₦airaland Forum

honeric01:
So in your long sermon, you are trying to say 70% of Nigerians live below $1 a day? hehehehe, you are joking, when last were you in Nigeria? when you came to Nigeria, where did you reside? did you for once go to the markets? do you know how much food stuffs cost? the slowest soup you can cook for a family of 2 is nothing less than -N-500 (excluding what you are to eat the soup with).

I have used 2 independently verifiable data - Nigeria's estimated GDP and population - to arrive at my conclusion. You are using incoherent conjecture to arrive at yours. Please define ''a family of 2''.

I visit Anambra State and now that I think of it, the claim that the average person lives on less than $1 a day makes perfect sense. To use an anecdote, when someone heard that our driver in Awka(counts as urban in Nigeria) is paid 14000 Naira per month, they were astounded as they thought it was far above the norm. If you extrapolate from income figures in rural areas, presuming you actually visit rural areas, such low incomes are not far-fetched. Invariably, living costs are far lower but with that comes low income. I have a friend who works in Lafia(urban by Naija metrics) and his perception is that most of the adult working population survives on 10 to 15k per person.  

The average Nigerian, forget Lagos and all the other cities that warp your perspective of life in Nigeria, living in huge swathes of the South and the North, in rural  areas and small towns, do survive on around 150Naira a day. Nigeria's Govt, not the British, tells us that the average Nigerian does not even have access to electricity. I'm not aware that the Nigerian Govt disagrees with the claim that 70% of Nigerians live on less than $1 a day. You seem more intent on painting a glorified image of Nigeria than the PDP and the rest of our thieving political class.

This Peter Ijeh is so prolific. He's the Nigerian Drogba

honeric01:
Sorry bro, i won't be typing a long article for you, the point i am trying to let you know is that 70% of Nigerians don't live on a dollar a day, not even 50%, if you think i am not right, then let us have your reasons with evidence.

Please refer to my post and show me reasons why it is incorrect.

4 Play:
The claim that the average Nigerian lives on less than a dollar day is plausible. Let's bear in mind that we are talking of all Nigerians, including infants, not the average worker.

Nigeria's 2009 GDP per capita(total GDP divided by population) at purchasing power parity(adjusted for relative price levels as we all know a dollar in Naija buys you more than a dollar in the US) is about $2300 per person. If you divide that by 365 days, that's about $6.30 per day.

Now, if Naija's GINI coefficient is 0(no income inequality), then one can say the average Nigerian lives on $6 a day. However, Nigeria has one of the worst income inequalities on the planet. We all know that income in Nigeria is not evenly distributed. Would it be inconceivable to say that a minority of Nigerians, say 10%, take a majority of the income? 

Using the above figure of $6.30 per day, if 15% of the income went to 70% of the population(not implausible given Naija's income inequality), then the claim that average Nigerian, not the average worker, lives on less than a dollar a day is totally plausible.

It is made even more interesting if the dollar a day figure is based on dollar income calculated at market exchange rates. At market exchange rates(dollar income not adjusted for the fact that a dollar buys more in Naija), Naija's 2009 GDP per capita is $1200, or $3.6 a day. Again, adjust this for our insanely high income inequality. Either way, the claim that the average Nigerian lives on less than a dollar a day is entirely possible.

Another point people forget is that the average person here is an urban dweller. The bulk of Naija's population is to be found in rural areas. Please calculate household income in rural areas and tell me whether each member of the household lives on more 150Naira a day. If you have a rural household of 7(mother and father with 5 children), a dollar a day(market exchange rate)will imply a monthly income of 31500Naira. Is anyone saying it is far-fetched that most Nigerian households survive on this?

HNIC:
Which bad influence?
I think its the other way round
Rooney's been sleeping-with Grandma hos since age 16!

The Grandma thing was in 2004 when he was already an England international. It's all those pathetic Chelsea players he meets up with in the England camp influencing the poor boy.

The claim that the average Nigerian lives on less than a dollar day is plausible. Let's bear in mind that we are talking of all Nigerians, including infants, not the average worker.

Nigeria's 2009 GDP per capita(total GDP divided by population) at purchasing power parity(adjusted for relative price levels as we all know a dollar in Naija buys you more than a dollar in the US) is about $2300 per person. If you divide that by 365 days, that's about $6.30 per day.

Now, if Naija's GINI coefficient is 0(no income inequality), then one can say the average Nigerian lives on $6 a day. However, Nigeria has one of the worst income inequalities on the planet. We all know that income in Nigeria is not evenly distributed. Would it be inconceivable to say that a minority of Nigerians, say 10%, take a majority of the income? 

Using the above figure of $6.30 per day, if 15% of the income went to 70% of the population(not implausible given Naija's income inequality), then the claim that average Nigerian, not the average worker, lives on less than a dollar a day is totally plausible.

It is made even more interesting if the dollar a day figure is based on dollar income calculated at market exchange rates. At market exchange rates(dollar income not adjusted for the fact that a dollar buys more in Naija), Naija's 2009 GDP per capita is $1200, or $3.6 a day. Again. adjust this for our insanely high income inequality. Either way, the claim that the average Nigerian lives on less than a dollar a day is entirely possible.

Another point people forget is that the average person here is an urban dweller. The bulk of Naija's population is to be found in rural areas. Please calculate household income in rural areas and tell me whether each member of the household lives on more 150Naira a day. If you have a rural household of 7(mother and father with 5 children), a dollar a day(market exchange rate)will imply a monthly income of 31500Naira. Is anyone saying it is far-fetched that most Nigerian households survive on this?

