₦airaland Forum

chibuzorAbia:
So are you saying we should return to importing food and rice from Thailand again?

And when the little dollar we have runs out, then what?

Do you people realise that Nigeria is a poor country?

chibuzorAbia:
Okay please explain exactly what you expect the president to do. I just need to understand what you are thinking.......

Ejimagifty:
I do not agree with Gani Adams on this. Even America, UK and other developed countries has homeless and hungry people let alone a Nigeria that was battered by 16 years misrule of PDP chop i chop politics. No wonder a shameless actress was tweeting about the lack of free money in circulation as against the status quo they're used to under the thieving PDP regime. When dasuki was disbursing money like ATM machine, when dieziani the frog eyed thief was embezzling billions Nigerians were not hungry. Now that we have a sane and prudent government whose single treasury account remittance has blocked majority of loopholes for yafun yafun money, Nigerians are suddenly hungry. The several rail projects scattered across the country is a testament to the fact that funds are been expended on infrastructure but under PDP regime a certain corrupt presidential spokesman Okupe was seen in a viral video deceiving Nigerians that the country cannot afford to build rails because we are not rich like America. Nigerians indeed dodged a bullet by voting against the PDP whose presidential manifesto was about enriching their friends and selling national assets to their cronies. How long will we continue playing belly politics? How does stomach infrastructure politics bring development? Is a serious nation built on eating food all day? Even the Bible says Man shall not live by bread alone ( Matthew 4:4).


Only a blind and ungrateful person will not commend this hard working president Buhari. May God keep him beyond 2023. Amen

ehinmowo:
what trash are you saying? the only place I have seen and eaten local ruce so far is in Plateau State. And it was stone rice. go the market closest to you and see if you will see local rice there.

zikter:
This is where the issue is, penchant for imported things. Here in agege, there is a variety of local rice at every shop, but alas, the patronage is low as all want to eat the foreign rice. I think the whole palaver about this rice production is not availability but choice. in my local home town, people eat local rice as foreign rice is a luxury. But in a nutshell, anyone who wants to eat local rice can readily get it in local markets, be it Oshodi, Agege, Yabah, Ajah or any market. We keep praising the Asians but are we ready to make the sacrifices as their generations did? We keep hearing of how the Japan and China of this world banned foreign import to achieve self sustainability. of course they paid some sacrifices. It will not be easy as this will take years to come to fruition. But for me, if there is any policy that can reduce importation, then I will gladly support it irrespective of the pains compared to the later gains as a nation.

gratiaeo:
May the almighty God direct your affairs just like Buhari is directing the affair of this country. Just claim it by saying Amen

gratiaeo:
May the almighty God direct your affairs just like Buhari is directing the affair of this country. Just claim it by saying Amen

LZAA:
Receive sense asap
Cc immhotep sarrki Adaibeku kagawa10

chibuzorAbia:
You people will keep complaining and crying till kingdom come! Why? Because 180m people sit down expecting the President to do magic that will miraculously solve the nation's problems.

It is impossible. That is why we have been abusing and hating all our past presidents from OBJ to Shagari, to IBB, to Abacha, to OBJ again, to GEJ, PMB. ....and the next person. There is no easy solution!!!!!!
But we must produce the food that we eat, otherwise let us stop having children. What is the point of our population growing if we cannot produce food to eat? What the essence of being almost 200 million?

chibuzorAbia:
THE POOR WILL ALWAYS REMAIN POOR!!!

So are these foolish people asking the government to go and import rice again? After all these years of importation and going broke over and over again? So the these poor peasants understand is to eat, have sex and watch premiership and nollywood videos?

