₦airaland Forum

SeriouslySense:
experience is the best teacher.

How many Nigerians must experience hardship before they learn?

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this is in response to this post that made front page today: https://www.nairaland.com/7834477/japa-fever-among-nigerian-youths


story 1:
i had an uncle who always complained about his job.
he worked in an oil company.
he told me to pursue my dreams (i used to be a music producer in the university) and how life is not all about making money
he complained he didn't have time for his family and how we wishes he could spend time with his children
he complained about how he's underpaid compared to expatriates
he complained so much, we (the family) actually had pity on him
long story short, we had an insider in the company (from our church) who told us,
my uncle was the person blocking my elder brother from getting a job in same company
he (the insider) was shocked we were related to him (my uncle)
he called our uncle in my fathers presence, who told him: do you want that small boy to overtake me in the family
my uncle didn't know the phone was on speaker!!!
this was 2008.


its easy for a beautiful girl with so many rich suitors to tell her 'not so fine' friends with only one suitor life is not about marriage
its easy for a rich person to tell a broke person life is not about money
its easy for someone in canada/US/europe to tell you in Nigeria the grass isn't greener abroad

someone who doesn't buy fuel for gen,
someone who doesn't sleep with multiple lecturers for marks in the university
someone who isn't slapped, abused and insulted in the hospital (like it happens in teaching hospitals in Nigeria)
SHOULD NOT TELL NIGERIANS ANYTHING ABOUT RELOCATING ABROAD

The number of new Nigerian immigrants complaining about hardship and difficulties has increased exponentially, One of the reasons is that Western economies are encountering severe economic hardship and new immigrants are finding it difficult to sustain affordable housing and income when working in professions such as care workers, nurses and junior doctors.

grandstar:
The country lacks the captive market to manufacture new cars competitively.

Pat Utomi who served as the MD of Volks if I'm correct in the 1980s said these companies were dying back then to leave the country.

He also said it's best Nigeria is proficient in producing a few car parts competitively and be a reckoning force in it. It could be brake pads, Rollerblade, tyres and so on. Imagine if Nigeria manufactured 10% of the brake pads used in Europe or 50% of the leather in German cars?

A frew market in cars is best. The second hand car industy is providing jobs and livelihoods for probably over a million people. Why not reduce import duty on Tokunbo cars further to boost employment and economic activity?




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The real issue is Nigeria has no supply chain to support the local market.

ubest1:
Tinubu supporters keep disgracing PBAT globally, why can't just keep shut allow sleeping dog rest, the more u defend him the more u open more discovery

They are a disgrace to Nigeria and the Yoruba people. Yoruba people are not facing any ethnic problems from any groups.

PrinceOfLagos:
They keep inviting him for something not so important.

They see Tinubu as a mediocre that they could push around because they know he will jump on it like a motherfucker seeking for validation.

Imagine telling a president to leave his country and come and ring a bell?

Is this what Nigeria have been reduced to?

Is this not something that people like Tuface and Davido were invited to do by the Nigerian stock exchange some years back?

Why Dem dey yeye Tinubu like this na
What a disgrace

They see Nigeria and Nigerians as a mediocre. Nigerian leadership have marginalise the country

BentizilL:
Everything is not paid PADI, Tinubu is trying his best abeg...

You won kill am?
If na Atiku or Obi dey president, won't he put his team in best place?

Tinubu is not in government to try his best; the president of a country must be prepared to lead a country against all challenges.

Femich18:
To be sincere we all know the Government to come after Buhari will have it tough even if its Obi or AA but its just that BAT is not doing anything different from the previous Government. Everything is still Padi Padi as it was in the past

There lies the problem with leadership in Nigeria, they are not prepared for the challenge, and their only interest is greed and power.

Nigeria is the easiest country to govern, it is blessed with resources, a young semi-skilled labour force and arable land.

Nigeria need a Naval Coastal services.

Etfash:
I spoke with one of the representatives of the companies working at the Warri Refinery today as well.

