 18 years should hide the fact that he is in love? When did being in love suddenly become a crime? I'm not condoning sexual immorality. There's no evidence that such has happened here. |
preciousnobel:Hello, preciousnobel. I'll send you a PM so you can get in touch by email. |
LordIsaac:Abi o. Funny story. A friend visited from the US and visited a secondary school where he saw a teacher seriously berating a student for writing out an assignment in pencil. He asked the student (probably inspired by my friend's presence) if he thought he could do that rubbish in the US. My friend smiled to himself and quickly made himself scarce before he was forced to contribute. Why? Because is he had, he would have told the teacher that in the US, they didn't care how the hell the assignment was written out, as long as the teacher could make out and assess what was written (or drawn for that matter!). |
NwaAmaikpe:Good Lord! Take it easy abeg. What exactly suggests immorality to you? How does "motivation" equal "premarital sexual escapades"? His sweetheart is his muse (or so he says). Ki ni big deal? I wish assessors would focus on the technical content of theses and stop wasting time on inanities. As a rule, other than grammar, I let students do as they please with their dedication /acknowledgement (unless they really go overboard of course). |
johnsonpal:Don't shake your head too much, so you don't strain your neck. Where did I ever say any of the trash you wrote above? Sins washed away: did I even suggest that? I didn't say or suggest that he's our savior, nor did I say he will support youths who emerged. Go back through my posts. If my position is still not clear enough, then you're a lost case. |
1nigeriamyfoot:After reading the list I provided, can you still say OBJ was a man who planned for 8 years? He had no intention of doing them? Evidence? I warned you: I deal in facts, not innuendos. You still have not provided your alternative facts (apologies, Kellyanne) in support of GEJ. * sorry, you're not doing enough to keep me engaged. I have to move on to something else now. All the best! |
1nigeriamyfoot:LOL. Of the above "achievements" you list for GEJ, let me show you which of them were based on plans Obasanjo put in place: 1. GEJ revived train services 2. built power plant 3. Approved & start reconstruction of Lagos - Ibadan expressway (yes,the concessionary arrangement was eventually overturned) In short, most of the major achievements you list for GEJ rode on work done by OBJ. Do you think the list you have provided does enough to establish GEJ as a better president that OBJ (based on the facts I gave)? As to your comment about google search: I can only hope you are neither a current university student nor a former one, since you trust random google searches so much (as a basis for establishing the veracity of rumors). |
1nigeriamyfoot:So please tell me who was a better president, and list his achievements? At least I have humored you, right? By the way, the points I have given are simple, verifiable facts. Do not come at me with rumors and unsubstantiated claims. |
1nigeriamyfoot:9. Additional structures/agencies OBJ created: NDDC, NAFDAC, Pension Reform. To be honest, structures he put in place form the backbone of much of what we know as modern Nigeria. Before you challenge that statement, consider the areas win which we are dependent on a framework that did not exist before him, - Power plan (yes!) - NAFDAC - health insurance - pension reform - anti-corruption - NDDC - telecommunications |
Someone should tell that imb3cile cristianisraeli that in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. OBJ may not have done much (actually, given the mess this country is, he did) but he is probably the best of a bad lot. I would be happy if someone would list out more impressive achievements of any other Nigerian leader. And mind you, I have only listed what comes to mind right now. |
1nigeriamyfoot:7. In keeping with his strength as a visionary who put structures in place, his government launched Nigeria's first satellite. 8. Ran (up till that point anyway) certainly Nigeria's most gender-balanced government. He wasn't scared of powerful women like some of our friends. He did not care about your sex (ahem; I know, I know. He was notorious for ahem PG18..., but that did not affect his performance as president, and that is what is before us). Are you happy with me yet? |
1nigeriamyfoot:4. He was the best head-hunter we have had as president. Excellent at seeking out top minds and he had the intellect and ego to allow them perform (unlike someone like GEJ, who seemed easily cowed by intellect, OBJ would slug it out with the brightest mind). He followed talent wherever it led, and ended up with brilliant minds like Solude, Okonjo-Iweala, Akunyili etc. 5. The above brings to mind another of his strengths. Say whatever you will, but he was probably our most de-tribalized president. Notice how so many of his top performer were Igbos? Mention a more de-tribalized Nigerian. 6. As a way of giving all parts of the country a sense of being stakeholders, introduced the system of allocating cabinet slots by state (a system that certainly has its flaws, but which was not as abused under him). |
1nigeriamyfoot:I will. And I will not even mention "GSM". 1. 2000% in foreign reserve. Point to one other president who did that. 2. Secured unprecedented level of debt relief (unprecedented==not just in Nigeria. I mean almost unheard of. Ever.) 3. More than ANY other Nigerian president, OBJ was a man who knew how to put structures in place. ICPC, EFCC. Say whatever you want about him using these as his personal bulldog, but history says no other Nigerian president did as much to systematically fight corruption. Oh, what about our national health insurance system? Also his baby. The power plan we are executing TILL TODAY is essentially OBJ's. I repeat, OBJ is a man who knew how to put structures in place. |
Cacawa2:Lol. We don't roll that way where I come from. However, I'm sure that if that dude took my course, he would fail it anyway. You can't sleep-walk through my courses! |
cristianisraeli:That you would cavalierly throw that term at me - a parent multiple times over - assured me that you would be okay with using it for your own parents. If it smarts when I apply your own words to your parents, then don't apply them to my kids' parent. |
