₦airaland Forum

OrlandoOwoh:
If dis tin hit front page make I nakèd baff.

Keep trying.
The writer was described as follows by Wole Soyinka:

I was recently the recipient of what one writer called ‘a devastating public verbal assault’ by Wole Soyinka. The occasion was an interview with Sahara Reporters, in the course of which I was tagged as a ‘sterile literary upstart’, ‘an inept hustler’, ‘an ignoble character’, and ‘an empty, notoriety-hungry hanger-on and upstart searching for relevance’

Source: http://www.thenewgong.com/originalsin.html

That was in 2008, six years ago.
I guess Adewale Maja-Pearce continues to be a hustler peddling half truths and outright lies for whoever is ready to pay well enough

Anyone who believes that the Jonathan/Sambo administration is the most corrupt since 1960 despite having:

- revived our railways
- repaired our abandoned FEDERAL roads
- reanimated our agricultural sector while removing fertilizer subsidy
- set up new universities
- built Almajiri schools
- paid states EXTRA budget money through UBEC to ensure all our children are in school for nine years FREE
- revived our moribund automobile industry

to mention just a few main achievements in less than four years, needs to have his head examined by a PSYCHIATRIST

OrlandoOwoh:
Obasanjo raised an important issue which we should be pondering on rather than abusing him. How true is the claim that Jonathan bribes legislators to stop them from impeaching him on the ground of corruption all these years?

Is it Tambuwal and the APC gang that would not have impeached Jonathan if they had something WORTHWHILE against him
Was OBJoke not actually doing this bribery to lawmakers most of his eight WASTED years as civilian president when he literally had the lawmakers in his pocket?

Whenever ANYONE says something we should weigh the statement vis-à-vis his antecedents and likely MOTIVATION.
General Bully-Aminu of Ota is just being a very deprived cry baby who is beginning to act like a DEPRAVED grouchy old man

PaulJohn1:
Pathetic if true.

Oga the N1 billion railway station story is very true oh and live form the state's OSBC site. I hope you clicked the link to verify for yourself.

It's no doubt that many of them are in those positions for themselves and never for the populace. But what's left for the few aware voters is to choose between these rogues we call our leaders, the lesser devil. This is the case of Osun, and I think both the aware and unaware voters got it right voting for Aregberascal(the manageable rogue).

The real problem is that the "few aware voters" are too SELFISH as we do NOT share our awareness ENOUGH with our folks and friends, which would ensure greater impact as we only have one vote that some of us do not even use

I agree with you that PDP made a bad choice of a candidate hence Aregbe got lucky.

PaulJohn1:
Lol, Osun owes her civil servants two months salary, this month 'll make it three months. But still better when compared to states owing her workers salaries of 9months or even more with more or doubled monthly allocation.

Governors seriously should think deep and get off excess dependence on oil money.

and just as important, these useless governors should stop STEALING from us. Can you imagine Aregberascal who is owing several months of salary to workers spending N1,000,000,000 (one billion) just to repaint a railway station in Osogbo

Aregbesola Eulogised Over the Renovation of the Osogbo Railway Terminus

The governor of the State of Osun Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has been described as prudent, talented, having vision and a God given gift to the state.

The special adviser to the governor on works and transport Engineer Oladepo Amudah stated this in his office while fielding questions from journalists on the rehabilitation and face lifting of the Railway Station, Osogbo.

According to him, government is using its meager resources to develop the station in order to enhance the social and economic status of the state and meeting the standard of Nigeria Railway Corporation.

Engineer Amudah said government has spent four hundred and twelve million naira on phase one, while the next stage will involve the recreation centre, clearing and separation from terminus to Olaiya which will cost six hundred million naira.

He maintained that at the end of the projects the state government will be spending over one billion naira to renovate the railway station.

Source: Osun State Broadcasting Corporation, OSBC

We don't even know how much he is spending on the PHANTOM airport in Osogbo.
And to think that the man is an "Engineer"! Chai!!!

How did we end up with such clueless people as our state governors

GenBuhari:
It is not too late to protect your money by using your money in your bank to buy and asset that does not devalue and reselling after the devaluation process has bottomed out.

