oyb:

going by the arguments of the likes of paddl lo and davidif, i sincerely hope they are not posting from computers running windows - i mean - what business does a college dropout have with building the largest software maker in the world?

education can only take you so far.

soludo's phd and 'qualifications' did not imbue him with the character to do the right thing - he sat back and watched as ceos looted depositors funds.

Whatever degree he earned, he was able to rise up to become MD at first bank and an expert in risk management

paddy_lo:

In Nigeria much of that rise is usually due to nepotism and useless connections. . .
U really think in a competitive bank he could have risen without d need to get a masters degree?

Hell even first class students find it hard to get gainful employment in Nigeria sometime,
so spare me trhat talk of rise to become crap

oyb:

going by the arguments of the likes of paddl lo and davidif, i sincerely hope they are not posting from computers running windows - i mean - what business does a college dropout have with building the largest software maker in the world?

education can only take you so far.

soludo's phd and 'qualifications' did not imbue him with the character to do the right thing - he sat back and watched as ceos looted depositors funds.

otokx:

Did i almost miss the party? We Nigerians love evil and short cuts. We celebrate criminals like IBRU and AKINGBOLA not forgetting the harm those guys did. Freedom is never got on a platter of gold. Some things just have to give.

vizion:


Tell me brother -would Bill Gates hire another college drop out to be the head of microsoft??

otokx:

Did i almost miss the party? We Nigerians love evil and short cuts. We celebrate criminals like IBRU and AKINGBOLA not forgetting the harm those guys did. Freedom is never got on a platter of gold. Some things just have to give.

Nna

Your arguments are getting scarier by the minute and I am going to suggest that even you are confused on what your stance is on this issue.  Additionally, to address your last comment, this is the precise issue that we all have been trying to highlight and make people like you understand, that our "first class students find it hard to get gainful employment in Nigeria" because of these sort of behavior.

UpBendel:

Why not??

paddy_lo:

What sort of behavior exactly?

is it the sort that has made banks retrench 20,000 workers since Sanusi came in with his reforms?
is it the sort of behavior that gives positions to unqualified ppl just because the man is a fulani man or has the right religious connection?

Pls educate me further because the type of nepotism that got Sanusi his job is exactly why Nigerian First class graduates cant get employed in places like NNPC
or u forgot the recent revelation that Rilwan lukman was filling NNPC posts with ppl from only kano and katsina state?

Pls if u dont have a better arguement dont even start. . . . .
The idea of getting the best man for the job,seems to me that it shouldnt be controversial
I dont know why we are having this arguement. . .
Next time u want to go get a job in StanBic IBTC bank,GTB or Citibank tell them u have an islamic degree from sudan
and see how far u will go

vizion:

there is a common saying that "person no fit do more than wetin him sabi"

the filling of important positions in Nigeria has led to a situation where "symptoms" are treated while the "ailment" is getting for servere.

take as an example the recent directive that all sim cards should be registered in othert o prevent crimes

i mean - what business does a college dropout have with building the largest software maker in the world?

We hired a PM recently not based on what we saw on her resume but based on her can-do attitude and the drive to search for solutions for challenges and problems we had or thought we might have.  In order words, she had a vision and she knew how/what/where to go about materializing that vision.  Whether she was black, green, Asian, or Alien was of no relevance.

UpBendel:

My God!!

paddy_lo:

Well in Nigeria the reverse is usually the case. . ppl are hired and promoted based on where they come from and who they know
I dont know why u keep arguing this point,this dude is a product of Nigerias quota/Federal character system

I dont have a problem with it,i just want that sensitive positions like CBN/Finance ministry not be manned by quota candidates
In a global world where u can tap Worldwide knowledge by Nigerians
i would prefer if those posts go to ppl that have more depth and knowledge of how global systems of economics and international finance works

vizion:

what's that suppose to mean??

vizion:


Tell me brother -would Bill Gates hire another college drop out to be the head of microsoft??

Pre-Microsoft & life history

Steve Ballmer was born on March 24, 1956, to a Swiss-American father and a Jewish-American mother whose family came from the Eastern European city of Pinsk (today in Belarus). He grew up in Farmington Hills, Michigan. In 1973, he graduated from Detroit Country Day School, a private college preparatory school in Beverly Hills, Michigan, and now sits on its board of directors. In 1977, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University [5] with a B.A. in mathematics and economics. While in college, Ballmer managed the football team, worked on The Harvard Crimson newspaper as well as the Harvard Advocate, and lived down the hall from fellow sophomore Bill Gates. He then worked for two years as an assistant product manager at Procter & Gamble, where he shared an office with Jeffrey R. Immelt, who would later become CEO of General Electric.[6] In 1980, he dropped out from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business to join Microsoft.[7]

UpBendel:

You don't understand the logic behind registering SIM cards??

paddy_lo:

In Nigeria much of that rise is usually due to nepotism and useless connections. . .
U really think in a competitive bank he could have risen without d need to get a masters degree?

Hell even first class students find it hard to get gainful employment in Nigeria sometime,
so spare me trhat talk of rise to become crap

vizion:


 Sorry i missed the logic of can u explain it latter to me

davidif:

upbendel,
What a terrible, TERRRIBLE COMPARISON. You are comparing apples with oranges. Anyone can be an entrepreneur without any education but not everybody can be central bank governor. Its like putting me in charge of brain surgery.

