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Viridis:
Why does Smith Rowe never start matches
This arteta is weird

Smith Rowe is a kind of expensive ornament mounted on glass legs.
You have to be careful when handling.

See lazy Eddie....
Odegaard has to wake up the sleepy crowd....

Saliba has his work cut out against that big, ferocious polar bear in blue....

These Gunners are jittery..... wet gunpowder??...

Nigeria, a Contractor's Paradise....
Nigeria, a Contractor's Eldorado....
Nigeria, a Contractors Bazaar.... where the resources of the country are pilfered and stolen under every conceivable guise.

Is the NNPC not supposed to be a private concern.
But alas it is giving out contracts for maintenance of its digs to what amounts to its competitors.
It is like Julius Berger giving out contracts to RCC to repair the roads in its yard.
It is like GLO giving out contracts to MTN to upgrade its network.

Nigerians should ask these pirates in the name of administrators exactly what the huge, absolutely huge workforce of the NNPC is doing that they do not have the capacity to handle their facilities.

But alas as we 'jokingly' say.
That a man that was employed to any one of our refineries in the days of Abacha when they last produced anything meaningful will be due for pension anytime soon, having collected salaries and wages all his adult working life and practically did no work.

Why would such an establishment have any appetite to have a workforce that actually works.
It is disgusting and shameful that their counterparts the world over from Saudi Arabia to Norway, from Brazil to Malaysia are making waves globally and giving their countries such dividends to positively affect the economies of their countries while ours is just the cave where AliBaba reigns.

Shattuck:
Tinubu isn't acting on insecurity, just maintaining silence just like the buhari's administration

Because there are nothing to offer there.
There was no serious demand during the electioneering period for a solution so this government went in unprepared.
All they do is to shuffle the pawns of security personnel but without a concise plan or strategy.

Politicians by and large in this era and this region continue a non interference stance towards the security architecture of this country.
Everything is left to the Generals, the Admirals, the Marshals and the big blue boys to solve, whereas in other climes there is a deep think tank behind the lines driving security policy, whether foreign or domestic.

The result is that there is little cerebral about our approach to fighting insecurity other than war games and checkpoints. Everything is reactionary.

The Legislature is equally redundant in superintending over the security services as if they are scared of them. Compare them to the powerful 'Armed Services Committee' of the US Congress and how they play an active role in the running of the US Military, the formulation of policy and in troubleshooting challenges. Nothing is left untouched from the budget for military equipment to the working conditions of armed service men and women, in great detail.

We are not serious or enlightened enough to experience any better in Nigeria.
Nigerians had better pressurize the government to establish a security think tank outside the reach of politics and the present security establishment/bureaucracy to dig out real solutions in an honest, forthright and cerebral manner.
To continue the way we are is the sure path to complete state failure.
This is the path Haiti and to an extent Sudan and Somalia started down many years ago.

Nigerians and our funny way of eating. Two absolutely huge plates of food. Quantity over diversity. And we never seem to tire of this.

Until Nigerians collectively agree to build their nation out of an abundance of regret for the carnage and mutually assured destruction we presently and persistently experience, things are not bound to improve.

When we eventually wake up and stand to fight for the establishment of our institutions.

Then we will fight for the establishment of law and order in our society.

Then we will have succeeded in establishing a true value system that makes these stories a thing of the past.

But as long as we cannot do that but rather hold on to sentiment, then we will continue to suffer the consequences and in our little closets and ventures continue to live like the beasts of the wild.

The tragedy of the black man, of the African, of the Nigerian is a failure of perspective. His inability to simultaneously view the minute details of life, the fine print, while at the same time lifting his eyes to the horizon, to see the big picture, the future of his deeds.

Na waoh for United.... and Harry Maguire is yet to score his own oh.... pun not intended....

Onana is a secret agent for United opposition.
Records tumbling. Four straight home losses since the 70's.

That is what I am saying.
The nation is dominated by dud certificates and dodgy academic qualifications while the ship of state heads for the rocks.
The central police is dominated by high profile, celebrity victims while those who have no name and no fame are left to rot.

Anyone taking out loans or incurring debts on businesses or enterprises offering non essential goods and services in a highly inflationary regime such as ours needs to have his head examined.

