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DIYhackers:
Topics like this gets me angry

The extra "S" you added to the word "get", after already adding " S" to the word "Topic", gets me angry.
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TOPICS like this GET me angry.

SIRTee15:
I understand our local language didn't originate from Latin....
Thus it will be difficult to use it to teach complex science topics....
Thus medium of instruction in our higher institutions can remain english especially abstract and pure science courses.....
However our local languages can easily be developed to teach basic sciences and maths in primary schools and junior secondary school...

Theb when will the children learn English? If their early education is in each of their local dialects, what language should COMMON ENTRANCE be written in? SSCE? NECO, JAMB?
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We know that children learn languages faster than adults.
Teach them the English when they are still Children. Otherwise they will never learn it as adults. They won't even be ablebto understand JAMB in English. And no hope for University with all the textbooks in English.
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I've been an Engineer for over 10years. I passed further Maths back in SSCE. Did my BSc and MSc.
But the day I came across Furher Maths text book in GERMAN, there was no hope. I could not even attempt the simple questions.

SIRTee15:
What u wrote up there validate the reason why people should be trained in the language they are familiar and comfortable with....
Very few Nigerians can fully articulate and express their thoughts in english without interjection of local language....
And that's because they don't fully think in english....
A child is best trained in a language he/she thinks....
A child's thought process cannot be in one language and yet u are teaching the child in another language....
It makes understanding and assimilation difficult....
And this is the main reason Nigerians find it difficult to connect with their environment and exploit its potential....
I just don't understand the ignorance being displayed on this thread....
My father didn't learn mathematics in school but ISIRO...
yes, he was taught maths in Yoruba in primary school....
Yet he came out with 2.1 in maths and chemistry from U.I.....
His basic understanding of maths is exemplary....
And he's among few who can fully express himself in both Yoruba and english independent of each other....
Forget all the science terminologies....
Teach maths and basic science in local language and watch how the knowledge base among students expand and students becomes more innovative, creative and curious by default.....
Every year WAEC/NECO result has been woeful despite teaching in english language....
So what's the big deal about the language......
I'll come back to advocate why MATHS MOST ESPECIALLY should be taught in LOCAL LANGUAGE....

If you are in a kingdom, learn and speak the language of the kingdom.
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No matter what tribe you claim, or mother tongue you speak, you are in the Kingdom called Nigeria. You need to learn English because this is the language of this encompassing kingdom. If you refuse to learn or speak English, you create problems for everybody else in this kingdom. Because everybody cannot learn your village language because they want to talk to only you. They will speak as I am doing now, in English.
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If you continue refusing English then you are cutting yourself off from the kingdom called Nigeria. You are destroying it. The politicians will attain power, and mess up and dupe up of our national wealth because we are all TOO BUSY FIGHTING over our differences instead of jointly understanding and speaking English, working as a unified BODY and holding each of them accountable.
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When YOU become our president, what language will you use? Will you also become nepotistic like Buhari, address only your people and appoint only them?

anibirelawal:
At this junction, all you need is to wish that your language should be included in the system.

It won't happen. My people will remain marginalised and aggrieved. This is why we speak English. No matter how you hate English, it is the best language for us if we wish to remain united. Any other language will lead to our disintegration, wars, killings... I will appreciate your language and I hope you will appreciate mine. But neither of us should FORCE the other to speak our native tongues. Neither should judgments based on whether a person spoke in a native language or not.

anibirelawal:
Were you born as a English man? if not, its not a crime to know how to speaks more than a language.

There are 700 plus local dialects in Nigeria. How many do you want me to learn? I bet you if I agreed with Science being taught in Local languages, my own language will not be listed among the local languages. I am neither, Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa.

Why should your language be used and not mine?
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The government will set itself up with having to justify 700 + plus local dialects to justify everybody. It cannot do that.

Learn English and make progress. During Easter and Christmas, go to your village and educate your parents, grand parents, chiefs and elders in your own local language all that you learnt in English. Leave the children to continue learning English.

Omooba77:
That is why you need better technology; once you by pass, your light trips off and you will pay heavily for recollection. Once people are use as scape goat. Everyone will beltup. We cant cheat others to sustain many.

It is not about bypassing.
I lived in UK once. The meter was in one hidden corner of the house. You can't even see any wire entering the house talkless of bypassing the meter. The government built the house and put the meter there based on their NATIONAL British Standards. Every house MUST follow standard other wise they knock it down.

