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Waspy: OMG, Dafuq . The innocent beauty came for her professional duties as it demanded, and of course, she did perfectly well. Why all the hate like..... she's the enemy of the state, as if Shekau and dem corrupt politicians don die finish?
SMH... for this generation, so full of NEGATIVE ENERGY and BITTERNESS. Soon now dem go turn am to Nigeria Vs Liberia/ Sierra Leone beef
I tire for una oo

Indeed. Nigerians online just come across as a sad, frustrated, negative and bitter people these days. Imagine targeting Sesay hatefully for doing her job exposing the indolence and callousness of Nigerian Political leaders.Was any lies told against our worthless leaders? Did Sesay kill anyone, the way Shekau has killed many, or did her action/inaction, as is the case for our worthless politicians, lead to the death of many innocent Nigerians?

To then be calling her out spitefully because her Country of origin is struggling with an Ebola outbreak is unbelievably vindictive. Some people are so far gone in hate they don't realise it is their fellow human beings dying horribly. It is obvious these days that many Nigerians are very unhappy and just lashing out at anything and anyone without the balls to take on their real oppressors and tormentors.

Kudos Oga Fash. Well, the most important consideration for all progressive Lagosians is that it must be an equally competent hand that takes the baton from Fashola. Too often, the story of Nigeria and even Africa at large is one step forward and two steps backwards as far as leadership is concerned.

felifeli: It is you that is insane . Where did you find me say anything about Pastor Adeboye ? Stop manufacturing things that don't exist in your head f00l

Felifeli, why do you hate Ogbeni so much? As far as I know, you have hated him from the day he was sworn in and you have opposed all Aregbesola's initiatives and policies whether good or bad. It can't be about politics and the leadership of Osun alone. There appears to be another reason, perhaps a personal one, for you.

@OP

Nice thoughts. Clearly the thinking of a rational, mature and analytical mind. Virtually all you have said is correct. The problem, as I perceive it, is that for every single Nigerian who is like you there will be thousands who are the opposite i.e sentimental, bigoted, ethnocentric, prejudiced, intolerant and lacking focus and self-pride. These sort of citizens make it too easy for misrule to thrive and that is why this is indeed the case in Nigeria.

The fact is that our leaders might not be the hideous misrules they are if Nigerians, as a people, know how to focus on what matters and hold elected leaders accountable. When this ability is absent in a citizenry then political leadership becomes a get-rich-quick scheme that will attract the worst Nigerians living simply because of the understanding that there is no repercussion for misrule and the looting of the commonwealth of the people. We have a long way to go precisely because what should be a nation's strength, i.e her people, happens to be Nigeria's biggest weakness.

wiseguy: No time to read? Then why do you bother to appear on the thread? This is just the major problem with black man. You will not read but wait for someone's comment and then you follow. I pity this generation.
@Topic
This is a good write up by someone close to the Govt. I await a rebuttal (if any)from the opposing party before concluding.

Indeed. The black man is ridiculed sarcastically for this . I would be predisposed to disregard the saying below if not that many on this forum have indeed proven that the black man does not like to read. Anything that is more than one line is an "epistle' whereas others read and write as much as is needed to deliver the advancement humanity needs.

"If you want to hide something from a black man put it in a book"

@Post.

Progressive Nations focus on the whole spectrum of government input that develops and preserves the most valuable asset of any society i.e manpower. Governments committing fully to contributory pension schemes is absolutely vital to preserve the dignity of labour and get people to understand that it is rewarding to work for the productive years of your life because there will be money to assure a dignified existence after retirement. Kudos to Lagos and all other States taking their commitment to pensioners seriously.

9jacrip: Rather than hold their Governors by the nut-sack over cases such as this, SWest politics and whatever continues to be their major concern and how to label the North bad with vile comments meanwhile their states continue to rot.
God bless SW.

