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$600m Steel Plant Will Be Nigeria’s Highest Non-oil FDI – Gupta 11:23pm On Dec 24


The managing director of African Industries Group, Mr Alok Gupta, yesterday, said the company’s $600million Integrated Steel Plant will be Nigeria’s highest non-oil Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) when it begins operation.

Mr Gupta said federal government’s plan to turn around its iron and steel sector will receive the desired boost with the establishment of the $600m Integrated Steel Plant in Kaduna State.

This is as the minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite, has assured that President Muhammadu Buhari will commission the phase I of the steel plant project which is sited in Tafa in Kagarko local government area of Kaduna.

“Hopefully, Mr President will be here to do the commissioning of the first phase of the project when the time comes.

“It is part of our mandate to encourage investment in mining and steel development which this group has started on; my visit here today is to encourage this investment and also to urge them to do this as quickly as possible to bring the obvious benefit, first to the community where it belongs.

“While we are there to moderate the expectations of the community, at the same time, we also encourage the investor to carry them along, benefiting in terms of employment, infrastructure including social infrastructure,” the minister said.

Affirming the minister’s position, the AIG managing director, Mr Alok Gupta, said,

“We expect to commission the Phase I of the project by end December 2020. We will be mining 5.4 million tonnes of Iron Ore, beneficiate the ore to produce high grade concentrate, make it into pellets and finally into Directly Reduced Iron (DRI). The DRI will be used to make steel billets and will avoid our need to import the same.

“We are also building a 36 MW Power Plant from the waste heat recovered in the process, which will be partly used for captive consumption,” he said.

According to him, with the completion of first phase of project, there will be significant economic and industrial development in the area by means of creation of several allied industries and social infrastructure, while the surplus power generated will further assist in developing other industries and residences and will help in urbanisation of the local area.

Pledging the support of the government of Kaduna State for the project, the Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, who was represented by the Chief of Staff, Muhammed Abdullahi, said the state will work hand in hand with the ministry to ensure that the reap the benefit that is to follow.

“The governor has asked me to assure you of our support to ensure that the people of Kaduna and the government of Nigeria benefit from the project which will provide us with the advantage of job creation, of saving foreign exchange and providing the industrial capabilities that steel holds for our economy,” he said.

The African Industries Group is a diversified Manufacturing Group involved in the manufacturing of various products including Steel.

It started its operations in Nigeria in 1971, employing over 8,000 people in their 18 manufacturing plants, according to the MD, and they are now the largest producer of steel in Nigeria having the lion share of the market with an annual production capacity of 1.2m tonnes of finished Steel Products.

Over the last six years, their subsidiary, African Natural Resources and Mines Ltd (ANRML) has also recorded breakthroughs in Resource Estimate, feasibility studies from various consultants around the world as well as Environmental and Social Impact Assessment based on both the Nigerian and IFC performance standards.

https://leadership.ng/2019/12/24/600m-steel-plant-will-be-nigerias-highest-non-oil-fdi-gupta/

Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr

As a real niggarrr
I must tell you Edo state is worse

I must say there is no improvement
Pz sapele road in Benin city is dog shit. Na there i dey stay

Even sometimes when i also come to book an hotel in play house okhoro during weekends still it same

Then ugbowo, ekosodin, edpa abi bdpa and osasogie are worse because some of my real niggarrrz stay there especially bdpa

From the locations you mentioned, I can tell you are a uniben student...

Stevoh18:
Are those really cities or just overpopulated villages

There is nothing like city in Kenya...watch the latter part of this video and listen to what your white lord has to say about your zoo cities...
Tears trickled down my eyes when I heard what he said in the ending part...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GxTncg7YhM

Stevoh18:
.... recycling or not, this is Nairobi

If this is not, then show us what is "breathtaking" in your so called cities

Absolutely rubbish...
Did this nonsense take your breath that it will take mine..

