₦airaland Forum

Winnin009:
Drones can’t be used to deliver human cargo. And this copters are literally one of the most dangerous and most effective in the world. It’s weapons system is only bested by the Apache. And it’s an all terrain machine too.

The risk of losing them in an ambush is quite high.
Secondly, it is primarily an attack helicopter not cargo.
I am not saying, it isn't one of the best copters out there.

But our primary security challenge are forest-based, mobile and move in large groups.
I think mobile threats are best tackled with drones with surveillance and attack capabilities.

And given our meagre resources,I am not sure it is the best investment.

Perhaps, the military decision makers has a very good reason for their choice.

RenaissanceGuy:
Very true about the issue of congestion. We need to decongest Lagos, by moving at least 50 FG agencies currently headquartered there, to other states of the federation. That would spread development instead of concentrating economic activities in Abuja and Lagos.

List those 50 FG agencies headquartered in Lagos.
Note the word "FG".

fergie001:
PDP was not just excluded from the Reps election but also for the Senate.

This is contrary to the judgement of the Court.

I suppose we will be having a second rerun if the election hold without PDP.

Supremos:
Cc OAM4J Nlfpmod Dominique Mynd44 Puskin FOD Mukina2 Fergie001

I think this is a gross allegation against Peter Obi, and I hope Peter Obi doesn't keep his calm as usual but respond to him

Anybody who responds to such "allegation" need their head examined.

This jobless man may be exhibiting early sign of psychosis.

Dsimmer:
I like the idea. Best way to crash it is to employ Ethiopia law which is to Ban all BDC and speculators. Anyone found violating it should be jailed and get their funds seized!

Your darling Ethiopia isn't any better.
It desperately needs an economic bailout and BDCs definitely still operate in the country.
At no time in recent history did Ethiopia crashed its exchange rate. Educate me if I am wrong.

SmartyPants:
You can read and digest...it will take you a fraction of the time you took to writw all this to simply read and properly understand that short write up.

Don't assume everyone hate reading like you do.
The article was written in English.
The relevant parts were even highlighted for skimmers.
All you need do is point out any of my response that is not in the article.

SmartyPants:
You can read and digest...it will take you a fraction of the time you took to writw all this to simply read and properly understand that short write up.

Don't assume everyone is like you.
The article was written in English.
All you need do is point any of my response that were contrary to the author's claim.

adekolaelect:
when we talk of productivity in economy .
It is not about earning salary and pay Tax.

Yes, it is all about income.
If a buyer is willing to pay for a goods or services without being coerced.
The supplier is 100% productive.

When you remove Teaching and manufacturers many of our sectors are just parasite that doesn't contribute to the bottom line that can grow economy.

Teaching and Manufacturing are the only productive sectors?
This must be a joke.

I suppose, drivers, doctors, farmers and traders are all parasites right?
I wonder who is paying the parasites?

If you build a huge factory and manufacture millions of items that nobody wants,
you are the parasite. An truck pusher is more productive than you are in such case
even though you are a "manufacturer".

If we are to go by your logic, Nigeria's GDP should about be about $50 billion dollar
since your non-parasitic manufacturing sectors contributes less than 10% to our GDP.
Teaching doesn't even make a dent.

westlius:
I understand you bro
But the forex coming in will be paid to Nigerian govt(CBN)
That means CBN won't lack dollars
This will push down d dollar to naira trade
because they won't be scarcity of dollars

Forex are never paid to the Nigerian govt unless Nigerian government
is the seller of the goods and services.
Perhaps, you meant tax?

“It could take months but there could be more dollars swirling around in Nigeria now that the currency is officially very cheap,” Robertson said.

Currency devaluation does not increase dollar supply.
If it does, most struggling economies will be doing it.

The central bank owes about $5bn in mature forward contracts to different groups in the Nigerian economy that sold naira to the bank in exchange for dollars. FIM’s Robertson warned that this backlog would have to be resolved and short term interest rates needed to rise significantly to attract portfolio investors

I remembered how Buhari commended for expelling "corrupt" "portfolio investors".
So, we still want them back.

On a visit to Nigeria last week, US secretary of state Antony Blinken mentioned that the inability to repatriate capital was an “impediment” to American investors maximising opportunities in Nigeria.

This is the crux of the issue.
No repatriation, no investment.

Oyedele said while the unemployment rate in Nigeria is relatively low at 4.2%, most employed Nigerians do not add any meaningful value to the economy.

