₦airaland Forum

Ofodirinwa:
This is what I mean, no matter what igbo do what someone else is doing = better. This is a general trait with africans. You have a good thing, rather than advance it you want to drop it and grab another based on nothing but trying to exaggerate to prove a point.

So there are limits to how much I can have this discussion. For example, does the SE lack 'big business' and had big business created more wealthy and middle class ppl in Nigerian than the 10x10 shops you're insulting but don't have the discipline courage or blessing to run and maintain.

In you're own life who has created more millionaires, Glo or Alaba?

Economic complexity is not buying and selling like Alaba. Its manufacturing, engineering, sophisticated retail. GLO does 700 billion in revenue a year. They hire engineers, accountants, marketers, a wide array of professionals. Alaba is traders and sales girls and boys.

The SE has let its self down by playing to the Alaba model of economic activity. Primitive retailing. But there cannot be a high street when people are selling in barrows or in primitive 10x10 shops. It's why university graduates flee the region in droves.

Do the economic calculation of modern vs primitive. A properly designed retail outlet requires cement, paint, furniture, electricity, computers, TV, cleaners, trained staff with uniforms, signage. A wheelbarrow requires only a wheelbarrow.

You say that Anambra has nice houses in rural areas. Why didn't their owners build just basic huts with no electricity, electrical fixtures, interlocking stones, fancy gates etc. Is a house not a house?

If SE want better cities its not going to come from primitive markets as the centre of activity. It requires properly managed business districts that draw in sophisticated businesses. Look at the disgraceful state of Zik Avenue with Eke Awka, Eastern mass all turning it to agbero haven.

Ofodirinwa:
Strongly disagree with this. If we're not being hyperbolic (which we tend to be anyways), the level of development in SE Nigeria is highest in Africa across that wide an area. There are pockets that surpass it but all of those pockets are cities. You will not find anywhere in Africa where this many people are in this condition. We are not where we want to be, but we have done things that are not done anywhere else on the continent. Developing one area doesn't work. It leads to sluming and wealth disaparity. Nigeria cannot handle wealth imbalance because the rich people will inevitably take their wealth and leave as has been the case for decades.

A rich man from Osun who makes his money in Lagos will send his children to the UK. Osun will not be a part of his life plan because the development in the SW is in Lagos. Why we want that for ourselves is beyond me. Meanwhile, Igbos have loyalty to their hometown and if we lose that, we lose everything.

We have developed a model that is working but the grass will perpetually be greener in many of our brains. That is why boys are dying to sneak into Congo as we speak.

Which model is working? No South East city matches little Blantyre in Malawi nobody hears of or Gabarone in Botswana. SE cities are either civil service towns or primitive trading hovels that don't scale beyond 10x10 shops. The oyibos we like to copy don't allow everybody to trade so that big businesses get built. For us we believe small is mighty.

NwekereNdoki:
That is where you are making a mistake. We can't develop SE/Anambra by scattering development here and there.

Concentrated development gets effective results to result in the most shortest time. If everyone develops their village, it will take decades for SE to develop. That is where we get it wrong.

Don't mind them. You know how advanced a civilization is from their city. Not village mentality anambra governors take to build roads few vehicles use.

Landmack:
Bullshit

Josef Bassey prolly ran from Crossriver,a state known for its high taxation to Anambra (a home for all..including miscreants and armrobbers,a home where anybody can come and do anyhow,a home where they tell govt how to run the state).
The commissioner is too docile. Soludo should relieve her of that duty if she’s clueless.
Everyday we read on the news riders on rampage protesting. Sxx he had better handle the situation before some miscreants turn the protest to something else (exactly what they’ve been hoping for).

If Soludo has given an order for the disappearance of agberos on the streets of Anambra,I still wonder why those urchins are still on the road. Is Soludo lacking balls to finish what he’s started? Why give an executive order and have it disobeyed by miscreants?
Why give an exec order and still have those thieves boldly on the roads than ever before?


Who are those still engineering these touts to keep standing on the road?

Look at Keke/Shuttle operators giving condition to government. How weak can you be as a governor when they are giving you condition? But they see that all his pronouncements have no backbone. He told touts to get off the street, they stayed away for 2 weeks went back and nothing happened. He told street traders to stop trading on the street, they stopped for a few days, went back and nothing happened.

