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[size=16pt]exactly !!!

Because they know their bloody rampage was not targeted at stopping Rochas.[/size]

okiezman:
http://www.punchng.com/politics/jonathans-second-term-declaration-callous-insensitive-apc/


[s]The All Progressives Congress has described as “utterly insensitive and absolutely callous” the decision by President Goodluck Jonathan to declare his second term ambition a day after almost 50 students were killed and about 80 injured in a suicide bombing in Potiskum, Yobe State.
The party in a statement on Tuesday, accused the President of “dancing on the graves of the students” as well as of all the victims of the Boko Haram insurgency in the country.
”Since this President has chosen to celebrate a national tragedy, Nigerians should also be ready to celebrate his electoral failure next year,” the party said the statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
”Today, the three North-East states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe are in danger of being overrun by Boko Haram and over 650,000 Nigerians are internally displaced in those states by the insurgency. Yet, President Jonathan says he puts Nigerians first. Lies have never worn a bolder face. The truth is that for President Jonathan, it is Jonathan first, Jonathan second, Jonathan third, Jonathan always!”
The opposition party added that with the latest “act of blatant hard-heartedness, Jonathan was only continuing along his well-trodden path of acting without deep introspection.
AC said, ”When about 60 students were killed in the terror attack on the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, in February 2014, President Jonathan never visited the scene to commiserate with the families of the victims. When over 80 people were killed in the first Nyanya bombing in April 2014, President Jonathan went dancing ‘Azonto’ in Kano less than 48 hours later. And when almost 300 girls were freshly abducted in Chibok, President Jonathan neither acted fast enough to rescue the girls nor visited the village. His Administration even denied anyone was abducted, until 19 days after!
”This President has therefore established a pattern of putting his political interest above the security and welfare of Nigerians who voted him into office. This President has trampled upon the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which makes the security and welfare of the citizenry the raison d’etre of the government’s existence.
“It is time for Nigerians to respond in kind by trampling on his political ambition and sending him back to Otuoke.”
The party queried the logic behind the Safe Schools Initiative of the Federal Government when over 70 students were killed and more than 100 maimed within a week in two separate attacks targetting a religious procession and schools in Potiskum alone.
“The Safe Schools Initiative will remain a mere tokenism until the fundamental problem of insurgency, which has claimed thousands of lives, is conclusively addressed. Mr. President, what Nigerians want is not an isolated Safe Schools Initiative, but a Safe Nigeria Initiative,” it added.[/s]

[size=13pt]That is why you blood sucking Jan-jaweeds have been spilling innocent children's blood abi?

God will judge you Jan-jaweeds for this bloody game you are playing with the lives of Nigerians.

Your bloody politics will not intimidate anyone from voting GEJ. He has gradually been transforming Nigeria from the destruction caused by most Janja-weed politicians when they were in power. I don't know how hard that is for you to understand that Nigerians are not intimidated by your bloody politics.[/size]

spyder880:
All the roundabouts towards Naira triangle, same treatment

As a Deltan, i was seriously concerned that the Effurun roundabout be made a spectacular beautiful sight,thank God Uduaghan listened and beautified it with flowers and a big water fountain.

The same zeal that i have for the Naira triangle in Enugu because i know its potential to create a powerful ambiance of Enugu. I hope Chime will beautify that triangle or roundabout of sort, to make an indelible impression on anyone coming into Enugu before he leaves the Lion Building in May,2015. Ofcourse also putting a water fountain in the middle of it like the Effurun roundabout in pictures 1&2.

The King's square Benin is another such big roundabout and even has a museum of Benin history built in it as part of tourists attraction.
Last picture is King's square Benin. One hopes that the Naira triangle should be fitted with water fountains and the whole area fenced off with railings and used to beautify the city.

FreeGlobe:
so I didn't know saint Peter obi demanded 7 billion as compensation from Obiano for making him governor? One of the cause of their quarrell. The article will be up in a bit. I call all Peter obi paid hacks to get ready for some explanations. yeye dey smell.

[size=18pt]Freeglobe, @ bolded

Ndi ala abikwa ozo! [/size]

Free globe, biko show us effidence! Not Sahara abi Ndi-ala reporters o!




[size=20pt]Like everyone else, Adonbilivit!!,
so try another story like Peter Obi asked to sleep with Obiano's wife. That is more bilivable [/size]

Picshures and show me Shekau before I will bilivit!

Does it mean they want us to now fight Boko haram?
Why not just offer them amnesty so that they can kill more people and get even bigger amnesty?

