Penguin2:
The Organized Private Sector (OPS) made up of the Nigerian Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), and other similar bodies, are one of the strongest cabals in Nigeria that are rarely spoken of.

This body holds all the banks, Insurance companies, Telecom companies, etc, with millions of employees under their influence.

Sometimes ago, I heard it said somewhere that if the Organized Private Sector do not want you to win an election, you are going nowhere. While this is debatable, it is not far from the truth.

Having established the sphere of influence of the OPS, let’s now go into the crux of this piece - who do you think the OPS will support for the presidency in the 2023 presidential election?

Is it Tinubu?

Tinubu was governor of Lagos for 8 years; everyone knows about that. And I think his only relationship with the OPS came from when he was governor since Lagos is the economic nerve centre of the country. But that was it. Before and after his governorship, Tinubu is not known to have owned any business that made him a member of any of these bodies which would make him understand the needs of these bodies. If anything, the administration of Tinubu introduced a lot of taxes which suffocates businesses; no matter how we want to argue about how imperative the introduction of those taxes are.

Is it Atiku?

Like Tinubu, Atiku has no much affiliation with the OPS except for his time as Vice President of Nigeria and his ownership of Intels, a company that handles shipping of oil or so, which he has now divested from. Atiku also owns the American University in Adamawa but I don’t know if proprietors of schools are part of the OPS (people who know better should inform us).

Is it Peter Obi?

Of the 3 frontline candidates, Peter Obi is the only one who has been, and might still be, a member of the OPS. Having been Chairman of Fidelity Bank and sat on the board of directors of another bank, Obi is clearly sunken into the OPS. Again, being a major importer in Nigeria, something his traducers seldom use against him, Peter Obi is also a member of importers and exporters association of Nigeria (if there’s any such body). But what his being an importer means is that he understands the pains importers pass through to source forex and to clear their goods when they eventually land; not talking about high excise duties that these importers pay just to clear their goods.

So, from the foregoing, it’s quite obvious that Peter Obi is not only a friend of the OPS, he’s part of the OPS, if not part of the board of directors.

But this is Nigeria. That Peter Obi is part of the OPS is not a guarantee that the body would support him. So many other factors might make the body choose to support another presidential candidate like Tinubu or Atiku. Worthy to mention that it is also not likely that they will all swing to one person as interest and motivation might bring about divergence of opinion and choices amongst them.

But who do you think they will support?

Penguin is a bird of reason.

If you know what OPS is, you would know Obi is not in the picture.

They won't wanna choose Tinubu at first. But considering the points Mynd44 said objectively.

They will likely support Tinubu

GolDRoger:

How has the restriction on importation helped our economy for Close to 8years??

You used rice production as an example, so why is the Price of rice still on the Rise? More than doubled when we were importing them?

The food price increase is not limited to Nigeria, it's a global affair and the last time I checked, Nigeria is part of that global reality.

The fact that we are paying more for rice doesn't mean we have not made major progress when it comes to rice production.

Make all the noise you desire, but it won't change the fact that Nigeria is the largest rice producer in the whole of Africa and 13th globally.

We paid less under Gowan than under OBJ and less under OBJ than under GEJ, this is pretty basing reasoning.

If you are the one, you will support Obi? Someone that their businesses cannot open shop on Mondays due to Obi's killers.

They'll work with any administration

Urheadmaster:


If any members of private sector vote for Tinubu or Atikulooter.

Such persons will lose their respective position

OPS would support Tinubu bcoz of his success in Lagos, the commercial hub of the country. He's a private sector driven person.

PrinceOfLagos:
No responsible company or private sector will want to partner or associate with someone whose name is soiled in drug dealings

Drug dealing is a very serious crime that attracts death penalty in some countries of the world and Tinubu has been accused by the United States of heroine dealings and money laundering. No private sector would want to deal with man of too many questionable characters ..

You are funny!

The private company’s interest supersedes any other thing. You think they fvcking care!

If the Dangote and Otedola are rallying behind APC, you think they don’t know what they are doing!

No company will invest in an unpopular candidate who has no chance of winning. It’s bad buisness for them, cos their competitors can capitalize on such silly mistake

Anyone that can reduce the public debt and tackle inflation by cutting the size of government will be private sector friendly.

