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Litmus:
This is an example of what I mean when I’ve argued in the past that Nigeria shouldn’t join the AfCFTA or any future Africa union like this ECO. I argued that majority of these African nations are not only too practically dependent on the West but also emotionally dependent on the West. Nigerians do not understand that what I am going to term “African cultural renaissance” i.e. cultural awakening in music, fashion and foods sweeping through Africa is largely because of Nigeria and, unfortunately, largely imbedded in the Nigeria psyche than in other Africans. I use the term “Unfortunately” in the context of that it would be great if the other African nations were as committed to their native African cultural influnces as Nigerians are. At his heart, the average African would rather patronise Western music, eastern and western foods and clothes. The period Nigeria’s influence wanes, they will return to boasting of potato and spaghetti and aping European mannerisms and tastes preferences. In any case, I knew that emergent large groupings of African nations would have Western powers pulling the strings and that by joining any such large-scale African unions would subject Nigeria to indirect control by these Western powers through their control of the other African nations so that we are all recolonised. Unfortunately, for Nigeria, the enthusiasm many of these African nations show for these national unions imperils Nigeria. Refusing to join these unions will subject Nigeria to increased destabilisation by the West as they work to ensure Nigeria fails to prevent a successful Nigeria highlighting their exploitation of these other African nations evident in the relative failure of these African nations in the coming years.

Dont get the facts twisted!
Pan-Africanism is an idea long-suggested by Kwame Nkrumah in the 1950s long before Nigeria got independence. That effort led to the formation of OAU as a political tool.
Culturallty, the Pan-African movement is what inspired a new form of music called Afro music/Afrobeat which actually started in Ghana from their Highlife music. People like Fela Kuti and Hugh Masekela of South Africa travelled to Ghana in the 1960s to learn Afrobeat by joining musical bands there.

AfCTA is the economic leg and is a continuation of the Pan-Africa agenda. Nigeria stands to benefit from AfCTA but only if we are able to improve on infrastructure and drive down the cost of production and cost of doing business.
We are only scared of AfCTA because of our deplorable infrastructure which could make us lose competitive advantage.
Germany ìs the biggest market in Europe but they did not lose by joining the Euro zone because they have competitive local environment.
Recently Nissan, Toyota and VW announced plans to set up car manufacturing plants in Ghana. These could have come to Niģeria if we had good electricity system among other things.

[quote author=Litmus post=85392775]This is an example of what I mean when I’ve argued in the past that Nigeria shouldn’t join the AfCFTA or any future Africa union like this ECO. I argued that majority of these African nations are not only too practically dependent on the West but also emotionally dependent on the West. Nigerians do not understand that what I am going to term “African cultural renaissance” i.e. cultural awakening in music, fashion and foods sweeping through Africa is largely because of Nigeria and, unfortunately, largely imbedded in the Nigeria psyche than in other Africans. I use the term “Unfortunately” in the context of that it would be great if the other African nations were as committed to their native African cultural influnces as Nigerians are. At his heart, the average African would rather patronise Western music, eastern and western foods and clothes. The period Nigeria’s influence wanes, they will return to boasting of potato and spaghetti and aping European mannerisms and tastes preferences. In any case, I knew that emergent large groupings of African nations would have Western powers pulling the strings and that by joining any such large-scale African unions would subject Nigeria to indirect control by these Western powers through their control of the other African nations so that we are all recolonised. Unfortunately, for Nigeria, the enthusiasm many of these African nations show for these national unions imperils Nigeria. Refusing to join these unions will subject Nigeria to increased destabilisation by the West as they work to ensure Nigeria fails to prevent a successful Nigeria highlighting their exploitation of these other African nations evident in the relative failure of these African nations in the coming years. [/quoted]

Dont get the facts twisted.
Pan-Africanism was a idea long-suggested by Kwame Nkrumah in the 1950s long before Nigeria got independence. That effort led to the formation of OAU as a political tool.
Culturallty, the Pan-African movement is what inspired a new form of music called Afro music/Afrobeat which actually started in Ghana
from their Highlife. People like Fela Kuti and Hugh Masekela of South Africa travelled to Ghana in the 1960s to learn Afrobeat by joining musical bands there.

