₦airaland Forum

for me, i'm going into cow business.

some of these faceless people defending banks should be told to shut the hell up.

I also have to pay for power as well, running my factory generators for up to 10 hours non-stop, five days a week. I take it as one of the challenges of operating in our environment and I device ways of getting around the problem. Do i now use it as an excuse to hit my customers with all sorts of ridiculous hidden charges? NO WAY!

What many of these banks are doing IS A COMPLETE RIP-OFF AND SHOULD NOT BE CONDONED! It's crazy. Please those of us living abroad should tell us if banks over there do the same.

You must absolutely be out of your mind to be asking to hire a wild animal.

Lions are not like dogs. Dogs are domesticated. Cats are domesticated. Lions and other wild cats like tigers, leopards, panthers ARE NOT DOMESTICATED.

Even if they are bred at home from when they are cubs, that natural killer instinct still develops in them and there is an ever present danger that they can turn on the owners.

I've seen in documentaries where lions, bears, etc, mistook certain grimaces and hand movements FROM THEIR OWNERS as aggression and attacked!

HMM! BE WARNED O!

Plateau state being a highland state located in the savannah region will definitely have a larger population of venomous snakes than other areas closer to sea level. It's a geographical fact.

Farmers should be told to wear boots when working. It helps. Also, the government should provide enough vials of the anti-snake venom. Should help.

Some people have so much money, that they can't apply their minds again to reasonable thinking. How in the world does printing more Naira solve our economic woes?

Is the man sane at all?

This atiku guy must be a bloody fool.

In 2001, ASUU asked the Federal Government to devote some amount of dollars per barrel (I think it was 9 cents or 90 cents; i'm not so sure of the figure again) of crude oil to funding of universities. The government rejected it. If I can, I will get a full text of the negotiations on the 2001 agreement that the government has refused to implement (which is why the present strike is on) and publish it here for the world to see.

He was the Vice president in that goverment. Now he has the temerity to come talking about education. Anyway, we are to blame for still allowing this country to be conducive for people like him to go about and make noise.

There are some countries where people like him would not dare show themselves in public.

redman44, i am really feeling you.

I am about to go into cattle business, thanks to one of my staff who reared cows as a young boy. we are thinking of buying cows somewhere at the rate of between N35,000 to N120,000 per head, and reselling same at double the price in Abuja.

I've seen cows going for as much as N250,000 per head. For those who do not know, ex-Ghanaian international Nee Odartey Lamptey is into cow business. Animal husbandry is good business, but like any other business, you need a marketing plan to properly dispose of your stock getting your cash at hand and not having people owing you up and down.

Go for it my brother!

Motorcycles, bicycles and motorized tricycles are used in other parts of the world with a much lower accident rate.

To those who are saying okada ban is working in Abuja, has it stopped accidents from happening DAILY on the Airport road, Abuja Keffi road, Kubwa road and other major roads in the FCT?

Motorists there capitalise on the good roads in the Federal Capital to drive as if they are on a Formula 1 racing track.

The problem is not with the okada riders. It is the attitudinal problems that we Nigerians have to virtually everything. We don't obey traffic rules, run red lights anyhow, drive anyhow, you just name it.

In a country where uniformed personnel and bank bullion vehicles routinely break every single traffic rule known to man and even kill people in addition, what good does banning okada riders (supposedly to reduce accidents) do?

I have once been almost rammed by the pilot vehicle of a state governor who beat a red light trying to negotiate a bend without any warning. (I wish they had; them for settle me like Tinubu settle Tony Tetuila in the popular song "u do hit my car"

UBA guys are nothing but Daylight Robbers. I wish Tony Elumelu is reading this. He should be ashamed of running a bank that consistently rips off customers by charging COT charges on savings accounts, inter-state transfers (even on savings accounts), etc.  

Then Danels Microfinance bank. Someone should start monitoring these so-called microfinance banks. Their modus operandi is not any different from the commercial banks. Just old wine in new bottles as far as I am concerned.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS MICROFINANCE BANK DEDUCTING N1000 FROM AN ACCOUNT EVERY MONTH? WHAT FOR?  

Needless to say that these two banks will not see a dime of my money in their accounts again. A friend of mine from Ethiopia could not believe his ears when I told him of the numerous charges these banks take.

In the same vein, I strongly wish to commend Guaranty Trust Bank. They are wonderful. No hidden charges, no minimum balance requirements, ease of transfers for forex and othe domiciliary dealings, etc. THUMBS UP!

Simply beats the hell out of me why someone would opt to start such a business with such a large capital outlay when there are several oportunities that require far less and will yield great profits.

I would advise the rince to start some other business, mke money and then finance your dream. No bank in Nigeria as at now will fund it, and i am very sure no individual will too.

This is why francophone Africa is in charge of affairs in football and other sectors of africa. They know how to collaborate when it matters most. But see how citizens of the two strongest Anglophone West African countries (after Liberia and S. Leone are still recuperating from exhausting civil wars)are slugging it out right here on Nairaland.

