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Bros, this area you are talking about looks like the Ajayi Apata Estate oh....

Something is fishy here.....

90% of HMO policies in Nigeria do not cover c-section or blood transfusion. You will have to pay extra cash to get these services, if you ever need them.

Xiadnat:
Below Is a quote that I got from an article (a blog really) that I was reading for my MBA course about "medical outsourcing or tourism" In Nigeria. Woefully, many Nigerians that can afford health care are leaving to countries such as Europe, US, India to get medical care termed "medical tourism". And it is destroying Nigeria's health care system and economy in general.

I am just so saddened. Even the title of this post is heartbreaking. So many issues with Nigeria's (or Africans') health care system, it's hard to even know where to begin.

[i]"The World Health Organisation ranks the country’s health system 197th out of the 200 nations in its 2009 report. In terms of life expectancy, Nigeria ranks 212th in the world. In terms of expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP, it ranks 139th in the world. It has the 2nd highest number of deaths pa from HIV/AIDS. The risk of major infectious disease is categorised as “very high”. In the UK, a recent Freedom of Information request revealed that three-quarters of the doctors struck off the General Medical Council (GMC) register in the past years are foreign-trained; those trained in Nigeria rank second.....

When I read about three-quarters of Nigerians getting struck off the GMC register in the UK, I laughed!

Why won't they get struck off when most of them have such an arrogant, condescending attitude to their patients and their work especially in Nigeria? They often carry their bad behaviour abroad with them.

The first rule abroad, is that as a doctor you MUST do everything possible to save lives. Go the extra mile, if you have to. In Nigeria, many doctors (not all) are rather nonchalant and carry themselves as demi-gods. Each time they carry that attitude abroad to foreign hospitals, they get busted, especially when they do not follow the rules.

I asked a young doctor here in the General Hospital in Marina, Lagos that I wanted to see the consultant who was in charge of a relative of mine, that was on admission. His condition had not improved and I wanted to know why. The young doctor flared up, aghast. He wanted to know why I had the effrontery to request to see the medical consultant.

He threatened to abandon the patient if I did not rescind my decision.

Now, can you imagine such a doctor practicing abroad with this kind of attitude? Of course, his patients would lodge a complaint against him at the medical council.

Doctors in Nigeria are also fond of going on strike at the least provocation. Abeg, I don tire.....

IleIfe2:
The newly commissioned 8.4 Mega Watts Peninsula Integrated Power Project, a Public Private Partnership (PPP) between Lagos State Government and Peninsula Integrated Power Limited, to provide power for public infrastructure in the Lekki/Ikoyi/Victoria Island axis like the Lekki Phase 1 Waterworks, Ligali Ayorinde Waterworks, Victoria Island, Saka Tinubu Waterworks, 25km new public lighting within Lekki Phase 1, Victoria Island, Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge among others during its commissioning by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN at the Chibo Ofodile Close, Off Ladipo Latinwo Crescent, Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, on Sunday, March 8, 2015.

Good, he should make sure he fixes the road leading to the Lekki Phase 1 exit gate at the 3rd roundabout, right next to This Present House. That road leads to the Ikate-Elegushi roundabout, and it is an eyesore.

Anytime there is a little rain, the road turns into a swimming pool of mud. Yet, Fashola collects millions from home owners in that axis as land use charge.

As one of the authentic, genuine and earliest registered users on this forum, I hereby accept my award with sincere appreciation.

Oya, wey di title now...??

aresa:
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You are too shallow and ignorant for by breath...

Oh dear....na so dis matter pain you reach? That you have to resort to insults and uncouth language?? Tsk, tsk, tsk....!

aresa:
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All your power plant can not guarantee our hospitals, schools, roads, bridges and public buildings uninterrupted power supply, but Fashola's 47MW can.

So, of what use and relevance is all your obsolete MW and power plant to the people of Lagos and other Nigerians?

It's not about quantity, it's all about quality.

Shallow TaNoid mentality..

Hehehehe...!! There is nothing TANoid about this. Is it everyone that disagrees with the APC spin masters that is a TAN member?? See your shallow mindset...

Just explain how Fashola plans to use his 47MW to supply uninterrupted power to the 1.6 million homes and 15 million residents of Lagos within 6 months, like he boasted!! Chikena!

