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There are few as racists as Arabs
You can't blame them though, a billion muslims think God speaks and write Arabic.

Seriously you are not normal!
Are you arguing that countries don't protect what they produce best or want to be a leading producer of??
To have "free trade" you have to trade in something, that something is your market, probably the backbone of your economy, most likely would be a great employer of labour or a potential employer, it only makes sense you protect such (potential) industry!!!!

vaxx2:
You are notoriously grasping at straw, and I don't know why you are doing these. it seems to me , you don't even understand your own argument. it is unnecessarily unproductive to import what a nation does better . who in its right head import crude oil to Nigeria. Ghana didn't place banned on cocoa beans stop lying but naturally no one will venture into such trade since it is unproductive to do so. during ivory coast civil unrest, Ghana was the gateway of ivory coast cocoa beans to Europe. Banning product across liberal country aren't meant to be protectionist but on security or sanction purpose. liberal country don't banned product related to trade, they rather work on competitive advantage . trade aren't done blindly .....

To ban imports from China would be to ban participation in the digital economy. There are very few computers, smartphones, and other digital products that aren't made in China.
By dominating the manufacture of electronics, China has made it's exports indespensible.
Banning Chinese products would be an economic death sentence for any country......

You can export as much as you can into China, it just must meet communism standard and regulation, Ghana just identify the place as the next home of its bitter alcoholic beverages. tax system is a soft mechanism to protect local industry not an outright banned to importers. despite the huge tax to invest in banking sector in Nigeria, there is still a lot of foreing banks .

kfc chicken are independent company from sweet sensation. both but of them can work synergy if thier buisness demand it. two of dangote subsidiary are collaborating right now.

in Ghana, two telecommunication have form a synergy. Airtwl and Tigo line. if your works and prospect demand it. it can work.


Why dont you ask question instead of argument. it seems to me you don't even understand your own argument. very poor if you ask me.

Na wah o!
DSS no dey this country again?
Like Buhari like his supporters (kolo)

Every country has a list of banned items!
EVERY SINGLE COUNTY IN THE WORLD
You can't import Cuban ciga into Cuba
You can't import Cocoa into Ghana etc

China makes use of non-tariff trade barriers to restrict the number of imports coming into the country. As China is a part of the World Trade Organization, it would be difficult for it to use only blatant tax-based trade barriers. As such, China uses more indirect trade barriers to protect its domestic market.

You can't being KFC chicken into Sweet sensation. I hope this simple description helps?

vaxx2:
You quoted me back with so many irrelevant topic that is off topic . being a dumping site for commodity been produce aborad is another topic entirely. You are just grasping on weak defence .

we are talking about importation as regards to trade here..... I hate goal post shifting.......

And I am surprised you only want to believed in the songs that rings In your head. cocoa production is a matter of planning and timing, this is what I raised ealier, You don't just wake up one day and become a cocoa producer or chocolate investor. it takes planning and timing as i mention earlier . swizz can produce cocoa if it so wish, climatic condition is not an hindrances in this days of mechanization when grean house technology can do better and also produce better yield.....

You can't defend Nigeria with this kind of poor understanding particularly when you yourself refuse to learn. Nigeria has placed ban on import of over 43 commodities and control it heavily by those who has the license to import them..


What do you produce that you deem it fit for Europe consumption. what do you do in africa if not primary and agrarian investment with zero value substitute . You have to be productive to compete in Europe market . China had passed such test . You see Chinese goods almost everywhere even America stores. Czech republic is seriously becoming a new market for Chinese goods and capital investment ... You don't become giant by being protective but by being productive.

Then why are you crying on NAIRALAND
THAT'S MY BIGGEST QUESTION
ARE YOU WAILING OUT OF LOVE FOR NIGERIA?

