₦airaland Forum

TradingGod:
Abraham, David and Enoch came before Christ

Chirst resurrection from the dead usher in a new era for humanity

You don't need to keep the commandments just Know and accept Christ as Your Lord and you have a sure ticket to heaven

Your ggod behavior can never take you to heaven, because everyday you make eroors that some believers might call a sin but yet you don't feel condemn because according to you, that type of error is not sin worthy but funny enough that same actions could be considered as a worthy sin to other believers


Na confusion like this make Jesus Christ to die for our foolish actions because no matter how many times man try to live holy, it can never reach God standard of holiness, that is why you need to accept the works of Christ and believe and Know that Christ came to die for all your past and future sins once and for all.



Now you might think that it is a license to keep sinning but the truth is when you start studying the word of God and you start doing what God said, you will see yourself not sinning again

The number one reason why Christians keep sining is because they don't know the Scriptures and the power behind the scriptures, because if they do, they will not sin

So who or what will save Abraham, David and the rest since they came before Christ?

But why on Earth would FG agree to pay these people for neglecting their duties and wasting students time, I thought Buhari would stand firm and do the right thing, people can't abandon their duties for 9 months and be rewarded with a largess. Buhari has failed us

kafeii123:
May your gbola remain glorious.... ASUU isn't a union of market pepper sellers.... if the solution they provided was as flimsy and wishy-washy as you claimed.... your FG's agents would have wasted no time in exposing it for the nonesense it would have been.... the current IPPIS has been adjudged to be worse in all of these metrics that you listed and many more ....evn by the Government itself...so this excuse falls flat....

one is the fact that it was FG that mandated ASUU to come up with a better alternative to IPPIS which was done..... second is the fact that it is as far as the constitution is concerned, University payroll and staff management is not the responsibility of the Accountant general's office... it is constitutionally vested on the University governing councils... if you want to change that arrangement. you need to first go to the national assembly to change the edict that supports ASUU's stance. This FG has not done so.... and unless we want to continue supporting impunity... we should not have even allowed this stand in the first place..

The issues that they gave as justification as to why they need to bring up IPPIS have been shown to be worsened now that IPPIS has been deployed. with ippis....university vice chancellors dont know all their staff....they only judge by those they see on ground.... IPPIS staff have been shown to insert the details of their friends sand cronies in the payrolls of government institutions. those folks collect salaries...sometines as professors and c...then share the salary in rations with the ippis staff that ran the racket.... this evidences are already in the public domain..... what would eventually happen will be that 5-01 years down the line.... some mischievous folks will just come out with evidences and claim that thousands or millions of ghost workers were discovered in the university system.... people like you will still be the ones to drag ASUU's name in the mud for it.

You can deploy both platforms alongside within the same time period ... then hack both as you have suggested and see which ones works better than the other.... the already known weak one that fg pays agents almost 15k per staff to run currently ..or the developed one which saves money and can still be run /handled by the staff members currently deployed to run university payrolls in the accountant generals' office...

We all know what this is about.... Soft Alliance is the company running ippis database in lagos...and abuja and is owned majorly by tinubu who himself settles the necessary key government men and politicians. Nobody is even saying to take it away from him....just protect the education sector from the personnel rot that has bastardized the other sectors..simple


last is the fact that ASUU's real bone of contention go far beyond ippis... let FG treat these others...lets see if ASUU will not shift ground...not this shifty attitudes they're playing. It's not their faults.... the average nigerian doesnt deserve good education.

Talking about the constitutionally vested rights of the University council, are you also aware that they are the real employers of ASUU not the FG and as such should be responsible for the payment of salary of their employees?

You can't downplay their role of generating money to pay salaries and then uphold their right to decide how to pay salaries, the two must go together, that is why it is said that "he who pays the piper dictates the tune ".

Awise09:
Were do they get money to run government?

