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Ivory Coast
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This will actually be the be Group of Death

Two (2) vacancies to be filled urgently exist for Economic/Financial Market Researchers.
B.Sc. Economics or Econs & Statistics. The job entails data gathering, analysis and interpretation. Good Communication (both written and spoken) is essential.
Send your detailed CV and GSM number to: togunloye@yahoo.com

An Association in the Financial Services Sector wishes to engage the services of suitably qualified candidate for the position of a Research & Market Development Officer.

Job Responsibilities:
• Sourcing of economic data.
• Generation of periodic market reports.
• Administration of economic database.
• Support services to sub-committees

Requirements
• B.Sc (Economics or Econs & Statistics)
• A second degree confers an advantage.
• Must be numerate and computer literate. Minimum of 2 years working experience in a research related environment.
Method of Application
Forward your CV to mmanhq@fmda.com.ng

An Association in the Financial Services Sector wishes to engage the services of suitably qualified candidate for the position of a Research & Market Development Officer.

Job Responsibilities:
• Sourcing of economic data.
• Generation of periodic market reports.
• Administration of economic database.
• Support services to sub-committees

Requirements
• B.Sc (Economics or Econs & Statistics)
• A second degree confers an advantage.
• Must be numerate and computer literate. Minimum of 2 years working experience in a research related environment.
Method of Application
Forward your CV to mmanhq@fmda.com.ng

I want to sell my less than 3 months old used curve 4 for #40,000. All accesories are intact. If interest contact me on temithorpe@yahoo.com

Who has Toyota Picnic in the house for sale? Please contact me on temithorpe@yahoo.com. Full details of the car with cost implication will be appreciated

Is this what we call Free, Fair and Credible Election? Watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVcIFa8Wdgw

Naija we hail thee.

Columnist: Pius Adesanmi

(In the compound of a sprawling mansion in Lagos. Riotous singing and drumming by aso ebi-clad supporters)



A ti nreti re, ka’abo se dada lo de

A ti nreti re, ka’abo se dada lo de



Winner o o o winner

Winner o o o winner

Lagos Boy you don win o winner

Patapata you go win forever

Winner



Odale se se se oju ti won o eh

O ma se oju t’elegan o

L’oju a mo koko bi kile o d’amo

O ma se oju t’elegan o



“Madam Roli, Madam Roli, can you tell our people outside to reduce the noise? I am trying to have a word with Bode on behalf of the elders’ caucus of the PDP. We need to debrief your husband.”



“Ok, Baba, I will tell them. I hope your people are fine in Otta sir”



“O kare iyawo wa. Well done, our dear wife. Ku afoju ba once again. Your husband is looking younger even after the enemies have done their worst.”



“Em, Baba, Roli is my wife o. Not our wife. I’m still alive abeg. I only went to jail. Anyway, Roli, se awon supporters won yen ti jeun? They’ve eaten? Good. Tell them to reduce the noise like Baba said. Tell them we are expecting twelve more trailers of cows tomorrow for distribution to each ward. The remaining five trailers of aso ebi should be reserved for the women’s delegation coming from Abuja.”



“Bode, once again, ka’abo. You are welcome. We thank God. Where are the traitors behind your travails today? Awon da loni? One languished in a hospital in Saudi Arabia before returning home to meet his maker. The rest of that rude and power drunk cabal is history. They did all this to you just to get at me. Awon afore su ni se buruku.”



“Baba, e ku ile once again. I am so happy to be back with you and I am moved to tears by all the support from our people. Our convoy could hardly move through the crowd of supporters. We even performed better than when Alamsco returned from London to the warm of embrace of his people in Akwa Ibom. God has really honoured us. But where are Gbenga and Ayo? They came to the church and should have followed us home in the convoy.”



(Baba laughs)



“Why? Am I missing something?”



“Ah, Bode, see what prison has done to you. God soda Yar’Adua’s mouth wherever he is. I thought they allowed you to read newspapers and watch TV in the presidential wing of kirikiri that we arranged for you?”



“I still don’t understand what I am missing here.”

“Well, all lizards lie prostrate. How to tell the one with a bellyache?”



“Meaning?”



