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Lagos — About 300 people with kidney related problems were sent abroad for treatment by the Lagos State government in the past one year. Governor Babatunde Fashola disclosed this when he received a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) yesterday.

According to Fashola, the 300 beneficiaries were referred to hospitals in England, US and India due to lack of necessary facilities for the surgery in Nigeria. The governor also reiterated the commitment of the state government to develop the Gbagada General Hospital's Intensive Care Unit for kidney transplant and dialysis. He said the project would be executed in the first quarter of 2011.

"We are already recruiting staff and consultants, who will manage the facilities at the hospital," he added.


http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/201011300227.html

It's 2010 and ibo people are still getting punked and played around like lil beetchies.

Ndo sha. e be like say you people go remain inside wilderness for a while.

This is a bogus story and really should have been deleted.

ShangoThor:
[size=20pt] Nigerians should get more business savvy!!! [/size]

[size=16pt] Head line should read: Fashola achieves efficiency gains of over 2330%, WOW!!! !!! [/size]

The actions of this reporter are outrageous. It took me less than one minute to find out who the CEO of ABC is online and it is definitely not Tinunbu. ABC is a consortium made up of Nigerians in the diaspora.

I also noted that the objectivity of the reporter was evidently clouded because he was more concerned with insinuating shady dealings between Fashola and Tinunbu as opposed to discerning the great strides in efficiency that the government had made.
For argument sake, so what if ABC belongs to Tinunbu. If this were true, then the most that Fashola could be accused of is ‘cronyism’ which isn’t against the law.

Di.ck Chenney,  a major shareholder and previous CEO of Halliburton was later elected  Vice President of the USA  on George Bush jnr’s ticket. Halliburton was later awarded huge reconstruction contracts worth billions of dollars $ in IRAQ after it was decimated by the allies in IRAQ war 2. My point is that this is cronyism at it’s worst (conflict of interest –business ethics?) however, it isn’t illegal.

All that matters here is business and good results or performance.  BRF stated that the implementation of the new computerised taxation system led to the increased total revenue collection from 600 million pcm to 14 billion pcm.

That is an efficiency gain of over 2330%. If these gains were achieved in the City of London or Wall Street BRF would be celebrated, given awards or given an annual bonus of over 100 million pounds. Furthermore, efficiency gains of over 2330% in my opinion would justify a remuneration of up to 10% to ABC, the company responsible for implementing such a system.
If BRF was President of Nigeria and in his first year was able to realize such gains as 2330% in the coffers of the state things would be drastically different.

Any monkey can spend money, but only exceptional individuals with financial intelligence can make money legitimately.

Thanks for this wonderful post.

Unfortunately, our country is messed up because people get away with unpatriotic acts like corruption and aiding and abetting journalism and news media. Our journalists are very lazy intellectually, they have zero sense of intellectual curiosity. And just like many sad posts in this thread by many of our so called leaders of tomorrow, no wonder our country is heading backward instead of forward.

They've been conditioned to ridicule everything and everything based on ignorance, illiteracy and tribal reasoning, it' damn too hard for many differentiate between good and bad.

A journalist secured and opportunity to interview a state governor and instead of discussing many critical issues facing the people of Lagos state like housing, transportation and unemployment, he shamefully wasted the opportunity with insults, redundant and baseless accusations with lousy puerile display after the interview.

What a great disservice to his readers.

Based on the amount ABC sends to the coffers of the Lagos state government, they deserve every penny they get back in form of remuneration

lol @ these clowns. Till they rename this site ibo.com, all your lies and foolishness no get sanctuary

ezeagu:
Look at how your just embarrassing yourself on the internet. Somebody made a thread on Igbo topics and yourself which does not want anything to do with the Igbo, apparently, entered the discussion uninvited. It's only because there's no such thing as rules on this 'forum'.

You people re retards I swear. So people need invitation to comment on a PUBLIC forum? Who the hell are you to tell people where to post and not to post? Are you mad or it's the ever present ibo delusions that's troubling your head? Look here dumbo, not a single topic on NL id tagged "ibo only" thread.

As suggested before, take your a/ss to ibo kwenu and have a good you a good time, you sure wont see me there.


