kcprince:
We have gone beyond embracing made in Nigeria goods . We are even kissing it.

The truth is that those factory producing made in Nigeria goods import 70% or more of their raw materials and require dollar to do so. Eg Dangote refinery .

Government should stop sending their boys online to blame the citizens . Instead they should employ technocrats on how to attract foreign exchange .

Tallesty1:
Clearly the OP and his friends have not tried exportation or production or even running a business; they have no fvcking idea how fvcked the country all thanks to their leader.
They should first trying running business and then come back to update this thread.


Ndiara, you elect leaders at their retirement age and then blame Nigerians for their cluelessness

MsAllison:
these bastards don't even know that it's even easier to import items than to export items here in Nigeria.
don't mind those miscreants that thinks everything starts and ends with their 30k sycophant jobs.

Rostikol:


So long as the naira value is low and people are poor, police corruption will not end.

Because it is in itself a result of poverty and low pay.

So, waiting for a flawless police force to emerge before investing in Nigeria is the wrong approach in my view.

If the great QUANTUM of Nigeria's 240 million people decide to BUY NIGERIAN, the prosperity generated will overwhelm us, to the point that police corruption would be unnecessary.

That is how powerful this concept is.

Tallesty1:
Very useless lots.

Try exportation and government will ensure that you fail.
Try running a business and both federal, state and local government will tax you out of business.
Let's not even talk about venturing into production.


But the e-diots think the masses are the problem.

Tallesty1:
Clearly the OP and his friends have not tried exportation or production or even running a business; they have no fvcking idea how fvcked up the country is; all thanks to their leader.
They should first trying running business and then come back to update this thread...

Tallesty1:
Very useless lots.

Try exportation and government will ensure that you fail.
Try running a business and both federal, state and local government will tax you out of business.
Let's not even talk about venturing into production.


But the e-diots think the masses are the problem.

DesChyko:
I have no idea who or where the OP is. But we're communicating all the same. So I'll just test if there is any hypocrisy within.

OP, what device are you communicating with and where was it made?

Nuzo1:
Is this ignorance or a careful manipulation?

Same gaslighting that took place during dumb Buhari period. Some of us were labeled haters of Nigeria when we told them that the stupid “change begins with me” by buhari can’t work. How do you expect 220million people to do the right thing at the same time without an example from the leaders and backing it up with effective reward and punishment strategy?

Do these people think at all?

Now this one again. Buy made in Nigeria goods cause if you don’t; you are the cause of crashing niaira and thereby wants Tinubu to fail. In other words; a HATER of Nigeria.

Look, people want the easiest life and the cheapest goods… and they have the right to seek for such so far the process is legit!

Now, it’s up to the government to live by example and then organize policies that will fasten local production and patronage.

Why can’t we copy those who have gone through this part and made it out successfully? Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong etc.

A clear example is Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew had a rejected, chaotic, racially divisive and very poor population when he took over. Their case was 20 time worst than Nigeria at the moment. But he didn’t go about blaming and expecting the people to do the right thing all at the same time.

He simply made sure he, his family members and his entire cabinet lived by example. He propounded policies that wet the ground for local production.

The ease of doing business in Singapore since the 60s has been one of the top 3 in the world since when he took over. You can get your certificate of business in 24hrs. And all handled by one department.

Electricity was his first project for he knew you can’t earn forex with using generator for production.

Singapore does not have a single drop of crude oil in their land but they have been the top three largest producers of refined crude oil for close to 50 years now.

Go and read “from third world to first” by Lee Kuan Yew to see how to develop a poor country.

Well, it’s not that our leaders don’t know all these, but the problem has always been lack of political will to make some hard decisions. But in making these decisions, their own business interests will be touched too.

TheGoodJoe:
Until government learn to invest in boosting production in the country, Nigerians can't help but buy imported goods.

Stop this fake narrative. As long as our production is mediocre, foreign remains the best choice.

Stealing public funds for luxury and high cost of running government is one of the things that keep production down.

Rostikol:


LOAD OF UTTER RUBBISH based on a nasty inferiority complex.

Namaster:
This thread is full of dumb people with good intentions.

First of all, consider the case of Innoson. Innoson was established in 2007 and its SUVs go for 22-32 million Naira.

In contrast, Toyota has been around since 1937. And you can get a Toyota Highlander 2008 at 12 million Naira.

That's half the price of Innoson's plus you get a trusted vehicle that ANY mechanic can fix.

ALSO, Innoson is a vehicle assembling company. It makes NOTHING. It brings in vehicles in pieces then assembled them and puts its logo on it. It's an IMPORT-DEPENDENT company like the rest of them.

Buying from Innoson does next to NOTHING for the Naira. So it makes NO economic sense to pay MORE for a vehicle that you're scared to take to most mechanics because of "patriotism".


NEXT is the issue of price. Nigerian manufacturers want to charge the same price as imported goods. That's INSANE when you consider the fact that most imported goods literally travelled across an OCEAN to get to Nigeria.

Yet, one manufacturer in Aba wants to charge as much for his goods as imported ones.

