This is one of the reasons why I will never support a return to military rule (in which one Colonel who is the state governor, will take orders from one General at the centre).
Things are gradually improving because we have competition between different political parties, governments, etc.
Would you believe that Colonel Marwa had to obtain permission from General Abacha before he could move from State House Ikeja to State House Marina? Of course an elected governor does not need such permission from an elected president.
edoyad: I have a torrid time trying to fall asleep any time I know I'll be flying the next day. This one is almost out of the question for me.
Anyway, the goal is to provide options that will help in decongesting the bridges. You can choose between the BRT (bus), LRT (train), Eko Water Bus (ferry) and the LCCT (cable car).
Cocoa House ( "the first skyscraper in Africa" ), Kingsway, Liberty Stadium, WNTV, Coca-Cola (to exploit the abundance of Kolanuts), University of Ibadan, Oluyole Industrial Estate, etc
(And much later Leyland)
That's why I advocate for true federalism. Everything collapsed when the military imposed a unitary system on us.
The Lagos Cable Car Transit system is a cable car system that will be built and operated by the Doppelmayr Group. It is the brainchild of Michael Doppelmayr.
The Doppelmayr Garaventa Group is an Austrian company that manufactures chairlifts, cable cars, gondolas, surface tows for ski and amusement parks as well as urban people movers and material handling systems. To date, Doppelmayr and Garaventa have produced over 13,700 installations in 78 countries. The Doppelmayr Garaventa Group was formed in 2002 when Doppelmayr of Wolfurt, Austria merged with Garaventa AG of Switzerland to form the world's largest ropeway manufacturer.
Doppelmayr was founded in Wolfurt Austria in 1892. Artur Doppelmayr, the son of the founder, took over in 1967. In 1996, Doppelmayr's holding company purchased Von Roll, a Swiss maker of gondolas and cable cars. In 2002, Doppelmayr acquired CWA, a Swiss maker of gondola and cable car cabins. The merger of Doppelmayr and Garaventa was announced in 2001 and completed in 2002.
The company was selected in April 2011 as one of a consortium to build London's Cable Car system
DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car is a supplier of Automated People Movers (APM) based in Wolfurt, Austria. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group.[1] Their main product is the ropeway-propelled CABLE Liner shuttle used in airports, city centres, intermodal passenger transport connections, park and ride facilities, campuses, resorts, and amusement parks.
In 2003, after the world’s only Maglev transport system at Birmingham International Airport fell into disrepair, DCC installed the "AirRail Link" to replace the Maglev and temporary replacement bus-service that had been operating since 1995.
DCC is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company.
Company history
DCC was established by the Doppelmayr Group in 1996.
•1999: completion of the Mandalay Bay Tram in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA •2002: Doppelmayr merged with Garaventa Group •2002: completion of AirRail Link at Birmingham International Airport, UK •2006: completion of the LINK Train in Toronto, Canada •2006: award of Automated People Mover contract for the City of Venice, Italy •2006: award of contract for MGM Mirage CityCenter in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA •2007: completion of the Cable Liner Shuttle at Mexico City International Airport •2007: award of Automated People Mover contract for the New Doha International Airport in Qatar •2012: completion of the Emirates Air Line (cable car) in London
Michael Doppelmayr watched the BBC documentary, “Welcome to Lagos” and had the idea to build a cable car system in Lagos. He felt that the idea would definitely succeed because of the sheer population density of Lagos. He did his research and discovered that, by 2015, Lagos will be the third largest urban agglomeration in the world, with a population of about 25 million people.
He made contact with some Nigerian businessmen and Ropeways Transport Limited was formed. The chief executive officer of Ropeways Transport Limited is Captain Dapo Olumide, former CEO of Virgin Nigeria.
Ropeways Limited proposed 3 routes to Lamata. They are:
Lamata has approved the routes and granted Ropeways the right of way. This was officially formalised via a tripartite agreement between Ropeways Limited, LAMATA and the Lagos State Government.
