₦airaland Forum

dayokanu:
She was passing a message

I thought she was 'eran agba' for people like you.

I dont want some 'egungun' to 'ha mi l'ofun'

ekt_bear:
Basically, I think the FG should take care of the following tasks:

1) National defense
2) Currency, monetary policy
3) Interstate roads
4) Things like NAFDAC, other agencies that make sense to have uniform standards for
5) A few other things I'm forgetting right now. . .

And leave pretty much everything else to the states or private industry.

The problem between you and I have always been that you want us to copy the American style in all its entirety While I want us to adapt our style of government to our unique environment.

And Big vs Small Government.    .    .  you seem to favor small government while WRT to our unique situation I favor Big government, at least for now.

We will never agree.

:::Off to instigate some fights in romance:::

:::Ragdollz baby, where are you:::

Ileke-IdI:
^^^ When [b]fem[/b]istranger wants to use his common sense, he does. And when he does, one becomes confused on one's opinion of him.

Reminds me of SEFAGO sha. Where is that boy sef?

Where did you get that from?


Cant be more wrong!lol

ekt_bear:
@fstranger: But why would one choose to live in these cities? For you to move somewhere, there has to be job, no?

For a plethora of reasons:
Cheaper housing courtesy of government subsidy
Access to better food from fresh harvests right in your neighborhood, not to talk of spending less on food.
More secure neighborhood; a luxury WRT to the high crime rate in most cities. This you'd accept is a biggie. At-least anyone who has lived in Lagos would understand
Better air Vs. the Polluted air,  from second hand 'molues' and '18 seaters,' that has now become the bane of most cities in Nigeria, especially Lagos, Ibadan  and other big cities.
Better environment to raise kids; you have more control over who influences your kid. Adequate shelter from the influences of Area boys and girls (Another biggie if you know how the environment influence the proper upbringing of a child)

Amongst other things. Simply stated, the standard of life would be better in this new towns.

It is actually business and economic opportunity which drive the movement of people, not vice versa.

I agree with you. By this initiative, the governmental is fast tracking the process. This initiative reminds me of Ikorodu. Ikorodu used to be a ghost town in Lagos. No one wanted to go live there, but once government started selling plots land to people at very cheap price, people moved. First to move where the middle class people, your lawyer, doctor, engineer, banker etc,. And, in order to cash in on the promise of the new town your regular 'iya eleran' 'vulganizer, iya n worobo' and the rest started moving in. What you have today is a vibrant city, safe and booming with all the amenities necessary for daily living within reach

So in a way, the government would start the process, which inevitably would  provide opportunity for small business people, which then would attract more people, creating more opportunities, which would then attract more people and the cycle goes on.
Here I am hinging the success of the town on the enduring entrepreneurship spirit of the ordinary Nigerian. All that is needed is a lot of small businesses here and there, national chains would come in due time.

If you construct a new city in the middle of nowhere in Adamawa (an already not-very-populated-state), why on earth would people move there?

See above!

Have you ever been to Mubi, Adamawa?  I have people in my family who have lived there and it is not as sparse as you trying to make it. Please, pick a different city

Anyway, as we've learned from the Soviet Union and other examples, ideas like this never work out

Really?  Any link?

It seems of late PHCN has been somewhat regular, No?


Dont you have to go to school tomorrow?

Inked_Nerd:

Don't worry, I'm getting better. I have a minor cough now. Thanks for the good wishes

lol ok. Yes, I will admit he does have a swagger about him

Does he write poems for you?


***Cant understand why i still talk to you after you openly rejected me, Oh well***

Ileke-IdI:
Have they quickly forgotten the airports that will be built in each state?(GEJ)

Now we should be looking forward to 36 new towns? (FG)

Seriously, what is Nigeria's priority and are those 2 aforementioned "promises" included in our goals?

Cant you see that both are different arms on the same agenda? They are both the same, but different wordings, I guess.

A

ekt_bear:
PhysicsMHD: First, it is probably a bad idea for the reasons you stated (and other reasons).
But even if it were a good one, it shouldn't be the purview of the FG   It should be done by the states in collaboration with private investors.
The more disturbing thing to me about all this is that it seems GEJ is a centralist, top-down sort of guy. I don't like that at all. I want Nigeria to become more federalized, not more centralized. States less dependent on the FG, not more.
He should be talking about shrinking the FG, not making its influence bigger.
]I'm a bit annoyed.

