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[quote author=12 inches!]Easy to solve
Auto section should av a childboard like the romance section for adverts..And anybody advertising in the general board of the auto section should be banned by mods[/quote]There is one already from the onsets and it only just need the mods to do the administration as we have all been suggesting.

LeoMax: Not Just State Police, Resource control, electricity generation and distribution and universities

In that case a full constitutional review or sovereign national conference would be appropriate and not doing it one by one. We have all our representatives in the national assembly so let them do the right thing and this has nothing to do with political parties.

I really do not see the connection between what fashola proposed and PDP, state police is part of the need to restructure the country so let everybody fight for a sovereign national conference where every issues can be trashed.

Today it is state police, then tomorrow resource control and the next power generation and transmission and followed again by revenue collection and not forgetting FG should hands of roads to state government. Let us kill the dog with one big stone, we have the national assembly made up of all parties and ethnicities in Nigeria so let them push for the reforms and leave PDP out of this.

[quote author=Rhino.5dm]Thesame law that freed James Ibori? Thesame law that freed Bode Goerge, Demeji Bankole and other high broad thieves? [/quote]So there is no positive side or aspect of the law?, if there is any rigging simply take your case to the court and a lot of governorship cases have been overturned in this country, so there was no purpose for him making this statement if there are no elements of what occurred in 2011 repeating itself again.

So you want people to murder NYSC members again in 2015?, please candidates who loose elections in the west do not go about it the way buhari is doing it so lets call a spade a spade.

Even with those interpretation it still implies that the aim is to spill blood and be violent just like the aftermath of the 2011 election. Should there be any form of rigging, the law has made provision that the aggrieved party should go to the tribunal to prove its case and not matching pdp with whatever.

gulfer: Like you have mentioned yourself, the mods created a sub-forum for ads; this should have been the other way round-leave all the ads on the general forum and make the auto-help section the sub-forum. This is not too much being asked and saying the important topics should be stickied will not work because that might mean the entire first page or more stickied. Again, this is not too much to ask from the mods and Seun.
@ZUBY77, creation of a new sub-forum is not the same as state creation, we are not asking for autonomy from the mother auto-forum and so the comparison of the two is wrong.

Hmm i don't think the mods create sub-forums but are just limited to partial moderation and every other thing is left to seun. I think this structure is better already as first impression matters alot. Your suggestion will favor regular or long term visitors but not new ones as they will be pissed by all the ads and find it unworthy to explore the section deeper. I think with better moderation and management, this place can be conducive but trust me i agree with you as most section is just full of ads. Go to the education section and it is the same story, you will think it is only admission and ads that should be linked with education.

They should just move all the ads to the appropriate section, ban any offenders indefinitely and make good use of section libraries and dedicated threads.

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I clicked a no because the issue at hand is simply a moderation and administration problem where a structure for sanity is already there. There is a sub-forum for ads already but people are not making good use of it and posting in the general section made for discussing issues about cars, bikes and airplanes. Why create a sub-forum for that when the suggestion can be done in the general forum and all ads moved to the existing sub-forum. Maybe the name should be changed as we clearly do not discuss other means of transport like motorbikes, trailers, vans etc.

We definitely have money problems and God help us oooo.

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Do you really know what you are talking about, please read the article again and digest it well.

Published on May 17, 2012 by · 20 Comments
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, governors of 19 northern states under the aegis of Northern Governors Forum, NGF, Thursday in Kaduna agreed to unite against candidates from the south in order to produce a president from their own region.
Speaking at the opening session of their quarterly meeting held in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu said the governors this time will not allow what happened in 2011 to repeat itself in 2015.
“We must be united more than ever to go into the 2015 elections as one entity with the aim of producing the president,” Aliyu said.
He advised all governors and politicians within the region to remain focused and pursue issues of development rather than trivial issues that have led to the retrogression of the region in recent years.
Sources told P.M.NEWS that the governors are unhappy that President Goodluck Jonathan wants to vie for a second term in 2015.
P.M.NEWS also learnt that the northern governors have set up a political machinery to resist any form of inducement to cajole the north to accept not only President Jonathan but also any other candidate from the south for the 2015 race.
The resolve to be united and produce a president from the north in 2015 is not unconnected with the argument earlier put forward by some northern PDP members that the north was shortchanged by Jonathan’s election into office in 2011 as president against the so-called “Gentleman’s agreement for power rotation”.
The general feeling in the north was that after President Umaru Yar’Adua died on 5 May 2010 and Jonathan became president through constitutional arrangement, he should have respected the zoning principle of his party and quit in 2011 for a northerner to run.
—Femi Adi/Kaduna

