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That's why I like nairaland, different people with different opinions.
Permit me to add my opinion.
I still maintain that people with professional certifications/skills have better chances of securing jobs than those who have M.Sc. in Nigeria of today.There is nothing wrong in going for an M. Sc but it does not make you know engineering better,not in any way .Doing an M Sc does not give you any special skills which you can use to beat ur contemporaries in the labour market. The main reason a lot of Electrical/Electronics Engineering graduates cannot secure jobs is because they have no skill, it is not because they do not have M Sc.
After graduation, some of my colleagues went for a Mechatronics course at IIT,where they were trained on Instrumentation, control and automation. Today those guys are better of,two of them are in oil and gas and the other three are in FMCG earning very fat salaries not because of their degrees alone but because of the additional skills they acquired.
Take it or leave it,an engineering graduate needs one or two skills to succeed in the labour market.
While I was doing my own training I had 3 MSc holders in my class, the question is what are they looking for after bagging their MScs? They came for the training because MSc alone could not solve their problems. Today they are all fixed up thanks to the technical skill they acquired
Please do not be discouraged, look for a training centre and do a training to acquire a skill and u will be better for it

Bennyzino:
It is beyond the degree now o. Go run certifications or get training to add as experience. Because the so called graduate Trainee requires minimum of 1 year experience.

Thank you so much for this
Many a graduate today boast of their HNDs,B.Sc 2.1,2.2,Distinction etc without any other skills apart from the calculus and laplace they learnt in school.There r many graduates out there with first class and distinction but have still not got jobs. Why not separate urself from them and increase your chances of getting a job by going for a professional training.A good example is Autocad ,Instrumentation and PLC training.There r a good number of training centres around that can give you the training.I bet you that there r jobs in Nigeria but for those that go beyond just HND,B.Sc and the likes.
Get a skill and your story will change

At least they voted here,those children are also human being though they are under aged. This is better than what happened in the SE/SS where non-living things voted

What about the speaker of HOR?

GOODLUCK JONATHAN

because Jonathan was also not present in 2011 at the NN24 debate

Definitely not. The influence and power he has now would wane as soon as he looses the presidential elections.

'Anybody that come tell you change stone that person'-Patience 'Mama Peace' Jonathan preaching peace to Nigerians at a political rally

Ihave a problem installing Yahoomail and BBM apps on my Infinix X801,pls help

corneli83:
If Mr President feels Nwobodo shouldn't be punished for stealing, then he believes stealing isn't a bad thing. Hence, stealing is not corruption.
if he truly meant "stealing is not corruption" the way he explained, FFK, Alams and the rest shouldn't be seen around him.

He can't just receive us ,I remember he called stealing "ordinary"
"ordinary stealing people will say it's corruption"- GEJ

DesChyko:
Can't believe the idiots who have been making a fuss with that 'Stealing is not corruption' quote didn't even have an idea of the origin or implications. May the Lord multiply your punishment by the number of people you've mislead including myself and the defamation you've given to the authorities. Amen.

You need to check what Jonathan said again ,he said "ordinary stealing people will say it's corruption"
We are not fools

myhoodlink:
God bless Nigeria

God bless President GEJ

hmmm

When is he visiting SCOAN?

This is shameful.
All because you want to become governor? Will he continue to distribute kerosene to people when he becomes the governor? He's only doing this because of the elections not because he cares about them.
This is a reason not to vote for Agbaje

1million Jonathans cannot scuttle the will of the people.

Rather than tell Nigerians what they have done in the last six years ,the Jonathan administration is busy smearing Buhari's image in order to get our votes. Funny enough,the more they smear Buhari's image the more i like him more.

Jonathan should tell us why Nigerians should vote for him and not why we should not vote for Buhari.

I have decided to vote Buhari not because he is the best candidate for the job but because Jonathan has performed below expectation.
We have tasted GEJ's soup for six years,we now know how it tastes(it tastes like poo)

oma se o

You will do something for the South-South when re-elected
What if you are not re-elected?
This President does not even know how to campaign? Is this how to win people's votes?
Jonathan only talk 'sense' when he is reading from a prepared speech

He pointed out that he accepted Amaechi’s challenge, but would do “something” for the South-South states when he is re-elected,


President Jonathan, who spoke during the presidential rally of the Peoples Democratic Party at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Igwuruta-Ali, Ikwerre Local Government of Rivers State, however, promised to develop the South-South region if elected for a second term in office.The President was reacting to the criticism by Amaechi, who is also the Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation, that he (Jonathan) had not done anything for Rivers and Bayelsa states

Describing Amaechi’s statement as a challenge, Jonathan admitted that though he had not allocated more development to his people, the situation was an indication that he (Jonathan) meant well for the country.
He pointed out that he accepted Amaechi’s challenge, but would do “something” for the South-South states when he is re-elected

eaglechild:
Why is APC soooo violent?

