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 Trade Unions are meant to protect the interests of her members but with the economic meltdown, they have taken upon themselves the role of workshop managers. You may not know why it is called workshop, funny as it may sound, but it so called because those work there eat out of there. Until Comrade Adams Oshiomole committed class suicide to become the governor of Edo State, the NLC was the only organised opposition to the PDP government of Gen. Matthew Okikiola Arẹmu Olusegun Obasanjo, after that, the organised labour movement was captioned. What do you hear from TUs today is one ultimatum or the other to go on strike if one bogus demand or the other is not met. Here, I need some education as to the section of our Trade Dispute Act is ultimatum? All ultimatums are a way of telling the employer, especially in the public sector to call us for settlement. It goes without saying that everybody have a price and empty fingers are not sweet in the mouth. The Disputes settlement procedure ...

Looking for what differentiate between Sane and Insane Nigerians? Look no further; those who are members and supporters of Affidavit Pass Certificate are Insane and those who do not belong to it are Sane.

 You will allow me ask some simple questions which I know you have no answers. Firstly, I would like to know companies in Nigeria that force people to apply for employment with them? Secondly, I would also like to know who if anyone has been forced to apply for employment in any company? I have tried to scan through my over fifteen appointment letters and could not find anywhere provision was made for Resignation, rather Termination. My next question, where did Resignation of appointment come from? The next corollary question is why would any employer reject Resignation and any employer come up with the term Wrong Termination? Finally, Could an employee reject Termination or on the other hand could the employer reject Resignation? For the purpose of discussion, should the employer term his Termination as WRONGFUL, where would he work and who will pay him? Should the employer reject the employee's Resignation, how does the employer make the employer to report for duty? As I said fro...

 Looking for the outcomes of the purposeless Leadership our great country by the illiterate, old Kleptomaniacs? Today, we are a people plagued by illiteracy, parliatives, Hunger, sicknesses and the poverty capital of the world , and ready to sell our conscientious to the next animal putting on agbada.

 Last, last, why are those in politics in Nigeria are  involved? In Nigeria, there is no consequence for action or inaction. So they are involved politics solely for Stealing, selfishness and not to provide service for the people.

 In concluding this Content, I wish to1 share my personal experiences in both the public quoted and the private limited companies.. Amongst the public quoted companies, I worked in four.  The 1977 Indigenization Decree made Nigerians who were hardly prepared to takeover leadership assumed leadership, results of which are apparent for all to see. They ran all the companies aground. The only ones still alive are the ones, the former foreign owners got involved in management. The remaining ones, are either dead or on life support. The four companies in the public sector I worked, two are dead, one on life support and the fourth is still alive no thanks to the foreign owners. Another common experience is that three CEOs sold the CEO's residence's to themselves. Finally, two things that led to their terrible performance are Greed and Nepotism. On the other hand, the private limited companies, the leaders are qualified by blood relationship. In one particular company I worked, your ...

 Looking for a people that consistently choose the worst of the that illiterate thieves to rule in the interest of the elderly leaving out the interest of over 70% of the citizens? Welcome to Nigeria where the citizens prefer a "government of the worst of them by illiterate thieves and for the elderly and turn to God to come to their rescue.

 As I reported last week at my 70th birthday celebration, my guests insulted the living day light out of me, stating that I am stubborn, very Stubborn extremely stubborn, controversial and finally completed. While I agreed with all they said, I promised to share with you this week the character content of a Stubborn man. First of all, I like to share with you one positive that came out of that celebration. One of cousins came with her kids and after spending two weekends in Lagos, when her 6 years old daughter was told that they were going back to Port Harcourt on the 7th of September, she said, "I am not going back to Nigeria". Now the character content of a Stubborn man:- - He is intelligent. - He has Integrity. -  He has the capacity to say his mind. -  He stands for the truth always. ,- He does not take a fall for someone's mistakes. - He does not concern himself with the number of people holdingyopposing views. You may wish to add your own. Finally, I wish to thank m...

 Looking for a people who perpetually make the wrong choices consequent upon religious beliefs and short term gains? You are welcome to Nigeria and Nigerians who pray the prayers of resignation when they start reaping the consequences of their despicable choices.

