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fairheven:
When is he going to pay the same attention to "PALM OIL"?

I guess acknowledging the positive measures going on in the cocoa, cassava, rice etc sectors will surely be a good motivation to also address other areas that have been abandoned by successive clueless regimes and federal administrations.

Ibnsultan:
Buhari, kwankwaso, Sam or Atiku, it matters not who emerges as APC flab-bearer. The truth is, either of them is better as Nigeria's leader"

Yes we understand, as long as the candidate is from a particular part of the country, ba wahala! He can emerge as the Arewa People's Congress, APC flag bearer to have a chance of awarding oil block licences to his fellow tribesmen from that part.

tiwiex:
Good point but guess what. Our terms of trade are skewed. Oyinbo get sense and we stupid. If you check, the import duty on process food is low. while the export duty on processed food is high. in other words we negotiated not to compete globally. the agreement on terms of trade don't favour Africa on exports.

If China, India, South Korea etc can do it, why can't we also break the poverty cycle?
Abi those brown people also have two heads like the white oyinbos ni

bushdoc9919:
I'm not disputing the Minister....I just want us to get back to where we used to be....the no 1 or no 2 producer of cocoa.

Don't worry....I know you were not disputing the Minister.....I simply used your figures to reduce the number of Doubting Thomases among our fellow compatriots about what is going on in our agricultural sector.

bushdoc9919:
Until Nigeria follows Germany, Japan , South Korea, China, even Indonesia....and industrializes....we are not going to enjoy riches in this country.

Oil is a curse.

You are very correct and the industrialisation initiatives, such as the auto policy, reforms in the power sector are steps in that direction by this current federal administration instead of simply importing cheap & cheerful consumer items from everywhere.
I hope the agricultural revival will feed into agro-industrial growth as well.

The states and LGAs need to however focus on ensuring ALL our children go to school in line with their constitutional responsibility. Their emphasis should be on VOCATIONAL and TECHNICAL skills.

bushdoc9919:
That is nice.....BUT...

Country Amount produced Percentage of world production
Côte d'Ivoire 1.23 million tons 34.7%
Ghana 746 thousand tons 20.6%
Indonesia 489 thousand tons 13.8%
Cameroon 220 thousand tons 5.9%
Nigeria 210 thousand tons 5.9%
Brazil 165 thousand tons 4.7%
Ecuador 130 thousand tons 3.7%
Malaysia 32 thousand tons 0.9%

In 1977....we used to be where Ghana is now.

Time we got back there....not yet uhuru

Sauce of figures

Your source, which showed 2008-2009 figures somehow confirms the Minister's starting figures in 2011 =>

He noted that the production output of cocoa has grown from 250,000 metric tonnes to 370,000 metric tonnes in the last three years of the implementation of Cocoa Value Chain.

For those who are waiting to see the the money and share inside, you should realise that farmers who tap into the programme and cocoa merchants who buy from them and sell onward will be the greatest beneficiaries with only a fraction going to government in the form of taxes and duties.

Acidosis:
ahah! My brother, the roads here na pure joke.. I will upload 'more than enough' photos

I go jejely dey wait your thread....make you remember to Cc me oh.

Oxone:
It Would have been nice if he had stated the amount generated last year before giving the projections for next year. That's how its done in saner climes instead on bandying figures about

It seems you did not read this part of the post =>

ducii:
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, said on Monday that Nigeria’s export of cocoa is estimated to generate $1.3 billion (about N202.5 billion) as revenue for the country this year.

Adesina who stated this in Abuja at the Nigerian Cocoa Summit 2014, said cocoa generated $1.2 billion in 2013 while the same commodity generated $900million in 2012.

He noted that the production output of cocoa has grown from 250,000 metric tonnes to 370,000 metric tonnes in the last three years of the implementation of Cocoa Value Chain.

He assured that the production of cocoa would be scaled up to 600,000 metric tonnes by 2016.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/10/cocoa-generate-1-3b-revenue-2014/

This is not bad news but it would be better to talk also about cocoa processing factories so we add more value and create more EMPLOYMENT before exporting or even convert to cocoa drinks and chocolate locally.
Nevertheless, another sign that our dear country is on the rise again



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Acidosis:
Don't we have Senators and House of Rep members in that state?

Very valid point that you raised there.
We need to task these Abuja people who claim to represent us more instead of simply feeding fat on our behalf and sharing N20,000 empowerment to some random market women every now & then

Guys shouting here are very funny. I'm currently in Ogun state (APC state) and the road here is the worst I've ever seen in my life.
Infact, I don vex. I'll dedicate a thread for that purpose. I WILL RUIN APC IN OGUN STATE.

WATCH OUT GUYS!

Abeg we dey wait oh, make you snap the pictures plenty wella with enough landmarks to show where it was taken.

ashson:
DINO MELAYE wrote:

THERE IS NO MATCH.

I read online the question a lady asked. The question is how can Buhari who earns over 300million Naira yearly claim that he can not afford to pay 27million Naira for
the APC presidential form. I became interested and decided to investigate.

