₦airaland Forum

Hemanwel:
It is visible to the blind and audible to the deaf that the economic policies of this present administration have brought untold hardship on Nigerians and as well, plunged many into the poverty index. This, of course, may be largely due to the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira at the beginning of this administration.

Many nations of the world have devised various economic policies to tackle the economic woes bedeviling them, and these have been done in relation to the economic realities peculiar to them. While some of the policies have brought economic prosperity to these nations, others have failed woefully. I believe economic policies are not a one-size-fits-all thing. Whatever economic blueprint that worked for country A may not work for country B. That a particular economic policy lifted India out of recession doesn't mean it will work for Burundi. And how do we confirm/conclude that an economic policy is successful? It's how it impacts on the citizens of the country.
If an economic policy or blueprint is intended to better the lives of the citizens of a country, and upon implementation, the reverse happens to be the case, such policy should be discontinued. It means such policy is not feasible and doesn't align with the economic realities of that country.

On that note, I would call on President Tinubu and his economic team to revisit the economic blueprint of this administration, cos it isn't working. It has brought untold hardship on Nigerians, and has taken many from the middle-class into poverty. Tinubu's economic policies have failed!

cc nlfpmod, lalasticlala, seun, mynd44,

You people never learn.

Let me tell you something. Nigeria was borrowing and paying BILLIONS OF DOLLARS annually to keep the Naira artificially high valued.

Do you have the money to repay for such craziness?

Here's the deal. And every Nigerian should know this.

The ONLY way to raise the value of the Naira is for at least 30% of Nigerians to decide to buy MADE IN NIGERIA over foreign made goods and services.

Note that I didn't say ALL Nigerians.

Just 30%.

And by 'Buy Made in Nigeria', I mean your clothes, shoes, cars, handbags, women deciding to elevate indigenous plaits and braids over spending 1 billion dollars annually importing Brazilian dog hair and bleaching creams to look white.

Men preferring ABA-MADE SHOES to Italian. Instead of scorning your own indigenous products as 'local'.

That attitudinal change alone can create 20 million new jobs for local hair stylists and other indigenous manufacturers and innovators and shore up the Naira virtually overnight.

Our preference for imports is our biggest problem.

It destroys local initiative.

Imagine a Nigerian youth, Audu, that's a skilled watchmaker.

He makes his wristwatches in his makeshift backyard factory and offers them for sale to traders.

You, a Nigerian, walk into the shop to buy a wristwatch.

You see his wristwatch. Made in Nigeria.

You see the wristwatch next to his. Made in Switzerland.

Which one do you pick?

Don't bother responding. We know the answer.

That is why your currency value is LOW.

The Swiss watch is about dollars and Euros, hence the greater demand for those currencies than naira. Hence their high value.

It's simple mathematics you people refuse to learn, as you cover yourselves in imported jeans, t shirts and sneakers, all costing dollars, instead of your local danshiki that is in Naira.

And until your attitudes towards your OWN indigenous innovation changes, your currency value will ALWAYS be low.

And the saddest thing is that as you grow richer, the more foreign your tastes become.

You crave for less 'local' stuff.

It's not about Tinubu or govt.

It's about You.

okpouman:
They say, the people of Nigeria have to endure,there's no money.

we have to pay high prices,cost reflective tariffs,high transport fares,high taxes for everything.

No more cheap things,we are lazy and used to free things.

But the non lazy free things loving political elites have money to purchase 21 brand new vehicles costing over a billion for the LGA chairmen in kogi.

This is what subsidy money removed and given to governors is used for.

Weldone TINUBU

Oh please go and rest.

They should use leg for you. Or Okada.

Then you will be happy.

Let them put YOU there as LG chairman and let us see you reject the perks of office.

Talk talk..

Predictor3:
You are not educated. Ethiopia and Sudan are dotted by remnants of ancient structures

Does she know about the Great Zimbabwe ruins?

Great Zimbabwe Ruins of the Shona Empire (8th Century)
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/66/d0/33/66d0335332ff4cf8c0bd3009f0dfc849.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b3/b2/d2/b3b2d210d5f96b92ac2801f69deb8092.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/29/99/19/299919534a7b26c56d7059ee8e51a80f.jpg

obeegee:
Most african countries have a widely spoken local language in addition to the language of their colonizers.

Ghana has Akan. East Africa swahili. South Africa zulu. Zimbabwe Shona. Niger rep hausa.

So yes the poster has a point.

