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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/fg-to-refine-1m-bpd-of-petrol-by-2014-minister/
On August 1, 2011 · In News

Lagos: The Federal Government said on Monday that it would refine more than one million barrels of petrol per day (bpd) by 2014.

The Minister for Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, disclosed this at the Society for Petroleum Engineers (SPE) yearly conference and exhibition in Abuja.


Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum Diezani Allison-Madueke

Alison-Madueke said that the nation’s refining capacity would receive significant boost in the next three years with the building of three new refineries.

According to the minister, the turn-around maintenance of the four refineries in the country will be handled by the companies that first built them to ensure efficiency.

“The new refineries and the old ones will actually give us the result that we desire in this country,’’ she said.

The minister said that the turn-around maintenance of the four refineries would be completed within 24 months, beginning with the Port Harcourt refinery.

The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr Austen Oniwon, said that a Japanese firm, vast in the repairs of refinery, would handle the Port Harcourt refinery.

Oniwon said that talks were on with another firm in Italy, adding that hopefully by next year, the firms would move into Port Harcourt refinery to begin work.

“It is not just the turn-around maintenance, it is the full rehabilitation of the refineries,’’ he said.

According to Oniwon, the refineries have no limited capacity and there is not going to be a major change in configuration of the facility since the plant is still the same.

He said the major challenge of one of the refineries was the imbalance in one of the units, which had been expanded by the licensor of the unit in July.

“So our team will be going to U.K. to meet with the consultant to review the feasibility study.

“Thereafter we will engage the financiers and the contractors to examine the feasibility study to determine appropriately the type and the configuration of the Greenfield refineries,’’ Oniwon said. (NAN)

LIES AND THE LYING LIARS THAT TELL THEM.

Alison-Madueke said that the nation’s refining capacity would receive significant boost in the next three years with the building of three new refineries.

No mention of how we are going to get these extra three refineries. Is she going to wish them into existence?? No measurable goals and no checkpoints.

In the Book of Fresh Air (chapter 1 verse 1) 1:1 - In the beginning GEJ created a better Nigeria. Fresh Air 1:2 - And GEJ  said, LET THERE BE THREE REFINERIES and there were THREE REFINERIES.

Oniwon said that talks were on with another firm in Italy, adding that[b] hopefully by next year[/b], the firms would move into Port Harcourt refinery to begin work.

Where are our timelines, and measurable goals??


This is deception of CRETINS by CRETINS for CRETINS 

Beaf:
[size=14pt]Power supply: Minister sacks four PHCN CEOs[/size]
On August 2, 2011 · In News
By Yemie Adeoye

ABUJA—The Minister of Power, Professor Barth Nnaji has announced the immediate removal from office of four Chief Executive Officers of Distribution companies across the country.

The move which is aimed at strengthening the capacity of distribution companies nationwide to enable them serve the public better led to the immediate replacement of the four Chief Executives.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Media relations officer to the Minister, Mr Ogbuagwu Anekwe, in Abuja yesterday.

Those affected include Engr. Justus Obilomo (Eko), Engr. Oladele Adeola (Ibadan), Engr. George Chiatula (Benin), and Engr. Kosiso Nwaokoro (Jos).

The minister named their replacements as Engr. Oladele Amoda (Eko Distribution Company), Engr. Bolaji Mofoluso Oyesiku (Ibadan Distribution Company), Dr. Effiong Umoren (Benin), and Mrs. Vera Ngozi Osuhor (Jos).

Nnaji had told the top level managers of the power generation, transmission and distribution companies in a meeting last Monday that those who failed to perform and consistently miss their service level agreement targets would be replaced, to underscore government’s seriousness to pursue the reform agenda robustly.

The minister later met with the new CEOs and congratulated them on their appointments. He said that government’s expectation was that they would live up to expectation.

The minister also told the CEOs that the government would hold them responsible for meeting the service level agreements already subsisting in their various companies. The appointments he said, takes effect immediately.

Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan has tasked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to develop three new refineries in addition to the rehabilitation of existing ones in the country in order to meet the country’s common objective of attaining self sufficiency in petroleum products.

The president who was represented by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, at the opening ceremony of the 35th edition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) 2011 in Abuja, however did not give any timeline to achieve this.