You dont become a federalist state overnight. Calling GEJ a centralist is a lil unfair, we really dont know what he believes in. Nigeria is still a welfare state. Every developmental project is carried out with oil money that flows from the CBN, nothing more, nothing else. Waiting for the private sector to do this? it may never happen.

PhysicsMHD:
I'm not sure this is a good idea. It's good that they're trying to fix Bayelsa, but I don't see how this won't be just a waste of money in most of the other states in the federation. Who says the other 35 states all have one "overpopulated" city? Ibadan, Lagos,Kano, and a few others might be overpopulated, but in general,  I don't think this is true for most of the Nigerian states.


Also, what level of infrastructure will these new towns have? If they make these new cities into paradises, then there will definitely be less congestion and people will flock there,[b] but if there is not much commercial/economic activity and investment in the new cities by private (non-governmental) individuals and businesses, [/b]the whole thing will be a white elephant project.

Obviously, you are overlooking the motive here, and unfortunately, something like this could only come from someone who havent spent a lot of time in Nigeria. Look, there is nothing better than this initiative from the government. The ordinary Nigerian is industrious and resourceful, private investors or not, this initiative by the government is bound to be a success, that is if they are really serious with it; much more grandeur things have been promised in the past that were never delivered. Hope this is not another empty promise as my e-wife, Kobojunkie, calmly articulated

It wont be a white elephant project because if it is done simultaneously in all the states, unlike in the past where they do it in selected places like IB, Lag, PH etc, it would relieve the rebound-pressure big cities like Lagos and other big cities hitherto would have had to deal with. If people rush to this new 'paradise,' business has no option but to follow, either via small business people from the people residing in this new paradise or from large/national business chain . Business almost always follow the people, not the other way round.  When people are attracted to this places, business follows, and more people follow and the cycle goes on, relieving the pressure on the former places.

However, in the past, people from other places/states almost always take the place of the people who moved from the former congested places in those selected states, thereby defeating the reasoning behind the initial de-congestion plan. But with this new policy of widespread de-congestion, across the 36 states, you'd expect, hopefully,  a more lasting and more successful de-congestion plan.

snowdrops:
how ignorant some people can be.

Drop it already. Only few people can take on Blazay.

She is the best in the business

Mummy Gee is a suicide bomber, I know for sure.


We trained together in Afghanistan.


Sup Gee?

Can we postpone this shyyt till May


All this hurry hurry wont do us any good

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/Metro/Politics/5687614-146/story.csp



Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday blamed the People's Democratic Party for masterminding the different messages being circulated through several electronic media about a "fictitious" rift between him and his predecessor, Bola Tinubu.

The message, being circulated under the title of "Lagos Voters" read that "Fashola says no to Tinubu's juju oath swearing, let us all pray for Fashola's protection from the evil Tinubu godfather."

Mr Fashola, while speaking to journalists after a meeting of the party's leaders held at Mainland Hotel in Oyingbo, urged all Lagos residents to ignore the message. "I will ignore it and I implore every right thinking member of our party to remain vigilant," he said. "This is the manifestation of the corrupt character of the PDP which is posing as Labour and all sorts of things to destabilise all other parties. People must be vigilant. They must wake up to all these false antics. They must ignore all these text messages of fear and deception. People should ignore all those text messages; they are messages of farewell because the PDP is going."

Internal rift

The governor denied any rift within the ranks of the party, especially in the Mainland Local Government where the meeting held. The party was allegedly losing last Saturday's botched National Assembly election which was already underway before it was cancelled. The postponement of the election was therefore a lifeline for the party to close cracks existing within the party. "We have just finished our meeting and there is no rift in our party," he said.

Another message being circulated advised Lagos residents to vote for Mr Fashola but not for legislative candidates of the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria because if the party has the majority of the House of Assembly, it will be easy to impeach Mr Fashola. However, the governor urged Lagos residents not to use the power of their vote in accordance with baseless opinions. Rather, he said, they should consider the track record of the party, which he described as a "refreshing breath of fresh air."

Attacking the PDP

"We expect to win in all the places where we fielded candidates," he said. "People must wake up and listen to us because we mean well. They should look at our track record in all the states we are controlling. So, we are imploring the voters to try something new because the PDP has failed them. The truth is that PDP has not campaigned on any issue. They have not told us a believable solution for health, housing and other problems confronting our people. Those peddling the rumour that we shall lose have their opinion. We have focused on our campaign and our manifesto. What do other parties bring?

