Bagehot: Yimu. To what extent are they controlled by the Governor? Does he also spell out how they should spend their funds? Criticism shouldn't be a hobby, it should be of the progressive sort.
To answer your highlighted question- YES! See below.
Laple0541: You are a FOOL and obviously jobless, everyone are not gullible like you, so you move around to take pics of schools in Surulere and Oshodi and those are what you could come up with abi? You forgot to show that of Epe where Ambode hailed from now! why I they follow this kin Smello to they argue sef? Koshilo joo.
I thought that Ambode is from Ondo state Anyway since you asked for another rotten structure from Epe, let me find something for you
anonimi: What is the performance record of Thief'nuibu cabal on health care for Lagos state in the past 16 years?
Beyond the paparazzi of photo-ops we know that the General Hospital in Epe, the original home constituency of Speaker Ikuforiji is in tatters and such a deplorable condition:
Beyond the physically deteriorating situation with many of the health facilities, the working conditions for the doctors, nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians etc is nothing to write home about hence regular strikes. However our excellent governor's reaction is to sack them and ferry his sick father abroad for treatment:
Since Fashola spuriously claims he sacked the doctors to protect public interest, we should ask: If the governor is to protect the people, why did he send his own father abroad for treatment? Why are the necessary medical equipment not available in Lagos hospitals since we have medical experts that can treat his father here? "Why has he resorted to the use of incompetent 'referral doctors' who are being enticed with a wage twice what they ought to have been paid if they are in regular employment? CONMESS fully, according to the Lagos NMA, would cause just additional N33.5 million monthly, compared to its looting spree to line private hands and profiteers," the statement reads in part.
Why should we entrust ourselves to these LOOTocrats who have failed woefully to deliver on their promise to Lagosians these past 16 years?
- How many doctors, nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians, hospital administrators are recruited annually for a state whose IGR has increased over 53 times since 1999? - How many hospital beds and clinic consulting rooms plus equipment have been added despite annual budgets increased over 10 times since 2000?
We deserve much better than this bunch of Smooth Criminals have provided for 16 years of mismanagement and maladministration!
AminuRano87: why do you hate the North that much? Sokoto state commissioned the first power station in Nigeria. check news
Do you mean this UNPROFITABLE diesel guzzling over-sized generators
Blue3k: The Sokoto State power plant will generate electricity at N178 per kilowatt, more than three times its current price in the region, Daily Trust investigations have shown.
The 38-megawatt Independent Power Plant (IPP) was built by the state at the cost of N3.8 billion and will consume 33, 000 diesel daily.
Data from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission shows that the highest approved price for residential customers under the Kaduna Distribution Company (Kedco), where Sokoto belongs, is N45 per kilowatt.
The plant “consumes 33,000 litres” of diesel daily, the director-general of the project, Mr Umar Bande, said during a test run of the plant last week.
Daily Trust findings show that the state will be spending an average of N6.8 million daily on diesel at a market value of N206 per litre. By this, the plant will consume N204 million worth of diesel every month.
The annual cost of diesel to be consumed by the plant is N2.47 billion per annum, more than two-third of its worth on fuel every year.
By the estimated 33,000 diesel per day, the plant will gulp 868 litres of diesel to generate one megawatt (1000 kilowatt), amounting to N178,808 for every megawatt, using a market value of N206 per litre of diesel. A kilowatt generated by the Sokoto plant will therefore cost N178.8.
Kaduna Electric, whose network will convey the power to customers, presently sells electricity at N45.76 per kilowatt hour, according to the 2015 Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO) approved by NERC.
The Sokoto plant, which contract was awarded in November 2008, has a multiple type turbine that can use diesel, gas or LPFO, Bande said. Officials also said the plant would begin operation after the transmission infrastructure and other minor aspects are completed.
Daily Trust learnt that Kaduna Disco gets an average of eight percent of power daily from the national grid through the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which it allocates to Kaduna (66 percent), Kebbi (17 percent), Zamfara (nine percent) and Sokoto (eight percent).
The MYTO 2015 shows that residential customers (R2-SP) presently pay N26.37 for every kilowatt hour; the R2-TP pay N28.05; residential customers 3 (R3) pay N42.74, and R4 customers pay N45.76.
