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Crime / Re: Umar Faruq: Abducted Hausa Boy Now Speaks Igbo, Dumps Islam, Adopts Christianity by gowaga68: 8:35am On Nov 01, 2019
That was the only thing you could pick from the comment. Even at that why was the kid abducted from his original terrorist path?

If you don't have anything reasonable to say skipping some comments wouldn't hurt you.

Next....

Alaniyiokorausa:
did i just read right part ? Or terrorists part i just pray we wont see him with kwanu gobe yana bara !
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Politics / Nigeria Needs A Competent Customs And Immigration Service, Not Border Closure by gowaga68: 8:12am On Oct 30, 2019
About two months ago, the Nigerian government announced the closure of the country’s land borders to all goods. According to the country’s Comptroller-General of the Customs Service, Hameed Ali, this was done to stem the influx of smuggled goods, especially rice and tomatoes, into the country.

The border closure is an economic aberration as most countries don’t usually close their borders for trade-related reasons. They do so, as in the cases of Sudan, Rwanda, Eritrea and Kenya, when their security is jeopardised. They also sometimes do so during disease epidemics, such as Ebola, that have the potential to spread across borders.

So, what does Nigeria stand to gain from this unprecedented measure? Ali pointed out that the border closure has significantly increased revenue from import duties. This increase in revenue is a welcome fillip for a country struggling to close the 2019 budget deficit of a whopping 2.18 trillion Naira. This represents about 2% of the country’s 2018 nominal GDP of 127.8 trillion Naira (about US$397 billion).

In touting the gains from the border closure, however, its latent costs should not be ignored. There are reports that the closure has set the country’s inflation rate on an upward trajectory. The inflation rate, which has been declining since April 2019, rose to 11.24% in September, driven mainly by sharp increases in food prices, the highest since June.

If the closure persists and causes sustained increases in food prices, Nigeria could see more people driven into poverty. This would result in an increase in the country’s poverty rate of about 50%. The potential to disrupt the economic lifelines of many traders who depend on legitimate cross-border trade is real.

For these and other reasons, Nigeria has no choice but to address the real problems of cross-border smuggling rather than its symptoms. At the heart of the problem is a network of wealthy smuggling cartels facilitated by corrupt border officials.

Poor paying the price
Thousands of Nigerians, especially women, engage in buying and selling of consumer goods around the border areas. They buy at low prices in one country and sell at higher prices in another. Black market foreign exchange dealers thrive at border posts.

For a country with limited employment opportunities in the formal sector, the informal activities along the borders are instrumental for the survival of many poor Nigerians.

The inability of the formal sector to absorb a growing labour force, coupled with a freeze in public-sector employment under recent economic reforms, has resulted in a bloated informal sector. This is estimated to be about 65% of the country’s GDP – the largest informal sector in sub-saharan Africa.

Informal trade along the borders is carried out by hawkers of assorted goods such as textiles, footwear, alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages. There is also trade in food, fuel, transport services and foreign currencies.

The poor in Nigeria typically don’t engage in large-scale smuggling. They lack the means of acquiring, transporting and warehousing large volumes of smuggled goods. Some poor unemployed Nigerians may engage in petty and innocuous smuggling, as a means of survival. But they are paying the price for the border closure, while those responsible for the worst cases of smuggling live comfortably.

Apart from its domestic implications, the border closure is also inconsistent with the spirit of regional economic integration. Nigeria spearheaded the establishment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 44 years ago with the major goal of a “free trade area” among member countries.

Nigeria’s unilateral decision reinforces the general notion that the regional bloc has not been successful at freeing up the movement of goods, services and even people within the sub-region. If that were the case, Nigeria would have coordinated its efforts at curbing smuggling with other member states.

Inept customs and immigration machinery
The border closure is an implicit admission of the ineptitude and incompetence of Nigeria’s customs and immigration officers. To thwart smuggling, the country should strengthen the capacity of customs and immigration officers to administer the country’s trade policies and laws.