Abeg get out of my face,

matazzmagi:
Typical shameless nigerian that loves to hate igbos but dont want them to leave,the igbos staying in nigeria will choke you to the point that you will beg them to go it may be too late then cus many may have opted for biafra instead.you do not determine what will befall nigeria in her future so shut up.the lesson of history is what nigerians skip thier own learning.europeans sacrificed a million of you people for oil. i think is your assumptions that is silly,

Like I said, I'll attend to you the very minute you start making sense.

matazzmagi:
babpupa you are not mentioning the fact that you dispute on these forum,or nigerian history irrespective of source. We can start there you know.i no its kind of lift your silly ego a little bit against igbos,but the news to you is that you are being lifted to fall with a loud thud.Now go and read up something and come back with your comments i will be araound to answer,it seems your are slow in mind, these people have suffered genocide for 64 years and lost millions and they came back stonger,there is no easy walk to freedom anywere,i understand your frustration but its entirely your respondsibility of warped thoughts and desire that is the cause!!

Utter  meaningless rubbish.


I attend to you the very minute you start making sense.

Olodo, the phrase PUBLIC forum mean anything to you or you're just too slow?

Onlytruth:
No, goat! You should be spending more time on Yoruba threads than this one!

If there are none, CREATE ONE. You have tonnes of problems in Yorubaland, but you would rather waste your pathetic time trying to win cheap scores against Ndigbo. Ain't happening.

You are really shameless because you are obviously scared to death about us. lmao!
Coward.

Look at this joker, all y'all put together can even scare a little baby, losers wey den whoop their ass dey talk about scare. You people sure know how to live up to your reputation as the most narrow minded and delusional people in the world.


Get it trough your narrow minded existence, this is a public forum, not ibo forum and like I said to the other dumbo, go to ibo kwenu and be all you can be all by yourself.

Again, the only cowards we know in Nigeria are ZIK who stood for nothing and was always missing when kasalaa burst and Ojukwu the grandmaster of all cowards who led millions to their deaths and run comot from battlefield like a six year old girl.

Your forefathers are cowards and the next generations including you are all cowards abi why do you think y'all are irrelevant and at the bottom of things in Nigeria? It's all because of cowardice.

Y'all are insecure, aimless and paranoid bunch,

Ode buruku. Shouldn't I be asking you the same question and why you are not on Igbo kwenu spitting your rubbish to your ibo kinsmen.? Trust me, you wont find
my a/ss over thre.


Buzz off jare,

lol @ 419 post title.

What's the difference between to receive and to raise?


Ibo people and their wuruwuru and delusions sha,

Ade2K8:
@Anayordike:

While the various attempts by our foolish leaders at re-branding Nigeria will surely continue to fail (for the simple fact that we continue to fail to fix underlying problems like transportion, electricity, fair elections, corruption, murderous cops, etc), the re-branding of Ndigbo need not meet the same fate. While I don't agree that anything much can be done about the real or perceived lust for money by your people, this is not a problem peculiar to Ndigbo. I suspect the greater problem is actually two-fold, both of which you alluded to:
i) the persecution complex that apparently springs from the fact that an Igbo man or woman has not been president for 40 odd years and
ii) your apparent egomania that assures you that all your other countrymen are lazy, silly, illiterates , etc and that if it weren't for Ndigbo, we'd all probably perish.

First, the fact that you haven't produced a president DOES NOT mean that your countrymen are all against you; it simply means that today's Ndigbo leaders have failed to play the political chessgame intelligently enough, afterall we all know that, at least currently, our votes don't count. It would seem that the next step should be to ally yourselves loudly with those Yoruba and Hausa progressives who seek to produce better elections, governance, etc even though we know there are no perfect politicians. But what do you guys do? Instead (and this brings me to point (ii) above), you seldom fail to diminish or belittle the accomplishments of others, refuse to call erring Alaigbo to order (do you remember Yoruba hatred of OBJ?) and generally resort to insular narrowmindedness. You assure all and sundry that all you care about is either Biafra or Ndigbo alone. This only serves to solidify the latent mistrust already there from your perceived love of money. But it is these same lazy, silly fools you want (no, need) to vote your way in the future. Can Ndigbo or any single tribe (even the Hausas) win a free and fair election if no other tribe votes for you? I seriously doubt it.

Ndigbo are in fact an intelligent, industrious, entrepreneurial people and are an asset to any nation. But you are NOT the only ones so endowed. Simply stop telling us that you are the sun that warms Nigeria and try and love your countrymen a bit more (or hate us less, whichever is easier - you'll actually feel better ).

My brothers, I wish you Godspeed.

Excellent Post.

Mega Kudos.

safariman:
@OP
Great write up.
And every tribe needs to look inward to correct their flaws. General observation, an Hausa or a Yoruba man would rather build a mansion in his village rather than go to SE to show off, whereas, an Igbo man would not mind building anywhere.
If all the monies Igbos invested in other parts of Nigeria were invested in SE, Igbo nation would be unequalled.

