₦airaland Forum

Theflint1:
I'm sure he didn't know we once had #750 as minimum wage when he was protesting for 86/litre.

raumdeuter:
Ask the lady to mention one specific right that has been stripped off her by Trumps administration

abduleez1:
See them..... Una no dey fit do pass "subsidy". Dem take subsidy swear for Una?


I always thought many of these guys love America and it's capitalist systems— the land of the free.

The country they love to make comparisons with and bad mouth others saying "whether if theem give you visa shey you go reject am?" But when it comes to the actual economic system that's where they draw the line.

Stay in one place make the thunder align well with GPS.

If we dey advocate for China now, dem no go let person rest with noise but na dem like subsidy pass Chinese citizens sef. 😂😂

izzou:
This talk of Affordability is very funny. They make it sound like the electricity will only be for your 1 bedroom flat.

Something that will improve industrialization; lead to more jobs, more industries, more efficiency, na wetin una wan use 2 bedroom flat take dey evaluate?

Gov. Fintiri rejects consensus in APC primaries in Adamawa State pic.twitter.com/nOEfmEDRB0

— Africa Independent Television (@AIT_Online) May 7, 2026

paiporte:
Which one is hantavirus again

livelongprospa:

Gov. Fintiri rejects consensus in APC primaries in Adamawa State pic.twitter.com/nOEfmEDRB0

— Africa Independent Television (@AIT_Online) May 7, 2026

Lmao
Apc Wan run governor street??

howfar?

Spy360:
When you and other APC witches dey protest against N86 fuel price you didn't know that times change 😂

airmark:
Penkelemess ni agidi ju. He still doesn't know how to play Amala politics. Without Tinubu's backing he can't get that ticket.

That's how he left for Accord last time and lost. But he understands that no matter what happens, after the 2027 elections Tinubu will still find something for him. But there's Teslim to be pacified. Not sure he was happy that after the last election he wasn't given appointment in Abuja.

We see how things unfold as per the Guber ticket.

abduleez1:
Dangote don dey mention going into power sector, LNG, steel and phosphates and mining for the past 6 months oo. All are very ambitious projects and would probably disrupt some certain line of businesses.

Baba don dey do promo since, no much noise now o. Later Dem go wait until he finally builds his new empire and then begin to shout monopoly.

They'll wait until it's too late and imminent death of their business before you start seeing pushback and tears about monopoly all because we've somehow become used to the habit of rent seeking and "subsidies or concessions".

This is what they call nation building. Imagine if we have just 10 likes of Dangote with these outsized ambitions and goal getting. Nigeria go don massively develop in 10yrs. Thankfully, BUA Group owner Abdulsamad Rabiu is following his footsteps but we need more.

These dem Elumelu, Otedola and the likes hiding in banking sector & Oil and gas with high margins needs to step up with the industrialization push. But I know say dem no go gree, since they're some of the peeps always telling Dangote his plans would fail in Nigeria

VIDEO: Channels TV Fires Back At Wike, Dares Minister To Name Journalists Who Got Abuja Lands

Channels Television has pushed back against claims by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, that the priavte broadcaster was profiting from land allocated to… pic.twitter.com/6s1fQtDu0F

— LEADERSHIP NEWS (@LeadershipNGA) May 7, 2026

izzou:
So Channels Television benefit from Wike's land bonanza?

Make person no tell Wike him problem. Na for National TV you go hear the solution

VIDEO: Channels TV Fires Back At Wike, Dares Minister To Name Journalists Who Got Abuja Lands

Channels Television has pushed back against claims by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, that the priavte broadcaster was profiting from land allocated to… pic.twitter.com/6s1fQtDu0F

— LEADERSHIP NEWS (@LeadershipNGA) May 7, 2026

BlueRayDick:
Let Dangote invest his money in any way he desires; but let him not start making moves like he did with the refinery when he was telling FG to withdraw importation license from other oil marketers. Simple! E no pass like that.

BlueRayDick:
If you build a privately funded plant , start production and the n start pushing for government to ban importation of similar products which serves as close substitutes; trust me people will shout monopoly and they are within their rights to do so.

If it is a free market like most capitalist economies are expected to run, you are not expected to be lobbying government to ban or stiffle competition.

The truth is Dangote's refinery owes the country part of its success story and Dangote himself does not deny it. It is common knowledge that FX was made available to him for the construction of the refinery at a time other Nigerian business were going through hell to access FX under Buhari's government. Now imagine you are one of those businessmen who was denied FX then and after Dangote's refinery goes into operation the same Dangote is lobbying government to stop granting import license to you just to kill off competition.

If such a person cries about monopoly , do you think such a person is not justified in his "wailing"?


.

It will surprise you to know that Dangote is not the only investing in Nigeria, he just has bigger PR than others. For example Berth Nnaji already invested in Geometric power long before Dangote thought about this investment you are excited about.

