₦airaland Forum

SoNature:
You were making sense until you got to the emboldened...this is a false assumption.

Nothing was factored in because the essence of border closure was never to encourage local farmers grow.

The positive multiplier effect we have seen in our local economy was a happenstance....it was never planned.

China's approach to blocking foreign products from making way into their country just to encourage local content is NOT the same as what Buhari did. While the Chinese was a policy, Buhari's was a flash in the pan.

For the umpteen time, Buhari shut down the border because he believes Nigeria's neighboring countries were abusing the ECOWAS free trade policy.

While we are here celebrating the effect of the border closure, keep in mind that it has run many Nigerian importers out of business, including the genuine ones because I know them.

Again, it has absolutely nothing to do with encouraging local farmers grow their products.

Be guided and stop giving people wrong Information.

Shior always struggling to protect the importers, are there no production factories in those countries, where people work to earn a living?.
Import everything while people remain jobless here?, no way for container economy, bring those factories here simple.
Who has done more for farmers if not Buhari?, talk another thing jor.

LivingSage:
Don't worry, we have a better candidate for Nigeria come 2023. Ogbeni Abdu'Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola

I love that guy o, ORANMIYAN.

CoolAmbience:
Mtchewww.

You made no sense at all.

Jonathan worked with the best technocrats indeed. I am certain you've never met one who is truly a technocrat nor understand the actual meaning of the word.

Jonathan's 'technocrats' such as Okonjo Iweala, Allison-Madueke, Adesina & co, who supervised the looting of our patrimony and came up with programs and policies that have no bearing on the Nigerian masses.

How far did Adesina's cassava initiative go? Why was Adesina unable to revitalize the fertilizer blending plants, in all his ingenuity? Can you recall their fertilizer - mobile phone initiative for farmers? Of what economic value was that? Where was Okonjo Iweala when Sambo Dasuki took over her role as Finance minister to divert funds meant for security to cronies and party men? Buhari's Presidential Fertilizer Initiative has ensured the revitalization of various blending plants across Nigeria. Unlike, cassave bread, our Nigerian rice has flooded every nook and cranny of the country, as production is said to have hit 5 - 6million metric tons per annum, according to RIFAN. Did you know that the cost of fertilizer dropped by around 100% with the implementation of the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative? Where was Okonjo Iweala when our foreign reserve was being depleted, thereby permitting a free fall of the naira? Did you know that the Jonathan administration borrowed to pay April 2015 salary - that was the very last month before he left office? Did you know that Jonathan left less than $30billion as foreign reserve but today we have over $45billion? Should I name Buhari's projects for you? Where were Okonjo Iweala and Allison Madueke during the oil windfall when others in OPEC saved billions of $? How much did they save?

https://www.nairaland.com/3016147/flash-back-okonjos-excuse-borrowing

Let's not go to Allison-Madueke because she can best be described as a disaster. Make I nor hear call her technocrat o. Abi, na because she be the first black ED of Shell? Does her conduct as minister not prove to any discerning mind that she was undeserving of her past accomplishments? Wasn't she a mere opportunist? What defines a technocrat are expertise and character.

Let me have the names of the loyalists that Buhari compensated with sensitive positions as you claimed.

The problem with Nigeria is that a lot of people are not even educated, so the more you try to explain things to them, the more confused they are.
They know next to nothing about economic engineering, " how the economy works.", a friend rushed down to scream that Buhari had closed the border, the economy is about to collapse again, he was so furious.
I asked him how will the economy collapse?, he said the word is out on the street, everybody is afraid, price of rice and other items are going up.
A month later he came back, and I was like this dumbo is back again, he opened his mouth and said that the border closure was a blessing in disguise.
I was like how?, he said their warehouse is empty now, all the spaghetti and noodles that are not moving in the market have been sold.
I asked him what would have happen if the goods in the warehouse were not sold, he said his employer was already planning to replace everyone in the sales team.
I told him, that even if his employer sack and hire the sales team a hundred times, as long as the local goods are exposed to cheap foreign goods, that product will not sell and in the end, the bussiness will be shut down and people will loose jobs.
I told him that those who closed the border already factored this and other issues into consideration, before deciding to close the border.

