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NavierStokes:
Saying that would imply that our leaders are brainless and without a mind of their own. I think the issue here are the "Esau's" who would gladly sell their pricest possessions for a plate of porridge.

tis not so much the Esau-ss per se....
I will only blame them for their short-sightedness and narrow-mindedness, that project was perfectly designed but failed from the word go.....
Why? Location! Location!! Location!!!
Same reason GEJ ordered LADOL and Samsung Heavy Industries to move project base down to Bayelsa.


The only thing in Itakpe is the ore itself.
A single rail moving ores down to the Furnace is a lot less dollar-draining than who-knows-how-many rail cans and ship containers moving other daily consumables (Coal, Limestone and Dolomite, and even Gas) from the ports and other centres up north.
Yar Adua (wanting to start from the logistics issues) awarded the contract to dredge The Niger's dredging while Deziani was trying to push the Nigerian Gas master-plan which had that very location as a priority. We all know what became of both projects.

While the blast furnace and supporting infrastructure hadn't been completed, the then government wanted to boast with the product ("full of personal vanity, with little sense of veracity"-Lugard) jumped (of course from bad advisers, IMF and co.) the stages and initiated sister mills in the three geopolitical zones (Osogbo, Delta and Kaduna).
The mills were on the design meant to receive feed-stock from the Blast Furnace.
On completing the mills, it was suggested (more like lobbied) that billets be imported to feed them whilst the blast furnace is on construction (Dangote and friends made a kill from here).
How do you then convince a stark illiterate (as the most of the leaders then were) of the need for a foundation, when he can already see a beautiful house standing? if not an illiterate (even if he can read and write), who ever agrees to pay for the building of a house, hoping to dig foundations later?
Had the blast furnace even been up, blooms and slabs will have have to be re-railed to the country's nerve-centers (Kaduna, Delta and Ibadan), increasing the OPEX.

Then came devaluation in the nation's currency and billet importation was no longer sustainable as the finished costs became almost at par with imported rods and steel sections/profiles.
So the there was no longer motivation and money to build the furnace any longer and when economics no longer favoured it, the mills also died their economically-natural deaths.

When the Indians came, Nigeria wasn't giving them any dime to invest with (as is the case with most of the Nation's JVs), getting a mill that size up will take a long time and money, so it'll take considerable time for them to reach profitability.
Whereas they have a new Technology (they're actually one of the bests at it) with which they could reduce the ores (albeit in fewer quantities) directly into almost pure Iron which can then be used for high quality steels without the expensive and almighty BF.

Moreover, Coal, Gas and thus energy are a lot closer to Delta steel than to Itakpe (the nearby seaport has served both for materials import and product outflow), hence their stripping Itakpe to develop and expand business in Delta steel instead of waiting for the govt. to dredge the Niger, complete the gas pipelines, and help complete the blast furnace which will almost never happen (ask the oil companies).
Then the next head of states may cancel the agreement anytime, despite their invested capital.
the shorter the time to profitability is, the better for the business.
I do not aim to rationalise their actions but to further point attention towards the very roots of the tree whose fruits we're all sad about.
BPE sold oshogbo steel mill (or rather what was left of it) to Dangote at a pittance some years ago and while the populace were salivating in the wait for new jobs, I hear he now parks his cement trailers there en-route to the north.

so blame your "leaders for always putting the cat before the horse) things wouldn't have been this bad if that man (Shagari/Gowon I think) hadn't commanded that the plant (against all conventional plant design wisdom) be sited in Kogi despite all explanations by experts in the project to the contrary. Hence my saying the project failed from its onset.

As for the "conpiracists", they knew what they were doing when they handed the nation over to a people who were the least enlightened at the time.
The same mentality birthed GMB's Kaduna Refinery and it same nepotism keeps holding the nation down ever since (e.g the latest PRESSID brouhaha).

pcicero:
Can we walk the talk and start a petition to Fayemi?

The issue with Nigeria is still that square pegs are still put in round holes. Fayemi is an intelligent mind no doubt, but I really doubt his competence in that ministry.

Meaning well is not enough to make things work. In fact, that cliche "he means well" has become tiring to me.

