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aresa:
Abuja-Kaduna Rail Line is almost completed paid for via direct FG contract. Meaning the people of Nigeria are paying for it.

Can someone please urgently confirm if the account of aresa aka Eko Ile has not been hijacked to post this comment.
Perhaps it is confession time of the unmatched & unrivalled TRANFORMATION work being done by our CiC, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan despite the nuisance of the TERRORIST Janja'weeds of Boko Haram


Any update about the Eko Light Rail three years after the Toronto jamboree by your boss

okadaman2:
Next stop, Nigeria
BY BEN SPURR

TTC IN TALKS TO SELL OLD TRAINS TO LAGOS. ARE THEY SAFE ENOUGH?


As Toronto trainspotters gleefully take maiden rides on the TTC’s Rocket, commuters in Lagos, Nigeria may be about to get some new trains of their own. Our old ones.

A TTC spokesperson has confirmed that the commission is negotiating with a private group to sell up to 260 used train cars to the West African megacity’s new transit project.

“I can confirm that the TTC is in discussion with a third party that wants to purchase trains for Lagos,” said commission spokesperson Brad Ross. “Over a period of time, they will be taken out of service and then transported over to Nigeria.”

The cars being considered for sale are the TTC’s old H-5 and H-6 models, which will be decommissioned as the TTC rolls out its new fleet of Rockets. Ross predicts the earliest they could be shipped to Nigeria is sometime in 2012.

Traffic snarls are already a major economic problem in the Nigerian capital, a booming city that will reach an estimated population of 25 million by 2015. A new above-ground rail system designed to carry 1.5 million people a day has already broken ground, and Lagos Governor Babtunde Fashola has said it “will be the most multi-dimensional and most impactful” of the government’s efforts to reduce traffic congestion.

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 [size=14pt]the sticker price for Lagos is “significantly more” than scrap prices[/size], 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.”

He also warned that while rail systems are glamorous as far as transit infrastructure goes, they are not always as effective at reducing congestion as other options. Nevertheless, new rail systems are frequently preferred because governments can take advantage of kickbacks from large contracts.

According to media reports, the cost estimates for the Lagos rail project have varied wildly from $1.2 billion to $30 billion. In 2010, a Nigerian government watchdog accused Fashola’s government of widespread corruption.

“More often than not, politicians favour rail transit because it is more expensive,” Haider said. “It’s almost useless in some cases, and less productive in most cases, than a bus system. But you can’t buy busses for $30 billion. You can inflate prices and make a lot of money buying a rail system.”

http://www.nowtoronto.com/mobile/#story.cfm?c=182186

Has anyone seen these $30 billion (N4.5 trillion) trains in Lagos since two years ago when they were scheduled to have arrived
Fash'Ole, Thief'nubu SCAMMING Lagos residents of our taxes since 1999



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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (left) inspecting the trains and facilities to be used by operators of the Lagos Light Rail System from Okokomaiko to Marina in Canada on Thursday, May 12, 2011.


Yet some CLUELESS cows are wishing this Smooth Operator and Sweet Talker to be promoted to Aso Rock!
How more STUPID can we be

ashezbrown:
this house is located in badadry lagos state, bt op according to your headline, dis not d building, the other white upstair with ancient structure which has emerged d first storey building in nigeria, and for more info, u should'nt have peep, rather, enter d premises, you will see a man who will explain everything abt d building and lord LugArD,

I believe that the house in the OP is Bishop Ajayi Crowther's house in Badagry, reputed to be the 1st storey building in Nigeria.

egift:
Mr. Phokery and his PDP's Boko Peninsula pocking their nose is APC since "Time Imo River"

And what were you doing with your post below

egift:
Once upon a time Sani Abacha was adopted by all the political parties in Nigeria, the God of Nigeria intervened.

No in 2014, Jonathan is buy his way to monopoly, forgeting that the God of Nigeria never sleep nor slumber.

"Those that disregard History, end up repeating it". The God of Nigeria is watching in 3D

Clueless HYPOCRITE like you

egift:
- PDP Governors who are done being Governor, can retire in the Senate.

I don talk sey make you open your ears, listen and stop this your counter-productive PROPAGANDA, you nor dey hear word. You wan make dem pull your ears first ni abi wetin



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Is that not the Arewa People's Congress, APC template with its Senate Minority Leader being none other than George Akume, former Benue state governor



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Is Senator Bukola Saraki, former Kwara state governor not also with APC?

