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Celebrities / Re: Dating A Younger Man, What's Wrong? by topazjosh(m): 3:28am On Dec 28, 2015
Nothing really bad bout it,my ex is older than i am,5 years as well,most of the ladies i have common things with are quite older,my female friends too are quite older than me,i just like it that way,not for any other thing,i just like it naturally,i don't always feel my age mate or younger ladies are ok for me.
Politics / Re: Obama Appoints Adewale Adeyemo As Deputy National Security Adviser by topazjosh(m): 11:55am On Dec 16, 2015
Adewale adetimehin :rapper ,adewale agbaje akinnuoye,hollywood actor,adewale adeyemo special adviser to us president. Was with dem wale?

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Webmasters / Re: Please Help, What Do I Need To Start My Own Blog? by topazjosh(m): 12:53pm On Nov 09, 2015
There is this certain problem i have with my desktop view of my blog,it shows everything on home/ menu page instead of showing part of it and then a see more or read more button should be there
Nairaland / General / Re: When You Dig A Well In Enugu, What You Will See (Photos) by topazjosh(m): 12:31pm On Nov 09, 2015
WisdomCanada:
Wow, untapped mineral resource, yet those children of hate from that particular said Biafra wana depend on ss oil? Ndi iberibe na amaghi left or right ha.

God bless Biafra.
You need to come to ondo too,whenever it rains,bitumen pop out
Education / Why Adeyemi College Of Education Should Be Consider As A University by topazjosh(m): 8:52am On Nov 03, 2015
A state of the campus address delivered by the Provost, Adeyemi College of Education, Prof. Olukoya Ogen to the College community and other stakeholders on Monday 02 November 2015

The College Registrar, Mr. F.E. Aderinboye

The College Bursar, Mr. G.O. Abdul

The Ag. College Librarian, Mr. R.A. Awoyemi

Members of the College Academic Board

Deans, Directors, Heads of Departments and Units

Other Members of the College Community

Invited Stakeholders

Gentlemen of the Press

Great Arbicans

Ladies and gentlemen

Last Friday, 30th October 2015 marked exactly one year that I first stood before this distinguished academic community. This was during the occasion of my formal inauguration as Provost by the immediate past Governing Council of this great institution. It is therefore with total reverence to the awesome powers of God Almighty and with utmost humility that I am standing before you today to give an account of my stewardship in the last one year. It is hoped that this interaction would enable Management fine tune new policy objectives and deliverables for the year ahead. It will also lay the foundation for Management’s actions during the last one year. Thus, in this address, I will be highlighting major challenges and achievements experienced since my assumption of office. This address is therefore a veritable way of informing and involving all stakeholders in the agenda of the coming year.

It is very rhapsodic to be destined as it were to be the very first alumnus Provost of the College, and also on its 50th anniversary. Thus, by sheer providence, I constitute the bridge linking the past, present and the future of this institution, a living symbol of the collective aspiration of the over 50,000 alumni spread across the globe, the current student population of about 15,000 and the many more yet-to-be-admitted individuals waiting to join us. While this is an achievement in itself, it is also a substantial score for every staff of this institution because my modest academic successes and laurels can neither be totally nor partially alienated from the excellent education that I received right here on this campus; a training that gave me hope, purpose and has kept me going over the years. Understandably, this institution has the right to look upon me proudly as a craftsman would regard his finished fine piece of art. My emergence as Provost is the collective achievement of all past, present and future staff of Adeyemi College of Education.

I wish to salute the founding fathers of the College and to acknowledge the great works of all past Principals/Provosts and their management teams. I particularly wish to acknowledge and place on record the outstanding contributions of the immediate past Provost, Professor Adeyemi Idowu to the massive infrastructural and intellectual uplift of this institution during the 8 years that he served. He was also instrumental to the massive injection of funds into the College from the Federal Government during his tenure.

During my inauguration address to the College community last year, I made it very clear that I was coming into office with a mind-set that is averse to mere sitting on our laurels and basking in the euphoria of past glories. I did identify the following as our major challenges; the absence of a full university status, inadequate funding; inadequate deployment of IT in governance and research; weak research base; inadequate national and international linkages; students and staff welfare issues; abandoned projects and infrastructural deficits; erratic power and water supply and irregular academic calendar, etc.

I believe in the saying that ideas rule the world. If there is anything an administrator or a leader needs, it is the flow of ideas and in this past year, I have put that to great use for the benefit of the College. Permit me to say that it has been a very rough year inundated with lots of challenges and upheavals on all sides. I cherish the core values of sincerity, modesty, humility and selflessness because positions of authority are mere opportunities to serve.

