₦airaland Forum

Utali:
Lol all of a Sudden Yourba done dey claim Lagos lol
Yoruba get Lagos only for name ok?
Look around, go to places, The Tallest Building in Lagos is owned by an Igbo Man, Alaba Igbo Man, What Can Lagos be without the IGBO Man??
I blame Zik, I blame Igbo people wey Love Nigeria too much, if Igbo people could go with all their properties in Lagos eh, Lagos will be a Desert!!
i can help but tell u how derailed u are(u are derailed) , are these what makes u feel igbos now own lagos??y are they investing on a land that is not thiers if they have a place they call home,ive said it 'THEY HAVE NO HOME'
Look at all these tribalist frontmen oooo

SAN kwa, Make im go sit don for gutter, he is a shame to this Profession; A law that restrains and restricts a fellow from Exercising his heritage!!
I mean his action just shows he bought that 'SANship'

Bad Belle, its this kind of statement that makes me more confident that u and ur kind hate to see others shine.Pls produce a sound leader and not someone that would push ur shallow minds to war and run and later come back with excuses(u know who im talking about)@ farochron

You just dey seek undue attention, If you were a case , I'll call you 'Obitar Dictum' so go find gutter for Mushin Siddon. Anu Mpama

IF THE IGBOMAN IS NOT STRONGER, IF NIGERIA NO DEY FEAR IGBOMAN,
Make the Dredge Rive Niger lets see whats the ado 'bout Lagos
Let Igbo People think HOME!!
IF THE IGBO MAN IS STRONGER,IF THE IGBO MAN NO FEAR NIGERIA, MAKE DEM MOVE BACK TO THIER LAND, much we do about igbos.
this igbo people can never think about home,they know in thier hearts the no longer have a home,home is on another man'z soil, WEAKLINs

Utali,Strength10,IGWE_USA, if wat iv written above upsets u and ur kind, please u can show igbos Good example by first relocating yourself.Dont mislead inocent ibo boys n gurls dat have found peace in lagos state u derailed lunatics

Strength10:
You are on the money my friend. If a Sea port comes to Onitsha, Lagos will suffer their biggest blow and that is why they are fighting it tirelessly. I blame the Southeast governors for their lack of responsibility in taking their destiny in their Hands. They are still waiting for Federal Allocation to build an International Airport, Sea Port and other Major projects. What a joke. They are waiting for allocations from a government that wants to see them fail or wants to limit their Independence. These governors should contract these projects with foreign investors and give them lots of tax breaks and incentives to build these things because until a true Nationalist or an IGBOMAN becomes presidents, anything that will make IGBOS independent of other parts of Nigeria will continually be subverted. Dredging a river is not a difficult task. The second largest port in the US (Houston Port) is an artificial port because it was produced by dredging the Houston BAY which continuously gets dredged. When i visited Houston, i was able to appreciate the good work they did in that port. The Anambra government can easily contract with this company or others instead of waiting for Yara-do-nothing. Currently, there is a Seaport in Onitsha but it cannot be put to use because the water is too shallow for heavy vessels.

eleshin:
saraki wont hesitate to shout fashola if ask this same question.

Jarus:
Bukola and baby politics in the same sentence?
Did you know that:
-After Obasanjo himself, Bukola was the second strongest supporter(installer) of Yar'adua presidency?
-He led the delegation to Katsina to convince Yar'Adua?
-He rallied other governors(Ibori,Odili, Attah etc) to leave the scene for Yar'adua?
-He is the most powerful Governor today?
-He is the most influential PDP politician/power broker today?
-Did you follow the last PDP convention? He decided who got what. Told this to step down for that. Kwara govt house in Abuja turned into 'decision' house.
-. . .and he's perhaps the most refined PDP politician in Nigeria today.

