₦airaland Forum

Medley:
You don't need all this body posture guidelines if you are your own boss. Lets encourage topics that will instill entrepreneural spirit on Nigerians,else leaders of tomorrow,will always be a future unrealistic term

Everybody cannot be a boss,there re professionals working in facebook, microsoft and thousands of global companies. Surely they need professionals to work and make the company great,even when you have your company or become a boss you also need your workers to be professionals. Some Nigerians are shortsighted and ignorants.

Body language can betray you in a job interview if you’re not aware of how your body acts or reacts without your consent. From eye contact to arm touching, here are a list of 10 body language mistakes to avoid in your next job interview:
1. Bad Posture
Leaning back is lazy or arrogant, leaning forward is aggressive and slouching is just lazy. Instead, sit tall and straighten your back as much as possible.

2. Crossed Arms
According to psychology crossing arms often signals defensiveness and resistance. Open your arms at your sides to appear approachable and receiving. This will put your interviewer at ease and make them feel comfortable communicating with you.

3. Hands Behind Back
Clasping hands behind the back may signal resistance and could mean to the other person that you’re hiding something. It’s important that you appear open and approachable so don’t try to control your body gestures by keeping your hands still behind your back.

4. Pointing
Pointing and excessive hands movement results in invading the other person’s space aggressively. You certainly don’t want that to happen in an interview.

5. Breaking Eye Contact
Don't stare, but try to hold your interviewers gaze for one extra second before breaking away. Do this especially at the beginning when you introduce yourself and shake hands with the interviewer.

6. Excessive Nodding
Many people nod a lot during interviews out of anxiety and their desire to appear agreeable and friendly. Nod once or twice with a smile of agreement but don’t over do it or you will appear nervous, silly or trying too hard.

7. Fidgeting
Stop fidgeting. It distracts your interviewer and you definitely want them to focus on what you have to say not on your moving hands or the sound of coins jingling in your pocket.

8. Unwanted facial expressions
It is crucial for your facial expressions to match your tone. If you want to express your enthusiasm for working at the company but your facial expressions convey that the mere idea of that is torturing you, forget about being hired.

9. Shifty Eyes
Distracted or upward eye movements can suggest someone is lying or not sure of themselves. It's important to look someone directly in the eye to convey confidence and certainty.

10. Staring
While it's important to be confident and look the interviewer in the eye, you have to break away. Locking eyes with someone for an extended period of time can be interpreted as aggressive, not to mention creepy

brixton:
The SW made a political gaffe, now their northern masters are turning the tables and coming up with new calculations. The SS/SE will just sidon look and act like nothing is at stake... Remember it is an 'eye for an eye'.

This is the beginning of a long and interesting political battle.

There is nothing like a political gaffe here,the westerners know about this game, we will get the speaker of the house. If the North start madness,only the southwest can put them in their place they know this well. We will re ignite the seperation of the nation and we have all to live as one,forget oil. We will put the north under pressure,under international limelight and our voice will be heard as usual. only the west can bring about seperation or division of Nigeria and the hausa/fulani knows that quite well. Even in the military era,they did all to please the Yoruba, not to spearhead the division. We know this game well.

He is very Presidential and Pride to us Nigerians. May allah swt make his reign a blessing for all Nigerians and humanity,Ameen.

abujaniv:
Hello, Nairaland! Our last thread was lost due to the Nairaland data loss, so we're re-starting the Non-Immigrant Visa discussion.

We are U.S. Foreign Service Officers working in Abuja and Lagos. We'll be happy to answer as many of your Non-Immigrant Visa questions as possible. Please note that we do not comment on specific cases, we do not offer advice, and we will not answer abusive or insulting posts.

While we will attempt to explain U.S. immigration policies and provide overall visa application guidance, any opinions expressed are the personal views of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Government.

There is a separate Immigrant and Diversity Visa thread at https://www.nairaland.com/1792591/u.s-immigration-questions-ask-u.s., also handled by a U.S. Foreign Service Officers in Nigeria, so please use this thread only for questions about Non-Immigrant Visas.


We look forward to hearing from you!

Our best,
AbujaNIV

I am a Nigerian based in Abu Dhabi,UAE. I lived here with my wife and son. I run a marketing firm back home,MediLine we basically into medical libraries and equipments. I moved here three years ago to join my wife who is a teacher in the University. I left my Nigeria business for my brother who has worked with me to continue to run while take charge of imports from here in Dubai medical free zone market and still monitor the business. My aim is to open another office here with local partner and be with my family, the process and application for the company has started,but takes time because of the UAE emiratization policy. So presently i am not working here as i am on my wife visa though resident with three years visa but i attend to our clients orders from here if we don't have in our Lagos store. I intends to travel on a visit with my family for summer holiday,my wife(American and my baby with american passport) both needed no visa to travel but i did applied through the Abu Dnabi but was denied because of my non working resident status. a friend advised that i should have apply through my country because it may be difficult for the embassy when it involves three countries. What should be my next step?

ideykwum:
Ben Bruce hit the nail on the head! There is a vibrant reality that ushers idealism out of the window! One of such realities is the fact that Nigeria is limited in resource spread! Another is that running costs must be compressed to reasonable limits! Anything short of that would be disastrous!

However, if the above is not handled well, it would be political harakiri for Buhari. Where I disagree with Ben Bruce is that Nigerians by the very same rabble rousing nature and a natural desire not to bite their words, will endeavour to give Buhari a lot of understanding, and it will take a lot of debacle to start any murmuring!! It won't be because Buhari is efficient, rather it would be because he has literally been deified and is the choice of the owners of media houses!

In as much i like your support for Bruce comments, i take exceptions on the new found advisers. They re complaining about the economic reality and the need to tight our belts, i don't have any objection to that but they re in this country (Ben) when Jonathan was wasting Nigeria resources meant for common man, I have never seen or read Ben bruce come hard on Jonathan for buying more Jets and high level of corruption in his administration, working and hoping for Jonathan to be re elected until he was rejected at the poll. Would Ben Bruce say the same thing if Jonathan was re elected? NO, it will be business as usual.

[quote author=segcymoor post=32784062][/quote]SEGUN, I have been following you fro day one and I must confessed you're doing a great job.

