tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73794780972782664882024-03-14T01:08:37.958-07:00Jerome EtimJeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-43426552066524211552014-10-24T05:49:00.000-07:002014-10-24T05:49:17.456-07:00Look Media Mobile LED truck in Nigeria.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent">Look Media Nigeria Ltd is a branch of Look Media Global. The corporate head office is UK and branches in<span class="text_exposed_show">
19 Countries include Nigeria (Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Enugu).
Look Media offers innovative, high-tech, reliable, high-quality
alternative to in-house resources for, marketing campaign, business
development and channel development on an international scale.</span></span><br />
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Look media’s LED Display truck or a Mobile Billboard, is a
Van / truck that is equipped with one or more standard LED panels that are
intended for viewing while the vehicle is parked at a specified location or
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offer moving, large format advertising that is effective in building brand
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trucks give flexibility to the advertising program and make it possible to
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<br />Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-77909832353026880672013-02-17T05:56:00.000-08:002013-02-17T05:56:04.619-08:00ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS (APC) WHAT NIGERIANS WISH FOR COME 2015.<br />
Welcoming the APC - By Sonala Olumhense - February 17, 2013<br />
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I warmly welcome Nigeria’s newest political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).<br />
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As constituted on February 6, 2013, the APC comprises the former All Progressive Grand Alliance, the Action Congress of Nigeria, the All Nigeria Peoples Party, and the Congress for Progressive Change.<br />
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As I understand it, the merger is to advance the best interests of Nigeria through correcting the lapses in our polity identified since 1999.<br />
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It is widely-known that those lapses are symbolized by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which has wielded power at the centre since that time.<br />
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Now, the sins of the PDP are many. So are its sinners.<br />
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But Nigeria’s sinners are not only in the PDP. The PDP has become the symbol of Nigeria’s decay only because of its carnage in the center, but none of the parties that have held power in the States in the past 14 years are innocent.<br />
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In other words, the real issue is not the PDP; it is the Nigerian politician. The question is whether the Nigerian politician of the APC is different, or will be.<br />
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It is known that the immediate objective of the APC is to unseat the PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.<br />
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Mr. Jonathan has not confirmed he will run. If he does, that would indicate an unrepentant PDP.<br />
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It will also be good news for the APC because Jonathan ought to be pretty easy to defeat. In my view, Jonathan’s biggest opponent in 2015 will be Jonathan, not a party or a presidential candidate.<br />
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In 2011, he never debated anyone but himself; in 2015, he will. Since 2011, he has put in the most atrocious shift a Nigerian ruler ever has, and failed to honour his promises and pledges. In Jonathan’s care, Nigeria is worse than an open sewage.<br />
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Jonathan is Jonathan’s biggest weakness because his presidency has been but a broadcast of his limitations. The Jonathan that has emerged since 2010 is, even by PDP standards, not a marketable one. Unless Nigerians are such fools that that they will again mistake “clueless” for “shoeless,” it is unlikely he will make it past his own party’s primaries.<br />
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In other words, in the 2015 elections, the APC will have more than a fair chance to wipe the slate clean.<br />
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But the task is not just removing the PDP; it is putting in, and putting first, Nigeria. To do that, the APC must demonstrate the capacity, not just the rhetoric, for democracy. It is an age-old challenge: many proclaim it, but few are strong enough to understand its implications.<br />
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The question is whether, in practice, the replacement party is cut from the same cloth as the PDP. Since you cannot get yam from cocoyam, will the men and women offered by the APC be achiever and people of character?<br />
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The new party has outlined its priorities to include agricultural development, jobs, free education, affordable healthcare, infrastructural development, adequate power supply, eradication of poverty and corruption, and rapid technological advancement and industrialisation.<br />
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That is all very good, but it is also just an overloaded shopping basket. Any political party, especially a new one, can tender such a shopping cart at the checkout counter. Does the APC have the political and patriotic capital to pay for it?<br />
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I certainly hope so, but the new party may be looking at the microscope from the wrong end. Regrettably, that is the same exhaust pipe from which the PDP has always looked at the country, and it is the end from which Nigeria has been sold the most rotten goods.<br />
The correct and sensible place to start is for the ACP to assume the character of a party that seeks power not for the sake of power, but for service.<br />
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How is the APC to be seen to be programmed to serve, and not simply to serve its members?<br />
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My answer is that the new party must set clear standards, and demonstrate that those standards are higher than partisan politics and the APC itself. Before contesting for power, it should show that it is serious about things being done, and done right.<br />
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In this regard, I challenge the APC to set such standards into a code of conduct and of obligations, and publish it. This will demonstrate that the party understands the quality of the challenge that is before our nation, and that it intends to subordinate itself to it.<br />
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The APC must understand that it will be held to a higher standard than the PDP because, by its nature, it has proclaimed itself to be the superior of the two.<br />
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Is it?<br />
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Beyond any doubt, Nigeria’s failures stem from a dearth of men and of institutions, and it will require the most courageous and patriotic of Nigerians to commence the rectification of this problem.<br />
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Is the APC the right batch of men, or are they simply taking advantage of the moment? Let the new party to define its character by publicly setting the lowest limits of its aspirations at the level of the most essential reforms that Nigeria needs.<br />
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In this respect, the first, most desirable, and lowest-hanging fruit is our electoral system. A system where the party in power, through the president, defines elections through the pivotal ability to appoint the electoral boss is a joke and cannot guarantee decent elections or attract decent candidates. The ACP should therefore pick the Uwais Report, which contains all the answers, off the floor, and labour to make it the basis of true electoral reform. There is no reason to start over.<br />
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Think about it: so we have an “Independent” National Electoral Commission (INEC)? If so, exactly what is INEC independent of? It is certainly not independent of the ruling party or the president.<br />
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Here is proof: In 2010, Attahiru Jega, the current INEC chairman, loudly announced that the new electoral register had captured many well-known multiple-registering politicians. Jega was effusive that he would make an example of the offenders by prosecuting them. Two and a half years later, he has done no such thing. The reason is simple: most of them belong to his employers: the PDP. If we implement the recommendations of the Justice Uwais panel, we will be spare these hypocrisies.<br />
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Second, the APC should put into play, without delay, a nationwide voter-education plan that will not only consolidate it as a political party, but will demonstrate a grassroots machinery of education and voter-registration. That is how you broaden party membership and develop national presence.<br />
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Three: a true anti-corruption response. If the APC considers itself to be ready for prime-time, it must tell Nigerians how it intends to combat corruption. Without a dogged and determined anti-corruption plan, the APC will simply become the PDP in another name.<br />
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Nigerians know that the current “anti-corruption” scheme is a ruse. A true war will have many of the current anti-corruption leaders in jail within one month, and stripped of their loot.<br />
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The same regime will also put proponents of the ACP on trial and separate them from both their loot and their hypocrisies. The APC must demonstrate that it is willing, ready and capable of assuming this challenge. Nigeria does not lack resources for development; what we lack are men who will retrieve the resources from our many thieves and plough them into development.<br />
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The PDP must go. But the APC must prove that it is the answer.<br />
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• sonala.olumhense@gmail.comJeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-52121986021387433612013-01-25T03:21:00.001-08:002013-01-25T03:21:23.102-08:00RELIGION AS A TOOL FOR FRAUD AND TERRORISM.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Lukman Badmus Badamasi wrote:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Religion is a corporation and you're the one feeding it your spiritual capital.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Religion inspires you to hate other human beings with a fake god different than your fake god.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Religion is designed to create an atmosphere where citizens are screaming the mindless slogans of 'my god is better than your god.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Your faith in an imaginary God(s) keeps you afraid to live lest some imaginary creature keep tabs on you.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Religious texts are nothing but rule books written by the powerful to oppress the weak.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>God is like a boogeyman, it's used to control the behavior of children, teenagers, adults, senior citizens etc etc.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Religion is a myth, the characters are made up, the stories are imagined, the ideas are designed to neutralize political instincts.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>While your religious leaders are living like the capitalists off your labor (donations), you're still leading a life of economical slavery.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Religious worship stunts your desire to explore and understand your society.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Religion inspires you to hate other human beings with a fake god different than your fake god.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Don't be so impressionable, religion is nothing butan instrument of mass social control.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Religion is anti-revolution ary, it numbs people down from their immediate political reality.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Hymns are used to give you a sense of belonging to a large group of human beings, but you're singing the songs of your oppressors.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>There's no heaven, it's nothing but a thoroughly constructed mental space designed to control your actions.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Sectarianism is used to create absurd religious debates, when the people should be in the streets revolting.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Fight for humanity, instead of wasting your life in prayer rooms waiting for magical things to appear.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Your religious leaders are charlatans who want tocontrol your life by controlling all the rules.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Sectarianism is used by the rulers of society to turn billions into religious bigots.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Hymns are used to create an environment conducive to mass expropriation of labor (donations).</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Religion is a corporation and you're the consumer of its lies and deceit.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Religious buildings are designed to make you feelsmall and weak, so that they may pounce upon your spirit.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Instead of worshipping dead saints, organize your community to take political action to protect itself.</span></span>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-78249261922604264262013-01-21T20:52:00.001-08:002013-01-24T01:30:01.980-08:00THE WAR IN MALI AND OUR ECOWAS FORCES IN FRONTLINE..<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;">The frontline gets wider - by: Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;">“The man who burns down his grains store must know where ash is expensive” Hausa Proverb</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;">On the day the Senate gave approval for Nigerian soldiers and airmen to join others from France, a few West African countries and Malian troops to fight a rebellion in Mali, the crisis in that country escalated. French planes strafed rebel positions. Europeans kidnapped by allies of the Malian rebels were killed along with their kidnappers in an attack by Algerian troops. President Jonathan flew out to attend a Summit on the crisis, and the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika revealed that some of the insurgents in Nigeria under the generic cover of the Jamaatu Ahlil Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad (a.k.a. Boko Haram) have received training in Mali. The death of European civilian hostages in the process of being rescued by Algerian troops will raise public awareness in Europe over a new frontline which is likely to suck in not just France, but Europe in possibly a long-drawn conflict with massive potentials for collateral damage.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;">Mali will be an active theater of war in the next few weeks, months, or years. The rebels may be routed by the superior weaponry and intelligence of the African International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA) in a matter of weeks, or the forces of Africa and Europe could be tied down in a prolonged conflict with an enemy that has roots and support in many neighbouring countries. If the intelligence suggests that the military defeat of a group of two to three thousand men under arms will be the end of this problem, it had better be very good intelligence indeed. If it suggests the possibility of the defeat and dispersal of an armed group, a radical improvement in the capacity of the Malian army in the north, a sustained and ultimately successful campaign of AL-Qaida in the Maghreb (AQIM), and a marked improvement in the capacities of the basic institutions of the Malian state to prevent collapse, it should also foresee a prolonged engagement by all the parties currently in Mali.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;">It is important that this strategic intervention is informed by quality intelligence and strong strong political will to succeed, for a number of reasons. First, Mali represents the visible evidence of a problem which had built up over the last few years, feeding partly on local and age-long grievances, and partly on the massive restiveness among the Muslim population in Asia Middle East and Africa that had much to do with the US, NATO countries and Israel. It is vital that the linkages between pockets of activities in muslim activities are understood, because they represent a challenge to any strategy which seeks piecemeal solutions. Second, the terrain and the context of this engagement will be decisive in the manner it plays out. France may believe that it has mastered the Sahara owing to long-term preparations and commitments, but it is very doubtful if it can sustain a prolonged war against natives who are likely to fight as guerillas once the opening skirmishes are over. African troops fighting in a desert environment may be able to achieve short-term objectives, but political will of leaders and availability resourses may be difficult to sustain in a war that goes beyond a few months.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;">Thirdly, every one of Mali’s six neighbours is vulnerable to collateral damage. A quick and decisive military victory may give the impression of a solution, but in Algeria, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Libya and one or two other African countries, it will take more than the defeat of the Malian rebels to obliterate the incipient or active resistance, or the intricate linkages which bind much of the activities of insurgencies or rebellions, or their roots. A good appreciation of what makes the Sahel region and northern reaches of West Africa fertile breeding grounds for instability and organized violence needs to be built. The Sahara is an intimidating asset and liability even to the communities which have lived for centuries in it, but it cannot, on that account alone, explain why it is currently the focus of such intense activities that threaten the sovereignty or even survival of many countries in or around it, and by its own estimation, the strategic interests of the US and its European allies. A defense strategy that limits the vulnerability of nations and interest to the unique challenges of the vast Sahara must evolve out of this adventure, or if will merely fuel more instability.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;">There is yet another potential danger which needs to be addressed by this initiative. Containing rebel activities in Mali could trigger more hostile activities against governments and western interests in the region. The fragility of states such as Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Chad and even the Nigerian state (which is being severely challenged by a home-grown insurgency) will be a major factor in evolving a broad strategy. The worst outcome of a containment strategy which merely limits itself to rolling back the rebels in Mali will be the intensification of violence in countries and areas where it has already taken root. Nigeria, Algeria and Libya are particularly vulnerable, and all countries bordering them or which provide routes or shelters will remain targets of insurgencies and rebellions. Mali itself is particularly vulnerable, and the relatively-easy collapse of the democratically- elected government, as well as the present role of the military need to be addressed.