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BusinessRe: Nigerian Hastag For Business Related by vb0mb(m): 7:54am On Oct 06, 2015
What are your intentions
EducationRe: Unilag PG 2015/2016 ADMISSION DISCUSSION HERE by vb0mb(m):
[quote author=kalan post=38548859]Good day Kalan
Please re add me to the management science group on whatsapp. Someone mistakenly edit my whatsapp profile.
Foreign AffairsBlasts Devastate Chinese City Of Tianjin; Cause Still Unknown by vb0mb(op): 2:29pm On Aug 13, 2015
By Will Ripley, Steven Jiang and Jethro Mullen,
CNN
| Video Source: CNN
Story highlights
"I thought we were finished," says a man who
escaped from a collapsed building
More than 500 people have been hospitalized,
dozens of them with critical injuries
Firefighters are among the dead and many
remain missing, state media report
Tianjin, China (CNN)— You can see the
devastation everywhere: in the hollowed-out
shells of barely-standing buildings, in the
anguished faces of relatives waiting for news of
loved ones, in the parade of scorched cars.
But what was it that set off the terrifying blasts
that ripped through warehouses containing
hazardous chemical materials, sending fireballs
shooting across the sky and shaking tall
buildings more than 2 miles away?
Hours later, amid the destruction in this
northern Chinese port city of more than 13
million, the exact cause of Wednesday night's
blast remained unclear.
A thick chemical odor hung in the air. Fires still
burned in the waterfront industrial district where
the explosions went off. And the grim toll kept
mounting.
At least 50 people are confirmed dead, including
12 firefighters, officials said Thursday. More
than 500 people are hospitalized, and 71 of
them were in critical condition, the state-run
Xinhua news outlet reported. Dozens of
firefighters are missing.
Local authorities suspended firefighting efforts
Thursday because of a lack of information about
the "dangerous goods" stored at the warehouse
at the heart of the blasts, Xinhua said.
The explosions originated at a warehouse site
owned by Tianjin Dongjiang Port Rui Hai
International Logistics Co. Ltd., a company that
stores and transports dangerous chemicals.
Company executives have been taken into
custody, state media said.
The blasts' destructive force tore into Tianjin,
smashing buildings and mangling shipping
containers.
The first explosion was huge, but the second
was even more powerful -- the equivalent of 21
metric tons of TNT or a magnitude 2.9
earthquake, according to the China Earthquake
Networks Center.
The power of the explosions destroyed the
house where Qian Jiping and his wife, both of
them migrant construction workers, were
staying.
"When I heard the first explosion, I thought we
were finished," he said.
Strangers pulled them from the rubble. They
fled barefoot, desperate to get away, barely
feeling the jagged shards of glass that littered
the ground.
Across the city, residents were jolted awake as
the blasts shattered windows and fish tanks.
"The shock wave just blew through our
apartment. It blew out the glass, it blew out the
doors, it knocked out the power," said Vafa
Anderson, a teacher at an international school
who lives less than two kilometers from the
explosions' epicenter.
Anderson told CNN he was awakened by the
first blast and was looking out the window when
the second went off, sending a "huge mushroom
cloud" into the sky.
"I thought it was an earthquake!" said Liu Yue, a
25-year-old woman who lives about four
kilometers away. "I was extremely scared. I was
afraid my family was in danger."
She told CNN the entire 16-floor building she
lives in was rocking.
The injured were taken to different hospitals in
the city, with many reported to be suffering
from cuts caused by broken glass.
People gathered outside one hospital not far
from an area of badly damaged buildings,
waiting for news of loved ones.
A severely burned man was wheeled past
waiting crowds.
Some people collapsed from the heartbreak of
losing someone close to them.
"Why did God take her? Why did God take my
daughter?" one man cried out.
What to know about the Tianjin crisis
Will Ripley and Steven Jiang reported from Tianjin.
Jethro Mullen reported and wrote from Hong
Kong. Shen Lu, Dana Ford and Elizabeth Joseph
contributed to this report.
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Christianity EtcRe: The Agony Of Gethsemane by vb0mb(m): 5:45am On Jul 05, 2015
The bible quotations doea not aeems like present day english.
Christianity EtcRe: BVN & The *666 Mark* by vb0mb(m): 5:30am On Jul 05, 2015
Op have you gotten your BVN?
EducationRe: Unilag PG 2015/2016 ADMISSION DISCUSSION HERE by vb0mb(m): 9:01am On Jun 16, 2015
Good day Kalan.

what is the cost for MSc organisational behavior (PT). both hidden and real fees.

Is it currently available as pt in unilag

Regards
HealthRe: What Is Wrong With My Face by vb0mb(m): 8:59pm On Jun 03, 2015
To correct it, extract the water from bitter leaf add honey and egg to it and rub three times a day.
HealthRe: I Need A Cure For Catarrh by vb0mb(m): 10:40pm On May 16, 2015
Although I am not a doctor but I believe vitamin C works best. I don't know the dosage but 30 per day is not bad probably vit C has no side effect.
PoliticsSporadic Gunfire At The College Of Administration And Business Studies Potiskum by vb0mb(op): 11:13am On May 08, 2015
Reports coming in confirms that sporadic gunfire is underway in Potiskum, Yobe State. The shooting is currently at the College of Administration and Business Studies, Potiskum, Yobe State.
CultureRe: A List Of All Edo Dialects And Where Their Speakers Are Found. by vb0mb(m): 6:19pm On May 07, 2015
Igarra(Etuno) Akoko-Edo
PoliticsRe: Oil Subsidy Removal, Booby Trap For Buhari – Bamidele by vb0mb(m): 3:36pm On Apr 24, 2015
bigass123:
GEJ is a subtle conman, quiet and very calculative.
Easily mistaken to be a dunce... but he is not, though he's easily misled. But he's quick to know when he's been 'scammed'. He's a slow decision maker, hence 85% of the policies of his administration are not originally his ideas but that of other faster thinking conmen in his cabinet.
This is where PDP/GEJ has brought the country..a state of coma. Prayers saved this nation from imminent collapse in the last election and ONLY prayers can make the incoming government achieve its aims.
PDP or APC, Nigeria remains one..we should stop these childish and unreasonable arguments and join forces to lift this country. Only if we unite can we move forward. If one party is building up and another is busy tearing down.. how can there be progress? If the needed progress is not achieved, all of us be you APC or PDP will bear the brunts and the generation coming after us will not even forgive our stupidity.
God Bless Nigeria!!!
This post would have made a lot sense before the general elections.
HealthRe: Please Help! I Sweat Alot by vb0mb(m): 3:28pm On Apr 12, 2015
This condition is called hyperrhioditisis syndrome. Contact the nearest alagbo shop.
HealthRe: 5 Things You Never Knew Could Put You At The Risk Of Cancer by vb0mb(m): 3:25pm On Apr 12, 2015
Does it cause cancer or it may likely be a causative factor?
HealthRe: Top Benefits Of Drinking MORE Water. by vb0mb(m): 3:21pm On Apr 12, 2015
Orijin does all except no. 10
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Interview Question That Threw Me Off-balance by vb0mb(m): 7:06am On Feb 17, 2015
allisonluvsu:
Now lets roll this way.Here is the difference.

You are asked to come to work by 7am everyday to complete a daily task of collating data. The job rule states that you must collate atleast fifty data everyday before you leave for home. If you go to work by 9am which is like 2 hours later than the original time, and still complete the collation of the fifty data task given to you, you are not efficient but effective because you lack the discipline of coming to work earlier.

Efficiency involves an individual meeting up with the demands and completing the task given to him/her at the right time, right date and right manner while effectively involves completing the task even if it was not done at the right time and right date or manner.

Furthermore, if you are asked to wear your safety gears before performing your daily task in a company and you ignore such command and still went ahead to complete the task without your safety gear, you have worked effectively but not efficiently. Efficiency deals with doing things in an organized manner as directed by your organization while the other measures your ability to complete the said task assigned to you.