For once (I believe) I do agree with you

bushdoc9919:
But the problem with your analysis....is that you want to blame Nigeria's problems on ''evil Nawtherners taking our oil away''. I used to think like that. But since 99...we have had Southerners running the show...and most of them are just as resource dependent as the North is.

And even if we give the Niger Delta all the oil....it would become a seriously indebted, Dutch diseased economy. Do you want that?....or do you want a self sufficient,. industrial Niger Delta......?

The current geo-political reality of Nigeria is that the North has 19 states plus Abuja FCT to the south's 17, which cascades into everything about REPRESENTATION at the federal level and impacts the ability or (non) of the NASS to pass any meaningful amendment that will reduce our NATIONAL dependence on oil revenues to fund NON-viable states.

Granted that "if we give the Niger Delta all the oil" it MAY not be prosperous overall, however we are only SPECULATING on that future possibility. Why don't we also SPECULATE that they will turn into Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Quatar with their small population

BTW, is it for anyone to give what BELONGS to you in the first place?
Did "we give" the south and north rights to their cocoa/rubber/palm oil and groundnut/cotton revenue respectively prior to the Jan. 1966 coup and subsequent UNITARY government?
Don't you think that there is an anomaly somewhere currently

Ijebulogic:
SLS must be laughing so hard as the Vagabonds in Power continue to R4pe our country. Dollar didnt move this much in Sanusi's 5 years as CBN Governor. Ogbeni Emefiele....check yourself!!!

I thought Ijebu people are really very smart when it comes to money matters and by extension, economics. You sure sey you deserve this your ijebulogic moniker?

Was there a drastic drop in oil price throughout Sanusi's tenure as we are having currently

Perhaps na you suppose check that your ofege logic!

Obiagelli:
Maybe we should start with the FG allowing states to mine their resources. I see no reason why Enugu shouldn't be selling and exporting coal.

Too many people here who know next to NOTHING about the fundamentals of our country's geo-politics, democratic structures & constitution YET will be making plenty of EMPTY swagger to put their abject IGNORANCE on full display.

No wonder such people are blindly following a clueless old soldier

tiebe:
i agree that a lot of the children from some of these schools are annoying, that's not the school's fault. the parents who teach them to be fake nko?

also, comfort is not the cause of obesity. . .

Is TOO much comfort not ONE of the causeS of obesity, which is a DISEASE

Isiterere:
True talk dude.
But reverse is the case because of aimless, clueless leaders and docile followers.


ALL IZZ WELL

How can you conclude 'All is well' after stating that our country has 'aimless, clueless leaders' at all three tiers- federal, state & LGAs- with 'docile followers'

Any reason for the conflicting statements?

Henrick007:
bros even if our govt build a sch of dis standard for us, walahi it wnt last... Na spoil we go spoil everytyn.

Why dem never spoil dat kain school for obodo oyinbo places?
Do you think that maybe, just mabybe the oyinbo people dem get am for two heads or they are LESS primitive than we are
Na which one?

BabaAlabi:
The classroom alone is better than my principal's office in Umutukororo Grammar School. May thunder fire poverty.

This is called MISPLACED aggression.

Rather you should expect thunder to fire our 36 state governors and 774 LGA chairmen who should provide such primary & secondary schools as STANDARD that are free and COMPULSORY for ALL our children.

For many decades, China with almost 1.5billion people has had free & compulsory education for all its children for nine years and our Nigerian federal administration gives EXTRA money through UBEC to our 36 state governors for the same purpose.

Don't be surprised that after stealing from us these useless leaders send their kids with our stolen money to schools like the one on this thread while we the MUMU citizens are praising them for increasing IGR, which is from our pockets, wallets, bags & handbags without asking what they have done with the increase

If there is any poverty that needs to be fired it is that of our lazy MINDS

GenBuhari:
In church for the wedding of Rochas Okorocha's daughter

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Why is he looking like a blind grown up almajiri waiting for someone to help him get up and lead him

CFCfan:
It is indeed tragic. The only solution to the impending economic doom is to amend the constitution to eliminate unnecessary offices.

