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This confirms the NA was not ball-less though. It takes BALLS to engage a tank and even hijack it.

Please why won't we give this men as many fuel as they need at the capital oil gas station lagos state, where civilians dey expect them to join queue yesterday.

The U.S made her position clear when Nigeria didn't give in to the legalization of homosexualism she (U.S) initiated in other African countries. We should still recall U.S threats of total withdrawal of aids being granted to Nigeria. Let's not be surprised

ehissi:
SSC is a Combatant Short Service Commission (formerly known as Short Regular Commission, SRC) that is meant for those interested in field Operations AKA War or peace-keeping or Combat Operations (U assume the rank of second Lieutenant in the army -*- and R usually fielded into fielded into Infantry Corps of the Nigerian army after 9mths - 12mths of training); after 18mths - 2yrs U receive your first promotion to Lieutenant -**- and your subsequent promotions are 4years a rank or as vacancies/slots arise. When U achieve your 6th Year (Usually when U R or awaiting to assume the rank of Captain -***-), U will have the option to retire or convert to Regular commission after a physical exercise; U will receive 2 chances each year to pass this after which at your third fail U will go on compulsory retirement. N.B;- NDA graduates R on Regular Commission by default; This grants them automatic right to hold any appointment anywhere in the armed forces; a right SSC may share if God, age and politics is on your side.

DSSC is Direct Short Service Commission and is meant for professional Officers interested purely in administrative functions of the army (U will assume the rank of Lieutenant -**- after training and will be fielded into any of the Corps where vacancies exist for your discipline after 6-7mths of training). Your First 2 ranks will be achieved after 5years of promotion each. In your 10th year, you will have the option of retiring or convert to Direct Regular Commission which will involve mainly just a medical exam and filling a couple of documents after which U will be deemed converted and subsequent promotion will be achieved on a 4year basis a rank or as vacancy/slots exists N.B;- Direct regular Commission legally can achieve any rank except the APEX rank in each armed forces; In the case of army Lieutenant General. However they cannot hold any Major appointment that demand control of combatant troops, unfortunately most of these appointments R usually assigned to Brigadier or Major Generals (a rank that usually has very limited slots/vacancy for occupancy compared to number of officers qualified to filled them) so most times in the past, DRC don't usually proceed after the rank of Lieutenant Colonel or Colonel - though this trend is fast changing as DRC now achieve the rank of Brigadier General even Major General, thanks to Democracy......

A B. ed can go for DSSC if there is vacancy in the Education Corps only beyond that no hope; a B. ed can go for SSC as what U read doesn't matter everybody will just face Infantry (The Combat land troops department of the army). Education Corps is for teachers and staff of Military school and military institutes, Infantry is war, peacekeeping and training for other combatant troops....

Yes a B.Ed can go for all armed forces but only army has SSC the rest have only DSSC.....

Jets and Crafts/Vessel is exclusively for NDA graduates and not DSSC

Special forces R members of the armed forces trained for specific field OPS (for Now boko Haram & counter insurgency is the core of all Special forces training course menu) Airforce has QRF (Quick response force), Army has CTU (Counter terrorism Unit)..........

Military reserve R meant for Mass recruitment/re-engagement into the armed forces in the event that the armed forces or the Nation is overwhelmed by a foreign or local threat. Retired officers fit the profile, also Civil defence and other paramilitary bodies can be conscripted in the event of a General state of emergency...........

Pistols R meant specifically for commandants/Commanders/Service Chiefs or as occasion demands. Usually the culture is for your Aides to carry arms for U as a very senior officer; a very senior officer or a commander will only agree to carry in the event that his unit is on Military alert (by this time every personnel will be on camouflage only all day of the week instead of switching between other variants of their uniforms)......

Usually for SSC in recent times, 30years is the maximum and 26 is the minimum but if U R younger and have your first degree U will be accepted. DSSC for army and airforce is minimum 26 to 35 maximum but even if U R younger with a first degree U R welcome. Navy insists on maximum of 30yrs and younger with first degree for DSSC.......

