basilo101:
Our rural areas needs serious attention.

Excellente!!!!

Let's talk about it.

That's what I am saying guys. Let say what needs done to integrate our rural economies into the mainstream and increase the competiveness of the entire State. I am in for this.

Let's get started.....

Unemadu:


You are just not intelligent. I dont know how many times i will tell you this. You are comparing okpara that hand a much free hand to control his eastern economy and dash the center their share to this current dispensation? Kai

Any oil producing states finance and future depends on federal intervention so if it is decieded that oil producing states get 1% derivation, tell me what the fate of rivers delta, anambra that u mentioned,will be?

I look at the bigger picture while u dwell on pettiness

Unemad! Unemad!! Unemad!!! How many times did I just call you? Ok o. I reserve any further comments. I will simply report you to Spyde880 for using 4-letter phrase on me. U know I know how to do it, with hot iron anger. ok o. Spyder880 pls, over to you. Do the needful please, unless it is double standard here.

I thank you. To Unemad, finally, just know that I like you. For some reason I can't place. Really. Let's be pals man

eaglechild:

You have actually made some genuine points but you also fail to realise the reality on ground.

Nigeria still has a very long way to go, we need to start somewhere. We may be resource rich but we are still a poor country.

Chime defined his priorities when he came into office which included revamping of the state capital with upgrading of roads , security and I believe provision of portable water.

He vehemently stuck his goals and has largely achieved it.

He did not deceive himself by claiming to be able to solve every problem of the state, rather he looked at his budget and set realisable goals which he pursued.

Now he has succeeded in creating a fairly conducive environment which has even put Enugu on the world map. No one will want to do business in an insecure environment with rundown infrastructure.

Government is a continuum and it is left for the next gov to even take the state further.


I hate eulogising politicians and I acknowledge that Chime is very far from perfect.

You are a good man! where is the thumbs up emoticon pls. someone help me

cjrane:


Dude take your bitterness and empty talk to your state and leave Enugu citizens to celebrate the infrastructural improvements in their state.

Rome was not built in a day and even so, Rome does not have all it needs yet. Therefore, Enugu will not have all it needs to soar immediately.
The important thing is that improvement is being made gradually in Enugu, unlike some weird places as your state where your politicians sponsor Boko Haram terrorists with the money meant for development to kill fellow citizens for fun.

Poor people and their neighborhoods exist all around the world. If Hurricane Katrina did not hit New Orleans, we would never have seen pictures of poor neighborhoods as lower ninth ward that is worse than Obiagu existing right there in New Orleans! In your estimation, Spyder should ignore the good things happening in his state and post the poor neighborhoods and the misery of the poor to satisfy your sadistic jealousy.

If Spyder does not celebrate the improvements in his state by posting them here, who will do it for them? CNN or BBC?

Sir, with all due respect, I beg you to relax. Your tirade lacks foundation for I am from the State. Born, breed and schooled. Even if one is not, I should think this chat board is for all and sundry. So, relax because your innermost prayer for me to disappear is not answered -I won't go away in a long time. Your stuck with me, that is

PROUDIGBO:


^^^I really admire you and Spyder for having the patience to engage that guy! It's obvious what his intentions are.....it's all about 'politics'!

Time is 4.25pm and I am back to the saddle. @PROUDIGBO, of all the comments made at my back, your is the most interesting. To that I say.... Go and die[/size][size=8pt]

Its actually a mater of wavelength. Someone my be operating at a different wavelengh and that is what I percieve.

All sectors of our society can be transformed in simple ABC steps. When I come back I will want you all to challenge me. Mention just one area and lets begin to share thoughts and you actually see that we can make progress. Let's engage is productive knowledge exchange.

Spyder880, I believe that should be more rewarding that the pictures you are spewing on the chat board (no insult meant, pls).