To combat smuggling, for instance, Hong Kong’s strategy includes profiling all goods vehicles and private cars crossing the border. Detailed inspections are only carried out on high-risk vehicles. X-ray scanners are used to detect concealed compartments of vehicles. But all this technology is of little help without a professional and incorruptible cadre of customs officials, which Nigeria lacks.

Anyone who has travelled through Nigerian land borders would be perplexed by how unprofessional the Nigerian officials are. When I travelled in a bus from Accra to Lagos a few years ago, we were stopped at Seme on the border between Nigeria and Benin Republic. After a brief inspection of the bus, customs officials accused the driver of transporting contraband goods.

The same bus had been inspected a few hours earlier by Ghanaian, Togolese and Beninoise customs officers on our way from Accra, who found no contraband. Instead of impounding the contraband, the officers instead asked the driver to “settle” the matter. Apparently, the “settlement” offered by the driver was not sufficient, and the bus was not allowed to proceed to Lagos.

While waiting for alternative transport, I saw many goods-laden lorries pass through the border uninspected by the customs officials. I was informed by a resident of the border town that the lorry owners had “settled” the customs officials in advance.

Apart from this, the country’s land borders are very porous. There are many illegal paths through which smuggled goods can be transported. No travel documents are required on these routes and there are no checks.

Without addressing the problems of an inept customs and immigration machinery, as well as the porosity of Nigerian borders, one would only be treating the symptoms of the disease. Solutions might include the recruitment of a new cadre of customs officers, who would be trained to combat smuggling and abhor corruption.

Otherwise, when the borders are eventually reopened, the government would be handing them back to the same officials who have profited for years from smuggling.

Culled from: https://theconversation.com/nigeria-needs-a-competent-customs-and-immigration-service-not-border-closure-125836

Music/Radio / Re: Orlando Owoh Detention: On Drugs Or His Music by gowaga68: 6:47pm On Oct 28, 2019
We dey here.
Politics / Re: Carlos Ahenkorah: Ghana Needs Nigeria More Than They Need Us – Ghana Minister by gowaga68: 10:21pm On Oct 25, 2019
I believe Na awa border we closed not theirs .

My Ghanian bra and sisters, why taking panadol for another man's headache?





Multiplier7:


Honestly. Especially

Just30
Mumudom aka Pedrodollar
Psychologygh
Vaxx

Those guys are something else
Politics / Re: Carlos Ahenkorah: Ghana Needs Nigeria More Than They Need Us – Ghana Minister by gowaga68: 3:20pm On Oct 25, 2019
What is paining this our Ghanaian friends?

I'm confused o.
Politics / Re: Carlos Ahenkorah: Ghana Needs Nigeria More Than They Need Us – Ghana Minister by gowaga68: 7:34pm On Oct 23, 2019
You mean all the leaders we've been having are from Ghana ba?

Bro, I hope no be Ghana rice you chop wey dey make you talk like did?

Oya next level.

bangbangall:
I'm aware of that in terms of resources but in leadership role Nigeria need Ghana more.

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Politics / Re: Carlos Ahenkorah: Ghana Needs Nigeria More Than They Need Us – Ghana Minister by gowaga68: 7:30pm On Oct 23, 2019
You dey mind them?
Let me read any mumu comment from any Ghanaian here.


dominique:
But the Ghanaians here are saying we need them more they need us.

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Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜Currency/E-currency Market Deals➜ ➜ ➜ by gowaga68: 7:11pm On Oct 23, 2019
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Politics / Re: Ghana Trade Union Vote To Ban Made-in-nigeria Products Following Border Closure by gowaga68: 11:42am On Oct 21, 2019
Let's not go into this argument.

Are you talking of a different Ghana? If not then Bra, leave the matter and move on.

I close relatives who have been there for more than 100 years.

Osu



Just30:
you keep making noise

our media have a way of drawing our government attention
they just have to put up a false reportage and the government will rush to fix the problem of the particular community.

