₦airaland Forum

onegig:
1. It is simple security or lives and businesses.

I dare anyone of you to walk around Marina past 7pm. I can't even drive on Broad street in the evening for fear of been attacked. A colleague's car windows was smashed with stones on that street and there are numerous tales of robbery on the Apongbon axis during rush hour traffic or early mornings. Regular gang fights happen on a steady basis.

It's proximity to Isale Eko and the littany of touts, thugs, shanties, slums and rowdy markets around the area makes it very hard to justify investment by blue chip companies. If UBA, First Bank or even Sterling would have their ways they would gladly relocate to VI or Ikoyi in an instant.

I walk and drive around VI at 12am or 1am . I dare not do that in Marina.

Investment thrives in areas of relative peace.

2. Accessibility of the roads.

Road networks are literally blocked around with all manner of wears by petty traders and rickety buses.

Try getting round Marina and come tell your story. Parking in Marina is one of the hardest things you can attempt. From touts extorting you in unauthorized parking spots to inefficient and unavailable car parks.


I wouldn't want to setup a meeting and select Marina ever for a client. So why would you as a developer want to build new structures there?

Aconomist:
Yea, I've been eagerly awaiting when Dangote builds his headquarters (he has the cash to build something truly spectacular). Total ENP is also planning a building called "La Definition" in Eko Atlantic to house its employees. Facebook is planning its HQ in Ikoyi I think, but it hasn't been announced yet. Folorunsho's Famfa oil is also building in Ikoyi.

Some of the indigenous oil companies such as Amni Oil have decided to go to Eko Atlantic instead of Marina. Here is the prototype of their tower. It is right next to Alpha 1. Construction expected to start in 2021.

TrebleChamp:
God bless Sanwo-Olu, this are some of the many Fashola project that fat cow Ambode totally abandoned during his tenor. The fat fool Ambode completely abandoned all project initiated by Fashola including the Lagos Badagry expressway, because of the issue they both had when Fash was Governor and the fat idiot was Accountant-General for Lagos State. Ambode is the reason why a lot of Lagosians are suffering today due to bad roads and poor public amenities...

illicit:
I don't know if an NGF chairman is suppose to say this....

GeoAfrikana:
For what exactly? Because they have a superior thinking? Or just because they're women?

Richfarmer:
its very much possible mr

osuofia2:
LIAR, ONLY FOOLS AND ZOMBIES WILL BELIEVE GARBA SHEHU

RedPanthar:
Insane rental costs. Totally insane rental charges. Empty buildings everywhere


Marina doesn't have decent power supply. It has never had since 30 years, Marina never enjoys good power supply

onyechez:
There are goods and other valuables there, why can't there be a notice? Wike in rivers state demolished a building during COVID-19 lock down for flouting the lock down directive given by the state government, you all were abusing him and saying all sort of jargons on the internet and nairaland. Hypocrite in Nigeria is amazing.
What's the difference between the destruction by them and destruction by hoodlums?
This country needs a restructuring or separation or revolution.

Denko2721987:
Perfectly understand your point.. But the fact is even with this system adopted in Nigeria, it wouldnt change much as the Northern electoral college will still collectively vote whoever they've made up their mind to vote with one mind becos they are more united in purpose than the southerners which we all know will have lots of splits (as we be oversabi people).. Its only if they (the north) dont have the numbers in electoral colleges that things might be different which leads me to this question.. What determines the number of electoral colleges a states has? Its population?? Or what exactly...?

jadeliyi:
thats true but Lagos is the same as Kano so the millions million hits wouldn't have effect.

iamJ:
people are usually shocked when they realize that, I know the story of how the swap happened but its too long

dollarsplenty:
Even here a president needs to win 2/3 of the states. it's still about fairness and equity.

jadeliyi:
the would have of the matter if true but due balance would still be apportioned. since college would be divided by numbers of representatives in the national assembly.

backbone503:
Trump has never been in public service nor actively engaged in politics and governance. Biden has. More reason he just secured the highest number of votes ever cast for a presidential candidate.

Preshob:
You're exaggerating right 50 what?? no state in America even have up to 50 electoral college votes including the big states like New York, California, Texas etc. Yes most northern states will have a higher electoral voters but it won't be that much and it can be countered if a candidate is able to win a greater number of states

alexistaiwo:
Sure but the advantage will be minimal compared to what is obtainable in this present system.

Kccheechy:
Trump will win. All that is happening now is just to expose the fraud and those behind it in the electoral system... Mind you, the Homeland Security put watermarks on valid ballots!!! So they can identify the valid ballots from the fake ones!! Trump is a genius for coming up with such an idea!!! Somewhere in Virginia, 100,000 votes belonging to Trump were discovered not to be counted. A lot would be revealed in the coming days but I'm sure Trump will win!!!

alexistaiwo:
Electoral College is too alien and complex for Nigerians to understand so I will break it down in local context for them to understand in simple terms using Nigeria regions as an example.


Instead of the present system of presidential elections where the Kardashians of the North will just release astronomical figures to negate electoral lead to miraculously swing victory the way of their preferred candidate, they will have a fixed number of Electoral College votes determined by their number of federal representatives.

So if Kano like, let them let cows and infants votes and churn out 10 million votes, all their preferred candidate will get is the Electoral College votes of the state.

If I am being honest, this system would have been perfect for a multi-ethnic large population country like Nigeria.

Cholls:
my brother this is not true. It's like you don't know how College system of voting work.

agabusta:
The US Presidential election is by what 'they' call an Electoral College and not solely through the popular votes.

Each state has electors which is arrived at by adding the number of their Representatives in the Senate and the House of Rep. An exception is their capital DC, which has 3 electors. The total number of electors is 538.

Now ideally, the popular winner of a state takes all the electors for that state except for two states which has a separate rule. A number of posts on this thread already mentioned that.

The formal process where the 538 electors cast their votes takes place next month.

But irrespective of that, if the popular winner of the different states are known/declared, it is easy to deduce the overall winner of the electoral college, even though they are yet to formally cast their vote since electors in 48 states (out of 50) are to vote for the winner of their states

yahmohy27:
I learned he might go to jail for tax evasion.
But now he's still enjoying immunity

Coldie:
Nigeria needs to copy this system.

With electoral college if u like have a population of 10m your state voting power is almost same with a state with a population of 3million

ventuek:
This is a case of minority deciding for majority....I wonder what led to such system.

leicestercamper:
Useless explanation from a Nigerian local champion- Maria Ude.

Electoral college is a form of allocation of numbers backed by the constitution to each state in America usually determined by the resident state population. Some states have 3, 4, 10, 20, 30, etc. depending on the residency population.

Like California has the highest electoral votes, followed by Texas. Politically, some states are more important to political parties than others.

For instance, Wyoming, DC, Delaware, North & South Carolina have the least electoral votes, so politically speaking an American politician gives more attention to California, Texas and other states with high electoral votes, than states with least electoral votes.

See the way the electoral votes are classified.

Sunisonflex39:
Is it only me that thinks that this electoral college setting is easy vote buying.. A president can walk up to a governor or so and pay him so and so dollars to vote for him.. At least this one will be easier than going over to the citizens to share tradermoni farmermoni feedingmoni and all sort of nonsense moni we have here in Nigeria..

NATIONALPASTOR:
I observed that 99% of Yoruba's hate trump, but why?

Perhaps all Yoruba's are Muslims in disguise.

Zino1011:
that means you are dead.

kelvindj98:
Mail-in ballots should have been counted before the polls closed like in Florida and Ohio.

osamz007:
Pls explain more I'm confused