₦airaland Forum

GamalNasser:
This is one thing I hate about this country , all these incompetent corrupt junior civil servants never wants govt to privatise their incompetent organizations despite the fact the can't run it properly ..They deliberately create the rot so they can create a corrupt environment that benefits them ...Go to any airport run by FAAN you can't even use their toilet

Are you mind them? These are the type of nigerians that tell you that they are "due for promotion"!! Tell that to your boss in the private sector and you'll get sacked for suggesting that you are "due for promotion" on the basis of passage of time instead of performance.

kikero:
You want to force NTA to start charging TV licence fees?

Before you laugh at me, that's how public broadcasting is funded in developed countries (and why the BBC for example can afford a big budget).

Well they make money from advertisements don't they? Not sure how they would even collect tv license in Nigeria where nothing is documented.

Racoon:
The runway is good-kudus to the Buhari government. However, this will pale into insignificance if some of the pictures currently on the net are depicting the true state of work progress in Akanu Ibiam Airport Enugu after the prolonged duration of closure.

The main reason for the closure was the runway. I believe since that is 100% complete, the airport can open while other civil works on the building et al continue.

Not sure why anyone would pay that kind of money for Messi at 33 though.

Messi should just wait to next June and then leave for free since his contract says he can walk away from it in June. Abi is LaLiga saying that one is not contractual?

kikero:
What's the confusion

So long as government controls or sets the price of fuel there is a subsidy in existence.

For subsidy to be no longer on existence, it would be the marketers and fuel depot owners that would be setting the price instead of NNPC

Note. Anyone who abuses me will be reported to the moderators immediately.

I expect you to disagree with me. But don't use intemperate language doing so. You can be civil in your speech.

Thank you. You are free to disagree with me. But no abuse please

below...why subsidy underrecovery has to GO...

Unfortunately Nigerians won't see the long term effects of the impact on education, healthcare, infrastructure etc, but rather focus on the short term change in pocket. Even worse those who benefit the MOST can afford it at N200 I.e the upper middle class with 3 cars.

People should learn to use technology more. Have barely been out of my house in 5months due to covid, yet work and meetings are going on online.

McGg:
Hope you know that the countries you mentioned above does not produce crude oil and still hope you know that Nigeria have existing refineries?

Does the fact that we have crude mean that we should be selling a product below its cost?

kikero:
If government removes subsidy for real, the price of fuel would be above 300 naira per liter.

That's why they don't want to remove it. Too politically expensive.

But since subsidy is associated with corruption it is better to lie that it has gone, than to tell the truth

Only time subsidy goes is when the crude oil price is too low for it to make sense, like what happened recently

I disagree with you. Everywhere in the world I have gone, diesel is a bit more expensive than petrol. So if unsubsidised, imported diesel is N195, why would petrol be N300??

What we need to do first is implement the Orosanye report. We have way too many agencies, parastatals than are needed, as well as associated staff.

Then we do need to commercialise some of the remaining ones. Like NTA. I always wonder what the need for govt spending billions on NTA is, if Channels is operating profitably? NTA should be made to stand on its own and pay salaries from its own revenues.

kikero:
Next step would be to link the airport by rail to other parts of Nigeria.

And why exactly would that need to be done? Is it expected that people will take train from Maiduguri to come and fly from Enugu?

That statement in the context of the headline doesnt seem to jive.

There is nothing in that news article that says that rich Nigerian's will pay more.

martineverest:
funny how u were deceived by an unknown source,while major sources says Nigeria data is far cheaper than that of South Africa...south Africa data cost is almost 4 times more expensive than Nigeria's.


America has one of the most expensive internet in the world..

Don't mind people who take headlines in on nairaland as gospel truth and articles from unsubstantiated reports.

I am typing this from Houston and my internet is $45 (21k) for unlimited and download speed of 75Mbps for a fibre connection (xfinity), which is the cheapest bundle I could get. In Lagos, my broad based fibre service is N10K for unlimited data at 10Mbps speed.

You can argue that they earn better there, true but living expenses are also higher here. I save more in Nigeria than US. Here you make more money, but even with $10k a month salary, if you are not careful, you will not keep $1000 back every month.

crossfm:
Just imagine a country that depends on us oh.

