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Dear Nigerians,

As we approach the August 1st protest, we want to hear from YOU! On behalf of the government and non-profit organizations in Nigeria, we are conducting a survey to understand the demands of Nigerians.

What do you want?

Is it:

Better governance?
Improved economy?
Enhanced security?
Quality education?
Good healthcare?
Or something else?

Use this medium to communicate your demands to the government! Every response will be collated and presented to the authorities. We want to ensure that your voices are heard and your demands are met.

Let's work together to build a better Nigeria! Share your thoughts, comments, and suggestions below. Let's make our voices count!

Remember, every demand will be met! So, don't hold back. Share this post with your friends, family, and colleagues. Let's make this a collective effort to create positive change in our country.

Would also appreciate if you can highlight solutions for Nigeria Government to quickly adopt.

BluntCrazeMan:
And women took over all the top positions of the UNIZIK SUG..
A woman also emerged as the VC too.

Comrade Izuchukwu Ejikeme Francis Impeached as SUG President; Vice President Onyinyechi Nwachukwu Sworn In

Comrade Francis Izuchukwu Ejikeme has been removed from his position as Students Union Government (SUG) President following an impeachment.

According to a letter signed by the Senate President of the 30th House, Ozoelom Precious Oluchukwu, and the Chief Clerk, Amagba Gloria Akuoma, the impeachment was based on several allegations. These included his instigation of a protest and facilitation of a press conference against the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Pro Chancellor, and University Governing Council, in violation of Section 39 of the SUG constitution. This section mandates that the President must secure approval from two-thirds of the entire union membership before declaring any demonstration or confrontation on behalf of the union.

Additionally, Comrade Ejikeme was accused of usurping the constitutional powers of the SUG Vice President by organizing the students' week, in breach of Section 41(f) of the SUG constitution, among other allegations.

In a related development, the Vice President, Comrade Onyinyechi Nwachukwu, was sworn today, July 23, 2024, at the Giant House, to act and oversee the office of the SUG President.

NOTICE OF IMPEACHMENT OF COMR. IZUCHUKWU EJIKEME FRANCIS AS SUG PRESIDENT

To all students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, the university authority, and the general public, We hereby notify you that Comr. Izuchukwu Francis Ejikeme has been removed from office as SUG President through the impeachment procedure, in accordance with Section 86(2) of the Constitution of the Students Union Government of Unizik (2021).

The Students Senate Council has found the impeachment panel's findings to be in order and declares Comr. Izuchukwu Francis Ejikeme guilty as charged for the following allegations:

1. Instigation of a protest and facilitation of a press conference against the Acting Vice Chancellor, Pro-chancellor and University Governing Council, [/b]gravely violating Section 39 of the SUG Constitution which provides that the president shall not declare any demonstration (peaceful or otherwise) or direct any confrontation on behalf of the Union without prior approval of 2/3 of the entire members of the Union or the nearest whole number to the fraction.

2. [b]Usurpation of the constitutional powers of the SUG Vice president to organize the Students weeks, gravely violating Section 41(f) of the SUG Constitution.

3. Embezzlement of funds and withdrawal of funds exceeding 10,000 naira without approval by the Students' Senate Council, gravely violating Section 98 (2) (o) of the SUG Constitution.

4. Appointment of executives in total disregard to the powers of the Students Senate Council to approve such appointments, pursuant to Section 37(k) of the SUG Constitution.

5. Abduction, bully and illegal detention of a member of the Students Senate Council, gravely violating Section 37(a) of the SUG Constitution which mandates the president to coordinate the affairs of the executive council to guarantee the safety and security of the members of the Union residing within or outside the premises of the university as much as it is practicable to make in the circumstances,

Comr. Izuchukwu Francis Ejikeme is hereby instructed to surrender all properties of the union within 24 hours and cease to parade himself as the SUG Executive President. The SUG Vice President, Comr. Onyinyechi Nwachukwu, will act as and oversee the office of the SUG

Executive President.