Everybody just pays either rent or mortgage on the property. No one is expected to buy land, clear bush and build house all by himself THEN follow National standard. You are not superman.
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When everything is standardised, laws are easier to obey.

Cromcruach91:
Nigerians are some of the funniest people in the world.

You won't pay your light bills, the local DISCO comes and disconnects you, and then you go and attach charm to prevent the DISCOS from doing their jobs.

Meanwhile, because of people not paying their bills, DISCOS and GENCOS don't have money to make thing work better, to improve generation, to fix stuff.

So, we continue in darkness.

The sad thing is that religion is co-opted into this mess.

You know those great world leaders that lead by example and have a simple life style. They wear one cloth. Such leaders were able to convince the masses to work together so that the entire nation will benefit. In such counties, the system works.
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In Nigeria, the people untop are not leaders. The lead lavish expensive life styles at the expense of tax payers' money.
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People refuse to pay bills because they do not like the system that rewards our rulers with lavish life styles and no accountability.

Our rulers owe us accountability and we owe each other the Truth to bring them to justice instead of currying favour from them to gain one contract or the other.

Here is Gandhi, a leader for India. He threw away his coat and tie and started dressing this way. Is India better or worse than Nigeria today?

anibirelawal:
OUR LANGUAGE, OUR PRIDE!

Your pride, your kingdom.
We only use English in Nigeria because this is a uniting language.

Without English, there is nothing uniting us. You may gain great knowledge in your own local language but your understanding is useless to the other guy who does not speak it.

You will create even more conflict than we have now. And people will generally move back to their villages. We can no longer share a common currency...

Basically.. Nigeria will come to an end without English.

Nwaohafia1:
Questions to be asked:
1. Was there a pedestrian bridge nearby?

2. Was there any speed limit on boldly written on the said road?

3. Was the person knocked down on a zebra crossing?

4. Is the road an expressway?

Get well soon

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I re-learnt how to drive in the UK. I took driving lessons for 1year so I could delete my Nigerian style of driving from my head. However there are great differences in the types of road. The place they call expressway is always outside of town. No houses in that area. So no pedestrians can even get there. No foot bridge or zebra crossing there.
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The one they call town road is the single lane road with zebra crossing. They hardly ever build foot bridge because it is hard for anybody to be climbing steps up and down. Even if you don't want to read speed limit there are so many traffic lights that you can't even speed.
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Pedestrian kerb is clearly cut from road. And of course no sand or potholes anywhere.
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My instructor told me DO NOT drive
1. If you are tired
2. If you are hungry
3. If you are angry/quarrelling
4. If you took medicines
5. Stop driving and rest every 2 hrs.
(And these guys don't even have hot sun in their country.)
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Since I came back to Nigeria I have continued practicing all these. Our roads are designed differently. To be frank badly. Having expressways in built up areas, people are tempted to run across it to get something from the other side quite frequently.

As a pedestrian, I find it quite difficult climbing footbridge that is nearly 3 stories high because I want to cross express way that is built right in residential area.
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I only advice motorist to obey the rules. Do not drive continuously for long hours everyday. One day drive another day use public transport. The pedestrian is at your mercy. Driving is a great responsibility.

ultron12345:
they import because our engineers cannot produce

There is a man called Innoson. He is producing... But others are still importing. You are placing a very
unfair competitive advantage against him. A car is made up of thousands of pieces and sub components. Many industries come together to produce each of these. Paints, Seats, Glass, Body, Welding, Chassis, Rubber tires, Ceramic brake pads... Mr Innoson cannot produce everything today-today. Rather than patronize him, you are purchasing 2018 Range Rover. You are not even investing in his company. You are not even producing leather for him to use to make different type of car seats.
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We in Africa are highly entertained by flashy gimmicks and gadgets. The early whitemen exchanged umbrellas
and mirrors to our forefathers and collected slaves in return.
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When the government gives out foreign exchange $$$ to importers, rather than the importers bringing in equipment
that can be used for production of goods and services, the importers sell the foreign exchange to mallams. Mallams
sell it to bureau de change. Bureau De Change sell it to Mrs Ojiaku who uses it to pay for her daugters school fees in London, travel to nondon and eat meatpie. (Are you Mrs Ojiaku?). The rest of the Foreign exchange is used by the
importers to bring in every other finished goods you see. Microwaves, freezers, fans, shoe... iphone..cars.
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When engineers are sent to industries, or apply to Nigerian Industries to work, what they meet is non functional industries. No light, broken down equipment and an Oga who does not care any more about the industry.
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Tell me, is it the job of the new recruit to revive the industry that employed him? If the new recruit even has any money at all, he uses it to survive.
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I heard of an industry that was producing doors. Good wooden doors. They sold it at N40,000. This was sufficient to pay salaries and keep the Generator running.(ZERO NEPA). Importers brought in these flat rubbish Chinese doors at the cost of N20,000. The Nigerian guy could not produce any more. He closed shop. There was nothing wrong with his doors. But YOU the consumer stopped buying it and chose the Chinese one BECAUSE your EYES SAW IT.

