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Una no dey read b4 commenting! It doesnt run on the users waste. Pls read d whole article b4 commenting. SMH!

Sob stories and lamentations abeg ACT, if not make we hear word!

Reference: The Minister is completely wrong. Abuja was a well designed, modern city to accommodate all the needs of a wide spectrum of the populace.

What has happened over time is that infrastructure implementation and housing has been corrtptly hijacked by successive government backed speculators and bandits.

If you look at allocation rates and base prices of land it remains affordable but the average man can never get it. Even worse, year on year infrastructural expenditure is skewed in such a way to funding grandoise projects as against the provision of basic infrastructure. Where did they find the money to expand airport road while they couldn't complete the rail line started before it. They have money for Maitama and Asokoro extensions yet none to complete the Jabi - Lifecamp link bridge.

It is not the masterplan jor. It is the hijacking of the plan by the elite. On a good day you can place a matress on Jabi Lake front road and take a nap. How many houses on that road are occupied. Just wasting away while people live like animals outside town.

Spot on! I also second a mayor(elected and responsible to d ppl) for abuja as was originally planned, we neva do anytin rite in dis country! All dis ministers sef dat are hiding behind d so called almighty 'master plan' and causing havoc by demolishing peoples homes God dey! D person who made dat plan should be shot! All plans are subject to review based on realities on ground, bt dis abuja master plan is too rigid.

Reference: The Minister is completely wrong. Abuja was a well designed, modern city to accommodate all the needs of a wide spectrum of the populace.

What has happened over time is that infrastructure implementation and housing has been corrtptly hijacked by successive government backed speculators and bandits.

If you look at allocation rates and base prices of land it remains affordable but the average man can never get it. Even worse, year on year infrastructural expenditure is skewed in such a way to funding grandoise projects as against the provision of basic infrastructure. Where did they find the money to expand airport road while they couldn't complete the rail line started before it. They have money for Maitama and Asokoro extensions yet none to complete the Jabi - Lifecamp link bridge.

It is not the masterplan jor. It is the hijacking of the plan by the elite. On a good day you can place a matress on Jabi Lake front road and take a nap. How many houses on that road are occupied. Just wasting away while people live like animals outside town.

Where's d man dat sed GEJ brought fb to naija? Wats his comment now?

@op e be like say u dey campaign for a slot in d 40laptop crew

Warra waste, just dis morning i warned a female frnd abt badoo, b4 stumbling on dis thread! She dat has ears let her HEAR! I no fit shout.

He's doin well nd appreciates all u jobless fans. He'll make an appearance on PAGE 20 of dis thread. So kip on yakking!

ifihearam: Why must this fool allow me to vent my anger on him now?we are talking about 2 elderstatemen here you are bringing in our young,intelligent,amiable president into it. Stop am ooo

take ur time, why must u call me names?

Let GEJ be moderator and Patience timekeeper

The all seeing eyes have it!

hmmmmmmmm

We are all behind u

Dis is nice

I laff in committee

Iamurfantasy: Ugo it's a 1 bedroom flat.

If u have any other like this let me know.

Shes preg wit grammatical missiles, e don tey wey she misfire one. So take cover, i repeat take cover!!

Money d root of all evil tearing dis family apart.

sharp man: You see this mad people?

The objective is to make her retire as a Perm Sec.......the most senior civil service post. That way, she will be entitled to a fat pension and gratuity when she eventually retires. These people are so greedy.....the money she's stealing as first lady is not enough. She wants to insure her future. God is watching....and when his wrath comes on ALL of them, they will be consumed.

GBAM!

Guy be a man, and show her whose in charge!! How can u always be eating outside and cooking and sweeping Discipline her if she doesnt change throw her out nansense

Good old days gone by! If only i had a time machine!

If true or otherwise dis threat should be taken seriously, we wouldnt want deregulation of the terrorism sector oh!

Where is Kabir Sokoto?
Is Sen Ndume still a serving Senator?

@op well I was happy for you, then sad for you, now am happy for you again,hope 2mrw u won't give me a reason to be sad for u again O̲̣̣̥!

;DNice good doggie

@Aza Montana, we nid more independent girls like u!

'Criticising Jonathan and this administration is big business' ; ;DD

Is the location Abuja?

Jonathan off to Brazil as Kaduna, Yobe burn

As violence continued in some parts of Kaduna State on Monday and fresh attacks were reported in Damaturu, Yobe State, President Goodluck Jonathan, will depart for Brazil today.

Jonathan is going to the Brazilian commercial capital city, Rio de Janeiro, to take part in this year’s United Nations’ Earth Summit.

