₦airaland Forum

SeaTrade:
I understand what you mean which is quite fantastic,
But also note that not everyone is eligible of fx from CBN.(Forex ban list and so on...),so how will you differentiate those who are and those who aren't on remita?can it be done?
Yes,I know you wanna merge street rates with that of official to eliminate round tripping,but know that the moment you increase your rate as a regulatory body,street rates go up again because you are the benchmark.So this is an endless process till the currency becomes less valuable than the paper its printed on.
You think this depreciation is by people hoarding dollar?
Well could be,aboki would just be preying on their gullibility and desperation by selling at unrealistic rates while the rest of the country suffer for that.

CBN already asked the “41items” importers to hit the street and buy from aboki. Now with this CBN portal to buy e-dollar at closer to Aboki rate, we could actually accommodate the “41items” Importers by attracting them with a rate slightly lower than aboki.

I am looking at it from the view that if CBN plays Aboki by setting up a buyer and seller portal, this can actually drive market away from Aboki to CBN. Then CBN can let market forces determine rate. No artificial rate. This will quench the zeal to hoard, take power from the Aboki to arbitrarily determine parallel fx rate.

They should make it easier to do business.. buy and sell dollar. This Form Q is aimed at importers; its appears not to accommodate those paying for services. And Form Q fx funding is not readily available when needed.

It’s tough!

Ebymo:
Hello,
I have an MTech ( Master's of technology) in a course which i got from India. I have got admission to US for An MSc in the same course instead of a PhD that i applied for. What can I say to the VO if i am asked why I am doing a second master's. Will I say I actually want to move on to a PhD? Or tell them the difference between the 2 Masters and why this second one is important?

Doing a second masters on the same course, doesn’t it sound like “Japa”?

Find the PHD... don’t repeat the same class in another country

SeaTrade:
Doesn't solve anything,
Remember the problem is supply.
If CBN collects inflow from remittance and don't supply to satisfy domestic demand for fx,street prices will still skyrocket.
And CBN collecting rates closer to street rates will instead widen the street prices the more.
Will you keep adjusting till the currency becomes useless?
What they need right now is an efficient means to distribute fx to legitimate users,and since we can't trust no one or worse still an organisation(bank) at this point,let them eliminate all the middlemen and do so themselves.

I think you misunderstood my post.

The issue is how can CBN easily available to those who need it.

I recommended setting up payment portal like REMITA. Those who want to send fx overseas can login through their banking app or the payment portal and pay with Naira. Then the fx is sent to the beneficiary overseas. No cash dollar.

This will take the heat off this demand for dollar on the street.

I recommended a rate closer to aboki rate to cutoff round tripping.

When people no dey can login and get dollar easily.... the pressure will die down.

The recent demand for dollar are by those who fear the local currency is fast losing value and have resulted to holding their reserve in fx

SeaTrade:
I think the solution is simple,
Why don't CBN open just forex operational branches across the 36 states of the nation to serve the legitimate needs of forex across the country and eliminate both banks and Aboki,rather sell to legitimate users directly?
If they do this,no more round tripping for banks and denying end users forex.
This will rapidly crash rates.
Let them do something unorthodox for once and stopp all this bs.

No need to open branches. They can work with REMITA or setup something similar.

CBN sell dollar at a rate slightly lower than Aboki rate for remittance only. No cash dollar

Fill beneficiary details on the portal and Pay.

Fx sent to beneficiary oversea account

Gradually they can control rate and converge both official and street rate

CBN must understand there is pent up demand for FX. This demand is driving up rate on the street. And the rising rate is also driving up the demand to hold reserve in foreign currency because there fear of local currency losing value fast.

Prices for many imported commodities have risen by 8% since dollar jumped to 570. What it means that Generator, TV, phones and others are more expensive now than 2 weeks ago.

The fear is that USD may hit 600 next week if BUBU doesn’t act fast.

Xmas go rough this year. Many no go chop rice. E go cost die

ezewealth:
USDT are the most stable, it doesn't go up neither does it go down

I just looked up the meaning of USDT AND USDC. They are meant to mirror the value of the real USD.

How to convert Naira to USDT or USDC? Any official channel to do this?

grandstar:
Are you for real? The CBN is doing a lousy job, hence the Naira's fall. What we are witnessing is a classic case of "market failure". The website is simply publishing the statistics but unknowingly exposing the incompetence of Buhari and his puppet CBN governor.

The Naira's current free fall isn't rocket science. The government barred the BDC from getting forex. Now, all buyers must go through the banks. People who bought from the BDC got it instantly.

Now to get through the banks, it take 4-5 weeks and that's what's putting pressure on the currency. The artificial scarcity of Forex caused by this policy is why the Naira is on a free fall. I already predicted this would when the policy was introduced.

