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Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by astrodome: 6:11pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
As a veritable Igbo man, I am not ashamed to be labelled a tribalist if my tribalism is about advocating for Igbos to invest first in Igboland before doing so elsewhere outside Igboland. There are only few Yoruba and virtually no Hausa-owned companies in igboland. Why should Igbos invest masively in those places? Kudos to all Igbos who invest their wealth more in Igboland than outside Igboland. That is the way to self-develop your region. I really give no damn about anything non-Igbo in Nigeria. I nether hate nor love them. I am indifferent to them. Call me a tribalist, who cares? 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by GstringAngela(f): 6:16pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
modath:The Ezza ibo and Ezilo ibo in Ebonyi state slaughters themselves at the slightest provocation The Aguleri ibo and Umuleri ibo in Anambra state use to kill each other for fun The Ngwa ibo in Abia state are human flesh eating cannibals The Mbaise ibo in Imo state have the highest number of witches in the whole world The Arochukwu ibo in Abia state are fake ibo The Osu ibo are Amadioha's food 12 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by astrodome: 6:17pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
GstringAngela: Ife and modakeke comes to mind. You are a simpleton 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by GstringAngela(f): 6:23pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
astrodome:missed call I am not from Ife nor Modakeke neither am I a Yoruba .............. Eric Umeofia does not want to invest in the SE because he is an Osu ibo. He is afraid of going back to iboland. He does not want the evil ibo gods to feed on his flesh 13 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by astrodome: 6:31pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
GstringAngela: Urhobo versus Ijaw Urhobo versus Itshekiri Ibibio versus Annang Fulani versus Plateau people Fulani versus Tiv Boko Haram versus other northerners including fellow muslims These are all love stories, yes? You sound very foolish. |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by gwales: 6:54pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
astrodome:what you pointed out didn't prove that he started his business abroad as u claim earlier. But let me help u with a link to prove that he first made it in sokoto before anywhere. Interestingly, Eric started business in Sokoto state, around 1982, specialising in spare parts. He was a World Bank’s consultant, receiving supplies for projects supported by the bank. Later, he started dealing in fire extinguishers www.thisdaylive.com/articles/the-tomato-king/217121/ This guy speaks hausa fluently and even from his attire above is similar with what pmb wears. The sokoto governor have to go to his plant in lagos for visit. 4 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by Adelaide2: 7:00pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
astrodome: Lol at the TKO you delivered! Please add the latest love between Share (Yoruba) and Tsaragi (Nupe) peoples https://www.nairaland.com/2840107/war-kwara-between-yoruba-nupe#41619719 |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by asha80(m): 7:03pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
caprini1:people go just dey one corner dey yarn rubbish..who told you he speaks better Hausa than Igbo? Have you heard him speaking english before? What accent do you hear when he speaks it? 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by caprini1: 7:32pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
asha80:I tell you because he is my " nwadi ana" ask someone to translate it for you,if you are not Igbo. 5 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by caprini1: 7:38pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
astrodome:Guy park well....His name is Eric Umeofia from ebenator Amichi ,NNEWI south local government Anambra state,cones from a family of 10,...9 boys and a girl,their grand pa brought Christianity to Amichi all his siblings are very rich whatever they touch,turns to gold,even pure water, his senior brother,is Emma Umeofia (Emmab plaza... Eric started life in sokoto,drove the now g wagon at age 23...,later invested in Angola (where he actually hammered),,,and also Dubai......this is not blogging just,but live gist....so cool down. 7 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by asha80(m): 7:41pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
caprini1:I have heard him speak English and the accent I pick whenever he speaks is typical Igbo accent..if his Hausa is more fluent then I don't expect the typical Igbo accent to surface when he speaks English...i dont doubt your relationship with him 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by caprini1: 7:49pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
asha80:I get you...the Igbo accent thing is in built...watch Soludo speak,sometimes the thick Igbo accent shows up 4 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by MXrep: 8:22pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
Yorubas are confused ppl. They say igbos own only 2x2 shops but when a ownership of a big company is unveiled and he is igbo, they change tune and start asking why did he not invest in SE, but they will never ask such if it was one yeye white man. they are yet to wake up to the era of global competition. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by MXrep: 8:24pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
astrodome:kwara is on a killing spree as we speak. |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by Masterclass32: 8:29pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
astrodome: I concur with this. They complain of high taxes and ridiculous levies yet they won't invest at least a portion of the businesses at home. Everyday they are taunted and told to go home yet they won't think. That's why I love Innoson. God bless that man. If we all run away, what happens to the east? Who invests here? What will stimulate our economy down here? You create jobs in other areas forgeting ur home, with our teeming unemployed youths. Govt can't do it all. Those saying that the east isn't viable forget that where there's a will there's always a way. If we put our minds to it, we can build the east to economic greatness. 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by FisifunKododada: 8:29pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
ANYWHERE but the East. That's the rallying cry of YEEBOOS 7 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by itsmine: 9:48pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
kayfra:. word! 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by modath(f): 9:54pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
