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Politics › Re: Tinubu’s Daughter Officially Installed As Traders’ Leader By The Oba Of Lagos by Aderostock(m): 9:49am On Jun 28, 2013

Desola: It is not derailment when your "sycophant in traning" slimghost has been trying to do exactly the same to Tinubu!

please stop all these! you can see clearly that the people opposing this installation are non-yoruba, who are even calling the Oba of Lagos (non-political entity)all sorts of names. these discussions should be for the yoruba and the yorubas only. ok?

Politics › ‘why Aregbesola Deserves Second Term’ – Osun Chiefs by Aderostock(op): 4:19pm On Jun 24, 2013

Traditional chiefs of Osogbo in Osun State
have said Governor Rauf Aregbesola deserves
a second term because of the infrastructural
projects embarked upon by his
administration.
Speaking at the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo,
Oba Jimoh Olanipekun, on Sunday, the high
chiefs noted that Osogbo, had witnessed
tremendous development.
The second-in-command to the Ataoja, Chief
Gabriel Oparanti, who is the Ajagunna of
Osogbo, said no administration in the state had
touched the lives of citizens as the Aregbesola
administration has done.
He said, "We notice that since the creation of
Osun State in 1991, the state remained largely
and sadly underdeveloped until the emergence
of the government of Rauf Aregbesola in
November 2010.
"The passion, vision and tireless energy with
which the governor has been executing his six-
point integral programme is gradually turning
Osun into a modern, progressive and
economically viable state."
The Ajagunna commended the quality of roads,
drainage channels and schools being constructed
by the state government even as he hailed the
construction of modern markets and distribution
of computer tablets to secondary school
students.

http://m.naij.com/news/38013.html

Politics › PDP Can’t Win 23 States In 2015 – Aregbesola by Aderostock(op): 10:43am On Jun 24, 2013

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola,
has said President Goodluck Jonathan was
merely "bragging" by saying that the Peoples
Democratic Party must win at least 23 states
in 2015 general elections.
Speaking at a quarterly interactive programme
with journalists, Ogbeni Till Daybreak, on Friday,
Aregbesola said the president and PDP were
free to brag.
He said, "They are free to brag; this is the
season of political bragging. Politicians brag
when election is near."
Jonathan spoke at the Wadata Plaza national
headquarters of the PDP in Abuja last Thursday
during the party's 61st National Executive
Committee meeting.
Debunking the rumour by the PDP that he
slapped his deputy, Mrs Titi Laoye-Tomori,
Aregbesola, who said he had never fought in his
life, added that he had never beaten any of his
children.
He said, "A man who beats a woman is sick.
More so, my deputy is older than me. Can an
Omoluabi (virtuous person) beat an elderly
person?
"It is what they (PDP) can do. They thought we
are like them; no, we are not comparable.
Killing and maiming were the orders of the day
when they ruled Osun State."
Aregbesola, who said the Action Congress of
Nigeria will defeat any candidate presented by
the PDP, stressed that the people of Osun could
see the remarkable difference between the ACN
and the PDP.
"The PDP represents no threat at all. We will
defeat anybody they put forward as candidate.
Government exists to relieve the people of their
burder but the PDP exacerbates the problems of
the people," he boasted.
Explaining that occupying the post of governor is
not easy, Aregbesola said, "The State Security
Service officials follow me everywhere; they
follow me to my bedroom, they check the toilet
before I use it. If I want to go and visit my
mother, they will go and check it before my
visit."

http://m.naij.com/news/38014.html

Politics › Re: Tambuwal Has No Regrets For Praising The Opposition by Aderostock(op): 12:51pm On Jun 23, 2013

wow! where are the PDP leglickers? Tambuwal has finished them. I will like to hear from insincere nigeria, tahaqa, lostpope, tomakint, anonimi and the rest 35 laptop dogs

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Politics › Tambuwal Has No Regrets For Praising The Opposition by Aderostock(op): 12:47pm On Jun 23, 2013

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has hit back at his critics within the Peoples Democratic Party who condemned him for showering encomium on Governor Rauf Aregbesola for his performance in Osun State.

Tambuwal, who spoke in Ilawe-Ekiti on Saturday after he was conferred with the chieftaincy title of Bobagunwa by the Alawe of Ilawe, Oba Ajibade Alabi, said he was not the speaker for the PDP alone but for the whole country.

Tambuwal said, “I was criticised for commending Osun State governor’s performance but I will always speak the truth. If somebody is doing well we have to commend such person, whether they are in the PDP, Action Congress of Nigeria or in any party.

“I am not the speaker of a political party. I am the speaker for the whole Nigeria. Governor Kayode Fayemi has also done well and he should continue with the good work.”

The speaker had in Osogbo during the launch of Opon Imo, an initiative of Osun State governor lauded Aregbesola, who is a member of the opposition ACN, for his achievements in the last three years.

The PDP Chairman in the state, Mr. Ganiyu Olaoluwa, had said Tambuwal’s comment was unbecoming of a national leader of the party.

Olaoluwa said the speaker’s comment raised posers as to whether he “is a member of the PDP or a supporter of Aregbesola.”

But the speaker, who said he was undeterred by the criticisms, also lauded Fayemi for his performance in Ekiti State since he assumed office and urged the governor to do more.

Tambuwal has been rumoured to be associating with the opposition raising speculation that he might be suspended by the PDP.

Fayemi, in his speech also described Tambuwal as a great leader who should be emulated by others, adding that his leadership style had stabilised the lower House.

The monarch also hailed Fayemi for his transformation of the state, saying the state had not witnessed such transformation before.

He, however, appealed to the governor to fast-track his plan to build a hospital in the town.

Alabi said, “We thank the state government for the plans to build a modern hospital and a housing estate in Ilawe-Ekiti. It is our hope that work will commence in earnest at the sites already given by the community for the projects.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/i-have-no-regret-praising-opposition-tambuwal/

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Politics › 2015 Campaign: APC Wants INEC To Sanction Jonathan’s Wife by Aderostock(op): 12:33pm On Jun 23, 2013

The All Progressives Congress, the umbrella of major opposition political parties, on Friday asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to investigate media reports that stated that the wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, campaigned for her husband's re-election during her visit to Rivers State, and sanction her appropriately.