Commercial customers under class 1 (C1) pay N33.17; C2 pay N38.88; and C3 pay N44.22. For the industrial customers, D1 customers pay N36.95; D2 pay N39.13, and D3 pay N44.22.
Customers under category A1 (agriculture and public agencies) are paying N33.17, A2 pay N38.56, and A3 pay N39.13. Other customers who use streetlights are put under ST1and they pay N30.30/kilo watt hour.
‘Liquefied Petroleum Gas is better’
A power sector and energy expert, Mr. Dan Kunle, said for Nigeria which recently agreed to support clean energy initiative and climate change, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) could have been the fuel source for the plant as it could be brought in from nearby Niger Republic or from the Niger Delta rather than trucking diesel at a high price.
He however said the state government could only sustain the operation for three to five years by subsidising the fuel cost if having sustained power supply is its key focus at the moment.
“There is nothing government cannot subsidise if it is determined to do that in the most scientific approach. If that is the energy need of Sokoto State Government, they can put that into use and have uninterrupted power per day for the next few years.
“If the impact it will create for industrialization will flow back, then that is good and sustainable. Americans subsidize power up to N200m daily but they do it on scientific basis. It must be subsidized if that is what the government wants,” he said.
Why project is delayed
Daily Trust reports that the project, initially expected to be completed within six months in the first quarter of 2009, was stalled for eight years over what state officials described as “unforeseen circumstances.”
The deadline was first shifted to September 2009, later to December 2010 and to July 2011. It was then extended to September 2013 and later August 2014 and the dates keep changing. Daily Trust findings revealed that the source of fuel for powering the plant is the major reason behind its continuous delay.
“The project was conceived without a proper feasibility study. That is why the issue of fuelling the plant was not properly addressed,” a source said.
Another source said: “They weighed the use of diesel to power the plant’s generators which will consume dozens of trucks of diesel per day. The cost, logistics, safety and even availability of diesel dissuaded the officials from that option.”
But the Chief Operating Officer of the contracting firm, Vulcan Elvaton Ltd, Mr Franklin Ngbor said last week that the turbine of the project had already been tested three times.
He said the synchronisation of the plant with the fuel tank and the main evacuation line, down to the transmission line is the only thing remaining.
“The plant when fully completed, finally fired and integrated into the national grid, can work for five consecutive years, non-stop,” he said.
‘It will boost Sokoto’s economy’
During the last test run, the Secretary to the State Government, Bashir Garba, said an agreement will soon be signed between the state government and the TCN on the evacuation of the power to the national grid.
He said the project was necessitated by the epileptic power supply to the state from the national grid, adding that the state will enjoy nearly 24-hour power supply when the plant becomes fully operational.
“This will also eventually boost the socioeconomic landscape in the state, curb poverty, restiveness and unemployment, among other myriad of direct and indirect benefits,” he said.
Laple0541: Tell me the country in the whole wide world without a slump, those foolish pictures you posted above why didn't you show us the year they were taken and moreover why are your eyes being programmed to see only bad things, don't you move around to see beautiful works being put in place by this government. We know your type, omo atokowabaje. Acknowledgement and appreciation never existed in your dictionary.
If I ommited "am" how is that your headache?
The first one in Surulere, where Fashola grew up and went to school was Nov 27, 2015. The second one from Oshodi where JagaBandit grew up was taken this week- February 13.
Ioannes: Well said. Now it's time for all Nigerians to download the app developed by govern,went to aid whistle blowing, "wahala dey"
Which government? Which minister for propaganda and misinformation Developing which app? An app that has no law to back the initiative by a dictatorship pretending to be a democracy?
So it is the job of Buhari (Executive Arm of Govt) to suspend Dogara (Legislative Arm of Govt)? You Biafraudians need to stick to selling Fake drugs and fake spare parts.... instead of dabling into Politics with you inbred Anger and hatred for other tribes Buhari is alive, hale and hearty, What can Biafraaud do about it..... except the Lagoon solution ofcourse
Lastpage!
Did you see the topic of this thread Please check again. Cheers.
Laple0541: I proud to be associated with the CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE.... Eko oni baje.
The following school structures do not exactly fit the centre of excellence label, or do they Meanwhile it seems you were in a hurry and omitted AM in the the highlighted phrase.
