₦airaland Forum

Nightshift: All the "Bumper to Bumper" generation of Nigerian musicians are copy-cats. All their popular albums are full of fake copies of the great beats of Congolese Soukous music. Those beats from Kofi Olomide, Awilo Logomba, Werrason, and more recently the ones from the popular Toofan from Togo are indiscriminately copied by those Nigerian musicians. Where are you Femi and Seun Kuti, Lagbaja, Adewale Ayuba, Bright Chimezie, Tony Okororji, Majek, Mike Okri?

onomeasike: if you read the history of the Yorubas,you will know they are naturally gifted in the art of war.They even had their own civil war before the Nigerian civil war!they constitute the greatest number of Africans recruited by britian for the first world war(see BURMA BOY by Philip Barnaby of Aljazeera.Clearly,they are more war-tested than their southern neighbours.It is not an accident that even the biafran forces that made the greatest impact in the biafran war was led by a Yorubaman .Clearly,that it took the Yoruba stopping him was not an accident.A northerner would never had matched the sophistry of Banjo!!

As regards the point where Fani-kayode refered to Awo,clearly,that is an attempt to denigrate Awo.Awo participated in Gowon's govt after Gowon promised to conduct elections and transfer power to the politicians.How Fani-kayode now decietfully infered that the patriotic request Awo made to Gowon automatically means that Awo was promised the presidency is typical Fani-kayode's loquacious personae.If Awo wanted to be the president at all cost,he would not have resigned from Gowon's govt.

Sun of god: If anyone does not like what I have to say here, they are quite at liberty to hang themselves. Mr Babatunde Fashola—and I once had occasion to defend him (see “Lagos: The writing on the wall” )—has once again demonstrated one of those traits of wickedness for which I have consistently maintained that he is an anti-people governor, no matter what brainwashed members of the public or Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) apologists say. Mr Fashola demolished Makoko without providing any alternative accommodation for the displaced residents.

A statement was even credited to him to the effect that the displaced people are not Lagos indigenes. But they were indigenes during elections. My advice for him this morning will be lifted from the mouth of a fellow governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko: “We have been able to and prove that government can engage the market women in a very useful way to stop guerrilla or street trading. You don’t just bulldoze shacks and send people into deeper poverty.” (see Return of Greatness published by Gaskia Media Ltd). Whenever I look at the so-called model government in Lagos (a government which puts people in Black Maria for hawking, and has uniformed touts in the name of KAI), I find very fuzzy ideological content, a zero tolerance for dissent, and a gruelling emphasis on morbid capitalism. Sincerely, Lagos crumbles when you apply the Awo parameters.

Dr Mimiko brought development to the doorsteps of market women; he built world standard neighbourhood markets right on the same spot where shacks, dirt and mud had reigned, and the market women are paying only N50 per week—and even that is for the maintenance of the market. On the other hand, the Lagos State government simply bulldozes markets (remember the traders in Osodi) and sends people into deeper poverty. Mr Fashola should visit Ondo State and learn how to be people-centred, beyond decorating Onipanu while Bajulaye rots in utter neglect.

Not that the ACN governors are not doing some positive things. For instance, Senator Abiola Ajimobi is currently engaged in road work, and recently finished work on Queen Elizabeth road following a media publication. The governor has also been facing fire from criminals just because he sacked certificate forgers from the civil service, people who should have been prosecuted and jailed for their crime. In his handling of matters following the last flooding incident in Ibadan, Ajimobi demonstrated a clear understanding of the dynamics of poverty and urbanisation, and chose to engage residents of flood-prone areas in meaningful dialogue and moral suasion, while also taking necessary action. Indeed, but for his positive efforts, the latest flooding incident in the city would have been disastrous. In the area of security, Ajimobi has showed some class as well. And in Ekiti, Dr Fayemi has mapped out a unique plan for tourism development in the state, demonstrating considerable knowledge of the intricacies of tourism in his handling of the Ikogosi project.

Now, to return to the Makoko residents. If Mr Fashola is truly a progressive, he would, while protecting the people against themselves, have provided an alternative accommodation for them.The people had to take their protest to the state House of Assembly, and the pictures of the pathetic situation were published in the papers. Evidently, Mr Fashola couldn’t care less, because he is not in their shoes. Unfortunately, he was elected to assist these people. He was elected to make life meaningful for them. He was not elected to prove that he is right all the time.

The people had schools in Makoko. Just where would their children go to school now? The scene I watched on Aljazeera was indeed a very shameful one. A working governor, particularly one on whose behalf the South-West media seems to exist, should have taken the people’s plight as his own personal responsibility.

It is a lame and illiterate excuse to say that they are not Lagos people. What Fashola did amounts to pure wickedness, but then this is hardly surprising given his lunatic toll gates, his insistence that he could not afford to make the Lagos State University (LASU) a school for the poor while carrying out a morbid increment in school fees, the discredited Lagos local government polls, the excesses of LASTMA and so on. Perhaps the true test of Fashola’s statesmanship is his handling of the Army officers he recently “arrested” on his BRT lane, an event which his media aide glorified while displaying utter tactlessness (‘’Realising that the game was up...” Which game, media aide?). While the Army colonel kept apologising for his misdeed, the governor kept playing to the gallery, asking pointless questions. Did the governor. a lawyer, consider that the man may have faced an exigency having to do with national security? Had the man committed such an offence in the past? If your wife was dying and there was a traffic gridlock, would you rather maintain your so-called law or take the BRT lane and save her life? There are always extenuating circumstances in life, and a man of wisdom will discern the times.

