₦airaland Forum

Danabu:
Price control in a free mark et economy?

Even in the most capitalistic and free market country in the world USA, their government set price control on food and sometimes on rent. You can't have the prices of food skyrocket anyhow, you'll throw that society into anarchy.

I think 615,000 is a tad much. It should be somewhere around 80k but most importantly, what the NLC should be fighting for is price control so that even 80k will have so much value.
And that's why I think investors love Nigeria, because we open our market to all sorts of foreigners and they set outrageous prices for goods because we don't have price control. Even our very own Dangote that we gave license to use our natural resources, we can't afford the things he created with our resources!

Kewtt:
45k

Check market. Even 78k is a steal

AnyanwuSilas:
I don't know if you get my point,

2 can't work together unless they agree.
We can't work with people who always oppose/disrespect our values because of difference in civilization.

We must work with people we share common values with(agree with)

There's nothing like PAN Africa & it's same everywhere(other continents)

You know our history, one of the major caused of the Biafran war was the statements made by Ahmadu Bellow where he said he will give Europeans contract instead of his fellow countrymen or other African nationalities.

The military considered it not PAN African and carried out a coup with they then tagged Igbo coup.

Others have taken sides and you want us to just be under them? We need "freedom" as this Age is coming to an end.

Our enemies are not far from us. Dont take sides and tell me to be neutral.

It's Freedom or Death!

First of all, I'm not taking sides and I think you're letting your rage drag you into falling for the psy-ops and propaganda just like some northerners did. They too were told things untrue by their elites and media. I'd advice you to use that rage to organise with us in MOP and even spread the word. We have members from all ethnicity.

You gave an example of Ahmadu Bello who sold us out for European interest. I already told you before, it's a class war not tribal; the political/business elites VS the citizens. There are millions of poor northerners who had no business in giving Europeans contracts and don't want you to be under them. Most of them are just hungry. You're acting like you don't meet thousands of northerners everyday taking you on their bikes and kneeling to polish your shoes.

Let me tell you a little history. Our current set of elites are bloodlines having big hands in helping the Europeans overthrow the original African kings and catching free Africans as slaves. These backstabbers have put themselves in positions of power and they'll always choose Europeans over Africans. They have no pride, no dignity and are puppets for Europeans.

Use Sudan as a case study. Now North Sudan and South Sudan because of their differences, are they better off? Their elites are still playing with their heads like ping pong. They'll only pitch us the citizens against each other to be fighting the wrong battles. What has any leader in all the geopolitical zone done for any state to truly improve life?

The method I'm offering where the people with different languages and ethnicity topple the political class through socialism has significantly improved lives in many Latin American countries.

It should be freedom or death from your political elites.

Sold

AnyanwuSilas:
We don't share common values in Africa. eg. Northern Core Nigeria Nigeria and Southern Nigeria didn't share same civilization, you know what I mean.

We need independence first and respect each other.

Just as we're calling for multipolar world(regionalis), same thing should be in Nigeria. Nigeria is not One and can never be one.

Conflict will always happen. Even in your home conflict happen but you still hold the same surname. Even before amalgamation Yoruba people have been fighting within themselves. It's part of nation building but whenever faced with external conflict, Yorubas were always under one umbrella.

You don't even have to like your Igbo or Yoruba brothers. Just use them for defence and economics. Eventually you'll see that they were never really your problem but your political and business elites both Igbo Northern and Yoruba who choose to betray and impoverish Africans/Nigerians. It's a class war not a tribal war.

And as for Africa, being PanAfrican is not by skin colour or even being on the continent, we have people like Obi, Atiku, Tinubu who are born here, black skin like us put betray us. It's your mentality. Are you willing to put Africa first before anything? If you're not, you can't be a part of us.

Remember to join MOP on Instagram

OAFMods:
Na you Ipob obidient go tell me that.

Lol what? Sha follow MOP CENTRE ON IG let's liberate Nigeria and in extension Africa. Enough of your petty Tinubu Obi psy-ops. You're bigger than that.

