₦airaland Forum

MasterJayJay:
This is not news.

It is normal in USA.

If America refuses to kill 2nd amendment, 2nd amendment will continue to kill them.

More than 350 million guns in circulation in USA. Disaster is inevitable.

That's where America got it all wrong.

Ireallyneedhelp:
I'm broke and depressed, can't live any longer.
Being born in Nigeria is my greatest undoing.
I cursed the day I am born into this world.

Why is life so difficult and so unfair for a common man. I can't even feed, don't have what to eat and always struggle to afford food. Debt everywhere.
It's better to beg than to commit crime.
At times I wonder if there is no God seeing all these happenings. Some are extremely rich,and some extremely poor.

I am really suffering please

So you think your problems will be solved in a faceless forum.Whst makes you think people will donate money to you here.Nigeria is hard, everyone, including those you are begging from here are struggling to survive.

Begging is not the best option, when you face little challenges in life, especially when it is food,if it's health cchallenges then one can understand

If you must beg, start with those who know you; family, friends and relatives, you can start from there instead coming online.

NEIGHBOUR:
Still in shock!!! What are Southerners doing in Sudan? Northerners are there for Islamic education right! Understood.
Nigerians are trying.

Majority of southerners in Sudan are south easterners doing business there.

nairalanda1:
There ARE subsides, otherwise, fuel by now would be costing around N600 per liter, or more, assuming subsidy went totally last year January.

How much does it cost to refine s litre of petrol in Nigeria.

nairalanda1:
Because they too have to pay their workers and suppliers and even some subscribers well.

Plus look at all the antennas and cables and other infrastructure they built. Did government spend money? No.

Nitel's mobile arm mtel chose your way. Today they are moribund except for their internet service arm...which was kind of privatised

Yes we are saying the same thing.Servces offered by government are epileptic but cheap and services offered by private firms are effective but costly.

This is what's obtainable in Europe and America, their citizens enjoy uninterrupted services but they pay highly for It.

yrhuhfy113:
wealth can cheat karma.

How,so wealthy people don't cry, they don't die or they don't face challenges.You think your money can give you everything You need.

paxonel:
anytime people do good things for bad reasons or bad things for good reasons, in either case there are always repercussions.
For instance, i agree with her parents without her consent to be paying a her school fees with the intention that she is going to marry me after she graduate. I'm doing something good but with a bad reason.
Then, after she graduates, she tells me that she didn't love me afterall. That should be the repercussion of my wrong decision and karma has catch up with me, don't you think so?

You're correct,peps are getting it all wrong here.karma is the consequecies of your actions, it's not about God's punishment.its a universal law.

Ekweremadu was not sentenced to jail for 10years because he stole Nigeria commonwealth but because he was trying to harvest the kidney of an innocent lad without his consent and knowledge.

nairalanda1:
Well, private does not mean 'unaffordable'. GSM that has been private was initially 'unaffordable' but eventually prices came down because competition.

Voice calls and internet services offered by these network providers are never cheap compared to when we have NITEL.The only advantage is it's accessibility, everyone have access to it,but they are milking subscribers.

nairalanda1:
The thing is, if they are not making profit, where then do they get money to run well?

(Our pockets obviously).

The reason why we no longer have NITEL as our main telco, and why we don't have electric power is because of the idea that government corps exist not to make profit.

And that is also why we don't have working refineries.

I'm sorry, but you have the wrong idea about corporations, government or otherwise. You are free to disagree.

These government corporations mostly offers essential services to the people.If they are wholly privatized,the people will not be able to afford the services they offer.Thats why government continue to hold on to it.government run corporations with subvention, they vote funds for them yearly.

nairalanda1:
It's been privatized now.

Plus it has to make a profit. No profit, no means of meeting any energy needs adequately. Be it a public or private company

(Using the BBC as an example...it is run by the British government, and it does make a profit).

NNPC has not been privatized.The shares of NNPC LTD are held by the ministry of finance and that of petroleum on behalf of the federal government.It is fully federal owned until private investors acquire shares in it.

The purpose of setting up government corporations is not to make profit, that doesn't means they don't make some profits,but it should be negligible.

Yourrealdaddy:
Good morning. Please I’m in need of a good android phone and my budget is 50k. If your phone is good, I’m buying ASAP.

you don't know shops that sells new phones abi, nairaland is now a phone market
Don't worry, when you will buy stolen phone that will land you in big trouble, you will learn your lesson in the hard way.

Godswill Akpabio and Bola Tinubu are not good pairs.They are endemically
corrupt , they will wreck the Nigeria ship.