Myluv1:
Me too. I plan to invest in agric very soon. Still strategizing though

Although planting cash crops may appear as a good strategy, poultry and pig farming is the surest way to get it right in a state like Anambra where getting massive acres of land for agriculture may be wishful thinking if you ain't a billionaire. You can even industrialize by bagging your chicken and selling to supermarkets as frozen chicken.

There is money in agriculture when one wants to do it in a modern way employing the best global practices. Unfortunately, the average Nigerian wants to approach agriculture the primitive way it was done ages ago, which makes it too labor intensive and unprofitable in the long run.

zeembab:
US cannot completely dissociate itself from Boko Haram..........and this has also proved that US is inadvertently trying to Balkanize Nigeria state.

Naija people know how water enter inside coconut, but we like to beat about the bush all the time.

ujoinme:
I like the bolded, Ibaka seaport is the nemesis of the of some nigerians that want to maintain a monopoly of ports business in Nigeria! they succede for this long because the eastern flank of the country were not in position of authority to get it done. Ibaka seaport will be built, but it require men of courage and political savvy to jump all the hoops that has been layed against the project. Thank God for Gov. Akpabio,He himself is a nemisis to those against the project. All the neccessary approvals for the port has been obtained the ball now lies the the Federal executive council to approve it and release funding for it, just like they have already done for the Lekki port.

If building a seaport was like building and airport, cheaper, and states could do it alone without waiting for the FG and Private investors. Ibaka Seaport would be berthing ships as we speak. The meddlesomeness of the FG parastatals have not helped the project.

The first phase of the project alone which is the deep sea component without the embankment, jetties and warehousing is a whooping $2billion.
The whole project from start to finish is expected to cost $6billion. thats a Lot of money. Even the FG cannot sponsor that by themselves at a go hence the tiring balancing of act of carrying the Private investor, FG and state Govt.
But Gov. Akpabio has promised to be the governor that sees to the ground breaking of that project before he leaves office and i believe him because of his track record.

If Seaports cost $2- $6 billion dollars to build, how did poor countries like Jamaica, Haiti, Mozambique, Madagascar, Eritrea, Djibouti, Benin Republic, Sierra Leone etc find such mind boggling funds to build seaports ?

I seriously doubt the quote of $2 -6 billion dollars for Ibaka deep sea port. Even deep sea ports the size of a medium Nigerian city cost about that much in USA, where we know cost of labor is astronomical.
Yet, Ibaka seaport isn't supposed to be that huge to be bigger than 3 square miles area of some of these gigantic seaports that cost billions of dollars to build. It is like comparing the cost of Heathrow or JFK international airport and saying because it cost $200 billion dollars to build New York JFK airport, we shouldn't build an international airports in Nigeria or Uyo because we cannot find such funds to build a JFK like international airport in Nigeria. Yet, we don't need international airports that gigantic like JFK or Heathrow in Uyo or Enugu.

For example, Gwadar deep seaport in Pakistan pictured below cost only $250 million dollars! ...and also built by China!
If we can get something like this for phase one at Ibaka seaport, we can start there for now.Don't be surprised that what they are quoting for $6 billion dollars may not even be as big as Gwadar deep seaport!
So $300-500 million dollars for the initial phase of Ibaka seaport should be considered for now. The port can be expanded and improved with time.


Read about the world deep seaports and cost of their construction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_seaports

I still wonder what type of bloody beasts ruling human beings in the north. ...and they want to bring the same brutality into ruling the entire country by force, even if Nigerians don't want them.
They just waste lives like human life is worth the life of a mere grasshopper.

You beat me to it!
I was just posting this story of more investments attracted by Obiano when your post came in! lol..

tabletman1:
Oga, seriously I am tired of their senseless attack.
Some will even call you enemy of the state for saying the obvious, is that fair?
They all want to hear something they will like to hear which do not exist in anambra. They keep lying to themselves and believing in other people's lie just to make sure you lose an argument. I just decides to back off from this thread cos If I got provoked to an extent, I will turn this thread upside down with pix, which will make this thread uninterested and it will effect those that have good intentions for anambra. When people asked about onitsha port, I said its useless and now the news article posted by asha confirms it. I started going against IDC company right from peter obi's thread which was created last year but none of you buy into my points. Are they the only local company in anambra?
Just look at the daft and senseless defense below to understand what I am telling you

Oga mi,
You even have more right to criticize Anambra than most people in NL. I am Deltan by birth, but i lived in Omagba,Fegge and Woliwo at different times with my parents before we moved to Enugu.
I am considered Anambrarian by even my friends when i lived in Enugu, so i am an honorary Anambrarian
So i seek the development of this state that I know has the potential to soar so high,but have been bedeviled by poor visionary leaders, apathetic followers who believe that so long as they can get into main market everyday, the whole state can go to hell, and finally a bunch of crooks that believe if the state works decently, they will be put out of business.

