Health / Re: Coronavirus Casualties Surpass SARS; At Least 811 Deaths Recorded So Far by Taciturn1: 8:22am On Feb 09, 2020 |
SlimBrawnie: I thought it was our 9ja SARS I don draft letter of leave inside my head already. Is this a joking matter? |
Celebrities / Re: Speed Darlington Slams Dino Melaye: 'No Senator Should Be This Wealthy' by Taciturn1: 1:06pm On Feb 06, 2020 |
Coldie: Am not surprised. If u think Nigeria is poor just get a govt appointment or go into politics u would think otherwise.
State assembly members ate very rich in there states talk of national assembly. If u want to know how rich Nigeria is, ask yourseld that's its been over 20years abacha died and uptil now they are still recovering his loot, the kind of loots they keep recovering is always above a 100million DOLLARS.
In the world of Nigerian politics 1million dollars is a small word but to we citizens that's huge.
God help us Nigeria isn't rich, it's just that few people (Government Heirachy) are controlling the money |
Celebrities / Re: Speed Darlington Slams Dino Melaye: 'No Senator Should Be This Wealthy' by Taciturn1: 1:06pm On Feb 06, 2020 |
Coldie: Am not surprised. If u think Nigeria is poor just get a govt appointment or go into politics u would think otherwise.
State assembly members ate very rich in there states talk of national assembly. If u want to know how rich Nigeria is, ask yourseld that's its been over 20years abacha died and uptil now they are still recovering his loot, the kind of loots they keep recovering is always above a 100million DOLLARS.
In the world of Nigerian politics 1million dollars is a small word but to we citizens that's huge.
God help us Nigeria isn't rich, it's just that few people (Government Heirachy) are controlling the money |
Politics / Re: Fire Guts TCN Substation, Throws Oyo, Ogun, Osun Into Blackout by Taciturn1: 8:40pm On Feb 05, 2020 |
Bibidear:
osun state was hoping Ibadan. No hope for Ibadan |
Politics / Re: Fire Guts TCN Substation, Throws Oyo, Ogun, Osun Into Blackout by Taciturn1: 8:39pm On Feb 05, 2020 |
toxicbrain: That's where I am currently doing my internship ... It was a horrible day today. We have been isolating the affected transformer so we can power back the switch yards. Hopefully, that will be done before noon tomorrow. We will only be faced with the challenge of loading as one transformer alone rated 150mva can't take care of a feeding load of over 200mva. We might have to shed load in some areas. Anyways it was an experience today. sorry about the experience, hope no one was hurt. 150MVA? That's huge...what's the Input/output voltage ratio? 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Fire Guts TCN Substation, Throws Oyo, Ogun, Osun Into Blackout by Taciturn1: 8:34pm On Feb 05, 2020 |
Bibidear: there is light in my area.... really? where is your area? |
Crime / Re: Okada Riders And Police Clash In Lagos, Three Feared Killed by Taciturn1: 5:11pm On Feb 03, 2020 |
Kallmerb: This is just the beginning... Am sure there will be more across the state.. We only make laws that affect the masses not the rich...
