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modath:
Hell... will the 16$ ontop be doable?

Tabbaz:
Trade should not warrant insult. I hope you learn well next time

tbaby534:
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Tabbaz:
I;ll buy all @ 330/$

number is in my signature. ping me if you are good with my rate

pcoolioz:
But if you are a newbie, you can't find the option to link your skrill anymore.

pcoolioz:
For the withdrawal method, I think it has to do with the fact that skrill is no longer supported. Try using another. for the verification. well.....

9jii:
You ll try so hard to make mrs Buhari to look like Mama piss but we ll never 4get who Original Hippo is.



And my people are not slave to any man's language.

I am aware that this article won’t endear me to several of my thin-skinned Buhari/APC partisan readers who, interestingly, wildly acclaimed my past articles that pilloried former First Lady Patience Jonathan’s sidesplitting grammatical transgressions. But I am never one to shy away from embarking on what I’m convinced is a just and fair undertaking because of a fear of backlash from mawkish, hypersensitive crybabies.

Mrs. Aisha Buhari’s speech at the United States Institute of Peace didn’t rise to the level of former First Lady Patience Jonathan’s legendary contortion of English grammar, but it was inexcusably egregious nonetheless, not least because it was supposed to be the product of preparation and forethought.

In general, the speech was riotously incoherent, lacked lexical and semantic discipline, and was peppered with avoidably ugly and elementary grammatical infractions. Mrs. Buhari vacillated between reading from a prepared script and speaking off the cuff. But the prepared speech and Mrs. Buhari’s extemporizations were indistinguishable: both were tortured, infantile, error-ridden, and cringe-worthy. Winston Churchill’s famous putdown of his opponent—"He spoke without a note and almost without a point."—seems to apply to the Wife of the President. (Watch the video below.

Below are highlights of the infelicities that stood out like a sore thumb during Mrs. Buhari’s 10-minute speech at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC:

1. Subject-verb agreement. Like Patience Jonathan—and former President Goodluck Jonathan—Aisha Buhari doesn’t seem to have any respect for subject-verb concord rules in English grammar. These howlers illustrate this: “I want to…thank the international community for giving us a solutions…,” “those that needs to be…,” “the school have been running…,” “adult ones that needs the opportunity.”

[/i]Most people know that a singular subject (such as “the school”) agrees with a singular verb (such as “has”) and a plural subject (such as “those,” “adult ones”) agrees with a plural verb (such as “need” instead of “needs.”) That means the Wife of the President should have said, “those that need to be,” “the school has been running,” “adult ones that need the opportunity.”

Of course, “a solutions” is a self-evident bloomer: you don’t pluralize a noun that is preceded by the indefinite article “a” because “a” signals nominal singularity. In other words, “a solutions” is both ungrammatical and illogical since it implies nominal plurality and singularity simultaneously. It is either “solutions” or “a solution

2. Redundant pronoun. Pronouns typically take the place of a noun and save us the torment of ungainly repetition. That’s why, in Standard English, pronouns don’t typically appear in the same sentence as the nouns they refer to. In her USIP speech, Mrs. Buhari said the following: [i]“As you are all aware, Boko Haram issue, it is a global issue attached to terrorism, which need [sic] to be addressed globally.”

“Boko Haram issue” is the antecedent for the pronoun “it” in the sentence quoted above, which makes the pronoun superfluous since it appears in the same sentence as its antecedent. “Boko Haram is a global issue…” would convey the same meaning—and without the ungrammatical baggage. I admit, though, that redundant pronouns of the kind I identified in Mrs. Buhari’s speech occur in nonstandard native English dialects. But we are talking of an official speech in a formal context in a foreign, English-speaking country.

The sentence also violates the basic principle of pronoun-antecedent agreement. The principle says, “A pronoun usually refers to something earlier in the text (its antecedent) and must agree in number — singular/plural — with the thing to which it refers.” The phrase “which need” refers to “Boko Haram issue,” which is a singular subject that needs a singular verb, i.e., “needs.”