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/05/17/2015-northll-not-back-southern-candidates-ngf/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PmNewsNigeria+%28PM+News+Nigeria%29

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You have to blame it on the trend to just condemn anything from the federal government and pdp.

This is the link to the files and i will give information about each files.

http://www.nercng.org/index.php/myto-2

The first file deals with expectation and the tariff model but the separate tariff model can be seen in the fourth file.
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The second file is a very detailed excel sheet used for the whole project and i should say it is a must download. (ekt_bear will really like this one ).

The third file deals with load distributions for each zone or discos and why there is variance between each zones. The eastern part and Lagos are the greatest beneficiary from my little glance.

The fourth file is the tariff model, so everyone should download that and see what they will be paying as from next month.

The second link below deals with other tariff information and then the main document database link.

http://www.nercng.org/index.php/document-library/Tariff-Charges--and--Market-Rules/Tariff-Charges-and-Market-Rules/

http://www.nercng.org/index.php/document-library

MAY 16, 2012 BY AGENCY REPORTER 5 COMMENTS
The National Electricity Regulatory Commission says the Federal Government has given licences to more than 50 independent power producers to ensure stable power supply under the new dispensation.
The NERC Commissioner for Marketing, Competition and Rates, Mr. Eyo Ekpo, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Wednesday that the new tariff regime would attract more investors.
He said the new tariff had been categorised in favour of low- income households and small and medium enterprises.
Ekposaid some consumers’ bills would increase by as little as 11 per cent under the new tariff regime.
He said the bills of certain category of consumers, classified as ‘special customers’, including hospitals and street lights, would increase by less than 11 per cent.
Ekposaid that those in the R1 category, consisting of rural dwellers and the urban poor, would pay lower tariffs as they would still continue to enjoy subsidy from the Federal Government.
He said that those in the C1 group, consisting artisans and small businesses, would also pay low tariffs in line with the government’s policy of providing power to small and medium enterprises.
“In working out the tariff, we place the burden differently. We are to cross-subsidise those who cannot pay.
“As such, the cost of power to those in the R1 and C1 categories will still be low since they will enjoy part of the cross-subsidy,” he said.
The commissioner said NERC was charged with the statutory function of effecting major reviews of electricity tariff every five years.


http://www.punchng.com/news/fg-has-licensed-over-50-independent-power-providers-nerc/

http://www.tcnng.org/AppropriatePricing.aspx

http://www.csj-ng.org/prog_files/2012-03-23_MYTO_WORKSHOP_REPORT.pdf

http://www.nercng.org/nercdocs/Electricity-Prices-Are-Rising.pdf

http://www.nercng.org/nercdocs/Electricity-Prices-Are-Rising.pdf

I will be including files in this post and u can see the detailed break down in the first file and the excel sheet used in the calculation.


I have not read everything but the load distribution is different for different zones and pricing will not be uniform after one year.

Sorry the files are too big to be uploaded so i will post the link to the files and their names. . . i would say it is very detailed and of standard quality.

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You are right but the main issue will be how much is the consumer willingly to pay for electricity or government will subsidize it at the end of the day?.

They are already in Nigeria ( lagos precisely ) and cornering the market while innossun is there in the east. The main market is in lagos and Abuja so i just pity other Nigerian companies that are not seeing this. Worst of it, this tata Nigeria might just be still fully owned by these India's without any stake by Nigerians in it.

I don't blame them though, it is our useless leaders that will allow another upcoming car company from a fellow developing country to come do business in our country when we are suppose to promote and support our own indigenous companies.

Challenges and opportunities in Nigerian auto market

The Nigerian auto industry is currently looking very positive.

