₦airaland Forum

First, we neeed a structural change in Nigeria. The government should only give students loans and grants not offering free education in tertiary level. What free education does is cheat the tax payers. For example. A rich family would still attend Unilag and pay same tuition paid my minimum wage worker..
I think the solution is total privatalization of the education system while the government subsidizes and give grants to indigent students and parents who can afford their wards tuition should pay for the education recieve. Doing such will allow the sector enough money for infastructure and research development.
In advance countries, tertiary education is completely deregulated and you know the cost of education you recieving and the government gives grants which is free and loans which is repayable with little interest. Is time Nigeria government tow this part of save the education sector from going from worse to complete disaster.

crownprince102:
Thanks, I perfectly understand your point from A to Z but I guess you know the standard of living in United State is higher than that of Nigeria.


The minimum income of an average American is incomparable with a Nigerian. The exchange rate explain it all.


Nigerian workers minimum wages is 18,000/month. That's $90 a month, even in Zimbabwe, as callous Mugabe is, workers earn a minimum of $300.


Petrol is sold for N100, cost of food and living is generally high. A man earn $90 and he has 3 children. A federal university in Nigeria today pays $500 excluding other necessary fees. How will this man survive this?


$500 and student still pay, yet the standard is not something to write about. You will understand properly if you know the standard of universities like Cape Town university, University of Johanesburg, University of Cairo. Even Kenyan university now ranks higher than ours.


Do we really have a solid future?

Am a beneficiary of free education from elementary to tertiary education but good things does not come cheap. I school in Unilag and also had the opportunity to visit Chicago state university, University of Illinois at Chicago and i can tell the different. Free education does come with sub standard and low quality of education. America is the most prosperous country in the world and her citizen pays for tertiary education.
As long as we want free education, we should also expect low quality cos tertiary education does not come cheap. My opinion.

crownprince102:
Medicine after dealth......... Repentance after Judgement.....


* ASUU went on strike for 6 months
* ASUP went on strike for 11 months
* Standard of our University falls.
* Increament in School fee due to low revenue from government. E.g OAU with 300% increase in tuition fee
* Improper Staff welfare
* Substandard facilities in the university.
* Inadequate Learning and Student welfare facilities
* etc.


Now you are leaving, miraculously the fund to solve all those problem became available. No Nigerian University ranked among Top 20 in Africa and Top 1000 in the world.


OAU used to be the best university and the university with the most beautiful campus in africa but that is then. Imagine, OAU and UI were built with Cocoa revenue. Today we have Oil and Oyel, we have nothing to show for it.

Did i read it right? Asking governors to declare their asset... He can't do that cos the governors are accountable to the people and not the president..

Government does not have business in doing business. Buhari and co should know better that government world over does not run profitable business. I think he should deregulate the power sector and makes it possible for all States to generate and distribute power without federal government intervention. Reversing to old NEPA is nothing but failure.

Value of money is not our problem. Our problem is lack of exportable commodities.. The value of Cyprus pounds is far greater than dollar but what does that add to their country. The government can equal the value of naira to dollar but i tell you that is a calamity is waiting. Ghana is a perfect example. Higher naira value discourage export and encourage import and that brings about deficit balance of payment which is the recipe of economic meltdowns
Buhari should diversified our exportable commodities and let the value of niara appreciate to the forces of demand and supply. Any attemt to use central bank to force the value of dollar down is to drag the economy of the country to the mud.

I want to believe he did not say such but if truly he said it, then he must be high on cheap.

refreshrate:
At bolded, where then do you place the solving the global crude oil price crash remark?

The beauty of democracy is you have the right to speak and you can sue the government and win your case. Buhari cannot do anything for DAAR communication as long as they keep their operation under the guidance of the law.. We are not in military rule and Buhari cannot, i mean cannot send nobody to jail because he cannot be judge in his own court... Any corrupt individual still has to be tried in competent court of law..

I believe it way too early to judge Buhari because he has yet to start his government but on a lighter note, i believe he has made promises he can"t fulfill 20 years to come.. Paying unemployed graduate in this period of economy meltdown is not feasible. Making naira equal to dollar is the most stupid thing he can ever think about because that alone is going to make the economy crumble.. How many exportable commodities do we have to support such high value currency? Even China is devaluing her currency to make export favourable.

All i can say is JK has a better chance. Am not im Nigeria at the moment but all my friends that vote for Buhari are voting for JK.. All i hear from them is we want change in Abuja and Lagos.

