₦airaland Forum

mrvitalis:
You go to hospital you don't care where the doctor comes from, you don't care about his religion... All you seek is good service

You put your money in banks you don't care where the owner is from, what his religion is

But time to elect President you say you can't vote a Christian, or an Igbo man continue

When you guys are ready enter the streets and protest and I pray what happened to endsars protesters happens to you all

It is both ways. How many Igbo men will vote a competent Hausa or Yoruba man if one contests?
Stop being bitter because you lost in the bitter game of politics and bigotry.

Adding details to it will be so cool. Imagine info like year of establishment, capacity, programs offered, major buildings and structures, notable research papers, events, and more will be so nice to have.

People who bake babies and laugh about it because of the baby's ancestry or bloodline.
Animals.

ggood:
which logistics company is that

never mind. Let's not spoil peoples source of income just yet.

PressMyButton:
Imports of raw materials for production is not the same as import of junks for consumption. Know the difference. Nigeria has been turned to a dumping ground for junks.

half of sweets and candy in Nigerian market are imported. Imagine that. We have cocoa, milk, sugar, coffee, coconut, and ginger. These are some of the best candy flavours yet we are importing artificially flavoured junks from around the globe. You wonder why people are malnourished in the midst of fertile ground.

greenermodels:
CBN is just plain clueless about how to tackle the decline in the value of naira.

don't forget the naira went from around N900 to N1500 a dollar in a short time. That's more like devaluation from CBN and not gradual weakening.

Imagine a logistic company quoting you 10.33 USD to send a parcel from Lagos to Minna.
That's the height of see finish and ...

Paraman:
Buhari tried to discourage importation, it didn't end well. It's one of the reason we are where we are now

it failed because he was trying to make his region benefit alone.
If not so, he would have prioritized making refineries work instead of building rails that will take rice from Niger through katsina to Cotonou.
How many aging cocoa trees did they replenish, but look at how serious he was with northern farmers. Even pro actively averting locust plague from north eastern Africa that threatened harvest in the north.

I was shocked when they said 120 for one average looking egg.
What is left now is for people to buy chicken feed and be eating directly.

WriterNig:
Like

wearing diaper for years and pooping on self just to please one dictator looking for land to take.
Like for Putin and share if you are for the west.

Expanding Russian territory on the earth and beyond.
The man is confused.

The issue is not the number ($500) but the buying power yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

One cup of rice on the otherhand remains one cup of rice yesterday, today, and forever.

That's why Paul asked us to steal no more but work towards making thing that meet needs(not want) with excess in mind that we may have to give out to the needy or those not in position to work like us.

That's the thickness of 2 fingers I am seeing.
No need to cry. Let's confront our challenges and stop pretending.

surgical:
The same people that sold the idea of floating the naira, let demand and supply determine the true value of the naira , na the matter we still they solve now
This people lack what the essence of governance is, they dwell on theory that its impracticable

he is an agent of destruction clearly. Always advancing silly argument with lies.

Seun:
The top 3 exporting nations in the world are China, USA, and Germany. They are also the top 3 importing nations. The thinking of "imports bad, exports good" that leads to import substitution policies is primitive and outdated in the global village. India, which does import substitution can't compete which China, which imports & exports.

The examples here are hardworking nations who add value to raw materials imported and export as finished goods, and with China having the unique advantage of low labour cost and industrial clusters.
Our own case is that of a lazy nation with almost no capacity to add value to raw materials. If not for Dangote and BUA, we will be half as industrialized as we are today. What we call industry is predominantly import repackaging outlets.

Yes. But it should be done for areas we can cover with local alternatives in short or medium term.

These are some of the luxuries we import with the scarce dollar we so much love.

Before there was modernization, people were "slaying" o.

So it is Nigeria vs South Africa in the next stage? The people who know the goalkeeper's weakness more than us.

You realized how useless the paid rescuers are so you changed your position towards ransom payment.

Bring fuel back to N200 can't solve anything. Inflation fire has been ignited. Dollar at N1500 will mean FG has to pay quadruple the old subsidy and not pay salaries.

