Afolabi Imoukhuede, Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Job Creation and Youth Employment, at the flag-off of the Construction Skills Training and Empowerment Programme (C-STEMP), in Abuja early last week said the Federal Government plans to train 370,000 artisans this year to boost skills development and employment generation.

“The Federal Government has plans to train 370,000 artisans this year…It has already been decided. We have had a fruitful discussion on it with the Vice President and relevant ministers and we are looking forward to working with the C-STEMP to achieve the goal,” Imoukhuede stated.

C-STEMP is an initiative of J.Hausen Nigeria, a construction management consultancy firm that is aimed at training qualified manpower and artisans in the construction industry.

Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing reiterated the Federal Government’s promise to address the shortage of indigenous artisans as foreigners are being shipped in to do the job.

According to Fashola, the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing would benefit from the skill acquisition training as it already had training centres in Lagos and Imo State.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) in collaboration with Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) is set to train and certify 200,000 artisans this year.

Tijani Shuaib the President of the NIOB said the empowerment programme was aimed at developing a pool of well trained and qualified manpower for the housing and construction industry, and that the training is targeting 2 million artisans over the next 5 years.

“NIOB is ready to commence training, assessment and certification of the Building Craftsmen and Artisans in collaboration with CORBON and the DFID sponsored C-STEMP. We have developed and validated a National Occupational Standards for the key building construction trades, Masonry, Carpentry, Plumbing, Electrical installation, Painting and Decoration among others,” he said.

He said the lack of skills in the Nigerian construction sector has become a trend in Nigeria that is worrying the regulatory bodies and stressed the need to train building artisans and craftsmen.

https://techpoint.ng/2016/02/01/fg-and-c-stemp-to-train-370000-artisans-in-2016/

Ymodulus:

If you are too open an account with a bank today which would you go for?

Please exclude the following:

- GtBank
- Eco Bank
- Stanbic
- UBA
- Access

Thanks

GTB just dey rape people any how.

bobo65:


Hian
Wah if she did it on purpose

Wah if it was all a joke

Do u think she didn't know she has posted d PIC of the lady before

U ppl are so melodramatic
Any small tin, ull be taking it to heart

Some jokes does not look easy on your personality or status... If it was a joke, i bet she would say so. Does that heavily make up, nice looking dress girl look like a real bread seller to you? Things people do just to gain attention in NIgeria is getting worse daily.

EggovinMma:



Easy does it man.

easier said than done.

EggovinMma:
I'm February 23rd.
I wish I never get old.

Happy Birthday in advance.. *hugs* we still dey heal ooo

Something does not add up in all of this. I never knew this woman could lie just to get much attentions from the public. She just lost the respect I have had for her.

efilefun:
Sure-P under BUHARI laiye!!! I could remember PTF under Buhari, everybody felt the goodies of that project, only people who are blind from the truth will dispute this. There are some schools still having PTF buildings, I could remember getting free textbooks and co from PTF, tell me how many people felt the effect of sure -P?? It was just another avenue to siphone public funds.

One of my physics textbook had PTF on it.

I have 2 non chip QQCCV and LLLSU we shall see but will be going full chips

5L.COM IS BUILDING STORM PEOPLE... read as much as you can and wait for the chinese money bags to come knocking.


https://www.namepros.com/threads/5l-com-and-7n-com-reg-stats.908770/page-2#post-5286696

pamellla:

mumu.....thrash!
pls do me a favour, read all over again.

hey dumb fvck... repeat after me, "dumb fuvck"

Tallesty1:
The wrong person can never love you right. The right person is not the one you want but the one that loves you right.

. You are missing the meaning of the wrong one in this context

In the link below or the thread per se , which is best situation to be in?

To be in a relationship you are not loved but you love the person or

To be loved by someone whom you don't love? Please back your answer with good reasoning.



https://www.nairaland.com/2853265/how-tell-him-not-love/1#41843489

czarr:
Did you notice the thing the op and the commenter with the same problem have in common?

The guy doesn't ask them for sex,or pressurize them rather!!!

These girls feel like they are dating their brother.
They don't feel sexually desired and that alone is an ego killer to a girl,she may not like to admit it but its true

She wants to turn you down but she also wants you to ask...

