NewStats: 3,263,876 , 8,181,703 topics. Date: Sunday, 08 June 2025 at 01:22 PM 5zl3

There are low cost airlines in Nigeria already and Aero is one.

What we do not have are no frills no thrills airlines ala Ryan Air and Easy Jet. But seriously if you get money don't get on a Ryan air. Avoid at all cost. Those aircraft's be like where you enter molue. No reclining seats, no back of seat pocket, no meal, if you check your baggage in, your own done be.

God come help you, you know reach airport on time. The people go happy, charge you times 20 wetin you originally pay. Airport wey dem go land you kwanu, na 2 hours to where you dey go. Abeg save your money and enter BA.

You know I say something daily on this forum, that development is about competitiveness. And this is very true to a large extent. Competitiveness occupies a lot of studies in the Development Economics literature.

Nigeria continues to lag in of innovation, technological readiness, infrastructure, institutions, health and primary education. These are the things critical to move from that low level of competitiveness to a higher level of competitiveness.

If you look at the global export market and all a country of over 100 million people contributes is basic primary products, then that country does it even know where it's headed.

Reference:

FDI is like taking a loan. The size of the package depends on the capacity of the recepient. The 50 billion you quoted is our capacity for now. We are a growing economy. No bank will empty its vault on a start up business especially where the factory floor is empty, void of the tools of the trade. We lack many things beyond cheap labour and a large market to attract investment. That's why its fantastic that companies Dangote are investing in critical industry. Cement to build, fuel to burn and hopefully steel in the future. It is up to you and I to take it to the next level. Stop complaining and work.

Holy trash!!! Written incoherently. How do you increase your absorptive capacity for FDI and DI?

telexfree1:

Who is this over-excited gate-crasher ?
My post was directed at software man who apparently is smart enough to be your boss. This gutter conversation of yours, am having none of it.
Get lost

hehehehe, I am having a laugh at how dull you are. To think that you unintelligently itted the government is irresponsible says it all.

Oronto, fire this m0r0n now. Hehehehehehe Animal

telexfree1:

My friend, listen up. The government doesn't owe you anything asides from providing security and maintaining regulatory oversights over the formal and informal sector while working with state and local government to create opportunities for the citizenry to take advantage of in order to make progress in all directions.

Okay, let's even agree a government is meant to be as irresponsible as you have described in this your trash. How has this useless government fared in the last years on this?

With Boko Haram, Ombatse killing our people daily and kidnappers running us ragged? With corruption ravaging all its critical institutions, how will it perform that oversight role?

It's a shame that you wasted your time typing that trash. If you are employed by Oronto, I ask that you be fired with immediate effect. You don't know your job.

taharqa: Oh, FDI per capital angle abi?? Maybe you hv to explain that to d Chinese you CLOWN... And did you just ask what 'd big deal is in FDI flow to Nigeria'??... Africa had more than #50bn FDI inflow last year, one of d only regions in d world where it increased; if that is 'an agonishingly low flow' then you hv to have yr head Checked, fast..

You see the problem with you is that you are an illiterate who has just been giving a keyboard to spread propaganda.

Firstly, if I tell you, I attracted $100 billion of FDI. Oh, sounds good at first sight.

However, as an economist, what does it mean, that is what is important to us. Any significant impact? It is coming in, is it good for us? We analyse and not just reel out figures. That is the skill and what differentiates us from low lives like you.

Mr $50 billion is still a agonisingly low percentage for Africa. It is mediocre when compared with FDI flows to other parts of the World. I could get on UNCTADSTAT now and give you the FDI flows to other parts of the World but it won't make any difference as you lack the skill to analyse.

taharqa: Clown, Dangote just mentioned d BACKWARD INTEGRATION policies, across d entire value chain, currently going on in the Sugar, Cassava, Palm Oil, Tomatoes, Cotton, Rice, Fertilizer, etc- areas that he and very many others are massively investing in? These things are just happening by themselves, right? That is yr story..

