₦airaland Forum

Just shameful. Even the educated ines amongst them cannot extricate themselves from the beastly nature.

doingood:
No money to buy fuel. No light. Nigerian are use to managing their life anyhow, and some how.

Not totally true. Probably 5% due to productivity falls, but the rest due to a drop in smuggling. Thus is one major benefit of deregulation and internationalisation of domestic fuel prices. If it is near the prices in Niger, Benin, Chad and Cameroun it saves a huge chunk of our precious fx reserves.

Complained of chest pain. In civilised countries they dial 911 and he will be alive today. In Nigeria you go to bed and wake up in the clouds. When are we going to move forward in this country and avoid unnecessary, avoidable tragedies.....when...

What the heck's goon. People dropping like flies......maxed out, stressed out.

'what has happened to the profits they have made in the past......'. Can you imagine. This government has a fetish with all this past. Past government,
past external reserves, past excess crude, past corruption, now past profits should be the reason why companies should not downsize to 'protect the image of the government'. Crass stupidity. Haba. I have eaten in the morning so by tomorrow morning why should my stomach be rumbling. Why does it want to embarass me in public. When I was saying the artificial exchange rates will stiffle business and strangle the economy some ignorantly opposed.

When the global economy tanked some 8 or 9 years ago the Americans and Europeans adopted stimulus to keep the economy running. The dollar weakened, inflation and debt rose but at the end of the day they emerged from them all, the dollar has strengthened since then, inflation fell and the debt is heading down gradually due to increased produtivity. Japan on the other hand has been grapling with decades of stagflation losing their number two global economic slot to China due to thier penchant for withdrawing into a shell when things go bad. They save more, spend less and cut down everything, leading to a viscious cycle of de-investment. Poverty is nothing to be scared about. The solutions are simple, increase productivity, invest to bring the cost of production down. That is the formula. In a recession you energise banks to stimulate the economy. In Nigeria they implemented TSA (right policy) at the wrong time further taking money out of the economy. TSA is for times of excess to control the evils of excesses not for times of lack when government should not be controlling business that creates wealth and provides jobs.

Buhari was afraid that banks will be used as conduits to move looted funds out of the country and so froze the system. But in the economic world of today there are smart ways of achieving one without necessarily hurting the other. Now they have taken a worse step by victimising the same private sector needed to balance the budget, create jobs and stimulate the economy. These silly, unguarded, emotional outbursts by members of this government will only cause panic amongst the few investors left and further worsen the economic situation.

iberu001:
They never see anything yet,dey won live like king,they don't know when they are sand filling,drenching and lots more,i bet it if there is 0.01% increase in ocean/sea water level, the whole area will be submerge.Now that the polar region is melting and depletion in the ozone layer which is really given the world headache.I just pity them.If you fight the nature,the nature will fight back.They should kontinue........

Don't mind them. A time is coming when a built up plot will be offered for 10,000 and no one will take it because it will cost more to hire a boat to retrieve whatever value is left.

sucess001:
i am sure the OP lives on the mainland...

i live in Lekki and yes i ll live ythere a million times over...so the roads are water logged at times due to flash floods...where else in Lagos isnt?


cos you cant afford to live there shouldnt make you beef the place....

moreover, most lekki residents use SUVs and aint complaining...why then are you taking medicine for another man's sickness?

Ignorant man. Instead of attending to the coming calamity of ocean rises in decades to come you are there making noise. The pacific islanders are already packing out. By the time you realise it the value of your property there will be next to nothing. I have made up my mind long ago not to buy anything on the island anymore and to sell all my holdings there by 2020. I ain't gonna be cut napping. That place won't exist in 50 years time. Nigerians are always too slow on the uptake.

Who ever is saying this is exceedingly stupid. Can you just imagine this nonsense. The ECOWAS protocols allow gun wielding bandits to infiltrate your borders and sack your villages in the quest for their livelihood. Whose economy is their productivity accountable to. Which country's GDP do they represent as agents of destruction of ours. Trans border bullshit my ar..se. Let the south also permit infiltrations from Benin and Cameroun to project whatever agenda they have as well. What is good up north is good down south in this lopsided entity called Nigeria. If you see how Customs officers pursue to apprehend, there by maim and kill smugglers all over Ogun border towns in the west and along the Cross Riverean waterways to Bakassi and Cameroun you will be amazed. Is it not for the same economic reasons. Do these herdsmen pay import duty on the cows that pass through the borders and end up in our markets. Is this fair. Ogbeh is just silly.

Bisjosh:
Hello Nl fam,

It's with anger and frustration am using to write this so pls bear with the typos


I opened an account with Fcmb on 31st May 2016 based on recommendation from a colleague who used his atm card for transactions in Dubai.

I was told by fcmb customer service team that I would have my card activated for the period of time I would use in dubai(short visit)

Fcmb also notified me that I would be charged 240(two hundred and forty)naira as service charge per transaction. Which I thought was ok.

Now I'm in Dubai, I was unable to withdraw yesterday. After countless efforts to use the machine, I resolved to using Pos.

