₦airaland Forum

sammhi: Before we know who is the best , we need to rate them based on clearly defined parameters..... such as healthcare, food, housing, roads, security, budget performance, Education and social security and citizen development.
No doubt, Fasola wont come first if we use these parameters though I cant say who will... one thing Fasola has going for him is the media power which he uses to the best...most northern governors perform well but are not heard and so it seems they are not doing much but when you visit ... you will see their impact despite their very low revenue.... one thing I give as thumb up for most of the northern governors is that the peoples welfare is of top priority and so consume most of their revenues (healthcare, roads, agriculture ,employment ) and they build institutions instead of cronies and hang on.... which is the hall mark of lagos
Jakande government set the pace in development and what fasola has done pales into insignificance if you compare him to Jakande infact, BRf will be charged for fraud ) and maybe apparently because Awo is a true leader unlike now where a Fraud is the leader and this may have impact on BRF?
lastly, Ibori and Lagos are the same in terms of monumental fraud, but just because Ibori is caught , it seems he is bad ,,,but are all bad....some sins are covered while others are exposed ....

Freedom of speech gives room to hear from fools as well, otherwise we would not have the privilege to assess your brain.

Sorry man, you poor upstairs. No insult intended.

snowytee: So the only excuse u people can muster is "his wife just moved to Lagos",how pathetic?Visit Akwa ibom and u'll come back and curse the ground your governor walks upon.Shey na u help her pack her bags come Lagos.Akpabio has done better than Fashola,period.Whether his wife likes to live in kafanchan,how does that mean he hasn't developed his state?

How much solution brought to the society is what development is all about.
Akwa Ibom's population is what?
Lagos is clustered compared with the open space of Akwa Ibom.
The new bridge in Lekki disappeared into the society, while everything built in Akwa Ibom is obvious.

The parameters for governance is wide and Fashola is an Ace, even all is colleagues bow for that because most of them lived in Lagos at one time or the other.

They know what problems have been tackled.

Not that I care about either of the parties.

But do you keep evidence of a secret affair without premeditated plan?

Don't think so.

taharqa: lol @emboldened..... So GEJ is more brazen and uses crude power than OBJ?? Choi!! Bro, abeg when were you born?? ... And in yr tirade above you mentioned ACN; are you aware that without GEJ there wud not be an ACN, abi na APC, to talk about? Do you know that if OBJ was still in Power none of these political parties wud hv ever bn allowed to win any significant elections in this our Nigeria, nor wud any party be registered?? Which is exactly why OBJ was a 'strong' leader, and GEJ is a 'weak' one- Nigeriastyle

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So GEJ is your God naa?

Every leader is elected for a term.
2nd term is a privilege based on results
Not an absolute right.

Besides People of the S-West can send anyone packing at will.

OBJ got the shock treatment from Daniel for his effort .
Because People disagree in a party doesn't mean they should leave the party.


The Party and the Presidency should not be the same.

I hope innocent citizens don't pay with their lives for the dangerous antics.

Don't wait till its implemented. Get yourself the right books and perhaps teachers and take responsibility for your wards.

The power of mother's language can be over emphasised .

Multiple languages can also help improve thinking ability.

Nice

I thought this was only in the ancient history of Asians. The brutality with which they lived and still apparently still do. Complete disregard for human life at the expense of the powerful. Sad for a Swiss trained young, perhaps youngest leader in the world today to continue such tradition.

Hmmm

pelusi: All these ,i save this i save that,i hope people are telling us the truth.For example a family man of one hundred thousand naira monthly,no allowances and works in VI,and spends at least N400 to N500 daily on transport alone,caters for the family,manages to live in badore axxis of lekki,and pays a house rent of N300,000 for just a room and parlour annually.No medical allowance,housing,transport etc,all is just the one hundred thousand naira.Yet he atimes attends to his parents needs.My people lets be sincere,can this man even save anything?.Note annual accomodation is like removing or saving N25000-30,000.Transport is roughly N15,000.Breaking this further 30,000 + 15,000,you notice that this has come down to 55k monthly.Can 55k sort out atleast 90% of the above mentioned expenses considering living in lekki axxis.It is very difficult for this kind person to save.Alternatively,let somebody give me a break down on how such person can save,because i was suprised seeing people here mentioning they save 20%,30%,etc even 80 % of their salary.Thanks.

