I read that Niger state governor has banned sale of food produce in wholesale. This same governor once muted the idea of controlling proceeds of electricity generated from Kainji and Shiroro dams.

What right does a governor have to ban sale of foodstuffs in wholesale? Especially in a country facing food crises and other existential threats?!

For those who may not have deciphered, this obnoxious policy is targeted at Southerners! It is the height of wickedness to enjoy oil and gas proceeds from the South free of charge only to place embargo on sale of foods grown in your own area.


Nigeria is a free market and capitalist country and thus, people are supposed to be free to transact business within the country as they deem fit or profitable, as long as it’s legal. Food is already cheaper in the North due to proximity than South. So, is that advantage not good enough for them?

It’s time for oil and gas producing states to go for broke and demand full resource control. You can’t freely enjoy what comes from another man’s land only to enjoy what comes from yours alone. That’s pure wickedness and witchcraft!

Hes a m*ad man that governor. He will be made to rescind because that action can cause upheavals if Lagos bans lifting of petroleum produce from the state

Lolz

The solution is very easy, ban cow meat in all the southern states

Resource control is the final answer... It will open up direct trade

all talk no action southerners are weak.

This decision is very crazy. We don't even bother much about northern food when we have seme border to our rescue.
Buhari came and closed the border, and nothing much was coming from the north. Food are expensive in Lagos now they want to stop transportation of food to south.

I think all custom officers should be chased out of Lagos, if northerners can send food to Niger then we can also collect food from Benin.

Simple!

ayokellany:
You Igbo no de tire !

When you declare sit at home how many state were lamenting like you did now.

How did you know that the poster is IGBO? And BTW, wouldn't it have been better to verify if what he wrote is correct first before you jump into whatever? This is how you voted against your personal interests to spite the same IGBO and everyone is suffering it now, and you will turn around to still call IGBOS haters, if what the poster said is correct, whoever the poster is, will it be only the IGBO that will suffer it, we need to reduce this HATRED that is eating people up

The man is crazy in the head.

Nzogbu Nzogbu reactivated.

Always gra gra…no strategy.

Just like you aren’t getting the food for free, the North isn’t getting your oil and gas for free.

Just like the North gets a share of proceeds from oil, so does the south get a share of agro proceeds. Before you start capping, update yourself on agriculture’s contribution to GDP.

This measure is clearly a protectionist one by a Governor in the interest of his people that voted him & are already protesting, not a malicious one aimed to spite or targeted at the South.

Be more like your SW neighbors and instead focus on how you can use this opportunity to boost your regional agro activities and achieve food security, instead of your Nzogbu Nzogbu approach trying to incite others to retaliate an imaginary slight.

ObiCertificate:
Nzogbu Nzogbu reactivated.

Always gra gra…no strategy.

Just like you aren’t getting the food for free, the North isn’t getting your oil and gas for free.

Just like the North gets a share of proceeds from oil, so does the south get a share of agro proceeds. Before you start capping, update yourself on agriculture’s contribution to GDP.

This measure is clearly a protectionist one by a Governor in interest of his people that voted him & are already protesting, not a malicious one aimed to spite or targeted at the South.

OK since it's like Dat. Let seme borders be opened so we can buy things from our Benin brothers and things will go cheaper as it was during Goodluck time.
Since northerners has been sending farm produce to Niger and Chad etc.

No be our money we dey pay Benin? Why close the border?

tollyboy5:

OK since it's like Dat. Let seme borders be opened so we can buy things from our Benin brothers and things will go cheaper as it was during Goodluck time.
Since northerners has been sending farm produce to Niger and Chad etc.

No be our money we dey pay Benin? Why close the border?

A southerner, lagosian for that matter is the President. Let him open the borders.

Also, stop the misleading narrative. Northerners have always engaged in cross-border trade just like Southerners do with Benin, Togo, Cameroon etc.

proeast:
I read that Niger state governor has banned sale of food produce in wholesale. This same governor once muted the idea of controlling proceeds of electricity generated from Kainji and Shiroro dams.

What right does a governor have to ban sale of foodstuffs in wholesale? Especially in a country facing food crises and other existential threats?!

For those who may not have deciphered, this obnoxious policy is targeted at Southerners! It is the height of wickedness to enjoy oil and gas proceeds from the South free of charge only to place embargo on sale of foods grown in your own area.


Nigeria is a free market and capitalist country and thus, people are supposed to be free to transact business within the country as they deem fit or profitable, as long as it’s legal. Food is already cheaper in the North due to proximity than South. So, is that advantage not good enough for them?

It’s time for oil and gas producing states to go for broke and demand full resource control. You can’t freely enjoy what comes from another man’s land only to enjoy what comes from yours alone. That’s pure wickedness and witchcraft!

During election there's no southern Nigeria but now, you have remember a southern Nigeria is existing.

Tueh!!

ayokellany:
You Igbo no de tire !

You must be a child or a chronic bigot. What has this got to do with Igbo? Are yorubas any better?

