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And they end up in just one port in Nigeria....can you see how hopeless we are in this country...

Can't see how Wike will win this one. Government on government taxation is a wsste of resources and can only happen in a restructured country where each constituent is properly established by law. At present Government agencies barely pay statutory obligations except to private entities and then receipts are with hard labour and extreme corruption.

In the history of the nations of the world the only antidote to economic peril and sustainable development has consistently been industrialization. From the Americas, through Europe to the Asian Tigers. Any nation seeking to develop must place the taste for commerce firmly behind the will to 'make stuff' instead.

I repeat, no nation will prosper on agriculture, selling commodities or offering services alone.

The most successful agricultural producer in the world is the United States. It is the top producer of half of the worlds agro produce from staples such as wheat, corn and cotton and can feed and clothe itself many times over yet agriculture is just 5.4% of its GDP.

China is the top trading nation of the world. It ships 12 percent of the goods available on earth by sea, air and rail yet it is only the second largest importer and 80 percent of its imports are commodities to fuel its insatiable manufacturing plants.

Nigeria's manufacturing at 18 percent of a relatively small GDP, lower than that of agriculture at 21 percent is just ridiculous. We can never develop this way. This government must get Nigeria making stuff to check unemployment and cut down on imports which put incessant pressure on inflation and the value of the naira, and like I've said previously, government shoukd make deliberate effort to get the steel industry, energy sector and petroleum sector functional.

Thought 'Trader Moni' will reverse that.... government bereft of any ideas to slow the fall off the cliff.

Nice. I urge the trailers to keep it up. 'Suffering is good for the soul' - Roger Moore (Wild Geese: 1978 motion picture).

Nice. I urge the trailers to keep it up. Suffering is good for the soul - Roger Moore (Wild Geese: 1978 motion picture).

SaintM90:
I understand the looks on their faces but I'm struggling to know who YAHAYA BELLO is waving at and why

Can someone please Epp me ask that devil to goan free the people of kogi state from this madness and madman

.... He must be casting a spell over them with that wave of the hand.... feudalism in all its splendor. Lord Lugard must be proud of his protégé.... but surely if Lugard owed 38 months worth of cowries the peons will have torn him to shreds.... duh

Another state that requires the competition multi party politics can bring. Unfortunately not so. Abians need to get more involved in the democratic processes available to change the narrative within the state. They badly need to shake the tree of liberty.

That money if well invested can yield N1.5 to N2 million naira annually for the rest of the life of that university. But there are no long term thinkers in Nigeria. The retard is a snapshot of the citizenry of Nigeria. Greedy, lazy and bereft of ideas.

You see what annoys me about this disgusting situation is that all the suffering is for nothing.

Had it been inflation due to fuel subsidy removal, then we know what we stand to benefit in cash savings and oil industry investment attraction.

Had it been inflation due to the floatation of the Naira, then we know we stand to benefit from the activation of local content and onshore industrial capacity not to talk of a robust foreign reserve and a more stable exchange rate.

Had it been inflation due to market uncertainty surrounding the comprehensive restructuring of the country, then we know when things settle down tje country will be firing on all cylinders.

But we have refused to take any of these fundamental, long term solutions due to the fear of suffering and social unrest yet the hardship we fear is creeping upon us and we are sinking 'instalmentally'.

When that misfit called a CBN governor thinks he can borrow his way out of recession without comprehensive productivity potentials to repay, this is the result. The prices of most fundamentals that productive capacity is built on have gone up.... fuel, cement, steel, etc. Now who will break this viscious cycle and dare to invest now....

tactius:
In 1983, Shagari was in charge till December 31st.

And the reason for the queues...oil price crash in late 1982, plus the wasteful spending of the civillian government.

Does not make Buhari's coup right...but you cannot put the whole blame for the economic crisis of the 1980's on Buhari.

Same thing happening now. Oil was high till it crashed a year before Buhari took over. Okonjo-Iweala was already predicting recession, whoever took over, in January 2015.

Oga, this is 2019. Four years after and you are still doing historinomics Governments are elected to take care of business and not just for superiority complex. Before Obama's first term was over he had brought the United States out of the Bush era recession. Today, Trump is in his third year and all economic indices are at their best for thirty years.

How long are you going to gi e your pet government to do its job please. You are a citizen and an employer of government. Stop making excuses for your employees. Demand performance no matter what sentiments you carry. Call a spade, a spade.

ecclize:
then what will u say about ajax who paraded the cheapest squad among the four teams in left... In the last five years they have only spend 97m euros on their squad compare to tot. With about 200plus euros and to talk of liverpool and barca... PSG has the most expensive squad follow by Man city...

