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See his wicked Yoruba face; I hope they deport him back to Ijebu Ijesha

Jealous Yoruba husband sets wife on fire for accepting wine from another man at party

Metro Wednesday, September 26, 2012


Janet’s backview showing the burns

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By BARTHOLOMEW MADUKWE

Love is said to be the fire of life that neither consumes nor purifies; but for 35-year-old Janeth Odehgbe, hers was a different case as she has been set on fire by her husband following disagreement over her collecting a cup of wine from another man during a party they both attended.

Recounting her ordeal in the hand of her 39-year-old husband, Mr Kehinde Adesanmoye, Janeth told Crime Alert that on September 11, 2012 around 10 pm, her husband poured petrol on her as she was preparing Indomie noodles for a customer and fire caught her immediately. She was nearly consumed by the fire but for passers-by that rescued her.

She said, "I saw him coming towards me, as he got nearer, he ordered my customer to leave and as I tried to run for my dear life, he poured petrol on me and fire caught up with me immediately. Passers-by rescued me and ran after him to fight him, but immediately they noticed it was him, they all went to their various homes. Then some of them took me to the Police station and from there I was taken to Peaceful Convalescent Center, Alhaji Obe Street, Ejigbo Lagos."

Janeth, who hails from Isoko area of Delta state and earns her living from selling cooked Indomie along Ikotun roundabout, claimed she was illegally married to Adesanmoye (popularly called Ogunlade) after divorcing her first husband.

Trouble was said to have started for the duo on September 8, 2012 when Adesanmoye and his wife went for a naming ceremony of a friend who stays beside their residence at 22, Olaoluwa Street, Abaranje, Ikotun. "As we got to the party, my friends who were also present were hailing me, calling me 'Indomie', because I was known for selling Indomie. I was invited to sit on the chairs they have organized for friends. Adesanmoye was sitting right beside me.

“After some time, my friend, a vulcanizer, Taye offered me a bottle of wine, but I rejected it at the first instance because I was on my menstrual period and I don't want to take anything alcoholic. But when the pressure from my friends was too much, pestering me to take the wine, I decided to take a cup.


Janet & Adesanmoye before trouble started

"Immediately Adesanmoye saw me finish the cup of wine, he got up and started going. I ran after him to ask what went wrong. To my surprise, he started abusing me and asking why do I have to collect a drink from a friend in a party while he was sitting right beside me, and why do I have to kiss a friend in the party too?" Janeth narrated in pains.

The Isoko woman, who noted that her husband (Adesanmoye) could kill her if she should say anything whenever he is angry, pointed out that she never said anything in response to her husband's allegations.

"My husband has always been jealous. He used to beat me every time under any guise and excuse. I have tried several times to leave him but he always threatened to harm me. I stayed with him because I was afraid of him and my life. He always told me that I could never escape from him, except I leave Lagos State. Anytime I said I was leaving him, he would say, no problem, that he would do something to me that I will not forget. Now, see what he had done to me.

He wanted to kill me" she added.

An unconfirmed source intimated Crime Alert that Adesanmoye was later arrested and detained at the Ikotun Police station. His relatives were alleged to have called for amicable settlement, offering the victim a sum of N100, 000 (One hundred thousand), which the victim reportedly rejected.

She however called on the government to ensure that her husband paid for what he did to her, adding "am an orphan. I have no father or mother. I sell Indomie to live. Now, I've spent all my money. In fact, I need help."

Nigeria = 150 million and only 7000 students in the USA
Kenya = less 40 million and 4000 students in the USA
Do the math, Kenya is better.

So which Former Imo Gov is caled Nosiri?

I did not know the Flying Eagles Chief coach, John Obuh is Igbo, let alone an Abian. Some Igbo names are difficult to decode.

Those honoured to mark the anniversary include the Editor of THISDAY, Ms Ijeoma Nwogwugwu, who had risen to the top in her journalism career, a male-dominated profession. Abia was proud of its daughter and she was recognised and honoured along with 20 others who have equally distinguished themselves in various fields of endeavour, including politics, business, sports, medicine, academia, security, farming, civil service and law among others.

+++++++++++++Nwogwugwu was bestowed with an award of Ada Ugo Abia (highly esteemed daughter of Abia) along with five other women, including Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Ivy Uche Okoronkwo (rtd). There were two other categories of awards namely Enyi Abia (elephants of Abia) and Oke Oji (great Iroko tree).



The ten recipients of Enyi Abia were DIG Azubuko J. Udah (rtd), Hon Justice Ikechi F. Ogbuagu, retired justice of the Supreme Court and Chief Anthony Enukeme, an Aba-based industrialist and chairman of Tonimas Nigeria Ltd while Flying Eagles Chief coach, John Obuh and Chairman/CEO of Masters energy, Mr. Uche Ogah were decorated with the award of Oke Oji along three others.


http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/rebuilding-abia-21-years-after-creation/123901/

So Obasanjo is an Igbo man

PROUD-IGBO:
^^^Yeah Asha.....refer back to some of the past threads on the Presidents recent visit and commissioning of the company, and you'll see where the major stakeholders in the company were mentioned; i think Kogi state Gov't was mentioned as well.

