₦airaland Forum

Offpoint1:
Banning Okada in Apapa, especially Tincan shows how distant the government is from the people... Which commercial bus would want to ply that area? Road that is always unaccessible 24hrs because of trucks and tankers packed on all the lanes... Even Okada struggle for space on those roads.

The state makes decisions based on securing the state and total well-being of the people, there are 20million people and thousands of streets in Apapa, so government should not ban bike there because you pass there

hohafrank:
If the energy with which Lagos state ban Okada is channelled towards banning Agberu,touts,Lagos would have been a better place to leave.

Some of those youths are OPC members, others work for the union, stop talking nonsense. OPC targets criminals and are good for internal security of the state.

cocolacec:
Enugu was a slave camp created by the Binis to camp Slaves.It belongs to the Benin Kingdom so no Igbo have a right of claim to the borrowed space called “Enugu”.
Longlive the Benin Kingdom,Oba watopee.Ise.

Facts

sonature1:
A typical Nairalander doesn't make a point without insults. Who raised you lots?

I hate small brains.

DuBLINGreenb:
Lagos is over rated

Touts have been incorporated into the security architecture of Lagos state

When I was in Lagos a hoodlum stopped me and asked me where I was coming from, from his mannerism, speech, dressing, poorly drawn locally made tattoos it was very clear to me this is a tout

As a PH boy I thought he wanted to obtain me so I lock up, prepared myself mentally and physically for confrontation, PH boy will not fall hands, only to find out he was actually security for the area

I was shocked, I apologized for resistance and weighing him he understood.

It’s a good idea to engage the youths, it’s a good idea to incorporate everybody. But I have some concerns.

What happens after now?

1. Let’s assume someone like Tinubu is no more who takes over as their national leader to call them to order?

2. What happens if a less gentlemanly tout becomes their national leader and decides to let them run wild

3. What signal are you sending to the normal youths like me who are fit to wreck havoc based on size, mind, experiences etc but just decide on our own that that is not the part we want to follow in life

If you say you are only incorporating and rewarding only touts and hoodlums, are you saying we should all become touts and hoodlums?

Today if you look at the leadership in Lagos you can see posters of known touts, they are in the top 3 of almost every government parastatal it’s as if they even have quota. And then the remaining 2 out of the 3 are Wives and children of these “big men” like Tinubu, Lie Mohammed and co.

Lagos people what happens to Lagos when Jagaban dies and MC Oloumo and co. Start to fight for leadership?

This is a serious gamble oh, I wish you all well.

Lagos has structures, they are all under the police and security operatives in Lagos, the state is too big for anyone to hold to ransom... though I see your concerns about how APC incorporates touts into their politics. Mostly the security guys are OPC guys, that is a Yoruba indigenous security faction, quite effective in some areas. Portharcourt is a state riddled with cultists and crimes, most of your vigilante guys there are thugs and cult affiliated people, it's same everywhere, it's thugs that can inflict pain, kill etc not Angels...you didn't make much sense. I don't see Lagosians relocating to PH, you can remain in your PH.

ote author=YoungLionken post=113358732]The poor and average always suffer any governmental policy and I don't know why..

It is not as if there's a plan B solution to it..

I visited a public school the other day and I wept at the deplorable state of buildings and learning structure of the school..

Banning of okada here and there is nothing compared to banning of bad roads, epileptic power supply, vote buying,banning of problem of civil servants' payments, to mention a few..

Thank God I'm not Igbo(don't reason like them), I woulda said the government is banning okada because they're mostly northerners doing the business...[/quote]So the state should remain primitive with okadas blowing smoke everywhere, mobbing people,. driving recklessly and killing Lagosians, and Lagos looking like a big ghetto?

No Okada in Accra, Kumasi, Cairo, Cape town...Lagos did not invite anyone to come here, if you can't cope with the city leave.

uote author=oladipuposadeeq post=113365066]so make I con trek from trade fair to mile 2 haaaaaaa under 1 week person engine fit dey smoke ooooooo[/quote]If you like fly like superman, you don't count.
Did anyone invite you to Lagos?

Adjust yourself to fit into Lagos, the city is too big for a few non indigenes to determine its fate.

sonature1:
Okada is very useful in Lagos because of insolvable traffic jam issue. The problem is that okada riders are a bunch of senseless people.
1. No caution for safety
2. Always using the wrong lane (going against traffic rules)
3. Lack of proper documentation of riders, making it easy for people to commit crimes with bikes
4. They are bloody opportunitists because they rocket their fares when roads block.
5. And I can go on and on.

Okada aids criminality
Okada pollutes the environment
Okada kills lots of people via accident
Bokoharam can infiltrate Lagos via okadas
A mega city don't use okada, Ghana, UK, New York, Dubai, no Okada.
Lagos state government is building light rails across the states that will help a lot.
Lagos state government is investing in waterways transportation.

Think creatively, you sound dull, so because there is hold up, we must use okada, your small brains can not bring better solutions.

Dem call dey call thieves and scammers 'big boy', what is big about a dumb thief?

God bless the brave officers, state police is the best, so the mad people can get killing their brothers, and FG will send federal police to highways etc.

quote author=MadamVanessa post=113349053]

They should leave your wife when you don't respect the so called wife. You're fun of leaving her to Pero. It seems Pero pussy is more sweeter than that of Anie[/quote]

uote author=Ilaumoh post=113363331]oga are you asking questions or you’re concluding?
Meanwhile Udom alone built 22 industries in Akwa ibom plus Ibomair etc so relax and unlearn to learn ok[/quote]I have nothing against any one, but Nigerians praising governors for doing their jobs is not smart. Bring those other stuff here, not roads, this is 2022.