I hope i tried in the explanation. grin
This actually explains ineffectiveness and effectiveness
PoliticsRe: by vb0mb(m): 6:31pm On Jan 24, 2015
Some of GEJ's achievements.
EDUCATION
1. 125 Almajiri Schools in 13 Northern States
2. 27 Special girls school
3. 34 new NCE awarding institutions
4. 101 Presidential Special Scholarship for
Innovation and development
5. 10 Million increase in Basic education
enrolment (UBEC)
6. 75% Increase in O'Level credit pass in Math
and English
7. 100 Innovation Enterprise Institutions licensed
8. 7000 lecturers sponsored for post graduate
studies home and abroad
9. 51 Polytechnic laboratories rehabilitated
10. Doubled increase on Education allocation
11. 104 candidates scaled the final hurdle (First
Class Graduates) for Presidential scholarship
award and were asked to apply to study in any
of the top 25 universities in the world approved
for the scheme for their PhD.
12. When GEJ assume power in 2010 98% of
students that sat for NECO failed to make 5
credits including mathematics and English, as at
2013 70% of students that sat for NECO make 5
credits including maths and English.
13. All states of the federation without a federal
university had one each during GEJ Government
and they are listed below (12 New Federal
Universities). Imagine Number of jobs created
for both academic and non-academic staffs and
percentage of awaiting students fixed into these
schools (Note: 9 out of these 12 universities are
in Northern Nigeria).
 Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State. —
North Central.
 Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. ——-
North Central.
 Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State.–
North East.
 Federal University, Wakari, Taraba State. —-
North East.
 Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State.-
North West.
 Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.——-
North West.
 Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. —
South South.
 Federal University, Ndufe-Alike, Ebonyi State.-
South East.
 Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State.——-
South West.
 Federal University Gashua, Yobe State —-
North East.
 Federal University Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi state.
——-North West.
 Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State.——-
North West.
TRANSPORTATION
Rail Transport:
14. Revitalisation of the railway sector resulting
into annual volume of people moved by April
2014 to be 5Million against 1Million of people
moved prior to GEJ government.
15. Completed the reconstruction of Lagos-Kano
Railway Line that was moribund for many years
with no single train movement for 15years but
GEJ fixed it in 1year.
16. Kaduna Railway Line is at 85% completion
17. Improvement in rail transportation by a pilot
scheme of AC fitted trains in Lagos.
18. Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line
abandoned for over 30years is at about 90%
completion.
19. Other rail way under construction are:
 Lagos-Kano Rail
 Kano-Maiduguri, under construction
 Lagos-Portharcourt Under construction:
 Kaduna-Abuja
 Abuja Standard Gauge Rail axis
Road Transportation
20. The following roads are getting the attention
of federal government.
 Apapa - Oshodi Expressway (Undergoing
Construction)
 Benin-Ore-Sagamu Highway (Completed
Benin-Ore, Sagamu Ongoing)
 Enugu-Portharcourt Dual carriage way
(Undergoing Construction)
 Kano - Maiduguri Road (Undergoing
Dualisation)
 Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja Road (Undergoing
Dualisation)
 Onitsha-Owerri Road (Completed)
 Vom-Manchok Road (Completed)
 Onitsha Head Bridge - Flyover (Ojukwu
Gateway) [Completed by Gov Obi did and got
federal refund]
 Onitsha - Enugu Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Lokoja - Benin Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Under
Reconstruction after 30years)
 Mokwa-Bida Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Akure-Ilesha Road (Under Reconstruction)
 East-West Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 Enugu- Abakaliki- Cross River Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 Ogoja - Ikom Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Vandekiya-Obudu Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 The Second Niger Bridge was concessioned
to Juluis Berger and massive early works have
commenced
 Massive construction is ongoing on Lokko-
Owetto bridge across River Benue.
Air Transport/ Aviation
21. National Aviation Master plan and Road map
was developed and is being implemented
22. Air Safety - INSTALLATION of cutting age
navigational aids and Instruments Landing
Systems, including runway lights and Total Radar
Coverage (TRACON)
23. Airport Infrastructure - For the first time in
three decades, ALL 22 federally owned airports
are being remodelled and renovated
24. Cargo Airport - 16 airports close to nation's
food baskets designed to transport perishables.
25. New Terminal for 5 International Airports at
Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu.
26. Certification - US Category 1 Certification
attained.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
27. Under GEJ, Nigeria has three automobile
industries manufacturing vehicles already,
Innoson in Nnewi, Peaugeot in Kaduna and
Nissan in Lagos. Kia and Toyota are already
working on their assembly Plants in Lagos while
there is an indication that about 30 car
manufacturing companies has signified interests.
28. Nigeria exports cement after becoming self-
sufficient of our local demand (this is a feat that
was not achieved for many decades).
AGRICULTURE
29. Rice production rose from 1.5Metric Ton
from 2010 to 3.5Metric Tons in 2013
30. Nigeria became world leader in cassava
production.
31. Nigeria food import reduced by 500Million
per annum
32. 6Million farmers now assess fertilizers
through the e-wallet systems and this now helps
government to cut N50Billion annually from
corrupt middlemen.
NATIONAL PLANNING/ DEVELOPMENT
33. GEJ government introduced the green wall
initiative to tackle desertification in the Northern
part of Nigeria by planting 6,720,000 trees so far
in 10 northern states.
34. UN Statistics shows that life expectancy in
Nigeria before GEJ government was 47yrs and
the statistics present figure shows it is 52% (If
government takes the blame of everything in a
nation then it should also takes commendation of
anything in the nation)
35. Time to clear goods in Nigerian Ports before
GEJ introduced reforms is 38days as at 2009 but
it has been reduced to 7days.
INFORMATION/ TECHNOLOGY
36. Established 266 public access venues for ICT
in 2013.
37. Established 156 Rural IT Centres and 110
community communication centres so far.
ECONOMY
38. 3 Billion Naira grant given to Nollywood to
encourage their contribution to National GDP.
39. At 7% GDP Growth, Nigeria economy is one
of the fastest growing in the world and the
biggest in Africa.
40. Value of stocks in the Nigerian stock
exchange as at 2009 was N9.92Trillion but as at
December 2013 the value of Nigerian stock is
N13.23Trillion
41. As at 2013 ending the value of Foreign
Direct Investment in Nigeria is $7Billion making
Nigeria the number one recipient of foreign
direct investment in Africa.
42. Nigeria became biggest economy in African
overtaking South Africa.
43. Wall street journal adjudged Nigeria as No 1
destination of foreign investors in the world
rating Nigeria with 29.57% of total world FDI,
Argentina is 2nd while Vietnam came 3rd.
44. Inflation rate before GEJ came to power is
15% presently inflation rate is 9%
45. Volume of imported rice consumed in Nigeria
cut down by almost 50% (This has made naira to
circulate within the country better) and 100% of
rice eaten in aso rock is made in Nigeria.
46. Non-Oil Revenue accrued to government
before GEJ government stood at N843Billion but
in 2013 Non-oil revenue stood at N1.34Trillion.
HOUSING/ WELFARE
47. Mortgage - The Nigerian Mortgage
Refinancing Corporation was set up to enable
200,000 affordable mortgages within 5 years at
affordable interest rate.
48. Over 61,000 housing units have been built in
six geographical zones.
SPORTS
49. African Nations Cup (last won in 1994)
50. Fifa U-17 (Last won in 2007)
51. Word Athletic Championship 4 medals (No
medal since 2000)
POWER/ ELECTRICITY
52. Privatised PHCN and Power Generating
Plants undergoing constructions in different
states.
53. Power generation increased from
2,200MegaWatt to 7,000MegaWatt installed
capacity and Nigeria presently generates about
4500MegaWatt.
LEADERSHIP STYLE
54. GEJ has no foreign account, no property
aboard and all his kids/ wards school here in
Nigeria.
55. Gender friendly government by encouraging
the 35% affirmative for women in government.
 Appointed about 10 female ministers
 First Female Chief Justice of Nigeria
 Female Head of Court of Appeal
 Female Acting Governor of Central Bank of
Nigeria
 Female DG of Nigerian Stock Exchange etc
 Removing the bar of admitting female into
Nigeria Defence Academy (Now we will have
female armoured tank drivers, female Para-
troopers, Jumpers, and so on)
56. Encouragement of youth participation in
government with relatively young members of
executive cabinet (Average age of 50s) with
young ministers like Dr.A Nurudeen Mohammed
who is the minister of state for foreign affairs
(born 20th August 1976 and he is the youngest
minister in Nigeria since return to democracy),
Tamuno Danagogo who is the minister of sports.
PoliticsRe: Jimi Agbaje Resoundingly Wins LCCI Debate by vb0mb(m): 6:20pm On Jan 24, 2015
Some of GEJ's achievements.
EDUCATION
1. 125 Almajiri Schools in 13 Northern States
2. 27 Special girls school
3. 34 new NCE awarding institutions
4. 101 Presidential Special Scholarship for
Innovation and development
5. 10 Million increase in Basic education
enrolment (UBEC)
6. 75% Increase in O'Level credit pass in Math
and English
7. 100 Innovation Enterprise Institutions licensed
8. 7000 lecturers sponsored for post graduate
studies home and abroad
9. 51 Polytechnic laboratories rehabilitated
10. Doubled increase on Education allocation
11. 104 candidates scaled the final hurdle (First
Class Graduates) for Presidential scholarship
award and were asked to apply to study in any
of the top 25 universities in the world approved
for the scheme for their PhD.
12. When GEJ assume power in 2010 98% of
students that sat for NECO failed to make 5
credits including mathematics and English, as at
2013 70% of students that sat for NECO make 5
credits including maths and English.
13. All states of the federation without a federal
university had one each during GEJ Government
and they are listed below (12 New Federal
Universities). Imagine Number of jobs created
for both academic and non-academic staffs and
percentage of awaiting students fixed into these
schools (Note: 9 out of these 12 universities are
in Northern Nigeria).
 Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State. —
North Central.
 Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. ——-
North Central.
 Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State.–
North East.
 Federal University, Wakari, Taraba State. —-
North East.
 Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State.-
North West.
 Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.——-
North West.
 Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. —
South South.
 Federal University, Ndufe-Alike, Ebonyi State.-
South East.
 Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State.——-
South West.
 Federal University Gashua, Yobe State —-
North East.
 Federal University Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi state.
——-North West.
 Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State.——-
North West.
TRANSPORTATION
Rail Transport:
14. Revitalisation of the railway sector resulting
into annual volume of people moved by April
2014 to be 5Million against 1Million of people
moved prior to GEJ government.
15. Completed the reconstruction of Lagos-Kano
Railway Line that was moribund for many years
with no single train movement for 15years but
GEJ fixed it in 1year.
16. Kaduna Railway Line is at 85% completion
17. Improvement in rail transportation by a pilot
scheme of AC fitted trains in Lagos.
18. Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line
abandoned for over 30years is at about 90%
completion.
19. Other rail way under construction are:
 Lagos-Kano Rail
 Kano-Maiduguri, under construction
 Lagos-Portharcourt Under construction:
 Kaduna-Abuja
 Abuja Standard Gauge Rail axis
Road Transportation
20. The following roads are getting the attention
of federal government.
 Apapa - Oshodi Expressway (Undergoing
Construction)
 Benin-Ore-Sagamu Highway (Completed
Benin-Ore, Sagamu Ongoing)
 Enugu-Portharcourt Dual carriage way
