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Nairaland moderators and so called "Super-moderators" are those with exclusive right to transfer stories posted by the users to the Front-Page. Now, how would you rate the generality of stories that hit the nairaland's front-page these days?? Answer by voting in the poll, and making further remarks below.

Acidosis: You are the one talking trash here. How many world class stadia do you have in your country?
Quote me if I'm wrong, Delta has the highest number of stadia in Nigeria. If you don't believe, then you are on your own.
Could you please name a modern city in Nigeria aside the few state capitals?

How many Niger-delta states have that airPORT that will connect the world?

If you go to Asaba or Warri, and you still can't find a standard hotel, then I'll suggest you go lodge in the atmosphere.

Are u not aware that Akpabio is building an Olympic size stadium in his state? Those mundane structures in delta dont really count as 21st century stadia. FYI, d Ibom airport is d only category-2 airport in nigeria after d MMA in lagos. Ibom airport is d only airport in 9ja wit an aircraft maintenance/repair/overhaul facility for A-C checks. Emirate Airlines has concluded plans to fly a non-stop Uyo-DUBAI-Uyo route. Standard hotels dont mek a city thick,but only 5 & 7star hotels.

Acidosis: If you've been to Delta state, then you'll understand his points.
He had just said the truth.

Delta state has other urban centres aside Asaba.

If you go to Warri, you'll think you're in a state capital, same goes to Agbor, Ughelli, Sapele. Agbor is better than some state capitals in Nigeria.

Delta state is one of the states with the best intra-city and inter-state transport services. Their transport service links all the towns including the villages with a fully air conditioned branded buses and cars with modern bus-stops

This man is very right even though he has his own lapses.

Good governance is beyond televising every little thing you do on NTA. We have seen the Akwa-Ibom e-library, we saw the new government house. . But all they have to show us is the state capital.

I'm yet to see a state that will pay half the bursary Delta indigenes receives. I am yet to see a state with 2 airports. I am yet to see a state with 4 to 5 stadia.

you are talking real crap coz u're are not really enlighted. And you are very gullible to believe this bullshit from a governor. Look, delta n bayelsa are 2 south-south states dat hav got nothing 2 show 4dia huge resources. Delta has air-strips 4light weight air-planes and NOT air-PORT. D airstrip in warri n asaba cannot land wide-body aircrafts. And If u talk bout transport system, even many poor states got this. Cross river e.g has d best urban taxi system in nigeria. Many states also hav an inter-state trans-system dat connects d nation. Most niger-delta states pay nice sums 2students as busary 2as much as 20k, but cud all dis count wen we talk bout sustainable development n infrastructure?? Has delta state world-class roads, 5-star hotels, a good airport dat cud connect d world, world-class stadium, education n tourism infrastructure n a modern city. These are d little tings dat wud count, n not dat crap!

This man has indirectly admitted that he has failed in governance. He now pigeon-hole on flimsy excuses to justify his incompetence. One needs to remind him that a state like Akwa Ibom has 5 major towns namely; Eket, IkotAbasi, Ikot Ekpene, Oron and Uyo city. Excluding the new Ibaka Industrial City dat wud host the Deep-sea port. And Akpabio seems to be developing the whole state all at once.

This is an excerpt from an interview with Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State with the Editors of the Nation newspapers.

Delta State is a rich state
like Akwa Ibom, but is
the state spending
judiciously?

Really I hate comparisons;
that was why when you
said we are rich i wanted
to be clear on what the
richness is about. The state
you called now, our
allocation is not as much
as theirs. It has never been
since the past 5 years; we
don’t have the same
allocation. Two, states
have different problems
and challenges. This is the
only state or maybe Ondo,
where whatever we get,
especially the derivation
part, the governor does
not spend all the
derivation money. What
we are talking about now,
when it comes, i have to
divide it into two; 50%
goes to the state level and
50% goes to an outfit we
call the Delta State Area
Development Commission,
to be able to deal with the
oil producing
communities. I needed to
explain that so that when
you are talking about
being rich, i have that
going on. So the bit that is
left is what I have to use
for the whole state
including the oil producing
area. I still have to deal
with them from this
money. Two, I have a
challenge of having the
highest urban centres in
Nigeria. In Delta State,
there is Asaba, there is
Warri, there is Agbor,
there is Sapele, there is
Ughelli; and all of them
are urban centres that can
be state capitals. When
you doing something in
Asaba you also have to be
conscious that you are
doing something in some
of these places; it might
not be as much as what
you are doing in Asaba but
whatever you are doing in
Asaba you have to do near
that in Warri. We have
many urban centres that
you have to pay attention
to at the same time. you
go to some states and the
state capitals are the only
urban centres and people
are assessing from just
getting to the state
capitals. You go to some
states, you stop at the
capital and you leave
there and assess but you
cannot do that Delta. You
cannot come to Asaba and
assess from only Asaba
and go back, a lot of
people will take on you if
you make assessment
from only Asaba. That
means that our
development has to be
more widespread than
many other places. When
people say, ‘He is not
doing much’ they don’t
take some of these factors
into place. In any case,
people have different
programmes, I am not on
a popularity test.


