adconline: @ Rossiki,
Nigeria does not manufacture vehicles. Innoson assembles. Powertrain made by Cummins USA, Zinox does not manufacture, but assembles. In fact, Nigeria does not make KEKE NAPEP, but India; no bicyle but China; no wheel barrow but China. Are roads are built by Germans, Isrealis, Lebanese,Chinese and Arabs.

Rossikk:

You need to use your brain and be less agreeable to just anybody's claims on the internet.

Let me give you an example:

Nigeria manufactures cars, buses, trucks, suvs (Innoson). Manufactures complete motorcycles, including principal component parts and engines (Qinggi). Manufactures computers, tablets and accessories (Zinox). Today the world's first and only black built satellite, NigerSat 2 sits in outer space, an achievement of Nigerian scientists. The Nigerian Navy now builds seaworthy vessels from scratch, with 100% local input, like NNS Andoni, a 31m Seaward Defence Boat. The Nigerian Defence Industries builds mortars and RPG launchers, armoured personnel carriers, and manufactures their own bullet proof vests. Nigeria has three functional nuclear reactors. Nigeria manufactures and fabricates aluminium. Manufactures chemicals, including agro-chemicals. Manufactures paint. Manufactures drugs for the pharmaceutical industry. Nigeria processes solid minerals like Calcium Carbonate, Dolomite, and Limestone. I could go on and on and on..

Now, there are many countries that are NOT on that list of ''those lagging behind'', who cannot boast of 1/5 of the achievements I've just outlined.

WHY THEN SHOULD WE ACCEPT THE LIST?

When even YOU don't know what is produced in Nigeria, how will some foreign group not wake up and include Nigeria on any stupid list? They know you don't read or research. That's what gives them the audacity.

I mean, just because CNN and co choose to IGNORE all scientific strides made in Nigeria (afterall is Boko Haram not the only worthy news item?) does not mean WE in Nigeria will pretend we are standing still.

Orikinla: Nigeria Among 81 Countries Lagging Behind In Science

Nigeria is among the following 81 science-lagging developing countries identified by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

Afghanistan
Angola
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros Islands
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep.
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Indonesia
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea DPR
Kyrgyzstan
Lao PDR
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Rwanda
Samoa
São Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Suriname
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tuvalu
Uganda
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe



About TWAS
TWAS is an autonomous international organization based in Trieste, Italy. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable development in the South.

Source: http://twas.ictp.it/common/STLC

Orikinla:

Rossikk,
With all the long list of what Nigeria is manufacturing, why is Nigeria still the number one importer of used vehicles, foreign goods, etc in Africa?

And Nigeria can only generate less then 4,000 mega watts for over 160 million people while South Africa generates 40,000 mega watts for 50 million people.

Have you seen the state of public hospitals in Nigeria?

"The health index states that a doctor/patient ratio globally is 1:10,000. Before the crisis, the ratio in Nigeria was 1:33,000. Now, this ratio is 1:50,000! This situation is totally unacceptable."
~ Mr. Segun Ajanlekoko, President of Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria.

See DOCTOR TO PATIENT RATIO IN AFRICA on http://www.africapedia.com/DOCTOR-TO-PATIENT-RATIO-IN-AFRICA

Have you seen the state of medical laboratories in Nigeria?
Have you seen the state of science laboratories in universities in Nigeria?

Have you seen the engines of the vehicles you claim were manufactured in Nigeria?

Now on the so called made by Nigerians satellites.

Rossikk:

We can play this game all day long. I can equally ask you, ''with all the long list of what the USA is manufacturing, why are millions of Americans homeless, jobless, and their cities crime-ridden?''

See? Anyone can play that game. When you're ready to step out of the beer parlour and debate like an educated person, let us know.






I saw the list. I see Nigeria has a far higher Doctor to patient ratio than countries like Ghana - a country many like to tell us is ''better than Nigeria'', and a higher rate than almost all other countries in west and central Africa. Our population will always make it that bit harder to increase the ratio, but we seem to be doing quite well by developing world standards.



Some are very well equipped, while some others are in need of serious attention. They're not ALL decrepit.

Name all the medical labs and science labs you have personally visited in Nigeria in the last three years.



Most car manufacturers on earth do not actually manufacture the engines they use. You didn't know that did you?



There's nothing ''so called'' about Nigerian-built satellites currently sitting in outer space, watching over your hollow block head.

toluene12: @ orikinla, can u pls shed more light on nigerian satelites in space.
where are these satellites monitored? abuja or their respective launch sites?
does the abuja agency has the facilities to monitor the activities of these satelites in space?

Nigeriasat-1 was part of the world-wide Disaster Monitoring Constellation System.[1] The primary objectives of the Nigeriasat-1 were: to give early warning signals of environmental disaster; to help detect and control desertification in the northern part of Nigeria; to assist in demographic planning; to establish the relationship between malaria vectors and the environment that breeds malaria and to give early warning signals on future outbreaks of meningitis using remote sensing technology; to provide the technology needed to bring education to all parts of the country through distant learning; and to aid in conflict resolution and border disputes by mapping out state and International borders.

are we actually utilizing to maximum capacity the benefits these satellites has to offer us or are they just naija for show in space.
is any of those satelites beneficial to the telecommunication and the aviation sectors?

i read they're planning sending astronauts to space in the near future. i think they should postpone such plans now and instead focus on building a successful indigenous space centre that will be well utilized by relevant agencies here in nigeria

delors: Before nko? When na philosophy, history, sociology etc students dey go study for school...

saxywale:
OK. what about those that studied science and tech? most of them are now working in banks and marketing jobs.