Army, Navy, Air force is anyone's choice. Army is a place people R wary of because they have a tradition of promoting at a slower rate than others (though that is changing now), Air force is a place deemed better than army in terms of rate of promotions, though the level of discrimination for appointments against DSSC is far higher than that of army (in the army the man who can do the job and is qualified gets its; airforce they will consider Regular Commission qualified or not before DSSC). Navy is deemed the best in terms of pay and other things; the problem is that its deemed the most difficult to enter...........so U choose as your Spirit leads

you're a Godsent. May the almighty bless you for all the time you devoted just to answer and clarify me. Thanks

holatin:
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just to make it to the first page abi

If this news is not a decoy or bait, then the Nigerian forces just made themselves more vulnerable. How can they be leaking such sensitive information

kazzonline:
Dear as how na? I be dude oo bro. You welcome always also try person of interest cool tv show as well.

lol sorry mahn. I've watched person of interest. You sabi better films joor. You watch my genre too

Mizzzbeee:
my dear wrong thread but nyway try Homeland nice series

Thanks. But watched season one.. boring and not action filled.. excess suspense.. and with what I saw, even in season two that particular suspense will still be there.. cos the sergeant will still be making more plans to kill the vice president and still won't be nabbed, until the story writer is ready to end the suspense. I hate over long suspense that's why even those Korean movies tire me watch. Dem nonsense pass

#team suspenphobia

kazzonline:
Burn notice(awesome), white collar, would update more as i remb them but try this two first, banshee was super awesome as well waiting for the new season next year(too far ooo)

Thanks dear. I will browse their story lines. Banshee is the best I've watched in my genre so far

kolomax:
then you are wrong...if you can't do something for free then you're qualify to be a good leader

You mean I'm not qualified to be a leader? I just corrected you guy for saying that something done without being paid is a job. You can call it anything but not job cos job must carry remuneration.

Then as for leadership.. if the leadership involves job eg, presidency, Senate leader, governors, school v.c, principals etc, Bro you're not an alien. One must get paid for job done as a leader.
But if your leadership is a volunteer, you'd had known what you went in for. Eg, Church youth leader, PTA chairman, etc (NB: even the parish committee chairman at churches get paid for job done as a leader)

so don't ever quote leadership when you know nothing about leadership. no leadership skill ever involved not collecting money when actually job was done. you might as well tell those Generals leading the boko haram war at North East that they are bad leaders since they collect money. Mtshew Smh
some people sef..

The is just too cheap to believe

kolomax:
since you can't do it don't call it mumu post.. All we always believe is that so far the job don't earn you. Kobo it means that person is jobless right

of course. job defined is "an economic role for which a person is paid". Oga without remuneration you're not doing job o

KingTom:
Really?

lol. You're now quoting for him and yourself

Twaci:
If u don't add them, it will bring more insults, probably on ur wall.

There's someone I refused to accept his FB request becos he used a nude pic as his DP...he actually came on ma wall and posted dirty pics of himself on ma wall. Had to report him.

nne you can actually lie more than mtn when they automatically deduct your 50 naira and subscribe you to useless caller tune. How can someone post on your wall without being friends with you first. Somebody cannot tag you or post on your wall if he's not your fb friend. Abeg make una check if una go fit post anything for any stranger wall, then come back make we crucify this LIEnus of a girl.

In fact I dey report this your lie to Oga admin.. You need ban to calm down

wisellette:
AND YOU'VE MADE AN INTELLIGENT COMMENT?YOU AND YOUR LOT HAVE A SLAVE MENTALITY. IS IT FOREIGN GIRLS WHO ARE DECENT? YOU KNOW HOW THEY'VE LIVED THEIR LIVES ALL THE WHILE YOU WERE IN AFRICA? THOSE WHO GAVE BIRTH TO YOU MUST BE PROUD OF YOU. IT'S A PITY HOW SOME MEN HAVE LOST THEIR SENSE OF REASONING.