He explained that the implementation of the national energy policy, which is expected to reposition the oil and gas sector for sustainable development has started yielding positive results as Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity is already on the verge of hitting over one million barrels per day.

According to him,  “Nigeria’s national energy policy recognises the multi-dimensional nature of optimal energy resources management, at the same time, it addresses diverse issues such as energy efficiency, environmental stewardship, research and development, as well as energy pricing and financing along the entire oil and gas value chain

He further said that, “These policy objectives are now actively being pursued in an integrated manner to give impetus to this vital sector of our national economy via incentivising oil and gas exploration and production while modernising its laws to create an appropriate institutional framework for the implementation of the policy.”

The president also challenged members of SPE to deliberate and proffer to government the best measures to be adopted in the process of ending gas flaring within the stipulated government timeframe

He said: “Government is also focusing on addressing the considerable environmental challenges in the Niger Delta through the adoption of environmentally  friendly technologies in our exploration and production activities”. According to him, “every nation with an important coastline must adopt best practices in its oil and gas activities to safeguard aquatic ecology of the coastline which many of our communities are dependent on” noting that, “the recent BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is an important warning signal to Nigeria and lessons learnt from the incident must be shared especially through professional bodies like the SPE. ”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/power-supply-minister-sacks-four-phcn-ceos/

Na wa o.

It is not good to be an educated illiterate o.

No Time frames, Timelines, no check points, no measurable goals. Just orders, orders, and more orders.

this should be a Nollywood movie - Let's think of it as the Nigerian version of transformers. It will be titled.

RETURN OF THE SYCOPHANTS!!!   

EzeUche:
I would vote for a Yoruba before I vote for a Northerner. 

My point being that they Northerners don't exactly need southern votes to get the presidency in a free and fair election.

If the April 2011 elections were free and fair, the NE and NW block of votes would have propelled Buhari to a runoff election.

Bros. I'm sorry to tell you this but the North, at least the core north, remains the  mostly likely to unite behind a consensus candidate.

Do not be deceived.

The NE and NW have enough votes to overrun the SW and SE combined.

Now,  why don't you pick up a calculator and do the basic math.

Are you saying a Yoruba candidate will not emerge in the next two elections??
Are you saying a South East Candidate will not emerge in the next two elections??
Are you saying a South-South Candidate will not emerge in the next couple of elections??

Do you believe that most South-Easterners would vote for a Yoruba candidate if one of their own is running??
Now,  do you honestly believe that most Yorubas will vote for a South Eastern candidate if a capable Yoruba man like Fashola is running??


Wake up and smell the coffee. Don't be deceived by the nonsense results declared in favor of GEJ.

The core north will rally behind a single candidate in the coming elections. If the results are free and fair, I believe our only hope is to convince General Buhari to run again, or else, it will be Oga Atiku. In that case, we are all screwed. Buhari is the only one that can receive full northern support or split votes with any other northern candidate, thereby allowing another region to take the cake.

In a free and fair election, all any northern candidate needs is 70 to 80% of NE and NW votes. Let us not forget the few NC votes that will add to it. We shall then laugh and see if SE and SS will vote for a Fashola. Or whether SS and SW will vote for an Okorocha, or Chime.

The North are preparing, and now that GEJ has chopped their kpomo, once they get the presidency, we call all say goodbye to it for another 12 years.

PDP - SHARE THE MOTOR!!!

PDP - SHARE THE MONEY!!!

I'm quite sorry to say this but This guy may be a dullard o.

HE NEEDS A REAL LAWYER.

1 year later and he is just talking.

Chei

This is America. GET PAID MR. MAN.

People sue for things far less serious than this.

I no be lawyer but I can already say

1. Sue the bank for discrimination

2. Sue the police for wrongful arrest and detention.


At least, you are looking at $25 million here

When the judge adjusts everything. At all, At all na winch $3 million go comot.

In all honesty, All I can so far score GEJ is 0/5.

Based on Jensinmi's Theorem, I can reasonably predict that GEJ's tenure would be a failure in most respects.

Behold Jensinmi's Theorem regarding Governance:

Below are the core components required of a performing governor/ minister/ president.

1. Sincerity of purpose and intention
2. Critical Thinking
3. Willingness to listen to criticism
4. Ability to learn from the mistakes of others (and from one's own mistakes)
5. Ability to judge people's character and ability, and thus delegate them to the right tasks.