Several media reports on Tuesday, quoted the President's wife as asking the people of Obio Akpor Local Government Area of the state to support President Goodluck Jonathan when he seeks re-election in 2015.

This, APC noted, occurred less than two weeks after INEC warned politicians against starting campaign ahead of the 2015 general elections.

The spokesmen for the Action Congress of Nigeria and the Congress for Progressive Change, the two leading parties in APC, Mr. Lai Mohammed and Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, respectively told SUNDAY PUNCH that INEC had no moral right to sanction any other person, if it failed to sanction Mrs. Jonathan, and others who had started drumming up support for the President.

Mohammed said, "If it is true that Mrs. Patience Jonathan has started campaigning for her husband, then INEC's attention should be drawn to that because just two weeks ago, INEC warned against campaigning of any kind. If INEC does not sanction her for campaigning, then it will lose every moral right to sanction any other person who starts campaigning."

Similarly, Fashakin said the action of the President's wife was a display of the culture of impunity, which he said had characterised the Jonathan administration.

He said, "The bane of our society is the culture of impunity that has become very pervasive. It has become even worse under Jonathan than any other time in the country's history. That is the kind of thing you would see. The fact is that Jonathan has brought down the level of leadership in the country. We have not had it this low.

"Past Nigerian leaders, both military and civilian, were able to keep their spouses in check, but we have not seen that under President Jonathan. If the Jonathan administration prodded INEC to give the warning against campaign, and the same administration has gone on to flout the warning; then there is a problem."

Fashakin said the APC expected INEC to analyse Mrs. Jonathan's comments and if found to be open campaign, appropriate sanction should be applied.

He said, "We believe INEC should have monitors. INEC is the regulator of the political parties. It is to regulate the conduct of political parties. If it does not have a mechanism to monitor this kind of thing and give sanctions appropriately, then it should close shop. It is not for us to tell the regulator its job.

"The President's wife's speech was well reported. So, if anything in that speech constitutes open campaign for the President, and since it's not yet time for politicking, then it's an infraction of a subsisting regulation and it is anctionable. INEC should know what to do."

Also, a former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, on Monday said he and some groups decided to start campaigning for President Goodluck Jonathan's re-election in 2015 despite his directive to the contrary because of the disposition of those opposed to the President's second coming.

Clark said the position of his group, which was formed in August 2010, was that all Nigerians were equal, irrespective of which side of the country they hailed from.

In its reaction, the Presidency on Friday said it was wrong to describe the mobilisation of support currently being done by wife of the President as campaign ahead of the 2015 elections.

Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Dr. Ahmed Gulak, made the Presidency's position known in a telephone interview with one of our correspondents.

Gulak said what Mrs. Jonathan was doing was to mobilise support for President Goodluck Jonathan in order for him to continue to deliver on his agenda for national transformation.

This, he explained, did not translate into campaigning for the 2015 elections.

He said, "What the woman is doing is to ask citizens of Nigeria to support the President because he actually needs their support.

"The President is revamping the railway; he is tackling insecurity; he is tackling power problem; he is constructing roads and bridges. In all these, he needs the support of the citizens to succeed. He cannot do it alone.

"What we have been saying and what the First Lady is saying is that Nigerians should give the President their support. That does not mean we are campaigning."

Apparently concerned with the campaigns that had started for his reelection, Jonathan, during the 61st National Executive Council meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja on Thursday, advised his party leaders against defying the INEC's ban on any form of politicking for now

Section 99 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as Amended) states that, "For the purpose of this Act, the period of campaigning in public by every political party shall commence 90 days before polling day and end 24 hours prior to that day."

When contacted the spokesman for the chairman of INEC, Mr. Kayode Idowu, told one of our correspondents to give him some time to confirm the media reports before responding.

However, he did not answer subsequent phone calls and did not reply to a text message sent to his mobile phone as of press time.

http://m.naij.com/news/37969.html

Politics › Re: Fashola's Schools And Roads by Aderostock(m): 7:01pm On Jun 22, 2013