You don't have to cry so hard.. You and your sisters will surely get married

wisdomguy4u:
My dear don't blame them I think there is something about your face that attracts insult.

laughing my balls off (LMBO) [quote author=wisdomguy4u post=32982594]

ziqqz:
Seconded! Off to Brasil we go naa!!!

you're there mahn. Brazil has the best girls. those Latinas are killing

KingsJohnson:
See ur mouth, I jejely block dem. James Bond. Wel u can only block people wey get una time


Gals make una kip blocking una potential husbands

this really sounded very personal. Guy you don't have to be this brutal na. Lwkmd

searching4love:


I PITY THE GULLIBLE WOMAN WRAPPER MEN WHO WILL EVENTUALLY MARRY THESE HARLOTS CALLED NIGERIAN GIRLS. NIGERIAN GIRLS ARE THE WORST SET OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD. NO MANNERS, NO BRAIN, NO DIGNITY. ALL THEY KNOW IS TO SCAM GULLIBLE MEN WITH FAKE LOVE AND RIP OFF THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY USING THEIR SMELLY AND STINKING PUSSSIES . THEY JUMP FROM DICK TO DICK SHAMELESSLY LIKE THEIR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. NO NIGERIAN GIRL IS WORTH A SANE MAN'S LOVE. THEY ARE BETTER TREATED LIKE TRASH AND USED AS SEXX TOYS AND DUMPED. IF YOU WANT TO FIND TRUE LOVE, GO FOR A FOREIGN GIRL SO YOU CAN HAVE PEACE OF MIND.


#team foreign girls

thumbs up for you. I go with you Bro. I can never marry a Nigerian. They are just good to straf and while strafin you bear in mind that so many dicks have digged that same hole earlier

searching4love:


I PITY THE GULLIBLE WOMAN WRAPPER MEN WHO WILL EVENTUALLY MARRY THESE HARLOTS CALLED NIGERIAN GIRLS. NIGERIAN GIRLS ARE THE WORST SET OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD. NO MANNERS, NO BRAIN, NO DIGNITY. ALL THEY KNOW IS TO SCAM GULLIBLE MEN WITH FAKE LOVE AND RIP OFF THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY USING THEIR SMELLY AND STINKING PUSSSIES . THEY JUMP FROM DICK TO DICK SHAMELESSLY LIKE THEIR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. NO NIGERIAN GIRL IS WORTH A SANE MAN'S LOVE. THEY ARE BETTER TREATED LIKE TRASH AND USED AS SEXX TOYS AND DUMPED. IF YOU WANT TO FIND TRUE LOVE, GO FOR A FOREIGN GIRL SO YOU CAN HAVE PEACE OF MIND.


#team foreign girls

thumbs up for you. I go with you Bro. I can never marry a Nigerian. They are just good to straf and while strafin you bear in mind that so many dicks have digged that same hole earlier, so you'd be careful. And some dicks are still lined up waiting for you to finish. As for me I'm going for lovely latin ladies (i.e Brazillians, Spanish or any Latin America)

#team foreign

smartxeeno:
THE FORM WILL BE OUT FIRST WEEK OF MAY

if the form come out and people get shortlisted, screened and successful, when is the training likely to start. I'm serving now (nysc). I want to if I would have passed out by then.

please can someone recommend a real action tv series (season film). I need something like banshee or 24 (Jack Bauer), that mostly involve crime or terrorism. it can be military too.. Please recommend

ehissi:
1) The prism program in the usa has posed an intelligence threat worldwide and has shown the neglect the armed forces has with respect to ICT so your degree give you serious advantage as there is massive demand for ICT personnel in the armed forces . As time progresses, ICT personnel will be used in hosting training as well as become key-policy makers for a solid info security, for now I seeweb programming as well as ICT training as the options.

2) Yes, NYSC is non-negotiable, Godfather or no Godfather.

3) Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!

4) No, your senior is your senior. Except in the case of Godfatherism where a junior officer calls a senior officers to halt u with an order your junior is your junior whether DSSC or regular and must follow orders (is that clear).

