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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: |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜Currency/E-currency Market Deals➜ ➜ ➜ by gowaga68: 7:02am On Nov 01, 2019 |
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Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜Currency/E-currency Market Deals➜ ➜ ➜ by gowaga68: 6:23pm On Oct 31, 2019 |
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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
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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: |
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: 1 Like |
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: 1 Like |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜Currency/E-currency Market Deals➜ ➜ ➜ by gowaga68: 7:11pm On Oct 23, 2019 |
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Business / Re: Start Making good money from Gem Stones by gowaga68: 1:21pm On Oct 22, 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: |
Technology Market / Re: Sold by gowaga68: 10:00am On Oct 20, 2019 |
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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: 1 Like |
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: 4 Likes |
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: 1 Like 1 Share |
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: |
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: |
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: |
Agriculture / Re: Storage Of Farm Produce by gowaga68: 4:48pm On Sep 17, 2019 |
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: |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜Currency/E-currency Market Deals➜ ➜ ➜ by gowaga68: 3:34pm On Sep 06, 2019 |
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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: |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜Currency/E-currency Market Deals➜ ➜ ➜ by gowaga68: 9:58pm On Aug 31, 2019 |
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Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜Currency/E-currency Market Deals➜ ➜ ➜ by gowaga68: 12:42pm On Aug 31, 2019 |
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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. 1 Like |
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: |
Politics / Re: Buhari Orders Defence Headquarters To Investigate Taraba Police Killing by gowaga68: 6:17pm On Aug 08, 2019 |
Chiedu4Trump: 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.
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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:
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