₦airaland Forum

I listened to a radio presenter two weeks ago
playing the album Kollington Ayinla released after
armed robbers snatched his Volvo car in the late
’70s.After every two lines the Fuji maestro would
release a high-voltage curse: “tiyin buru o”(yours
has spoilt).The presenter allowed Kollington to
download this curse about five times and asked: “Is
it not Volvo Alhaji said they stole from him?”
I have been asking a similar question since the
National Communications Commission, NCC,
imposed a fine of N1.4 trillion on MTN for keeping
5.6 million unregistered lines among its 62 million
subscribers in violation of a 2011 NCC regulations
that no telecoms operator should not activate
unregistered lines. A MTN service provider tries to register a client’s
SIM card in Lagos, on October 27, 2015. Nigeria’s
telecommunications regulator has fined South
African mobile giant MTN $5.2 billion for missing a
deadline to disconnect unregistered SIM cards, the
company announced on Monday. The penalty saw
shares in Africa’s largest telecommunications
company crash more than 12 percent to 167 rand
on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the biggest
fall the firm has suffered in a day since November
1998. AFP PHOTO
By Yinka Odumakin
I listened to a radio presenter two weeks ago
playing the album Kollington Ayinla released after
armed robbers snatched his Volvo car in the late
’70s.After every two lines the Fuji maestro would
release a high-voltage curse: “tiyin buru o”(yours
has spoilt).The presenter allowed Kollington to
download this curse about five times and asked: “Is
it not Volvo Alhaji said they stole from him?”
I have been asking a similar question since the
National Communications Commission, NCC,
imposed a fine of N1.4 trillion on MTN for keeping
5.6 million unregistered lines among its 62 million
subscribers in violation of a 2011 NCC regulations
that no telecoms operator should not activate
unregistered lines.
The regulator said it imposed paltry fines on all the
GSM providers in August for violating the regulation
but that while Airtel,Globacom and Etisalat paid their
fines,MTN refused and this is why it has decided
to use the sledge hammer.The body did not tell us if
the other operators have now complied with the law
aside payment of fines.
I condemn MTN for thumbing its nose at the NCC
and for failing to comply with regulations in a
market it has done very well, making mouth-
watering profits.I am still trying to calculate how
much I have given to the South African company
since I got its line for a whopping N30,000 within
its first weeks of roll-out.
I have had a legion of complaints against MTN in
terms of its services over the years but I still keep
my expensive SIM.That is however a matter for
another day.
My bewilderment at the moment is the kind of
business climate we are creating and the
unintended consequences of the high-handed
measure which our huffing and puffing officials may
not see through by imposing a fine that is a quarter
of our National Budget on a private firm.
I have just finished reading the current edition of
Bloomberg Businessweek (Middle East) with the
cover “Africa wants to do business.How dangerous
can it be?”.The report states inter alia: ”Negotiating
with the region’s bureaucrats can also be tricky.The
government of Djibouti rescinded DP World’s
concession awarded in 2006 to manage the Doraleh
terminal port constructed by the UAE
company,alleging corruption. Arbitration is on-going
.South African telecoms firm MTN was hit with a
$5b fine by the Nigerian government,after MTN
allegedly failed to unsubscribe customers who had
not registered their SIM cards..”
The report concluded thus: “The continent is still on
the whole a difficult place to do business,Ashoune
says.For Gulf investors,that should suggest
caution.Sub-Saharan Africa isn’t ‘a goldmine
waiting to be accessed,’ says Downie. It’s going to
remain a struggle for years”.
It is this kind of reverberations that officials should
consider before taking rash decisions. MTN should
be fined, no doubt, but a fine that seeks to kill its
operations sends panic to investors on the
rationality of our business environment. What
business has the Nigerian government created and
sustained in the last 55 years that can afford a fine
of N1.4 trillion? MTN and NITEL were given GSM
licenses the same day but I don’t know one person
in the country who is using 0804 ..line today.If we
were to be at the mercy of NITEL, communication
would have ceased in the country.
The only “business”that is thriving for the
government of Nigeria is the declining oil .The
Nigerian National Petroleum,NNPC, ran at N59.4b
loss in September; where in hell would it get
N1.4trillion to pay as a fine if it were to be in MTN’s
shoes in another country?
If MTN folds up today, 6,000 Nigerians employed by
it risk losing their jobs with 500,000 others
gainfully employed in its value chain facing the
same disaster. How many jobs is the Nigerian
government in a position to create for them?
That is why it is so ridiculous that our cash-
guzzling governors who just announced they cannot
afford to continue to pay the starvation wage of
N18,000 are asking for the full enforcement of the
N1.4 trillion fine.They must be calculating how
much they would share from the sum.These are
people who have not been able to run any profitable
venture.They have indebted their states into
bankruptcy and one of them who without proper
reflection said he would repay his own loan within
10 years as against 20 is now crying that their
bailout debts should be written off. What
opportunities are they going to create for those who
will be laid off? These guys have been junketing
around the world in search of foreign investors;
who have they succeeded in bringing save for those
who married foreign wives among them? And that in
itself is just capital flight!
They obviously lack the capacity to see the larger
picture of what happens after the sharing of the
cash that would go on the usual profligacies.
This column insists MTN must pay fine for the
infraction but not the crazy N1.4 trillion.They and all
operators must also comply with the rules.
However, our government needs to set example
with the standards it is enforcing on these private
concerns.The truth is that they are only playing
according to our national rule book: non-
compliance. This is a country where thousands of
those carrying our National Drivers License about
cannot start the engine of a car. Our election day
sees kindergartens displaying PVCs which are
supposed to be products of biometrics.I can walk
into any Immigrations office as Yinka Odumakin
and come out with a brand new passport saying I
am Ochereome Nnanna, report at the Under-17
camp and all my ten fingers would have been
captured. I can go to a court and swear to an
affidavit that I am Sani Abacha and that I need the
document to prove that I just resurrected and I want
to go and collect my pension and it would be
stamped.

anukulapo:
Someplace where the moon orbits. Do you happen to be around there too? If you can see the moon, then you are close by.
I don't know about OP being taken or not. I just observed that the OP does not have a ring on.