So they should give lecturers all the money because you are the only ones that exist in the country? , I bet you that if the current ASUU chairman is elected president he won't be able to meet their demands.
As if you people are living in another planet and cannot see the economic challenges the country is facing, no money to even fund next year's budget.

adanny01:
You have not said 1 thing I will agree with you.

Tell me one agency of government that is working the way we expect? Does ASUU expect that govt will prioritize them over the entire responsibilities of the govt?

ASUU are teachers as well as those who teach in primary and secondary schools. The demands by ASUU in comparison to all other civil servants that depend on government is simply outrageous. If every civil service union behaves like ASUU, govt will never be able to solve the issues with the current state of the economy.

Besides, in saner climes, government does not foot every bill of tertiary institutions. ASUU shouldn't have the moral audacity to hold the tertiary system to ransom if they know that it's not a right for them to be treated above the reasonable means of the govt. Govt is simply doing it for the sake of the very students ASUU has no regard for. Govt funding of the tertiary institutions is a responsibility it has to provide education for citizens of Nigeria. ASUU successfully kidnapped that responsibility for ransom. It's a bad thing. No excuses.

Well said, let me add that basic education is the responsibility of Government and is the right of every citizen while tertiary education is at best a privilege to the citizen, no Government in the world owes anybody tertiary education

RepoMan007:
One man stole over a hundred billion so don't expect intellectuals not to seek their own personal interest. They are mostly sadist lecturers.

So because someone stole billions and is being tried, so called intellectuals should also begin to steal, does that even make any sense?
ASUU should kukuma carry guns and enter street cos I'm sure bandits earn even way more, smh

Paulheyman:
If you can't afford a private university, ASUU is fighting for you.

If you're a hater of covenant, Madonna, landmark, KDUM, Tansian and other high fee universities then ASUU is fighting for you.

If you still want your children to benefit from good academics then ASUU is fighting for you.

If you still want your certificate to be valid and used to process your documents to Japa out of this country then ASUU is fighting for you (Remember Abia state polytechnic).

If you want to see Nigeria progress then ASUU is fighting for you.

The university is the last of our public school system left to be conquered by the political elites. They came for the primary schools we applauded them, after all primary education doesn't matter, private primary schools can do the job, then they came for the secondary education, we still left them to destroy it, the effect is examination malpractice. Lastly, they are targeting the peak of our education and people are blaming the defenders and not the offenders. If the government destroys our public universities then education will only be limited to the elites and those who intend to leave naija using their certificates will be stock cos your certificate won't be acceptable in any country.

Confucius said "when workers are paid well they're motivated to work well"

How much do you pay primary school teachers, how much do you pay secondary school teachers. You pay a teacher #10k in private school and you expect him to do wonders.

Those backing the government don't know that they are promoting illiteracy and backwardness. Most countries don't value our certificates. I wonder want becomes of you after studying medicine, nursings, engineering, physics, chemistry etc and you are told that your certificate is not recognize abroad then you'll understand what you've opted to defend. What of those doing PhD and MSc just to finish and be informed that you can't go beyond Nigeria with your PG certificate. God forbid

If ASUU perish we all perish

Stay blessed

Strike is what killed primary and secondary school education in Nigeria, very soon ASUU will also use strike to kill tertiary education, in the next few years there will be more private than public universities and even the poor will be borrowing to attend private schools just to avoid the plague that is ASUU, the biggest threat to public education in this country is ASUU strike that is why private schools always advertise by saying no ASUU strike.

Hopefully the next Government has the will to stop this madness, how can one group of people be holding the whole country to ransom, if every sector decides to behave like them will they be able to survive in the country?

I actually blame the true intellectuals and academias in the university who truly love education, don't support the antics of ASUU but yet have abandoned the Union for opportunist who don't care about education.

Let's even over look recouping the cost of building it for PPP reasons or to reinvest in another project, op where do you expect the money for maintenance of that bridge to come from, most roads and facilities in Nigeria are dilapidated because no one thought of maintenance as at when they were building them. I'm very sure you are one of those that like to complain when things are not in perfect condition yet you can't take time to understand how things are maintained.
If anything you should be grateful that toll gates are attached from the onset, meaning the bridge will outlive all of us not to come online and spew your ignorance, ethnic sentiments and entitlement mentality.
In case you are not aware most of the exquisite places in the world you so much admire this is how they keep them functional.

