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You are simply a brainless buffoon, struggling to make sense and doing a pretty bad job at it. You may impress your gutter IQ folks with comic rants, but trying to sound like an intellectual is simply way off your league, worse still being one.

I cannot but marvel at your lies. Which red bus route do you ply that they are disorganized. My friend you're a big fat liar. I bought E-card from the red bus route close to @old leventis, close to UBA house, TWO years ago. It had been in trial as far back as then. The rough estimates of people using the e-ticket on that route is closer to 60%. Bloody Liar. Which red bus route have you plied that is disorganized? Berger?, old leventis?,CMS?, TBS? Ajah? You are a bloody liar and ur credibility is zero. Just stick to the danfo and "kabukabu -free drops" as it seems youre not cut out to appreciate the value offerins of a decent society.

Meanwhile get a fact right, was I to be doing a PR job for some one, I'll feel challenged if I'm in duel with a match. IQ scale 1-10, you're not even pushing 1

sucess001: And how did you come about this info if not dat ur a low life govt beneficiary and apologist!

Oga park well..until we have someone who uses it and can attests to its easy use...all u re sayin is just propaganda by govt or d lag buses.

Until recently, due to my route,i used d red buses to go to wrk and I can tell u their so disorganized and inneficient dt I had to start usin regular commercial buses.

Talk from experience...dnt just postulate...

Btw, does govt pay u to insult pple onn NL? Cos u suck @ d pretentiou PR job u doin for govt...

Senseless goat!

@ Afolabi,
1. you are yarning dust, inconsistencies and unrealistic assumptions
2. Even the original plan that you mentioned is a plan and at the discretion of the Lagos state government, be ammended.
3. Even the option of Linking Femi Okunnu strat to 3MB will come with its cost and albeit way much higher than the current bridge. Have you thought of the conscequences of that cost? or you're revelling in the cross moras of idiotic assumption that the funds to build the bridge comes from federal allocation?
5. Truth is I have passed through the bridge 2x. The fact that people pay tolls is not even the issue at hand. The volume of traffic coming from Lekki, de-bottlenecked has led to consequent effect on Ikoyi. Yet with that by-pass, you save a whole 45mins-1hr. Those who actually pass that road are willing to pay the price, and not some of you lot that just rant on NL.
6. Stop writing illogical nonsense. Did you take a sampling to determine that majority of people passing through that route are middle class people? does it even matter? You have the option of taking the route if you please. Whether double taxation or not, it's an individual's choice. If you're coming from Lekki and you don't want to pay tolls, then take the alternate routes.

Afolabs101: In the UK, only the highest earners have the highest portion of their income taxed and you can in no way compare what they get in return for paying tax.

1. LASG should have followed the original plan and had the bridge run from Femi Okunnu to past Osborne, linking 3rd mainland. This option would mean much less traffic without having to toll.

2. See above. This would have freed VI and Ikoyi from traffic in between Lekki and the Mainland.

3. The majority of people passing that route everyday are middle and lower class. People working white collar or blue collar jobs commuting from the Mainland to Lekki to work or vice versa. This myth that it's only the rich getting taxed is absolute rubbish.

4. Most people are willing to pay taxes if they feel it is being put to good use. Building a bridge using tax payers money and then turning around to say those tax payers should pay to use the bridge to me amounts to double taxation.

.....Look at the mirror for the brainless.......

The E-ticketing system had been on trial on the red buses for over 3-4years running on some routes and the so called market women use it. A simple swipe and your fees are automatically deducted is not rocket science.

I can understand you've confined possibilities in a can in your world hence attempt to make things easier looks difficult for you. Don't worry, they'll survive; people said worse, yet "market women" use cell phones today....

sucess001: I am gettin used to pple spewin arguments on NL like brainless mamals so I understand d comment above.

Do you not realise that even market women struggle to use ATM cards?

Its not goin to make tins easier...@ least not for the illeterate ones.


PHCN has started a similar paying system and all d elderly pple and illeterates I ve come across all complain bout it. Its so difficult that they have to pay extra 100 for a young man to assist them in paying.


Tryin to adopt a 'fanciful' idea isn't d way out...its choosing wat works for u...