Do I need special google to see it?

agabaI23:
In your case, I first noticed your big phone abi tablet covering your beautifully plump face

dozymars:
Wrong list. Only 1 and 3 is correct.
As for the rest, we hardly notice them.
What we notice at a glance are:
How pretty she is The shape The boobs The back side The complexion The smoothness of the skin How she walks Her smile.
The rest are secondary

comradee1248:
Nice write-up Babe, but there are some things that I don't think Men will give a damn about example (1) 90% of men don't pay a single @tention to ladies hair @ 1st appearance, (2) Bag- I doubt if majority of Men do care about the kinf of bag u have @ 1st instant....

For me as a Man and a clinical psychologist the 1st 3 things that a man will pay @ttention 2 u as a lady are the following

(1) Uя Shape from chest downward including cloths u wear how fit u я - to see how sexy and appealing uя curves looks like

(2) Uя Face - After uя shape, the next is how beautiful you look, the look in uя eyes weather uя face is friendly to approach or not, smiling or bonny face

(3) Uя 1st Impression when approached- weather uя friendly welcoming or unfriendly not very polite and in general this impression last long and it depends on how the man will rate u weather to woo you or to forget about you

(4) Uя personality, as in who u are where uя from what you do for a living etc

(5) After these 4 all other things will follow, its important for u to NOTE that Majority of Men hardly pay @ttention to uя hair and bag... Very hard until u and the man comes very close, or he 1nts 2 use uя hair or the bag 2 woo you...

My opinion

anukulapo:
OP is so on point.
And BTW, the first thing i noticed is that you have no ring on your finger.

There is no secret that usually men are attracted by a lady’s physical appearance. Obviously, each guy has his own sense of taste. But at a first glance they put some extra attention on these 7 things.


1.Your shape. Of course a guy looks at your shape and curves. Probably he will not be trying to hide this fact as well.
2. Your attitude. Men love women who have nice and healthy self-esteem. They keep in mind how the ladies pose. Your confidence is a great plus. As well as the ability to look straight into his eyes.
3. Your smile. All men subconsciously are attracted to some certain types of smiles. It is like a lottery.
4. Your friends. Your surrounding can tell a lot. Of course a guy will be checking out on whom you hang out with. If you are not alone on your first meeting with him.
5. Your hair. Some psychologists say that men notice your hair before noticing what you are wearing. So your hair should look well and smell well.
6. Your makeup. It is better for it to be looking natural. Or simple and light.
7. Your… bag. Yes, probably he will look at your purse. Some researches showed that guys don’t like girls with big bags. So, in this case, bigger is not better.
So, dear ladies, you will never know where you will meet your significant one. So whether you are going to supermarket to buy some food or going out with your best friends: try to look nicely and smile. Your “the one” is waiting for you somewhere near!

amiskurie:
I saw her,glaring like the surface of our lord's palace She has it all,the beauty that only our lord could bestow. So natural and pure,like the water streaming beneath the valley rock. I saw spaxon,then passion over my face,like a pussycat in a comfort zone.

mKc9ET:
lol see my eyes wide open reading did.

great664:
You want to give me a heart attack abey? I wanted to join them and shout End Time snake, Good one

noblealuu:
Hmm, you got me on this dear. i so read it with much curiosity. Well done!

ipledge10:
awon werey ermmm

I can't categorically tell you the answer,but my oga should have something to say

ipledge10:
My ban is not life Ban ..I served my 5 months ban

xp17:
These two guys can't make it up there
11.0% for Rubio
5.8% for Bush .
Rubio+Bush= 16.8%
Both of them combined not close enough to neither of carson or Trump , with about 24.8% and 24.6% respectively. I think there's something about the Carson guy, he's rose from 5% to 24.8% , unlike trump, who started off at 25% and he's gradually declining.

i think otherwise. You can't compare the British parliamentary system with our congressional system. If she wants to be an iron lady, trust the congressmen on how they will frustrate her.

[/color]

ipledge10:
I guess your bf has been in USA for too long without checking on you,and you need him to be deported as soon as possible ...@ your signature

But God will not gree for you

xp17:
Do you have any reason why you don't want Hilary in the white house?
I don't think the majority of American people (caucasians) will elect two black men consecutively as the president. Personally, i think Hilary knows more about international polities more than the other candidates, except maybe for Jeb Bush.
If Hilary is able to get away with the Email stuff, i don't see anyone being able to stop her presidential ambition.

I think Trump has nothing to offer to the American people.

xp17:
@ your signature, i think the election is going to be between Ben carson and Hilary clinton. I doubt if carson is going to be a treat to clinton , considering his low financial status. But with street credibility , the man from Detroit can do the unbelievable.
Trump can go build his huge walls around the pacific ocean. I think his $8b would go a long way for the project.
Personally, I think Bernie sanders is the most suitable man for the white house though.

LordOfTheWeed:
I've travelled round the whole 4 cardinal points in search of you but to no avail.. .. .. you've been dodging from me coz you gat another dude right? No problem keep it up

How have you been jhare?

LordOfTheWeed:
I've travelled round the whole 4 cardinal points in search of you but to no avail.. .. .. you've been dodging from me coz you gat another dude right? No problem keep it up

How have you been jhare?