What’s the way forward for businesses?

Only accept USD payments?

How low do you think Naira may fall?

We are currently calculating price of service for this week and next at 600 per usd.

It’s tough!

property123:
I am cool with this decision. That site manipulate FX rates. Someone wakes up and click on the site and tells me that is the rate he will work with. Majority of FX buyers or sellers are speculators waiting to reap massive IRO at the detriment of the overall good of the economy. The black market needs to be eliminated by any means.

But how do we eliminate black market when we can’t walk into the bank and get dollar or Chinese RMB or eDollar over the counter?

What’s available is Form Q and A. The payment schedule for these options is so unreliable. If you have a bill to settle next week, that might be difficult through Form Q because you need to have Form M to access Form Q.

Botking:
Bro this are cryptocurrency,
Oh I see, it seems you're new to this kind of stuff,

You can do your research and understand about it. Good luck

Yes, I am a bit of an old school.

But these crypto’s are quite unstable? A tweet from Tesla dude could make a crypto shed a few grands. Not stable at all

Botking:
OGA leave this old way of thinking, the financial world has innovate past centralized system of banking,

Buy USDT, USDC or BUSD and hodl against the naira, simple

Good day.

Can you elaborate on these options: USDT, USDC and BUSD?

How does it work?

Are these option better than having a dormicilliary account?

Vahn:
you really lack emotional intelligence, some of you are just stupidly dumb and inexperienced, but you make things up in your head and spill out the nonsense. You can always keep quiet when you have nothing meaningful to say. Do you know all it takes to get to this point of getting interviewed? Do you know the amount of strength it takes for a person who got denied to talk about the denial Do you know how devastating being denied visa takes? If you have nothing meaningful to say just keep quiet! And move on!

Many of you are so uncouth! You just want to be noticed by all means!

Thank you so much for telling it to that “oshey” dude. They are just so many of them, rude and uncouth. I had wanted to tell the bagger my mind when I first read that post but decided he may reply ranting and swearing... possibly derail the thread.

Thanks again for giving it to the dude

TOPCRUISE:
They don't practice democracy over there. If they had, it won't happen

I am curious about this school of thought of yours. You reckon nascent democracy impedes national development?

There are those that say we had more infrastructure development during military rule than democracy. What do you think?

VeeVeeMyLuv:
tell us why 90% of naija a black sub-saharan African country, the most populous in the continent cannot be neat, clean & tidy before u begin to yapp inferiority complex

How e go clean? Country wey conductor and driver go comot, open door pee for main road nobody go complain.

My Question:

Mr. T.B. Joshua was highly revered as a prophet, why did he choose these 20 thieves as disciples?

Any logical explanation?

aurelosiberu:
Status: Visa Delay
Abuja
COA $29k
Funding $9k
Course: Environmental Engineering
MSc
School: Texas A&M

VO: Have you travelled before?
ME: No, I haven't
VO: Place your hand on the scanner
VO: What do you currently do?
ME: I'm an Environmental Engineer at xxxx where my job roles includes
i. waste collection and treatment.
.......(and so on)
VO: Who is covering your deficit?
ME: My uncle, he is a civil engineer and he owns his construction company which he has been operating for over 30 years.
VO: Do you have family in USA
ME: No, I have no immediate family in US
VO: Where does your sponsor lives?
ME: Bleep, Nigeria
VO: sorry you aren’t qualified for this visa try again
ME: OMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Note: My sponsor has 2 kids in US, one is having his masters and the 2nd is a PR

Please guys I need help with corrections. Any and every suggestion is appreciated as I will be applying again, Thank you

Bro... try again you go get am.

But that “waste collection” no fit your job description at all.

Kelex062:
Status: Visa Delay
Abuja
COA $32k
Funding $9k
Course: Computer Science
Bachelors Degree
School: MSU(Morgan)

VO: You are going for a bachelors degree in Computer and Information Science (What was writen on my I 20)
ME: (Corrected her) Computer Science
VO: When did you finish high school.
ME: 2018
VO: You are currently attending The University of Port Harcourt (It was on my ds-160).
ME: (She had to ask about 3 times before I could hear her properly) Yes
VO: So what year are you currently in?
ME: Yr 2
VO: Who is your sponsor?
ME: My brother-in-law
VO: Your sister's husband?
ME: Yes
VO: What does he do?
ME: He owns a car dealership and(vo cuts in)
VO: What does your father do?
ME: He is an electrical engineer working with (company name)
VO: What does your mother do?
ME: She owns a small retail business.
VO: Starts typing... (omo as she start to dey type like that I just know say in don be)
VO: sorry you aren’t qualified for this visa try again
ME: Thank you (I no no come from my mind at all, lol)

Note: I am currently studying Mechanical Engineering at the university, which is not what I wanted to study. I just opted for it because I was told that Computer Science (which I actuallly wanted to study) was trash in Nigeria, and I should go for a course that I would be able to get a good job with the degree here in Nigeria (I was naive then so I just gave in).

