londoner:

@Ayettymama, Kofi Annan? He was never in government in Ghana, lol

they have succesfully beat nigeria at everything

londoner:

@Ayettymama, Kofi Annan? He was never in government in Ghana, lol

K4:

@Bandit C.  The gullibility of some Nigerians is simply amazing. You’ve clearly shown yourself to be nothing but a , backside.

Now let me tell you a few home truths. The GDP of a country is measured by the totality of wealth generated within that nation space. We all know virtually nothing is produced in Nigeria these days. Who dash them common electricity? As a matter of fact, virtually every single item used in Nigeria is imported, including toothpicks. And that is why you see all those ships lined up at Apapa and Tin Can ports for weeks waiting to berth.And that is why most companies are moving to Ghana.

The only phenomenon keeping Nigeria afloat at this time is oil industry, which is dominated by Western firms. I wonder what happened to the groundnuts pyramids in Kano, the oil palm plantations in Yorubaland and the former Midwest? Thanks to oil, Nigerians don’t have to do anything-all they do is to gather in Abuja every month to collect their allocation from the federation account. Now, revenue from oil is huge factor in computing Nigeria’s GDP. I am sure you will not dispute that. By the way do you know Nigeria has made as much from oil as the United Arab Emirate? 

Regrettably, the fact that Nigerian earns billions of dollars annually in oil revenue tells only a small part of the story. The real story is that very few privileged Nigerians are the only ones enjoying the oil wealth. How else can you explain that fact that 90% of Nigerians survive on less than $2 a day? How can you explain the fact that with your so-called enormous GDP, unemployment is officially 80%? How else do you explain the fact that erosion is decimating the entire southeast? How do you explain the crumbling infrastructure? How do you explain the fact that students these days are either love-peddlers or armed robbers/cultists? How is that PHCN hardly provides electricity despite all of Nigeria’s “wealth”?

On paper, Nigeria it may appear Nigeria has “a huge GDP” but in reality the oil money ends up in the pockets of a few Nigerians and their foreign collaborators. So stop all the nonsense about GDP. It is about how you manage your resources, which Ghana has done a terrific job with. Why do you think hundreds of Nigerians are moving to Ghana these days? I think there are about 60 or so flights between Lagos and Accra.ABC transports and others are also doing brisk business.

You can say all you want, but the people will always vote with their feet. They will go to the country where they think living conditions are better and where things work. And that is exactly what is happening.

ayettymama:

Inno that i was reiterating that ghanaians have gone far and done well

londoner:

^^^ They will still come and say "so because you laid a few cables its supposed to be something", lol

Abrantie:

This means, GLO-1 is redundant for both countries. Ghana doesn't need GLO-1, and I'm sure Nigeria doesn't need it either.It's being done merely for bragging rights and as if a Nigeria company is bringing fiber connection to the cave people of Ghana. Why don't you use the money to help alleviate Nigeria's power problems? How about a private power company to compete with NEPA? Hello!

K4:

@Bandit C.  The gullibility of some Nigerians is simply amazing. You’ve clearly shown yourself to be nothing but a , backside.

Now let me tell you a few home truths. The GDP of a country is measured by the totality of wealth generated within that nation space. We all know virtually nothing is produced in Nigeria these days. Who dash them common electricity? As a matter of fact, virtually every single item used in Nigeria is imported, including toothpicks. And that is why you see all those ships lined up at Apapa and Tin Can ports for weeks waiting to berth.And that is why most companies are moving to Ghana.

The only phenomenon keeping Nigeria afloat at this time is oil industry, which is dominated by Western firms. I wonder what happened to the groundnuts pyramids in Kano, the oil palm plantations in Yorubaland and the former Midwest? Thanks to oil, Nigerians don’t have to do anything-all they do is to gather in Abuja every month to collect their allocation from the federation account. Now, revenue from oil is huge factor in computing Nigeria’s GDP. I am sure you will not dispute that. By the way do you know Nigeria has made as much from oil as the United Arab Emirate? 