AfCTA is the economic leg and is a continuation of the Pan-Africa agenda. Nigeria stands to benefit from AfCTA but only if we are able to improve on infrastructure and drive down the cost of production and cost of doing business.
We are only scared of AfCTA because of our deplorable infrastructure which could make us lose competitive advantage.
Germany ìs the biggest market in Europe but they did not lose by joining the Euro zone becsuse they have competitive local environment

[quote author=Litmus post=85392775]This is an example of what I mean when I’ve argued in the past that Nigeria shouldn’t join the AfCFTA or any future Africa union like this ECO. I argued that majority of these African nations are not only too practically dependent on the West but also emotionally dependent on the West. Nigerians do not understand that what I am going to term “African cultural renaissance” i.e. cultural awakening in music, fashion and foods sweeping through Africa is largely because of Nigeria and, unfortunately, largely imbedded in the Nigeria psyche than in other Africans. I use the term “Unfortunately” in the context of that it would be great if the other African nations were as committed to their native African cultural influnces as Nigerians are. At his heart, the average African would rather patronise Western music, eastern and western foods and clothes. The period Nigeria’s influence wanes, they will return to boasting of potato and spaghetti and aping European mannerisms and tastes preferences. In any case, I knew that emergent large groupings of African nations would have Western powers pulling the strings and that by joining any such large-scale African unions would subject Nigeria to indirect control by these Western powers through their control of the other African nations so that we are all recolonised. Unfortunately, for Nigeria, the enthusiasm many of these African nations show for these national unions imperils Nigeria. Refusing to join these unions will subject Nigeria to increased destabilisation by the West as they work to ensure Nigeria fails to prevent a successful Nigeria highlighting their exploitation of these other African nations evident in the relative failure of these African nations in the coming years. [/quote

Dont get the facts twisted.
Pan-Africanism was a idea long-suggested by Kwame Nkrumah in the 1950s long before Nigeria got independence. That effort led to the formation of OAU as a political tool.
Culturallty, the Pan-African movement is what inspired a new form of music called Afro music/Afrobeat which actually started in Ghana
from their Highlife. People like Fela Kuti and Hugh Masekela of South Africa travelled to Ghana in the 1960s to learn Afrobeat by joining musical bands there.

AfCTA is the economic leg and is a continuation of the Pan-Africa agenda. Nigeria stands to benefit from AfCTA but only if we are able to improve on infrastructure and drive down the cost of production and cost of doing business.
We are only scared of AfCTA because of our deplorable infrastructure which could make us lose competitive advantage.
Germany ìs the biggest market in Europe but they did not lose by joining the Euro zone becsuse they have competitive local environment

Area4Area:
That Ghana decided to go for the Eco is nobody's business, theirs.
You could help with a link to the HDI of the CFA countries so we can compare with non CFA countries since you want to derail.
We can decide to restrain or accept anytime we feel like, our decision.

2007 when Ghana redenominated the cedis, it was 0.9 cedi to a US dollar and naira was 120 naira to same.
Fast forward 2019, a dollar goes for 360 naira and 5.7cedis, can you work out the percentage depreciation of both currencies against the dollar?
Ghana can go on with the Eco for all the perceived advantages for all we care.

Why are you arguing against your own case? You are the one that asked why the GDP per capita of CFA countries are lower than that of Ghana and Nigeria!
The issue is about the CFA being more stable in value than both Cedis and Naira because it is pegged to the Euro. So do not turn the issue into a "Cedis vs Naira" matter
The ECOWAS govts that have full grasp and understanding of the issues have already taken a decision and made their stance known. The ones that are yet to understand or are still confused would still need time to "study" the situation. They are free to "study" for as long as they wish. No one gives a damn!.
AfCTA was rejected by the same people, but they turned around to accept it after they were schooled by those who know better! Dullards that pretend to be scholars!