I just don't understand how they fail to see their own 'madness' and aberrant ways. People who are fulfilled and satisfied with their lot have no time or obsession for talking about others 24/7. For all the empty chest-beating and hollow braggadocio it is obvious these people really need the validation and attention of Yorubas daily to feel 'complete' whereas the feeling is unrequited i.e most Yorubas have no special interest in them or anyone else for that matter. I really feel sorry for them and their 'issues' which manifest in this 'weird' behaviour that makes it obvious they have a massive chip on their shoulders.

barcanista: The consequences can never be a parallel government. It is an invitation to anarchy. What we need to do is to keep on the pressure but be mindful of our statements. Though I understand what the Hon. Chairman mean but opposition will want to cash on it and forment trouble like they did in 2011

Think about what history has shown us and then align such with your position here. Is the PDP desperate to hold on to power at the centre? Absolutely !!! Is the PDP willing to do anything to retain power? Yes and history shows us the Party has no qualms rigging itself into power against the will of the people and in the face of its Presidents, from 1999 till today, being guilty of glaring misrule and crippling corruption. I think this is what NgeneUkwenu is trying to point out.

Did Obasanjo, using Maurice Iwu, not conduct "the worst elections in the history of man" according to local and foreign observers? What Court righted that wrong ? Did Yar Adua himself not admit that the election that brought him to power was "highly flawed"? Did any court annul that election? Let us stop this obsession for politically correct utterances while Nigeria burns and continues to resemble Afghanistan more by the day. We know our own nation and it almost appears like 419 when we speak as if Nigerians have recourse to the court to overturn rigging at the Presidential level if the ruling Party is determined to perpetuate itself in power. Our Nation is in no condition for such self-delusion. It is an almost failed nation, courtesy of the ruling Party, with the people almost having no option of voting out misrule which affects us all. Given all we are seeing currently, indicating Nigeria is almost certainly doomed unless the clueless government at the centre is voted out, opposition leader have the right to warn of the harsh 'enough is enough' repercussion of a failed ruling Party perpetuating itself in power via rigging.

I don't have time for the PC brigade on this forum or anyone playing to gallery because 'Amandla awetu', i.e people power, has always been a veritable tool for those who are led to get what wicked and autocratic leadership fails to grant. We have seen people power utilised to remove despotic and 'sit tight' Government worldwide who are guilty of far less misrule and anti-people wickedness than the PDP. You may think Nigeria too divided for its people to agitate unitedly for the removal of a despotic government but it really does not have to be literally all Nigerians everywhere. I have no problem with that being an option for Nigeria when we have a very wicked and misruling Party perpetuating itself in power despite running Nigeria aground entirely. What shows Nigerian must be rid of the PDP, as an indicator of the wickedness of the Party, if not how the ruling Party, without human conscience, looted $18 billion disbursed to fight the "Iraqilisation' of Nigeria? Are we here fooling ourselves that the APC is not corrupt or will not steal or are we saying that the PDP, uniquely capable of inhuman corruption and misrule that will destroy Nigeria, must be prevented from retaining itself in power by all means?

Descartes: When you want to lie, first check the level of people around you.
Thanks

Let me tell you today that you are wasting your time quoting me. I don't give serious responses to posters like you. You can continue wasting your own time quoting or you might want to use your time talking to those who give a toss about your views.

barcanista: What a shameful statement by Apc leaders. They don't have any power nor mandate to form any illegal govt whether Jonathan rigs or not. The law must take its course. It is only the court that has the final say. Except there's a public uprising.


Btw: What is oyinlola saying? He's part of the mess in Osun state(and Lagos)

Bro, you will find that Oyegun's utterance may mean anything and certainly not what you are thinking. A parallel government , since the APC would not have the executive mandate to control finance and forces of Nigeria, would have to rely on the people. It would most likely be a people-led agitation to force the ruling and legitimate government to make concessions and/or step-down totally. We have seen it elsewhere , in Nations far better off than Nigeria, so let us stop deceiving ourselves in Nigeria, where everything has broken down and our nation is almost failed, with this talk of "law take it course".They have rigged before and gone to court to 'win'. They thus legitimise their actions using our 'cash and carry' judiciary. Such can always happen because the Nigerian judiciary, one of the most corrupt in the world, can always let Nigerians down if the price is right.

