The issue of worsening electricity in Nigeria is not due to the lack of resources in the government, but the major cause is the inefficiency and unreliability of the government. The electricity in Nigeria depicts clearly the scandal of financial corruption enraging in the government. Paradoxically, the absolute magnititude of Nigeria's electricity which represents rapidity that candle lights is used in preferably. Annually or monthly, the NEPA bills are rolling out to citizens who benefit and did not from this electricity projects. Where are all these average citizen electricity payment mapping to in the department of governments? Are the electricity company employees benefiting or losing?

Over N300 billion was supposedly spent on road maintenance. Yet there is not a single road that has been rehabilitated, including the one leading to Otta. Over $2 billion has been spent on NEPA. Yet power outages have worsened nationwide except perhaps in Abuja. The refineries remain shut in spite of the billions spent for their rehabilitation. This poor infrastructure has necessitated the closure of many of our industries. Capacity utilization for the remaining industries has fallen below 35%. This has impacted adversely on the employment rate. The naira has lost more than 50% of its value in the last 4 years.

There is little evidence to show that the economy is being diversified, the media hype about telecommunications notwithstanding. The apparent success recorded in that sector is more than offset in macroeconomic terms by the massive daily outflow of our scarce foreign exchange through the purchase of recharge cards, which could easily be manufactured in Nigeria. The government thus resembles one giant multinational oil company even though its sisters are better managed.

Vociferously, millions of poor workers, citizens are crying out in response to the electric problem facing Nigeria as the so-called wealthiest country in Africa. The question regarding this issue is: If Nigeria should be supplying the Niger State electricity with unlimited usage, while are the Nigerian polis experiencing problem? Upon all, light-or-no-light, the bill must be paid. What difference does make of it, if the National Power Authority should disconnect a citizen's electricity due to inadequate payment? Does it make it any difference to use a candle lights instead of electricity? The answer is apparently, no.

The class structure in Nigeria is very bad and it needs some tune-up. Comparing and contrasting the standard economical way of living in Nigeria depicts clearly the sufferings sacrificed by the poor citizens for the rich people. If a whole senator's salary is close to #2million, then, there is no cause for suffering in Nigeria. Every month is a holiday for government workers due to strikes. Teachers, commuters, student union, labor unions, electricity company, public marketers etc. These people are paid bad wages. Millions of Naira is going behind the statistical governmental spending calculation or overlooked. Security officials are selling out security to the offenders, such as arm robbers, in return for huge amount of money or shared profit with the offenders. The security is so humiliating, that you will see high-way robbery in daylight, then, approximately 24-hours later, police intervention will be approved. This action justifies nothing but corruption.

Even sometimes, there will be a face-to-face tournament between the police officials and the notorious robbers, which will finally end with the offenders winning, with no police officials surviving the shoot-outs. The result of worsening electricity is the outcome of bad water supply. Sincerely, United States economical and technological level cannot ce reached by Nigerian governments in the next 100+ years to come, with the outcomes of things. This does not mean pessimism, but reality.

If electricity is the major problem in Nigeria what about drug trafficking-a global issue. According to the latest world-wide report on drug trafficking, U.S CIA has confirmed that the major shipping of hard drugs, such as cocaine and hero (abbreviated) is from Afghanistan to Nigeria to the U.S. I don't blame this poor people, which are left with no other choice but to look for another means of Survival.

Proposal: Nigeria governments and her citizen can attain a good governments, social order and orderly society if they imitate other developed countries system, such as the U.S. Corrupt leaders should be swiped away from government post. If possible, half percent of their salary should be given to Charity Organization to take care of the poor and the homeless. The government should re-budget her economy spending by including healthcare costs, good transportation, good road security, anti-prostitution propaganda, and a good education system (good public school). Water supply must be adequate and clean. The government should seek another source of energy with clean capacity that does not contribute more pollution to the society and the world in general. Every governmental spending should be budgeted with respect to public awareness. *Above all, good and non-costly electricity should be available for the people to use at affordable rates, without classical exemptions. If this proposal is accepted, then, Nigeria as a whole should experience years of prosperity.

