₦airaland Forum

Symphony007: The most foremost reason it is easy to make money in nigeria is because of the collective greed of our government and citizens. A majority of investors don't come to nigeria because they see buisness of to create jobs, they comes to expliot, to take their share of the bongo bongo land.

I used to know a british lady worked with shell. When militancy and kidnapping was booming, i asked her if she felt safe, why has'nt she return to the u.k, she said she's not going anywhere. According to her, there is too much money in nigeria. She says the kind of money she has made in nigeria is something i've never seen. "My salary is now like something you get while on the dole".. She says at times it breaks her heart the avenues by which she gets the money but at last, the locals don't seem to care. All they want is their share, so why should i care when i'll somedat be on my way back to the u.k.

well dangote and other local investors are actually spending their money in Nigeria,and these people still keep investing.
Your hypothesis is faulty and could breed laziness.

stillwater: No wonder we act like animals. Only animals thrive in such. Thank God for the great escape. Baba God I thank you.

oh pls shut up about this "great escape" you keep yapping about.
Are you the first to travel out?

The public schools should be privitized,as that's the only way forward.
The FG just does not have the funds to ensure continous ADEQUATE investment in that sector.
Most of the best public schools in the world have been privitized.

RIP great General.
The forces of imperialism will never forget your devastating military genius.

Oil-magnate indeed.
Probably one of the corrupt cabals in our oil industry.
I wonder why most of them are from the SW.

sultanemerald: Where and when do they produce cars in Nigeria? Since when? Which companies?

Go back to sleep.

[quote author=A-ZeD]A brand new KIA picanto costs about 1.5 million yet most Nigerians would rather buy a used Honda accord for the same price. If you think assembling a Honda/Toyota/Nissan in Nigeria would make it affordable to Nigerians then you are really clueless.
Even in countries where the cars are manufactured, the people there still buy used cars.[/quote]Sorry,there's no reason why local assembled cars will not be cheaper in the long-run.
We have cheaper labour and lower taxes compared to all these western countries.
And there's strong indications,that the power sector will drastically improve.
And no,the govt is not banning tokunbo cars.
They're still available.

ziccoit: Certainly Mr GEJ bagged his PhD certificate through arrangy. The guy is too daft. He is reasoning like a foreigner who doesn't know what is obtainable in environment he is leading.

shut up.
The number of people in Nigeria buying brand-new foreign cars at exorbitant prices is enough to sustain the local industry.

[quote author=sayit_out1]Bunch of confused guys doing the right thing @ the wrong time.

If you ask why, you'll get reasons like; it will create employment, help make our naira valueable etc.

That is not what 9ja needs for now. We have been made to have confident in oursef & not to look @ what the government can offer.

The government should focus on STABLE POWER, GOOD ROAD & SECURITY OF PROPERTY & LIFE. Nigerian have great business ideas even in production but no power to supply, no good road to minimise the cost of production.

Take for instance, since the communication companies came into 9ja, they have been milking us dry cos they supply/generate/provide their own source of power & we all know what these require (24hrs of running desle generators).

Talking about production or assembling of cars in nigeria, hope they don't come again with their CHINCO MENTALITY of producing inferior part.

Has anyone wondered why people while fixing/repairing their new cars or tokunbo, they prefer tokunbo parts (follow-come) & not the 9ja own. Its becos our producers sometimes, don't think of solving the problem but focus on making money/profit.

Lastly; the government should lead by example. They should chance thier official car, to 9ja made car.[/quote]we cannot wait till we have 247 electricity,before we carry out steps like this.
The world is not going to wait for us.
There's already reforms and improvements in the power sector and i believe with time,we will get sufficient.
And yes,the FG should patronize local manufacturers,which they've already started doing with their parastatals and agencies.

mrtidy: Clueless govt, instead of increasing the tarrif for imported ones why not make the local ones more competitive and cheaper than the imported ones!!!

The imported ones will be cheaper at first due to many factors.
But with time and competition in the system,the local ones will be become cheaper.
That's how it's all over the world.

babalawo: Dumb people same Government that admitted that the cant police the borders with respect to refine oil smuggling to neighboring countries. same Government that cant tackle illegal bunkering now wants to increase tariff to protect an industry that has not even been incubated and that does not have the power to birth such industry..... more money to custom officers more money to Cotonou govt..... in smuggling we trust!

There is no 100% water-tight border in the world.
Even the US border is porous.
Though i believe the govt should tighten up the border more,that dosen't mean we can't take steps like this to better our economy.

viperman: Very Good move at the WRONGEST OF TIME.

Give me your reasons and let me debunk them.

Most of the excuses given on this thread are weak,and i won't be surprised if the people giving this lame excuses are chronic importers of junks.
Saboteurs of the Nigerian economy.

[quote author=Beaf!]The Lion assembled in France will always be better that the one assembled in Kaduna

Raise the tariff we will still afford to buy them. I like my machine to be assembled in Germany.[/quote]Now Nigerians like you will blame the FG for unemployment.

The place has been mis-managed by very dirty girls.
And they're supposed to be medical personnel who should be more knowledgable about these things.
Smh.

Sloothe: From International politics, France had always frowned at the entity-NIGERIA. They percieve the country to be a threat to their influence on the westafrican subregion. Being the region's largest economy, it makes the British colonial influence more accentuated than theirs. Thats a reason why they supplied amunition to the Biafrans during the Nigerian civil war to enhance the secession.

France have always been our enemy.
We need a better government that will take the french menance seriously and curtail it.