There is absolutely no need to have 36 or more ministers in the cabinet; who in turn, hire an army of SAs.

Secondly, knowing to switching to a unicameral federal legislature is near impossible, the total earnings of NASS members has to be cut by, at least, 60%. Ditto for Governors, and the President.

Moreover, a diversified economy in which non-oil exports account for 45% of foreign exchange earnings is the way to go.

That is where the lawmakers come in.
Do you know if the progreTHIEF opposition have made such proposals in the amendments we made so far to our constitution

They can TALK endlessly and make fine SPEECHES but in reality do absolutely NOTHING that aligns with their dogo turenci for defrauding the unwary fellow citizens!

barcanista:
The Problem is Nigerians are denied quality education. You know education enlightens one, the leaders rather give us half baked education so that it will not have any effect on our cognition and behaviour(while their kids are sent to the Best of the Best Abroad). Our people need to drop sentiment and see that our economy is even worse than they make it appear

Given that the vast majority of Nigerians or citizens of any country end their education at secondary school level, it should be obvious to you that your identified fault on education lies squarely with the 36 state governors and 774 LGA chairmen who are constitutionally responsible and even receive extra money from the federal administration through UBEC to ensure ALL children are educated free for nine years.

barcanista:
We need a change in government. Our Fiscal Policy has been counter-productive due to high rate of corruption plus high cost of running government. Nigerians save your future, kickout the incumbent with your votes..plssssss

I really pity this your Akigbemaru (He who screams to slim down) job oh

Perhaps you are not aware of the Russian Central Bank's response for even an economy that has some industrial base unlike ours.

The ruble tumbles with the oil price

The Russian currency has lost a great deal of value, and the central bank in Moscow can no longer afford to prop it up. Russia's dependency on commodity energy exports has become more apparent than ever.

More from: http://www.dw.de/the-ruble-tumbles-with-the-oil-price/a-18058437

Thankfully the economic foresight of the dynamic duo of Jonathan/Sambo team that has led to growth in our agricultural and automobile sectors etc will make the impact less than it would otherwise have been when the clueless federal governments that we had previously did NOTHING concrete to sustain, talk less of expand, our industrial base.

BTW, may I advise you to find a better way of earning your livelihood!

morefire:
fellow nairalanders finally i have met the most; vacuous, vapid, half-witted, obtuse, doltish person on nairaland...

"Abacha is not a thief"

wow is there still hope for this generation?

He is just echoing what the real clueless old soldier, who derailed our democracy 31 years ago said =>

Abacha Never Stole, Say Buhari, Babangida

The late military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, did not loot the national treasury contrary to the general impression, two military former heads of state have said.

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who ruled Nigeria between 1983 and 1985, and his successor, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, gave Abacha the clean bill in Kano yesterday after the rememberance prayers marking 10 years of the death of Abacha, who ruled between 1993 and 1998.

Abacha was accused of stealing nearly £5 billion while in office, out of which over $1 billion has reportedly been recovered from various sources around the world.

But Babangida, who described Abacha as a "courageous, loyal and honest military head of state who stood for the unity and development of the country during his years in government", has dismissed the allegations.

He said the looting allegations against Abacha were unfounded and baseless, stressing that "it is not true that he looted public treasury. I knew who Abacha was because I was close to him".

Babangida said: "Abacha was a courageous person who stood firmly in handling the affairs of the country during his regime."

He added that the regime of Abacha brought positive changes in the country which should have been emulated.

He said 10 years after the death of Abacha, his contributions to the nation's economy remain indelible.

"There is no doubt, during his administration as head of state, Abacha contributed his best to the nation's economy which we are still enjoying," he said.

Babangida's new position however contrasts with what he told Newswatch magazine in July 2000.

He had said: "The revelations [on Abacha's loot] surprised me. I am surprised, because I didn't know."

He had also explained that Abacha's death brought "relative stability", adding that "it gives us, oh well, let's see, there is hope after all".

