₦airaland Forum

rvp2018:
When we had maize shortage last year - Tanzania actually ban the export of maize.

Kenya normally produce about 90% of it's staple meat - maize- the short-fall is mostly filled from Uganda. This year we had more than enough maize. 6M plus surplus maize - more than enough for animal feeds.

Tanzania has never really fed kenya - and if they had knew we had food shortage - trust me they would shut their border so we can starve.

All Tanzania sells in small quantities are fruits and onions - that middle men buy for dirty cheap and then sell them for higher prices.

When we had maize shortage - last year - we imported from Mexico & Uganda. When we had maize shortages in 2008 - we imported from South Africa.

As for Nigeria - yeap they are being fed by the UN together with Syria & Yemen.

68816419:
Indians have the best health care systems in the world but still have all these diseases u mentioned , y, plus do u mind providing any links to supporting your claims ?

obaaderemi:
Nigerians don't like that narrative. You are the ones who make them point out their achievements across black Africa. And when they do that you go mad. And are you not ashamed to keep saying Nigerians live 10 per room in Kenya when your own people live 10 per shack in Kibera slum?

obaaderemi:
Nigerians don't like that narrative. You are the ones who make them point out their achievements across black Africa. And when they do that you go mad. And are you not ashamed to keep saying Nigerians live 10 per room in Kenya when your own people live 10 per shack in Kibera slum?

psychologygh:
oh there is more for 200 million zoo animals.And I hope there is not a single Igbo defending the Zoo in this thread because you would betray the cause of over a million innocent children,women and vulnerables of Igbos slained by the Nigerian army in the civil war whilst the rest of the country jubilated and mocked and still mocked the dead ancestors.Ghana is behind the Igbos.We need our sweet revenge whereby the Yoruba or whatever abused,killed and deported over two million Ghanaians in 1983,85 and beyond.Biafra will be a reality and Nigeria must go down which they are already fasttracking the proce by terrorism killings,high crime rates and world largest extremely poor country.More evidence

psychologygh:
You quote a Nigerian website unknown media's article written by an illiterate nigerian telling you guys tyou control Ghana.The Black Star of Africa.What did you expect him to write.That thousands of wood shaft shops owned by Millions of petty traders nigerians have been closed down whiles they are been abused and deported in thousands.That is the reality on the ground buh he shamefully cannot post that.If Nigeria had six billion dollars to invest,I guess the over 130 million extremely poor Nigerians would have really appreciated it if it was invested in the country especially hunger and poverty striken northern regions of Nigeria.Upon all these so called investment in Ghana we still close down your shops,treat your people like criminals,jail,abuse and deport them in droves.Indeed you guys control Ghana.Haha

psychologygh:
Curse you boy for bringing out thes trash from your mouth.I started with you guys just yesterday and I got banned and you guys are now strong in my absence quoting me and spewing nonsense.Listen boy,am not in the mood of getting banned for saying tthe truth so keep lying to yourself and be happy.I guess you guys had sleepless night and made my moniker blocked for giving you fire yesterday.I always say;Fool me once,shame on you,fool me twice,shame on me,buh fool me for over sixty years of severe starvation,highest crime rate,killings and terrorism,poverty headquarters and I still follow you,hmm no comment.Which way zoogeria,sorry Nigeria

darfay:
It should be entirely private sector driven like eko Atlantic City where the Lagos State Government doesn't contribute a dime

darfay:
Government should have left it to the private sector

PROVERBZ:
konza is a failed project that's what it is

Ibrahimanis:
It's private project, not government. So they will look to make profit. It's not meant for the common citizen.

Konza which is government lead by the way is also not meant for the common citizen.

