₦airaland Forum

thelastPope: I thought they said this man is intelligent. He just keeps blowing it! Without oil, lagos will be like Ekiti state. 75% of businesses in lagos are directly or indirectly dependent on the oil industry. Where will he get the tax from? Without oil, over 60% of Lagos population will return to states to farm. Where will he get the revenue from? He just doesn't get it. The whole structure and business flow of Nigeria will change without oil. States like Delta, Akwa ibom, Cross rivers, Rivers will be forced to fully utilize their ports. He just doesn't realise that the real beneficiaries of nigeria's oil are Lagos and Abuja. The ND state just started collecting 13% a few years back. Lagos has been benefitting since the 60s. Festac town was built entirely with oil money.

Eko Ile: Stating facts and exuberance are two different things/ As things stands right now, Lagos state can do without federal allocation regardless of all the doom and gloom scenarios you are peddling. Lagos IGR and GDP success story didn't come from any other reason but the fact that they have good and capable leaders
who are lubricating the state's growth, with vision, hard work and dedication.

It doesn't matter how situated you are economically, if the place is not safe, your business and economy will dry up.

It doesn't matter how situated you are economically, if your economic policies and and attitude towards business are not conducive, businesses will go elsewhere and industries will relocate.

It's all about leadership, they had industries in the east and north with their huge textile industries before, but everything dried up or crumbled dried up because of bad and irresponsible leadership. hand over your countries to the boys managing Lagos state and see how fast your country turn a new and better leaf into the future.

Lagos has tons of resources from human to natural, capital and of course industrial resources.

The 5th largest economy in Africa didn't happen by accident.

watchinglagos: Some days ago we posted pictures the fixing of Navy town road in Oriade LCDA by LPWC, however the drainage along that same road whose blockage leads to flooding that damages the road, is poorly managed. Days ago the drainage was cleared but left beside the road, when it rains everything that was cleared is the washed back into it making it an effort in futility.

We hereby call the attention of the relevant authorities to finish up the clearance to avoid flooding whenever it rains.


http://www.watchinglagos.com/2013/01/pack-and-dump-drainage-clearance-navy.html

lonamy: Nigeria is in a perpetual war zone, just that it is not on a full blown scale. Corruption, no light, bad roads, MEND, Boko haram, OPC, Egbesu boys, mention all militant groups. The uncontrolled killing by the police and army. Especially, when armed force men realised that you are IBO man, the next thing is to kill.

So what is OBJ talking about civil war. All these politicians they want to sit down and enjoy all their loots.

Aloodunayo: Meanwhile the successful artists are just sitting up there,doin nothing about it

Truckpusher: If you know how much these polithiefcians plans to loot in the coming yrs then you wouldn't be talking abt war....nobody is going to war as long as the oil keeps flowing from the creeks and hinterland of the Niger Delta.
If you know how much investment they've allocated to themselves through privatization you won't talk abt war.
If you know how some people owned oil wells that run into billions of dollars you won't talk abt war

If you know how hard it is for them to stash all their loots abroad and feel comfortable you won't talk abt war.

Finally if you know how we the ordinary are polarized on region, religion and ethnicity then you will never talk abt war and if I may ask who is going to fight who?....will the corrupt elites in our various societies fight themselves when they can conveniently loot and share amongst themselves? When they can conveniently beat up the drums of sentiment and we will fall for it...my brother forget abt war it's a propaganda by the criminal elites to keep us constantly on our toes so that we can never demand for accountability from them.

Truckpusher: if you know how much these polithiefcians plans to loot in the coming yrs then you wouldn't be talking abt war....nobody is going to war as long as the oil keeps flowing from the creeks and hinterland of the Niger Delta.
If you know how much investment they've allocated to themselves through privatization you won't talk abt war.
If you know how some people owned oil wells that run into billions of dollars you won't talk abt war

if you know how hard it is for them to stash all their loots abroad and feel comfortable you won't talk abt war.

Finally if you know how we the ordinary are polarized on region, religion and ethnicity then you will never talk abt war and if I may ask who is going to fight who?....will the corrupt elites in our various societies fight themselves when they can conveniently loot and share amongst themselves? When they can conveniently beat up the drums of sentiment and we will fall for it...my brother forget abt war it's a propaganda by the criminal elites to keep us constantly on our toes so that we can never demand for accountability from them.

Fhemmmy: Nice one, cos the [b]time is coming that the masses wont be able to take it anymore . . . They steal our money and use the money to oppress the masses, that is total insult[/b]

pato station: Baba Iyabo go talk up today; tomorrow e go begin talk another thing. E go drink garri today, tomorrow e go chop cassava bread. Next time e dey dance yahooooze. Which one Baba dey sef?

kabiesy: War ke oti o

IYA NGBALI: they should pls stop praying, enough of this yeye things in our country

Judinho59: Yea.. Bt they are Countable!

obi4eze: There'll be no civil war in Nigeria. There are genuine Christians that pray for this country night and day.

Akshow: No doubt about that wit the way things are going. If i should jand out of this country till thy kingdom come. And yeah....screw anybody that dares to oppose my stand.

1121: This can happen to anybody, especially when u'r not familiar with such sound or not being preinformed of such action. Beside she is the minister of state 4 defence and not d defence minister. She is just meant to aid the main defence minister who has been sacked. GEJ now holds that potfolio of a defence minister while she aid/support him. I guess this is her first time of witnessing such occasion. This issue should not be overflogged as though is a strange matter. It would have been a big deal if it happened to chief of defence staff or if she was/is a force/military woman. A minister is just like an administrator of a ministry, who must not necesarily be well knowledgable abt the ministry's activity. Thats Y we have advisers and perm sec

thierylee: Do we really have to trust and/or use this host site,NAIRALAND?why is it that they tend to block out most of the post from good nigerian whenever they are commenting on delicate state issues from certain national news reports from their own website?Why the provision for comments when the webmaster wouldn't publish most of the minds of nigerian posting them?.what seems to be the problem?Is it that nairaland owners are hypocrits or that they are playing the same wing.Maybe they are afraid that they would incur the animosity of the government when they publish most of critical remarks from good nigerians(critics).Whatever the case maybe,i think nairaland does not deserve the trust of its subscribers(nigerians).I mean why do we waste our time to comment on a site about national issues when our voices will never be heard?Nigerians should please look into this matter because it seems that nairaland does not have the interest of nigerian at heart, but they are exclusively out to make money...that is if they'll publish this post at the first place.

bobolekepee: Well, i'm not surprise, she is a minister not a combatant