This is what is known as a lame duck. A dog with a broken leg. All bark. No bite.

Soludo should man up. The solution is very simple. Send vigilante people around and pick up those touts. Take them straight to the nearest police station. Jail them for three days. Every day take them out of cell, chain their legs, put uniform that says "no more touting", take them to the dirtiest gutter and let them clear out the dirt from the gutter. After the three days, get their identification and take video of them promising not to engage in touting again otherwise they will be jailed for a longer period.

For the Street traders who see the frontage of markets as shopping space. The solution is simple. Do what Obi did to them. Send Vigilantes with a truck to seize their goods. Identify who they are. After one week release their goods after they pay 5,000 naira fine with a warning. Second time offenders, seize their goods and share it to government workers. When you are done you will not see one barrow in front of Eke Awka or Ochanja.

For the Keke/Shuttle boys have a traffic management team. Keke/Shuttle's driving badly fine N1,000. Keke/Shuttle parking illegally fine N3,000. The traffic management authority should share the fines 50:50 with the state government. Every Keke/Shuttle should be registered within a local government, drivers must have a driver's license, undergo Anambra road traffic test and have their vehicles certified every year. Those driving keke/shuttle illegally without license should have their vehicles impounded and be heavily fined.

abuzz33:
Fulfil Your Promise By Removing Touts Or Forget N15,000 Tax – Anambra Motorcyclists Tell Governor Soludo
September 23, 2022
NEWS
The motorcyclists and tricycle drivers, who have been protesting in Awka since Thursday lamented that the burden of taxation and exploitation was too much for them to bear.

Commercial motorcyclists and tricycle operators popularly known as Keke Napep riders in Awka, Anambra State capital have called on the state Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, to fulfill his promise of getting rid of touts or forget about the N15,000 monthly tax imposed on them.

The motorcyclists and tricycle drivers, who have been protesting in Awka since Thursday lamented that the burden of taxation and exploitation was too much for them to bear, saying they could no longer afford hire purchase tricycles given to them.

Recall that the state government had asked Keke Napep riders across the state to pay N15,000 tax per month, promising to end illegal revenue collection by getting rid of touts and illegal tax collectors.

But speaking with SaharaReporters on Friday at the popular Arroma Roundabout at the heart of Awka, some of the protesting Keke Napep riders said that the state government had unleashed its tax on them for the implementation of the N15,000 levy while they still paid touts at every terminal.

The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions including “Soludo: Solution please help us solve this payment out because is too much for Keke drivers”, “Soludo please help us. The money is too much for us to be paying”, “Say no to N15,000”, “We no go pay”.

One of the protesters who identified himself as Joseph Bassey said, “We don’t need Agberos (touts). What we are saying is that Soludo asked us to pay N15,000 monthly for each Keke rider but the N15,000 is too much for us to pay for each person per month. At least N5,000 is okay for us.

“Since April, the governor asked us not to pay any money again to agberos but since then till now we are still paying them money. In fact, we have paid N500 to agberos this morning. How will it be easy for us to be paying the government N15,000 and still be paying agberos N500 every day?”

Another protester who refused to mention his name pointed out that particularly in the Ifite axis of the city, “We pay N1500 and stop at Book Foundation and we will not even reach the school gate. If we pass the Book Foundation, another set of agberos are there collecting N7000. What is the essence of paying the government N15,000 and still be paying agberos?

“Every day, we pay N1500 from Arroma Roundabout to Book Foundation, paying for Government House N600, while every Friday is N800. Who loses, the government or we? How much do we make a day? It is either the government stops agberos, then we can pay the money because the summation of the money we pay to the government and the agberos, it is about N35,000 per month.”

They alleged that their supposed leaders were the ones fueling the forceful implementation of the N15,000 levy by the government, adding that Thursday, some government tax force raided their park and took some of their colleagues to police station for failure to pay the levy.

Bassey said that they have tried to explain to the government officials that they are still finding it difficult to register their Keke with the government but to no avail.

“I have gone to the Government House several times but the registration kept showing invalid OTP (One Time Password) and it is not only me. Even the people who came to harass us yesterday, we tried to explain to them that the government has not rectified the registration issues we have been complaining about but they refused to listen.”