Aluta Continua, Victoria Ascerta!

helinues:
witch more monikers to revalidate yourself. As you are too busy to go through your own comments history including this

https://www.nairaland.com/mbanda/posts



Oya revalidate my comments more by switching to more monikers.

Thank you

helinues:
Mynd44
Seun
Oam4j
Nlfpmod
Fergie001

I reported this guy earlier with his other trolling monikers, he has switched to another one to continue derailing threads unnecessarily .

https://www.nairaland.com/sisterramota/posts
https://www.nairaland.com/malroux/posts

The federal government's recent approval of 70,000 naira as the new minimum wage has sparked a lot of discussion. While it's a step in the right direction, I can't help but wonder - why are we still stuck on a monthly wage system?

In today's fast-paced, gig economy world, paying per hour makes more sense. It's more flexible, more efficient, and more fair. Why should someone who works 20 hours a week earn the same as someone who works 40 hours?

Imagine a situation where you are broke, and decide to work more. Is your extra work for fancy?

Paying per hour would also encourage productivity and hard work. Imagine knowing that every extra hour you put in means extra money in your pocket!

So, I ask again "why can't nigeria pay per hour?"

crowned1:
I have a 300w solar power station that will charge a laptop about 3x and also power other things and can be charged with a solar panel. Let me know if you are interested 100k

tellsblinks:
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IN a bid to speed up the use of Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, by commercial transporters, the Federal Government disclosed that members of the transport union would be provided with free conversion kits and free installation fee.

The government said all transport owners belonging to the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, National Union of Road Transport Owners, NATO and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RETEAN, would benefit from the scheme through their unions.

Speaking at the signing of an agreement with five CNG kit conversion companies in Abuja, the Programme Director, Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, PCNI, Engr. Michael Oluwagbemi said the government expects the cost of transportation to drop by about 50 percent over time.

The firms are Portland Gas, NIPCO, ABG Oil and Gas, Fix it 45, and NITT.

The ceremony also included the NURTW and e-hailing company, Bolt. The government said transport companies and e-hailing companies would get the conversion kits at 50 percent discount. The cost of each kit costs between N1.2 to N1.5 million.

Oluwagbemi explained that the government has identified 123 kit conversion centres across the country, saying the Conversion Incentive programme would be financed from the palliative fund set up by President Bola Tinubu.

He said: “The Conversion Incentive Programme is tackling the barrier to Nigerian commercial transport entities, operators, to convert from PMS to gas. Most of them have said that the cost of conversion is expensive. And so what we are doing here today is basically to respond to that concern. What is the government doing about it? First and foremost, for commercial operators that are unionized, I talk about the members of RETEAN, NATO, NURTW, through their unions, they can benefit from almost 100 percent discount. That is, they will get the kit for free, and installation will also be done for them for free.

“And this is going to be done through these certified conversion workshops that we are beginning to identify. We’ve identified about 123 of them. Five of them are here with us today that we’re going to be working with here in Abuja. As we expand across the country, we’ll be activating more of them at a time.

“The second are ride-share operators. So if you are a vehicle that is operating under Uber, Bolt, LagRide, Move, among the many different operators that we have in Nigeria today, you’ll be able to benefit also from this programme. You will be able to benefit from a 50 percent write-off on the equipment, and then you’ll get the installation for free.

“So that means the government will pay for these conversion workshops. To install the equipment, you’ll get a 50% discount. And because of the arrangement we have with these companies, you’ll also be able to also get to pay little by little, so you’re not paying any money upfront on day one”.

Oluwagbemi said the government has 20,000 conversion kits in stock and targets to convert about 300,000 vehicles annually.

Speaking at the event, Mr. Mohammed Bawa, ABG Oil and Gas, Comrade Aliyu Isa Ore, Acting President, NURTW, and Zankyams Duniya of Bolt, thanked the Federal Government for the support, saying the programme would significantly reduce the cost of transportation.

Bawa noted that with the switch to CNG “transportation (cost) should come down by almost 50 percent in the very near future. We believe that not only will transportation costs come down but also the price of food stuffs will come down considerably because transport cost is a major factor in the rising price of food”.

