eraser nko? when will we start producing that. in 4years time I guess.

Nigeria, the joke of all nations. and some phoolish "coordinating minister of the economy" talk say Nigerian economy is the largest in Africa. coordinating rubbish.

I pray that the price of oil should keep falling so what we will be self dependent.Africans are the most lazy people on earth.how can we be importing "pencil" ?

Come to think of it, thats true!

ekenetheorg:

Unless you can't read. China no dey mess with credit. They always print shiny Made in China in my own pencils

Pencils..,of all things?

Most of us on nairaland are just like the politicians we blame for our backwardness.
Think of it, who Chèers the politicians to continue? Who fights dirty on social media because of this same politicians? Who faces the bullets of this same politicians?
Now, let's look at it from another angle and see if we are a serious generation.
What if we see an opportunity in this and not a gloom. for me stuffs like this open my eyes to the opportunities inherent nd not the failures of our leaders . I have taken to the net to get info on how to make pencils. Guys think about this critically. As leaders of tomoro (which may not come to pass right now) we can channel our energies towards advancing and advocating favourable policies.
Millions of pencils are consumed daily.
Think pple think.

[quote author=volo112 post=41520703]we as nigerians like to lie to ourselves alot.
a country like nigeria imports everything, even simple toothpick
most people don't even know that majority of the pencils we use in nigeria is imported from china
AT LEAST WE HAVE AT LEAST 10MIILLION SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO MAKES USE OF PENCILS IN NIGERIA,
a pencil today is sold for at least five(5) naira today.
we need to start from some place.
at least, jobs will be created for nigerians not foreigners
fx will be saved
let encourage this initiative. if we can have manufacturing outfits like this all over the country, it will help reduce unemployment in no small measure[/quote
] Its even more annoying that some of the imported pencils are of substandard quality. So we open our even to import rubbish sef, Thank God for Sai baba. Nigeria on the match to greatness.

Nigeria oooo. Why is Nigeria so backward. When others are talking of heavy manufacturing companies

Is this the kind of change APC is clamouring on? What is so special about this, How much is pencil for such to appear as a credit to APC hilarious govt. This is the kind of change we can as well expect from a president who presented a forged WAEC result to INEC.

We import toothpick,blade,eraser,crayon etc etc shame on Nigeria!

So much uninformed statements.Nigeria has several industries both large and medium scale producing pencils,ball point pens and even d much talked about toothpick.The only challenge is cost which is discouraging many investors.Our new govt. shld leave all dis drama and hasty statements and focus on critical areas dat will drive our economy.Regular power supply,Rail transport to all major cities to ease movement of raw materials and finished goods ard d country and security is all we need for crying out loud!Govt. agency to start production of pencils?Onu shld apologise to Nigerians.A minister dat shld be talking abt space technology to reduce data cost and nuclear energy to provide temproary relief in d power sector is going abt making fallacious statements.Nwanne take time o!

And that's an achievement? I cry for my country?

Timbi:



http://thenationonlineng.net/nigeria-to-start-production-of-pencils-says-onu/

[size=18pt]After launching a satellite in space. I wonder what happened to that satellite; or was it another one of their yellow kangaroo projects?[/size]

A country that does not manufacture can't survive. We import the most basic items and expect to keep our citizens employed. For Nigeria to rise to preeminence she has to expand her manufacturing base.

So most people commenting on this thread went through school without seeing Chinese writing on their pencils (not even once) and are shocked to know we import pencils? Una sha...
Everybody is screaming "government" as if it is the Chinese government that is manufacturing the pencils they are selling to us. Everybody is waiting for somebody to start something, nobody wants to do it themselves. I am very sure at least 75% of the people complaining here have the potential to start a pencil factory (or whatever they are called) but NO! "The government didn't clean my poo when I was 2 years old." "The government hasn't paid my father for some months and have no jobs for Nigerian youths." "Petroleum is now about 37$pb, Buhari has failed us." Suyaing and Peppersouping children of Nigerians. This is all monkey poo!

wilcox:
What kind of news is this? So the lots of pencils I used during my kindergarten was from China? Mbano! If only I knew I would have been more careful not misplace pencils on daily basis.
Don't tag me a "careless child" I was only concerned on how to grow our economy and encourage local production but little did I know I was making daily contributions to chinko

hahhahaahahhahahaha

Other ministers should pay attention to where this very minister and his kind site their projects, and do same.
Home sweet home!