We cannot trust the judiciary. It is as simple as that. Where the future and continued survival of the "biggest black nation on earth" depends on it then the political leaders who mean well for Nigeria will just have to put it all on the line, if they are willing to, and gain the concession/changes needed or we all continue to 419 each other in a nation where lack of strong and independent institutions means the ruling government can more or less control the armed forces, judiciary and virtually all important institutions partisanly.

barcanista: What a shameful

Bro, i'll check my PM and respond today. On holiday at the moment and in lazy mode.

@Post
About time. Clearly Nigeria is not working and will remain on skid row while we have the likes of GEJ in charge. The supporters of GEJ are very clannish but not intelligent at all. They shout 'achievement's while even a bright child, with an analytical mind, will know that GEJ has taken Nigeria backwards in relation to the specific perennial and major problems that have kept and will continue to keep Nigeria horribly underdeveloped.

Politicians, the ones who still mean well for Nigeria, should stop talking and begin acting. They should shun self-servitude and lead the people, at least those who want it, to agitate for changes the regressive FG-led centre has always rejected such as true fiscal federalism and/or regional governance. Let everyone go back to their region and develop it commensurate to their readiness for hard work and insular devotion to a better life for people they are affiliated with.

God Nairaland is so disgusting these days !!!! A place full of cretin and cavemen who refuse to use whatever little brain they have !!! Did all you clannish id1ats who responded above to insult Tinubu bother to inspect the message and substantive point which is very valid, above everything else, in relation to the nations we all have in common?

Is Tinubu not correct that it is wrong , and indicative of poor/failed leadership, to flood Osun with soldiers and the might of our armed forced yet same cannot be done to rescue the Chibok girls or mount a serious assault on insurgency even when the GEJ government collected and looted $18 billion dollars over three years disbursed to fight Boko Haram? What "fight" has the Government put up against Boko Haram for all the money it has collected?

What is wrong with you people and why, in relation to adults of other nations, are you all so childish and self-harming? Even if the politicians must play politics with everything should you guys, the real victims, do same? There are many serious challenges facing the nation currently. You people keep doing your childish thing and insulting everyone while the President given a lot (10 airplanes, convoy of car, billion naira food, palatial homes and allowance et al) to improve your lives and keep you safe continue to fail you woefully. Keep insulting Tinubu. Hopefully that insult will keep you safe when the incompetence of GEJ brings problems to your door.

@Firefire


Are you okay at all? I.e quoting yourself inanely? Is this how jobless and infantile some of you are? Did people not read what you wrote the first time? Stop this idiocy abeg. You clowns have driven away intelligent posters who actually made nairaland informative and stimulating with your childish antics .

EdCure: As always predictable, the reaction from the Presidency will bear multiple trace of rascality and none of statesmanship.

Indeed. Quick to join issues with political opponents and dish out retorts pettily, as if without serious problems to tackle, but abjectly slow to deliver solutions for the people who voted him into power. Joke Presidency=Nigeria's loss.

aresa: [s][/s]


Even though I know bitterness, anger and bigotry is you people's way of life, but why do you irrelevant, angry and bitter people always think people owe you anything or that you really matter beyond your nuisance and irrelevant activities on NL? I just don't get it?


You people really need to stop thinking you are relevant because you are not...

Don't mind the hateful n1twits. Imagine someone is living in Ebonyi or Enugu and demanding, not even asking politely, that I come and give him a progress report on a project in my own State. Is that the sort of lunacy any sensible person will indulge? These people are just harming themselves without knowing it. The GEJ who is encouraging them to go public with their hatred of others, i.e the SW and the North, will leave soon. What then for folks who can never be sensible and circumspect yet prefer alienating others needlessly with their hateful antics?

