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Well the Southern Senators should lobby the Northern Senators, especially Senators from the North Central. The Govs of oil producing states should be willing to fund the Lobbying move and they should even lobby the Governors of NC states if need be.

The President should also send a Solid Minerals Industry Bill akin to what we have in Ϯh℮ PIB so that the Solid Minerals rich North will have something to gain at the end of the day.
Or better still Ϯh℮ President can pass a Resource Control bill.South African coal industry is worth Billions of Dollars, AustRalia have not been adversely affected by Global recession partly because of their Solid Minerals

Better still GEJ should send a Resource control Bill to the NASS

PIB should be passed @ whatever cost ASAP because the price of Oil will go down in no distant future and if it does I bet you guys that this same Northerners will be the ones championing for Resource Control or they'll secede

The communities whose farmlands and rivers have been destroyed due to oil exploration should have something to gain before value of their God given wealth goes below $10 per barrel.

ClarA Chime is B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L, I dey fall and roll for ground for her (no report me to Sullivan). Petr Obi's wife is anotheR PreTty Lady

PointB: GEJ should build and deliver the second niger bridge and (re)commission a fully functional Enugu International Airport plus provide electricity. Then we can start talking about his 2015 ambition. He's done pretty better than all the presidents before him though in every respect. FACT!

In addition, GEJ should also ensure that Akwa ibom state government finishes that Ibaka deep sea port on or before 2015. If possible help them complete it overtly or covertly. It'll be of great hElp to Ndigbo and SS

bappahman: Former head of state and leader of the Congress Progressive Change Muhammad Buhari will deliver a keynote lecture on Nigeria’s democracy and economic development at the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, United Kingdom tomorrow, March 5.
The lecture, organized by BEN Television in collaboration with the office of Labour MP, Diane Abbot, under the aegis of British African Diaspora Conference is the fourth in the series of lectures on Nigeria by BEN TV.
Other personalities scheduled to speak at the conference include Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko Inde, Olajumoke Adenowo of AD Consulting Ltd, and Alistair Soyode, Chairman and founder of BEN Television .
The theme of the conference is Nigeria: Stable Democracy and Economic Development, with sub-themes on Nigeria’s political and administrative structure, INEC and credible elections, and how to tackle corruption in the country, among others.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php/news-news/51709-buhari-addresses-british-parliament-tomorrow

Guys how come BEN Tv guys didn't invite a top INEC or Govt official What on earth will Ϯh℮ Comp Gen of Customs say about Economic development and Democracy? The Custom man will go there and talk about how the revenue of customs increased and how smuggling was reduced under his watchful eyes

If BEN tv aren't trying to be mischievious, why didn't they invite NOI,ShAmsudeen Usman or Aganga to talk about our Economy and Jega or any INEC official to talk about elections in addition to Gen Buhari?

I guess opposition just wants to use this to score political points

gabriel212: Am very sure APC is holding the Government house in 2015 with slide victory over the pdp( coz of division withing the party unless GEJ drop his 2nd term bid)

Akuko na Egwu!!! The only opposition Pres GEJ has are PDP Northern Govs. If GEJ gets the PDP ticket, you'll be surprised @ the way APC will be crushed in 2015 polls.

MaruTmo, Godbless you. Uche Nwofor (former Junior International)seems to be in top form. Hope he gets to a bigger club so he can get Keshi's attEntion

abbeyty: so omo naija dey play football 4 iraqi ?

Anvaller: 1) Mechanize ur farm. This will allow you to farm efficiently. Less labour, Higher efficiency, higher accuracy, timeliness, all these will ensure higher yield. You will be sure to make profit if u can achieve more yield/acre or ha. The problem of pry producers start from inability to achieve required min yield/ha due to lack of factors I mentioned above and among others. Large scale farmers are in most cases the group of farmers that achieve min yields or higher. A subsistence farmer can also achieve min yield but at subsistence level.

2) Add value to ur produce... If u are a cultivator of perishables for example, have a cooling system where u can keep ur product for a protracted period of time so that u may sell ur perishables when its scarce. U know what that means!