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola
(SAN), Thursday commissioned a total of 103
new and rehabilitated classrooms at the Ikeja
Military Cantonment and Agidingbi Grammar
School with a plea to parents and guardians in
the State to get involved in the education of
their children.
Eighty-two of the commissioned classrooms,
encapsulated in eight blocks, were
rehabilitated and renovated blocks of
classrooms which were destroyed in 2002 by a
bomb disaster at the Ikeja Cantonment while
the remaining 21 classrooms comprising a
single block were commissioned at the
Agidingbi Grammar School in Ojodu LCDA.
In his address at the two events, Governor
Fashola told parents and guardians, “The
education of children is a necessary obligation
of parenting. It is not enough to leave it to
teachers alone. It is also not enough to
provide uniform, food and materials. You
must invest your time. You are the mirror
through which your children see life”.
“Please help them with their homework, visit
their schools without notice and see what
they are doing and what condition it is being
done”, the Governor pleaded adding, “If you
invest your time in their education, it will be
clear to them that you take it seriously and I
am certain that they will take it seriously”.
Governor Fashola said the commissioning of
the model classroom blocks was a
demonstration of his administration’s resolve
to implement its belief that people are its
greatest resource and asset pointing out that
every investment made in people “is an
investment for the future”.
“It is an investment that ensures the ability of
Lagos to renew itself as long as our people are
healthy, skillful and dignified. We have
resolved, as a Government, to develop a proud
people, a people who are confident and
dignified. We believe that only skilled people
and those who have dignity will be better
able to work with us to banish poverty from
our land”, the Governor said.
According to the Governor, such skilled
people, “will be able to employ themselves
and others to contribute in a competitive way
to the growth of our economy and society”,
adding that the event represented
Government’s resolve “to fight poverty in the
most enduring way known to our civilization,
through education”.
Noting that his administration has in the last
three years and eleven days worked very hard
to fulfill its promises to the electorate,
Governor Fashola declared, “”We have done
so much more than I can recount, but today
we have gathered here to hand over two sets
of projects that represent models of what we
have been doing”.
Of the eight blocks of classrooms at the Ikeja
Cantonment, Governor Fashola said, “These
eight blocks represent models of the 253
blocks consisting of 3, 885 classrooms across
the State that we have renovated and
rehabilitated”, adding that the single block of
21 classrooms in Agidingbi “represents the
model of brand new schools that we are
building across the State”.
“This represents the model of various designs
of 126 new schools block buildings consisting
1, 412 classrooms that we have built afresh to
add to the existing stock of classrooms in the
education sector of the Lagos Community”,
the Governor said adding that teachers and
students have already moved in and are
putting the schools to use.
The Governor said the day’s event was “a
strategic opportunity to communicate to our
people that we are making tremendous
progress in transforming our public schools to
destinations that students and teachers, who
are the prime stakeholders, will want to
attend, as the first critical step towards
rekindling interest of our children and
teachers in education”.
He said each of the rehabilitated or newly
built classrooms would sit not more than 50
pupils in the first instance adding, however,
that the number would be gradually reduced
in each classroom as the on-going auditing of
schools and classroom facilities as well as
their distribution across the State are
completed.
The Governor said with the successful
stemming of the shortage of classrooms, the
next step is to focus on efficient distribution
of classrooms “to ensure that there is a good
public school close to home of every child of
school age and within reasonable walking
distance”.
Governor Fashola expressed gratitude to
members of the Private Sector, who,
according to him, have helped, to close the
infrastructural gap in the education sector
through the “Adopt a School” programme of
the present administration adding that this
has helped to deepen Government’s working
relations with the Christian and Muslim
Missions who have invested in education,
adding that there has been noticeable return
of and improvement in standards.
Pointing out that investment in Education has
a long term yield curve in its return,
Governor Fashola declared, “Your
Government in Lagos State is not a
Government of quick fixes, because we are a
Government that that has found the courage
to investigate, yze and develop solution to
problems. We are comfortable with the
investment we make because the returns will
outlive us and secure the future of Lagos”.
The Governor said Government has also
embarked on a project that would deliver
desks and chairs to all public schools adding
that his administration has ordered 171, 119
desks and chairs in the first phase out of
which 171, 109 have been delivered while
Government intends, in the second and final
phase, to order 166, 219 “based on the data of
needs in all schools statewide that we
gathered”.
Government, Governor Fashola said, is also
undertaking policy and personnel reform in
the education sector by providing training for
teachers, rewarding performance, providing
incentive allowances and improving on their
classroom management capacity and skills,
adding that Government is also using sports,
vocational clubs, holiday jobs, school debates,
Spelling Bee programmes as part of strategies
to make school attractive to young people.
On the issue of national examinations,
Governor Fashola expressed joy that
tremendous improvement is being recorded in
the number of successful candidates in the
State since 2007 pointing out that whereas 5,
080 students, representing 7.58 percent of the
candidates for NECO Examination passed with
five credits in Mathematics and English in
2007, the number increased to 6, 840 students
or 10.41 percent in 2008 and 11, 432 students
or 18.41 percent in 2009.
He said while it is the usual thing all over the
world for students to be weak in some
subjects and strong in others, the State
Government is, however, “working on
strategies that will help us assist weak
students who just require more attention
adding that in the past, there were remedial
colleges which offered such assistance to this
category of students.
In his welcome address at the two events, the
Commissioner for Housing, Prince Dele
Onabokun, said the present administration
has more than proved itself capable of
meeting the educational needs of the State
adding that the quality of infrastructure being
provided in the sector can compete with any
such infrastructure worldwide.
He said the rehabilitation of the Ikeja Military
Cantonment Command school was in line with
the resolve of the present administration to
deliver quality education to the people of
Lagos State .
Also present at the two events were the
Deputy Governor, Princess Sarah Adebisi
Sosan, , the Commissioner for Home Affairs
and Culture, Mr. Tunde Balogun and his Rural
Development and Chieftaincy Affairs
counterpart, Mr. Rotimi Agunsoye, other
members of the State Executive Council,
Special Adviser on Education, Dr. Elijah
Adewale, Permanent Secretary in the
Education Ministry, Mrs. Omolara Erogbogbo
as well as other top Government
functionaries.

http://ekoonibajeng.com/index.php?topic=705.0;wap2

Politics › Re: Chime's Schools In Enugu... by Aderostock(m): 8:57am On Jun 22, 2013

Gen. Specific:
Of late OP has been posting pictures of Jigawa and Rivers state government achievements. Why? Are these states not PDP controlled? Well the reason is simple. The newly formed APC from which OP's ACN paymasters are part of are desperately trying to adopt Lamido and Amaechi for the 2015 election under their new party.

Why? Does ACN or CPC or ANPP not have any credible candidates? Why do you want to adopt PDP governors as your 2015 flag bearers come 2015 in particular Lamido/Amaechi ticket?

OP now adds a new dimension to his campaign of calumny by posting negative pics of other PDP led states. Is OP trying to justify that only Lamido and Amaechi are working and as such deserve to leave their party and be given automatic tickets in his ACP?

Eko Ile, I have said it before and I will say it again here: you are nothing but a paid propaganda shill!

I don't think these duo will become president/vice candidates of APC. One thing I hate about PDP is that they hate seeing developments, that's why they are frustrating these duo.

Politics › Re: No Elaborate 50th Birthday Party For Me -gov Fashola by Aderostock(op): 11:28pm On Jun 21, 2013

This man outclasses all leaders be it present and past. He is too intelligent, articulate, decorum, and futuristic than this country called Nigeria.

