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Havertz10:
you say this now, a few submissions later you concede that there is a lot of brain drain out of Nigeria

We are talking about fundamentals of our world

let's look at average wages between America and Nigeria, it is ok for someone to work 63hrs in a week and gets 50,000 ~ 150000 in Nigeria and that's a generous estimate

Meanwhile someone works for less than 41hrs in a week in America gets 3m a month

In what reality are those dynamics fair for the Nigerian? You are working more and getting less for your efforts, you people need to open your eyes

Purchasing power of Americans is aggregately structured to make them consumers and the entire world their factories, meanwhile fools are storing their equity in dollars


People are leaving good productive jobs in Nigeria to go and slave themselves abroad, and compared to the average American, they have the added benefit of taking advantage of crazy exchange rates to futher enslave their own people


Concerning intellectuals, listen to conversations at airports, in social gatherings or seminars, these are upper middle class people with good education and substantive wealth that will make most of them the next migrants into elite class and they are essentially shallow, i'm baffled with the kind of perspective most have, whites have created this false impression that being an efficient cog in the system is intelligence, that's why you hail workers that simply follow guidelines and underrate researchers that do the heavy lifting, my entire degree was essentially 5% of the state of that field today, it's concerning, worst we don't have thinkers, there are solutions for almost all our problems but the will to apply them is low and because of the limited intellectual depth, it's impossible for any form of optimization to grow or be formed

you are showing me a business concept that anybody can think up

it's easy to monitor fuel movements but that is pointless it's better to gauge the actual consumption for most areas and build systems or redundancies to make fuel available without disruptions because fundamentally trucks are inefficient, pipelines are the most efficient way to distribute fuel, also tanker drivers make money under the current system and accountability will lead to wage hikes and less interest in the business by the very drivers that it needs, Americans are currently looking for truck drivers, some states are training teens to do the job

I didn't show u " a business proposal anybody can come up with ", what I showed u is a profile of an intellectual u claim we lack in this country and also a problem-solving proposal he's thrown at the federal government of Nigeria that will obviously prefer to look the other way and continue the massive corruption going on in the petroleum industry.

For Ur information, the man is a professor in Babcock same as Carnegie Mellon University. He shuttles between Nigeria and USA so Ur talk about brain drain doesn't hold water.

The only reason why there's brain drain is cos we Africans will rather continue in our old crooked and corrupt manners instead of listening to these young brilliant minds ; it's only natural for them to seek saner climes where they will be appreciated for what they bring to the table.

I delibrately posted the man's profile to show u he's a brilliant mind (one of the best u will come across) because I know u will try to malign him as just a regular everyday guy who is just fortunate to find himself living in the US. The man has patented innovations registered go his name in the US.

I don't understand what u mean by "whites have created an impression that being an efficient cog in the system is intellectualism"....maybe u need to first tell us which yeye system is working in Africa first before u start claiming the intellectuals u've listened to only find joy being a cog in the system.

I've listened to sound and brilliant minds both home and abroad dissect the problem of Africa and most of them without prejudice have always posited Africans to be majorly Africa's problem....unlike u blaming the West for almost everything.

For Ur information Nigeria a supposed giant of Africa during babangida Era made serious money from oil windfall. Do u know that between 1985 and 1993 babangida stole a whopping 12billion dollars? Abacha set up okigbo panel which indicted babangida to have moved these funds through different accounts traced to him.

Till date the okigbo report is still missing after it was submitted to Nigerian government, even Obasanjo when he came on board asked if anybody has a hold on the report they should get it a cross to him, but nothing came up.

That same babangida is the man every Tom, di.ck and Harry travels down to minna to ask for endorsement the moment they want to declare for presidency in this country. Person wey supposed dey jail. Now tell me, is the west responsible for us worshipping such person of unscrupulous character?

I so much enjoy this shithousery yesterday

raumdeuter:
The name on that tweet Tosin Eleshinla, Na my guy actually my senior for Ife and departmental president

That bros Don do well for himself....Baba spent 11 years at Chevron before he move. Na Senior man

AnfieldFan:
Interesting take ...
Corruption's ingrained so deep into Nigeria that if the private marketers can think far ahead, they would realise this could potentially earn them a whole lot more in the long term...
Some months ago, I was thinking about something like this but in Crude not fuel, It's sad most Nigerians with brilliant minds will die without 1% of their minds being tapped ....

