Vaughanlanrewaj:


Please don't repeat this sir. It is completely wrong and clearly elitist or lack of understanding of developmental microeconomics.

Even in High School economics, poverty cycle is taught.Those items being donated by LASG are items that have greater and quicker impact on taking people out of poverty cycle. It comes from position of knowledge and I commend the government.

They are targeted at women and women are more likely to prioritise the feeding of their children than men and these women may now have extra to save in ajo on a daily basis after meeting basic survival needs. So while it may take years to finish major infrastructures, these women can survive until then.
To escape the poverty trap, the first thing you must achieve is savings followed by investment. Poor people, world over, hardly have enough to spend on basic needs, let alone have anything left to save.

This is very commendable in a place like Lagos but I am not sure it will work in Osun, probably the women may need agricultural tools than sewing machines.

In Nigeria, urban dwellers are actually those cheating the poor in the villages; for years, even without having roads , internet, water ,cars and electricity, they were picking up the bills used to fund petrol and electricity subsidy of their urban dwelling relatives to the point that nothing is left in national budgets even to buy medicines in their village cottage clinics.

If a developmental revolution must begin in Nigeria, it must start from those villages to shift resources to helping our poor in the villages not this elitist one by endSars protest or political state actors like Sowore.

The revolution must be organic and bottom up from the cheated Nigerian villagers and whoever must lead it should be from among them. Not those junketting around in brief cases calling themselves development expert. Our poor villagers must force government to give them a substitute of the subsidies their urban relatives are enjoying or enjoyed for years.

They must impose special developmental tax on their relatives returning to the villages and such funds must be used to fund their own economic and political activities.

We had a similar one with the Agbekoya and India is on the throes of one with the riots by farmers for days now. Those farmers are the real poor who are now piling pressure on Indian government.

This 24hr internet dwelling lifestyle itself that makes one privileged subsidy-enjoying Nigerian to be suggesting that the poor denied of everything do not need empowerment , itself is a reflection of how Nigerian urban dwellers think. They hardly imagine that the internet itself is a luxury these poor villagers can't afford yet pick up bills for those whose stock in trade is sabotaging the country after enjoying far more privileges than the real poor Nigerians in our villages.


If you are a villager privileged to read this, please note that your redemption and economic liberation is not in the hands of your urban relatives, as a matter of fact, they are part of the burden you carry.

To emancipate yourself, organize and insist that for any subsidy or privilege given to your urban dwelling relatives, an equivalent of it must be provided for your villages too.

Everything is not about those who have access to internet and can write English, there are real people suffering from the way government give more priority to the loud urban dwelling Nigerians but the lives of the poor especially in our villages too matter.

Commend the Lagos government all you like but it still doesn't negate the fact that this is a drop in the ocean and definitely not what we need at this point.

As the guy you quoted said, conducive environment is all what creatives in this country need - quality infrastructure, funding, inflow of foreign investment, good education system, stable economy, sound healthcare. This is what Nigerians need not this cosmetic schemes. Its even embarrassing that in this day and age this government is handing out sewing and grinding machines as a means of poverty alleviation. Disgraceful

1981-2015 China lifted 400+ million people out of poverty through massive investment in industry and infrastructure, as a result the poverty rate has been decreased substantially. Let's learn from them.

bsalawu:
You make the people poor... then you empowerment them... nice one.

This people need to understand that we don’t need empowerment, what you need is a conducive environment,
good infrastructure
and great leadership!


Who your empowerment help?

Second base jare!

Thanks for this.

OMONGBALI:
As much as we don't want to admit it, the cost of education is actually low in Nigeria, I guess that is why the quality is terrible.

Low? How?

slawormiir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Nice....
Sometimes we just need to accept love whichever way it finds us
Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

Ogbeni..am still the real niggarr...doing no love...but he get some kind matter way dey happen to me when even me nor understand
there was this girl i wanted to bang and move on..she old pass me with 3 years and seven months...I don bang her but the way she is treating me....am scared if she continue like this....she is going to weaken me as a real niggarrr....I might start doing love and relationship
She is just five in one..a mother, a wife, a friend, a sister and a girlfriend..imagine i paid her a visit at her salon store yesterday..after the visit I was supposed to go sit in a beer parlor after leaving her store and drink my bottle but she insist i should not visit a beer parlor that evening..that i should go home straight...and i obliged..first time am obeying a woman

E shock you abi? . There is always someone for everyone.

