₦airaland Forum

gallivant:
I am trying to teach you how to fish so you don't mentally starve. Google the information, Mombasa handles more cargo than any in West Africa. Look it up to calm your nerves.

please I have no time to waste suit yourself and continue to live in delusion goodnight

gallivant:
Google how many TEUS were handled by Mombasa port in comparison to any port in West Africa. You will feel sorry for yourself.

what happened to your own fingers that you can't type and Google yourself

gallivant:
The evidence for port cargo handled is in your fingertips.

hot air as usual no Surprises lol

Just30:
the traffic says otherwise

like they say facts are very stubborn

gallivant:
The joke is on you because Mombasa handles more cargo than any port in East, Central and West Africa. Lamu port which is bigger than anything in West Africa has also just been commissioned.

where is your evidence or you are just pulling stuff out of your ass as usual

actually petroleum products petrol, diesel, kerosene etc account for a lion share of what gulps our imports bills. machinery obviously we have some way to go in that respect due to metals. unfortunately we had a steel plant in a place called ajaokuta that was supposed to address that problem

jln115:
Bro I have a honours in accounting and I'm busy with my CFA... Believe me when I say this... I know more about economics than you.

Besides I wasn't debating what you are saying now at all.... . Infact some of what you are saying now is exactly what I said a Government must do to protect local producers.....here is my post from earlier :

Also Trump didn't suddenly ban imports from China.... He spent years creating policies to empower local producers before this whole trade war begun.

Where your mistake lies is thinking Nigeria is currently producing enough metals, machinery and textiles that exceeds demand when in reality it isn't because if it was then it wouldnt be importing as much of these products as it is now. Machinery, Textiles and Metals are Nigerias three single biggest imports........ That doesn't sound like a country that produces those things as well

just because we now produce more rice doesn't mean rice isn't still being imported. it's just that importers of rice through the ports no longer get cheap forex so they can make a killing locally. since they now source for their own forex it makes no business sense importing as much as they used to despite the fact that local demand for rice hasn't been met. with textiles access to forex has also been restricted https://nairametrics.com/2019/03/05/cbn-ban-forex-sale-to-textile-importers/

jln115:
Actually you should of said jln115 has a point since the bolded is exactly what I said.

Just30 is claiming that Nigeria is still setting up industries costing an arm and leg to produce locally and on top of that importing cheaper products from China asell.

I said if it is cheaper to import then you won't produce locally... But if you decide to produce locally you will stop importing... Exactly like your rice example.

the best way for african economies to survive is via trade. the AFCTA trade is the first good step. imagine importing everything from china when other african countries will suffice. if we don't discipline ourselves to learn and get productive the rest of the world will just pass us by. US and EU are as protectionist as ever. china already has their fangs deep in africa but if we are smart we should just quietly learn and play dumb

mtisTheQubit:
Look man,the best way African economies will survive is to concentrate where they are good at..take an example of Nigeria, its good that you are building a refinery to add value to the oil you export ..thats good..or the tech hubs ya starting in lagos..but you cant just go on producing everything just like China does ..
Another example would be Ghana..if only they would add value to their cocoa beans..

there's nothing the chinese don't produce cheaply but as a responsible country you won't just lie down saying let just import stuff because it's cheap you defend your economy by any means necessary

Just30:
can you imagine
today Chinese and Indians are producing Kente at low quality and flooding the Ghanaian market with their cheap product...

all because some few Ghanaian stole designs and went to give to them.

exactly for all of trump's idiosyncrasies he knows the threat that unhindered trade from china poses.

Just30:
Because local production create jobs and supply the market. hence wealth creation.
So if American produce enough cars, they wont import cars? is this your logical thinking?

Have you read the WTO rules on trade before?
So because textiles are cheaper to produce in China, America does not produce textiles?

What im saying is, global trade policies have made it possible for countries that produce at a cheaper cost to flood the market of others.
For this reason, other countries have developed ways to limit the importation of those materials.

What did Europe do when China was flooding their market with solar panels? They banned the importation of solar panels for a period and went ahead to place trade tarrifs to protect their producers.

who taught you dumb kids economic at all.
cant believe this , too many microeconomics

think bigger

Just30 has a point. a lot of business people in Nigeria before the oil price crash/pre-buhari were always importing things on the cheap because our central bank usually provided forex i.e at "official government rates" lower than the actual value of naira to dollar in the blackmarket. rather than setup industries that cost arm and a leg they would rather go for cheaper imports because free oil money. Like rice for example nigeria just couple of years back was one of the highest importers of rice in WA. then the current govt rightly said hold up we can grow this stuff here why do we need to waste scarce forex importing what we can produce. have we met all local demand for rice? no but we have definitely saved precious forex we were just gifting the thais and indians. The textile industry you mentioned was already booming before the economic slump of the 80s and 90s. in the north of Nigeria particularly kano and kaduna there was a booming textile industrial space. it has been picking up of recent.

jln115:
Think logically for a second please!!! Why would anybody produce textiles in the first place, if it was cheaper for everybody to import it from China?? If Nigeria produced enough textiles then they wouldnt import it, if indeed textiles are cheaper to import then nobody would produce it,