GENERATOGERIA:
Hahahahaha There are no Ghanaian officials in Abuja. we are no longer interested in dragging the border closure with you mudderfugger fuggerz it’s your border, do whatever you like with it. Ghana’s total exports to your sh1thole is not even up to $100 million is that the one that will affect Ghana’s economy? but there is sifiapain among nigerian traders in Ghana more than 200 nigerian shops have been closed and more are being closed every day . Let’s see who is wailing Who gives a fvck if Ghana’s population is not up to that of Lagos? we are looking for quality, not stvpid quantity

In a country where judges are being kidnapped!
The difference btw the North and the South is not really much.

If you dare close our multi million dollar companies we would believe you not those 2×2 shops
Wailing for Ghana
Kikikikiki
Who do you clowns think you are?
Your population is that of Lagos state
,
high level Ghanaian delegates are begging in Abuja

GENERATOGERIA:
Sharaaaap ediot. How dare you call me dummy? Even your president is the number one dummy, fool. the dummy president spends all his time watching cartoons on TV and picking his teeth. foolish goat.

Who gives a fvck about you foolish Nigerians? You closed your borders and we locked up your shops, nothing spoil now. Why are you fvcking wailing. You need a dirty slap to clear that your stvpid eyes. cry cry nigerians

GOODS YOU PRODUCE IN THE REGION YOU DUMMY NOT GOODS YOU IMPORT FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE OVERWHELMED WITH!
Are you pretending to be slow or what? You can't import rice from Asia and expect free access of the ECOWAS market!!!!!
Oh god!!!


When compared with the most populous country in the world, Benin Republic imported nearly two million metric tonnes of rice in 2017 (1,814,014), while China imported 1,204,911.
Jul 15, 2019
https://guardian.ng › features
Benin tops 184 countries importing rice from Thailand | The Guardian Nigeria ..

GENERATOGERIA:
what is this nonsense all about?

ECOWAS has laws on free movement of goods and people among member states which is being disregarded. is that too hard to understand?

stop talking trash. you want to eat your cake and have it? nonsense

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The cocoa tree (Theobroma Cocoa) grows in tropical areas between 15 and 20 degrees latitude north and south of the equator in Africa, Asia and Latin America....
Greenhouse to grow Cocoa for export/major consumption hehehehe that is almost laughable.
Do you realize it takes about 5 years for the tree to bear fruit!!! We are not talking about seedlings here!!

Nigeria has NOT banned trade WTF!!!!!! Where did you get this crap You sound so naive I almost pity you.

https://www.globalmeatnews.com › ...
Ghana joins forces with South Africa to fight EU - Global Meat News
04 Dec 2017 · Ghana joins forces with South Africa to fight EU ... Other proposals to mitigate the impact of chicken dumping....

www.ihu.dk › mediaPDF
The Impact of EU Poultry Sector Policies on Sub-Saharan African ... - IHU.dk
What EU Policies Affect the Poultry Meat Trade with SSA Countries? ..... Indeed, in some countries such as Ghana it is beginning to.

//www.businesslive.co.za › ...
Brazil now turning Ghana into a poultry wasteland - BusinessLIVE
20 Aug 2019 · ... and it's swamping Ghana with cheap imports

www.tuaeu.co.uk ›
How the EU starves Africa – Trade Unionists Against the EU
The most obvious and damaging exhibit is, of course, the Common Agricultural Policy ... designed to open up the markets of all African , Caribbean and Pacific countries for EU

www.downtoearth.org.in
Rein in dairy exports to our continent: African farmers to EU
15 Apr 2019 · Since 2009, the EU has been flooding North African countries with cheap skimmed milk powder (SMP), which is then reconstituted into milk. This has allegedly destroyed the local dairy industries and the fresh milk collection market in local markets.

EURACTIV.com
HomeNewsGlobal EuropeDevelopment PolicyEU-Africa free trade agreement ‘destroys’ development policy, says Merkel advisor

By Dario Sarmadi | EURACTIV.de | translated by Erika Körner 07-11-2014 (updated: 10-11-2014 )
Merkel's Africa commissioner criticised the EU's Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Africa saying it contradicts development aid

...Kenya is among the countries that refused to sign. In response, the EU imposed import tariffs on multiple Kenyan products effective from 1 October. Media has reported that the measure led to numerous layoffs in several African firms.

