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StepTwo:
@ TheGoodJoe


does this mean with d floating thing, the prices can only come down if the dollar irself falls to d naira?

forgive my economic naivity.
yes, i am an economic dummy.

Long explanation coming up:

You are a landlord who buys land in Lekki phase 1 and builds a block of flats there. You promptly make the price N250,000 because you want to sell instantly and get money. But is that the true value of that house? No. That is what CBN was doing fixing a bank rate of N199.

Your Lekki neighbours are pissed off (they know how much it should be) and punish you by constantly defacing your property, making you spend money to maintain it. And that cycle is getting expensive. That is what CBN was doing using our reserves to strengthen the Naira.

So you hire an agent and tell him you want to rent your building instead and he should show it around and see how much renters are willing to pay. You know that they will pick a value cheaper than the rest of your neighbours but more expensive than your selling price (simply because everyone will be rushing it, making your building more profitable). That is a Floating currency.

Now, you will keep making money as long as you maintain the place. For Nigeria, that means we have to encourage people who have foreign currency to need to buy Naira. In other words, we must be selling something attractive, manufacturing and exporting rather than importing. So that those doing so will be paid in dollars and since they live in Naija, must change those dollars to Naira and there will be enough dollar in the system and those who (genuinely) need to import will get them cheaper and goods will be more affordable since we have a good balance of trade.

Nigeria imports 90% of everything we consume (stvpidly) but exported only crude oil and crude oil prices fell and our economy deflated. But now, those guys exporting Agriculture or Leather Hides or any made in Nigeria goods will be paid according to what the Naira is and will change it and put more Dollar in seculation. So that people importing medical equipment can do so cheaply. And prices of goods will stabilise. Not fall drastically but won't be hyper-inflated.

Let us know how much the Naira is truly worth. But this policy is a long-term policy.

StepTwo:
aunty, abeg no vex. I be Agric/Environmental Engineer.

abeg, dis floating of a thing, is it going to affect orices of goods or its just all about d dollar or rather d exchange rate?

The exchange rate affects everything in Nigeria, because we import 90% of what we use everyday in the country. Because dollar hiked and fuel increased and some other factors came in, everyone increased their prices of what they were selling. Manufacturers could no longer import their raw materials so they too increased prices. This policy apparently will stop greedy people from artificially causing currency speculation (because banks will tell you they don't have dollar to sell you to transact your business but meanwhile they had sold it to BDC operators to make profit).

But will prices of things come down? Yes, in the long run. Because everyone will know that dollar has season to buy high or buy low. And everyone that needs it can then plan accordingly. So no more rushing helter-skelter for availability.

So does it mean his neighbour gave up DNA for testing? Was that voluntarily?

Awkwarrrdddd.

For those wondering what it means, follow @tunjiandrews on Twitter. He's a smart and objective Economist who analyses Nigerian economy on the radio. And he and other economists are all saying this is a good decision. Even some economists who are totally against Buhari are for this policy. One even said that this was what should have been done since last year.

From all indications, this is a good policy. It will apparently break the hoarding and speculation. And most people didn't see it coming (they assumed CBN couldn't keep fighting).

Basically, if you're hoarding dollars to speculate in the hopes of reaping a windfall, better go and dump them now. Because dollar will be open for competition.

LARRYDKING:
Sometimes, I wonder if we aren't refugees in our own land. Go to Ibese in Ogun state and see how the chinese are given preferential treatment by the host community. They walk into banks feeling like gods and the cashiers will stupidly leave the next costumer to attend to a white man.

Enough of colour inequality abeg.

That's on you. Nothing stops you from getting a recording of an incident whereby a foreigner is getting preferential treatment to jump the queue and approaching the manager of the branch. Inform him/her that you are releasing the video/audio recording online to every social media site, including sending a copy to the bank's customer care and tell the manager that what customer is worthy of great service and the next time anyone jumps the queue, he/she will be joining the Unemployed.

Rather than ranting in NL

NL1960:
Chai, iam sure you really worry your parents when you be small pikin.

I was a saint. It wasn't my fault that they were annoying me by not giving me what I wanted at that time and I had to punish them by crying a lot.

Meanwhile, Sers Seun and RoyalRoy of Nairaland, my reply required a "Whatever/eye-rolling-indifference" emoticon and your website doesn't have it.

And that is unacceptable.

Fix it. Or. Heads. Will. Roll.

(Sinister music fades away)

Gloriouspa:
Thanks. I will try and get his contact.

