₦airaland Forum

Chillypelly: You mean Amaechi used 2.2trn naira of federal allocation, 280bn naira 13% derivation, 320bn naira IGR to build classroom blocks, hospitals and few roads in this jet age?? This is the price we pay for supporting mediocrity. Governors with better working blueprints will build atleast 2 smart cities comparable to las vegas with that money in a way that it can be linked to each other by a speed train, a multi lane super highway and full fitted with the latest city infrastructure. I see no reason why there is no functional deep sea port that can assure rivers indigenes get a commercial handshake with the rest of the world. A port harcourt only comparable with cape town or madrid is what I expect the loud mouthed Rotimi to put up for the state to showcase to the rest of africa and the world. A governor that can't even fly to washington from port harcourt is telling us about his love for rivers state.

Last bullet; Falcons can NEVER be Eagles no matter how high the fly.

WHAT HAS YOUR GOVERNOR DONE FOR YOU? AMAECHI IS THE BEST THING THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO RIVERS STATE. HATING HIM WILL NOT CHANGE THAT. HIS LEGACY IS ONLY COMPARABLE TO FASHOLA, AKPABIO, CHIME AND OSHIOMOLE.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS BUILT BY CHIBUIKE AMAECHI

MORE FACTS ABOUT MY GOVERNORS(AMAECHIS*) PROJECTS

INSIDE VIEW OF THE BOARDING SCHOOLS

MORE AMAECHI PROJECTS

MORE PROJECTS

SOURCE: https://www.nairaland.com/1327120/amaechis-schools-port-harcourt

AMAECHI PRIMARY SCHOOLS

SOURCE:http://riversstatemoh.gov.ng/new-projects/secondary-health-facilities/

FACTS NOT SENTIMENTS

Primary Health Care Facilities

PROJECTS FROM OCTOBER, 2007 TO MAY, 2013

S/N Model LGA Contractor Status
1. Elekahia PH Brunel Completed & in use
2. ATC Ibaka Okrika Brunel Completed & in use
3. Rumueme Obio/Akpor Brunel Completed & in use
4. Eteo Eleme Brunel Completed & in use
5. Agbonchia Eleme Brunel Completed & in use
6. Ubimini Emohua Brunel Completed & in use
7. Ibaa Emohua Brunel Completed & in use
8. Ogbakiri Emohua Brunel Completed & in use
9. Yeghe Gokana Brunel Completed & in use
10. Beeri Khana Brunel Completed & in use
11. Iriebe Obio/Akpor Brunel Completed & in use
12. Rumuepirikom Obio/Akpor Brunel Completed & in use
13. AnyunguBiri Okrika Brunel Completed & in use
14. Umuagbai Oyigbo Brunel Completed & in use
15. Obeakpu Oyigbo Brunel Completed & in use
16. Obeama Oyigbo Brunel Completed & in use
17. Umusoya Oyigbo Brunel Completed & in use
18. Koroma Tai Brunel Completed & in use
19. Kpite Tai Brunel Completed & in use
20. Akpabu Emohua Brunel Completed & in use
21. Luuawi Khana Brunel Completed & in use
22. Nonwa Tai Brunel Completed & in use
23. Bunu Tai Brunel Completed & in use
24. Barako Gokana Brunel Completed & in use
25. Ozuboko PH Brunel Completed & in use
26. Azuabie PH Brunel Completed & in use
27. Bane Khana Brunel Completed & in use
28. Aluu Ikwerre Brunel Completed & in use
29. Obonnoma Akuku-Toru Brunel Completed & in use
30. Omerelu Ikwerre Brunel Completed & in use
31. Bomu Gokana Brunel Completed & in use
32. Okwali Khana Brunel Completed & in use
33. Akinima Ahoada West Brunel Completed & in use
34. Omademe Ikwerre Brunel Completed & in use
35. Ozuoha Ikwerre Brunel Completed & in use
36. B-Dere Gokana Brunel Completed & in use
37. Abalama Asari-Toru Brunel Completed & in use
38. Sama Asari-Toru Brunel Completed & in use
39. Ahoada Ahoada East Brunel Completed & in use
40. Orkaki Ahoada West Brunel Completed & in use
41. Ogu Ogu/Bolo Brunel Completed & in use
42. Opuoko Khana Brunel Completed & in use
43. Kpor Gokana Brunel Completed & in use
44. Ozuoba Obio/Akpor Brunel Completed & in use
45. Churchill PH Ministry Completed & in use
46. Diobu PH Ministry Completed & in use
47. Okochiri Okrika Ministry Completed & in use
48. Egbeda Emohua Ministry Completed & in use
49. Ndele Emohua Ministry Completed & in use
50. Oduoha Emohua Ministry Completed & in use
51. Unyeada Andoni Ministry Completed & in use
52. Isiokpo Ikwerre Ministry Completed & in use
53. Elele Ikwerre Ministry Completed & in use
54. Ipo Ikwerre Ministry Completed & in use
55. Ebubu Eleme Ministry Completed & in use
56. Wiyakara Khana Ministry Completed & in use
57. Rumuigbo Obio/Akpor Ministry Completed & in use
58. Eneka Obio/Akpor Ministry Completed & in use
59. Old GRA Health Centre PH Ministry Completed & in use
60. Rumuewhor Emohua Ministry Completed & in use
61. Borokiri Health Centre PH Ministry Completed & in use
62. Rumuodumaya Obio/Akpor Ministry Completed & in use
63. Omoku ONELGA Ministry Completed & in use
64. Akwa Etche Ministry Completed & in use
65. Rumuolumeni Obio/Akpor Ministry Completed & in use
66. Odufor Etche Ministry Completed & in use
67. Obuama Degema Ministry Completed & in use
68. AseAzagah ONELGA Ministry Completed & in use
69. Potts Johnson PH Ministry Completed & in use
