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Emphany:
We pray it doesn't become an abandoned project.

BabaOneChance on my mind



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Shall we pray





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mrmetoo1:
Dude go through you posts on this thread and tell yourself honestly you were not trying to detail it by making Lagos/Fashola look bad.

If he is not bad, why has he NOT done all YOU detailed about technical education in addition to educating ALL our children

mrmetoo1:
Talking about education, of course education is important. Education is important even for the success of this project. We need technical schools like yesterday for this to be as successful as some of us will like. I'm in the construction industry and I know that there's a huge lack of skilled workers, projects like these are supposed to be world class so they'll need good hands which Nigeria honestly doesn't have.

I have not said anything different from the above, or have I

mrmetoo1:
That's basically what you're implying because I'm not sure what the standard of education in Lagos has to do with this particular project.

Plenty!
If there is not a LARGE ENOUGH pool of skilled and semi-skilled workers the infrastructure will collapse in due course. It has happened before in our country since the mid-70s and will continue happening until we get our priorities right on educating ALL our children.

Buildings are going up everyday in every part of the county how come you're not preaching your education standards there. Every state is building more malls, more hotels, stadiums, etc. All those other states is education now at the standard you want it to be?? Some governments are trying to come up with ways to prosper and make more money but you'll never see anything good in it because it's not coming from the politicians you support.

Na wetin consigne me with other states.
I don talk about Lagos wey interest me. If you and/or other people like make una talk about other states.

Lobatan.
O pari
Chikena
Finito

tkcosby02:
Be like say US get personal beef with dis Kashamu of a thing.

The Agbaya of Owu and his alleged CIA connections may be behind the man's troubles.

IF this man is guilty as described he may have to consider suicide and his family can sue the NDLEA for aiding his untimely death by denying him access to medical care due to the siege!

mrmetoo1:
So how does government giving developers licence stop education from improving. What you're basically saying is every other thing should come to halt until education gets to a satisfactory level for you.

I have said NO such thing.
If you think I have, please show where I did.
Thanks.

The WORDS used could be better!

mrmetoo1:
You know you're only being dishonest if you say Fashola hasn't done well with regards to education especially with your recycled pictures.

Fashola is a FAILURE in the education sector or how do you classify a score of 14% in PUBLIC schools provision without even taking into account the % of children who cannot go to ANY school at all- whether private or public

micktoxin:
Sir, you are missing the point. This project is independent of government funding, which means all the things you are complaining about can also be developed in parallel.
Let's agree to disagree.

But they are NOT being developed in parallel, or are they

How many children do you see roaming the street or stuck in their parents' home because they can not go to school in Lagos state today?

Why should an "excellent" governor be boasting over 14% FAILURE in education sector?
Why?

micktoxin:
I speak for most people( esp second generations of Nigerians abroad) when I say the reason most people haven't come back to settle down is mostly down to the poor infrastructures. Imagine thousands of fellow Nigerians like me and my family/friends selling all their assets to relocate back to Nigeria.
Tell me this won't positively affect Nigerians. Nigerians send $20-30 billion back to Nigeria every year, imagine if they all move back to invest in the country. Nigeria economy will automatically grow by at least %10. Talk less of the improvement due to increase in expertise in many white and blue collar jobs.
The snowball effect is simply too great.

Oga, please let me repeat for the umpteenth time:

Without emphasis and devotion to MASS education of ALL our children all that shiny infrastructure will go to rot in no time.
QED!!!

Have you seen anyone build a house starting from the roof

eazisky:
Does that justify her for embezzling our money?

How do YOU KNOW for certain that she embezzled our money?
Proof please!
Thanks!

mrmetoo1:
How can govt tell private individuals what to use their money for?

- Government grants the developers licence, not so?
- Government gave the land, HOPEFULLY at a good annual RENT paid to the state coffers, not so?

Apart from other IMPLICATIONS of government in this particular venture and any other private venture in the state.
Hope you understand!

micktoxin:
I feel bad about this, trust me. The trickle down effect, demands all the things you've listed will be positively affected.

