₦airaland Forum

What is the relevance of Macron to Nigeria's election.

Nigerian politicians always perpetuating the master servant slave narrative. All for the promise of a handshake and photograph with Macron. No pride. No self respect.

You will never see Indian, South African, or Brazilian presidential candidates do this.

Look at the 25 year old girl and boy office assistants attending to Atiku. Macron clearly was too busy for him. In the end, Macron will give him a few minutes of photo time during which Atiku will be smiling like he won a lottery.

When Macron was contesting for election, he did not come to Nigeria for photo opportunity. Why do so many black people have inferiority complex.

ceeceeco:
but he lost majority of the christian votes with such stupid choice he made.

Imagine Tinubu losing the votes of so many Christians from south-east & south-south, south-west, & North, that's a big blow, he stands no chance. I have so many reasons why Tinubu can never ever win the presidential election without rigging, It's very very impossible.

Sometimes, desperation can make someone make stupid decision thinking he/she actually made the right decision.

You are not correct.

1. Most SW Christians in my cycle don't vote.

2. Of those in my cycle that are likely to vote, not a single one has indicated any concern about the muslim-muslim issue. I suspect it's because most people that are indigenous to the SW do not consider Tinubu an extremist. They may not like him for other reasons, but muslim-muslim ticket is unlikely to determine who they vote for.

Unlike you, I accept that I do not speak for all SW Christians. Just a sampling of voting intentions within my cycle.

Nigeria is in a bad place.

But a lot of things are actually cheaper and better in Nigeria even though we don't know it.

When you look at the cost of apartment and hotel in Accra, Nairobi etc you thank God for Lagos and our other big cities.

There's currently no country in the world that I would be interested in spending more than a few days in, before returning to Nigeria. I'm just not interested in any other country.

When I hear Nigerians are in a place like India, I just wonder what they could possibly be doing there.

How any southerner can plan to vote Atiku is a conundrum.

We should not have 16 continuous years of Northern presidency, any more than we should have 4 consecutive terms of Southern presidents.

Many Northerners understand and agree.

Yet, some southerners just don't get that it will result in an irreversible domination of many parts of national life by one group.

Vote PDP in your governorship, senate, house of rep etc, but please don't do so for presidential.

Please think of the young generation coming behind you.

Even at this late hour, the man is not showing any contrition, even if it's to say look, I regret that things turned out the way they did at the primaries especially for my good friend, Wike. And pledge to personally visit him to discuss the turn of events.

Instead, he is basking in the triumph of his dark scheme, while casting Wike as politically unwise not to submit to his and Atiku's superiority complex.

Friends! I personally don't keep them close.

EmeraldJD:
A simple certificate of medical fitness from Tinubu is enough to convince me. American politicians do this when there's any doubt about their fitness. Why not our's?

Not true. Neither Trump or Biden made their health records public.

1234ben:
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Pls analyse ur expenses. I ve 3 kids and a wife, weekly on a manage level, my wife spends up to 30-40k

Kids Bobo/Biscuits. 5k
Sachet water(2bags). 2.2k
Gen fuel. 2k
Total. 36k -44k.
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That's a lot for Bobo & biscuits. Around N150k per year.

Kids will always want biscuits & stuffs like that, but you're not helping their long term health by feeding them so much of it.

These things should be occasional treats.

Godson32:
Tinubu really needs our prayers for him to get better healthwise

I don't know his health status.

But, l'm sure, he would welcome your prayers for his wellbeing.

We all need prayers.

stanluiz:
The same Tinubu that is shouting Yoruba lokan ?

By the way, Tinubu can't represent the South. He is old, fragile, sick and weak. We don't need another Yaradua or buhari pro max.

Peter obi will represent the South. Peter obi is the only unifier.

Tinubu didn't say Yoruba Lo kan (It's Yoruba's turn).

What he said was - if the Presidency is coming to Yoruba land, then he is the rightful person for it.

Ti won ba ni Yoruba Lokan (if they say it is Yoruba's turn), emi lo kan (I'm next in line).

Nothing wrong with that statement.

I'm surprised that the Lagos State governor deemed it necessary to attend the opening ceremony of a garden, even in an election year.

That park is so small, any self-respecting local govt chairman would be embarrassed to be photographed cutting ribbon there.

Is it that Nigerian politicians don't have good advisers or they don't listen to them.

EndsarsReloaded:
I'm not even talking about the size. Everything about that airport shows mediocrity.

How can an airport in 2023 be looking like this and you think it's okay? Are you for real?

Even in the North where airports are only used for Hajj, they all have far better and aesthetically pleasing airports.

My God, this looks like a village primary school. No airport in 2023 should look like this, not even in South Sudan!

At times, things look worse in pictures than they look in real life.

Ekiti can barely pay teachers salaries, so how does it matter whether their airport is aesthetically pleasing.