According to them, “agbero is the problem of the Keke riders and as for now, we don’t have any union or government. We are on our own.”

SaharaReporters’ efforts to get the state Commissioner for Transportation, Patricia Igwebuike, to comment on the matter failed as she did not answer calls made to her phone number nor reply to a text message sent to her.

Meanwhile, the aggrieved protesters have vowed to sustain the protest until the government attended to their demand.

Patricia Igwebuike is turning out to be the worst Commissioner that cannot control simple transport sector.

https://www.lawrevision2019.an.gov.ng/patricia-ifeoma-igwebuike-esq.html

They are talking tax when what you see on ground are thousands of lawless young men driving like mad people in the name of keke and shuttle, obstructing roads, congesting junctions. Very disorganized set of people. Mrs Igwebuike doesnt know what she is doing and it shows.

You will not see this madness in Abakaliki or Enugu or many cities across Nigeria. But Anambra is now chaos defined and like rats in a sewer, touts, thieves are flooding into Anambra.

Fulfil Your Promise By Removing Touts Or Forget N15,000 Tax – Anambra Motorcyclists Tell Governor Soludo
September 23, 2022
NEWS
The motorcyclists and tricycle drivers, who have been protesting in Awka since Thursday lamented that the burden of taxation and exploitation was too much for them to bear.

Commercial motorcyclists and tricycle operators popularly known as Keke Napep riders in Awka, Anambra State capital have called on the state Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, to fulfill his promise of getting rid of touts or forget about the N15,000 monthly tax imposed on them.

The motorcyclists and tricycle drivers, who have been protesting in Awka since Thursday lamented that the burden of taxation and exploitation was too much for them to bear, saying they could no longer afford hire purchase tricycles given to them.

Recall that the state government had asked Keke Napep riders across the state to pay N15,000 tax per month, promising to end illegal revenue collection by getting rid of touts and illegal tax collectors.

But speaking with SaharaReporters on Friday at the popular Arroma Roundabout at the heart of Awka, some of the protesting Keke Napep riders said that the state government had unleashed its tax on them for the implementation of the N15,000 levy while they still paid touts at every terminal.

The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions including “Soludo: Solution please help us solve this payment out because is too much for Keke drivers”, “Soludo please help us. The money is too much for us to be paying”, “Say no to N15,000”, “We no go pay”.

One of the protesters who identified himself as Joseph Bassey said, “We don’t need Agberos (touts). What we are saying is that Soludo asked us to pay N15,000 monthly for each Keke rider but the N15,000 is too much for us to pay for each person per month. At least N5,000 is okay for us.

“Since April, the governor asked us not to pay any money again to agberos but since then till now we are still paying them money. In fact, we have paid N500 to agberos this morning. How will it be easy for us to be paying the government N15,000 and still be paying agberos N500 every day?”

Another protester who refused to mention his name pointed out that particularly in the Ifite axis of the city, “We pay N1500 and stop at Book Foundation and we will not even reach the school gate. If we pass the Book Foundation, another set of agberos are there collecting N7000. What is the essence of paying the government N15,000 and still be paying agberos?

“Every day, we pay N1500 from Arroma Roundabout to Book Foundation, paying for Government House N600, while every Friday is N800. Who loses, the government or we? How much do we make a day? It is either the government stops agberos, then we can pay the money because the summation of the money we pay to the government and the agberos, it is about N35,000 per month.”

They alleged that their supposed leaders were the ones fueling the forceful implementation of the N15,000 levy by the government, adding that Thursday, some government tax force raided their park and took some of their colleagues to police station for failure to pay the levy.

Bassey said that they have tried to explain to the government officials that they are still finding it difficult to register their Keke with the government but to no avail.

“I have gone to the Government House several times but the registration kept showing invalid OTP (One Time Password) and it is not only me. Even the people who came to harass us yesterday, we tried to explain to them that the government has not rectified the registration issues we have been complaining about but they refused to listen.”

According to them, “agbero is the problem of the Keke riders and as for now, we don’t have any union or government. We are on our own.”

SaharaReporters’ efforts to get the state Commissioner for Transportation, Patricia Igwebuike, to comment on the matter failed as she did not answer calls made to her phone number nor reply to a text message sent to her.

