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Calls for the restructuring of Nigeria governing and political system has become louder in recent times. The calls range from the creation of state police, resource control by states, devolution of power from the center etc. and most state governors align in one way or the other to these calls either because of genuine consign or just so as to be popular with their electorates. What I find hypocritical is that this same governors refuse to implement democratic structures that is supposed to be guaranteed in a federation like ours e.g. the independence and autonomy of local government, the state judiciary and legislature even though not acting in accordance should be against the constitution. Although there are efforts made to implement these systems like the issuing executive order directing some level of financial autonomy to the local government and the recent strike by staff of the judiciary, the governors haven't fully taken appropriate actions. It is not uncommon to see a state governor sacking elected local government chairmen, and buying vehicles for judges and magistrate which should not be the case in a federal republic. "He Who Comes Into Equity Must Come With Clean Hands" so I think the state governors lack to moral high ground to condemn the Federal Government on the issue of restructuring when they themselves are lacking in that aspect and instead should focus their attention into implementing democratic ideals in their respective states. |
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Abeg, it is not every time we should be doing long throat for all this foreign aid. We should have small respect for ourselves. |
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I sense that sooner or later they will start grouping the result of the assessment based on geopolitical zones. So there will be the best state in each zone. This is in order not to make some people feel bad that their region is not doing well (just as they do with quota system) and they might not release the actual score. At least it will reduce the efforts some state will make in order to manipulate the result to favour them. After all, we are in Nigeria. |
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Ordinarybob: The west do the same though IMF and World bank |
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djsjxjfjdisjdjb: Just one tweet from Elon Musk will crash it by almost 10%. Isn't that market manipulation. 1 Like |
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This guy will just use some people's intellect to play ludo. When the CBN ban crypto transactions everyone was just shouting and criticising the government few weeks later china also banned it and bitcoin crashed making people to loose money. And recently, there are calls from different nations about regulating crpto. Sometimes no matter how much you hate the government, you just have to have faith in them regarding some issues because they are more informed in some aspect. 80 Likes 8 Shares |
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Salientsinmi: I think you should still be able to retake the test or continue from where you stop. The instructions mentioned something like that. |
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charlesu49: Please ask it here and he can also answer here. Let us all benefit from the knowledge. |
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Studyhub20: Where did you get this dates from? 1 Like |
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You see you kind of leaders we have in this country. This is just like applying band aid to injury and needs stitching. Treating the symptom instead of address the root cause of the problem. Nigerians have the come together and agree that our internal security architecture has failed woefully and needs to be reviewed. In my opinion, state police is the way to go. 1 Like |
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This RUGA approach is not sustainable most especially in the nations capital. Soon, with its fast growing development, there will be no land to spare for it. Anybody that wants to rear cattle should go and buy land or lease a land just like a farmer will do. That's the only solution to this crisis. |
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While our political representatives should at least be the best people among us, the opposite is usually the case. 4 Likes |
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What does he mean that there is nothing to show? What about the following programs that are regularly reported in the media NPower TraderMonie Market CCT And so on and so forth. Maybe what he means is that he as a senator have not personally benefited from any of the SIPs. Maybe he should go and ask his constituents I am sure there are some of them that benefitted. 2 Likes |
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Joshbass: Okay. |
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Okay, here is my theory, maybe the test invitation will be sent out in batches so as not to overwhelm the site as was the case during the first test. The only way to make that successful is if the test questions are changed for each batch for persons writing the test. I hope they have learnt their lessons. 2 Likes |
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heed101: No |
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Joshbass: I didn't get the invite. Though the only mode of communication between Testmi and I is through email and I haven't received any invite by mail or sms 1 Like |
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I have not been able to access the l Testmi test portal, it keeps telling me invalid email or password and I am sure of the details I provided. Is anyone experiencing same issue and what could be the cause. 2 Likes |
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I am also of this opinion. It is not right to blame all Fulani people for the action of a handful of them. And as Nigerians, they are free to reside in any part of the country as applicable to people from other tribes 17 Likes 3 Shares |
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wolebaba: Okay. I hear you. |
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freeman67: The article says they will "recoup" 900million in ten years. Meaning that they will get back their investment in the project plus profit which altogether becomes the 900 million. Let's even say they want to make a profit of 100% in that period, are you saying it will take 450 million to procure an e-tickting platform? Airlines use similar platform and I am sure they do not spend that much on theirs. I assume you also do not have access to the contract so we are both basing our judgement on the news article. PS. The last paragraph in my initial comment was for those who "curruptly benefits" from the project. So if I am wrong in my assumption and everything was done in good faith, I do not see why anybody should worry. |
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C'mon, 900million for something that could be done with far less. If they even say that it would take 90 million at least it is still understandable given the Nigeria context. I don't think there is any justification for spending such huge amount freeman67: |