PROVERBZ:
my dear there no such things as ghost cities

I liked one question you asked here is the answer they are PPP project (public private partnership)
as you can see Nigerias Ronald chagoury in lindonnat the real estate forum advertising the eko Atlantic to investors

second picture is that of centenary city staff working hard to bring in more investors

and for the last question cities are not built in a day

Daejoyoung:
Ghost cities with a population of 180 million?? and the largest middle class in Africa?? how do you define ghost cities??

sufferNsmiling:
It is not fair for other african countries at all millions of nigerians run to other african countries but on the other hand nigeria is over protecting his company's and a lot of those companies are not even profitable they are in massive debt. When I work for a ghanaian company we suffered to try to get export licence to nigeria 20 years failure. Dangote export cement to west africa, but west african countries cannot export cement to nigeria. Cement import into nigeria is banned. Dangote wants to put a cement factory in kenya, both kenya cement factory are banned from operating in nigeria. This is not fair at all on other african countries enough is enough we cannot have millions of nigerians going to other african countries then our companies are not allowed to operate in nigeria. Nigeria's economy is collapsing because of overprotective

Just30:
you give who light
do you have light yourself ?

Anyway, our next shipment of relief items to feed the malnourish Nigerian kids will be February
so who do you feed again
All the Maize and Cassava varieties grown in Nigeria where produce in Ghana

we build you a pipeline for your country to export gas
if not for that, youll be flaring gas as at today
tell me which oil producing country wait for buyers to build their own pipeline (Russia is building a pipeline to Germany in order to supply Europe gas, Israel want to build a pipeline through Syria to Greece in order to supply Europe and etc)

your musicians still come to buy beat from the likes of kilbeats and co
why do you think wizkid and co keeps coming ?
ask Mr. Eazi

we grant your companies access to the Ghanaian market in order for them to make real money
that should be enough boost to your economy

darfay:
How about Jumia dominating your market

darfay:
Your English is terrible...

chrisagyei:
Maybe the time you guys realize how divided your country is,another Biafra war will destroy that internally collapsed oil driven country you have.The only thing keeping you guys together is oil wealth because when things start getting bad then you know how foolish you guys managed the destiny of 200 million frustrated citizens.And about the Igbo,even a mere Nnamdu Kanu or whatever is able to use propaganda message to become one of the most wanted man in Nigeria even more wanted than the Boko Haram boss Shakau who is been resourced by leaders in your country.Kano is known to sometimes come to Ghana and we can protect anyone suffering persecution from your corrupt and tribalized government.And do you know anything about the peace treaty.Maybe your government never told you about it.Ghana saved your country from internal and self explosion.You guys are never united thats why you look so weak and a criminal to the world.Your own people sell you out to the world.They call their own country a zoo.Ghana has all the power to break that peace treaty by mobilizing more radicalized and educated people than Nnamdu Kanu and your country will be bye bye.Imagine 20 radicalized Nnamdi Kanu firing the igbo youth and population from all angles.Nobody to intermediate because all the Francophone West africa. countries don't give a damn if your country is burned down.Ghana is your only true ally in ECOWAS.We have secret intelligence services who can do that task illegally without government involvement.Even rebels brought down powerful Ghaddafi,Hosni Mubarak who are even renowned dictators.Your corrupt army can't even fight boko haram and fulani herders.Arming those youth is enough to bring down Nigeria and get their own country.A house divided against itself shall and must fall.Enjoy your Nigeria and never talk ill against the united and peaceful countries in Africa.As we are talking your whole northern sector is on fire from boko haram to Fulani herdsmen burning and killing indescrminately because they say the country is theirs.More than 5million of them are refugees in neighboring war infested Niger and Chad.The Southern part of the country is a joke.Killings and kidnapping is an everyday news.1/3of the country's resources of 375 billion dollar economy is in the smallest geographic state Lagos with the size of Greater Accra(smallest region in Ghana) buh the population of Lagos is over 24 million with worse infrastructure and mad overcrowding.Abuja is a white elephant.Nothing productive.They use all their federal revenues to develop a city soo small that its size is insignificant in Nigeria whilst Lagos which provides the revenue suffers in development.The rich have blanketed themselves on an island in the city seperating themselves from the mainlanders who are engulfed with suffering.The day that sea level rise they will see how foolish they are.The city ranks as the worst city to live in and their president hardly visit the city.He visited the city once the whole year and it was declared a holiday in the city.His security was like Trump visiting war infested Afghanistan.Remember Nigeria has 36 states buh one state has more than 1/3 of the country's worth.Lagos is richer than Nigeria someway.The better you realize and stop the inward fighting,the better it is for you.Ghana and Kenya is far better than Nigeria in terms of development,education,health,infrastructure and all developmental index with better security.Nigeria is rich in minerals buh its a curse buh somehow unifier.And do you know your power minister is spending about 168 million naira which is close to 500,000 dollars budgeted money in 2019 on generators and fuel for the generators

