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Mayflowa: Maintanance of power plants has been the bane of power development in Nigeria. Technically, We our installed plant capacity stands over 12000MW but lack of maintanance reduced generation to 4000MW.

I hope the US would train capable hands to run the plant for effectiveness

The STATE governors and LGAs have to FIRST of all focus on ensuring there are adequate schools for ALL our children with emphasis on vocational and technical subjects/training so there is a SUBSTANTIAL pool of semi-skilled labour from which the US and others can train our people.

BTW, why are we not ashamed that 54 years after independence we still need the US to train our technicians on maintaining power plants. I doubt that India which gained independence 12 years ahead of us still had the US coming to train its power plant maintenance technicians in 2002 i.e. 12 years ago today
When shall we stop being BEGGARS in the comity of nations

Decibel: We shall overcome

I hope you will agree that we should overcome BEFORE we start calling a public servant who is fresh on the job a technocrat with big big titles that will get his head inflated with super ego and no time to deliver on BASIC things like TAP water for better hygiene of our people.

Decibel: Gov. Obiano Akpokuedike 1 of Aguleri is a great Tecnocrat
Anambra Adigo Mma

Is he really a technocrat
What % of houses, shops, schools, clinics, hospitals etc in Anambra STATE is covered with TAP water provision This question becomes really important with the outbreak of Ebola virus in our country.

vedaxcool: We need to defeat endemic corruption and impunity being raised by the Jonathan's regime, this will guarantee funds meant to equip the militry are used for the purchase of hardware not impeachment notice or an electoral war chest!

Do you know that Borno state received more federal allocation from Niger Delta oil revenue in 2013 than all South East and South West states
Did the Borno state government, which is home to BH, build schools, health clinics, roads etc and recruit teachers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians, engineers, surveyors etc with this huge allocation or was it simply shared and looted

These are questions for RATIONAL citizens to ask rather than focus SOLELY on the presidency
What do you think?

Youngzedd: This is to show us how clueless our leaders are.

And we the citizens are clueless as well.
Or did we raise this matter with our LEGISLATORS in the Senate or House of Reps

The absence of TAP water in Lagos STATE will only make the health crisis of Ebola virus worse.

basty: Omo IBO, they don't see anything good in Yorubaland, jealousy, Yoruba leads other follow.

Some posters such as this basty need to have their head examined. Someone reminds you of projects launched long time ago that you are supposed to THANK him for but instead you start giving him ethnic label as if you have ever met him
For all you know he may even be your blood relation

With attitude like yours we shall be ENSLAVED for much longer under the yoke of these bare-faced rogues MASQUERADING as our leaders

Safari29: https://www.nairaland.com/1581471/truth-lagos-sunburn-yacht-hotel
check the link N8billion is there. Thank me later

Well make I thank you now now o jare why wait till later.
The LIES of the supporter of APC party people is so glaring in every thing they say, chai.

Fashola's LASG obviously provided a GUARANTEE to the bank for the loan facility used to buy the yacht hence Lagos state APC's Igbokwe's "bad business" label for the FRAUDULENT transaction.

Fash'OLE where is our N 8 billion

suwailad: she's beauty without brains.

Quite sad!
I wonder how old she is compared to the old, retired soldier

ba7man: By the time they finish building those low-cost buildings instead of sandfilling Bar-Beach, V.I would have been washed away. Thank God you weren't in charge of decisions back then, do you know how important V.I is to the Nigerian Economy??

You also ask of New roads........Do you live in Nigeria at all?? Even G.E.J's admistration that people criticize can boast of new roads scattered around the country.

I hope no one hijacked and/or hacked your username oh
It is good that we acknowledge when our leaders have made PROGRESS from where we were before even though there may be plenty of room for more improvement.

ooshinibos: Key Question , do you have 24hr electricity in Bayelsa ?? building with no constant electricity does not make sense ..its like going to Dubai and there is no electricity

What of TAP water also?
How many state GOVERNORS have seriously addressed the TAP water issue and covered more than 50% of houses, shops, schools, clinics, hospitals etc with this BASIC provision that also promotes good health and sanitation
How many?

chinolization: I am coming with a thread shortly on that your shabby dilapidated town. I have pix of that your town filled in my camera. I don't know how to speak long grammar..bloody civilian!

Make I take style book space o jare for the Owerri pictures thread.
Abeg nor disappoint oh.

We need to put all these our governors on the spot vis-a-vis their constitutional responsibilities on TAP water, education, health, roads etc so we can have widespread development all over the country.