The idea behind the selection of these routes is to decongest the three bridges connecting Lagos Island to the Mainland (Carter, Eko and Third Mainland bridges), decongest the two bridges connecting Lagos Island to Victoria Island (Independence [Onikan] and Five Cowry [Falomo] bridges) and connect the port and industrial district (Apapa) with the central business district (Marina). The Lagos Cable Car Transit system will be 12km long. A journey from Apapa to Adeniji will take roughly 4 minutes.
The project will be funded by a loan from the African Development Bank (ADB). The project will cost $500 million and it is expected that fares will be around 100 – 300 naira.
The project will have 5 sources of power viz – (1) The Independent Power Project (IPP) on the Island (2) Gas (3) Diesel (4) Turbines (5) Inverters (which will provide 30 minutes back-up power).
An interview with Captain Dapo Olumide (CEO of Ropways Limited) on Channels Television’s Sunrise programme.
Garri the 1st: 1st of all I wish to congratulate Lagosians and the good people of SW. They're blessed with the best and most visionary leaders in West Africa.
Secondly I've been searching for a friend who goes by the name... Festus Di Cormento...
Read up this link above you bigoted fools! That's the reason he resigned and not sacked by LASG.
Unconfirmed Insider Reports have revealed that there are on- going talks within APC officials on a possible governorship ticket for the upcoming Anambra state Guber elections which will see Senator Chris Ngige (Senator Anambra Central) running under the flag of APC with Mr Ben Akubueze (Honourable Commissioner Lagos State Government) as Deputy. An Idea was also mooted which will see the office of the Deputy Governor encompass the duties of Planning, Budgeting and Investments. Speaking to one of the stakeholders, it was disclosed that a group top Anambra Professionals are working on a grand strategic plan which would see a quick turnaround in the economic fortunes of the stage which has suffered over the past few years under the Government of Governor Peter Obi and APGA. According to the said official, Governor Peter Obi took over a state which was one of the fastest growing states in terms of infrastructure and other socio-economic factors and turned it to one “Big Village”.
The holiday movies I remember were The Scarlet Pimpernel (virtually every New Year's Eve), The Little Convict, Sandoka, Superman 3, Splash, Oliver Twist (the cartoon), The Night of A Thousand Stars, The Kid With The Broken Halo (Gary Coleman), Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, Romancing The Stone and more recently, The Never Ending Story and The Boy Who Could Fly.
There was also a movie about an american high school footballer, named Bobby Turtle who got a magic crystal as a birthday present (at least I think it was a crystal). He rubbed the crystal and it transported him to ancient Egypt.
[size=14pt]Six feared killed as Customs, smugglers clash[/size]
*Police arrest seven
At least four Customs officers and two smugglers were feared to have been killed after a bloody clash at the Badagry area of Lagos State yesterday.
But a villager at the Badagry area, where the gun battle took place, claimed that the battle was between members of the village and smugglers on one hand and Customs officers on the other side.
The villager, who described the gun duel as the mother of all battles, further claimed that those killed from all factions, numbered close to 13.
He said: “It was like a battle field. 13 people were killed in all. Five Customs officer, eight villagers and one smuggler.”
It was gathered that trouble started some Customs officers, allegedly on a reprisal attack, stormed the village, identified as Oglombo Village.
There the officers, who were determined to impound a smuggler’s vehicle, opened fire and killed the man.
The villager further explained: “The man they killed was known by us all as a smuggler. We called him Saturday. The Customs men followed him into the village and killed him. It was like they had had a battle with him before he ran into the village, but they followed him. People saw the officers, arguing with Saturday and the next thing, bang! One of them shot him!”
The villagers, who had witnessed the killing of Saturday, raised the alarm, attracting attention of other villagers. Soon, there was a mob, which embarked on a protest. Many of them claimed that the Customs officers were fond of shooting and killing at will. The mob went berserks, attacking and killing any Customs officer they came across.