If you accept my apologies, pls permit me to drop off. I need to make a little change to top up. If I have bandwith I cool down and make the point I wanted to make

spyder880:


Please, stop insulting people. Find a way to make your points and stop sounding bitter.

Ok Spyder. Noted. I am sorry.

3. Is any of these Chimes or Chimas fault?[i][/i] No. No no. It is the fault of my great grand mother. If Okpara could transform the larger Eastern region in just 7 years, with nothin Zilch (shishi) from the centre, your Messiah Chime has 8years and over N1tr to help his people and he did was pave roads

Unemadu:


Does Abuja have an economy u arse?

Why do you always miss the point? Unemad! Unemad!

Abuja is not Enugu nor Lagos nor Ekiti.

Abuja is the centre of the federation. A federation is made up of federating units. It is a federation of the federating units. Our federation is made up of States. They are the ones that should have their economy, you bozo.

Who gave you that phone or laptop? Or have you been smoking something, Unemad?!

In proper fiscal federalism, Enugu's revenue will be retained and a littlle portion sent to the centre. That was how we started in the days of the regions. It was the greed of the Housa/Fulani that led to over centralisation making the federal look like the action point.

Ordinary motor park touts (pigs by Spyder880) have it all arranged. The NURTW Ibadan branch has the resources. Enugu, Ekiti , etc. They retain their park collection dues and make remittances (small proportion) of their proceeds to NURTW national headquarters. That Office at the centre needs do nothing but appropriate what is remitted from the fringes (the federating units)

Let me tell you why you are a complete washout, not deserving of a biafran name:

1. "U talk of oil windfall. Let me ask u. How much is Enugu state budget?"[/i] Enugu State budget can be as large as we want it to be. It is small today because the bozos whom you serve and work with have no idea of how to grow local economy which is the recipe for higher IGR. If our IGR is N1tr, Enugu State budget will be N1tr plus what comes from Abuja.

2. "Our biggest natural resource we cannot touch."[i] I take it to mean coal, right? Why can't you touch it? Play by the rules of the land, onukwu! Anambra floated an Oil Company, not only got allocation of oil well right in the State but also got approval fro refinery. Are you there? Float a power plat, request for rights to your coal, dig it up yourself and sell power to fed government. How does that sound? Probably, you won't comprehend, cos you only know govt is working when a paver is moving up down your street pouring dust on you.

Meanwhile, meanwhile, who tells you coal is Enugu's biggest resources?? Our rich agricultural land is, buffoon.

Price of crude oil is crashing (instigated by USA), but price of PKO (perm kernel oil) is on the rise on international market. It take local indigenous technology to harness Palm oil and PKO. Google Malaysia right now and tell me what you see. Plam fuits taken from your papa's palm is what they have used to grow.

Summary, there is something called mass hypnotism. It is the cause of your jaundiced perseption and I won't lie to you. It is a difficult disease to cure. Ignorance and illiteracy are easier because its like starting from zero. Someone with that disease is like starting from minu 50, depending on how deep it is rooted.

Unemad, you lack grey matter and you are in advanced stage of that disease.
Is any of these Chimes or Chimas fault?

Unemadu:



Its good u acknowledged the little recognition accorded our city.

Btw Rwanda and kigali is a model i would love Nigeria to Adopt. U need to study Rwanda

Accra, lots of Nigerians are already rushing there why?

U talk of oil windfall.

Let me ask u. How much is Enugu state budget?

Our biggest natural resource we cannot touch.

Is any of these Chimes or Chimas fault?

My friend stop being petty.

I just paid my community development levy for school and health center upgrade because u cannot depend on govt all the time

When i see u talking politics i just dey laugh because u just want to be given little cash at the expense of developement.

Biko, is that you listing of the issues? Or I should wait a little?

I wan go push barrow serious

spyder880:


I know who owns the houses, Enugu state citizens who are opportune to own the houses. And there is nothing to show that you will not corner the whole houses for yourself if you have soggy's opportunity. Just relax and enjoy the pictures and if you don't like them, vote them out. Don't burst an artery for a politician, its not worth the stress.

