Some of the same people on this thread are the same people spooling their 'load' on the following thread at the site of a few constructed projects (mostly roads) in P.H. They make comments like "Keep up the good work Gov. Amaechi". https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-374942.96.html
It's hard not to link this constant criticism of Lagos roads to tribal bowel movement.
mai guard: 1. Nigerian Navy Sea Training School - Bonny Camp Lagos. 2. Nigerian Army School of Finance and Accounts, Apapa Lagos. 3. Nigerian Army School of Signals, Apapa Lagos. 4. Nigerian Army Medical School, Ojo Lagos. 5. Nigerian Army Ordnance School, Ojo Lagos, 6. Nigerian Army School of Music, Ojo Lagos. 7. Nigerian Army College of Logistics, TBS Lagos. 8. Nigerian Army School of Signals, Apapa Lagos. 9. Nigerian Navy Cadet Training School, Port Harcourt. 10. Nigerian Navy Ratings School, Owerenta, Imo State. 11. Nigerian Army School of Supply and Transport, Benin, Edo State. 12. Air Force Helicopter Training School, Port Harcourt. 13. Nigerian Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Auchi Edo State. 14. Naval Dockyard, Apapa Lagos. 15. Navy School, Navy Village Mile 2-Ojo Lagos
Well I think that settles that although I don't think the dockyard is a school.
Beaf: That is a possibility. But I believe it is best to resurrect the best post on this topic so far, which unsurprisingly has gone unanswered. Would you like to tackle it? I can wait.
Tackle it for what? He stated an opinion and I don't do tribal commentary. How about you tell us how you would tackle his comment so you don't wait too long?
Becomrich0: how are you going to put southerner in the training school. You would have northerner there too. but in war, you do not have time to bring northerner to the south to training, neither would you have southerner going to the north. That is the need why you should not relocate the one in the north but build duplicate copy in the south. I have to go to church now. Have a wonderful day.
I see your point. It is a valid one but, Nigeria is not going to be under foreign attack from an organised force any time soon. At least not one that would require that level of mobilisation. It's not impossible but, it's highly improbable. There is no logical point to this apart from tribal competition to see who has the bigger phallus.
Having said that, let's consider this from a factual point of view. Is there a demand for another school that will do the exact same thing as the one from the North (i.e. is the one located up north over utilised)? Do we have the money to build another copy of a school we already have doing the exact same thing? Do we have enough money to maintain it? Can we afford to have two identical academies based on your highly unlikely scenario? I think not.
I think this all stems from the fact that recently some folks have been posting stories of development success in Lagos. There are a number of very insecure people out there who don't like this.
Becomrich0: Nonsense, Do you think it was right for northerners to put all of those school only on thier side, Answer my question. ? Is that not selfishness ?? look you, what is wrong is wrong, and that is why nigeria has problem. I am not saying they should remove them, I am saying , you must have duplicate in the south for your own security.
To state that the location of defence academies translates to Nigeria being more susceptible to attack is rubbish. This is why I don't understand why you fellas what to blow this out of proportion. Are you going to only put Southerners in your new military academies down South?
Becomrich0: deor03, you have no point. The military is a defend system. And the way the military is plan and were the location are place is very important to the country, in term of bring stability to a country. An inbalance in the system that the north has created should be corrected.
Even if nigeria has emeny attack, how can you defend yourself.??
You have no defend system.? You can not go and put the weapon in the north and think you have a weapon defend system.,
Every nation has position its military in sure a way, they must be able to reponse to enermy attack, any time and anyday and even if there is a war, they must be able to quickly train its personnel , and if you put all military training school in the north. You have failed to fulfill the purpose of the military.
The government has no choice but to have duplicate of all of this school in the south. It is for your own safe as a nation too. Its has no much to do with south and north. But what is best for you.
Nigeria is one of the country that is more easy to attack because of the way the north has set up the military location. Any country can take over nigeria govt easy in less than 3 hours. The USA army can do it in less than 1 hour. And US or Russia can install a new president in Nigeria because of the weak military system put in place by the North.
WTH are you blabbing about? The fact that most of the military academies are not located in Southern Nigeria does not mean there are no military formations based in Sothern Nigeria.
President Barack Obama thinks Turkey is not a democracy. He thinks Turkey is “a great Islamic democracy.” You may think there are some democracies and others. President Obama thinks there are also democracies associated with certain religions.
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Mr. Obama told daily Corriere della Sera that Turkey can have a positive influence on the Muslim world. It sure can. Since Mr. Erdoğan took charge in 2002, no Muslim country has inched toward (even an Islamic) democracy. But President Obama is right about the possible Turkish influence if he thinks reinforcing Hamas-fetish and other anti-western sentiments among Muslim countries. In this context, Turkey is already a positive influence.
