₦airaland Forum

Is he a baby? Must anyone show up before you can release him?

NwaOhafia:

Joblessness have eaten deep in this country

Sad.

How long ago was the border closure? It is definitely not long enough to make any reasonable assessment beyond the difficulties faced by people who crosses the borders on a daily basis.
IMF and quack assessments. Do they really think the economy of Republic of Benin will collapse a couple of weeks after the closure?

NGpatriot:
Border closure is not the beginning or the end of our economic woes, but it's definitely a task that must be done regardless of what issues farmers are facing or who and what cronies are benefiting or not from the closure, we still can not leave our border ajar while smugglers from all over the world smuggle not just rice into the country, but also weapons, drugs, dangerous and expired merchandise, cars, trucks, petroleum products, textiles and so on.

Textile smuggling and cheap Chinese imports from China killed our textile industry, most of the cars in our auto showrooms are ally smuggled cars that we did not collect 1 kobo duty on, we practically lose hundreds of billions revenue every year.

When smugglers boycutt our official point of entries, they deny us valuable revenue, they undermine our economy and sovereignty.

Understandably, there are farming issues that Nigeria must address, but this is not about rice or any singular factor.


Stop being selfish and one-sided, the picture is bigger than your rice or your farm.

Aptly said.

englishmart:
Biafra is a must. It's not a matter of "if" it's a matter of "when"
And when Biafra gains her independence from the black colonialists, they shall grow like a seed planted by the rivers of water, because the Lord is with them.
Igbo kwenu

Black colonial masters! Lol

Na wha for Nairaland comments.

A proud son of Oduduwa whose thinking has now
been altered by incessant weed smoking. Yoruba nation can do without people like FFK.

omlueh:
But the guy stated the fact nah.

The fact because you and the guy were the babalawo who made it for him.

beamtopola:
Its not funny for u

I don't know any sensible person who would find it funny.
Hustle hard, make it and live your own dreams rather than waste your life on hating on social media.

beamtopola:
why didn't they go with the boy? They used the boy for blood money

Dumb ass comment. You don't know what lies in store for you too. And if you think this is a joke, it is not funny.

paj4love:
If not for bad leadership in the SE. Who are they to challenge our ingenuity. We lead while other follows

FG and Benz started the company! The only connection with iboland is the location.

paj4love:
We are Ndi Igbo, We set the pace

Nonsense.

HegenIkomkeh:
South east consistently setting the pace.
This is truly admirable and impressive.
Kudos to the Igbos.

This is a partnership between the Federal government and Daimler benz of Germany. Similar plants were sited in other parts of Nigeria. VW in Lagos and Peugeot in Kaduna.

Anammco probably survived because they made trucks and not passenger vehicles.

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Jonas's Angels.......Alison Madueke, Stella Odua and Madam peace herself. All with sticky fingers.

Her middle name is "Greed"

MelesZenawi:
Nobody hypes them please.

where did you get that Impression from?

From their comments on Nairaland. If they are not running scared about some imaginary RUGA, they threatening to vote a northerner in 2023.

Mr. Kperogi has only one vote, unfortunately for him.

Age of fake news, that is what we are in.

Davido is a complete jackass. Who cares whether you have money or not? Zero common sense. I wonder why he is always bragging about money. You are not the first to have it and definitely won't be the last.

nikkypearl:
What is doggy please

A new type of architectural design. Lol

Build a barricade around the pond and the "blinking goddess" will stop blinking, and people will stop falling in. Africans and superstitions.

The ladies can in fact sue Davido. The girls were dumb but Davido is dumber.

MrRichmond:
I did say half bread was better than none, but you must acknowledge that you overhyped this!

I have no idea why you're rushing to defend the federal govt, their effort is laudable but this is by no means "Ultra Modern!"

FYI, this is 2019. Nobody takes to the street to protest Buhari's govt; you don't need me to tell you why.

It is ultramodern when what you had was overcrowded buses with tiny seat. After the journey you will have bruises all over your body even when the bus was not involved in any accident.

globemoney:
Only a fool will purchase a flat with $5m anywhere in Lagos

Only a completely deranged person would do that.

Jlow2:
welldone defender of railway projects in nigeria

You don't have to lie to make your point.

Jlow2:
5yrs and still counting , just from lagos -ibadan, which means ph to maiduguri will take 200yrs, naija is a joke..

Five years! That is a lie. It was started just two years ago.

sarrki:
Like Biafra?

You must have read my mind.

PeachtreeReside:
Isn't this future mortgaging??,,,

Really?

This exactly is what the government should be doing. Invest in infrastructures and let the people take it from there.
Companies are not supposed to be investing in their own roads, railway, power plants and stuff like that.

Prettyjanet1:
Our men in uniform should be blame for this. The system is just too corrupt and needs sanitization. Closing the border is not a correct measure to this. Say no to policy that brings hardship to the populace. I rest my case

There are real costs to smuggling, it can kill or stunt the development of a whole industry. It will deprive your government of huge revenue. Not to mention the security implications.
Border closures of course should be a temporary solution until a more permanent solution is put in place.

Prettyjanet1:
Seriously, This border closure really affect a lot of people. Imagine a bag of rice @ 28,000. One Congo @ #1000 which was #350 before. Local rice @ #600 with stone o. Why closing the border when local rice price will still go up to x2 of d price we dey buy foreign rice ? This government is just clueless

If we must import rice why should it be smuggled rice from Benin Republic.