I went to the ministry of Finance where I discovered that it is true that all former Presidents and Head of states actually get 23million Naira monthly.

But I found out that General Buhari actually wrote the minister of Finance to reject the N23million monthly pay. He said in his letter that he will only accept 10 percent or that amount which is N2.3million and that is what he has been taking. This is just to clear the air. What a Nigerian! what class of integrity!
God please make us men and women of integrity. Amin.

-By Dino Melaye

Tales by Moonlight from (Honourable?) Baby Papa Dino Melaye.

- Was he not a member of the House of Reps when the pension of former Heads of State/Presidents was discussed and approved?
- Is he not even ashamed that in addition to the non-cash benefits to these COUPISTS they also get N23 million monthly while his representaTHIEVES colleagues grudginly voted N18,000 minimum wage from the same employer- the Nigerian government?


BTW, is Dino Melaye who abandoned his responsibility to the baby borne for him by his actress Baby Mama after fighting his NASS colleagues to defend his "friend" ex-Speaker Foluke Etteh for corruption that led to her impeachment who is now the reference point for in_CORRUPTible Buhari



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berem:
Good for him! Okorocha,please complete your second tenure before thinking of the presidency. We can't afford to have incomplete projects littering the state.

I thought governance is a CONTINUITY. Hence whoever succeeds him will continue the incomplete projects.

Meanwhile I hope you are not inferring that the Light Rail projects in Port Harcourt and Lagos will be abandoned after Amaechi and Fashola could not complete them in eight years

berem:
my dear,it is the same bridge o! The vehicular pressure on that bridge calls for concern. God will not let that bridge collapse.

You mean God will reduce the traffic on the bridge by coming down to tell us to use our heads and think out a solution to our man-made problem

abbccc:
Politicians bought those coys through their clowns and now funding their coys with tax payers money...I don't know what these people take the masses for ? MAY GOD HELP THE ENTIRE SOCIETY....

The masses are FOOLS if we don't realise the impact on economic GROWTH and subsequent increased tax revenue down the line for states & LGAs to provide basic modern amenities of TAP water, education, health & FEEDER roads.

Now this is a good waiver for improved electricity, industrial output and more importantly EMPLOYMENT for our teeming youths.
Quite unlike the waivers granted by previous federal administrations for finished consumer goods.

Elose11:

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I wonder where our law makers, I mean APC, got their facts from. Atiku was not sworn in as governor of adamawa state when Boni Haruna took over from him. Atiku had just won the election in 1999 when obasanjo named him as his running mate. Boni Haruna being atiku running mate automatically stepped in as governor elect, and was duly sworn in. Boni completed his four year tenure as governor of adamawa state and contested and won a second term of another four year in 2003. He handed over to nyako in 2007. Atiku was never governor of adamawa state.

Nor mind all these Arewa People's Congress, APC sympathisers who can twist facts so tey dem go disfigure the thing completely.

Obiagelli:
Since all these years of police killings, have they jailed any officer? We don't value life in this country, what kind of argument or insult could have resorted to pulling the trigger?

I quite agree with you- We (i.e. ALL of us) do NOT value life in our country.
And it is highly related to our very LAWLESS nature.

If the 1idiot is trigger happy, he nor know way to sambisa? Ok kontinu.

Policemen actually don't fight wars.
Thought I should point that out

They said buhari officers were flogging people, today gej officers are shooting people.

Why are you bringing up an aspect that can only make others show that your idol has been killing people extra-judicially without qualms since one early morning of July 1966
Why?

django1:
lol, its true, you have the freedom of choice, but then all can see how hypocritical you are.

How is that so?
I resemble OMNIPRESENT for your eyes

BTW, since what you copied from me is not copyrighted, please use as you wish.

Meanwhile hope you realise that these things are the constitutional responsibilities of states and LGAs

- TAP water
- Primary health clinics and General hospitals
- Free and COMPUSLORY education for ALL our children
- FEEDER roads

django1:
Anonimi, please bring your crayon and help us paint something here, like

- TAP water
- Primary health clinics and General hospitals
- Free and COMPUSLORY education for ALL our children[/b]

I don't ever see you on threads such as these to preach your favorites gospel, why?

One word - choice.
I exercise mine, please feel free to exercise yours.
QED!!!

1wolex85:
shut up already!!!
its obvious you are grasping at straws

Why you want make I shut up? Na so truth dey pain you reach


Meanwhile make you gbadun this from the original gbedun master with the Underground beats:


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Mynd44:
Ask the FG to light up 3rd mainland bridge before you criticize dude.

You may have missed this from the Fashola's IPP street lights commissioning thread, so let me re-post for your reading pleasure =>

omiobo: I was on third mainland bridge this morning around 5am,the sight of the bridge and other areas were beautified with light.
Yeah,Fashola has tried on the environments of Lagos,I think he should concentrate the rest of his tenure on reconstructing primary and secondary,and make them to be mega too.
Honestly,I don't like the state of most primary and secondary schools in Lagos. Eko o ni baje o!

