₦airaland Forum

dederocs:
Bush murdered millions in Afghanistan,Obama sponsored terrorists, thousands were killed in Syria and still dying... Ghaddaffi held his own, and exerted revenge on his enemies, he loved Africa, and fought for it, what has Obama or America and Europe done for you.

The point was if Ghaddaffi was alive, Libya won't be in such a state, I don't get your point... Show me any blameless leader, or good president.

Can't you see how Libyans are suffering now, or how dumb Nigerians using the desert are suffering, all cos Ghaddaffi was not in the scene, or maybe you love your slave masters so much, and the imperialists.

bakingsoda:
This man is saying nonsense as usual.

I remember when I was in JSS1 or so, close to 20 years, my neighbor who travelled to Libya returned after some months looking like a destitute with sad experiences. It's not after Ghadaffi that Libya started treating migrants with disdain.

And this exactly makes me wonder why people still go there, at least if you must run away from your country, get informed about your route of escape to avoid stories that touch.

Adminisher:
IGNORANCE

Omokri is an IGNORANT coward and a liar

It was Europe (France) that overthrew Gadhaffi.

Obama was a late comer to Libyan involvement. In fact, personally Obama was he most reluctant western Leader to commit to supporting Libyan rebels. All these things were admitted in Public by Gadhaffi himself.
Obama (a highly evolved person) himself has said Libya was one of his mistakes. He said it clear, simple without equivication.

Hilary Clinton then a Senator and most Republicans were mounting unbelievable pressure. She went in public to even say Obama was leading from the back.

Ultimately it was French backed rebels and a French plane that attacked Gadhaffi's convoy and got him captured and executed.

Why are people who don't know always making comments. And why does Omokri find it easy to confuse half baked Nigerian youths with pea brains

cococandy:
You don’t know that.
She has a job
And has endorsements too.

So yes she has a rich boyfriend or maybe boyfriends but you don’t know that she can’t provide her own basic needs without these men.

biacan:
The man is not a child he's old enough to decide for himself....... so why all these noise.......?

What's wrong with toke dating him or is he Undatable........?

Hedonistically:
You don't have any point. No one would be too bothered about this kind of thing if it involved girls like Cossy Ojiarkor or Danielle Okeke who don't pretend to be saints anyway.

But this useless slut called Toke Makinwa, with her fake feminist, independent woman, stupid 'unbecoming' book pretensions? You don't know how annoying it is when a woman is just a LovePeddler like the rest, but is pretending to be a role model to be admired. Forming posh 'independent woman' feminist when you're an olosho who depends on men to survive.

Titto93:
He was given a good opportunity to display his potentials in US, but if na here in Nigeria, he would be made vice principal of a community primary school

snoopylinus:
I no be ipob before una go bash me i came accross this on radio biafra page,and i thought i should share this for those saying ipob should join politics ....

rlauncher:
You call others slaves because you have a slave mentality

Gracebae:
It is common knowledge that having a high population density with limited land space, people will naturally develop their properties intensively. Similar pattern has been adopted even in Lagos especially in Igbo dominated areas of lagos and even outside Igbo dominated areas, if you check most landlords who owns most of the multi storey buildings,they are usually Igbos. A developmental practice they imported from the east.

In fact,some Yoruba developers will tell you igbos taught us how to build storey buildings. And the new practice now in the absence of space/land. Some igbos go into agreement with stubborn Yoruba landlords who refuse to sell their house for redevelopment. The igbos go into agreement with them to let them fall the old house, rebuild it to multistorey, afterwards the down floor or topmost floor is given to the Yoruba landlord as the cos of land. Hence the Yoruba landlord has no say on the other stories, in the building.

Am a practitioner in the estate management and development field and also studied estate management. So yes, I can speak with authority on such issues.

BankeSmalls:
That's how you failed WAEC.

Define what a high rise building is?

aribisala0:
Are you sure??

devindevin2000:
Typical dumb afonja. We are saying, take your Lagos, and let us separate, Oduo Republic on one side, and Biafraa on another, let see what will happen. You people will not agree despite WE SAYING....TAKE THE LAGOS, AND EVERYTHING WE HAVE INVESTED IN IT; TAKE IT AND GO. But you will not agree because you know you need other Nigerians in Lagos to survive.

Sprumbabafather:
The yorubaman living near me here is so poor that he begs for a living. He is sophisticated in poverty .

Guestlander:
If this is true why are there so many ibos living and working in Lagos, in the same type of houses you described here yet they build better houses in their "villages" in the east. Don't even try to deny this because I personally know a lot of ibos like that.