That reportage was done by citifm to get the government to fix a problem in Nigo Prampram

86% of Ghana population have access to improve water and sanitation


47 million Nigerians practise open defecation – UNICEF
80 million in dire need of improved toilet



The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that no fewer than 47 million Nigerians still indulge in open defecation in the country.

Also, 33 million people in the country use unimproved toilet, while 90 percent of households use water that is contaminated.

Now, UNICEF further said, about 80 million Nigerians are in dire need of improved toilet as unsafe drinking water, open defecation and poor hygiene have remained major causes of under-5 death in the country.

This is coming on the heel of the newly released 2018 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS,2018), which revealed that the number of under-5 children dying yearly have continued to increase in the last 5 years.

The latest NDHS document states that under-5 death increased from 128 deaths per 1,000 live births in the 5 years prior to the 2013 NDHS, to 132 deaths per 1,000 live births in the most recent 5-year period (about 1 million U-5 children die yearly).

Many of these needless deaths have been traced to diarrhoea and water borne disease. Latest findings from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources (FMWR) states that more than 100,000 children under 5 die each year due to diarrhoea, making Nigeria the second country with the highest Children’s death from diarrhea.

These deaths could however be reduced if there is an end to open defecation and practice of good hygiene, sanitation, UNICEF-Nigeria Communication Specialist, Geoffery Njoku, told journalists, during an EU-UNICEF sponsored media dialogue on sanitation tagged “CLEAN NIGERIA: USE THE TOILET”, which held yesterday at Tahir Hotel Kano, Kano state.

According to him, there’s a huge link between sanitation, open defecation and child survival, hence the need for all to join #The Clean Nigeria Campaign.

A breakdown of the deplorable situation of open defecation, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) situation in Nigeria, by WASH Specialist, UNICEF-Nigeria, Bioye Ogunjobi states that

“1 in 3 Nigerians does not have access to basic drinking water services. 90 percent of households use water that is contaminated.
Technology Market / Re: Sold by gowaga68: 10:00am On Oct 20, 2019
No foto
Politics / Re: Ghana Trade Union Vote To Ban Made-in-nigeria Products Following Border Closure by gowaga68: 9:44am On Oct 20, 2019
Bra, What FG just issued wasn't to ban any importation done the right way, by closing it's land boarders.

Dangote and co you were mentioning knows how to channel their goods elsewhere without making noise, but this chest beating (threats) won't favour you guys cos our chest beating big pass una own (mind you Nigerians don't make empty threats).

If closing of the land boarder seems a problem to Ghana


Like my country pipo talk am, close your boarders while we close ours.

I wish Ghana all the best!

Just30:
Because Ghana has to
it is Ghanaian manufacturers goods that is stacked at the Benin border because your government is refusing them entry.

you are only being warn of the consequences for now because Ghana can do worse

and even Dangote and your oil marketers will feel the heat

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Politics / Re: Ghana Trade Union Vote To Ban Made-in-nigeria Products Following Border Closure by gowaga68: 9:12am On Oct 20, 2019
In as much as I don't want to comment in this thread this comment of yours made me arrive at chipping in my thought.

1). Under no headline news did I come across *Nigerian government or officials went to seek/beg from Ghana* to dialogue on finding a solution to the boarder issue. *Ghana did.

2). Chest beating online isn't the same with doing that in person (even ant can form elephant online)

3). You kept shouting GUTA ,is that the ruling party or a new set of touts?

The remaining jagons you've been spilling are nothing when it comes to Nigeria.

Next......


psychologygh:
feed on this cos your coward government have already agreed to open the borders for only Ghanaian trucks inside and outside Nigeria cos they know the implications if they try anything stupid with us.GUTA is still not happy and wants your goods banned and you will be crying xenophobia and ECOWAS very soon you zoo creature. And why don't you screenshot your stupid zoo phone for us.Do you even have light in your kiosk.Have you ever experienced 24 hours electricity before.Don't let me charge on you boy.

