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Let IGP say the truth that Buhari ordered the failed coup to remove the Senate President and see if he lasts there an extra minute!

horsepower101:
Thank you. Never let evil and devilish hearted person/people discourage you from your passion. The character above has more than 10 nairaland accounts and he signs into them to like his own comments and make it look like people support him.

He even argues with himself using different accounts when he realizes everyone is ignoring him.

My brother don't be discouraged.

Spyder already knows the nincompoop.

Chino is NOT Igbo.

He did the same thing in Enugu thread and tried all sorts of gimmicks to derail it but failed.
He did the same and has continued to do same in IMO thread.
He did the same in the first Anambra thread (Anambra, the economic & political powerhouse) which FK081 created for us.
He insults Ebonyi people at the slightest excuse
He call Anioma people non-Igbos and would post pot holes on Asaba roads thinking it would perturb me.

The dude is NOT Igbo. He is simply here to derail Igbo threads and therefore, we should all try and ignore him. let him respond to himself with his monikers. The dude need psychiatric help for real.

Juliusmalema:
Lolzzzzz

Don't worry he go soon defect....

Evan grand reception rally is loading....

Exactly!

Lai Mohammed is already organizing another fake rally

Juliusmalema:
EVANS DEFECTS TO APC.
According to Evans while addressing newsmen, he said, "Anambra state is for APC. Because we must rescue the Anambra people from years of oppression and depression and insecurity from evil APGA that joined hands with PDP to destroy Nigeria for good 16 years. I, Evans joining forces with APC is for the good of my Anambra people. Anambra will vote massively for Buhari/APC for total liberation."
When asked by journalist, "arent you the Billionaire kidnapper?"
Evans replied, "that was then. And after joining APC the party of saints, I can't be kidnapper any longer. I'm now a complete saint like my colleagues in APC working to redeem Nigerians from years of insecurity, hunger and bad governance."
E never finish?

If he had electoral value, Thats the next thing that will happen. So they will drop all charges on him

deadkamalu:
you can find a way to lease land instead of buying at exorbitant cost as it is in the east. benue is still an option if must buy.

Listen to yourself.

Your advise if foe him to LEASE in the SE and BUY in Benue. Then sell to Igbos to take their money. You didn't even advise him to consider Ebonyi where land is relatively much cheaper if he needs to acquire vast landmass.

Why can't you advice Fulanis to buy in the SE and lease in Kano since they sell most of their cows in SE?

All these afonja people snooping around here with funny names to give funny "advise" sef!

The so called President is the Chief Herdsman leader sending his foot soldiers with AK 47 to kill unarmed villagers and take their land for grazing.

horsepower101:
Regarding number 1, I have exactly the same problem. But I have two potential and trustworthy cousins that I can hire to help me run it. I will keep and eye on them for now while I continue saving money.

As for number 2, the market for pig is growing but I also don't know how big that the market is. I will have to talk to pig farmers on nairaland to get an idea. That's why I am staying away from piggery. But the biggest advantage of raising pigs is the cost of feeding them. They eat almost anything edible.

For number 3, too many people are into poultry but you can diversify into ducks, turkey, pigeins, guinea foul. Instead of doing chicken like a lot of people.

Piggery isn't bad business at all. I know people in Lagos who are doing it and have made so much money to buy land in Lekki and build homes there. I am not making this up. However, they have a lot of experience in rearing pigs and have massive farms in Ogun state from where they supply Lagos.

If you are not Muslim, pork is almost like beef. I personally enjoy it more than beef. It is also slightly less expensive, which will be a huge advantage in feeding Nigerians. In every business, you must research both where you will get your feeds from and who your potential suppliers will be. Personally, since the SE isn't as Muslim dominated as Lagos, i think it will be a great enterprise.




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horsepower101:
I disagree with you. We loose trillions of Naira every year hiring foreign contractors and ignoring our local contractors. I am sick of seeing middle eastern, indian, white or Chinese contractors doing very basic road constructions.

