₦airaland Forum

python1:
Abeg go sit down, I no fit shout. How many female soldiers and officers are in sambisa?

what's the ratio of men to women in the military?

python1:
[s][/s]
Rubbish. If there is any soldier or officer here, he will comfirm it. Females are the lousiest. Excuses everywhere. Nonsense.

What do you even mean by Lousy in this context?

python1:
Go to any military establishment, you will find out that the female officers are the most indiscipline and lousiest. Infact, there is one colonel that said if he has his way, he will pay off all females, both officers and other ranks. And fyi, he is from delta state.

That's a big fat lie from the pit of hell!!!

python1:
I wonder what is even combatant in women that keep presenting flimsy excuses ranging from pregnancy to other feminine issues when real combatant deployment of troops is being done. Go to any military establishment and see the lousiness and indiscipline of the female officers and other ranks. Infact, the women are even partly responsible for the fallen regimentality of the Nigerian Armed Forces. A situation where females disregard orders from their superiors because one oga at the top dey shine her congo is not acceptable in the armed forces. short service is okay for females as far as I'm concerned.

I just weak for you... #speechless

Modified: Now I have my strength back...Phew!!! Stop typing rubbish okay, I lived in the barrack for 16 years of my life and the women are mentally tough just same way the men are. Disregard for orders has nothing to do with gender. Stop writing rubbish okay! You know nothing!

Documents obtained by Saturday PUNCH show that the military is not truthful in its denial of its intention to bar women cadets from being admitted into the Nigerian Defence Academy as combatant officers.

The 32-page document, which is marked ‘restricted’, shows the ‘Terms and Conditions of Service Officers 2012’ and new amendments made to it, one of which is the stopping of the programme for female combatant officers.

The PUNCH had exclusively reported on Monday that the military was set to end the programme due to pressure from some northern conservatives. The issue is already being investigated by the House of Representatives.

However, the Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, had said in a rebuttal that, “The contents of all those publications are ill-intended concoctions, not authentic and should, therefore, be disregarded completely.”

He added that the extant “provision in the terms and conditions of service for female officers of the Nigerian military is that ‘they are eligible for all the types of commission that are grantable to their male counterparts’, which has not changed.”

Saturday PUNCH, which has since obtained documents, can confirm that Recommendation 19 of the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of the Armed Forces of Nigeria reads: “Phase out the training of female regular combatant cadets.”

The recommendation was recently added to the 2012 Terms and Conditions of Service Officers (revised).

Recommendation 19 reads, “Phase out training of female regular combatants for the AFN (Armed Forces of Nigeria).”

The recommendations were added to the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service Officers 2017 by the Armed Forces Council, which was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari last week but had yet to be made public.

The PUNCH had reported that the military authorities had caved in to pressure from northern conservatives who were of the view that women should never be in a position where they would one day head the military.

A source in the army said, “It seems the military may back down from its plan to stop the Regular Course training for women following the uproar The PUNCH report caused.

“However, the denial that there was no plan to stop the programme is a big lie because documents show otherwise. Since the programme began in 2011, many northern conservatives have been trying to undermine it at every turn.

“One of the reasons why it met little opposition under former President Goodluck Jonathan was that he ensured that almost all the service chiefs, except Air Marshal Mohammed Umar, were southern/northern Christians or Muslims from the more liberal North-Central.”

In 2010, the then President, Jonathan, had ordered the military to allow females interested in becoming combatant officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces to be admitted into the NDA for the first time ever.

The then Minister of Defence, Adetokumbo Kayode, had said other countries in Africa were “already doing it and they are not better than us.”

http://punchng.com/ban-on-female-combatants-documents-expose-militarys-cover-up/amp/

naptu2:
NTA Network (terrestrial) is going to show it. They've already got Colin Udoh in the studio and they are analysing the match.

yeah... I just saw it now.

naptu2:
Yes.

Thanks my guy

naptu2:
Yes.

Thanks my guy

ManirBK:
pls where to watch the match?

Kwese free sports... let's see if NTA will show it since supersports won't.

Team news don come out?

Can I stream matches on mobdro with this bundle?

No Elderson Echiéjilé... It's about time.

tuniski:
Is it the yoruba in your neighbourhood that hates igbo? Yeye! yoruba and igbo are busy marrying every weekend while u remain bigoted!

Don't mind him.

Contrary to President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim on Friday that his discussion with the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, was twisted, a huge chunk of the financial institution-backed projects in partnership with the Federal Government is based in the North, SUNDAY PUNCH can report.