5) Yes, regular's in some units (depending on availability ) are given special appointments locally e.g. OC PASS, CO, Base commanders etc. But since DDSSC are specialists they sometimes receive favour in specialised appointments both locally and internationallly e.g. Hospital and Military school commanders, foriegn missions, PAF ( Presidential air fleet) etc so it depends on available hands on deck with respect to training but it is to your advantage if your junior holds an appointment like CO or OC PASS because that means you get to boss him around if necessary.

6) REAR ADMIRAL, if you can maintain a clean record without buying Job, pass all promotion exams, and give them the standard where-ever you are. USually anybody DSSC or regular can be chief of army navy or air staff which is the highest attainable rank if you meet just one major condition. For airforce, you must be a pilot (whether DSSC or regular) and quota system and the political regime (The C-in-C) must favour you. Quota in the sense that they may decide that an igbo man must be chief of air staff and you are the only igbo trained pilot within the rank of air-commodore and above; that automatically makes you chief of airstaff. There is also age and years of service but that has been over-ruled by the C-in-c in many instances so it isn't a major factor. For navy you must be a naval pilot and be able to steer a vessel before you can reach the highest rank else rear admiral is your limit. Airforce If you aren't a pilot and age and politics is on your side, AVM -air vice marshal is your last bustop. Army, Lieutenant General is the highest that is chief of army staff, but you will most likely be a regular or in the infantry or armoury division else major-general is your highest.

7) YES, Commodore and above

As we speak, DSSC officers are in maiduguri and jos and Niger delta along side regulars fighting insurgency. DSSC don't need to convert that's why they are called Direct short service only short service convert to regular commission else they are pushed out of the service......

I hope I have answered satisfactorily

You know very well about Nigerian military my dear. I must applaud you for that. I'm thrilled by the way you break stuffs down and make it perfectly understandable.

I want to ask:
1. What is the difference between ssc&dssc (in terms of which of them goes to war and which gets appointments easily and promoted faster etc)

2. Can a holder of B.sc(Ed) in business education go for any of them? If yes, what will be his duties in both the ssc&dssc (ie the office he can occupy or is he going to be a commander of troops)

3. Can he be able to enroll in all (ie army, navy&airforce)

4. If he enrols in navy or airforce, is he qualified to undergo training in piloting ships and planes or must he have a pure science degree before he can be trained in piloting.

5. What is special forces all about in Nigerian military

6. What is meant by military reserve of a country

7. which state(s) in the Nigeria does the navy have their base(s)

8. From which rank does an officer receive a personal gun(pistol) for self defence in army, navy&airforce

9. What is the minimum and maximum age for both ssc&dssc

10. In your own suggestion, and with the current state of things in Nigeria now, which of the forces (army, navy&airforce) is most recommendable to someone who wishes to join military

please answer the ones you can if you can't answer all, it will be highly appreciated

PROBLEMS OF NIGERIAN COOPERATIVES

1. Poor management
2. Insufficient capital
3. lack of commitment
4. Absence of cooperation
5. Individualistic tendency
6. Dishonesty of cooperative leaders and committee members
7. Illiteracy
8. Unplanned and unprofitable investments
9. Lack of legal pressure
10. Lack of effective national integration of the nigerian cooperative movement
11. Wrong conception of what cooperatives are
12. Inadequate external and internal funding
13. Overdue loans
14. Personality and community clashes
15. Dishonesty of employees
16. Dilapidated infrastructures
17. Prevalence of small and unviable societies
18. Poor working condition of staff
19. Government intervention
20. Unhealthy competition from other business owners
21. Absence of qualified and trained cooperative officers
22. Absence of training/incentives for cooperative inspector
23. Lack of dedication among elected officers
24. Absence of statistical data in cooperative
25. Lack of business secrecy
26. Cash trading
27. Limited scope
28. Absence of economies of scale
29. Lack of discipline
30. Decline in technology
31. Limited scale
32. Lack of experience
33. Lack of motivation
34. Delay in decision
35. Denial of individual initiative
36. Indiscriminate membership
37. Problem of politics
38. High embezzlement rate
39. Lack of public confidence
40. Limited expansion
41. Lack of knowledge
42. Instability in business


HOW THESE PROBLEMS AFFECT NIGERIAN COOPERATIVE.

