Mune:


You don't understand, I buy tractor from someone, right? I need money to do that. From where will I get it? Someone with the money. Who? Under what condition? OK, what of if I improvise and continue to improve? I need the know how.

The igbo will manufacturer what ever they like. Who will buy? Definitely not those developed world, but still us up north. What of if we continue to buy their thing s and encourage them to improve? What of we collaborate and come up with a chain of production -something within same domain, so capital will not go somewhere?

If south south will just be providing the energy, then they will be the worse loosers as we will be back to where we trying to run away from.: raw materials economy

I get your point. But I think you are mistaking restructuring for separation. The idea of restructuring is to discuss a way that would ensure that every part of the nation can contribute effectively to the development of the country.

What you are missing out is that the greatest hindrance to our collective productivity is our terribly dysfunctional centralization that has been designed solely for the sharing of oil wealth.

The North can be super rich via Agriculture and mineral resources. Same with the South via industry, services etc.

Recently I visited Kaduna and Kano. And it was so striking that all the best buildings I saw in both cities were actually built in the time Of Ahmadu Bello when Nigeria had a decentralized system.
The famous groundnut pyramids happened under a decentralized system.

The North has actually been the greatest victims of this terrible centralization. I really wonder why it still would prefer to maintain the status quo.

We can create a great nation where our forefathers have failed if we simply decide to understand each other and come up with a functional system that would work for all.

Your last paragraph about imperialism is exactly the point why restructuring is essential.

With restructuring, the North would begin to buy tractors to farm all that large expanse of land.
The Igbos would be manufacturing all that is manufacturable.
The West would be providing all the services the country needs.
And the South would be providing all the energy we need.

Its really that simple.

I have a pumping machine in my house that supplies me water.

I pay 5,000 Naira monthly for street security and pay 25,000 monthly for my personal home security.

I spend almost 100,000 Naira monthly running my generator.

I also spend so much monthly fixing my vehicles as a result of bad roads.

And I should be patriotic and pay taxes to a government that hasn't told me what it has done with 20 trillion in the last 2 years.

Please abeg! Don't piss me off already.

Omogbhollahorn:


Ode

You don't even know that the strenght of nigeria lies in the SW. Just watch

Can you jejely explain how the strength of Nigeria lies in the South West.

The only strength the South West had previously was the press. And they used it very well.

Fortunately or unfortunately, social media has torn the print media apart. And that's the biggest problem of the South West today.

The North can use the military to hold Nigeria down.
The South South can use the pipelines to hold Nigeria down.
The South East, well Trade and threat of Seccesion.

The South west's only two leverages would have been the ports and the Banks. But half Nigerian banks are owned by people of the SE. And any attempt to hold the Lagos ports would result in an instant boom of the Southern ports.

Like I said, it's literally a checkmate. Very terrible miscalculation by the Southwest in 2015. The hatred towards the SS and SE by the SW was very unnecessary. Till today, we cannot understand it.

Hmmmm!
The great mistake the South west made might just come back haunting.

Many South South and South East fellas like Osibanjo well but wouldn't fight for him. Right now the South West is literally left alone to go it against the North with absolutely no support from anywhere else.

In fact, if for any reason the North is careful in their treatment of the SW, it would be because they are scared the SE aNd SS would happily just secede and leave them alone.

It's called a checkmate! Left or right the game benefits the SE and SS and disfavors the SW and core North.

MrHyde:


Then why is it reported as 10 states in the statements released by IPOB?

That is why they are loosing support speedily.

The 5 states of the South East only.

Most states of the South South are okay with being in the same bed with the States of the South East on an equal and mutually beneficial basis not on forceful arrogant and aggressive attempts at Revisionism as propounded by IPOB.

Biafra means different things to the different regions so the idea of forcing the biafra idealism on others without dialogue is just a simple template for failure

Markfemi2:
Kogi west and Kwara wants out of central ! They want to join south west back

Dude allow Kogi and Kwara people to decide themselves where they want to belong.

And what the heck is Warri doing in that nonsense map of yours?

PointB:



Then we should put it to a vote / referendum.

It is wrong for older people to dictate to the younger one how to live in a fast paced changing world. Similarly, the younger one must not stampede the older ones.

A meeting point is the referendum. Let's put it to a vote!

Biafra or restructuring should be decided by vote, not some regurgitated panic buttons about properties and trading. These can always be negotiated by treaties. Nigerians are found in other countries so would Biafrans.

