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I couldn't care less who got what position in the house of rep or senate. Bankole used the position to line his pocket, and enrich multitude of of LovePeddler across the land, to the detriment of his. Etteh was no better when she was there.[/quote]I'm not convinced that the position will necessarily serve the SW that well. You are correct, there is a tendency for whoever occupies it to look out only for their own personal interest.

But on the logic of it, SW Speaker, while it will be good for GEJ/Obj is not in the best interest of the ACN/SW.

This is the whole problem with your reasoning. The interests of the ACN overlap 90% of the time with that of the SW, but not all the time. This is one of those times when the interests of the ACN differs from that of the SW region as a whole.

The PDP/SW Speaker will be deployed to the maximum effect to weaken the Tinubu/Fashola leadership of SW, and bring back SW into the fold of the PDP;

Absolutely fine by me. Only way you'll be able to do this is to deliver more to the SW than the current crop of leaders in the ACN are doing. If this PDP speaker delivers, then the PDP in the SW will grow stronger. But not through destroying the ACN, but through strengthening the region.

and of course line his pocket (the guy looks like someone lacking in integrity from what I have read about him)

*Shrug* It will either be him lining his pocket, this Tambuwal guy or some dude from the SE. I'll take my chances that the SW guy will at least try to do something minimally good.

But like you said, PDP has zoned it to SW, so be it. Let see how it all pan out.

Agreed.

By the way, quit your gloating over winners and losers, it doesn't suit a fellow of your intellect; unless of cause I am right in my first assumption that you are as tribalistic as they come!

I'm not gloating at all. I wasn't the one who started the various anti-Yoruba threads after GEJ one, including "The biggest loser is the SW."

^-- If they want to use merit for positions, they must use it for ALL of them.

Senate president, senate deputy, all the way down.

Don't just use it alone for the position zoned to the SW.

And truth be told. . . if it were merit alone as the criterion, there is no way GEJ would have ever been selected president. So no GEJ supporters should then turn around and cry for "merit."

Plus. . . which more competent member will be chosen?  I'm supposed to believe that this Tambuwal fellow is going to be better? Based on what evidence?

I'm not keen on an OBJ stooge being selected, but neither am I keen on the SW losing what it is due unless everyone else's position is up for grabs too.

I remember in 11th grade in HS, we had this gay English teacher.

I was really mean to her once and made her cry/yell in class. That is when my previously bigoted world-view started to change.

Like, why should I be mean to this woman just because she is gay? How does it negatively affect my life in any way, what she does in her life?

I was still anti-gay up until about 2004 or so, at which point I mellowed out and became indifferent.

Sagamite:
You used an unconfirmed and unreliable report to create an example of good performance by a gay.

Eh, how will I get hard evidence that the dude is gay? There is nothing else I have available. . . I dunno the guy personally to confirm the rumor one way or another.

That is the way it is over here in UK.

An extremely intelligent guy like myself can read the stealth and deceitful agenda.

For example, Civil Partnership was labelled that and not marriage to prevent an uproar.

If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, dances like a duck, looks like a duck, it is what?  

Think about it. Why did this gay need to go and announce to the media he is coming to Nigeria with his gay?

I see. Here in the US, they aren't very militant. Hence my live-and-let-live attitude, I guess.

Abagworo:
My beaf is with sticking that ish up the arse.

Lol. Many straight couples experiment with anal. . . if you believe these studies:

a 2007 report entitled Prevalence and Correlates of Heterosexual Anal and MouthAction in Adolescents and Adults in the United States, published in the Journal of Infectious Disease, a national survey of Family Growth found that 34% men and 30% women reported ever participating in heterosexual anal sex. The percentage of participants reporting heterosexual anal sex was significantly higher among 20- to 24-year-olds and peaked among 30- to 34-year-olds.[45][46] Another survey in, 2008, focused on a much younger demographic of teenagers and young adults, aged 15–21. It found that 16% of 1350 surveyed had had this type of sex in the previous 3 months, with condoms being used 29% of the time.[47] However, given the subject matter, the survey hypothesized the prevalence was probably underestimated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_sex

rhymz:
Let us get this straight, a majority of the people indulging in homosexuality are into it by virtue of nurture and not neccessarily nature.

