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All those roads were done well before his time, are you guys serious at all?

karl max: Nice thread now. Let's access the money states collected and the rate of development that's on ground

Who got the lion share between the states and the FG, there are 36 states and one FG, we can see what states that get less than 5% are doing, what is the FG doing with its humongous allocation.

taharqa:

GOD Bless you.

I noticed the emboldened too. A traveler that went to parts of the Southeast after say 6 months would notice a significance difference in terms of the roads been reconstructed and/or repaired; Real noticeable difference, without the usual fanfare as you put it.

You mentiond Power, Road, Airports etc, but I just watched the work going on in the Oguta Inland River port (Imo state) courtesy of the so-called 'Good Governance Tour'. The port construction that started last year or so is almost complete (is expected to e complete by March at least, the same time that the two other River ports- at Baru and Lokoja- that are also been constructed are also expected to be completed). An already dredged River Niger and 4 new ports built within 2 years is simply the most critical improvements in the Inland Waterways of this nation since Independence. Great stuffs are in deed happening.

Just to say though that more should be done by the Govt in terms of Security. Just read that 12 persons were killed somewhere in Borno and another 6 in Kano on same day; really SAD in deed.

How much are they doing all these things, what is the quality of work being done, Abeg let me not derail this thread, @OP, this is another waste, our governments (all of them) can not run something like this well.

thelastPope:

People like you actually think it is trendy to cast aspersion at the president for every statement he makes. If that is how you want to score political points for your sponsors, go ahead. The man is not even 2 years old in office and has all the time in the world to make things happen so the joke is currently on you. It is only in 2015 that your statements will or will not be relevant. Good thing is, he is making good progress. He just needs to step up his game more and people like you will become really irrelevant because you have been riding on vendetta, not patriotism!

This from you?

Cunt_Destroyer:

what is there to admire in an outfit that has more civilian body counts (and from her own citizens) than actual military kills?

An outfit that proudly gave us corrupt despots like OBJ, IBB, Abacha, Buhari and co?

This is how real a soldiers is supposed to look like

GENERAL GEORGE S PATTON

This is a credible man who speaks with facts, though I do not agree with him all the time, I respect his contributions.

manny4life: Can this man focus on banking rather than politics? Gosh, this man has no clue on what CBN leadership is about

Like Soludo abi, the man has a private life, speaks the truth even to his own people at a function organized by them, yet your hatred has blinded you. The man dies in him who in the face of tyranny keeps silent.

Delafruita: shut up fool.i made a mistake.am sure you had never heard of lance armstrong till USADA stripped him of his titles.people just talk trash.how many folks here in lagos break the rules everyday because it will help thwm get ahead?if he admitted his wrongdoing,i'm cool with that and even if he doesnt admit it,am still cool with him.clinton lied repeatedly when he said "i didnt have intimate relations with monica lewinsky".eventually,his lie was revealed and in his biography,he admitted that he even lied to hilary and chelsea about it and it wasnt until the public hearing that he confessed to them.today,clinton is still held in reverence.i admire lance for a lot of things.i can remember watching him clinch the fifth tour and i was asking myself,if he can,why cant i.i am not a cyclist,but his story challenged me to never let anything stand in my way.will i drugs if i were in his shoes?probably,probably not.i will continue to salute his courage for coming back from the brink and still going at it with the other guys.besides the cycling circuit is well know for its doping.USADA just wanted a high profile scape goat and found it in lance

Go and read about the careers he ruined, he threatened and bullied other riders into submission, you also need to read of his antics on the circuit, how he threatens to ruin people's races because they are not towing the armstrong way. His foundation offers support and not cash donations, it is not as if he is the Rockefeller of cancer.

jadakiss213: how is drug cheat who went as far as lying under oath an Inspiration to anybody ure so dumb

Do not mind him jare, he bullied and doped to win and has been denying ever since, he should still have the book thrown at him.