I'm using my phone to browse so can't find and copy the link that easily.

It is clearly indicated in my first post, the original post in this thread

PROUD-IGBO:
Yeah Mekus, i watched an interview he gave a few months ago (i think it was the Bisi Olatilo show) and was surprised to learn his wife is Yoruba. He said his people and her people were against the marriage at first; saying in jest how her people weren't happy she was marrying a kobo-kobo (first time i ever heard that one ), while his people on the other hand were not happy he was marrying a Yoruba-Yoruba ; but the marriage has gone from strength to strength, even to the extent that he was his Mother-in-laws favourite b/4 she passed on.

Business advice: if anyone has idle money laying around, and is looking for a secure investment, you couldn't do better than Orient petroleum at the moment, trust me.....all indications point to this company being a multi billion dollar venture in the next 5 to 10 years; so anytime there's a public offering, my candid advice would be to buy a stake in the company.

This is a company that is about to own a refinery, and bound to expand as the business grows; has a license to exploit/export crude; will soon delve into the 'gas' part of the business as well; could also go into processing other by products too numerous to mention; and it's not encumbered by the 'Nigerian factor' so the business can be run profitably.......the Rivers state gov't knew what it was doing when it bought a stake in the business. So all should watch this space for the next Nigerian success story. .

If Anyaoku cannot bring Igbos and Yorubas together, then I guess no one else can. Another heavy Igbo man with a Yoruba wife is Prof. Chukwuemeka Ike, former WAEC head and now Igwe of his community in Anambra State.

asha 80: are you sure about that?

How do you mean? Yes Rivers own shares in the company as is Kogi. Read op

''Orient Petroleum chairman, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, speaking yesterday at the ceremony to kick-start his company’s oil refinery in Anambra State, Orient Petroleum chairman Chief Emeka Anyaoku said the controversy over ownership of the oil deposits has been resolved and that the ‘bulk’ of the deposits are within Anambra territory.

He however added that any state where oil was found and drilled by Orient Petroleum would be accorded due recognition.

“There was misconception that the oil well was not entirely in Anambra, that has been resolved through the map of Nigeria. Let me quickly state that the two oil blocks encompassed parts of Enugu, Kogi, Delta and Edo states but bulk of it is in Anambra,” Anyaoku said.

He said in addition to the private shareholders, other bodies that have shares in the company include Anambra, Rivers, Kogi and the 21 local government areas of the state.''

http://weeklytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10437:controversy-trails-anambra-oil-producing-state-status-we-own-oil-wells-kogi-says&catid=40:cover-stories&Itemid=26

Hey, Anyaoku is the Chairman of orient Petroleum and his wife is Yoruba.

Onlytruth: Na wa o. How did this thread get to 8 pages? Nigerians lack basic common sense! This issue isn't even worth mentioning.
Assuming for example that the oil is found EQUALLY in 6 states (let me exaggerate for emphasis), and ONE state decides to invest in and develop the portion in her own corner, why should any human with brains anywhere raise a voice about it? Is anyone stopping the other states from investing and developing their own portion (assuming there is oil there) ?

I like Kogi people and they have been good to Igbo people. I can only assume that this nonsense is coming from the usual devilish corners in the Nigerian nation.

Shameless i.diots.

I do not expect Kogi to start making noise on the pages of the newspaper. They should go to court if they have a case. I know there are Igallas indigenous to Anambra State. Are they the ones agitating or their brothers from across the boarder?

Women from other major groups in Nigeria should stand up, or are there no women in Nigeria aside the Igbo ones?

Ezekwesili heads new Africa Economic Initiative

By Agency Reporter07/08/2012 17:26:00

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Building on her work in the last five years as World Bank Vice President for Africa, former Education Minister, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili is teaming up with the billionaire George Soros to chart a new economic course for Africa, Empowered Newswire reports.

In her new assignment, Ezekwesili said she will get the opportunity to advance economies in the continent to finally reach and positively touch the lives of the poor African majority, and set-up a world-class graduate school of public policy in Abuja.

Speaking with Empowered Newswire, Ezekwesili disclosed that her partnership with the Open Society and its billionaire founder is strategic, providing the opportunity "to advance the centrality of sound policies for economic growth that delivers benefit to a larger number of African citizens especially because capable states do better in articulating and executing sound public policies."

The immediate past World Bank official added that "in this assignment, I want to bring in structural transformation , especially now that Africa must prioritize structural transformation through economic diversification."

A statement from the Open Society in Abuja on Tuesday, where Ezekwesili would be based in her new role also said "the Open Society Foundations has asked Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili, a world-renowned expert on economic reforms and economic governance, to lead its new Africa Economic Policy Development Initiative. "

According to the statement, the initiative was created to build on the strong growth performance of Africa over the last decade and the emergent urgency for structural transformation of economies to expand benefits to the poor majority through policies that boost private sector jobs and incomes.

Continuing the Open Society said, "operating from Abuja, Ezekwesili will advise the leaders and policymakers of the countries on their economic strategy and policy reforms that can help boost investment and create job growth in the Mano River region. The initiative over the next three years will expand to include other countries across Africa."

