₦airaland Forum

99miles:
Afonjas and tribalism are like nija turtles and pizzas.

A shitty drummer won the award in a category that had a whole flavour nabania.

They don't even know how to be tribalistic with sense.

Drchristian:
unfortunately nobody feel it

And yet it has significant views on YouTube.
Are you tired of wishing igbos dead, you poisonous hermaphrodite.

koladebrainiac:
Igbo get problems. anything they are not involved with they tag its marginalization.
They dominate Nollywood o, nobody complains anytime they are sharing their awards. they are all in National Football team, nobody shout marginalization. in fact, we are happy for them. now Yoruba are doing great in music they are shouting marginalization. no wonder Hausas decided to sack u guys from the north.

Yoruba has been the founding father of Nigeria music. we have the likes of Fela and Femi Kuti and many iconic yoruba artist who has helped lots of their fellow men. and this one is saying trash.

Delusion must be the trait of your family line.

EarthXmetahuman:
[s][/s]no one complained when bbn final was all igbos.

No one complained when national team is all igbo.. Igni must complain when things doesn't favor them.

Igbo must have everything.

Sucks to be igbo.

Are you high?

Have igbos dominated the BBN yearly? Is the ethnic dominance consistent?

And who even told you that your people didn't complain. You must have been blind not to see your fellow afonja empty heads complaining like idiots.

Even the number of housemates this year had far more yorubas who all fell along the way.

Besides, how can you compare BBN to a music Award?

It sucks to be Yoruba. It sucks to be you.

sod09:
lmao nigeria has a whole dont have music industry
pls tell me what is good in phyno, teckno and the rest
they are all weed smoking artitsts with vulgar lyrics

What is good in phyno and tekno ?

There is more talent in phyno's little finger than in the entire Yoruba rap sector .

EarthXmetahuman:
And they want to bring tribalism to music industry


What is wrong with Igbo people and bigotry ?

Sem use am do these people?

It is not a one -off something.

It is a consistent show of bigotry so people are right to complain.

if the organisers explain that the headies award is an egbe omo -oduduwa wankfestt, then it would be stupid of me to complain.

You can't call it a Nigerian musical award and you expect me not to complain when ngbatii -ngbatii nonetities are honoured instead of better content.

Phyno outshined the vulgar reminisce this year in terms of high quality hits. Guess who won the best rap?

And it is not just a one -off aberration . The controversy is yearly.

sod09:
attention seeker
mi is yoruba
bovi is yoruba
last time phyno was given the award he ridiculed it, teckno also blasted the award.
better to give those who appreciate it than those proud guys

If the likes of reminisce, aramude, mayorkun are the best in your music industry, then you have no music industry.

I didn't even know that phyno and teckno ridiculed the useless bigoted award. That is good to know.

The next people to abstain should be runtown and partoranking.

If Runtown with his mad over you hit track could not win a single headies when shitts like mayorkun and co were getting one, then he should be sensible enough to abstain.

mhisbliss:
Thats the masses, I meant powerful contenders who can actually do something about it

Most are dead especially journalists.

Many especially the rich oligarchs are in exile.

Reference:
He is not the most powerful man on earth. Trump comes first, Xi comes second and Putin third. He is just the loudest and that covers for a lot of inadequacies.

Trump and XI have limits to their power. Their countries are more powerful than Russia but their own individual powers as President is limited.

Putin can order a nuclear strike unilaterally, Trump will need the permission of Congress to even think of that.

GraGra247:
This is easily the most powerful man on planet earth. And he's using that power to his full personal advantage. 4th term and nobody dares complain. Lolz

He is the most powerful man because he is a dictator.

His country is not the most powerful though.

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Sagay212:
Its always you heard, i heard, them say.... tell us the one you witnessed with video evidence.

Guy forget, this things do exist.

I am as progressive as the next guy, but I know this life is 3 dimensional.

KevinDein:
Keep moaning all over the thread. Some of us can see through you. The only reason why you are taking this stance is because your brothers are the beneficiaries of the menace.

The government should do everything within its power to at least reduce the incidences of drug abuse. You and your brothers can keep bleating like goats no one cares.

Yes. Because only my "brothers " run pharmaceutical companies.

And only my brothers are employed there.

And only my brothers will suffer a crisis in the health sector.

