₦airaland Forum

Is it not stuupid how the backstabbers accuse others of backstabbing? The same men who funded the take down of their brother Is now lamenting their being taken down by their own brothers too...rubbish write up! since you folks belive an hausa man is more suited to be nigeria's president than your brother don't complain when hausa's also fill other post. They are more "competent" than your likes! You admitted it!

What a foolish man! A great governor just allowed himself to be used like tissue paper by a greedy cabal and now he is even more hated his state than a thief like peter odili who he worked better than.

double0seven:
but what can Buhari do; his hands are tied. If he makes Amaechi the Secretary to the Federal Government, hiss administration will forever be haunted by the massive corruption of Amaechi

he should have thought of that when that "corrupt" money was paying for his jets,rallies,hotel bills and all other campaign expenses....nonessense!

ifelovemi:
I think we the southerner are getting what we deserve, why do we always pull down our own , take the case of Fashola, Amechi, Fayemi, Onu etc, this guys are close to buhari and they have a good chance of making its kitchen cabinet, but what did we do, we pull them down because of internal politics, take a look at the north , when it comes to appointments they don't not care about PDP or APC , they support themselves and they don't expose there negative sides, even when we know that they are also very corrupt.

So In summary I think the north are more Politically sensible than the south so lets leave baba alone to choose who he want to work with, once they perform, me am fine, after all we've been hearing about Fashola and Co, it will be difficult for baba to choose any of them if he does, it will be difficult for him to fight corruption and Nigeria we suffer for it.

oh shut up! Where were you when ameachi and his likes pulled "our own" from the highest office in the land?

What do you do with a cow you have milked of all it's milk?

4ubootyman:
Amechi's kinsmen have discredited him and u don't expect baba to put him there. U pple shld keep discrediting ur pple with the best chance to get an opportunity. Thank God the Jagaban reversed the bashing of fash. Atleast they will push him otherwise na kick n follow

what a stuupid comment from an undoubtedly stuupid person! You claim to be a change agent but condone the corruption you claim to abhor o far as the person involved Is your person. "Keep bashing hour people"..what an idiot! indeed, thank God tinubu stopped exposing fashola, let you people and your "president" keep deceiving yourselves.

amateurish...rochas always a culprit, what does he have with pictures with western leaders?

freakyhat:
So what's stupid about him giving you an objective analysis of the situation . . . U guys just like to talk.
By the way how many hydroelectric power stations are fully functional, and how much do they contribute to the national grid? smh . . .

objective analysis? What was objective in his vague comment? How did "anti corruption crusade" improve power supply?

ichoku:
Stupid comment from a supposed technocrat.

very stupid comment! How can he just make a vague and open ended comment like "power supply improvement is due to the anti corruption crusade of buhari" how? Very stupid as you said.

OZAOEKPE:
PMB, why the discrimination, look at the second pic, why is that main seat empty, during jonathan era, sambo was allowed to sit there when his "oga" was not around. But our houseboy VP is being denied that right.

totally wrong! Nobody ever seats on the president's chair in the federal executive council chamber so far as there is a president. Even when Yar adua was away at Saudi Arabia sick, jonathan never sat on that seat till he became acting president. Sambo never sat on that seat during the jonathan era.

What a disappointment, so what kept PDP alive these past 16 years was their occupation of the presidency!

seagulsntrawler:
You don't need a strong navy for world dominance. That era is long over. The unfolding game will be played in Euroasia for the next 100 years and Russia and China are leading the way. Russia can obliterate the US with precision guided missiles fitted with nuclear warheads. This article will throw more light on what I am saying. Its a bit lengthy though. Enjoy
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42074.htm

nuclear warheads? That's where you're headed now? Russia has a monopoly of nuclear weapons? Vladimir putin will try what nikita kruchev did'nt? Topic just got stale..

Ponmo consumption: Nigeria losing out of $75bn global leather industry - survey

Mr. Olufemi Aluko, of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) , Ile-Ife, says Nigeria is losing out in the pack of countries competing for the 75 billion dollar global leather industry because of ponmo consumption.

Aluko blamed the situation on the country’s neglect of the leather products industry in favour of oil production and consumption of its hides and skin as ponmo.

The don cited global industry report as confirming the situation urged the nation’s policy drivers to refocus on the sector as it holds great potential for export earning and employment.