The above 5 things are what you need to succeed in Governance.

It doesn't matter if you are an illiterate (although some of these - esp. No. 2 - tend to come with education and exposure), if you possess these 5, you would make giant strides and succeed in any leadership position you find yourself.


In all honesty, GEJ scores 0/5.

Based on Jensinmi's Theorem, I can reasonably predict that GEJ's tenure would be a failure.



@ Gbawe:



If you keep responding to GEJ's proponents' replies, you'll type yourself into early osteoarthritis of the hands.

Behold Jensinmi's Theorem regarding Governance:

Below are the core components required of a performing governor/ minister/ president.

1. Sincerity of purpose and intention
2. Critical Thinking
3. Willingness to listen to criticism
4. Ability to learn from the mistakes of others (and from one's own mistakes)
5. Ability to judge people's character and ability, and thus delegate them to the right tasks.


The above 5 things are what you need to succeed in Governance.

It doesn't matter if you are an illiterate (although some of these - esp. No. 2 - tend to come with education and exposure), if you possess these 5, you would make giant strides and succeed in any leadership position you find yourself.

Kindly share your opinions on this theorem.

deli.cious:
^Is that the image of the suspect? 

As a matter of fact, it is.

Right now the gentleman in that picture is being "probed" in all manner of ways by our Nation's utterly useless State Security Service.

The man has our condolences.

They will certainly "boko" his haram wellu wellu tonight.     

I agree with the folks here who are emphasizing the importance of vocational training.


A friend of mine just got a student visa to the U.S.A for an MBA program.

First thing I asked her is - do you know how to braid and weave hair??

As a student here in America, don't expect to have any ready employment coming your way, I told her.

But if you are able to braid and weave hair well, you can make as much as $18 to $25/ hour making hair from the comfort of your own home when you are not in class. There are many professionals with big degrees in America who are not even making that much.

It is beneficial in life for one to have a skill of some sort.

Gbawe:
project kicks off in 90 days  Ekt_bear, jensinmi et al , no comment from you guys ?  I thought Aregbesola and co are "clueless" and are "all talk and no action" according to you guys? Aregbesola effectively attracting FDI that seems set to impact positively on the fortunes of Osun State is certainly miles better than how Oyinlola focused on supplying guns and knives to thugs. If this were to be a negative story I know many would have been all over this thread like white on rice 

http://www.osundefender.org/?p=17900

@ Gbawe: 

Please refer to the following thread.


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-687852.0.html

The response is all there.



I dey laugh o. I go siddon look.


If ever the phrase same script but different actors has ever been true in this universe, It will be in this situation.
I'm sure you are aware of it; nonetheless, read through and focus on the objections in that thread.

It's been said earlier, but we'll keep referring you to that thread.

Osun, Korean Investors Sign MoU On N60bn Agric Investment •Project Kicks Off In 90 Days

Barely a month  after a proposal was presented before the governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, by a group of Korean Investors, Synctop Corporation Limited, the governor and the investors have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of $400m (N60 billion) agricultural company in the state.
The memorandum, which was signed under the Green Wealth Agricultural Project, is expected to generate 127,000 employments and boost the economy of the state when it takes off.
It would be recalled that the investors, led by Mr Moon Kyungsoo, early last month presented a proposal to invest in agriculture in the state to the tune of $400million with the state having to cater for the 10 per cent (N6billion) of the total amount as counterpart funding.
Aregbesola described the signing of the agreement with the Korean investors as historic, as he was able to bring investors to the state within his short stay in office without extra kobo of the state being spent, except the cost of the pen and the ink with which the agreement was typed as against the several trips abroad embarked upon by the ousted Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola-led administration in the name of rooting for investors without anything to show for it except debts.
He said: “My joy is predicated on two clear platforms. The first is the prospect of generating 127,000 employments when this project kicks off. I have no doubt that this project would go a long way in tackling the monster of unemployment in our country, particularly our state. Even for that alone, no effort will be spared by us to ensure that this project works.
“Secondly, my joy is the promise of boosting the economy of the state. If there is anything this agrarian state requires badly, it is the possibility of using this primary engagement of our people to drive its economy. I am more than expectant in looking at how our collaboration will bring about this and I believe that this will work successfully”, the governor hoped.
Aregbesola noted that the state was not just going into the agreement because it desires it, saying that all technicalities, procurement, evaluation and other specified government procedures have all been fulfilled.
In government, he said, no matter how promising a proposal might be, it must be scrutinized and approved by all the government agencies involved in the civil service before one can beat his chest that effective process had been followed.
The governor added: “I am happy to say to the whole world that this is not just a question of running through one’s desire, but all arms of government that should look at this critically looked at it and the Solicitor-General even confirmed that it has passed the acid test of all the arms that should look at it.
“We are equally joyful that we do not have to go round the world in a mindless and reckless push for investors, as it was done by some people here for seven and a half years and nothing was brought except debt”, he reiterated.
While promising that the state would meet its obligations of the agreement, he enjoined the investors to also be faithful to the state and discharge their responsibilities under the agreement, just as he called on the people of the state that would benefit from the agreement to discharge their responsibilities as law-abiding, responsible, decent and reliable citizens.
Speaking earlier, the linkage between the state and the investors, Dr Adebayo Adewusi, confirmed that once the government fulfills its obligation, the project would take off in the state within the next 90 days.
Describing the signing of the agreement as the most important aspect of the project, Adewusi urged the state government and the Koreans not to derail from the seriousness they have given the project so far.