The initiative which is focusing on Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, countries fresh from conflicts in West Africa, will help develop leadership in public policy and economic reforms within governments, and will leverage African expertise in the Diaspora to strengthen state capacities in various sectors of economies in Africa, according to the Open Society.

Commenting on the new role of the Nigerian former ministers of Education and Solid Minerals, President Alpha Conde of Guinea said "we very heartily welcome this initiative by the Open Society Foundation and are eager to seize the opportunity to receive the valuable policy advice and support from Oby Ezekwesili. We benefited from her rich experience and policy expertise when she was at the World Bank and helped us considerably in advancing our country's economic reforms and development priorities."

In his own comments, Open Society founder, George Soros, observed that "I am delighted for Oby to join our team working on Africa.”

George Soros, who is also the chairman of the Open Society Foundations added that “my foundations have long been committed to fostering economic development in post-conflict countries and nations transitioning to democracy.”

Ezekwesili will take the title Senior Economic Advisor in the Open Society Foundations and in that capacity "will oversee the creation of a public policy advisory center in Abuja that will collaborate with Paul Collier, the professor of economics who focuses on developing countries, and others to provide economic policy solutions to pro-reform governments starting with Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone."

In addition to that the former World Bank VP for Africa will also help establish "a separate Africa-wide graduate school of public policy, based in Nigeria, that will collaborate with leading universities including the School of Public Policy at the Central European University."

Ezekwesili said the plan for the School should begin within a two-year timeline, "to begin to build towards the school."

Open Society President Christopher Stone also praised Ezekwesili saying “Oby has dedicated her career to the proposition that governments in Africa, as elsewhere, can achieve equitable growth when they are open, honest, and disciplined. She is the right person to lead this new initiative.”

In her job at the World Bank, where she was VP in charge of Africa, Ezekwesili was responsible for operations in 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and supervised a lending portfolio of over US$40 billion.

Previously, she worked for the federal government of Nigeria as presidential advisor in charge of public procurement reforms; Chairperson and Implementer of the first ever, country-led Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; Minister of Mineral Resources; key member and Governance task team leader of the widely acclaimed Presidential Economic Team; and Minister of Education. Ezekwesili has a long track record in the transparency, accountability, good governance, and anti-corruption movement worldwide having been one of the co-founders of Transparency International nearly two decades ago.

Before her public policy service in Nigeria's federal government, Ezekwesili served as director of the Harvard-Nigeria Economic Strategy Program in Boston and Abuja.

A holder of a master’s in international law from the University of Lagos, and another master’s in public policy and administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Ezekwesili is a chartered accountant.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/online-special/56697-ezekwesili-heads-new-africa-economic-initiative.html

asha 80: hehe guy you dey look for trouble

Why? What is insensible about what I wrote? Onye ji mmadu na ala ji onwe ya, yes?

Paul John: The fallout over the resignation of Prof. Bart Nnaji as the Minister of Power continued to reverberate Wednesday, with eminent South-easterners calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure that Nnaji's replacement is from the zone.

Speaking to THISDAY on the retention of the power ministry portfolio by the South-east zone, the immediate former President General of the Igbo social cultural group - Ohaneze ndi Igbo - Dr. Dozie Ikedife, former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, and former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani, said that with Nnaji's departure, the president should do the right thing by picking a replacement from the South-east zone.

The former Senate president said: "Much as one is not questioning why the former minister was relieved of his appointment, it is right in the face of justice and equity, as well as fair play that the replacement of Prof. Bart Nnaji comes from the same zone of the South-east.

"Not only should his replacement come from the zone, it is equally right that Enugu State be given the chance to produce a replacement who shall man the Federal Ministry of Power.

"The constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria stipulates that each state should produce a minister. As things stand now, with the sack of Nnaji, it is therefore in the overall interest of equity and justice that his replacement should come from Enugu State."

Speaking in the same manner, Ikedife joined in the call for Nnaji's replacement to come for the zone.

He said: "There are competent Nigerians from the South-east to occupy the office as the Minister of Power.

"It cannot be fair to say that there are no competent administrators and professionals to replace Prof. Bart Nnaji as the Minister of Power.

"But my argument is that in the overall interest of fairness, equity and justice that the president should consider the South-east zone to bring forward a competent replacement for the former minister."

"My appeal to the president, who I know as a fair-minded person, is to still consider the zone in the replacement for Prof. Nnaji who was sacked as the Minister of Power.

"This is only just and fair in the overall interest of fairness, equity and justice. There are competent Nigerians of South-east extraction that are good enough to replace him; this is my plea," he added.

Also, Ezeife joined his colleagues to call for a South-easterner to replace Nnaji, stating, "We are not contending why he was sacked, no. The point of argument is that he should be replaced by someone from the same zone. There are competent Nigerians from the zone who are eminently qualified to wear his shoes."

But Nnaji's departure elicited criticism from the South-east chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Wednesday, which expressed shock and dismay over his "forced resignation", noting that the development was not only disappointing but shameful for the South-east zone.

Briefing journalists on its position, the chairman of CAN in the zone and Bishop of Enugu Diocese of the Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, described the minister's resignation as an embarrassment to the people of the zone.

He said the manner many South-east leaders and politicians were being disgraced out of office was becoming worrisome.