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Politics › No Elaborate 50th Birthday Party For Me -gov Fashola by Aderostock(op): 11:24pm On Jun 21, 2013

Lagos State governor Babatunde Fashola will
turn 50 on June 28th. His aides were planning
an elaborate 50th birthday party but he asked
them to stop.
He doesn't want to have an elaborate birthday
at tax payers expense.
Read what he told City People below:
"By nature I am not a ceremonious person. I
don't like all the noise and partying. When I saw
all the plans going on for my 50th, I said no.
If this is my day, then those who really love me
should allow me do it the way I want to. I have
told my aides how I feel about this whole 50th
birthday celebration. I asked them if governors
in other countries don't have their birthdays
and is it usually in such a loud way and
manner? If I do it my own way it won't cost me
that much to receive my visitors.
I funded my 40th birthday when I was Chief of
Staff and it cost me so much. I am not quite
sure I can do the same now. As a Governor, it
will cost me more. I am not sure I want to
spend that kind of money on parties.
And to tell you the truth, the idea that probably
I will have a birthday at tax payers expense is
something that does not go down well with me,
and it's only for 24 hours. So I am going to have
a very quiet and simple day with close friends
and family.

http://m.naij.com/news/37949.html

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Politics › Re: 2015: Patience Begins Campaign For Jonathan, Violates INEC Order by Aderostock(op): 10:46pm On Jun 20, 2013

Are these people serious about good governance at all. look at the way thus woman is disgracing herself in public over power and loot. I weep for this country. let just divide the damn nation

Politics › 2015: Patience Begins Campaign For Jonathan, Violates INEC Order by Aderostock(op): 10:40pm On Jun 20, 2013

Patience Jonathan has kicked off political
campaign for her husband and Nigeria's
President, Goodluck Jonathan, ahead of the
2015 Presidential elections despite the
warning by the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, against such
campaigns ahead of 2015.
Patience's presence in Port Harcourt, the Rivers
State capital, southsouth Nigeria, has become a
liability to residents and those doing business in
the state since Saturday, 15 June because of the
security presence in the state capital.
She paid a courtesy visit to the Apiti of
Rumueme and President-in-council Rumueme
Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs in Obio/
Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State,
Nyenwe-Eli Omunnakwe Nyeche Nsirim, on
Tuesday, 18 June. While there, she called on the
people of Obio Akpor to give her husband
massive support anytime he declares his
interest to re-contest for the presidency in 2015.
"My husband is also your son and by the grace
of God, we'll not disappoint you and will never
forget you. I thank you people so much for
supporting my husband. I thank you people for
promising that if he comes out by 2015 that you
will stand by him. I am happy to thank you
people for that. I always know my people will
always stand by me, your daughter, and my
husband is equally your son."
The President's wife also advised the people to
be law abiding because no meaningful
development can take place in a crisis ridden
area.
In his remarks, the Paramount ruler of the
Rumueme kingdom, Nsirim, advised those who
want to go to the North to do so but added that
they should allow those who wish to remain in
Rivers State enjoy peace in 2015.
"Those who want to drag us to the North
because the position and money they are
collecting should know that Rivers State people
are not fish and nobody can sell us," he said.
The paramount ruler is the father of Prince
Timothy Nsirim, the suspended Chairman of
Obio Akpor Local Government. He was
suspended by the Rivers State House of
Assembly for alleged financial misappropriation.
P.M.NEWS can report that since Mrs Jonathan
arrived the state capital, a part of Government
Reserved Area, GRA, which is a few minutes'
walk from Government House, Port Harcourt has
been cordoned off by soldiers and with Police
Trooper Vehicles manned by officers and men
from anti-riot and anti-terrorist squads of the
police.
Several roads within the area that links Mrs
Jonathan's mansion with the Forces Avenue,
Isaac Boro road and Amassoma road have also
been blocked.
Similarly, the road just after the office of the
Department Of State Security Service, DSS, that
also links to her new mansion where the First
Lady is putting up close to a Port Harcourt
school newly built by Governor Amaechi, has
been blocked at both ends by anti-riot
policemen.
The Commissioner for Education, Ms Alice
Lawrence Nimi, was on Wednesday, 19 June,
disallowed by armed soldiers from driving into
the newly built Port Harcourt Secondary School,
the venue of one-day advocacy and orientation
workshop for teachers on the structure and
effective implementation of the new Senior
Secondary School education curriculum.
All attempts to drive her official car bearing
Rivers Government plate number into the venue
were scuttled. She was ordered to park near
Orosi House that was gutted by fire a few years
ago, far away from the venue and trekked to
the school to declare open the one day
workshop.
Professor Godswill Obioma, Executive Secretary,
the Nigerian Educational Research and
Development Council, (NERDC)who was
represented by Mr. Omitade Salami, South-
South Coordinator NERDC delivered the welcome
address.
Meanwhile, the mansion of President Jonathan's
wife has become a rallying point for the anti-
Amaechi opposition politicians.

http://m.naij.com/news/37772.html

Politics › Re: Akpabio's World Class Water Works. Pics.. by Aderostock(m): 8:28pm On Jun 20, 2013

I think Oluwaseun Osewa should give Mr. Eko Ile the best poster of the year 2013. Since last year, he had been making this forum to be popular by exposing all these PDP lies and propaganda scattered all over the Internet. with Eko Ile, nairaland might not have gained this momentum and he has generated traffic to this forum no doubt. keep it up man, I love you!

Politics › Fashola Commissions Igborosun Micro Water Scheme by Aderostock(op): 4:34pm On Jun 20, 2013

LAGOS State governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola has said that his administration was working to ensure that people in all parts of the state had access to potable water.

He said this at the inauguration of the Igborosun Micro Water Scheme in Badagry Local Government Area of the state.
Fashola, who was represented by the Commissioner for Finance, Mr Adetokunbo Abiru, said that the new micro water scheme was one of the projects aimed at achieving the state’s objective.
He said that his administration was passionate about the lives of the people and would continue to inaugurate projects to complement existing water schemes until all the people had access to potable water.

“In the last six years, the government has provided 445 types of water projects of various designs in rural and semi-urban areas, based on their population and topography.

“The government has always complemented the efforts of the state water corporation with different water scheme designs in semi-urban and rural communities where the corporation is yet to extend its services.

“We are passionate about the lives of the people in Lagos State and we are determined to provide potable water for all the people across the state,’’ he said.

The governor disclosed that he had approved the construction of 28 additional water projects this year, promising that they would not be abandoned.

He charged the community to ensure adequate maintenance of the new inaugurated water scheme.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Rural Development, Mr Cornelius Ojelabi, said that the water project was sited in the community to improve and transform the lives of the people of Igborosun and its environs.
He noted that with the inauguration of the water project, the health care and hygiene of the people of the area would improve.

“The micro water scheme has a production capacity of 60,000 litres of wholesome water per run and three runs per day, which will translate to 180, 000 litres per day.
“We urge the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to complement the efforts of the ministry by providing the area with regular electricity in order to maximise the capacity of the water project for the benefit of the people,’’ he said.
The commissioner appealed to the people to take ownership of the project and ensure that it was well maintained and protected from vandals.

