₦airaland Forum

Beaf:
I hope we will hear about the trial and the N4bn Worth Of Cocaine will not become a "rumour". 9ja is full of magic. . .

I think there is a general belief that Lekki Axis is a haven exclusive to the rich. I beg to disagree. Any one who knows Eti-Osa and Ibeju-Lekki very well will tell you that it is largely a rural area. We should not think that 'Lekki' is only made up of Lekki Phase 1, NICON Estate, VGC and the like. If you have been to some places which I would not like to mention here, you would be shocked that such rural places still exist on that axis.

One problem I have had with the development of Lagos until recently, has been that in the morning, we are “all” facing the same direction –coming from the Ikorodu axis (Ikorodu, Mile 12, Ketu) ,Ibadan- Ikeja Axis (Mowe/ Ibafo, Akute, Ikeja, Ogba,Omole, etc) Badagry Axis(Badagry, Okokomaiko, Mile 2, Festac, Satellite Town, Amuwo odofin, Oshodi, etc) in the morning and heading in the same directions at night.

There is need for even development by opening up the rural areas of Lagos (Badagry and Ibeju –Lekki). Many would be surprised to hear that there are rural areas in Lagos but there are!

With development spreading out more evenly, people would be able to find work closer to where they work and we won’t all have “to face the same direction”

AjanleKoko:
Don't agree with you, dude.
There is no way Lagos State government can afford to build that bridge in today's economic climate.
There's already alternative routes to Lekki that is not tolled. Ikorodu via Ketu, linking up to 3rd mainland. The problem with the Lekki-Epe toll road is that there is no government alternative, plus the LCC guys are eager to start tolling without commissioning the road (which is ridiculous).
Let's face it, if we want sustainable development we need to think of attracting funds from somewhere else. Most of the Lagosians demanding for social infrastructure are non-tax-paying migrants.

“It will enable the residents of Ikoyi, Lekki and the entire Lagos Island to reach their destinations much faster, and this is what governance is all about,” he states.

Liedetect:
tolutara

Nope!

I did not mean what you thought I meant.

I meant Nigerians would be unassailable if their universities receive top funding.

tensor777:
All true. It is a matter of personal responsibility. It has to be said that many university undergraduates in Nigeria  can be careless and carefree about their use and maintenance of the infrastructure on campus.

cibilola:
It is sad to conclude that the contributor of the above topic belongs to a desendant of the under class of Nigerian economic migrants that were smuggled abroad via a scrutum sack. The individual in question is bereft of a gumption, hence can not use their low IQ to decipher a fictitious scenario from reality. This barely litrate slowpoke has the temerity and audacity to raise such a trivial issue. I will suggest to all members of the forum not to waste time responding to such a juvenile diliquent derived topic.

As a first-year diploma student in the university, I didn’t know I was enjoying the best in terms of hospitality the school had to offer, until my second year.

In my first year, I had all my lectures in an air-conditioned classroom, lived in the newest hostels in the school. As the first occupants, everything was brand new - the showers ran 24 hours and the only problem we had was getting people off the shower.

But I was let down my high horse in my 200 level, when I started living the UNILAG dream (or the real school life). I was in one of the popular hostels. The day I moved in, the welcome package I got was a terrible stench. However, within a few days, I adjusted like everyone else, and so began my days of terror in the school.

In my new accommodation, the stench is so strong that it does two strong things - it keeps us in the class all day, and awake some nights. Women being very sensitive, hygiene-wise, are the worst hit; you can’t use the bathroom or toilet. So you either wake up very early to take your bath outside and “shot put”, or endure the stinking bathroom and toilet at the risk of contracting infectious diseases. The taps have a time table; you either stick to it, or spend half of your pocket money in buying water.

Is it the noise you want to talk about? That is a different ball game altogether. It either keeps you awake in your room, or asleep in the health centre. The three major sources of noise are - music or film show from loud blaring speakers, a fight, or fellowship/church service.

The last (religious meetings) I can understand, because if you do not do it close to the hostels, attendance will be very poor which would in turn affect the offering. The rate, at which our students engage in fights over minor issues that would have been settled by a simple apology, is alarming. It is a reflection of total lack of decency, integrity and self-respect in society.

Recently, I was at the University of Ghana. I was shocked, surprised and alarmed at what I saw. Unlike the terrible experiences we go through in our campuses, the reverse is the case there. I got into a very beautiful and serene compound, thinking it had to be the vice-chancellor’s lodge, but I was told it was the female hostel.

There were no underwears hanging from the windows, no girls in their birthday suit loitering around, no litters and above all, no stench of any kind. It’s so clean, spacious and airy. There are big trees, underneath which people read quietly and undisturbed. In contrast, my hostel is as busy as the streets of New York where dreams are made, because very often, you find people staging mini talent shows, so you can only read in the middle of the night when everybody is asleep.

They have a kitchenette, refrigerator room and a laundry room. Everything is well organised. The most alarming discovery was that this hostel was built in the early 20th century by the Portuguese. I argued to no end about when it was built; considering the situation of things in my home country, so l had to be shown the commissioning plaque stuck on the wall and signed by the Portuguese.

The same is obtainable in their male hostel, faculties and lecture rooms. This, however, transmitted to Ghana as a country - good roads, steady power supply, good water and very nice and decent people.

On the contrary, my school hostel, built in the 70’s, is in a very sorry state. It has never been repainted, the bathroom has only been refurbished once, there are non-existent kitchenettes and some parts of the building is threatening to give way, but is being supported with wood. This situation is not just peculiar to my school, but to most states and federal tertiary institutions in the country.

