₦airaland Forum

drediamond:
Lol, you two fellows should please just let this go. You both have a point, but it is not only about oil.

I was skeptical before about the project but with better understanding I think it was the right decision. If we do not do this soon enough we might regret it later.

The project is strategic to counter Benin's influence economically in Niger.

Opening up maradi through the north to the southern part of Nigeria will enable business transport goods and agricultural product easily between the two nations and capture the vast terrain market, as well as chad and beyond. Benin will be no match. Also more than half of central and eastern Niger will prefer to trade through kano and the rest of Nigeria if there is a better alternative.

Remember the Acfta deal, We offer a bigger market to Niger and can use this as leverage and capture their import and export business.

We need to start wielding our influence in the region for our advantage.

Also if there are no other ongoing rail projects in Nigeria then we can start to criticize heavily.

Can you imagine if in the future all Niger and chad imports and exports business goes through Cotonou? We will be here still blaming the government for their lack of foresight or vision.

Lionofthedesert:
Answer yourself na asinwin......daun kin to gbewo jade fun e......Am sure u r one of those fayawo marafucker enriching Benin republic at the expense of Nigeria....

BKayy:
A lion can never birth a goat.
You people proposed beautiful courageous story as your history, Nobody questioned or cared to confirm. The only one that people saw was an opposite when bunch of menstruating teenage girls took out and defeated your Oyo campaign.
People still overlooked that but what we can't come to terms is that when what it needed to confirm your stories came up, which is the current Nigeria, you people turned to trying to use the same fake stories to scare the invaders away. Discrediting the authencity.
I won't doubt that you people are great story tellers but for bravery and truth? That is far from you people.
You people never had and empire.
Quick fact, that Oyo calvary was a lie because Horses can't survive in rain forest due to tse tse fly infestation. I don't know if you people put into consideration that there would be what is called research in the future while making up those fake stories

wacuc0:
Twitter is an American system. China has theirs, India has theirs why cant Nigeria create theirs with over 200million people. Stop western patronage and be original. Spent 4 to 5 academic years in university and come out to wait for American to create for you to use. I think I am tired of this.

MAYOWAAK:
Singapore, South KOREA, France, Cuba, Finland, United Kingdom(Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy) and Israel.

MAYOWAAK:
I have seen countries develop under various conditions and systems — unitary, federal, quasi-federal, presidential, parliamentary, democratic, dictatorial, homogeneous, heterogeneous, etc — but I am yet to see a country develop under poor leadership. Our objective should be a leadership that is determined to deliver the basic things of life: potable water for the poor, hospitable hospitals for the lowly, good education for underprivileged, regular power supply and motorable roads. Pardon my naivety, but I do not think we need FEDERALISM to end meningitis and cholera in Gusau, or RESTRUCTURING to build roads in Aba, or 1963 constitution to run good primary schools in Ibadan.

Lazynigerian1:
Which is in essence saying that the South west was not that developed. And that if only...

The truth is that, playing the what if game is really an exercise in futility. At the end of the day, the South West was a region dependent on revenue from exporting raw materials...

Lazynigerian1:
There is a harsh reason why we have states...it is a long distance from the regional capital.

Lazynigerian1:
And we got a lot of industries too under Army rule...and still have some industries now

Lazynigerian1:
Besides, my problem with industries in Nigeria...they are not exporting at all...because when all is said and done, Nigerians prefer to share money, rather than work for it.

Lazynigerian1:
Power does not work because it is not well funded...because 1) we don't let it be run profitably. Power rents until recently were below the cost of production..and even now, they are still below the cost of production. 2) 40% of Nigerians don't pay their bills. You think moving it to some concurrent list would change things?
Besides, telecoms and GSM works and has grown in Nigeria because telecom companies are allowed to set their prices...and can make profits.
If you don't let things make profit...they won't grow
Educaiton and healthcare...the same thing. We want UK and US standard, at tax rates that are too low, and at fees that are too low.You think moving it to concurrent list would change things? (Schools in the old regions were better because they were highly selective...if we did that now, people will cry out in protest. )

Lazynigerian1:
Agricultuire....1) is mostly manual and subsitence. We have to import to make up. Less than 10% of our agric is mechanized.2) we don't have the guaranteed markets we had in the 1960's...take palm oil...we have far more competitiors than we had in the 1960's. As for cocoa...we went from No2 in the 1970's to No5 in 2014...if not lower.
Mining...is severely unregulated...plus no one knows if we can mine enough to produce for our country..plus we need large scale modern mines, not the small scale things.
As for ports....NPA needs to be run properly...plus we need to fix roads, rail, etc....

