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^-- Hehe. Funny to me how people will complain when the same unjust acts that they gleefully participated in from 1960 to 1966 are then used against them.

Karma is a b1tch, as they say.

ak47mann:
now I know why Britain gave power to abokis and their S/W brothers

Elaborate on this? What do you mean by it? At independence, it certainly wasn't aboki + SW working together. Aboki chose another tribe to work with to then undermine the interests of the third. . .

This isn't really about cleverness. It is about finding ways of boosting productivity. We cannot both refuse to take advantage of the opportunities available in Nigeria and also prevent others from doing so. That makes no sense.

Granted, it'll be necessary to ensure that you don't get ripped off. But it still seems important to explore the option.

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Nigerians annoy the hell out of me sometimes.

They have no interest in farming themselves. But if a foreigner comes in to do the same exact thing ya'll refuse to do and would rather be speculating on real estate deals, importing, or whatever else you do for money, then suddenly it is neocolonialism.

Better that the land remain unused and idle than productive if the man making it productive is foreign, I guess

Heh.

It'd be tremendously interesting for me to see what democracy would look like in this country w/o some mechanism for raising funds.

Entire SW would be PDP just due to lack of funds for politics

With that said, ABC's rumored 10% cut is probably too high. 5% or 2% might be more reasonable figures

Interesting.

I wonder how much cement is imported through Benin Republic. That is what I'd look into doing if I had the chance. You could probably make a killing importing through that border for N700 or N800 + bribes and then reselling for N2K+

ChinenyeN:
No. Osu isn't the reason for Igbo living outside of Igboland. School and business is.

ok, thanks for clarifying.

Paying 2 or 3X the cost of cement elsewhere and you guys are smiling.

Smh.

Dangote has you by the balls and is squeezing tight, and ya'll are praising GEJ.

Pathetic

lmao. That is probably not a good way to encourage tourism

Are most of the Igbos who left Igboland osu? Or more precisely stated, are osu more likely to leave, I should say? The ones in Lagos and such.

Well, your skepticism is noted. But let's see the full terms of the deal before official deal before rejecting it.

jensinmi:
Ekt_bear: Please note where the articles says:

What do you think that means??
They are not producing food for Nigeria.

It isn't clear. There are some firms based in the middle belt that buy from middle belt farmers and resell locally. Rice for example is not subsidized in Nigeria. So why not sell locally rather than export? If it were me, I'd be targeting the local market.

Kobojunkie:
In essence, it is OK to purchase food from these foreigners but it is not ok to sell them land with which to grow food for us and maybe for others?

This is what blows me about the whole situation. So we prefer to actually import food rather than have it grown locally (even if by a foreigner)?

I don't get it. Nigerians don't want to invest in farming, yet they'll also block foreigners who would gladly do so?  I guess we should remain an importer nation forever 

Figure out a way to sign a short term lease of some sort. But the land must be made productive. We have no choice.

I am at a loss for words. Maybe rather than seeking investment to spur an area of competitive advantage we should just fold our hands and pray that mana from heaven oil will continue flowing.

Pray tell, what then is the alternative if foreign investment must be rejected?

Eko Ile:
I asked because you used that phrase at least 3 times in different threads and situations. I don't like and I'm not a fan are 2 different things. I'm not trying to dictate to you who or what you should like and dislike, I was just curious for my own good like say maybe you folks know something about this guy that I don't know because I do understand the rubbish thrown at him by the ibo hate mongers and bigots on NL, not from sane and rational folks.


I don't know the man personally, but I do know a lot about him as a politician and a public figure, I'm yet to see anything to dislike him for because all his moves as a politician, activist and advocate on behalf of his people so far has been very beneficial.

Lagos is not in the hands of the PDP because this man fought selflessly, single handedly and stake his life to fight the establishment even during Abacha era.

