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That's why massive infrastructure upgrades are desperately needed.

Si, tantos mejicano aqui, esto es una necesidad a saber.

If Nigeria were to stop importing such a large portion of it's domestic consumption, prices would go down dramatically.

Bahamas, Botswana, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon all come to mind, but it depends on what you define as "successful".

I have numerous relatives who've migrated out of Nigeria, some permanently, and others who haven't decided yet (including me). I live her in Los Angeles with my sister, and three cousins, but I also have family members in Houston, New York City, Oakland, and Atlanta. I also have family members who have migrated to the U.K., that mostly live in London, with a few of them living in Manchester. As of now, my cousin is trying to get into Canada, but many come to America.

Anyone else have this unique kind of situation, or is my story rare? Please share.

[quote author=n-guage link=topic=185713.msg2991308#msg2991308 date=1224905777]Na so I react too, mesmerized, astonished, perplexed. See as I don dey plan and she turns out to be 15. This is sad. Blackspade, am I a pedo?[/quote]Na bruva, you fell under the same spell as I, and we're not pedo's, just unaware of the age. I'm 19 not too far, but still sad. I'm just so Weak for bodi!

TOYOSI20:
@ Blackspade

How r ya. . . . . ?

Great, how you doing baby gurl?

-When they are overweight, and adore American Fast Food Outlets (Obese)
-When they hit you when you say you are not South African (Xenophobic)
-When they ask you for a couple hundred Rand for no apparent reason (Drug Addict)
-When they think Nigeria is nothing but dirt roads, with tribes fighting each other everywhere (Arrogant)
-When they talk about sending their mining companies to poor countries, to capitalize on their resources. (Greedy)

Just generalizations I hear most often. . . . .

TOYOSI20:
because like they say walls have ears. . . . . . . . . .

Some peops can take this whole thing out of context . . . .u just never know. . .

No wahala sha. . . . . . .

between. . . . .I'm just 15. . . . . .

Agreed. Why would the capital have to be rotated? Do you know how much money it costs to build all the institutions and other facilities to support a country of nearly 150,000,000 (I think more)?

Thor sounds like some confused Naija boy who was probably the first Nigerian in his district, but her probably now feels threatened as all the Nigerians come to Britain, he forgot how to act.

You're a sad human being. Hopefully soon you get a much needed dose of reality check.

If you mean "Family Reunification", then you have to already have a family member living in Canada.

Thor, what is your problem?

I can understand you being against illegal immigration, but do you ever put into perspective of what our brothers and sisters who're living illegally in the UK. come from? Why do you feel the obligation to "snitch" on your fellow brethren?

Here in Los Angeles, there is officially 20,000 Nigerians here, but the City Council puts that number near 75,000 counting the ones who're undocumented. I understand what my people have to go through to get here, and 99% of the illegal ones are here doing honest work, because they can't find it back home.

I would never contact the authorities, and have them send my own back to Nigeria. I don't know many who would.

Horrible news, I just can't wait until this sort of news becomes less frequent, it's really making all of us look as we can't be trusted.

On another note, I wonder how much money they gathered before they got caught? You think there's more out there pulling this same type of fraud, but haven't yet been detected?

I wish I could attend.

[center]Infrastructure Examples:

Hydroelectric Dam:
[img]http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/06/23/knDAM_wideweb__470x309,0.jpg[/img]

Solar Power
https://www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/images/SolarTowerMojaveDesert.jpg

Wind Power
https://www.treehugger.com/wind-power-reaches-100000-megawatts.jpg

Natural Gas Power Plant:
https://www.russiablog.org/RussianGasFiredPlant.jpg

Nuclear Power Plant
https://www.proof7.com/p7nyc/images/Nuclear_Power_Plant_Cattenom-thumb.jpg

Water Pipeline
[img]http://nipomonews.files./2006/11/water-pipeline.jpg[/img]

Desalination Plant:
https://www.water-technology.net/projects/israel/images/9-desalination-plant.jpg

Reservoir:
https://baysoundings.com/wint07/images/Reservoir-asmall.jpg

Levee:
https://www.joe-ks.com/archives_nov2005/LeveeDutch.jpg

Seawall:
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/images/galveston-seawall_us-army-pic2.jpg[/center]

[center]Part I - Infrastructure (Water & Power)[/center]


Nigeria is a nation that unfortunately has many problems with people receiving their water and power needs, and that immediately needs to be addressed. Millions of Nigerians today don't have access to electricity, or clean water, and many steps need to be taken to assure every Nigerian has access to clean water, and power.