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Crime / Re: Birom Militia Kills Fulani Herdsman In Jos (Graphic Photos) by gowaga68: 12:36pm On Oct 07, 2019
And you think they blooooooody cya coming here to read news?

panmunium:
Op wants to start a war he can't settle abi, why bringing this news up when you know the blood sucking demons will want to retaliate on hearing this news

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Crime / Re: Birom Militia Kills Fulani Herdsman In Jos (Graphic Photos) by gowaga68: 12:34pm On Oct 07, 2019
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Crime / Re: Taraba: Gunmen Kill Five, Injure Six by gowaga68: 7:37am On Sep 19, 2019
You dey mind them, I was thinking of reading headlines with names of those who have been terrorising southern Taraba and only to read "militias" as the preferred caption unlike the normal "Fulani herdsmen " not more than 3 weeks ago they attacked governor I.Darius's home town.
No much news about this horrible incidents on most media, Nigerians are full of bias that even the media houses are not left out.

CalebLebsco56:
It's the Tiv militias oo.. Not gunmen.. Today they killed a family at their farm and another igbo man was shot in the car and ambushed... I don't know there problem o, despite the relentless agreement between the Jukun /Tiv they still make attacks everyday... This Jukun/tiv crisis is still lingering govt should do something about it nah... Innocent life's is being wasted all in the name of Tribe, Ethnic... Nigeria which way nah?
Crime / Re: Taraba: Gunmen Kill Five, Injure Six by gowaga68: 7:26am On Sep 19, 2019
Not true, what's going on is beyond Wadume's carrel.

Hotzone:
Wadume carrel fighting back presumable enemies
Crime / Re: Taraba: Gunmen Kill Five, Injure Six by gowaga68: 7:24am On Sep 19, 2019
What has this got to do with Islam?
Before you start misinformating others and your self, this crises have been going on for a while and it's not even as you guys like it to be .
Make your findings before commenting on this like this please.

#JukunandTivembracePeace
#peacetosoutherTaraba

Richdad50:
shocked

Islam is to date one the thirstiest diety in the history of mankind. Every diety known to man has always sought for blood as an appeasement. From the traditional gods who seek for the blood of chickens and goats to God whose thirst was quenched once and for all by the blood of his only Son, Jesus. However, the diety of Allah known to Islam cannot be satisfied regardless.

The world would have been a better place only if Mohammed had not gone inside the caves because it was in there he received the tenants of Islam. All religion except Islam can cohabit with eachother and manage differences. From Buddhism, Hinduism, traditions etc can co exist. Only Islam wrestles with all and itself.

Richdad
Agriculture / Re: Storage Of Farm Produce by gowaga68: 4:48pm On Sep 17, 2019



mankettle:

We are still waiting for you
Politics / Re: Nigeria Asks Pilot Trainees In South Africa To Return Home by gowaga68: 4:29pm On Sep 07, 2019
For your mind ba?

kettykin:
Nigeria will lose any war with south Africa .
If you have not won any war with untrained illiterate boko haram fighting with ak47 is it with south Africa military that has nuclear powered submarines and scud missiles you will win
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Politics / Re: Lai Mohammed: Attack On South African Businesses Will Hurt Nigerians More by gowaga68: 12:39am On Sep 04, 2019
I have never felt so insulted like today reading this man's yeyecious talks.

Lai Mohammed! May what is happening to Nigerians in South Africa happen to your family .


If him family member dey here make them say amen.
Politics / Re: Mosque Demolition: Shekarau Condemns Wike by gowaga68: 10:35pm On Aug 31, 2019
I was just hoping to read what your answer would be, on the last aaked question of "what if Kano state governor demolish a church after openly declaring Kano an Islamic state".

Then ,lots of questions from you and only for me to read how maradona you were.


APCHaram:


Kano State is one big Emirate.
Do you know what an Emirate is?
An Emirate is an exclusively Muslim society governed by Sharia law under a Muslim leader, Emir.

Kano State operates Sharia law. Do your know what Sharia law is?

Kano State falls under the Sokoto Caliphate.

What is a Caliphate! A caliphate is an Islamic State ruled by A Caliph.