OBJ/PDP starved Lagos state financially for 8 long years, but the great state of Lagos did not fall apart or go bankrupt under Tinubu

We are proud as Lagosians and blessed with the best Governor in Nigeria because of his great foresight, sense and wisdom

We praise Fashola who is a great administrator and a fine man and also because of all the great stuff he's doing in Lagos, but most of it was laid down by Tinubu from Eko Atlantic to BRT, Lekki free trade zone and many innovations within Lagos state.

Many clueless folks attribute the ownership of Alpha Beta to Tinubu, but the same people will tell you that Lagos is ahead simply because of it's ability to generate huge IGR, but who made that possible? Tinubu of course. Who made Lagos state the most tax effective state in Nigeria? Tinubu of curse.

And so what if the company belongs to him? I repeat again, so what?

The company is providing a great service and is getting compensated for doing a great job. I know deep down, many of these haters wish they have their own Alpha Beta to generate  needed funds to develop like Lagos. It's not only incompetent not to have a company like Alpha Beta, it's criminal.

They claim this and that company belongs to Tinubu, So what? Is it against the law to own businesses in Nigeria? In fact, I hope these entities are his because one thing I like about rich folks in Nigeria like Tinubu is he fact that they invest and spend their money at home to develop their states, to empower their own people and transform their economies, this jells with the mans commitment to the development and advancement of his people.

He left office and still decided to use his capacity as a politician to fight for his people, to liberate his people and reclaim every inch of Yoruba land, he gave us hope, pride and a better future.

Today, the SW is a major political force in Nigeria and we are getting our dues in pounds all because of one man's efforts and selfless service and the man's name is Bola Tinubu.

So far, his moves and decisions on behalf of his people from his days as the governor of Lagos state till this very second are spot on and straight on Target.


People are free to spew their baseless and unfounded rumors about the man, but when a man dares the EFCC, his enemies from OBJ to GEJ to arrest or incriminate him with anything or STFU and his still walking around without any kind of immunity, cleaning their clocks and instead of touching him, they are sending presidential planes to ferry him around and begging him for favors, obviously, they have nothing on him. The EFCC have all the tools in the world to locate his wealth, they have his files, they know where he keeps and how he makes his money and if for what ever reason they still can not nail him, he's simply the smartest and the cleanest Nigerian politician.


I'm a realist and I deal with reality, till this man is nailed for something in front of us all, he remains a great public servant.

Again, I'm not dictating to you who to like or dislike, just trying to find out if there is something out there you know that I don't know.

It makes no sense to say you dislike without any reason to justify your dislike.


My take-

Hrm. Good post.

I'm having difficulty articulating my feelings. Basically, I overall think he is a force for good, but do not trust him completely. Does this kind of make sense? It probably doesn't. Hrm.

I'm not communicating well.

jensinmi:
We're not saying they should not invest o. But we're not giving them large quantities of our arable farmland. They can go and take from Sudan if they want. Generations to come will need this land. As we say in yoruba, eniyan o kin fi ika mewewa jeun (A person must not use all 10 fingers to eat).

They want land? We say NO.

Lease it out with options to terminate or something after 10 or 20 years

They don't need to buy the land to use it for agric.

Investment is the only way to create jobs. Unless we want to mooch off of Niger Delta oil for all of eternity (or more accurately speaking, until it finishes.) And me, I don't want to mooch if I can avoid it.

There are definitely risks which we'll need to take into account. But there is no choice but to attract investment in order to create jobs. It is the only way out.

crazy

Ebelechukwu Azikwe are his other names, maybe he should have used those ones

If this is for real, then very well done Fayemi.

9 June 2011

Investors from South Korea have entered into discussions with the Ekiti State Government to invest in the agriculture sector in the state to the tune of about $400 million.

The proposed transformation of agriculture in the state is expected to generate not less than 25,000 jobs in the first year and help boost farm yield in the state.

The investors who were led by Mr. Kyungj Soo-Moon who is the chief executive officer (CEO) of SYNCTOP International Limited met with Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and other top officials of his administration recently.