I bought some things worth 930dhs and paid using Pos. Note that exchange rate is 94 naira to 1 dhm.

Instead of 87000, I was debited 97000 naira

That's 10,000 naira charge compared to 240 naira I was told.

I have sent a mail to them but no reasonable response yet from Fcmb.
Now I'm even more scared to use my card cos I do not know the amount I would be charged again and it's making me stranded .

Please am using this as a means of reaching fcmb cos I cannot over emphasize on the power of social media.

FCMB should tell me why I would be charged 10,000naira as opposed 240 naira for a Pos transaction.

If 10,000 makes a difference to you, I don't think you are qualified to travel abroad.

And I hope you signed all his entitlement cheques this way before he passed on.

Bolustic:
Won't be surprised some Nigerians would blame Buhari for this...

His party has been in charge in Lagos since the advent of the fourth republic and the leaders of Lagos since then are party bigwigs pulling the strings.....incorruptibly too.

Silly man.

aventura:
That was where he collected the radioactive substance that killed him. It was believed that it was administered to him by arafat's aide in cojunction with the CIA. Getting Abacha was difficult for western agents because he was always holed up in Aso rock and rarely left the country.

Don't be ignorant, radioactive poisonings as a weapon of assasination such as the use of plutonium are slow acting, taking several weeks to kill hence are extremely hard to detect.

Let the Federal Government play along for now and push the moral burden back to the so-called South-South leaders. For them to ask for this clearly exposes the complex nature of the conflict and the need for new strategies to sift the wheat from the chaff down there. It proves leadership is a major problem there and part of the reson why this tragedy persists. The peoples of that region have got to do the purging themselves or else when the greater puzzle is solved it is they that will be left out in the cold.

By 2019 everyone will be de-mystified....nothing new here.

Only the evil last, the good never unless ultimately protected. The world has a way of sifting through its inhabitants and leaving tne chaff to procreate. Wonder why things constantly get worse everywhere......

My oh my. This is terrible. This country eh, this world sef, just endless pain and grief. Why.

What the hell is this. Am I seeing stars. What is this......

Hell is when you sabotage government then demad performance, anyway it builds strong democratic muscles.

AareOgbuefi:
Some of our ppl here on Nairaland openly display their ignorance! I hope you folks are aware that aside the fact that our hospitals are poorly funded and equipped, Drs that work their asses off day and night are being owed their salaries and entitlement in various States across Nigeria in addition to the vast majority being underpaid! Ekiti state for instance owes drs more than civil servants in the state and guess what? They're not on strike yet! However when they now choose to start their strike folks here will start running their mouth [b][/b][i][/i]

Abeg go siddon. Is there any sector in Nigeria that is over funded right now. Is education, infrastructure, the military, which one and what makes doctors more important than others to make them custodians of strike actions. You guys are just too greedy. You can't always get what you want and you never will, simply. The economy is depressed and it affects all.

greatiyk4u:
Buhari did not say you left empty treasury

He said you left "virtually" an empty treasury............look up the meaning in the dictionary


You met about $50Billion in the reserve, sold crude oil 2.2barrels/day at average of $100/barrel for five years and instead of having increased reserve, you left $29Billion, yet no "critical" infrastructures on ground to substantiate the unfortunate situation ...those who knw arithmetic will agree with me that since what u left is just a meager fraction of what you are supposed to have left..............You simply left "almost" an empty treasury judging by this scenario.

Of course on subsidies you guys defended but are too ashamed to accept now and senseless wars your guys once again are stoking by antagonising restive regions. Is this not it. And will it not leave a far worse economy by 2019, 4 years after Jonathan will have left if continued. Why are Nigerians so daft.

Boxing?. Thought he was MMA.

Anyone giving him a job should watch it. There must be something wrong somewhere, and my guess is that big, big word.....ATTITUDE, that could so easily make or break his employer. Academic success is just that and nothing more. A good brain is not the same as a good head.

gateleo:
My father bought a 2015 Toyota Corolla for me as my birthday gift. But my elder brother took the car keys and he has been driving my car round town for many days to carry his friends and his girlfriend, and he doesn't allow me to drive my own car. I got angry and fed up of it all. I took a mental rod to smashed the windscreen of my car, poured gasoline on my car and i set fire on it. I destroyed the car beyond repair because i was angry so my elder brother could no longer drive my car anymore. Few Minutes after i destroyed my car, i realized i have taken the wrong decision. I should have simply and rightfully collected the car key from my elder brother because the car belongs to me. I regret my actions. I wish i could turn back the hands of time. This brings me to my topic.

DESTROYING MY OWN PROPERTY IN THE NAME OF ANGER.

"ANGER" is one letter short of "DANGER". This is what the Niger Delta Avenger (NDA) do not know. They destroy their own properties, aquatic lives and lands in other to stop federal government from having access to oil, instead of taking total control of the oil facilities and manage it. With due respect i would say they are most foolish.