3) If possible, cut out bulk buyers, middle men or whole-salers... note!!! (If possible) cos this is not always possible. If u can, this will allow u to sell ur product at whole sale price and not at farm gate price which is usually ridiculous. If u can achieve this, I can assure u will make reasonable profit and this is when we can be talking about how profitable farming is. If u can not, farming may not be as profitable as u enthusiastically believe.

There are more ways to expand profit but these are the ones I can think of right now
Good luck.

Thank you Sir

Agriculture is big business. I read somwhere that an averaGe Nigerian consumes about 600naira worth of food daily. Calculate 600 * 160m = 9.6bn naira per day. You guys can see that if this figure is true then Agric biz is super profitable.

But Ϯh℮ problem is that crop farmers (primary producers)make little or no money. The transporters,middlemen,food processors,etc make a heLl of profit.
This is what's discouraging most young people from farming.

Can the experienced farmers/agric specialists tell us how to make profit as primary producers (crop farmers)

Brother continue on this agro business. 2-3years coming you will look bacck and not have any iota of regret. Nigeria is diversifying her economy,agriculture is receiving government attention. I assure you that with proper planning, you won't regret it.

greaterlove: Manny4life, shymexx and cfcfan i must say i enjoy you guys approach to things, even when you have different opinions you guys still have a way of listening to the other persons views and taking corrections when wrong. thou i didnt comment on the previous post on external reserve hitting $47b but i read your comments and got more educated. i pray more nairalanders will be like you guys.

I won't lie, I too enjoyed their discussion. I'm now a bit more enlightened as regards our economy

Let's be frank here, Lai just spoke Ϯh℮ truth especially as regards the increase in oil and Gas production in USA. I was watching Bloomberg and an analyst was saying that USA will start exporting Oil and Gas in few years time. This will indeed spell doom for us Nigeria.

The FG should fast track the diversification of our economy ASAP. The NASS should fast track the passage of PIB and a bill on Solid Minerals exploration. And also Repeal the Land use act.

In few years time,our northern brothers will be the ones agitating for fiscal federalism because the price of oil will crash to less than $20 per barrel and they ofcourse have arable land and are blessed with huge deposits of solid mineralS

masu: the writer fail to point out for us that yorubas in that ministry have ruined and run down the ministry.
incase yorubas population in the ministry were due to capability so then why did the ministry ruined in their watch.
abeg lets try other tribes joor.

he also failed to tell us how come the ministry are filled up majorly with yorubas.
come on the war is over we need to balance things,does that mean that other tribes has lesser capable graduates. you guys wants us to gangup against ibos wereby all this years you dominated the ministry and no one cry marginalization.

Nice Points Sir.100000likes

Spyda, i think its time you open another thread.

vanstanzy: The Nigerian Police officers have exhibited the usual shameless tendencies by desecrating, disrupting and distracting worshippers during the church service of Sunday 17 of February, at the State Headquarters of Winners Chapel

Enugu ,arresting a deacon and an official with the Crowd Control Unit (CCU) in the process. The drama started after the first service when a member of the CCU was defied by a worshipper when instructed to stop for other vehicles from the other lane to pass. The errant worshipper , (the Chief Detail to the Governor of Enugu State) refused to follow the order of the Traffic Controllers and in the process his vehicle hit and run over the leg of another worshipper.

In the ensuing melee and confusion the Chief Detail held the tie and pushed around the Usher who retaliated by roughly shoving the man. The wife of the chief detail came to the rescue of the husband by giving the Usher two hot slaps and another lady CCU member slapped back the wife of the government official and a brief fight ensued at the car park leading to tearing of dresses of both women.

The aggrieved Government Official called for reinforcement from a group of mobile policemen who came to the church to arrest the leaders of the CCU but met with resistance from church members. They called for a second and third heavily armed reinforcement that came with two Hilux vans from Government House , Enugu and after much argument, whisked off a Deacon named Kanayo and a CCU usher named Louis.

All efforts by the resident pastor and other pastors, elders and deacons to plead with the top government official failed. The duo were arrested and taken to Ogui Police Station around 1pm and were there till 9pm. This melee caused confusion , distracted the second service as worshipers abandoned the church service to witness hollywood movie. Traffic was held up for over two hours while angry worshippers expressed disappointment at the Police partiality in the matter.

The entreaties of people including the State Director of State Security Services and an Assistant Commissioner of Police to release the church officials failed as the government top shot insisted on teaching the church rats the lessons of their lives.