You don't adopt policies dt work in countries with a literacy levvel 10 times better dan urs. That is d backward thinkin I see here.

1. The blue LAGBUS was a concession between throwing the old "molue" drivers on the streets after stripping them of their molue operations and the BRT scheme.
2. Give it to these guys, they have experience, especially transporting crowd, otherwise, the Red Buses would have been no luxury we see today
3. We are seeing the consequences of "CHANGE". It will take a little while for things to take the ideal situation
4. On the BRT scheme, we need to evolve. Results will not happen in a day. The new card scheme that is about to be introduced is a welcome development. If you knew the amount of 20naira multiplied by the number of people that are forced to "forget" their balance payment to the paper ticket vendors......
5. We need to develop other arms of the society to support the scheme. LAMATA cannot enforce a defined operating standard that continually impact on cost, yet Lagosians will not be willing to pay the price. If LAMATA enforces some standard, cost of Blue bus from Mile12-TBS will be about 500naira
6. That is why LAMATA should partner with the Lagos-Coshcaris Automobile skill institution to specifically train automechanics to cover the gap in maintenance of BRT buses
7. I totally agree that we must look into some simple things - torn upholstery, loose door bolts, buses not cleaned before starting the day are simple things that should be taken care of and not embarrass the public with

geeez: If I was BRF, I will auction all the LAGBUS owned buses to private operators and get LAMATA to define standards for operations of the buses from aesthetics to minimum standards for functionality

Oga,

You're confusing things. BRT is the scheme, Lagbus is a coy on the scheme

I think you mean the red and the blue buses..............

ossai sly: We are waiting to see how effective these modernized molue will advance its operation . But as far as am concerned, BRT is a failing project! Only Lag bus is more effective .

dumb!dumb!!dumb!!!

lohvang4: LAWMA has failed woefully, period! It is part of ACN/Fashola failure in his 2nd term. SOme ACN dummy would blame GEJ for the rubbish Lagos state govt is dishing out these days. Check Alimosho LGA (Lagos state largest local govt), it's worse than some village farm roads. An example is Ipaja-Ayobo Road, Ikotun-Egbe Road, etc. You'll wonder if you are in Lagos state. Yet, they're developing the area where they stay while the real voters are left to hold the can...

@ Lastpage,

While observing some good suggestions you've made, I cannot but point out some wrong informations and assumptions as well.

1. The PSPs have take waste upfront and require payment when default issues come in. Many Lagosians even the presumed learned folks are shamelessly defaulting in their bills
2. That they blow their horns and disturb children...is utter rubbish, ridiculous and false. Are you sure you live in Lagos
3. I don't know about your area, but in areas where the PSPs have signed arrangements with people, the refuse trucks stays to pick their garbage. We all filled registration forms before engaging these PSPs. Those people chasing the trucks are probably house that are not registered to the PSPs, hence they can only take advantage when the PSP truck passes

lastpage: Nigerians..... and Lagosians in particular, are NOT STEWPID!
They will pay for services ONLY IF DELIVERED.

I tell you, l notice these LAWMA guys:

*They are not regular ..and this leads to accumulation of filth.

*When they come, they blow their horns and disturb the whole neighborhood! Children are rudely woken up from sleep!

*The Refuse Truck is ALWAYS ON THE MOVE and this forces people to be chasing it, with a load of rubbish in tow! What happens is that half of the rubbish is spilled along the way, in chasing the refuse truck. Dirty streets trail them, when they eventually show-up

*Irrespective of whether they show up, pick-up any rubbish or just drive-by, THEY STILL BRING THEIR SILLY BILL FOR YOU TO PAY! (Seems they have learned the "How its done", from NEPA? )

In summary, they are NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE. Q.E.D


Suggestions:

*Do a ROASTER, let every Area/Street have a PICK-UP DAY .... and TIME within the Week . Publicise it to the residents well in advance.

*Provide (or let them rent it at minimal price), Refuse BINS for each household or where it is a face me-i-face you house, provide a "lockable" Refuse DUMPSTER for the whole building, in front of the house (Lockable so that others cant use it except the house members alone. Trust my lagos peeps now, dem no dey carry last.

*On pick-Up day for any street, let the people arrange their waste in labelled Polythene bags/ Refuse Bins in front of their houses.They dont even need to be around as everybody cant be around, they need t go to work as well.

