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| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ibebe: 7:54am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: Yorubas + ICT = Rice and beans  We don corner another market.Nah, what are they about? 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ibebe: 7:56am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: Lol looking @ the guy + fayose just annoys the heck out of me jare. Every time I see his name, this comes to mind:  |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 8:00am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Ibebe: The thread made FP.One of my lucky threads  [size=13pt]THESE OAU ENGINEERING STUDENTS BUILT ‘HUMANE’, TO MAKE SMARTPHONES ACCESSIBLE TO THE BLIND[/size] |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ibebe: 8:01am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: Only Yorubas...... love my people so much! I love technological advances that takes accessibility issues into consideration. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 8:02am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Ibebe: Hahahaha I knew him before he became the Governor of Osun state.Nice man |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ibebe: 8:02am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: Bawo lo se moh? Se mechanic e ni? |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by OPCNAIRALAND: 8:03am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: Are you familiar with Pareto's rule of 80/20? In summary, if you are a commodity or service provider 80% of your profit margin is generated from 20% invoiced order. Another application of this rule is that in customer service 80% of customer report is a result of 20% product defect or dissatisfaction. In essence this rule can be applied for positive influence in public administration. By addressing just 20% of government obligations we can produce 80% multiplier effects, ending in public acceptance, socioeconomic buoyancy and positive perception. A govt that is sensitive to public perception will strive to polish its image for approval. This is where Osun is ahead of others. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 8:04am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Ibebe: Na one of my mentors friend.Waliu Onibon.They're very close friends |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by modath(f): 8:05am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: Awa ti OAU nda un..  @ Ibebe , even though i travel with my ward(tween,) , I know what our culture demands... It is a way of life & i don't give it a thought, it's just for a fortnight... On the Osun open governance style, I applaud & at the same time have my reservation cos it gives some folks who claim to be lost tribe of some persecuted race from other climes "mouth" to talk, when their own situation is no better, Just because they are living in delusion & are ignorant of the real state of their own States!!  But, with democracy, one must take the good with the not so good, everything has its own Con.. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ibebe: 8:05am On Nov 30, 2015 |
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| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ibebe: 8:07am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: Cool...can you get Waliu to honor us with his presence on this thread? If not, at least let him know what we're saying about Aregbesola......if it won't put you in a dangerous spot. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ibebe: 8:09am On Nov 30, 2015 |
modath: lol is OAU the best school in Naija? My sister carry go, you get patient. lol 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 8:09am On Nov 30, 2015 |
OPCNAIRALAND: True talk! No matter how people want to mock Osun,this is something I believe even the harshest critics will agree is laudable |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by FemiOlarinde: 8:09am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo:Sir Kessington Adebutu(Baba Ijebu) na chairman na. Akin Alabi, the onwer of Nairabet, is also a Nairalander. He used to be very active in the sport section. Yorubas dominate the Gambling industry in Nigeria, virtually all the sport betting entities in Nigeria are owned by Yorubas. Have you heared about Kunle Soname ? He is the owner of Bet9ja, he recently bought a football club in Portugal few months ago. The Fashion industry in Nigeria is also in the firm grip of the Yorubas. I met Deola Sagoe at an event some time ago. She is a very good fashion designer, she was the costumier in Kunle Afolayons movie, October 1. Another lady doing very well for herself in the fashion industry is Yeside Laguda, she just opened her collection store on saturday. There are so so many of them doing very well in the fashion industry, in Nigeria and in diaspora. Yorubas are doing fairly well in hitherto obscure professions like Fashion Designing, IT, Photography, Filming etc. Western Governors and Western schools should encourage youths/students in all these field. Emphasis should be given to them in our school curriculum, and at the same time, we should also consolidate our grip on the basic professions in Nigeria such as Law, Medicine, Emgineering, Accounting etc 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by modath(f): 8:10am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: Baba Kabiru?, se e jo gbe ni egbeda abi, ni agbo ile won ni Ilesa? Abi e jo ja ija Nadeco against Abacha ni?  @ ibebe , there is no way you can love the Yoruba tribe better than i do, love love love ERRTHING about us, It is so bad that work colleagues who are non yoruba call me "defender" cos i don't see nothing wrong in the yoruba way of life... One told me sometime ago that if she didn't know better, she'd think i have a problem expressing myself in English or Gossiping cos i switch to Yoruba once i see any other kinsman/woman & i will stay speaking even if the person is responding in English.  One person from another tribe was trying to ridicule yorubas for having out of wedlock kids even as xtians, told her (+her group) that children are gifts from God & are all wanted, & we are way way better than "those" who throw out the pregnant teens, send them into the streets & sell "the" children!!  ... They never repeated any of such near me!!! They know berra.. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 8:13am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Ibebe: Aww dem tell you say that one get time? and besides mi o si ni Naija.That man probably hasn't even heard of Nairaland.He's that busy.Its very difficult to find him as well,you'll hardly see him.Na businessman him be.I think Ambode just appointed him.I gats confirm that one |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ibebe: 8:16am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: Yea I thought so. So you know important people and you dey exchange words with raggamuffins on NL? The next time you reply that wicked witch of the west we go fight o. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ibebe: 8:17am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Eyin eyan mi, odaaro o. @modath, Aareonakakanfo [dude, you be nightwalker?] |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 8:17am On Nov 30, 2015 |
FemiOlarinde: Holy Cow! at the emboldened Wow! This site is bbig maaan I love the last paragraph.Since we are already doing well in these sectors,we just need to invest more in it so we can have total control.A lot of our youths will be employed as well Welcome to the Commonwealth Sir |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 8:18am On Nov 30, 2015 |
modath: Haha! mo mo eyan to mo Baba Kabiru.Ore gidi ni won |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by OPCNAIRALAND: 8:20am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Great post on Humane and its developers. I believe OAU can set itself apart here. UI became a giant because of research in Tropical Agriculture and Forestry. It started with explorers into WestAfrica who found in Yorubaland a rich soil and crop yield never before seen anywhere in any region in Africa. Foreing institutions got interested and endowment funds were pouring in to the college. Ife can do similar by hunting for talents and grooming their restless creativity for marketability and funding. We are tired of loosing talents to Foreign soil, we need that money brought in to support them at home. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 8:21am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Orun ti n kun emi na .Mummy Bobo/OPCNAIRALAND/FemiOlarinde/forgiveness Odaaro oo 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by OPCNAIRALAND: 8:40am On Nov 30, 2015 |
FemiOlarinde: I can accept playing second fiddle in other areas but if Yoruba is not the first, second and third position in fashion industry then we are useless. On arrival into the hinterland of Yoruba Englishmen were stupefied by Yoruba love of rich color and plush dressings in silk, damask, velvet, cotton. The grade of cotton produced in Yorubaland was exported to the mills in Liverpool and Manchester in higher demand than the low quality from India. How about indigo dye, batik, patterns, not to mention coral beads. With years of perfection in aso ebi and owambes, we ought by now to be the Paris of Africa. 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by OPCNAIRALAND: 8:41am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: Good night Ibebe and Aareonakakanfo. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by forgiveness: 9:00am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: ka ji re ooooo. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by razid: 9:01am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo:Add to it NIROWI in Ondo town. Each time I pass that place and imagine the kind of opportunities (both direct and indirect) that place could have brought to the town, I SMH for our governments. And to believe that place is very close to the governor's residence is another thing. But give it to the governor, he has lived up to his billing as a health professionals. You need to see the PPP in Laje Ondo town. That place is still going to be a Mecca of sort for medical tourism in not too distant future. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 10:02am On Nov 30, 2015 |
BICKERINGS...BICKERINGS...BICKERINGS...
