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Ravenwolf:
I know my way to brothels, but I don't like the pleasure that explicitly paid sex gives. I like the real one that comes from a home girl.

You can't blame me for my personal choices, you are here claiming Holier than Thou when you have bleeped up shit going on somewhere in your life.... No one is perfect.

Dude there are 'home girls' ready to throw their legs open at any time 't' or place 'p' and these ladies will do your thing for the pleasure of it...but using your money to coerce or secure a sexual transaction with a 'home girl' and not a 'call girl' is just plain stupidity...If you've got the balls and you've got the lyrics of a true lyricist you'll express your position strategically and tactfully till the 'dumb girl' gives up her body like a piece of meatpie...using your money as a means of coercion is just a sign of insecurity, inferiority complex and outright plain stupidity...

like is said dude, if you must be a man, then be a man and not a sea monster taking a vacation on land...

No wonder in this generation poor and vulnerable women go into prostitution almost by default...if all men had this mentality, simply because you no wan fall mugu, you must eat the pudding before doing the helping then we would keep having a teeming population of prostitutes of the poor by necessity...while the richer ladies have the choice to make...Will that badger that calls himself a man, but is actually a non-entity, be able to even open his insecure mouth to ask for a date with likes of DJ Cuppy...I believe he doesn't and will never have the effrontery to try it even if the said lady is ready to give herself for free...

If you must be a man, then be a man and not a monster...

ddippset:
I tell you, helping is not the problem, but most of these endtime girls will call you mugu before their friends. Mugu for what? Mugu for helping them.

...but bro is not better to withhold your money and decide not to help than to offer the money for sex transaction...Soon we would complain that hoes are ubiquitous but we are part of the factory that produces these ubiquitous commodity...If you don't want to be tagged a 'mugu' then hold your money but asking for sex in exchange for money is the height of mental sickness and spiritual morbidity...

Reading the comments of some sons and daughters of Belial here, gives me the creeps...

Is it a crime to be in a need and ask for help?

Many of the sons and daughters of Belial here will groan for help at the first sign of trouble and would be disappointed at those taking advantage of their disadvantaged position. Hypocrites!

...and I pray that in this year 2016, any man or woman, boy or girl or hermaphrodite born of a woman who have chosen to use their money, wealth and power to destroy the life of others who are in need, oppression will not cease in their life and into mischief will they continually fall till they perish out of existence if they remain hardened and unrepentant...

Proverbs 28:27
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

flokii:
sorry..

buh then you must remember that nothing is free in life...

he's sweating to get d money... you should know he will surely want compensation

put ursef too in his shoes... will you be a mugu to someone you aren't related to?

So because a fool works for money he must use his money to purchase the priceless things of another person...whoever he is and wherever he is, as he has chosen to do this evil he will continuously sell the valuable things of his life for money - joy, peace, love, happiness and freedom will he sell for money...wickedness shall slay the wicked...

tpiar:
does ex = sex?

S till seeing ur EX is invitation to illicit SEX

's' + 'ex' = 'sex'

lakamua:
This is why u must nt marry a non virgin. Enjoy ur marriage since u and most men have decided to marry women dat sleep around and tel u virginity is nt important

...some truths are hard to hear and much difficult to understand and such a truth is what you have just said...in the case of the OP's wife, if she's still bonded to her ex, it won't be long before an 's' sneaks into the 'ex'...irrespective of what measures the OP puts in place...

Yieldings:
This is one of the reasons why people need to deal with unfinished business before getting married. If you're still harbouring feelings for an ex, before you get married get rid of them or come to the realization that the r/ship is over, and accept it. She needs to give herself closure and it starts by cutting off the communication with him. You don't need the other party's input before you can get closure. No married woman or man should be texting or calling their ex, especially if it's to talk about your r/ship with them, what happened, what didn't happen, etc. Don't look back unless you want to go back there .

...such a comment, ending with a strong admonition, can only come from a bright mind...enough respect for the highlighted quote...

so many jerks, fools, outright idiots followed us into 2016. Here is a man saying food scarcity is looming and that we should return to agriculture and some are here calling him a man of doom and gloom...another says he and his family'l not suffer lack in a manner that renders him nonchallant of the impending National crisis...some say we need action but they have done nothing as humanitarian as the man TB Joshua, some say we don't need prayers for the president, should he be cursed instead, some say TB J's fake yet they know nothing of him and have forgotten the warning of the HolyGhost in Jude 10-11...