*Pick the Rubbish from there and Return their refuse Bins. Empty/Carry-off the Dumpsters and Replace it there.

*Charge a reasonable fee for this service (I know we Nigerians are good at exploiting the poor masses..... and the masses too have developed a knack to evade these exploitative charges as well )

*Payment should be 'agreed' and 'agreed' payment should be payable only to the Service Provider's official and publicised bank Account on a monthly basis or a 'reduced' yearly basis, as an incentive to pay early ......in advance.

*Government should pass laws that makes EVERYONE (Service Provider and masses) to be accountable, responsible and liable, for their part in this arrangement.
The masses should be able to sue the Service Provider if he collects money and refuse to provide agreed services .... Service Provider, through instrument of Government, can also seek punishment for failure to pay for services PROVIDED. (court fines, lock houses, even jail time!)
Mind you, that 'provided' is in capital letters! (NEPA comes to mind! )

Whats the big deal in this LAWMA matter?

Why is every SIMPLE THING turned into Rocket Science in Nigeria sef?

Please, stop making me appear intelligent, l am not, just your average Tajudeen around the corner!

I hope they will hear sha.

Lastpage!

I did research in Waste Management -Waste-2-Wealth as my Business School Thesis/Business Plan. I did a case study on the waste management model in Lagos and Barcelona. It is virtually the same model, yet our people need understand the way things work and what the ideal situation should be.

1. The Green waste bin given to household idealy should contain the waste of each household for minimum 5days. These waste bins have tyres and the collectors disposes the waste themselves. The challenge I think is that you are required to show evidence of payment of property tax as incentive to be given the waste bin. House that are yet to have the green bin, now use small containers, herein comes the spills

2. This is just the begining of a longer journey. The government will so require us to separate our waste before disposal into paper, organic and plastics. Then we will come to terms with bigger requirements and collective participation in managing waste in our state

Tony Spike: I've resided outside the country and in most cases, waste trucks only visit neighbourhoods once a week. I don't see this system as being unrealistic, but the overpopulated nature of Lagos might be a source of concern though. I support lastpage's suggestions, those recommendation will help them improve considerably...

1. My brother, please stop spewing horible lie and saying what you don't know on the net.
2. Waste Management a blot on Fashola's record? some of you are just plain ridiculous.
3. Lagos State government has the most organized, well thought through and well planned waste management model in Nigeria.
4. It is on record that even governors from Northern states (I think Kano) had sent his people to learn the Lagos Model and replicate it in his state.
5. There is no filth in Lagos as many of you are telling lies here. Lagos Waste model have about 3 Major dump sites, some mini-dumpsites, 2 major transfer loading stations, recycling plants and collection systems.
6. LAWMA do not collect waste. It is the PSP, a private initiative supported by the Lagos government that has the responsibility to collect waste and deliver such at either the loding stations or the dump sites.
7. The Lagos State government actually replenished the waste trucks of the PSP with new ones in 2012. An arrangement on a loan basis, that sees the PSP's repayment netted of from the income they get and reduced taxes.
8. Now we can understand that service delivery and quality is still a thing some of the PSPs are trying to grapple with, but on a holistic scale, waste collection is well arranged in Lagos.
9. We may not have gotten to the level of Europe and US in waste managment, but we are evolving. The Green waste collection bin is ideal to keep waste of each household for at least 5days, within which the PSPs shows up.
10. I live in Millenium Citi-Cetre Estates Gbagada (formerly Oke Alo), a semi-hibrow by all standards. The PSP in our area comes 2x a week (Wednesdays and Saturdays). We are encouraged to pay quarterly; 500-700 per flat and 1000-1500 per duplex. It was embarrasing enough at the residential association meeting this past Saturday, the General Manager of the PSP company came to adress us, and complained that some houses have outstanding payments.
11. There are teething problems that we all have to manage. The PSPs not performing will have to either be replaced or repremanded. But the people should also pay there bills.
12. Till I left Ikorodu in 2011, In Oke-Oriya, where I lived, there was no PSP, yet trucks came, park in a spot, people bring out there garbage and put it in the waste truck for free.
13. Virtually all major roads in Lagos have street sweepers - from Ajegunle, Iyana Ipaja, Ikorodu, Ketu to Surulere, Victoria Island etc. You hardly see waste dumps on the road side like before.

