₦airaland Forum

Aaronsrod:
The God of Isreall will kill the god of Africa.

We must die to be reborn.

Mrfeel:
I don't know what you mean by women with nothing
I don't think there is anyone in your family as educated as Diezani Alison-Madueke and I don't think anyone in your family will ever work in those positions she worked in right from the government of Obasanjo

PissInside:
Bianca my crush Arguably the most beautiful nigerian woman of all time.

ayindejimmy:
It's a popular opinion.
Imagine parents in Nigeria having to look for forex to pay the school fees of their children schooling in Nigeria
Even some people working in Nigeria only accept to be paid in forex
I recalled some of OBJ's ministers were paid in dollars.
All these people using forex to pay for services rendered in Nigeria are putting undue pressure on the foreign exchange market.
Do we even want the progress of this nation at all?

DaddyCoool:
A whole bunch of countries Nigerians are dying to japa to are doing great without them.
I bet u if China, US, UK, etc had a whole bunch of useless "kings" they won't be doing as well as they're doing

nedekid:
Great development. That state seems to have visionary governors making investments for the state, just as Qatar uae and the rest do all over the world. Ibom air is another great investment flying brand new aircrafts, now this building that will generate huge income and while increasing in value over time.
Hope delta state sees this, not the one that the booming business over there is olosho, hotel etc. A place all the correct hotels are fully booked by yahoo boys and mostly gov officials all to nack. Where on Sundays and Mondays the airport is filled with chicks flying out and after flying in on Fridays. Most driven to the airport with official suv complimented with PAs and armed security. Heck I even saw a private jet doing uber to drop off chicks. Lol

joedams:
Meanwhile, Edo, Delta and Bayelsa states can't even repair normal roads, not to talk of thinking of this kind of bold investments... 🤦🏽‍♂️

WizardOfNG:
I know. I am a student of history and culture. Yorubas love their Itsekiri brethren because we have ancestral Yoruboid links. Reno is a very bright dude.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsekiri_people

Dijita:
Call before you visit is not a Nigeria culture. We just show up.

Jeje247:
Our marketers say dangote fuel is too expensive. They want to import from oyibo. Ghana is saying oyibo fuel too cost. They want to import from Nigeria. Abeg which maths topic person fit take draft and solve this problem cos my head wan blow. I no dey understand anything for this country again

Zonefree:
Okocha no get any level at all. People should stop addressing him as Super eagles legend.

His only achievement is to play alongside Ronaldinho.

ivandragon:
Hmm...

Is it WB that said bat should buy private jet when half the world leaders in the west have none?

Bobloco:
What does the World Bank want? The question is pertinent in light of its deadly stance on Nigeria’s precarious fate. The country borrowed over $24 billion from the global lender in five years. In 16 months, the Bola Tinubu administration borrowed $6.45 billion. Within this short period, Nigeria sank deeper into crisis thanks to Tinubu’s Ill-advised removal of petroleum subsidies and floating the naira. Food prices and transportation costs immediately shot up. As sustenance became increasingly hard to come by, Nigerians grasped at any semblance of a lifeline. They stampeded for a loaf of bread, a small rice bag or yam tuber. Some died chasing the lifeline.

In a year, the country witnessed two major protests against hunger and bad governance. Inflation has reduced the naira to a near-worthless piece of paper. In a country notorious for its epileptic grid electricity, most Nigerians cannot afford to buy a litre of petrol at over N1000 for their power generators. Businesses are folding up. Unfortunately, the World Bank applauds the Tinubu government’s choking reforms. And sadly, the International Monetary Fund joins in the praise.

Emboldened by this endorsement, Tinubu once thumped his chest saying he deserved to be listed for an award in the Guinness World of Records. It was an insult to the injury his policies inflicted on his people. As if it is oblivious of the Nigerian people’s plight, the World Bank says the Tinubu administration should sustain the deadly policies, or stay the course, as it puts it. In 10 to 15 years, the World Bank says, Nigeria will become a big player not just on the continent but on the global stage. This is a pipedream and a dangerous stance on a struggling country and its suffering people.

