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PapaBrowne: I feel very sorry for all you who have chosen to tribalise a wonderful project. Very pathetic and a gross display of crass unintelligence. Once again, I repeat, you do yourselves no good. While you little poor ones bicker about tribal ownership, real deals are being brokered on Eko Atlantic by everybody including Lebanbese, Hausas, Germans, Igbos, Americans, Yorubas, South Africans et al. Rich folk who would eventually build the properties don't care ish about tribe.

While you bicker and fight your e-wars to protect your imaginary tribal dynasty, Elumelu and Adenuga, Otedola and Jim Ovia, Dangote and Otudeko, Bello Osagie and Pascal Dozie would be cooling off to some Cuban Music somewhere where they usually discuss how to increase their fortunes and to do so, they would employ only the best whether you are Yoruba, Ibo or Hausa.

Once again, I sympathise with you tribalists.

From this point on, I would discuss only the merits of this wonderful project which I believe would be an example of the Africa of the future. I believe new cities and very modern cities would be built across Africa that would herald the coming of a modern continent that would command respect globally in the coming decades.

Smooyis: Nice move. But can a 60 storey building be the tallest building in Africa? Just asking!

Kairoseki77: Once again, you have NO IDEA who owns the land in Eko Atlantic, and are just making loud noises. When you can prove that the land is actually being sold we can go from there.

At present, only the first phase of Eko Atlantic is for sale. The other 2/3rds of the land are not being offered yet. You are just telling lies on too of lies to salve your insecurity.

PapaBrowne: The sad reality you guys have failed to embrace is that tribalism pays nobody. It only serves to hurt you.
Chaougory would not claim to own Lagos as it belongs to everybody that has bought land there. But he can well claim to be the custodian of Banana Island, as well as the owner of the land on which Eko Hotel sits and also this magnificent new city being built.

Tribal ownership of land in urban communities is a figment of the imagination of those who believe such. Those folks are omoniles at best. While you keep claiming ephemeral tribal ownership, others have gone ahead to acquire certificate of ownership.

Source of ethnic breakdown?? Like you seriously believe there is a list on Eko Atlantic stating what ethnicity purchase land there?? This tribalism is getting serious. Well let me oblige you. Most of the land is purchased in the name of companies majority of which(over 90%) were owned by non-Yoruba. Many are owned by Foreign Investment vehicles and the local owners are the same kind of folks that own real estate in Ikoyi & VI. So imagine the likes of Orji Kalu, TY Danjuma, Jim Ovia, Elumelu et al.

Aigbofa: Despite that, have you ever heard the Chagouris claiming to own Lagos or calling Lagos a no man's land? Did you think 100% of the land will be sold to Yoruba in the first place?

I don't know where you got that idea. Without question, Ibos and Bendelites have always been known to be the smartest Nigerians in the country!!
They are by far the most successful. They control the Nigerian economy. They produce the best technocrats.
The Lagos economy is run by the Igbos. Pull them out and Lagos would look like Cotonou.

bloggernaija: Yep. With lekki airport .
Future tourist would not need to stp into nigeria .

ADJAMES: Bros, is it the Malasyian that should provide healthcare, clean water and employment? Didnt u read that part says it ll be financed by a Malasyian company? So its possible a dime of the Ogun state govt's funds might not be spent on the project.

Ghana's John Mahama launches Hope City project


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Ghana's President John Mahama has launched a project to build a $10bn (£6.6bn) IT hub near the capital, Accra, within three years.

Dubbed Hope City, it will have Africa's tallest building, at a height of 270m (885ft), an investor says.

It will be built on empty land and will employ about 50,000 people and house 25,000 people, the investor adds.

In January, Kenya unveiled plans to build an "Africa's Silicon Savannah" within 20 years at a cost of $14.5bn.

Kenya's Konza Technology City, about 60km (37 miles) from the capital, Nairobi, is supposed to create more than 200,000 jobs by 2030.


What we are trying to do here is to develop the apps [applications] from scratch”

RLG Communications CEO
Roland Agambire
Mr Mahama said the private sector would spearhead the building of Hope City.

"Government has led growth since independence with all the major investments... The time has come for the private sector to take over," he said at the project's launch.

"We can see that already in several sectors, including ICT [information, communications and technology] and telecom."

The head of local technology giant RLG Communications, Roland Agambire, told the BBC that his company was investing in Hope City with the aim of making Ghana globally competitive.

"What we are trying to do here is to develop the apps [applications] from scratch," he said.

"This will enable us to have the biggest assembling plant in the world to assemble various products - over one million within a day," he said.

The IT hub would be made up of six towers, including a 75-storey, 270m-high tower, "the highest in Africa", RLG Communications says on its website.

"Hope City will provide work for 50,000 people and will host 25,000 inhabitants," it adds.

It would include an IT university, a residential area, a hospital, as well as social and sporting amenities, the BBC's Sammy Darko reports from Accra.

Asoozy: Very unrefined and uncouth. You continue to act true to the tag attached to you.

