₦airaland Forum

bolakale30:
How did we get to this stage? Lives were lost, properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed and some commentators here are more concerned about who won (killed and destroyed more); has our humanity been destroyed in the quagmire of tribal bigotry and tribal-supremacy? Rather than come together to condemn the acts and shame the perpetrators, we are busy appropriating blames... Two wrongs don't make a right! Indeed there was a country! And the igbos here are taking the "not my business stand!

actually we Igbo people 're not taking not my business stand. we 're laughing at the people who 're being pummelled in the own land.

fulanimafia:
It's amazing how IPAD touts equate a battle between illiterate okada riders on both sides into Hausa/Yoruba disharmony.

These guys are still butthurt about the joint kick their ineffectual buffoon received from these two great political heavyweights, and will clearly do anything to amplify this conflict among touts in a bid to break our winning alliance.

Pele.

sugarcoat it however you want its a fight between Hausa and yoruba.

actually the Hausa beating the yoruba in thr land. Whr 're the yoruba e warriors. hungerbad after1 and co. Pentiumpro. dis happened in lagos.



blame it on the Igbos. I think it was started by iPods. via Nnamdi kanu.

I think anambra south should vote for dis man.

shame on Peter Obi.

he is destroying the Good name he already built for himself.

shame. a whole former governor is struggling for relevance in less than two years.

after being overshadowed by the Good works of Willie Obiano.

go on Sir Victor Umeh. we 're solidly behind u. we can feel the Igbo Anambra spirit running through you.

PassingShot:
If I may ask, in what way are you affected by the high exchange rate?

you 're so daft. gosh aresa. U 're a disgrace.

D dollar affect even my dog.

emzila:
they are the ones hoarding the dollars, they want Buhari to consult them so that they will start to dictate for him, go sit down. many of them have decide to withdraw their NAIRA and convert them to dollar just to drain our economy of the dollar and make it scarce but very soon you guys will be tired of holding d dollars. just hold it until d budget is passed let me see if it will remain #400 then. if you know what you can do to help Nigeria, why must you wait for the president to consult you first?

U 're so funny

menacetosociety:
Why is it that u Anambra people are loudmouth mofos?always bragging

na to go die sure pass

Bevista:
Ordinarily, I should not comment on this thread since Ubah has not mentioned how he would go about it. However, for the benefit of those who might get swayed by his cheap claims, I'll say something.
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The exchange rate (PRICE of dollars) is determined primarily by SUPPLY of dollars (through exports, FDIs, foreign borrowing, etc) and DEMAND for dollars (through imports, payments of foreign school fees/medical bills, online purchases, etc). The NET flow of these transactions determine the Balance of Payments (BOP) account with the Central Bank. Elementary economics tells us that when demand exceeds supply, prices go up!
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Coming back to Nigeria, it is well known that oil accounts for 95% of our FX earnings. As oil prices have collapsed from ~$100 in 2014 to ~$30, our supply of dollars has dropped tremendously. This is even worse when one considers that our cost of oil production is ~$20/bbl, meaning that our dollar revenue from oil has dropped from ~$80/bbl to ~$10/bbl. On the demand side, the request for imports are increasing. With such supply shock and increasing demand, there is only one way for the exchange rate to go. This is basic economics and has nothing to do with Emefiele or Buhari, except you are simply being mischievous or grossly ignorant.
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When oil collapsed from around $147 to $38 due to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC), Nigeria had a Foreign Reserve of ~$62bn. The then CBN Governor had to spend ~$20bn from the Reserves to meet import demand thereby preventing devaluation/depreciation. Between 2011 & 2014, oil price was above $100, meaning that the administration never had a dollar supply problem and so could maintain a stable exchange rate. Fast forward to late 2014 when oil prices slid to ~$60, the CBN had to devalue the Naira twice within a period of 6 months (Nov 2014 & Feb 2015) because the Reserves were too low (<$35bn) to deplete to support imports. Now in 2016, oil prices are around $30/bbl while FX Reserves is less than $28bn. The supply shock has reached unprecedented levels, yet demand for imports has not decreased. There is absolutely no way that the exchange rate can stay below N250/$. Simple economics says that price will continue to move till a new equilibrium is reached where demand equates supply.
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There is no policy from Emefiele, Soludo, Greenspan, Bernanke or any other Central Bank governor that can strengthen the Naira in the near term. Except we want to completely deplete the Reserves or go to the IMF to borrow SDRs just to meet import demands. Brace up folks, if oil price collapses to $20 (thereby increasing the supply shock) the exchange rate shall hit N1000/$ and I repeat, this has nothing to do with Emefiele or Buhari but simply economic forces. The only thing that can save the Naira is either for SUPPLY of dollars to increase (through high oil price) or DEMAND to reduce. Since we do not have control over the supply side, we can at least focus on managing the demand side.
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So Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, you have zero knowledge on what you are talking about. With all the money you made from the last government, you can start by building a refinery or some other manufacturing facility (like Dangote) to help us substitute for imports. That would help the Naira more than you seeking cheap consultancy from the government. Or except you want to broker a deal for the government to give amnesty to your Dasuki-Gate friends, so they can bring out stashed up dollars from soakaways and graveyards to support the economy.