“It is not only unacceptable but inhumane to ask Nigerians to endure 15 more years of suffering in the name of reforms that have historically failed us. Millions of Nigerians can barely afford food, fuel, or basic services today. Asking them to wait for over a decade for ‘things to get better’ is an affront to their dignity and a reckless gamble with the nation’s future,” says ActionAid Nigeria, a non-government organisation focused on rights and development issues.


The World Bank does not have a history of caring whether borrower countries sink or swim, provided they keep borrowing, even at forbidding costs. In the late 1980s, under pressure from the IMF, the World Bank’s sister organisation, Nigeria cut subsidies to its manufacturing sector and devalued the naira. The people were told to tighten their belts under a strangulating Structural Adjustment Programme. The result was catastrophic. The manufacturing sector crashed. Textile companies folded up, throwing tens of thousands of employees into the labour market. The country’s gross domestic product tumbled too. Nigeria’s borrowing and debt profile worsened ever since.

Reforms are desirable but if they strangulate the people they are meant to serve, they shouldn’t be touched with a ten-foot pole. Curiously, the World Bank does not utter a cautionary word on the stench of corruption that can be smelt from neighbouring countries. The subsidy regime is mired in corruption and opacity. No one knows how much has been saved from its removal, if at all. The World Bank which applauds its removal also said Nigeria was still paying it. Neither does the global lender care how borrowed funds are used. Tinubu has stepped up revenue generation through multiple taxes and sundry charges. But where is the money going?

At its founding in 1944, the core aim of the World Bank was to provide loans to help countries build their infrastructure and fight poverty. Decades after receiving billions in loans, Nigeria’s education, health, power, and other sectors remain comatose. The World Bank says more than half of Nigeria’s 233 million people live below the poverty line. Why does the Bank not take concrete steps to ensure that loans granted to Nigeria are used to close this huge poverty gap? Simple answer: it doesn’t care. Loan cash and funds from taxes are wasted on frivolities, presidential aircraft, luxury vehicles for the commander-in-chief and federal lawmakers, and refurbishing living quarters for the vice president. Rather than call the government out on these wastages, the World Bank applauds Tinubu’s reforms that take food off poor Nigerians’ tables. This speaks volumes of its agenda.

https://punchng.com/world-banks-deadly-agenda/#google_vignette

SpiritMoney:
Hardship: 50% of private hospitals have shut down, says doctors guild’s president

No fewer than 50 per cent of private hospitals have shut down, while existing ones are currently struggling to survive due to operating costs.

The Guild of Medical Directors raised the alarm that healthcare providers were grappling with increasing financial burdens which was threatening the sustainability of many facilities across the country.

In an interview with Sunday PUNCH, President of the GMD, Dr Raymond Kuti, stated that private hospitals were struggling to meet their operational expenses, particularly in areas such as electricity and medical supplies.

Kuti lamented that the decline in patient patronage has exacerbated an already dire situation, leaving many hospitals on the brink of collapse.

“Averagely, three out of six private hospitals are shutting down every month in Nigeria, and this trend is primarily driven by the challenging economic environment,” Kuti explained.

He noted that the running costs for hospitals had escalated significantly, particularly for those classified as Band A facilities, which now spend more on energy compared to previous years.

Kuti, who doubles as the Chief Medical Director at Prisms Health Care Limited, added that majority of medical consumables used in hospitals were imported, noting that the current exchange rate has made the items expensive.

“The cost of consumables has increased by a staggering 500 percent,”

According to him, the matter is compounded by a workforce crisis, as many young healthcare professionals were choosing to leave the country in search of better opportunities, a phenomenon popularly referred to as “japa.”

This exodus has resulted in significant staff shortages, making it even more challenging for the remaining hospitals to provide adequate care.

Kuti also stressed that there was a troubling trend in patient behaviour as many people were hesitant to seek medical treatment and often resorted to self-medication or local remedies before considering a visit to the hospital due to the economic downturn.