Lazynigerian1:
1. I am not a fan of Sir Bello...but he was a big fan of education...in additon to being an Islamist, and probably a tribal supremacist. Same for the Eastern leaders too...all regions did invest in education. But the biggest investments came in the 1970's...under Gowon and Murtala...and they were nationwide.

Lazynigerian1:
2.Western region could afford free education because not everyone was in school. (Most of the people of my parent's generation did not go to university. Most of my generation did... for example). Plus, most schools were not government owned. Today, no region or state can do free educaiton...there are far more people, and far more schools.

Lazynigerian1:
Or the state could not attract enough investment...plus how was the transport link to Lagos and the capital Abuja...and eslehwere in Nigeria?

Lazynigerian1:
1.We have to pay more for power if we want power 24/7. It may sound patronizing to you, but it is the hard truth, and LORD KNOWS I HATE THAT TRUTH...if I had my way, we would have had free power.

But the stats don't lie. Power prices per kwh are below the cost of production per kwh..and the recent increases only apply to chaps getting power for 12 hours a day at least...plus 40% of people don't pay for power. One of the DIScos collapsed finacially because of low revenue. Most of the DISCOS are not earning enough to pay taxes.

And I am saying this not because I am excusing bad governance or the DISCOS (and I would be very annoyed if you think so ) but because it is the hard fact.

We have a functioning GSM because we paid the prices the evil GSM COMPANIES set. DISCOS are not allowed to set prices, people don't pay them, even meters people bypass...and you expect them to make a profit to buy what we need to improve things?

Lazynigerian1:
And corruption is still a bad problem because our government relies on revenue from selling raw materials and sharing the same revenue...not from attracting productive inudstries...like serious nations do.


I am saying all this because I am tired of hearing Nigerians saying that when we restructure...we will develop. They remind me of a fat person saying 'When I move into my new house, we will develop' Meahwile, an election in Abia state attracted too few voters because lack of itnerest...then we wonder why we have Buharis, and company ruling us.

Lazynigerian1:
Which is in essence saying that the South west was not that developed. And that if only...

The truth is that, playing the what if game is really an exercise in futility. At the end of the day, the South West was a region dependent on revenue from exporting raw materials...








There is a harsh reason why we have states...it is a long distance from the regional capital.



And we got a lot of industries too under Army rule...and still have some industries now

Besides, my problem with industries in Nigeria...they are not exporting at all...because when all is said and done, Nigerians prefer to share money, rather than work for it.




Power does not work because it is not well funded...because 1) we don't let it be run profitably. Power rents until recently were below the cost of production..and even now, they are still below the cost of production. 2) 40% of Nigerians don't pay their bills. You think moving it to some concurrent list would change things?
Besides, telecoms and GSM works and has grown in Nigeria because telecom companies are allowed to set their prices...and can make profits.
If you don't let things make profit...they won't grow
Educaiton and healthcare...the same thing. We want UK and US standard, at tax rates that are too low, and at fees that are too low.You think moving it to concurrent list would change things? (Schools in the old regions were better because they were highly selective...if we did that now, people will cry out in protest. )
Agricultuire....1) is mostly manual and subsitence. We have to import to make up. Less than 10% of our agric is mechanized.2) we don't have the guaranteed markets we had in the 1960's...take palm oil...we have far more competitiors than we had in the 1960's. As for cocoa...we went from No2 in the 1970's to No5 in 2014...if not lower.
Mining...is severely unregulated...plus no one knows if we can mine enough to produce for our country..plus we need large scale modern mines, not the small scale things.
As for ports....NPA needs to be run properly...plus we need to fix roads, rail, etc....



Of course.



1. I am not a fan of Sir Bello...but he was a big fan of education...in additon to being an Islamist, and probably a tribal supremacist. Same for the Eastern leaders too...all regions did invest in education. But the biggest investments came in the 1970's...under Gowon and Murtala...and they were nationwide.
2.Western region could afford free education because not everyone was in school. (Most of the people of my parent's generation did not go to university. Most of my generation did... for example). Plus, most schools were not government owned. Today, no region or state can do free educaiton...there are far more people, and far more schools.



Or the state could not attract enough investment...plus how was the transport link to Lagos and the capital Abuja...and eslehwere in Nigeria?