The only thing that has effectively been maintained in this country is corruption which directly or indirectly affects every other thing and has kept us where we are right now. Please, let’s borrow a leaf from Ghana and try to do what is right.

The 1358-metre long bridge, on completion, is expected to bridge the gap between the two high-brow Lagos areas - occupied largely by the rich. It is being constructed across the lagoon flowing towards Osborne in Ikoyi and Lekki Scheme1 Housing Estate. The first phase of the project, according to the contract terms, meant to run between March and December 2009, and involving mappings, designing and soil tests, has been completed. Apart from the concrete pillars upon which the bridge will rest, under the second phase, which is currently ongoing and scheduled to run from January to December 2010, the contractor is expected to give the 8.0mx2 wide carriageway bridge a shape.

“It will enable the residents of Ikoyi, Lekki and the entire Lagos Island to reach their destinations much faster, and this is what governance is all about,” he states.

With this project, people are already beginning to ask about the fate of other projects. Oba Ugbekpe, a resident of Ikorodu, is asking when respite will come the way of the people of Ikorodu. “Though the project is slow, and the new bridge, no doubt, holds hope and relief for Ikoyi and Lekki residents; when are we going to have something like this in Ikorodu?”, he asks.

johnie:
Dis_guy, what I have are:

1. a high-level master-plan for road development in Lagos.
2. a high level master plan for the Lekki Peninsula without a legend

Pic 1 shows, for the Lekki Peninsula, the proposed coastal road linking point 3 to 5.

Pic 2 is more detailed. I have indicated the coastal road which is supposed to be the alternative to the expressway. I have also indicated the first and third round-abouts as well as the proposed fourth mainland bridge.


The red line marked 1 in pic 1, I believe is the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge which is currently under construction (Pic 3 & 4)

Anyone with more detailed information, please help!

A source close to the Presidency said at the weekend in Lagos that Allied Energy and NAER are partnering

don buchi:
I have seen NTA advert of showing matches of the big four weekly

omon:
Guys, do you know that the programme was filmed during the reign of Abacha - that was when Peter Igbindedion was the MD of FAAN. It would have been correct for SKY TRAVELS to say that the filming was done so many years ago. I have written a mail to them to stop the programme by an e-mail, but they are persistent to destroy the image of Nigeria.  I guess if we have a contact telephone number, we should call them or to the Nigerian High Commissioner in london for them to desisit from that evil act.  That programme stinks!

LoverBwoy:
_{I think OBE tv and any other african t.v station should stop showing nigerian films, i think its propaganda too 
They show us as money hungry people, people obsessed with witchcraft and money rituals
T.V stations should stop showing our bad habits 
They should show the good parts of Nigeria like Erm abuja and eh abuja}

To be honest if

toskom:
On the problem of content that we complain about on HITV, let me lay some premises so that we appreciate the problem confront other pay tv in nigeria. let start to talk about channel that people have advocate that hitv get, let me start with CNN. CNN as a channel cannot be gotten becos the right belongs to multichoice and until 20, what i don't know before anybody can ever try to have it. Discovery channel, now we have close to 11 discovery channels DSTV has refused to release any one of them for hitv to buy, so what do u want hitv to do. this is the problem hitv has being contending with. DSTV has the right to most channels and has refused anybody to acquire simply becos they want to keep them so that people who do not have the polity that goes on with respect to this channels will continue to blame hitv for low content. let us ask dstv to trelease some of this channels for other company to have.

toskom:
This is pure criminality on HITV. Only two weeks to the start of EPL. this is totally unfair. let me put the real issue in perspective so that we all have a full view of what happened. HITV won the EPL right, it had paid part of the money and was expected to pay the remaining on installment. The problem is not MONEY. In terms of payment HITV was intact. THIS IS BACKAYARD POLITICS. I KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. If Nigerian do no arise such thing, ONE DAY WE WILL WAKE UP IN NIGERIA TO DISCOVER THAT NIGERIAN'S COMPANIES ARE GOING DOWN. if the right was to have been taken from them they should have been informed long time not at this hour when they have acquire so much equipment and spend billions of money that this EPL people stabbed them at the back.

The problem i heard was that a guarantor was expected to be provided and the bank who was to be their grurantor had written to them on when the necessary papers will be forwarded to them. when all of a suddenly this capital flight company called DSTV went behind the back to make a dirty arrangement. i know of thousand of young guys who benefitted so much from HITV. if not for Hitv the kind of competition will have in this country will never be. the death of HITV WILL DEFINITELY THE ERA OF IMMENSE EXPLOITATION OF THE NIGERIAN PEOPLE. THIS IS FRAUD, FRAUD, FRAUD,FRAUD, AND FRAUD. WE MUST EXPRESS OUR PROTEST. I KNOW SO MANY OF MINE FRIENDS WHO STARTED TO MAKE LIFE AS A RESULT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HITV. THOUSAND OF THEM ARE WEEPING RIGHT NOW. THEY SAID THEY WILL NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH DSTV.

HITV WILL NOT DIE. I BELIEVE IN IT. I SUPPORT IT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT. NO THIS CAN NOT HAPPEN IN SOUTH AFRICA. REMEMBR LUCKY DUBE WHO WAS SHOT DEAD THE ANSWER OF THE KILLER WAS THAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS A NIGERIAN. NIGERIANS MUST STAND BY HITV

Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure and Tourism Development