My question is how much would it cost to build 4 units of 2 bedrooms flats not in Lekki or Ajah but a dry and solid land. I lived in Abu Dhabi,UAE and i have seen beautiful structures even my villa where i'm housed due to my job has always been shape of house i want back home. e-mail me if you like, bashir09@mail.com then i would give you my mobile no.

You make a lot sense,let's forward this to our Yoruba leaders.


permit me to copy.

[quote author=sosanova post=32565619][size=13pt][b]Sai Jimi Agbaje
Sai Jimi Agabje
Sai Jimi Agbaje
Sai Jimi Agabje
Sai Jimi Agbaje
Sai Jimi Agabje

Sai Jimi Agbaje
Sai Jimi Agabje

Sai Jimi Agbaje
Sai Jimi Agabje





Let me make it clear to you all that Ambode will win saturday election by GOD grace. Even if Agbaje wins, Ibo are still the loser not Yoruba becasue Agbaje for all i know can still defect and join APC even if he wins. Our Yoruba leaders are going to put pressure on him to join APC,simple as that while the ibos leaked their wounds and drown in the lagoon. You re only going to disappoint Tinubu and Co but not the Yoruba nation whom two of their tribesmen competing for the Lagos post not Ibo sons. What does it benefit you the Ibos? It does not stop witch hunting of the ibos.

owobokiri:
This is what happens when you make an egunje collecting petty police man your oba. Who is this unknown quantity? If a stewpid Akiolu wants Lagos to boil, he should go ahead and try nonsense. Touts dressed in some royal regalia. Empty threats won't fly. APC must be forced to feel the heat for all the Tinubu/fashola anti igbo policies come election day. Heavy taxes, heavy toles, deportations and intimidations in market places. Those are APCs legacies against the igbo in Lagos. It is payback time. Oba Akiolu should stop throwing tantrums and face the issues.

Must you live in Lagos with all these your woes? go to bornu or Niger delta where good policies would favour you and your people. I think after this election we would contact our Yoruba leaders especially in Lagos to re-organize our political and economic status. This is our land not yours. Go and re build Aba and omitsha that your kinsmen have turned to misery.

The Story and The Faces Of Those Who Led The Global Campaign For Buhari
The bull and his baby sister who led Buhari's global social media campaign.
With regular tele conferencing and strategy based meetings in our office hub in London and US, the bull as we call him directed the focus of the global campaign targeting Nigerians to support the candidacy of GMB like it had never been seen before.
NLT CEO Anthony Akabogu JP & Nancy Keshy ran the most strategic savvy global campaign deploying money, tools, empowerment, strategy and a ruthless hypnotic based grassroot crowd global movement for GMB campaign all online focused.
From our WhatsApp global point and click first ever campaign for a Nigeria politician, we generated 2 Million undecided voters and carefully converted them to GMB supporters. Today they all made a difference in this Presidential Election, we are already deploying the same resources for the Guber Elections for the 11th April.
To our various social media campaign platforms: Twitter handle @Diaspora4GMB, Youtube platform & all our 24 hour admin manned information hub on facebook, we took information about GMB to Nigerians, these were vital verifiable positive information deployed to counter the lies from Jonathan, his wife and their PDP thugs with their e-rats.
From strategic media interview based branding of GMB to cutting edge in the face graphics by Nancy Keshy, we took Jonathan to a point of no return. All that the team did was place Jonathan outings right before Nigerians, we needed not to manufacture any lie against Jonathan/PDP contrary to what his campaign did to GMB for 16 years.
‪#‎HashtagCampaign‬
Nancy For her role, crafted, commissioned and deployed the 2 most talked about ‪#‎Tags‬ that changed completely the global face of our campaign which went globally went viral.
‪#‎Febuhari‬ & ‪#‎March4Buhari‬ was our work. These 2 Hashtags you will agree demolished whatever remained of President Jonathan. All credit to the number one sought after campaigner/ graphic designer cum media genius Nancy Keshy. Nancy who worked with the bull as he plotted Jonathan's massive vote out from 2010 to the result Nigerians have today. Initially she refused to work but it took great skills, precision, endurance and peseverance to bring Nancy on board, the rest is now history. The exit of the first ever massive vote out of an incumbent President in Nigeria cannot be written without the name of this great Nigerian(Anthony Akabogu JP) a campaign strategist for more than 3 decades.
Moving ahead!!
We commissioned and successfully launched the CALL A FRIEND PROJECT FOR GMB/OSINBAJO using attraction Marketing loop 101, this was another knockout punch against the baseless "BLAME IT ON BUHARI" campaign that Jonathan deployed. Nigerians got tired of the daily mudslinging of GMB by PDP e-rats, they wanted issue based campaign from Jonathan and got none despite all the advantages he had. We pushed him and PDP where we wanted them and the line to toe, once we had them hypnotised applying the strategy which is TELLING NIGERIANS HOW GMB WILL TACKLE SECURITY, ECONOMY AND CORRUPTION the coast was clear and became much clearer.
Apart from all that we did to rebrand GMB'S image using social media, we deployed offline face to face campaign, T-Shirt campaign, global city by city custom made thumb print campaign, we raised millions of funding for him simply by urging 2 Million Nigerians in our WhatsApp campaign who believed in us and the campaign we ran to donate to his campaign. Above all, all we did was self funded by one of the most passionate Living Nigerian ever.
PROTEST MARCH 14th February 2015
The "save our democracy" protest march after President Jonathan postponed the election was a huge success too. We led the march from Trafalgar square to Nigerian high commission to draw the attention of the west of Jonathan's plan to remain in office by further postponing the Election and removing INEC Chairman Professor Jega. This protest march worked better as we had patriotic Nigerians who travelled as far as scotland to be part of that epic moment. The reason why Jonathan accepted defeat was simply the fact that the noise that Nigerians made in the diaspora was not in vain. He was simply asked by the western Nations especially US & UK to to go hence the stance of the Nigerian people hungry for change. Never you think that Jonathan conceded defeat out of love for Nigeria or for Buhari. He was simply reminded the consequence of further holding unto power by the west.
A simple write up like this will not be enough to capture the essense of this campaign and countless sleepless nights and threat we had to endure to make it through each day.
We are going to capture all these moments through a video at some point.
We want to use this opportunity to thank those of you and you know who you are; you stood by us and deployed/ shared our work both on your fb profile, group and fb pages for the greater good of our country
For those of you who antogonised our team and unleshed a barrage of death threats, for those of you who called our CEO a "sellout" and not an Igbo man, sending death threats through his facebook profile and accusing him of what cannot be put to print, he sleeps better under immense pressure and hate.
Congratulations once again to fellow Nigerians who beleived in Buhari and voted for him. Change is accomplished and we have began the second phase which is to support his service for Nigeria but equally hold him to account.
NIGERIA COMES FIRST!!

