budaatum:
Nigerians. We the people who are thirsty by the river and import petrol in the abundance of crude oil.

And who do we blame?

My bubu of course. For driving cattle through our unused brains.

Aconomist:
There is no resource we don't have in Nigeria. The only thing we lack is brainpower and creativity.

Aconomist:
The only thing we lack is brainpower and creativity.

benjanjo1:



bros! we don't lack brain or creativity! We just had the misfortune of bad leadership over a long period of time.

benjanjo1:



bros! we don't lack brain or creativity! We just had the misfortune of bad leadership over a long period of time.

Aconomist:
Did you know we have stone and clay and wood all over Nigeria? No one is stopping Nigerians from using these materials to build.

The only thing Nigerians know is first mud and then cement.

benjanjo1:



limestone very is abundant in Nigeria! the technology for the use of cement in building is well developed. Just because alternatives are not popular (due to certain disadvantages) does not make us stupid!

Aconomist:
There is no resource we don't have in Nigeria. The only thing we lack is brainpower and creativity.

Rossikk:


You that have ''brainpower'' why haven't YOU built your own house or business office in Nigeria this way?

We have this thing in Nigeria where we see something we like, and then instead of us implementing it ourselves, we start attacking Nigeria, and insulting the country and its leaders.

The person on Rwanda who thought this up. He didn't go and start insulting the govtrand Rwandans. He just got on with it, and others saw the success of it, and followed suit. Simple.

WHY CAN'T YOU Mr ''Aconomist'' implement the same thing in Nigeria, show others that it works, and take it from there? Possibly monetize the new idea?

No. Your lazy, hateful finger pointing self finds more fulfilment coming on Nairaland to insult your father instead.

Nation of fingerpointers and government blamers.

Aconomist:
Did you know we have stone and clay and wood all over Nigeria? No one is stopping Nigerians from using these materials to build.

The only thing Nigerians know is first mud and then cement. Even in the ancient kingdoms and empires, they didn't use all the stone that was around them. They only used mud.

Rossikk:


Nigeria and West & Central Africa do NOT have stone quarries in abundance. That is why they have traditionally NOT built with stone.

Wood is susceptible to termites and humidity, and ''mud'' is the same thing as ''clay''.

So you have typed NOTHING there.

Aconomist:


Why should I fly all the way from the U.S. to solve this problem

when the Nigerians who are already living on millions of dollars worth of marble are using it to to dry cassava?

BTW, a businessman already tried to make a marble mine in Nigeria, but his business was frustrated and destroyed by the government who sued him over land ownership.

Trying to help Nigerians is like trying to help a drowning man.

Aconomist:
How the white man uses marble

Rossikk:


If you do not love your country enough to ''fly all the way from the US'' to implement a groundbreaking idea, then you do not love the country enough to come online and make any suggestions to anyone, least of all your insults. So stay in America and leave Nigerians the hell alone!



And YOU that claim to know the value of it but are doing NOTHING, having fled to America, what makes you better than them? If anything you are worse. But all the petty chiefs and agents of stagnation wont allow this to happen.



In America where you live, can you go on government-owned land and build a mine?

Try it and see how fast they shut you down, even if you are mining diamonds and gold there.



Help yourself to overcome your self-hatred and spite before thinking of helping others. How can a drowning, hateful person like you help anyone?

Aconomist:
See abundant stone. We are using it to dry cassava.

Aconomist:


Nigeria's land use laws are too messed up for serious investors. You can buy land from the federal government only for the state government to sue you 5 years later for the same land. You can buy land from a chief only for the federal government to claim it belongs to them. The British purposely messed up land use laws in their colonies, but we aren't making any serious attempt to fix it.

We will never see real development in this country until the land laws are modernized and every parcel is plotted and titled on a digital system.

Rossikk:


BECAUSE IT IS CHEAPER AND QUICKER FOR THOSE VILLAGERS TO USE CEMENT THAN TO QUARRY THE STONE. DUMMY.

Aconomist:
Brother, I know you love black people, and I respect you for your commitment. But there is no excuse for this. Marble can be quarried even with our traditional iron tools. This is a material that has been used since ancient times.

Aconomist:
This is Igbeti is Oyo state Nigeria -- it has some of the biggest marble deposits on the planet. Marble is one of the rarest and most precious dimension stones, but Instead of using this valuable stone to build and decorate houses, Nigerians use it to dry cassava. We prefer to import marble from Italy.

Look at them. Na dis be country?

Ofodirinwa:


hahaha
why do you take this good business idea of yours and make a business out of it? One thing that's funny about people is they're quick to say what ppl should be doing when they themselves don't do it.

Aconomist:
Rwandans are using natural rocks to build beautiful homes and hospitals. It is easy for them to dig this rocks from the ground, shape them into blocks and build with them. In some cases, they even use rocks to build the foundations of their homes. According the the residents of Rwanda, this is cheaper than using expensive imported cement.

Meanwhile, Nigerians are paying 2x the global price for Dangote cement and refuse to look for alternatives. Is Nigeria the giant of Africa or the joke of Africa? Look at what Rwandans are doing while we suffer under Dangote's monopoly.

Ofodirinwa:


hahaha
why do you take this good business idea of yours and make a business out of it? One thing that's funny about people is they're quick to say what ppl should be doing when they themselves don't do it.

Aconomist:
Don't expect me to do anything for Nigeria until you give me power to succeed. For example, If you voted me president of Nigeria, I would fix all these problems in 10 years. But most of you would rather vote for Bubu, GEJ, etc.

The masses have to wake up and create a foundation for high IQ people like me to fix the country.

Aconomist:
There is no resource we don't have in Nigeria. The only thing we lack is brainpower and creativity.

Nigeria has the biggest marble deposits in Africa. But we would rather import it from italy, and use our own to dry cassava.