This is 2016, buckle up, invest in agriculture, feed your own, feed the world and pray for peace in our nation...even if you dont' believe prophets take a world bank report, or FAO report and see the food shortage realities on ground...and act accordingly....

Jadonjack:
I am child wu is sick and if wateva ways I choose to be treated is not working, my dad or any other person close to me has the right to change my mode of treatment. Don't you think??!!

Your god abandon my dad for months until I chose my own way and you said I should not be worried? You kiddin right?

And mind you, I dnt need to calumniate your god, d bible already does.

I chose the path I wanted long before my dad got sick. I just hate it when people dnt't kip dere promises.

YOU SHLD BE A MAN OF YOUR WORDS!!!

...but really Jadonjack can you stand up against God if He turns out to be true and existing?...if God existed and He kills your father can you take Him up in a fight? Your hope must be that he doesn't exist, because if he does and He provides an explanation of your Dad's situation i wonder how difficult it would be to take back your words...nevertheless i hope your father's good health is restored...

Joshuabase:
conclusion -
Everything needs a creator, something can't come from nothing.
god was that creator he created something from nothing.
god doesn't need a creator he created himself from nothing.

your explanation fails woefully when it contradicts itself. And you call atheists illogical?
I give up, please dont reply me

Hey, i'm sorry i'm disobeying you but i'd like you ti know that though i'm a Christian, i'm also a lover of science and its intrigues...and ofcourse i liked your write up on quantum field theory...I love learning yet i love arguing too...

Joshuabase:
produce a particle without a corresponding field? sure with e=mc^2

you have not done any justice to my quote at all...e=mc^2 is SOMETHING and certainly not nothing...produce that particle without using anything...since that particle has taken God's place it should at least best one ability of the Christian God - creation by speaking...not by equations, fluctuations, fields or a particle collider!!!

Joshuabase:
holl up, i have a meme for this.

Lol, funny!!!

If i state a stochastic function:

Y=f(X)+u where u~NIID(0,§)

meaning X determines Y but not vice versa, the model would have been taken as complete but if we find that Z determines X then it would be erroneous to deal with that equation alone hence we have:

Y=f(X)+u(y)
X=f(Z)+u(x)
where u(x)~NIID(0,§); u(y)~NIID(0,§)

If we keep this up we get a system of infinite equations and at some point econometricians may have to end the madness...

Now my point is that if creation was from pre-existing materials, we must ask how the pre-existing materials came about...this leads back to the original problem of finding the originator of existence...and soon it leads to a state of infinite regress. To truncate this regress, it becomes pertinent for there to exist a primordial creator who made stuff without pre-existing materials or created pre-existing material without pre-existing material...a truncation of this regress must hold...

Joshuabase:
Before the discovery of the Higgs boson,in 1975 Quantum physicist wondered why some particles had mass and others didn't, of course dumb theists jumped to conclude "God did it". Peter Higgs proposed a theory of a mass giving quantum field - he called it the Higgs field.

In 2013, the large hadron collider discovered the Higgs boson, the particle that proved the Higgs field existed. Scientists called it the "God particle" in order to mock the theists that said "God did it", they said the Higgs field "retired" God and it's the new God.

soon peter higgs would be the next daft when some other slightly intelligent daft discovers another phenomenon that nests the Higgs field...all thanks to Karl Popper's historically proven truism that science is a series of unending refutations and corroborations...

tartar9:
if we can accept God came from nothing why not do the same with the universe
and gravity is a curvature of space-time

wrong deduction sir! Christians and Theists do not claim God came from nothing...rather they claim He's the origin of all existence yet without origin...and if God came out of nothing then nothing is the source of everything which is a disturbing contradiction...

...that a boson particle came out of nothing is arrant balderdash...first there's a Higgs field, and next a fluctuation...n gbosaaaaa a boson particle is born...please produce that particle without a field and without fluctuations and then it becomes easy to accept the Hawkinian intellectual hogwash you are feeding us with...

Jadonjack:
And that's what s killing me

...if it's killing you that yout father has chosen his path and you dont have the right to do anything then it is also killing us, Christians, that you havd chosen to denigrate the God we serve and we do not have the right to do anything...So bro, you dont need to base your choice of believing or not believing on the survival of your dad...your dad has chosen, we have chosen, so you should choose you this day whom to follow...reason or the unseen but all seeing YHVH!