I dey really begin to gbadun this belief that you can get something for Nothing.

Fire Brigade approach. Foreign direct investment will solve all our problems.


@ J12: Thank you for your time will tell comment:

Companies with no track record promising us the moon.

Employment of all 150 million Nigerians 
And other claims on paper.

Let us ask the company to show us one country where they have provided employment for 20,000 people. Corroborated evidence o. Not just unilateral claims. Let's ask for a working model of what they want to do. Some folks here will jump up and shout us down for asking. As if we have no right to know. No wahala o.

I agree with seanet03 and hercules07

What guarantee does anyone have that the $4 -$5 billion saved from subsidy will be used for any development at all??


Did they use the $5 billion or more accrued to the Excess Crude Account yearly for any development??
Did they use the $30 billion or more in the budget for any significant development??

But GEJ and all these thief thief governors want us to think that it is this $4.5 billion that they will save from removing subsidy that they will use to revolutionize and build a better Nigeria, hereby change our lots.


LIES AND THE LYING LIARS THAT TELL THEM.

Heck NO. The government shouldn't.

I LOVE PLANKING.

Wish I had photos to post up on Nairaland.

Let's make this the planking thread. We can post photos.

nigerhead:
Is this not the same thing we hear from every newly elected politician. They come in and start telling us how their predecessor actually left the finances in a worse state than they ever imagined. Everybody suspected and heard enough rumors of OGDs mismanagement in Ogun, so if he already knew OGD was a thief he should have been prepared for the worst, the way it is now, he is telling us that there are still dirtier revelations coming our way about OGD. Lets beg him to stop, and tell us how to get Ogun out of its predicament.

What we need to hear is what their solutions to the problems will be, I bet you, we will not hear anything definite about their solutions. What we need to see him doing is giving us definite road maps as to how he plans to tackle the situation over the next 4 years of his administration. SIMPLES!

If OGD sold Olumo rock, does the concession make Financial sense, dont just come and say that he sold it off, it is still the property of OGun state.

Thank you very much sir. May God bless you. From Kwankwaso to Amosun to Rochas,

Everyone kicks off with the same excuses. All of this is very akin to GEJ's "4 years is not enough to make a change."

What we need to hear is what their solutions to the problems will be, I bet you, we will not hear anything definite about their solutions. What we need to see him doing is giving us definite road maps as to how he plans to tackle the situation over the next 4 years of his administration. SIMPLES!

Exactly the point that I made in my previous post. Uncle Gbawe decided to ask what I expect them to do in 1 month.

I expect them to know the yoruba adage.

Omode to ba ti ma gbon, ati kekere lo ti ma se enu shuwe shuwe.
Translated: The pikin wey go know book, na from when him small we go know by the way he dey talk and him character/ sharpness.

I expect them to spend as much time talking about the solution as they do the problem.
I expect road maps, milestones, goal-setting, quantifiable achievements.

You don't need 1 year of GEJ to know that the man has no plan for Nigeria and that we should not expect any change from him. His actions in as little as 1 week can tell you.

