How to Create One Million Jobs in Nigeria

@ Bank Anthony OkoroFOR:

Thank you very much for your comment above. I appreciate it.

I am very glad to learn of what you and your professional group, Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) are doing in Nigeria. Domestication of oil and gas technologies there should be fully achieved ASAP. Please also keep up creating jobs in the country.

I am ready to join hands with you and everyone else that means well for Nigeria to move the country forward quickly, including the committee. Especially to create jobs there. Manufacturing base is critical to our needs in Nigeria, along with the other three areas that you noted [(1) Power (2) Security (3) Rule of Law]. These are vital for the country regarding global competitiveness.

Thanks again.

Busty
obustyo@yahoo.com

Busty,

Am impressed with your suggestions. I am an entrepreneur in Nigeria and has created lots of jobs. Am also the vice chairman of (PETAN) petroleum technology association of Nigeria. We are group of oil service company owners in Nigeria with objective to domesticate oil and gas technologies in Nigeria, create jobs for Nigerians and create more entrepreneurs.Members of our association employ more than 100,000 Nigerians.

Let all of us join hands to send good ideas and suggestions to the committee on how to create jobs in our motherland. Your ideas on the manufacturing base is critical that is why we are pushing the government to solve three critical areas. (1) Power (2) Security (3) Rule of Law... With power, security and rule of law, the cost of doing business will fall drastically and create more incentives to develop our manufacturing base that is lacking.

Busty,

Am impressed with your suggestions. I am an entrepreneur in Nigeria and has created lots of jobs. Am also the vice chairman of (PETAN) petroleum technology association of Nigeria. We are group of oil service company owners in Nigeria with objective to domesticate oil and gas technologies in Nigeria, create jobs for Nigerians and create more entrepreneurs.Members of our association employ more than 100,000 Nigerians.

Let all of us join hands to send good ideas and suggestions to the committee on how to create jobs in our motherland. Your ideas on the manufacturing base is critical that is why we are pushing the government to solve three critical areas. (1) Power (2) Security (3) Rule of Law... With power, security and rule of law, the cost of doing business will fall drastically and create more incentives to develop our manufacturing base that is lacking.

Bros, U dont understand the art of governance as examplified by our past leaders. U dont know that when Election is around the corner or in any election year, special projects must be executed to raise dough for some transactions. Special projects are earnmarked like the Presidential Jets and those other ones they needed to raise dough to fund some other projects. Election is around the corner and do you want the Government to be brazenly accused or starve of funds to execute some projects..Wake up and cool your temper, Until good governance and real Rule of Law is entrenched, they will always help themselves with the common wealth. All we need is tarry a little and believe that 2011 will usher in saner people at the top to cleanse the Augustean stable. God bless Nigeria

Only good governance and stable economic policies can create jobs.

GLJ is just floating on crocodiles water.

Point of correction! Mr Ndukwe did not create ANY job in the telecom industry. ALL the jobs were created by the telecom companies. Thank you!

This is doable. If we all condemn suggestions like this Nigeria will not progress. The main problem in Nigeria is the people. The leader of a country is the true reflection of its followers. Let us all join hands and move the country forward. I absolutely welcome Mr Dawodu's opinion. Lets give it a short, we might fail but we should keep pressing. God will not come down to help Nigeria, it is the people that will change their country's destiny.
I'm for a progressive Nigeria.
Member NLDF
Thanks

This is doable. If we all condemn suggestions like this Nigeria will not progress. The main problem in Nigeria is the people. The leader of a country is the true reflection of its followers. Let us all join hands and move the country forward. I absolutely welcome Mr Dawodu's opinion. Lets give it a short, we might fail but we should keep pressing. God will not come down to help Nigeria, it is the people that will change their country's destiny.
I'm for a progressive Nigeria.

Thanks

dangote is not a good example of a job creator, he needs to be investigated....

Nice article...(here go the the big fat, fat BUT),you can't create 10 jobs with corruption so rampant. Tackle corruption and and create 70% of the needed jobs in 30days.

The environment is not business friendly.

@Toyin
Only Buhari can create the sort of environment devoid of corruption in order for what you intend todo in Nigeria to succeed. As long as corruption is our middle name in Nigeria you will be frustrated with what you want to do. Nigeria is a place where like you have detailed it above, a chalatant would take your article to the president and present it as if he/ or she articulated this idea.

I know how to create jobs in Nigeria, but i am not willing to share any thing until we have a government that have a clue of where they want to take Nigerians to. While Jonathan is spear heading the Power Road map if this man is not clueless on leadership, that billions of dollars earmarked for 50 years jamboree 17 billion plus, That 21 billion plus set aside to purchase 3 presidential jets could have been set aside to be used to to train Nigerians on how to install Solar Energy roofs, all the government would do is to partner with either the chineese Government or better still partner with Sharp electronics who have 50 years in solar technology to train Nigerians but also build an assembling plant in Nigeria. This is what this clueless Government should have done since while they move on to the power projects they are talking about. The solar Energy industry should provide millions of Jobs for those willing to be trained so that homes in Nigeria will be powered with these solar roof panels thereby offering millions of jobs for certified solar installers and many more. These should chusion the effects of no light in Nigeria while the power projects are intensified.