When I assumed office, our indebtedness was almost hitting the roof and funding from government was insufficient to even pay staff salary. Serious augmentation has to be made from other sources. Indeed, we could not meet our financial obligations to contractors, outsourced services especially the college private security outfit and our cleaning contractors with a combined monthly payment of almost ten million were the worst hit. The situation is still precarious and the last time this category of workers was paid was in April 2015.

Reports of external auditors for 2012, 2013 and 2014

One of the first major accomplishments of the current administration was that it succeeded in engaging a renowned firm of external auditors, Omogoroye Okin and Company to carry out an up-to-date audit of the College finances. It should be noted that this critical and statutory exercise was last carried out in 2011. The reports of the external auditors were quite detailed, comprehensive and revealing. From the reports, I was pained to learn that the College, after 50 years of its existence had its students’ data managed solely by a third party on an outsourced basis without any proprietorship right to the College. E-portal web services on student records, conduct of Post UTME, internal examinations for large education courses and the fees payment portal of the College were all outsourced and remotely managed. Apart from the issue of confidentiality and the fact that the College has no immediate control over such data, the cost of this service to the College for the years ended 31 December 2012, 2013 and 2014 according to our External Auditors amounted to about N46m, N60m and N63m respectively. Similarly, up till the end of last session, students of the College were still using Optical Mark Reader (OMR) answer sheets for examinations involving large classes. The service provider that processes the results of these examinations charges about N500 per answer script. The cost of processing these results runs into millions of naira when multiplied by the number of scripts every session. The bill recently submitted for the 2014/2015 Harmattan semester OMR examination is over N7 million.

Furthermore, it is interesting to note that up to the 2014/2015 Academic Session, students of the College paid their fees via the purchase of scratch cards at designated banks. These scratch cards were supplied by an external body. I found this method not only out-dated but also exploitative, and consequently discouraged the use of scratch cards for payments. For instance the lop-sided sharing formula between the College and the service providers is summarized in the table below:


S/N
CARD TYPE
SHARING FORMULA
1
Proceeds on sale of Internet Access Card
College - 30%
Service Provider - 70%
2
Commission on each card sold
Bank - N120
College - N140
Service Provider – N240
3
Post UTME Registration and Post UTME Result Checker
College - 50%
Service Provider - 50%
4
Admission Status
College - 30%
Service Provider 70%

The Current Liquidity Situation
The expenditure of the College is normally based on the grants received from the Federal Government and internally generated revenue. The table below for 2014 speaks for itself:
Description
Grants
Expenditure
Surplus/(Deficit)
N
N
N
Capital Items
371,152,733
531,472,309
(160,319,576)
Staff Emoluments
1,824,913,513
1,900,612,819
(75,699,306)
Pension & Gratuity
149,991,993
102,583,175
47,408,818
Overheads
65,143,097
687,440,181
(622,297,084)
Total
2,411,201,336
3,222,108,484,
(810,907,148)




Internally Generated Revenue (IGR)


568,215,050




Balance
Politics / Madam Olunloyo Is Back Again by topazjosh(m): 11:10pm On Nov 01, 2015
Madam Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo
21 hrs · Edited ·
KARMA AND HOW THE MILITARY LEADERS DESTROYED NIGERIA
‪#‎Biafra‬ ‪#‎Asaba‬ Massacre!
Look how Ibrahim Taiwo and Murtala Muhammad both died Feb 13th 1976. ‪#‎Assassinated‬. They were no HEROES in Nigeria! Don't let anyone fool u. I was the best on current affairs on that quiz show on NTA in 1976 at 11yo. I knew it all and even became a Journalist. They led the 2nd infantry military that MURDERED our boys and men in #Asaba #Biafra The Federal troops entered Asaba around October 5, 1967 and began ransacking houses and killing civilians, claiming they were Biafran sympathisers. Leaders summoned the townspeople to assemble on the morning of October 7, hoping to end the violence through a show of support for "One Nigeria." Hundreds of men, women, and children, many wearing the ceremonial akwa ocha (white) attire paraded along the main street, singing, dancing, and chanting "One Nigeria." At a junction, men and teenage boys were separated from women and young children, and gathered in an open square at Ogbe-Osawa village. Federal troops revealed machine guns, and orders were given by Maj. Ibrahim Taiwo to open fire. It is estimated that more than 700 men and boys were killed, some as young as 12 years old, in addition to many more killed in the preceding days. The bodies of some victims were retrieved by family members and buried at home. But most were buried in many mass graves, without appropriate ceremony. Many extended families lost dozens of men and boys. Federal troops occupied Asaba for many months, during which time most of the town was destroyed, many women and girls were raped or forcibly "married," and large numbers of citizens fled, many not returning until the war ended in 1970.
Col Ibrahim Taiwo is now gone. He too was shot in the head during the 1976 military coup. He was Gov of Kwara state and may he BURN in HELL FIRE! Another Yoruba murderer. As for Murtala Muhammad, we know what happened to him. Gone too. Killed by a fellow military man Dimka. They were NOT heroes they made them look like.
‪#‎RIP‬ to all our innocent men and boys forced to chant One Nigeria then killed! Today the govt is allowing the Hausas to terrorize the whole of Nigeria.
‪#‎MadamKOOBiafra‬ is the hashtag to join me Monday 5pm Nov 2nd 2015 on the Biafra chat on Twitter @HNNAfrica. Follow me now and lets trend the hashtag and speak out!
With Files from Wikipedia ,i actually reshare with caption " i tire for this woman o" check her reply down there and my reply too.

