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Re: Sabmiller Is A Worthless Investment by naijapips02: 7:06pm On Jul 19, 2025
nedu666:
In other words Nigeria breweries, guniness are bad investment. Heineken should have invested the billions of dollars it spent building factories in fixed deposits at 10%. Even nestle should close their factory and invest the money in fixes deposits. You can educate the ignorant. Ignorant people always think their opinions are sensible
If you are a governor and you use the state resources to invest in a venture that returns less than 5% as interest, you should be flogged thoroughly. Do you know what N3 billion annually would have done for Anambra states? The number of schools, business it could have funded? Yet all we have to show for it is more green bottles. Tufiakwa
Re: Sabmiller Is A Worthless Investment by ariefadenco: 7:11pm On Jul 19, 2025
naijapips02:
You seem not to understand simple economics. I invested N1m in Dangote's business and I'm making less than N30K from my N1m in one year. Infact if they bring that kind of investment to you, I'm sure you will flog that person.
There is nothing like simple economics here, if there is, then you do not understand the simple economics.

Now the Peter Obi's investment receives dividend of about 300 million Naira for the government of Anambra state annually while still employing not less than 500 indigenes.

The amount that was invested in the company has appreciated in value as the value of the shares are no longer thesame.

If the government of Anambra state is no longer interested in the business they can sell their entire shares in the company and make profit in folds.

Mind you, it would not take the government more 7 days to have the said shares taken over by interested buyers.

Again, the government invested about 2billion Naira at the time, now receiving dividend of of about 300 million a year, it would take the government less than 10 years to recover it's total invested sum.

Either ways, it is a very good investment to me.

Compare this strategic investment with Wike's 39 billion Naira investment in conference Centre or Tinubu's multi trillion Naira investment in the coastal road.
Re: Sabmiller Is A Worthless Investment by naijapips02: 7:17pm On Jul 19, 2025
ariefadenco:
There is nothing like simple economics here, if there is, then you do not understand the simple economics.

Now the Peter Obi's investment receives dividend of about 300 million Naira for the government of Anambra state annually while still employing not less than 500 indigenes.

The amount that was invested in the company has appreciated in value as the value of the shares are no longer thesame.

If the government of Anambra state is no longer interested in the business they can sell their entire shares in the company and make profit in folds.

Mind you, it would not take the government more 7 days to have the said shares taken over by interested buyers.

Again, the government invested about 2billion Naira at the time, now receiving dividend of of about 300 million a year, it would take the company less than 10 years to recover it's total invested sum.

Either ways, it is a very good investment to me.
I was hoping you wouldn't bring this up. If the state government wants to sell that investment, they wouldn't get up to the $13m initial investment. This is why soludo said the value is next to nothing. Do you know how many employment N3 billion can create? Not just factory brewery jobs
Re: Sabmiller Is A Worthless Investment by gidgiddy: 7:29pm On Jul 19, 2025
naijapips04:
During Peter Obi's administration, he invested $12,616,356.43 approx $13m US dollars into sabmiller.

If you fix $13m at a mere 10% annual interest rate, you will be making a cool $1.3m or about N3 billion Naira every year.

With what was declared by Anambra state government, Sabmiller is not anywhere generating this on the investment Anambra state stashed into it.

Soludo is right. That investment is worthless. A good business man would have turned that $13m multiple folds by now.

Peter Obi used Anambra state finances to grow a business he has personal interests in.
I don't think the 500 direct jobs, and thousands of indirect jobs SABmiller has created would agree with you

10% interest of 13 million Dollars may bring over a million Dollars a year, but it won't create any job for anyone. The aim of attracting SABmiller to Anambra was not just about making money, job creation was the bigger motive.

Also, if SABmiller is generating millions in tax to the state government, you can imagine what Anambra state governments 15% stake is generating for Anambra government in profit every year
Re: Sabmiller Is A Worthless Investment by ariefadenco: 7:37pm On Jul 19, 2025
naijapips02:
I was hoping you wouldn't bring this up. If the state government wants to sell that investment, they wouldn't get up to the $13m initial investment. This is why soludo said the value is next to nothing. Do you know how many employment N3 billion can create? Not just factory brewery jobs
To answer your question, the N3 billion Naira is creating 500 jobs which is a good one and still generate 300 million in dividend which is 10 percent ROI. There cannot be a better investment than this.

Tell me one company in Nigeria with an investment of 3 billion with ROI of 300 million and still creates not less than 500 jobs.

