₦airaland Forum

femarse:
I know it takes a brainless person to be an APC member ....so continue ...you can open a dollar account in the UK as per you are the UK prime minister

For him to even compare naija with UK and US is abysmally wrong.

Naija? We hype this country too much within. 😂

DeLaRue:
No, he is not.

Trying to find a solution to a self-inflicted problem that has existed for several decades is not madness.

You can't open a dollar account at any bank branch in the UK, nor can you open a Pounds account at a bank in the US.

Why should individuals be allowed to operate dollar accounts in Nigeria. Is it our legal tender

This is one of the factors fueling the current misalignment of the naira.

The government needs to phase out dollar accounts. It should not be possible for any individual to open or operate a dollar account.

Naija is not UK. Naija exports is insignificant to these country’s export.

Also, the world holds its Reserves in USD why would America need another currency?

You think USD account was meant for 1k, 2k deposits. Not until you start seeing businesses needing to store their FX. Abi if I wan go China go buy clothes and toys, I should go with naira? Or coming back I should convert my money to naira knowing well I still need it when I’m going again?

Stop comparing Naija to even Kuwait, India, UAE.

Naijas problems are unique to it.

We are 220m people and import most of our foods.

China with billion people imports, but to ensure it exports enough too.

Tell me one thing that Nigeria is the major exporter of. Just one, cocoa? Palm oil? Crude?

So it is an injustice to compare naija with US of over 300m people. A world power, major exporter of arms(pun intended), technology. And whose currency everyone trades with.

There’s no country in the world you can compare naija to.

By economic standards Naija is unique.

Location, naija is unique.

Governance, naija is unique.

So thinking what works for A will work for Naija, I think that’s what has brought us here.

Solve problems in Nigeria for Nigerians, please.

DeLaRue:
Nigeria can run itself the way it chooses. We are not China.

After the expiration of the 9 months grace period, cash deposits at bank branches should be limited to a maximum of $100 per person per week. Anything more than that can only be deposited at a single CBN - designated bank in each State.

Dollar cash withdrawal should also be limitedl to $100 per week per person. Since dollar is not our legal tender, it is even questionable whether anybody should be allowed to withdraw dollars in cash. To do what? Buy tomatoes?

Those who need to make foreign payments should obtain dollar Atm card with a maximum spending limit of $1000 per month.

Possession of more than $1000 cash should result in automatic forfeiture to the government and prosecution for money laundering.

The government should then set out a 2 year plan for phasing out individual dollar accounts. After the 2 years, all existing individual dollar accounts will close and banks will not be able to open new ones.

Only companies involved in import and export should be able to open and operate dollar accounts.

So, if I don’t have direct business in Nigeria, but I live in Nigeria. I first need to put my money in a dorm account when returning to Naija, or transfer from my foreign account to my dorm account then in Naija Start looking for who to buy from me by transfer from my dorm.

How about if my business proceeds is in USD, and I source local materials for export. All my vendors must have USD bank account or I have to sell to CBN get naira then pay my vendors, don’t think of people holding 2k usd here. Think of 100s of thousands USD?

How about me as a traveler, visiting Naija for the first time all I have is USD, you mean I can’t give aboki or BDC my 2k USD. And get naira cash? Because BDC will have to think how he would deposit that to the banking system?

Aside from hoarding, we could understand Crypto Ban. But this, right here, is like another Naira Cash Scarcity in the future. But in the USD space.

You can’t stop people from doing business, can’t stop people from moving around, can’t stop people from having their money how they want it. Most of these cripple businesses and economy in retrospect.

Dollar would be more scarce. Exchange rate would grow exponentially.

Cash remains the king. And for an import dependent economy like Nigeria, FX is the emperor, forget the USD is not our legal tender bullshit. Naija, Africa even, spends and breathes USD our politicians made us realize that.

This ban, is a disaster. Just like the ban on the card transactions. People now cut corners to do the same thing. This means more money for some small set of people. Imagine how much passes through Grey.co for things like YouTube Subscriptions, Apple ICloud, Google Drive and YouTube premium. People still do these things, ordinary Amazon shopping, pay for hotel in other countries using our own flutterwave.

You can’t ban people from sending money to a bank account can you? So grey commits no crime. Also, think of what people do with Transferwise, lemonade I can send money to people anywhere, I don’t need to have your USD or go through your bank. People will find means. Now think of travelers, they should send their money to Naija via what? Transferwise, grey, WesternUnion etc? Or just come with cash?

Want to ban people from depositing, fine. You sha can not ban people from holding the Cash, it’s not Cocaine. People would trade it outside the banking system and find means.

Instead of this, they should promote their cNGN stable coin and be creative with it, they should provide means to easily move USD in and out of the country. See naija needs to accept the fact that it is a USD based economy miraging as NGN, same as other African countries too.

