₦airaland Forum

rentAcock:
Wonderful. This gunboat will allow us to project our naval strength across the Atlantic. This gunboat solidifies our place as the greatest naval power in sub saharan Africa. I believe this is only a start, in the coming years, we will have our locally built nuclear powered submarines and aircraft carriers. No one will bully us, we are a force to reckon with.

which yeye naval strength?? Don't let South Africans and Egyptians read this your funny comment, they'll laughing at us. You can only flex muscle with Benin Republican, that's all

NGpatriot:
Hi
If you are going to ask and challenge what I said, why not just show us the global brands like Dominos, KFC, Stone Cold creamery anywhere in the SE village.

In fact, I said global brand, meaning popular international brands, not local make shit eateries like crunches or whatever you call it.


Btw, international brands are investors, they create jobs and generate IGR for the government, they support local economies and recycle money all the way down to farmers, vendors, transporters and so on. They source most of their raw materials here in Nigeria.

KFC source their chicken from the largest poultry farm in Osun state, meaning their activities support growth and development in Osun state, they create jobs and IGR in Osun state.

Governments all over the world stage trade summits and go on trade trips to have foreign investors invest and create jobs in their country, but to shallow people in Nigeria, it's a bad idea because they send money back to their country.

And you wonder why the SE is so poor and void of credible investments.

At the bolded, who told you that those local brands we have don't also support the local economy the way the international brands does.
Look, I'll rather have the locals doing stuffs like this than international investors. That's why the FG will always encourage by giving them tax holidays and other benefits in order to enable them to grow.
Because you aren't well traveled, you think it's only your father's backyard is where fruit trees grow, you better learn to visit and get exposure...

NGpatriot:
Their governors are still preoccupied with wheelbarrow, borehole and roadside kerosene sharing.

SE is unproductive, there's nothing in that region to attract any meaningful investment and you'll never see brands like KFC, Dominos, Stone cold creamery anywhere in the SE, but they are all over the SW.

The SE is poor, the purchasing power is little or nothing, the business environment is too unfriendly, too hostile and not even enough educated manpoer to sustain meaningful business activities.

why do you mumble false claims, who told you they aren't in the eastern region? we do have our own local homegrown fast food companies like crunchies, eggle springing up within the region. that should tell you that the local economy is burgeoning and alive. All those brands you mentioned are foreign brands, all their profits will be repatriated to their homeland. but that's not the case here, at least their profits will be used to further expand their operations...

mystery22:
afonja,ibadan-express way,always bringing stats from the head of there victims in Ogun skull mining headquarter,afonja republic will become another dirty Benin republic where you brothers live...

see! enough of these baseless tantrums. it's you guys that are causing trouble for igbos over here. Your annoying remarks makes them feel unsafe and unwelcomed... this is primarily the major reason we are fast loosing relevance politically.

Oshigun:
This is a sentimental statement and not a factual one. Igbo are economic saboteurs with their system of trading, retail shop ownership and apprentice structure they deliberately use to make money that will almost 100% be funneled back to Ala Igbo without attendant benefits to host Countries, States and region where they make that money in the form of tax or developmental levies etal.

Look at the filth Ladipo was before Fashola got really mad with Igbos and their neglectful ways. A place generating billions for Igbos yet they cannot throw a bit of change to ensure the environment is cleans, canals dredged and pollution kept to a minimal. This is because Igbos only love using others to feather their nest. They don't care about their host and their geographical/financial wellbeing.

A lot of innocent Nigerians suffered because of the retail trade war Ghana enacted against Nigerians when it was Igbos who are the sole culprit of sharp trading practices Ghana could not condone.

Some of us defended Nigeria nonetheless even when we knew the details to understand that the anger of Ghana stems from the reality of how Igbos set up shop in Ghanaian markets, robbing Ghanaians of market presence, while paying no tax to the government of Ghana!!! Igbos were making Ghanaians unemployed yet expected tax remittance that would alleviate that negative economic development were conspicuously missing.

How is that acceptable to any fair-minded person? It is the same practice everywhere Igbos go. Igbos take an extremely clannish and hostile approach to trading designed to see them and their kinsmen profit while others who facilitate their trade gain little or nothing in return via employment (Igbos don't employ non-Igbos) or payment of taxes, developmental levies etc.