Do you have any quantitative data to back this up? I was under the impression that scientists have studied this and determined that it was mostly nature, not nurture.

We can all bandy about personal experiences, but unless one gives evidence for it to be nurture then I don't see any harm in letting them be.

Sagamite:
No 1, you are using conjecture as example without backing evidence.

What aspect is conjecture? The rumor that he is gay, or that he is the best performing guy in the north?

No 2, any competent homosexual can take any post in my opinion as long as they are not using it to promote homosexuality or exploit/prey on people.

Lmao, the way you describe it sometimes, it sounds like it is some sort of religious cult that vigorously evangelizes

Odunnu is from the south somewhere, just grew up in the north.

Kobojunkie is an Igbo woman who has spent a lot of time in the SW. She is tall (5'10) and sexy (at least, this is how I imagine her in my mind  )

Rhino, you need to take pictures of Jigawa and let me know if this is hype or for real. You should post in that thread.

Why build skyscraper in a place where land is cheap as heck and abundant?

It isn't like Dutse is NYC, Lagos or a city like that.

jackpot:
as you've entered this thread, you have marched on my faeces. Check your soles. Lol

Hehe

Anything that makes the enemies of the SW despair makes my heart glad.

This Sule Lamido guy who governors Jigawa is supposedly a closeted homo, from what someone posted here earlier.

Yet he is outperforming every other governor in Northern Nigeria, and many in the south.

Give me a homosexual like him any day of the week over a straight, but incompetent governor.

We've got some BIG problems to solve in Nigeria. And people here want to (as my dad would say) major in minor? Focus on things that aren't really relevant?

Nigeria is too far behind the rest of the world. If we ever want to catch up, there cannot be energy wasted on unimportant things.

Sagamite:
Any sane, rational, reasonable, educated government will be able to devote more energy to bigger problems but still deal with small problems.

What some of you had kind of advocated, used to stealthly suppress condemnation of homosexuality and I am challenging is that this "small" problem should be ignored by us and the government.

Thank God you have corrected yourself by stating "put more energy". That sounds like, there should still be some energy left for this filth even if you misjudge it as "small".

Social fibre, moral structure, cultural identity and public decency is (and should be) of high priority in every part of the world, not just third world.

Money is not everything as they teach us in the capitalist West.

Bleh. Tell that to a poor man trying to get ahead in life

As a philosopher (of sorts) I know once said:

Cash, Rules, Everything, Around, Me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar, dollar bill y'all

rhymz:
hmmmm. . If dem give you chance eh. .hehehe
Anyway, either way such a kid will be fcked up no doubt. You forget when it comes to sexual urges, it is a thing of the mind and pictures in your head. As a kid growing to see such an anomaly, you will most likely ve a fcked up sexual orientation. Might even be swinging both ways without qualms.

Man I highly doubt that. Think about it for you. You as a kid, were your sexual attractions defined by your parents? Or by the female friends you had in primary/secondary school and saw on TV. . . or some sexy teacher you had in secondary school? For me it was the latter. My peers at school and the tv I watched has influenced the type of girls I like a lot more than pretty much anything else.

My suspicion is that for most people their sexual orientation is something they are born with. And if influenced by those around them, peers are likely to have a bigger influence than parents.

Sagamite:
I think the best answer to this your response is the adjustment I made in my last post when responding to monkeyleg whilst you are posting this.

It is ridiculous to say governments/people should only focus on "big" problems.

Largely speaking, people have to prioritize. Put more energy into facing the bigger problems in society before sinking energy into the small ones.

And worse still, Faggotism is not bottom of the priority list in any way.

In almost every 3rd world country I can think of on the face of the planet, homosexuals certain have to be at (or at least, very near) the bottom of the priority list. Geez man, be reasonable.

I would rather be left in a good and well-run orphange.

Suit yourself. I'd pick the two rich gays, have 'em send me to a great college and then pay my way through med/law/etc school.

^-- Hehe. Me, if I were a poor orphan I'd much rather be adopted by two rich gay dudes than some poor straight couple.

