cescky:


majority of the crude oil in nigeria

saintneo:

First and foremost, your first statement is wrong and evil. You cannot attribute the coup organised by a group of Majors from both the East and the West (Majority for the East) to an entire group of people. It was their individual contribution to our politics.

Sagamite:

No.

Foreign companies produce it and pay Bayelsa.

Now tell me, what does Bayelsa produce?

EzeUche!:

Trick question for those who do not understand what you are saying.  

EzeUche!:

In terms of production, we can discuss the aquaculture production if you would like.

ekt_bear:

While certainly people who produce stuff are respected more by me than those who don't, at the end of the day when it comes time to pay bills, a lazy man who has a gold mine or oil well on his property is just as good as the intelligent man who uses his brains to generate wealth (well, not quite, but close enough.)

So yes, Bayelsa doesn't produce anything. But sometimes being lucky enough to have dinosaurs die on your patch of land (or however else oil was formed) is better than being industrious, creative, etc

ekt_bear:

While certainly people who produce stuff are respected more by me than those who don't, at the end of the day when it comes time to pay bills, a lazy man who has a gold mine or oil well on his property is just as good as the intelligent man who uses his brains to generate wealth (well, not quite, but close enough.)

So yes, Bayelsa doesn't produce anything. But sometimes being lucky enough to have dinosaurs die on your patch of land (or however else oil was formed) is better than being industrious, creative, etc

Sagamite:

I don't understand.

How is a lazy man better or on par with an intelligent hardworking man?

ekt_bear:

Lazy man whose father left him an inheritance which pays him $500K/year is "better or on par" (at least if we mean just from a money POV) with an intelligent hardworking engineer whose job pays him $80-90K/year or doctor who earns $150k/year.

Lazy man (e.g., Eddy Curry formerly of the Knicks) who hit the genetic jackpot and thus earns millions of dollars per year is also better than that hardworking engineer or doctor.

Saudi Arabia hit the jackpot as well, and is better off than most other countries in the world, due to nothing but dumb luck.

Sagamite:

Exactly.

People will be opening their mouth saying Northerners are lazy and produce nothing when they produce nada too. Just because they are lucky oil is deposited in their region or seas around it.

Hardly any region bar Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and maybe some few Igbo states (I am aware of) that DO MANUFACTURE something or produce tangible jackshit. Yet what even those produce is not sufficient.

Do they? I am not aware.

Is it industrial? What is the quantity?
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HOW CAN THEY BUILD INDUSTRY WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO POVERTY FOR OVER 50 YEARS BY THESE HAUSA FULANI THAT GOD WILL PUNISH. BY THE WAY WHO TOLD YOU THAT THERE ARE NO INDIGENOUS OIL COMPANY THAT CAN PRODUCE OIL? WHO OWN LONSTAR DRILLING COMPANY? TAKE AWAY THE FOREIGN OIL COMPANIES AND SEE WHETHER WE CANNOT PRODUCE OIL. MOST OF THE DIESEL YOU PEOPLE ARE BUYING ARE BEING REFINED LOCALLY IN THE RIVER BY OUR PEOPLE. IS THAT NOT TECHNOLOGY? MENTION THE INVENTION MADE BY BOKO HARAM. ALL WE ARE SAYING IS THAT WE WANT TO USE OUR OIL MONEY FOR INDUSTRIALIZATION OF OUR AREA, WE WANT OUR REGION TO BE THE JAPAN OF AFRICA, WE WANT TO PRODUCE AIR CRAFT HERE. WE KNOW THAT THE CRUDE WILL BE EXHAUSTED ONE DAY AND WE WANT TO CREATE AN ECONOMY THAT IS LESS DEPENDENT ON CRUDE OIL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME THING TO FALL BACK ON WHEN THE OIL IS EXHAUSTED. THAT IS WHY OUR GOVERNOR ALWAYS USE THE SLOGAN 'DELTA WITHOUT OIL' 'GREEN DELTA', ETC. WE ARE ALREADY PROVIDING FOOD FOR OURSELVES. SO MANY YOUTHS HAVE BEEN SENT TO ISRAEL TO LEARN MOTHERN AGRICULTURE. IF THE OWNERS OF THE OIL CAN BE MAKING PLANS TO LIVE WITHOUT OIL THEN WHY ARE THE NORTHERNERS RELYING SOLELY ON OUR OIL PERPETUALLY. THEY SHOULD THINK OF OTHER MEANS OF REVENUE BECAUSE THESE OUR OIL NA NO GO AREA.
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cescky:


majority of the crude oil in nigeria

Sagamite:

You have to start differentiating between better off [/i]and [i]better.

emmke:

am from the middle belt (north central if u like) and i dont give 2 4ks about your oil.

ak47mann:

tell your zone to stop collecting hand out from federal govt every month that money na oil money be that

emmke:

if u are not from SS, it's not your oil either. So what are u talking about?