Education / Re: Ondo Medical Varsity Admission Form Is Out. by topazjosh(m): 6:11pm On Sep 07, 2015

Education / Re: Ondo Medical Varsity Admission Form Is Out. by topazjosh(m): 6:09pm On Sep 07, 2015

Education / Ondo Medical Varsity Admission Form Is Out. by topazjosh(m): 5:47pm On Sep 07, 2015

Culture / Re: Meet The 10 Most Powerful Kings In Nigeria. by topazjosh(m): 7:02pm On Jul 13, 2015
Oba victor adesimbo kiladejo CFR,Osemawe of Ondo kingdom

Politics / Re: As Ondo Rolls Out Kaadi Igbe Ayo, Smartcard For Digitalised Service Delivery by topazjosh(m): 1:20pm On Jul 07, 2015
Politics / As Ondo Rolls Out Kaadi Igbe Ayo, Smartcard For Digitalised Service Delivery by topazjosh(m): 1:11pm On Jul 07, 2015
On July 2 this year, the Olusegun Mimiko led
administration will begin the implementation of a
mult-purpose smartcard, Kaadi Igbe Ayo, in Ondo
State. While smart card technology has been
deployed by several governments for specific
purposes, to date, there has been no multi-purpose
smart card powered by the social democratic
mantra of democratising access to all the good
things of life, through which citizens can access and
enjoy all the dividends of democracy, a card that
would make it impossible for the people to be
cheated. This is precisely what Kaadi Igbe Ayo (KAI),
Ondo State’s latest in digitalised service delivery, is
targeted at achieving. In accordance with its name
(literally, card of joyful living), KAI is being
deployed by the Ondo State government to
facilitate strategic planning and development,
efficient record keeping, human resource
monitoring in the public sector, anti-corruption
drive and solutions, while enabling a higher level of
qualitative/quantitative service delivery in the
health, education, transport and agro-allied sectors.
The residency card, it has been established, would
serve as an interface in all transactions between the
government and residents, allow all residents equal
access to government’s social and welfare services
and allow government to monitor the distribution
of such services even to the remotest parts of the
state at every point. But that is not all: it facilitates
the systematic development of databases for
efficient security and surveillance purposes, the
categorisation of citizens for employment, taxation
and financial palliatives, the use/management of
public facilities (public transport, subsidized
consumer products, even fertilizer). You can even
advertise your goods at the back of the card.
During the formal launching of Kaadi Igbe Ayo in
February 2013 at an occasion attended by the late
Deji of Akure, HRH Adebiyi Adesida, the Osemawe
of Ondo, HRH Victor Kiladejo; the Zaki of Arigidi,
HRH Yisa Olanipekun, and many other royal fathers
from across the state; Information Minister, Labaran
Maku; Governor Olusegun Mimiko and his wife,
Oluwakemi; a former governor of Ondo State,
Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua; members of the
Ondo State House of Assembly, the President,
Customary Court, Justice Folasade Aguda-Taiwo; Dr
Olu Agunloye, members of the immediate past
cabinet; market women, the many pregnant women
clad in T-shirts, the artisans and members of the
National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW),
among others, the Federal Government had
indicated that it would key into the project on a
national scale.
Speaking on behalf of the Federal Government, the
then Information Minister, Labaran Maku, had
described Governor Mimiko as a pace setter in
governance in the country and an unparalleled
disciple of the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo who
had, through revolutionary programmes in health,
education, health, urban development, job creation,
agriculture and commerce, among others, tackled
poverty and improved the wellbeing of the majority
of the people. He said: “This is a historic, ground-
breaking technological invention. I have come to
launch a smart card that is, in all senses, truly
revolutionary, the first in Nigeria and the world. This
card is about welfare. I have been on good
governance tour and these are the kinds of things
that we want to see,’’ while revealing that the
Federal Government would key into the KAI project
to evolve a new identification card for every
Nigerian.
On that occasion, Governor Olusegun Mimiko,
while detailing the welfare-based, benefits-driven
governance which mandated the prioritization of
certain people-oriented projects in the last four