(Undergoing Construction)
 Kano - Maiduguri Road (Undergoing
Dualisation)
 Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja Road (Undergoing
Dualisation)
 Onitsha-Owerri Road (Completed)
 Vom-Manchok Road (Completed)
 Onitsha Head Bridge - Flyover (Ojukwu
Gateway) [Completed by Gov Obi did and got
federal refund]
 Onitsha - Enugu Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Lokoja - Benin Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Under
Reconstruction after 30years)
 Mokwa-Bida Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Akure-Ilesha Road (Under Reconstruction)
 East-West Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 Enugu- Abakaliki- Cross River Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 Ogoja - Ikom Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Vandekiya-Obudu Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 The Second Niger Bridge was concessioned
to Juluis Berger and massive early works have
commenced
 Massive construction is ongoing on Lokko-
Owetto bridge across River Benue.
Air Transport/ Aviation
21. National Aviation Master plan and Road map
was developed and is being implemented
22. Air Safety - INSTALLATION of cutting age
navigational aids and Instruments Landing
Systems, including runway lights and Total Radar
Coverage (TRACON)
23. Airport Infrastructure - For the first time in
three decades, ALL 22 federally owned airports
are being remodelled and renovated
24. Cargo Airport - 16 airports close to nation's
food baskets designed to transport perishables.
25. New Terminal for 5 International Airports at
Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu.
26. Certification - US Category 1 Certification
attained.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
27. Under GEJ, Nigeria has three automobile
industries manufacturing vehicles already,
Innoson in Nnewi, Peaugeot in Kaduna and
Nissan in Lagos. Kia and Toyota are already
working on their assembly Plants in Lagos while
there is an indication that about 30 car
manufacturing companies has signified interests.
28. Nigeria exports cement after becoming self-
sufficient of our local demand (this is a feat that
was not achieved for many decades).
AGRICULTURE
29. Rice production rose from 1.5Metric Ton
from 2010 to 3.5Metric Tons in 2013
30. Nigeria became world leader in cassava
production.
31. Nigeria food import reduced by 500Million
per annum
32. 6Million farmers now assess fertilizers
through the e-wallet systems and this now helps
government to cut N50Billion annually from
corrupt middlemen.
NATIONAL PLANNING/ DEVELOPMENT
33. GEJ government introduced the green wall
initiative to tackle desertification in the Northern
part of Nigeria by planting 6,720,000 trees so far
in 10 northern states.
34. UN Statistics shows that life expectancy in
Nigeria before GEJ government was 47yrs and
the statistics present figure shows it is 52% (If
government takes the blame of everything in a
nation then it should also takes commendation of
anything in the nation)
35. Time to clear goods in Nigerian Ports before
GEJ introduced reforms is 38days as at 2009 but
it has been reduced to 7days.
INFORMATION/ TECHNOLOGY
36. Established 266 public access venues for ICT
in 2013.
37. Established 156 Rural IT Centres and 110
community communication centres so far.
ECONOMY
38. 3 Billion Naira grant given to Nollywood to
encourage their contribution to National GDP.
39. At 7% GDP Growth, Nigeria economy is one
of the fastest growing in the world and the
biggest in Africa.
40. Value of stocks in the Nigerian stock
exchange as at 2009 was N9.92Trillion but as at
December 2013 the value of Nigerian stock is
N13.23Trillion
41. As at 2013 ending the value of Foreign
Direct Investment in Nigeria is $7Billion making
Nigeria the number one recipient of foreign
direct investment in Africa.
42. Nigeria became biggest economy in African
overtaking South Africa.
43. Wall street journal adjudged Nigeria as No 1
destination of foreign investors in the world
rating Nigeria with 29.57% of total world FDI,
Argentina is 2nd while Vietnam came 3rd.
44. Inflation rate before GEJ came to power is
15% presently inflation rate is 9%
45. Volume of imported rice consumed in Nigeria
cut down by almost 50% (This has made naira to
circulate within the country better) and 100% of
rice eaten in aso rock is made in Nigeria.
46. Non-Oil Revenue accrued to government
before GEJ government stood at N843Billion but
in 2013 Non-oil revenue stood at N1.34Trillion.
HOUSING/ WELFARE
47. Mortgage - The Nigerian Mortgage
Refinancing Corporation was set up to enable
200,000 affordable mortgages within 5 years at
affordable interest rate.
48. Over 61,000 housing units have been built in
six geographical zones.
SPORTS
49. African Nations Cup (last won in 1994)
50. Fifa U-17 (Last won in 2007)
51. Word Athletic Championship 4 medals (No
medal since 2000)
POWER/ ELECTRICITY
52. Privatised PHCN and Power Generating
Plants undergoing constructions in different
states.
53. Power generation increased from
2,200MegaWatt to 7,000MegaWatt installed
capacity and Nigeria presently generates about
4500MegaWatt.
LEADERSHIP STYLE
54. GEJ has no foreign account, no property
aboard and all his kids/ wards school here in
Nigeria.
55. Gender friendly government by encouraging
the 35% affirmative for women in government.
 Appointed about 10 female ministers
 First Female Chief Justice of Nigeria
 Female Head of Court of Appeal
 Female Acting Governor of Central Bank of
Nigeria
 Female DG of Nigerian Stock Exchange etc
 Removing the bar of admitting female into
Nigeria Defence Academy (Now we will have
female armoured tank drivers, female Para-
troopers, Jumpers, and so on)
56. Encouragement of youth participation in
government with relatively young members of
executive cabinet (Average age of 50s) with
young ministers like Dr.A Nurudeen Mohammed
who is the minister of state for foreign affairs
(born 20th August 1976 and he is the youngest
minister in Nigeria since return to democracy),
Tamuno Danagogo who is the minister of sports.
PoliticsRe: Don’t Vote For APC —olu Falae by vb0mb(m): 6:17pm On Jan 24, 2015
Some of GEJ's achievements.
EDUCATION
1. 125 Almajiri Schools in 13 Northern States
2. 27 Special girls school
3. 34 new NCE awarding institutions
4. 101 Presidential Special Scholarship for
Innovation and development
5. 10 Million increase in Basic education
enrolment (UBEC)
6. 75% Increase in O'Level credit pass in Math
and English
7. 100 Innovation Enterprise Institutions licensed
8. 7000 lecturers sponsored for post graduate
studies home and abroad
9. 51 Polytechnic laboratories rehabilitated
10. Doubled increase on Education allocation
11. 104 candidates scaled the final hurdle (First
Class Graduates) for Presidential scholarship
award and were asked to apply to study in any
of the top 25 universities in the world approved
for the scheme for their PhD.
12. When GEJ assume power in 2010 98% of
students that sat for NECO failed to make 5
credits including mathematics and English, as at
2013 70% of students that sat for NECO make 5
credits including maths and English.
13. All states of the federation without a federal
university had one each during GEJ Government
and they are listed below (12 New Federal
Universities). Imagine Number of jobs created
for both academic and non-academic staffs and
percentage of awaiting students fixed into these
schools (Note: 9 out of these 12 universities are
in Northern Nigeria).
 Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State. —
North Central.
 Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. ——-
North Central.
 Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State.–
North East.
 Federal University, Wakari, Taraba State. —-
North East.
 Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State.-
North West.
 Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.——-
North West.
 Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. —
South South.
 Federal University, Ndufe-Alike, Ebonyi State.-
South East.
 Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State.——-
South West.
 Federal University Gashua, Yobe State —-
North East.
 Federal University Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi state.
——-North West.
 Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State.——-
North West.
TRANSPORTATION
Rail Transport:
14. Revitalisation of the railway sector resulting
into annual volume of people moved by April
2014 to be 5Million against 1Million of people
moved prior to GEJ government.
15. Completed the reconstruction of Lagos-Kano
Railway Line that was moribund for many years
with no single train movement for 15years but
GEJ fixed it in 1year.
16. Kaduna Railway Line is at 85% completion
17. Improvement in rail transportation by a pilot
scheme of AC fitted trains in Lagos.
18. Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line
abandoned for over 30years is at about 90%
completion.
19. Other rail way under construction are:
 Lagos-Kano Rail
 Kano-Maiduguri, under construction
 Lagos-Portharcourt Under construction:
 Kaduna-Abuja
 Abuja Standard Gauge Rail axis
Road Transportation
20. The following roads are getting the attention
of federal government.
 Apapa - Oshodi Expressway (Undergoing
Construction)
 Benin-Ore-Sagamu Highway (Completed
Benin-Ore, Sagamu Ongoing)
 Enugu-Portharcourt Dual carriage way
(Undergoing Construction)
 Kano - Maiduguri Road (Undergoing
Dualisation)
 Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja Road (Undergoing
Dualisation)
 Onitsha-Owerri Road (Completed)
 Vom-Manchok Road (Completed)
 Onitsha Head Bridge - Flyover (Ojukwu
Gateway) [Completed by Gov Obi did and got
federal refund]
 Onitsha - Enugu Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Lokoja - Benin Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Under
Reconstruction after 30years)
 Mokwa-Bida Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Akure-Ilesha Road (Under Reconstruction)
 East-West Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 Enugu- Abakaliki- Cross River Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 Ogoja - Ikom Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Vandekiya-Obudu Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 The Second Niger Bridge was concessioned
to Juluis Berger and massive early works have
commenced
 Massive construction is ongoing on Lokko-
Owetto bridge across River Benue.
Air Transport/ Aviation
21. National Aviation Master plan and Road map
was developed and is being implemented
22. Air Safety - INSTALLATION of cutting age
navigational aids and Instruments Landing
Systems, including runway lights and Total Radar
Coverage (TRACON)
23. Airport Infrastructure - For the first time in
three decades, ALL 22 federally owned airports
are being remodelled and renovated
24. Cargo Airport - 16 airports close to nation's
food baskets designed to transport perishables.
25. New Terminal for 5 International Airports at
Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu.
26. Certification - US Category 1 Certification
attained.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
27. Under GEJ, Nigeria has three automobile
industries manufacturing vehicles already,
Innoson in Nnewi, Peaugeot in Kaduna and
Nissan in Lagos. Kia and Toyota are already
working on their assembly Plants in Lagos while
there is an indication that about 30 car
manufacturing companies has signified interests.
28. Nigeria exports cement after becoming self-
sufficient of our local demand (this is a feat that
was not achieved for many decades).
AGRICULTURE
29. Rice production rose from 1.5Metric Ton
from 2010 to 3.5Metric Tons in 2013
30. Nigeria became world leader in cassava
production.
31. Nigeria food import reduced by 500Million
per annum
32. 6Million farmers now assess fertilizers
through the e-wallet systems and this now helps
government to cut N50Billion annually from
corrupt middlemen.
NATIONAL PLANNING/ DEVELOPMENT
33. GEJ government introduced the green wall
initiative to tackle desertification in the Northern
part of Nigeria by planting 6,720,000 trees so far
in 10 northern states.
34. UN Statistics shows that life expectancy in
Nigeria before GEJ government was 47yrs and
the statistics present figure shows it is 52% (If
government takes the blame of everything in a
nation then it should also takes commendation of
anything in the nation)
35. Time to clear goods in Nigerian Ports before
GEJ introduced reforms is 38days as at 2009 but
it has been reduced to 7days.
INFORMATION/ TECHNOLOGY
36. Established 266 public access venues for ICT
in 2013.
37. Established 156 Rural IT Centres and 110
community communication centres so far.
ECONOMY
38. 3 Billion Naira grant given to Nollywood to