EKONGKING:
What is this 4.2 unemployment ,when NBS changed definition to include people who work for just 1 hour a week as employed .

You will always get underemployed people .

Tomorrow , if North Korean leader changes definition that any worker who worked for a hour in his life as employed , North Korea will be a paradise like Nigeria .

I pity Kim Jong Un advisors ,when he hears that a black African has invented this unique format of unemployment ,which his advisors could not .

So i join my fellow Nigerians in offering prayers and condolences to Kim advisors .



We all, like being fools in Nigeria .

I know it used to be 30 something before. With this demonic definition, you can break melon seed(egusi) for one hour a week and be termed a gainfully employed person.
They changed the definition to allow more idle hands become employed, same way we have varying common entrance exam cutoff. Lol.

Propaganda**

nairalanda1:
Erm, SIngapore does not pay any subsides on petrol. Infact what they do, as OP said is sell NIgeria petrol, which is then subsidise to sell to end user

You did not read the article.


Singapore does not subsidse fuel...infact they even tax every liter sold, and they refused to reduce the tax recently

so the Singaporean refineries are selling to us at a loss.

sanandreas:
Feeding takes everything. You wonder what you are working for.

yes. We spend 60 of our income in feeding according to stats, the highest in the world.

kettykin:
If you go around various shopping malls , supermarkets, super stores , eateries you will realize that the country is either on a trajectory to explosion or about to. Some malls don't even have wares to sell

speak for your region and town oga. Go to bauchi or jigawa that amount will turn you into orobo if you consume that much in 10 days.

Tinubu has consulted his French medium and that's what he was asked to tell Nigerians.
His jazz will soon fail yakata.

That's if we plant don't cultivate enough. Imagine doubling rice production. That will keep prices considerably low.

May God deliver us from shege that goes to gym.

I hope this needless bragging doesn't ignite the anger of anti-emilokan among the boys. He shouldn't think football will make us celebrate and forget back to back cluelessness.

One killer blow after another. The signs of a crushing defeat.

yesloaded:
Get sense

This is not about tribal bigotry

The economy is not doing well

Everything is not about politics

lol. You sound frustrated.

nairalanda1:
Yes they are still paying subsides. (Infact, the OP needn't have done all this calculations. Landing cost in October last year was N720. Highest cost of fuel was N700 In the far North, lowest was N580 around Lagos. Landing cost has gone up since then. NNPC Is obviously being forced to subsidise).

NIgerian governments have always sacrificed good economics on the platform of getting elected.

Anyway, let's see what happens when we begin domestic refining. If prices 'fall' , a subsidy is in place on the refineries.

Either way, Nigeria suffers. You do not sell at a loss, and expect things to work well. We lost 4 refineries because subsidy.

P.S

As calculated by the OP...we may pay 24.6 trillion naira this year for subsidy. Last year it was probably around 10-14 trillion, in 2022 it was 10 trillion. And people come here to bash me for opposing subsides.

GEJ wanted to remove subsides because in 2011, he spent three times more on subsides than in 2010. Tell me, if you were in his shoes, you would even remove it and tell the Occupy NIgeria to keep quiet.

if subsidy didn't kill the Singaporean refineries we bought petrol from, how did it kill ours?

You and this your ogogoro-logic of reasoning again. I tire for you.

Govt has to pay it in order to try and feed idle hands indirectly. The structure we maintain is the issue. Grabbing one region's oil and using it to fund religion, military, and enjoyment for six regions means one thing, theft.
Stealing arrangement breeds corruption from the top. How do you elect a governor whose main job is to spend diplomatic loot and expect him not to steal for himself? That killed the structure needed for production as many people sought to get a piece of the cake. We have no foundation for productive lifestyle so govt has to try and feed the thieving idlers on public payroll.
Have you seen any attempt at clearing rent seekers in Lagos or Anambra from the streets? They help put the govt in position and are best retained than discarded.

We are still playing.