Wayne Rooney’s marriage was under intense pressure last night after it was revealed that he had a series of encounters with a love-peddler while his wife was pregnant.

The Manchester United and England star, widely criticised during the World Cup for a series of lacklustre performances, broke the news to a 'devastated' Coleen yesterday afternoon.

They married two years ago, after six years of dating, becoming one of football’s highest-profile couples.

But last night there were fears that their union is unlikely to survive the new revelations.

Jennifer Thompson, 21, who charges £1,200 a night, claims she slept with 24-year-old Rooney, seven times in four months.

She says they had sex in one of Manchester’s most exclusive hotels, and visited nightclubs and casinos together.

And she further claims that Rooney even invited her back to the £4.5m home he shares with Coleen for sex while his wife was away.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1309157/Wayne-Rooney-cheated-pregnant-Coleen-Call-girls-tells-1-200-night-hotel-liaisons.html#ixzz0yekpoIOT

I think mixing up with all these Chelsea players in the England camp is having a bad influence on him. 

Good response from Mikeansy. It's the triumph of politics and corruption over the national interest. This man will turn out to be the worst President we've had since Shagari. Because he's taken over in extra-ordinary circumstances, his power base is not strong which means he feels he needs to bribe his way to gain loyalty.

Religious people can't prove God created the world and atheists can't prove that the world evolved by random chance. Both are 2 sides of the same coin:making emphatic claims about the origins of the universe without empirical proof. Surely the only rational stance is agnosticism.

People are coming to that BBQ armed with condoms and Rohypnol.

debosky:
Every spectator/fan is a masochist to some extent. Each season is a rollercoaster of emotions and we all go through it.

Some end up winning, others don't, but the fans are essentially the same in the end.

You can't use ''winning'' in the context of Arsenal fans. Winning what?

dayokanu:
Why wont they have fans, Dont we have people who admire failures in life?

 

Those people are called Arsenal fans. These people are self-haters. It reminds me of that David Chappelle skit where a black man joins the Ku Klux Klan.

This club still get fans? Bunch of masochists.

I swear, you lot are crazy. Instead of encouraging this girl to return the money, you are encouraging her rubbish music career. Tufiakwa!  

jennykadry:
And bed as well

LMAO, ROTFLMSGBO@ Saudi arabia, I swear I have missed your posts 4play, say we meet up tonight?

Sure, morenike doesn't mind. Where are you based, I'll fly there immediately.

mdsocks:
If you are so dumb not to understand that not just one person bears Nneka then i will leave you to continue languishing in your self impose stupidity,   
Or maybe i should help a poor fella who has reading problems,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nneka_(singer)

http://www.nnekaworld.com/

It's a shame they let you escape from a mental hospital. Why is this Nneka singing when she should be paying back the money she stole from Inspired?

Nnekaworld my as-s. Maybe she wants to pay back the money from her album sales. . . I doubt it.

mdsocks:
Chai!, you guyz will soil a new thread with all your uninformed ranting,

Must you always post?

Are you one of Nneka's agents? Please tell her to pay back the money and end this her rubbish music career, she can't even sing.

jennykadry:
Ileke idi oya go cook for 4play comot hiaaaa no more dramas  

Morenike, I'm starving, wey my food. That's why women should be chained to the kitchen and not allowed to come out. Moving to Saudi Arabia, I've had enough.

Obo Boco:
no she is not the same one.

I heard she used Inspired's money to launch her music career. How are you sure it's not the same person?

Vealkyrie:
I am afraid you are not man enough for me.

Hubris!

Nigeria's population growth rate relative to the growth rate of the economy is precarious. There is a reason why China went to the extreme point of compelling one child families. If you don't have sustainable population and economic growth rates, you will have more Boko Harams, MENDs and graduate kidnappers/armed robbers.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=507652.msg6685463#msg6685463 date=1283430203]shattap! [/quote]What did I do?

tkb417:
why is this thread on crime tho

has someone committed murder
move to dating

Crime against maturity and discretion.

jennykadry:
Make I hiaaa word, no be you dey flirt the other day? kedu ka i'mere

I'm good. Good to see NL hasn't changed much.  

jennykadry:
[size=20pt]4PLAY, so na so you abandon me run for Nl eh kwa?[/size]

Abandon you? Never! You are still the loff of my life.

Children, children! You guys are too old for this.

Not the same Nneka who defrauded Inspired?

Beaf:
Dat one na transmission problem. Even if where is abundant power, poor equipment still holds things back.
Jonathan and Sambo recently released 2000 containers of NEPA equipment worth billions that had ben sitting in the ports for 3 whopping years (because the mudafcking cabal was planning to auction them). They even accrued 4billion Naira demurrage!

In a few months those faulty lines should be fixed and everybody will see the improvements. The amount of power generated in the country is set to double by April next year. So, fingers crossed, things seem to really be changing!

Are you GJ's official ambassador to NL?

ikamefa:
whats wrong with her legs in that last pix?

Tura!

Why's she permanently pouting? Is this some kind of Obsessive Compulsive Pouting Disorder?

[quote author=na2day! link=topic=504035.msg6664882#msg6664882 date=1283165246]And you forgot to mention the numerous vacations his family had in the course of a year, any problem gettin out of hand, obama imediately goes on vacations, recently the wife went to spain on airforce2 and the bills she racked up for the taxpayers made the press to liken her to mary antoinette![/quote]There's nothing wrong with the vacations. I don't believe he's taken more vacations than Bush at the same point in his Presidency. I'm not surprised he's lost his popularity. The challenges facing the US, both economic and foreign policy, are overwhelming for a neophyte politician whose special qualities are reading off a teleprompter and a relatively unique life story.