So op every crime now is labeled herdsmen?
This is a clear case of kidnapping, putting herdsmen there is a huge diversion from the crime. maybe the later draws more attention.

It's quite disheartening to hear this but somehow I'm not surprised it's the general attitude of Nigerian youths, we Burke at the slightest pressure, always ready to make noise and cause commotion but unwilling to work and put effort into achieving anything.

How can you be quitting a panel you were nominated to so as to facilitate justice simply because some members of the panel do not agree with you, it doesn't even qualify as a battle in the war to end police brutality, it is outright senseless and shows a lack of objectivity and steadfastness in given task.

She is willing to give up on numerous people who had no voices prior to the onset of this panel just because of a toll gate which in reality has no bearing on the fight against police brutality. she just failed her first real test as a member of that panel.

To those thinking she is an activist for quitting, you need to understand that activism is not just making noise to garner attention but your ability to put in the required work and go through the processes to achieve justice. At this moment Rinu has achieved nothing but proven that she lacks the diligence and capacity to get things done.

In life the odds will not always be in your favor neither will things always go the way you want it but your ability to persevere and push on makes you stand out. It's really saddening that she doesn't understand the essence of her being in that panel, it will be even more unfortunate if she is doing this for clout and to please social media people.

bluefilm:
Call it whatever you want but it works perfectly for ASUU.

In life, when it comes to negotiations, there's something called BARGAINING CHIPS.

If you are going into any negotiations without having your bargaining chips, you have lost already.

FG uses their threat of Salary Withholding method as their bargaining chip.

ASUU uses embarking on strike as their own bargaining chip.

It always comes down to who will blink first.

You might argue that students have to stay at home as a consequence of ASUU strike but have you considered the hardship lecturers will have to go through as a result of their salaries being withheld by the FG?

No pain; No Gain!!!

I wonder the factors you used in concluding it has been perfect for ASUU maybe because they waste students time and still get paid. Are you aware that since 2009 ASUU has been going on strike for one same thing? That means several months or even years wasted on one thing yet no real headway till today and somehow you think strike has been effective, it's really quite unfortunate.

bejick:
You really doñt have any common sense, if the soldiers didn't shoot, all this stories will not be here. But rather the moronic government and army left their Sambisa duty post to come shoot into the air as claimed. This country is a big shame. Use you useless brain for once it won't be a crime.

You are the one not using your head, ask your self why did they have to tell huge lies and claim people died? At least we all agree soldiers were there and they shot, why didn't they simply state that truth? I'm glad her previous videos will always be there to stand as evidence against whatever new story she will tell.

Interesting how the number has now dropped to 7 , I also noticed she didn't use the word dead people again it is now "7 people were shot down"
I'm sure we have not heard the last version of this story.

amerengues:
You aren’t wrong either. That’s why I made a statement. I stand to be corrected, how many times, if any, have Nigerian students and Parents stand up for better education in this country? Check BBN street campaign and EndSars campaign, you will see that we have the power to effect a change. Unfortunately, they haven’t thought in this direction. The only blame ASUU should take is not carrying the stakeholders along eg Students and parents.

The day students open their mouth, the day education will be given another chance but we all want to graduate on time yet our dear sisters and brothers will meet the decay. Again, you aren’t far from the truth.

yeah, if the youths put this kind of endsars vigour into ASUU matter, I believe it would have been sorted out long ago.

amerengues:
Hmm

We argue to gain more enlightenment and if in the process, we encounter superior arguments, we should accept it.

You made a valid point by referring to the ghost workers issue- we don’t want ghost workers that sap our resources struggling to go round.