Please guys I need help with corrections. Any and every suggestion is appreciated, Thank you.

If say you use papa and mama as sponsor for this package, e for make sense wella.

She fit ask why you want leave uni here enter yankee uni.. you go use ASUU strike as reason... the package for sweet well

Femotech123:
Visa delay this morning �
Abuja
Coa $31k
No funding
Course: social work
Bachelor degree
School: KSU

VO: You are going for bachelor degree in social work
Me: yes that’s correct
VO: when did you finish high school
Me :2014
VO: what have you been doing
Me: After my high school I went for (bachelor degree) I made mistakes quickly said I went for a diploma course in local government and development studies at The polytechnic IBD and I did a one year industrial training base on the course and later join an NGO wanted to mention the name but she cut in
VO: have you went for a bachelor degree before
Me : No
VO: what will you do after this degree
Me : I intend to come back to Nigeria to work will government/private intuition to improve the well being of vulnerable Nigeria I pause and I continue according to WHO she cut in again
VO: who is sponsoring you
Me : my brother
V0: what does he do
Me : he is a real estate developer he buy and sells land and lease land for commercial purposes
VO : sorry you aren’t qualified for this visa try again
Please help me what have I said wrong or what did I supposed to say.. pls guru I this thread help me with your correction, suggestion.
Note :my school resume January spring 2022
I’m reapplying. Pls what should I work on Incase of next time.

Bro... it’s always good to listen to your inner self, and tell it the truth.

With this kind transcript and package... e go take grace and favor .

The most critical parts of this package na 2014 to 2021; what have you been doing?

“ I do poly one year and IT another year, come dey work NGO no go work for this runz!”

VO: dis your uncle no sponsor you go uni for here since 2014?

VO: my friend, go repackage this thing come back make I give you visa

nues012:
VO:Where do you work?
Me: Association for reproductive and family health(ARFH) as a health awareness field officer, I teach people five basic rule of health ie how how to maintain and improve their family and reproductive health.
Vo: So what are your plans after this study?
Me: I am coming to Nigeria to take up a higher office of Health awareness Field Officer Supervisor(south west region) as I am on study leave.

Pls check this out guys

VO:Where do you work?

Me: I am working with the Association for reproductive and family health(ARFH) as a health awareness officer for the western region of Nigeria. We focus on family and reproductive health.

Vo: So what are your plans after this study?

Me: I am coming to Nigeria to take up higher post as a Health awareness Supervisor(south west region). This organization has granted me a study leave.

VO: how would this course help you?

VO: Who’s covering your deficit?

Favoredhighly:
Yes I have a study leave letter from my current employer.
So what can I say about my husband travelling with me? Also my husband is sponsoring with the bulk of the deficit, and my dad is gifting me the rest. Can I mention that?
I have account statements for both.

Good.. also highlight the fact that you will be returning to take up senior position at xyz radio station. This federal radio station is a strong point and a tie to Nigeria. Make it obvious.

If your husband is working with “ multinational” or a popular company, make that obvious too.

Repackage this transcript and post again; anticipate all possible questions VO may ask.

Do a mock interview with hubby... let him be cynical at every point in the interview until you get it right.

AnamegeNzube95:
I sent u a mail. Can u help me with how best to state what my sponsor does? And how can i modify my application to suit my current employment and establish a tie?

Bro... sorry for the late reply.

One question, is there any course that links statistics(your present profession) and computer science? And if you can get some or full funding from school, that will be great.

Look, VOs are just human. S/he is not all-knowing. You need to present to him or her information that s/he can understand and work with, within the allotted 2/3mins of interview.

(A) My sponsor has a company that sells stock fish

(B) My sponsor is a major importer and distributor of Norwegian Stockfish in Nigeria

Which one sounds better? Burnish the truth!

Favoredhighly:
Please can someone help me check if this transcripts worths being accepted?

I'll be going in soon.

Below is my Transcript:

Me: Good morning officer , how are you doing today?

Vo: Good morning

vo: How old is your son

me: 4 years

Vo: i can see you are going for MBA

Me: Yes, concentration in managerial communications

Vo: what will this course do for you ?

Me: This course will equip me with the leadership strategies and business skills that i need to incorporate in my women and youth based content programmes. Over the years I realised that 90% of our contents on media about women and youth lack leadership empowerment and business strategies, introducing this skills I have acquired will make our women in Nigeria take leadership roles in the political, academic or communal space they find themselves and help our youths to scale up in their small medium enterprise.

