ebamma: If na nigeria be spain were win world cup and euros that mean say them for dash players the whole budget for a year be that oh

farem: [color=#990000]
VERY IDIOTIC AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE BASED ON YOUR POOR REASONING AND DEMENTED POSTURE. Where does the Fg derive its power to give gift to football club? If Lagos is the most useless govt, what would you call Delta govt that got 'so serious' that it was holdin valentine night for eagles. Can you enlighten us all with the reference to where there provisions were made in 2013 budget. YOUR PRODIGAL PRESIDENT/FG WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND SIMPLE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IS SPENDING MILLIONS ON EAGLES AND BILLIONS ON FIRST LADIES SECRETARIAT WITHOUT BUDGET IN PLACE (with 20% of the year almost gone) AND YOU HAVE GUT TO ATTACK A STATE WITH OPERATING BUDGET. Pls say something else.

etudaddy: Nawa oooo. Abeg dis money giving don do na. Ah ah. Na wetin na. Poor people full everywhere na.

jay_onpoint: Nigeria is failed state! If we have these much money to throw around, why are we so poor and not a prove of our wealth as a nation? I'm sad for dis country or dis project called Nigeria; I mean who amongst us feels there's a presence of govt or a reason to feels we hv govt? Is dis hw governance work around d world? See evidence of too much money via supereagles! Can all of us play football to earn dis too much gestures? Our govt are just too wicked to us. While they're swift to decision making wen anything affects dem bt they're too economical wen they affect us. Are we in a democracy? Mind if I ask, are we handicap as citizens? Its nt abt just sit @1 corner of our house making comments n typing msgs from one social network to d other, we hv got to stand to d occasion..we deserve d best as citizens of d country n we'll start nw or after another 100yrs

Swaggababa: Why I go school, I for go play football ooooo

Sam Milla:

And your above trash is enough reason to give millions to a national sponsored football team?

What has Lagos got to do with Super Eagles? How many people from Lagos state participated in the tournament?

hydeenoble: next to host d super eagles is Chief Theodore Amaefule Orji of Abia state

tarryT: E ...The poor will always be with u......The Super Eagles deserve much more...

farem: [color=#990000]
Sorry! I just follow you remember sey Lagos belong to Ghana, the players sef na Ghanians, Delta is more is more important than other states in Nigeria, we fit de spend our money withou budget, even 4billion naira too small for first ladies as long as na prodigal presido spend am.
Hope you are confused wit these few points of your demented points?

Kayusfity: This is a goverment that finds it hard to pay 8million euros to broadcast the nations cup to over 200million people all because they never believed in the super eagles going beyond the 1st round. Now the total cash and assets given to these boys and coaching staff is over $20m. Where are those supporting BON when they said they cant afford $8m euros for the benefit of the whole populace? I'm sure the whole african continent must be stunned at the level of profligacy of the nigerian elites just on a football trophy. Those of u calling people bad belle on here are either browsing nairaland via browsinf tweaks or free MB. yet you condone wastefullness. May you all die in eternal poverty and sickness. Amen

ldpele: are times,i get so disappointed wit sme comments,if the government doesnt reward them,same persons like u ll complain and if they do like d lagos state gov jst did,u jst complaind n that is by d way,aftr rewardn,will it stop d state government frm buildn those sport amenities u mentiond,hell No,it wont. however,u were mentn sponsors,u could av added your name,or are the people u mentioned aint nigerians like u? rubbish

andyanders:


Are you enemy of progress? If na your relation or brother is among these players, will you make such a silly statement? Envy is not good. You must be an envious person.

queensmith: He shouldn't be allowed to do that. Not with state money. Is it the burden of Lagos state to pay the National Team?

If this story is true then Fashola has disappointed me. I thought he was much smarter than this.

I though players made more money than their managers? Lol then again I do think Keshi is the main man to congratulate for Nigerias success. Considering his abysmal line up actually worked!

Ejiné: I'm not directing this post to just Fashola, but other state governments and public parastatals as well.

Wouldn't it be more sensible if they funneled these monies into supporting the sporting facilities of their numerous primary, secondary and tertiary schools?

Almost every high school and university in America has a team, and it is mostly the NCAA system that's responsible for most of the pro athletes who dominate America today.

Why blow all these monies on well-to-do men when you can use them to nurture and encourage our younger generation in the field of sports?

Government bodies should hands-off all this unnecessary 'splashing' and leave that to the private guys like Dangote, Adenuga and his Glo, Elumelu, Jim Ovie etc.

Paentera:

People like you always complain no matter who is giving. The other day, I saw someone who worked at Glo's status complaining that Adenuga gave $1m to the Eagles when he pays his staff N50k a month. Now if you have heard of risk and reward you will realise that these guys staked the rest of their playing careers on winning the cup for the nation. And this is no ordinary nation, this is Nigeria - a few of them about 16 or 20 won us bragging rights as the Champions of Africa in soccer - a widely followed sports all over the continent of 900million residents of Africa.

If them no give, them go complain, if they give, they'll complain its too much or that they should feed the needy. Abeg let those boys who risked their lives for Nigeria, enjoy the windfall. For most, it will be once in a lifetime. They deserve it cos they made 160million Nigerians happy even if for a short period, something most administrations have not succeeded in doing since the return of democracy.

Ejiné:

First and foremost, your post is totally empty and devoid of logic. Instead, it reads more like the post of yet another ACN asss licker who would praise Fashola and diss Uduaghan for doing the same thing.

Your flimsy counter-analogy about the Globacom employee is totally stupiid because last I checked, Globacom is still a private sector company. If the employee is aggrieved with his pay, he has the option of either talking it out with the management or simply quitting. The pay of the employees of Globacom is only Globacom's business and not the public's so it is within their discretion to do what they wish.

What I do have a problem with is when the public sector blows money on gifts that add nothing to the society as a whole. Don't you know, on a politically economic level, this is no different from the government calling a Nigerian grammy winner and doling out cash to this artiste. How do these relate, you ask? Well, AFCON, FIFA and the Grammies are all festivals that thrive on their own in the private sector. Whether you like it or not, winning an AFCON Cup, FIFA trophy or Grammy will NOT add back to our economy or society in any way.
But properly funding these sporting facilities in schools would actually help these kids realize their talents and probably pursue them when they're older. This is another form of empowerment. Not everyone will end up working in the formal field. With sports empowerment, these kids would actually gain employment as athletes. And what has this done? It has empowered them on the long run!

That 54 million he just blew would have helped empower so many kids and nurtured so many talents for the future. Giving 54 million to men who already have more than enough is nothing but fiscal recklessness.

There you go.
You can now go back to worshipping Fashola.

Paentera:

You should've gone to spec savers. In no way did I revert to any public officer, Fashola, Uduaghan or GEJ. Read clearly and stop using assumptions to sound intelligent, cos you're not.

Ejiné:

Actually, the king of assumptions is you because you foolishly assumed people like me would complain if the government didn't recklessly blow millions on athletes who participate in a privately-governed mundial.
Mehn, I hope you love the way your emptiness is amplified on this thread.

Paentera:

Gotcha! Thanks for admitting you assume. Empty barrel trying to sound intelligent.