Ajax is just a flash in the pan. No one saw them coming. Won't happen again.

OGHENAOGIE:
oga ask questions don't react ignorantly...so far na Putin be Russia boss today he got ansa to every America nastiness...find out why d intervention worked...if America has d gots de shd enta Venezuela with dier warship and see whether Russia won't respond

Na. I think Maduro is just lucky Trump is short on foreign military interventions. If it was anyone of the former Republican presidents, Maduro would be past tense by now. America does not take kindly to left leaning Marxist leaders in its backyard. And by the way, Russia is a long way away on the other hemisphere and doesn't have the resources to buffer Venezuela effectively.

He is just lucky the Trump presidency is not interested.

OGHENAOGIE:
so what gives America the right to meddle into a country affairs...why not allow the pple decide...did anyone influenced bouteflika to step down in Algeria or bashir to step down in Sudan?? like u said Americans can't do Jack cos Russia and China ll block every moves...if d pple don't want maduro at d end he ll go...Venezuela is a sovereign State and be treated such...

Sovereign and yet dependent on Russia and China 'blocking every move'.... Can you re analyse please... because when you need external help to keep you in power against thd wishes of your people you certainly cannot claim sovereignty.

This tie is done and dusted for Ajax barring any mishap. Tottenham have given their all this season, punched way above their weight and will be carried away from the rest of the season in an ambulance.

It is becoming obvious that to remain in contention for silverware at the end of the season you need to start the season with a squad value of near a quarter of a billion dollars and that is just the entry fee.

...the 'White Lion' of the Confluence...

Then Mr White man, it is not corruption when the work is not done at all. It is something else called failed structure, period. This is tje problem we are facing. We as a people are unable to diagnose exactly what the problem is but those honest with themselves know that Nigeria simply does not work because it is programmed not to be workable

No two Nigerians share the same values, ideologies, aspirations and interests. The inability to rally around a single cause is the reason why nothing works. Corruption is merely a symptom of the underlying structural malaise.

Restructuring will pose a question to every inhabitant of this country as to how he or she wants to live and exist in conjunction with his neighbour and how his neighbour can assist him in maximizing his potentials and achieving his life goals. It will will force collaborative efforts rather than promote exploitative tendencies as we have presently and the results will be that everyone will depend on everyone else to exist in mutual respect and equity.

Then no one will need to steal from anyone else and corruption will die a natural death. Without restructuring there is absolutely no hope that this nation can ever move forward. No hope whatsoever. No prayer will solve what we all know and fail to do.

grandstar:
The Oyo state governor said that due to the collapse in the price of crude, the allocation reaching his state halved and wasn't enough to even pay workers salaries.

How will you develop infrastructure when there's no money to even pay salaries?

The budget this year for 200m people was $28b. New York City with 8m people has a budget of $75bn. The money is too small

When I keep on telling you folks that the economic problems of Nigeria arise from paltry productivity, the powers that be say it is corruption. When Peter Obi said and I quote, 'wiill a man abandon his shop and be chasing after robbers', the present Veepee replied, '....if he doesn't, very soon his shop will be empty'.

Well, both theories will be put to the test the next four years and Nigerians will judge which between the two ideologies was right and which was a complete disaster. We have had four years of anti corruption war and we can see or not see the benefits. I remain persuaded that the propaganda was spun to dampen and head off the demand for restructuring that gained momentum in the dying months of the GEJ administration.

Restructuring will unleash the economic potentials of individuals, counties, states and regions. And it makes sense that if a father cannot cater adequately for his children the least he can do is to empower them to cater for themselves. But here we are with a population of 200 million and counting accordimg to UN stats...

I am really sorry for this country and its citizens under this government.

dokyOloye:
You spoke a lot of vacuous English.
Is uber abi taxify still profitable or not?

Read my reply again, and again, and again and again until life dawns on you.

I don't even want toread the text. The headlines alone is just annoying. So if it is not 'LUCRATIVE'.... you will not attempt to offer that service if you can.

Permit me to say this. But this is exactly what is wtong with Nigerians. Greed.... that cannot understand the need to build things through pstience and hardwork... that leads to excellence and innovation.... that leads to domination and sustainable prosperity. Akways looking for a quick fix then retirement to the lap of luxury and sloth.

In my profession and business I call it 'minimalist thinking' Just doing enough to get a pay cheque or on the contracting side 'supermarket mentality'.... that is work in, cash out.

My friend, whether there is money in it or not, get into it and get going. Then work it out. There is no venture in this world where there are no success stories and tales of gross failure alike. As we used to say, people have built empires on the back of satchet water business on one hand while others have floated airlines while have ended in bankruptcy on the other hand. The difference is the mentality and disposition of the promoters.

