₦airaland Forum

tsdarkside:
was our strength in production before??...when was that....??...tell me...because i dont remember...

our thing is agriculture nothing else...maybe oyel too...but oyel dont grow...its just there....

We actually produce, atleast compared to the rest of west Africa.
Even the agriculture you are talking about is mostly processed and semi-processed goods like dangote for instance.
Dangote will just open a factory in Morocco, close down his sugar business in Nigeria since it is far more expensive , and then import from morocco into Nigeria.

DontForceUnity:
Solution to your fear of Morocco - EU trade agreement affecting ECOWAS is to insist that Morocco cancels her agreements with the European nations before joining ECOWAS.

They would be stupid to accept that, and Nigeria is smart enough not to insult them that way..

They should pay that man o.
He is Nigeria's man of the year.

tsdarkside:
ofcourse they are scared of loosing market....but are they forced to only market in nigeria??...this is their chance to learn new things and grow...how can that be bad?...

Where is the infrastructure to compete? Don't you get that.
There is no light to produce at the same cost that a Moroccan company will produce the same goods.

Gaddafithe2nd:
Nice comment. The reason why ECOWAS is not progressing is because of the francophone countries. Their financial system is controlled by French central Bank. We need a country like Morocco which will complement Nigeria to drive these french forces away from West African countries. The only problem Nigeria will have with Morroco is the secessionist in the North Africa.

Actually there are concerns by the Nigerian private sector that Morocco is a front for the EU to implement the EPA trade deal that will cripple Nigeria's manufacturing forever.

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

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

phreakabit:
LMAO! That's because "Sardines" resides in Moroccan territorial waters. Abi you want us to make canned Mackerel or Cat fist variants as market rivals?

Why not?
We have fish, don't we?
Nothing stopping us from making canned ones.

Titus sardines is from morocco.
Up till now, Nigeria has no rival to it.

tsdarkside:
what are you talking about??....do you have facts??...do you know the statistics.....how can morocco out produce us when they dont have the numbers....??....which morocco products do you know in the market

Numbers ?
lol. You think we are in the 18th century of manual labour?

The best sardines in your markets are from morocco. And some other products especially in foods and drugs.
The reason why we don't have more is because Nigeria has protectionist policies against non-west Africans countries. We don't import in significant amount what we already produce from non-west African countries.
Even west Africans can be bullied to import only a small quota into Nigeria. Ghana recently complained of that.
Make them members of Ecowas and you won't be able to shut them out without making the rest of the aggrieved west Africans neighbours more angrier.

Ncsamuel:
oga the reasons why ECOWAS was formed was foe every member to benefit AT THE SAME TIME. The reason ECOWAS isnt improving is because ONLY ONE COUNTRY IS BENEFITTING THE MOST FROM IT. And whats the benefit? NIGERIANS ARE FREE TO COLONIZE ALL THE COUNTRIES BUT NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND!

Are you a Nigerian?

DontForceUnity:
Are you truly a Biafran.?

Biafrans fear no competition with Moroccans.


Stop being a coward before the Moroccans.


Go out there and slug it out with them.

There is no Biafra in existence.

Biafrans does not dictate national policy or create federal infrastructure to maximize economic output. The government in Abuja warts and all, determine the future of the Igbo people as well as the rest of Nigerians.

Ncsamuel:
well on the brighter side, Nigeria will have no choice but to increase/improve production, infracstructure to counter whatever the morrocans are planning if the govt is wise. In other words Nigeria will now have reasons to improve this country finally!........ But we all know the story. Smh

Well you know the story. The most likely case would be morocco expanding their economy at our expense.

richeeyo:
Bro the main point is forming a strong alliance
Remove Nigeria and Ghana
Which other better strong countries again

Alliance to do what? Are you fighting a war?

DontForceUnity:
So you are scared of little Morocco.


Pls don't disappoint me my comrade.


The whole of Africa should be integrated economically like EU.


What of supplying Morocco cheaper labour.?

Fucck that shitt.
You negotiate from your own position of strength.
If integration would be bad for your business, then jettison it.
Trump is cancelling the NAFTA(North Atlantic free trade) agreement because he claims it does not favour America. We are not smarter than them.

If Nigeria has the infrastructure to out-produce every other African country like china, then integrate the whole thing and flood those african countries with cheap goods. But we are not china. We are not even Morocco. We have the bigger economy, they have the better infrastructure to beat us to the punch.

Ncsamuel:
Nigeria 'owning' ECOWAS is the reason Ecowas has never achieved anything other than ''ECOMONG soldiers''. We have to have diff super powers for french speaking, and english speaking smaller countries to maki it work!

As opposed to having a major francophone rival whose name is not FRANCE.
Nigeria have benefited from ECOWAS. Our businesses are everywhere, and the citizens in those countries have benefited from the FDI.
Now imagine adding Morocco to the mix, with cheaper goods due to decent infrastructure, better government, and a more stable system than Nigeria, your guess is as good as mine. That would be a trouble for Nigerian businesses and economy.

And they are oil and gas producing too.

monex:
A francophone developed country can easily monopolise the west african markets

Thank you very much.

Ncsamuel:
ECOWAS has never grown since inception because all other french speaking countries dont really trust NIGERIA countries like BENIN,TOGO GUINEA have populatios of less than 6million each. They fear NIGERIA monopolizing the union. On ther other hand, morroco is also french speaking and almost as rich as Nigeria unlike other ECOWAS countries.