A colleague of mine is also heading the EIA project of the Lagos)Abeokuta and Benin/Asaba highways which have now been concessioned by the FG. The bolded below is the message from him. You can complete the form if it affects you.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has concessioned Lagos - Abeokuta and Benin - Asaba Highways, among others, for reconstruction, expansion and tolling. I am leading the Environmental Impact Assessment team for these projects. If you or someone you know use any of these roads, kindly complete a survey on this site as part of our public engagement process. https://ecobullion.com.ng/ . Click on any of the two highways that applies to you. Thank you🙏🏽.

#wishPBAT&Nigeriawell

Do not click on the link , it has malware and virus

inoki247:
Lol few days ago people create thread tire that why did he leave the country so soon some were telling us he ran away because he knows he will be removed...


Different kindergarten class theory left nd right....


Election wey don finish since election day buh some dreamer eye Neva clear you will tell them to come bet they will all run away or dem telling you that you're hungry use the money to feed yourself.....


All we need is result election don go na only Wu Neva ready to face reality go still dey dream we need results bkuz Buhari travel pass this we see Alot of China Currency Swap buh no evidence after all the explanation...

Democracy is not when an election starts and finishes. Democracy is a system of government by the whole population, hence impoverished people can never stop until there is real change.

Western Europe is not what you think it is. Many Nigerians are depressed and suffering from mental illness, including my accountant brother. The White people will offer you nothing, and you will not have a family structure to depend on.

We need to stop this culture of running from our problems and learn to face them head-on. We are responsible for Nigeria's failure.

superlanny:
This is one of the reasons I regret being born in this useless hellhole. Just see the measure one has to take just to run away from this zoo we call a country. For all those who continue to believe and support this failed system and those who run it, I continue to hope you all keep up in enjoying the suffering and wailing.

Whereas they can stroll into Nigeria as easy as dick slides into a condom. The black man is cursed we just don't know yet.

I have said it before and I'll say it again, Nigeria is irredeemable with the set of politicians in charge, present and future. Argue with your keyboard.

Feels good to be back from my self inflicted ban, to the mod that gave me 3 days ban, here I am 3 months after, joke is on you, I come here for fun and actually do my part very well.

You are cause, you think Europe and the USA started as havens, the people worked hard and sacrificed to turn their hellholes into a haven. Stay in Nigeria and make the country work

fxexperts:
Your illiteracy is mind blowing, so in everything that he said, this is the only thing you can think about. Are you a big joke?

As how, as an almighty that will just wave a magic wand abi. you guys are a big joke i swear. You want one man to come from nowhere and solve all your problem by waving a magic wand abi.

Nobody forces OBJ to be president if he can't do the jobs he shouldn't have contested.

Malroux:
Sanwo olu na scam

APC is a scam; they opened the 2nd Niger Bridge, Dangote and Blue Line last year when all the projects ts are still in development.

ecolime:
Nigeria government is too corrupt and incompetent to manage any enterprise successfully.

Even if you have a corrupt free leader who has the mind of the people, the evil government workers will never let the refineries function well.

The mistake we made was not selling the refineries off. I agree with Atiku's stand on this.

He muted the idea of selling them first although people like me crucified him then

If the government is too corrupt to function, then fix the government. The solution is not to sell government assets to private individuals operating within a corrupt government environment but to reform the systems like the Malaysian and Singaporean did in the 1970s.

Why didn't OBJ persecute the corruption within NNPC? Or was he afraid of Danjuma and IBB, two key stakeholders in the corruption within the oil industry? The private sector cannot survive in a corrupt government unless it becomes corrupt.

ednut1:
Looks like gold mining

Yes, artisan Gold mining. They lack the skills and technologies of mining engineers.

Zonefree:

A farmer and businessman, Ya’u Ibrahim, who had 20 children


Malam Isiaka, who left behind 17 children

Another villager, Yunusa Nuhu, left behind 14 children

Malam Adamu of Gidan Maidara left 10 children.

Nawao

That is the root causes of poverty in Northern Nigeria and the Sahel, they are breeding liability and future problems.