Governments come and go, the people remain through them all. If a leader is a bit interested in changing society and leaving a legacy, surely hhe must cinsider and activrly involve this recurring decimsl called, the people. Demicracies all over the workd engage the instrumentality of psrliaments to effect lasting change.

This keen desire for autocratic style leadership is just not in step with modern day democracy and I'm afraid there will be very littlepositives left to remember when this government is gone, just like it was way back in 1985, the same mistakes ate repeated over again.

Engage the people and they will jealously guard your legacy well beyond your time in office. Look at 'Obamacare'. The man is gone but the policy is vigorously defended in Congress and on the streets despite the tena ious opposition of the incumbent Republican government.... simply because its origins and passage into law in the first place was subject to intense scrutiny and widespread debate. So that though it bears his name, its content and acts were universally domiciled amongst ordinary people. Obama's legacy is secured.

Our leaders must learn from this and stop this narrow minded, self centered approach to governance. The world's history books are filled with tales of dictatorships we choose not to remember with any fondness. But those of true leaders who have changed history for the positive remain in the hearts amd minds of the beneficiaries for ever.

Mr Buhari has another 4 years to secure his legacy. The people are waiting.

Same ol, same ol, oily, fat filled grub that's tedious on the eye. Nothing presentable. Just tiresome. When will someone stand up and be counted for cullinary excellence in Nigeria.

.... those cars passing underneath are playing Russian roulette.... one fateful day.... anyway I suspect that bridge comprises prestressed concrete girders hence the flat bottom structure. They don't usually fail catastrophically, suddenly....and will give enough warning to those playing musical chairs with their lives...

MetaPhysical:
For me and you thats wealth! In their world 3million dollars is dry! The money is generating income so he has to pay Capital Gains Tax, he has properties, so he has to pay property tax to each of the County Government (Local Government) his property is located in. There is a value threshold for properties, above certain value the margin kicks in and the property will be treated as a luxury. Luxury tax in America is no joke! So that 3million is probably just enough to service his tax obligations for another two years before it is depleted to 0. Add to that vehicle tag renewal and insurance on the classic cars and the luxury ones in his hold. He is broke if all he has is 3million dollars.

I believe Tyson has foundation/s, with trustees, and the foundation/s alone could have assets in excess of a billion dollars. This is how they shield their money. It's an old trick.

Oga. If you cannot comfortably pay your taxes, you are not generating enough income and if you are not generating sustainable income, bankruptcy is the next biggest news in your life.

mascot345:
Lesson learnt.

always try to invest like c Ronaldo and Messi.

They can never be broke and bankrupt.

Hmmmm..... you obviously don't know much about money...

abnot:
The foundational principles of Nigeria is still affecting Nigeria and Nigerians. States with no form of independence were created to satisfy ethnic and political desires. They all end up relying on the federal government for funding for both recurrence and capital expenditures.
On the part of the people they feel it’s okay to find themselves on the government payroll and get paid every 30 days like some sort of welfare system. Many states are being run with this sort of mode. If my employer does not pay me I’ll consider that as a breach of contract and quit or redirect my services to other ventures . Why do this people keep complaining and complaining ? Have they ever asked themselves the source of these monies? States like Kogi are not economically viable and the earlier the people realise this and adjust accordingly the better.

If only 5 percent of Nigerians think like you, this country will change for the better.

Anambrapikin:
OK
Meanwhile
I am the right person you can talk to if you want to buy plots of Cheap Lands in Ibeju-Lekki which is the hottest place to buy land right now because of the presence of global landmarks like;

Lekki Deep Sea Port
Dangote Refinery
Lagos Free Trade Zone
Industrial Estates
New International Airport

For more information check my number on my signature. May hay while the sun shines

That is the problem. With what is happening on the Apapa axis as regards the ports and congestion is it wise to trumpet the fact that if these concerns are up and running the Lekki Axis would become another traffic hell hole. You can imagine the number of tankers and trailers that will back up around the ports and refinery complex, the Lagos state government obviously cannot manage on a peninsula (one road in and out) for that matter. Considering these things I have not bought anything there in the past 5 years. I am beginning to have certain doubts.

therealakuko:
They have been singing this song for a very long time now...

Story of Nigeria. Endless seminars that has turned the country into a seminary. All they do is talk, talk, talk, preach, preach, preach....no works, no faith, dead salvation.

HazzanTazzan:
This country is not just beautiful... it’s so peaceful...

My 1 week vacation there was awesome ...

I even forgot my items in the trunk of a taxi after some shopping ....

