₦airaland Forum

obicoolnino:
Watch hw agbado micreants will rush out in their thousands to draw comparisons even without reading the write up...cornfused set of beings.

Based on the write up, can you shed some light on the differences in their departure from Kenya and Nigeria?

SmartPolician:
What do they mean by self-made billionaires?
Can you ever be a billionaire by working for someone? That's practically impossible! Everyone knows that the surest way of making mad money is by working for oneself, but everyone is scared of uncertainty.

BTW, Nigerian government is just busy making the wealthy even richer. Build a system that will tax these folks and distribute money across the country. A country is wealthy when it has a huge percentage of its population in the middle class, not creating a few wealthy folks.

Self made in this context simply means you worked for it rather than inheriting it.

jrusky:
Segun Odegbami
Best Ogendengbe
Rasheed Yekini
Yakubu Ayegbeni
Peter Rufai
Mutual Adepoju
Tosin Amusan
Anthony Joshua

Best Ogedegbe and Yakubu Aiyegbeni are not Yoruba. They are Delta and Edo respectively.

oluwaseyi0:
can someone explain what this statement mean: infrastructure development are gone? did the new government pull down those structure or those structure are too weak to last 6 months?

It means the culture of developing new infrastructure is gone. Of course the old structires are there.

Why couldn't they send a woman to receive that award??

Most people don't know that the North Africans actually don't like each other.

Algerians and Morrocans especially hate each other. And Algerians and Egyotians are rivals too.

I can see how humiliating that would have been for the Algerians to go to Morrocco to see a Morroccan and Egyptian on the shortlist.

Kobojunkiee:
OP's complaint isn't that she does not cook but rather that she does so wastefully. So it isn't that she isn't pulling her weight but rather that OP is not happy with her method of doing it. And my suggestion isn't that OP takes on extra responsibilities. Surely, OP's responsibility in his own home does not begin and end with going to work and coming back home. if that is the case, then I would recommend marriage counseling for the couple.

It's up to the couple how they divide duties. You just said so yourself literally. Now if they have divided up the responsibilities and one person is not performing theirs properly, its out of place to suggest the other person should resolve this by taking on their duties.

And yes, wasteful cooking falls within the scope of not pulling her weight because under the given economic challenges, both partners have the additional joint duty of displaying financial prudence. This is an addendum to their predefined provider and manager roles, and they should perform their duties as though they are pulling in the same direction. Wasting precious resources when its getting harder to gather them is one partner working against the other who is working hard to be able to provide despite the difficulties.

A team cannot function in this way, nor can it function by forcing al the load to one partner. All she has to do is make a simple adjustment to how she cooks. A man should not have to take on the cooking just because his wife is wasteful, when there are clearly divided duties. That's like suggesting the wife should go and do her husbands job if he comes home with a poor appraisal report.

Kobojunkiee:
Woman can equally go out to earn a living and feed the home. So man lamenting that he chose to do it all alone when no one forced him to do so does not make sense to me.

2. Let the man and woman decide for themselves how they will divvy up responsibilities so they can live together in harmony at the end is all I am concerned about.

3. Again, see #2 response.

That's what the post is about. They have divided the responsibilities but one partner is not pulling their weight. To suggest that the solution is for the other partner to take on extra weight is frankly strange. The solution lies in getting the other partner to fix their ways. What he needs are ideas on how to do this.

Politics in Nigeria is not really about who is a "great man" or who "the youth loves". It's about the capacity to mobilise regions as measured by the total number of proactive governors under one's party. With the impending capture of Kano in a few days, APC is set for a walkover in 2027.

nonhuman:
Another lame excuse
Someone was saying that refinary is yet to be finished, in every rumore there some truth

Have you ever undertaken any project of any sort? Even a small building? All of this is fairly normal in a complex operating environment like Nigeria. Besides, this is someone's private business so really, why should he lie to the public?

Ozommadu:
Atleast it didn't land and blow her own people...unlike somewhere in Africa yet the president pretends nothing has happened.


Yeye dey smell

Go online and google the number of innocent civilians killed in their drone and air strikes in Pakistan alone. The difference is the Nigerian military is fighting internally so when there is an incident there is a greater uproar.