Labragadaya:
I bought a 2002 Toyota Camry as my first car in October and for the first 2-3 months the car performed pretty well. However lately, from January it has been one problem to the other. From overheating to coil problem to spark plug problem and others. The recent issue with the car is that the car doesn’t hold slow anymore. That is the car goes off at slow speeds. I’ve changed coil, changed spark plug, ringed engine twice all to no avail. This has caused a huge hole in my pocket as I’ve even had to borrow to pay for some of these repairs. Just yesterday in a bid to resolve this issue, I took the car to another mechanic and he told me my engine block had washed and that even if he grinded the valve the holding slow issue won’t stop. I inquired about the cost of replacing the block and purchase alone was close to a 100 thousand. I’m just tired and frustrated, I need advise, do I sell the car or do I repair this? Is this mechanic trying to extort me. Experience car users please advise

Did you buy it direct Belgium or second hand.Please Sell that car fast, stop pumping money into it.it will wreck you,it has been compromised.

nairalanda1:
Hmm

It was obvious that Buhari did not get fuel subsides....but obviously once he got into office, he did understand.

The problem with the article is that the folks who wrote it, do not understand how a subsidy works....and just wrote it for the shock value.

1. Here is how subsidy costs rose to N8 trillion and kept rising.

In 2015, few months after Buhari took office...landing cost of fuel was N132, price at pump N87

In 2022 September, fuel price was N170, landing cost was....N502 .

Do the math, and you will get why we spent increasing amounts on subsidy. ESPECIALLY if you consider that fuel consumption goes up year in ,and year out. (And then there is the mass smuggling of fuel to other African countries because Nigerian fuel is much cheaper than other fuel in all our neighbours).

Plus, if we kept fuel at N87, the amount we would have spent on subsidy by now would have been N20 trillion, if not far more.

2. One of the solutions offered was that we should have released forex to 'let everyone import'. At that rate, the subsidy costs would have risen to N20 trillion. Remember the games importers were playing before NNPC became the sole importer? And still play now.



The solutuon should have been SIMPLE.....Fuel subsidy SHOULD have gone since 2012,(Ideally fuel subsidy should have gone since 1993, when we got the earliest warnings. But Nigerians, led by Buhari and co, said NO because all they saw was price increases, and not the long term benefits.

The fact is, if subsidy had been totally removed in 2012, that N8 trillion would have been SAVED.

Our addiction to low fuel prices caused this, people. We all better accept this harsh truth. If you implement price controls, corruption and stealing results. (Former communist countries know that...price controls led to bad products, corruption, stealing and scarcity. In 1985, there were queues in Moscow for bread. Today, under the capitalism of Putin, you can buy any bread you want).Buhari too loves low oil prices. And like most Nigerians, he thinks that they can be sustained forever. They can't.

That is why we do not have good refineries. Because price controls prevent NNPC from making a profit. Making NNPC the sole importer also basically restricted NNPC from making a profit, and forced it to use whatever monies it did make in subsidising fuel.

NNPC is a public corporation, it is not set up to make profit,if at all,it should be negligible.It is set up to meet the energy needs of Nigerians.

[quote author= post=122975766]Hmmmm, this is deep!
Words of a wise man.

May Devil punish every evil and corrupt politicians that have looted our darling nation since 1960,
No matter the political party they are.
Along with the the online criminals and thieves supporting such politicians.
All of them will never end well.

We Rise.


Say Amen to the above prayers or stfu![/quote]Why is this guy much hated by netizens in nairaland,is it because he supports the oppressors of Nigerians, sometimes,i wonder,is he not also feeling the economic hardship ravaging Nigerians.I learnt he grilled Meat, can't they offer him a better job

Manny21:
You may be surprised that Buhari is not aware of the loot. The cabal is in control of Aso Rock. The tenure of Buhari's cabal is about to come to an inglorious end. It will be replaced by Tinubu's cabal. I pray Tinubu does not abandon governance to his cabal the way Buhari did.

The cabals are already on ground to take it over.You think Tinubu is consciously healthy to govern Nigeria.Tinubu is SICK, he is not mentally fit to govern Nigeria.

Eriokanmi:
Na which kain olodo be dis nah . UK monarch is more powerful than many presidents of the world. They rule over UK and other countries. They can do and undo. You neva hear of Royal pardon b4?

The British monarch has much powers but not over any their countries or the commonwealth counties, they have their own soveingnty.

Generalwoodz:
I doubt they'd give Mohammed Buhari a front seat. He would be seated far away from every body- the people that matters. He would sit at extreme close to the backyard emergency toilet.

Remember,he represents Nigeria not his family.

It is no longer news that Rt.hon.Sherrif Oborevwori is now the governor elect.in Delta state.He was the speaker of the Delta state house of Assembly.