1.We have to pay more for power if we want power 24/7. It may sound patronizing to you, but it is the hard truth, and LORD KNOWS I HATE THAT TRUTH...if I had my way, we would have had free power.

But the stats don't lie. Power prices per kwh are below the cost of production per kwh..and the recent increases only apply to chaps getting power for 12 hours a day at least...plus 40% of people don't pay for power. One of the DIScos collapsed finacially because of low revenue. Most of the DISCOS are not earning enough to pay taxes.

And I am saying this not because I am excusing bad governance or the DISCOS (and I would be very annoyed if you think so ) but because it is the hard fact.

We have a functioning GSM because we paid the prices the evil GSM COMPANIES set. DISCOS are not allowed to set prices, people don't pay them, even meters people bypass...and you expect them to make a profit to buy what we need to improve things?

And corruption is still a bad problem because our government relies on revenue from selling raw materials and sharing the same revenue...not from attracting productive inudstries...like serious nations do.


I am saying all this because I am tired of hearing Nigerians saying that when we restructure...we will develop. They remind me of a fat person saying 'When I move into my new house, we will develop' Meahwile, an election in Abia state attracted too few voters because lack of itnerest...then we wonder why we have Buharis, and company ruling us.

Lazynigerian1:


Please don't make me laugh.

You Nigerians love a good myth...North, South, West, East.

Most parts of the SW did not have power in the 1960-66 period. Most of the roads were bad. Apart from urban areas, the rural areas were underdeveloped...and from 1965...the roads were unsafe and dangerous (go read about Operastion wetie).

Real nations and regions rely on using their resources to develop their industries....not sell raw materials and import stuff with the revenues...which is what the SW, SE North, Middle Belt and all Nigeria has done since independence.

Look, I am not just adressing this to you...I am adressing all Nigerians because I am tired of our constant fighting over nothing.

Afromentalist:
Leave that talk baba.

I have been to Montréal many times and I know the place quite well. (I do speak french too by the way, along with german and spanish).

When 2 people go for a date, should there be a default, each person is held liable for his own bill (from the restaurant's perspective). Of course if one person wants to pay the bills, he is free to do so. But should that arrangement not be effective, each person is liable for his own consumption. Make person no dey deceive you

WoundedLamb:
Lol... you guys and this expression "in developed countries". Dude, I'm Canadian. Not just a Canadian but a Québécois and we francophones take social etiquette very seriously. I can tell you authoritatively that the person who's not living within their means is the one who decides to host people at a place he can't afford, and not the invitees.

Hanging out is different from inviting someone to dinner. When you hang out, you both decide the place and each person is responsible for whatever they eat. When you say "invite someone for dinner", it means you are inviting them to your house and you'll cook for them. And when you say "invite someone to dinner", it means you're taking them to a restaurant and you'll pay the bill. In both cases, they keyword is "invite" and that makes you the host.

You don't just invite people to a place they wouldn't normally go to eat and then ask them to pay. Did they tell you they planned to incur such an expense? While some people could decide to assist with the payment out of courtesy, it doesn't make it their responsibility. Inviting someone to dinner and insisting they must pay is like inviting someone for dinner at your place and asking them to do the cooking. It's simply ridiculous. It's not done anywhere.

@Dottore

WoundedLamb:
I wrote this in my first quote. But it doesn't I Amy way make the guy a "smart guy". There's nothing smart about behaving foolishly.

jikins:
This is untrue. The only way he is forced to leave is if he is violent towards her and that's if they both own the house. If he owns it she will be adviced to leave while taking the man to jail. Because once he is released he will return back to his house no one can stop him as long as he is the sole owner.

Certain European laws favours women but not all. The owner of the house na the owner, you nor fit pursue am comot because if he sues them he go win.

bcomputer101:
Make una dey deceive yourself.
The first 7 comments are paid GEELY agents.


Una think say we no get sense abi?

Yes. If you provide adequate security for the loan or a known guarantor who doesn't have to be a politician. In fact, there are some professional groups who are eligible for loans higher than that based on their qualifications.

The dearth of angel investors is due to the unreliability of the investee, that is not a problem that the government caused, but our own untrustworthy character. I believe that it would be difficult to get an angel investor anywhere in the world if you reveal beforehand that you are a Nigerian. Having said that, there are in n fact many angel investors in Nigeria. They just tend to keep their funds exclusively for young men and women that are known to them. In any case, oncefunds are obtained operating a business is much easier in Nigeria, and no one migrates abroad because they want to meet angel investors anyway.

