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manny4life:
Y'all should leave texazzpete, he's a Sanusi follower.

I like Sanusi for his honesty and conviction to doing the right thing. Does this make me a 'follower'? Nope.

You on the other hand are a Sanusi hater, aren't you?

[quote author=George_D link=topic=798425.msg9515922#msg9515922 date=1320860000]texazzpete,
so nice of you to come here and insult our sensibilities. we all know that not everybody that
works in a bank is a banker but to try and force people to join an association in a free moral society
is nothing short of high handedness-and don't come telling me 'its in the cibn act' because even
that can be challenged in a competent law court. any rule, act or law which seeks to infringe on
the constitutional rights of individuals to freedom of association - in a free country - can be
successfully challenged anywhere! [/quote]Chief,
If you notice, i did not quote your post and it touches on an area i did not dwell on. At least it seems we are in agreement that it isn't everyone that works in a bank that is a 'banker'. This is the simple wisdom I have tried to force into the heads of the two people who posted before you did.

[quote author=George_D link=topic=798425.msg9515922#msg9515922 date=1320860000]but to try and force people to join an association in a free moral society
is nothing short of high handedness-and don't come telling me 'its in the cibn act' because even
that can be challenged in a competent law court. any rule, act or law which seeks to infringe on
the constitutional rights of individuals to freedom of association - in a free country - can be
successfully challenged anywhere! [/quote]I disagree. Why don't we demand that 'forcing' doctors to take the Hippocratic oath is 'high-handedness' and an infringement of the constitutional rights of Nigerians?
If there is a body set up to ensure all professionals in a field are registered and documented, as long as membership is free and terms of membership are not onerous, what's the harm?

ukhun:
@texazzpete must u raise insult on a post before u pass your message.

I hope u read the first statement.

“Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has enjoined all qualified bank workers to ensure they enlist as members of the umbrella body, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), as provided in CIBN Act No. 5.

“The CBN will no longer tolerate a situation where qualified bankers as provided in the CIBN Act No. 5 deliberately refused to become members of the Institute. Henceforth, such workers will face appropriate sanctions,” he said,

Mind you, there's no way u can be a qualified banker without u not been a member of CIBN so dn't let sanusi confuse u.

"If you work in the IT department of a bank, it doesn't make you a 'banker'. You're IT support. IT support staff in an engineering firm are not Engineers. Security men in Total Nigeria are not 'Petroleum Engineers'.

Hope u can read ursef, So why is sanusi forcing me to be a member of CIBN just b'cos i'm a qualified bank worker and not a qualified banker. because as an IP Security Engineer i'm qualified to be a bank worker.

The OP contains the actual words spoken by the CBN representative. Why would you disregard this in favour of whatever spin the journalist who wrote the article thought up?

the actual words spoken by CBN's Lemo are reproduced below for clarity

“The CBN will no longer tolerate a situation where qualified bankers as provided in the CIBN Act No. 5 deliberately refused to become members of the Institute. Henceforth, such workers will face appropriate sanctions,” he said.

I do not see any ambiguity there. As an IT support staff, you are not a 'banker' by any stretch of the imagination, any more than the caterer in UBTH will be fretting over moves to make medical personnel join an association.
Let me modify my advice: Please learn to read and utilize your brains.

Muttex:
Why CBN maybe CIBN has pally with CBN to make more money from Bankers, I am an IT Professional and work in the Bank, I belong to Nigeria Society Of Engineers(NSE) and Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), This is rubbish,

ukhun:
This is rubbish. Does it means that everybody that works in a bank belongs to that profession?

What about the IT personnel and the lawyers, why will they be forced to register as a member of CIBN when they already have their own profession.

This Sanusi of a guy is confused.

Nope. it means that you cannot read.

Here's what the CBN said

antokay:
“The CBN will no longer tolerate a situation[b] where qualified bankers[/b] as provided in the CIBN Act No. 5 deliberately refused to become members of the Institute. Henceforth, such workers will face appropriate sanctions,” he said.

If you work in the IT department of a bank, it doesn't make you a 'banker'. You're IT support. IT support staff in an engineering firm are not Engineers. Security men in Total Nigeria are not 'Petroleum Engineers'.

I know Sanusi bashing is a pastime for many on Nairaland, but let's please remember we are educated people and show it in our arguments.

marvix:
I think we have had enough of all this arguements on this forum and its time we put this to rest.

