₦airaland Forum

violent:
I look at all the Chinese students in my class when they struggle to speak in English, and i take consolation in the fact that i was brought up doing so.
BTW, how do you think, this would have played out eventually? there are more than 10 different languages in Nigeria, thts why an official language is needed, else, we probably wont even be discussing this on Nairaland!

RichyBlacK:
Poorly reasoned conjecture.

RichyBlacK:
Trapped in the myopia that language defines mores.

adigun101:
But when he talks about his job he talks about "shooting MDs", "God not forgiving him" , "Nigerias economy outgrowing south africas".
He then sounds like a lightweight and people laugh at him.
And on the international level they see him as not being learned enough. "like some English who attended his road show in london claimed".

What is his economic model for Nigeria.
What is his direction for Nigerias financial sector.
These are genuine questions for a CBN governor and not Nigeria's history.

I had lost most of the respect I had for Soludo when he ventured into politics having left the CBN.
But now we have CBN governor who is more interested in politics even while he is in office.
Nigeria never ceases to amaze.

Beaf:
What alarms me most, is that Sanusi is eager to be seen as an intellectual (which he definitely is not) and he has a band of fanatic followers "sinking" the word into our heads. It won't work.

SEFAGO:
yes, its me- do u think i was trying to hide it? Anyways go back to the topic- whats funny- because u are ignorant, non?

devilmaycy:
yes, it was taught by a chief economist in the Fed. I dont even want to display his credentials- it is too great for u . Now, I have finally confirmed that i am talking to dunces- so u guys are not aware that inflation is necessary sometimes to stimulate economic growth. Its a major tool by regulatory mechanism.

SEFAGO:
I don't mean hyperinflation,i meant steady and regulated inflation

SEFAGO:
[size=13pt]i meant steady and regulated inflation[/size][/b]

devilmaycy:
yes, it was taught by a chief economist in the Fed. I dont even want to display his credentials- it is too great for u .

devilmaycy:
have finally confirmed that i am talking to dunces geniuses - so u guys are not aware that inflation is necessary sometimes to stimulate economic growth. Its a major tool by regulatory mechanism.

naijababe:
Seyi the English don't take it as nearly as seriously the Scots. There may be pointers to it in the natioanl anthem but it's not in your face as it is in Scotland

devilmaycy:
U are beginning to vex me

I am not arguing about the GDP- i am arguing about how that GDP is applied. Even if nigeria makes 360 billion dollars as you say, and it goes into the pockets of corrupt politicians, how does it develop nigeria? If Ghana makes a 1/10th of what we make, as you claim, and they spend it efficiently, which country is better?

devilmaycy:
because everything speaks volumes of your stupidity. Take for example this:

What does the ability to print money have anything to do with what we are talking about. Also these countries have chief economist with IQs not even remotely close to you and transformR [/b]and you think they are just printing money for no reason.

Thanks for the compliment but I am a scientist and I am sure the Bankers are much better at finance than me

devilmaycy:
If you have sat in a macroeconomic class you would know that [b]these countries are [size=13pt]deliberately attempting to cause inflation[/size] in their economy as well as stiulate stimulate spending in the hopes that it could have other effects secondary effects.

devilmaycy:
White people are in a great position right now- stop wasting your time.

sauer:
sometimes, it fazes me who's mentally enslaved or who isn't. So, bro, if you r german, how many of your own german peeps will you be proud of? Or if you r jew, how many names will ya be sticking to your shirt?

sauer:
Come on! Grow up and stop acting like a kid who's looking for something to be proud of because the kid next door has a father who owns a hummer, get it?

sauer:
I still maintain Emegually Emeagwali (that was intentional) is only one of them peeps; too bad you dont know the rest (even though you claim to be a compu scientist  ) and aint proud o' them. Chill out, bro, when we settle our economic priorities, we all gonna be crusin' together to Stockholm!

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SEFAGO:
For those people who are not aware- Africans haven't contributed anything significant to the science or business- and you guys could call me names from morning to night it wouldn't change things.

Try and criticize yourselfs, and identify where to improve. No one cares who enslaved who first or what the missionaries did 80 years ago,. We are talking about the now, the present- leave the past where it is supposed to be, a relic of memory

SEFAGO:
I am proud of our diverse culture and traditions. I do not consider it anyways inferior to another culture, and i believe it was well-suited for our purpose- i believe less deaths/pain would have occurred is the west had never come in contact with Africa. I am also proud of the fact that despite being rapidly introduced into a foreign system (The new world order of globalization) in which we were at a significant disadvantage- we were versatile enough to learn the lingo and dance of this new culture- we have struggled through sorrows, tears and blood and achieved a lot. I am very much aware that as of now, we haven't contributed anything significant, but I am also cognizant that our potential is infinite.

SEFAGO:
Africa is still a shithole

sauer:
By the way, for all ya peeps hollering in the previous post about a certain guy, what's his name again? I forget so easily, a certain Phil guy, Phil Emegually, saying he started the internet? Stop bull-shitting yourselves. The last time I saw something gually in nature was when I accidentally stumbled on a [size=13pt]fat woman's ass! [/size]. I bet many a computer scientist hasn't even stumbled on that name. This whole thing started with Bill Clinton who came to Naija (with his water, forks, knives, and personal Lewinsky) and tried to psyche us all up so we would believe in ourselves for once. Please just stop it, there are more names worth mentioning in association to the internet. Phil? well, maybe a certain computer guy who tried, just like them all, but come on, come on! there are also tons of americans, germans, chinese, japs and indies worth mentioning.