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET IT RIGHT? ‘Africa’s first business varsity’ can’t take off 7 years after. Over N200m assets rot away. From YINKA OLUDAYISI FABOWALE, Abeokuta. IT looked no more than one of the mushrooms institutions of higher learning dubiously fleecing unwary students and their parents in the name of providing tertiary education. Its unusual name, simple, ordinary appearance and location in an obscure remote rural corner of Ijesa land in Osun State reinforce the suspicion and skepticism of observers and travellers who pass by it on the Itapa/Erinmo/Ijesa-Efon Alaye Road, shortly after forking off the busy Akure–Ile-Ife Road in the state of the Living Spring. Olapade Agoro Business University (OABU), the red letterings proclaim on the white-coated walls shielding a set of the two-storey buildings that welcomes visitors into Itapa/Erinmo-Ijesa. A small-sized disc signboard besides the building complements this advertisement with similar message. Interestingly, since about seven years that this structure, supposedly to serve as campus of a proposed private university has been standing on this site, there has been no sign of any academic activity going on there. In fact, the entrance gates are permanently shut like that of the imposing palace of the Owa of Itapa, Ijesa, Dr .(Bishop) Olapade Agoro, the traditional ruler of the host town and proprietor of the proposed institution, lying adjacent to it. The gates are only opened occasionally, when Agoro, who is partly based in Ibadan, Oyo State, paid the small town periodic visits. However, the association of Agoro is what makes it difficult to dismiss the credibility of the institution with a wave of hand. Besides being the traditional ruler, a prominent religious leader and an entrepreneur with a group of schools, Agoro is a politician who not only contested presidential election as candidate of the National Action Council (NAC), later axed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for unimpressive showing at the 2011 polls, but also served as national chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP). Is OABU, therefore for real? If so, why is it neve r in session? Investigations revealed that local political discord, rivalry and intrigues may be partly responsible for preventing the college, conceived as a specialist university offering business management science courses in 2007, getting of ground. Agoro said the university was meant to be a tribute to and galvanizer of the abundant legendary business acumen and talent for which the Ijesa people are known, besides helping to spur socio- economic development of his community: “I dreamt and started building it in 2007 as a tribute to the Osomalo (enterprising) spirit of my people and to further develop this trait. There is nothing like it yet in the whole o f Africa. You can only get the type in the United States and Japan and perhaps in U.K. I found our tertiary educational institutions lacked the business orientation and focus in the various disciplines they offered. And that’s our problem in Nigeria, that’s why there is unemployment, that’s why companies are run at a loss, that’ swhy the economy is in shambles and that’s why we are underdeveloped. “OABU, as a specialist university, is set up to correct all this by giving specialized and quality training in the business management sciences- entrepreneurship, accounting, banking and finance, marketing, Information Technology management and business administration. It’s also meant to be a silicon valley creating businesses.” The educationist disclosed that he had applied for an operating license from the National Universities Commission (NUC) but regretted that the regulatory body was yet to grant the approval. Could this be due to the modest physical appearance of the campus site which observers on a first look, may be tempted to dismiss as even hardly fitting for a modern secondary school? The school promoter objected: “In terms of facilities, what we have are more than what we require to get certified.” He listed these to include 11 three-storey buildings comprising lecture rooms and administrative offices, a 200-seater multi-purpose hall, a chapel, clinic, 50-seater eatery, library that can sit 100 readers at a time, male and female hostels that can accommodate 100 students each, shopping mall and municipal facilities like water and electricity. In addition, Agoro said he has begun constructing a stadium for sporting events by the students. In all, the proprietor claimed he had so far spen t N220 million on providing the infrastructure. As it were, Daily Sun had no privilege of verifying these claims as the gates of the campus were always firmly under lock and key during its visits. However, Agoro offered to order it opened and organize a facility tour, should the reporter be willing to return to the town. He blamed a spiteful description of the proposed tertiary institution by an indigene interviewed during a recent visit to the town, as “fake and a mere caricature of a university”, citing its small size, on ignorance and malice. He explained that the modest size of the campus suited and has capacity for the academic programmes it was meant to run: TO BE CONTD... |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 10:26am On Nov 30, 2015 |