Albert Einstein, a great human thinker and scientist said ideas are the most important contribution one can make to society. So do not unfollow the thread or feel like rocking the boat because some posted an annoying response or to be discouraged if others attack your ideas, someone may see it and try it out. Afterall, the only reason you are in this thread and not Ekiti or Borno thread is because you are genuinely interested in the development of Anambra. Just ignore silly posts and move on. You don't need to win any argument because, if you argue with a fool, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.

No need for judgment, Amaechi na Tiff!

OreMI22:
Oga Jonah,
Watch this developing cloud carefully o! These are key governors we are talking about here, not some northern APC state controlled by a PDP governor.

To be fore warned is to be fore armed. I don talk my own o!

@ the bolded. I hope they realize what is at stake here. APC would love this hitch!

InyinyaAgbaOku:
if you believe those liars, you will believe anything. Most imports ate not for industries, ranging from cars to tooth pick, they are for consumer use.
They can go on and on to discourage Port devt in the eastern region but I know its a farce.
If pH is the only one that is deep enough, what's preventing the FG from opening it for general importation?

Don't mind the common yoruba clearing agent now posing as a marine engineer. As if he has a clue what he is saying. Talk about a chemist dishing out medical diagnosis as if they are doctors an initiating a quack treatment. These things only happen in Nigeria.

I feel the pains of those who ask about Ibaka seaport. That project has had panic bells ringing across Nigeria and there is a concerted effort to frustrate it. But for how long? Just as they have continued to frustrate other Eastern ports by denying certain types of imports commonly used in the eastern markets. All these things boil down to seeking sound political power in the center. That is why we must make sure those who have sworn the destruction of Igbo people in Nigeria, must never rule us again.

[quote author=Sincere9gerian post=27849462][/quote]hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Why did Nigeria waste so much money building a useless capital- Abuja, when we already had a functional Federal Capital in Lagos?

[size=23pt]Hi Haters!
bad belle dey run stomach ooo ! [/size]

Akpabio will rather use the money to develop Akwa Ibom state than use it to sponsor Boko haram to kill fellow Nigerians like some Jan-jaweed governors do
..... or like Amaechi simply transfer the money into a private Swiss bank account and say the state is broke!

spyder880:
Actually, I think they are already working on this even before we started saying it. Starting from the Abakaliki expressway end of the city.

Looks like someone already tried to paste a poster on the concrete and a good Samaritan Enugu citizen ripped it out?

Energito:
When will a state like Anambra learn to use a contractors to construst roads?now see the gutter IDC CONSTRUCTION COMPANY BUILD AT AWKA EXPRESS WAY JUST 2MONTHS AGO IS GRADALLY SPOILING BEFORE THE TARING OF THE ROAD.I TOOK THIS PICTURE ON MONDAY DURING MY VISIT AT AWKA,i was very disappointed.since the gutter is like this just after 2months that means the road will not last longer.please say no to local contrators on our high ways.

This is just a shame. Their cement to sand ratio is probably below the standard recommended.
I hope the flyovers won't collapse in a similar fashion out of shoddy practices to cut corners.Of course after they have collected a whopping N5 billion naira of Anambra peoples' money for the shoddy job.

One of the biggest things that made Chime's projects stand out proudly is that he uses competent foreign contractors. Anambra projects often cost more, yet the quality work of the Arab contractors cannot be compared to what the local contractors sucking Anambra treasury dry only to deliver less than perfect standard at the end of the day.

I have said it and will continue to say it, Godswill Akpabio said one truth that i have come to recognize. "Unless those in position of power are angry about the poor state of affairs and their anger push them with the determination to change things, they will not change anything. Even when they have all the money in the world." Comparing Chime's achievements with his very tiny budget but using a reputable foreign contractor to what has been achieved in Anambra and the quality therein, you will simply scratch your head and say...
okay, that's the quality our people want.What else can one say?

tabletman1:
My brother abeg make you help me tell them. I hate mediocrity projects am seeing around anambra but when you voice out, peter obi's loyalist will attack you.

Thanks for the pics. bro.

