₦airaland Forum

SeeWahala:
My broda, this question you asked is the main reason why I am eagerly waiting for campaign season to resume

I really want to witness the abracadabra APC and their lying e-bots want to use to bamboozle us into voting for them in 2027 🤗

He's not ready to say anything either, there are a lot of lapdogs that would take the bullets for him

A country where hardwork doesn't pay,

Where Professors rig elections for certificate forgers

Where they celebrate Yahoo fraudsters and call them content creators want anything good from their education sector, make una dey play abeg

Let's get the Rice started 😃

What a life are you living??

Aren't you even ashamed of the people you claim to be defending??

Throwback:
Is poorly run not part of having N137m budgeted for all the 36 NTA capital stations in the country?

Is that not a valid concern for which the government must be chastised?

You want results but you don't have funding. Better wake up.

NTA don't have a funding problem, they have a value problem

No reasonable creator will want to work with NTA at this moment cos they are just government puppet

Do you know at one point these guys had the same or even better infrastructure than Dstv, even before Dstv was conceived, but they buried themselves in the pro-government deal

Do you know we have a thriving Entertainment industry that NtA can tap into, sports sef dey,business dey

But can you as a business owner choose NTA as your vehicle to reach out to your audience??

That's the major thing here

Kushites:
Most Nigerians have this idea that govt is where the money is at.

They are so wrong. Nigeria's annual budget is $40 billion.

But GDP is $400 billion.

That's the Private Sector.

Oil and gas accounts for less than 15% of GDP.

So those hundreds of billions of dollars is all private sector-generated. So the private sector is WHERE THE MONEY IS AT, if you want to form a CNN-grade network, or anything big, in fact, in Nigeria.

If you can leverage the private sector by forming a consortium with qualified people, and you can make a business case for such a station to big companies, it's BOOM TIME! Big money comes in, and you do it.

Go to America, UK etc. Virtually nothing is run by the govt. It's all private sector, from stadiums to airports to power plants to railways to TV networks.

We call ourselves a capitalist economy, yet we seem to have a communist/socialist outlook in which the FG is expected to provide everything.

No be every field una go dey put mouth.

At one point the NTA had one of the best equipment in the entire Africa, na corruption kill that investment.

Even as at now, they still have enough capacity to bounce back with good and viable management but the government intentionally wants to keep them as their mouthpiece for life

Throwback:
You don't even need to delve deep and far.

From the budget, only N1.5b is for capital projects out of which 137m is for studio equipment for all of the state capital stations (36 NTA Stations).

That is a mockery.

Yet, just seeing the annual budget of N21.3b, Nigerians will call it a waste of funds without seeing how it sums up and how each expenditure is very out of touch with modern pricing realities.

However, some Ogas at the top will still attempt to corner something out of nothing.

NTA runs a commercial business, when last has anyone audited their revenue??

Abi Dem no dey Everly get adverts ni?

Something is poorly run and instead make una talk una begin dey defend what's not

Kushites:
THANKS FOR CONFIRMING WHAT I SAID.

That your N21 billion Naira amounts to $15 million.

I asked ChatGPT AI what was CNN's annual budget:

................

CNN Annual Budget (Approximate)

About $1.8 billion per year in revenue (2026 projection)

About $600 million operating profit

So in simple terms:

CNN operates on roughly a $1.5–$2 billion annual budget scale.

- AI

So a TV network that receives $15 million a year, and one that receives $2 BILLION a year, which one do you think will look sharper and snazzier, with more steeze and swag when you watch it?

So does that justify that sort of studio??😃😃😃

No dey do like this now, we know CNN no dey deir league but NTA has been very very poor lately, that's the issue on ground

Even if them enter street, find some good wallpaper and some other interior stuff, he go still make sense small

Kushites:
What allocation? They get a pittance, and have always gotten a pittance. The govt simply can't afford to spend big money to make NTA what you think it should be.

Go and see how much FOX NEWS has to spend each year, and compare it to your 'NTA allocation'. You'll be embarrassed.