Dopemu to ikeja along no be small waka ooooo The masses mean nothing in Nigeria, they are only useful for voting in elections. No more bus from Dopemu to Oshodi? |
Politics / Re: Nathaniel Samuel, Suicide Bomber At Winners Chapel: How He Was Arrested (Photos) by Taciturn1: 1:41pm On Feb 03, 2020 |
mu2sa2: Will those who attack islam/muhammed because of terrorist boko haram activities now condemn christianity and jesus because of this failed attack against a church by a Christian man? Hypocites, see how they are keeping mute. Why would a Christian attack a church? We know those that are attacking Christians |
Science/Technology / Re: 'Karoo Firewalkers': Dinosaurs Braved South Africa's Land Of Lava by Taciturn1: 10:33pm On Feb 02, 2020 |
Dinosaur fossils have been found in Antarctica, so not surprised about South Africa 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Bodo-Bonny Bridge Completed After 50 Years by Taciturn1: 8:20pm On Jan 31, 2020 |
chozzy:
That's why there are bridges na Ok. I used to think Bonny was very far from the mainland. This road link is long overdue then. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Bodo-Bonny Bridge Completed After 50 Years by Taciturn1: 8:13pm On Jan 31, 2020 |
Someone with the knowledge help me out. Will this Bonny-Bodo road be a road on the Sea, because Bonny to my knowledge is an Isolated Island off the mainland of Rivers state. 1 Like |
Sports / Re: Kobe Bryant's Death: Helicopter Dropped More Than 2,000 Feet A Minute, NTSB Says by Taciturn1: 6:04pm On Jan 29, 2020 |
healthserve:
The seat has to shoot the passengers several feet into the air and the force opens the parachute. Many action films around 1990 embraced this concept. I'm shocked this wasn't embraced in this Chopper's design. Although having engineering systems is one thing the discretion of the air craft operator is another thing Is this seat ejection you talk about possible in a Chopper? The rotor blades could slice up the ejectees |
Sports / Re: Kobe Bryant's Death: Helicopter Dropped More Than 2,000 Feet A Minute, NTSB Says by Taciturn1: 5:50pm On Jan 29, 2020 |
LordeCalifornia:
If the blade disengages, it goes a different way, killing a different set of people, while the chopper would still eventually crash, killing another set of people. Leaving only the people on board as the survivors. But if the blades stay put to the chopper, a lesser fatality would be meted out on innocent passersby.
Parachuting the entire chopper would suffice, the parachute could be positioned in a way that the rotating blades would not affect the suspending ropes. Good suggestion, but such a parachute may not work in a spiralling(as is likely to be) craft about to crash |
Sports / Re: Kobe Bryant's Death: Helicopter Dropped More Than 2,000 Feet A Minute, NTSB Says by Taciturn1: 4:13pm On Jan 29, 2020 |
jaxxy:
Not the rotor itself bt the compartment housing it or Smtn. Or a bottom or rear door ejection System. Like a shell. Well, my suggestion would be an inflatable exterior to withstand high impact 2 Likes |
Sports / Re: Kobe Bryant's Death: Helicopter Dropped More Than 2,000 Feet A Minute, NTSB Says by Taciturn1: 3:59pm On Jan 29, 2020 |
jaxxy:
Nothing is impossible. I’ve given it a thought. The rotors on malfunction shud be able to disengage and go off then a parachute launched. A rotor that can disengage is probably too much a risk 1 Like |
Romance / Re: Apart From, *let Me Call You Right Back* What Other Scam Do You Know? by Taciturn1: 3:37pm On Jan 29, 2020 |
greypencils: Send me your CV lol And after calling to find out how far... Don't worry yourself, just relax. 9 Likes |
Education / Re: What Was The Craziest Thing You Experienced In Secondary School? by Taciturn1: 5:08pm On Jan 23, 2020 |
Sweeetheart: A pretty corper open my face to the world with her big booty when I was in SS1. I became her favourite student somewhat that we were both fond of each other.
one thing led to one thing, I and Miss Chidinma fall in love, she gave me my first BJ, free sex this run till I promoted to SS2. she got a job in Lagos and that put an end to such promiscuity
it take so long for me to fall in love with ladies younger of my age and my age mates. she made me fall in love with older ladies though I've outgrown that now Sounds like you were sexually abused. The lady abused her post. That's if this is a true story |
Religion / Re: Olubunmi Diya Hires Lawyer As Husband, Gabriel Diya, And Children Drown In Spain by Taciturn1: 10:14pm On Dec 29, 2019 |
soberdrunk: It's very obvious that this isn't ordinary drowning and the resort is guilty but this is "holiday season" and money must be made hence the cover up, so this Spaniards sef dey do Mago Mago..... Really sad. Spain for sure, is not as advanced(politically) as the other countries in western Europe. |
Religion / Re: RCCG Pastor Gabriel Diya, His Son And Daughter Drown Inside A Pool In Spain by Taciturn1: 8:47pm On Dec 26, 2019 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Everton Vs Arsenal (0 - 0) On 21st December 2019 by Taciturn1: 2:15pm On Dec 21, 2019 |
sexiestharam: I ain't watching the match so I checked livescore for the match details. How is it possible that Everton has a ball possession of 94% and Arsenal is 6%? Or is something wrong with the site? someone watching the match pls confirm. That's what I saw on livescores and I arrived here to confirm it wasn't a system glitch |
Politics / Re: CJN: ‘Sharia Law Is Not Islamisation Of Nigeria’ - Islamic Scholars by Taciturn1: 7:20pm On Dec 20, 2019 |
Henry22: Pls keep ur shara I mean sharia in the north, middle belt and Yoruba land....... Yorubaland won't accept Sharia law, neither would the Middle Belt. 2 Likes |
Crime / Re: Boss Rapes His 21-year-old Virgin Sales Girl (graphic Photos) by Taciturn1: 5:37pm On Dec 20, 2019 |
futurerex: Any gist from bloggers is a made up story.
