Guk: The Ojora of Ijora land, Oba Fatai Oyeyinka Ojora on Monday declared the support of the Ojora Chieftaincy family for the plans of the state government to develop a Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme on the wide expanse of land in Iganmu Alawo in Ijora.

Addressing a press conference at his palace in Ijora on the issue, the monarch said the present state of facilities in the area is not conducive to exist in, adding that it lacks the major infrastructural facilities.

He explained that the area has become a nuisance and that some eight to ten years ago, the former administration in the state demolished the shanties that were in the area but that the structures returned after some time.

The Oba appealed to the residents of Iganmu Alawo to cooperate with the State Government on the proposed housing project, adding that it would be of immense benefit to the whole community and the state.

Chai! When someone that was meant to protect you,sell you out to your tormentors.

Eko Ile:
I don't think it makes any difference..

How foolish of you to say such.
A young man has just lost his ticket to a better tomorrow and you dismiss his aspirations so wickedly. May such inhumane acts befall your children if such is your wish for one born of a woman.

I am so far sitting on a ledge on this issue, here is a slum which needs to be addressed however to do so without any alternative location for the inhabitants to reorganise their lives and move forward is evil.
This people would either move on to the next slum and build another illegal structure, live under bridges polluting the environment or die out of hardship and sickness.

Leadership is a difficult task where tough decisions need be made but they don't have to be callous and wicked

Have you ever wondered what mega cities around the world do to address shelter for poor populations they build large housing complexes multi storey building .They are not fancy just simple structures.
Meagre payments are required.

Lagos has to at some stage consider this solution.

ichidodo: HARI KRISHNA MOTHERF#*KER!

Bad form man, that is báng out of order and racist to say the least.

omiobo:

Who is to be blamed? I told one of my colleagues who live in Ajegunle about the demolition of Badia. He said the place needs to be demolished. I asked him,why? He said,that the place is not meant for sane person,
We all blame fashola but I believe in him. He knows what he's doing. He must have gathered unpleasant reports before the demolition of that place.

No matter how many unpleasant reports the right and due process should still be followed. The affected individuals should be notified and given time to relocate.

A-ZeD:

Dude i understand what you are saying but i tell you that if government had told those people to relocate to somewhere at Badagry, most of them would have said no.

If they were told and said no it would've been better because in so doing an alternative has been provided one which would have to suffice until they can get a legal shelter of their choosing. In this scenario people woke up to destruction of the little piece of comfort they had without prior notification.

stupor:

There's no insensitivity in what the governor has done !

If for example,you,as a Lagosian illegally erects a public toilet building around your vicinity,you collect the returns and because no respônsible govt has come to effect this lawlessness over many years,and suddenly a good one comes tO effect it. MBB

Are you trying tO tell me because yOu grew up tO knôw that Toilet,means it deserves being given leniency ?

You and the rest of your team are obvoiusly the Ones trying to frustrate the gOvernór and the lagos state of our dreams !

If Lagos State gets in the hand of PDP ,I swear yOu people will excrete on the main róads,sell spareparts,close third mainland and turn it to second hand clôthes market !

Leave Lagos ! We don't need people like you to finish Our lost beloved Lagos.

Go to Borno or Bauchi state,where PDP allows lawlessness,street trading,beggars,and lazy urchins,Lagos is a World Reckon ! Not a LOcal gvernment.


Uncle Fashola's still the best governor.

And you're still a fool.

Truckpusher: Lagos wasn't meant for everyone ...........it's high time we begin to realize that for any meaningful development to take place lots of sacrifices must be made and of course the poor people will bear the consequences ,they shouldn't murmur but accept it as a part they played in building a better nation for their future generation this is where patriotism comes into play.

What have you done for your nation to claim patriotism. Since the children of the poor have to sacrifice their future and serve the like of you till the end.
May Sango strike you where you stand. Your children would serve another man in shame.

A-ZeD:

I'm guessing you did not read the part where it was said that 1008 housing units are to be built in that place.

For whom to reside. Those units would be high end accommodation for the rich and their people. A certain relation was once perm sec for housing in Lagos and I can tell you how this shit goes.