What did you just say, I see you are having problems with comprehension. Is that the criteria for being employed by Oronto?

software man:

Thanks bro. but we are probably wasteing our time with these jonathanians. They seems to inhabit there own land of fantasyw where they concoct all sort of achievements for a low performing government and president. The way they are going they will soon ascribe the growth of pentecoastal churches to Jonathan!

You see when you have not achieved anything whilst also raising fuel taxes by almost 50%, when a lot of people place their hope on you and you turn out useless, you take on lying, it is a no-brainer.

This is what you see daily with this government. It cannot give genuinely to those who have placed a lot of hope on it and then it takes on lying for . But we are not deceived, we have seen similar trash.

software man:
It is reality on ground except of course, you jonathanians live in a diffrent country from the rest of us!

lol leave the mugu let him keep deceiving himself. You see, the World knows these things and it is a very sad thing for us .
When you discuss with a lot of scholars outside Nigeria and you reel out data from Nigeria, the first thing they tell you is the quality of data.

So they can go all around reeling some imaginary growth percentages.

The majority of Nigerians continue to live below the poverty line, Nigeria remains a low global competitive country, one of the worst HDI percentages in the world. These are the hings that matter to us.

Walking on the streets of Nigeria will give you an idea of these things.

taharqa: Where does this article say Angola attracted more FDI than Nigeria? Why didn't you just go to Google and find d answer to d question you asked... Anyways, Nigeria since 2011 hv had d Largest FDI in Africa and by a large margin. Since you are lazy to search yourself, I will post d links later today when I get to my Computer

What is the big deal about Nigeria's FDI inflows?

Firstly, Nigeria in the last year on a per capita basis got less FDI inflows than Ghana.

Secondly, Africa as a whole has an agonisingly low percentage of global FDI inflows. To make noise about biggest in Africa is to say you are the king of mediocrity.

Thirdly, these inflows in most of the economic literature on FDI and growth in Nigeria have a very insignificant impact on growth.

So please shut it.

Was his sugar refinery also under Abacha also as a result of Abacha's favourable policy?

The purchase of Obajana, Bacita and the port concession under OBJ's favourable policy?

Of course, favourable policy to him. However, that is not how we assess a macro-economy.

We look at a macro-economy in of wealth distribution among the component units and not one man Dangote.

hardywaltz:
How much did u guys sell Ribadu for in the last elections, any body counting on the of the SW is standing on quick sand.
Stand for something ko stand for nothing ni...

Errrr otula.

South East politicians?

Tufiaaaaa that zone has the highest number of political pro$titute$, no shame, no honour. Once you give them one bowl of nkwobi and tombo, they will sell their mother, sell their father, even sell their great great grand father.

Anyone who takes the present leaders from that zone seriously is jokes.

chidindufrank: Liverpool is a name of a city,it got absolutely nothing to do with tense(s). Check it out.

You wey dey correct person, please don't kill us. There is nothing like "Liverpoonians". There are people from Liverpool, known as Liverpudlians. Comprehend?

Grammar teashhheeeer

chidindufrank: Is not pronounciation,it is pronunciation. How can we take you serious when you don't know basic rules of grammar? Ever listened to a liverpoonian and a mancunian?

Mr 'correcter', "Liverpudlians" and not "liverpoonian". Or 'Scouse' if that one go hard you.

These are farmers, not from Osun state but from other states of Nigeria. Aregbe no get, farmer no see, OVOKO!!! Has the fertiliser been supplied to Abubakar Shekau to make ogbunigwe?

Sokoto State
In Sokoto, many of the farmers say they are yet to get fertilizer from the federal government's GES programme.
Secretary, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Sokoto State, Kabiru Aliyu said, "We ed for the programme, but we are yet to be given fertilizer. We discovered that some people who were not ed have been given."
He called on the federal government to always ensure that targeted people are the actual beneficiaries of such programmes.
On the phones government promised to distribute to farmers, he also said they have not received any.
The price of a bag of fertilizer at the open market is between N4,000 and N5,000.