Yoruba = people pleasers, I hope our ministers are watching, should learn and do like the rest of the country by kick-starting projects just like others are doing in their regions. Let's give as much as we are given and take as much as they take, meaning if a poultry farm is what they want to site in SW, we should give them an equivalent, not site the major projects in other's region while they site the least in ours.

But pencils Well, even if toothpicks, it's a project.

fratermathy:


Those detractors who said this government promises too much can now feed on this!!!


Nigeria shall be industrialised by 2016! We will stop importation of items that pushes our currency below the dollar and euro. We will focus of exportation instead so that we can derive revenue for the nation's capital projects.

Jobs will be created through industrialisation as unemployed and educated youths will be absorbed into production companies and factories across the nation.



Kudos to the new visionary government!


I am proud to be a NIGERIAN!!!

while you are at it,tell them to buy our locally made cars instead of the German made cars they intend buying next year do that the billions will remain in the economy

Shame to Nigeria

ekenetheorg:

Unless you can't read. China no dey mess with credit. They always print shiny Made in China in my own pencils

Thank God you've been seeing it too. I am very surprised that most people haven't been seeing it and are 'shocked'

We import pencil,cotton bud,tooth stick,matches etc.I need info,wy are these difficult for Nigeria to produce

PRODA was the first research Instute in nigeria establish by eastern region
FG siezed proda
FG siezed proda machines and abandoned it in Lagos
FG import pencil
This country is a joke

This is a positive step in d right direction; though I feel power/electricity should be fixed first b4 manufacturing/industrialization.

This is a positive step in d right direction; though I feel power/electricity sector should be fixed first b4 manufacturing/industrialization.

MXrep:
PRODA was the first research Instute in nigeria establish by eastern region
FG siezed proda
FG siezed proda machines and abandoned it in Lagos
FG import pencil
This country is a joke

Some cabals are profiting from the importation of these commodities.

Folksyharry:
The Minister really didn't need to bring this to the public. It should have been done discretely because it's really shameful that we have been importing pencils all this while. Good anyway.

Chai Nigerians are never satisfied. .

Pencil! How about toothpick?

Rogersmith:
Shameful to read this. We need to wake up as a country and harnest every potential this country have.

It hurts me to know that nigeria is just about to start the production of pencils; this shows we have a long narrow way to sojourn on.

Timbi:



http://thenationonlineng.net/nigeria-to-start-production-of-pencils-says-onu/

I reject backwardness ijn. Any spirit of backwardness is cancelled in my life.
Not even a calculator company, phone company. Uuuu see the problem of old ministers and their 1760 policies

nigeria to make pencils.

RegalD:

It hurts me to know that nigeria is just about to start the production of pencils; this shows we have a long narrow way to sojourn on.

In others words,it shows ample lots of opportunities. Like Europe in 15th,16th century.

Eldorado if the eyes are open.

deanoffaculty:
Good news to all Ladies! Eye pencils and Eye Liners will now be purchased at a reduced price....even free
Nigeria and Bleep-up thingz sha! Our target is production of PENCILS......CHAI!!! Next thing will now be production of CRAYON.
Anyway,God bless Naija!

my grandma's neighbour in Benin is a pure water manufacturer ... from that pure water business he built 2 houses n purchased a car . before stiff competition arrived. if 10 people dash u 100 naira u don get 1k o

the China that is producing toothpick , cotton bud and other minor items no get sense?