encourage their contribution to National GDP.
39. At 7% GDP Growth, Nigeria economy is one
of the fastest growing in the world and the
biggest in Africa.
40. Value of stocks in the Nigerian stock
exchange as at 2009 was N9.92Trillion but as at
December 2013 the value of Nigerian stock is
N13.23Trillion
41. As at 2013 ending the value of Foreign
Direct Investment in Nigeria is $7Billion making
Nigeria the number one recipient of foreign
direct investment in Africa.
42. Nigeria became biggest economy in African
overtaking South Africa.
43. Wall street journal adjudged Nigeria as No 1
destination of foreign investors in the world
rating Nigeria with 29.57% of total world FDI,
Argentina is 2nd while Vietnam came 3rd.
44. Inflation rate before GEJ came to power is
15% presently inflation rate is 9%
45. Volume of imported rice consumed in Nigeria
cut down by almost 50% (This has made naira to
circulate within the country better) and 100% of
rice eaten in aso rock is made in Nigeria.
46. Non-Oil Revenue accrued to government
before GEJ government stood at N843Billion but
in 2013 Non-oil revenue stood at N1.34Trillion.
HOUSING/ WELFARE
47. Mortgage - The Nigerian Mortgage
Refinancing Corporation was set up to enable
200,000 affordable mortgages within 5 years at
affordable interest rate.
48. Over 61,000 housing units have been built in
six geographical zones.
SPORTS
49. African Nations Cup (last won in 1994)
50. Fifa U-17 (Last won in 2007)
51. Word Athletic Championship 4 medals (No
medal since 2000)
POWER/ ELECTRICITY
52. Privatised PHCN and Power Generating
Plants undergoing constructions in different
states.
53. Power generation increased from
2,200MegaWatt to 7,000MegaWatt installed
capacity and Nigeria presently generates about
4500MegaWatt.
LEADERSHIP STYLE
54. GEJ has no foreign account, no property
aboard and all his kids/ wards school here in
Nigeria.
55. Gender friendly government by encouraging
the 35% affirmative for women in government.
 Appointed about 10 female ministers
 First Female Chief Justice of Nigeria
 Female Head of Court of Appeal
 Female Acting Governor of Central Bank of
Nigeria
 Female DG of Nigerian Stock Exchange etc
 Removing the bar of admitting female into
Nigeria Defence Academy (Now we will have
female armoured tank drivers, female Para-
troopers, Jumpers, and so on)
56. Encouragement of youth participation in
government with relatively young members of
executive cabinet (Average age of 50s) with
young ministers like Dr.A Nurudeen Mohammed
who is the minister of state for foreign affairs
(born 20th August 1976 and he is the youngest
minister in Nigeria since return to democracy),
Tamuno Danagogo who is the minister of sports.
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Some of GEJ's achievements.
EDUCATION
1. 125 Almajiri Schools in 13 Northern States
2. 27 Special girls school
3. 34 new NCE awarding institutions
4. 101 Presidential Special Scholarship for
Innovation and development
5. 10 Million increase in Basic education
enrolment (UBEC)
6. 75% Increase in O'Level credit pass in Math
and English
7. 100 Innovation Enterprise Institutions licensed
8. 7000 lecturers sponsored for post graduate
studies home and abroad
9. 51 Polytechnic laboratories rehabilitated
10. Doubled increase on Education allocation
11. 104 candidates scaled the final hurdle (First
Class Graduates) for Presidential scholarship
award and were asked to apply to study in any
of the top 25 universities in the world approved
for the scheme for their PhD.
12. When GEJ assume power in 2010 98% of
students that sat for NECO failed to make 5
credits including mathematics and English, as at
2013 70% of students that sat for NECO make 5
credits including maths and English.
13. All states of the federation without a federal
university had one each during GEJ Government
and they are listed below (12 New Federal
Universities). Imagine Number of jobs created
for both academic and non-academic staffs and
percentage of awaiting students fixed into these
schools (Note: 9 out of these 12 universities are
in Northern Nigeria).
 Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State. —
North Central.
 Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. ——-
North Central.
 Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State.–
North East.
 Federal University, Wakari, Taraba State. —-
North East.
 Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State.-
North West.
 Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.——-
North West.
 Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. —
South South.
 Federal University, Ndufe-Alike, Ebonyi State.-
South East.
 Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State.——-
South West.
 Federal University Gashua, Yobe State —-
North East.
 Federal University Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi state.
——-North West.
 Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State.——-
North West.
TRANSPORTATION
Rail Transport:
14. Revitalisation of the railway sector resulting
into annual volume of people moved by April
2014 to be 5Million against 1Million of people
moved prior to GEJ government.
15. Completed the reconstruction of Lagos-Kano
Railway Line that was moribund for many years
with no single train movement for 15years but
GEJ fixed it in 1year.
16. Kaduna Railway Line is at 85% completion
17. Improvement in rail transportation by a pilot
scheme of AC fitted trains in Lagos.
18. Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line
abandoned for over 30years is at about 90%
completion.
19. Other rail way under construction are:
 Lagos-Kano Rail
 Kano-Maiduguri, under construction
 Lagos-Portharcourt Under construction:
 Kaduna-Abuja
 Abuja Standard Gauge Rail axis
Road Transportation
20. The following roads are getting the attention
of federal government.
 Apapa - Oshodi Expressway (Undergoing
Construction)
 Benin-Ore-Sagamu Highway (Completed
Benin-Ore, Sagamu Ongoing)
 Enugu-Portharcourt Dual carriage way
(Undergoing Construction)
 Kano - Maiduguri Road (Undergoing
Dualisation)
 Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja Road (Undergoing
Dualisation)
 Onitsha-Owerri Road (Completed)
 Vom-Manchok Road (Completed)
 Onitsha Head Bridge - Flyover (Ojukwu
Gateway) [Completed by Gov Obi did and got
federal refund]
 Onitsha - Enugu Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Lokoja - Benin Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Under
Reconstruction after 30years)
 Mokwa-Bida Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Akure-Ilesha Road (Under Reconstruction)
 East-West Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 Enugu- Abakaliki- Cross River Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 Ogoja - Ikom Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Vandekiya-Obudu Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 The Second Niger Bridge was concessioned
to Juluis Berger and massive early works have
commenced
 Massive construction is ongoing on Lokko-
Owetto bridge across River Benue.
Air Transport/ Aviation
21. National Aviation Master plan and Road map
was developed and is being implemented
22. Air Safety - INSTALLATION of cutting age
navigational aids and Instruments Landing
Systems, including runway lights and Total Radar
Coverage (TRACON)
23. Airport Infrastructure - For the first time in
three decades, ALL 22 federally owned airports
are being remodelled and renovated
24. Cargo Airport - 16 airports close to nation's
food baskets designed to transport perishables.
25. New Terminal for 5 International Airports at
Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu.
26. Certification - US Category 1 Certification
attained.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
27. Under GEJ, Nigeria has three automobile
industries manufacturing vehicles already,
Innoson in Nnewi, Peaugeot in Kaduna and
Nissan in Lagos. Kia and Toyota are already
working on their assembly Plants in Lagos while
there is an indication that about 30 car
manufacturing companies has signified interests.
28. Nigeria exports cement after becoming self-
sufficient of our local demand (this is a feat that
was not achieved for many decades).
AGRICULTURE
29. Rice production rose from 1.5Metric Ton
from 2010 to 3.5Metric Tons in 2013
30. Nigeria became world leader in cassava
production.
31. Nigeria food import reduced by 500Million
per annum
32. 6Million farmers now assess fertilizers
through the e-wallet systems and this now helps
government to cut N50Billion annually from
corrupt middlemen.
NATIONAL PLANNING/ DEVELOPMENT
33. GEJ government introduced the green wall
initiative to tackle desertification in the Northern
part of Nigeria by planting 6,720,000 trees so far
in 10 northern states.
34. UN Statistics shows that life expectancy in
Nigeria before GEJ government was 47yrs and
the statistics present figure shows it is 52% (If
government takes the blame of everything in a
nation then it should also takes commendation of
anything in the nation)
35. Time to clear goods in Nigerian Ports before
GEJ introduced reforms is 38days as at 2009 but
it has been reduced to 7days.
INFORMATION/ TECHNOLOGY
36. Established 266 public access venues for ICT
in 2013.
37. Established 156 Rural IT Centres and 110
community communication centres so far.
ECONOMY
38. 3 Billion Naira grant given to Nollywood to
encourage their contribution to National GDP.
39. At 7% GDP Growth, Nigeria economy is one
of the fastest growing in the world and the
biggest in Africa.
40. Value of stocks in the Nigerian stock
exchange as at 2009 was N9.92Trillion but as at
December 2013 the value of Nigerian stock is
N13.23Trillion
41. As at 2013 ending the value of Foreign
Direct Investment in Nigeria is $7Billion making
Nigeria the number one recipient of foreign
direct investment in Africa.
42. Nigeria became biggest economy in African
overtaking South Africa.
43. Wall street journal adjudged Nigeria as No 1
destination of foreign investors in the world
rating Nigeria with 29.57% of total world FDI,
Argentina is 2nd while Vietnam came 3rd.
44. Inflation rate before GEJ came to power is
15% presently inflation rate is 9%
45. Volume of imported rice consumed in Nigeria
cut down by almost 50% (This has made naira to
circulate within the country better) and 100% of
rice eaten in aso rock is made in Nigeria.
46. Non-Oil Revenue accrued to government
before GEJ government stood at N843Billion but
in 2013 Non-oil revenue stood at N1.34Trillion.
HOUSING/ WELFARE
47. Mortgage - The Nigerian Mortgage
Refinancing Corporation was set up to enable
200,000 affordable mortgages within 5 years at
affordable interest rate.
48. Over 61,000 housing units have been built in
six geographical zones.
SPORTS
49. African Nations Cup (last won in 1994)
50. Fifa U-17 (Last won in 2007)
51. Word Athletic Championship 4 medals (No
medal since 2000)
POWER/ ELECTRICITY
52. Privatised PHCN and Power Generating
Plants undergoing constructions in different
states.
53. Power generation increased from
2,200MegaWatt to 7,000MegaWatt installed
capacity and Nigeria presently generates about
4500MegaWatt.
LEADERSHIP STYLE
54. GEJ has no foreign account, no property
aboard and all his kids/ wards school here in
Nigeria.
55. Gender friendly government by encouraging
the 35% affirmative for women in government.
 Appointed about 10 female ministers
 First Female Chief Justice of Nigeria
 Female Head of Court of Appeal
 Female Acting Governor of Central Bank of
Nigeria
 Female DG of Nigerian Stock Exchange etc
 Removing the bar of admitting female into
Nigeria Defence Academy (Now we will have
female armoured tank drivers, female Para-
troopers, Jumpers, and so on)
56. Encouragement of youth participation in
government with relatively young members of
executive cabinet (Average age of 50s) with
young ministers like Dr.A Nurudeen Mohammed
who is the minister of state for foreign affairs
(born 20th August 1976 and he is the youngest
minister in Nigeria since return to democracy),
Tamuno Danagogo who is the minister of sports.
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does sand contains bacteria?
PoliticsRe: Buhari Forgets Name Of His Running Mate At Owerri Rally - Video by vb0mb(op): 7:23pm On Jan 15, 2015
Tallesty1:
This one is verrrrrrrrry strong
And Fashola says Jimi Shakes is too old.
PoliticsBuhari Forgets Name Of His Running Mate At Owerri Rally - Video by vb0mb(op): 7:17pm On Jan 15, 2015
As Nigerians look forward to the presidential
elections holding next month across Nigeria,
a new video has surfaced on You Tube
showing the All Progressives Congress, APC,
Presidential candidate, Muhammadu
Buharinot able to recall the name of his
running mate Prof. Yemi Osinbajo during his
election campaign in Owerri, Imo state
capital.