70. Ubima Ikwerre Ministry Completed & in use
71. Taabaa Khana Ministry Completed & in use
72. Ikodi-Engeni Ahoada West Ministry Completed & in use
73. Obete-Ndoki Oyigbo Ministry Completed & in use
74. Onne Eleme Ministry Completed & in use
75. Ogoloma Okrika Ministry Completed & in use
76. Ogan-Ama Okrika Ministry Completed & in use
77. Okuru-Ama PH Ministry Completed & in use
78. Ataba Andoni Ministry Completed & in use
79. Buguma Asari-toru Ministry Completed & in use
80. Woji Obio/Akpor Ministry Completed & in use
81. Nkoro Town Opobo/Nkoro Ministry Completed & in use
82. Queens Town Opobo/Nkoro Ministry Completed & in use
83. Rumuokwurusi Obio/Akpor Ministry Completed & in use
84. Botem-Tai Tai Ministry completed & in use
85. Agada 1 Abua/Odual Ministry Completed & in use
86. Bundu PH Ministry Completed & in use
87. Bori Khana Ministry Completed & in use
88. Kpean Khana Ministry Completed & in use
89. Ebocha ONELGA Ministry Completed & in use
90. Ayama Abua/Odual Ministry Completed & in use
91. Eliozu Obio/Akpor Ministry Completed & in use
92. Okwuzi ONELGA Ministry Completed & in use
93. EGBEMA (Mgbede) ONELGA Ministry Completed & in use
94. Igwuruta Ikwerre Ministry Completed & in use
95. Apani Ikwerre Ministry Completed & in use
96. Akpajo Eleme Ministry Completed & in use
97 Anyu Abua/Odual Ministry Completed & in use
98 Tombia Degema Ministry Completed & in use
99 Dema-Abbey Bonny Ministry Completed & in use
100 Obiohia Omuma Ministry Completed & in use
101 Kaani Baabe Khana Ministry Completed & in use
102. Baara-Ale, Tai Tai Ministry Completed & in use
103. Rukpokwu Obio/Akpor Ministry Completed & in use
104. Nwoel Gokana Ministry Completed & in use
105. Ihugbogo Ahoada East Brunel Completed but yet to be equipped/furnished
106. Odiereke Ahoada West Brunel Completed but yet to be equipped/furnished
107. Ido Asari-Toru Brunel Completed but yet to be equipped/furnished
108 Ogbologbolo Ahoada West Brunel Completed but yet to be equipped/furnished
109 Umuekwe/Ulakwo Etche Brunel Completed but yet to be equipped/furnished
110 Ula Upata Ahoada East Brunel 90%
111 Okporowo Ahoada East Brunel 80%
112 Nkpolu- Oroworokwu Phalga Ministry 95%; work in progress
113 Ihuama Ahoada-East Ministry 95%; work in progress
114 Agwut-Obolo Andoni Ministry 90%
115 Ihuaje Ahoada East Ministry 90%; work in progress
116 Amaji Omuma Ministry 90%; work in progress
117 Lumene Khana Ministry 85%; work in progress
118 Ubeta Ahoada West Ministry 80%; work in progress
119 Okogbe Ahoada West Ministry 80%; work in progress
120 Okehi Etche Ministry 80%; work in progress
121 Akabuka ONELGA Ministry 70%; work in progress
122 Ogbogoro Obio/Akpor Ministry 60%; work in progress
123 Kula Akuku-Toru Ministry 40%; work in progress
124 Korokoro Tai Ministry 40%; work in progress
125 Omagwa Ikwerre Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
126. Elelenwo ObioAkpor Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
127 Mbiama Ahoada-West Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
128 Ozuzu Etche Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
129 Egbelu Omuma Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
130 Wakama-Ama Ogu/Bolo Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
131 Obrikom ONELGA Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
132 Bonny Bonny Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
133 Oyorokoto Andoni Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
134 Bolo Ogu/Bolo Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
135 Ikuru Town Andoni Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
136 Mina-Ama Asari-Toru Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
137 Bakana Degema Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
138 Abuloma ObioAkpor Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
139 NyorkueKanni 1 Khana Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
140 Emelego Abua/Odual Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
141 Abonnema Akuku-Toru Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
142 Abissa Akuku-Toru Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
143 Opobo Opobo/Nkoro Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
144 Egwi Etche Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
145 Bille Degema Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
146 Kalaibiama Opobo/Nkoro Ministry Recently awarded; work in progress
147 Rumuagholu ObioAkpor Ministry Recently awarded.
148 Waterlines Port Harcourt Ministry Recently awarded.
149 Rumuekpe Emohua Ministry Recently awarded.
150 Edeoha Ahoada-East Ministry Recently awarded.
151 Greens-Iwoama Bonny Ministry Recently awarded.
152 Kugbo Abua/Odual Ministry Recently awarded.
153 Burukiri Bonny Ministry Recently awarded.
154 Ke Degema Ministry Recently awarded.
155 Iyak-Okpeden Abua/Odual Ministry Recently awarded.
156 Emago-Kugbo Abua/Odual Ministry Recently awarded.
157 Oloma Opobo/Nkoro Ministry Recently awarded.