carzola:
The former governor of Lagos State, has through this message, called on all APC members to join hands in re-electing President Jonathan as this will be in the best interest of the people of the south-west and Nigeria.
See snap shots in link.
Source

http://www.thetrentonline.com/breaking-news-bola-tinubu-sends-out-mass-text-messages-urging-supporters-to-vote-goodluck-jonathan-look/

OLE OLE
It's a big fat lie by Niger deltan and PDP pigs SaTans,

Not true, VOTE BUHARI

richidinho:
Last time I checked

Ondo is Niger Delta

Are you educated? Is Anambra and Imo states who also produces oil a Niger Delta? Does it make you a south south or Niger Delta because you produce oil. Lagos has discovered oil and refinery is under construction by Dangote, does that make us Niger Delta?

Time For Nigeria To Be Great Once Again

I want to take this last opportunity, before we go to the polls on Saturday March 28 and April 11 respectively, to thank everyone who has supported our campaigns. I am humbled and grateful to have had the opportunity to meet so many of my fellow Nigerians who have helped to carry the message of change across our great country.

This is the fourth time that I would be standing for election as the President of Nigeria. All these years, I have been driven by a keen awareness of the potential greatness of our country and the desire to provide the true leadership that will unleash this huge potential.

I believe that a stable and prosperous Nigeria is not only important to Nigerians. It is also important to Africa and the rest of the world. The evidence of this is the unprecedented attention that our country will receive this weekend. On Saturday, the whole world would wait with baited breath for the greatest black nation on earth to take charge of its destiny. We must therefore not miss the significance of this moment. We must not let ourselves and our country down.

At no other time in our history is Nigeria in such an urgent need of strong and competent leadership. Sadly, at no other time is this leadership so sorely absent in our country. We live in a time of great opportunities and great peril. It is only a leader that understands these in equal measure that can find the rightful place for Nigeria among the great Nations of the world.

I have travelled extensively around Nigeria in the last three months. In the course of my travels, I encountered directly, what I have always believed: that a Hausa man’s desire for security is not different from the Ijaw woman’s desire to feel secured in any part of our country.

An Igbo woman’s desire for her children to get quality education and find employment is not different from the Yoruba man’s dream for his children to become a useful member of our society. A wife’s desperate need for affordable and quality healthcare for her husband diagnosed with prostate cancer in Enugu is not different from a husband’s desire to save the life of his wife diagnosed with ovarian cancer in Lagos.

Invariably, our fears are the same; our dreams are the same; and our problems are the same. Regardless of the language we speak, or the way we understand and worship God, what affects anyone of us, affects everyone of us.

Our economy is celebrated as the largest in Africa, yet our country is home to the continent’s highest number of people living in extreme poverty. Our youth population is larger than the combined population of many of our neighbours, yet our failure to plan and create opportunities for them is turning them to a social time bomb rather than economic catalysts.

A band of ragtag terrorist group has threatened our territorial integrity, killed thousands of Nigerians, displaced our people and abducted our children. The almost 60, 000 Nigerians who have become refugees in neighbouring countries represent a budding threat to sub-regional stability.

However, even in the face of these daunting challenges, I see a great opportunity for change. We have to start by rebuilding the trust and confidence of Nigerians in their government. No citizen will respect a government under whose watch more than 200 girls were abducted.

This singular act can only portray the government as insensitive, incompetent or both. When I become president, reuniting these children with their families will, without doubts, be a top priority. Rebuilding the army and other security agencies will also be a top priority of my government. I will ensure that never again will terrorists find a safe haven in Nigeria.

Recent fall in international price of crude leaves us badly exposed and vulnerable. Dwindling oil revenue also means that we are going to face serious financial challenges in the months ahead. However, even as daunting as this appears, it also provides us with great opportunity to diversify our economy and finally give meaning to the widely held belief that our prosperity as a nation would not continue to depend on the resources buried under our feet, but on the productive capacity of our people.

No matter how much resources we have, if not properly utilized, it would only create a few billionaires and leave majority of our people in poverty. Under the current administration, corruption has enjoyed unprecedented prosperity and this has been at the heart of most of our government failings, including insecurity, broken infrastructure and growing inequality in our country.

My government will have a zero tolerance for corruption. I will set a personal example and run a government that truly serves the people rather than serve themselves and a privileged few. Like I have repeatedly maintained that if Nigeria does not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.

We must not allow Nigeria to die. Therefore, we must do all that is necessary to root out this evil that has reduced our great country to a laughing stock of the world. We must begin to rebuild the social fabrics of our society and teach a different experience to our youth in the values of hard work, discipline, integrity and service.

The change that I seek therefore; is a change from the current regime of mindless of corruption and profligacy; a change from fear and insecurity to peace and stability; a change from religious and ethnic divisiveness to unity, equity and justice. This is the change that my party stands for. This is the change that I am committed to bringing about as President. Give me the chance to lead you in rebuilding a Nigeria that all of us can be proud of once again.

As we come out to vote on Saturday, I appeal to all Nigerians to shun violence in whatever form. It is the right of every adult Nigerian to vote and expect that their votes would count in a free, fair and credible election. However, we also have a responsibility to respect the choice of others and grant them the same treatment that we expect.

I also want to call on all our men and women in uniform, the Judiciary, and all others who have constitutional responsibility to safeguard our democracy, to remember that their responsibility is primarily to Nigerians and the survival of Nigeria. They must therefore not allow anyone to use them to subvert the will of the Nigerian people. I believe that their dreams and aspirations are not different from those of other Nigerians.

I have no doubt that with God being on our side; together we can make our country great once again.

Gen. Muhammadu BUHARI, GCFR

elohorayodele:
massive infrastructural development in dubai was developed with their OWN oil money, where is yours coming from?
Apart from Lagos the other states in SW are fully reliant on ND oil money

We 're educated and resourceful. How do we fund our development in the 60s. Why 're there gap between us and other regions of the country. We can live without oil. We have the largest port in west Africa,we would go mechanized farming. We have oil in ogun state and bitumen in ondo. Our greatest resources is education.

