₦airaland Forum

edicolove: The plot is getting clearer by the day. This peeps who criticize the president on NL do not care about the country or about good governance. They are just doing propaganda and it doesn't really matter how they achieve it. All is fair in a quest for power and loot. Disgusting!

ifihearam: @beaf. You are on point about the moderators

@critics. We shall overcome you by fire by force
If the president does not respond immediately you will complain
If the president does not visit the site of mishap you idiots will complain
The president has abandoned all and visited you are still talking
His spokesman has said that he is sad and concerned. You see it as a slight

You are all mad and delusional

Mtcheeew

I hope yall realize its not the MODS fault but Punch Newspaper.

chima12: exactly.the poster is a confirmed sychophant.why highlight their names?why?

Shut up!

presido1: Why highlighting the names of the children?

To show that they were all from the same family!
This was my comment after posting the article

jason123: Nice one Fashola. The God is truly with the fatherless.

naptu2: They read out a phone number on the radio, but I couldn't write it down. They said relatives of the children, or anyone who knows their relatives should call that number.

I'll listen to the next news broadcast, see if I can get the number.

Please do. Thanks in advance!

Mehn, only God protects!
I am sure those kids were expecting to see their parents later that day. God please heal them!

FP please https://www.nairaland.com/955220/fashola-rescues-three-kids-crash

Nice one Fashola. The God is truly with the fatherless.

Gov. Babatunde Fashola has rescued and taken custody of three kids whose parents have been missing since the DANA Air aircraft crashed into their Iju-Ishaga neighbourhood at Iju, Agege, a Lagos suburb, on Sunday.

The homeless children; Joel Okechukwu (11), Chisom Okechukwu (9) and Esther Okechukwu, whose age could not be immediately ascertained, were wandering around when they were spotted and rescued by the governor during his visit to the site on Monday.

The children, who are now at the Goverment House, Ikeja, were sent on errands by their parents, Mr Jeremiah Okechukwu and Mrs Josephine Okechukwu, when the aircraft hit their home and reduced it to a rubble.

The emergency response officials still working on the crash site had yet to ascertain whether the couple were dead or still trapped in the debris.

Briefing newmen on the rescue of the kids, Mr Aderemi Ibirogba, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, said they would remain with the governor until some of their relatives were identified.

“As things are now, the kids will remain with the governor here at Alausa. It`s so unfortunate that we cannot find the parents, but Joel, the eldest of the kids, has mentioned to us a particular uncle of theirs.

“He said the uncle`s name is Anthony Okechukwu and that he lives in Abuja. We are trying to establish links with him and inform him of the situation of the kids. We want the public to help us in this search.

“Of course, the governor is very willing to assist the kids, but the government thinks we should still know their relations.

“The kids are safe and they are being taken care of at Government House.”

Ibirogba said the children had passed Sunday night in the home of an unnamed Samaritan in the neighbourhood before they were seen and picked up by the governor during his visit to the area on Monday.

The governor had, during the visit, described the plane crash as shocking and emotionally devastating, expressing his condolences to the families of the 153 victims.

Fashola later visited some of the victims of the crash at the Emergency Unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), in Ikeja.

The entire Popoola and Akande Toyin streets were cordoned off by heavily armed security personnel, even as rescue efforts continued.

A number of houses were reduced to rubble, even as thick smoke still covered a two-storey building which was seriously damaged by the crash.

Emergency response workers were also seen removing some bodies from the debris, as well as wrecked parts of the ill-fated aircraft. (NAN)

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/fashola-rescues-three-kids-from-crash-site/

[quote author=all4naija]It is a poor observation on your side. The cables are more or less a fancy design than supports for the bridge. It is not a suspension bridge in any way. If you take a closer look at some of the clear images you would find out that there are supports rising from the bed of the water for the bridge.

This image below illustrates what I am trying to explain.
[quote]No, it is not. Take a closer look at the pictures. You'll see that the bridge is divided into two parts. There is a part that is suspended by cables and the rest held up by the pillars. I'll re-post the pictures taken by Naptu2 so you can take a second look at it.

[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/687943_IMG00817-20120423-1518_jpgc14dd03fada866bc124e5295cfbe211a[/img]
[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/716297_IMG00877-20120530-1335_jpgd323c5a39b6ff5bed5a4bd94b4d55653[/img]

[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/716303_IMG00880-20120530-1338_jpg70f1bd3951a62eca0a5406ede528eaca[/img]

[b]Mod Odumchi, [/b]why is my comment hidden?!

Bluetooth, na you start am o! What has this got to do with his ethnicity?!

Nice one Mr. president.

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has declared a three-day period of national mourning for victims the Dana plane crash in Lagos today.