We demand performance. This government should give priorities to the economy and stop grandstanding.

While I want looters prosecuted I believe that should not take all the attention of Buhari. Though I will advise that he institutes rules to mitigate such mindless pillaging of our commonwealth as experienced under GEJ.

I'm yet to be convinced that anything has changed in this country. Was it not last week that it was reported that APC stalwarts besieged Aso Rock to solicit funding for the party?
Thank God the president didn't yield like Jonah would. But for how long would he continue to ward off such mindless requests?

Fayemi can only do so much, I will be surprised if he achieves more than Sharafa Tunji Ishola (the then SSG) who OBJ fixed in that same portfolio (Despite reading Secretarial Studies at MAPOLY) to garner enough to fight stubborn-Daniel (OGD) in Ogun State (GEJ borrowed that leaf from him #Wike Minister of Education vs Amaechi#).
You hardly find real technocrats in politics these days and that's the shame, why? They hate the intrigues (lies, blood-letting etc) in it. Politics is a right-brained profession and always baffles logic, it follows almost no equations and we have enough examples in our history for testimony. most recent being Fayemi vs Ekiti people.
I hope he proves me wrong though, his future depends on it, so I hope he does.

angiography:
hmmm...I've worked for someone who earns big(billions) from this dilapidation called ASCL.

He's not the only one a very popular entrepreneur here (perhaps the richest in the country) also fed fat off the derailment

To my God, a heart of Flame
To my fellow men, A Heart of Flesh
and to myself,
A Heart of Stone!!!

duality:
ASCOL an investment gone wrong.

what did the Indians do there when they were there.

same thing they always do to Nigerians, make them poorer.....
they pay their staffs the lowest wages, add that to the poor working conditions and all. All because there's someone (usually the personnel manager) who has been paid big to keep silent.

Nigeria's Aluminium plant in Akwa-Ibom sufffered the same fate. all they did was to start cutting up the electrodes and facilities on ground.

Fear can also be a motive. you invest billions in Nigeria, you might be hard pressed to take detours to start raking in profits fast, not knowing what manner of government will succeed the incumbent and whether or not he'd like to continue his predecessor's work and they hardly do.

chrysblaise:
I can bet you that those white lights are produced by led bulbs which are better because the consume less energy and they are not gotten from Mercury bulbs which are like 20-30 years old technology. Bro state the facts.

Being the latest comers in lighting tech., one might be apt to think the bright lights are LED-based but tis' not always so.... A majority of these bulbs are former industry standard energy bulbs and like some people here have mentioned, they contain mercury and release uv-radiation which have been warned to have detrimental effects on the brain and body in the long run..
as for the sodium lamps however, apart from their energy load, I think they're also cool. I assume they're more amenable to the haphazard power factor issues that characterize Nigeria's mains and old-generating sets.
At least Lagos still try, larger percentage of the roads in some states do not have such "luxuries".

@Ayluxury, I think "12" means to tell someone off or how you feel about an issue, especially when you feel angered by it.
say "Tunde keeps doing this to me and I had to give him a piece of my mind yesterday"

get a phone, record her tantrums and anonymously send to HR....

locodemy:
just like that?it will cost you one tortoise eye,poo of a virgin dog,fallopian tube of a green snake then you are welcome.

educate the neophyte biko.... na oracle you wan help her consult?

theshield:
If well implemented with branches across Nigeria. It will create jobs and confidence in our Forex system but nothing can ever eliminate illegal BDC.

I quite agree with you, not when we still have looters who won't want full disclosure of their identities.

Truth234:
The margin is really small but not widely available like BDCs, that is why CBN want them to have more outlets in order to reduce the gap between official rate and parallel market rate.

You've dealt with them before? How are they?

@ OP, please ask her when the issue started, if it's from birth, situation might be a hormonal problem especially if she is the last born or her parents (mother in particular) were advanced in age when they had her.
People do go for the hormone injection to boost it's level in the body so Get her to see a good doctor asap.

If on the other hand it isn't from birth/ when she was young, then it might be a symptom of something more serious.
In any case see a doctor.