I am deeply convinced within my spiri dat dis people must have been served a notice. I dnt see fashola as a governor who can go demolish buildings without a prior notice. I had been in a situation like this before. Wen an aunt of mine was stayin at kilo side of surulere, d house was properly structured and everybody cud seen d house is bcomin dangerous to live in cos d house was bent. Everybody in d house was served a notice like 6mnths b4 d house was demolished.....and as at d time wen d action was taken, sum occupants were stil there. These set of people will neva declare to u dat dey were told. Dats d same with dis ijora people. D only language an average Nigerian understands is force...any oda tin, na story

Leboska:
Have you bother to read how responsible government do theirs? Fashola i lose every respect i have for u. U can never rule nigeria lagos will be your last.

Crazy u. Fashola is the king of due process. So dnt let dis PDP advocates tel u otherwise. They were givin notice since last year!

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ROSSIKE:

Rubbish.

Maybe you've failed to check, but the overwhelming majority of Africans today actually worship your white imported gods, courtesy of foreign invasion and colonialism, as opposed to 'sacrificing to deities', so maybe you should check with Jesus, Mohammed and co for the source of their troubles. Leave the African deities out of it.

Guy. Free am nah. Dem no call any rubbish deity name. Nd to correct u na God. Nt gods dem bring

sweet_gala:

How foolish of you to say such.
A young man has just lost his ticket to a better tomorrow and you dismiss his aspirations so wickedly. May such inhumane acts befall your children if such is your wish for one born of a woman.

I am so far sitting on a ledge on this issue, here is a slum which needs to be addressed however to do so without any alternative location for the inhabitants to reorganise their lives and move forward is evil.
This people would either move on to the next slum and build another illegal structure, live under bridges polluting the environment or die out of hardship and sickness.

Leadership is a difficult task where tough decisions need be made but they don't have to be callous and wicked

Instead of the insults and curses, why not move your family into one of these slums to show solidarity that it's a great place to live.

When you are done doing that, also come up with any sane plan from how much money you have to borrow the state to build free houses for millions of illegal settlers and also what you can set aside to continue building free houses for the new thousands entering lagos daily.


Cursing and insults is one thing unintelligent people know how to do, making sense and formulating good ideas and solutions is what they don't know hoe to do.

Eko Ile:


Instead of the insults and curses, why not move your family into one of these slums to show solidarity that it's a great place to live.

When you are done doing that, also come up with any sane plan from how much money you have to borrow the state to build free houses for millions of illegal settlers and also what you can set aside to continue building free houses for the new thousands entering lagos daily.


Cursing and insults is one thing unintelligent people know how to do, making sense and formulating good ideas and solutions is what they don't know hoe to do.

Don't mind that senseless goat.

Eko Ile:


Instead of the insults and curses, why not move your family into one of these slums to show solidarity that it's a great place to live.

When you are done doing that, also come up with any sane plan from how much money you have to borrow the state to build free houses for millions of illegal settlers and also what you can set aside to continue building free houses for the new thousands entering lagos daily.


Cursing and insults is one thing unintelligent people know how to do, making sense and formulating good ideas and solutions is what they don't know hoe to do.

sorry Eko Ile...am going with sweet gala on this one. i really do not know why you support the lagos government always but at times u should think of human beigns...they deserve to live...pause and think....what if u were born as a child there...do u deserve to be rendered homeless?


think about people not your affiliations...

sucess001:

sorry Eko Ile...am going with sweet gala on this one. i really do not know why you support the lagos government always but at times u should think of human beigns...they deserve to live...pause and think....what if u were born as a child there...do u deserve to be rendered homeless?


think about people not your affiliations...

You can go with what ever you want which means nothing to anybody including the illegal settlers unless you agree that such filth and living conditions is good for any human being to call home including you and your family.

I'll take you people seriously when you do away with your disingenuous poor man concerns and come up with sane solutions.

Actions solve problems, not meaningless sentiments and emotions..

Eko Ile:


Instead of the insults and curses, why not move your family into one of these slums to show solidarity that it's a great place to live.

When you are done doing that, also come up with any sane plan from how much money you have to borrow the state to build free houses for millions of illegal settlers and also what you can set aside to continue building free houses for the new thousands entering lagos daily.


Cursing and insults is one thing unintelligent people know how to do, making sense and formulating good ideas and solutions is what they don't know hoe to do.

I never said to provide free accommodation, what I said to do was to follow a socialist system where affordable housing is created.
And the insults came from how you conveniently dismissed the poor young man's aspirations and effort without some compassion.

django1:
Don't mind that senseless goat.

Django mind yourself. Don't be a fool such is not required of an adult.

