Nigerian politics keeps getting interesting! I guess the public service of "the accidental public servant" was not accidental after all.

Hmmm!

As much as I look forward to seeing a truly functional democracy and realistic opposition in Nigerian politics, APC keeps failing to get close to the mark.

How can a "democratic" party stoop that low in order to silence dissenting opinions? (While they have actually won a lot of victories through the judiciary rather than INEC).

I can imagine that a party constitution that expels dissenting members before their lawsuits (or intent to sue) see the light of day may preserve a facade of unity and oneness but it's deceptive at best. Worse still, it is an omen of negative possibilities if the set of persons behind such a constitution are given the reins of a nation's leadership.

^^ Thanks for the correction about the jet.

Accepted. So what brought the house down?

These footages being released throw up more questions than answers.

1. According to the CCTV videos, camera 1 (the first footage) puts the incident at 12:44 while camera 2 (the second footage) puts the incident at 1:30 p.m. Which one should we believe?

2. According to the first footage, the helicopter hovered over the building for the last time at 11:54. What then is the connection between the helicopter and the building's collapse?

From all indications, it could not have been acoustic vibration from the helo resulting in resonance at the building's natural frequency because if it were the building should have collapsed within a very short time (milliseconds to seconds) from the hovering of the craft. Aside from the fact that a lot of houses (some, poorly built) houses have had helicopters hovering over them without collapsing as a result.

And then I heard some rumors of controlled detonation. When you want to carry out a controlled detonation, you, most probably, need to go the site, study the building (structurally) and place explosives at the right places. Not a very likely scenario here.

3. According to the footage from the second camera, it appeared that the first floor balcony on the left (viewer's perspective) dropped a fraction of a second before the rest of the building. Fortunately, it alerted a few bystanders that fled for their lives but unfortunately, it points to stresses that may not have been properly supported by the design, construction or properties of materials used. Sometimes, when a substantial part of a structure goes down that way, the stresses on other parts of the building increase greatly and they might follow in a matter of few seconds. The whole structure went down in 5 - 6 seconds (according to the first footage).

It's saddening that someone was paid to build a house but ended up killing the people for whom the house was meant. It's even more saddening that there seems to be a cover-up in the offing being orchestrated by TBJ and the Synagogue along with some government officials. I sincerely hope and pray that the incident will be properly investigated and culprits brought to book.

I will stop here.

As disgusting as the images are, I am glad to see them! Kudos to the Nigerian Army and the CJTF! And may the families of the soldiers lost in these battles be consoled.

Well, looks like in the part of hell that these Boko Homos are going to, not only will they have no virgin but they will also need to hire some plastic surgeons to sew their cut-off blokos. Good riddance to cancerous madness.

truly: @Afam
So, it is wrong to defame Jesus Christ or Christains but right to kill Christians or burn down their churches? Can you explain this contradictory position please?

There is no contradiction.
No muslim who knows what he is doing will EVER defame Jesus. Of course if a christian criticises Islam, the Muslim will also point out the shotcomings of christainity to him

As regards killing christians, I am not so sure that it is that simple.
Will a muslim just go around and look for christians to kill?
They must have been some cause for animosity between them
Afterall, muslims do fight themselves and I if 1 kills the other, religion is not really the issue, but the emotion of human beings
Christians kill themselves too afterall, otherwise there would be no case of murder in igboland!
Come to think of it, christains feel free to abuse our Prophet and Allah
But I can never NEVER abuse Jesus Christ. It is actually a sin for me to do that
Muslims feel offended when christians go about abusing Allah and the Prophet

Imagine how you would feel if somebody abuses your father
What muslims feel is stronger than that

By the way, no knowledgeable muslim will kill a woman or a child
I am not sure if chrsitians have that restraint when they have cause to fight

Dear truly,

Does your response apply to occasions in which muslims arise and kill christians and other non-muslims without prior personal scuffles or due provocation, as we see in the Boko Haram and ISIS scourges? In fact, an aunt of mine, has once been victim of some of an unprovoked attack by muslims she knew personally and was very close to (all because of her personal choice about how she wanted to live her life).