Poor management:
Generally, members of the management committee who are elected from members of the society lack business experience. These people lack managerial talent and this makes for the cooperative not to function efficiently. Also in some cases, these members who were elected may not show keen interest in the running of the cooperative. There is also delay in decision making as the leader lack business experience.

Insufficient capital:
The amount of capital that a cooperative can raise from its members is very limited because the membership is generally confined to a particular section of the society. Again due to low rate of return, the members do not invest more capital. Thus, cooperatives are not suitable for the large scale business which require huge capital. And also, due to lack of capital, the cooperative in the other hand cannot afford to get the benefits of professional management as their leaders lack managerial skills and talent.

Lack of commitment:
There is lack of total commitment/apathy among members. As cooperative is not a profit earning institution, members do show indifference attitude towards the cooperative and this is an obstacle in the way of its progress.

Absence of cooperation:
In most cases, there is absence of cooperation among members of the cooperative. Due to internal quarrels and individualistic tendencies- especially the Igbos, there is little or no cooperation spirit among the members which becomes the cause of business failure.

Dishonesty of cooperative leaders and committee members:
Basically, the management of the cooperative remains in the hands of the selfish and dishonest members and they take undue advantages of their powers. This has negative effects on the business.

Illiteracy:
There is poor member education and high level of illiteracy among members. Members lack experience. Most do not know the principles and rules of the cooperative so they create problem for it.

Unplanned and Unprofitable Investments:
Due to their members high level of illiteracy and the leaders' inexperienced status, the cooperative ventures into unprofitable investments and this causes the cooperative to be stagnant

Wrong conception of what cooperatives are:
Many members cannot distinguish between the cooperative and their political parties. Political parties get involved in it due to which the basic principle of the cooperative comes to an end. This leads to corruption of power and money in the society and may result in quarrels and disputes amongst the members thereby constraining the progress of the cooperative.

Inadequate external and internal funding:
Cooperative's financial strength depend on the capital contributed by its members and loan raising capacity from state cooperative banks. The membership fee is limited for which they are unable to raise large amount of resources as their members belong to the lower and middle class. Thus, cooperatives are not suitable for the large scale business which require huge capital as the external resources of the organisation is also limited.

Overdue loans:
This also emerges as a problem to cooperatives as members who took loan from the society could not pay back as at when due. At this juncture, the cooperative is faced with a serious problem.

Personality and community clashes:
Internal quarrels and rivalries among members is another limitation of cooperatives. As a result of these internal quarrels, personality clashes and tensions, general body members cease to take any interest in the working of the cooperative. All these frictions ultimately bring the cooperative to ruin.

Dishonesty of employees:
In most cases, the employees in the cooperative tend to be very dishonest, cunning and selfish. This leads to lack of confidence not only in the cooperative but beyond it as non-members wouldn't be motivated to join and this comes in the way of the development of cooperatives.

Dilapidated Infrastructure:
For the progress and continuity of cooperatives, there should be adequate infrastructure and enabling ground. But with reference to Nigeria infrastructural development status, one would see it is almost impossible for cooperatives to survive for long in the country as there is poor infrastructure and amenities to enable there business success.

Government intervention:
The inadequacy of capital and various other limitations make cooperatives dependent on the government for support and patronage in terms of grants, loans, subsidies etc. Due to this, the government sometimes directly interferes in the management of the cooperative and also audits their annual accounts. Sometimes government goes further to put a nominee in the board of management of cooperative. They influence the decision of the board which may or may not be favourable for the interest of the cooperative. Excessive state regulation, interference with the flexibility of its operation affects adversely the efficiency of the management of the cooperative.