Vo: what do you do in Nigeria

Me: I work as a senior radio producer at one of the federal radio stations in Nigeria.

Vo: why Arizona State University

Me: because, the school is the best in innovation as ranked by US news, innovation which is the bedrock of creativity and content creation is needed in my radio programmes on women empowerment and youth development.

Vo: have you traveled before ?

Me; sure, I have been to Ghana.

Vo: when was that ?

In 2015.
Vo:Who will be sponsoring your education?
Me: The school offered me full tuition fees and my husband will be taking care of the deficit

Vo: please sir can I talk to you?

Vo; what do you do?

Husband : I'm a lead database administrator

Vo: what will you be doing in US

Husband: I just want to help her in settling down, I'll be back to my job by the end of next month, I'll also be checking on them occasionally.

Positives:
-Full funding
-A senior radio producer at a government radio station
-related course of study

Negatives:
-No study leave from current employer
- No “major” travel history
- husband traveling with you.

Advice:
Restructure your answer to this question, “ what will this course do for you ?”

Start with, “as a senior producer at ....Bleep radio station, this course will.......”

Your aim is to drive home the fact that you are a senior producer at a government radio station.

Preparation:

Make sure your husband’s account balance will be able to cover the deficit. VO could request his account statement.

Wroyal:
Good evening all. I’m gradually recovering from the discouragement that comes from getting a denial.

Please see transcript below

Date: 19th August, 2021
Time: 11:00am
Location: Lagos
Funding: Zero

Brief background - I’m a graduate of accounting, and I’ve also worked within the Healthcare space)

VO: please pass your passport and I-20
Me: passed it (Good morning)

VO: I see you’re going to Texas A&M, how many schools did you apply to and why Texas A&M?
Me: I applied to 3 schools (mentioned them). I choose Texas A&M for several reasons:
- A senior colleague at work is a graduate of Texas A&M university and is doing very well in the position she heads. My sister is also a graduate of the school and is currently working in Canada (needed to mention that my sister had left the US because my first denial was for attending her graduation in 2019)
- The school also offers a minor I’m interested in (Economics of Health care in the US) which I can take within my 2 year stay without having to extend my duration in the US. I’d be studying Business Analytics.

Over the past 5 years, I’ve majorly worked in the Cancer space and have been able to identify the huge gap is data/ information and turning this into possible solutions for better healthcare in Nigeria. This made my decision to further my education easier as I have identified a gap that I am willing to address. Also my background in finance/ accounting (which involves preparing and analyzing financial data),aids my desire to have an MBA in data science and data science is actually The future. Business analytics is an hybrid between science and business.
Converting medical data into useful information

VO: Kept typing without looking at me. I honestly got confused because there was an awkward silence.

VO: Who would be sponsoring you?
Me: My uncle, he’s a consultant at a teaching hospital and also consults and is on the board of several hospitals in Lagos.

VO: What’s his average monthly pay?
Me: about 5-8million monthly

VO: types for a short while and handed the blue paper. And said I didn’t qualify for the visa.

She made a face when I spoke about my reason for the school. She probably wasn’t convinced.
I’ve heard people say my “Uncle” being my sponsor was a red flag. But I’ve read transcript of people who got their Visa approved even with their uncle/ 3rd party as a sponsor.

I want to reapply (for Spring 2022) but I’m not sure if using my uncle will be a disadvantage again. I don’t have any other sponsor and don’t think it’ would look genuine for him to deposit the money in my account for an interview I’d most likely be having soon (before the year runs out).

This is my seeking help/assistance on how to go about this in reapply.

Thank you in anticipation of your response.

Regards

Sponsor’s average monthly income 8 million? I guess she didn’t believe this. Sponsor works for a government hospital and they are on strike for lack of salary.

That “ why you chose this school” is a bit lengthy and tiring. Be concise and drive home your point.

Ayflitz:
Embassy today at Abuja on the 30th, August. 2021.
Status: denied
Sponsor: employer

Please everyone I need your guidance.

I believe I am a step closer to reaching this goal.
I won’t give up and by God’s grace it end in praise.

Transcript:
VO: I can see you are going for your LL.M in University Of Miami.
Me: yes
Vo: what will you be doing after ?
Me: I will be coming back to occupy the position of senior associate while
I will be implementing the knowledge I have acquired with my expectation from Law firm to impact the knowledge in the junior associate in my employer’s law firm.

Vo: when did you start working
Me: for 3 years

VO: what do you as a Lawyer
Ans: I actively practice as lawyer specializing in entertainment, art and sport law.
(The area of law is a segment of Intellectual property law(IPL) which is what is stated in my office website.

