RESPONSE OF REVOLUTION PLUS THROUGH NIGERIAN PUNCH NEWSPAPER
Who is telling the truth?

A Nigerian residing abroad identified as Kayode Oladipo has accused Revolution Plus Real Estate and its Managing Director, Bamidele Onalaja, of scamming him over N40 million.

Oladipo claimed he paid the money to the firm in 2017, adding that he was supposed to be allocated 20 plots of land by the company.

In a video that started trending on Wednesday, he lamented that the firm hasn't allocated any land to him.

Oladipo called on the Nigerian government to intervene, threatening suicide. He added that he is sleeping outside under the snow and wants to come back to Nigeria but does not have a house to go back to.

He said in part in the video, "I will commit suicide, I will kill myself, Lagos State I will kill myself, all the land I bought from Revolution Plus, Emma Bamidele, give me my property, see where I sleep under the bridge, it is now snowing, see where I sleep, Emma Bamidele, You frustrated me, you frustrated my life.

“Emma Bamidele, give me my property, I bought property from you in 2017, 20 plots of land worth more than N40 million since 2017 up til now, you did not give me my property, I will commit suicide Emma Bamidele, If I should die, my blood is on the head of Emma Bamidele, Revolution Plus, My blood is on your head, Emma Bamidele give me my property."

In response to the video, Revolution Plus Properties released a press statement on its Instagram account on Wednesday, refuting the allegations.

The company claimed that Oladipo owed outstanding balances for purchased plots and stated that there were also discrepancies in his narration about the transaction.

The statement titled, "PRESS STATEMENT WITH REGARDS TO VIDEO POSTED BY MR KAYODE OLADIPO

"Our attention has been drawn to a video circulating around social media by one Mr Kayode Oladipo alleging that our company defrauded him, collecting money from him without allotting him the land he bought from the Company.

"First, it is pertinent for us to clarify the true position of this spurious allegation intended to tarnish the image of the company. Mr

Kayode Oladipo indeed bought some plots of land with us in his name and on behalf of some persons buying through him.

"Mr Kayode Oladipo bought 5 plots in Royalty Garden, Idasho during one of our promo packages sessions and got one plot free and defaulted in payment and still has an outstanding amount of N3, 754,000 (Three Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Four Thousand Naira.

"He also bought 5 plots of land at one of our estates in Dallas Court, still during one of our promo packages and got one free and still defaulted in payment, leaving an outstanding balance of N2, 802,000(Two Million, Eight Hundred and Two Thousand Naira).

"He bought in the name of one Christian & Grace Idemudia, 5 plots again at Dallas during the promo period and got one free and also defaulted in payment leaving an outstanding balance of N2, 802,000( Two Million, Eight Hundred and Two Thousand Naira).

"He also bought on behalf of one Miss. Ruth Orobosa, 2 plots in our Estate, Dallas Court, and this particular person completed payment and has been allocated, given his plot number and block number as well as the title documents in her name. Her plot is available and ready any time she is willing to take possession of same.

"Contrary to the narrative circulating on social media, Mr Kayode Oladipo paid the total of N16,752,000 (Sixteen Million, seven Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand Naira only) and not N40,000,000 (Forty Million Naira). In fact, Mr Kayode Oladipois still owes the Company the sum of N9, 358,000(Nine Million, Three Hundred and Fifty-Eight Thousand Naira)."

The company in the statement disclosed further that Mr. Oladipo signed a contract specifying full payment as a condition for land allocation adding that it is unacceptable that false and unfounded information is being spread on social media to tarnish the company's image.

Revolution Plus Properties said it will be pursuing legal action against Mr. Oladipo, urging customers to disregard the allegations in his video.
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RESPONSE OF REVOLUTION PLUS THROUGH NIGERIAN PUNCH NEWSPAPER
Who is telling the truth?
@MobilePunch

A Nigerian residing abroad identified as Kayode Oladipo has accused Revolution Plus Real Estate and its Managing Director, Bamidele Onalaja, of scamming him over N40 million.

Oladipo claimed he paid the money to the firm in 2017, adding that he was supposed to be allocated 20 plots of land by the company.

In a video that started trending on Wednesday, he lamented that the firm hasn't allocated any land to him.

Oladipo called on the Nigerian government to intervene, threatening suicide. He added that he is sleeping outside under the snow and wants to come back to Nigeria but does not have a house to go back to.

He said in part in the video, "I will commit suicide, I will kill myself, Lagos State I will kill myself, all the land I bought from Revolution Plus, Emma Bamidele, give me my property, see where I sleep under the bridge, it is now snowing, see where I sleep, Emma Bamidele, You frustrated me, you frustrated my life.

“Emma Bamidele, give me my property, I bought property from you in 2017, 20 plots of land worth more than N40 million since 2017 up til now, you did not give me my property, I will commit suicide Emma Bamidele, If I should die, my blood is on the head of Emma Bamidele, Revolution Plus, My blood is on your head, Emma Bamidele give me my property."

In response to the video, Revolution Plus Properties released a press statement on its Instagram account on Wednesday, refuting the allegations.

The company claimed that Oladipo owed outstanding balances for purchased plots and stated that there were also discrepancies in his narration about the transaction.

