₦airaland Forum

claremont:
I wonder the same thing. Would the non-black women date them if it wasn't for their cash and celebrity status?

Will the black ones date them if there was no cash too?

Please let us be objective here.

ATERI:
Let`s not forget that the issue of gender equality was first forced on the West by circumstances. It was during the World Wars the West was forced tp allow women to work, as most men had to go out and fight. The Wars allowed men to see the advantages of letting women do most of the work that were formerly done by men. So men started to think about turning women into a permanent labour force- very crucial for post-war reconstruction and industrialization.
In other words, the capitalist system cannot run smoothly unless women join the labour force.
Why is it that enormous pay gap still exists between men and women in the West?
Since 1776 till today, a woman has never been elected to govern United States, so what is gender equality about
It is the economic gains derivable from gender equality that the West is interested in, not a better life for women

Wife helping husband is normal, that is not the problem; but the 50-50 mentality is what I find obnoxiuos
Women don`t share pregnancy with men. If a woman should die in labour the man is not going to be killed the following day because they were both responsible for the pregnancy.
The Western society is playing Russian Roulette with the fact that men and women are two different to be equal
In some cities the ratio of men to women is 1:3, that is 3 women available for one man, so where is the level playing field going to come from
I will leave you with a conundrum I`ve never been able to work out: a survey conducted a while ago showed very clearly that, all other things being equal, a man would prefer an office clerk or high school teacher to a lawyer or female engineer for marriage. Well, I don`t just get that

That survey could be flawed because the sample size may have not been properly drawn, that is the problem with some of these surveys.
In my circle, we prefer the lawyers and the engineers o

olamide215:
I put it to u that u can't do half of the work most women are doing. She takes care of the home,the children and still works in the eyes of God women are more important and for some men that their senses are in order they can attest to that this is not even about equality.

Women are more important

The God I know is impartial o

jojokings:
Am very much impressed with this tread, if u follow it from the beginning u will learn a lot more. My own question is that, if one decides to settle down with there women, is there any attached advantage to that in terms of documentation. An apart from abijian which other city in Africa is best for hustling epecially with English as a lingual franca?

You need not marry a woman to get documentation

jpphillips



So, mrknowitallwhoknowslittle

You mean to say, that with what you are typing up there, you know what is happening in the economy .. lol
So why then were you insisting the peg stays?
You say We need to isolate ourselves from anything foreign,
So foreign goods are not foreign too? apart from the foreign investors?

The securities in the United States (the debt instruments, etc ) are bought up significantly by foreign investors and governments, so you know more than themnow right?




Just face your profession, you are not an economist, And you don't reason like an economist.

jpphilips:
You don't sound like someone who really understand what is going on, foreign investors are not stup!d, once your economy bleeds, they fetch their share and walk, nobody invests where he is gonna lose money.
The policy that was helping the manufacturing sector could have been sustained, agreed it will produce little or no result in the short run but in the long run, we will be better off for it.
Make no mistakes, the earlier we immune ourselves from anything foreign, the better for ourselves, the so called foreign investors buy up our debt and we are happy they are injecting fx in our economy in the short run, at maturity, you will understand the consequences of what we have done.
Whatever solution that eludes the other 12 OPEC countries, I don't expect Buhari to have it, i'm sick of unrealistic expectations from unlettered people littered everywhere in Nigeria, people who can not pick up a book and study to understand anything, after watching celebrity pictures they run to the net shouting Buhari! Buhari!

Okay jpphillips


I see you are into local content, which is good, very good.
Your policy framework is good too, ie making the manufacturing sector buy materials at a cheaper forex rate, making them priority.