Forget that hype about using 47MW to supply steady power to all the roads in Lagos...it is a big fat lie! There are still long stretches of roads dotted with street lights in this very Lagos that lack power supply, especially along Lekki-Epe expressway.

Abi, I should take a picture and post it right here for you to see??

Dee60:
How would he pay the private company that was contracted to do and manage the road? I wont waste my vote to bring in cluelessness to Lagos! From what is on ground, if government scraps the toll fee, government has to pay the developers. Basic law. So, where would the government find that money?

Basic wetin?? And how has the state been paying for the maintenance of Bode Thomas, Adeniran Ogunsanya Road in Surulere, Bourdillon Road and Alexander Avenue in Ikoyi, Cele - Ilasamaja bridge as well as the other roads that have been constructed so far in Lagos without toll gates across them??

They collect all manner of rates, land use charge, taxes for different kinds of permits from both commercial and private establishments...yet they lack enough money to maintain a small bridge across the water. What a pity!!

oduastates:
And how is he going replace the lost revenues? in a country where people do not pay adequate taxes...
SMH
This guy is even more stupidd and more reckless than I thought.

And the taxes we have been paying in Lagos for the past 16 years, into whose pockets has most of the money gone?? Tinub.....I will leave you to complete the sentence!

aresa:
And Nigerians are in even darker darkness...


You people no get shame ni?

And your point is... Just what exactly?? Is Fashola's 47MW in 5 years, or 270MW a greater achievement than the 750MW Olorunsogo Phase II IPP Project?

I guess he can always do some abracadabra to stretch the 47MW within 6-8 months to supply uninterrupted electricity to all the 1.6 million homes in Lagos state.

Congratulations Seun and well done for all the hard work you have put into Nairaland over the past 10 years.

Thank you for building this platform and letting us all be a part of it. May the Good Lord continue to grant you the wisdom, resources, strength and passion to continue to sustain this place called Nairaland.....for another hundred years, in the same way He has granted you the grace to bring it thus far, in the past 10 years.

Peace.

bidex:
which one has GEJ generated in 6 years?

Have you heard of 750MW Olorunsogo IPP Phase II?? And the other NIPP Projects in the country??

Read about it here:

The Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC), owners of the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP), has refuted reports that the 750 megawatt-capacity Olorunsogo Phase 2 Power Plant built under the NIPP in Ogun State, which was at the weekend inaugurated by President Goodluck Jonathan, had earlier been inaugurated by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

NDPHC’s General Manager in charge of Communication and Public Relations, Mr. Yakubu Lawal, said in a statement on Tuesday that the completion and inauguration of the phase II Olorunsogo plant was another manifestation of President Jonathan’s commitment to deliver on his promises to complete inherited projects.

According to him, what Obasanjo actually inaugurated was the 335 megawatt-capacity Olorunsogo Phase I Power Plant, built by the federal government for the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).

He stated that the phase II is a combined circle plant consisting of 4No GE made Gas turbines, 4No Heat Recovery Steam Generators and 2No Steam turbine units each turbine unit of 125MW capacity and a total capacity of 750MW.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/obasanjo-never-inaugurated-olorunsogo-ll-power-station-says-ndphc/202698/

tkwo:
Please reason for once! Can u compare development in Lagos now to how it was 16 years ago? Lagos state is now the 3rd best economy in Africa. Who are those that made it happen? If u are staying In Lagos u will see this. Please we need to not just accept anything brought to us. we need to think!

How much of tax payers money was looted in Lagos State by those at the helm of affairs during the past 16 years in Alausa, while they were busy making it the "3rd best economy in Africa?"

Every correct answer gets 20 marks!!

Kola4uniadgog:
The entire capacity of lagos ipp is just 47 mega watts and he is here boasting. Why didn't build one with a larger capacity. Even if other states benefit from it, the larger beneficiaries will be lagosians.
It is on record that the first governor to build a power plant in Nigeria is peter odili former governor of rivers state. And he didn't just build one, he built two power plants. That was almost 8 years ago. So if a governor has been able to build 5 power plants with 47 mega watts capacity.that does not even power any lagos household. What he deserves is serious tongue lashing not praises.

Thank you o, abeg help me tell them!! Speak to those applauding Fashola's rhetoric and 'alawada' antics, without taking the trouble to dissect and thoroughly analyse his comments.

