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Hmmmmm, cathchesim, such a long time I 've heard that word.

Nsogbu adighi, ka m were ya na obu ihe rachara ofe lokwara utara

Biko nu let everybody wetuo obi, osondi owendi ka anyi no na threadia

Don't rejoice so fast, because

Onye ara na uche ya yi

A mad man is conscious of what he is doing

Udo diri gi

Just beware that

Onye buru chi ya uzo o gbagbuo onwe ya n'oso

Don't bite more than you can chew

Ify,

I can only tell you that na o isi kotara ebu ka ona agba


Trouble dey sleep, iyanga go wake am

Ify,

O mu ka ituru the proverb?

@people

Just wondering if Cuteass is still on this land 

Ikwu amaghi ibe ezi ya

One is taught if he is ignorant

  Ify girl,

O nweghi need for your defence tactics. A bughi m tata, nke m ji akpo anwuru.


Ihe na eme na threadia so ga m uso, no complain at all.

Nothing do una. 

@cyprianjr

Please don't spoil the fun we are having here with your incoherent proverbs 

Ify and Presido, ji sie nu ike. Ana m anu ihe igba unu n'aku

Ify,

I think echelon is correct in his translation of "ngiga".

My only addition is that it is not always the best thing for another to continue to transtale proverbs for the other, because, ndi Igbo si na onye aturu ilu ma kowara ya, mara na ego ejiri luta nne ya nara n'iyi.

Anybody that is fond of waiting for the explanation of a proverbs said to him/her, might as well know that the bride price of his/her mother is a waste.

I wish him long life _{as if 80 is not long enough}










long enough to see him do his time in Abakaliki prison when the time comes

echelon:
I don't believe you when you say you can't translate that 

Always give people the benefit of doubt 

ara kwu oto n'akpasu umu nwoke iwe.
can't translate it.someone help me sha.lol

The simple translation is that a standing (firm) set of boobs always get on the very bad side of guys

ifyalways:
youngies i na akowa na tosh a bughi ezigbo nmadu?, o bu ihe i choro i gwa m ugbu a?

Obughi mmasi m ikowara gi ebe mu na tosh siri mara, N'ihi na onye anoghi ebe eniri ozu n'esi na ukwu abo ya.

mana cherekwa gi na onwe gi onye ezi omume, a juru m gi?i gara e chere ruo mgbe m juru gi,i nula.

Ada mmadu, onweghi ihe mu na gi na azo, nani Chineke mara onye bu onye ezi omume

tosh bu ezigbo mmadu mana faketan bu ebe ano !
gi na owne gi o bu onye ga agbara gi aka ebe na i bu ezigbo mmadu eh??i ga anwu iyi?i ga asi na i mebehi before?wepu ati no gi na anyi tutu i chowa nke onye i ga e wepu?o no na ndo fu onwa

Obi di m uto ka i siri nwere tosh na faketan ka umu nne gi, onweghi ihe m na claim. Otu na ihe m bu n'uche mgbe m bidoro thread a bu maka mekolita umunne, let's us spread love.

Ify, odighi kwam ka imachasi history na record tosh well well

Otela aka i bidoro i ga ije agwo

tosh biko wetuo obi

O onye kpatara nku ahuhu si ngwere biara oriri

Tosh! Tosh!! Tosh!!!

Hiekwa asaa n'anya

Echelon

You have shown without any doubt that you are a true Igbo man, you certainly know the language and its idoms.

I thank you very much for holding forth for me while I was away on my vacation, now I am back.

Ndewoooo! Asi na ekene dike na nke o melu, o me kwa ozo
Greetings! Our fathers says that when a man is praised for what he has done, he will do more

@all

1. Please let us maintain the rule of this thread by translating every proverb we post here into English language.

2. Let us also try not to be repeating already posted proverbs.


~ Peace ~

Amy Uzoewulu, the Director of the American International School Abuja (AISA) posted on the school’s website that “the school was established to provide quality education utilizing American curriculum for the students of all nationalities from the nursery onwards”, the Director stopped short of warning children of the poor even those from middle income earning families never to peep through the walls of the school. This is because you have to pay $200, about N25, 000. 00 just to purchase application form for any child seeking admission into the school. The $200 is in addition to a non- refundable fee of $4,500 (N562, 500. 00) development levy (They call it Capital Building Fee in the American Intl. School) which every student is expected to pay once he or she secures admission in the school.