Babangida, in that interview, also blamed the society for allowing Abacha to grow into the dictator he became.

"I feel bad that society failed to realise that they have a duty to protect whatever values they hold dear to their hearts as far as this country is concerned. At any rate, there are people I like and do respect those who stood against the regime, who are not military officers but civilians who are able to speak out. They didn't mince words and if their views had been heard, he wouldn't have [done enough harm]," he had said in response to a question.

Buhari, in his own comments yesterday, described the allegations of looting against Abacha as "baseless", because according to him, "ten years after Abacha, those allegations remain unproven because of lack of facts".

More from: http://allafrica.com/stories/200806090008.html

Arewa People's Congress, APC spreading LIES and rumours since 1999

GenBuhari:
Abacha was no looter

So this was the whole idea behind your COOKED figures from a source-less "world bank"
Anyway we know better and the JagaBandit's TVC confirms it =>

U.S.$700 MILLION ABACHA LOOT FULLY RETURNED - SWISS ENVOY



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Swiss Envoy to Nigeria, Dr. Hans-Rudolf Hodel, said all the $700 million in Swiss bank accounts belonging to the late head of state General Sani Abacha have been returned to Nigeria.

Hodel said this at a news conference in Abuja. He added that Swiss and Nigerian governments have agreed to request the World Bank to
participate in the review of the use of the funds on welfare projects.

"Regarding Sani Abacha, Switzerland has restituted and returned $700 million of illicit assets to Nigeria," he said.

The ambassador said in addition to the return of the funds, Switzerland also funded a project of an NGO network which monitored the use of the recovered monies in the various development projects.

On the case against the late Abacha's son Abba, Hodel said proceedings over support of a criminal organisation were still pending in Geneva.

He added: "There are special procedures to deal with foreign clients who are PEPs (politically-exposed persons). Swiss banks must put clients into different risk categories. They might decide not to start business relationship with a PEP because of the reputation risk involved. Swiss banks are obliged by law to report well-founded suspicions of criminal activity and simultaneously freeze the assets in question."

When asked on a recent report on Swiss traders involved in opaque $6.8 billion oil deals in Nigeria, the envoy said they have not received any formal request regarding that.

"I have no knowledge that we have been contacted by the authorities. In case they will start proceedings and they will need our help, of course with international legal cooperation we will help them if they approach us. But until now, they have not approached us," he said.

From: http://www.tvcnews.tv/?q=article/nigeria-us700-million-abacha-loot-fully-returned-swiss-envoy

GenBuhari:
google is your friend

Na me share the info for NLers

GenBuhari:
World bank

Na for mouth

kennaustine:
APC... Authentic PVC Cloners.

Can we consider:

Alternative PVC Cloners?

or

Adulterated PVC Cloners?

Onegai:
Fashola hasn't paid state doctors since August, they're still working but most of them are doing PP and leaving the General Hospitals for when they're free. Later, when you hear they're on strike, you people will be screaming insults at them. What more round table do you want to discuss, simple "pay my monthly salary", that now needs discussions.

Abeg if na joke make you stop am oh!
You cannot be talking about Obiagelli's 'better market wey dey sell himself'.

Obiagelli:
You are beginning to sound pathetic, nobody is selling excellence to you, check 98% of the posts here, they have seen a government with a sense of direction hence the praises. Let your village governors come and copy leadership as usual.

Like they say, better market dey sell himself.

Anyway the 'excellent' governor is a chronic DEBTOR of salaries.

anonimi:
28 OCTOBER 2014

Staff of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, (AOCOED), Ijanikin, on Monday besieged the Lagos State Secretariat and office of the State Governor Mr. Babatunde Fashola located in Alausa, Ikeja, to protest what they termed as series of anomalies in the institution.

The staff who brandished placards with inscriptions such as , 'Olukoga must go', 'Where is our cooperative funds', 'Bashorun must go', 'Fashola pay out four and half years salary arrears', among others said they were also protesting against the credibility of members of the ad-hoc committee set up by the governor to address the issues affecting institution.

Their protest march disrupted working activities in the Alausa secretariat while it lasted.