The statement titled, "PRESS STATEMENT WITH REGARDS TO VIDEO POSTED BY MR KAYODE OLADIPO

"Our attention has been drawn to a video circulating around social media by one Mr Kayode Oladipo alleging that our company defrauded him, collecting money from him without allotting him the land he bought from the Company.

"First, it is pertinent for us to clarify the true position of this spurious allegation intended to tarnish the image of the company. Mr

Kayode Oladipo indeed bought some plots of land with us in his name and on behalf of some persons buying through him.

"Mr Kayode Oladipo bought 5 plots in Royalty Garden, Idasho during one of our promo packages sessions and got one plot free and defaulted in payment and still has an outstanding amount of N3, 754,000 (Three Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Four Thousand Naira.

"He also bought 5 plots of land at one of our estates in Dallas Court, still during one of our promo packages and got one free and still defaulted in payment, leaving an outstanding balance of N2, 802,000(Two Million, Eight Hundred and Two Thousand Naira).

"He bought in the name of one Christian & Grace Idemudia, 5 plots again at Dallas during the promo period and got one free and also defaulted in payment leaving an outstanding balance of N2, 802,000( Two Million, Eight Hundred and Two Thousand Naira).

"He also bought on behalf of one Miss. Ruth Orobosa, 2 plots in our Estate, Dallas Court, and this particular person completed payment and has been allocated, given his plot number and block number as well as the title documents in her name. Her plot is available and ready any time she is willing to take possession of same.

"Contrary to the narrative circulating on social media, Mr Kayode Oladipo paid the total of N16,752,000 (Sixteen Million, seven Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand Naira only) and not N40,000,000 (Forty Million Naira). In fact, Mr Kayode Oladipois still owes the Company the sum of N9, 358,000(Nine Million, Three Hundred and Fifty-Eight Thousand Naira)."

The company in the statement disclosed further that Mr. Oladipo signed a contract specifying full payment as a condition for land allocation adding that it is unacceptable that false and unfounded information is being spread on social media to tarnish the company's image.

Revolution Plus Properties said it will be pursuing legal action against Mr. Oladipo, urging customers to disregard the allegations in his video.
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I think AIM Global is a marketing company. They have products for sale and they are also into this multi level stuff where people get paid for introducing other people and the higher you are up the ladder (haven introduced many people, the more commission you receive). This money paid for introducing others to join as members comes from the money paid by the new member he/she introduces. As your recruit bring in new members, you also get a % of those people's payments.
I noticed that people really complain of the inability to sell the so called products that they bought at the time of registration. The reason some give is that people complain of the high cost of the items when compared to similar products that one can easily find these days in pharmacies. I am talking about items like their coffee, pads toothpaste etc.
As a result of having difficulty marketing the products, many decide to focus on recruiting new members which bring them instant commission. So if you ask those who have made money from AIM Global, the source of the money is not from the sale of the AIM GLOBAL product but from the the commission earned when their recruits under them pay to get in the train. They are their "downliners". This is what made them millionaires. That is why some say it is a case of taking from Peter to pay Paul because at the point you receive that commission, you haven't sold anything or any product but the new recruit that you introduced, who was made to pay something to get in.
The new recruit who paid to become a member will soon realise the same thing. And that is that the products she/he bought are actually unsellable in most cases. And so he focus on the easy option, which is to bring in someone else in order to collect commission that could actually run into millions of naira. As it goes on like that.
So when some of them say they are making millions, I believe that it is a possibility, though many many more are not able to recover even the registration money the paid to get in.
The problem with this scheme is that: if you are not good at marketing or convinced people, you might have problem getting recruits under you because that is the only way to get paid. AIM Global then devised a meas to help members.
You are asked to invite people to their seminars that they give either online or offline, then some one who is good at talking, marketing and convincing people will try to talk you into joining. I have attended two of such. I insisted on knowing where the millions they claim I could make would came from. Well, at the end of the day, I found their concept to be like many of the ones I have seen over the years that are no longer as popular as they used to, even though they still exist.
And my conclusion is this:
If you do not mind taking money from another without actually providing a service that is of benefit that equals the money you collected; if all you think about is making money for yourself without minding that the person you made to put down at least N75,000 would most likely not recover his money. If you dont mind making someone spend N75k on a bunch of products that you truly know from your own personal experience that many are unable to sell at the price; if it doesn't bother you that some people you introduced to the AIMS business are poorer than you are and may have borrowed that initial money and may never recover it; if you don't mind losing the trust of your friends or relations:
If any of these don't bother you, then you can go ahead and continue to invite and convince people to bring their money so that you can continue to receive commission that will make you a millionaire.
If you asked me, I will not join AIM Global or any business with similar concept or model. Like I stated earlier, this last part is my personal conviction. I am at least entitled to it.

Dalil8:
He ain't wrong.

Na dem

Okonandmary:


Majority of black Americans are living a better life than many Nigerians.

Don't be deceived. Reports have it that up to 70% of Americans do not have up to $400 as saving. They practically live on credit while Nigerians purchase when they have saved up the money.
I like the Nigerian style. If I no get, I no get. I will work and save towards my projects, Instead of to take loan go pay school fees, buy house, car, furniture, pay rent and be paying debt all their lives.

BigBashiru:


We must drive out the western European savages from the Gambia all other African Countries. Let them go and enjoy their "first world"....savages....