Jadonjack:
Now let's assume my dad's illness is as a result of his sin ( even dou I knw how upright he is), what does the bible say in. Isaiah 55:6-7, psalm 86:4-5 and Psalms 103:8-12?

Really?! Outside one's capacity?! Yu think my dad's illness is not already beyong his capacity if its an "exam"? Oh! Sorry, you dnt knw him, yu may probably not knw how serz it is.

Lemme use your bible, you think job's "exam" is not beyond his capacity?! Look at Job 3: 1-26, what about hezekiah?! Check 2kings 20: 1-2.

Bros, I probably can't force you to hear me just as you can't to me as well.

Buh, one thing still remains intact: MY BELIEVE IS MY BELIEVE!

...and your Dad's belief is his belief...irrespective of how sorry his case may be from your perspective...

How them go get hubby or even tey with man wen dem don born for spirit husband taya...no b man dem nid na deliverance b d way forward...

Jadonjack:
Emotions you say?! Yu really think this is about how or what I feel about your god?! Buh Nah, I only want you guys to see the obvious.

Pls read this bible verses... 2Thessalonians 3:3, 1Corinthians 10:13, Psalm 121:3, Psalm 145: 18, Deuteronomy 7:9, John 16:24, James 1:17.

The last part of james 1:17 says, he(your god) does not change like shifting shadows.

Pls, tell me how true that is after reading those bible verses

On 2Thess3:3 Yes God keeps us from evil but is he obliged to keep you from evil you bring upon yourself either by sin (John5:14), or from evil you bring upon yourself by virtue of your deficit of the HolyGhost (Matt12:43-45) or evil brought upon you by your ignorance of the ways of the devil and his host (Ezekiel13:18-19) or evil brought upon you as an inheritance from the evil deeds of your ancestors (Lamentations5:7)? Man is at the centre of light and darkness, and a legal tussle holds between God and satan the adversary...whatever you do that places you outside the legal limits of God places you under the legal influence of satan.

Yes, God being the righteous Judge will not permit satan set an 'exam' for us that is outside the scope of our capacity, if your temptation is to the trying of your faith, then your triumph over temptation like in the case of Joseph is to lead to your reward and your failure is to lead to your demotion, correction, chastisement or rebuke and not destruction...However temptations that are not to the trying of your faith but is the ploy of satan to steal, kill and destroy will amount to a breach on God's people and the LORD stands against that in protection of these who call on His name (Acts 2;21)

Yes the LORD shall not suffer the foot of the righteous to be moved, if and only if the LORD is your help...God keeps the feet of his saints (1 Samuel2:9) but that does not preclude the trials satan throws at us as we try to fulfill the will of God (Matthew 10:17-31)...so though we are persecuted and hated our feet is preserved in our salvation, our destiny and eternal inheritance.

Yes the LORD is nigh unto those that call upon him in truth, He keeps his covenant of mercy and love unto thousands of generations and but does this preclude man from testing and trials thrown at man by satan, NO! Job is a classic proof! Then there are the martyrs from James, Andrew, Peter, Paul to the modern day Christians persecuted all over the world...Jesus guaranteed us victory over the world but not freedom from tribulations (John16:33)

Yes, GOD wants to ask, that our Joy may be full but really what are we asking for? Many ask for food, money, house, health, fame, power, position, etc but Jesus gave us a hint on what to ask in Matthew 6:33 and all of these things will be added unto us...Now you may ask, what is this thing that we must ask for. He is the Spirit of God, and if you ask for him your joy would be full because, the Kingdom of God is in righteousness, peace and JOY in the HOLYGHOST (Romans14:17)...The more of the HolyGhost you have, the more of righteousness, peace and joy you have irrespective of the conditions you are going through...in sickness or in health...

you can go ahead and believe what you want...it is apparent that you have picked a spot in the scheme of things and you have headed on the path that seems right to you...a concrete path, sure and trustworthy, is what you have chosen, while fools like us (i believe that is what you think we are) have chosen the surreal and slippery path; that hangs on faith, love and hope. We both have destinations and like i said earlier, the FINALITY OF ALL LIFE WILL ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS BOTHERING ON LIFE...I ONLY HOPE YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THAT FINALITY...

Jadonjack:
My ways already working, shame on your god!!

Mehn your hatred for a God you believe doesn't exist is epic and is a classic philosophical contradiction...this response, going by the ethics of argument isn't beffitting of a man of reason and intellect...emotions bear your words on wings and make them soar yond rational bounds...