CONTD... “It is planned to be a compact campus. That’s the trend you find abroad. And there is really no intelligent reason to have many grandiose buildings that will be difficult to maintain when you are just taking off. Nigerians have a style of wastage; higher education is all about quality learning and knowledge dissemination. Of course, there is room for expansion. Behind what you see is a vast expanse of land that we intend to make use of as we grow.” According to him, a whole floor in one of the buildings has been dedicated to Information Communication Technology training, while every student will be expected to have a laptop configured and connected to a virtual library system that the university hoped to run. Agoro, was, however, not forthcoming on specific details on staffing arrangement, beyond saying that faculty members would be drawn from the United Kingdom and some Nigerian universities. Although he claimed to have applied for the operating licence with a fee of N5 million since 2007, it was gathered that the university has been tied down by a concert of conspiring factors. Not much longer after construction started, work was reportedly ordered stopped by the NUC on the strength of a petition by a section of the town led by a rival traditional ruler now deceased, Elerinmo of Erinmo Ijesa, Oba Taiwo Adeniyi, alleging dispute over Agoro’s right over the land. Adeniyi and Agoro, both cousins had been locked in a protracted chieftaincy supremacy tussle with the latter claiming to be the overlord of the former. The case which had resulted in an epic legal battle arose over the Owa Itapa’s, (Agoro’s traditional title) refusal to subordinate himself to the Elerinmo, who claimed to supercede the former in the hierarchy of the town made up of about five clans- Igbajo, Ooye Ekun, Erinmo, Itapa and Omo. Sources in the Elerinmo’s court alleged that the Owa Itapa was a “mere” chief of the paramount ruler of Ijesaland, the Owa of Ijesaland, However, the Loyin of Itapa Ijesa, Chief Oluwole Oguntola, described the claim as a distortion of history and tradition. He told Daily Sun that the Owa of Itapa was the founder and the first to settle in the land, where he was late r joined by Oloja of Igbajo, Ooye Ekun, Erinmo and Olomo of Omo in that successive order . He said the heads of the rest four clans al l used to meet at the old palace of the Owa Itapa , whom they acknowledged as their landlord and primus interpares. Accordingly, the Loyin said, they could only bear the sub-title of Baale, as they were allegedly tenants. Trouble was said to have arisen, however, when the Owa of Itapa travelled to the United States. In his long absence, the then Elerinmo, said to be enormously wealthy and installed in 1992, allegedly sought official recognition and class upgrade from the Osun State Government. On the Owa’s return, the Elerinmo refused to subordinate himself. The development sparked off a crisis that snowballed into a protracted legal battle. But, the Elerinmo, mysteriously drowned in a well at the back of his house, on the date judgment was to be delivered in 2010. However, there has been no love between the two feuding royal households, as the late monarch’s successor inherited the old animosity. The town was polarized along the loyalists of the two royal families. This was discovered in the course of interviewing the townsfolk who spoke with enthusiastic passion and gall against the university project, depending on which faction they belonged. Attempts to interview some of the residents on the proposed university met with either hostile and rebuff or cold refusal in some quarters, while others spoke glowingly of it and lauded its promoter. They were upbeat about the prospects of social and economic development the tertiary institution would usher into the town. An elder and member of the Elerinmo’s cabinet, Chief Michael Atofarati, the Lafosan of Erinmo Ijesa, said the establishment of the university in the town was a noble, worthy and commendable cause by Agoro, noting that it should ordinarily be welcomed by all indigenes: “Even if it was a gesture from a stranger ,it will have our support, how much more our own , a prominent son of this land.” However, he said many of the townsfolk were indiferent to it, because Agoro “went about it in the wrong way.” He alleged that the people were not happy with the Owa for arrogating himself to the status of a monarch and thus disrespecting and challenging the authority of the “ruler of the town” , the Elerinmo. To this end, Atofarati said Agoro did not enjoy the support of the town: “We just watch him.” A middle-aged man, who refused to give his name, mocked the project: “You call that a university? Is it up to a grammar school or even polytechnic? They have been saying officials were coming from Abuja to open it. First they gave a date in September it did not materialise , later, they said October 4, yet, we saw nobody. We don’t know if they are serious about it, or i f it’s just a gimmick.” But Chief Oguntomilola debunked the insinuation that the project lacked popular support: “We are all in support, the town is behind it. O f course, you have a handful of people who are motivated by malice and jealousy. But, certainly not the majority of the people, who are going to benefit when the university starts.” Interestingly, even before it opens to students, a mini market has already formed round the university campus, where a crowd of traders and hawkers sell fruits, snacks, palm oil, food items , soft drinks and bottled water among a range of wares. Mrs. Grace Akosile, the market leader said it developed in anticipation of the influx of students into the town. She, however, lamented that she and her colleagues were weary with waiting for the school to open: “Even prospective students and their parents have been coming here to ask about admission. But we were told that approval is being delayed because government officials from Abuja to give Baba the nod to start it, kept rescheduling the dates they were to come and inspect the school. For instance, we were told they would be coming in September; we got ready. We sewed Aso ebi (traditional uniform) – women groups, youths and associations. They did not come. Again, it was shifted to last month (October), still, they