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Platonic or Platelicking friend?
OP, respect urself ooo, sun too dey hot today.

How many CAF President do you know? B4 u begin to compare.
Can he lace Hayatou's shoes?

Albert0011:
Everything concerning CAF has greatly improved under him, You can't compare his administration with that of Caf presidents.

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Econet Wireless charged:

• ₦200,000 connection fee

• ₦21,000 monthly access fee

• ₦200,000 for handsets

MTN Nigeria charged:

• ₦270,000 connection fee

• ₦210,000 access fee

• ₦270,000 for handsets

with dollar @ 125 to naira maximum during OBJ tenure but most important of all, na Atiku as VP get this runs.

A man can impregnate 365 girls per year but a woman can only give birth once per year.
On a lighter note, make we call the great PO make e intervene for dis matter do mass wedding for that pikin with im 10 wives, offer them yam seedlings, fertiliser and 1 hectare plot of land.
That fertile energetic 18 year old with his wives and children fit bring down price of yams.
Just imagine say some of those girls born twins and triplets?
Why im mama heart no go dey jump when females near her house?
PO do the needful abeg and that pikin surely need vasectomy.

I see you used to word no one.
You are speaking even for me without asking my opinion.
In that case, Who fault say them born u for The Federal Republic of Nigeria?

favor914:
No one will accept nonsense from a disgruntled hypocrite.

You see, there is no difference between you and the obidients.
Has Atiku ever been charged or found guilt in any court of looting funds?
The obvious answer is NO.
But here you are calling him a looter.
Now when an Obidient says Tinubu is a drug dealer or that he shits on himself, you will ask for evidence.
Btw, my 50k bet still dey on.
Waiting for the name of the 58 car manufacturing plants in Nigeria or maybe na another Nigeria.
Even Germany I mean Germany does not have 58 car manufacturing plants.
I will not accuse you of lying yet because impossible is not a Nigerian.

Rossikk:
A corrupt looter like Atiku cannot sit in Dubai luxury with looted funds and be “sending a message”.

@Rossikk
Abeg bros, can u quote the names of the 58 car manufacturing plants and their brands?
If you do so, I will drop 50k for you.
If you don't need the 50k, you can choose anybody who needs help on nairaland and I will send 50k to them via opay today.

malali:
Thanks.....I didnt even go to school talkess of dropping out.
Na who go school dey drop out.

Rossikk:
School dropout.

There are 58 car manufacturing plants in Nigeria.

Forum of empty heads.

Shebi na Atiku declare Nigeria first policy?
Why do you guys attack the messenger but ignore the message?
Pls, Is Atiku lying?

obembet:
As if atiku dey use Innoson or Nord. Even Dino never near anything Nigeria

Integration is the only way out.

Nigeria and Ghana are supposed to jettison the naira/cedi and use the cfa xof to ensure a monetary union in ECOWAS.
It's not rocket science, if Nigeria does that Ghana will follow suit same day.
But Nigeria will never do that because its leaders are working for themselves and not for Nigeria.
The CBN is a massive cash cow via BDC that they can never let go.
In my humble opinion, the real problem of Nigeria and all West and Central African countries has to do with the age of persons who are voted into power.
All of them were born before 1960.
They are older than the country and given our patriarchal and elderly mentality, they see Nigeria as their child and try to cater for its immediate needs but ignore their great grand children.
A chop broke pot mentality.
Nigeria needs a President who was born in atleast 1975-1980 to anticipate the development of 2035 and beyond.


Nigeria needs the discipline of belonging to a (common currency) economic/trade bloc (of course, without the malign, overbearing influence of former colonial masters like France but that's an entirely different topic) with rules that [b]will be enforced. The Greeks learnt this lesson about discipline in a very hard and painful way...and perhaps Nigeria needs to as well. [/b]

I don't blame France for anything happening in Africa cuz it takes 2 to tango.
There is always a bribe taker and a bribe giver.
The xaf and xof are pegged to the Euro via the French treasury.
If France ever misbehaves, CEMAC and BCEAO can decide tomorrow to peg themselves to the Euro via the German or Spanish or Italian treasury.
The French treasury is just a vehicle for pegging to the Euro currency.
It's a matter of choice and France knows this very well.
That's why the xaf and xof don't have the same value as the xaf is higher than the xof and is more stable and performant.
That's why France can't do shit to those XOF and XAF countries that ordered their troops out and closed down their embassies and shut their airspace to Airfrance.
I mean Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad.
The CFA currency does not belong to France, it belongs to us as is stated in the name CFA - African Financial community.


