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myles16:
i need help on how to set up my upwork account

Make sure you fill all the required details, including your education history and job experience

Provide at least 3 previous works you have done in the past in the portfolio section.

The virus can stay on any surface for 3 days. I was telling someone the other day that it may be unsafe to buy fruits, wash with water, and eat.

Fruits can get contaminated in the market.

Time will come when you will have to look for ways to sterilize fruits before eating.

After washing meats and other foodstuffs from the market, ensure you wash your hands with soap for at least 21 seconds

Bukasint:
He should be sacked with immediate effect. He is not a Medical Doctor but a bloody Microbiologist. He never know what it's like to take Hippocratic Oath. He should be fired before he uses Africa for vaccine testing...

No matter how they want discuss the narrative, he failed. It doesn't matter who he is. His statements we're illogical. That's enough!

The world already knows about MERS, and there is a template for controlling it. Zika was already under control.

Managing a new outbreak requires effective observations and studies and making rules that are coherent with the findings of your observations and studies. It requires creativity and innovation.

The highest level of incompetence is using Ebola model to manage an air-born infection that can be transmitted before the career starts showing symptoms — this is what this quota system politician did! He misled the world!

He left the reports of many studies and continued dishing out his illogical guidelines. Instead of leading, he's following popular opinions, and when opinions change, he changes course too — definitely not the quality of a leader. Now, we have the result — over 200,000 deaths!

9jaRealist:
You work for your clients...
That you don’t even understand such basics is a sad self-indictment.

Perhaps you were simply an educational “quota system product”. SMH
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My clients come to me because I do a great job and they like my services — not because of any quota system politics.

I personally don't engage in personal attacks, so don't expect me to attack your person! At this point, I will simply ignore you!

9jaRealist:
If it quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck...
Perhaps YOU are the “quota system product” at your job, but the WHO DG is not!

You apparently cannot help the racist bigotry that you have swallowed hook-line-and-sinker from your largely bigoted Right-Wing trolls (in the classic ”repeat after me” cram-and-regurgitate methodology that your colonial masters bequeathed upon you in the name of ‘education’), but the present WHO DG was elected by the entire member states from among several other candidates (including at least 3 Europeans), and there’s been absolutely NO suggestion (and of course absolutely NO evidence) that he was anything but eminently qualified. Furthermore, since his election in 2016 (almost 4 years ago), not a single person, organization nor country has even so much as ventured that he was doing anything but a competent (if not even outstanding) job - until the Dotard in the White House and his largely-bigoted Right-Wing Numpties.

Anyway, it’s one thing for bleach-guzzling right-wingers to spew their usual disgusting drivel...
But (to be brutally-honest) rather sad to see supposedly-educated Africans simply cramming-and-regurgitating same GARBAGE!
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Apparently, I don't work for anybody. I run my own business. If you're paid to defend him, you're really doing a terrible job by leaving facts and going racial!

Between 2016 to 2020, the world has been in relative peace, so there's nothing to judge him with. The Corona outbreak that became a pandemic under him hugely due to his poor decisions exposed his incompetence badly.

9jaRealist:
And here comes the Right-Wing racist bigotry...smh
We don’t need secret emails and messages, when the WHO issued a PUBLIC ALERT in December 2019!
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To poor-minded Africans, everything is about racism. Even with over 200,000 avoidable deaths, you still think racism — God help your case!

No matter how you look at it, the WHO failed, and they're being led by someone. If WHO had advised compulsorily enforced quarantine (not their newly invented sexy words that're never in epidemiology lexicon, "self-quarantine and self-isolate) for anybody with travel history to China and other places with the disease, the world wouldn't be where it is today!

Who will forgo a million dollar contract he's been pursuing for months to self-quarantine when he's not yet showing any symptoms? Even with symptoms, the person will take medications to control them and go get his contact.

That quota system product failed himself, his country, Africa, and the world!

9jaRealist:
WHO is NOT one-person...

It said that it had NO evidence when it had no evidence...
And as do as it had evidence of asymptomatic transmission, it published it.