Shma:
Another irony! Talking of infrastructure you're not badly of, the reason is because of your railway construction and some roads! But you forgot that Kenya is building one of the world class railway line and stations.!, Kenya is building of of the ultra modern road from Westlands to Jkia, Kenya is building a Gotham bridge bridge in mombasa! Kenya is building world class commercial offices, Kenya is building third tallest building in Africa which is even completed, Kenya is building the tallest and third tallest building in Africa starting February, Kenya is building second tallest appartments in Africa(88condominium), Kenya is building a mega port in lamu...not forgetting that Kenya is currently the home of biggest mall outside S.A, second and forth tallest building in Africa, quality roads ahead of any west African Nation, talk of everything ports, education, electricity, e.t.c ... the list is endless men. Meanwhile, your countrymens(legends) take on infrastructure.

Noise fam .you talk of our rails as though it may a so simple to put up yet none of your leaders have ever dreamt of that for you....

Know this today that there is absolutely nothing you are building that we aren't building ×2, but I can assure you they are things we are building that you are never going to build on this is century and in the ones to come......

The rate at which we are booming infastructuralky will make you ashamed of being a Kenyan..trust me.

Shma:
To begin with there is absolutely nothing breathtaking about Nairobi.

That is according to you and the reason is because you're so jealous.A jealous mind will never see any good thing. Back in 2016, your country men 'I will call them the legends of Nairaland' openly admitted that your country got a long way to go.

Keep pulling this nonsense up from one lunatic that has never left his village to visit other cities in Nigeria.....

Keep doing this and I will show you some of your brother's admiring Lagos right here on NL

lexy2014:
There's nothing to dodge cos I can't dodge what wasn't fired at me. If I didn't dodge ur insults and ur foul language, then where is d "salient point" u made that was dodged? Dude u didn't say anything of significant importance

Okay let me help you this time around cos I can see you are too slow to grasp....take out the part where I called you ignorant and barbaric and tell me what eelse you could make out of my.post...tell me my majorly emphasize point......this is how we test good reading and comprehensive skills..





Lexy is simply ignorant and barbaric...There is nothing upstairs....Abuja had phase 1 of her light rail completed last year and the second just got completed or almost completed...how many Nigerians have you seen praise this even if it is in their minds...but if they travel to a neighbouring African country to see the same infastructure and it is absent in Nigeria , they still be the first people to criticize the govt for not putting such infastructures in places whilst a small African country have such....

Funny enough in sub Saharan Africa only three African countries has a light rail which is Nigeria, south Africa, Ethiopia and aside thus countries no other African country is even dreaming of building one...

lexy2014:
U don't even no and u want to teach. Y don't u begin by teaching urself first?

D last time Kenya was said to be more corrupt than Nigeria was 2016. Since then, its been Nigeria all d way.

According to u:

"Not having resources is not an excuse... "

If this is so, then y is what d west did to Africa now an excuse? What did Japan and Singapore that u mentioned do that Nigeria isn't doing? Part of it is what Rwanda is doing hence my previous quote which u despised:

"Rwanda is much more organised than Nigeria with better accountability from govt institutions. Rwanda is a country with less corruption than Nigeria. Take oil out of Nigeria, what else does Nigeria have?"

Kenya has always been more corrupt than Nigeria or of recent ranked on the same position..

What the west did to Africa and his currently still doing to Africa is highly appalling...To me it is a out racism, paranoia of black race rise, global dominance.....
I think between the 19th century and 20th century it was the EU controlling the world hence the global colonization that was perpetuated by countries like Germany, France ,UK....After the world war America took over by forcefully instilling fear In The minds of so many countries around the world with their nuclear power, warheads which they used in devastating a certain country (I can't remember the name)...out of this fear most countries succumb to the US like puppets..even the great EU...They used their demonic organisation IMF/world bank to penetrate global politics and economies and have a sit at top global discussions by preying on the fears they've instilled in this countries.. and that is why they remain the world super today which is now getting precarious and will soon be returned to China as she is catching up so fast....

Wonder no more why US and China has been on a trade war over dominance on the continent of Africa...there has to be some special attached, that would make the world two biggest economy enter an economic wars despite the massive negative effect it has on their Economy...America is expected to go into a very deep recession in 2020 because of this war and yet she still insist on this economic war...surely there is something in it for them .

I won't go further explained that of Japan and Singapore..if you can understand the normal Basic economic conversation we have been having how much more this one that is a little bit more complex than the former..