Under this pressure, Nairobi finally snapped two weeks ago, and added its signature to the trade agreement.

Andrew Mold, the UN’s economic analyst for east Africa, said he sees the African economy as being threatened by the agreement in the long-term.

“The African countries cannot compete with an economy like Germany’s. As a result, free trade and EU imports endanger existing industries, and future industries do not even materialise because they are exposed to competition from the EU,” Mold commented.

Thanks to various foreign trade agreements, Europe’s former colonies have enjoyed preferential access to the European market for many decades. In turn, they barely had to open their own markets.

But the World Trade Organization (WTO) declared this one-sided market opening unlawful in 2000. In response, the EU concluded the Cotonou Agreement in 2007 with 79 African countries (AKP countries). Since then, Europeans have been in negotiations with Africans over the corresponding free trade agreements.
But according to Green MEP Ska Keller, the EPA hurts regional trade, and does not leave partner countries any room to develop their own industries, create jobs and thereby pull people out of poverty. “Developing countries have a gun pointed at their chest – either they sign or their market access to the EU is restricted,” Keller said, “the EPA is the opposite of development cooperation.”

Africa has always been the dumping ground of the world! Wake ur silly asss Up

vaxx2:
Honestly, you aren't making your own research. or probably brainwashed. Switzerland is not producing cocoa beans simply because she is not investing in the production and not because she can't do it . To grow the cocoa trees in Switzerland. You would only need to cut down some forest and put a big greenhouse there. and that is all. greenhouse technology eradicate issues that comes with climate condition.

By the way, did you know that the original home of the cocoa tree is not Africa, but Mexico? The word chocolate is actually derived from Nahuatl, the old language of the Aztecs. In Mexico, they make chocolate, but most is for its traditional use.

if Ghana can get as much milk it required to produce in large quantity like swizz, she will have long become a big time chocolate producer. since it only takes goverment to send apprentice to go learn the best practice abroad but unfortunately, it is easier to transport dried cocoa beans to Europe than to receive fresh milk from Europe.

what africa need most now is industrialization. not banning trade. an industrialized enviroment will control itself naturally .

Morroco does more trade with ecowas than Any other African blocks , morroco has a potential to increase its growth, she is importing a lot of Nigeria crude oil , Ghana cocoa beans and trying to export her phosphate down west africa ... she is coming to ecowas to be more competitive. what is wrong if Nigeria seek to join SADA in South Africa. it is all about opportunity..

The west aren't your enemy , you africa are your own enemy. look into the mirror and tell me who you see. that is your stopping block.

We don't share land borders!!!!!
What is all this madness about?
ECOWAS has laws on trade among member states which is being disregarded, is that too hard to understand ?

GENERATOGERIA:
what is unfair here? closing your border is fair, but Ghanaians closing nigerian shops is unfair? what stvpid logic is that? Ghanaian laws does not permit retail businesses by foreigners. is that too difficult to understand?

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.....Most of the world's cocoa is grown in a narrow belt 10 degrees either side of the Equator because cocoa trees grow well in humid tropical climates with regular rains and a short dry season.... if Switzerland could grow cocoa trust me they would do in bulk...

Why do you think Africa was colonized??
Till today they still take our gold and valuable resources and give us guns, clothes and paper money.

Nobody is asking Africa to do trade by itself, how on earth would that even happen! But it is imperative Africa wakes up and stop being the dumping ground of the world.

Answer me this, why does Morocco want to join ECOWAS with the full backing of the EU?

You have intentionally decided not to get it.

vaxx2:
swizz didn't just become top leading chocolate producer and neither did Ghana just rose to become world cocoa leading producer . All takes planing and effort.

Ghana has chocolate imdustry also but not on the level of international standard. anyway that is a good development for a country that has far less infrastructure compare to swizz.


Africa can't do trade to herself only . we need each other back....

Dude pls sit down
Ghanaians are already closing Nigerian shops over 'unfair advantage'
Simple logic doesn't seem to apply there right?

