₦airaland Forum

chopnaira:
You just confirmed what the OP posted.

Melagros:
COMRADES, Obidients are not in anyway defending corruption, is just apc in their bigotry hates us with passion

blacknp:
Abia man I don’t blame you, only your prejudice minded kind will imagine in their misconstrued imagination that Nigerians reasonable or not, will remove a sitting president from the South West, to elect in his stead a confused political joker of a Clown from the South East like Gringory Obi.

It can never happen, it didn’t happen in your father’s era, it definitely isn’t going to happen in your lifetime, Nigerians would rather vote for a Northerner over & over again instead.

Welcome to The Federal Republic of Nigeria.

bemeruca:
Music is universal. don't be a racist

AkinPhysicist:
So, putting his fellow Afrobeats artists under the bus to please WHITE people did NOT help him to get a Grammy.

God is wonderful.

Ofodirinwa:
Nigerians invest in the affairs of other people to keep from getting depressed about their own

Arda1000:
your are the ignorant one here you don’t even know that India was indeed part of Africa that aside the oldest religion is still Hinduism yes I agree that other African groups had their own traditional religion but for historical reasons I’d go with Hinduism as the first recorded religion

Seun:
Discouraging importation is a bad idea. Value chains are global. Top exporting countries import their raw materials from countries that can sell them at the lowest price. If you discourage imports, your cost of materials will be high, and your export products will be too expensive to sell internationally and will contribute to inflation by being more expensive locally.

Dangote is importing crude oil from the US because it's the most cost-effective source for him right now. This will ensure that the petrol he refines will be cheap enough to sell/export and make a decent profit. If we hypothetically discouraged him from importing crude oil by charging high tariffs, his petrol would be more expensive.

We have to import raw materials from the cheapest sources internationally, process them cost-effectively, and then export our finished products at competitive prices. There is nothing you want to produce that doesn't require importation. Even farming needs imported fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides, heavy equipment, spare parts, seeds, etc.

If we want to be an exporting nation, we should have low import tariffs and no export tariffs, like Singapore

You might say that we should have low tariffs for raw materials and high tariffs for finished products. That's not as bad as the current reality of high tariffs for raw materials in an attempt to encourage exportation of raw materials, but it is also a mirage. One man's "raw material" or input is another man's finished product.

Apple laptops and iPhones looks like finished luxury products, but to a programmer developing iOS apps, they're compulsory "raw materials" for production. The more expensive they are, the more difficult it will be for our youths to make clean money by becoming iOS developers.

Import tariffs or restrictions on grains would on the surface seem to help farmers, but they hurt feed mills, poultry farmers, bakeries, breweries, food processors, consumers who have to pay more for their products, and food exportation.

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 with China, which imports & exports.

Think9ja:
I honestly don't blame her. I blame the media houses for giving her a huge platform to denigrate the office of the president.

Sometimes I wonder if her children or husband don't talk to her. She's such a huge nuisance and disgrace to everyone she knows.

Anybody who honestly believed Peter Obi won that election is an eternal FOOL.

He actually came a distant 3rd.
It is as clear as moonlight.

Someone that did not win a single state in the entire NW, a region with the highest voting block is who you're telling me won the election?

Even INEC chairman cannot be able to rig a person out of victory by almost 3M votes.

Do you guys know what 3M votes is?
You mean Tinubu stole almost 3M votes from Obi?

Cursed is he that supports and wish Obi on Nigerians

blacknp:
Gringory is a major importer of goods, not an exporter of commodities, the same people that spoilt Nigeria.

Hypocrites that drained our forex reserves, importing all sorts of foreign consumables.

Good2go1:
He is entrepreneur and major investor in many banks and companies like Fidelity Bank and sab miller breweries. He founded Prince Ebeno super market

Nvestor02:
He already stole Enough money in Anambra when he was the governor.

Epstein:
Philanthropist........

a4cube:
He buying made in Nigeria as you suggested. Ebi npa wa.

tctrills:
First, I can't remember telling you my age. I guess you assume that you are older than even one you meet online.

Secondly, if you have aged with wisdom and knowledge, then you would be able to point others to relevant authorities to buytress your point.
Thirdly, the only intelligent way of showing your honesty is by pointing me to your reference. I could claim 5jay I am 100 years hence everything I say on Nairaland becomes facts.

tctrills:
So you can't even qoute a single site but you big argument is that you are not a small boy so anything you say, the world should believe simply because you are very old right? I see.

tctrills:
How do you know? Where are you getting your info from! Send me your links please or are you just making up stories to argue your point?

jaxin119:
😁😁

tctrills:
I am sure you have never been to Aba but you feel very comfortable writing what you don't know.
I have been to Aba, and I have seen traders from all over Nigeria and other African countries buying made in Aba shoes.

Now let's talk about the labeling. Did you know that in the 80s and 90s, Chinese and Taiwan products also carried European and American labeling?

Arda1000:
thats a lie.
Anyone who is a student of religious history knows Hinduism is the oldest recorded religion

tctrills:
This post is definitely coming from another government/APC stooge.

Keep blaming Nigerians for the fall of the naira. It's the fault of Nigerians and not the evil ApC gov.

Did the local rice producers tell you that they are having problems selling their local rice? Is Ofada rice not made in Nigeria? Are Nigerians rejecting it?
Did the shoe makers in Aba tell you that Nigerians don't patronize them?

predictor1:
You clearly don't know what you are talking about. I'm not sure you have ever run a manufacturing or production business before.

toolovely:
Has Nigeria ever depended on locally made goods when the naira had a. Significant value? Why making it look like we have all been using local goods and have been exporting and suddenly abandoned them?

jmoore:
A lazy fellow calling others lazy. Have you ever manufactured anything in your entire life?

Keyboard warrior, leaving the government and attacking the masses.

Do you know that petroleum products is our major import? How many refineries has your government fixed so we can stop importing fuel? Do you think Nigerians care if fuel is locally produced or imported?

TheGoodJoe:
Until government learn to invest in boosting production in the country, Nigerians can't help but buy imported goods.

Stop this fake narrative. As long as our production is mediocre, foreign remains the best choice.

Stealing public funds for luxury and high cost of running government is one of the things that keep production down.