Despite the man’s humility and apology, Mr Fashola promised to report him to the higher authorities. And yet these people pray for the forgiveness of their sins. The man may have been dismissed now, I don’t know, but I definitely have some sympathy for him, and that has nothing to do with his being a senior army officer. By his conduct, that army colonel definitely proved that he was not a lawless scoundrel. I suspect that he had a compelling reason to use the BRT lane on that day. I know that a lot of people will never take sides with soldiers because of the evil things they did in this country, but we should never get to the point that we think that they are useless. Even in the law courts, a proven thief who shows some remorse is granted some consideration. Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, the House of Reps member currently under fire from his detractors, was said to have shown remorse and cooperated fully with the Georgia authorities after messing up with a client’s money. For that, he was given some consideration. I see nothing wrong with that. I would rather have a man who shows remorse for his misdeeds than a self-righteous beast who will not be appeased. Handlers of the Lagos governor may wish to learn not to play politics with everything.

Beyond this however lie questions of state finance and the future. Is it true that the state’s treasury is being bled dry on a monthly basis in the guise of tax consultancy? Is it true that nearly all of Lagos State is now the property of one man? That would not be progressive, would it? Where do you find such a precedent? What kind of progressivism is that?

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/opinion/45412-lagos-the-unanswered-questions

New crescent: I understand they were given enough time to find an alternative and move out and I don't know if the government is supposed to pay you compensation for trying to fix something wrong you have done. Those shanties are more or less illegal structures destabilizing the drainage of the state. It's not just about Camerounians or other illegal immigrants living there, i'm sure there are more Nigerians than foreigners residing in those shanties. On whether Fash wld have accepted the treatment if his friend's were involved ? remember J.K Randle got the same treatment and Fashola told him to go do the right thing. [/font][/size][/color]

I dont know why PDP is sounding a discordant tune towards this. I have always know that "No pain, No Gain". Elites should have been called upon to mediate in this issue, to find or proffer a solution to ameliorate the sufferings of the just among the lots. Day-in, day-out, we are being woken up from our beds with "Global warming" yet some nonsensical politicians are busy casting aspersions.

The Ajegunle axis towards Ikorodu, I guess is still very fresh in our minds, even all over the world govt are trying to curtail the sordid rise in water body. Let's paint a scenario: Would you want water to wash away most of our people or we pave way by clearing all the shanties?

Over and out!

New crescent: I understand they were given enough time to find an alternative and move out and I don't know if the government is supposed to pay you compensation for trying to fix something wrong you have done. Those shanties are more or less illegal structures destabilizing the drainage of the state. It's not just about Camerounians or other illegal immigrants living there, i'm sure there are more Nigerians than foreigners residing in those shanties. On whether Fash wld have accepted the treatment if his friend's were involved ? remember J.K Randle got the same treatment and Fashola told him to go do the right thing. [/font][/size][/color]

I dont know why PDP is sounding a discordant tune towards this. I have always know that "No pain, No Gain". Elites should have been called upon to mediate in this issue, to find or proffer a solution to ameliorate the sufferings of the just among the lots. Day-in, day-out, we are being woken up from our beds with "Global warming" yet some nonsensical politicians are busy casting aspersions.

The Ajegunle axis towards Ikorodu, I guess is still very fresh in our minds, even all over the world govt are trying to curtail the sordid rise in water body. Let's paint a scenario: Would you want water to wash away most of our people or we pave way by clearing all the shanties?

Over and out!

New crescent: I understand they were given enough time to find an alternative and move out and I don't know if the government is supposed to pay you compensation for trying to fix something wrong you have done. Those shanties are more or less illegal structures destabilizing the drainage of the state. It's not just about Camerounians or other illegal immigrants living there, i'm sure there are more Nigerians than foreigners residing in those shanties. On whether Fash wld have accepted the treatment if his friend's were involved ? remember J.K Randle got the same treatment and Fashola told him to go do the right thing. [/font][/size][/color]

I dont know why PDP is sounding a discordant tune towards this. I have always know that "No pain, No Gain". Elites should have been called upon to mediate in this issue, to find or proffer a solution to ameliorate the sufferings of the just among the lots. Day-in, day-out, we are being woken up from our beds with "Global warming" yet some nonsensical politicians are busy casting aspersions.

The Ajegunle axis towards Ikorodu, I guess is still very fresh in our minds, even all over the world govt are trying to curtail the sordid rise in water body. Let's paint a scenario: Would you want water to wash away most of our people or we pave way by clearing all the shanties?

Over and out!

chamberlin1: may his soul rest in peace. Hope their next president still bears "John"

Litmus: Back to their countries, you mean. According to BBC most of the inhabitants of Makoko are from Benin, Togo, Ghana etc.

Use link, scroll to bottom of BBC page


To my country? Dont worry. . Poor peoples lives/property are being destroyed under some guise and you say I should go back to my village/country?
You can continue to shout 'Halleluyah/Hossanah' until when it happens to your family or someone close to you. Whatever goes around will surely come around one day. It is a matter of time.
If you rejoice at the brutal killing of a poor man because you are in love with Fashola and suck his dick everyday, nemesis is not far away from you too.

May be you think Fashola is the only governor in the history of Lagos. I know of Jakande and Tinubu's era as governor....none of them made poor people to suffer unnecessarily. They provided for both the poor and rich. And they are both better than Fashola! All what Lagos state can boast of today are either established/founded by Jakande or Tinubu. Fashola has not done anything nothing new!




http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18870511

bigdoo: Ghana people hate Nigerians with a passion. I cannot tell you enough about my experience with them in London either at workplace or in business. I would never go to Ghana to do business as a Nigerian.