₦airaland Forum

ofai:
I never did. That's the way you chose to see it.

Ajose's work in medicine was definitely not new in the western world. But whenever you mention researched history about Africa from an African viewpoint, Dike stands tall among others.

ibotic:
Again like I stated, in the absence of the breakdown of how the government arrived at those figures, it is imperative that we be a little discerning in jumping to conclusions. Other costs which might have been factored in and which do not form part of the basis of Mr Ettus figures might include transportation, consultation, logistics, hardware costs...etc...

ofai:
You mean Njoku, not Dike.

Botany encapsulates any plant based endeavour, from agriculture to biotechnology. Courses were not as diverse as it is today. A botanist could become a biologist, agriculturist, etc

agriculture
ˈaɡrɪkʌltʃə/Submit
noun: the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops, and the rearing of animals, to provide food, wool, and other products.

Professor Omooba Oladele Adebayo Ajose (1907-1978) who died 25 years ago this July, was a Prince of the Royal House of Lagos, but he was much more than a prince. He had an air of authority about him, that came from the profound knowledge of his field of medicine, and his absolute integrity and honesty. He was eager and ever ready to use his professional knowledge, to the advantage and benefit of the people.

[img]https://chroniclesofglobalicons.files./2015/06/ajose.jpg?w=300&h=182[/img]

Professor Ajose was also a family man. He married Beatrice Spencer Roberts in 1933 in Glasgow, Scotland where he studied at the University of Glasgow from 1927 to 1932.

In the early years of his professional life, Dr. Oladele Ajose worked first as the Assistant Medical Officer of Health for Lagos (1936-47) and he was then appointed Medical Officer for Health from 1947-48. He was also the Founder of the British Red Cross Society in Nigeria. which later became the Nigerian Red Cross Society and he also founded the Infectious Disease Hospital in Lagos (commonly referred to as the IDH) through his involvement in the control of tuberculosis in Lagos.

In 1948, Dr. Ajose left the civil service for his appointment as the first Black African Professor to be appointed to a full chair in Preventive and Social Medicine at the University College, Ibadan. Ibadan was at that time a College of the University of London.

Oladele was in fact the first proponent of primary health care in Nigeria. This was a revolutionary idea in those days.This project also served as the basis for the worldwide establishment of fish ponds.

Professor Ajose was awarded the title of Chief Bada of Ilora in appreciation of his efforts.

After many years of splendid work at Ibadan, he was chosen and appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ife (now called the Obafemi Awolowo University), a post that he held until the first military coup in 1966. On his retirement from academic life Professor Ajose returned to his hometown Lagos.

In spite of all his achievements (and it has not been feasible to mention more than a few) he remained ever humble, never blowing his own trumpet, but ever ready to acknowledge the credit due to others.

He contested for the Stool of Lagos under the Ogunye Family of Oba Ologunkutere. Professor Ajose and the late Oba Oyekan were the two final contestants for the royal stool. After Oba Oyekan was selected, Professor Ajose continued to serve his people both in his public health, and clinic activities. He was also appointed as the Chairman of the Lagos State Schools Service Board.

We thank God for his life given in the service of his fellow men. Unfortunately we don’t know yet of any worthy memorial to mark his contribution to our society, apart from the Oladele Ajose Institute of Public Health at the University College Hospital, University of Ibadan.

Professor Ajose married Beatrice Spencer Roberts in 1933 in Glasgow, Scotland and had three daughters and one son including Ambassador Audrey Ajose, Professor Muriel Oyediran, and the late Trixie who had a son Mark Ashby. The late Professor Oladele-Ajose later had another wife who bore him five children. Four boys and a girl. His children from his second wife Abimbola Oladele-Ajose, include Prince Adewale Oladele-Ajose, Olusegun Kehinde Oladele-Ajose, Olufemi Taiwo Oladele-Ajose, Adebisi Otusanya (nee Oladele-Ajose) and Adeniran Alaba Oladele-Ajose.
http://happylagosian..com.ng/2009/10/o-mooba-oladele-adebayo-ajose-who-died.html

ofai:
Oh now you have shifted to Eni Njoku?

UI was a colonially established university. Nigeria wanted to prove a point by forwarding a distinguished historian who had what whites didn't.

Unilag was a university built by the federal government, not western, eastern or northern region.
Nigeria's thriving economy was run on plant based agriculture. Eni Njoku was the pioneer professor of botany (study of plants). Join the pieces together.

ofai:
I honestly didn't mean what you are insinuating as regards the small letter casing I gave to ajose. My conscience is clear.

But who is ajose? How noteworthy were his research compared to dike's research in African history?

History will be kind to dike for proving his mettle as a distinguished historian and pioneer of contemporary African history, something the whites couldn't lay claim to.

Africa needed a historian that would the narrative of sfrican history. All the world know about Africans then were jungles, slavery, colonialism. Dike's scientific research debunked all that.

You yorubas and your sense of entitlement is your Achilles heel.

ofai:
No. Non supercedes the other. It is only the strength and global relevance of ones work that may outpace the other.