Your response does directly condemn muslims that disrespect/desecrate the personality of Jesus but it does not even indirectly condemn muslims that carry out unprovoked attacks on non-muslims. Does this mean that it is part of your personal belief, as a muslim, that "it is the responsibility of muslims to kill kaffirs (non-muslims) as a means of furthering your religion"?

The last four lines of your response highlights how strongly a muslim feels when your religious deity, personalities and articles are disrespected/desecrated and I understand that you guys feel strongly about these but do you think it's the right of a muslim to kill or maim the person that carried out the sacrilege? (Remember that one man's meat is another man's poison and that Sango worshipper might deem you worthy of death, in his own view, for doing certain things he considers sacrilegious to his god(s) using the same logic).

Although, there are verses in the Koran in which violence against non-muslims was advocated, a lot of muslims have often done the reasonable by pointing out other verses that advocated non-violence and peace with other people regardless of their religious (or non-religious) creed.

If you wanted peace for Nigeria and the world, you would do well to point out the verses that advocated non-violence, live by the principles in those verses and use it to enlighten other muslims.

It's good to sometimes put yourself in the shoes of the victims. Just imagine yourself being hounded by some Christians or some Amadioha/Sango/Ogun etc worshipper just because your refused to be a member and to participate in their religious rites!!!!! Or maybe some atheists want to subject you to a very gruesome and slow death just for the fact that you believe in a God.

Source:

http://nigeriahealthwatch.com/ebola-in-nigeria-should-we-be-worried/

9. Why are African patients not being given the experimental medicines being used on the two American survivors?

First, every country has the option of developing its own scientific capacity in drug development, therefore they can use these drugs as they deem fit. We could ask what new compounds have been developed by the Nigerian Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) and the Nigerian Institute for Pharmaceutical Research (NIPRD) since their inception, but again, that is a question for another day.
Secondly there are very difficult ethical issues around using experimental treatments. Many Nigerians will remember the consequences of the use of an unlicensed medicine during a meningitis outbreak in Kano by Pfizer in 1996. Discussions are going on at the moment, led by WHO on how access to these experimental medicines can be scaled up, but it will not happen overnight as we still do not know for sure that they made a difference for the two Americans. Remember 10 – 40% of all those infected will survive.

10. What is your most important advice?

Do not panic. Dealing with the outbreak itself is hard enough; dealing with panicking public will be disastrous. The outbreak can be contained by doing “simple” things diligently and consequently.

If you think that someone you know may be infected call 0800Ebolahelp.

We hope this helps, feel free to share.

7. Is the strike by doctors having an impact on the level preparedness of the clinical response?

Yes – obviously. It is a tragedy for the country that doctors and the government have not found a resolution to their differences during this trying period for the county. Our patients need us the most now. Whatever the issues are, I appeal to my colleagues to suspend the strike and rise to the challenge of today. Our patients need us not only to provide clinical care but to restore confidence in the ethos of our profession. In no other country would the index patient have been taken to a private hospital for care as was the case in Nigeria with Mr. Sawyer. Nigerians need us, now more than ever.

8. Who is actually leading the Nigerian response?

The response is being led by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, a directorate under the Department of Public Health of the Federal Ministry of Health. As Nigeria is a Federal Republic, the states also have a leading role to play. The responsibilities for the provision of care are poorly delineated by the Nigerian constitution. A National Health Bill that will solve this has been pending between the National Assembly and the president for over eight years.

5. Can prayer cure the virus?

No – God has given us brains – He expects us to use them.

6. Is Government doing enough to contain the disease?

They are doing the best they can, given the circumstances. A lot of support is now being received from the World Health Organisation, the US Centres for Disease Control and other partners. There are many Nigerians and International colleagues working for these organisations that are rapidly scaling up the response. Could we have been better prepared? Maybe – but this is not the appropriate time to discuss this. We must all rally around the incredibly brave colleagues that are on the frontline of the response now.

3. How is the virus spread?

The virus is spread by contact with body fluids (blood, sweat, semen, saliva) of an infected and sick person. There is no evidence that it can be spread by air, water, or vectors such as mosquitoes or flies. People who are well cannot transmit Ebola. So, it is actually not an easily transmissible virus and proper adherence to infection control principles will protect most people from getting the virus. Next time you visit your doctor or nurse and he/she tries to give you an injection without gloves on – insist on their wearing gloves and report him/her to the appropriate medical/nursing council, and change your care provider. No ifs, no buts. The most important thing now is to break the chain of transmission – the first patient in Nigeria infected 8 others, if we continue at that rate of transmission – we are in big trouble. We must ensure that these nine do not infect any more, and the main way to do this is through effective and consistent implementation of infection control measures.

