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jaxxy:
Smtn is wrong with the way we think in this country. I don't know how to describe it but it's incredibly wrong. It affects every facet of our governance and development.

Public feeding is not bad bt the execution looks terrible. Not properly thought out. It's not decent at all. Why not use eatrys also.

Mindset is everything.

What's the point in keeping restaurants closed then?!

What's wrong with the way this has been conducted? Apart from perhaps Slay Kings who might be spotted on the food line?
The food are packed in containers, and the people line up in orderly manner (observing social distancing), pick up a pack and off they go.
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travelwaka:
I must say I commend the efforts of the state government since the beginning of this pandemic in Lagos.

In as much as i commend the state government efforts but this is not the way to go at all.
Based on how the Nigerian Government work, the cost of a plate might be charged at 2500 per plate to the government for a 150 naira worth of food so why not just give them the money or the raw food equivalent.
2. If they give the value of each of those plates that they will be sharing to people for the number of days as raw food or monetary lump sum, it will go a long way.
3. So does that mean these guys will be coming out to queue every day for their daily bread? That way they are even putting themselves in danger.
4. At the end of the day it wont make much sense as the vendors will be the biggest benefactors, they won't cook up to the required quantity even after charging triple or more than x10 of the value and they wont still going enough to last an adult.

I wish the Government can restrategise and identify those truly in need these food and give raw foods or cash equivalent but with this current way we might end up spreading the virus at distribution stands cos I did not see any form of social distance observed.

It is well with all of us, I think the Nigerian government needs to set up committees to check itself, cos if you look at most of the cases in Nigeria, a lot came through govt related officials. We really need to check that. God bless all of us.

lighternote:
Very dumb initiative! This is not a sustainable food "bank" system.
Why not pay minimum wage into their accounts or cash out That way they can sustain themselves longer.
This is obviously hunger games at play. The problem is that some will die of hunger and some will kill others out of hunger.
Loss-loss situation
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Ghostmode2two:
This is what the government have reduced Nigerians to. I take this as insult to the people of Lagos state. Is this what they call palliative? Individuals like Don Jazzy did better for his fans than this absolute nonsense don by Lagos state government. Whoever brought the idea is not thinking straight. I am waiting for anybody that will quote me and say it is better than nothing

Bystanders crying more than the bereaved...
Funny how the recipients do not seem to be complaining.

Anyway, LASG has (1) been distributing "raw food" and water since the lockdown started (see pic below)....
It has (2) now ADDED (cooked) food kitchens, and will (3) also be making CASH transfers to the poorest households.

https://saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/styles/normal_medium/public/FE72C08B-27C2-45F2-B6A7-E91979366BB8.jpeg?itok=p2ev_wxx
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WILLuKPquiet:
The world will be laughing at us

You've never heard of food or soup kitchens before?!
Dude, you really need to get out to "the world" a bit more.
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lexy2014:
How's d govt doing its best?

By giving food to those who might not had any...
Perfection should NEVER be an enemy of the good.
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Realfrankie:
Liberation
But the quantity of the food is too small

Portion control...
Nigerians pile too much food on their plates.
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Cris955:
the persons who are sharing the food are not even wearing things to protect themselves
nigerian government is bigger than this

You mean, protecting other people...
Face masks do NOT protect the wearers.
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lexy2014:
Is d govt doing its citizens a favour by giving food that u expect d guy to be appreciative?

Reasonably sure enough to bet that most of those folks do not pay any taxes...
So, if they are not appreciative of the government, they should be for those of us who pay taxes.
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humblebobojay:
God help us in Nigeria o is it ordinary take away that will serve someone for two weeks and i am very sure its just for today they can never do it everyday! Even it can't serve someone for one day

opineflu:
how long can LASG and those beneficiaries sustain with such

bggrafix:
Will this be daily or this one plate for 28days total lockdown?

I think this thread should be moved to the
Joke Section.

elchapoo:
How long are we going to continue like this?
This one meal is it for the family man? are they going to line up at the same spot for another plate of food tomorrow or is it gonna fill them for a hole week or two ?
Naija I dey hail ooo

rollandben:
Thankfully, but this one you shared now is going to last for how many days oo

EVERY DAY, until at least the lockdown is lifted...

