₦airaland Forum

Jega should only go if there is evidence he has tampered with anything, otherwise they should let him finish his term and leave.

I'm sure he regrets allowing such a party to fester - in hindsight he's probably thinking he should have decimated them with Boko Haram

what is this?

Are there more single ladies over 30 than single men?

Is marriage before 30 the primary objective of women in this day and age of industrialization, globalization and increased economic power of the female gender??

Who is even getting married before 30 before acquiring millions of $$$?

I pity your daughters mehn . . . . .

Nigerians are soo talented! Esp the architects the materials they use to build models can put anyone to shame!

Well done!

twoondei:
Can we have an intelligent discourse on the issues you've raised?
First, workers have a right to embark on industrial actions and they MUST not be victimized for it. Now, 8 other labour unions have gone on strike since the last doctors strike and they have been pain their salaries in full. This includes judiciary and joibt health sector union workers (nurses and co). Doctors have been selectively punished for going on strike.

Secondly, only doctors are being employed by the state govt as contract staff and this means you just get paid, no pensions, no career path, no promotion, you're just working like....a worker! This is, puting it lightly, insane. It is not done anywhere else in Nigeria amd not even other workers in the health team are treated this way.

So let's reason, if you stop training of doctors in your only teaching hospital, the one with which you boast on tv everyday, what future plans do you have for the health system?

My problem even is that they know and understad these issues but just feel like being lords.

Enuf is enuf!

I've been waiting for a sensible response


No1 - I 100% agree that workers should be allowed to strike - but we both have to admit that the case of doctors striking is very very dangerous, because lives are at stake.

no2 If I remember properly, the doctors were disputing the new grading system that Fasholas government introduced, which they claimed wasn't in line with national standards or so. The second issue was that they removed teaching allowance for junior doctors.

I am very unsympathetic to doctors simply because I feel they complain far too much for people that are well remunerated, so you will have to forgive the bias approach to judging this issue.

These are incredibly flimsy reasons for striking, I agree with the governments view that junior doctors shouldn't be paid teaching allowance ( please who is a junior doctor teaching?) if anything they are learning, lets not pretend junior doctors are teaching nurses thats a nonsense argument. Even in the UK they will not claim such.

Hiring contract staff is a prerogative of the employer - an employee cannot dictate to his boss the basis of his employment. Contract hire (as I understand it) is beneficial to both the employer and employee as they are often paid alot more and the employer doesn't have to worry about long term cost of maintaining staff. It's even more effective if you are faced with doctors that enjoy going on strike without the consideration of lives that are lost.

If the government are victimizing the doctors then of course I agree it's unfair, but don't forget these people are very well paid in comparison.

believe it or not tomato puree - the more you put the better!

StealthyMe:
Thanks for your mature response. The question now will be why Nigeria needed quite a longtime for clearance and France didn't in their immediate response to the charlie hebdo attack ?

These people will argue nonsense until the next millennium, just ignore them.

To focus on the issues at hand - since when do employees dictate to their employer what they will and won't be paid for?

If the government decides to hire contract staff then that is their prerogative - and I don't blame them when lives were lost the last time doctors went on strike.

They may have a right to strike, at the same time the government has a right to ensure lives are not lost and hiring contract staff is the easiest measure to do so.

If these doctors are not happy then they should more to Maiduguri and work there maybe other states will pay them more and overlook their nonsense. kmt

Jesus I thought they were being repelled? What kind of nonsense is this again? 90 all in one go? God help these people suffering life this!!

Stop lying to the girl, she better go to Ghana or South Africa if she wants to live a decent life. Heck even the Caribbean beautiful place easy jobs decent infrastructure. Nigeria is an all round bad idea some of us wish we had no links to the place self.

There is absolutely nothing positive about it, being a foreigner you'll be taken advantage of at every turn. Someone suggested you find someone to marry, I laugh whoever that is will see you as a lottery ticket! You better not fool yourself, who intentionally attempts to dine with the devil?

Safe to say most people abroad endorse Buhari - they know why they left afterall . . . .. .

experimentist:
No Try Am O

lol dont mind this one - she will last a total of 10minutes before she books her return flight!!

the materials are at CBN offices so if they really want to damage INEC stuff then. . . . . . . . . .

Every single person in a position to send their children away from Nigeria for school does so. It will be senseless to leave your kids at the mercy of Nigerian education. Nobody in government has ever addressed this, even principles of schools opt to send their kids to private schools. Instead of Nigerians to condemn it they praise it.

Swiftboy:
There is Godu oh. They always share the ECA every month and its always published on the national newspapers! Please check Tribune archives.

That is not true - they had to threaten supreme court action before the ECA was finally shared, what is published is the allocations.

anonimi:
No money in the reserve because APC state governors and others have been putting pressure and exercising their CONSTITUTIONAL right to simply share the Excess Crude Account (ECA) from Niger Delta oil revenue =>

Dont be silly - the FG were looting the account long before they demanded the ECA be shared which is their constitutional right. FG were treating the ECA like their personal bank account!

