₦airaland Forum

God1000:
Jimmy carter is such a good man, he was a very good president too, old age comes with health issues, he's already 98

Wishing him all the best at this difficult time, good men will surely be remembered for their good deeds.

He was the first US president that visited Nigeria.

But how come both Jimmy carter, William J. Clinton and George Bush all came to Nigeria during OBJ administration, none has visited since then.

It shows that Obasanjo is well respected by the international community

Nazgul:
Tinubu has made more gaffes than any presidential candidate since the history of Nigeria, yet even the so called intelligent ones amongst his supporters are hell bent on voting for him.

Tinubu brought Buhari into power, supported and defended all his policies and even vowed to continue from where Buhari stopped. The simple question is what kind of legacy is Buhari leaving behind that tinubu wants to continue from, is it hunger, massive corruption, killings, total disregard for the rule of law...what exactly is Buhari leaving behind?

Tinubu isn't medically unfit to govern this country. Nigeria needs a vibrant president, we're still recovering from Buhari's tourism at the expense of our resources, we don't need another tourist president.

What Tinubu owes Nigerians is an apology for bringing someone like Buhari and failing to fulfill their campaign promises of 2015.

My dear yourba brothers, if you allow tribalism cloud your better judgement and make a wrong choice next week, it's everyone who would suffer together. Tinubu is wealthy, his kids are wealthy, his thugs are wealthy, everyone around him has made it in life.

Next week's election should strictly be about your own future. Peter Obi has promised to explore the vast land of the North, an investment in agriculture means a sharp reduction in prices of food, an investment in industries means jobs for the youth, with the power problem solved, even a jambite can open a barber's shop and use it to sustain himself pending when he'll gain admission.

Vote for someone who's administration would benefit you and your family not someone from your tribe. The north that were screaming sai baba and voted massively for Buhari because he's one of them, aren't they suffering as well?

Please let'set's get it right this time.

Pierced:
Toaday.......at mile 12 market.......even till now.... people are still collecting old notes.

I wonder what will happen on Monday. Maybe banks will not open.

Apus:
When two elephants dey fight na grass go suffer am.

It's best you go to the bank to deposit it abi you wan turn am to artefact wey you wan show your grandchildren? Or you can use the money to stock food items at home if you cant make your way to the bank.

Supreme court won't collect old note from you las las.

Thanksful:
Sahara can lie eh. How can an individual be richer than a country in that same country? Haba

Eriokanmi:
Well, yes. I can speak for myself and my uncle. None of my friends who did some ever regretted too. Google xantrex engineering, my uncle is the distributor for the west African countries. Engr Seyi Makinde, the oyo state governor isn't known to make today how he made it through oil and gas. He was already a billionaire before becoming governor.

At least, i know someone who knows him closely. The list is endless . If you feel you're comfortable wherever you are, it's fine. Everyone can't come back home. But Nigeria is a fertile land cos I can attest to this. That's my point. Before I came, Indians were dominating our sector. The moment I came, we had a reasonable share of the market. These people would come to Nigeria with one shirt and a pair of trousers but in a few years, they've become multi millionaires in dollars, same as Chinese. Look everywhere, our people are nowhere to be found and this is worrisome.

247Hustler:
No ooo. It was faculty of the social sciences.

247Hustler:
University of Ibadan, Agbowo, Nigeria.

247Hustler:
A glimmer of hope

In the course of seeking assistance on campus, I asked a few students about the process to be taken for deferment of admission. I was told to visit the Student Affairs Division and my request would be granted. On getting to their office, the officer in charge advised me to talk to the school’s psychologists at the Youth Friendly Centre (YFC) of the school.

That same day, I headed for the centre. On getting there, I met a very beautiful psychologist who I believed should be in her late forties. She was very friendly and made me so comfortable. Then she asked about the purpose of my visit. I narrated everything and ended it by informing her that I would be deferring my admission. She then looked into my eyes and told me I was going nowhere, as I was there to complete my program. After the session, she gave me food, money to pay for GES and pocket money to feed. She then called her friend that worked at the student work-study office and connected us. This was how I got a part-time job on campus.