Marriage is picking a wrapped gift, you make do with whatever you find after unwrapping, best you can do is look closely before selection.

You can see this as a chance to permanently seal her love and respect for you by helping her find a solution or you can do otherwise.

Now you know the difference between Stealing and Corruption.

IMO, Calling it blatant "Stealing" (which is what it is) makes prosecution faster and gets the accused jailed in time.

But you call it corruption and have to prepare for protracted legal procedures that drags so long till the incumbent president/efcc chairman leaves office, putting an inconclusive end to the case and the accused ends up walking away with his loot.

BaddieKay:
I don't mean to be religious bt u need spiritual help,cause I dnt think its normal 4 an adult to bedwet...But if There's a medical explanation,then see a good Doctor

There is.

BaddieKay:
I don't mean to be religious bt u need spiritual help,cause I dnt think its normal 4 an adult to bedwet...But if There's a medical explanation,then see a good Doctor

There is. Thank God for personal education

nseke:
My problem is her inability to own up to her fault besides,you can help her manage it-check the water intake in the evening through the night and wake her to go ease herself just before,when you would ve noted the range of time she normally passes urine

Reducing her water intake hardly affects it, maybe in the interim though

MYMINDER:
She is suffering from a disease called Enuresis. She needs to see a Urologist to examine her bladder and related organs.

The less water intake is not a cure, it can only ameliorate. In the interim, put on your alarm for 1am and wake her to go to the bathroom and empty her bladder even if she is not pressed.

A second one by 330pm that she take her to morning.

I don't believe it is spiritual, this is just usual talk by Nigerians because we live in a very diabolical environment. She should pray nonetheless because whatever you seek in life, go to God in supplication.

She was desperate to get married and avoided what would likely be a deal breaker. The Enuresis may be one of the reasons she was not yet married in her latter thirties until you met her and she succeeded in getting married to you by avoiding sleep over under the likely guise of morality.

Best wishes.

My Mind

Yours is the first sense I'm seeing on this thread and God bless you.

Dyt:
Pls look for where they are doing local cooking
She should pee to quench the fire
Each time the pee is coming at night
It will burn her that she will rush up

Its a tale I heard when I was young oooo

That's reverse psychology a it's peak. Heard that too while young.
Another is to go kneel beside a grinding stone, greet it good evening and beg it to prevent one from bedwetting over the day's night.

lantessy:
You can use your local government certificate for that

applied already haven't you?
is it not too late to do so?

HOPE8888:
Bros longest time.. I didn't get the scholarship. I was on the waiting list though but it didn't work out.

Won 50% scholarship at Nottingham University but can't get the remaining fund

ok
wish you God's best in your later endeavours

INTROVERT:
Good afternoon dear Nairalanders and May this day be a blessed one for us all even unto the coming work week.

Sermon today was awesome and it was titled: CAN GOD USE YOU (ME).
A summary

More often than not we are discouraged and distracted when we seek to serve God. We beleive that we are not sufficient, capable or available for God to use us. That is a lie the devil plants in our hearts to discourage us from serving our heavenly father, remember that the whole duty of man is to fear God and keep HIS commands. Dear friends what is keeping you away from allowing God to use you? Is it your work, family, school, sin, physical or financial handicap or even laziness.

1. God used Rahab who was a prostitute in the Joshua chapter 2 to save the spies and help capture Jericho.
2. Jonah was sent to Nineveh to preach but decided to head in the opposite direction because he didn't want to do God's word and he ended up in the belly of the fish meaning that you cannot hide from God.
3. Zaccheaus (the despised tax collector) [/b]was a short man (dwarf) who couldn't see Jesus because of the crowd around Jesus but what did he do in Luke 19:1-10, he went ahead and climed a tree so that he would see Jesus when he passed by. Jesus stopped right in front of that tree and went to zaccheaus house to eat that day with other (sinners). He overcame his physical disability to be used by Christ himself as a lesson to us today.
4. Luke 21:1-4.... rich people were going to the temple with bags of money as offering and along came a widow who dropped 2copper coins. Jesus turned to his disciples and said that the widow has done more than the rich folk.