ASUU went on strike before pandemic thus it wasn’t in the midst of pandemic; It wasn’t because of IPPIS that they started the strike; This same government agreed at a time that they are willing to looking into the alternative ASUU will present which is UTAS since it accommodates most of the peculiarities IPPIS is devoid of

eg Adjunct lecturers (Hardly will you see any department/faculty with adjunct Lecturers from the industry). An engineering faculty with a course on Engineering law (just an illustration)may borrow lecturers. Also, those presently on IPPIS in other ministry have started complaining of the irregularities because I have a colleague who complained recently.

To rectify issues, you might need to travel to Abuja (Security, finance, stress, not meeting them on seat and telling you to come tomorrow), why hasn’t the Government decentralized this IPPIS. A friend has been advised to travel to Abuja recently.

We are quick to forget that this strike is premised on the follow up on previous agreement the government has successfully renegaded on without no commitment to do anything significant. IPPIS main issue came up when the stopped salary in which strike was on before the focus shifted to IPPIS.

Again, I ask, students have never supported revitalization and adequate funding and we are quick to condemn some persons who wants that. Government really fears the students’ protest but unfortunately they don’t protest for better education or support the struggle since we all want to quickly graduate. Those schools abroad get huge fundings for education. If you perceive that there is a misappropriation in university system, why not wade in and be in charge of fixing the infrastructure and revitalization fee and leave the school administrators out of the process- come and build and innovative rickety libraries.

Remember that anything Government is continuous and not only must you fulfill the promises but build on it. Again, this struggle was before so many of us are born, why are we still in this state. Please kindly do your research on how much Graduate assistants and Assistant lecturers earn.

Recently, they retain best students to lecture but after seeing how decayed the system is coupled will a paltry salary of 105k for some school lecturers, they accept offers from universities abroad and the system weakens further. Government only focuses on the propaganda of 10,000 lecturers as Prof whereas the bulk are in the very lower cadre who will print, publish articles, fix their offices with their money especially for those who could never sell handouts as a university rule. They are left with only meager salaries. I will stop here.


However, the challenge with ASUU is their penchant for shouldering all the requests needed for school revitalization. If ASUU focuses on the welfare of the members alone (which in hard fact, not possible though since university structures and infrastructure isn’t alien to ASUU’ operations), the strike won’t be incessant. If the students and parents don’t ask for better education, leave them to it. You can’t be fighting for people who don’t understand you.

If any ASUU member is found erring for misappropriation , prosecute them instantly but we forget that ASUU is academic and not always at the helm of affairs of most administrative activities of some universities and how some of it sef is being used are not even known to them. ASUU isn’t asking for increase in the poor salaries as highlighted. Till now no minimum wage has been paid.

All we want is a balanced view. So pathetic that this struggle has been on for ages. If only, if only they fix it once, Government would be able to brag one day.

You have made some valid points but does it not bother you that for the past 11years ASUU has been fighting for 1 thing using same method strike across different governments and it's obviously not working, strike used to be effective in the 80s and 90s and brought about ETF and some other things but in 2020 it is definitely not working, protests, the media and even lobbying are way more effective.

It's high time ASUU does a rethink as intellectuals and come up with a way to fight for their rights without inflicting more damage to the university system because currently the strikes are the biggest limitations to Nigerian universities that is why we are unable to attract foreign students and are constantly loosing our students to mushroom schools in Africa.

Abouwaza:
Ask your fada

Lmao �����

Abouwaza:
Buhari is no one's employer Stick that to your skull

So who is your employer?

At least now we know how they spend the TETFUNDS which ASUU and their counterpart COEASU keep fighting for.

TruthDefender:
Mumu CBN governor? He clearly doesn't understand demand and supply. Economics 101.

It's like NNPC GMD complaining that people are buying black market fuel at inflated prices. Meanwhile there are no fuel at the filling station.

It is you that does not understand that covid has crippled almost everything and as such the demand for dollar should be very low which necessitated the market restrictions. Those business men did not just source for forex that they need but were planning to make profit from the forex trading which is why he is cautioning them.

