₦airaland Forum

IamPatriotic:
In such case, the Government should re engage such in other capacities and make them deprive or restrict other people that are qualified from attaining such height.

technically that is what they are doing by suspension of the policy, i.e allow such persons to retire at the normal age not by tenure

IamPatriotic:
It all depend on the angle from which one looks at it, it has been a subject of an intensed debate in my office today, the Government should at least give us the dignity of why it came up with such polity, it doesn't change the mandatory 35/60 years of retirement though.

The 8 years policy are actually limiting the full utilization of those on fast lane which are usually exceptional personalities, just imagine a genius was employed at 23 and was on the fast lane and became a director at 43, to let go of such person at 51 years old when he may have attained the mandatory 8 years, is short changing the country of.experiance because to me at 51 a man is at his optimal period, the good thing is that the 35|60 years retirement is still in force.

As you said it all depends on the way one looks at it

Let me explain

You don't expect goods that just landed from ship to be immediately cheap on the shelves of supermarket, it takes some days to be cheap or when old stock is finished or the new goods are now on the shelve.

In the same vein the interbank FX market just started yesterday it will take some time for prices to reflected on shelves of your banks, just chills good times are in the horizon.

My only fear is a hegemony among the FX cabal

4stylz:
What happened to the Chinese yuan they introduced ? Since we buy mostly from china

Yes we buy household goods from China but the truth is 70% of dollar demand are maily for, petrol, rice and wheat, now when when dangote refinery comes to production petrol import will stop, that alone is 50% of dollar demand, then by 2018 the government intents banning the import of rice and wheat that will lesson dollar demand by 20% .

Everything looks good on paper hope we will get it right, cos if what I explained above come to fruition dollar may be as low as 100 naira

greenpasture:
I think the market started well. What most people don't understand is that this is not a straight forward surrender to devaluation but a BRAND NEW market with forward and spot prices. PMB and his admin have created a whole new playing field that did not exist before. The CBN also showed their hand by wiping out all obligations in one day! Meaning less accumulated pressure going forward. With the $6bn Chinese currency swaps kicking off next month, the outlook for a stronger naira looks good. There is still some way to go but it looks good.

This might even become the defacto currency market for the W.A region.

Very sensible post, it is your type need here not those juveniles that throw abuses.

Every financially literate person knows since the creation of CBN FX market this is the best decision taken where pure economic that will determine price

The most interesting part of your post to me is the takeof of the China currency deal next month and the clearing of FX demand backlog. Kudos guy

This tread is filled ignorant or possibly financial economics illiterate people, please have some basic knowledge of economics and dynamics of FX market before you comment.

HAH:
ManirBK, Chinedu and other gurus in the house, I realized that my softcam got deleted I tried downloading it on my alphabox but there is no software to download = menu-setting- upgrade-onlineupgrade- softcam. But when I click the sofcam icon there is nothing to download, I thought is my internet connection but my cccam is working which mean my internet connection is ok.

What am I doing wrong please I need some guide

I have solved this problem courtesy of my satellite dealer, the software is too old i.e that of January so he removed and installed the latest one and now I see softcam updates

ManirBK, Chinedu and other gurus in the house, I realized that my softcam got deleted I tried downloading it on my alphabox but there is no software to download = menu-setting- upgrade-onlineupgrade- softcam. But when I click the sofcam icon there is nothing to download, I thought is my internet connection but my cccam is working which mean my internet connection is ok.

What am I doing wrong please I need some guide

Smegateway:
NAFDAC GUIDELINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF COTTAGE/KITCHEN SCALE FOOD INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA
NOTE
The following products listed below are exempted from registration under this category
(i) Meat and meat product
(ii) Milk and dairy products
(iii) Poultry products
(iv) Fish and fish products
(v) Cooked rice, bean or vegetable
(vi) Baked potatoes
(vii) Beverages
Intended applicants can consult:
GOODMUS CONSULTING LTD
50, Boladale Street, Opposite NAFDAC, Off Oshodi Apapa Expressway, Oshodi, Lagos State.
07030979701, 08023902147
goodmusconsult@yahoo.com
FOR: ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT PROCESSING AND PACKAGING TO REGISTRATION.