Adebowale89:
my fact remain this won't still cause ambode reelection. I'm not here to defend him, only stating the fact look at the other positive side too. government can never satisfy everyone

tunjiajayi:
Good of you to acknowledge that you do not know about the land use charge review.

Well, it is a very unpopular move both for owners and tenants keeping in mind that housing/ shelter is key to humans.

As an Omoluabi that appreciates and commends good things Ambode has done well for Lagos no doubt, but the new policy is a BIG but.

Like I said, may the electorate win.

ofai:
Senior to who? Let's not even start with that.

Ajose was a medical practitioner right? His field differs from Dike who was a historian.

What did ajose accomplish that was new or unaccomplished by the whites or that wasn't theirs? But dike had what wasnt owned by the whites, and that is african history. Dike made outside world seek for his research works because he narrated with prove about Africa's history from a seasoned African research perspective.

Adebowale89:
when the FG increase import tariffs, didn't the businessmen adapt to the adjustment? is not compulsory to be a landlord in Lagos, you can go and build house in other state that give land on promo sef

the point is, all this taxes, is he using it on the right direction? if yes then what's the fuss abt increase in land charges that people are already paying?

ofai:
Your self-serving and face-saving revisionism cannot fly this time.

NCNC my foot.

Professor Dike, Nigeria's first professor of history, in a clearly stated mission to narrate and preserve African history from the African perspective became the first VC of Univ. Of Ibadan based only on MERIT.

It was your awolowo that introduced tribalism and nepotism into academia.

Even unilags first black VC was pioneer professor Eni Njoku, another great academic of botany.

These men were the pioneers of their time. There was no egbe omo oduduwa in academics then. Everything was purely merit based that even your awolowo was scared of competing with igbos. no long revisionism can change the narrative.

ofai:
Dike's VCship was a product of nepotism right? You are really biased.

Assuming I have stayed longer than you ( though marginally) in professorship, yet you publish more relevant and groundbreaking research works than mine, it means you have a competitive advantage over me. IT IS THAT SIMPLE! Enough of this trash post you churn out.

Throwback:
.... Prof Kenneth Dike and Akanu Ibiam led school council would eventually go on to conduct recruitment into UI after the departure of the British. Out of 115 new hires, only 3 were Yorubas while the bulk of the remainder were from the Eastern Region.

That is how Igbos practice a merit based system.

The foolish Yorubas who were members of NCNC were never offered any sensitive position in the NPC/NCNC partnership of the first republic. Not even the Eastern minorities were offered critical positions.

All that was good that the Northerners could not occupy, the Azikiwe led NCNC ensured it went to the Eastern region, and ultimately to only the Igbos of that multi-ethnic Eastern Region.

ibotic:
Not necessarily so but until we have a breakdown of the sum total as presented by the state government, it remains an exercise in futility to accuse them of fraud....Kapish

Adebowale89:
tani Ore e?
odape Ose aisan abi?
land use charge, then what happen? if we travel diaspora and obey their taxes there why should land use charge be a problem? so because of land use charge he will loose next election

is he not governing well?

KushyKush:
As a matter of fact, apart from APC, there is no other party that can win the hearts of Lagosians

tunjiajayi:
See O, Igbo people endorsing Ambode!
Ambode that's being unpopular by the day amongst Lagosians and Yorubas in Lagos generally because of his tax and sundry policies.

Well, let's see.
I know you people endorsed Jimi the last time and he lost.

Ambode beware of Igbo endorsement in Lagos.

ibotic:
His model did not include costs of labour
Did not include hardware costs
Logistical costs
Transportation costs...etc

Instead of us to go and develop our land
my people will be claiming lagos.
As an Nnewi babe...
shame is catching my flat.head

themanderon:
Cold blooded crooks. They will always demand for more and more cos their ocean of greed cannot be satisfied. Awon ole buruku leaders.

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday, clarified the figures circulating in the media, on the rate for the newly reviewed Land Use Charge Law of 2018, saying many of the numbers were based on several years of arrears on the levy, not paid by affected property owners.

Speaking at a news briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, Ikeja, the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan said there were so many misconceptions and misinformation about the new law, adding that the law was a progressive enactment duly made by the House of Assembly and handed over to the Executive for implementation in the overall interest of the people.

He specifically dismissed the humongous figures being bandied about on the social media, saying many of the calculations were based on arrears of many years of non-payment.

“The second important part is that a lot of relieves have been built into the law but many people are confusing arrears with the actual figure. If you see those figures, ask whether it is for one year or arrears of several years of non-payment. The humongous figures that are being bandied around particularly in the social media relate to the arrears of many years of non-payment which are computed together,” Bamigbetan said.

..... Responding to fears of tenants that the new Law might force landlords to increase rent, Ashade said aside the fact that the Lagos State Tenancy Law 2011 was still in force, the incidence of payment for Land Use Charge under the new law is on the Landlord and not the tenant.
https://lagosstate.gov.ng/blog/2018/03/07/land-use-charge-outrageous-amount-in-circulation-unfounded-based-on-arrears-lasg/

ibotic:
Stupid Ettu Mohammed.....
Has he factored other incidental costs into his model

Xisnin:
The law is targeted at homeowners not some hustlers owing house rent, but you are free to relocate to
your village in protest.