The President has always been accused by his critics of favouring the northern part of the country, citing lopsidedness in various appointments made by his administration.

The latest criticism took place when Kim, divulged that Buhari had asked the bank to concentrate on northern Nigeria.

The Presidency, however, said what the President asked for was “rebuilding of the beleaguered North-East.”

But critics argued that the explanation was not tenable because Buhari was not a president of the North or North-East alone and should be canvassing for development of all parts of Nigeria, equally affected by different types of disasters.

SUNDAY PUNCH’s findings on Saturday on the World Bank website, projects.worldbank.org, showed that out of the 14 World Bank-sponsored projects in the country, seven are exclusively for the North, while six others are meant for the whole nation (South-West, South-South, South-East, North-West, North-East, North Central and North West); and the remaining one is for Lagos State. Titled ‘Projects and Operations’, these projects were listed under June 2015 – June 2017 projects.

The implication is that in addition to solely getting the lion’s share of the projects, the North also shared in the remaining 50 per cent with the South-West, South-East and South-South.

The projects exclusive to the northern region worth $1bn are: Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project for North-eastern Nigeria ($200m; Borno, Yobe and Adamawa); State Education Program Investment Project ($100m; North-East states); Community and Social Development Project ($75m; Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi, and Gombe); Youth Employment and Social Support Project ($100m; Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi, and Gombe States); Additional Financing Nigeria State Health Investment Project ($125m; Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe) and the Third National Fadama Development Project ($50m; selected area in the North-East). The seventh northern project worth $350m is for the Kaduna State Economic Transformation Program-for-Results Project $350m. The KSETPRP, which was approved in June 2017, is expected to close on March 31, 2021.

Projects worth $2.9bn were earmarked for the nation which northern states are also expected to benefit from. They are: Better Education Service Delivery for All ($611m); Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification Project ($150m); NEITI Reporting Compliance ($0.32m); the Polio Eradication Support Project ($125m); National Social Safety Nets Project ($1.8b); and $200m-Agro-Processing, Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support Project specifically designed for Kano, Kaduna, Lagos, Cross River, Kogi, Enugu and three other states.

There was also the Third Lagos State Development Policy Operation ($200m), a stand-alone project which was approved on June 26, 2015 and ended on December 31, 2016.

The World Bank documents did not contain any programme or project specifically designed for the South-East, South-South and the Middle Belt regions since Buhari got into power.

A document containing the details of the project on the bank’s website explained the purpose of the Kaduna project thus: “The development objective of Kaduna State Economic Transformation Programme-for-Results Project for Nigeria is to improve the business enabling environment and strengthen fiscal management and accountability in Kaduna State. This operation is fully aligned with the World Bank. Group’s Country Partnership Strategy for the Federal Republic of Nigeria for FY14–FY17. This Programme-for-Results focuses on increasing the number of jobs in the modern private sector and boosting the productivity of traditional economic sectors. Another important and complementary focus of the PforR is to support Kaduna State to increase its fiscal space and enhance expenditure effectiveness to boost investments in human capital and physical assets sustainably.”

According to the bank’s documents, the $200m-MSCRP, meant for only North-East states, is to “support the government of Nigeria towards rehabilitating and improving critical service delivery infrastructure, improve the livelihood opportunities of conflict and displacement-affected communities, and strengthen social cohesion in the North-East states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa; and in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency, to provide immediate and effective response to the said eligible crisis or emergency.”

Similarly, the SEPIV’s objective is to finance activities to support the Federal Government’s emergency programme for the North-East to address teachers’ needs in conflict-and-displacement-affected areas; strengthen school-level management and accountability for the improvement of education quality through school grants funding; “and to enhance technical assistance to address the needs of the North-East.”

For the CSDP, the World Bank will finance the costs associated with scaling up project activities in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi, and Gombe states to support the provision of basic social and natural resource management infrastructure and services to returnees and host communities with the main goal of assisting their resettlement, recovery, and welfare.

The fund, the document said, would also be “used to provide trauma and psychosocial support to returnee households and internally displaced groups and individuals, as a form of social assistance intervention.”

Shedding light on why half of the projects were exclusively allocated to the North and no special projects for the other regions, the World Bank boss at a press conference in Washington DC, United States, on Thursday, had disclosed that the bank focused more on the region based on Buhari’s request.

“You know, in my very first meeting with President Buhari, he said specifically that he would like us to shift our focus to the northern region of Nigeria and we’ve done that. Now, it has been very difficult. The work there has been very difficult.

