jumobi1: It's not greed, it's desperation. Desperate times, desperate measures.
What is desperate time please? How can time be desperate. It is humans who introduce desperation in times of challenge. And these challenges are wholly caused by men. Time is common to men but not all men are desperate.
APCHaram: Islam is our biggest problem and not greed
Greed is a problem that transcends Islam and other religion. Islam makes greed official by preaching fate - an idea that constitutes systemic greed. If Dangote had accepted his fate as a roadside kiosk owner what would have happened to the thousand of people he employs today or the billions he has help re-circulate within the economy? The pastors who preach favour and prophecy material wants (not needs) without preaching productivity and the wisdom required to achieve it are almost as quilty as their muslim counterparts .
chocolateme: [s]Hmm.. It's amazing how youths of nowadays reason.. GEJ celebrating his 58th birthday has nothing to do with politics. It was obvious to the world because he is an Ex president. Do you know anything about the history of Nigeria especially before GEJ's Administration? "NO" and that's because you came of age during his administration and as a result of that reason, you joined the bandwagon of whichever party you like. Have you ever read a book on current affairs of Nigeria? Or even googled it through your internet device? "NO" Do you even know the foundation of the economic instability of this country? I mean with facts? How old are you? How can you allow yourself to turn disrespectful this bad all in the name of thinking you have the right to utter nonsense about people in authority. Do you even have plans for your future and having your own family in future and being called a "DAD" in future? What do U intend to achieve on this thread by using such vulger languages to attribute to a man old enough to be your grandfather politics aside? Ok, to attract likes and birds of the same feathers? Imagine your dad the president and knowing that he can never please everybody and you read all these news both good and bad about him even when you know that he never stopped loving and caring for you kids as a father president aside. How would you feel? You better be very careful in your utterances. And learn to have manners for your elders and stop being a miscreant.[/s]
The claim. "I am sent as prophet of liberation. God called me 18 solid hours wherever the devil is, uproot it on this continent, I have been given charge as a kingdom principality to rout them. So the roots of Boko Haram, whether from Sudan or Saudi Arabia becomes to rot......." "If Nigeria waits for the Church to rise, there will be no more nation" "If Nigeria waits for the Church to rise, Nigeria will disappear as a nation"
He said "if you see anybody here, kill him; kill him and spill his blood on the ground. I am saying that to you" He spoke about "all the Northern forces" and cursed them "Lord if it is your wish to break up Nigeria, break it up now" He spoke about Islamic demons - one wonders if members of his extended family who are muslims are demons He said "Must the North continue to rule? what devils" He later said "If you see ANYONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THEM,kill him, there is no reporting to anybody; kill him, pull out his neck;I will spill his blood on the ground!"
"All those xerox census, they are fake, Where are the human beings? I will be surprised if all the North is even up to Lagos. Where are they? We have never had a successful census in this country. Where are they?
He declared, "If I say it will not rain for three (3) years, it will not drop" Now he went crude: "who born their father, who born their mother? what devils"
You keep saying he said, he said. What was he reacting to please. Stop brandishing the reaction to make the victim look like an agressor here . . . . Grow up please.
TonyeBarcanista: When the report was first published, Oyedepo's worshippers/terrorists were on top of their voice to justify the call for terror.
When Tonye, rebuked Oyedepo for making such unchristian-like and evil call (as published by Vanguard), worshippers of the Bishop and other extremists were out to swallow me....
When Oyedepo dissociated himself from the report and regretted making such comment in 2015, worshippers of his did 360' to preach peace.
What we have in Nigeria isn't a workforce per se, it is a sharing force. People get employed by govt and get paid with resource that doesn't come from their sweat 90% of the time. How is the hirer suppose to pay the labourer before the labourer's sweat dries when the labourer doesn't sweat? The writer should know that there has to be true productivity for the labour to be worthy of his wage.
bigboss80s: Very unfortunate. This shows that: 1. He has no interest in investing in the rail which means he will lobby to ground the rail which Goodluck Jonathan struggled to resuscitate. 2. Nigerian roads are doomed. No country's roads (least of all Nigerian) can survive the pounding they will get from this number of trucks. So more money goes into road rehabilitation which is only a temporary solution to a permanent problem. Nigerians should NOT laud a truck production company. Not at this time in our national development. RAIL should be the focus now.
It doesn't work that way. Dangote has a wider area to cover than the Nigerian govt. It makes more sense for govt to build rail network.