Where are those people who say economics is dry, boring stuff?

All topics including history is dry, boring stuff but Jack must play and work so as not to become a toy.
Abi wetin concern me with the DOB of the virgin Queen Elizabeth the 1st?
Wetin worry me na say she died a virgin but she for dish small something make Othello knack.

Good day to you.

Fujiyama:
^^^
That's precisely my point.

New, old and not so old blocs like RCEP, USMCA, CPTPP etc. are re-shaping the world trade map. Fragmented African economies (that were hugely disadvantaged from the outset) simply do not stand a chance if they do not integrate. Old European colonial powers with centuries of experience in plunder of other continents - recognize that their economic survival is tied to their being able to negotiate trade treaties as a single EU bloc - with a common currency. If Europe recognizes that the EU is its only hope - what business does the West African sub-region (and the African continent as a whole) have with a full rainbow of currencies (Cedis, XOF CFA, XAF CFA, Naira etc.)?

Integration is the only way out.



^^^
Interesting points about the stability of our Francophone neighbours.

Nigeria needs the discipline of belonging to a (common currency) economic/trade bloc (of course, without the malign, overbearing influence of former colonial masters like France but that's an entirely different topic) with rules that will be enforced. The Greeks learnt this lesson about discipline in a very hard and painful way...and perhaps Nigeria needs to as well.



^^^


Ok.

I didn't anticipate that a discussion on cocoa farming and currency/monetary union would somehow slide into sextape territory but...here we are.

Where are those people who say economics is dry, boring stuff? They need to get in here and set their pulses racing.

ECOWAS is not a monetary union.

UEMOA is for ECOWAS countries using XOF cfa

CEMAC is for non ECOWAS countries using XAF cfa

UEMOA and CEMAC are monetary unions and have their own Central banks.

Their Central banks BCEAO and BEAC manage the account in the French treasury for each single member country.
As XAF/XOF is pegged to the Euro, all their forex reserves are in that account as well as sales of crude and export forex earnings.
As such every country knows every countries reserves and earnings, loans and debt.
Inorder to prevent instability in the Union, whereby a countries debt falls below its earnings/reserves like in the 90%+ debt, borrowing to service debt and pay salary in Nigeria, the Central Bank has to greenlight every loan taken by every member country to ensure there is a pathway for repayment.
But most important of all, even Paul Biya and Obiang Nguema who have been in power for 40+ years, can never ever wake up one morning and unilaterally decide to add more color to the currency or order the Central Bank to devalue the currency or print more money via the ways and means CBN program.
I repeat never ever.
BCEAO and BEAC Central banks are governed by a Central Bank governor at the head which is rotated between member countries, representatives from each country plus French government officials.

ECOWAS is both toothless and useless plus when I hear about the ECOWAS courts, I just laugh at the stupidity of an economic community without a union of money.

NB: Incase you did not know, the famous Balthasar's father is the immediate past President of CEMAC.

Fujiyama:
Interesting.

To the poster on this thread advocating regional integration...

ECOWAS has not been able to achieve monetary and financial integration despite several years of empty promises and declarations. Remember the Eco?

If we can't even agree on a common currency for cross border trade, then what's the point? Nigeria uses the Naira. Ghana uses the Cedi. I wasn't even aware that there is a West African CFA franc (used by Togo, Benin, Niger and our other neighbours etc.) and a Central African CFA franc (used by Cameroon and Chad)!

