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Education / Re: Deji Akinwande To Receive Presidential Award In The U.S by yavo: 2:13pm On Feb 21, 2016
congratulations!!!

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Culture / My BVN Experience In South Africa by yavo: 10:55am On Oct 28, 2015
Yesterday the 27th October, 2015 is a day I will not forget in a hurry. It’s the worst day in my 5 years of being in South Africa. I had to travel to Johannesburg for the BVN exercise as a statutory requirement by my bank. The exercise was conducted by OIS services. The procedure is as such: You are to book an appointment online and then appear for capture with an amount of R615 fee.

I had earlier booked my appointment for 11am on the 27th October and then travelled through the night for my BVN capture. I arrived at the capture center at about 9am. When I saw the chaos and that it was actually conducted by Nigerians at the Nigerian consulate, my heart sank. Of course there was no queue. We were only about 15 people outside. It was survival of the fittest. There was no provision for us to even sit. We stood outside the gate in the sun while we waited for instructions from inside. Those who were “connected” came later, went in, had their capture done in no time. Others who had no appointments also went in somehow (the Nigerian way).

To cut a long story short, I finally got to be captured at about 4pm (7 hours after I arrived), after going through the most harrowing experience of my life since I came to this country. I am still too traumatized to give details.
The essence of my writing this is to reiterate why we Nigerians should treat each other well. I think we should not complain about being treated badly by others when we ourselves denigrate our fellow citizens abroad and within the country. I will never, I repeat never get this kind of treatment from a South African institution. I have visited consulates for visas and you get to be treated like a human being. Why are we different? Why can’t we just learn to do things orderly? Just a simple queue would go a long way to create order.

I am using this opportunity to call on OIS services and whoever have to deal with people in a diplomatic capacity to please learn to treat people with respect. Please let us queue where need be, every human being is important, you don’t need to know who I am to treat me with dignity. We should yearn to be the change that we want to see in Nigeria. God bless Nigeria!

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Politics / Re: NLC And TUC REPLIES President Goodluck Jonathan by yavo: 9:13pm On Jan 08, 2012
the president is trying to save 1trillion from the subsidy. The same amount he is using for security in his 2012 budget. There is something amiss here. We do not necessarily have to be subjected to this tyrannical treatment by our dear president. I am sure there is another way of revamping the economy other than what we are currently experiencing. Though I sympathise with Mr president for the complications in Nigeria, he should have a rethink on the issue!
Phones / Re: ..... by yavo: 11:56pm On Dec 25, 2011
HTC phones are quite expensive and people are complaining about their batteries. What is really the problem with symbian. am thinking of going for a Nokia N8
Romance / Re: Can You Marry A Virgin Man ? by yavo: 5:05pm On Feb 18, 2010
I married as a virgin myself and I made love to my wife on our wedding night!
I did alot of reading before then though.

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