Likewise,  1 month is enough for us to see the roadmaps and solutions that these governors have for their states. Nothing on ground yet. No Manifestos before election and no plans, milestones, roadmaps, and setting of measurable goals afterwards

Amosun said he won't probe the previous administration. Fine for him.
If that is the case, why the complaining?? - WHAT'S DONE IS DONE, LET'S BE SOLUTION ORIENTED.

We are waiting to hear solutions. Enough of the usual excuses. Everyone gives those excuses. Nigerians are tired.

Do you think the average man on ground in Ogun state cares about whether OGD left debt of N25billion or N45 billion??

People want to know what the new administration can do for them with the limited resources available. Enough excuses.

If Amosun has no idea what to do, Ekt_bear and Jensinmi do. He better start asking for our help. 

An absolutely wonderful gesture from Gov. Fashola.
Eko o ni baje o.


I do pity all these other ACN governors that rode to power on his fame and achievements, and people are expecting to perform anywhere near his level. Such people will be sorely disappointed.

Interesting change in perspective from ekt_bear in this thread.

I always used to consider him an apologetic for most of these ACN governors.

@ ekt_bear: I am thankful you appreciate that most of these new governors don't seem to have much planned for their states.


AMOSUN, AJIMOBI, FAYEMI, AREGBESOLA - There is no "Fashola" in any of these guys.

All we will get will be excuses, delay tactics, grandstanding, and backpedaling.

Some people here said there was no way for Amosun to know the true state of affairs while campaigning. Well,  that might be true; but that was the more reason to not make lofty promises of thousands of employment opportunities and jobs, roads, free education and healthcare and turning their states into "new Lagos".

If they could not restrain themselves when making all these promises for votes, whose fault is it now??

On inauguration, they will promise education and healthcare to some folks and some days later start backpedaling. As if someone put a gun to their heads when they were blurting out nonsense.
   
I agree with Ekt_ Bear. All we hear are problems, problems, and problems. Not a single mention of solutions.

How to decrease overhead.
How to raise IGR.
How to maximize current federal allocation.


Not them o. All they want to do is complain. Tell them to give us a roadmap now.  . . abi time never reach??

For Gbawe and co, asking Ekt_bear to cool down. As it dey burn person, na so e dey pain am reach.


We are complaining because we had extremely high hopes of these individuals. Not because we have anything against them.


For to whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. - Luke 12:48

DON'T LET ME EVEN START WITH THE FOOLISH PDP GOVERNORS. I WON'T LEAVE HERE TODAY.
But then,  we didn't expect much from them.

ekt_bear:
India is not a country I really admire tbh (isn't any better off on average than Nigeria is), I'd much rather be like China.

Anyway, kudos to GEJ for doing the right thing, even if it is politically costly.

@ Ekt_ Bear: Abeg bros. What is all this smack talk about the right decision.

You and this your opinion that in increased tariff will lead to more electricity production and to more investment in the sector.

THAT IS A LIE!!!

The average Nigerian's payment to PHCN is not commiserate with their energy consumption. NEPA fabricates bills to deliver to people.

How many times do we have to tell you this for you to understand it bro.

If GEJ wants improvement, the best step right now is to mandate that PHCN give out prepaid meters. This step is more important than tariff increase. It doesn't matter if he increases the tariff to N1000/kwh. Nigerians will still not pay for fabricated bills.

PREPAID METERS is the first step. Not Tariff increase.

What are people even saying here about the case being retracted.

Of  course the bank will retract the case. Do you expect any bank to begin fighting with a newly appointed Governor over "small change"??

Once you become a Rep, Senator or Governor in Nigeria, the banks begin chasing you around and offering you free loans, and other incentives to get you to patronize them. And in the case of a Governor, they would want you to keep some of that "massive allocation" and security vote in their bank.

Until the day Ajimobi was declared winner of those elections, he would be considered an average Joe; however, once he became a Governor, the bank would see that they could possible benefit more from having him as a friend rather than foe.

That being said.

I believe that the fact that they had to chase Ajimobi for a while and even take him to court for this money is a revelation of his character.

It is one thing for one to have N450 million in an account and have someone credit an extra N15 million. The recipient can easily be said to not have noticed this.
However, to have N15 million in your account and then to see it double, that is totally different.