But at what cost?
That was depleting the reserves very fast, wasn't it?
And besides, when the forex reserve become depleted because we are trying to sell to the manufacturers at a low rate in the long run, what then happens when that forexis depleted? Venezuela tried it, and see where it has landed then today, in big trouble


I fully understand what is going on in the Nigerian economy, as it is my field of specialisation, so dispel that notion you have that I don't know...
We may just have differing views, that's it.
And as for getting ourselves away from anything foreign,
the truth is that no country in reality can get away from foreign goods, or sustain itself 100 % no country does, even China (which to the surprise of many, is one of the world's biggest importers too)
What Nigeria really needs is to offer the world more products , quality products to balance the big import bill that we have (I'm sure you agree with me on that, that is why you are so passionate about the manufacturing )


Even tho we did not agree on some points, I still learnt one or two things from your comments, so it was nice discussing with you *smile*
Have a good day.

ashjay001:
Na wa o! U just fall my hand finish! U acknowledge his point: that NOI actually oversaw d destruction of her good works, yet u insist she is better than Adeosun??




U are now straight-faced enough to label some dimwits??!

I agreed with the first point/paragraph, not the second paragraph.

That is the crux of that comment, but the second paragraph is what I don't agree with
I just did not want to raise more dust here, as it leads nowhere.
We all can believe what We want, but the facts does not change

rhektor:
I guess you were I Mars in during obj and Yar'Adua/ gej tenure. Maybe you need Google to help you out of your ignorance

And what is this one saying again?

obailala:
I don't know about one being better than the other, there's really no basis of comparison between an older woman with decades of experience and a younger 'tenacious' lady who is still building up her profile.

However I must chip something in concerning NOI, she rubbished most of her achievements by the singular indiscretion of working in the last regime. She cleaned out foreign debts under OBJ (when Niigeria had much less income) but under GEJ, she supervised foreign debts grow to far more than what she cleared previously. Regarding her ideas on SWF, ECA etc, she grew the savings in these accounts significantly under OBJ, but she supervised the plunder of these accounts under GEJ.

I acknowledge your point
However, any One with a sane and unbiased mind will never say that Adeosun is better than Okonjo, like some Dimwits are doing here.

DropShot:
Average crude price under GEJ was around $104.8 btw 2011 and 2014 (107.46 in 2011, 109.45 in 2012, 105.87 in 2013 and 96.29 in 2014). It was the highest in world history but GEJ failed to seize the opportunity to write his name in gold as he wasted the earnings as revelations have revealed so far. Check www.statista.com It tracks all info about crude prices.

The governors were right to ask for their own share of ECA since they knew Jonathan was already illegally taking from it without their knowledge. What did GEJ do with FG's share? Looted!
If there is anyone who has shown ignorance here, it's you.

Didn't oil do $147 under Obasanjo?
oil did $120 under Obj too, so you are ignorant for saying that is the highest in world history,


I don't want to engage in a discussion with you because I know your antecedents here, and you are a blind Buhari supporter.

DropShot:
Under whose tenure did ECA and Foreign Reserves get badly depleted?
Under whose watch did mismanagement of unprecedented earnings occur?

Did she or did she not lay the foundation for these structures
And besides, the media has lied to you guys, who told you that we had "unprecedented" earnings under GEJ?

The only tenure to enjoy that really was the second term of OBJ.
Go and check monthly data on oil prices.
Was it not the Governors who wanted the money from ECA to be shared?
And the foreign reserves is managed by the CBN, so from the comments you made up there, it means you know nothing about economics

Tomaxzyn1:
Smh..comedy of the year..naija sef dey form strict border security..like say dem go knw if these dudes enter the next flight Back to naija..
Many options dey..go ghana enter bus from thr to mile 2 etc..
Abeg 4get matter.

This is a very ignorant comment.......

Kemi Adeosun better than NOI? Are these people in this forum jokers?
Who cleaned out the foreign debt? Who built the SWF? Who built the MTEF? Anywau, I'll stop here..... Many people here don't know anything.

Akaujaa:
About 60-70% of the things we use in Nigeria are made in China. From electronics to foot wears, clothing materials, phones and its accessories, and even foods like rice, spaghetti etc. China I think barely imports anything. Now, the question is, how did they get to this stage? However they got to this stage, the obvious is that it must have taken the enactment of a very strong economic policy by their leaders(which at that must have affected the living conditions of its populace) to make China what it is today. Am been forced to think that that is the same thing this present government gave in mind. But unfortunately, our people do not have the spirit and patience.

Just a little correction tho.
China is one of the biggest importers on the planet.