There would be much investment in clean energy alternatives, along with expansion of existing power generating facilities. A nation such as ours, with so many rivers, and streams, we have enormous potential to be one of the world's largest producers of Hydroelectric Power. Hydroelectric Power would be heavily invested in, with dams built where enormous amounts of water flow through daily. This is one of the cleanest sources of power, along with one of the safest.


Nuclear Power would also be heavily invested in, granting the power output, along with the relatively cleanliness of the source, it would be a smart investment. Nuclear Power has a high output of power, and has a long lasting lifetime. The plants are safe, but should only have highly trained workers, operating it.


Power coming from Coal, Oil, and other not so clean sources won't be completely terminated, but we will adopt cleaner burning coal, and cut down on using oil for power.


Solar Power would be a major source of power in the Northern States, because of the large amounts of sunshine they receive, and also because there is more open land. Wind Power would be a major source of power for the rural communities all around Nigeria, mostly because production from these types of power sources aren't so large, and they're clean sources.


Power Substations will be throughout the country, with a fully integrated power grid that will connect all cities, and towns to electricity, and assuring every Nigerian electricity at all hours. These substations not only provide jobs, but they assure responsibility over the power grid, along with preventive measures to make sure outages are avoided.


Clean water isn't something many Nigerians get to have on a daily basis, but more of a privilege. I want to turn that privilege into a right for every citizen of Nigeria. The dams set up for Hydroelectric Power, will make it easier to set up aqueducts all over the nation, so we can provide water access to the driest of states in the nation, along with thirsty cities. Water pipelines will extend from every corner of the country, along as Desalination plants near the coastal areas, will provide much needed water to those communities, along with drier parts of the country.


The ultimate goal is to make sure every citizen has water access, and with these plans, this will significantly reduce the rick for disease, along with extend greatly improving the quality of life for this country.


Along with Water needs, there also needs to be adequate flood prevention measures that need to be accounted for. Many areas in our countryside are prone to serious floods that leave too many of our people dead each year, and flood control is a major area that needs investment.


With Dams in place, you get Hydroelectric Power, a Water source, and FLOOD CONTROL. Rivers that are the major cause for floods in Nigeria will have the water diverted into Lakes, that will ultimately reduce the rick of floods, along with creating reservoirs for the holding of water for the population. Levees will also be constructed near areas with this problem, as well as ones with large populations nearby. These Levees help hold water behind a river, or a lake where large quantities of water are diverted into.


In our large cities, Seawalls will need to be built near the low lying areas to prevent urban flooding. An important move though is to separate the sewer system from the flood control infrastructure, to prevent the pollution of our sensitive oceans.

[center]Infrastructure Examples:

National Highway System:
https://upload.anti-cnn.com/forum/attachments/cn/day_080724/20080724_d7f2c26f7fb80e9dbc05hLsOLEfwRg8h.jpg

Passenger Cruise Terminal:
[img]http://www.kpt.gov.pk/Images2/PND_PRJ_34.jpg[/img]

Subway:
[img]http://nomernoy.msk.ru/foto/foto/nom_6k_pavkol1.jpg[/img]

Elevated Rail:
https://www.sandierpastures.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/dubai-metro-in-szr.jpg


Light Rail (Trams):
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Taclinkdome.JPG

Bus Rapid Transit:
https://www.itdp.org/documents/docs-guangzhou_brt-51-high-r-600.jpg

Passenger Ferries:
[img]http://www.greek-tourism.gr/attiki-athens/attiki-images/ferries.jpg[/img]

Commuter Rail:
[img]http://www.ergose.gr/ergosesite/_images/uploaded/Gefira_isthmou_large.jpg[/img]

Intermodal Transportation Terminal
https://www.socketsite.com/archives/Berlin%20Central%20Station.jpg[/center]

[center]Part I: Infrastructure (Transportation)[/center]

The first step I would make, is to set up a Development Bank, and submit 20% of all mineral (oil, coal, etc. . . .) earnings into it each month. With this Development Bank, it puts money into a dedicated fund to further help develop the nation, without having to take money from elsewhere.


