₦airaland Forum

lexy2014:
Are d traditional rulers working against d president? Are they galvanizing their "subjects" against d Nigerian state?

Whenever the federal government has to build a road or pipeline, all construction is delayed by the chiefs and elders who want settlement.

Government workers (civil servants) steal government money (bogus contracts etc), and use the money to build some mansion in their villages which is applauded by the traditional rulers, which the villagers then support.

If you have a federal CofO (Certificate of Occupancy) some document to state that a piece of land is yours as authorised by the federal government of Nigeria, you can't still walk over there and build your property. You will be met by representatives of the traditional rulers of that land - in Lagos, they are called omonile. Similar group in every other state. You must pay them money again before building
They also collect money from your transport vehicle... All in the name that THEY are the owners of the land NOT the Federal Government.
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In developed countries that have democracy, they don't have any chief or traditional rulers in their villages. People just move round the country and settle in any part they like. They don't owe anybody any money. They pay tax to the government, rent to the landlord or mortgage to the bank. No village chief comes to disturb them for anything. Government builds roads and bridges without settlement to anybody.

fastjett:
Nigeria can never be repaired again it has spoiled beyond repair fake news, lies from everybody even including the leaders and the masses, excessive hatred and divisions. How can a country progress and prosper with all these kind of people. God is ashamed of the kind of people Nigerians are no honour and shame at all anywhere belly face. Its all about APC and PDP now as if these name can save them instead they will put them into more problems, poverty and hunger. I search all over Nigeria to see if there is any one righteous person but behold all i see are unrighteous people fill will hopelessness and bleak future. Nigerians change thy ways and turn to God, embrace love, truth and righteousness so that you can prosper.

Take Nigeria as a Kingdom. The head of the Kingdom is the president. He is in charge. Under him, he has governors, and ministers, Army and Police. They all work together under him.
Then the citizens of the kingdom, you and I.
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Now consider this.
Traditional rulers and chiefs.
They are the heads and rulers of tribes and kingdoms. All the people of Nigeria belong to one tribe or another. The traditional rulers are not appointed by the President. They are a separate kingdom unto themselves.
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How many rulers are the people serving? A kingdom divided against itself will fall. One cannot serve 2 masters. You either love the one and hate the other.

Can you see the reason why we have problems in Nigeria?

There was this tree that was looking for my trouble eh....

GrammarNazi1:
...Nigerians don't...

I feel that current students are actually being taught this bad English in schools. It is so rampant all over this website.

jantofubu:
South Africans are cowards... Only a lazy coward would feel insecure when he sees a neighbor being more successful than he is

Feel for them. They are oppressed. White people are there by force by fire and they cannot chase the white people away. Like they never gained independence unlike the rest of us that gained independence and pursued all the white people away.

waleadex:
Quite similar to the picture of Adam and Eve in the garden according to the scriptures.

There was no social media and there was no sin then. It's like telling a new born baby that his nyash is open. The baby cannot understand what you are talking about.

mysteryman2014:
It is in there gene. Part of their culture, no amongst them that they entertain their guests with their wives.

That's how the Tivs roll.

You are not better than anybody.
Everybody is capable of doing bad. It is only the Grace of God that keeps one doing what is right
None of us knows what the other is doing as you are even browsing this website and commenting.

dante57:
When it was borrowed to them did they swallow the money? NO, they reinvested it back into the economy to create jobs for Nigerians. Part of the reason why they cant pay is because of the decline of the Naira to dollar.

Always ask yourself what is creating the decline of the naira to the dollar.
If you spend all your money purchasing imported shoe and phone, the decline will continue to get worse.

If you spend your money on manufacturing equipment and start manufacturing shoe and phone to export, the decline will lessen. Your currency will improve.

As you are very well aware, these guys are the biggest purchasers of imported goods. They have killed all local industries with their lavish lifestyle.

alignacademy:
What's really the motive in publicizing private agreements?