In a statement on the incident by his spokesman, Reuben Abati, President Jonathan who has cancelled all his public engagements scheduled for tomorrow, has also directed that the Nigerian flag be flown at half-mast for the three days of national mourning.

He has ordered full investigation into the crash.

In compliance with the President’s directive, Abati said the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah has already left Abuja for Lagos to oversee the crash investigations and present an interim report to the federal government as soon as possible.

While condoning with the families of all those who lost their lives in the plane crash, the President noted that the incident has sadly plunged the nation into further sorrow on a day when Nigerians were already in grief over the loss of many other innocent lives in the church bombing in Bauchi State.

President Jonathan assured air travellers in the country that every possible effort will be made to ensure that the right lessons are learnt from the tragic loss of valuable lives in today’s plane crash and that further measures will be put in place to boost aviation safety in the country.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/48893-jonathan-declares-three-days-national-mourning-for-plane-crash-victims.html

If they were not, Lagos, Ogun and Ibadan would have turned to war zones!

Yorubas are the most accommodating. It is a known fact in Nigeria. Just as Igbos are hardworking, Itsekiris are the richest small group etc. Why don't we all just say it as it is?!

manny4life: Haba Beaf,

So you endorse this?

That Lagos does same doesn't mean Rivers should do the same... Like I was though, two wrongs don't make a right.

That is the Naija mentality!!! Remember, Lagos and Rivers earn roughly the same (rivers earn a little more) yet Lagos has more to show for it! In all this, people are still trying to justify criminality! It is a sad day for Nigeria!

kaeto: where are those vagabonds in Lagos singing his adoration n worship on the monorail thread,now where are you,where are you people?! Chei! This man is a thief. Just compare lagos n rivers state,both generate similar revenue,now check the achievements of the governors. CRA has not done 10% in sincere cost of projects that BRF has done in lagos yet the foolish political choristers recruited, blinded n 'be-dumbed' by pdp are here chewing tissue papers used in wiping amechi's ass. Nigerians beware n be warned,this man is a fraud n ALL his successful projects were awarded by the defunct Omehia gov. Be warned n be wise! Thank you!

Bros, no vex. I thought Amechi was different . . .smh

PointB: Governors don't deliver votes, people do. Otherwise, the Ohakim will still be the Governor of Imo state by now, many of those PDP governors will still be in power in SW.

My point is this: Igbo will rally round a popular APGA presidential candidate who is supported by CPC and AC.N. On the other hand, we can still continue to vote for PDP, if the odds are not in favour of APGA. We will not vote for CPC presidential candidate, AC.N chance in Igboland is also very dicey. If we want the PDP dead, SE hold the key, and APGA is the keeper! Otherwise, we can continue brandishing numbers and deliver virtual states, while PDP keep ruling!

Another view might be that they (ACN and CPC) will become desperate and might pick an APGA candidate to appeal to the SE voters. . . .

afam4eva: Point of correction, APGA has two states, Anambra and Imo. How many states does CPC have?

PointB: Governors don't deliver votes, people do. Otherwise, the Ohakim will still be the Governor of Imo state by now, many of those PDP governors will still be in power in SW.

My point is this: Igbo will rally round a popular APGA presidential candidate who is supported by CPC and AC.N. On the other hand, we can still continue to vote for PDP, if the odds are not in favour of APGA. We will not vote for CPC presidential candidate, AC.N chance in Igboland is also very dicey. If we want the PDP dead, SE hold the key, and APGA is the keeper! Otherwise, we can continue brandishing numbers and deliver virtual states, while PDP keep ruling!

My point is, it will be harder for a coalition to support an APGA candidate than an ACN or CPC candidate. The reason is because APGA, I'm sorry, is just not seen as a force to be reckon with nationally, FOR NOW (that might change later). Moreover, there is a chance that Ngige will win Anambra if he should contest, meaning ACN has something on APGA but APGA has NOTHING on ACN.

Thirdly, I think the politicians in both parties will be thinking along the line of producing an ACN and CPC Pres and VP (which ever order) with APGA Senate pres. Why? Both parties know that the SE generally have NEVER played the "opposition"; that is, it will be hard to wean the SE voters from PDP.

All in all, I think there is a very slim chance that they will pick an APGA candidate as their candidate but if they do, it should be seen as an act of good-will because the odds are stacked against APGA.

PROUD-IGBO:
^^^So you agree you were wrong?

These things are all about politics and don't follow any rational/economic-driven process.

Yes, I admit it! Apologies!

Onlytruth: Not that I value Nigerian statistics much, because they are political tools.
Nevertheless, even your own statistics fail you if you look again, and this time more carefully.

Thanks for the info. I got the stats from this same website. Na wa o!

PointB: APGA should do business with CPC, and CAN if those two agrees that the best way to kill PDP is by supporting a president from the SE Zone.[/b]Anything other than that, we are quite happy to continue on our trajectory. Igboland is not the worse of in Nigeria uses any index you like.

