₦airaland Forum

hopexter:
If their salaries are not enough for them to work efficiently, they should resign. It’s not by force to work for government except you have ulterior motives which the NDLEA seems to possess.

Are we talking about the workers only or the agency itself? No dey muddle up things na

I have 99.9% assurance that the governor will not sign the death warrant. Nonsense system

kolexy:
The things you mentioned can be appropriated for in the budget.

Oga forget that budget thing, because the process and implementation have been bastardised. The politicians allocate humongous amounts to low priority sectors and leave the high priority ones hungry of funds. That's one of the issues that the police have been facing. That's the reason you see them trying to set up a trust fund.

If the funds will help fund the activities of the NDLEA, why not assent to it? No one needs to tell us that the agency is grossly underfunded. They lack vehicles and equipment. Their personnel appear poorly kitted. Almost all their state offices are derelict. They have few or no accommodation. How are they expected to work efficiently?

It's good to protest bad leadership. But many times it ends up being a gateway to more chaos. Democracy doesn't suit Africa's current realities. Without an iron hand, there's no way we'll make headway. The politicians will continue messing us around.

Kemetian:
Shocking lack of intelligence displayed on this thread.

Why exactly should Nigeria spend billions of dollars on cutting edge “air defence systems” in anticipation of Missiles from Who exactly?

America?

Britain?

Israel?

China?

Iran?

Who tori Olorun?

Who wants to drop Cruise Missiles or Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles into Nigeria?

Every country worth its salt has billions of dollars of investments In Nigeria, plus planned investments, from China to Russia to even Iran!

If we are talking of military ranking, Nigeria is 3rd in Africa after Egypt and Algeria.

In fact we’re 2nd. It’s not fair to add Egypt because they are heavily funded and armed by the US as a counterweight to Iran etc in that region.

Nigeria ranks a very respectable 31st on Earth, out of a world of 202 countries.

The Nigerian military ranks above Portugal, the Netherlands, Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Morocco, Switzerland, Colombia, and many other countries. See link below to Global Firepower Index.

The military does not spend money on equipment for which there is no rationale.

Nigerian military spends big money on armoured carriers and such equipment for its most pressing issues - terrorists.

Iran military spends big money on air defence systems because her own problems are different from our own. She is facing Israel. Enemies.

Pakistan spends big on air defence systems because of India with whom they have endless problems.

But you can bet that Sri Lanka and Bangladesh next door to Pakistan Don’t have any big “air defence systems”.

Why? Because they have no threat or enemies to expect a cruise missile attack from.

So military equipment procurement is not about ‘bragging rights’, you children.

It’s about strategic procurement based on your current threats.

See the respected Global Firepower Index for national rankings.

https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.php

Good points, there. Personally, I believe we've been spending more than necessary in terms of defense spending. We can get same output with 70% of the cost. A big credit goes to Buhari for the unprecedented strengthening of Nigeria's military

ukukaegbu:
If the total actual millitary budget is actually spent on the millitary without their normal corruption, Nigeria should be N0. 1 in Africa.

But let them first defeat boko haram and the bandits, then we are good to go.

That's true bro. Yes there's corruption in the military. But there's no way you can beat Egypt in procurement because of the military aid they receive from the US

Let's see it implemented. Because Uba Sani is full of propaganda. For one, the city of Kaduna itself has only two CNG stations. Zaria has none. Same with Kafanchan and all other LGs. These buses have been stocked at the government house for more than six months, waiting for the right time to score a political point. That was when PMS was around 1200 Naira

That's a good deterrent. His crime is minor and he doesn't deserve to be incarcerated.

wallaze:
Is it by population or by how they put such weapons to use? Una go just Dy reason like rat

Why aren't you asking same question on the US and its cronies who bomb innocent victims in the guise of fighting terrorists? Is that one good usage to you?

SallalLahu Alaihi Wa sallam. May Peace be upon the noble Prophet Muhammad.

Except for VIPs, every other aspect of our policing is undermanned. There lies the opportunity to create employment for thousands of of unemployed youth. If we like we can continue buying the super tucanos and apaches of this world, but we'll never have a peaceful environment unless our policing system is thoroughly rejigged.

This TVET initiative is one thing I support wholeheartedly. It's time we left the purely bookish approach to knowledge. Everywhere you turn you see substandard structures and items which is partially due to poor technical skills. Majority of our artisans only learn on the streets, with many even struggling with basic arithmetic and measurement. If such people are given a window to access relevant techniques, we'll surely see an improvement

A small country of less than ten million people called Israel is allowed own nukes, but an ancient country of more than a hundred million people isn't allowed. What sort of double standard is this!

Another series of balderdash from Umahi. Let him show us the progress on the so called Calabar to Abuja, Akwanga to Gombe, Sokoto to Badagry roads. We've seen seen through his bigoted plots.

The funny thing is that decline in freedom doesn't necessary equal retrogression. Too much freedom leads to chaos

Propaganda as usual. Why would a whole FG commission one carriage way!

See enjoyment!

39b is too huge a sum for a face-lift like this.

Speech wey most citizens don't care about. The days are gone when people rush to hear presidential addresses. Not because of the digital age, but because the speeches are large empty and shameless regurgitation of lies and misrepresentations

We're not ready to have a working country. Everyone is just scampering for whom to cheat. We blame everyone else for our woes except ourselves.

A topic making FP after 9 years

AMINDA:
He has a one-track mind. A workman with a hammer who always sees every problem as a nail. What's with the obsession with concrete? Who builds an airport runway with concrete? Most of the concrete roads he did in Abakaliki are already beginning to fail.

He revoked the Kaduna-Abuja contract from Julius Berger who were doing a fantastic solid job with a new asphalt technology just to award it to an obscure Infiouest construction company that no one has ever heard about. All because of concrete and so-called contract variation but the final re-awarded sum to the new company is almost matching what Julius Berger billed and I'm sure the new company will eventually ask for an upward review.

Aha. You have really unmasked who the man is. He only bamboozles the gullible public. That Infouest company I've never heard of any previous major job they've undertaken but Umahi is telling people that they are better than JB. Mind you, the same JB have been awarded some jobs on the Third Mainland Bridge. They know what they are doing

What a resume! The man has trod the echelon of his medical profession, politics and diplomacy. Top man. May Allah have mercy on him. Ameen

If they were muslim northerners, all hell will have been let loose.

Ss

lordwoz:
Why is he approving 45k for all tech student.
These people just like wasting money, instead of using the money to build more innovative things in the tech schools. Also what about other Nigerian student

It's actually 22,500 meant to encourage people to take up vocations instead of rushing to go for pure science courses.

lordwoz:
Are you referring to secondary school here?

It's stated that a person can be eligible to enrol after 8th grade (that's equivalent of JSS 3). But there are specific courses that are post-secondary.

When I did a quick check on the number of technical colleges in India, it was around 15,000 colleges. It's no surprise that Indians are some of the most skillful persons in the world, a trait which propelled them to being CEOs of top companies. They don't wholly depend on imported technology, they devise improvise and improve. And that's how they began launching spacecrafts. Read about the man called Abdulkalam. You remember that noisy generator Lister, read about it. The Keke Napep that's now ubiquitous is an innovation from India.

Now, let's dovetail to Nigeria. We shockingly have 129 technical colleges for a 200+ million people. Per capita, India has new technical college for every hundred thousand people while Nigeria has one per 1 million persons. The current drive by the likes of Bugaje to restore and improve technical education is laudable. It's one of the few things I give a thumbs up to the present government.