That’s how SCIENCE (not crude politics) works!
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I wish I have time to take you through the evidence lane, but I don't — a lot of work on my table already.

I would've taken you through his Tweeter messages with dates and compare them with reports from Chinese, Japanese, and German studies — not even talking of Taiwan findings.

I stopped watching TV because of the misinformation. As at first week of February, I knew the western world was in for a big trouble because they were incomprehensibly following the illogical guidelines from WHO.

Never again should a quota system politician head an organization as important as the WHO.

TOPCRUISE:
Typical post of a wailer. A Nigerian must be behind this. Why calling for his head as if na him spread the virus

He did by misinforming the world, especially the west. Even when it's proven that the virus can be spread by people who don't have symptoms, the guy was still advising checking temperatures and symptoms. He encouraged free movement. As countries realized their mistakes and started lockdown when it's obviously too late, he became a lockdown enthusiast without considering whether it's an economically viable option.

He wasn't leading; he was following popular opinion — he's just a politicians!

That product of quota system politics failed himself, his country, Africa, and the whole world. Never again should a quota system product head an organization as important as the WHO.

tutuonye:
Immediately you catch a scammer he will claim he is an FX trader. Who are the clients you were holding their money thief.
IThere are many more scammers to kill or they kill thelmselves.

See the ones I'm talking about — the primitive mindset. To these people, computer + internet connection = fraud. Unfortunately, over 90% of Nigerians think this way in a 21 century economy that is becoming increasingly digitalized.

It's a pity.

I have come to the conclusion that Nigeria is not a place for the innovative and talented minds. The primitive mindset is so depressing. A country where the innocent is afraid while the guilty live large is not a good place to raise children.

Anywhere but Nigeria!

DigitalBrands01:
I'd even be the happiest person if our Oil dries up so we can grow up as a Nation. Let me see how our politicians, especially our Senators would survive with their oversized allowances.

At this point, all I can advice everyone is to factor in How to take your businesses online to the international community to ensure your economy doesn't depend on Nigerian economic blueprint. By so doing the rise of Dollar will be your gain

Anyway, I will Design a company Logo for 2k Only or Website for your Product or Company. Info below

The worst part is that our law enforcement officers have succeeded in criminalizing online business that our people don't believe that one can legitimately make money online.

Even after showing them my Upwork profile, they still think it's Yahoo Yahoo — even the educated ones don't believe that one can stay here and offer services to clients in different parts of the world.

Our government needs to do a lot to sensitize our youths to the legitimate opportunities in digital skills and online services. Most Nigerian youths are currently afraid of computer and internet connection — no thanks to the sensational approach of EFCC and SARS.

starbuck:
You see ehh, when this lockdown is over, i am leaving this place for good with my kids, if my housemate doesn't want to join us, i won't mind, this country is a curse

I won't lie to you. Nigeria is a toxic place to be in. Aside from the bad government, the citizens are horrible — bad belle is just too much. Do anything for some people, trouble. Mind your business, still trouble.


@OP, please stay safe.

mansakhalifa:
Again, you guys are about to "copy" another system. Since that is what we are good at. We're copycats in this part of the world. Never original. Lockdown: we copied from China and Europe. Result: Nigeria is getting a serious blackeye from it.

Next... it's "compulsory facemask and gloves", exorbitant as they are these days because Singapore and Bhutan are doing it... lol

And when they eventually issue the "compulsory" facemask and handgloves directive, it will still be the same Nigerians that will cry foul.

Truth is both the government and the governed are confused. Both the governed and the government are ___

Feel free to feel in the gap.

Those items we can mass-produce here with our local content. It's now for the government to encourage mass-production of those items

tayoccu:
Do you honestly think this situation (insecurity during lockdown) is peculiar to Nigeria?

Yes, it is.