Spit!

Paraman:
During election there's no southern Nigeria but now, you have remember a southern Nigeria is existing.

Tueh!!

Leave this southwesterners, they know who they'll cling to....... We SS and SE Don't know these SW. pls avoid them pls. In politics they love the north but in economics they pretend to be with the SS

ObiCertificate:


A southerner, lagosian for that matter is the President. Let him open the borders.

Also, stop the misleading narrative. Northerners have always engaged in cross-border trade just like Southerners do with Benin, Togo, Cameroon etc.

What nonsense are you telling me?
I live around badagry axis. What trade are allowed to pass without custom seizing it?

If this nonsense continue from this dumbo elected leaders from the north, and Tinubu did not open seme border then he must relocate to kaduna.

Retaliate in wat manner? They r not in war front with the south. They need to protect their state first. Infact this is a clarion call, first approach to all region to take before division. MKe sure u can feed urself first.


It's a clarion call for me. Every southern state should sharpen their hoes n cutlass n get back to farm

No

The South is not united. This is the problem, and the north understands. Hence the complete lack of respect for the sensibility of the south who will be affected by the obnoxious pronouncement.

ayokellany:
You Igbo no de tire !

This is not about Igbo, southerners gats return the madness...

These guys always think they have monopoly of things..

HardBishop:


Leave this southwesterners, they know who they'll cling to....... We SS and SE Don't know these SW. pls avoid them pls. In politics they love the north but in economics they pretend to be with the SS

There's nothing like we SE and SS, can't you guys stand alone...

Who are you to speak for SS?

HardBishop:


Leave this southwesterners, they know who they'll cling to....... We SS and SE Don't know these SW. pls avoid them pls. In politics they love the north but in economics they pretend to be with the SS

wetin this one dey talk?

ayokellany:
You Igbo no de tire !

That's the only thing APC apologists know how to do best. Thoughtless. Brainless. Animalistic. Nobody thinks...everything is tribalised. If you asked that the right thing be done, you become Igbo immediately. Igbos must be giving y'all nightmares! This country stinks!

proeast:
I read that Niger state governor has banned sale of food produce in wholesale. This same governor once muted the idea of controlling proceeds of electricity generated from Kainji and Shiroro dams.

What right does a governor have to ban sale of foodstuffs in wholesale? Especially in a country facing food crises and other existential threats?!

For those who may not have deciphered, this obnoxious policy is targeted at Southerners! It is the height of wickedness to enjoy oil and gas proceeds from the South free of charge only to place embargo on sale of foods grown in your own area.


Nigeria is a free market and capitalist country and thus, people are supposed to be free to transact business within the country as they deem fit or profitable, as long as it’s legal. Food is already cheaper in the North due to proximity than South. So, is that advantage not good enough for them?

It’s time for oil and gas producing states to go for broke and demand full resource control. You can’t freely enjoy what comes from another man’s land only to enjoy what comes from yours alone. That’s pure wickedness and witchcraft!

we never see or benefit from gold in the North but our oil is for them even 80 percent of oil well belong to them.

MrProlific95:
Hes a m*ad man that governor. He will be made to rescind because that action can cause upheavals if Lagos bans lifting of petroleum produce from the state

Lagos get petroleum products?

tollyboy5:
This decision is very crazy. We don't even bother much about northern food when we have seme border to our rescue.
Buhari came and closed the border, and nothing much was coming from the north. Food are expensive in Lagos now they want to stop transportation of food to south.

I think all custom officers should be chased out of Lagos, if northerners can send food to Niger then we can also collect food from Benin.

Simple!

those it means the south can produce what they will eat when we have good land for farm more than them we are lazy to go to farm here in South that is why they can do any how .

We feel too big to to farm

tollyboy5:

What nonsense are you telling me?
I live around badagry axis. What trade are allowed to pass without custom seizing it?

If this nonsense continue from this dumbo elected leaders from the north, and Tinubu did not open seme border then he must relocate to kaduna.

You must be filled with nonsense since that’s what you perceived from that post.

The President is a southerner.
A Lagosian.
Let him open Seme Border.

Stop wailing on the North.

Remember this is a bad order in NIGER STATE that is about to burn (not the whole North).

I remember in Bauchi, Hisbal raid an hotel and carried prostitutes (after brutally beating some stubborn once badly). The Commander came out totally angry with the women. Unfortunately he ask them to speak why they are not living moral lifestyle and they explained in very graphic languages that they are single women with kids and their children needs to foooqin eat... That disarmed him because he knew he had no solution to their problem and can't even help or judge them, so he freed them with promises.

The Niger Governor don't have any solution/idea. To the hunger. It was an emotional decision (may be he saw malnutrition/reality with his eyes)

Feed a man today he comes tomorrow.
As for oil, that FG and International Investment property, they no burn any governor to stop it (when big money in involved). Look for something specific to private businesses from Niger state to stop or confiscate.