bro u made sense.

but..

I believe buhari should listen to him
no smoke without fire


a well known accomplished man is talking while u a nonentity who barely feed is here masturbating

Eintelekt:
Have you seen Obi of Onitsha's dressing? Is he from the Oba's palace too?

maybe u 're new to nairaland. they have claimed onitsha people 're from Benin na.

martineverest:
After, all these Ibos will claim anioma is theirs.. Is that not Benin attire..... Take it out leave it, all monarch in delta are from oba palace

yoruba boi.


did u not see his chiefs with thr Igbo red cap.


ugomba biko bia furu Anuofia nkea.

na so..nyash no dey pain una. I kno wetin I dey suffer wen my shiit strong

Olasco93:
If you are only interested in making cheaper calls, i will personally suggest MTN Zone for you.
I actually discovered that
MTN Zone charges 12kobo per seconds around (7 Naira per minute) from 9pm to around 5:45pm the following day TO ALL NETWORK, and 28kobo per seconds (15 Naira per minute) TO ALL NETWORK from 5:45pm to around 8:59pm same day.
NOTE
MTN Zone do not give 10MB on recharge and they don't give bonuses too...
I hope this help a little.

i move around a lot...I actually make calls mainly in the night

LORDSAMURAI:
Its true though but atleast u know what ur uncle do for a living and im sure people around ur family knows too but e-money's case is different, now u know that its only those that push drugs or are into blood money that always add money to their title, for example ymcb owned by birdman, we all knows they push drugs, u will c yahoo guys adding money to their title but u will never c a hardworking man on a legal business adding money to their title just like lionel messi,dangote,dbanj,donjazzy or wizkid "correct me if i am wrong.

why d hate Mr. must he come out and spell his business for u...na waa for una. why so much hate. U Don associate him wit drugs because of money in his name.

smh for u.

mtn is ripping me. 100 naira now only get me 5 minutes call.
please suggest the best tarrif plan for me and other Nigerians going through this....
presently I'm on super saver+


mynd44. lalasticlala. abeg no move this to phone section. U kno say people no too dey visit thr..abeg. dis south africans 're ripping us