Malroux:
Lagos IGR by Igbos in Lagos.

Thank my Igbos brothers for your IGR contribution to the Yoruba race. Now get your lazy governors to do the same in Igboland

kolawo:
Nigeria is a very big country. It is high time will allow our best home based coach grow with the team perpetually. Both male and female teams alike!

Nigeria's local coaches are equally useless. Maybe Finidi and Amueneke are average, the rest are hopeless and useless.

lexy2014:
No one will agree to sponsor because they know that NFF will steal the money instead of giving it to the team.

Everyone has seen how they handle the free money from FIFA meant for teams

Do they have to hand over the funds to NFF? Why not put the team in the hands of independent operators and fund them? There are numerous management consultancies that can ensure players and coaches get their salaries. I recall Dangote paying Berti Vogt directly when he coached the SE.

The NFF is corrupt and incapable of functioning as an entity. Any organisation that employs a failure like Eguaveon has nothing to offer Nigeria football.

FreeStuffsNG:
It is looking like a situation of when the desirable is not available then the available becomes the desirable.

In fairness to Coach Austin Eguavoen, he is such a patriotic Nigerian who is always ready and willing to help bail us out when we have problems with the foreign coaches. I do hope nff will pay him well and as at when due this time around.

He is a pathetic coach, he is only patriotic because he is useless, and nobody wants him, he was also a very limited SE player.

Why can't the NFF get sponsorship from local businesses to fund the SE team and management?

BigDawsNet:
Pdp was better tbh

PDP=APC

The newPDP made of PDP members joined ACN and CPC to form APC

Sanwo-Olu has wasted the funded on $149k watch

Sanwo-Olu’s swanky swiss watches sizzle social media
https://businessday.ng/news/article/sanwo-olus-swanky-swiss-watches-sizzle-social-media/

The government was supposed to build a dam.

Stakeholders have always attributed recurring threats of flooding from the Lagdo Dam to Nigeria’s failure to construct the Dasin Hausa Dam, along the River Benue, that would absorb water from the Ladgo Dam as jointly agreed in 1982.

https://dailytrust.com/massive-flood-looms-in-states-as-cameroon-plans-to-open-dam/

Aremwayne:
Please reverse Fuel subsidy, we don’t care if Tinubu continues the normal looting

Fuel subsidies can never be reversed, the government cannot assess loans to support oil subsidies.

Mandate1:
This is what you get when tribal and ethic sentiments is primary in designing and building national infrastructure.

Among the regions in Nigeria, the Easterners do more of the travelling, and it's natural for such litmus test through a novel project should put them into consideration first, since it's purely business oriented.

A East - west rail line would have made more sense, as this will create more avenue for local investors to even have their own coaches. Every Xmas, Igbos throng enmass to the east and same to Lagos and south west afterwards.

I'm not saying the Easterners are more deserving of such infrastructure than others, but using that as a testing ground wud aid better knowledge on how to adapt it in other areas where the citizens hardly commute like the easterners.

Nigeria can only get better when we become more nationalistic in approach.

This is just stupid.

An East-West railway line is not a priority. Railways linking the North to the Southern port should be the priority.

An upgraded SDR railway that links the South-South ports (Warri, Port Harcourt, Onne, Calabar) to the North via the Eastern State, North Central and North East will transform the South East.

Greattha:
@ bolded.

I like the enthusiasm with which you've driven home your point...

However, riddle me this; what kind of feasibility study did they do that obviously didn't include efficient and effective operation of the rail system?

I bet the contractors went back to the BPP to request for variation yet...if you know, you know

IMHO, that's cos it was never intended to serve it's true purpose.

But I hear you.

From day one, the railway has been mired in corruption, the same corruption that has destroyed the oil exporting sector; the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is responsible for the demise of the Abuja railway.



Nigeria's corruption and destructive culture are responsible. The government should have outsourced the railway to a Western or Chinese company instead of the government officials stealing rail tickets and selling them on the black market.