Regrettably, the fact that Nigerian earns billions of dollars annually in oil revenue tells only a small part of the story. The real story is that very few privileged Nigerians are the only ones enjoying the oil wealth. How else can you explain that fact that 90% of Nigerians survive on less than $2 a day? How can you explain the fact that with your so-called enormous GDP, unemployment is officially 80%? How else do you explain the fact that erosion is decimating the entire southeast? How do you explain the crumbling infrastructure? How do you explain the fact that students these days are either love-peddlers or armed robbers/cultists? How is that PHCN hardly provides electricity despite all of Nigeria’s “wealth”?

On paper, Nigeria it may appear Nigeria has “a huge GDP” but in reality the oil money ends up in the pockets of a few Nigerians and their foreign collaborators. So stop all the nonsense about GDP. It is about how you manage your resources, which Ghana has done a terrific job with. Why do you think hundreds of Nigerians are moving to Ghana these days? I think there are about 60 or so flights between Lagos and Accra.ABC transports and others are also doing brisk business.

You can say all you want, but the people will always vote with their feet. They will go to the country where they think living conditions are better and where things work. And that is exactly what is happening.

Abrantie:

This means, GLO-1 is redundant for both countries. Ghana doesn't need GLO-1, and I'm sure Nigeria doesn't need it either.It's being done merely for bragging rights and as if a Nigeria company is bringing fiber connection to the cave people of Ghana. Why don't you use the money to help alleviate Nigeria's power problems? How about a private power company to compete with NEPA? Hello!

K4:

Londoner, did I hear you say Fashola is doing well? The last time I heard, the state house assembly was considering impeaching his for fraud and corruption. So, how does that help your argument?

Ghanaians has shown themselves to be disciplined and focused –a people with integrity. Why do you think they have conducted world-acclaimed elections with ease? Why do you think our electoral commission is helping you guys to conduct free, air and credible elections? Dr.Afari Gyan was in Nigeria to lecture your senators and election officials, including Maurice Iwu, couple of months ago.

I hope we are not going to see some serious fighting in Anambra this weekend. As you guys know, elections in Nigeria is like warfare. I understand 25,000 policemen have been deployed in Anambra. I wonder if that would be enough. You need to draft every Nigerian policeman and soldier to keep the peace in Anambra, especially when reports from that area suggest people are being armed ahead of the election.

The argument was that Ghana was smaller than Nigeria and that accounted for Ghana’s effectiveness in organizing very successful polls. Yet a few months later, we saw the disgraceful outcome in Ekiti-which is not even up to size of the smallest region in Ghana. We saw how 15,000 well armed policemen assisted by soldiers could not provide security in Ekiti during that laughable despoil of democracy.

It is with the same measure of integrity that Ghana will manage its oil resources. Watch and see Ghana make a huge success out of oil. Yes, watch and see. This is Ghana we are talking about-pace setters in Africa.

They said it was impossible for an opposition to win an election in Africa. Ghana proved it is doable. Now they say Ghana will be trapped in the oil curse that is the lot of countries like Nigeria. Ghana is saying no, oil will not be a curse and so shall it be.

Gbawe, Ghanaians see Glo as just one of several mobile phone companies operating or seeking to operate in Ghana. In any case it is not as if Glo is reinventing the wheel here. Let’s wait and see how they perform. One thing I know is there are already world-class telecom companies in Ghana-including Vodafone.

And for those making an issue out of Glo’s sponsorship of the local football league.There is no big deal at all if Glo is a co-sponsor of the league. MTN sponsored the Nigerian league for many years. Or is MTN a Nigerian company? Again Glo is not sponsoring the league in Ghana because it likes Ghanaians(LOL, that is impossible for a Nigerian company). The only reason they are doing it is because they know Ghanaians love their football and thus sponsoring the local league was one way of winning the hearts of potential Ghanaian subscribers. As I said, the telecom market in Ghana is very,very competitive so companies have to devise various strategies to win customers. And Glo was not forced to bid to sponsor the league. They were among several companies that applied to sponsor the league; nobody forced them to do it. And they are only doing it because they are looking for positive feedback from Ghanaians. After the current contract runs out Glo will leave and another comoany will take over-that is how it works all over the world. No big deal.

*jona:

Accra Ghana.

*jona:

Accra Ghana.