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The governors will do the needful and pass it into law, that's all.

The rate at which unverified news spreads these days is quite alarming. I just hope this won't be abused on a long run.

pat077:
we do. But, can u compare with the number of engineers?

In construction companies we have fewer expatriate compared to the number of Nigerian Engineers. Most of the these expatriate are not Engineers but rather those that are well experienced in the field of practice. Hence, experience is key in the field of engineering. I don't see any difference with the way expatriate are preferred to our Engineer's and that of the medical fields. Expatriate get involved in a very large construction projects, since most of them had already partook in such. You don't usually see them involve in residential buildings unless if the buildings are blocks of flat in form of high rise buildings then clients might involve the expatriate. It is all down to the client's preferences, same as in the medical fields. How many heart transplant surgery had been done in the country? The most major medical problems are treated outside the country, even the poor will rather source for funds from the public. The major things that are carried out at our hospitals are prescribing of drugs, common surgical practices that the resident doctors must have witnessed hundreds of times. The present Dangote refinery been under construction is a project that eludes even our lecturers, even over 80% of the expatriate at the site has never done it before, is that the type of project you expect an engineering graduate to design and construct? If only a fresh Nigerian graduate with MBBS can perform a heart transplant.

OPTIMUSPRIME08:
Ronaldo first year at juventus
New challenge
lets see how his second season will be
He did more than expected
Make una midget comot barca make we know how far
Why hasnt anyone noticed messi performs well only at new camp

You failed to mention Wembley, Etihad, Stanford bridge, Emirate stadium, oh! lest I forget BERNABÉU.

babakb:
Even your Messi has not played UCL final since Iniesta retired let alone winning it.

Please where was Bale when Ajax thrashed Madrid out of round 16

what are you saying? Iniesta left barca last season, and the present season is not yet concluded, while MESSI is already in Semi final.

mknigeriagreat:
And this season he has won every single league game he played and they lost the two he didnt play. This same season the team he left became a third class team. Do you guys know how many players played those champions league final and are not around anymore? They are just simply lazy...

need I remind you that Ronaldo lost 3 UCL games in total this season. Man U, Young boys now Ajax

RealBadBoy:
U are the scam ursef & u are not a civil engineer. CIVIL engineering principles taught in Nigeria are same everywhere in the world. If u claim u are a civil engineer can u state first principle in design? Of course u can't, because u were flexing in school. Better go back and learn.. u are a lazy Nigerian. Engineer is nt road mechanic or brick layer oga.. u need those theories u
are taught..... Alot of it

Don't mind the guy/lady bro. It's not like we have a Nigerian code for design. I bet the dude didn't even know we use British Standard/Euro code for our design and some of our engineers do use the American standard for comparison, which is the same all of over Europe and America. I bet the dude can't even design a simply supported beam or a one-way slab.

Maj196:
I studied civil engineering and i lost the zeal when i got to 200L... The only time i enjoyed d course was during my IT in Julius Berger. Now am fully into computer programming and am loving it

I'm unfaze with this comment, I know a people that doesn't know how to take a moment at 500 level. Civil engineering will definitely look like puzzle to them, why blame the system on that?

SIRTee15:
It's like u giving excuse for Mediocrity.....
I'm not sure ur write up apply to engineering students abroad....
There is something called application of knowledge and this is the key to innovation and research........
The above is where nigerian universities are failing....
Medical schools don't just teach theory but lay extreme emphasis on knowledge application....
If a student doctor fails the clinical exam, he's repeating the whole exam, irrespective of his score in theory even if it's 100%....
That's why nigerian doctors can function n adapt easily when they practice abroad....
Why can't we apply same principle to engineering course....
In fact m, all othet programs in our university....
I remember, I once asked a 500L final year agriculture economics student what she knows about commodity trading....
She had no idea, told me that will be their last topic in the semester!!!!
She didn't even know the function of the commodity market.....
I met a 400L microbiology student who had never looked inside a microscope.....
Abstract learning is killing us.....
And if we talk am now, some will say Nigerians are smart, therefore they don't need practical....

Till the end of time, theory will remain the basis of engineering. perhaps, we are mistaking engineering for technology. Engineering still remain the knowledge of mathematical and natural science gained through study, experience and practice. While, technology has to do with build, assemblage, production etc. According to NSE, there is a difference between an engineer and a technologist and definitely a technician. Mind you, I'm not celebrating mediocrity in Nigeria, but comparing medical students to engineering's is way off the book. A medical student requires an examination shortly after graduation to become a medical doctor while an engineer needed at least four (4) years of related experience coupled with a minimum of two (2) projects report designed/supervised by him/her to a completion stage in which he/she would have garnered enough experience before been certified, hence, been registered as an engineer. Following all these rigorous exercises many would have changed career, then start lamenting Nigeria system failed them as to become an engineer. I stand to be corrected, taking civil engineering as a case study, there's no way one would designed a structure without a theoretical background even with the use a software.

madridsta007:
Studying in Nigeria and completely relying on your lecturers, laboratories, etc, is deluding yourself.
Going outside the box in every course is the way to go.
I know graduates of Engineering in Nigeria who are currently working at NASA, Washington D.C. Two brothers from a University in Northern Nigeria.
Anywhere in the world, if you ONLY rely on what you are being taught, you'll probably end up being mediocre. The world is fiercely competitive. If you go outside the box, you wouldn't. The average Nigerian student is extremely lazy. He/she goes on the internet to chat and engage in other frivolities. It is the same internet that gives the hard-working ambitious student, Edx and Coursera free courses, which this hard-working student takes and improves his knowledge of data science and analysis to complement the theories he learns in school.