The minimum wage is not a factor here. And in no country in the world is minimum wage 'enough for average living' if by that you mean a middle class standard of life. That is why it is called minimum wage.

I don't think so. Like I said, given sufficient funds, there is nothing we can obtain in the West that we cannot obtain here. I should actually make one exemption; a first class college education; but that is the only exemption. Everything else is available here at cheaper rates.

saintsylve:
After carefully reading the text on the video, he hasn't even said anything like intimacy with the girl. To me, I felt is over reacted by pleading instead of questioning the co tent of his chat with the girl, though, his intention is obvious but this he has written on the chat.

If not for his easy acceptability of the incidence, he could probably argue himself out and given a warning but seeing as he was weeping and pleading makes him more culpable and vulnerable to state punishment.

Learn to ruminate on words, sentences you used when chatting people, the world is digital now and those collections of alphabets can send you to jail.

Imagine if he was the one sucking the fingers, touching and smoothing like baba Ijesha and tell me that girl's father will not pull the trigger on him without mercy.

It is well.
#PEACE.

ThatIgedeBoy:
Oga there is a one month window it can fall between March and April.
You said initially that Easter was Always first week of April.... No dey change mouth argue like an adult, you get hit from here you run there....
This is enough I don't argue with people who start changing talks instead of defending their original point.

ThatIgedeBoy:
No your point was that easter is fixed as a matter of fact you said the easter for the next 10years ia already fixed...

NaijirianKing:
His statements are designed to cause division among brothers.

Whether he is christian or not is irrelevant, it is a fact that he is not under the submission of Allah, he is a foreigner to Islam, and yet he is trying to dictate to Muslims. He can only do this in the south, if he is brave, tell him to come up North and see how the results turn out...

He should allow those who follow Allah to practice without interference from an outsider. A word is enough for the wise.

kingthreat:
So the best an Igbo man can do to fight for secession is by burning police stations and killing police operatives. Interesting reasoning and they want to be the china of Africa. Backward thinking hateful lots. That is what they are.

PotatoSalad:
People spend close to $100k to climb the Everest where reaching the summit isn't even guaranteed. But they do it anyway. It's advanced scam to you cos all you people do is make money to build House, buy car and oppress your neighbors.
Dey well guy

Dailymice:
But if it was the guy that sent quota white guy, no one would have said anything.. We blacks should stop victim mentality and Identity politics. Excel in what you do!!! And listen to Candace Owens!

Xeeman:
Nigerian muslims doesn't have any bad feelings over Pastor professor being Vice president. Unfortunately many "majority" of our brothers from Christian faith are always not happy seeing a practising Muslim ( like sheikh or imam) holding a big office in the country.

I hope we'll one day grow above that.

I was always hoping and praying that Pastor Osibanjo with Zulum succeeded Buhari is 2023, but with the recent religious sentiments played I'm afraid we may be left to chose btw Atiku and Tinubu in 2023 both of which have bad records in the past.
The reality of our situation is that we at the grass root always hates ourselves while the elite and political class loves and hug each other.

Neutralobserver:
They have industries...which is something we don't have.

They probably don't practice price controls, which means more investment gets attracted

Zeeknow3245:
Until we admit that Nigeria is going overboard we won't have peace. They're over 500 minor procedures a GP can do but CS isn't s Crux of the matter. My guy never you call CS common it is an Insult to trained professionals who have been in the business of women health.
You said "South African"Model and you listed "rural" that's understandable. Do you want to know how many people have suffered from post "CS" after wrong surgery? Guy don't call medical procedure "common". People do die from CS both in the hospital or after the procedure.
Do the needful and refer people no ooo Dem no go hear. I don't want to just drag generalist name to the mud abeg.
I don't care about how extensive the teachings are refer your patient to the right specialist. I don't want to talk about my own numerous experience here about General Practicioners in Nigeria.
The US people are even saying that "Aah the new graduates are already doing tough surgery" what tough surgery? Interns in many cases are not even allowed to even do many procedures "You watch,answer questions". In the US there is patient doctor confidentiality here very limited.
Nigeria want to copy South Africa, UK, US,China,India. Let's just stick to one abeg I don tire

Spidermon:
I know all this.
If your wife requires CS, will you allow a house officer to cut her ?

Spidermon:
I know that. I also hold a medical degree.

Yes but with limitations. Unless it's in rural areas and in serious cases where death is certain if surgical intervention doesn't occur.

Some young doctors get liver sha.