₦airaland Forum

philip0906:
So Lagos state does not generate enough to have the bolded? Are you remotely joking Or what exactly are you saying? Even cities in Africa such as Algiers, Cape Town etc have infrastructure that dwarfs Lagos.

Revenue for Dubai was 110 billion dollars for only 3 million people in 2017 , revenue for Lagos was 920 million dollars for about 17.5 million people.
So in summary , Dubai and Lagos are not on the same level.

philip0906:
I am not making a comparison between Lagos & Dubai...My statement was purely alluding to the fact that Lagos generates enough revenue to be as beautiful as Dubai. Dubai is a beautiful city with a functional mass transit system, no potholes on their roads, functional traffic lights/street lights etc The revenue Lagos state generates is MORE THAN ENOUGH to make this city have all those good things you see in Dubai

No , it can not , Lagos generates little revenue compared to Dubai.

GistMore10:
Emir Of Kano's Son Graduates From UK University

Muhammad Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano is in a celebratory mood as one of his sons, Ashraf, recently bagged a degree from the University of Manchester.

Ashraf's graduation was attended by the monarch and his wife.

See more photos here; http://gistmore.com/emir-of-kanos-son-graduates-from-uk-university-photos

The dude is very handsome

nototribalist:
Me after the flogging: You go like touch woman again?

Kalixx:
Africans have completely recessed brains.

I keep saying Africans are far worse than even their colonial masters.

Ever since the British left us to our independence, one would have thought, 'fine, let's make this country excel'. But what do we have today?

Our very own in power are re-colonising us under the guise of democracy.

Africans are a disgrace - anywhere you go, wherever they are, even in the Western World. Strife, envy, jealousy, no team work, too much gossip ... always Africans.

Can you just stfu

grandstar:
A picture tells a thousand words. Anytime I see an abandoned motorbike lying flat by the road, I instantly know its rider no longer has need for it

Yes, these pictures are signs that the economy is in a bad state. Millions have lost jobs and the economy is predicted to grow at a shameful 2.5% annually for the next 4 years, which is not even up to the population growth rate- meaning that Nigerians in real terms are getting poorer each year.

Not only is homelessness growing, so is crime. It has increased everywhere and can be sensed through the growing kidnapping, Yahoo plus, cattle rustling and so on.

We are still waiting for oil price to pick

grandstar:
That's a poor man's farm as Italy is a rich country.

Anyway, he made his point.

It isn't right for him to say the dog is wiser than Buhari.

I just dodged an e-stone from an anti-Buhari. Phew!

The e.u has done a lot for European countries.

I wonder why Ukraine and Moldova have chosen not to join .

budaatum:
Where did China's foreign capital come from?

Why did foreigners decide to put their capital in China?

Chinas foreign capital from countries like Hong Kong, Taiwan , south Korea , u.s.a and a host of others.

Foreigners decided to put their capital in China because of cheap costs of labor.

It turns out that when a country is poor , it can use it's poverty to an advantage.

Damod88:
China growth rate is slowing because it is gradually becoming a developed country. When China was really doing the catch up, it grew 12 per cent annually which neither the USA nor any western European countries could do when they were developing countries. In 1978 the GDP of China was a mere 223 million dollars,forty years later in 2017 China GDP became the world second largest at 14 trillion dollars, seven times bigger than Africa's GDP. This is a spectacular achievement for China and the rest of the world. All we need do in Africa is to learn from China's economic miracle so that we too can move our people out poverty.

What you should know is that china achieved such growth rates because of foreign capital .Foreign capital
in such large amounts thatt the u.s and Western European countries never had access to.

budaatum:
You know how some people can be lazy! I will help you.

China posts its lowest quarterly growth in 27 years as the trade war drags on
China's economy grew 6.2% in the second quarter from a year ago, the country's statistics bureau said on Monday.

While China's second quarter GDP was lower on-year, industrial activity in June "surprised to the upside," said Nomura economists in an analysis, with year-on-year growth of industrial production jumping to 6.3% versus 5.0% in May. Retail sales growth jumped to 9.8% from a year ago in June compared to 8.6% in May.

"Bulls might claim that this is a result of the resilience of the Chinese economy and the effectiveness of Beijing's countercyclical easing measures," wrote the Nomura economists said in a note.

Factor in the size of China while you're at it and compare it with GDP Growth Rate in the United States which averaged 3.22 percent from 1947 until 2019. Now tell, how many countries achieve anything as high as China's perceived failure?

The U.s grows at that rate because it is a developed country , you can't compare it with china ,when you are playing catch-up you have faster economic growth rates. Developed countries hardly have more than 4 percent growth rate.

Boringdraw1:
I swear the two of am no well

I swear to God

grandstar:
Does the country need the steel plant or the steel?

Nigeria lacks comparative advantage in producing steel so we are better off importing
Secondly steel is dirt cheap presently due to overcapacity in China that it is far cheaper importing steel than making it here.

Nigerian users of steel will become very noncompetitive if they depend on locally made steel from Ajaokuta.

Trump within the past 2 years increased import duty on steel into America. He did this to protect American steel workers.

