₦airaland Forum

"The beginning of the end"
The quest for power and the strife to satisfy their bellies

God be praised!

Sonnobax15:

Give answer to the message and don't attack the messenger.....But hell no!!! The Nigerians whom I know so well would rather want to kill the messenger than get the message he's trying to convey..

Anyways,No Nigerian politician,both dead and alive is a saint.....My only problem is that some people try as much as possible to paint a certain people to be,and very try to pin their opinions on us,as if we don't have our own opinions as humans .

But then again,did PO build any school when he was the governor of Anambra state? I want a genuine answer to this,from an indigene of Anambra state and not from a stranger..

You people will still come in the nearest future to say Babatunde Raji Fashola (BRF) did not do anything.

What's the essence of building schools if the exisiting ones are not running as expected, even bearest minimum?

Peter Obi renovated schools, hospitals, and built health centres. Fashola did the same in Lagos. Students started to sit on proper classroom chairs and desks, got free text books, reviewed the curriculum.

Meanwhile, before Fashola did this, Tinubu was governor for 8yrs.

Every new governor is expected to come in with a good plan, manage the infrastructure of the existing governor and implement his/her plan.

These people have officially left governance for party politics and project 2027.

They don't seem to be focused and busy.

Mandy6068:
I did condonment of illegitimate admission in July, but I still haven't been able to get my indemnity form, I went to a jamb office yesterday and I was told that they can't find the payment of the condonment of illegitimate admission and I should pay for the process all over again, I don't know what to do, is there a way it can be rectified without me paying again and what's the guarantee that I would be able to get if I redo the process again

Check your JAMB portal you shoukd find your payment there. If you can't, send a mail to the payment processor (most likely Remita, but conform first )

As part of the review, it will be interesting and worthy if they can assess the budget he presented for 2025, what was approved and the impact of the approved budget as stipulated. If they find variance (not just in figures, but practicality, too) they should be invited to defend it before this is approved. This exercise will take months, but it will expose mismanagement of funds and looted funds.

This should apply to other states as well. They all got better allocations this year. Better developments should follow, too

Elections are nearby. There's no other better time to implement what you'd have done on any other day and still listen to the voices of the masses asking to rollback the policy because it's not favorable.

On a normal day, they wouldn't care about the cry of the people asking them to rollback the obvious poor timing policy deliverabilty

Elock1:
That is why you have Google and a phone, young man

I don't need Google to align with the people of Morocco about their priorities.

Healthcare provides jobs, comfort, a sense of purpose, a sense of belonging, peace of mind and motivation to the young, old and even students.


Education is knowledge, and knowledge is power. These two should truly come first before any massive Stadium.

Since you have Google, go and read about US, UK, China, Singapore, Dubai, and Australia. Please, do so and learn before the next elections. If you don't know where to start, start with China.

Elock1:
I thought FIFA provides money to sponsor the hosting tourney
Or am I wrong?

Btw, hosting such huge tournaments provides job opportunities and adds a lot to the country's economy

Please, explain further. We want to learn from your thoughts process about how a government would debit the nation and outsource a project worth over 2 billion dollars for a tournament of 3 months or less, and this would create jobs and a long lasting effect compared to spending the same on education and Healthcare - that wouldn't create job opportunities and add to the country's economy

brain54:
Black tax, there is a term for everything nowadays...


Anyways, I think it has it's origin from our (African) cultural background from communal lifestyle.

I don't think it's necessarily a bad concept. As it's mostly the excess earned that is used to cater for family. Where it becomes a burden is when one begins to struggle to meet such responsibilities.

Many Africans have embraced the western concept of "me, myself and I" but originally we had our communal way of living where everyone looked after each other.

I think most of our old ways of doing things shouldn't be eroded completely in the race to become Westernised rather modifications should be applied where applicable and necessary.


I have a lot of things to say about the Chinese and sticking to and modifying their traditional ways of doing things and how well it has worked for them.

A country or continent that throws away it's cultural identity and original ideology in embrace of foreign cultural norms hardly progresses!