I have never been to Ghana before,but have had about the country. It'd really disheartening to see the way we are suffering in Nigeria.We have all it takes to develop this nation.but we have kleptomaniac as leaders.

How exactly does Ghana depend on us? We do not give Ghana electricity if that is what you are thinking? All we do is sell gas to them, which they use to power electricity, alongside their working dams. Don't blame Ghana for the useless and incompetent leadership we have had over the years.

FG is simply diverting attention away from their incompetence in managing the economy!! Nigerian's are shouting for a private business that operates in USD to reduce it's prices, but will not stand up to the useless Buhari government for alowing the exchange rate of the USD to fall from 199 to 470!!! That is more devaluation in Naira terms in 5 years than Nigeria has witnessed in the past 30!!

Why won't any business increase prices!? More so one that pays it's licenses in USD. IS it their fault FG increased VAT and allowed NAira to devalue?

Not sure if want Messi in my team at 33. Asides the exorbitant cost, he runs the risk of destabilising the team

joejah33:
Your coleague in ghana?Continue to wait for your coleague in ghana as if nigeria is not a country of it's own.if you are not fit 4 a position,always reject it but bcz of LOOTING, we will not

Dude, investigations into what works against COVID 19 is a global effort. Scientists are collaborating with others the world over. Calm down!!

CuteMercury:
Ladies and gentleman for so long AFRICANS have lost it, we have been made to accept things that were not right, things that have been said about Africa.

A recent video of pastor Chris oyakhilome surfaces when he Said AFRICANS should stop accepting that they are black and to my surprise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dIAaD6_um4

lots of NIGERIANS started to attack him, well i really don't blame them because most NIGERIANS/AFRICANS are not Enlightened and this is why the whites secretly laugh at us.

Now taking a look at the new music video of Beyonce featuring Wizkid came out days ago and the song was titled "Brown skin girl"

Now was Beyonce trying to pass a message?

Why did she not use title like "Black skin girl"?

Why Brown skin girl?

What is with the name "black" that made her to refuse the name looking at the fact that according to general Believe, she is a black American.

Can't you all see that she is trying to pass the same message that pastor Chris oyakhilome is passing.

Let me ask you people especially NIGERIANS.

They say NIGERIA is the most populous black country in the world but are NIGERIANS truly black? How black are we?

A larger percentage of NIGERIANS are brown skin which is 100% fact.

There is nothing black about us so we should open our eyes and stop accepting Nonsense.

Perhaps the reason why AFRICA is where she is today is because we have accepted something that we are not supposed to accept from the beginning.

How do you expect good things to come to you when you accept that your life is black.

Little wonder BoB Marley said in one of his song. "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery' perhaps he was talking to AFRICANS.

THIS is the video of Beyonce's brown skin girl.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRFS0MYTC1I

Now this is the lyrics to the chorus of the song.

Brown skin girl
Your skin just like pearls
The best thing in the world
Never trade you for anybody else
Singin' brown skin girl
Your skin just like pearls
The best thing in the world
I never trade you for anybody else


Now like i said, why didn't she use "black skin girl'

Perhaps she knows something that pastor Chris oyakhilome knows too that is associated with the word "Black"

She was trying to pass a message but only the Enlightened will understand.

Dude, reality is that our skin is brown and not black!! Don't you know what the color black looks like? I have never seen a BLACK African. Even some of the darkest skinned people of Africa in Bayelsa, Sudan, Ghana etc can't be called BLACK.

what is advanced about expression of interest? That means the project has barely started.

Alex9999:
The US trains are old models too. The US is looking to upgrade -- hyperloop and such. The Europeans are moving away from these nonsense, even China -- the salesperson. So to summarize, because the US does it does not mean it's latest/best. Wake up!

Hyperloop is still largely experimental and may not become widely used for the next 10+ years.

Not every country in Europe has bullet trains and even for those that do, not every route is bullet train. America does not have a single bullet train.

The reality is that we are just not economically viable for reall high speed trains like we see above.

If the new rails we are building can achieve 120 to 150km/hr and is operationally efficient and helps move freight much more efficiently and turns a profit, it would be a success story that we can build on. China of 1970 could not afford it. They can only afford it now due to economic might. Same way Nigeria of today cannot afford it.