The ambitious student does not have two heads. The lazy student easily latches onto an excuse, such as describing his/her course of study in Nigeria as a "scam". No sir/ma. It isn't. You are the lazy, scamming student.
It is up to you.

God bless you for this comment. it's just like blaming one's poor parent for not making it in life.

hischoice:
I hate to spoil your mojo but engineering curriculum is same world-wide.

Three, four or five years of university engineering study at undergraduate level is built on the studies of heat transfer and thermodynamics. Every other subject is a derivative of those.

Where the problem lies in Nigeria's specific case are the embedded silly art subjects like Use of English and Philosophy of God's existence (jokes on COREN).

What could have been used in keeping the lads more in Thermo and Engineering Analysis classes, they spend with children of Karl Marx.

And by the way, you will never make sense of engineering until you graduate and start practicing... And that applies to everyone, irrespective of where you studied.

So my take is for the curriculum to be re-jigged to allow
more study of core engineering pricincples. They are theories. Yes, they are supposed to be so. Get grounded in the theories of Lagrange and Echelons, you will find them handy if you ever find yourself in a career involving engineering simulations.

I'm in love with your comment, exactly what everyone fails to understand in this country, as a matter of fact, when you find yourself studying abroad, I bet you that there will be more theories that would be thought in class. yes, at undergraduate level as an engineering student or as a fresh graduate you are almost a novice in the field, hence, it is required for one to have a practical experience in related field and been subjected to an exam and projects report before one can be a registered engineer. permit me to use Civil Engineering as a case study, I can tell you that there is no way one will be practicing this discipline without understanding its rudiment, while designing a structure, then you would realised that all that you have learnt in school was never a waste.

cheango:
I support O TO GE LAGOS.. because , Lagos govt since 1999 only focus on only two sectors., TRANSPORTATION and ENVIRONMENTAL,no ideas on other areas .. Lagos get close to 50 billion revenue every month from federal govt and IGR. The money most state in Nigeria don't get in a year . , To say the fact, it is the easiest state to govern in Nigeria, because it's only this two area they work on.. Unlike other states that work on Housing, water, agriculture, health, sport, Industry , youth empowerment etc.. Lagos is not working too, people are just deceived...Lagos is developed already by the FEDERAL GOVT when it was capital of Nigeria.. Of recent it was developed by the private sector industrialization, coupled with natural gain from Sea port ,..we know most lagosians don't work or depend on state govt..All govt from Tinubu, fasola, Ambode work only on expansion of roads, terminal/bridges construction, and beautification of environment, but since 20yrs ago, no much to show for it..LAGOS IS JUST A MONEY MAKING VENTURES FOR SOME PEOPLE BENEFITS ALONE, . A state that has 50% of its area to be water, yet most household depend on boreholes and well water .. It's sad... O TO GE LAGOS

For your mind you're talking sense. what an utter rubbish, did you know how the Lagos state government raised its IGR over the years? Did you know that some of the benefits other states benefit today was as a result of Lagos state government struggles with the federal government? If you can say that Lagos state government only focuses on transportation and environment, then you don't deserve a response.

Donmedra:
go to Google.

70% of those people are Christians that migrated there.

Dubai would have been like northern Nigeria. Poor,terorism.

Which google are you talking about? Islam is not just the religion practiced over there, it is an official religion.

Uglymugg:
They never ever mention Saudi Arabia

I can bet you that when that dude makes his first few millions, he will be heading toward UAE, QATAR or KUWAIT. They sound like there have never been problems in the west.

Mankosi:
Pls can sb tell this man to give this igbo isi Agu attire the respect it deserves. U don't raise ur two fingers while wearing this attire. It's not meant for hip hop or yoppy yoppy people.

it means 'PEACE'.

mfm04622:
You know him more than he know himself? Lol!!! If you say so, then everybody in Ilorin is Yoruba then! Even the Emir!

Olusola Saraki definitely claimed he was Fulani, in which he stated his paternal ancestor's hailed from Mali, hence, that made him Fulani. However, there are Fulani's as well as Yoruba's in Ilorin, in which the Yoruba's were the original settler's, has history has it. For a century now, Ilorin only produces a Fulani as Emir in which the Yoruba's were banned for the abuse of power, but initially they rotate the throne.