₦airaland Forum

yedidiah:
I am sure Tinubu went to remind him he owns half of Ghana.

ourema:
This is typical of the African president. GEJ changed the way the black African leader conduct their lives when in office.
Now Ghana has followed a new Era of African leadership is emerging

Serendip:
Weak minds easily resort to insults..
Well we talking about presidents graciously conceding defeat and calling their opponents in recent times..

Serendip:
BREAKING: Ghana President Mahama concedes defeat
First it was the Gambian president, now the Ghanaian President.
Has Jonathan started something so fundamental?

Ghana’s President John Mahama called opposition Nana Akufo-Addo on Friday to concede defeat and congratulate him on victory in the country’s hotly contested election, a party official said.

“Yes he has conceded defeat,” George Lawson of Mahama’s New Democratic Congress (NDC) party told AFP, after Wednesday’s nail-biting poll, seen as a test for a country generally viewed as a beacon of stability.



http://punchng.com/breaking-ghana-president-mahama-concedes-defeat/

cc Lalasticlala

angeltolly:
Change don enter Ghana. I hope it's not the type of change Nigerians are enjoying

Emescot:
Congratulations Ghana, i wish you all Nigeria's kind of change IJN

bennyann:
I wouldn't be surprised if Manama has the same fate as GEJ because Ghana has a trend of following the fate of Nigeria. But personally I hope not.

The opposition is leading now but it isn't over until it's over.

I'm still wondering why the opposition used change as a campaign slogan. Them no dey learn from Nigeria?

yarimo:
you must be one of lai muhammed relative abi?

iblawi:
ANY LINK TO YOUR SOURCE.

stepo707:
Where can one see the results online?
Also no I will be coming to Ghana on 20th this month's and I have some questions.i will pm you.thanks

iblawi:
ANY LINK TO YOUR SOURCE.

TheEastActivist:
I think You should be worrying about the govt not disappointing you by failing on their promise again

iblawi:
IF YOU SAY 3-5% THEN I BELIEVE YOU.


BUT HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH 7-8%?

JUST WANT TO KNOW.

yarimo:
Change KO? They will soon experience what is happening to nigeria and nigerians

gbollybakare:
NCC/TELCOS- INCREASE IN DATA TARIFF – WHY NOT NOW, IF NOT NOW?
 
Blessing Olaifa, Abuja
 
For those who have set their alarm clock on the proposed increase of tariff on data usage by telecommunications operators, especially the big players, namely MTN,GLO, Etisalat and Airtel: a temporary victory has been won. The planned hike has been suspended.
 
However, in the days ahead all stakeholders in the industry would face the grim reality over the sustainability of the status quo. Reverting to the old price regime means a lot to the industry, except of course things have to remain as they are.
 
But experts have agreed that things cannot remain the same in an industry considered as “ dynamic, capital intensive and competitive.” As everyone awaits “the finalization of the study on the determination of cost-based pricing for retail broadband and data services in Nigeria,” it is important to put the issues in their proper perspective once more.
 
The Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC,  via a letter had directed the big telecommunication companies to increase their data tariff beginning from December 1, 2016. The letter to that effect was signed jointly by the Policy/Competition and Economic Analysis Director, Miss Josephine Amuwo and the Legal Regulatory Services Head, Mrs. Yetunde Akinloye.
 
They signed on behalf of the Executive Vice Chairman of the regulatory body, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta. Professor Danbatta had on assumption of office in August 2015 unfolded an 8-point agenda to drive the vision of the NCC. Among others, his agenda was to facilitate broadband penetration, improve quality of service, protect and empower consumers and promote fair competition and inclusive growth.
 
The NCC’s, proposed hike in data tariff was to check the emergence of dominant operators in the data service segment and ultimately enhance broadband penetration into the rural area. It’s a journey that must start now.
 
The document further explain that the measure would provide a level playing ground for all players and protect the industry from massive predatory pricing and safeguard investment, ensure growth, and development and sustainability of the industry.
 
