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elopee3000:
Yoruba and thier super story just like they said oduduwa fail down from sky ,the war they re talking about is just village to village war with wooding sticks and matchets with thier small juju that can not save them from usman dan fodio

Educating an igbo man about his history is challenging, educating him about another culture's history is a total waste of time.

The don't destroy

Abia
Imo
Enugu
Anambra
Ebonyi


They DESTROYED

Port Harcourt



I thought Rivers people were smarter than allowing this foolishness from Igbos.

lmao @ topic title

Baba agba, igba wo le ma ba egbon yi sorry lati wo rice agriculture ni Ondo?

Aareonakakanfo:
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Loool female version of Mr Emperor of Western Nigeria.That guy has over 30 accounts

lmao....let's not start with you o

modath:
Just turn to emperor 2.0, i never used to get banned till i got hooked on this thread, now they serve MO the "bot" piping hot every week but I've created MO2....

On that okun people & limestone gist, you came back with Ewekoro /ogun but in quantity, obajana is killing it.

lol.....

Aareonakakanfo:
Don't post it yet since you don't have any other account left.Wait till you get unbanned .

lol mo moh na. ma worry, mo ni meji sile.

Iykopee:
Oboy no be small tin oh. It was a battle along mile 1 axis.... Area boys vs hausa people. I neva knew these hausa guys are fully armed. Though casualty is high on their side but no life was lost. Cudnt take pictures as i scampered for safety..... Hahahahahahahahaha military and police men everywhere.

Really? How do you think they cause havoc in the SW/SE/MB?

You think dem walk around with water balloons?

Just one?



www.nairaland.com/attachments/3059323_phprotest_jpegd02fd49ccbf8c0653c2ad6ddc0136f8b

ProfShymex:
What are you trying to post?

Make sure the picture links aren't too long with too much vowels and edit some of the profiles, by making them shorter.

You can download the pictures on ya computer and attach them instead.

I don't have the answers, but you can navigate through the spambot by doing that.

That's the thing, I stopped posting links.

I was trying to post various tech startup companies from the SW.....

I'll give it a try. Gonna bounce for now.

Thanks, lil bro.

When you guys are done, I'll be back.

Smh @ grandpa and grandson

They've banned me like 4 times today, I give up for now.

For interested parties:

This was in August 2015, but you can get ready for Next year:


https://www.wecaondo.on.gov.ng/admin/event/wesnagric.jpg

The 9th Western Nigeria International Agricultural Summit (WESNAGRIC SUMMIT 2015) will provide a common ground for both local and international Agribusiness, producers, Marketers, Importer and Exporters and other Stakeholders, to interact and share ideas on opportunities available in agricultural sector of the economy, say the Chairman , Ondo State Wealth Creation Agency, Mrs Bolanle Olafunmiloye.

According to her, the summit which has its theme as:- Promoting Agribusiness Market Entrepreneurship and Financing for the development of Smallholders Rural and Urban Farmers will be declared open by the Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko.

Mrs Olafunmiloye explained further that the 3-day summit which is scheduled to hold at the Ondo State Cultural Center Adegbemile Akure from Tuesday 11th to Thursday 13th August 2015, is aimed at advancing agribusiness, marketing, finance, processing and entrepreneurship development in the state and Nigeria as a whole.

She added that it will further expose the Profarmer engaged by the state government through Wealth Creation Agency and other unemployed youths in the state to many opportunities in agricultural value chain, therefore, appealed to the general public particularly the youth who are interested in mechanised system of farming to take the opportunities of the summit to create wealth for themselves.

In his remarks the National Coordinator of Western Nigeria International Agric Summit, Mr. Bright Isaac Okwu explained that the benefits of participating at the summit are enormous, as it will give farmers and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector the opportunities to be trained in new farming techniques, widening business network and also showcase their products and services through exhibition and display.

"Our core targets visitors are specialists from Nigeria and other Countries around the globe in the different agribusiness value chain. They will profit a lot in discussing and finding new solutions to their production and the entire value chain. They will leave the summit with plenty of ideas for their farm business and excellent contact with the leading agrofood and packaging technologists from around the world", he said.