Meanwhile, the aggrieved protesters have vowed to sustain the protest until the government attended to their demand.

Ethiopian Airlines is a well managed outfit. The JV will be the same way MTN came to Nigeria as an average company and became a major player in Africa.

A Nigerian airline with ET as operator will make it easy for Nigerians to fly London - Lagos - Enugu or New York - Lagos - Enugu than flying all the way to Ethiopia and back.

Ceegar01:
ICC was a waste of money according to some people, all I know is that Willie worked!!

The ICC was a great project. Fashion Show is a start. Let us see more important events like Building Materials Convention, etc.

Nzam Road that has collapsed even after federal government tried to build it? A place with excess water? Waste of money.

Omanambala:
Remember the airport and ICC were projects Obiano built with the liquidated stocks not just the ICC. Obiano doesn't have much to his name without the funds he "stole" from the children of the state.

Obiano was an empty and loud fella who bragged about how he would turn Anambra to Dubai without any clear plan. pathetic!

The difference between Obiano and Rochas Okorocha is that Peter Obi saved money and Anambra people cant be messed with.

Obiano and his cabal looted from the usual. Inflated Road, Bridge, flyover and airport. The flyovers in Awka cost 15 billion naira. Can you imagine? From 1 billion it was estimated under Obi. 15 billion was almost $100 million dollars. Then his oil rig bridges and adjoining roads at Aguleri Uno cost 20 billion. Then he was allocating 13 billion every year to the office of the governor which he used to fly chartered jets and hire over 100 special advisors whom he lodged at Trigpoint Hotel.

Obiano was extremely wasteful. The airport and ICC cost well over 60 billion some of whose cost Soludo is saddled with.

Omanambala:
Soludo might just be the messiah we are waiting for and the only good thing Obiano achieved.

Touts are attracted to places where there is excessive illegal commercial activity. They operate in Anambra because there are way too many keke vehicles, shuttles, buses all driving insanely, parking illegally. You can never see touts enter bus parks or inside markets. They operate on the fringes. The state government should focus on regulating transport and markets and getting rid of the lawless behavior of keke, shuttle and buses loading on the side of roads or people selling inside barrow or shacks outside markets.

Markets should have parking places for buses within their walls. Keke and shuttle should be banned from plying main roads of (Onitsha/Awka) and expressways. Limit them to neighbourhoods or university area. Only 12 seater buses should ply main roads and be provided with bus stops.

All those barrow hawkers that line up outside markets or sell on top of pavements should be removed and relocated to walled in spaces for evening or sunday markets like what you see in Lagos. Get them off the roads completely.

NwekereNdoki:
This market is heavily due for remodelling. Soludo can patner with Private sector to remodelling rebuilt a better main market.

The problem with all markets in Nigeria is overcrowding. The government needs to regulate the market and remove all the attachments and new buildings built on parking lots and curbs. Create new markets elsewhere.

About soil types, when Soludo is ready to build roads he should do proper soil stabilisation with cement on the sub base not using laterite before pouring asphalt because a lot of the soils in Anambra have poor load bearing characteristics and need to be reinforced. They should also relocate all markets out of cities because those trailers contribute to destruction of roads.

Soil-Cement Stabilization For Road Pavement Using Soils Obtained From Agu-Awka In Anambra State

O. OkonkwoV.
Published 2015

This work was carried out to determine the effectiveness of soil-cement stabilization for road pavement construction using soils gotten from Agu-Awka, Awka,

Anambra State. Tests were carried out on the soil sample which includes the Atterberg limit tests, particle size distribution analysis; compaction test using the West African Standard mould compaction test and the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test. Based on the tests carried out on the soil, the sample was found to belong to the A-2-6 subgroup of A-2 group of the AASHTO soil classification system. It is required that a minimum California bearing ratio which should not be below 80%, 30% and 10% be met for base, sub-base and subgrade materials respectively. From the California bearing ratio (CBR) test carried out on the soil sample, the CBR value for the soil sample was found to be 15%, which was adequate for subgrade materials but not adequate for sub-base materials and thus, the soil sample had to be stabilized. After stabilizing the soil sample by the addition of cement, CBR values of 27%, 33%, 50%, 86%, 111%, and 122% were obtained for percentages of cement added at 5.0%, 5.5%, 6.0%, 6.5%, 7.0% and 7.5% respectively. The minimum percentage of cement added to the non-stabilized soil in order to attain the minimum CBR value requirement for sub-base materials and base course materials were 5.36% and 6.48%. The result met AASHTO standard specifications and set a minimum benchmark that applies to the soil tested.