EKO ONI BAJE!!
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Beedude:
Oga this is rubbish. I am a fan of Sanwoolu. But this is outright rubbish . Its better to do nothing than this rubbish

Those recipients voting with their feet do not think it's rubbish...
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Kobicove:
How can they be sharing food in Ikoyi when the real hungry people are in Ajegunle, Abule Egba, Igando etc

It is in ALL of the 57 LCDAs in Lagos...
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peterjulius00:
This is not what we need! The government should be very sincere with them self

EVERYONE needs food...
You have to be alive to do anything else.
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Lanrelagboi:
www.nairaland.com/attachments/11396407_img20200420wa0043_jpeg088d5847798e7ae70794a8e24652cbf8

Way too much idle testosterone in Lagos...
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Lush100:
Toor,
I don comot my hand for Nigeria matter oh.
The way leaders think in this country.

Nigeria people sorry oh.
Take your "Pele"tive.

Lamanii22:
Why can't they just share money... I don't like the idea of sharing cooked food at all... Doesn't make sense... If they share the money, citizens would know how to shop for what would last them for another two weeks or more if they eat decently... Even the so called raw food didn't reach my area and lots of old people live here... Living in Nigeria is depressing honestly.... We would all survive regardless..

lozanni:
Exactly my thoughts too.
Is the govt. going to distribute food this way everyday?
What they need is assorted raw food which will last their families at least a week.

Hoodbilonia:
Nigeria is cursed
Nt even a bag of rice,beana,yam,etc
God cursed us

Not mutually-exclusive...

Lagos is distributing rice, beans, water, etc.
And in addition feeding people, will also do cash transfers.

EKO ONI BAJE!!
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Simplyleo:
What kind of rubbish is this?

Cooked food in take-away as a palliative?

What happens to giving out some quantity of raw food items, no matter how small?

Na those agbaya wey queue dey vex me pas. The clowns are even trying yo be organised by practicing social distancing so they wont miss one plate of food.

It's called a FOOD KITCHEN (not a 'palliative')!

EKO ONI BAJE!!!
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MainJoe:
So you then what me to celebrate a performance 100 times worse. That is the definition of irony.

Strawman Argument 101...

Dude, the "celebration" is entirely a figment of your imagination...
Meanwhile, the real irony your celebration of a country with almost 43,000 deaths (RIP) and counting. SMH
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MainJoe:
Ironic you can state that America that have tested over 2.5 million people are not testing enough but praise Nigeria for testing under 10,000 people. Like how do you justify such mediocrity.

So the US has successfully “curtailed the spread” of Covid-19...
It would be rather ironic if you have a comprehension issue since that would be mediocre.
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Seenyo:
bullcrap!...if lawmakers are the first to break same laws, damn government!

Here are apparently more lawmakers...

https://149366101.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Unrepantant-rule-breaker-indisciminately-urinating-outdoor-despite-the-sign-in-Ketu-Lagos-e1565445866916.jpg

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MainJoe:
You can gladly confirm that other countries need to do more but you want me to celebrate us doing far worse than these countries. Please, I am not used to celebrating mediocrity.

Rather ironic, given the mediocrity of your Strawman Argument...
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Seenyo:
bullcrap!...if lawmakers are the first to break same laws, damn government!

Apparently, pic below are your “lawmakers” stuck on Third Mainland this morning...
I will continue to be brutally honest with Nigerians - the governed are just as lawless as the government.

iwaeda:
www.nairaland.com/attachments/11392520_img20200420093155_jpeg58474b9be2603778326e9f1d8bb5827a

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BreconHills:
Your indignation is laudable however it is not factual. The UCL infectious diseases centre in London is located in Gower street, bang in the middle of a very busy area of london frequented by tourists and university students. I know because I went to university there. Even if an infectious disease centre is located in sambisa, people still have to get there. No infectious disease centre can control what happens outside its gate, what they can control are the processes that minimize infection including pickup, testing admission processing, treatment, visitation ( almost zero) convalescence and discharge and post discharge care.

This drum you are beaten is broken but you will bang it anyway. Goodluck. Enjoy.