Is this where we are headed?

Say no to violence

Say no to APC

Because PDP taught them

bronchocostriction

scribble:
It is over

bye bye Baba Buhari Oyoyo

So now when they buy fuel tomorrow, the APC sympathizers can ask the fuel attendant for more CHANGE

Do you see what I did there?

shame on you

Mr Femi Fani-Kayode is the media director of the Goodluck Jonathan
presidential campaign organisation
Read what he wrote about President Goodluck Jonathan in October 2013

Fani Kayode said

I have said it before and I shall say it again, Nigeria has
become an abattoir of human flesh and blood under the tenure of
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and all those who support him
should bury their heads in shame. The blood of all those innocent
people is on his hands because he swore to an oath before God
and the Nigerian people to protect them from such evil.


The carnage that we are witnessing in our country today has
come as a direct result of the manifestation of weakness at the
top. When a President tells the world that Boko Haram are his
”siblings” whom he ”cannot move against”, as he did earlier this
year, he is asking for trouble. When a President keeps offering
Boko Haram amnesty even when they kept rejecting it and whilst
they were murdering his people, as he has been doing for the last
three years, he is asking for trouble. When a President installs
and supports a party National Chairman who describes Boko
Haram as ”freedom fighters”, as he did earlier this year, he is
asking for trouble.


When a President announces to the world that he is ”not a lion or
a David”, as he did exactly two years ago, no one should be
surprised when his people are killed like flies before his very
eyes. May God bring us a real leader that can save our nation and
may He take away this one who feels no pain and has no
empathy when Nigerian blood, nay even the blood of innocent
children, is shed with impunity. Under the tenure of our ”lamb”
President, more innocent Nigerians have been slaughtered by
terrorists than at any other time in the history of our country
except during the civil war.



Permit me to make a painful observation here. I was thoroughly
appalled about the fact that when our lamb President was asked
about the latest round of killings during his live ”Presidential
Media Chat” programme on Sunday evening, he not only told a lie
to the world by claiming that only ”21 or 22 students were killed”
at a time when the BBC and CNN had confirmed that at least 45
bodies had been found (more were to be discovered later) but he
also failed to express his condolences to the families of those that
had lost their loved ones. He made the same omission when he
failed to commiserate with or express his condolences to the
families of the soldiers that were killed in Borno state whilst
fighting Boko Haram simply because they ran out of bullets
during the course of the battle.


As crude and unpleasant as it may sound the
question must be asked – does our President have any balls? Is he
really a man? Does he have what it takes to fight a war against
terror or is it that there is more to this than meets the eye? Is
there a sinister and diabolical conspiracy and plan to ensure that
elections do not hold in the northeast and the northwest in 2015
given the fact that those areas are very hostile to the suggestion
that Jonathan should return to power that year? Is this whole
thing planned and contrived or is it a case of chronic
incompetence, ineptitude and weakness?


The greatest error that we as a people ever made and the worst
tragedy and misfortune that has ever befallen us as a nation is
the fact that a meek lamb ended up taking a throne that was
designed and prepared for a lion. The unfortunate consequences
of that tragic error and misfortune are there for all to see. The
shedding of the blood of even the youngest, the most innocent
and the most vulnerable in our society by Boko Haram on a daily
basis is an eloquent testimony to that unsavoury fact.

Source
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/145917-president-without-balls-femi-fani-kayode.html

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ogtavia:
I don't see nothing wrong in what Mr President said,goin to Chibok won't solve any problem,but my heart is devastated when I think about what d families of d kidnapped girls av gone thru and are still goin thru,I can't imagine au dere brothers,sisters,friends and parents are feeling,what they think abt,the trauma...D president goin to chibok doesn't solve anything,it even endangers his life...but I am equally nt pleased with the seeming insensitivity d govt has displaced towards this situation.

What do you think about the president inviting the families of the kidnapped girls to Aso Rock?

In 2014,the presidency spent N33, 476,963 on generator fuel
In 2015 they intend to spend N35, 344,855 on generator fuel.
Does that not tell us something?
Yet the presidency will tell us power situation in the country has improved.
Why then has the expenses on generator fuel not reduced?