Source: http://www.helium.com/items/1002576-issue-worsening-electricity-nigeria

The sayings of Africa are some of the most profound words you will ever hear. Take the famous Tanzanian proverb many hands make light work'. This is a saying that has been adopted all over the world and encourages people to work together. Another famous example is the Nigerian proverb It takes a whole village to raise a child'. These words of wisdom span the globe appearing in American movies and books.

The value of African idioms and proverbs is far reaching; there are numerous examples of the benefits of proverbs:

1. They share with the world the practical wisdom African people have learnt in their way of life. Take the Zulu proverb You cannot chase two antelope at once' this proverb developed when African people found they could only capture one animal at a time because if they tried to focus on more then one they would all get away. This practical wisdom of tackling one thing at a time applies to people all over the world not just those chasing after wildlife.

2. They provide an understanding of the way of life in Africa. The view on gender roles in Africa is summed up by the proverb from Ghana that says A woman is a flower in a garden; her husband is the fence around it'.

3. They help to dispel the belief that African people are barbaric and uneducated. There is often a stigma surrounding people who cannot speak English and are not educated in a typical western manner. When these proverbs are translated it is easy to see the intelligence and life experience African people possess. This can help make people understand that one society and its way of life is not superior to any other society and its way of life.

4. They sum up a moral or lesson in a clear and concise manner. It is often said that a picture can tell a thousand words. Proverbs have the ability to explain a thousand words in one simple sentence or statement. There are many long winded essays, articles and papers on how thinking positively is beneficial. The Tanzanian proverb One who bathes willingly with cold water doesn't feel the cold' sums this up in one line.

5. They tend to be uplifting and inspiring. One such example is the Zulu proverb You should face your responsibilities squarely, no elephant ever found it's trunk too heavy.'

6. Proverbs can get a hard hitting message across in a profound rather then a nasty or demoralizing manner. One such example is when you bite indiscriminately, you end up eating your own tail' (Zulu proverb). Another example is the Gambian proverb Words are like bullets; if they escape you can't catch them again'. These proverbs subtly warn people of the consequences of their actions.

7. They unify people around the world. Many proverbs can be interpreted in the same context by people with different cultures, religious beliefs and languages. The truths they speak can span the globe. The Ethiopian proverb No fly enters a mouth that is shut' is spoken in not only African villages, but in many middle eastern and European countries.

8. Proverbs can open the door to insightful and entertaining discussions. Using proverbs in a discussion is an entertaining way to narrate your point. They can also give a greater potency to any message you are trying to convey. For example, if you wanted to try and explain to someone the consequences of lying the Yoruba proverb You may tell little lies, small as a thorn, but they will grow to the size of a spear and kill you' poignantly teaches this lesson.

Source: http://www.helium.com/items/1007906-sayings-africa-profound-words

Literacy in Africa is one of the major issues that African Leaders are combating with. About 40% of African children are out of school, 20% are still dreaming of going to school, 20% are still in school, and 20% are now in university, graduated, and employed. Poverty is the major issue deviating literacy in Africa. Many families cannot afford for their children to go to school, especially when they are close to the last brink of their resources, therefore, management and frugality must be applied. However, it is not that these poor people are not aware of education or its vitality as a gateway to end poverty in their family, but they have no other choice but to take another path not towards educating their family, rather, their priority is to bring the family to a level of survival.

Some countries are rich but corruption is nailing the country down towards success, while other countries are so poor due to warring crises among ethnic groups. The crises had destroyed millions of property, including school, hospital, banks, burning of farms etc. With the rapidity of the vandalism and humanitarian crime involving the crises going on, there is a little hope of economic and social revival for these nations. Therefore, when a country or nation is undergoing uprisings, education on the one hand will seem indubitable, and economy on the other hand, is hopeless. Four of ten Africans cannot read or write and there is no sign that the situation will change.

Literacy in Africa is a very paradoxical issue. Even though it serves as a gateway to eradicating poverty, the future seems ambiguous. Therefore, for literacy to attain a strong hold in Africa, it will need to be bolstered. A saying goes that actions is better than words. The issue Literacy in Africa is like a talk-show without active inputs, it will only depicts a smoke in the wind, which vanishes within seconds. In order to alleviate this situation, justice must be built. Some countries are now subsidizing crude oil over agriculture, overlooking the penitence that will arise from these decisions. Upon all, crude oil is only benefiting the wealthy not the poor people. Millions of people have lost their home, family, and their life-agriculture, because of the unexpected discovery of crude oil. The happiness of these people is their survival, irregardless of literacy.