"We feel and see the resignation of Nnaji as very disappointing; we consider it a very shameful thing for the people of South-east. There is no doubt that it is about the disagreement he has been having with the PHCN workers," he noted, stressing that other reasons being adduced were mere fabrications.

He therefore called on the president to ensure that Nnaji's replacement comes from Enugu since he represented the state in the federal cabinet.

Continuing, the CAN leader said: "We also call on South-east representatives and leaders in various positions to be responsible in their leadership; we are tired of their behaviour.

"The South-east lost the national chairmanship of PDP. Still in Enugu here, we have also lost several other positions."

The Anglican cleric also took a swipe at the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi over the proposed introduction of N5, 000 banknote by the first quarter of next year, urging him to take the honourable path by throwing in the towel.

He accused the CBN governor of introducing policies that are at variance with realities on the ground since he assumed office, noting that anything short of resignation would not be in the collective interest of the country.

He described the planned new note as "unacceptable and an easy ticket to corruption and looting," stressing that instead of the whopping sum which the CBN mentioned for the printing of the new banknotes, it ought to be channelled to other sectors of the economy which are geared towards poverty alleviation and disaster management.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201208300319.html

We are operating a federal quota system, so it make sense that a replacement for Nnaji should come from the SE, from Enugu, from Nnaji's LGA, town and family.

Seun: - the common man prefers cheaper fares to comfort.
- most people would rather stand in a bus than be stranded at a bus stop.

Lagos' problem is intractable. It is in the interest of Yorubas to support a program of even development of the country so that the number of those moving to Lagos (Nigeria's former capital developed with our collective wealth) from all parts of Nigeria will reduce. The more they keep playing tribalism with the developement of other places, the more Lagos is swamped, to the disadvantage of the Yorubas. Now Igbos even rent houses to Yorubas in some parts of Lagos (Festac, Satellite town, etc)

Jona in action. Carry go biko. Nothing do you

Onlytruth: I still wonder how decent humans live in that city. Upon landing in Lagos, all one sees instantly is pure insanity.

Tufiakwaaaaaaaa!

That city is one big gabbage bin. In essence, it is a local champion that is very non-competitive amongst global cities.

Obijulius: I wonder how those hopeless yoruba ninjas react when they see fantastic threads like these highlighting the high achievers we have.

Sure it gives them d shivers...ℓ☺ℓ. Sorry can't help ur poor asses!!!

This is funny.

Men!!! what did Tinubu do in Lagos for 8 years and what has Fasola been doing in the last 5+ years?

Is Lagos world’s 3rd worst city?•ACN, PDP, others disagree over EIU rating

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Written by Soji Ajibola, Lagos Friday, 24 August 2012

altThe Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) liveability survey for August 2012 rated Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, as the world’s third worst city. Soji Ajibola writes on the controversy which the rating has generated between the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

IF we are so rich, why are we so poor?’ is a question asked in the most recent issue of Africa in Fact, a publication of the South Africa-based Good Governance Africa (GGA). Lagos, Nigeria, is one of Africa’s most populous cities with great economic potential, but ironically and arguably one of the most challenged developmentally. With an estimated population of over 20 million people, Lagos State, which was created in 1967, has been adjudged, most controversially, the second most populous state in Nigeria after Kano. Lagos is Nigeria’s indisputable commercial capital and the hub of its economic activities. Its cognomen, Centre of Excellence, underscores its identification with the trendy, the modern and the very best in matters of development. However, its rating as the third worst place in the world to live in, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Liveability Survey report recently, is now threatening its pride of place among the comity of states in Nigeria.The Economist Intelligence Unit is the business information arm of The Economist Group, publishers of The Economist magazine, well known globally for its annual reports on the “liveability” and cost of living of the world’s major cities. It also produces “monthly country reports, five-year country economic forecasts, country risk service reports and industry reports.”

The report ranked Melbourne, Australia, as the best city in the world for anyone to live in, followed by Vienna, Austria and Vancouver, Canada. Dhaka, Bangladesh, leads the table from the rear as the worst city to live in while the city of Lagos was ranked 138th of 140 cities, to earn the tag of the third city with the worst living conditions trailing other African countries like Nairobi, Kenya(124), Lusaka, Zambia (126), Dakar,Senegal(129), Abidjan, Cote D’Voire(131) and Douala, Cameroon(133).

The rating, according to the EIU report, was based on political and social stability, crime rates, access to quality healthcare services, the diversity and standard of cultural events and the natural environment, quality of education facilities and the standard of infrastructure, including public transport. However, opinions are divided along political, economic and social lines over the recent rating of the EIU, especially as it affects the city of Lagos, noting its economic significance, its size, in terms of population and geographic land mass, the perceived neglect of the Federal Government, corruption, dearth of infrastructure and the alleged insensitivity to the plight of the people by the Alliance for Democracy, (AD) and the Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN) that have been in the position of leadership in the state since 1999.

While the political class are viewing the rating from the political angle, economists submitted that Lagos deserves more attention than what it is getting from the leadership at the federal level, noting that the city was once the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)and most of the infrastructural facilities there were inherited, but, ‘we are in a country where people play politics with development and that is why we are where, we are today. It is not only about Lagos; Lagos is a component of Nigeria, it is about the entire country.”

