₦airaland Forum

Painting this gate

The gate as at this evening

If he went on the day with Buhari, you will say he wants to drag the show with the president.

In this life,be Obi so your enemies will always talk about you

Gate we're working on this morning

Delivered these railings to site yesterday

Curious345:
Seem like he is an albino . That is why he appears white

no sir,

Amotolongbo:
😂😂😂
500level medical student competing with O’level students and being celebrated for coming out top 😝😝.
Why didn’t he have the highest score when he first sat for the same UTME as an undergrad?

I would take him serious if he can graduate as the best graduating student in his school where there is equality.

even if you have a PhD and retake jamb today, you won't score that much.

If you cannot celebrate with people, don't mock them. Learn how to rejoice with winners and do not be always be at mourning ceremony

EmekaA125:
The cost of building it was around #255 million. It was kicked off officially this July. People have been employed and posted to many sections of the FunCity. Students are beginning to come there already for excursion. It won't suffer any setback unless the next government after Soludo overlooks it but it's being handled by a private enterprise so it will definitely be running continuously without much government interference.

255ml for the land or the whole thing?


God I'm talking to who doesn't even have any idea of subject matter

That one can't happen here. You can be a Christian for all we care. Once you're a traditional ruler (not all these autonomous chiefs) na Dem get your corpse. They will wait for church or whatever creed to finish and take over the burial.


Na their masquerade go finish the whole thing

The heavy security is for Tinubu safety and not for Buhari.

They're Tinubu advance team securing the venue for him before his arrival

So instead of him to correct the wrong trajectory of medical tourism,he became the president and simply continued.

Y'all should be very much ashamed

mank1234:
You mentioned handing over in both cases but opt to handover to private when it suits you while when it doesn't, you mention handover to cronies - logical fallacy.

The question is:
1) Can government build businesses and handover for management or privatise?
2) Are there successful scenarios of 1 above?

Comparatively,using your line of argument, I can also make a case by saying government has no business running a hospital or school when individuals can do that just because an ineptitude government failed to manage hospital or school efficiently.

For context, Ibom air made NGN96b in 2024. Was that a good investment by the state government or not? Yes it was:
Tangible - Money was made. The airline can be expanded or money plough to other sector
Intangible - More visibility for the state. The state airport is being utilised.

why I don't mind government investing in critical sectors and handing over to private sector is because regardless of what happens, the masses will benefit immediately both rich and poor. Using scarce resources to build something that will benefit less than 2% of the population while still subsidizing it is crazy and outright wickedness. If they want,they can easily fly to any part of the world and have fun. So let's not subsidize their fun at the expense of the critical sectors.

Before China, America and others started this massive investment in luxury and hospitality ventures,they built massive infrastructure that will lift people from poverty and increase the number of middle class. The most successful leisure venture (Disneyland) is privately owned and run. How many are in Africa and other third world countries. There, it's pure profit and feasibility studies over bragging rights.


A state owning an airline in Nigeria is still good investment because it's a sector that has very small players and is still very profitable. Look at air peace of few years ago and how big they have grown. So they can have at it

Painting another set of work. This time, it's fence railing

mank1234:
There's nothing wrong with government engagement in tourism Many countries, including advance countries, have game reserves, beaches, museum and other businesses built by government and managed by government or third-party.

Let me give just few examples:
1 - Cancun, Mexico
2 - Katwijk Coastal Defence, Netherlands
3 - Montenegro One&Only Resort
4 - Alpine Resorts Victoria is managed by government.
5 - Nike resort built by Enugu State govt, managed by Landmark
6 - Ibom icon hotel and golf resort built by Akwa Ibom State govt managed by icon hotels
7 - ikogosi spring resort built by Ekiti State govt managed by Glocient Hospitality
8 - Ibom air managed by Akwa Ibom State govt

We shouldn't excuse our poor maintenance culture and poor management by government as you guys always do under the mantra of government has no business doing business. Basic thing as hospitals, schools and roads, they can't even maintain. Very soon infrastructure will be added to things government should not do just so government officials can continue in their embezzlement and nepotism.

the difference between us and those nations is the availability of disposal income. Such facilities are expensive to maintain. Should government run them optimally, patronage will be extremely low (they're charging cost based fees)

If government decides to make it fully occupied,then they will have to subsidize them which is waste of resources because we have critical sectors that are in need of funding and subsidies.


