₦airaland Forum

cjrane:
I just feel uncomfortable with the cushion chairs in our train. Even though they are great now, i wonder how long they will last.

If you noticed, trains abroad have plastic seats, so that they can be easily cleaned out, even if someone vomits on it.

Anyhow, i thank our working President GEJ for providing Nigerians a functional train. Something the others simply failed to do.

Ive only seen plastic chairs in trams o.. i have not seen them in trains but im sure yankee trains would have plastic chairs. But in switzerland all train irrespective of the class is cushion

gistmelove:
Lovely family......

Make me sef show off my family jare...


me,myself and my adorable wife....


#Abu Zamani
#Ummu zamani


jus hit like if you love dis couple

mi ooo force yi oo to hit like ooo

eheh

Smh

sbaks:
100k? Make I tell you, if we are to follow the real standards of heaven only "10" Will make heaven just "10" in the whole Nigeria

Then thats d amount of pipu that would go to heaven in nigeria..heaven does not compromise on its standard

Tinubu:
This is what happens when people start seeing their birthright as a privilege



I weep for Nigeria


So our country has become so politically and economically sodomized, that its citizens can no longer distinguish 'basic amenities' from privileges....

What the op wants us to do in this new year, is to roll out the drums and dance in the market-square because power supply has improved in some parts of the nation, while some areas are still in the Dark ages.

Constant power supply is our right..... Since the op has opened a thread rejoicing over power supply, he might as well open a thread thanking the government for his life, for the spaghetti he ate this morning, and for allowing him impregnate his wife as many times as possible without any restrictions whatsoever....

The first post ive liked in lets say one year!

tola9ja:
Why Muhammadu Buhari will win - Aljazeera
Buhari remains the single most popular man in
northern Nigeria. Despite lacking real party
structure, Buhari, with CPC in 2011, defeated
Jonathan in Yobe, Borno, Zamfara, Sokoto, Niger,
Kebbi, Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Gombe and Jigawa.
He single-handedly polled a total of 12,214,853
votes, which amounted to 54.3 percent of
Jonathan's tally. Riding on the back of APC's
nationwide structure backed by 14 governors and
their war chest, a Buhari victory in 2015 is quite
possible.
Buhari is popular outside the north as well. Four
days after he created his Twitter account
(@ThisIsBuhari), he had already amassed 45,000
followers. This is testament to Buhari's growing
national - not just northern - acceptability, because
the north remains Nigeria's least literate zone. The
north, therefore, has a sparse population of Internet
users, which means that Buhari's crowd of Twitter
followers probably come from across the country.
In truth, Buhari cannot take full credit for his
popularity outside the north. Full marks should go
to Goodluck Jonathan, the man who has unravelled
as the antithesis of his opponent's unique selling
point.
Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati can deliver
the floweriest prose about his boss's aversion to
corruption while his colleague Doyin Okupe hurls
the foulest words at the opposition and other
Nigerians daily puncturing the president's
professed incorruptibility. But the majority of
Nigerians have come to accept that Jonathan, even
if re-elected for 10 terms, will never fight
corruption. The courage is lacking, the political will
is nonexistent, the desperation for re-election is so
consuming that he would not hurt the weakest of
his corrupt political allies. So Nigerians are
prepared to turn to Buhari, unarguably the least
stained presidential aspirant in the eyes of the
people.
When APC was formed in February 2013, senior
PDP figures dismissed it as a failure-bound union
of four parties. Who would blame them? Many
were sceptical that this merger would not survive
even a year. Yet, in another two months, this
merger would be two years old. But that is not the
story.
The story is that all APC presidential aspirants
defeated by Buhari have offered him their support.
Few expected it. Atiku Abubakar, the man most
expected to bolt out of APC in the event of a loss,
congratulated Buhari the moment the ex-general's
vote count overtook his, even though the winner
had not yet been officially announced at the time.
There is a massive movement for Buhari, which
Jonathan didn't face in 2011.