Buttressing this view, the national spokesperson of the ACN, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, submitted: ‘Clearly, it is the Federal Government which has failed in its responsibilities that should be blamed for this. As you are aware, security and quality infrastructure are necessary for economic buoyancy. In the last 13 years, there has been no federal intervention in the infrastructure of Lagos State. All federal roads in Lagos have been abandoned in the last 13 years. But for the sterling efforts of Governor Babatunde Fashola in the area of environment security and infrastructure, Lagos today would simply have been inhabitable.”

altHis view was also corroborated by the Special Adviser to Governor Fashola on Information and Strategy, Lateef Raji, submitting that the rating is not the true picture of the developmental efforts being put in place by the present administration in the state. He said: “I think what they were trying to say was that probably Lagos State is the most expensive city to live in. That is what they are used to saying. The rating is there for everybody to see. We have a functional transport system, and we have a functional health system, we can’t be the worst.” On the issue of security as one of the parameters used in rating the city, especially the photographs currently circulating on the social media network on train passengers hanging on coaches, he said that should not be seen as a Lagos issue but a national embarrassment.

Faulting the analysis of the EIU, some political analysts close to the ACN argued that the Fashola led administration deserved a pat on its back, noting its numerous achievements in the areas of security, primary health care, transportation, employment opportunities, to mention but few. They wondered how the EIU came about its findings, even in the face of records showing that the ACN administration, in its efforts to arrest the traffic situation in the state, took one lane out of the main carriageway and dedicated it to the special purpose vehicle called Las Bus Company.

“The BRT has saved many people some stress and money in terms of efficiency, availability and affordability,’’ they said.

Apparently aware of the various development/ security challenges racking the state, and to rid the state of miscreants and return sanity to the roads, Governor Fashola recently signed the New Traffic law, which, according to him, was not aimed at sending people to jail but at ensuring sanity on the highways, in accordance with what is obtainable in other metropolitan cities of the world.

According to the governor, “unlike the provision of the old traffic law, the new law has made provisions for not only payment of fines but for convicted offenders to engage in community service such as directing traffic for a specified period. The objective of the new law is to get people to comply rather than getting them arrested or apprehended.

“There is nothing spectacular about the provisions in the new law that is not applicable in distant locations”. Also, the state government recently said it had concluded arrangements to create alternative roads for Ikorodu given the traffic count and increase in the number of residents there and based on the initial survey. The road is expected to cross from Ojodu/Berger to Isawo and is expected to gulp N60bn with a compensation component of N5 billion.

While there are gaping holes in meeting the huge development appetite of a highly cosmopolitan city like Lagos, especially in the transportation sector, the ACN administration in the state has been able to construct bridges and some arterial roads in the Lagos metropolis which include; the Lagos-Badagry Expressway expansion (10 lanes), the six-lane Ikorodu Road Expansion, the 170-Metre Bridge at Festac and construction of canals at various locations in the state.

On employment generation, the state, a few years ago commissioned, the Poultry Estate, Erikorodo, with a 10,000 birds capacity mechanized broiler house, 2,000 birds per day processing capacity plant and 1.5T per hour feed mill. There are also 22.19 kilometre network of farm access roads in Ikorodu Fish Farm Estate and nine other locations in the state with counterpart fund from the state government and World Bank Assisted Commercial Agric Development Project, CADP.

Commissioning the project, Fashola said his administration was consciously building a sustainable economy around agriculture, and was ready to collaborate with the Federal Government, the World Bank and the private sector in further raising the bar.

“We are building a sustainable economy around agriculture in Lagos and we are determined to do more, collaborating with the Federal Government and the World Bank,” Fashola said, adding that it was high time jobless youths keyed into the government’s vision by engaging in sustainable and productive ventures in farm estates around Lagos.”

Specifically, he said there was no room for ‘area boys’ in Lagos, stressing “the youths must roll up their sleeves and get to work. Let me use this opportunity to talk to our youths, especially those who tag themselves as area boys, that it is time to stop miscreancy in Lagos. The time for money without work is over.

Under the “Adopt-a-School Policy”, Governor Fashola’s technocratic know-how is believd to have brought tremendous reformation in the education sector. The construction of millennium schools in all local government areas is also regarded as a step in the right direction. Of course, more can still be done in this regard.

On environmental issues such as waste management, drainages and sanitation, the Fashola government has also made impact in this critical area. “We have an opportunity here and we also have a challenge. The challenge is how to manage over 9, 000 metric tones of waste that are generated everyday, which is larger than what some countries generate. My predecessor succeeded in initiating the waste-to-wealth programme, which is now operational in Ikorodu where they are turning our organic waste into fertilizer. We have plans to scale up the project so that they can open up two other sites at Epe and Badagry. That we believe will help create job opportunities,” the governor asserted.

Also, the sustainability of the KAI Brigade that was established by Fashola’s predecessor, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is another proof of governor Fashola’s visionary leadership. The Kick against Indiscipline (KAI) Brigade is the Law Enforcement Unit of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment established on 3rd November, 2003 with a view to enforcing the Environmental Sanitation Law of Lagos State.

