₦airaland Forum

Biggeststar01:
Dangotes wealth says nothing about his peoples poverty. Dangote is also wealthier than the wealthiest persons in the Scandinavia. That doesn’t mean Hausas are richer than Northern Europeans.

Biggeststar01:
Not really. They’re still poor. Agriculture in the north is mostly oligopolistic. A few individuals run the sector. Not all northerners are large scale agriculturalists. As such, their individual affluence does not translate to widespread wealth creation because these few individuals only have a few thousands in their workforce, most of whom are probably paid disproportionately compared to the top 1% in the business.

Also, Nigeria still imports a large portion of its food (well over 80% from what I read). Most of what we consume are imported foods, not locally produced. The fact that the north is known for agriculture doesn’t mean they own the food industry. They don’t. That’s why they’re poor.

Basic123:
They worship money.
Respect and reference depends on how rich you are.
So they can do anything to have it.Even if its by packaging fake drugs,fake drinks ,pushing drugs etc to have it.
An average person will rather do that than beg!

lawani:
Beans, rice, cassava, yams, onions, maize, tomatoes, groundnut oil and palm oil, cattle, poultry, fish form the bulk of what we eat in the south. They have some other things they eat in the North. Most of these things are produced in the country. Eighty percent is far fetched. I will say food imports is not more than twenty percent of consumption if up to that. I don't have the stats. North are not poor. They are just not organized. They have the money but are not reaching for it. Evidence is that they buy more cement than their population. They can feed themselves and there is no reason a country like Sweden or anywhere that is not oil rich in Scandinavia should be richer than Hausa land

Biggeststar01:
Ok make research on any of my claims u think is false. I stand to be corrected.

The fact that they produce these things will not make them rich. Dangote’s refinery, for example, at some point struggled to meet even 50% of Nigeria’s fuel demand. His only saving grace was his level of affluence and his political connections. The north suffers similar situation. They produces these things, yes. But that will not change the fact that they’re the most dependent on food aid from the Western world and local humanitarian organizations.

I will always empathize that a few wealthy individuals does not reflect the actual situation in a society. A society can be wealthy on paper (with high levels of GDP and IGR), have wealthy individuals than their counterparts, produce a lot of wealth, and still be poor. Because that wealth is disproportionately distributed, it is directed mostly towards a few people. Unlike a society that evenly distributes its wealth and resources and no single individual has monopoly of it.

lawani:
The around twenty million Hausa adults that exist in Nigeria are involved in one economic activity or the other. The ones that you see doing seasonal jobs in the south are expecting farm harvests that they are going back to worth millions of naira per annum. Amassing wealth then will depend on your vision personally. Dantata was an Almanjiri

Biggeststar01:
I did not call anyone names, Almajiri is a pejorative term. I don’t use it.

That said, how did you come about that figure? 20 million Hausa youths?

Anyway. Economic activity is a rather subjective concept. A man trekking from city to city with a wheelbarrow full of vegetables in his hand, is also involved in Economic activity. It’s simply not the kind of activities you will find in a culture that is showing signs of improvement in wealth distribution. Millions of Hausa youths engage in activities so ignoble and plebeian, you don’t find them in any developing society showing seriousness in its wealth creation and distribution.

Hausas have money, yes just a few people. But they also have a lot of people in poverty. The two realities can coexist.

lawani:
Almajiri is not derogatory. It is what someone that went through traditional Hausa schooling is. Dantata was an Almajiri just like ninety percent of the Hausa of his days.

I said around 20 million Hausa adults excluding children. Total number of Hausa people earning income in the country can't exceed 25 million. Hausa people are farmers, traders, craft men, business owners, artisans, professionals and civil servants just like any other group. If other groups are actually making it more than them then why is the North buying a larger percentage of cement produced in the country than their share of the total population? The North buys around sixty percent of cement produced in the country and NIN registration show them to be just 55 percent of the population. That is a real stat showing the North doing better than the South in buying cement. So just accept the reality that they are just like any other group.

Every group of people on Earth today have many poor people and not so many rich people but at least people are building houses, buying cars and training their kids

Biggeststar01:
Yet if I had called you almajiri you would have started giving me a myriad of reasons why Igbo will never be president😂. I’ve never seen a southerner call a northerner that word with good implications. Imagine calling Dangote an almajiri. Even he knows the word is disrespectful. At least, it’s a double entendre.

Also, by north are you adding non-Hausa dominated regions, like the north central? With Abuja in it? Abuja is the fasted developing region in Nigeria and one of Africa’s fasted growing economies. The development in Abuja is largely credited to the Nigerian oil economy and the contributions of Nigerians from across the country.

NiN information is not reliable in ascertaining the actual population of any region in Nigeria. This becomes more true the further north you go. Because the far north has a larger portion of its population who have no use for an identity card. Many among them have not had contact with the most basic amenities like clean water, which is almost ubiquitous in the south. You will hardly achieve a comprehensive demographic study on the north without considerable margin of error.