Area4Area:
The CFA had enjoyed same stability, convertibility and lower inflation rate than other ECOWAS countries.
Question for you, why is that not one of them has a GDP per capita higher than that of Ghana and Nigeria that don't don't use CFA?

The GDP per capita is linked to the size of the economy and population. But it is not the ultimate indicator of the wellbeing of the people which is the human development index (HDI). Nigeria's HDI is amongst the least in ECOWAS and far below that of Ghana. In any case Ghana had accepted the Eco.
What made your FGN to reject AFCTA anx then later accepted to join?
Have you thought about how the Naira and Cedis have both lost value against the CFA in the last 5-6 years? It is because of the stability, convertibility and low inflation of the CFA due to its being pegged to the Euro.

[quote author= post=85374543]Nigeria never told ECOWAS that they are interested in a single currency up till this moment.
That has been going on for years now.
So won't they reply them that they will get back at them?!
Nigeria’s naira is often seen as the likely anchor currency for ECOWAS, due largely to country’s sheer economic size and political importance.
This role would be akin to the one played by the German deutsche mark in the period leading to the introduction of the euro.
Our Conclusion : The Eco will clearly not be the panacea for West Africa’s myriad problems, including high levels of unemployment, especially among the burgeoning population of youth and the increasing numbers of the poor.
The lessons from the eurozone highlight continuing challenges among a group of highly developed countries with very strong institutions.
ECOWAS will do well to heed these lessons.
Also, efforts by member states to strengthen domestic macroeconomic frameworks are important.
Concerted efforts must be made to reduce the inordinate bureaucratic delays that severely constrain exports and imports at the border.
Launching the single regional currency, the “Eco,” by December 2019 is, at best, an expensive distraction that the people of West Africa can ill afford at this particular moment.
We stand with Nigeria.
Shame on the OP that brought this rubbish here, whatever his mission was and bigger shame on the illiterates typing jargons everywhere.
Lazy tins!






It is always good and refreshing to know that we still have reasonable and intelligent people like you guys on this forum.
Compared to the illiterates and pessimistic wailers that have nothing upstairs but just take side with anything that can make the country look bad.
Ireedeemable and pathetic tins they are.
No wonder Cownu called them whatever he addresed them as!4[/quote]The truth is obvious: this govt does not seem to fully understand anything. They always need to be taught virtually everything before they have a grasp of issues.
Same rway they rejected and refused to be part of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement. But what happened a few about a year later? They came back to join when they found that virtually all other countries had joinef.
Niheria can refuse to be part of the Eco. No qualms. Other countries will use and derive the benefits of trading in a common currency. Definitely the Eco will enjoy better stability in rate, convertibility than the Naira

ijustdey:
https://m.guardian.ng/news/obasanjo-knocks-ambode-for-abandoning-lagos-rail-project/

Obasajo should shut up!
What did he do about Lagos-Ibadan expresswsy and other major federal roads when he was president for 8 years. Not to talk about the $16bn spent on power with nothing to show for the huge money.
Shameless hypocrite!

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eduman365:
Should we be giving out what we don't have enough in the first place?

It might interest you to know that Nigeria has been the one shouldering the burden of the entire West Africa when we should be focusing on ourselves. Even Ghana's electricity is powered by Nigeria's gas. If something happens to the West African Gas pipeline powered by Nigeria, light drops significantly in Ghana.

The earlier we started redirecting our resources inwards the better for us. When we get it right, then we can start exporting energy again.

Read the article very well. Niger Republic has the right to dam River Nige and that would seriously affect and eliminate almost all the power being generated at Kainji.
Nigeria is scared of that so they entered into agreement whereby Niger Republic allows the river to flow while Nigeria uses the water to generate electricitý and sell some to Niger , Chad at a discount . Nigeria still benefits more from that arrangement because Nigeria will be in serious darkness if Niger Republic should block River Niger.

