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The Importance of Workplace Dress Etiquette

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Ojukwu Emmanuel
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It is often said that “the way you dress, is the way you will be addressed”. Whether one likes it or not, most people form their impressions based on one’s appearance. Most times, people lose potential clients or customers simply because of the way they dress. They probably dressed in a Shabby manner which gave the impression that this person is either unserious or not capable enough to handle certain deals.

A professional well-dressed look will always give an edge wherever one goes. A well-dressed person will tend to command respect and get people interested in doing business with him or her. Imagine a contractor going to obtain a loan from the bank, dressed in a shabby manner. One thing to note is that he will first be accessed by how he looks which might send doubt to those in charge of granting loans. The dress automatically makes him look unqualified for the loan. In the workplace, dress etiquette should never be taken with levity. There should be a level of excellence in how employees dress in the workplace.

Workplace dress etiquette is part of building executive presence, which needs to be taken seriously. Whether one likes it or not, the way one looks plays a very significant role in the success of the workplace. Some people attribute appearance to high related work performance and competence. Of course, in recent times, there seems to be an increasing rate of dressing in casual wear especially by entrepreneurs. It is important to understand that this trend is a need to understand the rules of appearance.

Dressing professionally matters a lot because it creates an impression on others whether new business prospects, clients, customers, etc. No matter where one is on the organizational chart, they represent the company they work for. The mode of dressing is a significant part of the representation. A proper assessment of oneself is needed when they get dressed and are about to go to the workplace or to go meet a client. There should be an honest review about the way they are dressed if they will love to do business with someone who is dressed as they have.

Even conmen have understood this logic that you need to be properly dressed to get people interested in what you have to offer or say. You see a lot of them professionally dressed, although their intentions are not genuine. They attract a lot of people and are given attention when they speak. What I am trying to state is that one hardly gets turned down when they are professionally dressed. People will desire to do business with you. In order to create a desired impact in the workplace, one needs to follow a proper dress code. Dressing appropriately in the workplace creates a good lasting impression.

Individuals who dress shabbily to work are never taken seriously, even outside the workplace. The manager of an organization also has a significant role to play in ensuring that there is workplace dress etiquette. There should be laid down rules that ensure that employees must be well dressed in the workplace and ensure that those who go against such rules will be penalized. Also, they should ensure that when choosing a dress code, it should consist of professional colors like grey, white, black, blue, etc. It is believed that light and subtle colors exude elegance and professionalism and it also looks great in the office.

Aside from the dress, physical appearance should be treated properly. Such as well-groomed hair and professional hairstyles for both males and females.

Conclusion

Workplace dress etiquette is very important and should be taken seriously. It contributes to the significant growth of an organization because it creates a good impression. It increases visibility, builds influence, and enhances executive presence.

FASMICRO Will Continue To Lead As Africa’s Only “INTEL FPGA Training Partner”

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Ndubuisi Ekekwe
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To the companies and the universities which we support as Africa’s ONLY Certified Intel FPGA Training Partner, I write to tell you that Fasmicro will continue to provide engineering leadership. We have been doing this for 10+ years since Intel gave me the license, after passing the rigorous certification exams, and we will continue to provide the highest possible service to our clients, including power plants, telecom companies, etc in the continent.

My finest moment on this business was sending a code to get a power plant back to life, after it went down, in East Africa. We know Intel FPGA technology because Intel gives us access as a Certified technology partner.

That we’re now the only Certified partner for Africa after the rigorous Intel recertification process is a validation of our quality. I thank my team – and I assure you that Fasmicro Nigeria will continue to serve.

Visit intel.com and your only Africa partner – First Atlantic Semiconductors and Microelectronics (FASMICRO) – is there .

Out of Nigeria, we thank Intel for more than a decade of engineering partnership.

Divorce process in Nigeria

By
Stanley Alieke
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When lawyers, mediators, counselors or therapists advise couples to consider the option  of divorce, it should be noted that the adviser is not an enabler or promoter of divorce neither is he a messenger of doom. Nobody in his or her sound mental cum moral state can advise a couple whose marriage is beautiful and working out to get a divorce.

The advice for divorce only comes into question when it is the last and best resort at the moment for the peace and mental health and even safety of the persons involved in the marriage.

As paradoxical as it is, the Nigerian dominant religions frown at divorce, even the traditionalists don’t support divorce and separation of marriage, morality police also shuns its option in the society. Folks don’t hesitate to quote that marriage is for life; till death do you path and the religious cliché “what God has joined together, let nobody put asunder” sums up the fact that everyone is against divorce.

We also as lawyers and marriage counselors  don’t in all morality and in every sense of honesty support divorce but it’s advisable to get a divorce and stay alive in good health and mental health instead of perching yourselves up in something that’s clearly no longer working; risking your sanity, your children and all you have worked for and in some extreme cases risking your life.

Hence the disclaimer: this  post is not to encourage divorces or separation of marriages but it is to be the last resort; to be resorted to when everything has failed and the marriage has broken down “irretrievably and irredeemably”.