More from: http://allafrica.com/stories/201410290079.html

Bunch of pretentious SCAMMERS.


2015 - Kick Arewa People's Congress, APC out of Lagos state.

majekdom2:
what gives you the conviction his replacement cant be better ... can ou testify and vouch for what you are yet to use ?

Do you have to use ganja.weed aka marijuana yourself to know that it is TOXIC
No!!!
You simply need to look at those who have used it in the past to see how it DESTROYS life and WASTES talents.

Perhaps Majek Fashek was also having clueless thoughts like that hence he embarked on a career-destroying drug addiction journey.


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May that not be our portion- Amen! Insha Allah!! Ase Edumare!!!

Obiagelli:
As much I don't want to derail this thread, you should learn to shut up. Nobody has said all the problems in Lagos has been fixed.

Thanks for your confession- duly noted.

Any idea why Fashola is then hailed and sold to us as "excellent", the best thing since sliced yam

Abeg na wetin be the definition of 419 again sef

OrlandoOwoh:
Na the spiritual we go hold?

In case you missed it, I will do you REPLAY in slow motion focused on the aspect that adequately responds to your concern:

anonimi:
the real thing- enhanced HUMAN activities in & around those infrastructures

slightlyMad:
on the other thread, a dude was attempting to brand a 1914 repainted train as transformation simply on the grounds that the train, before GEJ's tenure, were not moving, but now they move.

The only reason GEJ's administration via Oduah is renovating airports is just so more cash can make it's way out.

The reality remains that previous federal administrations before the Jonathan/Sambo also budgeted for these things but did NOTHING including those trying to replace GEJ.
Is that not our reality

OrlandoOwoh:
If the aviation sector which the government boasts of as one of the areas that it has impacted much on through the Transformation Agenda could be this rubbish, I doubt if the government really did anything.
The roof of the MMIA, Lagos leaks. The roof of the one in Yola was blown off by wind. The one in Enugu suffers flooding.

Why do we hold on SOLELY to the physical aspects of development, which are simply facilitators to the real thing- enhanced HUMAN activities in & around those infrastructures

The transformation has led to international flights in Enugu & Kano among other enhancements to the lives of people in those cities where the transformed airports are- is this true or not

Please note that I have not said there is no need to also ensure proper renovation of the airports.

CFCfan:
On the bolded, I'd support a constitutional amendment granting states the right to regulate medical practice (specifically professional conduct of doctors, nurses and midwives) as is done in other federal republics like the US. I would still leave the regulation of the pharmaceutical industry to the federal government because the distribution of medication, most times, crosses state lines.

Also, both the states and FG can set up their own independent health insurance programs which would pay for a portion of a patient's mdicall bill.

What most of us seem to forget is that there has been at LEAST two amendments to the Abacha 1999 constitution.
We need to ask what was the input of our OVERPAID lawmakers from all parties into the process for addressing issues like what you have raised above.

APC people know how to make nice SPEECHES that do NOT align with their actions in reality within the existing DEMOCRATIC framework we currently have.

CFCfan:
The private sector can complement LASG's efforts too.
However, i think the entire health insurance industry needs to be revamped in order for many more people to have access to quality healthcare.

That is very true BUT the state government still needs to retain an effective MONITORING unit to ensure standards are maintained ALL over the state,



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which implies MORE employment for our jobless youths and increased revenue in terms of inspection and licence renewal fees for the government.

aresa:
Sad and unfortunate truth for Nigerians...

in particular Lagosians despite over 13 years since Enron power project media hype by Fashola's godfather, which continues with Eko Ile aka aresa's relentless PROPAGANDA:

aresa:
.

Akute Power Project
Island Power Project
Island Power Project Expansion (IPP2)
Alausa Power
Peninsula Integrated Power Project
Mainland Power Project


Sadly, no news about Shomolu and Mushin IPP..

aresa:
The last time we saw fire hydrants in Lagos was during the colonial era and they disappeared in the 60s.

Building up a sane, safe and orderly society is not rocket science, we just need good thinking, credible, responsible and hard working leaders with strong sense of duty and responsibility...