Ticketing corruption by railway staff, soldiers, and policemen derailing the Abuja-Kaduna rail project (2)
Fisayo Soyombo
Fisayo Soyombo

September 28, 2020
https://businessday.ng/businessday-investigation/article/ticketing-corruption-by-railway-staff-soldiers-policemen-derailing-abuja-kaduna-rail-project-2/

Jeezuzpick:
Lagos is not Abuja.

Okay, let's even leave out the fact that the crazy hold-up that's the norm everywhere in Lagos only happens in some areas in Abuja at peak hours,

Kindly explain why the light rail is dead, even when complete.

My own explanation is, it's USELESS!

it's there to fulfil a nonexistent purpose.

In Lagos, it will work fine. In Abuja......useless, at least for now and the nearest future.

You'll understand if you live or have lived in Abuja with its 8-lane roads and high-speed traffic.

Chief,

The Abuja Light rail is dead because of corruption and incompetence, even the Lagos Metro will not survive Nigeria's corruption, stealing tickets and selling them without remittance to the central government will destroy any operation.

tete7000:
Leave bloomberg alone. Despite the billions spent on it,the rail system is not working. That is an indictment already. If it is working, will they have the effontery to write? Learn to look inward and stop blaming others for your woes. Dead railway that gulped billions is a clear indication of incompetence and cluelessness.

The failure of the railway is due to the government's incompetence and corruption, but to claim that the project is a wrong design is nonsense. I subscribe to Bloomberg and am well aware of their self-interest and politics, so let us not be misled that they are looking out for Nigerians.

worksmart:
It was a project initiated by the incompetent GEJ administration , which was meant to be complete well before the 2014 Commonwealth Games to help us successfully bid for the games.

Unfortunately like 99% of infrastructure projects at the time the project ground to a halt and was abandoned and PMB administration restarted and completed in 2018.

So now because it has shut down due to low patronage , does not mean it cannot be revived in the future , especially if it is linked to existing busy rail lines .

I am sure that even US where Bloomberg is based have their own share of obsolete completed "white elephant projects" but they love to find negativity in Nigeria and Africa in general.

Rubbish!

The incompetence is in the Bloomberg article which should have focused on the poor maintenance of the railway and not its implementation, Western nations are always trying to undermine the Chinese relation with Africa, and the project was completed within 4 years on time on a small $500 million loan.

The project was a brilliant and well-executed project that was started by the OBJ Government, delivered by GEJ and commissioned by Buhari.

The attached image illustrates the master plan of the project, Phase 1 in yellow has been completed and the integration of the international airport into the main city centre. The railway has to be expanded to incorporate the poor sectors of the city.

Greattha:
They most likely didn't do feasibility studies. Definetly No SWOT analysis.

They usually embark on inefficient projects that they can use as front to loot.

It was probably an avenue for more looting hence it has served its purpose.

They did feasibility studies, this is a very good project. The design that has been shared on this thread and demonstrates that the railway links the airport to Abuja City Airport t the city centre. Over the years, new settlements have been developed all over Abuja, and there is now a requirement to expand the project to integrate the poor sectors of the city.

This is a brilliant project; maintenance and operational capital might not exist to operate the railway.. The yellow section has been completed.

As usual, Bloomberg is just ignorant about Africa; they should have posted the map of the railway light shown below...

Before we swallow the Bloomberg report lets do our personnel investigation.

Looking at the two plans below, confirm that this was a very good design linking the Airport to the commercial city centre.

Upon opening in 2018, only the section between Abuja Metro Station and the Airport was operational, with an intermediate station at Idu. The remaining nine stations were originally scheduled to begin operations in 2020.

The rolling stock used for this line initially consisted of only three diesel rail coaches. A further three were scheduled to be delivered in mid-2020.[7]

From the opening, the rail line operated on a significantly reduced timetable in comparison to other worldwide light rail systems; with three daily departures from Idu to Abuja Metro Station, with two running the full length to the airport, on weekdays only.[8] The delivery of further rolling stock was anticipated to provide services every thirty minutes.