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Webmasters / Hi Guys by Phemz(m): 6:46pm On Jul 31, 2017 |
Guys please am a newbee ,how do i change an ip address to a static ip ?thanks. |
Technology Market / Re: I Need Summer IT Training Centre For A Secondary School Student by Phemz(m): 6:42pm On Jul 31, 2017 |
There is a training on software and programming scheduled for august at nextworks ltd ,8 kehinde akamo ilupeju,lagos state .call 08099652296 for enquiries |
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: GMAT 2015 by Phemz(m): 2:12pm On Mar 28, 2017 |
please i need it, sogbesanoluwafemi@yahoo.com |
Jobs/Vacancies / Fidelity Bank Aptitude Test by Phemz(m): 9:28pm On Mar 18, 2017 |
hi guys, I got a text message from fidelity SMS, of an aptitude test on Thursday, 23 march 2017. But my worry is that I didnt get mail to that effect, what's your advice please and I'll like people who got the message to comment please. |
Literature / Re: Alone.. by Phemz(m): 5:55pm On Aug 28, 2016 |
Hey pamelb I must say you are really wonderful And good at this,I really enojoyed every post,I must confess I was a ghost reader but I seize to be from now on,at first I didn't like the story line but as I continued reading I fell in love with your story,was like I was seeing a movie the last time I felt this way was readin a Sidney sheldon book Keep the good work,while i expect more from you,wondeful piece. Thanks for helping us feel relaxed,less bored ,educated and happy. |
Religion / Re: Why Do Pastors Always Wear Suits On The Pulpit? by Phemz(m): 5:09pm On Aug 28, 2016 |
Well its now a norm,that is part of the tradition we borrowed from the foreign countries who imposed christianity,well churches make cooperate wears compulsory not particulary suit sha, But I want ask a salient question? Why don't we wear native to the office those of you talking about mental slavery. Why does the iman wear,jalamia and the rest with turban its just tradition we borrowed from the white. In that it makes you smarter,less flashy and all |
Literature / Re: (BBW) Big Bold Woman ( a short story) by Phemz(m): 5:55pm On Aug 26, 2016 |
Boyo once again thank you very much for this story ,that funke girl na to run away from her go make sense pass,this writeup wld pass for a novel,keep up the good work bro,expecting more |
Literature / Re: (BBW) Big Bold Woman ( a short story) by Phemz(m): 5:39pm On Aug 26, 2016 |
Boyo congrats on a job well done,don't get discouraged cos of the comments its just to make you better ,thanks so much for this write up am really enjoying it and look forward to more from you,guys please take it easy with the comments cos some of you can't even come up with a story such as this,let's correct in love,all the best bruv |
Politics / Re: Karo Illo And Wife On A Power Bike In Delta For State Event - See Photos by Phemz(m): 12:00pm On Aug 26, 2016 |
Cool,I hope he doesn't get attacked oh lols we can't say a patrol van might monitoring him |
Phones / Re: Lekki Residents To Get Free Wi-fi by Phemz(m): 11:55am On Aug 26, 2016 |
Nice one but won't it be passworded? Cos am thinking of its gonna be beneficial to the company in a Nigeria where everything is done for money |
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Updated-New Job Vacancies by Phemz(m): 7:47pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
Goodevening guys can you please post graduate trainee jobs or jobs for a recent graduate,thanks |
NYSC / Has Nysc Outlived It's Purpose??? by Phemz(m): 11:01am On Jan 09, 2016 |
#NYSC scheme need Revitalisation By Hon Richard adetunji moses# Revotion and selfless service to our fatherland is indeed a call expected to be answered by every graduate below age 30, on completion of first degree in a higher institution in the country or abroad. It would be recalled that this service scheme was birthed by General Yakubu Gowon on May 22nd 1973 with decree No 24 which gave impetus to the establishment of the National Youth Service corps (NYSC). The decree reads in part: “NYSC is being established with a view to the proper encouragement and development of common ties among the youths of Nigeria and the promotion of national unity.” Most youths have rejected the value proposition of the scheme owing to the corruption, obvious inadequacies and shortcomings that has befallen the scheme over time. Consider the issue of mobilisation, for instance. It has become a scramble for those who know one big man somewhere. These days, once you can throw the cash around, you are likely to be deployed to a choice state without hassle. The poor are mainly the ones who end up in terror-stricken states. That’s the agony of being poor in a country like Nigeria. If a Nigerian graduate could decide where he or she wants to serve on the basis of wheeling and dealing, the liberality of choice may as well be extended