AnyanwuSilas:
Africa is not One!
We don't share common value/interest so stop deceiving yourself/yourselves. Our primary problem on this Earth are our fellow Africans.

I'll read your post later.

Your primary problem on earth should be "some Africans". Am I your primary problem? What have I done to you or Nigeria? Is your brother or sis your primary problem? Is it news that there traitors amongst us who wake up every morning and choose to backstab and impoverish African people?

We must begin to point out who and who our enemies are and politically organise towards dismantling all their structures so Africa/Nigeria can finally be in the hands of it's true leaders just like before slavery in 14th century.

And I'm guessing you don't know your history. Africa has always been one from time. All the different African countries you see today is migration of our brothers and sisters from Upper Egypt and Sudan.

It's even foolish to look at the economical benefit of pan Africanism and refuse it. Europeans speak different languages and hate each other and have fought so many wars amongst themselves YET maintain one currency.

Again, join MOP CENTRE on IG or X so you can elevate your consciousness and eventually join the liberation army.

Dpharisee:
Good one, many people don't know that Nigeria civil war was started by BBC broadcast in Hausa service from Kaduna telling northerners that Igbos were slaughtering northerners in Enugu, anger flayed up and the pogrom against Igbos started leading to the killings of hundreds of thousands of Igbos residing in the North.

At the end it turned out to be fake news, there was no massacre of northerners in Enugu, the northerners killed were political leaders (Sardauna, Balewa and some military officers in theNorth and not in Enugu) by coup plotters led by Major Nzeogwu who didn't consult Igbos or Yorubas or their various tribes before carrying out the coup that was erroneously tagged "Igbo Coup" by the British Ambassador and spread wide by BBC.
The country is yet to come out of those well packaged hatred which has been passed on to generations even in this forum.

These African revolutionary leaders in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have done well by banning foreign media broadcasting directly from and to their people, Russia media is blocked in many European countries by the same people telling us about Press Freedom in Africa

I was deceived in 2011 by western media into thinking that Late Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi was evil only to later find out that Libyans actually had the highest standard of living in Africa and far ahead of many European countries under Gaddafi, same way they lied about Saddam Hussein possessing Weapons of Mass Destruction that led to Iraq war and death of over a million Iraqis.

If CIA and MI6 want to start a riot in the North to achieve a particular aim such as putting the Govt under pressure or to discredit Tinubu for instance all they have to do is for BBC Hausa to broadcast that Yorubas are killing Hausas and Fulanis in Osogbo or Umuahia and they will start burning down Yoruba and Igbo businesses, that's the kind of control that Britain still retains over northern Nigeria using their BBC, ever wondered why for 8 Years the best interviews granted by Buhari was to BBC Hausa service which is later translated into English for us to discuss on Nairaland?


Sorry I am too advanced for your tribal rants on this platform, read through my comment again, it was meant for intelligent reviewers with open mind and not for close knitted bigots. Thanks

A conscious brother. I hope you're part of a political movement? If not, allow me to recommend MOP centre for you. MOP aim is Pan Africanism and liberation of all African people from agents of neocolonialism.

OAFMods:
Some of you igbos too de lie. When bbc start to work for naija that you claiming it started Nigeria civil. The BBC from British that your educated elite can barely hear is that what Almajiri will be listening to over there transistor radio in the 60s to start a civil war.

English is hardly spoken in Burkina Faso but they still suspended BBC ENGLISH.
Propaganda cuts across languages ask those in Middle East.

The best part about working anywhere that’s not Africa is how conducive the working/living situation is and that significantly improves the quality of life. Stress is very minimal.

Whether you are food delivery, you take your bike without fear of insane drivers OR you into childcare, you do your job and go back home with 100% guarantee of zero traffic, good water and stable electricity.

Even though it is a rat race type of thing, at least it has structure unlike Nigeria.

As much as I dislike Obidients, I think the Tinubu supporters are even worse especially when it comes to Economics.

