liveLongNprospa:


Yup.
That crater used to be a house

nihilistjnr:


I disagree with this.

In the UK, its not necessarily ability that gets you to the top, even though it helps.

It's who you know. Most interviews that I've attended tend to be more checks for 'face-fit' than actual skill. After all, if they invite you ti an interview, then they believe at least on paper that you have a profile that matches the job description requirements.

There's a phrase that really emphasises the incestuous nature of middle and upper management in corporate Britain - Failing Upwards - a phenomena where seemingly incompetent people continue to receive career promotions almost as rewards for their numerous fuckups.

The disadvantage that we have as Nigeria immigrants in the corporate environment is that we don't yet have the informal social networks that the whites have had for centuries, although I expect this to change within a few generations.

BlueRayDick:


Ol'boy!

They need to really investigate what actually happened there o

iamoyindamola:
https://www.nairaland.com/7971783/insecurity-wike-condemns-constant-travel

Itsrm help me tell wike he's ment

This man is at best well suited for village headmaster post
He doesn't look or sound alright to me i no know wetin you see in him sha

DeadPresidents:


There’s this friend of mine who made it to Staff Engineer and got a manager who knew how to kiss the right butts and he exemplified failing upwards.

The new manager made working on the team so intolerable that a 10-man team had 6 resignations in one quarter. Ordinarily, that should be reason for inquiry but the manager got a promotion instead.

Corporate politics is insane

Itsrm:


Lol..What's wrong with it though? I had to watch the video to understand the context before responding. He called them out for travelling out of the country without giving notice to anyone. He's essentially saying they all have their role to play in tackling the scourge of insecurity. Everything does not start and end with the minister of FCT.

iamoyindamola:

You sef hear yourself na
Area council area what can they do in such situation
Running after the kidnappers, maybe they even ran away from been kidnapped sef

Itsrm:


They are closer to the people. They can help gather intel which will be given to security agents.

No one is asking them to go and bring the kidnappers.

iamoyindamola:
https://www.nairaland.com/7971783/insecurity-wike-condemns-constant-travel

Itsrm help me tell wike he's ment

This man is at best well suited for village headmaster post
He doesn't look or sound alright to me i no know wetin you see in him sha

BlueRayDick:


But why do local council chairmen need to travel abroad often ? Wetin dem dey find outside their constituency in the first place ?

Even in Lagos we’ve had some LCDA chairmen who live so far away from their LCDA which actually doesn’t make sense to me. They are meant to be the closest arm of government to the people .

I think I agree with Wike here , how will the council chairmen know what’s happening in their council when they are far away in another continent ? How will they brief Wike the FCT ministers of happenings in their councils when they themselves are far away ?

iamoyindamola:

Exactly this is actually what happens but baba is looking for scapegoat for his incompetency

BlueRayDick:


I don't think he's making excuse for anything; he's only addressing an anomaly that has been going on for too long. Normally a council chairman can travel abroad for annual leave and working visit when the need arises, but it doesn't make sense for a council chairman to spend weeks and even months outside their constituencies when they are not bed-ridden in an hospital.

I believe if a council is always available and accessible, the people would find it easy communicating any major issue to them and some of these issues can be nipped in the bud before they get to a national scale. We can't say because Abuja happens to be the FCT where the seat of federal government is situated so the council chairmen should abdicate their duties na.

iamoyindamola:

But this as been going since forever even when he was a governor
What did he do?
Eventually he didn't tackle the issue at hand instead created a diversion

BlueRayDick:


The timing still doesn't make him wrong.He ruled Rivers as governor and not Abuja; neither me nor you know if LGA chairmen in Rivers were not gallivanting all over the world while he was governor.

Now that he is FCT minister he has raised a very reasonable point, let the concerned council chairmen adjust and make themselves visible in their respective councils

joseph1832:
the solution to insecurity is one even your messiah, Peter Obi doesn't have, as he's yet to criticise Simon Ekpa and his IPOB/Autopiloters, who have almost crippled the economy of the South East, so let's leave that aside.

As for those statements. Pretty random statements as even I can say I can't be a Nairalander moderator because seun pay chick feed.

I can even say Osun allocation is small change to Me. It is what it is, talk, nothing more, nothing less. It is because Tinubu made those statement that's why you and others are dancing skelewu allover it.

Posers for the Governor of Oyo State Seyi Makinde and Security agencies regarding the deadly #IbadanBlast last night

1. Even in developed countries, it takes nothing less than 48 hours before government agencies make a categorical statement about such a massive explosion. These include cordoning off the area, obtaining evidence on the scene, and analyzing it before telling the public what exactly happened.