I still don't see how we are benefiting from what you have written.

sinceraconcept:
who cares. gods don't Bleep,she will definitely be bleeped by human being and our age difference is nothing,age is just a number when it comes to a beauty like this . And forget about powerful women joining cults and all,she might be Igbo first lady without belonging to any cult

I am not saying she is a member of a cult. I am saying she is a symbol.
An Igbo symbol. Mere men don't fucck symbols.

ibedun:
Remember Fani-Kayode o!

Fani kayoed did not provide proof when he was nearly sued.
He has no credibility given his antecedence. I expect him to verbally exaggerate a platonic relationship to uncharted territories.
He is a Yoruba man afterall. It is a genetic thing.

And the arab connection too is just bad.
The arab world is not what we should be messing with right now. Even the US is gradually shifting away from them.

Ncsamuel:
SPAIN is the outermost country in the mediterranean sea, there are 31 others. Immigration or not, MORROCO is presently trying to close the gap bw north africa and sub saharan africa unlike egypt. They stand to gain alot!

They stand to gain a lot. True.
There is much for us to lose us here than gain.
Our interest is what matters here not Moroccan interests.

sinceraconcept:
I swear to God,I'm a Yoruba boy but if I was Igbo,I would vote for Obiano just because of this Bianca's very beautiful face. this lady is just tooooooooooooooo fine. I would like to Bleep her at least once in a lifetime. no beauty queen in Nigeria is this fine

You no dey fear at all.?
You want to eat the food of the gods. That is the Igbo first lady.

Ncsamuel:
MORROCO cannot displace NIGERIA in any way unless we let them to. [b]Morroco is the key to accessing the mediterranen sea due to its location. The distance between the morrocan border and spain's is barely about 20km. Infact [/b]MORROCO HAS NO ENEMY COUNTRY IN THIS WORLD(besides Israel) everybody wants to be in their good books. They are already key leaders in north africa besides EGYPT, even if they leave north africa, nothing will change their status. They just want to expand their market, and able to stake a claim on their lost territory, SARAWI REPULIC!

Why d you want to access the mediterrean sea? It is not like Nigeria has no means of getting to spain easily.
You want to create an upsurge of Nigerian illegal immigration into Europe.

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Turn it down immediately. It is a no-brainer
Nigeria is not developed enough to start competing with morocco. We may have the bigger economy but they have the better system.

Throwback:
So N700m is to the Americans like $700m?

And yet some claim ICT has made the world a global village, forgetting that cave dwellers like you still exist far from the periphery.

Yes, it is. When compared to their respective governments.
America blows more dollars on weaponry than the next 5 countries combined. A major part of that is because they can afford to print as much dollars as they want and the rest of the world will pick up the slack.
Nigeria cannot afford to waste dollars because you don't have enough to begin with.
7OO million Naira is like 700 million dollars when compared to the scale of wealth of the US in dollars.

obailala:
For an issue which has absolutely nothing to do with tribe, but the first thing which comes to your mind is tribe?

No! you are definitely very tribal, and that's the only reason you think everyone else swims in your pool; you're only capable of viewing and interpreting everything from the myopic tribal and ethnic point of view, else I cant rationalise how tribe came into this thread.

Piss off. Now you are annoying me, going round in circles.
I asked you what possible reason could make a man defend corruption in Nigeria when he is not part of the government?
You start yapping nonsense.
Get the fucck out of here with your ostrich syndrome.

Throwback:
Goal-post don shift.

Hahahahahaha!

How has it shifted, you bigot.
How is 9 million dollars by the US govt comparable to 700 million by Nigeria?
Did the US spend 700 million dollars on a single website?

obailala:
There's everything silly about it. Go deliver yourself from this tribal affliction before it completely consumes what's left of your mind.

You still have not showed me why it is silly.
We are talking about Nigeria here, not utopia. I may not be tribal, but I can't stop my neighbour from being tribal.

And the US Have to account for special firewalls against cyber invasion by superpowers like china and Russia.
Does Nigeria have the same constraints?

Throwback:
[b]But the US government spent over $9m on a portal that wasn't defence related also.

[/b]Since you are trying to falsely imply that only a defence portal should be expensive.

Maybe the itunes website is also for defence yet it gulps millions of dollars yearly to manage?

Another emotional Igbo man weeping as cursed to do and already bringing his bigotry into a debate of over 4pages yet no contributor had alluded to tribe until we had the misfortune of your vomit.

9 million dollars relative to the US is nothing.It is their currency afterall . It is like 9 million naira relative to Nigeria, give or take.
When you account the cost of labour in America, 9 million is chicken feed.
Comparing it to third world imoprting nation like Nigeria is sad.

obailala:
First of all, your needless reference to tribe in this case makes you sound very very silly. Its a pain having to accept that Nigerian youths have degenerated to this senseless level tribal foolishness.

Then regarding the 700 million website or portal or whatever it is, I think that is extremely expensive and an over inflated scam; none of the explanations given make any sense so far.

It is not silly.
What could possibly possess a man to defend a 700 million naira scam if not tribal affiliation?
it is not like he is part of the government to create the bias. The only obvious connection is tribe.

obailala:
I do not understand the critical details of the case, but what I do know is that this very argument of yours pertaining to 'contracting procedures' was clarified and the entire case put aside following the clarification that 'it was not a contract.'

what do you have to say about 700 million used for website that is not for military or defense purposes.?
We are talking about a ministry with zero functionality right now.


Atleast you are not Yoruba from your claims online. Your objectivity should be still be alive somewhat.