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;">There will be legitimate expectations that the combined forces of Europe and West Africa will defeat the northern rebel army in Mail. It will also be reasonable to expect that some far-reaching steps will be taken to address Tuareg grievances and integrate than into the political process in Mail in the longer term. By the same token, it should be expected that AQIM and its related interests will fight back. If the assertions that Ansar Al-Din and some elements of AQIM are already active in Nigeria, Mali, Chad, Niger, Algeria and Libya are valid, there will have to be initiatives by all these countries to deal with their threats as they manifest locally. While they will need to collaborate to improve defense of borders and movements of small arms and sophisticated weapons in the vast Sahara, strong political will has to be deployed behind finding the roots of threats, and solutions to them.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;">For Nigeria, the irony would not have been lost that it is sending over 1000 troops to Mali at a time when its own forces are being pinned down in streets and highways by an illusive insurgency. Nigeria is offering the lives and limbs of its soldiers to be part of a grand strategy to bring peace and stability to Mali, at a time when a large chunk of its own territory has become an active frontline. The military admitted that soldiers on their way to Kaduna to join others flying to Mali were attacked in Kogi State, with fatalities. The revered Emir of Kano was attacked in broad daylight, again with fatalities. These events may or may not have any links with Nigeria’s role in Mali, but it will be important not to assume that there are no connections.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;">Nigeria’s contribution to rolling back a rebellion in Mali will be explained in terms of its strategic national interests. This will make sense in the light of information that many members of the insurgency have received training in Mali. These trained people will in turn attack the Nigerian state and population. A relatively symbolic contribution to a West African and European initiative to limit the incursion of militant Islam in the Sahel and Maghreb may escalate the Nigerian problem. This is all the more reason why the Jonathan administration should be more active in the search for options in the manner it relates to this insurgency. Just about everyone who has looked at this problem critically says that it has deep roots in bad governance, poverty and unresolved grievances. The modus operandi of the security agencies is also creating far more enemies than friends.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;">France and a few European countries, with US intelligence, have committed themselves to a campaign to roll back a rebellion, which may achieve short-term goals, but is uncertain in terms of the possibility of finding long-term solutions. Virtually all the West African nations contributing troops are doing so out of the obligation to put out a fire in a fellow ECOWAS member’s country, but they are acutely aware that it could flare up in their own backyard. If the campaign is short, sharp and effective, they would congratulate themselves. If, however, it is prolonged by the nature of the enemy, or the appearance that Europe and the US want to occupy Mali for an extended period and possibly tap into its fabled wealth in mineral resources, then political support will be difficult to sustain behind this campaign. Nigeria needs to assess its role in this campaign very carefully, and take steps to limit its damage at home. We do not want to be on the losing side in Mali, and fail to win the battle in Nigeria.</span>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-31792121125229200322013-01-18T07:20:00.002-08:002013-01-18T07:20:20.874-08:00The 1966 Nigerian Coup and Sectional Politics<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>1966 Coup and the continuation of sectional politics - By Mahmoon Baba-Ahmed</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>It is generally established that time changes everything; but a span of forty-seven years was completely incapable of transforming the mentality and political viewpoints of some Nigerians. As a result, the unfortunate events that triggered the tragic 1966 military coup, which in turn brought about disastrous consequences, went unheeded. It could therefore be adduced that in Nigeria the passage of time does not usually produce distinct difference between the past and present.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>In these circumstances such proceedings often receive impetus and motivation to metamorphose into disgusting episodes that keep producing situations in which things become uncertain. And regrettably too, Nigerians do not learn anything from the mistakes of the past and do not forget any of their immoral habits and contemptible attitudes that have in the past plunged the country into series of calamities. Any wonder they now practise them with unrestrained passion and intense fanaticism?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Driven by intense hatred, the five murderous Ibo Army Majors, instigated by two vicious Yoruba Colonels, heartlessly murdered Northern leaders in January 1966. Similarly, Southern politicians also detested them over what they scornfully referred to as their inherent inability to contribute meaningfully to national development. They considered the Northerners also as bunch of stark illiterates which are more of a liability than tangible asset to the country. In fact that was a misguided conception of Northerners by an average Southerner, even as they have been discovered by colonial administrators to be highly enlightened and completely civilised with commendable capability to manage their affairs under an intricate and efficient form of indigenous government. In that regard the British administrators gave them all the necessary incentives and support in their determined rush to hurriedly catch up with their Southern counterparts.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>In the course of time, the Northerners, fifty years behind the ‘refined’ Southerners, were sufficiently mobilised by the first set of Katsina College graduates, turned out in 1927, to set up the nucleus of developing the so-called backward region. Subsequently this group of enlightened people, which included Ahmadu Bello and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, formed the local intelligentsia that promoted rapid economic growth, stimulated broad interest in partisan political activities and developed modern arts and literature abreast the already existing traditional works. They also formed the bulk of pioneering political class and civil servants that led the country to independence.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>However, just before independence the North was entirely dependent on Ibo artisans and technocrats who dominated all enterprises. That was indeed an unsavoury development that forced the Northern establishment to reschedule the grant of impending self-governing status to the region in 1957, along with the East and West, prior to full independence, by two years until its civil service would have been populated by indigenous personnel.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Happily, at independence the North had found its bearing and become the toast of everyone at home and abroad. It held the reins of the federal government and enjoyed comfortable majority in the federal parliament which gave it latitude and liberty to legislate laws that fostered rapid socio-economic development of the federation, based on unanimity, equity and fairness. Accordingly there was even development throughout the federation while no section complained of marginalisation or feared domination by one region or another. Consequent upon that the Northern political class dominated the country’s political scene, and effectively precluded, through ballot box, its Southern political antagonists from coming to power. Southern politicians were so desperate to clinch power so as to have an opportunity for subjugating the North and its peoples to their whimsical, hideous designs</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Failure to do so led to spiteful frustration, which as a result, encouraged intense hatred for the Northerners and gave vent to extreme dislike for their values and aspirations. They then resorted to schemes aimed at discrediting the people of the area, continually devising cunning plots and secretive plans to disunite them either through promoting sectarian crisis or fanning the embers of ethnic conflicts.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Now the intense hatred and intolerance exhibited in the First Republic by keen political rivalry between the four regions have resurfaced with renewed vigour, threatening to pull the nation down once again. Presently the country is appallingly polarised between North and South along religious line, accentuated by deep-seated attitude or feeling of disapproval of each other by citizens from both sides of the divide. While there is a degree of accord and harmony among various Southern ethic stocks, their counterparts in the North are terribly disunited, torn wide apart by religious and sectional differences which lead to occasional frictions resulting in loss of life and property.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><h2>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>All these happen through age-old attempts to weaken the North and disallow it from occupying its rightful position as the most important, most strategic and essential part of the federation. The perpetration of these despicable goals has completely negated the principles upon which the Sardauna and other Nigeria’s founding fathers laid the foundation for the nation’s greatness. Simply put, the Southerners have still not rested on their oars, forty-seven years after the gruesome murder of Sardauna, and are hell-bent on pulling the North down by lessening its political influence and scattering its economic potentials.</span></span></h2>
Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-34712097773770623722013-01-10T23:13:00.002-08:002013-01-10T23:13:53.279-08:00ITEMS REQUIRED FOR NYSCHhhh<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Things You Need To Take To NYSC Orientation – NYSC Camp Requirements by Ahmed Ogundimu</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>NYSC Nigeria – If you are going to the Nigeria’s National Youth Orientation (NYSC) Camp soon after you have known your NYSC Posting through your call-up letter. Here are the important things you need to take along so that you don’t get stranded and helpless. Imagine if you forgot a document you need for registration in Oyo State orientation camp and you came all the way from Borno State. You don’t want to be in that situation.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>I decided to write this article from my experience at the NYSC Orientation camp because I don’t want prospective Corp Members to face the same kind of hardship I faced before gaining my balance.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Requirements for Registration</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Registration is the first and most important thing at the orientation camp, just like at any other place. At the registration venue, you are expected to provide the following things:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Official NYSC Camp Requirements :</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>1. Your final year Student ID Card</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>2. Notification of Result from your School (Original and Photocopies)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>3. Passport Photograph (Take as many copy as you can but you will only need a few)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>4. Your original call-up letter (This will be taken and not returned to you, take photocopies along too)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>The forms that will be handed to you and attach your passport are very easy to fill. Fill them correctly, because if you make mistakes on your name spelling, you will have BIG Problems with your Discharge Letter. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>After your registration, you will be issued with your State Code Number. This will be like your PIN throughout your Service Year.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>After you have been given your State Code, you should proceed straight to collect your mattress and your NYSC Kit. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>During my own time, I went straight to my hostel (you will be directed), put my mattress in place before going for my kit. Go for your kit on time so that you can get your size.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>NOTE: Make a lot of Photocopies before going to Camp. A copy can be as much as N20 at the Orientation Camp.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Personal Needs For NYSC Camp Life – Things You Need To Take To NYSC Camp</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Throughout your stay at the orientation camp, you will only be allowed to wear your white top and shorts; you might not like the ones that will be handed to you at camp so you can get those fitted LUX and CHASE DEER brands as long as they are white, your jungle boot and white canvas given to you at the camp; you might not like it so buy a fancy one along (White). With these duly pointed out, no need to pack a lot of clothes to the Camp. You should only take a few in case you need to go to Mosque on a Friday or Church on a Sunday.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>NOTE: Make sure you take extra white vest and shorts to Camp because </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>(1) they are very expensive at the Camp Market called MAMI MARKET (2) you will most likely not have time not to wash during the week. You will also be so tired to wash during weekdays after going through all the Military Parades and Man O War Drills.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>You will also need a WAIST POUCH (usually top of the list on what you need to take to NYSC orientation camp) to keep your valuables like cash, phones, and etc. while outside your room. You don’t want to lose anything at camp, so it’s safe to get that pouch.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>CARRY YOUR WAIST POUCH ANYWHERE. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Don’t take materials like pressing iron, knife, fork, tin cutter to the camp. They will be seized and returned to you only on the last day of camping. I was told this is a security measure.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>If you have a camera you can take it along because you will want to snap a lot of scenes. If you have a Blackberry phone, that’s good for you because you can easily and share on social networks. If you don’t have any of those, you will have to pay some guys on camp who do that as business to follow you around and snap you wherever you go. They might charge up to N2000 for the duration of the camping. They should give you all your photos and videos in CDs at the end of Camping.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>You will be fed three times a day in camp but I must not lie to you, the food there is nothing to write home about. They can be nice on few occasions but most days, they are poor (that’s my own view though). If you are someone like me who loves to eat good food, make provisions for your own food. You should get some fast foods along, some breakfast cereals and beverages. You should also hold extra cash to eat at the Mami market. You will get good foods there.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>You should also take a MOSQUITO NET along with you- You know why!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Take some MONEY with you. Things are very expensive at the MAMI MARKET.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>LOVE ADVENTURE? YOU WILL LOVE THE MAN O WAR DRILLS</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>I’ve been able to distinguish between the official NYSC Camp requirements and the personal needs you need to take to the NYSC Orientation Camp. Don’t confuse them. You won’t be registered at the NYSC Orientation camp if you don’t go along with any of the ” NYSC Camp Requirements ” but you will be registered if you don’t go with “things you need to take to the NYSC Camp”, you won’t just enjoy the 21 days. </span></span>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-73591235083605387482012-11-29T03:09:00.000-08:002012-11-29T03:09:38.224-08:00The Nigerian Export Processing Zones Scheme Epz<br />
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The Nigerian Export Processing Zones Scheme</h1>
<br /><b>INTRODUCTION</b> The enabling law for the establishment and lanagement of the Export Processing Zones (EPZ) scheme in Nigeria is the Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority Decree No. 63 of 1992. By this decree, administration of the Nigerian EPZ programme is vested in the Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA). NEPZA is thus, empowered to grant all requisite permits and approvals tor operators in EPZs to the exclusion of all other government agencies and bodies.The regulatory regime tor EPZs in Nigeria is liberal and provides a conducive environment for profitable operations. The incentives available to operators in Nigeria's EPZs compare favourably with the most attractive elsewhere in the world and are the best in the region. They include one hun dred per cent foreign ownership of investments, "one stop" approvals, no import or export licenses, duty free import of raw materials, unrestricted remit tance of capital profits and dividends, tax holidays and no strikes. The country's pioneer EPZ is the Calabar Processing Zone.<br />
<b>CALABAR EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE</b><br />
The Calabar EPZ provides investors with one of the most suitable sites for export manufacture in Africa. The Zone provides serviced industrial and administrative facilities at the most competitive rates obtainable for facilities of such standards in Africa. In addition to public supplies of such utilities as power, water and telecommunications, the zone has its own private back-up supply of these essen tial utilities and services.<br />
Calabar, the city in which the EPZ is sited, is an ancient and historic city with an enviable past, hav ing served as the capital of the Southern Protectorate of Nigeria before the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates in 1914.<br />
The serene and beautiful city served as the centre of operations for the Royal Niger Company during the hey days of the oil palm trade as well as being an age-long centre of learning. It is present ly the capital of Cross River State in south-east Nigeria and is fondly referred to as the "Canaan City, the biblical land flowing with milk and honey." Although one is not likely to actually find milk and honey flowing on the streets of this clean, enchant ing and alluring city, one will definitely discover the warmth and hospitality of the people of Calabar in abundance.<br />
There are other attributes which make the choice of Calabar as the site of Nigeria's pioneer EPZ an excellent one. The city has good road links with other parts of the country and is traversed by the Trans-African Highway, a major gateway to the Republic of Cameroun and other countries of Central Africa. Its modem seaport adjoining the EPZ is of special advantage and will result in signif icant savings for shipping and haulage services for investors in the Zone. The city's international air port is less than twenty minutes drive from the site of the Calabar EPZ.<br />
Several airlines provide Calabar with interna tional and local air travel services. ADC Airlines the major operator from Calabar Airport - operates daily domestic flights to and from Lagos and Port Harcourt, with connecting international flights to destinations in Africa. The airline also operates flights to Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Nigeria Airways flies to Calabar enroute to Equatorial Guinea and Cameroun. Another private airline, Skyline, offers daily services to and from Lagos and Enugu.<br />