4. Should we stop eating meat?

The “jump” of the virus from an animal host (we still do not know the host animal(s) for sure) to humans is an extremely rare event. Once this happens, the most likely subsequent source of infection is human-to-human transmission. Heating kills the virus so all cooked meat is safe; yes, including suya. The most important risk at the moment is from humans infected with the virus and not animals!

2. Where can you get information on the disease?

An excellent website has been put up – http://www.ebolaalert.org/. This was initiated by the Lagos state government with its partners. The information contained there is accurate and informative. The website could have benefitted with some audiovisuals – find here and here links to two good podcasts in pidgin English by Ruona Meyer. Another aspect missing on the website is information for health care workers, here the CDC manual will be useful to some extent.

1. Should we be worried?

We should be worried enough to inform ourselves appropriately but we must not panic. The people most at risk at the moment are healthcare workers and family members caring for ill patients that may have been exposed to the index case, or caring for other returned patients from Sierra Leone, Liberia or Guinea. Specific efforts are going at the moment targeting these two groups. They must follow the infection control guidelines that I presume have been issued to them “religiously”. If you do not fall into any of these categories, please keep yourself informed of the general picture, take normal precautions and go about daily life. If you are caring for anyone with fever, body aches etc, please continue to care for the patient with compassion. The most important question to ask is if there has been contact with any of the nine known cases or a recent travel history to the 3 most affected countries; Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone. If this is the case, please call the helpline 0800ebolahelp. Remember to continue taking precautions against other communicable diseases; use a bed net against malaria, condoms to prevent STIs and HIV, boil your water – a cholera outbreak is going on in Plateau State, and if you are coughing for more than 2 weeks, see your doctor; TB killed approximately 27,000 people in Nigeria last year.

Fellow Nigerians,

Since the day Dr. Sawyer died of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Obalende, all sorts of rumours and information and misinformation have been rife. While it's important to be safety conscious, it's of even greater importance to be armed with knowledge that is based on verifiable facts.

I recently came across this information released by an epidemiologist and gives an up-to-date overview of the situation.

"Dealing with the outbreak itself is hard enough; dealing with panicking public will be disastrous" - Chikwe Ihekweazu.

(Disclaimer: Please note that I am not the Epidemiologist who goes by the name of Chikwe Ihekweazu and I have no business with the website on which the information was published. Nonetheless, I did a cursory background check of the person and I think that his words deserve to be heeded for everyone's sake.)

KnowAll: [size=18pt]Ogbeni means - "Mr Man" , Aregbesola surely belongs to the street, an Ajebuta man like Omisore cannot take Ogbeni's coveted crown. He is the emperor in Osun State.[/size]

Dear KnowAll, "Ogbeni" in proper yoruba is an equivalent of "Mr." in formal english. In recent times, the slang usage of it can be interpreted as "Mr Man" (a derogatory expression). However, in formal and informal standard Yoruba communication, "Ogbeni" is a word that directly translates to "Mr.".

To the men in boots
Who dare to tread
Places of chaos
Even demons feared

To the family man
Who left home
To restore calm
In a land of foes

To the brave women
Serving the nation
With soul and strength
Fighting the ingression

Your names are written
In the annals of history
As patriots and citizens
That refused to be frightened

THANK YOU!

This makes me wonder if the muslims of northern Nigeria will be so kind to borrow a leaf from this this reverend/church and ask the christians in their neighbourhood to use their mosques for sunday meetings/prayer. Especially those whose churches and meeting places have been destroyed by Boko Haram.

Gamji007: The good for nothing CAN president is out of hibernation.
I missed his irresponsible comments.

Anything idea that will bring peace to the country is welcome.

I have said it several times, any iddiot that won't provide an alternative solution order than amnesty to boko haram crisis should shut the fvck up.