“Focusing on the northern part of Nigeria, we hope that as commodity prices stabilise and oil prices come back up, the economy will grow a bit more. But very, very much important is the need to focus on what the drivers of growth in the future will be,” the bank’s president had said.

Weighing in on the matter through a series of tweets, a former World Bank Vice President and ex-Minister of Education under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Oby Ezekwesili, said, “I want everyone to know that the statement made by the World Bank president is not as it sounds. I should know; I was VP (vice president) there (the bank). Our president and his government should seize the moment to conduct a diversity review of the administration. The current tension is, of course, triggered by context of existing tension occasioned by our president’s poor management of our diversity.”

Ezekwesili, however, berated Adesina for worsening the situation, “The terribly indecorous press release by Femi Adesina worsens a fractious debate. This FG (Federal Government) cannot be leaders of toxicity in public debates. Healthy debates are important for managing our diversity. The government of President Buhari should rein in his media team and re-train them to be effective.”

On Saturday, prominent Nigerians and the major opposition party in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party, further expressed their views on the matter.

Commenting on the cost of the projects, a renowned professor of Economics, Sheriffdeen Tella, pointed out that inasmuch as the North-East might require substantial rehabilitation, the same should be for the Niger Delta.

“The figures show that $650m projects are specifically for the North-East, while about $2.9bn worth of projects is for the whole of the country, including the northern states. The ones for Kaduna and Lagos states are state-requested loans, not federal. Just as the North-East deserves special attention, so also is the South-South where oil spillage has devastated many areas. There should have been specific financial commitment for that also.

“The amount committed to the North-East is worth it if we are to keep them from coming to the South to create social and economic problems in the nearest future. But attention must also be paid to specific problems of special areas in the South, more so when large proportions of the funds to offset the loans will come from resources in the South – particularly from the South-South with oil spillage problem.”

According to the Peoples Democratic Party, the President’s approval of more World Bank projects for the North, as revealed by Kim, was not in the interest of the country.

Reacting to the comment, the spokesman for the major opposition party in the country, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, said, “We’ve always said Buhari is not acting as the president of the country. He has demonstrated that through his lopsided appointments. That’s all we can say.”

Similarly, a nationalist and elder statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, told SUNDAY PUNCH that Kim only confirmed what people already know about Buhari’s preference for the North.

“Is it those he surrounds himself with? Is it about the lopsided appointments he’s made? Buhari telling the World Bank president that more attention should be given to the northern region shows which section of the country matters most to the president. Buhari can never change. He’s a sectional leader,” he said.

Speaking further, Tella noted that if what the World Bank president claimed Buhari told him was true, such a gesture would be unfair to other regions in the country.

“There are other parts of the country to focus on. It is not the fault of Nigerians that the North in general is lagging behind. The northerners should hold their state governments and political elites responsible for any backwardness. Just as the southern states collect money from the Federal Government, so do northern states. What have they done with their resources?”

The Executive Chairman of the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, Debo Adeniran, people should not be quick to criticise the President.

“Let’s agree it’s nepotism and nepotism is a form of corruption. I also believe that the common wealth of the country should be evenly distributed. Be that as it may be, we must not trivialise equity. It’s not out of place to allocate more projects to the North-East because of the challenges of that area. It may not sound fair. We want the President to defend his action. He has a responsibility to justify it.

“You should now realise why people clamour for a rotational presidency; give a madman a hoe, he’ll make ridges for himself. If a president comes from the North or South, it’s expected he’ll take care of his own first. Admittedly, this is antithetical to democracy,” Adeniran said.

http://punchng.com/north-got-lions-share-of-world-bank-projects-under-buhari-documents/

What is Nigeria?

Why does her age bother you guys so much...lol

I did a thead on NBC shutting down a show for talking about the Asaba Massacre and after reading over 4 pages of this post, I wish I didn't make it, because as usual it derailed off the point.

The Biafra civil war was regrettable. Both sides suffered regrettable casualties and let us all pray it doesn't happen again.

If you watched the platform, you'd realise something, the speakers were very convincing. One reason for that was because of their knowledge of the past. Alot of youth know nothing of this past but will argue about it with so much confidence. That's called IGNORANCE!

The killings that happened in Asaba on October 1967 shouldn't be equated with anything else. It shouldn't be used to throw cheap shot at Buhari, or continue your never ending backlash on the Igbos or Muslims. That's insane!

That massacre is barbaric. It was a pre meditated massacre. It was done for the fun of killing and not because they were retaliating or anything.