Please if you could come and write some contributions to the thread, identify some plants in your garden or maybe explain the proper way to care for grass lawns. By the way, what IS the proper name for Carpet grass?

Involuntary Reflex action or passing gas, is what doctors will say.

But you and I both know the truth! They are doing it to mock us parents!! Babies are smiling happily, thinking to themselves "hoo boy, ah kept mama awake for 3 hours dis nite an' she cried in tayadness an' dada kept mumbling 'I need to sleep, work is tomorrow', ah defeat both of dem! Ah will do worse tamarru, muahahahaa!!"

Or the baby could be like "hoo boy, mama tried tu put me in da crib sayin nansense like 'you're too old to be sleeping with us, baby'. Buh ah shock her by standin' in da crib an' dancin' tirelessly till mama vex an' carry me back to big bed. Muahhaaha, her bweast izz mine foreva! Dada put pillow ova his head an' say 'Oh God, in my next life, I am NEVER having kids!' Ah win dem! So now lemme slep an' smile an' plan for dem tumarru".

Something like that.

Gloriouspa:
@Onegai, I must commend you for doing a good job on this thread. I have been you people for sometimes now.

Please do you habe or know where I can get Fox Tail Palm and Rose of Sharon. A client requested for it. I am based in ibadan but could not find it here. Thanks.

I wish I knew. That Fox tail palm looks really nice. Your best bet is Lagos, followed by calling up Santua in Benin city (Google his number).

You can add any plant breakdowns you want. Please feel free to contribute.

cococandy:
What a beauty

It is. How's your LO?

Rhukie:
you caught me (coverface). I am just trying to develop interest in gardening but the truth it is confusing. well done to all the contributors.

We can all help. Start from the basics and take it slow. Why not try that spring onion inside water and see what happens? That's very simple and the best way to learn is to jump in (when you kill your first plant, you'll learn a lot ). I don't know a lot either, I think Tearoses is the most experienced here.

Hello Rhukie come in, introduce yourself. Don't be shy, we need more people in here!

I will start keeping a roster of people codedly reading and announcing monikers

Oxalis

Do you know, I'm not quite sure how to pronounce this...

Meet the Purple Clover aka False shamrock plant aka Butterfly plant! Such a pretty indoor plant. It likes bright, indirect light. But look at that purple colour! The colour comes out better if it's not directly in the sun so place it in a lot near a window or a balconey. It actually grows from an edible bulb but its mostly New Zealanders, Indians and Native Americans who eat it (known as a yam to them). When buying plants look at the colour scheme of your house. Purple and yellow and mustard go well together. Give the Oxalis plant a well-drained soil and allow it to dry out between waterings.

By the way the Oxalis shows Photonasty. It opens and closed according to light stimuli.

Mystical888:
Hello Ladies!
Please can I have ideas from those with househelps?
Any information will be quite useful.

How much are you paying as your kids' schoolfees and then leaving your help (who is not as educated as you) to tutor them through their homework? I've seen mums who do this and I wanna ask "does the maid know how to conjugate verbs that you're leaving her to help your child with her homework?". Why not do their homework with them when she's cooking their meal?

How old are the kids? Is the maid off on weekends, because if she lives with you she will still end up working on weekends.

zemaye:
Mtsewww worst thing is this same peeps that defend the rich that has Zero share in any goodies the country has to offer!
Ah! Nigeria. I agree with you the poor don't care. They only fight themselves instead of the real enemy

Nigerians are funny. They will fight their neighbour that is on the same level as they are instead of the landlord cheating them. They will insult Resident Doctors instead of asking for the arrest of the CMD and Board running the ill-equipped hospitals their loved ones died in. They sill defend any politician who appeals to their tribe even if the politician hasn't even tarred the roads in their local govt or bothered to build a clinic sef.
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jenigurl:
it's seems far-fetched that any one who has been a director in Shell since 2007 (the richest oil company globally) can't afford such assets !
I find the Nigerian penchant for besmirching people without critical thinking rather funny.
Please Nigerians let's learn to think before following the pack mentality.
Someone should tell us what is the take home of a director in Shell bonuses + allowances and the yearly housing , I know from a friend that directors are paid in forex.
A nairalanders here actually told me she was a director for only one year which has been proven to be false so please lets stick to facts and resist the lust to just blurt out comments

