Eze Promoe: Hello, my fellow Nairalanders,

With the craft-work production by Aba merchants, I'm beginning to sense that invention will soon take place there.

So what do you think?

odumchi: Aba is truly a city with an age-old tradition of impressive craftsmanship and revolutionary ingenuity. The last time I was in Aba (Christmas time 2010), I was blown away by the display of native skill exhibited in the various masks, costumes, and works in the city's various vendors. The air was thick with the scrumptious aroma of frying delicacies, and the streets were abuzz with traffic and pedestrians.

Aside from this, Aba is also Nigeria's autoparts capital; serving as a home to arguably the best engineers, mechanics, and do-it-yourself repair men in the country. There's a saying that goes: o wuru Aba enwee ya mara na odii na obodo a; meaning 'if it's not in Aba then it's not in this country'.

Aba is my second favorite city in Abia state. I won't be surprised if it has already invented something.

timmy1999:

Guy u r too funny..so no be man dey ride the horse, na horse dey ride man for their own polo ralph

canuck: I have never asked this question in my 3 years on NL - So, please oblige me:

What in the world is this shallow thread doing on the Front Page??!

canuck: I have never asked this question in my 3 years on NL - So, please oblige me:

What in the world is this shallow thread doing on the Front Page??!

canuck: I have never asked this question in my 3 years on NL - So, please oblige me:

What in the world is this shallow thread doing on the Front Page??!

9-zeros:
first invention? smh. we already invented the 'nigerian money scam'. google dat s#it.

canuck: I have never asked this question in my 3 years on NL - So, please oblige me:

What in the world is this shallow thread doing on the Front Page??!

jude33084:

good qweshion

Eze Promoe: D only tin Aba has not manufacture is fake human being. LOL.[b]

temizt: The Igbo/Aba guys (in my opinion) are only good at imitating and producing low quality stuff. Check out this Aba senseless version of Polo by Ralph

liman tertsa: 4get it wount last.we know dere product.

canuck: I have never asked this question in my 3 years on NL - So, please oblige me:

What in the world is this shallow thread doing on the Front Page??!

drzed: Nigerians (Aba people inclusive or especially) have made so many inventions already. It is our failure to appreciate home-made stuff that is killing their ingenuity and our collective progress.

Until Nigerians begin to appreciate local productivity and intellectual property, poverty will remain our unofficial watchword. Go to our polytechnics and universities and take a look at various inventions that are rusting away, especially in the Electrical and Mechanical engineering departments.

We would rather go to China and import (after specifically ask the Chinese to make) substandard equipment that we will bring back and sell to our own people. And then we blame our backwardness on the government or on bad leadership.

Our greatest enemy in Nigeria, our greatest obstacle to progress, is in fact, ourselves.

maclatunji: LOL, it saddens me that I have to agree but let me say that those who post on front-page, try to pick topics that most Nairalanders will like even if they don't always manage to pull-it-off. Exercise a little patience and understanding.

Soo_cool: the thread is filled with information that can add value to our everyday life so it has to be on the front page!!
But on a serious note the front page has become a dumping ground for all sort of irrelevant nonsense!
methinks nairaland moderators are growing mushrooms in their brains!!

Leorichy: you also have to wait for three years to get.... "An answer"!

stpat1: Its so unfortunate that d first question u asked on NL is a demented one which only exposed ur deranged reasoning.
If u are not well informed on what is happening there industrially why not wait n tap from the avalanche of informatiion from others.

Hahahahaaaaaaahahahahaaaaaaa...I laff in Anambra Igbo! I am actually finally enjoying info from others. The original post stinks but NLders have turned it into something exciting. So, sheath your Abakaliki-made sword and spare yourself the trouble.

Sanguine77: Some people are really shallow-minded. We are talking about inventions, science and technology and how to encourage local expertise and ingenuity and you are spinning nonsense.

See above comments - I am tired of repeating myself! OK, I will : I think it started off as a shallow thread but has turned into a goldmine! BTW, your comment is anything but SANGUINE

drzed: Nigerians (Aba people inclusive or especially) have made so many inventions already. It is our failure to appreciate home-made stuff that is killing their ingenuity and our collective progress.

jmslimx: Believe me if the Government can encourage peeps there , the sky is the limits . Those guys are good .. when i was in aba schooling , i heard this friend whom we played basketball for abia state together , i went to visit him not knowing he is a tailor , when i got in he was playing with his dog and he told me to sit down and he started cutting the short sleeve he wants to swore believe me within 20mins this guy was done and put inside pack and with dabo label...I was just speechless because he was too good and you go think say na confirm shirt wey them bring from italy

canuck:

I think we are long on industrial efforts (AKA fabrication, etc) but short on inventions.

Having said that, an Edo State-born Brino Gilbert won accolades in the US some years ago for his "Counter Collision Gadget (CCG)", as the best invention from Africa in the continental category. That was after he spent the previous 10 years seeking Nigerian government attention for his research. He also approached several groups and individuals for sponsorship, but no one responded.

http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/ngguardian/2002/oct/13/article08.html

So, I agree with drzed.

U are now talking.If various invasions and breaktroughs by citizens of this country is revealed to you,u just can't believe it.Ull feel like running to Aso rock or national assembly with a sharp cutlass.The standards and inteligence in it makes the Western world uncomfortable,they fight or down play the fits with their media
But lately, the Bank of Industry (Nigeria) has been providing SOLID support for budding/smallscale industrialists who can demonstrate commercial value of their work. I have a few friends who knew nobody in BOI but got funding support on pure merit, as it should be.

National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) also do their bit.

canuck:

I think we are long on industrial efforts (AKA fabrication, etc) but short on inventions.

Having said that, an Edo State-born Brino Gilbert won accolades in the US some years ago for his "Counter Collision Gadget (CCG)", as the best invention from Africa in the continental category. That was after he spent the previous 10 years seeking Nigerian government attention for his research. He also approached several groups and individuals for sponsorship, but no one responded.

http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/ngguardian/2002/oct/13/article08.html

So, I agree with drzed.

But lately, the Bank of Industry (Nigeria) has been providing SOLID support for budding/smallscale industrialists who can demonstrate commercial value of their work. I have a few friends who knew nobody in BOI but got funding support on pure merit, as it should be.

National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) also do their bit.

samkoro:



U are now talking.If various invasions and breaktroughs by citizens of this country is revealed to you,u just can't believe it.[b]Ull feel like running to Aso rock or national assembly with a sharp cutlass.[/b]The standards and inteligence in it makes the Western world uncomfortable,they fight or down play the fits with their media.Majority of our leaders and citizen are anti science and technology and pro politics

canuck: I have never asked this question in my 3 years on NL - So, please oblige me:

What in the world is this shallow thread doing on the Front Page??!

canuck: I have never asked this question in my 3 years on NL - So, please oblige me:

What in the world is this shallow thread doing on the Front Page??!