My first question to aide your inquiry is : if the company decides to reduce salary to 90% would you continue to work or quit?

If the answer is 'no'
Then start saving 10%

Look for ways to cut cost.
Stop making long calls
Don't by expensive outfit.
Use a cheap phone.
Join other colleagues to reduce transport cost.
Rally someone in your office to shop for you where things are cheaper.
Eating healthy can save cost. ( No 'Mr. Biggs)
Don't do bigman.
Always work with a budget and stick to it.

Find a way, am sure you can and will.
It's the only way to reap the fruit of your labour.

plainmirror: There are people who have money and people who
are rich.

Rich people save more.
How did you think they got rich?
Investments comes from savings and debts.
Debts back up by investment from savings.
Saving all round.

Even inherited funds must continue in that circle otherwise poverty is inevitable.

seangy4konji: Savesalaryhahaha...3rd year counting and still no job...maybe I will sace my koropon or is dere a sper m bank

You can't be serious. 3 years after graduating? You need to lower your ego and start doing something.

A friend once in your shoes applied for a factory job after failing to secure his desired job. Then he got a banking job before securing an oil company job.

Learn a trade or something, am sure you will do things better that the less educated guys in fashion designing etc.

A man can't afford to a dependant for too long.

If your income is low.
Saving is a must.
Save at least 10% monthly.

If your income is high.
i . e . After expenses such as
Family allowances, maintenance, miscellaneous.
Save the rest.

Planning for the future can also force you to saving abnormally.

I manage to save 44%

wellmax: Pleaaasseeee guys, let's bury this monster called tribalism, I'm tired of it. It won't do us any good. Pleeeasee Änd pleeeaasee.

We can only do this by erasing everything that talks about federal character, anything that suggest one Nigerian is different from any by reason of genealogy.
Eradicate State of origin , local government of origin and all such non-sense.

Even people from the same tribe recognise their differences in politics instead of focusing on competence and commitment.

Man we have a lot of work to do to right the wrong we live with.

Shine u Eye: They live better by borrowing to live above their means thereby mortgaging future generations to debt repayments.

You sir, don't make sense, try again.

167 Billion naira will be use to finance the Lagos - Ibadan Express way.
Is the money sitting in a bank account?
What is government borrowing for if now to provide a better live for the living?
Would you suggest that all Nigerian debts be pay before that road be fixed?

Take a quote at random and comment.
Credit does not necessarily mean better.
You have 100 naira in your account. Credit
I borrowed 1000 to finance a business. Debit

Who is better?
You don't have depth so you can't see beyond abc meaning.

It's a bond. You only lose your money if your visa expires and you are still in their country.
Crazy.
£3, 000 can double in 6 months in the hands of a businessman.
Why are we still a commonwealth member ?
British are not so smart afterall.

telexfree1: Lol. The guy was promoting New York and California for being heavily indebted states. I just pointed out to him that I 'll rather be in China's position as a creditor than in US' position as a debtor.

China's position better but Americans live better. Plus that Chinese population needs to be careful managed.
They must not explode.
Remember that America was not always the leading economy, its a moving circle.
Also, debt position is not bad unless the balance is poorly managed.

You get mouth.

musiwa1c: manlado corruption is high, there were few corrupt people many years ago

now they glorify corruption

True and true.

That is why we need proves to condemn people otherwise we will condemn saints with sinners.

(Without reference to anyone in mind)

telexfree1: Idiat
Wouldn't you rather be in China's position that has over $3 trillion in its current account known as one of the world's largest creditors than being the US with over $ 14 trillion debt.
Are you aware of how many jobs the US has lost to China ? I guess not. Do some research on fundamental analysis and come back.

PS. Stop adding to my posts .

If China recalls the funds.
Can you figure the implications?
Yet you call someone an id.iot.

