Rupertek: Igbo people? Tufiakwa, this tribe and hatred. Once they hate you, you are hated, nothing good can come our of the person they hated. First, soludo is doing nothing, now, it is inferior project. All these just because the governor attacked Obi
That thing Soludo built is no different from a cottage hospital only but an upgrade and Nigeria have gone beyond that kind of stuff.
casualobserver: Of what relevance is that? Every country bases its budget on projected revenue, whatever that source of revenue may be. In America, taxes are a major source of revenue, do you pay the same taxes as in America?
Please note, oil has not been a major source of revenue for Nigeria for a long time now. Oil is only relevant to Nigeria because it is our major source of foreign exchange. Infact it has been surpassed by diaspora remittances, though that is likely to revert due to increased production.
Oil is only about 15% of our economy believe it or not.
With your response I think you need to go and check the many faults in your previous post.
No one can solve any problem through the wrong patterns. The economics of solving problems in Nigeria is very very faulty and many so called economist are missing it whenever it has to do with Nigeria as a country and it gets worse when even people fromthe private sector are made to run and head over the Nigerian systems.
casualobserver: You are being emotional, I am giving you the reality.
We live in a global world, the price of most products is the same all over the world, ex shipping and taxes.. If the international price of crude is say $70 a barrel. The market does not care if it costs you $10 to produce a barrel like in Saudi or $30-40 in Nigeria due to insecurity, corruption, theft, inefficiencies etc. Both will get $70 for their crude, Saudi will pocket $60, Nigeria will collect $30-40 and then share that with its JV partners because it did not invest in its production capabilities. So for every barrel of crude Saudi pockets $60 while Nigeria is lucky to get $15-20.
You have a 1000ha field of rice or corn, A South African, American uses 1 machine and one trained skilled operator to plant, and harvest. The Nigerian uses 300 workers on the same acreage. The price of the corn or soya is the same on the international market. The wages of 1 American worker and 1 machine is shared amongst 300 Nigerian workers. That’s why the American worker is paid well and the Nigerian worker isn’t. Why is the Nigerian worker willing to work for such low wages? Because he hasn’t got the skills or the work ethic of the American worker.
Like I said if it takes 5 people to do the work of one person, those 5 people will share the wages of 1 person. The reason why the 5 workers agree to be paid such is because they are poorly educated, lack skills, have poor work ethic etc. otherwise they would quit and get a better paying job.
The reason why an able bodied man agrees to be paid peanuts to sit down all day tearing receipts in a supermarket is because he hasn’t got the education, skills, work ethic or innovation to get a better job. The reason why a supermarket employs him for such a mundane task is because that is his economic value. If he demands more he will be sacked because the employer will realise it is more economical to implement a technology based solution. Another good example are road sweepers. It is more efficient to deploy mechanical road sweepers but we employ humans because they are cheap, again they are cheap because they are unskilled. If they demand more, the local govt will sack them and employ machines.
Are you seeing the pattern? You have no education, no skills, no work ethic, no innovation and you compare your standard of life to countries that are the opposite of you?
That’s the harsh reality.
A few years ago, I went to the furniture shop at mega plaza and ordered some furniture. He gave me a date for production and delivery and I asked the Lebanese if they could hurry it up and get is ready earlier. He said left to him he would, his words were “but you know your people have to go to church”. That sums up the Nigerian worker.
Just a simple question....
Is the USA budget as fixed by the POTUS or whoever does it based on the price of crude oil ?
casualobserver: Compare your productivity to those countries and you will see why you can’t afford most things in Nigeria.
For example, An average South African worker has an annual output 8 times that of a Nigerian worker. Yet the Nigerian wants to be at par with him. You spend all your time in church. Night vigil etc.
Nigeria is the only country I know where it takes 4/5/6 people to do the job of 1 person. Nigeria is the only country I have been to where you employ someone all day to sit down and tear receipts at supermarket exits. When 6 people are doing the work of 1 person, those six people will share the wages of 1 person.
All international passports are standardized, the machines that print them are all the same from the same companies like Delarue. The cost of production is almost the same. Delarue is not going to give Nigeria a discount on its printing machines or security papers used for passports because it takes 4 Nigerian workers to do the job it takes only 1 person elsewhere.
