to share peaceful nuclear technology with Nigeria, to help Africa's biggest oil producer bolster its woeful electricity-generation capacity.

Blu Malam:

Ditto, trust some people to weed out the benefits and dwell on the "low points". Mostly, its because they don't know JACK about the issue, so they attack evthing else. How convenient.

Trust me, very few countries will want to share their nuclear secrets/knowledge with another country, especially Nigeria. (Russia has interest in Irans resources, thats why they are offering assistance, somthin like Shell & Niger delta)

Blind Ethnicity makes you seem more stupid than a stark illiterate.

nigeria1@@:

I can see the USA marine in nigeria in the next few days. This is Yar Adua challenge George Bush to his face. Which people really they advice Yar Adua. Na wahala you want put us ,   say tell them say my people were not involve in the decision, they where in  EFCC jail  after  arrest,  na only northerner make the decision. please quickly show them the road to abuja.  (joke)

this is wahala , the man sick  which kind wahala all this adviser they cause,  The USA would put nigeria on a list of bad nation, they would block economy program. Can someone tell them in abuja, they just put us for trouble.  

Why don't you people call yourself taliban. may be you have started to do training too with the taliban,  what were they thinking

Since you know a lot about the issue, do you mind explaining to us what IRAN has to do with benefits of nuclear and technological advancement? I mean isn’t this clearly a case of going to the beggar to beg for money??

Kobojunkie:


Since you know a lot about the issue, do you mind explaining to us what IRAN has to do with benefits of nuclear and technological advancement? I mean isn’t this clearly a case of going to the beggar to beg for money??

pappy2000:

i dey afraid oo.iran is under sanctioned by us.nigeria should be careful because iran is regarded as a state sponsor of terror

dave07:

Let's face the issue squarely and put out sentiments and religious bias.

do we realy need nuclear for power generation? - no
can we manage nuclear plants in the country?- no
are nigerians informed enough and better equipped for any nuclear mishap?- no
can the present govt tenure outlast the completion of a nuclear facility in the country?-no
is a nuclear power station construction cost effective compared to our other facilities?- no

so what are we talking about. please lets drop this unreasonable jabbings and look at the issues, objectively and more  reasonably.

Is that agreement a Nigerian decision in favour of nigerian masses and will it favour the cause of the nigerian nation?

Kunlamide:

I wonder what on earth naija is doing with those muslim extremist/terrorist. I hope God will help us so we won't don't regret this.

PapaBrowne:

An Islamic agenda!!!!!!!!!
If that's what Yar'Adua came to achieve, then what a failure!!

Nigeria will move forward, Yar'Adua/Iran or not!!

bawomolo:

this thread has gone of course
Blu Malam u are right.I trust ur judgement.

Bastage:

Yar'Adua would be an idiot to turn down the Iranian offer.

With the energy crisis in Nigeria as it is, he now has a bargaining chip to secure help from the West on better terms for Nigeria.

Bastage:

Yar'Adua would be an idiot to turn down the Iranian offer.

With the energy crisis in Nigeria as it is, he now has a bargaining chip to secure help from the West on better terms for Nigeria.

Kunlamide:

I wonder what on earth naija is doing with those muslim extremist/terrorist. I hope God will help us so we won't don't regret this.

What is with this perceived need to cut off our own heads so the WEST can notice us? Are we insane? What next? Should we sign an oil deal with Zimbabwe so the WEST can give us more AID?

Bastage:


It's not AID and it's not a desire to be noticed on Nigeria's part. It's good old fashioned business. You don't turn down a good offer if you can make something out of it.
Sure, Iran is not the most popular of countries but business is business.

Look at the recent UK offer for oil security. Do you think that would have come cheap? Nigeria would have paid a hefty price. Would that have been relying on Western aid? Or (as is far more likely) would it have resulted in Nigeria getting screwed?

I don't believe this deal with Iran is going to weaken Nigeria's standing with the West. Unless things go crazy with the North, the West knows that Nigeria is a partner not an enemy.

Bastage:


It's not AID and it's not a desire to be noticed on Nigeria's part. It's good old fashioned business. You don't turn down a good offer if you can make something out of it.
Sure, Iran is not the most popular of countries but business is business.

Look at the recent UK offer for oil security. Do you think that would have come cheap? Nigeria would have paid a hefty price. Would that have been relying on Western aid? Or (as is far more likely) would it have resulted in Nigeria getting screwed?

I don't believe this deal with Iran is going to weaken Nigeria's standing with the West. Unless things go crazy with the North, the West knows that Nigeria is a partner not an enemy.

Bastage:

@bawomolo

If it's an offer that does not cost Nigeria then it can only be a good one can it not?

In all probability it will not lead to Nigeria obtaining nuclear energy from Iran. But it may kickstart Western interest in supplying know how and technological help. Again, that is not aid. It is merely the way the business world works.

Bastage:

@bawomolo

If it's an offer that does not cost Nigeria then it can only be a good one can it not?

In all probability it will not lead to Nigeria obtaining nuclear energy from Iran. But it may kickstart Western interest in supplying know how and technological help. Again, that is not aid. It is merely the way the business world works.

Bastage:

@Kobojunkie.
No contradiction. My claim is that the Iranaians are probably making the offer to rile the West. Nigeria gaining from the West would merely be something that happens on the sideline. Yes, the West will be involved whatever. This is nuclear power we're talking about here. The West sees itself as the appointed policeman regarding this energy source. Or do you honestly think that Nigeria could just go ahead and build a nuclear power station without Western help or involvement and rely solely on Iran?

bawomolo:

do we really need nuclear for power generation? YES, since since our current policies failed to deliver.

can we manage this nuclear plants? YES, we can train qualified candidates for the job.

are we informed and equipped on how to manage mishap? we can be taught and learn.

iceland:

Well,I don't trust those arabians popularly known as white hausa.They are not trustworthy.They could be looking for a way to conceal their nuclear weapons in Nigeria.Well it takes a black hausa to sign a deal with a white hausa.they are "MOLAS" in general.

Bastage:

@bawomolo

If it's an offer that does not cost Nigeria then it can only be a good one can it not?

In all probability it will not lead to Nigeria obtaining nuclear energy from Iran. But it may kickstart Western interest in supplying know how and technological help. Again, that is not aid. It is merely the way the business world works.