Vo: your law firm is in Vi ??
Ans: yes

Vo: how many staffs do you have?
Ans: 30
(Meanwhile I checked my law firm’s website and discovered that it was 10 lawyers that was stated in the website)

Vo: will your office pay for your trips( this question, I wasn’t sure of what she asked my head told me it was about salary and said yes my office will pay my salary by 20%) my ds-160 clearly stated that my law firm will not pay for mg Trip.

VO: what year did you start working with the law firm ?
Ans: 2019 but I have had my internship program with the law firm before 2019

Vo: you won’t be given visa this time you can try again.

Now another problem I realized that there was an error on my appointment page for interview which is okay that my confirmation number on the appointment page is different from what I have in my DS-160, what was reflecting on my appointment page for my interview was b2 ds-160 confirmation number which I used in applying in 2019 for a family event in USA with my siblings and was denied. On my confirmation for interview it was this DS-160 old number that was on it which I discovered yesterday night. (The reason there was a mixed up was because I transferred my email account on the CGI three times becos I didn’t get a response when I made the application via email and later sorted for website application which was granted later via mail which approved it back to a different mail then I called the call center and it was permanently sorted out)

However, upon my denial I paid for a new MRV and I checked my profile update I was surprised to see my old b2/b1 visa confirmation reflecting Ds-160 number on my cgi profile instead of my Ds-160 for F-1 visa.

The questions are:
1. where did I go wrong in my interview?
2. What impact would the error on my CGI make?? Perhaps it didn’t show my required information.
3. Upon my new application should I pick Lagos or Abuja considering my circumstance ?

So many “wrongs” in this transcript. You were close to getting this visa, why did you blow it?

Why say your law area is entertainment when you could have said intellectual property law.

She checked online to confirm this Law Firm only has 10 employees. Why did you say 30 employees, when the website says 10?

AnamegeNzube95:
Date: 12th August 2021
Venue: Abuja
Time: 7am
Status: Denied


Transcript.

VO: I see you are going to Louisiana State University, Shreveport for Masters in Information Science. (My I-20 bears Information Science, but my Program is Computer System Technology)

Me: I am going for Masters in Computer System Technology with Concentration in Data Science

VO: (Looks at my DS-160) OK. So what do you currently do in Nigeria.

Me: I currently teach in Catholic School, Our Lady's International Secondary School, where i teach Economics and Statistics.

VO: When did you Obtain your Bachelor of Science

Me: 2019

VO: So what have you been doing since then

Me: After my B.sc i went for my compulsory NYSC where i worked as a Teacher at Kizito Comprehensive Secondary School, Akwaibom. After my NYSC i got employed in a Catholic School where i currently Teach Economics and Statistics.

VO: I see you have a Scholarship of .... Who will pay for the remaining

Me: My father

VO: What does your Father Do?

Me: He is a Major distribution of stockfish and has 3 warehouses of Stock fish.

VO: What do you plan to do after you complete your Studies

Me: I plan to return to my country to apply for the position of Data Analyst in a reputable Company like Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics or the Central Bank of Nigeria. I plan to work with them for a while and establish my own firm where i will work as a Data Science Consultant, i will help Companies in running business and data analysis and make better business policies, predictions and decisions.

She returned my passport, and issued me a green slip and Said sorry you do not qualify now, i can apply later

I think the VO got the wrong impression that’s why s/he asked, “ what have you been doing?”

Put your answer across, straight and simple: You have been working with Catholic school as an Economics and statistic teacher.

Secondly, A high school economics teacher going for an MSC in computer science is a bit odd. VO might think they are both unrelated. And again this MSC establishes “no ties” to your current profession. It kind of shows your immigrant intent.

Stating that your sponsor is a fish monger is not really the best way to present your sponsor’s status to a foreigner who does not know That stock fishes are worth money in this part of the world.

Repackage and shoot again... you might hit bull’s eye.

Hueman:
I always ask those ethnic nationalists "how will your new country be systemically different from Nigeria?" I don't hear anything from them . Don't tell the Biafra crowd that if they got their new state they would have been a client state for the french lol If more people were politically educated they would not fall for reactionary movements like this. It is very disappointing that Nigerians went out in drove to vote for Buhari when he used to be a military dictator. The day we get good leader things will clear in the consciousness of Nigerians.

I think one of the most effective ways to spread class consciousness is through liberation theology. Liberation theology analyzes oppressive social structures in light of the gospel. It is a belief that interprets Jesus's actions, words, and teachings through a focus on fixing social injustice, particularly poverty in the world. It seeks to liberate the poor from the social circumstances that has lead them to be poor. It tends to be critical of passive Christians and emphasizes Christ's role as a mortal social transformer with a radical anti-institution agenda. Liberation theology was used by Martin Luther King during the civil rights movement. Just listen to his sermon and compare it to Adeboye. You will notice a stark difference. Islam also has its own version of liberation theology too.