Alex9999:
These whole focus on interstate trains do not make sense either. We need to move goods not humans. Humans in African barely move between states. Even in developed countries these trains run at huge losses. Google Amtrak losses! So look at the mirror regarding your first statement and economic sense -- as for new I meant model.

I totally agree with you. Passenger rail has hardly been profitable anywhere in the world by itself if freight isn't factored onto it.

foreshore:
That assertion is not true. The difference in rate is in the class. This same thing we are talking about is what Nigerians embrace when abroad. Maybe you haven't had the opportunity to travel outside Nigeria, then you will understand this.

And how many nigerians are abroad? Maybe 5mln, but we have 200mln here. Besides those abroad receive better pay than those here, so they can afford it. Still doesn't mean it isn't expensive for them there too.

HabaHaba:
Hmmmm. I love all you've written up there. However, I also want to remind you that our dear Nigeria is so rich that if we have correct leadership, we will not be getting less. Nigeria is rich enough to have better infrastructure than it is dishing out to its citizens.

Very sad indeed.

Nigeriabis nowhere near as rich as you think. All that Nigeria is rich and we are giant of Africa is all old gist. Not relevant anymore. While Nigeria would be much better with sincere, purposeful leadership, Nigeria as at today is not rich.

Alex9999:
Old old train. Nonsense!

Don't be daft. These are brand new. Not bullet trains doesn't mean they are old. Not every developed country has bullet trains. The economics have to make sense for bullet trains or any type of train for that matter.

A project that does not make economic sense with bullet train of $10bln, can make sense with normal train of $2bln.

Just incompetence!!

When will cornavirus do what we are praying for and deal with Buhari for us!?

That was Osibanjo can become president. We are tired of an incompetent, emotionless, unintelligent, unempathic leader like Buhari.

Osinbajo will be 100 times better.

Birdeyeview:
A good and effective maintenance culture needs to be put in place too if not 5 - 10 years from now they'll be nothing to write home about.

The best way to sustain rail in nigeria going forward will be to form a holding company to manage the tracks, while private companies run rail services. Same way airports belong to government and private airlines operate.

If we expect govt to run everything, trust me in 5years the entire investment would have gone down the drain.

Sagelegend:
Its expensive buh not classy and unique. I dont like that type of chair.

Buh it suit his taste...Enjoy sir

Exactly. I would not classify this is classy. Looks local and without the input of a proper interior designer.

Having the longest runway in Nigeria will by itself not make the air port to be viable. All the state governors devoting huge resources to building airports are just doing vanity projects and in most cases, its just an opportunity to steal money.

dives:
We are developing our rail systems. If i recall, one was recently name named after GEJ. There is Ibadan-Kano, Lagos-Ibadan and others under construction. Our roads are being constructed by the minute. Fashola and Amaechi have been working tirelessly in these regard. Various structures are also being put in place to develop our gas which would help boost electricity generation. You can check out NLNG train 7 project. There are projects going on in Nigeria. We have only chosen not to see them. And about our recession, we slipped into recession because we rely solely on oil and oil prices have been very volatile in recent years so it is only expected. When we were meant to save for rainy day, we did not. And that is why the govt is making conscious efforts to diversify the economy.

And are roads, bridges and railways thjngs we should just be doing in 2020?? Which effort to diversify which econony? Name one specific thing Buhari has done since 2015 that will deliver even 5% of what we currently make from oil as a means of diversification?

Crude prices crashed in 2015, and we spoke about diversification. Crude prices crashed again in 2020 and Nigeria was actually WORSE prepared than before!! Does that make any sense!? What were we doing since 2015? Exchange rate was $199 when Buhari took over, its now $470!! We've lost N270 in 5 years! More than we lost in 35years from 1980!!


And the Buhari we thought was not corrupt, see what is going on in his government as per NDDC and stuff as well as Oyo Ita.

Buhari is the most useless president we've ever had. Someone who had so much public support in 2015 and yet has bungled every thing up.