Hmmmmm


This topic is mostly answered with emotions.
See that part of your comment where I put in bold. That's how it should be. That's humanity - to look after one another.

The saying "love your neighbor as yourself" is very bold statements that means a lot.

Yes, look after those that look after you and show love to others unconditionally, but not at the expense of sacrificing your life. Christ did that already.

All fingers are not equal, but at least, put in effort. Some people don't want to do anything (including learning). They just keep asking for money and squandering it. Showing love is not all about money every now and then. I can help with job offers, gifts once in a while etc. but imagine the typical black tax and entitlement these days.

Everyone is expected to be useful to the family, society and nation, at large.


Please share more about the Chinese tradition, because from what I know about them, there's no room for laziness. There are so many family businesses there, too

Gerrard59:
As a country, we don't have the money to subsidise education. The solution is to either increase fees or taxes or both. The other is to increase production of goods and services geared to the export market.

Nigeria is becoming like the abroad Nigerians in Nigeria troll at.

The government that does not have money to subsidize education has money (in billions) to buy luxury vehicles every 4 years (or less) then still pay billions to customize the vehicles to bullet-proofs. They still have money for several other stuff that are secondary, too.

If they intend to invest in education, even for a category of students, they will. This government benefits more from the lack of education of their population. Asides the fees to get educated, what about the type of courses and curriculum?

Guestmale:
We never have the real value of naira before because it was heavily subsidies by fg against other foreign currencies it was naira floating of this government that gives us the real value of naira.

Lol! Now that they've floated the Naira, so, the official exchange today tells us the real value?

Also, does the cost of the dollar determine the cost of local education for the best labor (a reasonable and necessary input in any economy targeting transitioning to a producing nation) of the largest black nation? Joke of the year!

The true position is that the idea was copied from the West. The government does not want to subsidize anything including education. It's a revenue-generating government. From the budget allocation you can tell the plans they have... Nothing more, nothing less.

rtdCivilservant:
U forgot that ur naira has totally lost its value, 20k say 10 years ago is equivalent to 200k as at today. So think about it, do u not expect them to make appropriate adjustments to school fees too?

Who made the naira lose its value?
Who is managing the sectors determining the naira?

One man increased school fees by more than X10.

I understand that some were paying N8k at a time, then it was re-adjusted to N14k. Then from N14k to about N200k. How do you explain this?

Public Universities should be subsidize and well-equipped but no, the case is different here.

Some of the structures in the institutions were built by private individuals, organizations, alumnus, etc

Rather than equipping the educational sector, they are screaming "student loans" like it's some sort of timely and innovative policy

peretei2024:
Good evening my people,

Please I need your advice on this matter oooh.

I live in Lago state, my landlord increased our rent last year and my rent is 2 months to be expired, he just sent in message to all the tenant that the rent has increased again from #400,000 to #700,000.

Please what can we do as everyone in the house is upset with this madness.

Is there any legal action one can take against this heartless landlord?

Start with discussing with him, first. After all his explanation, you can then renegotiate to reduce the amount.

Let's just say this is a "Fundraising event"

Shout out to the award event organizers.

"You are lucky to have a president that believes in the rule of law,” he added.

HE Sir. Nyesom Wike will be the worst president Nigeria ever had if he runs for office and wins.

Anything after this Ministerial appointment may be disastrous.

tunjion:
Our leaders are very wasteful, just like Tinubu coastal road.

wen we already have road in disrepair.

tunjion:
The most senseless project Nigeria ever under took, a product of having more money than sense caused by oil flow.

Y build a bridge to run from island to ikeja, when u can build roads that will serve all the areas on that route?

Makes absolutely no sense

tunjion:
Imagine building a bridge from Lagos island to Delta state on the sea, to cut off all the people on land.

That is wat they did here.

tunjion:
I'm afraid they just wasted Nigeria resources.

Imagine the multiple roads and flyover that people living on land could have benefited instead of the suicide the bridge is now used for.

I have nothing to say to you. I just want people to see your thought processes and conclusions.

