₦airaland Forum

Unemadu:
Dangotes refinery will be ready in 2017

My guy, Dangote's refinery will siphon the profits into his pocket. The money OBJ wasted could have been used to create a limitless source of income for an education intervention fund. Imagine if just 10 percent of the profits from a refinery is being put into a fund for technical training of young Nigerians. Or being used to distribute basic medicine to rural hospitals. This is what we are talking about.

OBJ failed and he knows it.

9jawear:
bros you are on point ... we shld also blame obj and ppl like ibb .. they were confirmed western boy boy
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Always eager to please the west deliberately decapitating our economy .

Thats why i dont fall for all this harvard this, professor that bullshit ..

Dont we have secret economic societies in Nigeria sho secretly promote a countrys agenda

IBB was another one. Someone that spent one TRILLION naira in today's money on phantom "Transition Programme". Chai. Nigeria has suffered. The Harvard name that they are claiming is just to deceive the gullible. We have people that talk about what is going on, people that can effect a change but they don't have the money or willpower to actually change things.

majekdom2:
do Nigerians read on past issues ... No . She cornered about 6 millions dollars for that debt relief. OBj didn't want to sack her to cause her shame that was why her port folio was changed.

That is the big problem. People don't read up. Those that fail to learn from the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them. Her so called Harvard training doesnt mean anything if she has been shown to be corrupt to the bone. People thing that because she doesn't show off like Allison-Madueke she is a saint. Just too bad.

The issue of drop in ooil price was predicted right from 2010 when the US began to invest in shale oil production. By 2012, US imports of oil had started dropping and even Saudi Arabia quietly raised alarm. During all this time she did not say anything or encourage belt tightening measures. She kept looking and pocketing money.

Now, people are advocating fire-brigade approach when the fire was seen before it reached our house. I tire for this country sef. They should not finish the money- let me also come and take my own because nobody is serious at all.

9jawear:
which travails .. she is an Economic Hitman , In the words of John Perkins, a former respected member of the international banking community. In his book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man he describes how highly paid professionals like him, help the U.S. cheat poor countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars by lending them more money than they could possibly repay and then take over their economies.John Perkins describes himself as a former economic hit man–a highly paid professional who cheated countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars.

According to him, people like our coordinating minister of finance and the economy are recruited by the west to promote the world bank hidden ideology of sustaining developing Nations in poverty indefinitely.

Please note, this is not to defame the character of the honourable minister or castigate her for being igbo, but clearly she is acting out a script and practising some sort of pseudo economics and playing its ultimate goal to “alleviate poverty”, but if you notice the long term goal is to make Nigeria to be buried in debt, and also she has been a proponent of placing restrictions on how money can be spent. We all know that when money circulates and is being spent ,money would flow and it would put money in the hands of the middle class and lower class. We would all admit that there is no money, in the meantime it is only the super rich who have access to billions of naira, while our Super Rich Forbes list billionaires are buying more jets and the super rich are flaunting their wealth,something is wrong with the economy.

This same economist adviced that Nigeria pay out $35 billion cash to wipe off all our debt six years ago. Now under the management of this same "economist" Nigeria is currently owing a fresh $10 billion, not adding the $1 billion being newly wasted on the Boko Haram war. A real Igbo economist will never give out $35 billion cash as repayment for a bad debt. Not when $20 billion will build two world class refineries anywhere in the world which will earn upwards of $50 billion in five years.

She was trained by the world bank to impose the harsh austerity policies prescribed by the IMF and World Bank as “solutions” but in fact they squeeze every last drop of wealth and resources in Nigeria.

And she keeps concocting stories that our economy has been rebased, She keeps Globe-trotting all around the Globe from one Economic summit to another , blowing aloud trumpet, that our economy is doing just fine,meanwhile the ordinary man on the street is suffering ,
Even her igbo brothers are miffed that hithero in the past, there was money available to the lower classses, for them to purchase goods.

