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Politics › Re: Bianca Ojukwu Marks Her 20th Traditional Marriage Anniversary (Photos) by naptu2: 10:28am On Apr 16, 2021

Ishilove:
I don't understand... Ojukwu did not pay her bride price all those years?

Remember that her father, Chief CC Onoh, a former governor of Anambra State, was initially against the relationship. Ojukwu was his friend and he couldn't imagine his friend marrying his daughter. He eventually came round and accepted the inevitable and so they did the traditional marriage.

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Business › Re: Ganduje, Others Reconcile Dangote, BUA Over Sugar Plant by naptu2(op): 10:06am On Apr 16, 2021

ayanbadejo68166:
Family Affair, both their extended families go way back. And both families have been in business for decades. It did not start today.

Khalifa Isyaku Rabiu and Aminu Dantata.

Business › Re: Ganduje, Others Reconcile Dangote, BUA Over Sugar Plant by naptu2(op): 8:33am On Apr 16, 2021

KingAzubuike:
We know.

Thank you

Business › Re: Ganduje, Others Reconcile Dangote, BUA Over Sugar Plant by naptu2(op): 6:00am On Apr 16, 2021

Alhaji Aminu Dantata is actually Dangote's granduncle and he was acclaimed to be the richest man in Nigeria in the 1970s. He is like the elder statesman of Kano. That's probably why he was included in this meeting.

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Business › Ganduje, Others Reconcile Dangote, BUA Over Sugar Plant by naptu2(op): 5:48am On Apr 16, 2021

Ganduje, others reconcile Dangote, BUA over sugar plant

ON APRIL 16, 20215:25 AM

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has waded into the dispute between Dangote and BUA companies owned by two business moguls from the state.

This is in order to resolve the lingering conflict among the two Kano State prominent indigenes Aliko Dangote and Abdussamad Isyaka-Rabi’u over the establishment of a Sugar plant by BUA.

A statement by Abba Anwar, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor on Thursday in Kano, said the reconciliation meeting took place on Wednesday in Abuja.

He said that Alhaji Aminu Dantata, Kano Emirate and the Kano State Council of Imams joined the governor in the reconciliation meeting.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that recently there were reports that Dangote complained about the establishment of a sugar plant by BUA International Limited in the Port Harcourt free trade zone, saying it was out of tune with export laws.

Anwar said that after the meeting, Chairmen of both Dangote and BUA agreed to work together to supply enough sugar to satisfy the demand of the country.

According to him, the meeting put a stop to all rumours that the duo was in dispute over sugar business control in the country.

“They all dismissed allegations that Dangote was planning to see the increase of sugar price, thereby pressurising BUA to succumb to the increment. They described the allegation as baseless and lacking any iota of truth.

“The meeting was seen as the zenith of other similar efforts to reconcile the two giants by the governor. Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata played the role of a father during the meeting,” Anwar said.

Present at the meeting were the Minister for Commerce, Trade and Investment, Mr Niyi Adebayo and representative of the Kano Emirate, Alhaji Aminu Dan-Agundi.

Others are Chairman of the Council of Kano Imams, Sheikh Muhammad Nasir-Adam, the Chief Imam of Sheikh Ahmadu Tijjani Friday Mosque, Kofar Mata, Kano and the Chairman of NEPZA, Adamu Panda.

All the two business moguls agreed to work together in unity for the growth and development of the nation.

(NAN)

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/04/ganduje-others-reconcile-dangote-bua-over-sugar-plant/amp/

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Sports › Re: Today Is Finidi George's 50th Birthday. by naptu2(op): 4:46pm On Apr 15, 2021

bigtt76:
Was that Preye?

Yeah, Priye.

Politics › Re: Sale Mamman Expresses Regret Over Power Outages. by naptu2(op): 4:39pm On Apr 15, 2021

Neutralobserver:
Because Nigerians are not ready to pay the price for improved power.

We have a functioning GSM sector because when Obasanjo brought it in, he allowed the GSM companies charge whatever they wanted...and their prices were very 'exploitative'. To say nothing of the very poor service (Nigerians started having two lines from two GSM companies because calls from MTN to econet (now Airtel) in those days were next to impossible. Don't get me started on calls from GSM to NITEL lines then...).

We paid their price, and we got...improved service, and a vast IT infrastructure that was built with zero government money.

As for power

1.We privatised power, and until last year forced DISCOS to charge tarrifs some N20-30 BELOW the actual cost of production of one kwh of power

2.40% of customers don;t pay...and even having a prepaid meter does not stop power bypassing.

With that kind of setup, privatisation has not worked. MTN and company work because everyone has to pay to use their phone. pOWER....WHEN you can bypass the meter, or refuse to pay, and the bills are below the cost of production, and the money government pays to cover the resultant losses are not enough....you get a broke company with no ability to make things better.

Even if we break up Nigeria...so long as people insist on 'cheap' power...the power problem will continue.

We are gradually, very gradually getting there, but it's going to be difficult. I thought about this for a long time.

One of the reasons that the changes in the telecoms sector from 1989 to 2001 worked is because people had choices. In 1989 Nitel introduced IDD into Victoria Island and then increased the tariff. One of my uncles had to complain to another of my relatives that worked at Nitel that he didn't want the service, he didn't need the service, so why should he have to pay for it? Ditto when the exchanges went digital in 1991.

When mobile phones were introduced in 1993 they were incredibly expensive to own and maintain, but the general public did not complain because they had their landlines. The reason that people bore the expensive tariffs of the GSM companies is because they had alternatives. There was Nitel landline and PTOs like Multilink, Intercellular and Mobitel.

The problem with power is that it's not everybody that can pay higher tariffs, yet people need power. That's where the willing buyer, willing seller model comes in. Places like Mogodo Estate have reached an agreement with their disco that they would get 24 hours power, but they would pay a cost reflective tariff. Gradually other estates will come on board and hopefully the discos will get enough money to pay off their debts and upgrade their equipment.

However, some people are already complaining about the willing buyer willing seller model because they say it takes power away from the poor.

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Politics › Re: Sale Mamman Expresses Regret Over Power Outages. by naptu2(op): 3:33pm On Apr 15, 2021

Someone asked why they couldn't schedule the power outages as they used to do in the past. Inform people when you are going to cut the power and when it would be restored so that they can plan.

There was a time long ago that unannounced power cuts did not last long (1 or 2 hours). It was usually announced anytime there was going to be a long power cut or if there was a fault it was also announced on the radio and we would be told when the power would be restored.

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