The truth is that many programs even with the potential for national impact are rarely advertised by the government definitely not in recent times.Which top jobs, positions, posts, volunteer works have you in recent time seen advertised by the government any where. Give me one medium where such positions have ever been advertised.The key points are that in the Nigerian style, such things are rarely advertised and in the same style cronies and associates are the ones that are inevitably called or informed of such positions and given a head start if at all those things will be published later. The fact that the ministries were asked(according to the article) to submit names has the presumption that the ministries may have names of those they are already working with or will get new names without defining how that will be done but we all know the Naija way of doing that. My reference to egroups community activism lies in the erroneous belief that such fora are main media to push such information. Some of us have been on egroups for up to 20 years and even pioneers in information dissemination on the internet/webs and through the egroups fora, so my reference to them is not to disparage anyone.I do agree with your point that the government SHOULD publish such programs BUT the reality is that they DO NOT and we all need to understand the reality and what is becoming almost an entrenched culture in Nigeria.Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 3:36 PMTo: naijaintellects@googlegroups.com ; edo-nationality@yahoogroups.com ; naijaintellects@googlegroups.comSubject: RE: [Naijaintellects] Re: [edo-nationality] RE: TOKTEN: Nine Hundred Nigerian experts return to fix critical economic sectors
Programs like this (with the potential for national impact) are usually advertized either through the media or foreign missions. May be some of you saw the adverts or other ways they publicized the program to attract applicants. Some of us did not. And this omission has absolutely nothing to do with whether one is active in Nigerian egroups/community events or not. The POINT here is that the best Govt can do for a program like this is to publicize it extensively (via several media and news outlets) to attract a large pool of those interested. Take care. JUI
From: naijaintellects@googlegroups.com [mailto:naijaintellects@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of African Oracle
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:20 PM
To: naijaintellects@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Naijaintellects] Re: [edo-nationality] RE: TOKTEN: Nine Hundred Nigerian experts return to fix critical economic sectors"It brings to the fore the need for professionals in the diaspora to come together and discuss issues with provision of solutions/pathways to them not necessarily based on ethnic or career congregation but on skills, experience and prior work on specific issues. " - Segun
This was the vision in 2007/2008 when few of us started DiNiSaT - Diaspora Nigerians in Science and Technology - You know what Fela called Egbe- ke- gbe - What that means is what Yoruba called Iruwa Ogiriwa a sort of all sorts - When people do not have common value and share the same vision, such organization would not succeed.
As few us were burning the candle, spending our own personal monies to organize events in order to bring people together, some were devising means of maximizing profits from the organization. Some hijacked the framework, one pocketed money - At the end of the day what you think was an association of well reasoned professionals was not different from the way things are in naija.
Today, the organization is cooling off somewhere - Just wondering what would be going on in the minds of those that rushed, hijacked, put self interest ahead a noble course. Today, if that organization is in place, they would be shinning by now. The Norwegian government representative thought, we were doing the right thing and looking for ways to support...
Dele
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Subject: [Naijaintellects] Re: [edo-nationality] RE: TOKTEN: Nine Hundred Nigerian experts return to fix critical economic sectors
Why is it suspicious?
The article clearly stated that UNDP contacted the ministry and requested names of those they want. So with ways things are done in nigeria, more likely friends and family members were recommended.
The mistake people make is that because they write on several nigerian fora, they are noticed by those in Abuja for appointments or represent the interests of nigerians in diaspora.
An example is Segun Aganga whose appointment was based solely on the recommendation of a former minister with no evidence that he has done anything extra-ordinary anywhere in the financial sector.
Is it also possible that NIDO or any diaspora organization was contacted?
It brings to the fore the need for professionals in the diaspora to come together and discuss issues with provision of solutions/pathways to them not necessarily based on ethnic or career congregation but on skills, experience and prior work on specific issues. And at the end the government and private sector can have access to the expertise either as pro bono or for a token fee.
Segun
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Subject: [edo-nationality] RE: TOKTEN: Nine Hundred Nigerian experts return to fix critical economic sectors
The news item is VERY SUSPICIOUS! JUI
From: naijaintellects@googlegroups.com [mailto:naijaintellects@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of African Oracle
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Subject: Re: [Naijaintellects] Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] TOKTEN: Nine Hundred Nigerian experts return to fix critical economic sectorsNa wa o! Abi na secret cult bi this? No information about TOKEN anywhere. Abi na family selection self or man no man...? question and question!
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Subject: [Naijaintellects] Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] TOKTEN: Nine Hundred Nigerian experts return to fix critical economic sectors
Ohima Agans-Oliha:
I am not suspecting anything - it is just so.....so sudden! Gbam - 900 people off to Nigeria....
Do you know any of them? Who knows any of them?
And I thought I was plugged in! :-)
Haba!
Bolaji Aluko
Shaking his head
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Ohima Oliha <obatopaye@yahoo.com> wrote:
Prof. Aluko,
Are you suspecting this initiative is ingenious?
Ohima Agans-Oliha
--- On Thu, 1/27/11, Mobolaji ALUKO <alukome@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Mobolaji ALUKO <alukome@gmail.com>
Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] TOKTEN: Nine Hundred Nigerian experts return to fix critical economic sectors
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Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 10:16 AM
Dear All:
Ha....was this a "secret" Manhattan Project? When was this TOKTEN project for Nigeria announced?