The American International School Abuja, like many other privately owned international schools in Abuja are established exclusively for the children of multi- millionaire parents like Nasir El- Rufai, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory whose child is a student in AISA and the very powerful members of the society like Yakubu Gowon, former Head of State who has two of his nieces in the same school. They are schools for children and wards of governors, ministers, members of the diplomatic and business community who can afford to dole out cash or cheques worth thousands of dollars or millions of Naira as school fees every year.

According to the fee structure for the 2007-2008 Academic Year which was approved by the Board of Directors of AISA, students returning to the school this year are expected to pay school fees ranging from $3, 206 (N400, 750. 00) to $12,768 (N1, 596, 000. 00), depending on the child’s class or grade as the Americans would call it. Below is a breakdown of the AISA yearly school fees as approved by its Board of Directors.

Grade Fee Per Year Naira Equivalent

Nursery $3,2o6.00 N400, 750. 00
Pre- School $3,670.00 N458, 750. 00
Pre- Kindergarten $5,042.00 N630, 250. 00
1ST - 2nd Grade $8,456.00 N1,061, 280. 00
3rd – 5th Grade $11,332.00 N1,416,500 . 00
6th – 8th Grade $11,876.00 N1, 484, 500.00
9th – 11th Grade $12,768.00 N1, 596,000.00

The school fees paid by the students of the American International Schools in Abuja like earlier indicated do not include the $4,500 paid by students at the point of entry as development levy. Some category of applicants are also branded as special candidates and they need to pay what the school calls Special Assessment Fee which ranges from $2,500 (N312, 500. 00) to $7,000 (N875, 000. 00). The only explanation given for this particular fee is that it is paid when an individual or company seeking admission in the school for a child need action to be expedited in the process. What the category represents is however not explained.

Although we have used the American International School Abuja as a case study in this report, the school only provides a window into what is going on in almost all the so-called international schools in the Federal Capital Territory where apart from charging what should ordinarily be called exorbitant fees, far from the fact that majority of these schools are owned by Nigerians, they employ expatriate teaching staff for key positions and give the impression that the schools are run by foreigners, probably the reason why hundreds of the rich in the FCT keep trooping to them for admission for their children and wards.

The schools include Capital Science Intl. School located in Kuje with minimum annual school fee of N500, 000. 00; Nigeria/ Turkish Intl. School Wuse2 (N450, 000. 00); Loyola Jesuit College located at Orozo (450, 000. 00); White Plane Intl. School, newly established and located at Jabi with school fees running up to NI, 827, 000. 00; and Community Intl. School Wuse (450, 000. 00).

Others include El- Amin Intl. School owned by the Ibrahim Babangida family, Premier College Lugbe (750, 000. 00), Cherryfield College Jikwoyi (550, 000. 00); Funtaj Intl. School and the newly established Key Science Intl School Masaka (500, 000. 00). Key Science is said to belong to Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso, former Minister for Defense who was also the governor of Kano State from 1999 to 2003. Nenadi Usman former Finance Minister and some others are also said to be investors in Key Science Intl. School Masaka.

Many Nigerians have expressed concern over what they described as the outrageous fees charged by these schools which they also said makes it impossible for an average Nigerian child to study in them. Some are of the opinion that Nigeria is a capitalist country and since there is virtually no regulatory instrument to monitor private schools in the country, those who feel they can afford their services might as well patronize them.

What is worrisome to most parents who spoke to us in the course of this report is the issue of the development levy. Like the American Intl. School Abuja that charges $4,500 as Capital Building Fee, most of the schools mentioned above charge between 40 to 50 percent of total annual school fees as development levy, although it is paid for only once in the life of the student in the school. The question is: Why should a student who pays school fees invest in building the school when the child or parent is an investor?

Elendureports.com, in a telephone discussion, put the question of development levy to a management staff of the American Intl. School who confirmed that the Capital Building Fee is their own development levy. The officer said that the levy is necessary to assist the school provide the expansion needed to run the school and maintain existing ones. The officer who pleaded not to be mentioned however could not provide any answer when asked to explain the rational for a student to pay levy so that an investor can expand permanent structures like building when the student is not a share- holder in the project. And this is the question most of the parents would want the Ministry of education and the owners of these private schools to provide answers to.

http://elendureports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=484&Itemid=1

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