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i never expected that my post was going to bring out intense opinions from nairalanders.it really shows that we are able to grasp and analyse issues as they unfold.

anyways,i passed through oshodi today and fortunately,it still wears the new look.methinks that governor BRF has a planned agenda for the urban development of a city reputed to be one of the heavily populated in the world.For a tree to grow,a seed has to fall into the ground and die.

Basic logic:=heads may roll now but in the next few years,we'll give the guy a pat on the back.C'mon its not like if he bulldozed the main market,he only demolished shacks and kiosks adjoining a major road linking agege via mushin to idumota.

let's move the country forward

Dclique:
if its like 40mb n above i cnt dwnld

mind telling us wat u use to download your files because i don't think upload files that small on the internet is worth it.besides,the quality of the video file will be highly reduced.
what's your internet server speed like?

the new lagos

starts now!!!!

eko o ni baje

ne-yo - because of you

@tosinaded@

thank you

@honeric1

the modern market is only on paper for now.there is an adjoining shopping complex being built by the armed forces within their cantonment and it is 85% complete.wil try to get the pics for you to see although the place is out of bounds for now.

@tpia
that railway line actually works,dude.you should see it when it moves with people packed into it left,right and on top.it uses a locomotive engine of the colonial era

HEROES SEASON 3 EPISODE 13

http://rapidshare.com/files/173930740/H-13-ALXLN.rar

For the thousands of traders at the popular Oshodi, Sunday, January 4, 2009 will remain indelible in their memories for a long time. It was the day the combined team of the state environmental watchdog, Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), and Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Task Force) decided to not only dislodge them but also ensure that they do not in anyway make a come back to one of the most busiest points in terms of commercial activities in the state.

With over 100 truck loads of KAI Brigade men backed up by mobile policemen, three tractors and five Black Maria vehicles, one do not need a soothsayer that the government this time is determined to ensure that Oshodi market known for all manner of atrocities ranging from human and vehicular traffic, street trading and crimes is cleansed of these negative tendencies to assume a more befitting area fit for the planned Mega City status.

It was indeed a massive demolition exercise right from the Bolade Junction down to the overhead bridge extending to the point where vehicles access Mushin from the Apapa/Oshodi expressway axis along the Agege Motor Road. Tongues of fire caught all the shanties, kiosks and makeshift tables and chairs that have been constituting hindrance to the people and vehicles movement in the area, as black thick covered the entire area, spewing flames as residents watched unbelievably. The spectacle sent shivers down the spines of the traders, some of whom gathered and looked perplexed to bemoan their ordeals.

The railway area was not left out, as a major war on street trading and environmental nuisance was declared on Oshodi. Some of the traders got wind of what had befallen them and made frantic efforts to save some of their stalls, but all that was too late.

Already, Oshodi is assuming a different look devoid of its usual filth and narrow road that made motorists to sweat profusely having been overtaken by traders and reckless commercial drivers. The road is now wide that one would marvel at the sanity in the area, which was hindered by environmental nuisances that the area was formerly subjected.

The traders are however crying foul that their means of livelihood have been destroyed.

KAI Marshall General, who is also Special Adviser to the Governor on Environmental Matters, Capt. Danjuma Meigeri (rtd), said the exercise was at the instance of Governor, Babatunde Fashola.

He said his team stormed the place at about 3.45am and commenced the operation, which by 11 am was still ongoing. "It is an instruction from the governor to clear Oshodi.You can now see that the place is so wide and very good-looking. This shows that the traders have constituted great nuisance here; the rate is quite alarming. We have succeeded in clearing Oshodi. We came here by 4.15 this morning," he said, even as he read riot act to any trader who dares to come back as well as hoodlums who before the exercise used Oshodi as their domain.

He said the traders had been notified several times to desist from constituting nuisance before embarking on the operation. "We have been giving notices since the past three months. They never listened because most of them are very stubborn. Even last month, a top official came to give yet another verbal warning to no avail and so we did not have any option but to move in here. This total environmental war is a joint effort between KAI and Task Force headed by Pius Suileman. I can assure you that in the next decade, street traders will never come back here. We are ready for them. We will make the place inhabitable for hoodlums and their cronies," he vowed.

Apart from the notice, Meigeri also noted that the traders had been told to report to their local government chairmen who would give them alternative places to trade.

"The traders are making things difficult for themselves. It is going to be a total war between anyone and I. Their mission is to cause environmental nuisance in the state. Don't forget that street trading has been banned by the state government and we have to adhere to that. Anyone caught would be arrested and prosecuted," he stressed.

On sustainability of the action, he assured that efforts were in place to ensure that the exercise is sustained. He also said that a KAI Battalion would be established in Oshodi to monitor the area.

"After this operation, I am going to establish a battalion here permanently so that things can work well," he stated, adding that those in Suru-Orile and along Lagos/Badagry expressway should get set for the task force's visit to the area.

