₦airaland Forum

Amigoos1:
The key to marrying more than one wife and keeping the entire family together is largely the attitude of the first wife. I was at an occasion yesterday where the man had three wives, with children from all three marriages, and most of the children were already grown. Yet, the relationship between everyone was genuinely good and cooperative. The first wife welcomed the other wives when the man played away matches and in return they all respected her and looked up to her. Yesterday honestly gave me some ideas.

Hmmmm

My brother. I wish I could type a life story here.

I really wish I could

liveLongNprospa:
You realise if you rent at even 500k, people will pay immediately for it right?
Is LASG doing this to make money right now or to solve a serious problem?
Or should all government solutions be geared towards profitability?
There is a market for affordable housing if the barrier of entry is low. Only LASG can provide that at large scale.

Pardon my local economics, but let's look at it this way

Google says it costs 12 million to build self con in Lagos.

As a governor, how much will you budget for building selfcons?.

Total FAAC allocation to Lagos in 2025 = 500 billion. If the government uses 100 billion to build selfcons ( doesn't make sense), they will build 8000 units in one year

The 100k earner paying 400k a year will use 30 years to pay 12 million naira back.

My brother in the Lord, how this thing go take work?

liveLongNprospa:
Why must they sell the units?
Why not rent those units out? Is there any law stopping them from doing that?
These are things LASG can actually explore. The idea is to crash the price of rent or stop the increase.
Would you admit LASG has not done even close to anything reasonable to solve this issue?

Okay, let's assume they rent. Do you think that with the cost of materials today, a brand new self con will go for 400k a year (40% of a 100k salary earner's earnings)?

You know it's not possible.

And yes, I agree that the government has not done reasonably enough, and this lapse is showing because there's a serious shortfall of private investors

Transportation and logistics in Lagos is a little better and seamless because there's Uber, Bolt, and delivery bikes. All these are product of individuals jumping in. Remove Bolt and Uber and Delivery bikes. How would Lagos be?

People are buying lands to build Terrace duplexes at 500 million. Scroll on IG. Nobody is building self con or one bedroom that is affordable. The rest are advising us on mutual funds and stocks; Telling us to invest 100 million on Dangote refinery

So we are left with the government building theirs or paying exorbitantly for rubbish.

So yes, I agree that enough isn't done, but maybe it is heavily felt because private investors are scarce

liveLongNprospa:
Then he's not smart enough to understand the implication of that question.
And I can't answer that question. But if Lagos state builds even more housing units and actually spends money that they waste and steal on projects like housing (again), it will drive down the price or atleast give more options to youths.

Lagos state cannot say there's no money to build atleast 200k units of selfcon year on year.

After all how much sanwo Olu babe use buy jewelry?

So, while agree with you, I still believe that it wouldn't be affordable for a 100k salary earner.

Let's assume that the government wades in to build. The cost to build would still remain the same. The project wouldn't be cheaper to build because LASG is the financier

So even reselling at a 1% profit won't make it cheaper for a 100k salary earner.

Do you agree with this?

GloriousGbola:
The point I was making is that is exactly what is happening in the US right now. There is a global economic downturn and young people are either doing flatmate arrangement or staying back home with their parents

It is not a hidden thing so it is surprising that he is knocking what is happening all around him

Reducing rent in Lagos is a non starter

1) high demand
2) yahoo boys have driven up rent costs everywhere

Metroline from alakija to marina is up. If there can be a metroline into ogunnstate and into ibadan it Will reduce pressure and demand.

I took the metro to marina the other day. 1k okada to the station. 750 train trip. Took me all of 40 minutes. 15 years ago it would have taken me two hours plus by bus.

A working metro connecting other cities to Lagos is a start.

If you connect a rail to every street in Lagos, it won't change much over time.

The population will only spread to those growing areas, and with time, a plot of land in Ayobo will become 80 million.

Development needs to spread to other states. Lagos is choked to the core.

No number of metroline and anything will keep this problem at bay

liveLongNprospa:
The question is highlighting the problem of astronomical rent prices for basic housing options

I am sure if they asked him this, he wouldn't say people should live with their parents.

What exactly do you propose for the housing challenges in Lagos?

Because for me, we are left with few options, and the population keeps increasing.

liveLongNprospa:
The issue is the rent being 1m.
You are supposed to be able to afford a selfcon on a 100k salary.

Your goal as a governor is giving us solutions on how to counter the high cost of rent in Lagos state and not tell me or every other young person the reality they already are forced to live as a solution.

2017, a selfcon in Gbagada was 200k or less if you enter the bariga side. If you worked in Ikeja Electric and earned 120k as a starter, you could comfortably pay that rent then.
By 2022 it was around 400k.
Now it's like he said 1m.