Due to the sanctity of the institution of marriage, even judges and courts that are legally empowered to declare a marriage to come to a close are always reluctant to grant divorce pleadings. Judges do all their best to make sure that divorce processes don’t pull through or couples seeking divorce can still make the marriage work but when it is obvious that what is the best option is divorce the judge will be left with no other option but to grant it.

The Matrimonial Causes Act in S.11 mandates the court not to be quick to grant divorce prayers; they should try to make sure the couples try the option of reconciliation. This is to happen through the active steps of the court, us setting up mediation and appointing mediators and conciliators for the reconciliation process of the couples seeking divorce to see  If the partners can sort out the differences.

The law also mandates the judge to first act as a conciliator to seek for the reconciliation of the couple first. He can only step into his judicial capacity to commence hearing of the divorce petition when the mediation and conciliation for the reconciliation of the partners fails.

It is only when s11 of the act has been fulfilled by the judge and the parties still want divorce that the judge can go ahead to hear the divorce petition.

Therefore, in Nigerian courts, before the prayer for divorce can be granted by the judge, the couple(s) must prove and it must be “manifestly be seen” that the marriage has broken down irretrievably, this means that the partners and even the court have tried everything to make the marriage work but it’s clearly not working and the partners going their separate ways is the best option at the time being.

Also, courts will be hesitant to grant partners divorce for a marriage that is less than two years, this is called the two years rule. The law according to the s.30 of the matrimonial causes act provides that it is only with the leave of the court that a proceeding for divorce and separation of marriage that is less than two years can be commenced.

Steps of Getting a Divorce  in Nigeria

Firstly, you must institute a process for divorce through your lawyer in the High court of the state that has competent jurisdiction. Divorce and dissolution of marriage is instituted through filing a petition.

Secondly, the party seeking divorce must show through marriage certificate and other relevant documents that the marriage is not less than two years. This is called the two years rule as according to s.30 of the matrimonial cause act, leave of court must first be obtained for divorce or separation of marriage that is less that two years (as we earlier pointed out).

The party seeking the divorce must also prove to the court that the marriage has broken down irretrievably and and irredeemably and the court granting the couple divorce is the last and ultimate alternative

Ground  Divorce in Nigeria

The primary ground for divorce in Nigeria is that the marriage has broken down irretrievably and irredeemably. This is the provision of the matrimonial cause act in s.15. What the phrase, “broken down irretrievably” means is that there’s nothing that could ever be done for the marriage to ever work again and divorce is the last and best resort.

Others valid reasons (grounds)  for divorce are:

  1. When a partner is unfaithful and the other partner cannot tolerate the extra marital affairs can be a ground for divorce.
  2. When a partner is denying the other partner sex or love making or when one partner due to mental or health conditions cannot grant sex or sexually satisfy the other partner can be a valid ground for divorce. This is called  the inability to consummate the marriage.
  3. When a man cannot provide for the needs of the family or take care of the family can be a  ground for a wife to file for divorce, if it can be proven to the court that failure of the man to take care of the family has led to the marriage breaking down irretrievably.
  4. When a partner exhibits a character that is annoying to the other partner that the other partner can no longer tolerate, the habit can be a valid ground for a partner filing for divorce. For instance, a wife can file for divorce on the grounds that the man is a serial drunkard. A partner can also file for divorce on the ground that the other partner is dirty, untidy; you can as well file divorce petition on the ground that your partner farts carelessly and pollutes the air and you can no longer tolerate that behavior; it is now based on the discretion of the court to determine if those behaviors has made the marriage to break down irredeemably.
    When a partner has deserted the marriage or left the other partner and becomes incommunicado is a valid ground to seek for divorce.
  5. When the marriage was contracted under falsehood, half truth or undeclared facts can as well be a ground for seeking for divorce.
  6. When a partner is abusive is a valid ground for divorce. Physical, mental or emotional abuse is always not treated lightly by the court in divorce  process. So abusive marriage is a valid reason to file for divorce and the court must grant the prayer. It is always advisable to run away from an abusive marriage, file for divorce once your partner starts getting physical with you and beats you up or threatens to beat you up. It’s better for you to be alone and alive and in good health than be in marriage where you are turned into a punching bag.
  7. When a partner falls sick and the mental or health condition is what the other partner can no longer cope with is a ground for divorce especially if the infirmity that the partner is suffering from is that which can be communicable.

These are some of the grounds that a partner can institute a proceeding for divorce or dissolution of marriage. When any of these grounds is the reason why a partner is seeking divorce, it must be established that the reason leads to the primary ground which is; it made the marriage to have broken irretrievably.

When the court declared a marriage dissolved, it means that the partners are now legally free and single, free as birds to mingle and to go into another marriage if they so wish.

Getting a Divorce in Nigeria

The process of instituting a divorce process in Nigeria starts with filing a petition in the High court of the state which has jurisdiction and goes through the trial process, filing of affidavits, evidences are tendered before court comes to judgment.

The process and all therein can be tedious and technical and that’s why you need to employ the services of divorce lawyer that can guide you through. 

