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Jonathan supporters have wilfully inflicted themselves with ignorance and they have stubbornly refused to learn even though they are enlightened.

When I first saw the response of the ex-minister claiming that the nation had $30billion foreign reserve, I shook my head in disgust at the ignorance of someone who was actually an honourable minister.

I also refused to comment on the issue because I knew no matter how much you explained to Jonathan supporters, they would forcefully block their brains to understand the simple terms because they think this is all a game.

May God deliver us from ignorance, especially the wilfully ignorant.

shigoslim:
u see yo life. Which one is more corrupt in importation and exportation ? If u can answer it on your own goodluck but vise visa don't quote me again.

I believe I was very explicit in my explanation and I clearly specified the corruption I was referring to. If you cannot understand my simple and clear explanations, then I'm afraid I cannot help you... Enjoy

Chappie:
Super story
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

What about Igbos that aren't interested?

I've always wondered how Bokoharam hypnotize people to join them and even become suicide bombers.

I've always wondered even more, how ISIS gets volunteers including very comfortable and educated youngsters born and living in the United Kingdom who fly to Turkey and cross the border into Syria to join ISIS.

I have always wondered how these volunteers are brainwashed to the extent of doing the unthinkable without seeing the bigger picture.

But with the latest terrorist group about to rise in eastern Nigeria and the rate at which they are gathering die-hard followers, I am now convinced that no human is truly above being brainwashed.

I just can't help but imagine what would be the fate of the millions of sensible and law abiding Igbos like myself who are not interested in this silly xenophobic 'new Biafra'

God help us!

...and more filth keeps being unearthed. I doubt NNPC even still has the money to pay. Kaii!

Anyway I now understand why Buhari was so positive about recovering some billions within the month.

All these courts and their injunctions sef... Anyway, Wike and his militants have to live with this.

MizMyColi:
What proof do you have that it was never enforced?
Are we now going to play oblivious to the fact that this could impede and discourage local manufacturers?

If the picture you paint is truly so, don't you think local textile manufacturers would have cried out?
The ban discouraged importation to a large extent as evidenced by the boom we now see in that industry.

Ask Oshodi Textile Dealers.

So, this government sees no need to protect the local industries, because they want to create revenue?
My question goes thus..."at what cost?"

Finally, a government that decides before it thinks has arrived.

What proof I have?... I know importers of textiles and I also know customs officials, that's my proof.

Before the ban on importation, if an importer paid N100 duty, after the ban, they typically paid N120 bribe instead to corrupt customs officials and still got to import the same quantity of fabric which they imported before the ban. So how does that help local industries?...

Now assessing the 2 scenarios I painted above, when there was no ban, the government got at least N80 out of the N100 in revenue (the remaining N20 would be pocketed by corrupt customs officials). In the second case (when there's a ban), the customs officials get N120 and the government gets ZERO.

Before the government thinks about banning importation of textiles, serious considerations have to be given to tackling corrupt customs officials and also blocking our porous borders. For the mean time, the government can collect duties on the imported fabrics (the revenue is needed badly) and a very high duty can also be considered as an alternative firstly before the right structures are put in place for a proper ban. With higher duties, the local industries would still be protected because foreign goods would be very expensive and the government would at least scratch out some revenue from these importers.

anonimi:
Stop spreading LIES please =>

The seized textiles in Kano was just a one-off. There must have been a serious disagreement between the importer and the customs.

MrSunesis:
Well, quote did have a valid point ....don't you think the government should have focused on tackling that sort of corruption instead of sending us more steps backward than forward?

Devising means of tackling the corrupt customs officials and also blocking our porous borders is a step that should be considered first before the ban. For the mean time, the government can collect duties on the imported fabrics and a very high duty can be considered as an alternative first before the right structures are put in place for a proper ban.

shigoslim:
Trash it's clearly shows that u lack common basis economic analysis. If your government is desperately in need of revenue, lifting ban on importation is it the best solution to income generator ? If importation is higher than exportation what do u think it will result to ? Don't you think it's will definitely befall government revenue or income generation. We are talking of how government will boost our economy through diversification . If government encourage small scale industry and we start exporting to other country who will benefit most? Is'nt not Nigeria government....... Must we rely on importation ? Another setback forward change indeed Nigeria has enter one chance

I can see you are very good at memorising your economics texbooks. But I can assure you that your texbook did not factor in the effect of corruption in its analysis. Goodnight

Maxymilliano:
Lifting of ban on textile, others will be tragic for local industries, what the government should focus on is how to revive the wobbling industries ...

The truth is that the ban was never really enforced. The ban did not stop or even reduce the importation of textiles at all. It was just an avenue for the ever corrupt customs officials to make so much money in the form of bribes; moneys which should have accrued to the government as duties. With the lifting of the ban, at least a chunk of those moneys received by the customs guys would get to the government.... and this govt is in desperate need of revenue.


Devising means of tackling the corrupt customs officials and also blocking our porous borders is a step that should be considered first before the ban. For the mean time, the government can collect duties on the imported fabrics, a very high duty can be considered as an alternative first before the right structures are put in place for a proper ban.

Members of parliament are known to fight all over the world, but the fights are usually due to sharp disagreements bordering on policies which can positively/negatively affect the lives of the masses.

But what do we have in Nigeria?... members of parliament exchanging blows over their appointment to head committees with just one single motive in mind, MONEY!

What a shame!

Lol... When people are bitter, they make statements without reasoning or judgement. That's the case of our TANoid brethren.

tunjion:
Buhari must carry out air strike onritualist in Ibadan and OPC thugs in lagos.

PMB is the president and not you. He would bomb where he wishes at the time he wishes until our security is guaranteed. You are in no position to dictate to him on where to bomb.