YoungLionken:
It's saddens the heart to know that your hands are faster than your brain. Selah!

Meaning what?, simple yes or no.
Was there over voting or not?.
Anyway eleyi a lo, lau.
Eleyi a lo, lau.
Bo gbe'na k'ari, lau.
Bo w'ewu eje lau.
Makinde is going down.
When next PDP nut cases decided to rig an election, they will do it responsibility.

Firefox01:
Lol. Even as the ruling party, PDP are still playing wailing opposition party in Oyo state. Anyways let's see how the case will go. Should supreme Court remove Makinde, those saying Oyo will boil are mere jokers. NOTHING will happen. If you claim to be stubborn, 6 feet below will simply be your abode before your time. Whoever wants to die will die and the new government will simply continue!

Besides, if the PDP was so confident about the election that brought Makinde in, this gathering of political failures cum wailers is highly unnecessary.

Na craze dey worry dem, na this country we dey wey Obj come siddon for Lagos in a desperate bid, to upturn the result of the Governorship election in 2003, but he still failed.
I can never forget that election, Musiliu Obanikoro was empowered to unleash mayhem, so much that everywhere became a battle ground.
The slogan then was ko si Koro ko si ibo, meaning you either vote Koro or you don't vote at all.
You dare not speak ill of their activities, na you sabi.
Makinde and pdp should just shut up and wait for the supreme Court verdict, if the people are with them, they will still win.
But if truely na arrangee victory dem get for Oyo, na sorry go be their case.

payperpost:
rigging INEC will now cancel some results and schedule a supplementary election , Osun gate comes to mind! its high time we confront this Buhari /Osi omo ale APC INEC

this is APC 2023 presidential race agenda,

they did it in Ekiti , Osun and Kogi , even against Dino .

Una go cry taya, it could have been jjp, yyt or any other mushroom political party, PDP is a no no for us in SW, that name stinks to high heavens.

RockHard:
The election that ushered in Makinde's victory was rigged in his favour, no doubt. But then again, you can only rig SUCCESSFULLY where you are already strong. Oyo people were already tired of APC in that state so they were willing to rig out the party, so APC should let sleeping dogs lie and allow Makinde work. After 4-yrs of his tenure, APC can have another shot at the governorship.

Makinde is going down, Ibadan alone cannot decide the fate of Oyo state, this is what this matter is all about.

englishmart:
Despite GEJ abandoned or showed little care about the South and focused on the North, the North ousted him, they never showed any appreciation . Now someone who has been showing his ethnic bigotry by exonerating the Fulani killers, and proscribing your innocent, harmless IPOB brothers "terrorists." This guy was also brutal in the civil war

No wonder, war spares not the brave but the cowardly

Dem Dem.

Right before my eyes, a whole tribe became wailers simply because their preferred candidate didn't make it back to Aso rock

jalonwins:
Please leave Jonathan out of PDPs woes in bayelsa. PDP lost bayelsa because of these reasons: 1. Dickson's greed and disrespect for elders- first Dickson underperformed in the eight years he had as governor; cutting civil servant's salary, sacking workers, no tangible projects ontop of it he was now very tight fisted. Bayelsans where just enduring him waiting for him to finish his tenure only for him to enforce his distant cousin as the PDP candidate, to make matters worst the supposed PDP candidate was rumoured to even be more tight fisted than Dickson. And then not to mention the many times he disrespected and verbally abused Jonathan and other state elders.
2. The second cause of PDPs loss will attributed to the party's national caucus for allowing Dickson have his way of enforcing his distant relative as the party's flag bearer when there were other marketable candidates.