- And if out going from your current elective post, find a stooge and install - no question asked policy.

Again from the JagaBandit playbook for APC seeing as he installed unknown Fashola, his Chief of Staff to keep things under wraps rather than have Engr. Funsho Williams come in to reveal all the theft in his eight year reign (1999-2007). No wonder Williams had to be crudely murdered

egift:
Once upon a time Sani Abacha was adopted by all the political parties in Nigeria, the God of Nigeria intervened.

No in 2014, Jonathan is buy his way to monopoly, forgeting that the God of Nigeria never sleep nor slumber.

"Those that disregard History, end up repeating it". The God of Nigeria is watching in 3D

That should be told to your paymasters. You are such a pathetic HYPOCRITE

* Perhaps you are IGNORANT of the fact that Thief'nubu's former SOLE proprietor party, the Action Congress, AC nominated his bosom friend, Athief'ku as its presidential candidate after OBJoke forced him out of PDP.
Can you tell us those who contested against Athief'ku in the primaries

** Maybe you are also IGNORANT of the fact that the same Athief'ku went back to his vomit in PDP and was endorsed as the ONLY candidate for the North in 2011 against Jonathan in the party's primary

*** Do you know the other candidates who contested CPC presidential primaries against the former military DICTATOR, General Muhammadu Buhari in 2011 after he was kicked out of ANPP/APP by the young northern politicians who no longer had space for the old soldier after two FAILED presidential bids
That was after hurriedly forming CPC with the money of the son of his former PTDF employer, the late Goggled One



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for which he promptly granted him the party's governorship ticket


Like the proverbial saying- When you point one accusing finger at a person, the four other fingers are pointing at you- anything you accuse Jonathan of doing, the idols you are promoting here as an alternative have done four times WORSE or even more

I will advise you to STOP taking us for clueless MUMUs when the reality is that you are too clueless to realize that the joke is on you.

Emmysteve:
Later when I finished, I told the State Universal Basic Education Board that I wanted to dedicate the class in memory of my mother and they allowed me. My mother solely funded my education; I lost my father at a tender age. If not because of her, I won’t be where I am today. The children are enjoying the classroom now. They are so happy and eager to learn, I noticed that their grades improved greatly after the renovation. They are so enthusiastic to learn.

The highlighted is the part that really got me.
I hope the SUBEB and the school allows her to put a small plaque by the classroom door or some other appropriate place signifying that the renovation is dedicated to her mother's memory. I am inspired to do such, which I have always had in mind.
This is one of the good things that oyinbo people do to make their WHOLE society better while we are so focused on Me, I & Myself yet wondering why we are still the scums of the earth

OrlandoOwoh:
What quasi-christian means?

The same thing that quasi-Islam means for Boko Haram and other terrorist groups who claim to be inspired by Islam.
QED!

OrlandoOwoh:
Rubbish.

I guess one can safely conclude that you have acknowledged and accepted your being "too clueless".
Duly noted for future reference.

omenka:
Bros abeg drex go one side. It is only illegal to mention names when big men and politicians are involved and completely appropriate and unlawful when yehooyahoo boys and other small time crooks are involved. How many of the people we see paraded by the police and EFCC striped to bare pants (here we see their faces and their names on tv and papers) had been convicted by competent courts before they are shown to the world

Abeg tell us another story jor. This one is boring.

I thought we were talking about the President mentioning names of corrupt people & organisations, what has that got to do with ENABLED law enforcement agencies INFORMING the public about SUSPECTED criminals
I think you are carrying this your work of conjecture, spins and outright MISINFORMATION too far

omenka:
@ anonimi: In trying to defend the indefensible, you just gave the president a head shot!!!

Pray tell, who rewards corruption in this country than the president himself??

Who granted convicted crooks pardon and made them untouchable VIPs in the country??

Who shields patently corrupt current and past officials from prosecution than the president by going around with them thereby tacitly telling EFCC and others "touch not"??

Who gives patently corrupt and convicted felons National Awards??

Who sends them to be representative in a national conference that aims to chart the future course of the country??

Who called a convicted crook and transgender his political benefactor??

Who is more corrupt than the president himself??

I thought I was dealing with someone with a considerable measure of UNDERSTANDING despite our obvious political difference but it seems I was being unduly optimistic about your capacity.

