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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: The Nigerian Unemployment Scene. An Analysis by godspeed2: 6:16pm On Aug 24, 2011
I'm glad some of you like it. Seriously tho, it is people that add value not money. Money is just a controller. It's high time we stop throwing money at any problem we face in this country instead of getting the right people for the job to handle it and giving them the support they need.

No power they throw in 16 billion dollars yet there's no power, No/bad roads they throw in millions of dollars yet the roads are still bad.

God will help us.
Career / Re: Life As A Nigerian Graduate Can Be So Frustrating by godspeed2: 9:11am On Aug 13, 2011
Well I'll have to assume you probably got a very good job within the past 24hrs, cos I kept checking the mail box roughly every 3hrs and didn't even get a hello. Any way all the best.
Jobs/Vacancies / The Nigerian Unemployment Scene. An Analysis by godspeed2: 1:39pm On Aug 12, 2011
The truth is Nigeria is not a merit Oriented society, the people that earn the most are not necessary the ones that deserve the most;

Who earns the most?

Politicians/Legislators: From this thisday article http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/what-nigerians-pay-fg/94277/ you will find that on the average
The about 1000 people we have in the Senate, house of rep etc earn about 390mill naira a year. They are the highest paid politicians in the world. This is about 3.5mill dollars a year, 7 times what President Barack Obama of the USA, who has highly depreciated and aged from his hard work earns. From that article also you will see that these politicians are not earning their wages, making about only 11 legislation a year. Even if they make a thousand legislation a year, they still have not earned 10% of that amount. It is only in Nigeria that a politician earns more than an experienced Doctor who caters for human life and well groomed engineers that shape our economy, ONLY IN NIGERIA.

Friends of Politicians: Google this; Theophilus Danjuma. He recently donated 100mill dollars to his Charity foundation. How did he make his money? He was given and oil block of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a GIFT, that's right a gift, by the late Sanni Abacha. He sold this gift for mouth watering 500mill dollars to one of the oil companies. Now tell me what did he do to earn this money?? This is just one person I'm sure there are 100s of them.

Other friends of politicians also get contracts at exaggerated prices.

The ones who work to get legit contracts often have to bribe politicians, a friend of mine in Abuja got a 14mill naira contract but had to pay off a politician 7mill naira for helping him get the job. You tell me what will he have left to pay his staff. This is further compounded because most jobs are directly or indirectly government jobs because, let's face it, they control the oil money.

I can contimue to sight several examples of how "Money dey miss road" in this country, but often times if I start talking about Nigeria I can go on for days , but it has changed nothing.

Rather let me shed a little light on why Nigeria will make absolutely no progress if things continue like this;

An economy only makes progress when value is added to it. Many people have the wrong notion that money adds value, no on the bigger picture is money is even more important because it controls/facilitates the adding of value. I'll explain.

Take Mr. A and Mr. B in the Lagos economy as an example. A is a Mechanic and B is a manager in a road construction company. B is heading to work on a Monday morning to approve the repair of a damaged road. On his way to work his car breaks down. He calls A to repair it in exchange for money. A repairs the car in no time adding value to B's life and hence the economy. B drives on and approves the repair of the road and the road is repaired that same day. B adds value to the economy and his company gets paid money by the Government. The Government makes money by collecting tax. In the evening when A, the mechanic, is heading back home he makes it home 2hrs earlier that day because of the road that was repaired by B and he has more time for his wife and kids and the family is happier, this adds further value to the economy.

We can see here how the work of each man that gets paid adds a factor of value to the economy. B gets paid for road construction work, which directly adds value to the economy. And A gets paid with the construction work money, for fixing A's car, they both add value to the economy because they need each other. Mr A further pays his tax to the government with that same money given to him by B, and it's that same money that the government uses to pay people like B. So the money just goes round and round but in the process value is added to the economy for the benefit of all. People add the value with money as the facilitator/controller/motivator. This should always be the case, money keeps going round and the economy keeps improving and moving forward.

Moral: Money should NEVER exchange hands without value added to the economy one way or the other.

If money exchanges hands without commensurate amount of value added to the economy, there will be a deficit in the economy and someone has to pay for it. Who pays for it? You and I.