It is impossible for Nigeria to locally produce enough textiles that meets(or as you say exceeds) demand yet then to import even more textiles from China because its cheaper..... What you are saying is economically(and mathematically) impossible,

Same goes for metals

And how would citizens kill local production? No sane person is going to buy the same product for twice the price just because its produced in their own country... It's up to government to ensure that local production is cheap enough(through government support, infastructure and other policies) as well as ensuring that import products from countries like China are tariffed as to ensure fairness within the markets

yeah just checked too mombasa port is such a beehive of activity

Just30:
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:13.9/centery:9.5/zoom:4

exactly! just target swing states mobilize your base in states you are well established incase it comes down to popular vote.

raumdeuter:
Debate performances are overrated
Trump skipped some of the Republican debates in 2016 and still won by a landslide
How did Trump perform in debates vs Hillary? I doubt he did better than Hillary in any debate
The ELection is about mobilizing your people. In November, No debate will make Biden win Alabama and no debate will make Trump win California

didn't hilary trounce trump from here to sunday during the debates in 2016 who won las las? during all the democrats debates for the primaries warren buttigieg and co have consistently outshone biden yet who is looking likely to claim the democrats presidential nomination?

happney65:
You dey mind them?they are just like the likes of sowore who thinks he can win the presidency in a country like Nigeria..Trump is jittery at the prospect of Biden being the nominee that is why he is rooting for sanders..As in why are you rooting for sanders if not that you want him to win so you can beat him silly..

He isnt even looking for any dirt on sanders at all because he knows on election night Trump will simply go and sleep and not watch the result at all..Why did he go all the way to tie a White house meeting and a public call of investigation into the Bidens?Why did Burisma got hacked by Russia all because they are looking for dirt on the Bidens..Biden is the only one giving Trump sleepless night and not sanders.

The best thing for you all to defeat Trump is to get behind Biden..

Biden for all his faults and "stutters" is still better liked than Sanders and will most likely unite democrats when they face trump. will he beat donald? still to early to say but at least with joe they have a fighting chance with bernie it will be annihilation flawless victory mortal kombat style.

another similarity joe might have with buhari is the unexplainable following and support they both have. I mean Biden barely campaigned in texas yet he won there. you may not like Biden but don't underestimate his political clout

Appleyard:
Is there real difference between Buhari and Joe Biden? I doubt.

While the latter is more exposed compared to the former, Biden is just as odd as Buhari. At least, Buhari knows his wife to be his wife.

I have lost count of the many gaffes Biden has made the past few weeks across the campaign trail. In fact, I'm sorry to say, but Biden has proved to be a Jeb Bush mixed with age-related dementia.

He introduced his wife as his sister. Can't keep trail of his own thoughts, and he always seem to forget where he is. His consistent dissonance from reality makes him a complete case of dementia.

Here are some of the fact that he has a neurological disorder:

"Chuck" instead of "Chris" Wallace.

" Super Thursday " instead of "Super Tuesday".

"My deceased son was the Attorney General of the United States." Beau Biden was only the attorney general of Delaware.

"I'm here in the state of North South Carolina." Maybe is the one built by koph and Lucasbalo.

"I'm a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate. If you like what you see, help out, but if you don't, then vote for the other Bi-but just give me a look okay?"

It is sad but crystal clear that Biden is sick. In that last gaffe, Biden actually told the people in South Carolina that if they don't like him, they can vote for the other Biden. Don't laugh, I know it's funny but the man has a serious problem and the campaign stress is making it more bad.imagin what would be the case if he becomes President. He can easily mistake the nuclear button for his wife fingers. Oh, did I forget to tell you that he bite his Wife fingers repeatedly?

The mainstream media are trying to cover this up by calling it a case of "stutter". But that is not the truth. The symptoms says otherwise.

The MSM is doing all that it can to sell Biden to the electorate because he is the Democratic-Establishment anointed candidate. But they failed to realize that Trump won't be this charitable in a debate. He is going to point out these facts and take old Joe and the entire Dumbocrats to the cleaners.

The Dems just handed Donald Trump a free pass to a second term in the White House.

Pathetic.

BascoVanVeli:
Sad sad news. An NPFL player died on the pitch today.

saw it on Twitter they said the ambulance that would have taken him to the hospital did not start can you imagine!

Mujtahida:
Idowu was an unparalleled flash in the pan with the Argentina match. He has given us no viability since after the WC.

true definition of a one hit wonder

i think the coaches game plan and flow of the game might also determine who should be played. like tbaba rightly said if we are adopting a more expansive attacking approach ehizibue and aina might be the best suited. however if we are under the kush and we need to defend then guys like awaziem would step in

Icon4s:
You said Awaziem should just make way without considering if the new Natural Right back is better or not.

charlee e don do. happy independence day

MumuCountry:
Ghana’s National Team May be “sh1t,” but do you recall the last time your clueless, super chicken beat the famous Black Stars? I want to know the date when nigeria beat Ghana’s national football team. Your entire country is sh1t, so what are talking about? Everything about Nigeria is sh1t

actually just stumbled on it on my timeline but nice try for trying to divert attention from the obvious elephant in the room

mtisTheQubit:
So you scavenged twitter all night an ths is what you got...

chai our Kenyan brothers

even these our slums would be like bel-air compared to theirs

Danielnino00:
Gallivant... Here's something for you to jerk off to.. You obviously have been dying for it....