Calabar and its environs have a pool of skilled and trainable manpower with significant industrial experience. Such manpower is availably at very competitive rates, which rank among the lowest in the world. There are several institutions of higher learning in Calabar and its environs which provide university, technical and vocational education. If the need arises, these institutions can provide any special training needs and support services that producers in the Zone may need. Industrial activity in Calabar is largely in natural resource-based industries such as oil palm,wood, limestone, rubber, cocoa and coffee.<br />
However, activities in the oil and gas industry, especially the Aluminium Smelting Plant in near-by Ikot Abasi and the activities of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, based in nearby Eket, offer prospects for linkages between manu facturers in the Calabar EPZ and these industries. Moreover, the disposition of its people, its rich history, culture and several natural attractions make Calabar an ideal tourist location. Attractions in Calabar and within surrounding towns in Cross River State include the Agbokim Water Falls, Qua Falls, the Gorilla Sanctuary in the Kanyang National <b>FACILITIES WITHIN THE ZONE</b><br />
Facilities available under the Calabar EPZ are as follows:<br />
(a) Serviced plots; (b) Uninterrupted power and water supply; (c) Modern and efficient telecommunica tions system; (d) Excellent internal road network; (e) Built-up Factory space; (f) Modern catering and recreational facili ties; (g) Banking Services; and (h) Customs Services. <b>INDUSTRIES PERMITTED WITHIN THE ZONE</b><br />
Industries permitted within the Calabar EPZ are the following:<br />
(a) Electrical and Electronic Products; (b) Textile Products; (c) Garments Production; (d) Wood Products and Handicrafts; (e) Leather Products; (f) Petroleum Products; (g) Rubber and Plastic Products; (h) Cosmetics and other Chemical Products; (i) Metal Products and Machinery; (i') Educational Materials and Sports Equipment; (k) Printing Materials, Communication and Office Equipment; (1) Medical Kits, Optical Instruments and Appliances; (m) Biscuits, Confectioneries and other Food Processing; and , (n) Pharmaceutical Products. Proposals for industries outside the above list ings will be considered on their individual merit.<br />
<b>SUMMARY OF INVESTMENT PROCEDURE</b><br />
The following is a summary of procedures 7. which an investor will normally follow in establishing an industry under the Calabar EPZ:<br />
1 Inquiries and obtaining Investment application g form<br />
2.Inspection of built-up factory space and serv iced industrial plots 3.Submission of Investment application form 4.Processing of application form 5.Where application is approved, apply for com pany registration. 6.(a)<b>Outright purchase of built-up stan dard factory:</b> Payment for the purchase shall be made as follows:<br />
- 10 per cent of the purchase price within 3 months of execu tion of purchase agreement. - The balance of 90 per cent, 5 months after.<br />
(b) <b>Rent of built-up factory space:<b> Rent shall be paid as follows:</b></b><br />
<b><b>- One year rent upon execution of rental agreement. Thereafter, rent shall be payable annually.</b></b><br />
<b><b>(c)<b>Lease of built-up standard factory:</b> Rent for the lease shall be paid in 3 pay ments as follows:</b></b><br />
<b><b>- 40 per cent of the rent payable for the lease on or before execu tion of lease. - 30 per cent of the rent for the lease on or before the end of the 5th year of the lease. - 30 per cent of the rent payable for the lease on or before the end of the 10th year of the lease.</b></b><br />
<b><b>(d) <b>Lease of service plots:</b> Rent for the lease shall be paid as follows:</b></b><br />
<b><b>- 40 per cent of the rent payable for the lease on approval of fac tory construction. - 30 per cent of rent payable for the lease at the end of the 5th year of the lease. - 30 per cent of rent payable for the lease at the end of thelOth year of the lease. 7.Remittance of Investment Capital. 8.Assessment of Investment outlay. 9.Pre-production inspection of factory building,plant and machineries before commencement of production. 10. Obtain certificate to sell 25 per cent of produc tion in the domestic market.<b>CONCLUSION</b> In addition to all the above, Nigeria's continued commitment to the implementation of liberal eco nomic policies that will enhance the development and growth of the export sector coupled with the Naira's favourable exchange rate for exports pro vide an excellent opportunity for profitable export production from the Calabar EPZ.</b></b></span>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-89578669906183343982012-11-27T23:34:00.000-08:002012-11-27T23:34:06.815-08:00DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS & INTERMEDIARIESA short review on my researches<br />
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Distribution of products takes place by means of channels. Channels are sets of interdependent organisations (called intermediaries) involved in making the product available for consumption.[1] Merchants are intermediaries that buy and resell products. Agents and brokers are intermediaries that act on behalf of the producer but do not take title to the products.</div>
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A firm can design any number of channels. Channels are classified by the number of intermediaries between producer and consumer.[1] A level zero channel has no intermediaries. This is typical of direct marketing. A level one channel has a single intermediary. This flow is typically from manufacturer to retailer to consumer.</div>
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Intensive distribution means the producer's products are stocked in the majority of outlets.[1] This strategy is common for basic supplies, snack foods, magazines and soft drink beverages.</div>
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In practice, many organizations use a mix of different channels; in particular, they may complement a direct sales-force, calling on the larger accounts, with agents, covering the smaller customers and prospects. In addition, online retailing or e-commerce is leading to disintermediation. Retailing via smartphone or m-commerce is also a growing area.</div>
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The firm's marketing department needs to design the most suitable channels for the firm's products, then select appropriate channel members or intermediaries. The firm needs to train staff of intermediaries and motivate the intermediary to sell the firm's products. The firm should monitor the channel's performance over time and modify the channel to enhance performance.</div>
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To motivate intermediaries the firm can use positive actions, such as offering higher margins to the intermediary, special deals, premiums and allowances for advertising or display.[1] On the other hand, negative actions may be necessary, such as threatening to cut back on margin, or hold back delivery of product.</div>
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Channel conflict can arise when one intermediary's actions prevent another intermediary from achieving their objectives.[1] Vertical channel conflict occurs between the levels within a channel and horizontal channel conflict occurs between intermediaries at the same level within a channel.</div>
</span>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-72668094991894922702012-11-15T05:45:00.001-08:002012-11-15T05:45:19.994-08:00Jerome Etim: HELP PREVENT TERRORIST ATTACK<a href="http://jeromeetim.blogspot.com/2012/11/help-prevent-terrorist-attack.html?spref=bl">Jerome Etim: HELP PREVENT TERRORIST ATTACK</a>: The best way to keep our communities and society safe from extremist are for us been our brothers' keepers. This is a message that bears r...Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-24107491139402335102012-11-15T05:32:00.000-08:002012-11-15T05:52:03.304-08:00HELP PREVENT TERRORIST ATTACKThe best way to keep our communities and society safe from extremist are for us been our brothers' keepers.<br />
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It's a fact that certain kinds of activities can indicate terrorist plans that are in the works, especially when they occur at or near high profile sites or places where large numbers of people gather--like government buildings, military facilities, utilities, bus or train stations, major public events. If you see or know about suspicious activities, like the ones listed below, please report them immediately to the proper authorities. In Nigeria, that means your closest Joint Terrorist Task Force, located in an SSS Field Office. In other countries, that means your closest law enforcement/counterterrorism agency.<br />
<b>Surveillance:</b> Are you aware of anyone video recording or monitoring activities, taking notes, using cameras, maps, binoculars, etc., near key facilities/events?<br />
<b>Suspicious Questioning:</b> Are you aware of anyone attempting to gain information in person, by phone, mail, email, etc., regarding a key facility or people who work there?<br />
<b>Tests of Security:</b> Are you aware of any attempts to penetrate or test physical security or procedures at a key facility/event?<br />
<b>Acquiring Supplies:</b> Are you aware of anyone attempting to improperly acquire explosives, weapons, ammunition, dangerous chemicals, uniforms, badges, flight manuals, access cards or identification for a key facility/event or to legally obtain items under suspicious circumstances that could be used in a terrorist attack?<br />
<b>Suspicious Persons:</b> Are you aware of anyone who does not appear to belong in the workplace, neighborhood, business establishment or near a key facility/event?<br />
<b>"Dry Runs": </b>Have you observed any behavior that appears to be preparation for a terrorist act, such as mapping out routes, playing out scenarios with other people, monitoring key facilities/events, timing traffic lights or traffic flow, or other suspicious activities?<br />
<b>Deploying Assets: </b>Have you observed abandoned vehicles, stockpiling of suspicious materials, or persons being deployed near a key facility/event?<br />
If you answered yes to any of the above...if you have observed any suspicious activity that may relate to terrorism...again,<b> please contact the Joint Terrorist Task Force or law enforcement/counterterrorism agency closest to you immediately.</b> Your tip could save the lives of innocent people, just like you and yours.</span>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-7246374027748653352012-11-10T00:48:00.001-08:002012-11-10T00:51:03.669-08:00Biography of Victor MosesThe clinical overview of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the blistering career of the new jay jay okocha of Nigerian football</span><br />
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<b>Victor Moses</b> (born 12 December 1990) is a Nigerian <a href="file:///wiki/Association_football" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Association football">footballer</a> who plays for <a href="file:///wiki/Premier_League" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> club <a href="file:///wiki/Chelsea_F.C." style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a>. Moses can play in a variety of positions, but in the first-team games he has taken part in so far, Moses has mostly played as a left <a href="file:///wiki/Winger_(sport)" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Winger (sport)">winger</a>. Born in <a href="file:///wiki/Nigeria" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, he has represented England at <a href="file:///wiki/England_national_under-16_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="England national under-16 football team">under-16</a>, <a href="file:///wiki/England_national_under-17_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="England national under-17 football team">under-17</a>, <a href="file:///wiki/England_national_under-19_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="England national under-19 football team">under-19</a> and <a href="file:///wiki/England_national_under-21_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="England national under-21 football team">under-21</a> levels, but opted to play for the<a href="file:///wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigerian national football team</a> as opposed to being fully capped at England level.<br />
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Crystal Palace</span></span></h3>
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Born in <a href="file:///wiki/Nigeria" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, Moses moved to England at the age of 13.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[3]</span></sup> He attended Stanley Technical High School (now known as the Harris Academy) in<a href="file:///wiki/South_Norwood" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="South Norwood">South Norwood</a>, during which time he was scouted playing football in the local Tandridge League, where scouts from <a href="file:///wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a> approached him, with the club's <a href="file:///wiki/Selhurst_Park" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Selhurst Park">Selhurst Park</a> stadium just streets away from his school, Stanley Technical High. The scouts were so impressed that he was offered a place in the Eagles' academy, which he accepted.<br />
Shortly after Moses joined their academy, Palace recommended him to the fee-paying <a href="file:///wiki/Whitgift_School" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Whitgift School">Whitgift School</a> in <a href="file:///wiki/Croydon" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Croydon">Croydon</a> where former Palace player and coach <a href="file:///wiki/Steve_Kember" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Steve Kember">Steve Kember</a> and former <a href="file:///wiki/Arsenal_F.C." style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> and <a href="file:///wiki/Chelsea_F.C." style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> star <a href="file:///wiki/Colin_Pates" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Colin Pates">Colin Pates</a> had been coaching the school football team, in the hope that the higher quality coaching and facilities at Whitgift would further improve his development as a player.<br />
He first came to prominence at 14 after scoring 50 goals for Palace's under-14s side he played along side Joe Szekeres for 3 years scoring over 100 goals between them, as well as helping Whitgift win many School Cups, including a National Cup, scoring all five goals in the final against <a href="file:///wiki/Healing_School" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Healing School">Healing School</a> of Grimsby at the <a href="file:///wiki/Walkers_Stadium" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Walkers Stadium">Walkers Stadium</a>, Leicester.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[3]</span></sup><br />
He made his debut in The Championship on 6 November 2007 away from home against Cardiff. In the Palace first team Moses settled down well, scoring 3 times in <a href="file:///wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_in_English_football" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2007–08 in English football">his first season</a> and settling into the squad well. In the close season Moses committed his future to Palace, signing a four-year contract to take him through until 2012,<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[4]</span></sup> but <a href="file:///wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2008–09 in English football">the following season</a> failed to ever really get going however, and despite a sustained period of starting matches he only managed to score twice.<br />
<h3>
Wigan Athletic</h3>
It was the <a href="file:///wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_in_English_football" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2009–10 in English football">2009–10 season</a> where he really came to prominence, when a run of five goals in eight games for the Eagles saw him become the hottest property of the January transfer window. On the final day of it he completed a £2.5 million transfer to <a href="file:///wiki/Premier_League" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> side <a href="file:///wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a> after Palace went into administration.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[5]</span></sup> He made his debut on 6 February 2010 as a substitute against <a href="file:///wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> in a 1–1 draw.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[6]</span></sup> On 20 March 2010, Moses came on as a substitute against <a href="file:///wiki/Burnley_F.C." style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a> and got his first assist for the club, setting up team mate <a href="file:///wiki/Hugo_Rodallega" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Hugo Rodallega">Hugo Rodallega</a> for an injury time winner.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[7]</span></sup> He scored his first goal for Wigan on 3 May 2010 against <a href="file:///wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a>.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[8]</span></sup><br />
Moses picked up two injuries at the start of the <a href="file:///wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_in_English_football" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2010–11 in English football">2010–11 season</a>,<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[9]</span></sup> and found it difficult to make it back into the first-team due to increased competition for places. He scored his first league goal of the season on 13 November 2010 in a 1–0 win against <a href="file:///wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a>.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[10]</span></sup><br />
Following the departure of <a href="file:///wiki/Charles_N%27Zogbia" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Charles N'Zogbia">Charles N'Zogbia</a>, Moses became a regular starter for Wigan in the <a href="file:///wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_in_English_football" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2011–12 in English football">2011–12 season</a>. On 10 December 2011, he scored his first goal of the season against West Bromwich Albion – his first goal since scoring against the same team last season.<br />
<h3>
Chelsea</h3>
On 23 August 2012, Wigan Athletic accepted a fifth bid from Chelsea, after they finally met Wigan's asking price after four previously unsuccessful bids. The player was given permission to speak with Chelsea.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[11]</span></sup> On 24 August 2012 Chelsea announced that the transfer of Moses had been completed.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[12]</span></sup> Moses played his first game for Chelsea, coming on a <a href="file:///wiki/Substitute" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Substitute">substitute</a>against <a href="file:///wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a>. Moses made his full debut for <a href="file:///wiki/Chelsea_F.C." style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a>when he started the <a href="file:///wiki/Football_League_Cup#Third_round" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Football League Cup">League Cup</a> game against <a href="file:///wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Wolverhampton Wanderers">Wolves</a> and scored his first goal after 71 minutes, the game finished 6–0 to the Blues. <sup><span class="converted-anchor">[13]</span></sup> Moses started his first <a href="file:///wiki/2012-13_UEFA_Champions_League_Group_Stage#Group_E" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2012-13 UEFA Champions League Group Stage">Champions League</a> game against <a href="file:///wiki/FC_Nordsj%C3%A6lland" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="FC Nordsjælland">Nordsjælland</a>. On 31 October 2012, Moses was named Man of the Match of the match against <a href="file:///wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> in the <a href="file:///wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Football_League_Cup" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2012–13 Football League Cup">Capital One Cup</a>, a game Chelsea won 5–4.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[14]</span></sup> On 3 November 2012, Moses scored his first Premier League goal for Chelsea against <a href="file:///wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a> which ended in a 1–1 draw.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[15]</span></sup> Four days later, he scored his first Champions League goal for Chelsea againts <a href="file:///wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhtar Donetsk</a>; Moses replaced <a href="file:///wiki/Oscar_(footballer_born_1991)" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Oscar (footballer born 1991)">Oscar</a> in the 80th minute and headed in <a href="file:///wiki/Juan_Mata" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Juan Mata">Juan Mata</a>'s corner with seconds left to secure a 3–2 win.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[16]</span></sup><br />