The Nigerian consumer today under­stands the disadvantages of buying old vehicles (locally known as ‘Tokunbo’ ve­hicles) and is keen to invest in new vehicles. Although the lack of auto retail financ­ing in the country remains a major hurdle, we hope that as the banking industry matures, financing will be easier and will lead to fur­ther growth in the industry

Major distribution com­panies have embarked on expansion plans and are looking at changing or ex­panding their fleets. Sev­eral state governments are considering mass transit buses, waste management vehicles and car ownership schemes. With new infra­structure projects kicking in, construction companies are looking at tipper trucks, concrete mixers and other application vehicles.

All these factors are heat­ing up the commercial ve­hicles industry, which is now witnessing major com­petition. The factors that will finally decide the market leader are product quality and level of after sales ser­vice offered by the brand franchisee. The major chal­lenges faced by customers today are controlling costs of maintenance, reducing downtime of vehicles, quick responses to critical require­ments and accessibility to service facilities; this, auto companies have to handle to win the hearts of Nigerian customers.

Achievements of Tata Africa Services (Nigeria)

Since sales commenced in 2008, the company has been growing exponentially and has established itself as a dominant player. We have sold around 2,000 commer­cial vehicles so far, and are growing at a rate of around 100 percent year on year.

We are patronised by most of the major compa­nies in Nigeria and have supplied and successively supported mass transit buses and garbage com­pactors to Lagos state. We have sold around 700 units of passenger cars in the country since inception and have undertaken sev­eral initiatives to improve and expand business to gain a respectable market share.

Challenges of Tata African Services since inception

The biggest challenge is that the local price of diesel is almost double that of petrol, which impacts the demand for our Pick-Up and small diesel commer­cial vehicles. However, the growth drivers for business have been light vehicles, medium and heavy trucks, tippers, special application vehicles and mass transit bus segment. We have been able to create a sustainable pan-Nigeria service network that will be expanded further in the coming years. And we have invested in creating a successful Tata brand image in Nigeria.

Tata’s future popular models in the country

Nigeria’s pick-up market segment is growing rapidly and a petrol version of the 4x4 Pick-up would be popular and help us increase volumes in passenger cars, our prod­uct image is limited. Cus­tomers prefer petrol engines and automatic transmission; therefore we are able to mar­ket only the Indigo models. We are currently addressing only 10-15 percent of the total car market, but we hope to improve this by introducing the new models such as the Tata Manza.

http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/travel-a-leisure/37821-tata-will-be-successful-in-nigeria-regional-director

Just simply for handy communication purposes with your child when they are not around with you or they are late in coming home. The right age is a subjective factor that should be determined by each family and in relation to their style of life. A dumbphone will do with just call and text messages, no gaming, apps or internet is allowed and all calls monitored everyday.

Very soon we might just ask at what age is it right for a child to use a computer and we will just lock our child from the technological age.

[quote author=PROUD-IGBO]"...... valued at about $200 million or N3.14 billion......."

^^^I know my math isn't what it used to be, but is the above conversion right ?[/quote]It is updated now but that's how it was in the website from the source though.

It is for government institutions and not private or personal oooo. They are not banning the importation of these items into the country but their deployment in public institutions.

