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Is This Akwa Ibom's Biggest White Elephant Project?

Akwa Ibom is going to spend 5 billion naira on a 8,500 seat church. Do you plan on sowing your seed at the state church? What should the state be spending the money on instead?

https://akwaibomstate.gov.ng/ebudget2019/eBudget/mobile/025300100100CH.html

9japride:
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You are saying he's a hypocrite for marrying more wives. Is it not mandated in their Korean to marry more wives especially if one can care for them. How many almajiri parents are caring for them? Sanusi can afford to marry 20 wives but an average northern can't because they are trying to survive the harsh economy.

And finally, you are not making sense. I believe you want to marry more wives too just to enjoy, how can you accuse him, when he is capable of marrying more wives. Keep encouraging nonsense.

If you bothered to read the posting you wouldn't be rambling foolishly. Your reading comprehension skills leave alot to be desired. Lol you're the one not making sense.

Blue3k:
Verdict: Sanusi isn't a hypocrite.

9japride:
OP you are funny, can you afford to marry two wives like Sanusi and be able to send your kids to the best school? Your post does not make sense

Your reading comprehension skills need work.

Final bump: He has personality flaws but Im sure hypocrisy is one of them. You could agree he could of done more advance goals with his own resources.

budaatum:
I'm so sorry Igbo people, but if this is true, if Igbo really have not done what Blue3k suggested, then you don't.... you will never be Biafra!

I dont think much secessionists since they're have no political sway like other secessionists movement. They're only interested in rallying and sit ins, and boycotts. Their strategy only results in politicans who don't care being in power.

mana123:
It is sad that most igbos are just interested in accumulating money and wealth, and don’t even care much about those who sacrificed much for them. That’s why they teach their children about making money but not their history. Those children grow up not knowing why they are met with an executive wall in this country just because they are igbos. The igbos fail to learn from the Jewish example where they teach their kids about the holocaust suffered at the hands of the Nazis. They think that with money, they are ok but see their life today. In this country. Worse than slavery.

They could emulate Jews by teaching history, voting and putting money to work lobbying politicians.

grandstar:
The guy is still living large and I'm sure many of his rich friends will ensure he's very comfortable down here.

What if he decides to keep running his mouth here? Ganduje will be in trouble as he has no solid counter argument

Gandolla can't silence him. He could continue his previous lawsuits against him. That didn't stop him before though. Im waiting on him to start his podcast.

The Hausa was the only tribe in all of Africa that was fully colonized by another African tribe

1st define what fully colonized is supposed to mean. I really doubt the fulani were the only people who were sucessful at conquring their neighbors. If they are somehow that's really intriguing. Bantu conquest of khoisan should count.

Listening to Uzi new album.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35enS3ApjIc

The should move on from these concessionaires. Obasanjo approved these dry ports back 2003 and none of them have come been completed. Kaduna dry port approved in 2015. That concessionaire got it opperating in fraction of the time.

The concessionaire for the Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Heipang, Jos, Plateau State, Duncan Maritime Ventures has pulled out of the project. This is even as the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has begun shopping for another investor for the Jos Inland Dry Port.

Disclosing this during a meeting with stakeholders on Thursday in Lagos, the Director Inland Transport Services of the NSC, Mr Akintunde Makinde who represented the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the NSC, Mr Hassan Bello, stated that the meeting was a directive from the Federal Government and mandate given by the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Rotimi Amechi that all Inland Container Depot Projects (ICD) in the country must be completed and commissioned as soon as possible.

He noted that; the Council promotes and facilitates the establishment of Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Nigeria on the basis of Public-Private Partnership (PPP). The ICD, he stated, is to bring shipping services to the doorstep of shippers, assist in decongesting the seaport and revive and modernize the railway.

One of the representatives of the Plateau State Government, Mr Ezekiel Gomos, said the State Government is enthusiastic about the project and the opportunities the ICD will bring for the economic development of its people.

