tgmservice:
Afonjas are naturally dirty that is how they like their drainage

so answer to your question is NOPE

Rossikk:


You lived in Europe for a decade and you still come here supporting OPEN DRAINS and NO SIDEWALKS?

In what European city did you see that?

Why did you bother going abroad at all? You should have just remained in your village where you really belong.

Mrkumareze:
open drainage system is the best for now, we don't use sealed drainage when we are yet to get all our roads tarred ....we just need to do constant sanitation and reduce the number of stores in irrelevant places

nograv:


Proof that Nigerians themselves are the problem. No developed city has open Sewers.

Rossikk:


Nigeria HAS progressed considerably in the last 60 years. At independence we we had no power stations, expressways, or universities, and there was mass illiteracy, poverty and malnutrition. We have come a long way since then, even though we still have a long way to go.



Blaming the citizens for the government's failure to build proper roads is madness.

AlhajaChinyere:


Oga!! so you are supporting bad CITIZENS dirtying our environment like this.....because the government can only afford underground sewage?

So we should continue with this behaviour abi?

Na war oooo!

Rossikk:


Nigeria HAS progressed considerably in the last 60 years. At independence we we had no power stations, expressways, or universities, and there was mass illiteracy, poverty and malnutrition. We have come a long way since then, even though we still have a long way to go.



Blaming the citizens for the government's failure to build proper roads is madness.

Rossikk:


YOU'RE WRONG.

YOU DON'T WAIT FOR ALL YOUR ROADS TO BE TARRED BEFORE YOU COVER YOUR DRAINS AND BUILD SIDEWALKS FOR PEDESTRIANS. I'M STUNNED BY YOUR SUGGESTION.

nograv:


The problem lies with Nigerians who foolishly accept the status quo. But ultimately government is to blame..

I have addressed this foolish viewpoint elsewhere, so I will just post what I have said previously

I agree that Nigerians are partly responsible for their choice of leaders.

I have studied the rise of other nations, particularly non white ones. A good proportion developed significantly without democracy Japan, Korea, China and UAE.

The people had no influence on their choice of leaders. Great men stepped up and pulled their populations forward.

In the case of Japan Meiji Emperor (period Meiji Restoration)

In the case of Korea Park Jung-Hee Military Dictator (Period Miracle on the Han)

In the case of China Deng Xiaopeng Dictator (Period Four Modernisations)

In the case of UAE Sheik Al Maktoum Monarch

You have other examples in the guise of Lee Kuan Yew who pretty much ruled Singapore from independence up to the present taking it from developing to developed in ONE GENERATION (hardly a great example of ever changing party based democracy)

In Nigeria's case since independence not one leader has proven capable of governing the nation and propelling it to first world status. As I have shown you, the will of the people is often IRRELEVANT. What matters is the competence of the leadership at a National Level. Nigeria's leadership has shown to have been lacking..

People do not make big decisions on things like power and water drainage, their leaders do. Nigerian leaders have been at fault everytime.

caprini1:
Some parts of lagos island have covered drainages and side walks, but traders have turned the side walks to their shop extensions.Its our bad maintenance culture that is really a big issue.

Ayho:
Open drainage is not Lagos factor only. It's a Nigeria factor, which needs to be addressed.

AutoJoshNIG:
Lagos state is a major gateway into Nigeria. Most visitors to the country come in through the state. 

Thus, the first impression that most international visitors behold of Nigeria is provided by Lagos state.

Sadly, an uncomplimentary sight that greets visitors to Nigeria is the ubiquitous sights of open and dirty drainages all over Lagos state. For decades, open and dirty drainages have been a prominent feature of roads and streets in Nigeria's commercial capital.





Successive governments in Lagos state – despite the enormous fiscal resources at their disposal – have failed to eradicate this outdated infrastructure.

Since the return of democracy in 1999,  successive administrations in the state have been actively pursuing an agenda to achieve the status of a world-class metropolis. Sadly, the sight of open drainages makes a huge joke of this ambition.




No city in the world that sincerely desires to be taken seriously leaves its drainage system exposed, to the extent that the inhabitants now use them as alternatives to refuse dumps.

Lagos state is considered as the 7th biggest economy in Africa.

Come May 29th, Lagos state will have a new governor.

Will Babajide Sanwo-Olu offer a solution to this long term failure of governance in Lagos?

Only time will tell.







