₦airaland Forum

KikBuhari2Daura:
To my dismay, I woke up on Friday the 1st of June 2018 to find out that President Buhari, who is meant to be on a Ramadan fast, had released a statement, through the Presidency’s Twitter handle, alleging that the Jonathan government, which created the Sovereign Wealth Fund in 2012, had failed to save money in the fund after the initial $1 billion deposit it made into it.

Such a lie, coming at a time when the President is meant to be fasting is shocking!

Source:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/06/sovereign-wealth-fund-more-lies-from-presidency-at-ramadan-reno/

peteregwu:
Why should they print Arabic sign on our bank notes and coat of arms. That is not right, Nigeria is not a Muslim country but a secular state. Something needed to be done about.

We should allow any group of people to come and impose any religion on us. Na by force to join religion? What nonsense! Nigerians should speak against, that is one of the reasons we are also having problem in this country. This should be gotten rid off.

Abagworo:
I also meant the Cargo Airport. I posted about the runway construction earlier on this thread.

Abagworo:
The runway is being extended already. Okigwe Stadium likely to be completed in 3 weeks.

Abagworo:
Imo Cargo Airport perishables warehouses, hanger and terminal nearing completion.

spyder880:
This is still Trans Ekulu Enugu, back of the CBN quarters and the streets here may have open gutters as usual, but still a nice environment.

Ofuzo:
I have been reading people's comments since this thread was established, and as far as I know, the problem has been this useless anambra village BOYI. Unfortunately, I don't know the name of his village. If I do, I'll substitute anambra BOYI with the name of his village BOYI. Some people are saying that he's not igbo but I don't think so. Obviously, he has mental and psychological issues the way he has insulted everybody. I really don't bother responding to his rants except on unsual occasions. Criticising obiano or onitsha doesn't mean that you hate anambra people. Everybody should be able to constructively criticize without being insulted. We need help with the way governance is done in igboland. We should stop postponing to do things the right way, like building gutters and calling it drainage. We should start right NOW.

Cooly100:
I am literally shocked why these leaders we call governors who travel abroad and can't replicate the beauty they see abroad at home...but drive down poor roads and red earth dry environment in their air conditioner cars...Sometimes I feel they made me the infrastructure and Environment commissioner...not even a governor to show what I can do. Kigali is awesome.

Take this road for example...It can be turned around pretty good..especially the median.

TonyeBarcanista:
May 28, 2018

Press Statement

Account For N10 Trillion Stolen By Your Leaders, PDP Tells APC
…Says Party Synonymous With Deceit, Failure, Hardship

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenges the Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to immediately account for the over N10 trillion public fund allegedly stolen by APC leaders and members of the Buhari Presidency cabal.

The APC and Presidency have been playing saint and pointing fingers while their officials are having field day frittering trillions of naira to finance their opulent lifestyles and political interests, even under the watch of the African Union (AU) Anti-Corruption Champion.

The PDP asks the Presidency to address Nigerians on the leaked Memo detailing corrupt oil contracts to the tune of N9 trillion ($25billion dollars) at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, which are under President Muhammadu Buhari’s direct supervision as Minister of Petroleum Resources.

The PDP also challenges the APC and the Presidency to come clear on the widely reported stealing of N1.1 trillion (USD 3.5bn) worth of crude oil by APC interests operating with seven ghost companies.

This is in addition to the looting from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) evidenced in the reported stealing of N10 billion National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)’s account in the TSA, as well as revelation of the frittering of fresh N25 billion under questionable “deals”.

Similarly, the PDP demands that the APC and the Presidency address Nigerians on the widely reported stealing of N18 billion Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) intervention fund as well as the source of the N671 million allegedly stolen from the APC account by some of its national officers.

Furthermore, the PDP wants the Presidency and the APC to explain to Nigerians why no serious panel of enquiry has been set up to address the issues of abuse of rights, extra-judicial executions, killings and bloodletting in various parts as catalogued by various international bodies.

The PDP notes that the APC has become synonymous with violence, deceit, hardship, hunger and starvation and can no longer be trusted as a vehicle of national cohesion, economic prosperity and the unity of Nigerians.

Signed:

Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary

Cooly100:
You are right.