Mr Bright added that there will be Executive training program within the conference premises, organised by United State Agency for International Development ( USAID), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFDC), and African Fertilizer and Agriculture Partnership (AFAP) on Business Management Skills, Business Planing, Access to Finance and Financial Management, Marketing plan relationship, Stock and Record Keeping, Safe use of Agric inputs for SMSEs, Importance of FBOs in the Effective Management and Marketing and Value Chain in Fertilizer Agric Business Development.

[size=14pt]Why we are investing in agriculture — Mimiko[/size]

The Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, said the establishment of Ore Agric Village is aimed at harnessing the vast natural resources in the state to create wealth, fight poverty and boost food production.
The Ore Agric village was one of the three integrated Agric villages established in the state in 2010, for crop farming, animal husbandry, mushroom farming and oil palm revolution.

[size=16pt]The Ore Caring Heart Agricultural Village is a 2000-hectare facility. It has 300 fish ponds and mushroom demonstration farms; 600,000 oil palms from Indonesia and 200,000 from NIFOR in Benin at the pre-nursery shed.

The participants quickly planted 47 hectares of maize, over 1million palm seedlings and over 1000 hectares of cassava. Altogether, the poultry section has about 30 large pens made up of three cubicles each, with over 700 layers and breeders.[/size]

The farm has a large dam for water supply. And there would be no dull moment: Dr Mimiko ensured that super chalets built to taste were constructed for the accommodation of participants with provision of a bore hole, DSTV, two sets of plasma TVs, two generators, table tennis and other games facilities for recreation.

Indeed, determined to ensure the success of the agricultural revolution targeted at taking over a million youths off the streets and turning them into employers of labour, Mimiko told the participants: “We have made this Agric village comfortable for you so that you can concentrate on your job. All the crop farming activities here will be tractor –driven; your weed control will be chemically done. Each of you will be empowered with facilities for crop farming, fish farming, poultry farming, mushroom farming and I’m sure five months down the line, you will be the envy of your colleagues because your income will be much more than what you will earn if you get government job.”

Dr Mimiko disclosed that arrangements were at an advanced stage to develop alternative means of power supply to the Caring Heart Agricultural Village at Ore.
In 2013 alone, 5,500 farms were distributed to interested participants under the Employment through Ownership in Agric Ventures scheme while 350 ad- hoc farm workers were provided with employment.

Also, 2,750 and 4000 hectares were acquired in Epe and Auga- Akoko in Akoko North East Local Government Area of the state respectively, while the administration also flagged off the Mobile Farm Service Centre at Ipele, Owo local government area with 20 graduates employed to manage the centres.
The Auga Agric Village extends

Aareonakankafo...can't make it to yoruba hour today [lecture].

Musiwa419:
A long time panacea would be for us to have regional autonomy. Nigeria is stifling our economic growth and development. We need to have our own regional trade laws that would enable us define export/import agreements with our foreign trade partners. If we have a south west export processing council, we would be able to address the issues Segun Awolowo, the secretary of NEPC, who by the way is a grand son of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, stated in the article as some of the factors that caused the decline in Nigeria's non-oil export earnings.


I agree that our governors need to do a lot; they need to do the extraordinary; they need to think out of the box, but their is a limit to what 'Nigeria' can permit them to do. For example, Osun state has a large Gold deposit but Aregbeshola has little or no influence over the exploration of Gold in his state because the issuance of mining licence is a prerogative of the federal government under the exclusive list.

The current system of government we operate in Nigeria is doing a lot of economic damage to the the Yoruba nation. A policy the minister of agriculture makes in Abuja, affects the productivity of a local farmer in Oke-Ogun. This shouldnt be so. We need devolution of economic and political powers from the central government. We need regional autonomy

Wow....

Aareonakakanfo:

I'm thinking isn't it possible for South-west governors to decline the money coming from the federal level so they can concentrate on what we have?

ahahahhah Ore mi, gbagbe e.

Aareonakakanfo:
Let the oloriburukus keep selling their lands.Shameless people who have no respect whatsoever for their forefathers.Lazy fools instead of working hard are relying on their father's properties.I told one jobless Yoruba hooligan to come work in my brother's farm, the fool said nooo "Ah egbon eyin naa sa mo pe ko se n to n dako la ye isin"

and i felt like doing this..

lmaoooo By instinct, I felt like saying "back to sender" when I saw that pix.