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transformR :
Philip Emeagwali was a [b]pioneer [/b]in the field of super-computers - supercomputers are the backbone of the internet - do some reading!

sauer:
but come on, come on! there are also tons of americans, germans, chinese, japs and indies worth mentioning.

sauer:
1. Just to do a lil note on dis white-black ting.
2. Well, who are these whitties? For all of ya who thinks the white peep is the guy with that light skin, u know, 3. ? Like u see on TV?,  Well, if you'll be putting all of the peeps in North America + Europe + Asia + Australia 4. +, , then there'll be more white people than there are blacks. So, if in today's world, more white peeps are
5. coming up with scientific theories than blacks, note the existent ratio of shitty whites to niggas. Shouldn't be 6. suprising their voice is louder,  Then factor in our economic situations over here in the dark continent wher
7. am chillin', and you ll be looking at a tendency to bind socially for survival than to isolate oneself for
8. scientific research. Do I have to begin screamin' that inventions/discoveries are often the results of individual 9. isolation/ pondering alone?
10. okay, that said

sauer:
Scientific advancement's also a shitty bit like exposure, [s]so dont be fazed by the fact that China/Japan are just coming up with their own winners of Nobel prizes and Field medals (late- 20th century); these asian peeps are only recently experiencing their own economic boom. For now, Africa is not adding to the knowledge pool of the world (you can argue this if you jack o' shit), except o' cos you'll factor in yahoo yahoo which is a discipline on its own complete with theories and postulations. Come the time, when we settle our economic probs, we'll be producing Field medalists every year! Smiley and then can vomit up a pool of ours.[/s]

bawomolo:
Umm it is still emerging.  You do realize economies go through cycles right?

even China had a dip.

bawomolo:
I see no reason why Ghana can't build it's own version of Aramco.

bawomolo:
ha sucks for them.   might want to read this about naija too

[url]http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/article04/indexn2_html?pdate=191109&ptitle=IMF%20forecasts%20growth%20contraction%20for%20Nigeria[/url]

tough time.

bawomolo:
there is nothing to rejoice about cholera outbreaks and starvation in Zimbabwe.

bawomolo:
and Ghana is performing at 100% of it's potential right? a funny statement considering ghana is about to experience an oil boom.

bawomolo:
Zimbabwe's inflation rate is 200 million % by the way. sounds good enough

bawomolo:
the per capita income of Ghana is $1500 while that of Nigeria is $2300.   Only a delusional person would ignore the fact that ghanian is catching up in the west african region.

bawomolo:
Ghana is seen an emerging economy and soon to be oil producing so why not go there?

The secretary of state visited Nigeria so that's a consolatory price.

paddy_lo:
my question is rhetorical of course,i am not arguing who is a bigger ally btw ngr and saudi arabia

what i am saying,which u cannot deny is that if the US ppresident decides to come to africa,he should stop decieving himself and start his trip from either Nigeria or south africa,as they are the biggest allys america has on the continent
and if he decides to come to west afica and chooses to ignore nigeria,then either he has not been well served by his foreign policy advisers,or he is being intentionally ignorant
but we know the answer is that,he is in black africa,so he can do as he pleases,well we will see in 15yrs

bawomolo:
here comes the CIA killed lumumba theories blah blah blah.

more like he is prioritizing his visits.  Ghana is seen an emerging economy and soon to be oil producing so why not go there?

The secretary of state visited Nigeria so that's a consolatory price.

bawomolo:
the alarming inflation rate and election violence in zimbabwe dominated the news recently and not the fate of white farmers.

bawomolo:
umm the issue of debt relief or payments have come up before on CNN, PBS and countless of other network. no disrespect but it seems you are the one looking for soley negative reports on Africa

bawomolo:
umm we know who patrice lumumba is.  not that much of a secret.

bawomolo:
china, saudi-arabia and russia are bigger trade partners and deemed bigger priorities than the after mentioned countries.  China is need to address the issue of North Korea and saudi-arabia is a big ally in the middle-east.

paddy_lo:
U2 should first cris cross america from east st louis to the 9th ward new-orleans,and save them kids there first before thinking of saving africa

a lot of these cats are just tryna get their hustle on,like u say negativity about africa is a constant theme here,its like it makes them feel a little better about them miserable selves
thats a very good point,one thing i have noticed about western media is that they have this band wagon thing going on,they just jump on whatever is the prevailing thought of the day and run with it
thats why obama goes to africa for the first time as president and doesnt go to either south africa or Nigeria the number 1 and 2 economies in africa,but goes to ghana

it would be like going to south east asia and going to visit vietnam,without stepping foot in either china or japan
of course that would be ridiculous,but no one in the press called him out on it

but he went to china,he went to saudi arabia,he went to russia,see the hypocricy
nigeria,kenya and SA has arguably better freedoms and democratic idealS than these countries he happily visited,so why the double standard?
because there is no respect,and no fear either
the day we begin to make the west either fear or respect us or both,then we would have gone far in what we need to do

bawomolo:
why should size matter?  Japan is a relatively small country but that hasn't stopped them from developing an economy.  It's pretty Ignorant to make fun of these countries because of their size.

bawomolo:
Not all the debt was paid off by Nigeria as some of it was relieved and yes it did make the news.

bawomolo:
Debt relief for african countries has made the news a number of time.  Its funny when Africans whine about media coverage.   Are these media houses lying when they show pictures of zimbabwe, congo and darfur?

bawomolo:
the economic advancement in countries like botswana would be an example.  Reconstruction in Liberia.   More negatives than positives though.

bawomolo:
it's funny when people say the good parts of african should be shown. The point is the good parts of Africa are being shown but the negative overwhelm the good parts.

Most Nigerians would be complaining if slum dog millionaire was staged in Nigeria. hey lets ignore the bad parts and act as if they don't exist.