₦airaland Forum

Nigerians have turned to truck raiders in search for food.

Election has consequences.

ArcSEMPECJ:
Alright V.P...noted , hope they can break Aso rock in a responsible and mature manner too Sir

This hunger can give people unseen bullet proof ooh

Whatever they do to show they are hungry has to be in a responsible and mature manner😁

Misterone:
So we should give 10 million people light while 220 million people will be in darkness! Is that what you're saying? Most likely, those that will be supplied light would be the rich! So the poor should remain in darkness while the rich live in affluence! Oga think this your rubbish well. The more the populatiogn, the more megawatts you need to produce and with the current practice of nigerians not wanting to pay for what they consume, how can power generation grow?

It isn’t rubbish.
Do you know that there are some places currently in darkness as I’m typing this?

Do you know that there are some places in this country that enjoy 24 hours power based on arrangement with phcn? You don’t know that.

Do you know that some states can build independent power plants & generate enough power for their use while selling the rest to the national grid? You don’t know that too.

I bet you don’t also know that prepaid metering can solve the issue of refusing to pay for what is consumed. If you don’t recharge you won’t have light. Simple.

The light won’t be for the rich like you stated. A zone by zone arrangement until all zones are covered with whatever arrangement the states & the federal government have.

Hmm

Yearly fight go turn to monthly fight

Lol

ArcSEMPECJ:

Our V.P has spoken.....let's move to the next thread abeg

We have to remind them so that whatever they do as a result of this hunger, they do it in a responsible and mature manner.

Exousiang01:
My sincere apologies sir.
Have a good day.....
Go and continue playing with sand

"When a man stands on The road arguing with a mad man, soon people begin to think he is also mad" - Prof Chinua Achebe.

Apologies Sir!
Have a nice day.
Go & play with your mates in kindergarten.

“Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.”
George Bernard Shaw

Abi

Tellmeastory:
Dude, South Africa’s annual budget is $125 billion for its 60 million people.

Nigeria, with its “great oil wealth” (in your heads) has an annual budget of $35 billion for its 240 million people.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that the oil income is GROSSLY INSUFFICIENT even with ZERO corruption.

And instead of stupidly fighting over access to the crude oil money, you should be diversifying your income sources like your lives depended on it.

Indonesia makes over $27 billion a year exporting PALM OIL.

Why aren’t we doing that?

We even have more palm oil than crude oil!

A part of your argument shows you are beginning to get small sense.

On the issue of oil proceeds have you heard about oil theft in Nigeria? Isn’t that corruption? How then will zero corruption not lead to increase revenue?

On the issue of looking for other sources of revenue, that one isn’t something that we should be told as a nation. Before oil came we were getting revenue from cocoa, groundnut, oil palm etc. even with that we were still doing well. With the discovery of oil we became rich. We are still a rich nation. We could become richer if we end corruption (oil theft, looting etc.). We could also increase our wealth by revisiting cocoa, groundnut, oil palm exportation. Also by controlling the mining of the abundant mineral resources in our country.

I still stand by what I said: Nigeria isn’t poor!

Exousiang01:
You wrote this reply on my comment?
Did you even read to understand what I wrote you are just slow.

You wrote this reply on my comment?
It’s obvious you have a comprehension problem. Too slow for this generation.

Goodnewsforlife:
but hope u will also say this if the name is changed to tinubu?

A resounding yes. It’s called tfare unless the giver decides to abuse it by trying to use it as bribe.

Misterone:
Togo with a population not more than that of Onitsha, Ghana is not up to Lagos

Population isn’t an excuse. Start from a section & work your way up with a plan. If 230 million people can’t have 24 hours light then start with 5-10million & 230 million would be achieved in no distant time.

Tellmeastory:
IF YOU REFUSE TO USE YOUR HEAD, THAT’S what you get.

THE OIL INCOME IS A PITTANCE.

That is the simple point that is like rocket science for you people.

Nigeria’s annual budget for 240 million people is $35 billion.

That includes the oil income!

The US annual budget for its 300 million people is 8 TRILLION DOLLARS.

Still think you’re a rich country because you “have oil”?

You ain’t gat shiiiiit!

THAT IS THE POINT.

Even with ZERO corruption, we will still struggle BIG TIME, until we expand the economy to earn more as a nation.

But if you have a mindset of “Oh, if only they stop stealing the oil money, we will be like America and UAE and Japan”, you will never get ANYWHERE.

Because the oil income ain’t shiiiit!!!

I can see your case is irredeemable. Uncouthness flows in your veins.

Did you say with zero corruption Nigeria will still struggle? I would like to see that struggling Nigeria with zero corruption but with great leaders who will invest the proceeds of oil & grow the economy.

Did you say Nigeria is poor? I put it to you Nigeria isn’t poor.

If oil income ain’t sh!!t like you put it, then why is the budget hinged on oil proceeds?

Tellmeastory:
It is the HEIGHT OF IGNORANCE and IDIOCY to compare yourself to a country that has 100 times more money than you, by virtue of their tiny population and gigantic oil wealth.

It shows your head is not correct!

If Nigeria will advance, it will NOT be because of oil wealth. The oil income is a PITTANCE for our huge population.

You must be a f0.0l to insult someone over a simple discourse. Say what you have to say & stop showing the world how uncouth you are!

What stops Nigeria from advancing with proceeds from oil? The only problem Nigeria has is corruption. Let there be a death penalty law for corruption/looting of government money & watch how oil proceeds will be invested well.

If you must respond do so without insult(s). I’m tired of teaching you how to write in public. Learn to address people who don’t share the same opinion as yours with respect. At least I taught you something in this life😁

Please Kaduna residents, we know there’s hunger in the land, however, loot in a responsible and mature manner.