Let me tell you a story:

A man was knocked down by a vehicle and he fell into a coma briefly. When he woke up from the coma, he failed to show that he was awake.
Why?
He was dressed expensively in latest fabric etc BUT had the cheapest underwear pant that had been EXPOSED due to the accident.
Na so dem take bury am like that oh

Moral of the story- FIX the underlying issues first instead of expecting "trickle down" effect.
Europe and America did not develop that way. They focused first and continue to focus on MASS education.
China, India, Korea etc are also doing same with outstanding results.

Our late great sage, Awo understood that and transformed the Western region in just six years (1954-1960):




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Sadly, the akotiletas prodigal sons of Thief'nuibu cabal that have held us in bondage since 1999 do not understand this BASIC tenet of sustainable development!

Skywalker5:
You cant look at it that way. I understand what you are saying but everyone has to be hopeful and not depend on the government for everything. We as Nigerians have to try and make a way out of no way. We have to be inspired to do things. If you keep complaining and talking about negative stuffs, no one will want to do anything.

Is that how they do it in the UK, USA, Canada, Italy and those other places where Lagosians, Nigerians and black Africans are risking their lives to cross the desert and Mediterranean Sea just to be under-employed, work their arse off contributing to the development of these oyinbo societies while ours rot away WITHOUT even been acknowledged for their efforts

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Nigerian woman and baby, named Francesca Marina after Italy’s Marina Militare navy, are said to be healthy and will be taken to hospital.



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Is it that we are such a SHAMELESS bunch of mofos

micktoxin:
Guys, please educate yourself before commenting. This is a privately funded project and has no effect on Lagos state budget. I wish some of you guys can see the long term benefit of this project.

This has been argued to death.

You mean the land is NOT paid for by the developers or what exactly

micktoxin:
Everyone is saying the same thing in UK and USA. The excitement is through the roof.

In the UK and USA do you find MOST schools in a terrible condition as in Lagos state despite a $90 million World Bank loan



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scholes0:
Every single thread in Naija turns into some sort of tribal bashing.

Anyways, this is a Wonderful thread.... I can't wait to start seeing the skyscrapers on the Lagos shoreline..... manhattan 2.0 (Naija style), the New hub for West and Central Africa.

New hub filled with many children that cannot go to school at all while the few who can attend only 2,000 PUBLIC schools out of a total of 14,000 schools i.e. 14% FAILURE! Most of the 12,000 private schools that fill the gap of the state's ABANDONED responsibility to its future workforce are not even supervised nor monitored!
Yet the governor has no qualms boasting about it

Is that the standard in Manhattan, NY, USA



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Skywalker5:
Wow. just beautiful. i feel happy about this project. Its like i should just leave UK and run come Naija now now .

What % of UK looks like this after EACH rainfall year in, year out




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yetunde01:
This is a place in Lagos, Jimoh-Akowonjo, 30mins rain and everywhere is flooded. Where is the Government?



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GOATandYAMtheory:
The armed personnel came in the guise of maintaining peace and order, but they soon abandoned their primary responsibility for fuel racket. They shoved, maltreated and sent away those who were on queue to be attended to, thereby gaining access to have their drums loaded with fuel.

As of press time, the unregistered white Isuzu truck they use for the ‘deal’ had visited the filling station for the fourth time.

The fourth truck was being loaded as of 8:50pm.

The vehicle, on each visit, left with at least 14 drums and dozens of gallons filled with fuel.

The helpless consumers, some of who slept at the filling station, suspected the soldiers were feeding the growing Lagos black market with the product.

The military officials who were fully dressed had taken over the only two pumps that dispensed the Premium Motor Spirit.

Those who protested the act were beaten and given scares on their bodies.

Buhari is BACK!

Welcome to "change"




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three:
These are mY top 10 'Dodgy' Contracts as listed in the Awarded Contracts Section of the Lagos State Public Procurement Website http://www.lagosppa.gov.ng

Please peruse, do your research and make informed comments.

I must commend LASG for publishing the awarded contracts online as very few if any other state government does same, however, this covers only 2 years of the BRF administration 2013/2014




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See more tables of the SCAM and FRAUD in the quoted post/thread.

Double post.