@Op.. It is not the duty if federal government to provide water.. You need to educate yourself on the item of exclusive list of the constitution.

Reading your comment at first makes me want to call you heartless but on a second thought, you are very right. Both parties rigs, so not point dying for either of them.. You gave the best advice.. vote and go home while praying for your favorite candidate to emerge the best rigger..Simple.. R.I.P. to the dead

buygala:
why would the young man insist on seeing the result sheets? .... Was he planning to run away with it, tear it, or butcher everyone in sight if he couldn't find it?

Is he a party representative, Inec Staff, or Attahiru Jega himself?

The Dude was acting like someone who had a death-wish, so the impatient Police-man promptly obliged him... End of story


This is the first situation this year, where I feel that the police-man who gunned the dude down deserves a medal ....

The dude should have quietly cast his vote and gone home to pray that his favorite candidate emerges the best rigger, instead of forming Rambo and testing the patience of trigger-happy policemen who can't differentiate between concerned honest citezens and Political thugs

Guy, you are wicked. You finish the dude just like that..

You made my boring day

Frankiss44:
Na night school you go? Dullard... And na person like you go dey call president clueless... Eranko

Do you have to insult people old enough to be your grand father? You can always make your points and be heard loud and clear without insult.

raumdeuter:
These useless Afenifere its their greed and glutonny that made them sell out to Obasanjo in 2003 while Tinubu was the only one who challenged OBJ

They have been made irrelevant by their greed that most of them can not even win votes on their street.

Won ti je dodo, won o le so ododo mo

You don't have to doubt bro.

UGLYS:
I am doubtful of your new life. 9 Virgins, na sacrifice?

Your husband must be an amateur to believe every girls bleeds. I had disvirgin 9 girls and 3 out of the nine did not bleed. Some of them just felt the pains while other bleed. In fact, the bleeding piss me off cos i had to wash my beds spread then but am born again now and old things has pass away.

Am not a fan of PDP but would you have said the same thing if PDP deputy governor decamp to APC?

Bluepamex:
Amaechi you ain't seen nothing yet , for your mind u think you can single handedly lead our state to the pit.
You abandoned the state n turn an errand boy for APC, because of your selfish interest,you fall mugu for tinubu and squandered Rivers state money to sponsor APC

First, am happy for you that you did not become a victim. My ex gf lost 180k 8 years ago to such people.
Get some fact straight.. They are everywhere and not Ogun state alone. They are in Lagos state in areas like Bariga, Oworo, Ilupeju side. I had met them times without numbers and all i do is smiles and exchange pleasantries with them.
I was riding on a train in Chicago last week and a man came on board, started calling people to come play little scam game of his and two woman played and win ( the two women are part of the game plan ) and the next guy beside me played and lost and all that played lost except the two women who are with the man. I was surprise and all i could do is smile.
scam cant end as long as there are mugu willing to lose there hard earn cash. All we have to do is equip ourselves with latest trick so as not to fall for one..

You do not have to believe it but i had seen similar incident. Love makes a man stupid. She can't do it is what crosses his mind until he is 6 feet below.. Poor soul. RIP

SagePerv:
[color=maroon]She dashed to the kitchen and returned with a knife.

He stood there like a Dummy, looking at her.

She walked up closer and stabed him in the chest.

He stood there like a Dummy, looking at her.



Hoax. I'm not buying this pathetic story. [/color]

It worry me when people make a sentence and what follows is insult. There are jobless Americans here and you will never hear them insult Obama. You don't like Mr President? Cool.. vote him out but spare yourself the insult.. It becoming uncivil lately calling your president unprintable names..

ellechrystal:
U don't need to call names,
Ur first sentence was ok.
it shows who u really r.
Now I know ur problems r not cos of bad government, u Ve a personal demon u need to deal with. A demon of insolence.
Do that first, n d govt will see u.
Ppl like this fail in little things as ruling or heading their families properly, yet blame govt every time for their own personal failures .
God help u.

Am not a fan of Jonathan but that does not make me call him unprintable names. There are people who disagree with Obama, even Mandela during his time but still don't call him names.
Jonathan is our president til May 29th and he deserve everybody respect and same goes for States governors..
You don't agree with Jonathan or your State governor ways of doing things, use your PVC which is the only way to change it. Name calling is nothing but childish and act of desperation.