Xenophobia

SojWORLDWIDE:


JANET Oluwafunsho Adeniyi popularly known as Funsho Adeniyi or Funsho Ogungbe has been declared wanted by the Law enforcement Agents for alleged kidnap of twin kids in FTC, Abuja.

The incident occured on June 2, 2022 according to a viral video on Social Media she kidnapped two six-year-old children at gunpoint.   She carried out the acts with three gunmen right in front of their father's house at Amman Pepple Estate, Abuja at about 3.pm.

The kids were dropped from their school bus when the incident occured. The gunmen were able to overpower the security men and the driver of the school bus.

A reward of N1,000,000 is for anyone who knows the whereabouts of the suspect who was said to be hiding somewhere in Lagos.


WATCH THIS VIDEO FOR MORE DETAILS:

https://www.sojworldnews.com/wanted-funso-adeniyi-is-wanted-for-alleged-abduction-of-twin-kids-in-abuja-watch-videodetails/



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What is the relationship between the children and the woman, Funsho Adeniyi? If she came to carry her own children, that one na family matter. Make una call family together for settlement.
This so called Funsho Adeniyi does not seem like an any how person. So she doesn't seem like someone who would steal somebody's children. They are probably hers from a marriage that went sour. Just saying.

HaryaorGirl:


All this one na wash.

ASUU is not fighting for allowances.

The headline is always UTAS

U people should enjoy your vacation strike

Wicked people!!!

*ASUU is the problem of education in Nigeria*
By Prof. Godspower Ekuobase

This piece about academics in Nigeria may offend the arrogance of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) if ASUU is repressive or it will excite ASUU’s patriotism to bootstrap the Nigerian Academics to his pride of place in the global league of universal institutions called universities.

I write this piece to expose, as an insider, the realities of Academics in Nigeria towards rescuing the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) from the asphyxiation of ASUU and redirect ASUU to the path of patriotism.

The truth is that like Saul who later became Paul, ASUU has ignorantly become the enemy of the Nigerian State. Why and How? You may ask! Permit me begin with the answer to “the why”. ASUU pride herself as being the most educated, knowledgeable and intelligent set of Nigerians. This, obviously, is not true. I assert that education is not certification, knowledge is not qualification and intelligence is natural, it is not grammar. Even the grammar, we do not write or speak it better than others.

ASUU should be humble enough to accept that we are not paid for certificates acquired, but we are paid to do our job of teaching, impactful research and community services within and outside the university with utmost professionalism and integrity and without fear or favour. If we say the truth, every Nigerian graduate has one or more lecturers that taught him/her that he/she wondered, and is still wondering, how the lecturer got thus far, even to the peak. I mean Professors! Maybe I am one of those lecturers, but it is high time we said the truth. Besides, many of the excellent students could not come into academics because we are guilty of what we accuse FGN – nepotism and tribalism!

ASUU may say they are not responsible for promotion or employment in any university. Who then does? ASUU members of course! Vice Chancellors, Deans, Heads of Departments and Professors are not military officers, APC or PDP members but ASUU members. ASUU is only interested in collecting dues with no mechanism in place to maintain the integrity and progression of Academics in Nigeria. It is important Nigerians know that FGN does not interfere in the appointment and promotion of Academic staff in any university. ASUU should drop this pride and let us move Nigeria forward.

The second reason why ASUU ignorantly persecutes Nigerians is that they are lost in ecstasy against the Nigerian state. They have abdicated their role of clamouring for members’ welfare and have constituted themselves into a quasi-political party and self-made opposition to any government in power. Most Nigerians who are either polygamous or from polygamous home, will agree that the wife that antagonises her husband the most, get the least from her husband no matter how good or rich the man is.

Permanent Secretaries or Judges earn more than a Professor they will tell us and get us drunk with the wine of pride, adducing these categories of workers enjoy what they enjoy because they are puppets to politicians or government in power; and that ASUU will not falter its integrity and will remain the voice of the downtrodden.

Enough of this hypocrisy! At least in recent times, ASUU decides who rules this country and it is only when there are disputes, the judiciary arbitrate. When many staunch ASUU supporters discuss how they went about conniving with politicians of varying political parties to get them or their cronies installed in power, you will weep for this country.

Politicians in Nigeria, particularly, in recent times will sincerely accept in their heart of hearts that Lecturers have lost the integrity or love they profess they have for Nigerians as against the politicians or other public office holders. Is it not some of us that connive with some students to have unmerited qualifications they use to occupy these public offices? Why accuse who your members aided to power of incompetence or misrule? ASUU is a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

ASUU like most trade unions should concentrate their energy on their members’ welfare – they should always come out straight with their welfare demands instead of their holier and richer than thou posture. We should be humble to say the truth, our salary is not enough not because we are better than other Nigerian workers or earn less but because of the nature of our job – even if we have all the comforts and tools to do research, we spend a fortune to get them published.

On the average, a Lecturer will require thirty to forty publications with about 1/3rd of them published with foreign currency, to be a Professor. To say the truth, a dedicated Lecturer with high integrity, which most of us are, is poor. With sustained support for any government in power, in our capacity as academics, the cooperation of other trade unions, and logical persuasions, we will get something from the government. Something is better than nothing! Do not judge us based on our packaging. We are suffering but smiling! Instead of ASUU to consistently market this truth, they have worsened the poverty of Nigerian academics by avoiding it; claiming that the Nigerian Universities are poorly equipped and citing autonomy and other smoky issues.

