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0sisi
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #64 on: November 03, 2009, 10:29 PM »

Quote from: Sky Blue on November 03, 2009, 10:13 PM
?? Because dog eating harms who?

how about dogs?
yes ke
why should you eat them,you no get goats for ya place?
una no fit rear chickens and sheep?
nama no reach una side?
why dogs?
mans best friend
Tufiakwa!
Sky Blue
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #65 on: November 03, 2009, 10:33 PM »

Quote from: 0sisi on November 03, 2009, 10:29 PM
how about dogs?
yes ke
why should you eat them,you no get goats for ya place?
una no fit rear chickens and sheep?
nama no reach una side?
why dogs?
mans best friend
Tufiakwa!

Why do you assume I eat dogs? Let me ask you a question. Do you eat meat or fish? If you do then you really have no moral justification for looking down your nose at those who eat dog. Who made dog man's best friend? When was this meeting held where it was agreed by all that dog is man's best friends? So chicken no get friend abi? People wey dey name their chicken bingo nko. Those ones no go dey vex say you dey chop bingo mama come christmas time? Abeg make I hia word. Tufiakwa yourself too, imagine the hypocricy. Unless you be vegan comot for road abeg  Cheesy
toshmann (m)
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #66 on: November 03, 2009, 10:35 PM »

osisi,
remember what God told peter . . ''arise, peter, kill and eat'' Grin  calabar people cant afford goat meat and cow meat as much as they can afford dogmeat Grin
infact, the call it 404, and police dogs even better. that one na 505 Grin

anyway, they like it, it's not killing them. and if it's man's best friend, u may want to ask, which man? american,british,efik?
Sky Blue
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #67 on: November 03, 2009, 10:40 PM »

Quote from: toshmann on November 03, 2009, 10:35 PM
osisi,
remember what God told peter . . ''arise, peter, kill and eat'' Grin  calabar people cant afford goat meat and cow meat as much as they can afford dogmeat Grin
infact, the call it 404, and police dogs even better. that one na 505 Grin

anyway, they like it, it's not killing them. and if it's man's best friend, u may want to ask, which man? american,british,efik?

Thank you abeg, dog no be my friend, especially those naija dogs that like to chase people down and bite. They don't seem to have a problem attacking their so called "best friend".
donclemo (m)
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #68 on: November 03, 2009, 11:46 PM »

They shall get used to it. it is just a matter of time after 3 months of treking the people of calabar will get used to the ban
KnowAll (m)
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #69 on: November 04, 2009, 01:01 AM »

Banning of Okada is an insensitive and elitist law that will impoverish half of the city of Calabar.


The fact that all it takes a hungry-man is to hop on his bike, do some run-around for a few hours and bingo like magic there is enough meal on the table for the wife and kids and there is pocket money for the kids to take to school. This mundane and subsistence livelihood will suddenly be snapped from the jaws of 120,000 individuals, if one were to consider the wives and children that will be affected by this in-humane law, then we are looking at a staggering figure of 450,000 people, It will mean the govement in her attempt to sanitise the city for the benefit of the few hundred upper class and middle class people have thrown 1/2 a million people to the dogs.

To support such a draconian law in a country where the is no income support is to suport indirect genocide, kwasikor epidemy , incessant and uncontrollable crime, and militancy. I thought the govement is meant to be the servant of the people and not the other way round.  People wonder why there is armed robbers all over the place without actually taking stock of what policies the govement are dishing out to the people.

The Irony is that the stupid Governors that make such horrendous insensitive laws are not at the receiving end of men of the under-world, it is the innocent jobless citizens that feels the brunt.

The govement has no right to ban people's right to exist and fed for themselves. This is just an aesthetic law rather than a humane or altruistic one.

selingel
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #70 on: November 04, 2009, 01:38 AM »

But life will be hard with many there.
OAM4J (m)
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #71 on: November 04, 2009, 01:48 AM »

Quote from: KnowAll on November 04, 2009, 01:01 AM
Banning of Okada is an insensitive and elitist law that will impoverish half of the city of Calabar.


The fact that all it takes a hungry-man is to hop on his bike, do some run-around for a few hours and bingo like magic there is enough meal on the table for the wife and kids and there is pocket money for the kids to take to school. This mundane and subsistence livelihood will suddenly be snapped from the jaws of 120,000 individuals, if one were to consider the wives and children that will be affected by this in-humane law, then we are looking at a staggering figure of 450,000 people, It will mean the govement in her attempt to sanitise the city for the benefit of the few hundred upper class and middle class people have thrown 1/2 a million people to the dogs.

