Is this a good idea for growth for change

It's a two way thing ... I think for us to ban something, what internal structures have we put in place to replace what we've banned ? What effort are we making to prevent widespread suffering and avoidable scarcity ? The government should have built up local industries and invest heavily in getting the local ones off the ground and gradually wean us off dependence on outside goods or imports But out here, we love to ban, but no organized internal action to prevent the shocks of banning and also start production on a national scale to cover up. Our leaders feel that banning would solve the problem , or leaving the economy on auto pilot , or that entrepreneurs would create something is going to fundamentally solve the problem . ... This is what's called "laissez faire". For example (just making this up) : We've been importing 70% of our rice ... We decided to ban imports of rice ... 30% can't cover the country, scarcity begins, smugglers and other profiteers take advantage of the situation , life gets unbearable for the masses. And we keep struggling and complaining while rice price skyrockets.. Now picture this... We import 70% of our rice, Govt has plans to ban rice imports, it organizes rice growers all over Nigeria , figures out a way of supplying them machinery and needed tools for production , govt takes charge of buying all the rice from them, gets the data and compares it to import ratio & all.. Them with this , govt can start to measure what percentage it would ban while increasing rice productivity .. In such a way that transition won't cause shocks in internal rice price .. And with time since production and consumption is local , it'll be very cheap.. & we are well fed .. Actions must be planned. When farmers know there is a national govt that is going to buy the harvest, then it's green light all d way ... As a nation We can't just be banning stuff without plans or using our mouth to "diversify to agriculture" Without putting in actions and creating a value chain........... by sunki

Any decision made by Buhari,the opposite of the policy is good for Nigeria

As a nation We can't just be banning stuff without plans or using our mouth to "diversify to agriculture" Without putting in actions and creating a value chain

California is the 6th largest economy in the world. It's economy is larger than that of France or Brazil. The little problem is that California is not a country. It is a State in the United States of America. It has little offshore oil, yet its economy is larger than States in the US that are famous for their oil reserves, like Texas. California generates much of its revenue from non-oil products. It found a way to absorb and domesticate much of the intellectual output from its premier university, Stanford University, into saleable products within its economy.

As a matter of fact, much of California's economy is built around Stanford University. So with this, Silicon valley developed. I'm sure you've heard of Silicon Valley at least once in your life. Now with Silicon Valley came companies like Apple, eBay, Cisco, Lockheed, Hewlett Packard (HP), Google, Netflix, Facebook, Oracle, Tesla...and the list goes on and on ad infinitum.These are multibillion-dollar companies. The yearly budget of any one of these companies might be larger than the entire yearly budget of, say for example, Akwa Ibom State. I'm taking about companies that are richer than countries. They are all in California. But that is just in the technology industry where the technologies and inventions spewing out of Stanford are caught midair and converted to money spinning enterprises.

But there is also the entertainment industry in California. Yes, Hollywood is in California. The US movies industry contributes about $504Billion to USA's GDP. Hollywood, as you know, contributes over 70% of that figure. Most iconic movie studios are in Hollywood. As a matter of fact, the "Big Eight" consisting of 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, United Artists, Universal Studios and Warner Bros are, or were, all in Hollywood. These again, are multi-billion dollar companies generating revenue for California.

Despite the above, California also thrives on agriculture. As at 2014, California had nothing less than 77,000 farms and ranches raking in about $55Billion in revenue yearly. It produces over 400 agricultural commodities, a large chunk of which it exports. It is the leader in producing exotic fruits in America. Its wine industry is unique. California wine is drunk with relish the world over. I used to drink some too.

This is just one State in America. You see, California actually had a choice of sitting back and striving to get a piece of the revenue generated from Texas' oil. It could have depended solely on Federal allocation to survive so that every month end, it will send its Commissioner of Finance to Washington DC to receive monthly allocation so that it can barely pay salaries of its workers and nothing more. Then San Francisco would resemble Ajegunle in Lagos. And there certainly would not be those beautiful sights and sounds that make California what it is today. But No, not California. Not America. California gives to the center and, because of its wealth, despises the idea of depending on it for survival. The Federal Government actually needs California to survive, not the other way round.