GENERATOGERIA:
What do you mean would Ghana allow nigerian cocoa anywhere near its market? It doesn’t make sense. Ghana is a producer, not a recipient market for cocoa. If you have chocolate or finished products from cocoa to sell, Ghana could be a market. Your products will compete with other products of the same nature in the marketplace. This is very simple logic

Now you are beginning to understand,
Whats so wrong in Ghana processing and turning some of its paste to high quality chocolate and coners the African market?

Once Africa wakes up, most economies would collapse, it is inevitable IMF more than any institution knows this.


http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/24_Lombart.pdf
".....de ceux pour qui ‘sans l’Afrique, la France deviendrait une puissance de troisième rang’” (speaking about President Chiraq) ..one of those for whom “without Africa France would become a third-rate power"

vaxx2:
You are not thinking in the other way , what we happen to swizz economy that has about 2 billion dollar worth of chocolate industry, what will happen to other international buisness like nestle and others that are big enough to employed thousands of people.

This is the reason we must welcome comparative advantage

Your minister of finance wants to reduce rice importation and totally end tomato importation among other things, it's the sensible thing to do,

Why not encourage your country to keep importing? What exactly are you arguing about?

Would Ghana allow Nigerian Cocoa anyway near its market and claim free market? Your farmers would be bankrupt in a matter of months.

Once again Nigeria's ports are opened, land borders would be open in a few months.

West Africa is not known to have ANY niche,

vaxx2:
The simple logic says you augment and compliment when consumption exceed production. Your Saudi Arabia approach can easily be trashed by telling you how much food is still import or salt she is till import for her oil industry .

To stop rounding up in circle with you ..... read and learn here. ... self sufficiency is equal with close economy and it is not good for economy development. and ot is not even an economy policy...




https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autarky

Your arguments are supposed to be made by people who have no love for Africa.
Notice I put independent in quotations? If Ghana gets sanctioned by US/EU, you would crumble in 2 weeks, except of course Ghanaians have developed a way to digest cocoa paste.

Check this out and wake the heck up!!!

www.middleeasteye.net
Saudi agricultural investment abroad - land grab or benign strategy?

"After food costs spike, Saudis spent billions buying up farm land around the world.
"...they control rice farms in Ethiopia, Sudan and the Philippines, cattle ranches in California and Arizona, wheat fields in Ukraine and Poland, ranches in Argentina and Brazil and shrimp producers in Mauritania.."

Imagine if Nkruma visits an Africa that still can't feed itself?

Both Ghana and Nigeria brag about Jollof rice, meanwhile they import the same rice , lol , shameful if you ask me

vaxx2:
my simple argument is , no self sufficient nation in the world . not even Iran......

I really don't understand your argument

https://m.khaleejtimes.com › nation
UAE to reduce dependence on imported food products - News | Khaleej Times

It's only common sense, what exactly are you arguing about? You can't depend on outsiders to feed your people, it is very senseless.

Germany can afford to import food because it is protected by the EUROPEAN UNION market which doesn't joke with its local industries. How else would it

I asked you a simple question , how has Iran been able to still stand relatively strong despite US sanctions?
Answer: Iran is one of the few 'independent' countries in the world.

vaxx2:
I actually don't get it . repeating the mantra of the custom boss. "" A country than cannot feed itself is not worth calling itself a country"" That is basically bullshit. United Arab Emirates import almost everything she eats except maybe dates and some very basic food capable of growing in the saheel , this is also the same with Germany which is the second largest importer and third largest exporter of consumer oriented agricultural products worldwide, and by far the most important European market for foreign producers, yet it has one of the most enviable economy . until you understand that importation itself is not harmful but failure to annexed the opportunity that comes with it. Nigeria should be talking about industrialization not agriculture practise like the days of Noah


This is simply a discusstion. anyway , whenever feed you the lies, there is no America millitary base in Ghana . and of America millitary base exist, what is wrong ? there is America millitary base In United kingdom , Japan, Germany and most of the powerful nation that are way prosperous than Ghana yet it is not a problem. Get it, one of the way weaker nation maintain stability is hiding thru the arms of powerful nation , you don't argue equal terms with a country that can cast you of the surface in a blink of eye . millitary power is even far more important than balanced economy . You don't do these by subjugating yourself but by exchanging mutual policy and strenghten diplomacy on equal terms. This is the purpose of African union , same purpose of ecowas and likewise United nation. . How will Nigeria agree to have equal right with Gambia if mutual co-operation were not in place?.