I was stupidly running after the cab when I remembered but cldnt get him to stop... I didn’t even get his plae number or taxi number.

Another taxi driver told me to call their taxi company which I did and gave decrisption on where I entered, where I dropped, how much I paid and within 2 hours, they called back that they reached the driver and the driver will come give me back the item... they also gave me his number to call him ...

He came to give me the items and I paid for the trip made ...

Story would have been different if it’s Nigeria ...
The items are gone for good

That is A TAXI driver, not the President/Sheikh.... but here we all expect leadership to MAKE US like that. The average citizen of this country thinks Nigeria is like this because of the 20 or so Presidents/HOS's that have ruled since independence. And I sit back and wonder how 20 men could have such a powerful influence on the 300 million or so folks that have existed on this soil since 1960.

The day we wake up and shirk this lie.... and get together to start building the kind of society we desire....

Empiree:
French President Emmanuel Macron said: "With a family that has seven, eight children in Africa, invest billions, nothing will change. (...) The challenge of Africa is civilizational. "The Guinean sociologist Amadou Douno, a professor at the Ahmadou-Dieng University of Conakry, answers him.


"Africans do not need your debauchery civilization. Because with your civilization: a man can sleep with a man; a woman can sleep with a woman; a single president can have two mistresses at a time; a woman can sleep with her dog; a child can insult his father and mother without problem; a child can imprison his parents. "



"With your civilization, when parents are getting older, they are taken to the retirement home, and finally, with your civilization, a young man can live with a woman who is his mother's age or his grandma without problem. Your case is a perfect illustration! Africans have no civilization lesson to receive from people like you!
Africa is by far the richest continent in the world with its enormous mineral wealth. What is delaying this continent is the large-scale pillage of its resources by the great powers, France in the lead!”



"All the misery of Africa comes from this country that realizes its ambitions on the backs of Africans, with the complicity of these traitors who do not hesitate to sacrifice entire generations by delivering their countries to the former colonizing power.



They entrust all the key sectors of their economies to France. In reality, they lead the political strategy or vision desired by the former settler. This contributes to driving their populations into misery and extreme poverty. This is the cause of coups d'état, civil wars, genocides, famines, with despots at the head of these countries that are kept in power by France, because it meets all their requirements!



"France is nothing without Africa! The day the African countries turn their backs on France, this country will plunge into chaos! As long as African countries do not abandon this domination of the former colonial power, by taking charge of their own destiny, as the Asian countries have done, it will be very difficult for them to get out of the abyss.



The challenge for Africa is to get rid of France. Because the latter is not the solution to its underdevelopment, it is at the heart of the problem!"


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Nonsense talk by Mr. Amadou. Less than half of Africa is under French influence yet the other liberal and free half is no better. The United Kingdom gave us Nigeria independence and walked away. Nigeria has been on a steady decline in all indices of life and living ever since. South Africa got its independence two decades ago and has been struggling to keep its head above water.

Most of the biases Mr Amadou has borders on culture and religion which in developed societies is taken as personal preference and conviction but in Africa and other dark continents this is projected and imposed on society often with violent and catastrophic consequences. A classic example is the Boko Haram insurgency which will not happen in France but in Mali or Nigeria the proponents who refuse western education want us ALL to partake in that ideology or die resisting. This is the problem in Africa. Nobody minds his business. Mr Amadou makes it look like marrying older folks or same sex coupling or dumping your aged parents in care homes is state policy, which is not.

If Africa was that good, the caravans of emigrants would be heading in the opposite direction. Clearly something is wrong in Africa and with the black man and he should research that instead. He should investigate what makes us so vulnerable to extreme ideologies, what makes us so unsuccessful collectively, and then what makes us recurrent prey to the likes of the British, French, Germans and Portugese in the past and the Chinese today and tomorrow.

To blame the misfortunes of the prey solely on the predator is simplistic, infantile thinking. Nature in all its glory begets that battle.

Murtala Mohammed did that and was shot dead in broad day light 500 metres from his office. The Emirates is a stable, homogenous society with ancient antecedents. It cannot be compared to fractured multi ethnic, multi religous society such as ours with great social, political and economic chasms. It is not a Nigerian thing alone. Societies where such exist will have leadership always on tenther hooks. The POTUS will never be able to try that either because America suffers from the same issues. As Europe embraces multi ethnicity and religious liberalism it too will have leadership constrains and you will begin to see similar emerge.

The forces required to gel society are inversely proprortional to the peace leadership is expected to experience. If Nigerians want to see this then the average Nigerian should be prepared to hide his religion and denounce his tribal inclination.... and of course love his neighbour as himself.... something you reading this know is just impossible.

So this can never happen in Nigeria.... ever.