According to the 5:56 minutes video, the
former Head of State while speaking at the
rally called his running mate ‘Yemi Osinbade’
instead of Yemi Osinbajo.

Below is the video posted on Youtube:
They mocked Jonathan for saying Buhari cant
remember his phone number. Watch Buhari
forget the name of his own VP

Since the video surfaced on the internet, it
has gone viral with political opposition of the
APC and many Nigerians expressing shock on
the development. While commenting on the
incident on his official Twitter handle, the
Special Adviser to President Goodluck
Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri,
tweeted that “May God save Nigeria from a presidential candidate that cant even
remember the name of his VP! May God save
Nigeria.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vtan7pDiaU

www.naij.com/359759-buhari-forgets-name-of-his-running-mate-at-owerri-rally.html
Politics2015: Public Appeal To Apc's Senator Tinubu by vb0mb(op): 7:11am On Jan 15, 2015
Since the emergence of the All Progressives
Congress, Nigerians have been arguing
whether the party is different from the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party. Also, both parties’
presidential candidates, General Muhammadu
Buhari (rtd.) and the incumbent President
Goodluck Jonathan, and their respective
teams have come under the scrutiny of the
electorate. Naij.com guest writer Dr. Deborah
Nelson , from Ilorin, once again appeals
publicly to a prominent Nigerian politician –
this time, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
an influential member of the APC.

“Good day, Sir. Congratulations on the
successful conduct of the APC’s convention
in Lagos to elect its presidential candidate for
the 2015 election. Though you were denied
the luxury to conduct the ‘selection’ in your
bedroom as usual, you still managed to weep
the Oshimholes into line behind your ‘beloved
godson’ , General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) .
Having succeeded in forcing APC governors to
‘gang up’ against other presidential aspirants,
you set the stage for the exercise to be
professionally manipulated to produce him as
the elected presidential candidate of the APC.
Consequently, Governor Okorocha, one of the
presidential candidates, had since been
blaming his failure to win the primary election
on what he calls ‘gang-up of the APC
governors’. If any other presidential candidate
was the beneficiary of the ‘gang-up’, your
godson would have condemned it and incited
his supporters to soak ‘dogs and baboons’ in
blood. He had since been adopted as a
consensus candidate for Northern Nigeria
(Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri Muslims, to be
specific). According to Alhaji Coomassie , the
Chairman of a Hausa-Fulani pressure group,
ACF, the North “is going to support a Northern
candidate. And since APC had voted a Northern
candidate, we are going to support him 100%.
So Buhari is our candidate for the 2015
election.”

“Days after Nigeria gained independence in
1960, Sir Ahmadu Bello was quoted to having
said, “This new nation called Nigeria should be
an estate of our great grand father, Usman Dan
Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of
power. We use the minorities in the North as
winning tools and the South as a conquered
territory, never allow them to rule over us and
never allow them to have control over their
future.” Since the above statement was made
by the Sultan, it had continued to serve as a
roadmap for Hausa-Fulani politicians, hence
they believe that it is their birthright to use
any means possible to either reclaim power or
prevent non-Hausa-Fulani Muslims from ruling
over them. Sir, as long as prominent Nigerians
like you prefer to serve them as ‘winning
tools’, Hausa-Fulani politicians will continue to
behave as if Nigeria is an estate of Usman
Dan Fodio. In 1961, the same Sultan Bello
said, “I am set and fully armed to conquer the
Action Group in the same ruthless manner my
great grandfather conquered Alkalawa, a town in
Sokoto Province during the last Century.” May I
remind you, Sir, that what happened to Chief
Obafemi Awolowo and the Action Group
between then and 1966 were direct
consequences of this statement. Any Yoruba
politician who fails to find out the real source
of conflict between the two illustrious sons of
Oduduwa, Chief Awolowo and Chief Akintola
and adjust accordingly may have
themselves to blame. You can never be more
loyal to Hausa-Fulani politicians than late
Chief MKO Abiola, but where is he today and
how was he rewarded?

“There are irrefutable records at the United
States District Court for Northern District of
Illinois indicating that most of your assets and
properties were confiscated by the US
government in 1993 because of your
involvement in drug trafficking in the US. The
records also indicate that you were an
employee of Mobil Nigeria Limited on a salary
of $2,400 per month and a proud owner of ten
bank accounts, one at the First Heritage
Bank, nine at the Citi International Bank. Out
of over $1.4 million USD found in your
accounts, you forfeited $460,000 USD to the
US government. Although you were not
subjected to criminal prosecution, the fact
that you acceded to forfeit $460,000 USD to
the US government on account of your
trafficking in drugs in the US was on its own a
conviction. However, if you are not a
convicted drug baron, as contained in the
court papers and report to NDLEA, call a
press conference and exonerate yourself
because the APC cannot afford to have a
convicted drug baron as its national leader.
“In order to actualize your self-imposed task
of installing a Hausa-Fulani president in 2015,
you collaborated with Hausa-Fulani politicians,
the most conservative ethnic groups in the
country, to form a political party, the All
Progressives Congress. Funny enough, APC’s
slogan is ‘change’. Change from what to
what? The policies of the APC-controlled
states, especially those in the North, and
antecedents of its key members are anything
but progressive. Sokoto, Kano, Borno, Yobe
states are dominated by Hausa, Fulani, and
Kanuri Muslims. At the recently-concluded
National Conference, they rejected fiscal
federalism, state police, local government
autonomy, resource control, Child Rights Bill,
among other propositions. They consider
Western education, birth control, vaccination
against polio, and girl child education as ‘anti-
Islamic’. Because of their ‘progressive’
policies, Nigeria is yet to eradicate polio.
These states account for over 90% of beggars,
internally displaced persons, illiterates and
almajiris . While a girl child as young as 7
years old is given out in marriage, a boy child
as young as 5 years old is dumped with any
Imam anywhere for years to acquire Islamic
education with no support whatsoever from
his biological parents. In these ‘progressive’
states, people reproduce like rabbits as long
as they live thereby creating inexhaustible
reservoirs of expendable human robots
(almajiris) whom your godson and other
Hausa-Fulani politicians had been using to
prosecute religious riots often initiated by
them. Sir, are these the much-trumpeted
changes Nigerians should expect from the
APC?