Honestly, Confessions of an Economic Hitman should be required reading for all students in Third World Countries. People don't know how far. One functional refinery in Akwa Ibom is all we need to provide fertilizers and fuel for domestic consumption. The second one will allow us to export refined products to all of the western African coast. But OBJ, that blind fool refused to see it. He too was sent to destroy us.

Let us face facts. The fall of the Naira is good for the economy. A devalued currency helps local producers. That is why Japan's economy always sinks when the Yen gets too strong. The only problem is the way that the Naira is going down. The fall should be controlled by CBN not dictated my the larger markets lack of faith in Nigeria's economy due to world crude prices.


If you notice, price of imported fish and chicken will increase, making local alternatives more attractive and helping the local producers make profit and therefore expand leading to greater employment. Price of imported cars will increase, making locally produced ones more attractive. If Nigeria wants to provide jobs fr Nigerians, imported goods must be made less attractive by either devaluing the currency or placing tariffs on imported goods.

patrick89:
voodoo economist right? I wonder when you and your mother will get to her level. typing poo behind laptop doesn't make you great,,,

My guy. Do you ever criticise any politician? If so, are you at the politician's "level"? The fact is that NOI is a fraud and a thief. She made a killing during that debt write off scam and she is back because she decieved people into seeing her as a saint.

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is the worst type of thief. She is a green snake slithering silently in green grass. NOI made BILLIONS of naira during the so-called debt write off, but continues to use her "modest" dressing to fool people. She did not leave the World Bank during OBJ era to help anybody, she came to help herself and some key members of OBJ's crew make serious cash.

The entire debt write off was a huge scam. OBJ did it because he realized he had no legacy to leave behind and felt that leaving the country "debt-free" would help him cover up. This is a man who was claiming that GSM was part of his legacy. You can imagine. Something that was started by Abacha. Iweala was only brought in to make people less suspicious. If a typical Nigerian minister was in charge, people would have looked at it more closely.

Gbawe:
You make a good point. The politician steals billions which causes poverty, unemployment and deprivation amongst the masses leading to extreme frustration of the average man. The thieving politician is beyond reach in his very high tower. For the frustrated majority, why not settle for gays, thieves and 'bird witches' instead of those who are really behind their woes, hunger, poor sleep, homelessness, joblessness and sub-optimal health?

That is the way I see it, Sir. It is too bad. Most of these people don't really care about gay people. They just have one reason to release anger and they take it. The brutality they want to direct against the politicians is directed against the easy target.

jaytee01:
This wind of change will eventually touch down in ou dear nation!

LOL. So it is the coup by a stooge of Compaore that you are calling change? I am sure you also believe that General Sisi of Egypt is also a wind of change. Ogbeni, wake up.

ochallo:
The percentage of non-Muslims in Turkey fell from 19% in 1914 to 2.5% in 1927.Turkey is a secular state with no official state religion- wikipedia. Stop spreading religious bigotry, this is a sin in Christianity. Christians were never mandated to fight for God, we mere mortals cannot fight for God, God is powerful enough to fight for himself. Get your head out of the Gutter.

Go and ask Erdogan if Turkey is a secular state and find out what is happening. Islam is a religion that can easily be militarized and has been militarized in NIgeria for a very, very long time. The Northerners regularly co-ordinate strategy with the rest of the Muslim elite during Pilgrimage. If the other people, both Muslim and non-Muslim don't wake the hell up, the way that Darfur and South Sudan suffered will be small compared to what will befall the rest of sub-Saharan Africa.

LAST BULLET: If you want peace, prepare for war.

nijanigga:
why bother contest the election? Have you heard what's going in Burkina-Faso?

You can't compare the situation in Nigeria to the situation in Burkina-Faso. Compaore is hated by almost all people and is only in power because he is a French puppet. His job is to keep the steady flow of people moving from his country to Ivory Coast to work in the Cocoa plantations. The French have assigned Burkina-Faso a slave labour camp, a reservoir of cheap labor to provide labor for their colonial plantations in Ivory Coast.