Eko Ile:


You can go with what ever you want which means nothing to anybody including the illegal settlers unless you agree that such filth and living conditions is good for any human being to call home including you and your family.

I'll take you people seriously when you do away with your disingenuous poor man concerns and come up with sane solutions.

Actions solve problems, not meaningless sentiments and emotions..

A man cannot live without a reasonable amount of sentiment and emotions.
I apologise for the insult.
I can't claim I am not shocked that such an environment had not been torn down and addressed long time ago but we can't just take fellow humans and render them homeless without options. It is never done like so,Even if the alternative is not in the immediate vicinity of the slum, a stop gap settlement would suffice.

But I can't apologise for my reaction to how you dismissed the man's loss of documents that can pave the road to a better slum-free future.

Eko Ile:


You can go with what ever you want which means nothing to anybody including the illegal settlers unless you agree that such filth and living conditions is good for any human being to call home including you and your family.

I'll take you people seriously when you do away with your disingenuous poor man concerns and come up with sane solutions.

Actions solve problems, not meaningless sentiments and emotions..

Bros...u re mentally sick.

Funny enuf, am one of d comfortable pple in d society.

Buh I was once poor(maybe not as much as dwell in d slum) and I knw poor or rich deserves to live and be sheltered. By God...these pple shudnt even be in this condition if we had a sane govt who considered it worthwhile to have a social security system in place



Yet B.astards like u want to paint d LASg in a gud light for dis crime againt humanity!


May your children be rendered homeless!

Wasted s.emen!

sweet_gala:

I never said to provide free accommodation, what I said to do was to follow a socialist system where affordable housing is created.
And the insults came from how you conveniently dismissed the poor young man's aspirations and effort without some compassion.

All that aside.


I still need you to answer yes or no if such filth and living conditions is ok for any human being to call home and should be tolerated or allowed to exist by any responsible government.


I also still need you to tell me where the money to reward illegal activities going to come from.

The reality remains that the government is still struggling to provide for millions of taxpayers so where is the sense in diverting billions of scarce resources to reward millions of illegal settlers and law breakers in so many slums around Lagos state.


People make choices in life ad we all have to live with whatever choices we made.

Sentiments and emotions doesn't solve anything, it's just an expression of feelings.

Eko Ile:



All that aside.


I still need you to answer yes or no if such filth and living conditions is ok for any human being to call home and should be tolerated or allowed to exist by any responsible government.


I also still need you to tell me where the money to reward illegal activities going to come from.

The reality remains that the government is still struggling to provide for millions of taxpayers so where is the sense in diverting billions of scarce resources to reward millions of illegal settlers and law breakers in so many slums around Lagos state.


Sentiments and emotions doesn't solve anything, it's just an expression of feelings.

And these 'illegal' settlers aint tax payin? Oga...dose brains re meant to be used na...

They don't pay taxes and the government can not tax illegal shanties and slums, doing so means enabling and condoning lawlessness and illegalities, they call them illegal settlements for a reason.


Even paying taxes in not an excuse to break the law...



Btw, you still can make your point without the insults and curses like an adult if you really are an adult.

sucess001:

Bros...u re mentally sick.

Funny enuf, am one of d comfortable pple in d society.

Buh I was once poor(maybe not as much as dwell in d slum) and I knw poor or rich deserves to live and be sheltered. By God...these pple shudnt even be in this condition if we had a sane govt who considered it worthwhile to have a social security system in place



Yet B.astards like u want to paint d LASg in a gud light for dis crime againt humanity!


May your children be rendered homeless!

Wasted s.emen!

You still don't get it , I stated already that such a slum should have been destroyed a long time ago. However due process should be followed always.

sweet_gala:

You still don't get it , I stated already that such a slum should have been destroyed a long time ago. However due process should be followed always.

"Should have" abi? How about I come squat in front of your house for a year. What kind of due process are you going to follow to get rid of me. You "should have" gotten rid of me earlier

Eko Ile: They don't pay taxes and the government can not tax illegal shanties and slums, doing so means enabling and condoning lawlessness and illegalities, they call them illegal settlements for a reason.


Even paying taxes in not an excuse to break the law...



Btw, you still can make your point without the insults and curses like an adult if you really are an adult.

Ur response to my "civil' post warranted d insults.I only gave u a taste of ur medicine albeit by taking it up a notch higher.