He also urged them to desist from acts that could contaminate the underground water, especially through open defecation and indiscriminate dumping of refuse, among others.

http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/en/community-news/item/13757-fashola-commissions-igborosun-micro-water-scheme.html

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Politics › Re: Akpabio's World Class Water Works. Pics.. by Aderostock(m): 4:21pm On Jun 20, 2013

Elueme: Yes, the gov deemed it right and necessary to provide boreholes at different districts across the state. How many boreholes has your fash sited in locations in Lagos? Leave the man alone, he remains the best in terms of developmental/ capital projects. If you can bear his achievement hug a latrine

did you just say boreholes? when Gov. Fashola commissions great water works in Ifako/Ijaye Lcda.

Politics › Re: Akpabio's Hospitals... by Aderostock(m): 3:22pm On Jun 20, 2013

ujoinme: Akwa ibomites do not need to proof anything to fools like you whos only interest is to further ACN/APC propaganda.since you have made your self an expert on Akwa ibom Development do the postings for your other ACN paid clowns to ogle. The akwa ibom people are not answerable to you clowns.
You thought you were stealth with your threads?
if it worked else where it wont work against akpabio cos nigerians can see his achievement, not on propaganda newspapers or internet like your ACN/APC achievement but on ground.
We see through your charade.

if you believe Gov. Akpabio has done a lot in Akwa Ibom than Gov. Fashola has done in Lagos in spite of overwhelming population of Lagos. kindly open another thread for that and I will disgrace you and ur men. thanks

Politics › Re: Akpabio's Hospitals... by Aderostock(m): 3:16pm On Jun 20, 2013

deshclones: \

stop sounding senile....for your information...roads..i repeat roads are the only infrastructure that government has monopoly over...all other infrastructure all have private partnership..like private schools,hospitals,security,power etc all have alternatives..if you dont like it you opt for privately owned schools,hospitals etc...you can never do the same for roads...thats why roads construction always take a huge chunk out of every budget ....

have you ever plied lekki-epe expressway down to ajah roundabout??..have you been to okota,ikotun,ikorodu,badagary,most inter city roads in victoria island??..then you have no moral right to join in this discussion...btwn..who made lasu 11th best university??..like seriously?

Lagos has over 10,000 streets/roads/highways and you cannot expect the government to spend all the funds given and generated on all the roads at the same time. It's a gradual/continuous process! Over 10 roads are reconstructed in Iyana Ipaja axis recently and many accross the state. if he hasn't got to the above places as you have claimed, he will surely get there. please don't let us derail the thread further but if you want to know more about Lasu, join me in the education section. thanks

Politics › Mass Protest In Benin Over Motorcycle Ban by Aderostock(op): 11:41am On Jun 20, 2013

8:22 Local
Thousands of operators of
commercial motorcycles,
popularly called Okada, took to
the streets of Benin City, capital of Edo State
Wednesday in protest against the ban on
their activities by the state government.
The State Governor, Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole had in a state-wide broadcast on
television stations in the state Tuesday,
announced the ban of the use of okada as a
means of transportation in the three local
government areas of Benin metropolis, citing
security reasons.
The protesters who turned out in large
numbers, elicited the sympathy of people as
youths and others joined them in the protest at
Ring Road.
Human and vehicular traffic was disrupted by
the protest, as all entrance to the ever busy
Ring Road were barricaded with every available
objects.
Workers and other commuters who had planned
to beat the early hour rush were, however,
disappointed as they could not overcome the
heavy traffic jam caused by the protest.
A team of security operatives comprising
soldiers and anti-riot policemen later dispersed
the protesters.
One of the protesters, Emmanuel Okobia, who
spoke to the newsmen at Ring Road, said the
government erred in the ban of their activities
without serving them notice early enough.
"Oshiomhole got this one wrong this time. How
can he announce a ban on Okada after just one
week notice? We are all family men and bread
winners, where does he want us to get our daily
bread from?
"Criminal activities in the state have gone down
considerably. There is no more kidnapping and
armed robbery, so his argument that it is
because of armed robbery and kidnapping does
not work," Okobia said.
The protesters further lamented losses they
were made to incur, saying that just two
months ago, they were forced to pay the sum of
N2000 each for jackets that were never given to
them.
"Just two months ago, they forced us to pay
N2000 for a jacket which they claimed will
identify real riders from hoodlums, which they
did not even give us. At the end of the day, it
was stickers that they gave to us. So who is
deceiving who now? Oshiomhole should think
twice."
As at the time of filing this report, traffic around
the Ring Road had eased as soldiers and anti
riot policemen were everywhere around the
area and adjoining streets.
The Okada riders, however, vowed to take their
protest to the Government House to see
Governor Oshiomhole.

http://m.naij.com/news/36940.html

Politics › Amaechi To Petition Jonathan On Rivers Crime Wave by Aderostock(op): 11:34am On Jun 20, 2013