Abbey2sam:
I guess for you to be this bitter your life must have being raped by Jonathan. ...so you live a raped life

your entire generation's lives will never know good thing, you shall continue to live in abject poverty and will never know peace

omoale
oloshi

oloriburuku
wawa
shashasha







anupama
anutele
ofèmanu

quote me again make thunder fire you and your papa


son of a mad man

Aye etibaje tan. I'm living a better life than your generation can ever dreamed of. I'm medical Doctor. No be me spoiled your life nah,why are you raining your frustration on me . I lived Abu DHABI. So continue ,poverty stricken fela. Don't compete with me ooh ,my internet package is unlimited.

ibietela2:
You want dubai from a vice position? egift see what you have caused?

You didn't get dubai when that armed robber was president..... CHAI NA WA O

Sit down watching your share of Nigeria treasury looted and your future stolen. I'm a Medical Doctor, working in Abu Dhabi. I'm enjoying my life with family. Just home to vote and contribute my quota to fatherland. Corruption is mother of all evils not ethnicity. Solve corruption,more money available to make life easier for you and your unborn generations.
Nothing is wrong to like where I come from but lots is wrong when corruption becomes order of the day like we see in Jonathan regime.

Abbey2sam:
speak for your self bro....... whats this we we stuff..... ain't no we we


we really need change, that i must agree with.............................. but buhari is no the change we need

May your life and future be raped and looted as Jonathan looted Nigeria treasury, wetin concern you with me? I talk to you. Son of imbeciles. Vote for who you like.

OLUJAY4REAL:
Ethnicity sentiments taken too far. Going by ur postulation, consider urself a bastard for being a perpetual slave to ur northern born-to-rule masters. It's a free world. Must u call someone bastard for his/her informed choice in a democratic setting? Rubbish!

Nigerians with hypocrisy,when Jonathan dey play ethnicity,it's a good game . When Niger deltans dey blow it doesn't matter . When we the Yorubas now aspire for same position nah ethnicity. Democracy is a game of numbers, we have our own in Osinbajo, we would never get such with Jonathan if 're elected. My people say" Omo eni ose dibebere kafi Leke sidi omo elomiran,teni teni.

Symphony007:
Rivers state is not a battleground state, it will go to PDP, along with imo state and pretty much all the states in green. Despite his massive support in the north and west, it will not be as solidly red as projected here, there will be patches of blue which is just what PDP needs to pull it off, this was the electoral map in 2011 and frankly I see little change.

I'm sorry my brother to think Yorubas would vote Jonathan when they can get No 2 highest position in the Nation, Joke. While NIger Deltan are crying to have their man at the presidency,why won't the Yorubas aspire also to have their man at No 2. To compare 2011 when Pastor Balare was on CPC ticket that has no national spread,Bakare and ThenACN not on good term. But the story is different now. We the Yorubas are ready to fully support Osinbanjo ,call it tribalism. We say Yes, Thank You. We also want 21st Century southwest like Dubai.

Splashme:
More

JONATHAN is going back home,I'm sure by GOD'S GRACE

4thsense:
But did u realise they did a diligent work by penetrating so many areas outside the island to expose the weak sides of Fashola's govt? Like voices from Estate, market and street associations and groups were used.

Those things can't be easily waved aside.

What penetration? i have never watch it,I'm sure millions of us from the west don't care about watching it,we are waiting like i said ealier,mark my word. We love our leaders and hate them when they re wrong. but we can't vote jonathan when we have osinbajo our son and honest man aspiring for same position.

how many people watching AIT,moreover we from the southwest know all the antics of PDP ft AIT. We re not bothered,we would show them on March 28,just wait

My Covenant With Nigerians

Dear Compatriots,
In the past few months that I have traveled round this country on campaigns, I have experienced the sheer beauty of our diversity. From Port Harcourt to Kano, from Abeokuta to Gusau, I experienced first-hand the daily sufferings and struggles of our people. I also experienced the overwhelming desire of our people for change.
When I arrived in Port Harcourt on the 5th of January to start my campaigns, I was met by our teeming supporters, who stayed till late in the evening to welcome us. Among them were many young men and women, who in the few minutes that I shared with them at the airport, made me to reflect on what kind of future awaits them in our country.
The gestures of 90-year-old Hajia Fadimatu Mai Talle Tara from Kebbi State and 9-years-old Nicole Eniiyi Benson from Lagos State, who donated their life-savings to my campaign, reflect the overwhelming desire of our people for change. In their gestures, I perceived a longing for the days when honour, national pride and dignity of labour were the fundamental social principles that governed our country. As I encountered millions of our youths, who sometimes run for hours in front of my car and hanging precariously on our campaign vehicles at our state rallies, I also pondered the enormity of the task ahead. How do we give jobs to our youth? How do we reform our economy and make it work for every Nigerian?
I know however, that what we require to revamp our economy and rebuild our country is our ability to galvanize all our citizens to believe once again in their government, in their country and especially, to believe in themselves. This can only happen if we are able to rebuild the trust and belief that our people used to have in government, and indeed, in our nation. The leadership that I will provide will be built on this critical awareness. I intend to lead with integrity and honour and commit myself totally to everything that is of concern to our people: security, employment, health, education, good governance and others.

This Covenant is to outline my agenda for Nigeria and provide a bird’s eye view of how we intend to bring about the change that our country needs and deserves. This Covenant is derived from the manifesto of my party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). It however, represents my pledge to you all when I become your President.
I have no doubt that God being on our side, with the abiding support of all Nigerians, we shall all witness the great change that we desire and achieve the Nigeria of our dream.

Thank you

Gen. Muhammadu BUHARI (Rtd.), GCFR
Presidential Candidate, APC


Corruption and Governance
No matter how vast our resources, if they are not efficiently utilized, they will only benefit a privileged few, leaving the majority in poverty. I believe if Nigeria does not kill corruption; corruption will kill Nigeria.
I pledge to:
Publicly declare my assets and liabilities and encourage my political appointees to also publicly declare their assets and liabilities.
Affirm that our strategy for tackling corruption will not only focus on punishment. Rather, it will also provide incentives for disclosure and transparency.
Show personal leadership in the war against corruption and also hold all the people who work with me to account.
Inaugurate the National Council on Procurement as stipulated in the Procurement Act so that the Federal Executive Council, which has been turned to a weekly session of contract bazaar, will concentrate on its principal function of policy making.
Review and implement audit recommendations by Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
Work with the National Assembly towards the immediate enactment of a Whistle Blower Act.
Work with the National Assembly to strengthen ICPC and EFCC by guaranteeing institutional autonomy including financial and prosecutorial independence and security of tenure of officials.
Make the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) an autonomous and operational agency.
Encourage proactive disclosure of information by government institutions in the spirit of the Freedom of Information Act.
Ensure all MDAs regularly comply with their accountability responsibilities to Nigerians through the National Assembly.
Work with the leadership of the National Assembly to cut down the cost of governance.
Present a national anti-corruption Strategy.


