₦airaland Forum

SeyiGold: There's no god except Allah.

Smooyis: Is it really that Nigeria is broke and we do not
have enough money to invest in our educational sector, or is it sheer apathy on the side of the government to the plight of University students and their lecturers, going by the decay in the sector? Relationships are built on trust. ASUU seems to be saying. Once beaten, twice shy.

sweetestomo: I met this guy a year ago. We love each other so much, he travelled out a month ago and promised I ll join him a year after cos he had a permanent stay. I introduced him to my dad before he travelled but I never met he's family. After he travelled out I started disturbing him that I want to meet any member of he's family. That's was wen he told me that he's a muslim and I am from a strong xtian background I never want to marry a muslim neither ll my dad approve it. He told me that I can go on with my religion but our kids won't. This is not the kind of life I want. And the way I see things its going to get worst than this cos of his family. I love him so much but d fact that he lied to me about his religion right from time and what he has to say about it is dat he wants me by all means and he didn't want religion to be a barrier. Am so confused

omenka: And who's is needed Edwin Clerk's or yours

loswhite: freedom of speech

koonbey: That just might tilt the Scales in favour of APC...Hmmn. #Democracy

loswhite: what would u have done if u were Obama? B4 u give answers ,pls tell us ur area of specialization,and tell us if u have been faced with a crisis situation b4.

Princessmel: Just got home now after having se.x at a guys house. Should I feel guilty or good? I'm not sure how to feel was I rape.d? I didn't intend for it to happen, I objected once but it still did

ckkris: Band aid? Should he have spent more?

olu_kenzo :
I still strongly believe agriculture is the way to go for Nigeria. The government has to start by identifying farm clusters in various parts of the country -- Let's have clusters of cocoa farms, groundnut farms etc etc

ckkris: Why blame Obama for the debts the Republicans piled up since 1970s, even though President Clinton did so well to balance the budget. You don't know how these Republicans just give defence contracts to themselves, and build bridges to nowhere.

wogor@paradise:
how ar we sure the chinese ar not bribing some republicans to be stiff necked against obamas govt? The japanese did it some yrs back wen they use to be very strong.

caukerzee: Is it not obvious that the motives of the repulicans are polical rather than what is best for the nation?

caukerzee: China has been saying stuff like this for a
long time, so in a sense this isn't a big deal.
But as the mess in Washington drags on,
more and more countries are going to be
taking this idea more seriously. I'm generally
bullish on America's future relative to other
areas of the world, but that could change if
dysfunctional governance forces the rest of
the world to essentially gang up against America
for their own safety. Thanks, Republicans!

Austeenx: [color=orange]god of Amsterdam! [/color]

manny4life: @ 0monnakoda and caukerzee,

It's enough abeg, let's not derail the thread, a lot of Nairalanders including myself are enjoying the debate... Let's keep it civil and responsible.

Wallie: Glad to see the thread finally coming to a sane conclusion!

Funny how people are quick to point out how much US treasury China holds but fail to realize the extent of the symbiotic relationship!

US trade deficit with China is $315 billion (US bought $425 billion worth of goods from China but only sold $110 billion worth of goods to them). This is important because it means that more US cash is following to Chinese companies and workers. http://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2013/08/03/what-can-be-done-about-the-big-u-s-trade-deficit-with-china/

Also, what is China to do with all the dollars it gets from goods sold to the US? Save it or invest it? If they were to save it, under which currency? If they were to invest it, where and what should they buy? Gold, perhaps? Last year alone, the price of gold has fallen 26.66%!
http://goldprice.org/
http://www.infomine.com/investment/metal-prices/gold/all/

China pumps more cash into US because they want to keep fueling the spending spree! The relationship is similar to oil importers in Nigeria extending credit to Nigeria to import oil and getting paid at a later date. The importers know fully well that if they do not extend the credit to Nigeria they will not make a sale.

If US crashes or close its boarders, who will buy the Chinese goods meant for the US market? There will be internal strife and unrest in China because manufacturers will close up shop since they cannot sell their goods.

Take a look at the major trading partners with China and tell if any has the capacity with absorb China’s goods meant for the US –

1. EU (27 countries) 13.3%
2. US 11.7%
3. Hong Kong 8.3%
4. Japan 8%
5. South Korea 6.2%
…
15. South Africa 1.5%
…
19. Angola 0.9%
…
44. Algeria 0.2%

Only 3 African countries made the top 50 list, Nigeria did not even make the list, so I guess they can always expand into Africa except Africa is largely poor and the countries will probably close their boarders if they get swamped with Chinese goods because it will kill off whatever local manufacturing capability they have.

http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2006/september/tradoc_113366.pdf

Also, to those suggesting a single currency, do you mean like currently done in the European Union that is being held together by Germany? Do you realize that the Union is not currently working and some countries might be kicked off? See Eurozone crisis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurozone_crisis

Timehin: When and if the new world order breaks in our time it will definitely be from regions that aint already 'saturated' nor reach its peak.

Africa...my africa are we ready