Yoruba and education sha. They think because they're educated, they must find blue/white collar jobs.

The problem with education in Yorubaland

1) Can't look beyond blue/white color jobs

2) Laziness....when there's no job...can't think of innovations, reliance on family inheritance.

3) Can't think beyond "employee" status. Start your own business and be a boss, if you can't find a job.


In today's Nigeria, a degree certificate is as good as a phone user manual. Stop focusing too much on education, multi-task. Look around your environment, find a problem, design a solution.

Shymm3x:
Lol. It's serious - just look at how messed up we're and how they treat us like inconsequential babies. Heck, we can't even use our own lands to feed ourselves and we've to sell them to foreigners for loose change, while most Africans are hungry and starving to death. Crazy!
Then we've the enemies within - the slaves - whose only agenda is to keep selling us out to the highest bidders and to maintain the status quo that's kept us in perpetual servitude.
We're the only ones who sell everything to foreigners. Look at China - they have a large deposit of rare earth minerals but they watch the quantity they sell and whenever they do, there are strings attached to it. Conversely, in Congo DR, where there's also a humongous deposit of rare earth minerals - it's free for all.
Nigeria is another classic example. We produce oil, yet we can't refine our oil and the country imports refined oil any chemistry student can easily refine. Do they even know REAL the quantity of oil Nigeria produces daily?

The world has demeaned, devalued and deprived Africa so much that we don't think we "can". We've been mentally brainwashed by "$1 a day" and "religion" that 1) we don't value what we have 2) we don't know the value of what we have 3) we don't know how to value what we have.

The immigrants in the SW are trying the same tactic, telling you they "invest" greatly in your land and that you don't [even though you brought your land to the standard it is by individual and political strength]. If you let them, you will think your land has no value [to you], stand by and let them pillage your land.

Image some Yorubas talking about leaving to Benin Republic [even though they may be Benin Yoruba] because of Fulani attacks. Mentally and developmentally, the SW may stand to fail if we don't lift up our image again.

Shymm3x:
Lol. It's serious - just look at how messed up we're and how they treat us like inconsequential babies. Heck, we can't even use our own lands to feed ourselves and we've to sell them to foreigners for loose change, while most Africans are hungry and starving to death. Crazy!

Then we've the enemies within - the slaves - whose only agenda is to keep selling us out to the highest bidders and to maintain the status quo that's kept us in perpetual servitude.

We're the only ones who sell everything to foreigners. Look at China - they have a large deposit of rare earth minerals but they watch the quantity they sell and whenever they do, there are strings attached to it. Conversely, in Congo DR, where there's also a humongous deposit of rare earth minerals - it's free for all.

Nigeria is another classic example. We produce oil, yet we can't refine our oil and the country imports refined oil any chemistry student can easily refine. Do they even know REAL the quantity of oil Nigeria produces daily?

We have the land for agricultural and domestic businesses, yet we're still exporting food and meat.

One of the MANY MANY reasons why I HATE Fayose:

1. During Fayemi's term, he focused greatly on developing agricultural businesses in Ekiti by emphasizing on agriculture as an Ekiti gateway. Oloshi oniranu Fayose is currently focusing on building an INTERNATIONAL airport when we don't even have the funds. Seriously?!!!!
There's already an airport in Akure, even if it's regional. Take a plane to Lagos and hop on one for Ondo. Drive to Ekiti. As a region, let's first focus on uplifting Akure airport.

Aareonakakanfo:
Shymm3x the agricultural rebirth going on the south-west is mainly being facilitated by young Yoruba entrepreneurs.I know some myself and they all got their funding from Agri-business incubators not the Government

Oh there's a spark of sunshine in the mist of stormy clouds.


Yorubas, please reduce the number of lands you sell to migrants and foreigners.

Shymm3x:
When we say Africans are lazy monkeys and intellectual scums - folks are going to say we're self-hating. Why would you even sell ya lands to foreigners when you can easily develop and invest in those lands - and sell whatever you produce to these folks, with better profits? I'm ashamed to be an African!

We're the worst people on this planet. Rather than focus on how to maximise the things God blessed up with - all we ever do is try to be what we're not, while selling our birthrights to outsiders for a plate of porridge. Africans are the biggest problem of Africa. We're perpetual slaves and we prefer being slaves.