You see, America is structured in such a way that States must look inwards to exploit their wealth for the good of its citizens. There is no free lunch for the lazy States. There certainly is no commonwealth. But there is your wealth, if you can create it. Under American Federalism, you are the captain of your ship. But again, you are also the waves upon which the ship will sail. That is America. The local government, the government closest to the grassroot, is deliberately made the strongest level of government. Items like Variances (adaptation of state law to local conditions,) Public works (yes, public works!!), Contracts for public works, Licensing of public accommodations, Assessable improvements, Basic public services are all left for local county governments to handle. The State handles weightier m

Definitely there's need for decentralization where every state should look in ward to satisfy its people not waiting for the federal to feed

Naimolawale:
California is the 6th largest economy in the world. It's economy is larger than that of France or Brazil. The little problem is that California is not a country. It is a State in the United States of America. It has little offshore oil, yet its economy is larger than States in the US that are famous for their oil reserves, like Texas. California generates much of its revenue from non-oil products. It found a way to absorb and domesticate much of the intellectual output from its premier university, Stanford University, into saleable products within its economy.

As a matter of fact, much of California's economy is built around Stanford University. So with this, Silicon valley developed. I'm sure you've heard of Silicon Valley at least once in your life. Now with Silicon Valley came companies like Apple, eBay, Cisco, Lockheed, Hewlett Packard (HP), Google, Netflix, Facebook, Oracle, Tesla...and the list goes on and on ad infinitum.These are multibillion-dollar companies. The yearly budget of any one of these companies might be larger than the entire yearly budget of, say for example, Akwa Ibom State. I'm taking about companies that are richer than countries. They are all in California. But that is just in the technology industry where the technologies and inventions spewing out of Stanford are caught midair and converted to money spinning enterprises.

But there is also the entertainment industry in California. Yes, Hollywood is in California. The US movies industry contributes about $504Billion to USA's GDP. Hollywood, as you know, contributes over 70% of that figure. Most iconic movie studios are in Hollywood. As a matter of fact, the "Big Eight" consisting of 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, United Artists, Universal Studios and Warner Bros are, or were, all in Hollywood. These again, are multi-billion dollar companies generating revenue for California.

Despite the above, California also thrives on agriculture. As at 2014, California had nothing less than 77,000 farms and ranches raking in about $55Billion in revenue yearly. It produces over 400 agricultural commodities, a large chunk of which it exports. It is the leader in producing exotic fruits in America. Its wine industry is unique. California wine is drunk with relish the world over. I used to drink some too.

This is just one State in America. You see, California actually had a choice of sitting back and striving to get a piece of the revenue generated from Texas' oil. It could have depended solely on Federal allocation to survive so that every month end, it will send its Commissioner of Finance to Washington DC to receive monthly allocation so that it can barely pay salaries of its workers and nothing more. Then San Francisco would resemble Ajegunle in Lagos. And there certainly would not be those beautiful sights and sounds that make California what it is today. But No, not California. Not America. California gives to the center and, because of its wealth, despises the idea of depending on it for survival. The Federal Government actually needs California to survive, not the other way round.

You see, America is structured in such a way that States must look inwards to exploit their wealth for the good of its citizens. There is no free lunch for the lazy States. There certainly is no commonwealth. But there is your wealth, if you can create it. Under American Federalism, you are the captain of your ship. But again, you are also the waves upon which the ship will sail. That is America. The local government, the government closest to the grassroot, is deliberately made the strongest level of government. Items like Variances (adaptation of state law to local conditions,) Public works (yes, public works!!), Contracts for public works, Licensing of public accommodations, Assessable improvements, Basic public services are all left for local county governments to handle. The State handles weightier m

Knowing that a state like this exist makes me want to cry my eyes out

Goyim:


Knowing that a state like this exist makes me want to cry my eyes out

Thats just one state in a country where the state looks after is own people

Naimolawale:



Thats just one state in a country where the state looks after is own people

Man, why did you put this in my head
There are some kind knowledge i wish i could remove from my brain
Its just too impressive compared to the hell i'm living in

I am totally for state control .. Let everyone make their futures themselves..

When farmers know there is a national govt that is going to buy the harvest, then it's green light all d way ...

Now that's just a scenario , & what I feel could be done in the Nigerian case

1, It brings governance close to the people 2, no excuse of federal govt acting up 3, the whole country won't have to suffer if ppl in Abuja are misbehaving 4, it'll lead to beneficial emulation/competition

Then on a qualitative level, real the beauty in our diversity would flourish ...

Plus I can wager you that 70% of internal security challenges we face as a nation will be history.

Obasanjo tried banning imported goods but it never worked.
Reasons:
1) Weak dollar subsidy system:- people kept circumventing the dollar restriction and went outside to the very goods that where banned e.g toothpick.
2) Porour borders:- smuggler saw banned items as hot cake. It favoured them as the borders where poorly manned.
3) Custom :- officials are corrupt and do collude with.
We need a more thorough overhaul.

Standing5:
Obasanjo tried banning imported goods but it never worked.
Reasons:
1) Weak dollar subsidy system:- people kept circumventing the dollar restriction and went outside to the very goods that where banned e.g toothpick.
2) Porour borders:- smuggler saw banned items as hot cake. It favoured them as the borders where poorly manned.
3) Custom :- officials are corrupt and do collude with.
We need a more thorough overhaul.

