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take dat: True, Yoruba needs selfless leaders in the likes of Akala, Bode George, Daniel, Omisore, Oyinlola and Agagu to liberate us. Some of these Jonathan's men to takeover from the ACN rascals also claim to be adherents of Awolowo's ideals, but thankfully all have been consigned to the dustbin of history. Lol!

homesteady: I dey use GOD beg you!! Remove Edo state from your list!!

Abu Mikey: On ma knees!!!!! Remove Edo state sire!!!!

django1: ^^^ what he meant is that, one can get to oyo from lagos without passing through ogun, via benin republic.

EFFORTS at ensuring South West regional integration and development has seen the Ogun State Government constructing roads to link the state with other South Western states, according to the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Olamilekan Adegbite.

At the presentation of a paper entitled “Provision of Infrastructure for the Rebuilding and Transformation of Ogun State” at the fourth summit of the South-West Heads of Service in Abeokuta at the weekend, Adegbite said Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s administration has started the construction of a 29km Ofada-Mowe-Ibafo Road to decongest the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and link Lagos.

He added that efforts had also reached advanced stage on the construction of four other major roads that would link the state with others in the region, which are Sagamu-Ogijo- Ikorodu Road, Ijebu Ode-Epe Road, OGTV-Ajebo Road and Sango-Ojodu Abiodun Road.

 He disclosed that two new trailer parks would be created along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to complement the one in Ogere to further prevent avoidable accidents resulting from haphazard parking of articulated vehicles on the road.

 Other plan to link the states, he said, is the light rail project to be extended to the borders of Oyo State and link the Lagos rail project, which he hoped that when completed, other states would link up with to enhance movement of goods and people and ultimately boost economic activities in the region

FG, Lagos Govt Tussle over Marina Jetty
John Iwori

The war of attrition between the federal government and Lagos State Government over Marina Jetty, Lagos may boil over as the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) may take the latter (Lagos) to court.

A key parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Transport, NIWA said Lagos state has over the years illegally taken over its properties but also encroached on its right of way.

The federal government dropped the hint of its readiness to go to court shortly after the newly appointed NIWA Managing Director, Hajia Inna Mariam Ciroma, made her maiden official inspection visit to the authority facilities in Lagos.

Giving an insight into the federal government’s intentions, Ciroma, who was a former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development during Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration said: "NIWA will first of all pursue dialogue with Lagos state government before considering legal option because I believe federal laws supersede state laws so any law purportedly made by the Lagos state House of Assembly to claim our right of way will not be accepted.

“We shall see if we can dialogue with the Lagos state government on how we can resolve this issue in our interest to ensure that we recover our rightful property from the Lagos state government”, she added.

The erstwhile Minister argued that the act setting up NIWA gave it jurisdiction on where to operate and not to operate. Describing water transport business in Lagos as a lucrative venture that would relieve pressure on the road, she added that the facilities in the state are crucial to generate revenue for the federal government.

According to the NIWA Managing Director, Lagos state is the hub for foreign investors. NIWA will partner both local and foreign investors to ensure government success on the inland waterways of the nation.

As a way out of some of the ills plaguing the authority, particularly poor funding, Ciroma said NIWA was in search of how to enhance its revenue generation in order to meet set objectives.
“In order to generate revenues for the agency, NIWA Area Offices have to go after debtors in order to collect debts from operators that use its facilities. This has been a problem for the agency. NIWA is aimed to engage private investors to develop the facilities for efficiency of the inland waterways of the country”, she said.

Ciroma assured stakeholders that the authority would put in place measures on how to make the waterways viable for purpose to generate revenue for the government. She revealed that the authority has police command that are posted to all its facilities all over the country to ensure safety, compliance and revenue generation.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-lagos-govt-tussle-over-marina-jetty/151732/

maasoap: I live in Osogbo, the state capital, nothing like this happened recently. Though there was a time (last year) when soldiers who were part of security patrols code named "SAS" were harassing ladies who dressed half-naked!y just like when it happened in Lagos under Fashola. They were later called to order. Many incidents like what @op posted actually happened in Osun, some were even worse than that but this photo might be a wrong photo. But it had been stopped.

ilugunboy: Stop this foolish argument ....nobody here is interested in your Aba and Onitsha...why is that difficult for you to comprehend?

This una complex problem is more than I thought ...

solomon111: sorry, i have been to all the places you mentioned and nothing there that can termed as INDUSTRIALIZATION.
The only place in ogun state where you have a semblance of industrialization is agbara.
Have you been to aba,Nnewi,onitsha?
Is the eastern region not refered to as " japan of africa" even by the FG officials?
Unless we want to deceive ourselves, Outside lagos(A huge recepient of FG foreign investment drive), the eastern region comes next in industrialization.
Amosu or whatever he is called, is just trying to deceive the gullible ogun state indigenes.

biafran soul: Atimes, the ignorance exhibited by some of you who have not travelled pass Sagamu can be mindbuggling. Pls, try and leave your cocoon in the SW and visit other parts of the country especially the Eastern parts. When you come back we can now discuss.

CyberG: Oga, I hope you don't involve yourself in the kind of "i before others" contest we have come to know with ibos on this forum. Let it not be seem as though it is important if any part of the Yoruba Commonwealth has more of something more than the other part. What is important is the advancement of the people, their heritage and inheritance and Nigeria by extension and in general. Let more industries be created in Ogun if that be the case, let more be in Lagos, Ibadan or Osun State, let more corporate headquarters be in Lagos, let the people be able to access the hinterlands of Osun and Ekiti State for tourism, agriculture, etc. It all adds up eventually for the better for everyone! Cheers!

bknight: Ahn ahn...not again!