I need Nafdac registration for my bakery for bread, am based in Kaduna

Just came about this tread and found it useful.

Am just about finishing construction of my bakery in kaduna, I went for Nafdac registration and among the checklist they gave me is trademark registration which from what you posted is more cumbersome than even the Nafdac registration, and the waiting time when I actually want to start operation whithin 30_ 60 days from now,

Do I really need this trademark considering how bakeries are everywhere?

What is the easiest way out for. Me because I want to operate with genuine Nafdac registration. [quote author=lawyer

post=2559405]My e-mail has been jammed by nairalanders seeking to know how to register a trademark in Nigeria and other ancillary questions. So i am going to help you clear out the rough edges once and for all. Majority of the questions asked are as follows:
A. WHAT ARE THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO REGISTER A TRADEMARK?:
1. Name search so that it doesnt conflict with any other trademark name:
This means that you have to choose a minimum of 3 names first before your trade mark application can be accessed in the trademark registery. E.g if you want to start a water bottling company and you have already designed the bottle and scientifically distilled the water and all you need is a catchy name and logo to identify your product, you need to select a name for the brand and logo. If you end up choosing 3 names which include (EVA-LINA, SWANIPA AND GOSSYER), The three names will be automatically rejected because Eva lina sounds similar to EVA Natural water, Swanipa, is similar to SWAN water and Gossypa is a knock -off of Gossy water.
So the name search is very important for a trademark to commence, so in most situations, companies fashion out 3-6 names that would probably survive registeration. (be creative and think out of the box). Also the other reasons names and trademarks are rejected include: Descriptiveness, Deceptiveness, Public Policy, Immorality, Similarly Registered Mark are common grounds on which trademarks application are refused.
Also the colour, lines and designs chosen by you as your logo should be distinct unless it would be rejected. E.g the addias famous trademark logo is 3 black stripes drawn in a vertical way. If you now use 2 single stripes in a vertical way and say you want to use it for a sport footwear as your logo, it will be rejected because Addidas 3 stripes has a priority over any other company that wants to use that kind of logo based on its distinctiveness. (So be creative once more when choosing marks, shapes, colour or objects as your logo)
2. The symbol or design e.g the nike swoosh sign or microsoft logo ( It must be drawn on a paper or thick transparent cloth also known as a bromide):
What this means is that after you have conceptualized the name and the logo for your product, before it can be accepted for registeration, it must be drawn on a paper. E.g lets say you went to a creative graphic designer to design a new logo for you, the printed version in colour or black or white should be reproduced in so many copies between 6-20 (Sorry i cant remember the amount again ) and it would be transfered to a thick transparent cloth called a bromide. The aim of this is to make sure the officials at the trademark office effectively access the originality of the logo and check whether it is conflicting with previously trademarked logos that might be similar. They also keep these bromides as a reference point for records.
3. Agents letter or form of authorization to file the trademark on your behalf (Usually done by lawyers):
This letter or Agent form of authorization is a major requirement of the trademark office for the registeration of the logo as a trademark. This is used to weed out those riff raffs that come around the trademark office to register a trademark in a false and dubious way and end up fraudulently decieving applicants off their money. It is a form that spells out the following:
Your name, nationality, address, passport photograph (2), company or individual registering it, the International class of goods to be registered (This International classes of goods means products and goods have been classified into various departments such as chemicals, soaps, detergents, insecticides etc as either Class 9 or shoes, jeans, shirts, trainers etc as either Class 5. It provides for a proper heading of the goods and under what class the logo should be classified under so as to make for easier registeration world wide), and finally a letter from the applicant to the agent (Mostly trademark lawyers) granting him the permission to register the trademark on behalf of you the applicant.
4. Filing fees and Stamp duties:
After the following requirements above has been thoroughly researched and scrutinized, the Trademark registery would now access the required fees to be paid and stamped accordingly. Evidence of the apyment of filing fees and stamping is a major requirement before it can be registered.
5. Cost of Filing:
I know this is the major question your interested in but to be frank, it is not fixed because it continues to fluctuate but be rest assured that it isnt more than #80,000 to #100,000 depending on what you need to trademark (Thats including legal fees and Filing fees and processing Fees. Any other lawyer charging more than that is pushing it). The reason for the legal fees added is because of the chaotic way Nigerians do things that ought to be done in a very easy way. Today most western countries do their trademark applications via online but in Naija, you have to first hustle and find your "connection guy" inside the trademark office  that would quickly help you do the name search asap, then hustle again with phone calls, settlement and transportation to the trademark office to search again if the logo does not contradict any form of deceptive practice. This could take weeks for them to respond because they might be telling you that "Oga never approve am yet. We still de research, come back next week" or we misplaced the passport photographs or when the Agent authorization form reached abuja, they discovered that the applicant did not sign properly so they are sending back to cross river so as to start the process all over again and a whole host of nonsense that is not worth the stress atimes (But wetin we go do now? Na naija we dey, lol )  
6: How long does it take to register the trademark:
Dont be decieved that it takes 3 months. Approximately it takes 2-3 years to obtain registration from date of filing the application due to the above enumerated delays. The good thing is that once the name search has been approved and the logo has been approved within 3-6 months, you can start using the trademark pending the final certificate that would be issued to you later on. Once the registration process has begun, the trademark is presumed to be yours. The down side of it is that until you have that certificate, you cannot claim priority of that trademark over anybody and the law states that the trademark certificate is the ultimate proof of ownership but these days due to the tough economic terrain in Nigeria, the registeration procedure could at least show that you have started a concrete procedure to own it and it is not due to your fault that you dont have the certificate.
The advantage of owning a trademark for your business is that you can use that logo or name as your branding name that could survive for generations. Think Microsoft, tastee fried chicken, dangote, Union Bank etc. You can easily have it on your letter headed papers, envelopes, staff uniforms, cars and everyother thing required to brand your business without having to spend thousands of Naira for extra P.R or publicity stunts to boost your image. The human mind is programmed to remember logos and trademarks more often better than names. Till you die, you will forever remember the NIKE Swoosh Logo.
Also the trademark has to be advertised in the trademark journal so that anyone that needs to oppose the registration process can raise an objection within 2 months it is published due to conflict of interest, public immorality or deceptiveness. Its after the advertisment that the process is complete and if no opposition, your certificate is on the way, Pronto!!!
7. My trademark is already known in europe and the Americas, must i still register it in Nigeria?:
Pertaining to the above question, The answer is Yes. The reason is because Nigeria although being a member of the Nice convention that ratified all trademarks done internationally as binding on every country that is a signatory to that treaty, Nigeria is still backwards in terms of obtaining records of trademarks registered internationally and it poses a problem trying to collate all the registered trademarks done in almost 140 countries except trademarks that are extremely famous and recognized internationally such as coke, nike, HP, Yahoo etc.
So to avoid this problem, the trademark has to be registered in Nigeria all over again. The advantage of this is that if you register it in Nigeria, you gain priorietary rights over everyone in Nigeria who intends to register it. E.g, its possible for you to say you are a representative of MacDonald in Nigeria having bought the franchise to be the sole representative of the fast food company and from nowhere, somebody comes out and claims that he is also the sole representative of MacDonald in Nigeria and goes as far as showing that he has registered the Golden Arch Trademark in Nigeria. That person will have priorietary rights to use that trademark in Nigeria over you. So it is advisable to register the trademark and avoid yourself further hassles and legal tussles that are totally unecessary and could be easily avoided. Microsoft Nigeria, Dunlop Nigeria, Ariel Nigeria etc all registered their trademarks in Nigeria despite the fact that they are internationally known products and easily recognizable.
8. How long is a trademark valid?:
The trademark is valid for 7 years from the date of application, renewable for further periods of 14 years.  
 