Ahhh shym3x....... it's not that serious. [well actually it is].

I just wonder what happens when oil or other natural resources [i.e diamonds] are discovered on those African lands sold to foreigners. Will the oil belong to [say] Nigeria or would China take the oil because they bought the land?

4 years ago.....


[size=14pt]Korean Investors To Lift Agric In Ekiti With U.s.$400 Million [/size]

Investors from South Korea have entered into discussions with the Ekiti State Government to invest in the agriculture sector in the state to the tune of about $400 million.

The proposed transformation of agriculture in the state is expected to generate not less than 25,000 jobs in the first year and help boost farm yield in the state.

The investors who were led by Mr. Kyungj Soo-Moon who is the chief executive officer (CEO) of SYNCTOP International Limited met with Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and other top officials of his administration recently.

The project facilitator, Dr. Adebayo Adewusi, explained that the model had never been used in any part of Africa before now pointing out that it would focus more on graduates who would be engaged to produce for commercial purposes.

He explained that about 30,000 hectares of land would be needed for the project.

Other features of the project according to Adewusi includes; farm settlements, health facilities and agriculture/farmers' academy.

Soo-Moon noted that the project is aimed at poverty eradication, food security and job provision adding that a minimum of 125,000 jobs would be provided under the scheme in four years.

He added that the investors would hand over the project to the Ekiti State Government after three years of managing it, explaining further that the scheme is also expected to provide free construction materials as well as tools for rural farmers.

The Korean business executive disclosed that SYNCTOP would buy all agricultural produce generated from the project.

Responding, Governor Fayemi said his administration has always looked forward to this type of meeting on the exploitation of natural resources of the state noting that the business proposal has a semblance with administration's plan for modern agriculture.

The state chief executive promised to set up a cabinet committee to study the proposal and look into its financial and legal implications.

He disclosed that the Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry, Job Creation Agency, Fountain Holdings Limited, would partner with SYNCTOP.

The governor believed that the coming of the Koreans would give room for skills transfer disclosing further that discussions are on with a Korean corporation, SAMSUNG, on ICT development in state-owned schools for skills acquisition.

Fayemi added that Southwest state governments are interested in a pan-regional economic development that would make the region the economic heartbeat of the country.

http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/201106091065.html

The annoying thing is, our news reports report such occurrences as "investment".
Either African politicians aren't smart enough to understand neo-colonialism or they're too greedy to think beyond the cheddah.

@shym3x

Meanwhile, the Saudi investment company Foras, backed by the Islamic Development Bank and wealthy Saudi investors, plans to spend $1bn buying land and growing 7m tonnes of rice for the Saudi market within seven years. The company says it is investigating buying land in Mali, Senegal, Sudan and Uganda. By turning to Africa to grow its staple crops, Saudi Arabia is not just acquiring Africa's land but is securing itself the equivalent of hundreds of millions of gallons of scarce water a year. Water, says the UN, will be the defining resource of the next 100 years.

I'm a little iffy about this. There's an assumption that foreigners are buying up African lands to use as agricultural base to grow food for [not African people] their foreign lands.

Where does this lead to? Noe-colonialism and subtle slavery.

While we're discussing agriculture, we need to be cautious of foreign land grabbers.

There's currently a "war" between cocoa farmers and Ogun state government......apart from what's on the news, can anyone enlighten us here?

Aareonakakanfo:
Before these guys messed up the whole thing,i posted this news.please lets discuss

Non-oil export earnings drop by N52.2bn in Q2[/color]

Abeg let's discuss this

What measures should South-west Governors take to improve our non-oil export.

Clearly we're suffering from the troubles facing the north.When we don't even provide our own food in the south-west

First we need to stop depending on oil as a region in whole. Before oil, we had cocoa, groundnut, and palm oil. Reliance on oil has created a culture of laziness in the whole of Nigeria that agriculture was relegated because of it.

Solutions

1. Agriculture

2. Investing in SW companies/states [I feel that a lot of Yorubas still don't understand the impact of investment]

3. Small start up companies that can meet our local needs....which will eventual compete within the international sphere.

4. ICT! ICT!! ICT!! Technology is taking the world by its horn. Yorubas, we're leading in this aspect, but we need to create more tech oriented companies.

5. Education - Teach our people what WE can do, create. Just show people what's out there.