I guess you're from the north and probably live there. I don't live there but I do have a good number of people living there either as indigenes or as southerners who live there just to make a living. I have some questions for you.

1. If your father, mother and all your siblings were killed by BH and all the properties you had were blown to smithereens while you escaped with wounds that were nursed for months, would you support or advocate amnesty for BH?

2. If BH poses a threat to your education or open adherence to your religios belief/conviction (as a christian, traditional belief adherent, atheist or whatsoever you choose to believe in), would you advocate amnesty for them?

3. If another socio-religious terrorist group rises up, let's say in the south south, and they destroy lots of mosques, koranic schools and kill thousands of muslims/northerners/people living in areas dominated by northerners, with a handful of christians and some politicians added to the list of victims, would you advocate amnesty for them?

4. What is the reason why you think amnesty will stop the spate of violence since BH guys do not even see GEJ as their president and they have openly and verbally expressed their "fearlessness of death" in some of their videos? Do they need the amnesty being proposed? Will they appreciate it?

Well I don't want to hear another blast going off in Nigeria but I do think that a realistic approach that discourages terrorism is the solution. Instead of Turai and many other northern politicians advocating amnesty, how about doing the following?

1. Sponsoring a bill to declare terrorism a crime against humanity that attracts the capital punishment?

2. Sponsoring a bill that makes sponsors of terrorists and whoever aids them get life in jail without the option of bail, plea or pardon?

3. How about sponsoring a bill that makes preaching of racial/religious hatred and violence a criminal offense that attracts life in solitary confinement (because such people are at the root of these problems).

4. How about making moves to reduce or totally eliminate the concept of child abuse (and talent waste) known as "almajiri" as practiced in the north. (Note that I respect every one's right to religious beliefs but I do not support letting children go hungry intentionally and wasting future prospects this way).

5. How about encouraging and actively supporting grassroot / local opposition to BH and finding better ways that actually solve the problem?

You can even do better if you think about it this way.

kabiyesiii: Arabic, like most languages, borrowed tons of words from Ancient Egyptian/Nubian language. In addition, through Jihad, the Arabs absorbed many loaned words from the Berbers, Tuaregs, Persians, Turks, Chinese and Indians. We tend to give Arabic too much credits on loaned words. Are we intellectually lazy?

Adura in Yoruba is not an Arabic word, but rather, it is a contraction of Ado Iwa. It is in odu ifa and it means the "divine energy/force of existence". It means the same thing in Ancient Egyptian language, which by the way, is very close to many West African languages. Ara is associated with Jakuta (Ṣango). Are you telling me that Yoruba never had a name for thunder until the encounter with Arabic[b][/b]? I no fit laugh o.

If you're not sure of the origin of a so called "loaned word", go to the ancient link, the KEMET/Nubian language group.

Thus, which language is much older between the Ancient Egyptian and "new kid on the block" Arabic? I rest my case.

Good observation!

It's quite funny to me how folks swallowed everything the man said about a language (Yoruba) that he may not even be able to speak fluently. It's undoubtable that a number of words in Yoruba language were borrowed from Arabic but that does not make every yoruba word that bears some semblance to arabic a loaned word. The word for "yawn" in Yoruba is "yan" and the pronunciations are quite similar. Shall we say it was borrowed from English language?

Yorubas attach a lot of belief to the phenomena of thunder and lightning and these religious beliefs have been long in existence before the spread of Islam in yoruba land. It's not so reasonable to think that the word for something of such significant spiritual and cultural importance would only be formed after the spread of Islam or borrowed from a religion (or its adherents) that neither share nor agree with the beliefs.

But Baldi argues that “imale” is the corruption of the Arabic “Mu’alim,” which means a teacher. In the Hausa language, the word is rendered as Maalam. It’s interesting that “Mallam” has become the synonym for Hausa (or northern) Muslim in southern Nigeria.

Sounds wrong. "Mallam" has an equivalent in Yoruba. It is "Mala" with the first a pronounced like "aw". In my opinion, if the proponent of these postulations had asked any adult yoruba, he/she would have explained that "imo ti o le" would easily be shortened in spoken form to "imale". And for clarification purposes, the second vowel in the word "imale" is pronounced like "aw" with a silent "w".