Take for example the 500mill dollar given to Mr. Theophillus Danjuma, he added no value at all to the economy and did not deserve that money. The economy therefore operates in a 500mill dollars deficit and people are paying for it. With that money, bridges could have been constructed, schools built, research centers created, hospitals built. All of these create jobs and add value to the economy. But the economy operates in a deficit, jobs are not added and value was not created and everybody loses except the likes of Theophilus Danjuma who some times send a large chunk of this money abroad "Frolicking and junketing" as someone said.

And there are hundreds of people who get money like this every day, both for the highly over paid politicians who don't add a commensurate value to the economy, to those who get gifts of our national treasures worth billions of dollars, to those who get contracts yet know nothing about the contract and only end up selling it to those who should have got it in the first place leaving them with something miserly to pay their staff.


Some people may argue that Danjuma used the money to set up companies, but the principle is that money should NEVER change hands without value added to the economy, but it did, and a very very huge amount of money for that matter.

And this my brothers and sisters is how less than 5% of the people in the Nigerian economy squanders about 90% of the funds that should be in circulation for the benefit of all. The money does not flow down through it's natural process but is truncated through corrupt practices. 98% of the problems Nigerians face can be traced back to issues like this, money getting into the wrong hands. You hear people dieing of malaria, I mean COME ON.

I'll stop here for now. Questions??

God speed to all.
Career / Re: Why Are Professionals So Underpaid In Nigeria? by godspeed2: 6:52am On Aug 12, 2011
The truth is Nigeria is not a merit Oriented society, the people that earn the most are not necessary the ones that deserve the most;

Who earns the most?

Politicians/Legislators: From this thisday article http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/what-nigerians-pay-fg/94277/ you will find that on the average
The about 1000 people we have in the Senate, house of rep etc earn about 390mill naira a year. They are the highest paid politicians in the world. This is about 3.5mill dollars a year, 7 times what President Barack Obama of the USA, who has highly depreciated and aged from his hard work earns. From that article also you will see that these politicians are not earning their wages, making about only 11 legislation a year. Even if they make a thousand legislation a year, they still have not earned 10% of that amount. It is only in Nigeria that a politician earns more than an experienced Doctor who caters for human life and well groomed engineers that shape our economy, ONLY IN NIGERIA.

Friends of Politicians: Google this; Theophilus Danjuma. He recently donated 100mill dollars to his Charity foundation. How did he make his money? He was given and oil block of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a GIFT, that's right a gift, by the late Sanni Abacha. He sold this gift for mouth watering 500mill dollars to one of the oil companies. Now tell me what did he do to earn this money?? This is just one person I'm sure there are 100s of them.

Other friends of politicians also get contracts at exaggerated prices.

The ones who work to get legit contracts often have to bribe politicians, a friend of mine in Abuja got a 14mill naira contract but had to pay off a politician 7mill naira for helping him get the job. You tell me what will he have left to pay his staff. This is further compounded because most jobs are directly or indirectly government jobs because, let's face it, they control the oil money.

I can contimue to sight several examples of how "Money dey miss road" in this country, but often times if I start talking about Nigeria I can go on for days , but it has changed nothing.

Rather let me shed a little light on why Nigeria will make absolutely no progress if things continue like this;

An economy only makes progress when value is added to it. Many people have the wrong notion that money adds value, no on the bigger picture is money is even more important because it controls/facilitates the adding of value. I'll explain.

Take Mr. A and Mr. B in the Lagos economy as an example. A is a Mechanic and B is a manager in a road construction company. B is heading to work on a Monday morning to approve the repair of a damaged road. On his way to work his car breaks down. He calls A to repair it in exchange for money. A repairs the car in no time adding value to B's life and hence the economy. B drives on and approves the repair of the road and the road is repaired that same day. A adds value to the economy and his company gets paid money. In the evening when A is heading back home he makes it home 2hrs earlier because of the road that was repaired by B and he has more time for his wife and kids and the family is happier , this adds further value to the economy.

We can see here how the work of each man that gets paid adds a factor of value to the economy. B gets paid for road construction work, which directly adds value to the economy. And A gets paid with the construction work money, for fixing A's car, they both add value to the economy because they need each other. Mr B further pays his tax to the government with that same money given to him by B, and it's that same money that the government uses to pay people like B. So the money just goes round and round but in the process value is added to the economy. People add the value with money as the facilitator/controller/motivator

Moral: Money should NEVER exchange hands with out value added to the economy one way or the other.