Jadonjack:
I believe i know the bible more than enough to know how your god claims he works. seeing anything contrary to that shows he's not reliable.

If trully the bible verse Matthew 17:20 is right, my dad should not be sick, let alone hoping to get healed.


And, lest i forget, my father's illness has nothing to do with my believe.

Oh you know the Bible enough!!! That's funny bro. Do you know John Maynard Keynes and his publication in 1936 popularly known as 'The General Theory'. He wrote in response to the failure of classical economic policies in preventing the Great Depression of the 1930s...but do you know the baffling thing! For more than 7 decades now macroeconomists and other thinkers are yet to arrive at a consensus on his exact ideas and implications. Do you know why? Well the answer is beautifully stated in scripture.

1Corinthians 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

Bro, you may be the walking Bible and know nothing of the scriptures because without the Spirit of the author, you memorize words but lack the meaning assigned to those words by the author...and without this meaning the scriptures will amount to fables and stories...you don't know God,'cos you don't have his Spirit!


On the verse you stated Matt 17:20! Do you know what faith is!? I know you want to hurriedly say, 'who doesnt know about faith', but i tell you many don't cos if they did we would have changed the geography of the earth!

If you combine these verses:

Galatians5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other...

Romans8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Hebrews11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him (God)...

...you'll find that FAITH DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH OF GOD'S SPIRIT YOU'VE GOT IN YOU!

Moses had some so he parted the waters but Jesus had the total package so he walked on water...the currency of Christians is faith and faith is minted exclusively by the HolySpirit...If you aren't in concord with the HolySpirit, you've got no faith, no matter how much of the Bible you've memorized!!!

Chai na wa o! See Omniscient atheists doing all they can to mentally procreate and reproduce atheists like themselves...Does it hurt you to see people believe in what you call Hocus-Pocus? Well it shouldn't because your elaborate show of intellectuality borders on an extravagant display of perfunctory balderdash as far as those you seek to reborn are concerned...With words that reeks intolerance and hate you advance the gospel of reason very much like the 'knights templars' fighting, pillaging and plundering for their so called 'Christian God' and the 'Jihadist' fighting and raping for their 'Most Benevolent God'...Soon some maniac will declare a religious stance, indoctrinate some others, get guns and munitions, prepare an army and go on a killing spree...and I see you doing the same in the name of your God of reason...

Let those who believe, believe. Let those who know, know. The finality of all life answers all questions bordering on life...I hope you are ready for that finality...

This is a testimony to the awesomeness of determination and gruesomeness of the failures who parade themselves as teachers, Senior Lecturers, Professors, HODs, Deans and VCs...these failures are the reasons our Universities turn out failures as graduates in large numbers...the OP was privileged to have a Dad with the financial wherewithal to finance a transfer and start over and i can guess only about 5% of his mates in the same predicament have the same opportunity...No wonder, in the church, government, family and other institutions the population of failures trumps all others...The scriptures are clear:

Isaiah 43:27-28

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

Now we see the reason why most of our politics, economy, schools, families and businesses appear cursed with reproaches...the TEACHERS have TRANSGRESSED!

Jadonjack:
My mission opening this thread actually is neither to criticise anybody nor point out flaws in any xtians, as a matter of fact, most of my friends are xtians,buh dere are some points it can't be helped.

If you are a principled man, you shld have respect for your words i.e your YES, YES! And your NO, NO!, buh it sms d opposite is the case in your god.

Anywaiz, lemme just avoid complications. When you say fire,stove and water, pls shed more lite so as not to misquote you

I'll answer you with yet the same parable...because you pretty much sound like a jew.

Only fire can boil your water, but after realizing that there's no fire you say "oh,my bad" and you light a match, light up the wicks of the stove and put your kettle on the stove but lo, your water is still not boiling...at this point, with your jewish tendencies, you want to kick the stove and dump it in the trash...but really is that what you should do? You know you ought to check if there's some kerosene (fuel) in the stove 'cos without it the fire won't last...If you've learnt enough about combustion,you'll know that the reason your water isn't boiling is your ignorance and not the fault of the stove...Bro, God is the stove, fire is your solution and the cold water is your problem. Now, will you blame God's silence for your problems, when you barely even know God and how He works just as you know nothing of combustion, how a stove works and what it requires?