Ambi25:
It was one faithful morning after my regular job search on the internet job Search portal, i came across a job advert it was about a 5 star hotel recruitment, i read the requirement with interest.

All the requirement fit my Qualification so, i decided to apply for the job as a store Manager.
Three days later i was invited for an interview, i was excited to attend my first job interview with high hope of landing the job.

I did all i could practising, Reseaching about the company Mission and Vision.
The first stage of the interview was a writen test and thank God i pass the first stage and was shortlisted for the second stage of the interview.

I felt so happy that faithful day when i got a congratulatory massage for the next stage of the interview after three days.
On the final day of the interview, about 100 people were invited, although there were some gate crashing people waiting for slite opportunity to grab.

The interview was going on well but this one word "yea" i used instead of yes denied me my first job.
I was told to go home that they will get back to me, at that moment i knew that was the end, i felt so disappointed dragged my feet like someone that was heat by a truck.

My advice to job seekers is that they should always use the right words during interview to avoid this kind of situations.

http://nigeriacurrentaffairs1..in/2015/06/one-word-that-denied-me-my-first-job.html

If 'Yea' is the only reason why they denied you the job, then they should go to hell with their job. They never intended giving it to you in the first place.

[size=13pt]Security, corruption and the economy.[/size]

That's the 3-point agenda of Buhari. The nation must be rid of miscreants on all fronts. We are no longer under a silly regime where miscreants would be pampered for some foolish reason. Buhari has the support of majority of Nigerians in his fight to rid the nation of 'sacred' miscreants.

Anybody who isn't happy with this development can go hang himself.

Abii oo... They want it to be done in their states so they can use their powers of incumbency and their militant thugs to intimidate the entire process. Things like this have to be done in a neutral ground for the sake of fairness to the petitioners. If the bunch of rogues don't want Abuja, the tribunal can be moved to Lagos.

Did they think PMB is GEJ who attends G8 meetings (as an observer nation) with a 140-man delegation?

In the late sixties, Igbos were attacked and slaughtered on the streets all over Nigeria as if they weren't humans. Surviving Igbos in large masses fled back the the south east for safety and sequel to that, the independence of Biafra was announced. There was a pogrom against the Igbos in the late sixties and in view of that, the declaration of Biafran independence was absolutely necessary then. Igbos willingly fought for their survival in the late sixties and there was absolute unity because the cause was justified.

What I do not understand however is the motive or the driving factor behind this present clamour for Biafra 45 years after. Is it just because an Ijaw candidate supported by Igbos lost a presidential election, or is it because Igbos have been prevented from carrying out their businesses peacefully in other regions?

I would have preferred a clamour for true federalism instead of this senseless xenophobic incantations by the young man in London. There are more Igbos living outside Igbo land than within the south-east, if there are any hostilities between Igbos and non-Igbos in the Nigeria of today, Igbos would definitely be the losers. We have more investments outside Igbo land than we even had prior to the civil war. Yet Nnamdi Kanu calls for Igbos to attack non-Igbos in the east and some individuals genuinely think this man is a smart man?

Anyway, I would be interested in seeing how Mr Kanu can convince oga Chike or Chukwuemeka or Livinus in Alaba market Lagos to close their shops, relocate to the south east, pick up arms and start fighting Nigerian military.

The Lion of Ubima,
The nemesis of the jesus of Otuoke

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[size=13pt]Nigeria lost approximately $72 billion to oil theft alone in the last 5 years.[/size]

chuna1985:
Are u Mad please answer urself this question personally before I can continue wit u.

If u find out that ur mad, den relocate to yaba left before its too late.

I am not mad. Now can you kindly give your response?

How much does it even cost to build the 2nd niger bridge?

The demons are not like the ones we hear about. These demons are on human form. In fact you can simply say it is humans that are responsible for the problems of Ajaokuta steel plant and all other government establishments.

CHANGE!!!

mauriceju2:
[s][/s][b][/b][i][/i] what do do say about the CHIBOX SCAM THAT GAVE BIRTH TO THIS GOVERNMENT?

What does chibok or politics have to do with this?... Please try and be objective

olapluto:
What a silly news. She died in Turkey as a result of illness. This has nothing to do with Nigeria. Malaria is not a new disease. If Turkish hospitals cannot treat malaria, na dem kill her.
These 1kobo blogs self.

Malaria can be extremely deadly for foreigners who don't have the immunity. Even though we Africans have the immunity in our bodies, malaria still remains one of the deadliest killers in Africa.

Furthermore, unlike in Africa where you can easily get a malaria drug from a chemist, malaria drugs are not readily available in climes where malaria isn't a problem. As you can read from the report, the lady was misdiagnosed severally before she was eventually diagnosed for malaria (when it was already too late).

Hahaha... I thought a certain group of people said there was no vacancy in this office till 2019?

#GodWin

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millionaireman:
Pirates?
When the people from oil producing areas feel helpless and turn to unorthodox ways to get more earnings from the oil, you call them pirates and criminals to be demolished by military might.

For donkey years, leaders of the people you now call pirates have called for peaceful ways to reform Nigeria, to make their communities benefit appropriately from the oil in their localities, but Nigeria refuses to listen to them;

because Nigeria is under the grips of the north whose soldiers restructured Nigeria by proliferating states and local govts in the north. North smiles home every federal allocation day as it takes largest dose of Nigeria's money, and uses the accruing high legislative positions for north to spurn all attempts to reform the system. And we continue in this cycle for years.

This was the exact same argument of silly northerners when they said bokoharam militants were freedom fighters only trying to break away from oppression. The myopic northerners supported BH because they thought BH was killing Christians and destabilising GEJ's government. But their sweet fellowship with BH was outlived when BH became uncontrollable monsters who consumed even its members.

It is quite interesting how Nigerians (and by extension, the black man) will never learn from even the most recent history.