₦airaland Forum

Yoruba muslim, im liking him already. no gay!

those foreign trolls will not come and learn here...parasites

mixed feelings. some of his assertions are true while some are actually sentiments, most especially on the power rotation.
by now if he doesnt know that the notherners have ruled this country than any other region since independence, then his condition requires medical attention and not declaring e-war on him.
his case is pitiable tho.
he mentioned that notherners are suffering under a nothern leader but still want to continue that suffering from another NOTHER leader instead allowing a southerner to help...illogical!
he condemns buhari's govt because he favours the south but he will not allow buhari to split the nation...confused being!

He has not given free and quality education to Nigerians.
He has not given N1m each to 36 states in the country even though he can afford more than that.

he was thinking that the event would be big

Ola17:
What kind of ‘agricultural show’ requires taking a LION out of its enclosure?! Abi lion don turn agricultural product or equipment ni

wetin we no go hear for sambisa forest

Kingsley Moghalu in mind...
I wish they give themselves brain to see the potential in that guy and give an unanimous support...
Conventional Political candidate can not work for them.

so how does he teach morality then if public sex is an offense punishable under law and moreover, i learnt he did not marry that girl, even his daughter's fiend or something.

nawa

The war we are are facing here is more than what someone can just sit down and analyse on a social media or computer, we need to rebirth ourselves and murder corruption in our society.
This is the time for us to actualise the Bill that says 'any corrupt public office holder should be killed'.
This bill is the ONLY solution we have left as a resort and its implementation. A word...

Oblongata:
They will definitely go back to yahoo wiser and more determined

Try to read how human minds work, especially the younger ones, they settle for peace immediately they find one!

modified:
And comfort will be luxury....

TheSaxophonist:
When the federal government announced the closure of Nigeria’s land borders on the 20th of August, it sighted the need to establish a relationship of mutual coexistence between Nigeria and her neighbors. The Nigerian customs boss maintained that Nigeria’s land borders would remain shut until neighbouring countries comply with protocols on movement of goods and persons as established by the Economic Community of West African States.

While some experts have questioned the legality of the move, others have praised it for the economic advantages it supposedly offers Nigerian farmers.

Short cut to success
When the federal government launched the economic recovery and growth plan (ERGP) in 2017, one of its cardinal stanchions was to create over 15 million jobs by 2020, as well as drive food security by achieving self sufficiency in tomato (2017), rice (2018) and wheat (2020).

By 2018, Nigeria’s demand for rice had risen to 6.7 million tons, with domestic production falling well below 4 million tons in the same period. Despite a 70% hike in tariffs and levies since 2015, but with local production still far below demand, rice has found its way across Nigeria’s borders by hook or crook.

Since the recent land border closure intended to enforce an outright ban on rice importation, the price of rice has risen abruptly. Since June 2019, one kilogramme of rice (imported high quality sold loose) has gone from N352.82 per kilogramme to N540 per kilogramme. With local production hardly rising above previous levels and consumers moving away from the expensive foreign alternative, some experts predict that the price of a kilogramme of rice might stabilize at N800 by the years’ end (that’s N40,000 for a 50 kilogrammes bag).

Self sufficiency should translate to our local demand been met by local production and if this be the case, we are still half way there.

However, with time the federal government’s cosmetic approach if sustained might force a drop in general consumption, as Nigerian consumers bare the largest share of the policies burden.

If prices continue to rise as predicted and consumption falls with respect to the elasticity of rice, then that point comes when the general demand will match local production. At this point we can say we are “self sufficient”, but definitely not at the current disequilibrium.

Good or bad policy?
The Nigerian customs recently revealed that it has raked an average of N4.7 billion to N5.8 billion daily since the border closure. An estimate it claimed was above its initial revenue prior to the closure.

The federal government also claims that since the border was closed on the 20th of August, the diversion of petroleum products from Nigeria to neighbouring countries had ceased, saving us 10.2 million litres of premium motor spirit (PMS).

What’s the catch?
In its latest inflation report, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that consumer price index had risen to 11.24% by September 2019. Previous data from the NBS showed that inflation began to rise following Nigeria’s closure of its land borders.

