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Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by voiceofpaul(m): 11:41am On Aug 19
(Voice of Paul) – Is the international community of the Global North painstakingly interested in keeping the Global South economically subjugated? I have seen many videos on the internet where if people are asked to name the poorest country in the world, 90% of the time, people would mention Africa even though Africa is a combination of 54 countries and even though the poorest country is Burundi which is in Africa, a country should not be equated to a whole continent. That aside, poverty is a man-made problem that can be solved using basic economic principles.

If a country produces and consumes everything it needs by itself, the country would not need to import other products or services from other countries, which will make the country not to need US Dollars, or loans from institutions such as The World Bank, International Monetary Fund or The World Trade Organization – most of the loans which eventually drown those countries. Going back to the fact that local production and consumption is the only proven way to economic freedom, why is it that when an African country decides to rise above the shackles of the limiting economic burden placed on it, the powers in the Global North stand as a hindrance and tend to do everything possible to kid the economic lid on?

Nigeria with a staggering 220 million people does not own a National Airline even after several attempts by different regimes that have been in power since 1999. We cannot independently say that external forces have been behind this as well but somehow there are some pointers to them. Now, in all of these struggles, a Nigerian citizen decided to create an airline called Air Peace and many Nigerians including myself loved it but this economic milestone seemed to have infuriated some powers in the Global North. Since 1988, British Airways has been enjoying uninterrupted direct flights from and into Nigeria’s most industrious cities including Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja, and other places.

Now that Nigeria has an airline, just for the UK government to reciprocate the gesture of allowing Air Peace to fly into the UK’s busy airports, all the efforts have proven abortive and are evolving towards a diplomatic showdown between these two countries.

The economic implication of allowing Air Peace to fly into the UK’s busy airports will empower Nigerians to choose Air Peace over foreign airlines such as British Airways and Virgin Atlantic and then boost the revenue of Air Peace from Nigeria which will directly increase the GDP of Nigeria and arguably reduce the price of flight tickets for Nigeria. Additionally, revenues of for foreign players will nosedive. The airline industry is one area where Nigeria has been held economically hostage, the other one is the petrol refinery where Dangote who invested a whopping $19 Billion USD still had to import crude oil from the United States, even though Nigeria has the world’s 10th largest oil reserve.

Geopolitically, what could we say is wrong here? Is it a crime for African countries to be economically independent? Or Does becoming economically self-sufficient puncture the presumed Western economic powerhouse?

Source: https://voiceofpaul.com/nigeria-threatens-uk-with-sanctions/

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Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by Sonnobax15(m): 11:42am On Aug 19
cheesy
Na so...

Small nyash must shake in my generation whether the devil likes it or not cheesy

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Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by voiceofpaul(m): 11:56am On Aug 19
We need to stand-up to their bullies! Is it a crime for an African country to be economically independent?
Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by STEWpid(f): 12:41pm On Aug 19

C h a i..








Yes,


We will send missiles to bomb half of the UK.


Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by LOVEALAIGBO: 12:45pm On Aug 19
Pray, with what!? All the UK needs to do is threaten to support the Biafra/IPOB secession agenda, then watch the grandstanding by Nigeria come to a screeching halt! shocked
Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by Melagros(m): 1:58pm On Aug 19
COMRADES, let's see how it goes

But can Nigeria win in the end? cheesy
Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by voiceofpaul(m): 2:06pm On Aug 19
LOVEALAIGBO:
Pray, with what!? All the UK needs to do is threaten to support the Biafra/IPOB secession agenda, then watch the grandstanding by Nigeria come to a screeching halt! shocked

UK can never arm IPOB so much extravagantly that it will threaten Nigeria’s stability. And if that happens, expect Nigeria to turn to Russia, then a new Venezuela will emerge
Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by voiceofpaul(m): 2:07pm On Aug 19
Melagros:
COMRADES, let's see how it goes

But can Nigeria wins in the end? cheesy

Why not? We need a collective support with the government. It’s not just about the presidency. If Nigerian business owners don’t prosper, many Nigerians will also fail to prosper
Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by Svoboda(m): 2:56pm On Aug 19
The UKs global influence has waned significantly since after the end of colonialism. It is now the US bitch.

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Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by ivolt: 3:27pm On Aug 19
voiceofpaul:


UK can never arm IPOB so much extravagantly that it will threaten Nigeria’s stability. And if that happens, expect Nigeria to turn to Russia, then a new Venezuela will emerge
Turn to Russia?
You don't even understand your own country.
If any foolish government makes that decisions, expect massive sanctions.
You will start hearing about the civil war massacres and other "human rights"
violations that happened decades ago.

And that is when you will realize that Nigeria is not really a country.