A Chinese man came to Ghana with no basic civil engineering experience but today, he is a multimillionare because he was given so many road contracts. He came and saw the opportunity and bided for so many road contracts and stupid black Africans who don't trust their own gave it to him.

Part of the reason we have been begging our people to stop cutting corners and take pride in promoting their name as a mark of QUALITY is because of stuff like this. I am glad that INNOSON has been taking steps to make his vehicles meet or surpass quality of imported vehicles. In time, the name IVM will stand out as a mark of quality automobile. Aba and Onitsha made shoes and products should have at least some companies doing quality products. This will make people who are prepared to pay for quality to look out for those brand names. I was elated when an electrician told me to buy cutix cable (Made in Nigeria) than the fake made in China which had flooded the market.

We truly bleed billions of dollars and jobs each year by awarding road contracts to foreign firms.

The reason for this is that our people never believe in doing quality job and have their company known as a quality brand name. So everyone is afraid of any bridge or road constructed by a Nigerian company. I wish our local construction companies will take quality seriously. It is a tragedy that due to constant low quality of work from local construction companies, our rulers now prefer foreign construction companies to tar even inner streets and do culverts and gutters.

I decided to repost this appeal here because many Igbos read this thread more than any other thread on NL.

My apologies in advance for the repetition.

Thanks a lot!

Cjrane2:
The Urgent Need for Private Cattle Ranches in Igboland

From the events and political maneuvers in Nigeria, it is evident that the continued dependence on solely Fulani herdsmen for beef supply to southern Nigeria is very very dangerous. We have seen villages wiped out and farmlands turned into grazing fields by these people, while the so called Federal Government and it's security agencies are in close collaboration with these herdsmen to dominate and totally exterminate these communities.

These crimes will continue as Nigerians (ESPECIALLY SOUTHERNERS AND IGBOS) continue the insatiable appetite for beef. It is not wrong to eat beef, but we must revive our historical cultivation of our own breed of cow (Efi-Igbo) and goats. The government should assist private entrepreneurs to set up cattle and goat ranches all over the region to at least provide some of the beef supply in southern Nigeria.

In traditional Igbo society, we keep our animals at home and go fend grass from the bush for them. We NEVER let our animals out of the compound to go and graze on people's farms because we are too lazy to bring the grass to them. Our traditional practice of raising animals is what is called closed-range ranching. That is what we must revive and farm these closed-range ranches all over the region as culturally acceptable method of ranching animals in Igbo culture.


We know the Fulanis in government will try all sorts of gimmicks to frustrate private ranches from being set up in Igboland or anywhere in the south. But it is imperative that modern cattle ranching begin immediately to forestall the clashes and murder of villages by these herdsmen. Besides it is a crucial food security issue for a whole region of the country to depend completely on just one source of beef supply from Fulani herdsmen. Let multiple private entrepreneurs set up commercial ranches and help stop some of the wicked acts happening now in Nigeria.

One cow costs between N150,000 - N300,000 naira! Imagine the quantum economic activity & profit in this business and the ability to create thousands of good paying jobs while checking the menace of herdsmen in the various communities.

Biko Umunnem,
I am pleading with our business people and government officials to urgently pass a legislation that will prioritize and facilitate the setting up of private ranches all over the region. If Kenya, Uganda, Indonesia etc have managed to set up modern commercial ranches, we can also do the same here.

State Government through collaboration with Departments of agriculture in universities & / Ministry of agriculture must help evolve a high yield cow specie for our ranchers.Very very importantly, the use of artificial insemination techniques will help boost the herd number very quickly. Speaking of artificial insemination, it is critically important to cross-breed the milk producing cows seen in southern africa, Europe and Israel with local breed of cows (Efi-Igbo) which is well adapted to our environment. This creates a disease resistant and high milk producing herd to increase profit margin of entrepreneurs.