Horus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk40ss4LtiU

China's Prepares To Seize Kenya's Port Of Mombasa For Debt

Horus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk40ss4LtiU

China's Prepares To Seize Kenya's Port Of Mombasa For Debt

Daejoyoung:
So why is the so called Trade Protectionism in Nigeria not preventing South Africa from investing, or Ghanian companies like Zylofon or even the so called Kenyan Airways from coming to Nigeria??
The truth is, it seems there are not so many aggressive business men in Ghana who think about expanding their empire.

Just30:
Daily Champion gathered that leading the movement for the ban of Nigerian exports is the chief executive officer of Reroy Cables, Mrs. Kate Quartey-Papafio who was quoted as arguing that “If we also make it difficult for them to export, then we would have to find common ground,” She said Nigeria has used its “Import Prohibition List” to refuse certain goods entry into that country, including a host of pharmaceutical products.
The Ghanaian manufacturers, who are said to be irked because they are unable to take advantage of the Nigerian market, are therefore asking their government to place restriction on Nigeria’s export.
Reroy Cables boss noted that “Bagged cement is on Nigeria’s prohibition list but Dangote Cement exports and bags some 750,000 tonnes of cement a year for the Ghanaian market, and is expected to increase this to 1.5 million tonnes by end of this quarter,” one of the manufacturers said.
“Even for those who are able to export to Nigeria, you have to get different certificates for different customers and it takes a whole lot of time to get it.
“It makes the whole thing so cumbersome. You are exporting the same thing but you have to go and get certificates for each of the customers.
Another industrialist and Managing Director of Intravenous Infusions Limited, Richard Okrah noted that his company could have generated an additional 25% of export turnover from the Nigerian market.
“We have been making efforts through our agent in Nigeria to get us off this list but it is becoming a very difficult job for us,” he said.
He said his company faces no such restrictions from Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire and other countries where it exports to.
Ghanaian Minister of Trade and Industry, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has confirmed the growing alleged ordeal of Ghanaian manufacturers and noted that export statistics show that both Ghana and Nigeria account for 68 per cent of the ECOWAS region’s Gross Domestic Product.
Nigeria accounts for almost 10 per cent of Ghana’s foreign trade volume, while Ghana is listed as the 9th largest trading partner to Nigeria.
Ghana imports the largest share of all Nigerian oil exports in the West African sub-region. But while some Nigerian manufacturers are said to be exporting foods and other commodities to Ghana, their counterparts in the old gold coast are complaining of difficulty in accessing the Nigerian market.

mtisTheQubit:

Jonraid:
Tell us your sources. We don't need graphs !

Daejoyoung:
Don't be foolish, read this from Ghanians themselves..


[b]Nigeria topped the list of countries with the largest value of investments registered, whiles China continues its market aggression on the continent, commanding the top position of countries with the highest number of projects registered in the country. The Nigeria business interest in Ghana spread across different sectors of the economy. These include areas like Banking, Insurance, Telecoms, Oil and Gas, Trade and Commerce, Manufacturing, Aviation, ICT, Eateries, Churches and Hospitality businesses. In addition to these sectors we have a huge population of Nigeria Students in Ghana studying in various tertiary institutions across the country. The population of Nigerian students studying in Ghana can conservatively be estimated to be about 5,000, but in actual fact they could be much more than that considering the craving for knowledge in that country.

Economic Benefits from Nigerian Businesses.