Very sad indeed!

ahh! Akin is even in the house. Follow his advice well.

ifyalways,

Since u are obviously bent on personalizing issues here, can you please tell us what it takes to get a Category 2 DPR license for sale and storage of petroleum products?

Or why don't you tell us the various license classifications?

Can you tell us what a "draft management agreement" is? (in case you don't know, it is a major requirement to getting your station license approved by DPR).

What organizations are involved in the entire process?

Tell us the various station operational classifications and what is involved in setting up each one. What does CODO and DODO stand for?

Tell us how to set up a partnership with a major marketer.

Tell us the role of IPMAN in the entire process. Tell us the trucking registration requirements for those who intend to lift products with their trucks.

I can go on and on to prove to you that your ignorance about this topic is so vast, it knows no bounds, and rather than shut up to keep your ignorance a secret, you decide to post here and PROVE that you are indeed highly ignorant as to the information the starter of this thread is seeking for.

If you are unable to answer, I suggest you shut up and stop spilling trash here.

Do you think setting up a filling station is an ali baba fun joke? I am a stakeholder with business interests in the industry, affiliating with a major oil marketer for more than ten years. Do you think I would just come here to sell junk for N25,000?

The fellow i was replying to has an opportunity to get a hang of what the entire business entails, including getting invitations to oil and gas summits and personal introductions to players in the industry and sources of financing to get him started. Who do you think will give him all this? The Otedolas/Jimoh Ibrahims/Harrisons of this country?

Petroleum marketing business is not for those looking for freebies or handouts. We are not playing here. If I ask him to pay N25,000 for this information which he will be hard put getting anywhere else, I am actually doing him a favour because he will not get such information elsewhere at that price.

If it was that easy to access the information and financing to start a filling station, why are many people not starting it the way call centres are springing up everywhere?

Something a lot of people do on forums is that they think everyone coming here wants to monetize something. IF SOMETHING IS WORTH PAYING FOR, IT IS WORTH PAYING FOR.

It's only in this country where people want to get millionaire-making information for FREE. I AM SURE IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT IN NORTHERN IRELAND WHERE U SUPPOSEDLY LIVE, DOES IT?

he won't get no information from the thread u referred him to. starting a filling station business is an expensive and tedious process. It is not for those looking for freebies. Anyone starting it has to be prepared; first with the right information (which my feasibility offers).

Armed with the right information, you can then step on to the next levels. So if he is serious, he should get the stuff for N25,000. Non-negotiable price.

I have a complete feasibilty report prepared by me with a team of experts in the industry and an engineer at home with the construction of a standard filling station. It will include all you need from licensing to site approvals, construction, business processes, products sourcing and sales.

This report is yours for N25,000. It attracts this price so that only those who are serious will get it.

Poultry business is good business, but it is equally risky. The coming of the highly pathogenic strain of the avian influenza virus has changed the face of this business. An outbreak can wipe out an entire fam of a million birds in 48 hours!

My suggestion is that it will pay you to take out time and go to exisiting farms like Songhai farms in Benin Republic and study what they have there. It may look like a huge expense, but it will pay you in the long run.

Secondly, you have to get a vet.doctor on standby to respond to all health issues that may arise. Chickens are particularly prone to illness. Source information from the best hands in the business, do what they do and you will get their results.

toptop:
hi guys, i am a new member and i realy need ur kind advice. pls advice me on the kind of busness i could start with 500000 thousand naira, bearing in mind that i am a banker and so has little or no time to run the buzness myself.

As a banker, I would like to suggest a business arrangement that will benefit you and I; something you can do that is related directly to your work on a day to day basis.

I use computer-aided design software to make male and female suits that can match anything produced by the top designers anywhere in the world(and yes, I can say it anywhere looking guys like Emporio Armani in the face). I use their methods, I use the same machines, and I can source quality materials. The plan is that we will use your status as a banker to market them to your colleagues in your bank, and your colleagues in other banks.

We can work out a percentage and then we can set to work. That way, you will be involved in the business by modelling and marketing the product (something you can do without distracting you from your work) while we take care of the production process. I know from experience that it is easy to make close to N200,000 from one single branch alone, talkless of when you spread your dragnet.

Frome there when a business relationship has been formed, we can move to other things.

jumie:
@stillsmall,

I don't know of anywhere in abj where you can learn to sew. However, you could simply look out for very good designers and approach them.

All da best!

I've followed this thread with very keen interest. well, i live in abuja and to stillsmall, i would give this answer.

Are you interested in actually sewing because you want to know how to sew, or are you interested in it for business reasons? if it for business, then i can teach you how to prepare designs using computer-aided design software.

Sewing with patterns is the technology used abroad by all designers. The software is used to generate the patterns using the customer's sizes, and then the pattern is printed out and cut, ensuring that when the seams are joined together, you get a perfect fit for the customer.

We can arrange to meet thereafter.