Nothing innovative that creates real value. Just money mongering and high budget zone 4 dollar type buccaneers.

Why will it last when the next and bigger pirate pursues after them.

In my opinion the model for Africa's development, the model that developed the West in the 19th and 20th century and the East over the past half century is the cheap and efficient producttion of tangible goods, period.

Making things with our hands is the way out of poverty. It is dignifying, it is mentally stimulating and it regulates and moderates the greed and avarice pervading African societies.

It is the only way to create a viable and sustainable middle class and bring mass populations out of poverty.

IT will remain a vehicle, an aid, a means, but never the destination or the end chapter in the story of development.

People often cite India's tech sector as an example of a country leveraging heavily on bits and bytes, but they fail to see the giant strides in manufacturing, agriculture, petroleum and other sectors where India is comfortably in the top5 productive nations.

Been to all the States and for some strange reason I have absolutely loved the highlands of Cross-River, (spent months on the Ranch), Plateau (Shere Hills on military exercise) and Mambilla (for vacation) in the present Taraba. Excellent weather, serene environment and lovely folks. No where else comes remotely close.

Because it is a cash based business the simple answer is, yes.

Vision101:
I can see that this thread is not for all comers. So I will comment.

One of the intensions of subsidy removal is to free more funds for the various levels of government. Haven't you noticed that every state governor irrespective of party supports it.

Our searchlight should be more on the states and local governments but everyone is focused on tinubu and Abuja. Even if magic is done by the federal government if the subnational governments are not working it will dilute the efforts of the center.

One of the worst forms of financial management mismatch for an individual, corporate organization or government is to borrow to pay recurrent expenditure. Repayment will be difficult. If it's not halted it could lead to bankruptcy.

Most state governments only spend money but they don't generate money. It's easier to spend than to generate. The states now are receiving enough money after subsidy removal therefore move your focus from tinubu to your state governors. Force your state governors to block leakages and do hard thinking to generate revenue. If Lagos can do it others can relatively do it.

I live in Lagos but I presently work in Aba. I see opportunities that the government can generate heavy revenue that are wasted. Everything goes to personal pockets.

If you watch tinubu's new government it's clear that he realises that the main fiscal problem is low revenue. You can't spend what you don't have. He's gone ahead to first position those that he cosiders trusted and competent in those units and people are making noise that he is yorubanising federal government finance.

Let's go home and hold our governors accountable. They are happy that you are focused on tinubu all the time and that frees them to be lazy and do whatever they like.

Nigeria is a federation and not a confederation.

This is because by and large the instruments of Law and Order are exclusively the preserve of the Federal Government. No State has independent law enforcement, no State has an independent judiciary, no State has an independent EFCC like institution, so accountability will be sought where responsibility lies.

This is not rocket science.
Bring responsibility closer to the people and they will not look further out to demand accountability.
And no sir, saying Nigeria is a Federation is just self deception.
There is absolutely nothing that Nigerian States are independent in.
At least nothing that matters.

Judgementa1:
YOU PEOPLE SHOULD STOP BEING AN IGNORANT FOOL.

WHY SHOULD I FORGE A SCHOOL CERTIFICATE I ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM

I am not too interested in this saga. To be honest I find it most distracting to the country though I absolutely understand why the case has to be pursued.

But what you wrote above is simply ignorance.

Put it this way.
If a cheque you present to withdraw money from your account does not have a similar signature to that on the system, nothing will make the bank produce your money at the counter.
If the cheque was presented by someone else, that person will rightly be accused of attempted fraud, yes?

Fraud is not a case of whether there is material evidence or not. It is not a case of disputing facts.
It is a case of misrepresentation of materials, an entity or facts.

It is saying (in the case above) that that is your signature, but in truth it is not.
The case here is that the certificate produced was not issued by the institution in question or any of its affiliates nor agents.

The question here is why did the actor in question not just state the case as it was before the electoral body, that the certificate tendered was an unofficial reproduction due to loss or whatever and not that issued by the relevant authority or simply state that the institution in question only offers transcripts by way of validating the degrees they award.