To support such a draconian law in a country where the is no income support is to suport indirect genocide, kwasikor epidemy , incessant and uncontrollable crime, and militancy. I thought the govement is meant to be the servant of the people and not the other way round. People wonder why there is armed robbers all over the place without actually taking stock of what policies the govement are dishing out to the people.

The Irony is that the stupid Governors that make such horrendous insensitive laws are not at the receiving end of men of the under-world, it is the innocent jobless citizens that feels the brunt.

The govement has no right to ban people's right to exist and fed for themselves. This is just an aesthetic law rather than a humane or altruistic one.



I cannot agree with you less. Like I said earlier, banning these commercial cyclists is a cheap solution to whatever problem they cause. These people can be trained and retrained. And Government can put policies/rules in place to cub their excessiveness.

But now the Governor is going to give more than 100,000 people reasons why they should become armed robbers and kidnappers.

gongo aso
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #72 on: November 04, 2009, 02:57 AM »

the word we nigerians hate most is change

and this time , its change for the better.
yes, okadas are a necessary evil. i have personally had a few instances where i had to thank God for okadas.
but how long are we going to cope with this evil  Huh

same excuse that zillions are going to be jobless was tendered when elrufai proposed banning okadas in abuja.
today, abuja is better for it.

okadas should be banned period.
we want to be classified as a developed country, how many developed countries have bikes as a means of transportation?
i beggi!!!
Fhemmmy
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #73 on: November 04, 2009, 02:59 AM »

Quote from: gongo aso on November 04, 2009, 02:57 AM
the word we nigerians hate most is change

and this time , its change for the better.
yes, okadas are a necessary evil. i have personally had a few instances where i had to thank God for okadas.
but how long are we going to cope with this evil  Huh

same excuse that zillions are going to be jobless was tendered when elrufai proposed banning okadas in abuja.
today, abuja is better for it.

okadas should be banned period.
we want to be classified as a developed country, how many developed countries have bikes as a means of transportation?
i beggi!!!


if u were gonna ban stuff that gives livelihood to people, u must be willing to give them something else to feed on.
Wat is the current unemployment in Nigeria? imagine, what it will jump to with this kinda move.
0sisi
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #74 on: November 04, 2009, 03:07 AM »

Quote from: Sky Blue on November 03, 2009, 10:33 PM
Why do you assume I eat dogs? Let me ask you a question. Do you eat meat or fish? If you do then you really have no moral justification for looking down your nose at those who eat dog. Who made dog man's best friend? When was this meeting held where it was agreed by all that dog is man's best friends? So chicken no get friend abi? People wey dey name their chicken bingo nko. Those ones no go dey vex say you dey chop bingo mama come christmas time? Abeg make I hia word. Tufiakwa yourself too, imagine the hypocricy. Unless you be vegan comot for road abeg  Cheesy

I say make you ride on with ya dog munching
Tufiakwa!
0sisi
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #75 on: November 04, 2009, 03:09 AM »

Quote from: toshmann on November 03, 2009, 10:35 PM
osisi,
remember what God told peter . . ''arise, peter, kill and eat'' Grin calabar people cant afford goat meat and cow meat as much as they can afford dogmeat Grin
infact, the call it 404, and police dogs even better. that one na 505 Grin

anyway, they like it, it's not killing them. and if it's man's best friend, u may want to ask, which man? american,british,efik?

Toshi nwa mama biko jie brake there
there is meat and there is meat
are Calabar people eating dogs because of poverty?
I feel like throwing up as I imagine bingo in a pot
gongo aso
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #76 on: November 04, 2009, 03:12 AM »

Quote from: Fhemmmy on November 04, 2009, 02:59 AM
if u were gonna ban stuff that gives livelihood to people, u must be willing to give them something else to feed on.
Wat is the current unemployment in Nigeria? imagine, what it will jump to with this kinda move.

chief, its exactly this sentimental psychology of nigerians that makes us remain in one spot.
stuff that gives livelihood to people? like kidnapping? like oil bunkering? like okada riding!

working a job that gives you a livelihood doesn't make that job right.
one cud start selling pure water on third mainland bridge. yeah ryt, say its the only source of livelihood and mustn't be banned, going by your logic.
Fhemmmy
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #77 on: November 04, 2009, 03:31 AM »