Empty senseless attacks should not discourage you at all from speaking out.Let them hang if they don't like your points. Many times, i even disagree with you, but i still respect your opinion if it isn't blindly born out of empty partisan associations.Neither PDP nor APC has the remotest intention to develop Igboland or Anambra in particular. So i feel sorry for those blindly defending them. Even though PDP is a more national party than the islamic APC

I generally like Peter Obi and have been severally labelled an Obi's agent in NL. I will say unequivocally again that Mr. Peter Obi was the BEST Anambra had ever had, but, there are obvious lapse that Obi had. So, I praise Obi where he got it right and criticize where he didn't live up to standard of other governors in Nigeria. Each time, i get criticized by people perpetually viewing themselves as his foes or friends. It doesn't bother me what they say because I know they have empty reasons behind their rants. My primary concern is that Anambra may be great again.

Allohrandy:
Akwa Ibom was not in a village level be Akpabio became the governor. Mobil has done alot to develop for Akwa Ibom before Akpabio

Keep lying to yourself if that makes you feel better, but you can't fool anyone.
Mobil is in Eket. When has Eket and Uyo become the same places?

Just in case it helps you, I am an alumni of University of Uyo. So i know exactly what Uyo looked like before Akpabio came to power.

You should also compare Akpabio to the FCT Minister too!

In any case, Akpabio is better than the duo because Akpabio developed his state ALONE from the village level to what it is now.

The other two had Lagos and Abuja developed by the Federal Government using the entire country's resources and the best thinkers to make Lagos and Abuja what they are today.

Although Akwa Ibom is amongst the states with big Federal allocation, One also cannot attribute Akpabio's performance to funds alone.
Afterall, Amaechi has just as much money at his disposal and what has he achieved for Rivers people with all that money?
Kwankwaso has massive amounts of money at his disposal too. Courtesy of the claim that Kano is the most populated state in Nigeria. Has he showed such sterling performance as Akpabio apart from using the money to sponsor terrorists in order to make the FG look incompetent?

Nigeria as a whole has had so much money at its disposal and what have we achieved with the colossal money apart from Abuja and Lagos? All you hear are stories of theft!
$12.5 billion gulf war windfall stolen under Babangida, $16 billion dollars stolen under Obasanjo through NIPP, $5 Billion dollars recovered from Abacha's Swiss accounts. Akpabio could very well transfer all Akwa Ibom money to Swiss accounts and if EFCC says anything, he will decamp to APC and claim he is being politically witch hunted.
So, we should celebrate Akpabio as a man of vision who Akwa Ibom is lucky to have compared to the clueless ediots and rogues occupying government houses across Nigeria.Men like Akpabio are the type of men Nigeria desperately need.

SirHouloo:
Hope this isn't a stylish exchange of those monsters for Chibok girls sha?

It must be what is going on secretly!

biafrandream:
Fantastic but I think we should form a charity club whose job would be to pressurize the government to consistently sweep the side roads or we can offer to do it ourselves. I know I sound awful sometimes, but those sand on the sides of Enugu roads are disgusting.

Common, we can't spend billions on road construction, then fail to mobilize people to sweep the side roads, at once a week.

Gbam!!!

We need some type of non-profit organization to encourage the government to keep the city clean by sweeping streets, clearing refuse dumps and planting flowers. The idea of helping government to keep the city clean and beautiful will surely sound awful to the average Nigerian. The average Nigerian mentality have been primed as a "Fee for Service" mentality.We don't like to do any public good unless we are getting paid for it. That is why if you praise Chime for his great works, some people already assume he must be paying you some phantom millions of naira to speak the naked truth!

However, helping to keep our immediate neighborhood clean and planting flowers along the streets leading to our houses will be a good place to start.

@ Bad Belle op,
Some People are not Nigerians, that is why they oppose any good thing in Nigeria or try to bomb it. They are only happy when it is in their own state, perhaps their bush LGA. Such pettiness!
Well, True Nigerians congratulate and are HAPPY WITH AKWA IBOM PEOPLE for achieving such an excellent stadium.

Even if it was Fashola that built this, we should be happy for Lagosians because it is all happening in our country!
Just as I would congratulate Lagosians when the light rail project is launched soon.


Just in case you didn't see it yet,
Now see the pictures of the new stadium so that your sadness will increase, then go back to your cave and cry all day!

Are you sure it is not Boko Haram terrorists in our army uniform doing this?

IGBOSON1:
^^^I was about to edit my post when i noticed you've touched on what i was going to say: Trees and shrubs! It must have been an oversight, otherwise i would have expected the contractor to have planted some trees once the road had been surveyed and work commenced; by now they could have matured a bit and given the whole area a lush green ambience!

Oh.....and they shouldn't paint the road sides with that annoying black-white-black-white marking! The white part quickly looks brown and dusty if the roads aren't swept often! They should leave it as it is!