I think Jonathan is simply not ready for this Job of leading this country

Building 4,000 megawatts of power within the next two years in Nigeria would be a commendable feat even as it remains a promise for now if ten people including those you mentioned in your piece and those that stached away our money abroad can do the same then we'd be having 40,000 megawatts within two years but am sure they would not. Nigeria cannot generate 6,000 megawatts which is a shame, I can't figure out where is Nigeria heading.

@ Toyin:

You are right on the money! I absolutely agree with you on the ways to create millions of jobs. I personally have also fully helped in creating 100s of thousands of jobs in the U.S. and China.

I very recently co-led in the establishment of a green-field transplant operation from Detroit, Michigan, to manufacture the General Motors Buick Regal and Buick Century sedans in Shanghai, China. I will give only this one personal experience here. There are several others. When we started this US$2.145 BILLION ($1.52B manufacturing plant and $0.625B R&D Center) project back in 1996, China was then far from the top in vehicle manufacturing globally. So, you can estimate the number of jobs that the country had then in its automobile industry. We developed strategies in the U.S. and implemented them in China on this project. We (the American and Chinese Teams together) were, however, able to manufacture the Buick vehicles in China from Ground-Zero after approximately four years. In the process, we created thousands of jobs at the OEM plant, 100s of tier-1 and tier-2 suppliers factories, vehicle dealerships, repair shops, logistics and distribution centers, mass vehicle transportation, drivers’ groups, etc. Even car detailing and car wash employment jumped as more outlets were rapidly opened! Let us not also forget the spill-over effects this one singular investment had on the growth of businesses like banks, hotels, retail outlets, restaurants, entertainment centers, laundry shops, real estate development, mom & pop shops, barbing and hair dressing outfits, beauty shops, etc. in terms of jobs creation.

In summary, hundreds of thousands of jobs were created with this project through the establishment of a company, now called Shanghai General Motors (SGM) , in China. Some estimates put the GRAND TOTAL direct and indirect jobs created through this project at over 360,000. General Motors (along with its JV partners, Shanghai Automotive Industry [Group] Corporation (SAIC) and Wulin Motors) is now the number ONE vehicle manufacturer in China, producing over 1,000,000 units annually. Since 2009, China is the number ONE vehicle manufacturer globally. Last year (2009), all the manufacturers in the country made approximately 14,000,000 new vehicles, from less than one million units a little over a decade ago. Now talk about jobs creation! Millions and millions of jobs have been created in the Chinese auto industry since 1996. Advanced technologies were also heavily transferred to China during this time frame. The products (vehicles) manufacturing have been totally localized in China, while service parts exports to the West and the rest of the world are equally booming. All these jobs were mainly created within the ten years, between 1996 and 2006.

I was on the GM Operations (GM Technical - R&D - Center, GM Asia & Pacific Group, GM Powertrain, etc. in the U.S., and Shanghai General Motors, GM of China, SAIC-GM-Wulin, etc. Operations in China) for 11 years, from 1996 to 2007, for this experience. With relevant prior experience, I was charged with the main responsibility of co-leading the establishment, development and management of the GM supplier base in China to the world-class standards that it is today. My example given here, along with the real examples that you gave in your article above, are true ways to create millions of jobs within relatively short periods of time, cost competitively, and achieve world-class quality standards in all dimensions of performance measures. Once these measures are achieved, exporting the products and services are as easy as hot knife through butter.

Like you, I sincerely pray “that the presidential committee can take note of [these examples] while they deliberate, and … they should also set up a process whereby other Nigerians with ideas and suggestions can send them to the committee. As a Nigerian, I stand ready to provide any assistance my country needs and I am sure every Nigerian feels the same way” Because I personally have solidly competitive proposals on how to create millions of jobs in Nigeria, ensure technology transfer, products localization or domestication and exports. My proposals are on a 200 MW electric POWER generation plant, 100,000 vehicle units manufacturing plant, cell phone manufacturing, etc., complete with willing Technical Partners with the right technologies, expertise or know-how, etc. The proposals are based on, and partnered with, real and competitively existing industry-specific organizations that would only take relatively short time to execute in Nigeria with little modifications or customization.

Engr. Busty Okundaye; MSME, MBA (M.I.T. Sloan), is President, International Operations, UGC Technologies (U.S.A., China, etc.) He can be reached via: obustyo@yahoo.com

@ Toyin:

You are right on the money! I absolutely agree with you on the ways to create millions of jobs. I personally have also fully helped in creating 100s of thousands of jobs in the U.S. and China.