Expresswriter:
Why are you people calling him a bad person?

Do you think it's easy handling leadership?

Think about the number of people that have been affected recently by COVID-19 in Port Harcourt then you'll realize how painful it is.

The initial lockdown that they did for markets in Port Harcourt didn't get full compliance. Yet the Governor didn't complain. People were coasting and enjoying. He kept calling for compliance but never complained.

Now that the same people who refused to comply are beginning to see the consequences with the increase of the number of infected persons they're complaining that Wike is too harsh!

Do you expect the Governor to fold his hands and be like Buhari who nobody sees?

Wetin be una problem sef!

Wike is doing his best, yet you're complaining.

Ask yourself, where is Buhari?

Do you ever get to see him on news except on Nationwide broadcast and that is after Nigerians have complained and complained and complained -- before you'd see him on TV.

Nothing ever pleases SOME of you Nairalanders!

Bunch of complainers.

Tufiakwa!

You made mention of number of cases which apparently is 14!!!, I put it to you that by far higher number of people have not just been infected but have died from other illnesses due to this and previous lockdowns that tout of a governor has been ordering. The problem with most rivers people is they are as myopic as their governor no wonder the saying that government is a product of the people.
The question you need to ask yourself is what exactly does he aim to achieve with this lockdown and what are the implications of the lockdown, secondly do the cons by far outweigh the pros? Because when you logically process what he is doing the only thing he would achieve is power show with regard to covid 19 in a Nigerian setting his methods can never work, I pity the people of Rivers State sha

aljharem:
Educate your self first

Those other "Nigerians" are Ministry workers not Lecturer.

Do you even know the mean of a University ?

So what is peculiar about lecturers and what is peculiar about universities in Nigeria?

peeps4u:
In as much as I dont fully support ASUU, but what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Until all institutions like CBN, FIRS staff are also included on IPPIS scheme before ASUU can be arm-twisted I to this scheme.

If FG can exclude some institutions from IPPIS, ASUU will also not allow itself included. These ASUU men are educated, that's why they always seem stubborn because they know their rights.

How can you compare institutions that generate funds for government with Universities, if ASUU wants that treatment they should become truly independent and run themselves but until they do that they have no say in how the FG chooses to pay it's workers which they are part of.

Big kudos to the FG for taking this bold step to clip the wings of this notorious association I pray they see it through. This is only the beginning of the end for ASUU if only they were truly enlightened they would have avoided this fight because they can't win.

alBHAGDADI:
You use your hair as a female.

1 Corinthians 11:5 (KJV)
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.


God gave women long hair as a covering. Paul never said the covering his clothes material.

1 Corinthians 11:15 (KJV)
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

If you look closely at the end of the verse 5 you just quoted you will see that Paul likens a woman not covering her head to a woman who has been shaven, that alone should tell you it was not hair he was talking about.

If you also follow the chapter you will notice the hair part is not mentioned until verses 14,15 and Paul simply uses it to give an example which the people could relate to "doth not even nature teach you, he was using the natural hair endowment to buttress his point on the need for women to cover their hair.

lastly if you go further he goes on to say they have no such customs neither do the churches, the question you now need to ask yourself is what was the custom of the Jews and the early church then, obviously it was to cover the hair with cloth for women.

I hope I have been able to clarify the chapter, God bless you.

chai, a very big loss to NYSC and to Nigeria at large, a woman with a difference, may her soul rest in peace.

Wallade:
In 2017, this current FG revalidated the agreement with ASUU but reneged on the agreement. Why validate an agreement you don't intend to keep?

Should we blame ASUU for the state of infrastuctures and facilities in the schools? Do an analysis of the 2019 budget and check the percentage allocation to education against recurrent expenditure and then tell me if you think FG cares about the future of the Nigerian students.

If you can't manage with the expenditure on the higher institutions, let it go on privatisation or public private partnership.