How many private sector have you seen venture into such massive hospitality ventures? They just do hotel and add swimming pool and probably kiddies play ground and that's all. The reason is simple, feasibility studies will tell them that they will not break even and no bank will provide funding for such venture. Reason banks do it for the government is because they know that definitely, government will always pay back.


You might suggest they build and handover to private sector, that's corruption big time. They will set up the place,use government money to build the place and then use their cronies to run it. Which essentially means using government money to build themselves and generations investments.

How about they build power sector, hospitals,schools and other critical areas of the economy and subsidize them if possible or handover to private sector to run. At least, the general economy will benefit from them both the rich and the poor (who will be most beneficiaries) as they will be lifted from poverty forever

EmekaA125:
I wish I can show you pictures of attendees last Sunday at Solution FunCity, Awka. Besides, the entrance gate is #2000 after which any other services you which to be rendered to has its own price. The highest being the water or swimming arena which is 20k. The only setback it will have is that Anambra is a highly commercial or business State so people will only get to come weekends, most times from Friday to Sunday. But it will definitely survive and yield much ROI. It's a viable project. I applaud Gov Soludo's initiative in building such leisure center for Ndi Anambra.

you're very funny.

Let the maths speak, how much do you think such a place will cost to set up, how much is the running costs, how much does it generate monthly and how long until it breaks even?

fxexperts:
You are wrong with your conclusion that Nigerians are poor. Yes we have a lot of poor Nigerians but in the real sense, Nigerians are not poor. go any good hotel in Lekki or Vi or any other big cities in Nigeria just ask of their price list for their hotel rooms I do not think any good hotel right now charges below 80K a night that is more then minimum wage, but it will shock you that all these expensive rooms are fully booked. People spend a lot of money on luxury in Nigeria. The truth is this money doesn't get into the government account because Nigerians are fantastically corrupt.

Truth isthat such projects should have been handed over to the Indians or Lebanese to handle, because your countrymen are fantastically corrupt. Look at Port Harcourt pleasure park built by Wike when he was governor, he handed them to Lebanese to manage and the project is still flourishing till date.

see eh, you have a really myopic view about Nigeria and wealth distribution. Go to those Lekki, it's the same circle of people who came in last weekend that are coming this weekend and that's not a healthy distribution of wealth.

We literally have zero middle class in Nigeria. You're either wealthy or poor. Others are people who have zero business showing off wealth or hiding their wealth for reasons known to them(civil servants especially)

ADAMUdaCOWBOY:
Without reading what I posted you jumped into defending your lame point. There is no serious tourist destination anywhere in the world that depends on the locals for patronage, NONE!

every tourist location depends on locals for patronage first before oyibo will jump on it. Obudu needs at least ten years of consistent marketing and branding before oyibo will jump on it.


Look at afro beats and see how many years it took us before it went international and it was even the internet that helped

There are two different people castigating Buhari now that he's dead.

First set are the people who didn't support him at all from day one and the next set are the people who supported him day and night and immediately he left power, they started castigating his affairs while in office and now that he's dead,they went all out to finish him and his legacy.

In all you do,fear the second set of people. Such loyalty is the reason humans are said to be evil

mank1234:
I almost booked for a trip to this place this last Easter. Thank God it didn't work work out. Didn't know it's this bad.

To those claiming, it's a drain on the states funds, there is what is called break-even point in business. With security, ease of access, much promotion and advertisement, international tourist would have been attracted and with time it would have broken even.