I wished the person who came up with this ideas had consulted teachers of Yoruba language before making such surmises.

plaetton:

I wish to remind you and others, for the millionth time, that atheist are not beholden to any set of creeds, doctrines, or rules. Atheism is not a philosophical proposition.
Atheists are people who excercise their freedom to unrestrained and unrestricted thinking,and part of thinking involves questioning and rejecting notions that make no sense.

Therefore, it is inappropriate to ask anyone, atheists or theists , whether they BELIEVE in a scientific hypothesis.
There is no room for the word 'belief' in science. Belief belongs in the realms of religion,myths and legends, and science is none of those.
Scientists either accept or reject an idea or hypothesis, and they do this based solely on facts and notions are already known and accepted.

Like you said,the very fact that [b]existence and properties of Dark Matter can be inferred from the gravitational effects on visible matter and radiation says it all.[/b]

The issue of belief does not and should not belong in this type of discussion.

Inference and proof are not the same thing.

According to wikipedia, Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.[1][2] In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities.[3][4][5] Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.[4][5][6][7] Atheism is contrasted with theism,[8][9] which in its most general form is the belief that at least one deity exists.

I am not an atheist myself but I have interacted with a lot of them and have quite a number of them as friends. In all of our discussions, I have not, yet, seen any that acknowledged a faith or belief in God or any deity.

Various scientific models (and theories) have been postured, in the past, based on inferences from experiments only to be modified or disproved later. That goes on to highlight a fact that science is limited to : 1. The amount of knowledge on which it is based. 2.Empirical stuffs.

One thing to consider is the fact that people have feelings yet you can neither empirically prove nor disprove it. Yet the feelings are there. Talking about spirituality, spiritual experiences and spiritual entities, is like talking about feelings. The fact that someone has not experienced it does not, in any way, indicate the non-existence or falsehood of such.

@ OP, People go to church for all sorts of different reasons like some of the ones you mentioned in your initial post. However, it would be wrong to assume that those are the reasons why the majority of Christians attend their current churches.

I can give you some reasons why some of the Christians go to church:
1. To worship alongside other Christians and learn more about God.
2. Good/positive social interaction.
3. Spiritual growth and strength.
4. A need for counselling on/solution to a certain physical/emotional/financial/spiritual challenge.
5. An opportunity to serve God by helping/teaching/influencing others.
6. Depth of teaching/preaching of the pastor/preachers in the church.
7. Music (how well the choir sings).
8. How efficiently organized the church is.
9. The positive impact of the church (or some of her members) on its (or their) community/neighbours.

All the reasons and many more unmentioned can affect the church one attends. If you've been to more than one church, then you would have observed that no two churches are the same when these factors I listed above are considered.

From a Christian perspective, I think it's improper to judge someone until you know, explicitly, why he attends a certain church, regardless of what your opinions about the church (or her members/pastor(s)) are.

@ OP, what is the motive of your write-up?

gbadexy: @ kosodo,
I first slept before coming back to read your lengthy post . From your post, you will agree that the british used their divide and rule tactics to fuel animosity between palestinians and jews. Also, you agreed that most of the arab countries attacked and hate jews because of their ”reclaimed land” and they started terrorist attacks on the jews from then on? So you will agree that the hatred of the arabs for america stemmed from that action and emergence of arab terror group started as a resoult of that also.
Arabs are muslims,So various arab terror groups or ”freedom fighter” that carry out terrorist acts do so because they are arabs with political difference with america on land not as muslims fighting over religious difference per se.
People will always want to exploit devotees sentiment to carry out political action.
@ privy?
I don't know the method prescribed by Mohammad or the QURAN to spread islam, but I know even christianity was brought with gun and bible.
You should also recall the era of spanish inquisition and compare with islamic jihad.
Also, I reckon some arabs will give a bias and sentimental view to jusify terrorism due to their natural hatred for america.

Thank you, OP, for being sincere this time.

I am currently of the opinion that you are a muslim. You need to know that I do not dislike people for what they believe or differences in personal opinion, and as such I hold nothing against you in asking the questions. However, in view of the nature, content and purpose of your original post, a good understanding of these things is a necessity before attempting to make surmise on the issue of terrorism.