"Rwanda is much more organised than Nigeria with better accountability from govt institutions. Rwanda is a country with less corruption than Nigeria. Take oil out of Nigeria, what else does Nigeria have


And to answer the bolded again I would say you are still trying to hide your face by running in circles..when I asked you why you perceived Rwanda a greater nation than Nigeria you replied me with three sentences and each sentence you ended with a full stop which means that was the end of you point..Don't try tie-ing your second sentence to the last one...there is a clear boundary which you drew, and that is the full stop which you included exist there...


And even if I dumb down to your level and take your reply as a joint one you are still wrong cos I will refer you to what I said earlier which being "resources-less is not an excuse..

lexy2014:
I am yet to see d "salient points". There are no salient points that u made. U have done more of engaging in personal attacks than engaging in d topic. Mind u, my face doesn't need saving

I won't pull them out for you...if you chose to dodge and ignore them as usual then there is so little I can do to save you from ignorance...

lexy2014:
Where's d reverse psychology? Did u debunk what I said in d post u are referring? No u didn't. U were just going round in circles thinking u were insulting me but u were actual fact corroborating my points.

Bros, Kenya isn't more corrupt than Nigeria. Pls get ur facts right. With regards to corruption in Rwanda and d fact that there's more corruption in SA and Nigeria and they are still richer than Rwanda still takes u back to d resources and wealth of d nations. When I said something about oil being d reason y Nigeria is richer than Rwanda, u were giving lecture but in d end u shot urself in d foot.

Nigeria and SA have more resources than Rwanda hence despite their higher level of corruption, they are still richer. That's y I said "take oil out of Nigeria and see what happens". I thought that as an economics guru, u would understand this more.

I see you are not ready to learn

Kenya is more corrupt than Nigeria and it has always been that way...check the global corruption index to confirm..

Being resources_less doesn't mean a country should perform less...Japan, Singapore, South Korea are also resources-less countries, look where that are today and see where Nigeria and the rest of the super resource rich endowed continent of Africa is ..
That is why I earlier mentioned strategic economic reform"...This Asian countries grew on the back of this seeing that there were not privileged enough to be resource rich and trade in this resources..after world war 2 Japan was completely devastated and had nothing to fall back on..there were time Nigeria was far better than China, Saudi Arabia, Singapore but can the same be said today...Not having resources is not an excuse... Being run rich to me is just an added advantage and a perfect way to be lazy and Skip all the hard work it takes toward becoming great and still become great if put into good use,....

lexy2014:
Insulting others without provocation is definitely a sign of frustration. It's also sign that u have run out of things to say. In most of posts, ur comments haven't even been about d topic cos u have little or nothing to say about d topic yet every opportunity u get, u say "ignorant" as if u just learnt d word.

U just brought up d issue of Rwanda here but u couldn't debunk my points I made about d country. With each post u make filled with personal attacks, u just corroborate my point that u have strictly run out of things to say

Irrational witticism is what you use in sweeping salient point under the carpet to mask your ignorance...yes I said ignorance and I am saying it again cos that is what you are...it is not a personal attack but the mere truth...

Since i started hitting you with salient points, you started running in circles to save your face.....

If you must speak on NL atleast do so with sense and be ready to back it up anytime you are called upon to do so..

lexy2014:
Do u no why I like your write up? I like it because u didn't debunk what I said. With everything u wrote, with all d plenty grammar, there's no where u provided info that debunked what I said. All u did was to corroborate d point i made. So am not really concerned with d personal connotations in ur post. Like I said u have run out of things to say

Now you've resorted to silly reverse psychology...what i said does not in any way conform to the nonsense you said...This is how we know we've silenced empty noise makers...

When I asked a full grown man like you how Rwanda is perceived to be greater than Nigeria by you, below is what a full grown adult like you wrote


Rwanda is much more organised than Nigeria with better accountability from govt institutions. Rwanda is a country with less corruption than Nigeria. Nigeria may have a higher GDP than Rwanda but this is obviously because of oil. Take oil out of Nigeria, what else does Nigeria have?


