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Many nigerian families will never be together again. Not because they don’t want to be- but because they simply can never be together again.
First born is in Canada.
Second born is in Dubai.
Third born is in Australia.
Fourth born is in New York.
Last born is in UK.
Parents are in Nigeria making trips once in a while to see them in the different countries.
They are all getting married and having children who will never really meet or know each other. Their best shot is group video calls which will almost never happen because there’s no convenient regular time that works for everybody due to different global time zones.
They’ve all had to travel because Nigeria failed them and they needed to leave to another country where they can have a shot at life and their children won’t suffer what they went through.
This is the high price of japa that you can never put a financial value on that very few people talk about. The destruction of families and the tearing of siblings apart.
This is the silent evil that the incompetent useless godforsaken cursed nigerian govt and its lunatic leaders has done to many nigerian families over the last 10years.
One day we will realise the extent of the damage and the destruction that these unfortunate twins - the Daura buffoon and his best pal, the Iragbiji moron- have done to millions of nigerian families.
Japa is a journey that is worth it, without a doubt. And I will always recommend it. Because it is far better for you to make that journey for your own good and for the sake of your children, rather than stay in a country where its cursed demonic leaders have vowed to destroy the lives of everyone especially young people’s lives.
So, the whole truth is simply letting you know that japa is a journey that is always worth it without a doubt, but it is also a journey that comes with a lot of pain and a high price.
A memo to the defenders of the Ooni of Ife (Part II).
Another three-year-old @fijnigeria story on the pains of more victims the Ooni's fradulent real estate scheme.
'Over N99m and Still Counting' — 10 More Victims of Ooni's Real Estate Fraud Speak Out https://t.co/SRYYiqWS92
Lol you allowed a drug pusher to install an illegal mineral smuggler and petty scammer into the most exalted position in the Yoruba culture, so anything that comes out of it - you will take it like that.
Shebi Bola Tinubu is more important than the entire culture? No wam.
How do you tell a great story?
You magnify it for all to see.
It all started as one of those his harmless tweets. Peter Obi in his usual fashion tried to draw a straight line between an intentional government, & talent discoveries.
He centered his post on the Spanish wonderkid "Lamine Yamal," how sports development at the grassroots can turn around the fortunes of the youth demography.
Then the miraculous happened!
One of those hungry Children of the CORN strayed into the Obidient trap, by asking their usual silly questions.
What followed will shock you. I took out the time to put this thread together, to show Nigerians what went down.
We knew nothing about them (before, during, & after the 2023 campaigns). At first, they sounded outlandish. I thought the handles were some of those fake Agbados masquerading as Obidients.
I WAS WRONG! I had to do a little digging to verify most of the claims. What I found was astonishing.
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These people have been moving in circles for the last 20 years and every rainy season we complain about the same thing again and again.
We need a system that caters for the peculiarities of each local government.
-Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour @GRVlagos tells @mimieyo on #HardFacts
I think Nigerians need to develop a healthy reverence for facts before putting on ring lights and uploading piece-to-cam videos to the internet.
Let's clear up certain misconceptions.
1. "Car manufacture," like every other industrial process nowadays, is globalised. The days of having 20 different manufacturing processes turning raw inputs into finished output under one ceiling are long. long gone. Ever since global trade and comparative advantage became a thing after WW2, everyone from BMW to Boeing has integrated complex global supply chains and JIT (Just-In-Time) supply chain management, which means that the 777 Dreamliner Seun Kuti flies to his concerts in Europe and USA is "assembled" in Renton, Washington, after hundreds of parts are manufactured through a complex series of outsourcing agreements with subcontractors across Europe and Asia. To say that Boeing "does not manufacture aeroplanes" because for the most part, it does not actually make the parts of its planes would be a silly thing to say.
2. There is a world of difference between what Innoson does and the CKD (Completely Knocked Down) and SKD (Semi Knocked Down) assembly operations that the likes of VW and Peugeot have run in Nigeria before. For one thing, roughly 65% of IVM parts are sourced locally. All manufacturing processes involving plastic, rubber, electronics and frame moulding are carried out at and within a 100KM radius of IVM's Nnewi factory. An example of this is Union Auto Manufacturing, a subsidiary of @IbetoGroup, which manufactures the batteries used in IVM cars. Another example is Innoson Technical Co, a subsidiary of Innoson Group, which manufactures all plastic, rubber, foam and upholstery components used in IVM cars. The only parts of IVM vehicles that are imported are the engine blocks and other steel components - because Nigeria lacks the required steel smelting capacity.
3. Ownership of manufacturing operations in 2024 is not determined by where specific production processes happen, but by WHO OWNS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. I'm a project manager at a company that makes solar PV hardware. Like most UK product builders, we ideate, plan, design, and manage end-to-end from our location in Britain, but the actual manufacturing is outsourced to a supplier in Shenzhen. Claiming that the UK consequently "does not manufacture" solar PVs would be asinine, because WE OWN ALL THE IP. Innoson owns the IP rights to their vehicles, which is an entire world away from simply assembling VWs and Peugeots. Equating one to the other shows how much Seun Kuti does not understand about how things work, despite his desperation to be heard.
4. IVM does not "assemble Nissan cars." First of all, IVM has no "license" or agreement whatsoever with Nissan. Seun Kuti pulled something entirely out of his ass - not for the first time. Now IVM *does* have IP agreements with a basket of Chinese carmakers including @baicglobal and @DFM_Corporation, but these are IP agreements, NOT supplier licenses. An automotive IP agreement means that you are given access to the designs and schematics of a vehicle by its manufacturer, and you are allowed to reproduce it under your brand name. It basically allows one to venture into vehicle manufacturing without having to reinvent the wheel, and it is exactly how China grew its automotive industry from negligible in 1985 into the world's largest in 2023.
It is NOT the same thing as importing CKD or SKD vehicles to assemble.
Again as I keep saying, I really wish that Nigerian men (it is always men!) would be less obsessive about opening their mouths and making their voices heard, and more concerned with the quality of what comes shooting out of their mouths. It's really not compulsory to speak, especially on things one has zero or half-knowledge on.
We should learn to shut up occasionally ! It's a life skill!
I work as an Electrical/Test Engineer with a Uk based company that designs and manufactures CCTV - Cameras, PAGA and other safety and security equipment for oil and Gas, wind farms, Energy sectors and other industrial applications with clients across Europe, America, Asia and Africa etc,. Almost 100% of the electronics components are outsourced. All the outsourced componenets come in my company logo and name. We have the IP.
We gather customer's requirements/specifications, executive detailed design, get client/customer to approve, order/outsource components, build, integrate, FAT, deliver, SAT and commission. It is strange really to say IVM is not a manufacturing but assembly plant.
This is like saying I did not "make" the food I cooked in my house because the garri, melon, palm oil, magi, vegetables etc did not originate from my farm.
US returnee, Lola Akintola, arrived in Nigeria in 2014 ready to impact the country. She soon found an opportunity to do so by launching a tech-enabled breakfast business.
https://t.co/HRZ0wHcJ3i
But four years later, she packed up and left and doesn’t see herself returning again. What happened?