“Your godson is expected to ‘captain’ the
Nigerian ship should the APC emerge
victorious in 2015 presidential election, but his
utterances are to say the least disturbing.
While speaking in Kaduna at a seminar
organized by Supreme Council for Sharia in
Nigeria in 2001, he said, “Sharia should be
introduced in full across Nigeria. I will continue
to show openly and inside me the total
commitment to the Sharia movement that is
sweeping all over Nigeria. God’s willing, we will
not stop the agitation for the total
implementation of the Sharia in the country. It is
a legal responsibility which Allah has given us
within the context of one Nigeria to continue to
uphold the practice of Sharia wholeheartedly
and to educate non-Muslims that they have
nothing to fear. What remains of Muslims in
Nigeria is for them to redouble their efforts and
educate fellow Muslims on the need to promote
the full implementation of Sharia Laws.”
“In spite of the bloody Sharia riots in Kaduna
State in 2000 which claimed thousands of
lives and destroyed properties worth millions
of naira, he was here in 2001 announcing his
“total commitment to Sharia movement” . This
was an arrogant display of insensitivity. His
total commitment to promote full
implementation of Sharia Laws in Nigeria
might have convinced him to regard Boko
Haram terrorists as partners in the service of
Allah because, apart from warning President
Jonathan that any attack on Boko Haram
terrorists would be considered as an attack on
the North, he went further to criticize the
President for not treating Boko Haram
terrorists the same way Niger Delta militants
are being treated. He said that Boko Haram
terrorists were only fighting for their rights,
hence Jonathan should stop bombing them
and destroying their homes. Sir, what ‘changes’
do we expect from a man with such undiluted
commitment to promote full implementation of
Sharia Laws in Nigeria?

“Sir, I observe that you and other key
members of APC always threaten to set the
nation ablaze if APC does not emerge
victorious in 2015 presidential election.
At your investiture as the Pro-Chancellor of
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in
Ogbomoso, you said, “No government that
wants people’s votes will be doing what they
are doing. They are already planning to rig the
elections, but be prepared to protect your votes,
nobody serves you freedom à la carte. It is
going to be rig and roast.”

“In 2010, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said, “Those
who make peaceful change impossible make
violent change inevitable .” In 2014, Mallam el-
Rufai said, “The next election is likely to be
violent and many people are likely going to die.
And the only alternative left to get power is to
take it by force, this is the reality on the
ground.” In March 2014, APC Chieftain from
North East, Alhaji Abu Shuluwa , said, “Nigeria
will descend into anarchy if Jonathan is allowed
to contest 2014 election.” APC Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed , said, “Let us
remind the presidency in case it has forgotten
that electoral fraud triggered civil war in Algeria
in the 1990s.” The Chairman of APC, Chief
John Oyegun , said, “If we do not see any
discernable change of attitude on the part of
government, then we will move to the next stage
on the list of actions that our party intends to
take to stop the rot being perpetrated by the
PDP government.” During Salvation Rally in
Port Harcourt, Governor Amaechi said, “What
is the essence of going to court when the
Federal Government does not obey the laws?
That is why APC will not go to court any longer.
If you rig us, out we will rig ourselves in, which
means if you can rig us out in 2015, we will
form our own government. We have met on that,
we have agreed on that. We will install our own
government, and there will be two
governments.” At his inauguration on 27
November 2014, Governor Aregbesola said,
“We will take over Federal Government next
year. Anything you have, get it ready. We must
pursue Jonathan out of Abuja next year by all
means necessary.”

“Judging from your antecedents, election is
never credible unless you are declared the
winner. You have promised to set the nation
ablaze if you do not win next year’s
presidential election. The other day, I saw
your godson in a group photograph with his
beautiful children. How would he feel if
anyone killed these lovely, innocent children
just because a politician does not win an
election? Sir, how would you feel if your
beautiful wife were ‘roasted’ because a
politician does not win an election? Even
considering that the election is massively
rigged, does that justify killings? What’s next?
When will you use your privileged position to
serve your creator and mankind instead of
chasing shadows and shedding blood? Your
godson’s utterances had led to post-election
violence that swept through the North in
2011. Apart from turning thousands into
orphans, widows, widowers, what has he
benefited from that avoidable but massive
destruction of lives and properties?
“The participation of your ‘godson’ as the APC
presidential candidate in the forthcoming
presidential election is a two-edged sword.
His victory or defeat are both to likely
cause problems. In case of defeat, you both
are most likely to stir up violence; but this
time, I am afraid, there may be reprisal
attacks. All these outbreaks may degenerate
into total breakdown of law and order. If
Buhari wins, the people of Niger Delta may
disrupt oil and gas production to make his
government ungovernable because they
believe that Hausa-Fulani politicians are the
sponsors of Boko Haram terrorists and Fulani
herdsmen. Such development will have very
serious adverse effects on the economy.
However, this can be averted if the
recommendations of the recently-concluded
National Conference are fully implemented.
“This country must not be allowed to break up
as predicted by the Americans. God bless
Nigeria.”

www.naij.com/361438-2015-naij-com-reader-publicly-appeals-to-apcs-senator-tinubu.html

