₦airaland Forum

maedan:
Ok. But though there are some good tourist attractions, the atmosphere is very boring.

About N700m has been raked in for the building of a diagnostic hospital in memory of the mother of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN ), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo in his country home Umueze, Isuanaocha in Aguata local government area. Prof. Soludo stated this on the occasion of the 40 years memorial anniversary of the mother, Mrs Mgbafor Soludo who died in 1968 at the age of 35 years.

The hospital which has four components including a school of specialized nursing, doctors quarters cum hospital/ diagnostic centre block is estimated to cost N9m.

Two buildings, according to Prof, Soludo had already been taken over by individuals who promised to build and donate to the hospital, while some dignitaries who could not donate cash pledge some amount of money to support the project.

The central bank of Nigeria governor said the family decided to honour their mother because while alive she willed every thing she had to make sure that they were where they were in society today.

Anabel:
Mr Soludo, if you don't have better things to do with money, i think i can suggest a little, donate it to people that needs operation in hospitals who don't have money, give to the motherless babies, build good school in your village. and i bet you, you will see heaven

Andre Uweh:
What important thing do they have to do that others do not have to do?. May be destroying Igbo shops and destroying lives who do not share the same belief with them.
Even in music, it is non-Hausas singing for them, novels and so on. With due respect to them , I do feel they should wake up because it is day break already.

Gbawe:
Soludo , as Nigeria's CBN Governor , has shown he is a blatant elitist not averse to facilitating an unfair environment within which a few can become stupendously wealthy and influential with not much benefit accruing to the State and its average citizens . That is a dangerous and anti-people ideology inimical to the effective leadership of the average man in my opinion . Soludo himself has amassed wealth that is at best 'questionable'. That Soludo is brilliant is not in doubt but  I am unconvinced of Soludo's ability to  put the common man first. Does he even want to serve them ?

I have always believed that the best leaders , in a democracy , are those with a Socialist 'backbone' who also possess the skills to play the capitalism game effectively .  For now, Soludo appears to lack a socialist or pro-people backbone. The desire to amass stupendous wealth while those you serve have nothing is entirely rejected , in action and speech, by those who have gone on to lead the World well.  It is no coincidence that some of the World's best leaders are some of its more austere men and women . Even in Nigeria we can see that those who have served Nigerians best , like Jakande, hardly ever retire with a 'pot of Gold'. This might be because wealth never meant much to them . They were always driven by sentiments that did not include a desire to amass great wealth. Meanwhile the leaders that have got us to our sorry State today are all grotesquely wealthy. They believe in stealing wealth meant to develop Nigeria and its people.

A CBN Governor does not build roads,Schools, hospitals and develop infrastructure.  A State Governor does those things. Hopefully Soludo's brilliance , if he becomes State Governor , will be deployed to developing Anambra . Hopefully Soludo will build strong institutions instead of strong  Oligarchs  . Lets hope , for the sake of Anambra, A leopard can change its spots.

Dantecmu:
lmao lol , what other expression can i use in expressing your stupidity you actually hold your current asylum position in high esteem lol lol lol . OGA some of us go and come back as we should bur still our end point is GIDI. Ya all should stay back if you want to and if you wanna come back come back and stop making unnecessary noise. Gidi is like any other country in the world you cant eat your cake and have it. read inbtw the lines and make up your mind NAIJA i hail Naija i stand i have seen the GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY and came to the summary that ain't no where like home.



lets stop all this bullshit talk we always wanna make shit outa nofin. at least she has been holidaying in NCAA i work in Thar telecoms and bet you i have seen Expatriates who leave there country to naija for the first time and never wanna go back in fact the love GIDI so i am wondering why a Nigerian who has lived outside Africa for about 5 yrs should asking such crappy questions please if u wanna come u come if u ain't coming stay back worst still we replace you guys with EXPATRIATES.

chaircover:
I was in Lagos 2 weeks ago.

The Nafdac people also stopped me and asked me to open my suitcase and I just told them that if I had drugs on me it was likely to be in my stomach and not in my cases; they didn't seem to like what I said so they just told me to GO!

I walked a few metres to the girl checking the luggage tags against the luggage and she said "aunty wetin una bring for us now - [b]I smiled sweetly and told her to piss off [/b]and walked out of the building.

I made my descision long ago not to give any one any money at MMA; If I wasnt commiting any offenece then I shouldnt need to pay anyone to do their job.

wales7479:
Very soon the hunter will be hunted. I foresee a total collapse in the whole process. CBN, EFCC and Banks. Maybe Sanusi should make CBN a commercial bank and manage it for 1year and lets see the outcome if there won't be BAD LOANS / NON-PERFORMING LOANS.

This would make a good movie and I wonder how the whole script would end. Sanusi please let us have the name of the Writer and Editor,

rosepearl:
Every bank is guilty of bad loans this is no news, AIG, Northern Rock and others were bailed by their various governments yet no executives were sacked and arrested, GM was given a huge bail out by the american govt and some weeks later gave out bonuses to their executives and i didnt see any body being arrested for that its only in Nigeria that making bad managerial decisions becomes a criminal offence. Sanusi has started with his victimization of execs let him finish it by naming the remaining banks and sacking their execs also

goggs:
@Jarus and the topic poster

Thank you so much for this. I thinks its a good thing that Nigerians get to know how the mind of people occupying sensitive posts work. I have been a critic of Sanusi's actions in the last two months. Believe me that has not changed but reading through his articles has made me respect his person and his intellect.