In the said letter, the NCC put the interim price floor for data services at N0.90k/megabyte (MB) for the big operators. The big carriers before this new development have been charging as follows: MTN 45k/MB, Globacom 21k/MB, Etisalat94k/MB and Airtel 52k/MB, putting the average at 53k/MB.
 
The smaller operators and new entrants price per megabyte shows that Smile was charging 84k/MB, Spectranet 58k/MB and Natcom was charging 72k/MB. The average charge of this category was 71k/MB. The small operator were described by NCC as “one that has less than 7.5 percent of market share and a new entrant is an operator that has operated less than three years in the market”.
 
 
Reactions to the new price regime were spontaneous from across the country, forcing the NCC to suspend the hike. The regulatory body through its Director of Public Affairs, Tony Ojobo cited a general outcry from Nigerians as reason for the suspension. He said the NCC new position was taken after due consultation with industry stakeholders.
 
Among critical stakeholders that kicked against the hike were members of the National Assembly, Trade Union Congress and the National Association of Telecom Consumers (NATCOM). Nigerians also took to the social media to express their opposition to the hike.
 
While the Senate ordered a halt to the increase and set up a committee to further look into the matter, it however maintained that it would involve all the agencies connected to the matter in its investigation.
 
 
 
However, the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria, ALTON,  expressed disappointment over the decision of the NCC to suspend the proposed price hike. ALTON Chairman, Gbenga Adebayo said NCC’s action would be unhelpful to the industry, as data prices had already fallen to unreasonably low and unprofitable levels. He said the public sentiments expressed across the country against the hike were understandable, but that NCC’s intervention as a regulatory body should not be driven by sentiments.
 
Ekanga Attah, a Nigerian who resides in Ghana, in a publication by The Cable reacted thus: “inasmuch as I don’t support the increase in tariffs, but we have to understand that data (and goods in general) is still relatively cheaper than in most other countries. 
 
“I bought 6gb on Vodafone Ghana for 90 cedis (N9000) and petrol cost 3.69 cedis (N369) per litre while a bottle of star which is manufactured here in Ghana costs the equivalent of N500 while every other commodity cost twice or thrice as much as in Nigeria while the salary scale is equivalent to that of Nigeria as I learnt due to heavy government taxing which makes me want to run back home.
 
“So I know that the government is making some kind of miracle because bigger economies exposed to our type of shock eg Venezuela and to some extent Saudi Arabia are actually experiencing total upheavals.
 
“And to think they still have to do all this with North East in total ruins while catering for about 2 million IDPs so I would say at this point in time we should shoulder the shocks and ride it out because it could have been so much worse”, he asserted.
 
Again the planned increase in data tariff brought into the front burner the issues of infrastructures development and expansion in the industry and the imperative of quality of service. Would Nigerians prefer poor quality of service such as slow networks to improved quality and fast network service? 
 
Would a reasonably justified hike at a period of recession not be an incentive to industry operators who are also facing the challenge of sourcing foreign exchange in the face of depreciating naira value? Industrial operators also face the challenge of equipment shut down and vandalism, yet the base stations are powered with diesel in the face of electricity supply gap.
 
The NCC had rightly argued in a document obtained by The Nation that chief among the reasons for the reintroduction of the price floor was that” some service providers were actually pricing their services below cost, a situation which could spell doom for the industry “.
 
ALTON President had warned about the unsustainability of the old price regime. His loud outcry might be seen as a cry to protect his members. But his warnings that “if the matter is not urgently addressed, it could lead to deterioration in the quality of data services across all networks and attendant poor quality of experience of users,” should not be ignored. 
 
A top official of NCC was of the opinion that “it is also in the interest of consumers who have stake their hard-earned income on data purchase to get quality service in return. Or of what benefit is a data purchased at cheaper rate, yet to download a 2hour movie takes as long as a day, leaving consumers frustrated.”
 
Similarly, he said attaching a 10-page Curriculum Vitae in a Cyber Café could be as slow and time consuming, the pains and frustration of not getting it done at all haven purchased a 1.30minutes airtime could force a nightmare. The hike in data tariff, he further argued should be a win-win situation for all stakeholders in the industry. Whether it is now or later, the choice is before all the stakeholders, the official who would not want his name in print added. 
 