Read the whole speech again and go over your rant above to see how you are displaying your shallowness here.

Clearly our country is very corrupt (with serious ethno-religious issues) and this president has to work with what he has in order to get to where he wants to take us. If we, as Nigerians, honour thieves in our midst and look up to them to order us on how to vote then this president will have to work with them while at the same time putting in place SYSTEMATIC, institutional measures to reduce corruption as he has done so far. I hope that is something you can understand.
In that perspective, did Jonathan not negotiate with a drug money launderer who happens to be the current political leader of the south west + Edo state to ABANDON his party's presidential candidate and deliver votes to him in 2011

He was Deputy to Alams and that paved his way for further political progress to be able to do his bit in turning our country around. That is the fact. Moreover has Alams not being punished for his corrupt practices during the Obasanjo administration?
Would you then say that former President Obasanjo is NOT corrupt

In short, we the citizens need to COMPLEMENT this President's systematic initiatives by shunning corruption and corrupt people ourselves.

OrlandoOwoh:
Jonathan, where were you when Olisah Metuh was calling APC and Islamic party and sponsor of Boko Haram? You indirect supported him, thinking you could win sympathy. But you were too clueless to know that the votes of christians alone cannot guarantee you victory.

I hope you can share with us the statement from Metuh from a credible source, otherwise you will be the one who is "too clueless to know" that you do NOT share rumours anyhow in public!

OrlandoOwoh:
Does the Lord Resistance Army in Uganda led by Joseph act in the name of Islam?

or in the name of Christianity
This is from Wikipedia =>

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), also known as the Lord's Resistance Movement, is a militant movement which has been described variously as being quasi-Christian, "Christianist," extremist Christian, or as a new religious movement or a cult which operated in northern Uganda and South Sudan. Originally known as the United Holy Salvation Army and Uganda Christian Army/Movement, its stated goals include ruling Uganda according to the Ten Commandments.

Since 2005 there have been claims that the group has entered the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in 2007 it was reported that it was in Central African Republic. The LRA has been accused of widespread human rights violations, including murder, abduction, mutilation, child-sex slavery, and forcing children to participate in hostilities.

The LRA was initially formed to resist the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), called the National Resistance Army (NRA) before it took control of the country. The NRA/UPDF has been accused of widespread murder, rape, and pillage. In June 2006, Radhika Coomaraswamy, the UN's special representative for children, found more than 5000 children recruited in the Ugandan government army.

Ideologically, LRA believe in African mysticism and Christian fundamentalism. It claims to be establishing a theocratic state based on the Ten Commandments and local Acholi tradition.

The group is led by Joseph Kony.

More from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord's_Resistance_Army

The man is THEORETICALLY correct.

Would anyone say the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and its several derivatives carried out their TERRORIST acts in the name of Christianity
Those who want to learn more about the IRA can START here =>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organisations_known_as_the_Irish_Republican_Army

aresa:
His own spokes man aka Okupe is a con man. He scammed the people of Imo state. The con man was paid over N1.2billion, with very little or no work to show for it and he was arrested and locked up by the EFCC, but he walked free same way crooks walk free in Nigeria.

Do you mean just like this man, whom you know very well

How Ikuforiji, Lagos Speaker, transferred millions of state funds into personal accounts – EFCC
February 19, 2013



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The trial of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, began on Tuesday with the commission detailing how the accused funnelled over N36 million legislature’s money into his personal accounts.

Mr. Ikuforiji and his aide, Oyebode Atoyebi, are facing a 20-count charge of money laundering, and conspiring and accepting cash payments to the tune of N500 million from the House without going through a financial institution.
An EFCC investigator, Adeniyi Adebayo, being led in evidence by the anti graft agency’s counsel, Godwin Obla, narrated how various sums of money was paid into Mr. Ikuforiji’s bank account in one year.
Between July 2010 and August 2011, N36.52 million from the House of Assembly’s Cash Office were deposited into the Lagos Speaker’s private bank accounts, according to Mr. Adebayo.

The sum of N6 million was deposited on July 2, 2010; N5 million on August 1, 2010; N5 million on July 9, 2011; N4 million on July 27, 2011; N10.52 million on August 31, 2011; and N6 million on October 8, 2011; the EFCC said.
“Part of the cash received from the cash office of the Accounts Department of the Lagos House of Assembly by the second accused (Mr. Atoyebi) was used to run errand for the first accused (Mr. Ikuforiji),” Mr. Adebayo told the court.
“I cannot remember what specifically the errands were,” he added.