SOURCE:http://riversstatemoh.gov.ng/new-projects/primary-health-care-facilities/

.SOURCE":http://riversstatemoh.gov.ng/new-projects/primary-health-care-facilities/

STANDARD SECONDARY SCHOOLS CONSTRUCTED BY ROTIMI AMAECHI

150 HEALTH CENTRES WELL EQUIPPED WITH STAFF AND DOCTORS BUILT BY ROTIMI AMAECHI

Governor Amaechi on October 1, 2010 announced free education for Primary School pupils which includes tuition, free school Uniforms, free Sandals, free Text books and Exercise books; while secondary schools students gets free boarding and feeding.

RSSDA ICT OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP BENEFICIARIES GRADUATE AND RETURN HOME
Port Harcourt, – The Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency, RSSDA announces the graduation and return of 93 ICT graduates who benefited from the Governor’s Special Overseas Special Scholarship Scheme from Singapore.

These young Rivers men and women are returning with a B. Sc (ICT) of the Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom (Informatics centre campus in Singapore)

The returning IT professionals trained in areas such software engineering, computer systems security and robotics in industries. They distinguished themselves as worthy ambassadors of the state. One of the graduates, Darlton Whyte, emerged the best graduating student of the school.

Noble Pepple, Executive Director of RSSDA said ‘The Governor’s Scholarship awards have been a great intervention, offering real benefits. I have no doubt that these highly skilled ICT professionals of Rivers State origin will positively impact the human capital base of the state and the country at large’’

Over 1,000 young Rivers State men and women, including the physically challenged, all beneficiaries of the Governor’s Special Scholarship Scheme are studying abroad for degrees in various fields, such as medicine, engineering, geosciences and ICT.

SOURCE:http://www.rssda.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=204:let-them-know-its-christmas-rssda-reaches-out&catid=1:latest-news

CP-Africa’s interview with Seun Osewa, Founder of Nairaland
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by CP-Africa.com
in Technology
— 17 Mar, 2011

Interview with Seun Osewa, Founder, Nairaland Forum

Thanks for joining us at CP-Africa Seun!

Thanks, Nmachi. It’s a real honour to be here. CP-Africa is going places.

Thanks Seun. It is our pleasure and honour to have you on. Let’s start with the origins of the site. When did you start the Nairaland Forum?

I installed the Simplemachines Forum on the 10th of March, 2005, and opened Nairaland to the public on the 25th of March, 2005 after working on it for about two weeks. That’s about 14 months after Mark Zuckerberg launched TheFacebook.com.