In view of this, the Managing Director of Duncan Maritime Ltd, Mr Bartho Nyelong, said that the company’s inability to bring about the implementation of the Jos Inland Dry Port project was due to certain challenges that made them back out of the project.

The representative of the Plateau State Government, thanked Duncan Maritime Venture for their commitment to the project thus far, in achieving a common objective for the States.

Source: https://tribuneonlineng.com/jos-inland-dry-port-concessionaire-pulls-out-of-project/amp/

When are we going to talk about doing a real census? It's been over a decade sonce the last one. This issue would be settled if the government did it's job.

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OP 25 MINORITY ETHNIC GROUPS IN NIGERIA BASED ON THE NUMBER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS THEY OCCUPY.

This list wont be correct since all these people live everywhere. You can find Ibibio in In cross river and Lagos for example.

Final bump.

The federal government have shown very little attention to our pain as a state, shown very little attention to the superhighway but we will carry on despite the frustrations and hope that one day President Buhari will see the passion and rise to our rescue.

This carnival clown governor is something else. Did Buhari sign any agreement with the state on this project.

I am sure his predecessor didn’t get a second term because the incessant attacks on vessels coming to Nigeria’s eastern ports were becoming unbearable for the Presidency, and that contributed partly to our loss of IMO Category C election.

That would be interesting. I remember reading story suggesting nigeria lost IMO seat over border closure.

Jetleeeee:
Ayyy big man. Long time

Just peeping. Lol.

I see you're still doing the Lord's work

Thank you. I miss your troll threads. Nobody elses jokes and gifs were are as funny as yours.

dopboy98:
Da ato uke? No Akwa ibomite wants anything to do with Biaafraud.

Akwa Ibom, You would want to honor a person who didn't run and ended the war? It would be better that that the dove peace monument.

Jetleeeee welcome back.

iammo:
look man I pity your line of thought and ignorance of what is happening.. without history on sarduna son of dan fodio, fulanis have massacred thousand in south and middle belt, without revealing the religious dimension of Nzeogwu coup which mostly targeted Northern muslim leaders, Boko haram is wrecking havoc.. lets now go on and make movies and start teaching kids what happened to their ancestors and laugh calling them puxcies who wouldn't act then you would see the true war, uncivil war after civil war..

Nnamdi Kanu's rambling since 2014 had caused a couple of deaths running into hundreds through his partisan ethnocentric broadcast, do you think if all region had different curriculum and history we wont tell our stories in hatefull manners enough to cause major war

what we need is renewable energy , let UN grant our right in having Nuclear plants, let us have our crudes traded for commodities and not manipulated dollars this are what we want and not some history on war or war movies

The are pussies what have the done sbout the issues I mentioned. You dont have an answer to that. I posted the story of dan Fodio the other day nothing happened but furious debating. It was front page news did the crime rate jump? Like I said their foolishness is their problem. Im not demanding history be federally mandated subject afterall.

It's like claiming the hausa's will suddenly revolt and dissolve the fulani monarchy. Just because Dan Fodio conqured them centuries prior. I believe these pussies when they go to war over their current problems. Until them the keyboard warriors are just typing.

Lol did ksnu order people to kill? If he did the FG should add it to his charges. History books are written by historians. I dont fear hateful teaching but if you do that's fine. The UN never blocked your right to have nuclear power. Pay the Russian theyll build it. If you want to trade crude for commodities direct it at FG.

iammo:
Not when Arrewa youths jointly issued a quite notice for ibos to vacate the North when Ipob circulated news of Buhari their new Sarduna or recordings and music of evils thay paln to do with Ibos if Buhari dies, even A Governors kid from North openly tweeted his disdain for Ibos ..

I like History, but with our current Poverty level, literacy level and violence level, it would be foolish to breed a new set of vilent group who just learn history and are on personal vendetta

even as developed and secured US is, some white supremacist are still nursing evil agenda towards races they feel inferior about, what would happen in Nigeria?

Nothing will happen in Nigeria. You know these guys are pussies or do nothings. What has anyone done wbout the currupt politicans, bandits, herdsman boko haram etc. All the current day problems haven't led to a revolution or riots. It's not going to decade old history that sparks anything profound.