Interior Minister Beşir Atalay made an exclusive statement to the daily Hürriyet.
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“Within the past two years Turkey has started reshaping its foreign policy in the hope of finding a greater role in its natural geopolitical habitat which includes the Middle East.
“However, Ankara would not be able to play a leadership in the region while it continues bombing Iraqi territory. Nor would Ankara's profession of anger at the way Israel treats the Gaza population sound sincere when Turkey's ethnic Kurds continue to be treated with less consideration than a modern democracy should offer its citizens. It is, perhaps, time for Erdoğan Pasha to start thinking the unthinkable.”
Beaf: [size=14pt]Israel Agents, Onovo And National Security [/size] Friday, 16 July 2010 14:42
And since IG Onovo was courageous enough to admit that those behind the unprecedented spate of kidnappings are his kinsmen and women from the south-eastern part of the country, he should do the most honourable thing under the circumstance; resign from his post as this criminality in his home zone is tantamount to a no-confident-vote passed on him by his own people. http://www.saharareporters.com/articles/external-contrib/6559-israel-agents-onovo-and-national-security.html
If these are the people we hope will be our voices when our politicians are not listening then we really are screwed in Nigeria. The man should resign because the kidnappers are from his region? What kind of journalist is this. So so sad. So pathetic.
It appears this was the fault of the contractor. The the government stepped in anyways and is doing it's job. So there really is no reason for the Original poster and his merry gang to be blaming Fashola directly.
The colapsed LASU-Iba road.
Engineer Johnson while answering several questions posed by the lawmakers, also indicted the contractor of the project, when he agreed that the N9.89 billion 18 kilometer road was rushed by the contractor.
This, it is believed could be the reason why the road gave way just within two years after its construction.
precap2: Brilliant, but there was no % to tell us which country contributed how many poor. It's possible that 1 country contributed over 20% of the entire number. Like I mentioned earlier Egypt. Egypt has behind it's glittering facade more % of poor people than many nations labeled sub saharan Africa. But I'll try to get you the report I'm referring to. After all we're all learning at the same time.
Holla!
Ok but let's establish one fact then. Egypt is the most populous country in North Africa. Nigeria is the most populous in Africa (and Sub-Saharan Africa). So which of these two countries has the higher number of poor people according to official statistics?
in 2008 Newroz (Coming of Spring holiday, 21st of March) celebration, turkish forces broke a child's arm, who is 15 years old, ! Guess the fault of child? He didnt kill someone, probably he should throw stones against turkish mobil forces, ! And as cost of it, his arm is broken by this mongolian barbaric animals!
Basseti: Everything, depending on the purpose of the "study"
Its like comparing oranges to apples.
Instead of looking at ABSOLUTE NUMBERS try looking at some ratios. That might tell a different story.
Very true. Although I do believe the folks that performed this study were more interested in the fact that the level of poverty in India is overlooked. I believe that was the main reason for the comparison.
precap2: There was a little error with that report, it did not state % of poor nations selected. You would have seen the true picture of North Africa. I need to visit a particular IMF report and when I get to it I'll post it here. I believe you won't imagine the number of poor people in Egypt.
Holla
Of course there is poverty in North Africa there is no doubt about that. Having said that though this study covered 26 African (poorest) countries. So when you consider countries like DRC, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eriteria, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Uganda, etc plus the poor countries of West Africa are located in Sub-Saharan Africa, you can see how one could have come to that conclusion.
precap2: Now I think you're making an unwarranted claim. Sub Saharan Africa doesn't parade the poorest, unless we need to redefine "sub Saharan" to include the really poor parts of Africa.
Holla!
Do you even know what Sub-Saharan Africa means? It is not an unwarranted claim. Sub-Saharan Africa is poorer than North Africa (countries North of the Sahara). Sub-Saharan Africa also consist of many more African countries. Therefore it is a logical claim that the majority of the 26 poorest countries in Africa are located in Sub-Saharan Africa.
precap2: First: That report was not talking about sub-Saharan Africa, it was talking about 26 poorest countries.
I think he had a point especially when you consider that most of the poorest countries in Africa are in Sub Saharan Africa. He made a logical conclusion.
Pennywise: I can imagine how badly you want this project done. And may take up a job later at the Atlantic City. When you do Just dont forget to go to work with your briefcase in one hand and a life jacket in the order because you will need it
Don't worry he will. He will need his life jacket while he's taking a boat ride down the artificial lake, or while engaging in some water sports at the beach. You will still be where you are eye twitching hoping, praying, fasting for your miraculous flood to wash away Eko Atlantic. Who would actually be better off I wonder.