3. A curious resultant “done.” During her speech, Mrs. Buhari praised the University of Maiduguri for remaining open even in the worst moments of Boko Haram insurgency. “The university really done us proud,” she said. This is a misuse of the past participle “done” that linguists call the “resultant done.” It is curious because it is typical of the informal, nonstandard (and sometimes illiterate) speech of the American south.

4. Buhari’s government as a “recent regime.” [/b]Mrs. Buhari puzzlingly referred to her husband’s administration as [b]“the recent regime.” Here is the context: After thanking the “international community” for its military and financial support that led to the defeat of Boko Haram, in a rather awkward transition, the Wife of the President said, “In which the recent regime has done so far considering what we inherited—the level of insecurity in the country—we can now say that we successfully fought the Boko Haram insurgency.” ...

5. “Academicians.” Mrs. Buhari called university lecturers in the audience “academicians.” Well, it’s OK to refer to university teachers as “academicians” in Nigeria and in other non-native English-speaking countries, but it doesn’t hurt to learn the proper form when you address native speakers in their own territory. Educated native English speakers call university teachers “academics,” not “academicians.”
“A little note on pragmatics is in order here. Although many dictionaries have entries that say ‘academician’ and ‘academic’ can be synonymous, this isn’t really the case in actual usage, at least among educated native English speakers. It is considered illiterate usage in British and American English to call higher education teachers and researchers ‘academicians’; they are properly called ‘academics.’ Many dictionaries merely capture the entire range of a word’s usage without discriminating socially prestigious usage from uneducated or archaic usage.”

Concluding Thoughts
Mrs. Buhari obviously needs a lot more help than she is aware of and is getting. She is grossly ill-served by her speech writer, who also probably manages her social media accounts. The recent grammatical bloopers from her Facebook page (which were quickly cleaned up after she became the object of ridicule on social media) could be an indication that her speech writer is also her social media manager.

Given how much she is thrusting herself into the public eye, her poor grasp of English grammar will soon become grist to the humour mills—like it was for Patience Jonathan. She can avoid this by doing the following: (1) recede to her quiet, unobtrusive self, (2) bone up on basic English grammar, (3) surround herself with people who give a thought to grammatical correctness and completeness, or (4) speak in Fulfulde or Hausa and get an English translator.

sprinter101:
It's alligator not crocodile

Mzflexydeeva:
@OP well said but getting into a wrong marriage because everyone is getting married isn't advisable. We should understand that marriage is a calling and some people don't have it.... I know a lot of ladies too make it impossible for themselves to hear the calling or even be called but if u look through your post, one word sums it all up...... maturity

Ndeewonu:
You are blatantly blinded by your hatred for this man!
Did you know that Jonathan gave Dangote import waivers, which has ensured that he made more money in business? I guess you are aware! Magnanimity my foot!

Change2015:
I think you miss the point the cbn governor is making... He has no power to ban any goods. All he is saying is that such importers should source their foreign currency elsewhere. Soludo was an economist who still left a dogs mess behind for mallam Sanusi to clean up. Makes you wonder...
However I still believe Emefiele must leave that position for a more credible person soon.

#change

patrick89:
during GEJ all the blames went to him and not sanusi, but now Emefiele will bear the burnt of ineptitude of Buhari that has refused to appoint his ministers. how about comparing sanusi's achievements with that of Emefiele's before they became governors? or how about assay their contribution in economics.. so because sanusi was a politician who was giving lectures on politics,religion and tribe instead of economics. Who wrote the "Yoruba is the problem of Nigeria"? go and Google it.

PvtParts2:
A welfare state where govt is paternalistic to its citizens in a misplaced way and it's citizens only view governance in the free largese they get can not survive.

Just as we see you in the north and southwest crying every single day for one form of govt subsidy or assistance.

PvtParts2:
Rome did not fall as a result of an external enemy knocking at its gates. No! Rome fell because the Plebs where rioting every other day because of the price of bread.

Rome had become so dependent on wheat exports from Egypt which will later be subsidized by the state .

Politicians campaigned by providing free wheat to the masses and organizing gladiator games. See Aregberascal and his daft Osun voters for parallels.