<h2>
International career</h2>
<h3>
England</h3>
<h4>
U-16 and U-17 level</h4>
Despite originally hailing from <a href="file:///wiki/Nigeria" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> Moses initially chose to represent his adopted home of <a href="file:///wiki/England_national_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="England national football team">England</a>, featuring for the <a href="file:///wiki/England_national_under-16_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="England national under-16 football team">under-16 team</a>, in which he won the <a href="file:///wiki/Victory_Shield" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Victory Shield">Victory Shield</a> in 2005, and <a href="file:///wiki/England_national_under-17_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="England national under-17 football team">under-17</a> level. He travelled with the squad to the <a href="file:///wiki/2007_UEFA_European_Under-17_Football_Championship" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship">2007 UEFA European U-17 Championship</a> in Belgium, scoring three times (including the only goal in the semi-final win over<a href="file:///wiki/France_national_under-17_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="France national under-17 football team">France</a>) to help John Peacock's side to the competition final, where they were narrowly beaten by a single goal by <a href="file:///wiki/Spain_national_under-17_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Spain national under-17 football team">Spain</a>, though Moses managed to finish as the competition's top scorer and collect the <a href="file:///wiki/Golden_Boot" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Golden Boot">Golden Boot</a> for doing so.<br />
That same summer the squad travelled to <a href="file:///wiki/South_Korea" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> for the <a href="file:///wiki/2007_FIFA_U-17_World_Cup" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup">FIFA U-17 World Cup</a>. Moses finished as the Young Lions' top scorer, netting three times in the <a href="file:///wiki/2007_FIFA_U-17_World_Cup#Group_B" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup">Group B fixtures</a>, but sustained an injury in the victory over<a href="file:///wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a> that ruled him out of the competition. Moses' teammates went on to reach the <a href="file:///wiki/2007_FIFA_U-17_World_Cup#Quarterfinals" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup">quarterfinal stage</a>.<br />
<h4>
U-19s</h4>
Following that tournament Moses was promoted to the <a href="file:///wiki/England_national_under-18_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="England national under-18 football team">under-18</a> squad, and following his goalscoring exploits for Palace's first-team, he was promoted to the <a href="file:///wiki/England_national_under-19_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="England national under-19 football team">under-19</a> side without appearing sufficiently for the U-18s to actually collect a cap. He went with the U-19s to the <a href="file:///wiki/2008_UEFA_European_Under-19_Football_Championship" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship">2008 UEFA European U-19 Championship</a> in the <a href="file:///wiki/Czech_Republic" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>, playing two matches and picking up one assist as the Young Lions failed to make it out of <a href="file:///wiki/2008_UEFA_European_Under-19_Football_Championship#Group_B" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship">Group B</a>. Speculation grew as Stuart Pearce snubbed him that Moses would return to play for Nigeria in the 2010 World Cup, this move never materialised.<br />
<h4>
U-21s</h4>
Moses was promoted to the under-21 squad at the beginning of the <a href="file:///wiki/2010-2011_Premier_League" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2010-2011 Premier League">2010-2011 Premier League</a> season and made his debut against Uzbekistan in a 2–0 win.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[17]</span></sup><br />
<h3>
Nigeria</h3>
Moses was selected to play for <a href="file:///wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigeria</a> against <a href="file:///wiki/Guatemala_national_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Guatemala national football team">Guatemala</a> in February 2011, but the friendly was cancelled.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[18]</span></sup> He accepted a call-up in March 2011 for Nigeria's games against <a href="file:///wiki/Ethiopia_national_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Ethiopia national football team">Ethiopia</a> and <a href="file:///wiki/Kenya_national_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Kenya national football team">Kenya</a>.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[19]</span></sup> However, he was ruled out of those games because his application to FIFA to switch nationalities was not received in time. It was announced on 1 November 2011, that FIFA had cleared Moses and <a href="file:///wiki/Shola_Ameobi" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Shola Ameobi">Shola Ameobi</a> to play for Nigeria.<sup><span class="converted-anchor">[20]</span></sup> He made his Eagles debut as a substitute on 29 February 2012 against<a href="file:///wiki/Rwanda_national_football_team" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Rwanda national football team">Rwanda</a>. He scored his first goal for Nigeria in a 6–1 whitewashing of Liberia in an AFCON 2013 qualifying match, scoring a brace. One of the goals was via a cross from Chelsea team-mate, <a href="file:///wiki/John_Obi_Mikel" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="John Obi Mikel">John Obi Mikel</a>.<br />
<h2>
Club career statistics</h2>
<dl><dd><i>As of 7 November 2012</i></dd></dl>
<h2>
International career statistics</h2>
<dl><dd><i>As of 1 March 2010</i></dd></dl>
<h2>
Honours</h2>
<ul>
<li>2005 – <a href="file:///wiki/Victory_Shield" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Victory Shield">Victory Shield</a></li>
<li>2007 – <a href="file:///wiki/2007_UEFA_European_Under-17_Football_Championship" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship">UEFA U-17 European Championships</a> – runners-up</li>
<li>2007 – <a href="file:///wiki/2007_UEFA_European_Under-17_Football_Championship" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship">UEFA U-17 European Championships</a> – <a href="file:///wiki/Golden_Boot" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Golden Boot">Golden Boot</a> winner</li>
<li>December 2009 <a href="file:///wiki/Football_League_Young_Player_of_the_Month" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Football League Young Player of the Month">Football League Young Player of the Month</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>
References</h2>
<h2>
External links</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/team/player-profile/?playerid=377453&tcmuri=19987" rel="nofollow" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;">Victor Moses profile</a> at the Wigan Athletic website</li>
<li><a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/first-team/player/42181" rel="nofollow" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;">Chelsea Profile</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=47716" rel="nofollow" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;">Victor Moses career stats</a></li>
at <a href="file:///wiki/Racing_Post" style="color: #20007f; text-decoration: none;" title="Racing Post">Soccerbase</a></ul>
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</span></span>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-2627111018970887092012-11-08T02:33:00.001-08:002012-11-08T02:46:57.786-08:00The common man<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> The common man is a general name for a poor and unpopular males in my country, I am from a country where the standard of living is very Low and over 70% of the nation's population lives below a dollar a day. Most of Nigerians cannot afford the luxury and cost of living including healthcare, eduction, balance diet, housing, and electricity because the cost of these basic items are regarded as luxuries yet in order part of the world this are basic necesicities for citizens of the country. The recent flooding in the country has so much affected the common man because the are percieved to be living in the low land areas, rural areas, undeveloped areas and environmental degraded areas. Over 300 lives has been lost and the temporilay camps built by Government to cater for the immediate needs of the common man and his family which are always at an average of abover four children has become a political arena where political campaign in view of the 2015 ambitions of their fat pockets. The higher education are kept at the highest cost which the common man cant afford, so the paupers and their children doesn't pass secondary school certificates. Educational grants are won by the elites who can afford this luxury schools abroad for their kids but yet would block this grants from getting to the common man. The common man doesn't only suffer from lack of basic amenities from Government, but also extortion from churches and religious organistions in the name of tithes, offerings, sacrifices and breakthrough seeds. This religious bodies extorts from the unenglithened Nigerians using the bible. The common man in my country of a population of over 150million according to the last population census conducted also suffer poor service delivery from telecommunication firms who bills this section of the economy more without providing the paid services. For examples, the common man loads the highest number of recharge cards yet the network is never clear for a decent phone call. The common man pays a huge electricity bills yet PHCN would not provide the light paid for, thereby hindering the small scale businesses of the common man which are either barbering, tailoring, weldering, vulcanicing, restaurants, etc. the livelihood of the common man is centered on these basic amenities yet enjoyed by the rich class. The common man travels by road yet the inter-state express ways are filled with potholes and bad roads, the common man uses electricity for his daily operation of his businesses yet the PHCN for the pass 50years can not provide uninterrupted power for 3hours, the common man does not ever win a court case against the rich or influential sections of Nigerians, they are believed to be common Nigerians and the National Assembly don't deliberate on bills that empowers a common man. I am a common man and a common Nigeria, and I therefore speak for all the commoners in my country and thousands of them that are killed everyday by police brutality, Boko Haram bombings, Political killings, hunger and starvation, Ill health, malnutrition, fake drugs, etc. we are Nigerians too and the huge resources of the country through crude oil and other natural resources are not meant for only a few people</span></b>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-15437976539051312232011-09-09T12:50:00.000-07:002011-09-09T12:50:37.405-07:00the growth strategies of small and medium scale enterprises in Calabar Municipal L.G.A C.R.S written by Jerome Etim<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-GB</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: -36pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>1.1<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Background of study.</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">When developing strategies to create business growth, perhaps you are on the brink of launching a new range of services, rolling out a new brand of product, or perhaps you just need to make more profit. However, the type of strategy you adopt will depend on the type of business your into, who your target audiences are, and what resources and skills you have at your disposal. The proper co-ordination of human resources, labour and capital will result in a firm’s growth (Chibundu, 2006).</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Managing growth of SMEs is a major strategic issue for any growing firm (Arbaugh, and Camp, 2002). However, this research work explores the growth strategies of small and medium scale enterprises in Calabar Municipality using the following firms as a case study; Tun 7 Nigeria Limited and Mornirose Bakery Ventures. </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Thompson (2001:563-565) presented four growth strategies necessitated for small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) growth as “(1) organic growth i.e. been efficiently organised; (2) acquisitions i.e. skills development; (3) strategic alliance i.e. association of groups with common aims, and (4) joint venture i.e. jointly undertake business enterprises with firms of common interest”. This strategy gives an entrepreneurs edge in his market niche, and help them grow steadily.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Moreso, proper planning is another vital strategy that also helps SMEs growth. Inyang (2004:27) noted “planning is an attempt by most organisations to predict the future by as much as possible reducing the future uncertainty. It includes establishing the organisation’s objectives and formulating strategies, programmes, policies, and standards which are needed to accomplish the set objectives.” It is fundamental for SMEs to embark on planning. Becham (2011:39) stated that “small and medium scale enterprises are often too busy dealing with day-to-day issues to have time to worry about the future”. The lack of planning culture has been the major hindrance to SMEs growth in Calabar municipality. Sauser (2005:4) noted “starting a business is a risky venture, and the chances of SMEs owners making it past the five year mark are very slim. They should develop both long-term and short-term strategies to guard against failure”. Moreso, SMEs firms would experience immense growth if the entrepreneurs nest strategies that best suit their firm’s goals and objectives and imbibe a planning culture.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The problems affecting SMEs growth in Calabar municipality as identified by respondents, researchers and scholars ranges from low capital, lack of managerial and entrepreneurial skills, governmental restrictions and regulations, and internal factors etc. The research work hopes to identify strategies that would help SMEs in Calabar municipality overcome these challenges, and attain steady growth rate.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -36pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>1.2<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Statement of problem</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;">Most SMEs have folded up or crumbled today because of lack of growth strategies for long-term actualisation of their goals and objectives. Some small and medium scale business enterprises formulate wrong or short-term goals or strategies without taking into consideration the long-term benefit and future of the firm. Lack of creative and innovative business ideas, underdeveloped entrepreneurship culture and limited understanding to modern production technologies, marketing and business techniques makes their strategies to failure.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The reason why some small and medium scale enterprises loose their customers or remain stagnated is because there is no sound strategy laid down for good customer relationship and firm’s image. Some business enterprises have sound strategies but do not know how they can be effectively applied.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Administrative problems was also identified has the major causes of SMEs growth strategies failure. Researchers identified poor recordkeeping, inexperience in the field of business owners, particularly a lack of technical knowledge, lack of planning culture, and lack of market research (Kazooba, 2006; Mambula, 2002; Eeden et al., 2004).</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Objectives of the study.</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The objectives of this study are as follows:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>i. To analyse some growth strategies for the Small and Medium scale enterprises in Calabar Municipality.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">ii. To bring to limelight or to the awareness of general public, and small and medium scale business owners how growth strategies can lead to the growth and development of their businesses.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">iii. To make case or show how valuable growth strategies are to the stability and long-term future of any firm.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>iv. To compare some growth strategies adopted by some small and medium scale enterprises with one another.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">v. To choose and analyse goal oriented strategies for small and medium scale enterprises.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">1.4 Research question.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>i.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">How has growth strategies helped in the growth of small and medium scale enterprises in Calabar Municipality?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>ii.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">To what extent has growth strategies contribute to the attainment of goals and objectives of small and medium scale enterprises in Calabar Municipality?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>iii.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">To what extend will the analysis of growth strategies for small and medium scale enterprises increase the output and income of SMEs in Calabar Municipality?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -36pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>1.5<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Research hypothesis. </span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The hypotheses for this study are stated as follows:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">i)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">H0: There is no significant relationship between growth strategies and the growth of small and medium scale enterprises in Calabar Municipality.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">H1: There is a significant relationship between growth strategies and the growth of small and medium scale enterprises in Calabar Municipality.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">ii)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">H0: There is no significant association between growth strategies and the attainment of goals and objectives of small and medium scale enterprises in Calabar Municipality.