 Last week Wednesday 2nd September was my 70th birthday and to mark the day, I invited 60 guests to celebrate with me. After the celebration, I can classify the guests as follows:- - Those who got the invite and did not respond. - Those who got the invite, promised to attend but did not show up. - Those who got the invite and promised to attend but circumstances beyond their control, they could not make it. - Those who got the invite and promised to attend and actually attended. At the celebration, gift giving as per African tradition, the guests could be classified into three groups:- - Those who came eat and drank, and left without showing love. - Those who came, eat and drank and showed love by cash and other items. - Those who should have been there but failed to show up. These category made of five gentlemen showed more love than all others than attended the celebration. When it came to making comments as to how much the guests know the celebrant, it was seeing is believing.. ...

 Looking for the meaning of Kakistocratic  Illiteratecratic  Kleptomaniacicical Gerontocracy system of government in Nigeria since 2015? It is *The government of the worst of us, by the illiterate thieves and. for the Aged"

 Looking for the system of government being operated in Nigeria? I tell you without any equivocation that we are operating a Kakistocratic, Illiteratocratic and Kleptomaniacical Gerontocracy. 

 Looking for a country that has practiced a mix of Illiteratocracy and Gerontocracy since her independence? Welcome to my beloved country that has gotten only one educated and relatively young leader democratically elected.

 The argument we are promoting in this content is that the success of any organization is dependent on the leadership because the organisation cannot operate above the visions of the leadership. If I were to use my country as example, our becoming the poverty capital of the world has nothing to do with the people rather the leadership. Since independence, we have been ruled by barely literate leaders galvanized by selfishness and I dare say kleptomania. The only literate man who have tasted government said in 2023 that his personal ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian. Looking at corporate business level, we are a country that make wonderful plans based on our first class ideas, but the plans always fail because of leadership that rule by a policy of no consequence for action or inaction. For example, the 1977 Indigenization Decree was a good piece of legislation but typical of all good plans, it was destroyed at implementation by appointing Nigerians who were not quite ...

 Looking for the three main qualities of a Stubborn man? They are Intelligence, Integrity and Capacity to say your mind. Anybody who is going nowhere can go anywhere. In the same vane, anybody who stands for nothing, can fall for anything.

 Anthropologically, cultural values in any society are determined by the elites and Percolate down to the general masses. Politically, the political leaders determine the political culture for everyone involved in politics. The only exception to this position is only when there is a peoples revolution, and this is for a short time because every revolution eats up it's children. Economically, the successes or otherwise of any organization is dependent on the leadership. No organization out grows the vision of the leader or the leadership team. Finally, today, we wish to State that the experiences of Nigerians in every aspect of our lives have always mirrored the visions our leaders. As a bonus, there are three types of people you should not waste your time correcting or giving advises; they are: the rich illiterates, a maiden who has recently tasted of fruit in the mix of the garden and a pastor. Next week, we shall go to the economic or business organizations and if there is space,...

 Looking for the three most important qualities that are missing in Nigeria's political leadership? The missing qualities are Excellence, Integrity and Trust.

 In the 1990s while working in one company as Personnel Manager, I extended an existing law by over ten years before my action was legalised. WHAT HAPPENED? One Summer morning, I was in my office when a security guard brought a lady with two kids, asking for the whereabouts of her husband who worked for us. In response to my inquiring, the lady said she had see the husband for almost three months. She further informed yours truly that she was hungry and tired of feeding herself and two kids. Based on my compassion, I decided to do something that was unlawful and not in the company,'s conditions of service. I sent for the three principal officers of the Branch Union. When they arrived I called the lady with kids and asked her to introduce herself after which I told them, what I have decided to do. Again on basis of compassion, the union officials agreed with me. Then I sent for the staff and told him that it has been agreed by us  that with effect from that month, while he sign...

 Looking for leaders who are compulsive liars, without empathy and not trust worthy? Welcome to Nigeria, where political leaders promise things they will not attempt to provide.

 The professionals who ought to take the issue of Pay most seriously turn out to be the ones that treat it with levity. Of all the things that bring discontent among employees, pay racks very high. If your pay cannot take you home, you are not in employment but you are slaving. As I said in another content, pay in addition to upward mobility were the major reasons why I changed jobs. Apart from my first job after post graduate school, all the other jobs I was paid higher than all previous holders of the job. Nepotism almost cost yours truly the first job but for the intervention of the Foreign CEO. Even then I was offered 50% of the salary of the other Personnel Officer without previous experience. Infact, in one public Quoted Company, I had to wait for about three months for new salary structure was approved to accommodate my salary demand. In another Plc, to accommodate my salary demand, I was offered three months basic as 13th month pay. Conclusively, the problem with most HR Pr...