Supposing they built the houses in Dubai instead of Enugu, will you beat them? Is it not the same whinning you will still whine? At least our people did the works, made profits from the contracts.

Yea, I accept your admonition. We should just take whatever they give us, no complaining. After all, we are lesser homo sapiens, made of inferior matter. Fine.

Just that those pictures which you mean to be pleasing to my eyes are rather choking me out. Thanks for the advice. I will refrain from looking. I won't even dare vote.

Bye.

Pls correct "murder" in place or "mother"

I sign off guys.

Let me go and push barrow, to see what the day brings

spyder880:
United States of Enugu

yea.. built on handout from Abuja (Enugu has no economy of its own). Wake up.

Worse still, the house you just showed was built by a corrupt high chief in government who has full access to the handout from Abuja which should have been utilized to give Enugu an economic identity.

Worst then, is that Spyder880 who should be screaming blue mother, is marketing their projects for them. Did it ever occur to you that you will not even get an agents commission.

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!

Onye aghogburu bu onye agbara n'okwe a

spyder880:
Lots of fancy buildings. .......

Spyder880, pls who got allocation in Liberty Estate? Is it not same them them? Did you get? Did your brother or cousin or sister get?

There is where they display their wealth ill-gotten and sifted right from our treasury. Go house by house and tell me who owns which. Start with Soggy (Ikeje Asogwa).

Unemad, I am also mindful of the great news that the effort of current government to beautify Enugu City centre has yielded the desired result: https://www.nairaland.com/2031155/enugu-makes-history-joins-worlds.

Enugu Makes History, Joins World’s 100 Resilient Cities

Bravo! Quite an honour and reward fro our small Enugu. The Prestige is Good.
Put in context, please see where it really lands us "The other three African cities that made the list alongside the Coal City of Enugu are Kigali (Rwanda), Accra (Ghana) and Arusha (Tanzania)".

Tell me if these are the cities you plan to relocate to soon with your family. Before long, everybody will be jollificating that Enugu joins global league. Africans are notorious for not knowing when the whiteman throws an insult at him. He even laugh louder and more excitedly.

Sub-Saharan Africa is cursed because of attitude of its leaders -ego, misplacement of priorities. No selflessness, no service, no interest in their people.

Let's come home. Bros, Enugu has now seen the brightest seven years of its recent history (since it chose to depend on crude oil), and the windfall was spend painting and paving Enugu City centre. What else, Unemad

Now, this is the true test of depth. Oputara okpogho ole? Gbupu aso biko! What a waste of opportunity.

How does that elitist crest on the head gear of Enugu regime improve the condition of ordinary Enuguites, especially the over60% of 3.7miilion left the languish in the hinterlands that lacks basic amenities. Its all rubbish.

Let me engage you in a small exercise:
-make a listing of the top 5 issue facing an Enugu man and lets compare notes.

Then we come back to see what what has been done by Chime government has done in addressing those issues.

Don't run away pls

Unemadu:


My point is that u are anti progress. Get it?

Say hi to your evil partner otil

No I am not. Truly. I am for progress true. I am against deceit and that is where we usually have a departure.

Can you imagine Spyder880 admiting here that even though major thoroughfares are paved, and street lights cum traffic lights effizzy, that same government condons horrible attrocities.

That is how shallow what they are doing is. It is not for you, it is not for me. It is the contracts that is the no.1 motive.

Rural development is hard work. Agriculture take a long time. Supply and installation of traffic light in every door step is quick cash. Awarding contract to Arab and collecting cool 12.5% kickback is great deal (meanwhile they over-invoice by 80% -dunces in power.).