Looking at the letter is a proof that it does not originate from office of the president.. It just a plan paper design by a computer graphics designer. Office of president letter headed paper would look more sophisticated than what is posted here. My opinion thought

Corruptions is stuctural in Nigeria and i believe it going nowhere until we do the right thing. Our solution is base on real federal system of government in which each States generate and spend what they deserve and same goes for local government and we can know who to blame if there is failure in a particular sector.
The federal government enormous power need to be curtail and most functions transfer to States and local government respectly. It hurt walking along my street back then and i see all road spoiled beyond repair and the local government chairman is helpless cos his allocation is been cut by state government.

Boko haram is not Nigeria fighting Sudan bro. There is still collatera damage on the part of the government and using hi tech weapon as you suggest will wipe out a whole local government with all the people and infastructure. Don't forget the onus of building such places after the war rest on the government with the use of tax payers money.
Am sure the military must have consider lots of things before the use of Alpha jet. Our present economic realities leaves few budget for reconstruction after war and the government must make sure minimal lives and property are destroyed.

ichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] Not trying to rain on anyone's parade but Alpha jets?.. In this century?!...That sh**t is way older than we..The least we expect by now is the Airforce to have upgraded its fighter fleet even if its third-hand Sukhois and Mig Foxbats....throw in a couple Tupolev Black jack Bombers and we just might be the strongest aerial force in West Africa. [/color]

Where do you get the picture from? The senate has a red seat while house of representative has a green seat...

You took the comment off my mouth. Am not a PDP or APC supporter but i can tell when politicians lie. Am Lagos born and bread and i can tell you most houses in Lagos does not have portable drinking water. The simple question is which is easier to provide.. Water or electricity?... Talk is cheap indeed.

OLADD:
Hmmmm. Boasting of ability to provide light in 6 months but cannot provide ordinary pipe borne water for Lagosians in 16 years! Why are Nigerians like these for God's sake? How long shall we continue to deceive ourselves?

Bro, i served in Benue state and i can tell you Benue people don't want anything to do with Fulani due to incessant killing of locals by Fulani and the state is predominantly Christian.

ejiro2130:
The fulanis attacked you?? Did they attack you?? Have you been to Benue?? You fulani attack is the worst of our problems?? Do you know Benue is one of the least developed state in the country??

What has the PDP lead government don to curb fulani attack?? Grow up bros we are voting Base on policies not on tribe and religion!!

That's mature of you bro. I was expecting cursing that nl is used. #teammakeyourpointwithoutinsult

falconey:
thankz men, my GF told me exact same words.

Am a Christain and i have respect for men of God but it amuse me what christains can for to men of God forgetting is only God that can make your situations turn around.
I do compare and contrasts Nigeria to some countries like Brazil, Taiwan etc and realise they are less Godly but progress in geometric rate while will do in arithmetic rate. I have come to believe simeple old saying "God wouldn't do for man what man can do for himself".
We pay tithe every months, offering everyweek and first offering etc by the side but still nothing goes well in the country.
I believe is time to focus less on Men of God and focus more on God himself cos He is the I AM THAT I AM and not your pastor.

Am not a fan of either Buhari or Jonathan but i look forward to improved political culture in Nigeria when politician and their supporters alike will make a comment without violent or insultive undertone. Pray to witness a day Buhari and Jonathan supporters in nl can comment without hauling insult here and there. Think is time we start acting with little restrain. It cost nothing to be polite.

deemdeem:
This is what the killer party headed by Jonah-daft is known for. Chop make i chop.
The cursed party should be booted out.

I don't know of other states but Makurdi is out of the question. I served in Benue state and i can tell you that you dare not walk in Makurdi at night bro, your guess would be as good as mine. Benue boys are not smilling..



Note: no offense to my homies in Benue...

It not new scam bro. Such scam has been on for time immemorial. My uncle almost got scam for 35 million for such supply scam years back. The bottom line is ask questions and make your findings in life. Never for once believe what you hear or what you are told until you make your findings. Never assume you know people bro, ask them questions and if they are not asnwering your questions, time to let them go. That saves you lots of stories for the gods

I did argue with a friend that most APC manifesto is not realistic even in advance world. Lets take USA for instance, the government pays your food stamps from birth till 18 years and it ends. There is unemployment benefit for those that qualify. Your unemployment benefit depend on your level of income before you become jobless and your social security contribution. Nobody gives you free money. Paying people 5k monthly is not realistic considering the nation finances and paying corp member for a year is another waste of resources. NYSC had outlived it functions and need to be jettison and huge amount of resources will be saved from such avenue and not expending such program. As much as i want change in Nigeria, APC has not given be the need to consider them as change agent.