PoliticsRe: I Won’t Fight Corruption By Putting People In Crates –Jonathan by vb0mb(m): 7:04am On Jan 09, 2015
Some of GEJ's achievements.
EDUCATION
1. 125 Almajiri Schools in 13 Northern States
2. 27 Special girls school
3. 34 new NCE awarding institutions
4. 101 Presidential Special Scholarship for
Innovation and development
5. 10 Million increase in Basic education
enrolment (UBEC)
6. 75% Increase in O'Level credit pass in Math
and English
7. 100 Innovation Enterprise Institutions licensed
8. 7000 lecturers sponsored for post graduate
studies home and abroad
9. 51 Polytechnic laboratories rehabilitated
10. Doubled increase on Education allocation
11. 104 candidates scaled the final hurdle (First
Class Graduates) for Presidential scholarship
award and were asked to apply to study in any
of the top 25 universities in the world approved
for the scheme for their PhD.
12. When GEJ assume power in 2010 98% of
students that sat for NECO failed to make 5
credits including mathematics and English, as at
2013 70% of students that sat for NECO make 5
credits including maths and English.
13. All states of the federation without a federal
university had one each during GEJ Government
and they are listed below (12 New Federal
Universities). Imagine Number of jobs created
for both academic and non-academic staffs and
percentage of awaiting students fixed into these
schools (Note: 9 out of these 12 universities are
in Northern Nigeria).
 Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State. —
North Central.
 Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. ——-
North Central.
 Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State.–
North East.
 Federal University, Wakari, Taraba State. —-
North East.
 Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State.-
North West.
 Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.——-
North West.
 Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. —
South South.
 Federal University, Ndufe-Alike, Ebonyi State.-
South East.
 Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State.——-
South West.
 Federal University Gashua, Yobe State —-
North East.
 Federal University Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi state.
——-North West.
 Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State.——-
North West.
TRANSPORTATION
Rail Transport:
14. Revitalisation of the railway sector resulting
into annual volume of people moved by April
2014 to be 5Million against 1Million of people
moved prior to GEJ government.
15. Completed the reconstruction of Lagos-Kano
Railway Line that was moribund for many years
with no single train movement for 15years but
GEJ fixed it in 1year.
16. Kaduna Railway Line is at 85% completion
17. Improvement in rail transportation by a pilot
scheme of AC fitted trains in Lagos.
18. Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line
abandoned for over 30years is at about 90%
completion.
19. Other rail way under construction are:
 Lagos-Kano Rail
 Kano-Maiduguri, under construction
 Lagos-Portharcourt Under construction:
 Kaduna-Abuja
 Abuja Standard Gauge Rail axis
Road Transportation
20. The following roads are getting the attention
of federal government.
 Apapa - Oshodi Expressway (Undergoing
Construction)
 Benin-Ore-Sagamu Highway (Completed
Benin-Ore, Sagamu Ongoing)
 Enugu-Portharcourt Dual carriage way
(Undergoing Construction)
 Kano - Maiduguri Road (Undergoing
Dualisation)
 Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja Road (Undergoing
Dualisation)
 Onitsha-Owerri Road (Completed)
 Vom-Manchok Road (Completed)
 Onitsha Head Bridge - Flyover (Ojukwu
Gateway) [Completed by Gov Obi did and got
federal refund]
 Onitsha - Enugu Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Lokoja - Benin Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Under
Reconstruction after 30years)
 Mokwa-Bida Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Akure-Ilesha Road (Under Reconstruction)
 East-West Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 Enugu- Abakaliki- Cross River Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 Ogoja - Ikom Road (Under Reconstruction)
 Vandekiya-Obudu Road (Under
Reconstruction)
 The Second Niger Bridge was concessioned
to Juluis Berger and massive early works have
commenced
 Massive construction is ongoing on Lokko-
Owetto bridge across River Benue.
Air Transport/ Aviation
21. National Aviation Master plan and Road map
was developed and is being implemented
22. Air Safety - INSTALLATION of cutting age
navigational aids and Instruments Landing
Systems, including runway lights and Total Radar
Coverage (TRACON)
23. Airport Infrastructure - For the first time in
three decades, ALL 22 federally owned airports
are being remodelled and renovated
24. Cargo Airport - 16 airports close to nation's
food baskets designed to transport perishables.
25. New Terminal for 5 International Airports at
Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu.
26. Certification - US Category 1 Certification
attained.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
27. Under GEJ, Nigeria has three automobile
industries manufacturing vehicles already,
Innoson in Nnewi, Peaugeot in Kaduna and
Nissan in Lagos. Kia and Toyota are already
working on their assembly Plants in Lagos while
there is an indication that about 30 car
manufacturing companies has signified interests.
28. Nigeria exports cement after becoming self-
sufficient of our local demand (this is a feat that
was not achieved for many decades).
AGRICULTURE
29. Rice production rose from 1.5Metric Ton
from 2010 to 3.5Metric Tons in 2013
30. Nigeria became world leader in cassava
production.
31. Nigeria food import reduced by 500Million
per annum
32. 6Million farmers now assess fertilizers
through the e-wallet systems and this now helps
government to cut N50Billion annually from
corrupt middlemen.
NATIONAL PLANNING/ DEVELOPMENT
33. GEJ government introduced the green wall
initiative to tackle desertification in the Northern
part of Nigeria by planting 6,720,000 trees so far
in 10 northern states.
34. UN Statistics shows that life expectancy in
Nigeria before GEJ government was 47yrs and
the statistics present figure shows it is 52% (If
government takes the blame of everything in a
nation then it should also takes commendation of
anything in the nation)
35. Time to clear goods in Nigerian Ports before
GEJ introduced reforms is 38days as at 2009 but
it has been reduced to 7days.
INFORMATION/ TECHNOLOGY
36. Established 266 public access venues for ICT
in 2013.
37. Established 156 Rural IT Centres and 110
community communication centres so far.
ECONOMY
38. 3 Billion Naira grant given to Nollywood to
encourage their contribution to National GDP.
39. At 7% GDP Growth, Nigeria economy is one
of the fastest growing in the world and the
biggest in Africa.
40. Value of stocks in the Nigerian stock
exchange as at 2009 was N9.92Trillion but as at
December 2013 the value of Nigerian stock is
N13.23Trillion
41. As at 2013 ending the value of Foreign
Direct Investment in Nigeria is $7Billion making
Nigeria the number one recipient of foreign
direct investment in Africa.
42. Nigeria became biggest economy in African
overtaking South Africa.
43. Wall street journal adjudged Nigeria as No 1
destination of foreign investors in the world
rating Nigeria with 29.57% of total world FDI,
Argentina is 2nd while Vietnam came 3rd.
44. Inflation rate before GEJ came to power is
15% presently inflation rate is 9%
45. Volume of imported rice consumed in Nigeria
cut down by almost 50% (This has made naira to
circulate within the country better) and 100% of
rice eaten in aso rock is made in Nigeria.
46. Non-Oil Revenue accrued to government
before GEJ government stood at N843Billion but
in 2013 Non-oil revenue stood at N1.34Trillion.
HOUSING/ WELFARE
47. Mortgage - The Nigerian Mortgage
Refinancing Corporation was set up to enable
200,000 affordable mortgages within 5 years at
affordable interest rate.
48. Over 61,000 housing units have been built in
six geographical zones.
SPORTS
49. African Nations Cup (last won in 1994)
50. Fifa U-17 (Last won in 2007)
51. Word Athletic Championship 4 medals (No
medal since 2000)
POWER/ ELECTRICITY
52. Privatised PHCN and Power Generating
Plants undergoing constructions in different
states.
53. Power generation increased from
2,200MegaWatt to 7,000MegaWatt installed
capacity and Nigeria presently generates about
4500MegaWatt.
LEADERSHIP STYLE
54. GEJ has no foreign account, no property
aboard and all his kids/ wards school here in
Nigeria.
55. Gender friendly government by encouraging
the 35% affirmative for women in government.
 Appointed about 10 female ministers
 First Female Chief Justice of Nigeria
 Female Head of Court of Appeal
 Female Acting Governor of Central Bank of
Nigeria
 Female DG of Nigerian Stock Exchange etc
 Removing the bar of admitting female into
Nigeria Defence Academy (Now we will have
female armoured tank drivers, female Para-
troopers, Jumpers, and so on)
56. Encouragement of youth participation in
government with relatively young members of
executive cabinet (Average age of 50s) with
young ministers like Dr.A Nurudeen Mohammed
who is the minister of state for foreign affairs
(born 20th August 1976 and he is the youngest
minister in Nigeria since return to democracy),
Tamuno Danagogo who is the minister of sports.
Jokes EtcRe: Effects Of Smoking Weed. by vb0mb(m): 7:47pm On Jan 06, 2015
op are u telling us what happened to you?
HealthCold Water Can Be Refreshing, But Unhealthy by vb0mb(op): 7:36am On Dec 04, 2014
We all agree that nothing beats the sensation
you get when you down a bottle of cold water or
soda when you are hot. That chilling and
refreshing sensation could akin to seeing a river
in a desert.
As rewarding as cold water can be, in hot
weathers like ours, experts say that it comes
with serious health consequences. They warn
that one may need to hands off drinking cold
water regularly due to its negative impact on the
heart and the digestive system.
Consultant nutritionist, Dr. Tosin Akinsanya, says
even though the body cannot have too much of
water, it complains when it has too much of cold
water. According to the food and healthy living
expert, cold water is at a temperature that
contradicts the overall temperature within the
body system.
Akinsanya says that normal body temperature of
the body is between 34 and 37 oC while that of
cold water is usually between zero and two
degrees Celsius and this sudden change in
temperature levels, which usually happens when
we drink cold water, shocks the body, leading to
chronic diseases in those who drink it over time.
“The body is made up of 70 per cent of warm
water. Water is the most important fluid in the
body because it is the medium blood uses. It is
the medium which circulates nutrients around
the body. If the 30 per cent we drink is against
the normal temperature of the body, we see how
hard it is for the body to make use of it. Cold
water causes distress in the tissues and blood
vessels.
“The body has to warm up the cold water you
drink every time to an acceptable temperature
before it can take it up for digestion, nutrient and
blood circulation. That is why we advise people
not, take drugs with cold water. The drugs will
not digest on time; it means you won’t get the
best of the drugs because the water did not
dissolve on time.”
Family health physician and author of Ten Habits
To Drop Right Now, Dr. Vasant Lad, adds that
drinking cold water after a meal has adverse
effects on the digestive system. Lad also warns
against drinking cold water immediately before a
meal.
For Dr. Lucia John, a major reason why we
should ditch cold water for tepid or warm one is
its effect on the heart. According to the healthy
living expert, the heart labours more to restore
blood circulation when we drink cold water that
is not compatible with the body’s temperature.
She says, “When we drink cold water, juice, or
any cold fluids, we create the basis for chronic
heart diseases. Cold water has a clotting effect
on the blood and other fluids in the body making
it difficult for it to circulate.
“A body that cannot circulate its blood is like an
uninviting swimming pool in which moss and
bacteria grow. The blood may be thick, unable to
flow properly to the extremities of the body, the
hands and feet begin to feel numb and hurt, the
toes begin to hurt, and the toenails lose their
shine and may begin to decay. The heart labours
to pump the blood throughout the body, and the
lungs fight to keep up. The legs may swell and
become dark, when blood cannot efficiently
pump back up to the heart.
“When the blood is free from toxins and flowing
freely and properly, we can then liken the blood
to an inviting swimming pool, clear and clean. It
generates happiness and perfect health, energy
and creativity. This individual contributes
maximum to the health and wellbeing of others
in an innocent, natural way.”
Scientists have also solved the mystery behind
the instantaneous headache brought on by a sip
of an ice-cold drink.
According to the neurologists who analysed the
result of a study, which involved 5,000
participants over a period of five years, cold
water is not friendly to some sections of the
brain.
The researchers found that sipping it causes an
abrupt increase in blood flow to a major artery in
the brain that is then followed by the familiar
headache-like. The experts warn that over time
this effect may shrink some receptors in the
brain.
Knowing all this, we have a responsibility to put
into our bodies, only drinks and foods that will
enhance its proper functioning.
Akinsanya gives a final advice on the need to
take regularly water at a normal temperature.
“The brain is fairly sensitive to temperature
change, that is why it freezes when you drink
cold water at first. This continuous seizure is
not good for it. The brain is one of the relatively
important organs in the body, and it needs to be
working all the time. We should avoid anything
that will make it freeze,” he adds.
To know the right temperature of water to drink,
Akinsanya says, “Put one finger in your mouth
and close it. The temperature of what you feel is
the temperature of water or food that you eat
most times. That is what the body is used to
and that is what you should give it.”