taharqa: Lazy bone read d article again; dis time more slowly. Who told u they are using #60billion to purchase phones? And who told u farmers are not getting farm implements? When last did u hear that a majority of farmers had direct access to fertilizers and seeds, that happend last yr and during dis dry season farming? This Min had eliminatd d corrupt Middlemen that hv hijackd d distributn of these farm inputs for decades by using d Voucher system tru farmer's own phones, shldnt d programme be substaind

This is misplaced, there are other things the farmers need that the money can be channeled into.

mapet: @ Olumide,

I think we should brace ourselves for some realities when the train services starts.
1. People will be parked like sardines. Even in UK, US, China, Malaysia etc, people are parked like sardines during rush hour. Besides, driving to Islands will become pretty much more expensive. Car park services will increase fees to about 1k(there are places in Newyork, where parking fees are pushing $100), hence lots of people will only drive on weekends.

2. Maintenance is something we'll have to deal with along the line. I think Lagos State goverment had been prepared for this long before the populace came to the awareness of this project. In Jan 2008, I was in London and Lagos State as far as then came to headhunt Nigerians working in UNDERGROUND/London Train. The advert was in the media. The same I learnt was done in US and Canada.I was wondering back then why headhunt so early? I believe those guys have been put under a program of knowledge transfer in all areas of running the trains and maintenance inclusive

3. Still on Maintenance, I believe we have the infrastructure we can leverage on. Railway compound in Ebute Metta is a huge moribund infrastructure that will be resurcitated. Both the FG and the LSG can collaborate to run the place. The workshop serving as maintenance ground and we can begin to manufacture some parts ourselves. I envision a future where we build Nigerian-made trains. If Nigerdock can translate knowledge acquired into building boats and lately an Oil-Rig then it is possible.

4. Trust me, people will patronize the train from day 1. The middle-class and low-class are a huge number. Can you imagine the number of people we classify as low-class, trooping to places like Orile, Badia, Apongbon, Idumota, Isale EKo, CMS and environs everyday? not to talk of white collar folks that work in Marina axis, or those that will only need to take connecting BRT into VI? It's a pity that the train services will take a while to get to my area in Gbagada. I don't even drive to work, and I don't give a damn when some people tell me why don't I get a driver. I gladly tell them I don't need one when I enjoy the services of my company's staff bus.

5. You are so on point that this train services will change a lot of things in Lagos. It definitely will multiply commerce and ease of movement in Lagos. More people will be in business and gainfully employed. Maintenance of roads will be easier. traffic will be less in some places.

6. For me, I think subsequent government will have an incentive to extend the train services to inner places in Lagos - Idimu, Alimosho, Alagbado, Ikorodu, Epe etc. till Lagos is fully connected. I'm happy this is starting in my time and I pray it's really gone far before I get too old

Good points well made.

OBJ should be praised for Geregu, if not for the fact that he was a stubborn man, he would have been praised for far more, the greatest kudos should go to OBJ followed by Yar Adua then GEJ, after we have given them kudos, we will like to know how much of the common wealth was spent to bring this things on stream.

Guk:

I beg, make i no choke wt laffta!!! 200miles/hr?? Una dey fly? up to five times a day? Una be train conductor? 50km suspension bridge? More like suspended dream! three underground lines totaling 88km? Na u go enter that one alone. Me, i no fit enter underground for 9ja o!!

Ma guy na sarcasm ooo, I hope you are being sarcastic as well.

Sincere 9gerian: I can see the ACN goons are popping champagne over "commencement" of laying of rail tracks 6yrs into the 8yr regime of Fashola. Is this not the same project that would have been completed by Jakande in the mid 80's if not for the coup by Buhari and his gang?
Anyway, I send my fecilitations too. It is better late than never

Please go and read up on the Jakande project and you will see the issue started from the Shagari government, by the time Buhari came in, Nigeria was too broke to build the damn thing, can your GEJ please give us something like this as well, we just ask for a modern system say between Delta and PH.

ypzilanti: @taharqa, I have a business I want you to invest in based on Federal government feasibility study.