Considering the fact that these so called “men of god” have bastardized the core teachings of biblical theology, do you really think the people would give heed to liberation theology?

Don’t you think our religious divide between the north and south would hinder the propagation of this liberation gospel? Our current feudal lords could use the divide and rule tactic by compelling the northern Muslims that this liberation gospel is of Christian origin or vice versa.

Hueman:
Socialism will work in this country. The workers need to take back productive capital from the hands of corrupt capitalists so we can use it to enrich our communities. China and TSAR Russia once dealt with backward feudalism like we are currently dealing with, they broke these chains when they dismantled capitalism. They industrialized in less than a decade. Although the USSR is gone we can still learn from them. Look at how strong and powerful China is today. I respect these countries because they are able to become extremely powerful without the use of colonialism or imperialism unlike western Europe and America. It shows an alternative path for us to take as Africans. We can learn from them! We need to build up a very strong socialist party in Nigeria, so we can create a movement. The goal isn't to get elected or you will end up like sowere who is obsessed with getting power. The goal is to radicalize and educate the working masses. We need to wake up their class consciousness. We need to educate them on why this system of capitalism sucks. We need to show them how imperialism is holding us back. A genuine revolution does not merely change the faces of those in government, it radically changes the power set up, not just political power but economic power. It uproots the economic system, placing the material resources of the country under the control of those who actually produce the wealth, i.e. the workers and peasants. The conditions for a radical movement are already here. When you create a strong party. You meet the needs of the people, through free education, food, jobs, etc... They will back and support you when you get more power. The reason why religion is so big in Nigeria is that they are the only social institutions for the average Nigerian. But the church does not offer the radical change that is needed to fix Nigeria. It is socialism that does! If you cannot create a movement that works nobody will join you. You can say capitalism is bad all you like but if you dont feed the poor they will not listen to you. The usual Nigerian narrative is to go inside and change the system from the inside. We both know that it doesn't work. As socialists, we build power from the outside so we can exert our strength against the Nigerian government.

I am doing research on Nigeria's trade union. I have found out that the British played a role in defanging and corrupting our unions. It is going to be hard to fix these messes that they have made, but we will.

Mao's approach is interesting and must be studied however, it needs to be done in a way that makes sense for our material conditions. We need to study pan-African philosophy because the psychology of colonialism has messed us up. We don't need our movement being lead by people with European consciousness. That is what our leaders have, why do you think they happily destroy their culture and country in service for the oyinbo man. The fact that they use their blood money to buy European art, architecture, and fashion is a reflection of a weak Afrikan consciousness. We should learn from Mao, but we should also learn from Nkrumah and Walter Rodney. Chinas revolution made sense for them because of their material condition, our socialism should be done with Naija characteristics.

The most difficult in all these is attaining class consciousness amongst the populace. I reckon this indeed will require, as had in the past, a person or persons with good standing and eloquence to speak truth to hearts and minds of the people; to awaken them. This is a no easy task considering how quick we are to attack the messenger and not heeding the message.

You know there was this popular belief that BUBU would be the needed messiah during 2015 elections to “set” the course right for the nation. The “strong man” who charts the way for the nation, dismantling the feudal cultures of our bourgeoisie class. People had faith. Newspaper points at bus stops were packed with folks chanting the “sai baba” mantra as a class awakening phenomenon. Indiscipline took a back seat at the early months of 2015. The feudal lords did a runner or remained mute and inactive in the political scene for fear of BUBU. It was indeed a chance to take back this nations from the hands of these marauding political lords. It was a chance we lost!

The people are yearning for this “change.” This is the reason Igboho and Kanu seems to be popular amongst a setting grass root class. But sadly both don’t have what it may take to awaken the hearts and mind of our people.

When you look these countries like South Korea, Singapore, China, present Russia etc., they all had / have a “strong-man” government helping chart the course of their nation.

PS: I don’t mean strong men like Biya of Cameroon, Obiang of Guinea. Those are feudal lords.

Hueman:
the African state is barely a state to begin with
The state should have a certain degree of autonomy to have legitimacy & African states don't have that. This is because of the state of development & the character of our ruling class.


Our bourgeoisie don't have an economic base. It is the foreign bourgeoisie who control technology and capital flow in African states.
So the way in which the local bourgeoisie extract wealth is political control, to access, collaborate with, and profit from, foreign exploitation.
The contradiction of political and economic power means that African elites only have access to wealth accumulation through political power and because of this, the fight to hold political power takes on a life or death nature. And whichever faction wins power utilizes the state—
— in their immediate interest.
This leads to a paradox that traps us in stagnation. That sort of environment stifles capitalist development because the state is non-autonomous.
This is a contradiction of neocolonial capitalism. The African local bourgeoisie need capitalist —
—development. But their struggle for wealth accumulation stifles it. This then leads them to exacerbate things like ethnic antagonism for support. But it also sharpens poverty which drives up mass discontent against them as we ruling class, making ready the conditions for revolt—
—& instability. This instability, again, stifles capitalist development. Which they sorely need to maintain their legitimacy

Africa's social formations are trapped in this dilemma. The ruling class needs to, but yet cannot allow, capitalism to develop further.