While in Rio de Janeiro, Jonathan is expected to participate in the summit’s four plenary sessions at Rio Centro Convention Centre on Wednesday and Thursday. He will also attend a reception hosted by the Brazilian President for Heads of Government at the summit.

The President is expected to travel with his wife, Patience; Governors Ibrahim Shema and Seriake Dickson of Katsina and Bayelsa states respectively.

Other people on the President’s entourage are the Ministers of Environment, Mrs Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafiya; Water Resources, Mrs Sarah Ohekpe; Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga; and Senator Benedict Ayade.

However, while the President will be in the South American country, security forces will be working to contain the crisis in Kaduna State where the death toll in Sunday’s multiple bombing and consequent reprisal is said to have risen to 74.

Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday, officials of the Red Cross said that 140 victims of the attacks had been taken to hospitals for treatment. Some of the hospitals where the victims are being treated are the Ahmadu Bello Teaching Hospital, Shika; Barau Dikko Hospital, Kaduna; St. Luke’s Hospital, Wusasa; and St. Gerard’s Catholic Hospital, Kakuri.

Three churches were attacked by suicide bombers on Sunday, triggering reprisals by Christian youths.

Unconfirmed reports on Monday say there were skirmishes at the Barnawa market area of the state, occupied mainly by Muslims. Soldiers and policemen patrolled the streets to maintain peace. Also in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, there was pandemonium on Monday as explosions and gunshots rocked the city.

Reports indicate that the attacks believed to have been launched by members of the Boko Haram sect started at the Sabon Pegi area of the city in the evening.

An unconfirmed report says that the gunmen attempted to take over the government house, and the Potiskum Prison.

Channels TV reports that the Joint Task Force Commander in the state, Col. Dahiru Abdulsalam, said his men had moved into the town and the situation had been brought under control.

Our correspondent on Monday reported that hundreds of Kaduna residents besieged various hospitals in the state in search of their relatives caught in the attacks.

Medical personnel and workers at the St. Gerard Catholic Hospital and the Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital, reports say had hectic time treating scores of people that sustained various degrees of injuries even as they coped with worried relatives in search of their loved ones.

Spokesman for the St.Gerard Catholic Hospital, Mr. John Ali, said that the number of victims who died in the hospital had risen to 39 while those who sustained injuries and were being treated in the hospital were 72.

Ali said the corpses had been evacuated by the state government.

A source who did not want his name mentioned told our correspondent at the Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital that 12 deaths were recorded while two others were receiving treatment in the hospital.

At ABUTH, a worker who did not want his name in print said the number of dead victims at the hospital was 32.

Suleiman Mani, a 20-year-old wood cutter, said he was cutting firewood when a resident of the area told him to leave the work and go away because the town was not safe.

Narrating how he was attacked, Mani said, “They hit me again and I fell down. The wanted to cut my head but the machete landed on my hand as I tried to protect myself. They carried a big stone and wanted to drop it on my head, but one woman who is also my customer came to intervene as I lay on the ground.

“They wanted to beat her but one man came and intervened and they took me on a bike to this hospital.”

Another victim, Aliyu Musa, 27, who is a commercial motorcyclist, said he was attacked at the Sabon Tasha area of the state.

“I just dropped a passenger and I was going back when I saw some people stopping motorbikes. They stopped many of us and asked us to lie down and started beating us and smashing blocks on us.

“They said that they will kill us because Boko Haram is killing Christians. They beat me so much that I became unconscious. I don’t even know how I got here,” he said

A photo journalist with Daily Independent Newspaper, Mr. Nathaniel Jibrin, said, “My colleague from Thisday newspaper called me that there was bomb blast in Trikania, and that he was going there to take pictures. It was not long I closed from the Church, so immediately I picked a commercial motorcycle and headed for the place, but somewhere within the area, some people stopped us.

“I cannot remember what they were saying, all of a sudden I found myself on the ground, with blood flowing all over my body. It was two good Samaritans that brought me to this hospital. Thank God I am getting better.”

Meanwhile, tension rose in the Kaduna metropolis on Monday as the state government relaxed the 24 hours curfew imposed on the state following the outbreak of violence on Sunday.

“I am rushing home right now. The Hausa people seem to have mobilised for a fight. Please I have to rush home before they start burning and killing,” a resident said.

http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-off-to-brazil-as-kaduna-yobe-burn/

Wats all the hullabaloo abt naija not havn an 'apache helicopter' wat arrant nensense! Naija has over 200 (a) patched helicopers!