Masterstroke4:
Calabar port comes alive as Chinese cargo ship berths with A/Ibom refinery consignment

Calabar port in Cross River State is roaring back to life, heralding a new era of economic activity as a Chinese cargo ship, laden with a consignment of Akwa Ibom refinery project, berth.

The port, once bustling with trade, has received its first cargo from China, marking a significant milestone in the construction of a state-of-the-art refinery in Akwa Ibom State.

This development not only revitalizes Calabar Port but also underscores the strategic importance of the region in the nation’s economic landscape.

According to a post, the arrival of the inaugural cargo paves the way for increased trade and positions the port as a pivotal hub for future endeavors.

“As the construction of the refinery in Akwa Ibom State gains momentum, the revival of Calabar Port stands as a testament to the commitment towards infrastructure development and economic growth in the region,’ the post stated.

According to checks, there are two refinery projects expected to be located in Eket and Onna Local Government areas of the state. One of the refineries is being promoted by BUA Group of companies while another refinery project has witnessed a ground breaking.

It seems as though there are many more refinery projects underway than what has been reported in the media. Meanwhile, where are those clamouring for a seaport in the east? Is Calabar not good enough??

georgeakins:
The only solution is for the secession clause to be inserted in the constitution.
Ibos must be freed to go and form their country.

I agree on secession but there is a need for understanding here. What problems do you think the Igbos in particular have caused the country?

seguno2:
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this issue.

Please note that the five Igbo states of the south east are landlocked. As a result they cannot have a SEAport. They can however have a RIVER port

Yes, I understand that. I made reference to Seaport for the purpose of argument only - that is to say, even if we agree that it is possible to have a seaport in the east, it is not viable on other grounds.

pansophist:
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King

The marginalisation, disenfrenchisement and political alienation of the igbos will always bring chaos to Nigeria. You cant have peace and progress without the full integration of everyone, it is just against natural law.

Lets see if they will blame the white man, because the igbos have been saying this for years, fought a civil war because of it, but they all turned a blind eye.

I really want to understand why Igbos feel marginalized. The Igbos fought in 1967 because they were being killed not because they were being marginalised - in fact, at that time, the Igbos dominated the civil service and officer corps of the army. So there seems to be a disconnect in your reasoning.

Irony1:
The issue is because the population that make up the Lagos- Ibadan axis is made up of people from all over Nigeria and that was because of how skewed the development was done. It was not like that in the 60s the trad exports from the Eastern region was high.the Eastern region had a faster development indices than any other region then.

Well, I don't know too much about the 60s but the reality is that as of today the Lagos - Ibadan axis is probably by far the largest population centre in Nigeria today, and with good spending power! Is this a bad thing?

It is not as though it was designed this way to spite the Igbos. In fact, the Igbos have taken advantage of this to establish large trading networks. So I think, really, there is no marginalization in the sense that everyone enjoys the fruit of Lagos - Ibadan commercial viability.

Was there any marginalisation involved in how this viability came about? I don't think so at all. Historically, Lagos has always been a nerve centre because of its strategic location, leading both the Portuguese and the British, and even the Benins before them to make Lagos their central port and for the British, their Nigerian colonial capital. Lagos then developed naturally as a capital city, the same way Abuja is doing. None of this was done to spite anybody.

So when you look at the situation of Lagos as a major population centre you should understand that it was already a major hub long before independence, with considerable colonial resources already devoted to it. Naturally, those Nigerians seeking to make a success of themselves gravitated towards the colonial centre, which then became the first national capital. What that meant was that the best and brightest of Nigerians were drawn to Lagos leading to further innovation and development such as in the growth of the indigenous financial sector.

Similarly, before you talk about establishing a seaport in the East, you have to first ensure that it will be economically viable either for import or for export. If it is for import as is done in Lagos, then the question is, where is the population?

Secondly, what will be the economic impact of situating a seaport in Igboland as of today, when Igboland is already a hub of manufacturing but still in its growth phase? The significance of Igbo industries being in a growth phase is that:

1. If you say you want to increase imports without first increasing population, then you're saying you want to drown those growing industries

2. If you say you want to increase exports, then you are saying you want to compete in a global market that you are not yet ready for.

The conditions for a seaport are simply not there - not economically, not geographically, and even in terms of security.

We are focusing on the wrong things as a nation out of greed and rivalry.

