₦airaland Forum

Abcdefghij10000:
Actually borrowing helps to ease the government from using public funds in which the public funds can b used for a more short time workable project. Let me englighten you lets say the government wants to build a capital intensive project of 1b$ like a light rail which the construction would take probably 4 years.Dont you think it would be at a disservice to the nation if almost half of the budget is used for this purpose while leaving some more pressing aspects of development like education and co. So borrowing would actually give the government another source of capital which would be used for the project while the budget can be allocated for other things

helinues:
Sorry who is Bode George?

A basketballer?

hammendable:
Anybody with small and medium scale business ideas that would need just 250,000 startup capital?

TheSkyIsBlue:
My Sister Is About To Commit A Serious Taboo All In The Name Of Marriage

Hello Nairalanders!

Please ignore any typographical or grammatical error. I just want to pour it out the way it is in my heart.

I am seriously confused and worried about what is happening in my family and I will appreciate your candid advice. What is Osu in this modern Christian world? Some people are very funny in this part of the world. Congratulations to your sister on her sweet wedding day!

There is this guy my sister has been in a relationship with for over seven years now. so he actually asked her hand in marriage and decided to come see my parents for introduction, about some months ago. My family decided to take their time to find out more about the guys family background as is required in Igbo tradition.

After several questions asked, my family came to find out that the guy is an Osu (an outcast). On knowing this, everybody in my family told my sister to cut ties with him and discontinue the relationship because it is a big taboo to get married to an Osu in my place . If you do, no family member or friend will attend your wedding or even have anything to do with you again.

But my sister refused to listen to anybody claiming she really loves the guy, that they have been together for a very long time and that she is not getting younger anymore (mind you, she is in her early thirties). Everybody (my parents and extended family members) tried to talk her out of it but she still didn't listen.

After much pressure and her continues insistence, my dad decided to give them his blessings, although against his wish (my dad is actually not really deep into tradition). Now the guy has done all the traditional rights and paid for her dowry. Their wedding is coming up soon.

But the problem now is, according to tradition and from what I heard, if she was allowed to go with the guy without my dad giving them his blessings, the stigma would have just been on her and she alone would have been considered Osu, since she insisted to continue with the marriage. But now that my dad has given them his blessings, it is considered that all of us (her siblings) will also have that link of Osu too. Except if she decide to put an end to the relationship and discontinue with the wedding, which I don't think my sister is ready to do.

I am really worried and depressed about it, cause I don't want anything that will affect me tomorrow when I want to get married just because of my sister's mistakes.

I will really like to get opinions and sincere advice especially from those that are familiar with tradition, cause I'm seriously bothered. Thanks!

Mykelhendriz:
One thing I know is that the U.S are always looking for way to frustrate Nigeria billionaires entrepreneur... because they don't believe that good things come out from Nigeria!!

They will always come out with fraud claims.. They shouldn't worry.. More billionaires are coming out from Nigeria

Just believe!!!!

Omoboricash:
Pls I will appreciate if you can point out what I don't know that I wrote.
As for honest people, Nigeria politicians are the same except the few.
Some of them cannot stand/live without government money or contract. That's why you see some of these pdp members cross carpeting to ruling party.
It was just unfortunate our political parties lack ideology unlike what we had during the first republic.

Omoboricash:
Thank you for this statement. May be they're thought we've forgotten how they deployed rigging machinery to opposition state in 2003,2007 to capture them. Let me remind Abaribe , the 2007 election that brought in Olagunsoye Oyinlola was nothing but rigging. The state INEC was still collating the results in osun but Maurice Iwu announced the pdp candidate as the winner of the election without breakdown of votes cast by the electorates.
Abaribe should please remove the particle in his eyes before pointing to another man's eyes

brexit:
They are fools even when there are evidence that it reflected the wishes of the masses, this is clear demonstration of absence of internal democracy in PDP, they will soon suffer grave consequences for keeping Nigeria like this especially Abia State in a backward state

lukui:
papa deceives pikin
pdp
they should go and create a new party instead of wasting their time and money on that dead party.

rofanx13:
With the recent elections in Kogi and bayelsa, I have completely lost hope in our electoral system. No need spending money to conduct elections. Just stay there in Abuja and write results for APC. At least, life will not be wasted.

Chai!!!! We are doomed. We are enjoying our Mr integrity though.

NgeneUkwenu:
What is PDP?