The standard of living Nigerians moan about is a reflection of the poor level of productivity of a Nigerian worker. It takes 4-6 workers to perform the task of 1 worker elsewhere. Poor education, poor skills, poor work ethic, poor culture, low productivity. If you produce a product in Nigeria using 5 workers instead of 1 elsewhere, you can’t charge 5x the price because you have 5 workers or your products won’t sell. You are competing with countries who produce the same product with 1 worker….so the 5 workers will share the salary meant for 1 person elsewhere. That is why your standard of living is low!
You tried very well. Your analysis is from the standpoint that Nigerians need to be slaving like the way we are made to when working in some Indian/Chinese/Korean/Lebanese companies daily from Sunday to Sunday and from 9 to 6 and at the end of ones life's span, there's absolutely nothing to look back on because even the pay package is to ensure one remains a slave.
Every country has its way of operation and it works for them. The only issue we are having with ours is that the government and system has made it look like the people has refused to be unproductive.
I will never never blame this Minister and goes for all political appointees like him and even elected officers.
His stand of view is this and that's the operational pattern that has been subtly playing in all the sectors gradually....
Nigerians are willling to pay above the required goverment price and much more through middle men to get their passort done within the most short time. So why don't he the minister close those middle men stages, loopholes, unnecessary delays and fiticious beaucracry and charge it lump sum on average and take it at a central collection point and a win for government.
jayboy112233: People can be very wicked seriously.
Even from the comments of people here, you can tell those who are very wicked and those who can do more than what the woman might have done.
It’s true that some people wicked pass government na power den never get.
What exactly do you gain in frustrating people when we all have limited time here?
As much as we are trying not to condone indiscipline and indolence why can’t we be more tolerant and compassionate.
The funny thing about this sets of people is that if you give them a portion of their own medicine they will tell you that you're over-doing it and you should just calm down.
iwaeda: I may even vote for him to pay some people back for their wickedness. Anyways, there is no hunger, youth are just lazy. I pray we understand beyond emotional and sectionalism.
If the youths are just lazy, then the politicians are what?
AMINDA: Tinubu has not shown any real intent to further the railway masterplan envisioned by Buhari. He has abandoned linkage of the rail from Ibadan to Abuja and is only focused on the coastal road. Maintenance is now a hassle on virtually all the routes. His Lagos boy, Opeifa that he made head of NRC is obviously incompetent and worse than his predecessor.
What is the work of the Minister of transportation?
Omalicious1: ...where was he when they were handing over the affairs of the David Mark and Co? Well, they use to say that "A witch cried at night and the baby died in the morning" The person wey dey cause this crisis dey another party...if you know, you know
The question you should ask yourself is who were those who handed the party to an outsider?
What is their position and portfolios in the party?
— Africa Independent Television (@AIT_Online) August 27, 2025
A lot of people will be blaming PBAT and I wonder why. Apart from being gullible anything goes in politics.
Nevertheless has anyone asked themselves how did certain outsiders come into an existing political party to takeover chairmanship position at the national level without first having a solid and concrete meeting with the incumbent and the right stakeholders from the very moment?
They tried something of such with the SDP ans they failed, now it's ADC a party many never was even in existence .
How much wouid it cost these aggrieved politicians who want to purportedly rescue Nigerians from the hardship they contributed to at one point in time in their political careers as active governors, National/State Assembly members, etc, etc to register a new party and tailor it's course?
FemiHKE: Some people charge cheap here too and some of the clients still come back to complain.
It also depends on what you mean by cheap charges. Anyone taking up a job should give in their best irrespective of the charges. In the building industry there are standard rates for all professionals and professions involved in the building community. There are also what I call flexible rates.
COMPAQ: Your question on minimum wage is a different matter all together. It doesnt make the decision to remove those subsidies wrong. Thats why the people should then come together to demand better government, instead of hobnobbing with politicians.
besides its difficult to pay cost reflective wages because the civil service is also overbloated. If they say they want to sack 30% and double the salary of the 70% remaining, you will still say no. So lets continue over employing and underpaying.
I strongly disagree with your comment of the civil service is over bloated. The major issue with the civil service is that the government intentionally made them to be not productive and unproductive.
Just mention of these three ministries ... (1) Ministry of Agriculture (2) Ministry of transport (3) Ministry of Mineral resources. (4) Ministry of water resources and environment.
Do you know that we are yet as a country to harness the potentials in the above and many more?