Do you even know a more corrupt nation can be by far better than a far less corrupt nation in every manner of ramifications..some countries can naturally thrive on the back of corruption by putting forward great economic reforms and yet they still hold the tittle of one of the world most corrupt countries.... Nigeria is one of those countries..

On the global corruption index Kenya is more corrupt than Nigeria but I tell you Kenya is by far more developed than Rwanda even you check so many economic stats...
South Africa is also another country that is more corrupt than Rwanda but I tell you there is no room for comparism between both countries...one is an upper middle income economy while the other is still a very backward village Lying to the rest of the world that it has gotten better and should be envied across the continent when infact it is not even among the lower middle income economies of the african continent...and according to United Nations it is still regarded as an LDC(Least developing countries) and will stay that way even up untill 2025..

lexy2014:
Which "major point" did u make? U made no point. I can't search for a point that doesn't exist.

Except d meaning of d word barbarism has changed, I believe u are d one who is exhibiting traits of barbarism because b4 u say anything u use foul language and insults which I haven't done. A market woman doesn't "make noise" without throwing insults. So ur description of me as a market woman tends to fit u more.

In my little interaction with people, I discovered that those who insult others in d middle of a discussion without provocation are d ones who have nothing to say which is a display of ignorance. Cos if u have things to say, u will put forth ur points with utmost civility. Insulting others without provocation is a sign of frustration that u arent having ur way and that u have demonstrated on several occasions

Insulting others without provocation is not a sign of frustration, at least not to me...it is more like me identifying an empty noise maker who has nothing upstairs but felt like talking because he sees other people talk and get replied instantly on NL...funny enough you have no idea and in depth understanding of the derisive comparism you made....

You felt like bringing up Rwanda for comparism because you've seen other ignorant entity like yourself on NL do the same....

Free advice don't copy otherside..what Suits A might not suit B.

lexy2014:
Is it only IMF/world bank that can detect discrepancies in GDP figures? because all d time u say d man was engaged in media tricks and inviting foreign media to hype him, did d foreign media not try to verify d mans claims or they just decided to hype?

Rwanda is much more organised than Nigeria with better accountability from govt institutions. Rwanda is a country with less corruption than Nigeria. Nigeria may have a higher GDP than Rwanda but this is obviously because of oil. Take oil out of Nigeria, what else does Nigeria have?

Be done with this duplicitous attitude of yours and start learning to pay scrupulous attention to every words I use...if my memory serves me right I am very sure I didn't use the word "invite" media ...

From your write up I can tell your knowledge is very limited and shallow and this can only be fuelled by absolute ignorance..you are one of those that come on NL to comment on things you know nothing about just so you can appear intelligent and rack up likes from your fellow sadistic colleagues....I am sorry I hyped your knowledge and explained things that you might not even heard before...
GDP don't matter what actually matters as regard to what you are trying to say ..it is the GDP per capita, purchasing power, middle class...No one would expect Rwanda to have a bigger GDP than Nigeria except if it is very developed and by developed I mean it should rolling among first world nation like Sweden, Norway while that of Nigeria will be dwindling or stagnant e.t.c...the fact that you said this shows there is nothing in your brain and that narrow how I viewed your thinking..that is like you saying America might have a higher GDP Than Norway or Sweden...how does that sound to your ears..

Nigeria may have a higher GDP than Rwanda but this is obviously because of oil.

Rwanda is normally not suppose to have a higher GDP than Nigeria...that is highly preposterous to say the least...Rwanda is a smaller nation by population and Nigeria on the other hand is a bigger nation by this same population...
Oil alone does not fuel our GDP ...the population amongst all other factors also does that..if you know what GDP per capita means you wouldn't have mentioned your bolded remark and perhaps you might easily ended this conversation seeing that Nigeria still surpassed Rwanda in per capita income which is a fair and just way to compare countries irrespective of larger economy and larger population..

lexy2014:
What u are denying is what u asserting. If u aren't waiting 4d for "Europe and US economy to fall so that of Africa can rise", then y did u say this?":

"they are so many thing that can gradually bring the downfall of those nations"?

Why are u so interested in their downfall? How does their downfall affect d progress and prosperity of African nations?

