₦airaland Forum

Jakumo:
Try smoking banana leaves, lawn trimmings or other local herbs, until the tobacco prohibition era passes, after which you may well decide to stay with those new alternatives that you discovered out of necessity.

You have a problem with the smoker right?

tpia.:
can you stop this irritating lying.


How many places can be considered "developed" or "urbanized" in Nigeria with the accompanying smog? Count them on the fingers of your hand. And name anywhere outside of Lagos and a few other places.

You must be smoking exhaust fumes!

If its even the Niger delta gas flaring being discussed here you'd have a point!

I stay in Warri now, and when it rains the cars get dirty with smug!, I guess its my smoke that caused right

FL Gators:
Amongst other things I HATE are smokers.

If y'all wanna smoke, don't be coming to my face to puff it. That's the nastiest habit ppl need to stop doing.

If y'all want to smoke, go inside your own lil space, and smoke yourself away.

Don't infringe my own right by endangering my health, passively. Passive smoking is much more dangerous than direct smoking itself.

Bunch of stank ppl

Meanwhile, FLGator or whatever reptile name you have chosen to give yourself, you don't seem to understand the picture here. I would love to smoke in my "own little space", but they want to stop the production of cigarette altogether. so that means even when i am not in my little space i'll have nothing to smoke!!!!

tpia.:
Nigeria is still a mostly rural country.

Exhaust pollution in some areas (mainly the larger towns and cities) doesnt mean the entire region is that way.

Obviously you haven't left your "village" in a long time!,,,,,,,Dude, the country is running on black smoke!

davidylan:
Developed countries didnt get to where they are today with "no nonsense" guys. They got their with thinkers, strategists and shrewd pragmatists.

If he wasn't thinking he would not have pointed out the future flaw Transcorp was to portend, If he wasn't Strategizing, he would not have foreseen that the risks inherent in a politically motivated institution like Transcorp was better avoided, If he wasn't a shrewd he would have been gullible and followed the crowd!

So which one was he not dude?

Jakumo:
Banning or taxing any consumable product will only increase its street value as profiteers, smugglers and bootleggers factor in their surcharge to cover the added expense of evading or bribing law enforcement officers.

While criminalization of tobacco and alcohol would be a good thing from the standpoint of improving the physical health a population thus restricted, the lives so lengthened would ironically be endangered by the inevitable crime wave associated with bypassing prohibition law enactments.

That aside I have often wondered, as I note the way cigarette smokers reach for their packet to pollute the air at the slightest sign of tension in their daily lives, whether they realize how hopeless those cigarettes would render them, if they ever did have to sprint away from real danger.

This is "Doublespeak" if am am to borrow the thought of Eric Blair!
Can you imagine people living in Lagis when they know the fumes from the "molues" will eventually kill them? or people eating canned foods when they know cancer would eventually be their parting lot

MUZBO:
Sanusi, its time to put some other banks in the spotlight. Don't let the momentum wane!

Progress is a slow process my friend!

Cigarettes: Ban production not smoking
By Ahmed Raji

MOST people detest smoking. Even the "Turkish" smoker knows that it is not a healthy habit. That smoking poses a grave health hazard to both the actual and passive smokers is beyond argument. And what is more, nobody has been able to identify any benefit derivable from smoking.

Even medically, some say a daily glass of beer is good for the system. They say it clears the bowel. Nothing good is attributable to smoking. I challenge anyone to come up with any benefit derivable from smoking. The entire world over, it is being recommended that all cigarette packets should carry the warning: "Smoking is dangerous to health". Of late, other measures are being rolled out to discourage smoking. Some accounts have it that the death of over 20 million people yearly is traceable to smoking. In Turkey, which is the home of smoking, smoking is about to be banned in almost every public area.

In most parts of the Western world, smoking is not allowed in "public places". Anti-smoking law is about to be rolled out in Abuja and some other parts of Nigeria. But do all these measures constitute any enough deterrence to smoking considering the gravity of damage it does to humanity? I think not. All these prohibitions have not affected the cigarette market in any major way. People still smoke their lives away. It needs not be repeated, the nexus between cigarette smoking and hard drugs like cocaine, cannabis, heroine etc.

A once and for all pragmatic solution will be to outlaw the production of the product in all forms. And that will amount to tackling the problem from root rather than attending to the effect. A grace period of not more than 12 months should be given to all producers of cigarettes to wind down while a comprehensive diversification scheme should be put in place to switch them over to other lines of business. Our pharmacologists and social scientists should be tasked on how to carry out the required therapy on chronic smokers and addicts. It will not be a misstatement to contend that the proposed diversification exercise programme will not cost the world up to five per cent of what the Iraqi war consumed.

Banning the smoking of cigarette while production of cigarette is allowed looks like "a collective mockery of our collective intelligence". The world should rise up to the challenge. Banning the production may also assist in the war against global warming. Nigeria can show example by outlawing all forms of cigarette making in Nigeria and also banning importation and smoking of same. Even the World Trade Organisation (W.T.O.) won't dare complain if we close our borders to cigarette.