What is the plan to reduce or stop the steady increase of rent?
Whats the plan to make the state for more attractive to companies that can pay salaries for people to afford cheap housing.
After all they as government of Lagos state have joined Tinubu to claim the economy is stabilized

Go back and listen to the interview again

That was the question.

He wasn't asked what are his plans to reduce rent.
He wasn't asked any of all these stuffs you wrote there.

The question is simple
"How can someone earning 100k pay a rent of 1 million in Lagos?"

How exactly is that answer a bad one?


I'm not defending his policies or whether Sanwo-Olu is more brilliant. His answer was right and compassionate.

GloriousGbola:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Canadians+living+with+their+parents&oq=Canadians+living+with+their+parents+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDkzNzhqMGo0qAIAsAIB&client=ms-android-xiaomi-terr1-rso2&sourceid=chrome-mobile&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8#lfId=ChxjMe



Ironic that you live in the West and have somehow missed the exact same trend happening all around you.

The question was .....
"How does someone earning 100,000 a month, afford a rent of 1 million in Lagos?"

I think Hamzat answered well. There's no need for a 100k who's gross is 1.2 million a year, to go and rent an apartment of 1 million

He also stressed that if you're single, try staying with a relative or parent so you can save.

I wonder how this is a bad response..

Yes, Maazi
Yes, Egbon
Yes, Mallami
Yes, Epa

odizeey:
Please point where I said Mr is fake respect? I'm still waiting for where I said I don't support the girl.

All these football style of argument no suppose enter this thread.

Ahn Ahn

Just now now?

odizeey:
Is Mr not a title again? If you fill a form, Mr, Mrs, etc, are prefix titles.

If I'm the girl, and I still have a job by Monday, everybody go be Mr and Mrs. We are too fake.

At the end of the day, wetyn respect wey we respect these elders do for us? Them won kill us upon all the respect wey we give them.

Maybe if we don beat nonsense comot for their body them for wise

odizeey:
This fake respect culture will soon die sha. Whether you people like it or not. Our minor languages are going down already. We either maintain all our culture or none at all. He does not subscribe to Oyinbo culture but why doesn't his staff wear native attires from Monday to Friday?

You call "Mr" and "Sir" fake respect culture, but our own no complete unless we add small acrobatics

Dey play.

odizeey:
Thank you

You are thanking him for supporting that Tony should demand respect?

If I talk now, you go say you know my kind of person

odizeey:
The fact that you want to know where I'm from so you can start sending personal attacks says a lot about the kind of person you and airmark are.

Show me a post where I say I don't support her.

Says a lot indeed.

You claimed we were copying white culture.
You claimed that using "Mr" is fake respect.

But in your/our cultures, we do more drama instead of using "Mr"

We bow, genuflect, lie down, kneel...But all these are not "fake" to you. Na "Mr" be fake.

Next time, pick one side and stick to it. You seem not to know what point to push

odizeey:
How my state of origin concern this discussion. See people wey dey talk about respect.
Una never ready.

You have said so much, even contradicting yourself

You said we like to copy a lot
You said you don't support what she did
You are the one still clapping for her
You have said we like fake respect

Oya tell us where you come from, make we check how "real" una dey respect people. You no fit talk.

We both know who never ready between two of us, but I agree with you.

I never ready at all

odizeey:
When he see people follow one way make he follow. 🤣

Dem dey ask you where you come from. You no gree talk

I was hoping you would say it, so we can know if they call people by their first names in your culture

liveLongNprospa:
Lmao it will be a waste of my time to engage you in something as straight forward as "following policy".
My brother please when you see plenty people breaking policies, follow them.

I'm done with this conversation🙏

You are hammering on the lady standing on protocol

She clearly heard the first person use "Sir", and was not rebuked

She clearly heard the second person. Obviously heard the 3rd person. All were clearly answered by "Tony"

Just to put "Mr", and see the funny funny explanations you guys are throwing up and down.

She obviously was the only right person amongst 374 trainees.

A40:
The thing surprise me wella. Haven't they heard of code switching.

You know how many of my papa senior I dey meet for him club them go tell me make I call them by their name. But if I go their office dey call them by their name how stupid will I look?

It's some precautions you take just as someone with some basic sense. If she said Mr Tony I doubt he corrects her and even if he does it would just be her being better safe than sorry

I still maintain if say na male intern do this thing to woman CEO the hot takes will be very different

Basic sense, my brother

Basic sense

liveLongNprospa:
They chose to break policy. There are numerous evidence of people getting chastised by ogas and madams for calling them Mr or Mrs or sir or Ma.

