₦airaland Forum

taharqa: In other words, NO WHERE in d Constitution is it stated that d NA shld take ova d functions of a State HOA only cos dat House merely 'is in crisis' (yr words). Thnk you much..... Read tru d @emboldened parts of d excerpts you posted above to know what specific conditions they constitution gave..

The former President also called on the National Assembly to rise up and take decisive action over the recent allegation in the country that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation failed to remit billions of dollars in proceeds of crude oil sales to the federation account.

“This allegation will not fly away by non-action, cover-up, denial or bribing possible investigators,” Mr. Obasanjo told the President.

Mr. Obasanjo also accused Mr. Jonathan of placing over 1000 Nigerians on political watch list and “training snipers and other armed personnel secretly and clandestinely acquiring weapons to match for political purposes like Abacha and training them where Abacha trained his killers”.

donphilopus: This man is a well known hocus pocus spewer! I expect him to still say the same thing in Bauchi, Jigawa, Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, and tell us the result.

citizenY: Railway.... when they construct standard gauge... we shall clap...

Roads.. omnibus ....when do u start and complete... like Lokoja?

Dredging... Onitsha port is yet to see action... do we know what is happening to stretches after Lokoja and Onitsha?

Ajaokuta... too many lies... before Baba Iyabo and after

I expected Maku to showcase Nassarawa alone or shut up

Perhaps they and their political sponsors ought to be educated on the etiquette for funerals. A funeral is not a place to go and shine. It is a place to go and mourn. As such, it is impossible to be snubbed at a funeral because you did not go there for yourself, you went there because of the bereaved!

taharqa: Even Nigeria was NOT snubbed anytin. One President per Continent was choosen by d Organisers to speak on d occasion on behalf of their Continent I suppose. The Namibian President spoke on behalf of Africa, Period. And even if we wanted to use 'who contributed most to d AntiApartheid movement', did Nigeria contribute more than Namibia or any other Southern African country for that mata?... For God's sake, why shld this even be an issue? And why am I even on such a sillly thread??

Mr Everest: Its apparent that you've not taken my candid advice but I will admonish you for the umpteenth time to either make informed comments or quietly read what the technocrats are saying here. Now in lay man's parlance, let me try to explain to you what they are saying;
1. Nigeria is a huge country of 160 million people (this is about half the total population of West Africa sub region) yet Ironically it is served by only the Lagos ports, others only exist in paper or at best are underutilized.
2. The bulk of the importers in Nigeria are either domiciled in the Onitsha region or have operational outlets there.
3. Lagos ports are already seriously congested, leading to lost man hours, losses to importers in the form of accumulated demurrage and other logistic problems.
4. The recurring damage to the long stretch of Lagos-Ibadan, Ore-Benin-Asaba is mainly due to the heavy tonnes of goods that is daily passing through it.
5. Within Lagos itself, one half of creek road has been turned into a virtual park for heavy utility vehicles which leads to serious traffic gridlocks.
6. Nigeria is an import oriented country and having just one functional port for the whole country is risky and unwise.
7. The population of Lagos is already bursting at the seams and other economic centres need to be enhanced to discourage the current mad rush to Lagos.
8. Making Onitsha port viable will lead to increased efficiency of Lagos port and increased revenue to the FG since those Nigerin importers making use of Cotonue and Tema due to the bottlenecks at Lagos will now use the Onitsha port and pay customs duties to FG.
The aforementioned reasons are a few of the benefits Nigeria stand to gain by making Onitsha port viable.

Finally, Onitsha is the commercial capital of Nigeria and is strategically located on the banks of river Niger, goods are moved from Onitsha to the south east, south south and north, so if the Onitsha port could receive goods directly from ships or barges, it would lead to reduction in prices to the final consumer since cost of; transportation on roads, warehouses in Lagos and general logistics would be drastically cut down.

Speaking at a memorial service in honour of late Mandela at the Aso Rock Chapel in Abuja on Sunday, Mr. Jonathan said contrary to Mr. Mandela who was filled with humility, forgiving spirit and the ability to unite and reunite people, past Nigerian rulers played repressive roles during their reigns.

Mr Everest: This part alone renders your article useless, please pick up an atlas and know where Lokoja port is located viz a viz Onitsha port, until you do that please don't comment again, thank you!

KenGali: Guy na wah you. Why will Onitsha port not function if the the large stock of traders patronise it. The other ports you mention have there own peculiar challenges. They are not major commercial centers. While I wish them well, I see no reason to York them to Onitsha. There respective states can come up with ideas and make effort for their development. Further, success of our ideas for Onitsha, will make it easy to extended shipping to these places in the future.

KenGali: those are serving a different purpose. There is an economic or rather commercial hub around and about Onitsha. It is pretty big, infact companies like SCOA, were trading there before the war. There is a huge price advantage to be gained when we can deliver goods directly cheaply over water. It is also not just the price gain, but the possibility of recapturing from Lagos some of the markets it Onitsha use to serve, especially those around the North East and the Middle Belt. Onitsha still supplies the majority of goods for Benue and Adammawa axis

geeez: Destroying factories ke?

Isn't that one of the biggest industries in the region?

Sincere 9gerian: OBJ spent 8 years in office while Yar Adua spent 3 years, so why didnt they fix any of these things?

eGuerrilla: I wonder what Dragon Surveillance and Consultancy Services have to say about the picture lifted off its website: http://www.dragon-surveillance.co.uk