It isn't as if being raised by those two gay dudes will change you from a heterosexual into a homosexual. And much likier for the two gay dudes to invest in a great education for you than two poor folk

Gay German lawyer + gay Igbo dude, or some random poor straight couple in Nigeria?

Which one would likelier lead to a better life for you, as a poor orphan boy/girl?

monkeyleg:
dont we have more serious problems in Nigeria to be worrying about Chika and his Man. In the grand scheme of things, this is way down the line of importance, and Nigerians should chanel thier energy into seeking and achieving good governance and functioning public services.

Chika's actions hurt no one but himself, corrupt and faile government affects everyone.

Pretty much. In a country in which there is no light, no jobs, no water, no healthcare, bad schools, heavy corruption, oppressive poverty and in some parts (SS, SE and parts of the middle belt) AIDs is rampant, the last thing anyone should be worrying about is two dudes getting it on. Pretty much should be at the bottom of the priority list.

We focus too much in this country on things that aren't really that important in the big picture.

@Sagamite: I understand your POV and used to think the same way for a long time.

But nowadays, I'm of the opinion that two mutually consenting adults (at least in theory) should be able to do whatever they like that doesn't hurt anyone else.

Pretty doubtful that this will be the sentiment of most Nigerians for another 50-200 years, though

Hehe. You can defecate on this thread. However, Nigeria is currently defecating on you

jamace:
Chika and his "wife" should be sent to the evil forest immediately.

Who told you the German is the wife in their relationship. Maybe Chika is the female

On a serious note though, we should live and let live, imo. Gays don't really hurt anyone. If anything, they reduce the competition for beautiful women

There was some really cool plan to burn landfill gas in Lagos for electricity. I remember reading about it a few months ago. I wonder how that is going

This has been a nice thread, I learned a lot.

If any of these new ACN guys in Ekiti, Osun, Oyo or Ogun achieve anything less than Sule Lamido has, I will be pissed. It probably means they are stealing a lot of money, incompetent, or otherwise unfit for office.

If Sule Lamido is doing what he is doing in Jigawa, how much more should all other governors be doing?

Jigawa that was essentially some hinterland region of Kano State. There are really no excuses for mediocrity elsewhere in Nigeria.

We all need to hold our governors accountable.

lmao @ Osama Bin Harden

Finals this year will be great. Props to Dirk for coming this far. Though I'm hoping Miami wins

This Lamido dude appears to have from freedom of speech issues:

http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19986:daily-trust-suspends-reporting-from-jigawa-state&catid=1:news&Itemid=2

texazzpete:
Before you start braying, it's only fair that you tell us what the people were complaining about. If it concerns Power, roads and healthcare, it's only natural that 99% of the blame must lie on the Government.

Agreed. FG refuses to privatize these things, sabotages those who try to come up with their own solutions (Tinubu's Enron/AES Barge being a good example), and doesn't maintain what it owns (Lagos-Ibadan expressway.)

So a bit unrealistic to suggest "People should do X instead of the government" if government will impede you from coming up with a solution yourself.

^-- Christianity came to our part of the world before it came to yours. So not much of a surprise. While your ancestor was being sacrificed or tortured at some forest shrine, others in what came to be known as Nigeria were learning from the Bible 

One day you shall take your rightful place as Emperor of Yorubaland.

We shall reconstitute the Oyo Empire and install you as leader

Oba Adesegun Musiwa sounds good to me

Damn.

That cocoa money is kind of a big deal, lol.

Do we export chocolate? Or just raw cocoa?

I know that Nestle is building a factory in Ogun. Hrm. . .

Interesting thread.

Goodluck Ebelechukwumi Azikiwe Jonathan

Hehe

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So why hasn't Bi-Courtney fixed the road? What is going on here?

By Tayo Ogunbiyi
May 26, 2011 02:29AMT
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When in May 2009, the federal government signed a concession agreement with Bi-Courtney Limited for the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway modernization project, the general consensus across the land was that help was around the corner at last. Two years after, the hope has given way to despair.

The age-long traffic problem on the Expressway, particularly at Ibafo and Ogere, has continued to pose a great challenge to the socio-economic development and security of not just Ogun State but Nigeria, considering the importance of the route.