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Bishopsgate:
I totally disagree with you.

This action by Nafdac has nothing to do with patriotism or the desire for a better Nigeria.

It's just a punitive knee jerk reaction to an embarrassing documentary which exposed their incompetence at carrying out the job that we, the citizens of this country had been paying them to do.

The drug in question was not classified as a drug which could not be sold off the shelf neither was it designated as a controlled substance, not by Nigerian Law or by Nafdac themselves. The companies in question were thus not required to control it's sale modalities. Meanwhile I would like to remind you that the companies illegally shut by nafdac are not retailers as they do not sell directly to consumers so how are they party to wrong consumption or abuse by consumers?

The only company that could have an over stretched sense of culpability is emzor and I stress it that to accord culpability to emzor due to the actions of one staff is a gross over stretch of conjecture!

These companies are manufacturers and not pharmacies.

NAFDAC failed in its responsibility and is only Trying to save face. Are they saying they were not aware of the codeine epidemic in the north for over 10 years? Is it not their responsibility to "control" drug consumption, production and administration to protect the consumers. Where was Nafdac all this while?

Instead of looking into their modus operandi to fine tune it to prevent easy access to the drugs through the retail end of the spectrum they are here heaping and throwing blames around.

If these companies are culpable then NAFDAC is just as culpable!

Finally someone with brain cells.

mapet:
Unfortunately, I cannot explain something simple to you beyond this. If it is less important to protect human lives to you.......then pls excuse me

And what of the human lives that would be at risk if Emzor paracetamol for example is no longer in supply after emzor is shut down.

Can everybody afford may and Baker imported paracetamol that will now get very expensive?

Why are Africans afflicted with narrow outlook?

mapet:
Absolutely Yes, if the so-called Nigeria's biggest pharmaceutical company cannot live to their ethos, ethics and value for human lives.

okay.
You try. Very ingenious.
They should make you president.

HoodBillionaire:
wizkid would soon be poor
when child support money nor dey again ehn
he go hail
odeh
u feel say white girls na mumu
u would end up poor brokeband haggard
u feel say u na mayweather
mumu

Wizkid is not based in the states. He is probably not paying any child support.

Some of these girls just want his spermm to fertilise their eggs as a sort of bragging rights.

They already have a steady income from other olosho runs.

And wizkid is very short o. Yet I have never seen any of his fine babymamas turn him down for being short.


If you no get money, hide your face.

bekpo:
Must u read political connotations to it? So, human life does not matter any longer? What's d essence of Govt if they can not take a decisive steps to address the menace?

I have seen him support the FG in far worse scenarios.

Why should I believe he is objective now.?

new2012:
Just take it easy with him, he needs a hug not argument, its not easy to be that pained.

I think supporting the current government in power does a lot to people's mental abilities..

It is just sad. And many people would believe he is objective.

This govt just keep dragging Nigeria backwards. This is not a fake drug company.

This is emzor we are talking about here. Years and years of consistent drug manufacturing at the highest standards available in Nigeria.

I am not in support of illegal practices in that company.

But there are ways a smart govt goes about it.

They can enforce a change of leadership just like Amcon does after arresting the culprits if found culpable.

Shut down the codeine production wing too.


But shutting the whole company for God knows how long is just wrong.

rusher14:
And you are credible?

Is Buhari NAFDAC or he should resign only for the next, it responsible, government to carry out the same operation.

Loss of revenues is nothing compared to the loss of sanity and health by those who have been subjected to the pharmacies unwitting operations.

They can be shutdown if they have transgressed their agreement with NAFDAC.

The world abhors a vacuum. Should they be shutdown another pharmacy would rise up. Hopefully it would be more ethical in its conduct.

Is this guy not deluded?

So codeine the world's best cough therapy is now the cause of lose of sanity and health?

So if people get addicted to penicillin, will you banned the companies producing them for legitimate syphilis patients?
People are addicted to gum Will you close down gum production companies?

Nature abhors a vacuum in this Nigeria? You think the pharmaceutical industry is baba ijebu?

Please tell me those that have replaced the defunct textile industries of the 70s and 80s.

You and your govt are not serious.

adanny01:
A bottle of codeine was as cheap as N200 until it became an abused drug. Price went up to between N900-1500.