MathsChic: Some days ago, I was at a secondary school in Surulere (across the bridge from the Island) in Lagos for a friend's event where he is educating secondary students about the perils of peer pressure. I honestly wasn't expecting what I saw as the state of this secondary school. It left me wondering if this was a school or a dump yard. Why in heaven's name are Nigerian leaders looking the other way while the young ones study in this sorry environment?
The attached pictures are what I saw. This is no secondary school. It's a hopeless shanty. I hope this gets to front page and attracts the necessary attention.
HungerBAD: At a time when knowledge acquisition in other climes is getting increasingly sophisticated, the same cannot be said to be the case in most parts of the country.
While the much-touted leaders of tomorrow in some states attend classes in ad-hoc environments including under trees, unsafe environment and sundry locations, Lagos State, many say should never be found in the company of such needy states.
But that is not the case. As a matter of fact, students in some schools in the state are taught while sitting on bare floors, while classrooms in some schools across the state are without roof, sundry fittings and devoid of requisite learning aides
Oshodi Nursery and Primary School, Oshodi, which has been in deplorable condition for a very long time is a classic example of this sad story.Located only a few kilometres away from Bolade Bus Stop, along Oshodi/Agege Motor Road, the school, which has up to four buildings within the premises, sees pupils scampering for safety anytime it rains, even as the learning process also has to be halted at such times. This explains why parents and concerned residents of the area are urging the state government to come to their aid, by rehabilitating the school, and providing an enabling environment for the pupils to learn, in consonant with their rights to attend school in conducive environments.
The pathetic condition of the school first attracted the attention of The Guardian Newspaper, which carried a report to that effect in The Guardian on Sunday edition of February 7th, 2016. Ever since that publication, nothing has been done to improve the fortunes of the school.
This gross neglect suffered by the school, has provided a leeway for miscreants in the area to sneak in for regular Indian Hemp smoking sessions. They sometimes defecate in the open classrooms, thereby compounding an already bad situation.
When The Guardian visited the school last week, over 20 classrooms are without roof, just as empty plastic bottles and empty sachets of water jostled for space.
Some of the residents who spoke to The Guardian said they have on several occasions written letters informing the state government about deplorable state of the school, and the need to rehabilitate it, but without any positive response.
They said because of the ugly condition of the school, most of them had to relocate their children to other schools, adding that only indigent students still attend the school.
One of the residents Mr. Edwin Mathew, said parents of the pupils have raised the issue of renovation on several occasions with the school management during Parents Teacher Association (PTA) meeting, but nobody is saying anything about it.
Mathew said: “This school has been in this form for a very long time and nobody is saying anything about it. We have written letters to government but there have been no responses. We feel government has forgotten this school, and some parents have taken their children to private schools. Only a few parents still bring their children to this school because the school has been abandoned.
“I want to use this opportunity to beg the state government to come to our aid because our children are our investment so, we would not like to play with their future.”
A parent, Mrs. Kafayat Dada, said she personally wrote several letters, but when nobody responded, she visited the Ministry of Education in Alausa to inform them of condition of the school, but nothing has been done till date.
Dada said: “I have been to places to find out why the school has been abandoned, along with other parents because we suspected that government must have awarded contract for the rehabilitation of the school buildings. We found out that the contract has not been awarded, but I want to use this opportunity to ask Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, to come and rehabilitate the school for our children. We are not happy with the terrible condition of the school because it is an eyesore. Our children have right to school in a conducive environment like other children in the state.”
Secretary, Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board Oshodi/Isolo Local Council, Lekan Alausa Adekoya, explained that it was rainstorm that removed the roofs of the buildings in September 2014, and ever since the school management has written several letters to the state government, through the State Primary Education Board (SPEB), to rehabilitate the school, but nothing has been done.
He called on the state government to take the school building as a priority project, and rehabilitate it. He said: “As you can see, it is an eyesore and we do not like the situation. I feel one day it would be the turn of the school to be renovated because I believe government has not forgotten the school.
