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The arrival of Ike Ekeremmadu was greeted by a huge uproar in greetings.........

Today, the deputy president of the senate, Ike Ekweremmadu flags off the construction of a brand new road to link the communities under his senatorial district and other parts of Enugu state. The contract, which has been started by Arab Contractors, will see the new road stretching from Nnenwe to Nomeh Unateze, Oduma, Mburubu and Nara Unateze.

It will be recalled that some parts of Enugu state has been experiencing serious neglect as the present government seems to be avoiding starting up projects in such localities. More pictures at out next post.

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When I innocently asked that Enugu state governor work on the roads leading into innermost towns in Enugu state, some people chose to throw bad words around to me.

Well, God is not sleeping.

Something happened today, something that will rewrite the history of Enugu politics.

Keep tuned as I arrange about 20 pictures of a Federal government project, in a zone of the state the current governor chose to ignore.

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When most people were making a lot of noise in the social media and on the streets in most major cities and villages across Nigeria for a ‘change’ that will bring about the much desired political and economic respite for the country, they forgot something important.

When most of these concerned nationalists were hell bent on choosing the political leadership which they think will cure the nation of all its problems in a few short weeks, they forgot something important.

When the only basis for change they campaigned for is a change in the political party that is in power, and the focus back then was to lie, intimidate, cajole and coerce most people to abandon the idea of voting for a particular candidate in a particular party, they forgot something important.

We all heard the allegations, we all saw the write ups accusing a lot of government officials of very massive corruption and financial mismanagement, many of these government officials were summarily tried, convicted and sentenced in the media, but are they still not forgetting something important?

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omoyowa:
You people should stop giving fake news..,
there is no work ongoing at ENUGU-ONITSHA road

The only work going on on Enugu - Awka road is on the old road, powered by Enugu state government.

See more pictures of the road work here http://amazingviewpoints..com.ng/?m=1

yarimo:
May God bless AMEACHI the Transport minister.

Amaechi the works minister now?

Since I have not heard any news of the present administration ever awarding any new contracts on the ongoing Enugu - Port Harcourt express way, I believe it is the same road awarded by Jonathan that is being carried out today. This work is going on in Okigwe, Imo State, this afternoon.

Any contrary opinion?
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Cc - Lalasticlala

I think this great Nigerian deserves better. He was a selfless leader who put his people first. He is credited with the planning of Umuahia city to what it is now and his great works could also be seen clearly from another city, Enugu.

His wonderful work could still be seen when you go to the Lion building, the Enugu state government house. The positioning of the government house and the city parade ground as it aligns with the state legislature is just pure genius.

I think this shambolic statue should be replaced by something befitting of a great hero.

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ghettowriter:
This one for my place the envolve bomblast abi na dynamite for their own too o

Yes, dynamite is used to blast the heavy rock formations into smaller lumps which are then fed into the quarry grinding machines.

They were blasting in a distant place while I was here in the quarry.

Sometimes, it's good for consumers to take a tour of the stone quarry and see thing for themselves, there are many major lessons we can learn just from observing how thins are done in a large workplace environment like this.

When you understand the operational politics in here, the cost of building materials will start to make sense to you.

See more pictures here http://amazingviewpoints..com.ng/?m=1

The best thing for this country is ranching of cattle. This will make for healthier cattle, efficiency as herders will be sitting in their ranches and not roaming the streets. Keeping cattle off the streets will make for a healthier living condition.

It will also stop the incessant clashes where herdsmen kill and rape indigent people.

http://amazingviewpoints..com.ng/2016/10/cattle-ranching-best-thing-for-nigerian.html?m=1

Seems like this pool of water is receding,

Did the government work on this problem or the water naturally drained into the ground?

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enomakos:
Like the good old days

The future of Nigerian local league is bright.

The "Mexican wave "

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He was being cheered by the crowd.

See that civil defence lady

The first goal, and the crowd went crazy!

These pictures were taken during the victory of Rangers International club as they beat the El Kanemi warriors of Maiduguri to lift the trophy.

The crowd was unprecedented. People nearly sat on top of people

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I can even see Lalasticlala in the stadium

They drove in like kings, real kings of Nigerian soccer and took the cup like lions.

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Pavore9:
While Enugu state town planning authority looks the other way!

Exactly, if it's poor man trying to build a small house now they will storm the place and arrest workers, sent them to jail for only coming to work. This is so sad.

Pavore9:
From the pictures it seems the waterway has been blocked with illegal construction.

It is, the waterway has been tampered with all the way from the upstream, and now the main flow point is blocked too with an illegal fence.

People are crowding this area with so many buildings because of the location in the centre of the city. Something needs to be done fast before this problem affects the nearby Ebeano tunnel crossing.

bi0nics:
Cc: Rheether I hope i got that right

I thought Enugu can't be flooded?