Other than the development fund, I would still pump billions upon billions into developing this country, with infrastructure as the first step. I would dedicate enormous amounts toward repairing all roads in Nigeria, and building new ones in order to increase domestic trade between the cities, and help farms trade  their products with urban buyers. Funds will also help build an Autobahn type highway system to connect all major population centers to each other. This will help the fast movement of goods throughout all parts of Nigeria, and encourage more to travel.


The Autobahn type national highway system would be distinguished by having set standards. The standards of these roads would be:

- Separated by concrete barrier in the center
- 2 shoulder lanes for each side, making sure no one breaks down in middle of Highway.
- Minimum of 2 lanes on each side in rural areas. In urban areas, there is no maximum number of lanes.
- Maximum of 6% Grade in Mountainous Areas, anything above that will have to be tunneled.
- Lanes will have minimum width of 12 feet.
- Overpasses over Highways will have to be a minimum of 15ft above.


There would also put much of that money to a Standard Gauge electrified railroad system that will connect all major cities to each other. This railway would have passenger lines, along with freight lines, on separate tracks. This will help encourage Nigerians to move around, and help tremendously the movement of goods throughout Nigeria. There would also be money committed to building a High-Speed railway similar to the ones in Europe, to connect the largest of Urban Areas to each other (ie. Lagos - Ibadan - Benin City - Abuja - Kaduna - Kano - Enugu - Port Harcourt - Calabar).


The final step in an integrated ground transportation system in Nigeria, is to connect our country to neighboring ones using our National systems. Our Highways and Railroads will be connected to our neighbors, rapidly increasing cross border trade, along with increasing cross border spending. All Trans-African Highways that traverse through Nigeria will be integrated within our National Highway system with special signage, and will have border checkpoints at numerous designated areas throughout the country.


Airports, and seaports would also need to be expanded, with more of them built. I would make sure all cities with over 1,000,000 people would have airports with International flights, and be able to support at least 5,000,000 annual passengers, and over 500,000 tons of freight. All Airports, rural and urban will have paved runways, with modern terminals.


Seaports will also be expanded, with the largest ones being in strategic locations such as: Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Calabar. New domestic seaports would also be built along large rivers, but not many, because our rivers are vital water sources, and can't be polluted. Passenger terminals will be built in the Southern States to encourage International tourism, bolstering economic growth in that area.


Major cities, and financial cities such as Abuja, Lagos, Kano, and Port Harcourt will have multiple airports, with ones dedicated to mostly International flights, and others with domestic flights. These type of airports will encourage business growth both Internationally and Domestic, and will connect the country more, with trade becoming more easy.


In the largest of cities, with many industries, there will be money from public investments, along with the Development Fund to go towards building METRO systems. Subways, Elevated Trains, Light Rails, Bus Rapid Transit, Buses, and ferries (for cities on the water) will be part of an integral transit system for major cities in Nigeria to mobilize the population. Smaller cities won't have subways, or Elevated trains because those are more often reserved to larger cities with higher population densities.


To connect the large cities to their respective Suburbs, I'd put money to build commuter railways that use the same standard gauge as the national railways, but they'll be slightly faster, and have more stations within the urban area. Urban areas with over 3,000,000 people will have these commuter train networks, along with their METRO systems.


Cities with these integral transit systems will have large Intermodal Transportation Terminals that will connect all these systems at a central location within the city. They will have international connections thorugh the railroads, connecting to other large West African cities such as Lome, Accra, Abidjan, Porto Novo, Douala, and Niamey.

[center][size=13pt]What if you were in charge of all spending, and trading that occurs in Nigeria?

What would your goals be to accomplish?[/size][/center]

TOYOSI20 is indeed one of the most attractive ladies here. I also appreciate her presence here, truly an angel.

Honestly, I don't think Abuja should even be in the same category as other West African cities, no offense, but Abuja has set the bar, and other cities can't compete as of today.

This is so sad, and what makes it worse is this girl was doing something productive with her life, and never got the chance to live out her full potential. My prayers are with her family, and everyone effected by this.

You should research the about our brothers being on death row in Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia, sad indeed.

This is a good example of why it pays to get an education.

South Africans aren't known as very good jokers, amongst many other things. . . . .

LOL! When will we stop hearing these stories of people complaining about juju?

Why do we even produce oil in Nigeria? Why can't we put our oil to good use like the gulf countries, or Angola? I'm disappointed at this, but not in the slightest surprised.