Next time avoid this sort of thread as most SW Nairalanders do these days. Leave it for them to descend on like wretched Vultures. They only make a fool of themselves because balanced folks will wonder what their concern is with Lagos when they are not even from the SW. Inversely, how many Nairalanders from the SW come here daily to obsess about what is going on in Anambra or Abia? What is my business with the bridge Elechi of Ebonyi has built or has not built? How does it concern me if some PPP project is delayed in Enugu to the extent I will leave the affairs of my State to be obsessing over Chime's action? These guys are jokers and we know they don't speak out of love for Lagos or any State in the SW. Never take them seriously and never bother giving them any information. They don't want good or progressive news about the SW anyway. They are rodents and pests best ignored.

maxit2: See how all of you are spitting shameless comments on someone's look and family...

If i call una bastarrds now e go be like say i wicked.

This guy might have a Nairaland Username, how do you think he will feel seeing these kind of hate? Someone analyzing him as a Gorilla and all that.

Una dey craze oh....

Taiye Taiwo, if you are seeing this, You the BEST men. These low lifers with "handsome" Yellow faces will readily become you if given the chance. They will NEVER be you. They will NEVER be known.
They are NOBODY. Just trash cans.

Indeed. Shocking behaviour from these disgraceful ALUU savages who prefer to attack and vilify others rather than express joy over the good fortunes of their fellow man. These worthless fools cannot even refrain from talking negatively about innocent kids who, by the way, are actually cute and healthy-looking children. Who is that vile if not losers in life who are very bitter, angry and frustrated?

@post
Nice picture. Cute kids with their proud and happy dad.

vedd: It is noteworthy that the negative emotions from his insignificant detractors avail to nothing, as it only spurs Tinubu more to improve and surpass his rivals.

I agree. the noise against tinubu has only reached this desperately loud crescendo because of the upcoming elections. Yet Tinubu will always do his thing because he is a consummate and talented politician whereas others are mere opportunists promoted above their stations to the extent they now think themselves to be what they are not. Let some continue to shout themselves hoarse with noise of Tinubu this and Tinubu that. BAT will continue to outlast and outshine them because he lives and breathes politics unlike those who can never excel or distinguish themselves excel outside politics and only seek political relevance as a means to riches and affluence.

vedd: They are exhibiting jealousy.
Remember, jealousy does not protrude its forked tongue at the artist who produces a commonplace painting.

Of course. Like or hate him, Tinubu is an extraordinary individual. Naturally, any one in that category will be loved, hated and envied passionately by many.

desgiezd: Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown!

If you ask many of his haters why they hate him so much, they wont be able to give cogent reasons for their hatred!

Indeed. Ask them why Tinubu is more deserving of their hate than others they support slavishly and they will be dumbfounded also.

@OP.

The demonisation of Tinubu is being orchestrated by the PDP for political gains. Is it not obvious, ala Iwoyi ni aro, that it is suddenly a few months to elections that Tinubu, not in charge of any Nigerian public office and with nothing to do with any other Nigerian region but his own SW, is public enemy numero uno?

Because Nigeria is an ungodly place full of many unprincipled elements who will do anything for money then expect the political enemies of Tinubu, who control Nigeria's wealth, to be able to coerce unprincipled Yorubas , using financial inducement and political appointments, to mount a war of attrition against BAT.

These Yorubas are the sort who were always envious of Tinubu anyway. They hated how the man's natural talent and charisma helped him build enduring structures and carried him to great heights amongst his political peers. They looked on with envy and hate from the sideline but have now being thrown the perfect opportunity to 'cut down' Tinubu to size by a desperate President with a desperate agenda. A balanced person is supposed to believe Tinubu is a 'bad guy' and the "problem of Nigeria", as claimed by agents of retrogression and paid sycophants, never mind that those making this allegations work for the ultra-dangerous President looting the Nation dry and moving us nearer to total collapse. Did Tinubu callously supervise the looting of $18 billion pumped into the fight against terror over three years to leave Nigerians exposed to death and maiming while him and his own enjoy impregnable security in Aso Rock? What could be more wicked than that and why do some not appreciate their own hateful hearts when they support those who conduct such callousness against all Nigerians while they hypocritically round on Tinubu who is merely a Party boss?