For the smoky issues, I will show later that ASUU is the problem and they know too. Nigerian Students! Poor salary is our problem and the genuine cause of our anger and persistent strike; not any acclaimed love for you. If we love you as claimed, why do we suspend most strikes after financial settlement from FGN. Some University Academics extort students financially and sexually and yet we claim we love the students and that we are fighting their course. What has ASUU done as a union to protect innocent students from this oppression. Absolutely Nothing! What a hypocrisy!!

Still on ASUU’s “Nollywood” love for Nigerians, is it in the interest of Nigerians, that ASUU proposed and accepted 70years retirement age for the professorial cadre? NO! It was because the Judges were given 70years. Even after 70years, some ASUU members still want to stay on contract in FGN payroll while they receive gratuity and pension. The youths have no job, the old do not want to retire and yet they claim they love Nigerians.

ASUU should explain to Nigerians why a Lecturer that became an Associate Professor at the verge of 65years should be given extra five years in service. Somebody should help me tell ASUU that it is even in our culture as Africans to have the most elderly ones among us settle our disputes. Besides, rules and discretion are two desiderata deployed in legal practice. Discretion made law an axe that requires the very experienced because of the possible intrigues of lawyers. I assert that no other human task can be as an axe as law. Greed blinded ASUU, they forgot we have other legal means of income as Part-time teaching, external examination and assessment, an Adjunct lecturer position in another University, royalties, market for our books as in most tertiary institutions, opportunity for political office outside our place of work while in service which the Judges may not have.

Legally, Judges are not allowed to romance with any political party or its members. We all saw what happened recently with one of our finest Judges in the court of Appeal because her husband has affiliation with a political party. She had to withdraw from a case in the interest of the country. Before you call me APC puppet, I did not vote for APC in both the 2015 and 2019 presidential elections, but I wholeheartedly accepted the position of the majority and the wisdom of the Judiciary. Before I digress, this singular act of envy by ASUU that claim to “love” Nigerians has contributed greatly to youth unemployment in civil service as other union began to also request for additional five years in service.

Why Nigerian civil servants were on strike for addition of five years to their retirement age, a European nation with longer life-expectancy and lower youth unemployment went on strike to reverse their retirement age that was increased by a year. I have so far exposed my conviction on why ASUU has become an enemy of the Nigerian state. The reasons are pride, greed, and lack of instrument to enforce integrity and professionalism among its members.

This lack of instrument may draw pity to ASUU as a crippled toothless tiger before its members. ASUU however relies on two unholy but potent instruments of control – propaganda and intimidation, to satisfy its pride and greed. ASUU coarse its members and their families with fear – fear of career progression and academic opportunities irrespective of their capabilities. The truth is that majority of the Lecturers in Nigerian Universities are sick and tired of the incessant strike by ASUU and the lack of innovative means of engaging government; as evident by the about 55% of its members who stood with the FGN on the deployment of IPPIS despite ASUU’s intimidation.

Some notable Professors or politically aspiring Lecturers had to hide to register with IPPIS to evade the fury of ASUU. ASUU cannot love us more than us! The UNIBEN branch of ASUU robbed me and others that subscribed to IPPIS of our Christmas rice which we contributed towards and threatened us with queries; but I trashed mine. I was insulted and promised that ASUU will work against me if I should contest or vie for position in any University. Do not fear for me! I have never and will never fear any cult. The finality of man is death and death by truth is holy and paradise assured.

If ASUU is truly democratic, they are supposed to bow to the voice of the majority. The truth on the IPPIS issue is, you may not like Buhari or the APC lead FGN, IPPIS is a holy ICT innovation capable of effectively preventing corruption, without a fight, on our national payroll. Globally, preventive means of checking corruption is cheaper and greener than the curative means of fighting corruption. No doubt, as with all ICT innovations and deployments, there are bound to be teething problems which do wear away with time. IPPIS provides the long-awaited opportunity for ASUU to exercise their academic autonomy and bootstrap Nigerian Universities to its pride of place. I wish to let Nigerians know that all ASUU is saying about IPPIS is pure propaganda against FGN.

I challenge ASUU to an open debate on IPPIS. Let us examine the smoky issues of funding, infrastructural decay and autonomy that ASUU has consistently used to blackmail FGN and woo the sympathy of Nigerians. It is important to note that the National University Commission (NUC) is an instrument of FGN to ensure Nigerian Universities meet up with global standards. NUC is doing an excellent job to guarantee high standard university education for Nigerians and foreigners alike.

The resource verification and the regular accreditation instruments and implementation procedures are second to none in the globe. I affirm that NUC make use of ASUU members to perform virtually all their task of maintaining standards in the Nigerian Universities. Oh! I may be accused of NUC sponsorship. My apologies, NUC.