Within the same week, our fellowship announced that there was a need-based scholarship that gives a stipend of about ten thousand (#10,000) to deserving students. I applied and got the stipend the same week. This enabled me to pay for my departmental and faculty dues. By this time, some of the electives that I wanted to borrow from sister departments within our faculty were no longer accepting students. Hence, I had to complete my electives outside of the faculty.

247Hustler:
I will be back with more updates. It is 3 pm here, I'm going to attend to other things.

Let me know if you are following

Edited: I have attached a couple of pictures here for the curious minds.

ibrutex:
This is exactly their plan , to create unrest to and set people to panic mode to scuttle the election ...

Ertugrul:
U take it to ministry of foreign affairs in Abuja, they will do it for you, its just putting a stamp on the certificate

Ertugrul:
I submitted affidavit obtained from federal high court and it was accepted, make sure it is from a federal high court, it gives it more weight

Ertugrul:
Yes u neee it, and it has to be attested at ministry of foreign affairs

Ertugrul:
Yes u neee it, and it has to be attested at ministry of foreign affairs

DesChyko:
True. Most Nigerian bosses are evil. I am a teacher too and I have a lot of evil things to say about my boss. That's if I choose to ignore all the positives he's had in my life. This is an experience that probably goes the opposite direction of yours.

I started as a lowly graduate teacher of a subject in a private school; but my thirst for self development meant my other skills in tech and guidance/counselling were offered for free to the school and students.

Didn't take long for the students to take to me and I took to them. Soon, I began to have more audience with the boss and took over everything tech-related in the school (website checks, electrical faults, DIYs tutorials, name it) and still teaching.

In addition, my knowledge of vast subject and willingness to read made me a buffer for many subjects. If the teacher is unavailable and I'm free, I'd cover for the subject. A number of staff then said it's eye service but I don't really care. I was doing what I love for a not-so-good pay. Soon, I became the V.P.(Acad) the year before COVID. and you could say it was a good achievement.

During COVID, school shut down for 6 months, my boss paid me salary all through, not 100% salary but better than nothing. The next year, my boss accepted my plea for an increment due to the rising costs and jacked up my current salary then by 50%, making me the highest paid in the school. I forgot to mention that the gifts in cash and kind I get from my boss could be worth up to my three-month salary per year in terms of value. He moved on to pay all the expenses for me to partake in a state-wide competition which I emerged first-runner up, putting the LGA on state map and the school too.

The presence of these achievements in my CV positioned me to land a remote opportunity whose pay dwarfs what I earn at the school by almost 400% in terms of value. My boss agreed to allow me spend only half the normal school time after which I leave to begin the remote task. Note that he didn't reduce my salary; neither did any of the benefits I get cut down.

The first 3 alerts I got this year were from former students I taught; who for one random reason or the other, thought of reaching out. One of my female students who graduated in 2019 has my account sitting in her DM now as per her request yesterday. Not to mention the many ways, many of them used their capacity to help me here and there (even to recommend/purchase quality electronic gadgets or jump those humongous queues at MTN Office ). My birthday is tomorrow. I can't remember the last time I actually planned to celebrate my birthday. January tough. But not these students/former students. Every year for the past 5 years, they always turn up with plans.

I am Igbo, and we're quite few in my organization, my boss is Yoruba. I could have all sorts of petty things to say about him. I'm sure many of my colleagues will have a lot lot more to say about him. But in the things that matter, he has been a catapult to the very high grounds I find myself today and that is all that really matters to me (not petty things and not other people's opinion of him).

It's a lengthy read but I don't know who is sitting in a similar bus headed in a similar direction. It'll probably work out sooner or later. Just don't stop doing something legit. Anything.