resurgent2019:


Right thing bawo? Because of the NYSC issue?

It’s not like she forged her university or college certificates na. She let all the criticisms get to her. This is Nigeria and not U.K.

Her enemies (mainly from the South East) have prevailed over her. Shiooor.

You lack wisdom just like your ancestor Afonja.


Do you know if she resigned because of Buhari's excess borrowing.?

jomonic:


Providing business grants is a great idea. I see your point. The target is value creation driven by knowledge base and skill. A focused Aba tailor or similar skill for instance can create a lot of value with this amount. But the approach should be an integrated one. I believe we are in dire need for assorted industries, and manufacturing. Here, I agree completely with the post you quoted. We need foreign investment. We need to provide the fertile ground to attract foreigners to bring their business to Igbo land, hence tax cuts, infra development, steady power supply, safety and security. Infra development should therefore come as a priority number one. It and a secure environment will attract foreign investment from our own people in diaspora and foreigners too. Lack of infrastructure or decayed infrastructure is a catalyst for poverty. We have abundant gas reserve in Anambra State and what is the bottleneck against its development for the benefit of Igbo land. If we unlock the gas reserves at Igbariam, it holds the key to an industrial revolution. Industries can grow from there - power generation for domestic and industrial use, assorted manufacturing opportunities.

My brother let me explain to you the 3 key infrastructural needs of a company and how the East can address it easily



1) Electricity

2) Roads / Railways / Seaports / Airports

3) Water


Pay Attention To How It Can Be Solved:


1) Tax exempt all Electricity companies operating in Igbo communities / states with a promise that 90% of their workers in Igbo land will be Igbos.

2) Any company that desires to fix or build any road necessary for it's business operations, shouldn't be stopped.

2B) Also, we can tax exempt companies whose lines of businesses are airport/seaport/railway/etc services.

3) Tax exempt all Water Companies operating in Igbo communities / states with a promise that 90% of their workers in Igbo land will be Igbos.

4) Approach the Federal Government to also extend the Tax Haven by Tax Exempting these industries.

5) Create Industrial parks close to our natural gas wells and encourage the Electricity companies to build their plants in those parks and then tell companies to site their plants in those parks for easy access to electricity.




Take Note:


There are companies that make money from generating, transmitting and distributing electricity which we can tax exempt in order to attract them into Nigeria.


Is unfortunate, Nigeria is filled with brainless leaders at the FG level that should even be pioneering this concept.

bedspread:
Brother Take it as you Desire it!! Make the Move.... you will get your Desires In JESUS NAME

Amen

bedspread:
Only those Around President Mohammed Buhari and those collecting some forms of Gratifications will see nothing Wrong in the Government of the day....

I remember back in 2015, I voiced out to all around me that Pmb has nothing to do for Nigerians.. I remember having Quareels with some of my good friends who felt I didn't see what they were seeing in Pmb...

I Remember on Election Day, I castes my vote for GEJ Presidency and other Parties for Governorship and others... My friends were so up beat that Nigeria will be sound Under Pmb..

I remember I stood my Ground even after the Results and I told my Friends that there will be strange things in Nigeria..

The Good Lord who knew my Heart and knew that I never Supported Pmb as President, from no where Provided a golden opportunity for me to Leave Nigeria . By so Doing I became Exempted from the Disaters and Sufferings on the Citizens...

The same friends who nearly fought me for not Voting Pmb could not hold it any longer... They Remembered I warned them and began calling me from all coners seeking for One help or the Other.. Most of were Ashamed of Talking to me...

I was in Nigeria Early in The year , and I was moved to laughter and Tears of woes of my Friends who were doing extremely good in biz and other things and all of a sudden became starved and hungry due to Pmb directionless governance..

Some Specifically told me, bro you warned us, see you today!!

My Earnest Prayer and Desire for Nigeria is that GOD ALMIGHTY in his Infinite Mercies will Give Nigeria a Leader Designed to lead Nigerians out of the Mess the Nation finds itself!!

GOD BLESS NIGERIA

Pls, help me beg your God to teleport me & my family to a saner country eg Germany

Since I was born, I have never seen a government as stupid as that of Buhari.

Hope IPOB are preparing the tools needed for freedom.?

Fariq:


And who are you? Just a mere slave to the nation. You're tired of the union why not pull out if you can.

Hope you are ready to die when armed revolts begin.


Ordinary BH you guys can't contend let alone an angry Southern & Northern Christian population.