There's extreme hunger in the land. The government should lift this lockdown. Obviously, they're not achieving the intended social distancing.
Hungry robbers go in groups, and people gather together to keep watch — where's the social distance? Lockdown is not an option for Nigeria.
I wonder who told them they could ever achieve that in a society where over 60% depend on daily income to feed.
Closing primary and secondary schools is enough because children are involved.
The best option for Nigeria is to enforce compulsory facemasks and hand gloves! That's what is happening in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and these countries have achieved better control than the rest, despite recording their first cases from the very beginning.

obembet:
Supposing na white man write the book, u would have appreciate it and get a copy.

Black is the problem of black

This is not a time for book. The crime rate and it's effects are worst than coronavirus. It's like the breakdown of law and order has not reached your end; by the time it reaches your side, no one will tell you. Lockdown is the worst option for Nigeria. Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore are not on lockdown, and they have the best control so far, despite recording their first cases in early January.

hisexcellency34:
Forget it. All these theories no dey work.
People are being robbed day and night in Agege, Abule Egba, Ikeja and so on because of lockdown and government seems powerless to defend them. They are keeping vigils, taking their destinies in their hands
The situation will be worse in the next coming days as Buhari has declared indefinite lockdown

There's extreme hunger in the land. The government should lift this lockdown. Obviously, they're not achieving the intended social distancing.
Hungry robbers go in groups, and people gather together to keep watch — where's the social distance? Lockdown is not an option for Nigeria.
I wonder who told them they could ever achieve that in a society where over 60% depend on daily income to feed.
Closing primary and secondary schools is enough because children are involved.
The best option for Nigeria is to enforce compulsory facemasks and hand gloves! That's what is happening in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and these countries have achieved better control than the rest, despite recording their first cases from the very beginning.

Nuel4:
I said this thing about two months ago. Nigeria cannot survive a total lockdown, it is 100% impossible. Over 80% of Nigerian population don't have 15k they don't need immediately in their bank account, they survive on daily hustle. Everybody is shouting stay at home stay at home, what will a market woman eat? What of Drivers, Bikemen, Mechanics, tailors?
Nobody will sit in his room and starve to death. In few days time people will either completely ignore the lockdown, return to street (which will skyrocket the virus) or there will be a full blown anarchy. Your very own neighbour might attack you for food in Broad daylight.
Locking airport was the only solution which our government fuccked up.
Only miracle can save us now

Enforcing the use of facemasks and hand gloves can help a lot. Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong are doing the same, and they have better control than the rest.

There's extreme hunger in the land. The government should lift this lockdown. Obviously, they're not achieving the intended social distancing.
Hungry robbers go in groups, and people gather together to keep watch — where's the social distance? Lockdown is not an option for Nigeria.
I wonder who told them they could ever achieve that in a society where over 60% depend on daily income to feed.
Closing primary and secondary schools is enough because children are involved.
The best option for Nigeria is to enforce compulsory facemasks and hand gloves! That's what is happening in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and these countries have achieved better control than the rest, despite recording their first cases from the very beginning.

There's extreme hunger in the land. The government should lift this lockdown. Obviously, they're not achieving the intended social distancing.
Hungry robbers go in groups, and people gather together to keep watch — where's the social distance? Lockdown is not an option for Nigeria.
I wonder who told them they could ever achieve that in a society where over 60% depend on daily income to feed.
Closing primary and secondary schools is enough because children are involved.
The best option for Nigeria is to enforce compulsory facemasks and hand gloves! That's what is happening in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and these countries have achieved better control than the rest, despite recording their first cases from the very beginning.

There's extreme hunger in the land. The government should lift this lockdown. Obviously, they're not achieving the intended social distancing.
Hungry robbers go in groups, and people gather together to keep watch — where's the social distance? Lockdown is not an option for Nigeria.
I wonder who told them they could ever achieve that in a society where over 60% depend on daily income to feed.
Closing primary and secondary schools is enough because children are involved.
The best option for Nigeria is to enforce compulsory facemasks and hand gloves! That's what is happening in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and these countries have achieved better control than the rest, despite recording their first cases from the very beginning.

There's extreme hunger in the land. The government should lift this lockdown. Obviously, they're not achieving the intended social distancing.