See wat a responsible government does for its pple...President Hugo Chavez issued Presidential Decree 1666 in February 2002, providing a legal basis for Urban Land Committees (Comités de Tierras Urbanas, CTUs) to be formed.[46] These develop land titling in urban areas. Under the February 2002 decree, local committees (representing 100-200 families) may apply to a government office for the local "barrio" residents to be given property title for state-owned land they have informally occupied on a long-term basis. The committees operate on the principle of participatory democracy, and create maps of the local area, on the basis of which (after official verification) land titles are drawn up.[46] By mid 2005, there were around 5000 CTUs, representing around 5m Venezuelans, and the government had issued over 84,000 titles to 126,000 families, benefiting about 630,000 inhabitants (out of a total urban poor population of around 10m).[47] By October 2006 the government said that over 200,000 titles had been assigned, benefiting about 1m inhabitants.[48]


During the past decade under Chavez, the income poverty rate in Venezuela dropped by more than half, from 54% of households below poverty level in the first half of 2003, down to 26% at the end of 2008. "Extreme poverty" fell even more - by 72%.



http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez_government#section_2

I am begining to view most staunch ACN supporters from the SW as closeted tribalists and pretenders. See how most of you are quick to talk about sacrifices, yet JEG towed this same line of argument and you all poured out on the streets of OJOTA and started a Las Vagas styled show only to throw insults at Jonathan and win some cheap political points but in reality, we all knew it was a neccessary evil we had to confront.
If you are in the oil and gas sector you will know this, it was with this understanding that most people in the Eastern region shunned that protest. It was more of a sentimental and greedy protest to continue status quo than any honest fight for the poor.

Now a gross violation of people's right to exist is being perpetrated by their favourite man and they have all thrown caution and moderation into the wind to support a gang style take over in the name of cleaning up the place.

Subsidy bill rose from 256 billion to more than 2 Trillion Naira in under 4 years and GEJ was right to seek to stop that. But Nigerians wonder how the figure grew from under $2 billion to over $8 billion in 3 years. We non know . Yet the petroleum mininister is still in office and no one in prison. The reality is GEJ himself did not understand what was going on.Ngozi Okonjo Iweala came into office and by that time the subsidy was 2 trillion. I want to believe she acted in good faith. But how did it get to that figure.

Nigerians were being asked to make sacrifices to the tune of $8 billion for money that was being stolen. Sadly the fuel subsidy debacle is NOT a good example to use if you want to fight GEJ's battle. How come the subsidy bill has come down so abruptly in 12 months. Can anyone help us by telling us the latest figure??

omonnakoda: Subsidy bill rose from 256 billion to more than 2 Trillion Naira in under 4 years and GEJ was right to seek to stop that. But Nigerians wonder how the figure grew from under $2 billion to over $8 billion in 3 years. We non know . Yet the petroleum mininister is still in office and no one in prison. The reality is GEJ himself did not understand what was going on.Ngozi Okonjo Iweala came into office and by that time the subsidy was 2 trillion. I want to believe she acted in good faith. But how did it get to that figure.

Nigerians were being asked to make sacrifices to the tune of $8 billion for money that was being stolen. Sadly the fuel subsidy debacle is NOT a good example to use if you want to fight GEJ's battle. How come the subsidy bill has come down so abruptly in 12 months. Can anyone help us by telling us the latest figure??

So JEG should have first maintained that such obscene payment continues while an investigation is launched into it, right?
The fuel subsidy is a very apt example here, in Jonathan's case it was very justified to stop such payment. How you choose to interprete is not Jonathan's Wahala, people in the east were already paying that much while fraudulent Oil marketers who were mostly business men from the SW and the north were busy undermining the system and selling fuel outside Nigeria's borders.
There was no talk of sacrificing then but now just because folks want to defend Fashola's high-handedness in the matter, they are talking about sacrifices, what has Govt done for those common folks there? That place is like that not because they love to live in such deplorable conditions but because there is no presence of any government efforts there. Fashola likes to act like the government does not have its own role to play in ensuring these places are kept clean. All they care about is collect taxes and build elitist projects. Fashola is working yet, in my house I have to dig my own pipe for water, pay full 1yr rent to my landlord, the psp people dont even come around anymore so I ve to be creative with my refuse dump, the road to my street is a mess, and so on. . What exactly does he do for me despite my huge taxes. Abeg make we hear word jor