Tell our people in government and business leaders to wake up and urgently address this pressing issue.
Every state government should attract at least two major private entrepreneurs to set up these closed-range ranches and supply the abattoirs in their various cities and towns.

This is an issue of the highest regional importance and should be treated with the urgency it requires.

Ekene m unu!

Closed-range ranching does not require so much land to do it. Yes, you can do open-range ranching and allow the animals to roam about in the wilderness, just as you can do closed-range ranching where you set up areas for animals of various ages and sizes and you feed them with grass and other feeds.

I am advocating closed-range ranching here.

Israel does not have much land, yet it produces more beef than Nigeria using closed-range ranching method. Pictures below are how Israel achieved the feat of one of the biggest beef and poultry producers in the world on a small parcel of land. We can definitely hire an Israeli expert to help our local ranchers with knowledge on how to efficiently produce.

Rainy day in Enugu

comshots:
Greener pasture things.

I don't know why i think Andy might be a little bit retarded

selemempe:
Also can u tell me how many plots of land will be good for an operation of 200 cows (using the standard 50 feet by 100 feet plot measurement)

I don't know how many plots of land can contain 200 cows. But if you do closed-range ranching, it won't take much land. You will simply build the type of cage you saw in the pictures how ranches are done abroad and you build a roof over the cages to protect the cows from rains and weather elements. Your cows will occasionally be walked around within the compound to exercise them and keep them strong. When they are out of the cage, someone must clean the cages and pack the cow dung into a sacks and it will be used for manure in farms.

It will be better to have your ranch in a rural setting where you can get a lot of cheap land and you can fence off your ranch if possible. But not too far from cities because you need to get your cows close to abattoirs where they can be slaughtered after sale.

I believe about 4 plots of land will be very adequate to build a ranch of 200+ cows. You will have to walk them around in batches of 20 or 30 so that they can safely walk around within the compound without damaging your property.

selemempe:
in the pics u posted, i saw the cows eating some already cut grass..can u tell me how a cattle ranch with up to 200 cows can get grasses...cos i dont want to go and be cutting grass myself? Also can u tell me how many plots of land will be good for an operation of 200 cows (using the standard 50 feet by 100 feet plot measurement)

nice...but i wont wait for gov to act b4 i start my cattle biz. I want to start with the normal efi igbo. If somewhere along the line govt decides to introduce these breeds, i will tap into it.

Can u tell me a few things about efi igbo...pls i appreciate

You can actually start your own cattle business by initially buying cows from the north and selling at a profit in the south. While you are cross-breeding the local cows with the other species of cows to eventually take over the herd population of your ranch.

If you have the money, you can buy a forage harvester (1st picture) and a tipper to collect the forage. If not, a type of lawn mower mounted on a tractor will do the job but it leaves the grass on the field. At worst, you can then use laborers to rake the field and pack the cut grass unto a pick-up van to convey to the ranch. You can pay a pittance to communities with fallow land to mow their bush and collect the grass as forage for your cattle. You can also approach rice farmers and sugar cane farmers so that you can collect the chaff and waste sugarcane leaves to mix with you grass to improve the calorie level of the forage.

1st picture: is a proper forager harvester
2nd and 3rd pictures: Lawn mower attached to a farm tractor to mow unused fields for forage.(You will have to use laborers to rake the cut grass into a pick-up truck and convey to your ranch).

Efi-Igbo is the local cow of SE Nigeria. It is highly resistant to diseases in our environment, but slightly smaller than the cows from Sudan which is called Efi-hausa. The advantage of breezing efi-igbo is that you will spend less on medications to keep them healthy.
Efi-Igbo looks more like the European cows with smaller horns and usually very stout. But it is more advantageous to cross breed Efi-Igbo with European or Israeli cows with high milk producing cows from abroad to get both advantages of being disease resistant and also high milk production.

selemempe:
i like this bro..this better than poultry. When cow can sell for up to 150k. If u sell 4 cows in a month...na 600k. Good business... and u can fence ur land with high wall...no fulani incusion

Not to mention that the food is grass and chaff from rice mills etc. These drastically reduce the money spent on food as wildly growing grass can be collected and put in a pick-up and mixed with other items to make the feed.