Now back to the issue at hand. In politics they say good intentions are not enough but its your actions that matter. Maybe Sanusi had good intentions but he didn't execute properly. Yes he went after the Cecilla's and co. (that's not his job, its that of the SEC and the EFCC), its not the job of the central bank chairman to be chasing down creditors, each bank negotiates the loan terms with there creditors and if they default, well, that's why they have collateral. Sanusi should not be publishing people's names in the paper and chasing them up and down like a tax collector HIS JOB IS MONETARY  POLICY. that's why me and padddy lo are even questioning his competence because he doesn't seem to know what to do. Another reason why we are asking for papers he has published is that through his papers we can actually know what his positions on economic theory is and his ideas on how to solve economic problems that the country is facing. Look at Bernanke, some of his papers and research he did on the great depression when he was in academia has helped him in coming up with innovative solutions from preventing this recession from going to a depression. Meanwhile, we are still questioning our CBN governors credentials. It should not be so, in times of crisis and adversity you need you best team on the job and not 3rd team or the guys picked just to "complete the squad".

Now speaking of his leadership skills, the man was too rash in his decision making. He seemed to be too eager to please the Nigerian public that's why he overreacted when he first came to office, i don't even think he actually thought it [his plans] through or maybe he didn't even know how to go about enacting his reforms. He should make cold calculated decisions only after doing DUE DILLIGENCE and he should have the conviction to stand by his decision and NOT CRY IN PUBLIC,crying does not inspire much confidence. When Hank Paulson and co. were being 'destroyed' in congress, did they go around crying oooh its a southern agenda , they stuck by there guns that what they did was right for the country [U.S].

King studied at Wolverhampton Grammar School, King's College, Cambridge (gaining a first class degree in economics in 1969) and St John's College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, he was Treasurer of the Cambridge University Liberal Club in 1968.[1]  He also studied at Harvard as a Kennedy Scholar.

He then taught at the University of Cambridge and the University of Birmingham. He has also been Visiting Professor at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he shared an office with then Assistant Professor Ben Bernanke. From October 1984 he was Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics.

King joined the Bank in March 1991 as Chief Economist and Executive Director, having been a non-executive director from 1990 to 1991. He was appointed Deputy Governor in 1997, taking up his post on 1 June 1998. In the same year King became a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.

Edward Alan John George, Baron George, GBE, PC, DL (16 September 1938 – 18 April 2009[1]), known as Eddie George, or "Steady Eddie", was Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 2003.[1]
[edit] Personal life

George was born and grew up in Carshalton, the son of Post Office clerk Alan and wife Olive. He attended the independent school Dulwich College on a scholarship. He carried out his National Service at the Joint Services School for Linguists, where he learnt to speak Russian.

Having graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he joined the Bank of England in 1962. Apart from secondments to Moscow State University, the Bank for International Settlements and the International Monetary Fund, he remained there throughout his career.

He married Vanessa Williams in Surrey in 1962. They had been sweethearts since the age of 14.

On 18 April 2009, George, a heavy smoker, died of lung cancer.[2] He is survived by his wife, their son and two daughters.[1]

Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron KingsdownOneRiot



Robert "Robin" Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown, KG, PC (born 5 January 1927) is a crossbencher on the House of Lords, and was formerly a lawyer and banker.
[edit] Biography

Leigh-Pemberton was educated at St Peter's Court, then at Eton College.[1] He attended Trinity College, Oxford,[1] where he earned an MA in 1950. In 1954, he was called to the Bar, and he practised law for a few years. He eventually became Chairman of the National Westminster Bank, then Governor of the Bank of England from 1983 until 1993.[2] He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1987, and created a life peer in 1993, as Baron Kingsdown, of Pemberton in the County of Lancashire. He became a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1994, and was also the Lord Lieutenant of Kent. Between 1979 and 1992, he served as Honorary Colonel of the Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry and between 1977 and 1984 he served as Pro Chancellor of the University of Kent.[1] He also served on the board of directors of the Bank of International Settlements

Leslie Kenneth O'Brien, Baron O'Brien of Lothbury GBE, PC (8 February 1908 – 24 November 1995) was Governor of the Bank of England.

After attending Wandsworth School in London, he joined the Bank of England in 1927 and rose through the ranks, becoming Chief Cashier in 1955, Deputy Governor in 1966, before serving as Governor from 1966 until 1973.

As Governor, O'Brien presided over the devaluation of the pound in 1967.

He became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1967[1] and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1970.[2] Following his retirement as Governor in 1973 he was created a life peer as Baron O'Brien of Lothbury, of the City of London.[3]

He married firstly Isabelle Pickett (1908–1987) in 1932, and secondly Marjorie Taylor (born 1923). He died in Tandridge, Surrey, in 1995.

oyb:


Pre-Microsoft & life history

Steve Ballmer was born on March 24, 1956, to a Swiss-American father and a Jewish-American mother whose family came from the Eastern European city of Pinsk (today in Belarus). He grew up in Farmington Hills, Michigan. In 1973, he graduated from Detroit Country Day School, a private college preparatory school in Beverly Hills, Michigan, and now sits on its board of directors. In 1977, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University [5] with a B.A. in mathematics and economics. While in college, Ballmer managed the football team, worked on The Harvard Crimson newspaper [/b]as well as the [b]Harvard Advocate, and lived down the hall from fellow sophomore Bill Gates. He then worked for two years as an assistant product manager at Procter & Gamble, where he shared an office with Jeffrey R. Immelt, who would later become CEO of General Electric.[6] In 1980, he dropped out from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business to join Microsoft.[7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer  

gates long time rival , larry ellison , referred to ballmer as a late bloomer  

UpBendel:

But you seem to understand the logic behind installing 'highly qualified' people to high posts!!

vizion:

yes i do understand that you should have highly qualified people to high post

and for the registration of sim cards, there is not logic behind that, it is just crap