After a party have run government for 12 years without a record of any progress, then we are a refreshing breath of fresh air. We must be. Look at what they have done to themselves in other states they controlled. You see candidates emerging overnight and some being removed. Within one year, they have changed national chairman thrice. PDP is a party that cannot even manage its affairs. They said their former chairman has a case to answer, were their eyes closed when they picked him?"

Support for INEC

While commenting on the uncertainties surrounding the ability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr Fashola urged asked Nigerians to show their support for the commission, which he said is working "in a difficult environment created by the mismanagement and inefficiency of the PDP-led federal government."

"But we have to understand that this is a country where the PDP government has wrecked virtually all our infrastructure," he said. "So, what normally is a difficult task becomes monumental. There are no roads and no rail. So what miracle do we expect, really? How do we get materials to far flung areas on time? Is INEC supposed to perform overnight magic by constructing roads?"

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5687448-146/story.csp


Some parts of the country may be disappointed again on Saturday as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cannot guarantee that ballot paper errors would have been resolved before the National Assembly election scheduled to hold on April 9.

During last Saturday's botched election, voters noticed that the logos of some political parties were misrepresented. In some cases, parties were omitted from the ballot paper.

Electoral officials have said that the possible rescheduling in order to correct the errors will not be widespread but limited to "a few areas" where there is a need to reprint the affected papers.

Omissions were reported in states such as Ondo and Lagos but the electoral body insists the areas affected constitute only a small portion of the 120,000 polling centres across the country.

The affected political parties put pressure on the commission to explain on how it plans to resolve the problem before elections on Saturday, amongst other demands, during a crucial meeting on Sunday with the chairman, Attahiru Jega, where the decision to postpone all elections was reached.

Emmanuel Umenger, INEC's Director for Public Affairs, confirmed the matter was discussed at the meeting and Mr Jega had assured the political parties that the errors would be corrected before next Saturday.

But Mr Jega's spokesperson, Kayode Idowu, said election will be postponed again in those areas where ballot papers need to be reprinted.

"Of course, that will require the printing of new ballot papers, where it is not possible to take care of that before Saturday -- such areas are very few -- the chairman has already said that elections in such areas will have to be conducted at a later date," Mr Idowu said.

Multiple logos

One of the affected parties was the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). Voters complained that two party logos were seen printed on some ballot papers.

In a statement on Monday signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said, while it opposes the replacement of Mr. Jega, it is seeking answers to how practically INEC will rectify problems of multiple symbols and missing symbols for parties.

"The INEC Chairman must provide answers to the posers in order to engender more confidence in his commission's ability to recover from Saturday's false start and give Nigeria a credible election," the statement read.

Mr Idowu said the chairman, Mr Jega, had made the point to the political parties during Sunday's meeting and the parties were satisfied that issues with ballot papers would have been be resolved, while "a few" difficult cases, will be rescheduled.

He also denied that the commission plans to replace the modified open ballot system with secret ballot system which allows voters to vote as they are accredited.

Some other parties have also questioned the possibility of procuring sufficient ballot papers to replace the used ones on Saturday and for areas where there were shortages before the elections were called off.

The commission's spokesperson, Emmanuel Umenger, dismissed such fears yesterday in an interview, reechoing the assurance that had become typical of the commission before Saturday's fiasco.

"That is not an issue," he said. "Are you telling me that if there are to be run-off elections, there will be no ballot papers for that? That has already been factored into the planning for all the elections."

He said those concerns "will not be taken care of" before weekend; they "had already been taken care of." "What I know is that come Saturday, the commission will conduct free, fair and credible elections that will be to the satisfaction of all Nigerians," he added.

A fresh start

After the severe criticism it drew in the aftermath of the cancellation of last weekend's abortive poll, the commission seemed to be steadying itself again for planning ahead of Saturday's rescheduled election.

The tense atmosphere that had enveloped its main office in Abuja during the weekend, with a heavy security presence and several staff members appearing tense, seemed to have eased off on Monday after the commission gained an extra week to prepare for the National Assembly election.

The commission convened an emergency meeting with all the 36 Resident Electoral Commissioners, Directors of ICT as well as Directors of Logistics, on Monday in Abuja. A Twitter post, confirmed by officials, said the meeting reviewed the logistics and lapses that led to the postponement of the elections.

