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Emperoh:
This story to me looks plausible. I have been looking for a loophole but haven't found one yet
Also, this assemble is 99% PDP and would do anything to hurt or oust the governor, so i think they just couldn't nail him.

michelin89:
We are talking about Nigeria. Even Australians, Americans and Canadians have an accent according to a British man.

michelin89:
That accent can be very disturbing sometimes. Thankfully I don't have any accent.

dlox01:
if u think in this light, then what is federal govts job?coz everystate has its indigines plying every road, so are you saying they should all fix thier roads so fed gov can keep looting funds.hey look ma friend its federal road and they should fix it.if things are to work, everybody should play thier parts., LASG is playing thiers.its people like you that pay transformer levy and get oppresed by govt officials with ur own money!!

sley4life:
@asha 80 i disagree with u. either the road is used by lag its not their duty as that road is a fed road. Do u know how much it will cost the state gov to even repair LG & state roads? Fed Gov should repair damage road belonging to them & shouldnt wait for state gov to do it

Yar’Adua laments Oshodi-Apapa road collapse
Headlines Jul 7, 2009
President Umaru Yar'Adua and Mr Wale Babalakin (SAN), at the Presidential Wing of MM Aiport Ikeja, Lagos State. PHOTO; Kehinde Gbadamosi
By Emma Aziken, Kenneth Ehigiator & Kolade Lanrewaju
LAGOS — PRESIDENT Umaru Yar’Adua has expressed deep concern over the bad state of the Oshodi-Apapa expressway built 33 years ago with little or no major maintenance since then.

The President’s angst was expressed in a meeting with Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday. The president’s meeting with the governor came a few hours after the Governor had also met with Minister of Works, Dr Hassan Lawal, on the issue.

Yar’Adua meets Fashola , laments


Traffic stretching from Cele Bus Stop to Mile 2 on the Oshodi-Apapa expressway due to the failed portions on the road yesterday. Photo: Diran Oshe.
Both President Yar’Adua and Governor Fashola met at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport shortly before the president was flown to Ogun State where he had gone to commission some projects.

Rising from the meeting which lasted about 15 minutes, Governor Fashola told airport correspondents that the president was very concerned about the bad state of the expressway which he described as the artery of the nation and state’s economies.

He said the president was in consonance with the state government’s position on the need for urgent steps to remedy the situation of the road in the interim, while efforts should be made to embark on both medium and long term reconstruction of the expressway which connects the nation’s gateway, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and two ports — Apapa Wharf and Tin Can Island port.

Fashola said: “The discussions went well. It is for all concerned to appreciate the important roles transport plays with roads on the economy of Lagos, in particular for business of the state.

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Constitution Amendment: Resource Control Tears Senate Apart http://www.independentngonline.com/news/tfpg/article01
By Adetutu Folasade-Koyi , Assistant Editor, Abuja

Lawmakers from the North have regrouped to stop Southern agitation for a rise in oil derivation from 13 per cent to 50 per cent.

They have also sent a strong message of support to President Umaru Yar'Adua on political appointments.

The Northern Senators' Forum (NSF) met penultimate week to check moves by the Southern Senators' Forum (SSF) to rally for derivation increase in the new Constitution.

The thinking of the NSF, according to those present at the meeting, is that derivation should remain at 13 per cent and the formula should apply to all mineral resources and proceeds.

The trench positions of the NSF and the SSF may affect the amendment of the Constitution.

The stance of the North is on the heels of a caucus convened in Senate Hearing Room 2 by the SSF penultimate week, where the members voiced a myriad of complaints of Yar'Adua's marginalisation of the South.

But the NSF riposted that former President Olusegun Obasanjo equally favoured the South, whereas Yar'Adua, to date, has done nothing wrong.

The SSF, it was learnt, resolved to insist on the creation of more states, council autonomy, resource control, First Line charge from the Federation Account for the legislature, and power rotation at all levels of government.

Two weeks ago, the Senate began consideration of the Constitution amendment Bill Yar'Adua sent in.

A previous joint attempt by the Senate and the House of Representatives to review the Constitution had hit the rocks, following dispute on the headship of the Joint Committee on Constitution Review (JCCR).

Aso Rock presented a fresh window with a Bill to alter 19 clauses

One of the decisions of Southern Senators is to push for the inclusion of all issues critical to the survival of the nation, rather than dwell solely on those raised by Yar'Adua.

The Northerners are, however, insisting that they would not go outside the Bill sent in by the Villa.

"Northern Senators are saying that they may not be able to touch Sections of the Constitution Yar'Adua has not asked to be amended unless there is a serious need for such," said a source, who added that the North will, at the appropriate time, confront Southern claims of marginalisation with facts.

Daily Independent reported on June 15 - nine days before the Senate began its solo run with the Constitution review on June 24 - that the Northern elite is not comfortable with the exercise and has enlisted its members on the Joint Committee on Constitution Review (JCCR) to scuttle it unless the North has its way.