The list of slums in Nigeria...you can google them... As u can see there's no Abeokuta...
I tried to screenshot the list of Kenya slums, but it's damn too much....almost all of them are found in one location: Nairobi!


I don't think there's any capital city in the world that has that much slum...

i like the way you answered all his okoto meow paragraph ogbeni wrote with one sentence

forgiveness:
South Africa started generating light in 1891.

samorobo:
I swear I have never heard of district 9..I only know if king of joburg which is still in the making and that is because you guys have a Nigerian playing a role in that movie and I happen to be following him on Instagram...

You can ask any of your SA colleagues in Nigeria, SA movies are not in any way popular, sorry even known in Nigeria..

my brother I have been telling them since afternoon but they stubbornly don't want to agree

mtisTheQubit:
yap well known... an i like it

it's like you skipped English classes. I said well known I didn't say nobody knows about the movie

jln115:
Thats a bold statement to make without proof!! Secondly Africa ain't some village anymore the majority of Africans live in urban areas with access to electricity and the Internet , besides if they can afford a dvd player then day can afford a cell phone with Internet access.

Anyway you as well as I know movies like District 9 are very very well known across Africa.

Secony Nigerian banks are small compared to Standard bank, FNB, Absa and Nedbank and I didnt say we were the only country with companies spread across Africa, what I am saying we have by far the most companies spread across Africa.

you also have no proof that District 9 is well-known across Africa.

andrewbaba44:
Why was nacho dropped ?

Kalu hasnt even done quarter of what nacho has done

If moses simon was the one in kalu shoes i know the nonsense most of you would have been saying.

kc was primarily dropped because of his poor form in the super Eagles as well. Don't forget before the World Cup in 2018 he wasn't doing too well in Leicester City at the time but we still took him to the competition.

Samuel has performed well for Nigeria in two out of the last three matches he has played for us so I don't see how his invitation it's such a controversy.

Why are you bringing Moses Simon's name into this matter? Have I ever said he should be dropped from the squad?

jln115:
Bro you did not stabilize Sierre Leone if you did then they would've never hired Mercenaries in the first place.......

If you can afford to buy a DVD player to watch a dvd then you can afford to watch any movie on the internet for free, It's not like movies disappear after their cinematic releases. And our movies are better known in Africa and internationally..........Im pretty sure even you have heard of District 9, while i've never heard of a Nigerian movie!

You are light years away from South Africa with regards to innovation, and unless South Africa stops investing in innovation all together then you are not coming close.

Never heard of UBA or GTB ............So!

Bro let's just agree to disagree

Dude it's not every city in Africa that has cinemas or access to the internet. I can bet you if you go to most people's houses you are more likely to to see DVDs of Nigerian movies than District 9 or whatever.

That's opinion.

Uba and GTB are Nigerian Banks spread across Africa. You can ask Ghanaian and Kenyans on this thread to confirm. Your country is not the only one that has companies spread across Africa.

yes ejike has been better this season but you know sometimes is hard to drop a player who has done well in the national team just like that. look at Balogun that has been out of the team he gets some playing time sharp sharp he's back in the squad. Ejike's time will come

charlesemeka85:
playing 2 games compared to the numbers ejike have amassed with better stats? I see how unserious and unreasonable u re at the same time

if you are ignorant just say so https://allafrica.com/stories/201911260198.html

tylann:
We closed the border because of security concerns
Many countries have closed their borders because of security concerns
Nigeria is the first to close it is borders because of rice

if we didn't stabilize sierra leone then whose president hired your mercenaries?

sigh how many times do i have to tell you that despite your movies being of higher quality they are not as popular on the african continent due to the fact that they are not as accessible to the average african unlike your movies.

be patient nigeria has gotten substantial investment in the tech space in recent years so wait for it to materialize

dangote, gtb, UBA, are also all over africa so?

jln115:
You did not stabilize Sierra Leone, that why the Sierre Leone government hired South Afwait for it to rican mercenaries in the first place and it was only after Executive outcomes defeated RUF that Peace negotiations began.

Im simply stating that our movies are globally and continent-ally better known than Nigerian films!

And all I'm saying if Tech hubs lead to innovation than why isn't Nigeria closing the gap with regards to the Technological/innovation indexes i mentioned earlier?

Don't rap your head around the facts are right in front, MTN, Shopwrite, Multichoice, Standard Bank group ect ect ect our companies and products are all over Africa

what do they say about throwing stones at glass houses? https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/Kenya-closes-border-with-Somalia-in-Lamu/3946234-5153696-ehfevbz/index.html

tylann:
Everybody was begging Nigeria to join Afcta because everybody wants to dump their products in Nigeria
And secondly you operate like a Banana Republic who closes borders because of rice