Kwara State
Most of the farmers who spoke with our correspondent in Ilorin confirmed that they are yet to get fertilizer either from the federal or state government.
It has, however, been gathered that since government is not forthcoming, many farmers are now settling for organic fertilizer procured at the rate of N1,200 and N1,500 per bag.
Last year, the government distributed the commodity to farmers at a subsidized rate of N2,500 per bag but the farmers lamented that they are in the dark on government's plan for the year, especially when the rain has finally sets in. It was gathered that a bag of inorganic fertilizer is sold at the rate of N5,300 to N5, 800 at the open market
The chairman of AFAN in Kwara State, Alhaji Hassan Abdullahi, confirmed that they are yet to get fertilizer from government and lamented the delay in the distribution of the commodity. He disclosed that at least 65 per cent of farmers, which cut across the 16 local government areas of the state have ed in anticipation of fertilizer but they are not sure when they are going to get the items.
Also speaking, the Secretary of Youth Farmers' Association, Mr. Kehinde Osasona, who also confirmed that they are yet to receive the commodity, expressed dismay that fertilizers often ended up in the hands of "political farmers" who after getting it from government sell at higher prices to the real farmers.
"Majority of farmers are on the verge of settling for inorganic fertilizer instead of relying on government supply since we are not sure of when we are to get it from government. So, most of the farmers are settling for inorganic fertilizer made of leafy materials and at times animal waste because we apply fertilizer during pre-planting operation. So, we cannot continue to rely on government fertilizer which is not forthcoming", he said.

Kogi State
In Kogi State, farmers are yet to get fertilizers through the Growth Enhancement System (GES) of the federal government which is supposed to make the commodity available to farmers across the country.
A farmer in the state, Dr Tunde Oransaya, said the second phase of the registration of farmers for the scheme in state was concluded last week, saying that over 50,000 farmers have been captured in the state so far.
It was gathered that 50kg NPK fertilizer is sold at N5,800 while 50kg Urea fertilizer cost N5,200 in the open market.
Niger State
Farmers in the state are no longer confident that the federal government's Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) will work considering the fact that activities for this year's farming season have since begun but distribution of fertilizer under the programme is yet to take off.
One of the farmers on the programme, Nuhu Danyaya Aliyu said that right from inception the programme was not conceived to succeed, saying he was at the registration centre for under the programme in his ward in Kontagora, headquarters of Kontagora LGA four times but on each occasion there was nobody to attend to him at the centre.
He lamented that when he made a formal complaint to the councillor of his ward over the absence of the enumerators at the centre, he was only told that the officials would soon resume and that he would get ed but that to date he has not been ed.
Aliyu further added that if they could not be ed as directed, then it became glaring that the much talked about distribution of handsets through which farmers were expected to access fertilizer this year will be a mirage.
He said even last year when he was fully ed, he got only a bag of fertilizer which, he said, was grossly inadequate despite the fact that he is a small farmer, arguing that if the trait of unavailability of fertilizer continued unchecked the country is heading for famine.
On market prices of fertilizer in his area, Aliyu said a bag of fertilizer cost between N5,000 and N5,500 adding that those that could not afford a bag bought in measures (mudu) which cost between N200 to N300.
When ed on the scheme, State Chairman of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) Umar Aliyu, said registration under GES programme was ongoing as more forms were made available to farmers by the Federal Government.
He said the price of fertilizer per bag across the state was in the range of N5,000 to N6000 depending on the company that manufactured the product.

Kebbi State
The case is not different in Kebbi State. Alhaji Usman Muhammad Dan'inna, a farmer in Bahago in Zuru Local Government Area disclosed in his farm that, "the phone number that was ed in my name was duplicated to another person in Katsina who refused to turn up the code number after several calls and pleas.
"Last year, I managed to get two bags of the fertilizer at the cost of N3,000 and a bag of corn. My farmland is over 10 hectares, so how do you expect me to continue to wait in vain for government fertilizer? So,I have no choice than to buy in the market at the cost of N5,000 instead of waiting in vain for the so-called government supply at N1,700 but which is not there."
He said that why he resorted to farming groundnut that does not need much of fertilizer and little of corn, rice and millet that need more fertilizer.
"This is the right time in the month of May when we are supposed to start getting fertilizer from the federal government's GES programme, but up till now, we are yet to get any. It will be too late and of no use to farmers by August.
"In fact, I had to re-sell the two bags I got last year because it came very late during the farming season.
"Prayer is the only solution to the problem because even the distribution at the local governments only worsens the situation," he said.
A 40-year-old farmer, Mallam Rabiu Aliyu, who has been farming for over 17 years in Badariya area of Birnin Kebbi Local Government said, "The fertilizer was distributed last year but most of us did not get it.
"We were told to expect three bags of the fertilizer will be sold to each farmer at government controlled prize of N1,500 per bag. The three bags were said to be accompanied with a free bag of rice seedlings and pest control chemicals that is expected to also serve as fertilizer.
"Even at that, the three bags cannot be enough to apply to the 20 hectare of my farmland.
"Each bag of the fertilizer sells for between N4,500 to N5,000 in the market and farmers have no choice that to buy at that rate," he said.

Plateau State
In Jos, farmers said although fertilizer, which is a significant input expected to be supplied through the scheme should have arrived by February or March for this year's wet season farming, it is yet to be seen.
"Those implementing the programme came to carry out registration of farmers early last month for the 2013 farming season, so we don't know right now when fertilizer will come although it is already very late for wet season farming," Jos North chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Mr Sako Danboyi told Daily Trust.
The Growth Enhancement Scheme started in Plateau State last year when fertilizer was supplied in September, clearly an off-season intervention for wet season farming when most farmers need fertilizer, and supplied at well below the needs of farmers. Danboyi explained, "I got the phone message for my fertilizer allocation on August 31, 2012 but I didn't get the fertilizer until two weeks later. I got two bags, like every other farmer. For many of us, what is two bags of fertilizer each?
"Part of the problem of GES is that many of our have no phone," Danboyi said.
Asked about the promise of phones as component of GES, he said, "We heard from unofficial sources that a phone is supposed to be part of the scheme, but we've not seen that yet."
According to another Plateau farmer, Mohammed Fodio, GES is a good programme being badly implemented. Fodio who, incidentally, is the Jos North Secretary of AFAN said there is a huge difference in price of fertilizer supplied through GES and fertilizer in the open market.
"Fertilizer from GES last year was N2,500 and that was when fertilizer was going for between N5000 and N5500," Fodio recalled.
The farmers do not know how much the product will cost from GES this year as the government is yet to make it available, but the market price of fertilizer in Plateau State is currently between N6,000 and N6,500.

Taraba State
As this year's farming season begins, farmers in Taraba State said they are yet to get the GES fertilizers from the federal government to apply on their crops.
A farmer in Takum Local Government Area, Samuel Tortee complained that farmers in the area are yet to get subsidised fertilizers and other agro-allied chemicals from the government.
He said that most farmers buy fertilizers and other chemicals from the open market as they could hardly depend on the one supplied by the government.
Another farmer in Jalingo, Paul Gaza, said many farmers were ed by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture in the state this year and they had expected the distribution of fertilizers before now, but nothing seems to be happening yet.
He said that farmers are yet to get the much talked about phones which the minister of agriculture promised farmers.
According to him, farmers need fertilizers to apply on their crops especially yams, maize and rice between now and latest July, adding that anything from August and beyond, fertilizers would no longer be useful to them.
He lamented that government most times supply fertilizers around September and October when they will not be useful to farmers.
Gaza said that farmers spend as much as N6,000 to purchase a bag of fertilizer at the open market.
However, the Special Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Olukayode Oyeleye, has explained that the delay in the distribution of the fertilizer is because the ministry wants to address the problems encountered in the scheme last year and to also avoid diversion of the commodity.
He said the distribution will soon start, though he could not give a date for it.
On the 10 millions phones for farmers, the minister's aide said the programme, which is grossly misunderstood, is on course. But he couldn't tell when the phones would be distributed or how much they would cost.
He said when the minister visited Suru, a rice farming community in Kebbi State, the need for mobile phones for farmers became more glaring.
READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/33525.html

Everyday the people list imaginary achievements far from the reality on ground. Exactly what Rauf has said there.

