₦airaland Forum

But why

olabukola: Not in my life time pls.

what do u mean

quid: Go to Bayelsa, Rivers etc and see many Yorubas working in the oil companies there without disturbance.
So, one Nigeria allows them to work there and make plenty of money.
But one Nigeria does not allow non-Yorubas to live and work in Lagos. Story

Go to Ondo, Edo, Lagos, Ogun and delta see how many other ethnic groups are working in oil companies without disturbance.

Oyo and co still have other ethnic groups working as well

So because Igbos were sent packing it means non-yorubas ?

Moreover ask your relative in Lagos whether he has been disturbed just because he is Igbo

quid: Yorubas should lead by example and quit living off the oil of the Niger Deltans,.

How are yorubas living off Niger deltan OIL. You must be very stu.pid for that statement. BTW is Ondo, Delta and Edo no longer Niger-delta ?

So long as Ilaje, Akoko, Itsekiri, Usan and co are found there then it must be dumb of you to say such

FreeGlobe: who is olajide kosoko anyway?

he is an actor and a Lagos prince. Why are you asking ?

God bless you Jide Kosoko, This is the same point I have been trying to pass across.

Triple Gbosa for you sir.

http://www.punchng.com/news/deportation-jide-kosoko-defends-lagos/

Veteran Nollywood actor, Jide KosokoThe Kosoko family are true Lagosians, on Thursday said there was nothing wrong with the alleged deportation of the destitute to their home state by the Lagos State Government.

Kosoko, a Lagos prince, stated that the government deported people who constituted a nuisance in the state to their hometowns because the metropolis was becoming over populated.

He said, “I disagree with the people criticising the deportation. There are reasons for everything. Since there have been negotiations between Lagos and the state concerned and the government believes their home state would take better care of them, I think the action was appropriate.”

Kosoko said even though Nigerians were free to live anywhere in the country, people should not abuse the privilege by becoming a nuisance.LOL

“We don’t need to shy away from the fact that Lagos is over-populated because of its commercial advantage. Anybody doing a legitimate work here is entitled to stay but a situation where they are turning themselves to a nuisance in the state and they would go as far as inviting others to come is not acceptable,” the actor stated.

He said when the okada business began, it started with skilled riders until some people took advantage of the business idea and started creating problems.

He stated that there were actually states with worse laws than Lagos, where people got their arms cut off because of crimes and such people saw Lagos as a place for greener pastures.

He noted that with the Lagos State government’s policy, the roads are safer.

Kosoko said that the action should not be restricted to Lagos.

“Let’s not deceive ourselves, look at the highways, are they not better? I am not speaking for the government but for myself. To me, whoever constitutes a nuisance in any state, not just Lagos, let them be sent back home.

“It is very unfortunate that we are in a multi-ethnic country; that is the major problem we are having. We find it difficult to say the truth,” he said.

Yorubest:
I'm sure the Fulani herdsmen never intended to harm innocent Imo villagers too, they only invaded the villages because they wanted to capture the grass

This got to be the one of the best analogy I have seen all year

[quote author=tpia@]haha, what's the fixation with olaniyi, you people are so funny.

tunde olaniyi indeed, una just no dey think outside the box.[/quote]

roxell120: see goat. the problem with yorubas is their total confinement in their region. tour other states like my anambra, not towns but villages and see for urself. my village alone can pass for an estate with tared roads done by individuals not govt.folks travel is part of education but u lack it here.an igbo mans wealth is weighed by the quality of house he built in his family. we maybe here in lag or elsewhere but our home forever waits for us in various villages.

I have travelled a lot from Owerri, to Nnewi so what are you talking about !!!

Niger, Maiduguri etc I have been

Tundeolaniyi: That is your business. I am not here to boast and lie that yorubaland an el dorado just because am from there. I have to say it the way it is. It can hurt, but that will mark the beginning of our change.

Hmmmm you ain't yourba.

I will ask you one question

Idi ile wo lo it wa ni ado ekiti ?

Pelu

Soro bi omo ekiti gangan

Sam xiu lee: the sad part is that they all seem to forget that the Anambra state Government did same.