You mean ibo people don't build mansions in their villages? You're not making any sense.

I bet somebody sit you on top lap like baby while den spoon feed you that tales by moonlight.


lol @ rebrand.

Rebrand ko, retool ni. Y'all are always gonna be the same self destructive, paranoia and delusional people.

Ode, this is a freeking public forum, not Igbo forum.

And the only cowards I know are Zik and Ojukwu, at least according to our history.

Trust me, ugliness sounds way way better than cluelessness, paranoia and grand delusions.

Omenani:
babapupa


it is your NARROW thinking that is holding Nigeria back.

Abeg look inside mirror.

The question was, Do private companies normally provide ownership info on their websites?

Yes Or No?


Again, going to that website looking for ownership info was a dumb move.

Now, who is making it hard for you to access public info? Is me or Fashola? Are we in charge of business registration and public records?


Sometimes I wonder about the sanity of some of you on NL,

Omenani:
Nigeria is known for CORRUPTION. I have tried to ignore you, but I have say this. Igbos are no where near the pinnacle of power, so we cannot be blamed for the horrible image of Nigeria.

And let us not forget that Nigeria is also known for terrorism as well, because of that Christmas day incident. And guess what? The person was not Igbo.

Great Igbos sons and daughters are representing Nigeria in a good way like Chinua Achebe, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to name a few.

Igbos cannot be made into a scapegoat since we haven't tasted power in 45 years. And what does Nigeria have to show for it? Nothing. I am ashamed to be Nigerian. That is why I say I am Igbo.

As stated before, you problems are needless tribal pontification and delusions. Since day one starting from the country's first president "ZIK", you've been knee deep in corruption.

You obviously don't know your history, but I'll set you straight properly.

Zik was investigated for corruption because he looted the only bank he started to help develop the east.

The Shagari administration was one of the most corrupt administrations and one of your own was the vice resident.

And from day one, your leaders were federal ministers, heads of federal parastatals, permanent secretaries and governors? So what on earth are you talking about.


Abeg curb your ignorance,

Ode, as a Nigerian, you are my business because all the dumb and silly moves you people make reflects on the rest of the country.

Onlytruth:
^^

Yea, just like your papa Awo committed suicide for fear of IBB's jail. 

Unfortunately for you and your people, the fact that Awo killed himself or whatever rubbish you console yourself with, your irrelevancy and bottom of the pile status remains the same.

That nonsense should really be the least of your worries,

Onlytruth:
My message to Ndigbo:

We are a very special people in Nigeria, Africa and the world. We have done a lot to advance the pride of Nigeria, Africa and the human race. There is no need recounting what we have done since 1960 to bring accolade to Nigeria.
The records are there. The most important thing is to remember how we did it to enable us replicate it over and over again in the future. If you ask me, I would say that the following are the greatest attributes of Ndigbo and what propels us ahead of our detractors and competitors. I can say these things because I am confident that no one can beat us in them if we NEVER forget them:

(1)Discipline : [/b]Igbo man and woman has a STRONG sense of mission and deploy the discipline required to accomplish that mission. While others are busy having 5 children by 5 women, we stick to one woman and her kids! Great attribute.

(2)[b]Grit: We can be gritty when necessary to achieve a goal. HARDWORK folks!

(3) Long suffering: [/b]This is perhaps our greatest behavioral asset. It is a dying asset though because we have parents these days who spoil their kids thinking they are doing them a favor. Through painstaking HARDWORK, people like Chinua Achebe, Chike Obi, Phillip Emeagwali  ETC achieved what others could not. Don't let anyone tell you there is a short cut. THERE IS NONE.

(4) [b]Focus:[/b]We are not easily distracted from our set goal. That is why we are still alive and beating others today. Never imbibe strange cultures that undermine this attribute!

(5)[b] Courage: Please folks go and read the Bible, book of[b] Joshua Chapter 1 from verse 6 to 7[/b].  We have always been courageous to embark on ventures and live in hostile areas. We must continue that way.


If we continue to do these things, our future in Nigeria and the world is secure.

Finally, do not allow others to define you! Like they have worked so hard to re-define Phillip Emeagwali.

It is naive to think that you would not be affected by these definitions. If you don't want to counter these views, don't try to justify your choice of action. It is my idea of selfishness that will eventually catch up with you.
All for one, one for all!

Ndewo nu!

Signed, Ikenga dike 1 of Nnewi.  

This is the problem with you people, you very paranoid and delusional, you irrationally make up your own enemy and manufacture needless distraction, same distraction that's been killing you since day one.

