₦airaland Forum

rabzy:
Nigeria has been carrying ECOWAS like a new born baby from inception...pls let ECOWAS walk by itself or walk alone. I don't mind any punitive punishment from other countries, they negligible compared to the employment opportunities and growth it would create here.
African govts have been bullshiting OAU and ECOWAS for decades, let ECOWAS even remove us. We should even start naijaxit.

They all put together are not up to 50% of Nigeria in population and GDP purchasing power but these Ghanaians would always want to rub shoulders, not as if Ghanaian goods were banned at our seaports or airports yet they feel they must dictate to Nigeria, no respect.

vaxx2:
You are lamenting seriously, You never argue with reasons but with emotions. trade issues aren't settle on emotional ground , I have try to educate you on that, [b]Nigeria is a good market for Ghana non traditional goods and likewise other africa state. Ghanaian diplomat engaging their Nigeria [/b]counterpart on the border closure is not begging but diplomacy in international trade, i wonder what you guys learn in school. so expect more of it to come. so as the pressure becomes heavy in Nigeria. Nigeria will do the right thing in the interest of the Nigeria legal traders and ecowas as a whole. but let me be frank here, there will be a diffrent news in the next two weeks. bet me. Both nigeria and other ecowas member state including Cameroon are not left out on the burden cause by this non challant direction.

industrialization contribute nothing less than 24 percent of Ghana GDP and Ghana is expecting it to double within a few years. Nigeria will not excape the market ....

So you agree that that your ministers and president are beggars.

The burden is on you guys alone so stop putting Nigeria in a class of leeching countries leeching on Nigeria at every opportunity, keep your 24% industrial crap because we are not interested, those industries are the ones crying most and begging on your government to appeal and beg their Nigerian counterpart, we no send you and the rest of ECOWAS till you all change your evil ways.

@bopded, We no longer want you to consider the Nigerian market anymore, take your crappy goods elsewhere.

maasoap:
Well, it seems like majority of Nigerians and Nairalanders quite agree with this evil govt recent decision going by the comments here, Facebook and other social media except saboteurs like you

He could be a smuggler or close to someone into smuggling

Ttalk:
Stop repeating lies. Which Nigeria government want to create a pathway for Ghana products to be entering Nigeria. Am sure that was your dream when you slept last night, but let the reality hit you. CBN governor just emphasised this week that that our border will remain closed until all neibouring countries comply with import rules without smuggling, Ghana inclusive

Don't mind him, he's said this lie about that pathway and I challenged him to give the names of the Ghanaians and Nigerians that signed it and he vamoosed from the thread.

Just30:
did you just say begging

you are funny oo

We are telling you that if you dont stop the wanton disregard for the core treaty of ECOWAS, we may have to prevent you from our market and others beyond us.

Quickly, your government want to create a path for Ghanaian products because they know what they stand to loose if they pick a fight with Ghana



Ghana is a major arms manufacturer in the region. It is your problem to make sure, arms does not get into the wrong hands and not our problem.
so you dont get to blame us for your arms problems.

solve your security issues.

Why not wait till you see the path or corridor that the Nigerian government will create before jubilating? Waiting for a corridor for Ghanaian goods for 3 months and daily counting after your ministers have made Abuja their home already and begging all over the place, your president is not even excluded from the begging.

@bolded, that's exactly what you've been telling us and that is what we want, act fast like a man and stop disturbing our peace on nairaland about you preventing our goods into your 30 million market

Just30:
what you meant was, Nigeria depend on Ghana like no other

Tell that to your ministers in Abuja begging and to your president and see what happens

Just30:
Ghana is not suffering

its your citizens that are suffering

...then why are your ministers begging for reopening, are they beggars, what are they doing in Abuja disturbing our government officials, is Abuja now your nation's capital?
Your president has joined the begging party too and you are here forming Superman

Quorax:
lol. At the height of IPOB agitation, we saw various zones holding meetings in the hope of any eventuality. One notable one was middle belt.

Dream on.

Lol, we dey watch so continue in your fantasies and dreamland.

Iamgrey5:
When a particular lady claimed he saw Kanu buying Pizza in Ghana sometimes last year. Some idiot claim the lady was a Nigerian agent

I guess Namdi Kanu himself just confirmed that he was actually in Ghana with this carefully thought out tales by the moonlight story.

