Why do you lie on a public forum?

oluoni:
These same Igbo senators were part of those that voted against the bill of special status for lagos I watched it live and later dem go say na Yoruba no dey cooperate.. Honestly the government and people of Lagos should be really hostile to these people and treat them like enemies but yoruba people just dont care first they gathered themselves like Titus fish and voted against ambode still he won they out of badbelle sprit which lives in them they'll not let Lagos get special status...who's the enemy here?.who's the traitor.Yet they'll pack their family members like IDP and come to Lagos to benefit from a system they never supported they all over Lagos like bugs.

InyinyaAgbaOku:


What percentage of lagos population is Igbo that made you talk like this?

Don't mind the yeye man! The five Igbos states have the lowest number of senators and reps - no thanks to the fraudulent state and local government creation by the northern military with the collaboration of the Yorubas. Their vote cannot impact on any bill in the National Assembly - it did not cause the fall of the special status request by Lagos.

Instead of him to focus his attention on the north, he is focusing on the Igbo - his default political enemies.

Why ask for special status - especially for Lagos/ Why not for all 6 geo-political zones? Why not demand and fight for the political restructuring of Nigeria so that each region will control its own resources and use it for their region's development. Lagos State/South West should control and manage Murtala Mohammed Airport and Lagos Ports - not Hausa/Fulani NAA and NPA. These two resources will generate more revenue than any special status grant. That's is the most principled and equitable thing to do. After all Yorubas shouted for restructuring for almost 20 years after the annulment of June 12 Election. Today because of crumbs (politiccal appointments from the north, they abandoned their fight for restructuring.

muykem:
The governor is right on this.

You will also agree that the oil producing states should have been accorded special status from the early days of oil production in Nigeria. Is there any state in the SS that have received national investment like Lagos and Abuja?

HomeOfMe:
Give Lagos the federal capital,that's all. Lagos deserves to be the federal capital which was taken away by IBB.

No what about starting a new capital in Rivers or AkwaCross. what has federal government invested in SS to decongest Lagos? Many other states through their reps will not support this because they will see it as disincentive to investment in their area. They believe Lagos has enough to sustain growth.

3Ceagle:


You will also agree that the oil producing states should have been accorded special status from the early days of oil production in Nigeria. Is there any state in the SS that have received national investment like Lagos and Abuja?

Please don't mind the self-centered and selfish man!

Instead of asking for a "special status" for Lagos and thereby lending fire to the already annoying claims by some that it is a "no man's land", Ambode would have done better to lobby for measures which would benefit all the states but from which Lagos in particular would see a boost, eg.

1. Breaking up the national grid and removing the requirement that states channel all their electricity into it.
2. Allowing the states to keep at least as much of the revenues raised from their ports as oil-producing states get (currently 13%).
3. Letting the states keep a reasonable portion of the corporate taxes raised within their borders, encouraging them to seek out and foster business.

It would be much easier to get all of these measures through the NASS than a "special status" that everyone else would soon be clamoring for anyway.

Special status my butt. Didnt these peeps make noise for ages that they wanted restructuring and regional integration? After enjoying heavy infrastructural investments by the FG for almost hundred years which they are enjoying they still want special status when they can't even provide pipe borne water in the state for themselves. Big joke!

sanpipita:


Who built mainland bridges? who built apapa port and tincan ports? national theatre nko or is it the international airport, Lagos should be grateful Nigeria has done lots of it more than any other state, most things that makes Lagos viable was built by FG

may be u have not being to Kano, Kaduna, Niger, PH, akwa Ibom etc and see what they call FG presence. Every major state in Nigeria has some sort of FG presence, Lagos is only developed by purposeful leadership aided by d Igbos not FG.

lailo:

may be u have not being to Kano, Kaduna, Niger, PH, akwa Ibom etc and see what they call FG presence. Every major state in Nigeria has some sort of FG presence, Lagos is only developed by purposeful leadership aided by d Igbos not FG.