I agree with you sis but I used to think like dis until I discover say most Nigerians are very very ignorant.
The most important book in Nigeria is the constitution and the penal code.
I can tell you confidently that 95% of people on nairaland have never ever read a single page in it and will never do unless you pay them to read it.

So when we dey drop advice, no be to educate that future prisoner but to educate everybody including the ones wey dey plan tomorrow morning to escort somebody - whether friend or family to Police for any case wey dem no be material witness to.
The escort you need is your lawyer.
But for dis bribery case, even with lawyer, he will leave the court a convict and be given a sentence with an option of fine, avoiding jail as a worst case scenario plus still forfeit the bribe money to Tinubu.

iamL:
You even get time they argue with that person self you for leave them make them carry their bribery case go there.

Make sure to keep your affairs in order b4 escorting him to Kwara EFCC office.
Walahi talahyi if you return back the same day, change my name.

The person you are escorting is as guilty as the person who collected the money.
Bribe giver and bribe taker all na inside corruption swimming pool dem dey swim, same like thief wey thief okada and the Buyer of the okada.
Without bribe giver, there will be no bribe taker.
The worst part be say going by Nigeria cash and carry justice system, person wey take bribe na im hold money.
Una no get shi shi and una no dey give shi shi like my beloved Peter Obi so the justice wey una dey find dey for Valhalla.
Let Kwara EFCC cell as accomplice not be your portion over something on nairaland.
When bail time reach, na to your tents O Isreal and everybody go answer im papa name.
Try visit Kwara prison, u go hear cases of persons wey escort another person go Police station, case change like water to wine, police detain them, charge dem to court, court remand them for prison, them apply bail and the main accused bail imself comot, escort remain for prison till today.
Cases like this dey plenty for Kano here wey I know.
A word to the wise is Sophie e sense.

AnuOluwatomilol:
Yes you're being scammed. Take it case to EFCC they will get your money back and they won't take more than 10k from you. Locate one of their office in your state. Do not be ashamed of your action. Make a move today. Recovery your money! Do not report it to the police or Lawyer. Go to EFCC! I can go with you if you're in Kwara State. You will get your money back!

Your words remind me of that scene in Equaliser... Nicolai vs McCall

When you look at me... what do you see?
The answer's nothing. … I have no feelings about you one way or the other. You're like... like lint or a bottle cap. You're just a thing to remove.
You think you know me? You strike me as a sentimental man, Mr. McCall. That's surprising. I... I don't possess that chip. I never could understand what comes from feeling that way, except weakness.

Namaster:
"I forgave her...I let it slide...what do I do?

This is the language of PERPETUAL victims.

When you meet them, you'll know. They carry themselves in a way that's begging to be FLEECED.

They seek out PREDATORS and beg to be VICTIMIZED.
Their entire identity is about being PERSECUTED PREYS.

Take this one for instance:

She SPONSORED a girl through school. Gave her food, clothing and accommodation.

Instead of showing GRATITUDE to her, the girl POUNCED on her man's diccck to show him her sexual skills.

When the BETRAYAL came to light, she did NOT immediately ostracize the ungrateful WHOOOORE. Instead, she chose to FORGIVE.

She forgave the ULTIMATE betrayal.
That's STUPIDITY!

Forgiving SHITTY behaviours is not a sign of maturity or emotional intelligence.
It's a sign of WEAKNESS!

It lets people know that you'll tolerate NONSENSE because you have ZERO self-respect.

That's like a CLARION CALL to the worst people out there.

People who TOLERATE nonsense bring out the WORST in even good people.

But people with FIRM boundaries bring out the BEST in even bad people.

If Alaafin don kill US citizen directly or indirectly, e don price market and im go buy am by force.
No quote me talk rubbish if you never ever touch blue passport for your life.

Vote whatever rubbish you like, dont 4get voting has consequences.
My own be say after voting, don't 4get to scream free Rhoda Jatau till u get pile or hernia, its so easy to blame Chinedu, Ebuka and Ngozi.
Afterall na dem be the cause of your misfortune.
Bilkijo, I am a Northerner, go solve ur matter with Obinna.

ShinjaWWest:
Obinna we will not vote an Igbo man..