That's it Unemad. How will spit out sweet and succulent beat put in his mouth? Of course, I wish for true progress. That is why I am complaining

Unemadu:


Mej and his wicked brother otil wants a return to Anarchy. They thrive in that environment being the politicians/politician as.s lickers they are

I don't see your point pls

spyder880:


Drop which analogy? They are wicked and very very wicked. I have told them this in their face . They made a poor taxi driver shed tears in front of me, the man cried like a baby. I nearly cried too. They impounded this mans car for doing nothing, I decided to go with them and plead with them on his behalf, they insisted that unless I paid N5000 they will seize the car for two months. They deflated all the four tyres in my very presence, and the taxi driver cried.

What sort of wickedness is this, where is our hearts, human beings are desperately wicked! Let me repeat again for the sake of emphasis, those touts are less than pigs.

Bros, we are saying the same thing.

Spyder likes to show off pictures of paved roads of main thoroughfares, not really streets where people live.

You tell me things are working and such examples as you have stated above are being meted on poor hapless souls in Enugu by commissioned agents of government. Didn't ESWAMA staff kill a little innocent boy the other day for heloping him mum to throw away refuse?

And we are flying

spyder880:


We are already running with good speed sef Why are you telling us to go back to crawling again?

Opium wahala. Oil price drops a few notch and exchange rate collapses. Net year, no salary for your public servants and you know you are not even a dot in the global economic map.

Deceive yourself thinking you have arrived. That is the gift of Chime -Fancy, no depth

Do you have an economy? lets start from there. That will decide if you are running or flying or crawling, or just descending into the abyss

spyder880:


They are just touts, training a pig to become a human has never worked. Forget where the money is coming from, the state is working as at today. So if you know what is good for us, find a good replacement for Chime so we can continue the growth of this great state.

"The State is working as of today" -in Enugu metropolis where you probably live, not in the 375 autonomous communities

"They are just touts, training a pig to become a human has never worked" - they are humans, first of all. drop that analogy, it is wicked

signz:


Someone with an electrical/electronic skill will be employed to do the maintenance of the traffic light. Someone will be given the contract to fuel the generating sets and that person will employ boys to do the jobs. The tankers or trucks used in fueling the generators will need a guy with mechanic skills to fix it.The generator will definetly develop problems and someone with a mechanical skill will be employed to fix the set.

What I'm trying to say is that instead of encouraging people to be road marshals, our people should be encouraged to get skills. With skills your chances of getting employed will be greater.

Crawl b4 you run. That's the message not that automation is bad for entire humanity. Wake up, its 8.55

spyder880:


MAINTENANCE! That is the magic word which Nigeria lacks. Thank god it is happening in Enugu here under our very noses.

Let Enugu demonstrate capacity for maintenance by keeping the shinny hand railings of 82Div, akwata and others neat. The road studs are pulling off, the Nike - Opi road is failing (was there yesterday), Toscana-court road has a huge gully at the centre of the road. Let me stop there

spyder880:


My brother, I think you are wrong on this. The army of people you are talking about has not done any good controlling traffic in the few places they have been left to man. I will reply you with examples and if you insist, I will make a short video of two junctions, one will be Ogui road junction near the stadium where traffic lights control and Nowas junction of Trans Ekulu where humans control.

Humans are fraught with errors, and pure wickedness. I have had series of brushes with these thieves employed by Enugu east LGA till they noted me and now they dare not touch my car. They are always asking for bribes and can impound your car without any reason and make you to pay hefty sums. They are the judge and jury. Please dont support touting in Enugu state. It leaves a sour taste in the mouth.