“Haba, Bode, you no longer know the meaning of all lizards lie prostrate? A ni gbogbo alangba lo danu de le. Just because you saw Gbenga Daniel and Ayo Fayose in church does not mean that they are still with us.”



“O ti o. Those are our boys now”



“Ah, Bode, things happened while you were away! Iya je mi! You won’t believe that Gbenga became so power drunk and arrogant that he started pointing in the direction of Otta with his left hand!”



“Haba, Baba, Gbenga cannot do that to you. He cannot do that to us! Mo j’eri e. Gbenga is a river that came into being before our very eyes. How can its currents sweep one away?”



“That’s what my eyes saw o, Bode, but I still dey kampe sha.”



“So Gbenga is truly misbehaving? What happened? We were around when that boy was born. Oju wa na se bi. We even watched him grow up. Awa la wo d’agba. How can he turn against you, Baba?”



“That is life for you, Bode. Osoba won that election but we did our usual do and gave Gbenga egusi soup but he has now drenched his chest with palm oil. But Gbenga’s own is even small o. The arifin I have been receiving from Fayose is worse”



“Ehn, Ayo Fayose too?”



“Yes o, I don’t even know the mouth with which to tell that one’s story. That bastard saw me in Okuku and called me a father of bastards.”



“Eewo! Abomination! Fayose said that to you?”



“Look, Bode, today is not the day to talk about all these useless boys that we picked up from the gutter and made governors. We have work to do. We have so much lost territory to reconquer. We lost most of the southwest in your absence. And Fashola has been behaving here in Lagos like the rat that became a landlord in the absence of the cat.”



“This is all so depressing, Baba. How did we lose Ekiti, Ondo, and Osun? Where was Goodluck Jonathan?”



“Jonathan? Bode, please don’t mention tails in the presence of frogs. I have been trying hard to use patience in my dealings with that man.”



“And it’s not working? Didn’t they say that she controls the man?”



“Who is talking about his wife? I mean one needs patience to deal with Goodluck because of his perpetual sme sme. He has been misbehaving on the do-or-die front. He is not delivering at all. For instance, he was supposed to have announced a presidential pardon for you as part of a process of national healing before our convoy arrived here from church. That is what we instructed him to do. We also asked him to upgrade your national honour to GCON. Once your rehabilitation is complete, I am thinking of retiring and handling over the mantle of Founder of Modern Nigeria to you.”



“That is true o. I am surprised that he hasn’t announced my presidential pardon yet. Maybe he wants to announce it when I join him for breakfast in the Villa next week.”



“He has surrounded himself with too many drunken fishermen sailors who are talking nonsense and making him wobble and fumble through every assignment we give him. Just imagine what he did with our winning formula for the April elections.”



“What’s the formula, Baba?”



“As you know, we are going to win the election the usual way and we expect Buhari, Ribadu, and Utomi to go to court as usual after addressing press conferences with my friend, Jimmy Carter. We know what will happen when they get to the Supreme Court because the judgement to be read by Katisna-Alu and supported by Ogebe will be written by some of my boys in Otta. In fact, we already have anticipatory drafts and Katsina-Alu will be in Otta to practice judgement delivery next week. Our only problem is the Court of Appeal where Justice Ayo Salami has refused to play ball so far. We asked Goodluck to take care of that problem.”



“That’s a small problem now.”



“That’s what we thought. Jonathan outsourced the assignment to Katsina-Alu and they somehow bungled it. The whole thing exploded in our faces, causing untold embarrassment. Now, the man is still there as President of the Appeal Court and that could cause a lot of problems for us in April.”



“That’s true Baba. That is one problem we need to solve immediately. Why didn’t they just use the Esa Oke protocol? Didn’t anyone think of that?”



“Of course we thought of the Esa Oke protocol. One of my boys even mentioned it to me again recently during Oyinlola’s birthday thanksgiving in Okuku but after careful consideration we decided to just leave that option on the table for now.”



“That’s good, Baba but I hope that Anenih, Andy Uba, Ahmadu Ali, Babangida, and all our other people are aware that we may need to put that option to good use after April, ”



“Yes, our people are fully aware of that. Let’s talk serious business jare. Bode, tibi nko?



“Tibi?”



“Yes, Bode, what about tibi? Where is tibi?”



“Baba, I don’t understand the tibi that you are talking about o.”