We still have people doing analogue work in many of these ministries sitting in offices when they should be in the fields engaging themselves in jobs.
cash1115: you are right, they are many out there, many clients fall in there hands when looking for cheap jobs, I gave a client a quote 2 month ago, and he said my price is much, so I called him later he said someone else has started it, I said no problem, I was surprised when he called me to come to the site, the pop that is not up to 2month fell off, when I checked the quality of the job, he used low materials and also managed materials, the guy ran away, the man has to pay more than the amount I charged him, clients should know good job requirements money and they should try and make proper research on the person he want to give the job to.
It's good sometimes clients learn this way otherwise everything will become cheap. Before you come hear, you want to reap them of their hard earned currency.
Safyqueen: Things are evolving and changing. The north has learnt their lesson. Why do you think kwankwoso rejected APC deal? Your Oga 'use and dump' attitude is hunting back. Let your Oga beg GEJ to withdraw else he will be beaten before 12 noon that day because many will prefer to work for GEJ even among those army, police, inec and so on. The moment GEJ declared his return, Atiku will withdraw and work with him and all other northern politicians including kwankwoso. It will be a collosal loss for your Oga. Remember I am not wishing your Oga defeat, no. Just telling you what is in ground.
It will surprise you that GEJ will not only lose in Bayelsa and Rivers State but he will lose in States that many will be wondering how did it happen.
Someone who is out of touch with even the party PDP wants to come and take off from where he was pushed out forcefully. Common sense is not common.
givedemwotowoto: Amaechi laptop beneficiaries defending Tinubu will say North should blame their leaders, but state governors can’t even exercise control over their states.
You have a deposed emir whose office is a state creation and fully under the jurisdiction and authority of the state governor, using military escort and functioning as a factional emir….. and you say state governors can exercise effective control of their states?
You have an unconstitutionally suspended state governor whose state was being controlled from the FCT and the judiciary, police and federal institutions were being used to weaken his effective administration of his state…. and you say state governors can’t even exercise effectively control their states?
Even one baalablu was telling the international community that there was no more corruption in his country. He thinks by saying it, well informed international community will just believe him when he hasn’t put in any real effort to fix the problem?
It’s not just by shouting “God Bless your country” up and down and then go behind and loot it dry. Show working, because investors don’t play.
What do SGs do with their Security Allocation monthly?
PGEJ, built special schools for Almajiri children in the entire North, the North said they preferred the children to be street begging that it's their religion....!!!
The North brought in their kits and kins from neighboring African countries and started training and arming them to fight the Nigerian government and FG and now those riff raffs have gone back against their masters and causing undue nuisance in their region and you blame the FG of the day!!!!!!!
The North had always been the one jeopardizing the security architecture of this country and they will kero silent but when it gets to sabotage of the oil pipeline in the Niger Delta they will scream like a siren .
grandstar: The neighbouring countries where light is constant pay a cost reflective price for it. Ask people who have lived in those places.
Not believing in what I have written does not mean I'm wrong. I have seem first hand what the petrol and electricity subsidies have done to the economy. You are free to live in denial as though you don't live in the country.
When I was in secondary, I hated "proofs" in maths. As I grew older, I knew why you needed "proofs", why one had to defend one's prohect. Simply believing in what you believe does not mean it is right.
We may not like the reality but it is the best foundation for true progress to start.
I am not one who solves problems by creating bigger problems to impoverish the people and turn back and blame the people for the problems not caused by them.
The foundation of true progress is in standing on the truth and working through and not half truths and web of lies intertwined to deceive the gullible.
You have not responded to my question.
Why is the minimum wage not a cost reflective or market reflective of the present day economy as created by the government?
Brendaniel: But Tinubu and Yakubu's INEC wants us to believe that Peter Obi came third behind Atiku and Tinubu came first, Well this the real result of that election
Peter Obi - Winner
Atiku - 2nd
Tinubu - 3rd
But Tinubu and INEC just flipped Tinubu's position with Peter Obi's own because can someone explain how APC attacks Peter Obi more than Atiku who came second and PDP is regretting fielding Atiku in 2023 while also seeking him for presidency over Atiku for 2027 and even rating him with Jonathan, it is clear Peter Obi won that election.
I laugh at this anytime I see it even after the elections. I presume even PBAT and moreso AA would also love to see a tangible proof of PO winning the presidential elections. Let it be on paper presented at the court.
grandstar: So, because you earn 30k a month, Mama Bisi should sell a plate of rice with 2 pieces of meat for N200? Emotions and economics don't match well.