Sometimes when you met the right person everything falls into place, the chemistry and understanding will just synchronized effortlessly

kenzo25:
Who knows condom have sizes too

I have no idea

AFvckingAlpha:
The fvck

Niggarr!!

Real niggarrs go into that store and get the CD and dont flinch cos aint no need to get shy of sex.

I remember my final year in Unilorin not very long ago, when I escorted one of gee wey dey sick go clinic as a real niggarr.

After a long time on one of the benches waiting beofore seeing a doctor, we got to the pharmacy end to collect his drugs. Om sighting the condoms, instinct just made me get some CD's, despite the fact folks were around and we left after getting the drugs.

We went to the famous Item 7 to get some meals and on our way going back to the faculty of life sciences, some girls passing by joked about me picking CD's in the clinic.

I had to leave my sick friend and joined in the laugh for a minute. They were 3 freshers who lived in a new private hostel on campus and had also accompanied a sick friend to the clinic.

I had to collect one's number and joined my niggar back. I had to come to campus for night class some days later and the rest you could figure out yaself.

I said what I said.

I wish guys are like you...... But... God punish low self-esteem

chinchonglee:

Make we hear word abeg!

Do you also beat yours?

sammirano:
This is becoming irritating and unbearable to read. Guys what is happening? I'm always of the opionion of dating a lady you have absolute influence and control over, and not someone you literally worship the ground they step upon.

You are lamenting you dont want to leave cos someone else will just takeover. Hilarious.. Is some people not already doing it now with her. You guys are the achitect of your own problems, you reverend a lady's body above and beyond where it should and the society makes it worse.

You have sold your birth rights. Now it's a guy that worries while d ladies sleep on.

Well, I won't advise cos you won't take it.

Advice the mumu guy

donbachi:
Why beat,when u can just walk away..let her go..then,u suffer heartbreak for few months.than spend all ur life in prison.from she cheating u into provocation.and she dies in ur hands.

The same thing I told this fool he is here telling is rubbish on the much he invested on her.

Rubbish

Hushbingo:
[b]This girl is a very beautiful lady which i know would have lots of suitors on her head. I never even intended dating her until she converted our friendship to relationship.

When we started, i noticed her incessant calls and had to complain about them which got reduced with time. In most cases, i would bring up issues pertaining to her having an affair with some of those people which she would discard and even get angry enough as to quarrel with me.
So, because of the texts and calls she was getting i became suspicious and one evening when i read a text from a guy addressing her as "baby and luv" i finally vented my anger, she strolled out that evening while i waited at home, later on, i took her phone, old phone which she barely uses, i turned it on and went through her Whatsapp messages, it was then that i discovered she has had an affair with a boss she was working for and even got messed up without her salary being paid for that month.

Not just that, other guys too have had their pounds of flesh. I was messed up that evening because this lady would insist we have sex without condom. So messed up that when she came, for the first time in my life, i layed my hands on a woman and slapped her so bad, I even beat her till she was unconcious and when she finally gained conciousness, she started begging and explaining, she even pretended like she wants to drink hypo bleech due to heart break.

To cut the long story short, i got other texts too from guys in her phone, one in particular sent her "are we still seeing today ?" Which she told me she never made any arrangement with the guy.
Well, i have invested much on this girl and i don't want to let her go like that, she had turned me to a brutal guy. I don't know what to do, i don't want to break up with her because she would just shift to another guy the next day, so I need advise on the best medicine for this kind of lady.[/b]

Such a distasteful read. So you beat to the point of unconsciousness? And you have the guts to say it here? Forgetting how many souls have been lost to such senseless domestic violence.