[quote author= post=116229302]Awka Millennium City update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTCXYGOA_rs[/quote]A wonderful estate. I see a lot of water lying around on the surfaces showing high clay content of the soil. I hope that the roads are well built and the drainage is top notch.

Landmack:
Soludo is beginning to relax. Things are becoming abnormal again. I learned EkeAwka after it’s initial gragra is back to its squalid state..indiscriminate dumping of refuse,disregard for traffic,street trading and what have u.

He should look at the ATMA and market people that collect money from all those barrows and look the other way. If you want to stop those idiots in front of eke awka Ngonadi should shut down the market until the market leaders banish those hawkers for good. Let them take responsibility.

After all how can someone paying 20k per month for shop plus waste levies selling beans inside the market lose business to someone whose only plan is to buy barrow fill it with beans and sit at the entrance and only pay 200 naira a day while messing up the road.

Go and rent shop of 50k elsewhere they will not do. Its only to ride on the back of someone's success.

Someone will be selling phone cases and gadgets in shops with light, AC, staff, a hawker will carry barrow load it with phone cases and destroy that man's business. Go rent shop in another part of Awka and look for customer the hard way. They will not do.

PROUDIGBO:
Let's showcase some highbrow areas of Port Harcourt with a view to seeing if there are a few takeaways we can use to improve our major cities in the south-east....Enugu, Abakaliki, Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi, Owerri, Umuahia and Aba.

One thing i've noticed by watching these YouTube clips or Port' is the necessity for our cities to incorporate underground/covered drainages and sidewalks. As well as giving the city a nice and scenic ambience, they also help in eliminating the dumping/gathering of refuse in gutters. Going forward, our cities in the south-east need to incorporate underground drainages and sidewalks in urban development.

Notice also the well maintained greenery and trees.....which Port Harcourt has always been known for, hence earning the tag, Garden City! Besides looking nice, trees help cool down the streets they line as well as help mop up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Owerri and Aba have similar rainforest climates like Port', but what they lack is commitment from their gov'ts to do thr needful. Where you do see greenery in these cities...especially Owerri, they're usually overgrown and lack maintainance. Just check recent clips of Owerri and Aba to see what i'm talking about.

Also, notice how the streets of Port' are swept of sand/sediment/rubbish and marked as well. This shows a presence of gov't and enforcement of sanitation initiatives and rules. Coming over to the south-east, our state capitals are trying a bit in this regard, but any discernable effort tends to concentrate mainly in just small parts of the city.

Also, i noticed there's less clutter and illegal structures on the streets shown in the clips when compared to streets in cities in the south-east. What you see in old GRA, Port Harcourt is well swept and marked roads...then the sidewalks with street/traffic lights....then well trimmed carpet grass....then the perimeter walls of properties! This is how low-density highbrow areas should look like! Only Enugu tries to replicate this in Independence Layout!

Or course, Rivers state has an advantage over states in the south-east in that they have a much larger allocation from the federation account, and only have one city they focus on, while states like Anambra and Abia have three and two respectively! However, states like Anambra have a lot going for them with which they could use to make up for their comparative low position in federal allocation, and this is their wealthy and massive diasporan business, academic and professional class! But even more than this, they have a family spirit that could help pool resources together and drive a common developmental initiative! Rivers doesn't have this family spirit....and even if they do, it's certainly not as strong and cohesive as that of Anambra. Other south-east states, to varying degrees, also have this disapora and cohesiveness which could help drive development in their states, and this is where leadership is key! Governor Soludo is on the right track, but more needs to be done by way of taking advantage of the states massive, wealthy and global diaspora...developing financial tools and schemes that could help pool their resources and efforts together to help drive the states economic agenda.

Old and New GRAs, Port Harcourt.
Courtesy Thav TV: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThavTV


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9LD3PG6-kI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bON7ftr8Xf8

PH was not always like this. Wike has done a very good job in bringing infra upto par. Rivers also doesn't allow all sorts if lawless transporters using keke or shuttle to mess the place up. SE wants to compete with Lagos for home for agberos.

