₦airaland Forum

Economy - overview (Ghana vs Nigeria) culled from CIA the-world-factbook

In spite of the fact that Nigeria has been “, long hobbled by political instability, corruption, inadequate infrastructure, and poor macroeconomic management, ”,

STILL,

GDP (purchasing power parity): (2009 est.)
Ghana ($35.83 billion), Nigeria ($339 billion)

GDP - real growth rate: (2009 est.)
Ghana (3.5%), Nigeria (6.1%)

GDP (official exchange rate): (2009 est.)
Ghana ($15.51 billion), Nigeria ($173.4 billion)

GDP - per capita (PPP): (2009 est.) [This entry shows GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year]
Ghana ($1,500), Nigeria ($2,300)

Population below poverty line: (2007 est.)
Ghana (28.5%), Nigeria (70%)
Now let’s put this into perspective:
Ghana population = 24.3mil = 17.4million living above poverty level.
Nigeria population = 152.2mil = 45.6million living above poverty level (this represents spending power that Ghanaians can only have wet dreams about)

HOWEVER ALL THAT PALES INTO INSIGNIFICANCE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THIS:

[Ghana]Imports - partners:

China 16.8%, Nigeria 11.88%, US 6.63%, Cote d'Ivoire 5.99%, India 5.57%, France 5.09%, UK 4.23% (2009)

, You still gotta spend almost 12% of the pittance you have available for imports on us.

Yes, we preoccupied trying to extricate ourselves from the divisive mess deliberately left to us by the British. Yes, it’s taking a bit too long, but what do you expect? Nigeria is a country made up of Nations. But, but, but, but, but; YOU STILL AINT GOT NOTHING ON US!! Just keep on praying (to whatever u pray to) that we (Nigerians) don’t kiss and make up soon, because we’ll leave you guys for dust.

Megamind – “it's big for a reason”

Guy,

If Olu made mincemeat of Oyinbo girls, then he did us proud in my books. So long as im wear rain coat though!!

@Igbo(is)igbo, are u a mormon??

People wey dey disgrace naija plenty here for Uk. However, that depends on how you look at it. Where do you draw the line b/w a deparate man trying his best to overcome his personal difficulties and a damn fool.

Lookey dis story:

"Two people have been convicted of their part in a plot to stage a sham marriage at a Tilbury church.

The Dutch 'bride', Roqsilmar Marti, and Nigerian 'groom', John Ovie-Emeka-Toyin-Adamu, pleaded guilty at Basildon Crown Court on Friday 12 November to charges of conspiring to facilitate breaches of UK immigration law.

They were arrested during their wedding ceremony on 25 August when officers from one of our immigration crime teams emerged from a side room at St John's Church, Dock Road. The operation involved seconded police officers working together with warranted UK Border Agency officers to investigate organised immigration crime.

The aim of the marriage had been to help 32-year-old Ovie-Emeka-Toyin-Adamu, a visa overstayer, to remain in the UK. He had supplied the church with a false passport containing a residency stamp in the name of Abraham Ogboru-Ugochukwu-Goriola-Musa.

Subsequent investigations revealed that Marti, a 28-year-old woman from Rotterdam, had arrived in the UK the previous day and was booked on a flight back to the Netherlands at 19:00 that evening - just 7 hours after the ceremony was to take place.

She claimed that she had met Makanjuola on the internet and they had fallen in love. However, it later emerged that she was in a relationship with a woman in the Netherlands."

***Anti tribal name inserts.