We know those destroying Nigeria and moving her backwards i.e accidental and undeserving leaders. Over decades their tactics have not changed. They did not deserve to be in office in the first place and this shows quickly with how their ineptitude quickly worsens life for Nigerians. After that stage, and because they are all invariably 'sit tight' sort garishly fascinated with keeping power at all cost, they simply begin using divide-and-conquer to detract from their misrule and get Nigerians focusing on others as the 'enemies' so that they may retain power. Tinubu is a victim of this tactic currently and one of those now propped up as an 'enemy' of the nation by those who are the real and dangerous enemies of Nigeria. Today Nigerians are shockingly divided along ethnic and religious lines to the extent many are not looking at the failings of this abysmal and hideously self-serving government.

Ultimately, Tinubu is a very intelligent, visionary and well-read man who strategizes well. He learns from his mistakes and makes changes even as this is not always visible because you cannot be seen to give ground publicly in a Nation where even the people who are led, when this should not be so, believe in strong men more than strong institutions. He has survived persecution several times in the past. People forget that this is the same man who fought Abacha and OBJ and emerged stronger and more influential. The issue is that many Nigerians are sentimental rather than measured. They always emotionally get carried away with today and totally blind themselves to what may happen tomorrow. Abeg will GEJ be President forever? Will Obanikoro, Adesiyan, Teslim Folarin and other political 'lightweights' and current anti-Tinubu noise makers and protagonists, who have never done anything for the SW let alone Nigeria, continue to be relevant beyond GEJ?

There is nothing I write here Tinubu will not know. If I can also see how this will end , to note Tinubu will be fine and still influential beyond the exit of this wretched government and its wickedly divisive and polarising ways, then Tinubu himself will be way ahead of me to know what he has to do now in this season where the ungodly, so that focus is taken away from their wicked and misruling ways, are leading the lynch mob against others.

1wolex85: Good question, all our leaders should be made to fulfill thier promises. Apc supporters or any other person who hasva progress report or otherwise should tell us.

@op, I know you only opened this thread in response to the thread on power, u dont care about lagos.

Apc supporters pls ignore the intentions of this op and lets state it as it is here, where is the airport and seaport?

I normally avoid threads like these because they are mischief-driven effort started by bigoted Nairalanders who "don't care about Lagos" and have nil interest in seeing progress anywhere in the SW. Yet from the way you have spoken reasonably it is obvious there are many Nigerians out there who genuinely want progress report on these laudable and much-awaited projects.

The long and short of it is that virtually all these projects, and many others like the cable car transport line, will be driven by private sector funding and expertise in a PPP arrangement between Lagos State and investors who are willing to plough their cash into these and other infrastructural development project requiring vast sums of money Lagos does not have. Lagos has led innovatively via using the PPP path to bypass an indolent and fruitless reliance on an ultra-corrupt FG that has fallen ridiculously behind with its own infrastructural responsibility to Nigeria let alone be relied upon to assist Lagos with these projects which are vital for the whole of Nigeria.

As such, one would expect every Nigerian to look forward to the actualisation of these superb large-scale projects instead of this "enemy within' antics we see, day in day out, from OP and his likes who do not view themselves as Nigerians and only live to antagonise others they hate with clannish zeal.

The fact is that these projects are delayed because they are entirely reliant on Lagos attracting and securing the right type and number of investors who will support these plans with their cash and expert skills. Fashola himself has stated this many times while these god-forsaken mischief-makers continue to dance around gleefully as if it is a State in a Country that is the enemy of Nigeria they are talking about. Sensible Nigerians , into progress and cognisant of what these projects mean for Nigeria and even the West African corridor, would be behind these ambitious and superlative plans that will be 'game-changers' for our entire Nation .