Owaincouncil:
Next time, the stun gun will graduate to real gun.
What's even there if we all have our own gun in this country. Those bandit would have been reduced.

You think so or we will have it worse than the USA?

SeeWahala:
Okay so . . . Fake baygon and raid fleet used to kill mosquitoes and cockroaches? Fake labels?

Is that the issue? So humans consume insecticides and labels now?

Wonderful Hahaha 🤣😂

Why should it be "fake baygon" and "fake raid"? If they can produce it why didn't they just start theirs, get certified and compete?

Seems you're into this line of business, too.

Go and get certified before you're found. Your penalty may be worse than the brothers arrested!

SeeWahala:
Okay well this one is not so bad. He can later work with nafdac and sort out the issues.

It wasn't fakes he was dealing in, it was just that his production line was UNLICENSED

this clarification is for all those who will come here to start screaming the usual inanities 😏

"The suspect, who operated an illegal factory in a residential building, was apprehended alongside his younger brother after NAFDAC operatives uncovered counterfeit insecticides, sealing machines, and other equipment at the premises.

In the same operation, NAFDAC sealed MZEE Table Water, an illegal packaged water factory in the Damangaza district, for operating under unhygienic conditions with a fake and expired license. The facility lacked basic requirements such as a certified borehole and water treatment system."


If the products were good, it won't cost them anything to get the license. Imagine just pumping borehole water and packing it and selling to people to drink raw borehole water. What if the water storage tank is dirty? That a water is not brown, black or similar does not mean it's healthy.


Counterfeit insecticides too?

The risk of unlicensed/counterfeit products in the market; Harmful to humans, waste of consumers funds, public deceit, possible manslaughter, possibility of introducing a new disease, possibility of starting a spree of kidney disease/failure, possibility of spreading cancer, etc.

If she didn't miss her biometrics, I would have said this is true. She gave them the opportunity to punish her. She missed her biometric attendance and definitely without a written and signed justification.

It's typical of NYSC to give extension. She's not the only one with 2 months extension. I'm pretty sure there are over 100 others serving the 2 months.

Just serve your two months. This is not a case you can win, sadly.

A few weeks ago, A new NYSC member who did redeployment failed to complete some documentation. We tried to push some buttons, but then, we had to let him return to that state of posting to rectify things before returning to Lagos. Better than waiting until after service year then you pay dearly for it.

helinues:
Na good news. They don't celebrate that. They are only after sad news as they are bitter people

Attributing Fintech's breakthrough, and struggles to the presidency is wild! 😂

Tell us the actions he did. Same copy and paste script by every past president - block dollar payment, after a while, restore access and claim its working.

If you can't tell us what he did, I'll tell you how Fintech's went about it.

Blakhorse:
Ask yourself how many people got their passport with N18,000 and N33,000 and how long it took under Jonathan and Buhari then you will understand why ADC is a deceptive party

Lol! Technology is meant to bring ease to the people.
An administration that is supposed to be the giant of Africa improved a process of capturing and collection and they increased the fee by 3x? Common! 3x per applicant?!

Imagine if you pay that high for all technology solutions in the nation! This shouldn't even be coming from the federal government of a nation.

They select what they copy from other nations. Please, do a research about the cost of a passport across the world. Compare it to their minimum wages, too. Even nations that has well-respected and powerful passports don't charge this high. You can use an AI tool for easy access to information. Let's stop supporting these things out of whatever allegiance.

If they continue to increase fees ehn, you may not live up to your full potentials. Maybe you've forgetten everything this administration has increase in just about 2 years

blamingthedevil:
Understand cost amortisation or expense allocation.

Minimum wage = N70,000
Passport cost = N100,000 validity 5 years ( 60 months ).

If the N100,000 is amortised over 60 months, the monthly cost becomes N1,667.

If you want to compare the cost of the passport with a validity of 5 years then compare it to what the person will earn over 5 years. N70,000 × 60 months = N4.2m

This has nothing to do with the cost of the passport. It's just common sense.

https://x.com/fimiletoks/status/1961478470116295002

Lol! You people will really do anything to support wrong doings.