The issue I find is that these countries are not as culturally diverse as us. Even when they have multiple ethnic groups, there is a dominant one which has everyone learn that language.

Many northerners in nigeria are not hausa, but most speak hausa. So, by population there are more hausa speakers in nigeria than other languages. So maybe we should teach in schools and adopt hausa as our national language.

But ethnic rivalries wont allow this.

Great point. Which is why we should do the wise thing, ie pick one of the 'smaller' languages, to ensure harmony.

Seriously, nobody would complain if we were all required to learn Kanuri or Itsekiri as the national language.

The main thing is that we cannot and we WILL NOT speak English indefinitely as a people.

It will NOT happen. We are not Europeans. We are Africans.

Pharaoh Tutankhamun (c.1550 BCE)
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https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9c/8c/9d/9c8c9d0868c86ab758428fe1098b467a.jpg
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MadamExcellency:
Blacks have invented nothing of value in this world. The highest structure in Africa before the advent of Europeans in Africa was built by termites (Ants) not humans.

The Pyramids of Sudan were built by termites?

Do you know Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt?

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6b/04/62/6b0462632b2c4af9bb62d2d25d86aabe.jpg

Plus the Ancient Egyptians were black Africans, and they built the pyramids and temples of Egypt, and taught the world mathematics, the arts and the sciences.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b1/06/d3/b106d3a051ef617dafe9f5723bc0aaba.jpg


Pharaoh Mentuhotep II
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/eb/b5/0c/ebb50cae548a908f34ed87eac7739fdf.jpg

attackgat:
Sowore didn't spare Buhari on his Facebook page:

Muhammadu Buhari slaughtered hundreds of Shiites, men, women and even children

He ordered soldiers Of the HQ Nigerian Army to open fire on peaceful #EndSARS protesters waving the Nigerian flag.

He "disappeared" Dadiyata.

He ordered the massacre of young southeasterners he branded IPOB.


He disobeyed court orders, jailed critics arbitrarily, destroyed the economy, and ruined everything he touched.


And now, because he's dead, some people with selective memory want us to mourn or worship him?

Shameful.

NO, we do not mourn tyrants. We remember their victims.

Sowore is a Liar.

Buhari Never told any soldier to “open fire” on EndSars protesters, and not a single protester was killed by the Nigerian military.

Sowore you are Shameless.

MemphitzDgreat1:
There's nothing absolutely good to say about Buhari

Buhari fixed and upgraded all the airports in this country. He transformed Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport Abuja into a world class facility, adding a brand new terminal. Same as MMA Lagos new terminal.

He also did a lot in railway development. Lagos-Ibadan high speed rail. That’s Buhari. Ajaokuta-Itakpe line, Abuja-Kaduna line, and many more.

Hope you leave even 1% of such impact before you leave this Earth.

God1000:
Rest in peace General

But I don't know why African leaders have refused to build good hospitals that can treat them, they prefer going abroad for medical treatment after serving for so many years, even our current president doesn't believe in our health care system, we still have a long way to go.

There are hospitals in Nigeria that can treat them. It’s their political enemies they are wary of. Someone could arrange with a nurse to put something in their food or injection etc…

That’s what they are scared of, not that there’s no hospital to treat them.

Nonexisting1:
Imagine the combination of Tinubu, Cameroon president and Ugandan president in that meeting. One could easily conclude that it was a meeting for residents of an old people's home and Trump would have finished them with his bad mouth.

Trump is a convicted criminal on 34 felonies, and is no position to “finish with his bad mouth”, if you are a person of dignity who knows your worth.

Rest assured that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria knows His worth, and that of the country he represents, and will Never agree to sit down in public with a demented creature like Trump.

cr7lomo:
U have no right to their country and they have no obligations towards us ... hold ur leaders accountable so we don't have to be looking for visas to their country. Their citizens hold their leaders accountable, reason their country is progressive... but tribe and religion no go gree una

Motor mouth.

For your type it’s always the fault of Other Nigerians.

You are an angel without a single tribalistic bone in your body.

Angel Gabriel.

saintokwuluora:
Brigite Macron is a transgender woman, it's an open secret...he transitioned at 30 years, he was born Jean Michel Tregneux,. Let him produce his picture as a female when he was 30years and under. He started molesting Emmanuel when he was 14years. This open secret of fake personality is not different from Tinubu's fake personality.

Na wa o..