Daverytimes:
It's unfortunate that some might see what you wrote and default to calling you names, but you are right. It's shameful that some poverty stricken northern states have better road networks and generally more beautifully kept environments than we do, soludo has his work cut out for him and I hope he delivers.

You have to use a hard hand in Anambra. All those markets spilling over onto roads, All those barrow hawkers making a nuisance of themselves blocking roads. All those people who see sidewalks as market stalls. All those mad youth driving keke like they are driving motorcycle.

Soludo is still giving speeches and setting up committees. Anambra is embracing all the hawkers and illegal traders from everywhere. Home for all. Quality for none. A city should not look like someone's village. It should be neat.

NwekereNdoki:
Lol. .Anuohia. SO in your mind Obiano was responsible??

How many hospitals did Obiano build or renovated? Obiano reaped the good foundation Obi left behind in education (Number 1 2014), in Health, in Infrastructure, in Economy (increased IGR due to profit-yielding investments and support for local industries such as SAB miller, Innoson, Juhel, Neimeth, etc)

Obi built a better health apparatus. Obiano to his credit added more buildings to Amaku and set up the PHC system which was corrupted by the crooks he brought into government.

Soludo better do something about all the lawless markets and all those child hawkers from Ebonyi and other poor states flooding into Anambra.

hammer3x:
PLEASE, SHOW ME WHERE THEY HAVE BUILT A TRAIN BRIDGE IN ANAMBRA STATE?



THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IGBO MEN HAVE IS OVER SABI (SABINUS), U PEOPLE ARE MORE INTERESTED IN ARGUING BLINDLY THAN REASONING TOGETHER.



IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO WORK ABROAD IN A TEAM AND YOU COME WITH THIS YOUR VILLAGE STYLE, YOU WILL BE THE FIRST NAME UP FOR REDUNDANCY, WHEN IT IS TIME.

Look I have worked in the US on big projects. You are posting pictures. Engineering projects like bridges are designed for specic load bearing factors. You do not amend their design by adding another level. The cheapest way to add the train route is doing what they do in US and using steel to build a bridge solely for rail cars.

hammer3x:
INSTEAD OF JUST BUILDING RAILWAY BRIDGE, THEY SHOULD CONVERT IT TO DOUBLE DECKER BRIDGE, SO CARS CAN USE THE TOP OF THE BRIDGE AND TRAINS THE BOTTOM.



THEY CAN MAKE A CABLE STAYED BRIDGE, SUSPENSION OR NORMAL DECK BRIDGE DESIGN AT THE TOP.



OBI, THIS SHOULD BE YOUR PROJECT.

You cannot convert a bridge built with reinforced concrete with specific load bearing to add an upper or lower rail level. The fact is that when Nigeria is serious they will have to construct another bridge that will take the train route across the niger.

ANSMEDIA:
Not that I support this failed administration at the federal level, but I have to be sincere with, there's a walk way for pedestrians. Let's not forget that the road is about 8-lanes, 4-lanes on each direction

It's a 6 lane bridge not 8 lanes.

Ofodirinwa:
Nwanne, it is becoming a serious issue and this is not who we are as a people.
If you notice, all of the anti ESN propaganda has been aimed at Anambra. There is a deliberate attempt by people who know more than you to put a wedge between Anambra ppl and the rest of the SE and the people doing it know that if you used a sweet tongue, the intention will work because Ndiigbo and their self esteem problems. They have identified Anambra as a weak link and if you know the geographical trap that is the SE and how it is designed, you will know why it is important to target Ndi Anambra.

Nigerians struggled in the war to break through what is now called Anambra. They don't want to struggle like that again. I know many ppl on here as small in their thinking but I have seen you posts in the past and know you can process what I'm saying well.

So nonsense like that has nothing to do with who we are as Ndiigbo. Anyi enweghi eze. Gini bu premium state. I si na nke gi bu premium, gwa anyi nke ndi ozo bu?

Anambra is the most populous and most economically important state in the South East. But Anambra governors have to step up. You cannot be calling yourself a key state when Onitsha looks like a primitive hovel disorganized by traders, Awka boasts poor infrastructure for a state capital and Nnewi is a backward series of villages. I am an Anambrarian by the way.