There are three types of people on this forum with respect to the Presidential elections 2011.

Those who did not support or believe in Jonathan during the elections, they are in the majority in this forum, evidence of this go check the polls on this forum when we were approaching the elections, these set of people are still the ones complaining about his administration. My advise to them calm down he has won an election free and square and if u think Nigerians made a mistake when they had the opportunity to change the leadership, pls note that is also an achievement of Jonathan cos he created the atmosphere where it would have been possible to change him if the majority did not want him.

The second type of people here are those who supported Jonathan for the wrong reasons, reasons like he is from the Niger Delta, He can solve Power problems in One year, He did not wear shoes when going to school, he was an academic doctor and all other mudane reasons these people are also high in number on this forum but not as much as those who did not give him a chance, now this group are disenchanted because the role of the president is not a father christmas role and there are no magic wands to wave to make everything destroyed in 25yrs right in one year. These people have joined the group that did not give GEJ a chance and now make it seem like majority of those who voted for Jonathan are now disenchanted with his style of govt.


Then the third group are those who believe in Jonathan and know that the challenges of nation building is not a tea party and that Jonathan will not and can not solve all the problems. We look at Jonathan as a foundation builder and the man to continue with yaraduas foundation and ensure that the infrastructural framework to set us on the right path is put in place. We have always been in the minority in this forum, and we still keep faith with Jonathan not because I expect that my family in Jos is safer with him as president or that my folks in Maiduguri are safer as he serves, but because he represents a new order and we are convinced that the future has begun.

The issue of Boko Haram is not backed by any idealogy but just a raw desire of some folks to get power at all costs,  two wrongs will not make a right, if some folks have decided that bombing is the way to get attention it would be wrong to go out and exchange bombs with them and kill more innocent citizens in the process and even give them some sympathies, we must not allow them ffeel justified in their unprovoked attack on the govt or innocent citizens, that the SSS is not able to contain these people and the Military is yet to clamp these people down and the Police seems helpless in this battle is not totally Jonathans fault cos if the infrastructure has been put in place in the last 15yrs to ensure that these agencies can work profesionally then we would not even be bothered about these threats today, it is past failures that are responsible for the security challenges and those who caused this problems had this in mind so that in an event where they want to embarass the man in govt thye can do this just like they are doing now or is anyone expecting us to gather intels from the space just like that

I voted for Jopnathan and I believe he is doing a good job and if there is an election today I will cast my vote once again for him and campaign for him again like I did last year and early this yr.

The OP that thinks Jonathan will be the worst president ever I say hold your peace and let him finish his tenure then we can then analyse and all come to a conclusion if he is indeed the worst president ever or best president ever.

Don't worry, there are 3 more years ahead of suffering before you too succumb.

Nigerians and their backward mentality!

While 26 year old lecturers in developed and sensible countries are acknowledged experts in Napoleonic battles and World War 2, dimwits here are desperately trying to re-inforce the tired Nigerian 'age = wisdom' myth.

Truth be told, in most cases there is little actual value someone who was a frightened and brainwashed 16 year old soldier fighting with improvised weapons during the biafran war will bring to any discussion on the issues and circumstances that led to war. In fact, many of the actual fighters in that war are less likely to be dispassionate commenters on the issue, compared to people willing to view issues with a fresh and neutral perspective.

I wish you guys luck.

Desire Kene Obi:
Jest i think that GEJ is so far the best president Nigeria has ever produce. How soon can we forget how we suffered over fuel in this country, nobody could offer a way out until GEJ came. What we are suffering now is what d past Presidents did, including d past two b/4 GEJ.

Don't worry, by the time fuel becomes N150 per litre next year, we'll have even less queues in filling stations and hence more fuel. Hurray!!

/sarcasm

Sam Milla:
Lol. Apparently names like Atiku Abubakar, Buhari and co will be missing while some useless alamajiris will populate the list. Naija my funny nation, comic book coming soon,

Do you have any proof that these guys are sponsors of terrorism or are you just talking out of your arse as usual?

martinosi:
U have No clue, *SMH*

Hey, How's the search for the billions of barrels of crude in Haiti coming off?

Shebi you conspiracy theorists opine that that was the reason why the US pulled off an earthquake in Haiti (by using an atmospheric weapon, no less)?