Sloan: Houston, a city in Texas is oil producing as Bayelsa. Now, I will not even compare them in any way but why on earth can't ALL these roads even be marked and well delineated and landscaped? Yes, I know this was the best or one of the best roads you found and took a picture of but I am surprised you do not see this is a disgrace? Yet Bayelsa has a population of less than 2 M but a budget topping almost all the other states when you factor in their oil derivation component? So, in essence from Alamadeighna and Jonathan and the 2 loonies that came after him, they still could not make one proper marking on that stretch of road? No sidewalk on that very long stretch?

Why are you TRYING to be smart like this Comparing apples with oranges!
When did Bayelsa start receiving the derivation?
Does Houston, Texas WAIT for derivation from America's federal government in Washington DC or it gets its royalties and revenues directly from the land owners & oil companies operating within its vicinity?

This is not to say that MORE could not have been done especially with Alams dubious reputation, however one needs to take into consideration the FACT that most of us who CLAIM to be educated do not engage in our politics massively as those in YOUR Houston do.
Or do we

chibuzz89: APC rules borno state...so why call on jonathan about boko haram issues,when anything developmental comes to lagos..we only call APC and fashola but never calls jonathan...just thinking aloud tho...it's none of my business afterall

And that Borno state under APC received more federal allocation from Niger Delta oil revenue than all South East & South West states except Lagos & Oyo
None of our fellow MUGU compatriots is asking what did the governor do with all the money in terms of

- building schools, recruiting & paying PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED teachers (nor be NYSC cheap free labour every year oh),
- establishing health clinics & hospitals well equipped staffed with doctors, nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians etc
- constructing FEEDER roads and maintaining them with engaged & properly paid engineers, technicians, surveyors, labourers etc

all these activities that would reduce youth unemployment and open up secluded areas thus improving overall security of Borno state

KwoiZabo: In the voice of Gordon Brown 'U need an education'

....for our children in

- primary,
- vocational,
- secondary &
- technical

schools which is squarely a constitutional responsibility of state governors such as Fashola and the LGAs that are 100% under their control.
They have FAILED woefully on that score.

Oduduwaboy: Hope there is an appropriate Fire& emergency services being planned along with it?
The history of fire accidents in high rise buildings in Nigeria has been appalling.

This is the issue that some of us are trying to highlight about the CLUELESSNESS of Fashola's FAKE development as per these glossy IMAGES 9as opposed to REALISATIONS) from Eko Ile & co.
You need to EDUCATE your people MASSIVELY first and along with any other development initiative, otherwise it comes to nothing and will watse away for lack of MAINTENANCE and sustainability in 3-5 years.

* What is the rate for Out-of-School children in lagos state?
* How many people finish from Technical & Vocational schools in Lagos yearly?

These are pertinent questions for people who have a realistic vision for a glorious future as Awo had
QED!

sage2: The fact remains that there will always be poor people. There is goverment for a reason. A society that do not recognise the presence of the poor and weak among its citizens is on a bad move.

And to think that:

1. Most of today's elite got their breakthrough from their POOR parents through the FREE education of Awolowo and his five UPN governors.

2. Many Lagosians and yorubas CHASED awy into socio-economic EXILE by the CLUELESS administrative policies of our governors and LGAs that creates youth UNEMPLOYMENT

yet they do not want to REPLICATE such personal and societal success stories just makes one very sad

JideTheBlogger: Makes sense.... Reminds me of the 7Star hotel (Arabian tower) in Dubai.

Do they have TAP water in Dubai abi na so every big man dey do borehole inside im own compound so tey im own shit dey inside the water wey im dey drink, chai
Makes NONSENSE!
Tufiakwa!!
Mo tu danu!!!

eledacedar: If you see the condition of Harvey Road these says ehn! The yeye contractor BAZNAZ will use aboki to dig drainage for 1 day and disappear for 3 weeks. Fashola no see that one o.

He is partially BLIND maybe

ichidodo: [color=#1980BC] This better be thieffnubu's pet project or we see this ambition going the way of

* Fourth Mainland,

** Lekki sea port,

*** Lekki international airport and that deceit that is

**** Lekki Expressway... [/color]

You also forgot to add the Sunborn Yacht floating hotel that Fashola was FORCED to admit was bad business:

Lagos N8bn Sunborn Yacht deal, bad business — APC


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The All Progressives Congress, Lagos State Chapter, has said the Lagos State Government has quit the Sunborn Yacht Hotel. The party said it was a bad business and the government had abandoned the deal.

[size=14pt]The controversial yacht, valued at about N8bn[/size], is an inshore boat hotel.

The state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party had recently accused the state government of corruption. It challenged the state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, to speak out on the whereabouts of the yacht and the two helicopters bought by his administration for security surveillance of the state.