You can't change her , quit and let her go if you know what is good for you.

okefranci:
Definitely, the CPI need to show substantial improvements but is yet to show an improvement commensurate to the efforts of the government.

Just go and spend just a week in Algeria (a country not even as rich natural resource wise as Nigeria) the. Come back let's talk.

Seunaj05:
We all know that Osinbajo would be a great president. Kudos to Mr Vice president for trying to strive against all odds under this very thick black cloud.

Great what? For the records as a vice president he haven't make any significant difference? Just noise and rubbish.

Aonkuuse:
Bush man, Thailand is strictly rice that is just one, you can find so many others,make google your friend at least let your data be useful to you for once

He said "richest countries". Last time I checked Thailand is still a developing country, classified by the world bank as a developing economy.

Besides, what do you gain by insults? Does that make you feel better about yourself?

Freestainworld:
Which of the country do you want to cry for? Uganda is even more dictatorial than Nigeria, our economy is better than theirs, the president of Uganda have been on power for more than 30yrs if am not mistaken, cry more for Uganda.

Stop comparing the so-called giant of Africa with an underdog

helinues:
Which reaction?

So IGP should allow some miscreants to cause chaos and confusion all in the name of senseless protest?

Shoot at sight awaits any protesters for now... If life don tire una, why not find the nearest lagoon instead of disturbing other Nigerians with senseless protest

At your age you shouldn't be this stupid.

You may think you are catching cruise here by behaving slowpoke but just know It ain't funny. >:

It will neither make you popular or likeable rather you will appear repugnant and unworthy of respect - just like a piece of garbage.

haryorbarmie83:
He who have sense, let him think before going to another round of protest.

You don't solve violence with violence!

Threats and intimidation has proved to be ineffective in solving social problems and injustice.


Guns these days are easy and cheap to get plus some people are ready to die any day anytime.

If you have sense you should have known these.

sosowater:


It's a crime here in Mars so I don't want to break the law

In Uranus its considered an abomination.

infinixbaby:
Hello nairalanders, please kindly suggest a good country I can migrate with 30m budget. I don't want US and UK.
Thanks

same age with you, and you know, things are not easy in Nigeria. Care to share to show me the way?

kambili999:
companionship

My wisdom

Listening ears

Prayers

A thoughtful mind

Support

Encouragement in good and bad times

Family and friends can provide all that

Starboytwo:
Females don suffer for this nairaland, everyday una must collect kilode what you guys did to these niggahz... Damn.

Some of them are just annoying as Bleep .

The average Nigerian girl thinks she is doing you a favor by dating you, such idiocy

WoundedLamb:
Hhmm.... Do you boys ever get tired? Girls used to discuss men back then but it seems the reverse is the case now. You guys gather everyday here to profile Nigerian girls but would cry a river when foreigners profile Nigerians as criminals.

They do not represent the average Nigerian male .

Doradorwa:
What I mean is western government... We had our okpara, igwes, emir's, obas and we had peace of mind.... For more than a century now....white man culture, language and knowledge has help the world to see our black yansh. The woes are extremely sorry

What does "okpara" means?

DrAkpa:


Please I don't have time for silly arguments with you this morning. I have passed my advice to the o.p, if he wants to take it, good for him, if he doesn't, then that is his cup of tea. No be me want travel.

Shut up .

Instead of giving a good argument you end of disgracing yourself

abduljabbar4:
These people are still living in the past. The mighty influence and hegemoney that you had in the past is rapidly diminishing and will soon become nonexistent. USA has one of the highest cases of homicides in the world, the highest number of covid-19 deaths in the world, the greatest number of mass shootings in the world and worst of all, they are seen as the greatest threat to world peace (I didn't make this up. A research was conducted on this).

And yet they are making different kinds of silly lists. If its not travel safety list, it's human rights violators' list. If it's not anti-religious list, it's state sponsors of terrorism list. Clowns

Can you please cite your sources? That US is the biggest threat to world Peace?

DrAkpa:


Because high risk leads to higher returns which will enable him achieve his dreams asap.

Misleading and totally untrue.