It can be done. Currently, it is only the government house area that has much greenery.

This can be easily replicated in the other areas without breaking the bank.

OreMI22:
I am not making excuses for Gov Ugwuanyi. But, If you consider that Ugwuanyi has one of the lowest allocations in the country, you will appreciate him. Personally, i think it will be a monumental waste for Ugwuanyi to spend money building more flyovers in Enugu, when more than 8 already existing are unkempt.

I just blame him when even less capital intensive things he could do- such as beautifying the environment and all open areas such as Naira triangle and roundabouts and flyovers are left in unkempt conditions. Many African countries with much less resources than Nigeria look a lot better than Nigeria because they maintain their environment with aesthetic trees, flowers etc. They can't afford flyovers, but they build aesthetically pleasing roundabouts furnished with flowers which more than compensate for flyovers.

Let Governor Ugwuanyi concentrate on how to transform Enugu using trees and flowers along the roads and in ALL roundabouts and already existing flyovers.If he budgets N1 billion naira for that project, he will see the quadruple effect of his effort to beautify the city as the choice destination in SE and SS regions. Beautifying Enugu with trees and flowers will more than transform the ambiance of Enugu as a tourist garden city than building a N50 billion naira flyover at ninth mile or Emene.

Kigali does not have a single flyover, yet it's rated higher than Kampala or other African capitals that have multiple unkempt flyovers. Kigali simply make their roundabouts and roads beautiful and stand out.

Gov Ugwuanyi should simply concentrate on transforming Enugu roads and open spaces with beautiful trees as Kigali has successfully done in the last few years. Enugu should totally focus on the Kigali example and try to out-do Kigali in planting trees and flowers along major roads and roundabouts. Then Enugu will have achieved it's niche as one of the few truly habitable Nigerian cities.

Afam4eva:
Does Enugu actually have a proper flyover?

Malawian:
Yyeske is a Yoruba guy. I know him like the palm of my hands. Yyeske, i will ask that Teacher opposite your former compound for your name. I think her name is Obiageli.

Bushmeat don catch hunter.

Abagworo:
Okigwe Stadium pitch completed while work continues in other areas.

investnow2013:
P&P filling station filling station fegge Onitsha. Demolition continues.

horsepower101:
Summary of Good Ideas and Keypoints from this thread

1) HOUSING: We need to start building high-rises in order to provide adequate housing in a more efficient manner.

2) INFRASTRUCTURE: We need to copy Ebonyi state model of using concrete base in road construction. This would make the road last longer as it does in developed countries.

3) EDUCATION: Creation of an organization that will promote Science and technology adoption in Igboland. This organization shall maintain a fund to carry out this task.

4) ELETRICITY: Generation of electricity independently for Igboland by partnering with successful and wealthy Igbo men.

5) INFRASTRUCTURE: Leveraging on the successful Igbos to generate funds for building critical infrastructures in igboland

investnow2013:
Anambra State Government commences partial demolition of fences that does not conform to standards in the Awka Capital Territory.

Kenechukwu Ofomah

A joint team of officials of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority and men of the Nigeria Police Force and the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, OCHA Brigade, today carried out the demolition of fences along Enugu-Onitsha expressway axis of the State Capital Territory that do not conform with the 0.9 meter height and other standards stipulated by government.
Among the property which were partially demolished during the exercise were fences of private and public property, that do not meet the 0.9 meter height standard and other designs stipulated by government.
Clearly marked on the fences were the dates that notices were served on the property owners and the directive to reduce the fences to the approved measurement.
Also during the exercise, shanties sited along the road at the Amawbia, Udoka Estate and Regina Caeli junctions were also demolished.

ChimaAdeoye:
Today, i realized how confused our leaders were in the Nnewi mall where parking lot above a shopping mall where people will always visit. Instead of putting the parking under the mall, so that the less heavy building is on top, while the heavier parking lot with lots of vehicles are below the building.