As we strive to diversify the nation’s economy I advised the Federal Government to create sound, supportive and transparent policies that will revive leather goods industries in Nigeria.

Aluko said, “Nigerian leather goods businesses must develop procedures to ensure developed markets where products are compliant with environmental and social responsibility requirements as well as international satndards.’’

The lecturer explained that the formal leather goods industry had declined almost to extinction which could only be revived by transparent business policies.

According to him, the formal leather goods sector must be revived particularly to supply the domestic, regional and international markets.

He said that considerable hard work would be required by the public and private sectors in coordination for the sector to make considerable further progress but this is necessary as we refocus our economy and use of our abundant hides and skins for leather products rather than for consumption as `ponmo’.

The lecturer added that economic growth and employment benefits from the sector were potentially considerable.
“Nigeria is, globally, perhaps the most important exporter of light leather.

“ The leather tanning sector has made remarkable progress in recent years as it has progressed from export of raw and wet blue leather to finished leather.’’

In spite of the fact that `Ponmo,’ a delicacy made from hides and skin has been popularised mostly by the people of the South West, it has no nutritional value, Miss Yemisi Olowookere, a Nutritionist at Garki Hospital General Hospital, Abuja, said.

“Its continous consumption has continue to generate concerns on its adverse effect on the tanning and leather industry in the country,’’ Olowookere said .

Olowookere said that Ponmo only appeals to the taste buds when properly prepared and has no nutritional benefits.

According to her, Ponmo, is basically cow skin that has been processed to look similar to beef which is sold in the markets and an important ingredient in the preparation of several stews in various cultures.

“Most Nigerians love Ponmo so much that some believe a good day meal is incomplete without It; Ponmo is a regular sight at parties and several public outings, served in different forms.

“It would be quite shocking for some people to know that Ponmo contains little or next to nothing in terms of nutritional value,’’ Olowookere said.

She said the classification of Ponmo was based on their mode of preparation and colour, adding that some are white, cream and brown.
Olowookere raised concerns over some of the health status of some of the animals killed which must have been ill and undergoing treatments.

He noted that rearers sometimes ignore such situation and will go ahead to kill them, leaving the buyers vulnerable to chemicals in the animal skin.

“Some of the animals because of the ailments, they are usually given injection with contains chemicals.

“People don’t allow these chemicals to complete its cycle and be removed from the body; they sometimes go ahead to kill these animals.

“So, if you consume the ponmo, the tendency is that you are consuming the chemicals directly because the skin part of the animal retains most of the harmful substances,’’ Olowokere said.

She warned Nigerians to be careful of consuming` ponmo’ as the cow skins are usually not prepared in the best conditions.

Olowookere said before the ponmo was brought to the market, a lot of different unhygienic substances such as trash, wood, charcoal, rubber tyres and so on, are thrown into the furnace to sustain the blazing heat.

She, however advised that it was best to eat fish rather than ponmo.

Mr Yakub Matanmi, Chairman, Ponmo Dealers Association, Mushin Market said that the consumption of cow’s skin has been an age-long practice which no government could stop.

He said that the survival of countless people such as the butcher, cleaner and seller depends on the product.

“I don’t think the government can just stop the consumption of ponmo, so many things will go wrong.

“It is from this business the sellers, cleaners and butchers get to make a living and send our children to school, if you say we should start selling it as leather, we may not make as much profit.

“But if eventually the product is banned totally by the government, there is really nothing we can do about it, but that will definitely be the end of our business,” he said.

Matanmi said that the volume of ponmo consumed daily across the country could not be calculated, as more low-income earners and also wealthy people use it.

[quote author=seagulsntrawler post=37074483][/quote]where else are they engaged? The u.s has troops on every continent in the world, africom,soccom,etc..they have the largest military presence there is and where is russia on he world map? And yes, they will beat russia and with moderate cost considering they have the military budget of russia and the next 10 other military nation's combined. ...let's not forget they have the military bases on every continent in the world and aircraft carrier on all the world's seven seas so they ca launch an attack on russia and it's interest from anywhere, meanwhile russia can only operate from it's homeland. need I say more?

seagulsntrawler:
Pls do your research about the russian S-400 defence system. The B2 bomber is toast for the Russians. The pentagon is running scared already
www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/14/pentagon-fears-it-s-not-ready-for-a-war-with-putin.html

guess you did'nt even read the article you posted! The military chiefs said they can still beat russia despite the fact that the u.s military is locked on two battles in the middle east! Says alot about the strength of the u.s military who took down the largest military in the middle east,iraq in under 100 days...heck, putin is too scared to launch a ground invasion in Ukraine...where was the stupid Russian system when the B2 bomber entered the far east and buzzed the DMZ to massive objections from Russia. China and other cronies :Dbe guided my friend.

