₦airaland Forum

omenka:
K.O.

“The total global value of exporting raw cocoa is approximately $10 billion a year; the total value from chocolates alone, all made from cocoa, is over $100 billion a year, while the total value of all finished goods made from cocoa is estimated to be as high as $200 billion a year, all drawing from the same $10 billion raw cocoa beans produced.

Flyoruboy:
LOL. Guy, you are a jobless maggot. And your Yoruphobia will lead to your untimely death if you don't change course. Like I did in the other thread that spurned this one, your foolishness will still not change the fact that the SW adds the most to Nigeria's non-oil sector of the economy.
Imagine, you are using Ghana's figures to dispute Nigeria's own figures as quoted by GEJ's former Agric Mininster? ? Na so your hatred reach.

According to Adesina the former Agric Minister, Nigeria exported $10billion dollars worth of Cocoa last year (http://businessdayonline.com/2014/11/nigeria-exports-10bn-raw-cocoa-annually). More than 90% of that revenue emanated from the SW. That doesn't include other Agric export earnings (from Tobacco, Cashew, e.t.c) contributed by the region and generated as revenue for the Federal government. Now include the revenue generated from the air and seaports, as well as customs border posts, running into additional billions of dollars, all generated from the SW, also goes into the federal coffers -- and the region doesn't even receive any "13% derivation" from these earnings as the Niger Delta does on Oil revenue. The South West states currently receive more allocations from the center than the SE states simply coz they contribute more to the national commonwealth, simple. Can you present to me any verifiable data of the SE contribution to the the Nigerian commonwealth?

Every intelligent person knows that SW Nigeria, besides the enormous contribution it already making to the commonwealth, is a geological freak of nature in comparison to other regions in terms of untapped reserves of verifiable commercial quantity mineral resources with the potential of making the region one of the richest in Africa, if not the world -- http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/the-case-for-solid-minerals-development/215779/.

Thank God again that Buhari has promised to accelerate the diversification of the economy all thanks to the oil slump (which is forecasted to persist into the foreseable future), finally we will hear word and know who the real parasites are without oil dependence.

Guy, I warn you though that if you continue on this your bad-belle path then your premature death will be certain. I know nothing would gladen your heart more than to believe your own fables about Yoruba dependence on oil money than other groups in Nigeria. You are still yet to answer my question about whether or not your own South East can survive without allocation, and you are cleverly refusing to tell us your SE contributions to the Nigerian commonwealth that can come close to rivaling the Yorubas'.

Again, I advice that you had better take it easy with your Yoruba obsession.

“The total global value of exporting raw cocoa is approximately $10 billion a year; the total value from chocolates alone, all made from cocoa, is over $100 billion a year, while the total value of all finished goods made from cocoa is estimated to be as high as $200 billion a year, all drawing from the same $10 billion raw cocoa beans produced.

chronique:
Nigeria is a place where a lot of lies are being told daily in the media. The unfortunate thing is that years down the line,the generations coming up,will never get to know the truth about their country cos a lot of lies and counter opinions would be passed down to them and would make it difficult for them to know which is the truth,and which is a lie. At the end of the day,everyone's history about Nigeria,would simply be what their parents passed down to them. Those who pass down the many lies of today to their kids,would have successfully robbed them of the ability of knowing their true history. Nigeria will still end up breaking up in the nearest future cos the lies and counter accussations of today,would be the fuel that will drive the process of secession.

Benzzle:
you know nothing... you're just a hoe

PPAngel:
[size=18pt]Agbekoya Parapo Peasant Farmers Uprising points to slavery in the 20th century[/size]


The Agbekoya Parapo Peasant farmers' riots occured between 1968 to 1969 in the then old wester region of Nigeria.

The peasant cocoa farmers staged series of violent demonstrations against the govt of Western Nigeria over heavy taxes imposed on their produce and also on the very low price offered by the Produce office. The farmers also complained of corrupt govt officials who demanded a bribe before buying up their produce at a ridiculus low price.

Other grieviances held by the farmers was destruction or threat of destruction of their farms by local govt officials after the breakout of cocoa fungus if they don't pay a bribe.

The riots were quelled only after Awolowo negotiatted a settlement with the farmers' union which saw to better pricing of cocoa beans by the produce office.