Anyone who think Igbo retailers and traders, the bulk and majority of their business presence in the SW, pay appreciable tax on their profit is a m0r0n.

if the igbo traders don't pay tax as alluded by you then why do i see LIRS Tax outlets in every major markets where the igbos are dominant?. Even the local government goes to collect their taxes from them every month. you see your blind hatred to the them won't change the fact that they are a significant contributor to the economy of Lagos State, that doesn't mean other ethnic groups aren't doing nothing.
You better learn to "accomodate" as you claim. if you can't help it, you can exit Lagos and relocate to Ekiti...

codemaniacs:
ajl this comment is in reply to oshigun ( i have read your reply to oshigun where you called him "Very shallow statements. Typical tribalist" )..

Notice the part I put in bold in winterfell007 comment...

It took me years to understand and accept it but this is the truth.. but people will support and fund politicians, bizmen, gangsters e.t.c that support their interests and welfare at the detriments of the indigenes ( in this case Yoruba ). so Yorubas that aren't protectionist and tribalist will lose to non-Yorubas that are protectionist and tribalist in Yoruba territories.

from your comment to Oshigun, its proof that you're not Yoruba, no sane Yoruba person will call another Yoruba person a tribalist ...

stop hiding behind the " my used to sell in Balogun market area" lie that's rubbish..

What your point exactly?? The truth is that Lagos is the success story of everybody who works or carrys out one activity or another.
You cannot attribute the success of Lagos to any one enthic group, that's actually where I fault my people for the being that naive to think the success of Lagos is hinged on their industrious nature.
At the same, I must commend their resilience in thriving in homelands that aren't native or indigenous to them. It speaks volumes..

Oshigun:
People who work with facts, either because they love Lagos and desire her progress or because their profession encourages them to alway recognize proven statistics, Will know that the Igbos are not assets to Lagos. At all. They are mainly saboteurs. It is only their business leaders like Ovia, Elumelu etal who contribute substantially to the IGR of Lagos.

Meanwhile the contribution of those people is dwarfed by that of their Yoruba peers who are far more in number.

Overall, only the Igbos themselves and uninformed Yorubas think Igbos are as important to Lagos as they claim.

They actually benefit more from Lagos than they give back which makes them an economic deficit to the State rather than an asset.

This is why I encourage and will continue to encourage them daily to leave Lagos and see if the State "crashes" as they threaten will happen if they depart back to Ala Igbo.

I can agree that my people at times might be sentimental and somewhat boastful in a rather annoying way but you can't tell me they are not a significant contributor to GDP of Lagos state that would be a big fat lie. SME industry is the engine room of any fledgling economy and this is an industry the igbos are very active on and thrive so well, hence, I guess that's why they make so much noise about it.
Secondly, you cannot term the igbos 'Saboteurs' because they don't like Tinubu(ojukokoro) and or APC. They have every right to support any registered political party of their choice that will promote their interests and welfare so long as the contribute their quota toward development like taxes and levy which I'm very sure they pay in all those thriving markets you term '2 by 2'. It is part of the political process, nothing wrong with that...

Badmod:
Hmmmm.
Something is smelling...
Na yeye dey smell.
Washing your car in your house with nose mask.
And sneakers..
This girl and her dad loves attention.
Call me a hungry hater...
I'm only giving a public opinion on a public issue...
Make I go buy sugar for my garri jare.

Finally someone else have noticed that about them. Her dad will just be famzing Dangote up and down like fly shouting 'billionaire friends'

successmatters:
It can only be Biafra, they are the only people that can rise with this kind of speed. I am really afraid of their momentum.

This is in Nigeria. Your Biafra will forever be a pipe dream. You'll always to be in Nigeria probably might recite the national anthem

dukeprince50:
u are a wise man, if not for all those small small backyard sins you commit, you for make heaven

Which backyard sin I Don commit, abeg tell me.

LadyGCrueDKilaB:
why are u jealous ni? can any of your leaders match him in intellect and wisdom? go one sit down on a brown roof abeg

It's quite disheartening that folks like you are the reason the igbos have lost out politically. The worst reality is that Biafra is always be a pipe dream and we igbos can't attain the highest office in the land. We lost both ways, what a great loss on our part...

Kekereekun123:
Only morons follow this guy. 98% of ipob are morons

Please delete that rude and unreasonable comments. It makes you appear ridiculous. There are good number of igbos that aren't fooled by Kanu's rhetorics and propaganda.

helinues:


And this is a leader of millions of people including professionals, scholars .

Chei.... there is God oooo

He's not my leader and definitely not a leader to the millions of 'reasonable' igbos who sees through his lies. I personally see him as a leader of a 'hate group' no different from 'Kux Kla Klans' of America

Bluehill1051:
Ipob goats won't like this

They're a lot of igbos too who see through enthic sentiments. You need not insult them.