Lagos State needs 10,000MW of electricity for steady power supply. It has taken Fashola 5 good years to generate just 47MW of electricity. Is it the 47MW that he wants to sell to the Discos and also use to provide uninterrupted, steady power supply to the entire Lagos metropolis?

Ironically, on the day he launched the Lekki IPP I went down the Lekki-Epe Expressway from Ikate-Elegushi to VGC Estate and guess what?? The entire stretch of the road between Jakande Estate and Ikota junction was in darkness. All the street lights were dead due to lack of power supply.

Think people, think!! Don't be hoodwinked by empty promises, that have no bearing in reality.

njays24:
We got our own prepaid meter fir free,that was when it was first launched in Nigeria. I only cleared our outstanding bill,the got the meter thereafter.

What year was that?? And in which area?? Kindly let us know....some of us might just decide to relocate there!

Equado:
This is a big black fat lie. I purchased one just on thursday for my mums store @ 25thousand naira.#ChaiWhereUnaDeyGetUnaNewsFrom

The same request applies to you, too!

Olalan:
one of the biggest scam of the 21st century is the so called privatisation of the power sector. Nigerians now have to pay so much for consuming epileptic power supply.The bills they bring these days is something else imagine a three bedroom flat paying 8k per month for 5hrs of power per day. Worst hit are people without meters.

Mtcheww! They gave you a bill of 8k per month for a 3-bedroom flat?? and you are not happy?

Come to Festac Town in Lagos. They once brought a bill of 60k (i.e. sixty thousand naira) to a 3-bedroom apartment in one month, despite the fact that the entire house was unoccupied for the better part of that month! We have written letters, we have complained and till date nothing has changed!!

May God deliver us from Eko Disco!

Oildichotomy:
There are electricity cabals holding the country's meter business to ransom.
There was a report on Channels TV a while ago about a meter assembling or production plant in Lagos that is almost going moribund because of the cabals that prefer the imported ones for their own selfish reasons. If only we allow things to be done the right way, this nonsense complaints of dollar increment scam won't arise.

We are the change we seek

This is the height of extortion. Ordinary residents or citizens are not allowed to buy pre-paid meters on the open market. They need to go through the Discos and the Discos (especially Eko Disco) are using this to milk the citizens dry.

I am sure that if they threw it open and allowed people to buy their pre-paid meters directly from the manufacturing companies, the prices would drop and this scam called extortion would die a natural death.

shakazuldadon:
The newly purchased Diesel Multiple Units (DMU) rail cars
by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) will be
introduced to the public, when the Corporation starts its
planned new train services in Lagos on the 2nd of June.
The DMU has 10 coaches and they are fully air conditioned.
However, instead of 150 Naira currently being paid by
passengers for trips within Lagos, the new service will be
offered at 750 Naira per trip. Services on the old coaches
will also be increased to 230 Naira.
A total of 18 trips will be made daily, 8 with the new units
and 10 with the old ones. The new train service will also
run six trips on Saturdays

Has anyone ever seen the intra-city train schedule for DMU coaches on the Lagos route?

What are the arrival & departure times? Has it ever run on schedule?

Are there any locations outside the rail terminus where rail tickets can be bought and coaches can be booked?

Why is it forbidden for the DMU trains to run on Sundays?

Elose11:
Fashola is working and haters are hating. Most roads in Lagos are federal roads. Including Ago palace way. So ask GEJ why the road is bad. Leave Fart.shola and Thief.nubu out of it!

Na lie! Ago Palace Way in Okota is a state road and NOT a federal road. Don't fall for their stories.

if you think Ago Palace Way is bad, what would you call the road that links Ejigbo to Ikotun, on the outskirts of Isolo??

Fashola has visited that road twice and murmured several platitudes...yet, nothing concrete has been done. Work started on that road over a year ago, but it was abandoned. May God save us in Lagos!

Voraxproperties:
Available

What kind of title exists on this property?

laudate:
NEWS UPDATE: Power supply has grown five times worse in Lekki Phase 1 area of Lagos, at the new project site where we currently work.

Electricity is now supplied for 45 minutes at 3-hour intervals, once every 4 days. And this area is located close to the new toll gate in that estate.

Kai! Only God can forgive Eko Disco for this wickedness....because the residents cannot!!