It will be a good thing if you, as a muslim, ask imams, sheikhs and other knowledgeable muslims these two questions that I have asked you, (ask them what the limits are, what should be done and what should never be done in the name of religious advancement etc), listen to their answers very well and then take another conscientious look at these issues afterward. I am not trying to antagonize your religion but I think that that when people hold to a viewpoint or belief, fairness towards other people should be a critical consideration.

I am of the opinion that if you do what I outlined above, you will be seeing this topic in a new light if you have a conscience and care about other human beings.

Note: I noticed the reference to the crusades. It is true that some people fought wars under a christian flag some centuries ago. It was never advocated nor sanctioned by Jesus Christ (or the Bible). It is WRONG. It is wrong to spread (or sustain) religion with the use of force. It is absolutely devoid of every iota of sensibility. I am sure that God himself despises it. Imagine a world in which muslims are free to become christians (even in the middle-eastern countries without the fear of their being accused of apostasy) and christians are free to become muslims (this obtains anywhere) and anyone is free to choose what they believe without being persecuted for it. Wouldn't the world be a better place?

gbadexy: No religion was wholly brought without some use of force. Even with christianity, the soldiers conquer the people and rule before missionaries follow.
During the three times jerusalem fell to muslim territory, including during the life of the Prophet Mohammad, jerusalem was left intact and the people were left to practice their religion but were taxed. But when the crusaders recaptured it during the first crusade, they didn't extend the same courtesy. They massacred both the muslims and jews there. here is a link from wikipedia to read it. www.en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade
Besides after muslims used force to spread islam, the people free to continue it or stop.
I will have to admit that for every one muslim convert to christianity, there are hundreds vise versa and the reason is that these terror groups and indeed arab leaders are not encouraging people.

@OP. Nice try but u did not answer my questions or maybe I did not understand the way you answered it. Would you be so kind as to provide the answer in a simple way for me to understand? If possible make it as simple as the way I asked the questions. I will suggest u do this:
write "1.", type your answer to question 1 in front of it and then "2." on another line and type your answer in front of it.

Thanks.

@OP,

I have a few questions for you and I will be delighted if you can make your answer as straightforward as possible. The questions are:

1. What is the method/approach/modus operandi advocated by Mohammed/The Koran/Islam advocate for spreading Islam?

2. Have you ever met and interacted with real muslims from countries of the middle east, questioned them about the trend of terrorism (that is now being exported into Nigeria) in their countries and sampled their opinions to know if they support/justify it or not? If you have what responses/opinions did you get from them.

I hope that you do not take offense at my questions and respond with with a sincere answer.

Note: In reference to the question no. 2. I have done what I asked if you have done. I know what I heard (and saw).

@OP,

For the first question, I believe it's binomial probability distribution. If you assume that one shopper's purchase is an independent event, then p = 0.35 (success) and failure is 0.65.
If the shop draws 15% of total shoppers in a day, then it'll attract 15/100 * 500 = 75 shoppers.

In order to make a revenue of 300dollars, you need at least 30 people to purchase goods worth $10 or more. So, the question is in effect probability of 30 or more shoppers buying $10 or more. If this probability is strong enough, then you can take chances by opening the shop.
So you'd calculate

P(x>=30) = p(x=30) + p(x=31) + . . . . . + p(x=75).
p(x=r) = nCr (p)^r . (q)^n-r

using some binomial calculator available online
p(x>=30) = 0.2144

this probability is too small for you to open the shop on saturdays!

Read the above solution by sauer. It's different from most of the previous solutions but it's the right approach to the problem.

@ OP,

Don't harbor unnecessary fears. Medical test is part of standard procedure in some companies and the kind of test to be carried out depends on the company policy (and sometimes, on the kind of business the company is into).

I will start this way, if you are going to work as an engineer in a plant or any facility that requires physical and psychological wellness and alertness for your personal safety and that of your colleagues, then the company will want you to undergo certain tests to determine how fit you are for the job. Note that when I say "fit" in this sense, it is not meant to be something extreme but just normal well-being.

If the company is into manufacturing of pharmaceutical products, food and beverage e.t.c, they might want to ascertain that you don not have certain infections that can be transmitted to colleagues or customers through their products. Some companies also do this in order to ascertain that occupational hazards that you may encounter, while working for them, do not decrease the level of your physical and mental well-being. Note that this is also a potential safeguard against some avoidable lawsuits.

