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na2016:It is shameful that our universities do not engage in enough researches that can generate revenues to make them financially self sufficient. Any University that relies on funding from the FG cannot truly champion the struggle of Independence. You are not financially independent but you want administrative Independence; where is that going to happen? |
majamajic:It is not at the expense of non-farmers really. The advantages of the border closure are listed below: 1. More money that would have exited our economy would stay in Nigeria hence we have more liquidity; it is akin to your blood staying in your body instead of leaking out 2. Since the money you are paying farmers now goes to Nigerians, there will be a positive improvement in the GDP and Per Capita Income 3. The good prices that farmers earn on their produce in Nigeria would attract more people into farming and other spin off jobs, thereby increasing employment opportunities. 4. As the farmers and other people employed in the agric value chain earn more money they become less dependent on others for handouts 5. As the prices attract more people into farming and other agric value chain jobs, the supply will increase and the prices will keep falling until equilibrium between demand and supply is reached. |
AbuMaryam1:God bless you! You have a better understanding of the economic dynamics of this border closure than people who are fixated on pricing alone. At least, when we patronize our local farmers and manufacturers, we will end up growing our economy. Conversely, when we buy the smuggled products we shrink the economy; we cannot continue to haemorrage the economy of the country and expect any meaningful growth and development. I learnt that one of the smuggling groups who specializes in rice buys about N500m worth of rice every week before the border closure and I was told that this is one of several groups (from the same source there are more than 20 groups - meaning that our economy loses at least N10billion weekly to smuggling of rice and it could be more if there are more than 20 smuggling groups even if we leave out individual smugglers). Modified: And I am thinking, how beneficial it would be if we could lock in the money expended on smuggling rice in Nigeria - at least we would be growing our economy by N10billion per week for preventing rice smuggling alone. Ultimately farmers would smile to the bank, more people would be attracted to produce rice, our gdp and per capita income will witness positive changes, supply will grow and then prices will fall. |
Urchman200:In a Federal system, the President does not have to set examples. In the U.S, there are quite a number of states that are more forward-looking on a number of issues than the U.S Federal government. These governors need more scrutiny in their activities but sadly tribal bigotry often prevents us from scrutinizing them as well as we should; as the governors of the respective states are almost always of the same tribe with the people they govern. |
sassysure:Morning brother. You have captured the scenario in Nigeria aptly and I'm happy that some Nigerians know where our problems lie. In traveling to other countries, I have formed the habit of judging the state of lawlessness in any country by the level of chaos on their roads! There is a correlation! How do we behave while driving on Nigerian roads? Unnecessary aggression, Cheating, wanting to get ahead of the next vehicle at all cost - even in hold ups. |
solmusdesigns:Very sensible post. Kudos. |
osazsky:The President's medical pilgrimages to foreign countries are condemnable and if this were to be the topic I would have condemned it unequivocally. But, may I advise that you learn how to address people seeing that you are promoting your business on your signature; you don't know who your next biggest customer could be. How you arrived at the phrase of "your master" baffles me. Good luck. |
pawesome:The government should be encouraged to even tighten the importation noose more. Even if it will be more expensive in short term, Nigerians will gain more in the long run. When Nigerians wear foreign clothes, drink foreign wines, eat imported food, it baffles me when they complain about unemployment. For every grain of imported rice Nigerians actually provide employment for input sellers, agric engineers, extension works, marketers, supply chain experts, warehouse owners, transportation companies of the exporting countries. China closed their border for more than 10 years and within that period they learn to produce whatever they needed, it was tough for them but then they are reaping the fruits of their sacrifices today. |
HigherEd:Laudable achievement by Covenant University, more wisdom to the school's management, the alumni association and the current students. By way of digression, I understand that American University owned by Atiku is one of the most expensive universities in Nigeria right now. Would you know if they were ranked at all. Same thing for the Bells University. Thanks. |