ultron12345:
upon all what u go through, what do u guys have to show for it, common renovation of 500m road, Nigerian engineers can't do, we have to bring engineers from India.

Una no know anything, that y Nigerians have deemed it right that u work as teachers during nysc

You know, you are insulting a lot of people. I've already stated above that excessive importation by traders is what has killed of every engineering establishment.

Mr NYSC man, please don't vex.
Engineers are treated this way because this particular country can always import what ever products it needs from outside.
Here are a series of images to show what I mean.
The Iphone you use is designed in by american Engineers and fabricated in China. Nigeria just imports finished Iphone to use.
This renders all Nigerian Engineers useless in this process, design or manufacture.

The washing machine and home appliances that you use are designed and manufactured in western world. Nigeria just imports
the finished equipment to Alaba, Game/Shoprite, MegaPlaza..
This renders all Nigerian Engineers useless in this process, design or manufacture.

All the Cars we're all bragging with up and down, are designed and manufactured in western and eastern countries. NIgeria just imports
the finished cars. Cos Charis, Globe motors, Germain motors..
This renders all Nigerian Engineers useless in this process, design or manufacture.
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If Nigerian Engineers are useless to all these processes, how can you expect to get paid more during your NYSC?
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This is a sad reality you have to accept unless you can do something about our excessive importation.
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I typed all these terminology into Google images. The result never brings up black people industry. Only white people industry.
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The 1st and 2nd image is a Chinese company making one of either Android phones or Iphones.

Those who have earned money by facebook, whatsapp and instagram, please let us hear your stories.
A lot of us waste so much money buying data to run these social media services but in reality no money comes in from the other end.
We just continue living up to the hype of "having" social media. Swipping and swipping day and night.

cana882:
Correct. A burglar breaking in will think it's a portrait.

He be like "as this house fine reach, this people no fit buy TV.. Abi the man na deeper life pastor?? "

How can you even steal that type of flat TV without the packaging? If you carry it any how it will just fold and break like wrapper.

jericco1:
she's actually telling the truth

For her own personal self... It is correct.
It is not correct for others.

If that is how it is for you better not to give birth.
Do not abort
So not use contraception either.

Leave other people's children alone. Just face your work.

Gentle2015:
Was it the escort his problem or the big man? Fools everywhere. This is the same mad man that sells table a million naira and above at his shows. What a stupid post

It is those who buy the table spots for N1,000,000 and above who are stupid.
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He offered a price that is BS. But Nigerians hate each other so much that they want to show that they can afford it. So they pay. This same Nigerians will be looking for N10 to give beggers in traffic jam if they even agree to wind down their car window

SapphirePRINCEX:
Questions asked?

No matter the country, they will always ask
"Why do you want to come to xyz country?".
"Where will you stay in xyz country?"
"What will do when your visa expires?"
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I believe these are the most important. There are many other questions which just add on to these ones.
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These 3 questions alone can determine your character. An insincere person, or a truthful person.
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A friend of mine back in 2004, used to play golf in his father's club. A small boy like me. His father was opportuned to be in that golf club. My guy, did not even have kobo. He was just doing Daddy's good boy.

He went to apply for US visa. They called him for interview and asked him why he wanted to go to USA. He told them he wanted to be playing golf.
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Shikena.
They gave him.
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Guy went there, joined one golf school. Nack ball small before beginning the main koko.He married a Naija girl with USA greencard.
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Juat say what you want to do. You yourself, make sure you are telling the truth. And don't sound like a begger. Oyibos hate beggers.