I very recently co-led in the establishment of a green-field transplant operation from Detroit, Michigan, to manufacture the General Motors Buick Regal and Buick Century sedans in Shanghai, China. I will give only this one personal experience here. There are several others. When we started this US$2.145 BILLION ($1.52B manufacturing plant and $0.625B R&D Center) project back in 1996, China was then far from the top in vehicle manufacturing globally. So, you can estimate the number of jobs that the country had then in its automobile industry. We developed strategies in the U.S. and implemented them in China on this project. We (the American and Chinese Teams together) were, however, able to manufacture the Buick vehicles in China from Ground-Zero after approximately four years. In the process, we created thousands of jobs at the OEM plant, 100s of tier-1 and tier-2 suppliers factories, vehicle dealerships, repair shops, logistics and distribution centers, mass vehicle transportation, drivers’ groups, etc. Even car detailing and car wash employment jumped as more outlets were rapidly opened! Let us not also forget the spill-over effects this one singular investment had on the growth of businesses like banks, hotels, retail outlets, restaurants, entertainment centers, laundry shops, real estate development, mom & pop shops, barbing and hair dressing outfits, beauty shops, etc. in terms of jobs creation.

In summary, hundreds of thousands of jobs were created with this project through the establishment of a company, now called Shanghai General Motors (SGM) , in China. Some estimates put the GRAND TOTAL direct and indirect jobs created through this project at over 360,000. General Motors (along with its JV partners, Shanghai Automotive Industry [Group] Corporation (SAIC) and Wulin Motors) is now the number ONE vehicle manufacturer in China, producing over 1,000,000 units annually. Since 2009, China is the number ONE vehicle manufacturer globally. Last year (2009), all the manufacturers in the country made approximately 14,000,000 new vehicles, from less than one million units a little over a decade ago. Now talk about jobs creation! Millions and millions of jobs have been created in the Chinese auto industry since 1996. Advanced technologies were also heavily transferred to China during this time frame. The products (vehicles) manufacturing has been localized in China, while service parts exports to the West and the rest of the world are equally booming. All these jobs were mainly created within ten years, between 1996 and 2006.

I was on the GM Operations (GM Technical - R&D - Center, GM Asia & Pacific Group, GM Powertrain Group, etc. in the U.S., and Shanghai General Motors, GM of China, SAIC-GM-Wulin, etc. Operations in China) for 11 years, from 1996 to 2007, for this experience. With relevant prior experience, I was charged with the main responsibility of co-leading the establishment, development and management of the GM supplier base in China to the world-class standards that it is today. My example given here, along with the real examples that you gave in your article above, are true ways to create millions of jobs within relatively short periods of time, cost competitively, and achieve world-class quality standards in all dimensions of performance measures. Once these measures are achieved, exporting the products and services are as easy as hot knife through butter.

Like you, I sincerely pray “that the presidential committee can take note of [these examples] while they deliberate, and … they should also set up a process whereby other Nigerians with ideas and suggestions can send them to the committee. As a Nigerian, I stand ready to provide any assistance my country needs and I am sure every Nigerian feels the same way” Because I personally have solidly competitive proposals on how to create millions of jobs in Nigeria, ensure technology transfer, products localization or domestication and exports. My proposals are on a 200 MW electric POWER generation plant, 100,000 units annually vehicle manufacturing plant, 2,000,000 units annually cell phone manufacturing plant, etc., complete with willing Technical Partners with the right technologies, expertise or know-how, etc. The proposals are based on, develped and partnered with, real and competitively existing industry-specific large companies. So, the proposals would only take relatively short time to execute in Nigeria.

Engr. Busty Okundaye; MSME, MBA (M.I.T. Sloan), is President, International Operations, UGC Technologies (U.S.A., China, etc.) He can be reached directly via: obustyo@yahoo.com

Very good ideas but Dangote is not clean. I do not know about the other chap but Dangote only used his brains to cllect what belongs to his uncle. That is no business. As for u Dawudo, i just pray u are able to attract Jona to your beautiful ideas.Dont give up yet. Government can create jobs from roads, street lights, parking lots, security, by hrirng more to assist the police at night-street patrols-re-organise the vigilante groups-that is the way the south africans started.The production of electricity should be zoned to the 6 geo political areas and monitored-it will be stupid for government not to get involved in building refineries.

they sound sensible to me though systemic issues may not allow it work to the fullest or even work at all(verifying property ownership will be a big task).
thank you for taking the power problem on.

dangote is not a good example of a job creator,he is just a recycler of wealth stolen (in a cosmic sort of way lol!) from other part of the economy and he is a big fan of the status quo