In spite of these numerous achievements, however, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) opined that EIU was justifiable in its rating of Lagos State as the third worst city to live in in the world, blaming the past and present political administrations in the state for its socio-economic woes.

A chieftain of the Party in the State; Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, told The Friday Edition that it was wrong for the leadership of the ACN to blame the Federal Government for its ineptitude, adding, the Federal Government has its challenges but every city, every state also had its own responsibilities. Lagos state government has sociological, government structures. It has a budget.

“If the ACN government is blaming the Federal Government, that means the Federal Government did not release its allocations, so it never had money to operate. Is that what they said? They cannot say that. They cannot also say that the Federal Government stops them from collecting taxes. They cannot say that. All we can say is that they have to bear their responsibilities for poor government, for a corrupt administration which has actually ruined the economy of the state and has stolen the future of our children.

“The only thing that Tinubu did while in office was to build a few kilometers of road in Alimosho and he called the place his home town. Nothing has been done in heartland area of the state, nothing in Ikorodu, nothing in Badagry, nothing in Epe. He only focused and spent all our money on Lekki peninsula, he wasted our money.

“The scientific survey and report warned the present administration against investing in that Atlantic Ocean project, describing it as an ecological disaster. Despite the warning, Governor Fashola went ahead spending money, wasting money, resources that could have been invested in education, transportation, in cleaning up the environment.

“Instead of using the resources, they wasted it because they wanted to build the waterfront land which they have actually ceded; they have allocated it to themselves and their families, so that they can have waterfront property like it is available elsewhere in the world.

“Let them not blame the Federal Government but look towards and consider what they have not done effectively. ACN has been in office since 1999, if you take a look at the budget they have spent and then look at what they have delivered, then certainly that party, that administration has failed.

“Lagos is regarded as 138th out of 140; that is, only two cities in the whole world can be said to be worse than Lagos. Can you imagine that? Lagos is not even among the 10,first cities in Africa. The report said it is the worst in Africa.

“Let us say Johannesburg and Pretoria in South Africa were created by the West, let us say Tunis was created by Asians, let us say Casablanca and Cairo, what of Nairobi, Nairobi is number 124, we are number 138, Lusaka is 126, we are number 138, Dakar is 129, we are number 138, Abidjan is 131, we are number 138, Douala is 133, Lagos is 138. We should be ashamed.

“Development is concentrated in only one area. If you look at what they are doing in Lagos Central, you will think there is one kind of development even what they have done in Lagos Central has also been a disaster because instead of spreading out, they are choking Lagos Central and they are wasting money there because the money they have invested in that Lekki Peninsula has become not only wasteful, but a noose around the neck of Lagosians, it has become dangerous. It is killing people.

“They refused to listen to scientific reports, survey and advice and they wasted our money, they are wasting it continuously. Instead of investing it in the heartland of Lagos, like Ikorodu and Badagry and Epe and even Alimosho. What is going on in Alimosho, is the way it was when it was western region, years ago. This is the problem. Nigeria can be graded and be what Nigeria is in terms of world rating, that will be Federal Government issue. This one is a state and City issue. City of Lagos is not working; everything we have is just cosmetic.

Education, security, transportation are not what they are supposed to be. Nothing is working in Lagos state. We are having problems everyday,” the PDP leader said.

Although the blame game may be on between political gladiators, what is certain is that the EIU rating for the city has been progressively falling in recent years. In year 2010, Lagos was 136th, while in 2011, the city was ranked 137th, which was a step better than its current position.

Melbourne retains the crown of most liveable city
With Vancouver slipping down the ranking slightly in 2011, Melbourne remains the most liveable location of the 140 cities surveyed,

followed by the Austrian capital, Vienna. In fact, there has been no change among the top tier. The score and ranking of the top 65 cities remain identical to six months ago. This may primarily reflect renewed stability as some economies begin to recover from the global economic crisis of a few years ago, although the continuing crisis in the euro zone and tighter fiscal budgets may have also slowed planned improvements, meaning that scores have remained static rather than moving up or down.

Certainly, infrastructural development has been a driver over the last few years, with improvements to infrastructure in key cities in

Australia, where the federal government initiated an ambitious long-term road-building programme in 2010. Vancouver is also embarking on a series of high-profile projects. Work began on an “Evergreen” mass transit line in 2012 and the authorities are reported to be considering measures such as “scramble intersections” or road tolls to counteract congestion. For cities in general, these measures will no doubt have a long-term benefit, but in the short term they can be disruptive.

The concept of liveability is simple: it assesses which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living conditions. Assessing liveability has a broad range of uses. The survey originated as a means of testing whether Human Resource Departments needed to assign a hardship allowance as part of expatriate relocation packages. While this function is still a central potential use of the survey, it has also evolved as a broad means of benchmarking cities. This means that liveability is increasingly used by city councils, organisations or corporate entities looking to test their locations against others to see general areas where liveability can differ.

This service provides an overview and summary of the Economist Intelligence Unit's liveability ratings for 140 cities around the world. This liveability rating quantifies the challenges that a city might present to an individual's lifestyle. To get this rating, the EIU scores each city on over 30 qualitative and quantitative factors, across five broad categories:

• Stability
• Healthcare
• Culture and environment
• Education
• Infrastructure

The Global liveability survey ranks 140 cities on over 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five broad

categories:stability;healthcare,culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

• Each of the 30 factors in each city is rated as acceptable, tolerable, uncomfortable, undesirable or intolerable.

