₦airaland Forum

God1000:
Nigeria is the only country on earth where people living in abject poverty still show support for the very party and individuals that have impoverished them.

What a disoriented generation of suffering and smiling youths.

It seems our mumu never do 4 naija

treesun:
The drivers lamented that despite their dedication to their work, they had been subjected to indiscriminate extortion, violent harassment by the management.

Commercial drivers in Lagos State under the aegis of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN), have threatened to embark on seven days protest and boycott of services across the over multiple and excessive extortion by the management of parks and garages in the state.

The association in a statement by its National Leader, Akintade S. Abiodun; Chairman, Opeyemi Sulaiman; General secretary, Ajimatanarareje A. Feyisayo and Assistant Secretary, Taofik Hassan, scheduled Monday, October 31, for the commencement of the protest, as it instructed its members to adhere to the instruction.

The drivers lamented that despite their dedication to their work, they had been subjected to indiscriminate extortion, violent harassment by the management of state transport agencies, motor parks and garages and Lagos State caretaker committee.

The statement read, “This is to notify members of the public and the Lagos state government over multiple and excessive extortion by the motor parks and garages management.

“The cost of transportation affects cost of goods and services and consequently the cost of living, which has spiraled astronomically in Lagos State as a result of the effect of motor parks excessive and illegal ticketing and tolling at almost every bus stop.

indulgence of the public to go through the meticulous breakdown of this unprecedented level of extortion we go through below:

“From Badagry to Mile 2, we pay N3,500 & N5,000 naira apart from 25 illegal tolling/ticketing by motorpark hoodlums who collect two to three hundred naira per bus. From Seme in their park, they do collect N7,100 in the morning before loading our buses yet we are still subject to illegal collection on the highway.

“On Federal Mass & Coaster, we pay over N12,000 on each trip from Oko Afo to CMS or to Oyingbo, which includes loading charges and illegal payments at several bus stops till we get to our destination.

“From Ogijo to Ikorodu, we pay over N5,500 per day. Garage Ticket N850, Chairman ticket N1,700, King's levy N200, Ita Oluwo N500, Odo Gunyon N1,200, Ile Epo Oba N200. We also pay N900 for passIng by whether you pick up a passenger or not.

(At Ikorodu Roundabout we pay N1,000 in the morning and afternoon and we pay N500 in the evening which makes it N2,500. At Benson Bus Stop we pay N900 for a whole day, loading at N300 each for morning, afternoon and evening.

“At Agric Bus Stop we pay N200 to 8 motor park thugs. It is called welcome to Agric tax. When we stop to load for passengers at the agric bus stop we pay an extra N300 which isn't part of the N1,600 welcome to Agric tax. When we get to Aunty Kenny bus stop we pay N200 before buying Lagos state ticket for N500.

“”At Ogolonto bus stop we pay N100. At Mile 12 bus stop we pay N500 for plying the expressway and N1,000 for plying service lane (for buses enroute Yaba oyingbo). Mile 12 to Ojuelegba buses pay N1,500 while red coaster buses pay N2,000.

“Red buses from Ikorodu to Oshodi pay N5,000 to motor park boys in the morning and afternoon. At Ketu bus stop we pay between N600 to N1,000 depending on the size of bus for just dropping off passengers or picking up any single one. For buses plying Yaba to Ikeja, we pay N200 at Jibowu bus stop, total bus stop N100, Fadeyi N100, Onipanu N200, Elediye N200, Palmgrove N200, Anthony N100, Ikeja N200 - total N1,300.

“On our way back to Yaba, Palmgrove & Onipanu is N500, Fadeyi & Total N500, Yaba N200 with LASG N800 ticket making it a total of N3,300 in the morning alone. We pay N2,000 each in the afternoon and evening, which makes a total of N7,300 daily. Korope plying lyana Iba-Okoko to Agbara are paying N5,000 per day to motor park boys without the extra LASTMA & Police Department & Lagos Task Force daily extortion.

“When we resist the extortion, we get arrested and pay N10,000 for bail to the police while the motor park boys go scot free and we also have to bail our buses separately.

“Lagos drivers also pay for entertainment, security, unit chairman's food and many other ridiculous levies with threat of violence at any slight refusal by the drivers. This is the exact case of the popular parlance on exploitation of labourers, "baboon dey work and monkey dey chop".

“Lagos commercial drivers work like elephants and eat like ants while the urchins under the aegis of motor park workers take a large chunk of our earnings. We can hardly fulfill our contractual obligations with our business partners, feed our family or afford maintenance or repair of our vehicles.

“Our demands are: No to charging drivers three passengers money after loading in parks or garages, we are demanding it should be one passenger's money per bus. We demand that only Lagos State government ticket should be the only ticket in Lagos. Others like Lagos State parks & garages management, Lagos State caretaker committee are not acceptable to all drivers in Lagos State.

“We kick against Paying motor park thugs at every bus stop. All illegal money paid after we leave the garages and parks should be abolished immediately. Harassment of law enforcement agencies & intimidation with guns, cutlass, broken bottles by LASTMA, task force and RRS must end immediately. They collaborate and hire thugs to attack and extort us every day without violating any law.

“We have lesser bus stops for commercial vehicles. Most bus stops in Lagos are strictly assigned officially to brt buses only and we get arrested for dropping off passengers at existing bus stops which are known to commuters as official bus stops for decades. We demand that the Lagos State government should provide official bus stops in each community to avoid incessant arrests and stress for commuters who complain of having to trek several kilometres back to their bus stops.

“We call on the Lagos State government to quickly respond to avert the current anomaly. Failure to adhere to these demands will only attract more protest and total boycott, the Joint drivers welfare association of Nigeria (JDWAN) is resolute in pursuing justice by all legitimate and peaceful means available.”

https://saharareporters.com/2022/10/22/lagos-state-commercial-drivers-threaten-seven-day-mass-protest-over-multiple-extortion

Elbinawi:
A prominent Activist from Kano State sent me this statistics of the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) according to States and Region.

I know this his message is indirectly linked to next year's presidential election. Clearly the South West dominated the IGR table by a wide margin. The North West, the region with the highest number of votes is nowhere to be seen. Unfortunately we have lots of gullible Idiots in the North West. When Dangote, the richest Black man in the world, wanted to establish the biggest Refinery in Nigeria, he foolishly took it to a non-oil producing state, Lagos state instead of his Kano State.

From another dimension, when Osinbajo became the Vice President of Nigeria, he invited his Yoruba tribesmen who are from his RCCG church and empowered them. Conversely, when Buhari became President, he genocidal massacred more than one thousand innocent Shia civilians in Zaria, the overwhelming majority of them Northerners.

Addendum:

While the Yorubas of the South West, the most tolerant region in Nigeria religion-wise, the savage Saudi Wahhabi regime brainwashed the gullible Wahhabis and Sunni extremists in Northern Nigeria that the way to progress and development of the North is to eliminate all the Shia Muslims in the North. This is despite the fact that Shia Muslims dominate Madina and the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia. It is a fact of history that the Northern barbarians publicly celebrated the Saudi-funded #ShiaGenocide in Nigeria. Hundreds of women, children and infants were brutally slaughtered by the Buhari gang like chicken.

I recently wrote an article on the need for Northern Nigeria to wake up from it deep slumber. I stand by that article. It always pained my heart that my region is the most backward region in the whole world in all indices of progress and development. Very painful!!!

Please share this post with your Northern Friends and Associates! Thank you!

#ElbinawiTweets

Abdul05:
Nigerians love Tinubu Sha...



I am now convinced that .

lekki/endsar massacre's an enemy propaganda ...




Igbo induced propaganda

obembet:
Leave Tinubu alone, vote your candidate.

We want tinubu. Ur hatred won't stop him

Zonefree:
When this ethnic war you and your kind always intensify starts, don't run.

Babaken:
Today road will be free from agbero in Lagos.

obiekunie01:
Of Iragbiji Town Union.


All na President.

emmanuelbrown26:
go and change baba pampers na, waiting baba do una

osazsky:
u should be lucky u survived apc first 8 years some of ur afonja bro were not as lucky as u ..some are in idp camps while some when they manage to get 600 naira to buy plantain,they quickly run to nl to flunt it..most displaced yoruba brothers and sister have migrated to Edo to start selling agbo herbal drinks and sewing of yoruba cap ..una too funny..una never see anything

CheapHomes1:
What election has he won?

