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That is one question no one can answer except God. Sincerely, Nigeria was not ready for democracy. Things are going from bad to worst and the youths are even more corrupt than the older generations. So where lies the hope of a better future?

kcboy34:
Thanks..
how long do we continue this way...

You did no wrong dear, don't feel bad. The country is not just ready for patriotic citizens. INEC is deeply rooted in corruption and it is quite sad.

kcboy34:
lucky you.... I have done wrong by trying to assist my dear country

I really feel for you. I wish I can tell you to send your account details and I will send a little from the training fee to you but really that can't compensate for the stress you went through. I went for the training, my name came out but I opted out because of my work, I didn't have time for it again.

kcboy34:
Good morning nairalanders,

I would like to share my little experience and the challenges I encountered at the INEC office in Orile-Agege LGA, Lagos.

First of all this information is not to discredit INEC as a body but to tell Nigerian's how the EO of INEC in Orile-Agege has compromised her responsibilities there.
I would try as much as possible not to mention names except the names of INEC officials.


Few Months ago I saw a thread on Nairaland about the recruitment of INEC Ad-hoc staffs by INEC, so being qualified for the job, I decided to apply on the Inec website for the job.

The next day I decided to go and really get information from the INEC office close to my home concerning the job, they told me that they are not accepting the online Applicants that you have to apply physically at the office for you to have any opportunity of getting the job...

Luckily for me the form was still on so I decided to fill the form. But before I got the form I had to beg and beg, they said form has finished and there was no time to photocopy because they were busy giving out PVC's.. I had to pay 1000 naira before they finally gave me the form to fill.

Then and there I descovered that they are not following the online requirements for application, anyone who hasn't even gotten to secondary school before can apply for a job meant for potential Corpers (Penultimate Students), Corpers and Ex Corpers.


Few weeks after I got a message from INEC asking me to come for 3 days training from Thursday 31st January 2019 to Saturday 2nd February, 2019. 2pm daily at Government College school Ipaja road, Agege.

I was extremely happy afterall efforts have not been wasted. So the Thursday came, I took permission earlier from work. I rushed down to the Government College by 12pm and I saw nobody. The security man told me that there was nothing happening there on that day and so I decided to check their office maybe they changed the location... When I got to their office they said they have Rescheduled the training days to Friday, Saturday and Sunday.... I went home very disappointmented at least they should have concluded plans before choosing date or better still, send us another text for the rescheduled date.


The NEXT day which was Friday I went to the training ground again around 2pm... See crowd just like a BBNaija audition center... Over 5000 people still waiting for the officials to come.
When they came, they started pasting names on the doors of each class room. Everyone started looking for their names... They just scattered names, I was wondering why they didn't input the names alphabetically to make it easier for people to see their names considering the large numbers of trainees and how big the school compound is...
It took me over 2 hours to see my name.


I entered the classroom, hooked up with some guys in the class. We were all waiting for everyone and everywhere to be calm... Around past 6. The SPO(Supervising Presiding Officer) introduced himself to us as our SPO and a Lecturer from Unilag. He started lecturing.
By past 7pm everywhere became dark so he stopped and told us to resume 8am in the class on Saturday.

The classes held from 8am to 7pm on Saturday and Sunday (I had to miss church on Sunday to avoid stories).

NOTE: no form of exam/test was done in my class, we complained to him that other classes was writing exam. He said that exam would not be marked, that it was attendance that mattered most.

After the three days intensive training they said they would get back to us.

Few days after the training one of the guys I met at the training center called me that they have started pasting names of successful trainees at Their office, I told him maybe I wasn't chosen because I didn't see any text... He said nobody got text so I took myself to the INEC office that day... See another set of crowd looking for names...(what would it have cost them to send text to successful trainees, that would have reduced the crowd coming to look for names)
They pasted list on already pasted lists.. they didn't care if people choked their self to death... Come and see people fighting to look at list...(very disorganized)

To cut the long story short...
I saw my name as APO2. On the list some names came out 3,4 and 5 times on different wards and NO APO3 on all the lists.... Out of 60+ people in my class only 3 of us saw our names... Same thing applies to every class... Everyone started asking who are these names on the list.... We descovered that over 80% of names on the list didn't come for training....
I felt very bad for people that didn't see their names... The officials came out to address the people complaining about the list.... They said, they should all go to the RAC center that most names on the list will not come for the job, they would replace them with people available for the job....


On February 15th(Presidential Election Eve) I went to my RAC center at 3pm....(the whole world heard what happened and the conditions they left us in but unfortunately only the Corpers were mentioned in news... Nobody considered or talked about the other ad-hoc staffs)

On February 16th I got a call that they have started paying trainee fees so I rushed down to the INEC office only for me to see that only Corpers were being paid...