If Ur family don eat 3 square meal that's Ur business

Port Harcourt to Enugu, Enugu to Kogi, Kogi to Nassarawa, Nassarawa to Taraba.
5 different buses you gats enter to avoid Benue when going to Taraba.
But since you are in PH and have passport, why not do PH to Ekok border then to Mamfe, Mamfe to Bamenda, Bamenda to Nkambe and Nkambe to Taraba.
Day or night travel, no kidnapping on this route.
Choice is yours.

geelite:
I want to travel from portharcourt to taraba state by next month. But I'm scared with all these news 😢 😭. Is there any road that leads to wukari in taraba state without passing benue state 🤨🤨🤨

Insult is better than that tea called pover tea.
But if for the sake of insult you prefer your kinsmen to be doing 0-1-0 like say na Darfur then so be it.
Choice is yours not mine.

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ShinjaWWest:
No Southsouth person will vote obi or any Igbo man for president again

Those people from southeast have insulted so many tribes in Southsouth...

We can't vote those who don't respect the people of Southsouth.


God bless the good people of Southsouth and southwest

If u think its easy, tell Tinubu to reduce petrol price just by 1 naira and I swear, I will vote APC in 2027.
Just 1 single naira.

LordBiden:
Umaru was a total failure.
Back in the days NTA wont let us hear word with his daily 7 point agenda jingles.

Not a single agenda was achieved,the only thing I can manage to commend him for is the amnesty to militants.

The likes of ateke,tompolo,boyloaf,kuku would forever be grateful to him for making them billionaires.

No be me talksay 200 naira per litre dey alright for Dangote.
Check wella na that other fella.
My own na say Dangote can do better and e no wetin e suppose do than to dey sound like broken record.
Make im drop price to 650-700 naira per litre, all those importers go bankrupt with immediate effect.
But na Dangote no go gree do am, not because im no go get profit selling at 650-700 naira but because marketers go dey profit pass am the manufacturer.
I'll explain, due to devaluation, 700 naira is about 300 cfa meanwhile station pump price per litre in Cameroon and Chad is 800 cfa per litre which is around 2200 naira per litre.
Imagine the increase in profit margin for marketers, the decrease in profit for Dangote and the shortage Nigeria will face if Dangote starts selling at 650-700 naira per litre.
Dangote is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea and should choose one of them.
Mindful that I called them marketers, not smugglers because the sector has been liberalised and subsidy is gone, so no one is smuggling anything.
This is Dangotes dilemma, decline in sales but bigger profit via competition with importers of petrol or decline in profit but bigger sales with exporters of petrol.
When Dangote makes up his mind he will choose one and we will also know which he has chosen.
But my 6th sense dey tell me say Dangote is waiting for the naira to appreciate before taking action but the question is will the naira ever go back to atleast 1000 NGN to a Dollar?
I think not, but maybe in 2031

Ajalalomo:
The answer is NO. The by-products are refined and used as raw materials to produce products like diesel, kerosene, and some other products, or sold to other companies that use it in manufacturing products.

After you factor in the revenue generated from the by-product, the cost of producing one liter of oil in Nigeria will be more than 200 naira.

How much is NNPC selling a liter or barrel of crude oil to Dangote? I don’t know the actual price, but it will be more than 200 naira per liter.

Also look at the cost of energy in this country. In Nigeria, some companies have stopped operations due to the high cost of energy.

Look at the cost of energy from a consumer perspective. The cost of electricity to power a house is more than the national minimum wage pay to entry level workers by state and federal governments.

100 million cfa is just 10, 000 notes of 10 ,000 cfa.
1 million cfa newly minted in 10,000 cfa i dey enter any of my pockets without bulging.
Meaning 1 dey carry 4 million cfa for trouser pocket without anybody noticing and you fit feel say na wallet or phone dey my pockets.
100 million cfa in 10,000 cfa notes, na like 3/4 sacks and motors bag.
Imagine carrying 300 million naira in 1000 naira notes.