State Government through collaboration with Departments of agriculture in universities & / Ministry of agriculture must help evolve a high yield cow specie for our ranchers.
Very very importantly, the use of artificial insemination techniques will help boost the herd number very quickly. Speaking of artificial insemination, it is critically important to cross-breed the milk producing cows seen in southern africa, Europe and Israel with local breed of cows (Efi-Igbo) which is well adapted to our environment.

In this way, you will have species of cows with high milk production and also well adapted genetically to our environment. One or two of male and female variants of these Israeli or European cows should be flown into the country and cross-bred with our local cows to create a genetically high yield variant.

These things can be done easily if state governments take issue of animal protein production seriously as was done for rice recently.

Our entrepreneur must be impressed upon to consider setting up closed-range ranches as it is done in countries that take agriculture and food security seriously.

Closed-range ranching also helps increase your herd size rapidly through artificial insemination as well as helps cows produce a lot of milk which is another economic product to help the ranchers make a lot of profit when it's processed and sold as many milk products.

LifestyleTonite:
Reno Omokri has shared a picture showing actor Kenneth Okonkwo having a talk with ex-president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ). The same Kenneth Okonkwo is currently praising President Buhari and slamming GEJ in the process.

At a political gathering, the actor said,

"If the South East shall support any other person for the presidency, they are going to spend the next eight years in the wilderness. It hs been agreed that it is their turn after President Buhari. Our slogan is Ndigbo for Presidnet Buhari 2019 and then Presidnet Buhari for Ndigbo 2023”.

Surprised by how the actor changed from believing in GEJ to now singing praises of Buhari, Reno Omokri tweeted:

”This is Kenneth Okonkwo when he was telling @GEJonathan the same thing he is now telling President @MBuhari. He will also say the same thing to the next occupant of that office. That is what he is good at. He knows how to ACT loyal without BEING loyal."


https://www.wotzup.ng/2018/08/picture-of-kenneth-okonkwo-praising-gej-just-as-hes-praising-pmb-now/

Bloody AGIP

I don't know why they always think nobody will remember their treachery after one or two years?

spyder880:
Good business idea for those that have lands and looking for white collar job and business in this harsh economy.

Actually, closed-rnage ranching does not require so much land to do it. Yes, you can do open-range ranching and allow the animals to roam about in the wilderness, just as you can do closed-range ranching where you set up areas for animals of various ages and sizes and you feed them with grass and other feeds.

I am advocating closed-range ranching here.

Israel does not have much land, yet it produces more beef than Nigeria using closed-range ranching method. Pictures below are how Israel achieved the feat of one of the biggest beef and poultry producers in the world on a small parcel of land. We can definitely hire an Israeli expert to help our local ranchers with knowledge on how to efficiently produce.

Xander85:
All this noise and hype about HELIU estate yet they've not even got round to doing the roads! Don't know why construction jobs in the SE take forever to get off the ground, never mind to finish!

No it is not hype.
Those guys are very serious. When i passed there recently, they had already done wonderful concrete embankments on their fence facing the express road. I was really impressed with the quality of work. I wished i took pictures. But someone in Enugu should take the pictures and post here. You will know they seem to mean business.

bestviewer:
How can you know it wasn't surveyed by mere looking at the picture? You are always carrying yourself as if you know everything but you know nadah.

How did i know the area was not planned? You can equally ask me how i can tell the difference between a plastered but unpainted house from a well painted house by merely looking at the pictures.

In case you didn't know it yet, you can tell a planned estate from an unplanned one by merely looking at the haphazard and disorganized pattern of building compared to the orderly layout of houses and roads in planned estates.

When you get to that level of trained eye, you will see that it is very obvious to tell planned areas from unplanned areas even in pictures.