If we are to follow this your analogy with other things in this life, you will not be able to afford anything. You and all of you supporting what you wrote/copied up there.

Don't rush to defend it or tackle me. Sit down and think about it, substitute the passport for other things (needs, wants, and pleasures).

asfrank:
Cost of passport was increased to 30k in 2014, when minimum wage was 18k. What did Obi say about it then. If you want it, it means you can afford it. Most of you crying here haven't been to the immigration office in your life, talk more or wanting to get a passport.
He is not crying for the ordinary Nigerian earning 70k, same with his followers..
For anyone who has an opportunity to travel out of Nigeria, international passport wouldn't be what holds him or her back.

Honestey:
How many Nigerians need passport? Even those who need it are much okay that's why they need it.
The worst thing I've heard this year is someone comparing a 5 years passport at N100k with 70k monthly minimum wage.
Is this the messiah we are looking for? Does Obi think people who know what they are doing are going to fall for this bull$h!t?

Two wrongs don't make a right. The current leaders are blaming previous leaders for putting the nation in a bad shape, but the same leaders are doing worse. There's nothing wrong in increasing the price of a nation's passport as the world evolves.
This current administration has increased it twice in about 2 years in office. Do you know the effect of a N10,000 increment in a single passport of a nation? Good income! Now imagine over N70k per application! That's extortion, and an abnormal profit, no cap!

You and I don't know the plans they have in the remaining tenure as well as the 2nd tenure run. If the citizens don't speak, this government is at liberty to increase anything as much as 1000%.

Come to think of it, this administration has increased the price of everything causing a multiplier effect across everything in the country.

It's not a matter of Obi or a case of tarnishing the current administration, it's a way of telling the government to rethink their policies. It's a cry on the standard of living of the citizens. The costs are being parsed all at once on the citizens. People want to make good progress in life and the government can help with that without a direct intervention.

If you were to move 30 bags of cement from point A to B. When they start loading it for you, if you don't say, "this is enough weight for me to carry to point B" they will load all on you and you will crash without moving to point B.

With all of these increments here and there, the government is still heavy on loans!

I'll speak for two sides.

In this country, just know that there's no such thing as "whistle-blowing policy"
If you can't find a trustworthy police officer, or report to an activist like VDM or another person of such caliber, it may be best to seriously apply wisdom.

For the woman, she must have noticed something off and that's why she raised an alarm. It's possible that she exaggerated her claims, but a manhunt is a terrible way to handle this.

For the NPF, a call/invite for investigation is a better way to put it than a manhunt. There should have been routine checks to the restaurant by now. Maybe three female officers, dressed in mufti will go there at different times to patronize the place like regular people, use the toilets and just observe but I know they didn't do this. It's until someone dies or people die before they swing into proper action.

Recall the story of the OAU student that lodged in an hotel at Osun state... If there was a warning video, they would have ignored or penalized the young man because of who the owner of the hotel is, but imagine, the student died, and the public had to apply pressure before the NPF made their move.
Similarly, if the lady on the plane didn't have that scuffle and came online to report first, they would say she wants to tarnish the image of the airline company.

Acts like this discourages others from escalating to make the nation a better place. Like I said there's no whistle-blowing policy whether in the corporate industry or to government parastatals. Someone reported Wike's moves in secret and they are paying for what was done in secret o.


I'm not saying we should believe everything we see on social media, I'm saying similar to when we want to cross a road, look to your left and right and look again before you decide to cross the road.

SmartPolician:
There's nothing special about what she did.

People from the South have been breaking such records without getting a dime. Go through Nairaland and see tons of threads about students who won competitions without getting anything.

Now that a Northerner did it, their people started writing articles up and down demanding that the girl be appreciated for doing well in an ordinary English contest. That's because this government has been recognizing and rewarding sportspeople.

What honour does winning an English contest bring to Nigeria again? Did she discover the cure for HIV/AIDS or the solution to climate change? If you have a major scientific breakthrough, NLNG normally gives them $100k in a contest. Novelists get the same amount too.