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Stop all this nonsense and be objective. The posit was clear.

Sango knows I am just bringing intellectual discourse

Both the Op and the FTC made a lot of fallacies in their arguments. Won't try to debate them though. Will just throw in my two cents.

Firstly, the OPS really has no power to decide elections here in Nigeria. In saner climes, whichever direction they throw their money at, can dictate where the election swings.

But not in Nigeria.

Just like CBN policies and money market operations etc never gets the desired effect on the Nigerian economy, the Nigerian OPS is toothless.

This is for the simple reason that the raw cash available to politicians like Tinubu and Atiku is enough to make nonsense of any government policy, and the mob they can buy can flatten any business in days. No security agency has the balls to bring them in.

So, any decision taken by the OPS would not be rational, it would rather be based on an instinct for survival, borne out of fear of people like Emilokan who have apportioned a fraction of everyone's taxes to themselves. That is the hard reality.

The next thing to consider is this - the new generation of Nigerian voters won't be directed on who to vote for by members of these bodies. They don't even care what their fathers think, OPS or not. They just haven't gotten enough numbers to decisively swing the vote. Watch out for them in future, though.

In a nutshell, the Nigerian businessman will vote out of fear, not out of a desire for progress, and we know who they fear the most in Lagos.

God being merciful, they have no real power to decide who wins or not. Each of us do.

Obi has it

Im tired of y’all and your search for who represents you, your options are very clear, anyone can do the opposite after getting elected but your pick should be on “who do you trust”…..

You have 2 obvious thieves that you should never be considering

Tinubu will be chased back to Osun state where he belongs

No one else but PO.
Peter Obi is the next president of Nigeria come 2023.

LagosEmir:

You're the mod and would push whatever you like to front page , but know that the Market woman on the street that will vote Peter Obi over Tinubu is not on Nairaland

When, mynd44 pushed a thread that favours Obi, he wasnt trying to market Tinubu and Atiku.

But, no one blamed the OP who favoured Peter Obi when Atiku is one of the biggest employers of labour?

It is Tinubu.

That’s why when he did his own private sector engagement, almost all big men in the industry attended.

Even Abati confirmed it on Arise TV that Tinubu got the business community in his pouch.

Right wing
Left wing
Socialist
Capitalist...
It doesn't matter.
The so called organized mob will only support anyone who has their best interest.

But how can you prefer to vote a known criminal.

Mynd44:
1. Tinubu was governor of Lagos. His party governs Lagos and the next industrialized state, Ogun.

The influence of these two states is enough for the private sector to listen to him. Lagos has almost 85% of the headquarters of major corporations and all the HQ of banks in the country.

Lagos hosts the important ports which these sector needs and has also demonstrated making them better by starting need ports in Lekki and Badagry.

Lagos is the largest by population hence their work force and also the largest market for their goods.

2. Atiku is one of the most important people in Nigeria's organised private sector as he is on the top 5 biggest employers of Labor. He is one of them and understands their pains. He is also one of them since he also produces and he knows where the pinch is. When FOREX is a problem, he feels it and knows the pain. He knows the pain of finding the right staff, the pain of getting the raw materials, the same pains other people in the private sector go through

3. Obi is not a producer, he is an importer. He is a risk to local producers as his policies on importing will run them out of business and out of money. He just said he will lift restrictions on importation. Imagine being Kenneth Imasuagbon and after you invest billions in your rice production business, a presidential candidate says he will lift restrictions on rice importation which means your rice will be the most expensive and your investment will probably just die. How do you get behind such a candidate?

Princess80:
When, mynd44 pushed a thread that favours Obi, he wasnt trying to market Tinubu and Atiku.

But, no one blamed the OP who favoured Peter Obi when Atiku is one of the biggest employers of labour?

will you keep quiet

JoeNL22:

I don't need your attention......what I need is you to understand that obi has wat it takes for the private sector to support him. He has created various establishments and has helped people grow. Hence your assertion about him killing the local industry is dead on arrival and holds no water to begin with.

Keep shut, someone no governor from the SE want to associate with is who you think no nonsense business people would relate with.

What will be the connection between Dangote who farm tomato and produces tomato paste and and Peter Obi that ships tomato paste into the country.

