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Today's media chat is an avenue to air our grivance. 7pm is the time, pls make use of it

bgates:
This talk does not make sense
How many days remaining for the week to end

then what makes sence to you, am i d cause of ur unhappiness and the non payment? We know all those twiting, fbking and calling. @Emmydarl84 i recieve on my phone all twit and retweet all gis intern tweets every mins. What is your contribution

OrangeDream:
Lol... E b lyk say i go tweet Amnesty International o.. The matter don reach lyk dat

u kept mi laughing for 5mins.

Anyway, got goodnews from my insider, stipend can never i mean can never exceed this week. QED

Valmesk:
@ Vroom,this kind thing tire person,they ought to pay everything together as far as the time sheets were signed,let it not be they want to play a fast one with our stipends.Pls triple your tweets stating ''3months stipends'' being owed,anything can happen next year.

from info reaching me nysc corpers were paid dec. allowee instead of nov. first

vroom:
Don't let this GIS message get into our heads,how can they be talking about Oct alone with a promise to pay November and December with training allowance soon,how soon is this their soon,do u guys remember how soon it took them to even respond at all,its either they pay the 3month first and pay outstanding and training allowance the following day,we have few days to end this year,else our money will enter voice mail,let the tweet continue....moral!!!!

what is d essence of paying 1mnth when they are owning 3mnths. I wish interns are well coordinated, speaking and doing things with one voice. Tomorrow now u will see them complaining

Osas16:
Am confused

abeg naa kill urself,

Valmesk:
Pls recheck on there GIS Facebook page ,there is an update on our stipends entering as from tomorrow,although you won't see it as a heading but as a reply to an update on 7th December.But lets double our tweets from henceforth and not relax.

ok

vfcds

gingger:
Got this from their page on fbk, there is light at d end of d tunnel

emmydarl:
Let that message not stop us from tweeting....tonight and tomorrow morning shall be a bomber of tweet like never before. Why will they be thanking them for only October stipends and Nov and DEC will follow, then training will come soonest....what time is soonest last time I checked it took 8months to pay our previous training. A beg let's bomber tweet like never before tonight including the 3months owed...

gingger:
Got this from their page on fbk, there is light at d end of d tunnel

i just visited there fbk pages i couldnt see any recent post from them. Those dat luv fbking should bombard them there on the whereabout of our stipends. On both pages d last post was on 24th , i just sent them a post now. Please dont be demoralized

emmydarl:
Check out @emmydarl84's Tweet: https://twitter.com/emmydarl84/status/681347926627618816?s=08

I tweeted 5tweets this morning search @emmydarl84 on my tweet timeline retweet all the yesterday tweet and this morning tweet, if I see ur tweet, I will check and reetweet urs. Let's go on

no matter how easy tweeting 95% hv still refused to tweet. @emmydarl84 i just mentioned u with @benmurraybruce on 3month arrears tweet. Thats my tweet handler. Interns should pls help themselves, it cost nothing, mb for browsing is almost free this days

my samsung galaxy stopped downloading and updating from playstore over 3weeks now, any solution?

emmydarl:
Let's get on with it, we r doing great...I have seen more retweet on my tweet yet not up to 10. I have also retweeted others tweets. Tuesday morning will be alert day if more people can retweet our tweets. At least 30retweets. Where are them interns. Kudos to some of us that tweets and retweets. Let's keep it going. At least 5twwets in the morning and five tweet at night followed by retweeters.

happy xmas to u my brother, even in the mist of the festive hardship u deemed it fit to leave by example. Meanwhile instead of tweeting, more than 95% of interns are busy adding there numbers to one useless whatsapp group of no consequensial result, rubbish. To all of us that have tweeted and retweeted happy new year in advance

TimeManager:
Una Chestbeaters Don Start Again. Shebi The Zoo Judge don Order The Release Of The Animal(kanu) From The Cage. Make una Thank Buhari Wey Give am Birthday Take home.









No Be Lie Na True!

one word to describe you nah "mumu"

[/quote ][author=Isaa11 post=41087410][/quote]they didn't talk about when they will pay almost 3months arrears of interns on that article. A bird in the hand is worth more than 10birds in the bush.

seunMotherTotoe:
OP wait, are you kidding me? Don't you know some people can commit suicide by just seeing this picture?

guy I like this your monika se*nMotherTotoe, this username is kpokponki.

I think I should change mine to "Se*nMotherLeftAss".

what do u say

when the time for the prophecies is come to be completed, even God Himself will blind Pharaoh's mind and eyes, because the perfect time has come. There is time for everything.