Abeg forget. The govt priorities are roads, schools, hospitals etc, not NTA.

Why is govt even SUPPOSED to have expertise in running a TV station??

It's really not their job.

If you want 'CNN-LEVEL', do what those who started CNN did. IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH GOVT.

It's Private Sector.

What's your point here??

The NTA has refused to grow even though when they started, they had one of the best equipment in the whole of Africa, at one point the NTA has a capacity to air any program in Africa, so what are you saying??

We've so so declined as a nation that abnormal now looks very okay to us

Kushites:
MR GOVT GOVT GOVT GOVT.

FOX NEWS THAT YOU WATCH EVERYDAY TO WORSHIP TRUMP, IS IT THE US GOVT THAT OWNS IT?

CNN, IS IT AMERICAN GOVT THAT OWNS IT?

Is it not private companies?

What stops YOU from forming a consortium to start a station?

Or the guys that came together to form CNN, they have two heads, abi?

MR GOVT GOVT GOVT GOVT GOVT.

But NTA na government station now

Mr Government defender, abi Dem don sell am wey una no tell us ni

U09ce:
To be honest, there is no rapid growth in that sector. Only about 7 states out of 37 have a working standard operating railway - FCT, Kaduna, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Delta, Edo and Kogi. In the next 2 years, 3 states namely Kano, Jigawa and Katsina will increase the coverage marginally making it 11. A 30% coverage after more than 15 years of railway transformation plan is quite dismal in a country that's hungry for interconnectedness. The two key cities of Lagos and Abuja are not yet connected.

There was a plan for a coastal railway that will connect Lagos to key cities in the Niger Delta. But it appears Tinubu's govt jettisoned the ambitious project and embarked on a new coastal road. We hear no progress in connecting Ibadan to Ilorin and then to Abuja.

Now to the operations of the current rail lines. How's the railway growing when locomotives break down at will every now and then? How is it growing when rail tracks are the breakfast of vandals.

The govt needs to relook inwards to embark on new projects. Buhari completed two projects, started and finished one, and kicked off two key projects. But we're yet to see such tempo sustained by the current govt.

It's the way these guys celebrate their own mediocrity sef

Na everything wey Dem dey do na him dey right😂

And then you reneged on the agreement after the fever cleared abi??😃

Our leaders can never and will never be truthful

Antoeni:
Like Him Or Love Him, Tinubu is a Man Who Values Loyalty More Than Anything Else.
That Was Why I Chuckled when Come People Said He Would Throw Wike Under the Bus Simply Because Fubara Decamped to apc.

Jagaban Na the perfect definition of 'ride or die' partner!

Loyalty and Sycophancy no be the same

Na only those who lick his balls he likes to empower

Lanretoye:
Even when Nigeria is not even their biggest market in africa.

And who told you Fela is a local champion??

Baba is a global sensation like him or hate him ooo

Why he be saying everyone supporting this thing no fit type well??

Is that their modus operandi now?😂

omoredia:
For the Nigerian govt not to enlist the Israelis to eliminate terrorists in Nigeria shows that the Nigerian govt supports terrorists

Ribadu said they are his brothers and you know Israel no dey negotiate, they go into k!lling spree straight ni

Pierocash:
So NIGERIA has 152 warships, that is difficult to believe. I think Nigeria isn't that small the way most Nigerians think

The Nigerian Navy architecture strong pass the Army sef, the Army only have more human capital than them,.infact Navy boys no dey hear anything ooo

He's being paid salaries which I'm sure is not part of this money

Even his staffs are also government staffs apart from personal aides

His security details are well catered for by the government

His welfare and feeding also catered for

So the 4billiion is just for flexing abi wat??😄

Misterone:
Oga, goods are already in the market and the ports, bought at a higher dollar rate. With the dollar falling daily, do you think importers would risk importing goods for now? No.
It's just like what's happening in the PMS industry where price fluctuate every month. People already have high priced stocks! What happens when price is unstable? People will not want to import. With time, this will lead to scarcity and inturn rise in price.