According to a top industrial player “ for those who do business with data, service quality is imperative and irreplaceable.  This could be a different ball game all together for other consumes, however, the NCC is better placed in the long run to chart a course that would be more beneficial to all. Good that NCC had developed a culture of consultation and openness to ensure justice, and fair-play by putting all the cards on the table, its regulatory functions to ensure the growth and development of the industry remain sacrosanct in the days ahead”.

PMONEY6:
I don't know why you guys can't just ignore those Ghanaian fools.
Stop wasting your time.
Country that is dying of jealousy.
They like everything about Nigeria, yet they still pretend.
Music, we're the Best. (Davido, wizkid, even baddo. Just to mention few; outweighs them all. We have Nollywood, (third in the whole planet) they have gallywood (stupid name) that is not recognized even in their own country.
It seems they don't even have a good internet knowledge Cus I wonder what's taking them so long to have galaland thus running here daily to spew rubbish on a platform that has the cure to their madness.
No wonder Mark Zuckerberg didn't bother to say hi the last time he came to Africa
Top 1000 richest men and women in the world, no Ghanaian is there.(but Ghana has a great economy haha)

But Here in Super Naija, we have Dangote, Adenuga, and Alakija respectively. Just to mention few.

A country that is heavily relied on other countries to have even a common budget.
We only threatened them to cut our gas supply the other time, but they started crying like babies (funny people)
Chinese has stopped giving them loan for budget Cus nothing to show for it.
IMF is, and will always be their friend.
Wack country.
Oh they are talking about bomb blasts" (which I'm sure those suicide bombers are even Ghanaians Cus they look so much like them ) even the almighty USA has had bombings even till date.
So, they should hold it there.
But the question is... can Ghana survived even a single blast?
Country like Ghana will be history if they experience quarter of what we've been through.
Nonsense people.
Quote me(Ghanaians) and receive sango 1000mw.

Henryadaku:
How can a normal person reason with Yuh......u expect me to exchange words with you never.....wu ye kwasia paaaa keep running ur mouth no worry Ghana be the best country in Africa u win.......but all this mods sef una no go ban this Ghanians ?

K4:
nonsense upon nonsense!

mods should ban Ghanaians? are you correct in the head? what kind stvpid, fuelish reasoning is that? you fuelish magg0ts had the guts to denigrate Ghanaians and their country, and when Ghanaians respond, you are crying to mods to ban them? you see why I call you mudder fuggers pathetic magg0ts? you pick a fight you can't win and then when your opponents respond, you begin to cry like babies

hahahaha 200 million mudder fuggers are being flogged on nairaland shitland by just two Ghanaians?

fuckeduppedness, next time don't pick a fight you can't win, edi0t!

I dare your so-called mods to ban me! is this not supposed to be nairaland shitland? so why can't you magg0ts focus on your smelly, stinking country? why Ghana Ghana Ghana? I smell inferiority complex

nonsense upon nonsense! and there are many problems in your armpit country to talk about, from recession, baby factories, boko haram, stomach infrastrucGha buhari's performance so far even sef militancy in the niger delta. but you chose to run your stvpid mouths and poke nose into other countries business,huh? such a fooolish people! hahahaha Federal Republic of F00ls



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obinoral1179:
who ask you?

ObiOmaMu:
After several months of sourcing for funds for the survival of their child, the Sam family has lost 13month-old Michelle Sam to Symptomatic Heart Disease.

Michelle was suffering from several heart conditions that lay undetected until she fell sick and was diagnosed of Symptomatic Heart Disease last April.

Later on, the family cried out for help of N6m from the general public for a heart surgery in India. Luckily for them, they met the target and preparation started for the family to fly out the little girl out
of the country to begin her treatment.

However, the family was told the chances of Michelle surviving the surgery is very slim.
This prompted the father to channel his search to several American hospitals.

