₦airaland Forum

Ezenwammadu:
We are well aware of Efcc antics

After all their gra gra the court will dismiss the case as usual

Trying to distract us from this incompetent government

They should only report substantial convictions

Who proceedings don hep

But no one can stop EFCC from presnting their case in court and no one can prevent the Media from carrying the news. How the case will go, only time will tell.

He be like say the girl dont preagnant. Plus she looks like someone in her late thirties / early forties. In this day and age when spouses kill each other, we pray make una own no turn like that o. Children of the rich may be very difficult to handle.

Ezenwammadu:
Another media distraction .

110 Dapchi girls are still missing

At least 70 dead due to Lassa fever

Unemployment rising everyday

Hundreds getting sacked From their jobs

Boko Haram are killing up and down your

Millions spent on cutting grass

But let concentrate on the past administration

Ndi Ara

This report emanates from events in the court . If only you read the report, you will realse that it is actually an EFCC official, who incidently in this case an Igbo guy, that was presenting evidence in court. Dont you want the media to report court proceedings again?

BabbanBura:
pls what is the source of the data on this your plot? Mind sharing with us?

Here is the link:

https://www.thecable.ng/infographic-drastic-drop-thailands-rice-export-nigeria

The graph is right but curiously the importation of rice from Thailand to republic of Benin has also gone up significantly.

lagbaja:
I applaud the efforts of the Buhari administration in growing that local rice production. However I do not allude to the hallucinations and fantacies being propagated by the minister. These lies should stop. Contrary to his claim, Rice imports from Thailand have actually increased by about 20% between 2016 and 2017. Here is the data presented below.

1. 98% of rice imported into Benin is destined from Nigeria. 95% of imported rice into Nigeria is smuggled from Benin. The import figure for Rice on the link below shows that Rice exports from Thailand to Benin increased from 1.4million metric tons to 1.8million metric tons. Though the export figure for Nigeria drops from 600k metric tons to 23k metric tons. This shows that our rice imports have actually increased and smuggling through the borders is on the rise where as rice imports through Nigerian ports have reduced. We are loosing import tax revenue and we are deceiving ourselves that we are self sufficient in rice production.



http://www.thairiceexporters.or.th/export%20by%20country%202017.html

2. It is not true that unemployment in Thailand is on the increase . Reverse is the case. See attached data.

1. The Minister actually made reference to the smuggling coming from neighbouring countries in his speech:

The minister, however, alerted the nation on what he described as alarming smuggling of fake fertilizer and rice along the western borders of the country.

He, therefore, called on the Federal Government to take drastic measures to check the trend as all previous diplomatic measures had failed to address the menace.

“But one last request Mr President, we have to take one strong measure against our neighbour to the West. The smuggling is really compromising our capacity on our result.

“Too much rice, too much fake fertilizer is still coming across the borders into this country in spite of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) we have with them they are not listening.

“Maybe if the Federal Government take one tough action, they will come and renegotiate the terms because good neighbourliness means reciprocity.

“We can’t be allowing them to survive at our own expense and I believe that we will do something about it,’’ he said.

2. On the rate of unemployment in Thailand, Audu Ogbeh was referring to what he was told by the Thai's ambassador to Nigeria. Also, if you look at 4 years historical data of Thai's unemployment figure, you will notice that it has generally gone up from about 0.9% in 2014 to 1.3% in 2017. Maybe this 0.4% increase is what the Thais ambassador and the Minister were referring to.

We don't necessarily have to start calling each others liars and playing politics with everything.

Yes o. Many other countries will soon join Thailand. By 2019, countries that we import PMS and other petroleum products from, will have to be looking elsewhere for their market

Nigeria is no longer helping their economies while our own people are unemployed. Also countries where we import fertilizer from as well. Textile industry to follow.
This is a revolution that is long overdue.
Make Nigeria great Again (MANGA)

See wailing above and below from the usual mourning crew. Hired mourners. In Benin, they call them OBITO.

When there is no more lies to sell, we will all begin to patronise the truth..

tempest01:
The production and more importantly processing of our local rice will determine the price. If there are favourable conditions, the price of local rice should be lesser than the price plus the transportation cost of foreign rice.

What initiatives are in place to encourage rice production? are there stratagic mills to buy the produce from the farmers, are social amenities available? (power trransport ) etc. Is there any investment in technology for the sector? Go and read about what the US did with their farmers and corn. A staple like rice should be accorded its respect and there should be government funded mills that buy from the farmers and incentives paid directly to farmers.