mbulela: Waste management is one major issue on which Eko has baje well well.
I consider it a blot in the report card of BRF. I don't know whether it is his area of jurisdiction or the LGAs but since he is often showered with encomium for all the good that happens in Lagos (rightfully), i deem it fit to also blame him for the filth in the city. In my view, LAWMA is a failed agency. Expecting people to stockpile rubbish until a given day of the week is unrealistic and counter productive. This waste management process needs to be revisited and personal waste management tutorials made mandatory for all lagosians irrespective of class. Lagosians are not very clean people(putting it mildly).

In 1998, my Uni dept association, we took a excursion trip to Kainji-lake National park in Minna from Lagos via train. An horrendous 35hr journey which we disembarked at Jebba and completed the remaining with bus.

I've not seen any difference with the account of the OP. Nothing has changed.

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BRB

@ redsun,

You are welcomed as an investor to commit to piping to people's homes...... but
1. You should realized the capital investment of such and the netback at the current pricing
2. How many of these so-called ordinary citizens live in houses that are safe for gas piping network??

redsun: I thought this is about piping up domestic gas into homes,not gas bottle.

This an old news,my uncle had this kind of plant years back in my town.It is not a 21st century achivement,it is archaic.

@ Pastor Kun,

1. You have simply laced your post with ridiculous falacies. - Tinubu's ownership of OANDO, dominating the cooking gas industry etc all are just your jaundiced rationing.

2. Pray, what is your submission in light of how this contributes to the well-being of Lagosians. You lot are your worst enemy. Your case is like Pastor Adeboye's analogy on a man that used "Madarikan"

Pastor Kun: Whilst this appears to be a laudable project on the surface many people don't realise that Fashola is just using Lagos state machinery to promote the private business of his friend (Wale Tinubu) who is actively promoting his new product O-gas with the intention of dominating Nigeria's cooking gas industry. It is also worthy of note that Fashola's oga at the top (bola Tinubu) is also one of the largest shareholders of Oando the company producing this O-gas so at the end of the day they are just promoting their personal interest and subsidising a private company under the guise of providing Lagosians with a more environmentally friendly cooking gas.

It is even more ridiculous that these people abandon what should better the peoples lot and embark on sensless crusade.

Egba girl: Honestly, many times I think we as Nigerians deserve our current situation and crop of leaders. We are too feeling sentimental and refuse to see anything good!!! We are blinded by sentiments!

why do people see the need to attach Tinubu to everything that happens in Lagos? Na wa for some people o.

We will continue the way we are in that country until we as a people change out mindsets. Smh in disgust!

(Btw, this is post is way nicer than I intended it to be.)

This is ridiculous..you hope....who's the project targeted at in the first place?

badesco: I hope the common man is taken into consideration before this plan was unveil. kudos to Gov. Fashola.

Obanikoro ko, Jibowu ni

barcanista: Another avenue to loot the treasury and enrich TINUBU. Come may 2015,Lagos will chase out ACN from Alausa and installl PDP led by Senator Musliu Olatunde Obanikoro

I was almost giving up that rational minds have left NL. Thanks for your submission.

The report is actually scanty to me. Is there a law not permitting bringing items of such into the assembly? was she caught at a crime scene? or with incriminating items?....if not any of these, these law makers have done themselves in.[quote author=Okija_juju]This woman should sue the hell out of the Legislature..


If she had a Catholic Rosary, a bottle of Holy water, a Muslim Bead or any other of such mainstrem religous paraphenelia, it would not even warrant a second glance.. But she has items related to trraditional african religous practice and its frontpage news.

This is utter bullshit!!