The lessons from the examples to us all is that we can use what we have, our skills and talents to the glory of God. In the end we came to this world with NOTHING and we will leave with NOTHING.

[b]As a student who dosent have money yet, God can use you to talk to your friends in the class when the lecturer is late about Jesus and salvation. That is more than any money. Yo can go to your pastors house every saturday and wash his cars and weed the church premises. Ever thing is not money.


As a worker earing salary you can help the needy in the church, you can print pamphlets and distribute in your offices and businesses and bring sinners to Christ.

NEVER BE ASHAMED TO SAY THAT YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN AND PREACH THE WORD OF GOD WHEN EVER YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

In a any situation or condition we find ourselves let us be an instrument of God's use.


God bless you a

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Youngpo413:
Mine is the worst,Im an introvert coupled with shyness,I mean I cant look someone straight in the face...pathetic isnt it?

No never, it'll wane with time. that i promise you.
meanwhile, your brain can only accommodate so much and removing not so cogent things from it's purview helps it focus on real albeit fundamental ones.
Don't just take my word for it. You read up Zuckerberg, Nairaland's founder, Bill Gate and most popular timechangers' biographies and you'll see introversion helped them develop their mojo/jello

It's a gift if you'll use it wisely.
let your mind and brain explore the world. it'll make the experience more enthralling when your body eventually gets to do so.

mylordship:
lemme tell u something you dont know, there was a particular lady you were chatting with, it was last year, i saw that her legs was that of a fish and her face of a lady so i quickly intervened and start taking your attention from her, i know u wont remember.

Hmm-hmm @
Op
Mr "Snake in a Monkey Shadow"!
#Cinema House Connoisseur#

toprealman:
The country is now gone mental! Fraud by government and agencies everywhere. To think that most national dalies have this as their banner headline is sickening. How can they be part of this scam. misinforming innocent Nigerians!

Day probably quoted just the parallel market price.
It's far above the "google price" banks won't sell to you as they'd have to do so at the normal price.
So they'd sell to BDCs at a premium who in turn sell to individuals at higher premiums.

Keneking:
Amazing write-up

Click like if you think another CBN governor would provide the needed forex for Dangote to complete both plants

He has plants in other parts opf the continents. He can easily redirect cashflow to finance such a project.
Talk of not putting all of one's eggs in one basket

“A stock market correction is not something to be feared. It is something to look forward to… something to be embraced, like a plumber who has come to unclog your bathroom drains. It may get messy; but what a relief it will be to have the toilet working again.”
– Brian B.
still a neophyte though

ddaammyy:
Hmmmmm Very annoying channels

Not sure a lot of your "Fellow Nigerians" will agree to your position. Not the ones who resume duty @ DSTV from 4pm till Dawn/Fuel finish.

SuperSuave:
Lol he should use the parental code na

Parental code for his mum too?

Lakayanah:
Children of the northern rich and powerful it's a taboo for them to cover up their beautiful figures. They don't even marry at the ripe old age of 13 hmmm. Money is our caste system in 9ja.

You took it right outa my mouth. No Sharia for the elites.
Tells one what kind of people Nigerian rules really seem to target.

Looking at the culprit, it's evident the 700k hasn't bettered his life in any way

GraceBestowed:
[color=#CD3700] It's sad that you're going through this. Your parents have been placed as guardians over your life, they should be the ones to protect you.

I would advice that you try talking to them, make them understand that their actions are affecting you negatively. If they don't change, you have to remove yourself from that, clearly, toxic environment. [/color]

Thanks for the response, @ Op, parents are only replaying what they've seen based on how they were themselves raised and perhaps their work and social circle.
You'll have to prove to them that you aren't that stiffnecked as to only obey when abused.
In the meantime, surprise both of them by never going home from school henceforth without getting something for both of them.
Call to ask them both how their business/work went on weekends/weekday evenings.
Call to ask your mum about certain how to..s.
Anything to let them know you consider them partners/comrades now rather than mere providers.
They may act cold @ first but by d time you're going for NYSc, they'll be the ones calling to report each-other's gaffes to you.