That is why u see brilliant young minds nowadays will do at most 3-4 years stint at dem KPMG, EY, Access bank etc, gather funds and press "ctrl + Japa" commot the country.

AnfieldFan:
For this to work, It would need the cooperation of private individuals in the fuel business right...

Subsidy as a whole is a money making scheme for politicians who are never satisfied with taking more and more until there's literally nothing left to take(Subsidy exists, I just put this as an afterthought incase someone misunderstood)...

An executive and Judiciary that lacks the political will to prosecute and convict anyone profiting from a bastardized fuel/energy sector...

In essence, I'm saying that despite being a very brilliant idea and ingenious way to solve Nigeria's subsidy crisis, Subsidy is still generating money for some people in this country and I can't help but feel several manufactured issues will arrise after this project must have been completed....

The above are problems I feel might hinder the successfulness of this project..

On the other hand, since several government tenures in Nigeria have "all tried to remove fuel subsidy while letting natural laws of demand and supply dictate market movement" in order to fix the crisis(It's an ever present campaign promise at this point), supporting this innovative idea shouldn't even be up for debate....

Somenody asked him something similar tí this and below was his response. U see if government actually wants it to work, it will work.

Well I'm not saying the project will 100% work out the way he has projected(due to the sọ many peculiarities of Nigerian system as a whole), but then Nigeria supposed dey give brilliant minds like him a chance, maybe just maybe the country will not go to ruins sooner than imagined.

A001:
The proposal is ingenious. What was Buhari's response to it?

U think they will ever give anything that will give accurate data/information a chance in this country? Country wey people dey delibrately sabotage national census,manipulate figures to the extent that the whole exercise that we spent billions end up getting discredited?

raumdeuter:
Just check Ajaokuta and how its working seamlessly since 1976 that we contracted Russians

Let's even agree Ajaokuta was mismanaged by Nigeria and the Russians, what exactly can he point out to buttress the point that Russia's love for us his match made in heaven?

Havertz10:
because we don't have enough competent intellectuals, education is a joke, it doesn't broaden the intellectual depths of individuals, so it will be hard for a Nigerian company to get to their level of expertise and speed

McKinsey is arguably one of the most important companies in America, if you know, you know

The way they harvest minds and grow think tanks, abeg rest with why cant Nigeria start it's own, these things require years and these idiots are still calling on god

Did I just read we lack intellectuals? Ol'boy this one Na dust yarn abeg. You probably need to expand Ur network, meet people and will be amazed at the number of Bright minds this country has ( some of which have even been poached by more responsible societies who know their value)

Just take time to go through Professor Ndubuisi Ekekwe's profile attached below, take a look at one of his proposals for tackling the fuel subsidy scam that's been going on for years in this country.

The man is just of the numerous think-tank u claim we don't have available.

Havertz10:
I don't want to be ruled by anybody, I think leadership particularly by a single individual is fundamentally unfair, we can have small governments with better living standards

I mean when it was time to create nuclear weapons, they created a whole town and gathered the best minds in the world, code named the Manhattan project, why can't they do it for cancer? Or HIV or to discuss social issues

They wouldn't because it's only divisive things that matter, America is building a 100billion dollar nuclear weapon as we speak, while using IMF and world bank to preach fiscal responsibility to poor countries

Did you know that almost all the digital innovations in the world today have their origins in military research, animals

About Russians they love us more than Americans love Nigerians but slavery, movies and pop culture will always push you to gravitate towards the west

As for china, they are rational businessmen, they believe that all parties can gain from a deal and expect you to be competent enough to present a fair argument

Do u have any verifiable evidence that confirms the bold part of Ur post to be true or its just what u think in Ur head ?

Labadi69:
You won’t live long if you continue to eat this junk

This is totally unacceptable. Whoever is the mod on this section should please ban this never-to-do-well.; this is the height of it all.

How do u just wake as early as 5.35am and u tell a fellow human he/she won't live long cos of the food he/posts on nairaland?

I know most trolls don't have things going well for them offline and they transfer their personal life frustration to whoever they come across online, but mehn this is just not acceptable. Na because of imbecilesss like this guy some of us reduced our post here cos of the negative energy. The mods really need to clean people like this off this streets

daveP:
lol. I never expected another goal though. I think he’s also the last player to score dying minute goals at Emirates. We need prep for his departure in this aspect. If Osimhen is truly coming, e go sweet. But Isak and DCL....