Orikinla:

Thank you jare.
If Nigeria is not lagging behind in science, they would have found jobs in science and technology and not working in banks or selling pure water.

Texas.Cowgirl:
99.9% of African countries are on that list.

I'm not really surprised.

In this age and time, we're still using spinach leaves to cure cancer.

Orikinla:

I love your patriotism.

I have visited many as a field worker and a UNICEF Consultant and working for NGOs on health and population.
Even the best scientists here will tell you that we were better in the 1970s and early 1980s before the brain drain.

Only the private hospitals ad labs are considerable.

Even the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria agreed with my report.

cronsberg: It seems some people are hell bent on bringing down nigeria/demoralizing its citizens. Its quite clear these people are sponsort foreign agents, the kind that russia kicked out for doing exactly what they're doing here now that is spreading fake reports,articles findings that are carefully packed to make certain nations look inferior.
If not, are these people with there "report" telling us that tunisia, cuba, libya e.t.c are more scientifically developed than Nigeria? What is wrong with you people. Did the report consider our functioning nuclear research centers in Zaria,with majority nigerian nuclear scientists working there? What about our cell research labs in vom and jos whose findings May & Baker drug company in ogun is using to manufacture drugs. many examples that i don't have time to list. Now tell me, how many countries can boast of those? certainly some countries that are considered "Scientifically inclined" don't have the scientific/facilities we poses. Yet some ignorant half baked diaspora Nigeiran who doesn't even know whats REALLY happening in his country will be taken for a ride by these foriegn organizations. What a shame. I for one will NEVER believe such crap.

cronsberg:

You see what am saying? This guy is a gaddam NGO. Am certainly starting to mistrust and view NGOs as foriegn agents of destruction
Have you ever seen a report from an NGO that was positive? Every single one of there "reports" is negative, e.g 'every second a person dies in africa of malaria/hiv, Every minute an unborn baby dies cuz of maternal mortality, Nigerians live on less than 2 dollars a day. Common mehn, those certainly cannot be true, it defies logic even. Russia had enough of there negative/fake reports and kicked them out for good. If we don't do the same, we will never have peace of mind i tell you.

Rossikk:

We can play this game all day long. I can equally ask you, ''with all the long list of what the USA is manufacturing, why are millions of Americans homeless, jobless, and their cities crime-ridden, and the US the largest importer of foreign goods from China?''

See? Anyone can play that game. When you're ready to step out of the beer parlour and debate like an educated person, let us know.






I saw the list. I see Nigeria has a far higher Doctor to patient ratio than countries like Ghana - a country many like to tell us is ''better than Nigeria'', and a higher rate than almost all other countries in west and central Africa. Our population will always make it that bit harder to increase the ratio, but we seem to be doing quite well by developing world standards.



Some are very well equipped, while some others are in need of serious attention. They're not ALL decrepit.

Name all the medical labs and science labs you have personally visited in Nigeria in the last three years.



Most car manufacturers on earth do not actually manufacture the engines they use. You didn't know that did you?



There's nothing ''so called'' about Nigerian-built satellites currently sitting in outer space, watching over your hollow block head.

World Media:

[ABUJA] Nigeria successfully launched NigeriaSat-X, the first satellite to be designed and built by Africans, into orbit this week (17 August).

http://www.scidev.net/en/news/nigeria-launches-first-satellite-built-by-africans.html

Rossikk: I have no time for you and your fellow dumb illiterates. It is dense lemmings like you who we should shun in great number before we can move forward. Have you ever visited INNOSON? How do you know what they do there? Who have you spoken to who works there? How much of their processes have you investigated and studied? Answer to all that? Zero. Ie you've come in here with your hollow, empty brain, to define an activity in a plant you know absolutely nothing about. All you know is that they are Nigerian, therefore they must be "assembling". It is the stupidity, inferiority complex disease and illiteracy of your ilk that gives groups like 'TWAS the audacity to list Nigeria in their rubbish. As for roads, if you had a functioning brain in you head which you don't, you'd know that indigenous Nigerian road construction firms exist in this country, owned and run by Nigerians. As for Zinox, they Manufacture computers and accessories by every known definition of the term.

Rossikk: I have no time for you and your fellow dumb illiterates. It is dense lemmings like you who we should shun in great number before we can move forward. Have you ever visited INNOSON? How do you know what they do there? Who have you spoken to who works there? How much of their processes have you investigated and studied? Answer to all that? Zero. Ie you've come in here with your hollow, empty brain, to define an activity in a plant you know absolutely nothing about. All you know is that they are Nigerian, therefore they must be "assembling". It is the stupidity, inferiority complex disease and illiteracy of your ilk that gives groups like 'TWAS the audacity to list Nigeria in their rubbish. As for roads, if you had a functioning brain in you head which you don't, you'd know that indigenous Nigerian road construction firms exist in this country, owned and run by Nigerians. As for Zinox, they Manufacture computers and accessories by every known definition of the term.

onwugbenu:

@adconline: we manufacture car here in Nigeria, the only imported iterm is the engine needless to say that every other part is locally made. if i may ask what have you done to improve your home

TonySpike:


Iran is one of the leading intellectually endowed nations in the Middle-East, alongside Egypt. I've meet some Iranians and they are exceptionally gifted. Some Nigerians are simply ignorant....

grandstar:


There's a lot of ignorance concerning Iran and Iranians.

urahara:


Like for example the thought that Iran is war torn like Iraq.

grandstar:


Iran is different.

Iranians are not even Arabs. They speak Farsi and not Arabic.