She should get a lawyer and sue for billions.. [/quote]

Crack is definitely injurious to health[quote author=One_Naira]slowpoke that cannot read trying to teach. see oxymoron. let me say it as slowly since your ignorant can't comprehend what i said. WS accused CA of hating on his noble prize award. a statement that cannot be verified other than WS saying. now once more WS accused CA of another hate filled statement;he, CA, denyed him, WS, access to visit him, CA after the accident because he, CA, saw him, WS, as an enemy that caused him, CA, his accident. once more another wild accusation that nothing can verify. only a hate filled pretender would come out and accuse an innocent man of things that cannot be verified. If your @ss can't read between the lines, i sure can. Go thank your literature teacher for wasting your time.[/quote]

This is education misapplied. All your rhetorics are just way-off and needless. Simple thing is the value proposition far outweighs all the needless postulations you have here

Let me paint it clearer......You'd better not enrol your child in school, and opt to teach your child at home, as the unit production of a textbook and exercise book is too high, that she'll damage the books, that the book will be stolen and that money is just being wasted on publishers and printers

pro01: The devil is in the details, as always. The 'Nigerian Factor' would always come into play. This whole Opon Imo initiative (or by any other name) seems unsustainable, considering the unit production price, likely high rate/incidence of damage, high turnover of students, and endless room for corrupt practices at every stage of the chain (from the governor/government officials, to contractors, ministry of education oficials, all the way to teachers).

In less than two years from now, the project would prove too much of a drain on resources to survive. It's just one of those white elephant projects conceived for short-term PR purposes with little chance of long term sustainability.

sure, just like when 2 mad men converse and refer to normal people as mad.....

Anvaller: Oh thank God someone is being real here, That in the bold perfectly summarizes what I have been saying.. We need to stop being emotional and be more real.. This does not make any sense... I repeat, this project does not make any sense... It would have made sense if the basics are already in place. Establish a proper learning environment 1st, u have not solved that, its like nigeria dreaming of going to space when we do not have an on premise laboratory... It's like offering home appliances to a homeless person, build the homeless a house 1st if u really want to help, mind u the cost of buying home appliances can not be compared to actually building the house to put his appliances, that's what they don't want to do.

We should demand real development, not disguised development.. what sense does that make and ppl here think we are advancing, both the people and the politicians are all deceiving themselves. And that is the sad thing in Nigeria, exactly what the politicians are aware of and they are capitalizing on that mentality to operate. Students need to advance technologically but no one is talking about the teachers, so who will teach them? Oh they will teach themselves... What a joke... This an undesirably incongruous development strategy that leads to nowhere it is ridiculous from all fronts.

Egbon,

O da bi enipe en mu nkan.....

musiwa24: when he help atiku or nuru ribadu, did they win. NO..


you can see that tinubu, cant help you. His father name is mogaji, he only change his name.. to a yoruba name.. So if you are counting on his help.. with a name like mogaji. He cant help you, if nigeria break up. that he does not have a say or power for the Yoruba people.

so you are going to be dealing with me.. why do you think they are calling me Aare ona kankanfo... because I may be appointed the next aare ona kankanfo of Yorubaland because it is a long time, since the last one was appointed. and I am qualified to be the aare ona kankanfo of Yorubaland. And i am one of the candidate for the position of the Prime minister in one of the greatest kingdom, which my family have held for many generation. you can see, he cant help you. among the first class king in nigeria.

His name is mogaji. and it tell you. tinubu cant make that decision for Yoruba to leave nigeria. but i can . so all you thinking tinubu was going to stop me, if we want to leave nigeria.. are clueless.

if it i was in nigeria.. i wearing one of this and my mission is expected to kill anyone who oppose the satellite picture.. un behalf of the yoruba people.

there is no position call asiwaju of yorubaland.. but my position is real title. and a real king. with several cities.


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and which beer parlour was this ....

teskyg: I was in private political meeting last week.We were told of how Revenue from the western part of Nigeria is been doled out to Northern politicians like Buhari and El-Rufai.Most of us will weep if you hear the figures those abokis are gettn from the taxes we pay in Lagos which huge percentage is channel to APC.

Well a lesson to you to think first before allowing hatred to becloud your emmotions as you type. It is share idiocy to spoil the joy of two innocent folks starting their lives together, bringing political roforofo fight

Afam4eva: I rescind my comment about Tinubu not responding to Smart Adeyemi. While i would have wated to hear his response, i now think that was not the best place for Adeyemi to ask that question. Ifact, it was a disrespect to the couple. Though i hope Tinubu answers the question someplace else.