Omo, you go grow 'metu'! What does APGA have to offer? ONE state, yet, you want the ones that can deliver 12+7 states at a heart beat to bow down for one state?! You high?

APGA has to win the remaining 4 states in the SE and possibly extend her tentacles to other regions before she can even suggest the highlighted. But if the highlighted happens at all, it should be seen as a gesture of good-will because, frankly, APGA has nothing to offer . . .[b]for now.

PROUD-IGBO:
http://www.faannigeria.org/documents/statistics/2009-Annual-Aircraft-Movement.pdf

https://www.nairaland.com/download/589927



^^^I found a post made by FACE last year, and i thought i should repost it to help with comparisons. It's a more recent statistic.

I guess most Northerners now prefer Abuja airport to Kano.

PROUD-IGBO:
^^^^^^Nice try Jason . You think say you dey try confuse persin wey no go school ?

I've checked the link you provided, and in the aviation statistics pages (393 and 394) Enugu Airport is busier than Aminu Kano Int'l in both arrivals and departures for the year 2007. The statistics were shown for the period 2004-2007, but i just bothered looking at the numbers for last year available. I tried copying and pasting it for easier perusal and comparison, but couldn't.

I checked the pages you mention and I didn't find anything.

The one that surprised me was Owerri Airport for 2007. But i suppose that was when Port Harcourt Int'l was being refurbished as its figures were quite low (less tha 5,000) for the year.


It's funny though, as the preceeding pages on Aviation compared statistics for the '4 leading Airports in the country'. And i ask, 'Leading' according to hard statistical facts? Or is it 'leading' according to the whims of the owners of Nigeria at the time?

I don't know where you got those figures from, but they look highly suspect ; looks to me like someones been busy massaging figures and cooking the books .

'Leading', I am guessing they meant 'international airports'.


Anyway, the information is provided. This will help the discussion

As for Bittyend, I wonder what your problem is with the Igbos. Its like they give you sleepless nights, don't they?!

DaLover: Apga is clearly trying to be an igbo party....but how come shinkafi is a member of the party?
It is not a crime to have an ethnic party...but it is a crime when you try to sell an ethnic party as a national party......the greatest mistake igbos will make is to try and behave like yorubas in politics.....it is not their way and can never be their way....they are republican and competitive....this is why the British trusted them the least...
Yorubas in spite of their so called education will vote clannishly for anything with a yoruba stamp....notice that the only time they ever voted for a party with a national spread was when the president was a yoruba..after he left the seat..they quickly returned back to their voting ways...
Apga is an attempt to behave like the yoruba.....but i dont think the igbos can be cowed to vote clannishly.

See your life?! . Must you run around calling the Yorubas as if they stole your wife? Someone like you should know what it means to include them here, an Igbo thread! You started the whole tribal war on this thread, why?!
Well, this reply is for you. See an Igbo man educating you:

bisiaet: I'm most delighted as an young Igbo man that the Mallam say what they have just said Now biko where are my brother the super talk mr name callings where art thou now talk ooooooo show your face Hausaman now say he owns APGA so what do we do now??

Because if its ACN an Hausa claim to be the decider of who is who this thread will explode today all sorts of name we will call the Yoruba now who is a to abuse Today is my best day as I read this threa because we have never in our life mind our business or do our own things all we are good at is follow follow, tribal jargons, Biafra nonsense now my people talk Hausa has spoken please give them answer.

The old fools like Nnamani was in few days ago defending Buhari instead for him to be talking on how we Igbo produce president in the next election so also was it during the last election these old fools gathered together and were campaning for IBB whereby Pat Utomi was there as voiceless candidate now the only party owes by Igbo has now be hijack by the North and these same old fools are there watching but al they care about is Biafra rants and tribal nonsense selling their birth right because of lust for money, ego, tribal sentiment, I too sabi and so on. I know I have offended them again today but this is the truth and this truth is their worst enermy abeg Aboki take the party biko na your own.

Onlytruth: This question has bugged my mind for weeks and months now. It has got to the stage that I cannot sleep well at nights while pondering this question. I remember vividly how we lobbied (at least added our voices) to the appointment of Anyim Pius Anyim to the position of Secretary to the Federal Government. There are such other Igbo personalities now as Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and others. I would not be exaggerating if I say that we hold strategic positions in this government.

Why is Enugu International Airport "upgrade" looking like a glorified hen house project?
Why didn't the Federal Government include Enugu as one of the international airports to be concessioned alongside Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt?
Is it that Igbo heartlands must continue to be denied international access or something more sinister?