The first people to oppose privatisation or PPP will be ASUU, for no good reason .
A close look at the budget shows government is spending a lot on Education but by far more on recurrent than capital expenditure which is the issue and any attempt to change things will be firmly resisted by the same ASUU, so it is quite difficult to separate ASUU from the problem of universities.

Wallade:
Oga, stop making excuses with economy and fall in oil prices. This FG ran this economy for close to 4 years and grounded the economy. The oil prices should not be a majot issue if the FG really diversified the economy. I thought the government is quick to flaunt agriculture as a major source of employment, income and revenue for the FG. What about the capacity of the steel and mines industry? Do you know how much of gold and other mineral resources are illegally explored in this country.

Why is the proposed budget of 2019 still majorly dependent on oil revenue? Have you done a check on all the revenue generated by FIRS in recent years? What about the Abacha loot refund recently remitted to FG from Switzerland? What about the funds confisticated by EFCC in effort against corruption, especially the funds without owners?

Stop giving lame excuses for the FG, the FG must show commitment to improve education significantly by fulfilling their part of the agreement. Otherwise, Nigeria will keep producing graduates like you.

lol, first of all on the struggling economy and oil price it is not an excuse rather it is the reality and Nigerians must come to terms with it. Secondly there is no diversification that can be done in 4yrs even 10yrs will not be enough, everything being done is to serve as building blocks for the future.
Lastly, oil remains by far the highest source of revenue for government today and all the other sources of funding you mentioned put together of which most if not all are included in the budget cannot fund up to 10% of the budget.
These are all digressions by the way, the main issue is ASUU's insensitivity to the plight of students and the irreparable damage their incessant strike actions are causing to the Nigerian tertiary educational system. People are forced to seek education in fellow African countries who do not even have better infrastructure but because of the sole reason that they will be sure of their year of graduation.
Need i remind you that there is no sector in Nigeria that is properly funded so should the whole country be shut down? The answer is definitely no because any proposed solution that worsens the situation is simply a complication.

Wallade:
It is not gonna be sudden, it will be work-in-progress and eventually, you will see the improvement. Hoeever, I am convinced that goverment must fund education significantly and honor the agrement the FG signed.

Those improvements will only come when there is a complete overhaul in the way Nigerian universities are run and there is a huge limit to how well government alone can fund universities especially at a time the economy is struggling and oil price is on a downward trend.

Alexdon200089:
Seriously,Mango is growing inside your head...Any nation that didn't take their education serious is bound to fail and the typical example of that is Nigeria....Check every nation doing well, economically and otherwise and look @the their educational sector, you'll be marvelled with the speed of their development!!!China is about to take over the world today, is because of what their government spend in education just to make their people developed and compete with other nations like U.S and U.K,China has the highest number of their people schooling in foreign nations...Do you know why??Because they have a plan to overtake the US, but their only problem now is their currency......

I'm not a student again, but I can tell you that the actions of our leaders is the reason why the country is in this sorry state!!!Education is the key to the development of any nation.....The reverse is the case in nija, whether ASUU is fighting for their stomach or for the student, the need is their to meet,My brother in the next 20years or more to come...I swear you and I know that we might not send our kids to public university again, Cuz the sorry state will be unexplainable

so you think once all the money ASUU is requesting for is released our educational system will suddenly change or improve, go and find out how tertiary education is funded in developed countries. Even the repetitive strike actions by ASUU is more likely to lead to the dearth of public education than inadequate funding.
The core problems affecting our universities lie with the members of ASUU, neither have they ever been in support of any move to liberate or overhaul the Nigerian educational system eg scrapping of postUME, education Bank etc, all they care about is money.
Be rest assured this whole strike is all about their earned allowances (every other thing na jara) which though is their right does not in anyway warrant strike at the expense of the students.

ASUU is one of the major problems of the Nigerian tertiary education system yet they continue to point fingers at everyone else but themselves forgetting that their strikes have caused equal if not more damage than government's inaction, how can you continue to kill something claiming you want to make it live longer, the problem is these people have forgotten that universities exist because of students and anything that is to the detriment of students is damaging to the school.