The U. S. Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, Mr Phillip Carter, said in Abidjan that West Africa’s food import bill will shoot up to a trillion dollars in 20 years as the economies in the region record fast growth.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of a conference on removing trade barriers in West Africa, Carter noted that the current food cost which stood at 313 billion dollars, might quadruple.
Carter observed the need to tackle the issue of trade barriers in the West African region as food prices continued to shoot up due to continuous importation which could be checked with intra-regional regional trade.
Carter said: “the stakes are higher when one considers how trade barriers drive up the price of food. Within 20 years, West Africa will have 50 cities with populations of over one million.
“By that time, sub-Saharan Africa’s food and beverage markets will reach one trillion dollars, up from 313 billion U S dollars currently.
“In about 30 years, Africa’s population will have doubled – roughly one out of five of the world’s population will be living in Africa.’’
Quoting reports from the African Developing Bank, the U. S. Ambassador said that the sub-Sahara region had seen sustained growth over the last 10 years that had bred the emergence of the middle class.
He said: “In addition to higher standards of living and better quality of life, the emergence of the middle class also portends a period of political stability.
“Whereever economic opportunity emerges, where people have real chances to improve their livelihoods, the potential for conflict is lowered.‘’
In her remarks at the ceremony, the U S Assistant Representative for Trade in Africa, Florie Liser, said that transit regulations, bureaucracy, customs and multiple security structures had negative effects on trade.
According to her, the transit barriers add up to trade costs in the region which eventually reduce the quantity and quality of trade between the various West Africa countries.
She said that the African Growth Opportunities Act, the U.S. preferential trade agreement with Africa, had so far provided opportunities for 40 countries.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/05/16/food-import-bill-for-west-africans-may-hit-1-trillion/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PmNewsNigeria+%28PM+News+Nigeria%29

All kids need a cheap dumbphone for communication with parents and guidance and there is absolutely nothing wrong as can be seen from mrbrownjay's posts.

Industrialisation Holds Key To Unlocking Nigeria’s Wealth - Aganga

If we are going to move from a poor nation to a rich country, industrialisation holds the key because it has the potential for unlocking the wealth of our country, Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga said at the kick off of a two-day workshop on enhancing the productivity of Nigeria’s industries, organised by the Ministry of Trade and Investment in Lagos, on Monday.

“The Industrial Revolution will strategically position and empower the nation’s manufacturing sector as the key driver of economic growth through job creation and increased contribution to Gross Domestic Product,” the minister said.

Aganga, who declared the workshop open, noted that as part of the Industrial Revolution, the Ministry of Trade and Investment had started brainstorming with the Organised Private Sector and the Ministry of Power to reduce the cost of doing business in Nigeria and ultimately increase the productivity of the manufacturing sector.

He said that the nation’s Industrial Revolution Plan would be based on areas where the country had comparative and competitive advantage, adding that the government had embarked on far-reaching reforms aimed improving the business climate and making Nigeria the preferred investment hub in Africa and globally.

Said the minister: “Africa’s share of the global trade is only three per cent. This is because Africa has been exporting raw materials rather that exporting finished products. For us as a country, manufacturing is very important because it solves three critical problems: it solves the problem of GDP growth, unemployment and balance of payment. Also, manufacturing is critical for wealth creation.”

“If we are going to move from a poor nation to a rich country, industrialisation holds the key because it has the potential for unlocking the wealth of our country. This is why we are kicking off an Industrial Revolution Plan for our country. Part of the objectives of this workshop is to come up with big, practical and implementable steps on how to remove the barriers to industrialisation because we must industrialise our country. If we are going to diversify our economy, then the industrial sector must play the leading role. If we are going to move from a poor nation to a big nation, we must have a strong and vibrant industrial sector,” he added.

Aganga said that his ministry had already mandated the Standards Organisation of Nigeria to step up the war against fake and sub-standard products in order to protect local industries and enhance their capacity utlilisation.

“We are working towards reducing fake and sub-standard goods from about 80 per cent to 30 per cent working with SON. And because we have so many fake and substandard goods, the cost of producing goods in the country is more expensive than those cheap sub-standard products that are brought into this country. We are going to take drastic actions with respect to tackling this problem,” he said.

Speaking during the event, the Minister of Power, Barth Nnaji, said that the Federal Government was committed to the successful implementation of its Power Sector Reforms Programme, adding his ministry would partner the Ministry of Trade and Investment on the provision of dedicated, uninterrupted power supply to key industrial areas across the country to fast-track the country’s Industrial Revolution Plan.

Nnaji said, “The Federal Government is committed to the implementation of the Power Sector Reforms Programme, which is aimed at providing sustainable uninterrupted power supply to meet domestic and industrial demand. Part of the ongoing reforms is the implementation of a cost-reflective tariff structure that will open up the sector to attract more local and Foreign Direct Investment.

“As part of this strategy, we are going to partner the Ministry of Trade and Investment on delivering more power to the country’s industrial areas such as Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Onitsha, Aba, Shagamu and other places. Already, we have mapped out the industrial areas and more power will be delivered to these industrial centres.”

He added, “For example, we have concluded plans to move power about 1,000MW from the two power plants at Olurunsogo to Shagamu. This is because we have identified power as very critical to Nigeria’s Industrial Revolution Plan. Part of the problem militating against investment in the power sector is that we operate a non-cost reflective tariff structure. Currently, power producers owe gas producers about N24bn due to our non-cost reflective tariff.

“While we intend to address this problem, we also have plans to provide adequate incentives to rural dwellers through the new tariff regime. What we want to achieve in this country is to have a power sector that is robust to deliver sustainable uninterrupted power supply to drive the Industrial Revolution that is being spearheaded by the Ministry of Trade and Investment.”

The Minister of Trade and Investment also signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a N155bn ($1bn) investment with Glencore. The proposed areas of investment include mining, energy and infrastructure.

With its headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, Glencore is one of the world’s leading integrated producers and marketers of commodities. The company, which has worldwide activities in the production, sourcing, processing, refining, transporting, storage, financing and supply of metals and minerals, energy products and agricultural products, has 50 offices in over 40 countries.


http://businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/markets/companies-and-market/37792-industrialisation-holds-key-to-unlocking-nigerias-wealth-aganga

Please help my laptop slows down to death and stop working when plugged to the adapter but works fine for some minutes when left on battery before slowing down and hanging indefinitely.

jmaine: Did you bother to know that it was a collaborative effort by the State,FG and world bank . . .Kudos to all the parties involved cos agricultural sustainance and development would go a long way in affecting the local economy of the region . . .

Nice one

The article from thisday did not include those details as you have said, there was some form of collaboration with the world bank and federal government.

Why calling on miscreants and hoodlums to go get the land for rice farming when we already have our local farmers and schools that can supply the needed human resources for that already.

The report here https://www.nairaland.com/939221/nigeria-commissions-rice-mill is more detailed in my opinion.

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Well everything depends on the outcome of the feasibility studies and the new power minister seems to be working positively for a change in the power sector. We cannot afford anymore to joke with it as we have come to realize its importance and you can see states putting their arms into this sector as well. We just need to give them the benefit of doubt this time around and am sure this french companies ( EU ) is seriously trying to invest in our power sector.

emiye: One recurrent decimal in lagos state projects is thorough planning.

I was highly impressed by everything in the article and the corporation with ogun state, the federal government and the world bank. It is left for the private sectors and other Nigerian investors or businessmen to take advantage of the opportunities highlighted in the article like transportation for example.

Jeel: Could this be the savior

Don't really know but it will surely be of help because we are presently generating more than our transmission capacity so this investment is in the right order to me.

ABUJA — The Federal Government has entered into agreements with two French companies for the expansion of Nigeria’s transmission network, valued at about $200 million or N33.14 billion.

Under the agreements, which is said to have the blessing of the French Government, the companies will first undertake the feasibility studies for the transmission upgrade, and thereafter, select and construct a high voltage transmission line and substations.

The Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, for the kick off of the project was signed, yesterday, between the Ministry of Power and two French companies in Abuja.

Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Mr. Sola Akinniranye, signed on behalf of Nigeria while Mr. Jean Paul Mairesse of the Electricite de France, EDF, and Mr. Jean Philippe Trin of the Enterprise de Transporte et Distribution D’electricity, ETDE, signed on behalf of their companies respectively.

EDF and ETDF will source the funds from their home government to execute specific feasibility studies as well as select a specific project that will help expand the transmission grid.

Transmission glitches have remained the biggest challenge in Nigeria’s power delivery system, as the existing 330 and 132 kv network continues to suffer from prolonged and frequent outages, thus underscoring the need for fortification.

In a statement made available to Vanguard by the ministry, “the MoU has been in the works since 2008, when both countries executed a protocol for the development of electrification networks in Nigeria, followed by a series of meetings to determine areas of need for the expansion of Nigeria’s transmission grid infrastructure.”

Talks on the project were said to have been concluded on November 28, 2011, with the parties agreeing to “execute a partnership agreement for the development of specific power projects in Nigeria.”