This post right here is the begining and the end of the full story!

Amaechi has been screaming of the toutish nature of this man and his croonies... this just goes to confirm it..any right thinking person should not even vote for this man.. lol

tobiak:
My interactions with Jelani showed that he is a very brilliant and complete gentleman. I hope he gets a CFR award or even a GCON award from the president soon.

For what? I dont blame you, i blame the presidency for bastardizing all those awards and honours...smh

Lmao.. omo this guy is on another level.. .. troll level 50,000%

There is nothing new he said here.. heard it all... but one thing though, the makeup artiste and video editor should never have to do this work again.. they suck at it!

Nobody even cares about liverpool's match. Lol

Half ke? If there are 170m pipu in nigeria i doubt if 100k peeps would make heaven!

Ah wahala dey

tit:
Nigeria is thriving!
We recently became the biggest economy in Africa.
Our train stations are back to life and in 2015, will carry the moRE passengers than any other rail system in Africa.
Nigerians are getting involved, hands-on, in the business of extracting minerals.
We no longer leave any of the business to foreigners to do while we wallow in ignorance.
When the PIB is passed this technology acquisition will be accelerated.
In 2015, government stranglehold on natural resources will be removed and hardworking Nigerians in North and South will get busy exploiting and processing the natural resources God has blessed our land with!
We shall abolish federal unitary government and encourage local governments.

As for boko haram and all killers and murderERs like TINUBU, FASHOLA, OBASANJO, buhari, osinbanjo and his followers,
we shall deal with them the way we dealt with Ebola fever!
They may get a few cells like Dr. Adadavor GCFR and Gen Shuwa Arab,
but
WE SHALL RISE AGAIN!

Lol. You are delusional. Its confirmed!

adexfem:
Season Greetings to all our numerous customers

Hadexfem, whats the outlook for the 70 percent implementation of the custom duty..im interested in shipping in my car by nextweek or the upper...

OP its not about APC or PDP. Politicians generally are diabolical.. and its the do or die mentality that promotes all these things.. you wont live on earth more than a 100years so why try to retain a post to accumulate all the wealth in the world..i still keep saying it, poverty is Nigeria's only problems

CaptainAmerica:
How would a normal human being that claims to have something upstairs pray for the recently transformed Railway system to get spoilt again?

Are you sure you're normal?


Rome wasn't built in a day. Get that into your thick skulls

See what gej is doing, he is trying to deliver a woman in labour from her arse hole...its this simple! There are more pressing issues to fix that would automatically set in place other developmental structures running..you cannot wakeup today and say ypu want to be industrialized yet you cannot solve the poroblem of power..4000mw is an abysmal target and should not even be mentioned anywhere!

LRNZH:
Power and Refineries are supposed to be the first set of priorities apart from Security.

But GEJ in his usual 'MAULAG' fashion went for trains.

Misplaced priorities.

I wonder o.. because i wonder what power the train system would work on. In advanced climes, its electricity the rail system works with...

chidi01:
Everybody is shouting change, change. But we fail to see the change that the present government is effecting in different sectors of our economy.

One thing we fail to understand is that Nigeria cannot be fixed in a day, it's a gradual process to get to the promise land, and all I see is this government laying solid structures for economic growth. We want change but if we put sentiments aside we will see that the change is happening.

If there is a change in government and the new government doesn't continue with the good policies and plans of this present government, it would have failed.

Let's not forget that there's no gain without pain. Rome was not built in a day. There's no messiah that will do it overnight, not even buhari, cos he tried it before and ended up in a mess, which necessitated his removal.