Interesting…Why did you choose to start Nairaland?

About 2 years earlier I had attempted to start a web hosting business, but after 3 months I could only boast of one customer, so I ran out of capital and the business died. It would probably have succeeded if I had managed my capital more wisely or raised more money as I got many hosting requests I couldn’t satisfy later that year.

After that first failure, I was encouraged to get certifications and a regular job, but I couldn’t go back to that kind of path after tasting creative freedom, so I kept researching business ideas and presenting them to friends and family, but no capital was forthcoming to carry any of them out. I did this for less than 2 years. (The last idea was a site for sending SMS messages. I picked up Python to implement it.)

Eventually, I decided to start a web forum, because it was the only idea that required no additional capital: I already had Internet access and a $15 per month VPS graciously paid for by a family friend. I created 3 forums in November 2003 (one for higher institution students, one for IT discussions, and one to cover the emerging GSM industry; the Mobile Nigeria Forum at MobileNigeria.com).

The Mobile Nigeria Forum took off, so I relaunched it in February 2005 with the assistance of Mr. John Sagai Adams, who posted a link to the forum on his mailing list and participated enthusiastically in those early days. Other mobile enthusiasts like Mr. Yomi Adegboye pitched in to make the site a success. In a month or so, the forum had about 300 members, but the growth potential didn’t satisfy me.

I decided to start Nairaland when I noticed two odd things about MobileNigeria:

(1) Despite its narrow focus, it was the only Nigerian community that gave a voice to Nigerians at home. Most other Nigerian sites were owned and dominated by Nigerians in the US or UK. They covered only issues of interests to Nigerians abroad.

(2) The off topic section of the forum, covering topics outside telecoms, like romance and jokes, was becoming more vibrant than the Mobile Nigeria Forum itself, suggesting the need for a more general-purpose Nigerian forum.

This gave me the confidence to take forums like Naijaryders and Talknaija head on by starting a general purpose discussion forum with a strong bias towards issues of interest to Nigerians at home. I felt that such a site could attract enough traffic to make enough money from Google adverts. That’s why I started the Nairaland Forum.

When will you say Nairaland hit its “tipping point” that helped launch it into the mainstream in the Nigerian internet community?

I don’t believe there was a real tipping point, because we were providing something people really wanted. Growth has been linear from day one. However, I can tell you about some memorable moments in our history.

I remember a time we got about 30 registrations a day from our coverage of Gulder Ultimate Search. I think that was the first month.

I remember when the Job section became so popular that most Nigerians at home thought Nairaland was a job portal. It was a bit annoying, but I embraced it.

I remember when our business section became popular when all those wonder banks were in vogue. And after that, spammers and advertisers finished it off. It used to be great.

I remember when I realised I could no longer respond to every thread on the forum, and after a while I couldn’t even read every thread. Now I can’t even check every section in day.

I remember when I first realised that revolts by old members couldn’t kill the site because of the constant influx of new members. This, coupled with stress from the rapid growth of the site, led me to adopt a Buhari-style approach to managing the forum, which tarnished my reputation quite a bit. I’m trying to change that now.

I remember when I locked all Nairalanders out of the forum during a public holiday because I couldn’t keep up with spammers anymore. I was spending several hours every day just deleting spam and I was tired. Mukina2, a famous Nairalander, volunteered to help by moderating and recruiting other volunteer moderators.

I remember when I wrote an ‘antispam bot’ because moderators couldn’t keep up with spam. And it wasn’t enough. Then I added a registration CAPTCHA and it didn’t make any difference. Nowadays, everyone hates the bot, because it often makes mistakes, but we would have had to lock down the forum if we didn’t have it.

How many users/members does Nairaland currently have? How many people currently use the site?

We have about 650,000 user accounts. About 30,000 were logged on in the last 30 days. Most Nairalanders don’t bother to login or register. They just read the site like a newspaper site and search it with Google. Our daily visitor count is much higher.

Who are your main competitors?

NaijaHotJobs, NigeriaBestForum, Goal.com, and maybe Jobberman.

What do you think has set Nairaland apart from other Nigerian online forums over the years?

Compared to Nigerian forums that preceded Nairaland: local point of view, better organization, more serious topics, and guest-friendliness.

Compared to our current forum competitors; momentum.

What were some of the initial challenges you encountered when you first started out?

Power – I had to get an inverter with my last savings to run MobileNigeria.

Troublemakers – Some people refused to follow the rules of the forum and caused fights.

Are you looking to outside investors to further scale the service? Why or why not?