Many of una dey think say all these book economics dey work for market

Things are as high up as it was when dollar was almost getting to 2k sef

So whatever they like make them do as intervention, business owners no send una papa

No be ordinary cement wey dey 11k now don jack house rent go where we no know

datola:
I can assure you that this is not the usual IG (Initial Gragra). The man, Disu is very sound and knows his work very well.

That's how una dey praise all of them until they start doing their usual balablu

Ikeja to Berger almost #500

Una well-done for that side ooo

Emu4life:
Begging is unlawful even in Islam

Almajiri style nko?? Abi that one na Hausa culture?😄

SmartPolician:
I'm not sure what Nigeria is doing on that list because there's rarely anything men enjoy here that women don't. I always have a problem with stats without methodology

Until you go to the core north, then you go reverse this your statement

aswani:
Ògún State Politicians are the most useless, without raising a finger, they are already sitting on a fortune due to their proximity to Lagos state.

They don't even need to even think at all, they just need to follow the policies Lagos state is doing in bordering LG's to make regular money.

Clearly the most useless politicians by far.

I said kogi because of its peculiarity to the North and South

If there was no kogi, Ogun will undisputably receive the award of the most useless state in Nigeria

LabStores:
Sorry to say, but the truth is often bitter...

Ogun State ought to be far better than it is, considering its immense wealth and the presence of numerous companies and industries in the state. A lot of people that can't find spaces in Lagos settle for it.
In terms of development, Unfortunately, the reality tells a different story. It remains deeply underdeveloped, burdened by consistently ineffective governance. The road infrastructure is among the worst in the country-arguably the worst.

Were it not for its proximity to Lagos State and Ibadan, Ogun would likely be in an even more dire state- possibly worse than Kogi, Niger, Benue etc.

Kogi should undisputably receive that award for the most useless state in Nigeria follow by Ogun

KingRabota:
And d oga olopa go still wan baang d wife b4 she see d moni collet

Omo you know that drill, infact na by hierarchy Dem go chop the woman 😂😄

And yet they can't even wiretap bandits and bokoharam apostles 🤔🤔

Na wa oo

Richtaiwo:
So now the argument has evolved, it’s no longer that Tinubu rigged the election results. Apparently, his crime this time is masterminding a grand, invisible lockdown that prevented all the devoted voters of the ADC from stepping outside.

It’s okay… we’re getting somewhere.

Voter Apathy is a strong strategy for the ruling party, as it makes it easier for them to just bring their members out and declare themselves winners in areas where they don't even have any reasonable votes

Saturday was just like any other day in Abuja here, people went about their businesses as if nothing is even happening, infact at one point I needed to start asking if the election was postponed

Many Nigerians don't even want to have anything to do with the country anymore and it's totally bad

Ofunaofu:
When I look at Festus Keyamo, I can’t help but wonder what the late sage Gani Fawehinmi would think today.

A man who rose to prominence as a human rights activist now seems far removed from the ideals he once championed.

Of course Nigerians are not fools. They can see the contradiction of a man who once legally challenged Bola Tinubu in court for forgery, describing him as a notorious forger and identity thiéf, yet now serves under him and defends him without hesitation.

Truly, principles apparently have expiry dates. Some just last until an appointment letter arrives.

And that's why I don't subscribe to making anyone popular anymore

The one wey shock me most na that Edo short man😄

The way both of them snitched on the people they once fought the government tooth and nail for is something I cannot fathom

Infact politics in Nigeria is for the wayward at this point

TheMensch:
I always feel somehow when a security detail dies or is badly injured for another person

That was why Yerima boys warned those eye service police officers following Wike the other time

Highest oga go sign 150k for your wife which another oga go cut am to like 70k

Richtaiwo:
Opportunities are springing up everywhere, and Nigerians, both formally educated and street-smart alike, are tapping into them and making something worthwhile.

So if laziness is your chosen profession and hunger its faithful companion, perhaps resist the urge to unleash curses at everyone else. The sensible first step is to look in the mirror before launching into dramatic lamentations.

Where are the opportunities??