Trust me, restructuring would win by a long short.
I have done a sampling everywhere I can and most Igbos prefer restructuring.

And I will explain.

Many people agitating for secession are doing so with the wrong assumption that the South South would readily be a part of Biafra.

I have asked many Biafra supporters if they would readily secede without Rivers state and the answer I get is that there are Igbos in Rivers. Then I asked people of the Igboid groups in Rivers state whether they'd love to go with Biafra and the answer I get is largely that they aren't part of Biafra. Meaning a referendum in Rivers would be totally against Biafra.

Now are the 5 eastern states likely to vote secession in a referendum? Well maybe young people yes, but older people would choose restructuring. Also Igbos living outside of the South East would largely influence family members back home to vote against secession and vote restructuring.

Nnamdi Kanu made too many mistakes at the beginning with his hate speeches as he bred a legion of hateful subscripts who troll the internet attacking even ethnic groups in the South South that were hitherto great supporters of the South East. It's simple no longer made sense for minorities of the South South to continue in thier support of A Biafra that was forcefully including them without any form of dialogue. Terrible strategy.

Proudlyngwa:

I asked what was the criteria for creating Geopolitical zones.
What logic was used in grouping cross river and Edo state as one.

Simple. We are all minority of similar cultural disposition. That's the bond we have. And that's perfect for us.We are not complaining.
And also we are all coastal people with fairly direct access to the sea.

Kathmandu:
Are you people alright at all. Somebody opens a thread to talk about Middle belt and carving their own niche. The trio of you with that boy Proudlyngwa and nenigbo wants to derail it with your Igbo nonsense.


Can't you people open your own thread? Are you people really alright at heart?



Shame on you people

Very sorry.

I totally agree with the idea. And we the minority of the South share very similar opinion with the middle belt.

I have always used the term middle belt and would continue to use it even more.

Ogbuefi2020:

Lol, in the land of the blind men one eyed man is the king. Ikwerres for example will ordinarily be irrelevant if merged with Imo but look at them forming Rambo on the Ijaws. But these are all political gimmicks and does not confer separate ethnic identities on anybody. Only God create ethnic group not the government, the government can only create states or zones

Yeah, a good example there with Ikwerre. And that's the beauty of been in this minority collective which Ekwueme rightly named South South. Here there are no dominators. Imagine in Delta state, the smallest tribe, the Itsekiri ruled for 8 years.

God Created man. Ethnic groups formed over time as a result of traveling and resettlements.

And in the real sense there is really nothing like ethnic groups. It's just basically a combination of language and culture which are just himan creations passed on over generations.

Ogbuefi2020:

a politician from south east detached you minorities from his people and called you south south which does not even make any sense geographically. so south easterners already want you minorities to be identified separately more than you do, even though you are now taking it to crazy levels by denying existence of igbos in south south. South East itself has Igalas and Idomas, while we regard them fully as south easterners, we also acknowledge that the geopolitical zones did not fully respect the ethnic boundary and will never deny their ethnic origin whenever ethnicity is the subject matter

Nobody has ever denied existence of Igbos in the South South. The governor of Delta state is an Igbo man.

The funny reality is that it is the Igboid groups in the South South that prefer to separate thier identity from South East Igbos. Not sure why, I have asked around and the constant rhetoric I get is that they'd rather be local champions alongside other minorities than become oblivious alongside majority Igbos.

If you give Aniomas a choice today to join Anambra, they would tell you till tomorrow they'd rather be in Delta state.

Proudlyngwa:

And that is what am saying, it's divide and rule tactics, that made you people to be given that term and inferiority complex, that made you people accept it.
South South was coined by some one who was not from the south south Georgia political region, if you want to identify, identify with your geographic region, not some formulary for sharing.
Geographically where are you from.

Have you ever looked at the map of Nigeria? The real east of Nigeria is Taraba, Benue and Cross Rivers State.

There is nothing east about Abia state. So my question to you: Why did you accept Abia as Eastern region. Abia state is geographically located in the Southern region proper and not in the East. So once again, why have you accepted that you are Eastern? East of where? Were you the one who choose the term Eastern? The real brainwashing that's taking place right now is coming from the people attempting to rewrite thier own history.

Proudlyngwa:
Bros, there is nothing like middle belt, just as there is nothing like South South,
Middle belt of what exactly.