Weird right?
Women right?!

I missed that o. NA D FUCKERRYYY b the koko... lmaooo. if you don't bang them, you are nothing bro. thumbs up buddy

pamellla:

u don't date someone out of pity...ur NO should be ur NO! I won't be surprised if in the next few years u com here on NL nd start ranting bout the downfall of ur marriage (I forbid it tho) cox ts crystal clear u don't love d dude, u are only trying to put up with him coz of his persistence...marriage is a challenging institution, you have to think twice bfo venturing into it.

madam, you are wrong. She stated it clearly other qualities her guy has and besides, the ones she loved never loved her. She is wiser than you dumb fvck!

mulliga44:
answer still loading

brotherly, enter Afroromance.com and go see women upon women SEARCHING... na Eritrea matter carry me enter there ooo.

How did such women, beautiful women, end up searching till they ended in that age? This OP does not know that men will always have greater advantage than they

Amberon:
we have a very similar situation. My bf who happens to be my best friend persisted and disturbed me for years, I finally gave in but I don't love him one bit. The thing is that he's crazy about me, before we started dating we'd sleep over at each other's houses a couple of times but he never touched me nor asked for sex. up till this day, he hasn't asked me for sex.

he's cute, dresses very very very well, neat and treats me like an angel. I told him countlessly that I didn't love him and couldn't date him but he came back begging and vowed that he must marry me. He even told everyone that we're engaged....

Anyways I made a promise to stick with him even tho I don't love him, after all the one I used to love didn't treat me well.

PS: before someone starts saying sh!t, I'm not dating him for money. I know I won't fall in love again, so I gave in simply because he loves and cherishes me, he's purpose driven and has good qualities which so many men lack. he also advises me like a sister.

While it may seem like foolishness to most girls, I want you to know you made the right and best decision? I OWE you MTN 1500. How do I send it?

Helloflife:
Is it that none of you nairalanders have ever been in this situation before,i need advice and not insults.

After seeing the level of your seriousness, I would say you ladies make this mistakes over and over again and it will continue.

I know why you don't love him. Wanna know why? HE IS TOO NICE to you. Your feminine hormones are wired not to like such guys. You want a bad boy, one that will keep you in so much suspense, at the brink of insanity. You want/need a guy who cheats with others girls, or who does not care much about you, one who pay less attention to you. It's not your fault but the way you are wired, which is what I am not happy about in ladies.

I am VERY sure there is a new guy somewhere who has the alpha male characteristics and he is making you crazy, you wanna win him and conquer him, even though you have refused to say so in your OP.

Girl, it is easy to get ANYTHING you want in a guy that is MADLY in love with you than otherwise, not saying you should take advantage of the guy in question o. Just saying that you will have much peace of mind. You can NEVER find a complete package ANY where, so stop lookng for it. This guy truly loves you and you are about to throw it away just because someone is catching you fancy somewhere. You may never be lucky to find that ONE who loves you just as much till your death. It's not a curse, it's life and SO many women are married to men who don't love them just because he was all they had left and all because when they came back, the one who really loved them was long gone.

LOVE is special and a ONE TIME OFFER.

He may not consider you again if you go to the new guy and come back. So, if you wanna leave, better leave and NEVER look back when things turn bad between you and the new guy that is catching you fancy.

SO MANY guys are as bad as you can imagine. Even if he was gonna marry you isn't a guarantee that you will be happy. Your happiness she precede your emotions in this time, use your head instead of your heart. Love is a very delicate thing.

What is it that you don't like about this current guy? Is he ugly? Is he dirty? Is he broke? What exactly?

I need answers and I just hope you are not trying to be the normal girl who build castle in cloud, with so much fantasy. That lifestyle has ruined MANY because they refused to face reality.

Helloflife:
Please, i want you all to know i didn't date him for money or any other material gain but because i needed a soulmate at that point in time.


Lalasticlala please i need more valuable advice.

chai guys don suffer.

..

That road is a depth trap and the trailer drivers are mad. They almost had my elder brother killed same way.

The oversupplied oil market is in desperate need of a rescue -- and now there are signs that Saudi Arabia may be coming round to that view too.

A Gulf source told CNN on Thursday that regional players are "willing to do anything to stabilize the market" and "all options are open."