At age 21, she might still be a virgin but, not with her hymen intact as portray by that blogger blogger professor of humanology |
Sports / Re: Fifa Ranking: Nigeria Ends 2019 In 31st Place by Taciturn1: 8:07pm On Dec 19, 2019 |
We deserve better, I'm so sure. We haven't lost a game in a while, just like Senegal |
Politics / Re: Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge: 39 Companies Express Interest In Constructing It by Taciturn1: 7:16pm On Dec 19, 2019 |
fairfora: And we should be prepared to pay toll hugely This should be just a bidding for the contract |
Politics / Re: Buhari Sacks Odubu-Led NDDC Board by Taciturn1: 11:48am On Dec 19, 2019 |
post=85043697: These are the people fighting and injuring themselves the other day that President Muhammadu Buhari appointed an Ijaw man to head NDDC, they keep fighting and shouting why not another man from our tribe! In the same Delta state o.
What ETHNICITY and TRIBALISM will cause in this nation ehn. People are just enemies of themselves.
What a shame!! It's all political, for who will gain control and loot |
Foreign Affairs / Re: President Donald Trump Impeachment Updates by Taciturn1: 6:28pm On Dec 18, 2019 |
tchidi066: But wait a minute, how does it affect the average Nigerian if he is impeached... Someone clarify me Trump is against terrorists |
Politics / Re: Why Buhari Is The Best President - Alwan Hassan by Taciturn1: 9:25pm On Dec 17, 2019 |
Lush100: haha my guy, the hope ur guy is talking about is coming from his backyard. the patience is from his front yard the power will come from his i-pass-my-neighbour generator, strong naira will come from herdsmen from Niger as forex for naira, fuel price reduction will come from the exploration of crude Northern NIgeria petroleum Corp(nnpc) has been looking for up North for the past 5 yrears in zamfara and borno, low fuel subsidy will come after serving third or fourth term improved security will come from bokoharam police humanity will come from sars, massive Exodus back to Nigeria will come when another speech on lazy youth will touch our people in diaspora, election orderliness will come from kongi and kaduja govt after monkey and baboon no longer have blood. nepotism will end from kastinah duarah, lawful and orderly obeying court order can not come at all my brother patience is coming or came from bayelsa state(mama peace)
Quite funny, provocative, but true |
Politics / Re: Why Buhari Is The Best President - Alwan Hassan by Taciturn1: 7:09pm On Dec 17, 2019 |
desiredhome:
One of the virtue Nigerians lack is patience, they want to plant now and reap the next minute, to those people even when the government brings the best policy, to those people it's rubbish because they have comform their mind to negativity Where is the improvement to give us hope? No Power, Weak Naira, Fuel price increase despite high subsidy, Insecurity, Police brutality, massive exodus of our brightest minds to Europe and America, Election violence, Sectionalism (Nepotism), No connection between government and the people, Lawlessness. Where is the hope or patience coming from? |
Politics / Re: Why Buhari Is The Best President - Alwan Hassan by Taciturn1: 5:29pm On Dec 17, 2019 |
Maraokere: An APC Member, Alwan Hassan, on President Muhammed Buhari's Birthday, has penned down why he is Nigeria's best President.