years, including the Mother & Child Hospitals; Abiye
Maternal Care Centres; Mega-Primary Schools; over
650 purpose-specific and state-wide community
projects and countless such other efforts in road
reconstruction, urban renewal and city
beautification, had said the smartcard initiative was
in fulfilment of his 2009 inauguration promise to
provide efficient service delivery to the people,
adding that the continued success of the
government’s programmes in different sectors
meant that it was essential to better manage,
expand, and improve on the planning and execution
of the programmes.
He had observed: “As a concept, Kaadi Igbe Ayo is
a project to facilitate sustainable government
service delivery to citizens of the state. The project
will ensure that integrity, accountability, data
collection and reporting, analysis and research will
be possible in the planning and execution of
benefits and entitlements schemes by government.
The overall functional purpose and relevance of
what we have come here to inaugurate today
therefore, lie in the possibility of using the Kaadi
Igbe-Ayo as the electronic vehicle to achieve the
above stated policy goals.
“We want to know our own people. If we are giving
out a bag of rice per person, you cannot collect it
without that card. If you have collected your own
bag and you return to collect another one, that card
would tell you that you are a thief. A banker cannot
remove his tie and go and collect fertilizer meant for
farmers. If you don’t pay your tax, the card will
show us that and we will ask your children to go
back home when they come to attend the mega
schools. What will facilitate good living is for us all
to do the things that we are supposed to do.”
At the second National Council Meeting on
Communication Technology (NCCT), which held in
Akure, the Ondo State Capital, September 3, 2013,
Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs
Omobola Johnson, speaking on the rationale for
holding the meeting in the state, had noted that
the government’s bias for ICT- driven programmes
informed the decision. Ondo is, in her words, one of
the most progressive states in the field of
leveraging ICTs for socio-economic benefit of its
citizens and indigenes. The minister cited the Abiye
programme, a world recognised initiative to
significantly reduce maternal and child mortality
with the simple technology of a mobile phone and
the Kaadi Igbe Ayo, a bio-metric card that will aid
the targeted delivery of social and other services to
citizens.
Governor Olusegun Mimiko, on his part, said: “The
21st Century has been aptly described as the
‘Information Age’ and Nigeria cannot afford to be
sidelined in the myriad of innovation and creativity
that are the hallmarks of globalisation. From the
common desktop computers to the ubiquitous
smartphones, tablets and most recently ‘Phablets’ it
is crystal clear, ICT has become very much the core
of modern civilisation. A major push in this regard is
the introduction of the Ondo State Residency Card
project (otherwise known as Kaadi Igbe Ayo) which
was envisioned as a veritable platform for multi-
purpose welfare services management for all
citizens and residents in the state. Kaadi Igbe Ayo
is being deployed towards strategic planning and
development in the state; efficient record keeping
and management of human resources in the public
and social sectors.
“In particular, the platform is a veritable tool in the
scaling up of qualitative and quantitative delivery in
our people-oriented sub sector such as health,
education, transportation and agriculture.
Interestingly too, the project is facilitating the
systematic development of database for efficient
security and surveillance purposes,” he said, while
expressing the hope that the document would be
reviewed from time to time to keep pace with
breathtaking developments in the field and broaden
and deepen stakeholders’ buy-in and ensure greater
flexibility in fundamental infrastructural issues like
fibre versus wireless preference.
“Our job is not finished until we have taken all our
people to the cyber space where information and
knowledge truly reside. We must indeed take all
Nigerians to the cyberspace. This government is
fully committed towards putting Ondo State in the
forefront of the evolving ICT revolution. We shall
continue to explore ways and means of making the
governmental machinery and the entire people of
Ondo State more ICT-competent and oriented.”
That, in a nutshell, is the message of Kaadi Igbe
Ayo.