The project facilitator, Dr. Adebayo Adewusi, explained that the model had never been used in any part of Africa before now pointing out that it would focus more on graduates who would be engaged to produce for commercial purposes.

He explained that about 30,000 hectares of land would be needed for the project.

Other features of the project according to Adewusi includes; farm settlements, health facilities and agriculture/farmers' academy.

Soo-Moon noted that the project is aimed at poverty eradication, food security and job provision adding that a minimum of 125,000 jobs would be provided under the scheme in four years.

He added that the investors would hand over the project to the Ekiti State Government after three years of managing it, explaining further that the scheme is also expected to provide free construction materials as well as tools for rural farmers.

The Korean business executive disclosed that SYNCTOP would buy all agricultural produce generated from the project.

Responding, Governor Fayemi said his administration has always looked forward to this type of meeting on the exploitation of natural resources of the state noting that the business proposal has a semblance with administration's plan for modern agriculture.

The state chief executive promised to set up a cabinet committee to study the proposal and look into its financial and legal implications.

He disclosed that the Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry, Job Creation Agency, Fountain Holdings Limited, would partner with SYNCTOP.

The governor believed that the coming of the Koreans would give room for skills transfer disclosing further that discussions are on with a Korean corporation, SAMSUNG, on ICT development in state-owned schools for skills acquisition.

Fayemi added that Southwest state governments are interested in a pan-regional economic development that would make the region the economic heartbeat of the country.

http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/201106091065.html

Eko Ile:
I hear this I don't like Tinubu talk all the time and I'm yet to hear people articulate precisely why they don't like Tinubu and what he did wrong to warrant such statements.

Is their any reason why you do not like him and what exactly did he do? Just an honest question.

Hrm, don't get me wrong, I don't dislike him either. I have no strong feelings about him one way or another (on a personal level that is, on the political level I think he has done a pretty good job for the most part.)

The main point of me saying "I don't even like Tinubu" is to:
A) Clarify that I'm not a fanboy of the guy
B) Emphasize that his effectiveness is what makes me more interested in him rather than any sort of personal love.

It isn't like he is the first guy I'd seek out to go drink a beer with, for example. Competency and results are more important to me than whether I like you or not. And whether anyone likes Tinubu or not, no one can claim he is not competent and has not delivered pretty decent political results, at least so far.

Just wondering, do we have any web design experts here? People who can make sexy looking, modern web 2.0 websites? So experts at CSS (especially frameworks like Blueprint and 960.gs), jQuery, html, etc?

If you are one, please provide a link to your portfolio.

While I too wish that it were possible for certain good administrators to server more than two terms, this isn't allowed under the constitution.

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=686220.msg8496062#msg8496062 date=1307738062]i think banging each other is enough alliance abi wetin una dey find again.[/quote]lol, no comment on that

naijababe:
I don't like the man Tinubu but I'll admit he's the right man for these times but he better not start getting any ideas that he's invincible.

I doubt anyone truly likes him at all. He is just a convenient tool at this point in time. A rusty sword is better than nothing.

But for those like fstranger who dislike this rusty sword and want us to discard it. . . pray tell, what weapon would you suggest using in this jungle called Nigeria?

Or are we to believe that turnout for the Senate and the NASS was less than that for the state house of assembly?

This ain't adding up

Kobojunkie:
Presidential Election ---- --------------- 38,209,978 valid votes casts  ---  ~ 52% turnout
Gubernatorial Election ----------------- ~ 31,000,000 valid votes cast --- ~ 44 %
State House of Assembly Election ---- ~ 26,000,000 valid votes cast -- ~37%
 

The average of that is about ~ 44%, not 35% and no, it is not a hovering around 35%

Something must be screwy, then. There are only two other remaining elections of interest, no? So how on earth was average turnout 35%? Eligible voters in all 5 cases was roughly the same, yes?