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">H1: There is no significant association between growth strategies and the attainment of goals and objectives of small and medium scale enterprises in Calabar Municipality.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -36pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>1.6<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Scope and limitations of study.</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 21.3pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The scope of this study was restricted to studying the growth strategies of selected small and medium scale enterprises in Calabar municipality. Tun 7 Nigeria Limited and Mornirose Bakery Ventures are the SME firms used in the research work.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 21.3pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The researcher envisaged some constraints that affected the success of the study. These included: time constraints, which affected the adequate attention needed for academic activities. Also, the attitude of the respondents in giving the required and sincere responses to the questions asked. They thought that revealing or answering such question would expose their managerial inefficiencies. Another constraint was finance, due to its relative scarcity; it reduced the pace of the study.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -36pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>1.7<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Significance of the study.</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The study is significant in the following ways:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 50.2pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>i.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">It will guide on investigation of the effect or analysis of growth strategies for small and medium scale enterprise.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 50.2pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>ii.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The study will also create awareness among businessmen and women or small and medium scale business enterprises on the best strategies available for them to make their business grow.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 50.2pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>iii.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">It will also provide small and medium scale enterprises with the strategies of dealing with their customers and attract them to their business environment.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 50.2pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>iv.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The study will also arouse feelings of concern for business owners, those interested in business establishment etc.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 50.2pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>v.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">This study would be of immense help to future researchers who are interested in the subject matter.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -36pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>1.8<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Historical background of the companies studied.</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Tuns 7 Nigeria Limited.</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Preamble: the organisation was established in 2000, by Mr. Tunde Osisanya, with the major scope of dealing on furniture item and electronics. Now a section of the firm is devoted to clothing.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Business location: the business is located at Ibom layout Marian Calabar, Calabar municipality local government area, where its resources are easily transported to the firm because of good roads. The location of the firm was influence by the choice of the model of business which needed to be constantly seen by customers who drive or walk pass to stimulate the desire to buy.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Staff strength: The firm boost of staff strength of forty (40) workers employed to carry out their daily operation of furniture or electronic delivery, manager, sales representative, marketing agent, security and cleaner.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Product delivery: The firm’s products are sold to its customers on small or large quantity. In the case of small-scale are usually for personal use, while, large-quantity are for organisation or government contracts. The distribution department ensures that the truck or vans are used to deliver the goods at the customer’s location on request.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Sales and profitability: Sales are done on either the basis of cash and carry or cash on delivery. The profit ratio of the firm has been unstable as a result of governmental regulations and restriction. According to the manager the unstable Government policies on ban and unban furniture goods at short intervals is a major problem for his business. This makes profit margin unstable and growth rate of the firm slow. This also cause in consistency in the firms market strategies and long-term policies. </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Mornirose bakery ventures.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Preamble:<b> </b>The business organisation was established in 1995, with the major aim of manufacturing and distributing all kinds of bakery products such as cake, bread, all assorted snacks, and bakery made confectioneries.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Business location<b>: </b>The business is located in Calabar Municipality local government area, where it can source its raw materials and other valuable resources (such as human capital) to enhance its production.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Products: The organisation’s product ranges from Duke Bread, Mornirose bread, Supreme gift bread, Royal bread, meat-pie, roasted meat, egg and meat roll, etc.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Staff strength: The organisation’s workforce is made up of forty-five (45) workers, distributed across all the functional areas of their operations. These workforces articulates their various skills into making sure that their assigned duties are carried out daily in the most efficient and effective way.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Distribution strategy: The organisation’s products are distributed within and outside the local government area. The organisation institutes an inclusive distribution strategy, which ensures that the prices of their products are affordable and commensurate with the value of the product whenever they need them. Their price ranges from between 30-60 Naira, depending on the product to be purchased by the customer. The prices are fixed at an affordable way so as to facilitate increased patronage by customers.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Management: The management of the business operates an open door policy, where other members are allowed to contribute their own quota into the affairs of the business. They create a clearly defined communication system, such that the employees easily understand the policy and strategy of the business.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -36pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>1.9<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Definition of terms</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The keywords used in this research are defined as follows:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Enterprises: Microsoft Encarta dictionary (2009) defines enterprise as an organised business activities aim specifically at growth and profit.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Management: Aluko, et al. (2007:122), defines it as “the direction of an enterprise through planning, organising, coordinating and controlling of its human and material resources towards the achievement of a predetermined objective”.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs): Hallbery (2006:1) defines SMEs as “statistically, SMEs is usually based on the number of employees or the value of assets. The lower limit for small-scale enterprises is usually set at 5 to 10 workers and the upper limit at 50 to 100 workers. The upper limit for medium scale enterprises is usually set between 100 and 250 employees”.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Strategies: Johnson (2010:218) defines strategies as “the scope and direction of an organisation over the long-term; which achieves advantage for the organisation through its configuration of resources within a challenging environment, to meet the needs of markets and to fulfil stakeholder expectations”.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Business growth:<b> </b>Slywotzky (1998:8) defines business growth as “when a business grows by stretching its business designs to serve customers that the business designs were not intended to serve”.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Entrepreneur: Aluko. et. al. 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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The question above is broad with different dynamics and scope but in a bid to break it down to its understandable point with minimum write ups I’m going to define the following terms:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>Ø<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Management</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>Ø<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Advertisement</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>Ø<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Advocacy</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>Ø<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Crisis with regards to organisation products or services</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This would give us a clearer picture in understanding the proposed question above.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Management:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> according to <b>Jaja and Obipi (2005:3),</b> “management can be defined as either used to stand for or refer to people.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Advertisement:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> A respected advertisement scholar views advertisement as “a dynamic forum in which business interests, creativity, consumer needs, and government regulations meet.”(<b>Wells, et al (1989:31),</b> Advertisement can also be defined as a generally accepted paid form of publicity by an identifiable sponsor whose aims are to inform and or persuade prospect. Advertisement has a greater ability to reach a large number of people simultaneously than advocacy but it has less ability to prompt an immediate change in behaviour.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Advocacy: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">can also be called marketing as it’s the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion and distribution of ideas, goods and services to create exchange that satisfy the perceived needs, wants and objectives of the consumers and the organisation. Advocacy isn’t paid for by the identified sponsor but is also aim to inform and persuade the consumers. In cases of immediate change in behaviour of consumers advocacy can adjust to change immediately.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Crisis with regards to org. Products and services: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">there is no greater test for organisation than how it deals with a crisis. The key is to be prepared by anticipating the possibility of crisis and establishing a mechanism for dealing with the bad news. Crisis in relation to its products can either be propaganda or real. It’s the duty of the organisation’s management team to seek and address these issues in time in order to restore confidence back to his consumers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Furthermore, with the definitions above the subject matter as become clearer as I beginning to illustrate steps in which an organisation can use advertisement to solve its product and service crisis.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Planning on possible scenarios.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Training of his staff to be able to handle crisis.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Situation control.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">For effective crisis management, organisations must have a plan based on thoughtful analysis of all possible scenarios in which a crisis might occur. A plan outlines who does what: who contacts the various stakeholder, who might be affected, who speaks to the press, and who sets up and runs an on-site disaster management centre. Companies also should conduct unannounced crisis training during which staff are forced to drop everything and deal with a stimulated crisis as it unfolds. Therefore, in crisis corporate advertising which is designed to promote a corporate image or viewpoint should be done. There should be no attempt to sell any particular product rather this type of advertisement should take the form of public statements directed at the public to correct the wrong impression or perception the products and services. Also, point of view messages also known as advocacy should be delivered at numerous events, gathering and institutions. This act will give the public a chance to ask questions and when the proper answers are given it will help correct and eradicate the crisis. Advertisement can also be done through in house publications, speakers, photographs and films, displays, exhibits and staged events, the news release, press conference, online communication etc.</span></div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-73868303914961107352010-12-01T03:25:00.000-08:002010-12-01T03:25:20.063-08:00Before management makes effort to promote the image of the organisation outside, it is expected to strength the internal environment of the organisation.<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Before I begin to draw my discussion logically in order to embrace the question above I will like to define management as this would dissect the managerial role in the organisation and show us the pivotal responsibility of management both internal and external of the organisation. According to <b>Koontz and O’Donnell</b> (1978:321) argued that “managing is an operational process initially best dissected by analyzing the managerial functions and these essential managerial functions are: planning, organising, staffing, directing and controlling. The importance of management to the successful running of man’s affairs dates back to the primitive and medieval periods, and today the place of management, as an essential ingredient to the success of an enterprise are even more evident.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> While, <b>Etuk</b> <b>(1985:1),</b> views business environment as “both the internal and external factors that surround and potentially affect the activities and behaviour of a particular business organisation”. Although these factors or forces necessarily control the actions of businesses they are more or less accepted as givens by organisations in the sense that they are beyond the immediate and direct control of these organisations through the action of their managers. Therefore, the internal environment which is making up of the employees, policies, machines and memorandum can be x-ray daily by the management in order to sanitise its internal values.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Bacal</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> <b>(2010),</b> identified strategic communication as an effective tool used by organisations in strengthening its internal environment. Management primary task is planning.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Many organizations understand the importance of developing strategic plans to guide both their short/longer term decision-making. The thinking is that without knowing where we want to be and how we are going to get there, we can't coordinate organizational resources so that we get to where we want to go. Frequently, communication methodologies for communicating with customers and the public are included in strategic planning. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">However, few organizations address INTERNAL communication in the same way. Determining what should be communicated to staff, when it should be communicated, and how it should be communicated is often left up to the decisions of individuals made when there seems to be a need. In other words internal communication strategies are developed, reactively, when there is a crisis or major event that clearly requires addressing communication issues. Where communication is planned out, it is often around upheavals like major corporate or organization change, layoffs and downsizing, and technological change. However, once the initiating focus has been eliminated communication tends to go back to an unorganized incoherent process. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It's a bit of a mystery why this occurs, but there is no question that strategic internal communication planning can be a proactive approach to building a better, more directed and efficient workforce.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">But <b>Dr. Kenneth D. Mackenzie</b> in his article titled “The <i>Practitioner's<b> </b>Guide to Organizing Organizations”</i><b> </b>argued that organisational problem solving goes beyond merely making a decision. It also includes finding and formulating the problem, implementing the decision, and an audit and review of the results produced. Deciding what to do when improving an organization is like the offense players reaching the line of scrimmage in football. To make any progress and to score one must go farther. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">The process of organizational problem solving can take a long time. Given that each stage depends upon the prior stages, it should be obvious that by spending relatively more effort on the earlier stages, time and money should be saved on the later stages. Unfortunately, busy executives often spend too little effort on the problem finding and formulation stages in their generally commendable but often misguided belief in the benefits of acting quickly and decisively. For example, the response to a drop in sales might yield the decision to develop an elaborate incentive system for the sales force. The real problem might be caused by the poor pricing strategy or by administrative problems which create excessive delays in fulfilling an order. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Therefore, organisation must ensure that they constantly run it’s internal environment through these five main stages in the organizational problem solving process: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Finding the Problem</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Formulating the Problem</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Making the Choice of the Solution</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Implementation of the Solution</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">5.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Audit & Review of Results of the Implementation.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Conclusively, one of the primary functions of management and leadership is to solve organizational problems. An organizational problem occurs whenever the work practices and processes of those tasked with producing specific results do not actually produce those results. How can a management solve such problems in an efficient and effective manner so that your organization remains on track for profitability and success?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Identify the core source of internal conflict and constantly address them through effective communication.