I pity FGN, ASUU will recommend to FGN through NUC that all is well and, in most cases, excellent and the same ASUU is fighting FGN through the Presidency and Labour ministry that everything is in total collapse. Who then is the problem, FGN or ASUU? Have we heard ASUU complained to NUC about resource verification or accreditation instruments or exercises? No! Does NUC (FGN) report and enforce ASUU’s findings and recommendations on which university or its programme should be sustained? Yes! Who made strike part of our university calendar? ASUU! Who prepares the university for accreditation or resource verification? ASUU! Who are the phoney resource persons particularly in private universities? ASUU! Who does accreditation or resource verification? ASUU! Who affirms that our universities and its programmes are particularly in good form? ASUU! Who awards the degrees? ASUU! Who is saying our university system is dilapidated and substandard? ASUU! My Nigerian universities, your midwife has become your murderer, prosecutor, advocate and judge. ASUU why? Who therefore is the clog in the wheel of progress of Academics in Nigeria?

The Way Forward:

(i) ASUU should apologise to FGN and Nigerians for negligence, misdirection, and disruption of university calendar at least in the last two to three decades; and put a final stop to the incessant strikes in the public universities in Nigeria.

(ii) ASUU should accept that other public or civil servants are equally important.

(iii) ASUU should come out straight with their unique welfare nature; with respect for constituted authorities as enshrined in our holy books.

(iv) ASUU should henceforth, “call a spade, a spade” and do their job with fairness, professionalism and integrity without any fear or favour.

(v) ASUU should device ethical means of enforcing professionalism, integrity and standards in Nigerian Academics commensurate with global norm. It is hoped that this divine ambush on ASUU on his way to “Damascus” will redirect ASUU’s focus from its misplaced intention to a genuine course of Nation building and promotion of Academics in Nigeria. This piece is my opinion and not that of my university or professional bodies. Thank you.

Prof. Godspower Ekuobase, PhD, MCPN. Professor of Services Computing Department of Computer Science University of Benin, Benin City Edo State, Nigeria Email: godspower.ekuobase@uniben.edu Tel.: +234(0) 8064951845

Evolutionlove:


E ni kure gbogbo yin ati PVC yin. Awon werey. I know how you zombies directors & coordinators operates. You are the biggest FOOL here thinking shiiithole will ever work. If you like, Vote In Muhammed & Jesus, It will still keep on getting worst...

*ASUU is the problem of education in Nigeria*
By Prof. Godspower Ekuobase

This piece about academics in Nigeria may offend the arrogance of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) if ASUU is repressive or it will excite ASUU’s patriotism to bootstrap the Nigerian Academics to his pride of place in the global league of universal institutions called universities.

I write this piece to expose, as an insider, the realities of Academics in Nigeria towards rescuing the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) from the asphyxiation of ASUU and redirect ASUU to the path of patriotism.

The truth is that like Saul who later became Paul, ASUU has ignorantly become the enemy of the Nigerian State. Why and How? You may ask! Permit me begin with the answer to “the why”. ASUU pride herself as being the most educated, knowledgeable and intelligent set of Nigerians. This, obviously, is not true. I assert that education is not certification, knowledge is not qualification and intelligence is natural, it is not grammar. Even the grammar, we do not write or speak it better than others.

ASUU should be humble enough to accept that we are not paid for certificates acquired, but we are paid to do our job of teaching, impactful research and community services within and outside the university with utmost professionalism and integrity and without fear or favour. If we say the truth, every Nigerian graduate has one or more lecturers that taught him/her that he/she wondered, and is still wondering, how the lecturer got thus far, even to the peak. I mean Professors! Maybe I am one of those lecturers, but it is high time we said the truth. Besides, many of the excellent students could not come into academics because we are guilty of what we accuse FGN – nepotism and tribalism!

ASUU may say they are not responsible for promotion or employment in any university. Who then does? ASUU members of course! Vice Chancellors, Deans, Heads of Departments and Professors are not military officers, APC or PDP members but ASUU members. ASUU is only interested in collecting dues with no mechanism in place to maintain the integrity and progression of Academics in Nigeria. It is important Nigerians know that FGN does not interfere in the appointment and promotion of Academic staff in any university. ASUU should drop this pride and let us move Nigeria forward.

The second reason why ASUU ignorantly persecutes Nigerians is that they are lost in ecstasy against the Nigerian state. They have abdicated their role of clamouring for members’ welfare and have constituted themselves into a quasi-political party and self-made opposition to any government in power. Most Nigerians who are either polygamous or from polygamous home, will agree that the wife that antagonises her husband the most, get the least from her husband no matter how good or rich the man is.

Permanent Secretaries or Judges earn more than a Professor they will tell us and get us drunk with the wine of pride, adducing these categories of workers enjoy what they enjoy because they are puppets to politicians or government in power; and that ASUU will not falter its integrity and will remain the voice of the downtrodden.

Enough of this hypocrisy! At least in recent times, ASUU decides who rules this country and it is only when there are disputes, the judiciary arbitrate. When many staunch ASUU supporters discuss how they went about conniving with politicians of varying political parties to get them or their cronies installed in power, you will weep for this country.

Politicians in Nigeria, particularly, in recent times will sincerely accept in their heart of hearts that Lecturers have lost the integrity or love they profess they have for Nigerians as against the politicians or other public office holders. Is it not some of us that connive with some students to have unmerited qualifications they use to occupy these public offices? Why accuse who your members aided to power of incompetence or misrule? ASUU is a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

ASUU like most trade unions should concentrate their energy on their members’ welfare – they should always come out straight with their welfare demands instead of their holier and richer than thou posture. We should be humble to say the truth, our salary is not enough not because we are better than other Nigerian workers or earn less but because of the nature of our job – even if we have all the comforts and tools to do research, we spend a fortune to get them published.