“Bode, you just love to joke with serious matters. Abeg, talk better jare. The day is far spent. A o r’ojo mu so l’okun. I still need to get to Otta today.”



“Baba, I’m serious o. I don’t understand the tibi that you are talking about. Unbind me. E tu mi nle.”



“Bode, are you serious?”



“Baba, I’m not joking o.”



“Bode, you are starting to annoy me. Must I speak with the full complement of my mouth?”



“Baba, I honestly don’t understand what you are talking about.”



“I am talking about the eighty billion naira.”



“Eighty billion?”



“Bode, you are misbehaving o. Did the judge who sent you to prison ask you to refund kobo? Look at what happened to Tafa Balogun, Lucky Igbinedion, and Cecilia Ibru who all went through the injustice of having to refund a small part of their jibiti to the Nigerian state. You think your head is different from theirs? When did monkeys start boasting of a better destiny than gorillas?”



“Baba, ”



“Don’t baba me at all Bode. Did Balogun, Igbinedion, and Ibru offend God? No. But they were asked to refund various sums of money. Who do you think worked the miracle that allowed you to keep all of your own tibi and to return to it and all the interest accumulated after thirty months in prison?”



“Baba, ”



“I am still talking, Bode. Who do you think worked that miracle for you? Enoch Adeboye? David Oyedepo? Chris Oyakhilome? No, my friend. Some of us pulled a lot of strings during your trial. The judge didn’t wake up and allowed you to keep eighty billion naira just like that.”

“But Baba, ”



“No need to argue any further, Bode. Here is what you will do. You will do omoluwabi to me with five billion naira; you will do omoluwabi to the Jonathan/Sambo campaign with five billion naira; you will do omoluwabi to the PDP national secretariat with five billion naira; you will earmark another five billion naira for omoluwabi to other deserving stakeholders, elder statesmen, and chieftains of the PDP. That still leaves you sixty billion naira and interest accrued. Go and sin no more with that one.”



“Haba, Baba, you won’t even let me rest before, ”



“Bode, Bode, Bode, how many times have I called you? Farida Waziri has been a very good girl since Ribadu was booted out of the EFCC. She has been a very useful girl. If you now need outsiders to explain omoluwabi to you, I can get Jonathan to activate Waziri.”



“Baba, all I am trying to say is that the money is, ”



“O-r-d-e-r-l-y!!!!!!”



“Sah!!!!!!”



“Tell the driver to get ready. We are leaving for Otta right now.”

Columnist: Pius Adesanmi

(In the compound of a sprawling mansion in Lagos. Riotous singing and drumming by aso ebi-clad supporters)



A ti nreti re, ka’abo se dada lo de

A ti nreti re, ka’abo se dada lo de



Winner o o o winner

Winner o o o winner

Lagos Boy you don win o winner

Patapata you go win forever

Winner



Odale se se se oju ti won o eh

O ma se oju t’elegan o

L’oju a mo koko bi kile o d’amo

O ma se oju t’elegan o



“Madam Roli, Madam Roli, can you tell our people outside to reduce the noise? I am trying to have a word with Bode on behalf of the elders’ caucus of the PDP. We need to debrief your husband.”



“Ok, Baba, I will tell them. I hope your people are fine in Otta sir”



“O kare iyawo wa. Well done, our dear wife. Ku afoju ba once again. Your husband is looking younger even after the enemies have done their worst.”



“Em, Baba, Roli is my wife o. Not our wife. I’m still alive abeg. I only went to jail. Anyway, Roli, se awon supporters won yen ti jeun? They’ve eaten? Good. Tell them to reduce the noise like Baba said. Tell them we are expecting twelve more trailers of cows tomorrow for distribution to each ward. The remaining five trailers of aso ebi should be reserved for the women’s delegation coming from Abuja.”



“Bode, once again, ka’abo. You are welcome. We thank God. Where are the traitors behind your travails today? Awon da loni? One languished in a hospital in Saudi Arabia before returning home to meet his maker. The rest of that rude and power drunk cabal is history. They did all this to you just to get at me. Awon afore su ni se buruku.”



