₦airaland Forum

Lagos again?

i tire oh!!

why cant people try to claim ibadan or abeokuta is no man's land.

why must they always stretch their greedy fingers towards lagos?

op you dey craze sha.

@2mch, you're the one that is crazy. Like I said, Nigerian Tribes have been having inter group relations for a long time. Try and be objective. Yorubaland never conquered Benin not because of the common ground they had but because Benin Kingdom was very strong and had a highly disciplined Army. Benin Kingdom was ahead of the Yoruba States with Iron Ore and Bronze craft which the Binis used to make weapons. Benin Kingdom also got rifles from the Portuguese whom they had come in contact with earlier on. Both Yoruba People and the Bini People borrowed from each other when it comes to language and customs. Not all Yoruba words are originally Yoruba. Do you get it ? It was the British that conquered Benin Kingdom in the late 1800's. The King of Lagos ( Kosoko, A Yorubaman ) did not even put up a fight before ceding Lagos to the British. You're not talking like someone who is educated. Did the Greeks not influence the Romans?

wow, i've rarely seen a more error filled post on this forum.

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besides oil palm, what's a good export crop these days?

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Donlittle:

shoo nonsense
i even thought it an african name,

you dont say!!!

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^^yes, lagos means lagoon and is a portuguese word, not from any african language AT ALL.

common knowledge actually, unless you're not nigerian.

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it means lagoon.

is there a problem.

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^^that was before, not now.

OAM4J:
Well it was easier for your parents in those days cos they have inherited lands, tranning and facilities from their parents.

Imagine a fresh graduate of Agric Science planning to go into farming today without inherited land and money, where will he start from?

That is why it is beyond just telling the unemployed graduates to go back into farming? Farming today requires a lot of capital and it a very risky venture.  I know someone who invested in fish farming, made a terrible loss and later died of heart attack.

^^that's the issue with farming.

some years are good while others are bad.

this is a general thing not specific to nigeria alone.


relying on govt grants only, as a farmer, may lead to ruin if proper planning isnt done.

in my own experience, you take farming as a second job in addition to your regular one. Or if your partner has a well paying job, then you can concentrate on the farm.

its very difficult to survive solely on farming though it was possible in the past with cocoa.

but these days i'm not even sure which cash crops are viable for the global market.

Kobojunkie:
Oh yes, oh brilliant one!!

you're not making sense in your eagerness to prove itk.

reread my posts slowly and if you still dont get it, skip ahead to somebody else.

and no, i'm not new to farming and as far as i know, entering the farming sector as a large scale farmer and little actual farming knowledge, is quite risky.

you start small and grow, imo, not start large with no room to give yourself the growth experience.

however, if anyone has done so successfully, kindly share with the rest of us since we're all learning here.

Kobojunkie:
Yes, what we are used to is mouthing off about how easy it is even when it is clear we are oblivious to the facts of the condition of farmers . . . .

you seem to lack comprehension skills because you're always so eager to type:




[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=721598.msg8797424#msg8797424 date=1311740096]since nigeria already has a farming sector, why not find out how they started and in addition, people need to understand farming is a cash intensive venture which doesnt yield immediate high returns and can be arbitrary.[/quote]

OAM4J:
It is not as easy as u stated. Difficult for any farmer to succeed in Nigeria with bank loans, and most of those government announced grants/loans are not well managed and usually end up in the pocket of few politicians claiming to be farmers.

i'm not used to the idea of starting a farm with a bank loan or grant. That sounds western, imo.

However, i dont doubt its possible people do that in nigeria too.

coming from a line of farmers on both sides, i cant really say for sure but all this is news to me.

The same Lagos state government he/she's crying about is doing everything he/she's whining about from training farmers to handing out money and land for investment after graduation

that's impressive- never heard of the like in nigeria.

at least to the best of my knowledge.

since nigeria already has a farming sector, why not find out how they started and in addition, people need to understand farming is a cash intensive venture which doesnt yield immediate high returns and can be arbitrary.

^^sorry about your late uncle but there agricultural institutes within nigeria itself which handle the issue of seed types and strains.

bringing in seeds from outside has to be done through the proper channels unless you have special exemptions to this rule, i should think.

i doubt you can just do it arbitrarily like that because there are so many factors to be brought into consideration.






as per your friend in fishery- i dont think starting a fish farm is that hard. Was she applying for grants in nigeria or in the US?

i dont think most nigerian start up farms get any grants though i could be wrong.

btw if you folks are based in nigeria, then your relatives should have also emphasized the need for the baby to have a christening.

na wa o.

well, if the child's father is anti-God there's nothing to be done i guess.

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=721357.msg8797338#msg8797338 date=1311737818]I wasn't really talking about that alone. It was more than that. But even on that topic, don't Nigerians in Nigeria bleach? Let us not pretend as if this is not an issue there. The evidence suggests otherwise, I think[/quote]some, but not the majority.

usually the socialite types when they do.

Obiagu1:
If you're looking for an Igbo husband, go and marry one yourself if you have money.
There are a lot of struggling ones, with good heads on their shoulders, that will marry you.

Igbo girls do it too.

i'd need one who is yoruba speaking though.

if we cant understand ourselves [me speaking yoruba, him speaking igbo] na problem be that.