How much training was given to those hungry local council converted just-yesterday-thugs? Abuja uses more traffic wardens than any city in Nigeria. Truth: fanciful traffic light is luxury for Enugu State where nothing happens economically except money from Abuja. Its not your Agriculture, its not industry, just civl service -administration. Administering what -small share of oil proceed allocated to Enugu. Where is your coal oh coal city State?

slimthugchimee:
No you are wrong that is why chime thinks very well, Enugu's street lights all use solar energy, sounder try to also get pictures of the solar pan there

Shaaaraaaap there!!!! If they tell you, you believe. If they spew out, you swallow. Tell me where else in Enugu, Solar tech is working. And did they also tell you it is maintenance free?

spyder880:
We have Sullivan Chime to thank for the peace and tranquillity in Enugu state. Whoever is forcing him out should just be prepared to work harder than him. He set the bar so high that it will take another great man to surpass him. The one billion dollar question is; who will succeed Sullivan and raise Enugu state higher than it is now?

To your question, is it not belated or are you a stranger in Jerusalem Enugu: GBURUGBURU. The consensus anointee or have you not been seeing his bi THANK YOU bill boards -thank us all even before we ventured out to vote.

eaglechild:

Your source is Osun defenders.

Yes bro. You will be shocked that Sun, Vanguard and all the big names are coolly in their pockets -bought over

spyder880:


Yes I noticed that, they are just flooding the whole city with beautiful traffic lights, the way they are mounting traffic lights is like two everyday, maybe they are getting them for free

If the brain was attached to the head, those are jobs being taking away and food snatched from families. If the aim was to control traffic at every intersect in Enugu city, our current state of economy would have directed us to employ hands -a special squad of roads marshals paid minimally N19- N30,000 permonth.

Right now, apart from initial capital outlay, the recurrent costs of energy and maintenance is a minus. But if I dare say that, those whose contract it is will descend on me. Fanciful decoration of Enugu Centre when unemployment is killing the youths and women of Enugu State is close to a mortal sin.

spyder880:


You are right, Chimaroke Nnamani may have played some "hardman" politics but nobody can ague with the results he left on the ground. Some smart road connection he did are just great, like the Ebeano tunnel crossing. It eased a lot of traffic trouble in Enugu.

For definite, as it turned out, Chima is more strategic with placement of project and management of people and politics, despite all his shortcomings

Abagworo:


A big truth. Very much unlike Nigerian politicians who prefer to fight dirty to the end. Whatever reasons informed his decision, it is a wise one. Goodluck Jonathan should borrow a leaf from Chime and bow out honorably in 2015.

@Centje you know this is a big fallacy and I'm sure you know I will pick it out when you spew it.

Chime stopped fighting when he lost all. ALL I said. He lost out, forget that lame repacking of the greatest loser in Enugu politics by his lame aides who could offer no help to him, even a lame one. Amaka is a Diaspora dunce, I hope you know. She was recruited to open doors of international investment and aid into Enugu. What did she achieve? If she did her work, Chime wouldn't be borrowing billions in dying minutes. Amaka sat and Ekweremmadu defeated Chime in Diaspora Enugu election. Together with Jude Akubuilo. Now he has also defeated him at home. You see have the facts and figures. There is no nobility in Chime. Its just a shame. See the problem. Chime is surrounded by buffoons and defended by re-tarded chimps like you.

Why are you wasting eye shadow on a corpse, Centje? Chime: Dead he is for sure and fast proceeding to political rigor mortis. Just free us, abegi.

What was your noble Chime looking for seeking to go to the Senate? Was that not avarice? Someone who despises people and practically locked himself in inside the government house and who did nothing for his people of west district, just doing Enugu big boy and paving, painting and studding Enugu city center streets while his wine tapper kith and kin of Udi continue to clime and fall to their death from palm trees. What is Udi know for and how has he helped to modernise or progress it?

Please educate yourself by reading the real gist under the right heading below. Lame face-mending cannot assuage the disaster for which Chime connotes today -a disaster long predicted, anyway:

PDP Senatorial Tickets: Govs Uduaghan, Chime Forced Out By Power Play

As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) begins its primaries to choose its candidates for the National Assembly elections, an intense powerplay, intrigues and upsets have forced two frontline governors to abandon their senatorial ambitions. Barely 48 hours to the party’s senatorial primaries, governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan and his Enugu State counterpart, Sullivan Chime, lost in the power tussle in the state.