Prices must be cost reflective or better market-reflective. I am using economic terms to buttress myself.
If prices are cost reflective, you encourage investment as investors know they will make a profit. If the prices are subsidized, that is, sold below the cost of producing it, it discourages investment. Today, because of subsidized electricity, the government is owing Gencos 4trn if I'm correct. What business thrives under such a condition? Who would want to invest under such a condition?
Which one would you prefer, pay cost reflective price for power and get 30,000mw of power in 10 years, or charge subsidized price and 10,000mw?
Subsidies apart from discouraging investment, also adversely affect budgets. Since subsidies are an expense, governments spend to sustain them. And when the governments don't have money to fund them, they borrow.
When Buhari took office in 2015, the federal government was spending 26% of its revenue on debt servicing. By the time he was leaving in 2023, it was 97%! The government had borrowed massively to subsidize both petrol and forex. That was why all 3 leading presidential candidates said they were doing away with the petrol subsidy.
If the fuel subsidies had ended since 1985, by 1999, the country would have been refining 2mbpd. It would have led to an investment boom in refining capacity. Nobody will build a refinery where the end product is sold below the cost of production.
If OBJ had successfully removed subsidies in early 2000s, the country by now would be refining about 2mbpd. The economy would have also been much larger today, and the Naira would probably be around $1-N500, rather than $1-N1,500.
Note that the larger your budget deficit as a percentage of GDP, the more likely your currency will depreciate, and the higher your inflation rate.
The economic terms you are using is it also cost reflective or market reflective on the minimum wage of the average civil servant?
I don't believe in lots of what you have written up there for they are just the nations way for economic self sabotage.
The father should be sent to jail for the same number of years with same treatment.
It's very obvious that the father is lying. He lied that the son travelled to China and now that he has been caught he is telling another lie of the son threatening to kill him. This shouldn't be kept as a family affair but the law should take it's proper course.
Justiceleague1: Oga forget story..any man with his two hands and legs and goes tiffing deserves whatever comes his way....other men are sweating it hard and hustling seriously and you wanna go tiff tiff.... Nobody's encouraging stealing,be it a man or as it is,now,a woman... But women deserve some small pity while facing the shame and punishment
Would you say same if the woman stealing had a gun pointed to the person she was stealing from?
dawnomike: The part I do not understand is what has become a culture of 'stripping naked' !!!
It is even more shameful that a fellow woman like her who should do better in protecting her little decency irrespective of her crime was shining teeth!!!
I support dealing with criminals but not in a stupid manner!
This method has been in existence in many communities even before many of us were given birth to as a way to ensure such individual does not continue to steal especially in that area where they are resident or their community.
Very soon such practice will be meted on our political class and politicians who steal public monies.
Moyinoluwa35: The man can actually escape it if taken to court, the man can say kpai means something else not necessary death
The man will probably escape such if you're the judge !!!!!
We will request for 10 interpreters alone, 5 from the evil man's village and 5 from the evil man's village if he is married or any of his girlfriends or baby mamas to come tell us what does kpai mean.....
We will have the security agencies to be on standby in the court to hold anyone who says a lie.
zero8zero: You don change to another narrative, you don carry goalpost reach LG 🤣. So if LG autonomy does not matter, why are all the state Governments quickly conducting LG elections?.
The goalposts have not been shifted. Th conducting of the LGA elections by State governors is just like the ban of exporting the lithium raw materials. It is just that and nothing more. There is nothing significantly visible to show that the next stage of implementation for proper functionality is in place and would take place.
zero8zero: These bitter people, go school you said No. Something written in simple English is even too difficult for you to read and understand, everything na ontop wailing and bitterness.
Weldone o, Lithium is PMB's project, you should have even said it was Buhari that created Lithium, maybe Buhari also created Gold and other mineral resources in the country 🤣🤣. So a Govt cannot come and have its own initiatives in every sector?. Take for instance, this initiative of banning exportation of raw lithium, was it Buhari's initiative?. Park well abeg.
The same administration who said LGA is autonomous and should have an account with the CBN and how many months are past gone!!!!!
Let this administration stop hiding behind beaucracry but rather let it force hands that need to be forced and get it done now now now.
Politics › Re: Soludo Builds First Ever General Hospital In Enugwu-Otu Aguleri by bixton(m): 9:30am On Aug 29, 2025