That includes a potential emergency meeting in February between OPEC and non-OPEC producers like Russia.

The comments suggest a possible shift from Saudi Arabia, the powerful Gulf oil producer in control of deeply-divided OPEC. The Saudis have long resisted dialing back production out of fear of losing market share. But U.S. production is slowing slightly and oil prices have closer to $30 a barrel.

This come just after Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak on Thursday said OPEC and non-OPEC producers are considering a 5% output cut, according to Russian state news agency TASS. Novak cautioned that it's "too early" to call anything a concrete agreement.

A spokesperson for Russia's energy minister told CNN there is no formal date for the meeting or an official invitation yet. However, the spokesperson confirmed there are discussions taking place.

Talk of a coordinated output cut excited the oil markets. Crude oil prices briefly soared 7% on Thursday, trading as high as $36.28 a barrel. But oil prices have since retreated a bit, recently sinking below $35 a barrel.
oil prices Russia Saudi Arabia

Related: Why you should worry about cheap oil

A coordinated production cut would be a big deal because the market is currently suffering from an epic supply glut. That's the main reason why oil prices have crashed as much as 75% since mid-2014, sinking as low as $26 a barrel last week.

If realized, a coordinated output cut "would be a step toward establishing a low in the crude oil markets," said Darin Newsom, senior analyst at DTN.

An output cut would be a big reversal by Saudi Arabia, the undisputed leader of OPEC. Despite the financial pain inflicted by cheap oil, Saudi Arabia has refused to reduce production.

Related: Big money is betting against Saudi Arabia

In late 2014 Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi told CNN the country would never consider cutting production -- not even if non-OPEC countries agreed to do the same.

"If they want to cut production they are welcome, we are not going to cut," al-Naimi said, adding that the Saudis would hold that position "forever, not [just] 2015."

Russia has also been reluctant to dial back output. Its economy badly needs the oil revenue as it continues to feel the brunt of tough sanctions from the West. The Russian ruble recently collapsed to its lowest level ever.

Russia was the world's largest producer of crude oil in 2014, pumping just over 10 million barrels per day, according to the most recent Energy Information Administration stats.

There are already questions being raised about how any potential production deal between OPEC and Russia would be enforced. That's because Russia has several major oil companies with competing interests. By comparison, state-run Saudi Aramco has a virtual monopoly in Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the kingdom.

"Even if OPEC were ready to change tack and coordinate output cuts, it is not obvious that Russia would be a reliable partner," Julian Jessop, head of commodities research at Capital Economics, wrote in a report.

Indeed, it's important to note that Saudi Arabia and Russia have a history of not getting along, especially given Russia's support for Saudi rival Iran. And that Russia has attended OPEC meetings in 2014 and 2015 to discuss a potential agreement, but both failed.


http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/28/investing/saudi-arabia-russia-opec-oil-meeting/index.html

The Eagle in a storm (Part 2b).
__Imagining new wealth creation models.
The talk with my Japanese friend had left me thinking deeply about how we in Africa think about wealth. Maybe, just maybe, there was another way to think about it?
Imagine if my teachers had taught me that we are "very rich" because we produce some of the smartest entrepreneurs in Africa… people with the know-how and vision to transform our minerals into such great innovations and products that we no longer export our raw materials all over the world!
From then on, every time I visited a country (or even a major city), and watched its economic activity, particularly places doing well, I would reflect on its "wealth creation model."
__Imagine a wealth creation model that doesn’t require any raw material endowment, like Silicon Valley, or Singapore!
I was fascinated by countries that rise without necessarily being underpinned by minerals and the exploitation of raw materials: Dubai, Mauritius, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, to name but a few.
I was also fascinated by countries where consumers can buy domestically-processed and finished products – value-added goods created from their own raw materials! I imagined a Nigeria which turned its oil into plastics, fertilizers, sports equipment, cosmetics, deodorants, and toothpaste!
It’s good to have oil and platinum, and to grow cocoa and coffee. But for citizens to benefit from a nation’s natural resources, it’s critical to have the best stewardship, and to eliminate corruption. Without a culture of respect for rule of law, all future wealth creation models are doomed to failure.
__The bottom line is: We can no longer allow our national economies to be underpinned solely by the export of raw materials.
If we’re not careful, we can even become dangerously addicted to them, such that African nations, workers, and citizens in general are forced to endure endless boom and bust cycles… When the price of oil is up, we're doing well; when it goes down, we're scrambling… copper, platinum: boom, boom, bust! It’s happening now.
We must prioritise the development of innovative capacity to redeploy our rich natural resources within our own economies. It goes beyond the simplicity of "processing" and so-called "beneficiation." That’s not enough. We must also pay attention to emerging technologies and how they’re likely to affect the businesses we’re familiar with today.
My appeal to this next generation is to get us out of a “wealth creation model” underpinned by export of natural resources. We can no longer afford to think of the wealth of our nations in terms of mineral and raw material exports. Not when you know there's a Silicon Valley; not when you know that Apple Computers Inc. is worth almost the same as Nigeria’s and Angola’s combined GDP! Not when you’re the generation that knows about Alibaba, Tencent, Uber and Skype!
As we see the price of oil, copper, and platinum plummet, let's stop and take a deep breath, and say to ourselves: "It's time to change our WEALTH CREATION MODEL.”
__Within the next 25 years, we must break our addiction to resource-driven economic wealth. It's time to turn to our African inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs.
Selah!
To be continued. . .