Spot on!
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MainJoe:
The ramp up means nothing because we are still not testing enough to curtail the spread. So I can not celebrate mediocrity like you.

Not even your darling Ghana is testing enough to “curtail the spread”...
Not even the world’s richest-ever country or other advanced countries - US, UK, France, Italy, Spain, etc.

Again, quit blathering on with your childish Strawman Argument...
Nobody is “celebrating” anything. My post merely noted that testing has been ramped-up, leading to a better picture.

PS: Again, if you insist on obdurately regurgitating childish drivel, then have it hoss. Sounds like you enjoy misery. SMH.
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byinks:
You mean PCR ?

Yes, PCR is a form of molecular testing....
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MainJoe:
Are they doing sample testing in other States? That is presently. Laugh and pretend all you want. The incompetency stinks across borders of Nation.

You want me to praise a performance worse than Ghana.

Stuck on Strawman Arguments...

Point was/is (and will continue to be) that Nigeria has ramped-up testing...
It has gone from 0 labs at end-February to 12 labs in mid-April and counting.

It has gone from inability to test for Covid domestically to quadrupled capacity...
It is currently testing more samples daily than it previously did weekly a few weeks ago.

Doing BETTER is ALWAYS a good thing...
Perfection should never be the enemy of the good.
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byinks:
Exactly, a lot are also false positives

There are NOT false positives...
You do not get false positives with molecular testing.
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MainJoe:
Continue talking past when presently, our actions are still too slow. Have the NCDC thought about doing sample tests in other States to check if there is a growing spread when it is proven that lots of spread come from asymptomatic carriers?

They want to wait for symptoms and you want me to clap for their mediocrity.

Dude, even the world’s richest-ever nation (US) cannot afford to do “random”...
In the midst of a public health emergency and pandemic, the smart play is to PRIORITIZE scarce resources to where most needed.
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MainJoe:
Ghana carried out 68,591 tests. Maybe you think the excuses you are trying to make are relevant. They are not because our neighbour has showed more seriousness than us.

Why stop at Ghana? Why not add the UK and even the US? South Korea perhaps?! SMH

Point is that we are ramping up from a very low (in fact, non-existent) base, and that’s a GOOD thing...
There’s a well-worn saying that doing BETTER is ALWAYS a good thing, and perfection should never be the enemy of the good.

Anyway, this has become an increasingly tedious rigmarole...
If you are determined to remain CHAINED to the past, feel free to have at it Hoss. Time to move on to more productive discourse.
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TheGoodJoe:
Which right direction? With the very slow pace? Why did it take so long to set up centres? While other nations were equipping and testing, these guys were joking and sitting on it.

I am talking about the present that we are not testing enough. Not the past. We need to channel all resources to fight these virus. What the heck are they doing with the N15 Billion released by the Presidency for the tackle of Covid-19?

What “slow pace” abegi...
From 0 to 12 labs (and counting) in about 6 weeks?

You seem to think testing labs are like setting up beer parlors...
How many scientists and lab technicians did you train in molecular testing? SMH
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Openbusiness:
Oga if the people are dying then the government is dying. RULE #1 THE PEOPLE make the country, and not the country that makes the people. RULE #2 POLITICS 101 WITHOUT THE PEOPLE THERE CAN BE NO GOVERNMENT, But without the government people can still exist. THE PEOPLE ARE THE LIFE BLOOD OF GOVERNMENT! Only A STUPID GOVERNMENT will sit idly by and watch its people die by the thousands because WHEN THE PEOPLE DIE BY THE THOUSANDS JUST KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT IN POWER IS ALREADY DEAD. Either 2 things will happen: NO GOVERNMENT (Anarchy) or NEW GOVERNMENT! EITHER WAY the current government is a goner. Why do you think Trump is running down the clock 24/7 giving Americans $1200 each, asking congress for $250 billion for businesses affected etc. Because he will be a GONER by November elections if the people die in thousands like they are doing and the government is as little as PERCEIVED to be INEFFECTIVE in meeting their needs and handling the situation. Same thing in Europe. Just wait and see. If APC won't be finished politically dead and buried if this COVID-19 kills thousands of Nigerians. Let's see whether APC won't lose Lagos election for the first time in 20 years when Lagosians start dying like chickens. They lose the power, they lose the privileges that come with the power and their political empire will evaporate right before their eyes. THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST VALUABLE ASSET AND POWER IN ANY COUNTRY IS THE PEOPLE.

