₦airaland Forum

cronsberg:
Throughout Nigeria's history, i have never seen a state so well positioned and so well placed to be extremely developed than Kogi state with everything a geographical location needs to be fully developed. From Ajaokuta steel, to the large West African ceramics industrial complex, to the confluence of river Niger and Benue, to the ever agile and active populace, to the thousands of square miles of untapped woodland, to the world class Obajana industrial complex, to the massive IPP power plants and many more, yet this very well placed state is disapointingly poor and underdeveloped. The road network of Kogi is a shame to say the least, the pipe borne water and sewage infrastructure is almost non existent, integrated public tranport is also non existent, the state capital Lokoja was recently shown on TVC, it looked like a common local government, a poor one at that, and now the state is trying to borrow 50 billion naira from the FG? of what importance will that be since the state will now spend huge chuncks of its FG allocations for the next 20 years repaying the loans? further depriving the the state of common developement. what a shame

kogi is a potentially richer state than some of the states regarded as rich states in the country?

OrlandoOwoh:
Ondo State has more bitumen than any state.

@topic: I'm not an expert, but I witnessed how cement was used in the construction of the East West Road and how the flood of 2012 wiped it off in Ughelli.

sorry I meant ondo

Are you sure the construction of that east west rd was solid? Nigerian things now

citizenY:
Experts in the house please comment . Otherwise the man dey look for market.

I think so too...but why should we import bitumen when it is supposedly abundant in ogun?

OreMI22:
I am not sure about your president.
He is too clannish and sectional to wish any good for SE talk-more of doing.

As for AIIA, there are ongoing attempts to frustrate traders using that airport and then get the airline to back-off due to low patronage. I just hope our people keep doing what they need to do and keep using the airport so that more airlines begin using the airport. Although I doubt they will permit any other airline to ply Enugu route. They want to frustrate ET out of the route.

May god give our governor the wisdom to carry on and dream big dreams.
Hoping on the FG under APC to do anything positive in the SE is like waiting for a chicken to urinate.

please what are those on going attempts to dissuade traders?

backtosender:
So Arik air fly direct from london 2 LAGOS ABUJA PH they dont have enugu int airport in the list why

that is their perogative

Cjrane2:
@ the bolded,

I used to argue against IPOD or massob demanding freedom of our land from Fulani and yoruba control and wicked manipulation.
I regret to say all my arguements against IPOD and Massob were naive, unfounded and unfortunate. The best option for Ndigbo is to freely govern ourselves and truly plan the development of our country as every real country would do.Except Nigeria where you have a certain part plotting day and night how to underdeveloped another part of the same country! Yet scream "one Naigeria" at the top of their lungs while doing it!

People talk about oil, yet although we have oil in Igboland, it is fulani and Yoruba that have used all sorts of systems to corner the whole wealth. For example, If you used other African countries without oil to compare where Igboland would have been even without oil, you will find that although Igbos were more industrious and innovative than say Congo brazaville, Cameroon or DRC, brazaville or Douala or Kinshasha is still much more developed than any part of igboland. Then compare northern Nigeria with other nearby countries that are more hardworking, prudent and sensible than a typical northern Nigerian, you will find that Sokoto,Kano,Kaduna,maiduguri,katsina, Dutse, bauchi not to mention Abuja are all more advanced than Ndjamena,Chad, Niamey, Niger, Ouagadougou, Burkina faso or Bamako, mali.

It tells you that northern Nigerians have used Nigeria to improve themselves while making sure other zones remain disadvantaged being in Nigeria.

pls count massob out of your calculation..they lost their way under last administration

That's good if only electric power go gree...problem is it is not written anywhere if the professor himself is interested

warrior01:
Good for democracy and I hope this fight against corruption is total and not selective. Still watching everything in 3D

sounding different from your usual self these days

kenis:
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nahco-to-convey-n60bn-freight-to-s-east/220570/

that's good since the nahco terminal has been completed..i thought it was said that Enugu international wing is not viable..let us hope emirates would start operations there as written in the article

QuotaSystem:
I'm glad you get the point.