Ghana is a good place for hikday, unfortunately most of the key tourist spots are outside Accra....
Cape Coast
Sunyani
Kumasi

these are cool cities.

'I don't want to believe that south Africans and Nigerians hate each other this much........

By air, an international passport is compulsory, however, by road, it is not compulsory, however you need a valid form of ID, like your voters card, or drivers licence preferably.

sexycdor:
Hi Ugo,

I will like to visit with my passport as I need it to be stamped. You mentioned some payment for stamping and also if one is a first timer which I happen to be one. Kindly elaborate on these please.
What do I need to make the trip. I just want to use 2 days. Might go tomorrow if I got the required info.
Thanks in anticipation.

Well, let me warn you that the exchange rates are currently terrible, so expect the worst, meaning that you should have plenty cash on you.

Secondly, do you have a yellow fever card? If you don't, that may be a little problematic.

Just use a luxury bus in my opinion, that is my advice for you, if you can afford if

aresa:
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I dodn't see any ugba or ukazi or even isi ewu on that list...


Major exports are shipped via containers and cargo ships, not some little village boxes in plane luggage compartments with shoes, pata and handbags...


Funny people...

What is your own again

homeboy232:
300L, economics in building industry (RUssia medium)

That's nice
very nice

stevecantrell:
IMF is laughing at us like crazy now...

Why do you say that they would be laughing?

straneur:
This was actually from CBN directive bro. You have to google to get this detail, some of us are professionals in the industry.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/04/12/how-we-all-depleted-the-foreign-reserves/

http://saharareporters.com/2016/01/11/foreign-exchange-crisis-cbn-lifts-ban-cash-deposit-dollars-others



Please lets be reasonable, Niger Delta unrest started when? When did oil glut started that this administration refused to devalue to accommodate the difference? Wasn't that what prompt JPmorgan to removed us from emerging markets bond index?

Again, you seems to be confused, ND militants impact mostly crude oil buyers. The investors federal government is seeking are bond and treasury investors. So they don't need ND.



Why is the manufacturing sector weak? Because CBN and FG failed to adjust their monetary policy to accommodate 70 percent fall in oil prices. Consumer prices surged because of the difference between bank and parallel market rate, and unreasonable restriction of importers (41 items).

Buhari is not an economist so is not in his place to make these decisions, David Cameron, Shinzo Abe, Barack Obama etc don't meddling in economic matters.

Beer issue is still the result of poor monetary policy, they should have adjusted forex policy awhile back.

See, I am not saying this to be right or wrong but what I am telling people like you is that you don't have to politicize everything. I am a Buhari fan and APC supporter, but Nigeria is bigger than all of US.

Thank you for your point.
The KEY thing you said there is that Buhari is not an economist, and he should let the economists do their work.
We need foreign inflows of capital now more than ever, and if I were a key policymaker, I would focus on that seriously, relax some rules and improve confidence in the system again, which has been eroded already.

The forex regime will favour "local manufacturers" at what price? @jpphillips?
The government has started in a wrong footing, but they still have time to correct their mistakes, and restore confidence in the Nigerian economy in the eyes of international investors.

That I hope he realises, before it is too late.

@jpphillips, I will respond accordingly later

veekid:
This boy head don dey correct small small

He dey grow na

jpphilips:
A successful brick layer has more economic relevance than you in the scheme of things even with your paper Economics certificate from an under funded charge and bail Nigeria university or polytechnic. You should be ashamed to tell me you are an economist while you wield the opinion of a tailor.

Buharinomics was tried and tested, fix the currency, give it cheap to manufacturers to spur growth then allow the toothpick importers to face the parallel market.
Emiefelenomics devalued and bridged the gap, raw materials and equipment manufacturing have no access to cheap forex anymore, cost of manufacturing soared which led to high cost of both Local and imported products, worsened inflation yet no foreign and local investor in sight.

In the scheme of things, Buhari (the illiterate) is winning the Phd wielding Emiefele, it is not by paperwork, it is by experience, Buhari has experienced economic downturn in 1985, that is the experience Emiefele doesn't have.