“Baba, e ku ile once again. I am so happy to be back with you and I am moved to tears by all the support from our people. Our convoy could hardly move through the crowd of supporters. We even performed better than when Alamsco returned from London to the warm of embrace of his people in Akwa Ibom. God has really honoured us. But where are Gbenga and Ayo? They came to the church and should have followed us home in the convoy.”



(Baba laughs)



“Why? Am I missing something?”



“Ah, Bode, see what prison has done to you. God soda Yar’Adua’s mouth wherever he is. I thought they allowed you to read newspapers and watch TV in the presidential wing of kirikiri that we arranged for you?”



“I still don’t understand what I am missing here.”

“Well, all lizards lie prostrate. How to tell the one with a bellyache?”



“Meaning?”



“Haba, Bode, you no longer know the meaning of all lizards lie prostrate? A ni gbogbo alangba lo danu de le. Just because you saw Gbenga Daniel and Ayo Fayose in church does not mean that they are still with us.”



“O ti o. Those are our boys now”



“Ah, Bode, things happened while you were away! Iya je mi! You won’t believe that Gbenga became so power drunk and arrogant that he started pointing in the direction of Otta with his left hand!”



“Haba, Baba, Gbenga cannot do that to you. He cannot do that to us! Mo j’eri e. Gbenga is a river that came into being before our very eyes. How can its currents sweep one away?”



“That’s what my eyes saw o, Bode, but I still dey kampe sha.”



“So Gbenga is truly misbehaving? What happened? We were around when that boy was born. Oju wa na se bi. We even watched him grow up. Awa la wo d’agba. How can he turn against you, Baba?”



“That is life for you, Bode. Osoba won that election but we did our usual do and gave Gbenga egusi soup but he has now drenched his chest with palm oil. But Gbenga’s own is even small o. The arifin I have been receiving from Fayose is worse”



“Ehn, Ayo Fayose too?”



“Yes o, I don’t even know the mouth with which to tell that one’s story. That bastard saw me in Okuku and called me a father of bastards.”



“Eewo! Abomination! Fayose said that to you?”



“Look, Bode, today is not the day to talk about all these useless boys that we picked up from the gutter and made governors. We have work to do. We have so much lost territory to reconquer. We lost most of the southwest in your absence. And Fashola has been behaving here in Lagos like the rat that became a landlord in the absence of the cat.”



“This is all so depressing, Baba. How did we lose Ekiti, Ondo, and Osun? Where was Goodluck Jonathan?”



“Jonathan? Bode, please don’t mention tails in the presence of frogs. I have been trying hard to use patience in my dealings with that man.”



“And it’s not working? Didn’t they say that she controls the man?”



“Who is talking about his wife? I mean one needs patience to deal with Goodluck because of his perpetual sme sme. He has been misbehaving on the do-or-die front. He is not delivering at all. For instance, he was supposed to have announced a presidential pardon for you as part of a process of national healing before our convoy arrived here from church. That is what we instructed him to do. We also asked him to upgrade your national honour to GCON. Once your rehabilitation is complete, I am thinking of retiring and handling over the mantle of Founder of Modern Nigeria to you.”



“That is true o. I am surprised that he hasn’t announced my presidential pardon yet. Maybe he wants to announce it when I join him for breakfast in the Villa next week.”



“He has surrounded himself with too many drunken fishermen sailors who are talking nonsense and making him wobble and fumble through every assignment we give him. Just imagine what he did with our winning formula for the April elections.”



“What’s the formula, Baba?”



“As you know, we are going to win the election the usual way and we expect Buhari, Ribadu, and Utomi to go to court as usual after addressing press conferences with my friend, Jimmy Carter. We know what will happen when they get to the Supreme Court because the judgement to be read by Katisna-Alu and supported by Ogebe will be written by some of my boys in Otta. In fact, we already have anticipatory drafts and Katsina-Alu will be in Otta to practice judgement delivery next week. Our only problem is the Court of Appeal where Justice Ayo Salami has refused to play ball so far. We asked Goodluck to take care of that problem.”



“That’s a small problem now.”



“That’s what we thought. Jonathan outsourced the assignment to Katsina-Alu and they somehow bungled it. The whole thing exploded in our faces, causing untold embarrassment. Now, the man is still there as President of the Appeal Court and that could cause a lot of problems for us in April.”



