₦airaland Forum

bashydemy:
check my last post, all South West states spend 2times more salaries than some South Easy states. If South West states stop employing people from SE like your south east states do then you know what will happen.

guy,
those huge recurrent expenditure has nothing to do with salaries.
it has more to do with neck-breaking loan repayment.
how can u explain ogun state having a debt of #91 billion or osun state having #55 billion.
what's their IGR + federal allocation combined to justify such loans.
and what exactly did they do with these loans?
the case of ondo is even more worrying.
this is the state with the eighth highest allocation in the federation with a moderate workforce, yet can't balance his books.
I think its high time we stop giving excuse for incompetence and start demanding for accountability.
or else these governors will throw our future to the sharks and it's our children that will be forced to pay.

OBAGADAFFI:
But that's wrong!
Ogun got the fifth highest IGR in Nigeria.
They shouldn't be sourcing loans anyhow.

well u need to ask amosun and madam kemi adeosun

OBAGADAFFI:
But that's wrong!
Ogun got the fifth highest IGR in Nigeria.
They shouldn't be sourcing loans anyhow.

the figires are not new. they ve been around for a while. and its credible. most sw states are burdened with debt.

OBAGADAFFI:
Ogun IGR is good.
But that expenditure is very bad.
What are this states spending money on.

a huge chunk of that expenditure goes to loan servicing.

there's nothing wrong with SW states.
They are economically viable
the IGR proves that.
only ekiti has abysmally low score.
the problem lies with SW Governors and their reckless fiscal policies.
they practically borrowed their states into unsustainable debt.
with little or nothing to show for it.
They embarked on showmanship projects that are neither revenue-generating ventures nor self-sustaining.
their socialist tendencies with poor developmental visions severely affected the states n brought some to near ruin.

and that brings me to kemi adeosun
she was the commissioner for finance in ogun state when amosun went on borrowing spree.
fine, her tenure witnessed markedly increased IGR for the state with an efficient tax collection system as well blocking leakages.
she also flushed out ghost workers from the workforce and introduced accountability into the system.
but that is not enough.
now that she is the new minister of finance,
she needs to explain how the debt of ogun state rose to #55 billion right under her watch.
did she ever think the economy the state can sustain such debt profile.
why did she approve such bonds when she knew the governor is only interested in building fancy overhead bridges across the state.
can she tell us those borrowed funds were judiciously utilized.
she met a state with healthy financial status, now she's leaving it in red and unsustainable.
That says a lot about her capabilities as she embark on her new position, at a time Nigeria is in a dire financial critical state.

CSTR2:
Africa pose no threat whatsoever to the US. The combined African GDP is just at $2.0 trillion compared to a single US state of carlifornia with a GDP of $2.3trillion .
The US provided a forum called the AGOA for african countries to export their products to the US as a means of helping them.
South Africa decided to play smart by eating her cake and having it at the same time, and the US threatened to drop the hammer and they would be in the right.

Go n read about AGOA and see the types of products traded under the arrangement.
They are mainly primary commodites like cocoa, rubber, timber, palm oil, tea, coffee etc, natural resources and oil n gas.
Try and export consumer goods or finished products and see the kain barrier u will meet at their borders.
If they are really serious about AGOA, let them assist in the area of technology transfer, availability of cheap funds, technical skill assistance in manufacturing n production, power n infrastructural development in our special economic zones.
Then we can produce quality n standard goods that will meet their stringent requirements at their borders.

247notire:
The stupidity of many NLers is bewildering. Most of them conveniently ignored the part which says that Nigerian delegates have also complained. Kids all over here mehn. All businessmen I knw are complaining bitterly, even Chamber of Commerce has complained, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has complained una dey here dey behave like the proverbial ostrich. I weep for this country. Next year is looking very very bad from what I see. Inasmuch as I hate US, what is being said by them nw has been said severally by our indigenous firms too. Block heads abound on NL I swear and most of them are buhari supporters. It's a pity...

go back and read why they reported Nigeria to wto.
it has absolutely nothing to do with what u wrote,
rather its because our importers cant access the needed foreign currency to buy their gooods.
Foreign powers- be it west or china, dont care if ur manufacturing sector is functioning or dead,
all they care about is making Nigeria a dumping ground for their finished products.
and now, they are crying foul since thats increasingly difficult.
did america take permission from us before flooding the market with shale oil thus markedly reducing our sole source of revenue.
so why should we seek there consent to protect the naira.
and I dont even know what we are doing in wto, its not like we benefit from it anyway.
its the likes of china or south korea that should be worried if they are kicked out.
They are exporters of finished products and consumer goods.

