₦airaland Forum

Nonaira3:
They have no choice but to relocate. You can't be destroying others but yet compensating another. It's highly stupid. Let them continue making any excuses they like; soon they will have to decide whether continue working or relocate everything including that their drilling to the location of their hq base.

I remember in 2003/2004 when Gov. Attah brought the Congressional Black Caucus of the US congress to Uyo to persuade Mobil to relocate its HQts to AKS.

the then MD gave reasons like
No good roads, Hotels, Airport, etc.

AKSG has gone to work to eliminate those excuses, the current one is, no Standard office accomodation.
by Gods grace that will be eliminated too. and the truth will emerge.

Akwa ibom people are smart, inteligent and patience people, It took our forefathers 1928 to 1987 to achieve the creation of Akwa ibom state. with hard work and persistence it was achieved. Our ancestors started the agitation for state creation in this country that everyone is enjoying now, others got it first we were denied for a long time, but we persisted.

We agitated for abrogation of onshore offshore oil dichotomy for a long time, It was denied, finally we got it.

ibaka deep seaport has been on the works since 1957 with hard work it is slowly coming to fruition despite opposition from the usual sources.

We will get it done as usual.

marticeus:
Wild geese chase or white elephant project, either of the two. After building it, if Mobil refuses to become a tenant, what happens? Big question and I am just wondering. A typical example of a government by men with little or zero idea.

Govt. investment in real estate development is a very viable business.

real eastate are called solid asset for a reason. you may need to use the mirror on yourself!

Nonaira3:
You yorubas are very much despicable. The last study that actually analyzed the crime rates of your niggeria using your own government stats, southwest ranked higher than south south in kidnapping. People gets kidnapped more in southwest than south south and especially Akwa ibom. Everyone knows AK is one of the safest state in that niggeria yet you clowns are condemning this move that is actually good based on the sole claim "they'll be kidnapped"? Are you fucking serious?

Why are you yorubas so hypocritical? Just why? It's funny the set that claim to be fighting for resource control are actually antagonist against a state attempt to actually achieve that reource control. Everyday you people prove to us that your so called resouce control fighting/agitation is nothing more than a show. Any time there's an attempt to fix this obvious wrong and daylight thievery, the people that oppposes it are always una that pretends to be fighting for "resource control".



Well una better get prepared because others are waking up for the thievery of this. It is highly disgusting that a company would take resources from a region, destroy the livelihood of the indigenous of the people as well as expose them to possible chemical waste and potential mutations of their future offsprings but yet barely compensate them for it instead give it to another region that isn't the one dealing with the danger of their works. You guys better get used to it because Akwa-Ibom isn't the only state fighting for their right. River state is also in the back doing the same and i bet you and you can quote me on this anyday, sooner or later, other states will join in that fight. If exxon refuses to to relocate then they should drop their work in Akwa ibom and drill the so called oil that Lagos claim they found.

My brother dont mind those guys, Like i said operation elimination of excuses is ongoing in the ND, when all excuses are removed the time for truth telling will come.

IOC's will relocate their hqts. to their operational base.

Xisnin:
Wake up from your dream.
The lazy youths of the Niger-Delta won't let oil companies rest, always demanding for more compensation.
I haven't seen any youths block the gates of a company in Lagos while demanding for their "rights".
NLNG is situated in bonny island, rivers because the place is isolated from the madness going on in the state.
Moving to Akwa-Ibom isn't just about paying tax to the government but it involves paying tax to all Akwa-Ibom
youths who would seize the opportunity to start extorting the companies.

Ask yourself why a company that operates in many states of the Niger-Delta should relocate to Akwa-Ibom and
exclusively pay tax to the Akwa-Ibom government?
Are Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa inferior?

Are you one of those thats benefiting from the taxes that should be accuring to the IOC's operational bases?