Rather than cut the tree from the root in an environment where you know thay when it falls, it can cause alot of damage and hurt people, first of all start cutting it from the top, cut a few branches before proceeding to cutting the tree itself step by step in small bits.. im likening this automotive policy to the story of the tree.. the govt just cut this tree in two places..its going to cause more harm than good

Whynotthetruth:
Do you really believe in all these stuffs you've been typing or you are just enjoying the argument If you do really believe in them, then sorry my bro...you need to improve more your thinking faculties and look beyond your nose...good morning!!!

Little do you know.. mr intelligent.. good morning to you too!

megacool360:
redcliff, the 70 percent wasn't effected all at once. The OP stated it started with 35 percent around february 2014 before the govt decided to increase it further by another 35 percent come the new year. So it's not as if the whole 70 percent came in at a go. Infact, until it becomes effected (if finally it will) come Jan 1, 2015, the import duty on tukumbo cars still remains 35 percent.

Its still crazy.. i know it wasnt at once infact i enjoyed tge last part of jan 2014 when i escaped the first 35% increase.. what happened to slowly chipping it in, 15%, 15% 10% and 30% when you see that local "assemblers" are fully functional....in that way you spread that suffering over a long time period so that they dont complain too much..thats a govt that has the best interest of the people at heart

Collynzo22:
99% of Nigerians buying used cars do not know the owner, history or even the country the were used in.
When it comes to Nigerian made used car it is even better, because you can get to buy it directly from the original owner, so what are you talking about?
The power sector is a work in progress, things are going on simultaneously.

Nigerians buying tokunbo cars need not know the owners for the following reasons

1. The roads are extremely good.. you are sure that the underneath of the car did not hit the floor not even once in its lets say 12years of existence.

2. The govt has well regulated the technical maintenance of your car in such a way that you are highly obligated to according to your manufacturer's/ environmental specification always ensure that your car is regularly serviced at the specified time with specified manufacturer's parts.

3. The govt of any sane country has emission standards, technical standards, usability standards.. you cannot fail to default in these areas otherwise youl dance to the music.

4. With the VIN or chasis number the history of the vehicle is recorded..

Quick question, what kills a car in nigeria and which of these mentioned four points i clearly gave we have/practice to lets say 20%?

Falz d bad guy

Collynzo22:
Things do not just happen like that, you make them to happen. I don't think there was ever a time when those countries were importing 2nd hand cars from abroad while potential manufactures at home were suffering.
We have just taken a step to correct that. By the time we start maufacturing fully, used ones will also be cheaper because we won't have to import them but they will be Nigerian made used cars.

I doubt that... i would not buy a nigerian car i dont know the owner and history.. so would so many other people.. you dont know what roads those cars drove on, what incompetent mechanic handled the vehicle before your purchase.. if you look closely.. every sector of nigeria is intertwined... you cant expect to fix one and leave one dying.. it would come back to poke you..you fix the rails but you dont fix electricity which modern trsin system are being powered on.. tell me, would the railway system stand the test of time? You introduce an automotive policy but your electricity generation capacity is just 4000mw.. its only a matter if time the system would implode!

Montaque:
we have an option,no matter how poor,but we have an option. That options are all the assembly plants and the ones that will start coming in after the implementation of this auto policy. We have endured for too long,only enriching others at our expense.
Let's not stifle the new auto plants that are proudly Nigerian.

Im in support of the policy but its too heavy.. it should slip in gradually! 70 percent is crazy!

bushdoc9919:
If we want to make cheap cars locally.....Ajaokuta must be revived. No buts.

Gbam! We must be manufacturing itself not assembling.. whats the difference really? Assembling is still importation!

amaechionuh:
High level of illiteracy in display here. Please find your way to any almajiri school closer to you and enroll yourself, thank GEJ later.

Then i see how intelligent you are also..

Collynzo22:
If you like a Lexus suv so much you should be able to buy it at whatever price you find it.
Nigerian economy is more important than your individual taste.
How many countries allow second hand cars pass through their borders?