Omeokachie:
How much is the salary of a professor?

I hope our youth who are hailing these people can understand what is going on.

The monies these people are spending is your money. They are not doing you a favour.
Hold their feet to the fire and demand accountability. It is your right.

But what we have is people defending these guys and asking them to continue even when they have clearly failed the nation.

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CAPSLOCKED:

THIS IS MAXIMUM STUPIDITY.


COLLECT THE MONEY AND SEND IT TO POOR AFRICAN AND ASIAN COUNTRIES AS CHARITY.

They don't want to put themselves in a position of being god over others. They want to maintain dignity for all.
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If you accept a position where you are SO high above all other people, you will create panic a chaos among the lower ranks. And you have to start watching out for your own security. This will later progress to you killing the poor people who disagree or oppose your views.
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You will make yourself into a monster.

MDsambo:
In Islam, women are not owned by their families and should not be traded with. If bride price is paid to the bride's family, then I think that makes her no difference with a goat being sold in the market.

If one pays bride price according to Islam, do they pay according to tradition?
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As per, are you saying that Islam (religion) is the standard and overrules village tradition?
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For Nigerian Christians we have 2 masters to answer. According to Christianity, you don't have to pay any bride price. (That's what Oyibos do).
But we all have villages and cultures. So before you even start speaking about Christian (not paying bride price) , you will have to answer bride price by tradition.

seguno2:
Is that a sensible question?
Why can’t blacks get the cure for HIV/AIDS
Are we intellectually inferior to whites? Have we accepted that fate?
Are we discounting the blacks who have performed excellently in schools against whites
Why are we so cursed?

Nothing physically wrong with us. It is that backwards chief in our villages that is the cause.
We have cultures that we honour. Everybody here is doing one-leg Education, one-leg village.
As long as we still have village chiefs who do not request any intellectual prowess from his people, all we do is go to school, read books, score high ranks. Then go visit our villages and continue assbackwards traditional practices...
Tradition is a way of life... But there's now internet and massive education. Tradition can be changed now.

Tear away these same black africans, nigerians, from their villages and put overseas, where they don't have to go to their villages every Christmas anymore or are unbound from these village chiefs and you will see wonders. We same blacks start getting first Class in foreign universites,, breaking world record, building fastest computer and electric car.

It is the archaic village chiefs that is the problem not us.

What is stopping YOU gan-gan?
assbackward thinking.

But is Rolls Royce supposed to be ....
Do we not have other problems in Nigeria? We can't even work together honestly to solve our own problems.

Aldebaran:

Because of stubborn drivers and pedestrians

To flog them like slaves abi?

dunkem21:
Well said ma but when are you starting #BBOG 2

Will you be a child forever? Are the girls not your own fellow citizens?
Can you not do anything? Or you simply do not give ANY F**K About your neighbours?

EdwinSixtus:
the red one is super dope

Car or girl?

Well, these ones look OK.
The ones that they have banned are the pant wearing girls. Very much this practice of Formula One Racing.

Then we will import expartrites (A.K.A Oyinbo ) to come and do the work that will not be given to any graduates.

LZAA:
funny enough just yesterday i was reading a thread on why whites were so revered in africa and a black american gave a very detailed explaination about it saying that in the eyes of most africans due to colonialism whites can do no wrong
most whites appreciate(keyword most) cultures wherever they go ie asia and south america
this thread is so pointless i have no word to quantify it
smh

The matter don tire me.

One white man comes around and ALL of Nigeria will dance for him.
YOU, go to their country. It is you who will be looking for the f**k they refuse to give.

EternalTruths:
Wrong

You only stop importation when you have achieve full production capacity to meet local demands.

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Wonderful wrong theory.
All our industries have closed down because rather than importing the necessary equipment and machinery to achieve the full production capacity, we went straight up and KUKUMA imported finished goods.

Now we have no industries, no jobs and everyone is running mad kidnapping each other on the road.

This is how Nigerians reason. You forget the long term goal - employment for all, and focus on short term satisfaction - finished goods.. Multitudes of Jobless graduates will roam the entire streets and kidnap everybody.
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The first Europeans in America 500years ago met empty land and bush. Today, America is full of technology. They didn't import anything. They Created everything that they needed from the GROUND.
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Stop importation now.