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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by walexherbs: 10:23am On Jan 26, 2018
Can we plan the tour together am planning to travel too

IBnatty:


I plan to visit Togo, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and CIV in few months time. The tour will last 3-4 weeks. Please any important travel tip for me? I’ve never visited those countries before. And please check mail, I DM’ed ya.
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by Ugosample(m): 10:23am On Jan 26, 2018
jayarziki20:
no robberies in Ghana? u are delusional.

Nigeria's level of robberies is on another level

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by Ugosample(m): 10:27am On Jan 26, 2018
GavelSlam:


Even Abidjan doesn't come close.

Abidjan better pass Abuja


Take that from me.

Accra try, but e no reach Abuja, but Abidjan surpasses Abuja
With the light, central water system , more flexible transport system (bâteau bus et al) etc

Abuja na beautiful nonsense

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by Ugosample(m): 10:31am On Jan 26, 2018
stagger:


Mr man, go to the Osu area and see how white guys and women walk the streets carefree with all the casinos there. You can hardly even see police on the road. I bet you, no foreigner can walk any street in Naija like that. Not in Lagos, and definitely not in Pitakwa!

Don't answer these people jare
They obviously don't know the mess Nig is in.


You don't see police escorts on expatriates in Ghana, CIV or even Burkina.
You will only see such in Sierra Leone

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by Ugosample(m): 10:41am On Jan 26, 2018
GreatMahmud:



Which development in Rwanda are u talking Outside Kigali the capital &perhaps Gisenyi, Ruhengeri and Kibuye, the country is a rural community...Rwanda lives on support from foreign countries!!!!!

Stop spreading lies....

Rwanda has stopped collecting aid long long ago.

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by DonroxyII: 11:49am On Jan 26, 2018
seunny4lif:
Senegal ( 5 months) :
The best west Africa for me, 90% Muslims nation but you wouldn't even know. You can slap a Soldier in Senegal no problem but do that to police officer and be ready for 4 months in Jail.
Apart from Dakar, the other areas are not much developed
NB:
Dakar is so nice but Igbo boiz has made Senegalese police to be targeting Nigerians.
They believe all Nigerians are Scammers becos that what most Nigerians in Senegal do for living.
Churches have so many programs for Scammers and vigil to help them see Magas.
Don't be surprise when you see Europeans travelling with you inside the Bus o Oooh even within the city



Niger Rep (4 months):
Nothing much diff from Northern Nigeria but Alcohol is legalized and the country own more than 4 brewery companies.
Friday's night na Club but the ladies are Nigerians.
Igbos and Yorubas girls has Oloshos


Sierra Leone ( 3 weeks):
Are you looking for easy to fuvk girls?
Sierra leone are the cheapest girls to bleep cos just buy a plate of food for them and it is finish but mehn those chicks get unbelievable ASS and they will fuvk your soul out .
Dogg style
The only food in that country is Rice and Cassava.
Every soup is around Cassava leaves shocked shocked

Guinea ( 4 days)
Those chicks over there are the most beautiful ladies in the whole West Africa. They like Nigerian guys becos of what Igbo guys are doing over there.
Once the police see a Nigerian? Money don come.
They will hold you at every check point as a Nigerian and you must pay.
The road from Mali to Guinea and from Guinea to Senegal are the worst roads, I have ever seen in my life.
Worst currency in West Africa.
3K = 270K grin
I and my friend ate rice and full Chicken and everybody was looking at our plate.

