Theflint1:
@Raumdeuter...a good manager is judged not by the amount of resources available to him, but by how well he used them.

Donjazet2:
Obi's legacy in education in the state still stands strong. Obi's legacy on rural infrastructure in the state still stands strong.

Anambra state had the lowest out of school children in the country. Anambra state has one of the lowest poverty rate in the country.

Peter obi is the only governor not to borrow a dime throughout his stay in office.

Peter obi is a man of relative integrity, he personally closed loopholes via which state government politicians could Siphon public wealth. What you see in Lagos and port Harcourt where the state funds is party funds and public bonanza is totally non existent in Anambra state.

[b]This man did not seek further personal aggrandizement like his fellow politician does. [/b]The only South East governor not to seek senate terms and bogus pensions.

nihilistjnr:
I've been trying to move money to Nigeria for a week an a half now with no success.

Because its a business deal and the sum.is substantial, I need it to be on the books with a full paper trail to the beneficiary Dom account.

Omo this shït is like passing kidney stones.

The bank wants me to move money through their corresponding bank in London to their recipient bank account with the intermediary, before they would credit beneficiary in GBP.

Only I finally found out this morning after a 3 way call between recipient bank manager, myself, my partner and my own Bank manager that CBN has stopped banks from.crediting forex into Dom accounts, particularly at such sums. Instead the bank manager was trying to get us to pay into their account and get credited in Naira...at CBN rate.

CBN has tightened every angle, and I'm sure that must be contributing significantly to the dramatic uptick in demand for forex.

I'm now half tempted to just book a flight to lagos this weekend and declare my cash. It'll be cheaper and probably less stressful than doing a simple bank transfer.

nihilistjnr:
I've been trying to move money to Nigeria for a week an a half now with no success.

Because its a business deal and the sum.is substantial, I need it to be on the books with a full paper trail to the beneficiary Dom account.

Omo this shït is like passing kidney stones.

The bank wants me to move money through their corresponding bank in London to their recipient bank account with the intermediary, before they would credit beneficiary in GBP.

Only I finally found out this morning after a 3 way call between recipient bank manager, myself, my partner and my own Bank manager that CBN has stopped banks from.crediting forex into Dom accounts, particularly at such sums. Instead the bank manager was trying to get us to pay into their account and get credited in Naira...at CBN rate.

CBN has tightened every angle, and I'm sure that must be contributing significantly to the dramatic uptick in demand for forex.

I'm now half tempted to just book a flight to lagos this weekend and declare my cash. It'll be cheaper and probably less stressful than doing a simple bank transfer.

raumdeuter:


What bank are you using in Naija. Did you try Standard Chartered? I have used them for similar transfer before and it was seamless though the time might be different and the amount would definitely be different. The amount I sent was under $100k

Theflint1:
@Raudeuter...a good manager is judged not by the amount of resources available to him, but by how well he used them.

Itsrm:


I think his main problem is with the rate. Baba wants to squeeze as much naira from every pound as possible

Using standard chartered will mean using the CBNs official rate

Donjazet2:


I beg to differ. Both of them failed. It's just a matter to which degree.

It's also important to note that many people still see Jonathan as a very good man, one who failed because of that "party structure of criminality". The same thing that a tinubu will definitely face.

For instance, we've seen the very best of APC in the past 7 years ( including tinubu godson's) and they were all monumental failures.

From fashola, the minister of darkness, to aregbe to ngige to pantami to abike dabiri and the rest.
Do you think that a tinubu cabinet would comprise of different individuals? Are these not the same people who would simply continue from where they stopped??

What do you think changes with another APC administration?

Donjazet2:


I beg to differ. Both of them failed. It's just a matter to which degree.

It's also important to note that many people still see Jonathan as a very good man, one who failed because of that "party structure of criminality". The same thing that a tinubu will definitely face.

For instance, we've seen the very best of APC in the past 7 years ( including tinubu godson's) and they were all monumental failures.

From fashola, the minister of darkness, to aregbe to ngige to pantami to abike dabiri and the rest.
Do you think that a tinubu cabinet would comprise of different individuals? Are these not the same people who would simply continue from where they stopped??

What do you think changes with another APC administration?

nihilistjnr:
I've been trying to move money to Nigeria for a week an a half now with no success.

Because its a business deal and the sum.is substantial, I need it to be on the books with a full paper trail to the beneficiary Dom account.

Omo this shït is like passing kidney stones.

The bank wants me to move money through their corresponding bank in London to their recipient bank account with the intermediary, before they would credit beneficiary in GBP.

Only I finally found out this morning after a 3 way call between recipient bank manager, myself, my partner and my own Bank manager that CBN has stopped banks from.crediting forex into Dom accounts, particularly at such sums. Instead the bank manager was trying to get us to pay into their account and get credited in Naira...at CBN rate.

CBN has tightened every angle, and I'm sure that must be contributing significantly to the dramatic uptick in demand for forex.

I'm now half tempted to just book a flight to lagos this weekend and declare my cash. It'll be cheaper and probably less stressful than doing a simple bank transfer.

raumdeuter:


I got the remittance in USD and converted with Abokis

seankafor:
bro, I thought you into crypto? Why's so hard to move money from uk to naija?