Tellmeastory:
SEE, THIS IS THE IGNORANCE I HATE ON THIS FORUM.

This dude just compared Nigeria to UAE!

UAE!

The UAE has 100 billion barrels of oil reserves, exporting 3.2 million barrels per day, with a population of 9 million people.

Nigeria has 37 billion barrels of oil reserves, exporting 1.5 million barrels per day, with a population of 240 million people.

But this guy thinks Nigeria should be “like UAE”.

IN FACT I GIVE UP ON THIS FORUM.

This is the ignorance I hate in this forum. You don’t compare yourself with never do wells and expect to make it. Compare yourself with those that have made it & see yourself starting to be like them. You might not be 100% like them but you’ll be on the path to being like them.
UAE was brought in to prove that age isn’t an excuse. Learn to read and comprehend before saying how ignorant other people are.

Exousiang01:
When these countries were producing cars and sophisticated weapons of warfare, building trains etc our ancestors were selling their brothers in exchange for a piece of mirror....
A mirror was what was classified as technology, something important enough to be exchanged for a whole human being.
So tell me again how we are mates?....
Don't get me wrong, we are supposed to have advanced beyond this stage, I am not supporting our current state as a Nation, but you cannot compare us with the countries you have mentioned

Aren’t we the giant of Africa? Shouldn’t we be compared with other giants in different continents? How are giants not mates? Giants are mates.

Lol. Someone gives you tfare back after inviting you to his space he automatically becomes a fraud. That means fraud plenty going by this new definition.

Brands that pay influencers to promote them are now fraud. What a new definition to fraud.

Pastorjohn2:
This post highlighted businesses are going an average of 10 hours a day without power. You're comparing it to this same nigeria where it's common to go a whole month without power? It will never be well with you and PDP goverment and obasanjo.

PDP left power almost nine(9) years ago. If those that criticized them couldn’t achieve what they criticized PDP of in eight( years, then it is an indication that they aren’t different from the PDP they criticized.

Tellmeastory:
Because Nigeria has 240 million people, it's harder.

Same issue with India and Pakistan.

Togo and Ghana have more steady light than India.

It is easier, cheaper, and quicker to power up a small country of 5 million to 30 million people versus one of 240 million or 1.2 billion.

It's really that simple!

By the way, USA, Britain, Germany, Russia etc have been independent for several CENTURIES, versus Naija's 60 years. It makes no sense saying we should be like them by now.

Imagine comparing yourselves to countries that have been independent for over 350 years!

You will just give yourself unnecessary blood pressure.

You believe this 240 million estimate abi?

Electricity generated in some states shouldn’t be put on the national grid. With that it will be easier for most states to enjoy stable electricity. Generate your electricity, power your state & sell what you don’t need to the national grid.

Nigeria being independent for just 60years isn’t an excuse for Nigerians not to enjoy stable power. Don’t make excuses for bad leadership. Nigeria has all she needs to be the giant she claims to be. Nigeria is not a poor country.

UAE gained independence in 1971, less than 60 years ago, not centuries ago. Their leaders are investing their money well while our leaders are looting our money well.

All these people sef.

The Obidient group is not a political party. It is a support group. Just as the Jagaban Army & other support groups that were formed or Atikulates formed to support Atiku. These are/were not political parties.

If GMB decided to support someone else and Jagaban had to leave the party to SDP as it was speculated, certainly his supporters including the Jagaban Army that was formed would have followed.

It’s not everyone who supported Obi that voted LP candidates in their various polling units. That’s the beauty of democracy.

Elections had been conducted. The questions you should ask yourself are:
1. Am I proud of my choice?
2. Is my choice on Election Day performing well(in whatever office he/she contested for)?

If you are not proud of the performance of the person you voted for, then you did your country, state & constituency a great disservice. Nonetheless, it’s democracy where everyone has a choice; good or bad.

Why do you people like comparing this giant of Africa with these kind of countries?

USA, Britain, Russia, France, Spain, Germany etc are giants. These are the giants you guys should be comparing with an African giant.

Okay if they seem too big let’s come down to Africa. I know Ghana is not a giant in Africa but try & compare Ghana with Nigeria & see how Nigeria is. Ghana beats the African giant hands down on stable power. Even small Togo is doing well.

Make I no talk wetin Dey my mind🤐

True

When those in government were telling hungry Nigerians to exercise patience and give the present administration more time, I laughed. They failed to understand that hunger doesn’t understand patience for too long. Once hunger strikes, you have to do something about it. Food is the language hunger understands not patience. Especially when there’s no hope of food coming.

Those preaching patience & asking for more time for BAT are feeding fat from our common patrimony yet they expect the masses to endure & enjoy later in an imaginary future.

Why warehouse food when the people you govern are hungry? Share the food! People are hungry for Christ’s sake. The cassava (garri & fufu), agbado (maize), ewa (beans) that were used to campaign with are out of most people’s reach. They are not affordable to most people.

Let them take the country back to where they met it & just govern it like that without adding or subtracting anything.

To those that were shouting “It will favour me and my family” I keep asking, how far? I hope the favour is going well? Indeed election has consequences.

He should take the economy back to where he met it & try fixing it from that point.

GMB signed a lot of agreements, wooed a lot of foreign investors. Where are the investors? There’s no point celebrating the paper signing, visit to the Emir & visit to the museum. It’s best to celebrate when they eventually invest.

When we put our house in order, investors will be trooping in to invest in the country.

Please this isn’t an achievement. I doubt these guys will invest in an insecure environment.

Possible but it will take another decade or more except they really want to do it.