Dangote refinery is not as profitable as this Peter Obi's investment. At this rate, Dangote's refinery with over 20 billion dollar in investment should employ not less than 500 thousand persons directly. You know what, it's not employing half of that number. Bias won't allow you to see it factually.

It's a simple arithmetic, if 13 million dollars investment can employ 500 persons how many persons would a 20 Billion dollars company employ?

Re: Sabmiller Is A Worthless Investment by naijapips02: 7:42pm On Jul 19, 2025
ariefadenco:
To answer your question, the N3 billion Naira is creating 500 jobs which is a good one and still generate 300 million in dividend which is 10 percent ROI. There cannot be a better investment than this.

Tell me one company in Nigeria with an investment of 3 billion with ROI of 300 million and still creates not less than 500 jobs.

Dangote refinery is not as profitable as this Peter Obi's investment. At this rate, Dangote's refinery with over 20 billion dollar in investment should employ not less than 500 thousand persons directly. You know what, it's not employing half of that number. Bias won't allow you to see it factually.

It's a simple arithmetic, if 13 million dollars investment can employ 500 persons how many persons would a 20 Billion dollars company employ?
If I fix that 13 million dollars @ 10% , the 1.3 million dollars (3 billion Naira) I will be getting every year can build multiple schools and support multiple small businesses. That is how government works. The only reason Obi invested in a brewery is because he has personal interests in the same brewery. He was using state funds to grow revenues so his shared an appreciate. Obi is into importation of winery and alcoholic beverages.
Re: Sabmiller Is A Worthless Investment by naijapips02: 7:45pm On Jul 19, 2025
I will rather employ 500 teachers than 500 brewery factory workers. I will rather empower 500 entrepreneurs than 500 brewery factory workers
Re: Sabmiller Is A Worthless Investment by ariefadenco: 7:49pm On Jul 19, 2025
naijapips02:
If I fix that 13 million dollars @ 10% , the 1.3 million dollars (3 billion Naira) I will be getting every year can build multiple schools and support multiple small businesses. That is how government works. The only reason Obi invested in a brewery is because he has personal interests in the same brewery. He was using state funds to grow revenues so his shared an appreciate. Obi is into importation of winery and alcoholic beverages.
You speak very ignorantly my brother.

Tell me the bank in Nigeria that would give you 10 percent interest. There is no such bank.
Just mention one!
Re: Sabmiller Is A Worthless Investment by naijapips02: 8:28pm On Jul 19, 2025
ariefadenco:
You speak very ignorantly my brother.

Tell me the bank in Nigeria that would give you 10 percent interest. There is no such bank.
Just mention one!
You are very ignorant my brother. I know so many banks and fund managers that do well above 10% per annum. I'm even taking the easy way out for Obi. Any idiot can fix funds
Re: Sabmiller Is A Worthless Investment by naijapips02: 8:32pm On Jul 19, 2025
ariefadenco:
You speak very ignorantly my brother.

Tell me the bank in Nigeria that would give you 10 percent interest. There is no such bank.
Just mention one!

Re: Sabmiller Is A Worthless Investment by harjay1986: 9:05pm On Jul 19, 2025
rinzaugustine:
I know you must be Agbado with this reasoning that believes Peter Obi was buhari, emefiele, tinubu and Cardozo that crashed naira from its value of less than 150 naira when Obi invested in sabmiller to present value of almost 2,000 naira . Inspite of these destructive policies of Agbado which they blame Peter Obi for sabmiller still generates more revenue than than the brewery in Ogun and Edo combined . Everything Peter Obi touches turns to gold but everything tinubu touches…….
Laugh in you bro, Ogun state alone have like 3 brewery with total employment of more than 1000 direct employment .... only one factory which is the smallest in site at Ijebu Ode will push the same Sabmiller away in revenue
Re: Sabmiller Is A Worthless Investment by jesmond3945: 9:14pm On Jul 19, 2025
naijapips04:
Ofeke. Zuzupu.

Sabmiller was a senseless investment. There are so many empowerment schemes that were possible with that investment. Meanwhile Obi choose to lump a whooping $13m into an investment that is generating less than 5% in annual returns while the people suffer. No government presence. No investment on infrastructure. All because he wants to improve the books of a company he has personal interests and investments in.
i have worked in brewery before. There is a lot of skills and empowerment in any basic brew firm. You have engineering, health name it. You guys are just playing polictics with everything and is not good.
Re: Sabmiller Is A Worthless Investment by Guynexttdoor: 9:27pm On Jul 19, 2025
naijapips04:
I'm sure not building an alcoholic brewery as a means to empower my people.
Yet some of your village people are working there producing those beers.
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