There should also be considerable amount invested in studies and technologies, and high yield seeds and best practices passed down to the farmers. The quantity of rice consumed in Nigeria warrants government to invest in its local production.


Calling the smugglers that see a business opportunity due to economic lapses saboteurs is wrong. Not that I support smuggling though.

I read your comment but I do not agree with them. Govt has put in place may initiatives and support for farmers and one of them is this anti smuggling activities of Govt. The people looking for short cut by involving themselves in smuggling foreign rice into the country can involve themselves into something legitimate. What they are doing is an affront on the laws of Nigeria. My prayer is that those who chose to involve in this activities will continued to be caught and they lose their investments. One day, they will run out option and learn to engage in legitimate business.
Their activity is an act of sabotage to the efforts of Govt and to those who engage in rice farming. As I wrote earlier, every country do whatever they had to do to protect their local producers against those who wants to make their country a dumping ground, while its citizens are largely unemployed. Nigeria Govt is protecting local farmers from foreign and unpatriotic Nigerians.

Desyner:
Never knew u were a dull economist like this . . .
The sensible option is competition. You can't offer inferior product at higher price and say it provides economic opportunity in local rice production.
It also brings leakages via smuggling. The best option is an open playing field for rice farmers to match global standard. You can't sacrifice the output of rice farmers for inefficient herdsmen and say farmer should sell at high prices.

This is why it is a waste of time engaging your type in any rational conversation. What brings about the above bolded statement of yours? Can you disagree with someone without resorting to use of vulgar and demeaning words? You are entitled to your opinion, and so am I. So learn to respect other people's views. That you have an opinion does not mean you are right in the eyes of the others.
Many countries of the world including the present President of the USA are doing everything they can to protect their local economy and producers. Sometimes it involves outright ban of the products or increase in tariff in order to prevent importation.
There is no other way to look at it, smuggling of products into the country is wrong. It does not take too much to be law abiding

Half bread is better than puff puff. Any industry established is a plus to the Nigeria economy.

kernel504:
Which nation prepares a budget without making provision for capital projects, tell me one, irrespective of the size of the budget.

How did Obasanjo manage to save some much and did lots of projects when Crude oil was selling for just $24 with global recession rocking member nations, without feeling it?

Look, need I remind you that Buhari has taken Nigeria into recession twice, he's not sound, even in his speech.

Can you back up your claims with verifiable facts? Can you provide answers to the following with links? 1. What is the price of crude 1999 to 2007? 2. What is the minimum wage and total budget of Nigeria between 1999 to 2017? 3 Can you name the infrastructure projects that the OBJ govt started, undertook or completed?

tempest01:
Which one is economic saboteurs? Shouldn't local production be cheaper and hence discourage importation? If the local production and processing is working, why are they still going through all this stress to import and smuggle at a higher rate. The government is the saboteur here for not providing the enabling conditions for local production and processing.

Where do one begins to explain these things to you as you got it all wrong. If local rice is more expensive, that is a pointer to serious citizens of the economic opportunty in local rice production. Please spend time researching issues rather than using it to express your sentiments and bias. No serious Govt will open their eyes and allow its country become a dumping ground for all manner of foreign goods that can be produced locally and its citizens are highly unemployed. This is not a sentimental issue but a common sensical one.

Economic saboteurs.

Rice Concealed in Petrol Tank Intercepted By Customs

March 2, 2018
Posted by Henry Solomon

The Nigeria Customs Service, says it has arrested a suspect in Sokoto who allegedly smuggled 460 bags of imported rice concealed in a petrol tank.
The Comptroller for Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara Command of NCS, Mr Nasir Ahmad, made the disclosure to newsmen on Friday in Sokoto.
Ahmad said the smuggled items, which were intercepted along Sokoto-Illela road, had N7.8 million duty paid value.
He said when the bags of rice were removed from the tank they had been contaminated by black oil, which is dangerous to human health.
The controller advised smugglers to find alternative legal means of livelihood and stop undermining the nation’s economy.
He solicited for relevant information from the public to assist the command track down smugglers


http://www.nta.ng/news/20180302-rice-concealed-in-petrol-tank-intercepted-by-customs/

shallysgirl:
Let me ask you,
Do you think if an igboman or even SS or yoruba or middlebelt is present by Apc, and a northern muslim is presented by pdp, the north will vote Igbo or any other tribe?
The northern vote may not decide the president but the north controls everything.
Obansanjo made it because there was an agreement to hand over to the sw. All parties were made /forced to present a yoruba candidate so it was like it must be a yoruba no matter what. That's the only way things like this can happen or rotational presidency amongst regions. If not you can't stop anyone from voting their choice or stop any party from presenting candidates from where ever.
Moreover the electoral system here is rubbish, votes don't count.

