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There more money in exporting cassava starch than gold. Thailand made $3.1 billion from exporting Cassava last year.

Thailand is the largest exporter of cassava products in the world, and has been for many years. Approximately 75 – 80% of the cassava grown in Thailand is exported, mainly to China and other South Asian countries, in the form of dried cassava chips, pellets and native or modified starch products.
http://www.agribenchmark.org/fileadmin/Dateiablage/B-Cash-Crop/Reports/CassavaReportFinal-181030.pdf

Olude193:
78 private Ke

.how many do we have in Nigeria

Nigeria has 262 public and private higher institutions, but majority of them are of very low quality.

https://www.webometrics.info/en/Africa/Nigeria

How does a Nigerian youth escape poverty?

....By collaborating with other youths to protest and demand good governance.

Every advise that has been shared on this forum, has good intentions, but unless Nigeria has a capable government, you will always be poor. Surviving and prayers cannot solve your poverty problems, changing the society not only for yourself but all Nigerians is the only solution.

AkwaIbomMan:
that's why SS SE SW and NC all need to form an alliance and bundle APC out of power cos as long as APC is still in power then these bandits will keep going on a killing spree cos immunity got them covered.
APC is a Fulani party
Lzaa imhotep

Was the PDP any better?

Adesina will not address the true impact of Buhari hopeless leadership, the failure to support local industries and agriculture. Closing the border was a stupid decision by this government.

A country with 12% inflation and weak currency at N560 to $1 needs help

GTkester:
But on a more serious note, taking a second look at this list and reminiscing on the history of Nigeria made me sad for some few moments.

To be honest, the afonjazees have messed up Nigeria. So when it comes to hardwork, diligence, knowledge and almost every other important positive HDIs' the Igbos and Yorubas are almost always on the top. But instead of the yorubas to merge together and develop a unified vision or mission with the Igbos in Nigeria, they chose to sabotage the Igbos and at the same time play a second fiddle to the fulanis whom they are in every way better than.

What yorubas Muslims have done to the great Yoruba nation is honestly unpardonable!!

You need to read your history.

Ndigbo should also realise that in spite of his legendary status Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was largely responsible, directly and indirectly, for the plight of Ndigbo from 1960 to date. Let me allow Mazi Chidolue to speak for himself.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/07/zik-is-the-trouble-with-nigeria-1/

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/07/zik-is-the-trouble-with-nigeria-1/

GTkester:
Mehn, Nigeria, weve got a long way. So Nigerians getting admitted into Warwick, Cambridge, univs is now what a whole country will be celebrating, Even when none of our universities are in the top 1000 globally.

Chai, we can do better.

Build the human capacity even If you can't build the institutions.

Those young Nigerians will contribute to Nigeria intellectual pool and one day will return to take over the country.

Institutions are more than brick and mortar.

Queenslander:
Oga tell them to return home if living abroad isn't good for them.. As long as they're abroad, we will continue to call them..

.....return too what?

dukeprince50:
They want us to celebrate mediocrity.
me I do not need much from my president, His excellency President Mohammadu Buhari than to give us a country that we can freely do business without fear of those who will dupe us and collect our money(yahoo-boys) and also fear of bandits, cultists etc, the country is not safe for industrialization.

Well he cloudn't hide the truth when he wrote

Nobody can deny that there are very serious challenges in the country, particularly in the areas of security, the economy, and standard of living generally.

The fact that the Naira has just been devalued again indicate that FX will not be invested in that country , if the standard of living continue to fall the country will descend into complete meltdown and anarchy

Gas supply and oil refinery is beyond them, but nan office to do nothing dem they build.

Nigeria and their yeye development

Reference:
I am only telling you what you want to hear and on a public forum like this it will be inappropriate not be politically correct (aka 'patriotic'). You take what you want from my response but I have given enough hints to paint a realistic picture about what unconventional warfare is all about.

Nations with far longer experience, far superior military forces struggle against radical ideologist driven groups and you think it wil be a walk in the park for Nigeria?...

Rubbish , Nigerians are always comparing their failures with other countries failures.Nigerians take comfort in other countries incompetence. Why not compare Nigeria with other countries success stories.

It's well known that the Nigeria army has been underfunded and the officer ranks are selected based on quota and not merit.

Grgton:
The military do not have the powers they do exercise during the 1950s 40s

now democracy has made them powerless!!

Democracy has made African powerless and poor

Arrewa:
Let me still put this here...

Hypocrisy of the southners! When the excessive killings of zamfara was still on; you didn't call it jihad or genocide against the indigenous muslim communities. But since it has now turned to the Christain communities of kaduna State. You're now sugar-coating your pen to suite your narratives that portrays the southern kaduna killings as a planned genocide been sponsored by Muslim elites.

Factually, nobody is happy with the dialy killings that's happening with kaduna south citizens. But how do you expect me to support you when your long article paints me as the sponsor of the menace? Or are you intentionally calling it a genocide against Christainity to get the Muslims angry and use the bashing comments they'd rain on you to affirm your assertion?

