Babinski:


It is really annoying when revisionist historians try to underplay the contributions of the good, accommodating and illustrious nature of the Yoruba people to the success of the Lagos we all know now.

For those who try to claim that the Igbos or the FCT status of Lagos is largely what made Lagos what it is today, you need to study the Lagos history for better understanding.

Lagos was forcefully under threat of violence, made a British colony on 5 March 1862. By 1872, Lagos was a cosmopolitan trading center and between 1890 and 1897 it had established a protectorate over most of Yorubaland.

Colonial Lagos developed into a busy, cosmopolitan port, with an architecture that blended Victorian and Brazilian styles. The Brazilian element was imparted by skilled builders and masons who had returned from Brazil. The black elite was composed of English-speaking "Saros" from Sierra Leone and other emancipated slaves who had been repatriated from Brazil and Cuba. By 1872, the population of the colony was over 60,000, of whom less than 100 were of European origin. In 1876, imports were valued at £476,813 and exports at £619,260. This is more than 30 years begore the amalgamation that became Nigeria.

By contrast the revenue from the Southern Protectorate which covered Oil Rivers area in present day Nigeria, the Aro Confederacy, Kingdoms of Benin and Bonny and Akwa Akpa (modern Calabar) and Oron Nation by 1900 was £535,902. Revenue from Northern protectorate was even worse a d it is clear the amalgamation was done to fund the poor Northern protectorate from the prosperous South, from which the Lagos Colony clearly stood out.

While Lagos has the fortune of being along the coast, that distinction is not limited to Lagos within Nigeria. But the accommodating and illustrious nature of its Yoruba people contributed largely to what it has become. The ease of doing business in Lagos, the non-discrimination and welcoming attitude of the Yoruba people cannot be overlooked or over
emphasized.

BreconHills:


This argument about FCT is very tired. Abuja has been FCT since 1976/1985, what is its IGR?

Let's look at the data. ( this is for people who can read)

Abuja became FCT in 1976 but let's even say IBB moved there in 1985. In 1985 The population of lagos was 3.5m with a growth rate of 6.35%. We all know that northerners moved all Federal ministries to Abuja including the Nigeria Ports Authority and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority to Abuja by 1990 meaning Lagos no longer had the multiplier effects of port and airport revenues

Because there is a Federal port or airport in lagos does not mean that Lagos takes the revenue. Got it? Hang on I am not done.

In 1999 when Tinunbu and the Alliance for Democracy took over in Lagos the IGR of lagos was 600m monthly and the population was 7m. Today in 2022 that IGR is 45bn monthly and the population is 25m. All this massive change under the same party from 1999 - 2022.

So the question I want to ask you is - if the FCT status and its subvention and taxes left lagos state between 1976 - 1985 where did the growth in IGR come from? If it came from business activities and not the FGN - why have other states not been able to replicate it? Remember that the government of Lagos state was in opposition to the PDP at the centre from 1999 - 2015. So how did the FGN now develop lagos between 1999-2015? In fact the obasanjo led PDP FGN refused to pay lagos its statutory allocation for over 6 years!

Ok so it is the hard working people from the east or the north that developed lagos abi? Please tell me what lagos listed companies they own on the Nigeria stock exchange? Or is it trading and building of houses that increased IGR? How much tax is paid by this group - personal income tax o. Remember that company tax is Federal tax.

Look stop this FCT argument. It's so weak. The reason lagos has grown financially is:
1. There was a comprehensive master plan that has been in place since 1999 that EVERY administration in Lagos has followed. No other state has had that stability.
2. Lagos is conducive for business because there are no laws or practices that victimise people from anywhere on the grounds of tribe, religion or gender. How many areas of Nigeria welcome non indigenes. Some neighbouring states are even exchanging hostilities in the SE. When oil companies were forced to go to Rivers, Bayelsea and oil producing states did they not run back to Lagos when MEND and Delta Avengers started on them. Which company in its right mind would want to be haunted by BH in the North East or Ipob/UGM in the SE?

Lagos is what Nigeria should be, a detribalized state that does not victimise non residents and which has developed the best infrastructure in Nigeria. Period.