Let me start with the Nigerians studying in Ghana. These students are categorized as foreign students and expectedly their school fees are priced in hard currency. If we estimate that each student pays average of US$3,000 per academic session (many of them pay much higher than that) in terms of inflow to the country, Ghana receives about US$15m yearly in form of school fees and levies from Nigerian students in the country. This does not include amount spent as monthly maintenance, upkeeps and rents which will almost double that same figure of US$15m. In total, the Nigerian student community in Ghana collectively injects about US$40m into this economy annually.

Let us look at the banks, In terms of employment generation, if you take the seven Nigerian commercial banks in Ghana today, assuming each of them have an average staff strength of 600 regular staff and many others in support capacity these banks collectively provide decent jobs to more than 5,000 Ghanaians with handsome salaries and emoluments. This is just one of many sectors of the economy where Nigerians are adding unparalleled value to their host nation’s economy.

If you go to Telecoms, Nigeria is ably represented by Glo mobile or you look at the manufacturing sector, we have the likes of Dangote Cement, Fine Print Industries, and Coscharis etc. There are multiple Insurance companies, ICT and Aviation and transport companies of Nigerian origin. If each of these companies employs 100 Ghanaians on average, their number of employees put together cannot be anything below 5,000 people. There is no country in Africa not even South Africa that has the kind of investment Nigerians have in Ghana.

We can also look at other areas of contribution from Nigeria to Ghana. Let me just remind our readers that as at May 2014, the seven Nigerian banks have a total assets base of Ghc17.1b out of Ghc42.3b assets of the banks in Ghana. This represents 17% of the industry and their shareholders funds stood at Ghc1.2b out of the industry Ghc6.1b almost 20% of the banking sector (source Bank of Ghana).

These banks collectively pays huge sum of money to Ghana Revenue authority as corporate taxes every year. This is aside from other taxes like PAYE, WHT, VAT on imported items because of their line of business (software application taxes) e.t.c. One of these banks provided funding to the University of Professional Studies to build some state of the art lecture theatres and halls of residence, which lead to the school being upgraded to a university status. The nice park near the Accra Sports Stadium which used to be in a sorry state at the centre of the town near Osu cemetery was single handedly funded and maintained by this same bank among numerous things Nigerian banks are doing as responsible corporate citizen of Ghana.

If you ask any Ghanaian banker who has worked or is still working with any of these Nigerians banks or other companies in Ghana, I am sure they will tell you the value addition they have gained in terms of quality improvement in their knowledge base while working for these companies. The change in mentality, work ethics, the reward system they are enjoying and above all the empowerment and responsibility accounting they have come to learn over this period are unquantifiable additions to the system.

Nigerian’s External Reserve is about $39 billion as at March 2014. If there is good understanding and strong economic ties between the two countries, I don’t see why Nigerian government cannot give Ghana between US$1billion to US$2billion as a soft loan for a period of time for the country to come out of its economic predicaments instead of locking the country into those expensive Eurobond transactions that come with its own attendant challenges.

We are not exploring the ‘Big Brother Africa’ possibilities enough. We always want to turn to international lenders when you have a brother or a friend that can work out some arrangement for you without anybody knowing. They do that a lot in the banking system. They call it interbank transactions, whereby a bank suffering from temporary liquidity challenge takes some fund from other ‘friendly’ banks to meet its pressing obligations through the overnight market windows or arrangement without any of its customers knowing about it. Proverbs 18:24 says “One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother’’ (NIV). This is more momentous when one is in time of dire straits[/b]

Jonraid:
Let her concentrate on proving to us that Nigerians are more beutiful and handsome than Kenyans!

Daejoyoung:
China's African debt-trap: Beijing prepares to seize Kenya's port of Mombasa
Nairobi fails to repay massive debts on shady loan for underperforming railway, Kenyan infrastructure ripe for the taking: reports
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By Duncan DeAeth,Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2018/12/27 17:53
File Photo: Kenyan Pres. Uhuru Kenyatta and Xi Jinping, 2013
File Photo: Kenyan Pres. Uhuru Kenyatta and Xi Jinping, 2013 (By Associated Press)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – China may be preparing to seize some major assets in the African nation of Kenya, as a result of debt-trap diplomacy.