RIVERS State Governor and Chairman of the
Nigerian Governors' Forum, Mr. Rotimi
Amaechi, has expressed worry over the
declining level of security in the state.
Amaechi said cases of armed robbery and
kidnapping, which had been curbed not long
ago, were currently on the rise in the state.
The governor, who spoke on Tuesday night
when a former Minister of Petroleum, Prof. Tam
David-West, led a delegation on a solidarity visit
to the Government House in Port Harcourt,
expressed pessimism over the State Police
Commissioner, Mr. Joseph Mbu's commitment
to security in the state.
He pointed out that the state government could
no longer hold Security Council meeting because
the police commissioner was always divulging
deliberations at such meeting.
Amaechi explained that he would soon organise
a protest if the anomalies on security in the
state continued, even as he urged the former
minister not to hesitate to join others during the
protest.
Amaechi said, "I will give you snippets of the
letter I am trying to send to the President.
"Somebody at the top changed our
Commissioner of Police and brought a man that
when we finishes Security Council meeting, he
goes to report who said what and we are
unable to hold any Security Council meeting
anymore because of that.
"Insecurity is threatening to come back.
Kidnapping is on the rise; armed robbery is on
the rise because they have hijacked the security
of the state. The Commissioner of Police reports
to them in Abuja directly.
"He (Commissioner of Police) doesn't report to
the governor; he has nothing to do with the
government. He takes away security men from
commissioners and post them to the chairman
of Port Harcourt Club."
He expressed the need for the Federal
Government to realise that the state was tired
of tyranny and impunity.
He said, "We want the Federal Government to
remember that the reason for which the Federal
Government did not support state police is
because they say the governors will mismanage
state police.
"Then the federal police should not be
mismanaged against us because the federal
police is an institution for all Nigerians."
On the crisis in the Nigerian Governors' Forum,
Amaechi stated that he would soon call a
meeting of the forum if the Governor Jonah
Jang-led faction failed "to see reason."
He observed that Jang had been unable to
convene a meeting where majority of the
governors attended.
Amaechi said, "Yesterday, my friend and
brother, the Governor of Plateau State,
convened a meeting of some governors. To
prove that we won the election, only 16
governors went and he has never held a
meeting where they are more than 16
governors.
"We shall very soon call our own meeting
because we have been trying hard to talk to
them and talk to everybody for them to see
reason why we need to be together and respect
democracy.
"Their non-acceptance of the will of the
governors is undemocratic. They should not
have put themselves forward for election
because if you don't accept results when you
don't win, then you are not democratic.
"Anybody who recognizes my brother Jang (as
NGF chairman) is also undemocratic because
even that person may not accept any election
result that does not favour him. Let the will of
the people be expressed and let us respect the
sanctity of their decision."
Earlier, David-West had lamented the travails of
the state governor, describing him as a victim of
injustice and promised that he (Amaechi) would
prevail in the end.

http://m.naij.com/news/37714.html

Politics › Re: Akpabio's Hospitals... by Aderostock(m): 7:42am On Jun 20, 2013

BabaTony: The same hatred eko ole has for a performing governor in akwa ibom.

I don't think the poster has that hatred against Gov. Akpabio. He only posted the pictures of schools in uyo, if you think he lied, you should prove him wrong by posting standard pictures of hospitals in Akwa ibom

Politics › Re: Akpabio's Hospitals... by Aderostock(m): 7:39am On Jun 20, 2013

ifechez: Pls. Which lasu are you talking about? The one everyone knows or another. Best state university indeed.

before I post the links regarding Lasu as the best state university. kindly tell the forumites the best state university. thanks

Politics › Re: Akpabio's Hospitals... by Aderostock(m): 7:35am On Jun 20, 2013

t-something:
hehehehe! So Eko Ile its now hospitals you have ventured into. I have told you before and will repeat it anywhere I see your sarcastic posts about Akpabio , the monumental infrastructural development in Akwa Ibom will continue to haunt you till you die.

Today I will add a little more curses to it, if this rubbish you posted above isnt the only hospital constructed by Akpabio and you know this but choose to post this here, just for the stupid reason of spoiling the man's name, may you never have peace in your life till you confess to the world what lies you have told.

No matter how you want to spoil his name and works, it won't work , because we the citizens know the truth and will always stand by the side of truth . You have been challenged several times post a picture of a school in your home state Osun , leave us in Akwa Ibom to enjoy "under-development" . Don't fight for us, we will never make you Governor .

I don't why you lots are senseless, someone posted pictures of public hospitals in uyo that he got and even told you to feel free and post any other ones you got, instead, you were raining curses on him. if you don't have anything to add better just reading. Thanks

Politics › Re: Akpabio's Hospitals... by Aderostock(m): 6:42am On Jun 20, 2013

BabaTony: Intelligent leader My foot..........ok maybe intelligence in swindling taxpayers ......oook I agree, no problem. ....lol

what else do you people want from Gov. Fashola? He built Millennium schools, primary health centres, roads, jettys, and brought some many innovations in form of job creation across the state but the hatred won't allow you to see them.

Politics › Re: Akpabio's Hospitals... by Aderostock(m): 6:14am On Jun 20, 2013

ujoinme: Point of correction eko ole is not from lagos state but form osun. He claims lagos state because he is too ashamed of whats on ground in his native osun state.

Even if he's from Osun as u claimed, as long as he is a yoruba, he can claim any state in yorubaland. As my father is from epetedo in Lagos, so is my mother from ilesha in Osun. that's the fact!

Politics › Re: Akpabio's Hospitals... by Aderostock(m): 6:04am On Jun 20, 2013

deshclones: This guy is a joke....what's ur own with akpabio??so amaechi is now the new bride cos he is gej's enemy??all these can clowns sef...tot amaechi is of d pdp so why are you all clinging to him?oops I forgot...its cos he is gej's enemy...

Ekoile focus on ur adopted lagos state..

.why is lekki epe expressway still under construction more dan 7yrs after it was flagged off??...
why is there no general hospital in eti-osa??
why is there modern standard public school in eti-osa??
why is it taking forever to construct d ago palace-okota_ikotun road??
Why is lasu fees high while the sch is in a sorry state??

Why are us so bitter and envious of other states?

Lasu becomes the best state university under Gov. Fashola, currently the 11th best university in Nigeria.

so ojota-ikotun road is now your yardstick to rate most intelligent and visionary leader in Nigeria?

Politics › He Cannot Longer Function Normally – US Doctors Give Up On Gov Suntai by Aderostock(op): 8:32pm On Jun 19, 2013

