₦airaland Forum

naptu2:
Am I biased? How come I hate Park View Estate and yet I love Tafawa Balewa Square. I should hate both of them for the same reason, shouldn't I?


Well I guess that the difference is that Tafawa Balewa Square is still being used for public good and it still serves some of the purposes of the old Race Course, whereas Park View Estate simply represents the destruction of Ikoyi Park.



Race Course used to be a big open field in the centre of Lagos. People could watch horse races there on Saturdays (it was big business), cricket on Sundays and kids could play football there on week days evenings. It was like one huge park in the centre of Lagos. The Gowon Administration converted a large part of it into a concrete stadium/parade ground, another part of it into a remembrance arcade and the only part that was left in its original green state was the cricket oval.

Many people hate the conversion of the beautiful open green land into a concrete jungle.


Ikoyi Park was a large and beautiful park on the northern edge of Ikoyi, just beside the Lagoon. People had picnics there in the evenings and at weekends. Many relationships that blossomed into marriages began at the Ikoyi Park. You could see beautiful birds like cattle egrets and other such creatures at the park.

Then one day someone had an idea to build beautiful and expensive houses at the edge of the park. The houses overlooked the park and the idea was that people would pay extra for the beautiful view. And so they built more houses and even more houses until we had a Park View Estate and no park to view.


Pictures 1 and 2) Race Course.

Pictures 3 and 4) Ikoyi Park

naptu2:
Am I biased? How come I hate Park View Estate and yet I love Tafawa Balewa Square. I should hate both of them for the same reason, shouldn't I?


Well I guess that the difference is that Tafawa Balewa Square is still being used for public good and it still serves some of the purposes of the old Race Course, whereas Park View Estate simply represents the destruction of Ikoyi Park.



Race Course used to be a big open field in the centre of Lagos. People could watch horse races there on Saturdays (it was big business), cricket on Sundays and kids could play football there on week days evenings. It was like one huge park in the centre of Lagos. The Gowon Administration converted a large part of it into a concrete stadium/parade ground, another part of it into a remembrance arcade and the only part that was left in its original green state was the cricket oval.

Many people hate the conversion of the beautiful open green land into a concrete jungle.


Ikoyi Park was a large and beautiful park on the northern edge of Ikoyi, just beside the Lagoon. People had picnics there in the evenings and at weekends. Many relationships that blossomed into marriages began at the Ikoyi Park. You could see beautiful birds like cattle egrets and other such creatures at the park.

Then one day someone had an idea to build beautiful and expensive houses at the edge of the park. The houses overlooked the park and the idea was that people would pay extra for the beautiful view. And so they built more houses and even more houses until we had a Park View Estate and no park to view.


Pictures 1 and 2) Race Course.

Pictures 3 and 4) Ikoyi Park

Today, Thursday, January 20, 2022, I inspected the @LagosBTS mobile blood bank vehicle. At the inspection with me are the Executive Director @LagosBTS Dr. Bodunrin Oshikomaiya @bosikomaiya and members of her team.

Some remarkable features of the mobile blood bank vehicle include; compartments for registration, blood donor procedure, post donation/relaxation and blood storage.

The vehicle is also furnished with 2 electrical donor chairs, an inverter, Television, a DVD, 4 fans, an air conditioner, a cabinet, a blood bank as well as tap and sink.

@LSMOH is committed to ensuring that the blood mobile vehicle is fully equipped to enhance blood donation without inhibitions and inconveniences to blood donors.

Donate Blood; Save lives! #ForAGreaterLagos

OUR TARGET FOR COMPLETION OF RED, BLUE LINE RAIL PROJECTS STILL ON COURSE, SAYS SANWO-OLU

•As Governor inspects ongoing works at four stations

In line with his administration's commitment to Traffic Management and Transportation, Governor, Mr. @jidesanwoolu, assured Lagosians that the fourth quarter of this year's completion time set for completion of the Red and Blue line rail projects in the State remains sacrosanct.

He reiterated his government’s promise to deliver the red and blue line rail projects in the last quarter of this year during an on-the-spot assessment and inspection tour of Blue and Red Rail line projects at Ikeja, Yaba, Ebute Metta and Marina Stations.

Speaking to journalists on Monday at the Marina Station of the rail project, which is under construction, Governor Sanwo-Olu expressed satisfaction with the pace of works at the stations, noting that the contractors were on course and hoped that they would round up works on the Blue and Red line rails according to schedule for commercial activities this year.

“Our promise on the blue and the red line is still on course. We believe that, by coming on a quarterly basis to supervise them, we would ensure that before the end of this year, we will see the trains on top of the tracks". "That is our commitment and we will begin to monitor and check ourselves, It is a very iconic and landmark project that we are truly proud of".

"On behalf of the government, I want to commend all of our contractors because they are very committed. They have assured us that whatever it takes, they will complete all of the projects on schedule and on budget,”

Governor @jidesanwoolu, who was accompanied by some of his cabinet members and heads of agencies, said the inspection tour to the Blue & Red line rail project was in regards to the promise made by his administration to monitor the pace of works in the areas on a quarterly basis.

The Governor, who promised to intensify supervision and monitoring of the projects quarterly to facilitate speedy completion, also commended the contractors for keeping up with the timeline at the stations visited, considering improvements at the sites of the projects.

At the Ikeja Station, which will be the main iconic station for the red line project, the station was at foundation level in September but the project is now at the second floor level, remaining a floor before they will get to the third floor, which is the final floor.

At Yaba site, about three months ago, the contractor was at the excavating stage but, they are now decking to go to the second floor in line with the matching order to the contractor to ensure that they keep to the timelines and the deadline.

The Ebute-Metta Station is far ahead of delivery because the contractor has finished the carcass of the station as Governor @jidesanwoolu
and his entourage during the tour to the station were able to walk into the station safely.

Beremx:
there’s an online registration going on. Is it for people who haven’t registered before or what? Is there something FG isn’t telling Nigerians about 2023 elections? Tinubu might be right