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Zonacom:
I just finished reading that Soludo's recent release on premium times. He sounded pained because NOI labelled his tenure at CBN as the worst. To proof her wrong he said that a leader's public service is rated based on 3 things. One of which is what the people think about the leaders tenure. He went further to quote statements by OBJ and the late Yar' adua which were in praise in of his tenure at CBN. Now in the case Obi, you and I know that morethan 60% of Anambra people praised obi and are still praising him. Even soludo himself sang obi's praise when he was campaigning. I m a critic of Obi too, but i cant say his tenure was a disaster in Anambra. Soludo should focus on facts and stop personal attacks. He is too learned for this abeg.

Soludo should not rubbish himself in the press. NOI has a track record of integrity and unlike Soludo "DOES NOT HAVE POLITICAL ASPIRATION".
I have been one of soludo's greatest supporters and i know the present path will ruin him. Soludo should know that choosing to be a hatchet writer for the APC will foreclose his political career, unless he has plans to be granted Katsina citizenship.

As much as i loved Ngige for standing up against Obasanjo, i said the same thing when he tried to side with Fashola against Peter Obi during the Igbo deportation saga. What these men fail to see is that the Igbo does not see these as an attack against Peter Obi per se, they see it for what the consequences of these actions; which is siding with the enemies of the Igbo nation to rubbish us. It is the worst unforgivable sin any Igbo politician can commit and still come back to ask for Igbo votes. I wish soludo well in his new path.

FreeGlobe:
truth is bitter. The way way you can shut him up is to provide contrary facts. People are now beginning to make enquiries about Peter Obi's tenure because of the article. I can provide some tweets if you want

Peter Obi was not a saint. He doesn't have to be.
He came, saw a disorganized state and did his best to improve it.
His effort might be below your standard or expectation, but suffice to say that 99.9% of Anambra people testify that Peter Obi left Anambra better than he met it.

Gov. Obiano simply became a governor because Anambra trusted whomever Peter Obi endorsed to succeed him. It says something about the man Peter Obi.

Schematics:
You are one person that thrills me with your wealth of knowledge in almost all subjects and your input on this thread has so enriched this thread. When I say the mall is not for everybody I mean its not meant for an average businessman at main market. You need to understand the class of clients that are hosting the mall; Shoprite, Mr Price, Woolworths etc. That is not to say that it will be too exorbitant to afford for rich people who may wish to secure a space within the mall.

On this issue of energy, what I meant by IPP is that it will have its dedicated independent power supply(either soundproof) other than public energy supply that is not steady. The two power supplies modes shall alternate each other. The transparent roofs as shown in your pictures are not bad afterall..

Well for what its worth all contributions are welcomed because its all for good..

Thanks Bro.
We are all here to rub minds maka odinma Anambra .

Actually, some ideas are not mine. I come across some on many Igbo or other threads. I throw them out here just to stimulate a debate around their viability or not in Anambra.

Zonacom:
Why must Obiano plaster his picture on all of his projects in Anambra? Its not cool at all. Even roads undergoing minor refilling of potholes normally have a small sign post with the inscription "willy is working" on them. Its embarrassing if you ask me.

Truly, it doesn't bother me. As long as he is doing innovative things to improve the state.

In Anambra, it is preferable to refer to one based on his traditional title than his personal name. Even Victor Umeh has popularized "Ohamadike" to the delight of many. So i think Obiano is simply following the prevailing way of doing things. I think Obi launched the era of wearing your own image and Ojukwu on your dress. Obiano simply towed the culture.
I am sure party faithfuls will be seriously annoyed if he is doing all these and not showing they are his handiwork.

Chiwude:
Obiano is doing a wonderful job by diversifying the economy of Anambra. Just like someone said, the completion of the Onitsha mall as well as both the Nnewi and Awka mall will put the state in the circle of world business activities. However, I don't buy the idea of concentrating much development to one zone (Anambra north) as proposed by Obiano. You cannot have a commercial airport, a refinery/petro-chemical hub as well as the Agro belt of the state in close proximity. It may brew conflict of interest.

Someone recently showed a satellite map of Anambra, and you could easily see that such heavy industries can only find space in the sparsely populated Anambra north. I can state without fear of contraction that except in Anambra north, you cannot find a complete 4KM stretch for an international airport runway anywhere without demolishing many houses and using the money for the project to pay hugely on property compensation. Obi Jackson could not even find enough land in Okija to build a regional hospital without serious conflict with the villagers and farmers!