Stop spewing trash. Kano is a fundamentalist Islamic state.
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Crime / Re: Soldiers Helped Me Escape - Wadume Confesses (Full Transcript) by gowaga68: 5:11pm On Aug 20, 2019
Let the case begins and we'll hear what's really happened and what's going on...

That said, this same man is the man people of Ibi have been cheering saying they don't believe he's a kidnapper rather he's source of wealth is spiritual.

We dey wait to hear how the story unfolds.

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Crime / Re: Nigerian Soldiers Kill Three Police Officers, Injure Others – Official by gowaga68: 10:57am On Aug 10, 2019
By the all of all the happenings we both will know who is more dumb among us (you and I) ,
Keep asking your dumb questions and think what you feel like thinking .
The funny thing is you know even know where this said places are and yet showing the world how shallow you reason .
For your information, I came to know of what's happening being an indigenous fellow .
#Wukari
#Ibi
#Takum
#southernTaraba


stuffs4me:


Are you really this dumb or you are just pretending.

Please answer these questions or keep wallowing in your ignorance.


1) Where is the notorious kidnapper, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume ‘rescued’ by the soldiers?
2) How and why was Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume released by the soldiers?
3) How could a kidnap suspect properly restrained with handcuffs by the Police escape from the hands of his military rescuers?
4) If Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume is a ‘‘victim of kidnap’’ as claimed, and properly rescued by soldiers, why was he not taken to the Army Base for documentation purposes and debriefing in line with the Standard Operating Procedure in the Nigerian Army?
5) Why were the Police Operatives shot at close range even after they had identified themselves as Police Officers on legitimate duty as evident in the video now in circulation?
Politics / Re: Buhari Orders Defence Headquarters To Investigate Taraba Police Killing by gowaga68: 6:17pm On Aug 08, 2019
Chiedu4Trump:
I find it worrying that in 2 different cases the Army kills those who caught the kidnappers
and always sets them free.

THE NIGERIAN ARMY RELEASES CAUGHT KIDNAPPERS & KILLS THOSE WHO CAUGHT THEM TO SILENCE THEM


IN TARABA STATE


IN EDO STATE


The Army never kills the kidnappers,always those who captured them angry

The words of Danjuma comes to my mind



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDZOKvFtIRk



Chairman, even T.Y.Danjuman him self can't say that again. Where is he now that Jukun and Tiv are on each others neck? Okay just same yesterday Takum Local government chairman was attacked.
Was it by Fulani or who? You see not all news are news and not everything some one like Danjuma says is what one should do.

Crime / Re: Why We Killed Three Policemen On Covert Duty "Nigerians Army Revealed" (photos) by gowaga68: 6:10pm On Aug 08, 2019
I was hoping to read news on the incident that happened yesterday with Takum LGA chairman only to come and be reading another news on Ibi-wukari road palava .
Let them keep deceiving those whom the think they can deceive.
If Fulani man kills we'll be hearing and seeing headlines with "Fulani this" Fulani that " when will the media start telling the truth on happening whereby Tiv people have been killing and kidnapping people ?
Crime / Re: Nigerian Soldiers Kill Three Police Officers, Injure Others – Official by gowaga68: 6:00pm On Aug 08, 2019
Bros, no make me vex say things to you o

Anyway, The said person kidnapped that paid 100m whom the police refused giving his name is Fulani and the incident (kidnapping) was done in Takum Local Government.
Just same yesterday as they said army killed police in Ibi LGA people of Takum were sympathising with the present chairman who was s...t by some gun men (I won't say what tribe).
To cut the story short, don't just jump to conclusion when you read news. Try do some findings .
Before I forget , a Fulani head was kidnapped some days ago and the security personals couldn't do anything to get him but the Fulani boys surprised them so never let you hatred for a tribe blind fold you .


stuffs4me:
The military is the number criminal body in the country. They murdered policemen and set a notorious Fulani kidnapper free just because he is a Fulani.


This was how fulani army men killed vigilante men in yhe southwest and set another Fulani kidnapper free.

Fulani men in the military are notorious for protecting their brothers who are criminals all over the country.

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