Source:

https://autojosh.com/will-sanwo-olu-rescue-lagos-from-the-disgrace-of-open-and-dirty-drainage-system/

kenomobola:


Thank you for this. Most Nigerians are suffering from Stockholm syndrome, they're in love with their oppressors. What is happening in Lagos state is a reflection of what happens in Nigeria as a whole.
There is some subtle brainwashing being perpetrated in Lagos. If you listen carefully to Lagos state government ads, they never take responsibility for anything. It's always the citizens; blocked drainages, insecurity, land speculators, collapsed buildings, etc.
For those who claim the government is broke, answer these questions:
1. Why are serving governors and retired governors getting stupendous amounts of money.
2. What is the government (at all tiers) doing with all the taxes and revenue they generate, including the huge amounts generated from VAT (which everyone pays).
3. Why are members of the national assembly having bogus salaries and allowances.
4. Anytime government officials go out of the country, why are there too many people on the entourage.

The day we start telling ourselves the truth, we will start making progress.

Rossikk:


We need a NATIONAL STANDARD for all urban roads whereby all roads without covered drains and sidewalks will be deemed UNCOMPLETED PROJECTS, with resources made available to complete them incrementally, and all future roads built without such provisions will render the contractors liable to IMPRISONMENT. Within 5 years of passing this law, our urban centres will be transformed in this country.

Rossikk:


Dude, there's no ''but'' but'' ''but'' in this......if traders block the sidewalks, it is the state govt's job to clear them away, or fine them.

It is no reason not to build covered drains and sidewalks.

Why are you people content to live like animals, giving all sorts of stupid excuses?

Those open drains, do you realise they are very dangerous to the health, apart from being eyesores?

I just don't get how you people reason.

dunkem21:
But I thought Ambode is the most performing Governor..

Rossikk:

YOU'RE WRONG.

YOU DON'T WAIT FOR ALL YOUR ROADS TO BE TARRED BEFORE YOU COVER YOUR DRAINS AND BUILD SIDEWALKS FOR PEDESTRIANS. I'M STUNNED BY YOUR SUGGESTION.

caprini1:
Some parts of lagos island have covered drainages and side walks,but traders have turned the side walks to their shop extensions. Its our bad maintenance culture that is really a big issue.

Rossikk:

Dude, there's no ''but'' but'' ''but'' in this......if traders block the sidewalks, it is the state govt's job to clear them away, or fine them.

It is no reason not to build covered drains and sidewalks.

Why are you people content to live like animals, giving all sorts of stupid excuses?

Those open drains, do you realise they are very dangerous to the health, apart from being eyesores?

I just don't get how you people reason.

Rossikk:
We need a NATIONAL STANDARD for all urban roads whereby all roads without covered drains and sidewalks will be deemed UNCOMPLETED PROJECTS, with resources made available to complete them incrementally, and all future roads built without such provisions will render the contractors liable to IMPRISONMENT. Within 5 years of passing this law, our urban centres will be transformed in this country.

kenomobola:

Thank you for this. Most Nigerians are suffering from Stockholm syndrome, they're in love with their oppressors. What is happening in Lagos state is a reflection of what happens in Nigeria as a whole.
There is some subtle brainwashing being perpetrated in Lagos. If you listen carefully to Lagos state government ads, they never take responsibility for anything. It's always the citizens; blocked drainages, insecurity, land speculators, collapsed buildings, etc.
For those who claim the government is broke, answer these questions:
1. Why are serving governors and retired governors getting stupendous amounts of money.
2. What is the government (at all tiers) doing with all the taxes and revenue they generate, including the huge amounts generated from VAT (which everyone pays).
3. Why are members of the national assembly having bogus salaries and allowances.
4. Anytime government officials go out of the country, why are there too many people on the entourage.

The day we start telling ourselves the truth, we will start making progress.

nograv:

Couldn’t agree more

The debate has to change. Change comes from the top down, never the other way around.

You may get mass movements agitating for something, but it only happened if those at the top went along with it.

The leadership in Nigeria is sadly very self serving, not one after all their travels has sought to bring back the innovations they have seen.

When you ride on a bullet train in Asia or see a well developed city like New York, you wonder why we haven’t done the same in Naija?

Rossikk:

Nigeria HAS progressed considerably in the last 60 years. At independence we we had no power stations, expressways, or universities, and there was mass illiteracy, poverty and malnutrition. We have come a long way since then, even though we still have a long way to go.

Blaming the citizens for the government's failure to build proper roads is madness.

9jaRealist:


But it is easy for government(s) to make such claims when it is substantially TRUTHFUL!

9jaRealist:


That may well be true...
Except that when the government chases them away, it will be the citizens (and sundry self-anointed do gooders) who will protest.