₦airaland Forum

I dont claim to be an expert in oil nor the subsidies thereof but my question is, if GEJ concentrates in building refineries as well as get the old ones working again, would there still be this question of a 'cabal robbing us dry' as they claim? Niger just unveiled their new Refinery. What is so difficult in building infrastructure in Nigeria especially when you hear of the money that passes through government? I voted for and campaigned for GEJ but some things dont just add up.

Removal of the subsidy without fully turning around PHCN would have a very bad effect on people. Do you realise how much, people would be spending to fueling generators in offices and homes? At least, lets be assured of 20 hrs of power in a day before talking of subsidy. Fueling of the car then, can be properly managed and people will learn to drive only when its absolutely necessary and thus decongest the roads a bit. But as long as PHCN is still neither here nor there, the removal would be very dangerous both to GEJ's presidency and to the well being of the people.

[quote author=Omo_Tier1 link=topic=817845.msg9697637#msg9697637 date=1323092193]Get it straight, I live in UK and Nigeria and I regulary shuttle between. My business has four pre-paid @ sum of N50,000 each Ok. So I know the pain of what it is to have to pay for services you really never get.

But the thrust of my submission is this: If we are hoping to get world class services when it comes to utilities like electricity, we must be ready to pay for it. Yes PHCN erred in the manner in which they went about charging for services they never render in the first place. But my take is, the idea itself is not at all out of place.

Mark my words, the maintenance charge will be re-introduced by the time the distribution companies newly set-up by FG are fully functional. [/quote]@The highlighted part, great then, what NERC and all of us are saying is , wait till when the unbundled distribution companies take over and start giving us services(including phisically maintaining our meters), before they charge for services they didnt render. Its also trying to do things the way it should be done. Dont charge people for services not rendered. In the light of that, the maintenance fee was illegal.

@Omo tier and gaskydudu, why are you equating what is obtainable in the UK to what we have (and are experiencing) here?

Here, you pay fully(at initial purchase) for almost everything you use. So whether utilities or not, here youy pay fully for the euipment so the question of rental, does not arise. I paid fully for my prepaid meter. The NERC is acronym fo National Electricity Regulatory Commision so if they say its illegal for PHCN to be charging maintenance fee for the fully purchased pre paid meters, then they know what they are talking about.

There would have been some credence to your arguments if the meters are actualy maintained by PHCN, but they are not so what is the maintenance fee for? I have had my meter for close to two years and in all that while, I have never seen any thing that resembles a PHCN staff coming to maintain or fix my meter. I have been fortunate not to have had issues with my meter because I would have had to bear the full cost of fixing the meter. Please, those who are staying abroad need to be fully conversant with what is happening here and how different the climes are, before arguing stuff and 'putting it to us'. Its something that happens a lot here.

Seun:
We don't remove topics from the home page. It's important to leave this thread here as a reminder to the government that a nationwide ban on okadas will not be accepted by Nigerians. However, we can update the to reflect any new information obtained from reliable sources.

I find the highlighted part hard to believe.

If you looked carefully, you would have seen some of us posting that government has denied any such ban. Some of us dont post just for the sake of it. I wont post that government denied it if I didnt actually see it on TV. I would be the first to shout it from the roof tops to embarrass the government if they carry out such a callous law but let all things be done objectively.

They have stopped it in my area. A couple of months back, they charged me meter maintenance fee when I went to get credit for my meter but the last time I went( end of november), I got the full amount of credit that I paid for. They only remove vat now which is about 5% of the credit amount.

Chiori:
The F. G. has come out to say it doesn't plan on banning Okada. So why all the fuss?

The moderators have refused to change the title or remove it from the frontpage. This kind of story is a traffic driver for them.

Once its on the frontpage, people are guaranteed to just hit reply without reading through to see comments like yours.

No you guys are wrong. Some people pay for DSTV simply because its convenient. Once again, the question of space comes up in d.lee's options. Its simply convenient to pay and sit down and watch and not have to figure out everything.

@George, d.lee, the motorising option, would it give one the same options as when using the 3m dish?

Me self wan Know oo.

Can someone please ship Ramsey off to Scotish league or Danish league.  

[quote author=George_D link=topic=815976.msg9685977#msg9685977 date=1322927921]hello soloqy,
i quite agree with on the space issue but remember that where is a will there will always be a way.

there are quite a number of options you can explore if you really want to be free from the clutches
of dstv.[/quote]Hey George_D, long time.

I would like to know about these other options, provided they dont involve 3m dishes oo

lovala:
Na him o, Georgey my broda. Just gather dat bundle of naira for monthly subs and get yourself a 3m dish and Hotina and Nilesat Astra Euro beam go come dey dance makossa for your living room.

You understand that the 3m dish can only work for some people ?

Thats the issue with FTA why people are discouraged. For you to get meaningful channels, you need space, lots of space.

Its not very advisable to be mounting 3m dishes in your landlord's compound especially if there are other tenants.

kg:
Google loves us

Yet they wont let us use google checkout? What manner of love are you talking about? GNBO love?