The proverbial, robbing of peter, to pay paul has an expiration date.

lexy2014:
so how is that relevant 2d question i asked u?it seems my questions bring u face to face with reality. u clearly don't have answers 4 simple questions. there are legal frameworks within which a govt must operate while discharging its obligation so far d akwa ibom state govt isn't operating under any legal framework by "eliminating" excuses. Its pure sentiments

IOC's will relocate to their operatioal base as is done allover the world. Nigeria is not an exception.
when all excuses are eliminated the truth will come out.

lexy2014:
u c u are already getting sentimental

D question I asked requires simple yes or no answer. Instead of u 2 answer questions u start deflecting questions by getting personal. D other time I asked u a simple question, u were asking if I was a Nigerian. Let me paraphrase d question. B4 embarking on d task of "eliminating d excuses" 4 Mobil, did AKSG enter into any sort of agreement with Mobil which will make it legally binding on Mobil 2 relocate 2 akwa ibom once d building is completed?

Are you one of those thats benefiting from the taxes that should be accuring to the IOC's operational bases?

The proverbial, robbing of peter, to pay paul has an expiration date.

Xisnin:
IOC can't move to the Niger-Delta because of security and not due to lack of buildings.
Udom is not thinking straight.

Akwa ibom is the safest state in Nigeria.
Lagos where they are located is the most insecure state in Nigeria. Fact, Lagos is the only state in Nigeria where school kids are kidnapped in their schools outside the North east.

lexy2014:
does d akwa ibom state exercise any legal or regulatory control over Mobil 2 decide 4 it how it should conduct its business?

Are you one of those thats benefiting from the taxes that should be accuring to the IOC's operational bases?

The proverbial, robbing of peter, to pay paul has an expiration date.

lexy2014:
did d govt of akwa ibom state and mobil enter into any agreement 2 relocate upon d completion of a 21storey building 2 built by d govt?

Do you know how to read? comprehend? Operation,Elimination of excuses is ongoing in AKS and the ND

nex:
This is what I would like to refer to as a very proper idiot! The office in which Exxon Mobile is located right now, was it built for them by Lagos State Government?

Does Udom Emmanuel know all the safety measures taken in building a 21-storey building to be used by Mobil, before even adding more stupidity by saying it will be increased to about 30 storeys?

Is Mobil going to buy or rent the building? Have they promised to buy or rent the building after the Government builds it?

Where has the Akwa Ibom State Government heard that an International Oil Company moved its headquarters simply because a Government built a headquarters for it.



This man is about to make quick bucks in preparation for the 2019 elections, and his state's citizens, residents, and taxpayers are looking on like Zombies.


I'm getting very angry at this sort of thinking.

Look at you statement again and you will find stupidity staring back at you.

WinningSun:
I really appreciate the efforts of your governor to attract the relocation. however, the main issue that those companies left have not been address. the issue of security. can a white man walk on the street of uyo to shoprite without the locals seeing him as a ransom tickets.

and also the excessive bickering by the youth that demands the impossibility. like telling them on quotas of people they can employed from other region

are you guys willing to see the influx of other tribe like ibo Yoruba hausas and host of others buying land and engaging in development activities.without telling them that they're strangers. Will you feel comfortable with this arrangement.

Is there security in lagos? Lagos is the most insecure state in Nigeria, infact the only state in Nigeria, where school children are kidnapped from their school outside the North east. If they can walkl the streets of insecure lagos then they can certainly walk the streets of their operational base.

you are like the IOC's comming up with irrelevant excuses

lexy2014:
it really seems my questions put in a very uncomfortable position. u were boxed in. Mobil's decision to relocate will b purely a business decision not a sentimental one and sentiments is in short supply in d world of business

No one is sentimental here, the AKSG is eliminating all the excuses that Mobil has been proffering all this years, as a reason for not relocating to their operational base.

WinningSun:
PDPGuy:
This is the first time I’m hearing that a government is building an edifice for a private corporation.
What an achievement for Governor Udom cheesy


one of the wonder of the world.

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Govt. is investing in a standard office space accommodation for companies to lease.

this is practiced all over the world.

woe unto any Nigerian that believes any ".... To do...." Statements from any govt. either fed, state or local.

"...To produce...."
Story for the gods!

lexy2014:
what has that got 2do with d question I asked?abi u don't have answers 2d questions?

Stop derailing the thread, i know you are wailing because you have seen the handwriting on the wall. Mobil will relocate or it will liquidate its assets to a company that will be willing to relocate.

lexy2014:
how can someone b fraudulent and competent at d same time?that is contradictory? how long does it take 2 put in place a new mgt?

