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Kc3000:
You've run out of steam bro, I've addressed it already and you're just desperately grasping at straws at this point.

Given your epic failure to simply provide us your own version of events or sources, I can only conclude that you have nothing to offer. So, I'm done with you.

You may have the last word.

Nah, the only epic failure on this whole thread is YOU! I mean how can someone put a wrong spin on Soyinka's efforts to broker peace in the South-East before the civil war, by wrongly and deceitfully portraying his efforts as a bid to 'abandon Biafra,' like you did?

You were called out on your attempt to put an illogical spin on the events that transpired at that time, and instead of owning up to the fact that you goofed, you started clutching at straws and trying to dribble your way out of your twisted stories. The same Soyinka whose efforts you thrashed, was actually thrown in jail for 2 years for his efforts to make peace in your region. You owe Soyinka an apology! But you are not man enough to offer one, are you?

Kc3000:
So, if I implore you to abandon your pointless ramblings on this thread, would that translate to me supporting you at any point?

Nah...you are the one that has been rambling on this thread. Everyone can see it. Now, do you still want to continue telling us about how Soyinka's moves to broker peace, was wrongly interpreted by you as a ploy to 'abandon' Biafra?

abescom:
The is the f*cking last time I will watch that bloody King of heart. Roshni is an ungrateful bastard. Na their fault? No be Arsenal wey dey fumble make me dey watch the rubbish nonsense movie?

So annoyed now.

sulikhifun:
King of heart is very annoying

Zeinymira:
That story is annoying ehn.....Lol@ Arsenal.

I have stopped watching that series called King of Hearts. But na wetin happen inside the show, wey dey make all of una vex like dis?

Kc3000:
Maybe you have comprehension issues...I never said he abandoned Biafra. Go and read it again.

Comprehension, kwa? Ok, let me refresh your memory...

Kc3000:
Soyinka never supported Biafra. He visited Biafra on behalf of a group of Nigerian writers to see if they could convince their colleagues on that side to abandon the Biafran project. He met with the great poet Christopher Okigbo in Enugu, and subsequently returned to Nigeria where he was jailed for visiting Biafra. This is according to Soyinka himself.

Were you not the one who wrote this?? "He visited Biafra on behalf of a group of Nigerian writers to see if they could convince their colleagues on that side to abandon the Biafran project...." Oh, you didn't use the word abandon when talking about Soyinka's actions regarding Biafra?

Kc3000:
I agree, how can he abandon it if he never supported it. That is my entire point.

Guy, you have just shot yourself in the foot! You claim he abandoned Biafra, not so? Show us the exact line in the BBC excerpt, where it was written that he abandoned Biafra. Abi, no be you talk am? Stop digressing like a fidgety pregnant woman about to go into labour...!

Mujtahida:
And he wants Biafra. Smh. I simply just opined that I instead of talking, they should take concrete action. Na so the guy go hysterical on me.

You dey mind am? All these IPOB people are the same...when they have nothing concrete to offer, they delve into the realm of insults. I have lived in different parts of Nigeria, and I understood perfectly what you were attempting to portray with respect to the harmonious interaction of people from different ethnic groups.

Kc3000:
There had been other delegations too from Nigeria that had visited Biafra to talk them out of secession. Biafra was not attacking Nigeria, Nigeria was intent on attacking Biafra, so these efforts to avert the war were towards convincing the Biafrans that we could continue as one nation...or Soyinka would have gone to Gowon instead to convince him not to invade Biafra. This is not to malign Soyinka in anyway, kudos to him for trying to proffer peace.

In any case, my objective is to prove that Soyinka never acted in support of Biafra, despite his imprisonment, as many claim. He has made this abundantly clear himself, and even this brief piece from BBC clarifies that.

It's a shame you've failed to provide us your version of Soyinka's involvement in Biafra, with your sources. Work on that.

Making peace moves, does not translate into abandoning Biafra. You are the one twisting Soyinka's efforts to initiate peace, as part of a so-called attempt to abandon Biafra. You can only use the word 'abandon' when someone has offered you 'support' initially. Please show me in the BBC excerpt, exactly where it was written, that 'Soyinka abandoned Biafra,' to use your own words.

paramakina202:
LOL...I never said its English or Creole.