The other day Labaran Maku, a failed cattle rearer, told me the country has achieved 70% self-sufficiency in rice production. Then I asked Maku, "are you telling me if I go to the market today, 50% of the rice will be made in Nigeria?".

He could not answer because he is a liar. May be the fertilizer is being delivered to Boko Haram to bomb us, na dem sabi.

They are liars and it is only when you have nothing to show you take on lying.

theoctopus:

Ronaldo went from ManU to Madrid, the last bus stop in football! Ibra left Milan to Barca, the best club at the time. He was shipped off from Barca because he flopped and went to PSG to make cool cash. Ronaldo Delima left Madrid at the peak of his career. Same with Zidane. Kaka left from Milan to Madrid, again, the last bus stop. Madrid does not sell their best players at their best form. They are not a selling club. Dont argue funny argument

But Eto'o left Madrid to Barca? Luis Enrique left Madrid to Barca? Claude Makalele also left Madrid. And they did not have progressive careers after they left Madrid?

Go and take your malaria tablets. You are having acute malaria.

theoctopus:

I almost cried last 2 seasons when Bayern knocked Madrid out of the competition. That game could have been won by Madrid easily. But for the lazyness of Madrid players. who were not real fighters. Benzema is the worst. I dont even know why Madrid is still keeping him. A very talented player that dsoesnt ever give his all. Very slow and lazy. Same with Ozil. Isco is far better and that is what Madrid need. I agree with you that Perez can be a pain in the azz but Ancelloti is not a push over coach. The combination of Ronaldo, Isco amd Bale is crazy.

The fact that players like Iniesta and Xavi did not turn up in Barca's champions league defeat against Bayern make them "slow and lazy"? The fact that Brazil ran all over the Spanish midfield in the Confed cup finals makes Xavi and Iniesta slow and lazy?

theoctopus:

I am sure you think you are title contenders now dont you? hahahahahahaha

Did your type not predict doom for them after the Villa and before the Spurs game?

Now they defeated Spurs, got their deals sorted, yet haters like you keep having nightmares. Even if they win Champions League 8 times in a roll, nothing will change you. You are just a hater who hates to see others move.

Fact is they are getting over their financial constraints and moving into that era where they can spend big to compete. And they will continue to grow as they have built a healthy financial base while haters like you keep hating.

dotcom_na_me_na_me:

Lets give him job today. He go reply he go tire. That is the type of job God always give haters.. The prayer is God lets all our enemies start arguing unnecessarily on what they're clueless about.

A chronic hater. Imagine trying to run down a 24 years old footballer with over 170 career assists. He will have nightmares over the g, I know his type.

theoctopus:

All these names you mentioned, can they get first team shirt in City or Chelsea or even Spurs?

Wait till Giroud hits you over twenty goals this season then you will know how real he is.

theoctopus:

Flamini a replacement for Song? You are as delusional as Wenger then. lol.

You are deluded. A hard tackler, hustler, pacy and experienced. Understands the Arsenal way and fits in perfectly. Song does not even have the hustle and speed Flamini has.

theoctopus:

What is thee to be jealous about? hahahaha! I would have been jealous if you had signed a DM, a CB and a top 9. You have not, so what is there to be jealous about? I would have been very jealous if you had signed Suarez even, but certainly not Ozil. He is a good buy but not a game changer

So Flamini is not a DM? Mertasacker, Koscielny and Vermaelen are not CB's? Giroud and Podolski are not strikers? Keep having nightmares over others progress.

theoctopus:

I know you are excited lol. But dont be delusional that a team that have signed 3 to 4 solid players in all departments will be jealous of a team that signed only one and has no solid bench. lol. Now you are being delusional. Arsenal has still not signed a replacement for Song. Ozil is not and never was a game changer. He is a fluid player for a fluid team but never a game changer in Madrid or elsewhere. You can enjoy yourself though, nothing spoil

What is Flamini doing there? Because he did not pay 60 million for him, he can't replace Song?

theoctopus:

If Madrid thinks he is that good, they would not sell him. Madrid is not a selling club. They have the money. Have you ever thought of that? Ozil was already loosing playing time towards the end of last season.