As I've said so many times, what we should be doing is harnessing our respective competitive advantages, not competing. Igbos are good at manufacturing and trade - why not manufacture and distribute to the rest of Nigeria? A seaport will not give you any advantages at this time, and not having one is not evidence of marginalization!

Irony1:
Calabar was last dredged when? The only port that was expanded after the war was Apapa and Tincan port, why didn't FG expand PH and Calabar ports to the same size as Lagos?

What does that have to do with anything? With the so-called small size, those ports are still not operating at full capacity so what is the essence of expanding them??

The reality is that Nigerian exports including from the South East are negligible. This man is saying South Eastern states are number 4 and 6 on GDP top 12 list - so you mean that all the states from number 1 - 12 should get a seaport? Sometimes you really wonder what is going through people's minds.

If it is a question of having easy access to export then you have Calabar and Onne which are perfectly usable. Use them! If Calabar needs to be dredged then get the State government to dredge it and send the FG the bill as Wike did with federal roads when he was governor! But you and I know there is nothing to export. That is a general Nigerian problem!

And if you have this idea that locating a seaport in the middle of Igboland will suddenly attract investment, you still have it wrong. It has not turned Calabar into a commercial hub, has it? The reality is that imports follow the market and by virtue of size, the market is found within the Lagos - Ibadan axis.

Supremos

I am sure you will agree, after watching that video, that this man doesn't know much about Nigeria.

This is what he listed as the grievances of the Igbos:

1. They produce a lot but no seaport and the roads are bad
2. There is a heavy security presence but the DPOs are not Igbo
3. Imbalanced federal appointments

As fellow Nigerians speaking together, are these rational complaints?

1.a. Where exactly should the seaport in Igboland be located?? If you want to say Rivers, there is already a seaport at Onne! There is no Igbo state on the Nigerian coastline and therefore there is no way a seaport can be located in Igboland.

b. Are Igbo states the only ones with bad roads?? Is this not a general Nigerian problem??

2. Is it only in the South East that DPOs come from other places? Is that not a general Nigerian approach?

3. Is this targeted towards Igbos alone? The reality of the day is that each government favours their own. Can you name 2 people from Edo appointed under this government, for example?

Unfortunately, when you have up to 73% of the population of Igbos feeling someone is marginalizing them for what every other Nigerian goes through then it's too late. I believe what we are dealing with is a severe generational trauma that cannot be healed. The best thing for everyone is either to revert to regionalism or to let the Igbos and any other tribe that wants to go, to go in peace.

With Dangote refinery coming on stream, the govt should reconsider the reintroduction of the fuel subsidy at least to whatever degree as to bring petrol down to a maximum of N350 per liter.

Domestic production will eliminate much of the fraud that was going on in that industry since we know the exact amount of crude being sent into Dangote's place and subsidy can be based on a discount in the cost of crude.

Taich:
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Reporting by MacDonald Dzirutwe And Anandita Mehrotra; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/moodys-upgrades-outlook-nigeria-positive-2023-12-08/

Economics 101. The basics, gather your own data from the street and make an informed decision. The prices of basic staples such as garri, rice, indomie, beans, cooking oils, bread etc are far beyond the average salary thus making it impossible for an average household to have a substantial disposable income. So the people are poorer, companies are shutting down due to high cost of doing business which was previously cushioned by higher turnover, lower sales volume because of lower disposable income is helping.

The jamboree lifestyle of those in charge is not helping matters too, I will never invest in a company whose CEO is living above their income, that is a recipe for disaster, I wish to disagree with this report because of my facts and will visit here by March 2024 to compare results.

For those who doesn't understand, remember same international media reported that the true value of the Naira is less than 700 to a dollar but today it is over a thousand official rate. When an administration has a huge budget for media, expect false news,empty headed attack dogs and false hopes at a scale never seen. A government that encourages you to look up to tomorrow while they steal your present.

The reforms have been welcomed by investors, but unions say they led to soaring costs while inflation has been in double-digits in Nigeria since 2016, further eroding savings and incomes.

"These policy changes, and those potentially to come, have raised the prospects of a fiscal and external improvement in the country's credit profile," Moody's said in a statement.

The report clearly points out that there have been immediate challenges for the common man. The difference is that when you have a true understanding of economics, you don't fixate on the present in analysing the future.

Normally I don't mind long write ups but mann that was too long and repetitive.

