₦airaland Forum

God bless you richly for these words of wisdom. I wish more Nigerians in general would reason like you.

nwaanambra1:
SEE THIS SHAMELESS FULL STILL DEFENDING JONATHAN INSTEAD OF HIDING HIS STVPID BRAINLESS HEAD IN SHAME!

FROM YOUR HANDLE I KNOW YOU ARE DEFINITELY IGBO - SO TELL ME, NDI IGBO FOUGHT FOR JONATHAN, DIE FOR JONATHAN AND LOST PROPERTIES FOR JONATHAN. PLS WHAT HAS JONATHAN DONE FOR YOU AS ONYE IGBO?

WHEN HE WANTS TO SHARE THE MONEY - HE WENT TO YORUBALAND AND UGWU AWUSA AND SHARE ALL OF THEM DOLLARS [EVEN THOUGH HE KNOWS VERY WELL THEY DON'T WANT HIM - SOME EVEN WASH OFF HIS FOOTSTEPS FROM THEIR ROADS ] - HOW MUCH DID HE SHARE TO INDIGBO?

WHEN HE WANTS TO SHARE THE NATIONAL CAKE THRU OIL PIPELINE PROTECTION CONTRACT - HE GAVE HIS MILITANT BROTHERS JUICY CONTRACTS, THEN JUMP YOU THAT IS AN IGBO SON AND GAVE THE YORUBA OPC THAT IS SO FAR AWAY N9BILLION! HOW MUCH OF THE SECURITY CONTRACT DID HE GAVE TO MASSOB? ABI MASSOB NO FIT GUIDE OIL PIPELINE?

NOW YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A GUY WHO IS SMART ENOUGH TO SECURE 15 THOUSAND JOBS FOR HIS PEOPLE BY SCAMMING JONATHAN INTO BELIEVING THAT HE WILL GIVE HIM THE YORUBA VOTES BUT YOU FAIL TO MENTION HOW MANY JOBS MASSOB SECURE FOR THE TEEMING JOBLESS IGBO YOUTHS!

LOOK AT THE YORUBAS - EVEN THOUGH THEY ALL AGREED TO VOTE IN BUHARI, THEY STILL SELECT SOME OF THEIR SONS TO JOIN THE OTHER TEAM OF GEJ [FFK, FAYOSE, GANI ADAMS ET AL] SO THAT NO MATER -NO MATTER, THEY WONT BE AN ALL ROUND LOOSER! OR YOU THINK THOSE GUYS ARE JUST THERE OUT OF THEIR OWN WISH? NO! THEY ARE THERE DOING THE JOB ASSIGNED TO THEM BY THE YORUBA RULING CLASS AND ELDERS!

BUT WHAT ABOUT NDI IGBO? WE CHOOSE TO BE F00LS! WE CHOSE TO PUT ALL OUR CHIPS ON A MAN WHO HAS SHOWN US BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT EVEN IF HE HAS THE FOUR ACES AND WIN THE GAME, WE NDI IGBO WILL STILL BE LOOSERS CAUSE HE SEE US AS HIS OLD WIFE THAT HE CAN COME IN AND FUK ANYHOW AND GO WITHOUT DROPPING AN UPKEEP!

MY PEOPLE USE TO BE A VERY SMART SET OF PEOPLE BUT HONESTLY I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS CROP OF IGBOS COME FROM!

VERY VERY SHAMEFUL!

UMU IGBO IFELE ONEE MEKWA UNU!

GMB.

sorepco:
very little in the scheme of things? tell that to indomie when they send 35 40feet containers to central African sub region a month...it gives them latitude to expand and developpe new products. why dont you appreciate the small things, and bigger things will happen in the future. understand that increased level and expansion for indomie meas more employment for naija persons.

I think you must have missed the entire point of this thread. The scheme of things I was talking about is in reference to the valuation of the naira. Of course it's a great thing for Nigeria's economy if indomie manufacturers its products here and exports to other African countries. My point is that the level of trade we are talking about has no significant impact on the demand for the naira as opposed to the dollar on the international foreign exchange markets.
The balance of trade of the Nigerian economy has to shift in a massive and truly global way to justify a purposeful devaluation of our currency. What we are experiencing at the moment is the result of economic chaos and lack of planning. Nothing good can ever come out of it.

shachris:
my brother, you wont understand. i was looking forward to this debate. i even bought fuel and kept my charged inverter battery in case NEPA strikes. I really wanted to see buhari on this debate, but he has failed me and i believe countless nigerians too.