Indorama has 2 train of Fertilizer plants that currently has annual capacity of 2.6 million metric tonnes of Urea prodcution and currently constructing the 3rd train that will take their production capacity to 4million metric tonnes . NB. Dangote Fertlizer plant's current capacity is 3 million metric tonnes per annum.

BUA is doing well with their Cement plant that rivals Dangote. BUA is also building an Urea Fertilizer plant to compete with Dangote Fertilizer and Indorama, the project is in its Front End Engineering Design (FEED) stage.

The various business ventures of Dangote has other Nigerian, Foreign and Institutional players who are investing in those sectors too. I guess they are all involved in nation building as you put it.

What will be irritable is for Dangote to make moves to corner any of those sectors by lobbying government to enact policies that will incapacitate competitors. Trust me, nobody will keep quite when they see someone trying to take away their food.

Let Dangote invest his money in any way he desires; but let him not start making moves like he did with the refinery when he was telling FG to withdraw importation license from other oil marketers. Simple! E no pass like that.

BlueRayDick:
If you build a privately funded plant , start production and the n start pushing for government to ban importation of similar products which serves as close substitutes; trust me people will shout monopoly and they are within their rights to do so.

If it is a free market like most capitalist economies are expected to run, you are not expected to be lobbying government to ban or stiffle competition.

izzou:
But they are making his point nau.

Wike said Channels did not buy the land but got it through allocation.

Channels is saying they were allocated the land and paid the necessary fees

abduleez1:
What Dangote has even said, fine if you want to import, no problem. But at least import the level of quality of oil that is produced domestically or that is required by the regulators into the country. Not the substandard trash with low octane rating, several thousandths of sulfur per unit contained that don't even nearly meet up to the standards set by the regulators before you can import.

chrisooblog:
He's making it sound as if they did some illegal hidden deal. If the allocation didn't follow due process he should take them to court instead of all this playing to the gallery. All this allocation talk just because Wike refused to answer a straight forward question from the Channels correspondent.

abduleez1:
You know my stance on this Dangote refinery vs import ban. Well it was clearly stipulated in the PIB bill that when domestic refining reach a critical stage of fulfilling full national consumption, then import licences should be suspended. Yep, it is law. And yes it might be selfish for Dangote to advocate for that but he's actually in his right exploit a legal and regulatory oversight that is advantageous to him.

Regarding other industrialists, I stated them in my post especially BUA.

In fact, Indorama Eleme Petrochemical plant you put up I actually wrote the company's contribution too in fertilizer in making Nigeria a net exporter of fertiliser and top 10 worldwide. I later scrapped the company's name and achievements and BUA's planned fertiliser plans because my post was getting too long and verbose. I'm well aware of them.

I know of Eleme's expansion plans but Dangote is also not resting on his oars. Dangote is also expanding his fertiliser plant from 3m to 6mn metric tonnes per annum which doubles Eleme's. Also note the Dangote Ethiopian fertilizer business is going to be a 3mn mtpa facility.

Anyways, kudos to all companies and their visionary executives.

One other reason I am always at loggerheads with your monopoly shout against Dangote is that I'm well away of BUA's incoming 350,000 bpd oil refinery under construction. So, surely by 2028 Dangote wouldn't be the only major refinery operator in Nigeria if NNPC decide to remain useless. That's why the monopoly shouts doesn't faze me cos I know he's currently enjoying first mover advantage and competition is coming. A solid competitor at that.

I'm only soliciting other big wigs to pull their weight too..... Other fellow billionaires. That's why I praise BUA's Abdulsamad who also tows the massive industrial building as opposed to the financial services billionaires who mostly sit on massive funds without much industrial push.
That's why I'll always hawk Dangote and Rabiu Samad like gala for my head.

Of course I know of other billionaires inputs in their various ways in Dangote's businesses, in fact Elumelu and Dangote signed a deal a month ago for UBA to finance/facilitate a few expansion projects.
So me putting Elumelu's in my castigation doesn't necessarily mean I don't know he's contributing one way or another, especially with his acquisition of energy blocs with his Heirs Energy.


As for power I've been here in the past to commend and sing Barth Nnaji's praise in the past and his Aba Power/ Geometric achievements.

There's also Adeleke building an almost completed 1000MW of electricity gas plant in the SW.
I am just an Oliver Twist and wish to see more private participation in nation building in the scale of an Abdulsamad Rabiu or a Dangote.
They have the money, have the connections and the required expertise to do these projects in scale.... I just feel they're mostly lacking in the ambition.
I like someone who dreams crazy big like Dangote. That's why I'm pained how that Access Bank CEO died.

BlueRayDick:
It is not In Dangote's place to act as the operator by determining who imports what. There is a regulator who determines the quality of fuel that can be imported. Dangote should let the regulators do their job while he minds his own business of selling refined products.

Dangote has been caught in web of propaganda in the past, so taking his word on matters that concerns competitor as the gospel truth is just you letting yourself drawn in by the antics of a cutthroat business man.