2. In less than 10 hours, Governor Seyi makinde already "investigated" the incident and submitted it was “Illegal Miners.” Who are the illegal miners? What do they mine, and why are they in possession of such powerful explosives?

3. Is there any explosives dealer known to security agencies in a high-brow neighborhood in Ibadan that the govt had long been aware of and did nothing about?

4. Again, who is that miner? What is the miner's name, and what do they mine in Oyo state? Is it gold, silver, cobalt, uranium, or what? A release should be done immediately to reveal the identity of the miner!

5. Mining and using explosives has a procedure and rarely explodes without a trigger, especially dynamite. You have to ignite it automatedly or use fire. Was the building rigged with explosives? If so, why so?

6. Is the governor or Oyo state government aware of mining in Agodi residential area? Is the governor aware of it, or is his or the state carrying out rock blasting in a residential area?

7. The DSS is saddled with approving the use of explosives around Nigeria. What is their public position on what happened? At least citizens need a preliminary report from the DSS on this matter immediately.

BlueRayDick:


I don't think he's making excuse for anything; he's only addressing an anomaly that has been going on for too long. Normally a council chairman can travel abroad for annual leave and working visit when the need arises, but it doesn't make sense for a council chairman to spend weeks and even months outside their constituencies when they are not bed-ridden in an hospital.

I believe if a council is always available and accessible, the people would find it easy communicating any major issue to them and some of these issues can be nipped in the bud before they get to a national scale. We can't say because Abuja happens to be the FCT where the seat of federal government is situated so the council chairmen should abdicate their duties na.

iamoyindamola:

What about the reason he was called
The kidnapping issue did he give solution or update?

Spy360:

How does addressing the anomaly solve the question on ground? Unless it does I think it's a distraction. As a matter of fact, Wike should have been referring to himself when making that warning because he himself does not spend two consecutive days in Abuja before rushing back to Rivers.

BlueRayDick:


I'm sure that is not the full excerpts of the meeting. PM news obviously reported a part of his speech at the meeting.

By now u should know how Nigerian newspapers operate na; they can make 3 to 4 news headlines from one single event/meeting.

Spy360:

How does addressing the anomaly solve the question on ground? Unless it does I think it's a distraction. As a matter of fact, Wike should have been referring to himself when making that warning because he himself does not spend two consecutive days in Abuja before rushing back to Rivers.

iamoyindamola:
Nobody rate us at all for this country

How can someone carry long gun like ak47 and mistakenly fire himself in the head

https://www.nairaland.com/7972849/how-soldier-boyi-thankgod-killed

Strange things are happening

akwesenana:
Nigerian Army needs a proper shake down. From cadets and junior officers bragging about snatching people's girlfriends to forcefully forcing people to transfer money (like SARS) to this.

I no even mention those ones where dey harass heavy duty drivers for express way.

Spy360:

If you are educated your education is fundamentally flawed.

1. Why mention Peter Obi when he is not the president. So whatever Peter Obi can not do we should not expect Tinubu to do it?

2. Your response to those random statements is an indictment on how stupid your principal is since you accept those statements are stupid. Does making random statements serve as an excuse for inaccountability? Didn't those statements come from someone's brain?

DissTroy:
Somehow I wish it were possible to embed individual Nairaland comments as one can do with individual tweets.

The back-and-forths so far about outsourcing services and the future of work from the everyday Nigerian (and African) perspective make for truly robust anecdotes with various key points touched on, particularly about skill competence and the place of networking.

DissTroy:
Somehow I wish it were possible to embed individual Nairaland comments as one can do with individual tweets.

The back-and-forths so far about outsourcing services and the future of work from the everyday Nigerian (and African) perspective make for truly robust anecdotes with various key points touched on, particularly about skill competence and the place of networking.

Spy360:

How does addressing the anomaly solve the question on ground? Unless it does I think it's a distraction. As a matter of fact, Wike should have been referring to himself when making that warning because he himself does not spend two consecutive days in Abuja before rushing back to Rivers.

izzou:


See the scanty lines wey dem write sef.

For 3 billion naira?

I expected a spiral binded, 40 page document, explaining what they want the money for.

The disrespect on that amount is too much

BlueRayDick:


Why is nobody talking about the N3billion approved for social register verification sef ? Does this whole thing not scream of Money laundering/embezzlement of public funds?