Dude, A people have the freedom to determine for themselves what to be called.

Most South Southerners are okay with the term. Its only South Easterners and South Westerners that come to tell us that there is nothing like that.

We have chosen to identify our minority status as collective group. And for that reason we call ourselves Niger Deltans or South Southerners or as the poster has said middle beltans. It's none of your business what we choose to call ourselves.

Ask yourself what the meaning of Downtown is. Why is the center of a city called Downtown? To you it makes no sense but to the users of English, creativity is welcome

teddyope31:


Good Morning
I like your business plan and i will like to Partner with you, i have a large expanse of agricultural land (over 100 hectares) and i want to go into maize or cassava farming. I would appreciate suggestions and contributions

Hi,

Nice to see you getting in on the AG space. 100 hectares is a good size. You could actually earn hundreds of millions yearly with that size if you choose to the path of enlightened farming instead of just the conventional farming methods we follow in Nigeria. Value Innovation is key.

I am open to partnerships and we have a few interesting options you might want to key into with the size of land you have. One is export related. Drop me an email on papabrowne@gmail.com and we can take it from there.


About Cassava and Maize: I'll say these:

Don't do cassava now. There is going to be a terrible glut next year as so many people have planted Cassava this year. I think the quantum of Cassava planted this year is probably 4 times last year's quantity. So you can imagine what will happen when there is surplus availability with fewer buyers. A ridiculous price crash.
Then next year, everyone will run away from cassava and there will be scarcity the following year and the price goes up again and everybody rushes in again. Its very cyclic in nature. Next ear is a better time to plant Cassava.

As for corn, still a pretty good crop as there will always be market. Only thing I don't like is the yield projection vs the sale price. 1 tonne is 120,000 Naira. Average yield down south=3 tonnes/hectare. So you are looking at revenues of N360,000 average per hectare. Not cool to me.

Except of course you want to follow the value innovation angle like I stated on the first page of this thread.


A crop to consider;
A Foreign variety of Sweet Potatoes

Average Cost of planting per hectare(Mechanized): N450,000
Average yield expectation: 25 tonnes.
Time to harvest: 3 Months
Cost per tonne: N55,000
Expected Revenue per hectare: N1,350,000

Wow! That man was so polished.

I always wished he would write a book on certain events in Nigerias history.

He also appeared like a fairly good Northerner.

abdulkabirO:


All what you have here is total lie and doesn't take you anywhere ,get your figures right brother

Why not tell us what you think you know is the truth??

If what I've said is a lie, then tell the truth?

I'm waiting.

Sagay212:


You are wrong. The students can choose not to study any of the languages. If there ar no French teachers, then students can choose any Nigerian language to study. Phuck Arabic terrorist language. Only block heads ar interested In learning such. Chinese is a far better language than arabic.

French or Arabic is made compulsory. Nigerian languages are optional.

If they had put Chinese in the mix, there would be less complaint, but surely they have intentions, so they would follow this plans.

The thing tire me oh.

To understand the motive behind this new curriculum, simply ask yourself these questions:

How many French teachers are there in Nigeria for the over 30 million Nigerian students. The answer is zero.

How many Arabic teachers are there for the over 30 million Nigerian students. The answer is that in every mosque in Nigeria, the Imam is an Arabic scholar. Meaning there is more than enough Arabic teachers most of whom would be Imams.

Since either French or Arabic is compulsory and there are no French Teachers but numerous Arabic teachers, all Christian students would be left no choice but take Arabic classes from an Imam who will teach them lots of lessons about Mohammed and the religion of peace!

Nice. Kano farmers are the best.

I was around the Tiga area some months ago. I was also at Kura. So impressive how water is managed.

I actually came for market research on cowpea. I ended up at Dawanau.


I am following your thread and would willingly buy up all your produce at harvest time if your price is good. You dont need to go to Dawanau to sell.

More grease to your work. I wish you success.

A few questions:
What variety are you planting?
Whats your expected yield per hectare?
How would you typically sell your harvest?

Hmmmm!
This is terrible.
The wickedness in this nation is growing in leaps and bounds.

Thank God for safety.


To put an end to kidnapping, we might have to outlaw the use of cash for huge transactions and limit it to say 50,000Naira and below.

That way any huge moneis would be traceable. The other thing is anytime a random is paid, isnt there a way to put tracking chips on the monies?