On the average, a Lecturer will require thirty to forty publications with about 1/3rd of them published with foreign currency, to be a Professor. To say the truth, a dedicated Lecturer with high integrity, which most of us are, is poor. With sustained support for any government in power, in our capacity as academics, the cooperation of other trade unions, and logical persuasions, we will get something from the government. Something is better than nothing! Do not judge us based on our packaging. We are suffering but smiling! Instead of ASUU to consistently market this truth, they have worsened the poverty of Nigerian academics by avoiding it; claiming that the Nigerian Universities are poorly equipped and citing autonomy and other smoky issues.

For the smoky issues, I will show later that ASUU is the problem and they know too. Nigerian Students! Poor salary is our problem and the genuine cause of our anger and persistent strike; not any acclaimed love for you. If we love you as claimed, why do we suspend most strikes after financial settlement from FGN. Some University Academics extort students financially and sexually and yet we claim we love the students and that we are fighting their course. What has ASUU done as a union to protect innocent students from this oppression. Absolutely Nothing! What a hypocrisy!!

Still on ASUU’s “Nollywood” love for Nigerians, is it in the interest of Nigerians, that ASUU proposed and accepted 70years retirement age for the professorial cadre? NO! It was because the Judges were given 70years. Even after 70years, some ASUU members still want to stay on contract in FGN payroll while they receive gratuity and pension. The youths have no job, the old do not want to retire and yet they claim they love Nigerians.

ASUU should explain to Nigerians why a Lecturer that became an Associate Professor at the verge of 65years should be given extra five years in service. Somebody should help me tell ASUU that it is even in our culture as Africans to have the most elderly ones among us settle our disputes. Besides, rules and discretion are two desiderata deployed in legal practice. Discretion made law an axe that requires the very experienced because of the possible intrigues of lawyers. I assert that no other human task can be as an axe as law. Greed blinded ASUU, they forgot we have other legal means of income as Part-time teaching, external examination and assessment, an Adjunct lecturer position in another University, royalties, market for our books as in most tertiary institutions, opportunity for political office outside our place of work while in service which the Judges may not have.

Legally, Judges are not allowed to romance with any political party or its members. We all saw what happened recently with one of our finest Judges in the court of Appeal because her husband has affiliation with a political party. She had to withdraw from a case in the interest of the country. Before you call me APC puppet, I did not vote for APC in both the 2015 and 2019 presidential elections, but I wholeheartedly accepted the position of the majority and the wisdom of the Judiciary. Before I digress, this singular act of envy by ASUU that claim to “love” Nigerians has contributed greatly to youth unemployment in civil service as other union began to also request for additional five years in service.

Why Nigerian civil servants were on strike for addition of five years to their retirement age, a European nation with longer life-expectancy and lower youth unemployment went on strike to reverse their retirement age that was increased by a year. I have so far exposed my conviction on why ASUU has become an enemy of the Nigerian state. The reasons are pride, greed, and lack of instrument to enforce integrity and professionalism among its members.

This lack of instrument may draw pity to ASUU as a crippled toothless tiger before its members. ASUU however relies on two unholy but potent instruments of control – propaganda and intimidation, to satisfy its pride and greed. ASUU coarse its members and their families with fear – fear of career progression and academic opportunities irrespective of their capabilities. The truth is that majority of the Lecturers in Nigerian Universities are sick and tired of the incessant strike by ASUU and the lack of innovative means of engaging government; as evident by the about 55% of its members who stood with the FGN on the deployment of IPPIS despite ASUU’s intimidation.

Some notable Professors or politically aspiring Lecturers had to hide to register with IPPIS to evade the fury of ASUU. ASUU cannot love us more than us! The UNIBEN branch of ASUU robbed me and others that subscribed to IPPIS of our Christmas rice which we contributed towards and threatened us with queries; but I trashed mine. I was insulted and promised that ASUU will work against me if I should contest or vie for position in any University. Do not fear for me! I have never and will never fear any cult. The finality of man is death and death by truth is holy and paradise assured.

If ASUU is truly democratic, they are supposed to bow to the voice of the majority. The truth on the IPPIS issue is, you may not like Buhari or the APC lead FGN, IPPIS is a holy ICT innovation capable of effectively preventing corruption, without a fight, on our national payroll. Globally, preventive means of checking corruption is cheaper and greener than the curative means of fighting corruption. No doubt, as with all ICT innovations and deployments, there are bound to be teething problems which do wear away with time. IPPIS provides the long-awaited opportunity for ASUU to exercise their academic autonomy and bootstrap Nigerian Universities to its pride of place. I wish to let Nigerians know that all ASUU is saying about IPPIS is pure propaganda against FGN.

I challenge ASUU to an open debate on IPPIS. Let us examine the smoky issues of funding, infrastructural decay and autonomy that ASUU has consistently used to blackmail FGN and woo the sympathy of Nigerians. It is important to note that the National University Commission (NUC) is an instrument of FGN to ensure Nigerian Universities meet up with global standards. NUC is doing an excellent job to guarantee high standard university education for Nigerians and foreigners alike.