But unfortunately, the surgery could cost them from 30 to 40million Naira as against the initial cost of 6million in India.

In preparation for the America surgery, the family have to travel to Ghana to rerun some test before setting off to America for her treatment.

The consultants however, cut short their plans when, they were told, the hospital waiting list is too long for her to have the procedure in time, so her parents put all their efforts into raising money for a private operation to save their daughter’s life at the National Hospital in Abuja.

The mother said she knows other patients have been waiting a year for treatment, but Michelle can’t wait that long.

Mrs Sam said her baby was always in and out of hospital and was prone to a lot of infections.

She also disclosed that the pressure was already tough on the family, who desperately did not want to lose their daughter.

She said:
‘I have collapsed two times in hospital because of the stress, and have had to have counselling to help me deal with things. My husband had to be strong for the family and continue working as I’ve been off work for the last couple of months, looking after Michelle.
‘All I wanted was to help my baby, more than anything else in this world.’
Fast forward to November 15, the surgery was successfully carried out in Hospital for Humanity in Abuja by league of American doctors who were concerned about Michelle health and flew down to Nigeria for the surgery.

The joy of seeing their child recuperating was cut short on November 28, when 13 months old Michelle couldn’t bear the pain any longer and succumbed to death.

However, the left over proceeds from the donations from well meaning Nigerians has been used to set up a foundation in the name of Michelle Sam to help others going through the same predicament overcome it at early stage.

The family had also donated massively for another patient suffering from Heart surgery in Abuja few days after losing their own daughter.

Symptomatic Heart Disease is a birth defect of the heart in which there are holes between chambers of the heart, and the valves that control the flow of blood between these chambers may not be formed correctly.

This means that blood flows where it normally should not be able to, and extra blood flows to the lungs.

May God rest Michelle’s soul.

http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/12/baby-michelle-sam-dies-family-donates-funds-charity.html

lalasticlala

laribari:
You are such a slowpoke and a fool, at least for now it is that good for nothing gas that you depend on. See your foolishness!! If them born ur papa well, make una sey u don't want the gas today when you don't have an alternative if nor be beg una go dey beg. Your stupid poor country came to abuja to beg for gas and your debt to be pushed forward. Debtors!!

The gas is useles but at least it I serving you. You are paying for it. Who is the idiot here now? The one buying and paying for crap or the one selling the crap?

Try buy gas from else where if they will sell on credit, you pupper.
You claim your country is better but what I know Ghana people for here in Nigeria are buns sellers, tailors and shoe makers lol.

There are MD and CEOs who are Nigerians in your miserable poor, tiny country. If they say we are in recession doesn't mean we are in same class still. OK, you are a better country abi? What have you manufactured?

You obviously live in the bush so you don't hear anything good about Nigeria. Nigeria is better than Ghana in a light year in terms of human and natural resources. Do u know philip emeguali? Yea, the father of computer (internet), the same one you are using now.

I have liste great things Nigerians have don and are recognized for, even world political platforms have Nigerians in key positions. The last we heard of Ghana was Kofi. Who else?

The most useless thing I have heard from you fool is that our gas is useless, yet you relly on it. See that you are indeed a fool?

laribari:
Well I forgot to address the poisons smoke (carbon monoxide) that your claimed your tiny country one to start producing. Well the fact still remains that for years we took care of you, supplied your needs even when you don't have money to pay. $180M isn't a small money.

If you like use oxygen as LNG, it's on record that we fed and supplied you because without it your country couldn't survive.

At least you were once my debtor!!! You see? You are too small!!

You call this great nationals scammers, yet you got supplied crude oil but you refused to pay. Your debt ran into hundreds millions of dollars.

theives!! Shoe makers (cobblers)

laribari:
Hahahahahahaha! Who should grow up? You are such a fool!

Why didn't your poor country go else where? Who will sell for you on credit? Which African country can you owe 180m in dollars? Are u insane? They will crumble.

Obviously you are stupid and no nothing about business, so you think you can just turn to anywhere to buy.