What most have said on this thread is true, we're only clearing forex backlogs but what happens when the forex hits an all time low and it becomes even more difficult to acquire the dollar.

And so, it is an artificial appreciation. The dollar is still scarce that's why the prices of imported goods are still very high. When our forex runs lower, it'll go back to deprecation unfortunately.

Again, I'm begging you to join The Movement Of The People (MOP CENTRE) on social media before the next election cycle. The entirety of Tinubu tenure will be used to pursue shadows of the dollar ; aboki, Binance, BDC, When the real problem is that our leaders are not willing to elevate themselves from position of civil servants for white men to actual bourgeoise. We need to quit consuming foreign products and MAKE OUR OWN OURSELVES!

Charlie2020:
If everyone are using prepaid, what's the essence of categorisation into bands. This is daylight robbery on people on Band A consumers who were already paying high from more hours of electricity consumed

God bless you. What type of stupidity is fueling Nigeria? The whole point of the meter is to regulate usage. The elites and industries are already paying more because they definitely use more appliances. You can't just increase by band because there are some people that are poor and accidentally in Band A.
Such a rash decision acting like they have a database of all Nigerians and their salary.
This thing really affect me.

SalamRushdie:
Static sense and lies , why don't they compare it to America

No that's not the argument you should make. Ask which of these countries have the capacity to create electricity like Nigeria has in hydro, gas, wind and solar and finance.

Which of these countries have the capacity to create power through hydro, solar, wind and gas like Nigeria does?
Nigeria doesn't even understand that it's meant to be a powerhouse for the development of Africa instead it's busy comparing with it's younger brothers.

PLEASE I use God to beg you all, follow MOP on social media, this foolishness has to stop. Please share if you can.

TUANKU:
Many currencies are backed by gold...and it did not lead to civil war.

C'mon now. Aren't we past this level of consciousness already?

Whenever you hear conspiracies concerning Africa, it's not up for debate. Your only duty as an African is to notice the patterns and if you don't have anything to add, be mute.

Follow MOP on social media platforms so you can raise your consciousness and so the Nigerian naira can some day be backed by refined oil.

If you're happy VeryDarkMan went to jail, you're a BIG FOOOOL. Your arms of government just dey test you to know if you actually know your human rights and if you're easily swayed by emotion against next election cycle. SORO SOKE in the gutter.

Regardless of whatever VeryDarkMan has said, na still just amebo talk. Na cho cho cho. Last time I checked, gossip can only make people hate you but never a crime. Hate the man but don't deny him of his humanity cos when your govt decide to hate you during election, they'll deny you your humanity too.

As long as you didn't threaten anyone's life or property, defamation no be arresting issue. Na court issue.

bmaster2000:
Google is your friend.

Okay..The police just arrested him for nothing and put him in jail for 5 days . ...., abi?

You sef don see say the story no add up. They didn't charge him to court o. Them just lock am up like kidnappers.
Are you sure you're Nigerian? the NPF is most famous for these sort of acts.

phemmyjohnson:
They arrested VerydarkMan for insulting the people enforcing the law but didn’t arrest VeryWhiteMan who went against the constitution directly .
Nigeria I hail.

Very white man 😂😂 I enjoyed this more than I should have.

chopnaira:
Regionalism is better. People are more united that way by tribes, tongue, and culture and it helps to foster regional nationalism and healthy competition between the regions.

And how did you come to that conclusion?

flokii:
I didn't write nonsense sire, we know the situation of things, reason we are calling for restructuring so regions can utilize their resources for developmental projects in the regions and share experience together.
At least let's appreciate the efforts of the presnt administration, thank you.

I hear you but you’re misinformed. The Nigerian dilemma is NOT regional/tribal like the narrative and propaganda the business/political elites push and allow hungry people fall into. The issue has always been a CLASS WAR; The business/political elites vs the working class/poor people of Nigeria. And it’s the same North, South East and West.

What have our leaders in the south west ever done to make sure that even if we return to regions, we can feed ourselves comfortably, that we can move throughout all south western states swiftly and comfortably, what have they done to make sure the south west has the most affordable housing and healthcare?