Sometimes, i ask God why oyinbo man is a lot smarter than the black man? Our engineers reason no better than roadside mechanics. If they calculated the relative weight, they would have advised the state government properly on the folly of building suspended parking lots in the air above an Nnewi mall. Things of simple common sense such as these are too difficult for us to understand. Now they can't finish the building because the amount of concrete it would take to have a suspended parking lot in the air is outrageous for the state to afford. Not to mention that such structure will naturally collapse on a busy day when the entire parking space is filled to the brim with parked cars. The overbearing weight of cars, the poor Dangote concrete type and the cheap iron rods bought by the contractor to save construction cost will inevitably lead to a tragic collapse when people are inside the Nnewi mall shopping.
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Xander85:
We need updates and photos on many things actually. Like the refinery; the airport; the conference centre; all those real estate developments for which MOUs were signed; the hotel Ifeanyi Uba is building next to his stadium; the completed Agulu Lake Hotel (let's see how far with the landscaping, rooms and lobby); etc.

We don't have that many pics of developments in Nnewi by way of companies, hotels and real estate/mansions.

Also, can someone tell us how the coffers of Anambra state is benefitting from the oil and gas exploitation they say is ongoing at the moment?

Obi1kenobi:
Akwa Ibom state government generate faaaaar greater revenue from oyel money derivation than Anambra and run a far bigger annual budget. They, Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa can afford to waste money on white elephant, unproductive ventures. Anambra cannot. And should not. Abuja's stadium is a mess. The National Stadium in Lagos which I pass everyday is a mess where destitutes live. These facilities gulp state money rather than generating revenue and fall into decay. Why would you want to saddle the state with such a burden. It seems driven more by vanity than any practical purpose.

mktinsight:
Obi built the very wide expressway from bridgehead all the way to Ogidi junction with service lanes. He built the old road connecting Nkpor all the way to Awka. He cleansed the interior of Onitsha of shacks because I went through there in 2012 and was totally shocked that Onitsha had been sanitized. I see regression under Obiano.

About Onitsha, Awka and elsewhere. Until the state takes a firm stance on markets and transport you will not have law and order. Lagos did not allow the Bs of traders and corrupt market associations to one-up the govt. Fashola managed and managed Oshodi with lots of expense with LASTMA officials until Ambode firmly leveled it. That's what ANSG needs to do to Ochanja, Eke Awka and many eyesores people call markets. Remove derelict buildings and force upgrade. We cannot continue managing primitive markets hastily built in the 70s when we are in 2018. I don't subscribe to pandering for a few hundred traders causing chaos for tens of thousands pleading for pity while making money in the process.

mktinsight:
Obi did a lot in transforming Onitsha. There was a time they cleared all shanties adjoined to walls within Onitsha. Guess what? Under Obiano they are back. Buses that were prevented from parking on the sides of roads are doing it with impunity now. Two lane high traffic roads were not used for indiscriminate parking under Obi. Under Obiano vehicles and barrow hawkers turn busy roads into one lane roads. Obi did not have any ATMA but he was effective. Obianos ATMA is full of corruption.

Frankly one expects to see progress not regression in governance. Obiano is regressive. I have not seen Anambra cities this lawless. Meanwhile go to Owerri, Enugu, Abakaliki and you see improved law and order not chaos.

mktinsight:
To get Onitsha conducive needs a committed governor. Obiano is definitely not one because street trading and lawlessness has exploded under him. Onitsha represents great potential and the great failure of igbo organization. You have a city that draws shoppers from far and wide but you see primitive retailing at its worst. Every market is like a zoo. First world goods third world presentation. Take a look at Iweka Road I visited recently. This is an Igbo shopping district

DawatNama:
Anambra cities are disgusting: narrow roads, open gutters, streets trading and less oxygen in the atmosphere due to poor tree planting culture

Stnomso:
Correct Road signs and makings should be added on our roads.

AuntLaVIV:
They are still desilting. Ofcourse it will be carted away as they are being removed from the drainages. The commissioner of environment is there on ground to see that the right job is done.

investnow2013:
Commissioner for Environment, Beautification and Ecology, Architect Mike Okonkwo leads team to Ajasa/Ose Market to monitor compliance with the operation evacuation of unwanted dirts from the drainage.

With him are members of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, Traffic Management Officers, among others.

According to the Commissioner, the desilting exercise is aimed at enthronement of a healthier and more beautiful Anambra State.