Lol what has arrewa youth punks done to stop the murders? They dont give quit notice a few thousand armed men but they have power act on tens of thousands of people. Everyone is Rambo on the internet. The white supremacist in he US are negligible issue just read crime statistics if you dont believe me.

iammo:
well even If it sounds interesting to you, the more you talk about how Sarduna was killed by Nzeogwu the more the Northerners plan a renewed attack on Ibos on North.. incase you don't know Nigeria suffered such account of riots sparked by this history with as high as 50,000 massacred in the North

US would never declassify some information even if the world goes down in flames in other to keep peace, same way UK would never give details of its gory African expendition

That's pretty stupid thing do over an even that happened decades ago. The rioted over a history lesson being taught? If they dont want to teach history it's fine other states can will. Their foolishness is their issue at end of the day.

The US actually does declassify information all the times about their deep dark secrets. The gulf of tonkin being fake incident being a major one. Alot of people died as result of being lied into war. Nothing happened after it released decades after the fact.

iammo:
For someone who had read books on the war, and read archived news articles on day to day activities for the 3 years, personally there is no way to white wash such memory, it isn't Tutsi vs Hutus which was straight forward.. it was multi ethnic, ibos killing and getting killed, both guilty of war crimes and also victims of war crimes, children being drafted to war and death with no food or basic military gadget, massacres in many southsouther villages , mass rape, mass looting... honestly just as Ojukwu (someone who rebelled against his father and brough his family bankruptcy) once said it was a needless experience in out national history better left untold

what you would find if you dig deeper, who Ojukwu truly was right kings college days and from his days studying history in cambrige, what his father thinks of him

Obasanjo's brutality to soldiers who dare to go back from war front

Murtalas ruthlessness

Adekunle black scorpions crime

Ojukwus war crime against kids soldiers while he was comfortable in bunkers hiding out the war

Ojukwu's international cartel of drugs, oil and arm trade with his vetnamise war mercinaries backers

Adekunle's drug ring

Murtala's CBN robbery ring

There's no need to white wash history. Everything you described is whst yiu find any way or covert operation.You can find the same thing reading about WW2 its gruesome and terrible on both sides. It was one my favorite part of AP history back in highschool. History should never be forgotten and left out. It provides lessons and context to current world. History education is local and state issue since FG hasnt mandated it currently.

All those topics sound interesting. It would take too long to cover it highschool class. That seem more like college level course.

iammo:
nobody wants to be reminded of his failure, no ibo leader would want to be reminded of the nightmare of 3 million massacre

ibo kids want to here the story badly thinking its filled with heroic adventure, but truly when they get to know, they might suffer from PTSD

I can see that point. Even the current secessionist haven't brought up the idea. The do remembrance day to honor dead but they're not interested in this.

Lol at the PTSD over an event you never experienced. War should be told in that manner. It's a bloodbath that should be avoided in favor of dialogue when possible. In most cases it's just unnecessary madness and savagery. There's plenty good movies like the Fog of War that illustrate that.

This constitutional amendment process is going to be long. Gandolla will beg his yes men in kano assembly to shoot it down.

“Why should a resident of Port Harcourt make the Lagos port is port of destination? The answer is simple: the channels leading to the Port Harcourt port are not safe. Bonny channel is worse. If you cannot pay at least, $80,000

It's going to interesting to see the port stats for 2019. There's numbers will tell us if NPA's policies have made big difference to traffic there. It's clear most of these pirates opperate out of rivers. I speculate they're also involved in other criminal activity like pipeline vandalism and smuggling.

FrLukas:
So what other monuments are you looking for?

You should have asked the former governor of Imo state, the statue moulder to mould some statues then.

I think the museum and the corroding vehicle in those pictures are plenty enough.

I already suggested one for Philip Effiong in Akwa Ibom. The current imo governor could always add more. If you think there's enough that's a better answer.

