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Maina Hyelavala retweeted
A belief that Hillary Clinton killed Gadaffi to stop the creation of a "United States of Africa and a single African currency backed by gold or [insert whatever resource you like here]).
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
If you’re the first person in your family to get a major breakthrough, it is in the interest of your family for you to be 'stingy' and build sustainable wealth!
I know you’ll want to rise by lifting others, but you need to understand that there’s a reason others did not rise before you. They also had opportunities.
When you are stable, you can afford to help others. You can’t help others when you’re still learning to walk.
Always put yourself first. They need you to stay healthy and alive. At the very minimum create a retirement fund for yourself. Give only when you have met your own basic needs.
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
On this day 4th November, 2016 lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Abu Ali was killed in action alongside six other soldiers, this happened after he fell into a Boko Haram ambush , near Mallam Fatori in Borno State.
May he's soul continue to rest in power💪
#warArchives🇳🇬
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
For now
Nigeria DOES NOT NEED TO INCREASE RATE
It only needs to expand the horizontal base of collection
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
Grid capacity at 5,000MW , Generation capacity 14,150MW . A centralized grid and control station can’t fix the problem, TCN needs to be unbundled into regions and let states that can invest or companies do . 300 containers of grid equipment locked at the ports . Madness .
Power has been so horrible in the last few weeks.
If you call @NERCNG , they’ll tell you to call @lasercng .
But see what @EKEDP & @IkejaElectric are currently getting from the grid.
See total ffs!!!
This Admin has totally failed on power, situation is worse than 2023.
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
Two interesting things I discovered this week are:
1. That you can get genuine court affidavits online from the Nigerian Federal High Court. A genuine one, not the ones those roadside people give you.
The website has all sorts of affidavits, even ones I didn't know existed.
2. The National Population Commission has a working portal. You can register your newborn online and get a certified birth certificate that is accepted worldwide.
You can do all these things without any bureaucracy.
For 1, visit: portal.fhc.gov.ng/
For 2, visit: vitalreg-selfservice.nationa…
Joseph Adedeji
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
COAS, Lt Gen. Shaibu Indicates As Follows
- ESTABLISHMENT of the Nigerian Army Mountain Warfare School (personnel undergoing mountain warfare training abroad)
- UPGRADE of the former Airborne Wing into the Nigerian Army Airborne Training School to strengthen SPEC OPS training
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
“Remember, we have installed a capacity of 13,000 megawatts, but we can put about 5,000MW on the grid. So, let me use that 5,000 MW. So, N50 subsidy for 5,000 megawatts in a month is about N180 billion.
“In one year, it is N2.16 trillion, just N50. So, you can imagine having to subsidize 10,000 megawatts, or if we get there, 20,000 megawatts. And this is why the debt owed to Genco is over N7 trillion today,”
Bart Nnaji
thisdaylive.com/2026/11/01/n…
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
Nigeria has a housing deficit of about 15 million homes, and the population keeps growing.
More people. Not enough houses. That's a demand problem, and it isn't going away.
Here's the simple maths. Land bought for ₦5 million that rises 15% a year is worth about ₦20 million in 10 years.
Stocks grow your money. Real estate gives you something you can stand on.
→ It tends to rise with inflation
→ It can pay you rent every year
→ You can build on it, sell it or pass it to your children
Just do it properly. Verify the title, check the documents and buy from people you can trust.
Land doesn't care about the exchange rate. Your family will thank you for it.
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
Femi Fani Kayode in South Africa serving it hot…..Baba no dey Gree For Them🤣
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
You want a made in Nigeria vehicle priced at N2,000,000 .
You dont manufacture tires
You dont manufacture rim's
You dont manufacture windscreens
You dont manufacture seats .
You dont manufacture nuts .
You dont manufacture brakes .
You dont manufacture mirrors .
Must be ment
Innoson cars are not affordable. I don’t see any reason why I should buy it yet. In as much as I love supporting local contents, but they have to strongly compete in price. Innoson should stop releasing new models but rather invest in research that can bring down the cost of his sedan cars to N2M.
This will enable Nigerians drive brand new cars and stop buying Tokunbo.
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
The ongoing construction of the Sokoto–Badagry highway is opening up a new transport corridor creating a fresh alignment that will connect Nigeria’s Southwest to the North. A transformative project poised to improve mobility, connectivity & economic opportunities across d country
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
Dear NW & NE govs..open massive trade schools in all your capitals for your younglins, where skills like carpentry, plumbing, electrictican, phone and computer repairing, fashion etc can be learnt and ask all these guys to lay down their arms. Those that need to be jailed should be jailed, those that are young n are victimes should surrender and be sent to rehab n then trade schools. Time to end this once and for all.
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
The first rule of agriculture.
“ Never Be An Absentee Farmer ”.
One this is broken , it’s toast .
Secondly agriculture thrives with scale and patient capital .
I still don't know how this is consistent.
At least 90% of people I know/hear that invested in agriculture in Nigeria have a bad tale to tell. Whether crop or animal.
Only two categories of people appear to be able to hack agriculture:
1. Large scale investors with almost unlimited funds (Olam, Presco, the Lebanese etc)
2. Full-time village farmers that do it semi-commercially on small to medium scale.
Every other category of persons I know that went into agriculture as an investor lost money.
And apart from Samson Ogbole and one other guy (can't remember the name, featured recently), is there really any other under-40 Nigerian that has blown from agriculture in recent years?
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
The way up is not a stronger Naira, it is increased productivity across the real sector, which ultimately translates into increased income…..