Read more... http://www.osundefender.org/?p=198322

Congrats Otil; for making front page. I guess you not aware yet. Hardwork pays. Don't mind my comment. You should know that I mean well

PROUDIGBO:
^^^Didn't read the crap you just posted; but being the political hack you are, i'm pretty sure you're rubbing your soiled hands with glee in anticipation of the unabated raining down of 'Abuja money' into your bank account and that of your benefactor Ekweremadu! You most likely would have starved to death if Chime had managed to edge him out!

Can you swear down that you've never met this.....this politician that you've been promoting these past few weeks!?

You guys are the problem of Ndigbo in particular and Nigeria in general!

@PROUDIGBO, what really is your beef with mr otil1? All you have stated above are withing allowable limits in Nairaland. When did promoting product, person, project, proposal, perspective, etc. become an issue in this forum? That you keep throwing jabs at a member because you believe that infringed on your sphere of interest, right? I can't see how promoting Ekweremmadu should be your problem... and how is that the problem of Ndiigbo in particular and Nigeria in general? If your so called 'Abuja money' rains into the pocket of a south easterner, how is that a problem? Shouldn't you be helping for more to come down this way or do i read you well that 'Abuja money' is evil?

My guestimate is that you are pained that your man, Chime's political standi is on quick sand and sink he surely will and that will be final. Even Obi, who at least could saunter to Aso Rock, will be much better that him. Chime is finished, QED.

I will be surprised if mr otil acquiesces to your request to swear. But I know he's a hardliner, albeit, a little retarded, ops, I meant backward because he simply posts media reports. If you want situation on ground, as it happens, tap on my door.

For instance, right now in Enugu, I can tell you that the politics is exceeding boiling point.
Ekweremmadu is now using failed Chime as a shield to decapitate all those that fought with him, and they are not taken it lightly. Chime apparently restored to his emperor seat by Ekweremmadu, all through the week held more kangaroo adoption meetings and there are now (fake) concesus candidates for virtually all posts -all senate, house of rep and senate. This situation has thrown virtually old the Abuja politicians out of favour in the elections of today and tomorrow and it is not funny. I moved around and saw usual war moves like quartering delegates: Frank Nweke, in charge of East delegate (approved by court) has pulled off the alliance and is keeping his delegates. Ozomgbachi, hated by Chime and despised by Ekweremmadu has taken delivery of majority of his Udi/Ezeagu delegates and is getting them set for a show down today. Same in Nsukka, where Chime's former commissioner and ally, Ike Ugwuegede has rejected Chime's concensus anointment of Vita Abba, the sick former state party chairman.

So today, expect explosion. There will be parallel primaries and there will be multiple court actions.

For the new sweet hearts -Chime/Ekweremmadu, it is convenient in that Chime now has the tool to bring down as many of his old ebeano politicans as possible to pave way for his hope of his own political dynasty. But he will be shocked, because DSP is playing to be the ultimate inheritor and will in fulness of time scatter all that Chime thinks he is gathering. For Ekweremmadu, the happiest man on the block. He is poised to become the most successful of the ebeano alumni -something Chime thought was going to be his. That's the trophy and that's the cause of the war. Enugu should brace itself for a life senator and Udi/Ezeagu shall become perpetual political slaves to Awgu. Talk of reversal of history. That is Chime's gift to ndi agbaja.

For Ekweremmadu, even with his colleagues accusing him of treachery, they are dead anyway and he is using the combo power of gov/DSP to weed them all out (after saving his younger brother, Ekweremmadu Jnr in ENHA and Tobi in Reps). But he too will get a big shock. The avalance of litigaton that will erupt in Enugu can consume everything, even his candidature. People of Awgu are beginning to look inwards after they suffered maximum defeat while maintaining alliance with him.

I great you all