Even our uneducated forefathers knew that doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result is tantamount to foolishness yet our so called intellectuals choose to continually play the same tune whilst expecting a different dance step and they hide under the guise that it is the only language the government understands without asking themselves if they have ever learnt to speak a different language.

it is very instructive to note that between 2009 till 2018 (about 6 strikes in between) ASUU has been striking for one same thing while it may seem that the government's have not been attentive enough it is also wise to note that the root problem is a strike was used to force and coerce government into signing an agreement that almost can't be implemented hence the need to continually push and force successive governments with about "6 strikes" without still being able to achieve full implementation. As a matter of fact it is high time the leadership of ASUU begins to hire seasoned negotiators to negotiate on their behalf because they have shown they lack the ability to do so. But first they must learn to negotiate without having to go on strike which on its own influences negotiations.

The most ridiculous part is their claim that they are striking because universities are underfunded as if there is any sector in this country that is well funded, so should the whole country be shut down because of that ? Definitely not, imagine if healthcare is shutdown because of underfunding or the airports shutdown or the judicial workers and the list is endless, they currently have no reason that warrants a strike action, what happened to lobbying, media , protests etc , the painful part is they have never proffered any solutions to this issue of underfunding and end to their incessant strikes yet they continue to frustrate the innovative solutions of government whilst claiming to be the protector of the common man.

The truth is, in this age and time continous strike actions will only reduce their relevance and further spur the need for a completely privatised tertiary educational sector sooner rather than later and they will definitely have themselves to blame.

massinola:
Which policy please? Most time you talk as if truly you are a good Nigerian bereft of any iota of bigotry, partisan, tribalism but filled with true statesmanship. But you ain't. You just hide under that pretence like Sarrki to show double sidedness. Why will anyone support free cattle colony for the Fulani if there's no hidden agenda behind it? Is cattle rearing not a private business? Why will federal government canvas for such policy? Pig farmers nko? Poultry farmers kwan? Dog, rabbit, grass cuter, etc farmers, who will give them their own colonies? The Igbo traders littered everywhere in the country nko, when are they going to be given free lands to build their shops? You people should stop supporting evil thinking you are wise.
Though I have known that you are no different from the useless thing in Aso rock for long. I am still waiting on you

Oya oga, tell us your own suggestion on how to end the age long clashes between farmers and cattle rearers since you think the plan of the FG is stupid.
Also has any of the aforementioned occupations led to the massive genocide being seen in the case of this these two conflicting group of farmers.

We must learn to proffer solutions, for everything you criticize you must have a better alternative, not everything has to be political , ethnic or religious after all i don't see how either of those has helped anyone in this country, despite your religious, ethnic or political affiliations every Nigerian spanning the length and breath of this country suffers the same thing from insecurity to poverty to poor health services to poor education to poor amenities and the list continues so in suffering this country is very united and the least we can do is to be sympathetic towards one another. Thanks

ReinaFarine:
Please read Romans 14. It is too long... So I just stated a disagreement instead of quoting the while chapter. My points are not bulleted or numbered.

There is one truth the Church Is built on JESUS the way. Read 1John 4:1-3.
That is the yardstick of true Christian. Anyone on the otherwise is not of God. In the main things, I think all churches are based in one point. Jesus as the way to heaven.

Administration may differ.

One might uphold one law over another (In the case of meat and drink)

Paul said... Let not him that eateth despiseth him that eateth not... And let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth for Gid hath received him.

If you can tell me one area the various denominations are struggling apart from... Eating, drinking, what to wear, and other outward thing... That Paul said... Which all are to perish with the using after the commandment and doctrine of men( col 2:23).