Uhmm

software man: To me the starting point is to look at the internationally accepted standards .
benchmark Number one:Economic Growth
Let me take you back to 1999:
The avarage monthly IGR of lagos was 650 million naira
the ratio of capital to recurrent expenditure in Lagos state was 33:57 %
The size of the first budget tinubu presented to the Lagos state house of assembly was 1 billion naira.
fast forward
by 2009, the balance has been shifted decisively with 61% going to capital expenditure and 39% to recurrent expenditure.
As at 2012, capital expenditure .
In 2012, the size of the budget has grown to 492 billion and the recorded budget performance was 89%

Facts like these are what we need on this forum and other fora.
Also am interested in contrary proves.
We need to enrich ourselves not insult each other because of the differences in our political alliances, tribe or religion.

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anonimi: Let me give you some quick pointers:

1. Awolowo relied only on the revenue from cash crops, mainly cocoa as there was no Niger Delta oil revenue to share at the time.
2. Awolowo governed the old Western region, which included most of Lagos STATE and the defunct Mid-Western region that is now divided into Edo & Delta states.
3. In 1979 - 1983 when Jakande and the other four UPN governors did the GLORIOUS things they did for EVERYONE in their states, oil was about $32 unlike today when it is about $100. That already neutralises question of exchange rate dollar/naira that you raised.

If you still want to argue further provide the budget figures for the old Western region from 1954 and Lagos state from 1979 along with the census population for the period so you have the PER capita budget.
Deal

Don't tell me what I already know.

When you did compared the two governments of old which we all respected because they were pioneers, the was no basis for comparison.

I want you to tell me vis a vis the revenue generated and projects executed.

Consider:
Population.
Naira/Dollar strength
Cost of governance.
Compare the revenue and tell me what ratio goes into
Separate projects.

A new 504 goes for around 6000 at that time.
Now a new 607 goes for more than 8, 000, 000

What you should be doing is to state your points in relation to what can be achieved and what is achieved?

collynzo2: Don't mind the hypocrites, debt is now a good thing because it involves Fashola. If it was the president or an Igbo governor, the story would have been different.

Debt has always been a good thing.
What is important is to have a marching revenue?

Debt saves time.
Brings grow faster.
Except when wasted.

Is it that knowledge base of this forum is so low the you have to question most of what you read?

anonimi: Na wah for una eDefenders of the ACN scammers oh!
So the UK and USA as well as other developed countries have not changed since 1950s and 1980s for the BETTER despite experiencing the things you listed above above such as greater population (including socio-economic exiles & parasites from Lagos and other African places)
Why should our own change be for the WORSE after more than 14 years of Tinubu and his boy Fashola?

1999 - 2003 Tinubu
2003 - 2007 Tinubu
2007 - 2011 Fashola
2011 - 2013 Fashola

With even more money PER person than his GLORIOUS predecessors- Awolowo, Jakande and the only Lagosian military governor of Lagos, General Mobolaji Johnson (retd).
Why



If this is an attempt to patronise and/or bribe me, no need trying.
Just tell Fashola that he has less than two years to RIGHT the mediocrity that he has passed on as excellence for more than six years so far. Particularly on free and COMPULSORY education for ALL Lagos children whose parents cough up the 60% IGR in his budget.
Understandably, he may not be able to do much in that period on potable water provision as well as feeder roads since he and his oga on the top have watsed 14 solid years doing very little in these sectors
#FriendlyAdvice.

Mr. Intelligent

How was naira to dollar is Awolowo/Jakande time.?
Compare kind of school they built. One standard school now will build 20 of the old one.
UK and US for a period of 30 years to 14 years of modern development.

Man, you no get points.

Go do your homework.
Tell us the equivalent of how much each government made and how it was spent.
Otherwise, get a job and pay your taxes.

Unless, of course, if you are an opposition politician.

Then we need not take your action as important or genuine.

oxford: evidence of fruad in lagos
1. 26 billion for a bridge, where in the world
2. Most roads on concession
3. Who owns LTC collecting tolls on these roads? tinubu?
4. With 20b monthly yet 75% still live in slums
5. No remarable project other than traffic control and sanitation
6. Where did Kofuroji gets those millions embazzled?

Please do a cost analysis.
And tell us how the money should by spent monthly.
Then we can know how smart your brain is.
Perhaps we will make you a commissioner, so you can help us execute things

Some groups needs relevance so the come out and say anything.
Ask most of the idiots criticizing, how much it takes to construct a KM of road.
They can't tell you.
One thousand naira sounds like plenty money to a beggar on the street.
N 1,000,000, 000 is $ 6, 250, 000 dollars
Most of what is needed for development are imported.
Meaning more naira.
A $35000 Toyota Car is about N 6, 000, 000.