Me : How much is our bills?
Seller: 26K (I will never forget)
We : Jeus Christ, wahala dey oooooh
Seller: Its even cheap self compare to other places
We: We thought, it's was Naira but it's was useless Guinea Franc
We: Ooh 26k Guinea Franc, that's less than #1200 grin grin
We order for more Chicken and beer joor




Benin Rep (All together 1 month)
Not much fun
Same like Nigeria

Togo (2 days )

Ghana ( Just 2 days)

Burkina Faso( 1 day)

Mali ( 3 days)
That's country is too big
Travelling within the country takes days
Haba


NB: About West Africa including Nigeria
If you have money to do business then no problem but if you don't
God is your strength cheesy cheesy
Planning to visit Cape Verde but my wife is coming with me angry angry angry
Can't check out those Cape Verde chicks

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by Odingo1: 11:56am On Jan 26, 2018
seunny4lif:
Guinea-Conakry-( 2 months)- Business are good, enough business cities like siguri,kekedu etc, night life is very interesting, fula girls full everywhere and are easy to take home to the ozza room, electricity is stable, good food and lots of meet, currency is very weak, 1m cefa is a small money. No too many Nigerians there. Conakry is cool and clean,life is easy and calm, poverty is little bit high, they are mostly moslems but are friendly and dont mind if you are playing with their wife. Their police and immigration are very friendly, roads are well tarred,from mali to Guinea is well tarred express way, they did great work on their roads.

Have they repair that Mali - Conakry road?
I will love to visit again
I didnt go to conakry via mali, I entered conakry from Airport and also travel from there,I went to business town of Siguri, kankan and kekedu from Bomako, mali. The roads are good. That trip is a different trip from Conakry own that took me to Bamako then to those towns in Guinea, the road from mali to Guinea is good and also to those town.

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by seunny4lif(m): 1:25pm On Jan 26, 2018
Odingo1:

I didnt go to conakry via mali, I entered conakry from Airport and also travel from there,I went to business town of Siguri, kankan and kekedu from Bomako, mali. The roads are good. That trip is a different trip from Conakry own that took me to Bamako then to those towns in Guinea, the road from mali to Guinea is good and also to those town.
Ok
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by centboy123456(m): 3:28pm On Jan 26, 2018
watchindelta:
work no fit make me see road to travel self but i hv bn to marocco infact jst like europe casabanca



how did u get to Morocco
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by jpphilips(m): 5:02pm On Jan 26, 2018
Childofaking:
Do you know that Nigeria have more than 30 big cities and more than 15 airports?
There are only few countries ( if any )in sub sahara Africa that have more than 2 airports. And many of them don't have the number of cities that we have.
Our greatest problem is power. Once the electricity issue is solved , a lot of things will fall into place. Small small countries around us have all solved this problem.

(When I say sub sahara Africa, I am excluding south Africa)

They were able to solve it because they are smaller countries, im not saying with sincerity of purpose we cant, im only saying that even when the sincerity of purpose is there, more resources, energy and time will be spent, an average Nigerian has a fast mind on a fast lane, he wants it like yesterday but the real world doesnt work like that, when I look at the Nigerian map with over 900k sq km land mass, i asked myself, how long will it take us to build something like a national grid and at what cost? I recently discovered after that research that if we dedicate all our National budget to that project for 5yrs, we still haven't gone round.
Then i began to appreciate leaders like Obasanjo, Shagari & IBB.
DO you know that when IBB finished the 3rd mainland bridge, it was the longest in Africa at 11km, until Egypt delivered the 6th october?
Building infrastructure for a big country like Nigeria is a big deal, reason we have to elect good leaders real quick if we want to see a developed nigeria in our lifetime.

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by Paradigme777: 5:39pm On Jan 26, 2018
walexherbs:
Can we plan the tour together am planning to travel too

Not seen anything bro.
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by davidif: 5:44pm On Jan 26, 2018
blackpanda:


LIES! aCCRA CAN never BE BETTER THAN ABUJA

Have you been there before?

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by davidif: 5:47pm On Jan 26, 2018
BedLam:
He should be flogged for that. Not even close to Lagos.

And how do you know that? Have yu ever lived in Abuja and Accra before?
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by davidif: 5:51pm On Jan 26, 2018
jayarziki20:
you can't compare any of them to Nigeria cos they wish they live in Nigeria too....we have a great country that others wish they are from here....try travel... don't come here hating on Nigeria.. if u are not happy leave d country n stop bad mouthing ....only Nigerians say bad thing about d country n want others to respect it.