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa is one governor that likes taking loan's from Banks, despite the huge IGR and the montly federal allocation.To cap it all he owes workers pension not to mention the near state of collapse of infrastructures in the state.

Now that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has plunged Delta state into debt,where will the governor elect get the necessary fund to govern the state.

KingofHearts:
Copied

*Document written by a former CEO*.

I used to criticize owners of private companies like Dangote Group *who hire so many Indians while there are many unemployed Nigerians*, but now I understand their painful decision.

The biggest challenge in our manufacturing businesses is not power or infrastructure, *the biggest challenge is getting an honest workforce*.

Everyone we hire *seems to be on a mission to steal as much as possible* from inflated invoices, recording less than the actual number of units produced.

*The worst part of this is that all of the fraud we've uncovered is not committed by one person, it's usually multiple staff members colluding with each other*, from production to sales to finance, even management.

I reviewed management 3 times in one year.

It got so bad at one point that *my main criteria for hiring staff was no longer competence or certificates, but honesty.*

At least *skills and abilities can be acquired, but once you're dishonest, you're beyond repair.*

We always complain about the economy and the fact that there are no jobs. I know people abroad who would love to start job-creating businesses in Nigeria and Africa, but they can't because they can't get someone they trust to run it.

I know people in Nigeria with so much money, they want to start factories and other job-creating businesses, but they can't because they are busy elsewhere and can't get someone they trust to run the business. So instead of investing in the real sector and creating jobs, they will just buy treasury bills, while the thieves scream no jobs and no food.

I bet big Nigerian organizations like Dangote can set up shop in any African country and create millions of jobs, but I bet corruption and dishonesty at the top of government is what keeps them from helping Nigeria and Africa.

Many great companies, would be born in Nigeria *if we could engage in partnerships*but we can't* because you can't trust anyone.

This is an advantage that the Indians and Lebanese have over us in Nigeria and Africa. They can pool resources and do mega-businesses, unlike the Nigerians. One person has to do everything because we can't partner, so we end up with small and very small businesses.

Even siblings CANNOT run a business together. The dying or dead super stores in Nigeria that would have become the Walmarts...are a great example.

Start a poultry farm and they will steal your eggs. Some will even go ahead and kill the chickens so that they are allowed to take them home.

Start an entertainment/viewing/gaming center and they will pocket your money. On the days you are in the business, the money made will be 10 times more than when you are not there. Because they are eating your money and eating their future.

Buy and lease a vehicle to a driver to use and watch as they finish you off.

Start a restaurant, the same thing will happen. More than half of the total food ingredients will end up in their personal kitchens.

Even the regular grocery store or kiosk attendants will find a way to steal from the small investors.

You will see them *quoting their perversity by saying, "The goat grazes where it is tied, "* Hmmmm"

Imagine people justifying theft at work, killing their own jobs and the development of Nigeria.

You will see these people poking their twisted fingers at politicians when they are no different.

I usually say that the reason most Nigerians haven't stolen billions of government money is simply lack of opportunity.

The few honest Nigerians, both in government and in the private sector, are *considered stupid.*

You are not stupid. You are what Nigeria desperately and painfully needs.

How are we going to evolve when those who are supposed to oversee and manage stores, kiosks, supermarkets, factories, schools, hospitals, water works, road construction, street cleaning, power plants, bus fleets, parking collections, building construction, etc., are the ones who conspire to steal from small local investors, large local investors, governments and foreign investors?

How will we evolve when our school principals are the ones plotting to steal school supplies, school fees and school food, etc.?

How will we evolve when our hospital officials are the ones who plot to steal medicine, beds, sheets, blankets, food, consultation fees, etc.?

How? How? Cry our beloved country.

How will we evolve when the officials responsible for ensuring and enforcing standards and reducing cost estimates are those who conspire with local and foreign contractors to inflate costs and reduce work standards to steal public money for personal gain.

At all levels, "Nigerians are Nigeria's problem.

In my opinion, the simple reason, which can be replicated across the country, why Rwanda is a rising star in Africa is that Rwandans and foreign development partners and investors know that the country's top leadership cannot accept dishonesty in both public and private service.

Imagine 36 states plus Abuja will have a person like Paul Kagame at the head!!!

Even the so called western world and eastern world would not want that because Nigeria would be FIRST in 10 years.

We Nigerians need to wake up and rethink Nigeria.

Nigerians at all jobs from the sweeper to the craftsman, the salesman, the storekeeper, the driver, the tea/coffee maker, the purchasing manager, the governor, the minister, the commissioner, the accountant, the nurse, the doctor, the cook, the painter, the builder, the legislator, the minister must be honest for the sake of Nigeria.