as per the issue u raised
if the F.G hadnt intervened, I can assure u by now the dollar will be exchanged for #350.
you dont expect us to wait and allow the naira to attain a junk status.
those measures are temporary to protect the naira.
Now that we have an economic team, long term policies will be implemented to ensure we diversify the economy, assist local manufacturers, block financial wastage, create favourable environment for FDI and boost export.
all these will put pressure off the naira and it can be allowed to trade freely with other currencies.
And this is when we can talk of joining wto and benefiting from it.
there is no shortcut to success, everybody must give there own pound of flesh.

Shymm3x:
Lol.

Who gave you the right to protect ya economy against the almighty dollar?

Better play ball, else bombs are coming.

there's no need to send rain of bombs,
all they need to do is befriend that albino and promise him Biafra.
buhari will behave sharp sharp.

To my eastern brothers........
here's ur golden opportunity to actualize ur dream,
start courting america since buhari is not ready to play ball with them.

Idrismusty97:
I remember watching something like this on Aljazeera about 2 years ago. I recognized the donor and the doctor face. The plan to transplant head is real!

yes, the plan to transplant head is real and underway,
but this story is a hoax.

this news is fake,
nothing like that happened.
The website that published the hoax is known for such.
The closest we are to a human head transplant is 2017.

the mods should do the needful and send this topic to frontpage.
let nigerians know their economic saboteurs and the step this present administration is taking to correct it.

what about the kidnapping of umaru dikko in london during buhari's regime. I guess they were the masterminder of the whole plot.

Explorers:
37. Mining doesn't make poor countries rich.


Nations where the most mining takes place are also some of the poorest countries in the world. In these countries, national governments are helping mining companies to get the minerals they want. The small amount of money that poor countries get from mining companies is taken by international banks, not local people. Fourteen Majority World countries get at least a third of their export revenues from minerals. Their external debts are 1.4 times greater than their Gross National Product (GNP).

are u sure?
what about australia, botswana, south africa, canada.
the above countries benefit massively from their mining industry.
i think its all about management and sound economic policies.

anonimi:
But they can drink IMPORTED London dry gin, brandy, vodka etc, not so

Abeg wetin be the difference between the two categories except our INFERIORITY complex for oyinbo things!

all the above u mentioned are spirits.
stay away from them as much as possible.
any drink with alcoholic content greater than 20% must have been distilled and is not a wine.
they offer no health benefit.

marleyboy1991:
Yeah I know....
Those two things they talking about "wine and beer"
Are made good as a result of the fact that the society dosent see anything wrong in them..but for real they not good for the health....ask a real doctor not a doctor who talks without research

stop spreading ignorance, refined wine is cardioprotective. it also has some other health benefits.
moderation is key.
american heart association recommends one to two glass cup of wine a day.
however I'll advise people to stay away from all those locally made and poorly brewed alcoholic drinks e.g spirit, gin, ogogoro, sapele water, kai-kai e.t.c
the above are terrible drinks with associated numerous health hazards.

MrPresident1:
The Original Israelites/Jews of the Bible are the Yorubas and the Igbos and many of the minority tribes of both southern and northern Nigeria. You people need to start thinking and also start reading that Bible you all haul around.

The original people of the Bible were black people.

King Solomon is black
Song of Solomon 1:6
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

The description of ancient Israelites when they were in trouble; Black visage; black appearance.
Lamentations 4:8
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

u guys should stop all this nonsense.
all these forceful attache is becoming ridiculous.
all these bible verses u quoted are simply idiomatic expression, stop interpreting it literary.
abraham is a chaldean from the land of ur and he's regarded as the father of jews.
go to iraq and see the present day chaldeans.
They are not black.

MrPresident1:
The Bible is the story of the Negroes!

which negroes?
if the ancient israelites are black, why are the present ones white? or are they impostors

tinkinjow:
That's just what was obtained. Some still existed up to the 1980s on the hills of Taraba and Adamawa.