He said: “About 81% of people in employment in Nigeria are engaged in a non-productive sector of the economy. They are doing things that do not add value in the real sense of the world.

Here we go again.
What does he mean by value?
If he mean 81% of Nigerian labor force doesn't pay tax, he should come out and state that clearly.

Instead of him to confront the misleading 4.1% unemployment figure, he resorts to blaming workers.

Even if we assume that all government workers including him are unproductive(that is obviously not true), they don't
make up to 5% of Nigerian workforce.
So where did he get his 81% from?

Unless he wants to argue that the private sector is also paying people for doing nothing.

Blitzerz:
What do we do?
Is this not alarming enough?

It is alarming because potential kidnappers also read news
and they have learnt like most Nigerians that kidnapping is a good
way of making huge money without consequence.
We read about mass kidnappings but we rarely read about convictions of kidnappers.

On the way forward, we need a new law on kidnapping and ransom payments.
It should be illegal to pay ransom without involving the police.
Secondly, we need forest-based security unit so we can make it
harder for the kidnappers to operate.

As to the city based kidnappers, those are the easiest to tackle.

We should be buying more advanced drones, not helicopters.
Drones are cheaper to maintain and it saves lives in case of a crash or attack since there are no pilots.

Dijita:
How are we going to afford the payment? I know, we will pay with oil. US always want oil even when they have more than enough in their backyard

No, the payment isn't in oil.
The arms are sold by private companies with the approval of the US government.

Agboriotejoye:
Dude is right

https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20231228-benin-lifts-suspension-of-imported-goods-transiting-to-niger-cotonou

No, he is not right.
It is just like claiming that a person who has visited just Cameroon is a globe trotter.

I remember when his goons also claimed Niger republic is hitting back at Nigeria
by damning river Niger. They failed to state that the damn began more than 5 years before the coup.
Lying by omission is also lying.

Why not file for bail or a fundamental human rights case instead of giving press intervierws?

Solowise0814:
you are a big fool for calling Nigerians clowns, you will not like what will befall you if you guys refused to fix our economy, you guys will run and abandone your houses. We aren't fool we are just being patient. Idiot

There is no "we" anywhere.
You should have learnt that by now.

IamAtikulate:
Like I said, it's okay to defend the failure you voted for without sounding Stoopid.

It's rumour because your brain can't process the information.

The problem with local champions like you is that you think every other person
is just like you.

Your posts have been trashed already and your response have further exposed
you as mere political jobber speculating on topic area you are utterly ignorant on.

Processing and accepting lies are 2 different things.

To a delusional mind like yours, all information are truths and must be accepted!

princeade86:
bro, what emiefele did was the best to stop kidnappers from doing business. They just used politics to brainwashed mumu Nigerians because they knew 70% of Nigerians are either ethnic bigot, or religion bigot.

You must think Nigerians are retards for opposing a policy that dehumanised them.
You mean those buying Naira with Naira and collapsing in banks are fools who
won't have complained but for politics?

Emefiele had no cashless policy, what he did was cash hoarding for electioneering purposes.
That is why he kept the cash at the CBN.
What does he still need them for after confiscation?

Cashless policy would have been better apart from naira redesigned.

Explain why it would be better. Why would you want to redesign Naira, when your aim is to confiscate all cash?

We want better country, but who don't want to suffer in good ways.

We would be foolish to accept suffering so that someone could achieve his political aim.

Politicians see us finish. If to say we accepted what he did by then, everyone would have move on.

Aren't you contradicting, politician made a decision to hoard cash, you applaud,
then you are stylishly insulting those who oppose the measure.

We are supposed to fall on our knees and sing your politician's god praises for inflicting suffering on
hundreds of millions of people. Even slaves complain when maltreated.

IamAtikulate:
Leave your brown roof huts and travel but you said no.

I knew you have nothing upstairs, this just confirmed it.
I see your ego is hurt because you thought you will be applauded for
posting useless rumors presented as facts here.

Let me break it down for you with questions:

1. Was there a coup in Niger?

2. Did ECOWAS sanctioned Niger, including shutting their borders?

3. Was Benin President in Abuja twice to give support to the ECOWAS resolution?

How is this relevant to the blatant lies and misrepresentation you typed above?

4. Has Benin lifted all suspension of imported goods to Niger from Cotonou port?

You made the claim, you provide the source!