“One non-governmental organisation promised that it would rehabilitate the school for us in 2016, but because of the economic recession, the group apologised it would no longer happen. It is a project that would take millions of naira, so, there is nothing we can do on our own other than to write letters to government, which we did on several occasions. I know very soon by God’s grace something would be done because it is a public school and the children have right to stay and learn in a conducive environment. “We try our best to see that the situation of the school does not affect the learning process. We thank God that we are in dry season because whenever it rains, the learning process is affected because of the open roof.
“Government should intervene in this matter. I know that government has other projects to handle, but it should make this school a priority project.”
Responding to the use of the school by miscreants and hoodlums for binging, he said, “We have arrested some of them before with the help of the police. We discovered that it was some children of some landlords in the area, including some tenants and traders in Oshodi market that litter the school environment.”
Omeife2: Odili supposedly invested a lot of money in the power sector in Rivers State,the amounts invested are mind-bugging, and in no way commensurate with the structures that were on ground. Amaechi came and was able to generate some power. He however later cried out that the state was being forced to transmit what was generated, back to the National grid. So the cycle continued. For Ambode to be successful with this, there should be a change in legislation that allows state generate and utilize all the power generated the way they want..
Fashola is the minister for power etc. Lagos state has three senators and 10 representatives in the NASS. Do you have the links to what they are doing in respect of the highlighted Abi they are all there just to collect mega millions monthly from us without doing anything?
Bagehot: Boda Ode clearly knowing these roads are under the local government's purview, still went ahead to post them here. Asinwin.
Who controls the local governments 101%, if not the governor
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AshiwajuFoward: Guy, you're starting to sound like a broken record with this your lightrail timeline talk. So long as they actually do a good job of it that's all that should matter in the end. Besides there are enough precedents for this sort of shifts in timeline with similar projects the world over.
It's a PPP project so it's not unusual for timelines to change considering unforeseen circumstances and developments. E.g, Boston's "Big Dig" project started in 1982, with completion due in 1998, and was not completed until almost a decade later in 2006 - 25 years later! That's in the good old U.S of A.
If you like use example of delays by 100 years in USA na your own be that. On this African continent, Addis Ababa constructed its light rail in four years: 2011 to 2015!
Addis Ababa Light Rail (Amharic: የአዲስ አበባ ቀላል ባቡር) is a light rail transportation system in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[3][4] A 17-kilometre (11 mi) line running from the city centre to industrial areas in the south of the city opened on 20 September 2015.[5][6] Service began on 9 November 2015 for the second line (west-east).[7][8] The total length of both lines is 31.6 kilometres (19.6 mi), with 39 stations.[7] Trains are expected to be able to reach maximum speeds of 70 km/h (43 mph).[9]
The railway was contracted by the China Railway Group Limited. The Ethiopian Railways Corporation began construction of the double track electrified light rail transit project in December 2011 after securing funds from the Export-Import Bank of China.[10] Trial operations were begun on 1 February 2015,[9] with several months of testing following that.[11] It is operated by the Shenzhen Metro Group.[12]
Very much so. In fact the Lagos light rail that they have worked on since 2008 is now moving millions of Lagosians daily. Something Jankande started in 1983 before the sick old man in Aso Rock cancelled it for ethnic bigotry and jealousy.
Splashme: The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Tuesday, said that the cancellation of the Lagos metroline project in 1985 was a major mistake and disservice to many Nigerians.
Jakande spoke in Lagos during the launch of a book which chronicled his life in politics and journalism.
The book, entitled, ‘Jakande: Leadership in Action’ is written by Dr. Bola Olaosebikan, who told the audience at the event that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was not responsible for the cancellation of the project.
Jakande said, “Reflecting on the metroline project, I think it is a major disservice to many Nigerians. Imagine how many people would have benefitted. It would have made life easier and changed the face of transport in Lagos. Whoever cancelled it or gave the advice towards its cancellation didn’t do right.”
The former governor asked Nigerians not to vote for unserious leaders in the coming polls, saying the elections presented Nigerians with a good opportunity that should not be squandered.
Expressing the hope that Nigeria would soon overcome its developmental challenges, Jakande said hope would be actualised faster if credible people emerged as leaders in the next dispensation.
He said, “This book comes at a very auspicious time in Nigeria’s history as we need leaders who can act. We need leaders who would not compromise the standards of good governance. God has blessed this nation the most in Africa, although we have not reached where we should be; with the right leaders, Nigeria would overcome its challenges.”