If money exchanges hands without commensurate amount of value added to the economy, there will be a deficit in the economy and someone has to pay for it. Who pays for it? You and I.

Take for example the 500mill dollar given to Mr. Theophillus Danjuma, he added no value at all to the economy and did not deserve that money. The economy therefore operates in a 500mill dollars deficit and people are paying for it. With that money, bridges could have been constructed, schools built, research centers created, hospitals built. All of these create jobs and add value to the economy. But the economy operates in a deficit, jobs are not added and value was not created and everybody loses except the likes of Theophilus Danjuma who some times send a large chunk of this money abroad "Frolicking and junketing" as someone said.

And there are hundreds of people who get money like this every day, both for the highly over paid politicians who don't add a commensurate value to the economy, to those who get gifts of our national treasures worth billions of dollars, to those who get contracts yet know nothing about the contract and only end up selling it to those who should have got it in the first place.

Some people may argue that Danjuma used the money to set up companies, but the principle is that money should NEVER change hands without value added to the economy, but it did, and a very very huge amount of money for that matter.

I'll stop here for now.
Career / Re: Why Are Professionals So Underpaid In Nigeria? by godspeed2: 6:18am On Aug 12, 2011
The truth is Nigeria is not a merit Oriented society, the people that earn the most are not necessary the ones that deserve the most;

Who earns the most?

Politicians/Legislators: From this thisday article http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/what-nigerians-pay-fg/94277/ you will find that on the average
The about 1000 people we have in the Senate, house of rep etc earn about 390mill naira a year. They are the highest paid politicians in the world. This is about 3.5mill dollars a year, 7 times what President Barack Obama of the USA, who has highly depreciated and aged from his hard work earns. From that article also you will see that these politicians are not earning their wages, making about only 11 legislation a year. Even if they make a thousand legislation a year, they still have not earned 10% of that amount. It is only in Nigeria that a politician earns more than an experienced Doctor who caters for human life and well groomed engineers that shape our economy, ONLY IN NIGERIA.

Friends of Politicians: Google this; Theophilus Danjuma. He recently donated 100mill dollars to his Charity foundation. How did he make his money? He was given and oil block of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a GIFT, that's right a gift, by the late Sanni Abacha. He sold this gift for mouth watering 500mill dollars to one of the oil companies. Now tell me what did he do to earn this money?? This is just one person I'm sure there are 100s of them.

Other friends of politicians also get contracts at exaggerated prices.

The ones who work to get legit contracts often have to bribe politicians, a friend of mine in Abuja got a 14mill naira contract but had to pay off a politician 7mill naira for helping him get the job. You tell me what will he have left to pay his staff. This is further compounded because most jobs are directly or indirectly government jobs because, let's face it, they control the oil money.

I can contimue to sight several examples of how "Money dey miss road" in this country, but often times if I start talking about Nigeria I can go on for days , but it has changed nothing.

Rather let me shed a little light on why Nigeria will make absolutely no progress if things continue like this;

An economy only makes progress when value is added to it. Many people have the wrong notion that money adds value, no on the bigger picture is money is even more important because it controls/facilitates the adding of value. I'll explain.

Take Mr. A and Mr. B in the Lagos economy as an example. A is a Mechanic and B is a manager in a road construction company. B is heading to work on a monday morning to approve the repair of a damaged road. O
Career / Re: Life As A Nigerian Graduate Can Be So Frustrating by godspeed2: 5:33am On Aug 12, 2011
Hello Geeky,

Kindly get in touch let's talk business and see how things work out.


micro360 at gmail.com ( replace the at with the email sign)

I don't really use this email address but will keep checking it for the next 24hrs for your email.

God bless.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 12:19pm On Aug 04, 2011
The one that got away!!!
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 6:39pm On Jun 12, 2011
Amen OO!! my brother.

I'm not trying to imply anything, I'm just informing, but I know for a fact that a guy who applied for the same position as I did has been interviewed early this month. Although I scored well over 10% than he did in the test.

My trust has always been in God and remains in Him.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 1:16pm On Jun 09, 2011
We shall over come!!
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 4:50pm On Jun 01, 2011
Ol' boy na wa OO!!
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 5:15pm On May 27, 2011
**Making Siren Sounds!!!!** Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuys please wake up. Heard on another forum that some one got an interview call for the 1st of June.