Absence of qualified and trained cooperative officer:
Generally, cooperatives lack qualified and trained officers. This tends to be a setback to them as this officers do not know their left from their right. They remain dormant and leave the cooperative stagnated

Absence of training/incentives for cooperative inspector:
Cooperative inspectors lack training. They do not possess any special skill and due to the cooperative's limited capital, they cannot be sent to earn the benefits of good training. And as they remain untrained, they even worsen the condition of the cooperative causing more problems for it. Also the absence of profit incentive is an obstacle in the way of its progress.

Lack of dedication among elected officers:
The leaders and officers put up nonchalant attitude when it comes to matters concerning alleviating the cooperative because the business is not profit-oriented. These officers even have some other business elsewhere where they dedicate their time and thereafter see the cooperative as unimportant and make it somewhere they spend leisure time. This certainly has adverse effect on success rate of the cooperative society.

Lack of business secrecy:
The officers of cooperatives are generally so much exposed to the members that it becomes difficult for them to maintain proper secrecy. The affairs of the cooperative is openly discussed in the meeting and it is also compulsory to advertise the annual account and annual reports in newspapers. This somehow constrains the success rate of the cooperative because secrecy is very important for progress in business.

Cash trading:
The cooperatives sell their products to outsiders only in cash. But they are usually from the poor sections. These persons require to avail credit facilities which is not possible in the case of cooperatives. Hence, marketing is a short-coming for the cooperatives.

Limited Scope:
Like capitalism, the cooperative system cannot be extended to embrace the whole economic system. It has limited scope in the sense that it cannot cover the entire economic system. The principles of cooperative cannot be successfully applied to organize all types of economic activities. For example, cooperatives are not suitable for organising big industrial enterprises. It is also not suitable where the element of speculation plays a predominant role and where finer varieties with maximum skill are to be produced.

Absence of economies of scale:
Cooperatives are very small in size and at such do not have financial, managerial and technical resources. As a result of this, the advantages of large scale operation like joint stock company are not available to these cooperatives.

Lack of Discipline:
The egalitarian nature of the cooperative contribute to the lack of discipline as every member of the cooperative considers himself the owner of the business and at such inefficiency takes place and business suffers a loss.

Decline in technology:
Due to lack of capital, the cooperatives cannot use the latest technology in producing the goods and this causes low rate of demand and profit level.

Limited Scale:
Cooperatives cannot start its business on large scale due to many reasons. It produces on small scale and its cost of production remains high. Limited scale of production becomes the cause of loss.

Lack of Experience:
Generally, there is lack of experience to the members of the cooperatives. On the other hand, the cooperatives cannot hire the services of the experts due to its limited resources. Obviously, this poses a big problem to these cooperatives.

Lack of motivation:
Every cooperative is formed to render services to its members rather than to earn profit. This does not provide enough motivation to the members to put in their best effort and manage the cooperative efficiently.

Delay in Decision:
Generally there is delay in making various decisions about the business in cooperatives. Success is also determined by how quick and accurate issues about the business are treated. So delay in decision making has negative effect on the growth of cooperatives.

Denial of Individual Initiative:
In most cooperatives, this denial leads to lack of enterprenuership development which is a setback to cooperatives.

Indiscriminate membership:
Members are not enrolled into the cooperative based on business acumen, competence, efficiency or past experiences. Anybody can come out to be the leader or officer and this results in a situation where the cooperative will be making unprofitable and unplanned investments. Thus, this affects the growth of cooperatives.

Problem of Politics:
Many members of the cooperative cannot distinguish between the cooperative and their political parties. They mix politics with their activities and waste a lot of money

High Embezzlement Rate:
Fraud and embezzlement exist in a high scale in cooperatives. Few members of the cooperative may connive and misappropriate the organisation's funds for their personal interest.

Lack of public Confidence:
Generally, people do not have faith and confidence in the cooperatives. Since many cooperatives have failed, the people are reluctant to become members of cooperatives. The general apathy and indifference of people comes in the way of development of cooperatives.

Limited expansion:
Due to the limited capital, cooperatives suffer limitation to its expansion. Some cooperatives remain stagnated

Instability:
Frequent changes takes place daily in the members of the cooperative. This makes the business unstable and its a problem to the cooperatives

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