A good number of Nigerian colleges have a huge backlog of yet to be issued certificates.
I have more or less given up on one of such I attended but it is unthinkable for me to 'produce one' just to have my way.
Honesty, integrity is just living your life 'As it is'.

Na waoh.
But folks were celebrating recently that States were getting record amounts of allocation due to the subsidy removal.
You just don't know what to believe anymore in this country.

Governance in Nigeria is so opaque.
In other climes citizens know exactly where government finances are at any time T, and almost to the dollar.

Here these folks just spend as they wish without real-time accountability, sometimes the details of which are known only to the leader and his inner circle.

Here they borrow and spend without oversight, monies that are not theirs but with serious implications on the economy of the people of their domains. Here they speak up only after the fact or hardly at all....kai.

"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance." - Irish orator John Philpot Curran, 1790.

Kobicove:
If you don't understand economic principles that govern demand and supply it's best for you to shut that orifice you call a mouth!

When politicians stand for office it is assumed they come in for A PURPOSE, to lead .
If there are economic challenges it is assumed they come to lead the country, the people OUT of these challenges.
And although there is a perspective of reality in this case that says the supply side of foreign exchange is lagging.
Leadership should say, this is the way WE SHOULD FIX IT.

But those in leadership are often in the same boat with the position of your comment highlighted above.
All they do is to tell us WHERE we are, the better ones will tell us WHY we are where we are.
But that is not the purpose of putting them there.

Can we please have SOLUTIONS. REAL, TANGIBLE, EXECUTABLE, MEASURABLE solutions to these challenges.
Anything else is just a waste of time.
Nigerians have known since the nationalisation policy of the 70's that we consume far, far more than we produce.
That is no news.
What we want from a fresh government is the way out, abeg.

GanagiBitrus:
Apt. 👍

If a policeman arrests you on the streets of Newyork or London for an offence, who are you going to call to free you.... no one.
Because hardly anyone has a link to the man doing his job. He is barely answerable to anyone but to a system that specifies his task.

A feudal society on the other hand is all about linkages or in plain terms, loyalties. All the criminal has to do is to find who is the 'Oga' of the man in authority and he will be free.

It is systemic and no nation can develop with this system in place.

GanagiBitrus:
Which kind porous financial system we have in this country that will allow one person easily steal over N1Billion.

This is the very question I always ask.
A bad structure, that needs complete overhaul.

But it is in the nature of a feudal society such as ours to arrogate power absolutely without control.
In our system of thought the so called Head MUST be the final check of the fidelity of any and every system.

While in other climes what we call a common secretary can literally put a President in jail.
When you have power shared through all classes of society the money that the lower class doesn't have is balanced by the power they have.

That is why Hunter Biden is on trial.
That is why ex-President Trump is on trial.

That is why everyone walks in his lane and respects each other as bonafide citizens to make things work.
Only restructuring can end the feudal system we operate and develop this country.

You cannot be a Petroleum Minister, NNPC GMD, CBN Governor, Minister of Finance, EFCC Chair or head any position where the resources of this country intermingle and end well in the present day Nigeria where the structure says the President of the country is king and government is personalized as his kingdom.

The simple reason why subsidy thieves could not be named thoughtless of being caught, the reason why currency runners continue to have a field day, the reason why Nigeria is run by Contractors and Consultants is simple. A faulty structure. A personalized government that leaves institutions stunted and unable to compete with 'black Nigeria' thoughtless of being the go-to agents of national development.

And the root of all this is a citizenry unable, uninterested and incompetent to demand for a better experience living in this country.
Unless and until this country is restructured our progress will continue like the path of the earth round the sun..... in sure circles.

Judolisco:
We no even hear from national assembly again.... Wetin dey xup... Breeze reach una side?

That is the State of the Nation. A reflection of where the people stand in the governance of the country.
For an idle Parliament either means an entirely satisfied people or an entirely disconnected, silenced populace.

All week long and today the US Congress has been in turmoil over the extension of the debt ceiling and the shut down of government leaving the Majority Speaker as the first casualty as the economic battle rages on between opposing ideologies.
Same thing in the British Parliament, active, present debates raging on.

While ours is as silent as a graveyard while the country drifts into uncharted waters, battered by a cost of living crises the depths of which have never been seen since independence.