Your head dey pain you

plaindealer:
The organized private sectors are Nigerian industrialists and entrepreneurs, they are on the ground in Nigeria taking risks by investing their money, blood, and sweat here in Nigeria while Obi is the opposite, Obi's business is based on the importation, a clear and present danger and threat to the same Nigerian private sector, with people like Obi and his line of work, the private sector will die.

The organized private sector invests their money in Nigeria, the also reinvests to grow their operations here in Nigeria, but Obi doesn't do that, he ships his money abroad to hide in secret tax-free Pandora banks.

Obi is a dangerous parasite and a threat to Nigerian manufacturing and industrial base.

The size and the position of the economy of Lagos and why Lagos is the innovation TECH and startup capital in AFRICA says a lot about Tinubu, his vision and his leadership capabilities.

We saw how the LCC showed him love and respect a few weeks ago.

It's Tinubu, this is a no brainer.

Even the almighty US still relies on China for a large number of the products used there.

In the UK, very many products are imported from different parts of Europe and Asia. Despite all that, tiny UK is still the 5th largest economy in the World. Without imports, cost of living in the UK will become too high and most people will be miserable. Infact, the UK CANNOT survive without imports.

Nigeria is losing forex not because of import of essential commodities but because of corruption. Forex racketeering is a major cancer to the economy. Inflated petroleum products imports is another major cancer. Another one is crude oil bunkering. Without blocking some of these loopholes, you cannot achieve anything even if you ban imports of everything in Nigeria.

A country that is struggling with power production cannot have much manufacturing going on, so will still be import dependent to a large extent for life to be meaningful.

FuckMyndd444:
will you keep quiet

hehe

Penguin2:
The Organized Private Sector (OPS) made up of the Nigerian Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), and other similar bodies, are one of the strongest cabals in Nigeria that are rarely spoken of.

This body holds all the banks, Insurance companies, Telecom companies, etc, with millions of employees under their influence.

Sometimes ago, I heard it said somewhere that if the Organized Private Sector do not want you to win an election, you are going nowhere. While this is debatable, it is not far from the truth.

Having established the sphere of influence of the OPS, let’s now go into the crux of this piece - who do you think the OPS will support for the presidency in the 2023 presidential election?

Is it Tinubu?

Tinubu was governor of Lagos for 8 years; everyone knows about that. And I think his only relationship with the OPS came from when he was governor since Lagos is the economic nerve centre of the country. But that was it. Before and after his governorship, Tinubu is not known to have owned any business that made him a member of any of these bodies which would make him understand the needs of these bodies. If anything, the administration of Tinubu introduced a lot of taxes which suffocates businesses; no matter how we want to argue about how imperative the introduction of those taxes are.

Is it Atiku?

Like Tinubu, Atiku has no much affiliation with the OPS except for his time as Vice President of Nigeria and his ownership of Intels, a company that handles shipping of oil or so, which he has now divested from. Atiku also owns the American University in Adamawa but I don’t know if proprietors of schools are part of the OPS (people who know better should inform us).

Is it Peter Obi?

Of the 3 frontline candidates, Peter Obi is the only one who has been, and might still be, a member of the OPS. Having been Chairman of Fidelity Bank and sat on the board of directors of another bank, Obi is clearly sunken into the OPS. Again, being a major importer in Nigeria, something his traducers seldom use against him, Peter Obi is also a member of importers and exporters association of Nigeria (if there’s any such body). But what his being an importer means is that he understands the pains importers pass through to source forex and to clear their goods when they eventually land; not talking about high excise duties that these importers pay just to clear their goods.

So, from the foregoing, it’s quite obvious that Peter Obi is not only a friend of the OPS, he’s part of the OPS, if not part of the board of directors.

But this is Nigeria. That Peter Obi is part of the OPS is not a guarantee that the body would support him. So many other factors might make the body choose to support another presidential candidate like Tinubu or Atiku. Worthy to mention that it is also not likely that they will all swing to one person as interest and motivation might bring about divergence of opinion and choices amongst them.

But who do you think they will support?

Penguin is a bird of reason.

Atiku wey get Intels, you kids sah. Obi wey be just importer and distributor.

Mynd44:
1. Tinubu was governor of Lagos. His party governs Lagos and the next industrialized state, Ogun.

The influence of these two states is enough for the private sector to listen to him. Lagos has almost 85% of the headquarters of major corporations and all the HQ of banks in the country.