Access to Justice and Respect for Fundamental Human Rights
One of the biggest challenges facing Nigeria is building a country that is fair to all of its citizens; a country in which all individuals feel and know that they are valued members of society with constitutionally guaranteed rights; a country that respects human dignity, promotes human development, fosters human equality and advances human freedom.

I pledge to:
Lead a government founded on values that promote and protect fundamental human rights and freedoms. I will promote the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law, affirm separation of the powers of government and support an independent judiciary.
Present a detailed strategy for protecting the fundamental rights and freedoms provided for in our Constitution. There will be emphasis on the rights of vulnerable persons including women, children and persons living with disabilities as well as access to justice and prisons reforms.

Insurgency and Insecurity
I have had the opportunity to serve my country in the military up to the highest level, as a Major General and as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. In the course of my service, I had defended the territorial integrity of Nigeria. And if called upon to do so again, I shall rise to the occasion. As a father, I feel the pain of the victims of insurgency, kidnapping and violence whether they are the widows and orphans of military, paramilitary or civilians.

I pledge to:

Ensure that under my watch, no force, external or internal, will occupy even an inch of Nigerian soil. I will give all it takes to ensure that our girls kidnapped from Chibok are rescued and reunited with their families.

Deliver a Marshal Plan on insurgency, terrorism, ethnic and religious violence, kidnapping, rural banditry and ensure that never again will Nigerian children be slaughtered or kidnapped at will.

Boost the morale of our fighting forces and the generality of Nigerians by leading from the front as the Commander-in-Chief and not hide in the comfort and security of Aso Rock.

Give especial attention to the welfare of our armed forces and all other security personnel and their families, including State-guaranteed life insurance for all officers and men as well as protect the families of our fallen heroes.

Ensure that acts of heroism and valour in the service to the nation are publicly recognized and celebrated.

Establish close working relationship with governors of the states affected by insurgency, with leaders of our neighbouring countries and with leaders around the world to cooperate in combating insurgency, oil theft, piracy and criminality.

Activate regular meetings of the National Police Council to ensure the discharge of its true constitutional roles in a transparent and accountable way.
Fight for you, and alongside you. We will fight together to defeat terrorism. But I will be honest with you about our challenges and I will bear the responsibilities of my charge. I will not lie to you or exaggerate our triumphs. My administration will be thoroughly transparent in every step of our daily struggle and together we will win the war.

Niger Delta
In many years of oil exploration, the Niger Delta has become perhaps, the world’s worst eco-system, a byword for environmental degradation, exploitation and diseases. I believe that protecting the livelihood of our people in the Niger Delta should transcend our interest its oil.
I pledge to:

Commit myself and my administration to the protection and regeneration of the environment in the Niger Delta and to ensure that oil companies comply with global best practices on environmental protection.

Sustain and streamline the human capital development in the Niger Delta, especially focusing on youth and women.
Reform investment in infrastructural development of the Niger Delta and ensure that the NDDC is held accountable to its mandate.

Diversity
Nigeria's greatest asset is her people. My commitment is to invest in our people and ensure that they have the opportunity to achieve their full potentials and enjoy the full benefits of their citizenship, regardless of their religion, region, ethnicity, gender or disability.
I pledge to:

Continually acknowledge our diversity and consciously promote equality and equity in all government businesses and activities.
Implement the National Gender Policy including 35% of appointive positions for women.
Work with the National Assembly to pass the National Disability Act and the Equal Opportunities Bill.

Health
We must give real meaning to the old saying that Health is Wealth. We must take all possible measures to ensure that our people stay healthy, but we must also ensure that when they fall ill, they can get help.

Healthcare in Nigeria is in crises. Too many people do not get any treatment. For those who do get treated, all too often, the care they receive is poor. Far too many die from easily treatable diseases and what should be routine treatment often end in death. Furthermore, Nigeria is set to miss our MDG targets. The statistics speak for themselves.
I pledge to:

Unveil a health sector review policy to ensure efficient and effective management of our health systems with focus on prevention.

Ensure that no Nigerian will have any reason to go outside the country for medical treatment.

Guarantee financial sustainability to the health sector and minimum basic health care for all.

Review occupational health laws and immediately commence enforcement of the provisions to reduce hazards in the work place.

Partner with State Governments and development partners to ensure all-round implementation of our primary health plans by expanding access to health insurance for rural communities.

Education
I believe that our education system must prepare our children for the responsibilities of citizenship and prepare our youths to contribute to the development of our country. Therefore, I shall focus on restoring the lost glory of our education by implementing reforms that will bring quality back into our schools and position our universities and polytechnics to provide market-relevant skills to our youths.
I pledge to:
Embark on a program of mass mobilisation to ensure that all children of school age, no matter where they may reside in our country, and no matter the social conditions of their parents, are in school. Working in co-operation with the State Governments, we shall make the required investments in infrastructure, learning materials, nutrition and children healthcare. To this end, UBEC Fund will be reviewed to ensure greater efficiency in utilization.

Provide on-the-job retraining opportunities for existing teachers at both the basic and secondary levels while providing the right incentives to keep teachers in the classrooms and attract bright young men and women to take up career in teaching.

Work with other levels of government and through relevant government agencies to allocate resources to schools while strengthening community participation in school management.
Implement a comprehensive review of the goal and content of our secondary education to ensure that it also serves the purpose of skills acquisition and fits purpose.

Set up Colleges of Skills and Enterprise to replace the old technical colleges. This will be done with direct participation from relevant industry and professional groups in the private sector. Based on local market demands, each of the colleges will focus on high job demand sectors of the economy such as agriculture, ICT, telecommunications, entertainment, construction, oil and gas and sports.