Egbon,

I'm so happy that you've gone down history lane to put the facts on NL. It is even more appalling that the youths of nowadays on NL are either naive and ignorant, or intellectualy lazy to go read history. They largely depend on regurgitating twisted facts that is sold to you on social media and internet.

The days of Shagari was corruption matched with ethnic and religious polarization. Was it not during that period you must belong to the muslim north or else you stand no chance of getting appointments and contracts. This led many compromised southerners to resort to changing their names, and wearing babariga and cap was the order of the day.

This was a perid where there was wanton indiscipline in the society, that made Buhari and Idiagbon to introduce WAI (War Against Indiscipline). Those days you dare not defeacate or unrinate by road side, you dare not drop waste on the road and you queue up at public places.

The issue of the proscription of the media was unfortunate. Some of the media men were compromised by the politicians and the no-nonsense military clamped them both the innocent and the guilty

People are quick to forget that this was the first regime that publicly committed to paying our external debt and on a montly basis. This came about when the theiving politicians will collect foreign loans to prosecute projects that hardly left the proposal paper and the loans took flight into private pockets and Swiss Banks.

Really those of us that were around then, celebrated GMB-Idiagbon govt especially the dedication to stamp out corruption and wage war against indicipline.

Fast forward to today, some idiots type rubbish. Smart Adeyemi is just doing his master's (Jonathan's) work in attacking Buhari. And why are we getting over ourselves. APC has not said Buhari is the presidential Candidate yet.

REHOZIBAH: Dis title of dis thread is sensational to say d least!

Occassions lyk dat r meant 4 throwing banters n conviviality!

D coup dat brought in Buhari served a purpose then n dat was to stem d corruption dat politicians of dat time wer flagrantly displaying

We were innudated wt nauseating display of affluence n iniquitous accumulation of wealth by politicians especially of d ruling class

Shagari d president was adjudged not to b dat corrupt but his weakness n refusal to reign in party members was his greatest undoing

Even civil servants were not left out! Then was d era of brown envelope! B4 u cud get anytyn done in govt circle,u av to tip off an official by packaging crisp naira notes in a brown envelope

Getting a contract approved was predicated on u having factored in a 10% extra cost on yr normal valuation

N dis was hampering d smooth running of govt! Nepotism n evri vice were @ dia infancy then n Nigerians were really complaining!

It was d indignation dat reckless lifestyle of d politician birthed in d military dat made Buhari n odas 2 chase d corrupt politicians away

A few months afta,d politicians aving accumulated a war-chest of money started mounting propaganda against d regime using d mass media capitalising on d regimes' excesses

IBB who aving studied dat Nigerians really do not hate corruption but wish to b part of it also took ova n really democratise corruption

Evri known enemies of (Buhari)govt were bought on-board thru indiscriminate award of contracts n d satanic SAP economic policy

Brown envelopes n 10% both disappeared leaving d stage 4 gross n undescribebable monumental corruption,people just collect mobilization fee of any contract n vamoose

In oda not 2b prosecuted,d contractor-politicians started hobnobbing wt d military

In a nutshell,it is not so simplistic to say Buhari truncated democracy if d 'ifs' n 'why's' are nt properly explained

4me evr action of each military ruler shd b dispassionately explained 2 situate dia place in history

Murtala n Buhari stil tower above evri military ruler dat Nigeria hs had.Gowon got tainted by his sit-tight antics n civil war

Back to Tinubu,I wud av bn agrieved dat Tinubu is hobnobbing wt Buhari if I ddnt kno d precedent of GMB as an anti-corruption crusader or his distaste of lascivious lifestyles of present day politicians

I subscribe to d need 2 completely change d course of dis country by progressive politicians wt Nigeria being dia focal point n not any ethno-religious connotation or colouration being deplored by d PDP

I adore GMB 4 d little he was able to achieve by whipping d then very corrupt politicians n business men including Dangote then cos Buhari remove d monopoly dat Dangote alone hd over importation of som food items

Several of d politicians Buhari moved against were even fellow northerners like Abdusamad,Mai Deribe n several odas not d 'Na my Brother' kind of politicians we av now

Its a known fact dat billions in import duty waivers were being granted 2 som business men who r major financiers of d govt in power