Even Lagos you mention up and down, all the flashiness of Lagos are inaccessible by me and you. Can you call ambulance to come and pick you if you have heart attack? Are you safe in Lagos at 4:30 in the morning? Lagos that we spend hours in traffic and queues? Or is it because helicopter fly over your house? Or because of high rise buildings you can’t enter?

You must begin to think logically and ask the important questions. The gap between the elites all over Nigeria and the masses is way too large.

Join MOPcentre on social media to put power back in the hand of the masses!

flokii:
In the near future, Lagos State will be like a developed country in Europe right inside Nigeria with modern speed rail system, public and privately owned airports and seaports, modern water transport system, state-of-the-art infrastructure and monuments lorisirisi, you name it.. Some covetous ones have seen all that is coming, reason they are pushing so hard to bastardize the history and rich Yoruba culture of Lagos but God go shame all of them.

What about Ondo, Osun, Ekiti Oyo, YORUBA states? Where is the rich Yoruba culture of infrastructure and all the other nonsense you wrote?

Who dey owe Nigerians billions of dollars dey share bag of rice 😂😂 This Dangote man join cause inflation o

This Capitalist world, as long as your family get name, you can borrow taxpayers money at the expense of starving them, then call yourself billionaire.

Even in the status of onigbese billionaire, you can buy your kids Ferrari like Otedola.

femisplash:
CBN as at yesterday had also reduced custom duty, so we expect a corresponding reduction in prices of imported goods, unless of course Nigerians do what they do best- which is continued exploitation and greed. Also, all level of government should roll up their sleeves and invest in critical sectors in their respective states.

What about the economics of it? You do know prices never deflates in a capitalist economy. What you call "exploitation and greed" is just the law of capitalism lol

And why capitalism is brutal is that it lies to us that the forces of demand and supply will determine market prices but the manufacturers and wholesalers convene behind our backs to set their own unaffordable prices. After all, the point of capitalism is to make as much profit regardless of what you do.

The only way to battle inflation is to apply price control or increase minimum wage.

Sometimes, I'm convinced Nigerians don't understand Economics at all.

AyobamiOluwole:
So this girl has been coming to my place, eat the best food and all that. I've asked her if she has a boyfriend and she said no. I do give her money without asking her for anything on return because I could see she is not the lazy type and she is really hardworking. I am very much ok with finances and I see no issues with some of her demands.


Yesterday I called her and told her that I'm not happy and that I need cuddle only and not sex(I lost so much Dollars from futures trading that night). She later called and said she will come to my place for that reason. In my mind I was thinking this will go down as sex and all, but I don't really want sex.

All I just needed is someone to cuddle and get distracted with that's all. This is the only time I am demanding something from her.

So she came during the evening time, and later that night we went to supermarket and I got her something's to eat at home for the night. We got back home and everything was going well. We were both on the bed when I reminded her why she came. This is someone I've been doing quite a lot for without even thinking twice out of pity. She wouldn't give in and wouldn't let me know why she can't just allow me to cuddle her.

Mehn, from the loss I had earlier and all that, I got infuriated and called another girl telling to pls come over for the night. Then I told this girl to leave my house since she can be that selfish. I sent her out of my house around 10pm. She was telling me she doesn't have money to go home, I didn't care and I shut my door against her. Though I was scared letting her out on that road and that time of the night but my anger got the better part of me. It was later after getting over the whole thing I confirmed nothing happened to her from someone else.

Pls is there anything wrong with what I did?

Modified: Anger is a bad thing. I am wrong sending her away at that time of the night. This is probably the judgement I'll get 😔

I BLAME CAPITALISM

Bro you mentioned sex more times than you mentioned cuddle. We all know exactly what you wanted but she denied you, then you let your ego get the best of you.

I blame Capitalism because it allows for all sorts of unexplainable misbehaviours in this generation. Those social values and constructs that used to guide our society and kids have been broken fully! Young Nigerian females are forced to be put in vulnerable states and Nigerian men own na to let QUICKLY MADE MONEY destroy their destiny and turn them into beasts.