It is thus safe to say that up till late 1969, cocoa farmers never got a fair deal on their produce. Better pricing and the establishment of a central govt as well as the exploitation of oil resources effectively made cocoa less profitable

So in a nut shell, western Nigeria's glory days was based on an exploitative cocoa based economy.

egift:
Are you resulting back to insults and rusty chest beating - now that is crazy

tensazangetsu:
OP am one of your fans on Nairaland and I seriously wanna know how u know all this things. Are u even a man or woman

egift:
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These crew always try to find any available thing to wail about. PDP pay your thugs so they can stop all these crying over nothing.

Eeser:
OK. So op what should we do now?

GBTYO:
[size=18pt]Debunking the greatest lie once and for all[/size]
The Niger Delta was never dependent on any other region's resource during the colonial era, early independence, post civil war and till this date.

To back this up, the Niger Delta in both colonial and pre colonial era was home to business moguls and tycoons who made their money from their region's wealth.

And No, Cocoa and groundnut did not fund oil exploration in the Delta but rather was done through concessions with multinational oil companies.

Till today, the Niget Delta people do not benefit from any subsidy outside the oil sector which is theirs and cannot be taking as subsidy in the first place but rather host communities have been saddled with the harsh realities of systematic environmental degradation from oil drilling and gas flaring for over 40years!

There is no intention to clean up the delta by either the multinational companies or Nigeria govt up till the emerhence of Goodluck and the rest of Nigeria seems unconcerned of the Delta as long as the oil is pumped.

The federal ministry of Agriculture disburses more subsidies to the north than any region and the presence of this ministry is non existing in the Delta. This is one of only very few means at which direct impacts are made to the common man from the federal purse. W

The north for all the subsidy gotten from Agriculture annually can not flag of a single planting year without federal intervention in fertilizer, seedling distribution, construction of earth dams and federal buyouts of farm produce. This has made the north effectively unproductive as after any harvest, the ab0ki farmer will simply rather invest in a new wife than save for the next year planting season because Niger Delta oil will pay for it.

How does this subsidy in the north translate to the Niger Delta people when food prices peak exorbitantly in this once self sustainable and pristine region?

The cocoa industry has been the mainstay of the Ghanaian economy and provides the second largest
source of export earnings representing about 30 percent of Ghana's total export earnings. Ghana is
presently the world’s second largest producer of cocoa beans, after the Ivory Coast. According to the
Bank of Ghana, cocoa bean and products export receipts for the first quarter of 2011 is $859.4 million,
accounting for about 61 percent of total export earnings as compared with $682.5 million at 48.8
percent in 2010.

http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Cocoa%20Report%20Annual_Accra_Ghana_3-15-2012.pdf

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egift:
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Next Wailer!

Even when there is nothing to cry about, these ones will keep barking. How does my harmless comment take away your breakfast today?

egift:
Wealthy in humility, empathy and dignity. The Gates are a blessing to the world. God bless them both.

Beremx:
After carrying bucket of water on her head,what next?


Publicly stunt!

Flyoruboy:
I laugh in chinese. OP wrote:



On what basis did you arrive these jaundiced conclusions, if I may ask? You call us the 'hallmark of tribal politics', yet we still allow non-indigenes in our midst to contest and win elections into our state assemblies, and even represent the state at the Federal level. Yorubas are the hallmark of tribal politics, yet we gladly sell land to your kinsmen -- something even your SE kinsmen acknowledge they don't do to non-indigenes in Igboland and even taunt us about their people 'buying up our lands'. Truth of the matter is that the SW has been a magnet for your folks since long before independence. The Region set the benchmark and standard in development ahead of any other long before independence or Oil discovery. Ask your parents and grandparents why they chose to rather school at University College (now UI) and UCH located in Ibadan long before independence and oil discovery, than build a worthy replica for their own folks in the SE.



This is the biggest lie in the history of big lies. Let's do a quick fact-check. The South West is the largest contributor of non-oil revenue to the Federal coffers. FACT. According to the rebased GDP estimate figures contained in the National Economic Report, Agriculture accounts for 22.1% of GDP, while Crude Oil and Gas accounts for 15.8% (download the NER report here: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19883231/nigeria-economic-report-no-2 ). Add to that fact that the region is industrializing faster than any other in the entire country, thanks to the avalanche of FDI.