On February 22nd(reschedule presidential election Eve) I got another call that they started paying other ad-hoc staffs their training fees so I rushed down to the INEC office to collect my training fees... When I got there I saw a new list... They said we should look for our names again and write out the ward/unit and we are to use the information plus an ID card to get our 4500 naira.

To my greatest surprise I couldn't see my name on the list... They changed some names on the list... In my mind I said thank God I took pictures of the list where my name is and my SPO,PO(Corper) and APO1 can testify to it. They replaced my name with a name without phone number... We couldn't call the person to know who the person was ... I wasn't the only one with this issue.... I went in to explain the situation... The INEC officials said they can't pay me if my name is not on the new list... I even showed him the picture of the the list where my name is and he said "sorry we are working with this new list"... In my heart I felt pain... I have been robbed of my hard earned labour and I have nobody to fight for me....

I asked them if I can still do the ad-hoc job, they said yes.... The INEC officials said I should just move with my team to the RAC center (which means that they know that those names they replaced us with are ghosts, they won't come for the job)..

I also asked on what assurance do I have that I would be paid after working... They said the attendance of those that worked would be used to pay us not this list...

So I accepted my faith, went home, freshened up, moved to my RAC... All my sufferings would not be in vain... After all I have had sleepless night at the RAC before, done 3 days stressful training so I have more to loose if I don't go....

I got to the RAC around 6pm, met with my team... Waited for materials to come in...
This time they gave us Mat to sleep on, they gave Corpers Camp bed to sleep on....
Around 11pm election materials started coming in...

Around 12am They called all the PO's(Corpers) and started distributing materials to them...

They finished disturbing the election materials around 4am on election day...

The INEC official(Mr Deji) at our RAC(Ward8) started calling attendance with the list they used in paying trainee fees...

The SPO's complained that most people on the list given to them are not around... They had shortage of manpower...

It was already 6am Mr Deji said orders was given to him by the EO not to replace anyone...
Some polling units had only one person on ground.... Remember EO has removed all APO3 so 1 man(PO) is left to do the job of 4(PO, APO1,APO2 and APO3).

The Corpers said they can't go to field without complete team... People like me were on ground to fill in but Mr Deji said No...

I don't want to work for free, I called some other people at other RAC(under same EO) they said their SPO's had replaced absentees with people on ground since 3am...

9am Corpers were still at the RAC, election observers, Media and the likes have started coming to know what is happening at our RAC(ward 8 awa ul islam primary school at oba akran road headed by Mr Deji)..

We(those of us that was robbed) started begging the Corpers to go because we didn't want the election to end up badly...

As at 10am the Corpers left the RAC.

At 11am Mr Deji left the RAC with a danfo(yellow bus)

Unknowingly to us he went to pick up his people wherever they were to replace the vacant spots...
The Corper I was suppose to work with called me around 12pm that Mr Deji brought someone to his RAC to fill in the empty space APO 2 (my rightful position)..
He told the Corper that they took me to another polling unit... While they left us all at the RAC...

Some people that their names isn't on the "new list" and still followed the corpers to the polling units were changed around 1pm, they brought them back to the RAC...

Now these people wasn't trained nor pass through the stress people like me passed through....

The only names they didn't tamper with was the names of Corpers...

The reason I am sharing my experience with Nigerians is for them to know what people like me who doesn't have anyone in high position is passing through....

It is obvious that Mr Deji has used his position to compromise the election process at ward 8 and I am of the believe that the EO is aware because she came to the RAC around 5am... She didn't come down from the bus... She called Deji into the bus, they spoke for few minutes and she saw the situation on ground but didn't interfere... The SPO's called her attention to the issue but she told them that Deji would handle it then she drove off...

There are 41 polling units and 8 voting points at that Ward... Ward 8 has been compromised by Mr Deji the RAC center official.


Please pardon my grammatical errors if any and kindly help me push this to front page so the world can see this...

I would still post this on other social media platforms as I have no money to sue INEC for the pains they made me pass through....

I believe someone with a good heart and the might would stand up to fight for us.... It's unfair.
Thanks.
Clifford Kelvin.

Still available

Lagosrabbit:
Bross y are d pics frm jiji?? Who get d dog??

I posted it on jiji and only used the pictures posted there here as well.

seunmohmoh:
Can it be delivered to Ejigbo

No, you have to come pick it up yourself.

Still available for sale

paulnuga:
I’m interested gbolmak@aol.com

Will send you a mail

I've sent you a mail

segzypark:
still available?

Yes, it is still available

nuruomoba:
m'y whatsapp number 09025793745

Ok, I will contact you.

He's not dead

nuruomoba:
interested here is My Email inurudeenomo2018@gmail.com

Ok, I will contact you

Modify : I sent you a mail and it bounced back.

Ogcruz:
People that don't know dog will say they are not pure because of the white spots
But these dogs are pure as fu*k

I get your sarcasm Mr. I posted this ONLY for those interested.

whitemonies:
wanna get one bro

No problem, please drop your number or email so we can talk better.