"Wisdom is profitable to direct"

daretodiffer:
Your mum has the same

How is it news?

Yours is going to be the same in few years from now, so if I were you I will shush

Haba na why yu dey venxx na...Her mum's must have been the result of a hardloving husband otherwise i wonder if she'll be married to give birth to the person you just quoted...because bros dem no go open dia eyes marry expired products! Imagine how expired they look and yet no rings, no hubbys, just boys using and dumping...NAFDAC needs to start issuing licenses for barring b**bs so we don't have our eyes fed with the nauseating, disturbing and appalling movies that ladies bare...movies like "how are the mighty fallen"!

your father may not have the best of relationships with GOD but he as made up his mind to stand by GOD no matter what...well i guess it is up to you to make your own decision but it is not wise to base your decision on the experiences of your dad...If your dad gets healed it would be stupid of you to believe GOD because your puny mind will tell you "Oh that was just a coincidence" or "Oh my dad would have been healed anyway with or without GOD"...you remind me of the Jews; they saw the sea part; they saw the pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night; they saw the rain of cakes; they saw water in a barren dessert; they saw a dirty pond become potable right before their eyes in minutes; they saw the glory cloud between the cherubims on the ark; they saw the fire, clouds, darkness and thunderings on the mount Sinai; they saw the glowing face of Moses; they saw the rod of Aaron that budded; they saw the earth swallow Korah, Dathan and Abiram at the command of Moses; they saw the fire that came from above to light up their sacrifice; they saw plague of Miriam who rebelled against Moses; they saw the tablets of stones of the commandments written by the finger of God himself...they saw it all and yet decided they'd rather go back to Egypt and remain slaves than serve a God whose might and power was openly displayed before their eyes... and for this they wondered the dessert for 40 years till all of them perished...

Guy if you like believe, if you like no believe, na your parole be dat...demons believe in God and tremble but unfortunately man contends with God in his heart and mind...I do not blame you, I blame myself and many other Christians who make the one and only mighty God, YHVH, look like a hoax...Christ promised us that we will do works greater and the works he did while he was here on earth and if we, the so called Christians, lived up to Christ's expectations you won't come on nairaland.com and write crap about a God that is capable of raising an entire cemetery to life, capable of holding up walls of water, capable of conducting surgery without a knife, capable of producing children without a womb, capable of making the heavens rain fire, capable of unlocking the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven...

Jadonjack:
Yu only ditch or serve something that's worth it. And just like someone said earlier, how does this your god say "hi"?!

I'm only trying to save a soul out dere, who is in my father's shoe and hoping to get healed miraculously by someone he/she can't see

I am a living witness that the bible is full of apocryphal stories

Bro, you can believe what you want but your plastic experience with the spirit world does not debar others from having a fruitful experience...Moses spoke with God, Paul spoke with God, EA Adeboye speaks with God, TB Joshua speaks with God, DK Olukoya speaks with God, J. Suleiman speaks with God and so do many other people who have chosen to embrace the reality of God and his ways...Imagine the thousands of people flocking to the meetings of these men, do you think they are all idiots? The rational expectations hypothesis in economic theory makes us understand that you may be able to fool a person in a short period but in a longer run with the availability of more information rational agents are able to revise their expectations and make rational decisions on the basis of their revised expectations...How they would you explain, the growing population of people trooping into churches in search of a God and his works, a God that they have not seen or heard off...Let me ask you, If you were confronted with a machine, a crazy machine like the large Hadron Particle Collider, whose functions you are not aware off would you simply assume that the machine is not worth it and is useless even though it exists and is operable by others who are more skilled than you are? Don't you think such an assumption is detrimental and contrary to common sense? If some say God exists, and they claim to have proofs that he exists and is in touch with people with clearly defined characteristics wouldn't it behoove you, a rational being, to investigate and found out for yourself the existence of this God and knowing his ways and how he works?

A PhD student of the department of Philosophy in a UK university doing his thesis on the phenomenon of miracles and spiritual activity actually visited the Synagogue Church of All Nations, to investigate for himself the reality and authenticity of the miraculous events taking place at that church and according to him his observations were mind boggling...Now if a thinker deems it fit to investigate before speaking in ignorance and concluding with little or no facts all, is it not necessary for you to also investigate the reality of God before you make costly errors?