All the rubbish you listed up there means nothing per realities on the ground in your towns and villages and generally per your history. It's nothing but irrational and paranoid talk. You have no enemy, you are your own enemy. So please stop bugging us with all the self stroking nonsense that you and your leaders are yet to display.


lol @ We are not easily distracted from our set goal. That is why we are still alive and beating others today. Never imbibe strange cultures that undermine this attribute,

You mean Ojukwu didn't get distracted from his goal when he cowardly took off the battle field  and ran like a school girl?


Y'all be cracking me up I swear, lmao

Onlytruth:
I have already argued that the revival of Igbo world depends on what we do as individuals. Before I criticize another Igbo person, I always search myself to be sure that I'm not guilty of the same fault.

The revolution begins with me!

So if some ibo pesin did something wrong, you wont say anything to the ibo pesin because you once did the same thing?


Like I always say, the tribe is more important to you people than right and wrong. How do you re brand yourself while perpetrating the same ills you're trying to re brand.

How do you move ahead as a credible society if the tribe trumps right and wrong?

Sounds like you people are gonna remain in the wilderness for a while.

You people think like cave men and no wonder y'all are f'ed up.

occam:
So who the heck owns this company that is been handsomely remunerated to collect revenue for the state.? Why can't the Gov simply tell us and put this matter to rest? Revenue collection is an important function of Govt but if this is in private hands, then info about the company should be readily available. Which public record can we get this? Tell us since you know

BTW, I checked Alpha Beta's website; no information about the owners
http://www.alpha-beta.net/index.htm

I also sent an inquiry to CAC to help unfold this mystery.
http://www.cac.gov.ng/

People like you simply sit on your backside and accept any garbage tossed at you. Asking tough questions and seeking the truth from your elected representatives is your responsibility as a citizen.

You actually ransacked the company's website for ownership info? Do private companies normally provide ownership info on their websites? How old are? That was a foolish and redundant quest on your part.


Again, the man said to the best of his knowledge, Tinubu is not the owner. That more than sounds like NO, Tinubu is not the owner. What part of that is hard is so hard for you to understand? Or you're just challenged in the areas of reading and comprehension?


You're on the right track tho', keep sending your inquiries where ever you're sending them to, at least, you are trying and doing what the dumb and lazy journalist wannabee at Sahara should have done.

occam:
@ mbulela

Ok, lets agree to disagree about Sowore's style: I like it, you don't. Period

My concern is about transparency in govt. Gov Fashola should have gone the extra mile to shed more light on the thorny issue of Alpha Beta ownership & any perceived relationship with Tinubu. Simply saying "As far as I know, Gov Tinubu is not the owner of Alpha Beta" was not enough. A missed opportunity to show great leadership

This is a company that helps his administration collect NGN14 billion per month in revenue; not just a vendor that supplies books for Primary school. It's therefore a big deal that we know who they are, how they operate etc. And if there is any perception of corruption with this company, Gov Fashola should do more to assure people that this is false. Don't simply ask people to provide evidence             

Some leaders in Nigeria believe they don't owe anyone explanation. When you question them too hard, they say you are too rude and refuse to respond properly or not at all. I think Fashola is falling into this class of politicians.

Well I wish the Gov all the best and hope any whiff of corruption does not dent the great work he's doing in Lagos state

You are not making any sense, some of you just run your moth just for the heck of it. The argument here has nothing to do with accountability, the man sat there an answered every question thrown at him. The man said as far as I know. What part of that is confusing?

Too bad the governor did not offer you your desired details about ownership of some  company. Is it now part of the governor's job to start keeping tabs on who owns what within the state? The burden is on the investigative journalist to find answers to basic questions of ownership and it's not like the answer is locked in some volt, these are public records.

Too bad we have useless and intellectually  lazy news men wannabee, instead of doing the leg work and find answers to questions, they throw out silly and unfounded allegations. Then we have people like you with warped interpretation of journalism and professionalism going on and on about meaningless assertions. Are we not talking about the same video abi I missed some portions ni?


Find something better to do with your time and quit bothering us with meaningless rants.

This is nothing but another missed opportunity for sahara, people offer you their time to interview them and discuss important issues your readers care about, not to insult and ridicule them, def not on behalf of your readers. They really need to stop conducting interviews like jack a/sees.

And the fool was yelling and making silly comments  like a brat after the man just sat down and answered your questions like a gentleman? What an a/ss hole . People are gonna start ignoring and denying them interviews if their only interview skills is insults and immature antics.