I. When can your Trademark be removed by the Trademark office:
It is necessary to note that a trademark may be taken off the register in any of the following circumstances:
i)non use, on the request of any person concerned, if it can be established that the mark was registered without any bona fide intention to use, and there has in fact been bona fide use of the trademark;
ii) it may be removed for non use during a continuous period of at least five years during which the trademark was registered.
iii)If the entry has been made in the register without sufficient cause.
iv)If an entry remains wrongly on the register
v)Non compliance to the  registrar’s statutory notice to renew by the registered proprietor
9. I am into services and not products, can i still register my services as a Trademark?:
Nope, its no longer called a trademark registeration for services but a Service mark which is being registerable now. A service mark is meant for companies that do not produce or deal with tangible goods but rely mostly on their services as their key products e.g consulting companies, employment agencies, advertising etc
Hope i have been able to answer your frequent questions on trademark registeration finally and if i get more info, i'll let ya know.
Cheers![/quote]

Simply put the power of demand and supply will determine the price

While this is good, hope the FX cabal will not create a hegemony and shortchange the public

Hard work pays

Name checkers where una dey, abi this one no follow?

While some are exporting drugs, hajia is exporting our food, good role model

achinice:
No fuel in phc see oh,if you manage to see it will even be @ 170naira.

Why are SS people so wicked even to themselves, fuel that sell for 145 or less everywhere far up north being sold for 170 haba they should fear God

I expect to see members of name checkers association flooding this thread, as for me am an elder so no comment.

Mtchew terrorist and militant are all the same but sadly when the offender is a Muslim he is terrorist and not a Muslim a militant shekenan

Just notice anytime there is mass murder the media is waiting to hear if the perpetrator is a Muslim, if he is then it is a terrorist act if not then he is either a militant or lunatic

Is it by force you must go to their country? They said you are no longer welcome, are you going to compel them ? Just stay away

You may have been wrongly accused but because of we Nigerians antecedent, a lot will believe in the ambassador than this epistle you wrote as a response.

Very good policy by the CBN

davodyguy:
Who did you biy from?

I bought from the person I buy satellite stuffs from, here in kaduna

The CCcam for startimes I bought worked for some days and stopped on friday, someone said t may be a shared account.

How do I know if my Cccam is a shared account ?

Lawyer will just eat this guys money, 1, He did not participate in all the process as required by law because he wasn't in the primary election so giving the ticket ab initio was like handling the governorship to PDP hence they gave the ticket to runner up, as it stand Yahaya bello participated in all election process as required by law.

2, This Faleke is a member house of reps representing a constituency in Lagos state and at the same time claiming to be Kogi governor, talk about eating cake and still having it.

3, My fear for Faleke is at the end of this drama he will be politically irrelevant both in Lagos and Kogi

This elder are talking as if they have hand in the militancy, I think they need to be questioned by Buratai

loomer:
Umaru corrupt? Me no know o.
But I know he was really protective of his boss.

And for the estate, I doubt if na true cos na rent him dey for abuja self

If you know him in person ask him about the loan given to him by access bank in 2009 to build the estate repayable from proceed. of a deal He got for them from presidency, bros I know Dennis very well

loomer:
Out of all of them, na number 16 I know, and na nice guy

He's from south south

Yes he is nice guy, and yes he is from south south, but born and brought up in kaduna and he was enrolled into NDA by sheik Gumi when he converted to islam, He was CO 4gds battalion, ADC to Cin C, on training in pakistan returned and became. Head of operation at army Hq. He also owns a multi billion naira estate in Abuja where some expatriate are renting they are serviced apartment.

He may be fine officer but being in political office under UMYA corrupted him

omenka:
Tompolo should stop begging himself. No one is fooled.

Don't mind the mumu , even the least staff in security circle knows that he is behind NDA and all his appeals are diversionary, one thing am sure of is he and his cohorts will eventually be caught and we will all be surprised how the vandalization will stop.

greenhulk:
LOL shuo... Bros na ur money oh, no be my money, so u are free to order. As for me I'll rather buy a Samsung phone for 200k than buy a gionee for 150k.

The size does not even appeal to me, 6 inch is a no no.. 5.5 inch I can manage provided it has less bezels


.

The phone has not even been released anywhere in the world the spec are still rumours, am with you on your last paragraph above I also don't fancy six inch phones

greenhulk:
If it is coming to Nigeria expect it to be the watered down version, maybe with 3gb of ram and 720p ugly display just like the m5. Why? Because u people will not want to pay premium for the real thing. Abi u fit pay 150k plus for this phone? No lie oh

For this things you said I will order this phone wherever it is in this world and at whatever price just to prove you wrong.

Just watch this space LOL

How much will the M6 possible be priced ? And when is it going to be available in Nigeria ?

Please house how stable is spycam now, I want to buy for the olympics

Sadly the late officers father who was emir of gwoza was also killed by Boko haram in 2014

RIP