www.punchng.com/health/healthwise/cold-water-can-be-refreshing-but-unhealthy/
PoliticsRe: Leadership Is Not Nigeria’s Problem. by vb0mb(op): 9:03pm On Nov 20, 2014
slimfit1:
Gibberish
Do you know the meaning of gibberish?
PoliticsLeadership Is Not Nigeria’s Problem. by vb0mb(op): 8:25pm On Nov 20, 2014
Nigerians always blame the government in power
for the problems of the nation even though many
of these preceded the government in power. Why
do we always do this?
For instance, ask any Nigerian what the problem
is with Nigeria and they will say like, Chinua
Achebe, that it is leadership, forgetting that
Nigeria’s leaders come from amongst us; and if
we are saying that our problem is leadership, we
are invariably supporting the racist Rhodesian
doctrine that a black man would thrive best under
white rule.
So if our problem is not leadership, what then is
it?
I propose that our problem in Nigeria is that we
lack a sense of history and we live only in the
present moment which means that we are always
reacting and hardly ever pro-acting.
If my five year old son comes to me and tells me
that he has lost his toy, I would ask him to think
back to the last time that he saw it and begin the
search from there.
Nigeria has seen phenomenal growth in the last
three years with our Gross Domestic Product,
GDP, growing at a rate of over 6% per annum,
making us one of the world’s 10 fastest growing
economies. Yet, we still have areas of Nigeria
where population growth is higher than the
growth rate of our GDP; and it is only common
sense that where population outpaces production,
there will be crisis. This is a theory that Reverend
Malthus propounded and which has stood the test
of time.
Between 1960 when Nigeria got independence and
1966 when we experienced the first military
intervention in governance, Nigeria experienced
phenomenal growth – a feat that has evaded us
since, except for the growth we have had in the
last three years. Almost all of the national
institutions that were responsible for our growth
pre-1999, were products of that first golden era
before the first coup, such as the four great
universities, (Lagos, Ife, Nsukka and Zaria), Kainji
Dam, Nigeria Airways etc.
Also, in the same time period, we had some of the
best civil servants in the world and our public
service was very functional. There were reports
from that era that some of our politicians were
corrupt, but it is universally acknowledged that
our civil servants of those times were above
board. Our hospitals were renowned worldwide
and it will surprise some to note that the Saudi
Royal family received treatment at the University
College Hospital, Ibadan, in the early 60s.
At that time we did not have oil in the quantum
that we have today, yet, the nation was thriving,
we had little or no foreign debt and we were first
amongst equals in the council of emerging
nations that included Indonesia, Brazil and Egypt.
But all these changed after 1966. So, as I would
say to my five year old, if you are looking for a
thing, go back to the last place where you saw it.
That place is 1966!
Pre-1966, admission into primary and secondary
schools was purely on merit. The same was the
case for universities as well as the federal civil
service. After 1966 when the military intervened
and ended the First Republic all that changed and
has remained the same till today.
A child could no longer bank on academic
prowess as the yardstick for his gaining entry
into primary and secondary schools. Children at
their most tender years, when they were being
emotionally scripted, were told that even though
they passed and passed well, they were not good
enough for government funded schools because of
where they came from.
With the Quota system of entrance into public
schools introduced after 1966 and enshrined by
the military into our body polity extant laws,
children as young as nine got to understand that
in Nigeria, where you come from is more
important than how intelligent and hardworking
you are.
Now, the sad thing about the policy of quota
systems is that geneticists in the very best
universities of the world have established that
some races and tribes are not more intelligent
than others and as such you can find intelligence
in almost equal measure wherever you use it as a
yard stick. In fact, many, including the Harvard
Medical Journal, have reported that culture is
more to blame than intelligence for the reason
why some peoples are backward while others are
progressive.
And our culture has been that children who are
more endowed intellectually are held back and
children who could grow their intellectual capacity
are prevented from doing so because there was
no need to challenge them intellectually. Come as
you are, the system says.
This system would probably have brought
minimal damage if it was limited to secondary
schools, but it is not.
After completing secondary school, post 1966
Nigerian youths faced the same issues in gaining
admission to Nigerian universities. Cut off marks
and catchment areas were discriminately
apportioned using region as a yard stick. So, after
being told at age nine that were you came from
was more important than your intelligence or your
academic hard work, the message is reinforced at
age 16-17 when you are still in your formative
years.
At 16, you enter university and study for four or
five years (ASUU permitting) and then graduate
and go through your National Youth Service (one
of the best policies the military bequeathed to
Nigeria) and then you start to look for a job.
The largest employer of labour is the government,
so naturally you start there. And what do you
find? At age 24, just as when you were nine and
sixteen, you are now faced with a policy that says
where you are from is more important than what
you can bring into the system. You are told that
although you are qualified, the system must take
people who are less qualified than you because of
where you are from and where they are from.
So, between the ages of nine and 24, your psyche
has been reinforced and scripted with the
message that where you are from is more
important than what you bring to the table.
Why wouldn’t a post 1966 civil servant face
temptation to steal when merit is not the order of
the day and you are forced to serve under
someone who did not get his placement by merit
– who enjoys perks and privileges far in excess of
you? How can such a system promote morale and
how can you have efficiency where morale is low?
Prior to 1966, an Nnamdi Azikiwe could win
election in Ibadan and an Umoru Altine could win
election as the first mayor of Enugu, but how can
we replicate that ideal when, in every form you
have filled since the age of 6, your ethnicity, state
of origin and religion has mattered more than
your Nigerianness. But whenever you watch
television in the 1980s you see the MAMSER
directorate showing you clips of your leaders
telling you that where you come from does not
matter and what matters is that “we are all
MAMSER people who want the basic things of
life”.
It is not until you get to your 30s and you watch
as those same leaders that sold you and your
parents that line form themselves into Northern
and Southern Political Leaders Forum that you
realized that you have been had!
And then young people who through no fault of
their own have been conditioned to only live in
the moment are then manipulated by these same
set of leaders to begin to blame the government
of the day for crumbling infrastructure that has
been neglected for years and is only now being
addressed after decades of neglect for the simple
reason that we now have a leader who emerged
not through the establishment but through events
that could only be described as divine. And then
you wonder, do they know their friends from their
enemies? I mentioned Kainji Dam earlier but
young people would be surprised to note that
between 1979 and 1999 no new power plants
were initiated and the one commissioned in 1982
was initiated in 1978! Yet, these same young
people egged on by those who have milked the
system in that time frame point accusing fingers
at the man who is making a difference.
Take something as universal as power. In Nigeria,
history has been made as the power sector has
just been privatized by President Goodluck
Jonathan in fulfillment of the promises he made
to Nigerians when he launched the Roadmap to
Power Sector Reforms on August 26th 2010. But
before then, Nigeria has and is still suffering from
chronic power shortages.
Now, power is one of those industries that rely
strictly on efficient manpower in order to function
properly. But power has been exclusively managed
and operated by the government. Now who would
the government hire to run our power plants,
transmission grids and their commercial offices?
Of course it would be Nigerian citizens.
Now, are those citizens the very best Nigeria has?
No! These are citizens employed as part of the
federal civil service that depends not on merit but
on ethnicity for its hiring. So, what then do
Nigerians expect from such a venture?
You can repeat this for our refineries, airports,
railways, sea ports, and other vital national
institutions.
It is a notorious fact (yes, that phrase again) that
you are only as strong as your weakest link.
Therefore, where you have not taken in the best
right from secondary up to university and up to
the civil service, your system is only as strong as
the least endowed person.
To put this into perspective, if you have a school
entry system that gives someone who scored 2
admission, and stops someone who scored 290
from getting admitted, your system is only as
strong as a 2.
The saddest thing is that if he knew that he
would only get in if he had a 290 and nothing else
would ensure he gets in, he would be forced to
build his capacity to at least a 290. It is called
competition and that is what existed between
1960 and 1966.
That, my people, is the problem with Nigeria.
President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership
he offers to Nigeria is not our problem. As a
matter of fact, it is part of our solutions. Why do I
say this? Because this is a man who has seen
that even though we have made phenomenal
progress in the last three years such as we have
never witnessed between 1966 till date, yet we
can do better.
And speaking as a private citizen, it is my hope
that the coming national conference would look
into these issues and go back in time to the place
where we lost it.
Reno Omokri is Special Assistant (New Media) to
the President.

www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/146038-real-problem-nigeria-reno-omokri.html
HealthRe: day. Help!!! by vb0mb(m): 1:42pm On Nov 18, 2014
Do Nigerians really get depressed?
With our economic situation?
FoodRe: Foods That Makes You Urinate. More Often by vb0mb(m): 12:22pm On Oct 03, 2014
Donfamous: 1.pap/ ogi this food doesn't need any intro, the best time to take it is in the morning, cos its very light, well don't take it when u know that where you are going is jam packed or on a long journey, that's a warning
2. garri this one is water and cassava flakes, na hunger dey make pesin drink this one at night, if u try it, u'll wake up worse than someone who dint eat the previous night,.
3[b]amala[/b] I never noticed this food can cause such, until I ate in one night, like someone who is not ever gonna eat again, mhen I had to wake up to 5 consecutive times to urinate, and b4 I woke up, my belly was already flat, since then I just take it as a normal light food.
Others are wheat , tuwo etc.

Any contrary opinion, suggestions, argument, etc are welcome
Its a lie
Foreign AffairsRe: Today Is 100 Years After the Start of WW1. by vb0mb(m): 4:41am On Jul 29, 2014
Religion will be the cause of WW3
PoliticsRe: BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram Attack Borno Airport. by vb0mb(m): 2:21pm On Dec 02, 2013
it is confirmed

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