Can you point to the history of fabric making by black African tribe that originated from them?
As a matter of fact, tribe engaged in slave trade and other produce with fabric as a major item of exchange

Go ask ur ten generation great grand father whether he wore or sae fabric b4.....d jokes on u rather

maybe the whiteman met ur ancestors from ur tribe unclad but pls dont generalise.
other tribes in africa had rich traditional clothing before the arrival of the white man.
and for ur info, africans had been trading with arabs hundreds of years b4 the whiteman came, so our continent wasnt as dark and primitive as they would make u believe.
and what if i tell u the richest man that ever existed was from west africa.
so, next time keep quiet n stop displaying annoying ignorance over what u know nothing about.

Laird:
I AM A MEDICAL DOCTOR AND I CAN BOLDLY SAY




NIGERIA IS A FAILED COUNTRY



NO STEADY ELECTRICITY

NO GOOD ROADS

SLUMS AND GHETTOS

NO GOOD HOSPITALS

STEALING OF REVENUE BY POLITICIANS

LEADERS AND PEOPLE PURPOSELY IMPOVERISHING THEIR PEOPLE

POLITICAL AND WORKER EXPLOITATION BY POLITICIANS AND EMPLOYERS

NO GOOD PUBLIC HOSPITALS

NO FREE OR VERY CHEAP HEALTH COVERAGE

NO GOOD SALARIES FOR DOCTORS, NURSES,PHARMACISTS, LAB SCIENTISTS, POLICEMEN, TEACHERS, STREET CLEANERS, SEWAGE AND WASTE DISPOSAL WORKERS

HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT

HIGH COST OF DOING BUSINESS.BRIBERY, CORRUPTION

HIGH LEVEL OF POVERTY

INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES

POOR QUALITY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

EVEN MANY RICH PEOPLES CHILDREN LEAVE AND DO NOT PERMANENTLY RESIDE

EVEN DOCTORS ARE LOOKING FOR GOOD JOBS


NIGERIA CANNOT DEVELOP IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS EXCEPT LED BY A WHITEMAN

STEALING OF TAX AND OIL AND REVENUE MEANT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS LIKE SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, ROADS, PENSION, GOOD SALARIES BY POLITICIANS, TOP GOVERNMENT BRASS, TRADITIONAL RULERS, BUSINESSMEN,

NIGERIA IS ONLY ENJOYED BY THE SUPER RICH...
GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL THIEVES, BIG TIME BUSINESS MEN, TOP CIVIL SERVANTS, PEOPLE
WHO GOT FIXED IN BIG COMPANIES OR SET UP IN BUSINESS BY THEIR PARENTS OR FAMILY MEMBERS, RICH DEVELOPED COUNTRY RETURNEES, CORPORATE CRIMINALS

POOR MORTGAGE SYSTEM BY MAJORITY OF NIGERIANS AND OVEREXPENSIVE HOUSING AND RENTS

95% OF NIGERIANS HAVE LOW PAYING JOBS EVEN FOR PROFESSIONALS

LOW PAYING, UNSECURED, UNCERTAIN, ASS WIPING, ASS KISSING, BOOTLICKING JOBS RESULTING IN NIGERIA'S TALENT AND BRAINS, FOOTBALLERS, SPRINTERS, BOXERS, DOCTORS, ENGINEERS, PHARMACISTS, NURSES AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS LEAVING THE COUNTRY FOR BETTER PAY, BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE




IF BRAIN SURGEON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BEN CARSON WERE TO BE BORN PRESENTLY IN NIGERIA TO A CLEANER MOTHER, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A HAWKER OR CONDUCTOR BECAUSE NIGERIA HAS NO STUDENT LOANS FOR POOR STUDENTS TO GO TO SCHOOL

HIGH DEPENCY AND BEGGING RATE BECAUSE IF ONE PERSON IS RICH AMONG 100000 PEOPLE, THAT PERSON WILL EITHER ISOLATE HIMSELF OR BE SUBJECT TO CONSTANT BEGGING



BY THE WAY MY FOLKS ARE VERY WELL TO DO BUT STINGY AND SHARE THE SAME QUALITIES WITH NIGERIA POLITICIANS....GREEDY, STINGY, EXPLOITATIVE, POWER AND MONEY HUNGRY


TRUTH BE SAID


SO I WANT TO LEAVE NIGERIA




EVEN PUBLIC HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS ARE CORRUPT

to the best of my knowledge
Nigerian doctors are one of the highest paid in nigerian public service and among developing countries in the world.
nigerian doctors earn more than indian and cuban doctors. fact.
yet can u rate their performance better than the above mentioned.
there's nothing wrong in asking for more
but let wages be directly proportional to productivity and performance.