Meanwhile, thanks for regurgitating the obvious...
https://www.nairaland.com/5797392/did-imf-exclude-nigeria-25/2#88519351

9jaRealist:
NIGERIA IS A POOR NATION...
But both the leaders and led continue to delude themselves that we're rich.

Nigeria's best "riches" are human beings...
Unfortunately we fail to adequately add value to it - and many 'developed' run away!
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9jaRealist:
Natural resources means little or NOTHING unless properly harnessed and value-added...
The folks making real money and deriving meaningful riches from your Zamfara gold are the refiners abroad.

Those “natural resources” will remain sub-optimal until Nigeria fully/adequately develops its HUMAN resources...
When Nigeria adequately develops its human resources, they’ll be able to add value to natural resources - and create WEALTH for Nigeria.
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#TakeResponsibility
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TheGoodJoe:
All those is long story. South Africa has done over 110,000 tests and we have done only about 10,000. Yet we are giving excuses.

Our first test was done in South Africa...
Now we have moved from about 100 (or less) tests daily to between 1,500 and 2000 - and building.

We are moving in the RIGHT direction...
So you can stay a PRISONER of the past or concentrate on making your present/future much better.
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Openbusiness:
Oga if the people are dying then the government is dying. RULE #1 THE PEOPLE make the country, and not the country that makes the people. RULE #2 POLITICS 101 WITHOUT THE PEOPLE THERE CAN BE NO GOVERNMENT, But without the government people can still exist. THE PEOPLE ARE THE LIFE BLOOD OF GOVERNMENT! Only A STUPID GOVERNMENT will sit idly by and watch its people die by the thousands because WHEN THE PEOPLE DIE BY THE THOUSANDS JUST KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT IN POWER IS ALREADY DEAD. Either 2 things will happen: NO GOVERNMENT (Anarchy) or NEW GOVERNMENT! EITHER WAY the current government is a goner. Why do you think Trump is running down the clock 24/7 giving Americans $1200 each, asking congress for $250 billion for businesses affected etc. Because he will be a GONER by November elections if the people die in thousands like they are doing and the government is as little as PERCEIVED to be INEFFECTIVE in meeting their needs and handling the situation. Same thing in Europe. Just wait and see. If APC won't be finished politically dead and buried if this COVID-19 kills thousands of Nigerians. Let's see whether APC won't lose Lagos election for the first time in 20 years when Lagosians start dying like chickens. They lose the power, they lose the privileges that come with the power and their political empire will evaporate right before their eyes. THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST VALUABLE ASSET AND POWER IN ANY COUNTRY IS THE PEOPLE.

Again, do not really bother with pedantic dissertations, particular when they merely amount to a Strawman Argument...
But since I caught sight of Dotard Trump somewhere in your post, shocking you’re not demanding his removal as US deaths surpasses all others.
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Holaomoakin:
Why we kept on having figures like this from Lagos i.e spikes is because each time government relaxes lockdown,, 'we don't care anymore!' now government had started planning another for CEOs then there comes the spike, residents should help the government now because no one knows the last person that will test positive in Lagos yet.

We don’t know for sure if this is a substantive ‘spike’ (as opposed to simply more numbers due to more testing)...
Until Friday, when we see the number of tests relative to positives, we might actually be flattening (or even bending) the infection curve.
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TheGoodJoe:
The question is, why did they wait too long to ramp up the test and why are they not taking massive action to increase testing capabilities in other countries.

Even the current rate of testing is not enough if we consider how deadly this virus is around the World. We need to act faster in a very large capacity.

Covid-19 testing is NOT like going into your neighborhood pharmacy and buying a pregnancy test...

Not only do you have to set up molecular labs (because it’s been the only reliable test thus far)...
But you have to properly train personnel and buy the necessary reagents - which are in short supply because EVERYONE wants it.
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