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On a positive note, I want to learn the market workings of forex taking note of when to buy and when to sale alongside channels for such transactions while spelling out all the risks involved too... thanks

Thanks Op...Your advice will come handy on my next purchase of such...

midolian:
Monitoring demon. You don come again abi

Barka de sallah

midolian:
Jobless and gullible Nigerians always defending criminals. Shekau will be caught tomorrow and they will still protest, seeking due process.

I think I am with the Biafrans on this. "NIGERIA is a big ZOO"

You seem a closet bigot

And stop your emotional blackmail and media conviction of people...Not all rich men are thieves and not all public servants are looters...Unless you have evidence, quit this psychopathic reasoning of yours...

jstbeinhonest:
Oh god!,what kind of...damn!!...if u knew u had no sensible reply u shouldnt have quoted me...U jst 'squibble dabled',and ended up making no point.Nd to think dat ur moniker reads 'why not the truth'...smh

I talk to men not boys...goodnight

Rochas Nairaland vuvuzelas... abeg make una call Oga Showman Rochas to assist this noble Mama to smile again before the bell rings for her...thanks... Cc. beremx, Abagworo, ujoatu, contactmorak, mandax and others...

Seun, Obinoscopy, Lalasticlala, Ishilove, ...kindly move to permanent site to help this great formator regain her due stipends...thanks...

•28 years after retirement, old woman says life without exit benefits is harsh

By Monica Iheakam

“Teacher , don’t teach me nonsense.” That was one of the classical songs by the late Afrobeat maestro, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. But for this former teacher, ‘nonsense’ was never part of what she taught her pupils across many parts of today’s South East between 1973 and 1987. Yet, after more than a decade in active service, this retired teacher in Imo State is sad and livid. Mrs. Mary Ofurum served in various towns and communities in the state teaching and moulding generations of pupils. She left the services of Imo State Primary Education Service without her entitlements. Now, she wants Governor Rochas Okorocha to help pay her entitlements before she passes on.

Now in her early 70s and still grappling with the ailment that cut short her teaching career, Mrs. Ofurum appealed to the authorities in Imo State to release her retirement benefits. Speaking in the Apapa, Lagos residence of her only surviving brother who is currently caring for her, the septuagenarian narrated the story of her teaching career which she said was marred by misfortune.

Her words: “I started teaching in January 1973, before the creation of old Imo State comprising the present day Imo, Abia, and Ebonyi states. I had completed secondary school at Emmanuel College, Owerri, in 1970 after my education and that of my twin sister at Nwafor Orizu Secondary School, Nnewi, Anambra State, was interrupted by the civil war.

“After surviving the 30-month war that left Igboland in ruins, I completed my Grade II Teacher Training programme at St. Joseph Teachers’ Training College, Aba between 1971 and 1972. I had hoped to go on to the university. But if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”
She recalled that she was first posted to Aba, now in Abia State, where she taught at Ulasi Road Primary School, and later Ndoki Road Primary School. She taught primary four pupils at both schools.

“In 1976 when Imo State was created out of the then East Central State, I was transferred to Owerri. There, I taught at Community Primary School, Aluma-Orii, Urattah. From there, I was transferred to Umuahia, now in Abia State,where I taught for a short while before being redeployed to Mbano, one of the towns in Okigwe zone in Imo State. “The primary school was right inside the Mbano Council secretariat. There, I taught primary four pupils for many years. Thereafter, I was redeployed to Obioma Ngwa, now in Abia State. “The last place I taught was at the Holy Rosary Primary School, Onicha Ezinihite, Mbaise in Imo State, with one Agwaja Ahuogu as headmaster.”

Mrs. Opurum lamented that she left the service with no kobo as gratuity or pension in 1987 because of a debilitating illness that almost killed her. She said she took ill after childbirth through caesarian section and was taken back to her hometown. She never returned to teaching due to complications arising thereafter. The birth was her third. For her family, what was uppermost in their mind then was how to save her life. When her health condition became critical, her brothers and sisters resident in Lagos moved her over to the city.

She recalled that she was on admission at different hospitals in Lagos for several months. Although her health condition eventually improved, she has never been the same again. And for that reason, her family decided that she should remain in Lagos where she was being taken care of by her immediate family members.

Although she’s quite grateful to God for sparing her life, she is in pains at the moment for losing all her personal effects, particularly her documents and certificates, to a fire incident that razed the family home. “Fate, sometimes, isn’t fair, particularly to those whom others look up to, to change the course of life for good,” she muttered in tears. She also informed that her prolonged illness kept her away for too long and prevented her from returning to her job, prompting the Imo State government to retire her 28 years ago. She said all she received after being compulsorily retired was some stipend from the
Federal Government. Imo State only promised to pay when resources were available, she said, regretting, however, that till now, nothing has happened.

“I was told that the state government would pay my gratuity and pension. But since then, I couldn’t go personally to press for my entitlements due to ill health,” she explained. She recalled that some years ago, somebody from the service came searching for her at her hometown while she was in Lagos still struggling with poor health.