When this man talks you just feel the lack of knowledge reeking out of his speech.

Flagging off a Yam export program means nothing when you are doing nothing to assist agribusinesses to surmountingchallenges the huge barriers already imposed by export receiving countries.

Does Audu Ogbeh have any idea that you require Phytosanitary certificates to make exports. Shouldn't you be training exporters on how to meet these conditions.

Is he aware that GlobalGap is an almost compulsory requirement if you must sell your produce to supermarkets across Europe. Is he aware that to get a GlobalGap certificate, you actually need to fly in certifiers from Europe or at worse Kenya to inspect your farm. Why are there no GlobalGap certifiers in Nigeria. Shouldn't Audu Ogbeh be looking for how to get them established here?

Truth is Nigerians have been exporting yams to US and Europe since time Immemorial. But Ghana that barely produces yams are doing a much better job and have dominated the yam market globally for a bit.

It's also kind of shameful that there is a lot of noise about 72 tonnes of yam. We(my company) currently ships above that quantity monthly on sweet potatoes. And we've had to struggle it ourselves against the terrible barriers from the Nigerian Government.

The FG doesn't need to be exporting yams, it's just simply needs to create the right policies and remove the bureacratic bottlenecks that prevent Entrepreneurs from doing these things

There's no proof in that video that he stole an iPhone.

If he stole it fine. But the video didn't show that.


There was an incident at the airport sometime ago. An older lady said her phone has just been stolen. A guy sitting next to her asked what her number is so he can help her call it.
Suddenly, she said the phone he is using is her own. People started gathering. The guy was trying to explain that it's his phone and people just started saying " why you go thief old woman phone". They started holding him aggressively so that he doesn't escape.

Then someone in the crowd suggested that they call the old woman's number so that the man cannot deny his theft. They called and lo and behold, instead of the phone in question to ring, the old woman's phone was ringing in her purse . They brought it out and it was same brand as the young victims phone.

He was saved by the fact that he was within the confines of the Airport where people are more civilized.

In these kind of scenarios, we should always be 100% sure before allowing anybody to pounce on the accused!

I know someone that can do a good job.

The volume is 15,000 what? Pages? words?

Errm, while I understand your point, I'd love to disagree.
Entrepreneurship is Entrepreneurship.

Below is Wikipedia's definition

Entrepreneurship has traditionally been defined as the process of designing, launching and running a new business, which typically begins as a small business, such as a startup company, offering a product, process or service for sale or hire. The people who create these businesses are called entrepreneurs.

What you mean is there are different grades of entrepreneurship. You are trying to differentiate​the silicon valley type entrepreneurship from the guy attempting to make a buck selling DVDs on the streets.

The best bet would be to create a new name for the transformative version of entrepreneurship which is what most startups play in.

lordkings1:
Please, how many bags containing 21 paint bucket can someone get from one ton of cassava

I'm not sure but I hear 1 tonne of Cassava produces between 250-300kg of Garri.

I think a paint bucket is approximately 3kg. So that looks like 80-100 paint buckets per tonne.

So if I am correct and based on the figures here we should be looking at 4-5 bags of Garri from 1 tonne of Cassava.

All the figures I used are unverified and based on numbers gleaned from Nairaland here.

Pavore9:


They do well around 20ºC and below, I believe there are varieties that can fit into our southern climate.

Ok. Thanks.
That means an Obudu type environment would fit.

Any idea how I can get seeds from Kenya?

What's the average yield per hectare?

Interesting piece.But I don't agree with the logic.

Let's face it, Dangote is a pure and proper business man and has definitely assessed the bank ability of the Refinery before jumping.

I think what your article clearly shows but didn't state is the likelihood that the FG actually makes profits from importing crude and selling back to Nigerians. That's why they have been very unwilling all these years to allow the refineries get fixed!

It's only in Nigeria that oil makes one rich.

To prove you wrong ask yourself who the richest man in Africa is. Does he have oil wells?

And yet he is richer than most states in Nigeria.

Incompetence is what caused the stupid scarcity!

Under previous governments, Passport was selling officially for 7000 Naira and at that time dollar was 160 which equates to $43 for a passport. And yet there was never scarcity for the last 10 plus years.

Today the official price of N20,000(introduced a little over 2 years ago)
at the current exchange rate of 310 equates to about $64 which means we are paying over $20 more today and etc there is terrible scarcity