Establish special purpose fund for a Secondary School level education.
Improve the competitiveness of our universities and polytechnics and position them at the heart of the national productivity, innovation and enterprise.
Pursue a policy of non-discrimination between the universities and the polytechnics.

Agriculture
Oil has served our country, but it has also excluded majority of Nigerians from the mainstream of our economy. I am convinced that our guarantee for inclusive growth is agriculture.

I pledge to:
Make agriculture a major focus of the government and lay the institutional foundation to attract large-scale investments and capital to the sector.
Actively promote a well-coordinated and innovatively funded Youth in Commercial Agribusiness Programme.
Establish agricultural produce storage, pricing and marketing systems to ensure real commercial value and minimize waste.
Work with State Governments to launch Agricultural Support Programmes that will drive agricultural land development and mechanization.
Revamp, revitalize and improve on the national agricultural extension and rural support service system.
Lay the groundwork for a standardized market uptake and aggregation outlets for specific agricultural produce.
Revamp the key development banks (Bank of Agriculture, Bank of Industry and Nigeria Import & Export Bank) to fund inclusive agricultural value chain operations
Liberalise and expand agricultural and rural insurance system with premium subventions support to farmers
Revamp the agricultural cooperative system to drive rural agriculture and improve stakes for smallholder farmers.
Develop a system of small-scale irrigation systems to ensure all-year round farming.
Revamping key agriculture research institutions and deliver their outputs through effective network of extension services.

Management of the Economy for Shared Prosperity
All Nigerians deserve to benefit from our collective wealth. We promise not to leave any Nigerian behind in our determination to create, expand and ensure equitable and effective allocation of economic opportunities. No matter the amount of wealth we create, it would be meaningless unless it benefits the majority of our people.

Power
Our failure to ensure a stable supply of electricity has been an impediment to economic growth, productivity and national security.
I pledge to:
Address the gaps in power sector privatization to ensure it serves the needs of our people.
Explore and develop alternative sources of power such as small, medium and large hydro plants, wind, coal and solar and other forms of renewable energy to ensure efficient and affordable power supply.
Invest in technical skills development for efficient management of energy resources.

Sports and Culture
Sports and culture are important instruments for social cohesion, national integration and promotion of positive national image. They also provide a strong platform for youth development and the expression of our abundant creative talents.
I pledge to:
Invest and encourage investments in both small and large-scale sports facilities to enable mass participation in sports.
Ensure that participation in sports become a core component of our education at all levels.
Activate incentives for the private sector to invest in the development of high performance sports.
Culture
I pledge to:
Support real investments in the entertainment, arts and creative industries.
Strengthen the regulatory framework to protect and preserve our culture and creative industry and prevent it from the scourge of piracy.
Develop and strengthen the value link-chain of the culture industry to deepen the industry and provide jobs

psucc:
My friend even when WAEC demands 450 words essay you dare not make it above 200 else you lost the mark. No examiner can read through this.

Anyway, tell Buhari to get certificate first from the primary school where Amaechi offered him scholarship in Rivers State

As you can read ,this research is not for half baked SaTans or PDP apologists, it's purely for Sincere Nigerians who are keen to see our dear country prosper. You can flip to other posts of kardashians or madam my husband second term a must. This coming election is a serious business for real nigerians who re patriotic and love to see us become the pride of black race.

We change our election forecast from a narrow win for incumbent Goodluck Jonathan to a victory for opposition leader Muhamadu Buhari (60% probability).
The electoral map is tilting towards Buhari in the swing regions of the southwest and middle belt, while high turnout in his core northern base will offset Jonathan’s advantage in the Niger Delta.
While a Buhari administration’s reliance on technocratic, business-oriented senior officials will lead to constructive policy initiatives, we keep our long-term trajectory at neutral given the downside risks to oil production and policy implementation challenges.
Buhari edges ahead

We had long viewed Goodluck Jonathan as a favorite to win reelection, but a number of factors now lead us to believe the edge has swung in Buhari’s favor. The election will still be difficult to call, but our expectation of a narrow Jonathan win was predicated on several factors that are losing some saliency late in the campaign.

Chief among them is the incumbency and financial advantages of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While this still helps Jonathan, its impact is blunted by the intensity of support for Buhari, lackluster grassroots campaigning by the PDP, and new anti-rigging measures by the electoral commission. New permanent voting cards and card readers will sharply reduce the level of rigging seen in 2011, when Jonathan beat Buhari in a landslide. Equally important are the enthusiasm gap between the candidates and widespread desire for change. Tepid support for Jonathan, even within his own party, means there is no guarantee that patronage will translate into votes. This is especially the case in the north where influential PDP governors and other leaders are taking the money but barely campaigning for Jonathan because of Buhari’s overwhelming popularity in the region.
While we expected the electoral map to favor Jonathan, current trends suggest that the swing regions may side with Buhari, including the Christian-majority and heavily populated southwest around Lagos. That could be the decisive demographic factor in the election. Jonathan won the southwest and middle belt handily in 2011, but faces an uphill task now. Buhari has reached out to the southwestern Yoruba community and brought them into the upper ranks of his campaign and potential administration, in a political alliance of the country’s two largest ethnic groups (the Hausa and Yoruba). In contrast, Jonathan has struggled to make inroads with either group.

The spotty polling data which is available is also trending in favor of Buhari. A recent poll by a credible local think tank, the Center for Public Policy Alternatives, showed a heavy 58-32% lead for Buhari in Lagos state—a state in which Jonathan handily defeated Buhari last election. While a national poll by Afrobarometer in January showed a statistical dead heat at 42% for each candidate, economic conditions with the weakening naira continue to deteriorate, along with the security environment. According to an IPSOS/Eurasia Group model for predicting elections, incumbents have a hard time winning reelection when their approval ratings are below 40%. We don’t have polling data to confirm where Jonathan is now, but given he was at around 50% at the end of last year, our best guess is that he is below 40% now.

In addition, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suffered few defections during the campaign despite plenty of PDP inducements, suggesting a relatively united coalition whose members have confidence in the prospects of victory. In contrast, the PDP has been weakened by internal power struggles, including the dramatic departure from the party by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Another obstacle for the PDP is the downturn in the economy, especially the naira devaluations that have hit pocketbooks hard in the import-dependent country. That has played into the APC’s rallying call for change at an inopportune time for the ruling party.