Still available

Please patronize me, you won't regret buying this car. It was shipped from Canada

There's a Toyota Sienna 2004 Model for sale, it is very neat with everything working perfectly. No need for any repairs of any sort. It cost N2.3 million. Please if interested, kindly indicate and I will get back to you. Thank you.

Location is Lagos State.

wunmi38:
Am interested be expecting your response

Thank you for your interest. Please drop your number and I will chat you up

metrad:
I am interested, pls chat me up on whatsapp , 07069129285

Ok,I will

Please patronize me o. They are fresh puppies, you won't regret buying them

Lomprico2:
Everything na pure breed.

Yes, they are all pure breed German Shepherd

Delaw00:
I'm interested boss
where's ya location??

Lagos - Alagbado

Pure Breed German puppies up for sale, they are very active and healthy. Vaccinated up to date. They are 6 weeks old. They are 25k each.

Please if interested, just indicate and I will contact you. Thanks.

Modified: The owner want the puppies off reason for it being 25k now

Bank staffs need to be checked now.

Thank you so much!!!!! I really appreciate your advice.

olarrysh:
No, it is not a waste of time, You have a very good working experience in customer service.While it is a good idea to further your career in Customer Service, I will implore you to go for industry-wide areas where you can transfer your experience into the various aspect of Customer services such as customer managers, customer support specialist, customer success champion, customer technical support. Although these roles may vary base on industries (the IT industry is trending). Here is a list of place where you can learn more about Support and improve your skills as well as industry-specific knowledge.

https://www.helpscout.net/resources/ :Help scout has good resources on how to talk to customers and how to find jobs in the area of customer support and services
https://www.nicereply.com/blog/ :At nicereply you will find information about tools, tips, practices, certifications and trends in customer support

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/google-it-support :here are free courses organised by google to for IT technical support knowledge

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/effective-business-communication : Effective writing and communication is an essential skill for every support professional. this free course will help you improve your business writing and communication skills.

https://www.supportdriven.com/ :There is nothing as good as a community where you share and learn about practices in customer service, Join this community and learn from other support professionals. You may even get the oppurtunity to score yourself a remote support role with a good pay.

goodluck: May the Force be with you

Hello Nlanders,
I've been working in the customer service line for close to 7 years now. I actually wanted to shift career but someone advised that I go for a certification in Customer Service. As far as I believe, anyone can be trained to be a Customer Service Agent, I may be wrong though. I studied sociology so it was easy for me.
Please my question is, is it advisable to go for certification in that field or a waste of time and resources?

You took the words right out of mouth. Jeez! Ronaldo saved his country twice in the tournament and the world didn't shut down. We are better than this as a country.

Deltayankeeboi:
Nigerians why una stupid and foolish like this abeg.

Ronaldo scored 3 goals in first match. Portugal did not shut down, the world did not end.
Because we managed to win iceland, all hell is let loose. As if we were the first to win a world cup match.

Celebrating mediocrity.
This level of foolishness is absurd.
Naija which day una stupidity go end.

Why other countries are chaneling their energy into what will benefit the common man, the foolish and never do well people we have in this country are busy celebrating nonsense.

You are following politicians who collect 10million per month to celebrate. There are in Russia with your money, while you the foolish ones remain here claiming patriotic citizens.
Tomorrow world cup go end, then reality sets in. All of una go, go back to d poverty and sufferhead life wey una dey live.

With this incredible level of stupidity, Nigeria can never get better even in thousand years to come.
I just can't wait for Argentina to beat us & end these nonsense.

Titto93:
I like ur idea. don't mind the guy, he doesn't know what he really want

Firstly, I'm a female not a guy
Secondly, I asked for suggestions and I don't have to like every idea. The budget is 4-10 million naira and all I want is suggestions for a manufacturing business that has a ready market. Being speculative about an idea doesn't mean that I don't know what I want. Thank you.

Titto93:
Increase ur budget if you really want to venture into manufacturing business... like 15 to 20 million naira.
You can start:
1. Pencil production
2. Steel Nail production
3. Chalk production
4. Detergents production
5. Paint production
6. Finger nail production
7. Shoe gum production
8. Tooth brush production
9. Fruit juice production
10. Yogurt production
11. White Board maker production
12. Eraser & ruler production
13. Bread production
14. Toothpick production

All these are very lucrative if you make proper researches and start it well.

Cc: Lalasticlala

Thank you for the suggestions.

Please how can I get the mods to push this to front page? Sent them mails and no action was taken. Why can't they help someone who desperately needs suggestions. Na wah o

amani63:
if that does not work you can start to import ladies shoes from China

Nah, importing isn't part of what I want to do.

I actually want to start manufacturing business in which I can employ people.

Thanks

eagleeye2:
I think with tissues you can't really go wrong.

Alright, thanks you. I really appreciate your suggestion.

I still would appreciate more suggestions from fellow nairalanders.