Pope Xander VII:

Yes! I believe Dangote wants Nigeria to grow. He's providing jobs for the People, in the long run that will reduce income inequality, Nigeria has a nearly non-existent middle class. Africa needs entrepreneurs!

How does he want Nigeria to grow? by monopoly on cement, rice and flour and tripling their prices against world average?

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igbeke: Dont we think its hightime we began to face d realities on ground instead of dis journey in futility?
do we really tink dis "genocide" will bring a lasting solution in face of starvation?
i'm only tinkin loud pls.

Are you one of them?

The only area we surpass South Africa is in corruption

The Enugu witch has been caught at her own game

The amount of hate and bile spewing from keyboards in this thread is nauseating.

What do you gain insulting other people?

To all the defenders of this brazen misappropriation, nay outright theft of public resources entrusted in the hands of the minister and her staff, my prayer is, may your affairs and those of your families be run the way she is running the aviation ministry.

Ameen.

I dare each one of u to say amen.

Looks like Stella has assembled a laptop crew.......

This witch of a minister is a bull in china shop in the aviation industry. It will take years to undo the damage she made when Nigerians get rid of her.

pro01:

I think you used the word "businessmen" too loosely. Most of them are criminals who made easy money and prefer to tie it down in 'safe' and 'passive' investments like real estate. From the shadowy drug barons in Festac Town, to the bureaucrats in Alausa, to the politicians in Abuja, to the oil industry profiteers in the Niger Delta, to the fraudulent bankers and government contractors nationwide, and all their numerous cohorts collaborators, and cronies. . . .they all have one thing in common - easy money. Easy, ill-gotten money.

This explains what Pat Utomi aptly referred to the "jobless growth economy" Nigeria seems to be experiencing. Too much ill-gotten wealth is circulating lopsidedly in the system, and sadly, these monies are not channeled towards real, value-adding investments that create jobs and stimulate trickle-down prosperity across board. Not when the preferred investment for most of the thieves I mentioned above is hotels and useless luxury real estate projects that add no value to majority of the populace.

By the way, only naive suckers would believe that foreigners or foreign conglomerates would come into Nigeria to tie down their money in Nigerian real estate. Most of the hotels, malls, luxury apartments, etc. parading themselves as foreign-owned are actually owned by shadowy Nigerian rogues - mostly politically exposed persons and their businessmen fronts (notably slimy characters like the Chagoury brothers, for Bola Tinubu). They might as well invest more in productive ventures that enhance the standard of living or quality of life of a greater number of people. If you steal from the poor in order to help the poor, your sins might be forgivable after all. But when you steal from the poor in order to intimidate and oppress the poor with your vainglorious opulence, then a time bomb is waiting to explode.

It just goes to show how selfish and contemptuous of the masses they are to keep investing in luxury sectors to satiate the already over-indulged hedonistic cravings of a mere 0.001% of wealthy Nigerians and expartriates. This country desperately needs deliverance, and I don't mean the T.B Joshua sort.

Man, you made my day

jayblinx: boss u just lied....wat eva hotel mr fashola built isnt the tallest hotel in west africa....Hotel 2 fervrier in lome togo has 36 storeys...and has the record of the tallest...dont come here and deceive any1....if u want to b sure...use google or check the other post on lome togo and see dat tall building wit sumtn lyk an ''X'' on top....i live in togo

True brother. In nigeria we like to parade hollow titles for the sake of titles. We dont care about substance. Now the rot has gone to buildings.

Omexonomy: you will be forgiven for not been able to communicate in simple english.

*being*

malele: Power of niger delta oil.
@ poster show us lag too, let them see the change oil money can bring somewere.

Fvck nd oil. We have been developing b4 and will continue to do so after oil.

Life does not begin and end with nd oil

idnoble135:
I would have but....
This is a testimony thread. Dont derail.
It is well o.

Lies lies lies

solomon111: There's nothing wrong with the North being Anti-Gej,but it becomes wrong when they begin to implement acts of sabotage against the country just to spite the president.
It is TREASON!
And secondly,any president that uses niger-delta money to appease terrorists in the NE will have serious problems on his hands.
The NE states should come together and help their people.
What have they been doing with niger-delta money for decades?