[quote author= post=115810904]The new government house is near federal secretariat and state secretariat, I noticed work have started there they have started bringing building materials, I believe after completion of the project they will dualize the road to link up with Akex Ekweme road[/quote]The new govt house is a better location. Legislature, Secretariat, Court are all there. They should also relocate lands there, ASUDEB and tax office.

stasius:
You are right. Onitsha metropolis and outskirt alone should be over 10million people.
The truth is that our people have apathy to government issues post-war.
An average Anambra person don't believe in government institutions.
That is why you have more private institutions flourishing and doing well here as against govt run facilities.

But we still need to grab that money from the government. Am happy but not satisfied with the turnout of our people during the Continuous voters registration. Even though Anambra is the highest in South East the apathy is still visible because I doubt if that figure is a true representation of our voting strenght. But that is an issue for further investigation.

I still believe we have a lot of grassroot work to do to sensitize our people to make themselves available and seize every opportunity to grab what belongs to us from the Central government, even as we clamour for our ultimate emancipation and control of our regional resources.

Lets deal with facts. No data suggests that Onitsha metropolis is up to 10million. Several data sources show that Anambra has a population much less than states like Kaduna and Kano.

1. The data on mobile subscribers in Nigeria is a rough gauge of the population of states:

https://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/pdfuploads/Telecoms_Sector_Data_%E2%80%93_Q1_2021.pdf

2. NIN Registrations reflects this also and for the pop of states x it by 2 to account for children:

https://nimc.gov.ng/enrolment-dashboard-june-july-2022/

These data suggests Anambra population (both indigene and strangers) is between 4-5 million at best.

Of course Anambrarians living outside is probably at least 2 million.

globemoney01:
and yet when it was time for election you losers where no where to be found?
Obiano went to Agulu and won, Went to Alor and won and won by landslides in those places too. Where were the singers? Even if Anambra is to elect a Governor between the three today Obiano will not only win but win in their households too....

I see why the singers are mad

People vote for party. APGA is the party of ndi Anambra Too bad we elected a drunkard who blew over 1 trillion and did not maintain a single road in Awka, Nnewi or Onitsha.

Revealed: How Obiano govt sold Anambra’s dollar savings
By Our Reporter On Nov 10, 2017
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A crisis is brewing between Anambra State Governor Willy Obiano and opposition parties over the alleged secret sale of the state’s dollar savings in the last three and half years.

The governor, according to sources, has disposed of the cash saved for the state by his predecessor, Mr. Peter Obi. In the last transaction, over N10 billion was realized, according to one documents The Nation stumbled on.

The last transaction was carried out, following a letter of March 17, 2017 by the Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency.

In the letter of authority, its Chief Executive Officer Joe-Billy Ekwunife, directed Afrinvest, the firm appointed by Obiano to manage the savings to carry out the transaction.

The agency directed the firm to execute a partial sale of the Eurobond Portfolio domiciled with two commercial banks to raise N3.7 billion and N6.3 billion.

According to sources, the bonds in one commercial bank that were disposed, following the directive, included 6.75 per cent 28 January 2021 FGN bond with a face value of $30,000 and 6.38 per cent 12 July 2023 FGN bond with a face value of $50,00.

“There are also the 10.5 per cent 19 October bond with a face value of $21,000 and eight percent July 2021 FGN Bond with a face value of $14,000. The FBN bond was sold in two tranches of $9,000 and $5,000. Prior to their sale, the savings had yielded billions of Naira as revealed by the manager,” the source added.

Also, it was disclosed that each time the bonds were sold, the agency directed Afrinvest to credit the money realised into the Anambra State Special Excess Crude Account. It was not immediately clear yesterday if the special account is not under the purview the state’s Accountant-General.

It was learnt that the first sale of the dollars accounted for the disposal of 8.25 per cent of a first generation bank’s bonds from which about $10.2 million was realised. This amounted to about N3 billion, going by the exchange rate at the time. The bond, which was to mature in August 2020, had an annual coupon yield of 8. 25 per cent and it was purchased by another bank at a much discounted rate on December 18, 2015.

