₦airaland Forum

aremuforlife:
Exempting exports is reasonable.

so import is useless abi? My client lost #18m worth of ginger eenroute to Mali at the border

When I tell people that not all products are illegal in land border they said no. That all products should go through the sea port. Now ask dangote to go through the sea port

It's well. RIP

No wonder OBJ ,yardua and gej never joked with her. Too bad Nigeria economy lost her

GuyWise101:
Nna mehnnnnn the Federal Govt should heed to our demands or the protest will continue and if they insist on killing us then REVOLUTION will be inevitable.


These set of Nigerian youths are ready to change Nigeria

our demand is more than #ENDSARS it's beyond government imagination

Arrewa:
The obvious economic rationale is to encourage Niger to make Apapa port its main port for import/export using Lagos - Kano Rail line.

Whoever has the most efficient Rail System to deliver move goods and services between the targeted countries and the Atlantic Ocean takes the biggest pie of International trade from them.

Niger can never leave cotonuo port for Nigeria because of its duty which is far cheaper than Nigerian. The time it takes to clear out goods in Nigeria port is another factor.

What's its benefits when the border is closed?

Do they have storage facilities? Yeye dey smell

Sagefromtheeast:
Yeah... because I kept wondering why prices are still on the rise despite all these government policies and measures.
They ended up making things worse.

to build a house the foundation is built first before other things but instead our government is roofing her house before laying foundation. How will that work?

helinues:


Scandal from those who are affected by the new policy.

Should we even be importing foods? 200m population...

Let's grow our local business....

grow local businesses with bad roads? Lack of storage facilities? High interest rate? Cage multiple tax by government? Power nko? Let us build our infrastructure first then local businesses will be developed by itself

When will they open the land border ooooo?

angelina08:
I thought that is the region where rice is grown in plentiful quantities?

Hmmmmm don't worry mark today with the ways things are going and these border countries are doing especially Benin Republic we Nigerians will asylum from them. I live around there and i talking from experience. Forget what the government is telling you about the border closure just make out time and Benin then you will see that they have left Nigeria behind. Note cfa1000 is now #812 unlike in 2015 when cga1000 was#415

Litmus:
This is why they are slaughtering your farmers and chasing them off the lands, they want Nigeria’s importing of food to become necessity and not choice.

Nigeria has always had the capacity to feed self; the continued killing of your farmers will undermine this.

which farmer? Do you imagine the effect of increase in VAT on goods? Bad roads from north to South, unstable government policies? I beg

achierosion:
hahahaha
So if they're not nice na like 35 to 40k Dem go collect.


Ebonyi is still cheaper and available 13k per 25kg

add cost of transport from ebonyi to Lagos then settlement by police, government tax. Then tell us how much it will be in Lagos

blackmantis:
But the Government should have carefully planned the border closing policy. It should have been done gradually until local farmers can meet demand.

meeting demand by local farmers isn't the problem but do business environment trust Nigerian government policy? Take for example, effect of VAT 7.5%, double tax by government, bad roads to carrying goods, Unstable power supply, interest rate, access to loans. These are the things that can make cost of goods to be cheap not just closing border and expect miracles

myforty68:
farmers also need a living wage. the more expensvie food, the more people will become farmers
eventually the law of demand and supply will kick it
calm down

economics is deceiving you. Wake up!!!

ogododo:
CFA don de close naira

yes ooooo in fact Benin doesn't want the border to be opened. We never know what we have put ourselves in this country. Soon many will seek asylum in Benin I swear. I live at the border area and i know what I am saying

unimagin:
Same thing I've been wondering, upon all the local rice mills springing up in many parts of the country yet price of rice keep increasing everyday. Last week I went to buy rice they said stone free local rice 25,000 while CAP foreign is 30,500 since the price difference is not much I bought the foreign one but it's painful.
One thing I've noticed in this country is even when the government introduce something good yet it will end with bad result.