With an outright ban on trade through the nation’s land borders, aggregate demand seems to outpace aggregate supply. This unavailability of adequate supply leads producers/suppliers to increase prices, thus leading to a demand-pull inflation.

From being forced to settle for low quality staple food, to increase in the general price level, the average Nigerian pays the price for the federal government’s border closure policy.

By Cephas Kadiri and Uwemedimoh Sampson

Source:
http://www.gpggnigeria.org/border-closure-are-we-truly-self-sufficient-in-food-production/

I wholly agree with the author's submission, what i just think is whoever that finds hi or herself to contribute positively to Nigeria's situation shouldnt hesitate to do so, even Buhari himself and u and I.
The war we are are facing here is more than what someone can just sit down and analyse on a social media or computer, we need to rebirth ourselves and murder corruption in our society.
This is the time for us to actualise the Bill that says 'any corrupt public office holder should be killed'.
This bill is the ONLY solution we have left as a resort and its implementation. A word...

Beremx:
Nigeria is not self sufficient In all ramifications. Buhari should stop deceiving himself that he is working. Instead, he is adding more sufferings to Nigerians

I respect your opinion but pls kindly suggest one thing u think can solve this mess we are in...
Thanks

Nina

franchasng:
Hahahahahaha; well packaged from front to back....Igbo ladies eh, the most beautiful women on earth, see lovely back and welcoming front


These are the type we call 'Nne'

If your girlfriend or fiance' isn't an Igbo lady, honestly, you don't have a girlfriend or fiance, you better get one







If your wife isn't an Igbo lady, my brother, you are single oh

Boss's meat

he did not even say pem about aisha saga and somebody wants me to hate him...wa gbemi!

Busola will not come and learn from this little girl now...

vaxx2:
Actually your info are very wrong. consult imf/ world bank for further details. the present figure indicate Ghana gdp per capital is way ahead of Nigeria and the goods supply to Nigeria is worth 80 million not 50 million dollars.

How is it ahead Oga Well updated info says that they are equal which is not as important as the International Trade Impact that you have even revealed that is more. By indication, the impact on their GDP will even shoot up from initial 0.075% to 0.12%.

Just30:
he is deluding himself

If Ghana Stops buying from Nigeria and place an embargo on trade with Nigeria
Nigeria will go into recession
Because, it will be 2 billion dollars market lost to Nigerian oil companies.


Ghanaian businesses will only lose 75 million market.

so as you can see, Ghana does not need you or your market.
Equatorial Guinea is on Ghana doorsteps begging for the 1 billion dollars gas market in Ghana

Its quite unfortunate that some of our myopic and corrupt leaders run this country down to this level, that you this just 30 year old boy or girl now has the effrontery to challenge Nigeria into Trade War. As at 80s, your ancestors have two major commercials in Nigeria, Shoe Shining (we call them sow bata) and Teaching, honestly, your ancestors were good at that because we found their accents interesting back then.
Fast forward to 2019 and the Border closure issue, rest assured that the decision made outside this online war but the practical ones between the two countries will affect both countries positively or otherwise, depending.
Lest work with facts and figure:
Nigeria has a population of 200m
Ghana has 30.42m (x6)

Nigeria running on GDP of $500bn
Ghana running on GDP of $66bn (x8)

Nigeria GDP per capita $2,450
Ghana GDP per capita $1,915 ($535 deficit)

Now, International Trade Impact Analysis
Nigeria Export to Ghana $159m (Greater demand from Nigerian Products in Ghana)
Ghana Export to Ghana $50m (Requires lesser products just to help you guys)

Economic Impact Analysis on Trade (Export against GDP)

Nigeria $159m against $500bn - 0.03%
Ghana $50m against $66bn - 0.075% (more impact on GDP and even economy at large )

The question is how can a rich dad rely on his dependent child?