Oga080666419419:
THE OP IS SAYING YOU SHOULD MOVE AROUND TO SEE THINGS BY YOURSELF AND STOP BEING FOOLED BY POLITICIANS.

LAGOS IS ECONOMICALLY BOUYANT BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THERE ARE LESS POOR PEOPLE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE

bidierichie:
Imagine toad speaking about graduate. I guess you need brain surgery to reason well.

You cant look beyond what you see. You need help sir

GavelSlam:
Too many uneducated people on this forum and it's extremely sad they are the ones who rush to comment.

Even what is evidently good news, one has turned to bad, screaming "recession loading".

The good news is that the price of oil is expected to rise in 2018 as already witnessed at the tail end of this year already.

The skeptical outlook is whether Nigeria can sustain its output either by production or fulfilment of OPEC's quota which could be reviewed downwards for the country.

Ngokafor:
Lol!!...Loud-mouthed,empty,shallow megalomanic simpletons with little to humanity having the time of their lives on my mentions this lovely friday afternoon......You lots reek of cases of mental issues scientists are yet to come up with..Its obvious

Cry to heavens and the earth,but the fact remains that statistics you throw around to massage your egos not worth the sands on earth are all in your minds like schizophrenic patients


Blablabla you single-handedly won the civil war,are the most formidable,the richest,the most intelligent,IGR more than the whole world put together ....yet any talk of dis integratiion lands you all in the hospital....Form your odua republic,for where....na to make empty noise all over the cyberspace like displaced birds on trees.

Your rants mean nothing cos you are nothning when left on your own....Take that to the bank or quench here....Its your call.

Blue3k:
Basic classes that should taught in school should be statistics, economics and government. It seems people can't examine these numbers critically to save their lives. The fact the girl you talk to doesn't understand difference between absolute vs percentage is an issue a graduate shouldn't have. You learn this in arithmetic probability.

Ngokafor:
To be honest,i do not think that statistic is correct cos it has no bearing with realities on ground .SW is known for twisting facts and figures on its head to suit their propagandist and megalomanic tendencies..sorry.

safarigirl:
you should know that statistics are never a true reflection of the state of things

For instance, Statistics show that South Africa has the Highest HIV prevalence in Africa, however, there is a higher number of HIV positive people in Nigeria than in SA, what does that tell you about all these statistics and tricky percentages?

I have gone through Anambra and I have gone through Osun. Based on facts on ground and not facts on a piece of paper after random selection, Anambra is doing much better than Osun as far as living standards.

Statistics are a farce

Ngokafor:
I ordinarily would have ignored you but i will make an exception now..You and all your side-kicks here are very hypocritical,pretentious and fake...You exude hatred against Igbos,then turn round to accuse Igbos of hatred...Yes your statistics are trash,coined from figments of your imaginations,if you are pained by my assertions then deal with it or jump into a lagoon.....There is no law that says i must accept what you lots say here...Your loud-mouthed kith and kins would have disregared that so-called statistics with everything in them if the reverse were the case so get out my way with your hypocritical,fake lamentations.....Cry cry babies.

owomano:
Honestly, the lazyness of the Nigerian youths has climbed to an all time high. They hardly read to comprehend issues but just jump into conclusion born out of hate for this present administration. Justice Ayo Salami in his rejection note stated the obvious and that’s got nothing to do with the Buhari administration.

Zico5:
They are all fools. Imagine how the so called securities are dealing with law makers. Nigeria is a joke indeed.

presidency:
Federal Ministry Of Agriculture And Rural Development Press Release: Exporters Debunk Yam Export Rejection Stories




Mr. Michael Adedipe of ADES UK Foods and Drinks for the UK, whose warehouse was visited by AIT, has deplored the AIT report and other subsequent commentaries about rejection of his yams by the UK authorities. Adedipe has said emphatically that the consignment was not rejected; “It was cleared.”

According to Adedipe, who confirmed that he spoke to AIT: “I’ve watched the (TV) programme which lasted for about two hours. All the positive stuff removed. We that decide to venture in this project are aware of the risks involved because, this fresh produce … we’ll expect five or 10 per cent damages. I don’t know why they said the product got rejected. I’ve sent my release note. I’ve sent video of loading. I’ve sent every documentation to say that there is no issue like that at all.”

On the spoilage of yam, Adedipe explained that “the failure has nothing to do with the ministry of agriculture, but the Nigerian Ports Authority. That’s where I see the failure.” He expressed disgust at the mishandling of his comments by the AIT reporter, saying: “I told him, he is aware of it. He knew about the delay, I told him about all the consignment. He knew every single thing that happened. But what he did the most is to use all the negative stuff. We talked about other things. I told him how I came into the UK to go and fix our problem. All those were removed from the report.”

