₦airaland Forum

I do hope d govt isn't trying to embarrass itself.
Outsiders pick good interest in this kind of a devt.

PMB just needs to sit up & put eye on what pple are doing under him. Pple only do what you inspect. We want a definitive change!

Crooks will always whip up sentiments to defend themselves. Corruption must try to fight back, but I think Buhari is more than prepared. Refund our money and u are free to turn frm drug addict to Apostle Paul, your choice bro.

Cadamlk:
The look on her face appears to be without remorse at all.......By the way why is she not in handcuff ?

let's see how d opera plays out. this's a sensitive test of both law enforcement and judiciary too. may be a kid glove for one of their own,albeit a murderer.

methinks Abba Kyari is a little too old for this kind of job. it requires much energy. Btw, u can't gag SR, they and other investigative journalists ve come a long way to help nurture this fledgling democracy.

I might not much like ffk as a person, but this is too deep to brush over.

Op. Nairaland is a sample of d average Nigerian youth mentality, u've just got to bear with it, esp being a forum for d faceless. One wd have suggested return to d old order, but when u check d far past like 2007 posts, u wd still find dark, unintelligent, abusive comments littering d threads. And to think those were days when Internet access wasn't for kids.

Strive d African contemporary mentor. this same man was frustrated out of Nigeria by her leaders, yes, Naija's corrupt leaders whom we the corrupt followers elected to decide for us.
he's joined d rare ones telling us d plain truth about 2016 now, it's left to us to act wisely or keep looking for where to place blames. 2008, the aftermath of d mortgage crisis which saw many gnashing their teeth even here in Nigeria comes to mind. we had earlier thought we were insulated until d tsunami landed on our shores.
from over a hundred for a barrel to less than 30 to one now, we need a lot of belt tightening.

tobisco29:
I guess you're right. A single founder will have no one to fight with.

yeah, decision-making under sole proprietor is faster than d speed of light and has big impact, same reason some countries under dictatorship find it easy to progress while a few despite being in democracy keep 'regressing'.
D'you remember d boardroom squabbles dt snowballed into d death of SavannahBank?

except we are talking about new fields of endeavour entirely, Marginal niche (No3) shouldn't necessarily be a killer as it is quite common to most start-ups, it's d strategies these start-ups adopt over time to meet or surpass competition & break out of d loop that makes all d difference. GT & Zenith were marginal players at entry in d 80s; Etisalat was then a marginal player in d telecoms as a latecomer; even Redeem, LivingFaith, MFM and ChristEmbassy were margin biters in d soul-winning bizness then.

quality post. d points ar great. but don't we think point no1 could be d solution to point no 17? if I lie, ask Dangote or don't go far, ask Seun Osewa.

ziego:
Zikite halla da best

great UI! Zikites are just a unit in UI, it's a hall of residence.

Ugonnax:
I have no doubt that our economy will be turning around by now had Charles Soludo been the Minister of Finance and on his recommendation a new CBN governor. I wouldn't even mind him going back to CBN...he did a fabulous job while he was there.

fact!

Adamawa! A state very synonymous with corruption. I doubt if any state can compete for d trophy in Nigeria, even Abia under orji was a learner. Since we began this republic 17yrs ago, they've never got it right.

though d op's figures for 2014 arn't correct, truth is, Ali is d man for d job. he's an incorruptible officer to d core, we shd expect d dividends in d months ahead. customs wd help buffer d dwindling revenue frm our crude sales.

wrong move by FG. we expect correction soonest!

PMB keeps sending d positive signal all d way. i thought Dikko's frm Katsina.
let's stop defending d not-so-clean among us however much of our blood they can be.

oh lala! like Pius Adesanmi like Reuben Abati. these guys are just masters.
that aside, when individual tribes refuse to defend their own that are involved in malpractices like d yorubas and hausas are currently doing, i believe this country will be great.

the erudite Reuben himself! welcome back, we've missed u a lot since u went with d Otuoke hero. this's where u belong, not politics sir.

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Manufacturers are respected anywhere in the world ,except Nigeria because we have not realized the importance of the real sector to grow the economy.


. Before the advent of this government, some of us manufacturers felt we made the greatest mistakes of our lives by being investors. If not for President Buhari, I would have shut down this business by now or take it elsewhere.

The previous governments,allowed importation, to the detriment of manufacturers. They were interested in making more money than paying attention to quality by allowing substandard goods to come into the country.

We found out the Chinese tricks, we reported to NAFDAC, but NAFDAC has not done anything about it.