https://web.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=977488345658994&id=496453373762496&substory_index=0

In a world press conference at the Radio House, Abuja, the Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu said Nigeria loses revenue on software piracy from Nigeria alone but said that the present administration wants to boost revenue generation through technology conscious workforce and smart governance.
Abimbola Alale, The Managing Director of Nigerian Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) also said Nigeria is expected to earn $400,000 annually from hosting the Belarus satellite and other allied services for the next 15 years.
In December 2015, Nigeria made history by being the first country in Sub Saharan Africa to host a foreign satellite after winning the keenly contested bid to manage Belintersat-1, a communication satellite owned by the government of Belarus.

belintersat-1

In line with promises made last year to release a new ICT blueprint, the Minister also rolled out his policy map for the next four years, he said plans were underway to improve efficiency in governance and in general services, eliminating waste and generating employment for Nigerians.

According to him, promotion of creativity and intellectual property protection is also a step forward in the right direction.

‘‘To protect the health and viability of not only the ICT industry but also the creative and performing arts and to harness ICT for e-commerce, we propose to step up intellectual property protection and enforcement mechanisms to ensure we continue to give incentives and promote creativity”

With programmes like Smart Government, that brings efficiency, reduces cost and makes for secure governance, the Minister said he envisaged that a potential two million jobs could be created for Nigeria through the ICT sector under the proposed plans.



Focus on revamping the infrastructural deficit in the Nigerian ICT sector for both the public and private industries is the first step in the road map for substantial improvements in quality of service. In addition to this, there will be implementation of the National Broadband Plan.

In line with the drive of the Federal Government of Nigeria to ensure deeper penetration of internet services in the country, Adebayo said plans had been concluded to deploy free broadband services to all tertiary institutions across the country.

All telecommunication infrastructure in the country are also to be declared as critical national infrastructure to stop vandalization of important facilities. With these developments, Adebayo Shittu may just assuage our fears over the perceived death of the former Ministry of Communications Technology.

https://techpoint.ng/2016/01/27/nigeria-is-expected-to-earn-400000-annually-from-belarus-satellite/

The N300 billion innovation fund released by the Federal Government of Nigeria as seed fund to grow local technology startups, is expected to create up to 35,000 jobs in the country. The fund will work in concord with EchoVC Partner’s $50 million target seed fund which it promised to inject for the growth of African tech startups. EchoVC is an experienced seed and early stage technology venture capital firm focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams and business models in Nigeria and select markets in sub-Saharan Africa, and as well the sole manager of the Federal Government’s pioneering ICT Innovation Fund.

Eghosa Omoigui, the Managing Partner of EchoVC disclosed the company’s plan to fill the seed fund and early stage financing gap during a press conference on Monday in Lagos. He said that EchoVC plans to make investment of $25,000 – $1.5 million per startup with a goal of making 40 to 50 investments throughout the life of the fund.