Don't they also have the option of renegotiating with the debtors, instead of the headline-friendly name-and-shame tactic?

Luckily for them, in this part of the world, we are not too quick to sue people as in some other climes...

We don't sue in this part of the world because we still have hope that that same nigger will employ you or give you a contract. Or we will still beg him to collect our CV.
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In other parts of the world, citizens can sue corrupt rich men because the citizens will see food to eat from the legitimate jobs they have

elujah1:
How do they sleep well, when i owe small debt i loose sleep, then these amounts...

This is why people get into addiction.
Some take tablets to sleep.
Some take drugs to clear their mind and forget problems.

You can see that once one falls into such trap it is nearly impossible to come out till the person dies

ngadaAwo:
ok

outside the real world production aspect of engineering can be seen everywhere and everyday unlike plant

for example if you visit a foundry shop or a crankshaft industry you'll see things yourself

I choose production because it gives you room for self development and entrepreneurship in your field
for example if you really studied well like me (not boasting oo)
you can easily design construct and mass produce mechanical fasteners easily with your CNC
all you need is just a workshop and a CNC machine and boom you're now a production company

again in foundry field which is a multi million naira field
many people that knows what's up are taping into it
you wonder where those metal scrap picking guys deposit their scrap metals?
yes it's in foundry shops
they will melt it down cast it into billets and resell to steel producing companies
many opportunities in production aspects of mechanical engineering i can't write down
Just a clue

What you state here costs a lot of money
I worked in a place where the man was a fabricator.
As of the time I joined, he was running round Lagos state looking for contracts.
His equipment cost millions of Naira and he wasn't making it despite being in this business for so many years.
He used to borrow money to pay salaries.. Borrow to buy and produced whatever fabrication hoping that the client will pay back complete.
Plus NEPA bill, omonile and Agbero tamparing with his fabrications. He was just spending, spending, spending.

hargbajaylorla:
It hurts me whenever I come across something like this.
To me oo, I think the Polytechnic graduate have more practical experience than their university counterpart. The only thing a university graduate can use to do show off is his theoretical knowledge which is even outdated. The same theory that is been thought in 1945 is still the same thing they are teaching us in 2018. No new ideas, no new invention, no new innovation, all they know is theory X, Y, Z. e.t.c. All this things are not applicable in the real world.
We need to restructure our education sector in Nigeria.
To me o, the real engineers are the road side engineers, while the so-called university engineers who can't fix ordinary electrical switch are the QUACK ENGINEERS.

Proudly a technologist

As you may realise, practically producing anything requires equipment and electricity.
IPhone was produced inside a factory in China. Some electronic machines are programmed to press this and bend that and fix the other.

The machine costs a lot of £££££.
One person cannot afford the machine
The machine cannot work without electricity
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Nigerian university education is deprived of equipment and light. They just collect school fees money to pay salary.
The federal government university is the one where the federal government supports the university by buying and setting up this type of iPhone machine equipment and providing electricity and computers. Providing ALL the infrastructure required for the practical education. When this is done, the lecturers have practical updated knowledge that they can share with the students.
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What happens in Nigeria is that when the Education budget is read, the president sees the figure of money and refuses to approve the sum for education. He rather approves the sum for importation of finished items like A4 sheet and photocopying machine. Funny right? I believe we all heard how much the national assembly spends on A4 sheet and photocopying machine some years back.
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When you keep importing finished goods for your pleasure, you deprive Nigerian universities of equipment and light meant for progress. The lecturers have no choice but to lecture old notes, and collect their salary. They cannot personally purchase expensive equipment to be used to show the students practicals.

This is why engineering students end up with theoretical knowledge.

Anyone who is not disheartened then faces the challenge of furthering education overseas with practicals or purchasing tools and equipment by himself to make a small workshop where he can fabricate things which can give him a better grounding in practical knowhow. This will cost you some money. Most graduates at this time will be looking for jobs, salary, how to pay house rent and marry. They won't have anything to spend for equipment or personal workshop. They''ve already spent all their money on school fees.
The highest equipment they can afford at this time is laptop and phone.

ariesbull:
Mechanical engineers in nigeria are write off

In developed countries, the government's intent is key.
You may notice that foreign countries (white people) take pride in being able to solve problems. There was the famous moon race of the 50's and 60's. First to send a rocket to the moon
The president of America stated to the people that he will make sure America is the first to do it before Russia
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After making such a statement, he equipped all the schools, nursery, secondary, primary, university, and technical with all materials , equipments and funds required to bring out the best minds to create the rockets to go to space.
Importation of goods or services was totally banished. They set a national goal and they made sure they achieved the goal without technical assistance from foreign countries.

This is the type of setup that makes Engineering thrive .

In Nigeria, the government does not set any goal. Schools and laboratories are not equipped with anything. No light to even run computer.
And whenever they need anything, they never make it a national request. They just import it, bypassing ALL the engineering and technical support from the people.

Even a thing as CAR. One would think that the government would support INNOSON vehicles. That the entire presidential fleet will be innoson vehicle. That buhari would have visited the place and equipped it and made sure graduates get positions there. That we cab proudly call it made in Nigerian car by Nigerians.

Instead, Mr innisons life I made difficult. Recently taken to court. Unfair competitive advantage by others importing cars and vehicles from all over the world.

If you keep importing whatever you need how are Nigerian engineers encouraged to do anything? You already have what you want why will you buy their own?

If you didn't have what you want (ban in importation) then you will be forced to patronise locally made goods. And if you complain about the quality, it will be improved with time.

Engineering is a thing of National pride. The
President HAS TO WANT IT, before it will work.

Imoemi:
Bro! I should be done in like a year or 2. How do I pursue a career in Mechanical Engineering? Like what's next after school?

In this Nigeria, you apply for a job.
Get in touch with NSE. Nigerian society of Engineers. Try to the certification.
The certification process will let you know what type of job to do that is best for Mechanical engineering.
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On the flip side, survival is key and you might find yourself diverging from Engineering completely to another field so you can survive, pay house rent and marry. It isn't by force. It's all your choice.

mushystuff:
Calm down till he speaks then you can take any informed decision or criticism as is warranted.

It doesn't make sense.
If you are the leader of an uprising, and people have already lost their lives because of you, how can you "run and hide" for such a long period and expect people to calm down? You have led them all to foolishness and they all feel so stupid following you.

Ishilove:
This is Africa. Double standards is the oil that runs the machinery of our society

That is why we never develop. White men will continue to run high positions in this same land. While we the owners of the land will rush to beg his gateman to help us submit our CV for job.

mynairaland2018:
I think u should go and do this research urself. Even ur colonial master has traditions.

Which is?

Houseofglam7:
And you are?
Never mind,don't care
I honestly don't understand a damn thing you said

And hence Nigeria remains backwards. Because we don't know what we are doing.

You cannot have the "Kingdom" of Nigeria headed by a president.. And then have other multiple kingdoms again inside that kingdom headed by other kings and rulers. Who will the people be loyal to?
One cannot serve 2 masters. You either love the one and hate the other.

This is why Nigeria does not move. Because we are still hanging on to tradition.

mynairaland2018:
So tradition affects democracy?

Oyibo counties that have democracy, can you point at their village tradition?

murmee:
My dear friend, there's nothing idolatry here. The Ooni himself is a good Christian. You are confusing Culture with idol worshipping. You need to educate yourself more as it is obvious from your post that you are not vast in knowledge and information!

The culture is very much tied to idol worship.
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In theory, all Oyibos don't have culture again because of the influence of Christianity.

Hassan88:
Very soon u go hear say dis one go too. Na wao.

When they are worshiping idols with these their traditional practices. You can't be a Christian and be a traditionalist at the same time.