The Office of
the President
will spend
N456.98m on
honoraria and
sitting
allowances in
2015.
This is
different from the N348, 342,741 projected to be spent by the State House on
honoraria and sitting allowances during the same year.
Details of the 2015 budget proposals obtained by The PUNCH in Abuja on
Tuesday also show that the office of the President will spend N1.93bn on
travels and transport.
The document is not specific on who can receive honoraria but the President
plays host to former Heads of State and governors who make up the Council
of State.
It was also learnt that honoraria could be stipends paid to members of
committees set up by the government.
There was no provision for honoraria for the office of President in the 2014
budget proposal but the State House received a provision of N320, 222,500 for
it and sitting allowances.
The breakdown of the expenditure on travels and transport shows that the office
of the President will be spending N1, 306,834,350 on local travels and transport
and the sum of N621, 067,913 on international travels and transport.
The travel bill of the President for 2014 was higher than the provision for
2015. The 2014 budget made a provision of N2, 378,862,017 for the Office of
the President for local and international travels.
For 2015, it is N1,927,902,263 for local and international travels.
For foodstuffs/catering materials supplies, a provision of N142, 472,537 was
made for the Office of the President.
The 2015 budget proposal includes a provision of N131, 911,315 for fuel and
lubricants for the State House.
The breakdown shows that plant/generator fuel will consume N35, 344,855;
motor vehicle fuel, N85, 843,802 and cooking gas/fuel, N10, 102,858.
For 2014, the State House received lesser provision of N122, 855,267 for fuel
and lubricants. This was broken down into motor vehicle fuel, N79, 950,407;
plants and generators, N33, 476,963, and cooking gas/fuel cost, N9, 427,898.
A provision of N60, 847,647 was made for the Office of the President for
advertisement and publicity.
For the State House, N287,514,283 provision is made for welfare packages;
N174,537,975 for refreshment and meals; N215, 635,715 for foodstuffs and
catering services; N31,582,475 for medical expenses; and N35,495,233 for
publicity and advertisement.
As of press time; it could not be ascertained whether these provisions would be
reworked downwards to reflect the austerity measures announced by the
Federal Government to enable the country to glide through sliding prices in the
international oil market.
Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, had while presenting the 2015 budget breakdown, announced
additional measures to check the consumption pattern of Nigerians.
She explained that the measures would commence from the beginning of the
second quarter of 2015 and would considerably boost the ratio of non-oil
revenues to oil revenues.
Giving details of the measures and how much they will contribute into the
nation’s treasury, she explained that the government intended to generate more
revenue through the strengthening of tax administration.
This, she said, would be achieved if the better-off in the society contributed a
bit more towards easing the pains felt from the economic crunch.
As a short term measure, she said a 10 per cent import surcharge would be
imposed on new private jets. This is estimated to yield about N3.7bn revenue
for the nation in 2015.
Similarly, the minister explained that 39 per cent import surcharge would be
imposed on luxury yachts which is estimated to potentially raise N1.6bn in
2015; while another five per cent import surcharge would be placed on luxury
cars and this is estimated to yield about N2.6bn of additional revenue.
In the same vein, she said a surcharge on business and first class tickets on
airlines would be imposed on travellers. She however, did not stipulate the rate
to be applied for this class of levy and how much it will generate.
Others are the imposition of three per cent luxury surcharge on champagnes,
wines and spirits expected to generate about N2.3bn in 2015; and a one per
cent mansion tax on residential properties within the Federal Capital Territory
with a value of N300m and above.
This property tax for luxury building within the FCT, according to the minister, is
estimated to yield additional N360m.
All these surcharges, she noted, would yield a total of about N10.56bn in 2015.
She had said, “We should see these challenging times as times of opportunities
to further move this economy on the right path.
“Luckily, this administration had taken to diversification seriously and had
begun to make inroads prior to this time.
“The non-oil sector, whose growth has averaged about eight per cent in the last
few years, is the primary driver of growth in the economy unlike the oil sector
which is actually contracting.
“In the short term, we are determined to improve tax revenues not by increasing
tax rates as many have advised, but rather as a pro-people administration, by
strengthening our tax administration.
“We aim to plug leakages, increase the tax base and improve tax collection
efficiency. A 10 per cent import surcharge would be imposed on new private jets
which is estimated to yield about N3.7bn in 2015.”
In the area of tax waivers and exemptions, the finance minister lamented that
analysis had shown that about 30 per cent of those that received tax waivers
from government especially under the pioneer status scheme now abuse the
system.
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Congrats Wike for losing at least 13,000*4 =52,000