Thank you for this piece.

dignity33:
I have always condem some action of IPOB but time will come when no igbo will be against them even those called politician. Nigeria (Hausa and Yoruba) always unite against igbo for fear of dominant knowing full well that igbo have potential to make Nig great, igbos they criticizing today are more Nigeria than every other tribe in this country. When Nigeria where in trouble Obasanjo called OKONJO IWALA and her effort seen Nigeria debt forgiven what was her reward media corruption against her that no charges ever, or its about SOLUDO who after sanitizing Nigeria BANK industry you never heard of any BANK closure in Nigeria not to talk about DORA AKUYIRI, Onyema and others but what did they get in return hatred, evil etc. No good road no rail no Airport and we said we are one Nigeria. I must tell you without micing of word that IPOB speak the mind of IGBOS in General let the heaven fall.

Your people are of part of a 16 years government and failure is still what you get?.
So what exactly were your leaders doing for those 16 years?, you people should ask your leaders what went down instead of pointing in the direction of others.
It shall never be well with the unborn generations of those who abolished regionalism, we in the SW knows what went down, your fore fathers are expansionists, they are not contented with what God has given them and that's what you people are paying for today.
First they removed mid West and left the old East,
They latter killed the leaders of other regions.
Then they made a decree to abolish regionalism, Gowon saw the ojoro and did the necessary corrections, they carry guns and started fighting.
Continue to fight, as it was in the beginning so shall it be in the end.

jakandeola:
I feel sad when I see how IBO hate baba and how soulja kill them as cocroch. no president will be happy killing his people but they force baba to give order. why do IBO hate buhari so much that they even if he give dem heaven dey still hate him. they are in pains since 2015 Jonathan lost.
1 love baba. let ur hate turn to love and u prooved it. cos is normal if u love me I love u and verse versal. if u love him u want him to succeed
2 support and vote baba. we are going to d next level. u either support buhari or we dump u behind. u keep voting PDP a party of thief and looters. u didn't vote baba and u think he will help u later?
3 respect baba. respect is reciprocal. if he respect u he wont attack u.
4. pray for him. I know a lot of people who wish him dead. nnamdi kalu keep lying DAT his jibril and hr is died. or his son died. why wish him bad when u pray he lived long to finish his good work.
5 forget Biafra. if u are not naija u are enemy. all what baba plans is for Nigeria alone den why complain DAT buhari didn't make u minister wen u are saying u ain't a naiaja? did you think kanu mean well for u in Biafra. join Nigeria let's work together so u are president in 2031

How old are you?.
Funny dude, childish presentation but your massage is cool.

voltron14:
I've seen district 9 and I wasnt surprised at all.

Whilst I was undertaking my masters degree course in the UK, a Gabonese girl who lived in France was quick to tell me the difference between the tribes of Nigeria , laying emphasis on the Negatives of the Igbos.

It was an eye opener.

Go and watch Jerusalema, the night I watched that movie, I bursted into tears, what a shame.
Nigeria's image was really battered in the movie, the Igbo drug dealer was also hustling girls for prostitution, and he was bragging that Igbos are the Jews of Africa, that this was why other Nigerians hated them out of jelousy.
He was warned to stop the illicit bussiness but he won't listen, he ended us selling drug to a wrong customer, and the victim's boyfriend won't even report him to the police.
He went straight to the drug dealer's hide out and blew his head open, this was how the Nigerian drug selling Jew, fell through the window of 10 story building and died immediately.
Go and watch that movie, it is an eye opener into what our BLODAS are doing in South Africa.

catoluy:
The so-called poster of that comment is an afonja pretending to be a Ghananian. One of the most wicked and heartless people on the face of this earth!

Go and watch Jerusalema and District 9, two South African movies.
The producers of these movies are not Afonjizees, you people need to do something about your battered image.

ofwest47:
Unfortunately if these so called Bia_fraudulent are
allowed to go they Will all die untimely deaths as they will be completely isolated. The through owners of Biafra are the oil producing area of South South region of Nigeria. Geographically the South South oceanic coastal area is known as Bight of Biafra just as we have Bight of Benin which became Benin Republic. The issue of Bia_fraud came as a result of Gowon's creation of 12 states which removed oil producing areas of Calabar, Ogoja and Riverine people of Port Harcourt areas from absolute control of the I Before Others ( courtesy Zik ) . However, the entire South South has from the word go dissociated themselves from Bia_ fraud. So the I P O B nee I Before Others ( courtesy Zik ) beware of being isolated from the great African economy country_ Nigeria. " Enough is enough says Ukpabi Asika."