News Update!! Power has not just grown worse in Lekki Phase 1, it is now practically non-existent in that area behind the petrol station close to the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge roundabout!!

Who did we offend in this area, biko nu?? Who

Diogo1:
Sorry, but I don't have time to bother myself to convince you. We lived at Riverside Housing Estate in Enugu and that was the situation then. Like I stated earlier, there were radio announcements on ABS1 before light is taken.

As for age, check my other posts. I left banking as a Branch Manager years back and am currently a big employer of labour. I guess am old enough to know what I wrote earlier.

One advise: Don't think everyone on Nairaland are children. Thanks.

Very funny. This is a public forum. You made a statement & it attracted a response from me.

Now you are claiming that you left banking years back as a bank manager. Who asked you??

The topic was about power. For you to claim that power supply was steady in the 70s and 80s, is hogwash. It definitely was not steady in many parts of Lagos & Enugu, so please do NOT use your own small area in Enugu as a yardstick to declare that power supply was constant during that period!

bank manager indeed! mtcheeew....

abejide1000:
He must have seen something better in his new wife, that's why we always tell you to be good girls, respect your in-laws and friends, don't double date. Now that he's gone with another lady, your problem now becomes something to be discussed on NL, I shake my head.

What better thing did he see in his new wife that made him such a coward that he could not tell the OP their relationship was over, instead he decided to sneak away like a retarded thief to get married secretly? I feel pity for his new wife who does not realise that she just got married to a deceitful conniving toad.

A beg, someone should tell the OP that she had a lucky escape. The right person would come her way soon, by God's grace.

GhaliNaaba:
Fraud of a policy, yeye baka. You put Cart before horse and expect miracle you people are failure for supporting this shallow Idea, tell me where they see iron or steel they used for the car?
What about the tyre and the others. Our iron/ steel mining and production must be working to the full capacity first and the electricity must be regular. You take part of motor to Nigeria for assemblage and you are celebrating. Group of failures.
If GEJ still advertise his achievement of 6 years, it means he did nothing at allll .
Nigerian have decided to March Buhari into Aso rock and GEJ out from Aso rock.
APC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Point of correction, they are assembling the cars from Completely knocked down (CKD) parts. It is a start and they should be commended. In the eighties when Peugeot was doing the same thing, they sourced their windscreen from West African Glass Co. & they got their tyres from Michelin & Dunlop.

For those working at the Nissan plant and earning a living, they are surely heaping praises on those who made it possible for them to set up the assembly plant.

Diogo1:
We had uninterrupted power supply in the late 70s and early 80s. Maintenance of power infrastructure was usually done on Saturday mornings but you'll be preinformed via local radio at least a week before the scheduled disruption.

All the military regimes paid no attention to amenities. So that's when the problem started.

Note: I lived in Enugu then so I can't speak for other parts of the country.

Bros, unless you lived on a university campus with a back up generator that starts up immediately NEPA starts its load shedding exercises, there is no way you would have had uninterrupted power supply in the late 70s and 80s.

Nothing like uninterrupted power supply existed in those days in Lagos. I know this because I recall my dad buying petrol for his small generator even in those days, in Lagos........ especially in the Ikoyi area where we lived. So please do not peddle falsehood. Ask those who were old enough to remember what happened during that period.

Where is it located? And when can I arrange an inspection? And can the price be discounted?

Serious buyers will not call you if you do not post the price here, for them to know if it fits into their budget or not! If it falls within their budget, then they would call you to negotiate. Nobody has time to waste.

Resale value of Volkswagen vehicles are really low in the Nigerian market.
Wish you luck with this sale.

Can it fly for 3.5 million? Kindly confirm??

Neplusultra:
For d issue of having two children, R u kidding me? A woman can decide to rope a guy by getting pregnant so leave matter bros but maybe, just maybe, it wasnt d issue with dem, look Peter very well, u go know say na small pikin dey worry am, He tinks six packs, tattoos, earing and dancing like Usher is wot it takes eh He was even d one who wanted to break d group. I pray he's d one in control in dat rltnshp and dat it lasts too.

So the guy na 'mugu' abi, that is what you want us to believe? He opened his eyes, kept following her around, let her rope him & get pregnant twice!

Yet he still continued a relationship with her....abeg, bros...leave that side!