Exactly, I remembered when that story came out and IPOB and her gullible followers insulted and cursed her for weeks, that lady was right afterall and IPOB followers are very gullible

gidgiddy:
Dont worry, when Biafra is declared you will find out it is no longer Nigerias territorial waters


Oh the Nigerian Army were not holding Kanu and his family? Its refreshing to know that the Nigerian Army went to kill the Kanu family in their house but they did not succeed take them. Who would have known that the Nigerian Army are just assassins but not kidnappers.

Let's wait for ownership of Nigerian territorial water till then.

I've asked you for just one proof of one soldier in his compound that day and you can't. Just one question for you this time and don't run away as you use to, why was IPOB, her agents and sympathizers lying to their gullible followers that Kanu and his parents were held by the soldiers and some of them had to risk their lives to go protest for his release? Why was IPOB lying to her followers and was it fair? If a relative or friend of yours had been killed, maimed, imprisoned or their whereabouts unknown, how would you be feeling now?

gidgiddy:
This River Niger you are talking about, do you think it originates? Are you aware that it flows through several countries before getting to Nigeria? What if all those countries decide to dam their part of the River Niger?

The answer is that no matter how high of a dam anyone builds, the mighty River Niger will still flow. No man has power to stop the River from flowing

You've been educated by many people on this Biafra thing and you still feel everything will flow with your fantasies, go and rest bro.

Malawian:
Even if you "block" the waterways, (which is impossible anyways), will you also prevent planes from landing and taking off in Biafra? You receive goods all the time from DHL, how do they do it? So your Nigeria wont be bothered about how to make their Nigeria work? they will be more invested in how to make sure Biafra don't work. See una life?

Here we go again, so you don't know that you don't trespass the airspace of any country without any permission, Nigerian education is indeed something else. I guess Biafra would be importing and exporting by air too.

wirinet:
Senseless will not kill you. What happens if Nigeria dams the river in lokoja or even Benue? Where will the south east (and the Niger Delta incidentally) get enough water flow for navigation to the Atlantic? Or they think the UN can stop Nigeria from damming it's rivers. To stop other nations along the River Niger from damming the river, Nigeria had to promise to give these countries electricity.

What IPOB and it's followers have failed to realize is that Biafra cannot survive if they have a hostile relationship with Nigeria.

Exactly what we've been telling them, fact is that most of them don't even know about all these maybe the 0.001% that know would rather conceal the truth from others

Quorax:
Let me tell you again. Stop dreaming. The moment igbos break out, others will too. So this your definition or existence of"Nigeria" post Biafra realization is a mirage

South South will go, middle belt, as they had previously warned will go. Maybe South West and North West and North East will marry themselves then.

....as in they told you so but they are waiting for the Igbos to go first? Fantasies upon fantasies

Limitless72:
Show me where I said Imo and abia states leads in Nigeria palm oil production?

From your reply it shows you aren't intelligent at all...

So shouldn't quote me again. Channel your energy on something else..... leave Biafra and Nigeria alone

PS: I don't support the Biafra idea.. But when you make it look like the igbos would suffer if Nigeria disintegrates, that when my expression comes in...

You are the one to leave Nigeria and Biafra alone because it's obvious you really don't know the intricacies.

Limitless72:
Do you know Imo and Abia state are amongst the top 10 largest producers of palm oil in Nigeria. As of 1967 before the crude oil boom era palm oil and palm kernel were our major export.. We were number one in the world then...

I don't need to tell you how much money and fortune could be made from this alone.

Imo state, Abia, Anambra has crude oil, Limestone, Gold too....among many others

We have a market for this commodities to thrive...


Anambra state has the highest number of indigenous industries in Nigeria.... Have you also heard of innoson motors.....


Talking about landmass, Lagos state has the least landmass in Nigeria but her IGR is bigger than the whole of the north combine... What of Switzerland, Denmark South Africa, et al. These counties don't have lanmass like the north but can feed the north...


I haven't even talk about Human resources.... We have more literate in the south east than the whole north combined....


Truth be told the NORTH are parasite and holding Nigeria back from moving forward...



I could go on and on

Northerners are parasites as you said but when they gave Igbos only a quit notice to leave the north, who went begging them to rescind and were shouting genocide everywhere, the Igbos.

For you to trade with the world, don't you think you need an access to them or maybe you think an exporter in Aba would just blink his eyes and gbam, he finds himself and his goods in Dubai, India etc to go distribute to his customers.
An Onitsha importer would be in China, after purchasing his stuff, he blinks his eyes and he's in main market

Quorax:
If igbos leave others will seek theirs too. That is why they do not want igbos to go. Its not that they are afraid of igbos breaking up.. It's just the ripple effect it will have on other regions who will consider leaving..