Omanambala:
Lmao...ain't no way you are not either drunk or blind. I thought everyone here knows I am an Obi's disciple. What changed


Hehehe...stop being smart by half. You know the monikers Nri-Priest , Odenigboaroli, IDENNAA Omanbala and this current one. Chino knows me very well even on Facebook. You know I am the strongest Anambra boy on this forum. I never shifted grounds and I call a spade a spade without flinching. I call Obiano out where he underperformed and praise him where he did well. I am a uniting figure for Ndi Anambra.

I am also one of the people that promoted the Omanbala website a brother once floated. In fact , I made the name Omanbala popular on this site.

The difference between you and I is that I treat Anambra like a man should safeguard his father's legacy, with love and passion. I will never lie to Ndi Anambra to promote my paymaster.

The gods and ancestors of ani Omanbala are with me because I am a honest man that only want the good of Anambra and her advancement. I am not a very wealthy man but God has blessed me and like Peter Obi I am so grateful to God but I want to see my father's land shine like a morning star.

You cant never deceive God because he sees our heart desires and only he knows what's on your mind. No matter how much you hide and try to deceive Ndi Anambra.

You , Globemoney and your other friends have attacked Obi here for many years but , like Bob Marley said, "he whom God blessed no one can curse".....look at Peter Obi and the blessings of God in his life. Ezi afa ka ego. You wish you had my character....lol

Ride on. Nobody except hungry hyenas and touts mentions Obiano because he was mediocre. Obi on the other hand has made his name. Okwute ndi igbo. Let them land at any event. People will sing for Obi, chant for Ngige but Obiano silence.

Clearly korra and the husband are scamming Nigerians with this make belief divorce drama. People that divorce go to court but nowhere have you seen korra dress up to go to court or meet her lawyers. Then tokumbo daniels appears as the new lover of Justin dean. How possible is it that Justin met tokumbo Daniels who does not live in LA ? Truth is tokumbo is korras friend brought in like her sister nancy to spice things up. And just in case you don't believe she makes a semi naked appearance when he is livestreaming.

Keep sending Facebook money to korra and family.

OreMI22:
Only crooks with zero regards for facts will type the type of rubbish you typed.

Your aim is to irk Obiano to use him in Destroying Obi's ambitions.

While Obiano would have been justified to go gun blazing exposing the assets and liabilities he inherited, he is a decent man that will rather allow bygones be bygone if Obi would learn the art of statesmsnship and forgiveness too.

You are very stupid and deluded. I know both Obi and Obiano not Internet knowledge. From their days at fidelity bank. Obi and Obiano are friends until tommorow. I will criticise both. Obi for his substandard roads and business interest in Hero Breweries and Obiano for his corruption.

But Obiano was a big disappointment because he was given so much. Obi did a lot with little. Old Road, Secretariat, Headbridge to umunya, Harbor Layout Onitsha, New Tarzan flyover, Amaku Hospital. He did first GIS mapping of Anambra, setup ASWAMA, ANIDS.

Omanambala:
You didn't see me compare Anambra to any state in Nigeria and that is for a reason. All the states in Nigeria are in third worlds status. So, stop the comparisons.

Again, airport is good but look at Awka, Nnewi and Onicha. Are you not ashamed you built a mansion in a latrine pit ?

If I were Obiano I would have spend my time cleaning our major cities, planting not less than a billion trees a year , set up an efficient waste management system , invest more in our state University, teaching hospitals, College for teachers, build massive internal roads in Onicha, Nnewi and demolish that disgraceful eke Awka. Airport will come last because we can use the ones from neighboring states.

Take this from a person who has lives in the US for over 15yrs. I am very exposed to good governance.

Obiano mjnus the airport and ICC presided over armed robbery of the Anambra treasury. He sold off all the US bonds Obi bought with Anambra savings. He collected over 40 billion refund from the FGN for the expressway Obi fixed from head Bridge to umunya and the old enugu Road from Nkpor to Awka. He collected FAAC of 90 billion every year for 8 years plus IGR. And his legacy was oil rig bridge, airport, awka flyovers and icc all which cost less than 100 billion in total.

NwekereNdoki:
After Readin this your comment I can only imagine a 13 yr old boy that have access to internet and smartphone. Cause I am sure a matured adult won't spew this.

This is chino the illegitimate child of an aboki. He uses many monikers. He is mentally deranged. Ignore him.