A job is rendering service in exchange for a wage . . . . so kidnapping, what is the service they renders?
Common, let us learn to compare apple to apple.
JosBoy4Lif (m)
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #78 on: November 04, 2009, 03:45 AM »

Quote from: 0sisi on November 04, 2009, 03:09 AM
Toshi nwa mama biko jie brake there
there is meat and there is meat
are Calabar people eating dogs because of poverty?
I feel like throwing up as I imagine bingo in a pot

dan iska! The Indians feel the same way when they see your privileged ass eating a medium-rare steak.
Suggesting that Cross Rivers should ban dog-meat because they have banned okada's in Calabar is just plain arrogant.

Dog's have no loyalty to MAN. I repeat dog's have no loyalty to MAN. If you don;t understand why I say this go and read some Pavlov
I was upset when the Chinese government banned the consumption of Dog meat during the 2008 summer olympics, what utter hypocrisy. Unfortunately this world is filled with so many of them, 0sisi!
0sisi
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #79 on: November 04, 2009, 04:01 AM »

Quote from: JosBoy4Lif on November 04, 2009, 03:45 AM
dan iska! The Indians feel the same way when they see your privileged ass eating a medium-rare steak.
Suggesting that Cross Rivers should ban dog-meat because they have banned okada's in Calabar is just plain arrogant.

Dog's have no loyalty to MAN. I repeat dog's have no loyalty to MAN. If you don;t understand why I say this go and read some Pavlov
I was upset when the Chinese government banned the consumption of Dog meat during the 2008 summer olympics, what utter hypocrisy. Unfortunately this world is filled with so many of them, 0sisi!

and all dog eaters shout To nu Jah!
Fhemmmy
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #80 on: November 04, 2009, 04:19 AM »

i wonder how okada ban turns into dog eating contest.
OAM4J (m)
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #81 on: November 04, 2009, 04:22 AM »

Me too I wonder o. Cheesy
Fhemmmy
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #82 on: November 04, 2009, 04:27 AM »

Quote from: OAM4J on November 04, 2009, 04:22 AM
Me too I wonder o. Cheesy

well, i am surprised that so far, they are yet to turn it into a tribal war
gongo aso
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #83 on: November 04, 2009, 04:45 AM »

Quote from: Fhemmmy on November 04, 2009, 03:31 AM
A job is rendering service in exchange for a wage . . . . so kidnapping, what is the service they renders?
Common, let us learn to compare apple to apple.
maybe a bad analogy.
but getting a wage through okada riding doesn't make it right.

lighter note, perhaps the dogeaters should be concerned, probably less dogs run over by okadas  Cheesy
Fhemmmy
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #84 on: November 04, 2009, 04:48 AM »

Quote from: gongo aso on November 04, 2009, 04:45 AM
maybe a bad analogy.
but getting a wage through okada riding doesn't make it right.

lighter note, perhaps the dogeaters should be concerned, probably less dogs run over by okadas  Cheesy

i see nothing wrong in people riding okada to make ends meet, they are able to go thru where cars cant go thru, i will admit that there is a need for proper training, but to abolish it will be a bad idea.
Traffic on Nigerian roads are too crazy to leave it to just cars, if they can dedicate some lane to some public transportations, then, that might work, however, for some deliver of mails and parcels, i think okada will be better, even the western world uses it for deliveries
JosBoy4Lif (m)
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #85 on: November 04, 2009, 04:49 AM »

Quote from: gongo aso on November 04, 2009, 04:45 AM

lighter note, perhaps the dogeaters should be concerned, probably less dogs run over by okadas  Cheesy

How many wild cows do you eat in a year? Most dog meat is bred strictly for consumption.

@ Fhemmmy the connection was made when Osisi said that the cross rivers government should be concerned with banning dog meat aswell
Fhemmmy
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #86 on: November 04, 2009, 04:51 AM »

Quote from: JosBoy4Lif on November 04, 2009, 04:49 AM
How many wild cows do you eat in a year? Most dog meat is bred strictly for consumption.