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Formal organisational chart must be drawn to show level and privileges of every employee in the organisation’s organogram.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Motivation and training of employees constantly is advised on a regular basis as this helps the organization move toward the most appropriate solution in the least amount of time.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">One of the proper sources for optimal organizational growth is continual management/ownership encouragement of collective problem sharing and solving behaviours throughout the workforce. This is an essential ingredient for success. If you're having difficulties dealing with problems in your business, ask yourself: "Am I regularly encouraging my employees to play in problem solving?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">With the harnessing of integrated collective environment of both employer and employees decision/problem solving mechanism, management can now reach out and take the outside environment.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 18pt;"></div><h2><span style="color: black; font-size: 35pt; line-height: 115%;">REFERENCES</span><span style="color: black;"></span></h2><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Ø<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Etuk, E.J (1985). 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<h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;">Abraham Lincoln defined Democracy as government of the people by the people and for the people. </span>This is in recognition of the role and power of the people in nation building. </b></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Follower-ship can be defined as a company of people that shares the same interest or aim. </b></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Leadership position in Nigeria is every weak because it’s either wrong person in the right position or right person in the wrong position.For example; a medical doctor is made the minister of works when he doesn’t have any background knowledge on building or construction work therefore, making himself a liability in such office instead of an asset. Or we have people who won election by snatching ballot boxes in the case of Ondo, Ekiti state and the rest of them. This are clear woes on the leadership of our country. While, the big question always is if the root is rotten what will happen to its branches?</b></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span> </span>Or the fact that we are in Nov. 2010 and they are still discussing the budget of 2010. Under the leadership of finance minister Olusegun Aganga. Where only 40% of the capital budget has been implemented that is a budget that is made to bring dividends of democracy to the Nigerian people and elevate them of poverty, diseases and lack of infrastructure. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>But let me quickly bring you up to speed with national transformation as a result of follower-ship. Our constitution is just 10years but it is been amended because the Nigerian people feels that some section of that constitution as hindered our democratic process.This act is the first of his kind in the world amending a constitution that is just 10years old. What a huge impact of followers on National Transformation. </span></b></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;">In America the democrat as lost over 60% of his congress sit to the republicans. This shows that the power of national transformation lays in the hands of the followers not the leaders on account of Distrust, and discontent with the Obama Administration.</span></b></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;">June 12 1993 will always remain fresh in her memory as a day in the Nigerian history where election was conducted free and fair and M.K.O Abiola won fair and square but our then military head of state annulled that election and the people stood up forcing him to step down, this also showed no one is bigger than the people</span></b></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><b>lastly, There is no doubt that almost all Nigerians want change, and the mood for change is evident from small villages to big cities where poverty, disease, lack of social infrastructure and most significantly lack of hope is an everyday reality for millions of Nigerians. 2011 we will register, vote and guard our vote because the suffering of the people from unemployment, lack of basic amenities, insecurity and low GDP must all become a thing of the past.</b></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;">But the question I have for my everyone reading this article and our Nigerian leaders today is; how can Nigerian people in which they claim to serve be struggling to earn 18,000naira while, our leadership in government earns over a million times that amount?</span></b></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you.</span></b></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><b>JEROME ETIM.</b></h1>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-68403189626203748852010-11-07T05:02:00.000-08:002010-11-07T05:02:08.073-08:00NIGERIA'S ECONOMY CHALLENGES<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">NBS in there just released statistic on global Economy survey ranking Nigeria’s economy 127, out of 130. Citing the following facts as the bases for the rating.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>ð<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The strength of our balance sheet which isn’t that strong.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>ð<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Our external and internal debt ratio whereby 85% of these is loan is external & concessionary.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>ð<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We are just in the process of citing a sovereign world fund</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>ð<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Depletion in our excess crude oil account</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>ð<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The external resources as fallen.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>ð<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Capital budget implementation problem.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>ð<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">High unemployment rate in the country where over 60% of the eligible workers are unemployed.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">But SMP also released there rating which shows that Nigeria is a stable outlook citing the following facts which if clinically analysis its positive for our nations development.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>ð<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In the last ten (10) years Nigeria has made the highest growth rating among developing countries.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>ð<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We have a good dealing on infrastructure which our government have taken it upon itself to develops our economy e.g. Transport, Power, Health & Primary Care, Education etc.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>ð<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The fact that we are willing to make changes is a stamp & credibility of the government to get it right and empower the Nigerian people e.g. electoral reform, judicial independence and war on corruption etc.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>ð<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Nigeria as a strong economic growth which is job creation driven.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>ð<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Removing barriers to credit which is to enable lending, investment and small/medium scale enterprise.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I believe in the current presidency of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan that after a successful eight(8) years in office Nigeria’s economy will & its overall External Index will rise by over 50%.</span></b>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-82396938446810296922010-11-03T08:25:00.000-07:002010-11-03T08:25:38.748-07:00The Manager<b>The manager is a workaholic, efficient employee of a company or organization whose major goal is to strive for the profitability of the organization. working day and night, endless appoints, conferences, schedules and meeting because for a manager everyone is a market, a potential buyer of his services.</b><br />
<b>His topmost satisfaction is the return of earning and declare of defidence for shareholder.</b><br />
<b>A manager is a team player, dedicated staff and a goal driven individual...</b><br />
<b>Managers work with people, either small, medium or large, or specialist, adviser or technocrats, its the utmost duty of the manager to work effectively by unifying these different human resources for the optimal goal of the organization.</b><br />
<b>Be goal driven, Be dedicated, Be inspired, Be a purposeful Manager.</b>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-37500149091098655582010-10-30T06:29:00.001-07:002010-10-30T06:29:08.606-07:00NSE weekly report for week ended 22nd Oct. 2010Courtesy of FSDH, Lead Capital, and Afrinvest, here are the NSE statistics for the week ended Friday, October 22nd:<br />
<br />
- The market caved into bearish sentiments mid-week however a spike on Friday curbed the downward trend, as the NSE All-Share Index subsequently lost 39bps closing at 24,978.70.<br />
- Profit taking in the banking sector sent most mid-tier banks tumbling this week, Access Bank, FCMB, Stanbic IBTC and Skye Bank all shed points ranging from 0.2% to 8.0%, top-tier banks were not spared either, however, bullish sentiments on Friday had most of the top-tier banks recording varied gains; First Bank and GTBank inched up with gains of 2.9% and 3.4%respectively, while UBA and Zenith Bank both gained marginal points. The rally on Oceanic Bank remained strong all week resulting in a 25.5% gain. Sentiments in the market indicate that the rally could continue into mid-next week before profit taking starts.<br />
- The food and beverages sector went to the bears this week. Profit taking trimmed off less than 1.0% from Dangote Flour while Dangote Sugar shed 1.2%, Cadbury also lost 12.1%. On the flip side Honeywell Flour and 7up bagged gains of 7.5% and 5.0% respectively.<br />
- In the same vein bearish sentiments trimmed off 1.4% an 2.8% from International Breweries and Guinness this week, while NB lost marginal points.Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-5616598989721421502010-10-30T06:22:00.000-07:002010-10-30T06:22:31.918-07:00Nigerian Financial market graphical chart 2009 between NSE and the Banking sector<img alt="" height="400" src="file:///C:/Users/jerome/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" width="400" />Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535800785932120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379478097278266488.post-50495933134812326602010-10-30T03:00:00.000-07:002010-10-30T03:00:01.212-07:00Nigerian Stock Market Your Investment Destination.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="bodyTextSmall" style="width: 480px;"><tbody>
<tr><td colspan="70"><div align="center" class="categoryHeadingText">Daily Price List as at Friday, October 29, 2010</div></td> </tr>
<tr class="productInfoTableRow1"> <th class="LabelTDL" width="73">Security </th> <th class="LabelTDR" width="53"> <div align="right"> Price </div></th> <th class="LabelTDR" width="103"> <div align="right">Price Change</div></th> <th class="LabelTDR" width="57"> High </th> <th class="LabelTDR" width="57"> Low </th> <th class="LabelTDR" width="63">Trades</th> <th class="LabelTDR" width="69">Volume</th> </tr>
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<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>AGRICULTURE</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">FTNCOCOA</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.63</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(2.999997E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.03</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.63</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.57</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">33</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">4,263,181</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">LIVESTOCK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.59</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(1.999998E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.02</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.59</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.59</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">9</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">265,703</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">OKOMUOIL</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">15.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">15.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">15.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">2</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">4,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">PRESCO</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">5.99</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">5.99</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">5.99</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">3</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">6,065</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>AIRLINE SERVICES</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">NAHCO</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">9.51</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(1.000023E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.01</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">9.56</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">9.51</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">57</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">481,447</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>AUTOMOBILE AND TYRE</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">DUNLOP</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">2</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">31,693</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">RTBRISCOE</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">3.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">3.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">3.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">11</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">53,512</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>BANKING</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">ACCESS</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">8.38</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-0.4099998);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.41</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">8.80</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">8.38</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">211</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">24,701,250</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">AFRIBANK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.17</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0.1000001);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.1</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.17</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.16</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,551,141</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">DIAMONDBNK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">7.90</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-0.1299996);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.13</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">8.05</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">7.86</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">213</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">42,908,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">ECOBANK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">3.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">3.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">3.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">36</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">410,358</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">FCMB</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">6.95</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0.3299999);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.33</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">6.95</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">6.64</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">75</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">13,519,600</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">FIDELITYBK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.40</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-4.999995E-02);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.05</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.49</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.37</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">75</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">2,222,664</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">FIRSTBANK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">12.90</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0.2199993);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.22</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">13.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">12.80</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">788</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">51,605,030</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">FIRSTINLND</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.66</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(3.000003E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.03</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.66</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.66</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">36</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">6,481,593</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">GUARANTY</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">17.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-0.1399994);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.14</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">17.16</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">16.99</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">497</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">21,686,350</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">IBTC</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">9.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-0.3000002);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.3</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">9.31</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">9.