Treadway:
lol.

I experienced this back in 2014, when I invested in the planting of 2 hectares of maize and cassava. After the first two days, with how dem pack my maize despite plenty fight, I 5olsthem not to bother coming back the third day, cos they just mo gree hear word. I had to let them dry, shell, and then sell. It cost me more, cos of harvesting, transportation (this one I used my office car at the time a Renualt Logan for it, so only fuel money for like 2p back and forth trips btw the farm and silo), storing in a silo, shelling,....but that was the only way it was gonna be able to break even. I never did agric after that, cos that was lite9 the only thing I ha e ever invested in,wey stress me, and on top I didn't make money. Other things wey I no need move one finger I dey make btw 50- 300% ROI back then importing and selling jewelry, shoes, clothes, car scanners (I was one of the first movers selling this, and made a lot of money).

You will likely need to sell that maize dry, if you will break even, talkless of making profit. With wet maize there is literally only one use, to be boiled/roasted and eaten, and those women will ha e 5o buy cheap so they can make profit, cos they will buy coal, wood, and do all the roasting/boiling...

Whereas with dry maize there are many uses and so more options, and with that more value.

luvlyoracle:
Snap and post on your area Facebook page..thank me later

Willie2015:
Plz dont stay at the production level again...
Its a recipe for exploitation...
Try and find a niche along the value chain...
Dat you have control over price....

omeiza49ja:
Is it still avialable and what is your location?

The federal government, through the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has reached an agreement with producers to permit the sale of crude oil to domestic refiners at market prices.

This resolution ends a supply dispute that has strained relations with international oil companies.

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) stated that it could not allow pricing issues to hinder domestic refining.

The NUPRC emphasized its commitment to preventing “crude supply profiteering,” while also ensuring that oil production remains profitable.

He said, “We will never allow price strangulation to disincentivise our domestic refining capacity optimisation”

He stated that the regulator would work to prevent “crude supply profiteering,” while also ensuring that oil production remains profitable.

To ensure transparency, the Chief Executive of the NUPRC Gbenga Komolafe requested monthly cargo price quotes on crude oil supply and delivery from both producers and refiners.

He emphasized that it is the regulator’s responsibility to balance upstream development with a sustainable domestic energy supply chain.


Backstory
Earlier in the year, the NUPRC directed local and international oil companies to prioritise the supply of crude oil to local refineries. The regulator further set a target of 483,000 barrels to local refineries with the Dangote refinery expected to receive 325,000 barrels daily.

Additional refineries expected to benefit from the crude oil supply include the Warri and Port Harcourt refineries, which are slated to receive 75,000 and 54,000 barrels of crude oil per day, respectively. Meanwhile, smaller refineries such as Waltersmith, OPAC, and Niger Delta Petroleum Refinery, among others, are set to receive 10,000 barrels per day or less.

Later in April, the NUPRC mandated all oil companies in Nigeria to supply crude oil to domestic refineries that are unable to source it locally. Only after meeting these domestic supply obligations are producers allowed to export crude oil. The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) mandates that international oil companies must first meet local demand by supplying crude oil to domestic refineries before exporting any surplus.

However, last month, Devakumar Edwin, the Vice President of Oil and Gas at Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), accused International Oil Companies (IOCs) in Nigeria of deliberately attempting to undermine the Dangote Oil Refinery and Petrochemicals.

Edwin asserted that the IOCs are intentionally obstructing the refinery’s efforts to purchase local crude by inflating premium prices above market rates. This forces the refinery to import crude from distant countries such as the United States, resulting in significantly higher costs.

Nigerians expected the 650,000 barrels Dangote refinery to significantly or end the country’s petrol import dependence in the era of post-subsidy removal.

The National President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Arc. Kabir Ibrahim has stated that the duty-free importation for food items will lead to the erosion of gains made in local production of maize, rice and wheat.

He disclosed this in a chat with Nairametrics on Tuesday where he stated that the situation with food security today requires some form of trade liberalisation and imports but should not exceed the stipulated 150 days period.