You have not been paying attention then. Buhari already made it clear that he won't participate in this debate several months ago.

shachris:
I am a die hard APC supporter but what i do not understand is why buhari is dodging debates?

I want to categorically say it here that if buhari does not participate in any debate before the elections, i will not vote for him.

The people organizing and moderating this debate are the very same people who produced and broadcast misleading hit pieces against him in the name of documentaries. They are experts at manufacturing propaganda and they work for GEJ.

sorepco:
what is this you are saying? 95% of instant noodles eaten in cameroon from naija, 100% in chad, 100% in equatorial guine, 100 in central africa republic, 5% in south africa and 02% in pekham, in london.
70% of fuel used in northern cameroun is for nigeria.
bobo and dudu drinks have 80% market share of such driks in cameroon.
multa guiness nigeria with nafdac number has 99% market share of canned malta guiness in cameroon.
made in nigeria beauty products have a 45% market share in cameroon.

many more i can talk about, but dont have the time

You must be joking if you think all those things you mentioned amount to any meaningful exports. All Nigerian trading within West Africa is to satellite economies. It's still more or less part of the Nigerian economy. Meaningful exports will amount to billions of dollars, real foreign exchange earners. All those African countries probably pay in naira or even in their own local currency which amounts to very little in the scheme of things.

They are stepping up their attacks against GMB now that the election is one week away. Only a losing party will descend to this abysmal level of mudslinging and character assassination. They think Nigerians do not see through their lies and propaganda but we do.
Buhari does not have to reply to any of FFK's false accusations. We the people will reply them ourselves through our votes next Saturday. It is time to safeguard our future from incompetence and to prove to selfish politicians that power truly belongs to the people.

PDP propagandists have twisted the words of our incoming first lady to suit their own diabolical purposes, but that won't stop Nigerians from turning out in massive numbers to vote out their principal next weekend.

Impossible! Even as a die hard Buhari supporter, I know Jonathan can never do such.

shegsky:
Lol. So Morocco s currency sef no get weight at all. And that PM was shouting as if Them use

Ignorance is not good o.

cecegorz:
It's so shameful to see our armed forces carrying shopping bags, umbrellas, etc for 'madams'!

Army headquarters should warn the rank and file to stop degrading the profession with these useless acts.

You think a second lieutenant can be acting as an escort for a civilian's wife without authorization from army headquarters? The Nigerian Army is no longer a professional organization.

cyprianlah:
See them! See them!!

Bad belle! Tell me y u go progress

I'm progressing very well thanks for your concern. But that thing in the pictures is not progress. Nigerians are already building world standard cars in our country. We don't need to be celebrating mediocrity any longer.

How exactly is this a car na? I'm not even sure it qualifies to be called a pushcart.

KevinBrown:
You are right about our low level of production. But one thing you are failing to realize is that the low level of production is not due to lack of capacity or technical know how. It's just plain economics. It's because it's cheaper (on the short run) to import such goods than produce it locally. But what happens when those imported goods become very, very expensive due to a weak currency?
Then we will have to start looking for local substitutes. And you will start seeing industries sprouting up, which will in turn create more jobs.
See pictures of Nigerian made vehicles... They need local patronage to survive

Don't be silly. The entire Nigerian economy is import dependent. At the current rate, local production will never rise to meet demand not even in 100 years. Those vehicles you showed in the picture still rely on foreign partners for their production, the raw materials are internationally sourced. Countries that artificially devalue their currency do so because they have a massive manufacturing base and access to a huge international market.
China needs a weak currency to make it easier for America and other countries to buy their products. The only way a devalued naira can be good for Nigeria is if we have very strong exports which we don't. No country is patronizing made in Nigeria goods at any level that can sustain this current devaluation. Even our oil no longer has a stable international market and sustainable demand. If this trend continues, especially with the treasury being emptied and our foreign reserves being depleted, the result will be massive inflation and economic hardship. Just wait and see.

FriedPlantain:
Naira falling to 263 to a dollar isn't actually as bad as we all make it seem. It could serve as a major catalyst in driving morr foreign direct investment into the country as well as also increasing the country's revenue since we are gonna be paid in dollars for exporting oil.


FriedPlantain

I hope this your statement was just made in jest, otherwise you are a stark economic illiterate.

oneda:
New york times? Americans? These people should just leave Nigeria alone

Yes they should leave Nigeria alone so that our leaders can continue to finish off the country. If a full blown civil war ever happens again in Nigeria you will be among those people begging for America to intervene.