IT is not for nothing that Aba, the commercial city of Abia State, popularly known as Enyimba city is also referred to as the Japan of Africa. The ingenuity of its residents simply astounds. It ranges from the dexterity of the technicians who fabricate machinery parts to those who can manufacture a long list of items. In Aba, the shoemakers at Ariaria International Market constitute one group of entrepreneurs whose activities have contributed in no small way to raise the economic profile of the city. About 39 years ago, the shoe and allied products entrepreneurs began forming clusters in Ariaria after Ekeoha market was razed by fire in 1977. The government consequently relocated the market to its present location. Between 1980 and the 90s, when the shoe manufacturing business reached its peak, it had over 80,000 workers operating under nine clusters located in the following places: Imo Avenue, Shoe Plaza (where men’s shoes are produced), Bakassi (Umueghilegbu) Industrial Market, Old Site, and then you have the bag, belt, suitcase and powerline clusters. The last cluster that was formed was the one known as ‘Chief’ which has 10,000 members. In fact, these men, and indeed a growing number of women, who populate the powerline cluster, which goes by the official name, Powerline Shoe Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (POSMAN), churn out about 300,000 pairs of various types of shoes every week, as Sunday Sun learnt from Hon. Goodluck Joseph Nmeri, presi¬dent of the association. From Ariaria, the products are distributed across Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Togo, Benin Republic, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and some parts of South Africa. In fact, Cameroonian markets receive the highest number of 144,000 pairs of shoes every week. The interesting thing is that the shoes are of very good quality. Nmeri explains it this way: “Our own shoes last up to three years if you are talking about quality. Any shoe purchased here in Powerline, we will give you a guarantee of two and half years or three years depending on usage. But if you buy a normal coupled shoe here in Powerline, we will give a guarantee of three years, unlike China shoes which last for about six months.” Despite this assurance on quality, shoe manufacturers in Ariaria, Aba still find it difficult to label their products “Made in Nigeria.” What is the reason? Nmeri was prodded. And here’s his response: “In the early ‘80s through the middle 90’s, we were doing well and proudly labelling our products ‘Made in Aba.’ By then people were coming from various African countries such as Gabon, Togo, Benin Republic, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and some parts of South Africa (they are our major customers), to place orders for our products. After finishing the shoes, we would send the goods to them by waybill. “So, we were doing absolutely well until Nigeria signed a bilateral trade agreement with China. It was a very unwise thing to do. You see, Chinese businesses were producing what we produce, but it was substandard and cheaper. “Chinese were using machines, modern technologies and cheap stable power supply to produce shoes. Soon they started flooding Nigeria with their sub-standard shoes which were also flashy. Nigerian women rushed for them and abandoned our own because we normally use leather and synthetic leather to produce footwear that last longer than the Chinese products. In China, they use lining to produce their shoes and that’s why the last only for three months. It was when that agreement was signed that we started having problems here in terms of sales. If you go into the market today, you will see China-made shoes everywhere in the market where our products are supposed to dominate; that is the number one challenge we have.” He explains further: “Initially, as I said earlier, in the early 80s, we were labelling our products as “Made-in-Aba” because we had no challenge then. When the Chinese flooded our markets with their shoes, we found it very difficult to sell and sustain our families. To be able to sell our products then, we were compelled by the attitude of Nigerians to label our products “Made-in-China” because our customers believed that the Chinese shoes were superior. Some of our people also took it further and labeled their products “Made-in-Italy,” so that they could get patronage. So we copied the labels, logos and other symbols of the imported Chinese products. Our products looked exactly like the Chinese shoes and when mixed with them, the customers could not differentiate the Chinese shoes from the ones we made in Aba. “Indeed it was because of hunger that we did it. At that time, you could make 20 pairs of shoes in one day and it would take you one week to sell them unlike in the past when we could produce and sell 200 pairs within three days. Moreover, we were producing according to specified orders placed by our customers; therefore, we didn’t need to make different samples, but just to finish the shoes as ordered and freight to the customer. That was why we changed from branding them as ‘Made-in-Aba’ to ‘Made-in-Italy’ and ‘Made-in-China.’ and it would take you one week to sell. The cheery news is that shoe manufacturers in Aba have now realized that though their action enabled them to earn some income and sustain operations, what they did was not good for either the Aba shoe industry particularly or Nigeria at large. To reverse this, the leadership of the various clusters have resolved to restore the pride of their craftsmen in shoe design and production by stamping their products “Made-in-Aba.” Nmeri explains: “The present gov¬ernment in Abia State promised to look into the plight of shoe makers in Aba; because of this, we have directed our members to brand their products ‘Made in Aba’ and they have started doing that. To support us in this regard, we want the Federal Government through the Ministry of Trade and Investment, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bank of Industry to help us create special intervention under the MSME Fund. This will help us so much as we will be able to acquire better machines at affordable cost and also secure long term repayment plan. The government should also try to provide stable power to Aba. What gives China an edge over us is stable, cheap power supply, cheap labour and modern production technology. Our people are gifted and very enterprising. We can make substantial contribution to the Gross Domestic Product of the country earns and foreign exchange from export of shoes made by our indigenous enterprises. Please help us take this message to President Muhammadu Buhari.” So, when next you are buying shoes, endeavour to look out for the ones stamped ‘Made-in-Aba’ because they have been confirmed to be more durable and in most cases cheaper than the foreign ones.