Based on all u have said above, u are still corroborating all I said:

"U guys can sit there and be blaming d west for Africa's backwardness and still be expecting that with such a mindset Africa will suddenly catch up with Europe and d US".

Every advanced country in d world today had one thing or d other it could have used as an excuse not to develop. But they didn't sit on those excuses, crying and blaming as u doing. Africans like u have been crying and blaming d west for decades. Where has it taken Africa to? Keep it up and then expect Africa to advance. That's y I laugh at all what u are saying and u call it economics

Again I call you ignorant...Stop putting words in my mouth because you are out of words and you have no knowledgeable input to debunk what I have said...I know you want to save your face hence the constant clinging to the delusions you keep making about me attesting to your insinuations ...I call this "grasping at straws"...you've been caught, just accept and move on...

I elucidated basic economics to you in simple terms that even a logical thinking 10 year old would easily grasp within 15 seconds..I am not repeating my self again...when you are ready to get out of that hole and leave that straw behind I would gladly be here to teach you more so long as you are ready to listen and learn rather than putting words in my mouth in order to run away and cos a slight witticism in our discussion whilst you take the focus away from your inability to reason deeply before embarking on a write up .

lexy2014:
U are missing d point. U are accusing kagame of media hype and media tricks at d same time u were criticising Nigerians for bursting d Nigerian govt when they engage in media hype. U are accusing kagame of media hype and media tricks.

According to u:

"Lexy to media hype is not such a difficult job...infact it is very easy...let Nigerian govt take our freedom of speech today a d control every news that comes out if this country and you would see the world think of Nigeria as something more than great"

This shows how u are being highly economical with d truth or u didn't no what happened during d abacha days and buharis military era. Did d world see Nigeria as a great nation or as a pariah nation?

When Gaddafi was president of Libya, was there freedom of speech? Is there freedom of speech in north Korea? Was there freedom of speech in Iraq under Sadam? Did d world see these countries as more than great? Your postulation doesn't carry any weight. Its a baseless theory.

According to u:

"The same Rwanda you are hyping has been exposed numerously by IMF/world bank for magically reducing their poverty rates and tampering with their economics stats.. such as GDP, GDP per capita...."

Who exposed Rwanda? Was it d same media who u said he invited to Rwanda because he built just 2km of road?

Lexy Rwanda is very underdeveloped...kegame built a rural village with less than 80-100 homes and made sure every African country had a out it as though that is suppose to be a big deal...smaller states in Nigeria has better road network than the whole of Rwanda.....
.I think I am going too far, I should be asking you what makes you consider Rwanda as a great nation and even greater than Nigeria...?...


When I say mevia I am sure your brain can differentiate media from a global organisation like IMF/world bank

lexy2014:
U haven't been able to prove how I am ignorant and barbaric. I also don't see d relationship between barbarism and d discussion. I would very love for u to show proof of d so-called barbarism. If u can't then it just confirms my theory that u don't have anything to say. There's nothing personal in d discussion but u have taken it personal. If u using foul language even though u weren't provoked, that's u displaying barbarism.

You've shoved my major point under the carpet and covered it with this "barbarism thingy"...yes you are barbaric..you just like a market woman without anything upstairs but come out in the middle of the market to make noise and spread her illiteracy.....

Go back and locate my point in what I said earlier and stop using this "barbarism thingy" to hide your face and dodge my point..

lexy2014:
Stories that touch. Ur postulation is d typical reactionary mindset that Africans have, waiting for Europe and US to fall b4 Africa rises. Its only an echo of ur friends post to which I responded thus:



U guys can sit there and be blaming d west for Africa's backwardness and still be expecting that with such a mindset Africa will suddenly catch up with Europe and d US

I never said I am waiting for Europe and US economy to fall so that of Africa can rise....what I gave is a point and fact that every sane mind with healthy knowledge on basic economies knows about...

The west are a reason for Africa's backwardness...Any one with a working brain knows that.....

IMF and World bank are not nation builder but racist , demonic white supremacist organisation meant to control the world and cease power from the black race globally...We all know the countries that controls this wicked organisation (EU, US)....They want to remain at the top of the food chain..

lexy2014:
According to u:

"They are so many thing we can use media to hype in this country but we the citizen will still be the ones to bad mouth it".