When terrorists attack a Muslim dominant community; Most of the victims would surely be muslims. Like wise, if they attack a Christain dominant population; Majority of the victims would be Christains. The war is neither muslims against Christains nor Christains against Muslims. But a war between humans and cannibals.

I guess you're calling this a genocide of cleansing Christains due to the fact that a Muslim is ruling the the country. But did you call the 2010 to 2015 killings of Borno aboriginal Muslims a genocide to cleanse Islam? How about sokoto and katsina State menace? Is it a genocide against Christains also?

Insecurity has forsaken our country. But instead of us to raise our collective voices to condemn it and call the attention of the the government to curtail it; we are busy throwing shades at each other and playing the usual blame game. Infact, some Imbeciles are even happy about it since it'd be a means for them to further spread hate and cause havoc within the northern population.

Whether it's a genocide or not. We strongly condemn it and call the attention of the relevant authorities to unveil a fight against it.

My thoughts and prayers are with southern kaduna, kastina and zamfara citizens. I pray this come to an end. I pray that: smile shines out your rues sooner. I pray your land regains it peace and freedom.

Maybe Northerner should stop waiting for Southerner to speakup on the mass murder and carnage in the North. What are Northern Nigerian doing? I don't see any protest by Northerner or is it because Arewa is now in power and you don't want to rock the boat.

Propsvilla:
Good move

Maybe the people that own those cargos will now leave Lagos and return to the SE

Onlinealaba:
It's good they want to renovate the place but FG should please listen to their plead, but the ugly thing about Nigerians is even if they were giving 6 months some won't still adhere to the order

Why are they renovating the stadium? Shouldn't the best plan of action be the selling or leasing the stadium to an organisation that can operate, market and maintain this historical edifice. Government needs to get out of owning infrastructures that they cannot maintain.

The London Olympic stadium was handover to West Ham FC to operate for profit. Wembley Stadium is part owned by the UK government and a for-profit company.

Nigeria needs to focus on operation management and not just building infrastructures that they can't operate, the Lagos bridges, refineries, Ikoyi secretatriat are all comatose, because the country lacks the management skills and finance to maintain and operate these expensive edifice.

freshkpomo:
Verdict: So long I am alive, Nigerian leaders will one day pay for their sins... Their generation will not he left out too, they ate from people's pain.



A united youth is an unstoppable force


#NYM.


Don't just sit on the fence, join the movement.

IBB is 79 is he paying for his sin. Get out and protest like other Africa, we have to put Nigerian polilooter on notice that the street will raise against incompetence and corruption.

kikero:
Fact, the Amry was also corrupt, and also left us an economy heavily dependent on oil..the same economy we are still dealing with up till today.

Fact, the Army could not finish Ajaokuta steel complex and a host of other projects .

Plus, most of the high infrastructures the Army built.....was built in the 1970's when we had the oil boom thanks to massive increase in oil prices.When the oil prices crashed, so did the high infrastructure.

Civilians too did build some infrastructure...plus thanks to Obasanjo allowing GSM companies to run private...we have a telecoms infrastructure miles ahead of what the Army could provide.

Our rail infrastructure also was wrecked by Army mismanagement. It is only under GEJ and Yaradua and even Bubu that we are seeing some development of the thing.

Fact, Nigeria largest oil boom of $100 per barrel between 2010 to 2014 didn't materialised into infrastructure boom.
Fact, the military built Ajaoukuta upto 90% completion, 21 years of civilian rule it still 90%.
Fact, the oil refineries that were built by the military, have never worked despite 21 years of civilian rule, with two presidents OBJ and Buhari working as the minister of petroleum.

Fact, militant insurgencies or unrest never lasted longer than 3 years. 21 years of democracy has left Nigeria virtually at war with itself.

Fact, I am against military rule, but I have lost confidence and interest in Nigeria form of democracy.

sorepco:
I disagree with u. I prefer a benevolent dictator or benovelent army rule to a democracy.
South Korea was developed by an army fist.
Singapore and Malaysia and China were/are all benevolent dictatorships! We as Democrats r we more developed or more corrupt than they r?

kikero:
Yes, South Korea was developed by the Army, but they did not develop by giving people free things. Most Koreans had to work for long hours to develop their country. If we applied Park Chung Hee methods to Nigeria, people will complain of harshness, and of the government not caring for them.

As for Singapore, they got lucky.

China spent over 20 years being underdevelped by the Mao dictatroship. They are developed now because they allowed the capitalists to run their economy...something we Nigerians don't really want.

Fact! Majority of the infrastructures in Nigeria were built by the military. The airport, new capital, refineries , LNG, roads were all built by the military.

In 21 years of democracy what has democracy delivered in infrastructures and human development, every election is stolen by corrupt politian. Even the richest state in Nigeria, Lagos State cannot finish a light railway that was started in 2008.

Democracy in Nigeria is living on borrowed time they better get their act together.

[quote author= post=92977741]We thought coup is not popular in the world anymore.
Here we go again.[/quote]If democracy fails, what option do the people have. This is a president that spent $40 million on a private jet when the country couldn't afford to operate in small air force.