And I take this opportunity to appeal to our "smoking leaders" to see this as a sacrifice for the greater good of all. It is a fact that smoking is not an easy habit to quit. But with determination, it is achievable just as this writer took his last stick in 2006.

Notwithstanding doubts as to the sustainability of some of the recent law suits in Nigeria against the major cigarette producers, we must commend the ingenuity of both the plaintiffs and their counsel. Their efforts have further confirmed the menace which production of cigarettes constitutes to our healthy living. Even non-smokers face the danger of passive smoking.

Distinguished senators and very honourable members of the house, the health of the nation is in your hands. If only you can pass a bill banning production of cigarette and allied products Nigerians and the world will forever remember you. You should resist the professional lobbyists with deep pockets who may not be bothered by the death of fellow human beings. Save life please. Initiate the bill today and pass it with the same dispatch with which the Senate passed the 2009 appropriation bill.

Smoking can be a terrible addiction. There is this good but nasty friend of mine who promised his wife that when their first child was "delivered" he would quit smoking. When reminded of his solemn promise after the arrival of the first child, my friend told the wife that he did not "deliver" a baby as a man cannot so do hence he has continued to smoke his Benson & Hedges in spite of all appeals. Despite his blood pressure problem, my friend is yet to quit up till this moment. And his health suffers! Production of cigarette must be outlawed to save the life of millions in my friend's shoes.

I took this excerpt from The Guardian of Today August 28, 2009.
It is one of the most constitutionally obscene articles i have had to read in recent times. This fellow obviosly is ignorant of the gains nicotine production has had on the world's economy.
I would not rant about my personal pleasures from nicotine consumption, but this fellow that dropped his "last stick" three years ago is barking down the wrong tree.
IT IS MY FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT TO SMOKE FREELY, of course banning it from being used in public places is in order, but not stopping the production.

Now, we can all see the ills that have prevented the Nigerian State from always progressing?
After the poster learnedly, and i must add, passionately informed us of the ills he has seen inside the system he works for, the mail trail afterwards has been a pointless rabble about the necessity or irrelevance of nothingness!

Please i suggest henceforth we CONSTRUCTIVELY debate on this issue. It is one that portends very grave consequences for the present future and later ones.

nex:
@markemmi

It costs about $1 billion to generate 1,000 MW of electricity. That's N150 billion to generate 1,000 MW. N1.5 trillion would generate 10,000 MW which will only stabilize the country's supply for a while. We would need N7.25 trillion to be producing approximately 50,000 MW.

Interesting fact Nex!!!!!!, now that points straight to one concrete fact, WE WILL NEVER HAVE CONSTANT LIGHT IN OUR LIFETIME (GENERATION)

mikeansy:
Folks I am no fan of Jimoh Ibrahim

But speak the truth and it shall set you free

the man never said he owed nobody.

Yes he did!,,,,,,,,,,,go ye forth and seek the truth, and it shall set you free!

Anyway, What is new with the "gang of Bank Robbers"? I only get to hear of Bonnie and Clyde (Erastus and Cecelia) what of Robin Hood (Barth) and the rest of the gang?

My guess is Jimoh Ibrahim printed the N3 Billion paid it into one of his accounts and issued a cheque!.,,,,,,,,,,,,lol

Can we find any dumber fellow than this guy? One minute he is insisting that he owes nobody, the second he is paying and advising the rest to pay and ask questions later?,,,,,,,,,,,,lovely country

dree1:
Any news ? The time now is 4.47. Has he paid ?

His cheque has to go for clearing!!!!,,,,,,,,,,and guess what? He probably took a facility from another Bank to offset this one!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,lol

Have you guys ascertained the vearacity of the story? Has there been any public statement from the Lagos State Govt. acknowledging that it did infact conduct this exercise? Let us stop wasting time deliberating on false issues

meche4vr:
@MONOPOLIST, I SAY A VERY BIG AMEN TO THAT PLS P U S H PRAY UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS=SANUSI REMOVAL

I find this a very one sided point of view!,,,,,,,,,seems a bit confusing, rather too plain for a point of view.
Easy for men to adopt prejudice rather than think out straight!!!!

roymorah:
its real bad,am 22 and you all need to see me in person,then you would know the kinda old men we carry to all these world cups

Wow!!!!!!!You are actually older than EDILE and McCaulay Fos Santos!, lol

chyjoke1:
having read every comment for now, its evident that people are quick to judge. i am not saying that what they did was right or wrong, i strongly believe that most of us passing these comments will do worse if they ever have an opportunity. Soludo had his ideas and management style which we have seen and now we have the new helmsman at CBN, Having seen how savannah bank and SGBN were treated in the former regime. let us watch as events unfold.

What is black is black and what is white is white,, It might be hard to believe dude, but the world is what it is, and we are who we are!!!!!

So much for Religion!
Wasn't this dude ordained by Adeboye?
Or is there something else i am missing?

Two thick wraps of fufu, NO MEAT (Too luxurious)

@Madam L
na wah o!, you want everybody to sell off whatever they own from the skunk-exchange and invest in FIRST BANK?
Turkey and Chicken dey sleep for the same poultry o!!!!!!