Y would u need to "hype" something if it exists? If u hyping then u are saying something more than d truth. So if u are accusing kagame of hyping which is lying, u are now blaming Nigerian citizens for exposing govt for hyping. If d govt of Nigeria is serious, y would it need to hype? U see how u have contradicted urself.

All u are doing is complaining. With all u have said that is wrong with kagame and his country, its surprising that u can't explain how this guy gets more attention than a sitting Nigerian president. U accuse d man of playing "media trick". How's it possible 4 him to trick every media organization both within Rwanda and outside Rwanda? When did u see kagame invite d world media for a 2km road?

According to u again:

"A govt can build a 125km road today and you will have citizens run out to criticize the country to make the leaders not to feel relaxed"

Is it criticism of Nigerians that has prevented d leaders of Nigeria from doing their job? Ur argument is so escapist as u are blaming d citizens of Nigeria for d failings of those in govt. Are Nigerians responsible 4d "relaxation" of our political leaders? Were they elected to come and relax? If a 125km road is built, I don't see y the people will criticise d govt for building d road. That's a very big lie u have told.

If citizens criticise d govt, it is for a reason and if d govt is serious, it will use d criticism to improve on its service delivery to d citizens. So ur comment about nigerians criticising govt is baseless and unfounded

Lexy to media hype is not such a difficult job...infact it is very easy...let Nigerian govt take our freedom of speech today a d control every news that comes out if this country and you would see the world think of Nigeria as something more than great ...if only you would get a glimpse of rwandans situation you will know kegame is not the man you thought him to be...His corrupt practices revolves round nepotism making it easy for him to conceal ..

The same Rwanda you are hyping has been exposed numerously by IMF/world bank for magically reducing their poverty rates and tampering with their economics stats.. such as GDP, GDP per capita....

It is possible less than 6% of Rwandan road is paved since their supposed east African giant "Kenya" has just 10% of her road paved after 56 years of independence..

googi:
Rossikk and Lexy2014 must stop demonizing each other.

Both of you are fine Patriots. One is optimistic and the other pessimistic. After so many failed starts in 60 years, many of us are wondering what is next. But we cannot give up.

I salute both of you. Respect.

Lexy is simply ignorant and barbaric...There is nothing upstairs....Abuja had phase 1 of her light rail completed last year and the second just got completed or almost completed...how many Nigerians have you seen praise this even if it is in their minds...but if they travel to a neighbouring African country to see the same infastructure and it is absent in Nigeria , they still be the first people to criticize the govt for not putting such infastructures in places whilst a small African country have such....

Funny enough in sub Saharan Africa only three African countries has a light rail which is Nigeria, south Africa, Ethiopia and aside thus countries no other African country is even dreaming of building one...

lexy2014:
Its not strength u don't have. U have strength but u have absolutely nothing to say to debunk what I say. Theres nothing upstairs. If u say am ignorant and u can't debunk my ignorance, that means ignorance is far better than any knowledge u have. U can't give what u don't have. Its a general principle

Lol I will try my best to write the little I can......I will write as regards to the original guy you quoted if which I later quoted you pertaining what your reply to him was


Economies in the developed world have hit a climax. There are no opportunities and barely no sector to grow or develop...it is only normal that a sane investor will look at Africa "an emerging economy with vast opportunities and sector to grow...The purpose of any investment is to grow and make profit right...will you rather invest in an highly competitive over saturated economy like Europe or Japan than invest in competitive less, easy to grow and dominate economy like that of Africa...Even if you are an house hold name in the developed world and you are looking to expand, Africa is the right place and to narrow it down more, Nigeria is the right place because of her huge population which in turn brings a quick return in investment and let's not forget are extremely young population which makes up more than 60% of her entire population....
Countries with old aged population has no room for any serious growth but declination ..that is why you see the Economies of Europe and US going into recession...The most things sustaining their Economy is the influence and access to Africa:s resources and power..wonder no more why macron has been so angry with the francophone countries wanting to remove their reserved from France's central bank and introduce the new "ECO " CURRENCY..TheY are leeches and are living off Africa...Do you think they can survive without having any silent neo colonialist control over Africa's wealth.....