Some companies also have it as standard procedure that their employees do not use hard drugs (like marijuana, "meth" e.t.c.). Once again, this is common to engineering firms, some companies in other developed countries do this too so I would not want to agree with those that think it's unfair (as if it's only peculiar to Nigeria). Think of it this way, you would not want your life to be endangered by the carelessness of your workmate all because he came to work while he/she is high on drugs.

What to expect, like I wrote earlier, it varies with the companies but it may involve the following:
1. Optics: Your eyesight
2. Auditory: how good your hearing is.
3. An x-ray
4. Tests to determine if you have certain infections.
5. Test for certain habits (like drugs)
6. Tests for certain medical conditions.

Note that you may not be subjected to all the above, it depends on the company.

If you fail?
Well failing the one of the test may not mean losing the job unless if it's habitual (for some companies) e, g if you use drugs and the company has an anti-drug policy. (Sorry that I keep mentioning "drugs". I do not think you use one, it's just the easiest example in this case).

If you have certain infections or medical conditions that they would not want their staff to have, they may give you free treatment (or advise you to get treatment) to ensure that you are okay before you start working with them. I've had a friend that failed such a test during recruitment, he was given the proper medications, and retested afterwards, failed again and was treated again, I think he eventually passed the test on the third or fourth time.

My advice:
Be cool, don't bother yourself thinking too much about the test. Rest well, feed well and stop taking tablets without prescription, if you are in the habit of doing so.

I pray you have success.

Beaf and other supporters of GEJ and co., please come and explain this away or tell us this is untrue.

PointB:

^^^^

Then keep your revolution. I rather a break-up than unnecessary and unconstitutional change of elected government!

Hej, PointB, LOL. You could have asked me to clarify what I meant by a change of government. I did not mean an unconstitutional change of government. It is a sure invitation to anarchy. By change of government, I meant a gradual, fair and lawful change in the type of people we choose into government.

ubafrica:

U don't know what you are talking about,if you know the level of decay and corruption and lost of confidence and faith that the people have experience in all institution of state in Nigeria and the private sector,you will realized that anything short of a violent break-up or revolution will not suffice, "To carry-out a revolution by half is to dig your own grave"Robespierre, Go and read the communist manifesto,read about the French, and American revolution, You have just witness the Tunisian,Egyptian and the Libyan revolution, it is still a miracle that the millions of unemployed youths in this country are still silent, watch as the elite continue to steal.

Ubafrica, I know how much corruption has eaten into the fabric of our society. But let's look at the logic u propose - the Robespierre quote. Would a violent removal of the Federal Executive Committee be the full revolution? Would all the governors be removed too? What about the Commissioners and ministers and would Local Government Chairmen make the list? and the Ward Councillors too? What about the corrupt police? The customs, army, navy et al? Wouldn't that be chaos?

Come to think of it, if all these people are replaced (let's imagine that it happens) and there are still citizens that want to pass without studying (cos their uncle knows the VC / rector) or the local bricklayer who steals from the volume of cement you bought for him to build house (cos you ain't looking), would you say the problem is solved. I believe that your answer is NO! Many houses collapsed recently in various parts of Nigeria, would you put that on the leaders? Half baked doctors/engineers/technicians killing people in the course of duty (due to lack of knowledge despite having "certificates", what about that.

The reality is that we Nigerians share in the blame too. It's when the society/followers start dealing with our self that we can produce leaders of the type we need (hence the"change of government" I implied)

grafikii:

selective revolution, how nice

What makes it a selective revolution?

igbo2011:

What political system would we put if we overthrew this one? Would Buhari be the president?

Please re-read my first post, I am not suggesting "an overthrow" like u seem to understand it. I am definitely not suggesting Buhari for president if that is what you think.

PointB:

This one will not involve a change of government. The way I see it, it involves pressure groups ensuring that the right policies are implemented at the right time.

Thank you, however, it will inevitably result in a change of government without unnecessary bloodshed, if a substantial number of Nigerians participate in this kind of revolution.

Thanks PointB, u r a true Nigerian.

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