When some Obas were romancing with Abacha, this will not be hard to believe. The worst of it is that Nigerians know the corrupt kings but they still continue to praise them. This is what encourages people to be corrupt. Corruption should be stigmatized not embraced.

tbaba1234:
The Civilian JTF have been following the soldiers to the front for a long time. They understand the terrain.

They fought alongside soldiers in repelling BH from maiduguri.

My worry is what happens after. I hope they are trained and made soldiers.

No i dont mean the JTF - i mean the one recording the video - or is he a part of the JTF?

I agree - but its a shame we've had to put civilians in danger like this - afterwards they probably wont even be thanked by the Nigerian Govt.

these bloody civilians!! what are they doing there? They want to get shot ni?

Why werent they chased back into their houses!!! They need to move and let the army do their jobs!
ah ah!

mirakecrea8:
Nigeria and her gullible rubbish way of playing politics... seriously, this Apc people, have they ever given suggestion on how to counter Boko haram?

Did Buhari not tell you the number of troops posted to the Ekiti elections was enough to counter boko haram?

zicoraads:
If only Fashola had raised these valid points.

People don't know that we don't have Nigerian police, we have PDP police

anonimi:
Kindly tell us how YOU know that he has not done (is not doing) what you wrote up there
Thanks!

because he had time to visit the scene of the crime with an array of journalists in tow.

It's in bad taste - he's not the governor, he's not the investigating officer its in very bad taste to do so.

turned a brutal situation into a press opportunity.

If he truly cared he should have used his connections to contact the FG and get them to mobilize the forces that will fish out and arrest the criminals seize their arms and their speed boats and charge them to court!

What exactly is this going to do to help anybody? Fashola said police in the state were diverted for the president, this one again is parading with security meant for the state, Is he not proving Fasholas point?

kennygee:
My thoughts exactly.

I don't think so - it will probably be tendered as evidence or something, they can't usually publicize such so as not to attract judgement from public opinion.

on a serious level the man needs to come and explain how he managed to distribute them soo well in areas of conflict?

it is very suspect. . . . . . .

the BBC reported - that The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed our president spoke to King Mohammed VI, Morocco issued a press release saying this isn't the case and accused the Nigerian President of trying to curry favor with the Muslims.

I think it was wrong for Morocco to give any sort of commentary on Nigerias domestic affairs, it's not their business. So we absolutely need to question the intent of the Moroccans in this matter.

At the same time (though Nigeria has never really had a decent reputation) the current governance need to stop behaving soo desperately, Whether or not Morocco's accusations are true we have allowed ourselves to be dragged around in such a humiliating manner.

The president is too daft to understand that his persistent trips to Isreal won't be viewed favorably in some countries. Packing himself and others on state sponsored religious pilgrimages. His divisive strategies won't curry international favor. Countries that don't want trouble need to remain neutral.

I respect this alot - and it's one of the reasons I'm a big Amaechi fan.

The only problem I have is the amount it costs to manage the schools, subsequent governors are unlikely to commit to this since they'll be more interested in looting.

it costs $2mill a yr to manage the sec school with 700 students and only lawd knows how much it costs to manage these primaries and the students they sent abroad.

This is all going to be abandoned by the next governor whether APC or PDP and these children abandoned.

Hopefully the people of rivers pay attention to the states annual budgets and ensure the schools are adequately catered for.

are the trains not reaching Abuja ni? Why arent they using the rail to carry their loads?

JeffreyJamez:
the question we should be asking is,WHERE THE HELL DID THEY GET ACCESS TO SUCH FIREARMS?

When we have a stewpid government - why won't they.

When the west were busy dishing arms to maniacs in Libya why didnt we protest?

Why didn't we form strategic relationships to control our borders?

Talkless of the ones coming from Iran - it's ridiculous.

Ikwokrikwo:
The dead one might know where the bullet came from but it will be of no use because he will be dead.
The rest won't know.
Besides I don't know how effective shooting from that distance upwards with a machine guy would have been.
I still maintain that the filmers were in a very good position.

I agree - you'd need to wait for all 3 to come out, probably need more than one sniper. 2 should be enough.

they were completely open. easy targets.

it started as vandalism to make ends meet. Now its vandalism for the sake of vandalism. Or are they siphoning gas now?

What is the meaning of all this??

PapiWata:
That one guy was wielding a belt-fed machine gun. If he had let fly with that thing in ANY direction, pieces of metal, concrete and flesh would fill the air until he lets off the trigger. For inside a metropolitan area, that machine gun represents SERIOUS overkill, so it is no wonder that the police fled, rather than engage them and face such a firestorm while holding "mere" AK47s.

how did you deduce all that? I couldnt see anything from the video??

Imanuelle:
Trust me, they are.

He would be charged as a governor.

looool - thats not his fault nau!