Laughable. So long as we have a Nigeria, it is Nigerian money. Learn to live with that

lygn19: Northerners are saying GEJ gave all d juicy ministerial positions to the southerners,,,how won't they talk like that when they discovered that GEJ wants equality in every region in Nigeria,,,northerners are used to the system whereby out of hundred ministerial slots in Nigeria,they get 80slots,,,so now that the number is reduced they are crying abt marginalisation...IDIOTS

We know who the i*diot is here

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Omexonomy: have you forgotten that fashola tinnubu and buhari went to maiduguri to donate $500million to encourage BH

That's because your coward president was too afraid to go there until these great guys took the initiative .

pro01: A massive N30b ($200m) 'investment' created a paltry 650 jobs?

Besides, who patronises these overpriced 'luxury' hotels for pete's sake? I'm sure they are not "tourists" as the state government deludedly advertises. There are already too many of these vanity projects in Lagos, and I don't see how we need more.

It wouldn't be a bad idea for the thieves who finance these white elephants (whilst hiding behind the facade of foreign partners) to consider channeling their loot towards more productive investments - that would have a greater impact on the state's development and benefit a greater number of ordinary people.. . .in terms of job creation and otherwise.

Couldn't be more apt

Whats the deal b/w Techno and Nairaland?

ruth Dung: yes , in Jos some filling stations have reduce their price to 95. truth should be said after abacha regime this is my first time of seen no cue in filling stations . GEJ come 2015

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billante: This goes to show that deregulation does not necessary means high fuel price!
This is the time to do away with fuel subsidy and use the money for our infrastructure needs....almost a trillion naira will be available.....imagine how much that will do to nigerian roads, airports, railway,universities, hospitals, etc and dis is per year.....

or available to corrupt pockets?

not far from the new shoprite been built.

being built

Idi Amin: I hope you guys have jobs for all the police officers you caused their sack so far. They are people's fathers, mothers, brothers and breadwinners. I am not supporting corruption but how many of you have attempted to expose corrupt politicians, civil servants, bankers etc. An average Nigerian is corrupt so why emphasize on police alone

1.---The crusade has to start somewhere, and where best to start than the NPF, who are the most ubiquitous and brazen in bribery and corruption?
2.---Your argument about their being fathers, mothers, sister, etc does not hold water. The citizens being traumatised and extorted daily also have families.

The arrest is only the beginning of the story. More important will be what will happen in investigation, prosecution and sentencing him to appropriate punishment according to our laws.

I am not confident that will be followed to logical conclusion.

It is always plenty of talk and little or no results!!!

Dis Guy: perhaps they need the police treatment

Maybe people should start exposing their attitude online!! Video!!

I have a gut feeling that this video exposure thing has the capacity to bring some change to Nigeria.

But be careful filming a drunk man with a gun ooooo.

victorv12: We need a lot of psychiatric institution in Nigeria. The percentage of people that are insane in our country is highly enormous. Most of the people that we see on a daily that we think that are sane are mentally sick.

thats not to talk of the incessant brainwashing by lots of self-appointed "men of god"

Rawdeal: This is just a symptom. ASUU is the sickness. Treat the sickness and the symptoms will be cured

This is no excuse for a sane adult to commit a crime

Mr. Aladin:
I Don't Expect Less Frm An Aboki.
Everthing About Them Is Negative.

Abeg Aboki Shine My Shoe I Get Babe To Catch Up with By 2pm

A civilised person argues with facts and figures, and from a position of objectivity, not with sentiments and baseless stereotyping.

AND for your info, the average Aboki in far more intelligent than you, given the same opportunities.

petrov 10: he can go to hell...who needs him ..stewpd aboki

Jona CERTAINLY needs him for 2015:
He presides over Kano State, the most populous state in Nigeria. (2006 census figures).
He can easily unite majority of the Northern governors against Mr. Shoeless.

AND like it or not, Nobody can win a free and fair election in Nigeria without the support of the North.

interior pics and location for inspection pls.

uthupbe: Nairaland is a market place where u display your wares. If you are afraid to display the price along with it, its unfortunate that your wares will be ignored and opportunities pass you by. Its a poor marketing strategy. Think abt it. PRICEIS IS THE STRONGEST MOTIVATIONAL FACTOR. Good day

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