I am a minority from the North, a non Moslem and I understand and appreciate his view point. It is in tandem with major grass root progressives from the North. What is shocking to me is many people here and elsewhere in Nigeria have this intense dislike for other sections of the country and have been blinded so much that nothing good can come from elsewhere. Interestingly, Sanusi's articles tells us where this is coming from. For some the blunt style of delivering the truth hurts. Well, the more it hurts maybe the closer to the truth Sanusi is.

To me, the most positive thing is that we now know Sanusi; Where he is coming from and his thinking about Nigeria. How many of our leaders have bared their mind thus? Most are middle of the road people bereft of ideology or stand on anything. Which is better?
I still have some issues with the way some aspects of this bailout was carried out sha. But I agree to most of his position on Nigeria

PapaBrowne:
That would be lovely, as Anambra would finally have the opportunity to experience superb, superlative, innovative and ambitious governancxe and economic growth.

SapeleGuy:
Let us focus on action and results - We are not here to judge him on religion or social commentary.

For me the simple questions are have his actions benefited the economy ? has he really 'cleaned up' the banking sector?

If the answer is no. Then he should return to essay writing.

Apart from the rosy picture he will paint about Lagos, what other issues should we press him about?

lonewolf:
Listen, as far as I know, the Nigerian constitutions spells out clearly that we are a secular nation.  Maintaining this tenet is key to our union. When somebody from up-North attempts to foist his beliefs, no matter how debatable they are, on the larger population, he or she has another thing coming. Sanusi, from his essays, is clearly an individual who, i[b]n my view, glorifies Islam, his people, his culture, etc, in a way that is unhealthy for the larger polity[/b]. You have to bear in mind he’s a national figure. When you are hoisted onto a national platform, you have to shed any inkling of regionalism. This is not about point of views as you say. I don’t give a rat’s arse about his view on politics, history, sociology or the mating techniques of Australian kangaroos, I just don’t want my bloody CBN Governor expressing such extremist views.

In America there’d be calls going out for his resignation now.

oyibomoses:
you better save your money or travel to another country, what are you going to egypt to do, arab that are deporting people from there country, i left egypt some days back, i never want to go there again, nobody speak english from the airport to the shop on the street, only few people speak and you will not understand, why not go to a english speaking country or another arab country like dubai, qutar and the rest

mevisbleek:
finally i am in canada, my pple it is not easy at all i no go lie canada sweet, i dey ottawa fairlea crescent, please for anybody that is coming pls coming with enuf cash at least 5000dollars cos 1000usd is 1020canadian dollars, i have just been here for 2days and 2000dollars don go. As i dey yarn i dey tap internet from another hse. Canada no get babe, just chinko everywhere, for thse very desperate for the visa when u get here u go no say e no really worth waiting for one month. If u receive call u pay, if u make call u pay, if u choose the plan that will make u see the number callin u u pay higher, i don tire, i swear after my programme i dey find my way to yankee cos its bette[/b]r, [b]from reliable source u make more money in yanke[/b]e but canada sweet but no much difference with abuja, i dey pay rent 480dollars a month i beg if unna see cheaper place hala me. For bobode and the others relax canada no be all that, all that talk of [b]food cheap na lie its just normal like 3 or 4dollars then u times am by 156 to see wat it is. But my only advise to everyone is to come wit enuf cash, i no go lie canadians are like angels they are so nice, notin do me, when i get a phone number i go yan the hse,for any yarns mail me i go yarn u d truth. A roger sim card is 40 dollars imagine, notin do us.Sorry for the record dont use eduworld agency he ate my skool fees 2m

SapeleGuy:
For the members of the Sanusi's Supporters Society -

Yes, he writes great prose and has done so for years - big deal. Nigeria has never been short of essay writers, intellectuals or theoretical engineers and never will be.
We need people with common sense in positions of power.
Sanusi has shown a complete lack of depth and understanding of his supposed forte, that leaves you wondering on what basis he was appointed. The repercussions of sanusi's actions have been like an ill wind that blows no good.
He has destroyed confidence in the banking sector and is gradually destroying the economy, there can be no justification for that.

lonewolf:
I initially thought this Sanusi character was an enlightened individual, but having read all these, while these articles show a deep grasp of diverse issues, his ethnocentrism permeates his penmanship: the guy is clearly a tribalistic person. The scorn with which he views everything non-northern is clear.

This guy is an arsehole.

In West Africa next year, the Glo-1 Cable will link Nigeria and Ghana to Europe, and the Main One cable will link Nigeria and Ghana to Portugal.

However, it could still be several years before access to less expensive broadband connections becomes widely available to individual consumers, said Étienne Lafougère, the general manager for submarine network activity for Alcatel-Lucent, which has been contracted to build the majority of the submarine cables in Africa, including those for the East Africa Submarine Cable System and Teams. He said access depended on local Internet service providers updating technology and adding cables to the main system to reach more isolated areas.

larez:
I was laughing at the picture of guys in suits pulling a cable ashore,  [/b]Why has Nigeria decided to be the laughing stock of the world? Was this supposed to authenticate the fact that a cable came ashore? If this project was in the process in 2002 and was owned by Nitel,  How was is sold to Adenuga and when?

saw that too one ait,  


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[b]Short cuts

However, available information indicate that the company might have indulged in short cuts to get the cables down to Nigeria.

A reliable source in Globacom, told NEXT yesterday that, "although the cable has landed here in Nigeria straight from the UK, but the cable has not cut across to the other West African countries (as expected)."

The cable was supposed to have been routed through west coast countries, including Ghana and Senegal among others, but, "the company, because of pressure and high expectation from people and the players involved, had to bring the cable first to Nigeria, then redirect it to Ghana, Senegal and others," the source said.