Houseofglam7:
Me thinks this dude is the problem in his marriage.....how can 3 women be all BAD
Thinking out loud

This is the foundation of all the problems we have in Nigeria.
You are Christian and say you want democracy.
But you still worship idols and do other traditional practices, then send out omonile to dismantle and disturb the government and every other person following democratic rule.

Go and speak to your family members.
Confess this addiction to someone in your house.
Don't run from them.
Just pray to God for the strength. And go and speak to a family member.

Asour:
Hahaha! which sweat? which his company? Here's how it goes;
If you start up a company, it's all yours BUT as soon as you start to require more capital and you reach out to the capital markets, to sell part ownership/ control of the firm it stops being ALL yours.
Now you have to factor in the consent of other investors and play by capital markets rules since you took their funds.

If you want to have ultimate control over your firm as a business person, don't go to the capital markets for funds(stay Private) Or
Keep control while selling shares to them (hard to do). Founders/CEOs of public companies don't fully own their companies.

What if you continue mising, ride bicycle use Nokia Torch light and save all your salary. Then pay off all the money you took from the capital market?

WaywardSon:
Naija mentality. And that's why there are no Nigerian companies challenging on a global scale. You need to understand the principles of cooperatives

Nigerians just don't know how to work together in groups. That's why we will be here suffering. But a group of Chinese, Arabs, Lebanese, Indians or Americans will come to this same land and setup multinational company.
Then we will be begging their gateman to help us submit CV.

DonFreshmoney:
Let me kukuma submit my CV to the board, LUCK might shine on me and I become Chairman of Facebook Board. I have BSc, Infotech, MSc Computer Engineering and MBA. I also have 4 certificates in coding (C++), 2 in Software Engineering and project management.

Well for a start, CEO work does not have much to do with coding. Other people are already doing the coding under you. It is more of management and controlling people effectively.

francdec4:
All middle East countries with the exception of UAE & Qatar. I have being to the two exceptions and it was really nice. Though I didn't like that I had to be scanned twice in one of them unlike other passengers who were scanned once may be cos of the color of my passport despite that I was coming back from the States.

....Because of the colour of your skin.
States or no states. Stop deceiving yourself.

iliyande:
They are naturally weird towards other black Africans (xenophobia) and high crime rate

Other black African countries were colonised and the given independence. The whites left us. We are running our country anyhow we like, by ourselves. For black south Africans, the whites did not leave them. They are still somehow under some control because of their skin colour.

So when they see you, they are jealous that you come from a "free" country.

Yeye story.
She was using style to spy on the man with phone camera.

What is cheap here? Is your head correct at all? What is wrong in paying pensionaires? Is there anything wrong with it? Just tell me

There's nothing wrong with paying pensioners.
They should be paid monthly and regularly as is their due till whenever they pass on.

What is very wrong is:
1. Owing them arrears.
2. Waiting for them, elderly people, to cry and protest.
3. Letting their protest get on the news and all over social media..
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4. Paying them SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL NOTICE THAT YOU ARE PAYING THEM.
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That is the cheap political point. Making people NOTICE YOU for doing WHAT SHOULD BE DOING QUIETLY WITHOUT NOTICE.

CaptainFM1:
All I see in most of the comments is..."I can't do that people". We need to look beyond his dressing!

You are judged by your appearance whether you like it or not.

slivertongue:
Dignity of Labour

That's stupidity.
We are in West Africa. Temperature here is 25°C to 45°C year round. This is not weather for suit.
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I lived in UK for a while.
Temperature there is -5°C to 25°C.
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When the cold weather hammered me, they didn't tell me 2 times to wear coat and drink hot tea.

We just copy oyibo foolishly without understanding what we are copying. Coat for what? Coat is meant for freezing climate.

The man should wear just a shirt. I get that he's trying to prove a point. But being stupid is making the point baseless.