The dumb Russians and Chinese instead of coming up with their own technology is constantly thinking of stealing from the u.s and when they don't succeed, they send their third rate propaganda media to trash it, which is hilarious because nobody outside their indoctrinated populace listens or believes it......have they quit trying to steal the blueprints for the B2 stealth bomber that can fly passed the kremlin and the great Hall of the people without being seen on radar? keep trying folks or at least use your brain and come up with yours.

Russia today article? Rubbish...before the Russians turn experts in military tech let them graduate from owning one aircraft carrier to two, talk less of getting 12 and building two more like the United States has and is doing! shows the utter inferiority complex the Russians feel against America that they are obsessed by their progress while the u.s could hardly care what happens in that hell hole...

Imagine tinubu and Akande, two unelected career politicians sitting on sits meant for elected representatives, this pic is a microcosm of what the APC is, elected figureheads with the real godfathers in the charge!

2015 Mercedes Benz S Coupe !! What would'nt you do for this?

When someone cannot praise buhari without taking a jab at jonathan, you know they are unsure of what they are praising and grasping for straws

Jonathan was a great disaster but you measure the progress of your saviour by that "failed" benchmark.

ttmacoy:
Doesn't that describe the banking sector in Nigeria? It's not peculiar to Gtbank but to them all.

for it's age, GT bank can't take such risk with people's future, I say future because their customers are mostly young people which they continue to target. First bank, union bank,etc can take considerable risk as they have a solid footing not GT, it;s a get rich quick mentality.

I am not a tribalist but if agbaje was not a yoruba man, he will be out of his office a long time ago.

otijah:
I will like to knw more abt his disastrous job

if only you knew how much debt this bank is wallowing in because if this man's frivolous attitude of giving out loans to politicians and other questionable "buisness man" who are not paying back.

Paid award to prevent him from being booted out by board members for the disastrous job he has done..

Giving out very risky loans to politicians and failed buisness men who are not paying back and if nothing is done soon by shareholders GT bank will be run like a hedge fund ponzi scheme and subsequently fail.

Take it to a game store for checkup. It's either of three things...your card reader might be bad, the games were not properly installed or are too big for your memory card or finally a software problem. don't attempt to do anything on your own.

P/s: that's why I still love and stick with my good ole fashioned CD.

BiggerBangs:


RIP Sir...I believe you are looking down seeing happening in Nigeria.You cant believe that Your Former Vice "Jonathan" later becomes the president and left the Economy sheltered,you cant believe how much the dollars is now changed for the Naire now.Even feul price was hiked during his administration and Corruption is nothing to him.Thank God Baba is now the President and he is flushing out all the bad egg in government.Sleep well Sir




I have a date with my Crush today..Guys 40likes will give me the Confidence !!

I hope she spits on you. Idiott!

heykims:
Jona, history still remembers as the man that ran the most corrupt administration so far..

shut your stinking mouth that facilitates rubbish from your rotten brain, ever heard of sanity abacha,ibrahim babangida, obasanjo, ...Dumb assss..

How many of you guys held your dick while reading this?.

Eddodoh:
U r studying MassCom dat shouldn't confine u to bin a communicator. Do a soul-searching to come out wit a career path u want to take in line wit ur course of study. Then seek d necessary skills required to succeed in such career & u will b fine.

If only i know wat i know today b4 now. I will have bin strong force as a professional wit influence in d labour market.
You r still in skul. Decide now

how does one do that?

Hello! it was nostalgic reading your post, don't mind the nay sayers. I'm also studying mass communication. Thought it was'nt my first option, found myself here buy now falling in love with the course and have started putting things in motion for a career after graduation. I'd like us to communicate further and share ideas!