• The categories are compiled and weighted to provide an overall rating of 1–100, where 1 is considered intolerable and 100 is considered ideal.

• The liveability ranking considers that any city with a rating of 80 or more will have few, if any, challenges to living standards. Any city with a score of less than 50 will see most aspects of living severely restricted.
Source:www.eiu.com

Source: The Economist (14 August, 2012 edition)

Melbourne again AFTER a disappointing performance in the London Olympics, Australia should be cheered by a set of triumphs in a more
testing environment: the Economist Intelligence Unit's latest liveability ranking. For the second year in a row, Melbourne has been adjudged the world’s most liveable city, ahead of Vienna and Vancouver, whose slip from the top of the list last year, after almost a decade, riled many western Canadians. Three other Australian cities make it into the top ten, with Adelaide rising from ninth to equal fifth in 12 months.

The ranking scores 140 cities from 0-100 on 30 factors spread across five areas: stability, health care, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. These numbers are then weighted and combined to produce an overall figure. The cities at the top of the table are separated by tiny differences, with just 0.3 percentage points between first and fourth.

As has been clear for several years now, the cities that do best in this ranking are mid-sized conurbations in countries with low population densities. Such conditions are likely to result in low crime levels, functioning infrastructure and easily available recreational activities. Murder rates in Melbourne, Vienna and Vancouver, for example, were respectively 2.7, 1.1 and 2.5 per 100,000 people in 2010-11, compared with the American average of 4.8. Indeed American cities tend not to do as well as their Australian and Canadian counterparts because poor scores for crime and congestion negate their decent marks for culture. Honolulu, which is 26th on the list, is the best placed, though it should be noted that all American entries come in the top tier of 63 cities, for which HR managers are advised not to bother paying a hardship allowance.

Cities that have suffered unrest in the last year have seen their scores drop. Damascus moves from 117th place to 130th; and London and Manchester, the sites of riots last summer, fall nine and two places respectively to 51st and 55th. Dhaka remains in last place because of particularly poor scores for health care and infrastructure, though it would probably come above the likes of Baghdad and Kabul, which were not considered business centres.

Most liveable cities: 1. Melbourne 97.5 2. Vienna 97.4 3. Vancouver 97.3 4. Toronto 97.2 5=. Calgary 96.6 5=. Adelaide 96.6 7. Sydney 96.1 8. Helsinki 96.0 9. Perth 95.9 10. Auckland 95.7 ... 138. Lagos 39.0 139. Port Moresby 38.9 140. Dhaka 38.7

How the rating works
The concept of liveability is simple: it assesses which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living conditions. Assessing liveability has a broad range of uses, from benchmarking perceptions of development levels to assigning a hardship allowance as part of expatriate relocation packages. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s liveability rating quantifies the challenges that might be presented to an individual’s lifestyle in any given location, and allows for direct comparison between locations.

Each city is assigned a rating of relative comfort for over 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five broad categories: stability; healthcare; culture and environment; education; and infrastructure. Each factor in each city is rated as acceptable, tolerable, uncomfortable, undesirable or intolerable. For quali¬tative indicators, a rating is awarded based on the judgment of in–house analysts and in–city contributors. For quantitative indicators, a rating is calculated based on the relative performance of a number of external data points. The scores are then compiled and weighted to provide a score of 1–100, where 1 is considered intolerable and 100 is considered ideal. The liveability rating is provided both as an overall score and as a score for each category. To provide points of reference, the score is also given for each category relative to New York and an overall position in the ranking of 140 cities is provided.

The scores are then compiled and weighted to provide a score of 1–100, where 1 is considered intolerable and 100 is considered ideal. The liveability rating is provided both as an overall score and as a score for each category. To provide points of reference, the score is also given for each category relative to New York and an overall position in the ranking of 140 cities is provided.

The suggested liveability scale
Companies pay a premium (usually a percentage of a salary) to employees who move to cities where living conditions are particularly difficult, and there is excessive physical hardship or notably unhealthy conditions.

The Economist Intelligence Unit has given a suggested allowance to correspond with the rating. However, the actual level of the allowance is often a matter of company policy. It is not uncommon, for example, for companies to pay higher allowances—perhaps up to double the Economist Intelligence Unit’s suggested level.

Rating Description Suggested allowance (%)
80–100 There are few, if any, challenges to living standards 0
70–80 Day–to–day living is fine, in general, but some aspects of life may entail problems 5
60–70 Negative factors have an impact on day-to-day living 10
50–60 Liveability is substantially constrained 15
50 or less Most aspects of living are severely restricted 20
How the rating is calculated

The liveability score is reached through category weights, which are equally divided into relevant subcategories to ensure that the score covers as many indicators as possible. Indicators are scored as acceptable, tolerable, uncomfortable, undesirable or intolerable. These are then weighted to produce a rating, where 100 means that liveability in a city is ideal and 1 means that it is intolerable.