The state Chairman, PDP, Mr. Tunji Shelle, while addressing party faithful during the General Assembly of the chapter, had said, “After floating miserably on the Marina water for so long, the controversial Sunburn Yacht, which cost the Lagos State Government, under (former Governor) Bola Tinubu, a whooping N8bn suddenly disappeared, only to be sighted at Thames in England.

“Now, the question is: [size=14pt]who orchestrated this 419 and who were the beneficiaries of this waste of public fund. This is certainly a fraud and (Governor Babatunde) Fashola must tell us something he knows about this fraud, failure which he remains an accessory after the fact in the fraud.”[/size]

While reacting in an online interview with our correspondent on Saturday, the state Interim Publicity Secretary, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, said the state government took a bad business decision on the yacht and had done away with it.

He said, “Every successful investor or businessman will tell you that business is not a bed of roses. He knows business is not all about gains all the time; you gain in some and lose in some. It is the same with governments all over the world. No government anywhere in the world will tell you that it has achieved 100 per cent success in every decision it has taken.

“The world will forgive you for taking decisions and making all the mistakes but the world will not forgive you if you do not take decisions at all for fear of failure. LASG has done away with the bad business called the Sunborn Yacht project. Case rested.”

Igbokwe described the PDP’s allegation that the helicopters had been deployed in the Niger Delta for private business purposes as idle talk. He said the party derived joy in telling, seeing, hearing and thinking lies.

“APC Lagos cannot continue to dissipate energy and precious gift of time, providing answers when there are no questions at all. Idle hands are devil’s workshop. PDP Lagos has been idle for close to 16 years and you can understand why the centre cannot hold for them.”

He, however, did not speak, specifically, on the state of the helicopters.

The PDP had also called on Fashola and the APC to [size=14pt]protect their integrity by allowing the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, to step aside pending his trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged misappropriation of funds.[/size]

Igbokwe, however, said Lagos had been at the forefront in accusing the PDP-led Federal Government of brazen corruption, mismanagement and mediocrity. He said the state had rather showed the way for leadership in Nigeria.

He said, “It seems to me that they have been trying to hit back at Lagos and there is no other crooked and dishonest way to do that than to target the Speaker. I am worried that this is a calculated attempt to tarnish the image of Lagos State Government and these politics are well understood.”

From: http://www.punchng.com/news/lagos-n8bn-sunborn-yacht-deal-bad-business-apc/

Fash'OLE where is our N 8 billion

deor03: Why do all importer use Lagos port.

Judging by 2 major industries in Nigeria, Telecomm, Oil & Gas , most of the equipment are installed outside of Lagos.

So why bring those through lagos in the first place. Since we have other functioning ports outside Lagos

That's what I sdaid about the Toyota & Kia auto assembly plants that they should be located in Calabar or Uyo that also have seaports for import of the CKDs and export of the assembled cars to neighjbouring countries.

Moreover there should be greater use of the cargo hauling capacity of the Nigeria Railways Corporation.

hazyfm: was he lying?

YES, Fashola was telling LIES as usual, that's what NPA is saying in a very diplomatic manner.
Read this:

“Therefore one would expect his Excellency to be more circumspect in his assessment of the situations. It is important to appreciate also that in view of capacity deficiency of the roads within Apapa, which were built in the 1970s, the Federal Government awarded the contract for the rehabilitation of the Apapa-Oshodi Road to two reputable companies and work is on-going. Credit should be given to the Federal Government for this.

But Fashola's SIN is not just the LIES he told but also trying to cover his own CLUELESS abandonment of his state government's constitutional RESPONSIBILITY for the FEEDER roads inside Apapa and off the Expressway along with ensuring the flood drainage waterways off the road are not blocked by indiscriminate building approval by his FAILED administration and cleared of bush, waste by his LGAs.

Fashola only LOOKS smart to those who think in a very SHALLOW manner

Olyboy16: okay, since you say you av good intellects. On a scale of 10, assume osun's population as the given scale and tell me how much jobs the airport will provide to the population, also tell me how much jobs the buses wil provide.

The last time i went to a garage to get a bus to ife, there were plenty of buses available to my destination and many others within osun, the drivers were even arguin on who wuld get me as his passenger.

Also, in truth and fairness, estimate total foreign investment that could come in thru dat airport to osun. You should consider the fact that osun has more stable electricity than your "almighty ibadan" with which u were making comparison.

Also, try to count the number of busines tycoons from neighbouring towns, cities and states that wil come and invest in diverse areas in osun because of this airport?