Politics / Re: NDLEA Demanding Bribe From Me by topazjosh(m): 4:19pm On Jun 24, 2015
weirdtee:
Log on to NDLEA website,and lodge ur complaints.
Politics / Re: NDLEA Demanding Bribe From Me by topazjosh(m): 4:12pm On Jun 24, 2015
Dahjhi:
this is Nigeriais. embarassed .. Is your friend a white or a black?
is white,they thought am a scammer cause am friending a white
Politics / NDLEA Demanding Bribe From Me by topazjosh(m): 9:33am On Jun 24, 2015
Please help me out nairalanders,a friend from Us send a phone and pair of cloth to me via fedex(redstar)which I ought to have received since 8th of june but I was told the drug law agency ndlea seize it for verification so as to be sure is real and not a scam,so I was called to them up at fedex office along airport road"welcome center"along oshodi road cause that's where the ndlea office is, right inside fedex office,they ask for some requirement and files from the sender which need to be send to a certain email,she send it already and I even saw the message the second time I visit the fedex office I was told to go home since the ndlea officers haven't show up till like 12:30 pm I left there,now fedex called me yesterday again to ask me about the requiremnt the ndlea ask me if I have visit them already,I was suprised cause I have passed all those process,is now left to them to send to ndlea,they told me to call ndlea,the officer equally told me fedex didn't send any mail to their office even though they are all in same compund and building,though long before this have been perceiving foul play the ndlea official are trying to play,expecting me to bribe them for a legal thing and infact a phone I still need to unlock,seriously we need change in this country,every system in this country is bleeped and also I think fedex staff and ndlea officers are just dribbling cause they need certain amount of money to be dropped again,is 9 days after the package supposed to have get to my doorstep,pls help me rebc this on twitter,fb and bbm as well as nairaland,not that the package is such a big deal is all less than fifty thousand naira,I don't understand why a anti drug law agency will seize a phone is that part of their job? Check my other post concerning this. : https://www.nairaland.com/2366230/ndlea-seize-package
They finally told me they confirm email but won't release if I don't give them money.
Politics / Re: Buhari To Visit Cameroon After Ramadan - Premium Times by topazjosh(m): 9:28am On Jun 24, 2015
Please help me out nairalanders,a friend from Us send a phone and pair of cloth to me via fedex(redstar)which I ought to have received since 8th of june but I was told the drug law agency ndlea seize it for verification so as to be sure is real and not a scam,so I was called to them up at fedex office along airport road"welcome center"along oshodi road cause that's where the ndlea office is, right inside fedex office,they ask for some requirement and files from the sender which need to be send to a certain email,she send it already and I even saw the message the second time I visit the fedex office I was told to go home since the ndlea officers haven't show up till like 12:30 pm I left there,now fedex called me yesterday again to ask me about the requiremnt the ndlea ask me if I have visit them already,I was suprised cause I have passed all those process,is now left to them to send to ndlea,they told me to call ndlea,the officer equally told me fedex didn't send any mail to their office even though they are all in same compund and building,though long before this have been perceiving foul play the ndlea official are trying to play,expecting me to bribe them for a legal thing and infact a phone I still need to unlock,seriously we need change in this country,every system in this country is bleeped and also I think fedex staff and ndlea officers are just dribbling cause they need certain amount of money to be dropped again,is 9 days after the package supposed to have get to my doorstep,pls help me rebc this on twitter,fb and bbm as well as nairaland,not that the package is such a big deal is all less than fifty thousand naira,I don't understand why a anti drug law agency will seize a phone is that part of their job? Check my other post concerning this. : https://www.nairaland.com/2366230/ndlea-seize-package
They finally told me they confirm email but won't release if I don't give them money.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Finally A Job!!! by topazjosh(m): 11:02am On Jun 17, 2015
Please help me out nairalander,a friend from Us send a phone and pair of cloth to me via fedex(redstar)which I ought to have received since 8th of june but I was told the drug law agency ndlea seize it for verification so as to be sure is real and not a scam,so I was called to them up at fedex office along airport road"welcome center"along oshodi road cause that's where the ndlea office is right inside fedex office,they ask for some requirement and files from the senderwhich need to be send to a certain email,she send it already and I even saww the message the second time I visit the fedex office,ow I was told to go home since the ndlea officers haven't show up till like 12:30 pm I left there,now fede called me yesterday again to ask me about the requiremnt the ndlea ask me if I have visit them already,I was suprised cause I have passed all those process,is now left to them to send to ndlea,they told me to call ndlea,the officer equally told me fedex didn't send any mail to their office even though they are all in same compund and building,though long before this have been perceiving foul play the ndlea official are trying to play,expecting me to bribe them for a legal thing and infact a phone I still need to unlock,seriously we need change in this country,every system in this country is bleeped and also I think fedex staff and ndlea officers are just dribbling cause they need certain amount of money to be dropped again,is 9 days after the package supposed to have get to my doorstep,pls help me rebc this on twitter,fb and bbm as well as nairaland,cause I don't understand why a anti drug law agency will seize a phone is that part of their job? Check my other post concerning this. : https://www.nairaland.com/2366230/ndlea-seize-package
Business / NDLEA Seize My Package by topazjosh(m): 9:45pm On Jun 08, 2015
Please nairalanders I want you all to help me on this,a friend from us send a packahe to me ,phone and pair of cloth,so I was to get the package deliver to my house today but was told ndlea seize it cause they want to verify if the whole was real or scam,which I really understand but what baffle me now is why will a anti drug agency be the one to start doing such verification work,are they not going beyond boundaries and law of their commission,I was expecting efcc,or police or even custom should do such thing and not ndlea agent,I will update you all on new development incase any funny thing occur,cause the way one of the officer was talking I knew something is up and more like expecting me to drop some bucks,but I won't judge base on that until they are done with investigation,my friend who is the sender,has already send them all the requirement.note: the package was sent via fedex.