Everyday as a Nigerian you live in fear anticipating what used to work will stop working. I wonder how many Nigerians are suffering from one disorder or another due to this frequent disorientation.

Rich4god:
Even as a family, there is every tendency that you won't finish 40gb data in a month on streaming. And to get 40gb, ot cost averagely 10k.

How often do you use your TV? What resolution do you stream at?

Cable is waaaaaay cheaper. 15k for something I only have to worry about connecting my cable to my decoder?

Problems that come with streaming, you need high speed internet, you need data subscription, you would hope that your streaming platform doesn’t buffer. You would hope your streaming platform supports high resolution.

For every cheaper alternative, there are hidden costs.

Pay 15k and only worry about when rain is falling. Gaskiya.

drlateef:
Your argument is illogical. When people don’t receive dollars in Nigeria, they cannot go to Aboki to get naira at black market rate. Aboki would have no dollars to sell and it will improve the value of naira. The banks will then officially declare the dollars obtained from IMTO to CBN. In that way, the over $20 billion diaspora remittance will be going to CBN, not BDC.

And the corruption begins, again:
Importers go to CBN with their weird proposals.
CBN issues the USD for import purpose.
Importers go to BDC for exchange, convert USD to naira At black market rate.
BDC sells to highest bidder.

Importers go to CBN, with NGN
CBN issues USD for import.
importers go to BDC to exchange at black market rate.
BDC sells to highest bidder

Also, importers would likely buy directly from Diasporans, let Diasporans make the transaction on their behalf, then credit Diasporans with equivalent NGN.

This policy, like every other one:
Take away the benefits that they are receiving from the government.

So, for an average Nigerian to own FX he has to travel out, make FX and return back to Nigeria or will they say FX is contraband too?

Or

He goes to BDC.

An example is, many of FX transactions require relevant currency. How should average Nigerian provide that? Or the Nigerian government would accept NGN use the IMTO FX to change NGN to FX and fulfill the transaction?

This is a messy situation, and as an adult, we should always understand that what ever solution we are trying to provide depends on WHAT angle of the problem we are tackling.

I don’t think these guys are ready to tackle the problem from the people’s PoV.

This would drive the price higher in a very short period of time.

Reducing raw FX available, but there are FX transactions to be made. How do you make the transaction? Survival of the fittest: Know someone in the government, know a diasporan that needs NGN, have enough for BDC rate.

Resilience is all there is to this tech thing.

I really enjoy reading things like this, pushing forward in the face of adversities.

I started similar journey last year Sept.

I use kodekloud in my case

I would continue to use them till next year when I plan to migrate to ACloudGuru.

I’m a software engineer by the day, so it’s more or less trying to add another medal to my shoulder.

Well done chief!

wonlasewonimi:
There are so many people that ask me how to get into cybersecurity and I use the analogy of a hausa maiguard employed to protect a mansion. How does he effectively protect the whole mansion if he doesn't understand or know the nooks and cranies of the house.

How can you secure systems you don't understand? Go and learn Comptia A+, Network + and security + to have a baseline knowledge and build from there. It's a very tough career path but doable to those with interest and dedication. If you 9nly follow money, you will not make it cos the learning curve is very steep and no 2 solutions are designed the same.

Boss I sent you an email, please check 🙏🙏🙏

Tech: The next oil

yomzy4cool:
.... if the tracking number start with CH ..... it's gonna take time bro, .concerning filing back. well u can ask regular customers how much more package they had lost to USPS /nipost...they will tell u , cos once it get here with that tracking number CH.. na prayer remain, I got tons of CH parcel , am working one by one , for people , I guess ur stuff is at the customs office , na only if u can go there yourself that's is the best option and advice I can give u , they will charge u custom duties and charges depending on the value of the package ....anything else beside that, u re own ..this is Nigeria be wise

Shu!
Please, can you help me. I have a package that left last week. Please anything that you can do to assist me get this package. CH068829042US.

DanielTheGeek

Check these below. It's bootstrap v4 in alpha stage. Released since 2015 with its whole lot of contributors, and today it's still in beta and widely used. I've used it in a recent solution and it did well though with some minor bugs.

What help can you provide. I'm about handling an online tutor that uses AI. Please how can the AI part be achieved

Greatken007:
You will need some trainings on
Heat,
ventilation and Air conditioning(HVAC),
Valves maintenance,
Repairs/Maintenance of pumps,
Compressors.

Can these be focused on after hnd. Like during my NYSC.

Greatken007:
In fact just try to grab a general overview of hydraulic power unit.Mechanical Engineering is vast and so you must narrow your interest.In abroad most of the areas listed above are specialized (Valve Engineering is a field on its own).