Functionality matters most. Quit the delusion of comparing with what you see on the internet in other countries. Nigeria is a poor country, and Ekiti is one of the poorest states within it.

May be, the building could be better, but that's not the real issue. It is that the project seems unjustifiable. The cladding of the building is dull & unimpressive, but that can be changed in the future.

I gave you examples of airports I've been to outside Nigeria that are not much better than this. What's important to most travellers is the quality of service and how quickly you can check in and out.

This is not intended to handle a massive number of people or planes. So, it doesn't need to be glamorous if the state can't afford it.

To make matters worse.

Ogun State is building a massive cargo airport (makes sense). Federal govt is building a new cargo section at Akure airport (viability is doubtful). Now, Ekiti, a relatively poor State has poured it's scarse resources into cargo airport too.

All neighboring states!

Neither Ondo nor Ekiti produce enough staple foods to feed themselves. So, what do they plan to cargo abroad.

Abi, is it for importation? How many goods from China end up in Ekiti and Ondo state weekly to justify 2 cargo airports.

EndsarsReloaded:
Lol, you mean this is an airport built in 2023

What is wrong with Fayemi, this is absolute mediocrity. Airports built in 1935 are far better than this!

What a shame and embarrassment.

There's nothing wrong with the size of the airport. Ekiti has one of the smallest populations is Nigeria. Building a large airport just for the sake of it would be meaningless.

I've travelled to a few of the small West African countries, and one in particular, the national airport is not as good as this.

Many small airports in Europe are not bigger or more beautiful than Ekiti's.

So, is it a passenger or cargo airport.

I wish Ekiti state success. But I'm baffled that they put all this money into building an airport.

The total number of people flying from Ekiti to Lagos per day is not up to 50. They currently fly through Akure, Ondo State, which is about 50mins away. Which airline is going to detour to Ado Ekiti to pick 15 or 20 people

If they say it's for cargo, where is the demand for cargo flights in Ekiti when Federal govt has almost completed a new cargo section in Akure. Ekiti mainly produces rice, Cassava, yam, maybe plantain too. So, are they planning to fly cassava to London?

Nigeria is a perplexing and confounding country.

We eat way too much in a single sitting. Mostly carbohydrate too.

But, during the APC primaries, this same Senator Bamidele said he could not support Tinubu.

When the journalist interviewing him reminded him of how Tinubu helped to launch his political career, he denied that Tinubu helped him.

He supported the Vice President believing he would win. Now that Tinubu is the candidate, this man is now holding a certificate and bowing for Tinubu.

Chai... humans

Icumsa45:
Does that mean the likes of Citibank and Rand will stop operating?

No. They can operate.

They are legally established in Nigeria as they are registered with CAC, have offices/branches here, and are regulated by the CBN.

The financial institutions CBN is stopping from offering services to Nigerias are those offering 'online' financial/banking services from abroad. They have no office here and are not registered with the CAC.

It is a perfectly sensible policy from the CBN.

EroticJane:
if any online company wants to market her services to Nigerians, they should start accepting the naira as payment. by so doing, the naira will begin to appreciate.

I appreciate your understanding of the problem, though your solution will not work.

You see, a business based in the US or Europe cannot accept Naira, because they don't have any use for naira in their country.

They need to receive their money in the currency of the country they are located in or do business from. So, even when Amazon shows prices in Naira and you buy with your Zenith it GTB naira card, Amazon does not receive naira. Zenith or GTB has to send the equivalent dollar amount to Amazon through Nigeria's central bank.

So, as you can see, your bank and CBN still have to pay Amazon in dollars.

You are also not correct that if foreign companies accept Naira, it will increase the value of naira. Since these foreign companies e.g Amazon don't operate in Nigeria, they don't need Naira since they can't spend naira in their country.

Even if they open bank accounts in Nigeria (which they won't) and credit their sales into the local accounts, at some point, they will need to evacuate the money to their country. Meaning, they will need dollars, euros or British pounds which the CBN will decline to provide them. So, they are back to square one.

We saw this problem with foreign airlines in Nigeria, some of which have not been able to repartriate their naira earnings to their countries for several years because the CBN refused to provide the equivalent foreign currency.

MuslimIgbo:
This is the point. As long as you know it's stupǐd and not what is obtainable in the sane climes, you should always stand against it at every given opportunity.

I like the way Nigerians are quick to demand so called '...what is obtainable in sane climes...'

This sense of entitlement is misplaced.

It's like a child insisting his parents must provide the same level of amenities enjoyed by children of his much richer neighbour.

We don't earn enough from export in order to be able to import those things you & others would like to. That is the problem.

What is your personal contribution towards ensuring we export more? At an individual level, we can all do or produce something that contributes to Nigeria's export and thus dollar earnings.

Every one blaming and waiting for government to 'sort it out' is a big part of the problem.

