::Nigerian Ginger's Writing Pad::

waka pass

You be waka pass or you dey make things happen?
This my guy jus dey waka pass but e be like say him dey de same place.
Abi na me still dey here?

A beg waka pass, bekos na waka pass na him dey be star tomorrow!

Not really a tribal war, even though they both come from the same state (Anambra) but more a personality clash. I find myself taking sides against Dora Akunyili in this matter. Why?

Mrs. Akunyili (Min of Comm) & Engr. Ndukwe, NCC Exec Vice Chairman

While Akunyili was at NAFDAC, she did extremely well in her drug regulatory role. Alas, she has transferred the same attitude as an enforcer to the communications ministry, a place politics has put her despite hoping to be Minister for Health, and what does she do here? Used as she is to enemies (of the drug trade for instance), she comes to the communications ministry in search of enemies to hunt down, and what does she find?

Some women are good and hardworking, but there are others who go about with such an inferiority complex that everything that goes wrong around them is due to a domineering male audience. Now Akunyili is accussing Ndukwe of the NCC of insubordination among others, asking for instance that she ought to be consulted before the NCC boss made a trip; should be kept more informed of the happenings at NCC, etc. She has made a memo to the president on the matter, saying that Ndukwe has now “crossed the line”.

I think that the Minister of Communications has too much time on her hands. As moribund-at-birth as is her “Re-branding Nigeria” project, she ought to pay attention to this and try to do it with all her might - then she would not have time to seek relevance from anyone.

Do I support Ernest Ndukwe on this matter, or on any one? He is not my brief today - Dora is!

The employees and managers of Starcomms are ripping the company off, right under the noses of the (mainly) Lebanese owners.  This is a real pity.  I have twice been a victim and it will be unfair not to let it be known.

This is my story.

Some employees make sales over and above what is reported and they pocket the money.  Starcomms is one of the PTO (Private Telecoms Operators) and easily the most popular Internet Service Provider in Nigeria due to its fast CDMA based connections. Continue reading Corruption in Starcomms Nigeria!

Not about to take on the so-called “Re-branding” stuff here.  In the newspapers a few days ago, there was the news report (from a Press Release) by Ibukun Odusote of the Federal Ministry of Information, to the effect that two new websites have been opened up to fire the ‘re-branding’ project of Dora Akunyili, the Communications Minister.

The Re-branding project logo

Odusote listed the sites as fmic.gov.ng and nigeriarebrands.com.  She apologized that they would not use nigeria.gov.ng (the supposed national portal).  Reason?  Hear her: “The Federal Government’s official website (www.nigeria.gov.ng) is dysfunctional and inaccessible for now because of disagreement with the Internet Service Provider, which is taking too long to resolve. This unfortunate situation compelled the ministry to launch a new website which became up and running for the past three weeks”

There is the beginning of the gaffe, or lies… or ignorance.  ISPs do not have anything to do with domain names as part of their competence, unless of course they are also domain registrars.  Anybody involved in the business of .ng domain registration know better and may even pity her for being the victim of a cut-throat domain registrant who may be demanding huge ransom from the government.

I did a whois search for the nigeria.gov.ng using the tool at network-tools.com and here is what came up: Continue reading The Re-branding Nigeria Website and all that crap talk