I don't even know which striker want at the Emirates, maybe I will just have to trust Arteta and his scouting team. My own they should sha sign striker wey dey score as in goalscoring striker, no be striker wey Smith-Rowe go dey outscore from AM or LW position o

Jodera:
I swear, make dem no give am any contract at all.. I could see the plethora of chances he missed today and the worst part is that he hardly takes he short on target. And even if he does, it's not deadly enough

He just dey give Tino Werner vibes today; like he can do every other thing on the pitch aside scoring.

daveP:
this isn’t a tight angle truly. That’s why I added he’s been unlucky too. But if we want to Yab him for chances not buried, Saka Dey that table wellllaaaa this season. Love just cover am ni.

It was evident Saka is tired, u could see the fatigue showing in his decision making....,but u see Lacazette doing uncessary skills, trying to do useless one-two no-look pass when we are 1 goal down was just annoying.

If we had lost I would've blamed him and Arteta for not taking him off for pepe or any other available player upfront despite wasting our chances.

At the end I'm glad he was able to redeem himself and make we the fans happy

Spy360:
Apart from ginger, we have no striker in Lacazette. An out of form Aubameyang was better. Arteta should consider Pepe, Martinelli or Nketiah.

Nketiah pressed very well and made good fast runs. Good game for him.

At the end, it was the mentality that won us the match. This new found agbero mentality will take us far.

I really liked how our players especially Xhaka hustled Jimenez when they were wasting time messing with the officials during the substitution. That Agbero mentality really helped psyche our players up and it paid off at the end of the day.

Imagine that coady was busy talking back at the ref, feeling dissatisfied with his de ions without getting cautioned.

daveP:
Laca had his chances. But he’s very unlucky with it cos most are tight angles. Na cos we love Saka we no wan criticize am o, but we should. He had open chances and was slow on most of them. Two goals from tight spots. Bottom line is Laca is that kind of player that needs an Ozil. It’s cos he’s majorly unlucky in front of goal, many aren’t settled with him. He works he’s though.

This is not true. Lacazette no just dey score ni.....

Do u know he also lost this chance below in the first leg against wolves? Is this one also a tight angle?

Jodera:
You don start again with the bolded.

Anyways, I'm glad Nketiah played a nice game. The trio of Pepe Martinelli and Saka doubtful yet. Maybe until I see it happen effectively else I don't trust such combination for now.

And yes, I'm happy for the fighting spirit. The guys never gave up

But what he said is true. An out of form Auba was still outscoring. It's a fact!

Lacazette no just be striker wey dey score; imagine he's never scored 15 EPL goals for the past 5 years he's spent at the Emirates even though he's played at least 30 EPL games in 4 of those 5 seasons.

If I hear say anybody give that guy fresh contract lasan

Eawwal:
He changed the game.
He brought energy into the game.

He changed everything. More like he gave Saka some respite when he came on

mostob:
chief...I don't even know what to say about this guy. He plays sluggishly at times that you will want to break your TV watching him..

Yeah, sometimes he can be frustrating to watch but the few minutes he stayed on the pitch today was everything for him.

I believe if 4-4-2 was still a popular formation, he will do well as SS. He may not score much but will always partner well with a number 9

Nketiah appreciation post

I'm really happy for Arteta and boys...I'm glad they paid back the support the fans gave them all thru the match.

E no go better for Hee chan, Jimenez, bruno lage and the rest of the time wasters!

Isinku yín oni sorire

Goal ball bitcheeeeeessss!

See the nonsense waste of time these bastards dey do....smh

Goal boooooolu!

Nicolas Pepe! Na the thing wey Lacazette dey try to.do since be that o

Shey na bathroom slippers Xhaka wear come filed? The weyrey go just dey fall anyhow

Saka is tired obviously Dem just dey force the boy players

E come be like say Lacazette bet against himself scoring today

Xhaka has been uber useless in that advance position he's played today.... Can't pass well, very slow and gets dispossessed easily

Lacazette is just a stupid striker!

Martinelli dey use style play rubbish today abeg! He's offering little defensive cover and still wasting chances upfront

Arsenal players will see Saka with the ball trying to beat 2 to 3 markers, yet other arsenal players will stay as far away as possible patiently waiting for the boy to miracle and give them free lunch... Smh.

See our midfielders getting shoved off the Ball....how attackers wan take see ball play?