₦airaland Forum

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce is bruised and this time he wants you guys to see how far he has gone to GrowTheNaira. He thinks we are fooling ourselves by blaming the government for our woes.

See His CommonSense rants below:

Many Nigerians are complaining about the constant fall in the value of the Naira and they blame the Government.

But is the government really to blame? In truth, our insatiable appetite for all things foreign is to blame.

I always fly Arik Business Class whenever I am traveling abroad except Arik does not fly on that route.

Not only is an Arik ticket a fraction of the cost of a British Airways ticket, but the money I pay to Arik circulates in Nigeria and helps firm up the Naira’s value.

As I speak to you today, a British Airways Business to London is ₦2,103,666 while Arik Business is ₦551,545 yet our elite still fly BA

But though Arik offers an affordable alternative to British Airways and other foreign airlines, our big men prefer to pay double what Arik charges to BA and other foreign airlines for the same services and yet they complain about the value of the Naira.

I have Nasco cornflakes and I have eaten Kellogs cornflakes. In terms of nutrition and taste they are almost indistinguishable. Yet our elite who will rather eat Kellogs than Nasco cornflakes, wonder why the Naira is falling!

Even something like Quaker Oats can be substituted with corn meal known locally as pap.

Obasanjo Farms of Nigeria and other large scale poultry farms have the capacity to provide chicken for the entire nation. Since that is the case, why are we even buying imported chicken?

In fact what is wrong if every family in Nigeria has a poultry in their backyard to give them eggs and meat?

My steward went to Makoko, which is one of the largest fishing communities in Lagos. He wanted to buy fish and they were selling imported frozen fish!

Yet in the very waters in front of them, there exist fresh fish that is more nutritious than the cheap frozen fish they were selling.

We keep spending over 1 Billion Naira importing rice when our own farmers are capable of meeting our national demand for rice. But for some reason, Nigerians just prefer to buy imported rice.

The imported rice we buy in Nigeria is not as good as our local rice because it has been stored for years in silos and treated with chemicals.

Moreover, every time you buy it, your money is going out of Nigeria to service an economy in Asia. The end result is that their currency gains value while ours loses value.

Have you ever wondered why European Premiership Clubs are so interested in Nigeria? It is because Nigerians spend billions traveling to Europe to watch their games, buy their merchandise and promote their leagues.

Yet, back at home, we would not be caught dead watching our own local league.

If we will not spend money on made in Nigeria goods and services, how can we expect our Naira to hold its value and appreciate?

Obviously we can not cut ourselves off from the world. No nation is an island, but at least we can fly Nigerian airlines, eat locally produced food and patronize our football league.

If we do this, not only will our economy grow and produce jobs for Nigerians, it will also make our goods and services improve in value such that they will be attractive enough to be imported.

I bought Innoson vehicles as official cars for my staff. I have never lived to regret it one day. They are comfortable and durable. But most of all, I know that my purchase helps to keep jobs in Nigeria and improve the value of the Naira.

I urge you to do the same. We have no other country but Nigeria and it is you and I that will make it what it is.

If we buy Naija We Will Grow Naira

My name is Ben Murray-Bruce and I just want to make Commonsense!

#BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira


Source: http://www.trezzyblog.com/2016/02/why-ben-bruce-wants-you-to.html

Exactly

Ride on senator.... Waiting for the response of the zombies
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Twitter senator

Dis he buy a made in Nigeria transmitter for his radio or TV stations? True talk though

All well said, the Government can help by setting up consumer protection laws and be strict at the implementation.

That is all government needs to do in other to encourage people to patronize made in Nigeria products.

Still constituting a nuisance on Twitter and doing nothing.
1 Ben Bruce should Start by reducing the National Assembly corrupt budget from N120 billion to N5 billion

2 he should then send a bill barring political office holders from sending their children to foreign universities and private schools

3 make all public procurements local and only go foreign if there are no local alternatives

So far you got the msg. That's all that matters

babyfaceafrica:
Twitter senator

Our leaders are merely paying lip serve to made in Nigeria products.

The truth is that by allowing the importation, some people's bank accounts are growing fatter by way of gratification.

Otherwise how will one explain a situation where there is a smart meters in Lagos and yet NERC, DISCOS and others decide to be importing so that the price can be 'reasonable'.

Ben Murray is always on point.He is one of the best Senators we have in Nigeria

Nonsense - Only no fool with money would fly Arik. Unless you just like suffering.

Why chop fish from polluted waters when you have money?

Why watch local leagues when you can watch international superstars in the premiership? Its even cheaper self!