[quote author=edo.girl link=topic=798819.msg9507148#msg9507148 date=1320773660]what the attackers did was clearly excessive and deplorable. that said, i dont understand people's intolerance of on-road worshippers. i assume this happens once a week, and only for a couple of hrs or so at most. it's nothing more than a minor inconvenience. simply turn back and use alternate roads. people getting totally worked up & telling the rest of us how such things can't happen in new york, london or timbuktu, is meaningless. our cultures and way of life are different. the suggestion that praying on the road is barbaric is uninformed. thankfully, on-road praying is still uncommon. where/when it happens, our tolerant side should accommodate the resulting inconvenience and move on.[/quote]'Only a couple of hours' is not a big deal to you?!
Thankfully, unlike you most of us are employed and place a premium on our time. This has nothing to do with 'culture' and everything to do with intolerance of the people who would park their cars on the road and obstruct others going about their duties.

See your mouth like 'minor inconvenience'. Please save up and buy a car so that when you finally experience a traffic jam with tens of cars in front and behind you, you will tell us all how you'll 'turn your car around and find an alternative route'.

Nayah:
Congrats to her, but sincerly I think this is political because she's not so beautiful as we could imagine this is my humble opinion

You aren't exactly known for your intelligence, so we'll disregard this 'humble opinion', thank you.

frosbel:
Am I a doctor

No. He means that you're in the UK (or so your NL profile claims). Why don't you lead the way by coming back to develop your fatherland ASAP? We'd love to see that 'UK' under 'Frosbel' turn to 'Ikeja'.

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=796155.msg9487060#msg9487060 date=1320501047]^Doctors do not make much money in the years immediately following graduation. Even overseas they dont make a lot of money during residency either.

The profession isnt supposed to be about having unlimited amounts of money- its about people's health.

There's actually no amount of money that can pay enough for what they do.[/quote]All you have to do make this argument perfect is to show me just ONE landlord in your city that will accept your 'it's just about people's health' line in lieu of house rent.
Feel free to show me one car dealer on Nairaland here who will give a 30% discount to anyone as long as he tenders a medical practitioner ID card.

These people work long hours in a day, dealing with all sorts of ill and cranky patients and they are supposed to put up with inadequate pay because 'it's all about People's health'?!

typical Nigerian, you want people to sacrifice and sweat for YOU. Well, being related to 3 doctors, I can tell you that Doctors have to pay Rent, buy food, buy cars and provide for their families just like you and I do. Shocking, isn't it?  

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=796155.msg9484958#msg9484958 date=1320476888]Tex, do you have a parent who is a Nigerian doctor? You seem to be excessively taking up their side for some reason that makes me suspect a bias on your part.

For the record, I'm not opposed to them moving wherever the like. But before you leave, pay back the money (Nigerian) society invested in you.

I don't believe in essential staff like doctors striking, since it generally leads to deaths. Unless you want the staff at the nuclear power plant also to strike [/quote]Of course i'm biased. Three of my siblings are doctors. I earn more than three of them combined together.
If only you would let go of your knee-jerk reactions and really think about the issues at stake. Doctors put in more years in school than any other course, with (usually) more rigorous examination gates to scale through. They have to work in a highly stressful, sometimes dangerous field so it's a no-brainer that they should be very well compensated for their pains.

In the ideal world, people like you should realize that it's in your own best interests that your doctor be kept as happy and well compensated as possible. A doctor who has to spend 3 hrs in hold up every day just because he cannot afford decent accommodation close to his work place is bound to be an unhappy doctor.
In an ideal world, people like you who do not want doctors to go on strike should be the ones carrying placards, demanding that the Government take them seriously. However, like many Nigerians you choose to close your eyes and ears until the writing is on the wall.

Doctors should not be allowed to go on strike, true. Which is why your Governors should pay up what they are asking for without any undue delay. The average Lagos state doctor will see up to 50 patients a day, clearly working very hard for their pay. That is why I cannot hide my disappointment when someone as intelligent as yourself will make these tired, weary doctors the target of your ire while the lazy politicians are left alone.

Finally, last i checked, these doctors paid their own school fees. Which one is 'paying back what Nigerian society spent on them'?

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=796155.msg9477447#msg9477447 date=1320367641]Part of the reason I'm not a huge fan of the way Nigeria approaches education subsidies. All this talent that you are subsidizing, won't they just leave anyway for greener pastures if you don't put in place good measures to make them pay you back what you spent?