This should probably rank among the biggest FRAUDULENT SCAM in the nation's history

* Four years ago, with plenty fanfare, our gomina (governor) waka go Toronto for inspect and buy aloku scrap metal trains =>

Fashola visited Toronto earlier this year to inspect the TTC trains.

The Lagos deal would be the first of its kind for the TTC. Decommissioned cars are usually sold for scrap metal and can fetch up to $1,500 dollar each. While Ross declined to discuss specific figures, he says the sticker price for Lagos is "significantly more" than scrap prices, putting the potential profits to the TTC in the millions of dollars.

It is not unusual for technology from western nations to end up in poorer countries. Marketplaces in Africa and Asia are flooded with North American clothes, computers, and even cars, but the purchase of larger technology like trains is rarer.

The cars will have to be significantly refurbished to fit existing infrastructure in Lagos, and some Nigerian media reports have lamented that the government appears to have settled on "tokundo," or used, trains instead of brand new vehicles.

Although half the cars are more than 30 years old, Ross is adamant they are perfectly safe and are only being decommissioned for capacity reasons. But he also admitted the TTC is not required to make sure the cars meet any safety standards before selling them.

"Once sold, it's up to the new operator to ensure they are in good working order," he said. "They do need to be maintained much more frequently than the new trains, simply because of their age. At some point they will run out their useful life."

Murtaza Haider, director of the Institute of Housing and Mobility at Ryerson University, said the age of the cars is definitely a cause for concern.

"We should be ensuring that there is some service life left in these vehicles and we're not going to be playing havoc with the lives of those who would ride these vehicles," Haider said. "There's metal fatigue, and that metal fatigue could result in dangerous conditions. I would be paying a close watch on this for the next ten years to see how many accidents do happen in Lagos."

More from: https://nowtoronto.com/news/next-stop-nigeria/

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* In January 2013, i.e. some two years after the Toronto visit, our excellent governor said the trains will be ready by June, i.e. five months after the unsolicited statement, based on his inspection & assessment of work done so far at the time =>

Lagos light rail’ll be ready in June – Fashola
JANUARY 9, 2013

The Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday said the first phase of the state Blue Light Rail project would be completed by June this year(2013).

He expressed confidence that Lagosians would start enjoying the services of the lrail project immediately.

The first phase would run from Marina and terminated at Okokomaiko area in Ojo Local Government.

Fashola spoke during an inspection of ongoing projects in the state which took him and his cabinet members to Orile-Iganmu, Alimosho and Ejigbo areas among others to assess the level of works being done by contractors.

The governor, who inaugurated the trackwork of the blue light rail at Alaba Suru, Coker-Agunda Local Council Development Area, said the level of work on the road and those of the National Theatre and Alaba-Mile 2 rail stations, would ensure early completion

He said, “In order to finish the project, the contractor did not go on vacation during the festive period. This will ensure that the project is delivered on time for the use of Lagosians.

More from: http://www.punchng.com/news/lagos-light-railll-be-ready-in-june-fashola/

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* Last year, our fine-boy-no-pimples Misita Gomina confessed he had already spent a whopping sum of N160 billion on the light rail that was supposed to be in use since June 2013. Depending on the exchange rate he used that could be $1 billion to $1.2 billion spent

How We Spent N160bn World Bank Loan on Light Rail Project
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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.

More from: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/lagos-how-we-spent-n160bn-world-bank-loan-on-light-rail-project/188736/

As of today, we nor see train, even sef all the billion, billion $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ don disappear enter Toronto. We prayer be sey make dem nor turn around small time sey na bad business like the N8 billion Sunborn floating hotel

In fact their candidate, Ambode now dey tell us sey na to restructure the financing and delivery will be in 18 months time. Laakulilai, we don suffer finish in the hands of these scam masters and smooth operators =>

Why I reached out to Igbo voters –Ambode, Lagos APC governorship candidate
APRIL 4, 2015
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When is the light rail going to be delivered, the project seems to be going on for years?

I just said it, it’s being funded by Lagos State and the Federal Government support is not there. But I believe strongly that we will create a financial restructuring that will allow us to deliver that light rail within the next 18 months.