Nigeria has a population that is extremely PRICE-SENSITIVE. Fix a reasonable price for your goods as a local producer and see how you'll get rushed.

Finally, QUALITY is everything. Don't get me wrong here. Nigerians will compromise on quality in a heartbeat if the price justifies it. In fact, they'll compromise on quality EVEN if the price doesn't justify it. But ONLY to an extent.

But Nigerian producers will flood the market with shitty products at EXORBITANT prices. Then turn around to bitch about it when consumers choose quality foreign products at prices that can be justified.

For instance, consider the case of biscuits that someone mentioned.

Basic formula for Nigerian Biscuits = 1 part flour + 10,000 parts SUGAR + 3 parts ARTIFICIAL flavour

It's inedible! A supermarket that sticks them is begging to go bankrupt.

Key problem facing Nigerian producers is they offer EXTREMELY LOW quality goods at EXTREMELY HIGH prices.

There's a lot to be said on this issue but I'll stop here.

Dynamicboss:


This is a well articulated comment sir.

To add, another example was the case of importation ban on foreign rice. Unfortunately, the price of local rice was competing with smuggled foreign rice and the quality is so poor in terms of taste and serious unwanted particles that is dangerous to health.

One thing I noticed is that Nigerians are very greedy and corrupt people such that at every situation, people explore it for their personal gains.

Rostikol:


The ones that Nigerian manufacturers have made even with their generators, have you bought?

You can point fingers all day, Mr Professional Blamer, but YOU carry HEAVY blame for the Naira value if you prefer FOREIGN MADE over NIGERIAN MADE.

And you cannot blame and finger-point your way out of it.

Rostikol:


I am using a Made in Nigeria Zinox Premium Core i3 Desktop PC.

https://zinoxtechnologies.com/our-products/#desktops

Next question!

DesChyko:


If I were using that for a comeback, I'd definitely have attached the picture.

DMerciful:
Does the government officials patronize made in Nigeria goods?

jmoore:
A lazy fellow calling others lazy. Have you ever manufactured anything in your entire life?

Keyboard warrior, leaving the government and attacking the masses.

Do you know that petroleum products is our major import? How many refineries has your government fixed so we can stop importing fuel? Do you think Nigerians care if fuel is locally produced or imported?

toolovely:
Has Nigeria ever depended on locally made goods when the naira had a. Significant value? Why making it look like we have all been using local goods and have been exporting and suddenly abandoned them?

plaetton:

Which nation in the industrialized with generators, powered with imported subsidized fuel ?

Rostikol:


So long as the naira value is low and people are poor, police corruption will not end.

Because it is in itself a result of poverty and low pay.

So, waiting for a flawless police force to emerge before investing in Nigeria is the wrong approach in my view.

If the great QUANTUM of Nigeria's 240 million people decide to BUY NIGERIAN, the prosperity generated will overwhelm us, to the point that police corruption would be unnecessary.

That is how powerful this concept is.

predictor1:
You clearly don't know what you are talking about. I'm not sure you have ever run a manufacturing or production business before.

Rostikol:
Until we START TO LOVE, PREFER, and VALUE NIGERIAN-MADE GOODS AND SERVICES over foreign-made goods and services, FORGET ABOUT THE NAIRA VALUE RISING.

Until we PREFER to buy Nigerian made shoes, slippers, handbags, cars, sandals, clothes, watches, bangles, etc INSTEAD OF foreign made, FORGET ABOUT NAIRA VALUE RISING.

We have to start to see things like the Chinese.

A China man prefers to buy made in China, even if the foreign version from London is of better quality.

Why? Because he's thinking ''why should I enrich Europeans instead of my own Chinese people?''

And so, this makes manufacturing very profitable in China! And the currency very strong! There is more demand for the Chinese yuan than for the dollar!

Why?

Because the people PREFER made in China to imported!

Without that mindset in Nigeria, FORGET ABOUT NAIRA VALUE RISING.

We cannot have a mindset that laughs at a man for wearing 'Aba-made' shoes.

That's a destructive, ignorant, anti-African mindset that will lead us into the abyss.

THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THESE WOMEN WE CALL NIGERIAN WOMEN SPEND ON SO-CALLED BRAZILIAN HAIR ALONE EACH YEAR, IS MORE THAN 2 BILLION DOLLARS.

IMAGINE IF THEY DECOLONISED THEIR MINDSET, AND FAVOURED TRADITIONAL PLAITING AND WEAVING HAIR STYLES OVER IMPORTED PERMS, WIGS, AND FAKE HAIR, ......THAT ALONE WOULD GENERATE EMPLOYMENT FOR 3 MILLION LOCAL HAIR STYLISTS MINIMUM, AND SHORE UP THE NAIRA VALUE.

When do we wise up as a people?

It's not about pointing fingers at govt officials. They make up less than 0.1% of the Nigerian population.

We over-estimate their influence and capacity to alter society.

THIS IS ON US!

Just as we started to prefer Nigerian movies and music over foreign, which made those sectors BLOW to world class proportions, we can accomplish similar by preferring NIGERIAN MADE GOODS AND SERVICES to foreign made.

When we do that, THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WILL BLOW.