gurnam:


Well, it’s obvious here who have a comprehension problem here.

Nike cannot be burden to turn Aba tailors into Global brand! Once you mention Aba made, the common denominator that runs through people mind is inferior product!

I don’t think Nike will want to put money to market such item with bad reputation.

You are Ibo and that is why you are arguing in this subjective manner, you will only appreciate what is involved if you are objective.

Start creating the right image and branding for the tailors in Aba and see if reputable sport wears marketing firms will no come.

Quality and perfection is not a destination but "a work in progress"

The perception you have of Aba product is your mindset , and Aba is beyond your mindset.

There has been ongoing deliberate attempt by the present government in Abia to rebrand Aba products which is already churning results.

Throwback:
This guy reasons like a moro.n at times that I wonder if he is educated?

His he so daft that he does not understand the whole package that comes with kit sponsorship?

Does he think kit sponsorship is just tailoring of jersey that will be handled by a firmless entity?

I didn't know that Aba Tailors is now a name of a kit sponsorship firm.

Maybe he should tell us how much of Aba Tailors sport kit have been sold internationally before and what international outlets Aba Tailors Inc. have established globally to generate his delusional $100m.

Even Enyimba FC of Aba does not use Aba Tailors as a sport kit sponsor, because they understand what the business of sport kit sponsorship entails.

Sometimes it pays to eschew irrelevant populism for true common sense.

I had always thought this dude was presidential material, but he has proven tirelessly to be as clueless as his fellow Bayelsaman Jonathan.

abeg 3 gbosa for you jor. All he does is make noise. As if the jersey is our wahala right now.

uuzba:


Don't mind the "importation drunk" Nigerians we have here. In close contact, they would have thrown a tyre around Bruce's neck and burnt him alive without understanding the point he was making.
One needs to tread carefully in this country.

Yet all aba products are also imported. Or is there a textile million in Ava that manufactures jersey materials?

Throwback:
This guy reasons like a moro.n at times that I wonder if he is educated?

His he so daft that he does not understand the whole package that comes with kit sponsorship?

Does he think kit sponsorship is just tailoring of jersey that will be handled by a firmless entity?

I didn't know that Aba Tailors is now a name of a kit sponsorship firm.

Maybe he should tell us how much of Aba Tailors sport kit have been sold internationally before and what international outlets Aba Tailors Inc. have established globally to generate his delusional $100m.

Even Enyimba FC of Aba does not use Aba Tailors as a sport kit sponsor, because they understand what the business of sport kit sponsorship entails.

Sometimes it pays to eschew irrelevant populism for true common sense.

I had always thought this dude was presidential material, but he has proven tirelessly to be as clueless as his fellow Bayelsaman Jonathan.

I guess you da slowpoke at last! He's statement could be likened to a metaphor. He is only saying we should look inwards. Think! If you can't understand where he is getting at then say so instead of spewing trash!

dominique:
Nonsense tweet. So Nike that paid good money to sponsor the super eagle's kits should now allow aba tailors sew the jerseys? What will be Nike's gain then? Aba tailors should go and sponsor the Super Eagle naa. Someone that didn't publish his own book in his country is now calling out a foreign brand for doing their business in their country. Hypocrite senator

You missed the point. Trump is fighting to make America great again. But Nigeria is stuck with anything else but Nigerian. How can Nigeria grow as a nation when they fail to do the little things they can for themselves? We rely on foreign engineers for major road construction. We rely on China for common toothpick. We rely on oyibo to refine our crude oil. We even rely on a foreign firm to kit our national sports team.Yet some of you think it is straight about economics. The trade war going on in the world being spearheaded by Trump is as a result of every country protecting her "economic" interests by fighting against imposition of tariffs. Ben Bruce is right. Nigeria is a shameless nation. The idea of self-reliance is non-existent.

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Chukazu:


Quality and perfection is not a destination but "a work in progress"

The perception you have of Aba product is your mindset , and Aba is beyond your mindset.

There has been ongoing deliberate attempt by the present government in Abia to rebrand Aba products which is already churning results.

Ok I heard you

mayorwiz5:


I see how dull you are ,this administration is clamoring about made in nigeria ,we have aba that can also do this jersey if $100 million was infuse in Aba you will see how it increase the rate of employment in nigeria and we generate a lot of revenue ,this man is making sense

Aba people do not make jersey. They import inferior materials from China and sew.

charliboy654:

U are in the past, the aba version has been out for 2 months now, sells at the rate of 2 to 3k in the market. As soon as Nike release the picture of the jersey aba went to work.

Yet the materials for aba product are still imported.

Esseite:
He made a valid point.... we obviously cant pirate pirated..
Export it to the world from Nigeria... its a world cup, their is a ready market, the more your players advance, the more your internally produced jerseys are going beyond even if they are not the tagged "Nigerian original".