Gagare1:
Unfortunately, you are right. This is why I so much wished that Yar'adua was able to complete his tenure(s). For me, I saw an opportunity for the Arewa image to be cleansed of sectionalism. I hurts to see people like Buhari watering evil seeds that our children will have to reap when he is gone. Any wise Arewa man knows that no people will endure suppression forever, especially the modern man. Our people are good people, we just lack leaders that will lead us well and redeem our image. I hope other regions will understand this someday.

Buhari has sown the seed of hatred and a very intense hatred for that matter.



People are taking note and will definitely react when power enters into their hands.

Fariq:



Hakan bazata taba faruwaba. You cannot rule this country without north. Take it anywhere. All other important post regarding the economy are being held by Southerners.

Gagare1, take note that your people drew the first blood by killing Federal Character.

Ndonu101:
If Prof Yemi Osibanjo has any respect for himself he will announce his intention to quit politics/public office after 2019. The embarrassment is too much!

Let Buhari go an select someone else to fight re-election with.

If I am Osinbajo, I will resign immediately.


This is an insult to his profession.

Shehunoshewhat:
Nonsense

I hope will piggyyeasterners and other southerners will realise that only Yorubas can treat them fairly in Nigeria.

Yet given the opportunity, they do all their best to please the north - their oppressors at the detriment of Yorubas. Slaves!

It is reasoning like this that made God threw away Oduduwa from heaven.

Buhari is an error that shouldn't have been made.

See problem Afonjas don drop Nigerians into.

lakesider:
But this is small money... Why the noise......
What can that money do for a state

It can enable the state to establish revenue generating venture(s) through direct or partnership investments.

HAH:
This guy should know that what Nigeria needs is good monetary and fiscal policies that will reduce inflation and add value to the naira not salary increase, what if he increases salaries to 100k minimum and a loaf of bread becomes 2k.

His foray into politics is really exposing his inadequacies and shallowness

Sowore wey no sabi basic economics.

daRealest:
This is ridiculous! A state that does not produce anything and is indebted to this tune?! This state needs to be sold to the highest bidder and then converted to an aggressive farm plantation!!!

You mean converted into a cattle colony.?

4601CE:
Where is goatnamdi Cownu?

Shitiing on your head.

4601CE:
Where is Cownu

Your state is heavily indebted and you are busy looking for Kanu.
No wonder Oduduwa was flung out of heaven.

KadunaMafia:
On behalf of Sokoto state we say Thank you but we rather donate it to Anambra state

We donate Osun back to Sokoto State for grazing reserve.

These Governors are something else.����


Ndigbo, hope you guys have seen that our Anti IPOB governors are no different from Buhari in borrowing & looting.


You see why they hate Nnamdi Kanu with passion.


See Abia State owing $100m with nothing to show except the signing of the instructions to kill IPOB members.

Daewang:
My question is why are you doing this on nairaland in the presence of enemy eyes?

My brother, do you know why Japanese people who were regarded as barbarians by the Koreans & Chinese finally caught up with them and overtook them.?

Let me help you out with the answer.


The Japanese were lucky to have a culture that encourages sharing of ideas.


You don't know how many Biafrans who are on Nairaland that have learnt from those ideas.


Our greatest oppositions are not the Afonjas and Fulani Terrorists but our inability to share ideas amongst ourselves.

gidgiddy:


Of course, what did you expect? The Nigerian.Army is only good at fighting unarmed people such as IPOB.

But send them against any armed group and they will melt like a candle

The way they are overrunning communities in Borno State, it won't be long before they invade Yobe.

Naturalle:
Sir, I am not saying that infrastructure is not important, what I am saying is empowerment should be given top priority. Didn't Bill Gates express concern about the little emphasis on human capacity development when he visited?

Also if you build the structures, put the power in place, but people cannot afford to buy the welding machine or set up shop, what then happens? We can start with the infrastructure currently in place, but empower people right now to do more and create more wealth for infrastructure.

I don't know if you understand the point I'm trying to make. The rice farmers that were empowered by this government, they became millionaires and even raised 56m for the president's nomination form- I mean who knew they could do that? If such empowerment was made available to many, and stipends were collected from the proceeds of such empowerment, don't you think we can build whatever it is we need to build to facilitate greater development?

Please don't be offended o, I am just trying to reason this thing out.

You are too intelligent to be a lady.

Maybe your wise dad trained you to think better than an average lady.


Babe, you deserve not only a kiss but a warmly hug.


Leave fellow Nigerians that can't use their brains for once.


Jaqenhghar, this lady na another Okonjo Iweala wey Buhari for appoint since Kemi only sabi queens English.

Something is wrong somewhere.