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generally, emergency response in Nigeria is poor.
and what we see in our accident n emergency room is just a microcosm of Nigerian attitude towards emergencies.
as a doc, I'll admitt our health care system needs a total overhaul.
competency is not the issue, these same docs from our local universities travel out of the country n they thrive well.
the problem is lack of commitment and accountability from everybody involved in our healthcare, right from bottom to top.

as per the case, I have this to say:
dr kevwe is most likely a young inexperienced doc and chazB case was completely beyond him.
however he cannot be exonerated, its obvious he's deficient in basic clinical skills n his medical judgement seems poor.
I wonder why a patient with acute abdomen and in painful distress will be discharged home without any obvious effort to stabilise the patient.


as a consultant, pls if u know u wont have time to attend to emergencies, pls dont take calls.
there is no point, calling u for emergency n u're elsewhere doing locum only for u to show up 12hrs later.
if dr balogun or fadiran made themselves available on that said day, chazB would have stood a chance. They killed that chance.
st nicholas and other big hospitals need to step up, u cannot be collecting millions from clients and delivering mediocre services.
how can a patient's case note be locked up in a doctor's office, thus denying others access to it.
what happened to electronic/computerized medical records. how much will it cost to install one in st nicholas? is it beyond their means?
on a general note, mdcn needs to review the medical curriculum.
emphasis should be on emergency medicine, ethics of the profession and social medicine. every doctor graduating from our medical schools should be well equipped with these skills.
the ministry of health also needs to refocus their attention on what is critical in our health care system.
universal health insurance coverage is non-negotiable. its the ony way out of our
present quagmire.
training and re-training of medical personals should be prioritized.
enough of constructing gigantic but moribund buildings called hospitals.
cuba cannot boast of world class hospitals or facilities, but her doctors are one of the most efficient on planet earth.
we can replicate that in Nigeria if we are committed to see it thru.

what's it with ibo people and unity schools.
why the obsession?

bushdoc9919:
It is true.

Norway is the world's second largest producer of oil....and they have just 11 million people.

Norway also has a large industrial sector....including manufacturing and exporting spare parts for the machines they use in drilling for oil.

As such....they have the cash to build nice modern prisons.

this guy
do ur research b4 coming online
most often, u post a lot of false informations.
the 2nd largest producer of crude oil is russia not the latter is not even among the top 10.
and the population of norway is 5 million not 11 million.

dialfa:
illiterate research full of lies.

Shaw was a concubine, not wife.

Many lies in that your ojoro research

And if the queen wants to go to north korea, she must produce her passport

pls learn to read and not depend on hearsay.
lord lugard and flora shaw got married in 1902.
the union produced no heir, thus lugard's barony died with him.

teeowl:
16· Nigerian staple food cassava was brought to West Africa from Brazil by the Portuguese _ why does this sound like a lie?

it may interest u to also know that corn wasn't indigenous to west Africa but was imported by the Portuguese from americas.

Allergic:
I don't know who came up with this $1 = ₦1 because this is laughable in Economics. I am sure it is NOT Buhari or APC. But for sure I know whoever came up with this wasn't thinking.

Balance Of Trade can makes this happen for Nigeria but it's a journey that takes decades - even half a century. We are a Consuming (Developing) Country and simple when you import everything your currency is powerless.

Since I was born, Nigeria as a country has always been run on Trade deficit.

Even China has not been able to achieve this, they have devalued their currency twice recently.

I think Economists need to educate Nigerians....

I don't know when you were born
but since the era of oil windfall......Nigeria has never had a trade deficit
get your facts right
and pls......go and look for an economist and educate yourself.
you have no of idea of what global economics is all about.

abeg
u guys should learn to grow grass and maintain lawns.

moral of the story
women should stop employing underage girls as househelps.
stop giving excuses because of ur husband, pls do the right thing.
these underage children are incapable of taking care of themselves not to talk of putting someone under their care.
and oh......pls treat ur househelp well, u never can say when they will be in that situation of life n death on ur behalf.

Fynestboi:
Increasement in SCHOOL FEE AND YET NO IMPROVEMENT IN WELFARE CONDITION. (dilapidated building, bad toilet etc). And we paid for development fee. The situation of our toilet is so bad that students no longer use them.