Pay into a super dealer, DSTV friendship centers or pay direct into the DSTV account to avoid those hithces. When even collecting money from your account with an ATM causes problems some times, this should be expected from time to time. This issue is not DSTV problem.

Besides, with the problems HITV is having now, you need to prepare for a long haul with DSTV if you want to keep watching quality paytv.

I have nothing more to say to you.

nsiadi:
@Soloqy, Seems you have problem with interpreting what 4 stroke engine means
Why not use your google b4 you run into big problem
If you believe the govt has denied that then say the source, provide the link
Otherwise nobody will believe you . & dont just post something you cant substantiate

Where are you located?

Why are you quick to argue.

Its on TV stations that government denies banning okada as transportation.

Respect yourself .

nsiadi:
People shd desist from deceiving others
The government never gave a rejoinder
So the govts stand has not changed

Government stand on what?

Read the post immediately above you and respect yourself.

Government said they never banned okada as transportation.

OP, This is a lie. Government says there is nothing like a ban on motorcycles. Get your sources right

Charly boy tries too hard to be relevant and he doesnt want to 'age gracefully'.

Nice one. I challenged someone on this issue sometime back at this link : https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-579852.0.html#msg8356209

[quote author=9ja_cyber link=topic=814437.msg9665130#msg9665130 date=1322673225]Slyr0x, O u know u re usding Windows XP wtf Google Chrome browser. U call yr self a hcker u Ogla Noob. R331 h4x02s nly use Linux.[/quote]Stop being silly. The site is up and running.

Besides, his using Window XP doesnt make him any less of a hacker. Using Linux doesnt authomatically give you a seal of 'hackership', like you are erroneously implying in this post.

The newspaper reporter should have distinguished between different stories. They should have added the story of the fake BOKO Haram people with "In a related story, the SSS --", so that people wont get confused.

There are always unscrupulous people who will always take advantage of bad situations to scam people. A friend of mine received the so-called assasination threat.

I think after the GSM number verification exercise is concluded, it would be time to increase the price of sim cards significantly. After I received a scam sms telling me that I won 10 million Naira, I sent the number and msg to my provider and made sure they blocked the line and froze all the fraudulent recharge credits the criminal received. But I knew deep within me that the ba stard would just go out the next day and pick up another sim card for 100 naira and continue his nefarious activities.
Something has got to be done. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Cybercafe's need to be monitored more intensely. Any cybercafe in the country, must agree to have keyword-recognition softwares that will trigger alerts to security outfits, installed on their systems. Lets face it, Internet access now is a lot cheaper than it used to and its actually cheaper to have one's personal Internet connection than to use cybercafes ,so most people who use cybercafes now are people who dont want to be monitored by their service providers. Note that I said most, so there are those who may not have realised that its more expensive to use Cybercafes.

[quote author=okada_man link=topic=813867.msg9658447#msg9658447 date=1322593811]This one called Afam, na me carry go do hin first job interview for VI, we blasted through 3rd Mainland bridge at 4:30am to beat traffic.

Now e dey form because e don buy used Kia. Yeye person [/quote]HEHEHEH, this one funny die

The man is definitely a fraud. His name is a fraud to start with. Thats a name he coined for himself to further hoodwink the gullible ones.

I always knew him as a fraud but it was further confirmed to me after I read his magazine of testimonies, which an Id iot follower of his placed in my car.

Among the divers fraudulent claims of testimonies, was one particular testimony that disgusted me so much.

In that particular testimony, a member/follower, claimed that he was broke and had no money anywhere and his Bank account was empty.

But his bank account being empty, didnt stop him from heading to the BANK ATM machine, placing his card in the slot and receiving thousands of naira from the ATM machine.  After I read that 'testimony', my first thought was to take that magazine and go straight to the police and report the church and that thief that made that testimony for stealing people's money at the ATM machine but after my anger cooled off, I let it slide knowing that nothing would probably come out of it if I took it up.

For a person who calls himself a christian(never mind "man of God", to endorse such a testimony and even publish it and encourage such, it shows exactly what that person is and what his motives are. Dr Sign Fireman, is a fraud and a criminal. He uses that his club to seduce and hook people who are looking for short-cuts and quick fixes.
I have never called any other person who is a pastor of a congregation a fraud but I will confidently say so of Dr  Sign Fireman.

Nairaland has gone to the dogs. And it keeps getting worse everyday.

Its either you have some fo ols , having a brainl ess war of tribes, or you have people making silly comments on the death of another human being.

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At least modify it and change things extensively. Templates (especially free ones), are meant to be just starting points. If the owner of that website browses the web some day and has the misfortune of coming across someone else using the same free template without any modifications, that would be very embarrasing, dont you think?

From the FAQ page of the UK version of GNBO called GBBO :

Does this scheme mean I don't need a web designer?

We certainly hope not. Our tool and this initiative are designed for businesses who probably would not otherwise have paid for a website to be built. In fact, this initiative might encourage businesses to employ professional website designers, as they learn more about the role of online business and demand more complex and unique websites.