We have not gotten to that point. Infact in adv economies, it would be extremely foolish (not like it cant be done) to buy a tokunbo vehicle from other countries because they manufacture these things there, you have the opportunity of enjoying a fantastic credit facility once you have a verifiable means of id from that country and there are high quality used cars you can purchase at a fantastic price that is below the cost price of a new one...tell me, which does nigeria have?

Activa:
They shd extend it to all other things we can produce locally. Though d local car manufacturing companies shd be able to produce enough b4 the implementation.

Enough of importation of everything

Same shd be extended to mobile phones and electronics.

Thank u Jona but u shd also fight corruption wella

Are those cars manufactured here or assembled here? So even the materials are still imported.. do what are we still saying?

tonychristopher:
This is good ..Nigeria has tokunbo mentality ..tokunbo bra,pants shirts ,cars even Buhari is a tokunbo president in waiting


Now let me tell you ..I see it as stupidity to buy a 3million tokunbo instead of 1.5m brand new

A tokunbo is not good ..so I am in support

You have a poor mans mentality..did you consider quality/brand? E.g you cant compare a tecno to an iphone!

phantonce:
Why are nigerians short sighed?

One of my uncle recently bought a 2009 tokunbo suv for 2.5 million naira.

He didn't know he could get a brand new innoson suv for 3 million and naija made hyundai suv for 3.5m

If i dont like hyundai products, would you force it down my throat? What if i like a lexus suv and they dont have an assembly plant here and i cant afford a new one?

alexitohan2020:
It can only get better. The government is trying to discourage importation of cars so we could patronize locally made cars or better till, buy new cars.
Cheers OP
Wishing all Niaralanders a peaceful year ahead in 2015

Everybody cannot use locally made cars and not everybody can buy new cars

kennaustine:
^^^ Whats really wrong with y'all APC propagandist? The increase in tariffs for imported automobile is to encourage local automobile manufacturers. Common SS2 Economics student will tell you that one way of encouraging local production is increasing import tariffs. That's called Import Substitution Strategy. Aren't you ashamed that Nigeria has become a dumping ground for every kind of crap produced in other climes? We have Innoson, PAN, ANNAMCO, VON, Nissan and other automobile manufacturers in Nigeria and we know that government is trying to revitalize them so as to boosts our economy. Yet you criticize this one very good move government makes to see to its realization. Many of these imported cars have been used for above five years and then they're moved to Nigeria for dumping, after which when you buy, you'll use for no more than three years and the money u would have spent on repairs and maintenance may have exceeded the original cost. Some brand new Innoson cars go for 1.5m and they're trying to beat it down to 1m. So which is better ; buying a brand new car for 1.5m and enjoying it for 3 to 4 years without excessive repair cost or buying a tokie car for 800thousand and spending over 500thousand on repairs in 3 years. A relation of mine has spent about 300th on repairs on a tokie car he bought for about 800th and the car IS STILL HAVING ISSUES. Wont it have been better to just buy a brand new made-in-Nigeria car and save yourself some unecessary stress. Why are we so used to cheap craps and worthless articles? Is that what APC wants for us? SMH. Which way Nigeria? #SeeBeyondPropaganda

I understand you but we are not there yet.. why should it be as high as 70 percent? You cant compare us to advanced countries that have higher purchasing powers to buy new cars.. and they do not pay in full.. its paid over a time period and the big difference is that an ordinary man in nigeria cannot enjoy that credit facility because there are no systematic structures in place that ensures you can pay it over the time period sitpulated in your contract..whereas in advanced countries, your identification number and good credit standing is all you need. So you can sèe a normal person picking up an expensive car to drive. But in nigeria, you either have to have a verifiable job with a big company before you enjoy a credit facility on an automobile..even at that you are still limited in your choice of an automobile..do you see the difference? What im trying to say is that rather than just force it down our throats with full force, its better to gradually increase it in a way that by the time it gets to 70% all the local assembling companies should be in full capacity. Right now most of them are not even started..what choice do you leave the average person with?