"The Nigerian professionals are coming from Asia, France, United States, Russia, Britain, Canada, Israel, Japan, Cuba, and other countries."
If you get 900 people to be part of a project, maybe 2000 applied! So how did 2000 people get the information, and who else did or did not? What crtical areas are these, a
and how are the people distributed?
The experts are drawn from the economic, technological, iron and steel, agriculture, social, medical, and other fields, according to a Presidency source.
Okay...Salary nko?
''No salaries or honourarium will be paid to them but the recognition by their motherland and the United Nations sponsorship are to serve as motivation,'' the source said.
Wonderful! Maybe this is what Bianca will administer?
Too many questions, too few answers that inquiring minds want to know....
Bolaji Aluko
Shaking his head
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The Origins of TOKTEN:
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) introduced TOKTEN in 1977 to help reduce adverse effects of the "Brain-Drain" phenomena or "reverse transfer of technology" in many developing countries. TOKTEN offers a window of opportunity for expatriate nationals with lengthy experiences in their fields of specialization to return to their home countries, for an agreed period of time. TOKTEN modality is considered as an efficient development intervention as TOKTEN Volunteers can merge their acquired learning with their familiarity of local culture and language in order to effectively transfer their knowledge and skills.
TOKTEN has since being expanded to more than 30 countries including: India, Pakistan, China, the Philippines, Poland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Vietnam, Lebanon, Syria, Senegal, Nigeria, among other countries. In these countries, highly skilled expatriate professionals have provided technical expertise, policy advice and research to governments, private and public sectors, universities, and research centers in various fields.UNQUOTE
Nine Hundred Experts Return to Fix Critical Economic Sectors
Daily Independent
TOKTEN: Nigerian experts return to fix critical economic sectors
Posted January 24, 2011
By Mark Mayah and Adeola Yusuf , Lagos
Some 900 Nigerian professionals living abroad have agreed to return home to provide technical assistance in the critical sectors of the economy, including power.
They are expected to arrive by February 24 to participate in a consultancy scheme jointly organised by the government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The scheme – which agreement was signed in Abuja in October last year – begins in March and ends two years after.
But the returnees will work for between two weeks and three months at a time.
The scheme, called "Transfer of knowledge Through Expatriate Nationals'' (TOKTEN), has $1 million (N150 million) provided for it by the UNDP for the travelling and living expenses of the participants.
The experts are drawn from the economic, technological, iron and steel, agriculture, social, medical, and other fields, according to a Presidency source.
''No salaries or honourarium will be paid to them but the recognition by their motherland and the United Nations sponsorship are to serve as motivation,'' the source said.
The UNDP will monitor the scheme through its project services office while the Ministry of Finance will implement it.
The Nigerian professionals are coming from Asia, France, United States, Russia, Britain, Canada, Israel, Japan, Cuba, and other countries.
The source disclosed that the UNDP had appealed to ministries and parastatals to identify Nigerians abroad who can fill on a temporary basis critical gaps in their operations.
"The scheme, which is a bye-product of the recommendations of the Presidential Committee on Power Reforms, will be implemented over a period of two years and if successful, there is great scope for expansion."
The UNDP advised the Presidency to appoint for the scheme a Coordinator not lower than the rank of a Deputy Director.
TOKTEN aims to reduce the adverse effects of the brain drain, with expatriate Nigerians coming back home to provide advisory services at low cost.
They will have their work cut out, particularly in the power sector, where it has emerged that electricity generation has dropped about 300 megawatts (mw) to 3200 mw in less than one month after hitting 3,500 mw.
The Power Task Force disclosed this in a document obtained at the weekend, which stressed that this makes imminent the full implementation of the power sector reform.
Power generation notched 3,500 mw December last year, and the task force, headed by Bart Nnaji, declared that it is now "obvious that power generation has not developed as required" and "there exists ample investment opportunities in the power generation sector."
The power generation gap of 26,561 mw is expected to be closed by 2020, the report enthused.
"Consequently, an annual growth of approximately 3,000 mw is required. Post-2020, it is projected that the annual growth will reduce to approximately 1,500 mw, up to 2033.
"It is planned that this growth will be driven by the private sector. It is expected that the growth will be supported by a robust commercial market."
The report noted the need for the refurbishment of existing power stations and subsequent expansion, as well as construction of new generation plants, provision of operations and maintenance services, and human capacity development.
It detailed power generation into the three sub-sectors: existing government facilities, Independent Power Projects (IPP), and National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP).
It noted that the Kainji power station built in 1968 with installed capacity of 760 mw, is generating 480 mw, the Jebba power station built in 1985 with installed capacity of 540 mw, is generating 450 mw, while the Shiroro hydroelectric Plc built in 1989 with installed capacity of 600 mw is generating 450 mw.
According to the document, Egbin built in 1986 with installed capacity of 1,320 mw, currently generates 1100 mw; Geregu built in 2007 with installed capacity of 414 mw, generates 276 mw; and Omotosho built in 2007 with installed capacity of 304 mw generates 76 mw.
Others are Olorunsogo built in 2008 with capacity for 304 mw, generates 76 mw; Delta Power built in 1966 (900 mw), generates 300 mw; Sapele Power built in 1978 (1,020 mw), generates 90 mw; and Afam built in 1963/2001 (726 mw), generates 60 mw.
Calabar thermal power station built in 1934 (6.6 mw), does not generate one single mw; likewise Oji River power station built in 1956 (10 mw).
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