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AwesomeRomeo:
Op are you sure about the prices of VSUN H9, Wiko slide 2 and Gionee Elife E7? The phones make sense die with the price tag unlike that TAKE-NO CRAP C8. By the way, Op What's TAKE-NO CRAP C8 doing on that list

How can u compare wiko to tecno. na waaa

tsticks:
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rubbish


if u want phone below 30k


Tecno p6. phantom mini. 24k



Tecno h6. 17k. this phone is underrated by even Tecno.

I Been go oba. back of rojenny. ose. I go buy palm wine mji nete onwem anya. ubosi uka. wit anu nchi.. egotelu m ya na nke nwoke ojoto. after st. Patrick Catholic church ichi.

as long as na ano m nnewi. anam eje ose oba every Sunday with oyi m nwoke aminute umu isreal gbulu na india. ogaho adulu unu mma.

ladyF:
I agree. Ikeja under bridge too, they are always calling people for pink lips, bobby and hips enlargement. That is just deceitful, it is worse than the waist trainers and padded tins Their ways are not pure. Ambode please get them all

It's [size=15pt]LadyF[/size] again

Wat exactly is wrong with dem calling u to enlarge Ur flat bathroom slippers nyash

swtdrms:
Don't mind the idiot MAN chairman, i had to reread the caption to be sure its not traders association saying this. What exactly are the raw materials that can't be sourced locally, let him list them.

imagine productive men 're complaining things affecting the business. U a jobless fellow get mind to spew trash. we ll listen to u wen u start manufacturing broom

apc. chain.

dem Don dey go one by one.
apc. disgracing the nation

Smartlife:
As of yesterday prices of android phones and tablet skyrockted. In our techno house office this is the price of phones now.

Tecno H6 = #30,000

Tecno Y4= #21,000

Tecno Y2= #17,000

Tecno M6= #32,000

Tecno boom J5= #30,000

Tecno droidpad7= #32,000

Tecno Canon 8 = #42,000

Tecno L5 = #25,000

Tecno Y6= #28,000

Infinix hot note = #37,000

Infinix hot = #31,000

Itel vision = 30,000

Itel 1503 = #20,000

Itel 1506 = #25,000

Itel inote prime tablet = #27,000

Prime ii = #28,000

this op na thief. carry gun enter bank.

hot note is 31000
hot is 22000.
hot note 2 is 37000. 2 gig ram 41000

e be like Ur landlord wan give u quit notice.

emzila:
the man never promised to make #1=$1, he only express his dissatisfaction with the trend at which the dollar rides the naira. if you don't know d different between caption and what a man is quoted to have said in a news paper, go and ask those who know it to tell you.

I get it. he is dissatisfied cos exchange rate was 216.


now its 400. Wat do u say.


bury Ur head in shame

all dis boys masturbating on dis thread. page 6-10. totally fvcked

Yungwizzzy:
These kids should go and sleep
it's not in our blood to make these things.
kindly leave it for the oyibo

stop making such comment. oyibo no get two head

all I see is people trying too hard to understand

omenka. aresa.

the other side will tag u ipod soon