Keeping the hope alive!!
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 10:12am On May 17, 2011
Has anyone heard anything yet??
Jobs/Vacancies / Promasidor Second Stage (it Position) by godspeed2: 12:42am On May 14, 2011
Got the email for this test a few days ago, there are the makers of Cowbell and Loya milk, any ideas on what to expect??
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 11:35am On May 03, 2011
@blueiyke when you say "but these people at Elephant Cement House are simply intent on scuttling it" did you get any recent information from them??
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 2:53pm On Apr 30, 2011
@neka we all in the same boat, lots of us are still waiting to hear from them. We pray for the best.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 12:17pm On Apr 29, 2011
So what are we concluding now guys?? How can they call us for tests and after we have done well not get invited for interview??

Any suggestions??
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Arik Air Calling For Interview by godspeed2: 9:53am On Apr 28, 2011
It went well, haven't heard from them tho!!
I wasn't really interested after I discovered they don't treat their staff well.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 9:52am On Apr 28, 2011
@Purge thanks bruv!!
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 4:32pm On Apr 27, 2011
@yemibaloo what position did you apply for?? Perhabs they have not started with you guys.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 1:01pm On Apr 27, 2011
@Purge, any tips on interview questions?? I was asked to forward my CV OO!! *now looking for where I saved that CV from the millions on my PC*
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 12:57pm On Apr 27, 2011
Ok guys, I have a good feeling that they'll be calling any moment from now!! , but it's just a feeling, maybe it has something to do with the elections being over.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 2:26pm On Apr 26, 2011
@Purge Thanks again for further info, Pls I'm curious to know the source of this information, do you work there or some one who works there told you??

@all I also wonder why just 2 people made it to the lab tech. interview. An even more important questions is; how were they selected??
Was it by test scores or experience??

Also since there interview was two weeks ago, why so much time btw interviews.

That's the thing with too much time between tests and interview , it allows for too many unanswered questions.

God will help us!!
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 11:08am On Apr 26, 2011
@Purge Meeeeeehn thanks for the update OO!!Could you please let us know the source of your info.

@all Where lab technicians part of the March 12th test or earlier or even later , such info I believe will help us know how much of a long thing we have been put on or not.

Stay Blessed!!

@Purge from previous posts on this thread I understand that we are given 2 weeks to make a decision after we have been given an appointment letter, I don't think they'll force us then to resume within 24hrs. Or do you mean we could be given 24hrs to report for the interview??
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 12:35pm On Apr 23, 2011
Meeehhhnnnn say man no dey talk no mean say e no dey pain am OO!! I'm in the same boat as you are, it's fast approaching two months yet no word from them. If they were waiting for elections, that one too done pass.

Yet in all things we give thanks to God. I've moved on to other things, their calling me is for their own good.

Any info from the house will be appreciated.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 9:36pm On Apr 11, 2011
Mehhhhhn I'm even getting worried now, tomorrow makes it a month since the test, have they left us to roast or is it the elections??
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Arik Air Calling For Interview by godspeed2: 1:29pm On Apr 10, 2011
Any ideas here??
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 7:46pm On Apr 08, 2011
Nothing from this side, fingers still crossed.
Jobs/Vacancies / Arik Air Calling For Interview by godspeed2: 11:41pm On Apr 07, 2011
Hello House!!

I got a call yesterday to come for an interview with Arik air next week.

Any ideas on what to expect for the interview and what their take home pay and general staff welfare is like??

thanks
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 9:44am On Apr 06, 2011
@oldskul some of us wrote the test on the 12th of March and have since got the same text and have been waiting since then. I guess we are in the same boat now.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 9:41am On Apr 06, 2011
I hear that some guys who wrote their tests on March 18th just got their results via text yesterday. Congratulations, despite the delay at least you have got yours now.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 10:34am On Apr 05, 2011
Guys has any one heard anything?? It was said earlier that the accounting batch has done their interview, has no other group been called??
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Lafarge Wapco/dragnet Aptitude Test by godspeed2: 10:01am On Apr 02, 2011
@Passworded It was a regular number and the email was like abc@ng.lafarge.com

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