“That’s true Baba. That is one problem we need to solve immediately. Why didn’t they just use the Esa Oke protocol? Didn’t anyone think of that?”



“Of course we thought of the Esa Oke protocol. One of my boys even mentioned it to me again recently during Oyinlola’s birthday thanksgiving in Okuku but after careful consideration we decided to just leave that option on the table for now.”



“That’s good, Baba but I hope that Anenih, Andy Uba, Ahmadu Ali, Babangida, and all our other people are aware that we may need to put that option to good use after April, ”



“Yes, our people are fully aware of that. Let’s talk serious business jare. Bode, tibi nko?



“Tibi?”



“Yes, Bode, what about tibi? Where is tibi?”



“Baba, I don’t understand the tibi that you are talking about o.”



“Bode, you just love to joke with serious matters. Abeg, talk better jare. The day is far spent. A o r’ojo mu so l’okun. I still need to get to Otta today.”



“Baba, I’m serious o. I don’t understand the tibi that you are talking about. Unbind me. E tu mi nle.”



“Bode, are you serious?”



“Baba, I’m not joking o.”



“Bode, you are starting to annoy me. Must I speak with the full complement of my mouth?”



“Baba, I honestly don’t understand what you are talking about.”



“I am talking about the eighty billion naira.”



“Eighty billion?”



“Bode, you are misbehaving o. Did the judge who sent you to prison ask you to refund kobo? Look at what happened to Tafa Balogun, Lucky Igbinedion, and Cecilia Ibru who all went through the injustice of having to refund a small part of their jibiti to the Nigerian state. You think your head is different from theirs? When did monkeys start boasting of a better destiny than gorillas?”



“Baba, ”



“Don’t baba me at all Bode. Did Balogun, Igbinedion, and Ibru offend God? No. But they were asked to refund various sums of money. Who do you think worked the miracle that allowed you to keep all of your own tibi and to return to it and all the interest accumulated after thirty months in prison?”



“Baba, ”



“I am still talking, Bode. Who do you think worked that miracle for you? Enoch Adeboye? David Oyedepo? Chris Oyakhilome? No, my friend. Some of us pulled a lot of strings during your trial. The judge didn’t wake up and allowed you to keep eighty billion naira just like that.”

“But Baba, ”



“No need to argue any further, Bode. Here is what you will do. You will do omoluwabi to me with five billion naira; you will do omoluwabi to the Jonathan/Sambo campaign with five billion naira; you will do omoluwabi to the PDP national secretariat with five billion naira; you will earmark another five billion naira for omoluwabi to other deserving stakeholders, elder statesmen, and chieftains of the PDP. That still leaves you sixty billion naira and interest accrued. Go and sin no more with that one.”



“Haba, Baba, you won’t even let me rest before, ”



“Bode, Bode, Bode, how many times have I called you? Farida Waziri has been a very good girl since Ribadu was booted out of the EFCC. She has been a very useful girl. If you now need outsiders to explain omoluwabi to you, I can get Jonathan to activate Waziri.”



“Baba, all I am trying to say is that the money is, ”



“O-r-d-e-r-l-y!!!!!!”



“Sah!!!!!!”



“Tell the driver to get ready. We are leaving for Otta right now.”

Nigerian Strikers should go for training under this guy. He's just a phenomenon sentiments apart


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxBbmb-WtXI

What is this man Hayatu still doing as CAF President? He cannot even give CAF a befitting website. Check this site out http://www.cafonline.com/

N ora libibe i o. Emure Ekiti ni mo ti a . Kari omo emure libe

Who has an idea the minimum duration canada issues for visit visa 2 months, 3 months, 6 months?

I dey fear for HITV o with this news because apart from premiership HITV is shit

This is a great news. That HITV nonsence will stop now.

Source: http://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/100722/SuperSport_acquires_EPL_rights_for_Nigeria

Veteran Nigerian actress, dancer, and vocalist, Toun Oni is dead. The actress passed away Wednesday morning while being rushed to the hospital.

“She complained about not feeling too well last night and then this morning she felt very weak so we had to rush her to the St Paul’s Hospital, Ebute-Metta, but she passed away before we arrived there,” said her son, Toyin Oni. “We were rushing her to the hospital from our Ajah home.” The body of the late actress has been deposited at St Paul’s Hospital, while funeral arrangements are currently being finalised at the family house at 66a Brick Field Street, Ebute Metta, Lagos.