Nnaji was quoted as saying that the parties shall jointly identify and agree on a specific transmission project within the range of $100 million to $200 million, evaluate the feasibility for the project, and thereafter, select a project for implementation.

“Funds for execution of the projects— the construction of high voltage transmission line and substations that would be undertaken by the contractors— are to come from the French government in the form of a grant,” the statement added.

In line with government’s local content policy, the French companies are to partner with a Nigerian company, Transnational Energy and Power Systems Ltd, TEPS, for the execution of the project.

The CEO of TEPS, Prince Albert Awofisayo, was quoted as commending the President Goodluck Jonathan administration’s commitment to transform the power sector.

“This is a sign of investors growing confidence on the power sector reform. We believe that the Jonathan administration is on the threshold of providing Nigerians with the true dividends of democracy and democratic leadership,” he said.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/05/nigeria-france-sign-n3-14b-mou-on-power-transmission/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Lagos State Governor Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) in company of the Nigerian minister of State for Agriculture, Mallam Bukar Tijani on Tuesday handed over the 20,000 metric tonnes Imota Rice Processing factory, with the Governor charging youths to roll up their sleeves to work on the farms being created by the Government.
Governor Fashola who spoke at the processing factory in Imota before he embarked upon a guided inspection of the rice factory said the time of miscreancy by some youths in Lagos State is over.
“The time for wealth without work is over. You must all understand that no nation prospers if it seeks wealth without work. This is one of the places where we can create wealth if we go back to the land and farm”.
“Our land is too green for us to be hungry. It is too green for us to export agric jobs outside the country. Go back to the land and the farms we are creating”, the Governor stated.
Governor Fashola who acknowledged the support and innovativeness of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture led by the Minister, Dr Akinwunmi Adeshina stated that for the present administration in Lagos, it believes once elections are over, the only task remaining is service to the people and hard work.
Also speaking, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Mallam Bukar Tijani commended the present administration in Lagos for putting the state in the rice production map of the country with the rice mill factory.
He said if all states in Nigeria follow the footsteps of Lagos State, Nigeria will achieve the target for self sufficiency in food set by the President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan before the target year of 2015.
The Governor added that the Rice mill story started four years ago when he was sworn in to office and he was n informed that the rice production capacity of the state yearly is 30 hectares.
He added that through sustained efforts spread over two and half years, it was increased to 250 hectares, adding that government was also concerned about embarking upon strategic irrigation to keep the farm wet always.
“We resolved to do 500 hectares per annum but we were now told, if you do this, how do you process it?. So, we decided in 2011 to building this processing mill before we increase production so that there will be no wastages when we achieve increase production”.
“But also we had a problem of yield per hectare. We are doing average of one ton per hectare and we want to go to at least two hectares and progress from there. So, in Araga, Badagry, we are doing a strategic irrigation intervention that will keep the field land wet all through the year with water to grow the rice. In addition we have also written to the minister of agric to give us land in the River Basin Authority. I am made to understand that that request is receiving favourable consideration”, the Governor stated.
The Governor charged all business minded Nigerians to look towards the prospect that exists with the rice that will be cultivated in Ogun State but transported to Lagos, adding that all those who are making okada riding a way of life now should think of embracing the business of driving farm trucks to convey the rice.
Governor Fashola who also spoke on the 4.65km network of roads in the Ikorodu fish farm estate and the poultry farm estate said the rice mill will produce enough rice which is staple food, chicken, eggs and fish which is the food chain the Minister talked about and where everybody will have a place if they can think through.
The State Governor said the fish farm in Odogunyan is one of the examples of the strategic intervention of the State adding that the impact of a 4.5 kilometer road constructed in the estate is already obvious in the fortunes of the fish farmers in the area.
“There are so many ways in which we can intervene. We can intervene by infrastructure, by inputs, by increased budgetary allocations, innovative policies at the State, Federal and other levels”.
The Governor stated that at the Erikorodo Poultry farm estate, the government has intervened to give land to about 136 poultry farmers with the opening of a broiler house where10,000 day old chicks are processed into full chicken.
“We also opened a feed mill that will serve all the farmers in the Poultry estate so that the mill is being produced there and the chicks are also produced there. We also have a feed mill and a processing plant where all the chicken can get to the consumers after being cleaned”.
“This is a fully integrated poultry estate. This is government intervention to provide a breeding facility for 10,000 broilers per day, to provide also a feed mill to produce all the feed to support all the farmers in this estate and I believe there are 137 farmers here and also a processing facility to process all your chicks, clean them, package them, freeze them and get them ready for delivery to the market. We will walk our talk and give every support to anybody who takes farming seriously”, Governor Fashola explained
Governor Fashola reiterated that he sees business opportunities for people in terms of how the processed chicken can reach the market, adding that drivers would be needed to drive the refrigerator vans that will be used to preserve the chicken just as he urged all entrepreneurs who deal in refrigerated vehicles to head to Lagos where business opportunities looms.
The Governor who emphasized that the story of the development does not end there because the Imota Industrial Estate is a 23 hectare estate that will involve the Ministries of Commerce, Works and Energy providing network of roads, regular water supply nd uninterrupted power supply in the estate so that people can invest there.
He also spoke on the challenges of illegal settlement on government land in the Ikorodu area especially as it involves Ikorodu/Mile 12 road as many structures have been developed on the setback.
He said the State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development has the go ahead of the State Executive Council to remove to remove all such structures on the road.
Speaking earlier, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Co-operatives, Prince Gbolahan Lawal said the State Government remains fully committed to ensuring that Lagosians have unhindered access to affordable quality food and agricultural produce.
He said it is based on that conviction that agriculture featured prominently at the just concluded Ehingbeti 2012 Lagos Economic Summit which focused on the PATH which is an acronym for Power, Agriculture, Transportation and Housing.
The Commissioner said the test run of the factory has been completed and the main product (well polished rice) compares favourably with the best quality rice from any part of the world and is estimated to produce between 350,000 and 400,000 bags of rice every year.
He said the Poultry estate is one of the five farm estates located in different parts of the state to bring self sufficiency in chicken production and is expected to produce about one million eggs and 600,000 live birds annually.
“Our collaboration with the Federal Government and the World Bank in the Commercial Agricultural Development Projects (CADP) has continued on a fruitful path especially in the areas of improving the business environment for agriculture by assisting participating small and medium scale commercial farmers to the market”, Prince Lawal stated.
In his solidarity message, a member of the Presidential Committee on Agricultural Transformation, Mr Emanuel Ijewere commended the agricultural policy been embarked upon by the Lagos State Governor.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/05/15/nigeria-commissions-rice-mill/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PmNewsNigeria+%28PM+News+Nigeria%29

