₦airaland Forum

It was strange to hear that pig headed Buhari gave his indication to go ahead with Saturdays elections!Won't be different from last week's;ie if elections hold;people are not disenfranchised by fiat and ballox boxes not stolen!What are ballot papers doing in SA or whereever they are?
Me has no faith in Iwus elections!Period

Bros~i have friends that work in 4 major teaching hosplitals in Nigeria and i happened to visit them during my last visit home in 06~UCH,LUTH,ABU and UBTH!Yes almost 25 billion has been spent on the procurement of CTscans,MRI machines and the refurbishing of the major 8 hospitals;but rather its stil a tale of woes.
For example LUTH has no functional clinical laboratories~medical investigations like blood analysis and such need to be done in outside laboratories!The whole hospital does not have a functioning ICU;ie intensive care unit and the surgical theatres are nothing to write home about!Ibadan fares better,how many people can afford to deposit 50k naira before admission into the icu;pay 50k for MRI scan or 30knaira for CT scan!Staff morale in the medical field is low;just recently salaries were cut in consonance with their so called reforms.Yearly at least up to 500 doctors migrate to SA,UK,Australia and Canada for greener pastures.
As Olu Falae said on the news of Yar'Adua's collapse;if the hospitals are so much in a fantastic state why was he rushed abroad~why not National Hospital Abuja or Gwalagbada Specialist Hospital in Abuja or better still Ibadan or LUTH?
ASUU is on strike because the accord between the association and the FG that would review salaries periodically,spend at least 10% of the budget on education and fund universities so they could compete favorably internationally was not adhered to!Yes salaries were increased,but its a pittance compared to what colleagues earn in private universities(govt officials own);and what obtains else where!Universities are not well funded,graduates are not well trained,laboratories and teaching facilities deplorable.This i know from first experience because grand-pa and his sibilings retired from the academia!This is no biggie;funding for tertiary education is a shame in Nigeria~public tertiary colleges in Ghana,Gambia,Botswana fare better!

but there have been some sincere efforts which are sometimes overlooked in the heat of the moment, truth is, maybe it wasn't the best approach, but sometimes you need an interim measure to help before the whole problem can be solved.

Cannot really say~World Bank puts us as one of the Heavily indebted poor countries(HIPC),and also as a strong member of the Low Economic Inpact Countries(LEIC).ie countries that are unstable,volatile,poor with no attempts at capacity utilization to shore up the collective potentials of her people!That sums OBJS 8 years and i leave you with this reference http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/guest-articles/why-obasanjo-is-pleased-by-nigeria-s-pro.html!
Safe

Well~that is the sad reality on ground;misplaced priorities has always been the bane of our problems!Can you imagine the thousands of lives lost yearly due to these derelict roads?Small things like this counts,however the apologists on this forum would shout at the top of their voice Atiku is a thief~imagine these.Till now none of the past Ministers of Works has been held responsible for the reprehensible road network in Nigeria.Where is EFCC?
Sorry for the digression!

Bros!The 1500 trucks supplied in 1999 are nowhere to be seen now;ditto the thousand peugeot 306 cars bought to "combat"crime!So far deplorable and enabling factors exist for crime to be committed,all these efforts are in vain.The basic problems are never loked at in solving issues in Nigeria.In developmental policies,there is what is reffered to as a "bottom" approach ie you tend to look for immediate and remote causes and start solving from there!The FG has been making noise over these pensions,gratuities and entitlements!Should they not have been paid out first as in decent soccieties?ASUU is on strike;the hospitals are decreprit;power non-existent,unemployment unabated;inflation galloping~however its BMW and Ford trucks that is next!
Misplaced piorities'an insensitive and indifferent government is the albatross on Nigerias neck.
My humble take

bros!That money could be spent on welfarist programs!Fees for indigent students could be paid,outstanding pensions and gratuities retired,market women and the unemployed without the means to start/fund their busineeses could be helped!The ploice has a budgetary allocation every year which under the regime has almost gone up 100 fold in comparison to previous governments;yet crime has not abated!
I hope you are not suggesting that i mean the money should be shared?

Utomi is the best man for Nigeria~assuming all things were equal.But,alas if wishes were horses

wow~laureate na you be dis here?