I read your comment but I dont agree with them. Thinking like yours is why it will be very difficult for an Igbo to become President. Uou need to change your line of thinking and convince others to change too. I know that is almost another impossible task. Jonathan from the minority tribe is President in 2011 despite North opposition.

oladeebo:
,,,b'ewure ba boju'weyin..

b'aguntan ba boju weyin...

Otedola will be imagining how to move some billion of dollars from Bill Gates to his own...
Na play o....
None of them will carry money leave this earth..

People come dey take turn to beat Arsenal this days..

What of Patience Jonathan "Na Only you waka come"?

That was one scary movie..lol

UfuomaUN:
custom officers are along that route! They collect bribes from rice smugglers and give them code numbers to say at subsequent check points if they're stopped!

The day I noticed it I almost cried for this nation! I was going to attend to a work related issue along that route by 4am and when I came across long convoys of at least 7-8 salon cars per convoy speeding past like they were in a hurry. I observed thy were all stuffed with rice. After driving for a few hundred metres I came across a customs checkpoint with a patrol vehicle well and a few men I guessed were traders, in what looked like a negotiation

You have a point. Corruption among the Govt agencies like the Police, immigration, Customs etc is still very rife. Old habits they say die hard. But among the bad eggs, you still have some few honest ones like the Navy crew that intercepted this smuggled rice. Unlike before where it appears that it is a free for all, now, anybody involving themselves in this evil acts knows that he /she is taking a huge risk.
Moreover, with this small, small control, local farmers will be able to grow and sell their products at competitive market price, which will encourage others to join in farming.
Gradually, we will be weaning ourselves off imported staple food products until we reach the level of self sufficiency.
We did not suddenly find ourselves as one of the most corrupt countries in the world and we will not exit that club overnight. It took us many years to get here, so exit will take time, but we are on the right track..

UfuomaUN:
custom officers are along that route! They collect bribes from rice smugglers and give them code numbers to say at subsequent check points if they're stopped!

The day I noticed it I almost cried for this nation! I was going to attend to a work related issue along that route by 4am and when I came across long convoys of at least 7-8 salon cars per convoy speeding past like they were in a hurry. I observed thy were all stuffed with rice. After driving for a few hundred metres I came across a customs checkpoint with a patrol vehicle well and a few men I guessed were traders, in what looked like a negotiation

You have a point. Corruption among the Govt agencies like the Police, immigration, Customs etc is still very rife. Old habits they say die hard. But among the bad eggs, you still have some few honest ones like the Navy crew that intercepted this smuggled rice. Unlike before where it appears that it is a free for all, now, anybody involving themselves in this evil acto knows that he /she is taking a huge risk.
Moreover, with this small, small control, local farmers will be able to grow and sell their products at competitive market price, which will encourage others to join in farming.
Gradually, we will be weaning ourselves out of imported staple food products until we reach the level of self sufficiency.
We did not suddenly find ourselves as one of the most corrupt countries in the world and we not exit that club overnight. It took us many years to get here, so exit will take time too, but we are on the right track..

Baritone:
Nice one. however by creating an increase in the readily available stocks of neighbouring countries waiting to be smuggled into the country.

First solve the problem of scarcity and price increase of foodstuff before reducing imports.

Join rice producers to make Nigeria great again..

Ttipsy:
its so stupid your daft leader is about to construct a rail way to Niger republic.
rubbish

Ibo woman, no because of Buhari come dey hate yourself nau..
Buhari is only working hard to protect the investment of Obiano and Anambra people. Abi you no get??

Ttipsy:
how many have you guys caught at the northern border??

always the south

Nigeria Customs seizes 3, 309 bags of foreign rice from smugglers in Katsina

https://www.naija.ng/1138303-nigeria-customs-seizes-3-309-bags-foreign-rice-smugglers-katsina.html#1138303

loveth360:
Because the importer is an igbo man,
nigeria should continue punishing igbos will God continue punishing nigeria.