This is what leader like kwame inkrumah argue for single africa millitary . I.2 billion africa as a state is even scary to even America.

Have you ask yourself what is keeping Ghana off from attack even when nations very close to her like Burkina and cote devoire have been attack many times.


Ghana once was used as a rescue mission to save Nigeria ..... read here.... there is power in diplomacy.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/us-china-mission-rushes-bomb-grade-nuclear-fuel-out-africa


when it comes to matter of importation, Ghana has a regulated standard. you can't just import dirt into Ghana. Go CHECK ghana market and see the kind of product entering the country , and there is current plan to monitor the kinds of phones and computer gadget entering the country to ease off fake product . Haiti should have be proactive in that measure .

Ghana is actually not right there but it is envy to so many africa nations. from its health care insurance policy to its free education system . it is something to be proud of .

Look here,
A country that cannot feed itself is not worth calling itself a country,
You are at the mercy of international sanctions and diplomatic manipulations, hence you have to always play nice
When they suggest an american military base in your country, you have to smile and nod.
Read about Clintons destuction of Haiti with cheap American rice
There is nothing wrong with importation but you have to be able to feed yourself, we are not situated in the desert hence have no excuse.
We fought a war in Nigeria that waged on for years until food supplies were targeted, you can't honestly call yourself a country when you import your staple food, even YOUR country realizes that, Ghanaian economy is not a model to be followed, even they are ashamed and are hoping to adjust.
You quote your country like you are a model to be copied?

vaxx2:
That should not be an excuse. Singapore is comparable to America.... if population is your yardstick of comparism, then no country is worth comparable to China and India judging by their I.3 to 1.4 billion population. not even America should be compared with India since population didn't do justice. ..... economy can be compared in whatever form . Ghana and Nigeria are comparable.

America has the best most enviable economy. yet it import more than export despite trump protectionism trade policy.

Just30:
he is only exaggerating

hahahaha if you say so,

Ghana spend only 300 million dollars on rice import
according to trade data from the ministry of finance who gives clearance

Ghana import 13 billion worth of products
how is 1 billion equivalent to 82%

https://www.graphic.com.gh/business/business-news/food-imports-cost-us-2-4bn-annually.html
The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed that food imports cost the nation an average of US$2.4 billion every year.
This means that about GH¢10.8 billion (one dollar to GH¢4.5) is used to import rice, sugar, sorghum, frozen chicken and meat, among other food items, for domestic and industrial consumption on annual basis.

“It is almost not about the people importing; it is about us agreeing that there will be some shortfalls for the next three, four or five years as we ramp up our production,” he said.

https://www.myjoyonline.com/business/2019/March-20th/ghana-to-end-tomato-imports-cut-rice-imports-by-50-in-2019.php
Ministry of Food and Agriculture says it is looking to cut down imports of rice by 50 per cent as well as end the importation of tomato this year.

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/dfe2/9277124485ad3fea16a7a26f2cc416e21a00.pdf
To meet the supply deficit, Ghana imports about 70% of its rice consumption requirement from Asia

I really don't understand why Ghanaians are ranting and angry about Nigeria doing what other nations including theirs have done, and are doing,

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Ghana-spends-1-1-billion-on-rice-importation-Deputy-Trade-Minister-reveals-699410

The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka Lindsay has disclosed that Ghana imported rice worth $1.1 billion in 2017.

[b]According to him, rice importation “takes 82% of all imports into the country”.

Mr. Lindsay said, the leading product imported into Ghana every year from Vietnam is rice, which is by far the largest contributor to the import quota.

