Taking advantage of its proximity to Lagos. I still believe the state need to do a whole lot if it want to catch up with Lagos.

Kudos to you Ambo

In all honesty, I support what the northerners are doing. You don't need a fortune teller to know how united they are . but can same be said about the south? Our leaders will even collect the money and share it amongst themselves.

I think say him dey form Arnold before...learn to respect the wish of the people, the senators were elected by the Nigerian populace. I am sure Ali will not win if he contest self.

Get to work Mr Governor...no time to waste

Preaching peace shows you are not weak, it only shows you are matured. However, do not dare yorubas in there backyard again. Enough said.

Igbos don teach Afonja job

In all honesty, this custom boss is working. But the killing of rice smugglers is an all time low for him. He needs to call his boys to order.

Mathemagician1:
Count the great Igbos out of any support for Osinbade. We DO NOT support Osinbade or any other Yoruba political candidate. Kindly desist from involving us in your politics.

The Yoruba man is not a friend of the Igbos, we have not forgotten how the Yorubas supported every ill treatment meted on us through their actions and utterances.

Just in case the North decides to wield the big stick against their Yoruba partners, the great Igbo nation shall maintain their stance as a neutral observer of the political royal-rumble between the SW versus their allies in the North.

. You will wait till eternity...

This man is exactly what this country needs now. calming frayed nerves, working to rebuild as well as providing qualitative leadership. Kudos sir...

Murtala Muhammed International Airport

NCAA defends presence of multiple officials

Despite the Federal Government’s campaign for economic diversification and export promotion, there is growing exporters’ apathy due, among others, to logistic difficulties at exit points.

While the availability of supply is not in doubt, the bureaucratic bottlenecks at the airports and alleged extortions by a legion of government officials have more or less made the export corridors almost a no-go area for local exporters.

In the alternative, The Guardian’s investigation reveals, farmers have taken to smuggling to neighbouring countries, including Benin Republic, Togo, Cameroun and Ghana, where freighting is cheaper and unhindered by officials.

But the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), that is responsible for coordinating affairs at the airports justified the heavy presence of government agencies at the exit points, describing it as “statutory.”
At the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, for instance, there are representatives of almost all the security agencies in the country, who supervise the import and export of commodities. Among them are the Department of Quarantine Services, the Nigerian Immigration Services, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Customs, Police, Department of State Services (SSS), Anti-Bomb squad, Air Force, Skyways Aviation Handling Company (SAHCOL)/National Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) and Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

A yam farmer in Nasarrawa State, who identified himself as Abdullahi Sanni, said the “road blocks” at the airport and attendant extortions by some officials had over the years remained the bane of the country’s export drive.

Abdullahi said: “Go and find out. A Nigerian yam that manages to get to Canada or United States, because they love our yam so much, ends up being between 60c and $1 more expensive than others coming from places like Ghana. And more often, they turn out to be the same type of yam but in different labels.”

An exporter, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The Guardian that all the officials must be “settled from table to table” before the produce can be loaded onto an aircraft.

According to him, “We usually start with the Quarantine. They will insist on fumigation and you must pay about N12,000 per pellet. Besides, you still have to bribe and continue bribing from one table to another You must bribe your way through all the agencies if you don’t want to miss your flight.”

President of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Segun Musa confirmed the allegation, adding that “under the right procedure, those agencies are not supposed to be there at all, and we have been crying for ages, but government would not listen.”

Besides logistics, there is also the problem of certification of Nigerian farmers to make their produce acceptable overseas.

A U.S.-based Nigerian export promoter, Patricia Obichukwu, noted that Nigeria has over 15,000 registered yam farmers, but none is internationally certified because of non-adherence to the rigid process required by the international market.

Aside from the dearth of infrastructure, there is also the issue of five per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on freight cost. This is an additional barrier which makes the export of Nigeria’s farm produce more expensive than Ghana’s, or Cameroun’s.

For instance, the Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana is now a logistic hub in the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) because of its ease of export processing. It hosts only one government agency at the export shed to check the export of unauthorised goods out of Ghana, but there are absolutely no duties on authorised goods.

The Accra airport alone exports an average of 25,000 MT yearly, which include 95 per cent of fruits and vegetables, and five per cent for general cargo and mining extract. In contrast, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, being the busiest in Nigeria, is doing 16,000 MT yearly, Kano 1,000 MT, Port Harcourt 900 MT, and Abuja 400 MT.

Air France KLM Cargo Country Manager Nigeria, Gabriel Lalande, reported that yams exported from Ghana, actually originated from Nigeria, due to the cumbersome export process and high duty cost.