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jaxxy:In the court of law it is not the business of an election petitioner to "speak many truths". His business is to prove with evidences the electoral lapses and underhand dealings that robbed him of victory. Atiku's legal team did a very shoddy job. And against the respondent's team that had an election petition specialist like Olanipekun Wole they did not do well. How did Atiku's lawyers believe that inec server was a legal ground to upturn the declared results: 1. The electoral act does not recognize the collation of result by electronic means 2. They could not state the MAC ADDRESS of the purported server nor it's serial number 3. Atiku's team claimed that they were told about the server by a whistleblower who wanted to remain anonymous. And you want the court to give Atiku a favourable judgement. No, it does not work that way. If I go to court and say that I saw Mr A stealing something I might succeed in prosecution but if I say that Mr B (who is anonymous to the court and who is not ready to serve as a witness) then my case would most likely be thrown out. Even FG's prosecutors lose cases from time to time because of their inabilities to prove their case. |
GavelSlam:Bro why do you speak my mind most times |
Gracealone:Atiku's legal representation was disappointing at the tribunal, I expected more from him and his team. |
anonimi: Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) is an engineering and project management company founded and led by Michael Quinn and Brendan Cahill who had over 30 years’ experience of project management and execution in Nigeria.Source: www.pandidfacts.com Please read through the submissions of P&ID carefully especially the parts in emphasis. When you are done reading and reconciling their submissions with my earlier post, kindly point out the lies I told. Then we can continue to have a civil conversation. |
GavelSlam:You and omenka are both correct. The Nigerian societal problem is a multivariable problem situation. Addressing one of the variables without the others may not yield a desirable outcome of building a nation of our dream. While we address, the problem of Nigerian graduates' ill education and skill gaps, we need to also recognize the treacherous capacity of the ruling elites to exploit our fault lines of language, tribe, ethnicity and religion and therefore guard ourselves against such inhumane exploitation. And more importantly, we need to reappraise our value systems. While growing up, one of the worst verbal abuses anyone could suffer was to be called a "dullard" or olodo. Once you were tagged an "olodo", no one wanted to associate with you hence you would have to double your efforts, academically. Little emphasis was placed on how wealthy your family was. I recall with nostalgia that invigilators had little or nothing to do back then because even without the invigilators' we wouldn't cheat. If you dared to "giraffe" or cheat, the verbal excoriation you would suffer from your peers would discourage you from that ignoble path. |
anonimi:Let me put my opinion of the the current FG having acted reasonably in proper perspective: The timelines for the FG vs P&ID is summarized below: 1. FG and P&ID signed a contract in 2010 2. Contract was that FG would provide pipelines and other infrastructures and deliver natural gas to P&ID 3. P&ID was to build a processing plant 4. P&ID was to provide free processed gas to FG for addition of 2000 MW of electricity 4. Government did not fulfill it's side of the bargain 5. 2010 - 2012, FGN refused to reasonably engage P&ID 6. 2012: P&ID dragged FG to arbitration tribunal in London. 7. 2012-2015 FG made no offer for settlement to P&ID 8. July 2015, the arbitration tribunal concluded on Nigeria's liability based on repudiation and judgement was reserved. 9. Jan 2017, the tribunal read the judgement it reserved in July 2015 by ordering Nigeria to pay $6.6 billion. The foregoing is to put issues in perspective. Now between May 29 2015, that Buhari was sworn in and July 2015 that judgement was reserved, there was little or nothing FG could have done. And after reserving judgement, parties to the suit would have to wait to hear judgement to know their next line of action. The guys who acted unreasonably were those in government from 2010 to 2015. |
anonimi:Hate Buhari all you want, it is your inalienable right. However, cut the man some slack for uncovering this heists and fighting hard to make sure that the country does not pay some dubious contractors and their collaborators. Now, if you ask me if I am completely happy with Buhari, it will be a capital NO. But the truth is that, with respect to PID and this other case mentioned herein, the government of the day has acted reasonably. Politics must be set aside when the need arises in the interest of the nation at large. |
celebgistz2:More importantly, we need a reformation of our minds as Nigerians. The policemen are just a reflection of the Nigerian society - if you sack all the policemen in Nigeria today and replace them with another set of Nigerians, there is a high probability that they will turn out to be as bad. |
WizBLANCE:Please don't be offended by his comments. What some Nigerians do in the U.S will make you dissociate yourself from them. If you are not careful, they can even implicate you, when the long arms of the law catch up with them and their accomplices just to get lighter sentences. |