Not really. Right now, our major problems are due to the nature of an internet forum. Very few forums grow as big as Nairaland, because several problems crop up as many people try to interact on the same forum.

One is trolling; some people just love to behave badly on anonymous forums. They derail discussions, insult others for no reason, and treat people asking for advice with insensitivity. In a small forum, it’s easy to identify these people and exclude them, but in a large forum like Nairaland, it gets to a point where you can only deal with the extreme cases. Trolling becomes part of the experience, and that limits growth quite a bit.

Another one is spam, which I discussed earlier. Any popular site that allows strangers to post what they like for free will have that problem.

The last one is the most subtle and difficult to solve. A young internet forum is like an extended family. Everyone knows everyone, and people really care about each other. Being part of one is a very nice, cozy experience. That’s what the Mobile Nigeria forum was like. But as a forum grows, it becomes a community of strangers, like Oshodi before Fashola. Most members are forced to become spectators.

I don’t think these issues can be solved by having a lot more money. We (Nairaland moderators and I) will just end up doing the same things we’re doing now in more expensive ways. But I have been working on a plan to solve these problems by changing the way the forum works. It will be incredibly risky and time consuming, but won’t require much money.

Facebook has 1 employee for every 300,000 monthly active users. Nairaland has 1 employee (me!) for just 30,000 active users, so I think the priority for now should be to make Nairaland 10 times more efficient.

Do you intend to include other features, such as evolving Nairaland to become a social networking hub? Why or why not?

This is such a nice question. If I got 5 naira every time a developer offered to help me make Nairaland like Facebook, I would be rich enough to buy the moon!

But here’s the thing. You can’t beat Facebook. even if your website is perfect. Social networks benefit from ‘network effects’, which means the bigger they are, the better the experience. Facebook has grown so big that the only thing other social networks can do is die. MySpace, Hi5, and even Google’s social network (Orkut), and Microsoft’s Live Spaces have been beaten and are still losing members every day. If Google and Microsoft can’t beat them, I don’t think I should waste my time.

There’s an element of Facebook I’d like to incorporate, though. The ‘social graph’. It’s the reason why Facebook can have 500m users on the same site and yet, unlike most big forums, doesn’t feel over-crowded. The social graph approach scales so well.

How profitable is the Nairaland forum?

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Haha. Nice one! Is this where you envisioned Nairaland when you started out?

Seun: My initial dream with MobileNigeria was to make more than 60k a month, which seemed like a reasonable salary at the time, and then use any extra income as capital to start a more promising business. This was reasonable to me, afterall the total capital I wasted in my failed hosting business was under N60k. Nairaland flew past this target within the first year, and continues to grow.

Apart from wanting to create a place where Nigerians at home could feel at home, I didn’t have lofty visions for Nairaland, save to remain number 1. I just wanted to succeed at something for once, and I thought this was the cheapest thing I could try.

Where do you see Nairaland in the next five years?

Hopefully, someone more capable than me would be running it by then, and it will be the most popular African website (we’re currently number 2). Little steps!

Any last words for readers who are currently members of the Nairaland community?

Yes, just two words: Thank You! I have so many people to thank. If I’m ever interviewed again, I’ll surely mention more names.

Nmachi: Thanks so much Seun for sharing your story with us! Very inspiring to say the least.



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We all stand on trial, my lord, for by our actions we have denigrated our Country and jeopardized the future of our children. As we subscribe to the sub-normal and accept double standards, as we lie and cheat openly, as we protect injustice and oppression, we empty our classrooms, denigrate our hospitals, fill our stomachs with hunger and elect to make ourselves the slaves of those who ascribe to higher standards, pursue the truth, and honour justice, freedom, and hard work. I predict that the scene here will be played and replayed by generations yet unborn. Some have already cast themselves in the role of villains, some are tragic victims, some still have a chance to redeem themselves. The choice is for each individual.

I predict that the denoument of the riddle of the Niger delta will soon come. The agenda is being set at this trial. Whether the peaceful ways I have favoured will prevail depends on what the oppressor decides, what signals it sends out to the waiting public.

In my innocence of the false charges I face Here, in my utter conviction, I call upon the Ogoni people, the peoples of the Niger delta, and the oppressed ethnic minorities of Nigeria to stand up now and fight fearlessly and peacefully for their rights. History is on their side. God is on their side. For the Holy Quran says in Sura 42, verse 41: "All those that fight when oppressed incur no guilt, but Allah shall punish the oppressor." Come the day.



Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa

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