₦airaland Forum

Philipponzaghi:
Do you see that wonderful architecture in the picture? You can't see any of that in the brown roof republic of ENugu.

mktinsight:
Nigeria does not have much industry and likes to do things backwards. So much money spent on airport before great road and rail or water infrastructure. I have been to Taiwan which is an industrial giant. Their airport is nothing special but their roads and sea port? Massive. That's where you see ships stacked high with containers ready to go out. Their cities skyscrapers everywhere not village houses with dirt paths like Nnewi or 6 storey buildings with filthy gutters like Aba and Onitsha.

Anambra is less than 1 hour drive to 3 airports 2 of which are international. Is building an airport more important than transforming primitive cities with dirt roads everywhere run on Keke that have no parks and disorganized markets where people sell inside 10x10 tiny shops and under steps? When are we going to think like civilized human beings by prioritizing things?

I am expecting the usual abuse about being old, worthless, hopeless and frustrated from the regular idiots on this forum in 1,2, 3

Maduawuchukwu:
The airport in Imo state which is near Anambra is a cargo airport. Why is it not in use

Rhapsodia:
Good evening Nairalanders

Please help me understand some things in governance.

Considering the huge debt the country is faced with under this Buhari's Government, why can't the government the print money in the CBN and pay the lenders??

Thank you so much.

LightOnScams:
Good morning

Maduawuchukwu:
Wetin concern Yoruba with wetin that guy talk now? Why are you guys doing this to us? Everything that we do not like we blame it on outsiders. It is becoming unbecoming. We are grooming a failed generation of youths who are not action oriented but blame all our problems on outsiders. It is very bad.

BastardWike:
You're not making sense at the part in bold. When you consider the cost/benefit analysis of building an airport, you won't be saying this. The truth is that every state that wants to attract investors, both foreign and local should make the building of airport a top priority. Do you even know that a lack of airport can deny a state an investment that could generate employment and also boost the economy? If you're an investor would you go to a state with no airport and considering the fact that most interstate roads are bad thus making it difficult for you to access your investments?

Do you know the impact of Sam Mbakwe airport has made on Imo State over the years?

You're even comparing the national airport of a country like Ghana with lots of embassies and diplomatic missions as well as the fact that tourism is popular there to airports in Igboland? SMH!

madmohamed:
I'm tired of this bridge. There is other bridge all over the country but u can't here them telling you buhari is working why only when this man do something he suppose to do it becoming a favor to nndi Igbo. The guilty conscience is killing Nigeria about what they are doing to nndi Igbo. We are asking common 1.5 cases bridge for 30 years that is evil the government should apologies for for nndi Igbo for bad policy against south east.

adadike:
dalu so much for this information. No wonder!

nairavsdollars:
Buhari will claim this as part of his achievements now

investnow2013:
UPDATE NIGER BRIDGE ONITSHA

OreMI22:
Although i really didn't like Rochas for his penchant for low quality roads, truth is that he had practical vision for Imo state. Rochas had a technical mind on what was feasible or what was needed to achieve his vision for Imo state. Albeit, his urge to cut corners always made him settle for low quality construction.

However from the looks of it, Hope Uzodinma has ZERO idea about how to develop Imo state. He also does not have a technical mind, thus really embarks on silly unworkable projects just to appear as though he was doing something. I have been looking at his plan to demolish all roundabouts and replace them with 4 way-Junctions and i wonder why he hadn't noticed that the British knew we needed stable, constant electricity to power traffic lights to operate a system of 4 way intersections, than roundabouts which could function efficiently without electricity. Countries without constant electricity cannot operate the 4 way intersections else it would be totally chaotic and impossible to pass those junctions even in places with the most patient drivers. The same man bulldozing all roundabouts in Owerri as an "urban renewal plan" has no plans to improve electricity supply in the city to ensure his traffic lights would work 24 hours of the day and forestall traffic jams that result when traffic lights fail.

He bulldozed the tunnels without going ahead to construct proper flyovers at those spots to add value to what the tunnel was supposed to do. The same bulldozing mindset was why he pulled down a N1.6 billion naira building called Somto Hospital. If that building could not be used as a hospital, it could be used as a vocational training center for youths/artisans, a school for handicap, an indoor computer or phone market, or even a police station with some rooms converted to jails. Why would a poor state in Africa pull down buildings that could be used or donated for other uses?

It is becoming clear that Hope does not have any plans whatsoever to develop Imo state. All he wants to do is to blame the previous Governors for this or that, then continue to demolish this and that just to buttress his point, without adding any value to the state.

Digitron:
042--- The lifestyle City

DZTech:
when oil price was high, we were buying food cheaply

now, oil price is low, they say we're growing excess- yet prices are exorbitant.

economists, help us understand o!
abi, lalasticlala, what's your take?

Meteng:
Thank you

jerseyboy:
Careful o, he is a dollar man

Rossntti:
I got it from the Guardian which labelled it as Asaba:

https://guardian.ng/opinion/delta-state-and-the-burden-of-underdevelopment/

ChimaAdeoye:
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Useless hoodlum. Always concocting trash. America will deal with ANY country that habitually abuse the rights of its citizens. If Nigerian federal government habitually use live bullets against its citizens because they are protesting, you will NATURALLY attract the attention of the United States like Ghaddafi, Saddam, Assad, Mubarak or Omar Bashir did.