@ Fhemmmy the connection was made when Osisi said that the cross rivers government should be concerned with banning dog meat aswell

Lol . . .i feel u, but i see no reason why the 2 shd be compared at all.
JosBoy4Lif (m)
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #87 on: November 04, 2009, 04:58 AM »

Quote from: Fhemmmy on November 04, 2009, 04:51 AM
Lol . . .i feel u, but i see no reason why the 2 shd be compared at all.
Toh nagode, my sentiments exactly.
@ topic, the number of Okada riders in my estimation seems like a farce. How can there be 10% of a cities population http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabar employed in one service. Lets say half of these riders have families of approximately 4. That means that 20-25% of Calabar will be effected by this massive steep in unemployment. Hopefully these newly unemployed riders will go and farm  Undecided
Fhemmmy
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #88 on: November 04, 2009, 05:03 AM »

Quote from: JosBoy4Lif on November 04, 2009, 04:58 AM
Toh nagode, my sentiments exactly.
@ topic, the number of Okada riders in my estimation seems like a farce. How can there be 10% of a cities population http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabar employed in one service. Lets say half of these riders have families of approximately 4. That means that 20-25% of Calabar will be effected by this massive steep in unemployment. Hopefully these newly unemployed riders will go and farm  Undecided

how will pple that never touched hoe and cutlass in a long time will now all of a sudden just head to the farm cos they cant afford to feed anymore, like someone said, they will be busy kidnapping all the kidnapables
JosBoy4Lif (m)
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #89 on: November 04, 2009, 05:12 AM »

Quote from: Fhemmmy on November 04, 2009, 05:03 AM
how will pple that never touched hoe and cutlass in a long time will now all of a sudden just head to the farm cos they cant afford to feed anymore, like someone said, they will be busy kidnapping all the kidnapables

You can learn to farm or I guess you can learn to Kidnap. In fact these unemployed can learn a lot of life skills with all the spare time on their hands.
I think it is stereotypical to assume that they will all become kidnappers
gongo aso
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #90 on: November 04, 2009, 05:13 AM »

@josboy
u from j-town?
particularly the 'two-syllabled localities down south of plateau.
this your dogmeat defense  Lips sealed

@phemmy
the riders in the states where okadas have been banned, dont think any alternative jobs were provided. cos okada riding wasnt meant to be a source of livelihood in the first place.
Fhemmmy
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #91 on: November 04, 2009, 05:17 AM »

Quote from: JosBoy4Lif on November 04, 2009, 05:12 AM
You can learn to farm or I guess you can learn to Kidnap. In fact these unemployed can learn a lot of life skills with all the spare time on their hands.
I think it is stereotypical to assume that they will all become kidnappers

learning to farm wont be a problem, as long as the govt is willing to give or lease lands for them, it will be easy as long as the govt is willing to equip them with money and equipment needed to make the farming a job and the govt is willing to help with how to sell the produce both locally and intenationally, else, why messing with their lives
Quote from: gongo aso on November 04, 2009, 05:13 AM

@phemmy
the riders in the states where okadas have been banned, dont think any alternative jobs were provided. cos okada riding wasnt meant to be a source of livelihood in the first place.

it is never meant to be a livelihood, but since it has been for years now, how do they plan to change their ways of life and taking away the only means of feeding that they know?
JosBoy4Lif (m)
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #92 on: November 04, 2009, 05:19 AM »

Quote from: gongo aso on November 04, 2009, 05:13 AM
@josboy
u from j-town?
particularly the 'two-syllabled localities down south of plateau.
this your dogmeat defense  Lips sealed

Yes I am sir. And which two-syllable locality are you referring too? Vom abi na Pankshin? Those two places get correct 404
Fhemmmy
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #93 on: November 04, 2009, 05:25 AM »

Ok guys . . . had fun . . . good night.
JosBoy4Lif (m)
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #94 on: November 04, 2009, 05:26 AM »

Quote from: Fhemmmy on November 04, 2009, 05:17 AM
learning to farm wont be a problem, as long as the govt is willing to give or lease lands for them, it will be easy as long as the govt is willing to equip them with money and equipment needed to make the farming a job and the govt is willing to help with how to sell the produce both locally and intenationally, else, why messing with their lives

Government, government, government, Can't they do subsistence farming in the rural parts where land is cheap and affordable. Not everybody has to live in the metropolis.
Fhemmmy
Re: Cross River State Govt Bans Okada - From Nov. 15th
« #95 on: November 04, 2009, 05:27 AM »

their means of income has been taking away from them and now where do u expect them to find money to pay for the land, regardless of how cheap it comes
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