Technology Market / Before Nigeria Descends Into Telecoms Monopoly, By Jare Oladunmoye by topazjosh(m): 5:01pm On Apr 19, 2015
While Nigerian and other Africans’ businesses in South Africa
are being threatened by xenophobic attacks, South Africa is
lording it over other business interests in Nigeria. A good
example is MTN Nigeria, officially the dominant player in the
Nigerian telecommunications industry.
MTN Nigeria is about to increase its behemoth status by the
acquisition of a major CDMA operator, Visafone Nigeria,
which runs a 800 MHz spectrum band that provides 4G LTE
services. If pulled through, as it is very likely given that
Visafone Nigeria owner, Jim Ovia, has reportedly decided to
quit the telecommunications business in view of the impending
change of government in Nigeria, the acquisition will place
MTN Nigeria in the enviable position of being the only GSM
operator with access to this spectrum band and thereby
increasing its monopoly not only on the industry, but also the
Nigerian economy. With its tentacles spread across diverse
aspects, MTN prides itself as the ICT backbone of Nigeria,
having impact in virtually every aspect of the Nigerian socio-
economic life.
Last year, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC,
declared MTN Nigeria as the dominant operator in the mobile
voice segment of the market following a survey. But the
company is not content with that and is pushing further to
extend its lead into data services, which will allow it to remain
the dominant player in Nigeria for many years to come. And if
the price is a few tens of billions of Naira to take out Visafone,
then it is eager to do that.
The Nigerian government is reportedly totally against the
transaction and the potential full-blown monopoly and has told
MTN that it can’t approve such a deal that sees MTN Nigeria
digesting a million customers belonging to another Mobile
Network Operator. This move, if completed, will deepen MTN’s
dominant position and bring it deeper into monopolistic
situation whereas the government would like to encourage
better competitive conditions in the market with equality and
promotion of the smaller players, especially indigenous ones. It
will have dire consequences on the survival of other GSM
operators and also various other smaller telecom players. In the
end, the consumer will have little choices and may pay a heavy
price as a result.
MTN has close to 50 per cent of the subscriber market in
Nigeria. But its dominance is way deeper than that.
Investigations revealed that MTN has more than 80 per cent of
the revenues of all telecommunications companies in Nigeria.
It recently reported worldwide profit of $6 billion in 18
countries of operation of which roughly half of it comes from
its Nigerian operation.
The Nigerian government has been very sensitive about anti-
competitive trends in the market. It is understood that the
Central Bank of Nigeria, for example, has refused to grant MTN
a mobile money license so that it does not become the
dominant player in yet another strategic aspect of the country’s
development. This has allowed locally grown companies, such
as Paga, to flourish.
The telecom consumer is hopeful that the incoming leadership
of General Muhammadu Buhari will not allow or encourage
such acts of aggression in a market where other operators
struggle to keep up.
Nigerians haven’t yet forgotten the years of a single
telecommunications operator and their harrowing experience.
With the absence of competition under the public-owned
Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, NITEL the Nigerian
consumer paid huge prices for services that were either
epileptic or not available more often than not. It was therefore a
huge relief when GSM service was introduced in 2001 and the
revolution that has taken place since then makes for a must-
read case study in prestigious business schools.
Every thriving economy or community encourages open
market competition. However, the consumer stands to lose his/
her ability to select from a bouquet when a monopoly is in
place. By nature, the monopolist bullies the consumer into
submission, while the consumer is unable to contend because
of lack of choices. Sometimes the monopoly may not be all
encompassing; it may be limited in the sense that a single
player dominates the market to the detriment of other
competitors.
When MTN Nigeria was declared a dominant player in mobile
voice segment, specific obligations were imposed on the
company to ensure it desisted from anti-competitive behaviour
and also to ensure the sustenance of long term competition in
the telecommunications industry. But these obligations have
been observed largely in the breach.
Over the years, MTN has spread its tentacles across the
Nigerian market, moving from offering just telephony services
to being a one-stop telecommunications service entity. The
quest to increase its market share has thrown up an unhealthy
trend which, if unchecked by the industry regulator, will lead to
a monopoly and total market dominance. The effect is that the
Nigerian subscriber will lose the opportunity of having viable
options that is the hallmark of an open market economy.
This advantage poses an emerging and real threat to the
competitiveness of Nigeria’s telecommunication industry as it
potentially leaves it with a single dominant player in both the
retail voice and data markets. In the long term, the Nigerian
subscriber will pay for this in the form of higher tariffs, poor
quality of service levels, little or no incentive for innovation
and a bully service provider due to the lack of competition in
the market.
The Nigerian consumer’s ability to choose and the
opportunities to expand the Nigerian economy via the survival
of multiple businesses is no doubt under threat. The regulator
cannot afford to stand by and watch as other operators wriggle
in pains. NCC ought to carry out urgent review of the
acquisition to ensure that it hasn’t given MTN an unfair
advantage. Any other step may be detrimental to the growth of
a viable and healthy telecommunications industry in Nigeria.
Jare Oladunmoye is an Abuja-based concerned
telecommunications consumer. http://blogs.premiumtimesng.com/?p=167353
Culture / Re: Osemawe Becomes Chairman Ondo State Council Of Obas by topazjosh(m): 9:22am On Apr 16, 2015
charzyh2:
@Opad, is this true?
yes
Culture / Re: Osemawe Becomes Chairman Ondo State Council Of Obas by topazjosh(m): 9:21am On Apr 16, 2015
macof:


Have u ever met me? undecided take ur stupid accusations somewhere else

Am sure u are Ondo.
and so? Cause ireally don't understand what brought the ranking of an oba to another in the first place,yeye.
Celebrities / Re: Tonto Dike Faking Selfie With Neymar Busted! by topazjosh(m): 9:12am On Apr 16, 2015
axortedbabe:
Where she 4 see neymar snap with am,d only tym tonto left d shores of dis country na when she go fall 4 stage 4 london...
you are wicked girl
Celebrities / Re: Tonto Dike Faking Selfie With Neymar Busted! by topazjosh(m): 8:59am On Apr 16, 2015
MusaIbrahim1:
Probably a fan did it and she felt like uploading it on her page, don't think that chick has Photoshop skills, probably weed smoking yes... Like the OP too
lol na u dey smoke weed
Celebrities / Re: Tonto Dike Faking Selfie With Neymar Busted! by topazjosh(m): 8:57am On Apr 16, 2015
WRAKE:
is dat the real tonto dikeh onfbk?
yes
Celebrities / Re: Tonto Dike Faking Selfie With Neymar Busted! by topazjosh(m): 8:52am On Apr 16, 2015
Middlefinger1:

Op, we hereby dismiss ur case on ground of lack of enough evidence to convince this honourable nlers that pokolee actually did that. And i put it to u Op that are the one that did photoshop.
lol go check her facebook page,she even use it as profile pic.
Celebrities / Re: Tonto Dike Faking Selfie With Neymar Busted! by topazjosh(m): 8:45am On Apr 16, 2015
Now check the screen shots