The resident stated that the villagers had been looking for an opportunity to clash with the customs officers, who allegedly killed a resident of the village, two weeks ago. Two weeks ago, Customs officers were said to have killed one of the youths of the village, while he was in a car with his two friends.
It was also learnt that the angry mob made a beeline for Customs officers building and set fire on an officer’s vehicle, before setting bonfires at the centre of the road.
Some soldiers, Customs men and policemen attached to the Seme Divison, returned to the scene and fired shots to disperse the mob.
There were clouds of flames all over Seme resulting from sporadic shootings by the Customs, Army and mobile Policemen as if we are in a war situation.
According to information, the smuggler, Mr. Satide Ranti Ayeola (Saturday) was shot dead in front of his family house at Ashipa village.
The Customs check point at Ashipa was attacked and one senior customs officer was killed and his vehicle set ablaze and another escaped with serious machete cuts. The check point was also raized down together with a Toyota Hilux pick - up belonging to the Customs. The Seme Customs Command under Comptroller Othman Abdu Saleh had to seek the intervention of the Army and mobile Policemen to quell the violence and the situation got messier as another youth was also fell by stray bullets.
The Aholu of Kwemeland, Oba (Dr.) Sejiro Olalekan James Ogungbe (JP) was on stand to address the youths who were visibly angry. The Oba appealed for calm and promised to finding lasting solution to the strained relationship between Seme community and security agents.
Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Razaq Fadipe, explained that his men attempted to put out the fire but they had to retreat because of the sporadic gunshots in the area.
Customs Public Relations Officer, Seme Command, Ernest Olota, said that it was only one Customs officer that was killed. According to him, the officer was killed while on his way to attend a meeting at the command.
The statement reads thus: “We announce the gruesome killing of one of our Senior Officers by some smugglers in the Ashipa area of Seme on around 9.50am on Thursday. The deceased officer, while in his official uniform, unarmed, and driving to the command’s headquarters for a routine meeting, was accosted by a mob who forced him out of his vehicle. Led by an identified chief of the community, the officer was murdered in cold blood and his vehicle set ablaze.”
The customs spokesman said efforts were on to apprehend the culprits adding that customs had achieved many feats this year alone.
He said NCS operatives, due to their uncompromising stance against smuggling and protecting the nation's economy, had come under series of attacks by smugglers and some unpatriotic elements who see smuggling as their right.
“Customs Area Controller of Seme Border, Othman Abdu Saleh, has in collaboration with sister government agencies including the police, commenced moves to bring the perpetrators of the heinous crime to book. The Controller posits that this unfortunate incident will not deter operatives of the command under his watch from carrying out their lawful duties.
''This is indeed a sad day for us here in this command, but let it me emphasised that we are not relenting in the discharge of our duty as we will not allow the darkness of criminality to dampen the light of our service to Nigeria.”
Police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, however explained that trouble broke out after the Customs officers, who were trying to stop a smuggled van, opened fire and a stray bullet got the deceased. She also said that only one Customs officer was killed by the angry mob, in the ensuing mayhem, adding that seven people had been arrested by the police.
[size=14pt]BREAKING NEWS: Bloody clash in Seme border; Many feared dead.[/size]
There is violent clash between the men of Nigeria Custom officers and the villager of Seme in Badagry, a border town between Nigeria and Benin Republic.
An impeccable sources informed Osun Defender that the violence may not be unconnected with the lingering crisis between men of the Nigeria Customs Service and some members of the community. The Witnesses said security officials have been drafted to the scene to avert further escalation of the crisis which has some villagers and members of the Nigeria Customs feared dead.
Yeah, Roosevelt's condition was hidden from the public at the time. That was possible then, but I don't think it would be possible today.
However, people might have objected to having a wheelchair bound president at the time, but I don't think they'll object today.
Nowadays US Presidents undergo regular medical examinations and the result is made public. That's why I think it would have been best if a medical panel examines Suntai and makes its verdict public. We can't really say, merely by looking at him, if he is capable of performing his duties or not.