CAMEROONPRIDE: dumb azz so the ouattara u installed is better than gbagbo ? Ignoramus, you went there to defend American interets and French ones. You are not even ashamed of yourselfu are only good in backstabbing others African countries. This is your shoeless fisherman was eager to go in Ivory coast to please his masters and show them how obedient he is. Tell me how u pseudo giant of Africa which is supposed to pave the Way for Africa unity is making plot against a brother? Moronic bastards who put in place a France prefect called ouattara

gbagbo lost an election and deserved to be kicked out.
Who cares if ouatarra is worse?
The majority of the ivoriens should decide who leads them,
And if ouatarra is not good enough,they should vote him out.
It's as simple as that.
Anyway,you're a cameroonian, so you won't understand democracy since you've never experienced it.
Why not persuade paul biya to join ECOWAS and see if Nigeria will not pressure him to hold democratic elections and kick him out if he loses.
The only hope for democracy in cameroon is ECOWAS.

CAMEROONPRIDE: You mean the same people I saw singing proudly our national anthem? Or the ones who were trooping to register for our citizenship before the deadline? Keep beating the war drum we will match bullets with bullets, swords with swords to say the least. Whats the future of an effik in that godforsaken, pit latrine, clanish and highly tribalistic called Nigeria? If they are not killed by their countrymen because they practice a different religion they will b kidnapped .either way they are going to die before 50 .smh .don't u ever dare compare ur stinking shithole with a saner nation like Cameroo .we ain't in your league

lol.
Are you telling me that Efik and ibibio will actually forfeit beautiful and serene calabar,the home of peace and tourism for that authocratic cesspit called cameroon?
You must be high on skunk.
Those guys don't want to be cameroonian,damnitt.
There's no sign of freedom or devt in that part of africa.
And they've already tried to petition the UN to give them an independent state.
So don't worry,the day Nigeria gets an expansionistic-minded leader like abacha,then you will know what it means to be a neighbour to Nigeria.

idupaul: I still yet to come to terms how they used their relic fighters to drop munition on ground targets accurately ... This ops would have been better for attack copters supported by light armor personnel carriers

you forget that those relic fighters have undergone substantial upgrade.

trolling: its funny right? its prophecy deal with it...everything that would happen in this world has been predetermined,get ready for a third world America

okay.

Scun: At least those who survived the plane crash were not killed by Ambulance unlike what happened in the US earlier this year where an ambulance crushed someone who had managed to survive the crash.

lol.
That's pretty pathetic.
I shudder to think of the reaction,if that happened in Nigeria.

trolling: its inevitable bro,its gonna happen....read Jeremiah 50:37

A bible verse?
Lol.

manny4life: This is what I've been advising, holding reserves in GOLD STANDARD. Let there be a world gold trading platform for exchange, the only problem with Gold is that it has its limitations such as logistics and storage, but hey, anything but the failing $$$ will work.

I don't why Nigeria is still storing reserves in dollars.
I mean,it's very obvious that the american economy is failing.
And it's even more unfortunate,when you take note of the fact that Nigeria is rich in gold.

CFCfan: GOLD is the true money

yeah.
That was ghadaffi's idea.
Convert african reserves to gold and make international transaction in gold,which would have given african countries a massive advantage and accelerate our devt.
Well,uncle sam was alarmed,and took ghadaffi out.

trolling: dethrone the petrodollar..dethrone America....i for send you one link as how things go unfold but i no no if u get liver

Any country that tries this will face the full wrath of the american military and NATO.
Bro ghadaffi is an example.
The petrodollar is the only reason why america is still the world largest economy.

VoteOutPDPJona: A very interesting lecture. Salient points noted.

yeah right.
Salient points only to a political and historical neophyte.

CAMEROONPRIDE: the same way you are ashamed to b under America boots right?

Or better who took the orders from France to go in Mali and ivory coast please remind me ? Why is that the pseudo giant of Africa had to wait for France green flag? Dumb azz . U are not only an American puppet but also a French one .yet u have not been occupied by any of them .

We invaded mali because it was our duty as an ECOWAS nation to ensure democracy and stability in the region as written in the ECOWAS charters,just the same way we invaded liberia and serria-leone many years ago to restore peace.
We also prevented the US from setting up a military base in our country,something cameroon can never do.
Never you compare your oppressed,authoritarian and french-puppet state with Nigeria.

CAMEROONPRIDE: you are a shame to Africa, looking for western support to undermine and African brother.fcking western puppet is what u guys are , america professional azz lickers.

You can keep dreaming about Bakassi. Just like your brothers can't get over Biafra.
However I don't know what concern u in bakassi , who is we ? Talk for yourself . And come and flex your muscles with our merciless soldiers. Anyway the Nigerian in Bakassi are happy, they now have a gov that cares about his people. Welcome back home effik ekoi ibibio etc .

idiotts.
The only reason why we will look for the support of a superpower is because of your masters france.
We can deal with cameroon without breaking a sweat.
It will take us just 72 hours to occupy your entire country in a conventional war.
Secondly,bakassi does not belong to cameroon,we will occupy it one day when we have a fearless leader and there is nothing your puppet masters, france will do about it.
And finally,the ibibios and the efiks don't want to be cameroonian.
They've made that point very clear many times.
Infact,they prefer to secceed and be an independent nation,than to join cameroon.
I mean, why would they want to leave Nigeria for undemocratic,oppressed, and hellish cameroon?.
It's a no-brainer.

Okorocha the CLOWN.
The true face of APC.

desertboom: Miss/Mrs smart woman, since you called Mr. President dull and put down his academic achievements. Please, could you enlighten me what he could have done best in this situation. Thanks as I am waiting

lol.
What they do is to criticize and INSULT,even when the obvious course of action has been taken.
That's Nigerians favourite hobby.

musa ajebor: According to aljazeera news the airplane burst into flames mid air before crashing.
This is similar to the way and manner in which azazi and yakowa died too now ask urselves who is responsible for these deaths.

Most plane crashes are usually in that manner,you dumb aboki.