failed to come. We are appealing to the government to speed up action on the university, because of its abundant potentials to benefit our town.” Secretary to the traders, Mrs. Toyin Adelu and Mrs. Funlola Adeniyi, who sells bean cakes to motorists and commuters, in a traffic caused by speed breakers erected in front of the campus site, reiterated the plea. They debunked alleged opposition or rejection of the university, which they noted would promote the glory of the town. Adelu said, “We beg government to come to our aid. You know that the university would bring more visitors into our town and enhance our buying and selling business, more money will flow as people will need to rent houses. But more importantly, our unemployed youths can get jobs. What Baba (Agoro) has done for this town, no one in his right senses will be against it.” She said although she is from an Erinmo compound, the fact that she, like several others came to trade in front of the campus site, proved the popular support for the university project. Agoro shared the anxiety of the people on the stalled project. He said inspection visit by a team from the Standing Committee on Private Universities (SCOPU), NUC, billed for September was cancelled twice (September 13 and 29) only for him to receive a text message from the body’s Secretary, one Pascal Eruaga, about 15.49pm on September 28, rescheduling the exercise for between October 4 and 7: “I wasn’t even notified in writing, just a phone text message. The NUC’s cancellation of the event was at a terrible cost. We incurred losses because our expatriates from UK had to go back . To assemble those in Nigeria again is not easy. So, I had to tell them to give me 30-day notice next time they want it. What of my people? They were all gaily dressed; they had prepared food and danced in celebration, only for the NUC people not to show up! “I don’t want to make any accusation, because we have gone past that. There was a time when we first started that some people tried to disturb the project and wrote the NUC. The NUC without consulting or hearing from me, without even visiting or investigating, stopped the project in 2008, after I’d spent millions of naira. But, they later asked us to continue. So, I don’t know what could be happening again now.” Efforts to reach the Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Julius Okogie, for comments on the matter failed. However, sources in the commission said the university could not yet be licensed simply because the promoter was yet to satisfy the 14- step coemic briefs-outlining the contents of the programmes/courses to be run to ensure they conform with universal standard; ndition required to be in place to qualify. ndition required to be in place to qualify. According to one of them, OABU has only reached the seventh step of the criteria ladder. The next stage, he said involved physical verification of the resources/facilities According to one of them, OABU has only reached the seventh step of the criteria ladder. The next stage, he said involved physical verification of the resources/facilities staffing arrangement involving 20 per cent professors, 35 per cent associate professors/ readers/lecturers and 45 per cent masters degree holders as well as assessment and certification of the qualifications of staff. Then the university must show evidence of having enough capital in the bank accounts to pay staff, offset overhead costs and run on auto-pilot. A NUC official disclosed: “NUC insists on this because we don’t want a situation in which the students would be stranded along the way after entering the university just because the school can no longer sustain itself.A lso, the idea of having an independent board of trustees is to avoid a situation in which the students are asked to pay fees into the proprietor’s private accounts,” and then such money disappears or is mismanaged. NUC sources said the failure of the SCOPU team to keep the May 29 appointments, was regrettable, but explained that it was put off because it clashed with another crucial official activity involving the commission. Another source absolved the commission of alleged bias and stalling of the university project. Although he said he needed time to investigate actual cause of the purported suspension of work on the project at the initial stage, he explained that this could have been caused by a possible dispute on the land on which the campus was sited: “Any encumbrance on the property on which the university is to be sited such as ownership dispute or controversy is a sure ground for disqualification. You won’t be licensed. The NUC official said there was nothing wrong with the modest site of OABU campus, which, according to the school’s claims had reached 70 per cent completion: “Of course you can have a modest temporary site to take off, but there must be a permanent site of at least 200 acres. On either of these, however, there must be no clash of interests.” As the NUC team plans to visit the proposed private university, observers have stressed the need for rival factions in the town to unite and embrace the project, which, they observed, could only bring prosperity to the town and transform it from an undecipherable dot on the national map to a landmark feature on the global map . 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by laudate: 10:36am On Nov 30, 2015 |