Northern lawmakers are in on the game, which includes a plot against Deputy Senate President and JCCR Chairman, Ike Ekweremadu, by insisting on the title of JCCR Co-chairman for Usman Nafada, who is House of Representatives Deputy Speaker.

Nafada has turned down the title of JCCR Vice Chairman, even though the Senate argues this is what the Constitution recognises.

National Assembly (NASS) sources said factors the North has stacked up against Ekweremadu include:

One: The North believes that its interests would be jeopardised with Ekweremadu chairing the JCCR, hence its insistence that Nafada must be Co-chairman, so that both men would take joint decisions.

A source, a ranking legislator, reasoned that "the latitude given to the former JCCR Chairman and former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, would not be repeated this time.

"Because there was no Co-chairman in the last Constitution review, that was why the issue of tenure elongation (for Obasanjo) was brought in and the House had to play along. This time around, we want to be carried along in every decision-making on the JCCR."

Two: The North wants control of the finances of the JCCR, outside the N1 billion appropriated for the exercise in the 2009 budget.

"Look, lobby will come in form of money. Those with vested interests in any clause to be amended will do something. There is no way one man would be allowed to be in charge of that."

The antagonists believe the only way to control the finance is if Nafada becomes Co-chairman and is privy to all decisions.

Three: While the North is stridently against state creation, the South seeks more states and has mobilised the SSF to speak with one voice on it.

The SSF has agreed that, to correct imbalance, the South East should have three new states while other zones should have a maximum two new states each.

But the North believes that its fears over state creation would be allayed only if Nafada is made JCCR Co-chairman, since as the source put it, "he can adequately protect Northern interest and keep us abreast of developments concerning the issue."

The source added that the North is against any increase in oil derivation and believes that Ekweremadu, being from the South East, would be sympathetic to raise it to at least "50 per cent as demanded by the South South.

"There is a general mistrust, and unless Nafada is there as Co-chair who will be part of decision making of the review committee, we don't see how we are going to accept Ekweremadu as the Chairman with Nafada as Vice Chairman."

He cited the National Political Conference where there was a Co-secretary; so, "there is nothing unusual about Co-chairman. In an important exercise like the review of the Constitution, you can't leave it to the whims of one person."

Senate President, David Mark, inaugurated the JCCR in October last year, comprising 44 members from each NASS Chamber.

A joint review has, however, been filibustered by House members who insist that Nafada has the title of Co-Chairman.

Mark announced early in June that the Senate would do its own review and harmonise it with that of the House.

Having gone their separate ways in the exercise, the Senate and the House last month shared at N500 million each, the N1 billion ring-fenced in the 2009 budget for the review.

There are 88 members on the JCCR, comprising 44 Senators and 44 House members.

Senators and House members brushed aside opposition from the National Assembly (NASS) management and began spending the money, which translates into N11.36 million for every one of the 88 reviewers.

A similar amount was allocated and shared in the 2008 budget, divided into N500 million for each Chamber.

The money was accessed after the NASS management, custodians of the N1 billion, caved in under pressure from the JCCR.

Agitation by House members to do their own Constitution review, which led to the collapse of the JCCR, informed the decision of the NASS management to release the money separately to each Chamber.

A source explained that "following the collapse of the joint review exercise, the legislators resolved to spend the N1 billion meant for the exercise on the passage of the seven Bills sent to the National Assembly by (Yar'Adua).

"It is no longer an intention, the money is being spent by the separate Chambers."

blacksta:
Highly unlikey - before the year 2000 the slogan was was poverty eradication and education for all b4 yr 2000 . But as Nigerians with memory issues we forget and move on quickly.

deb:
@ Bialegend

You write as though its only Igbos that get killed by the Hausas. Those bastards kill non-muslims and non Hausas including Yourbas.
Why is it that it is only you Igbos that clamour for Biafra? Yorubas have warned there people in the north to leave or they are on their own if
they refuse to come back home. Why don't you guys do the same? Besides, Yorubas invest alot in their own region while Igbos don't do the same.
You guys rather go to invest somewhere else. I can bet you, if you get biafra today and the friendly yorubas as usual decide to be lenient with you, Hausa will not be, and you will lose your investment in the North.

I don't even understand why you guys blame all your problems on others. If you guys think Biafra is your solution, you can get lost because I personally don't give a damn about it. Afterall, you guys will still kill one another trying to select a president and before long IMOs will complain of marginalization and that may start another clamor for secession. Retards

Mafia4life:
@martinxmart
so guys like you are in this naija? You are my man. Alot of punks don't realise that those guys you and i mention are sooo wack. We recommend niggaz like sauce kid, ghetto p or kel. Keep it up boy.

Kobojunkie:
As it used to say on the 7 UP caps. . . . TRY AGAIN!!! roflmao!!