Dude, why are you being so defensive? Have you even been outside of this country before? Yet you are so quick to say "You can't compare any of them to Nigeria" when you have never been there in the first place.

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by BedLam: 7:54pm On Jan 26, 2018
davidif:


And how do you know that? Have yu ever lived in Abuja and Accra before?
Yes I have.
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by davidif: 8:23pm On Jan 26, 2018
seunny4lif:

I was In Bahamas but lasted only 2 days.
Those people hate Nigerians

Wait, what have done this time around?
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by seunny4lif(m): 8:50pm On Jan 26, 2018
davidif:


Wait, what have done this time around?
Just tour
2 countries tour grin
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by DBlackCeazer(m): 9:01pm On Jan 26, 2018
dustar:
Every Black country has a curse..something is simply wrong with a black man.
glaring

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by iamwrong(m): 10:49pm On Jan 26, 2018
stilldoingokay:



do you leave in abuja or when was the last time you visit


the city has become something else plz


Seems you don't live in Abuja or you may be living in the outskirts of the city which is close to other States like nassarawa, kogi and Niger States or satellite towns where the majority of abuja working class are residing not in the main city hence your assertions that Ghana is beautiful than and better than Abuja. Unfortunately I can tell you that you are very wrong, it doesn't Even add up.... Plus Abuja is a rapidly growing and evolving city

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by ObaIgwe1: 2:00am On Jan 27, 2018
Odingo1:
Gambia- (2 years)-Banjul and Serekunda have stable electricity, standard of living is poor but they are more happy and easy going than Nigerians.Very beautiful Fula girls and not too fine dark mandikkas. Igbos own the biggest businesses like stop-step pharmacy,super-markets and spare parts. Their girls live coded life,you need to play your game well and they mostly operate in the night. The country is more than 90% muslims but they no carry am for head like Nigerian own, they mix juju with their own and call the people that prepare the juju malabu. You can easily start a good business their with 300k. Apart from commercial town of Serekunda they have other places like Farafenni, Basse and Soma.

Liberia-(1 year)- Nothing to write home about, toilet must be by the river banks,most populace live in slums, hardly will you see electric poles in Monrovia the capital to talk of having light, Lebanese supply electricity in some part through large listers. Poverty everywhere, Nigerians are mostly into film house business-most of them watch film at local film showing center that is mostly built with wood since most don't have television at home, selling of Nigerian film and spare parts , Lebanese control the businesses there with the Igbos. Their girls just need hello and it is finish.Food is mostly rice and cassava leaf or potatoes leaf, alot of bananas and coconut

Mali- (1 month)-The environment look like desert, plenty wasteful land with nothing, poverty is very high, electricity is stable, businesses are thriving under harsh weather, life don tire most of them, girls bleep anyhow and they no see money to buy pant and bra, just half piece of rapper they tie. Roads are well tarred.

Guinea-Conakry-( 2 months)- Business are good, enough business cities like siguri,kekedu,kankan etc, night life is very interesting, fula girls full everywhere and are easy to take home to the ozza room, electricity is stable, good food and lots of meet, currency is very weak, 1m cefa is a small money. No too many Nigerians there. Conakry is cool and clean,life is easy and calm, poverty is little bit high, they are mostly moslems but are friendly and dont mind if you are playing with their wife. Their police and immigration are very friendly, roads are well tarred,from mali to Guinea is well tarred express way, they did great work on their roads.

Burkina-Faso-( 1 week)- They are very kind, poverty is very high,electricity is stable, food is expensive

Benin- ( 2 weeks)- A lot of Nigerians, businesses are booming, food is cheap,electricity is stable, outside houses are covered with tiles, life in moderately ok, they wear good cloth and dont make too much noise.

Coteivore-Abidjan-( 2 months)- Very beautiful city with high rising buildings around plateaux, Ajame is the business centre, businesses are moving and booming,electricity is stable,poverty is not much, food is cheap, night life is bam, girls full everywhere with big big nyashes, their girls no get shame and can toast a man and dress anyhow. Agriculture is at it best here, hectares of pineapple, plantain plantation.The best I have ever seen in West Africa and well mechanized.