It is never Pmb's fault, it is a divine agenda.

vroom:
Let us being to drop our contacts here for the what'sapp group

this is the responsibility stage, then watch and see.

suggestions pls, because d days are numbered

Gheritage:
Reporting from Lagos and where are u reporting from?...we need someone to take lead and we need to notify them of our coming...or what do you think?

Gheritage:
My brother Poker...don't mind them...they're only shying away from the point so that we won't say that they are not responding...they have not paid any interns for the past 2 months...is it all the interns that the not submit their account not or fill their time sheet?

Gheritage:
Reporting from Lagos and where are u reporting from?...we need someone to take lead and we need to notify them of our coming...or what do you think?

i dnt think informing anybody is d best. If we discus on where to converge that is all. Also if interns wont come out enmass it wont work

writetopoker:
The Federal Ministry of Finance on Wednesday assured participants of the Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS) of payment of their outstanding monthly and training allowance.
GIS is a Federal Government programme aimed at preparing unemployed graduates to become either self employed or better equipped for the labour market after undergoing a 12-month training.
Mr Lassa Ptilapari, GIS Head of ICT, gave the assurance while speaking at the closing ceremony of a Career Development and Entrepreneurship Training for about 100 interns in Maiduguri.
He attributed the delay in the payment of the monthly stipends to non submission of Time Sheet by employers of the interns.
“There are various reasons why your monthly stipend may not be paid on time.
“One is that if your employers did not submit your time sheet when it is expected of them to do so, we can’t process payment,” Ptilapari who represented Mr Peter Papka, the GIS Project Director, said.
He lamented that some interns failed to submit their account numbers for payment in spite of repeated appeals.
“Some interns gave wrong account details, we have always asked interns to update their account details with us to avoid problem.
“Others do not even have account numbers, so there is no how we will be able to make any payment to that kind of person.
“Some interns had their payment processed but had to be stopped because it contained wrong account numbers, we even had duplicated account numbers for several persons,” Ptilapari said.
He said that payment of training allowance was based on attendance.
“Many interns fail to attend training programmes and still expect us to pay them allowance.
“Let me say categorically that payment is made using attendance sheet at the training and only those in attendance are entitled to the allowance,” he said.
Ptilapari said that the ministry will effect payment to all interns with genuine claims after scrutiny.
“We will check from our system to see if you have not been paid previously, it may take time because we have to check our records.
“We will pay all those who have not been paid,” he said.
Ptilapari explained that the career training was aimed at preparing the interns for the labour market or to be self reliant.
“The training is to introduce graduates interns to the dynamics of the labour markets and what their options are as well as prepare them for a life of entrepreneurship as they exit the scheme,” he said.
He said that about 30, 000 graduates are currently engaged in the programme nationwide.
“Over 300,000 graduates registered in our portal, but we have only been able to give about 30,000 graduates internship; you can calculate the difference.
“It is an opportunity that you have and we expected that you take full advantage of the opportunity, that is why we are providing an orientation and employability courses in the programme,” he said.


www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/12/finance-ministry-explains-delay-in-payment-of-gis-stipends/

I think they are gradually receiving our tweeting and disturbances.
Ok, after all the excuses they didn't say when exactly the 2-3months arears will be paid.
Secondly, does it mean that all the interns have issues with there bank account, or that all the interns didn't submit there timesheet properly?
All this excuses isn't called for, all the initial plans for tweeting, calling them and planned peacelful demonstrations should continue pending reasonable resolutions from GIS

The Federal Ministry of Finance on Wednesday assured participants of the Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS) of payment of their outstanding monthly and training allowance.
GIS is a Federal Government programme aimed at preparing unemployed graduates to become either self employed or better equipped for the labour market after undergoing a 12-month training.
Mr Lassa Ptilapari, GIS Head of ICT, gave the assurance while speaking at the closing ceremony of a Career Development and Entrepreneurship Training for about 100 interns in Maiduguri.
He attributed the delay in the payment of the monthly stipends to non submission of Time Sheet by employers of the interns.
“There are various reasons why your monthly stipend may not be paid on time.
“One is that if your employers did not submit your time sheet when it is expected of them to do so, we can’t process payment,” Ptilapari who represented Mr Peter Papka, the GIS Project Director, said.
He lamented that some interns failed to submit their account numbers for payment in spite of repeated appeals.
“Some interns gave wrong account details, we have always asked interns to update their account details with us to avoid problem.
“Others do not even have account numbers, so there is no how we will be able to make any payment to that kind of person.
“Some interns had their payment processed but had to be stopped because it contained wrong account numbers, we even had duplicated account numbers for several persons,” Ptilapari said.
He said that payment of training allowance was based on attendance.
“Many interns fail to attend training programmes and still expect us to pay them allowance.
“Let me say categorically that payment is made using attendance sheet at the training and only those in attendance are entitled to the allowance,” he said.
Ptilapari said that the ministry will effect payment to all interns with genuine claims after scrutiny.
“We will check from our system to see if you have not been paid previously, it may take time because we have to check our records.
“We will pay all those who have not been paid,” he said.
Ptilapari explained that the career training was aimed at preparing the interns for the labour market or to be self reliant.
“The training is to introduce graduates interns to the dynamics of the labour markets and what their options are as well as prepare them for a life of entrepreneurship as they exit the scheme,” he said.
He said that about 30, 000 graduates are currently engaged in the programme nationwide.
“Over 300,000 graduates registered in our portal, but we have only been able to give about 30,000 graduates internship; you can calculate the difference.
“It is an opportunity that you have and we expected that you take full advantage of the opportunity, that is why we are providing an orientation and employability courses in the programme,” he said.