The consequences of illiteracy, contrary to literacy, in Africa are very intriguing. Many poor farmers who based their life, hope, family, and survival on agriculture are now facing self-erasion. Because of their illiteracy, many of these poor farmers agric-products are undervalued by intransigent and unscrupulous co-operative managers, while others have died from overdose or self-medication due to their inability to read the prescription printed on the tablet box. According to the director of AAN, "illiteracy is the greatest threat to the development of Africa because it undermines the fragile democracies."

According to the latest UNESCO report, literacy remains a major barrier to the development of African countries. Literacy policies in Africa are diverse, but they commonly suffer from a lack of financial, material and human resources. Electricity and financial condition in Africa is making the issue of literacy unsolvable. For example, the term 'computer literacy' only applies to rich and wealthy international business owners in Africa. Electricity or power shortage also impacts computer literacy. We all know that a computer as any gadgets needs electricity to operate. Some families that are considered less fortunate can afford a small electrical generator. However, these 'techs' have their own negative sides: because of the voltage generated by an electrical generator, it has been warned that computer should not be boot during this process of electrical generation.

Harsh discipline in Africa is enervating literacy, even though it serves as the best option towards building good and respectable futures. But the authorities are taking a theoretical overdose of the issue. We all agree that discipline is vital for the African kids, but the excess of discipline is maltreatment. Many African kids had developed cold fear due to every day punishments. Many teachers had neglected their teaching duties of tutoring and advising for the so-called punishments fame. Even there is no significant difference between public school in Africa and the refuse dumping places. Some African governments are making lots of money from Agricultural businesses to crude oil businesses. Yet the population is suffering. Where are all these profits mapping to? When these kids have lost their educational privileges due to school authorities’ dictatorships, then, the only option is to become a school-drop out, even worse, premature pregnancy, or gangs. The heaven for these African kids is any continent or nation that is outside the Africa, such as the U.S, European countries, South America, and Australia, where freedom lies and great opportunity waits. Truly, “God bless America, the land of dreams.”

The question regarding this issue is: If literacy is attained in Africa, will it last long when the invidious government is still indisposed? If literacy is attained, will it last long when economic stability remains unreachable, and poverty rate is increasing with high rapidity? The answer is apparently, no. For literacy to be attained, economic conditions needs to be improved, and corruption must be displaced from the government, then, literacy will survive. Literacy in Africa cannot stands on its own without other things to back it up.

Source: http://www.helium.com/items/1007854-literacy-africa-major-issue

OLD AMERICAN PROVERBS UPDATED FOR TODAY

Okay, here goes:

Don't count your chickens before they hatch - The futures market is too risky.

A penny saved is a penny earned - Unless it's in a Savings and Loan.

Laughter is the best medicine - Make sure it's covered.

It never rains but it pours - And FEMA is never around.

Where there's smoke there's fire - And Marion Barry.

You can't go home again - Because it's been repossessed.

A fool and his money are soon parted - Unless you work for Haliburton.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away - So does an HMO.

Once bitten, twice shy - Twice bitten, once dated Marv Albert.

An ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure - A good cover-up beats an impeachment.

Be careful what you wish for; you may get it - Unless you're voting for president.

Different strokes for different folks - See: Larry Craig

If it ain't broke, don't fix it - If a levee breaks, don't fix it.

It takes a village to raise a child - It takes a precinct to find the father.

It's not over till the fat lady sings - It's not over till a recital by a woman with weight issues, most likely brought on by low self-esteem accompanied by body dysmorphia.

Kill two birds with one stone - Get two years with one good lawyer.

Nice guys finish last - Guys with ADD never finish anything.

Practice makes perfect - A law practice makes money.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones - It'll lower the resale value.

Quitters never win and winners never quit - And Republicans never learn.

The pot calling the kettle black - The pot calling the kettle African-American.

There's no such thing as a free lunch - Unless it's paid for by a lobbyist.