Our God is a God of principles. Without fire in the stove the water in the kettle on the stove will never boil...it is foolhardy to blame the fact that your water is not boiling on the failure of the stove because your ignorance of the absence of fire clouds your judgement...rather seek knowledge, seek it and you'll find that the reason water is not boiling is because there is no fire...

Paul was afflicted by a demon, he consulted God thrice but go no respite...ordinarily if he were you, you'd have concluded that God is a hoax but he investigated further and got the revelation that his affliction was to temper his tendency towards being proud as a result of the many revelations and visions he had...

Millerz:
My lovely Jesus , but then...... its just an idol

Please be wise...It is only an idol when man bows his head in worship to it...Have you ever considered that the cherubs on the ark were statues but yet they were not idols because they were not worshiped and neither was the ark worshiped, even the bronze snake lifted up in the wilderness did not becomes the idol 'nehustan' until the people of Israel before the reign of Hezekiah started bowing to it...

Please grant me this audience forever, in weakness, in strength, in joy, in turbulence, in peace, in war, in the dungeon, in a mansion...in every situation, forever grant me this audience...in Jesus name, Amen.

If your father is the architect of another man's ailment would the JUST God acquit your father when the blood of another man cries for justice? If your father were in the loins of an enemy of the ALMIGHTY God and he (your father) continued in the footsteps of his ancestors would the LORD cast his costly healing to the 'dogs' (no offense intended) as Christ he did to the woman of Tire and Sidon...Mr Man, God owes you nothing. Ditching God or serving Him does not change the fact that He is and He is the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him...So stop deceiving your puny self and make your decision irrespective of whether your father is healed or not...serve God or ditch Him...you'll get a reward and pay a price for both decisions...

The issue here is two fold, firstly: should the free market be permitted to adjust the economy while Nigerians wait and endure the adverse implications of dwindling oil revenues, fast depreciating exchange rates and consistent (habitual) demand for imports? or secondly: should the CBN maintain controls over the exchange rate, while structural adjustment of the economy takes place to put the economy on a better economic pedestal when the free market will kick in again? This is believe is at the base of the conflict of ideas between the CBN thinkers and the likes of Oby and Soludo...While the CBN affirms the second question, the laissez faire economists affirm the first question...However, lets look at this outside the stranglehold of ideolgies and look at the issues on ground:

i. The removal of controls could lead to accelerated depreciation and this would continue until current account deficits reaches its natural peak, a peak that is defined by the ever so strong demand for imports. However when the dwindling reserves are considered it is expected that the reflection of current account deficits would imply capital account surpluses and given the poor flow of funds to the real sector it is expected that capital inflow would jeopardize domestic stability by engendering inflation. Hence the combination of the twin evils of inflation and exchange rate depreciation would result in the twin-deficit phenomenon and its consequences on the country would be devastating - as investors would shift their portfolio from Nigerian assets and this could exacerbate capital account instability, strategic imports could be stifled and exports dependent on such imports would diminish.

ii. I believe if the CBN maintains its grip on the exchange rate using these controls, the characteristics of Nigerian imports could be transformed to be consistent with the growth and development objective. There are some goods and services that a country seeking growth and development would endeavor to produce locally instead of importing. Hence i am of the view that these controls should not stand alone rather they should be accompanied with the removal of industrial bottlenecks, improvement of social infrastructure, reduction of the cost of doing business, embarking on educational reforms to align manpower generation with industrial and social demands and the curbing of corruption. If in a five to eight year period this is maintained the structure of Nigerian imports could be changed for the better and the pressure on the naira could be eased.

iii. I believe the free market mechanism is like a car packed with the latest artificial intelligence but no matter how efficient this technology is a child will make no sense of its operation...that child, can only transport himself, under the guidance of a guardian, a central authority, pending when this child has acquired knowledge and the latest skills, developed capacity and is weaned off the guardians that he can attempt transporting himself with a car equipped with artificial intelligence...what is my point, anyone may ask? Nigeria still needs controls, because it is yet to develop the necessary institutional capacity required for the smooth operation of a sophisticated mechanism like the free market mechanism...

The laissez faire economists can give their advice to the modern day Russian, US, Canada or Australia and be successful but their advice would have been rebuffed by 1970-1990 China who applied controls, developed internal institutional capacity and loosened controls when the country could effectively operate by the free market mechanism...The US and other developed countries are poor models of development for less developed countries but the China model is superb but the incurable laissez faire economists blinded by their love for ideology even in the face of stark reality will pretend not to notice the development path of countries like China...