Having successfully rehabilitated Murtala Mohammed Airport 2 to international standard, the government believed that what is unarguably Nigeria's busiest expressway, could be well managed by Bi-Courtney. The project is aimed at improving the current geometric standards of the road; expanding the carriageway into a limited access eight lanes divided highway between Lagos and the Shagamu interchange and a limited access of six lanes divided highway between the Shagamu interchange and Ibadan. Modern services and facilities to be introduced include: dawn lighting, improved and new interchanges, a new drainage system, recessed service areas, lay-by emergency parking areas, footbridges in heavy pedestrian areas, weigh bridges, electronic traffic control and obligatory/informative signs. Under the DBOT, there will be no monetary costs to the government. Bi-Courtney is to raise all the required funding, largely through equity and long-term loans and to a much lesser extent, from revenue generated from the operation of the highway.

No one knows what the situation is with the FGN- Bi-Courtney pact. What is sure is that the road is still in dire need of help. Those who ply the route care less about who is not doing what, and are more interested in how soon the work is done. The emergency situation cannot be subject to the usual Nigerian style of foot-dragging. If indeed, human lives mean anything to us, the time is ripe for the government to tackle issues relating to the road head-long. For all our cry about attracting foreign investments into the country, if we cannot take care of minute details such as improving a major highway that could enhance such investments, then we had better forget it.

The state of the Expressway is also a serious damage to the much publicized rebranding Nigeria project. Being the primary link between Lagos, a major commercial centre and other parts of Nigeria, and hence, a road of primary economic and social importance to the nation, it is imperative that the government take urgent steps to ensure that the situation of the road improves.

The federal government might have the perspective that the road is no longer its responsibility while the Ogun State government lacks the needed capacity to provide the needed intervention. Bi-Courtney, the concessionaire, seems not to be getting its act together. The consequence is that travelling on the road has become a nightmare . Indeed, the road is fast turning into a centre of un-ending carnage. Three people were recently killed in an early morning explosion that resulted in a multiple vehicles accident on the road. Three articulated tankers laden with petroleum products and another truck were also completely burnt in the accident that created serious panic for early users of the ever-busy expressway.

The issues with the road are varied. For one, it is in a real bad shape and needs urgent rehabilitation. No more, no less. Second, trailer drivers are a nuisance. Not only do they drive recklessly, but they pack their trailers indiscriminately. Nobody seems capable of getting them to act responsibly. On the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, there appears to be one law for other drivers and a different one for trailer drivers. The indiscriminate packing of trailers on either side of the road is a serious factor in the painful traffic gridlock that commuters regularly suffer on the road. Third, incessant cases of abandoned vehicles constitute a major hindrance to motorists.

Also, the transformation of the axis into a vast business and residential hub, with emerging communities such as Arepo, Magboro, Ibafo, Asese, Olowotedo, Pakuro among others, has equally heightened traffic chaos along the road; as well as the location of the international headquarters of many religious bodies along the axis. Even though the religious organisations have evolved strategic means of traffic control to ensure the free flow of traffic during their programmes, improvements are still needed.

The attendant road crashes occasioned by the dilapidated state of the road and the deaths, injuries and destruction to property (vehicles, goods, etc) have come with enormous economic costs. In its most recent record, the Federal Road Safety Commission disclosed that Nigeria lost 3 per cent of her GDP which translated to 17 per cent of current national reserves, through road traffic crashes in 2009. The income loss from 2009 road traffic crashes in Nigeria was more than the GDP of over 20 individual African countries. No nation that is desirous of economic development and growth will handle with levity a situation where its vibrant work force and other citizens are wantonly wasted through otherwise avoidable occurrences.

To put the Nigerian economy on the lane to speedy recovery and growth, the federal government has to immediately commit itself to a result-driven programme that would make the road a driver's delight. There must be a timeframe known and acceptable to Nigerians for the completion of this road if the government must convince the people that we are in a new dispensation. It must do everything to ensure that Bi-Courtney wake up from sleep, or cancel the agreement with the concessionaire and re-award same to an able and competent company.

Tayo Ogunbiyi is of the Features Unit, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Alausa, Ikeja

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Opinion/5704860-182/story.csp