Delafruita: suntai is yet to appoint commissioner which is what makes up the executive council.technically,the requirement of the executive council's 2/3rd agreement was supposed to be before he went abroad.as it stands today,it can safely be assumed that the crux of the matter is if suntai should be allowed to resume office.the amendment requires him to just write a letter but just as henshaw's proposal is open to abuse so is this provision open to abuse.if there is to be no medium to ascertain his ability,suntai could have just sent the letter even while on his hospital bed.he could have done it while on the plane infact he could have done it while in a coma.thereality is the house of assembly has a duty to create its own doctrine of necessity which will serve as a precedent upon which further amendments can be made
Now, on the issue of "Doctrine of Necessity". David Mark later admitted that they took a risk, because what they did was not legal and everything could have been unravelled if someone challenged it in court.
Taraba State's case is made even more difficult because of the religious politics involved. In Yar'Adua's case, there was the danger that the military might stage a coup, but there was no danger of mass riots and civil conflict. That danger exists in Taraba and that's why we need to be really careful. Nobody went to court to challenge the "doctrine of necessity" when the Senate used it, but there's the chance that might be done in this case.
My prayer is that the governor should release a statement in which he accepts the decision of the state assembly.
Delafruita: there is currently no state executive council.so the first option is a tad impossible.however,for the second option,that will be a longdrawn war that will definitely drag on to the next elections.i believe you know what section 188 requires.its best for the people of taraba if the decision of the house of assembly is abided by
1) There are two State Executive Councils. The Acting Governor appointed one Council which was dissolved by the Governor. The Governor then appointed another council (I'll show you the video in a minute).
2) There will be a long drawn out war, not matter what happens (except the governor dies). There will be a legal battle over which executive council is legal. There will be a battle over the impeachment (if there's one). There will be a battle over the interpretation of section 188 because it is being interpreted loosely and this has implications for the checks and balance system between the executive and the legislature. So there will be a battle.
I agree with you that the constitution requires further amendment. I felt that way when the Yar'Adua amendment was introduced. Although I realised that Ewa Henshaw's proposal was open to abuse, I also felt that the president should not be allowed to resume office until a medical panel (which will include his doctor) has certified him fit to resume.
In fact, many people are saying that he is not fit to resume, but the truth is that we don't know this for sure, only a medical panel can establish whether he is ok or not.
There are two options for those that want to remove him.
1) The Executive Council of The State should pass a resolution (I predict that this will be the next legal battle: which council is the legal one, the governor's or the deputy governor's).
2) The House of Assembly should impeach him for gross negligence (endangering the people by trying to rule when he is not able to rule).
Delafruita: I am aware of the amendment in question.however,the amendment doesn't dictate how long the acting governor is top remaion in acting capacity and I doubt the framers of the amwendment intend that the acting capacity continue in perpetuity.the house of assembly has given its verdict and much as I agree with it,I disagree with the process.governor suntai is free to approach the courts for an interpretation
It states that the acting governor stops acting when the governor transmits a letter to the speaker that he is back and ready to resume duties. Ewa Henshaw wanted a time limit included, but that was defeated. The governor has now transmitted a letter stating that he is back and ready to resume duties.
Sidajili: Well researched. The smart ones should be able to connect a few dots together... take a closer look...
This thread is meant to be Technical and informative to the technology savvy nairalanders. Anybody can be interested in technology even if its not Their discipline. we have lawyers cutting balsa wood and building airframes... and guys, It's just a discussion... And in that spirit, If u have something, bring it to the table. If you have nothing, come to the table, listen and learn. We are networking via this thread and not self promoting...
It was the colour of the plane on the right of your first picture that made me suspicious, then "Wow! He looks so much darker! What happened?".