To think that we share this same country with your likes ehn...

There's a need for a a major reform. A change of mindset. Please, take it serious

I could have done some analysis so you can understand what feats like this especially in academics, and from the younger generation, means for a nation, but I can't do that with you. You'll come from the defensive side that is not open to learning and having a change of mindset.

zero8zero:
My friend, Mechionu dia, every international occasion has its own purpose, Nigeria participates in annual international cultural expo. We are here for economic and bilateral discussion, not for trade expo. Nigeria is not the only country with empty booth, everyone went there for different purpose.

Anything that is worth doing is worth doing well...
I really wanted to ignore you. I did until I found out that those you're defending went back to do the right thing, even on a much lower budget. You really were defending that nonsense! They knew they were wrong and had to rollout some statement to protect themselves from further backlash. Same thing keeps happening back-to-back, yet we want a better result!

Do you think the spokesperson, advisors, delegates, associates, investors, entrepreneurs, etc. to the government you guys claim the President was there to meet would not go around to see things, gather data, exchange contacts, setup meetings and present a report to their government representatives/ bosses. What do you think it would be like in the documentary or photo album of TICAD9?
Meanwhile, the president went with key ministers and senior officials.

I'm sure you defended the story about a python swallowing millions of Naira.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DNnSMi1MbAR/


You, those who hit the like button on your non-sense posts and those you're defending, needs evaluation. May the heavens deliver Nigeria from your likes.
Please, think before you type here. Use your head, don't let them use it for you.

Finally, I am not your "friend"

zero8zero:
Nigeria is not there for trade expo, how difficult it is for you to get that into your heads?.

We're there engaging diplomats, entrepreneurs, Investors, international financiers, Govt -to-Govt discussion, in series of conferences.

If you're interested, carry your phone charger, fufu, otapiapia and gala to the booth and exhibit them on behalf of Nigeria 🤣

Please, just cut the crap and take a good listen. I've been noticing some off-progress comments and you're one of the pioneers.
Can't you kill several birds with a stone? What's so hard in displaying a TV there and a video showing the infrastructural plans of Nigeria, trade and tourism, technology and innovation or whatever it is they plan to discuss with others. Make the video a loop and have it on the TV.

Put a few other stuff there and just two or three people to engage visitors and explain the video. Why is there a stand for Nigeria there and people just come by and it's empty? How much will it cost them?
Do you have an idea of how people across the world really want to get to know more about Nigeria? If Nigeria were at that booth, Nigeria would welcome some foreigners days, weeks or months after that event solely because of that encounter. It's also a good PR for the nation. I can suggest more stuff if you and those you're defending will refuse to think and do some little things that matters but, I rather not spend time on that with you here.


Please, stop this non-sense. If you want to respond to me with something not in-line with what I've suggested above, don't bother.

Konquest:
Interesting takes.

I forgot to add that it's more spacious that other corolla models

Don't let then deceive you o

The 2009-2014 model is the goat!!!

I love the fact that the attention is not on that model, if not the price will be over the roof. Some of that model sells for 9m - 14m.

Good balance, reliable, fuel efficient, less theft record, improved security, more control options, better engine, and a better driving experience.


Polls online say the 2019 model has more ratings than others.


Modified:
More spacious than other corolla models in the picture

Arostar2023:
If they Chinese are all that powerful and advanced, why would Trump's policy affect Huawei's growth? They should have grown using internally developed technologies. They only thing that China offers America is cheap labor...

Have you read about them? Read about the timeline between when they were banned and when they rolled out their OS. You may not understand the process in details,but I'll give you a scenario.

It's 2025, Samsung is currently working on thousands of units of Samsung S26, S26+, S26 ultra, thousands of units of Samsung A, J, M and S series, and updates to the existing devices. All of a sudden, Trump says Samsung should be banned from doing business with the US. How long do you think it will take for Samsung to adjust-roll back on the current Android, develop and lunch their OS, test and deploy?

By the way, there were more products, features and businesses affected by the ban. IOT is another thing Huawei was leading with in the market.