He also warned that 2015 would be bloody if the elections were not transparent, just as he dismissed reports that he would not contest the 2015 presidency.

Buhari who painted a gory picture of Nigeria as that of a hound and a monkey engaged in a battle for survival said, “God willing, by 2015, something will happen. They either conduct a free and fair election or they go a very disgraceful way.

“If what happened in 2011 (alleged rigging) should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.’’ He did not elaborate further.

Can any opposing politician say these things in the western world and get away with it? . . . .- i guess people supporting buhari did not loose their loved ones during the last violence and they open their mouth to support him for another round.

Was there any violence in the southern part of Nigeria or will his supporters be happy if they loose their loved ones during the violence in 2015?.

Buhari should watch it and be very careful because we are not going to take this threat lightly.

He also warned that 2015 would be bloody if the elections were not transparent, just as he dismissed reports that he would not contest the 2015 presidency.

Buhari who painted a gory picture of Nigeria as that of a hound and a monkey engaged in a battle for survival said, “God willing, by 2015, something will happen. They either conduct a free and fair election or they go a very disgraceful way.

“If what happened in 2011 (alleged rigging) should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.’’ He did not elaborate further.

Can any opposing politician say these things in the western world and get away with it? . . . .- i guess people supporting buhari did not loose their loved ones during the last violence and they open their mouth to support him for another round.

Was there any violence in the southern part of Nigeria or will his supporters be happy if they loose their loved ones during the violence in 2015?.