Its gives the local brands an international name..
It gives your local online market proceeds..
Nigeria has the population for internal purchase as well as affordable and availble..
The international markets are regulated and can stick to a sole distributor agreement..

Ben is obviously too advanced for Nigerian mentality..

so You Mean Aba Tailor Should Sponsor Supper Eagles As Well. You Sound Like Ben-brunce Himself Because You Don't Understand How Nike Get Its Reward For Being Eagles Sponsor.

brodalokie:
I am a Nigerian, a very proud one. The point I am trying to make is that oyinbo is superior.

Are you afraid of what you might discover if you search and study your history

InvertedHammer:


You missed the point. Trump is fighting to make America great again. But Nigeria is stuck with anything else but Nigerian. How can Nigeria grow as a nation when they fail to do the little things they can for themselves? We rely on foreign engineers for major road construction. We rely on China for common toothpick. We rely on oyibo to refine our crude oil. We even rely on a foreign firm to kit our national sports team.Yet some of you think it is straight about economics. The trade war going on in the world being spearheaded by Trump is as a result of every country protecting her "economic" interests by fighting against imposition of tariffs. Ben Bruce is right. Nigeria is a shameless nation. The idea of self-reliance is non-existent.

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Do we manufacture jersey materials in Nigeria?

Aba traders import inferior materials from China and sew in Nigeria. Is that what you want Nike to partner with? You can only say that if we had the capacity to manufacture these products here in Nigeria. So far every aba products are still imported from China.

dominique:
Nonsense tweet. So Nike that paid good money to sponsor the super eagle's kits should now allow aba tailors sew the jerseys? What will be Nike's gain then? Aba tailors should go and sponsor the Super Eagle naa. Someone that didn't publish his own book in his country is now calling out a foreign brand for doing their business in their country. Hypocrite senator

The worlds biggest hypocrite is that Bruce of a guy.

Chief complainer that borrowed money from a Nigerian bank to buy property in USA and did not care to pay back.

TRUE TALK! WHY OUR LEADER NEVER TRUST THEIR OWN PEOPLE?

seguno2:


Are you afraid of what you might discover if you search and study your history

You mean Nigerian history abi Yoruba history?

brodalokie:
You mean Nigerian history abi Yoruba history?

Both for starters and moving on to European and world history subsequently.
Best wishes for a revelatory journey.
Cheers

Throwback:


His he so daft that he does not understand the whole package that comes with kit sponsorship?

Does he think kit sponsorship is just tailoring of jersey that will be handled by a firmless entity?

I didn't know that Aba Tailors is now a name of a kit sponsorship firm.

Maybe he should tell us how much of Aba Tailors sport kit have been sold internationally before and what international outlets Aba Tailors Inc. have established globally to generate his delusional $100m.

Even Enyimba FC of Aba does not use Aba Tailors as a sport kit sponsor, because they understand what the business of sport kit sponsorship entails.

Sometimes it pays to eschew irrelevant populism for true common sense.

I had always thought this dude was presidential material, but he has proven tirelessly to be as clueless as his fellow Bayelsaman Jonathan.

Lol,na our common sense senator U juz disgrace lyk dis? chai dearis God oo!

Why did Ben Bruce not print his book in Aba? yeye dey smell.

Esseite:
He made a valid point.... we obviously cant pirate pirated..
Export it to the world from Nigeria... its a world cup, their is a ready market, the more your players advance, the more your internally produced jerseys are going beyond even if they are not the tagged "Nigerian original".

Its gives the local brands an international name..
It gives your local online market proceeds..
Nigeria has the population for internal purchase as well as affordable and availble..
The international markets are regulated and can stick to a sole distributor agreement..

Ben is obviously too advanced for Nigerian mentality..

seguno2:


Both for starters and moving on to European and world history subsequently.
Best wishes for a revelatory journey.
Cheers

You are not so smart, sorry. Now tell me, did you go to school in Nigeria? What region? What and what did they teach you?

I was taught about the World, Nigeria and Yoruba/Edo all at the same time with Mathematics, English, Sciences. What have I missed that you know?

anibirelawal:
Mr common sense ain't making sense anymore.

he has never made sense for once

Mynd44:

It is bad that Ben does not understand economics.

He does not understand that the hype around the jersey was sponsored by Nike. The only raise the jersey is getting huge ratings is because of the advertisements and not the jersey it self.

And then Ben Bruce is misinformed as Nike have come out to say that the 3 million preorders is actually not true

Really? So, building a brand as Silver Bird Group and reviving the already dead cinema industry you and I now enjoy was a fluke... Maybe you have a better achievement than Ben or are more learned than him...please show us.

dominique:


Don't mind him, Nike's priority is to make profits not develop another country's economy. It's very obvious he knows nothing about sports branding and team sponsorship

Really? So, building a brand as Silver Bird Group and reviving the already dead cinema industry you and I now enjoy was a fluke... Maybe you have a better achievement than Ben or are more learned than him...please show us.

