₦airaland Forum

omenkaLives:
It is a disease of the mind called "stupidity" my brother.

Spy360:
...then they turned on the L ights.

oyinkinola:
...on the day of naming ceremony, can a pastor just come and name your yoruba name and go without christian name?
it is impossible

FSBoperator:
Calling you an illiterate isn't an insult as you can't seem to comprehend written text.

Definition of illiterate : having little or no education; especially : unable to read or write.

Ignorance is the lack of knowledge. The word ignorant is an adjective describing a person in the state of being unaware and is often (incorrectly) used to describe individuals who deliberately ignore or disregard important information or facts.

ImperialYoruba:
......and speaking of names, I think Yorubas should be banned from giving muslim names to their children, period!

Yoruba damages muslim names:

Ramat - Ramota
Ibrahim - Buraimo
Hussein - Oseni
Hussaina - Osenatu
Atthir - Asiru
Hamid - Hamedi
Ahmed - Amedi
Zulqarnyn - Sulu


There should be global campaign against Yoruba giving muslim name to their children. Let them stil with ethnic Yoruba names, afterall their ethnic names are beautiful.

They can pronounce Alamu with no problem because its Yoruba name but when asked to pronounce Al Amin, which is almost the same, they twist it and make it into Lamina. Wtf!

FSBoperator:
Are you an illiterate?

Bashiru is the Yorubarized version of Bashir just as we have the Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and English variants of the prophets in the bible.

Example/ Abraham ----Ibrahim

FSBoperator:
The OP is a bastard afonja.

There is also no compulsion in Christianity to bear christian names. Only Catholics are expected to pick a christian name (from the new testament only) or one of their cannonized saints.

FSBoperator:
Unlike the northerners the afonjas at least yorubarized some Arabic names.

FSBoperator:
Why didn't you ask your imaginery Ghanian friends for the Christian name of Kofi Annan?

Bloody afonjastic idiot that thinks everyone is like his bastardized awusa slaves up north who have lost their identity.

The names "Yemi Osinbanjo" apart from carrying a meaning tell us exactly where he is from down to his tribe, state, ancestral village and home.


A typical Arab slave like Ibrahim Mohammed will need to tell us which state he comes from first and that shows he is a lost bastard

dragonking2:
Am not Igbo ..however is Bashiru a Yoruba or not? If yes why are Yoruba Christians not bearing the name?

dragonking2:
Am not Igbo

codedguy1:
Abeg wetin dey happen?

oyinkinola:
....you see!
just imagine!
is Oyinkinola a muslim or christian name?

dragonking2:
I don't think so

plaetton:
Lol.
Keep praying.
Nigeria might create a record as the only country , no , the only generator economy in the world to successfully pray itself out of economic depression.


Oh, by the way, what happened to all the previous megatons of prayer power generated since I was born ?
Where did all that prayer power go to, the empty sky ?

Keep praying.

The Federal Government has released the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) which unveils a road map for Nigeria’s economic recovery, growth and sustainable development.

This was according to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Media Adviser to the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Akpandem James.

According to the statement, the development of the plan went through a rigorous process including wide consultation and robust engagements with stakeholders from a range of relevant fields.

They include: economic experts from the public and private sectors, academia, the Organised Private Sector, Civil Society groups, Organised Labour, sub-regional governments, International Development Partners (including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and African Development Bank), the National Economic Council (NEC) and the National Assembly.

The statement hinted that the Plan has been approved by the Federal Executive Council, adding that its ceremonial presentation would take place when President Muhammadu Buhari returns from vacation.

Achieving Structural Economic Change

The statement read: “The core vision of the Plan is one of sustained inclusive growth. There is an urgent need as a nation to drive structural economic transformation with an emphasis on improving both public and private sector efficiency.

“The aim is to increase national productivity and achieve sustainable diversification of production, to significantly grow the economy and achieve maximum welfare for the citizens, beginning with food and energy security.

“The Plan envisages that by 2020, Nigeria would have made significant progress towards achieving structural economic change with a more diversified and inclusive economy. Overall, the Plan is expected to deliver on Five key broad outcomes namely: a stable macroeconomic environment, agricultural transformation and food security, sufficiency in energy (power and petroleum products), improved transportation infrastructure and industrialisation focusing on small and medium scale enterprises.

“Realising that the country’s economy would remain on a path of decline if nothing was immediately done to change the trajectory, the present administration, when it assumed office, embarked on strategic moves to halt the trend and redirect the course of the country’s economy and growth process.

A Knowledge-Based Economy

“The process started with the development of the Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) for the 2016 Budget of Change as a short-term intervention. The ERGP, a Medium Term Plan for 2017 – 2020, builds on the SIP and has been developed for the purpose of restoring economic growth while leveraging the ingenuity and resilience of the Nigerian people.

“The Plan seeks to eliminate the bottlenecks that impede innovations and market based solutions, recognises the need to leverage Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to build a knowledge-based economy, and is consistent with the aspirations of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

“The ERGP differs in several ways from previous strategies and plans as it:

is anchored on focused implementation which is at the core of the delivery strategy over the next four years;
outlines bold initiatives such as ramping up oil production to 2.5mbpd by 2020, privatising selected public enterprises/assets, and revamping local refineries to reduce petroleum product imports by 60 percent by 2018;
builds on existing sectoral plans such as the National Industrial Revolution Plan and the Nigeria Integrated Infrastructure Master-plan;
signals a changing relationship between the public and private sector based on close partnership.
utilises the value of the merger of budget and planning functions into one Ministry to create a better and stronger link between annual budgets and the ERGP; and
provides for strong coordination with the States to ensure that the Federal and sub-regional governments work towards the same goals.

Vision Of Inclusive Growth

“The thinking behind the development of the Plan was driven by several fundamental principles, including a focus on tackling constraints to growth; leveraging the power of the private sector and promoting national cohesion and social inclusion, as well as allowing markets to function.

“The Plan has three broad strategic objectives which are expected to help achieve the vision of inclusive growth: restoring growth, investing in the people, and building a globally competitive economy.

“The ERGP focuses on achieving macroeconomic stability and economic diversification by undertaking fiscal stimulus, ensuring monetary stability and improving the external balance of trade.

“The delivery mechanism has been identified as a major determining factor in the successful implementation of the Plan. The implementation strategy therefore focuses on prioritising the identified strategies, establishing a clear system of accountability for well-defined assignment of responsibilities, setting targets and developing detailed action plans, allocating resources to prioritised interventions, creating an enabling policy and regulatory environment, developing an effective monitoring and evaluation system to track progress, and using effective communication strategies”.

Redoil:
how? With those dullarpos in power

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Naira traded at N460 to a dollar, after speculators had forced it 3 points down amid liquidity boost on Friday.

However, the Naira weakened against the Pound Sterling but maintained its Euro rate as it traded at N560 and N480, respectively.

At the Bureau De Change (BDC) window, the Naira was sold at N399 to a dollar, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N580 and N525, respectively.

The Nigerian currency also traded at N305.50 at the interbank window.


In other segments of the market, Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Travelex, an International Money Transfer Services Operator, sold the Naira at N370 to a dollar.


Traders expressed the hope that the strengthening of the Naira would reposition the economy for greater productivity.


They, however, appealed to the CBN to sustain the liquidity boost in the market so that the Naira could sustain its gains against the dollar.


NAN reports that some Nigerians, however, expressed worry that the gains of the Naira against the dollar had not translated in the reduction in the prices of goods and services. (NAN)

MRTA7:
No Rooney?