The same question will still be thrown to him... which plan did he take before banning, afterall every business is to make profit. If assuming there's a shift with the support from the government taken note of the ratio to importation. It is that percentage that will be take into consideration as to how to reduce the importation or better it will reduce by itself because if more goods are been produced to satisfy the people with abundant left then who will want to import that particular product

The current system has created a parasitic mentality. Both on the populace and leaders.

Even our beloved Fulani herdsmen would know that in a cow, there is meat, leather, milk (yoghurt industry), manure/fertilizer, etc.

The ruling class is a microcosm of the masses. Just as you can't find a juju priest heading a church/mosque... I don't feel pity for most Nigerians anymore. Sadly, it seems like Our "mumu go last"

In the words of The great economist , late Professor Sam Aluko "Any economic growth without appropriate infrastructure for sustainability is a recipe for disaster".. The late sage made this statement in the year 2008 while I was in the University and now fellow Nigerians, this statement has not only come true but stayed put in our faces. Let us first of all declare a state of emergency on all infrastructures and go on an aggressive and massive infrastructural revolution. This is the only responsibility of government.Electricity, Transportation, Dams and Water Basins Development, etc... These are what will effectively fight recession and not a Yo-yo forex policy. Until these are done, the government will only try to ban, ban and ban without any appreciable local availability. A very good example is the ban on Rice importation. We have only seen pictures of the locally produced rice we're yet to see the rice in the market

Naimolawale:
It's a two way thing ... I think for us to ban something, what internal structures have we put in place to replace what we've banned ? what is wrong with your hand or brain structures
What effort are we making to prevent widespread suffering and avoidable scarcity ?
you should ask yourself this question The government should have built up local industries and invest heavily in getting the local ones off the ground and gradually wean us off dependence on outside goods or imports But out here, we love to ban, but no organized internal action to prevent the shocks of banning and also start production on a national scale to cover up. what is stopping you from building local industry
Our leaders feel that banning would solve the problem , or leaving the economy on auto pilot , or that entrepreneurs would create something is going to fundamentally solve the problem . ... This is what's called "laissez faire".
it's called the invisible hand
Look it up
For example (just making this up) : We've been importing 70% of our rice ... We decided to ban imports of rice ... 30% can't cover the country, scarcity begins, smugglers and other profiteers take advantage of the situation , life gets unbearable for the masses. And we keep struggling and complaining while rice price skyrockets.. Now picture this... We import 70% of our rice, Govt has plans to ban rice imports, it organizes rice growers all over Nigeria , figures out a way of supplying them machinery and needed tools for production , govt takes charge of buying all the rice from them, gets the data and compares it to import ratio & all.. Them with this , govt can start to measure what percentage it would ban while increasing rice productivity . In such a way that transition won't cause shocks in internal rice price .. And with time since production and consumption is local , it'll be very cheap.. & we are well fed .. Actions must be planned. When farmers know there is a national govt that is going to buy the harvest, then it's green light all d way ... Wetin happen wen obj do all the above for poultry and cassava
Ask the farmers they will tell you better
As a nation We can't just be banning stuff without plans or using our mouth to "diversify to agriculture" Without putting in actions and creating a value chain........... by sunki

yes we can
We are
Can you not see Katsina and ebonyi and anambra rice due to people going back to default setting
You need scarcity to stimulate production otherwise no investor will chook head
India did it
China did it
You want to develop with no pains
Where has that ever happened
Better enter farm and stop all this keyboard warrioring

Naimolawale:
California is the 6th largest economy in the world. It's economy is larger than that of France or Brazil. The little problem is that California is not a country. It is a State in the United States of America. It has little offshore oil, yet its economy is larger than States in the US that are famous for their oil reserves, like Texas. California generates much of its revenue from non-oil products. It found a way to absorb and domesticate much of the intellectual output from its premier university, Stanford University, into saleable products within its economy.

As a matter of fact, much of California's economy is built around Stanford University. So with this, Silicon valley developed. I'm sure you've heard of Silicon Valley at least once in your life. Now with Silicon Valley came companies like Apple, eBay, Cisco, Lockheed, Hewlett Packard (HP), Google, Netflix, Facebook, Oracle, Tesla...and the list goes on and on ad infinitum.These are multibillion-dollar companies. The yearly budget of any one of these companies might be larger than the entire yearly budget of, say for example, Akwa Ibom State. I'm taking about companies that are richer than countries. They are all in California. But that is just in the technology industry where the technologies and inventions spewing out of Stanford are caught midair and converted to money spinning enterprises.