Kobojunkie:
I did and this is why


Posters since the last 5 Pages

a) Kobojunkie – Ethnicity remains UNKNOWN
b) Freed ** – Most Likely IBO
c) Ikeymanoo --- definitely IBO
d) Ezeagu --- Confirmed IBO
e) Asha80 – Confirmed IBO
f) Uche2nna – confirmed IBO
g) Savanaha** – ethnicity UNKNOWN
h) Chygrl –- irrelevant
i) Yuno** --- Likely IBO
j) Udezue ---- Confirmed IBO
k) Okpuzu --- Most likely IBO
l) Olabukola --- Likely YORUBA
m) SapeleGuy ---- ethnicity UNKNOWN
n) Dede1 --- Definitely IBO
o) Walakolobo --- ethnicity UNKNOWN
p) Chiddysville --- Definitely IBO
q) Afam4eva --- Definitely IBO

** Most likely IBO because the posts by person seemed geared towards support of the Biafra agenda.

Kobojunkie:
Huh?? I would lament? Hausas do it, though not in unison. Yoruba’s do it, though not in Unison. Ibos do it, though not in Unison. You think say if the Ibos decide to step up their game and make it an ethnic-wide trade, I go lament more?? Roflmao!!
Well, I didn’t say you should swallow the insults but Just don’t come back playing the VICTIM CARD. It just comes off as being really pathetic.
In much the same way as some Ibos do not agree to the same. Your point?

Well, unity in looting will be a start though, don't you think?

You don’t have to claim to be saints, but if your reason for insulting others is simply cause they insult you too then why complain about it? Why feel targeted when you admit you do exactly the same as others?

Ibos want an egalitarian society, so do the other groups in Nigeria. That does NOT make Biafra desirable in my opinion. It is to me like admitting your house is in shambles and then telling me the only way is to buy a new house. Does not COMPUTE!

Uche2nna:
I really dont care for ur story. For all i know, it is cock and bull.

And U know that because U allegedly met a phantom who told U that Nigeria is the best thing since fried plantain. Clap for urself

Kobojunkie:
Well, I am not sure I would compare the Ibos to any other tribe in the way you did above, but yeah, the lack of the UNISON as some would PRETEND exists between the ibos is reason why I asked my initial question.
So, are you saying the PRO-BIAFRANS might resort to fighting the ANTI-BIAFRAN ibos then? I mean right here on nairaland many of the pro-biafrans feel they need to INSULT their way into being heard. And I wonder if it is this hard with other ethnicities, how much harder it would be for those are Ibos and anti.
I am not saying other tribalists are saints but you guys are no saints yourselves. So why do you expect to be taken seriously if you have yet to prove that you are any better than the rest of us? I hope you understand what I mean here?

Uche2nna:
I am yet to see any IGBO that is averse to a sovereign state.

I have seen diverse opinions on how the cause should be achieved (some dont believe in Uwazurike's method , others do) but no Igbo man and I repeat , Igbo man on earth would not want to live and see the actualization of a sovereign state.

Kobojunkie:
No, his family lives in the heart of Owerri. He is a business man and travels back and forth from Nigeria each year. But you have yet to answer my question here.

Kobojunkie:
You don't need to meet one really but I know that there are stories of ibos who fought on the other side of that war. I will search the internet until I find one for you someday.

But my point is this. Ibos are not 100% with the Biafran idea. I told you on another thread of some dude who fought for Biafra but believes he was duped by Biafra, when he was asked for money to help fund a cause that never was, after the war. Now, if you were to meet this man, and he told you straight up he would fight to make sure Biafra never lives, what would you think of him, knowing he is also Ibo?

Kobojunkie:
@Ezeagu, if you are for Biafra, would you take offense with other ibos who choose to fight against Biafra? I know for a fact that not all Ibos share this new found need to revive the Biafran dream, and I see it causing more rifts than bringing people together in the near future. If you are pro-Biafra, would you think little of those who are Ibos but anti-Biafra?

RichyBlacK:
Oh, I forgot, elections don't matter in Nigeria.

SapeleGuy:
We can all see the love radiating from you! As you say the thing no be by force. Only idiots continue to make the same mistakes, if you feel so strongly about moving then go it alone, you don't need anybody else. Don't blame other people for you failure. Take responsibility for your actions.

Adaka Boro didn't call anybody - they just did it.
Mend didn't call anybody - they just did it.
When our people called for resource control - they just did it.

The fact is that majority of Igbo's don't think Biafra is viable, rather than abusing other ethnic nationalities try and corrale your people first. If Igbos don't agree with you how do you expect other nationalities to follow you.
Embrace 100% resource control, it is the key to the freedom of all the ethnic nationalities.

PS - when you all insult other ethnicities you attract hatred towards your own nationality. If you were truly proud of your igbo roots you would act with more decorum. In 2009 Biafra as an ideology is dead on arrival, you need to adapt your tactics. What strategic objectives do the Igbos want to achieve going forward?