Togo- ( 3 days)- life is easy, electricity stable, no too many people, scarce country.

Ghana- ( 1 month)-Life is like Nigeria, rich and poor people, electricity is stable, businesses is not that booming because of too much supply and less demand, girls are friendly but like money. Men are welcoming and support freely. Crime rate is low. They have pipe borne water everywhere. Food is not cheap.



I agree with most of your analysis except for the part from the bold. N300K is about $800 which is about 40,000 Dalasis. I dont know how many good businesses someone can do with that amount apart from tailoring, salon and selling 2nd hand stuff which I saw a lot of Naija guys doing. Real business with good income will need a lot more than that.

Hey, I really hope to visit Guinea Conakry for holiday anytime I get the time to check out the Fula girls. Was told they are lot easier than the Fulas in Gambia. Those Fulas girls give me the satisfaction we don't easily get from our Naija Fulani girls. grin

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by stilldoingokay(f): 8:39am On Jan 27, 2018
iamwrong:



Seems you don't live in Abuja or you may be living in the outskirts of the city which is close to other States like nassarawa, kogi and Niger States or satellite towns where the majority of abuja working class are residing not in the main city hence your assertions that Ghana is beautiful than and better than Abuja. Unfortunately I can tell you that you are very wrong, it doesn't Even add up.... Plus Abuja is a rapidly growing and evolving city


abuja is no longer the abuja the abuja of 4years ago.

am also privileged to leave in side town okay,


thanks.
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by igbanbajo(m): 9:24am On Jan 27, 2018
Bookmarked.
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by jpphilips(m): 4:55pm On Jan 29, 2018
adexuxin:
I had crossed Africa once to Asia But the African tour means so much to me.... Timbuktu , Dakar ,Cairo, Kenya , Ethiopia on my wish list
Thanks

Beware of AQIM affiliated militia in the Sahel and Lake chad basin, terrorism is no joke.
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by Nobody: 11:20pm On Jan 29, 2018
jpphilips:


They were able to solve it because they are smaller countries, im not saying with sincerity of purpose we cant, im only saying that even when the sincerity of purpose is there, more resources, energy and time will be spent, an average Nigerian has a fast mind on a fast lane, he wants it like yesterday but the real world doesnt work like that, when I look at the Nigerian map with over 900k sq km land mass, i asked myself, how long will it take us to build something like a national grid and at what cost? I recently discovered after that research that if we dedicate all our National budget to that project for 5yrs, we still haven't gone round.
Then i began to appreciate leaders like Obasanjo, Shagari & IBB.
DO you know that when IBB finished the 3rd mainland bridge, it was the longest in Africa at 11km, until Egypt delivered the 6th october?
Building infrastructure for a big country like Nigeria is a big deal, reason we have to elect good leaders real quick if we want to see a developed nigeria in our lifetime.


actually building power grid for Nigeria isn't that a big deal. the problem is the law guidelines in generating and distribution.

if laws can be amended that we can regionalise power grid. we can get things done from conception to completion in less than 3 years.
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by Getbizzzy: 12:28am On Jan 30, 2018
BedLam:
Hello Op. I have been so some West African countries and when you talk of comparisons, I'm going to list a few things.
Overall, we have money than any other ECOWAS member and they sort of look up to us , only that we aren't exercising our influence because we can't still put our lives together.

In terms of security, Nigeria is nothing to write about ( You hardly hear of robberies in Ghana except the minor ones).

Ease of doing business is higher in Ghana and other places than in Nigeria.

Cost of living is higher. Petrol is sold for more than 300 naira per liter.

VAT is about 17.5. So that sort of make things expensive. But the peace is lasting and easy with basic amenities like water and power.


Other ECOWAS countries are more law abiding than Nigerians. I am using Ghana as an example because I live here more than any other ECOWAS countries, not including Nigeria. A Ghanaian driver obeys traffic laws and knows should stop at zebra crossing.