In defence of the multiple agencies, the NCAA explained that for every aerodrome, there are agencies that are required.
The spokesman for the authority, Sam Adurogboye, said that for an international airport, “it is a must to have those multiple agencies because of cargo, personal, drugs, security issues among others that are involved.”

According to him, what is usually done is to hold airport security meeting and the Joint Intelligence Board (JIB), led by the NCAA to address concerns as they are raised.

Source http://t.guardian.ng/news/how-government-agencies-frustrate-food-export-at-nations-airports/

Oga give us a better source jare.

And they say Aregbe is not working.

Why is Dangote building his refinery in lagos instead of kano?

What has this got to do with politics?

Entry closing soon.

Filmewell:
why must tithe always be an issue, is not as if only the people who pay tithe are better off. non tithe payers are blessed too. pay if you want and stop all these argument about tithing.

its always good to Learn something new

reallest:



Don't be surprised because another word for Christianity is stupidity

you can pass your message without name - calling

Arsenal Fc squares up against FC Barcelona in today's champions league round of 16 match.

previous meetings:


2010/2011 Tue 08 Mar Barcelona 3 - 1 Arsenal Champions League

Wed 16 Feb Arsenal 2 - 1 Barcelona Champions League

Barcelona won 4-3 on aggregate

2009/2010 Tue 06 Apr Barcelona 4 - 1 Arsenal Champions League

Wed 31 Mar Arsenal 2 - 2 Barcelona Champions League

Barcelona won 6-3 on aggregate

2005/2006 Wed 17 May Arsenal 1 - 2 Barcelona Champions League Final

Playing at Stade de France

2015/2016 Tue 23 Feb??
Time: 8:45pm Nigerian time

way to go FC Barcelona. plenty talent abound in our country, they need to be harnessed.

Thank you for this. However, you have to understand that this is an instruction. Trying to interpret it your own way is clear dis-obedience to simple instruction.

whirlwind7:
Well, look at it this way: If you had to pay tithe every three years or monthly, it still boils down to the same thing.
If you are someone who pays it faithfully, it means you have to bring 10% of your earnings over a 3 year period, right?

Paying it monthly only means that you broke it down to smaller installments.
Same comparison can be made if you are paying your rents monthly or annually. You end up paying the same amount, only that monthly payment breaks it into smaller, manageable portions.

Now, tell me this. If you were given the option of paying tithes monthly, or in bulk after 3 years, which would you chose?
Assuming you will truthfully pay the correct amount every 3 years (that is, accumulated monthly tithe multiplied by 36 months) would you choose to pay it after every 3 years? I doubt this.

By the way, I'm not an advocate for tithe or no tithe. Just putting your argument into perspective. Have a great Sunday!

My pastor was preaching about Tithing today, and he backed his teachings with some chapters in the bible. Navigating from Genesis to Habakkuk, all the way to Deuteronomy, he was trying so hard to drive home his message on why we must pay our Tithes often (let’s say every end of the month) if we want the blessings of God to gravitate or abound towards us. I was listening with rapt attention until we got to Deuteronomy chapter 26.
We read through the first and second verse and up to the third and off we go again to another chapter in the bible all in a bid to make us see reason why we should pay our tithe atleast every month for salary earners and weekly or even daily for non-salary earners. Why the message was on, I choose to study that same Deuteronomy 26 and right there on the twelfth verse, there was a clear and simple instruction on when (time) and how we should Tithe.

Deuteronomy 26:12
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast giving it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gate and be filled;

The instruction in this verse of the bible is clear and concise as to the time and how we should tithe. Once in every three years and our tithes must not be for the Leviticus priest alone (I mean our pastors) but also to strangers, widows, fatherless and the vulnerable.

Not satisfied with that, I searched deeper in the bible and here again in the book of Amos 4:4, the bible repeated that same instruction:
Amos 4:4
Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal and multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:

Here again, the instruction was concise and specific. Your sacrifices could be brought daily, however your tithes should be after every three years

I really don't understand how you people think. This is a laudable project negotiated by Rochas, and to be embarked by shell. How sure are you that the state government does not have a stake in the project. What you don't know about puplic private projects like this one is that the state government may only provide one of the factors of production which is land for free for a stake. Stop bringing down others if you are not sure, except maybe you have the contract document as a proof.

Fully supported. Am pro-Buhari though

Happy new year nairalanders. This is our year of accomplishment Happy new year nairalanders. This is our year of accomplishment