What was the result? The number of workers employed by steel plants is about 500,000 would benefit while it would adversely affect over 6m workers whose factories depend on imported steel. The losers were far more than the winners.

It was so bad that some American companies simply shifted their plants abroad, the most famous being the bike maker Harley Davidson.

Brilliant , brilliant , brilliant!!!!

grandstar:
Apartheid was the forerunner. So true.

But 25 years after the start of black majority rule, that's excuse isn't so tenable again.

The biggest problem the country faces maybe the same that Okonkwo in things fall apart faced- living in the shadow of the past that you make bad decisions.

Okonkwo was terrified that people will view him lazy and cowardly like his father and went too far in order to dispel any doubt.

South Africa to a large extent lives in the shadow of Apartheid even though it is long gone.

For instance, it has rigid labour laws which discourages companies from hiring and is the primary cause of the very high unemployment rate plaguing the country. The primary reason for these counter productive labour laws is that the Unions were supporters of the ANC during Apartheid and this has compelled the ANC to scratch the Unions backs by making laws which overprotect the workers to the disadvantage of the employers.

South Africa has refused to privatise a single entity because those most likely to purchase majority of the shares are the whites and that will be a unacceptable to the blacks.

It refused to take on the high crime rate because it did not want the blacks to feel like they were under an occupation force like in the days of Apartheid where the SAP (South African Police) was a tool for sever racial oppression.

It is finding it hard to improve the quality of education because the teachers are part of the Unions.

The ANC has failed it's people

grandstar:
Apartheid was the forerunner. So true.

But 25 years after the start of black majority rule, that's excuse isn't so tenable again.

The biggest problem the country faces maybe the same that Okonkwo in things fall apart faced- living in the shadow of the past that you make bad decisions.

Okonkwo was terrified that people will view him lazy and cowardly like his father and went too far in order to dispel any doubt.

South Africa to a large extent lives in the shadow of Apartheid even though it is long gone.

For instance, it has rigid labour laws which discourages companies from hiring and is the primary cause of the very high unemployment rate plaguing the country. The primary reason for these counter productive labour laws is that the Unions were supporters of the ANC during Apartheid and this has compelled the ANC to scratch the Unions backs by making laws which overprotect the workers to the disadvantage of the employers.

South Africa has refused to privatise a single entity because those most likely to purchase majority of the shares are the whites and that will be a unacceptable to the blacks.

It refused to take on the high crime rate because it did not want the blacks to feel like they were under an occupation force like in the days of Apartheid where the SAP (South African Police) was a tool for sever racial oppression.

It is finding it hard to improve the quality of education because the teachers are part of the Unions.

The Pisa rankings for south Africa are dead second to the last in the world. Only 26 percent of south Africans students are said to have basic skills in maths and science.Industrial Giants like Taiwan and china have about 98 percent.

With a woeful performance like this , The chances of south Africa diversifying into the production of high tech goods that power those of high income econmies seems like a mirage.

grandstar:
Majority of those killed are actually criminals. Criminals killing criminals.

Most importantly, there is nothing is South Africa and that's why there's a problem in the first place.

The country has a low per capita income. It is not more than $8,000 per person.

Worse, it suffers from a very high unemployment. And worse, it also suffers from a very high crime rate, much worse than Nigeria. And to add to it, it suffers from slow economic growth.

It has the worst income distribution in the world.

The above are the roots of many of the problems plaguing the country

Courtesy of the apartheid.

Smartsyn:
For this sweet world wey we dey so I go commit suicide? Wen I no know wetin dey for me for the other side.


I never see wetin go make me think am sef.

Dis life still dey sweet me jarie.

What is so sweet about this life and world ?

grandstar:
That's true. Economists refer to the Brazilian economy as Belindia. The Bel stands for small and rich Belgium while the India stands for big and poor India.

You have a few rich ones but lots of poor people. With there being lots of poor people, whites too will be affected in large numbers.

What I meant to say is that a larger percentage of the blacks are poor compared to the whites or Lebanese.

Latin America and income inequality be like shoe and shoelace

CAPSLOCKED:
WE WANT EVIDENCE FOR THIS. JUST A SIMPLE PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION TO AUTHENTICATE THIS CLAIM, AND ALL WE GET IS..............


I WONDER WHERE OUR JUJUS WERE WHEN FOREIGNERS WERE RAZING DOWN S/WESTERN VILLAGES.
WHERE WAS BIAFRAN JUJU WHEN NIGERIA KILLED THEM IN MILLIONS?
WHERE WAS KOGI JUJU WHEN THE JIHADISTS CAME THROUGH FROM THE NORTH?
WHERE IS BENUE AND ENUGU JUJU NOW THAT FULANI MEN ARE USING THEM FOR SHOOTING PRACTICE?

WHERE IS OUR JUJU WHEN WE NEED NATIONAL PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT?

WHAT KIND OF JUJU ONLY TAKES LIFE (VILLAGE PEOPLE) BUT NEVER SAVES LIVES...?