The resource verification and the regular accreditation instruments and implementation procedures are second to none in the globe. I affirm that NUC make use of ASUU members to perform virtually all their task of maintaining standards in the Nigerian Universities. Oh! I may be accused of NUC sponsorship. My apologies, NUC.

I pity FGN, ASUU will recommend to FGN through NUC that all is well and, in most cases, excellent and the same ASUU is fighting FGN through the Presidency and Labour ministry that everything is in total collapse. Who then is the problem, FGN or ASUU? Have we heard ASUU complained to NUC about resource verification or accreditation instruments or exercises? No! Does NUC (FGN) report and enforce ASUU’s findings and recommendations on which university or its programme should be sustained? Yes! Who made strike part of our university calendar? ASUU! Who prepares the university for accreditation or resource verification? ASUU! Who are the phoney resource persons particularly in private universities? ASUU! Who does accreditation or resource verification? ASUU! Who affirms that our universities and its programmes are particularly in good form? ASUU! Who awards the degrees? ASUU! Who is saying our university system is dilapidated and substandard? ASUU! My Nigerian universities, your midwife has become your murderer, prosecutor, advocate and judge. ASUU why? Who therefore is the clog in the wheel of progress of Academics in Nigeria?

The Way Forward:

(i) ASUU should apologise to FGN and Nigerians for negligence, misdirection, and disruption of university calendar at least in the last two to three decades; and put a final stop to the incessant strikes in the public universities in Nigeria.

(ii) ASUU should accept that other public or civil servants are equally important.

(iii) ASUU should come out straight with their unique welfare nature; with respect for constituted authorities as enshrined in our holy books.

(iv) ASUU should henceforth, “call a spade, a spade” and do their job with fairness, professionalism and integrity without any fear or favour.

(v) ASUU should device ethical means of enforcing professionalism, integrity and standards in Nigerian Academics commensurate with global norm. It is hoped that this divine ambush on ASUU on his way to “Damascus” will redirect ASUU’s focus from its misplaced intention to a genuine course of Nation building and promotion of Academics in Nigeria. This piece is my opinion and not that of my university or professional bodies. Thank you.

Prof. Godspower Ekuobase, PhD, MCPN. Professor of Services Computing Department of Computer Science University of Benin, Benin City Edo State, Nigeria Email: godspower.ekuobase@uniben.edu Tel.: +234(0) 8064951845

Please someone should answer me. I don't want to buy and hold a useless cryptocurrency.
Is Platincoin a scam?

ashawopikin:
26m? Ma where una dey see this kine money?

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Money dey Naija I tell you, but in a few hands

Abiodunhezekiah:


Your point exactly?

I edited it so I can pass my own investment experience following your template for educational purposes.

Why are Nigerians like this?

I should write you a letter before editing your content to share my own experience

You should have added "Copied and edited" at the end of the post. That protects you. Make some nor go sue tomorrow.

WHO PAUSE THIS GROUP CHAT?

Okay, I get it,5 they have succeeded in pulling it down.

My ROI is supposed to come every on the 18th which is my due date.. Today is 1st of January 2021. No December 2020 ROI received yet.
I usually get it around on 25th every month and I am okay with that but this one that stretched into another month. I don't understand oo.

fredrickz03:
So what is the promo in this if i invest 1M and get 3M at the end of 6months ,means my profit is 2M. Which is about 8% monthly

Nope, your interest is a whooping 33% monthly.

MBA just used the online migration as a ploy to cause distraction. It is not the reason for the delayed payment otherwise the offline investors who need not migrate online should be getting their ROIs but they are not. Most investors who got paid this December period invested less than N1m. MBA couldn't afford to pay the big boys because only two big investors ROI will swallow the chicken change they spread around for Christmas.

dennison4luv:
jealous and bitter minded people have been praying for MBA to crash, they are angry that people are receiving their ROI since, so when they heard the news that MBA has issues they became happy and amplified the news. This is witchcraft attitude that we are talking about. People now called MBA a ponzu scheme.
To the investors in MBA please don't let their words to lead you into depression or high blood pressure. One thing is for sure MBA is not a Ponzi scheme and certainly they will bounce back. I am not their investor but I am a forex trader and in this past month I lost millions of naira. But we will bounce back. So calm down before first week of February every thing will be okay

If you are not MBA investor and you are not a member of the MBA management, why are you telling investors that by February, everything will be okay? I know you are trying to give encouragement but
PLEASE DON'T GIVE US FALSE HOPE. It's not fair.

ADDY EFEX investors only, let's gather here. This is new.
Zero
Eight zero
(7351) three five 88. To give ourselves support and encouragement.

DW-Arerben, you people should work on the delay in payment. It has been on for long.

DW-Arerben, what is happening?

ADDY EFEX investors only, let's gather here. This is new.
Zero
Eight zero
(7351) three five 88. To give ourselves news,
support and encouragement.

EDITED
PLEASE IGNORE THIS MY POST ABOVE.
INVESTMENT COYS ARE FAILING LEFT RIGHT AND CENTRE. NO ONE IS SURE BANKER ANY MORE.
I HAVE MOVED OO

OgogoroFreak:
The uninformed ones got back atleast 500k. And how many people have more than that in the bank and are uninformed??