^^^

I dont think its sensible for you to be meeting people in your office. You are opening yourself up to danger in ways you are prolly not aware of.


Just saying.

NO.


I am always Fstranger. I did not open any thread yesterday, at least not with a fake Id


Link?

The effect is that it will stay where it is parked for six months, that is if you do not arrange for it to be stolen

mama-gee:
[color=deeppink]I can't help but notice that some Nigerians here in the U.S. especially ones that have been here for a long time think they are better than fellow countrymen?

I mean one of my friends told me a story of a woman who lived in a big house and began raising her self-worth because she thinks she's comfortable despite the fact that she's merely a pharmacist assistant but her husband is in the military so that explains why she's so comfortable. . .

So after a year, she began acting like she was better and her friend who came here recently was beneath her feet just because she lived in an apartment.

She didn't come to her house even for one day despite her friend going to her house occassionally, if she wanted to send something to her, she would park her car outside and ask her or somebody to come down and take it.

So, why are some Nigerians like that?[/color]

You tell us why.

tpiah!:
the friend should also marry someone in the military and buy her own house.

when she goes to get something from the first friend, she should park her car outside and wait for someone to come and take it.

problem solved.


public forum, open to everybody.

Classic Tpiah. I think DK's flirt with you has done something great to your mood.

Please, lets keep it this way ok?

Good!


She is really disgusting

She should never be allowed to step foot on Nigeria ever again

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/04/05/ecuador.us.ambassador/index.html?iref=NS1

Ecuador says U.S. ambassador not welcom[/b]e


CNN) -- The Ecuadorian government on Tuesday declared the U.S. ambassador in that country, Heather Hodges, persona non grata and asked her to leave as soon as possible, the state-run Andes news agency reported. The decision was based on a State Department cable made public by WikiLeaks, it said.
Ecuadorian Foreign Mnister Ricardo Patino declined to call it an expulsion, though Hodges was effectively being kicked out of the country.
According to Patino, he met with Hodges over revelations in the leaked cable, which said Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa allegedly was aware of acts of corruption by the police high command.
Because the ambassador did not have a satisfactory response, the decision was made that she was not welcome in Ecuador, Patino said, according to Andes.


[size=18pt][b]This act "is not against the government of the United States but against a diplomat who made serious statements[/size]," Patino said.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the expulsion was "unjustified."
[size=15pt]Patino said that during his meeting, he stressed to Hodges how upset the president was over the allegations and she declined to respond, saying only that it was information stolen from the U.S. government, Andes reported.[/size]


The cable in question has not yet been posted on the WikiLeaks website but was made available to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, which published it online and first broke the news of the allegations.
According to the document available on the website of El Pais, the cable was seeking to revoke the travel visa of Jaime Hurtado, Correa's commanding general of the Ecuadorian National Police, or ENP, from 2008 to 2009.
The cable alleges that before Hurtado's ascencion to the high post, the embassy had "multiple reports that indicate he used his positions to extort bribes, facilitate human trafficking, misappropriate public funds, obstruct investigations and prosecutions of corrupt colleagues, and engage in other corrupt acts for personal enrichment."


Describing the allegations against him, the cable makes a parenthetical note: "Hurtado's corrupt activities were so widely known within the upper ranks of the ENP that some Embassy officials believe that President Correa must have been aware of them when he made the appointment. These observers believe that Correa may have wanted to have an ENP Chief whom he could easily manipulate."
The Ecuadorian government has called the allegation that Correa knowingly promoted a corrupt officer to head the police "unacceptable, malicious and reckless.

aisha2:
Lucky[b] Lagos people[/b], am so jealous right now

:::blushing:::

Too bad you live in Mubi

kolexy:
Am sometimes amazed at the way some pple contribute to issues on this site.

Most people argue along ethnic lines. This is really sad. Mama gee is probably Igbo, and this is why she called Prince Jide Kosoko aloud mouth.

I wish to remind you all that we are AL GOD'S CREATION. God is neither white nor black. He is neither Igbo nor Yoruba, He is father to all. Let us live together as one trully indivisible people(Nigerians). God bless Nigeria

Argument? On this thread?

Awesome, I like it.

Very cheesy though, definitely not a winner

Odunnu:
Money's been paid back, nothing to share, darlyn.
i'm sure you feel extra special being called 'darlyn' by cutiepie

You just made my day.

Next time, do you mind using the word 'sweetie?' I like that better!