"As soon as we establish the cleanliness ofOshodi, the next point of call would be Suru-Orile, Alaba-Rago, Mile 2 and along the Lagos/Badargy expressway because the government has beautiful projects to execute and these projects cannot be established in an unfriendly environment," he noted.

Also speaking on the development, the Public Relations Officer of the task force, Mrs. Asagba Adetayo, said the operation actually started on January 2, 2009 at Apongbon and Balogun parts of the state.

"Right after the exercise, we put in place enforcement officials to go ahead and do a 24-hour vigilance there and that is exactly what is going to happen here in Oshodi. We are not just going to clear it and sit back, we are also going to make sure that the operation is sustained. The Ministry of the Environment is going to come in to beautify the place and there is going to be a vigilance team; CBD, KAI would be in place here. With this kind of massive operation, which we are so passionate about, I can assure you that the traders cannot come back again. As for the fencing off of the place, that is left for the Ministry of the Environment, but I am sure that something would be done about it," she stated.

However, the traders, who looked dumbfounded, are counting their losses.

One of them, Samuel Ogundare, who watched what used to be his shop razed, lamented that shops are out of the reach of an average trader.

"I have a wife and children at home, where do they want us to earn our living? Shops are expensive, government should stop contracting building of shops to operators whose main objective is to make profits at the expense of the people," he appealed.

Also, Babaloja Ifesowapo Textile Dealers Market Association, Lateef Tajudeen, appealed to the government to have a rethink.

"I was caught off guard because there was no prior notice before today. I was called at home and I just have to rush here. We appeal to the government to help us since the MaCarthy /Banjoko where I belong is not on the main road. We have been complying with government's directive not to constitute nuisance. Besides, if this kind of thing is to happen, what I expect from the government is to provide an alternative place for traders where they can be accommodated with little money. The problem we are having is that whenever government provides such alternative, they put millions of naira price tag that the average trader cannot afford and that scares people away since they sell in units," he said, adding:

"Look at Awolowo Market in Mushin; I tell you 90 per cent of those that were selling there are off now. This is because when they demolished the market and reconstructed the place, they put N1m price tag and many traders could not afford it and that has been the practice. The plan is a good one and we welcome it. Turning Lagos to a mega city is for the benefit of all of us but we should not be subjected to this kind of pains."

The Iyaloja of Abibat Mogagi Mini Market, also in McCarthy Lane, Mrs. Omolabake Banjo, said: "We are not on the main road. We are all women; we do not have anybody to help us and we have children in higher institutions. It is through what we get here that we use in feeding our families. Government should please help us because we are more than 300. It was Oshodi/Isolo Local Government that approved the place for us, we have receipts of payment; we pay N100 per month."

Despite this avalanche of complaints, it is certain that Oshodi will never be the same again, as those things considered as obstruction to environmental beauty and traffic have finally given way.

estrella:
Beyonce's song is simply asking men a simple question, [i]how would you feel if we(women) treated you(men) the way you [/i]treat us? its not hard to see that men in general think that they can get away with anything, a man considers himself disrespected if a woman cheats on him but it's all fine and dandy for him to cheat on his woman right? a woman is as much a human being as a man and deserves the same consideration a man does, this isn't a cry for woman's liberation,its simply common sense especially when you take in the fact that some men treat their house pets better than they their wives!! the new breed of faithless women out there is simply a product of man's insensitivity, what goes around ultimately comes around,

estrella has said it all

beyonce is making money by the day while we're here pondering whether she made sense or not

MP - pasa pasa
Naeto C - kini big deal

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wrong post!

9ice - kasa final

@hesperus

anything for the addicts of heroes

@blackweaver
how many handsets do you carry around cos it seems to much?how cool is etisalat?
i plan on dumping glo and using starcomms in the nearest future

@4peace
do you run a call center?

Flop!Flop!!Flop!!!

No more Yahoo boys to propagate this gimmick that is of no particular value

@Nairalanders

Happy '09

Just wanted to know the impact of the telephone operators in our everyday lives because it is now normal for people to use more than one phone in our society.

I roll with my MTN and Globacom

@Nairalanders

Happy '09

I would like to know what Telephone network you subscribe to because the number of telephone operators are increasing while there has been a drastic reduction in the number of call centres.

I make use of MTN and Globacom

@knowme



Is the issue about her energy exerted into the song or is about some guy's desire to look for an explanation for his eccentric lifestyle?

The song is a two way thing especially when you listen to the remixes.Please, i love this song and i wouldn't like this brillant work of art to be labelled as mediocre.

Put this weak topic in the cooler

or better yet change the topic to read "IF I WERE A BOY",DAMN BEYONCE WAS TALKING ABOUT ME".Like if it would make you any bit important

CHUUUUCH!!!!

9ice - photocopy

do santogold and M.I.A sing indie music as well cos i feel their style.

all these people who you considered as indiecians do not inspire me at all.i thought they were soft rock bands

the sizes are between 39mb to 120mb

ma$e - what you want