Fondly called Mama T, Toun Oni was one of Nigeria’s most successful cross-over actresses. She was also a recipient of the prestigious Order of Niger (OON), conferred in 2006. A staunch Jehovah Witness, she will be remembered for her many movie roles. Her most memorably roles were undoubtedly on television, with parts in one of Nigeria’s longest running soap opera, ‘Checkmate,’ and the popular ‘Fuji House of Commotion,’ where she played Mama Moji.

Equally at home in movies and television, she tended to feature more in soap operas, and it is for these that she will be remembered by most fans. Amaka Igwe, who produced ‘Fuji House of Commotion,’ could not be reached for her reaction on the late actress’ death as at press time. Toun Oni’s career dated back to the 70s. She was aged 67.

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5591235-146/television_star_toun_oni_dies_.csp

German football fans should brace themselves for disappointment in Wednesday's World Cup semifinal against Spain, according to the latest prediction of an octopus with a knack for picking winners.

Source : http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/07/06/germany.octopus.semifinal/index.html?fbid=hH8hBs8SdW9

Can Our boys really tame this guy on saturday?

Watch this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv5VotXzOQA

Haba, what is naija turning into. A first class Oba fighting in a public. Definitely, he should be derobed immediately.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201006010582157

South Africa's all-time leading goalscorer Benni McCarthy has been left out of the Bafana Bafana squad for the World Cup finals.

This must be painful. Not to be part of the world Cup to be hosted in country.

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_6183356,00.html

Hey guys, which rivalry match(es) are you looking forward to watch in World Cup South Africa 2010 that you think is really going to be a cracker?

Mine will be Brazil vs Spain, Argentina vs England and South Africa vs Nigeria

Largerback's reaction to Kanu after yeaterday's match shows Kanu might not be included in his final 23-man list. From Largerback's handshake with Kanu, it shows the coach simply thanked Kanu for his contributions to the team so far and make him realised that his services might not be needed at the World Cup.

What do you guys think?

I still believe Argentina has the highest no of stars playing good football at the moment

I think Argentina has the highest number of stars coming to World Cup 2010 in South Africa in the likes of Messi, Tevez, Aguero, Milito, Higuan, Mascharano, Cambiasso, Zannetti etc. What do u guys think? Can they win the world Cup with all these stars?

Source: http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/Metro/Politics/5534319-146/intercontinental_bank_downsizes_again__.csp

Barely two months after it laid off about 1400 members of staff, Intercontinental Bank Plc, one of the rescued banks, has again laid off another 1200, bringing the total number of sacked staff to almost 3000 in three months.

The bank, according to a statement issued yesterday, said the downsizing of its Support Staff cadre by 1182 is part of its repositioning exercise.

“Intercontinental Bank has announced the down-sizing of the Support Staff cadre by 1182 as part of the repositioning exercise in the Bank. The disengagement exercise, which took place yesterday, marks the conclusion of the right-sizing exercise embarked upon by the Bank last December,” the bank statement said.

The bank also said the exercise was carried out after due consultation with the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE), and the local chapter of NUBIFIE, where the terms of disengagement were agreed upon.

The bank claims that the exercise was done based on clearly-defined criteria agreed by the Union and the bank, which will see the affected staff leaving with an enhanced severance package approved by the Board of Directors of the bank and in line with the collective agreement with NUBIFIE.
“Each of the affected staff will have access to three months free Medicare under the existing Health Insurance Scheme (HIS),” the statement said.

In December 2009, the bank eased out about 1339 members of its staff as part of its restructuring exercise.

Shareholders’ Interest

The bank last year launched a three-phased “Project Transformation” strategy aimed at stabilising, rebuilding and consolidating the bank for greater efficiency and profitability.

“The exercise, which is part of the strategic plans to reposition the bank to profitability level, affected Senior Manager to Executive Trainee Grades. This exercise was carried out with due consideration of a number of assessment criteria,” it said.
Hassan Adeleke, the National President of NUBIFE said the union is aware of the layoff. “It is true that we were notified. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) is aware, NUBIFIE is aware and even ASSBIFI is aware. We had a dialogue with them and we were able to win what I think is right at this point. By this, we can follow up the lay off process. That they informed bank unions means they have followed due process. If there is any fallout of our agreement, we would be able to take it up with them,” he said.