When we talk of men of integrity, it is "borderline circumstances" like these that cause such men to rise above all others.
Buhari has been shown to be an excellent example of such.

1. Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

2. How can you reap where you haven't sown??

God Forbid, If in paying Ajimobi's allowances, the government accidentally pays him N50 million extra from public funds, aren't we to believe that he will keep the money and not talk, and even become adamant when confronted.

Is reaping where one has not sown the reason why Ibori and so many others like him embezzled money that wasn't theirs??

So,  if the Executive Governor of Oyo gives out a contract of N250 million and the contractors claim they want to "compensate" him with N50 million. Are we to believe that he will not take it??

For those who are defending him, answer me this:

A man is standing in the bank and sees someone forget a bag and leave. He goes ahead and takes it home. At home, he discovers N5 million in the bag.
Can he go to church the next day to do thanksgiving for God's blessing and tell the crowd that he found the bag someone else left?? Will the church congratulate him or request that he return it to its rightful owner.

The Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. If you have the fear of God, you will not take advantage of others for your personal gains.

This incident clearly shows the kind of person Ajimobi is. I pity Oyo state treasury.

Great.
Just the kind of people pervading our electoral bodies.
What a coward.
He came to church with his daughter and ran out without her.

I hope the girl is kept safe and experiences minimal emotional or physical trauma from this.

Yeye Man. Telling the story like he is the action hero from COMMANDO.

2muchlogic:
Yes I prefer a supermarket or online shopping not a dirty market with people haggling no; if you keep it simple and primitive how can you improve the crop yields and quality of food?

@ 2muchlogic: I don dey feel you throughout this thread.

I do have to say that Aribisala0 has a point here.

Biotech is good and nice. But we can still go very far with the most basic stuff.

Problem is we have not even tried at all. It doesn't take more than water, seed, and tractors to begin the process.
We just haven't been bothered yet.

I'm very interested in Agriculture. I need to get some arable farm land in my Ekiti State.
I'm not greedy. 500 hectares is enough for a start.

A wise man once said

"Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease."
- John Witherspoon

I've said all I need to say. We (Jensinmi, kodewrita, kilode??, Ezeuche, alpontif, aigbofa) have sent out our warnings and now, I shall cease with this -


Ekt_bear: Please note where the articles says:

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

What do you think that means??
They are not producing food for Nigeria.

@ Kobojunkie and all


Kindly note that this land on which we stand is our greatest heritage and the only material legacy we can pass on to the generations that come.
It is from this land that they will get their crude oil, their solid minerals, and their water and food.


We must not mortgage our future and that of our children just so that we can have more comfortable lives.

I know that the land may have been sitting idle for decades, and some will say there is nothing wrong for us to give to them.

Please note that the reason it has been idle is because we have not been pushed to the wall. We still have options and plenty of oil money to depend on. It is this laziness for oil money that is causing us to overlook agriculture. A time will come when these things won't be available anymore.

If a tuber of yam starts selling for N1,500, nobody would tell Nigerians before they start investing in Agriculture. My point is that we still have what we consider to be other options and that is why we are neglecting this resource. (Ayo lo n pa wa).

Once we allow some foreigners to take our land, kindly note that this means that neither I,jensinmi, nor Kobojunkie's children or grandchildren will ever have the opportunity to participate in agriculture as anything more than glorified serfs (as stated by alpontif).

First it will be the Koreans, later na Saudi Arabia, then U.A.E, then China, and then before we know it, 20 years from now we won't have enough available land to feed our population that may have reached 250 million or more.

What do we do then?? Evict the Chinese?? Do we expect them to go back home without a fight?? Or would it just be easier for them to send their military over to keep us in check.

ekt_bear:
Lease it out with options to terminate or something after 10 or 20 years

They don't need to buy the land to use it for agric.

Bros. No vex o.

So. . . they will bring $400 million worth of technology and expertise and then allow you to terminate in 10 to 20 years.

They don fall maga1  be that.

I don't think they will allow Ekiti State to turn them into Magas.

If anyone is going to be the maga, I can bet they intend to make us the maga.

ekt_bear:
Investment is the only way to create jobs. Unless we want to mooch off of Niger Delta oil for all of eternity (or more accurately speaking, until it finishes.) And me, I don't want to mooch if I can avoid it.