www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/12/finance-ministry-explains-delay-in-payment-of-gis-stipends/

3rdlegxxx:
How about you be the 1st to stand out and watch the rest of us follow you, you are a Nigerian, so am i and a lot of others here, the same thing happened to me about a month back, watching man united match close to my house around past 10, i came out to get airtime and only stopped to check out the scores, the police guys with their vans came, bundled close to 12 guys but were almost many with 3 vans, and hitting people with the but of their guns and even sprayed me and another guy tear gas directly into our eyes when we tried to stand and ask what we did, in the end the following we all had to pay 10k each to get released while "bail is free" was written at the entrance, some people got badly injured, some guys broke down and cried, it was funny, scary, annoying but we seriously need to get up and stand up to these guys, our country is too corrupt and the police is so bad, a lot of people come online and just insult them and say all sort, that's nonsense, it doesn't affect them in one bit, if you and i and we the youth really want change, we stand up and fight for it. Nairaland is a platform, let's use it, enough comming online to talk and talk and do more talk, talk doesn't change things, actions does.

another long piffle.
I have featured in numerous peaceful and violent demonstration, am not bragging.
You have a biiiig u productive spirit, speaking from observations.

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To have arrested Nnamdi Kanu is a mistake, to even release him is another sign of stupidity from government.

Nnamdi Kanu is a living hero, more popular than pmb, a true born Biafra, and a moses of our time.
Biafra must come, quote me anywhere

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other country would have come out en mass to demonstrate against these military brutality, but ours is to go online and write piffles.
Nigerian youth, it a pity, that why the continuity in military brutality because nobody says no, enough is enough, no public voice.

Naija I hail thee

ibezimemmy:
OK, we are doing well..but we are not doing much. there's a saying about 'putting all our eggs in basket'...exactly what we are doing..have you ever thought that all these accounts of govt officials we've been tweeting to may just be managed by their media team and not them personally...
I have called for a peaceful protest at the ministry of finance for interns in abuja and its environs...OK...if that is asking for trouble...
i. HOW ABOUT WE ORGANISE OURSELVES (DRESSSED IN OUR GIS UNIFORM) IN STATES LEVEL AND CHOOSE A DATE AND TIME TO VISIT MEDIA HOUSES (AIT, NTA AND OTHERS) TO AIR OUR GRIEVANCES..
ii. HOW ABOUT WE ASK FOR ADVICE FROM RIGHT ACTIVISTS IN OUR STATES ON HOW BEST TO ORGANISE A PEACEFUL PROTEST TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT
iii. HOW ABOUT WE UTILISE THE VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES OF THE MEDIA LIKE RADIO AND TV PROGRAMMES (RAYPOWER'S POLITICAL PLATFORM, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SECTION OF ALL NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS) TO GET GOVT INTERESTED
WE ARE NOT DOING MUCH!! WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!!
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I BELIEVE THE RECENTLY HELD TRAININGS ARE ALL BUT PUBLICITY STUNTS!!

in 2face's voice "pple no wan die but them wan go heaven "

Back in the days, we had one voice, and whatever we decide collectively we do once. I saw your suggestions, if only interns can discuss more about this, then suggest the way forward, and finally synergistically work to achieve collective goal. The long time benefit of this is that subsequent payments wouldn't be unnecessarily delayed this long. But when we relax even if government pays tomorrow they will still misbehave with time.

Sincerely, interns should discuss your suggestions, then work with the outcome

Secondly, keep tweeting and retweeting including calling and recalling even if you called 30mins ago.

Finally, any intern doing nothing to contribute to this struggle is very unfair.

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