According to Adesina the former Agric Minister, Nigeria exported $10billion dollars worth of Cocoa last year (http://businessdayonline.com/2014/11/nigeria-exports-10bn-raw-cocoa-annually). More than 90% of that revenue emanated from the SW. That doesn't include other Agric export earnings (from Tobacco, Cashew, e.t.c) contributed by the region and generated as revenue for the Federal government. Now, bear in mind that the revenue generated from the air and seaports, as well as customs border posts, running into additional billions of dollars, all generated from the SW, also goes into the federal coffers -- and the region doesn't even receive any "13% derivation" from these earnings as the Niger Delta does on Oil revenue. The South West states currently receive more allocations from the center than the SE states simply coz they contribute more to the national commonwealth, simple. Can you present to me any verifiable data of the SE contribution to the the Nigerian commonwealth?

These are verifiable facts with the data to back them up. There's no value that the Igboman is adding to Yorubaland that cannot be replicated in his absense. Not one. We have our own Film industry. We have our own manufacturing industry. We have our own Universities. We have our own artisans and traders that can quickly replace yours in the event that they are relocated for whatever reason. So pray tell what exactly you mean by that statement that the SW needs Nigeria more than the other way round? When we already contribute our share in Oil revenue (from Ondo) and Agric. We also generate revenue via VAT and our sea and land borders.

Like I asked earlier, what does your own region contribute to the National economy?

The cocoa industry has been the mainstay of the Ghanaian economy and provides the second largest
source of export earnings representing about 30 percent of Ghana's total export earnings. Ghana is
presently the world’s second largest producer of cocoa beans, after the Ivory Coast. According to the
Bank of Ghana, cocoa bean and products export receipts for the first quarter of 2011 is $859.4 million,
accounting for about 61 percent of total export earnings as compared with $682.5 million at 48.8
percent in 2010.

http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Cocoa%20Report%20Annual_Accra_Ghana_3-15-2012.pdf

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Happiness87:
if you have worked with them you will know, they strategically occupy hr and management positions in firms to continue their dominance.

a yoruba person will come and discuss how bad the supervisor are in office, if you join the conversation, they go back and report you, esp if you're better than them, they can do anything to get you fired.

Yorubas are bigots, fullstop

truefact:
Now with all that, can you fight for your only yorubas country and enjoy your wealth alone? Cowards

Ayekotoo:
I type it again, the crude oil in Ondo is larger than the combined of Abia and Imo states

Happiness87:
you are a big bigots, you didn't even read the post, you can cry me river

yorubas are bigots

DaBullIT:
I think he should not be banned, He actually quoted posts from people wishing death on Buhari

You no dey read ??

Flyoruboy:
Story for the gods. I know your other moniker. You no fit fool me, guy.

Flyoruboy:
Lol. We didn't use oil money to develop Lagos ports or the entire SW before oil discovery in commercial quantities. If the total oil revenue generated from oil was and estimated $80-billion dollars last year, and cocoa alone generated $10billion in same year, all we need do us grow more cocoa naw -- amongst other cash crops. We have the land to expand -- an acre still goes for as low as 20k naira in some parts of Ondo, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti. Besides, thank God oil is accounting for lesser and lesser of the country's revenues.
Thank God say oil don dey loose value, we too go soon begin remind Una say na our cocoa money,amongst others, that is feeding y'all fat, as if it isn't already.

You still haven't told us what your South East is contributing to the Nigerian commonwealth.

Fleshly:
You killed!
I smack my head for the wastelanders, - the saying "once beaten twice shy" does not in the least exist in the consciousness of the yolubaboons; hence they will always be used and dumped. And just as their ancestors awolofool, RAT POISON IS AGAIN KNOCKING AT THE DOOR!

sheymoni:
Awon ti lagoon

Flyoruboy:
Guy, don't believe the guy (yes, it's actually a guy behind the Moniker, and yes he's actually Igbo).

Ayekotoo:
Ondo state's crude oil and Cocoa can feed the whole south east

Ayekotoo:
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Tell us which of the States in south east can survive without federal allocations?

vedaxcool: