Nice one Fashola. You've done it again...

Olaheavy, they have said nothing to warrant your attacks...haba

Nice one Rochas! A solid relationship between the two states will be good indeed. Rochas,being the only APGA governor, clearly is the progressive among the SE governors.

funny data though . . .

asha 80: i do not have any reason to doubt osun's own as i do not know the state that much but lagos statistics does not quite fit.8percent?with the numerous aimless guys lounging around?

But with the population, its quite high don't you think? Its approximately 1.5 million people unemployed which is fair enough...

manchy7531:

you get sense at all?what do they have in osun that is employing them? let's not talk about the fact that they are lazy and not enterprising like their eastern counterpart. unless you want to tell me that okada riding,bus driving and armed robbery are employing 80% of their population.by the way am based in osun,so i know osun very well.

looking at it from another angle,if true they clam that osun has 3% unemployment the it is a way of proving that osun has very low population which truly it does but fake statistics in Nigeria will always say otherwise

I hope you realise that the highlighted defeats your argument. I mean, if your SEastern state was so good you wouldn't be in Osun state.

This is quite good. The SS should have one as well! I wouldn't mind Bayelsa so to create employment for the citizens over there.

African bees are quite aggressive.

Tribalism at its peak! Although, I don't blame him sha...

2015 will be funny! May God spare our lives!

Da infamous: they will say ACN party/fashola is working mean while they are robbing the state dry!who is deceiving who

You be olodo?
Read!

GAR3TH: Lagos debt is truly not that high. You have to look at it from a Debt-to-GDP ratio. Lagos debt is $500 million USD but its GDP is around $35-40 Billion USD. So lagos debt to GDP is about 1%. For the most part all states have a Debt-to-GDP ratio of around 1% which is healthy.

Kobojunkie: A bit Draconian . . so if I were moving from one location to another, I have to wait till night time to drive back and forth in my Uhaul -like truck? Or Does this also exclude moving trucks? Ice-Cream trucks,and other businesses? Or[b] is this to FORCE trucking companies to consider rail?[/b]

That is obvious.

We need to progress in Nigeria, abeg!

olivertwist: Good move as regards heavy trucks. This is how it's done in London and New york city at least I know of those two cities. There's a fine for heavy trucks that violates the order. Well done BRF

Well said!

Ikeja – Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday in Ikeja signed the Lagos State Road Traffic Bill into law.

The governor assented to the bill at a ceremony attended by members of the executive council, top officials of the police and those of other traffic management agencies.

Fashola said the new law was a holistic review of the state’s traffic law of 2003, adding that it was designed to ensure safety on the roads.

He said that the growth of Lagos into a mega city with large migration into the state had resulted in traffic congestion, saying that the new law was one of government`s strategies to manage the situation.

Lagos State Governor, Fashola

“This new law is also the state government`s intervention to the alarming statistics of road accidents, especially those caused by reckless driving and activities of commercial motorcyclists.

“From records at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), 722 accidents were reported, comprising 568 males and 154 females between Januaryt and July this year.

“At our Toll Gate Trauma Centre, 254 accidents, which resulted in 35 deaths, were recorded during the same period. Fifty per cent of the cases were caused by okada riders, 27 per cent of the victims were passengers and 23 per cent pedestrians.

“These are alarming figures and we cannot afford to allow this to continue, hence our intervention with this law. “ he said.

Fashola sought residents’ voluntary compliance with the law, emphasising its real objective was to improve the traffic situation rather than putting people in jail.

He pledged that his government would strictly implement the law, assuring that offenders would be given fair hearing and would be accorded the right to defend themselves during prosecution.

Mr Ade Ipaye, Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, said the law sought to promote the life expectancy of residents as it would significantly reduce congestion.

Ipaye added that the law would address the safety and security issues associated with operations of commercial motorcyclists and illegal use of vehicles in the state.

He said the law would not be implemented immediately, adding that a lot of public enlightenment would be carried out while copies distributed to residents.

The new law clearly spelt’s out what now constituted traffic offences in the state, as well as the penalty each attracted.

According to the document, trailers, with the exemption of fuel tankers and long passenger trucks are now prohibited from entering into or travelling within the metropolis from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Violators risk impoundment of their vehicles and payment of N50,000 fine or six months imprisonment.

Another salient provision of the law is the prohibition of eating, counting money, making phone calls and engaging in other dangerous activities while driving, prescribing a fine of N30,000 for violators.

Other highlights included the ban on operations of commercial motorcycles and tricycles on major bridges, Ikorodu Road, Funsho Williams Avenue, Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, Lagos-Badagry Expressway and Lekki-Epe Expressway.

It also compelled commercial bus drivers and their conductors to wear identification tags while property owners are also compelled to report cases of abandoned vehicles in their vicinity or risk punishment.

Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) are empowered to administer breathylizers on drivers to detect their drunkenness while owners of commercial vehicles are compelled to obtain operating licences from government. (NAN)

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/08/fashola-signs-lagos-road-traffic-bill-into-law/

betrani: I'm so damn sure ur a yoruba man! why won't calabar be a dead town when all u sons of bitches! led by OBJ decided to cripple the town! ur political arsenal has prevented the port here working accompanied by the ceding of bakassi to the cameroonians! how would it work when u guys are scared of economic activities reducing in lagos! the dredging of the niger would have given onitsha much more than what it is today! the ibo man would just bipass lagos and bring his goods directly to onitsha! but ur political brothers have prevented this! I know this nonsense is only for a while so enjoy ur dominance while it lasts!

This is how an Hausa called Ndu Chucks or Alj Harem will come with a different username and idi.ots like you fall for it! Ha, you be real ode! No offense!

Commissioners for Transport from 17 states of the South-West, South-East and South-South have met in Calabar, Cross River State, to initiate discussions on the construction of Lagos-Calabar rail line, also known as the West-East rail.

The Lagos-Calabar rail will traverse the south-west, south-east and the south-south.

The meeting was convened by the BRACED Commission. BRACED is an acronym for Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo and Delta.

A statement by the commission on Friday quoted its Director-General, Ambassador Joe Keshi, as saying that the meeting was convened as a follow-up to the last two South-South Economic Summits during which the need for the expansion of the national rail network to include the West-East rail line was raised.

He said, “The three zones constitute the busiest commercial belt of the country. A rail line linking them would aid easy movement of services and goods, especially petroleum products (the mainstay of the national economy), farm produce both for export and for local consumption.”

In a communiqué issued after the meeting, participants affirmed the importance of the West-East rail line as part of the national development agenda to improve mass transportation in Nigeria.

It noted that the rail line, described as the most viable and sustainable line in the national rail network, would change the economic dynamics of the concerned regions when constructed.

It also noted that Nigeria’s vision 20:2020 aspirations could be seriously hampered without a modern transportation system, which included the railways.

The communiqué called on the Federal Government to create the enabling environment that would encourage private sector investment in railways development in the country.

It similarly urged the 17 southern governors to open up dialogue with the Federal Government on the necessity to include the East-West rail in the national railway development agenda.

Keshi said, “The contiguous nature of the 17 states would translate to faster movement of personnel.”

The meeting was also attended by railway experts, special advisers and senior transport officials from the 17 southern states, representatives of the Federal Ministry of Transport and the Niger Delta Development Commission.

The rail line is expected to meet the aspirations of the south-west, which had also indicated the desire to build a rail line connecting the region.

http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/discussion-begins-on-lagos-calabar-rail/

billante: Una go jump fast to go and snap where roads are bad but will turn blind eye and hiss when una pass tru d ones dat has been reconstructed and good! The benin-ore expressway,nobody is talk about that one again because it is getting better!

See this ode! Are you doing us a favour by fixing the roads?! Don't we pay tax?! It is the presidential duty to ensure that these things are done appropriately! He was not elected to be eating 3 million naira meals EVERYDAY for nothing!

Vikin: OP, sorry i have to deviate from topic, Na inside Aba Bus na him you fasten seatbelt .

The second picture got me laughing .

Anyway...this is always a norm at PH- Enugu route. They will tell you work will re-commence after the raining season.

I thought it was just me that saw his angry face on the second picture. LMAO!

Chinom:
Most of these laws are only good on paper. Some are downright ridiculous, like no smoking while driving.

I read the so-called law earlier today. Of it all, the highlighted is the most ridiculous.

God bless you UJCHIEF! These are the lies and propaganda 'they' feed us with!

ujchief: Its either my not-too-smart phone has been infested with anti-GEJ virus for it not to have captured the real thing, or this is the real thing; 'lies and deciept forwarded with soo much precision that an innocent onlooker wonders if this isnt the much awaited messiah.

^^^
Btw, I love the sarcasm!

HNosegbe: Have they talked about the funding? What about the legal issues? Right of way? Geological surveys? Management of the railway? Personnel/labour force requirements? Sharing of revenues from the railway? How long will it take? Compensation of affected communities?

Please let me know when you're serious.

Nigeria is getting there

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nyameke: One thing some of you guys should know is that when a man is really playing the role OF A MAN that he was born to play your woman( wife or whatever ) has no option but to submit. It's not coerced but happens naturally. It's the natural order of things and how nature intends..

To submit is to surrender oneself willingly to another's authority or will. This is done out of love and based on love and not FEAR. It's ignorant to think otherwise. The roles of man and woman follows a leader and a follower relationship and not a Master and Slave relationship.. A woman should never be looked at as a slave or lesser being that you command at your will but your HELPER.

The man being the head leads, loves,cherishes and protects the woman. The man actually has the greater responsibility because to lead is to take responsibility. Most relationship fails because most men refuses to be man and play their roles.

The ignorance is that most men and some women associates submission to a form of slavery or master and slave relationship. Or why would a wussy man tell me if it is submission I seek, go buy a DoG.

You could not have said it better. Your husband is very lucky!!!

sexkillz: Keep doubting then. . . When you have gained more experience, you'll understand better how a relationship functions.

Now run along. . .

Guy, you are definitely still a teen or a very young adult. You still need sometime to know life and you definitely lack experience!

No offense but I am just being honest. You have made some nice comments in the past but this, I don't agree with.

If my GF is not submissive while we are dating, it when I marry her she'll be submissive?? A wise man has his eyes in his head!!!(Ecclesiastes 2:14)