I get your internet masturbation

QuotaSystem:
The Enugu mines are now dilapidated, non-functional and unproductive. That's my point from the first post, you are the one that has been arguing.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/coal-mining-fg-destroyed-enugu-money-spinning-empire/

I repeat feel free to argue as far as it helps you sleep well at night

QuotaSystem:
Which mines are you mining from? Negro think

I see that you just want to argue..feel free if it makes sleep well

QuotaSystem:
From dilapidated mines or where? Of course we will exploit your coal...wait we are coming

did you look at the owner of the company? Who is we? NegronNts read

QuotaSystem:
IgboOSU you know better than anyone here that I'm not moved by insults, they are indicators of well delivered knocks on the sensibilities of your kind so they are really compliments

Enugu need not be worried, it's not like the mines have not been useless for the past 20 years or the individuals have been able to privately help themselves, or that you have the political relevance to do so.

http://www.google.com.ng/url?q=http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/power-fg-firm-to-generate-500mw-from-coal/&sa=U&ved=0CBgQFjACahUKEwiJlfXt0f3HAhUEthoKHcUpCVk&usg=AFQjCNEaLB6SW3gzjdb8lOoKWpHee75qHg

Say what you know

QuotaSystem:
According to the news report, Geo-scientists have identified 196 million metric tonnes of coal reserves in Edo State, compared to 49 million in Enugu.

Edo State now has surpassed and quadrupled (4x) Enugu's coal capacity.

We rely on scientific FIGURES and not biased stories from a grave-digger.

read the last sentence of that report well

TonyeBarcanista:
You mean Kwankwaso? I guess he went to Senate as a back-up plan should PMB lose the March 28 poll. Come on, Kwankwaso does not want to be a 'Senator' that won't offer him Presidential prospect. I guess he may be given FCT minister or Defence. I won't mind him heading FCT ministry though.

why wont you mind him being fct minister?does he have a track record town planning or something in the area?

Yungwizzzy:
Biarfrans so much in the news recently for the wrong things

is that Buhari's fault too?

typical Nigerian youth that refuses to read..you probably saw aba and just jumped into to comment like a goat

superstar1:
A criminal runs, even when no one is in pursuit.

You are definitely one of the people I was referring to.

trying to divert attention from what is in the article

superstar1:
How much is Driving License?

These people again!!!!!!!!!!! Na Wa for u na.

your people I guess

ZUBY77:
I don't think I understand you.
All of the connecting roads from the bank of the river to Ozubulu and Obosi are also bridges. They pass through the Idemili Swamp.

I think you quoted the wrong person..you probably wanted to quote the person I was replying

nwaanambra1:
there is this very funny story going round at customs now - it is rumoured that a top customs officer from the southwest - let me not mention his name - went to his babalawos to ask for charms to make the CG to over look any of his issues, they said that the first babalawo screamed out loud and ran out of his shrine as the shrine caught fire when he mentioned the CG's name to his juju! similar thing happend to other babalawo's that he visited! they said the big oga has taken sick leave since the resumption of the new CG!

All of the ogas are so scared now that they dont knw the fate that will befail them. some are even saying that if its only retirement, they wouldnt be worried - but what scares them the most is wht follows after retirement!

haha very funny and grim at the same time...i think genuine importers and exporters would be happy with this man's appointment

nwaanambra1:
the man's face on its own is mega odeshi! any other odeshi dey fear him

his face alone is enough to scare the devil out of anybody! his reputation is causing serious stomach purge among the customs ogas!

u need to see how scared they all are! go to customs headquarters at area 1, the silence there is like a grave yard despite all the poeple in the premises! wetin dey fear them pass be say them say the new comprollers own na straith to jail after him don consficate everything from you - say abeg no dey him dictionary!

i pity the custom officer's men! the gbege wey dey their side now no get part two!

you do business around or within customs I guess...heard that this man is actually more hardened and mean than buhari self..even from the article he wants to look into the previous comptroller (dikko) administration...i wonder how dikko would be feeling now...i have heard countless stories of juju scare in that customs na why I ask if yhis man get enough odieshi to withstand wetin go come because I know say those corrupt custom guys no go down without a fight

I hope this man is covered by enough odieshi and otumokpo this one he invited dss to track any properties or wealth of top customs men around the country

HappyJoe:
I just visited Ikwo, there's supposed to be a cluster of rice mills around the area where EbonyAgro is located and the Ebonyi State government built of very good road to access that cluster.