Adedipe, who has vowed not to stop yam export business, disclosed that “the other mistake was the shipping line we used. But they were the ones that were available.” According to him, in spite of the sour experience with media report, “I’m willing to invest. I still expect...at least to take a container from Nigeria every week.”

Managing Director, Wan Nyikwagh Farms Nigeria Limited, Mr Yandev Amaabai, has strongly disputed the yam rejection story and said it doesn’t even tally. “The story from AIT was focused on UK. So far, I am the only person who has lifted yam to the US. Whatever we can do to clarify this issue will be good. We learn as we progress. The whole idea that government brought was to diversify the economy.”

My goods actually got to the US on September 7, 2017. The ship berthed on September 2, 2017, but, because of the flooding in Texas, we couldn’t discharge until the 7th. They were cleared from the Customs and brought to the warehouse on the 7th. Yams are perishable items and, definitely, some may go bad on the way. But, this statement that says the American government rejected Nigerian yams, where does it come from?

Our yams were released to us and we took them to the stores. We sorted out our yams when they got there. We distributed them to the off-takers. So, where they got this story from, I don’t know. Nobody has ever called from anywhere, even in the US, to ask me question. If a few yams got rotten, and I am not complaining, why are people crying more than the owner? I have all the papers. The Customs cleared my goods on the other side. And these things went to my warehouse from where we distributed.”

If Ghana, which produces 4.8 million tonnes of yams, according to 2008 estimates, occupies a niche as the leading exporter of crop, accounting for over 94 per cent of total yam exports in West Africa, Nigeria which is by far the world’s largest producer of yams, accounting for over 70 to 76 per cent of the world production, producing 35.017 million metric tonnes valued equivalent of US$5.654 billion by the 2008 estimates should do better than Ghana in the export market.

Ghana is the first country in West Africa to launch its national yam development strategy in 2013. The country aims at US$5billion dollars of exports by 2018. Nigeria, which produces seven times Ghana’s production volume, is beset with criticisms over attempts to bring it to the global yam markets. About 90 per cent of Ghana’s yams are exported to the US, Canada, UK and elsewhere in Europe. There are more Nigerians than Ghanaians in these countries, meaning more prospects for Nigerian exporters.

Chief Ogbeh has said that Nigeria, the largest producer of yam in the world, is not anywhere near the capacity to export and remains so much a nation of consumers. He stressed that “Nigeria must export” as the “country’s economy is increasing, and in ten years’ time, oil and gas is going to drop. Then we may have nothing to earn foreign exchange except we begin to diversify our export base now.”

With all these prospects in view, the Honourable Minister expressed surprise at the negative news trailing his laudable effort at putting Nigeria on the global yam export market, saying “we’re not going to stop because this is not enough to demoralise us. We have food to export. Never mind what so-called critics are doing.”

“In the ministry of agriculture,” he said, “we are not exporters. The ministry does not export. We’re going to talk to the port authority on cooling vans for vegetables and fresh produce so that exporters don’t lose money and we don’t lose face. We should begin to build cold trucks that are temperature-controlled to keep the yams till the time they have to go. We should invest in special containers for their storage.”

“If other countries are doing it, we too can do it. We’re trying to take over the market. We’ve come to nearly 70 per cent of raw output of yams. Why can’t Nigerians in Texas, Canada, London and Germany have access to the yams?” The Minister vowed that “we will go ahead with our efforts to export yam. We will not let this opportunity slip any further. We are determined to position our people to capture the investment opportunities and benefits in the yam export to these countries. We will fix the yam export value chain. We have the volume and the market.”

We will emphasise global best practices, engage with world class experts and international organisations as well as leverage the strength in indigenous knowledge. We will support investment in relevant infrastructure and facilities. We will revive the abandoned yam conditioning centres in Ekiti and Nassarawa states while we encourage the construction of new ones with appropriate equipment to boost storage and export prospects. We appeal to Nigerians, in the spirit of patriotism, to see the silver lining around the cloud of the week of misinformation about yam export.

We have commenced engagement with the National Assembly for the repeal of the 1989 law that prohibits export of yams and other agro-commodities. Currently, the bill has passed the second reading at the National Assembly. The continued existence of this law is an obstruction against the economic diversification and export initiative of this administration. We plead with the National Assembly to fast-track the repeal of the law and help us further unlock our export potential.


Dr. Olukayode Oyeleye,
Special Adviser, Media & Communications
Abuja,
October 24, 2017