Old ages does not boost the economy neither does it boost productivity nor reduce unemployment...it does not bring innovations...it is simply a dormant economy ..and it is whatever you've built for the future generations that will sustain you at this point whilst you await a new era of population boom which in most cases might be a century..the best time to build a country is now when you are experiencing a young population boom which can drive industrialization, innovation, technology,trade ,commerce and largely the economy....with the brexit deal, US-china trade..they are so many thing that can gradually bring the downfall of those nations...I think this was what he was trying to tell you.

lexy2014:
U don't need to spill ur emotions d way Shell spills oil in ogoni land. If u don't have d mental and emotional resilience for this discussion, u can stay on d sidelines instead of showing how limited u are in terms of how u express urself.

I raised salient points in my comment. I dare u to provide superior argument to negate what I said

I do have the strength to start typing today, if not I would have educated you and cure you off your ignorance.. today is xmas enjoy it peacefully..

lexy2014:
Ur ability to condescend to mediocrity is effortless. If d insignificant Rwanda can do a "media jamboree", what does that tell u? Y has Nigeria not been able to do same "media jamboree" 4d many achievements it has over Rwanda? A dude from a country d size of state in Nigeria gets more attention than a sitting Nigerian president and u are complaining instead of asking what is d guy doing right

You are the one praising kegame's mediocrity.....They are so many thing we can use media to hype in this country but we the citizen will still be the ones to bad mouth it ...and a foreigner will gladly deride it as his)her perception will instantly change.

Do you think citizens of Rwanda are not awAre of the media trick and silly story their president is telling whilst they are soaked in abject poverty,(check their per capita)and backwardness...No citizens of that country dare speaks against him..he is a dictator...

If you respect yourself people will always respect you...The fact that he build a 2km road today and calls media from around the globe to hype it whilst forcefully oppressing the people from speaking about the numerous ills he is concealing to make the country look like it has emerged is appalling to say the least...if the citizens are stopped from speaking their minds and the president is busy telling the world Rwanda has changed since the 2000 genocidal incident to become an enviable African country surely you will believe cos no one is coming out to say otherwise..but here in NIGERIA, at least to an extent there is freedom of speech...A govt can build a 125km road today and you will have citizens run out to criticize the country to make the leaders not to feel relaxed..during this process harsh and hateful words are released and a foreigner reading this instantly changes his perception of the country despite the amazing thing he must have seen in the media....

I tell you outside the city centre of Kigali which I doubt is even up to 10kmsq the rest of Kigali and Rwanda at large is very primitive, poor and underdeveloped village with so many rural settlement (the inhabitants)made to never see what a bituminous tarred road look like.....

I ask you the Rwanda you want to compare with Nigeria, do you know she does not have a middle class...

Myopic ignorant Nigerian..

Lush100:
The moment I read "will be" , I just stopped reading.
That theory has long gone with the wind as the most used phrase used by every government without nothing to show for it.
Ajaokuta steel was once projected as will be the largest non oil FDI blah blah.
it even said "hopefully Mr President will be"
will be will be till it becomes it did not

Funny how so many Nigerians are so ignorant and unexposed....do you think Projects are not stalled, cancelled in developed world ....

German government has been making noise about a new Berlin airport for the past 12 years(to be one of the largest in the world)... excavator has not even been seen on site despite the constant noise and promises year in year out..

Olominira:
Good, let me explain a little. All the countries that I mentioned are all advanced countries with these things in common. Big economy, big debts (in trillion dollars), old population, eg Japan should be 60% of its population above 60yrs, I don't know the current figure.

What that means is that, in the next 10 years, more than 60% of the population would be burden because they cannot work yet with deteriorating health. This is the issue, with huge national debt it means the few younger generation would work so hard to pay through taxes. Unless, they are not paying those debts.