Lagos hosts the important ports which these sector needs and has also demonstrated making them better by starting need ports in Lekki and Badagry.

Lagos is the largest by population hence their work force and also the largest market for their goods.

2. Atiku is one of the most important people in Nigeria's organised private sector as he is on the top 5 biggest employers of Labor. He is one of them and understands their pains. He is also one of them since he also produces and he knows where the pinch is. When FOREX is a problem, he feels it and knows the pain. He knows the pain of finding the right staff, the pain of getting the raw materials, the same pains other people in the private sector go through

3. Obi is not a producer, he is an importer. He is a risk to local producers as his policies on importing will run them out of business and out of money. He just said he will lift restrictions on importation. Imagine being Kenneth Imasuagbon and after you invest billions in your rice production business, a presidential candidate says he will lift restrictions on rice importation which means your rice will be the most expensive and your investment will probably just die. How do you get behind such a candidate?

Oga you make a lot of sense. I respect you.
You're a blessing to your family and Nation

Mynd44:
1. Tinubu was governor of Lagos. His party governs Lagos and the next industrialized state, Ogun.

The influence of these two states is enough for the private sector to listen to him. Lagos has almost 85% of the headquarters of major corporations and all the HQ of banks in the country.

Lagos hosts the important ports which these sector needs and has also demonstrated making them better by starting need ports in Lekki and Badagry.

Lagos is the largest by population hence their work force and also the largest market for their goods.

2. Atiku is one of the most important people in Nigeria's organised private sector as he is on the top 5 biggest employers of Labor. He is one of them and understands their pains. He is also one of them since he also produces and he knows where the pinch is. When FOREX is a problem, he feels it and knows the pain. He knows the pain of finding the right staff, the pain of getting the raw materials, the same pains other people in the private sector go through

3. Obi is not a producer, he is an importer. He is a risk to local producers as his policies on importing will run them out of business and out of money. He just said he will lift restrictions on importation. Imagine being Kenneth Imasuagbon and after you invest billions in your rice production business, a presidential candidate says he will lift restrictions on rice importation which means your rice will be the most expensive and your investment will probably just die. How do you get behind such a candidate?

Peter Obi supports and invests in the Largest rice mill in the Northern Nigeria UMZA Rice. He is a producer.

Atiku has sacked more than half of his staff force and grabbed all the juicy contracts at the ports.

tinubu is of good at collecting taxes and having stakes in multinationals. its more of a personal interest thing than for the people despite being a public office holder.

Mynd44:
1. Tinubu was governor of Lagos. His party governs Lagos and the next industrialized state, Ogun.

The influence of these two states is enough for the private sector to listen to him. Lagos has almost 85% of the headquarters of major corporations and all the HQ of banks in the country.

Lagos hosts the important ports which these sector needs and has also demonstrated making them better by starting need ports in Lekki and Badagry.

Lagos is the largest by population hence their work force and also the largest market for their goods.

2. Atiku is one of the most important people in Nigeria's organised private sector as he is on the top 5 biggest employers of Labor. He is one of them and understands their pains. He is also one of them since he also produces and he knows where the pinch is. When FOREX is a problem, he feels it and knows the pain. He knows the pain of finding the right staff, the pain of getting the raw materials, the same pains other people in the private sector go through

3. Obi is not a producer, he is an importer. He is a risk to local producers as his policies on importing will run them out of business and out of money. He just said he will lift restrictions on importation. Imagine being Kenneth Imasuagbon and after you invest billions in your rice production business, a presidential candidate says he will lift restrictions on rice importation which means your rice will be the most expensive and your investment will probably just die. How do you get behind such a candidate?

Please this analysis deserves share

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Anyone that can reduce the public debt and tackle inflation by cutting the size of government will be private sector friendly.

Can you please explain the correlation between inflation and the size of government? Your explanation will be better if you can provide one or two successful case studies. Thank you.

Atiku na ni





I don't know why hotel towels are so big.
Now my bag zip don spoil.

Penguin2 is basically an nzougbu nzougbu political analyst.

He thought he was being clever by trying to paint Tinubu in bad light, was neutral about Atiku and was stylishly praising Obi and even went as far as calling Obi a friend of OPS

Mynd44:
1. Tinubu was governor of Lagos. His party governs Lagos and the next industrialized state, Ogun.