By being dishonest, we violate Nigeria. Foreign elements know our dishonesty and so they come to Nigeria to steal our vast natural resources and give a few crumbs of bread to those Nigerians in charge of running our countries at the expense of our development and self-sufficiency.

Who will save us from ourselves?

Nigeria can rise again.Let Nigeria rise.Stand up and be counted as a people.

It is time to CHANGE...

The genesis of the problem is the value system imbibed by Nigerians.If you are appointed into top government position, you will be celebrated by your tribesmen and given tittles in your community, encouraging you to bring the booty back home,if you didn't,you are considered a fool, even your wife and children will reject you.
Weath is highly revered in Nigeria, the person who is doing well in the society is considered wise and hardworking,nobody cares what he does to make it.These people are the role models of the youths.
So, when everyone wants to make it by all means, the result is always the display of dishonesty.
The government that are in the best position to sensitse the masses on good values are themselves neck deep in corruption.Is it our religious leaders,who has turned the house of God to business center.
Nigerians need reorientation, money and wealth is not everything, money is good but pursue it legitimately.

Rushna27:
Everybody ain't the same though.....need not generalize it....thanks

Majority of Nigerians are crooks, they are only good when they've not gotten the opportunity.

helinues:
How relationship that started sweetly and then ended in so bitter way is what I am yet to understand.

You do not need to wait till things crumble before waka

Because it stood on a faulty foundation.

[quote author=CuriousCart post=122950891][/quote]ignore him.

You can't satisfy a woman sexually, they morn sometimes to boost your male ego.Those that wants to satisfy a woman were those that died on top of them.

IyaebeTheGreat:
You are copying odewaleadesoye's post. Can't you do your own? Copycat

It's not about copying, it's all about the truth.Dont attack the messager but peruse the message.

obailala:
All these expositions are rather useless because the black man doesnt give a damn about corruption; we havent evolved to that level yet.

Even if Lawrence Anini and Monday Osunbor were to contest today, all they need to win is to be from a populous tribe and have the right connections. Africans dont give a damn about character or integrity.

I totally disagree with you, these corrupt politicians were not voted for they bought their way up there through the corrupt system.Tribal and religiosity have eyes, they can see.Many Yorubas and Muslims alike didn't vote for BOLA TINUBU.

wonder233:
I pity these people who risk their lives and careers thinking they are exposing a politician. Its an exercise in futility: Nigerians don't give a hoot about all these. What determines a Nigerian's vote is TRIBE, RELIGION & PARTY LOYALTY. If you like show a live video of the person slaughtering a human being, his supporters will still vote for him.
Wasn't Ganduje caught on camera stuffing dollars into his pocket? What came out of it?
Wasn't Atiku caught on audio tape confessing to a corrupt act? What came out of it?
Wasn't Fayose recorded plotting with military to rig Ekiti election then? Did anything happen?.
Please leave Nigerians. So long the scandal isn't about tribe and religion.

Even at that, they should be exposed for all to see and for record purposes.ONE DAY,i mean ONE DAY things will change.and they will all give account of their stewardship.

hbk001:
Really?
Why is everything about this country always difficult?
With the various fleets of private jets belonging to all these politicians and all, what is making this situation so difficult for them?
And for those who still want to go back to Sudan amongst them, why not just stay there then... RUBBISH.

What of those fleets own by pastors, can't they volunteer.

Abuventure:
better than skull dealing.

None is better, it's just that Igbos are dísgracing themselves all over the world.

Cherice:
Igbos have to do something drastic about this

Don't you think it's a bit late.Something went wrong somewhere because the older generation of Ibos were hardworking and they really worked hard for their money.people like Iwuanyanwu,Ojukwu just to mention a few.Why is this generation of Igbos so desperate to acquire weath by all means.ONANEZE NDIGBO should act fast before this situation gets out of hand.It is unfortunate that any Igbo man that commits a crime outside the shores of the country is seen as a Nigerian.

darkwan:
the wahala is long not over....
returness need accomodations and other things too....

cant just fly them to abuja and let them be on their own....

wahala everywhere....

Them nor get village, did they fall from the sky.must everyone live in the city.They should go their villages to farm.

NOC1:
Great, wonderful.

They will be Falling on theirselves during turbulence like a pack of cards.

The victims of war are scared to tell the stories of wars. Those who have not witnessed war will not understand the works of peace.

Many Dreams are just dead because of that war.

Stop this cowardy missive, Nigerians are too fearful, they want good life and they don't want to fight for it.You think the currupt leaders will give you for free.
As they are getting old, their children are taking over.Nigerians Must shed that coat of cowardice and take the bull by the horns.