Link: http://news.naij.com/24382.html

This is my best part of this story. I'm sure the Government official and wife have learnt a lesson the bitter way. I wonder what Pa Oyedepo will say about it?

El Guapo: [color=#0066ff]Spot On man, more especially Sidney Sam - Such a Talent that can make us look like the heavyweight team in Brazil.

Joel has always been part of the team, injury ruled him out of the Last mundial, then Aluko? I need no say what this Chap can be on a good day.

Then i'd suggest that more attention be paid to the Younger ones, Aziz gotta be monitored wherever he is, that dude is a Midfield Maestro.

And for what i believe, the NPL would still have more talents than we could Imagine - I've actually got my younger Bro who's berra than Mikel playing in the Local League - Watch him as well [/color]

Where is Azeez That guy is a talent

Apam Onyekachi, Joel Obi, Sone Aluko, sidNey Sam, Taiwo, Obinna Nsofor, Chinedu Obasi, AnIcheBe and Obafemi Martins

oil suop: T.B Joshua should stop being jealous,is it because Jonathan choose to visit winners instead of church of synagogue?

Guy read other comments before insulting Ϯh℮ Prophet. People have come out to say that he didn't make this statement. Abeg make we no dey insult MOG (whether fake or real).

rooftech: when i posted this i used the words challenge i dont know why the moderator changef it to displace.this prophesy was said 2010
the time is ripe bye bye pdp

So in Ƴơuϫ dictionary, challenge means outright victory

Innoson is not the only automobile assembler. Anammco still functioning. Maybe companies like Tata can open assembly line cos of this initiative.

This is really good for Nigeria. Kudos to GEJ led administration.

reportnaija: Her name is Mor Okonkwo. Isn't she lovely.
What do you think?

See more pictures here : www.reportnaija..com/2013/02/sexy-pictures-of-fred-amatas-fiancee.html

Nwa bukwa IFE NNELI!!!!!!! #inflavoursvoice. Nwata julu eju!!!

Why would the Op lie Some people are saying its not possible to spend 21hrs from Lagos to Ilorin. SMH

fr_evangel: You are very myopic! Me, a GEJ supporter?! For your information, I didn't vote for anybody last time because I had no candidate! I don't think PDP or GEJ are close to what I am praying for Nigeria, but I will also not shut my mind to reasoning like you have done again in this your post. I for one can see/enjoy some of the things the OP highlighted. I wanted to see opposition supporters dispute OP's points, but nay, this is what I see, your kind of posts.

For your information, I am hoping to vote in 2015 and from the posts and mentality I see opposition party supporters exhibit here, I most likely will vote for PDP unless the opposition change their desperation tactics and begin to REASON!

I am now of the opinion (personal) that many o you, opposition supporters are young UNILAG/LASU students who don't know nothing yet. You guys sound more like paid critic to me, observing from a neutral ground.

AGAIN, GEJ IS NOT MY DESIRED KIND OF PRESIDENT AND I HATE PDP, BUT I WILL NEVER DENY FACTS THAT GEJ IS PUTTING SOME THINGS IN PLACE!!! I am not like you!

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I nearly lost my voice preaching the Gospel of Buhari (ofcourse I voted for him) God is my witness. I almost donated money to his campaign, I saw the bank acct numbers @ their campaign website (thank goodness I didn't).

However, for the past 2 or so yrs Pres Gej is trying to right the many wrongs of the past. From Agric sector to power sector, rail/sea transport to Aviation,etc GEJ is working in almost all d sectors and he has won my heart. Except I see Donald Duke or Pat Utomi or Sullivan Chime as presidential candidate, I'll vote for GEJ come 2015 (if he contests).

I'm an optimist especially about d affairs of this country. I believe that Nigeria is evolving into a better nation.

itsmayiela: Some folks just make funny comments here and i sit and laff weneva i read such. Before taking sides, pls try to do a little geography and look at the map of nigeria and all the regions. Which region has the largest land mass (non-marine area)? And what proportion of the region should be represented in the armed forces? Also, take a look at the riverine areas of the country (coastal regions) and know how many states have water surrounding them and the proportion of its population that should be represented in the Nigerian Navy.