GNature please see http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/sonala-olumhense/road-closed.html

Is it ford and bmw trucks that would reduce crime?Once again;wrong priorities.The landcruiser jeeps bought in 2000;where are they now?They are all scrap;they could not be maintained because of our apathy towards maintenance.
Odeku~spending billions on trucks ain't the solution~people are hungry,jobless,cannot pay school fees,homeless,hungry and disenchanted with this government!

Yes what happened is a sad reflection of the democracy in OBJLAND!Whatever they were airing;if inflammatory should have been left for the regulatory body concerned to take the appopriate action.Alas,no!NTA refused to air the opposition's campaigns,Airlines were threatened with revocation of their licenses for flying the oppostion,now this!
The same government that has refused to comply with numerous Supreme Court rulings,ridden roghshod over the Federal Constitution,decimated the living standards of her people~not surprised though!
I also notice certain advocates of the government of the day have not really risen to the occassion on this thread~paucity of what to contribute?

Where are the northern apologists?Dont they have nothing to say?

It is destined for man to see his maker one day~RIP
Never liked him and his bro Musa;coarse,uncivil,unprofessioal peasants in uniform

Ignorance,mischief,tunnel vision is quite redolent on certain posts so far read!
PDP rigged brazenly in most states~the response of the people on being denied their choice candidates was glaring~Edo,Oyo,Ekiti,Ondo,Osun etc
So its silly for anyone to say on the contrary when foreign observers said in their reports that the elections were fraudulent!
In certain states it was impossible for the resident INEC Commissioner to declare otherwise~states that the opposition had firmly locked intheir grip~Lagos,Abia,Zamfara,Yobe,Kano!It wolud have been suicidal for them so declare results on the contrary knowing fully well that PDP virtually had no formidable presence!
It behoves us to be objective and fair in our collective reasoning.A friend of mine a notable member of PDP UK called me to say that PDP cannot say that the elections were free and fair especially in his home state of Enugu where elections did not hold in most places ditto Anambra,Imo Ebonyi.He knew the results had been tampered with because he himself did not vote in his village!However results were announced for his ward!
To my brethren the elections were a charade,a fraud,an insult to our senses~lets rise beyond our differences and say so,no use hiding behind grammar

Why should Atiku step down a retired General,a known tribalist/islamist who refused to campaign in the S/E in 2003,apart from Chuba Okadigbo's town?
Buhari has not told us what he forgot in 1985 at the Presidency!Also as a former dictator/maximun ruler,his antecedents are well known~force,totalitarianism,absolutism!
Atiku has every right to contest as dictated by the Federal Constitution just like any other Nigerian for the highest office in the land!
Some tunnel vision critics of Atiku have spent many a day lampooning his character~OBJ by extension who over saw the sham and fraud of last week's election ;then is no better.Same goes for Yar Adua who by association is the candidate of this coterie of criminals,thugs and brigands!
OBJ,INEC are all afraid of Atiku;that is why all these challenges are thrown o his path~if Atiku wins(only God knows),the same EFCC is gonna shackle OBJ and send him to gaol~a taste of his own bitter medicine

Bros wish we could continue work de later today!However would try to look for more references!
Aurevoir!

The info was accurate as of Feb 2007.

At least someone on this thread has said the Asaba-Benin road was successfully dualized. So, the info on the website can't be totally untrue.

I don't know about that!My grouse is the mismanagement,corruption and lack of seriousness in delivering services to the people of Nigeria!Since 1999 the Ministry has not repaired the most important highways in Nigeria~it's a pity you are in the diaspora;every Nigerian knows this!
Funds allocated to the ministry for road maintenance and construction have found their way into private accounts'yet thousands die yearly as a result of unmotorable death traps!
OBJ is a rogue~ i detest the peasant nature of his and his attempts to rule roughshod over the Federal Constitution he swore to protect!The elections showed the level of disenchantment the people regard him and his milieu of louts.bandits and rogues!However my detesting him is not to the point of clouding my faculties

Lewa,

I briefly glanced through the link you provided and it states that the fed govt has spent  N900 Bn on roads so far.  How did the writer of that column come up with 900 billion naira ?