That is why some fool think #20, 000,000, 000 is so much for a state like Lagos.

Debo, go get a serious job and contribute in taxes because Lagos need more revenue to develop place they are yet to touch.

Fashola created a standard no reasonable man alive can fault.

Kanwulia: IF THE HEAD OF THE FISH IS ROTTEN. . . GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TIKKKKKUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!
At least your family is more intact than OBJs!
Remember. . .YOU NEVER SCREWWWWWWWWWWED YOUR SON'S WIFE!

You are a better BREEEEEEEEEEED any time. . . any day!

THE ONLY BREED OF NIGERIANS THAT OBJ CANNOT CONTROL ARE NORTHERNERS. . . .! FACT!!!

But He got all your votes to be president.

So your last sentence is fallacy!

datChelseaBoy: The billionaire pastor and his billionaire family. More than 40 million Nigerian youths are jobless or underemployed, 60% of Nigerians live on less than 3 dollars a day. And this man is asking for 1 billion naira donations from 10 people for the construction of a 3km "church".

And Jesus wept.

He is not a billionaire
The church is not his personal asset.
The church caters for the needy as well.
Some of the unemployed will get work to do during the construction.
Please donate all the money you use to watch Chelsea games to improve the life of beggar daily.
God bless you as you do so.

Cutekid54: The crazy thing about this post is that sometimes lastweek (last 2 weeks maybe) some one created a post, the title waz "How Come Nigerians Dont believe some one Dies Naturally?". And some days later some1 ia asking Y we dont investigate deaths in 9geria.. What an Irony, everytin 4 diz country jst tire me

Naturally, when someone ask a question, many of the answers do lead to other questions.

Don't agree that anyone representing Nigeria on BBA is a factor on who Nigerian girls are.

Since BBA is a censored programme , it shows that its a program for few. Many of whom are already corrupt sexually.

Osu definitely don't represent the 'Nigerian girl'

What if she has already decided to be a IndecentStar?

Nothing to worry about at all. It's her problem.

armyofone: I read somewhere that women who decided not to have children are selfish and self centered.
anyway, if there is correlation between not having children to being intelligent, then we can rightly say those who don't want to have kids till they are done with college, made enough money, or matured enough are highly intelligent.
Yet @ 27, we keep hearing 'your biological clock is ticking'



just contribute your own high intelligent tadpoles and leave the rest to the mighty one.
So make sure your tadpoles are smart and special not just some tail less swimmers

There are no guarantees that two intelligent parents will have smart kids and other way round.

I understand if you done what to take any chances.

Intelligence as opposed to being engaged in intellectual endeavor.
Intellectual endeavors are mentally engaging and can drain physically very often.
An intelligent woman can avoid intellectual endeavors if she likes to have a family.
When you are very busy, the time for children many not be that available.

So. It's not just intelligence. It's what we choose to do.
Child bearing doesn't make a woman less intelligent.

Where is Covenant University?
114 first class from 1466 students.
School indeed.

Well done , OAU.
But there is much to be desired.

Our problem is predicated on a faulty constitution.

Citizenship..
State of origin
Local government of origin
Family yard or family of origin.

In the end, even those who were born and raised 10000 miles from there greatgrand father's village are associated forever.

Thinking that this would change merely by staying in a location forever would change that. Will be wrong.


Redefine what makes us Nigerians and abolish all these origin wahala, then we can move forward to address issues that affect mankind.

Shine u Eye: When Dame Patience mother died it was blamed on "bad road" by GEJ, now Fashola dies I guess GEJ should be blamed as usual?

The man is old at 80.
Not a bad age to die.
A death from aging and sickness are naturally associated.
Accident is not.
Do you have to be informed?

Every case should be view from its merit.
You are innocent until proven guilty by a Court of law.
Video or no video. ( not that I care for either of them, cos they are both Ras..ls)
If was arrested and maltreated, I will sue. Basis right.
Winning the case is another matter.
The 2 billion naira awarded to the villagers of Benue some years back have not been paid by the FG, so Chidi, win in Court and we will see whether Police will honor it.

Truth is I pray say make police no arrest me oooo, because na suffer for nothing....