This is a flood created because the drains are blocked further down.

Lalasticlala, when last did you visit Enugu?

From the other entrance to the same Fidelity estates, Enugu.

The government of Enugu state needs to come to our aid here, how can we all ignore the collection of this large body of dirty water from flooding. This water has completely blocked a road into this beautiful estate around Ebeano tunnel. This water will breed mosquito and diseases in the environment.

This water has been here for over 4 months.

Culled from
http://amazingviewpoints..com.ng/2016/09/the-man-made-lake-in-centre-of-enugu.html?m=1

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A chilling construction story to ease you into the weekend.

https://www.nairaland.com/3255525/those-4-beautiful-bold-pillars#up

When I ran into one of my project site that morning, the inside of the house on the ground floor was cool. Yes the rain chased me all the way from my car through the open gates and into the building under construction. Inside one of the large lounges still undergoing a wall decoration, most of my workers were gathered in no particular order, some sitting while some stood, but they were gathered around a man I had never seen before amongst my team of workers.

There was nothing noticeably out of place about this man when I gave him a good look, but I could see he was telling a story, and crying! But why?

My first thought was that he was sick, or some other problem, so I cleaned off the rains from my face and shirt front even as I watched them all from the door. Surprisingly, my workers that usually spring to their feet to greet me were all looking frightened and wearing puzzling looks on their faces. Some greeted me in muffled tones while some waved, but this does not seem normal.

So I drew near, sat down and decided to listen for a moment to understand what the issue was. The man was telling a sad story, which I will paraphrase and type , using the words he spoke. The story goes like this;

"I was standing with many other labourers on the bus stop we usually come to hunt for menial jobs every morning when a car came and stopped before us. More than 15 of us all rushed around the car to solicit for work, asking the driver what he wanted. The driver said he wanted six labourers that can pour concrete manually so we all scrambled into the car with our bags, 6 of us squeezed ourselves into the car while he asked us to get our shovels and head pans. We all did and he zoomed off after we agreed prices for each bag of cement cast."

"The car sped for about two kilometres and then he turned the car towards a bushy road, he stopped at the back of a van with its back covered standing in a clearing in the bush. As soon as he halted the car, 6 men armed with guns and looking very mean jumped out from the bush and surrounded the car, threatening to shoot us if we uttered a word. We were asked to climb into the van, then they locked the door and I heard them put a padlock to the door."

"They drove us in darkness for over an hour as the van van specially built to be used to carry captives that cannot see the daylight. After about an hour and half of zigzag driving and start/stop, they parked the vehicle inside a big compound and let the labourers out. They then ordered them to start mixing sand with stone and cement to make a strong concrete mix, everything seemed normal but why the guns pointed to their heads?

"You cannot see anything from this compound apart from the sky as very tall fences covered each side of the compound, on top of the fence is a zink fence extending up above the block fence so that even those on the top of the house cannot see far to identity the location of the compound. All the peace in the compound was shattered when they asked us to go pour the concrete inside the top of a pillar covered round with wood as usual."

"As soon as the first labourer poured his load into the pillar, a loud cry of pain and anguish arose from inside the bowels of the pillars, the man looked in and behold, a young man was tied to the rods of the pillar inside and he was crying and begging to be freed, he was begging in different languages and screaming for mercy at the same time, the labourer nearly ran but as he turned, a gun was pointed at his head as he was ordered to continue the concrete pour. I was so shocked I nearly fainted. "

"When I came down to collect another load on the ground, I noticed that each of the four huge pillars has a person crying from inside it! Other labourers were also working with a gun pointed at their heads. Suddenly, one of the labourers turned and ran, knocking one of the armed men down with a shovel and running with surprising speed towards the gate, the armed man at the gate shot him at the head! The labourer fell to the ground with a loud thud, with blood freely flowing through the opening on his head. At that point we all lost the will to fight them."

"Pouring the concrete continued, with the labourers being escorted each time as the poured concrete on crying, screaming young men inside the pillars until the concrete covered the heads of the men. This was so sickening that some labourers vomited on themselves. After the work, they were shepherded into the waiting covered van and driven into town in confusing zigzag driving till they dropped them off at a far corner of the town"

(I ASKED HIM WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAN SHOT, WAS HE TAKEN INTO TOWN?)

"In fact, that is the greatest dilemma, the wife still comes from time to time to ask him if he ever saw her husband, but what can we say, how can you tell him what happened when you don't have the location to make your report. The police may even prosecute this labourer for withholding information for the past 3 weeks since the man disappeared.

WHAT DO YOU ADVANCE THIS LABOURER TO DO IN ORDER TO EASE HIS EMOTIONAL TRAUMA?

Story culled from
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Lalasticlala, what advice can you give to ease the pain of the labourer?