Secondly, people above 60yrs do not drive economy. Because, it's the young people that buy Gucci, Mercedes Benz, Ferrari, IPhone etc. So, what that means is that companies producing such wouldn't be considering those countries in fact they'd be moving their money and investments into different places. This is why you'd see a vibrant Greek company struggling at home but would relocate to China or move it main operations to China. This is just an example.

Secondly, old people are not as innovative as the young people. Research, innovation, etc would be struggling. These are what economy is all about. We have or called them distrustive tech, you can see what an average taxi driver is making compares to Uber, shop owners to e-commerce, Android/Symbian etc. All these things are difficult for the older generations to adapt to or understand them at all.

Lastly, compare all these situations to Nigerian case, population of 200m with debts less than $100bn. Youth population above 70% and still growing. Norway is about 6m, old population with debt around $1tn.

Your intellect is on point....so many illiterate without an ounce of economic knowledge won't know this..

Omogoddy:
Another elephant project.
What about Delta steel company
that is wasting away in Aladja Delta state of the same Nigeria

Olodo...
Another of those numerous ignorant illiterate littered across NL..

lexy2014:
[s]If u said something important, then u can go beyond. I don't see what u have said that is special that u want to go beyond.

Am I the one responsible 4d decaying economy that u are asking me which one I prefer? So in ur dreams u think Nigeria has a greater future compared to Japan and Germany? Well-done. U cant even compare nigeria with its fellow african countries. U are comparing nigeria with Japan& Germany. In 1960, Nigerias founding fathers had higher hopes than u did. So I don't no what makes u think that u are first person to say Nigerian will be great[/s]

Incorrigible, ignorant, demonic hater from the pit if hell...smh

lexy2014:
U are free to see a glorious nation but until its a reality, then its just a wish. Am sure d founding fathers saw a "glorious nation" b4 1960 thats why we were called d "giant of africa". It was d same reasons u gave that nigeria was referred to as d "giant of agrica". More than 5decades after, nigeria cant compete with rwanda and u are talking of dubai. Until d "glorious nation" that u say u see comes to reality, u can't be saying nigeria will be better than Dubai under any guise except u just consoling yourself. Potential isn't achievement

You are stupid my friend...Don't you dare compare Nigeria with Rwanda ..outside the empty ghost city centre of Kigali there is absolutely nothing else worth praising in Rwanda...Rwanda , a country without middle class is what you are comparing to Nigeria....no sense in your head...
Rwanda per capita income is a big joke...

Keep falling for kegame media Jamboree....he build a km road today and he will make sure the entire world hear of it using his media hype...

Olominira:
Many of you guys know nothing when it comes to building a successful nation. Eko Atlantic has everything to beat Dubai in less than 10 years. Firstly, Nigeria has several sectors that are yet to be developed, youth population, I mean highly innovative youths driving the tech scene in Nigeria and Africa. Nigerians in Diaspora that always check Nairaland to know what's going on...... Just to mention few, the entire UAE doesn't have such capacity..... Quote me if you want me to give you details.

May I inform you that development like that of Dubai is not sustainable. I mean such economy hardly stand test of time. Economy needs to be diversified, in Dubai we have oil, tourism, real estate as major revenue. However, take a look at Nigeria, manufacturing is underdeveloped but on the way. Tech is growing, Agricultural, different mineral resources, gold, iron ore, oil etc. Above all youth population.

Let me add this again, no matter the amount of money the government is borrowing today, with growing population Nigeria is standing because no matter where you invest the money it's all good. In transportation, education, health care, etc compares to countries with old population. Nigeria has a brighter future than any advanced economy with old population.

Sense like yours is very scarce on NL.....some many ignorant illiterate are littered on this faceless forum..

lexy2014:
Which Dubai is eko Atlantic challenging? How many buildings are there that it will now challenge Dubai?

He used the word "WILL" which is a future tense..

Shaytun:
A picture they say is better than a thousand words.

A map indicating the world maritime trade traffic
Notice that there is no significant traffic at all in east Africa despite it proximity to Asia.

The motherfvckers will not ignore this..

theenchanter:
i'm not understanding.... like u'll remain on this thread till 2030 and around 25k-27k pages?

Ur lunacy is really undergoing its final phase.

Lol I doubt if this niggas will survive a day without this thread