Mali flies into international storm over purchase of $40m presidential jet
Purchase of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's private plane may be a tipping point in Mali's relations with aid donors
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/may/16/mali-president-boubacar-keita-private-plane-international-aid-donors

Karlifate:
Calm down!
I'm neither a fan of any politician nor a member of any political party.

You are not mad.

I have calmed down, I hate lovers of Nigerian politician.

Karlifate:
Calm down!
I'm neither a fan of any politician nor a member of any political party.

You are not mad.

I have calmed down, I hate lovers of Nigerian politician.

Karlifate:
Corruption has eaten deep into all sectors in Nigeria.
Even in the Health Sector, a man was called out days ago for illegal withdrawal of Billions of Naira of the NHIS funds. Yet, health workers go on strike like it's a child's play, the Government Hospitals are in dilapidated state, the Private Hospitals that are even better are expensive for many Nigerians.
Yes, corruption is everywhere & fast becoming a norm BUT what can we do as an individual & as a nation to change this status quo?
The "CHANGE" being chanted by APC everytime begins with you & I.

You are mad,

APC and Change. Look at the CVs of majority of the APC members that came from PDP and Tinubu party that has turned Lagos into giant slum. You think that is change? You want change go on the street and protest.

Webmannigeria:
This sort of things won't stop until we have LEADERS who are ready to BUILD THIS NATION.....and make it GREAT

The Malian and Suadanese have removed incompetent leaders, they are not waiting for leaders to change they are out on the street and doing it themselves.

ThatFairGuy:
That's why you shouldn't be Hypocritical. You'll see difference if you could juxtapose era where oil was over a $100 per barrel to this era with the achievements of the duo

You will never learn.

Buhari wasn't selected to run a country awashed with oil riches and stability, he was selected because the country had high expectation that he would instil discipline, security and managed the resources effectively, he has failed on all account.

Back to $100 per barrel oil . Even if oil was $1000 per barrel Nigeria will still be poor, exporting oil will never improve Nigeria economy as long as the country is a large importer of refined oil and industrial goods and services.

The minister of petroleum still refuse to upgrade, repair or sell the 3 refineries that are consuming billions of Naira, despite not refining one drop of oil.

The problem is that all Nigeria leaders lack the knowledge to leverage Nigeria competitive advantage in agriculture, steel and petrochemicals.

Nigeria is the largest producer of Cassava in the world, yet Thailand generated $3.1 billion from exporting Cassava starch.

Vixlot:
https://www.toldnetwork.com/2020/08/13/my-experience-in-zimbabwe/

That's why the White's want to take back the countries, the country is clean and organised, you hardly find a shanty town in Zimbabwe. This is a country that has 90% literacy rate. Poverty is not the root cause of corruption and criminality, it's culture.

ThatFairGuy:
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For the fact that you are a Nigerian, be optimistic and speak well of your country. If not for you, for your posterities. Why all these negativities about Nigeria by some despicable Nigerians?
Even if one leaves Nigeria for another country, will one be able to leave with all one's families! It's high time we shun all these negativities about Nigeria, FOR THE SAKE OF POSTERITY

In other countries, they are protesting on the street and removing incompetence and hopeless government like Buhari.

Instead of stand up to useless leaders you are wasting your time backing them on social media.

This government has been in power for six years, Ajaokuta should be operational and not on a project plan. Before you start with your PDP and APC bollock, Buhari was not elected to continue PDP incompetence, he was elected to end PDP and start a new change process, but unfortunately for Nigerians he is as bad as the previous government.

techmo:
Why not? A single digit 20 to 30 years loan with 5 years and more moratorium

.

Nigeria can't even managed the $40 millions P&ID deal that has now balloned to $10billion and still being debated in arbitration courts in UK. I doubt Nigeria governments have the discipline and leadership to managed the large debt profile

20,000 jobs in a country that has 61% youth unemployment.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CIqt6CkVfg&feature=emb_logo

techmo:




Debt to GDP ratio is 26%

What sort of dooms day economist is this


I laugh at idiots thinking credit facility Chinese EXIM bank, world bank , IMF are offering us that we are doing Chinese and world bank a favour ..

If we foolishly don't take these infrastructure loans and credit facilities now Ghana would take it, Ethiopia would take it, even almighty US would grab it through bonds


.

Move from debt to GDP -- To debt to income. What is Nigeria FX income (last year it was £36 billion). Now can Nigeria afford $120 billion debt.

afube:
They were forced to open onne to commercial shipment.....maersk threatened to pull out completely from nigeria if nothing was done to alleviate their faltering operations in Lagos congested ports....do not spin another tale here,as insiders we know what happened.

Lagos ports have become expensive and dysfunctional, relocating to Onne was the only option or imports would grind to a halt.

The government doesn't deserve any praise.

Relocating cargo shipping to the Eastern Nigeria, has been on the books for a long time but the Buhari government have only acted after Lagos ports has become dysfunctional, congested and expensive, the government has no choice but to relocate shipping to the East.