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What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by ImDStar: 9:52am On Mar 04, 2022 |
I have asked myself this particular questions more than 1000 times. No good road No electricity No education (ASSU strike yearly festival) No good health care No water (no running water) No security No petrol.. every year fuel scarcity (and we have crude oil in abundance!!!) No good working system (no system work in Nigeria, they've been littered with corruption) So what actually is the country giving back to his people? So what actually are Nigerians benefiting from Nigeria? Maybe someone can help with the benefits of been a Nigeria. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by jeffizy(m): 9:54am On Mar 04, 2022 |
Ruggedness. Ability to survive under the worst kind of condition. |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by gidgiddy: 9:58am On Mar 04, 2022 |
ImDStar: They are benefiting that they are hearing political crooks tell them that "one Nigeria is best", "the unity of Nigeria is not negotiable", "Nigeria is the only country we have", "our strength is in our diversity" 1 Like |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Dawn91(m): 9:58am On Mar 04, 2022 |
[s] jeffizy:[/s] He didn't ask what you benefit from joining the army 3 Likes 1 Share
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Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Dawn91(m): 9:59am On Mar 04, 2022 |
[s] jeffizy:[/s] The OP.didnt ask what you benefit from joining the army, think before typing
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Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Nobody: 10:01am On Mar 04, 2022 |
ImDStar: What are SOME POOR NIGERIANS benefiting from Nigeria? 1 Like |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by MadamVanessa(f): 10:04am On Mar 04, 2022 |
Nothing , I repeat nothing rather than suffering, Killings and starvation infact everything negative. Uselesssss country 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by ImDStar: 10:18am On Mar 04, 2022 |
May God deliver Nigerians from suffering and smiling, you're suffering and boasting of it. Why would you term suffering as an act of ruggedness?..Lolz jeffizy: 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Ahmed0336(m): 10:20am On Mar 04, 2022 |
Ability to urinate at any available space 1 Like |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Nobody: 10:28am On Mar 04, 2022 |
ImDStar: Because 1.We don't pay tolls on the roads like we used to 2.Due to oil prices never being where we want them to be, they are always low, and as a result, revenue for road repairs is also low. 3.Tax to gdp ratio is 8% (Ghana 24%, South Africa 24%) No electricity Because we 1.Sell it at a loss. Cost reflective tarrifs should be above N83 per kwh, but we pay between N41-71 PER KWH, and before it was around N20-30. So, discos and gencos and tcn don't have enough cash to fix things. 2.30-40%of people don't even pay for power adding to the losses 3.Because the sector runs at a loss, it cannot fix the problems it faces, and government bailouts don't even cover the problem (even with government bailouts, the sector needs at least N1 trillon extra to fix things annually). Run a business at a loss... No education (ASSU strike yearly festival) Because fees are too too low to pay for improving things. In Universities, for example, the immediate past VC of a university once said that his overheads are 600million naira a year, yet he gets 120 million from government for the thing. Fees are too too low. We spend about $3 billion on education, South Africa has nice universites, a budget of $23 billion and fees much higher than our own universities. Basically, we are not earning enough money to pay for universities, and we are still setting up more. Also see tax in 3 above. No good health care Health is heavily subsidsied...meaning that they don't have money. Government hospitals are forced to charge cheap tarrifs, meaning they run at a loss, plus some patients don't pay. Plus, we spend less than $3 billion for something that needs $100 billion or more before we see decent health care No water (no running water) Pay low tarrifs, get low quality supply. No security We pay one tenth of the amount the city of New York budgets in a year to fund its local police...to police 200 million or more people. New York has 25 million people. And you expect miracles. (ENDSARS agitated for this by the way...it was one of their points. Better funding and saalries for police) No petrol.. every year fuel scarcity (and we have crude oil in abundance!!!) Yeah, but we are not ready to pay the actual cost of refining that fuel into petrol at standard. That means when we had refineries we sold petrol from them at a loss, and then paid a subsidy that did not cover the losses. When the refinereis broke down, we started importing, and selling the petrol at a cost below the cost of importing it..and paying a subsidy that if we had sold at a profit, would have been used for refineries. Yes, we spend money that could have been used in part for refineries on subsidy, and we are about to take a loan of 3 trillion naira for subsidy this year due to its rising cost due to rising oil prices. Sell at a loss, get problems like scarcity...which is used to recoup losses made all year from selling below market price. No good working system (no system work in Nigeria, they've been littered with corruption) In conclusion, APC and PDP and all the other parties would make Nigeria better if we face the reality that we are a poor country, and we cannot fund welfare packages from oil revenue. Better we start by removing oil subsidy and also allowing power sector to charge N100 and above per kwh. In return, we subsidsie education and health and public transport with the money saved from removing subsides on both power and petrol We can also collect taxes from the 70% of Nigerians that do not pay taxes to the state and FG. Taxable Nigerians, not kids. And we can also collect tolls on the roads, and parking tickets, to fund road repairs. (My opinion. If you do not like it, sorry. I am not responsible for you getting angry over words.) 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Urbanchampion: 10:32am On Mar 04, 2022 |