The exchange rate FX “subsidy” was a product of our declining productivity under Buhari that government failed to accept and became a massive racketeering opportunity. In the same period, budget deficit on ridiculous items was ballooned.
In the previous years, did we have a massive gap in official and parallel rates?
Why do we think managed float is subsidy? Is that not what most central banks do when they have reserves to back it up? The question should be about our productivity levers - oil, non-oil and sticky investments.
Russia-Ukraine war gave us a buffet under Buhari and our currency was still weakening. It’s the first time in Nigeria’s history that oil price and currency appreciation diverged because we couldn’t bring oil production to table. Unfortunately, our aggregate oil production has remained stagnant since the 1980s.
It’s just right that current administration worked hard to bring production up and kudos to them for finding incentives in a very competitive oil investment market. Then, raised rates to apply portfolio investment that might jump off anytime but has helped bring stability.
My thought is that CBN should do what it needs to do. If we are gaining reserves, apply managed float for appreciation. Don’t make it sound like it’s inimical to do so. It’s partly a stability mechanism. I don’t know if N500 is possible (gradual discovery on better fundamentals can take us there) but it seems what passes as intellectualism these days is not to tinker with whatever we have going right now. That’s very elitist to say.
Real labour wage growth will always take a long time to match current price levels, a major delay to macro-micro transmission that everyone talks about but hardly has an answer. We all have employees and we are trying to be ethical that what they go home with should mean more but seems we are glad to park money into FAAC, money that’s not targeted towards alleviating the social costs of current reforms. Selah.
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
Nigeria imports 11% of its food need annually, alluding to exchange rate reduction as precursor to food prices crashing is total voodoo economics , 23 states have no storage systems , post harvest loss at over 40% , logistics is next to zero , processing zilch. No System Thinking
We are convinced that targeting a strategic appreciation of the exchange rate by reasonably strengthening it from ₦1,350/$ to ₦500/$ as part of our manifesto is a winning strategy
It offers a direct, multi-faceted approach to curbing inflation, reducing poverty, and lowering the cost of living
When paired with our core manifesto commitments—such as major infrastructure improvements in security, electricity, and the road network, alongside structural reforms to boost market competitiveness—we can reasonably project a dramatic drop in staple commodity prices:
• Sliced Bread (Loaf): ₦1,750 → ₦800
• Imported Rice (50kg bag): ₦55,000 → ₦27,500
• Yam (Medium tuber): ₦2,400 → ₦1,200
• Maize (50kg bag): ₦75,000 → ₦37,500
• Plantain (Bunch): ₦2,500 → ₦1,250
• Whole Chicken: ₦7,000 → ₦3,500
• Eggs (Dozen): ₦2,300 → ₦1,150
• Garri (Painter): ₦1,300 → ₦650
• Petrol (Per litre): ₦1,350/$1 → ₦500/$1
• Cement (50kg bag): ₦13,500/$10 → ₦2,000/$4
It clearly demonstrates our concrete plan to uplift the 140 million Nigerians currently experiencing multi-dimensional poverty
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
Back to this, when I say Nigerians are economic terrorists it looks like I'm going too far. See what a prof is advocating for.
Let's even ignore the unsustainable currency peg, why will you as an emerging market want an overvalued Currency?
We are convinced that targeting a strategic appreciation of the exchange rate by reasonably strengthening it from ₦1,350/$ to ₦500/$ as part of our manifesto is a winning strategy
It offers a direct, multi-faceted approach to curbing inflation, reducing poverty, and lowering the cost of living
When paired with our core manifesto commitments—such as major infrastructure improvements in security, electricity, and the road network, alongside structural reforms to boost market competitiveness—we can reasonably project a dramatic drop in staple commodity prices:
• Sliced Bread (Loaf): ₦1,750 → ₦800
• Imported Rice (50kg bag): ₦55,000 → ₦27,500
• Yam (Medium tuber): ₦2,400 → ₦1,200
• Maize (50kg bag): ₦75,000 → ₦37,500
• Plantain (Bunch): ₦2,500 → ₦1,250
• Whole Chicken: ₦7,000 → ₦3,500
• Eggs (Dozen): ₦2,300 → ₦1,150
• Garri (Painter): ₦1,300 → ₦650
• Petrol (Per litre): ₦1,350/$1 → ₦500/$1
• Cement (50kg bag): ₦13,500/$10 → ₦2,000/$4
It clearly demonstrates our concrete plan to uplift the 140 million Nigerians currently experiencing multi-dimensional poverty
Maina Hyelavala retweeted
This is an interesting development. The government must not do everything alone. If you want to invest in rail networks in Kano, Kaduna, Borno and other states, you can liaise with investors and the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to make it a reality.
However, understand that fares will not be subsidised. There will be no free Christmas or Sallah rides during festivities. It will be strictly business because these investors are there to recoup their investments, not to make you smile.
NRC invites private firms to run own trains on its tracks.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), established for sole control of railways, is offering private operators access to its approximately 4,000.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), established for sole control of railways, is offering private operators access to its approximately 4,000 km rail network for a fee, provided they supply their own locomotives and rolling stock.
Kayode Opeifa, managing director of the NRC, said the corporation grants what it calls track access, permitting private and private companies to operate on railway infrastructure built with public funds.
“You can bring your train, bring your locomotive, bring your wagons, bring your everything. We will run it on it. You just pay us your money. We don’t want to run the trains alone,” Opeifa told stakeholders Tuesday