These may not be good politics, but definitely not baby politics. You may other word.

yep, the strongest governor that cannot deliver in his own state!!!!
the lastime i checked, ilorin wasnt the only place in kwara state,
homeboy is nothing but a local champion, can only control those people coz they are dirty and they are 'yes sir ' people
the only reason they used kwara govt house 4 a decie't'ion ground was because there was enuff space 4 owambe , LMAO!!!
, just kiddin, but seriously,therez no compairing these 2.
buk'she' ooops bukky has the backing of his party at federal level or rather has had 4 donkey yrs and take alook at his achievment, its laughable LMAO !!to make it worse u said he say what goes what and who goes where n all that bull crap and he dosnt even no where how to go about building his state?shit, hez abit dull upstairs and so are his leutenants dat are playing politics without getting the job done.
abeg FASHOLA ko si oro!!!!

sosodat:
Seems Fashola's govt aint got better policies to institute hence having the time to go about banning titles and choosing who should wield what title. Pathetic!! Moreso when the policy seems tribalistic (only Igbo titles banned)

as long as it dosnt pay or affect u,ul have only crap like this to say.
you feel only igbo titles were bannedhow many hausa people do u c parading themselves as something they are not?Lagos is a youruba land and they have history,they know y every title is what it is and y,as for the Eze Ndigbo who they dont know and dosnt have a histiry well, they have every right to ban it,these guys just use these titles as fraud by making potraying themselves as relevant in the state and they are soooooo not.
as far as im concerned anybody that carries any title that has no history from his land and enters lagos should be arrested and charged.and if u are in lag n u want to give urself a title like [color=#006600]'omo oni ile of igbo land'

bilms:
i wonder y most of u keep saying this,

the question is,

what source of income do they have in kwara, but still bukola achieved what he as achieved.

i am very sure, if bukola should handle Lagos with all the materials, he would definately superceed Fashola's performance,




okay, how did Fashola Perform better than Bukola, what is his achievement compared to bukky,


as i am talking now, i am in ilorin, bukola is also doing some projects which are wonderful,.

i visited one of his project last week,

stanbilli is the name of the project,

just like an eagle square,


bukola came to visit that project while i was there,

to my greatest suprise, he drove his car by himself, an one other car followed him. no noise, no one ever knew it could be the governor coming so simple,

he did these to visit the how fast the project is monitor the movement of this project,

u are myopic in ur thoughts and coments,
you talked about the income the state is getting,Lagos state isnt even getting the income it deserves  from the federal government,most of the works done in lagos is generated from the state itself.Federal govt(PDP) is not existant in that state,its as bad as the state taking over the rehabilitation of federal roads.Now moving to you dear bukky(or whatever u call her, ehmmm Him)over the yrs he has been governing,how has he steped up the internal generation of funds in that state??bear in mind Fashola has 2yrs on his sheet.Point is, the materials you are talking about was built and not just met.
you talk about wonderful projects by bukky, Like the eagle square thing, please dont make me laugh, please just remove that and dont call it a project,how does that generate funds for his people,u will see that same place beign used for PDP/PDPgovernors convention only,u will probably not step foot into it or ull get bruised by MOPOL.
if u were surprised about him showing up with no siren(what does he need it for)if ur still pondering on that, u should ponder on a man d@ drives around by himself in a toyota corolla wit no siren everytime(not just visiting a project), u should ponder on a man that disguised as an old man and visited LUTH(lagos state uni teaching hospital) n got some nurses kicked out because the refused to attend to a child,a man that has come out of his car to control traffic,a man that has come out of his car to turn a military man back coz he was facing one way,a man that went in fashola cab n told the driver to face one way(which d driver gave him back his money and said 'NO, u wan make fashola catch me!!', home boy the list is endless,if u come to lagos u will not only b surprised at his works,u will enter a state of Coma since little achievments of ur govnor amuse u.
As far as im concerned,
this was a wrong match, it should be

nuzo:
Your assumption is wrong. And even if it was right; I would not need to be sleeping in fashola's bed to understand what is going on in lagos.

fyneguy:
lol

see them saying ''the alternate sites'' bull crap!

Kobojunkie will sit her azz abroad commenting over an issue she knows next-to-nothing about.