If mba forex would pay at least 500k to its victims. Do you know the amount of people that would smile this Christmas?

*The uninformed ones got back atleast 500k?*
What is N500k for someone who has N20million or more in a failed bank? What percentage of N20m is N500k?

Abeg, they are all the same.

ADDY EFEX investors only, let's gather here. This is new.
Zero
Eight zero
(7351) three five 88. To give ourselves support and encouragement.

emmanuelewumi:




If the deposits are insured with NDIC, depositors with 500k and below will get all their money. Depositors with above 500k ought to be financially literate and sophisticated by monitoring the financial reports of their banks and do the needful whenever they observe red flags.

A bank can't become distressed over night, Oceanic, Intercontinental, Skye and others showed the red flags for more than 9 months.

Informed depositors closed their accounts, informed investors also sold their shares in the bank.


Some people who also understand the product life cycles of Ponzi schemes cashed out before they are distressed or crashed.


All Ponzi scheme are expected to crash but not all banks will become distressed.

The oldest bank in Nigeria is over 100 years old, most of the banks are about 30 years old, I doubt if any Ponzi scheme can be in business for 10 years before it crashes

Your response make sense. No insult, no name calling. Respect

ahiboilandgas:
https://www.nairaland.com/6311620/maxwell-lands-paris-flex-money#97020304.....see where una investement he is chilling ...

That photo was taken in 2019. If his company can pay you 15%, do you expect him to live like a pauper? After all, some CEOs have private jets

Truthchiz:
Even people lost money in savannah bank, so what are you people talking about?

Does this make Savanna bank ponzi? See other banks that have collapsed in Nigeria yet people still keep money in the bank.

LIST OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS UNDER LIQUIDATION IN NIGERIA

S/NO NAME OF BANK DATE OF CLOSURE
1 Abacus Merchant Bank. Jan. 16, 1998
2 ABC Merchant Bank Ltd Jan. 16, 1998
3 African Express Bank Ltd Jan. 16, 2006
4 Allied Bank of Nigeria Plc Jan. 16, 1998
5 Allstates Trust Bank Plc Jan. 16, 1998
6 Alpha Merchant Bank Plc Sept. 08, 1994
7 Amicable Bank of Nigeria Plc.Jan. 16, 1998
8 Assurance Bank of Nig Plc Jan. 16, 2006
9 Century Merchant Bank Ltd.Jan. 16, 1998
10 City Express Bank Plc Jan. 16, 2006
11 Commerce Bank Plc Jan. 16, 1998
12 Commercial Trust Bank LtdJan. 16, 1998
13 Continental Merchant BankJan. 16, 1998
14 Coop. & Commerce Bank PlcJan. 16, 1998
15 Credite Bank Nig. Ltd Jan. 16, 1998
16 Crown Merchant Bank Ltd. Jan. 16, 1998
17 Financial Merchant Bank Ltd.Jan. 21, 1994
18 Great Merchant Bank Ltd. Jan. 16, 1998
19 Group Merchant Bank Ltd. Jan. 16, 1998
20 Gulf Bank Ltd Jan. 16, 2006
21 Hallmark Bank Plc Jan. 16, 2006
22 Highland Bank of Nig Plc Jan. 16, 1998
23 ICON Ltd. (Merchant Bankers)Jan. 16, 1998
24 Ivory Merchant Bank Ltd. Dec. 22, 2000
25 Kapital Merchant Bank Ltd.Jan. 21, 1994
26 Lead Bank Plc Jan. 16, 2006
27 Lobi Bank of Nig. Ltd. Jan. 16, 1998
28 Mercantile Bank of Nig. Plc.Jan. 16, 1998
29 Merchant Bank of Africa Ltd.Jan. 16, 1998
30 Metropolitan Bank Ltd. Jan. 16, 2006
31 Nigeria Merchant Bank Ltd.Jan. 16, 1998
32 North-South Bank Nig. Plc.Jan. 16, 1998
33 Pan African Bank Ltd. Jan. 16, 1998
34 Pinacle Commercial Bank Ltd.Jan. 16, 1998
35 Premier Commercial Bank LtdDec. 22, 2000
36 Prime Merchant Bank Ltd. Jan. 16, 1998
37 Progress Bank Ltd. Jan. 16, 1998
38 Republic Bank Ltd June 29, 1995
39 Rims Merchant Bank Ltd. Dec. 22, 2000
40 Royal Merchant Bank Ltd. Jan. 16, 1998
41 Trade Bank Plc Jan. 16, 2006
42 United Commercial Bank Ltd. Sept. 8, 1994
43 Victory Merchant Bank Ltd.Jan. 16, 1998
44 Eagle Bank Plc. Jan. 16, 2006
45 Liberty Bank Plc. Jan. 16, 2006

So why are banks not called Ponzi? Why are people not shouting that people shouldn't keep money in the bank?
If I add the long list of micro finance banks that have shut down to this list, e no shock you big time.

Abiodunhezekiah:
Heard DwArenben usually delay payment. How true is that?

Payment is delayed by one week only. So if you just add one week to your due date and make that your ROI date, you are good. You wont bother to complain cos you will get paid at about that date, give or take.