₦airaland Forum

ode remo: i hope we are all clear on the diff. btw. manufacturing plant and assembly plant.

magnificentsk: Npf are getting better day by day, I can fly those choppers going by what I watched in 24 series.I just hope they are super sonic choppers with latest gadget.

Reference: That is how development comes. Sorry to say so but Lekki and Ikoyi are more important than some of those places you mentioned.

It doesn't take rocket science to deduce that you invest more where you earn more. Am sure the government is looking at its tax receipts and earnings futures and seeks to secure that. Whenever I get to Lagos and watch the daily mass exodus to and fro the Island/Peninsula I myself wonder but that's the reality. That's where the money is. That's where investors will identify with. That is the show case of Lagos.

Then I drive around Lagos famous for its numerous boutiques both high and low class sparkling with beauty, bright lights, sumptous decor and it gets me thinking. Do these guys who own these places really live like this. Are their homes this flash, no.

Of course not. If you spend more money on your home than your office, factory, farm, shop, etc then you must be a fraudster, robber, typical government philanderer or political jobber. People simply invest their prime dollar where they can get it back.

And this leads to the conclusion. Those who will use the bridge are those who are able and willing to use it. Take it to those places you mentioned and risk the 'Arizona' treatment. [size=13pt]
The funds generated from the tolls can be ploughed into less privileged areas. That model cannot work the other way round.[/size]

GeneralJ: About water in cities, what is the fisherman in chief doing, last time i checked wasn't there a ministry of water or something, why are they not doing anything??, where is all the money going ?, Lagos has commisioned about 15 mini water works or something like that in the last 2-3 years, and you are here talking about "half the population don't have access to basics", how do you know that, how do you just arrive at such a conclusion, please show us your research process..when almost every community in Lagos has a waterworks in it.

londoner: OP, the same reason why they wont "buy African" in general. They feel anything outside is automatically better. Going abroad outside Africa for a holiday is seen as a status symbol and they see western countries and western people in that light. I do think its a West African thing though. If you speak to other Africans they tend to travel a bit more in their region.

Africans/Nigerians tend to travel for status/business or family. People of other cultures travel for pleasure/ exposure and personal education/growth.

1wolex85: I'm really surprised at peoples reaction. Most people didn't even read the article. Immediately I saw the headline, I decided to read the article, in summary he was only saying until d opposition can win in a free and fair election,we have not started democracy in order words, until d opposition can give the ruling party a run for its money, we have not startedm that's his opinion and I don't see anything wrong in what he said. No where did he remotely imply that they would make the country ungovernable and incite violence. People should stop being bandwagonists!

The "opposition" ACN has been in POWER in Lagos state for 14 years, how many opposition parties have won in LGA elections organised so far
Going by Lie Muhammed's crooked logic, there is no dempocracy in Lagos state since 1999.
No surprise there.
Even where the ACN electoral panel headed by a retired judge cancelled the frausdulent results in Tinubu's Ikoyi LG and gave it to PDP's Obanikoro, they quickly appealed to a serving Lagos state judge, who can be bought.

dammy1985: I catch u today... Olarewaju Johnson Olawumi aka ojeozi

emiye: you have started blowing hot air again.
Put your figures where your mouth is.

What was Jakande's budget ? What was the population? likewise if you can not back it with figures, keep shut FOREVER. What was the Nairas value to a dollar.

Let me help you, the Naira was stronger than the US dollar as at 1985.

kulumo: I will like you to show us the pictures of ya village too. If its more better than lagos why don't u go there.

emiye: @rammon2 that is part of the challenges the LASG face, imagine all that waste dump in to drainage by some idiiots and possibly including you that posted this, in the event of a flood you turn back and cry ah fashola.
lot of nigerians are too emotional to understand cause and effect relationship. A mega city will surely have to do a lot in coping with challenges like insecurity, waste management,transportation, e.t.c. This challenges are surmounted with projects and programmes that need money ! yes, money ! If you fail to pay taxes, you have no right to make complaints, you are a liability to Lagos state with serious nuisance value, you will do well keeping your mouth shut.

emiye: You benchmark with the best ? Do they have the same kind of budget and population?

Lagos with N470 billion per annum ( 3biilion USD/year ) and 18 million population .

Then in your mumu mind, you expect Lagos to churn out performance similar with places and cities operating with 10 times her budget and half her population.

@ OP, how much tax, do you even pay annually to Lagos state ? is it that your peanut you pay they will use to fix all the roads in Lagos state, The state govt has done well, may be that road you are complaining about is still a huge forest in your state, or at best a foot path , get this in to your thick head, Lagos State has the largest urban sprawl, it comes with serious challenges.