Nwanne,
Even if i mentioned the trees, please do so again and again and again.
We can't say it enough until our people get the reason why we are so adamant about using grass, flowers and trees as part and parcel of construction in our cities to help them reach at least the minimum world class standard.We are gradually winning the campaign on including gutters as a standard practice to road construction in the SE since its soil is so prone to erosion in the absence of concrete gutters.
I don't need to be told that you have been to America, Germany etc and seen exactly how the proper use of trees and grass can convert the whole environment into a very beautiful and conducive city.Development isn't just about creating a concrete jungle with cement alone.

Left to me, I want all our roads and open spaces to be line with this type of palm tree in the picture.The first picture is Florida keys which has exactly the same climate as SE Nigeria, which Akwa Ibom is obviously copying their beautification model with palm trees lined roads. You can see that Akwa Ibom is judiciously doing a good job replicating the palm trees lined roads of Florida keys in Uyo, which is evident in the later pictures of Uyo posted here.They understand that it helps make a city stand out as a tropical paradise for tourists.

Enugu and Uyo will get there if they continue to upgrade the environment and urban infrastructure.

spyder880:
All the roundabouts towards Naira triangle, same treatment

Thanks Oga Spyder for treating us to another delightful Saturday with you awesome pictures.

The Naira triangle is one spot that will finally define the new status of Enugu as you fly in from the airport.
I hope the naira triangle is converted into a great awesome roundabout of sorts, with lots of flowers & palm trees, water fountain and solid sculpture about Enugu state!

Thanks again Spyder for the wonderful pics.

spyder880:
Nowas junction to Amazing love church front is littered with serious pot holes, cant the Enugu east LGA fix these simple holes?

If its placing notorious thugs at the junction to extort money by force from motorists they will jump out shamefully.

I have said it that Nigeria does not need the LGA structure or at least they should be firmly under their host state governments to manage since they must be funded by the federal government from the federation account instead of generating their own funding in a true federal system.
Northern Nigeria simply perpetuates the LGA structure because it provides yet another level of cheating where they can corner a lion share of the federation account via the hundreds of LGAs they created in the bush where nobody lives.Simply to steal money from the federation account.

However,I hope someone will patch up those potholes soon.Speak of a stitch in time.
If the potholes persist longer, they will grow so much and cost much more because it would require reconstructing the entire road.

biafrandream:
The idiots fighting Sullivan should imagine the amount of money at his disposal for the remainder of his tenure. He has control of at least 50 billion naira before he leaves office. If Sullivan is not a polished man, Senators who collect 12 million monthly salary won't stand him by any chance.

If he decides to abandon all the on going projects and even stops paying workers salary for the rest of his tenure, believe me heaven will not fall. It has not fallen in Abia State, yet T A Orji is going to the Senate without let.

People fighting Sullivan are ignorant. Jonathan and his Hausa/Fulani/Yoruba slave masters are angry that Enugu is developing fast, so they do not like folks of Sullivan's make up to get close to them. The reason is they don't want any good thing in Igboland.

They prefer TA Orji who can assist them in achieving their aims.

Igbo people should wise up and stop being stupid. If we destroy Igbo land, one day our children will need it, but they won't find it.

Please someone should take the message to the Abuja politicians. Very soon, Boko haram will come after them in that useless Abuja and then they will remember Enugu.

If PDP will not give Sullivan the Senate ticket to continue his marvelous work, then he should decamp to another party, perhaps APGA. He will still win. As long as he does not make the mistake of joining the Jan-jaweed party: Almajiri Peoples Congress (APC)

biafrandream:
Spydder, this is the number of one of their sales reps. 07067499533. She needs customers.

Bros, Does she represent the centenary city?

spyder880:
Kept repeating it to myself as I drove out, this is a business opportunity waiting to explode.

Absolutely right! Anyone that missed this opportunity at this early stage cannot afford even a kitchen here very soon.
When all Abuja politicians and other money bags will buy up the entire estate as their homes or rental property.
I tell you that it will get to a stage that initial down payment here will be N200-300 million naira. And it won't be very long.

I said exactly the same thing in the mid 1990s when a friend offered to help us acquire a strategic plot of land in Eti-Osa LGA around Lagos- Epe expressway for about N300,000 naira. My brother bluntly refused that we should invest and questioned when development will ever reach there. Today, the whole area is referred to as Lekki pennisula and some of those that bought land in our yard have since sold the land at fantastic profit and used the money to build mansions in Lagos! Today, only politicians or well connected business men can even dream about buying well positioned land in Lekki.I won't let the same mistake happen again in my life time.