How are you doing Cutie pie?

PS: Lets talk about how you can make tripple that from some yankee based Nigerians. Are you game?

naijangel7:
Hahaha was it the same mama gee who said on one thread that she had never heard of Sade Adu? Everybody on that thread took the bait but it was obvious that she was trolling  Note how she's always (one of) the first to comment trollishly and so the thread becomes about her lol

You know, you have to be a troll to recognize another troll.

I like her trollish ways though. Very crafty

Too bad a lot of people do not recognize her talent. lol

naijababe:
Not sure about their neutrality,

To me, being neutral is not supporting a particular party. And keeping quiet is being neutral in a way. Atleast, no one knows who Oyedepo or Oyakhilome supports. They are for no one; yet, for all of them. I like it that way. Lets separate the Church, albeit a money grubbing one in our case, from the state.

especially when u consider the fact that Adeboye praying for GEJ is considered an endorsement by some already and it's not their neutrality that worries me but their deafening silence!

Only a crazy person would interpret it as such. The public outcry against Adeboye, someone I despise, after that incident was just unnecessary. He did nothing wrong IMO

Don't know if you ever heard any of Alhaji Muhydeen's lectures, he's always been critical of the government of the day.

His name isnt registering.

I think in Nigeria because of our lack of in-depth understanding of the democracy we poorly copied from the Americans ( who did a better job 'downloading' it from the Greeks), anyone coming out to criticize  will eventually end up criticizing every government because each successive government, doesnt matter if it was ACN, PDP, CPC, PPN, KKK or what have you, would almost always turn out the same way. One of the reasons Gani Fawehinmi failed is his bid was because of his penchant for being a loud-mouth. No one wants a loud-mouth in government or as a spiritual advisor, loud mouths bring back bad memory of the father, uncle or close relative you resent who never fails to criticize every little thing you do.

And to avoid being a flip-flopper like Bakare has become in recent times, not minding the business aspect of it, it is best for these 'high-flying' Men of Money to remain neutral, best espoused by keeping quiet.

This Mama-Gee is one hell of a troll


A very good one though!


Sup Mummy gee?

Odunnu:
ordinarily, i'd just let it go but I dont understand the part about 'inconsistencies'. Are you suggesting i'm cheating or cheated on my man? #Idontgerrit

NO.

All we are saying: where is our share!

Kilode?!:
Don't get me started on Nigerian pastors, especially their hypocritical silence during this election campaign season.

~rant begins~ Nigerian Preachers are so quick to lionize and praise American preachers like Kenneth Copleland, John Hagee, Hagin, Pat Robertson and co -The Militant arm of the "Conservative" Republican Party- they are their role models, but recommending their books and hiring them to speak in churches and conventions all over Nigeria is where it stops for my Naija pastors.

Nigerian Preachers can't bring themselves to take sides in politics and speak specifically about issues and candidates, even if it means saving their congregants from pain, oppression and suffering. but it's ok to tithe them hard! SMH ~rant stops~

Could it be because there is really nothing to talk about?
Pat Robertson and the other preachers you mentioned are hard-core conservatives. Being a conservative is not a life-style, it is an Idea, a way of thinking, and a culture in by itself.

So coming out to speak for a cause they believe in shouldnt be that hard for them.

On the other hand, in  Nigeria, Politics and issues arent based on ideas. What is there for Adeboye to criticize about PDP? How is OGD different from Tinubu, OBJ and Akande, Ribadu and Buhari and Shekarau and GEJ ( The constitution for all the parties was written by the same person)

So your rant on Nigerian preachers is really baseless I think. And Nigeria is really a fragile country compared to the US, if Adeboye were to come out against Buhari, wouldnt he be accused of bigotry?  

Looking at the tenuous political climate that we found ourselves, it is best that, for the interest of peace, the so called preachers remain neutral as much as possible, else they'd be accused of something much more damning that bigotry. After all, the ordinary iya alata, iya olobi, Naijababe, DK, baba onigedu and baba eleran,  who form the bulk of our electorates are neither republicans nor GOP'ers.

I really dont get DK anymore

I thought DK was on NB's case?

Its now Isale? Could it be the DD's that DK is after?

afam4eva:
I thought you said you converted to Christainity or have you forgotten?

Its an arabic word meaning God Willing.

How is that religious. Christian and Muslim Arabs use that phrase. It has no religious connotation whatsoever.