Jonathan, whatever you may say has a HUGE base of support. He is sen as a symbol of hope for many of the minority tribes that have been marginalized under the old WAZOBIA system that basically says that only the Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa are worth mentioning in Nigeria. His religion and his clever use of Boko Haram is also a source of support- the Christians in the North will support him to the last, and the Christians in the south are very likely to do the same. Hate him as much as you want, but don't say that he has no support or speculate that he is on Compaore's level. He isn't.

Gbawe:
What you intelligently espouse is even established scientific fact and the basis of many formal studies which ultimately go on to conclude that the most vociferously homophobic men are the one who fear their own subconscious homosexuality and effeminacy. Your conclusion is exactly the same as many scientific studies which suggests that balanced and assured men, secure in their own sexuality, have no reason to hate gays to the extent of wishing them harm i.e extreme homophobia.

I think human relationship, in the simplest form, must focus on preventing wrong (rape, murder, assault, robbery, terrorism et al) blighting the lives of law-abiding citizens. Can all those who have rushed to support the lynching of gays here make a cogent argument for how the private and bedroom activities of two adult gay men harm them personally or constitute a direct criminal act against their person or that of their loved ones?

Oga, what you are doing is pointless. The people you are talking to are secretly angry with the situation of the country and the way the commonwealth is looted by a few untouchable people. It is this anger that makes them set upon any vulnerable person in the area. Homosexuals are a very, VERY easy target for such brutality. What they do is frowned upon by many religions and for that reason it is easy to mobilize people to hunt them and kill them.

LAST BULLET: As for the guy they beat up, my advice to him is to apply for asylum in Canada. now that they have beaten him, he can easily be given asylum in America, Canada or UK and even get a job as a spokesperson for one of the many organizations that are promoting gay rights. In short, him own don beta. LOL

berem:
Sorry to ask o, are there any X-rated films in the market on man to man homosexuality? Just curious to know!

Abeg na question I ask o!

See JAMB question o

ROSSIKE:
You have no shame. Kainji dam - Nigeria's FIRST power plant and dam - was started in 1964 and completed in 1968. By the BLACK government of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainji_Dam

The whites built NO power infrastructure at all in Nigeria. There was no national grid. They simply imported industrial generators from Europe to light up a few GRAs in some cities where they had some white folk. Finish. 63 YEARS. And some worthless idio.ts are calling for them to RETURN and rule. Just amazing. I don't know what juju the whites have used to make some of you so dumb and stupi.d wherever they are concerned.

Propaganda is so powerful mehn. Imagine people wishing for a return to slavery.

kayciano:
i just pray we can because the WHITES are closer to GOD....since they are NEAT and DETEST DARKNESS..
WE really NEED them...

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.

Gedilez:
Please everyone in the forum...help me out on what next to do...or does any usps flight to naija crash recently cos i'm really confused here.. after my item was sent it didn't track until after a week and this is all i have on it so far..


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Your item was processed through our ISC MIAMI FL (USPS) facility on October 16, 2014 at 6:48 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination.

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Tracking..CW********US

Take it easy. Mine was like that for 6 days until it updated and showed that it had reached Nigeria on the 27th of October. My tracking number also starts with CW like yours. It takes US Customs a lot of time to sort through stuff.

GenBuhari:
The Saudis cannot dare to disobey the USA their survival depends on it.

The Saudis are simply following instructions from America.

Oga Saudi Arabia is not as much of a puppet as you believe. They too have ambitions and while they will not declare war or take rash decisions they can use "corner-corner" to quarrel which is what they are doing now.

The big lesson here is to avoid marrying people that are troublesome. The fact of the matter is that due to the major role that PEJ played in bringing her husband to the level that he is, he simply cannot control her. That woman has tried for him and if not for her he would be nobody. This is why she sees his power as president as her own power and why she usurps his constitutional authority in order to further her own agenda.