If Anambra must build those heavy industries within it's border, there is no other location for ample landmass required for them than to go north.

Schematics:
^^Cj, I understand your point but the mall is not for everybody. The quality should not be tampered with. It was designed to be an upscale five star facility and they should maintain the quality so far without compromising. The mall and 5 star hotel around will have a dedicated ipp energy supply. So energy supply is no longer an issue.

Nwanne,
I ma na when it comes to quality , I am number one on your list.
However, being mindful of the financial situation of the state, i am usually not frivolous with my suggestions.

Ergonomics is all about using smart engineering design to make anything more user friendly, reduce cost and make a business more profitable. I believe the mall should be for everyone and the cost of owning a shop there should not be too outrageous.If not, that will be the LAST mall in Anambra because developers will feel it is unprofitable to build malls, as no anchors or customers will come in the quantity to make it profitable.I am aware of many malls that are empty simply because the cost of owning store is too expensive and therefore people don't patronize them because things sold at the mall is way too expensive.

Across the world, tell me where you have seen an IPP for a single mall? Mind you, mall in many countries reach up to 120,000 sqm. Constructing an Independent Power plant for a single mall 15,000 sqm mall but not a refinery tells me you haven't looked at the cost of these infrastructure you are listing. You can very well construct an International cargo airport to specially deliver goods for the mall for the asking.

Cutting cost of electricity is one good way to make a mall affordable to the anchors and the customers. You may have even seen such malls abroad but really haven't taken note of what they did and why.
See some malls with natural lighting using transparent roof.

9inches:
Nwanne why not leave the Engineers to do what they know best how to do... You always spoil the excitement in your contributions with some of your not-so-needed suggestions or criticisms. Daalu

Bro, we all have our aim of coming here. Some come here to enjoy pictures, some come here to engage in tribal tirades or which Igbo state is superior.Mine is to help policy makers who may be here with many options about how they may improve the society. My contributions are not for your "excitement" or likeness. If not, i won't be wasting my time and data. As you may have guessed, my contributions are exactly to criticize the fine details and suggest probable measures to address them, in the hope it would lead to an even better outcome. Like i would always suggest having gutters on both sides of a road, because i want the roads to last longer in their pristine state.

I saw that suggestion about transparent roof on the contractor's web page and decided to borrow it.
Again, you donot know if I'm an engineer. So leave me to spoil my contribution the way i see fit.

Comparing to the render.

[size=15pt]Now, Can we have a General hospital building in Onitsha which is 15,000 sq.m containing all state of the art equipment such as CT scan,MRI, Cardiac units, Cancer Unit, Diabetes Unit and other medical specialties?

We have come to an age where we should aspire for such standard things and leave the old vision of building poultry-like buildings as our hospitals.[/size]

asha80:
are these current pics?how current?

Yes Ma,
Don't know how long ag they were taken, but they were posted yesterday on their facebook site

More from Onitsha Mall Under construction..

I hope they use transparent roofing materials a lot, so that natural lighting for inside of the mall saves a huge deal on electricity cost of running the mall. Which will help make the stores more affordable.

Generals arming Boko Haram by prematurely withdrawing from them and leaving all the expensive weapons behind for Boko Haram to become stronger, should be prosecuted and punished

Yoruba are like the Americans.
They argue so much and sometimes look disorganized, but you can trust them to make the right decision in the end

Still Enugu, the Coal City State.....

asha80:
Does anyone think this mall would be finished by June judging from the present pics?

That is the million dollars question!

In the light of the projected fall in revenue due to low oil price, it may be wise to prioritize which of the malls gets finished first.
Perhaps, the Onitsha Mall should be focused on and completed this year. While the Nnewi and Awka malls will be the center of focus next year and completed too.

Buhari and war.
Does Buhari ever think about how to [size=18pt]DEVELOP Nigeria? [/size] It's always war, war, war, war from his mouth?

IGBOSON1:
Any up to date renders of the Onitsha mall? Looks like it'll be bigger than the one in Enugu!

It needs to be at least 2 floors to reach 22,000sq m in Enugu. If it has escalators, it must be at least 2 floors in some sections as some pics appear to be two floors though.

I am so happy Obiano is pursuing this project to a logical conclusion. This project will definitely put Onitsha on the face of key destination cities in Africa

Buhari is a disaster.