Nigerians will be mad to vote APC in 2023. The biggest mistake PDP made in 2019 was fielding Atiku who was tainted from Obasanjo tenure. But even at that i doubt Atiku could have been as bad as Buhari.I hope they won't make the same mistake in 2023. Even though APC and PDP are nor far from one another, we at least need to make the point that bad leadership will be punished.

Nigera needs a youngish, sharp minded, energetic President. Someone who understands basic economics, entrepreneurship, international relations, industry etc. Someone who has emotional intelligence. Someone who has specific ideas about what needs to be done, not high level stuff like we need to diversify, develop agriculture etc. HOW EXACTLY DO WE DO THESE THINGS. We need a President that will inspire us and get us believing again, cos very few people believe in nigeria at the moment, both within and outside Nigeria. Maybe a Peter Obi or Donald Duke can do that job.

favor914:
Nigeria a mockery? Only poor people say that, You are very ignorant, do you know what it is to have 200 million people in a region, Nigeria’s Population makes over half of West Africa, Obama chose to go to Ghana good luck to him, Lagos Economy alone, & GDP is bigger than Ghana’s.

This is exactly the shallow, arrogant thinking that the article is talking about!!

We spent billions of dollars on ECOMOG in the 80's and 90's, while our education, helathcare, infrastructure and economy languished. What strategic importance did we get from it. Do we have Nigerian companies dominating in Liberia and Sierra Leone and repatriating dollars back home the way American companies do in Middle East?

We call ourselves giant of Africa and all that yet we are now being bullied by Ghana. When last did Nigeria stamp its feet down in Africa on any issue?

We call ourselves oil giant, but because everybody is finding new oil, we are now irrelevant to US and UK. Besides Angola is nipping at our heels to become Africa's largest producer and Mozambique and Tanzania have found huge gas and will soon have LNG plants to rival NLNG, meanwhile we never accelerated other LNG projects to corner the market when we could have.

We have 200m people, majority of whom are illiterate, have extremely low purchasing power and are not adding to a modern economy.

Lest you forget, Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world. Nigeria has more people in abject poverty than India, yet India has 5TIMES our population. Does that add up?

You should be very worried about the future of this country.

topboss:
IT IS NOT A MATTER OF DEPORTING NIGERIANS AND GHANA WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY OUR GENEROCITY.


IT IS NOT THE CASE OF REMOVING NIGERIANS FROM THEIR PLACE OF WORK IN GHANA AND GHANIANS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FREELY IN NIGERIA.


IT IS NOT THE CASE OF DEMOLISHING OUR EMBASSY AND GHANIANS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE EMBASSY IN NIGERIA.


IT IS A MATTER OF GHANIANS IN THE SAME SPIRIT REMOVING THEMSELVES FROM NIGERIA OR NIGERIA COMPLIMENT GHANA BY DOING SAME TO GHANIANS AND GHANA INTEREST IN NIGERIA.



THIS IS MATTER HERE.

How many Ghanaians are in Nigeria? I haven't met a Ghanaian in lagos in a very long time. Yet when I gonto Accra, Nigerians full there.

Audacious19:
Messi can't be a leader, someone who could retire for losing a final even as the team captain can never be a leader.
The guy nah dictator spoiling Barca without them knowing, he wants all the glory, dicttes who to buy, who to play, who to even pass to during matches like gurizeman, and coutinho. I wonder if this was Ronaldo the internet would have been on fire but Ronaldo has a perfect God who responds to his critics in special moments.
How can messi give up everytime they are losing, Roma, liverpool, Juventus and now Bayern no fighting spirit. No motivation mtcheew this one nah lizard goat abeg

I agree with you. As wonderful a player as Messi is,and in my mind he is probably the best of all time, but he is also perhaps their biggest problem in terms of power he weilds, the dependence on him even as he's waning and the distraction he causes on the pitch by getting the ball at times when sometimes the better pass was over the top to find someone who made a run. I've never thought Messi was a good captain anyway. Body language has always been flat when things aren't going their way in big matches.

Messi is the reason why Greizman, Coutinho, Dembele and a few others cannot fulfill their own potential. Setting up the team for his playing benefit has also caused Barca to lose their shape and balance.

That said its not just about him, as the leadership have not been able to buy the right quality of players to fill certain positions.