CHAI, this is hate speech.
I have never seen a tribe as covetous as those people, they lost 2 million people and are still loosing more everyday, over oil that's not even their own.

hammerVJ:
IN CASE U DONT KNOW, NIGERIA IS MARKED RED BY MANY COUNTRIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

SOME ARE JUST PATIENTLY WAITING.

THE ONLY COUNTRIES THAT APPEAR TO WANT NIGERIA ARE THE MIDDLE EAST LED BY SAUDI ARABIA AND UK.

EUROPE WILL BE HAPPY TO DIVIDE NIGERIA, SO WILL TRUMP LED ADMINISTRATION.

I DONT EVEN WANT TO MENTION ISRAEL.

SUDAN WAS DIVIDED BY THE UN.

CHAI.

hammerVJ:
U WILL KNOW WEN THE TIME COMES THAT WE WILL LEAVE NIGERIA THE SAME WAY WE CAME TO NIGERIA.

NOW, U ARE STILL A CHILD.

Tell me how una take enter Nigeria?, I'm all ears.

Owologbo:
I hear you. since everyone that doesn't support illigality becomes a wailer.
I remember I applauded bayelsans for kicking against Dickson and his arrogance.
On a final note; don't forget that the heart of man is full of deciete.
Don't forget that GEJ tried pleasing the North in the expense of the South thinking they will support his second ambition.
The top political class in the South are committing another mistake today by handling all the key positions to the North and some of you see nothing wrong because of party affiliation.

Smart Adeyemi is a Northerner?, what's your obsession with the Northerners?.
Northerns have NEVER taken control of government democratically, in this country without the support of the Southerners.
Moreover Northerners are Nigerians too, correct me if I'm wrong.
Can a Southern president emerge without the support of the North?, I don't know what is wrong with some people, we practice regionalism in this country, the people that dismantle regionalism are the same people crying foul today because it doesn't favor them.
Very soon your hypocrisy will be exposed, the north will not hold on to power beyond 2023, then we shall truely see wether the north is the problem or the never do wells who never see anything good in others.

Na Yahoo be the antidote, awon werey.

Owologbo:
you and your ilk should keep supporting criminality. Those that invented hate, fake news to Nigerians are the ones cry and looking for ways to gag the masses today.
Some of those that rejoiced about their political gangsterism in 2015 are rueing their actions today.
In future time, those celebrating evil today will also reap their reward. I'm just observing because, 2023 hold more drama that no one can tell.
You all see how the South is helping to empower the North?
The North have their people in all the strategic places already​ (INEC chairman, chief justice, all the force head e.t.c). if the North decide to be selfish and reckless, they can win with any party they decide to adopt; then remember that you and your type supported them when they were strategizing and testing water with these past elections.
We should all stand for what is right irrespective of political affiliations.
Some of you laughing and celebrating Injustice today will reap it in the future (till it goes round).
When the time for reward comes, people will remind you how you once supported Injustice.
THOSE THAT SUPPORT EVIL, EVIL WILL NOT DEPART FROM THEM AND THEIR HOUSEHOLD.

Stop getting unnecessarily emotional, Dino hangs out with the wrong guys and got trashed with them.
Enough with the soapy tears jor, if it had been the other way round, your likes will be here celebrating his success and mocking Adeyemi.

No be lie, Kabba people are very educated people.
This is why I'm shocked to see someone like Dino representing them in the Senate, thank God all that rubbish is over.

jamace:
You see the reason I said bitter kola has blocked your reasoning faculty? Oyo state Governor was the chief election officer of PDP for Kogi elections and that was why he was in Kogi state at that time. Oyo state governor did not go with thugs otherwise we would have heard stories of clashes between thugs, but none.