The Deputy Minister indicated, “We spent $1.1 billion last year on rice importation to Ghana”.

He strongly believe it is about time Ghana added value to its raw materials for exports in order to gain more from the resources of the country.

“This government’s focus and direction is on industrial transformation thus transforming our economy, the same transformation Vietnam went through some years ago led by its SME,” he said.[/b]

https://www.businessghana.com/site/news/business/167665/Ghana-imports-over-US1-162-billion-worth-of-rice-annually-Minister


I hope to read back from you soon........

urahara:
I'm even concerned about where he quoted that rice imports are 80 percent if ghanas imports .

I don't know where that leaves phones , computers , cars , industrial machines etc.

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Ghana-spends-1-1-billion-on-rice-importation-Deputy-Trade-Minister-reveals-699410

https://www.businessghana.com/site/news/business/167665/Ghana-imports-over-US1-162-billion-worth-of-rice-annually-Minister

There is a reason the Ministry of Agriculture wants to limit import by 50%, it is embarrassing to be honest, imagine importing Turkey and Chicken when unemployment is souring, the irony is it is classified as fresh food

Just30:
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The reduction of rice importation the growth and consumption of local rice
The Ministry of Agriculture says plans are in place to reduce the importation of rice by at least 50 percent this year.

This is to enhance the growth and consumption of local rice in Ghana.

Currently, Ghana imports 331 million dollars of rice annually, a development stakeholders have described as worrying.

Speaking to Citi Business News Deputy Minister of Agriculture, George Oduro said measures such as the ‘planting for food and jobs’ as well as the newly introduced Irrigation land facility system should help reduce the importation of rice by half.

“This year alone, our target to stop the importation of rice by 50 percent, maybe we can achieve that or more.” He said.

He also added that the importation of tomatoes is equally being looked at to reduce it soon.

“Then tomatoes too, we are trying by the end of this year to stop the importation of tomatoes and if possible export.”

He, however called for a collaborative effort to achieve this feat.

“We are putting measures to stop these importation of these food items because the possibility of us producing them here is there, we can. But only if we come together to show the interest. That is the only way we can solve this problem.” He added


Ghana rice import has never been 1billion dollars

The population of Ghana is 28million while that of Lagos is 21million so I don't understand where the comparison is coming from in the first place,
Ghanaian economy works like most African economies, they export precious raw materials like bauxite, aluminuim ore, (because they have no means to process it) and import consumables like rice, pharmaceutical products, textiles same old story. We have always been the dumping ground of the world,

Everybody needs somewhere to dump their crap, that's why Moroccan wants to join ECOWAS, even though they are not even situated in the region.

China did not grow by throwing open it's borders, it grew by being the factory of the world, it mobilized it's workforce and made lax labour laws, now EVERYTHING is made in China, if a new fighter jet, sport car, or machinery is unveiled in the west you can be sure China would copy it and goodluck getting a Chinese court to rule in your favour, now they are leading in some aspects.

Why is Iran more powerful than Saudi Arabia/UAE that imports everything?
Why is Iran still standing relatively strong despite US/EU sanctions while countries like Venezuela, Zimbabwe folded like a pack of cards?

Rice importation has not been banned! CBN won't grant you forex on things like rice and palm oil,
That is another import that drives me crazy! PALM OIL!!!! IMPORTING PALM OIL/VEGETABLE OIL IN WEST AFRICA, big shame

vaxx2:
You have to understand how Ghana market work.... for example the production of cement in Ghana far exceed its consumption rate yet goverment still allow importation . this has been very good for the economy as it force cement price to be well at lower price., Also in the textile industry, Ghana has gotten enough satisfy production ratio, it can even banned production in that sector as it is self sufficient yet it encourage importation. this has force competition for better quality and value for money.

Ghana has improve on its rice import with plan to improve on it, there is even a measure to banned it in the next three years as the future plan to grow more works. but Ghana that I know will not banned rice but rather limit the importation rate. competition is good for every economy.

Go check food sufficiency report. Ghana is more sufficient in food production than most country in west africa including Nigeria.