Only in Nigeria a poor man will be giving advise to a rich man on how to make money while he remains poor.

brodalokie:
You are not so smart, sorry. Now tell me, did you go to school in Nigeria? What region? What and what did they teach you?

I was taught about the World, Nigeria and Yoruba/Edo all at the same time with Mathematics, English, Sciences. What have I missed that you know?

So how come you didn’t know that we made machines and tools from our blacksmiths

Never have I seen a collection of cowardly and lazy people like those called Nigerians. Americans are presently fighting the world for America, Europe is pushing back for Europe, China is retaliating for China, Canada is angry for Canada..... but Nigerians are angry with fellow Nigerians expressed by their mockery of their rep in government for resisting poverty that should be in favour of their future....

Hopeless.... hapless people.

Trump wants the steel industry back. America presently does not have the capacity to produce the steel it needs. He doesn't care. He wants the industries and jobs back. That's all. Germany makes the best steel. China makes the cheapest steel. Enough excuses for the lazy. But he said America cannot mortgage its national security depending on its rivals and enemies to keep it going. The way we are going our people will one day walk around with their private parts dangling around because China and almighty Nike refuses to clothe us.... shame.

FLYFIRE:
Mr & Mrs Too Knows, some of you are talking TRASH because Aba is not on some South WAST.E or on some dusty useless land somewhere up. It WOULD have BENEFITED Nigeria if these jerseys were produced here EOD

South BEAS.T

dominique:
Nonsense tweet. So Nike that paid good money to sponsor the super eagle's kits should now allow aba tailors sew the jerseys? What will be Nike's gain then? Aba tailors should go and sponsor the Super Eagle naa. Someone that didn't publish his own book in his country is now calling out a foreign brand for doing their business in their country. Hypocrite senator

This guy na real eediot I swear.

He started out claiming commonsense senator until I found out he is best friends with Dino Melaye, and part of the same corrupt cabal with Saraki and co.

I'm happy nairalanders have common sense more than these senators, wonder why he got so many likes after twitting this nonsense.

seguno2:


So how come you didn’t know that we made machines and tools from our blacksmiths

You made machetes for agriculture and probably some heavy metal domestic properties and then in modern time manage to do ero too. What is superior in that? A real Mason had built a tower that was high to the heavens somewhere around modern Iraq over 4,000 years ago you are here talking of ero

Good job bro at least someone gets it. Unfortunately, you are in the minority...same reason this country is loosing it.

plaetton:


All these dummys castigating Ben Bruce seem to have comprehension problems.
It simply amazes me that all you guys all seem to think in one direction only.
I wonder why it appears so difficult to understand the very very important point that he is making or trying to get across.

The issue here is not about branding, but about the actual manufacture of the jerseys. After , Nike Does NOT manufacture anything. Nike contracts the manufacturer of all their products to sweatshops in Third World (shithole) countries in Guatemala, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, etc. A lot of Nike's products have been found to be made by child labor in slave like conditions in these countries.

The point the Ben Bruce is asking is that why shouldn't Nigerian labour, ABA manufacturing prowess to be specific, not have been considered for the manufacturer of Nigeria's official Jerseys, an enterprise that would have created jobs and $100m into our national coffers ?
Isn't such that one of the functions of a government ? To woo and encourage foreign investments , especially in an area in which we have local talent has been proven to be abundant ?
Are ABA manufacturing prowess not ripe or good enough for international manufacturing contracts from the likes of Nike and other sports wear brands ?

Isn't this where a responsible government that wants to create jobs come in and play a role ?

Ben Bruce is not criticizing Nike's branding or marketing rights. He is criticizing all of us, all Nigerians , our small mentality, our inability to think beyond the periphery.

Reference:
Never have I seen a collection of cowardly and lazy people like those called Nigerians. Americans are presently fighting the world for America, Europe is pushing back for Europe, China is retaliating for China, Canada is angry for Canada..... but Nigerians are angry with fellow Nigerians expressed by their mockery of their rep in government for resisting poverty that should be in favour of their future....

Hopeless.... hapless people.

really? Oya go collect the money from Nike give Aba tailors na

zomoears:
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No, she missed the point. In fact ahe was hasty in her submission and you were hasty in hailing her.

u ve not passed any message

dominique:


Don't mind him, Nike's priority is to make profits not develop another country's economy. It's very obvious he knows nothing about sports branding and team sponsorship

Madam, he knows. His comments on the jersey is laced with subtle political leanings.

dominique:
Nonsense tweet. So Nike that paid good money to sponsor the super eagle's kits should now allow aba tailors sew the jerseys? What will be Nike's gain then? Aba tailors should go and sponsor the Super Eagle naa. Someone that didn't publish his own book in his country is now calling out a foreign brand for doing their business in their country. Hypocrite senator

You are one hell of an intelligent woman. Keep it up. Too much sense no go kill you.