So this your theory holds no water.

How are you sure others would leave if the Igbos leave, did they tell you that or maybe you've conducted a referendum for them to know who's going and who's staying behind

gidgiddy:
You dont even know the picture you posted. You put a picture of the River Niger without putting the water ways of Oguta or Obuaku.

Having a coastline does not make a country. There are over 40 landlocked countries on earth, they would not exist if it was all about having a shoreline.

Barge technology has gone far to the extent that River ports are fast replacing the more expensive sea ports.

Shoreline should never be the reason why people who want their independence should quit. All the shoreline Nigeria had has only led to it being the porverty capital of the world while a small landlocked country of just 8 million people like Switzerland is the 13 richest country and makes more in invisible exports like banking and financial services than Nigeria makes in oil sales.

Those who are still thinking about shoreline and big population are still thinking small and Igbos dont think small

Mr man, if and if your boat or ship gets to sea, are you still in Biafran or Nigerian waters, can Cameroon or the US or even Russia, can their ships get into Nigerian waters off the Nigerian coast without any prior information to Nigeria?

Coldie:
If u are Igbo I would like us to be friends in real life. Igbo's like us are few to come across, we need to form a front and drive away the secession mentality from our people permanently.

I believe with the right devices we will defeat Nnamdi KANU, ipob and any future organization or devices

I'm Igbo bro and from Awka but living in Onitsha, our people have been so taken by the lies and propaganda of Kanu and IPOB,
We remembered when he and IPOB sold them the lie that IPOB has weapons to fight Nigeria and they believed, imagine some believing in an imaginary Biafran pound with nothing to back its value etc.

Coldie:
If u are Igbo, u are too intelligent to be this petty.

I advise u to stop this Biafra movement its born out of ignorance, if all u posted here is what u are banking on on sea access you will be highly disappointed. Like u said technology has really gone far, instead of wasting your time why don't u use Google maps to confirm your claims.

Its easier for a train or even a road to travel from oguta lake to Onitsha port than a boat talk more of a barge. oguta lake is very narrow and instead of flowing from Onitsha it dies a c turn through Igbo hinterlands far away from Onitsha. Some very narrow.

Everything Area4area is saying is the undiluted truth not fantasy.

Most of u arguing here are arguing fantasy not facts

Just leave them to continue deluding themselves in their phantom fantasies, they think Biafra would become Dubai, Singapore, Japan etc all in one and in a month of independence.

Ttalk:
*Benin Republic has a population of 12 million people. But it is the worlds 5th importer of rice. In 2018, it imported rice worth US$996m.*

*Benin is also world's largest importer of _used_ _cars_ and __second_ - _hand_ _clothing_ . All with a population of 12m people.*
*DO YOU WONDER HOW?.........*
*Don't!*

*98.2% of these imports into Benin are only on transit; their final destination is _NIGERIA_ !*
*Nigeria is world's largest consumer of used cars and second hand clothing, and is also Africa's largest consumer of Asian grown rice.*

*The problem here is that all these imported goods attract appropriate import duty and trade tax, which are paid to the Beninoise Government while the goods are thence SMUGGLED into Nigeria WITHOUT ANY PAYMENT to the Nigerian Government and, thereby, adding zero value to the Nigerian economy!*
*Sadly, THIS IS ALL DONE BY NIGERIANS!*

*Granted, ECOWAS/CEDEAO charter allows for free trade between member states, but _on_ _goods_ _produced_ _in_ _member_ _countries_ , and NOT on imports from other economic blocs.*

*Where foreign goods are transiting through a member country, and ending up in another member country, the ECOWAS charter stipulates that the country of transit MAY collect a token trade tax, and its Customs officials should then escort the goods to the border of the importing country and hand it over to the Customs officials of the importing country!*
*But what we see in the case of Benin Republic is that it collects _CUSTOMS_ _DUTY_ plus _TRADE_ _TAX_ , and then allows the goods to pass through its hinterland for onward smuggle into Nigeria!*

*This is a clear violation of ECOWAS statutes and no nation can condone such costly infraction.*

*Nigeria has tolerated this nonsense from Benin for far too long and it is time to stop the malpractice if we want Nigeria's economy to grow.*
*(Therefore, whoever cries foul because we have closed our borders to smugglers while we're putting our act together, IS AN ENEMY OF NIGERIA!)*

*Nigeria makes up about 74% of ECOWAS population and about 71% of its economy. It is ECOWAS that needs Nigeria and not the other way round!*

ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEMBER COUNTRIES MUST BE BASED ON EXTANT REGULATIONS!