President Muhammed Buhari is celebrating his 77th birthday today, 17th December 2019
Facts Revealed: Why Buhari is Nigeria’s Best President (Economy, Investment, Agriculture and Social Investment)
By: Alwan Hassan
INTRODUCTION
I cannot remember who once said that if you try to deny the truth, it does not change the facts. This is where we are in Nigeria today, with the significant achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
In the first part of this series, we examined infrastructure — highlighting why the greatness of the Buhari presidency is hinged on the sustainable impact of many of its policies, programs, and projects. In this part, we will be discussing how and why President Buhari’s economic, investment, agricultural, and social investment programs are unparalleled in the history of our nation.
AGRICULTURE
First of all, to give us an insight into some of the notable achievements of Buhari’s administration, during his first term as a democratically-elected President, in 2017 alone, Nigeria’s agricultural exports grew by an outstanding 180.7% above its 2016 value.
Similarly, the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria, to encourage farming across Nigeria, has made available N82 billion in funding to 350,000 farmers of rice, wheat, maize, cotton, cassava, poultry, soybeans, and groundnut. So far, these farmers have helped to cultivate over 400,000 hectares of land — leading Nigeria to become more self-sufficient when it comes to the provision of basic food items.
It is important to also point out that the ABP has substantially raised the local production of rice in the country. As it currently stands, yields have doubled from 2-3 tonnes per hectare while Nigeria’s paddy production has doubled compared to its 2014 levels.
Between 2016 and 2018, eight new rice mills have come on-stream in Nigeria, a situation that has increased the country’s milled rice production by about 60 percent, from 2.5 million metric tonnes in 2015, to 4 million metric tonnes in 2017. There is also more than a billion dollars private sector investments in the production of rice, wheat, sugar, poultry and animal feed, since 2015 — this shows that many more Nigerians have returned to the farm and reaping significant rewards.
Additionally, there is also the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme which was initiated by the Buhari administration. This program, which is aimed at bringing life back to rural communities through the empowerment of youth, women and other vulnerable groups across the country, is geared towards promoting community-based on-farm and off-farm business activities as a model for job and wealth creation amongst unemployed youth and women in rural and suburban households. As the programme continues to grow, it is expected to establish over 150,000 cooperatives nationwide under commodity value chain groups.
The Buhari administration has made provision of agricultural credit for financing the production of rice, wheat, ginger, maize and soybeans in Kebbi, Niger, Kaduna, Kano, Enugu, Benue, Zamfara, Anambra and Kwara States.
Still, in a bid to aid the growth of the agricultural sector, fourteen moribund Fertilizer Blending Plants have been revitalized so far under the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI); with a total capacity of 2.3 million metric tonnes of NPK fertilizer.
The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (which involves a partnership with the Government of Morocco, for the supply of phosphate), has thus far resulted in the revitalization of 14 blending plants across the country, with a total installed capacity over 2 million metric tonnes. The benefits include annual savings of US$200 million in foreign exchange, and N60 billion annually in budgetary provisions for fertilizer subsidies. The Scheme has also made it possible for farmers to purchase fertilizer at prices up to 30 percent cheaper than previously available.
ECONOMY
Shifting to the economy, the Buhari administration has made concerted efforts in resuscitating the economy which was worst hit by the 2016 – 2017 recession. The inflation rate has fallen from about 17% to the current 11.61%. Nigeria’s External Reserves have risen from $29 billion in May 2015 to $42 billion in 2019.
Tax Revenue increased to N1.17 Trillion in Q1 2018, a 51% increase on the Q1 2017 figure, following the addition of six million new taxpayers to the tax base in an effort by the Buhari administration to diversify government revenues.
Solid Minerals’ contribution to the Federation Account outstandingly rose from N700 million in 2015 to N3.5 billion in 2017.
Moreover, US$1.7 billion has been saved by the Buhari government following negotiations to reduce the US$6.8 billion accumulated in NNPC/IOC Joint Venture Cash Call arrears to US$5.1 billion. While for Nigeria’s non-oil export earnings, for the first time in Nigeria’s history, it reached a record high of 577 billion naira between January and March 2018.