These street traders have been provided alternatives long before now! The government has mobilized so many microfinance banks
to assist them in setting up their trades in a proper way, yet they would remain on the streets, paying some touts everyday. You pay touts N100 everyday but cant afford a N1,500-a-month shop? (N2,500 at the most)

May be you guys need to go to these locations and find out what really the issues are.

It's not enough to sit infront of a pc, rubbing your ignorance on our faces.

soprecious:
How many times have we seen actions like this happen only for things to return to status quo a few months later? This unfortunate incidence has already happened. While I am sorry for the victims, the govt should immediately seek ways of compensating them or relocating them.

compensating illegality??i should get a table and stand on third mainland bridge, maybe i should get compensated tooo

Kobojunkie:
I am not sure if you know this, but the train used to pass through oshodi as well as many of the main market. That was part of the drawing factor for most of the traders in the beginning. If you look closely, you will see the old rail lines still there. I think trains passed through oshodi, as recently as 13 years ago; I say 13 before that was the last time I saw the train go through the market.

update ur facts,im just sparing u coz u said it was 13 years ago 'U' saw a train pass there,if u claim 13yrs ago it shows how current u are,so current u dont know it passes there everyday.i always say this about u and many others, ur just GOOGLE babes,if therez a network problem u become epileptic.if only u go through oshodi often then we can have a grand argument but,

Jazz Freak:
You have yarned well my brother, true talk.
Let those goats malu in goverment deceive themselves with stupid ideas & polices; with no delibrate action geared towards uplifting the well-being of their people.
24-hr Surveillance Camera Operation with 30 minutes light power transmission per day to support a dubious project. Bullshit
Dey look, dem go claim say na 5 billion dem take set am up, know the rest now ! Quota sharing amongst loyalist.

nazzyon:
My opinion is simple and straight about the clearing of Oshodi

If my Father, Mother, Uncle, Aunty, Sister, myself or any of my relative is selling goods @ Oshodi I will be against Fashola today.

It apply to every person who has contributed in this thread.

I FEEL UR PAIN, ORDERLYNESS HURTS RIGHT??if any1 had told u people would queue up in oshodi would u believe.Mehn Fashola carry go!!!i trust him,he will put better infrastruturez there soon n all this noise on naira land would stop.to Nazzyon:y dont u b superman for a few minutes and skip the line at oshodi(then ul know how much people adjust in naija)u'l get a beat down!!!

A-town:
I pity this nation if people like you end up in govt because you have no clue as to what is going on. Are you a graduate? Shame on you.
How many times do i need to tell people on here that ELECTRICITY is a F!UCKING federal issue. Until it is fully deregulated, there is nothing any state govt in the federation can do. For now, any independ power station still has to supply the National Grid before it gets redistributed. If States had full autonomy over power, then you can make that excuse.

Your comment on flowers makes me laugh. So you'd rather have lagos looking like the dump it was several years ago. You are an idiot. Go onto forums for expats living in lagos and you will see how they are all happy about how lagos looks now. A beautiful city attracts tourists and foreign investors which leads to investments and added revenue for the state. Do you expect the state to depend on the paltry sum from the FG?

With regards to VGC, ok you're still a fool. You don't need to be rich to be conscious of your environment. Lagos needs a strong hand to instill these qualities in its populace.
Were you born during IDIAGBON's time?
All your noise about continuity is unwarranted. Fashola is simply continuing from where Tinubu stopped. Times have changed. THis is a democracy. There is no going back. Lagos will keep getting better.

I agree corruption has to be tackled. This will not happen in a day. Nigerians took over 40yrs to become this bad. It will take time for corruption to be wiped out. 90% of the people on here are corrupt. If you've never bribed a policeman/govt official, let me see ur hands up!

There are sacrifices that need to be made in order to achieve a mega city. I'm not saying the poor should suffer but hey, the market on its own was illegal from start anyway.
Lagosians are smart and hardworking. I'm sure there are alternatives being worked out for them.