“The message got to me but I was helpless. I didn’t even care about anything. I had lost interest in life. It was that bad at that point in time.” At the moment, Opurum’s failing health has not impaired her memory, as recollections of her teaching odyssey flowed freely. She recalled that when she arrived at Holy Rosary Primary School, other teachers were shocked that more teachers were being posted even as there were no classrooms to accommodate them.

“The buildings were collapsing. The roofs were falling off; there were more number of chairs and tables damaged than serviceable. Our pupils spent more time under the
trees than in classrooms. Each time the rains came, there was no hiding place. “It was in that condition that I met the school, and my fellow teachers were shocked to see me adjusting instantly to the condition on ground. I didn’t have to complain about anything. Instead, I quickly invited a carpenter to mend some of the broken chairs and tables.” She said the carpenter repaired over 20 broken chairs and tables on her own bill to the admiration of other teachers.

She also recalled that there was a building that the parish priest of the church just vacated after a new one was completed for him. This old mud house was vacant but
dilapidated. “I engaged some natives to rehabilitate the house for my living quarters. These efforts gave me the nick name ‘Lioness.’

Right now, Opurum is distraught. She does not know where to begin the search for her gratuity and pension. Her greatest concern now is the loss of her credentials to
a midnight inferno that left nothing to recover in her house in the village. Her family had recently erected a new house after the old one was gutted by fire, but her piles of books and documents were neither recovered nor replaced. She dreams of going back home but the thought of how to cope without pension fills her with sadness and sorrow, particularly when there is no one else to help. “I have been away from home for too long. I’m however grateful to my brother. But now I am homesick.

“If only Governor Rochas Okorocha can facilitate payment of my gratuity and pension, life will be more worthwhile if I go home,” she said.


http://sunnewsonline.com/new/septuagenarian-ex-teacher-begs-okorocha-over-unpaid-entitlements/

jstbeinhonest:
Abeg stop the flim flam joor,d initial arguement was that Buhari was only persecuting SE/SSerns.We reminded u of Lamido,den u sed he was only persecuting PDP members,We r reminding u of Nyako, nd nw u r saying core APC..lol...going by ur arguement if ameachi is charged it wud stil a witch hunt.

Who are the "WE"?...Are you having an identity crisis?...Stand for yourself...Group is an illusion...I quoted your comment and you're yapping about nonexistent "We"...smh... Stand on your own and argue on what you know and understand...Don't write stuff that with a little push, you start fidgeting and seeking refuge under a "WE" identity... I quoted you not We...

MizMyColi:
Ehen.
Though it was a question I merely asked, I guess I was subconscious of the fact that the name Nyako is/was synonymous with PDP.

He was among those that defected to APC and he was the man that wrote that treacherous letter to presidency accusing Jonathan of avenging the Biafra war mayhem on North by funding boko haram and allowing it fester..though he was impeached later on...when EFCC came after him, he ran away from the country...so he just returned after buhari was sworn in...EFCC then picked him up again... He's still same person known as Alhaji Magoro...

jstbeinhonest:
Stop displaying ignorance,Nyako is a card carying member of d APC.

Mizmycoli wrote CORE APC northerners...Is Nyako one...APC leadership has never recognized the renegade PDP defectors hence the confusion in NASS today... they shared all leadership positions allocating NONE to them hence Saraki and co played out a fast one on them...
cc.fulanimafia

[quote author=fulanimafia post=35958516]1. You have lost the plot, your argument was regional not partisan, I'm glad you've finally agreed that northerners are the most hunted down in the current fight against corruption.

2. @ bolded, please don't tell me you're that ignorant and gullible. I expect the re-echo of such fallacies from the likes of OremuSenile and not someone who presents herself as enlightened.

Goodbye. [/quote

Sorry@Mizmycoli for coming late into this discussion...

1)Bro, remanding in prison is no new stuff...it has happened countless number of times both for corruption or other such cases by past elected officials...Keeping them in EFCC or SSS or maximum prison is a function of the judge based on facts of argument before him...

2)Lamido and Nyako are all inherited cases for this administration...Ohakim was the only person his case started under buhari though investigation and unearthing of facts was done under Jonathan...Dasuki arrest is against the law because there's no warrant of arrest or prior invitation before we heard about this laying of siege to his house...

3)What we are seeing now is simply media conviction... which is what Nigerians in their myopic nature like...Convicting these people is a tall order...the more you look the less you see..

4)Since when did a court of equal competence start upturning decisions of one another?...Sule Lamido bail case is an example of bastardization of judiciary for parochial interest...

5)No northerner is being witch hunted or prosecuted more than others...All I see here is an EFCC chairman playing politics and making much noise by throwing case files round and about...so as to keep his job...No more No less...In the end, buhari is seen as if he's fighting corruption while the man also have his job as EFCC boss intact...

Make I siddon for bench here to watch

midolian:
you don start b dat o!

I read and laugh...you can never see my comment on such threads...Any ethnic bashing thread, not me or my moniker...I don't comment...I can only view and laugh then move on

midolian:
ok. Ilorin no be am o! I wouldn't try inviting any1 over. If you need a resting place for holiday, its a good place for that and nafin more.