Abi your brains didn't tell you that these resources are of different qualities. Besides that, some countries are lenient in nature, even in business like Nigeria because we take a lot of things for granted which is our weakness.

We supplied you products running into hundred millions of dols, you are here saying you can "easily" turn else where.

Or you think you tiny country didn't consider things before staying with our product?

What am I even saying sef? Nothing matter than we are carrying your economy. Take power away from it and let's see if you won't struggle.

Whether you are get else where mattered less, but in the main time you are depending on us to survive and PAYING TOO, even though your outstanding is huge.

For now at least, pay tribute to Nigeria. We be father abeg!

laribari:
Bro I feel you even though I do not know ur nationality.
However, it's Ghana that is always wanting to compete with Nigeria. Sin we Chased them out the have always hate and rival us...lol

Even during football games, they always want to die on the field against Nigeria yet we are always bigger and beta internationally which is the truth and that is where the issue is. Ghana is big in her own right but Nigeria is bigger and more recognize internationally.

What prize has Ghana paid for Africans? Do u know how many peace keeping we have embarked in west Africa? How many wars we have won in liberia and Congo to help keep peace? So being accused of poluting west African region with LNG is a statement of an illiterate.

We look after our brothers and during elections across the region Nigeria always send observers and delegates because of our influence.

Till date, Ghana is benefiting from Nigeria and even in debt too so time last year. Paying off th debt doesn't mean they still won't pay for the ones being supplied tomorrow. If Nigeria cut off gas today, Ghana will be blacked out. Let's talk with our sense, putting facts on the ground and you will see that they need our support more.

If Nigeria goes down today, many Ecowas nations will be affected.


Oct 16, 2015 – Ghana Faces Electricity Problem As Nigeria Threatens To Stop Gas Supply Over $181 Million Debt 

Nigeria will delay a plan to drastically cut gas exports to Ghana from Friday while the two sides hold emergency talks over an outstanding debt of $181 million, the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) said.

Ghana already faces electricity blackouts and the threat to cut supply by 70 percent could have worsened the problems and presented an extra headache for the government.

Ghana’s Minister for Power Kwabena Donkor led a government delegation to Abuja that began talks on Thursday with N-Gaz, a Nigerian consortium, and other stakeholders in a bid to avert the threat, said Harriet Wereko-Brobby, WAPCo spokeswoman.

“By next week we are expecting a way forward,” she told Reuters. “There appears to be a will by all the parties to resolve the issue without the flow of gas being cut off.”

Power supply is the number one thing for any country's
Economy and Ghana is depending on us for that. #FACT

So you are reasonable you will know the Ghana govt cannot talk about Nigeria the way many ignorant people do here.


An ignorant fellow calls Nigeria as shitnigerians yet he lives in Nigeria, hasn't gotten frustrated and return home. Another said Nigerians eat from dustbin in what part? Haha!

These are Ghana people on our own platform oo, nairaland a live here because they like to here. Lol

Nigerians are the most extravagant people in Africa and saying they eat from dustbin is fraud! There are poor people everywhere, even beggers in the streets of new york.

Like me now, I do not benefit a dime from Ghana because I don't live there, not on their site or land, my country supports theirs. So when you are benefiting from Nigeria an you are talking trash, you shud be ashamed. Do the honourable thing which is a leave both NL and 9ja sin it's too bad for you.


At least prof wole soyinka (world renowned) did the honorable thing and left the USA. Do the talk!!!

The facts ar there too see.

PMONEY6:
You're Mad.
Get lost.

PMONEY6:
only Davido can buy the whole ghana.
mumu country.

oboy3:
Ghana sucks

I always wanted to visit Ghana for a week or two Bleep their cheap girls,until a friend who is based there told me all,Ghana is more bleeped up than Nigeria,things are too expensive,Nigerians there are the people helping their economy,Naija students there pay in Dollars,Even food is war there that's why many Ghanaian can only afford banku not even tilapia(only the rich can afford it)but egg

Abeg,Nigeria sucks also,but still 10x better than ghana,

thank you

*drops mic*