oneeast: That guy is does not know anything about the current SE GDP. Below is the current GDP ranking in the SE at the moment:

- Anambra

- Abia

- Enugu

- Imo

- Ebonyi

fairheven:
I font totally agree that anambra an Abia are behind,..remember when CBN was implementing their "cashless society programme",those two states were among the pioneer states only after lagos,based on what the then CBN governors described as "States with the highest volume of daily cash transaction" in the country,so how do you reconcile that?

DeeMain:

I used to have so much respect for your views on NL. I thought you were an objective foreigner/US citizen giving Nigerians the other prespective till I looked more closely and observed your morbid hatred for anything Igbo...

Such crass waste of native intelligence!
Very sad indeed. Shame on you!

oneeast: Oils that other do not have? Apart from that cup of oil there is nothing else happening in that state called economic activities. The current GDP of Imo state is only second to Ebonyi in whole of SE.

yorubakid1: hmmm.let stop derailing this beautiful before the bias mod moves it to ethnic section

ISpiksDaTroof: Well, contrary to your accusations I do not hate Ibos. For what? Sure, out of all the groups in Nigeria, when it comes to monetary transactions I wouldn't trust them farther than I could throw them, but that doesn't mean I hate them.

Before PDP agents attacked NL and wiped off most of our old posts--- like you can attest to--- I usually came on here in neutrality. But, your ibo brothers would not let me be. Constantly attacking whatever views they deemed unpopular. Tell me, who boasts, chests beats, and constantly antagonizes others on here more than your kin? I state facts as I see them and if my constant saying things like " Ibos are as religiously and ethnically intolerant like the Hausas they love to condemn" or "Nigerians should call the bluff of the Ibos and vote out this criminal govt" is what makes you think I hate yall, then, hey....

But rest assured, I don't. Yall just need to do some character searching and stop irritating others so much with your attitude.

ketoprofen:

And what is wrong if imo, abia and Enugu have higher GDP than anambra?

ketoprofen:
what cup?
Why exactly are u denigrating your sister state? Imo has richer oil reserves than anambra, in fact, its the richest inland oil deposits in Nigeria.
What is wrong with you?
Does your support for igboland end with anambra,?
Anytime, they say something good about an Igbo state, you oppose it .
What have you even commented concerning the topic?

Kachisbarbie:
Are you minding that one...my husband specifically told me that if they are to go by population ratio, Aba generates more CASH REVENUE than Lagos. Lagos moves a lot of money, but they tend to be more learned...than the average Aba man, who prefers to make cash transactions.
-he said the kinda millions an average Aba trader brings for deposit @various times in a day, they spend hours 'bundle counting' it, bc to count am one by one dey hard sef. Then we can imagine how much the big customers like Tonimas are capable of moving

nyabingi: Let me just let out some Aba traders secrets, do you know than large tons of made in aba shoes and clothes are daily shiped to the middle east i.e Dubai, Europe and other African countries, Nigerians who travel over ther still buy these products more than 300% the cost in Aba, the truth is that these guys make so much money through these trade secrets, infact its hard these day for an avarage Aba shoe or fashion designer to take jobs from end users except they are willing to pay more,this is because they work day and night tomeet up international demands, many igbos who returned from the mass exodus in the north are already learning the trade either as manufacturers or marketers, its a big market .

Kachisbarbie:
Are you minding that one...my husband specifically told me that if they are to go by population ratio, Aba generates more CASH REVENUE than Lagos. Lagos moves a lot of money, but they tend to be more learned...than the average Aba man, who prefers to make cash transactions.
-he said the kinda millions an average Aba trader brings for deposit @various times in a day, they spend hours 'bundle counting' it, bc to count am one by one dey hard sef. Then we can imagine how much the big customers like Tonimas are capable of moving

100Cents:

I am always inside a car, long or short distance. I hate being failed in my appointment because of a slippas

100Cents:
So business people trek to market or can't own a car for the type of legedez Benz he was referring to ?
Okay oo..

oneeast: It is a cup of oil, take it or leave it..

ketoprofen:

in that case, anambra is spoon, take it or leave it.

cosmatika: A shoemaker in Aba produced dis pair of shoe 4me since May last yr. It has nva visited another shoemaker since den. I wear it frm Monday to Friday every wk. I dnt bother buying another cos it shows no signs of spoiling. Guess wat? It cost me only #1500 to get it. Aba's ingenuity