PEJ is a tough, but "local" woman. Many first ladies have wielded enormous influence all over the world, (see Grace Mugabe, Hinda Deby, Hillary Clinton) but the way she goes about her own is too crass and blatant that is is bound to rub people the wrong way. The reason that Jonathan and Amaechi have fallen out is to do with PEJ's wish to control the destiny of all people of her ethnicity regardless of what the governors wish.

This is one reason why Tii Sylva had to go and why Seriake will be given red card if he is not careful. This whole situation is just too bad.

Guys,

It is Saudi Arabia that is causing the price to come down so sharply. The Saudis have close to I TRILLION dollars in reserves and want to kill the US shale oil industry. They know that once prices reach $70 the US shale industry will simply collapse as will Canadian Tar sands industry. The Saudis prefer to take some cuts now and deal with $70 oil in order to maintain dominance in the long term. The fact of the matter is that the Saudis and the US have stopped being close for some time now.

Differences over the way to handle the Syria crisis, Iraq, and ISIS have caused relationship between the two of them to cool significantly. The other big issue is the idea of a deal with Iran which will lift sanctions and boost Iran's prestige and power in the region. The US isn't too upset with what Saudi is doing because they can use it to pressure countries like Nigeria, Venezuela, Iran and Russia who they have geopolitical plans against. Venezuela's economy is collapsing and Putin's Russia is bleeding money due to low oil prices. Iran is also taking damage and the US wants to use it to pressure Iran into giving up its enrichment program and agreeing to supply gas to Europe- further isolating Russia.

Do you guys see it now?

Sagytarius:
"This is a fight in which the whole world has a stake."__Sirleaf

Meanwhile some mofos are busy printing on T-Shirts

True talk. People don't seem to get that we are all humans and are in this world together.

Collynzo29:
There is no country that doesn't have that, virgin land in some countries is bigger than Nigeria as a whole. What do you mean by sitting idle? If every inch of land in the country is already occupied or being used, what happens as the population continues to grow?
The total size of farmlands in the US is five times bigger than Nigeria and they still have virgin land.
www.agday.org/media/factsheet.php

My guy, what we have is unplanned urban sprawl fed by unrestricted rural-urban migration. If the rural communities can be provided with amenities and opportunities through improving opportunity for agriculture the flow of people to the overcrowded cities will reduce and might even stop or be reversed.

It is like a 3 bedroom house where only 1 room has mosquite net, fan, AC and mattress. The people of the house will rather pack themselves into the room with amenities than sleep in a room where they are battling mosquitoes while sleeping on the floor with no fan or ac. Do you get?

talktimi:
some people want us to believe otherwise

Very true. It is those people that are eating more than their share that want us to think other wise. Imagine the USA that consumes 20% of the worlds resources with 5% of the world's population saying Africa needs help with population control. And people are buying it. Too bad.

Collynzo29:
Both countries are overpopulated, there citizens aren't exactly living the most comfortable lives in the world.
Chinese are in every corner of the world.
China's population is about 7.5 times bigger than ours.
They have 1.3 billion, we have 170 million

My guy, the reason why these countries have poor people is the distribution of resources. China has the most billionaires in the world but most of them are hidden just like in Nigeria. Please consider that.

talktimi:
Get your facts right, Nigeria is not overpopulated buy rather grossly under developed when you factor in the spatial organization of our towns and cities plus the under utilization of our agric sector.

Please help me tell them ooo. We have urban sprawl and HUGE tracts of virgin land just sitting idle.

Collynzo29:
There are people in this country who have no source of income but have up to 12 children in this country, I am talking of here in the south not even in the north where it is prevalent.
What kind of education will he provide for those children and what will they turn into?
In saner countries, people give birth to only children they can take care of.

