Godsate:
h

Oga know all, ple

femi4:
Power sector problem is not fund

Godsate:
h

Oga know all, please oh me I no go school. But, I think standard of living of nigerians in terms of good food, accomodation, health including electricity is more important than this you communication and connectivity you are talking.

win3k:
And the satelite will explode or malfunction during or just after launch but Nigeria will still owe the loan.
stupid stupid africans never learn... The Chinese and Indians are worse than western countries!
Asians are being allowed to exploit Africans in a very crude way in 2017 and they are getting away with it.

Bahddo:
It's what? Vandals blowing up the pipelines that supply the laughable 5000MW that the giant of Africa is managing?

Joel3:
....wow. they are borrowing money for satellite? for this recession when people can't eat? this government is on serious.. i am of the opinion that any money borrowed by this government will be lavished and wasted away into the sewer.

we don't need that loan if it's for satellite... this guys are hell bent looking for money too steal. Niger Delta oil has bleed for too long. how long can we continue like this this country is not working let go our separate ways.

mmsen:


Communication is vital to business.

While I am no fan of the APC government or this minister in particular launching satellites for this purpose is perfectly understandable.

datrailblazer:


without satellite how do you think you can comment on this post?

femi4:
You just answered the question. Improve the life of Niger-Deltans

Corruption is another problem.

wellmax:


If communication and connectivity is not your concern, I wonder where you are from?
Apart from communication, satellite could also provide Nigeria with the ability to enhance food security through monthly crop monitoring, assist with burgeoning urban planning demands and, through the development of engineering skills, advance the country's technological capability. Ignoramus
Hatred can be put to better use if you only try.

wellmax:

If you cannot see connection between standard of living and broadband access among other security and food security benefits, then I'm sorry, I can't help you. Go back to school.

Nbote:


I can't believe anyone can actually post anything as senseless as what u both jus posted in d name of lauding d move...
Do u have to bootlick every move no matter how irrelevant, insensitive and hopeless it is? How is launching a satellite a priority in a nation suffering huge infrastructural deficit, recession and many other challenges a laudable move and even considering it's going to be done using A LOAN!! Of what use is a satellite in space when there's no steady power to use it. Of What use is a satellite in space now considering the precarious state of the nation? To d slowpoke asking if ppl can go online without satellite, did u launch anyone before to b enjoying these services now? How can some of us intentionally b stupid jus in d name of blind support? It is more and more obvious these days dat some of us are actually our own problems and not d govt.

wellmax:


If communication and connectivity is not your concern, I wonder where you are from?
Apart from communication, satellite could also provide Nigeria with the ability to enhance food security through monthly crop monitoring, assist with burgeoning urban planning demands and, through the development of engineering skills, advance the country's technological capability. Ignoramus
Hatred can be put to better use if you only try.

Bahddo:
so you believe 5000MW is enough for Nigeria? Appease Niger-Delta and we would have constant electricity?

wellmax:


If communication and connectivity is not your concern, I wonder where you are from?
Apart from communication, satellite could also provide Nigeria with the ability to enhance food security through monthly crop monitoring, assist with burgeoning urban planning demands and, through the development of engineering skills, advance the country's technological capability. Ignoramus
Hatred can be put to better use if you only try.

TheRealestGuy:


There's something called scale of preference and opportunity cost you know...


What Nigeria needs urgently now is constant electricity and working refineries...

And this trend of calling everyone haters is absurd...

Moreover, I cannot comment this as there are no timelines given...you cannot be planting something and there are no timelines....

NwamaziNwaAro:

You take 550million USD loan just to launch satellites

Is that Nigeria's problems

-You won't take loan to build a 2nd Niger bridge,
-You won't take loan to subsidize the price of foreign rice,
-You won't take loan to build more refineries,
-You won't take loan to build more hydro dams that will generate electricity.

Who for Nigeria that satellite epp abeg?

Clueless government.... pikin never grow teeth but e wan chop boole.

Devil punish APC and the zombies supporting this government.

CeoNewshelm:
The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu on Monday said Nigeria has planned to build and launch two additional satellites to space to improve local communication capacity.


This is coming as the Minister warned that Nigeria must not scare away MTN as lawmakers investigate alleged illegal money transfers just three months after the government fined Africa’s biggest telecoms firm over $1 billion.


Shittu said the new satellites will be build using a $550 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of China, which will cover 85% of the cost while Nigeria will finance the other 15 per cent.





The minister, thereby call on domestic and foreign investors to take part in the funding.


Recall that the minister had during a town hall meeting in Kaduna on the one year anniversary of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, said legislation would be made to protect investment, patronage and compel Nigerian institutions to host their information locally.


He said then that Nigeria would launch two additional satellites to space to improve local communication capacity because businesses in Nigeria were skeptical of linking the only satellite Nigeria has because of fear of crash.

http://www.newshelm.com/2017/01/nigeria-to-launch-2-new-satellites-with.html

wellmax:


If communication and connectivity is not your concern, I wonder where you are from?
Apart from communication, satellite could also provide Nigeria with the ability to enhance food security through monthly crop monitoring, assist with burgeoning urban planning demands and, through the development of engineering skills, advance the country's technological capability. Ignoramus
Hatred can be put to better use if you only try.

Godsate:


So what you are saying now is that it's this satellite that will provide 24/7 electricity, restore lost jobs and make naira regain the lost value.

No matter how foolish a policy is there are some fools that will still buy into it because they 've closed their eye to any foolish thing that the present government are doing.

To the next post bye!

SnowJay92:

All the previous ones we've supposedly launched how much connectivity have they given us, we couldn't even locate exactly where chibok girls were hidden a year after their abduction. Launching two satellites in a country where 99% of the industres have to generate their own power from god knows where, is a white elephant project. Very convenient for em, Nigerians won't even be able to confirm what was launched.

spaceshipz:

That is not our problem now. Satellite is not our problem, who will use it when there is no food and hunger is in the land. We have got pressing issues not satellite issues.
Use the 550 million dollars and build industries and create jobs and watch it grow to billions.
Very stupid action, leaving fire to chase rat!!!

nairaman66:


Oga English!

Wetin happen to the first launched satellite?