Feasibility is the new way to chop money in Nigeria.

Nigerians are so bastardised that they can not get sarcasm, if Fashola can deliver on this, he would have done well, I hope that this will spur other state governments to do same.

wesley80: ^ No I can't. I think the peak distributed should be about 4500MW while the peak generated is about 5500MW. Jonathan was actually being modest in claiming 5000MW.
dailyindependentnig.com/2012/12/power-generation-in-nigeria-peaks-5500-mw-ahead-yuletide-fg/

Okay no wahala.

wesley80: ^^ Let me score you on "Reading Comprehension". I'll be generous and score you 20%, very poor indeed.
Now what's the quantum of power generated in Nigeria as a whole? that would be a little over 4500MW, do you think Rivers state alone enjoys 560MW roughly a fifth of the nations total power generation and are still battling outages? of course not.
What you failed to comprehend and what I highlighted in that article proves Rivers state generates up to 560MW but have been unable to evacuate most of it into her grid for distribution due to lack of capacity by the PHCN. The state ultimately intends to generate 750MW a quantity that should be more than enough for her use. Now if Nigeria attained 4700MW peak distribution and with idle MW like those of Rivers state and a few others how's the president wrong in his 5000MW assertion?
Now would you be honest enough and tell me who really appears silly?

Can you give a link to where Nigeria got 4700MW distribution.

demmie1:
Any one who wants to leave his father's land and work elsewhere to pay tax is welcomed to, that does not remove the fact that he's not doing it on borrowed grace.
fashola never begged anyone to remain for census, he was not in office in 2006! it shows how biased your 'wonderful contribution' is. it is up to western countries to allow non indigenes any leeway, their choice. everyone knows what they have done in the past concerning rights, so don't come here preaching.
i'm sure you will hide your face when those you are speaking for performs actions related to 17th century.

You know that these guys ran away to the east to be counted during the last census. IMO state must be ruled by Catholics, Abia self they have their Ngwa and others vying for supremacy, Enugu has its own internal dynamics who born Yoruba man to even entertain he thought of contesting in those places, people should set examples before coming online to propose ideas that will not work, if Ben is so inclined sha, he can become a senator as he has served lagos well.

thelastPope:

It is a black like from hell! Last time I stayed at the hotel, it wasn't even complete and that was way into Akpabio's rule. Attah started the work but Akpabio finished it and took it to another level. Some of you just talk nonsense on public forums. If Attah who left 6 years ago built the airport, why hasnt it been functioning since? Please some of you should stop making foools of yourself in the name of opposition.

I installed the first ISP in Uyo, and was a regular visitor to Uyo, the hotel was built by Attah, akpabio might have added to it, but the glory for that hotel should go to Attah.

Image123:
This is a lie na, this is a lie. How can you say Attah was the one tyhat did the airport and the hotel? i guess if gej fails to deliver on his numerous promises, anybody who comes to actually implement the project will not be credited with it. Little wonder gej is promising heaven and pluto since folks like you will say he is the one that did it. If Bauchi gets 4billion per month, they would get about 48billion per year. Have they done anything remotely close to these pictures in the past 10years/ If you see something good, please say so.

It is not a lie, Attah built the hotel and started the airport.

CFCfan: ^^
I meant that govt should institutionalize it's present policy of providing soft loans to the airlines. The govt shouldn't pick winners and losers, ALL the private airlines should have equal access to the fund.

Certainly, the single-digit interest rate of the govt loan should be maintained. However, I agree that the ticket sales tax and other navigational fees should be slashed by at least 55%. The FG can make up the resulting revenue shortfall by creating an enabling environment for investors to set up commercial ventures within airport premises. The taxes collected from these commercial ventures should be sufficient to make up any revenue loss associated with the reduction of navigational and aircraft parking fees, and ticket sales tax.