Very pretentious and emotional sod you are.

Asoozy: No surprises here.

You are what they say you are.
A big emotional baby who is always quick to find faults in PDP but never finds APC/ACN fallible!

An APC sycophant is all you are! Merely working hard for your pay!

I begrudge you not, after all man must wack.

Asoozy: You speak the truth about Gbawe.

Ogun Signs MoU on Light Rail System

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Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun

* Govt denies obtaining N85bn secret loan

By Sheriff Balogun

The Ogun State Government Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on light rail mass transit with the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) that would link major cities in the state as well as boost its economy.

This came as the state government last night debunked the allegations that it obtained a secret loan of N85 billion without legislative approval.

While signing the MOU in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Amosun said there could be no development without putting the necessary infrastructures in place.

According to him, “we have been doing our best on roads but it is high time we paid attention to rail as well. We are starting the mass transit within Abeokuta metropolis. This will be extended to all our major towns including the Ado-Odo/Ota axis which will encompass all the border area with Lagos.”

He added: “Our first focus is intra-city rail mass transit, thereafter we will embark on linking the cities together. Within the next couple of years, you will begin to see the results of what we are trying to do to improve transportation of goods and services.”

Amosun said it was imperative to boost transportation in the state since its population is projected to rise significantly over the next couple of years.

In his remarks the Managing Director of CCECC, Mr. Cao Bao Gang, applauded the Amosun-led administration for its developmental vision for the state, pointing out that: “The project on completion will enhance the transportation system and contribute to the economic development of the Gateway State.”

Meanwhile, speaking when she appeared before the state House of Assembly Tuesday, the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun said the claim is a plot by mischief makers who bent on distracting the Senator Ibikunle Amosun government from moving on with its unprecedented transformation programme.

These mischief makers, who she said are dazed by the development so far recorded by the present administration in less than two years in office, have launched an orchestrated campaign of calumny against the government by mis-informing the people.

"Beautiful thing about number is that it is verifiable. We have only borrowed N27billion for capital projects that you and I can see in 20 years time,” Adeosun said.

She stressed that Governor Amosun, as a fellow and herself a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) cannot indulge in shady financial transaction, adding that the government has indeed in the last 22 months embarked on a financial re-engineering by blocking revenue leakages and encouraging residents to pay their tax.

The commissioner noted that this effort has yielded positive results as the state's Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) rose from the N750million being generated by the previous administration to N3billion annually.

Also according to her, this has built up the confidence of contractors and banks who have since been supporting and partnering with the government in the execution of its programmes across the state.

Adeosun denied that the state government has incurred huge debts and assured that by the time the administration ends its tenure, it will hand over a debt-free state with tremendous transformation.

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Miles78: OMG, tallest building?? Maintanance, nko??

“There would be adjoining structures which would redefine the landscape of the capital city.
“Others are shopping mall, recreation centre, signature tower, office complex, hotels and worldclass convention centre.”

TechyGuy: Read my last post and you would see how this post is a confirmation.

Show me a post where you supported or commended any good plan, policy or action of GEJ and a post where you criticized any bad plan, policy or action of an APC governor or leader.

Do you mean any plan, policy or action of APC leaders is perfect and good and any plan, policy or action of GEJ and PDP is bad?
If you show me the posts, I will apologize to you here and now.

say that to the marines, to someone that has not visited the rocky cave called ogun state. is it shagamu, abeokuta? The dirty and old village called abeokuta.

TechyGuy: Wow! See somebody's child or father.
Are you this young?

TechyGuy: I am an avowed non-supporter of ACN/CPC/APC, but I am smiling and happy reading this.
Many more state governments should emulate this. I am tired of seeing 1 storey buildings wasting lands all over the place.
I can't hide my love for high rise, one reason I like Lagos Islands and some parts of ABJ.

This is a welcome development. And should be emulated.

Lastly, Gbawe keep quiet!
The people you are attacking are only doing what you and your paid laptop critics do all over nairaland when it is about PDP or other parties.

Hezron Lorraine: Does anyone have the artistic impression.

Proposed Abeokuta City Centre Will Bring Socio-Economic Boost– Consultant

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The proposed Abeokuta City Centre will significantly enhance the socio-economic growth of Ogun State, the Lead Urban Designer/ Project Director for Urbanisma, the Malaysian Consulting firm handling the design of the Master Plan for the centre, Muhammed Hafiz has said.

He also described the project, an initiative of the Ibikunle Amosun led administration as “a socio-economic generator that will draw world attention and attract international crowd to Ogun State”.

He was speaking at an interactive session where he gave a run-down of the design and actualisation of Putrajaya, the adorable new administrative Capital City of Malaysia, to a visiting Technical Team from the state to Malaysia.

Hafiz believed that the Abeokuta City Centre will be a major landmark that will not only be a source of inspiration and pride to the people of Ogun State but also create ample opportunities for local and foreign investors.

