₦airaland Forum

My comment on CP-Africa:

I applaud this initiative because it’s better than almost anything else that could have been done with the “youth development” money. However, let us not forget that, at best, the success of the ventures funded under this program will be abysmal compared to what an experienced venture capitalist or a group of angel investors would achieve with the same amount of capital.

When you put billions of public funds into the hands of academics and bureaucrats and ask them to fund good ideas, it sounds great, but it won’t do anywhere near as much good as you would expect, because the operators have nothing to gain if the ventures succeed and nothing to lose if they fail.

Private investors lose their ability to invest when they invest unwisely. If the money is yours, you lose the money, and if it’s for your clients, they lose it and you are fired. This natural selection process weeds out dreamers and wishful thinkers and rewards rational and realistic investors with more capital. In the absence of such accountability, it’s almost impossible for anyone to make wise investment decisions, no matter how sincere.

Any examples of this being done in Nigeria?

This is correct. GtBank is by far the most customer-friendly bank in Nigeria, except for the Sango-Ota branch.

If she's shallow and obsessed with her looks and her weight then she will never get fat.
Also, if you have to beg her to eat 2 times a day for the sake of her health, she won't get fat.
If both of her parents are rich and skinny, and she is also skinny, then she won't get fat.

Since he has TD teaching experience I'm sure the Chairman may want to talk to him.

A secondary school in Ota, Ogun State needs teachers for Literature and Technical Drawing. Salaries are competitive and successful candidates will need to start immediately. The ideal candidate should be a WAEC / NECO Marker and teach school certificate classes, and should have been teaching for 2 or more years.

Academic Requirements For Literature Teacher: Degree in English Theatre, Performing Arts, Literature, Linguistics & Communication Arts, or other related courses.

Academic Requirements For Technical Drawing Teacher: Degree in Building Technology Or Relevant Engineering Courses with bias for drawing and interpretation of drawings. Wanted Urgently.

Interested candidates should submit their CV and application letters at the Ambassadors Schools, 2, Ambassadors Close, Opposite New Ota Market, Behind Total Petrol Station, Idi-Iroko Road, Ota. Candidates who live far away should call the Chairman at 08055103318 or Mr. Shehu at 07042964401 in advance to schedule an interview.

Apart from the pastors who get bashed, what does anyone else stand to gain if I implement your suggestion?

Got this in my mailbox this morning:

Good morning.

I want to congratulate you for the good job you are doing on
nairaland. May God bless and reward you.

But there is a disturbing consistent occurrence I want to bring to your notice.

If you visit the Christian section you will see so many threads and
topics castigating and insulting several men of God.

The posters are gradually incurring the wrath of God by those abusive
posts. Please I want you to look into this urgent incidents. It needs
to be stopped.

Remember they are using your platform to do this evil things, God will
not be happy if you allow it to continue without doing something about
it.

God bless you greatly.

How should I respond?

So your gtbank account is not the only one.

The govt should not be involved in setting transport fares either. If people cannot afford the fares, they will reduce their patronage of buses and taxis. They will not go out unless they absolutely have to, and they will trek or bike where possible. Apart from going to work, they won't go out until absolutely necessary.  Facing reduced patronage, transporters who can afford to reduce fares will do so, while those who can't will be forced to find a different business.  By this natural mechanism of demand and supply, transport fares will fall to a level that suits both transporters and commuters

This is a ridiculous idea. Price ceilings always leads to shortages because they reduce the incentive to produce. In other words, if they do this, instead of food being expensive it will simply be unavailable. People who can't make profits on the new prices will be forced out of the agricultural business, leading to more unemployment. If the govt wants to force food prices down, they have to subsidize it with your tax-money, which is also very bad.

Who just got off the hot seat?

Who is Billa?

Rich4god:
Why 6-7 yrs experience, does it mean that fresh teachers cant apply.

4 - 7, actually. If you are a very good and resourceful teacher, that's what matters most.

Why do we need to pay off the internal and external debts?

The thread didn't claim she's the prettiest girl in the world, just that she's the prettiest army girl in Nigeria. Why compare her to a girl who is not in the army? What's the point of that?

Let the best companies do the work, whether foreign or local. It doesn't really matter.  Local companies need foreign competition in order to do their best work.  Local companies have a strong advantage due to their superior understanding of the local ecosystem. If they can't take advantage of that advantage, then it's unlikely that driving their foreign competitors away will make them better.

You can't assume that doing things locally is better. Let the best companies do the jobs, simple.
Let us benefit from their expertise and use their products to create more innovative things.

I don't understand the outrage. They do all the work & take less than 50%. How is this bad?

From @ChannelsTV:

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http://twitter.com/Channels_TV/status/160463610366267392

oldskul:
Secondary school now teaches Insurance, Marketing?

Yes. New syllabus.

oyinmio:
will the insurance teacher be a full or part time teacher? what if he is not a WAEC maker? but read insurance and has been working in an insurance industry for about a decade.

Talk to them. You may just need some training or mentoring.

fizanos:
Can a Mathematics teacher apply?

There's no opening for a Maths teacher right now, but no-one knows the future. Call anyway.

Let's discuss this openly.

A private award-winning secondary school located on Ota, Ogun State - home of Covenant University and Obasanjo Farms - is in need of excellent subject teachers who can teach the following subjects for WAEC, NECO, and iGCSE exams and achieve excellent results (A1's, A's, & A*'s):
- Chemistry.
- Government.
- Literature.
- Marketing.
- Insurance.
- Civics Education.

The ideal candidate should:
- Be a WAEC marker (especially for Chemistry, Government, and Literature).
- Have 4 - 7 years experience teaching the subject (especially for Chemistry, Government, and Literature).
- Have Relevant qualifications: Hnd, BSc, NCE.

Interested candidates should submit their CV and application letters at the Ambassadors Schools, 2, Ambassadors Close, Opposite New Ota Market, Behind Total Petrol Station, Idi-Iroko Road, Ota.  Candidates who live far away should call the Chairman at 08055103318 or Mr. Shehu at 07042964401 in advance to schedule an interview.

For a school, parents abroad who want their children to attend a good boarding school in Nigeria.
For a beauty business, I can't say.

Where can I watch this match?

chidexy:
Kaduna refinery and one of the PH refineries were designed and built to refine heavy crude as against the light sweet Bonny light that we produce. So there's nothing new there, except to such info are giving to the unsuspecting public to appear as though something fishy had been done.

What were the refinery builders thinking when they built Nigerian refineries that can't refine Nigeria's crude?

Is it still on?

If your intended customers are web savvy, then it will help sales, if you update the website regularly, make it search engine friendly, and respond to email enquiries promptly.