Hungry robbers go in groups, and people gather together to keep watch — where's the social distance? Lockdown is not an option for Nigeria.

I wonder who told them they could ever achieve that in a society where over 60% depend on daily income to feed.

Closing primary and secondary schools is enough because children are involved.

The best option for Nigeria is to enforce compulsory facemasks and hand gloves! That's what is happening in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and these countries have achieved better control than the rest, despite recording their first cases from the very beginning.

Doyin400l:
My brother that's the level of mess in Nigeria

My dear, it's horrible.

The government should lift this lockdown. obviously, they're not achieving the intended social distancing. See people gathering together to keep watch — where's the social distance? Lockdown is not an option for Nigeria.

I wonder who told them they could ever achieve that in a society where over 60% depend on daily income to feed.

Closing primary and secondary schools is enough because children are involved.

The best option for Nigeria is to enforce compulsory facemasks and hand gloves! That's what is happening in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and these countries have achieved better control than the rest, despite recording their first cases from the very beginning.

With this type of mindset, the country is doomed. A lot Indians work online, earning their country a significant amount of foreign currency.

Our government should enlighten our youths and encourage them. Internet is the new oil! it can keep a lot of youths gainfully engaged.

Carfreak966:
Oga I know what you are talking about. Na even me go tell you a million ways you can make money online legitimately. But by the time Efcc check your phones and laptops, that is when even the most legitimate person still has a dent to his name.

Dent like what please?

Is it that most Nigerians have criminal mindset or what? So, they assume that everyone is like them — cutting corners.

I could remember that people here advised using a foreign name and ip address to open an Upwork or Fiverr profile. I'm glad I went against that advice and used my real name and address, and I never lacked orders — in fact, I get more others than I can fulfill.

Currently looking for helping hands.

The fact that the person I was considering was surprised that I have a Nigerian Upwork account buttresses my point about cutting corners.

Carfreak966:
If people are already passing by your house and shouting yahoo, your house don cast. Once this Covid is over, expect Efcc

I have no reason to fear EFCC. I'm earning my money legitimately. Freelancing and forex trading has nothing to do with fraud!

Any undue harassment from any law enforcement officer will be met with lawsuits. Any damages must be paid for in full, including any delay in delivering my clients' orders.

This your mindset is what still baffles me. Why would you or anyone else assume that working online means engaging in fraud? I still don't understand that kind of reasoning in a 21st century where there are many legitimate ways to make money online, which is why I created this thread.

Is it that you don't think it's possible to make money legitimately online or what? Please, I need to understand why you guys think that way.

milliman:
Who said Yahoo Yahoo is not legitimate?

Sorry o. God help your case!

milliman:
What is Yahoo yahoo?

You tell me. You said computer + internet connection = Yahoo Yahoo.

Then, I say you can make good living online working legitimately from home with computer and internet connection, just like Linda Ikeji did and many of us are currently doing.

Did you check Nigerians on the platforms I listed up there?

There are also others doing minimportation, dropshipping, and forex trading!

milliman:
Because it is

Is Linda Ikeji is a Yahoo girl?

Sorry bro, you need to get used to the realities of the 21st century. Google Upwork, Peopleperhour, Freelancer.com, or even Fiverr and see a lot of Nigerians making a killing for themselves. Wake up and give your life a new lease — opportunities abound!

Why do Nigerian youths think that computer + internet connection = Yahoo Yahoo?

I earn a decent living from home with freelancing and forex trading — planning to add a trading blog and YouTube channel in the near future. But I always hear people in my street murmuring that he's into Yahoo. Some even shout Yahoo when they pass my house. I find it upsetting and amusing at the same time.

Do they really think that fraud is the only way to make money online?

Is it that they all have criminal mindset or they're all ignorant, mentally dull, and can't think of great ways to make a living online from the comfort of their homes?

This is the 21st century where people from anywhere in the world can pay you for your skills. Nigerian youths need to change their mindset. A good percentage of Indian youths work online, same as the Chinese.

The Covid-19 issue has shown the world the need to work remotely.