That is indeed the saddest part

esikpogho: deporting the sick and destitute to any part of the country is a wicked act from fashola,but obi is a thief that have to vomit the stoning Anambra state money.[size=18pt]this is a picture of onitcha under obi, [/size]is a criminal.

who's fault is that ? Yorubas or Lagos ?

Stop blaming the SW for your leaders selfishness. It has always been like this since the 60's

abu12: A responsible government will react to such call and get their indigenes out.

Tayeni: they deserve to live with dignity like human beings. Not under bridges and d elements.. These pple were not dragged frm their warm beds....Lagos state alone cannot cater for them....d responsibility should b shared..

good !!!

Nwa Teacher: Fashiola must apologise or we deport him to his ancestral home in Ekiti State. We must tell him were all immigrants in Lagos State despite he denied burying his father in Ekiti State because he wants to claim Lagos Indegene

My friend no apology will be made and it is fashola's grand father that is from Ekiti but have naturalised with we indigenes because

1. He speaks Yoruba
2. Lagos is a yoruba state
3. Aworis have accepted him and call him Awori (Eko) as well

So do your worse

this is funny

Klinee: majority of river state indigenes are igbo.

That's the funniest comment on this thread. So likes of ijaw, ikwerre, okirika, bonny etc are igbos ? Kalabari, opobo to igbos ?

ILIDEFI: Keep defending Fashola. FYI, d list Fashola sent to Anambra state office containing 14 fabricated names did not tally with d names of any of the 72 ppl he deported. Most of d ppl he deported are not destitutes and lunatics. Dey had petty jobs and businesses. Why is it dat Yorubas have refused to b objective over dis Fashola issue? Why do Yorubas keep defending their ppl even wen dey are wrong? You ppl are terrible.
I'm not supporting d act of Rivers state govt though.

Abeg go siddon. Tribalist

You prefer to castigate fashola more cos he is Yoruba.

Otseh: @ samunique, are destitudes not nigerians? don't they have right to live in any part of the country? what the governors shld do is to rehabilitate them not send them away. they are in those places because they can not help themselves, so govt shld help them.

after rehabilitation what next ? Shouldn't be for them to reunite with their family ?

Which was what Lagos state did compared to others

shollaire: There's a limitation to freedom of movement. The exercise is only for non-indigene destitute who head to another state without any form of livelihood not non-indigene who have business to be in those state. Come to think of it, if all beggars in Nig. were to converge in p/court,lagos,abuja only, what else ll they constitute if not nuisance? But if every state share in the rehab of this destitute instead of pushing the responsibility on 3 states only, am much sure there ll be no more beggars on our streets.

Thank you

martowskin1: easy bro. It has not come to dis.
This people ar nigeria citizens and not ghanians. So y treat dem like refugees. We ar all under one nation nigera, u ar talking as if anambra or lagos is a nation of it's own......if u say d action is cool....no problem...cogratulation for being a good nigerian

No Nigerian is treated like a refugee. If Lagos was getting the same allocation as anambra, that is a different case. it is robbing from peter and giving to Paul

mayorhy: You re not a destitute or a lunatic today,who knows tomorrow!

So because he is not, he should support the roaming about of lunatics and destitute ?

God-forbid but if he becomes one, he will prefer to send him to his family to be taken care of rather than leave him on the streets

Promhize: When did we start knowing the govt to be truthful, huh?
Well sorry 4 calling u dimwit, but whatever case Fashola shouldn't have done what he did.
He commands respect and he's already influencing this other dumb governors

Apologise accepted my brother. Fashola did not start the move. It started from Abuja then abia before Lagos state even provided them with an accommodation and food. Lets not get sentimental here, no one is harassing anyone but destitution SHOULD NOT BE ENCOURAGED. We as citizens of Nigeria should help these destitutes who maybe hiding from their family because of shame and all. Leaving them like that will only increase crime

uche okpara 100: if u cant provide 4 ursef, wat use are u in d society? beggin? y are some of u foolin ursef? thy should be sent home! excpt those disabled once is undastable.

Thank you my brother