I hope you know NMDPRA actually debunked the allegations by Dangote that imported PMS had excessive sulphuric content?

abduleez1:
Can NMDPRA tell us the individual sulphuric content of each major imports grade vs Dangote's own in Nigeria.

Abeg, no dey drink that Kool aid wey dem dey feed you. The same people that allow NNPC bring in adulterated fuel that knocked people's car engines that year that NNPC had to do a public apology and recall fuel in depots. Dem dey test the quality of fuels into the country na him dem no notice that thing earlier before circulation in the domestic market till the point of destroying thousands of car engines.

Which lab does the NMDPRA has in Nigeria capable of global standards testing for refined products? Where e dey?

BlueRayDick:
You are one funny individual. You believe Dangote whose refinery is a few years old, but you don't believe the regulator that has been testing and confirming the sulphuric content of Petroleum products long before Dangote thought of building a refinery?

You asked for lab where NMDPRA tests imported Petroleum products so let me answer you. They either use independent laboratory or an in-house laboratory like Dangote's at his refinery.

One major independent lab they use is intertek. See below link to intertek's website to check for yourself

https://www.intertek.com/petroleum/cargo/nigeria/

I know you are obsessed with Dangote and you believe him to be a god-in-investor-form that was sent to build Nigeria, but at least don't rubbish every other entity wey dey try while trying to praise Dangote 🙏

PS: I didn't respond to other parts of your post because you were conflating multiple issues and moving the discussion away from the initial premise

BlueRayDick:
It is not In Dangote's place to act as the operator by determining who imports what. There is a regulator who determines the quality of fuel that can be imported. Dangote should let the regulators do their job while he minds his own business of selling refined products.

Dangote has been caught in web of propaganda in the past, so taking his word on matters that concerns competitor as the gospel truth is just you letting yourself drawn in by the antics of a cutthroat business man.

I hope you know NMDPRA actually debunked the allegations by Dangote that imported PMS had excessive sulphuric content?

abduleez1:
You know my stance on this Dangote refinery vs import ban. Well it was clearly stipulated in the PIB bill that when domestic refining reach a critical stage of fulfilling full national consumption, then import licences should be suspended. Yep, it is law. And yes it might be selfish for Dangote to advocate for that but he's actually in his right exploit a legal and regulatory oversight that is advantageous to him.

Regarding other industrialists, I stated them in my post especially BUA.

In fact, Indorama Eleme Petrochemical plant you put up I actually wrote the company's contribution too in fertilizer in making Nigeria a net exporter of fertiliser and top 10 worldwide. I later scrapped the company's name and achievements and BUA's planned fertiliser plans because my post was getting too long and verbose. I'm well aware of them.

I know of Eleme's expansion plans but Dangote is also not resting on his oars. Dangote is also expanding his fertiliser plant from 3m to 6mn metric tonnes per annum which doubles Eleme's. Also note the Dangote Ethiopian fertilizer business is going to be a 3mn mtpa facility.

Anyways, kudos to all companies and their visionary executives.

One other reason I am always at loggerheads with your monopoly shout against Dangote is that I'm well away of BUA's incoming 350,000 bpd oil refinery under construction. So, surely by 2028 Dangote wouldn't be the only major refinery operator in Nigeria if NNPC decide to remain useless. That's why the monopoly shouts doesn't faze me cos I know he's currently enjoying first mover advantage and competition is coming. A solid competitor at that.

I'm only soliciting other big wigs to pull their weight too..... Other fellow billionaires. That's why I praise BUA's Abdulsamad who also tows the massive industrial building as opposed to the financial services billionaires who mostly sit on massive funds without much industrial push.
That's why I'll always hawk Dangote and Rabiu Samad like gala for my head.

Of course I know of other billionaires inputs in their various ways in Dangote's businesses, in fact Elumelu and Dangote signed a deal a month ago for UBA to finance/facilitate a few expansion projects.
So me putting Elumelu's in my castigation doesn't necessarily mean I don't know he's contributing one way or another, especially with his acquisition of energy blocs with his Heirs Energy.


As for power I've been here in the past to commend and sing Barth Nnaji's praise in the past and his Aba Power/ Geometric achievements.

There's also Adeleke building an almost completed 1000MW of electricity gas plant in the SW.
I am just an Oliver Twist and wish to see more private participation in nation building in the scale of an Abdulsamad Rabiu or a Dangote.
They have the money, have the connections and the required expertise to do these projects in scale.... I just feel they're mostly lacking in the ambition.
I like someone who dreams crazy big like Dangote. That's why I'm pained how that Access Bank CEO died.

GloriousGbola:
After the terrible adulterated fuel debacle which kicked off and restarted nigeria's fuel scarcity I will say any lab nmdpra has is for show only.

Any major or independent who bought that ethanol tainted fuel (ie everyone) had to pump it out of their tanks, retransport to their depot and blend it with another pms batch to reduce the volume of ethanol. AT THEIR OWN COST.

Forget Dangote, most of the industry did not have anything good to say about NMDPRA, but no one has the clout, craze or lack of good sense to call out farouk that way.

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