African media reports that Kenya may soon be forced to relinquish control of its largest and most lucrative port in Mombasa to Chinese control.

Other assets related to the inland shipment of goods from the port, including the Inland Container Depot in Nairobi, and the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), may also be compromised in the event of a Chinese port takeover.

Kenya has reportedly taken extremely large loans from the Communist government for the development of some major highways, and especially for the SGR, which forms a crucial transport link to and from Nairobi for the import and export of goods through Mombasa.

In November, Moody’s noted that Kenya is at high risk of losing strategic assets because of debts owed to Beijing.

Local media began to express concern that Chinese lenders may be angling to seize assets, since it does not appear the Kenyan government will be capable to repaying the loans.

Now, one month later, ahead of the New Year, it’s been reported that the Chinese may be preparing to take over the Mombasa Port infrastructure soon.

The African Stand also seems to suggest that the SGR, which is operated by the Chinese, may have been designed to be a “loss-making venture.”

With a reported loss of KES 10 billion (US$98 million) in its first year of operation, it would be nearly impossible to repay the loans taken for its construction in the time requested. Kenya reportedly accepted loans of KES 500 billion (US$4.9 billion) for the SGR’s construction.


Kenya's Standard Guage Railway linking Mombasa to Nairobi (Associated Press Photo)

Kenya’s Auditor General reportedly stated that deal has always favored the China Exim Bank, which advanced the loan for the project. Further, Kenya signed on to a deal that requires any arbitration of disputes related to the debt must take place in China.

From the African Stand.

An audit completed last month indicates that Kenya Ports Authority’s (KPA) assets, which include the Mombasa port, could be taken over if the SGR does not generate enough cash to pay off the debts.

“The China Exim Bank would become a principle in (over) KPA if Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) defaults in its obligations and China Exim Bank exercise power over the escrow account security.”

When the Chinese lender granted the loan to the Kenyan government, somehow the KPA signed on as a borrower. Somehow Kenya's government agreed that the port “would not be protected by sovereign immunity since the Government waived the immunity on the Kenya Ports Assets" by virtue of KPA signing on as a borrower, according to the Auditor General.

It is becoming increasingly clear that China’s designs on the nations of Africa are anything but benevolent. Kenya appears to be lining up behind Zambia, which is slated to lose its international airport, as well as its national electricity grid because of defaults on Chinese loans.

African nations must wake up to China’s new form of colonialism that is chipping away at their critical infrastructure one major asset at a time

NairobiWalker:
Yet speaks like she knows everything.

Ibrahimanis:
Kenyans: When we have oil, we will beat Nigeria senseless

Nigerians: you already have oil in turkana

Kenyans: but what have we earned from it?

Me: https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kenya-s-journey-as-an-oil-exporter-starts/1056-4593378-view-asAMP-c07rtf/index.html

So let's do a rough calculation, a barrel at $50 x 70,000barrels = 3.5mil. So Kenyans what have you done with your oil money

NairobiWalker:
Seems you're on that group. How fast you responded.
Are you the short ugly guy who posted dissing Kenyans and was beaten left right until he felt like crying?

genieluv:
There are many more dozen arabic words in swahili. How do I know? I have seen so many of them cos of Arabic words in Hausa language

Hatari (accident)
Duniya (life or world) in swahili, Arabic & Hausa

Other words I've forgotten now.

genieluv:
Don't say that, you guys have awesome wildlife which we can only dream of in Nigeria. You guys have some other minerals and have also discovered oil in Turkana.
Oil is a curse to Nigeria

***** Can you enlighten me how this property tax works? Is there a body that evaluates the cost of a house and determines how much the owner should pay to the govt? Or the tax amount is fixed for every house?

~~~~I would love property tax law to be promulgated in Nigeria, but it should be a progressive tax system. Propositions have been made, but it is not taken seriously. .... My only fear is that this may increase housing costs drastically which will go back to affecting the poor.