I did not say other States don't have FG presence, but theirs is minimal compared to Lagos, FG set the foundation that developed Lagos, without structures they built Lagos won't be big.

sanpipita:


I did not say other States don't have FG presence, but theirs is minimal compared to Lagos, FG set the foundation that developed Lagos, without structures they built Lagos won't be big.

This dishonest trash again? Here's a Financial Times report that comprehensively demolishes such claims: https://www.ft.com/content/ff0595e4-26de-11e8-b27e-cc62a39d57a0

By all means, go ahead and call the London-based FT part of the "Lagos-Ibadan media" or "Yoruba owned".

omohayek:

This dishonest trash again? Here's a Financial Times report that comprehensively demolishes such claims: https://www.ft.com/content/ff0595e4-26de-11e8-b27e-cc62a39d57a0

By all means, go ahead and call the London-based FT part of the "Lagos-Ibadan media" or "Yoruba owned".

I couldn't read the full article cos no access, but do you think Lagos economy would have worked with no ports and airport? you think people come do business in Lagos cos of weather or owambe? try stay in places like PH or better still in East you will understand better.

sanpipita:


I couldn't read the full article cos no access, but do you think Lagos economy would have worked with no ports and airport? you think people come do business in Lagos cos of weather or owambe? try stay in places like PH or better still in East you will understand better.

And what does any Nigerian FG have to do with a port that already existed more than 50 years before there was even a "Nigeria" to speak of? You clearly have no knowledge of Nigeria's history, or you'd be aware that Lagos was already a bustling, prosperous metropolis in the 1890s, well before the first British expeditionary forces went into the Igbo heartlands to "civilise the natives". It's a travesty of historical fact to pretend that you and your people had anything to do with that, as Lagos has always been a net contributor to the Nigerian government's pockets, even at the height of the oil-boom era.

The FT article that you say you can't read only points out the other end of that historical equation: it was only with Tinubu's takeover in 1999 that Lagos began its steep ascent after years of FG neglect, and the investment that has made that ascent possible has come from private sources, not the FG, and those private sources have been of the corporate type, not the tiny informal businesses that migrants from the SE specialize in. Again, your incessant claims to the prosperity of Lagos are nothing more than delusional exaggerations.

As for the conditions of ports in the SS, how does that have anything to do with Lagos? Did Lagos state governors go down to PH and say they couldn't expand their own facilities? Do you see any government money going into the new Lekki ports? The only connection between conditions in Lagos and in your region is the imaginary one drawn by you and your kinfolk, who prefer to blame conspiracies by others for your own failures rather than engaging in introspection or holding your own leaders responsible.

omohayek:

And what does any Nigerian FG have to do with a port that already existed more than 50 years before there was even a "Nigeria" to speak of? You clearly have no knowledge of Nigeria's history, or you'd be aware that Lagos was already a bustling, prosperous metropolis in the 1890s, well before the first British expeditionary forces went into the Igbo heartlands to "civilise the natives". It's a travesty of historical fact to pretend that you and your people had anything to do with that, as Lagos has always been a net contributor to the Nigerian government's pockets, even at the height of the oil-boom era.

The FT article that you say you can't read only points out the other end of that historical equation: it was only with Tinubu's takeover in 1999 that Lagos began its steep ascent after years of FG neglect, and the investment that has made that ascent possible has come from private sources, not the FG, and those private sources have been of the corporate type, not the tiny informal businesses that migrants from the SE specialize in. Again, your incessant claims to the prosperity of Lagos are nothing more than delusional exaggerations.

As for the conditions of ports in the SS, how does that have anything to do with Lagos? Did Lagos state governors go down to PH and say they couldn't expand their own facilities? Do you see any government money going into the new Lekki ports? The only connection between conditions in Lagos and in your region is the imaginary one drawn by you and your kinfolk, who prefer to blame conspiracies by others for your own failures rather than engaging in introspection or holding your own leaders responsible.

Lol you ever heard of exclusive lists? you think states run ports haba, I have no qualms with Lagos but fact is whatever makes it attractive was 90% done by FG, let them demand for restructuring since they are too good, what's special status for? you won't see cities like New York demand for special status, let's restructure and see