Irony1:
So spending 3billion on 422 delegates is right abi. Bros go and sit down abeg.

So where exactly did you get that from my post?

Brendaniel:
Oga I quoted your comment, it is obvious you went back to modify your comment when the backlash of your defense started coming in, so please cut the crap of me editing anything, you are the one who went to edit to save face....

I modified my comment a few seconds after making it, which is why every other person who has quoted my apart from you has that modified part of my post it. But you went back and seeing that it had bee modified, still cropped it out to make some unreasonable point. Even if you felt that I had cropped it out to "save face" - a person with integrity would have directly confronted me not editing the post you quoted.

You can clearly see from the image below that my post was mentioned at 8:28 by this other person and the modification had already been made before then, hence its presence in the post he quoted. So which backlash? Do I look like the type to fear a backlash from clearly unintelligent fellows??

Shame on you.

Kukutente23:
NLC does not represent Labour Party
Did Tinubu go there to represent APC?

NLC is the parent body of the Labour Party. They are one and the same. Anyone who therefore represents one represents the other. The NLC as a labour union cannot directly participate in politics so it created a political party through which it does so. Anyone who went to COP sponsored by the NLC is a representative of the Labour Party. They are one and the same body with different limbs.

I feel irritated to have to point out to you that BAT went as a representative of the Nigerian government, paid for and paid to do so by the Nigerian government for the purpose of the agenda of the Nigerian government. The Nigerian Government has no affiliation with APC - much like Ajaero cannot be said to be representing his village association at the COP just because he belongs to it.

Brendaniel:
where in the statement above did you criticize the number of delegates instead you even mocked the people criticizing the number and I remembered you that it costed us 3 billion for the 422 people, so what are you trying to defend here?

You went to my post and cropped out the part you didn't like, which is highlighted below, and came back asking stupid questions.

Not that that would justify the figure, but if we're going to do an analysis, let's do it right.

I try to approach these discussions believing we are all interested in the good of Nigeria or at least, of Nigerians, but perhaps we have different ways of seeing things. But you're actually a deceitful person. I am genuinely disappointed you had to resort to such a lack of integrity.

Kukutente23:
Ajaero is representing NLC not Labour Party
So much for asking people to do right while you lie through your nose

So you don't know that NLC is the parent body of the Labour Party?? Interesting people in this country.

Brendaniel:
Your justification for carrying 422 people is my concern...

Show me the justification sir...

Brendaniel:
422 delegates that costed Nigeria 3 billion naira, you guys are very funny, how much did FG share to each state as palliative which the states are expepected to pay back - 4 billion naira for each state with an average population of 10 million people per state since Tinubu assumed office.....

What does any of this have to do with my post? Did I say it is justifiable? i said the analysis in comparing Nigeria with China doesn't make sense! The number sponsored is clearly on the high side for a struggling country but what does that have to do with the point I was making, which is simply that the analysis is inaccurate??

hedonido:
Don't be stupid. What is Nigeria's strategic interest in climate change that warrants this unreasonably high number of "total delegates coming from your country"? Even the ones supposedly sponsored by government, for what purpose exactly? When the country's economy is bleeding?

Continue being clever by half and justifying rubbish.

What is Nigeria's strategic interest in climate change as a major oil-producing country?

Please get out of here. You're way out of your depth and you have no idea.

nairalanda1:
We have a debt that is twice our national budget, and yet govenrment is oversponsoring delegates, and also paying for the new cars for assemblypeople.

Oga, Nigeria does not have the money for jamborees. Minute we wake up to that, the better.

I agree with you actually.

It's a shame people have refused to understand that 1411 delegates means the total number coming from your country, not the total number sponsored by your government.

Our government sent 422 or so delegates so let's do the comparison right, by comparing that with China's total government-sponsored delegates. Not that that would justify the figure, but if we're going to do an analysis, let's do it right.

It is also weird for Obi to make such statements knowing fully well that his party is represented by Joe Ajaero and his team. You are taking part in the thing you are criticizing so why should anyone listen to you?

Anyway, it's good to see Mr Obi is back to his stat cramming I thought he had stopped.

michlins:
the 20% quota won't be enough for Nigeria

There's no 20% quota. NNPC holds 20% of the shareholding of Dangote Refinery. Meaning, Nigeria is a part owner of the refinery.