Firefire: Fellow Nairalanders, in response to Fashola comments below on not receiving enough support from the federal government to complete the Lagos light rail project.
"Fashola said all over the world, when cities and states build municipal rails like what Lagos is doing, their central governments support them morally and financially"
Lagos: How We Spent N160bn World Bank Loan on Light Rail Project
The Lagos State Government yesterday justified the N160 billion it borrowed from the World Bank, noting that the fund was channelled to finance its light rail (blue line) project.
However, the state government expressed disappointment at the progress of the project, which it said, was not executed as smoothly as possible, but was optimistic of its completion.
The state Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, said this shortly after inspecting the light rail terminus at the Orile-Iganmu part of the state alongside some members of the state executive council.
Speaking with journalists, Fashola said the project would have been completed in another 12 months despite that the project execution was not as smooth and speedy as he wanted it.
The governor raised questions on the intention of the federal government for publishing the state debt profile in the recent time, wondering what could have informed the decision to make it public.
He said: “I think it was the Debt Management Office of the federal government that published the report that we have a debt of about N160billion. I do not know the intent of the publication.
“But if it was to inform the public, I think we have always kept the public informed anytime we borrow money. If there are other intentions behind that, only those who make the publication would know what the intentions are.
“But you see, when people talk about debt of a state like Lagos, they forget that after Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt and one other country, we have the fifth largest economy in Africa.
“When you are talking of about a billion naira debt to a population of over 21 million people; because if you are measuring the debt, you also have to measure the responsibility. Those are the things people keep in isolation.”
He, therefore, explained that the state government already “has in place, strategies to repay the loan. The federal government was in the know of the state’s decision to take the bond and it approved it.”
He added that the truth “is that what they do not also say is that no state in Nigeria can borrow money outside, from any multilateral agencies without the approval of the federal government.
“What they did not say is that they approved it. No state can raise money by bond the way we have done without the federal government’s approval. Both SEC and NSE are all federal regulatory agencies through which we must pass. If they said okay, it means there must be something good about the debt.
“Our rating as a state is the same as that of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, BB minus-stable with a positive outlook. We are the only state in Nigeria that has that rating. The first bond that was taken during my first tenure has been paid; the first tranche has been paid.
“I think the second tranche will be settled around 2016 or 2017. We are already making provisions. The provisions that will be there will be in excess of what is needed,” the governor said
Fashola expressed satisfaction on the progress of the light rail project, though decried the petty delay that was encountered as a result funding, saying the project would have should have been completed in another 12 months.
adedayo2000: If malaye like make him buy catapilla na him sabi all this small pikin toy way him dey call car na vanity upon vanity # continue # last last na six feet under the ground # who u epp
mhk043: please, can someone tell me how this guy made his money?
Below is just part of what we give him as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria even though in the same country minimum wage is N18,000. Yet we wonder why people don't like to work in ministries, departments and agencies?
Delat99: Record breaking ke, its bin breaking record since it was more than #200. Well all time lowest ni eleyio.......May God help us. Only CHANGE can CHANGE this CHANGE we are Witnessing now. # PEACE.
..................who is handsomely paid for loafing around instead of making laws to better the lots of Kogi people who EMPLOYED him with their votes to the NASS.
During his first years as a state senator, Obama was a co-sponsor of a bill that re-structured the Illinois welfare program into the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. He also helped get various pieces of legislation that established a $100 million Earned Income Tax Credit for working families, increased child care subsidies for low-income families, and required advance notice before mass layoffs and plant closings passed.
Alawe: OMO mein! see Dogara face and belly sha. now i believe this guy padded the budget true.
True but Dogara is protected while whistle blower Jibrin was suspended. Anyone who thinks the sick old man in Aso Rock and his Association of ProgreTHIEF Criminal, APC are fighting corruption is a joker of the highest order. QED!!!
Their adventurous way of taking risks to test and expand the limits of human understanding and endeavours that creates solutions to current and future challenges while we black people live in perpetual fear of the unknown, waiting for God to help us out. Then we complain of being dominated by other races.
Politics › Re: Ambode Targets 3000MW 24HR Power Generation For Lagos by anonimi: 1:36pm On Feb 16, 2017