There are definitely risks which we'll need to take into account. But there is no choice but to attract investment in order to create jobs. It is the only way out.

We're not saying they should not invest o. But we're not giving them large quantities of our arable farmland. They can go and take from Sudan if they want. Generations to come will need this land. As we say in yoruba, eniyan o kin fi ika mewewa jeun (A person must not use all 10 fingers to eat).

They want land? We say NO.

I don't know why some folks will come halfway across the world and tell us that they need 30,000 hectares of Ekiti's arable farmland and some folks like Ekt_bear and Kobojunkie will be telling us that it is a welcome development.

Do you folks think they want to use this land to produce food to feed Nigeria?? Or they are planning on using it to feed their own Nations.

1. Please note that even though they are promising to employ some of our graduates, most of those in the more technical positions will be brought over from their own countries.

2. Whoever owns the land, and the technology gets the benefits. We can't give up vast quantities of our land just so that some individuals can get jobs. How is this going to benefit us?? The land is our only resource as of now. Korean investment, Korean profits, plus 20,000 jobs (realistically,  much less for Nigerians). But the 30,000 hectares is gone at least for whatever the duration of the lease or agreement is.

This is not like some foreigners coming here to build a $400 million power plant. In case of a power plant, if you are not happy with the way the company is operating, you get someone else to build their own power plant. In this case here, once the land is given to them, it is gone. They will plant, harvest, get it to the ports and send it back home to their own countries. We would have gotten 20,000 jobs, and then taxes we charge before export. They would have eaten their cake and had it.

But God forbid we start needing to produce more food to feed our own nation and we've already given out our best land. Well,  hydroponic farming technology still dey sha.

Very few countries in the world play with their land, especially not arable farmland.

~Bluetooth:
Maybe they've not been giving him his delicacy, FURA de NUNU !

Rotflmao

That's quality right there.

aloy/emeka:
[size=14pt]Nigerian Bomber, AbdulMutallab, Slumps In Prison[/size]

Tue, 07/06/2011 - 2:32am | ABIODUN OLUWAROTIMI

The December 2009 plane bomber, Umar Farouk Mutallab, reportedly collapsed over the weekend in the United States prison custody where he is kept as a result of the terror attack attempt he made on a Detroit-bound aircraft on December 25, 2009

A source working with one of the US security agencies reliably told our correspondent that the Nigerian would-be terrorist, Farouk, collapsed in the detention camp as a result of the new offensive moves made by the US security operatives on Al-Qaeda, a notorious terror group.

The source explained that the terror suspect first developed cold feet shortly after he heard about the killing of the late Osama Bin Laden, the leader of the terror group that had claimed responsibility for the 2009 terrorist attack.

LEADERSHIP exclusively gathered that the suspect, who was confident before now that the Al-qaeda hierarchy would stand in for him in the prolonged trial, became highly demoralised with the killings of Osama Bin Laden and another senior Al-qaeda commander, Ilyas Kashmiri, who was killed in a US drone strike in South Waziristan on Saturday.

Ilyas Kashmiri, considered to be planning another terror attack on the US was taken out on Saturday by a US missile launched from an unmanned aircraft that killed nine people during the attack.


https://www.leadership.ng/nga/sites/default/files/imagecache/460x287/articleimages/abdulmutallab.jpg



Still grieving over Bin Laden’s killing, Farouk AbdulMutallab who had refused to eat since the incident occurred, reportedly collapsed in his prison cell when he heard about Kashmiri’s death.

Our correspondent learnt that the recent demise of the two prominent Al-qaeda leaders had substantially weakened the Yemen branch of the terrorist group which claimed that it sent Mutallab for the attack on the Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day as retaliation for a US operation against the group in Yemen.

“Shortly after bin Laden was shot dead by the American security agents, Farouk Mutallab was persuaded by the FBI’s agents to mention the names of the remaining members of the Al-qaeda who sent him on the deadly mission and now there is hope that he will co-operate with the police since it has become glaring to him that there is no support from the Al-qaeda any longer,” the source noted.


http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/484/2011/06/07/nigerian_bomber_abdulmutallab_slumps_prison.html

Yeah. Sure. That must have been why he slumped.

Of course it would not have been related to the numerous episode of waterboarding he must surely have received, or the psychological torture he will be receiving daily. 

Listen boy. The Americans will wear your backside out.