[size=30pt]SOURCE or Forget it![/size]

spyder880:
Now look at this situation, a lot of competition, this very oil is selling well in Enugu and has a major depot/office in Enugu town, you can see where they are moving it from. This is depriving the local economy of jobs and revenue. Someone needs to do something about AVOP.

I am concerned about AVOP.
I grew up eating AVOP and it helped me grow up strong.

When we refuse to support these little industries in our area, we export jobs/our resources to other places and import poverty to dwell with us.

We MUST revive AVOP!!!

olu77:
I hope it's sack not suspension. Kudos to our brave military.

Kudos to our military.

But why can't we pursue Boko haram and sack them from all their hideouts?

Next week, this same batch of Boko haram that ran away now will come back and sack Michika and the cycle will repeat again with its huge cost in the lives of soldiers and citizens of Michika.

ducii:
Reno Omokri On Twitter:
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http://lindaikeji..com/2015/01/reno-omokri-shades-buhari-for-refusing.html

Okay,
Ask him to speak in Hausa and talk about Jihad against 'infidels' and the speech would be 1-5 hours long.

Samchelsea:
proper investigation should be carried out

Those soldiers illegally supplying Boko Haram with weapons by abandoning such weapons should be made to pay.

Now that Clarke has warned Danjuma too, he better shut up!

Aksonman:
If this is the best Adams Oshiomole can muster for Buhari in his own state capital, then the APC is dead on arrival in Edo state.

Goodluck Jonathan/PDP takes Edo

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2077490_image_jpeg9f360c5ab7736510df54c882e9dbf188

[size=14pt]They will soon post another of Reinhard Bonke's crusade pictures and simply write "APC Benin rally"
Wetin concern APC with integrity and telling the truth?[/size]

Myluv1:
I see Nigeria taking a giant leap in industrialization in the coming years. In the words of Aliko Dangote, without adequate power supply and we are experiencing 7% growth, that is crazyy. Now imagine how much more we will grow when the ongoing power rehabilitation is completed.

We do not need change. We need consolidation.

If the Janjaweeed general will not ask his boko boys to continue behaving like animals

The same 'oluwale' boys rigging everywhere. Look at the IP address of these "voters"

All we are asking for in 2015 election is tight security to make rigging impossible. Any polling station where voting does not take place before 3 pm should be cancelled.

Oluwole boys should rather campaign for real supporters now. Rigging will not work this time around.

NafeesaAA:
Just hours after Chadian Forces recaptured Mallam Fotori from Boko haram, another group of Chadian Forces have advanced towards Damask and are currently engaging Boko haram elements in that area. Also Chadian army has started deployment this Thursday morning in Fotokol a boarder town close to Banki in Borno in preparation for a boarderpossible advance towards Banki town and Damboa. They where were given a baptism of fire by Boko Haram militants who fired seven rockets spreading panic in the city.

SOURCE :- Don't worry the source will come later.

Shebi, Boko Haram thought this was our army that they had infiltrated heavily.
So they expected them to easily withdraw and leave their weapons for BH to re-arm itself.

Let the Chadians help us wipe out this menace once and for all.

jimmayoy:
guy pray we don't go to war with either chad,cameroon,niger or even cotonou cuz its going to be an unprecedented disgrace,corruption have done too much damage to our nation,sports,police,immigration,army,airforce,civil service,court,the list is endless,i support change for a better nigeria.

[size=15pt]We should allow the AU to send us troops to tackle Boko Haram terror menace.

I am sure APC and all their Boko Haram sponsors & collaborators will find some lame excuse why we shouldn't accept AU's help.

It has become obvious that our troops have been so infiltrated by Boko haram that they are either unwilling or incapable of dealing with this menace once and for all. [/size]

[size=15pt]We should allow the AU to send us troops to tackle Boko Haram terror menace.

I am sure APC and all their Boko Haram sponsors & collaborators will find some lame excuse why we shouldn't accept AU's help.

It has become obvious that our troops have been so infiltrated by Boko haram that they are either unwilling or incapable of dealing with this menace once and for all. [/size]

I thank God Chad has refused to side with Boko Haram. I hope all Nigeria's neighbors stiffly oppose Boko haram too. If those moles in our army refusing to fight Boko will allow them to capture more cites inside Nigeria just to spite the nation's leadership, let them continue.

Bottomline, boko haram are not welcome in Chad nor Cameroon territory anymore!

eejo:
chadian troops invade nigeria town of malamfatori kills boko haram members and others fled leaving chadian troops in full control source bbc africa

We need Chadian troops to lead the African intervention force against Boko Haram!