The police should move with armored designed vehicles mounted with artillery and protection cover, this will help them against ambush. We should invest in Nigerian army engineering plants, and armored vehicle building plants, work with Russians/Israelis, they can help us in building ingenious designs and models for armored vehicles, that will fit our immediate challenge and terrains, am talking as consultants. Nigeria builds armored vehicles already. We have all it takes to perish our enemies.

Roads are the basics, stop praising governors for doing their job. Let's talk of empowerment, building factories managed by private consultants,.mass skills training of youths and handing over of tools to start to earn a living. Akwa ibom is an oil rich state...how much is their minimum wage...this is what the governor should be doing. Roads are basics, and only take like 20% of state revenue...the rest money should be used on the people.

Good move, Kano has banned okada, so why is Lagos whose most of its indigenes and tax paying legit residents are not Okada riders allowing okadas everywhere. It must be sustained, Lagos has money, employ more hands into the state enforcement units to back up the police, use the boys too.

Most of these okada men came in from Chad, Niger etc through the North, these people are undocumented, some of them have alliance with terrorists, the way they burnt that boy on the streets in Lekki showed that. That is a cultist or gang ritual. It is strict retribution process.

They have succeeded in indoctrinating the Hausa and Fulani okada men, and they are 90% of the okada force. It's not enough baning okada, these people have no skills, or handwork, hence will fall back into criminality, stealing, and killing Lagosians, even kidnapping...The Lagos state government must embark on a systematic approach, first by instructing land owners to stop employing undocumented aliens as security guards, this is how they pack their brothers, 100 of them will be in the compound and you will think you have just one security, you don't know your compound is now a 'cell'. Secondly the police must carry out patrols to inner streets and check abandoned properties used as bachas, ensure only documented legal people are there, and remove illegal undocumented aliens, take them back to their states, or if found to have committed crimes or perpetuating criminal activity, lock them up in jail, this should be continuous and adopted as a strategy for police to prevent criminals gathering and planing to perpetuate crime. Thirdly the immigration seems to be sleeping, those days when I was young, immigration use to patrol and check for illegal aliens, I wonder why they stopped now. In Nigeria we have basic identification now, NIN, drivers license and some have fake ones, so the police and immigration should treat any foreigner with suspicion like they do in America, Germany, UK, Ghana etc, this is for the safety of the country. The country is for the legitimate citizens first not aliens and terrorists.

Thank God for your release, now I believe you know the church needs to start doing more than just praying. The church needs to go into promoting the right candidates for political office in Nigeria, the church must stop being passive, and become active. You survived a near death experience, now you know being passive is detrimental to life. Sir please champion the advocacy, let the church start spending money on empowering youths as well, but most especially, the Christian body must come together and form a collective, their numbers are huge, they can use this to influence Political outcomes. In South American countries Church protests are the biggest and strongest, in America Churches support politicians that will uphold their value. Since all church and Christians share common value, they must come together under a general umbrella. Church alliance etc. The battle is spiritual yes, but if your body dies, your spirit becomes irrelevant to happenings in this realm...I dare say.

guobe:
ah don't think so,that's for prostitutes.

Different categories of money bro, the money culture permeates everywhere, church, home, politics, most are weak and are vulnerable to the process of the system.

Sleekskin:
The educated illiterates have arrived the scene, spewing hogwash and falsehood.
Imagine tagging a bisexual fellow gay just to push a dumb narrative.

Morons.

you are curse, take your curse and leave the country. useless spoilt idiot.

Evil china people. deport his ass after serving the jail term. So many Chinese, Lebanese, Philippines are living illegally in Lagos.
Nigerian immigration should be checking them, most their visa have expired, most have no work permit, na so them go pack themselves dey useless Naija girls for Troy Lekki, and those bars in the axis.

mugu

oga gays are cursed, they are a bad omen to Nigeria, go and sew your leaking ass and repemt. you are one person, you can not change our culture. dumb idiot.

Too much GMO

He that kills by the sword, except on self defense basis, must die.

Something I will expect from Mi6

Sheer terrorism, terrorising kids...cowards.

AkpaMgbor:
Good music transcends lyrics. That is why you can listen to yanni’s album and still put it on repeat even though no single lyrics was used.

I like deep music...that's why I prefer alternative music to Rnb... people have different taste. My point is both are big, none is bigger than the other. Enya works with the biggest in the world, so does Celine. But I prefer Enya, cos her sounds have depth and speaks to me more. Like you say music is beyond lyrics, most of Enya's songs are not English, but it's the energy.

tesppidd:
lol at nepotism.

Sharing dollars at convention ground is what?

dollartism?

They are all guilty of this.

majamajic:
U are Enya fan , but am fan of both , so I can tell u more about them

Celine is above Enya

Just say you love Celine...she is not above... Celine sings love songs, Enya sings transcesion/meditation music, Enya's music is therapeutic, beyond mere music., Its not for every mind.
Not everyone loves listening to love songs always. You can't compare the two sounds now can you, this is why the biggest movies use Enya sounds as sound track. Am not a fan of too much love music.

Zonefree:
Our former landlord's son and his niece died this way. Dude was a 200 level student staying with the niece way older than him.

Everybody was saying its carbon monoxide but I didn't subscribe to that cos I was among those that saw their dead bodies, there was strange marks all over their bodies. Like they were flogged or something.

You are smart... little clues helps a lot in investigation, the police needs more training on detection of crimes and motives.