It is not that a country can't change its alliance but it must be relatively stable and
have patriotic citizens.
Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by ivolt: 3:31pm On Aug 19
Svoboda:
The UKs global influence has waned significantly since after the end of colonialism. It is now the US bitch.
The UK influence waned due to the 2 world wars.

I don't get your US reference.
Are you an American or is Nigeria part of the US?
Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by voiceofpaul(m): 3:34pm On Aug 19
ivolt:

Turn to Russia?
You don't even understand your own country.
If any foolish government makes that decisions, expect massive sanctions.
You will start hearing about the civil war massacres and other "human rights"
violations that happened decades ago.

And that is when you will realize that Nigeria is not really a country.

It is not that a country can't change its alliance but it must be relatively stable and
have patriotic citizens.

I agree with you. Those are extreme cases. That's why I said that the UK can't arm the IPOB that much that would cause a destabilization of the country. I don't think it will get to that point, but still Nigeria needs to stand up for herself! Why would BA be flying to Lagos, Port Harcourt unrestricted while Air Peace is limited to Gatwick? If the Nigerian government doesn't face it, who will?

Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by able20(m): 3:38pm On Aug 19
Nigeria is a country that sends prayer requests and fasting to get urgent basic amenities for human survival
Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by ivolt: 3:44pm On Aug 19
voiceofpaul:

I agree with you. Those are extreme cases. That's why I said that the UK can't arm the IPOB that much that would cause a destabilization of the country. I don't think it will get to that point, but still Nigeria needs to stand up for herself! Why would BA be flying to Lagos, Port Harcourt unrestricted while Air Peace is limited to Gatwick? If the Nigerian government doesn't face it, who will?
Our primary problem is the incompetent people we have in various posts.
They negotiated for Nigerian Airline to land in London instead of Hearthrow specifically.
While the UK negotiated to land in Lagos and Abuja.

Butt we have only one location per city for our international airports while
London has several(busy and non busy ones). This gave the UK the leeway
to assign where ever they like to our airlines.

A smarter negotiator would have signed MMA vs Hearthrow instead of Lagos vs London and this
issue would not have existed in the first place.
Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by voiceofpaul(m): 3:57pm On Aug 19
ivolt:

Our primary problem is the incompetent people we have in various posts.
They negotiated for Nigerian Airline to land in London instead of Hearthrow specifically.
While the UK negotiated to land in Lagos and Abuja.

Butt we have only one location per city for our international airports while
London has several(busy and non busy ones). This gave the UK the leeway
to assign where ever they like to our airlines.

A smarter negotiator would have signed MMA vs Hearthrow instead of Lagos vs London and this
issue would not have existed in the first place.

Very good but why is it hard on the side of the UK to gently accept the change instead of being reluctant as they are right now? Don't you think this is an act of economic sabotage to the Nigerian people because if Air Peace has access to the UK's airport, lots of Nigerians will abandon foreign airlines for Air Peace?



Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by ivolt: 4:04pm On Aug 19
voiceofpaul:

Very good but why is it hard on the side of the UK to gently accept the change instead of being reluctant as they are right now? Don't you think this is an act of economic sabotage to the Nigerian people because if Air Peace has access to the UK's airport, lots of Nigerians will abandon foreign airlines for Air Peace?
Not really a sabotage, it is just business.
The party that refused to do their homework in business negotiations always suffer.

Airpeace have access to UK airport(Gatwick) but not the busy one(Hearthrow).
Airpeace or the FG would have to negotiate with the UK transport ministry to be allowed
into Hearthrow. This would likely involve additional costs to Airpeace.

The issue may also be resolved diplomatically.
Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by voiceofpaul(m): 4:39pm On Aug 19
ivolt:

Not really a sabotage, it is just business.
The party that refused to do their homework in business negotiations always suffer.

Airpeace have access to UK airport(Gatwick) but not the busy one(Hearthrow).
Airpeace or the FG would have to negotiate with the UK transport ministry to be allowed
into Hearthrow. This would likely involve additional costs to Airpeace.

Why should Air Peace have to pay more? That’s problem. I am happy the FG is standing up for Air Peace and if the UK increased their tariff, let the FG increase our tariff on British Airways as well. Is it a crime to be economically independent as an African nation?

The issue may also be resolved diplomatically.
Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by Fortruth: 4:46pm On Aug 19
Britain created and still own Nigeria… they named it after Niggers in an area…
Re: Nigeria Threatens To Sanction The UK by voiceofpaul(m): 5:01pm On Aug 19
Fortruth:
Britain created and still own Nigeria… they named it after Niggers in an area…

I’d consider that offensive and even more worse if you’re not a Nigerian. Why is it a crime for Africans to be economically free?

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