Statsocial: There has been so much buzz about Church universities being expensive in Nigeria and I would like to address some of this controversies mostly using Covenant University as a case study Tithes/Offerings are used to build Church Universities?This seems to be a widely asserted theory. This is partly not true because most Churches don’t exactly use Tithes/Offerings for building church universities but create special donations for that purpose. Usually, the initial university capital projects are funded with these donations. We have to remember that the core mandate of any church isn’t not to create universities but to preach the gospel of Jesus and help the poor and this done with tithe/offering to establish outreaches, pay pastoral salaries, build new churches etc. Donations can’t sustain recurrent expenditure: while ‘excited’ members would usually agree to pay donations for the initial financial responsibility of the universities. No church would be able to get its church members to continually pay for its recurrent expenditure. In fact if any of these church schools were to try and choose continual donations as an alternative to ‘High’ tuition fees the next thing you would see are private university lecturers going on strike. Are Church universities profitable?I do not believe any sane investor or business man would venture into the tertiary education sector with the aim of making profit. There is a reason why you wouldn’t find Otedola or Dangote investing in education. Assumed wealth of the Church:there is a saying in Yoruba land that ‘’the chicken sweats but the feathers won’t let you know’’. Would you believe that Oyedepo nearly missed his own deadline for the establishment of the first two halls of residence in Covenant University? because donations weren’t coming forth, until God miraculously provided. ‘Expensive’ tuition isn’t unique to Pentecostal Churches: whilst many choose to assault Bishop Oyedepo for charging high tuition fees. It is important to note that even Orthodox churches which are known not to be ‘’prosperity conscious’’ charge within the same bracket e.g Bowen(Baptist), ECWA(Bingham), Godfrey Okoye(Catholic), Adventist(Babcock), JABU(CAC) e.t.c Expensive tuition isn’t unique to Church universities alone;Church universities are ranked to be generally good with Covenant University averagely in top three on the two out of four most reputable rankings in the world-Webometrics and Times higher education. However Islamic schools that are not in the top 50 universities in Nigeria but also charge about half a million which is about the same thing CU charges. The underlining purpose for creating Church schools;This is very important, the creation of church schools isn’t to actually teach physics and chemistry, but to create a spiritual revolution. Take that spiritual revolution away from CU, then it is by no means different from Afebabalola university. Therefore, if you are a committed member of your church you are already a member of that movement. For instance I am not a living faith member, but by attending CU I have joined myself to the spiritual movement of the existing members. Finally, Church education can not be seen as a means to compensate members for years of dedication or commitment to tithing but an end time ammunition to take over the education sector for Jesus. However the church has a responsibility to the poor-and that cannot be overstated. Although it is wrong for you to expect material gain from your church because you gave your Tithes/Offerings to them-it goes against the principles of scripture. When you give your tithe next time, remember that you are giving it out to be blessed by God and not Church
You nailed it 100% from all angle. This should be thread on its own. Lalasticlala and Mynd44 or Seun come and read this please.
Why hint him of intel u av about him? These people appear to be playing games with Nigerians cos i don't see the sense in hinting Shekau of what the army knows.
asuustrike2009: So unfortunate that the Catholic as alleged by you are not part of CAN but they receive the heat during crisis. Isn't hypocritical of them as alleged
Divide and conquer tactics is what that guy you replied is executing it won't work.
DauraDullard0: YouWin isn't a loan. It's a grant. No interests, no charges. Free money used to empower creative and hardworking youths who were able to come up with good and workable business plans.
Are you aware many of those people you 'think' are finding business hard under Buhari took loans at 24%pa and 30%pa? If yes, what did GEJ do to reduce interest rate towards zero?
Secondly, every shop hasn't closed yet. I'm sure that's the target of Buhari's government... To shut down Nigeria.
Thirdly as regards the YouWin folks. Some of them are Printers, some are farmers. I know one that has a cleaning business..... Business might be bad but he hasn't closed shop yet. I also know one that opened an IT Center. His office is still open.
Thank you so much, atleast you confirm that farmers, printers, IT businesses and cleaners are thriving under the Duara-Dullard. You said you are familiar with the YouWIN program, please what was the interest rate for the loan/grant again?
DauraDullard0: . . . . The fact that Nigerians are able to walk into the marketplace and buy anything today is because they're buying at cut-throat prices. . . . .
DauraDullard0: Businesses are folding up en masse nationwide. Everybody knows that. It's one of Buhari's legacies. Those who are still in business are there through sheer grit and will-power. Plenty who cannot cope have closed shop a long time ago. The fact that Nigerians are able to walk into the marketplace and buy anything today is because they're buying at cut-throat prices. I'm very sure you're a zombie. Even starving zombies tell themselves that all is well.
Excluding your 20 or thereabout friends and acquitances of course . . . You haven't answer my question about your 20 businesses. What kind of business are they please?
On one hand Buhari is a failure with harsh policies but on another hand GEJ's initiative are thriving under his harsh policies for the sake of GEJ's legacy . . .
DauraDullard0: I mean they're still in business. Those who are taking the brunt of Buhari's misgovernance are the end users... The masses like you and I. Business owners increase their individual prices so they can remain in business. The guinea pigs are the buying masses.
DauraDullard0: Shut up! You were never shortlisted... You probably wasn't smart enough to make it past the training stage. I personally know more than 20 people who genuinely benefited from YouWin and whose businesses are thriving till today. I can give you names and addresses if you want. These are very apolitical folks who took the opportunity that came their way. How did YouWin become a political tool for the PDP? Are you OK at all?
You mean they thrived under Dictator Buhari the Duara Dullard0's harsh economic climate? Please what kind of business are the 20 acquitances of yours into?
Politics › Re: Greed Is Our Major Problem In Nigeria by Sibrah: 1:19pm On Jan 17, 2017