Bump

Honestly the piracy and sea robbery situation is too much. Some people like to pretend everything is about marginalization ignoring factors like this hurting business. These same groups also steal and assault local fishers. Most businesses pay 50-100k extra when alternative port is available. The oil companies are willing since they have to.

The Nigerian navy and state government should route these guys out. These same low lives will eventually start causing trouble for ibom deep seaport in the future. It dumb to invest in new ports and secure martime domain.

Front page: Lalasticlala

Operators in the eastern flanks of the nations waterways have urged the newly appointed Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh to tackle headlong, the rising cost of armed guards which has pushed many operators out of business.

Speaking to Nigerian Tribune, a staff of Interserve Nigeria Limited, Mr Pius Amam stated that cost of armed guards which used to go for $50,000 now goes for almost a $100,000.

According to Amam, “Many operators have run out of business because we cannot pay such money. The eastern flanks of the nation waters are very volatile, thereby shooting up the cost of armed guards.

“Before now, we used to negotiate $30,000 to $50,000 on behalf of our clients that want their cargoes in Port Harcourt port, but now, if you are not willing to pay $100,000, then nobody is ready to talk to you about private security for vessels.

“This has shot up the cost of cargo clearance in Port Harcourt, forcing many cargo owners to choose the Lagos port as port of destination even when they reside in Port Harcourt.

“It is important that the newly appointed NIMASA DG focuses on maritime security if he hopes to stay long in office. I am sure his predecessor didn’t get a second term because the incessant attacks on vessels coming to Nigeria’s eastern ports were becoming unbearable for the Presidency, and that contributed partly to our loss of IMO Category C election.

“We need security on our waters. The pirates are having a field day. They attack when they choose to, and that is why vessels coming to Nigeria waters demand war risk premium.

“Why should a resident of Port Harcourt make the Lagos port is port of destination? The answer is simple: the channels leading to the Port Harcourt port are not safe. Bonny channel is worse. If you cannot pay at least, $80,000, no private security firm will be willing to discuss with you. It is that bad.”

Source: https://tribuneonlineng.com/maritime-insecurity-jamoh-urged-to-tackle-rising-cost-of-armed-guards/

Front page: Lalasticlala mynd44

Its weird there's no dissenting opinions yet.

FrLukas:
They haven't erected monuments of the civil war, they won't let us hear word on Nairaland.

If they now put up edifices perpetually reminding a people that they lost a war, what do you think will happen?

Nothing going to happen except a few people complaining. Are they your masters that you need permission before acting? The people that matter are the ones in local community that are paying the project. Nobody complaining about Abia civil war museum that has hundres of tourist.

Bianca ojukwu was quoted saying Igbo leaders aren't honored well. I agree with her sentiment especially on civil war. She should tell her state and local governments to do do little stuff. Name a school afte some of people. The FG done some stuff like conplete Zik's Mausoleum.

“It has always been an issue on how to immortalise great men, especially of Igbo extraction.

“I think individuals; organisations and institutions should sit down and think of enduring monument for such great people.Such monument should not just be in making statutes to remember the dead.

“It should involve setting up of projects that show the person’s philosophies, ideologies and all the things he believed in life. Such beliefs, philosophies, ideologies should have a place they are discussed, espoused, promoted and investigated,”

Bianca Ojukwu

budaatum:
I think its to do with the "No conquered, No vanquished" policy. Last time I checked they weren't even teaching civil war in Nigerian schools.

We don't want to glorify it, I guess. If Biafraland sets up monuments, Nigeria might drown them in monuments of their own which would only increase the hatred most have for each other.

State dont mandate history because they dont care. It doesn't take much to budget money to pay teachers and buy textbooks. Hopefully they start caring in the future.

I can see your point. It is kind of dumb since people like Buhari who's a civil war veteran have a statue in Imo. Even if both sides decide to build monuments it doesn't matter really. Im guessing there's just not much pride or demand currently.

Personally I wouldn't mind erecting statue in Akwa Ibom of Effiong and Gowon shaking hands ending war. That would be agreat symbol of peace.

Is he even popular in kano?