NtoAkwaIbom:
CFA has 10,000 single note

What about the other by products from the production?
Does Dangote throw it away?

Ajalalomo:
What is the cost of producing one liter of oil?

The cost plus other fees would be more than the 200 naira you propose.

Who knows that French Montana song?
Ochocinco, Ochocinco, audio zinc rice

81k

Forget the numbering.
The undisputed state champion of poverty is Jigawa state.
On my way to Kano, I passed through Jigawa state and spent 24 hours there, na there I know say Almajiri dey and Almajiri dey.
Poverty and hungry na bustard.
Seyi, I hopesay u don tell your Papa.
Even suya wey I buy, I no fit gree chop am, as I use toothpick pick up one slice put for mouth, na so eyes dey follow me from my suya to my mouth.
My guy no even notice anything, e don finish eat, throwaway the paper with the suya, I swear to God, those children fight over the empty suya paper and begin lick the crumbs of the kilishi wey been stick to the paper.
One small girl just sit down dey look me, she no even get power to fight.
I call the mallam tell am say, make e give them suya 500 naira each.
I end up spending almost 17k for that place for something wey we be just stop for refreshments after driving from Mubi.
Just to buy malt and suya, then continue to Kano.
The change wey remain my hand about 200 naira I dash that small girl.
Me wey be Northerner dey tell una say Almajiri dey and almajiri dey and fear Jigawa in terms of poverty.
Nothing dey that state.
I mean nothing.
Even for Kano wey dem born me, I never see this kind almajiri wey I see for Jigawa.

You use examples of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea as having bad leaders.

What can Nigeria compare with Cameroon and Equatorial Gunea?

Is it 24 hour nationwide electricity?
Fuel subsidy?
Working refinery?
Food sufficiency?
Unemployment?
Security?
Education subsidy?
Corruption?
Portable water provision?
Banking access?
Low cost housing?
Minimum wage?
Universal health coverage?

To be having elections every 4 years and changing Presidents like boxers does not equate to citizens having a better quality of life.

Please tell me exactly what the giant of Africa, with its so called good leaders have achieved in comparison to the bad leaders of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
I am waiting for your reply.

Then I will give you facts to go and verify with Google then you will know that an average Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea citizen has a quality of life that only a rich Nigerian can dream about.

ajailer:
I have never believed this Traore guy, he should conduct election and usher in democracy, not this propaganda that he is running. Herd mentality is a big issue for the majority of Nigerians, they don't want to be seen expressing a contrary opinion, hence their love for a guy running a dictatorship in his country. For me it's either democracy or nothing. A tenured democracy is a million years ahead of a military government that always wants to rule for life. Countries like Equitorial Guinea, Cameroun and others are examples of countries where their citizens are stuck with a set of bad leaders. In democracy, if a leader is bad, he can always be voted out according to the constitution, but not so for a military government.

This Traore will still be the leader of Burkina Faso in 10 years time except his people rise up and forcefully remove him. Na sit tight syndrome be their issue.

OP, Happy Sunday but you no well at all.
Wetin dem wan take jail do?
Na to kill anybody wey thief above 50 million.
No refunds needed.
Why we go need waste money build jail with VIP section, living rents free with protection and feeding them?
No be juju be that.
Na just to kill them use their corpse as fertiliser plant ugu or okro.

Make I talk am again, if u spend 100k daily, you will need 27 years to finish a billion naira.
@ the same rate 3 billion is 81 years.
Imagine Yahoo bello, kyari, ouk, meffy,ganduje, etc and the Great Okowa wey thief 1.3 trillion. Trillion ooo
How the building of prison for such scumbags dey sound for your ear?

Murder no be only to take gun or knife kill person, if dem give you money to build hospital, u no build am, u don kill people.
If to build road, u build substandard, u don kill people.
These guys are mass murderers and don't deserve imprisonment but sudden death.
Happy Sunday to you.

RandDigital where are you?
Is this woman a Nigerian?
If dis happened in Nigeria, you will develop instant oral diarrhoea.
Come and comment, I want to read your comments ASAP this Sunday.
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