Despite some important military gains against Boko Haram in the northeast and a partial exoneration of its oil revenue management in a recent PWC audit, the PDP is starting to look desperate. Examples include: forcing the election delay, seeking (unofficially) the resignation of respected Independent Nigerian Electoral Commission (INEC) head Attahiru Jega, questioning Buhari’s health, playing sectarian politics, and casting doubts about the new permanent voter cards. This raises the possibility of another election delay, but we think that is relatively unlikely, in part because it would probably backfire politically and would certainly do so internationally. While some of his aides and military leaders may feel otherwise, Jonathan himself is unlikely to support such a maneuver.

Expect a contested election outcome

The above does suggest, however, that the administration will contest the election if it loses, especially if it is close. Whether that contestation is violent and protracted, or limited to a court challenge (which would likely uphold INEC’s election verdict) remains to be seen; it will likely be somewhere in between the two. Worst-case scenarios like a military seizure of Abuja or a self-declaration of victory by the PDP and de facto partition (like Cote d’Ivoire in 2011) cannot be discounted entirely but are unlikely. That’s in part due to the enthusiasm gap for Jonathan and also because of his own temperament. The concern, though, is if his administration is hijacked by hardliners in the PDP who will do whatever it takes to stay in power and forestall a dreaded Buhari presidency that they fear will prosecute them for corruption.
A look ahead at a possible Buhari presidency

Buhari is a radically different politician and leader than Jonathan, and his approach to security and corruption will be a sharp departure from the status quo, most likely for the better. When it comes to policies, however, there may be less divergence than meets the eye, especially in the economic realm. Many of Jonathan’s priorities—power and agriculture reform, local content regulations, and selective liberalization of the economy—will also be priorities under a Buhari administration, with differences of emphasis. Buhari may additionally look to liberalize the rail, refinery, and gas pipeline industries, none of which will be easy.

Even though a Buhari win may be the better outcome for investors over time, we are keeping our short-term trajectory (six months) at negative and long-term political outlook (two years) at neutral. In the near term, the post-election climate will be tense and likely contested regardless of who wins. But in contrast to Jonathan, a Buhari administration has a different mix of assets and liabilities. On the plus side, a Buhari administration would be stronger in tackling corruption, more reformist in the oil sector, and less likely to allow politics to swamp the business climate.

The reason we aren’t upgrading Nigeria’s outlook to positive, however, rests in the potential for an oil disruption and the likely pushback to Buhari’s policy agenda in a highly polarized political climate. His victory is likely to unleash a resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta (Jonathan’s home region) that targets the oil sector. Former Delta militants have threatened to blow up oil pipelines, platforms, and personnel as in the past when they routinely took up to 500,000 barrels per day offline. There is likely some bluster in their threats. The former MEND movement barely exists, but it could be reconstituted. It is likely in the aftermath of a Buhari win that pro-Jonathan ex-militants disrupt oil production, potentially on a market-moving scale. The risk may not be sustained for long, as most of the former militants are more interested in collecting their amnesty payments, enriching themselves from oil bunkering, and tending to business interests in oil and security. Opportunists may see a chance, though, to gain leverage for future amnesty deals, especially as the current amnesty program rewards militants roughly in proportion to their rank and ruthlessness.

Second, even though fiscal management is likely to be constructive, there are still some uncertainties about the broad direction of his economic team. The austere 2015 budget proposal that now includes a low $52 oil benchmark (in the Senate version in consultation with the ministry of finance) is likely to be broadly compatible with Buhari’s own vision for fiscal policy in the near term. Despite some expansive welfare and public works pledges in his campaign manifesto, the oil price climate, together with Buhari’s top economic advisors, will dictate austerity at least in 2015. That’s also consistent with his track record when he was in office in the 1980s.

It is not clear, though, that Buhari has a strong economic policy orientation. This uncertainty is a chief risk for investors. Two different camps from inside his campaign will likely vie for control of economic (and other) policy. In short-hand, one camp is dominated by southwestern (Lagos and surrounding states) technocrats and businesspeople while the other is an old guard of northern aides and politicians with longstanding ties to Buhari. The policy gap between the two is vast, with the first group pro-business and pro-liberalization and the latter group more statist and nationalist in orientation. The signal from the campaign is that the southwestern group is ascendant when it comes to the economy while the northern group will get important posts outside of the economic realm, including national security. Such a division of labor would be positive for the investment climate, particularly since Buhari is known as a delegator outside of his core issues of national security and to a lesser extent, petroleum.

Buhari’s likely approach to tax policy and tax enforcement is instructive. His emphasis, at least at the outset, will not be on raising or lowering taxes but rather enforcing the current tax regime, which is widely ignored by companies and individuals alike. Using successful tax enforcement models from Lagos and elsewhere in the southwest, the administration would look to combine a zero tolerance approach (stiff penalties) with greater transparency in the collection effort to ”plug leakages.” Plugging leakages is a recurring mantra among Buhari’s economic advisors, who are convinced that tax/customs enforcement, revenue transparency, and tough anti-corruption measures will bring billions of dollars into the treasury without raising taxes or even including oil revenues in the equation. That may be a hopeful assessment in the current oil price climate, but there is conviction behind it from the economic team.

Having been the petroleum minister previously, Buhari is likely to take a more hands-on approach to the sector. He will push for reforms on multiple tracks—reform of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), reform of oil revenue transmission to the state (plugging leakages), and reform of the fiscal/regulatory climate for oil companies, perhaps in that order. Buhari’s platform calls for restructuring NNPC so that it is leaner and has less regulatory authority (and conflicts of interest) in the sector. This could allow for the commercialization of its upstream operations, allowing it to borrow on international markets to make its joint venture cash calls.

The process is likely to be slow, with some pushback from vested interests. That will be countered by the president’s discretion to appoint the petroleum minister, the head and board of NNPC, and many others in decision-making positions. While corruption will not magically disappear, there will be fewer sweat-heart deals for favored local companies or opaque oil swaps, and high profile prosecutions will set a tone of accountability that has been absent under the Jonathan administration. A Buhari administration would funnel oil revenues to the Central Bank through the Single Treasury Account rather than through dozens of banks as is currently the norm. The Petroleum Investment Bill (PIB) will again be reformulated and probably streamlined into a far less expansive reform package; fiscal terms will improve of necessity for IOCs. This will open up a window of opportunity for passage of a far narrower PIB, especially if the opposition APC gains a parliamentary majority. Failing that, a Buhari government would focus on unblocking the many oil and gas disputes with IOCs (blocked by vested interests) that are forestalling additional exploration and development.