This government can not do that, they are in it for their pockets.

iyaski:

My fellow Nigerian, why do we always put bottle necks every where when we can actually create a clear part to transparency.
I remember vividly how republicans in the US alledge that Brack Obama wasn't born in the US and he should provide evidence.

Obama published his birth certificate and the whole world saw it. But in Nigeria, we want to complicate issues.

Is the Lawyer asking for too much? Please let's us be constructive. Nigeria is bigger than Sanusi and I am also intrested in how much my country pays sanusi.

Sanusi is bound by some laws, he is not the cbn, the cbn will provide the information if it is asked through the right channel.

E_KARO: truth is bitter hurts right? i don't blame you, i blame your leaders and your bigot nature

Southerners are the ones spoiling Nigeria's name outside, be it Yoruba or Ibo, we can not blame only our brothers from the SE.

Jarus: I just contacted SLS (via SMS) on this:

ME: Good morning sir. I don't know what you have to comment you have to make on Aturu's FOI request? Suraj

SLS: I am on leave. But someone had taken CBN to court under FOI for emoluments of governor and some people(names withheld by me) as well as what we did with proceeds of Ibru recovery. The court threw out the first request and then asked us to account for



space reserved while I type out the exchange from my phone

Welcome back to Sanusi defense, let me hand it over to you while I concentrate on defending Buhari, it seems I might have to add to Fashola to the list sef as the PDP guys are already going after him (he is not perfect, heck he can do far better, but he is far far far better than the nonentities we have at the Federal level)

Guk:

Whilst your question/demand is perfectly in order, this bolded portion is a mischievous and wont provide the answers you desire.

It is very likely, that in consonance with practice in LASG, they shall not set up an unnecessary committee like SURE-P to manage the money as there are Civil Servants on ground to do that cos thats what they are paid for anyway.

The money, though meagre, will simply be added to income and used to execute already planned projects. You dont need any fanfare to spend 540m in LASG.

In direct answer to your question, Lagos State publishes its quarterly report which itemises how much it earns and how much it spends and its available in the public domain for all to see. A simple search would have helped your query rather than sensationalising on Nairaland. Go here:http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/subpage.php?k=35 http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagemenus.php?p=57&k=22

Other approaches to obtaining answer to your question are: (1) Attend Fashola's every 100days report rendering meeting, questions are taken there (2)Send Ben Akabueze, Commissioner for Economic Planning & Budget, Lagos State and email or call him, he will respond to you. He also pastors a church, you can visiti him there on a sunday, he will give u an appointment with the officer who will provide you with the answer. In LASG, its as easy as that. ASK the right people and you shall RECEIVE. Ask on Nairaland and you will get abuses

I hope this settles the matter, the question the OP asked is a valid one laced with malice, we know that all the Fashola hatred has stemmed from the fear that he might contest in 2015, so, they are getting their dirty deeds in early. We need to keep our elected leaders on their toes by asking tough questions, they need to know that they are answerable to us ( I am talking of progressives o, not all these PDP winches)

The lawyer should direct his query to the appropriate department within the CBN, the CBN is under an obligation to furnish the details and I am sure there is an appropriate unit responsible for that, he needs to take a cue from economists who trade tackles with the CBN and not personalities.

Sincere 9gerian: Why cant this sort of thread make it to the front page? Because it is not a negative report about GEJ? Most likely

Maybe becaus it is false?

1%, those saying airports do not know what a standard airport looks like.

afam4eva:
It is "a" correct word and not the only correct word. Can't different words be used in the same scenario? Just prove to me that the word i used does not exist.

The word exists but should not be used in that context, there is nothing wrong admitting wrong usage after all it is a second language.

afam4eva:
Just type "resulting meaning" on google.

It's a verb for result.

Bros stop digging, resorting is the correct word to use.