She should not be able to afford it. You do not understand, that is not her only asset worth millions of dollars. She has so many. You have no idea how these people hide and move things around. Do you know how many of your politicians and governmental officers gave up their foreign citizenship to countries like USA and U.K. because those ones were going after them for taxes and money (they would call it corruption charges though. Na. wash). They bought citizenship into countries with easier tax laws and no extradition clause. There is proof that she was corrupt. But to speak up is to damn people whom are of benefit to one. And no-one will do that to defend people who will never thank you for your sacrifice. What you and so many people write here is more evidence that is best to keep quiet and look out for your own, let the masses keep struggling blindly.

zemaye:
I am here lol at the peeps that are screaming she is innocent !
Mtsewwww

No-one in Nigeria can ever go to jail for corruption. Ever! Any sane person who has ever done business in Nigeria at a high level is always baffled how the masses of Nigeria not only take so much nonsense but justify and defend it whilst they are dying and hungry and poor and their children are being brought up to become servants to the rich forever.

I've stopped caring about what happens to Nigeria. The poor of Nigeria themselves don't care. Let me fend for me and my family abeg.

Only people not in the oil industry will defend this lady because she was corrupt and there's enough proof to nail her. But to do so will be to destabilise Nigeria (almost everyone in government and all your big men of industry will go down with her). EFCC cannot touch her directly because all her backers are still very much in government and some of them aligned with Buhari so he cannot fight them. All this one they are harassing her, FG is hoping that the the U.K. govt will do the deed for them.

You don't have to get a fancy glass jar, a regular glass jar or even a wine glass will do.

stonecoldcafe:
Interesting. What shop in Mega plaza or any idea of d area in balogun?

Balogun, I don't know, Iponri ask around (have a picture with you if you go to the markets). Mega plaza, it's on the 2nd floor, on the left if you're coming from the stairs and it's after Gethsemene Flowers. From the lifts, it's on the right. They currently have a fountain display outside the store.

Found this online. It might be of some use Zaynie


http://www.partysuppliesng.com/candy?product_id=2906

shaybebaby:
I did have a good time but maybe I am biased. Something about the way of life over there, south of Italy is much poorer than the north but it doesn't really reflect in their way of life. Here in the UK, their laid back attitude wouldn't work, when we were trying to hire the pedalo, the guy was in the phone..in no rush to serve a queue of customers waiting in front of him( chatting about his sister, I was fuming and muttering under my breath about bad customer service, lol). Still I had a grudging admiration for him, they as people simply refuse to be rushed in anything, be it eating or even work.
About the swimming, I'll keep trying.. Just need to conquer my fear.. Of everything it seems. I'm the typical black woman I'm afraid of anything that isn't on solid ground.
The thing with travelling and I guess that's something road tripping provides is that you have no expectations so most things come as a pleasant surprise. Even the not so pleasant becomes something to be laughed over later.
My most profound disappointment came from visiting Mexico, I wanted to see chichen itza( not sure I spelt it correctly). I did and was disappointed, it was so heavily commercialised, the pyramids were cordoned off and you couldn't even go inside to explore. Fair enough, it requires preservation but after a 10 hr flight, it was a big letdown seeing something from the vantage position is had previously from seeing it on to, actually tv was better..they showed the insides.
Do share your journeys on the off beaten track, I'd love to see. Planning a fly drive through America one day I hope.

I googled and saw pics of people around Teotihuacan, so maybe that would be more accessible.

South of Italy, Thanks for the tip. How does one search for deals from Nigeria though? I've never seen any offered here.

2 years later, after all that wahala. Sigh.

Contact a lawyer depending on the country you got married in (Nigeria or Ghana). They will give you the best advice. You should prepare yourself by having a paying job and secure accomodation, the court will look at that. Also, have prrof of payments that show you have been handling bills without the biological father's financial input. A good lawyer will sort out the rest.

As for him collecting the child after she's grown (i recall it was a girl you had, right?), he can't. Not unless he's a billionaire and it is in your child's best interest to secure her share of inheritance. She may show curiosity about her parent, but most of the kids, the more they grow, go from Anger (at missing parent) to Understanding that life happened. But not Love. I'm speaking from experience of knowing at least 5 people who grew up without ona parent and the only one who cared was the one whose father showed up to make amends when he was in his teens (and father introduced him to his half siblings and he started a family relationship). All the others, when the missing parent eventually showed up in their adulthood, the child wanted nothing to do with them or treated them as acquaintances. Don't insult him to your child, just say "life happened and I'll explain every day till you can make sense of it".