Ghana has finished constructing their own gas infrastructure and will soon stop buying gas from Nigeria which is used to produce about 20% of their power. They now have enough gas and they know how to use it to generate constant, reliable electricity of about 5000MW. In Ghana, any president that fails to keep the lights on cannot stay in power.
Nigeria cannot generste constant 5000MW electricity and nothing happens to the president even if darkness reigns and evrybody is using generator and businesses are dying..

globalmitch:
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UK university tution fees are some of the most expensive in the world.
Where are the job opportunities in the UK after your studies?

Harrymig1:
We don't know what we have

You/We have nothing in this country!
All what he achieved, he did using US resources, facilities, funds, systems, opportunities, laws, etc. There is no single input from Nigeria as a country, except from being a human being that was born and bred in Nigeria. He would not be able to achieve or do anything meaningful if he were to be in Nigeria!

US is a country where everybody and anybody who puts in the efforts can easily excel, whether you are from Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi or wherever.

Please provide VIN and a clearer pictute of the cracked windscreen

vaxx2:
it is not about better access to fund perse but economical benefit of cheaper goods in Nigeria coming thru in lower tariffs and cheaper price. Goods imported from China to Nigeria happens to be more cheaper than goods imported to Ghana from China because of Nigeria cheaper buisness enviroment. There will always be a kick back against this by the locals, I urge my country goverment to work on reducing the cost of operating in Ghana and things will become better and much competitive

Correction:
The goods are not imported into Nigeria from China or Europe.
The goods are imported into Cotonou (because of cheaper port duties) by Nigerian businessmen and then they transport the goods across borders to Ghana. In effect, they are undermining the economy of Ghana by denying their ports the revenue, and indirectly ''dumping'' the goods in the Ghanaian market and selling at cheaper prices, thereby undercutting the Ghanaian importer who imports his goods through Ghana ports and pays higher port duties on them.

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AtikuNetwork:
I don't think this is connected to the border closure issue, though some Ghanaians may use that as yet another excuse to carry out this latest incident.

Ghanaian traders have been repeatedly taking this same action against Nigerians trading in their markets long before now. They claim they can't compete with the Nigerians whom have better access to funds to compete with them in their own markets.

The Ghanaians are also saying that Nigerian traders are bringing into Ghana goods that are already banned in Nigeria. However, the Nigerian businessmen import and clear these goods at the ports in Cotonou and then transport the goods into Ghana using the land borders, thereby also denying the Ghana govt. the needed revenue.
Per ECOWAS laws, only goods manufactured within the sub-region can be freely transported across the land borders. This is to avoid situations whereby member states could use different import/customs tariffs to undermine the economies and trade among member states in the sub-region.
In a nutshell, if you want to import goods that are not manufactured in ECOWAS, you can only import and sell in the same country, but not to import in Cotonou and go sell in Nigeria etc. This is same reason Nigeria closed the borders because of the importation of rice into Cotonou and then transporting same to sell in Nigeria.
The Ghanaians are saying foreign business men should do only wholesale trade, and leave the retail segment for only indigenes.

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Lagos state govt. should tell us whether the houses had building permits or not. And why the building permits could not prevent the buildings from collapse.

This govt.is a coward and a lazy lame duck.
Unfortunately, most Nigerians don't think deep enough so we praise govt.when they take some decisions without proper scrutiny.
Why cant the govt. close the ports and ban the importation of refined petroleum so our refineries can produce refined petroleum products and sell to the public! This is what they should do if they really mean business!
Closing the land borders is fighting the poor traders. They should close the sea ports as well, and let's see of the govt. can withstand the money-bags!