The owner of EbonyAgro, Charles Ugwu is also building a much bigger mill around the Adani Area (TaraAgro), with Coscharis farm nearby (at Anaku), he'll probably source enough paddy to run his mill (if he has funds for working capital).

I think Tara agro mill is completed..whether it has started working I am not sure about

http://allafrica.com/stories/201501120358.html

kcjazz:
How will the bridge end in Obosi or Ozubulu?
Haba!

Have you seen the contract or government press release?

The bridge was highly inflated simple. The only argument you can even make is it has more lanes but even at that labour is cheaper in Anambra.
How do you justify the tolls?

More importantly blame the Igbo political leaders who will do anything to throw their people under the bus.

the bridge is highly inflated


However the complete bridge project involves connecting roads (or bridges in some parts because of marshy terrain) towards onitsha owerri expressway at ozubulu and to obosi roundabout

HappyJoe:
I disagree. At the rate Ebonyi people are going out to fend for themselves, they might erase the education deficit within a generation. That is not to say investment in education is not needed.

Also people forget that Abakaliki is about 3 hours from Calabar (if you have a functioning port in Calabar), the business opportunities are immense.

Ebonyi has Ibeto's plant (the former NigerCem) and massive food processing industries like Engineer Charlie Ugwu's EbonyAgro (I visited there). I visited Osun also, and I did not see similar industrial potential - also consider that Osun & Ekiti people are not as enterprising as Igbos.

Abakaliki has all it takes to be the next Enugu - it's like an hour away from Enugu. A lot of business opportunity with a smart, forward looking governor.

apart from ebony agro and rice processing outfits what other food processing outfits are there?

omowolewa:
Thatz the best budget system. It will allow for oversight, not the usual oversight priviously done.

Once again, weldone sir.

will you be kind to elaborate?

atlwireles:
Because you say so?

I dont gain anything lying..anyone staying in owerri and environs can attest to it

atlwireles:
Read the full story here

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/external-reserves-fall-to-30-794bn-inflation-inches-to-9-3-/

well they are wrong

atlwireles:
According to the Petrol Price Watch for last month, Bayelsa State, which ironically is an oil producing state, recorded the highest average monthly price of N132.43 compared to N153 the previous month.

Yobe State recorded the second highest monthly average of N119.63, from N120.50 in July, followed by Kogi with N114.33 in the month in review.

The lowest monthly average price for petrol bought by households in August was recorded in Oyo State at N88.13 from N99.16 in the previous month.

The state was followed by Kano, which recorded N92.57 in the period under review compared to N91.50 in the previous month.
Abuja and Lagos recorded N94.60 and N96.50 respectively in August.

Others were Abia – N110.25; Adamawa – N105.17; Akwa Ibom – N106; Anambra – N102.62; Bauchi – N109.86; Benue – N113; Borno – N107.50; Cross River – N97.32; and Delta -N96.63.

In Ebony, petrol averaged at N106.43 per litre in August; Edo – N97.88; Ekiti – N107.44; Enugu – N112.73; Gombe – N98.33; Imo – N110.93; Jigawa – N106.50; Kaduna – N97; Katsina – N96.64; Kebbi – N105.21; and Kwara – N98.80.

I dont know who did this survey or when it was done but I can authoritatively tell you that of Imo state in wrong...it is now 87 naira in most filling stations in owerri and environs

luvinhubby:
11,600 is a very conservative figure, what banks in Nigeria will sack in next two months is in the range of 20,000 or above, so Nigerians should brace up for some financial ill winds from the banking sector.

you wicked oo ..hope nothing happens to my guys in banks