Labourers, motor park touts and in general poor people cannot afford the high price. Its is the rich kids who take the stuff. Let me point this out, one bottle of codeine will not satisfy those guys. They take like 5-10bottles a day. So, even before the ban, codeine was not cheap then imagine the cost of drinking 5 bottles a day. We are looking at N5000 average per day. Who can afford that?

In summary, banning codeine will not stop production or importation. It is just giving food to smugglers. Also the price of codeine will go even higher so only the rich can afford it.

The rich will not escape this menace until Islam allows its faithfuls to drink alcohol. This is where the real problem lies.

I wonder why they are not going after the foreign companies.

Those ones will tell them that codeine is a legitimate drug.

And that virtually any substance can be abused. It doesn't mean we should stop producing them for those who truly need it as long as they are in registered hands.

Morphine is still being used as a pain reliever in hospitals.

rusher14:
My quote is simple.

A hefty fine must be imposed.

The pharmacies must open at some point.

Your take on this subject shows you are not even interested in the issue. For you it is more about Buhari or otherwise.

My take on the subject is that you are not a credible commentator.

Your views are always skewed on the side of the FG because of the buhari/osibanjo factor.

The company will reopen at some point. So what is the time frame? In the mean time revenues are being lost, legitimate products for other sick people are being restricted.

If emzor goes under due to lose of revenues, can buhari create an alternative even if he spends 20 years in power?

Lucid1:
So nothing should be done? What's your point?

If found culpable of selling to unauthorised hands, then arrest the managing director.

You do not shut down your biggest pharmaceutical company for any reason, unless in a case of deliberate public harm.
In most countries, these are essential infrastructures, that are a matter of national interest.

Codeine is still used by many as a cough syrup, so it is a legitimate drug. It is not a public Hazard .

The only problem is when it is sold to unauthorised personnel. And if that is the case, the managing director and the sales administrator should take the heat.

rusher14:
Are you surprised?

Welcome to Nigeria 2018

I am not surprised at you.

Are you not a zombie?

You support buhari and his govt in everything. Don't mistake that for a love of what is right.

Even if they reopen it, you will still find a way to support them.

Unscrupulous character.

codeine is not an illegal drug. It is the world's best cough therapy.

If people get high on penicillin for example, are you going to sanctions companies producing the product.

What kind of idiots do we have in this country?

There are British companies producing and exporting codeine. Why haven't the BBC called for their investigation?

Are you sure the BBC were not contracted by a foreign pharmaceutical. ? They are certainly not beyond that.

mapet:
Bros,

I doff my hat for you with this submission
1. I think and suggest that regulatory authorities needs to come down hard when ethics and value for human lifes is sacrificed for ungodly profits.
2. Just like you suggest here, heavy fine is not enough. The Managing Director must be sacked and jailed. The company must be wound down. These are necessary steps to make sure other companies adhere to the ethics of the profession and make value for human lives a primary and uncompromising objective

Emzor must be wound down?

Are you listening to yourself?

So who will absorb the workforce thrown into the labour market?

Who will replace Emzor in Nigeria's pharmaceutical industry? In terms of research, products, and local manufacturing.

And most importantly, Will your useless govt go after the much bigger British pharmaceutical companies importing codeine into the country.

Bomb dey All of una head

What about the other useful drugs Emzor produces? What will happen to them?

So let me even assume that Emzor was somehow guilty which they are not.

So this govt will permanently shut down Nigeria's biggest pharmaceutical company.?

agadez007:
I can't fault the OAP,he made some salient points though

I stopped following the headies last year when They put a whole Tekno in next rated with small small artistes then,,I was glad tekno didn't go or they would have Insulted him even more,I wonder how Yemi alade would win the Award for the best Performer when we have flavour in the same category, how many Nigerian Artists can do live show than flavour?

Instead of this ,let Ndigbo have their own awards to avoid all these,the yoruba movie have their own awards,why can't we have Igbo music Award?

Me, I would prefer that they boycott the headies. It is insulting.

An igbo music award show would not be a bad idea.

tragergeorge:
you fit account for the amount of tax you don pay, people go de allow tax payers we wan still talk ,9ja get better tax system? The luck baba get na. Say dem no de plan coup again,e for no de turn round like this

People and companies pay millions in tax without the commensurate infrastructure. I pay my taxes regularly.

If you don't pay tax, don't insult people that do and get nothing in return.