The Bible itself is the word and it is the truth, the entirety of it , there is no one truth or half truth or lie inside of it, it is simply the truth every part of it.
Anyone who chooses to throw away some parts or add to the Bible is the liar and that is the work of the devil.
There is no room for upholding one law above another in the Bible, you keep misquoting and misinterpreting Paul's writings, God is not man that he should change he can't say something is bad today and then tomorrow they will suddenly become good that is confusion an all knowing God can't do that, if it was wrong in the beginning till the end it shall be wrong
Malachi 3:6
"For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. Verse Concepts
Numbers 23:19
"God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Verse Concepts
Psalm 102:25-27
"Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. "Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed. "But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.

If the only important thing in the Bible was" Jesus as the way to heaven " there would have been no need to have a whole book, a page would have sufficed maybe with some few lines. The Bible is not beans that one picks to separate the good from the bad rather it is the good(the whole Bible) trying to direct bad humans. We must be willing to understand what the Bible says and follow it rather than choosing to bend it to suit us which is what most churches do.

Ken4Christ:
Explanation on this is a whole book. I actually have a book on this but I will attempt to give a few references here.

The longest recorded sermon of our Lord Jesus contained in the fifth chapter of the book of Matthew revealed that Jesus teachings are contrary to some of the instructions given under the Law of Moses. Let's look at them.

Matthew 5:31-44
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Teaching On Divorce.

31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

The Law Permits the Jews to swear but Jesus said don't swear at all.

33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:

35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

The Law permits you to retaliate but Jesus teaches otherwise.

38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.

41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

The Law permits you to have your enemies but Jesus taught otherwise.

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

Apostles Paul said,

2nd Corinthians 3:6.
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

He calls the Old Testament letter that kills and the New Testament the Spirit that gives life. So, Apostle Paul dwells on the New Testament in his teachings.

He gave more contrast between the Old and the New Testament in the verses that followed,

2nd Corinthians 3:7-11.

He called the O/T ministration of death but the N/T ministration of the Spirit. This explains the fall and die prayers in most of our Churches.

7. But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

O/T is called ministration of condemnation while the N/T is called ministration of righteousness.

9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

I can go on and on. But let me stop here. The Church is blind and in grave errors.

Very interesting compilation i have to say, I will try to go over them one by one :
On the issue of divorce if you go to mathew 19:8
New International Version
Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.
Christ himself explained to them the reason for the supposed disparity that it has always been wrong to divorce but moses made a concession for them because of their wickedness. (the key to studying the Bible is to look at all the verses that talk on a subject matter especially when it seems contradictory)


The other issues that follow are quite similar, and can be summarized by saying a higher standard is expected of those in the new testament and onwards than was expected in the old testament because Christ not only died in our place but also gave us the ability to live above the things of the world.

On swearing, it was not contradictory, in those days people swore by different things to show they were telling the truth, but Christ is saying let every word you say be the truth because you have no control over the things you even swear by. Like I said before the bar was simply raised.

An eye for eye can best be explained in the line of the lords prayer which says "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us" Christ died in our place something we didn't merit because we deserved death therefore in like manner have mercy on the man who deserves to have his eyes plucked out not because it is wrong to take an eye for an eye but because if you take out his eyes yours would also be taken, it is more of a principle than a rule which was used in in deciding penalties for cases and it has not changed.

The same thing applies in the case of loving your enemies, Christ simply clarified some teachings in the old testament which had been misinterpreted by the then leaders of the c church which is why he had problems with them, they were the ones being referred to when he said "you have heard" . The old testament and the Bible in general have always taught love for enemies because in hating them you become like them.

Some examples from the old testament :
Exo 23:4,5 If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
Pro 25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Pro 24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Pro 29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
The Bible cannot contradict itself because God is not a author of confusion and until otherwise proven he is the author of the Bible.

On Paul's teachings, there is a basic principle which explains everything : it begins with the law
Transgression of the law = sin= death
Each time Paul refers to the old testament or the law as ministration of death or condemnation he is simply reiterating the Bible principle that the wages wages of sin is death, chikina! because if there were no laws, there would be no sin and there would be no death so they all follow that is why he speaks of them together.
I hope i have been able to provide answers to the points raised, if there are more we can still look at them.