Politics / Mimiko's Projects In Akure Alone! by topazjosh(m): 8:08am On Apr 15, 2015
Governor Mimiko's Roads & infrastructural
development of the city of Akure has not only
brought development to the city but has also
given Akure a true capital city outlook.
FACTS:
1) The amount
of work Iroko did
on the long
stretch Adesida/
Oyemekun road
(from Fiwasaiye
to FUTA junction
road block alone
will cover
nothing less
than 100 street
roads. Besides
being a dual
carriage way
that span over 9
kilometers,grade A asphalt overlay were
effected all through.
The road was completely transformed by Mimiko
with quality asphalt from beginning to the end.
What about the following: modern functioning
street lights powered by diesel generator for the
past four years non stop,over 40 parks including
the phenomenal democracy park, 16 modern
bus stops,rechannelization of the waterways,the
two big roundabouts and the decorations,the
modern roads signs,the bridges,massive
drainages and retention walls.
Do some even realize that over 80 buildings
were demolished to give way for the Democracy
Park with compensation paid to all the owners
without complaints from any angle?
2) Arakale road: this is a 5 kilometer road
dualized with quality asphalt overlay. Over 200
buildings including banks were demolished and
compensation paid to every owner without
complaints from any source. Six massive parks
were established on the road after the
demolition of several other buildings. Bus stops
and non stop diesel powered functioning street
lights for the past one and a half years. Two
massive roundabouts at both ends of the road.
The total reconstruction and transformation of
the NEPA market into a modern shopping mall
to change the look of the road.
If Mimiko left the road as it was and channelled
the money,energy and time on this road on
some streets in Akure,tell me how many roads/
streets that will give you.
3) Oke-Ijebu road : this long stretch road
completely repaired by Mimiko with
walkways,bridges and Channelization of
waterways and street linings.
4) Oke Aro: another long stretch repaired by
Iroko.
5) Reuben Fasoranti road (Fiwasaiye to Owo
junction): work was less than 30% on this road
when Mimiko took over. He completed this road
with quality asphalt,walk ways, solar powered
lights, incorporated a big roundabout,six
modern bus stops and good drainage system.
6) Ondo road dualization: Work was less than
30% completed when Mimiko took over. The
governor completed this work started by Dr.
Agagu with functioning non stop diesel powered
street lights for the past four years.
7) The Oda estate roads: the work done here will
give you ten good streets which some other
governors might be commissioning. The road
now links up with ijoka.
cool Adegbola junction to Ilesha express,through
Akure High school area. I don't know the exact
kilometers but the work done by Mimiko here is
enormous.
9) The roads neighbouring Isikan market and
the Channelization, drainages and bridge works
around there. (Check out Omi yeye and Omi
elegbin,two big streams that used to kill people
and destroy properties before Mimiko came).
10) The roads around Mother and Child hospital.
11)The roads behind Oke Ijebu mega school.
Ah!, check out this area. It was absolutely
impassable before Iroko. But bridges, great
retention walls,,Channelization of the waterways
and quality asphalt has eliminated all
handicaps.
12) Idi-agba tuntun road,repaired by Mimiko.
(13) The roads behind NEPA shopping mall
leading to Arakale and bursting out at Lao area.
14) Nine newly asphalted roads at Alagbaka
Governor's office area to Governor's house area.
15) The road by the New Royal birds Hotel
Alagbaka (one and half kilometers completed)
16) the road from St Michael 2ndry School to
sawmill Ijoka 2ru power line down to car wash at
Oshinle was asphalted by Mimiko's govt.
17)The Road beside D&G petrol station(4merly
Adabol petrol station) b4 Otegbeye junction was
also rehabilitated with quality asphalt,
18)The St Luke rd from Investment down to
Victory Nur&Pry Schl then to Ijoka and stop after
Power line junction.
19) The road in front of Natnal Open University
at Oba Afunbiowo Estate along Idanre, Oke-Aro
Akure was tarred.
20) Seventeen streets at Lafe - Fanibi to Aule
road Akure.
21: Rehabilitation of additional 50 roads within
Akure metropolis in January February 2015.
(Still so much more that I can't remember now.)
And talking about asphalt works again,I can
assure you that the asphalt in places like the
mechanic village,M&C hospital, neighborhood
markets,Automart,Vaccine storage centre/pry
health care board,The High courts, NEPA
shopping mall and so on will give you more than
ten of such roads commissioned by some other
governors.
ALSO,if you can count the number of structures
and infrastructures that the great Iroko has
completed within five years in Akure alone,I
doubt if any other governor can match his pace.
Take a cursory look at the following and tell me
what his predecessors (except Ajasin) did in
Akure:
1: Education Quality Assurance Building
2. Civil Service Commission building
3.Public Service Trainning Institute,Ilara Mokin
4: Orange Fm building
5: Event centre Ijapo
6: State Pry Health Care building
7: ORIREWA (vaccine storage center) building
8:M&C Akure,Phase 1&2
9. Democracy Park Akure
10: the Diabetes control centre
11: New Governor's house building
12: Sunshine Housing Estate
13: Ilekun Housing Estate
14: 4 Mega schools
15: New Administrative building at the stadia in
Akure.
16:Four neighbourhood markets
17: NEPA ultra modern Shopping Mall.
18: comprehensive renovation of the state
secretariat
19) comprehensive renovation of the state high
court and premises
20) Comprehensive reconstruction of St. Peter's
Unity secondary school.
21) comprehensive renovation of Adegbemile
hall
22) Administrative building Akure sports
stadium.
23) The Dome,international Event centre (about
95% completed now)
24) The new Civil Engineering building (four
storey).
credit: Remigius Akinbinu.
Celebrities / Tonto Dike Faking Selfie With Neymar Busted! by topazjosh(m): 7:26am On Apr 15, 2015
Seriously I now believe this chick is really fake,imagine how she photoshoped neymar picture with hers,as you all know naijas no dey dull come see as fans dey bullshit am for her facebook page,I doubt if tonto will ever change walahi

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Celebrities / Re: Wale Talks To Fans About Why He's Moving To Nigeria by topazjosh(m): 4:13pm On Mar 01, 2015
Michdear:
You are most welcome wale,this should be on frontpage,is all over the news,yet NL will pushing irrelevant topic 2 FP,are coming will definately boost the music industry here more
yea they should please move it to front page

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