Oga you are talking story.
I don't have much time to explain in detail why Buhari's foolishness led to this mess, but I'll just summarise.
Now, the Nigerian economy has more potential outside the sphere of oil, and that is the advantage it has over countries like Saudi and Venezuela who, unfortunately, don't have too much to fall on apart from oil.

That said, even with the crisis at hand, a president and economic team who knows what he is doing would have navigated his way out of this with less casualty
But the president does not know what he is doing.

First, he took too long to build up his cabinet, leaving the economy in a state of policy flux. No foreign investor likes that. They need to know the policy direction you are taking, And your target variables too, but since you did not have that, the rating agencies downgrade you, and in addition to potential investors not coming, those who are already here looked for a way out, leading to the worst capital flight in 15 years...... The ASI over the last year would show you that (of you are a sincere economist) Not to forget the budget wahala and the impasse he has with the Legislature.

The foreign reserves we have to back up the naira was made up of more than 40% portfolio investments, but because of these cluelessness, they had to pull out.

(And by the way, many people we call foreign investors are actually Nigerians in the diaspora, and they play a key role in the forex inflows into the country, as they have a big stake in the market)

So when the government has already made this blunder, you expect a peg on the naira to just miraculously work at keeping inflation at bay? Even when there was a peg, the naira was doing 330-353 already, so what are you saying?
And the peg was discouraging investors and those who send remittances because why would the CBN buymy dollars by force at 199, only for me to get it back at 300 plus? That is madness.
Lastly,, because of the cluelessness of the fiscal policy makers, the monetary policy makers were just doing fire brigade policies to worsen the situation. The nail in the coffin was when they said that domiciliary accounts should be blocked...Those who got the info in house alerted their rich clients, and the monies were moved out en masse..... cluelessness at its peak; only for the CBN governor to larervadmit that more than $20billion is out of the system in people's safes.
why would they bring the money into the system with so much uncertainty?
Just think of how much relief the naira will get if just $3 billion is released.

And you are here talking of Buhari economics.


One thing you should know is that policy making considers a lot of things, and it is not as straight forward as you guys think it is. You have to be swift, and leave no vacuum, and that is what this admin is not doing.

As for you insulting my background, lol.....
I'll just let that slide.

jpphilips:
The problem with you is that you have no clue how the economy of the country works, the disparity between the official rate and the BM is necessary because raw materials for production and equipments have access to cheaper forex, the only thing the CBN needed was purchasing directly than giving it to the companies to avoid round tripping. That policy would have spurred the manufacturing sector to growth over time.

So you are telling me, an economist, that I have no clue about how the economy works? Lol.
So tell me, are you an economist yourself? I bet not.
The KEY reason why this mess is happening is because the dullard in chief knows nothing about how the economy works, and the Finance minister is incompetent, and lastly, policy somersault.

acenazt:
U just want show your self. U no see better place to go do family vacation na Ghana.
When Dem obudu n tinapa dey

I rather even go sambisa sef.

e want go Zanzibar n Mauritius Seychelles nko? Haiti don disappear for map. All this yeye unpatriotic people sef.

Na Una Dey cause the exchange rate crash. The money we u for add for GDP u want carry go dash Ghana. Mtcheeew

What are you saying?

skiploads:
Ok! so this dude first posted this on June 14 under >> Foreign Affairs / South Africa Police Tear A Nigeria Passport Into Pisses by joesbuba: 2:50pm On Jun 14

It generated 4 comments and didn't make front page
He then posted the remix today --- Travel / South-African Policeman Tears Nigerian's Passport To Pieces (Pic) by joesbuba: 1:30pm
But this time around, it generated lots of comments and made front page - It is a miracle!!!!!!
The pictures posted on the 14th were IMG00599-20120613-1709.jpg and IMG00598-20120613-1708.jpg
joesbuba: claimed "this guy is now stranded and was to leave this weekend back to nigeria please this guy need help how do we complain to the right authority" on the 14th but hin story change today
without going into other details, I think joesbuba is just a FRAUD --- QED (Case closed)

Wow

I doubt the story tho.

Venzal:
Lol. It definitely is.
We thank God for the biz bro. Man must histle

That's good tho.