For qualitative variables, an “EIU rating” is awarded based on the judgment of in–house expert country analysts and a field correspondent based in each city. For quantitative variables, a rating is calculated based on the relative performance of a location using external data sources.

Category 1: Stability (weight: 25% of total)
Indicator Source

Prevalence of petty crime EIU rating

Prevalence of violent crime EIU rating

Threat of terror EIU rating

Threat of military conflict EIU rating

Threat of civil unrest/conflict EIU rating
Category 2: Healthcare (weight: 20% of total)

Indicator Source
Availability of private healthcare EIU rating
Quality of private healthcare EIU rating
Availability of public healthcare EIU rating
Quality of public healthcare EIU rating
Availability of over-the-counter drugs EIU rating
General healthcare indicators Adapted from World Bank
Category 3: Culture & Environment (weight: 25% of total)

Indicator Source
Humidity/temperature rating Adapted from average weather conditions
Discomfort of climate to travellers EIU rating

Level of corruption Adapted from Transparency International
Social or religious restrictions EIU rating
Level of censorship EIU rating

Sporting availability EIU field rating of 3 sport indicators

Cultural availability EIU field rating of 4 cultural indicators

Food and drink EIU field rating of 4 cultural indicators

Consumer goods and services EIU rating of product availability

Category 4: Education (weight: 10% of total)

Indicator Source
Availability of private education EIU rating

Quality of private education EIU rating
Public education indicators Adapted from World Bank

Category 5: Infrastructure (weight: 20% of total)
Indicator Source
Quality of road network EIU rating

Quality of public transport EIU rating

Quality of international links EIU rating

Availability of good quality housing EIU rating Source: www.eiu.com
Quality of energy provision EIU rating

Quality of water provision EIU rating

Quality of telecommunications EIU rating

Onlytruth: Bros you are spot on. Little by little, we shall possess our possession in Nigeria. Amen!

Sure. there is this man in Abia called Raegan Ufomba who just finished his cement plant of 1.1 trillion metric tons. Unfortunately he was not allowed to build it in his state due to local politics, so he took it to Calabar. Anyways, na we we, and am sure many of his employees will be Igbos; we need to develope our land and by so doing create employment, reduce crime and the movement to other parts of Nigeria, especially outside the Old East.

Hopefully, the SE will soon have more ''mobile executives'' flying abroad 3-4 times a week from Alaigbo

They need to complete the Enugu airport ASAP. That, and the River port will give the added boost that the SE requires. Kudos to Anambra, Alaigbo, to GEJ, and the individuals whose establishments were inaugurated today

Jonathan pledges revitalisation of railway system
On August 30, 2012 · In News
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Onitsha (Anambra) – President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Onitsha, Anambra, said plans were underway to open up other River Ports and revitalise the railway system across the country.

Jonathan made this known while inaugurating the rehabilitated Onitsha River Port in Anambra.

President Goodluck Jonathan (right), with Gov. Peter Obi (leftt) and Chief Emeka ( right) during the commissioning of Orient Petroleum facility at Enugwu Otu in Anambra East Thursday .

He said the measure would help in the transportation of goods and services through water and reduce the overuse of land in conveying heavy goods across the nation.

“We noticed that transporting heavy goods on land help make our roads tear and get bad by the day.

“So when rail system and water transportation are revitalised, it will reduce the use of land in transporting heavy goods across the country,” he said.

Jonathan said he was happy with the security situation in the zone.

He commended the Chairman of Orange Drugs Groups, Chief Tony Ezenna, for building a gigantic soap manufacturing industry in the commercial city of Onitsha.

He dubbed Ezenna as a partner in progress, while describing SABMiller Breweries as a critical project with great impact on the economic life of the state.

In his address, Gov. Peter Obi, said the president’s visit was critical to his administration’s resolve to industrialise the state.

“We have been admitted into the league of oil producing states and we want to assure you that the economy of this state and entire country would receive great boost,” he said.

He also said that Onitsha remained the biggest and most important city in the country with very big market in the entire country.

He pointed out that the state was safe for investors and called on other investors to invest in the state, while assuring them of the State Government’s assistance.

The Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, said the port would help reduce the sufferings importers face in the cause of importing their goods.

He said the port would also boost the economic viability of Onitsha in particular and the entire country in general.

Umar said his ministry would soon embark on the construction of other river ports across the country and build more railway systems, which he said, would create job and enhance productivity.

The Senate Committee Chairman on Maritime, Sen. Zainab Kure, described the ceremony as an epoch making event.

He called for a synergy between the executive arm and the legislature to achieve the desired effect.

“History is being made today and we are happy to be part of it, but there are still much to be done in building synergy between executive and legislature.

“We must work together in 2013 Budget to ensure that many other ports are built,” she said.

The Group Executive Chairman, Orange Group, Ezenna said the company had fully automated saponification plants with 12 finishing lines to produce raw materials locally for the production of soap.

Ezenna thanked Mr President for finding time to be in the state to inaugurate several projects.

He said the projects would help reduce the high rate of youth unemployment in the state by providing job opportunities for them. (NAN)

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/08/jonathan-pledges-better-life/

I did not know Yorubas are poorer than other southerners.
I hear Igbos own Lagos and most of the rich people there are Igbos.