The influence of these two states is enough for the private sector to listen to him. Lagos has almost 85% of the headquarters of major corporations and all the HQ of banks in the country.

Lagos hosts the important ports which these sector needs and has also demonstrated making them better by starting need ports in Lekki and Badagry.

Lagos is the largest by population hence their work force and also the largest market for their goods.

2. Atiku is one of the most important people in Nigeria's organised private sector as he is on the top 5 biggest employers of Labor. He is one of them and understands their pains. He is also one of them since he also produces and he knows where the pinch is. When FOREX is a problem, he feels it and knows the pain. He knows the pain of finding the right staff, the pain of getting the raw materials, the same pains other people in the private sector go through

3. Obi is not a producer, he is an importer. He is a risk to local producers as his policies on importing will run them out of business and out of money. He just said he will lift restrictions on importation. Imagine being Kenneth Imasuagbon and after you invest billions in your rice production business, a presidential candidate says he will lift restrictions on rice importation which means your rice will be the most expensive and your investment will probably just die. How do you get behind such a candidate?

You mod no know Atiku get INTELS. Una wan force druggie down our throats. Shettima even confirmed he be water producer.

Mynd44:
1. Tinubu was governor of Lagos. His party governs Lagos and the next industrialized state, Ogun.

The influence of these two states is enough for the private sector to listen to him. Lagos has almost 85% of the headquarters of major corporations and all the HQ of banks in the country.

Lagos hosts the important ports which these sector needs and has also demonstrated making them better by starting need ports in Lekki and Badagry.

Lagos is the largest by population hence their work force and also the largest market for their goods.

2. Atiku is one of the most important people in Nigeria's organised private sector as he is on the top 5 biggest employers of Labor. He is one of them and understands their pains. He is also one of them since he also produces and he knows where the pinch is. When FOREX is a problem, he feels it and knows the pain. He knows the pain of finding the right staff, the pain of getting the raw materials, the same pains other people in the private sector go through

3. Obi is not a producer, he is an importer. He is a risk to local producers as his policies on importing will run them out of business and out of money. He just said he will lift restrictions on importation. Imagine being Kenneth Imasuagbon and after you invest billions in your rice production business, a presidential candidate says he will lift restrictions on rice importation which means your rice will be the most expensive and your investment will probably just die. How do you get behind such a candidate?

i don't understand how people say Atiku is one of the top five employers of labour in Nigeria, apart from American University yola, I don't know any company he owns, before he divest from Intel.. He owned if am not mistaken less than 20% of the company the majority shares is owned by chaugory so how he is the highest employer of labour? What's the name of his company? I heard he sold his shares to even tinubu.. This people are all the same, as for Obi.. Importer are one of the major problems we have in Nigeria, when dollar goes up they transfer the hike to the consumers, when it goes down they don't give a damn it remains up, just like transport workers, that he owns a bank, jeez those ones are Nigeria problems in another stratosphere, by the way Tinubu do own some companies albeit allegedly, TVC, Compass, radio station, the nation, a hospital and investment in a lot of firms.. Oh let's not forget alpha beta where the company rakes in billions on tax agency for him, the largest tax collector in Lagos state by miles.. Not a good thing.. My point is they are all the same.

But anyone Dangote support is the winner of next election even before we vote.. Take that to the bank. That's the answer of who Ops will support.

I support atiku 2023 Insha Allah

JoeNL22:

And who told you that the private sector can't support him?

Your comments are an attack on obi......why do you think is policies won't favour local producers?....Is it only imports obi does?

Because obi doesn't brag like Tinubu or Atiku, flying around the world for medical treatments doesn't mean obi is not well rounded in terms of money.

The Tinubu you just mentioned now is flying to France and London for medical rest.....why can't he do the medical rest in Lagos? After now!, his urchins will claim he built Lagos. And Atiku......that guy just want to be privatise anything and everything. The 2 of them are jokers!......whether you like it or not. Peter the rock will recieve the overwhelming support of the private sector. For with God not you. Obi shall be POssible

I just believe that you never want your state of origin to be like Anambra that's why you love being in Lagos.

If you can't vote Tinubu go to your state of origin and vote who you want children of hate