to the poor as well. For instance, I would have love to serve in the luxurious office of an oil tycoon, not a school where they lack the necessary facilities and teaching amenities, just like the predicament of one of my friends who got posted to a government school,where their is no accommodation,no good hospitality,a rivera area,no light and the school lacks everything good to teaching,HON OLUWAFEMI SOGBESAN can testify to that. No better means of survival at all. How do we drive the gospel of national unity when folks like my friend are made to go through such ordeals all in service to fatherland? The program is beginning to look like what God himself has abandoned it because the people who are to listen and grant solution have become helpless themselves. Looking at the issues relating to the monthly allowance, the government seems to be a little fair considering the fact that the allowance surpasses the minimum wage of civil servants in the country. But there’s room for improvement. At the state level, some states don’t actually deserve the services of corps members. Some of these states have refused to pay them since inception of the scheme. That’s rather insensitive. These states do not attach much importance to the scheme. And so, they fail to the appreciate the efforts of these young men and women. Most see corps members as instruments for cheap labour. They use them and leave them to their own devices. Imagine scenarios where a corps member teaches all classes from junior classes all through to senior classes. Sometimes, corps members are denied their basic needs, including a stipend in their places of primary assignment. At other times, corps members are rejected on frivolous grounds. It is abusive on the part of the state for one to show up where his service is supposedly needed only to be turned back. That’s not all. There is the issue of accommodation. How do we serve our fatherland without a roof over our heads? Most of these places of primary assignments do not provide accommodation, leaving corps members to scout for ridiculous accommodation at their own expense. I won’t be forgiven if I fail to be specific here. Posting to places of primary assignment is another area where the scheme seems to get it wrong. There is absolutely no sense being posted to places that do not match one’s qualification. Why should a Mass Communication graduate be posted to teach in a school? And why should an Engineering graduate observe his service year in a local government council?And after a year, they meet employers who want industry experience before employment. To be candid, NYSC is now like gold turning rust, the whole idea of service and dedication is gradually withering. How can I serve my country better when those Iserve seize to appreciate my determination and commitment to serve them? The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to sit and do nothing, so goes a saying.Perhaps, the management intend to improve the lot of the scheme. But they must be reminded that if they fail to act,doom would befall on the entire scheme. I perceive there are myriad of issues which the Director General needs to examine critically and quickly too. Such self-examination would help to advance the objective of the scheme. Every day,the value and efficacy of the scheme get eroded by an apparent failure to check some of the draw-backs that continue to drag the scheme in the mud. Ernest Hemingway said: “They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing neither sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.” We do not want to get to this stage depicted in Hemingway’s lines. It is normal for Africans to run towards the wise elders of the village when trouble comes knocking. Let the management of NYSC seek good counsel. They need it. Most corps members have become totally impatient and their expectations of the scheme are quite high. The scheme was created to add value. Let those who manage its affairs begin to look in that direction. No reasonable parent would voluntarily kill a recalcitrant child. Solutions can be sought to revive an otherwise dead scheme. I am not among those who feel the scheme has outlived its value. My suggestions are that the scheme should be restructured so that the noble ideals it set out to achieve are realised. Every Nigerian would agree that the program has helped in creating jobs for many Nigerian youths over the years and has facilitated national unity and inter-cultural relationships. But today, it has become a raging debate among Nigerians whether NYSC serves any purpose or not. This is rather unfortunate. But good things never come cheap. They require unusual sacrifices. I believe NYSC can form a potent weapon to unite Nigerians across cultural, political and socio-economic divides. |
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