According to him, a project of such magnitude will greatly spur the economy of the state in rural and urban areas as it will meet the interests of investors in diverse sectors of the economy.

The Convention Centre, which is a major part of the project, Hafiz added, would attract world-wide patronage because of the international programmes that would be organised there.

“We have looked at the whole programme as a socio-economic generator that will have a place for various sectors of businesses, and we are guided by the five cardinal programmes of the government of Ogun State which will give room for all the sectors to be fully integrated’’, he said.

Hafiz stated further that the Retail Centre for instance, would create space for small retail outlets as well as cater for big shopping malls.

He revealed that the first phase of the project will include, Shopping Mall, Recreation Centre, Signature Tower, offices, hotels and the Convention Centre, which he noted would kick start development.

Speaking on the New Government City project, which is also being handled by his firm, Hafiz said it will give priority to housing and industrial development, adding that it will feature complete infrastructure which will make Ogun State an investor’s destination of choice for businesses in the upstream or downstream industry and also accommodate migrants from neighbouring Lagos State.

FreeGlobe: Even though I must admit Amosun is likely the best performing governor in the southwest nay ACN governors but this is an elephant and wasteful project

He said the project would be handled and financed by Urbanisima Ltd., a Malaysian company.

Asoozy: But he is Nigerian like yourself.

Why does his opinion not count?

bloggernaija: Nigerian do not want to pay taxes .
They want everything for free and start complaining when their leaders give them free shit.
If cannot afford a trolley after buying a plane ticket, carry ya load for head.

enigmang: Heathrow terminal 3 does same.., put your coin in before the trolley is released...

ba7man: Hmmmm....Ogun State dey vex oooo.

warlei: Who says its a misplaced priority.i dont knw hw people think in this part of the world.things like this attract tourism,create jobs and more beautiful environment,the more we do these tins the more we create jobs,

S-C-A-N-D-A-L! Poor funding squeezes Nigeria at Moscow 2013
Sports Thursday, August 15, 2013

From Onochie Anibeze, Moscow

The poor funding of other sports other than football has had it's toll on Nigeria here.

It is a scandal by all standards in sports.

Athletics Federation of Nigeria took athletes to the World Championships (equivalent of World Cup in soccer) without even a day's camping.

They did not have money to organise a camp for the athletes that they brought here. It is a shame. Only N15m was approved for the championships and the money, we gathered, was released after the delegation landed here in Moscow for the 14th edition of the World Championships.

It's a long time apathy for which Solomon Ogba, the President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria says the current sports Minister is determined to stop.

The effect of this here in Moscow came to bare when officials discovered that Ajoke Odumosu, the 400m hurdler is injured that she could not train well what more competing among the best in the world. But Nigeria entered her for the event. And in order to avoid sanctions Ajoke had to line out for the event. And what did she do? She beat the gun two times and fouled out.

Beating gun in a 400m event? And two times for that matter? And in hurdles for that matter? It was simply ridiculous and Nigeria bore the shame that could have been avoided if there was even a one week camping for the coaches to assess the athletes they were taking to the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Ajoke has been a top athlete for Nigeria and one known for making sacrifices to don the Nigerian colours. She is among the only four Nigerians with A Standard qualification for the World Championships, the others being 400m runner, Regina George, Gloria Asunmu, the sprinter and of course Blessing Okagbare who is a Long Jump silver medallist and who begins another medal chase in the 200m today.

Tosin Oke, the male Triple Jumper is also not fit. The coaches only found out here. And that's how Nigeria has become almost a one- athlete nation.

Track and field is an individual sport so the current form or fitness of athletes who train on their own and under their various coaches can only be properly assessed in closed camping shortly before championships which could be months after their qualification marks.

"We would not have had this problem if we had money to camp athletes for even a short time," one AFN official lamented, adding "it's a shame that this is happening to a Nigerian team in the World Championships."

Another official said that the media should help in educating the government on what their priorities should be when planning their allocations for sports development.

Sports Minister Bolaji Abdullahi is here in Moscow and he appears more determined to turn around sports in Nigeria.

But the rot before he came was deep and his achievement would depend on not only planning but how he succeeds in making government approve more funds for sports and how he reorganises the NSC and ensures transparency in the management of the available little funds.

Abdullahi, however, leaves Russia a happy man as Nigeria broke a 14 year old medal drought in the World Championships. It is equally so for all members of the AFN especially Ogba who has been spending his personal money to run athletics in Nigeria.

Shine u Eye: Bros how's the propaganda ministry going?

Katsumoto: You obviously aren't very bright. No one is stating that there are no Yorubas in other parts of Nigeria or Africa, the key factor here is number. There are Americans in Nigeria but will anyone conclude that Nigeria is a popular destination for Americans?

Must one have to explain everything to some of you dullards? Its like teaching a monkey to read.

If you don't have the gumption, stay on the sidelines.

Shine u Eye: Just so you know, Ogun state is currently the fourth most indebted state with $96,285.547.


@Gbawe
How's the state ministry of lying this morning?