Ejimagifty:
I do not agree with Gani Adams on this. Even America, UK and other developed countries has homeless and hungry people let alone a Nigeria that was battered by 16 years misrule of PDP chop i chop politics. No wonder a shameless actress was tweeting about the lack of free money in circulation as against the status quo they're used to under the thieving PDP regime. When dasuki was disbursing money like ATM machine, when dieziani the frog eyed thief was embezzling billions Nigerians were not hungry. Now that we have a sane and prudent government whose single treasury account remittance has blocked majority of loopholes for yafun yafun money, Nigerians are suddenly hungry. The several rail projects scattered across the country is a testament to the fact that funds are been expended on infrastructure but under PDP regime a certain corrupt presidential spokesman Okupe was seen in a viral video deceiving Nigerians that the country cannot afford to build rails because we are not rich like America. Nigerians indeed dodged a bullet by voting against the PDP whose presidential manifesto was about enriching their friends and selling national assets to their cronies. How long will we continue playing belly politics? How does stomach infrastructure politics bring development? Is a serious nation built on eating food all day? Even the Bible says Man shall not live by bread alone ( Matthew 4:4).


Only a blind and ungrateful person will not commend this hard working president Buhari. May God keep him beyond 2023. Amen

Lokostic77:
I can see it through your comments that you're a confused person, you don't know what you're saying but you're just doing this shameful act just bcoz you love buhari you didn't deal with reality so it's now you realized Jonathan and Buhari are the same I thought Buhari is a Saint your mumu na follow come, dindinrin, you don't have point at all all buhari supporter did not have brain or sense I can see it here in nairaland

ericsmith:
You have a point, but i think the local rice millers & there branders have learnt the ropes ....nigerians are cursed with foreign taste ...for instance i donnt buy any other rice asides caprice regardless of the price.
What if those local rice you are looking for are in foreign bags reason like a igbo boy for once ... unfortunately most buyers can only tell d difference btw a foreign & local rice by the branding ...
As a businessman i buy (hijack) 80% of local rice in the country ,rebrand them into foreign bags sell @ a price bit lower to imported ones... imagine my profit who talk say naija no sweet to make money

Ejimagifty:
I do not agree with Gani Adams on this. Even America, UK and other developed countries has homeless and hungry people let alone a Nigeria that was battered by 16 years misrule of PDP chop i chop politics. No wonder a shameless actress was tweeting about the lack of free money in circulation as against the status quo they're used to under the thieving PDP regime. When dasuki was disbursing money like ATM machine, when dieziani the frog eyed thief was embezzling billions Nigerians were not hungry. Now that we have a sane and prudent government whose single treasury account remittance has blocked majority of loopholes for yafun yafun money, Nigerians are suddenly hungry. The several rail projects scattered across the country is a testament to the fact that funds are been expended on infrastructure but under PDP regime a certain corrupt presidential spokesman Okupe was seen in a viral video deceiving Nigerians that the country cannot afford to build rails because we are not rich like America. Nigerians indeed dodged a bullet by voting against the PDP whose presidential manifesto was about enriching their friends and selling national assets to their cronies. How long will we continue playing belly politics? How does stomach infrastructure politics bring development? Is a serious nation built on eating food all day? Even the Bible says Man shall not live by bread alone ( Matthew 4:4).


Only a blind and ungrateful person will not commend this hard working president Buhari. May God keep him beyond 2023. Amen

Wiseandtrue:
I doubt it! Nigerians love quality products with affordable rates even if it's made in Nigeria!!!

Take lake rice milled in Lagos State for instance, Lagosians rushed it! I know places where people even queued just to get but it's not available!!!

If you are sure of your quality, you don't need to re-bag it!

tiwiex:
Oga. We are still importing 90% of the rice we eat. It comes in from Benin Republic and Niger? How do we know? Being is the second largest importer of rice after China? Benin Republichas a population of 11m people. Their rice import shot up astronomically after Buhari banned rice importation through our ports. Same increase in Togo. Where is all that rice going? The policy solved no problem. It just created business opportunities for our neighbours who understand how economics works. Be deceiving yourselves. Our rice production will never improve this way. We just suffered for nothing.