By the way, I am not trying to convince you, I am merely using your contribution to memorialize the facts. Someone else might find this useful years from now. I realise that the Lagos was FCT argument is more of an emotional argument because people don't like Tinubu or SW people and so want to refuse credit. That's fine. But attributing lagos success to (let us even call it 15 years of) FCT when it has not been FCT for 37 years and of that 37 years 23 years have been under the same AD, ADP, APC party is unintelligent.

Please I don't have time for back and forth. I will only reply you if you use data. I dont do dk measuring contests or insults.

INDOMIE9090:
give what belong to Ceasar to ceasar

bonechamberlain:
It could be real, some men are very slow

Decentdave:
I dreamt,and in my dream RUSSIA was wiped out of the surface of the earth by it own nuclear weapon..

Not only trying to take credit, but even also shamelessly downplay or diminish the efforts of the people doing the heavy lifting.

ajaolu:


I know this inverter very well. It's charging current is 10w and not 20w according to the user manual and also its idle power consumption is about 22.5w and not 10watts.

I actually need a 12v inverter and not 24v as I've specified in my post.
Thanks.

Tzar:
These guys are playing with satanism.

zeestone99:


So in essence you want everyone to be like you. Channel that energy across all sectors, from banking, oil and gas, telecoms etc. It's not this one you will single out a select few and start telling them they are inflating price blablabla whereas most of y'all are enjoying the benefits of inflation of price in your workplace.

I have access to corporate documents and I know what is being quoted there.
You don't dictate how one should sell his or her wares because no one will compell you to buy.
I can get a plate or decent meal in an eatery for maybe 3k/4k and I might not also get a plate of that same food for 10k in another eatery. Nobody will force you, patronize what you can afford.

Valto:
to couple a good 280ah in a metal box and good bms will cost atleast 2.1m.,but a company with huge overhead cost is offering higher capacity for 1.5m , it might even be 160ah cells labelled as 300ah.

earthrealm:


@ceaser skillfully avoided answering my questions.
Profit, bms, case etc never enter o..yet its already almost 1.8m, yet felicity claims to sell same for 1.5m , and some ignorant people here think felicity is doing them a favour, no body be father christmas. You get exactly what you pay for

zeestone99:


Many people want to judge what a fair price should be but are gainfully employed in companies that inflate prices when dealing with their clients or get government contracts at over inflated prices.

earthrealm:


You made valid points.
However this issue of insane profits may not be true at all times.
Example a 280ah brand new grade a eve cell is about 110usd in china...add freight of about 15usd to 20usd per cell ,plus 2 to 5months duration before you get the cells. +Risk of total loss, should anything happen to the ship in the high seas, the forwarder will likely not offer any repayment+ flunctuating value of naira vs dollar

1. Question 1 -- what do you think is a fair price to sell that 1 cell in naira?

2. Question 2--- if you go ahead to build a battery pack with 16 pieces of these cell+bms+ decent metal case etc, to give u 14kwh pack. How much do you think is a fair price.

Valto:
because Nigerians wants to buy high quality/real capacity at low prices. almost all the lithium battery company in Nigeria are towing the same line.

coldcandy:

I have been following this discussion and nobody has called anyone names.
I have watched the original YouTube video that exposed the "fraud" by Felicity. What I am hoping to learn is that if that was a glitch (a defective batch) and why were they not recalled like they do with motor vehicles or is it Felicity company policy to consistently and fraudulently over-rate their batteries?
It will add to body of knowledge if an expert like you have done a capacity test on recently manufactured Felicity battery.

techgeniusworld:


Afeniferi is The Intellectual Leader of The Yoruba since these are men who dinned with the "great" Awolowo. I think PA Adebanjo is more enlightened and more intelligent than Awolowo. I'm Yoruba and I hold Awolowo with very little regard. Vote Peter Obi.

MadamVanessa:



Childish fóolish men all around. You see why I don't take this people serious, they act childish and stupid always. What's the essence of sharing the screenshot online for the whole world to know and see ? probably he's among men that say women should have the guts to approach men they love instead of dying in silence and here a lady with gut approach the idiot and he stupidly spread the message across. If you don't like her, you should have told her privately that it's not going to work out , rather than feeling yourself as demigod. Who is he by the way? nonsense

So much for women that think men really matters in their lives when dildos is always available.