Abagworo:

People make mistakes in correlation of GDP with standard of living or wealth. Aba has a higher consumption per capita than lagos. It is only 2nd to Port-Harcourt. What it means is that when you divide consumption of goods or cash flow in Aba by the resident population it is higher than Lagos even though Lagos economy is way bigger. Imo State has the highest GDP in Southeast according to one of the sources posted but has way much lower consumption per capita than Anambra or Abia.

ketoprofen:

When they are already exporting or doing business with people in other African countries and Dubai, china, etc, you are here saying one can't do biz with them cos they are illiterates .
ok o

44chux: A typical shoemaker goes to shop and works from 8-t0-5 to make a paltry NGN1,500 and is content coz he makes shoes for lower middle & lower class folks. You would think such a person would be looking for a way to upgrade right?
Well u would be wrong.
Give him capital to upgrade his biz and improve quality, he runs to the village ( Ngwa) with the funds to start his building.
Pay him NGN200 above market rates and he treats ur job as urgent if u can stay around. But pay him 2times the price and book to collect it at future date, and u will have to make trouble b4 u get ur goods. Agree 4 bulk purchase from him and pay him in advance, and next day he dosent come to shop coz he has a handover from hosting his whole street on palm-wine and 33-beer

iwonbaoko:
Where do you get the numbers of the shoemakers from? What is the source of that information

weezii: Truth is, made-in-Aba shoes lasts longer than most "italian or foreign" shoes we get in boutiques these days. Nigeria simply needs to harness what it has on time

kettykin:
i can give you a United nations report UNIDO report about the Aba cluster if you request for it

kettykin:
i can give you a United nations report UNIDO report about the Aba cluster if you request for it

iwonbaoko:
Yes o I remember the other day when NATO came to buy drones and Patriot missiles at Ariaria it tooks about 3 months to count the cash. No be small tin o

44chux: A typical shoemaker goes to shop and works from 8-t0-5 to make a paltry NGN1,500 and is content coz he makes shoes for lower middle & lower class folks. You would think such a person would be looking for a way to upgrade right?
Well u would be wrong.
Give him capital to upgrade his biz and improve quality, he runs to the village ( Ngwa) with the funds to start his building.
Pay him NGN200 above market rates and he treats ur job as urgent if u can stay around. But pay him 2times the price and book to collect it at future date, and u will have to make trouble b4 u get ur goods. Agree 4 bulk purchase from him and pay him in advance, and next day he dosent come to shop coz he has a handover from hosting his whole street on palm-wine and 33-beer

cosmatika: A shoemaker in Aba produced dis pair of shoe 4me since May last yr. It has nva visited another shoemaker since den. I wear it frm Monday to Friday every wk. I dnt bother buying another cos it shows no signs of spoiling. Guess wat? It cost me only #1500 to get it. Aba's ingenuity

kettykin:

oga it is like you trek a lot , the shoe's ruggedness has seen better days please this is on a lighter note

Abagworo:

People make mistakes in correlation of GDP with standard of living or wealth. Aba has a higher consumption per capita than lagos. It is only 2nd to Port-Harcourt. What it means is that when you divide consumption of goods or cash flow in Aba by the resident population it is higher than Lagos even though Lagos economy is way bigger. Imo State has the highest GDP in Southeast according to one of the sources posted but has way much lower consumption per capita than Anambra or Abia.

kettykin:

I don't want go beyond the information i have given for reasons bordering the political economy of Aba, Aba about 44 years ago was flattened and destroyed to its foundations by savages hell bent on keeping igbos in Nigeria , Aba today has risen from its ashes and is recording growths that will in very few years threaten what ever growth made by any other city in Nigeria .
i believe i have partly achieved my aim in this forum of destroying wrong stereotypes some people deliberately have about igbo land

millionaireman: Do Aba shoe manufacturers need Nigeria's government to harness their potentials? I do not think so, except that the government needs to provide good trade environment and social infrastructure in Nigeria. No manufacturer must expect financial incentives from Nigeria's govt to fulfill its manufacturing potentials.

Gee on Ariaria shoe manufacturers. Do not look back.