DenreleDave:
I hope yeebos wunt claim imota was developed by them

Look! Don't start this silly comparative! You know the igbos are sensitive to things like these. Avoid things that leads to altercations

It's very nice man keep improving . Do a lot of promotion to gain popularity

jimyjames:
Air peace Amaka

You guys are really suffering from inferiority complex. It's painful to admit that good numbers of igbos have this syndrome

What about the Nigerians you forcefully lockdown, who's been feeding them? These are really have brain-diseases

Why haven't their so called cure worked for them. When WHO was telling them that their cure failed clinical trial, they were shouting conspiracy theories up and down. Nonsense

They're yet to convict this woman of corruption,I'm beginning to doubt if she's guilty in the first place

When you talk about road networks, you talk about roads that link up inner communities to the city in order to facilitate trade and commerce. In that regards, I'll give it the best in this order:

Akwa-ibom
Anambra
Ekiti
And the rest...

deji17:
But those who gave Abacha, National honours despite evidence that he stole are your hero. You play politics instead of facing facts. How many decades ago did you witness any development in SE? Will it kill you if you acknowledge that he made a difference?

i appreciate the fact he's doing his job. if he doesn't, someone else will

deji17:
Not all that bad you said? How many decades ago did SE witness such development? Please give honour to whom it is due. Despite drop in oil revenue, he still manages to do this. But those who made 3 times oil revenue but did nothing are your friends. Better repent.

The funds from the construction is actually coming from the Abacha loot he declared a Saint and the NSIA fund

Abagworo:
God bless Buhari for actually taking action on this project instead of audio like his predecessors.

You are just typing nonsense. GEJ didn't play audio with the SNB, infact, it's the plan of action that Buhari thankfully is following up. Take it from somehow who works in the NSIA.
GEJ is just unlucky to have won his reelection to continue from where he left off.

OVB123:
Ndi Igbo should thank Baba Buhari.

Thank him for doing his job? Did Hausas thank Buhari for reconstructing the Abuja-Kano expressway? It's Buhari's interest to continue from where GEJ left off or someone else will.

tamdun:
Buhari had the power to use the money for another project but he chose Anambra, u better not transfer hatred to your offsprings

First of all, he doesn't have the power to transfer the project someplace else. Here are my reasons:

1.Abacha's loot is what is critically funding three important projects in Nigeria, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Abuja-Kaduna-Kano expressway and the Second Niger Bridge with strict monitoring by the US and other agency. If Buhari attempts to divert the plan, some of Nigeria's foreign assets could be seized as signed when Nigeria took charge of the recovered loot

2. The three highlighted projects forms part of the NSIA targeted projects of investment. Which means all projects will be tolled upon completion to generate new streams of income to NSIA (Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority). This has always been the plan since the GEJ administration, Buhari, thankfully is following that up to the letter.

Zooposki:
I never said I prayed for it. I just saw it.

Same way I told someone that Africa will be the next super power, that China will never be, and any other country that wants to be will be destroyed and they laughed at me. Cant you see it now coming to pass. China’s economy is getting decimated as we speak.

Which Chinese economy is being decimated? It's like you don't read business news on Aljazeera... All their factory are running back to full capacity. Funny prophet

MinorityOpinion:
How many billionaires from Nnewi? Lol God own paradise don't you know God purse tore when he was passing Nnewi. Town with highest number of billionaires per capital.

This one enter me well , even though I be confam igbo guy

Ejima1:
Prayer is also essential

You can always pray in your house

caleboxylic:
Good one from the Engineer.
Engineer Dave, you have passion for development and infrastructure.

I am pleading on behalf of manufacturers and upcoming industrialist in igbo land for an Eastern power generation and transmission.

We need power in the East His Excellency. We need to exit this National Grid Nonsense where they allocate less than 15% power to the east.
Champion this project and execute it through Nestoil company/subsidiaries and Seplat.

Do this and stand long Mike okpara and Sam Mbakwe in Igbo land.

Regards.

That's part of the reason why Seplat and Shell are jointly developing gas processing plant in Ibigwe, Imo State. I'm definitely sure it's to provide the fuel for industrial development in Eastern region

All I know is that Julius Berger just got $300,000000 richer. They're practically the company handling the three projects under construction in the agreement. Chai!! I wish I had some cash to buy shares in JB.

prince985:
Still wondering why no one is talking of Madagascar's cure

Madagascar's cure didn't pass clinical trial. That's why WHO ain't recommending it as a treatment