₦airaland Forum

dayokanu: Quoted for posterity

porka: With due respect to your concern of Femi Fani-Kayode's failure to raise these questions earlier.

He can address that himself.

Nevertheless it's logical that these questions are asked especially now in view of;

a)The 20th Anniversary of June 12 presidential election

b) The ascendancy of Ms Susan Rice to the powerful position of Obama's NSA

It's quite disappointing that the vibrant Nigeria media cannot raise these issues with the Americans all this while.

Policewoman: I agree with Obi 100%. The Igbo leaders need to meet with Uwazurike and MASSOB leaders to redefine their missions and Objective. Under president Jonathan who is one of our own, we do not need any longer to fight for any secession. MASSOB's activities should be aimed towards protecting Ndigbo and assisting the security agencies weed out crime and kidnapping from the south east. They should organise symposia to promote the good qualities of the southeast. Sessession is no longer fashionable in this century. Ndigbo can live and prosper in a one united Nigeria if they join as one and stop fighting one another. My 2 cents.

Abagworo: My friend you are a very big liar. Port Harcourt refinery is not functioning and you are claiming 60% where did you get that from. If our refineries work at 60% we will start export of some finished products.

Rossikk: Our refineries are operating at over 60% capacity at present, so there is some value addition taking place in the oil sector. In today's competitive world, exports of raw groundnuts do not constitute economic empowerment, but rather, signal economic dependence and underdevelopment. India produces far more groundnuts than Nigeria ever has. But they export only 14% of their annual yield. The rest is taken up by local industries producing peanut oil and other various items for their home market and for export. That's development.

Rossikk: Firstly, even without 'pyramids' Nigeria is fourth in global peanut production, after China, India and the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut

Second, stop this unnecessary nostalgia. Nations are moving beyond dependence on exporting raw commodities and cash crops. The emphasis now is on value-addition. You add value to your raw materials by innovation and manufacturing, and yield far higher returns when you sell the products at home and abroad, helping to boost local incomes, economic activity, and employment.

Instead of loading up raw peanuts in pyramids for export, create industries close to this source that manufacture stuff from peanuts:



''Paint, varnish, lubricating oil, leather dressings, furniture polish, insecticides, and nitroglycerin are made from peanut oil. Soap is made from saponified oil, and many cosmetics contain peanut oil and its derivatives.''

This is what we should be doing with our raw materials. Adding value.

noblezone: You are completely off point!
The policy is actually the villian, it is one of the cancers eating it up Nigeria. It is a ripple that grow waves and the waves turn to storms. These "quotad" unity school products end up also as "quotad" ministers and "quotad" civil servants and who knows, maybe "quotad" lecturers.
Yet, somebody will have the exclusive right of stupidity to complain that the country is not moving forward and the President is all to be blamed.

On the other hand, I am yet to see the unity such polices has brought to Nigeria. Despite all the efforts to build "one Nigeria", she has been adrift like a blind woman lost in an evil forest, staggering under the influence of the enchantment of "white witches"!

Yes, Lord Luggard must had been a witch abi na "winch"?

Dont try to reason with this guy. He just throws up strawman's agruments just for their nuisance value. Just keep making the clear but painful points you have been making.

noblezone: You have failed persistently to understand my reasoning!
I am saying that the purpose of establishing any school (even secondary school at that matter) should and must be learning. Trading academic excellence in search of a mirage called "unity" is nothing but doom to learning. Look at your logic of survival of the fittest?

In other words, if you can't get power by the ballot, use the gun!
Or since the eagle will surely above the chicken, the chicken can get a gun and force the eagle to fly the chickens level?

I do not want to belong to such a country where merit is thrown to the dogs!
Those who made such policies are retards and that is why Nigeria is a retard!
Other nations are in 2013, but we are in 1302! The most important thing is the tribe and religion of the president.

If he is from our side, he is good, if he is from their sad, he is bad.
It is a shame!