I am currently in Nigeria on research and can be reached this week and next at (+1) 202.615.9482.

Philippe de Pontet
Practice Head, Africa
(202) 903-0006
depontet@eurasiagroup.net

GBTYO:
https://i.cdnnaij.com/o/4xiNH3MxcjzvYYT2jeAiSjf6.jpg

You have just insulted the ibos with the picture of femi fani-kayode, who opened up his affair with Ojukwu'wife bianca. Are you femi's family or brother,Sure nothing good can come out of your lots. Don't let insanity be your habits like FFK. You're modest,Buhari administration can still manage your own madness but for other SaTans,PDP their only abode with boko haram is hell.

ozoigbondu:
APCSHITMay your life be indebted as lagos may you be paid as aregberascal pay his workers may God treat you the way buhari treated ekwueme and your enemies the way he treated shagari

ozoigbondu:
idiotsss who is talking of ekiti here.We are discussing the agbeorism of remi tinubu

I never bother to check your profile until i read your comment. I knew you re SaTans. May your life and future be stolen and looted same way jonathan and PDP looted and stolen from our national treasury,only if and if what i said was wrong,if not May you share from the siege and pains GOD will be bestow on people who make Nigeria bad.

sarmiie:
how exactly did the saleswoman know that they were nigerians ??

its not as if ur nationality is on your credit card.....

people just stereotype every case of fraud coming from black people as nigerians, and many people here eat it up and jump on d bandwagon of insulting ourelves without doing some critical thinking......

isnt the shii we get from outsiders enough ??
must we add inferiority complex to the mix ??

.

My brother in as much as i agreed with you that every balckman is not a Nigerian,but three in every five west african re Nigerian because of our population and exposure. i live in Abu Dhabi, I have seen some bad Nigerians even at the embassy,Nigerians would come for a visit of like two weeks,then destroyed their passport and ran to the embassy that they lost their passport and there is no way to go back,just to be able to get new passport issued for them,some work in companies and after committing fraud,knowing well their passport won't be release by their companies,rush to the embassy,lied that they lost their passport to run away. there is some negative attached to us. Our leaders has really contaminate lots of Nigerians ,make them to be hopeless, a nation where the pensioners money can be looted and half of the annual budget can be stolen in name of subsidy.

I'm sure this post is from one ragtag SaTans because No sane Nigerian would watch the video of what transpired in Ekiti state that would be proud of this jonathanians and satanic demons in PDP,who would not harass those who re involved and I'm sure even the General involved would be ashamed of what he did now. But tribalism is the order of the day in Nigeria,It's democracy when Jonathan waylay and teargassed a speaker of the national assembly but not good when a senator during her job from her state to push for dis-approval of a man who truncated a state election in ekiti to an extent he threatened to be working for jonathan and can deny a promotion to an army general. See the hypocrisy of the SaTans from Nigerdeltans or Ibos ,they re choosing which one to blame and crucify like a buffet. Wait till Buhari win the election,pack your bags with bode george and vamoose. Surely hell is your abode with PDP,SaTans.

Former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o tried to buy watch in west London jewellers but was refused because 'some Nigerians came in the other day with fake credit cards'

Former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o today claimed he was the victim of racism when he went shopping in a west London jewellers.

The 34-year-old from Cameroon, who now plays for Italian club Sampdoria, said he was targeted after trying to buy a £10,000 watch.

Eto’o — once the world’s highest-paid player on £350,000 a week — had gone into the store with his brother, but said he was viewed suspiciously by the shop assistant: “I went to go buy a watch at a jewellers, not too far from my house. The watch I wanted to see was expensive. I asked the saleswoman — who was also black — ‘Could you show me that watch please?’

“First, I saw her turn to her co-workers like, ‘Uh, what should I do?’ Eventually, she let me see the watch. I looked at it and said, ‘OK, I’ll buy it.’ I took out my credit card and when she went to go run it through the machine, she came back and said it was declined.”

The striker — the seventh-richest footballer currently playing, with an estimated £62 million fortune — said he asked her: “Was it declined or did you not want it to be accepted?”

He told CNN: “My brother asked, ‘What’s going on?’ And she said, ‘Nothing, nothing.’ But he said, ‘No, because when I came in, I saw how all of you were looking at us ... My brother can afford this and the way you’re treating him shows that you think just because he’s black, he can’t afford this watch.’

“The woman then slipped up and said, ‘No, it’s just that we had some Nigerians in the store the other day who came in with fake credit cards.’

“I don’t know if you can imagine the weight of what she said. If one of my own makes a mistake, they judge us all. I don’t think she’s a racist person, but she stereotyped all black people as ‘those people’.”

At Kensington Palace this week, Eto’o, who joined Chelsea for a year in 2013, was presented with the European Medal of Tolerance for his anti-racism work. He said that footage of Chelsea fans stopping a black man boarding a Paris Metro train last month had “shocked” him.

Read comments from people on that post,atimes i feel ashamed to be a Nigerian,even with our un-apologetic corrupt Nigeria leaders in government. But,surely this would change with Buhari by God's grace.


1. Guy Special 6 hours ago
Personally I wouldn't trust a Nigerian (or someone who looked like one) if they told me tomorrow was Friday 13th. That's not racist, it's just commonsense.

2
Krob6 hours ago
I used to work for a courier company. We didn't ship anything to Nigeria that was paid for with a credit card, we also asked to inspect any prewrapped package as we had so many insurance claims when we shipped prewrapped packages to Nigeria. We had watches broken, vases smashed etc. that we were sure were already damaged when we shipped them. The claims reduced substantially over night. I have even heard of a Nigerian trying to ship a dead or dying dog via the airlines in the hope it would die in flight and he could sue for money. It must be understood, that if the majority of scams are committed by Nigerians and Indians, then they will be under the most scrutiny. This is the reason our prisons are full of Jamaicans, they commit the muggings. Simple really, not racist.

3.HoveExPat7 hours ago
The saleswoman said, “The woman then slipped up and said, ‘No, it’s just that we had some Nigerians in the store the other day who came in with fake credit cards.’" I think that is racist, & I am white.