By the way, Trump would never have bothered the Nigerian junta as long as you gave him sweet deals to milk Nigerian oil. Biden is a man of conscience that cannot be bought with oil.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf8QClIPWaU&feature=emb_title

Redcrafton:
Honestly I don't know what it will cost the government to plant trees along the airport road for serene ambience.

When the officials travel abroad, they see all these things, but lack the will to replicate them at home.

illicit:
He only wants to get richer.... that's all they do

ChimaAdeoye:
Being emotional and sentimental about the so-called Igbo presidency in 2023 is the bait that APC will use to hang all these Igbo politicians. Umahi has just ruined his political career. Let him keep waiting for those he will "advise" while he became a failure himself because he couldn't see beyond his nose.

If the PDP zones the 2023 presidency to the southeast as the APC plotted and expected PDP to do, then the APC's plan to massively rig out the PDP in the next election will totally succeed. The APC will simply explain away their fake victory on "well, Nigerians aren't quite ready for Igbo president yet" I don't know why it's too hard for the southeast leaders to simply understand this.

There is NO WAY that the PDP will defeat the APC when APC has all the powers of incumbency, control of INEC, Judiciary, Army etc, .........and worse, the PDP is fielding an Igbo President in 2023??

The best path to Igbo president is to first become a Vice President to a northeast candidate. After which they can now use all the apparatus of incumbency the APC has now to make the V.P run for the presidency. OR convince APC to zone it's 2023 presidency to the southeast for the sake of national unity, and use the apparatus of the federal government to support it. Any other path on this 1999 constitution is mere wishful thinking by those Igbo governors who just want to run and LOSE because they already know they can't win.

ChimaAdeoye:
Being emotional and sentimental about the so-called Igbo presidency in 2023 is the bait that APC will use to hang all these Igbo politicians. Umahi has just ruined his political career. Let him keep waiting for those he will "advise" while he became a failure himself because he couldn't see beyond his nose.

If the PDP zones the 2023 presidency to the southeast as the APC plotted and expected PDP to do, then the APC's plan to massively rig out the PDP in the next election will totally succeed. The APC will simply explain away their fake victory on "well, Nigerians aren't quite ready for Igbo president yet" I don't know why it's too hard for the southeast leaders to simply understand this.

There is NO WAY that the PDP will defeat the APC when APC has all the powers of incumbency, control of INEC, Judiciary, Army etc, .........and worse, the PDP is fielding an Igbo President in 2023??

The best path to Igbo president is to first become a Vice President to a northeast candidate. After which they can now use all the apparatus of incumbency the APC has now to make the V.P run for the presidency. OR convince APC to zone it's 2023 presidency to the southeast for the sake of national unity, and use the apparatus of the federal government to support it. Any other path on this 1999 constitution is mere wishful thinking by those Igbo governors who just want to run and LOSE because they already know they can't win.

AseV:
Igbo youths under the aegis of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) Worldwide has insisted Igbo will not support the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election.

ABN TV reports that the group in a statement signed by President General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro and Secretary-General, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike said the attempt by the leadership of the PDP to compel the Ebonyi state governor to reverse his decision of dumping the party to APC is wasted effort.

It said, "The Apex Igbo Youth Socio-cultural Organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide had described the Tuesday's Persuasive meeting of National Leadership of PDP led by Prince Uche Secondus National working Committee, to convince the Southeast Governors Forum Chairman and Ebonyi State Governor, Engr Dave Umahi at Ebonyi State liaison office Abuja was the height of PDP'S deceit, last kick of a dying Horse and gathering of vultures to Continue to rape Igbo votes Unjustly especially in 2023 against the PDP Zoning Formula enshrined in her constitution that favours Southeast to produce the 2023 presidential Ticket and consequently produce President Muhammadu Buhari's Successor in 2023.


"OYC lauded the Southeast Governors Forum Chairman and Ebonyi State Governor, Engr Dave Umahi for the wisdom and Wealth of experience to seek for the Zoning Formula enshrined in PDP'S Constitution to be implemented, but PDP National Leadership is aware of the imminent collapse of PDP Strongholds in Southeast to Mainstream Party APC, which will surely bring electoral catastrophe to PDP in 2023 elections. 

"OYC call on Southeast Governors that PDP is economical with the truth and had been compromised by Northerners to Scuttle PDP'S Zoning 2023 Presidential Ticket to Southeast because PDP sees Igbo as conquered people and incapacitated which is Unjustly facilitated by an ill-conceived elite conspiracy against Southeast, but PDP had already perfected plans to Scuttle the Zoning Formula that favours Southeast, for a Northerner. 

"Southeast Governors should decamp to APC without delay, as PDP Leadership deceptive visit to Umahi was an affirmative evidence that PDP is already jittery of losing Igbo votes, but it's too late for PDP, as Igbo's decision of abandoning PDP is irreversible and final verdicts of Igbo Nation". 

Source: https://abntv.com.ng/2020/11/2023-presidency-igbo-is-dumping-pdp-ohanaeze-youths-insist/

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