because the environment isn't conducive. We all know that the government policies in Nigeria is not stable which makes investors to want to make their returns on time before another government policy will send them out of business while their creditors will be asking for their money. If border should open now the local rice mills are in financial mess which their creditor will not care to ask for their loan repayment. Just like my client goods (ginger) which got spoilt at the border going to Mali from Kano worth #28m with duty paid worth #3m minus transport and other miscellaneous expenses. Did anybody care how these importers and exporters cope with border closure without notice? Or does anybody care how these people are coping with their banks for the loan repayment? I beg don't blame any business person on this country for any high cost of goods instead blame the unfavourable condition of government policies in this country. Note VAT increased to 7.5% is another issue to high cost of goods

adioolayi:
If you are part of those generation....remind us what we eat instead of rice na

like yam,beans

Flier:
Foreign rice is now 27.000.Nigerians are very greedy people you can’t ban foreign product to allow them to gain market,they would increase the price and make life unbearable for their own people
Buhari need to open the border,these farmers are too greedy

to open the border is not even the issue. The exchange rate of #812 to cfa is 1000. Meaning a foreign rice is sold in cotonuo for cfa20700 will be #17200 in naira. Excluding Cost of crossing and transportation. Except if baba will apply yardua ideas in rice importation

adioolayi:
Time to go back....Abeg, wetin we dey eat before rice come become something every household dey eat

From where I come from those days....Rice sure pass during festive period.. especially Christmas and Easter...Yes, functions too..Rice dey sure.

Funny thing is, now, we no fit do without rice...Let's try and go back to eat wetin we dey eat back then na

eat like what?

Borrowing from ecowas whomever you closed your border against? Wonderful

Since the border closure has local rice demand met? Has the price of local rice been favourable to a common man?
Is foreign rice still in our local market? Has security improved? What of government revenue? Have local rice production created enough employment opportunities? Above all has government justified the border closure in the last one year?

Since the border closure has local rice demand met? Has the price of local rice been favourable to a common man?
Is foreign rice still in our local market? Has security improved? What of government revenue? Have local rice production created enough employment opportunities? Above all has government justified the border closure in the last one year?

Poloyanabo2:
Issit now they're knowing?
The truth is that banditry, cultism and kidnappings cannot take place in any community without the knowledge of the traditional rulers.
Naija traditional rulers know the truth but due to their selfish gains, they never say it!

since the government knows the traditional rulers who are into it, can't they arrest them? Are they bigger than the law?

aydought:
Good development, it will create employment opportunities and take some people out of job market. Imagine the families that will benefit from those to be employed to work at the factory. Anyway, if our government can quickly solve the electricity problem, then Nigeria will finally be on the right track.

you read too much economics book but unfortunately it doesn't work in Nigeria. How many business have Nigerian govt managed for a long time that employes people?

SocialJustice:
Nice. More food items should be banned and produced locally especially wheat.

the ban has it brought down the price of local food? Or has it impacted positively to ordinary man?

babyfaceafrica:
A shy person should never lead a country like Nigeria.. Apart from been shy.. He is docile, taciturn, aloof and slow. My problem is that eve. The bold and brave politicians in the country are aggressive and wicked ẹ. g. Wike, yahaya and ortom.. Nigerians need someone who is diplomatic, intelligent and discerning. However, will Nigerians vote for such individual?.. The answer is no?.. They prefer people who share kerosene, food and Dole out cash. We deserve our leaders!!

we have no choice than to vote for them since these are "best" candidates parties present to the public.
Until INEC put NON OF THE ABOVE in the ballot paper then you can say we voted for these leaders

Outside there is corona virus, inside there is hunger virus in Nigeria. God help us

toffyz:
What of the other team mates with him?

Were they killed in the accident too?

they all died, one rangers team B player, a nnl player and ifeayin George of rangers

mekaboy:
Foolish Bill's from the north. Is anybody still importing sagem, trium,alcatel phones in Nigeria? It's about demand and supply. If there is steady electricity, it will ban itself.

but the border is closed cos of foreign rice. Why not allow the law of demand and supply affect rice too?