The Libya militants never destroy pipelines and refineries in Libya. They took control of the pipelines and refineries, sell the products to raise funds for themselves and those they fight for. They are wise to know that destroying their pipelines and refineries would result to great loss not only to the government but to them as well, and also cause environmental pollutant and health problems.

When you blow up pipelines and oil facilities, the toxic burning out from the flames is poisonous to cause health problems like cancers and other ailment in the body as people inhale the polluted atmosphere. When pipelines and oil facilities are destroyed, the spill destroy crops, farm lands, and aquatic lives. the few lands left for people to farm are being destroyed and the bush animals are being caught up in wide fires set by the NDA to destroy government properties.

The Niger Delta Avengers should have known better that they are doing more damages to the innocent people of Niger Delta than the Federal government.

If they had taken control of these oil facilities and were selling the oils to buyers, i would have been more glad and support their quest. But they acted foolishly like a man destroying his own car to prevent his brother from driving his car, instead of just collecting the car keys.

With due respect, Rethink Niger Delta Avengers and stop this act of wickedness.

God bless Nigeria.

Just shut it there. If it was their own property, the rest of Nigeria and her government will be paying rent. Does it. Is that not what the agitation has been all about. They ask for OWNERSHIP and you send bombs and guns there, shoot and kill them. Who owns the farms on which tomatoes are grown, who owns the tomatoes and who decides the price of tomatoes, now do the same for oil because it is someone's land just like the rest of Nigeria. Even indigenous Indians in America and Aborigines in Australasia have better rights to their lands than the people of the Delta. Abeg, stop trying to be clever by half. They don't want you on their land again and if you must, respect their views, that's all.

I personally feel that a peoples united get a better mileage in life, the world is contracting rather than expanding, so I believe in Nigeria and possibilities it holds BUT, BUT, BUT.....NOT AT ANY COST. Everyone must belong, be treated equally, respected and contribute their own fair share of sufferings and blessings it holds. There must be social justice for all irrespective of tribe and religion and the government which represents her views and values must be accessible to all. There is a barometer which the US takes very seriously, that is 'the State of the Union'. It must be enshrined in our constitution and every Nigerian must be conscious of it, that he cannot take his gellow citizen for granted in any way and must be preoared to sacrifice everything including tribe and religion to ensure the union works. This is restructuring and I have advocated it for decades in public and years on this forum. Without it Nigeria cannot survive. It is not about them or us. It is about all of us or nothing.

So when you open your mouth and say ' it is THEIR lands they are polluting', believe me it is music to the ears of them that want out of this country because they will tell you, that it is not your responsibility to sweep your neighbours compound. Such foolish thought and speech does this country no good. The people of the Delta should be entreated, cajoled, begged to come to terms with the rest of Nigeria, so does the peoples of the East. That is what a good husband does to the wife he is not able to satisfy, not threatened or beaten and vise versa. That is how good marraiges of old endured and prospered. That is how great unions and enterprises exist till this day, understanding, cooperation and solidarity. Tomorrow it may be the north or west that wants something that makes it want out. Similarly the rest should rally round and sympathise. Enough of this acidic rhethoric and let us unite as a proper family. Call them to table and talk in love for our collective good. We have bled enough.

For a Head of Department his spoken english is surprisingly very poor and could not help breaking into local lingo. Not surprised on the other hand, where his priorities lie.

Abeg, he should attend to his health properly. Everything else is absolutely secondary. If he goes the country will go on. Its not worth it.

Oh, I thought he was speaking about restructuring the country. Oh well, nothing appears to be a priority......

saaedlee:
For those if you saying trash about Promise , well every asshole is entitled to an opinion.
He his a good pilot, having been with him aboard one or two flights, There were 11 persons (comprising of officers including a commodore and men)onboard that c 130 bird that faithful day.... Truly they tried to resuscitate him, but they couldn't as it was already too late.

Oh, I see, now a C-130 has now become a jet plane.....honestly, this country and her people eh.

Slumped and died while flying a jet and they were able to recover a body for burial. Why can't reports ever be accurate in Nigeria. We know how Casius Clay died way over the pond. Here in Nigeria you are served improbable, undigestable balony constantly with the aim of reducing one's brain to spaghetti.

Olufhemy:
& this thing made FP?
Probably nairaland needs some adults as MODs

These are the kinds of topics that are of greatsst value to people in general. It js good to know things and share knowledge. The dislike for anthropology is one major fault line amongst Nigerians. We know very little about peoples, care less and suffer the consequences all the time.

But why is she asleep right in the middle of her business cycle. If she cannot manage her time well then her priorities are not right. Most times it is a little bit of wisdom that people need to move to the next level, not always about money or the lack of it.

stevedre:
Most people i know wont vote for APC but the question is, do we have a better choice? We need a new vibrant political party filled with educated, patriotic and young people to move the nation forward. APC n PDP are all birds of the same feathers.

I think you should still vote the APC for now as there is no viable alternative. The PDP is yet to register on the radar and not for another year and a half or two.