fairfora:The problem with us is that Nigerians may end up dribbling themselves into a corner. What do we do to ourselves. Even when we as Nigerians set up businesses here some fellas end up trying to be too smart, this has led to a number of businesses folding up. I am talking about businesses that were founded by Nigerians. So I ask, how the hell would there be jobs? |
PhilipGallagher:Trust me, tiny drops of water make an ocean. This does not bode well for the teeming youths. |
IGBOSON1:Bro please this excuse is not tenable for these people's crime. Granted that the Nigerian leadership over decades have continually failed their citizens, but the fact is that these guys got visas to the U.S and refused to make the best of the opportunities that they had, rather they chose to be criminals making things hard for their country folks through negative profiling. When Nigerians complain about lack of job opportunities, I laugh because of the way the same 'disadvantaged' youths destroy the opportunities for global employment via telecommuting because of the get rich quick syndrome. On upwork.com alone, some citizens of other countries earn as much as $10000 or more per month while providing various services but most Nigerians working on that platform have to use VPN to hide their identity to claim nationality of other countries - this act itself of claiming who they are not is even wrong - but they do so because nobody wants to do business with Nigerians! Because of the inherent smartness of Nigerians, we ought to have been some of the greatest beneficiary of the internet through LEGITIMATE means such as freelancing, remote call centre services, international business partnership and telecommuting but - through their illegitimate dealings - these job opportunities are being destroyed daily by the youths who complain daily about lack of job opportunities! Nothing can be more ironical. |
Elexdallas:But Niger Delta militants were given amnesty before now. As a matter of fact, people like Tompolo, Asari, Tom Awake and their followers were paid monthly salaries. This attitude of rewarding armed struggle champions has continued today with the Fulani herdsmen and bandits. More and more people in this country are being encouraged to go into arms struggle; government ought to punish criminals and not to negotiate with them. |
FroshJaynex:This false narrative of the government holding him against court orders have been going around for too long and I believe that a lot of people believed the narrative innocently. The facts are that El-Zakzzaky had different cases in Abuja and Kaduna; while the court in Abuja had granted him bail, the Kaduna court had never granted him bail until some days ago when it granted him bail on medical grounds. |
fasho01:Very sad issue. They would tell you that they rip other people off because 'country is hard', but I keep wondering if the country is not hard for that poor man or woman that falls for the acts of these criminals. Sadly, the police to citizens ratio is very poor and I keep on wondering why our citizens choose to overwhelm the security operatives to their own detriment; because when they are overwhelmed with sundry financial crimes, how do we get them to focus on securing lives and properties of the citizens. |
Something must be genetically wrong with some Nigerians! They give the bad leadership in Nigeria as excuse for their criminalities; they go to better organized countries, in search of the proverbial green pasture and they continue with their criminal attitudes thereby rendering their excuse of bad leadership useless. As Nigerians, we need to begin to reevaluate ourselves and retrace our steps. |
ednut1:Having boys these days is not a guarantee against parental hearbreak. Some boys' turn out to be gays! Just ask God for good children regardless of their gender and do not abdicate your parental responsibilities. |
GrabHisBalls:No jare, you were not supposed to lick his ass. Perhaps acting out your monicker by Grabbing His Balls would have jolted him into reality. � |
Mk12:The El Paso Police department clearly spoke about having reports of "multiple shooters" via its tweeter handle. That clearly is actionable intelligence. See the highlighted part of the attached image for your kind attention.
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Mk12:But only one of the suspects has been caught, the others are still moving around looking for their next victims. Infact, no one has shouted that the only suspect caught is a Californian, Texan, New Yorker, Republican or Democrat. Nigerians always shouting about insecurity but quick to shout witch hunting when suspects are taken into custody. The less we politicise security issues and other matters of national importance, the better for us. |
soberdrunk:Thanks for this beautiful contribution; until Nigerians accept individual responsibilities for the mess we are in, there won't be any way forward. It is not about OBJ, GEJ or PMB. These guys just reflect who we are as a people. |
Bbbwings:What about children being driven via that route, would you tell them to avert their eyes too? |
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