Also consider long term benefits..the airport or 300buses??

Oga where is the airport abi na aerodrome una dey call am now?
Did Aregberascal's Commissioner not say it will be ready this year

dguyindcorner: He lost gallantly through rigging!

no need to wonder.

I thought ACN/APC are the masters of rigging like what happened in the Badagry LGA elections:

This is a mobile phone video of the [size=14pt]announcement of PDP as winners of the Badagry Central Local Government Elections with over 7000 votes[/size]. LASIEC Chairman, Justice Adeyinka later announced a different result. The lady speaking in the video is the LASIEC Returning Officer for Badagry Central on Saturday 22nd October, 2011.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2W9iuKYbFc][/url]

Did they not also rig out Koro's son who won in Thief'nubu's Ikoyi/Obalende LCDA

Tribunal Declares Obanikoro’s Son Local Government Election Winner In Lagos-PM News, Lagos

The Lagos State Local Government Election Tribunal sitting in Ikeja has declared Babajide Obanikoro, son of Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, as the winner of the Ikoyi Obalende Local Council Development Area election conducted in October last year.

e Lagos State Local Government Election Tribunal sitting in Ikeja has declared Babajide Obanikoro, son of Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, as the winner of the Ikoyi Obalende Local Council Development Area election conducted in October last year.

Babajide Obanikoro had challenged the result of the council polls declared in favour of Adewala Adeniji of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) by LASIEC, claiming that the result was manipulated against him.

In its judgment today, the five-man Tribunal headed by retired Justice Dolapo Akinsanya, held that from evidence before it, Babajide Obanikoro of the Peoples’s Democratic Party (PDP) won the election by 6,780 votes as against 6,248 polled by ACN.

More from: http://saharareporters.com/2012/10/04/tribunal-declares-obanikoro%E2%80%99s-son-local-government-election-winner-lagos-pm-news-lagos

We REFUSE to continue being DECEIVED by the useless PROPAGANDA machine of the supporter of APC people

Justbright: u are d only one dat has really based ur argument on fact so far...am not a politician or a sympathizer to eith apc or pdp bt d fact is that pdp regime in south west was bad bt most of us tot wt acn/apc it wl be better bt we were wrong....WRONG in d sense dat apc has acess to more moni to pdp regime....for example, I live in ogun state, and I can tell u authoritatively dat wen ogd was in power, truout his say ogun state allocation was just a bit over 2billion naira.....not up to 1yr dat amosun came in , their was an exponential upward review of allocation and as at now ogun state is collecting over 5billion naira...

And wen we measure d rate of development experienced durin both regimes in correlation with d amount accrued to each gov in dose yrs under review u will agree wt me dat d apc/acn regime has performed very woefully.

Less I forget , ogun Igr is now over 4.5billion naira monthly meaning dat d sum total of revenue entrying d coffers of ogun state gov is above 10billion monthly yet all we have is a debt profile dats scary, inflated contracts...can u imagine a gov coming out to say he conducted a[b] pedestrian bridge (at sokori, if u are conversant wt abk) at d cost of 260million?[/b]...dats d first time I will see a pedestian bridge wt doors and AC-yes Air conditioner. .....

Daniel regime was bad bt he did one tin dat was unprecedented in d history of ogun state, employment of over 17000 workers into d ogun state civil service.......dat itself is a direct impact on d lives of pple of ogun but acn/apc in ogun is downsizing instead of employ pple .....now wen dey see dat pple are bent of voting dem out, dey were asking pple dey av sacked 3yrs ago to bring back their appointment letter for absorption back into d civil service. .am hapi dat our democracy is growing and consequently [size=14pt]pple are wiser, pple av started asking questions about cost of project and governance[/size], and if any gov is found wanting, pple will ambush soch gov at d polls....May God deliver dis nation

Thanks and I hope you don't mind if I highlight some of your key points so our people understand why we are REJECTING the Amunisin (Enslavement) People's Congress, APC in the South west today.
We the youths need to URGENTLY share with our folks and friends how BAD the Jeun s'Oke Jeun s'Apo (increase revenue to steal more) policy of the supporter of APC party is making all of us poor and our children illiterate for the benefit of the very few ACN/APC politicians and their PROPAGANDA Aides & Assistants

Let them re-tool as advised by Femi Falana and serve the people otherwise NOTHING for them.