Progressive is another word for welfarism.

omowolewa:
What is inept about him?
You can't just sack a CBN govr like that, its an independent body ask GEJ.
More so, he is only there as the head, most of the decisions reflect the idea of many. The board could be reshuffled at any time but not the Govr.

PvtParts2:
This topic has been thoroughly trashed here and the position of the author of the article declared as pure sleaze to undermine the methods of shoring the Naira.

Starships4u:
Pull him down and plant a hausa/fulani/daura man there... Shebi Na wetn una want

Obijulius:
Senseless write-ups.

Who reads the economist these days. CIA funded terrorists who will never report on the crimes been committed in the Congo because of their interests.

Very soon we place a ban on importation of labour into this country. You guys better get ready to lament till thy kingdom come.

CENTRAL bankers may talk in martial terms of defending currencies against bloodthirsty speculators, but they seldom suffer wounds more grievous than a bruising of their egos. They can, however, cause untold harm to economies, as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is doing in puffing up its exchange rate.
The naira has been hit hard by a fall in the price of oil, Nigeria’s main export. The official exchange rate has slumped by almost 20% over the past year to about 196 naira per dollar. The black market rate, a more accurate gauge, is close to 230. Instead of allowing the naira to devalue, the central bank is trying to defend it by blocking imports. It has drawn up a list of disfavoured goods, and will not grant foreign exchange to import them.

Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the central bank, said he wants to conserve foreign reserves (which have fallen by about a fifth over the past year and now cover only six months of imports) and stimulate local production. “Nigeria cannot attain its true [potential] by simply importing everything,” he said.
The hit list appears to have been drawn up by someone wandering around a home and a building site and randomly pointing at items. It includes Indian incense, toothpicks and wire rods as well as more obvious luxuries such as private jets (demand for which could be slashed by simply barring government officials from flying in them). It also includes basics such as rice and tinned fish. Nigeria does not produce enough of these things to feed itself, but no matter. The nation must be shielded from foreign sardines.
Economists find the policy baffling. Central banks usually prop up their currencies if they are worried about inflation, or allow them to devalue to depress imports and stimulate exports. Nigeria, by contrast, appears to be set on achieving both an uncompetitive exchange rate and higher inflation. Whereas many investors were impressed by the previous CBN governor, Lamido Sanusi, who was sacked for exposing corruption, they fret about the harm being inflicted by the current one. Some wonder which would be worse for Nigeria: allowing him to serve the remaining four years of his term or undermining the independence of the central bank by sacking him.

Minemrys:
exactly. Is the m0vie on the internet?

lexan1:
There are many reasons why I hate game of thrones, but i'll start with writing just ten
1) season one, I watched a series, falling in love with a character that I thought was going to finally crown someone worthy of the throne, and finally, they made him confess to something he didn't commit and beheaded him
2) it's an annual series that puts you on suspense for so lonq, y? Y? Y? !!!!!!!
3) that stupid justin bieber look alike, king Jeffery killed characters in brutal ways, but got to be poisoned at the end?? To me that's just someone dying in peace
4) ohhhh, to speak of the devil, his mum, jeffery's mum, I don't understand how women can be, that woman finally answered the question "what will lilith and Adolf Hitler give birth to?"
5) the khaleesi, she's too fuckinq weak, and she'll be ranting her mouth like she can turn the world upside down, if I had 3 dragons, I will rule without any army needed
6) the death of the rob stark, his mum and wife, and the unborn child that had nothing to do with the war, I mean, common, that child hadn't even started acting the seasonal movie and yet the child died the death that was meant for Jeffery
7) those ritualist that are worshipinq that 5 star god, tufiakwa, they made me wish Jeffery was even alive cuz he woulda treated their fuckup
that red witch claiming her qod is the one true qod, killed a father kill his innocent daughter, and fuckinq the man seff and the wife knew, and was happy....mtchew nonsense, that kinq just wanted extra okpo, punna...
9) George R R Martins killed John snow...that man is a murderer, he kills his characters to keep his fans from movinq to another seasonal movie, he is a murderer I tell you
10) another annoying reason I hate game of thrones is the spoilers for this series plenti die, abeq, I no wan know wetin qo happen, allow me to see it for my self....

u can write your reasons too sha