Until we solve our structural problem we will continue with the mediocrity , we see all over Nigeria, TRUE FEDERALISM is the way out, i hope the new party has that in its manifesto. To hell with concurrent and exclusive list, except maybe defence and foreign affairs.

Aderostock: May be you are blind for you not to see the above posts where such things occurred even in UK and USA. Bigot!

sulley: Op, abeg forget it, even developed countries as such streets

Vintage cowardly Anonimi. You took off and ran

Gbawe: Meanwhile, shall I expose the behaviour of the despicable characters I get wrongly compared to here like Insecure9gerina, Beaf, Lostpope, Anonimi, this Globe character and other nauseating wasters?

These people, not a single one, can ever say anything decent about any ACN Governor. Fashola , accredited to be performing and exemplary even beyond Nigeria, is their number one enemy to pull down and malign with lies. Ditto Amosun, Fayemi, Ajimobi, Aregbesola et al.

Meanwhile inspect my comments here. Chime opens a mall, I am clapping. Akpabio's infrastructural effort, I salute the dude. Mimiko, I conceded here, before the election, he deserved re-election if his people are happy with him and he is delivering for them. Okoroachas effort, I wish him gods speed. Amaechi I am his cross-Party fan. One pattern is emerging. I genuinely back performers, wherever they are from, delivering for their people. That is the truth my previous post here support. Now anyone is free to inspect the previous post of others to see irritating and unbridled hatred motivated by the sort of partisanship I cannot be accused of. Even GEJ would get my support if he made a genuine effort considering the fundamental problems of the nation.


We all remeber that slimy b*stard Beaf making awful and false insinuation about Aregbesola's health. Is there even one post here where I have commented negatively on Sullivan Chime's health? I would not do that because he is a good man and partisanship should not ever make one indecent like Beaf, Incecure9gerian et al.

Look at Anonimi for example. Inspect his past 50 posts and it is senseless, hate-filled tirades against the ACN. A governor delivers a first-of-its kind bring that will bring traffic succour for end users and that character will be the only one there foaming at the mouth negatively. It would be interesting if anyone can show me doing same. Is it me who started a thread titled "searching for one project of Amaechi/Chime/Akpabio/Mimiko" as Insincere9gerian did regarding Fashola?

Gbawe: M0r0n. What is common with OBJ, Yar Adua and GEJ?

Omen100: MR, PLEASE DO YOUR FAMILY FAVOR & STOP TALKING LIKE A FOOL, IF NOT A FOOL.

ewet: ACN states & LGAs unending

* pipeborne water problems
* insecurity
* corruption
* budget under implementation
* unemployment
* wasteful spending
* lack of fiscal responsibility
* cluelessness of MISPLACED priorities
* brazen mediocrity of their elected PUBLIC servants
* dilapidated primary & secondary schools
e.t.c

debosky: So what? Is the US$ cost of a project not affected by inflation?



You are simply ignorant and too proud admit it. Whether measured in US$ or naira, it costs more in nominal terms to build a road today than it did 30 years ago. That's the simple fact that you should sit down and chew on before you continue ranting.



What was the population of students in LASG schools in 1983 compared to today? What other costs competing costs does the LASG having to bear today that wasn't the case in 1983?

Or should the current LASG simply provide books because someone else did so 30 years ago without looking at the realities of 2013?

You are fond of making bland comparisons without looking at the changes that have occurred over a 30 year period.

That means you are simply criticising for the sake of critique and nothing more, even when you are shown the lack of logic in your arguments.

debosky: It would only be noteworthy if you were making a valid comparison. What was the purchasing power of 1 naira in 1983 compared to what it is now? What was the cost of road construction in 1983 compared to 2013? Are we supposed to assume that nothing has changed in terms of cost in a period of 30 years?

You show a shocking lack of understanding of the effects of currency devaluation and inflation, fuel price increases, wage rises, etc. which have played a large part in why so much more money (in nominal terms) needs to be spent to achieve the same results - be it in government projects or private endeavours.

Making bland claims not based on fact greatly reduces the credibility of what you have to say.

peekayo: So all of the allocation should be spent on the road abi?

ninja4life: if he is able to give constant power supply b4 2015 and can reconstruct major roads in d south west i'm sure we will vote massively for him

[size=14pt]if ACN governors and LGA chairmen are able to give constant PIPEBORNE WATER supply b4 2015 and can reconstruct FEEDER roads (under their jurisdiction) in d south west i'm sure we will vote massively for THEM[/size]

Demdem2: 5) ACN/Tinubu has the SW, a very powerful political bloc that can sway votes.