Ya...Sure it is very quiet and serene...but not developed...

Actually, my aim is to visit all the major towns in Nigeria and get acquainted with them and their lifestyle... That's why I laugh when most of these your bros boast about their sophistication and development ..smh...

midolian:
lool.. From where to ilorin?

Lagos...

midolian:
yea. I was posted to taraba, I had to redeploy cos the environment wasn't friendly to me. It was a terrible xperience in camp.

Yea. You are right! Ethnic arguments ignites hatred bigtime..buh I get ova it the moment a person from the ethnic group in question pleases me(eida online or offline). I am not d kinda person that gets angry for long though

Lol..I pray o! Ogbono soup and ya women are what I luv most about the igbo clan. If you are lucky to get yaself a good igbo wife, you hav the world in ya hands. And if u are unlucky to hav a bad one, commiting suicide will b beta than ya best moment wif her. I hav tasted both and I know how it feels. *winx*
Cc: mhizpeaarl

lmao walahi u down kolo...e be like say you too like babes...every tribe have both the good and the bad...

On getting over the hatred...I don't think I can afford the risk...abstinence does it for me so far

One of the greatest risk in my life was coming to Ilorin...thank God I didn't die in Ogbomosho......I found nothing interesting though my pathfinder asked me to repeat again that this time he will take me to better places... maybe I will someday...BTW is she Igbo

midolian:
I get ya point. I don't know how this sounds but I am not, hve neva bn and will neva b a fan of any politician in the APC other than Buhari himself and the man that fathers me.

I was a Jonathanian. changed my mind a year to the end of his reign as the president. Jst felt we needed a change of govt to see if it will help sove our problems. This is to say that I can also change my mind tomoro depending on how Buhari performs. Buh I will only evaluate his performance after a year and above in office. I know he means well and I wish him well.

Sure your openness is great...I don't expect anything from buhari not because he doesn't have good intentions but because the forces that held Jonathan down which he succeeded in fighting off...ALL went and gripped buhari singing change...they are very powerful & selfish forces...he will either do their bidding or be pulled to the mud...Listen to buhari of 2003/2007/2011 and compare with buhari of 2015...the difference is clear...they determine what he says and does now...

midolian:
I luv ya way. Me on the other hand hates religious arguments. Buh ethnic, I think I kinda luv it sometimes. Cos I hav more than enof punchlines for the igbos. I have very many good and bad igbo friends I served with, together in kwara. I ve lived wif them, dined with them, dated them n all, so I knw them very well.

Does it mean you served in your state of origin?

I have what it takes to argue in all but I don't like ethnic because of the hatred it ignites in me for others...hence I abhor it...if it is just the pain of the punches, I wouldn't mind but it does something worse so I rather abstain than carry burden of hatred for my fellow human being...

Some day, I will invite you to igboland hope you won't denounce your root and nationalise as Igbo then

midolian:
but I don beg u na. Na play I dey play that time. I just return from ban today so I say make I find ya trouble small.

You owe me no apologies bro...You're my man notwithstanding the political tirades...If I wanted to be siilly I would have done it in that thread where that babe dey nah ...Be sure you have a brother in me

midolian:
lol. So u expect say make I dey knack head for ground all day. Na so u wicked reach? Na 5times daily we dey do am @ specific times. I no dey joke with am

And say I dey toast babe for inside fasting, na lie. I still dey admire am(I can't lie), I neva toast. Na the next step b dat and till after fasting.

Oboi, u see dat saraki own talk. na because of Saraki I leave ilorin o! The guy don spoil kwara finish. Kwara is like the crumbs from a loaf of bread. The only good thing about kwara is the peaceful atmosphere which of course is priceless. Buh person no fit enjoy peaceful environment without money na. hence, my relocation.
Abeg free oremussanctus, me and the guy no dey fight. Na padi padi we be. No go poison hin mind abeg!

No wahala...ride on for the babe...but you need visa nah...

I was APC fan at their inception but I left them after the PDP governors decamped...I did an analysis of the crisis in Nigeria from 1966 till date and I saw all the major players are in APC with no exception...It was after this analysis that I became a Jonathan fan who never participated till 1999 when he was almost forced to be deputy governor...because I believed STRONGLY that there is something not beneficial to the public which they want which Jonathan denied them hence they started fighting him...(Remember Jonathan even after FFK forced him to tell Nigerians why Obj is fighting him...refused saying that he respects Obj for his contribution to Nigeria but will only open up ONLY when Obj decides to make it public himself)...till date Obj keeps saying he wants Jonathan out because of corruption and incompetence but refuses to tell us the REAL deal...What was our corruption rating under Obj; what about Jonathan?... it is this same powerful propaganda and lies that same Obama & co used against Gadaffi and Libyans supported them...Today Gadaffi is dead; where is the nuclear weapon they said he was building?... how's Libya and Libyans today?...read about what this same people did to Haiti...I wish you're not among sai buhari group....