psychologygh:
listen my sister,Nigeria does not affect us in ANY WAY.They are highly insignificant to Ghana's 65 billion dollar economy. An Economic dependence is when a country buys billions or hundreds of millions of dollars worth our products thus when that country says "No,I won't buy your products again",then you're in trouble.All our buyers are in Asia and Europe.Nigrria only buys 80 million dollars of our exports out of the 17.1 billion dollars that Ghana exports.That 80 million dollars is less than 0.5% of our exports.Nigeria can die now,Ghana will never feel it buh rather benefit just like we benefited from diverted investments when they went on recession since 2015.Ghana now overtakes them in Foreign Direct Investments in 2018.Our only issue is few of our trucks which got stuck at their border due to their failure to announce the close of their borders.Those goods over there is not even worth 0.3% of our total exports. We rather help them by buying their cements and smuggled goods into Ghana worth 159 million dollars. They're nothing to us.

Nanatrendy:
they are more like parasites

naijapower:
Published October 13, 2019
Nigeria’s countless and unheeded calls to her neighours to stop aiding and abetting smuggling, which is damaging her economy, led to the closure of her land borders in August. The action, earlier meant to last for 28 days, has entered the third month with its end date still indeterminate.

At issue is the unremitting smuggling of diverse products across the country’s borders, including the smuggling of rice from Benin Republic. Benin imports 1.2 million metric tons of rice annually, against the backdrop of its population of about 11 million people. The country is not alone: Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroon form the other members of the devious quartet in this sabotage. This is seriously threatening Nigeria’s domestic rice production, which has unprecedentedly spiked with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s rice Anchor Borrowers Programme. As one bright spot in the economic recovery effort, it has helped official rice import from Thailand to plummet from 644,131 metric tons to 20,000 MT annually, as of 2018, said the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed.



Undoubtedly, the closure has opened Nigeria’s eyes to new economic realities; and enamoured of them, the authorities have vowed not to reopen the borders until the affected countries learn to conduct themselves responsibly and in line with the principles that undergird the ECOWAS protocol on free movement of goods and services.

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali, at a recent meeting with the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning, lauded the initiative. He said, “There was a day in September that we collected N9.2 billion… It has never happened before.” Currently the country ratchets up between N4.7 billion and N5.8 billion daily revenue from imports. According to the Customs boss, with borders closed, cargoes that used to go to Benin Republic to berth en route to Nigeria “are now forced to bring their goods to either Apapa or Tin Can Island, and we have to collect duty on them.”

Equally revealing is the drop in fuel consumption by eight million litres a day, says statistics from the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva. Smugglers ferret out this volume of fuel daily across the borders. Besides the halt in rice and fuel smuggling, the border closure has become a boost to the local chicken market, while car malls with suspected smuggled automobiles are being raided by Customs to compel payment of duties. So far, the operation has been successful, largely due to the joint nature of the taskforce; Customs, immigration, police and military personnel are involved, coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser.

President Muhammadu Buhari is excited about the revelations from the operation and has threatened not to end it as long as our neighbours do not play by the rules. He should not capitulate to diplomatic pressure or the misguided nudges of local mercantile operators to end it until he is satisfied that the border haemorrhage is under control.

However, since the closure is not a permanent solution to this unabashed bazaar, government should not lose sight of the original intention of the action: to allow security agencies formulate effective strategies to stem the scourge. That blueprint ought to have been designed by now. Nigeria has one of the most porous borders in the world, aggravated by corruption of Customs officials and other state actors. The deployment of hi-tech in Nigeria’s 84 land borders is critical to addressing this systemic breakdown of border controls, while the challenges from the over 1,400 rogue routes, according to the Immigration authorities, should be faced squarely too.

Ali was forthright to admit that compromised Customs officials and the police helped to promote trafficking in contraband at the borders. He warned such officials of dire consequences if caught. But such thunderous countenances have not been in short supply from him; what the situation needs is a deliberate measure, not happenstance, to weed out tainted officials from the system. Without it, sanity will never prevail.

Nigeria’s “big brother” posture towards her neighbours has become ruinous to its economy and corporate existence. Therefore, enough is enough! With its small population, it is difficult for Benin to justify why it is the world’s sixth largest rice importing country, according to statistics by Worldatlas, if not for its illicit border trading activities, with Nigeria as the target. Through these breached borders, illicit arms are also trafficked into the country – a fillip to the epidemic of banditry, armed robbery, cattle rustling and, above all, Boko Haram jihadists who have killed about 100,000 people in their 10-year-old campaign to establish an Islamic caliphate.