More from: http://www.punchng.com/feature/hotseat/why-i-reached-out-to-igbo-voters-ambode-lagos-apc-governorship-candidate/

Una wey sabi financial management small go know sey the man just dey tell us sey money don finish dem must BORROW plenty $$$$$$$$$$$ loan again to have any hope whatsoever of using the trains in 18 months lohun lohun far away longest time!

Can anyone reconcile the fact that the federal government approved LASG's World Bank loan for this project yet they spin us long tales of no federal support. He must think we are all baby pikins wey mama fit tell FAKE tory

cosmatika:
The great tribulation don start o. Who's d anti-Christ here? GEJ or GMB?

To find the answer, first ask why would a smart business man not hoard his products in the face of a loud mouth, scare monger

QuotaSystem:

DT: One burning issue is fuel subsidy. I believe you are aware of the queues in major cities like Lagos and Abuja. The fuel importers say they are unsure of the direction of the new government in this area. Have you considered maintaining or withdrawing this subsidy or are you questioning whether it didn’t exist at all?

Buhari: One of the problems I have, other than the military, is the petroleum industry where I served for three and a half years under General Obasanjo. When people start talking about this subsidy I honestly get confused. I will tell you this, and I hope it will answer what you want to know. Back then we had a refinery in Port Harcourt, which was refining 30,000 barrels a day of Nigerian crude.
Later, it was upgraded to refine 100,000 barrels a day. Another refinery was built in Port Harcourt to refine 150,000 barrels per day of Nigerian crude. So, Port Harcourt alone had the capacity to refine 250,000 barrels per day of Nigerian crude.

But when I found myself as the Minister of Petroleum I set up another refinery in Warri for 100, 000 barrels per day of Nigerian crude and the Kaduna refinery a 100, 000 barrels per day. So Nigeria built capacity to refine 450,000 a day.
Four Hundred thousands of which is purely Nigerian crude, but 50,000 was imported. The type of crude could be Venezuelan, which could be a bit heavier. But the lighter ones - kerosene, aviation fuel, diesel, PMS of different grades could be produced from our crude because Nigerian crude is about the best in the world.

If you could recall, after finishing as Minister of Petroleum, I subsequently became Head of State. You remember, I appointed Professor Tam David West as the Minister of Petroleum. When we rounded up bunkers, collected their illegal jetties and allowed jetties for only big firms which were doing production and development in the country, we were shocked that we had too much fuel.

We had to begin to export 100,000 barrels per day. Don’t forget that we didn’t stop at building refineries, we built more than 20 depots during my time, from Port Harcourt to Ilorin, Makurdi, Suleija, Maiduguri and Kano. More than 3,000 pipelines were laid to connect them. A number of stations were also built to take the trailers off the road, save lives and the infrastructure on the road. It is more economical because each trailer uses fuel.

We did all that in this country and we didn’t borrow any money as far as I know. It’s Nigerian money. From each Nigerian crude, whether Akwa Ibom, Bonny Light or whatever it is, you can work out how much products it will give you; how much petrol it will give you; how much diesel it will give you if you want to produce diesel. We could tell how much Nigerian crude cost, the cost of transportation from there to the refinery, the cost of refining, the cost of transportation to the pump stations and maybe 5 per cent go for overhead.

I can understand if Nigerians pay for those costs. But somebody is saying he is subsidizing Nigerians. Who is subsidizing who?

DT: Does it suggest that you don’t believe in the subsidy? So, you are not going to agree to its continuation in anyway?

Buhari: I would like to be on ground and find out what really has been going wrong. Why is it that people are doing round-tripping with the Nigerian products and take money from the treasury? Some people are still in court. You know about it. So, I’m not taking anything for granted. But I will try and find out what went wrong.

Read full interview on other issues in the link below:

Source: http://dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/top-stories/20804-i-don-t-know-what-fuel-subsidy-means-buhari

Demdem:
Fool, what does sfu got to do with issue at stake here.

Since you can tell the difference between the two as requested it is safe to conclude that you are not only daft but a fool as well.
Enjoy your daftness combined with foolery

Demdem:
Jonah-daft the curse deliberately killed EFCC "star". The curse is gradually leaving and suddenly EFCC seems to be aware of its responsibilities.
Never again should we have a curse govern us again.