Similarly, under the Buhari administration, the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has seen fresh inflows of US$1.15 billion since 2016, and more than N300 billion in private sector investments in the rice value chain since 2015.
Nigeria has moved 24 places upwards in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings since 2018, earning a place on the list of top ten reforming economies in the world. Nigeria has similarly moved 22 points upwards in the Global Competitiveness index. Of course, the Buhari-led Federal Government has made investments in modular refineries, to ease the fuel situation in the country.
The Bank of Industry under this government has disbursed more than N160 billion in loans since 2016, just as the Nigerian Stock Market ended 2017 as one of the best- performing in the world, with returns over 40 percent.
An average of US$1 billion is recorded as weekly turnover through the new FX Window introduced by the CBN headed by Godwin Emefiele in April 2017. This attracted about US$25 billion in inflows in its first year, and a total turnover of $47.14 billion – indicating rising investor confidence in Nigeria.
President Buhari on November 4, 2019, assented to the Bill amending the Deep Offshore (and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract) Act, which is projected to generate an est. $500 million in additional revenues for the Federal Government in 2020, and over $1 billion from 2021.
SOCIAL INVESTMENTS
Above all else, the Buhari government has proven to be pro-masses with the incredible success recorded with its celebrated Social Investment Programme (SIP), which has been praised as the largest and most ambitious program in the country’s history, with a clear focus on the most vulnerable of our population.
Notable for its aim of investing in people, the four components of the Social Investment Programme, have yielded tremendous successes. For example, the Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP), has witnessed massive enrolment in primary schools in participating states as over nine million pupils are being fed at schools with one nutritious meal per day. The Buhari-led Federal Government has so far paid out over N66 billion to the 26 states currently enrolled in the scheme.
The Buhari administration also supports nearly 300,000 Nigerians with a monthly cash transfer of N5,000 to lift them out of absolute poverty. The Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme provides targeted monthly Base Cash Transfer of N5,000 to the poorest and most vulnerable households in the country, to lift them out of absolute poverty. This scheme runs across 26 states with N12.8 billion so far disbursed to beneficiaries.
With over 500,000 Nigerian graduates, selected from 36 states, and being paid a monthly stipend of N30,000 to work in various sectors like education, health, agriculture, construction, etc, the N-Power scheme is undoubtedly the largest post-tertiary employment programme in Africa. This has also — to a large extent — reduced youth unemployment as many young people who take part in the program have been reported to go into self-employment immediately after, using the monies they saved up from the program.
Through the GEEP programme which consists of the FarmerMoni, MarketMoni and TraderMoni schemes, the Buhari government has disbursed N26.4 billion in interest-free loans, to over 1 million market women, traders, artisans and farmers across the 36 states of the federation and the FCT.
BUSINESS CLIMATE
As the Buhari administration works to improve Nigeria’s business climate, in line with the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, and the Nigerian Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP), which is hinged on the growth and support of MSMEs; and accelerating further investments in Nigeria, the Federal Government has also launched.
http://irukkanews.com/index.php/2019/12/17/why-buhari-is-the-best-president-alwan-hassan/
Increase in poverty 1 Like |
Politics / Re: House Of Reps Rejects Bill Proposing 6 Years Per Term For President, Governors by Taciturn1: 5:25pm On Dec 17, 2019 |
Beehshorp: I rather do 6 yrs change than 8 years of change oo They proposed 6yrs per term, not 6yrs single term as you think. |
Politics / Re: House Of Reps Rejects Bill Proposing 6 Years Per Term For President, Governors by Taciturn1: 5:23pm On Dec 17, 2019 |
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Politics / Re: House Of Reps Rejects Bill Proposing 6 Years Per Term For President, Governors by Taciturn1: 5:21pm On Dec 17, 2019 |
Beehshorp: I rather do 6 yrs change than 8 years of change oo lol. Go and read the report again. They want each team to be extended to six years, meaning the Change, would be for 12 years |