But there is also the entertainment industry in California. Yes, Hollywood is in California. The US movies industry contributes about $504Billion to USA's GDP. Hollywood, as you know, contributes over 70% of that figure. Most iconic movie studios are in Hollywood. As a matter of fact, the "Big Eight" consisting of 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, United Artists, Universal Studios and Warner Bros are, or were, all in Hollywood. These again, are multi-billion dollar companies generating revenue for California.

Despite the above, California also thrives on agriculture. As at 2014, California had nothing less than 77,000 farms and ranches raking in about $55Billion in revenue yearly. It produces over 400 agricultural commodities, a large chunk of which it exports. It is the leader in producing exotic fruits in America. Its wine industry is unique. California wine is drunk with relish the world over. I used to drink some too.

This is just one State in America. You see, California actually had a choice of sitting back and striving to get a piece of the revenue generated from Texas' oil. It could have depended solely on Federal allocation to survive so that every month end, it will send its Commissioner of Finance to Washington DC to receive monthly allocation so that it can barely pay salaries of its workers and nothing more. Then San Francisco would resemble Ajegunle in Lagos. And there certainly would not be those beautiful sights and sounds that make California what it is today. But No, not California. Not America. California gives to the center and, because of its wealth, despises the idea of depending on it for survival. The Federal Government actually needs California to survive, not the other way round.

You see, America is structured in such a way that States must look inwards to exploit their wealth for the good of its citizens. There is no free lunch for the lazy States. There certainly is no commonwealth. But there is your wealth, if you can create it. Under American Federalism, you are the captain of your ship. But again, you are also the waves upon which the ship will sail. That is America. The local government, the government closest to the grassroot, is deliberately made the strongest level of government. Items like Variances (adaptation of state law to local conditions,) Public works (yes, public works!!), Contracts for public works, Licensing of public accommodations, Assessable improvements, Basic public services are all left for local county governments to handle. The State handles weightier m

do you know why Cali thrives
because they don't wait for oyel moni or govt moni
They get things done by themselves
What have you done by yourself

Goyim:


Knowing that a state like this exist makes me want to cry my eyes out

who crying epp
Enter farm my friend

Naimolawale:
I am totally for state control .. Let everyone make their futures themselves..

who hol you

Naimolawale:
When farmers know there is a national govt that is going to buy the harvest, then it's green light all d way ...

so you rather sell 10 naira to govt who will now sell 20 naira to market than sell 20 naira direct to market.
Your brain juice Don turn water water

Standing5:
Obasanjo tried banning imported goods but it never worked.
Reasons:
1) Weak dollar subsidy system:- people kept circumventing the dollar restriction and went outside to the very goods that where banned e.g toothpick.
2) Porour borders:- smuggler saw banned items as hot cake. It favoured them as the borders where poorly manned.
3) Custom :- officials are corrupt and do collude with.
We need a more thorough overhaul.

nope just lack of political will

Ayoolla:
In the words of The great economist , late Professor Sam Aluko "Any economic growth without appropriate infrastructure for sustainability is a recipe for disaster".. The late sage made this statement in the year 2008 while I was in the University and now fellow Nigerians, this statement has not only come true but stayed put in our faces. Let us first of all declare a state of emergency on all infrastructures and go on an aggressive and massive infrastructural revolution. This is the only responsibility of government.Electricity, Transportation, Dams and Water Basins Development, etc... These are what will effectively fight recession and not a Yo-yo forex policy. Until these are done, the government will only try to ban, ban and ban without any appreciable local availability. A very good example is the ban on Rice importation. We have only seen pictures of the locally produced rice we're yet to see the rice in the market

this is the 21st century
Most of these infrastructure can and are in fact already self provided
Build your gas turbines off grid
Cuz your own buses and barges
Get concessions for dams and roads
Buy pump for irrigation
Guerilla economic development
Time to outsmart the Illuminati

mikolo80:
so you rather sell 10 naira to govt who will now sell 20 naira to market than sell 20 naira direct to market.
Your brain juice Don turn water water

your level of reasoning is too poor for me to begin with

mikolo80:
so you rather sell 10 naira to govt who will now sell 20 naira to market than sell 20 naira direct to market.
Your brain juice Don turn water water

Just talk as if you dont know the meaning chain of distribution, so you want to tell me its the farmer who will do all the work and still go out and sell again where you have people who can do that. selfish human.

. It is.. But I'm more sympathetic towards the ppl . Because the conditions were created by our leaders.(bad education system, poverty etc) So much that it's now a cycle ...

mikolo80:
who crying epp
Enter farm my friend

I'm very busy with vigilante business