Who can 4get d ultimate monopoly Femi Otedola enjoyed in AGO importation 4 abt a year unda OBJ who gave him importation contract 4 all d diesel d whole of nigeria was consumming wc d young man now sub-contract to other major playas in d industry

You all don't kno dat monumental corruption emanates frm d leader dats y dey can neva fight corruption

Malabu,Halliburton n several hideous corruption scandals r 2 numerous 2 mention

4me as a Yoruba man,Xtian n highly detribalised,nobody can taint General Muhammadu Buhari in my view cos dis man is d demon dat our ruling elites fear

Its only we d youths dat I am afraid for cos d corrupt elites av almost succeded in twisting our history since most of u probably were not born until d 90s hence d social media av bn used to whip of grand hatred against people who ordinarily shd b our heroes

Dey did it to Gani Fawehinmi who pipo even later said was looking 4 cheap publicity owing to his incessant cries n activism against d corrupt n entrenched establishment

Gani later tried his hands in politics,d propanganda machinery stil said 'd best activists r not always d best leaders n dat Gani shd b content wt being just a human right crusader'

Anytime I see u all fighting yrslf on d basis of religion,ethnicity I always weep within me cos corruption,sleaze,n visionless leadership dosnt kno Hausa,Igbo nor Yoruba

So daft would have been more apt

ilugunboy: Dunce....this is an apolitical event...nothing to do with parties....

Why are you guys so slow to learn?

[quote author=buJu-234]if its PDP & GEJ... ACN & APC will call them bad names...

I still believe that ACN & APC are worse DEVIL than this funny GEJ & PDP govt

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chino11: @Pukkah, ...........I have done a study...................

when I got here I couldn't help but laugh. @chino done a study.... ''butter is not food for monkeys''

phantom: interesting! I thought we were one country?

Another funny jybe. So now you "thought" we are one country. Fashola should Subject Lagos to Capital flight and loose the opportunities to develop the new generation of indigens of Lagos, and satisfy Innosons of Anambra State?

one thing you guys should realise is that there is wisdom in seeking understanding on things you know nothing of, rather than display crude ignorance here. Let your state governors creative market that Innosons will compete in or rather Innosons create its market itself........and stopblaming others for your inadequacies. if you and your people refuse to be innovative, how is that Fashola's fault?

You guys just continually make daft reasoning the other of the day.Pray! Tell, on what basis should Fashola make Innoson Vehicles Official State's Vehicles?
1. How does that benefit Lagos in terms of value?
2. What extra input will it add to the Human Capital development of Lagos Indigenes? How does buying Innoson vehicle helps to fulfil the aspiration of of developing a bew generation tof young graduates that will continue to build relevant Innovative sectors in Lagos.
3. Do you thin Lagos will be so stupid to surrender her potential goldmine to Anambra? For starters BRT in full-swing will probably need an average of btween 500-1000 vehicles per annum to be assembled. Imagine the human capital that will be equipped to do that, the duties and taxes on raw coming in through the new ports, matrls & number of new jobs for Lagos indigenes, investment that way bring in, in case of out-sourcing and export. Imagione the big-picture value this accrues to Lagos state......

Yet in your lame-duck reasoning, all this should be surrendered to Anambra State?.........tsk..tsk..tsk.... Unfortunately that is not going to happen, you might as well choke on it early enough, cos is building up and assembly plant

phantom: beautiful post! Let him start by making innoson vehicles the state's official cars.this man is just an orator pure and simple!