Any balanced person will realise that, unlike many abandoned FG-led projects with billions sunk in already, these projects are PPP arrangement with the burden of financing and even development on the private sector. Till solid investments is on ground, adequately mobilised and ready to go, with every legality tied up, then these kind of delays are entirely understandable. Lagos continues to do its preparatory work. Below Fashola, a few months ago, explains the situation and it is tragic to see mischief online that show how Nigerians hate each other and are their own biggest enemies.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/02/lekki-international-airport-project-course-fashola/

Lekki International Airport project on course – Fashola

on February 26, 2014 / in News 1:26 pm / Comments


Lagos – Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State said on Tuesday night that the state government had not jettisoned its plan to build an international airport in Lekki area of the state.

Fashola told State House correspondents in Lagos that the delay in actual take-off of the project did not mean it had been abandoned.

He said that the state government had already done all the preparatory work on the project and was engaging the right investors to translate it to fruition.

According to him, what the government plans to build is an international airport that will live to its true name and comply with the best aviation standards.

[b]“There are airports and there are airports. What we think Lagos deserves is a truly international airport that can compete globally. And those are not the kinds of airports that government would build and run.

“We have acquired the land for the project, government is fencing the land. We are doing the financial and the technical study of the project.

“We already know what it will look like because we have already done the concept design. We have in fact done all the preparatory work.

“But there are people whose business it is to build airports. They do it for a living and those are the people we are talking to.

“We have done the international bids, seven of these investors have been shortlisted. These are people who have handled similar projects successfully in other parts of the world.

“We are seeking the partnership of these people to instal equipment; scanners, data capture machines and others, and run the airport and keep it functional because it is their core business.

“That is the kind of plan we have for the airports because the state is a centre of excellence and it deserves nothing short of the best,” he said.

Fashola said he would not promise a completion date of the project, but assured that government would complete the airport at the best time possible.[/b]

The governor said the project as well as the proposed Lekki Deep Sea Port would create opportunities as it would stimulate businesses.

According to him, the airport is one of the many projects the government is executing simultaneously to better the lives of residents and make the state a megacity.

He listed some of the other projects as the Apapa regeneration project, expansion of Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Ikorodu Road and the light rail project.

The governor said he was satisfied with the progress of work on Lagos-Badagry Expressway and would continue to interact closely with the contractors, to ensure accelerated delivery of the project.

“We are also happy with the progress of work on our light rail project. We have completed essentially Mile 2 to Costain.

“The last terminus at the National Theatre is nearing completion as most of the inner fittings at the terminus have been done.

“We are heading from there to Marina and things will soon take shape there as soon as the contractors are back from their holidays,” he said.

Fashola said the government’s cable cars project was also being pursued to complement other transportation solutions that had been put in place.

The governor said he would leave a legacy of impact and enduring projects at the expiration of his tenure in May 2015.

On whether he had any fears about what governance would become in the state after his exit, Fashola said he had no fears as government in Lagos was about institutions and not persons.

He, however, said he hoped to have a successor that would perform better than him and reduce his achievements to child’s play.

“I hope the next governor would do in two years what we have been able to do in four years, and with that happening, it is going to be to the benefit of all,” he said. (NAN

PDP has nothing to offer Nigeria as per the power sector because the Party, since 1999, continues to produce Presidential candidates who do not have the sacrificial nature, selflessness and unshakeable will required to tackle the power woes of Nigeria. The other problem is that Nigerians are too divided to ask for what others elsewhere would as minimum dividends of democracy.

The many broken promises of the PDP in the power sector, over 15 years, should mean that Nigerians should be unanimously united in concluding that it is pointless placing any hope in the PDP. Sadly this is not the case because of ethno-religious bias. Many are clannishly supporting misrule, with the power sector being one of the most poignant indicator of this misrule, because of ethno-religious affiliation to the head of the current government. Were Nigeria a nation where majority of her people are able to think critically and without sentiments, then it would be agreed that the PDP is and continues to be about "deception" in regards to the power sector.