cristianisraeli:Now you're making a fool of yourself. Anyone who "knows" me on Nairaland can guess your IQ from just that last post. I am not in the habit of exchanging posts with imbeciles, so please feel free to slink into whatever cesspit you emerged from, and keep blaming Obasanjo (certainly a man with flaws, but still a much better president than the lot we've been cursed with so far) for your problems. If any more intelligent person that this buffoon really wants me to remind them what Obasanjo did right (and admit what he got wrong), feel free to challenge me, and be ready to present any of our ex-presidents as a better performer. |
cristianisraeli:Lol. Look, I am an academic. I would tackle you and make my point without breaking a sweat. The reason why I don't do so is: you obviously don't meet the intellectual threshold to conduct a reasonable debate. |
cristianisraeli:For starters, are you aware that even till now, Nigeria is executing the power plan Obasanjo put in place? |
cristianisraeli:If you are too young to know them, perhaps you should use Google? I am too busy to humor you. * Oh, by the way, I'm pretty sure that when you say "dundi", you're referring to one of your parents. |
cristianisraeli:He still will, if you would be kind enough to provide the evidence needed to convict him. </sarcasm> |
johnsonpal:You are free to point out Obasanjo's many failings, but if you are incapable of seeing the good job he did in so many areas, then it is you who are amnesic. People like you seem incapable of seeing the good in others. How many ex-presidents do you see encouraging the youths to go for it in 2019 (and doing it in a medium that ought to catch their attention)?? Why don't you pray not to be senile at that age first? |
introvertedsoul:Not unless defending an innocent* man's name makes me his tool. You and your ilk on the other hand, the destruction you apparently seek will be yours in the end. * I hope a man is still innocent until PROVEN otherwise in Nigeria. |
phreakabit:Hey genius, why don't you keep your trap shut until you are sure you know what you are yakking about? From Merriam Webster's : At hand - > "currently receiving or deserving attention, e.g. the business at hand" Next time, think before typing, so you don't look quite so stupid. |
Mrchippychappy:I take pride in my ability to think for myself, and you will not find me mindlessly following *anyone*. I respect Rev. Adeboye, but disagree with him on quite a number of issues. I do not believe in shielding so-called men of God who err behind "touch not my prophet". On the issue at hand though, you have done this man a serious disservice. For you to conclude, on the basis of the stupid exposition you gave, that Adeboye is a stain on Christianity in Nigeria marks you as either an imb3cile, or a mischievous tool in the hand of some higher power. |
...and somebody handed me a bottle"... ![]() |
Statsocial: |
Dee60. How many times did I call you? Leave this matter o, you obviously do not understand it. Dee60:We're already making that. Speaking solely for myself, I left much higher-paying jobs to take this one. ...afterall they have room to make extra money through consulting and other thingsConsultancy where? How many lecturers have access to these "other things" of which you speak? Many countries have stopped funding university education long ago. In most developed countries students take loans to pay through their schooling and payback when they start to work. This maybe difficult in Nigeria of today, but at least let lecturers also make sacrifices.Yes, some of the best universities in the world are not government-owned. Bu the way to get there is not to deny lecturers of the tools to do their job, or proper remuneration. It's by getting students to pay for the value they get. Do you wanna go that route? Lecturers enjoy a lot of benefits. They should not compare themselves to bankers who work morning to nightYou're surely joking. I assure you 100% that my job is no less stressful than bankers' of my level. I can't speak for the lecturers at your alma mater of course. Lecturers have access to grants.Ehen? Which ones? The international grants I covet, you and your government have refused to provide the facilities to allow me compete favorably. How am I gonna get them? They write books that their students will read (the serious ones among them)The serious ones? I'll have you know: I've been working on two books for eons, but find myself so overworked that I've made little headway. ...Lecturers too need to make more sacrificeI'm trying very hard not to use strong language, but you're working my last nerve bro. You keep talking about sacrifice.It will surprise me if you have, or ever will, make the sort of sacrifice I am making for this country, whoever you are. How many times has ASUU gone on strike in the last ten years? Maybe ten times. Should they be taken serious?You obviously do not know that previous strike actions have borne fruit. Perhaps you need to open your eyes more. Start from the fact that essentially every new project in universities are funded by ETF/TETFUND; fruits from strike actions. End with the fact that the universities are (a little, just a little!) more likely to retain good lecturers now than in the 90s. ... So, should FG print money and throw the economy into chaos?No, they shouldn't, but I sure as hell hope they demonstrate better understanding of the issues than you have. Happy to answer any follow-up questions you may have. |
@Iamzik @MT Thanks for your kind words. All the best. |
MT:Valid points, those. The question is: how do you go about improving a very expensive system that (a) is absolutely critical to national development (b) is not performing ? A good solution is to spend enough to ensure that the quality of the system rises, flush out non-performing individuals or entities, and put rigorous quality assurance checks in place. Then, why will they be asking the FG that the universities should be exempted from TSA. That demand to me is reckless. We are all aware of our the so called dons embezzle funds recklessly. I am sorry we are not ready to go to that regime again.Hmm, TSA. I feel you bro. Somewhere inside me, there is a nod of approval for the TSA idea. Definitely an effective way to reduce corruption, if properly implemented. Unfortunately, the current implementation is creating severe bottlenecks in some cases. IMO, the solution is not to jettison TSA, but to ensure the kinks are worked out. So, nope, I'm not with ASUU on that one. |
Iamzik:Guess ke? I don't hide it o. I am a lecturer patapata But I'm a good-guy lecturer, not one of the (mythical, I hope) psycho types. |
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