My dear "deluded 9gerian",

1. At a level (obviously far and unfathomable to you), talk is sacred.
2. I wonder if you read Fashola's speech and worse off you you did comprehend it.
3. When Fashola talked about made in Nigeria, he was talking far from "mere" patronizing made in Nigeria goods just for the sake of "our own". Insistence on buying made in Nigeria goods in this context is as useless and will fall flat.
4. Fashola is talking about developing a made in Nigeria philosophy, ideas, innovation and implementation. He's not talking about flat consumption that further devalues the common good. He's not talking about buying "Aba-Made" products that is hardly sustainable.
5. I thought you'll have seen the intention right with the strategic situation of the 2200 day in office event. They went back to the bedrock of what ideally builds the society - The Higher institution. Fashola was simply stirring their minds. Check his words carefully - "Our human resource is the most important resource we have and will ever have""Our students in tertiary institutions are in the generation right behind us. They are the ones who are being prepared for the job market and leadership responsibility. They are the ones who will replace me and the commissioners, the permanent secretaries, the legislators and the judges, indeed the entire public service. They are the ones who in a short time will bear the responsibility to refine our crude oil, generate our electricity, produce our water, manage this university, build our trains, secure our state and country and generally be responsible for our people’s well-being"
6. Fashola's government has at this critical point recognize the need to focus on transition to the next generation, the need to build sound, responsible, intelligent, brilliant and innovative new set of leaders. His objective to the students of higher learning at this occasion is encapsulated in these words[i]"I hope that I have stirred something in you. If I have, then my mission has been useful because we can start a new journey together today."[/i]Fashola rightly identified and wondered why there will be joblessness is a nation where there is so much more to do......and my emphasis - on road construction alone, we'll not have covered Lagos if we continue at this pace for the next 50years.
7. Then he painted a picture of what his government have done in 100days.......in itself jaw-dropping.
8.Fashola wondered why there will be a deficit in Man-Power, Business skills, leadership and management, that we go import "expats"
9. Nut-shell he's talking about a made in Nigeria, that a Lagos State University Teaching Hospital will announce the discovery of a vaccine that deadens Plasmodium parasites in the blood streams. He is talking of a Made in Nigeria that comes up with an innovative idea of shortening travel times yet still using the same defined transport medium, He's talking of a made-in-Nigeria where Nigerian Architects and Structural Engineers and Builders will announce an innovative Feat of constructing under-ground tunnels thru Lagos Lagoons. He's talking of a Made in Nigeria where many of us white-collar folks will come up with solid business development plans that will turn a single tuber of Yam into value 10000000%. He's talking about made in Nigeria where LASU students will come up with research works on how to manage flooding in Lagos and turn waste water into commercial products. He talking about LASU students doing what the Universities have been shirking in their responsibilities to do i.e. Research that will impact the society, benefit the system and build our own brand.
10. We don't want to have a made-in-Nigeria just for the numbers. We want a Made-in-Nigeria that can compete globally. A made in Nigeria that will bring innovations that will create meaningful jobs, turning out valuable products, adding values to lives. We need to transfer the knowledge we've garnered, development and customized and localized. Dr. Falase of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, performed a Brain Surgery right in LASUTH successfully. Why don't we second about 25 of the brightest young and aspiring Neuro-Surgeons to Dr. Bode Falase for mentorship, place them on a special package and after 5 years, distribute them to all the general hospitals in Lagos State.

Sincere 9gerian: "The key for finding a solution to unemployment and joblessness is in 3 (three) simple words – ‘made’ ‘in’ ‘Nigeria’"- Fashola

Talk is cheap. It is not enough to blow grammar. I created a thread trying to promote this same Buy "Made In Nigeria" Fashola is talking about sometime ago. Though the thread made front page, but I cant recall any of the praise singers on this thread applauding and embracing the concept. In fact, most of them avoided the thread like a plague.

Fashola has spoken well but he should also practice what he preaches. That is the difference. I buy made in Nigeria (except when there is none). But does Fashola buy made in Nigeria? Does he buy rice milled in Nigeria? Does the Lagos state govt patronise locally assembled vehicles? Does the state health officials insist on made in Nigeria pharmaceuticals and hospital supplies? Fashola should have given EXAMPLES of made in Nigeria products he and the state govt patronise. That alone would have made the speech meaningful. He should also tell us the conscious efforts of his govt to promote made in Nigeria products. Until that is done, its all talk, talk, talk. Talk that evaporates immediately after it was delivered.

....like "we want to thank president Jonathan for bringing Facebook to Nigeria"

njazra: Nice one. We want to see pictures of achievement and not long story by some paid agents.

This for me is a very apt upper cut.....

eko ileee: Lagos state university is the 11th best university in Nigeria while Ondo state university is 84th


It's all about quality my friend..

You rep what? then you must have been in dipers when BRT lanes were constructed.....

Soso990240: funny enuf..i rep.surulere,God knws..u knw anythng? U wey no knw any wia.wia u knw 4 lagos?