Obasanjo came. We blamed him. GEJ nko...we blamed him. Buhari, same.

Some are even expecting whoever becomes the next president to somehow magically make these economic problems disappear. How about collective individual responsibility.

Indians are working their asses off to move their country up the development ladder. Ditto, the Chinese. But us, we continue to blame and wait for government.

Ganjafama:
Does this mean Standard Chartered Bank can't operate here anymore? I have small change in my SCB account.

Standard Chartered will operate like any other bank na.

That said, Standard Chartered must regret the decision to return to Nigeria.

They have steadily closed most of their branches over the past few years, with only a few left.

Right now, they have their tail between their legs, completely humiliated in the Nigerian market.

I doubt they have ever made a profit here.

Local banks will cut corners and do anything necessary to make a profit. Standard Chartered can't do that because they are an international bank and must abide by stringent corporate governance and operating rules imposed from their headquarters in the UK. Even with that, their Nigerian management got them in trouble 3 or 4 years ago
by trying to play like the local banks.

Nigeria is one of the toughest places in the world to do business and succeed. Any wonder many big companies have fled to Ghana which is only slightly better.

We buy, buy, buy, but we don't produce, produce, produce.

What result do we expect.

The problem is, politicians can't come on TV and explain the dire situation clearly to Nigerians.

Nigeria is in a mess of its own making, and don't blame the current government alone.

The structural problems in the economy can be traced to Gowon's government, immediately after the civil war.

MNTS0:
Why is this country bent on taking decisions that will frustrate and hold back her citizens?

Nigeria does not export enough goods and services to earn the dollars we need to buy from other countries.

If your annual dollar earnings are $25 billion, but you want to spend $35 billion. It can't work na.

Outside of oil (now mostly stolen), Nigeria doesn't produce anything of tangible value that the rest of the world needs or want.

Nigeria is like someone on minimum wage that wants to live a middle class life. Hmm.

MuslimIgbo:
CBN, the corporation headed by corrupt BASTARDS, and making life difficult for Nigerians.

Your ATM debit cards are very useless because of CBN. You can't use it purchase or make payments of anything online besides local platforms.


NO PAL,

NO STRIPE

NO SKRILL

NO AMAZON PAY

NO APPLE PAY etc.

Nigeria doesn't have enough dollars in reserve to allow these payments methods.

For example, if you buy something on Amazon using your naira visa/MasterCard, your bank will have to send equivalent dollars to Amazon through the CBN. Oil thefts & a host of other economic problems have resulted in Nigeria not earning enough dollars for several years.

If CBN allows the type of transactions you listed, Nigeria's dollar reserve will reduce faster. This will cause Naira's value to fall even more. This will also mean CBN interest rates will have to rise from its current 15.5% towards may be 20% or more, thus pushing commercial bank interest rate close to 30%. This will lead to more businesses closing, and more unemployment. More unemployment means more crimes. More crimes means more societal collapse & chaos.

That's why the CBN is banning payments for foreign transactions with naira cards. To preserve our dollar reserve.

That's funny. Not been invited to any group like that.

Expression of love used to be a private thing between the lovers.

Today, the way you show you love your partner is to announce it to the world.

For validation from the public?

Odd.

Jakumo:
For the sake of argument let us assume the drones are top-end real estate survey mapping drones with long flight times and 4K resolution cameras.

Does being able to afford such drones for purchase and resale constitute a crime in your expert opinion?

It not about my opinion. I have zero expertise in this area. I'm only looking at this from the point of the law.

If the laws says you need a certificate/approval before importing this kind of goods, then apply for and obtain the approval instead of taking a big financial risk.

Nigeria is not Europe or USA. If these materials fall into the wrong hands, they can have serious consequences. We can't dismiss govt's concerns given the current state of insecurity.

This thing can be used to monitor people's compound with criminal intention. High security areas, including military, police & even Aso rock can be monitored with a basic $1,000 drone.

Instead of a total ban, I'd prefer that our laws are sufficiently advanced as to strike a reasonable balance between the right of citizens to use this sort of equipment and the govt's concerns about their misuse.

MRNIGERDoxx:
Why not tell the owners to go get the certificates of the drones ?.

If the law says you must obtain a certificate before importing, then seeking a certificate after you have already imported is against the law.

ayosubairo:
I don't understand why they seized the drones on the first place.

These drones are classified as hobbyist drones, for taking aerial pictures, videos and all of that.

I don't think they can be used for military op.

Unless you have access to the same information that Customs has about their capacity, your assertion that the drones are of hobbyist variety is pure speculation.

Oxford English Dictionary

Urchin:

'a young child who is poorly or raggedly dressed.'

The people in the photos and videos of the rally do not appear to fit this definition.

Also, it is so unnecessary to resort to abuse and name-calling to make a point. Not very civilised.

Raxxye:
This is a colossal disaster.
Will this country exist through next year?

All because of rice?