Kobojunkie:

Nowhere did I insult you( you would have to pull out the exact words that do), however, I see you had no problem coming on to INSULT taxpayers by calling thinking them free loaders. You also INSULTED these tax payers by NOT EDUCATING YOURSELF FIRST on the particulars of the ISSUE they are protesting on, before taking it on yourself to join the debate.  Why you feel insulted that I called you out on it, is all you, not me.

I doubt with the level of exposure you are working with there on the cause being pursued by these people, you could ever know a valid point raised by anyone on this. So, I would really suggest that you go do your homework on this issue before you come back out posting on a topic you obviously have little very understanding of.

And the crux of the issue is majority of the comm enters do not know what taxes are and why government really OWES you when you pay your taxes. I guess to most of you, it is sort of a GLORY sacrifice of some sort. Others know and will not even forgo their tax refund checks in America, but will turn to tell Nigerians in Lagos that they deserve none of that. Pity really!

Akiika:

Why is my question so difficult for you to answer? i'll simply assume you don't have any fact to justify your tirades. The fact is , less than 30% of working population of Lagos are paying taxes to provide amenities for 100% of of the population. We all complain about our leaders' excessess, but take youself for example, you simply have the opportunity to respond to an issue and all you do is go on aggresive 'opinion imposition' rampage, responding to all contributors individually. You assumed every contributor with a divergent view isn't educated enough on the subject, whatever you know is the right view on issues. What happened to mutual respect? at least you are in yankee, you have a benchmark to compare the uncivility in the naija society to. There isn't any trophy for the loudest contributor on Nairaland, just saying.

Kobojunkie:

And the crux of the issue is majority of the comm enters do not know what taxes are and why government really OWES you when you pay your taxes. I guess to most of you, it is sort of a GLORY sacrifice of some sort. Others know and will not even forgo their tax refund checks in America, but will turn to tell Nigerians in Lagos that they deserve none of that.  Pity really!

Kobojunkie:

Don't ever think you can read my mind because you first have no obvious idea of how the tax system works. Expecting 100% tax contribution from the working population? really? Even 30% is a big deal in most places.

[/quote]Notice how this more than addresses even what you have in your response there? Go do your homework.
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oyb:

i dont want to even begin to imagine how many monday morning vi meetings have been disrupted. at least one of the ogas came in 2 hours late today. i  am putting off an assignment  around phase 1 for the same reason - the traffic nightmare.

nd as for the previously mentioned disruption to several businesses in the area . . .

wesley80:

Eh yahhh, I almost felt sorry for you. I understand it can be very difficult when ones 'hero' fails them this woefully, most people completely lose their tongues, great to see you've kept yours. No worry sha, afterall God dey so Mugu go wise one day. LMAO!

Ejiné:

I kinda miss Gbawe though. . .
I honestly do.

oyb:

not everyone is a brain dead desperate sycophant like the team gej dunces who shamelessly ,stupidly and bizarrely cheer their man on when he goofs and prances around with no clothes towards the edge of the cliff .

if your dolt had some sincere people around him who did not rabidly defend his idiocy he would have a chance to be  a better president, instead of being the most useless president in the entire third world. now run along and bury your head back up gej's anus and tell him it tastes like ambrosia

debosky:

Every leader has his potential downfall or Achilles heel - this may be it for Fashola.

AjanleKoko:


3. The third issue: How did they arrive at their costs? For someone living in Ikota (thankfully I don't), they have to pass through two toll gates, a distance of 12 km, and a cost of N240 with every pass. N480 a day, 172,800 a month. Do you guys pay in excess of $1,100 a month in road tolls? I've never seen anywhere in the world where 12km of expressway is tolled twice. At the end of the day we are consumers and should have a say in what we pay as toll. Rather, we get slapped with an arbitrary cost. Maybe those of you living in the 'West' can enlighten us.

peckhamboi:

Please stop over-exaggerating these figures

It's 172,800 per year not per month. 480 x 360 = 172,800

So $1,000 per annum or about $80 per month is not too bad, but I suggest they reduce it by 50%.

mikewills:

Let's look at some facts about this Toll road.
1. Toll roads are built primarily to reduce traffic (95% of the time). The other 5% of the time, they serve as a source of “indirect” tax to raise revenue for governments.
2. In other to reduce traffic, they are “newly” built and serve as “alternate” routes to existing roads. (Toll roads are ALWAYS “Alternate” routes).
3. Lekki Exp Way was an existing road with functional dual lanes. It was the only access road to Lekki axis.
4. As at 2006 before the LCC started road construction, it used to take a maximum of 1 hour to move from Sand fill to Ajah (on a very bad day). Forget all these 3 hour crap people bandy around. It’s a freaking lie. I worked in that hood.
5. The traffic logjam and delay started from 2007 when LCC started construction.
6. What exactly did LLC do? They added an extra lane on an existing road and “tolled” it.
7. People are now being told to take “alternate” routes which were nonexistent prior to LCC “Occupying” the only access road. These roads came about because people had to look for how to avoid the traffic logjam thereby creating routes such as the beach road and those “kurukere” roads through Jakande.
8. The entire logic of LCC tolling an existing road, which was the only access road, is totally flawed.
9. This is just a calculated attempt by some cabal in Lagos to enrich themselves by perpetuating their monopolistic and money grabbing tendency to the detriment of the entire populace.

Belewu:

As much as i don't care about politics the man (Fashola) has dona e good thing for the state. [size=40pt]A journey that took 3 hrs to commute has been reduced to 30 mins[/size] and pple are complaining about tolls.

. . . Ruthlessly punctured Akainzo line being displayed here  . . .