[size=14pt]Enugu deserves better from Governor Chime[/size]
2013-02-04 23:00:03
THE inexplicable absence of Sullivan Chime from his duty post as Governor of Enugu State since September 19, 2012 has shown clearly that Nigeria's politicians have yet to learn any tangible lesson from our recent unfortunate history. It shouldn't be so. The current debacle in the state has put governance in abeyance, a sign that leadership in Nigeria is uncaring about the people it represents. No state should be experiencing this kind of uncertainty at a time when the need for focused leadership to drive the pace of development in every part of the country has become more glaring.
One had thought that politicians would have learnt from a similar fiasco at the national level in 2009/2010 when the late President Umaru Yar'Adua travelled to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment without handing over to his then deputy and current President, Goodluck Jonathan. That action by Yar'Adua, who had been frequently travelling overseas for medical treatment since he assumed office in May 2007, created a serious constitutional crisis and a vacuum in governance.
The Yar'Adua case however set a precedent as federal legislators were forced to amend Sections 145 and 190 of the 1999 Constitution, which had before then been ambiguous on the absence or incapacitation of the president or a governor. Today, Section 190 subsection 1 is clear on what should be done when a chief executive is missing in action. It states, "Whenever the Governor is proceeding on vacation or is otherwise unable to discharge the functions of his office, he shall transmit a written declaration to the Speaker of the House of Assembly to that effect, and until he transmits to the Speaker of the House of Assembly a written declaration to the contrary, the Deputy Governor shall perform the functions of the Governor as Acting Governor."
Although Chime officially transmitted a letter to the Enugu State House of Assembly, he only wrote to the effect that he would be away on his "accumulated leave for six weeks." The vacation period expired in October 2012. That the governor has been away since November 2012 without following the due process is tantamount to dereliction of duty. His reported plan to return "in the next few days" is immaterial now. There is a process that should follow in law since Chime has been holding Enugu people to ransom for three months without explanation. There is no justification for the absence of the governor.
The excuse that the Deputy Governor, Sunday Onyebuchi, has been holding the fort for Chime is untenable in a modern society that has codified laws to tackle this kind of aberrant behaviour in high office. Enugu is not the personal fiefdom of Chime; the state belongs to all its 3.26 million citizens. One individual - governor or not - cannot keep all these stakeholders in the Enugu Project in a perpetual state of suspense with no tangible explanation as to his whereabouts for this long.
Chime has taken the people of Enugu State for a ride for too long. His shenanigans should no longer be tolerated. To give the people of Enugu the representation they voted for - and deserve - the state House of Assembly should immediately begin the process of declaring the deputy governor as the acting governor. The House can do this by citing Section 190 subsection 2 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which states, "In the event that the Governor is unable or fails to transmit the written declaration mentioned in subsection (1) of this section within 21 days, the House of Assembly shall, by a resolution made by a simple majority of the vote of the House, mandate the Deputy Governor to perform the functions of the office of the Governor as Acting Governor, until the Governor transmits a letter to the Speaker that he is now available to resume his functions as Governor."
With this, it is clear to every governor that he can't just abandon his duty post without recourse to laid down rules. This is not to say that a state governor can't take ill or go abroad for treatment - as it is being rumoured about Chime - but he must have the public interest at heart by handing over properly, and returning to office the same way when his holiday is over.
The official pretence in Enugu that the affairs of the state are going on well in the absence of Chime, a Peoples Democratic Party governor in his second term, holds no water. The governor's action offends the sensibilities of all right thinking people. The ordinary people in the state should make their feelings known publicly about the shenanigans going on in the state since all of them have a stake.
The spate of absentee chief executives must be curbed. We must build stronger democratic institutions and values, not merely the adoption of democratic forms or a facade democracy. Chime should not be allowed to get away with this, even if he returns to his duty post today. He must be made to answer - and pay - for the period he absconded from duty through appropriate sanctions. That is the only way to stop the crudity of personalising public office in the country.
Politics › Re: Pictures Of Ibadan In The 60s (from Skyscraper City) by naptu2: 11:36am On Aug 31, 2013