Am I against us producing rice? Nope. I pray we do. But not through a pedestrian policy that is not thought properly across board. Same with car imports. How many people dey drive innoson cars now? Can innoson meet our needs? Import duty through Togo and Benin is still attractive. Tip: it's not everything the developed countries produce that we must to be successful. If we want to, there are systematic ways to go about it. Cassava bread is still being sold. I saw it in Shoprite a week ago. We need policy experts in this government. Not a trumpet like Femi Adesina whose every statement contains an insult. I have never heard him make an objective remark since he can on board.

chibuzorAbia:
Okay thank you! When the dolllar runs out then what? You will offer your useless Naira to Thailand abi? Young man if we cannot produce our own food to eat, then there is no reason for our existence. We are already near 200m in population and we are importing food from countries with population of less than 50million? What does that tell you?
If we cannot produce simple food to eat why are we having children? What are we existing for? Let us perish then.......

As for me, we MUST produce our own food or go hungry and die! We have no reason to exist.

The government should please CONTINUE spending the little money we have on infrastructure. And that is what my president is doing! Rice is there in the North, if the rice merchants in Lagos choose to smuggle or patronise smugglers that is their business.

My perspective!

chibuzorAbia:
Go and remove him na! Oya! Shebi na you put an there. The majority of us Nigeria put him there and we are very happy with what he is doing and his explanations. If you want to eat imported rice go to Ghana or Cotonou, nobody dey hold you and stop wasting your saliva here. Nonsense!!!!

As for me and my family we need and want to see more infrastructure. And our reserves is growing meaning financial security.

Smile4daddy:
Thank you bro.

Those of us the Sane Nigerians who voted for President Buhari, we love truth and hardwork.

Only the Ipob pigs and the rest of Nigeria Zombies that will be blaming the President to be responsible for their miserable life.

PMB inherited a pulverized Economy and with lesser earning, he's almost done in fixing it.

Lokostic77:
hmmmn o ma se o, going to school doesn't mean you must have sense in Nigeria, how much did buhari spent on diversification of our economy especially on agriculture they're boasting 90% of rice consumed were produce locally see lie, if government serious about agriculture two years is enough for everybody to see, but this government is not serious at all but they're good in propaganda everybody knew that if you're producing what you're consumed is the best than importing but did this government serious about it the answer is No so why are you supporting unserious government or do you blind?

Johnny2001:
A lot of statistics flying up and down on achievement of Mr President which were not impacted on the life of the populace.
Insecurity is on the rise again. Killing in the northern part of the country is on the rise.
This government is a scam to Nigerians.
God deliver us from governance.

mercyland93:
Things are so hard in these country, purchasing power is very low and masses are dying of hunger.

It seems Buhari's economic team are clueless. Thus, this government is so deceitful.

tiwiex:
Is Lake rice still available? Never seen it.

chibuzorAbia:
I hope you are right. I want a big chunk of the useless masses to die.

Shila16:
You are talking off point, the said rice that is being processed in Nigeria where is it?What's the use of production if it isn't available to d common man

mankand:
Tell Gani that bandits have entered osun state ooo. This is where we need him to do what police can't do

Ejimagifty:
I do not agree with Gani Adams on this. Even America, UK and other developed countries has homeless and hungry people let alone a Nigeria that was battered by 16 years misrule of PDP chop i chop politics. No wonder a shameless actress was tweeting about the lack of free money in circulation as against the status quo they're used to under the thieving PDP regime. When dasuki was disbursing money like ATM machine, when dieziani the frog eyed thief was embezzling billions Nigerians were not hungry. Now that we have a sane and prudent government whose single treasury account remittance has blocked majority of loopholes for yafun yafun money, Nigerians are suddenly hungry. The several rail projects scattered across the country is a testament to the fact that funds are been expended on infrastructure but under PDP regime a certain corrupt presidential spokesman Okupe was seen in a viral video deceiving Nigerians that the country cannot afford to build rails because we are not rich like America. Nigerians indeed dodged a bullet by voting against the PDP whose presidential manifesto was about enriching their friends and selling national assets to their cronies. How long will we continue playing belly politics? How does stomach infrastructure politics bring development? Is a serious nation built on eating food all day? Even the Bible says Man shall not live by bread alone ( Matthew 4:4).


Only a blind and ungrateful person will not commend this hard working president Buhari. May God keep him beyond 2023. Amen