Oh really? Were you not the one who said: "All those names are not native Yorubas..." I simply pointed out, that one of them was a Yoruba name.

paramakina202:
Quote-The first Yoruba lawyer Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams was called to the English Bar in 1879 whilst the first Igbo lawyer, Sir Louis Mbanefo, was called to the English bar in 1937. Again the first Yoruba medical practitioner, Dr. Nathaniel King, graduated in 1875 from the University of Edinburgh whilst the first Igbo medical practitioner, [b]Dr. Akannu Ibiam, [/b]graduated from another Scottish University in 1935. Again I ask, where did the ignorant hypothesis of the backward Yoruba race who needed development by the superior Igbo race come from? For the sake of our generation and posterity we need to teach factual history and not just cook up some rooster and bull ego-centric concoctions as facts. The attitude of recycling long tales steeped in empty arrogance should be discarded before you miseducate your kids with fictions.
All those names are not native Yorubas but freed slaves while Mbanefo and Dr. Akanu Ibiam are native Igbos.

paramakina202:
Tell us wetin Sapara mean in Yoruba lang.

I will tell you, after you tell me what it means in English or Creole.

xcolanto:
Total B.S! Here you go again calling other ethinc groups to yourself begging for unity! I see you have links to the north. Little wonder you beg so much for unity.. That is what holds sway over there with your kids begging up and down. Now I know your almajiri inclined doing what you know how to best.

Oya write me an epistle and beg some more!
You haven't started begging I told you.
Begging begger!!

What makes it BS? The fact that he shared his own reality with others, as he lived it? Is it because you grew up in a Southeastern hamlet, where everyone had the same homogeneous traits? Why, oh why, does it offend you lot if someone has a different perspective from your own? You are the ones begging for freedom, launching protest marches left, right and centre seeking for support. Is it a crime not to support your myopic view? Is that why you are resorting to insults, tantrums and vile epithets? Let me guess... you were simply not brought up to be polite, or taught how to disagree respectfully with those who do not buy into your strange beliefs, right?

Dumaknesset:
He was born in Sierra Leone to an ijesha father, his elder brother is Oguntola Sapara, fact that the man decided to use Williams does not change is nativity. Sapara is the father's name.If your analogy does not apply to Louis Mbanefo for bearing a Louis it should fail for Sapara Williams. Last time I checked Louis is not an Ibo name. Take away Sapara Williams next ten after him will still be yoruba.

I told them that Sapara was a Yoruba name, they didn't believe me. They said it was Creole. Even me that I am not a Yoruba person, I can see that it is not an English name.

paramakina202:
Quote-The first Yoruba lawyer Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams was called to the English Bar in 1879 whilst the first Igbo lawyer, Sir Louis Mbanefo, was called to the English bar in 1937. Again the first Yoruba medical practitioner, Dr. Nathaniel King, graduated in 1875 from the University of Edinburgh whilst the first Igbo medical practitioner, Dr. Akannu Ibiam, [/b]graduated from another Scottish University in 1935. Again I ask, where did the ignorant hypothesis of the backward Yoruba race who needed development by the superior Igbo race come from? For the sake of our generation and posterity we need to teach factual history and not just cook up some rooster and bull ego-centric concoctions as facts. The attitude of recycling long tales steeped in empty arrogance should be discarded before you miseducate your kids with fictions.
All those names are not native Yorubas but freed slaves while Mbanefo and Dr. Akanu Ibiam are native Igbos.

[b] Sapara is a Yoruba name. Check am well, o!

mrnigerdelta:
as a true Edo man, I support this write up 100%. the South East & the South South need unity of purpose. so we could free ourselves from this Zoo call Nigeria.

mrnigerdelta:
as a true Edo man, I support this write up 100%. the South East & the South South need unity of purpose. so we could free ourselves from this Zoo call Nigeria.

Guy, you sabi lie, o! Where and when did your Edo people hold a meeting to take a decision to support this venture?

Stop lying, pls!!

ralphelo:
The Yorubas will not join any foolish tribe who start any foolish war in Nigeria.
Igbos youth better go and read all books you can laid your hands on your failed Biafra project.
your corrupt politicians are instigating you to massacre and blood bath.
Nigeria army will not spare even your goats if you try anything called war.

LWKMD!!

Kc3000:
Soyinka never supported Biafra. He visited Biafra on behalf of a group of Nigerian writers to see if they could convince their colleagues on that side to abandon the Biafran project. He met with the great poet Christopher Okigbo in Enugu, and subsequently returned to Nigeria where he was jailed for visiting Biafra. This is according to Soyinka himself.

Were you not the one who wrote this?? "He visited Biafra on behalf of a group of Nigerian writers to see if they could convince their colleagues on that side to abandon the Biafran project...." Yet, the excerpt you posted from BBC News website says something different. It says Soyinka met with Ojukwu to call for peace. So making peace moves translates into a call to abandon Biafra? Can you see how you people twist facts to suit your petty propaganda?

Kc3000:
When you are done twisting and somersaulting, go and watch the video I assigned to you, where Soyinka with his own freaking mouth(which you call hearsay in your infinite wisdom ) speaks on the issue. However, since I'm in a generous mood and it's obvious you're making every attempt to resist the education I'm offering you, here's a link to another coverage done by BBC and Wole Soyinka.

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/news/wole-soyinkas-return-to-biafra.html

Wole Soyinka's Return to Biafra.

Forty years ago, Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka travelled to Nigeria's secessionist Biafra region to try and calm growing tensions. The visit saw him thrown in jail, forced to spend 22 months in solitary confinement. Now he has returned to meet those who ordered his detention. The BBC's Mark Rickards accompanied him:

Outside the airport there is a line of black cars waiting, their tinted windows making their occupants invisible.

As we come through baggage reclaim there is a mad scrum and in the middle of it is Wole Soyinka, Nigeria's Nobel Prize-winning author.

I am surrounded by large men in dark glasses who demand I get into a car.

As we are not far from the dangerous Delta region of the River Niger, the thought of kidnapping flashes briefly through my mind.

Mr Soyinka climbs into a land cruiser, I am led to the car behind and we speed off with hazard lights flashing and sirens blazing.

It is the beginning of Wole Soyinka's return to Biafra.

Persecution

Wole Soyinka, affectionately known as "the prof" by many Nigerians, has been collected from Benin City Airport by a group known as the Sea Dogs.

Further investigation reveals that they are part of a fraternity set up in 1952 with Soyinka as one of seven founding members - hence the honour of a motorcade.



We are now heading for Asaba and the first stop on an emotional journey back to the civil conflict of 1967.

Back then Nigeria teetered on the brink of civil war.

The people of the east, referring to themselves as Biafrans, felt that they had suffered discrimination and persecution at the hands of the Nigerian Federation and their leader Odumegwu Ojukwu declared his intention to create an independent state.

Violent conflict seemed inevitable, and a group of Nigerian intellectuals then resident in London argued that someone should travel to Biafra to speak to Ojukwu and attempt to head off hostilities.

It fell to Wole Soyinka to undertake that dangerous mission to a jittery and volatile region.

He met with Ojukwu and later returned to Lagos.

Suspicious of his motives, the federal government imprisoned Soyinka on suspicion of his involvement in the sale of military aircraft to the east.

He was to spend 26 months in jail, all but four of them in solitary confinement.

Now he has returned to see both Ojukwu and back in the west Gen Yakuba Gowon, the former leader of the Nigerian Federation who authorised his detention without trial.

Wooden guns

We arrive in Asaba and the Sea Dogs drop us in the lavish palace of Professor Edozien, and from there across the River Niger, where in 1967 Soyinka had slipped through a loosely observed blockade into Biafra.

In the feverish marketplace of Onitsha, the town on the eastern bank, he remembers his first visit well.

"There came this group of very young vigilantes with wooden guns," Soyinka says.

"They handled those wooden guns as if they were real guns. It was a kind of portent of what was to come, of a people unprepared for war but with absolute faith."


Soyinka was arrested at wooden gunpoint and taken to Enugu, the capital of the self-proclaimed state of Biafra. Here he waited for the opportunity to speak with Ojukwu. Wole Soyinka and Odumegwu Ojukwu

When it came, Ojukwu was polite but firm.

At the time, he said he was representing the people, and it was they themselves who had pressed for secession.

Forty years on, he is blind and infirm yet fiercely unrepentant.

Soyinka guides him to a chair and he reiterates his position.

"If you want Nigeria, I do not think it is impossible - but you will just have to train yourselves into really believing the equality of citizenship," he says.

"If you are not prepared for it, forget Nigeria."

We revisit the Presidential hotel where Soyinka stayed.

He remembers the size of the rats in those days and feels that, unlike the rest of Enugu, the hotel seems to have taken a turn for the better.

We still choose to stay overnight somewhere else, leaving behind the long shadows of the past and the distant memories of oversized rodents.

Civil war

Returning to Lagos, Soyinka is concerned that Gen Gowon will pull out of the interview.

They have met before, but Gowon seemed nervous - understandably so, face to face with the Nobel Prize winner he slung in jail.

But confirmation comes through: Gowon will meet us at his house.

As we enter, he points out that Soyinka is spot on time in a country not famous for punctuality.

"We civilians have to teach you bloody soldiers about discipline," jokes Soyinka.

They talk through the background to the Biafran war and Gowon acknowledges the suffering that was experienced on both sides.

"No victor, no vanquished" was his theme at the end of the war and he is keen for Soyinka to know that he was serious in his intention to ensure that no-one felt excluded from Nigeria.

Soyinka points out that there were some terrible atrocities committed by federal troops.

Gowon accepts that this happened, although he says he was not aware at the time.

After all the horrors of the civil war, Nigerians need to forgive, he says.

Finally, Soyinka is ready to challenge him about his imprisonment.

Wole Soyinka and General Gowon"Ah yes," exclaims Gowon. "You were my house guest."

Soyinka tells him of the solitary confinement, the hardship, and Gowon seems genuinely surprised. "I had no idea," he says.

Soyinka breaks the sombre mood with a flash of humour: "Let me tell you publicly, if the boot had been on the other foot, I would have slung your arse in jail much earlier."

As we leave, the two men embrace and there is a palpable sense of forgiveness and relief in the air.

Wole Soyinka's return journey is complete, a journey not only back to Biafra, but also back to confront those whose actions 40 years ago placed him in solitary confinement.

It is where some of his finest poems were written.

The ghosts of Biafra can be found in the pages of his work, scribbled on scraps of paper as the terrible history of the civil war was itself being written.

Wole Soyinka's Return To Biafra is broadcast on BBC World Service on Wednesday 24 October at 0806 GMT.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/7057098.stm

We can all see that the somersaulting is coming from your side. The same Soyinka was jailed for visiting Biafra, o! You are so ungrateful, honestly. See as you have misinterpreted his efforts to broker peace, as an attempt to abandon Biafra! God dey!

Kc3000:
Doing a simple YouTube search is too hard for you? Where can I find your fairytale of Soyinka's involvement in Biafra? You are not serious. Now buzz off...this is what I'm asking you to do.

You see, it is so easy to decode those of you, who rely on hearsay to propound their theme of propaganda. Assuming this encounter you recited took place in reality, it shouldn't be hard for you to post all the links here, should it? Instead you are dancing around the issue like a fidgety schoolgirl, unable to sit in one place. You were the one trying to pass off your own version, as the gospel truth much earlier. Now for the umpteenth time, post the source or url to your own story here, so we can read and verify if you are actually telling the truth, or making up stories as you go along...

ikp120:
You're still not even getting it.

I was not talking about assenting to votes by reps o. I was talking is something like him making reference to the House conducting a referendum, instead of him thinking of war.

Of course it's the House that will raise the motion, but he can catalyse the process by making reference to it.

A referendum was conducted in Turkey just recently, guess who catalysed it?
THE NATIONAL LEADER DID.

The elected leaders do not give a fvck. That's a fact.

When someone like the president gets involved in any national issue, even the Houses will debate on it again and again. That's what I'm talking about.

He should be a peacemaker by catalysing the process. Referendum is a peaceful process bro.

No sir, you are the one still missing the point! The VP or acting President cannot catalyse anything, in this context. In the Turkish case, the President Tayyip Erdogan was NOT the one who called for the referendum. The parliament wanted to initiate constitutional reforms, and sought the approval of Erdogan to conduct the referendum. It was held, the results were declared and Erdogan claimed the victory. He did so because he saw the benefits in what the parliament wanted to do. The military wanted Turkey’s parliament to stay weak and divided. The votes from the referendum, enabled the country to institute constitutional reforms to strengthen it and the reforms have been viewed as a way to restore stability in the Middle East.

In Nigeria, has the parliament or the house of reps members pushed for a referendum or requested the executive to assent to calls for a referendum? No! So get your elected reps to follow the right process.

simplycarro:
You will never see them blame or push the fault to their own elected representatives but will keep blaming the elected representatives of other regions that obviously have mandate of their own people different from the Biafrans.
Dis Yorubas send Osibanjo to go and push for referendum?

I wonder, o!! Even if the Yorubas want to exit Nigeria, they cannot ask Osinbajo who is the VP, to initiate the call for referendum. They have to ask their own elected representatives from the local assemblies, to the state and federal levels, to do so on their behalf. Our IPOB brothers just keep putting the cart before the horse. They are fond of insulting other ethnic groups and castigating them, for not supporting their Biafran cause. Is it those other ethnic groups that want Biafra? Why should they take panadol for another tribe's headache?

Kc3000:
Do a YouTube search of "Wolf Soyinka speaks at Christopher Okigbo international conference Harvard University".

Here he speaks of his understanding of events surrounding the war at length. He states that he had hoped to meet up with some of the writers from Biafra at a conference in Brussels, but they didn't show up. Later on, at a meeting in London, some of the writers decided to send someone to Biafra to try and talk their colleagues out of the idea of Biafra...some guy named Aminu was going to go, but they decided his safety was not guaranteed in Biafra because he was a northerner. Soyinka decided to go...he recollects being called a saboteur by some Biafran soldiers and finally being able to meet Okigbo in Enugu, but Okigbo was already totally committed to Biafra. He went back to Nigeria and was arrested.
I'm not proclaiming every word that comes out of Soyinka's mouth to be gospel, but these are his recollections. I'm also interested in hearing this your version of Soyinka's involvement in Biafra and your sources.

Oga, why are you just perambulating and dribbling around the issue? Post the source, link or url. Is that too much for you to do? Why are you embarking on a lengthy recital of an unproven or unfounded story? Was that what you were asked to do?

ikp120:
Bro calling for referendum is actually a way of kinda settling a fight or dispute. It doesn't mean that he's for or against their exit. It simply means that he's acting as the referee. Everyone knows that referendum is just about the parties involved voting on whether they support the move or not.

All he has to do is alert and lobby the House of Assembly and reps on conducting a referendum, and see how it goes.

If I become the president of Nigeria today (which I do not want at all), the first thing that I will seek for is a referendum on this Biafra shìt.

Or maybe they're scared of the Igbos leaving Nigeria.

You are still repeating the same mistake. It is NOT Osibanjo's job to call for a referendum. It is the job of your elected representatives to push this request through the state house of assemblies, the Federal House of Reps and the Senate. When the call for referendum has been made on the floor of the house, and it receives the required number of votes, then all the VP has to do is provide his assent. Wake up your elected representatives. Call them to order. Ask them up to do their jobs!!

ikp120:
They're asking for an exit, which is 10000000% their right. Referendum is a right, not a privilege.

But what the VP is thinking about is war. Britain didn't fight with EU to exit. Scotland nko? Etc. A guy of his caliber should call for Referendum instead of sounding the trumpet of war which only exists in his head.

Bro, the Igbos have learnt, but the rest of Nigeria, including the VP, has not learnt from history.

The Igbos are doing all they can to leave. Please is it by force to remain in a nation?

Even Texas and California were once calling for their exit from USA. It's not a big deal bro.

Why on earth should the VP be the one to call for a referendum? Is he the one that wants to leave Nigeria? What are all the elected representatives in your state house of assemblies, Federal House of Reps as well as the Senate, doing? Are they sleeping? That is their job, nah...

Kc3000:
Tale of what? That people involved or suspected to have been involved in Jan 15th coup were not going to be safe in Nigeria at the time? I think anyone familiar with events that precipitated the war simply understands this...do u need a source to know that Ifeajuna and Nzeogwu wouldn't be safe in Nigeria either? Feel free to disagree.

He who asserts, must prove. We do need a source in order to confirm if the comments you made, are just a figment of your imagination, or a true reflection of events that transpired at that time. Now, when are you going to post the links or url, so we can all read and verify?

KealDrogo:
I don't know what is the big deal here, this is what any normal human should do except if you're a criminal. And besides the bank got her details and address she can be easily traced and arrested, so she has no choice than to refund the rightful owner back his money.
To me she had done nothing exceptionally. Just attention seeking...

Guy, pray to God that you never fall into this kind of problem. Most banks will NOT reveal the details of the person into whose account, the money was transferred. It would take time, effort, arguments, court orders and all kinds of legal arm-twisting to get the bank to refund the money. Do you know how many people have been victims of scams and when they called on the banks, to help them get their money back, the bank officials turned a blind eye and deaf ears to their pleas?

In a sane society, what she has done is not exceptional. But in Nigeria, where yahoo-yahoo, 419 and all kinds of tricks have been ruling the airwaves, she deserves a commendation. Her parents did a good job, instilling the right virtues into her. They brought her up well.

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engrchykae:
because few people were killed in Enugu you foolishly claimed that the igbos are being flushed out in your dreams.i want the herdsmen to be fast about the cleansing of the middlebelt.time is running out.we need few zombies to kill.

engrchykae:
we igbos are not begging for your support because this time around we are playing the machiavellian politics about the middle belt which is allow the fulani to decimate the middle belt,then we will know that we have only the fulani to contend with when the zombie middle belt is out of the picture.

Wake up. The middle-belt does not need the Igbo to defend them. They have held their own ground successfully against the Fulani marauders, for many years. They have the scars, thorns and tears to show for it. It is only in the past few years when herdsmen started wreaking havoc on South-Eastern communities, that everyone suddenly started shouting about it. In case you do not know, the middle-belt has acted as a buffer, by limiting the access of Fulani herdsmen to your region. Tell your people to take lessons from the middle-belt on how to keep the herdsmen at bay, if you do not want those same Fulani chaps to decimate your own people.

omosefeeguaibor:
And here I am thinking I was the only one not interested in this so called nysc scheme, it's like a huge cup I want to pass me over, because of a truth, I am yet to see the usefulness of this scheme. Total waste of precious one year

Free your mind. The NYSC year is a time to expand your horizon, learn new skills, improve the lives of those in your area of primary assignment and network, in order to get better opportunities after the service year. I know a lady who spent her spare time during her service year, taking IT certification exams, and also volunteered for an NGO that was conducting free online classes for those in her area. The contacts she made during that programme, launched her into a successful career with a multinational firm.

shukuokukobambi:
Asiwaju just reminded me sef. What of ifeajuna who was executed with banjo? Was he a traitor too?

Azikiwe is either a hero or a traitor. The first recognized leader from the east can't suddenly become non existent. I'll go for traitor, what say thou?

Good question!! I have always wondered how Ifeajuna's role would be viewed by historians. Was he a hero or a traitor?? That is the million dollar question.

Kc3000:
These are some of the Yoruba that were involved in what they like to term "Igbo coup". The wicked will suggest that all Igbo should be held responsible for the actions of Nzeogwu, but Ademoyega's actions are solely his.
Of course, these guys had to fight for Biafra after the Biafrans freed them from prison. The northerners would have quickly executed them if they stepped foot in Nigeria at the time.

Who told you this tale? Kindly post the source and links to this your story, so we can all read it and verify. Thanks as you comply. There are too many tales by moonlight, masquerading as fact on NL, whenever the civil war is being discussed.

Kc3000:
Soyinka never supported Biafra. He visited Biafra on behalf of a group of Nigerian writers to see if they could convince their colleagues on that side to abandon the Biafran project. He met with the great poet Christopher Okigbo in Enugu, and subsequently returned to Nigeria where he was jailed for visiting Biafra. This is according to Soyinka himself.

Re-ea-ally??! You don't say. Please post the source and url of this your story, so we can read it and verify. The version that we heard concerning Soyinka's involvement in Biafra was totally different, o!

modath:
Meaning .... See me counting my blodas and you are oledi limuving yasef by ya hand.... What a wawu

Hehehe.... I don talk say I no go laugh today, but...

daamazing:
Nawaoo, you even read the topic or the OP's post? Lagos is to build 8 new ferries and you're still complaining that Lagos is yet to explore the potentials of water transport...

You are the one that needs to read the OP's post again. Lagos state is not building 8 new ferries, but jetties. There is a difference. ferries are vessels used to transport passengers and cargo across the water. Jetties are the places where such ferries berth. So try to understand the difference.

Building jetties is not the same thing as exploring the potentials of water transport. Jetties have been built that are lying fallow, such as the Oworonshoki jetty. Why build more jetties that may not be used? Of what use is a jetty, that is not being used to drive an integrated water transportation system? Why has it been closed to the public? Why are boats and ferries not using it to pick up and drop off passengers? Building a jetty is not the only thing required to develop a safe, efficient and effective water transportation system. Please go back and read my post again....with an open mind!