WHAT KIND OF JUJU KEEPS OFF KNIFE (METAL) AND BULLET DAMAGE, BUT FAILS TO WORK WHEN THE VICTIM IS ATTACKED WITH CHAINSAW (STILL METAL), STICKS AND STONES?

WHAT KIND OF JUJU WORKS ONLY IN THE HEADS OF THOSE THAT BELIEVE IT WORKS (WITHOUT EVIDENCE THAT IT WORKS)??


IT'S THE BLIND BLACK MAN JUJU. ONE OF THE REASONS OUR CONTINENT IS CENTURIES BEHIND ON EVERYTHING BUT DARKNESS.

When the British wanted to attack the ijebus , they made human sacrifices to the water goddess to protect them.

With ordinary Gatling guns , the British blasted the whole town to smitherings

CAPSLOCKED:
NOW THAT YOU WORK FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA I BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE TO DEFEAT FULANI TERRORISTS AND BOKOHARAM. WE CAN'T HAVE A FUNCTIONING HUMAN BULLET PROOF LIKE YOU AND YOUR LIKES, AND STILL BE LOSING TENS OF SOLDIERS DAILY AND MONEY WASTED ON ACQUIRING WEAPONS.

I wonder too. Loool

Mimzyy:
Home made wrap.

Nice one �

vastolord4:
Not individuals, countries bro.. check how much we made from just groundnut pyramids far back in the 60s and 70s

How many countries have u seen get rich from agriculture ?

HappyPagan:
I was lucky. That's what everyone's saying. Some guy got picked and ended up eight months later in front of a Lagos court, charged for armed robbery. That's where he got bail and finally found freedom.

The stories people have shared since I had the experience cause me a lot of worry. Knowing that I am not immune to having this experience again feels so sad.

Our 'institutions' are dead. Change of force personnel won't cut it - proper reeducation and training is the only way forward.

Woow !!!!

HappyPagan:
..... Really?

Christians at times ehn

benjsniper33:
But Neymar is black . Why is his son so Caucasian that he has no features of a negro in colour and shape, including his hair.


Micheal Jackson is black but all his children are TOTALLY Caucasian in features . No trace Negroistic traits.

Are they genetically re-engineering the proxy mothers of these black superstars??

I smell a rat Here fellas

Genetics does not work the way you think it does.

It's very possible for a black and white couple to have pure white kids or pure black twins.

The children in the photo below are twins

grandstar:
The prime problem isn't E-auction or whatever is called but the very high import duty placed on cars.

70% is too high and doff my hats to car dealers who ate still in the business. Import duty should not be more than 10% on cars.

Grandstar , do you ever wonder whether anti trade buhari wonders the implications for signing the Afcta agreement ?

ubunja:
better than that face on your profile

Why are you on her case like this ? Has she offended you before ?

grandstar:
In Switzerland, that money isn't much. Switzerland is one of the most expensive countries in the world. Unless he lives close to the border and hop to a neighbouring country to buy stuff. Cheapest studio flat in Zurich goes for like 500 CHF or $500 a month.

Guy u seem well travelled , like WTF !!!!respect.

FarahAideed:
90 percent of Nigerians have an IQ of below 70 which means they can't properly evaluate anything and thats why many of the them think Lagos is a developed city and they think Lagos is better than Accra in Ghana or Nairobi ..One day I had to prove to a guy that Liberian dollars had much much value than the naira and he was shocked .. this low IQ is why an adult Nigetian will go to a supermarket and pick things worth 12 thousand naira while he has only 2000 Naira and when he gets to checkout he will now start telling the teller to drop many things and causing a queue ...Many Nigerian still don't know that Nigeria is more Dangerous than most places on Earth today so much you will see them saying they don't want Nigeria to be like Sudan but in reality Nigeria is a far worse position than Sudan in every index ..Another Fallacy Nigerians like to deceive themselves with is the claim that Nigeria is a rich country while in reality Nigeria is one the poorest countries on Earth

When I hear people say that , I get both annoyed and bothered.

grandstar:
I feel to make the cut $22,000- $25,000 should be the mark.

$15,500 is less than a third of the USA.

They are like middle class people. They aren't rich but are comfortable.

Have u ever wondered how a country will be if it's per capita gets to something like $300,000 per capita.

Heaven

grandstar:
I'm sure the state can't afford to due to a lean purse. This worsened by this 30k minimum wage which will leave many states stretched in regard to spending

And ironically the very people ( the citizens ) that are meant to call for reduction of the civil service will never do so.

grandstar:
Though Latin America is divided by race, most countries have one language they all speak which is mostly Spanish but Brazil, Portugese.

Yes, they aren't rich. Best is Higher Middle Income countries. I however see Chile, Panama, Peru becoming rich one day.

The primary problem was that the Spanish and Portugese left these countries with an intrusive and burdensome State. Many are yet to fully unburden themselves from this load.

I think Chile with per capita of $ 15, 500 can qualify as being rich.

pchukwudi:
Latin American countries ate poor economically largely due to socialism. But countries like Brazil and Argentina (and some others there) are way better than Nigeria.

I think you have answered the question your self.

Ethnic grouping is not a single determinant of whether a country will be successful or not.