Why don't those people have a source of income? This is what you should be asking. Nigeria has a population that isn't even enough to tap its natural resources. We have huge tracts of arable land that are untouched and unmapped. Massive reserves of mineral resources that are just waiting to be exploited as well as a huge domestic market that needs millions of factory workers to provide it with manufactured goods. Our population is our greatest asset.

GenBuhari:
He shouldn't stop there he should kill all his children and relatives and donate his wealth to the masses before committing suicide.

My guy, don;t do that. These people need to be informed. Remember that you did not always know what you know today. Consider that.

OreMI22:
May be Haitians should research and flaunt their Yoruba ancestry.
Yoruba is a powerful group of Africans/Nigerians. Yoruba may be able to raise Haiti's appeal in Africa. Although One wonders if Haiti would accept African aid. They rejected Senegal's offer of land after the 2010 earthquake saying it was better being in devastated Haiti than Senegal! Land Haiti could have accepted and used for agriculture to help her economy!

The Haitian's and Caribbean people do not hate Africa and African things, but they are in a tight corner so they just have to pretend in order to survive. Imagine if your sister is kidnapped and told that if she does not call you a bastard, that she will be Molested and killed.

If Haiti had accepted that offer the US would have dealt with them seriously by withdrawing aid. Those guys are hostages there and only constant support from a large alliance of countries can bail them out. Try and understand the position these people are. Even one of Mexico's presidents once lamented that he feels sorry for Mexico because they are so far from god and so close to the USA. (Mexico is big o)

Collynzo29:
China is 10 times bigger than Nigeria, India is about 4 times bigger.

China's population is 11 times more than ours and India's is 9 times more than ours.

mkpakanaodogwu:
Our greatest problem is RELIGION followed by Tribalism

My guy this thing you called tribalism is actually nationalism. Europe did not begin to develop until entities like the Austro-Hungarian and German Empires were dismantled allowing for self-determination. The borders of a country set up the rules that is is governed by. Nigeria's borders were designed to make it impossible for us to develop because there would always be disagreement. Same with all of Africa. Sudan spent almost 60 years fighting because of the existence of insane borders. It is only now that they have made some progress but they are still being destabilized because North Sudan has not finished with them.

During colonialism out people wanted independence but we didn't get it. Read A Squalid End to Empire by Harold Smith and learn about how Britain sabotaged Nigeria. They knew that Nigeria as it was configured was unstable and they wanted it like that. They want us to keep fighting each other so that we will not look at them while they carry our resources.

I agree with you on religion though. If we can become more secular in outlook, we will be able to look at situations without sentiment and actually chart a course. The sad thing is that the Nigerian Elite are not religious at all. They only form religious to decieve the ignorant masses. Ask anybody that is close to the elite. They don't give a damn about religion or morality. This is the same thing with ruling classes everywhere. The Saudi elite are notorious for their depravity.

osystein:
Japan?

My guy Japan was ALLOWED to develop by the USA because they wanted to use a rich Japan to stop the spread of communism. Same with South Korea and Taiwan. Remember that after the end of World War 2, communism was spreading in Asia like wildfire and the US saw that as being against their strategic interest. There was something called the "Containment Doctrine" that called for developing wealthy US-allied/controlled pupped states to stop the spread of communism.

The only Asian countries the developed on their own are Malaysia and China and even China's own has K-leg because the US wanted to weaken the Soviet Union by moving China away from them.

OreMI22:
Even dependence on Jamaica is dangerous talkmore USA.

Ghana's electricity is suffering now because it depends on Nigeria for gas. Not that Nigeria intentionally did it. But depending on any country makes you suffer when they have any difficulty in meeting their obligation to help.
USA, does not really have any strategic interest to help Haiti nor Africa. Africa is even more strategic because they have abundance of many minerals that America wants to get. It is very unpopular to help Haiti and many Americans openly oppose it. Therefore if the USA economy falters a bit, the first aid to cut off is the one going to Haiti. Figure?

Please help me tell them ooo