@Nex
Beer business should not be brought into "irrelevant" issues such as stuck-exchange or mourning-market!
Please nex, leave my Beer alone, it is the only thing that would help us see clear in this blurred country!

Hi Guys,
I appreciate the comparism between the two individuals, it shows our creativeness in thinking outside the box!
However, i have failed to see objectivity in the manner with which we have come down hard on the reforms instituted by Mallam Sanusi Lamido. lets not throw tantrums around without clearly looking through the glass first. Sanusi is doing the hard job and we should back him up. Soludo took the easy way out, pushing the dirt under the rug. Mallam Lamido Sanusi is sweeping the parlour and of course taking the trash outta the door.

nex:
I thank God for everyone that has come here to speak the truth and those that were not well informed before but now know.

But the stubborn ones who resist knowledge in a Boko Haram style. Whether you like it or not, CBN has the right, and is doing It's duty.


I know one day Nairalanders will say the NNPC has no right to shut down any filling station even though they're selling explosive kerosene. After all, It's their own kerosene and the NNPC did not invest in them. So only their board of directors can decide if they should shut down or not. The NNPC can only write a letter.


See their head! I've never seen a land like Nigeria were people so vehemently rebuked their helpers.


That is how CBN warned Nigerians 2 years ago to stop patronising WONDER BANKS but Nigerians refused. When I posted against these wonder banks: insults, abuses, threats, attacks. Seun will delete those Wonder Bank ADs from Politics thread: accusations, distrust, suspicion.


When the wonder owners of those Ponzi schemes ran away with their money, the started crying that CBN should have shut down the banks rather than just warning them. They said denex should have talked to them like a brother rather than just condemning their investments. The claimed that Seun should have appealed to them on the issue rather than shouting it down on them. However where is the money today? Gone forever.


Now something similar is about to happen and the people that can help have come in their capacity to help. The soon-to-be victims are here again to tear us down. To tear the CBN down. God save Nigerians. The country is okay. It is the ignorance of a large percentage of the people that can drag this entire planet into a black hole.


FineCat and the rest of you, leave them. They have another lesson they want to learn. You just take necessary action to protect your finances them leave the fly that loves the dead body to enter the grave with it.

This man, you never stop amazing me, Nice punchline though, But the issues that should arise from this incidence are a lot more potent than what has been addressed here!

I believe we are getting a tad too tense about the whole event here. What Sanusi has done has implications, but i believe of more good that ill to we the consumers. There was a lot mo9re corruption inside the financial sector than we really understood.
Just to clear the air on some rather ignorant rant swimming around, YES, the CBN HAS THE RIGHT TO SACK THE CEO's AND MANAGEMENT OF ANY BANK!
Please let us with caution link past events with the current happenings. Setinmental balderdash like linking Sanusi's First Bank experience with the reason First Bank was not listed amongst the defaulters smells of premordial extremes.
Let us make this one of intellectual relevance, because it is a historical landmark in our Financial environment.

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meanwhile for all those interested, StanbicIBTC Bank is set to release its results for the last two quarters
most definetely going to impact on the price of that stock, and the rise might be aided heavily by the current gradual upsurge in the market.
i have a feeling they would come public soon also.
just watchout guys

been a while since i last came on stream here,
, that period of my absence has seen a whole lot of crazy things gone wrong in the market.

i am pleased to be back guys, now i restored my internet connection in the office, so i'll be able to sit at the feet of the guru's of modern stock market trading. FO2, AKTopGun, Koyodiyoku and em all

still working in the bank sha, but mow i can free up time for myself.

Meanwhile my little monies had been lying still in some mutul funds, thank God i didnt go on some serious stock acquisition then.

Its time to take position, and there seems to be opportunities everywhere, but the main question is, has the market started correcting

these are days when i relish not working i Lagos!!!!!!!!!!!

i can imagine the torture and pain people who work on the island and live on the mainland would face getting home evryday.

vassilli:
Dint dey knw what they were bargaining for?
Moreso in such exercises Casualties r allowed
May their soul rest in peace

Na d bad economy push most of them go o
Cos their take home pay no b am at al

This is one dumb response to a very serious issue

debosky:
unfortunately, the PDP will 're-capture' Cross River in the next three months, thus adding an extra year to Imoke's tenure. At first I was happy about the election annulments, but with the results in Bayelsa, Kogi and Sokoto. . . . it is more a case of postponing the evil day.

I don't doubt that Imoke would have won without the rigging, but why the blatant vote allocation? Are the people who do this rigging even sane? How can ONE candidate have more votes than the total number of voters registered??

there is never sanity in the perpetuation of evil

you are an slowpoke,
and more worrisome is the fact that your theory points to a man that would certainly end up being a psychopath killer

I have said it over and over again that the various militant groups in the Niger-Delta should be approached with violence and force that they understand. They have become just rogues and bandits, profiting from a cause that was promoted by serious people seeking genuine salvation.
MEND or whatever they call themselves have become a threat to the peace and security of the country. They are internal aggressors, and the Job of the Army is to protect the country against external and internal aggression. the full force of the ever-reliable Nigerian Army should be unleashed on those sick and greedy things, that call themselves militants!