For one to make enormous gains in forex it requires a good amount of knowledge about how it works. Needless to say, I can't remember the number of people who have lost tremendous amounts of money trading uncertainty.

And do you know no signal provider is 90% accurate? One of the most reliable (forgot its name) is a tad 85%.

Give me good reasons why one should venture in something unpredictable ?

Claudiusdeux:


nlc=organised labour I guess....



That's because Nigerian governments and the Nigerian people like subsides. The right thing for Buhari to have done would have been to abolish subsidy from the word go. The market would have done its thing eventually, and prices would have gone down by now.

But because that means prices as high as 300 naira per liter, and since he and his gang promised N40 fuel....

Subsides are always tough to remove. No Nigerian government has removed subsides. All they do is increase the price of fuel to the level where they can safely pay a subsidy.

The economy is going to suffer. Because Nigerians like subsides.

And the whole price control thing is why we don't have functional refineries. No incentive to refine at home. (Unless your name is Dangote and now the BUA guy)



1.Power for the most part is in private hands.

2.Until recently, Nigeria was producing power at N53 per kwh and selling at N30 per kwh or less. Which meant that DISCOS and GENCOS weren't making enough cash to fund improvements. That's why six years after privatization there has been no improvement in power.

3.You opposed subsidy in your second point. Yet, you want government to continue paying power companies a subsidy, which is what is was doing from 2014 till recently. And it was incurring a lot of debt in the process.Loans were even been taken.

4.The road to better power supply begins with power companies being allowed to run at a profit. Running companies at a loss, while politically popular, is a recipe for more poor electric power supply.

After all, the reason why I can type this missive from my home is because Obasanjo allowed GSM companies to run at a profit...even when people were calling for price controls back then. The GSM companies made ginormous profits...which were invested back in infrastructure...and our internet.




Somewhat. You rightly criticized Buhari for increasing subsides on fuel...(after he Buhari hypocritically criticized subsidies too in the past...) and then at the same time you want government to make DISCOS sell power below how much it costs to produce, and pay them a suybsidy to cover the loss..which won't do so, and which would cause more problems.

Like most Nigerians, you don't like subsides, yet you want the government to pay a subsidy, and force companies to run at a loss.

Its actually funny how Nigerians attribute the coming of GSMs to in Nigeria to Obasanjo. As if that was some an achievement or something. . Forgotten we are in the age of technology.

So today we have drones who do we attribute that to?

DrAkpa:


Invest in forex to enable u achieve this dream

Why should one invest in something notorious for its volatility?

popweezy:
If I fit manage see 2 million, tomorrow evening no go meet me 4 naija

Where you dey vamoose go ?

Karlovich:
Our never smiling darling daddy, useless in 1980 and more useless now. Wicked incompetent vegetable dullard, see the amount of wickedness displayed on his face even in the picture with his family, spits.

So you shred him to pieces and still call him daddy anyway?

helinues:


Hope this won't make some people to be in severe pain...

Waiting to read words like Photoshop

So you think critiquing a politician equals hating them ?

You sound stupid

helinues:
Better...

No loose guarding this time around

Mumu, I suspect you must be a wretch Chadian.

Bar1941:
The first #ENDSARS was hijacked by hoodlums who released prisoners, aftermath of which led to insecurity especially arm robbery. These armed robbers only terrorised the poor masses.

To avoid recurrence of the aforementioned, you guys should channel your efforts towards a particular group, YOUR LEGISLATORS, you voted them to represent your interests but they only represent their selfish interest, by the time you beat them, destroy all they got unjustly, they will pressure the vegetable at the top to do the needful.

CHANGE THE NAME FROM #ENDSARS TO SOMETHING ELSE AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO ATTACĶ THE POLICE, AS POOR AS THEY ARE, THEY ARE STILL PROVIDING A LITTLE SECURITY TO THE MASSES, A CHANGE IN LEGISLATION WILL SURELY BRING ABOUT A GHANGE IN POLICING.

So you still believed protesters broke prisons?

Its pathetic despite all the information you still choose not what you want to believe.