rhymz: So JEG should have first maintained that such obscene payment continues while an investigation is launched into it, right?
The fuel subsidy is a very apt example here, in Jonathan's case it was very justified to stop such payment. How you choose to interprete is not Jonathan's Wahala, people in the east were already paying that much while fraudulent Oil marketers who were mostly business men from the SW and the north were busy undermining the system and selling fuel outside Nigeria's borders.
There was no talk of sacrificing then but now just because folks want to defend Fashola's high-handedness in the matter, they are talking about sacrifices, what has Govt done for those common folks there? That place is like that not because they love to live in such deplorable conditions but because there is no presence of any government efforts there. Fashola likes to act like the government does not have its own role to play in ensuring these places are kept clean. All they care about is collect taxes and build elitist projects. Fashola is working yet, in my house I have to dig my own pipe for water, pay full 1yr rent to my landlord, the psp people dont even come around anymore so I ve to be creative with my refuse dump, the road to my street is a mess, and so on. . What exactly does he do for me despite my huge taxes. Abeg make we hear word jor

I will reproduce my quote again

omonnakoda: Subsidy bill rose from 256 billion to more than 2 Trillion Naira in under 4 years and GEJ was right to seek to stop that. But Nigerians wonder how the figure grew from under $2 billion to over $8 billion in 3 years. We non know . Yet the petroleum mininister is still in office and no one in prison. The reality is GEJ himself did not understand what was going on.Ngozi Okonjo Iweala came into office and by that time the subsidy was 2 trillion. I want to believe she acted in good faith. But how did it get to that figure.

Nigerians were being asked to make sacrifices to the tune of $8 billion for money that was being stolen. Sadly the fuel subsidy debacle is NOT a good example to use if you want to fight GEJ's battle. How come the subsidy bill has come down so abruptly in 12 months. Can anyone help us by telling us the latest figure??

Rather than just jumping in to quote people ,first read and understand. If the analysis or ideas are beyond your comprehension be quiet. Why are you quoting me do you understand my reasoning. Go and play with your mates.
The fact is the figure grew to that exten during HIS WATCH The issue was not about the fuel price at the pump but $8 billion abracadabra THAT IS THE ISSUE

sucess001:


Ur response to my "civil' post warranted d insults.I only gave u a taste of ur medicine albeit by taking it up a notch higher.


See wat a responsible government does for its pple...President Hugo Chavez issued Presidential Decree 1666 in February 2002, providing a legal basis for Urban Land Committees (Comités de Tierras Urbanas, CTUs) to be formed.[46] These develop land titling in urban areas. Under the February 2002 decree, local committees (representing 100-200 families) may apply to a government office for the local "barrio" residents to be given property title for state-owned land they have informally occupied on a long-term basis. The committees operate on the principle of participatory democracy, and create maps of the local area, on the basis of which (after official verification) land titles are drawn up.[46] By mid 2005, there were around 5000 CTUs, representing around 5m Venezuelans, and the government had issued over 84,000 titles to 126,000 families, benefiting about 630,000 inhabitants (out of a total urban poor population of around 10m).[47] By October 2006 the government said that over 200,000 titles had been assigned, benefiting about 1m inhabitants.[48]


During the past decade under Chavez, the income poverty rate in Venezuela dropped by more than half, from 54% of households below poverty level in the first half of 2003, down to 26% at the end of 2008. "Extreme poverty" fell even more - by 72%.



http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez_government#section_2

1. Nothing about my response was uncivil. The quote below was my response and so kindly show me the insult. Insults means you are a juvenile and your only form of expression is insults.

You can go with what ever you want which means nothing to anybody including the illegal settlers unless you agree that such filth and living conditions is good for any human being to call home including you and your family.

I'll take you people seriously when you do away with your disingenuous poor man concerns and come up with sane solutions.

Actions solve problems, not meaningless sentiments and emotions..

2. Your Venezuela analogy and the story means nothing when it comes to Lagos state. It's absolutely irrelevant.

3. It is ok if your idea of helping illegal settlers is to let them exist in slums, in disease, let them eat and drink human waste, let them pollute the environment and the lagoon with toxic waste, but no human being should be allowed to live in such deplorable and abominable conditions poor or not.

So, you are wrong, that place is no place for your dog to live talk less you and your family.

It's really warped and thoughtless to suggest that the government should legalize their stay in that horrible mess and existence.