Quick to attack IPOB but running away from BH and FH.

Efewestern:


There are no good leaders anywhere in Northern Nigeria, in fact they are the most evil and senseless politicians in Nigeria, they deprive their own people of some basic necessities of life.

You get time for that Afonja.


They think we the SE and SS are inferior to them and yet results say otherwise.

Chiwude:
'MOD please take this thread down. This thread is suspicious and diversionary. One moniker opened a thread and use several other monikers to respond to himself. We have an Pan-Igbo thread running and the aim of this thread is to counter it.

What is this one saying.?


Hope all is fine at your side of life.?


What is diversionary and suspicious about the thread.?


Are you new to NL that you don't know me.?


If you don't have any reasonable thing to say, pls go somewhere else.

massinola:
Dear God, even though we share the same country with the people that are in support of this evil administration, we have continuously raised alarm on the destructive direction our country is headed. So, please God, before China finally starts her recolonisation of this nation, let those that want away from this mess of a nation be granted their heart desires. Then the sai Baba chanters can enjoy their enslavement..... Amen! Buhari no go die better death

Amen oooo

God give us Biafra since we never supported this Chinese enslavement by Yoruba & Hausa people choice.

Felixv:
one of the countries I like to visit is Thailand - it is not Germany,Japan, China or even the US

But citizens of those countries flock there every year. Beautiful airport, nice infrastructure and I never never experienced power failure once

This is a country that should have been comparable to Nigeria - they don’t even have oil.

But guess what - there exports are finished products, and that is why the country is called the Detroit of Asia.

Cars by the bucket load, and their finance minister never went to havard or worked in the world bank.

Without power, great roads, amazing ports and airports nobody would bring the kind of industries that would help us develop

You can drive from bkk to chonburi which is a 90 minute ride and all you would see along the beautiful highway are Japanese factories.

Parked on either side of the highway are trucks ready to take goods to the ports for onward delivery round the world.

Their education system is no even world class but people still go to their hospitals from other countries for treatment - medical tourism is a great income earner for them

Alas how can we get to Thailand’s level ?

We infrastructure- we need steady power supply we need great technical skills and above all we have to become a safer country.

Am sorry but obj and Jonathan blew it. People are talking about how obj got us out of debt — foolish man - he should have built our roads and fixed our light - not hand money to the IMF or world banks.

Go and find out how much China owes inspire or have a foreign reserve in the trillions. Go and find find out how much Britain owes. We know the Americans owe a lot. But their infrastructure is amazing.

I once drove from philly to Ohio - beauty road and it took me over 10hrs. Can’t try that in Nigeria

Have you heard about Economic Free Trade Zone aka Tax Heaven.?


Two things attract industries into a country and there are:


1) The percentage of their profit they can keep and the security of their wealth in other words the tax rate.


2) The financial capacity of the people to acquire their products.



Once they are sure that you won't tax them, they will build those infrastructures needed for their businesses to produce and export to other nations whose citizens can buy their products if your citizens are too poor to buy their products.


That is the miracle behind China, Uruguay, Ireland, etc quick rise out of poverty to wealth.


Do you know how much Multinational Companies pay as tax in Nigeria.? 30+%


Do you know how much Multinational Companies pays as tax in Uruguay, Ireland etc that has free trade zones.? 0%


Do you know which of the two nations have more industries.? Uruguay, Ireland and nations that are tax havens for multinationals.

Do you know which of the two nations that experienced technological transfer.? Uruguay, Ireland and nations that are tax havens.


Do you know the purpose of SIWES aka IT.? To acquire technical skills by spending time in industries.

Do you know that if Industries don't come into Nigeria, that our graduates won't be able to acquire those technical skills through SIWES.?


If Buhari had focused on:

1) Technical Education For Interested Graduates
most importantly during their NYSC,

2) Business Grants For 100,000 graduates every year and

3) Created Economic Havens For Multinational Companies In Each Geopolitical Zone or In All States Of Nigeria,

Nigeria would have greatly escaped poverty by now.

The Infrastructures we are shouting up and down about, would have been built by those companies in order to make the environment business friendly for themselves since they are not being taxed.


The power stations, railways, airports, seaports, roads to the ports & population centers, etc would have been developed by them.


Jomonic

gidgiddy
( I quoted you because of your believe in the development of our Biafran people and I decided to share my observation with you even though you never really got yourself involved on this thread. )

jaqenhghar

Iamgrey5

Naturalle

emmanuelpopson

Daejoyoung

GavelSlam ( GavelSlam, expand your horizons through documentaries about happenings in other nations and stop deceiving Buhari )





Nigeria is filled with foolish and selfish people that is why we can not see clearly what to do in order to escape poverty.