I do believe the north is just like any other region. It has its ups and downs. There’s no difference between us. We’re all black people. That said, someone will always be poorer. And for now it’s the north.

GeneralOuki:
Even in Lagos the begging is too much.

lawani:
There are no proof for all these claims. If Hausa have more billionaires than Igbos then they also have more millionaires. Do you think they are joking in their towns and cities? It is millionaires that become billionaires so if you have more billionaires you definitely have more millionaires. If Hausa are poor how come the North is consuming cement more than their population? Poor people have money to build houses more than rich people?. All these stats are not reliable. Hausa have to upgrade themselves by making basic education compulsory but even presently they are not all that behind as NUC records now say they have the second highest number of Professors after the Yoruba.
The number of Igbos outside the East is negligible. Total number of Southerners in the North is less than three million out of which Yoruba will definitely be the highest. So Igbos are concentrated in their region just like other groups. What work are the Igbos doing in their cities to make them wealthier or what policies do they have on ground to distribute wealth more effectively than others?. We all know the wealthy neighborhoods in Nigeria. If you are making claims it will be better to back it up with real figures. There are beggars everywhere but it is a culture among the Hausa is the difference and most Hausa beggars are definitely not poor people. Beggars are generally scammers not different from online fraudsters

oz4real83:
Bayelsa a small state with large resources isn't even in the top places 💔. Even Akwa Ibom isn't there💔. Nigerian leaders should have a special place in hell💔😡

CodeTemplar:
Thats fabricated. You mean the people who recieve N1 trillion in farm input yearly, lack food, yet are food basket of the nation?
How many contradiction in one sentence.

InyinyaAgbaOku:
Malnutrition and hunger are worst in the north

CodeTemplar:
No. It is a matter of priority. The money is there and the malnourished love being like that. It is a political maneuver

lawani:
Post the pictures of the malnourished kids. We already have the information that the North consumes more cement per Capita than the South

GeneralOuki:
No vex o but You don't sound really bright

Putinofrussia:
The only place where wealth is well spread is among the Yorubas and this is why they don't flee from their region like the Igbos.
Both the Yoruba men and women are wealth builders but for Igbos,their women mostly sell things like okpa,groundout etc.
You can never see a Yoruba person go and beg in other regions just like a white man will not come and beg in Nigeria but not for the other major tribes.

Wahabfuture:
I’ve just bought Agbo ẹgbẹ ẹ́yìn from a Yoruba woman in Enugu few minutes ago, so I ask what are you actually saying here?

lawani:
Beans, rice, cassava, yams, onions, maize, tomatoes, groundnut oil and palm oil, cattle, poultry, fish form the bulk of what we eat in the south. They have some other things they eat in the North. Most of these things are produced in the country. Eighty percent is far fetched. I will say food imports is not more than twenty percent of consumption if up to that. I don't have the stats. North are not poor. They are just not organized. They have the money but are not reaching for it. Evidence is that they buy more cement than their population. They can feed themselves and there is no reason a country like Sweden or anywhere that is not oil rich in Scandinavia should be richer than Hausa land

GeneralOuki:
They literally did. After the war They rebuilt their infrastructures all by themselves except for the niger bridge. I'm talking about schools, airports, buildings and all, and they did it after losing everything they had in the Bank and only getting £20 from the government. Today they're the region with the least poverty while the north which never experienced any form of war is leading in poverty percentage.

So yeah the Igbo should pat themselves on the back, they've done well despite the country's best efforts to keep them down.

CodeTemplar:
do you puff elephant dung?

GeneralOuki:
That's the only thing you know how to do on this site

InyinyaAgbaOku:
Ebonyi will still dust Osun in these. What's your point ?

Putinofrussia:
Yorubas have the widest spread of their wealth than any other group in Nigeria and this is why you will never see them begging in other regions and they have the highest dollar and naira billionaires both in Nigeria and abroad.
They control oil and its value chain,real estate,building materials,jewelleries,sea food,frozen foods,ICT etc.
Some Igbo men and Hausa men are rich and in business but their women are not but both Yoruba males and females own massive businesses.
Yoruba churches are the richest.
Yoruba musicians are the richest.
Yoruba movie producers are the richest.
The list is endless even Yoruba agberos
are the richest.
To cap it all,Yorubas both in Nigeria and abroad do owambe parties like kilode.
If any other major tribe tries to do parties like the Yorubas,they will become totally bankrupt.
Yorubas have always been the richest tribe not only in Nigeria but West Africa

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CodeTemplar:
so you finally wwoke up from the slumber. In terms of mega wealthy people, dangote will neutralize the most wealthy 1,000 igbo businessmen.
His people are getting VAT, religious subsidy, agric subsidy and more every year. Can Igbo boast of those?