Dotng:
If Ghana has half of Nigeria's resources and just a quarter of our problems there economy will collapse. One of their presidents made this kind of remark in recent times and it shows a lack of appreciation of the overall issues countries in Africa face. John Kuffor had to publicly recognise Nigeria's help during their energy crises when they could not purchase oil without a 90 day credit facility which Obasanjo gave to them and allowed them to pay at their convenience. Their economy will have been in tatters like that of Greece if Obasanjo had not intervened.

Is credit facility a new thing in international trade? You did not say what would have happened to Nigeria if we do not get credit from other countries.
The truth is every country gives some form of credit to others. Nigeria sells crude oil, so it gives credit to buyers. Ghana sells gold and cocoa, and they also give credit to those who buy their exports. That is how international trade works.
The question is, has Nigeria been able to produce electricity with all the oil and gas that we have? Ghana has now discovered huge reserves of oil and gas and they are currently building the infrastructure that would put an end to their reliance on Nigerian oil and gas. Most taxi drivers in Ghana use gas to power their cars, and this has been happening for almost 20 years now.

wirinet:
Bone that thing. Ghana no near Nigeria. Ghana dey try for their small size and resources, but you can compare them to Nigeria. How many urban cities the whole of Ghana get? Is it up to 6. After Accra, Kumasi, Sekondi-Takoradi, Sunyani, Obuasi, and Cape Coast, which other urban cities do they have. Nigeria has 6 urban cities in every state.
How many doctors have they produced, how many professors, how many world renowned businessmen? Do they have the equivalent of Dangote, Adenuga, Innocent Chukwuma, Okonjo Iweala, wole soyinka, Fela, Whiz kid, etc. In which sphere or profession will Ghana beat Nigeria?

Since Ghana depends a lot on tourism, they need lots of promotions to attract foreigners, and thus the propaganda.

These comments show some deep ignorance. You don't boast about having millionaires and ''cities''. Your millionaires are useless if the majority of the people are poor and hopeless. What you should boast about is the ''human development index (HDI) which compares access to education, health services, roads, water, social amenities, security, rule of law, etc. Ghana is better than Nigeria in all these areas! A country does not need to have a few millionaires and million of poor people. It is better you have majority of the people have a fair share of the resources.
There are solid professors like Wole Soyinka in many countries, but not every one of them would necessarily win Nobel Prize.
If you do not know, Fela traveled to Ghana to learn Afrobeat. He was initially playing Highlife in Nigeria until he traveled to live in Ghana from 1967-70. That was where he was introduced to the new wave of African music (Afrobeat) . He joined a band in Accra called Hedzolleh. Hugh Masekela of South Africa also joined that band. That is where they both learnt what later became known as ''Afrobeat''. The biggest musicians in the history of Nigeria are the Highlife musicians and they all borrowed Ghanaian style of Highlife.
Osibisa is the biggest ever African musical band, and they are the first to tour the globe in the 19060s to 90s.
You talk about Wizkid? Who is Wizkid when you talk of real music? Don't you know, and cant you see Nigerian musicians e.g. Davido, Tecno, Flavour, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Mayorjun, Timaya, Mr Eazi, Teni, Tuface, Dbanj etc are all imitating and copying Ghanaian Highlife/Hiplife and Azonto style of music which they all pretend to call ''Afrobeat'' or Afropop"

nairalandposter:
Is it really possible citizens of every country are lazy apart from Nigerians?

Just wondering.

That exactly is the stupid mentality of some Nigerians which eventually makes them to misbehave and put the country into shame!
People had worked to build and develop their country You migrate to live there snd enjoy what they had achieved and developed, and then you foolishly call them lazy?
They would eventually know your mind and pick on you as time goes by

[quote author=wwwihy post=82373114]Every region benefiting from next level
God bless BRF
God bless BAT
God bless PYO
God bless PMB
God bless Federal Republic of Nigeria[/quote]All credit and kudos to Goodluck Jonathan. If not for him nothing would have happened to this road.
Buhari has not initiated a single major capital project since 2015!