This is a hell of an allegation. 🤩

This world sef..🤔

bigpicture001:
The government house of Anambra has more than 10 houses, all. Luxury... It has streets, it has network drainages... Again
.it was constructed not just by soludo but by 2x governors... Hence the cost...

Maybe u judge by the facade alone
.. just like u will believe the white house in the US is just one house judging from it's facade...

Every state house is like that, oga.

It’s never just one house. 🏠

The question is why was the Vice President’s residence an issue for you people when it only cost N20 billion, compared to N100 billion mansions for your Anambra state governor?

I just checked the exchange rate and that amounts to nearly $70 million!

Do you know how many industries you can establish with such amount in Anambra?

Do you know you can build 3 solid universities with that money?

But no. Tinubu is your problem.

In fact I weep for this country. 😢

People keep blaming FG for everything forgetting that the states have had their allocation increased fivefold since subsidy removal.

This is one of the most underreported facts of our current situation - that the states are swimming in money.

Collectively they get more budgetary allocation than the federal government.

Yet everyone just faces Tinubu and ignores them while they build N100 billion naira palaces and siphon money.

Those governors can’t believe their luck.

All fingers pointing at Tinubu while they loot!

festacman:
Well, it is N100 billion well spent today. It could have cost much less if it was done 10 years but people with your mindset slept on it and thus the state spent more.

It is the same mindset that is responsible for dearth of certain critical infrastructure in Anambra State because it wouldn't generate rent even when it is needed to drive the State economy.

Look, White House of USA wasn't built and expanded several times with peanuts but it has become the pride of every American. In the same way, the new Anambra State Government House in Awka named THE LIGHT HOUSE will continue to be the pride of every Onye Anambra for years to come.

And the Vice President’s lodge which represents Nigeria is not worth N20 billion but your state governor’s lodge is worth N100 billion?

You people are soulless.

Your hypocrisy wears a hat and carries a walking stick, to use an Igbo proverb.

Sheuns:
He finally accepted he’s a content creator. He’s in the class of low budget skit makers.

What does this even mean?

What “class” are you in?

How much do you earn in your “high class” job?

Reasoning like a toad.

People who are smart enough to create content thousands of people are interested in viewing can never be dismissed as being in the “class of low-budget skit makers”.

That’s ludicrous. You can’t just wake up and start insulting peoples’ jobs and pursuits.

SmartPolician:
He's not spreading any hate. You cannot go about destroying someone's land with drugs and fraud, and expect them to like and welcome you open hands.

This is the conversation we should be having now: why do Nigerians commit crimes outside Nigeria? Nobody would take that from any foreign nationals, including YOU!

Who is the “You”?

Nobody on this thread has anything to do with South Africa.

If some Nigerians are committing drug crimes in South Africa, where is their Police?

Where is their law enforcement?

Why should I bear the brunt for their useless, corrupt police?

Not once have I ever seen South Africans criticise their police, whose Job it is to flush out criminals.

The police obviously take bribes from the criminals, so how will it end?

By demonising 250 million Nigerians?

Who is “You”!

Why aren’t Nigerians pushing drugs in America or UK or Canada?

Quite the opposite. They are known as doctors, lawyers, engineers and university professors.

If your law enforcement supports or ignores criminals, they will never go away.

If you like, blame Nigerians from now till kingdom come.

livitexguy:
Greetings from this side,if not hatred,how did you come up with such calculation that a single house of a sitting Governor will a Hundred Billion naira.

You think I’m a kid like you?

I research before posting.

You can Google it to cross-check.

immortalcrown:
Stop mixing things up on necessarily. If soludo built the house with his money and the house is for him, it is not the business of any other person. But if saludo used public money to build the house for himself, it is very wrong. In the case of the federal government, it is very clear that public money was used to renovate the residence at that inflated cost.

Again, the federal government itself announced that it used 20 billion naira for the renovation. In the case of Soludo, how did you ascertain the cost of his house?

It’s the official governor’s residence, built with state funds. The cost is no secret. There was even a thread about it here a while back, and Obidients were proudly showing off the edifice as a sign of progress in Anambra.

When the VP’s residence was renovated for N20 billion, all hell broke loose, with Obidients condemning the development as evil and insensitive, in these trying times.

As a sign that Tinubu was corrupt and wicked.

Meanwhile, Gov Soludo just commissioned a brand new residence for himself in Awka, that cost over N100 billion, and everywhere is quiet. 🤫

Can somebody make sense of this, please?

Is there something I’m missing?

advanceDNA:
Propaganda as usual...