This contradiction also means the state cannot properly mediate conflict. It is a win or be kicked to the curb battle for control.
The lack of resources and commodity penetration also means that people have to organize welfare for themselves. This happens through ethnic groups.
This is especially so in capitalist enclaves(cities with industrial development & proliferation of wage work).
Because of this, ethnic solidarity penetrates the proletariat class and diffuses class consciousness which should ordinarily be piping hot given our economic conditions.
The peasants are even worse off. Despite the fact that capitalism has destabilized their social system, it has not gone further to develop the productive forces. So they, who are a majority of Africa, are trapped in a colonial proto-capitalist system in varying stages of decay.
When there is revolt, the ruling class intervenes directly in their own class interest. And this, counter-intuitively, stifles capitalist development. Because it keeps the working class underdeveloped as a social force.
NEOCOLONIAL CAPITALISM IS RIDDLED W/ INTERNAL CONTRADICTIONS
It is no wonder that African rulers act as if they are in a state of siege; it is no wonder that energy is concentrated on the struggle for power to the neglect of everything else, including the development of the productive forces.

If we want to free Nigeria from this stage of stagnation we most adopt socialism with naija characteristic!

Good day bro. Nice proposition.

Do you think socialism will work in this country? Even at the grassroots it appears we seem to lack the necessary cohesion to make a functional social system. If we take a critical look at market unions in Nigeria. Despite no government control of their activities, they are so dysfunctional and corrupt. The leadership of these unions is no different from the political leadership we have “ruining” the country.

To keep this short, I think we may need that “one-strong-man” leadership to set the nation on the right course. Even if we may finally practice democracy, but I tend to believe that a “Mao’s” approach might be necessary for us as a nation.

Have you ever taking the time to consider Rwanda and her strong man leadership? Kagami has done a lot right in shaping the course of the nation.

Stella03:
Sorry,but that was basically what I did,what was I supposed say??

Please don’t go the pity route. These VOs are not in the business of having pity for applicants.

Your biggest hurdle is what you did from 2017 to 2021. If you can get this part right.. all good.

Keep it simple... your mom is your sponsor and works as a director at xyz oil company. If xyz is a well known firm, better for you

[quote author=ladeonas post=105175644][/quote]Honestly, it was looking good till it got to the question of sponsorship. It would have been a success story if not for the sponsor part. I think you should reapply.

May be same course different school....

Many here have indicated that having a sponsor in the same city is a red flag.

Stella03:
Good afternoon all,I had my visa interview denied on August 19th at Abuja,I was interviewed by a white lady

VO;I see you’re going to Wayne county community college for an associate degree in Gerontology
Me;Yes please
VO;what’s your plan after your associate degree?
Me;I plan to transfer to Wayne state university for my Bsc and then after do my Masters in Gerontology
VO;alright,very good,so what next when you return to Nigeria
Me;I plan to start up a retirement home and also work in collaboration with NGOs and I was opportune to attend a conference organized by a very popular NGO COSROPIN on August 14th and it was all we should know about cancer in older persons.......
VO:when did you graduate from high school?
Me;I graduated from high school 2017
VO;what have you been doing since then’
Me;I did skill acquisition for a year and went for computer lessons for another year before the pandemic then after I lost my dad and things were difficult for us at that point and so as my tradition states as the first girl child I had to stay with my mom throughout the burial process
VO;I’m so sorry (pointing to my I-20)who will be sponsoring you?
Me;my mom Mrs xxxxx Bleep will be sponsoring me
VO;what does she do?
Me;she’s a managing director in an oil company in delta state and she’s also currently in charge of my dad’s filling station
VO;okay very nice but sorry I won’t be granting your visa please reapply again......


I don’t seem to identify what went wrong.

Sister, if you had presented this transcript here for evaluation before this interview, folks here would have helped you get a lot right.

When the VO said, “ all right, very good” I knew the whole interview was looking negative.

You graduated in 2017. You went for a computer lesson and skill acquisition rather than going to University. 2017 to 2020 still no university. You lost your dad and couldn’t go to a tertiary school but your mom (sponsor) is working as a director of an oil company.... how “head-spinning” can this narrative get? Didnt you see you are contradicting yourself? No dad... no university but wealthy mom.

Ko le work!

Rossinkipp:
You are a kid who sees the world through the eyes of a toddler.