Nigeria, Let’s Help On Fuel Subsidy Monitoring With Technology

By
Ndubuisi Ekekwe
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Now that Nigeria plans to amend the oil industry law to extend the petrol subsidies (sorry IMF), it is time to digitize this downstream sector. I offer to help Nigeria build a transparent, robust and real-time integrated petrol distribution and monitoring system. I will drop sensors in every fuel truck, fuel tank and depot, linking all via GSM to a database, and using GIS data, connect the elements. The end result: you have full visibility on volume, consumption, etc at any point in the nation.

I will install LCD monitors for all LGAs chairmen, governors and Presidency to have real time data of petrol consumed, quantity in all jurisdictional fuel stations, quantity coming to their domains, depot capacity, etc.

This project will be delivered within 6 months. We have the technologies via eonfleet, TradeGrid, FuelFacts and Zenvus. These are our portfolio companies and we will fix this problem for Nigeria. I expect savings of about 20-30% if we do this: “The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has presented a bill of N3 trillion to the federal executive council (FEC), as payment for petrol subsidy in 2022”

Nigeria, can you challenge us on this?

Nigeria Approves N3 Trillion for 2022 Petrol Subsidy, Compounding Budget Deficit

Nigeria Approves N3 Trillion for 2022 Petrol Subsidy, Compounding Budget Deficit

By
Samuel Nwite
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has presented a bill of N3 trillion to the federal executive council (FEC), as payment for petrol subsidy in 2022.

Tension was brewing between the federal government and organized labor unions over the former’s attempt to remove the petrol subsidy by June. The Nigerian Labour Congress had threatened to embark on indefinite nationwide strike, citing the amount of suffering the petrol subsidy removal will bring upon Nigerians.

Backing down from the lingered standoff, the federal government had suspended its plan to remove the subsidy and proposed an 18-month extension for the implementation of the petroleum industry law to cater for subsidy shortfall.

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said on Wednesday at the end of the FEC meeting in Abuja, that a request was presented to provide additional funding to meet the incremental petrol subsidy request in the 2022 budget.

She explained that the sum of N443 billion was originally allocated for fuel subsidy in 2022, which was scheduled to last from January till June. But with fierce opposition from organized labor unions fueled by the concern that there are no structures in place to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal, the only option is to adjust the budget to accommodate the N3 trillion for the petrol subsidy.

“What this means is that we have to make incremental provision of N2.557 trillion to be able to meet subsidy requirement which is averaging about N270 billion per month. We also presented to Council today a request for Council’s consideration to make additional funding provisions to enable us to meet incremental fuel subsidy request in the 2022 Budget.

“You’ll recall that in the 2022 Budget, as appropriated, we have made a provision of N443 billion for a subsidy for January to June. Having taken into account the current realities; increased hardship in the population, heightened inflation, and also that the measures that needed to be taken to enable a smoother exit from the fuel subsidy are not yet in place, it was agreed by Council that it is desirable to exit fuel subsidy.

“The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has presented to the ministry a request for N3 trillion as fuel subsidy for 2022. What this means is that we have to make an incremental provision of N2.557 trillion to be able to meet the subsidy requirement, which is averaging about N270 billion per month.

“In 2021, the actual under-recovery that has been charged to the Federation was N1.2 trillion, which means an average of N100 billion, but in 2022, because of the increased crude oil price per barrel in the global market, now at $80 per barrel, and also because an NNPC’s assessment is that the country is consuming 65.7 million litres per day, now we’ll end up with the incremental cost of N3 trillion in 2022.

“So, this has been considered by Council and we’ve also been asked to approach the National Assembly for an amendment to the fiscal framework as well as the Budget, to also further discuss with NNPC on how to make provisions for this and also how to rationalize this expenditure,” she said.

Ahmed also explained that the new turn of events means that the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and the budget will be revisited to include the changes.

“The PIA had required that all petroleum products should be deregulated within six months of signing the PIB into law. And the six months would have meant from August to February. But when we were doing the budget we stretched that to June. So it means technically that from September, there will be a new fuel subsidy.

“But having to step back and take into account the realities of today, what it means is we have to go back and amend the PIA, so the ministry of petroleum resources will be leading on that. They had indicated that they will be asking for an amendment to extend it to 18 months from six months. And then it means we can now also amend the budget. So the two processes will go side by side.

“In the case of the budget, we’re looking at extending to December in the first instance, because this budget year is January to December and we’re going to engage NNPC to further interrogate the request that they presented with a view of trying to see how we can scale it down so that the country is not incurring N3 trillion for a fuel subsidy.”

The N3 trillion budgeted for the subsidy accounts for 17.5% of the N17.126 trillion 2022 budget, which opens further room for budget deficit. The 2022 budget already has a deficit of N6.39 trillion, which amounts to 37% of the budget. The N3 trillion also amounts to 55% and 43% of the capital component and recurrent expenditure of the 2022 budget respectively.

The presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has said the federal government will continue borrowing to fund the budget since Nigerians don’t want it removed. This means, as oil prices rise, a bigger deficit is expected in the implementation of the 2022 budget.

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