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">51</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">7,008,700</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">INTERCONT</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">1.98</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(9.000003E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.09</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.98</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.98</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">36</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">2,205,038</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">OCEANIC</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.31</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0.1099999);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.11</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.31</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.31</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">103</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">7,354,656</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">PLATINUM</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">1.40</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(5.999994E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.06</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.40</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.36</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">81</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">16,494,100</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">SKYEBANK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">7.30</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0.2000003);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.2</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">7.30</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">7.10</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">119</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">5,793,745</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">SPRINGBANK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.75</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(2.999997E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.03</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.75</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.75</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">13</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">639,303</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">STERLNBANK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">1.87</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(8.000004E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.08</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.87</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.85</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">57</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">3,898,839</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">UBA</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">9.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-5.000019E-02);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.05</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">9.11</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">9.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">258</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">17,298,700</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">UBN</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">4.09</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0.1600001);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.16</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">4.12</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">3.74</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">211</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">22,765,060</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">UNITYBNK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">1.09</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-1.999998E-02);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.02</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.16</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.07</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">99</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">9,247,476</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">WEMABANK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">1.17</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(4.999995E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.05</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.17</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.15</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">57</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">2,944,337</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">ZENITHBANK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">13.17</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-0.4300003);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.43</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">13.80</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">13.15</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">397</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">18,252,550</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>BREWERIES</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">GUINNESS</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">180.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">180.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">180.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">51</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">5,414,995</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">INTBREW</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">6.78</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">6.78</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">6.78</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">4</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">24,690</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">NB</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">76.08</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-0.4300003);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.43</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">76.08</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">76.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">133</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,901,991</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>BUILDING MATERIALS</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">ASHAKACEM</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">24.59</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(1.09);
</script><span style="color: blue;">1.09</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">24.60</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">22.80</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">130</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">4,640,016</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">CCNN</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">14.51</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(1.000023E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.01</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">14.51</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">14.51</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">160,134</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">DANGCEM</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">135.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">135.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">135.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">75</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">185,767</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">WAPCO</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">40.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">40.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">39.30</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">31</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">415,180</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>CHEMICAL AND PAINTS</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">BERGER</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">8.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(9.999943E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.1</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">8.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">8.09</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">24</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">750,072</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">CAP</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">31.90</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0.1399994);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.14</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">31.90</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">31.90</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">13</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">137,516</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>COMMERCIAL SERVICES</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">COURTVILLE</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">2</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">300,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">REDSTAREX</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">3.36</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0.1599998);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.16</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">3.36</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">3.36</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">477,473</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>COMPUTER AND OFFICE EQUIP</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">NCR</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">7.30</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">7.30</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">7.30</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">2</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">2,282</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">OMATEK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">7</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,036,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">THOMASWY</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">1.38</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.38</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.38</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">1</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">2,059</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">TRIPPLEG</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">3.59</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-0.1800001);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.18</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">3.59</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">3.59</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">10</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">89,500</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>CONGLOMERATES</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">AGLEVENT</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.95</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.95</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.95</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">3</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">40,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">JOHNHOLT</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">9.28</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">9.28</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">9.28</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">4</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">2,170</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">PZ</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">34.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(1);
</script><span style="color: blue;">1</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">34.64</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">34.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">842,003</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">SCOA</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">8.71</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">8.71</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">8.71</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">2</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">868</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">TRANSCORP</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">18</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">537,500</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">UACN</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">40.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">40.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">40.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">40</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">192,747</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">UNILEVER</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">28.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-0.75);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.75</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">28.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">28.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">54</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,176,012</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>CONSTRUCTION</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">COSTAIN</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">8.10</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0.3500004);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.35</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">8.13</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">8.05</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">53</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">2,554,854</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">JBERGER</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">50.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">50.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">50.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">16</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">114,271</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">ROADS</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">3.01</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">3.01</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">3.01</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">1</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">666</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">CHAMS</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">14</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">3,130,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">CUTIX</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">4</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">37,755</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>FOODS BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">7UP</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">38.48</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">38.48</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">38.48</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">12</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">12,917</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">BIGTREAT</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">2</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">103,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">CADBURY</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">29.56</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-0.9400005);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.94</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">30.40</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">29.55</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">53</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,591,831</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">DANGFLOUR</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">15.76</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0.1000004);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.1</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">15.90</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">15.76</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">107</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">457,379</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">DANGSUGAR</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">16.71</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-0.4900017);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.49</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">16.78</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">16.71</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">68</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">662,433</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">FLOURMILL</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">71.90</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(1.870003);
</script><span style="color: blue;">1.87</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">71.90</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">70.60</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">96</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">2,029,352</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">HONYFLOUR</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">5.10</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">5.10</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">5.10</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">21</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">130,832</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">NASCON</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">6.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">6.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">5.90</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">37</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">874,262</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">NBC</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">32.55</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(1.549999);