Word.

Kokoebapluse:
buhari is a player abeg, silent but dangerous, I know this Nigeria closure will affect all African and non Africa country. I love this so they will learn how to respect Nigerians home and abroad.

Bros,
Rice prices are falling in Asia as we speak because no buyers and importers from Benin,

Those Asian countries are begging Nigeria so that they can export their rice to Nigeria at discounted(reduced) prices,
20% of Benin's economy is vanishing because that percentage is centred on smuggling into Nigeria, The effect of the border closure has reached as far as Liberia already,

So bros stop knowing, it has happened and still happening and that's why they've all been begging and crying especially those Ghanaians.

Ghanaians can beg for Africa, na wetin sef.

gidgiddy:
Interesting. Many people dont know that Azumini blue River in Abia state is closer to the ocean than Portharcourt

I'm just glad that the federal government and its assassination team of Soldiers never succeeded in killing him

It still doesn't guarantee your Biafra any right in the Bight of Benin, that area is still Nigeria's territorial water.

IPOB and her agents and I remembered you and others on nairaland who were telling us that the Nigerian soldiers were holding Kanu and his parents, so actually he ran away and wasn't held at all and some gullible IPOB supporters went protesting for his release from the army, some were killed, maimed, imprisoned and some whereabouts are unknown till today.

IPOB and lies plus propaganda has no equal anywhere on this planet.

chrisagyei:
now let me tell you why Ghana is heaven to your Nigerian brothers and sisters that millions of them are here that they don't even want to leave

1.There's 24/7 electricity every day, every week,every month.No black outs

2.There's no borehole in Accra and other cities.The taps always flows thanks to the Ghana Water Company who pumps water from our various high standards water treatment centers and plants straight into our homes,schools,hospitals, offices, etc with powerful electricity.

3.We produce our own electricity with Akosombo dam that gives us 1,000 megawatts of electricity, bui dam that gives 500 megawatts, karpower ships and badges that runs on diesel and petrol,Atuabo gas factory that produces gas to our plants.What we were doing was that we were first buying gas from Nigeria buh you guys were highly unreliable so we now produce our own electricity of about 4,000 megawatts for just 30 million people whilst Nigeria produces 2,500 megawatts and maximum of 5,000 megawatts for 200 million people. That's why you never get constant electricity buh Ghanaians get it.Ghana sells electricity to Togo,Benin,Burkina Faso and Cote D'Ivoire.

4.We are the safest and mist peaceful country in West Africa. We are also the most democratic and most stable nation.That's why in 2018,Ghana received more foreign direct investments in West Africa than even Nigeria. All the big companies wants to establish in Ghana including Toyota and VW.

6.Everybody and every country loves Ghana buh nobody loves Nigeria. Everybody country believe that all Nigerians are criminals and you can't blame us for that

Then stop begging us poor, wretched people to open our borders to you rich and very comfortable people.

Those companies would have a rethink about it because their target market is Nigeria.
Don't think they are coming to establish in your $200 billion economy and almost 30 million population because it's so small compared to a $1.2 trillion economy and over 200 million population by the corner.
Those companies would have a rethink because of this closure so stop the boasting for now.
You might boast it's for the rest of West African markets but you all combined are not 50% of Nigeria in population size and GDP purchasing power.

chrisagyei:
how many Ghanaians do you see here.Just 4 of us.In Ghana, nobody even knows where Nigeria is on the map much more your capital city. 97% of Ghanaians have not even heard of your resident's name before or any Nigerian border being closed.So better fear the four or so Ghanaians over here who can take on all the Nigerians here.Imagine if at least 15 Ghanaians were on this site.you won't have talked about Ghana again. Unfortunately 99.5% of Ghanaians have not heard of nairaland before.Even for us we mistakenly found this bogus site who talks about Ghana everyday buh Ghanaians don't even care.

Ghanaians don't know about Nigeria but your ministers have been flying into Abuja as if it is now Accra, beg beg Ghanaians.

vaxx2:
poor journalism. how. is this begging?

Your minister made a plea or he begged are synonymous and you know that, just tell your ministers to stop the incessant crying and begging and disturbing our government officials.

chrisagyei:
Nigerians are the most f**lish and the most gullible people I've ever seen.No wonder your criminal politicians and leaders have taken your whole 200 million poverty capital of the world citizens for a ride and can't provide basic electricity and better education for your irredeemable over populated c*ws,sorry people.