These PDP Igbo Federal officials should tell us what projects (any project at all) they have attracted to the SE. They are there because we voted for Jonathan.
As for Jonathan, unless he is not going to need Igbo votes again, he should take this personally.
This continued marginalization of Igboland, even with Igbo sons/daughters in strategic Federal positions should give us reason and pause for thorough introspection. I hate PDP (not that APGA has impressed me too much but it is still better than PDP in defending Igbo interests in Nigeria) for this reason. If any Igbo thinks that I'm wrong for hating PDP, he should come here and put forward a contrary view; let the readers decide. It is not enough that your local PDP governor may be working. It is time we start thinking COLLECTIVELY for our survival in Nigeria. If we cannot survive in Nigeria by confronting the local challenges, how can we survive out of Nigeria by confronting international challenges?

So, let's answer this question honestly.

Here I stand.

Signed,

Onlytruth, ndu di n'eziokwu 1 of Igboland, Eze Ndigbo Nairaland.

This is why:

Kano

KANO
TOTAL PASSENGER 292,055

Enugu

Enugu 102,541

http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/ext/latest_release/ssd09.pdf

Onlytruth: My friend if you want to say the truth, say all of it; don't say half truths.
What do you mean by the bolded? You mean you have taken survey of all fliers using Lagos and Abuja international airports and found that they never terminate in SE? All these half hearted truths (which are really lies) cannot help you. We need our airports, and we will get them.

Okay, I have the data:

Kano

KANO
TOTAL PASSENGER 292,055

Enugu

Enugu 102,541

http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/ext/latest_release/ssd09.pdf

These ladies are funny mehn! Well, I am a very good cook even better than my spouse but I prefer to eat my spouse's food. Why? It is because I love her and she do not want any other woman to cook my food (neither do I).

@ Women who can't cook, all I can say is, get ready for a SERIOUS heart break. The day your "loving and caring" husband or BF finds a girl that can cook, you are finished! There is a saying, " the easiest way to a man's heart is his stomach". Husband/BF snatchers know this FACT and they use this fact to get what they want. Although s.ex is important but food is very important. Please ladies, don't joke with your relationships, that is, if you are in a serious one (obviously, if you are in a non-serious relationship, then it does not matter whether you can cook or not).

PROUD-IGBO:
^^^I think why most people are up in arms about the Enugu Airport issue is b'cos of the half-hearted/cut-and-join approach the federal gov't is adopting towards its construction. Is it that the South East (which has not had any serious federal gov't presence since the late 60's, unlike other regions) is not good enough for serious money to be budgeted once and for all so its only International Airport can be brought up to date? Have you seen the quality of work being done? From the attached pic you can tell the job is being handled by 'local' contractors with no regards to health and safety: no hard hats; no steel-capped boots; no company uniform; the work area has not been isolated from the rest of the building (imagine if a child about to travel with his parents, wanders close by to where they're working and a block falls on his head ); no consideration given to customers using the Airport (they could be covered in dust and coughing up cement particles by the time they board their flight).

If truth be told, this is a bloody scam and we've seen right through it. If Jonathan had the guts, he should have given special consideration for this Airport and damn any bad-belle mutterings from jealous bastards who seem to forget so easily that their region/zone has had an unfair advantage for decades and hence should not begrudge Ndigbo a little well deserved attention coming their way. We are a people blessed with huge natural/human resources but have fuckall to show for it; instead our commonwealth has been used to develop other peoples cities and fill the bank accounts of their thieving sons and daughters.

And let me not even start on the glaring injustice of leaving out Enugu in the recent deal Okonjo-Iweala signed with the Chinese for the construction of four new terminlas. You would have thought given the current state of Enugu Airport, and the fact that it's the fourth busiest -when a full years uninterupted operation is considered- that it would have been included in the deal. Next they'll come and tell us that the Enugu one is planned for the second phase (and knowing how things work in this country, that may coincide with the second coming of Christ!!!).

Peeps anger is based on what is in the news, and what we see in available pics. So if you're privy to any new deal/plans for a proper new 'world class' terminal for Enugu, of have pics to show serious construction work going on in the old terminal building, then please share with the rest of us.

How can any Igbo be happy with what we've seen in those pics. Our problem since the 70's is that we accept our lot like timid sheep, expecting that Nigeria will come good for us in the end, and start acting fair; seeing any pathetic/sub-standard federal gov't project in the SE and say we should thank God, that half bread is better than none. Our standards and expectations have been lowered by being part of this contraption.

Mehn, you are angry o! The readers can clearly see and feel the genuine frustration poured-out on this post. I repeat, the SE needs a SERIOUS economic committee dedicated to these sort of things OR Rochas(APGA) needs to show the way. Waiting for the FG is pointless in Nigeria and we all know it. Given the corruption level in Nigeria, before he money trickles down to where its needed . . . hmmn; little or nothing will be left!