Jaqenhghar:

It is not your spoken english that os the problem. The fact that you auto.atically assume Capacity development to mean training workers is what I find amusing. Who creates wealth? Is it human beings or is it infrasturcture? If you take an example of California with all those tech companies. Is it infrastructure that established the tech companies or is it human beings? If Niggeria had bothered to invest in its human capacity you wont need to look for Chinese to come build bridges and airports for you. Did the Chinese wake up one day and start building the infrastructure they have? They underwent a process building their capacity went to study and built on existing knowledge. With that knowledge they built the infrastructure you see. Look at this shithole. You have been building infrastructure since 1960 yet look at the state of the infrastructure.

Iamgrey5, sit down and look critically at the salient points he raised.


Who creates wealth.? Humans.

Who builds superb infrastructures.? Wealthy Humans.

What are the tools that enable humans to create wealth.? Technical Education, Business Grants and Infrastructures.




So, don't deceive the government into thinking that a perfect infrastructural development automatically wipes off poverty.



There is a role Technical Education and Business Grants play in reduction of poverty.


If Buhari has being spending #300b since 2015 to empower 100,000 graduates with #3m/graduate every year, he would have influenced the creation of 300,000 SMEs by now.


Do you know the impact it would have made on job creations, tax revenues, proliferation of goods/services, availability of cheaper & quality services.?


Take YouWin for example and check how it lifted lots of Nigerians out of poverty under Jonathan.

Jomonic

Naturalle:


I agree that both are important, but I just wanted to point out that human capacity development should be of high importance. HCD without infrastructure can still generate an income albeit slowly, but cool infrastructure without HCD leads to youth redundancy. I'm saying this because there seems to be so much emphasis on infrastructural development (long term projects) and little emphasis on shorter projects (human capacity development) now and it is worrisome.

You deserve an intense & passionate kiss.

let me invite my friends jomonic and Jaqenhghar

Naturalle:


Please Sir I beg to differ. While good infrastructure can catalyze economic growth, it doesn't create it. Training, people, and money (empowerment) can generate the funds we need to even fund infrastructure. Before the roads and light n rails came, people trained and traded and from those monies, they were able to get themselves niceties, and equip themselves with better infrastructure for bountiful trade. I think if we train and empower people, we can get monies via trade and taxation to develop our infrastructure.
Pls don't be angry o, I know nairaland is filled with hot tempered people now.

My sister when it comes to economics, most of our people lack basic understanding on how it works.

If only they understand the importance of Technical Education and Business Grants as complimentary to Infrastructural Development.

emmanuelpopson:


i watched the.men who built America and i must attest to this... the founding fathers mentioned in there had the love of the country at heart.. they were not partisan and biased... America firsth and they used their resources and wealth to develop the country ... though they were capitalist in nature.but they all come together to make the American dream a reality. from andrew carnegie steel,to rockefeler oil, ford motors etc..these people cant be compared to our own selfish and self centred rich people.. i think the unity and patroitic spirit is the answer to our challenges...

Your answer about patriotism can not be disputed.

GavelSlam:


What good roads in Ivory Coast?

You guys make me laugh. No be the same Abidjan wey I don go before even this year?

No doubt, educational quality must be refocused but would commerce be sacrificed for this?

Would you retrench the overbloated civil service in between?

Would electricity be put on the back burner in between?

Would you accept this strategy yourself?

That electricity you are talking about, with Technical Education and Business Grants, people will develop Small, Medium & Large scale solutions to it.

Iamgrey5:
Economic development is process bro, it is not achieved overnight

Togo Benin and Cameroon don't always have good roads or steady electricity before now. Some of these countries still require billions of dollars in investment to catch with the rest of the world.


Nonetheless, ever since they got these set of basic infrastructure in place, these nation's economy have being improving steadily.

Even China and India didn't just happen overnight?

Still, both China and India still have over 100millon people living below poverty despite their obvious double digits economic growth down the years.


You just can't build a skilled work force without an enabling environment, who is going to hire them, where will they work? Who is going to provide funds for them assuming they all want to start producing by themselves?

You ponder on those points I raised above and come up with answers

Well, I don't need to argue with you but take note of this fact below

No Matter The Level Of Infrastructural Development, Without Technical Education and Business Grants, SMEs Which Are The Main Employers Of Labor, Creators Of Products & Wealth and Platforms To Groom More Dangotes, Won't Proliferate(Increase).