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Don't you think that education is more BASIC than beautification projects that have been the focus of Fashola's six years of running Lagos?
How will the beautification be sustained if children are not all educated
Was Lagos not very beautiful in the 60s up to early 70s? Why/How did it all go to rot?
What is the role of non-maintenance in the gradual deterioration of these facilities?
Could sustained investment in education with particular emphasis on vocational schools and technical colleges have salvaged the situation?

Those are relevant POLICY questions the tax paying public should be asking our media-hugging governor.

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glory2glory:
I wonder why PEJ does not go on pilgrimage with her husband? She goes with him most trips, but not Jerusalem. Is she not a christian?

Perhaps it is also because she is not an American that she could not travel with her husband to Washington DC

President Jonathan Drops Wife From Washington DC Trip
JUL 30, 2014

More from: http://saharareporters.com/2014/07/30/president-jonathan-drops-wife-washington-dc-trip-travel-73-delegates

Some posters sef, na real wah oh

synergycom19:
Very funny,GEL suddenly realised that he is a Christian now, after Fasting with Muslims thinking that will make the Hausa/Fulani to accept/like him. As that didn't work he started visitng churches, and now this all for CONTINUINTY IN OFFICE

Every now & then you come across a comment that makes you understand why our returnee General called us "senseless and useless" who need to be flogged into discipline.
How can a sane Nigerian type the highlighted about our president
Below was from two years ago, perhaps he was not a Christian then according to the clueless poster quoted above =>

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Pastor Adeboye Prays For President Jonathan 2012 (Holy Ghost Night Redemption Camp)

Published on Dec 15, 2012
http://www.naijagists.com - President Goodluck Jonathan and his aides were spotted at the grand finale of the holy ghost night service that took place in Redemption camp last night. See more of their pictures at http://naijagists.com/president-jonat...

MadCow1:
1. President Jonathan - Nigeria's President who has not done anything about fighting corruption in Nigeria. Infact, under his tenure, a lot of exposed corruption scandals have gone unsolved.

It is good to see that even a mad cow acknowledges that there has been MORE exposure of corruption scandals in the Jonathan/Sambo administration.
Could that be due to GREATER transparency in the FEDERAL government finances What do you think will happen if our states & LGAs were also just as transparent instead of claiming that the FoI bill passed by our National Assembly does not apply to them?

Meanwhile it is on record that this federal administration has delivered on many projects that were previously annually budgeted for but never done while states and LGA allocation are paid as and when due with their Finance Commissioners involved in all decision-making.
What better measure can there be for LESS corruption under this dispensation

Mynd44:
Well, don't talk too much. They will soon come and say the FG made them like that

Nor worry we sabi sey na one of the shagbe l'oju yoyo, cheap & cheerful projects of Fashola for which Eko Ile aka aressa earned his mega millions from Lagos taxpayers as his praise-singer in Chief on this thread =>

https://www.nairaland.com/1342998/fashola-commissions-carter-bridge-lighting

Shebi na Fashola Independent Power Project, IPP be dat, nor be so
IGR increased over 34 times since 1999 to 2013 na street light dem take dey shine our eyes

olapluto:
You've embarrassed yourself greatly on this thread. If you have any shame, you will retract the rubbish you wrote earlier and apologise. Continuing in your folly is like swimming in one's vomit. Its nasty. You probably never lived in Lagos, you should shut up and learn.

Give your lesson and see if I won't learn.
I dey wait oh, my dear teacher-in-Lagos

abokikhalifa:
this dude most be aa CAPITAL fo*l....

How is he and how are you not " aa CAPITAL fo*l"

Yustash001:
This is great....i hope it makes FP...

Not likely on NAIRAland, our click-friendly platform for exchange of ideas.
Your best bet is to share and hope others will too.

herbeytv:
What helps you stay motivated when you’re struggling? What’s something positive you try to keep in mind when everything seems to be going wrong?

Thanks to eleojo for sharing these positive posts as usual.

Music, especially old pieces, helps motivate me in those unavoidable tough times.

Arch1:
You forgot to add
Ikorodu/Ogijo/sagamu road
Epe/Ijebu-Ode road

those roads are also federal government roads within Lagos/Ogun but they'v been neglected by the FG and are in a very bad state.

Almost all the federal roads in Yorubaland nay the entire country are terrible.

And almost all the state & LGA roads are not terrible. You too smart fo sure.
Oya clap for yourself.


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barcanista:
officer correct yourself

Abeg helep me oh, na wetin I need to correct and I go sharp sharp do the needful.

Meanwhile Oga Naptu2, your encyclopaedic knowledge will be very useful on this thread-

- whether Pipeline road, Idimu na for state, LGA or federal
- whether Oshodi/Apapa express road is part of a CONTINUOUS network of federal roads leading to other states and another country.

Cheers.

tbaba1234:
How many public officials did you see with them?

It is not about going on pilgrimage, look at the entourage. It should be a personal trip for self reflection not a publicity stunt.

So your own problem is the number of public officials you SEE with them
Do you know the entourage of each one of them? Please share your lists so we can compare.
Thanks.