The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka Lindsay has disclosed that Ghana imported rice worth $1.1 billion in 2017. According to him, rice importation “takes 82% of all imports into the country”.Nov 9 2018.

Ghana actually needs the OP's advise more than Nigeria. You can keep living in a fools paradise, but West Africa needs to get its act together.

Once again if war breaks out, Ghana would be one of the first countries to become an IDP.

Just30:


this one thinks Ghana is as useless as his country Nigeria


Ghana produce at least 80% of what ever we consume
so Ghana is good.
we dont need to close the border to be able to increase production.

We increased our rice production from 0 to 800,000 metric tonnes in just 4 years.
that is 80% of all rice consumed in Ghana.

When afenifere starts endorsing presidents then it has lost its mandate
And I am smarter than expecting change from either apc/pdp.

surgical:
you mean he should support a government that even the heavens are against because it is your party
Your party has performed woefully that no sane person will support
From bad policies to lawlessness,dictatorship,lies , deceit,corruption,just to mention a few
No self respecting man will support such a failed government or party

IF and when our steel companies roll back to life, there would have to be a check on Chinese cheap steel.
Africa has always had a reputation for being the dumping ground of the world.
While the border closure is killing an ant with a sledgehammer, its up to Nigerian entrepreneurs to make the best of it.
Since you have identified a cash cow (mechanization) its up to the citizens to key in on that, if u have collateral you can start immediately.
If your borders were porous like Nigeria, Toyota would be scared to set up multi million $ plant in Ghana, since 2nd hand Toyotas would be everywhere.
If war breaks out, Ghana would be one of the first countries to starve. Importing food just reeks of stupidity.
Saudi Arabia is buying up farmlands in Ethiopia. They wish they had what we have

Blue3k:
I get the notion about it being competitive because mechanization in agriculture is factor in that. There topic here applies to any agricultural product. It doesn't mean Nigeria has comparative advantage in everything but it does help. It about competitiveness do you subsidize industries that have no hope of success? There's a reason the world moved more towards free trade than protectionism.

America's military is powered by its economic might.

Inflation has always been an issue. The 70s weren't rosey like you want me to believe. I already addressed manufacturing. The naira is artificially high anyway. (Inflation chart below)

You seem bitter about IMF asking you liberalize economy to grow. It's weird for you demand FDI then get mad when foreigners when recoup their capital. You know it after 2014 when FDI shrunk. You'll just have to settle portfolio investments until foreigners want invest. If Ghana can get Toyota to build assembly plant its not impossible for Nigeria.

There's plenty of small nations that do well. A strong robust economy is matter of policies. China didn't get to where it at without foreigners investing in the free trade zones in the 70's.

Once they're out of government, everything becomes clearer

Its no different in the south where sporting dreadlocks or having 'style' is discouraged by even the youth.

This Odumakin would sink Afenifere,
What development strides are they championing?
Always doing the work of the opposition

Shezzy13:
Being slave is a good Bussiness... Now some loyal slaves love the system..and prayerfully wish it remain same..not that the benefit from it.

But being slaves shackled from neck to post..means heaven to them...to them freedom is hell.
So they wish ..only if all would be slaves...it will elevate them and dia masters will.consider them loyal..even with the resounding whips that comes hard on their bare back.

Kudos to loyal.slaves..suck up the balls..lick up the asses..and eat the shit..

Just know
.slavery only runs in the blood.. Nigerians will be free..someday..and freeborns will enjoy dia liberty.

Damn! you sound like a slave!
This is a very depressing read!
Don't pass this mentality to your kids PLEASE!

Una don start this early morning!
No be Osinbanjo and Fulani that wants to use and dump him again?
Now na Tinubu vs VP

'shouting march' ko singing July ni

Hahaha
I wouldn't have guessed!

majamajic:
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IamAtikulate:
Yoruba Moslems and their linear thinking sha. Instead of standing up to fight, they are blaming Ndi Igbo

You are articulate
Fulani slave talking about standing up and fighting
Kikikikikikiki