No serious country allows its economy to be sabotaged by neighouring countries. ECOWAS protocol is hinged on free movement of “legal” goods and “legitimate” services. Nothing more. As economically advanced as the United States is, it is still deeply concerned about how to effectively police her border with Mexico to ward off illegal immigrants and prevent smuggling of contraband. Now that Nigeria seems to have woken up from her slumber, the border mayhem cannot be eradicated without systemic ports reform. No question, Apapa and Tin Can ports are disincentives to business in their present state: scanners are scarcely available, physical contacts of persons govern daily operations in this digital age and cargoes are not evacuated through rail transportation, but by tankers and trailers that queue for months, mired in bad roads. Many countries have corporatised or engaged the private sector in their operations for optimal efficiency and profit-taking. Massive technology deployment and decentralisation of tank farms are critical.

From the seaports of Antwerp, Belgium, Singapore, Amsterdam in Holland, Nigeria has a lot to learn in 21st Century port reforms to boost her economy. In the present circumstances, therefore, decongesting the Lagos ports by opening up the under-utilised Warri, Port Harcourt and Calabar channels has become inevitable.

PDP WILL NOT LEARN FROM THIS SANE CRITICISM, NA AS DAURA WAN MARRY SMALL WIFE FOR BUHARI DEM GO FOCUS ON. AWON GUNRUN!

chrisagyei:
****did you hear her.Nigerian goods are entering into Ghana freely buh you refuse these trucks who had already set off entry so they want to even return back.And GUTA was told to open Nigerian shops and stop the protest because you Nigerians run to these same ECOWAS to cry free trade agreement. Over 400 Nigerian shops were locked in just one town in another city called Kumasi alone which was just a spare parts dealership town.Imagine the millions of Nigerians who will go hungry in Ghana had GUTA locked up your shops and closed Nigerian retail businesses throughout Ghana. They just sounded a warning to the minister to inform you that if Ghana retaliates, it will be very ugly so stop saying trash.

Let them close their border too, u will see the rate at which nigerians will consume the intended exports.
The reason they call Nigeria the Giant of Africa is not in the fact that we are the most intelligent, organised or coordinated but because of the population advantage.
Go and read basic economics, demand determines every other variances in the market and that is why Nigeria runs the largest economy in Africa most especially West.
Calculate the Numbers of Nigerians in Ghana that will be affected by such dunce decision if it comes from gh and find out from GUTA the loss they stand to bear. Now check out your facts and figures for comparison. They know better. They cant compete with Nigerian market.
Just assume that it was Ghanian gouvt that closed that border to Nigeria, Nigerians will barely notice until they publicise it themselves on social media

adenigga:
“These statements are false. I am not a member of the APC. I have not been given any appointment by the APC government. This effort to malign my character and reputation, by an individual I have always respected, was a complete shock to me,” a statement he signed partly read.

Bros! With all due respect, read the post well before commenting.

this one is not due for any respect, just ignore him some other time.

Sholaco:
Afenifere should go and bury their head in shame, you that collected money and killed your own brother in the same aso rock, are u people not more than shameful element to the society

MKO or Bola Ige?

Still a Maina in the system will be planning to steal public funds again tomorrow morning and the beneficiaries of the deadly/endangering act and blind wailers will condemn this decision without well thought justification.

My respect and love for you witnesses MORE as im typing.
More weed for Falana so that he can spew more nonsense! somebody should tell him that shrine herbs are not medicinal but cure CRAZE while overdoze can cause Amnesia!

The friends of C Ronaldo are so carried away that they find themselves in the camp of the enemies of Messi!

School left me a while, i dont know how to write Figure 8 again...trying hard sha

personally, i think this is the most active governor in nigeria for now. my submission might not be accurate any way....

13 flats
Is this not another temptation
Another Brothel on mind

Correctgist:
I love them both already

wetin concern you

Saraki has been reduced to an ordinary citizen