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Nigeria is a plural society and enforcing child limit is not feasible and any politician that even suggest such law, his/her political career is dead on arrival. Why would a politician suggest a law that will make him unpopular and possibly cost him an election?
Nigeria and England population is almost about same in 1960 while Nigeria population is over 220 million now, England population is little over 60 million.
I was reading an article that say Nigeria will be the third largest country by population in 2050 but the whole country land mass is equal to the size of Texas.
The question will all need to ask is how does Nigeria intend to feed her citizens when we procreates as such an alarming rate that even developed countries will struggle to her their citizens if they are same situation as Nigeria?
Nigeria is structured to fail and when you hear politician talking about fixing the rot, all I do is laugh cos the indicator is obvious we are heading to a fail society if we don't make a 180 degree turn for the better.

You just nailed it. There are currencies that are more stronger than $$ that nobody wants in the world. US backed $$ with innovations that the world want and most people pays top money for. Most companies in the world will die to have their stocks list on NYSE.
Any country can trade in any currency they want but as long as US keeps innovating, producing world top companies, export technologies and not banana and fruits, the value of $$ will keep rising compared to countries that offer mono product like oil.
US has more oil than Nigeria but they don't drill most on their oil. I live in Virginia Beach and the locals sue the federal government when it propose oil drilling of the coast of Virginia beach. Why? Tourism brings more money than oil could bring without environmental degradation and while oil will dry up , tourism is for life.
It's ignorant and anti-US to assume the value of $$ will fall cos BRISC will trade in local currencies because the value of $$ is based of US exports and not which countries trade with it or not. The value of Naira is affected by our trade deficit and no magic government can do that will have effect on it long term value.

ecolime:
Good one. I've always supported trading in local currencies.

Nevertheless, it won't still scratch the value of the dollar. The US exports more than they import so na the balance of payment be the koko.

There is a reason why Pounds sterling GBP is strong like a rock despite not being used as the major world settlement currency like the USD.

As long as the US stay ahead of others in innovations, technologies, etc. they have nothing to worry.

A country that owns and hosts Apple, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Boeing, GE, Amazon, Tesla, etc and you think their currency will just fall yakata?

Just dey play

I agreed with you. In early 2000, Russian embassy will not collect visa fee until they want to issue you visa. I am not sure if the same policy still in place. I think visa fee should be separated from processing fee and when visa is denied, embassy should keep the processing fee while returning the visa fee to the applicant.
Nigerians makes excuses for visa denial. Zac Brown band was denial entry to Canada to go perform on a show and life goes on. Anyone can be denial entry to another country. Nigerian visa refusal is not unique. It's the basic of supply and demand. When there is increase in visa applicants, there will be correspondent increase in rejection. We need to fix our country that make traveling out to do jobs you would not even dream of doing back home discouraging.
We can debate what could, should, would but the embassy only have interest of their country at heart and it's time for Nigerians and our government start to build the country for real

ibinaboonline:
Going by what you just said, I can't help but wonder how many Britons and Canadians are denied entry to the US each day based solely on the fact that the Americans think they're likely to stay instead of go back. I can't help but wonder. How many na? And those countries you mentioned, how many of them forfeit their application fees after they're denied visa? You really shouldn't have belittled $100. You just have to find out how many Nigerians apply each month and then do the math. That's what you need to do and then you'll understand.
I get it, though. It's their country. In fact, I've always thought it was bollocks watching migrants come to the States and start talking like and acting all entitled. I get it. My position though is that I wouldn't lead this country and allow them to keep the complete visa fees of those who got denied. I won't stand for it.

You're funny. You think $100 visa application fee is what the embassy needs to survive? Absolutely not but visa application is optional and you're not force to apply for visa in any embassy. Do you know Canada refuse some Americans entry to their country? Do you know America deport British citizens, even Canadians to Canada?
Each embassy job is to protect their home country national interest and not to do the bidding of the country they are in.

ibinaboonline:
Have you thought of this: When they start refunding applicants who were denied visa, that's when their pompous, wicked visa rejections will dwindle to a tickle. That's the Koko. They can just take your money and tell you to go home and rest. What else do you expect from a prideful country like America. You see Biden strutting around and promising Zelensky eternal support of money and hardware; it's this kind of money they mine for free in countries like Nigeria that gives them such backbone. When you do the math of how much the US embassy makes off of Nigeria each month, you'll weep even more for our country. They got so bold and belittling that Nigerian applicants have to pay to send an email to the US embassy. Can you believe that? You pay to email the US embassy, ff sake. I swear to God, if I was the country's leader, there's no way in hell the US embassy will keep the money of applicants who were denied visa. I don't care if it's the same everywhere else. Nigeria is a special case. They single us out, so we should single them out too. This has been on mind a long time.

Nigeria is high risk but China and India are worse. Indians will abuse their visas, use illegal route from Canada to US and do same through Mexico but majority of skilled visas to US is been scoped up by Indians. Majority of visas been refused bring nothing to the table and the embassy just to toying with them. First time traveling has almost no chance and majority of people being refused are first time travellers. Every countries in the world abuse visas and that does not stop other citizens being issued visas. I know Canadians who had overstayed their welcome in US and vice versa for US citizens in Canada.

MT:
Blame those who were given Visitor's visa and Student's visa and abused them. Nigerians are profiled as one of the high risk Nation that will abuse visa.

Let the truth be told, over 90% of the people that were bounced would abuse their visas. The Consular Officers have seen it all. Sadly some few individuals with genuine intention will be bounced too but majority that are bounced are deserving of it.

You must give them a genuine reason why your case is different. US embassy care less about your document. Your body language and what you say will determine it. You cannot fill in your application form that you are going for tourism and you pick Indiannapolis. You have shot yourself in the leg before you utter a single word.

Stop heaping blames on the Government alone, the citizen's behaviours play key roles too.

The young man is just making it up to feel better but Naija hunger at the moment will make even the most nonchalant sit straight. I pray he wakes up from the illusion and face reality

Evolutionlove:
You got the Drill.

You live in alternate reality but hope you wake up and start living in real life one day. If you side income generate 3 million as you claimed, you need to quit you full time job and make your side hustle full time job but you and I know your side hustle is imaginary just like your full time job.
Making story up to make you feel better is like getting high to avoid your problems. when the effect of the drug wane, your problems still waiting for you. I make my money in $$$ so we are not competing.

Nice2023:
See,can I say one of the major problems with us is lack of financial education.

U can never be rich if u are that kind of person that expects huge amount of money at a swoop.

U can never be rich if u don't plan ur finances.

You can never be rich if you rely on other people's opinion for everything and you can never be rich if
you dont create additional income stream.

In addition,don't always generalised,I personally earn less than 150k a month,but my side income generates more than 3million monthly sometimes more,sometimes below.

That is the power of building a business.

Finally,a bad investment is better than no investment.

How do you buy investment when average workers salary is hardly enough to feed and take care of their basic needs?

Nice2023:
If u start working in any organisation,from the first day,start buying investment with ur money.

The world especially Nigeria is too harsh not to have secondary income.

Ok but what did that fix? Nothing and you can look at Ghana who did same in the past are back from where they started from. Re-denomination of Naira does not affect purchasing power of average Nigerians but government lose money changing the design of Naira and confusion that comes with it.

okeysoninv:
Absolutely, there is no way we can survive with out redenomination of naira. Once naira close the maximum threshold of #1000 per a dollar we can remove a zero . Making 100 naira equal to $1. As of 2013 rate.

What the OP is going thru now, lots of people are going thru same and sometimes, we usually take the familiar route. We want to do a master's when we have a bachelor's degree or doctorate when we have a master's degree thinking we will stand a better chance after we finish but the problem is labor market is saturated home and abroad. Any degree without a unique skill put you at disadvantage even in US not to talk of Nigeria. I have a friend that has MBA but drives Uber in US. I have MEd but had to go start my own business cos what teaching will offer me even in US will hardly pays my bills.
Higher qualifications home or abroad ain't the solution because if your bachelor's degree is not in demand, I doubt if masters will make a difference.

wunmi590:
Spot on brother, spot on

No offense should be taken because you said the reality. Masters degree without plans achieve nothing. Why invest time and money in a master's degree and after graduation, you end up from where you begin? OP need to do a soul search and decide what he/she actually wants to do. More degree without a game plan is paper stacking cos there are people with masters degree without a job.

wunmi590:


If at this stage, as a graduate of philosophy and you are asking us what course you should do for your masters, then you shouldn't even have any busness doing master, because I'm not sure you have a lay out plan for your career...

Or you just want to do it, so that people can say you are a masters holder

It better to use the money to start bisness and see how it grows in 1-2years time...

No offence, I'm just being blunt

Do Nigerian universities discontinue courses that has outlived it relevance? Universities world over do cost-benefits analysis on discipline and will discontinue it if such course can't support itself. Most universities are doing away with Arts and liberal studies, foreign languages are mostly minor now and only few school will offer languages as a full degree. Our world is changing and any course that does not offer specific skill put you at disadvantage. Imagine someone studying Russian language for four whole years. Even Russians does not study their language and why would a Nigerian think he has a shot a better life studying such language?

I can only imagine a man with kids and broke. Nothing is worse than this feelings in the world. The most annoying part is not that he does not want to work, it's either he can't find anything meaningful or the one he find pay so low he can hardly take care of his family. Naija is closer to hell compare to other countries for real.

How do we get to using %96 of revenue for debt servicing? I am scared for Nigeria for real. We need to cut cost of governance by %90 per cent. Only one senator from each states instead of 3. 200 max house of representative. No more than 10 commissioners in every states. Part time state legislators in every states i.e Virginia. Nigeria is a poor country and it's time we accept reality and start cutting costs in all aspects of governance. We can't expect poor people to make sacrifices while it's business as usual for politicians.

grandstar:
The issue has never been about those abusing the subsidy. The issue is the subsidy itself.

As at May 28 this year, a litre of crude oil used to process it into petrol cost 47cents per litre. Multiply that the unrealistic exchange rate at the time of 440 to a dollar and that brings the price to N208 per litre of crude oil. The petrol price then was 195 per litre

That means it was cheaper to buy petrol in Nigeria than the crude oil it is made from. It was even the unrealistic rate of 440 used. If the more realistic 770 rate is used, the figure will be more frightening. We are yet to add refining cost and all minor costs? The subsidy would have been at least 250 per litre. Multiply that by 50m litres a day [b](this is very conservative) [/b]and you have 12.5bn daily. Multiply that by 365 and you have around 4.65bn in a year. The government estimated that the fuel subsidy would cost about $10bn this year alone. This is about 2.2% of GDP.

Already, debt servicing was to consume 96% of government revenue this year. Where then is the more to subsidize petrol? The money no longer exists. The government is not borrowing for an investment that would yield interest to pay off the loan but something that would only add on to the country's unsustainable debt burden.

Is the subsidy removal biting my butt? Yes. I have only bought petrol once since the subsidy was removed. Do I support the removal? Yes. It was the right thing to do.

Even if the sub
sidy would cost the government nothing, it caused a lot of damage. It discouraged investment in the refining of crude oil. No one would build a refinery in a country where the government subsidizes the price of main products. Subsidy basically means selling it below the market price. Dangote and Bua could proceed because they could use their very profitable cement businesses as collateral.

Had the subsidy been done away with in the 1990s, by now, the country would be refining at least 2million barrels of crude oil daily. It would have a ripple effect on the oil industry and the economy. Nigeria would definitely be the no.1 petrochemical giant in Africa, same with fertilizer, second largest gas exporter in Africa, Africa's largest oil logistic hub and so on. The subsidy cost the country a lot of things. I won't be surprised if GDP would not be at least 3 times what it is today.

Devaluation help if tailored towards a macroeconomics indices in mind. A country like China has been devaluating her currency for years to make export cheaper while average Chinese shun import because it's too expensive. Naira devaluation is tailored toward nothing. We export nothing and import everything and that is our major problem. Import is out of reach and most businesses will close shop because they can afford raw materials, hereby increases unemployment while we have nothing to offer the world in term of export.

Revolution2022:
Devaluation of the currency doesn't help the economy of a country.Nigeria has been devaluing the Naira.Still,the economy has not improved.

Informed write-up but I don't think quantitative easing will work for Nigeria to be honest. Example of Zimbabwe and Venezuela comes to mind. When a country produce less like Nigeria, quantitative easing will bring the value of local currency next to nothing.
Reduction of interest rate sound like a good idea but still, the government need to aid exchange rate cos 💯 naira floating na die.
We need to increase local production for at least 5 years and then will can float the Naira 💯 but as it stands now, Naira to dollar will reach 5k before end of 2025.






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imoh4king:
Is it nairalanders or Nigerian youths that are clouded with ignorance?

There are certain measures employed by Central Banks globally to ease depreciation of any particular currency. One of such is
QUANTITATIVE EASING.... This is when the depreciating cash is pumped into the economy which will ease supply of the quoted currency thereby strengthening it.

The second method is REDUCTION IN MONETARY INTEREST RATE.... This is the borrowing interest rate pegged by the Central Bank of the depreciating economy to attract foreign investors which also strengthens the base currency.

There are numerous other methods...

Read up.

While I support most of his policies, the implementation is wrong. Removing 💯 subsidy is a grave mistake. Subsidy should have been removed incremental like 25 per cent every quarter so the economy can adjust and supply and demand find it equilibrium but he removed it once and kill almost every small businesses. I will give you an example. I have a friend to import rice from US. A bag of rice usually cost 50k before Tinubu regime but the same bag cost 100k now. He has over 200 bags of rice without a single buyer. The astronomical rise in price makes it impossible for businesses to survive and hereby multiple our unemployment rate.
You don't remove subsidy and float the naira without the economy taking a major hit.

Putinofrussia:
The defending and co that made CBN get indebted to JP Morgan and co to the tune of $15 billion...fifteen billion dollars .
Almost half of the Nigerian reserve.
Emefiele supported by Buhari has really decimated Nigeria gravely.

Nigeria is gravely short of forex making the supply of dollar small and shooting up the value of dollar to Naira.

I really pity Tinubu but I trustt he will pull Nigeria out of this doldrum.This one will require the real...no pain,no gain Marxim.
All of us are just impatient

While I support most of his policies, the implementation is wrong. Removing 💯 subsidy is a grave mistake. Subsidy should have been removed incremental like 25 per cent every quarter so the economy can adjust and supply and demand find it equilibrium

Putinofrussia:
The defending and co that made CBN get indebted to JP Morgan and co to the tune of $15 billion...fifteen billion dollars .
Almost half of the Nigerian reserve.
Emefiele supported by Buhari has really decimated Nigeria gravely.

Nigeria is gravely short of forex making the supply of dollar small and shooting up the value of dollar to Naira.

I really pity Tinubu but I trustt he will pull Nigeria out of this doldrum.This one will require the real...no pain,no gain Marxim.
All of us are just impatient

That would have been correct the Oyinbo found a solution for such problem. It's called rear differential and on trailers, wheels are almost independent of each other's.

goodmouth:
That's not practical, turning the truck will put the rear tires under serious stress.

It's has so many tires cos the truck is not real. First, the tires are so close that it makes not sense when it comes to spreading the loads. Second, the truck is so long that it will be unlikely to be able to turn in an intersection. Dump trucks that carry heavy loads are usually short while trailers are usually limited to 53 feet so that they can usually maneuver.

Really!! It takes a lot to be an ambassador. Do you know what it means to be a refuge in a foreign land?

Akpangbo:
She is seeking for refugee status in france.

Not Chileans. They are well respected in US. Very few Brazilians migrate to US too. Africans don't clean toilet but work in group home which ain't too different from toilet cleaning.
The reality of traveling abroad is you ain't going to get blue collar jobs in your first few years. You will have to work you way up and create a notch for yourself.

RaptorX:
The same Latin America from where they are all jumping the US border illegally by the millions including Chileans and Brazilians to come and be cleaning toilets, picking crops under hot sun, working in Macdonald's, doing back breaking construction jobs while no speky English. All the low wage menial crap jobs that even Africans will not touch. Never saw an African clean toilets in the US, because 99% of toilet cleaners are Latinos wonder why they didn't all go to the paradise in Chile and Brazil so keep deceiving the gullibles like yourself on NL.

You're very wrong. There are people with means and living dream lives who frequently visit Nairaland. They do not comment much due to insult and lack of civility. You try to input your view and some people will rain insults on you. I just got called names by one who is trying to get a visa to UEA.lol

finallybusy:
Congratulations, my guy. Now we'll see you less on Nairaland. This place is for unemployed, unexposed children who live in slums.

You better let the guy be. He will start calling you names now cos you dear disagree with him.

grandstar:
Brazil isn't better than every African country.

Yes, it may be more "advanced" but better is quite stretching it. The only country on the South American mainland that is close to that should be Chile.

Your fact is very deniable.The huge income disparity is shocking with Favelas everywhere. Crime and drugs are huge problems and usually where such thrive amongst youth, it's an indication they've lost faith in their future.

Chile on the other hand is more prosperous, has a higher standard of living and its on its way to becoming an advanced rich nation probably in 20years. Sadly, it's turning leftist and that may stifle growth.

Thanks for your advice. Time to ignore the gentleman. Appreciate it.

yewit37486:
That guy is a very uncouth frustrated human being. People like that are best ignored.

I agreed with you. For the fact a country can travel to another country visa free or visa on arrival does not make such a country better than a country that does not. Mexicans can travel to most countries visa free or visa on arrival even Canada and most European countries but same Mexicans are climbing fence to come pick tomatoes in farms across US.
While traveling is awesome and an eye opener but it does not worth risking your life for. For very store-away that live to tell his stories, hundreds ain't fortunate enough to be alive to recant their ordeal.
I will always encourage people to travel but not at the risk to your lives no life no get duplicate ooo

grandstar:
Frankly speaking, I think Gerrard59 is too biased towards Brazil.

Brazil is stuck in the Middle Income trap. For it to become an advanced nation, it needs to implement a number of reforms such as make its labour force more flexible, reduce endemic red tape, end a maddening array of taxes and cut the overgenerous pensions which creates a huge hole in government finances. The list goes on.

The fact that Brazilians can travel visa free is not an indication of the strength of the Brazilian economy but an outcome of bullying. Brazil has a reciprocal policy of granting visa free travels or visas on arrivals only to countries that do the same to Brazilians. So, many advanced nations are forced to open their borders to them. I know Brazilian do overstay in the UK but I do not know if they do the same in other parts of Europe.

I am going to ignore you this time. Your post do make me or anyone said either. It just shows lack of civility in you cos you can disagree without insult. Peace

Gerrard59:
Next time, don't lie brazenly on the Internet. Brazilians are moving to the US illegally yet the visa refusal rate for Brazilians is less than 20%.

I'm not here to make you or anyone happy with my posts. Just don't lie, that's all.

I understand people goes thru hard time and desperation can make us do the unthinkable but people who knows better should discourage them. Media narrative does not help either. When the madia want to show Nigeria, they focus on the worst area but when it's time to show US, they show downtown LA, lower Manhattan while inner cities crumble and crime infested.
I grew up in Bariga and I attend Unilag and lived 2 years in Chicago. I can tell you there are lots of neighborhood in Chicago that Bariga is better than. That is a fact.

tensazangetsu20:
To be honest I am against illegal migration but for someone to risk their life like that you have no idea what they have been through in Nigeria. I don't blame them to be honest.

First, you can make your points without being rude and made calling. Second, Brazil is better than Nigeria but no country in the world worth risking your life to travel to. $$ does not grow on trees.
I never said traveling is bad, in fact, traveling is awesome but I will NEVER risk my life to travel abroad cos we only have one life.
Please be matured enough to state your points without insult and name calling. It makes the receiver understand and possibly engage you in conversation next time. Peace

Gerrard59:
This bloody cretin resides in the US and complains foolishly. If the USA is that bad, move your smelly yansh back to Nigeria!!!!!!

Nigeria has a higher unemployment rate than Brazil. Check LinkedIn to confirm. Brazil has more than TEN TIMES MORE JOBS than Nigeria. It's right there on LinkedIn bloody liar! You think this is 2000 where you people lie brazenly and stoopidly?!!!

It's Central Americans who move illegally to the US not Brazilians. Brazilians are middle class folks.

Please stop lying stupidly. It's annoying!

Look at the rejection rate of Brazilians in obtaining non immigrant visa to the US. Less than 20%! The same people you lied foolishly are moving illegally to the US? You are a cretinous fvcktard!

I can't tell you while would someone want to move people few Brazilians do. I will reiterate my position once more, no where in the world worth risking your life for cos there will always be challenges wherever you go. Traveling is awesome but not at the expense of your life.

tensazangetsu20:
I don't know about this but I know that getting a US visa from Brazil is very easy. The rejection rates are very low. So why would anyone want to move to mexico and get into the US illegally except the person is doing something illegal like drugs or human trafficking.

You could at least ask to to explain. First, Brazilians don't take the jungle route. They fly to Mexico and walk to the border to claim asylum and when there was uptick in Brazilians claiming asylum, US government pressure mexico to restrict Brazil free visa policy which mexico did.
Brazilians are not that much into traveling but I can tell you if you care to listen, traveling as store way to Brazil is a waste of time, energy and a worthless risk.

tensazangetsu20:
You are a very big liar. The visa rejection rates for Brazilian citizens is less than 3 percent. This puts Brazil as one of the top contenders for the US VWP list. Why would any Brazilian citizen cross the Darien gap to come to the US illegally when getting a US visa from Brazil is very easy. You guys lie a lot on nairaland and it's nauseating. I am in Chile and Chilean citizens don't even need a visa to go to the US or Canada whereas some people called Chile a shithole on nairaland.

I am not discouraging anyone from going to Brazil. In fact, I believe Brazil is a step up from Nigeria but risking your lives to travel to US, Canada or Europe does not worth it. Considering risk and reward factors, you can lose your life being store away dying a violent death.
Let me rephrase it. I will rather be a mechanic in Lagos than store way to Brazil. Simple.













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