Can these field be pursued in Nigeria as well?

Greatken007:
ln masters level you will be focusing on Energy and Power option.
please don't joke with your thermodynamics,fluid mechanics,strength of materials,Refrigeration and Air conditioning.You will play with them till your PHD.

I will adhere to this sir!

Thanks for the reply

I'm an undergraduate of Laspotech(HND 1) studying mechanical engineering (power and plant option).

I'm eager to know what to expect from this field as a power and plant technologist. And what areas of improvement should I focus on to help me stand out in labour market.

Also can you suggest any relevant course(s) after my HND aside PGD and masters?

Thanks

So soon!!!

A welcome development though. But let the nation feel the impact of your exploration before you start to claim your derivation.

I nominate myself. http://nairaland.com/halmat

Olaide1295:
hello bro,
I also want to learn php, what softwares are u using to run it on your PC?
I have xampp already,what do I need

Nothing more than text editor and the offline version of php.net online documentation

^^^ What professional advise can you give about picking up yii2 framework instead laravel or cakephp

Have anyone checked the Nigerian navy recruitment website? Candidates have been zoned to two different groups. I don't understand how to know which group I fall into. www.joinnigeriannavy.com Any one??.

How can I implement CSMA/CD in any language (Java, JavaScript and node if available). I want to implement the back off algorithm.

What am I going to need to test out the program and a summary on how it can be done(I will like to know the required hardware and software)

Thanks

NOTE: I am not a networking geek. Just want to help out a friend and see it as an advantage to learn new thing.

I am also a newbie to web development. My mentor advised I use bootstrap simply because it reduces time. One thing still remains, it is better to understand html CSS and js as sometimes it might be necessary to change how bootstrap get some stuffs done. I love bootstrap, she does not want me to repeat my self everytime.

INTROVERT:
I vote NO

Lol. You don't want to have that inbox with always increasing number of unread messages.

I support this by the way

proxy20:
download aide for java on play store . It is a cool app . I used it to build some naive apps . but it is not free . Some tutorials are locked .

You can unlock every tutorial there using lucky patcher. It's not on play store, so you have to Google for its download link. It works best if you have root access.


Cheers to the smarties....

lekropasky:
Hi Nairalanders.
I want someone to give me the name of the Android app that can run Java codes.

Download and install AIDE from play store.

NOTE: The software have two different types, one is for Java while the other is for html, CSS and JavaScript codes. So watch very well before installing.

Hope this helps?

FincoApps:
Congratulations

Thanks sir

FincoApps:
Congratulations

Thanks sir.

FincoApps:
Congratulations

Please elaborate more on quick fix

Thanks everyone, and here is my final code:

public class NewInvoice
{
private String partName;
private String partDescription;
private double partQuantity;
private double partPrice;


public void setName( String name )
{
partName = name;
}

public void setDescription( String itemDescription )
{
partDescription = itemDescription;
}

public void setQuantity(double itemQuantity)
{
partQuantity = itemQuantity;
}
public void setPrice( double itemPrice )
{
partPrice = itemPrice;
}

public String getName()
{
return partName;
}

public String getDescription()
{
return partDescription;
}

public double getQuantity()
{
return (partQuantity);
}
public double getPrice()
{
return partPrice;
}

public void displayMessage( String nameOfStore)
{
System.out.print("\n\n*************************************************" );
System.out.printf ( "\nWELCOME TO %s HARDWARE STORE.", nameOfStore);
System.out.println ( "\n" );
}

public void displayTotal( double itemTotal)
{
System.out.println( "" );
System.out.printf ( "THE TOTAL COST OF ALL YOUR PURCHASE(S) IS: \n$%.2f", itemTotal );
}

}

And its Test class

import java.util.Scanner;


public class NewInvoiceTest {


public static void main(String[] args) {



Scanner invoiceNm = new Scanner( System.in );
Scanner invoiceDsct = new Scanner( System.in );
Scanner invoiceQtty = new Scanner( System.in );
Scanner invoicePrc = new Scanner( System.in );
Scanner storeNm = new Scanner( System.in );

System.out.print( "Enter the store name: \n" );
String storeNme = storeNm .nextLine();

System.out.print( "Enter the item Name: \n" );
String invoiceName = invoiceNm.nextLine();

System.out.print( "Enter the item Description: \n" );
String invoiceDescription = invoiceDsct.nextLine();

System.out.print( "Enter the item Quantity: \n" );
double invoiceQuantity = invoiceQtty.nextDouble();

System.out.print( "Enter the item price ($): \n" );
double invoicePrice = invoicePrc.nextDouble();







