BlueRayDick:


In my opinion , anybody can preach any gospel . What matters eventually is if u do that which u promised when u eventually get there . Unfortunately we would never if Obi would be able to or not since he didn’t get there eventually .

Na who don reach there make we dey look wetin he go do.

izzou:


Bros, i don't want to make excuses for him. If men that are very low in wealth can produce, i don't see why a billionaire can't

Obi was a big importer. Can you list what he specialised on, and check if it can't be produced?

One thing you should know is that Importation is the easiest way to wealth, and that is what Obi, and many other billionaires settle for

For me, he is not fit to propel the gospel of local production.

My opinion, though

izzou:


Of course. He is within his rights to promise anything.

Theflint1:
It's not about making excuses...those people wey dey produce locally, are they producing locally because they love local production or because that's the way through which they'd make the most profit?

If Peter Obi the hustler/businessman has connects that'd bring him supplies so he makes way more than he'd make doing local production, of course, he'd get it in and make cool money. The idea behind moving from consumption to production is not so that businessmen suffer to make profit just because they want to produce locally, it's so businessmen make good profit while producing locally...basically, make local production profitable.

Making profits as a businessman off importation is different from the same businessman understanding that as a country, over-reliance on importation does not favour us and isn't the best long-term strategy.

izzou:


Go to Olojo drive in Alaba and you'll see chairs littered everywhere. If you see any businessman doing it locally, then give him the maximum respect

Like i said, Importation is the easiest way to blow. You cannot tell me that Tonimas won't make more if he imports. It takes balls to start from scratch here.

All these excuses won't exonerate Obi from failing to establish even if it as bakery so people can be employed, even if he was making 1 naira profit every month.

There are people that will preach local consumption and i would listen, not a man that made his billions from importation

This does not mean he wouldn't have made a good president oh

izzou:


Go to Olojo drive in Alaba and you'll see chairs littered everywhere. If you see any businessman doing it locally, then give him the maximum respect

Like i said, Importation is the easiest way to blow. You cannot tell me that Tonimas won't make more if he imports. It takes balls to start from scratch here.

All these excuses won't exonerate Obi from failing to establish even if it as bakery so people can be employed, even if he was making 1 naira profit every month.

There are people that will preach local consumption and i would listen, not a man that made his billions from importation

This does not mean he wouldn't have made a good president oh

liveLongNprospa:

Wait.. I gave an example of a company he invested in that deals in local production you say e too small.
Thing is the man switched from that line of business and moved into the banking industry where it seems he spent a bulk of his time.
And I'm very sure he has employed alot of people.

Most importantly like you said, it doesn't mean he wouldn't have made a good president 😁

Theflint1:
I get sha, anybody that chose to do it locally when they could have and had access to import and make more deserve all their flowers.

izzou:


I am not talking about employing people. I know he did

I am talking about owning local manufacturing companies. For a man who is a billionaire and we are struggling to name companies that are producing locally in his name, it tells a lot about what he believed in.

Yes, he can be a good president.

But i never believed that consumption to production talk. Through his actions, he did not even believe in it

Nezzjnr:
Ago has taken over Festac finally.

izzou:


All the trailer parts i sell are gotten from China. I buy them from importers

But the day i discovered a guy that manufactures here, i was shocked

Like..this guy could just easily go to China and sell here, but he chose to buy lathe machines, employ boys to fabricate it.

That takes a lot oh

izzou:


Sudan uses to have some good Medical schools

I don't know about now that it is war torn.

But people dey go there

OasisX:


....but 5m is much to be honest. 5m Nigerians in Sudan is huge!

liveLongNprospa:


What would even be the revenge sef that would be satisfying enough?
🤔

Nezzjnr:

The Man is tired already.

He needs peace

Theflint1:
That kind of sacrifice can only come from love and passion for what he does, if Nigeria gets a president that incentivises local manufacturing or builds a brand that becomes big enough to compete, that guy go make serious money.

How does his price and quality compare with those that are imported?

Nezzjnr:
Ago has taken over Festac finally.

izzou:


Go to Olojo drive in Alaba and you'll see chairs littered everywhere. If you see any businessman doing it locally, then give him the maximum respect

Like i said, Importation is the easiest way to blow. You cannot tell me that Tonimas won't make more if he imports. It takes balls to start from scratch here.

All these excuses won't exonerate Obi from failing to establish even if it as bakery so people can be employed, even if he was making 1 naira profit every month.

There are people that will preach local consumption and i would listen, not a man that made his billions from importation

This does not mean he wouldn't have made a good president oh

Itsrm:


Obi did say Abacha appointed him to oversee port activities. I can't remember the exact capacity he served. He could have hit it big from there.

raumdeuter:
What did Obi do between graduation and entering politics that made him a billionaire bank chairman?

Answer was that he visited his primary and secondary school

Drone17:

Why do you think that he was accused of investing state money in his private business. Which business?

You don drink Hero beer before?

If an importer is telling you to produce listen to him.

liveLongNprospa:
This is a scary data

liveLongNprospa:


Interesting stuff.
So the difference between someone who pays for 24hrs light in Nigeria and someone in the UK is not much it seems from what you are saying🤔. If we remove the period were they pay for heating. Unless I'm getting it wrong

izzou:


Bros, i don't want to make excuses for him. If men that are very low in wealth can produce, i don't see why a billionaire can't

Obi was a big importer. Can you list what he specialised on, and check if it can't be produced?

One thing you should know is that Importation is the easiest way to wealth, and that is what Obi, and many other billionaires settle for

For me, he is not fit to propel the gospel of local production.

My opinion, though

Ibime:


That is definitely where he hit it big, that's why he's keeping quiet about his rise from millionaire to billionaire

izzou:


How is it scary?

Theflint1:

That guy wey dey talk say e electricity bill for UK dey comparable to wetin e dey pay for Naija go probably need wait make winter reach make e see as e dey go

Ibime:


Businesses seek profit not social good. If the Govt made the conditions such that producing locally would maximize his profit, then that's what he would have done.

Apart from that, I don't believe his rise is all uhuru, that's why he's been vague about it. He would have received some patronage from Govt or Govt linked sources along the way. That goes for 95% of Nigerian billionaires. The Nigerian environment hardly allows for a clean rise.

Ibime:


Businesses seek profit not social good. If the Govt made the conditions such that producing locally would maximize his profit, then that's what he would have done.

Apart from that, I don't believe his rise is all uhuru, that's why he's been vague about it. He would have received some patronage from Govt or Govt linked sources along the way. That goes for 95% of Nigerian billionaires. The Nigerian environment hardly allows for a clean rise.