‘Jamboree payments’

Both accused sat in the dock of the overcrowded court room, Mr. Ikuforiji, in dark sun glasses, focusing his attention on the trial judge.
The EFCC counsel tendered an exhibit before the court, a statement purportedly made by Mr. Atoyebi in October 12, 2012, in which he admitted to have collected the various cash payments from the Assembly’ s Cash Office and how he deposited the N36.52 million into Mr. Ikuforiji’s bank accounts.

In addition to allegedly converting state funds to private use, Mr. Ikuforiji was further accused by the EFCC of signing off various sums of money under shady circumstances.
The commission said that they possess statements by other members of the House of Assembly and civil servants in the state legislature detailing such jamboree payments.

For instance, Bolaji Ayinla, a member representing Mushin Constituency 11, stated how, with the speaker’s approval, he collected N22 million in cash for members of the House of Assembly and the staff of the legislature for the 2011 Ramadan celebration.
Lambo Abosede, a civil servant, stated how she paid N7 million to Tell magazine in April 7, 2011.
Another civil servant, Toyin Atekoja, who works at the House’s Accounts Section stated that “various cash payments were made to various persons.”

According to the EFCC, Ms. Atekoja said that 14 members of the House each received N1,128,859, in cash, for the second conference and annual general meeting of Commonwealth Parliament Association held in Kigali, Rwanda.
Mr. Atoyebi allegedly collected, in cash, N3,313,721.90 on behalf of the speaker for the same purpose.
Okechukwu Okeke, the trial judge, fixed March 19, 20 and 21 for continuation of trial.
A lengthy trial

Mr. Ikuforiji and his aide were arraigned in March last year but the trial had witnessed several frustrating delays leading to opposition parties questioning the seriousness of the EFCC to prosecute the Lagos Speaker.
The prosecution failed to attend court proceedings twice in November, last year, forcing the court to adjourn.

The speaker, who had declared an interest to run for governor in the state, in 2015, was initially arraigned before Justice John Tsoho in December 2011.
Mr. Tsoho chose to opt out of the case for undisclosed reasons.

Although Mr. Okechukwu, the current judge is due for retirement in May; he turned down the EFCC’s application to stay the trial proceedings and re-assign the case to another judge.
The EFCC had stated that Mr. Adebayo is the first of the “numerous” witnesses it would produce to testify before the court.
If the trial does not end before Mr. Okechukwu’s retirement, it would be transferred to another judge who would begin afresh.

From: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/121068-how-ikuforiji-lagos-speaker-transferred-millions-of-naira-of-state-funds-into-personal-accounts-efcc.html

Your case is that of a pot calling the kettle black i.e. pure, simple, classic PROPAGANDA to confuse the minds of our fellow citizens

Jonathan appounted Adamu Mu’azu to head NIMASA while still under EFCC investigation.

The same crook was appointed by Jonathan to head the PDP even though was still being investigated for graft by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly looting N19.8billion belonging to his state while he was governor between 1999 and 2007.

Could you please let us know if your "angelic" boss and "saintly" party- Arewa People's Congress, APC suspended Ikuforiji as Speaker of LASHA "while still under EFCC investigation"
Bloody, shameless HYPOCRITE- that is what you are


APC=PDP=APC

arresa:
FFK, a known hard core GEJ critic visited GEJ behind closed doors today, FFK's EFCC case disappeared tomorrow and all of a sudden, FFK is PDP's mouthpiece and attack dog and according to him, Jonathan is no longer all the terrible names he called him in the past, jonathan is now a saint.

Was that before August when you posted this with your second moniker

aresa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxFbxyXHPeU

Moreover as recently as two days ago, Friday, October 03, FFK aka cramjones posted this =>

cramjones:
This statement summarizes the kind of leadership we have today. Not to say the past was excellent, however, the present leadership have made every other Nigerian president an excellent one! Gosh! What a country!

-CramJones

So it must be that Jonathan did not guarantee letting him off the hook to follow your logic, abi

This is how crooked and corrupt Nigerians dodge our low reinforcements and crime fighting institutions, befriend GEJ and you are off the hook with your loot.. .


This crooked and deceptive man is the most corrupt Nigerian ever..