Whynotthetruth:
It has been mentioned here but because you don't understand or read with prejudice; you didn't get it...read again bro from the initial post with open mind this time...

In other words, nothing. Okay I get you now.

Whynotthetruth:
4:42pm On Mar 13
babadee1:
Which strong institution exactly is GEJ building? Please name them let us all know


Institutions here aren't agencies...let's read and comprehend before rushing out to criticise....

So are you going to mention the strong institutions that GEJ has been building or not?

OP, where is your source for this story? Until you include a link to a credible news source this story is presumed to be fake.

obiz2014:
While Jonathan is making serious effort to alleviate the sufferings of the Nigeria populace APC members are busy sabotaging the effort to create the wrong impression that Jonathan government has failed.

Jonathan's government has failed. Even the blind, deaf and dumb know this and can testify that Jonathan has failed miserably.

Fulani cattle rearers too are collecting their own dollars from GEJ. I hope something will still be left in the treasury when Buhari takes over in May sha.

Sai Buhari!!! The next president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Agwoden:
With all your grammar, what have you achieved with it? Have you ever contested to be an ordinary local govt councillor and won? You are typing nons3nse about a woman that has achieved almost everything in life.

She has achieved nothing in her life except to marry. Her husband was personally selected by Obasanjo and imposed on Nigerians, that is not an achievement in any sense of the word. Nigerians were terribly cheated of good leadership by Obasanjo when he forced Yar'Adua and Jonathan on all of us.

echomog1:
i'm a southerner but was born n bred in kano state ...d truth be told kano has never experienced a peaceful demonstration not to talk of a million man match knowing fully well it's a state of 50 50 pdp n apc suppoorters. .thank God it didn't hold.

You are either ignorant or a complete liar to say that Kano state is 50 50 between APC and PDP. The PDP has no support or following in Kano. Go there and campaign for Jonathan and you'll find out the truth fast.

naijainfogalery:
Im not a fan of this woman but she is the most supportive wife of any politician i know, rumour had it she is actually naija's president

And are you happy that she may actually be Nigeria's president?

234GT:
In my family of six, I am the only GEJ supporter. The remaining five support Buhari, but the good news is that I am the only one going to vote.
All the others can't vote because of different reasons. If you listened to Buhari's speech in PHC on Thursday, you will never vote for him except you are brain dead like him.
His blunders were unforgiveable.

Which blunders can be worse than "stealing is not corruption" and "how much did Nwobodo stole? money not up to the price of a Peugeot." Only somebody who doesn't give a damn about the future of Nigeria can vote for Goodluck Jonathan in this elections.

omenka:
Jonathan is a man feared by many and not respected by any, that is why we see all these things happen.

He's very weak in character and lacklustre in conduct and bears not a shred of the elements that make up a leader.

But regardless, his faults as a leader are our failures as followers.

We have no choice but to get it right this time.
God help us.

You have said it all bro. Those that have eyes and ears, let them see and let them hear. May God help Nigeria to get it right this time.

kingthreat:
Lets face it Nigeria will never get better.

I reject that for my country.Nigeria will get better in Jesus name. But Nigerians have to become better people first. We must do away with tribalism, corruption and useless sentiments.

kodded:
one of them went to unical @THE GIRL THAT GOT MARRIED EARLY LAST YEAR

She's not his real daughter. His biological children are all currently living abroad.

nortcentrallord:
Blind eye look @ me and see the truth.

You don't have to politicize everything. Soldiers died in saving your ass from BH and what you can say is that 'thing' above. Is Nigeria the only country fighting insurgency? Why making it look like this administration shares death to Nigerians.
Just an RIP is difficult for you to say but you can take time to get partisan where it is utterly uncalled for.

RIP to the dead gallant heroes. But everyone knows that Jonathan has already politicized the Boko Haram situation, otherwise why was there no coordinated effort to confront the insurgents until a few weeks to the elections?

rusher14:
I don't give a damn.

Ordinary lying people are calling back their diplomats.

It's simply because we have refused to accept same-sex marriage.

But Morocco is also against same-sex marriage.

xrisdon:
It means that you don't know what fighting corruption is all about, its not by making noise its by building strong institution that prevents corruption, just as Gej is doing

Which strong institution exactly is GEJ building? Please name them let us all know.