dguyindcorner: Contrary to persistent claims by the
candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party, Mr. Iyiola Omisore who alleged
that Osun’s government under Governor
Rauf Aregbesola is indebted to the tune
of over N350bn, the Debt Management
Office (DMO), in Abuja has said Osun’s
debt profile is a very sustainable one
which is healthy for its economic
growth.
Dr. Abraham Nwankwo, who is the
Director General of the DMO in the
Presidency disclosed that the state is one
of the best states in the federation with
public debt management, describing the
claims to heavy debt burden in Osun as
mere propaganda and hoax.
Fielding questions from newsmen at
MicCom Golf Hotel and Resorts, Ada,
Osun State during a three day retreat
for members of the House Committee on
Aids, Loans and Debt Management, Dr.
Nwankwo declared that Osun State
status is very sustainable.
read more here...
http://
www.osundefender.org/?p=175916


www.nigerianews24.com/articles/cleared-presidencys-debt-management-office-gives-osun-clean-bill-of-health-osun-defender

You must think that I am very DAFT like you, abi
Shey na story wey dey Osun Defender na im be your sauce abi you nor hear when I said credible SOURCE
And the nigeranews24 links you to Osun Defeneder meaning that is the ONLY useless sauce of your FAKE story
Oya, sharp sharp go and find correct credible source otherwise na una ubiquitous LIES and PROPAGANDA

Sacrifice91: Is there anything wrong in building an aerodrome in Osun? Baba! Abeg, don't be political. It isn't bad.

Una don change am to aerodrome now chai

Osun names airport after MKO

MAY 3, 2013 BY TUNDE ODESOLA, osogbo


An airport under construction in Ido-Osun, Osun State, has been named after the acclaimed winner of June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO abiola, by the Osun State Government.

Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties, Mr. Ajibola Basiru, stated this on Thursday during a news conference held at the Governor’s Office, Abere, osogbo.

Basiru said that the aircraft maintenance facility of the airport would be ready by next year, while international flights would also commence next year.

The airport, which was formerly an aerodrome, had been abandoned for several years by subsequent administrations in Osun before the Rauf Aregbesola administration decided to reconstruct it.

Basiru said the fencing of the airport had been completed just as all gates and security facilities of the airport had been completed.

Commenting on Osun Citizens Mediation Centre, a government agency engaged in conflict resolution, Basiru said the centre had received 84 complaints, adding that none of the complaints bordered on religious disagreement.

He said 30 of the complaints had been resolved amicably within the first month of the inauguration of the centre.

Ajibola said plans were ongoing by South-West governments to construct a railway that would pass through the various states in the region.

He said the proposed rail line is tagged, ‘Great Western Rail Line,’ adding that the “rail is the first phase of the project being planned under the current regional integration agenda in the region”.

He added, “The project if completed would further boost the growth and development of the region and will also create employment and commercial activities in the zone.

“Memorandum of Understanding would soon be signed on the arrangement of Public Private Partnership on it and we believe that the project would enable the people, especially the business men and women in the region to transact business without transport hitch.”

From: http://www.punchng.com/news/osun-names-airport-after-mko/

Is the international aeroport even built
After how many billions of our money SIPHONED through the FAKE project

Abeg na who don see the "Great Western Rail Line"

August 9 is JUDGEMENT day.
Ogbeni O dabo!!!

Only God knows how many bags of Aregbe rice were distributed to the RENTED crowd in Ejigbo as per this tread:

https://www.nairaland.com/1798012/raufu-aregbesola-campaign-rice-out

Anyway as we sang in the 60s against Ladoke Akintola:

Bo rowo mi o rinu mi, Demo n mo wa - if you see my Demo hand symbol you cannot see my mind, meaning I will still vote my conscience (AG- Action Group.

Ogbeni O dabo

Yinkagbo: there are ways that aregbe bleeped up,

What are the ways (plural) that "aregbe bleeped up"

dguyindcorner: Another baseless fact!
Where were you when the state was cleared off the debt story cooked up by the corrupt party PDP?

Credible source otherwise it is the usual PROPAGANDA and LIES from the supporter of APC party

Firefire: I said the below earlier this month:

APC has introduced new level of borrowing by introducing several and different types of BONDS, Local & Foreign Loans in the name of development, thereby subjecting their respective states to long years of loan repayment, and at the end few development to show for the massive loans and debts.

The saddest part is that the FICTITIOUS foreign loans are from none other than the JagaBandit's offshore accounts
That has been our lot under the Amunisin (Enslavement) People's Congress, APC.

Our MUMU don do!

Olyboy16: do you know the difference in the federal allocation to osun under APC to that of then PDP?? Find out! And tell the logical truth! Nigeria in all is a f*cking skunk poo!

You guys must think everyone na MUGU like una abi
Why did your useless Aregberascal not sue for shortfall in the efederal allocation from Niger Delta oil revenue