Tell me where the deputy minister use the word "please" or" we beg you"in this whole Nigerian biased article. Are you that desperate that you want someone to beg you.Hahaha.Have your wicked politicians ever begged you for f**kin you all up and making your lives and country a sh*thole for tge past 60 years of independence and you want Ghana to beg you.Haha.

Don't you read that Ghana has secured an agreement for the borders to be opened for only them despite your people being currently chased in Ghana and all their shops locked. Funny chaps

Who signed it and where did Ghana secure an agreement for the borders to be opened for them?
Do you think we take Ghana and Ghanaians special, borders remain shut, use our airports and seaports if you are so pressed for some money and please tell your GUTA or GUTTER to continue closing down shops of Nigerians.

So you didn't see where your begging minister made a plea in the write up? Your ministers will continue begging for the next 60 years.

justtoodark:
kiiki....

they think they talk nigerians back to sleep....

I tire for those people

When we shut our borders, they were saying they would retaliate and we've been waiting, no show.

They said Nigerian businesses in Ghana would be targeted, GUTA or GUTTER tried to shut some shops but their police went opening them again with their ministers warning them of the consequences and they stopped.

All they do is disturbing our officials, Abuja is now their new Accra, let them apply to become part of Nigeria and we'll divide their country into 4 or 5 States so they can rest and stop the disturbance

Just30:
i dont know what universe youre living on but youre highly delusional

it will only make nigerians more dumb

Your deputy trade minister and his entourage have been in Abuja begging, this other deputy minister is in Abuja begging too, can't Ghanaians stop the begging and allow our officials to concentrate on their jobs? Seems it's high time we even ban direct flights from GHANA to Nigeria t stop this incessant disturbance, can't we shut our borders in peace again?

Come to think of it, since the closure of the borders, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, and crime has greatly reduced all over the country.
With the incessant crying by Ghanaians, is anyone thinking what I'm thinking as per the supplies of arms to these people? Just thinking aloud though.

chrisagyei:
that's how i answer and feed my trolls.I feed them with their own medicine.I easily switch back to my original pan African self.

Who are you deceiving, you that typed "GHANA FIRST" in your earlier post, why not Africa First?
You guys really missed our huge Nigerian market, obviously you were directly affected

chrisagyei:
Exactly, I always research on world largest purchasing power nations.Forget population because higher population does not automatically translate to higher purchasing power. Example is USA has a population of about 300 million people buh a purchasing power of 20 trillion dollars compared to India of 1.3 billion people with a purchasing power of 4 trillion dollars. Meaning, trade within Americans is multiple times more profitable than trade between USA and India. Surplus American products reaches India.

Anytime countries with largest GDP purchasing powers are ranked,USA is first,EU is second and China is third. EU corporately act as one country then later France,Germany, Italy,UK and others represents individually in the top 20.So they keep their soveirenty and laws buh in terms of trade,they're one nation and virtually trade among themselves without restrictions.

In Africa, if Egypt with a GDP PPP of 1.3 trillion dollars, Nigeria with 1.2 trillion dollars,SA with 1 trillion dollars,Algeria with over 500 billion dollars, Morroco has over 350 billion dollars, Ghana with over 200 billion dollars, the rest altogether in Africa with about 3 trillion dollars making a total of over 6 trillion dollars for Africa with a total population of 1.2 billion people. Meaning we beat India,any single European country and other countries apart from the US and China and we can trade among ourselves by both sourcing of raw materials which we have abundantly and selling off finished products which we have the purchasing power to buy our own products and with cheap labour and easy access to raw materials,in the next 20 years,Africa will be the home of trade and extreme development and even with a single currency and free movement of people and services, the world will envy us.

That's how the African Free Trade Agreement has been established. Instead of us seeing ourselves as competitors, we should see ourselves as business associates whilst we keep our individual sovereignty, culture, pride, budget, government type and laws.That's the Nkrumah's dream.

Ghana can go with the rest of Africa with their African free trade agreement, we are not a dumping site, I learnt Nigeria finally signed it but believe me, Nigeria would never act on it.
Free trade and we shut our borders and countries like Vietnam in Asia are begging us, our agricultural output is increasing.

You want the silly free trade so that we will retrogress in what we've achieved already, never. Take your trashy goods to other markets and leave Nigeria alone