Where there's a will, there's a way - To contest it.

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade - Then mark it up and sell it at a huge profit.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear - The labor costs are too high.

Good fences make good neighbors - Bad contractors make lousy fences.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen - It's climate controlled.

Ignorance is bliss - George W. Bush is ecstatic.

Source: http://www.helium.com/items/870167-count-chickens-before-hatch

Are Romantic Comedies better than tragic ones

BERING SEA BLUE (GLOBAL WARMING)

As global warming transforms the region, scientists are scrambling to study its diversity of species that depend on ice for survival.
QUESTION: WHAT DO YOU KNOW about the Bering Sea, that patch of blue on the map to the west of Alaska?

Your answer could be an astounding half of the U.S seafood catch comes from the region-including the 2.5 billion pounds of walleye pollock turned every year into imitation crabmeat, fish steaks and fast-food filets. Or maybe you know that Yup'ik, Inupiat and Aleut people have lived off the Bering Sea's bounty for thousands of years. Or that ever since Russians happened upon the region's Priblof Islands in the 1700s, human beings have been altering its rich ecosystem.

But even if you are a researcher who sturdies the area-even if you've read every scientific paper on the subject-you don't know exactly how some of its seabirds make use of areas of water amid the winter pack ice, or where it is distinctive ribbon seals go in the spring after they left their Bering Sea feeding grounds. No one does.

As one of the most remote and forbidden marine habitats on the habitats on the planet, the Bering Sea still holds plenty of secrets-and it could hold onto them forever. Scientists worry that as the sea's ice shrink with global warming, they may lose the chance to study its current web of life, much less understand future changes. "You just can't know what's going on if you don't know you started with," says Alan Springer of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

The impact of Global warming on Bering Sea Blues is clearly visualize without further witnesses. The sea managers are already dreaming of extinctions-a sporadic events that cannot be ended. We can help Bering Sea Blues if we help the world in general, because Global warming in comparison is intriguing connected. Therefore, "you need to solve all inorder to solve one," that is my solution!

NUCLEAR TERRORISM AS A FORESEE TO FUTURE CATASTROPHE

Nuclear terrorism is one of the major factors of environmental concern , as well as global concern, threatening the future. Since the beginning of World War II, nuclear terrorism is a game that holds a good prize for the participants and danger for the non-participants. Many countries and continents are now prophesing the foresituation without nuclear weapons possesion. It is a theory that there will always be an imbalance of power in the world. Many countries are now possesing nuclear weapons, while others are at the mercy of future destruction. The optimum goals and aims for these nations is too have their weapons. The outcome of the Cold War, that is fought by strong nations indirectly, especially through espionage is nuclear proliferation.

When the Cold War ended, many believed that the dangers of an accelerating nuclear arms race would disappear. But this idea has proved short lived. In fact, if anything, the 21st century seems to be even more dangerous and less predictable than the 20th century ever was.

Nuclear proliferation is a term now used to describe the spread of nuclear weapons, fissile material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information, to nations which are not recognized as "nuclear weapon States." The deadly and the most frightening of the effects of nuclear proliferatin is not on only one country or continents, but on the world are terrorists possesstion of these weapons. How could terrorist obtain a nuclear weapon. There are three general routes to obtaining a nuclear weapon:
1. process/produce fissile material, design/construct a weapon
2. obtain previously produced fissile material, design/construct a weapon
3. obtain a complete weapon.
It has been said that Al Qaeda's major interests is to possess a nuclear weapon. There are several evidences regarding Al Qaeda nuclear program:
1. public claims by Osama bin Laden
2. court testimony by Al Qaeda members
3. claimed efforts to obtain material or weapons from the former Soviet Union
4. documents and materials found in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom
5. contact between Al Qaeda and Pakistan nuclear scientists
6. arrest of an Al Qaeda member accused of plotting radiological terrorism

From my own point of view, as the race for nuclear possesion and its improvment its increasing, the danger that lies ahead in the future is becoming more visible. Scientists and technologists in every nations that are working on possesing nuclear destructors or already had nuclear destructors, will prevent the race from coming to a halt. Nuclear proliferation, as predicted, will definitely soon occur.

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