Are you a Nigerian? , BTW this thread is about 21 storey building not the hospital.

Akwa Ibom People are not complaining about the hospital, because they all know whats up, Stop taking panadol for our headache, Hospital is no longer an Average Akwaibomite problem, our New governor is renovating all our general hospitals, our people now have access to better health care in their respective LGA.

iSH is a Quaternary hospital and will be back on stream soon.So dont worry yourself.

lexy2014:
have u ever asked urself y these guys decided 2go 2 relocate 2 Lagos in d first place?

Lagos was the capital city of Nigeria then, that excuse dosent hold water anymore.

lexy2014:
change mgt indeed. U build such an expensive without putting in place competent hands 2 man it. Again how long is d "change mgt" going to take?

There was a competent hand to manage it, they were just fraudulent.ie No return on investment, AKSG fired their As...? a new mgt. is in the offing.

oyb:
Shell has always been in Ph. What on earth are you talking about?

oyb:
And the kidnappers are from oil rich areas, not so. Those ondo Ijaws.

Thats how bad it is. Once 'opportunities' dried up, different ND thugs relocate to Lagos to bunker, Rob banks and kidnap. Where else would they have gotten the money for heavy weaponry?

just maybe, thats what lagosians are doing in the ND, maybe they are responsible for crimes in the ND?

oyb:
It's his retirement plan. How much do you think apabio chopped from his dead hospital?

21 stories to avoid excuses of not enough space. Ibom Hospital is not dead its alive and well, it is undergoing change of management. the former mgt. were not making returns and were trying to blackmail the state govt. AKSG called their bluff.

The new GOV. is an accountant, he doesn't tolerate a business that dont make profit after investment.

oyb:
Yes, they are liquidating their assets and it is Nigerians that are losing. Shell has left warri, and all the jobs and trickle down are gone. No Nigerian owner will give the sort of benefits and remuneration you get from an ioc. They will just chop all the money, strip the assets, cut safer to zero and be forming billionaire all over the place.

Shell relocated to PH. warri people can and are working in PH.
PH is ND, and is closer for a warri man than lagos.

oyb:
The ss have allowed their States to become kidnap havens. Nonody is going to bring his staff to your state if you cannot guarantee security. I don't even believe Mobil or any other oil company will accept a building not designed or supervised by them.

The same people that built could deliberately leave different ducts or hidden doors for kidnappers and thieves to sneak in.

is there no kidnapping in Lagos? lagos has the highest crime rate in the country.

Lagos is the only state in Nigeria where kids are kidnapped from their schools, outside the North east where boko haram operates.

there has never been any case of school kids kidnap in Akwa ibom.

All these badbelle people. Why are you disturbing yourself over Akwa ibom/ND matter?

All IOC will relocate to their operational bases, when the time is ripe.
They all know it and we all know it. that time is drawing closer.

No need for too much talk, the handwriting is on the wall. It will be relocate or sale your assets to those who are willing to relocate and go home, It is already happening, IOC are liquidating assets in Areas they dont fancy.

cc :moderator note

Just About 4yrs Ago the Ibeno general hospital was built by Akwa Ibom State government and commissioned By president Good luck Jonathan with so much funfair, watch the video below and see the present state of the hospital. This is not to embarrass the govt. but to call their attention to arrest the decay.

please anyone close to the government of Udom emmanuel should share this video with them for prompt attention.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEXsYs8sl2Q

abagworo and all your sydonyms, come and defend your oga at the top here, and earn your pay.

how market

MODALSOUL1:
The roads are good and can be improved upon with this design .

Ibeno beach and the entire coast of Akwa ibom needs atleast 5 Piers . each cost around $50,000 each. A nice Ferris wheel at the Ibeno beach would also be great. A Ferris wheel ranges from $100,000 for small ones to $2 Million very large .

It would be great if you can actually act on this ideas? There is a private sector contribution to state development.
Most of those ferris wheels, nice apt. Buildings etc. are owned by private business.
We will be looking forward to having you establish them here in AKS

CHUKWUNOLOGICAL:
Na wetin i see i talk o,
I nor fit lie for my head with my mouth by myself na

At least you have confessed to seeing something. That's good enough. ��