modath: Your 2nd example is a classic recital of the malaise that pervades many of our communities, especially in the coastal areas. I already shared on this forum, the experience that Ben Murray Bruce had, when he wanted to repair the stretch of bad road leading off the Lekki-Epe Expressway at Jakande Estate, to his Silverbird Office in that district.  The community leaders and youths in that area demanded a bribe of 20 million naira BEFORE they would allow him to start any construction work on that road. They forgot that once the construction commences, they would be engaged as direct labourers on the site, their community would be opened up, ease of access would promote small-scale businesses located in that axis as more visitors would flock to the area, enhanced business opportunities through an improved road network would increase revenue flowing to the area, etc. They ignored all these and focused on the short-term gains they could get from the bribe that would be 'shared' by elders in their community.  Ben Bruce simply relocated the operations of his firm out of that area and moved back to his Silverbird Galleria in Victoria Island. That road is still in a state of disrepair even as we speak, and it gets heavily flooded during any little rainfall. A similar greedy mindset runs through some coastal communities in the South-West and I keep wondering why this has been allowed to go on for so long. Apparently, it was one of the issues cited by Dangote, in moving his proposed refinery out of the Olokonla area in Ondo State. However, I am yet to get the full details on this.  There are ways to negotiate on-going benefits that could accrue to host communities as was done a few years back, by a gas processing company in Kwale, Delta State. The host community gets 2.5% of profits generated by the plant, and are also entitled to a community development levy charged against trucks that come in there to load gas products from the plant. Every quarter, the money is ploughed into community development projects like roads construction and maintenance, health care centres etc. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by razid: 10:37am On Nov 30, 2015 |
Ooni begins work on N7.6b resort in Ile-Ife  The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has begun work on a N7.6 billion resort in the ancient town. The Ife Grand Resort & Leisure is sited near the Ile-Ife toll gate on the Ife-Ibadan Expressway. The project will be a replica but a far better model of his Inagbe Grand Resort in Lagos, built for N3.5 billion. A close associate of the monarch said the project, a seven-star hotel, would consist of 300 rooms. Facilities in the resort will include an artificial lake on which an 8,000-capacity floating bar will stand, spas, a golf course, three swimming pools, a lawn tennis court, an indoor sports hall, 30 horses and quad bikes for pleasure ride. The resort will also feature a children’s play centre, mud brick houses, and a 5,000- guest hall. Most of the materials to be used will be sourced from Ile-Ife and processed by the monarch’s factory. Operating under the corporate name Gran Imperio Limited, Ogunwusi’s company specialises in developing estates and resorts. The source added that the sites for other resorts had been acquired in Abuja, Port-Harcourt and Maiduguri. The monarch, in his speech after his selection, said he would embark on activities to develop Ile-Ife. Oba Ogunwusi is to be inaugurated as the 51st Ooni on December 7. 5 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by laudate: 10:49am On Nov 30, 2015 |
modath: Waterways are still being developed in various countries, as we speak. The funds to go over the water can also be obtained in the same way the state govt got funds to construct toll-gates, LFTZ, and other construction projects sited on the land. Afterall, Lekki-Ikoyi bridge was built by Fashola in under 2 years, with which funds?? Apart from that, such bridges built can be tolled to recoup the funds, as experience has shown in the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge. If the Ikorodu-Badore-Epe bridge had been built as planned, part of the chaotic traffic experienced on Lagos island, would have diminished. The idea of building multiple bridges across various islands may not even be required in some cases (although it would undoubtedly be necessary in some places), but building solid concrete jetties and deploying safe, efficient ferries that can cut transportation time in half, would benefit a lot of commuters who decide to use the waterways. Patrol boats carrying qualified coastguards and life-guards can also be deployed on the waterways. Getting rid of wrecks and water hyacinth that could damage propeller engines, can also be done to prevent mishaps and it does not cost an arm and a leg. Accidents on water can be prevented by ensuring only well-built and structurally sound boats are deployed to carry passengers from one location to the other. Such boats/ferries should have qualified life-guards on board too, while life-jackets should be made compulsory for any intending passenger. Because people do not know how to swim, they should not be discouraged from using water transport. Accidents happen on land too, so do we ask people to stop taking road trips? There are folks who do not know how to drive, but that has not stopped them from taking buses and other forms of road transport to get to their destination.Finally, several of those islands off the coast of Lagos, have a number of jobless youth that are excellent swimmers who can be trained as lifeguards and coast guards. In the past, the Ilaje people patrolled the waterways along the coast of the South-West. They can be invited to contribute their expertise in this area, once again.  |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by jaymichael(m): 11:26am On Nov 30, 2015 |
modath:Clap! Clap!! Clap!!! Mo patewo fun ire. I love your frankness. Children are Gift from God irrespective of whether they are born out of wedlock or not. I have never seen a child's birth certificate where it reads "Gbemisola Bastard" or "Adewale Born out of wedlock" or "Kemi Omoale". 2 Likes 1 Share |
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