I believe they are called LAW ENFORCEMENT agencies. And yet Fashola pays you mega-millions as his Aide from the taxes he extracts from hard working residents of Lagos for this trash that you keep spewing on NL

Anyway Fashola & his party- Arewa People's Congress, APC has clearly shown that education is not its priority so you are all in good company They prefer to make our children into almajiris and area boys that can be easily unleashed against "settlers"

redsun:
There is nothing shameful about it,it is the truth.Nigerians are their own worse enemies.

The OP as usual is being ECONOMICAL with his story in order to MISLEAD his fellow citizens in line with the commission received from those who engaged him as an "internet warrior to CONFUSE the minds of Nigerians".

The TITLE of the story in Punch is even different, meanwhile this is the other part of the SAME news story from Punch =>

The President spoke while declaring open the 54th annual conference of the Nigerian Economic Society in Abuja on Tuesday.

The conference, which has as its theme, “Institutions, institutional reforms and economic development,” is the single largest gathering of economists in the country.

Jonathan argued that if Nigerians did not “reward corrupt practices” through their actions, those involved in them would have no need to continue.

He said, “I want a society where all of us will frown upon people who come up with what they are not supposed to have.

“(If) a young man who just started a job and within six months or a year comes up with a car of N7m to N15m and you clap for him, then you are rewarding corruption.

“So for us as a nation to bring corruption down, it is not just blaming government or blaming the police. but all individuals must frown upon people who have what they are not supposed to have; who live in houses they are not supposed to live in; who drive cars they are not supposed to drive and who wear expensive suits they are not supposed to wear.

“And until Nigerians are able to do this, I don’t think we will get to where we want to go.”

Advising that the war against corruption should not be left to the government alone, Jonathan said both public and private institutions were also involved in sharp practice.

He advised that the country should stop creating an environment where people would be tempted to take what belonged to the public.

The President said “ When you talk about corruption, the private sector is involved; the public sector is involved; even individuals. But I wouldn’t want to mention names so that I will not be attacked.

“But I know that if collectively we don’t reward corruption, people would not be attracted to corrupt practices but when we all reward corruption, then of course, we will be tempted to go in that direction.”

He however said his administration would continue to focus on how to strengthen all anti-corruption agencies to enable them discharge their duties effectively.

Jonathan explained that his administration’s approach to fighting graft was targeted at building institutions that had the capacity to overcome corrupt influences.

This approach, according to him, will use the rule of law as a framework.

In this regard, he said the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-Related Offences Commission had been repositioned to ensure effective, efficient and transparent way of managing corruption and corrupt practices.

He said that a major principle underlying the implementation of his transformation agenda was the unwavering conviction that reforms must not be centred on individuals, no matter how strong they might be.

Rather, he said his administration recognised the fact that in order for reforms to be sustainable, they must be driven by strong, sound and effective processes and institutions.

On the management of government finances, Jonathan said that the nation’s budget was now being managed electronically.

He said, “For many years, the process had been manual – government officials carrying documents and files from one office to another.

“This manual system created opportunities for corrupt practices and also introduced many ghost workers and ghost pensioners to the payrolls.

“Today, we have put in place computerised systems and processes to manage the government payroll and also government finances.”

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/nigerians-encourage-corruption-jonathan/

The President was LEGALLY correct in saying he cannot mention names as that would be SLANDER & LIBEL for which any of the named persons/organisations that is yet to be CONVICTED in a competent court of law (that are INDEPENDENT of the Executive arm of government), could file civil charges of DEFAMATION against him (the President).
That is the essence of being in a Law & Order society.

Nevertheless, Jonathan not being a gifted orator who can say sweet things even though they are meaningless, included the unnecessary phrase that has led this OP to be so excited and jumping from one tree to another as if that is the essence of the whole speech when it clearly is NOT!

Both are worse

Desdola:
They should channel their campaign to the masses who would vote for them than paying homage to one retired soldier.

That is because we the masses have decided that we do NOT matter.
These guys rely on those LGA chairmen whom we IGNORE hence they are loafing around as ready tools in the 'election winning machinery' of these looters whom we have ALLOWED to decide our fate.

ovadoze: Tinubu to Obasanjo in 2011

"What integrity has Obasanjoin terms of his lagacies for Nigeria to speak on elections? Apart from his aborted third term ambition, he brought about and left a legacy of electoral corruption in the country.  What is Obasanjo talking about? He should go away and retire in shame politically. He should leave the political landscape of this country alone. He brought a whole salad of corruption manipulations and failure"

Fast forward 2014, Obasanjo has become the pillar of democracy in Nigeria. Gospel according to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and somebody on nairaland told me I should respect him. SMH

We are being told to respect the Asiwaju of Area Boys because they think we are all clueless like they are

Dayjhihannon01: So who do you think knows best when it comes to sanitation if not wole woles?