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900 millions for e-ticket platform ![]() This is my prayer, any government official either civil servant or politician that is benefiting corruptly through this process and similar ones like this. May the money choke him/her and not enter his/her stomach, s/he will never enjoy it. 10 Likes |
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Henryfly: Yes. I think it was because people started sharing whatsapp group link and their phone numbers which I think is against the rules |
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Talks of the total deregulation of the petroleum sector has been in the public space for some time now. When price of petrol was increased from 143 to 153, I remember telling my mum about the increase and also told her that there is the possibility of further increase in the future. This is because my understanding of what happened then was that the petrol price has been deregulated and the era of subsidy is over. This was even before NLC started their negotiation with the government. My conclusion was further reinforced when I saw the agreement between the government and NLC. The agreement basically accepted the deregulation but so as not to be seen leaving the negotiation table empty handed, NLC gave some demand to the government team which was accepted. Some of these demands include the revamping of the Portharcort refinery so that it would be at a production capacity of 50% by the end of 2021 and also put policies in place for the adoption of gas as fuel for cars and distribute a certain amount of conversion kits. I would have posted the agreement here but I could not find it online. So when the price of petrol was further increase from 153 to the present retail price, I was surprised by the uproar it gathered in the public space. The increase was to be expected given that the price of the raw material which is crude oil has also increased internationally. From the reactions of NLC and most especially the media, it is like they don't understand the terms of the agreement they reached with the government team (or maybe I am the one that do not understand). The retail price of petrol is determined predominantly by two factors, the price of the raw material (crude oil) and foreign exchange. As of present, the government have allowed the price of the finished product (petrol) be datamined by the price in the international market which is directly proportional to the price of the raw material. But from what I read somewhere in the media, the foreign exchange used in procuring the petrol is still regulated. That is the naira-dollar exchange rate used in procuring the petrol is lower than the market price thereby putting pressure on our foreign exchange reserve. So if the government should hands off controlling the two major determinant of the price, the retail price of petrol would even be higher than it currently is. Is the government justified in removing the subsidy given the present economic situation? Answer to this question would depend on who you ask. If you should ask a politician or politically inclined person, the answer would either be Yes (because they are in support of the government in power) or No (because they do not support the present administration). Personally, I would like to ask the economist in order to get an objective and data driven answer. Since as far back as 2014 or thereabout, the finance minister came out to say payment of petrol subsidy is not sustainable and is riddled with corrupt practices and tried although unsuccessfully to remove the subsidy at that time (at the time the country was performing better in terms of revenue compared to present) and the present government have tried to remove it in one form or the other. Even external bodies like the world bank, IMF etc. supports the removal of the subsidy. The removal of petrol subsidy is very unpopular among the general public given the trickle down effect it has on the economy like the increased price of transportation, food, etc. (Even general inflation in linked to this) but it is a sacrifice we have to make given the present situation we found ourselves. The 2021 budget which does not include subsidy payment is about 12trn naira with a deficit of about 2trn (this figures may not be correct as I can't remember the exact figures but it is something like that). This 2trn naira is money that have to be borrowed to finance the budget and assuming an ambitious revenue performance of about 70%, there is still a lot of projects left unfunded. Now, if petrol subsidy is included ( about 500bn to 1trn naira) where will be money to finance it come from? Except we want to start borrowing to finance petrol subsidy, then I don't know how else the subsidy is possible. Personally, I would rather have my borrowed money go into financing capital expenditure and investments rather than a recurrent one like petrol subsidy. What is the way forward? There are two ways this could go with regards to government negotiation with NLC. Either NLC agrees with the continuous deregulation of the petroleum sector (this would lead to periodic variation in the price of petrol in accordance with the price of crude oil) and hold the government by the neck to see that their demands in the previous negotiation are implemented or go on strike and request for some kind of subsidy on petrol (personally, I do not support this). Assuming NLC decides to go for the second option, my advice to the government is that if subsidy is to be reintroduced, it should be in the form of a percentage to the retail price (lets say 5% - 10%) example if you should buy petrol of 1000 naira, you pay 900 naira and the government pays 100 naira (10%) as subsidy. This way, the government would not have to absorb the full impact of the variation in the price of petrol. I would also advice the government not to use the foreign exchange reserve as a form of petrol price regulation as it is best used in financing other capital investments. cc lalasticlala cc Mynd44 |
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I like this piece. I also like the wrong style. Articles from this source should frequent the front page more often |
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What can be done? My test has not been able to submit for some time now.
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laff2016: Yes, you have to change your default password or you may not be able to log in on the day of the exam. Please go through the FAQ link that someone posted earlier it contains very important information. 1 Like 1 Share |
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steven100: Please don't misinform anyone. The email didn't mention anything like that. Better safe than sorry. |
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I would like to advise others taking the test that they should make sure applications like Skype and zoom are not running either foreground or in the background. I had to uninstall the Skype application on my laptop because it automatically runs in the background upon booting. These applications might hinder the test app from accessing the Webcam. Also go through the FAQ that was stated in their original email. 4 Likes 1 Share |
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Are we to use chrome/firefox browser for the test as instructed in the earlier part of the reminder email for the test or we will have to use safe exam browser that we are instructed to download. |
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