The bank also faulted a story that it has concluded plans with Standard Bank for the acquisition of stakes in Intercontinental Bank.

Intercontinental Bank’s Group Managing Director, Mahmoud Lai Alabi, said although the bank is in the process of discussion with all those who have indicated interest in the bank, including Standard Bank, “no detailed discussion or negotiations have even commenced, not to talk of allotment of shares.”

Salisu Suleiman

February 12, 2010 12:03AMT


In the history of political ascensions, not many have been as dramatic as that of Goodluck Jonathan. In ten spectacular years, the man has moved from an Assistant Director in an obscure government agency to the Presidency - the pursuit of which many have devoted their lives and extensive social and political capital backed by huge financial resources to achieve - without getting even marginally close to the gates of the Villa. Either by fate or design, Nigeria, invariably is shifting towards a Jonathan Presidency.

If President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is conscious wherever he may be, his refusal to hand over power according to the laws of the land as enshrined in the Constitution is a fundamental breach of his rule of law mantra, assuming that he ever understood what it meant. The other, more likely scenario is that the President is so debilitated by illness that he is hardly conscious of the events going on around him. That may explain why in over 80 days on admission, no video footage or even a photograph of the President has been released to the media. It is possible that any image of the President in his current stage would raise more questions than answers.

To have spent nearly three months in the one of the most sophisticated medical facilities in the world without any positive impact tells the entire story more eloquently than any medical report ever could. So we must prepare to move forward. And the only way we can move forward is to have a say in who eventually becomes Vice President of the Republic under President Jonathan. This is not by any means saying Jonathan is the best man for the job, but the Constitution must be respected. The least we can do is to ensure that Yar’Adua’s kitchen cabinet does not ram another ineffectual candidate down our throats.

In a different country, it would have been natural for Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to step up the ladder and bring his golden touch to the national scene. In terms of ideals, ideas and even youthfulness, Fashola meets all the criteria needed to shore up Jonathan. But because we have elected to sacrifice merit on the altar of regional and ethnic balance, Fashola cannot be elevated to the Vice Presidency.

And neither can any Nigerian of southern extraction, no matter his credentials and records of achievement. By default therefore, the emerging vacancy for the position of the Vice President will be filled by someone from the North.

So what are the qualities that the new VP must possess? He must be of the right age. The era of political dinosaurs is gone. We must end the gerontocracy that has held the political reins of power since independence. The time for younger generation of leaders has come. But more important than age is performance in office. The candidate must also be reform minded. What stands for Fashola today is the level of energy, reforms and creativity he has brought to governance, and the results are clear for everyone to see. To some, he may barely be above average, but because other governors are more concerned about looting, he has become an icon.

The candidate for VP should have administrative experience at the federal or state level. Thus, serving and former governors, and ministers would be ideal. Unfortunately, none of the current governors or minister stands out for possible elevation to the Vice Presidency. None of the names that have come up so far has the kind of exposure and zest required to reform the system, so we may be forced to look at the past administrations. In picking out a governor with record of service, ex Bauchi State Governor Ahmed Muazu would be an outstanding choice. If a minister is to be nominated, the clear choice would be former FCT Minister Nasir el-Rufai. In picking out someone familiar with law enforcement, Nuhu Ribadu is it.

I have never met any of these gentlemen. There is also no suggestion that any of them is perfect, just as there are many other people from the north who have equally strong credentials.

But we must accept that Muazu transformed Bauchi State with infrastructure that is unmatched in the entire north. El-Rufai brought law and order (and fresh air) to what was fast becoming the world’s costliest slum. Ribadu took the anti-corruption crusade to hitherto untouchables. Just look at today’s EFCC, Bauchi State and the FCT, respectively to appreciate what they achieved.

No matter what our opinions of these three are, things could be far worse. Just consider a Vice President Tanimu Kurfi, Abba Ruma or Sarki Mukhtar. Or Turai Yar’Adua.

Source: http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Opinion/5525441-182/forensic_force_vacancy_for_vice_president.csp

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