Neurological doctors treating Governor
Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State in the United
States have told his family and the state
government footing his medical bills the
governor cannot return to normal state of
mental health that would enable him to
function as a governor.
Mr. Suntai first received treatment at the
famous John Hopkins University Hospital in
Baltimore, Maryland, before moving to a
rehabilitation center in upstate New York, both
of which have reportedly given up on the
chances of full recovery of Mr. Suntai.
In October 2012, he survived an aircrash near
Yola Airport and was flown to Germany for
treatment for brain injuries.
A medical source told SaharaReporters that
when Mr. Suntai was brought in from Germany,
he had swelling in his brain and had lost
significant control of his ability to recognize
people or speak coherently. The source also
described the governor as drooling like a baby.
After several months of treatment in the US the
doctors have now told Mr. Suntai's family and
the deputy governor of Taraba State who came
visiting two weeks ago that Mr. Suntai be sent
home to manage his condition as there is
nothing more that can be done to heal him.
The State government has spent close to $3.5
million on Mr. Suntai's treatment in the US
alone.
At a meeting with his Deputy two weeks ago,
Mr. Suntai was seen in photographs laughing out
loud, but our medical sources said he repeats
anything told to him several times until he is
told to stop.
A clip of Mr. Suntai meeting with his deputy was
shown on the Nigerian Television Authority
network, with the sound curiously muted.
Mr. Suntai's wife and a few political office
holders, including the Commissioner of
Information, Emmanuel Bello, are reportedly
manipulating the media by claiming that Suntai
has fully recovered and is on his way to
resuming power as governor.
He has been seen in photos that appear to be
stage-managed for brief moments to show the
ailing governor as though fully healed, but
nobody has heard him speak or answer any
questions.
Mr. Suntai, a trained pilot, was personally flying
the aircraft in which he was injured.

http://m.naij.com/news/37663.html

Politics › Senator Oluremi Tinubu Denies Lagos 2015 Gov Ambition by Aderostock(op): 8:25pm On Jun 18, 2013

17.06.2013, 8:16 Politics

The Senator representing Lagos Central in the
National Assembly, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, has
denied nursing an ambition to become the
governor of Lagos State in 2015.
Tinubu, who spoke on Saturday at a press
briefing on her 'Two years of representation at
the Senate', said governing Lagos State was not
for the "tender-hearted".
The Senator is the wife of former governor of
the state, Bola Tinubu.
She said, "Truly, it is never my ambition to run
for the governor of Lagos State. My husband did
it for eight years and I was not an outsider to it.
It is not a job for the tender hearted. It is a lot
of work to govern Lagos. I don't think I have the
strength to govern the present state of Lagos.
"There is still a lot of work to be done for Lagos;
it's not a child's play. I don't have such
ambition. Maybe, I can be the Vice-President,
not the governor."
She said her primary concern was to ensure
that the poverty in society and the rot in the
system was reduced.
She said, "My concern is for the young and the
old. What kind of Nigeria do we want to leave
for the younger ones? A good parent will always
want leave an inheritance for the children. What
kind of inheritance or legacy do we want to
leave for our children?"
This, she said, was the motivation behind the
two bills she sponsored, with one of them
seeking social security for the elderly and the
other seeking to expunge part of the Labour Act
that prevents women from taking certain jobs.
Tinubu said both bills had passed through
second reading at the Senate, adding that she
was working with other Lagos State senators to
achieve a special status for the state.
She added, "On my part, I have sponsored two
bills aimed at providing social security for
Nigeria's elderly citizens and amending sections
of the Labour Act, which restricts employment
opportunities for women all of which have
passed the second reading.
"I am currently working with other senators on
a third bill aimed at providing special economic
assistance to Lagos."

http://m.naij.com/news/37357.html

Politics › Yuguda, Suswam Are Making The Biggest Political Mistake — Kwankwaso by Aderostock(op): 2:38pm On Jun 18, 2013

The two governors who pulled out of the
Northern States Governors Forum over
alleged betrayal by their colleagues are
making the biggest political mistake of their
lives and they may not be able to win any
election again in the North, Kano State
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has said.
He was referring to his Bauchi and Benue state
counterparts, Isa Yuguda and Gabriel Suswam,
who had said they would no longer attend
meetings of the forum because they were
betrayed in the disputed election of the Nigerian
Governors Forum chairman.
They had said the northern governors agreed
unanimously to support Plateau State Governor
Jonah Jang but some of their colleagues voted
for Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, who
won the May 24 election.
In an interview with journalists in Abuja
yesterday, Kwankwaso said the two governors
"are making the biggest political mistakes of
their lives."
"The implication of what they are saying is that
they're not with us (northern governors). What
we are saying is (the Nigeria Governors Forum)
has nothing to do with the politics of Northern
Governors Forum, where we have many assets
and liabilities.
Whether military or civilian, governors always
attend the meetings because you have to go
and present the issues concerning your people
there.
"Now, if you opt out of Northern Governors
Forum, when governors of Western states are
meeting, certainly you cannot be part of them.
And I begin to wonder where else they will be. I
want to tell you that if they continue with that I
don't see how either they or their candidates
would win elections in the North. I think they
better start fielding their candidates in elections
outside the northern region.
"They don't know they are making the biggest
mistakes. What did the North do to them? Who
told them that the North is not supporting
Amaechi? If you're taking a decision, don't take
it when you're angry. Don't say because you
want to impress someone, so that you could be
considered a good governor, you're getting out
of your home, you're abandoning your people,
you're insulting them...That is a big mistake. I
cannot make the mistake of taking Kano out of
the North. Those who are making those
statements are making mistake. The earlier they
reverse themselves, the better for them," he
said.
Emphasising the relevance of the Northern
Governors Forum, Kwankwaso said at the
Nigerian Governors Forum, all that the
governors do is peer review but at northern
governors forum issues are tackled at a deeper
level.
"People have so much sentiment attached to the
Northern Governors Forum, and by the time you
remove yourself, people may decide to keep
quiet and pay you back at the appropriate
time," he said.
On the issue of betrayal raised by the two
governors, Kwankwaso explained that even
before the elections he had warned both
Katsina State Governor Ibrahim Shema and
Yuguda that he would not support them.
"I told Shema, 'you are my neighbour, you're
my brother, you're my friend, but you can't
come and tell me you're contesting an election
and you're parading yourself as a candidate and
behaving like somebody who was sent to us.'
"I made it clear that I would neither vote for
him nor ask anybody to vote for him. And that I
would make sure he lost the election. I told him
this to his face. While I was telling him this, Sule
Lamido was there, supporting me, Adamawa
and Niger State governors were also there. This
made some persons to say Shema did not have
the support of the North.
"Isa Yuguda came to me, and I told him, I'm
still a villager, and I behave in many ways as a
villager. In my village, in Kwankwaso in Kano, if
a councillorship candidate goes to the elders
and says he wanted to contest for councillorship
in the morning and they accepted, if someone
else comes in the afternoon and asked for the
same support, the villagers would tell him he's
late. We don't want Shema because we wanted
to choose our own chairman. Now, you're
coming through the same route. When he
insisted, because it was my house, I didn't want
to be as hard on him as I was to Shema."
Explaining how Jang became the consensus
candidate of the North, Kwankwaso admitted
that he nominated Jang for that position, though
he supported Amaechi's candidature, because
the "G-16" camp were desperate to field a
candidate against Amaechi.
"I gave them Jang and I asked the governor of
Benue State to support me. I realised they were
very desperate, and that even after the election
they would not accept the victory of Amaechi.
We gave them who we feel should lead the
minority group. When we left the place, they
had their meeting and accepted him. At the end
of the day they brought him to the general
meeting of the Governors Forum. At that
meeting we told them we wanted Amaechi to
continue to be chairman of the forum. We went
into voting because there was no consensus," he
said.
On the issue of the zoning of the forum's
chairmanship to the North, Kwankwaso said,
"Let me say this: we're northerners and I think
we need to be consulted on what we need in
the North. Some people have decided that we
should take chairman, Nigerian Governors'
Forum. But that is not our choice. We have our
choice to our chest. We know what we need in
the politics of this country. Even if (the
chairman of Governors Forum) is what we want,
we're not expecting anybody to choose for us.
We should choose for ourselves."
Kwankwaso warned that the leaders of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were making a
mistake by suspending governors from the party
because it is to the detriment of the ruling
party.
"Those who are leading the party should be
careful about what they do, especially when
they are using dirty words like suspension,
expulsion, dismissal, and impeachment. These
are words that people should be cautious
about," he said.
"We want peace, stability, development in this
country. People should be cautious...With all
these things that are happening, people should
not worry too much. In developed countries, the
US, Britain, Germany, there are two parties. In
Nigeria we have one party now and other small
parties. Who knows, we're in a transition in this
country, a transition to two parties. Before we
have two parties, some people need to make
mistakes."
Asked if he was in talks with the yet to be
registered All Progressives Congress (APC),
Kwankwaso said he had been in politics for over
20 years now and that had friends across
parties, and therefore free to interact with
them.
According to him the situation in the PDP had
made it difficult for aggrieved members to voice
out their grievances because there is no channel
to do so. He referred to the fact that the
National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of
the party has not held for nearly a year now.
"This party belongs to all of us. It doesn't
belong to chairman or to anybody. It belongs to
all of us. We have invested so much in this
party. But if you're suspended or dismissed or
expelled, it's unfortunate," he said.
"All of us who voted for Amaechi consider this
suspension as the suspension of all of us in his
camp. After Amaechi, they went to the
Governor of Sokoto. We're even surprised that it
started from there. Some of us are disappointed
that it started from there."