If not that CBN came to help us with the foreign exchange policy that triggered our sales, we would have gone under. . Nigeria is not a manufacturing nation.

little did I know that it was a risky venture doing business here in Nigeria. It is riskier than going to fight Boko Haram in Maiduguri to be an indigenous manufacturer here. . Here, in Nigeria who will do it?

NAFDAC boss will not do it, because he says all is well, but we know it is not.

How can investors come when you can’t issue ordinary C of O?

The CBN governor is doing well now. I have come to realise that not that they don’t know what is good, it is because the person at the helm of affairs was not interested then. By the action of the CBN governor now, you will realize that he was interested in performing but didn’t get the support and so he is performing now. I can tell you now that they are listening to advise and by the time they follow the advice step by step, you will see how the government will be praised by those making noise.

I want to draw your attention to this again, before now they will create an intervention fund but after six weeks, the whole fund is in India or Lebanon as these people manipulate documents to take the money out of the system. They frustrate Nigerians.


Our commercial banks are opportunistic, they don’t have conscience. They will tell you their board wants them to make profits, but must they kill to make profit?They steal people’s money through agreement, but when you discover they will tell you it was a mistake. It will take them over 90 days to correct the mistake, but if you owe them a dime, they will put all kind of pressure on you to recover their money. The commercial banks are killing the economy because of their selfish interest, none of them is interested in supporting industries. I wanted to build a tomato concentrate plant in Kano in 2009, but a big bank in this country advised me to import instead of investing in the country. They are not interested in committing to development all they are after is buying and selling.

I want to impact my society and this informed my building churches and mosques, I don’t want people to use religion to deceive the people all in the name of tithe. I am a Christian, but I don’t support this idea of tithe. I give what I have to people who need them. I will rather pay my staff well than give tithe to pastor and and also those that come my way.

I have the capacity to produce, but the substandard products from China have taken over the market. Smuggled products have taken a large chunk of our market share .

But, I have the confidence that with this new government things will turn around.

....my take-aways

kayfra:
What a great business man. I admire him.

The government needs to do everything to protect our local manufacturers. For those criticizing the man for not going to Anambra, business isn't done on sentiments. You locate your business where there is access to raw materials and access to a ready market. Why incur unnecessary costs just for tribal sentiments?

Things don't work that way.

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word!

good one. it's nice seeing nairalanders with efforts like this.

Andy, frm Adam to Wida Na. welldone man.

Op. Mayorall all the way. i've used many, but Mayorall T1 12000mah at that price towers above them. do give it a try.

I wanted to ask where has this Dr Taiye been hibernating since. I have always been asking why this Marwa has not been getting it right lately. this is the guy that performed near-wonders as Lagos guvnor, even in Borno, his records remain not easy to surpass. one had thought he would clinch a top position in dis democracy, but d reverse is d case; his keke Marwa was renamed keke Napep in d North even in his home state; Albarka Airline brought down; presidential hope dashed; guvnorship attempt flopped. he kept changing parties like a prostitute. ...never knew it's that bittch called karma.

" ...will say it time and time again;
Women are one heartless creature!!! I only hope u don't grow to treat another kid like ur aunt did to you..."

Gbam!

oh yes! i've always known Strive Musiyiwa to be a clean biznessman, and I've equally known most top biznessmen in naija to be products of corruption. truth is, it's tough or near impossible to succeed in d nigerian bizness terrain without some smears of dirt called corruption.

"Forgiving a terrorist is God's prerogative, but making sure they meet with Him early is our duty." Lt Gen. S.A.N. Fact is these wretched souls have lost totally, thanks to our gallant officers. but it would be self destruction for Nig govt to opt for any negotiation with any of their fake fronts, if I lie, ask Ahmed Sakilda, Turaki or the Australian Negotiator. remember d purported ceasefire brokered by tChadian president then, our military held to their side of d bargain but we were tricked. that mistake cost us many lives as they gained free access to Michika, Mubi, Hong, Gombi and other townships. these renegades believe in neither negotiation nor peace. They are like cancer, once infected cut it off. their only language is 'kill or be killed'. they know how heavy d Chibok schl girls' situation is in our hearts & they want to hold to it continuously to deceive us while wrecking More havocs. More so, who are we talking with now, d ISIS reps or d defunct Jamaatul(BH). Our govt this time around should not divert d attention of our dedicated soldiers pleeease!

Ghenghen, a new sheriff is in town! I wouldn't know which could be more engaging for Ali, efcc or customs: a million files not yet attended to in efcc or a million petitions bordering on fraudulent sales of contrabands, goods marked for destruction but found their ways back to d mkt, or nearly all officers and men in d service who found their way in not by merit but through d back door.

perfect write-up op. 95% or more of NLers shd be introv. it's just not possible to be extrov & take up permanent residence in NL.

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