Trading surplus or deficit with a particular country doesn't wholistically determine the true colour of how a country is?
You sound as if 'na today we don dey depend on imported goods'! Even imported goods! Get the statistics of where we were and where we are now! I am very sure you don't read NBS report!
That aside, if you can blend politics with economics or ever heard of political economics, you won't be much confused as you are now? Every economics tools which to a lay man known as term is a weapon if a country know how best to deploy it! China always delibrately devalue its currency! I bet you don't know the dynamics behind that!
Are you dumb or just have a poor memory?
Rapid inflation and multiple recessions aren't enough for you.
We depend more on American goods than they depend on us.
Nigeria is not China, Nigeria does NOT, have the infrastructure or manufacturing base to even be compared to China, the naira is losing value because it is WORTHLESS!
Wake up!
You sound more like a 'twitter influencer robot' than a human being!
If this was what you were taught in your secondary school economics! Oga! You need to start from secondary school again!
Another mango tree school product.
Truly stupidity is a requirement to be a Buhari supporter.
Stop arguing about what you are highly ignorant of and go apologise to your parents for being such a stupid son.
kutashi: I believed strongly you're suffering from inferiority complex syndrome! Everybody will always need something from someone no matter your worth because you can never be GOD! Try to behave like someone that passed through school education! Look at how you're diminishing your thinking capability yourself!
This is how you catch people who didn't read basic economics in secondary school.
Nigeria loses almost 2 billion dollars in trade with the US. We spend twice as much buying their products as they spend on us. This doesn't include American technology services and entertainment, just trade between nations.
Chevron, an American oil company, made one billion dollars in profit off the Nigerian oil industry in 2019. Keep in mind that the total revenue from oil in Nigeria is 32 billion.
The same Nigerians spend billions in buying back the refined petroleum products from abroad because we don't have our own refineries yet.
This is what's wrong with you people, you are too emotionally attached to your abusive leaders. You won't think for yourself and believe anyone trying to save you and your descendants from suffering is a mad person.
aspabay: Shebi una dey run am with VPN, mumu people.
Twitter must learn to respect Nigeria, you cannot be partial with your rules. You cannot allow those who incite hate and violence to tweet freely.
NK and his ilks cannot continue to tweet hared and you look the other way
Animal talk don start again.
Ban the Internet to stop Nnamdi Kanu. This won't cause more economic uncertainty and increase widespread anger against the government, you have made so much sense.
“We are not saying that Twitter is threatening the country or any such thing; why we have taken this measure is to stop them to be used as platforms for destabilisation and facilitation of criminality or encouragement of criminalities,”
Zombies in the mud.
These rules are already enforced in section 3 of the user agreement. Stupid and brainless zombies can't read and believe twitter was being favourable to Nnamdi Kanu against the president when they simply weren't reporting his tweets.
kutashi: So, in your mind, if US is eating gala and gala is making her citizen uncomfortable, US should first consult Nigeria before taking action! That was how you sounded!
FG ban twitter not internet! Are you people promoting twittter or your country? I guess if you were to be President, that's what you will do! You're upgraded Jonathan version 2.0! What do you know about International politics?
What does the US need from Nigeria outside of oil?
The oil extraction is already controlled by foreigners.
maasoap: How's Buhari handling your life? You lost your job or your house? Would you want Buhari to watch helplessly and allow Dorsey to help set the country on fire?
Buhari has turned Nigeria into a massive IDP camp with his non existent leadership.
Buhari that is sleeping when students get kidnapped weekly in this country.
Hundreds are slaughtered in the North and he is touring the UK and hosting talks with Mali.
Jack Dorsey is the one sponsoring Boko Haram and bandits in Nigeria?
Please in the name of whatever you serve just get sense, borrow if you have to.
PHIPEX: These people are appearing scared of any form of opposition to their ancient ideas. So twitter is suddenly a threat to Nigeria yet the entire govt functionaries used it uptil a week ago?
Bandits will finish their home towns, when the people have nothing to lose their eyes will open.
Vaughanlanrewaj: Even your conscience knows that you are not being truthful if you suggest there's a social media ban whenever you remember that only Twitter was suspended and it was for this tweet from the IPOB terrorists leader sir
You think we have forgotten the social media bill abi?
maasoap: The Punch editor is a sworn enemy of this administration right from day one. Anyway, we know the reason. I stopped reading the punch years ago.
You're right, I love Nigeria as it is and hope Buhari rules indefinitely.
I hope your life is also handled the same way Buhari has handled Nigeria.
Vaughanlanrewaj: Seems they are confused and just playing to the gallery. Twitter itself is a loss making company. How can a company that made a whopping loss of N513 billion last year be the one to grow our economy. There are still other platforms and even new ones coming in. It's when Nigeria exists that there will be Twitter Nigeria. I am even surprised at their pretence to hide their bigotry and hatred by ignoring that it holds greater economic prospects now to queue behind FG to make Twitter now to be registered in Nigeria, have a physical office and hire our teeming youths so it can pay tax to Nigeria especially with this new G7 rule that big tech should now pay 15% tax to host countries.
Queue behind FG that sends army to arrest anyone they disagree with and wanted to restrict social media?
The uncultured influencers that lack moral upbringing should learn their lessons, they know that Twitter is their major source of income instead of them utilizing it well they are busy dragging and insulting their father's age mate and causing unnecessary tension in the country.
Ah sorry sir, you are very correct.
It's not the criminal elements all over the country causing problems, its the youths talking about the situation that are causing tension.
They should have praised Buhari for turning Nigeria into the west African hub all banditry, killings and kidnappings.
In fact I hope Buhari stays for a third term so we can continue enjoying what we are enjoying.
Misterone: you are an animal. you PDP apologists are the one sponsoring these criminalites
So Boko Haram, Fulani Bandits, IPOB and Yoruba agitators are working together for the sole purpose of making Buhari look bad.
People are dying and you're talking about politics.
Now are we going to vote when we're fucking DEAD?
Please just get out and look for your brain on the way street corner you left it.
Farki: Wasn't it Nnamdi Kanu that started bringing Yorubas into Ipob matter? Wasn't it you people screaming afonja because Johnny and his illiterate wife lost the election? Before then what concerns us with Ipob?
Abeg you IPOB cowards should go and sleep, only making mouth online can't do anything in real life.
Misterone: you sound naive. Buhari should handle all security issues overnight! as if he is the one that will go to the field to fight the war. FOI, the army is made up of Nigerians, the army is affected by the economy and the budget. The government cannot do more than what is available resource wise. If you want to blame the government for everything, then you should also be blaming yourself cause if the government can do more, then you can also do more for yourself.
MAJOR GENERAL Bullhari fooled a large section of the country with the promise of security.
The promise to end Boko Haram and rebuild from the ruins of the Jonathan administration, after SIX BLOODY YEARS it has gotten worse.
A Major General who doesn't know his left from his right.
A General who sees soldiers come on camera to blast the chief of staff for incompetence yet does nothing.
A general who has his aides making statements and pushing legislation and he is not aware.
A major General who sleeps when bandits attack his home town yet sends the roughest and most muscular military forces against youths with cardboard signs.
A major General who crippled the economy with his stupid and senseless border closer and cries about lack of funds.
A major General who wants to fight terrorism with prayers.
That major General is an idiot and a fool who should give up all military titles.
If I as a citizen take up arms to defend my community the bastard major general and his kinsmen will block the move, call it unconstitutional, send armed men after my people. A useless major general that has made defending yourself a crime.
He is a fool and all those who support him are even bigger fools who deserve the Nigeria they live in.