NewInvoice newInvoicea = new NewInvoice();


newInvoicea.setName( invoiceName );



newInvoicea.setDescription( invoiceDescription );


newInvoicea.setQuantity( invoiceQuantity );


newInvoicea.setPrice( invoicePrice );

newInvoicea.displayMessage ( storeNme );

System.out.println ("NAME OF THE COMPONENT: \n" + newInvoicea.getName() +
"\n\nTHE DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPONENT: \n" + newInvoicea.getDescription() +
"\n\nQUANTITY ORDERED: \n" + newInvoicea.getQuantity() +
"\n\nPRICE OF THE COMPONENT: \n$" + newInvoicea.getPrice() + "" );
double invoiceTotal = newInvoicea.getQuantity() * newInvoicea.getPrice( );
newInvoicea.displayTotal( invoiceTotal );



}


}

Thank you all, I really appreciate your efforts. I now got the compiler error out. Although the program is yet to function as I wish, I'm currently battling with it and will post the final code that receive input and print the entered value back to the user.

Hi everyone,

I'm a newbie to programming trying to build some skills around Java. I encountered an exercise in Dietel's Java how to program book. It's requesting to make an invoice program for a hardware store with constructors, get and set methods, and also calculate the total of the purchase on the invoice with quantity * price.

I tried my way around it and come up with these two classes. I'm now stock at an error saying partQuantity: an instance of type int cannot be returned by a method 'Java.lang.String'

Please help me out with this, I really don't know what next to do.

Here are the two classes for the program.

public class NewInvoicevoice
{
private String partName;
private String partDescription;
private int partQuantity;
private int partPrice;

public NewInvoice
(
String name,
String itemDescription,
int itemQuantity,
int itemPrice
) // ENDS CONSTRUCTOR ARGUMENTS
{
partName = name;
partDescription = itemDescription;
partQuantity = itemQuantity;
partPrice = itemPrice;
}

public void setName( String name )
{
partName = name;
}

public void setDescription( String itemDescription )
{
partDescription = itemDescription;
}

public void setQuantity(int itemQuantity)
{
partQuantity = itemQuantity;
}
public void setPrice( int itemPrice )
{
partPrice = itemPrice;
}

public String getName()
{
System.out.println ("ENTER THE NAME OF THE COMPONENT: " );
return partName;
}

public String getDescription()
{
System.out.println ("ENTER THE DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPONENT: " );
return partDescription;
}

public String getQuantity()
{
System.out.println ("ENTER THE QUANTITY ORDERED: " );
return partQuantity;
}
public int getPrice()
{
System.out.println ("ENTER THE PRICE OF THE COMPONENT: " );
return partPrice;
}

public void displayMessage( String nameOfStore)
{
System.out.printf ( "Welcome to %s HRDWARE STORE.", nameOfStore);
System.out.println ( "\n" ) ;
}

public void displayTotal( int itemTotal )
{
System.out.printf ( "THE TOTAL COST OF ALL YOUR PURCHASE(S) IS: ", + itemTotal + "\n" );
}

}

And here is its Test class

import java.util.Scanner;


public class NewInvoiceTest {


public static void main(String[] args) {



Scanner invoiceNm = new Scanner( System.in );
Scanner invoiceDsct = new Scanner( System.in );
Scanner invoiceQtty = new Scanner( System.in );
Scanner invoicePrc = new Scanner( System.in );
Scanner storeNm = new Scanner( System.in );


String invoiceName = invoiceNm.nextLine();
String invoiceDescription = invoiceDsct.nextLine();
int invoiceQuantity = invoiceQtty.nextInt();
int invoicePrice = invoicePrc.nextInt();
String storeNme = storeNm .nextLine();

String storeName = "DengrDEV";
int totalPurchase = invoicePrice * invoiceQuantity;

NewInvoice newInvoicea = new NewInvoice(invoiceName, invoiceDescription, invoiceQuantity, invoicePrice);

newInvoicea.displayMessage ( storeNme );
System.out.println ("" + newInvoicea.getName() + "\n" + newInvoicea.getDescription() + "\n" + newInvoicea.getQuantity() + "\n" + newInvoicea.getPrice() + "\n" + "" );
newInvoicea.displayTotal ( totalPurchase );

}

}

Thanks in anticipation.

basbone:
sorry for my ignorance though but java is a hard language to learn for a beginner.......

Speaking from experience......

Most of you who learned java by simply typing System.out.println(); in an eclipse or netbeans ide without knowing the structure of a java program or other libralies to import really did not learn java!!

And sorry for my interference.

Who really learned java and can you state the language sequence for a beginner heading to desktop and mobile app development to follow. Mobile app to be precise

Please who have a working download link for the jsva book, Thinking in java... I've searched whole of Google for it but can't get a better result. I'm a newbie to programming and trying to start out with Java.

Really need this eBook to get me on track.