Please tell us how EFCC is different from the Special Fraud Unit, SFU of the Police since you are not daft!

sweetgala:
In all is sophistication and dispensation of truth , it avoid the primary topic, the defence of justice and morality

The gentleman made aspersions , and concluded that the petition was instigated out of hate and or jealousy which is beyond the truth.

An objection does not require loathing, if the assignee of the petition do not believe that Onkjo Iwaela with all her Ivy League advantage is not deserving of an honorary award they have the right and means to be heard and contest that, Yale reserves the right to grant/reject their request.

A great African flaw which has been allowed to grow to Goliath proportions is the notion that success requires wealth acquisition.

The gentleman spends such a great deal of time praising enterprising individuals but never spoke in favour of social justice, such individuals think a wealthy man is beyond reproach or reprimand even when his acquisition is at the expense of society.

Okonjo Iwaela is a government official whose duties re handsomely rewarded from the coffers of the Nigerian treasury, he employees have every right to question her actions and where an external body has granted an undeserved award can lobby against.

I think the OP/author dealt with what he set out to achieve.

He cannot deal with ALL aspects that need to be dealt with by our youth.
E suppose leave space for other concerned fellow Nigerians like you too to encourage our youth na

IF the guy is guilty he will have to seriously consider suicide at this point and his family can sue NDLEA for facilitating his death by lack of access to medical service.
QED!!!

literarymathy:
Why farm when you can open a church and make millions in 6months?

true that with 200 million mumus as fellow citizens you can't go wrong

But seriously, thanks to the OP.

The only thing missing is that SMART agri-preneurs will not stop at just farming but RESEARCH into ways of PACKAGING, weighing, grading etc for supplies to supermarkets like SHOPRITE and smaller ones as well as restaurants, eateries. hotels, hospitals, offices, corporate individuals etc.

aresa:
GEJ's bootlegged uni obviously turned you losers into certified illiterates and internet nuisance. .

What does an ordinary Alausa photographer know about these issues

If you knew anything you would be concerned that despite the 1,000% fee hike by your FRAUDULENT Oga the state university remains in shambles and chaos =>

LASU lecturers begin strike
MAY 20, 2014


Lecturers of the Lagos State University, Ojo on Tuesday commenced an industrial action, which they said was “total, comprehensive and indefinite.”

Addressing journalists in Lagos, the Academic Staff Union of Universities LASU Chairman, Dr. Adekunle Idris, said the failure of the university authorities to meet their demands prompted the strike.

According to him, members of the union took the unanimous decision at their congress in Ojo.
Idris said, “The congress, after exhaustive deliberation, concluded that core issues that are germane to survival of the university and career of our members have been neglected by the authorities.”

The union’s National Executive Council, he added, authorised the chapter to embark on the strike at a meeting held at the University of Ibadan from May 14 to May 15.

He added, “We declare that as from Tuesday, May 20, we, the academic staff of LASU, are withdrawing our services to embark on a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike.

“It is a sad decision we are compelled to take and have taken it with every sense of responsibility.”
He said the three core demands of the union yet to be met by the university authorities include the reversal of the high tuition and the repeal of the “No Vacancy, No Promotion’’ policy in the university.

According to him, the implementation of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions Amendment) Act 2012, already operational in other universities, is also still pending at LASU.

The union, he noted, had explored all avenues to dialogue with the authorities and the opinion leaders in the state in a bid to avert the strike but they did not yield results.


More from: http://www.punchng.com/news/lasu-lecturers-begin-strike/

They don't need to tell him abi ke

Buhari faults crackdown on Boko Haram
JUNE 3, 2013

Presidential candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change in the 2011 Presidential election, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has frowned on the emergency rule in parts of the North. He alleged that innocent civilians were being killed in the states.

Buhari speaking during a Liberty FM Hausa Service Programme, Guest of the Week, on Sunday in Kaduna said that Boko Haram members were being killed and their houses demolished unlike the “special treatment” given to the Niger Delta militants by the Federal Government.

More from: http://www.punchng.com/news/joining-apc-not-about-2015-presidency-buhari/

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