www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/politics/54878-oil-producing-states-should-get-50-derivation-says-uduaghan.html

duality: abeegiii!!! give it to BEAF. the guy is the undisputed champ. the guy na real street fighter. he never gets tied. taken on the opposition come what may. sometimes you go through a 7 paged thread and its BEAF vs the rest. he never chickens out. he takes very difficult positions and still finds a vantage. what his motivation is, i really do not know. but one thing is sure.being on Nairaland is not just a hubby for him; its a job of maybe life and death. hate him if you like. you can't take this fact away from him .he is highly knowledgeable, intelligent, and good at what he is doing. those who selected Beaf for this NL job made the right choice.

Its either Beaf is on someone's payroll to do just this on nairaland, or he's a nairaland addict. However, no one can take away this recognition from him. He's tha man. And I give it to him. Its also my singular honour to confer him with the Award of the MOST CONTROVERSIAL NAIRALANDER!

It's been long overdue for Femi FALANA to be awarded SAN. But how about Festus KEYAMO?

The web-link of this news story is very suspicious and lacks credibility. Mr. Moderator take note.

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speedyboi: Imagine! This poster is a pathetic individual! Ok, u removed lagos and u put akwa ibom, enugu, rivers. Lols
From that, I can only conclude that;
1. You are deluded
2. You don't travel or
3 you are a tribistic bigot.

I'm unfollowing this thread ASAP

Bt jst a word of advice; remove akwa ibom and enugu, then we can talk business. Ok I don agree say u dey beef south westerners, atleast add one or two notable northern states so that the poll will be more realistic. Note that we are talking best infrastructures not statés that are under encouraging improvement.

This Poll is only for the rating of the prefered STATE IN NIGERIA WITH THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE and nothing more! We all agree that Lagos is a former FCT, n 75% of its infrastructure was develop wen it enjoyed the status of an FCT. However, aside from Lagos in the south-west, there is NO single state in that same south-west and even in the entire northern nigeria that meets upto 30% of all the indicies of infrastructural development as earlier provided. Therefore, even by analysing the generality of comments on this tread u wud find-out that there is need to re-zero it down to the three states which are prominent and cud meet-up at least 60% of the indicies provided- which for emphasis must be of WORLD-STANDARD. Therefore, nothing is tribalistic about this Poll.

london2lasgidi: Lagos contributes 18% of Nigeria's GDP.

And where is the link to this so-called "World Bank Report"??

tunde300us: @Mrincredible,am sure ure an underage,cos i dont knw why all ur comment has to start on an abusive tone,do u have a problem with ur parentage?
-U say the 5 star hotel is over booked and the only reference u have was when there was a retreat at the hotel by the senate,oga u no get talk atall cos if uve been to uyo lately u will know where i am coming from.
-U say ur cinema is the busiest in Nigeria (lol) those who work there sef go break ur head for that statement,u mean i plan hate talk when i say the cinema is literally empty almost everyday and u are here telling me jargons,i am not an hatist just sayin my own here.

For ur info if u read my comments well u will notice i have nothing against the governor or the state,i just made my points and i dont think uyo has arrived yet,but an emerging city.

Akwa ibom ayaya!