Their work is to INSPECT and ensure markets, bukas, bars etc are in sanitary condition and do not pose a health HAZARD to the public.
You then have street sweepers, gutter cleaners etc engaged also by the LGA to clean PUBLIC spaces.

Valstresser: Monthly sanitation is under concurrent list so is purely state affair nd not under exclusive list.

Can you please show us where in the 1999 constitution (as amended) that places monthly sanitation on the concurrent lst.
Thanks.

Meanwhile the Minister is right on cancelling the exercise, which was cluelessly introduced by General Muhammadu Buhari as part of his War Against Indiscipline (WAI) rather than ensure that LGAs do their assigned jobs of keeping common, public spaces clean.
This is the relevant extract from our constitution =>

CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
1999

Schedules
Fourth Schedule
Functions of a Local Government Council

1. The main functions of a local government council are as follows:
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(f) construction and maintenance of roads, streets, street lightings, drains and other public highways, parks, gardens, open spaces, or such public facilities as may be prescribed from time to time by the House of Assembly of a State;
(g) naming of roads and streets and numbering of houses;
(h) provision and maintenance of public conveniences, sewage and refuse disposal;

Source: http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/documents/ConstitutionalMatters/1999Constitution/FourthSchedule.html

It is for this purpose and others that they (LGAs) each receive some N160 million from Abuja monthly and are expected to also get additional money from the state's IGR.

Is this not how it is done in those foreign, more "civilised" places where our leaders looters hide our money and even some "lucky" Nigerians do such street cleaner/sweeper work

The Minister is however wrong in suggesting Sanitary Inspectors (Wole Woles in yoruba) as the alternative. These LGA workers have no relationship with the senseless monthly environmental sanitation that we have been doing since General Muhammadu Buhari's days.

egift: You are a bloody liar. Ribadu has not made such statement (he is free to, but the fact remains - he did not). Here is Ribadu page https://www.facebook.com/ribadu

Also see the following:
Ribadu Denies Making Statement in Favour of Jonathan and Against Kwankwaso, APC
http://abusidiqu.com/ribadu-denies-making-statement-in-favour-of-jonathan-and-against-kwankwaso-apc/

kropelgrada, PDP and TANiods feed on anarchy. See how they are nursing and grooming Boko Haram for Budget Inflation, and distraction to perpetuate themselves in power.

OP shame on you.

You guys are not only clueless but you are such bloody LOSERS, LIARS and CONFUSIONISTS.

There is nothing on Ribadu's Facebook page denying the initial statement and since when did abusidiqu.com that cannot even spell Ribadu's name correctly become a source of any news except maybe a SAUCE for Arewa People's Congress, APC proponents of PROPAGANDA

barcanista: You have started again with distorting fact. Do you have an Idea on what is on ground in Kano State?

Before you criticize let us see what is on ground in Kano State.
https://www.nairaland.com/1894624/kwankwaso-build-another-french-school

Like I always say, it is not every action of government that you criticise. Find something else.

What is your estimate of school age children roaming the streets all over Kano state because the governor and LGA chairmen have not provided adequate primary, VOCATIONAL, secondary and TECHNICAL schools



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[quote author=Tomis14 post=/post/26829688]MTV Base Africa has released their 20 greatest Nigerian songs of all time.

Which song do you think is missing from the list?

Source:http://www.toniaodili.com/2014/10/mtv-africa-releases-names-of-9ja.html?m=0[/quote]i.e. since 1914 abi na since 1994

APContherun: Care to tell me the antecedents of APC members that stand them above Jonathan? Care to tell me what the likes of Fashola, Atiku, Buhari, Kwankwaso etc have over Jonathan? The truth remains that Jonathan is a billion times better than whatever APC presents and will beat whatever it's they present.