Sink so much money into training a doctor, and then he leaves and becomes an asset for yankee rather than you who trained him[/quote]Yet you're one of those who's always complaining whenever the doctors withold their services over poor financial compensation.

You don't want the doctors to go on strike to demand higher pay and you don't want them to move over to where their services are better appreciated. Strange.

[quote author=Okija_juju link=topic=796191.msg9480691#msg9480691 date=1320414457]Bleep them church folks!!

They should focus on protesting the gross mis-management of their tithes and offerings by their pastors first and stay out of politics.

Mofo's!!  [/quote]

Mmuo Okija:
Bros

Bleep you

Bleep your Pastor

Bleep your Church members

Bleep your church as well

and bleep everything you hypocritic bigots stand for.



Y'all should eat a dic'k!!

You watch as your pastors rob you everyday in plain, broad daylight, buy jets, build multi-billion Dollar churches, build schools your minimum-wage earning as'ses cant afford to attend, dress in the choicest designer outfits, live in mansions (both here and abroad), drive in convoys of the most expensive cars (some bullet-proofed) with armed security, fly abroad like they are going to their village, look down on you all like y'all are not the ones responsible for every cent he has and yet you bitc'hes dont have the balls to say nothing to them!! Then the government does the same thing your pastors are doing (on a smaller scale sef [atleast no politician owns a jet]) then you all run out and start protesting.

Yes I Alusi Okija^TM said it!! Bleep every single one of y'all.

You clowns should thank your respective Gods that I am not the president, I would order a syrian type crack-down on you bit'ches and lock you all up in kirikiri for disturbing the peace.

If you'd look closely, you'd see in the OP that the people protesting are from the Anglican church.

Last i checked, the orthodox churches like the Anglicans and Catholics do not have these superstar pastors and tithe paying is not mandatory.

Seun:
Why do you want to sell?

Bought several. Kept one for myself. Wanna sell the rest.

Price revised down to 30k.

passionate88:
o men,  I just dey imagine the 1 billion naira,  

He won't win/get a dime. The NDLEA really didn't do anything illegal.

Ima Ima:
Epoma d fact is that what he is doing is normal, which is what all other governors should be doing.thts wht they were put there for. but are they doing their jobs?no.

we appreciate Akpabio cos hes making a difference and genuinely makin d state better.

if u r in nigeria, u wld understnd but u sound like u r far away and judgin from afar.

carry on akpabio. Akwaibom ado ok!

So have we settled for giving awards to people for just doing the jobs they are paid to do?!

You Nigerians disappoint me sha. Apparently, the ceiling is the limit, not the sky.

mavinc4u:
sorry other blackberry phones has gone up except playbook

mavinc4u:
am not at all.i like when people correct me for a mistake check this site.they have not updated this weeks price on it,blackberries has gone up there http://slotlimited.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=1

The 32GB Playbook in that link is 85k. You lying scumbag, you lack the brains to even troll successfully.

This same Governor did nothing while hundreds of kids were being maimed and tortured for 'child witchcraft' in his state until a documentary aired in the Uk forced his hand. Till date, the NGO taking care of the hundreds of displaced and traumatized kids remains an enemy of the State Government.

Only in Nigeria sha.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/04/college-students-unveil-the-kiira-ev-ugandas-first-electric-ca/


This is an electric vehicle, built by Ugandan college students with most of the parts designed and constructed locally.
What are Nigerian Universities doing?
Oh, I forgot that there is little or no research budget available for Nigerian Universities due to years of government neglect.

https://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/11/uganda.jpg

Take a good look at that lime green hornet pictured above, because it may just herald the dawn of a new era in Ugandan transportation. Known as the Kiira EV, this plug-in was designed by students at Makerere University in Uganda, where electric cars, as you might imagine, are something of a rare commodity. In fact, local media outlets are heralding the Kiira as the first EV ever produced within the central African country, and it's not too shabby, either. On Tuesday, after nearly three years of development, the two-seater successfully completed its first test run, reaching a top speed of 65 kilometers per hour and nimbly making its way up a 55-degree incline. According to Paul Isaac Musasizi, who oversaw the project, the Kiira is capable of maxing out at a speed of 150 kilometers per hour, and can run for up to 80 kilometers on a single charge. Aside from its steering wheel and other accessories, every other component was designed and constructed domestically.