Is Fashola so clueless as to be doing oyoyo fire hydrants in "old Lagos" while all schools in Lagos state are without functional toilets
How can someone be so DAFT

Filth Rules In Toilets Of Some Lagos Schools

In an expansive hall inside the premises of Wesley Primary School, Agege, a cluster of pupils from various public schools were in ecstasy last Wednesday. It was an educational programme, featuring a mini competition and reading exercise. The event was at its peak.

Slipping out of the hall, our correspondent looked around for available restrooms. There were none in sight. A teacher walking by gruffly waved the journalist to an open door just behind the hall.

“That’s the children’s toilet; you can make use of it,’’ she said.

The ‘children’s toilet’ is an improvised latrine accessed from an ante room. There are four toilets in all with none having a water closet. One door was broken down; one was shut, while two were flung open. In one of the opened toilets, caked faeces decorated a pole while pieces of paper already used to clean up by pupils littered the floor. The putrid odour oozing from the toilets provoked instant nausea.

A young pupil stepped in at this point, darted a look at the reporter and made for one of the toilets. She bent down to urinate and left when the business was done. Our correspondent allowed her to leave before taking pictures.

Bids to speak with the head teacher were not successful as he was not available. The premises, however, also house the Vetland Primary School and the Local Government Education Authority.

Our correspondent also sought to speak with the Education Secretary, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Authority, Mr. Taiwo Balogun, but he was also not available. Sources however said the toilets were not sufficient for the school.

“Over 300 pupils make use of that toilet. That is what primary education in this state has turned into. Unlike the secondary schools, which use funds from the EKO Project, we have nothing. Most of the things we do here are self-help projects. The doors to the toilets are repaired from time to time but the odour is a shame, I must tell you,’’ said the source.

Elsewhere at Ipaja, pupils of Abesan Primary School, Estate Primary School and Housing Primary School urinate in the open. The schools, sharing premises, have no toilet facility to cater for members of staff and the pupils.

The head teacher of one of the schools refused to grant audience to our correspondent. But a source said a Parents’ Forum is already constructing a toilet for the schools.

“The situation in this school is pathetic. As you can see, both the staff and pupils have no decent toilet facility. That one under construction is from the Parents’ Forum. The local government, in my view, is trying its best. But it seems we have been forgotten by the state government,” said the source.

The indecent state of toilets at the Wesley Primary School and the Abesan Estate schools mirrors the reality in many of the 1,007 primary schools, 345 Junior Secondary Schools and 311 Senior Secondary Schools in the state. In spite of the efforts by the state government in turning around the education sector and providing a conducive environment for learning, such poor toilet spectacles abound in many public schools in the ‘Centre of Excellence’.

A professor of Public Administration, Mr. Ladipo Adamolekun, said the state of the toilets could impact negatively on the pupils. According to him, many toilet facilities across even the secondary and tertiary sectors in Nigeria are nothing to write home about.

“The report is even worse if you look at the secondary and tertiary institutions. That is one of the telltales of the decay in the education sector. Environment definitely affects learning, especially for female students. I am aware that the Millennium Development Goals prorgrammes have provision for sanitation. The girl-child is more affected when sanitation is poor. It leads to health hazards,’’ he said.

According to experts, such a dirty environment is a harbinger of diseases, such as diarrhea, dysentery and typhoid.

Attempts to talk with the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, were not successful. However, the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, Mr. Jide Lawal, put the blame on the doorsteps of the affected schools.

“It is an isolated case. If you have four or five schools like that out of 1,007 primary schools in Lagos, then definitely they are isolated cases. These schools have been told to take ownership. If my toilet at home is bad, will I call Fashola because of that? It shows the type of person that I am. But you can text me the names of the school, it is noted, he said.

From: http://www.onenigeria.com/filth-rules-in-toilets-of-some-lagos-schools/

Despite annual budget of almost N500 billion more than MANY years budget combined of the federal government in the 90s

2015 - Kick out Arewa People's Congress, APC from Lagos state