She chose adhere to policy thinking that the same TOE that likes to be the poster boy for everything modern would also be an ambassador for UBA policy.

But oh well.
Na here we dey.

So 5 or 6 people that asked questions and used "Sir", broke policy.

But the one person that spoke otherwise didn't.

I'm happy she stood on policy sha.

liveLongNprospa:
Actually I know they have its why I'm surprised by the fact that they would rather not just ask for the policy to be scraped off as against breaking such a rule.

How come those who asked questions before her used "Sir"?

Was it a different policy they read?

odizeey:
You dey work for UBA?

Yes Sir

BlueRayDick:
No be fight baba, shebi the company policy say make she call the chairman of the board "Tony"..... Make she continue jàre.

Asking for a little common sense looks like a lot in 2026.

Graduate Trainee dey call CEO "Tony"

odizeey:
Everybody don dey respectful and culturally oriented 🤣🤣

Yes oh.

Make I no go talk down on Elumelu, thinking say na Blueraydick

odizeey:
Treated differently as how?

Are people not already bashing the girl?

You want make them kill her first?

You see where this fake respect dey carry you go so

I said "interpreted differently".

Nowhere did I say one wouldn't be bashed.

Relax, my Chief. I know say your culture for Nigeria no dey say "Good morning". Na first name una dey call unaselves.

Your view has been clearly understood, Chief Odizeey

raumdeuter:
The calling men by first name is even easy. Na to meet Remi Tinubu, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and just say

Hi Remi

There is some extra respect with women

Thinking about it,

If a man who was a graduate trainee, had said, "Good morning, Ibukun", there's a high tendency that it would be interpreted differently

She was even respectful to have added "Good morning".

She should have just begun with "Tony"

Good morning, Tony

paiporte:
Good morning Tony all these gen z

Rest nau

BlueRayDick:
Let me guess , you think it’s an African/Nigerian thing right ?

Have u ever worked with Asians particularly Indians ? An Indian will call address a senior colleague , an elderly person or anybody they respect with the suffix “Ji” behind that person’s name as a sign of respect . When you hear an Indian say “Rahul Ji “ , he is simply saying “Rahul sir “. They are so big on respect that they they won’t even call their MD or CEO by their title alone , they would say “ MD sir “ or “CEO sir “.

Whether u speak indigenous language or English language , you can always be respectful and courteous ; it won’t take a thing from you to do so .

Nigerians will trample upon anything about their culture like it's a burden.

The same people trolling Tony for copying a white man's greeting, may probably have their own culture, prostrating, bowing, doing frog jump, etc to greet the elderly.

I never knew a time would come when to add "Mr" would be an issue

odizeey:
Your tribe dey wear suit for village meeting?

Make I kuku stop here.

You don show me say you no fit answer the question

odizeey:
Then go and query the bank for enforcing the culture of first name basis.

Na simple question I ask you, Maazi...No be fight

You said we like to copy and fake respect.

I don't know your tribe, but Una dey call Elderly person by him first name?

Ibime:
Anyone who thinks subsidy has ended needs a konk on the head

There is no way Nigerians are paying $0.60 per litre and it's not subsidised

Subsidy is larger now than it was before Tinubu

While the intention was indeed to end subsidy, where the Naira landed after devaluation meant that subsidy was continued.

Without subsidy, the cost of one litre of petrol would be N2,000 at minimum

Thank you

cc: chrisoblog. Do you agree with this?

odizeey:
I've worked in numerous corporate organizations. And this is the norm. First name basis. In one of my former organizations, because the MD sir was too much, the MD adopted to be called by the initials of his full name and that was enforced.

Make no mistakes, I'm not even comfortable with calling someone who is 5 years older than me by name. Not because of respect per say, but because of the way we were brought up. But that doesn't equate to respect. If that person tells you to do something, will you do it?

Title means nothing.

Can you tell me any of our local cultures that permits calling an elder by his first name?

Let me agree that adding "Sir & Mr" is imported and fake.

Which tribe allows calling an Elderly person by their first name?

KingTom:

He didn't asked to be called "Your Excellency", or "His Royal Highness"

Just "Mr", na too much respect.

Meanwhile, you guys in the military should stop using "Sir" or even Titles. Na Global village we dey now.

odizeey:
All of them are the same. Stop fighting this. The world is a global village. Your first name will be called whether you like it or not. 😃

This Global village has not affected the Japanese from bowing when they want to greet or apologize.

Till tomorrow, it's part of their culture.

But for Africans, everything irritates us, even a simple "Mr".

She should have left out the "Good morning". Everybody knows the morning was good. Just go ahead with "Tony, I wanted to ask about......"