And someone will come out to say that the country is doing well....
That her institutions are functional....
That democracy is working.....

One thing.
There is a way to move this country forward. But we are not remotely on that track.
I repeat. Countries are not developed in a democracy based on the thinking, the ideas, the wishes, the principles or the ways and means of one man called a President. It is the collective will and competencies of a whole nation that makes things work.

People in political office or elected government positions are there to do the will of the people. What leadership does is to aggregate these values and use them to organise society.

There is no plan, no policy, no program of importance that should go un-vetted and un-challenged. For its success depends on the nation agreeing to a large extent with it.

And these are the folks that need to be in school more than ever before.
Honestly this country is failing her citizens.
Can we have a change in government that is meaningful.

Fujiyama:
^^^
It is necessary.

They want us to get tired but it is our responsibility to remain steadfast. It is precisely because of cases like this that we began drifting out to sea in the first place.

There are ordinary people in this country who have paid heavily for one tenth of the inconsistencies in this man's records. A harmless text message on your phone could be misread by policemen and land you in serious trouble. A clerical error on an official document could lead to lost opportunities and charges by the law (even though the error had nothing to do with you). Take your pick of the endless number of ways in which the system bloodies the face of the average Nigerian, day after day. A large proportion of whom are innocent people who did nothing wrong.

This catharsis is necessary. This could very well be the last chance for this country to take a stand on how it believes people should conduct themselves. If we blow it this time there may well be no coming back.

I agree that to reform society these issues are germane and the efforts of those that pursue these cases may lead to a better outcome in the future but what I am concerned about is that the bigger picture is out of view.

It appears THE ONLY result folks want is to hold the person in question to account.
Few are speaking out about or against the system that permitted this to happen in the first place.
A system backed by several institutions of checks and corrections that should detected this problem from the root.

Whenever Nigeria has a big ticket problem it appears everyone rushes to put out the flames but do nothing to stop the steam of fuel feeding it. Such that the fires are bound to reignite sometime down the line.
Why is INEC not speaking about this.
Why is the police not speaking about this.
What about various institutions saddled with education, records, etc, everywhere these documents passed through over the years, all of which have either been duped.... or not.

Then the bigger picture.
For heavens sake there are many more problems facing this nation and my concern is that the other parts of the body are left to rot while the nation is fixated on this issue despite its seriousness. Remember that these folks in government are constant motion running the nation the way they want and it is important people remain vigilant to all they do per time if not..... well we have seen the result of 8 years of citizen carelessness to all issues pertaining to good governance.

Nawaoh..... is this thing still on.
Are the citizens of Nigeria going to get bogged down with this while their country floats out to sea...?

saysoo:
am not sentimental like you! He is wrong.

Everyone is wrong or has failed in this case.
The establishment in not doing a proper job and the government in not superintending over it.
The revocation is just dramatic act meant to press a veneer of responsibility.
Underneath the regulators will rather be in cahoots with the corner cutters.
That is how their minimum wage of five loaves and two fishes can buy three thousand phones like that the policewoman was spotting a while ago.

It is a lack of proper corporate governance within some of these establishments that causes these things. A tug between the volunteerism of the church and the regulatory demands of the state. As they (the Church) expand into the civil space and occupy heady positions in education, health and human services for example, and in this case construction and the engineering of major structures, standards are often lost.

The black man is simply feudal; in nature.
A being that cannot evolve a viable, successful society.

What makes people think that taking the foot of the pedal of an automatic geared ICE vehicle amounts to braking.
That is just coasting. The down shift will be imperceptible unless travelling uphill.

It appears every single problem of the past just carries on unabated into this regime. When are we going to get democracy working for the good of this country and her people instead of just changing governments for the sake of it.

What are we proud of as a people that voted and later say, this and that made me vote this and that person and this is the positive result. We put people there and immediately start making excuses for their shortcomings....why?

I was wondering what was causing the traffic along Shehu Yarafua about there.

That place needs a total overhaul. A cesspool of corruption and everything wrong with the Nigeria state, the civil service and the direction this country was headed.

But I have my strong reservations against the use of 'Consultants' for public service. It further weakens the institution involved.

Nigerians must do the hard work of building institutions rather than finding short term fixes for every social malaise.