₦airaland Forum

Katsumoto: Try and read the original article, comprehend, before commenting.

You should be the one to try to comprehend. The article describes legitimate traders as a security threat, how Even if we are talking about paying some levies here and there how does that make the traders a threat to security

agbameta: Oh please spare us that played out cop out crap. What's all that got to do with obeying the laws in Lagos state.

If you don't want to be called cave people, then start acting like non cave people, start acting obeying laws, start shouldering your social responsibilities, stop acting as if making money is the beginning and end of everything..

You may call it crap but it is the truth! The fact remains that successive governments deliberately neglected the East otherwise how can you explain to me why the only real functioning seaport in Nigeria today is Apapa in Lagos I once read an article whee it was stated that Akwa Ibom can produce the deepest seaport in Nigeria but all this time nobody seemed to care. It is only recently that real work has started to get Ibaka seaport running in 2015. Well, you may continue to call us cavemen, blablabla but we know we are not cavemen people and we are not from caves. And who says making money is everything? I am just trying to let you understand why you find so many of us in Lagos.

Katsumoto: Firstly, Chinese firms in Africa are State backed or sponsored. They are not individuals who are roaming all over Africa looking for opportunities. So you can't compare the action of enterprises or governments to individuals.

Second, Alaigbo is likely to be more competitive than China. China is a very regulated and closed country. There are many economic reports of private enterprise being stifled in China because of the Government's involvement in most industries. China can't be compared with the US in terms of competition, so you had better find another example.

Third, for competition to be very stiff in Alaigbo, you are more or less stating that there is no room for growth. That is simply not true.

Lagosbabe1: The bolded above is very laughable. What you are sensing is absolutely false! Yorubas are the most accommodating tribe in Nigeria-fact! It is only in Yoruba land that all tribes can live in peace and be treated fairly, it is only in Yorubaland that any tribe in Nigeria can come and reside and they and their families will have equal access to education, healthcare and other public facilities and amenities.

I am tired of listening to all the story that an Hausa man was Mayor of Enugu or Aba in the 1930s or thereabouts, the fact is that it is only in YORUBA LAND that you will find an Ibo man hold such an important position as the Commissioner of Finance- we are very progressive in our orientation and deeds. However, a lot of people have misunderstood the gentility of the Tiger as weakness; Or how will OUK and a lot of IBOs declare Lagos as No Man's Land? The same land that gave Ibos the opportunity to rebuild their lives after the civil war? The same Land that educated your children?

You say the competition is very stiff in the SE, what do you exactly mean by that? Are you trying to imply that all the the potentials of all your states have already been taken advantage of? Your assertion is very ironic given the fact that the SE is relatively not as developed as the SW; I would have imagined that given the acclaimed Ibo ingenuity and brilliance, Ndigbo would have developed and taken optimal advantage of the opportunities in their own land before seeking it elsewhere. You claim to be Jews, but have you looked at how the Israelis are dominating the world in sectors such as IT, Science and Research? Most of this is done in Tel-Aviv and they have a loud voice all over the world due to their ability to be innovative and creative. I am not being disingenuous, but I can hardly see any resemblance in culture, attitude or mindset between Ibos or Jews.

The most important thing you said is that we should have mutual respect for each other- very important point! Respect however is a two way street, I can only respect you if and when you respect me. Ibos saying that Lagos is a no mans land is not respect, it is absolute disrespect. Respect begets respect my dear friend.

berem: Baba Oloja things on my mind......
Baba Oloja is now a new regulatory agency in Lagos. I stand to be corrected.

Extortion should be condemned no matter how people try tom paint it. I bet you the babaoloja will demand monthly payments from the legitimate traders who have already paid their taxes to the government. This is just too bad!

I now see how LASG has been generating its huge IGR!!!!

agbameta: Very very frustrating. With a segment of the society refusing to submit to the same laws and regulation that the rest of the society must respect and yield to, where do we go from here? Lawlessness, total breakdown of law and order, anarchy?

Wait till the other segments of the society echoed the same lawless and anti authority attitude? I think this more than tribalism, this is backwardness and absurd group thinking topped with self destructive behavior.

Katsumoto: Can competition in the East be stiffer than in the US? How many Americans do you find outside the US escaping from competition? And I am not referring to conglomerates such as coke, chevron, etc

What of the Chinese that are all over Africa searching for business opportunities, make their money and remit to China? Is it that Africa is more developed than China Americans & Israelis largely restrict their traveling because of security reasons.

Prof Corruption: This is the most ridiculous ranking ever seen in my entire life. Auchi Polytechnic is better than University of Benin?

Kairoseki77: Will you stop chest beating and broadcasting inferiority complex?!

When will it end?

petrov 10: i do not xpect to see a nontherner here defending this post.......evry sane nigerian knws dat thier ever obedient DOGS will rise and defend em............

Kairoseki77: The women were tired of getting yanshed by us. When a woman is mad she can do terrible things.

It is more surprising that those women could still walk after a night with a Yoruba man.

owolabifunke14: You better do it now

take dat: No be MASSOB be that group wey Security Agents dey take do Shooting/Target Practice?

FOLYKAZE: Let the lost Jew go back to their cave. We Yorubas are even tired of them.