Africans are very sentimental, so they will say stuff like "a child must locate its father". Rarely true, especially when the child realises that the father had a choice to stay and be involved but chose not to.

The chart below shows requirements for growing different vegetables in containers. If the pic isn't clear, then please try the link below:

http://pin.it/eQbee1r

For those of us who live in cramped cities, this can be a boon.

Urban Vegetable Container Gardening

So you would like fresh, non-GMO, affordable (not costly like gold where you will be eyeing your visitor when he/she lavishly helps himself to stew from your pot ) and you have no space?

Welcome to Urban Container Gardening!

You can grow soooo much in a container. All you need to do is find a spot that has light, a container and decide what you want to grow.

A container is anything: a bucket, an old bowl or pot, a glass mayonnaise jar (mason jar), a wooden crate from a wine collection, a flower pot etc. Depending on the size of what you're growing, you will need a small or large container (tomatoes, lemons and peppers and carrots need more space than Spring Onions and garlic and Bay leaves for example).

Add some granite stones at the bottom of your container to create a false drainage id it doesn't have holes in it.

You can improve your soil by adding a raw egg to the soil or watering your plant with the water used to wash or book your potatoes. One of my gardeners said in her village, they use chicken poop and my mum loved cow dung for her garden. So no need for pricey fertilisers.

I'll post a lot of pictures and charts so you can take a look and see what you like.

Emary, touchmeder, Brandnew3, Goodyness, Ije004, Aghaibiam, hettetatattam, Cheechy, whom else am I missing?

Growing from Kitchen Scraps

Did you know that if you put Spring Onions and Leeks inside a glass of water, they will grow? I did just that and they started growing, I wish I had included the original picture when I cut it, there was absolutely no green stall on any of them and look how much they've grown in a few days (over the weekend) in JUST A JAR OF WATER. I've now transferred them into their containers and placed them on my balconey to get sunlight. There are a lot of fruits and veggies and herbs you can grow like this. Including peppers and tomatoes, onions, garlic, etc. I'm serious. So stop throwing away plastic bottles and buckets and mayonnaise jars and food waste and sit down, let's learn together.

I will do a series of posts about foods that can be grown from your kitchen scraps in your urban setting like a balconey.

Cc Babythug. Pavore9, I've seen you've started a thread about sack farming in Kenya. Since you've seen it upclose, could you please share with us the Do's and Don'ts of Container Gardening? Thanks.

Please move on. None of us know the answers and the answers you may get from even him may not please you or make sense to you.

He doesn't want this child in his life. At least you know this, so start making plans and move on. Because if you keep chasing him for answers and querying, you'll just get angry and bitter the more he drags his feet. And your son needs a loving parent right now. If you're not in Nigeria and can get child support, please do.

When he does eventually show up wanting to see his son, feel free to bill him for every year he missed paying for his responsibilities before he gets access.

bebe2:
My kids kept breaking out in rashes,

Couldn't tell if it was mosquito bites or an allergic reaction.

Those aren't rashes. More like a reaction to something, including the itching.

Yampotatocarrot:
The next step is to start looking for a gardener around me

I wish I could get some of my mum's tiny aloe vera plants for you, she has so many she'd give you for free. Okay, so you can do tiny aloe vera, dwarf snake plant (it's yellow), baby tears and silver fern. I'll post pictures of them so you can identify them when you are them. The most expensive plant is the fern (but you only need about N300 worth of it). I'll circle the plants in referring to.

In the picture below, all 4 of those plants are easily available in Nigeria (only one is over N1000, the bromeliad on the left). This is a terrarium for desert and dry plants as it's mostly succulents. So the soil is at the bottom and they used plenty of sharp sand and the pebbles are at the top. The yellow and green spiked small plant I circled is the dwarf snake plant (that call it Mother-in-law tongue because the ends are sharp and pointy), then Aloe Vera and cactuses are the other 2 circled.

stonecoldcafe:
Where can one get like this your glass pot on d island say Ajah.

I don't know, maybe Ikota Shopping Mall? I know it's sold at Mega Plaza (but it's N6,000 there for my shape and size). If you can get to the mainland, it should be cheaper at some markets like Balogun and Iponri and Ikeja (decor stores). I may be able to get some from a lady I know for cheaper (but she will insist on collecting money upfront as I've sent people to get in the past and she would commit her money and then they wouldn't buy).

cococandy:
Same here. This little ma'am better start walking soon. That's all I need her to do. If she understands the trips or not Na her concern be that.

I feel so cooped up.

Lol, pele.