http://m.naij.com/news/37497.html

Politics › Aregbesola: We’ve Constructed 900km Roads across Osun by Aderostock(op): 3:49pm On Jun 17, 2013

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola has
disclosed that his government has in less
than three years completed over 900
kilometers of both inter and intra city roads
across the 30 local government areas of the
state.
Governor Aregbesola revealed this at the flag off
ceremony of the construction of an Interchange
Bridge in Gbongan, Ayedaade Local Government
Area of the state that Osun would within the
shortest possible time boast of the best road
networks in the Nigeria.
The bridge, which connects those traveling on
the Ibadan-Ile-Ife Expressway with those
coming to Osun through Gbongan was named
after the former governor of the state, Chief
Adebisi Akande.
He held that good roads were critical to the
modern state, adding that physical
transportation of human and materials is
primarily by road in Osun.
Aregbesola pointed out that the record of
constructing 553 kilometres of roads in almost
eight years of PDP in Osun pales into
insignificance when compared with the 513
kilometres of high quality roads constructed in
24 months by the present ACN government in
the state.
He said: "Our assault on bad roads therefore is
massive. At the state level, work is ongoing at
different road projects and at varying stages of
completion. These are: rehabilitation of 21
Osogbo township roads, rehabilitation of 15
Ilesa township roads, rehabilitation of 14 Ede
township roads by direct labour".
"Twenty intercity roads totaling 319 kilometres,
13 intra-city roads, totalling 79.46 kilometres,
rehabilitation of select roads in six zones totaling
74.1 kilometres, eight roads inherited from past
administration totalling 144.29 kilometres,
dualisation of Osogbo-Kwara boundary road
totalling 43.37 kilometres and dualisation of
Gbongan-Orileowu-Ijebu Igbo Road," he added.
He stated further that his administration at the
beginning of this year commenced the
construction of 229 kilometres local government
roads spread across all the local governments in
the state.

http://m.naij.com/news/37421.html

Politics › Minister Of Education Wike "Arrested" By IGP by Aderostock(op): 4:19pm On Jun 15, 2013

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Muhammed Abubakar, on Wednesday ‘arrested’ the Minister of State, Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, right inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting.

The ‘arrest’ of the minister, whom a fellow cabinet member was overheard hailing as ‘Wicked Wike’ recently, had nothing to do with the tug of war between him and his state governor, Rotimi Amaechi. It was just one of the big men’s banters that always precede such meetings.

Abubakar had arrived the venue ahead of Wike to witness the swearing in of the chairman and members of the re-constituted Police Service Commission. He apparently had an unfinished business with the minister. Immediately Wike arrived, he grabbed the police boss from behind. As he turned to see the person that had the effrontery to hold his uniform which is always adorned with many medals in that manner, the IGP declared, “You are under arrest!” Pronto, the minister stretched his two hands towards the police boss and said, “Handcuff me.” He held Wike and dragged him into the chamber’s tea room where he was “interrogated.” The duo returned to the chambers a few minutes after, laughing. The minister must have been granted bail on self recognition!

http://www.punchng.com/columnists/aso-rock-lens-columnists/igp-arrests-wike/

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Politics › Re: Lagos Power Projects Receives Boost With Transformer Plant by Aderostock(op): 10:35am On Jun 15, 2013

Profidada: Good news. But am sure they will put words into action. Am tired of we will do this .. We will do that. Come to think of it, why spend money building smaller units of power plants with insufficient capacity to power the whole state. Why not channel that same fund and build a mega plant that will service all parts of the state ?

It's a gradual process. This is how many cities around the world started. let just all appreciate this man called Fashola.

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