He further said they are in talk with existing investors which includes a mix of domestic and foreign institutional investors and asset managers.

“We made four investments in Nigeria in 2015 and anticipate making up to 10 seed-stage investments in 2016”, he said. Further claiming that companies backed up by venture capital have been a major driver of technology innovation, economic growth and job creation over the last 40 years.

“Our focus will be on technologies that support underserved populations. Investments will target high-growth services and scalable products in select markets, with distinct and sustainable competitive advantages, all of which affect daily life and provide essential services in large growing markets” he also added.

The company’s investment in disruptive and innovative technology startups in Nigeria that grow to become category leaders, he said would transform opportunities currently available to the ever growing community. Part of the plan of the company to support tech startups, according to him was to fill the seed and early stage gap by providing mentorship and institutional angel funding to promising entrepreneurs and co-developing and stimulating the existing local angel community.

“Our strategy underpins a disruptive approach: to invest at the intersection of consumer, media, commerce, data technology & mobile devices layered by networked knowledge. We target equity and equity-related seed and early stage technology investments in Nigeria (and the broader Pan-African region). “Nigeria, as one of the main growth drivers for Africa, is also one of the primary growth drivers for the firm. We seek to capitalize on Nigeria’s burgeoning period of growth in technology innovation and identify and invest in next generation companies that will lead this technology renaissance across the continent.

“The fund will also opportunistically evaluate investment opportunities in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia”, he explained.

Specific technology sectors of interest according to him includes consumer Internet and Services, Data, Mobile, Social, Digital Media, Content and Advertising, e-commerce, Software, linguistics, Gaming, Business intelligent, last-mile services, among others.

https://techpoint.ng/2016/01/27/fg-and-echovc-plan-to-create-35000-jobs-with-%E2%82%A6300billion-innovation-fund/

iMerchant:


#Smiles.

Like I said I am here to just read comments.

You need not show or tell us your store, I already know it.

Your Konga Store is on Vacation.

The DealDey store start with O and you also have another moniker on Nairaland that started with F.

Ciao

IkpuMmadu:


A proud one for that matter bro

Kedu ka odi?

adị m mma

IkpuMmadu:


Your igbo if your dad is igbo

yeah, I am aware of that bro. Thanks. I guess you are igbo as well

EnterPRO:


no sir. it slowed when they introduced new shipping policies.

merchants now ship directly to buyers and buyers can no longer pick up at DealDey offices.

the transition wasn't smooth and the platform is yet to recover from that sudden change and the convenience that went away with it.


with time hopefully, buyer confidence will return and sales will soar again.

those days on DealDey, it was very common to find lots of deals selling in their hundreds.

now you find only 1 or 2 deals selling in tens and the others in units.

I have noticed same too as I haven't been getting emails from them lately.

DealFinder:


I'll give you very simplistic answers to your questions. The reason is that they will be dealt with within the next few days. I intend to disclose what I have in mind within the next 9 days, and then we can continue with questions and answers.

1. I do not import my products. I buy directly from importers. This is because the cash conversion period is faster than importing. It simply means I get my returns faster and it enables me to achieve a greater number of TURNOVER

2. I use Call a Messenger, its quite efficient for my deliveries around Lagos. However, their delivery is within Lagos only. For larger items or orders outside Lagos, I use FedEx.

3. I'm not a member of a buying or splitting group. Never tried them, but I could be interested.

Okay. I will be waiting to read them in details in next 9 days. But one question you didn't answer is how do you know what to buy that will in turn sell faster. Most people buy goods and can't sell them because people are not buying or because the market is already saturated. How do you handle this bottleneck problem?

CallaMessager site has been hacked bro

kaziblake:
product of inter tribal marriage.

okay. Nothing bad at all but all the same which are you? which of your parent is igbo, mum or dad? I am mixed as well, Dad being Igbo.

EnterPRO:


OK sir. pls ride on.

the reason I asked is because I know things on DealDey have slowed in the past few months.

I'm sure your tips will be beneficial to many.

It may have slowed due to the Naira to Dollar problem but if you can get it cheaper rates from your bank, this will be the best time to start.

kaziblake:
I'm mixed.
Sorry for your loss.

okay. Were you able to edit the post? What do you mean by "I'm mixed"