Ralphdan:
How many Yoruba get land for Lagos ? With reasonable structures
You will not believe how far your people has gone in selling Lagos to the Igbos . That's what Ambode is fighting as we speak.
Atleats if the government can not stop it let them benefit from it.

naijaking1:
No doubt everybody including the few Yoruba property owners in Lagos will also pay any proposed tax, but good planners like those in bigger cities like London, NYC, and even Atlanta will think about long term consequences of any plan.

You can't push for Yorubaism in Lagos, and at the same time maintain or expand your tax base that includes the very other people you're trying to exclude.

Someone should tell the mentally retarded governor that there's a reason why most World big cities have 4-5 language interpretation services at every public place, because they want to make people feel welcome.
People spend money and pay taxes when they feel welcome. Especially, since he likes the money.

Obi1kenobi:
Still foaming in the mouth. Still rabid. Still unhinged. Bitter. Delusional. Incoherent. Witless.
You're more than free to ascribe victory to yourself. It's the Internet, baby. An anonymous platform for that matter where we can all be Einsteins in our own minds. I don't debate points for the approval of low self-esteem cretins who disgrace their parents and upbringing on here with mindless tribalistic idiocy. Any window-licking reetard can get approval from his clique of similar-minded tribalistic reetards.
I didn't address that rambling post not because I couldn't "defend" anything, but because meandering, long-winded rabid fits that run into 4 pages on my MS Word are a waste of my time when they can't tackle points concisely. You can kid yourself and coterie of inbred cretins all you want, but that post at absolute conservative minimum took you over an hour to compose and between when I KNEW you read it and hours later when you replied, that must have consumed your thoughts for much of the day.

When you make concise points like we were taught to do in secondary school English essay writing classes, I might be bothered to substantively address the points.

Willexmania:
Mrs, Before You Talk, Do Your calculations. the stadium has 33,000 seats. and i have gone there severally. the fans almost fill up one quater of the stadium i.e divide the seats by four which would give you about 8000 Sometimes The Fans Are 6500 Now, Multiply 8000 X 200 = 1.6m on each matchday which is enough to maintain the stadium. the stadium also make money from adverts and sponsors like aiteo, glo, dana air, etc..... don't talk anyhow about things you know nothing about, ok? uyo fans love akwa united.
I Repeat i go there severally and i admit there are a lot of empty seats but at least they fill up 1/4 or 1/5 of the seats.
cc ; LaudableXX

wristbangle:
Bro, unfortunately tenants are the ones that would be at the receiving end of the hike. Ambode needs to reverse it. This guy is seriously messing up. From visionscape scam to streetlight spending robbery, hike in toll gate fee and now land use decree siphoning? Oh common!

chronique:
Well, it was sent via social media so I'd want to assume maybe there are errors there but I've heard same thing fro about two sources. Let's wait for them to come out with an official statement that we can hold them by. There used to be a template for calculating this thing in the past. I don't know how they suddenly arrived at the new figures. Even registration of motor vehicles, has shot up to 100k for cars with less than 3.0cc engine and cars with 3.0cc and above engine, would cough out 200k for registration. Meaning, if your vehicle engine is above 3.0ltr capacity, registering it would cost 200k. That's insane.

sunnymaja:
It's all lies. Is it too much to pay #30,000 on property that worth #20m that occupies owner and tenant? Go and read it instead of making every thing political

chronique:
Do you have a property in Lagos? Or you're just trying to be stupid for fun? Is it everything you see on Nairaland that you use in playing politics/tribal sentiments? Have you thought of the implications of this stupid step taken by the Lagos state govt?

From the circular I got that was sent on social media, everyone who owns a duplex,would pay as much as 3m per year for tenement rate. How does it sound to you that someone would have a property and still pay so much like he or she is paying rent in a highbrow part of Lagos? At the end of the day when the tax burden is passed down to the people renting those properties and they cannot pay, they get evicted and become homeless.

Can you just imagine the circle of commotion it would cause? The most annoying part is that most of you who support all these stupid policies of APC govt in Lagos and Nigeria, are usually the worst hit. I know somebody who almost fought me because he was supporting buhari in 2015. Today, hunger has dried him up and makes him look like an aids patient. When he wears his shirts, they look like parachute on him. If you see topics and you don't have any reasonable comments to post,just keep quiet and read comments, rather than making a fool of yourself.

seunmsg:
The land use charge is a valid law in Lagos. Whoever owns a landed property in Lagos is under obligation to pay. Any non Yoruba that is not willing to pay should move his/her property out of Lagos. Nobody is forcing non Yoruba's to remain in Lagos compulsory.

naijaking1:
This governor is not realistic. You can't enforce Yoruba language on every Lagosian, "it's a Yoruba city", and you turn around to enforce oncreased taxation on non-Yoruba citu dwellers. That's retarrrrdwd.