More stable democracy.

Employment is a no no. Most of other ecowas citizens are docile and nothing pushes them in life. They are very much contented and barely think outside the box.

They just want to be employed and earn what they can use to feed their families and nothing more.

Pls what can someone buy from lagos to resell in Ghana that can sell fast, I will be in Gh by next weekend, Pls I wouldn't mind if you hook me up, thanks.
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by ayojohn4real: 12:44am On Jan 30, 2018
GHANA
TOGO
BENIN
IVORY COAST

They all have stable power supply, Cost of living in Ghana is a bit higher, the remaining country are cheaper to live but no job
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by BedLam: 5:14am On Jan 30, 2018
Getbizzzy:


Pls what can someone buy from lagos to resell in Ghana that can sell fast, I will be in Gh by next weekend, Pls I wouldn't mind if you hook me up, thanks.
Sell fast ? I can't tell unless you have your customers already.
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by Getbizzzy: 7:39am On Jan 30, 2018
BedLam:
Sell fast ? I can't tell unless you have your customers already.

OK bro, thanks.

Are you in Gh now?
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by jpphilips(m): 10:21am On Jan 30, 2018
WinningSun:



actually building power grid for Nigeria isn't that a big deal. the problem is the law guidelines in generating and distribution.

if laws can be amended that we can regionalise power grid. we can get things done from conception to completion in less than 3 years.

At 2,375km the Rio Madeira is the longest grid operational today, it was built in 2yrs at the cost of $540m (194.4b naira), Nigeria needs 379 pieces of Rio Madeira to cover our 900k sq km, do the maths what the cost and time frame will be.
Dont talk because you can, talk when you have your facts.
Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by Nobody: 11:14am On Jan 30, 2018
jpphilips:


At 2,375km the Rio Madeira is the longest grid operational today, it was built in 2yrs at the cost of $540m (194.4b naira), Nigeria needs 379 pieces of Rio Madeira to cover our 900k sq km, do the maths what the cost and time frame will be.
Dont talk because you can, talk when you have your facts.


oga known facts are not generally true for every circumstance. if we make our power grid regional.

we can build 6, power grid in less than three years.
so far we build it simultaneously.

the distance between Lagos and calabar is less than 800 km and they are not even in the same region.

next time you learn to think outside the box.

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by jpphilips(m): 11:46am On Jan 30, 2018
WinningSun:



oga known facts are not generally true for every circumstance. if we make our power grid regional.

we can build 6, power grid in less than three years.
so far we build it simultaneously.

the distance between Lagos and calabar is less than 800 km and they are not even in the same region.

next time you learn to think outside the box.


It is one thing to finish SSCE on Nairaland, it is another to have a project experience, you sincerely believe that you are thinking outside the box by balkanizing your grid by 800 km over 900k sq kms?
Do you even have a clue what balkanizing that grid will do to your project cost? Do you have a clue the regulatory implications of such?
with 11 operational discos, how do you do bulk energy transfer when you balkanize the grid? How do you maximize unspent energy when you balkanize the grid?
Your outside the box thinking suggest you can build 6 grids simultaneously in 3yrs at what cost? how much is your national budget? what is the source of your funding? Borrow? what is your debt profile? I think you have no idea what project management means!!

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Re: What ECOWAS Countries Have You Visited? How Do They Compare To Nigeria? by iamwrong(m): 11:52am On Jan 30, 2018
stilldoingokay:



abuja is no longer the abuja the abuja of 4years ago.

am also privileged to leave in side town okay,


thanks.



True that's because of the UNCHECKED growing influx of people from all walks of life migrating and settling into the city daily, hence there is a massive population explosion going on. Therefore the real peace, serenity, nature, accessibility etc is gradually fading out the real beauty of Abuja, coupled with increasing pressures on public infrastructures. Compared to the other capitals which have smaller populations.

Though i respect your opinions, I am of the full believe that Abuja is not in the leagues of capitals like ACCRA. Cheers!

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