backbencher: Your conclusion gave you ...talking about paying more for everything, where will the "more" come from, what tangible things have the government shown for the "little" we're paying? 2 Likes |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Nobody: 10:36am On Mar 04, 2022 |
Urbanchampion: Simple fact is we are not earning enough money in the first place because 1.We don't have a good enough revenue from crude oil... 2.Our tax to gdp ratio is 8%. For comparison, Ghana is 24%, SA is the same, Niger is 15% That's why you should vote out APC and vote in a government that would earn us more money. Simple. 1 Like |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Danjikanbauchi: 10:42am On Mar 04, 2022 |
Free Oxygen. |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by ImDStar: 11:43am On Mar 04, 2022 |
You did made some valid points, but like the person below asked, what has the government done with the little in their disposal? In order words, how would you entrust someone who'd failed to manage little/small responsibilities with bigger responsibilities? backbencher: |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Nobody: 11:49am On Mar 04, 2022 |
ImDStar: That's why we are a democracy. You vote out the mismanagers and vote in better people. People like you . |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by jeffizy(m): 11:51am On Mar 04, 2022 |
Dawn91: Too quick to react. What indicates or says anything about the Nigerian Army here? |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by jeffizy(m): 11:53am On Mar 04, 2022 |
ImDStar: Nobody said anything about suffering my friend. The situation is not conducive and yet we find means to make things happen. Is that not an ability to survive? Government shuns its duty and let you provide your security, your water , your own light without any remorse. That is ruggedness. Going out of this country gives you that mental and psychological state of mind to flourish and excell in any other place where things work even by half. |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Rugaria: 11:57am On Mar 04, 2022 |
Some groups that have zero to little resources being used to finance the country today are the ones in power and are the ones desperately trying to push a comatose Nigeria for asmlong as they can... The power to loot other peoples resources and use that to build rail lines to Marada in Niger republic and loot petrodollars for some hedonistic owambe lifestyles are the only reasons fake Patriots want this scam to continue.. 3 Likes |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Whois(m): 11:57am On Mar 04, 2022 |
If you ask me na who I go ask |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by IGBOSON1: 12:09pm On Mar 04, 2022 |
jeffizy: LMAO! |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Idiko1: 12:28pm On Mar 04, 2022 |
Life in the Zoo!!! |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by sinkhole: 1:39pm On Mar 04, 2022 |
ImDStar:The only benefit is that, you are not stateless; you have a country to call your own! Aside that, nothing, as in, absolutely nothing |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Ekpeitit(m): 1:41pm On Mar 04, 2022 |
If you don't like Nigeria just go to Biafra, stop complaining all the time. Go and smoke some meth. |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by DCatt: 1:45pm On Mar 04, 2022 |
Nothing but greed won’t let them split the country. ImDStar: |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by ImDStar: 6:09pm On Mar 14, 2022 |
I guess you're still a baby feeding from your parents, no abuse intended. This thread called for a deep thought as regard the state of things in Nigeria. Nigeria is celebrating 61years of independence, yet no 24hrs electricity, no good health care system, etc. And you see nothing wrong with that? What type of human being should I classify you as? But why are you guys rejoicing in suffering? Are Nigerians really born to suffer, why can't you simply put on your thinking cap? Ekpeitit: |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by ImDStar: 6:12pm On Mar 14, 2022 |
It's quite unfortunate that Nigeria have higher population of foolish people, No apologies. And when you complain, some mentally challenged people will divert the discussion to be religious and ethnicity topic. DCatt: 1 Like |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Ekpeitit(m): 11:49pm On Mar 14, 2022 |
ImDStar: |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by Ekpeitit(m): 11:52pm On Mar 14, 2022 |
I do not have the time to argue with a Biafran armed robber, like I said before,you can go to Biafra if you're not happy here. The Americans have a saying, " Love it or leave it",it's your choice Emeka. Leave or shut up |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by swaggerjack: 11:55pm On Mar 14, 2022 |
ImDStar:Passport to JAPA is the only benefit. And you even have to pay for that. |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by ImDStar: 6:37am On Mar 16, 2022 |
Automatically anyone who complains of Buhari government is a Biafra? Just within you, give yourself a deep thought, do you really need this type of mind set? One major reason why Nigerian politicians takes you for granted is, whenever things goes sour, they made you start thinking the religious and ethnicity way. Do they know God that much that any wrong thing happening in Nigeria is quickly swing to religion matters? Don't joke with your life because you just want to make fun of some people. At the end, whatever happens, you bear the consequences. Ekpeitit: |
Re: What Actually Are Nigerians Benefiting From Nigeria? by DCatt: 3:27am On Apr 02, 2022 |
They don't want to split the country because they are used to free money and the hope of taking over someone else's land. ImDStar: |
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