So the man don't read your stuff, is it by force to read?  I just don't get these clowns and their dumb and childish arguments.  Do they really think Fashola is gonna sit down for an interview with them again?

suxes2005:
of course i agree with you on that

how sure are you that their claims are right?

its their country and they know how to maneuver
things there,   at least we are suppose to support
our own person. Either he lies or not, we cant push
him out - he is still a Nigeria.

I swear if he has changed his citizenship to America mayb
he wont be having all this allegations.

I am not supporting him to lie but at least, it
shouldnt be him always on the news. they will surely
bring him down i swear

SHALOM

I literally cringed after reading this nonsense, this has got to be the most dumbest and idiotic comment ever. People like you are ignorantly dangerous. I pity Nigeria with people like you walking around with such backward and  insane mentality.

oga adimma:
I dont believe that any University in a developed country will provide any information to you when you ask about somebody.
Even a hotel will never tell you if some stays or stayed in their rooms.
A primary school wont even tell you any thing.
But, if you were to ask them if they have such and such a course, of cause, they will tell you.
Emeagwali is a victim of bad belle.
The Professors who are after him are just part of the layed back sections of the Yoruba community, not all Yorubas are like that mind you but, so many have become haters and its not helping them, it seems like they can see that the long time game is over now.
Awolowo brought in free education and jakande brought in a system where you fail an exam and still move to the next class.
Where in the world can you do that, only in Yoruba land, that is fraud.
So, the professor who is doing this has admitted to be a failed Prof and the only thing he wants to be remembered for is the bringing down of a Giant in the the field of science.
Professor do little-LAZY PROFESSOR.

Christine O'Donnell Lies About Attending Oxford University


The Washington Post's Greg Sargent uncovered the whopper of a discrepancy, and a Phoenix representative overseeing the course she took told Sargent that O'Donnell's LinkedIn claim is "misleading."

Sargent reports that Chris Fletcher, who oversaw the Institute's 2001 Oxford Summer Programme and the course O'Donnell took, said the course wasn't overseen by Oxford at all.

"We never represented it as a course run by Oxford University," Fletcher told Sargent.



http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/christine-odonnell-lies-about-attending-oxford-university.php

The same developed nations are not like Nigeria where they take official wuruwuru deny you basic information.

Some of you sure sabi how to sound like illiterates sha,

Aloy+Emeka:
I don't know how much you know about the legal system in America but no professional will make a comment like this below because that is a violation of privacy rules.
Also, privacy issues apart, is it not the same PHD or no PHD that is still the issue here?. What else is new from the news?.

I will not indulge Babapupa here because we are not on the same level. The only thing he knows in this life is how to collect egunje from Fashola to market his propaganda and if you refuse to buy his market, you are an enemy.

I'm glad you're conditioned to the fact that we don't claim the same level, ignorance and stupid talk is the only level you function on.

News media do this all the freaking time and the fact that you sampled the US magnifies your idiocy. The senate candidate in the last election was busted by the media for similar  academic lies and deceptions and it was done by doing the same the next did. Talking point memo called the school to verify her degree claim @ oxford and the school not only gladly trash her claim, the put it out there that they don't even offer the freeking degree.

They do it all the damn time. These schools have image and credibility to protect.



Like I said, shut up and quit talking rubbish.

Aloy+Emeka:
Sometimes I wonder how Nigerian journalists especially Sahara Reporters come up with these lies. No American university will offer such information to a reporter unless Emengwali permits them to do so.  Common, many American universities do not agree to release or tell parents the results of their children unless they have a written consent, how much less an outsider.

How many of you here attended university in the US, please can you tell us your school's policy about sharing your private information with a third party?. Some things are not worth flogging because if the school actually did such, they will be exposing themselves to liability suits.  If it is a criminal case, the investigators are usually required to obtain warrant from the local DA before the school will allow them access to his files. Of course, the tribal lions here are so obsessed with nailing Emengwali to the wall that they forgot about such rules in US universities.

You no dry disappoint with your ignorance at all. Try shut up and quit talking rubbish sometimes.

It cuts both ways and it takes two to tango. They'll let it go the minute the bobo stop lying and fess up to the previous lies.
It's sickning reading all the nonsense about race and other crap, you people can not even demand or defend common truth and    
honesty.

Of what use is your existence and hope for your children if all your heroes and glory are tangled in lies, deception and  
obvious intellectual fraud?

Nigeria is a sad country full of fraudstars and vocal enabblers. We are not only used to lies, fraud and corruption, we use the same zeal and vigor to suppress and deny truth.

Shamefull people, shamefull country.