TrumpDonald2:
in your dream

ryloy:
Bola Tinubu Manifestoes: Gov El-rufai Released Summarized Audio Version

RENEWED HOPE - Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s Action Plan to transform Nigeria and the APC manifesto for the 2023 Presidential Election summarized in less than a minute. Enjoy and get the complete 76 page treatise. pic.twitter.com/NlUnTScaak

— Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai (@elrufai) October 21, 2022

naptu2:
See previous thread here: Obi Flag Boy Attacked In Oshodi (Videos)


Chudé @ChudeMedia



https://twitter.com/ChudeMedia/status/1583370902548664323

cherishmichael:
Oh!! You can now see??

cherishmichael:
Then how can a fellow blind creature advise another!!!

Corridon:
What a dry and stale reactions. No meaningful opinion up there.

abc115:

cherishmichael:
Lol, i can't see the hope on any of the pictures

Now, Listen To Nigeria Army & How They Brag About Killings Of Harmless Biafrans @FCDOGovUK @StateDept @IsraelinNigeria @KremlinRussia_E @CanadianPM @UN @EUinNigeria @AmnestyNigeria @UNHumanRights @hrw @reportsafrique @IntlCrimCourt They No Longer Hiding The Ongoing Genocide pic.twitter.com/4FkAvqhdzH

— Amaka Ike (@Real_AmakaIke) October 19, 2022

Tomek09:
You decide as what?? Agbero or agbado useless afonja??

LeoDeKing:
Just imagine this nonsense.

Chinansa left Abia or Anambra to Lagos in search of livelihood, after few months, he got brainwashed that Tinubu stole his Abia/Anambra money to buy these buses for Lagos.

Then opportunity came up in the form of Endsars protest, Chinansa went straight to the bus park, set the buses ablaze because Tinubu used "his money" to buy them.

As in, I don't just get this kind mentality.

Sell the whole of Chinansa family and generation, the proceeds can't buy one of those buses, but here it is, he set them ablaze.

Meanwhile, his brothers are busy insulting Tinubu that he ordered the military to kill some imaginary protesters. Till today, no proof or trace of the protesters killed on Tinubu's orders.

Nemere2020:
https://www.nairaland.com/6196328/atiku-abubakar-speaks-endsars-protests#95180186



https://twitter.com/atiku/status/1583103387326763008?s=19[/quote]Hypocrite, you should have expressed disappointment on Deborah's killing

valentineuwakwe:
Source: https://dailypost.ng/2022/10/20/11-senators-demand-nnamdi-kanus-release-write-buhari/

Munamoqel:
Endsar Hustler's and cruise catchers are supposed to visit graves of fellow victims ! But since na cruise and hype Dem wan catch .it must be lekki toll plaza !

Aderewah:
Proves that despite the hairy chest beating, markets like Alaba have no bearing on lagos finances. Lagos can lock the place for six months without batting eyelids. We know the leaches that’ll suffer more tho. I implore the lasg to lock the market till late next year to teach flat heads lesson.

BKayy:
In Nigeria the Igbos generally occupied the former Eastern Region and a part of the Mid Western region. The Igbos generally had no Kings or Chiefs (i.e. Igbos enwe-Eze). However few towns like Onitsha had what looked like a recognized chief. The Igbos operated a democratic system of Government. The highest democratic institution among the Igbos is the Oha-na Eze (i.e. the Town Assembly). The largest political unit was the village/village group. This was by kindred then family unit.

The Igbos had a decentralised system of government. The executive, legislative and judicial power were vested in the

Oha-na Eze
the council of elders
the Ofor title holders
the family
the Ozor title holders
the Age-Grade
the Umuada
the ‘Ala’ or the Earth’s goddess represented by a Chief Priest.

The administrative system was decentralized and characterized by the principle of acephalous (absence of a centralized government). It was therefore a chiefless society which was segmentary and egalitarian in nature. There was no supreme king like Oba and Emirs in the North. Interestingly, however, each village in Igbo society is normally administered like a Republic, independent or sovereign state.

https://newafrikan77./2020/02/26/igboland-oldest-constitution-democracy-pre-colonial-political-systems-igbo-traditional-system/

Realguyman1:
But did the governor ever admitted that anybody died during the protest in lekki?