Since you don ask ogbonge question about antecedents come join am with big word of billions, Kwakwanso get am well well =>

He built a N1 billion school in Niger Republic

Ikengawo: https://www.nairaland.com/1570042/kano-spends-n1bn-school-niger

Nigeria: Kwankwaso Spends N1 Billion On College in Niger Republic

http://allafrica.com/stories/201308280416.html

while many Kano state children are roaming the streets as almajiris without education and No Future Ambition (NFA) but to be potential, willing recruits for violence against "settlers" in the North as and when needed

Clueless, misplaced priorities

Permit me to put this with some highlights =>

isrecole: What spectacular achievements has Fashola recorded in Lagos wc makes him stand out? Our people need education on the workings of Lagos under Fashola.

1. Fashola has made N3.6Trillion IGR in the last 7years.
2. N700Billion Statutory Allocation.
3. N2.8Trillion Statutory Allocation to LGA'S in Lagos State.
4. N450Billion Debts within 7 years.
5. Several other Revenue in terms of Ecological Fund,Excess crude Account;Dividends on Lagos State Investments,Foreign Aids et cetera.

Inspite of the foregoing huge funds,

* less than 10 percent of Lagos State Government roads are motorable.
** 99 percent of LGA roads are impassable;
*** The Houses constructed are too expensive for the poor;
**** Flooding has continued etc!!!!!!!

The foregoing and other failures will not earn Fashola 35percent.

His modest achievements concentrated in the Urban areas are noticeable because Tinubu's Government was an abysmal failure for 8years.

How much of the whole Lagos state is provided with TAP water, after more than 15 years of Thief'nubu & Fashola progreTHIEF administrations


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/LGA_Lagos.png



I will like to add the fact that most children in Lagos state are either out of school or in UNREGULATED & UNSUPERVISED private schools that have sprung up to fill the gap ABANDONED by Fashola's administration despite receiving almost N6.5 billion from the Jonathan/Sambo federal administration through UBEC for the purpose of ensuring ALL our children are in school COMPULSORILY for nine years.

Can one imagine how many youths would be employed if Fashola & other governors build schools, recruit PROFESSIONALLY qualified teachers rather than abandon this vital sector to youth corpers every year

Ayed44: in other words, what you are saying is that APC must present a northerner as its presidential candidate in order to appease the "powerful north", right?

Anyone interested should read Aare Afonja's story of working with the fulani Alimi who later betrayed & killed him to take over Ilorin.

Ogun awitele kii pa aro, eyi ti oba gbon- To be forewarned is to be fore armed.

egift: I know people like you are still existing. Keep blaming all Jonathan's failure on other. Read the article on Dr. NOI's statement. Like the Looted Millions to South Africa, you are only angry, this scam is exposed.

Jonathan through the Finance Minister said the Brand New Tanks has arrived and when we looked, all we see are scraps from UN leftovers. 1,000,000,000 Dollars stolen for good.

Please show us where the Minister actually mentioned new TANKS or that the tanks in these pictures are what she was talking about,
BTW, how much do you think 1 new tank costs

kokoA: I thought PDP took the "five rebel" governors to court for decamping to APC

Assuming PDP took them to court, is anything/anyone stopping Labour Party from taking Mimiko to court

arresa: The fact the governor is yet to name the building after her like the people of Lagos state rightly suggested means he is not going to or because of your relevance and importance to the governor and the people of Lagos state, he revealed to you that he wont?

Did I say he won't.....I only asked you to share updates on the LASHA request.
Na why body dey hot you like dog wey dey on heat like this

...unlike your useless and incompetent uncles in Abuja who didn't even mention her name but instead gave out awards to their fellow looters and incompetent clowns with zero contribution to the society..

Such as this designer of our national flag, Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, who has been literally abandoned by past Presidents and governors of Oyo & Ogun states and his LGA Chairman all these decades


https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RHAQmaN67TA/0.jpg



https://www.dailytimes.com.ng/sites/default/files/imagecache/400xY/akinkunmi.jpg

Seriously, must you trolls come up with[b] the dumbest, thoughtless and unintelligent nonsense?[/b]

Seeing your response so far here and elsewhere, as you struggle to justify the mega millions you are paid from Lagos taxpayers' money, the above aptly describes you

arresa: Lagos Assembly Asks Gov. Fashola To Rename IDH After Dr. Stella Adadevoh


https://www.skytrendnews.com/images/drstella.jpg


^^^^^^ A wonderful Hero..

It will be more appropriate for you to share with us the response from your boss one week after the LASHA has taken the initiative rather than wait for the Executive.