Innoson dey try well well - but a Benz is a Benz and its all about the brands reputation. The day I know an Innoson vehicle can
last 20 years like a Benz then I'll convert.

Mr Bruce or Murray - some people are starting to see through you (your just a talker)

I think most Nigerians are egocentric and have this attitude of: "i have it better than you; i can afford this better than you " not minding the consequences of our actions on the economy We are so quick to blame the government on any single thing.

Why silverbird cinema dey show foreign films? Why not fadeyi oloro or Aki and paw paw films... Show us ur shoe may be is made in Aba....

babyfaceafrica:
Twitter senator

First zombie spotted

Sunofgod:
Nonsense - Only no fool with money would fly Arik. Unless you just like suffering.

Why chop fish from polluted waters when you have money?

Why watch local leagues when you can watch international superstars in the premiership? Its even cheaper self!

Innoson dey try well well - but a Benz is a Benz and its all about the brands reputation. The day I know an Innoson vehicle can
last 20 years like a Benz then I'll convert.

Mr Bruce or Murray - some people are starting to see through you (your just a talker)

Second zombie spotted

laurel03:
Why silverbird cinema dey show foreign films? Why not fadeyi oloro or Aki and paw paw films... Show us ur shoe may be is made in Aba....

Third Zombie spotted

If this news is true!

Then our senator(Bruce) is just waking up from his slumber after criticising Buhari many times!

He just realize how his party(PDP) slaughted Nigeria
(if not God) after walking around Nigeria for Senate oversight function.

Abandoned projects everywhere! Projects of 2008/2009 money fixed deposit in the banks and feeding on the interest..

Mafia political contractor!
Bruce stàrt singing new song!

oduastates:
Still constituting a nuisance on Twitter and doing nothing.
1 Ben Bruce should Start by reducing the National Assembly corrupt budget from N120 billion to N5 billion

2 he should then send a bill barring political office holders from sending their children to foreign universities and private schools

3 make all public procurements local and only go foreign if there are no local alternatives

Tell Buhari to amend that fraud he called budget before attacking Ben

Sunofgod:
Nonsense - Only no fool with money would fly Arik. Unless you just like suffering.

Why chop fish from polluted waters when you have money?

Why watch local leagues when you can watch international superstars in the premiership? Its even cheaper self!

Innoson dey try well well - but a Benz is a Benz and its all about the brands reputation. The day I know an Innoson vehicle can
last 20 years like a Benz then I'll convert.

Mr Bruce or Murray - some people are starting to see through you (your just a talker)

idiot and u feel contented with the loss in value

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce is half-correct on this issue. Muhammud Buhari is the worse culprit of all. He has been jetting from one European capital to another begging for handout and insulting Nigerians in the process. The Daura dumbass has never proffered sound economic countermeasures that will make intended investors not to turn their backs on the zoo called Nigeria. He has been solely concerned with petty thievery and political vendetta all in the name of fight against corruption.

Na truth oga ben dey yarn. We gats patronise 9ja goods 2 improve our economy. We need 2 make our coun3 industrially viable

silentachieverr:
I think most Nigerians are egocentric and have this attitude of: "i have it better than you; i can afford this better than you " not minding the consequences of our actions on the economy We are so quick to blame the government on any single thing.

Well said

Mr Ben the common sense teacher ride on sir.I,m back from ban and i have to say this is the first time i was ban and know the reason.

I don't like this man but he's making sense right now!

Sensible senator has come again

Its good to patronise made in Nigeria goods, but its better to patronise quality products. Until SON starts doing their job properly. Fufu will be one of the few nigerian products I will patronise.

49cents:
Third Zombie spotted

#Oloshi spotted

Yes am a zombie but i kinda agree with him on this. However he should stay off PMB or else it is back to status quo.

OK sir, you have made some common sense in your campaign, but one of the reasons why Nigerians are going for foreign made goods is because of the issue of quality. If Nigerian made goods can improve on their quality and service delivery, i can assure you sir that a lot of people will abandon the foreign goods without even anyone telling them to do so. Take the issue of Nigerian football league for example, the standard has suffered a decline over the years owing to the issue of organisation and all other issues. This made a lot of Nigerians to switch to the European leagues to satisfy their appetites for the game. I can remember in the early nineties, the Nigerian league was a joy to watch owing to good organisation and avalanche of stars that graced the league then, but instead of the organizers of this league to capitalize on this larger follower-ship then and make the league to become a brand, they allowed it to deteriorate to the level it is today through maladministration. So sir, the entire blame should not be on Nigerians (in fact the major culprits are the people in authority who have failed to do what is right), but in some way we share in the blame