You started wit lies bout slums n ghettos exiting in uyo, then u diverted into d E-library in uyo not having any websites. Then lied bout d 5-star Hotels in uyo, and also d 3D-cinemas. Guy, i dont have to waste time with you. All i can advise u to do now is to- Go to the Le Meridien Ibom Hotel & Golf Resort. Visit the Tropicana 3D- cinemas on any typical evenings. Do your checks n finding well. Get your facts right. Then compare those facts n findings wit similar utilities and phenomena which exist in other major cities (within n outside Nigeria) b4 u come here to spew your rubbish n derail d tread, n give all unsuspecting Nairalanders a very false n misguided info.

tunde300us: @Mrincredible,am sure ure an underage,cos i dont knw why all ur comment has to start on an abusive tone,do u have a problem with ur parentage?
-U say the 5 star hotel is over booked and the only reference u have was when there was a retreat at the hotel by the senate,oga u no get talk atall cos if uve been to uyo lately u will know where i am coming from.
-U say ur cinema is the busiest in Nigeria (lol) those who work there sef go break ur head for that statement,u mean i plan hate talk when i say the cinema is literally empty almost everyday and u are here telling me jargons,i am not an hatist just sayin my own here.

For ur info if u read my comments well u will notice i have nothing against the governor or the state,i just made my points and i dont think uyo has arrived yet,but an emerging city.

Akwa ibom ayaya!

You started wit lies bout slums n ghettos exiting in uyo, then u diverted into d E-library in uyo not having any websites. Then lied bout d 5-star Hotels in uyo, and also d 3D-cinemas. Guy, i dont have to waste time with you. All i can advise u to do now is to- Go to the Le Meridien Ibom Hotel & Golf Resort. Visit the Tropicana 3D- cinemas on any typical evenings. Do your checks n finding well. Get your facts right. Then compare those facts n findings wit similar utilities and phenomena which exist in other major cities (within n outside Nigeria) b4 u come here to spew your rubbish n derail d tread, n give all unsuspecting Nairalanders a very false n misguided info.

[quote author=re@lchange]guy you're a fool
many states are more developed than the ones you listed[/quote]Come, why are you so emotional?
Did I leave out your state or geo-political zone out of the Poll?
Dont blame me. The options on Nairaland accommodate ONLY a maximum of 5 different options for a Poll. Besides, your own very state may even be very under-develop with no tangible infrastructure, "just saying".
And i'm fair enough to accommodate 4 out of the 6 geo-political zones of Nigeria.
However, that i've enlists frontline states in those 4 geo-political zones does not mean that one's rating or voting should be based on ethnic or primordial sentiments. Your voting should be completely dispassionate and objective.

Mr. Moderator, please transfer this Poll to the front-page. Thank you.

tunde300us: Uyo honestly is getting better and can surely get better,but for goodness sake why build what you dont need.
You have a 5 star hotel that does not get 40% patronage even on weekends
You have built a cinema that cannot change its movie lines for weeks because of low patronage and unbelievable charge rate N300/movie
You have a beautiful airport with a (potential) for repair n maintenance facility for A to C-checks and yet the airport patronage is low

My fear for uyo is that the governor will end up with so many things the state does not need just to score cheap political points or patronage,thumb up though for a good job with road network,but sir u cant sustain some of those things

Am a lagos boy for those who wants to know

I've now realised that you completely lack brains n credibility as a person, therefore it's only a lazy person dat wud waste time wit you. Am also glad that even Beaf has also confirmed dat u are not only a bloody liar, but also fooling urself on NL. therefore, no one ought to give u any credence.
To further proof ur deceitful personality u now say a hotel dat hosts both state n national functions daily, n at most times overstreach to its limits, (just lik d previous week dat it hosted senators on their Retreat) is not upto 40% occupied! According to u again, d Cineplex dat is even d busiest in nigeria, and gets its movie-tickets mosttimes completely sold-out- especially wen a movie is newly featured is underutillised! U also tend to be so myopic n stupid not to know why these investments are being made.
O'boy, let me educate u on some of these.
1- arrangements has been concluded 4 Emirate Airlines to begin a non-stop Uyo-DUBAI-Uyo route. D city nids more than enough 5-star n 7-star hotels cuz ALL travellers in nigeria to Dubai wud soon be passing through uyo enroute Dubai n back! Most airlines in africa wud nid 2 service dia aircraft in uyo,cuz uyo owns d only airport wit such facility in africa! D Uyo airport is d youngest in nigeria of less than 3 years old, yet it records 6 commercial flights daily by 3 different airlines, excluding private n chartered air-flights. Airports in enugu, begin n calabar DO NOT record upto 4 daily flights.
By the way, would u also say those in d maritime biznes would not deserve 5/7-star hotels with d soon opening of the deep-seaport? Pls answer.
2)akwa ibom deserves more than enuf of such mega projects if it hopes to actualized its ambition of becomin d No. 1 spot in africa for business n leisure! Mark you, Tropicana which hosts d 3D-Cinemas wit other major components like d 2nd 5-star hotel has not formally been opened or commissioned to the public.
Therefore, Lagos under Fashola is under a big threat and trouble wit d now comin of Akwa-ibom state- beginning from now! So tunde300us, there absolutely NO point claiming on Nairaland to come from Lagos.

