Great141:
You ve made a big mistake

Great141:
You ve made a big mistake

VaselineCrew:


can you clarify ?

Brendaniel:


Abuja is a capital not a state, Nigeria itself is also a state and its capital is Abuja...

VaselineCrew:


I had already taken what you said into consideration, hence the calculation with 37

VaselineCrew:
People are now arguing that two-thirds of 36 states and FCT means two thirds of 37 and not two-thirds in 36 plus one.

They claim that since the FCT is not a state, the statement about the 36 states and FCT in the constitution, was the only way to capture the entire region of the country.

Their promulgated equation is now :-

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Nigeria = 36 States + FCT

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Which gives 37 DISTINCT ENTITIES

However, Entities, whether states or FCT are INTEGERS and not Fractions, rational or otherwise.

With this in mind, it then becomes perplexing interpreting the result after computing the calculation :- 2/3 X 37 = 24.66666666666667

What then is the 0.66666666666667 approx. 0.7 State or Territory?

Is that 0.7 of Lagos, Anambra, or Kano boundary that must be cordoned off, and circumscribed for an election

Doesn't really add up, does it The math!

However (2/3 X 36) + 1, results in an integer, in-line with the rule that States/Territory are whole and distinct, not fractionated.

VaselineCrew:
Still no legitimate counter to this basic math

VaselineCrew:
Still no valid counter

Yet more and more threads keep coming up supporting the false theory, without any basis

They just say "We don't need 25% in FCT", and APC minions shout in unison "yeah!"

Ask them to breakdown the math, they won't

What is wrong with these people?

Pythagoras001:
it is rounded to the nearest integer. there are some state in which 3 is not a divisor of the total number of lga e. g if After division we get 18.*** 18 if 18.**< 18.5 otherwise 19 if 18.***>= 18.5. ceiling and floor function. the argument for and against the interpretation of Abuja are strong and tight the options are either we take the interpretation literally or we take it in view of avoiding conflict with other sections of the constitution.

My feeling is that the second options is highly probable because
e.g. if someone wins 36 states and loses Abuja what then happens (are Abuja resident more important than other Nigerians)

VaselineCrew:
People are now arguing that two-thirds of 36 states and FCT means two thirds of 37 and not two-thirds in 36 plus one.

They claim that since the FCT is not a state, the statement about the 36 states and FCT in the constitution, was the only way to capture the entire region of the country.

Their promulgated equation is now :-

---

Nigeria = 36 States + FCT

---

Which gives 37 DISTINCT ENTITIES

However, Entities, whether states or FCT are INTEGERS and not Fractions, rational or otherwise.

With this in mind, it then becomes perplexing interpreting the result after computing the calculation :- 2/3 X 37 = 24.66666666666667

What then is the 0.66666666666667 approx. 0.7 State or Territory?

Is that 0.7 of Lagos, Anambra, or Kano boundary that must be cordoned off, and circumscribed for an election

Doesn't really add up, does it The math!

However (2/3 X 36) + 1, results in an integer, in-line with the rule that States/Territory are whole and distinct, not fractionated.

Pythagoras001:
it is rounded to the nearest integer. there are some state in which 3 is not a divisor of the total number of lga e. g if After division we get 18.*** 18 if 18.**< 18.5 otherwise 19 if 18.***>= 18.5. ceiling and floor function. the argument for and against the interpretation of Abuja are strong and tight the options are either we take the interpretation literally or we take it in view of avoiding conflict with other sections of the constitution.

My feeling is that the second options is highly probable because
e.g. if someone wins 36 states and loses Abuja what then happens (are Abuja resident more important than other Nigerians)

malcom1X:
Dude I want to ask, if the president elect is sworn and so there's a breach in the constitution of the federal republic, does that not give the army the power to take over since they will no longer be bound to the constitution any longer?

So it will be like anything goes, and note there will also be a heavy presence of the army at that inauguration too.

VaselineCrew:


Don’t even know bro, but then, Naija has always been the theater of the absurd.

Btw, No light here, gen bout to go off, into the darkness I go, chai!

VaselineCrew:


Some things you can't round.

That's why some simple math questions get missed in exams. Like a question would state "...for positive integers greater than..." and people would start considering fractions and decimals.

Some things can be rounded up or down, or taken in precise fractions, like for instance: -

If I asked you to share 13 apples equally between 3 children, then you could even get an automated laser cutter, like in manufacturing industries to slice the final apple to give them each 0.33333333333 of it.

However, somethings can neither be rounded, nor taken in precise fractions, like for instance: -

If I asked you to share 13 Dogs equally between 3 children. Please I hope you won't slice that final dog oo


A state is distinct and whole as you can't have 0.5, or 0.3, or 0.675923... of a state.

With that in mind, 2/3 of 36 + 1 will give you and integer, as opposed to 2/3 of 37

Omowale2023:

You can't win 36 states and not win Abuja.
Will you be admitted if you have D7 in English?