The subsidy gains from fuel and FX has already translated to more money in the pocket of executives, legislators and judiciary that they are embezzling.....it has translated to 5billion naira Escalade, 20billion for renovation of building, free houses for judges, and new private jet and président yatch, etc

....it ddnt take more than a year to reflect...it's just debit from the masses and credit to the leaders...

There is no other benefit coming.....weda in 5 years time or 8years time...U are just d£ceiving yourself or living in denial..

..tinubu ddnt execute his policies well because he had no plan from the start than to play politics with the Nigerian people's common wealth...

Are you aware that states collectively receive more of the federal budgetary allocation than the FG?

Are you aware that the states allocation has increased nearly 5-fold since subsidy removal?

Are you aware that All the states are Construction Sites right now?

When last, if ever, did you travel round the country to see developments going on?

You just sit in your house with all this garbage in your head.

It’s pathetic.

Go to Enugu and see how the governor is transforming the place.

Go to Awka and Onitsha and see projects everywhere.

Go to Kaduna. You will not believe the rate of development there.

Go to Asaba and Benin. New infrastructure everywhere, with more coming up.

Where do you think the money is coming from?

The FG renovated the VP’s residence with 20 billion naira.

So what?

Soludo just completed a brand new state governor’s residence in Awka for N100 billion.

Did you complain?

Or you kept quiet because he is of your ethnic group?

bikefab:
Someone should post a picture of any Nigerian university hostel, maybe Akintola or Alvan Ikoku Hostels in UNN. I want to check something

Don’t you know how to research your country’s university campuses?

What was the point of your education if you can’t conduct basic research about your country’s universities?

Treasure17:
The question I keep asking is, what will it take our so called leaders to just do the right thing? This is not life in Nigeria.

The real question is why are you so gullible and filled with inferiority complex that any picture manipulation put before you to dishonour your country, you accept without question?

cyberbro:
LOL... they should also show us Accra Institute of Technology where they rent a plaza as a university building
Hitherto, they used a container as one of their classrooms, there is even a newspaper report on this...

Compare this building to Covenant, Babcock, Adeleke Uni, Crawford University, show the entire campus, you'd realize Nigeria is far ahead. Our private universities are far more advanced.

Most of the “Nigerians” praising Ghana and condemning Nigeria over these pictures, have Never heard of Covenant, Babcock or Crawford University in Nigeria.

You will be shocked by how Little they know about Nigeria.

Omicron007:
PICTURES OF NIGERIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY MALE HOSTELS.....FULL OF SHIT

How many of those hostels have You been in?

They are over 200 in Nigeria.

How many have You been in?

bid4rich:
Oya naw, the op should be the first to go there or send his son to the university.

If this is the best Ghana can produce, are we saying we dont have ones that are better than this?

Our inferiority complex in this country is disgusting

Honestly, they need serious reorientation.

Do you know that Ghana has only two full fledged public universities?

Two.

The rest are small specialised unis like “university of technology…”, “university of education…” etc. Then private universities. That’s it.

Meanwhile Nigeria has 300+ universities including beautiful campuses..

Nigerians who know Zero about them will see a “fine looking” university in Ghana and scream out their inferiority complex automatically.

4tomandchi:
Is this Europe or Ghana


Nigeria is giant of Africa on paper

Typical.

You don’t know we have private universities in Nigeria that look like this?

Have you heard of Covenant university?

You Nigerians that sit at home with Zero knowledge of the country, yet you are quick to condemn at every opportunity, are rotten to the core. Lost.

Edoreborn:
Anything to unseat this failure is welcome ooooo..This govt made things so expensive,,normal stock jeans wey men dey buy as low as 7k,,now if u no get 30k nothing for u.. people no dey even too buy clothes again..Na person wey food no dey in belle go dey reason jeans?

Mr Jeans.

Must you wear jeans?

Imported clothes?

What’s wrong with your indigenous attire?

TimeManager:
What part of Soludo's message was too difficult for you and your kind and Peter Obi, to understand?. Can criminals be arrested in a state without the collaboration of security agencies within the state?. Are security reports from the various security agencies including the state DSS not submitted to the Governor everyday?. Do you think a Governor would come out to talk carelessly without having facts on his table?. Did you or Peter Obi have more facts than the Governor while you sit down on your keyboard?. You're quick to condemn terrorism in the north but here you are trying to protect criminals in your region.

-Kiss the truth!

They themselves are the criminals, these posters here condemning Soludo for exposing them.

If you know you know.