Here's one thing you need to understand.

Colonialists did not have uniform interests in all the countries they invaded. In South Africa their interest was to develop the country and not loot all its export proceeds. A major reason was because their people settled there in their millions. starting from the early 1800s.

That was why South Africa had its first universities and power stations as early as the 1800s, while in Nigeria the same colonialists refused to build a single university or power station till they left in 1960, leaving poor Tafawa Balewa to build and commission our first power plant, Kainji Dam, in 1964.

So by the 1940s, SA was already a developed country, while Nigeria was a bush, courtesy of British colonial looting of our resources.

So it is very unintelligent to say ''oh, country x was colonised as well'' without investigating the actual policies of the colonial regimes in those places. In black Africa, it was pure exploitation and looting, which was why virtually every black African nation started from scratch in the 1960s after independence, and is playing catch-up with the world today.

As for that untarred road you see and think of a corrupt Nigerian leader, look at it this way. When the British ruled you, that place was a FOOTPATH, not a road.

Today, most of you can drive to your villages on wide, motorable roads. COURTESY OF BLACK RULE.

In the colonial days, first there very few cars or buses, and second, a FOOTPATH led to your village, so whatever vehicle got you near there would stop at the nearest point to your village, and you would disembark and walk for three days or more to your village.

So thank your lucky stars that Nigerian leaders came to power and actually began clearing all those footpaths and created wide, motorable ROADS that you are now moaning about because they are not all ''tarred'' as of yet.

Dumbass ingrates.

I really can’t fathom why two gentlemen can not have a nice chat with differing opinions WITHOUT INSULTS on NL?

Are you guys paid to do this or what? I don’t get it. It’s uncouth to display this level of crassness.

Shuayb0:
3rd attempt.

*Visa Interview Transcript:*
*Location: Abuja*
*School: University of New Hampshire*
*COA: 72k*
*GA: 58k*
*Deficit: 14k*
*Attempt: (3rd attempt )*
*Status* *VISA APPROVED*

V.O: Good morning

Me: Good morning, how are you today?

VO: Didn’t answer

Pass me your I20
Me: Pls have it. (Placed my hands for biometric)

V.O: You’re going to the University of New Hampshire to study business statistics

Me: I corrected her that it’s business analytics.

V.O: I can see you have an assistantship.

Me: Yes

V.O: What do you currently do?

Me: I work as the business intelligence lead at ***, where I collect sales and customer data and use that to create marketing strategy, better target our customers and improve business processes.

V. O: What are you going to do when you return from this program?

Me: I will return and take up the position of Director if Analytics. I already have a written commitment from my organization.

V.O: You mean ****?

Me: Yes ****

V.O: longest 90 seconds if my life typing and clicking. Then the white paper.



*Personal tip:*
If you’ve been refused before, use the comment box to your advantage. I talked about why I think I was refused (financial plan), then explain what has changed like gre, GA and how I will be working with an eccentric professor. So I think this is why I wasn’t asked much questions, cos I already answered some of them with that explanation. She was focused and impressed with the assistantship and she didn’t even asked about anything pertaining to financials. Plus I wore a suit (if you say you will come back to a management position, please dress like a manager).

Bonus points: If you haven’t, please watch Suit or Billions before interview, so you can start feeling like Harvey in front of the VO��


Thanks to everyone on this group. Fairheart, you’re just a blessing. My brother Kelvin messaged me in the midnight and told me he said a prayer for me, then I knew I will get it. I appreciate everyone.

Brother, .... I think **** sealed this deal for you. She really took note of ****; and that’s she asked you, “you mean ****?”

Rossinkipp:
Every time, ''Hong Kong, Singapore''. Those were specially chosen client states of the west, chosen by colonialists after WW2 to be capitalist bulwarks against rampaging Soviet communism.

The west after WW2 gave the four or five Asian 'tiger' states free access to western markets, free technology transfer, outright financial grants and highly favourable loans to create capitalist, industrialised states to keep communist Soviets at bay.

To know the REAL southeast Asia, go to Cambodia, Burma (Myanmar), Nepal, Bangladesh, North Korea, etc. Those countries are poorer than many African nations. That is how those Asian Tigers would be without the western intervention, decades ago.

There are so many other states that have become successful despite having a colonial legacy. Many of them are by far better than Nigeria. South Africa comes to mind.

You see, I don’t think we should pin our failure to develop on British rule. I really don’t see the correlation between the red mud, pot-holed road that I take to work everyday and the colonial episode.

What I see if a fat prikk in government who has gotten a contract to fix this damn road but has decided to do nothing and buy a Benz with the funds; and share the remainder with his goons. Even if I write several petitions against him... it amounts to nothing, waste of time. He is my problem.. not the Brits.