If you tell me we shouldn't discuss it because the nation is currently tensed, I can see sense in that but to say we shouldn't because its a war and there were casualties on both sides, you need to watch it, politics is eating deep into that thing that makes you HUMAN! This is not Ipob, this is not GEJ vs PMB, this is man's inhumanity to man, and no one, I repeat no one should try justifying that massacre.

RoyalUc:
Don't mind (some) Nigerians. the only people that want to drive forward on reverse gear. We want a decent society but without decency and discipline in our actions.

If China, North Korea achieve any great feat, we will be quick to compare and condemn Nigeria but in those countries, Government fully own and regulated internet facilities, even e-mails are checked.

There is no country that allows absolute freedom of (press) information and even speech, not even the pretentious US.

Give an example of ways the United States censors press freedom. Just one!

thesicilian:
Your first sentence contradicts the second. How will you know if it isn't criminal or illegal when you haven't even heard what was said?

For the record, what was discussed on the show isn't criminal. Just like Tolex said, sensitive? Yeah! because of where we are at the moment but definitely not criminal nor was it illegal.

Tolexander:
The 2nd world war is over, the Japanese accepted defeated and the US apologized and claimed responsibility for the atrocities destroying the two cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with little boy and fat man resp.

Can the above be said about Nigeria?
Has anyone really claimed responsibility for ordering the massacre?
Who had claimed responsibility, Late Muritala Muhammad who was the commanding officer of the 2nd division in 1967, or Ibrahim Haruna who replaced him in 1968?
Though we know the major participating soldiers then.

Asaba massacre is meant to be discussed to make peace with people of Asaba and not this time when Nigeria is sitting on a gunpowder keg to avoid further disaster.

you are right Tolex. Things are fragile at the moment.

But just to add, the people talking about it right now aren't trying to destabilize the country. They are talking because its 50th anniversary is on Saturday.

Tolexander:
It was for objective reason and the NBC had to call in straight away to cut him off?

Na only him ever talked about Asaba massacre on media?

Who doesn't know from the guys post, the only thing that will come from his mouth will be hate speech?

How well do you know about Asaba massacre? If you do, then you'd agree with me that those people need some closure. The USA had to apologise for the nuclear weapons dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945. They also took responsibility, that's closure.

Saturday will be the 50th anniversary of the unfortunate atrocity and only a few people know it ever happened, no one has taken responsibility. No one has apologised. Our country needs to heal but for that to happen, the right medication must be applied!

Cheta was there because he was invited, he was invited because he knows so much about the Asaba massacre.

So many youth of today are so disgraceful, they have chosen to stand for nothing but go about castigating people that have chosen to stand for something.

Observe people also wondering why the show was ended abruptly.

Modified; After reading over 4 pages of this post, I wish I didn't make it, because as usual it has derailed off the point.

The Biafra civil war was regrettable. Both sides suffered regrettable casualties and let us all pray it doesn't happen again.

If you watched the platform, you'd realise something, the speakers were very convincing. One reason for that was because of their knowledge of the past. Alot of youth know nothing of this past but will argue about it with so much confidence. That's called IGNORANCE!

The killings that happened in Asaba on October 1967 shouldn't be equated with anything else. It shouldn't be used to throw cheap shot at Buhari, or continue your never ending backlash on the Igbos or Muslims. This is barbaric. It was a pre meditated massacre. It was done for the fun of killing and not because they were retaliating or anything.

If you tell me we shouldn't discuss it because the nation is currently tensed, I can see sense in that but to say we shouldn't because its a war and there were casualties on both sides, you need to watch out, politics is eating deep into that thing that makes you HUMAN! This is not Ipob, this is not GEJ vs PMB, this is man's inhumanity to man, and no one, I repeat no one should try justifying this!

So alot of you heard about the proposed media censorship sometime ago, which the govt denied. Well it looks like its true after all as this afternoon, a talk show on radio was abruptly ended after the NBC called and asked for the show to be taken down.

Popular political analyst Chxta was talking about the #AsabaMassacre.

What's your take guys?

Screenshots below.

Hmmm. Naija don tire me

Let's all pretend we don't know what is going on nau! NONSENSE!

Adaumunocha:
Its no longer Bafana Bafana

lol... Bafana Bafana is for the men

slimthugchimee:
I don't get why we should give a fvck about this

you know, it is humanly possible to ignore the things that do not interest you!

Its complacency... Those guys at the glass house know that they can put up a team a day to a competition and still win the AFCON. Too bad!