The rating for this Poll of the states with the best infrastructure in Nigeria should be based the following indices:
1) Access to Electric power throughout the state. And the personal Ownership of an independent power plant
2) Existence of tourism facilities of world-standard. Such must include at least 4 of the following; stadium, hotels, international conference centers, cinemas, amusement parks, museums, wild-life parks.
3) Transport system. This must include airport and roads networks of world-standard
4)Educational system. This should include the standard of facilities in schools of all categories, existence of public libraries- both manual n electronic
5) Public health-care system and environmental sanitation of world-standard
6) Wide-spread availability of Portable drinking water
7)Business climate that supports economic growth and industrialization
Ratings must be devoid of sentiments

Right in this order
1) lagos
2) abuja
3)calabar
4)ph
5)uyo
6)enugu
7)benin
owerri
9)jos
But a city like Uyo has very bright chances to jumb to d 2nd spot on d table, and maybe Enugu may appreciate too. But Benin n owerri may still be going neck-to-neck for a long time.

I dont blame d OP for posting this on NL. But i blame d fast becoming senseless NL moderators for transferin this nonsense to d front-page. I'm observin that NL's front-page is fast becoming trivial, mundane n crappy. Wen NL has a major online competitor or rival, it gonna sit-up. For now this nonsense may be tolerated.

tunde300us: I dont know why uyo is so much in the news,maybe because the governor is always talking to the press.Take it or leave it enugu has better roads than uyo,but it still does not take away the effort of the governor as regards road construction.JB is making a hell of money working here in uyo and i just hope this man is not borrowing to pay them.
Beaf say uyo has more infrastructure than all the other state and i say oga pls mention the infrastructure that uyo has and other state dont have.

which state has virtually all its roads fully dualised- wit street-lighting n other road furnitures? Which state has 5-star Hotels of at least 2 in number? Which state is constructing a typical Olympic-standard stadium, and a world-class tertiary Hospital similar to those in india, europe, or in US? Which state has a category-2 airport apart 4m d MMA in lagos built n own by d federal govt? Which place in west africa wud u find n e-library? Which place in africa has an airport wit a repair n maintenance facility for A to C-checks? Which state is developin a DEEP-seaport for heavy ocean-liners aside from dat one in lagos? Which state has a conference-center that cud host international-conferences like those of UN, ECOWAS, AU, etc? I dont think i should waste time going-on wit you. By d way, tunde300us, can you be confident to tell us which state you are from??

J12: Ol'boy, the precints/areas in uyo are all named in the local dialect(ikot okpon, obio, idoro etc) and i'm conversant with them.

you have finally confirmed to me not to know or visited Uyo city. Now let me educate you. Its only LGA's dat go with the word "ikot" as a precit, obio offot is a small area in Uyo n idoro is a newly constructed dualised road in a suburb. D only road wit ikot in uyo is ikot ekpene road,- a very old dualised road. Therefore, this confirms dat u got a few info bout Uyo on d net, n ur opinion bout uyo is based on guesswork! Most areas in uyo city go with d word "Offot" at its suffix. I'll b visitin d city in late August- u can come along wit me.

J12: Compared to other capital cities, uyo has a relatively lower population. I've been there alot, so I know what I'm saying.

Can you then tell us the area(s) in Uyo city you have been to and/or resided with the estimated population?

It may sound absurd. But i deem it to be trendy! Luv it. D word "Baby" may have several meanings just like other words

Fashola would COMPLETELY destroy our educational system and the future of Nigerian youths if he is allowed to come on board as the nation's president. Check-out how he dwindled LASU! All his achievements as Lagos governor fades into insignificance when compared with the GIANT-STRIDES of Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom. Meanwhile, all those guyz n thieves on dat poll are fhucked! Rochas Okorocha is tha man- if only he has such ambition for now.

J12: You're very right. They're confusing neatness with development. Uyo is an emerging state capital hence the tidy environment due to new construction works, low population.

