Topic: Nddc scholarship 2012 is out

pls will nddc pay for our ticket and visa fees?

Originally Posted by testimonyabimbola

pls will nddc pay for our ticket and visa fees?

I don't think so. Because for previous years, they didn't.

Source: http://www.nddcscholarships.com/register/home.php

Originally Posted by testimonyabimbola

pls will nddc pay for our ticket and visa fees?

I don't think so. Because for previous years, they didn't.

Source: http://www.nddcscholarships.com/register/home.php

Unless they've changed for this year.

10qs a lot.

Originally Posted by Can Do

Guys I dey gbadu this threadooo! see men dey articulate ideas, dey decimate arguments and dey validate points on top so much grammar for this nddc thread...chei! we get people for this countryooo, abeg make them give us chance make we make this country betterooo!

Ok, here is my take on this issue: As long as humans remain humans, nepotism (man-know-man) must always exist and thrive..Wiseguy4reel u are on point here. And of course its not peculiar to Nigeria, but it seems worse here than other 'developed' nations as Cacking clearly posits. In my personal opinion, this could bee attributed to cultural differences..This is what i mean. In Africa (Nigeria as case study), u see parents managing to train their first son in the hopes that this son will become responsible and train others. The bond of kinship and responsibility for siblings is inculcateed in us from a very early age thats why even when our parents are so old we dont ship them off to old pplees home, we take care of them. My point is that an African man has a greater tendency to 'help' fix his siblings somewhere regardless of ethics than an oyibo.

Now that we have established that Nepotism must always exist and the tendency is more in Nigeria than in UK for example, how do we react to it? here is my answer and my personal reaction to it. but b4 i do that, all of us who have studied Risk Management know that you can either, Mitigate(reduce impact), Accept (some degree of risk) and/or Manage (the unavoidable ones).
So in my job search, I first of all make sure I do my due diligence (graduate top of class, pass my aptitude tests, make my cv enticing, etc). Secondly, I 'Network' for referees (people who know who could be of help in the company I am interested in) now for those of you interested in statistics check out http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/09/news...y/hidden_jobs/ you will see that upto 80% of jobs are not advertised(but are filled by referals). we only hustle for the remaining 20%. I recently attended an interview with ONE of BakerHughs, Halliburton or Schlum(cant be more specific) based on this referal stuff. And I dont feel bad you know why? because I am qualified, I can and will do the job effectively if given the chance (still awaiting feedback though). And finally I Play it down and Pray it up.
Whats my point? Many 'great' candidates lose good opportunities because of poor networking skills and I am tired of being a statistic. So when I see an opportunity, i go in with my guns blazing. I pass my tests, I use my excellent academic qualifications and certs to maximum advantage, and I look for people who can refer me (who are worth their weight in gold). Then AM GOOD TO GO!
If I had an insider in NDDC i surely would've used them because I know I deserve this opportunity and would make my nation proud out there again. But in everything I do, I ask for the will of God to be done.

For the bolded statement, I think that will be a man know man situation because we were meant to compete for a slot, so going ahead to use your 'connections' without going through the right process to me is cheating. Because like you said, everybody also derserves that same opportunity to also make this nation proud.

Okay, from what I deduce from your statement, you are quite right anyway, because there are some positions some conpanies require a specialist, so in such cases there might be few people such fields so a referral is not ruled out, provided they do their job to specification.


The problem there is when then waste other peoples time and money when they have already given the jobs to thier relatives. These days, who really applies for a government job be it federal or state? Nobody because the 'executives and the 'legislature' all have their candidates so their recruitment is just a formality.

Guys who has been to the NDDC website? Okay guess what, I'm just coming from there, the final interview list has been removed. So anytime from now, the list of beneficiaries will be published.

That's right..... Preferably before today runz out.@crackin' go and sleep God is in control. Peepz step up and buckle up. Congratz in advance.

Originally Posted by raymagnate

That's right..... Preferably before today runz out.@crackin' go and sleep God is in control. Peepz step up and buckle up. Congratz in advance.

Hello Server was down. This is the list so relax boss: http://www.nddc.gov.ng/shortlisted3/general%20list.html

Originally Posted by cacking

Guys who has been to the NDDC website? Okay guess what, I'm just coming from there, the final interview list has been removed. So anytime from now, the list of beneficiaries will be published.

Hello Server was down. This is the list so relax boss: http://www.nddc.gov.ng/shortlisted3/general%20list.html

Originally Posted by wiseguy4reel

Hello Server was down. This is the list so relax boss: http://www.nddc.gov.ng/shortlisted3/general%20list.html

Ohhhhhm.... this is like going back again. Okay make I cack watch events unfold, in short make I begin pack my bags jare.

Thiz guyz are really funny.. Gush!! So som of yu are assigned to watch the site links per min.. Den detect & debug happenstances? I Bow!!!