I learnt power is a big challenge in the resort If power generation was factored in in the beginning may be it would have helped.

Handover this same place to a consortium, Chinese or Indians they would run it profitably in few years time.

Ibom icon and golf resort is run by a consortium and not Akwa Ibom state government.

wouldn't it be better if government had invested in power generation and boosting productivity and then private investors can build such facilities and charge cost reflective fees and keep it running.

You folks largely represent our politicians who would rather build white elephant projects than build solutions for our fundamental problems

ADAMUdaCOWBOY:
The beautiful resorts of Zanzibar are a money spinning venture not because the (largely poor) people of Zanzibar patronise them. I wonder how some of you think.

I know most of you hate facts and would rather live in your world of fantasy. According to world Bank and NBS(Nigeria bureau of statistics) Nigeria is the headquarters of poverty and over 120ml of us live below the poverty level. NBS went further to state that less than 5% if us have above 500k($300) in our accounts.

Add our increased levels of insecurity and kidnappings associated with road travel, how many people do you think have enough disposable income to afford the luxury of obudu?

EmekaA125:
I disagree with you. Look at Nike Lake, Enugu, Solution FunCity in Awka. Both resort and recreation center are currently generating revenue for the government. Cross River State government failed woefully here.

solution fun city gate fee is 1500. Do you think that's what it will take to run that place? Nike lake is constantly needing government intervention to run properly and the only because subsequent governors are from the same line

The railings after painting

exposition:
How?
Something that was generating revenue in foreign currencies for the state
You know how many people visited that place from the diaspora?
That place was supposed to be a retreat for AU member states at a time under Donald duke
If you're one of those appointees under ayade this is the time to shut up or apologize for the damage you and your boss did to cross river
To think the ranch was even located in his village but greed didn't allow him to develop the place
Even tinapa that he claimed he wanted to turn to a university is about to receive a face lift

. How many times will such retreat be held there? this is like Wike claiming that the conference center he spent billions is a revenue venture for the government

You people lack idea of what is really important in Nigeria. It's for the same reason governors gather people, spend millions on flyover that goes to no where. We need to prioritize spending on critical aspect of the economy

bigpicture001:
I blame out hospitality industry too... They didn't make the most of it...

They couldn't arrange a coupon of locations.... And list them as a good place to go... Like good marketing... The govt can't do it all...

Nigerians are seriously poor and cannot afford such luxury. For people struggling with basic necessities, you don't expect them to visit such places at cost reflective fees. It's not possible and subsequent governor might not be able to afford to keep subsidizing such

A law should be made against embarking such projects by governors. What we need is cheaper and steady power (subsidized if possible), steel and iron mining plus production, textile industries revamp, massive agricultural investment. These critical areas employ the masses on a large scale


We need to prioritize industrial development over white elephant projects that will require government intervention to work. Let the private sector focus on the tourism sector. They can charge cost reflective fees and be able to maintain their facilities. You don't build something and expect subsequent governors to subsidize them

Black

Painting this with anti rust first before the final coat

TonyeBarcanista:
Yet, you now support Elrufai whose footprint in Kaduna State is about death and terrorism? Malami? David Mark? Aregbesola? Atiku? Obi, who pauperised Anambra state?

Bro, look in the mirror.


Have I ever been Atikulated?

kindly remove me from such conversations. I'm just a Nigerian running his small welding business and working harder every day to scale up.

Nothing concerns me with whoever is the president. You people should make power more accessible and cheaper for small industries like my own to grow and thrive

TonyeBarcanista:
He is now the latest savior of the Atikulated Obidients. Our coalition people would soon claim that the Senator allegedly stormed the National Assembly with thugs to cart away mace in 2018 to rescue Nigeria’s democracy from collapse.


In any case, he'll labour in vain.

I didn't know a day will come you will support APC with the way you were championing PDP. During Jonathan, you campaigned more than his own wife but that's the politics of poor Nigerians, anywhere belle face