The thuggery was solely by APC against opposition, fully supported by the APC-led federal govt.

So Auxiliary and his crew now works for APC?,
I hope you are not expecting the Igbiras to fold their hands, while Auxiliary and his crew runs wild.
Anyway people like us are happy that PDP got served in Kogi.
Na jeje trouble siddon wey yanga go wake am.
PDP will soon become another mushroom party, everyone that matters will port to APC, by 2023 APC will have a free ride in the general elections.
It all started when two out of three senators, sent by the people, under the Alliance for democracy AD, from Lagos State, were encouraged by PDP to join PDP, and PDP still go ahead to use rigging to take over SW in 2003.
One man that saw into the PDP's game plan of turning the country into a one party state, stood his ground against it and managed to survive the tsunami, and for daring to outfox the bully aka PDP, three years of Lagos state's monthly allocation, was withheld by PDP government, so he secretly vowed to turn PDP to a dilapidated building.
When he named his small party AC and later renamed it ACN, you all laughed, when he captured SW you all call him a local champion.
Well he has since gone national and y'all's been gnashing your teeth.
That man's got PDP by the JUGULAR, I don't see him letting PDP off, until he's turn it into a carcass.

Yebosola:
Omode buroko loro Dinosaur ,ojo kan loluwere npani, he has ridden on the back of the Tiger, he ended up in Tiger's belle, if u know u know, let him go and re-walk that Bourdillon bragado, or he shouldn't forget to impregnate Remi, Shior Ode Osi."Dino se iboji, o lo ndaran Orun "(He offended the shade,cursing Sun, what will cover the garullous idiot?)

CHAI.

CEOwatazs:
Dino vs smart

This Kabba results really sweet my Belle.
Kaba people have finally send Dino back home, how can Dino call himself a Yoruba and make a nuisance of himself, especially that show of shame at the national assembly during the 2019 budget presentation.
Disrespecting the elders is not in our character, omode to ba mo owo we, a ba agba jeun.
This will serve as a lesson to other socio political miscreants like him, rada rada.
God bless the people of Kabba, Odua a gbe wa o.

I'm waiting for CAN'T to air their view too.

sarrki:
Same way you can never see anyone that is not a southeastern occupying any position in the whole of southeast region

The day south west allow you to take over it then you will praise them for that

Ode ni won like, na mumu dem dey like.

Who will entertain us in the Senate?. Abeg make dem allow this man jor.

Yawns.

Nyamiri:
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Jonathan is a former President. That's the highest political post. All he wants is respect. If PDP doesn't give him, he would get it from those willing to give him.

Izon respects elders, Niger Delta People respect elders. If any idiot in the SS behaves like that section of the country reputed for disrespecting their elders, he would be summarily dealt with just like Dickson.

Gbam.

Nyamiri:
What nonsense is this ignoramus saying. What did you do for GEJ? Where were you Igbos when Clark, Ann Kio Briggs and others were agitating for GEJ? Thief, you want to reap what you didn't sow.

Nyamiri, your support is inconsequential. You didn't do anything for GEJ apart from giving stupid advise and making more enemies for him.

The SS is getting its rightful place in national politics and you losers can go to hell.

CHAI.

oforjide:
jonathan might be ur father but not the father of me and my tribe that weakly still remain the worst thing that has ever happen to igbo, a man we sacrificed our lives for indirectly handed our destiny over to our greatest enemies in this world. History will judge him, he destroyed a party that made him somebody a party he doesn't know how and where it was formed, the igbos will never support any ijaw man again until this country breaks

Una still dey here?, train don leave una behind since.
Politics is a game of interests, it is TREND driven just like forex market.
Trading against the trend is like swimming against the tide, it will always end in disaster.
You guys should go and position APGA and stop following PDP as if dem JAZZ una.
APGA with 5 state under her control can't be ignored, other political parties will beg for alliance with APGA, or is this not what Tinubu did with ACN that you people laughed and jeered as a regional party?.