It's what we do all day

raumdeuter:


What bank are you using in Naija. Did you try Standard Chartered? I have used them for similar transfer before and it was seamless though the time might be different and the amount would definitely be different. The amount I sent was under $100k

Roland17:


Considering the size of the funds, please be careful with involving an intermediary/ 3rd party in this situation because of CBN’s fragile and ever changing policies before you get hooked.

CBN has not only tightened FOREX transactions, they are also monitoring very heavily and have Nigerian Banks under a ton of pressure to report certain transactions and place them on hold.

seankafor:
bro, I thought you into crypto? Why's so hard to move money from uk to naija?

It's what we do all day

GloriousGbola:


amazing journey into the mind of an obidient

OBj, who presided over nigeria - who brought an economic boom that created a new middle class is a failure
bola tinubu, who presided over lagos and who initiated IGR, boosted the investment climats, and pioneered several agencies is a failure

but peter obi of anambra state, whose achievements are dubious at best is a runaway success


you obedients really and truly know nothing. it is sha one of you who was arguing with me the other day that there was no money during the obj years

wetin man no go hear

sod09:

Have you tried tradesystem

You will still have to move it to the bank third party in UK

nihilistjnr:


I don't have a Nigerian account. The recipient has tried 2 bank accounts originally Ecobank, and then opened with FCMB on Monday.

Same story

The money is well under 100k, but its still a substantial sum. The main issue is that I need the transaction to conclude as a GBP sum for contract reasons. Then ideally recipient can change it at Parallel rate.

CBN has done it such that the two banks don't even have the GBP on hand to withdraw even if they were allowed to credit the accounts, which as I found out this morning - they are not.

There's literally no forex anywhere and demand js through the roof. Somebody quoted me 930 per pound today, but I suspect I could push it to 1k in Lagos

sod09:

How do you want to pull it off then

nihilistjnr:


I don't want to use a 3rd party for contract and tax/aml reasons.

There's an amount of equity that's baked into the contract for a certain sum. I also need that sum on my books for accounting purposes.

nihilistjnr:


I don't have a Nigerian account. The recipient has tried 2 bank accounts originally Ecobank, and then opened with FCMB on Monday.

Same story

The money is well under 100k, but its still a substantial sum. The main issue is that I need the transaction to conclude as a GBP sum for contract reasons. Then ideally recipient can change it at Parallel rate.

CBN has done it such that the two banks don't even have the GBP on hand to withdraw even if they were allowed to credit the accounts, which as I found out this morning - they are not.

There's literally no forex anywhere and demand js through the roof. Somebody quoted me 930 per pound today, but I suspect I could push it to 1k in Lagos

liveLongNprospa:
Kai Kai.

Tinuke shaa

nihilistjnr:


I don't have a Nigerian account. The recipient has tried 2 bank accounts originally Ecobank, and then opened with FCMB on Monday.

Same story

The money is well under 100k, but its still a substantial sum. The main issue is that I need the transaction to conclude as a GBP sum for contract reasons. Then ideally recipient can change it at Parallel rate.

CBN has done it such that the two banks don't even have the GBP on hand to withdraw even if they were allowed to credit the accounts, which as I found out this morning - they are not.

There's literally no forex anywhere and demand js through the roof. Somebody quoted me 930 per pound today, but I suspect I could push it to 1k in Lagos

Itsrm:


Interesting. What kind of account are you operating with them?

Donjazet2:


Na you open with insults now oo. If I start now, they will say I don start again. Hmm

Itsrm:


Not to sound like I'm campaigning for APC, what changes is the leadership. Peter Obi is on record as saying the major problem we face as a nation is that of leadership.

Buhari tolerates and even encourages failure, another may not be afraid to step on toes to get results.

Theflint1:
I see am, it's clear to even the blind that something fishy is going on. When you go register for the PVC, one of the first questions they ask you is whether you've registered in the past before, once you say you have or you're not sure, they check your biodata and if you've registered prior, it shows up. This volume of invalid registration and from certain regions is by design and in usual APC fashion, their INEC arm will refuse to come out to explain what happened.

raumdeuter:


Why is Obi afraid of showing us his legacy in Anambra? You said we should evaluate how they performed in the past and we both agree on that. How did Obi perform as governor for 8yrs the same yrs Tinubu did

[b]We can see the commission of the Lekki Port that was started by Tinubu admin. [/b]What did Obi achieve for 8yrs

Tinubu has gone before Arewa business council 2 days ago he was at LCCI for scrutiny by the who is who in the business community not miscreants. Those are the people who hold Nigerias business

If you are waiting for him to come to your house then you will wait taya

Donjazet2:


But tinubu is a part and parcel of the present administration. he's on record defending this government and it's policies. He's the co-founder of the party. He's the national chairman of the party. Government appointments go through him, he personally handpicks Soo many government officials. He personally approved these people who have all failed us.

afrodoc2:


Why should they even have to ask? Their software should be able to identify someone with prior registration, and if it can't then too bad of them. Nigerians are not helping themselves too though. An adult should be able to remember if he already registered for something as important as elections.

GloriousGbola:


you have issues with tinubu - fine. he is running against messiah obi and therefore must be smeared as an incontinence prone , geriatric, mentally challenged criminal mastermind drug dealer. that is the way your game is played after all

but to call OBJ a failure to score political points - that is just LOW and it identifies whoever says that as a person who is very very very ignorant,