And Yaya Toure was not 'loosing' playing time at Barca before his move to City? What exactly is pushing your point if not jealousy.

Great g. With Cazorla, Ozil and Walcott in an Arsenal attack, Giroud is sure to bang in the goals. Not even forgetting Rosicky, Ramsey and Wilshere.

Arsene Wenger just got his Robert Pires back.

A lot of ignorant people here, typical of this forum. Do you know the contents of the concession agreement? So on what basis are you submitting that it was not a favourable agreement?

One thing I salute the concessionaire for is the fact that they took a lot of risk in going into that deal. You talk of political risk. They signed such a deal in a country that was just into democracy and had no serious history of concession deals. That was a high risk investment and you do not expect them to desire a normal return on their investment.

There is not a specific standard for reaching these deals, it takes analysis of risk. It is a strategic decision to be made and one will not expect a troll on nairaland to understand how these deals are reached.

Someone asks why they did not build their money to build the road but instead waiting for the proceeds from tolls. I ask that person if the concessionaires at Tin Can and Trade Fair complex built those infrastructures. There are also concession deals on the rail corridors in UK. The concessionaires had no hand in buying the trains or building the rail lines.

In the end these deals take different forms and it is not always possible to say what is favourable if you do not know the details of the deal. Even if you have the details when the deal was being signed, a lot of time could have ed and what was favourable on g the deal could be unfavourable in the future.

thegoodjoehunt:

What concerns Malawian FA here. Did Coach Keshi talk about Malawian FA? Coach Keshi was talking about what the white dude said. The white dude said Calabar is unsafe. Is that statement based on fact? This white dude has visited Abuja after it has had bomb attacks. So he knows the level of security that is in the nation.

Now he feels Nigeria is unsafe. Can he do that against Egypt or Tunisia?

Bla bla bla bla, what the man re-echoed there was the official position of the Malawian FA that had expressed fear on safety based on the contents of an official document. If you do not know the document they referred to is credible, then you have a problem. And they made their request politely without being aggressive. Common sense demands an official and polite response allaying their fears. He and the Malawian FA have dealt with the issue through an official and formal channel and they have not demanded to be treated differently because of the mans race. You are the one that has brought up his race because of your inferiority complex.

You need to deal with the inferiority complex worrying you, it will help you a great deal. Right now your mentality is at best primitive. It is similar to the mentality of that Policeman who asks when one tries to explain a point, "you want to show me you can speak English", "O because your papa get money abi". You have not even spoken about wealth but he points it out because of his inferiority complex.

thegoodjoehunt:

The white dude case is clearly based on race. He would never say that if it was Egypt, Tunisia or London. He actually wanted to coach here now it is unsafe. Please with your superiority complex, how is Calabar unsafe, if he wasn't insulting us?

What evidence do you have that he said that based on race? You see how ignorant you sound. The Malawian FA is dominated by blacks, did they also express fears based on race?

thegoodjoehunt:

So the white dude should be reprimanded for tagging Calabar unsafe and not Coach Keshi for letting the white dude know that he is mad for saying such.

You see serious inferiority complex is worrying you. The man has not expressed his fears because he is "white", so why assume this is the case. He has expressed fears about the the safety of his team dominated by black Africans and let us leave it at that.

The more you try to push that line because he is "white" shows you have serious inferiority complex issues to deal with. Deal with your own issues first then you will understand not everyone expresses fear based on race.