QuotaSyste:
This is arrant nonsense from all these Yoruba, hausa and other nigerian minority folks. When it's to kill Igbo people by any means, that's what unites you foolish nigerians. Until other Yoruba dominated markets are closed on such idiotic excuse, then you people can come back here to talk. As for now, this is pure and complete witch hunting of Igbo business, trying your other means to check mate the ever expanding Igbo Business.

Asking people to pay tax by force of closing their shops where you don't have a serious tax collecting system in place is nothing but pure insanity. Those of you using America and Europe as your comparison, have you ever asked yourself why tax payers in those countries rush up to pay their taxes instead of waiting for their IRS to come asking for it? Have you ever seen anybody who in his whole sincere most heart is ever willing to pay taxes?

You can claim there is, but fact is there is not, but the solid systems in place makes it possible for people in those countries to pay up their taxes or face the law. Yet under such solid and tight tax collecting systems in those countries, there are still people evading and finding their ways through it and successfully avoid paying taxes. In those countries you are blindly using as comparison, every official registered businesses, how ever big or small must have their own accountancy office where they are affiliated to and this is by law and they pay this accountancy office at the end of the month. The job of this accountancy offices is to account for everyday sales of their customers who are these business shops, industries and so on.

Some accountancy offices might have up to 20 business shops under their care, this in turn makes them to employ more workers. Such is part of the job creation that you porous heads in nigeria doesn't know about. You have fresh university accountant graduates roaming your Lagos streets without work and all you idiots are here hailing your fashola for closing down Igbo businesses. Each an everyday, this accountancy offices knows each and every sales that their client's selling machines recorded for the day.

All the sales receipts are turn in to those accountancy offices on daily or weekly bases depending on your agreement with your accountancy office. The accountancy office in turn is responsible for calculating your everyday business sales and turning in the record to IRS which in turn sends you your tax bill for the month. Now, don't pay and face the IRS music. Do you see that IRS don't deal directly with business owners, rather they deal with your accountancy office. Now, i am giving example about holding the little business shops accountable for paying up their taxes. Check out how many accountancy offices that will spring up in Lagos if every shop is forced by law to be affiliated to an accountancy office. Check out how many fresh graduates those accountancy office will employ and finally check out how easy it will be to collect taxes from those alaba shoppers.

What makes these accountancy offices attractive in those countries to have them account for your business is that they will also in turn help your business to grow. You don't spend unnecessarily when you know that someone is counting all the money you made in your everyday sales and that tax will be deducted from your money according to the account he made and presented to your country's IRS and not according to your own very account which "must" have cheating inside it against the government.

In those countries you are quick to blindly use as comparison, no registered business does their everyday sales account by themselves. It is not allowed by law. You must be affiliated to an accountancy office that does your everyday sales calculation and you pay them for their services. Check out how many accountants such offices will employ in your nigeria if such rule is being used other than sending Yoruba alayes in uniforms with tax office receipts in their hands to invade Igbo shop/businesses in the name of collecting tax. That is not an efficient way of collecting tax from anyone. Don't expect anyone to pay you tax through such way.

All of you opening your dirty stinking mouths here, have anyone of you or your parents and siblings ever paid tax at anytime or the other in nigeria? Tell your almajiri government in connivance with their Yoruba servers to copy the American and European tax collecting systems and put it in place in your rotten country nigeria and lets see how people are going to evade taxes. In those countries, we hear that so and so individual is being hunted by the tax officials, not a whole group of people and their businesses. You people are claiming to be blind to read the wicked writing on the wall because it involves Igbo people and their businesses.

sniperwolf:
According to experts, N1b has been lost due to closure

zoraro:
@ cabali, stop barking at the wrong tree. Tell our leaders to pay there taxes first, it's called leadership by example. When they pay there taxes then the followers will too. They don't pay tax or utility bills, government offices owe PHCN more money than private users combined.

you cannot pay tax when you are a debtor,tax is paid when u credit an account,government owes government,private owes private,tax retrieved on payment.please go to computer vill and collect a phone without paying u hear then pay tax!! , u need tax lectures dont u?