</script><span style="color: blue;">1.55</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">32.55</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">31.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">32</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">572,605</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">NESTLE</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">400.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">400.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">400.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">66</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">156,174</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">TANTALIZER</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.55</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(9.99999E-03);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.01</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.55</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.55</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">3</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">156,500</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">UTC</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.86</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.86</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.86</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">1</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,928</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>FOREIGN LISTING</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">ETI</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">16.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">16.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">16.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">7</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">22,247</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>HEALTHCARE</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">EVANSMED</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">1.47</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.47</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.47</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">2</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">9,800</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">FIDSON</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.81</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-3.999996E-02);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.04</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.99</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.81</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">16</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">732,041</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">GLAXOSMITH</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">28.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">28.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">28.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">14</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">72,597</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">MAYBAKER</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">4.85</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-0.21);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.21</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">4.85</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">4.85</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">19</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">177,947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">NEIMETH</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.08</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.08</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.08</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">2</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">18,667</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">UNIONDAC</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">1</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">112,000</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>HOTEL AND TOURISM</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">CAPHOTEL</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.71</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.71</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.71</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">5</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">132,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">IKEJAHOTEL</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">1.55</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(3.999996E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.04</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.55</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.47</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">18</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,564,719</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC PRODUCTS</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">ENAMELWA</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">43.06</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">43.06</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">43.06</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">1</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">FIRSTALUM</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.87</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-4.000002E-02);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.04</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.87</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.87</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">1</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">100,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">VITAFOAM</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">6.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">6.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">6.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">15</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">176,557</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>INFO. COMMUNICATION & TELECOMMUNICA</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">ETRANZACT</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">4.97</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">4.97</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">4.97</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">1</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">300</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">IHS</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.60</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(7.999992E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.08</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.60</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.40</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">13</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">2,696,279</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">STARCOMMS</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.94</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">30</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">8,451,626</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>INSURANCE</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">AFRINSURE</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">1</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">AIICO</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.89</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-2.000004E-02);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.02</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.95</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.88</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">65</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">2,249,201</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">CONTINSURE</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">1.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">5</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">21,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">CORNERST</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">11</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">844,273</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">CUSTODYINS</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.68</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-0.1199999);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.12</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.80</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.68</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">9</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">745,200</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">EQUITYASUR</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">2</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">6,950</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">GOLDINSURE</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.52</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(1.999998E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.02</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.52</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">10</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,441,350</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">GTASSURE</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">1.94</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(9.000003E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.09</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.94</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.85</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">2,536,915</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">INTENEGINS</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">6</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">411,022</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">LASACO</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">7</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">107,200</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">LINKASSURE</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">2</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">36,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">MBENEFIT</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">6</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">177,841</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">NEM</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.51</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">3,485,516</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">NIGERINS</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.64</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(2.999997E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.03</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.64</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.64</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">18</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">988,651</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">PRESTIGE</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">5</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">282,270</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">SOVRENINS</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">1</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">500</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">STACO</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">6</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">405,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">UNIC</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">3</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">22,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">UNIVINSURE</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">3</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">99,050</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">WAPIC</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">4</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">81,960</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>LEASING</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">CILEASING</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-3.999996E-02);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.04</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">8</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">111,310</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>MARITIME</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">JAPAULOIL</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">1.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(5.000007E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.05</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.19</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">47</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,856,760</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>MEDIA</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">DAARCOMM</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">3</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">3,400</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>MORTGAGE</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">ASOSAVINGS</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">1</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">29,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">RESORTSAL</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">6</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,200,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">UNHOMES</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.85</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.85</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.81</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">25</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,540,214</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">CRUSADER</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">5</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">108,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">DEAPCAP</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.02</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.02</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.02</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">2</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">19,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">ROYALEX</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.50</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">2</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">83,000</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>PACKAGING</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">BAGCO</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">2.27</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(2.999997E-02);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.03</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.27</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">2.27</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">45</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">176,711</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">BETAGLAS</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">15.58</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">15.58</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">15.58</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">1</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">1,100</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">NAMPAK</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">4.22</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">4.22</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">4.22</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">4</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">6,702</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>PETROLEUM(MARKETING)</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">AP</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">26.25</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">26.25</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">26.25</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">30</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">55,075</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">BECOPETRO</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">9</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">162,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">CHEVRON</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">81.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">81.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">81.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">13</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">13,000</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">CONOIL</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">40.98</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">40.98</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">40.98</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">8</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">3,398</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">ETERNAOIL</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">5.15</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">5.15</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">5.15</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">21</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">222,759</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">MOBIL</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">134.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">134.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">134.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">22</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">20,748</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">OANDO</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">64.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(1.189999);
</script><span style="color: blue;">1.19</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">64.20</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">63.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">135</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">858,084</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">TOTAL</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">214.62</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">214.62</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">214.62</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">10</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">18,554</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>PRINTING AND PUBLISHING</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">LONGMAN</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">8.25</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">8.25</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">8.25</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">6</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">52,100</td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">UPL</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">6.30</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0.1800003);
</script><span style="color: blue;">0.18</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">6.30</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">6.30</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">13</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">139,014</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>REAL ESTATE</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">UAC-PROP</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">18.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">18.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">18.00</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">13</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">18,337</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>ROAD TRANSPORTATION</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">ABCTRANS</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.51</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-1.999998E-02);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.02</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.51</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.51</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">9</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">360,100</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>SECOND-TIER SECURITIES</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">ADSWITCH</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">1.88</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(-1.999998E-02);
</script><span style="color: red;">-0.02</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.88</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">1.88</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">1</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">14,000</td> </tr>
<tr class="categoryHeadingRow"> <td colspan="70"><b>TEXTILES</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="CellTDL" width="73">UNTL</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="53">0.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="103"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
setFontColor2(0);
</script><span style="color: black;">0</span></td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="57">0.70</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="63">2</td> <td class="CellTDR" width="69">9,982</td><td class="CellTDR" width="69"> </td><td class="CellTDR" width="69"> </td></tr>
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