Perhaps this should give you an insight to why most of the people in the Nigerian army are from the North and why most of the people in the Navy are from southern and Niger delta origin.

That is simple sense. Mind you, i once served in the armed forces

If we are to Follow what you wrote above, then why do we have many Northerners in the NNPC since we're yet to start oil exploration in the north? How come a large number of our top. Civil servants come from the North since we know that Southerners are educationally advanced than the Northerners? What about NPA,NMA,Customs,etc all in Lagos have many Northerners workin there and we all know there is no sea in the north.

I usually ignore tribalistic threads like this but this Ihejirika story is getting too much. Many threads have been opened cos of it in the pass few days. The other day it was igbos are many in the Super Eagles, now its that Igbos are increasing in the Army. Tufiakwa

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasm, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls, who neither know victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt

At Friday afternoon’s pre-match press conference ahead of Sunday’s important quarter final match between Nigeria and Cote D’Ivoire, Super Eagles trainer Stephen Keshi was asked an important question by journalist Colin Udoh: “Do you think it is unfair that you don’t have the backing of the people as you go into one of the most important games that this team is going to play at the Nations Cup?”

Betraying some emotion, the 51 year-old trainer with baggy eyes responded: “It’s a shameful thing if my nation doesn’t have confidence in their team. I don’t care if we’re playing against Brazil. If you don’t have confidence in your team, it’s a big shame to my nation, including me. What kind of morale are they showing to the players?”

For such an important game coming up tomorrow, it is certainly disheartening to hear our countrymen speak so low of their own team. A couple of people have sent me messages from home asking me to confirm their fears that Nigeria “will lose” tomorrow. I’ve tried to avoid answering.

But here’s my response in public: it’s stupid to go to battle without hope of victory. And it is a stupid person that sees his team at such an important epoch and fails to give it support.

No matter what the shortcomings of Keshi’s squad, this team is our national team and on Sunday they will be singing “Arise O compatriots, Nigeria’s call obey” in the green and white in front of a worldwide audience. If for those 90 minutes and more you feel like that team is not representing your interest, then by any means you are free to change nationality. But please do not allow your negative vibe affect the morale of our boys.

is high time we stand up as a proud people who are able to proclaim our Nigerianness without shame. If we lose on Sunday, it won’t be because our coaches and the players have not tried enough. It would be because we met a better team.

And what if we win? The game of football is between 11 men on a football field. I dare say that this young team of ours can and will confound the ageing Elephants tomorrow. But it starts with believing in what you have and giving them all the support, just like the coach does.

Have a little faith in your team - faith doesn’t hurt, it strengthens

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Rhino.5dm:
So, ki ni big deal? If the man favours his people? clear case of giving a dog a bad name to hang it. Who are those shouting and trying to skin this man alive because he is ibo?

Even though, I don't support any corruption or trying to hold brief for him but I want to shamelessly say here that the recruitment process in Nigeria military has alway been like this, right from the time immemorial. Those without sin should cast the first stone!.

Now, where were these people writing petition when small town like Zuru emirate council in Kebbi State produced many generals? The likes of General Ishaya Bamaiyi, Musa Bamaiyi, General Sani Sami? Jakolo?? No one complained when Musa Bamaiyi and Ishaya Bamaiyi, both Generals and brothers from thesame parents became ministers simultaneously?

Where were these people when General Ishaya Bamaiyi the then COAS enlisted truck loads of miscreants from his village into the Nigerian army disregarding the due process and the useless quota system?

Many of which can't even write their names? There was a time when more than half of recruits in Kaduna Jaji came from his village and at thesame time populating NDA with Zuru indigenes. Yes, quote me anytime!!!!

Selective Promotion Where were they when Obj promoted Nuhu Ribadu from mere Assistance Commissioner of Police ( ACP) to Assistance Inspector General of Police (AIG), the first of its kind in the history of the Nigerian police blatantly against the recommendation of Police Service Commission?

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However, some pple from dat section of d country (blinded by tribalism) will always say dat dis scenario u painted here happened during d Military regime.

SMH @ Enemies Of progress.

Its a welcome development and I'm also happy that the company will be situated in calabar. Kudos to Barth Nnaji

PROUD-IGBO:
^^^So what's your 'village'? let's see how it measures up.

He'll claim he's from Lagos. Where else