However, he noted that rice importation would be very painful to Nigerians who have invested heavily in rice production and processing.

Furthermore, he called on governments to invest through the provision of subsidies on inputs such as machines, fertilizers and chemicals in order to have a sustainable food system in the country.

He stated, “The gains made in internal sufficiency will certainly be lost in some of the three competencies mentioned viz; rice, maize and wheat

Nigeria and Nigerians have made sizable investments in rice production and processing such that it is going to be very painful if this was done if absolutely necessary. As a matter of fact the wheat and maize issues if properly interrogated are easier to handle because some limited importation has always been there.”

“In order to really have a sustainable food system Nigeria should simply encourage and intensify production, processing, distribution and marketing of competences in which have proven comparative advantage by providing sustainable subsidy to inputs such as fertilizers, chemicals and mechanization.”

“We have no objection to controlled importation within a limited period to cushion the effect of hardship among our citizens but it should not be allowed beyond the agreed period of 5 months or 150 days as well as the agreed quarries of 500,000MT.”

Backstory
Yesterday, the federal government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security announced plans to begin duty-free importation of select food commodities such as rice, maize and wheat to increase food supply to Nigerians and replenish the strategic grain reserve of the government.

Furthermore, the federal government will engage stakeholders to establish a Guaranteed Minimum Price (GMP) for commodities. They will also ramp up production, particularly among smallholder farmers, in the 2024/2025 farming season and promote the production of fortified food commodities, among other initiatives.

Nigeria is facing one of the worst food crises in a generation, with food inflation surpassing 40% in May 2024. Data from the NBS shows that the prices of staple foods such as rice, maize, wheat, bread, and beans have more than doubled on average over the past year.

Projections from international development organizations, including the World Bank, FAO, and World Food Program (WFP), indicate that around 16% of Nigerians will experience severe hunger in 2024 due to the ongoing food crisis

holarthayor:
Can we have an updated price for per square metre? Both casting and plaster board. What materials will be needed and their cost. Thank you and keep up the good work.

Thanks you boss. Per square metre now. ( Plasterboard and casting pop) should be between 9,000 to 9,500 due to the cost of materials


Presently as at today 28 of December 2020


Plasterboard. 3 meter ( ABS) 10,500- 11,000
Pop paint (Glover). 4,000
Pop cement. ( Extra white or ABS ). 6500- 7000
Joint net tape 1500
Board screw ( 1000 pcs). 3000
Tapping screw 3500
Wall angle 900
Ceiling profile. 1000- 1,200
Cornerbead and edge trim 900



Casting pop material
Pop cement 6500 - 7000
Fillas. 2500 - 2800 per kg
Soap
Oil
Tornado nail 500
Bidding wire. 1,500

being:
Important to dimension things properly
Everything imported are affected by the dollar rate which has increased 100% in the last one yr.
Local food items if u notice are HYPERinflating and that's because there is scarcity induced by insecurity.

And yes, diesel, petrol costs and living costs also add to the prices of everything- local esp and imported..But the 2 reasons above are far more significant !

donestk:
1. Reduce electricity tariff.
2. Reduce fuel pump price

If these can be implemented now, things will improve in the next 3 to 6 months.

Labour should direct their industrial action to this strategy rather than minimum wage which will be gulped by energy bills.

richie240:
Do u even know the (damning) import of what u have just said?? So a single man - Mazi Reno Omokri - is now the "SOME PEOPLE" that is troubling the whole igbo race??

You guys had better send a delegation to beg him because its already confirmed he has ur password and can always access your 'brainbox' whenever he chooses.

GloriousGbola:
buy a kwh/check meter. then you can compare the readings

you can look for this on jiji

note that it is more likely somone is stealing power from you

iCauseTrouble:
This thread should be updated from 1 million to 100 million naira. 1 million naira just be like money for pure water now.
But thank God for this thread. I really learnt from it back then.

RedPilChurchBoy:
Please what is the price of secondhand Redmi Note 10 pro and Poco M4 pro?

AfeezShomorin:
When you say younger girls do you mean underage girls?