The mere fact that you enlist Uyo of all cities as a city with a low population gives u away as someone who has not travel far n wide let alone visit Uyo. This therefore sums-up that your opinion here is only based on guess-work, n therefore does not count. In other to avoid makin frivolous ratings on this tread, i think the OP should change this topic to read "WHICH STATE-CAPITALS IN NIGERIA ARE MEGA-CITIES". This would enable Nairalanders who have travel far n wide to make a more informed rating.

tunde300us: Enugu is cool and calm,and the governor has done well with road network
Same with owerri,cool calm and nice environment
Am presently in uyo and i can say it is emerging,but to say there is no slum na big lie
Was in PH last week and honestly Ph is a fine capital
Visited calabar too last week and apart from that sretch of IBB road i think its more of a clean state than develop
Akure is also an emerging capital worth talking about
How can i forget the ancient city of benin,its gat some swag at night bros
Jos has beautiful terrain and nice scenery,but not a developed state yet
Kaduna will always remind you of lagos anyday anytime,its GRA is beautiful and good road network too
Gombe is just here and there,they have some beautiful areas,but just a turn by the corner u will find a massive slum of almajiris with flies all over them

I have been to all the state capital in Nigeria and i am just typing as it comes to me

i used to stay in uyo and still visit uyo very often. You say u are in uyo now i'll like u to mention names of d ghetto(s)/slum(s) which exist there as in other cities.

D ONLY city in Nigeria today without a single Ghetto or slum is Uyo.

Enugu, PH, Lagos, Kaduna, Jos, Owerri and the rest all have slumS!

Each time i return to Uyo i get tha feelin dat d people wanna turn dat city into Las Vegas or Hawaii. But i'll give it to Calabar cuz of its tha Nigeria's No. 1 Tourism Destination.
Jos city used 2b cool in those days specifically Jos-south n Jos-East [NOT Jos-North o- cuz dat is d Boko Haram enclave especially Ankwa rugo- where Islamic terrorists live]!

musiwa1: using North, igbo and Yoruba money to build under the deceit of fake Oil derivation.
Nigeria is not a fair place..


Does shell or mobil share is profit with the nigeria govt.. the answer is No.



this is the first one , they built from wrong allocation of fake oil derivation.

It is not fair on other nigeria. Noone can call himself a christain and do wrong to other people.
what is wrong is wrong.

Nigerian pay taxes from all source... This is why many crisis. People cheating people. They are allocating false oil derivation . it is not fair. I dont support evil

Be rather humble to know that you are FOOLISH!

afam4eva: I will cut off my JT if the stadium looks anything like the picture.

akwa ibom state is setting the pace for the rest of nigeria. there is no mega project in akwa ibom today whose prototype on paper departs from what has been translated on ground. Whether u wanna mention tha international airport, E-library, tertiary hospital, tropicana etc; none of them differ from their prototype. So i would NOT say u are living in the past, because you seem to have a typical nigerian metality, but rather i would say that you dont recognise the fact that akwa ibom had long been seperated from the rest of the nigerian nation!

musiwa1: using North, igbo and Yoruba money to build under the deceit of fake Oil derivation.
Nigeria is not a fair place..


Does shell or mobil share is profit with the nigeria govt.. the answer is No.



this is the first one , they built from wrong allocation of fake oil derivation.

It is not fair on other nigeria. Noone can call himself a christain and do wrong to other people.
what is wrong is wrong.

Nigerian pay taxes from all source... This is why many crisis. People cheating people. They are allocating false oil derivation . it is not fair. I dont support evil.



if 15% of nigeria pay taxes... there are 200 million people in Nigeria.

15% that is 30 million people.. if we assume that 170 million nigerian dont pay taxes.. any average nigerian makes more than minumum wake.. if we say N30,000 . It give N9000 per person.


30 million X 9000= 270 billion a month... if we say 15% of nigeria..

You have to know nigerian govt lies about oil. For more than 30 years, nigeria govt use oil bench mark to calculate the budget. and the truth is nigerian never ask if shell or mobil make profit. They continue to believe the govt..
they do not know it is their taxes. and basically they are given Akwa ibom 13% of their taxes.. Oil company buy block from nigeria govt. they are not father christmas.



if we claim we re christian, we do right to other people. look... that why i said. let them allow only state to collect taxes. that way, nobody will be cheated..


They collect 13% but others are not allowed to collect 13% from revenue they give the federal govt, that is not fair, that Ngozi iweala ministry now refused to post state allocation on the internet. because she is scared of me.




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be humble to understand that you are only a FOOL!