“People are struggling to afford healthcare, which leads to a delay in seeking necessary medical attention,” he said.

To address the issues, he called for a comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s healthcare system.

He emphasised the urgent need for government intervention to support the private hospital sector, which plays a crucial role in providing medical services to a significant portion of the population.


“We need the government to recognise the challenges we face and provide the necessary support to ensure that private hospitals can continue to operate and serve the community,” he urged.


SOURCE: https://punchng.com/hardship-50-of-private-hospitals-have-shut-down-says-doctors-guilds-president/

ruggedtimi:
This ronaldinho go too like chilling

Kobojunkie:
You are an eejit for concluding in the first plaxe that I am one of your unhinged Christian relatives. Are you high or something?

See how you conveniently labeled her story a middle-class lie as though the Middle-class in Nigeria are somehow spared when it comes to terror and insecurity in Nigeria. Not even your police bullets do that.

onuman:
IPOB IPOB he he he. IPOB is a nightmare to parasites of Nigeria. Go and find somethingthatcan developyourpeopleandyourregion. Oil revenues are getting thinner.

I am too refined that I can't mention your innocent mother here.

Kobojunkie:
Yes, he did exactly that. There are many Nigerians whose experience of the country is as described by that gal. And guess who are the ones responsible for the torment they had to endure? Thieves and frauds like Fani-kayode.

1Sharon:
She is Nigerian and British. If she wanted to share money to Nigerians back home, you would remember that she is also Nigerian.

emkz:
Kemi Badenoch uses every slight opportunity she gets to talk down on Nigeria in her quest to advance her political career.

Rishi Sunak has Indian roots. Nadhim Zahawi has Iraqi roots. Sadiq Khan has Pakistani roots. None of them has ever thrown their birth country under the bus to advance themselves. If anything, they seem proud of their roots.

Kemi Badenoch was born to a privileged family but lies to have grown up poor. She claimed she could not sleep at night due to every little sound she heard as a child. She paints a sad story that makes you wonder why she is such a toxic liar.

I hope the UK Conservative Party sees through her to realize she is not leadership material. Run to lead the party but what has Nigeria got to do with it?

Sadly, she is no different from some misguided Nigerians who left Nigeria and started proclaiming curses on their country of birth. Same with those here who talk down on the country and bet against her because they want to get ahead.

You can't get ahead on a land you curse. It is simple. If you turn against your land, it is only fair if the land turns against you. This is simply why you don't and cannot get ahead. You were made from the soil, but you curse the soil thinking you have brain. You curse yourself. Every American says "God bless America". That means "God bless us". Keep cursing and wishing evil on your land and see if you'd profit from it.

onuman:
You lie even to yourself..

So in Nigeria, armed robbers never invade a street, rob houses on the same street one after the others, as victims' screaming are heard by their neighbours? This is a frequent occurence in Nigeria; stop lying,

meobizy:
Calling her a little girl is a fact, not an insult. The woman is British. She wouldn’t survive in this country. Let her remain in her host country. They’ll hover her Nigerian heritage as a whip whenever she goes against her pale skin masters. I don’t blame her for speaking ill of Nigeria. She was here last as a child. One has to wonder what has changed positively since she left.

MadPolitician:
Black politicians in the diaspora have this irritating tendency of desperately trying to put down their fellow black people just to quickly climb the political ladder. And this is deliberate.

They know how racist the inside of their white voters are, so they basically feed that racism by subtly/occasionally talking down on other black people, or in the case of Obama, lecturing them like children.

They can also be ruthless with Africa when they manage to be allowed into positions of authority by their very picky white overlords. All these just to ingratiate themselves to the white establishment.

Remember madam Rice coming down here to finish Abiola? Obama basically turning the whole sahel inside out, while turning a blind eye as blacks were killed for fun as a result.

dominique:
Screams from neighbours every night? Did she live in the heart of a war zone? She should tell where she exactly lived in Nigeria, bloody lying nuisance

Islie:
https://dailytrust.com/little-girl-fani-kayode-hits-uk-politician-badenoch-over-attack-on-nigerians/