Perhaps more important than the Kiira EV's specs, however, is what it symbolizes for Uganda. "When we started the project, we wanted to demonstrate that Uganda has as good talent as that in the US or Germany," Musasizi told Uganda's Daily Monitor. "Now that this is over, we expect and want it to be taken up." It remains to be seen whether the Kiira actually enters production anytime soon, but Musasizi says his team is already working on a 28-seat EV for public transportation, underscoring their commitment to bringing green technology to their country. Hum past the break to see video of the momentous occasion, along with coverage from Uganda's NTV.

I find it more interesting that the OP doesn't know how to spell the word 'mountain'.

;d

mavinc4u:
USED AT 75K WHEN SLOT SELLS NEW AT 80K.THAT ONE NO PASS GREEDINESS-IT IS MORE THAN GREEDINESS

You don't have to lie, dolt! 80K at SLOT is for the 16GB version. Affordables (usually the cheapest dealers in Computer Village) were selling the 32GB Playbook for 83k just last weekend.

I know you're upset because I exposed your greed in attempting to sell a 73K Torch 2 (9810) for 120K, but if you must come against me, refrain from telling lies like a baby.

Guys,
I've got a barely used 32GB BB PLayBook for sale.
Price? Just 75k.

Interested buyers can respond here on mail me at priyeandroid@googlemail.com

Knight1:
i thought the man went to the court recently to assure of his confidence in them. now that they ruled against him, he has lost confidence?

1. Buhari did not 'go to court'. He said he would not do so. CPC did.

2. The article clearly states events that transpired that made it obvious to the CPC that Justice would not be done. Can't you read what you posted?

erico2k2:
Nigerians wont seize to amaze me, guys, in principle this is the way forward,,its one thing to make roads and another to maintain them, this structure proposed is how the western world works,% of the fuel duty we pay inclussive of pump prize are used to maintian roads and other things,we already pay road tax in Nigeria but cos of corruption, its not used on teh road.

See this imbe.cile sitting down in London and advocating increased taxation on people whose taxes are not even being used to improve their lot!

Don't worry, when Nigerians finally gather the cojones to stage their revolution, your kind will be strung up right beside the greedy fiends who call themselves our leaders.

PointB:
School Feeding Programme now feeds over 1.4 million pupils - Adamu
From: Twum Barima/Asempa News/Ghana Last Updated: October 31, 2011, 9:15 pm

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School Feeding Programme now feeds over 1.4 million pupils - Adamu


The Executive Director of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, S.P. Adamu says the Ghana School Feeding School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has now been upgraded to cater for over 1.4 million pupils across the country.

According to Mr. Adama the programme is now focusing on the rural areas rather than the urban centres.

The programme, at the beginning of the term, was suspended for re-organization in order to include more schools, but the CEO says the programme now feed 1.4 million mouths.

Speaking on Asempa FM’s Current Affairs Programme, Ekosii-Sen Monday, he noted that under the re-organization, schools such as Achimota Primary and JHS and the Ministry of Health School have been excluded from the programme.

“There are schools which are having less privileged pupils. Nima and Chorkor have also been included so we are on the right part” he stressed.

He hinted that since 2010 the feeding programme is solely financed by the government of Ghana. “We received 50 million from last year’s budget and 10 million from the supplementary budget so the finances are available to work”.

He said the GSFP is hoping that there will be more available funding so that the programme can achieve the purpose under which it was established.


http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201110/75691.php

N100 a month and feeding kids daily are not nearly the same thing.

kcjazz:
The stipend covers the cost of family lost wages. It is against the law for  kids not to attend school. Giving the kids stipends would at least encourage them and save costs for families that would rather have them help at the farm or sell pure water during school hours.

We cannot fold our hands and say cos of the law in place folks will oblige, there are really poor folks out there so when we manage the hidden cost side then it makes it easy for families to follow through.  It is a stipend but it is a start. At least let them come to school for the money, all the states need to do is to tie it to results and all will be just fine. Plus cost of living is not Lagos State standard.

How can N100 a month cover any lost wages? I'm sorry, but this is an imbecilic, brainless excuse. Those kids will easily generate at least that N100 DAILY. Please tax your brains better (and harder!) when you want to come up with an excuse.

This is tantamount to someone stealing your money and using it to buy T-Shirt for you