You see this is where the problem lies. Who do you believe ? Someone that makes up number arbitrarily or the numbers from the govt website ?

The person that started this column was right - it's N299 Bn spent to date and I have provided a link showing how it was spent.

If that guy can cook up a 900 billion naira figure like that, how do I know that everything else in his column isn't cooked up ?

My brother, if we want to criticize, we don't have to lie and exaggerate whilw we are at it.

Bros i don't lie and have no flair for exaggeration!Pundits have added the money allocated to the Ministry in the budgets since 1999 and extra budgetary spending!They claim to have received what 300bn naira whereas infact more than that was allocated to the ministry!
I was home recently last year and the highways are in a derilict pitiful state!
Why do we argue about figures 300billion~900 billion whatever the roads are sill as they were with the elements adding their toll!

Oga, I am not in Nigeria myself, so I really can't verify anything

Me too! .

But the information provided by the federal works ministry doesn't look fake to me. One person on this thread has verified that it is true that the Benin-Asaba road was dualized (as shown by the link as completed).

Most important highways like Lagos-Ibadan,Benin-Ore etc are in such a deplorable state though

The person that created this thread questioned how N299 Bn has been spent in 8 years and I have shown them how it was spent

yup~misspent! .More than actual amount!

So, Oga Lewa, it is up to you to believe what the govt has stated on its website or not.

Govt that disobeys court orders,that has had its Atoorney General murdered ,rigged brazenly recent elections haba

Personally, I think the works ministry info (on the link) is more accurate than the stuff posted on the news websites, because its there for all to see

I beg to disagree bros!No info on any government site apart from NAFDAC,EFCC is to be believed!When was the site last updated sef?

Please see http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/sonala-olumhense/abacha-did-we-loot-the-looter.html

bros i am not going to believe any nonsense posted on a FG website.Conservative estimates is at at least the range quoted!Do you know how much power generation,healthcare has cost this regime so far?

Uspry~what you posted revealed nothing!America has not condemned the charade and the overt electoral fraud that occurred over the weekend.The White House just released a rehashed version just for the WH press corps!No concrete stance,no definite damning comments on the illegality perpetrated in Nigeria!Since Nigeria ain't N/Korea,Iran,Venezuela,Cuba,Ecuador what is Bush's White House business?

No federal roads were done to completion after almost $3bn disappered under Anenih's watch!
Yet OBJs fans on this forum are silent on this~ hating Atiku seems to be their Achille's heel!

olat!

While we celebrate this victory of the separation of powers, I urge my brothers to vote against Atiku, PDP and all they represent.

For Utomi then or Buhari!Which ones now?

typical of most gals,south of the sahara!not surprised though,biologic clock is ticking fast~silly gal!

youngies~kedu~you are the best,this is definately one of the best threads on this forum!
Cutie!'sup?

O te aka o di njo, emesie o ga-adi mma.
Exp: Things will eventually improve despite the present difficulties.


so true ^^^

roger that!

Kenny Martins of the ABN~Association for Better Nigeria fame?I hope not
Anyways my grand-pa's pensions have not been paid,ASUU imbroglio is still simmering:power supply,adequate health care etc yet money is wasted on patrol trucks to help facilate quick get aways during rigging!
Civil servants are been retenched in the name of civil service reforms,sacked without no due reason,however jeeps are being bought for election patrol!The N/D is still a hotspot;people without basic infrastructure,yet money is being wasted on jeeps.Do you knowhow many people can start a trsde with the money expended on those vehicles,jamb/neco forms that could be bought;school fees that colud be paid?
This is just sickening;when would this end?

It took INEC 48hrs to announce the victor in Edo~na wa o!Would my cousins vote for a roguish party that has shared their partimony wastefully in the past 8 years(lucky) again ?Hell no!Oshiomole is the man of the people and the man has every right to defend his rights by force if necessary!Enogh of dishonest cleverness, Osunbor's learned colleagues at the Bar and Bench should caution their man~it's not sine qua non to ride roughshod over the yearnings of a people!PDP is an anomie and its patrons a la Anenih,Osunbor,Ugbesia and the like belong to the public gallery of shame!~