Auntie Loveth, why you dey swear nau? Smuggling is not good for the Nigeria economy. It is an act of sabotage.

Alariiwo:
The real "Handshake" we know and recognize.. not with some ugwu munching mkpis dwelling in a red mud enclave.

Yes o. Not handshake that is borne out of hatred..

Navy confiscates 3,574 bags of smuggled rice in Calabar

Naval personnel attached to the Nigerian Navy Ship Victory in Calabar, have arrested a large wooden boat laden with 3,574 bags of foreign rice worth N53.6 million smuggled from Cameroon republic.


They also arrested three suspects found in the boat that came from Cameroon and heading for Calabar. NNS Commander of NNS Victory, Commodore Julius Nwagu, said on Thursday in Calabar that the arrest was made along the Calabar waterway in the early hours of Feb. 27, when they got information about the activities of the suspected smugglers. Addressing newsmen at the NNS Victory Jetty before handing over the items and suspects to the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Nwagu said that it took the command two and half days to offload the bags of rice from the wooden boat. “In the early hours of Feb. 27, we got information about a boat laden with rice and my patrol team arrested the boat and three suspects on board.

We brought the boat to base and offloaded the rice. “It took us two and a half days to offload the content. After counting, we got 3, 574 bags valued at N53.6million. “We will hand them over to the Nigerian Customs


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/03/navy-confiscates-3574-bags-smuggled-rice-calabar/

- LAKE Rice
- Dangote refinery and other industries
- Kano & Lagos Partnership agreement

Handshake across the Niger.......

Kudos to Oshiomole.
This is how to play politics. You did not go back to plot the downfall of your successor.

Lagos, Kano Govts Agree On Economic Partnership


Channels Television
Updated March 1, 2018


The Lagos and Kano state governments have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for economic partnership and to jointly explore investment opportunities in both states.

The MoU, which was signed by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos) and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano) on Thursday, is aimed at creating jobs and facilitating growth and development.

It also seeks to create a common platform for exploring, expanding and developing areas of economic development and investment.

The governors signed the agreement at the closing ceremony of the inaugural Lagos-Kano Economic and Investment Summit in Lagos.

Under the agreement, the two states have also set up a Technical Working Group to oversee the implementation of the objectives of the MoU.

In her closing remarks at the summit, Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, said the signing of the MoU by the governor was a clear testament of the commitment of both states to collaborate in the overall best interest of the people.

She said the leaders, by the development, “are telling the entire world that collaboration, cooperation, partnership can always work to bring about economic sufficiency in our states and, of course, the entire nation.”

While describing the summit as historic and successful, Adebule said the programme witnessed presentations from experts, erudite minds, scholars from both public and organised private sector with numerous positions expressed and outlined.

“In this process, our minds have been availed with torrents of ideas, information, statistics, interpretation and above all vision and collaboration leading to economic sufficiency,” she said in a statement by the chief press secretary to Governor Ambode, Habib Aruna.

“I am convinced that the most valuable outcome of this engagement is the fact that we have governors who have a vision and have the opportunity of sharing this vision. Today, we are not just sharing the vision but providing an enabling environment for this vision to be actualised,” the deputy governor added.

According to the MoU, Lagos and Kano states agreed to expand the current level of economic and investment cooperation between them, especially in key areas of governance, security, Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), agricultural value chain, tourism, education, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), as well as skills development.

Other areas include commerce with a specific focus on ease of doing business and infrastructure in power, transportation, and urban waste management.

The objectives of the MoU, among others, are to establish a formal and flexible framework between both states to expand trade and investment cooperation, foster scientific and technological collaboration for business development in emerging key sectors, strengthen communication, enhance trust, boost economic development and create jobs.

https://www.channelstv.com/2018/03/01/lagos-kano-govts-agree-economic-partnership/?

kernel504:
I know you wouldn't understand the reason behind the use of "full" against "fool", I need to censor my words, sound figurative not literal, while sending out my message.

I cannot be suited for hate speech or libel in such context, because my writing is highly incoherent, and subject to writer's interpretation.

Next time, read in-between the lines before opening that hole before your face, or type with that Leprous infected fingers of yours.

Whenever you write your "hate speeches" and other jargon, as well as the insults, you must be getting some fulfillment from that. Continue. lol