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Coupled with some other charges I didn’t and still do not understand, is the #18,000 development fee which was part of the reasons Obafemi Awolowo University management increased its school fees, counting some months behind us. The development fee is a scam or what?

A closer or let me say my personal review of the exorbitant and “holy gholistic” increment of fee early March last year; looking through the estimation given by the management, one out of the 17 listed estimate, I kept on fixedly gazing at the number 15 on the list, then the question that kept on heaping round my thought as ant heap round a cone of sugar was development of what?. An obviously pellucid reason for this question is, so far, the condition OAU has been during the time normal fee was been paid is still what we are now, NO CHANGE!!!, hence my question again, development of what. Well, consoling myself, it was probably meant for building a new giant Senate building so these set of inconsiderate management can continue relaxing in air conditioned offices while we keep on swinging in our erratic and nothing to write home about welfare condition? We’ve had enough patience for our management to make sense but still they prefer our parents hustling to pay them.

It may interest you to know that, the said estimation was as a result of the protest, which saw to the reduction from 74,000 to whatever we have now, is this really not a scam? As far as am concerned, no development whatsoever has been implemented by the management, I may be wrong with evidence, after swindling over 5000 2013/2014 fresh students of #18,000 development levy, and now 2014/2015 set were inevitably victims. Let’s say approximately 12,000 students paid, #18,000 in such folds, that will be a total of? I leave that to the mathematicians to rack brains about. Or maybe my definition of development is what I’m inferring from? Lest I fall a victim of erroneous conclusion.

Let me linguistically analyze the word “development”, or probably what the management mean. Is it what my dictionary defined it to be or what? Well, here is what I have according to lexicographers;

Development is : the act or process of growing or causing something to grow or become larger or more advanced.

Sequel to the above definition, is it then justifiably right, based on the condition of our hostels, lecture halls, that the management have satisfied the above definition of development? To which #18,000 was attached to? I see the word development as used by the management as a canopy to hide their somewhat exorbitant fee, if so, I believe this canopy needs to be fixed before another set of fresh students will be made to pay such canonized fee. Obviously,this situation needs some changes,some trenches need some cutting,some pillars need erecting and the flooring needs some scrubbing.


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AWOLOWO HALL HOSTEL IN PICTURE

THE WELFARE CONDITION IN OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY IS WORSE THAN WHAT WE HAVE ABOVE, THE ABOVE PICTURES ARE JUST TO DEPICT the suffering we student are going through despite the fee hike.

u pay #18000 as development fees and u want world class facilities.
u gotta be joking.
for ur info, govt is broke and cannot continue to massively subsidize university education.
the way forward is full university autonomy and realistic school fees.
govt can provide bursaries and scholarship for brilliant but indigent students.
and school hostels should be privatised, university mgmt should hands off.

mods pls do the needful. let this matter be laid to rest once and for all.

As in the level of stupidity of both groups is something else
A non profitable dick measuring exercise.
I don't know what the mods and seun gain from such useless exercise.
They won't shut down the thread or ban The bigots.
The whole thing is becoming irritating and I know people who now avoid nairaland NCOs of this issue.
Oga SEUN, continue to play the ostrich and watch ur business go down.

shadowgwalker:
The truth is that most FG medical personnels (abi nah practioners) in Abuja Govt hospitals are so blackend and gaddamn wicked!

How will u tk somebody for an emergency case and the first comment u hear from their mouth is either, ' ...pay for this, or where is ur police report?' #smh

An asthmatic guy was taken to the hospital with a severe attack, somebody in that situation needs aminophyylin and hydorcortesone intra-veinous drugs. But, rather the sick4k in white sluggishly attendded to the patient finding it difficult to breath, asking him to go get his form and plenty rubbish. At the end he had to sit and queue to use the oxygen mask , yes oh! One nebullizer machine like that , rinsed the nose/mouth mask after each use with ordinary tap water.


Now, for e mind e dey use one kind advanced tech meanwhile its almost same as inhaler. The otondo come dey charge 2,500 for each user #smh

Abeg , anybody in Abuja that doubts shd visit Asokoro hospital...undercover-mode.

pls next time read before coming online to display your ignorance.

oxygen and nebulised salbutamol are the first step in the management of severe acute asthma.
hydrocortisone is the second step.
aminophylline comes later.
the fact that u do nonsense in ur private facility doesn't make it standard.