5. Is Niger now going to export their crude through Cotonou?

When is now?
currently, 1 year or 5 years time?
FYI, discussions on Niger-Benin crude pipeline has been in the works
years before the coup plotters strike.
Again, show that Benin republic now enjoys a increased crude export from Niger, post-coup.

6. Is going behind ECOWAS to lift suspensions on Niger imports, when you know that most of those goods traditionally pass through Nigerian ports, not sabotage?

You are lying once more. Prove me wrong by showing any reliable source that claims that Benin republic have lifted
all suspensions on Niger imports.
Contrary to your claims. Benin has always been a major transit route for Niger goods.

7. Doesn't Nigeria export nearly $200m worth of goods to Niger?

How is this relevant ?

Your topic claim that Benin is sabotaging Nigeria.
No need for epistle, just show evidence that Benin republic's export of
goods to Niger has increased post-coup. That should not be too hard for
you omnipresent itinerant to do, should it?

Next time, choose your audience wisely when concocting fairy tales.

Why is nobody challenging this beer parlor gist from the OP?

@IamAtikulate provide a reliable source for your information for the so-called Benin sabotage.
The ECOWAS resolution is public document.
Kindly educate on the part of the resolution that Benin Republic has reneged on.

I am sure you are not aware that some goods meant for Benin Republic are actually through Lagos.

dalebrown:
Can these bandits count up to 290 million them go just open mouth waaaa dey pronounce money anyhow

Nobody started kidnapping.
If there is the equivalent word "kidnap" in your local language.
The "east" would have to travel back in time to teach your ancestors about it.

Blitzerz:
I think its time to redesign the naira again.

Emefiele used that thing to bring kidnapping to almost zero

Naira redesign was not responsible for the drop in kidnappings.

Even if you are right, you will be redesigning currency every 6 months.

fergie001:
Appeal Court Judgement for Mwadkwon!

PDP also excluded....

I can't see PDP being excluded in that pic.
Do you mean PDP also included?

hmm

victorv12:
Bro, what's all these hatred for? Haba! Do we have to blame the President for all the problems we're facing? Why are you finding it difficult to blame the police and the DSS boss for their lack of proactiveness?

It seems you guys just learnt the word "hatred"
I am not sure you can write 2 sentences without it.
Now back to the topic.

Don't be silly.
The police and DSS do not answer to anybody but Tinubu.
So, Tinubu is 100/% responsible for all our current security and economic problems.
He should resign if he thinks otherwise.

9japride:
I don't believe someone like late Sani Abacha will tolerate such nonsense of barbarians killing defenceless people.

It seems you don't know Abacha.
He was only interested in threats to his power or purse.
If the bandits would have threatened his hold on power, then he would have acted decisively.

NextAbuja:
But if Arik is named as the national carrier now you go start wailing again.

Go play with your mates.

Evilthoughts:
Stop being illiterate you South African fool. Who is opposed to free movement in Nigeria . We are not xenophobic like you . We like fellow blacks here .stupid

See this imbe cile living in delusional fantasy.
Your schizophrenia must be really strong to lie shamelessly as you did.
Don't skip your meds next time!

No local airline will be designated as a national carrier, I will not do it. We will establish a proper national carrier and people are talking to us, the Arabs are talking to us, the Chinese are talking to us, the Americans are talking to us on this already.

It is either Keyamo is being deceived or he is planning a mass heist.
The Chinese, Arabs or the Americans don't run charities, they will never
invest in a market where they can't repatriate their profits.

Nigeria needs no national carrier which serve no purpose but bragging rights.
Enough of the debts!

BabaAduras:
You were eating subsidized Eba, meat, ponmo and drinking subsidized pure water in 2007.

With that guise of subsidy, some people were stealing your future and the future of children blind. The net effect is what we are seeing today.

You can blame BAT all you want. At least he has the gut to remove the subsidy and allow naira to float to find it real value. Doing so, he has plugged the massive stealing that was going on with the dual exchange rate.

Truth dey bitter.

While those people were stealing your future, they grew the FX from $5.3 to a whooping $53 bilion dollars
when oil price was mostly below $50.
The saints with lower subsidy can't save even $1 million dollar and are taking massive dollar debts to stay afloat.
You see how illogical you sound? It is not your fault, economics can be challenging.

You will be here to type the same nonsense in 2027, even though nothing would have changed.