astrodome: You do realise none of your examples speak the same language? unlike Ibos who do & are unable to find any a meeting ground despite speaking the same language!!!who now is the simpleton .. Stop hurling rocks from your glass abode!! I don't get into all these tribal debates as a rule but I know for a fact that my family friends who are Anambra talk about Enugu folks with derision cos according to them " they are uncultured & have too many slangs!! I don't get that argument, wish someone will expatiate. 4 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by itsmine: 10:20pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
. Manufacturers are respected anywhere in the world ,except Nigeria because we have not realized the importance of the real sector to grow the economy. . Before the advent of this government, some of us manufacturers felt we made the greatest mistakes of our lives by being investors. If not for President Buhari, I would have shut down this business by now or take it elsewhere. The previous governments,allowed importation, to the detriment of manufacturers. They were interested in making more money than paying attention to quality by allowing substandard goods to come into the country. We found out the Chinese tricks, we reported to NAFDAC, but NAFDAC has not done anything about it. If not that CBN came to help us with the foreign exchange policy that triggered our sales, we would have gone under. . Nigeria is not a manufacturing nation. little did I know that it was a risky venture doing business here in Nigeria. It is riskier than going to fight Boko Haram in Maiduguri to be an indigenous manufacturer here. . Here, in Nigeria who will do it? NAFDAC boss will not do it, because he says all is well, but we know it is not. How can investors come when you can’t issue ordinary C of O? The CBN governor is doing well now. I have come to realise that not that they don’t know what is good, it is because the person at the helm of affairs was not interested then. By the action of the CBN governor now, you will realize that he was interested in performing but didn’t get the support and so he is performing now. I can tell you now that they are listening to advise and by the time they follow the advice step by step, you will see how the government will be praised by those making noise. I want to draw your attention to this again, before now they will create an intervention fund but after six weeks, the whole fund is in India or Lebanon as these people manipulate documents to take the money out of the system. They frustrate Nigerians. Our commercial banks are opportunistic, they don’t have conscience. They will tell you their board wants them to make profits, but must they kill to make profit?They steal people’s money through agreement, but when you discover they will tell you it was a mistake. It will take them over 90 days to correct the mistake, but if you owe them a dime, they will put all kind of pressure on you to recover their money. The commercial banks are killing the economy because of their selfish interest, none of them is interested in supporting industries. I wanted to build a tomato concentrate plant in Kano in 2009, but a big bank in this country advised me to import instead of investing in the country. They are not interested in committing to development all they are after is buying and selling. I want to impact my society and this informed my building churches and mosques, I don’t want people to use religion to deceive the people all in the name of tithe. I am a Christian, but I don’t support this idea of tithe. I give what I have to people who need them. I will rather pay my staff well than give tithe to pastor and and also those that come my way. I have the capacity to produce, but the substandard products from China have taken over the market. Smuggled products have taken a large chunk of our market share . But, I have the confidence that with this new government things will turn around. ....my take-aways 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by astrodome: 10:21pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
modath: Ife-modakeke, oyo-ibadan, alafin-oni, yoruba agberos and yoruba omo oniles. ****** |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by mahyowah(m): 10:28pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
astrodome:I don't think you read his article, if you did, I'm sure you won't write this nonsense. And if I may ask what have you achieved in your life? 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by MayorofLagos(m): 10:39pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
astrodome: Your Aunt NOI was the Minister of Finance and Economy who issued the waivers for importation and flooded market with substandard prpducts and thereby destroyed his business, in addition to bringing food poison onto our dinner tables. 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by MayorofLagos(m): 10:43pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
GstringAngela: You badt! Look at you! 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by Macelliot(m): 11:13pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
GstringAngela:Why allow tribalism eat deep into you this much? I bear no grudges against the Hausas or Yorubas, neither am I in support of Biafra... An average Yoruba and Hausa screams "One-Nigeria" than an Igbo man, but an average Igbo man pratices "One-Nigeria" than an Hausa nor Yoruba man... Believe me, tribalism will do you no good... GOD bless Nigeria... but how can God bless a nation where "love" doesn't exist? 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by chiefobdk(m): 12:08am On Jan 04, 2016 |
GstringAngela: I guess the ife and the modakeke. dey romance dey kiss. nice try. |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by omonnakoda: 12:16am On Jan 04, 2016 |
Look at the map the entire SE is the size of Half a state in the North and have of it is erosion red soil 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by Blackkie: 12:50am On Jan 04, 2016 |
Can you name his SE brothers who are the major culprits? YoruBanger: |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by Adminisher: 1:14am On Jan 04, 2016 |
astrodome: Idxxt. What is the managerial economics of that move to the East. A man should move his business to where labour costs are higher and raw materials scarcer?. What rubbish |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by DecemberIV: 1:25am On Jan 04, 2016 |
Adminisher: I was going to post the exact same thing a few hours ago, but decided to let the OP continue to wallow in bigotry based self-induced darkness. Some of 'em aren't worth the trouble, their delusion is cross-generational. 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by Atlantian: 1:44am On Jan 04, 2016 |
I long to see a rich man being tribalistic and I see not one, but I have seen more tribalism amongst the poor and the hopeless. In essence, the finest method to detect a poverty-stricken nematode is by the manner they parade their poverty-stricken tribalistic tendencies. Dear OP, do you belong to the I-never-chop classic echelon ? |
Re: Igbo Man's Tomato Company In Lagos In Trouble, Moving To Sokoto. Lol by arresa: 2:07am On Jan 04, 2016 |
astrodome: lol @ blaming other people when in fact you imported the rubbish to spoil market for your own brother to start with. You people are grossly too allergic to accountability.. 2 Likes |
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