I blame Capitalism because if you make money through hard work in the sun not all these pointless office work or tech, it'll teach you patience of hardwork to control your anger, even the vitamin D from the sun will always have you in a good mood regardless of whatever so you won't need cuddle(sex), spending time in a social environment will give you conscience not to leave a sister out in the dark. What kind of society will have a young lady who's working still need to beg to fend for herself?

What a bastardized generation of young men and women with no virtue whatsoever.

Gadafii:
How important is this person that army sent over 16 soldiers including captains and majors to rescue

There are lots of questions begin for answers, however the action of the Felton youths is unacceptable

But the army should also Channel this same energy towards bandits and boko haram

I guess we'll never know because our best investigate journalist are the ones with the biggest stomachs 😂😂 No field work whatsoever.

❌❌ NOTICE❌❌

It has always been a trend to use Nigerians as stepping stones. At his initial stage of rage, this Odumodu guy sided with the poor people of Nigeria, and we accepted and raised him to an iconic status, sort of gave him a platform to represent us and in just a few months, he's already switched to the side of the oppressor he was raging at, via the platform we gave him!

Not only is this a trend in entertainment, it's also a trend in politics, finance, even in your neighbourhood. During poverty, you're angry at your oppressor, the most angriest and passionate of the poor we elevate them to iconic statuses, when it's time to represent us, small bribe or difficult moment, those icons switch to the sides of the oppressor because all along, you weren't really angry at the oppressor, you just hated that you were not them!

It takes a lot to break from that spirit of oppression. That's why till today, FELA is one of the greatest icons out of Africa because he never switched sides, heck he was actually an elite and switched to our side, the side of the people!

This is why we must keep the spirit of Fela going through MOP. All of us, the poor people and professionals of Nigeria must join hands and TOGETHER overwhelm this system of oppression to create a new society that's fair and equal for all. No such thing as a Messiah. Join and engage with MOP on social media today. Be part of the movement, join meetings, give your ideas, just don't wake up one morning and vote.

Nn

Poor thing

Nigeria is in the final stage of doing away with social values where you can depend on community for small food and even for companionship. Even in the villages, they are becoming individualistic since they now have electricity and phones.

Nigeria is absorbing all the spill overs of Industrialisation, Imperialism and Capitalism; impoverishing the masses and pushing them to the extreme end, crimogenic environments, phone addiction, drug abuse, environmental waste and more diseases etc

I dare say Nigeria practices the harshest form of Capitalism/Industrialisation because our elites don't even provide a sort of insurance or warning after or before accidents happen. Dangote truck fit crush anybody alafia! Social media fit turn your kid to a socially awkward child, alafia! No price control on food etc. Whereas foreign countries spend billions to soft cushion the effects of Capitalism.

We the poor masses and professionals of Nigeria need to organise ourselves and finally decide what we want our country to be like. What values we'd like to keep from our history and what we'd like to adopt from overseas. Join MOP on social media, let's take back our nation!

EFCC won piss inside our elites pot of soup. They want to bite the hands that feeds them.

We already know our ELITE OLD HEADS, the military generals, navy ogas at the top, CBN governors, our ex and current governors, senators, presidents and Chairpersons of Banks who don't have a clue about cryptocurrency use the banks to siphon money within, into and out of Nigeria.

I suspect even the EFCC was set up by a group of the elites who felt they weren't getting enough share of the cake so they used it as a tool of witch-hunt and we all know oga and oga go always jam, so now EFCC is just tossed left to right like a tennis ball.

EFCC coming out to say this is them begging a force higher than them and the political and business elites to help them arrest their owners 😂😂 The EFCC already knows who and who dey run am but they can NEVER call names.

The brutal truth is that nobody is gonna help Nigeria not even Interpol because as long as Capitalism rules the world, corruption will always rule the world. Only the people can unite and stand up against the elites. Join MOP on IG and let's take back our country!

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