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Shortly after President Shagari eventually took office, he met with senior military officials.  They expressed the wish that the President retain the defence portfolio, rather than appoint a civilian defence minister.  He refused, and decided instead to appoint Mathematics Professor Iya Abubakar as civilian Defence Minister. Iya was, like Ribadu in the first republic, a Fulani from Adamawa.  For reasons that have never been clarified, however, Shagari took over the defence portfolio from Professor Iya Abubakar in October 1982, a move that the opposition interpreted as preparatory to using the military for partisan purposes.  After winning a second term, Shagari then appointed Alhaji Akanbi Oniyangi, a lawyer and businessman from Ilorin as his second Defence minister.   Shagari did not, however, appoint Ministers of State for individual services as had existed in the first republic.  He also agreed for the psychological satisfaction of the military, to wear military uniform anytime he was performing purely military state functions.  This had also been the practice of President Nnamdi Azikiwe back in the first republic.  It may have been a colonial tradition with roots in the quasi-military heritage of most British Governors General.

Symphony007: the british monarch is commander in chief and is entitled to wear a military uniform because all british monarchs served in the army. You don't see the prime minister wearing military uniform.

raytony: *Clears eyes*. Who I dey see for military uniform so? Don't think I have ever seen that in other countries.

Jarus: Oh, knew him as a football analyst, never knew he laid his hands on live TV match commentating.

firestar: -Yua head no korret sam-sammmm!
-E be like say yu deaf for eye
-No mind am, im no dey hear for aftanoon.
-Q.Shey yu know say you don craze finish? A. How yu come take know?

django1: Where's Naptu to come and explain to us how this will work

[size=14pt]Lagosians To Pay N20 For BRT?[/size]

08.07.2013, 10:36 Local

Lagos State Government through the state Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, regulator of the Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, will from tomorrow commence the use of e-ticketing payment as part of ongoing re-structuring of BRT's operations and management aimed at enhancing effectiveness.


Disclosing this at the weekend, Managing Director, LAMATA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, said the measure was part of a holistic plan at returning the BRT operations and experience to its once efficient and effective state when it was first launched in 2008.

Mobereola said the Lagos State Government was not unaware of the challenges that commuters using the current BRT system were experiencing, explaining that steps were currently being taken to ensure the restoration of efficient and effective service delivery on the system and increase its capacity.

According to him, the e-ticketing payment was a solution through a payment card named 'Lagos Connect,' and would offer commuters several options, saying, "with the e-payment system,Lagos Connect, commuters in Lagos will pay as low as N20 per trip instead of N70. They would not need to struggle for change or lose their money, and the system is safe and convenient.

Addressing the stakeholders which included commuters, dealers, management of the sponsoring organisations - Skye Bank, Eco Bank; staff and management of E-Purse, operators of BRT and Bus Franchise Scheme (BFS) and the media, Dr. Mobereola explained that the e-ticketing platform was scalable disclosing that it would be extended to rail services when the rail project is completed.

Deputy Director of Public Transport/Bus Services, LAMATA, Dr. Desmond Amiegbebhor, while giving an overview of the e-ticketing pilot phase/implementation plans said the provision and implementation of an e-ticketing system is the suggested solution to the challenges associated with the present paper/manual ticketing system.

Explaining the concept of e-ticketing, Amiegbebhor said the system is a global fare payment technology embraced by all significant transport organisation and bus operating company in the developed countries of the world including BRT implementing nations such as Transmilenio in Bogota, Columbia; Curitiba in Brazil; and Ahmadabad in India. He said the application of the e-ticketing system has been proven to be a success in these countries.

After series of meetings, deliberations and consultations with the various strategic stakeholders, he said the conclusion was made that the BRT and BFS schemes have the capacity to embrace the e-ticketing system.

On the implementation plans, Amiegbebhor said the e-ticketing system will be implemented on BRT: Mile 12 - CMS and BFS: Maryland - Ikotun/Iyana Ipaja/Igando corridor as the system will provide opportunity for service integration between BRT and BFS.

Speaking further, he said the new system will various advantages to commuters, operators and all other stakeholders involved.

For the commuters, the new ticketing system would shortened transaction times at the various terminal and bus-stops, reduce cash handling for commuters, create opportunity for discounted bus fares, provide avenue for transport budget for regular users and create a feel for automated fare system.

For the operators, the system would reduce cash pilferage, checkmate ticket recycling and fake ticket, reduce the volume of paper tickets on hands by bus officer, and create operational decorum during boarding and alighting.

[b]Under the pilot implementation phase, 30 BRT and 10 BRF buses have been installed with the e-ticketing validators while 150 test personnel across regular users of both schemes have been selected through random sampling. The selected test personnel spread across civil servants, students, market women, media and monitoring team of LAMATA among others.

To further broaden the pilot scheme, selected commuters were also given empty smart cards and questionnaires to participate in the implementation.

Dr. Amiegbebhor further explained what that they are expected to do: load their card at the various terminal and shelters with designated vendor with hand held machines; check out for buses with e-ticketing pilot test stickers for boarding, tap in while boarding and tap out as soon as the journey is completed, fill the respective questionnaires and revert to the designated LAMATA officers at the various terminal/ bus stops for collation.

The submitted questionnaire is expected to be reviewed and analysed weekly by LAMATA and E-Purse for system updating.[/b]

koastar: Can't see any picture

Symphony007: i knew it was a matter of time before you arrived. Thank you for adding more info.

Henry120: You have seen the service chiefs use of the presidential planes? My claim is based on, first person accounts. Have seen them twice board from the jets.

Here are facts.....

The service chiefs also use planes in the presidential fleet.

Of course the service chiefs use military planes .

The ministers of foreign affairs use planes from the presidential fleet.

*in all cases on official assignments.

homesteady: Boy oh boy!! No wonder some people think that the president office is their birthright!!

BTW!! I really want to see that Aso rock oh!!
Is it very fine?? Very big?? Very everything??

Jona office is fine oh!! It is finer than Obama's office sef!!

Van snickers: Tried to go to the website and this popped up:

"Connection Problems
Sorry, .com could not connect, to many people using it, come back later or contact your host if this continues "

ilugunboy: Una no well....na big bros Una wan take do Center of Attraction on NL this week ba?
Let him see this thread and watch what becomes of it..

BTW...the OP or any of you here should be ready to have a thread open in your name by bros Musiwa...I can guarantee you of that...something tells me the person would be naptu2.

Jakumo: The good news is that the hammer will soon descend once more on Becomerich for this latest MAP ATTACK, but the very bad news is that the man simply cannot be killed, no matter the determination of his opponents, and the weapons they select in their futile bids to try and silence him.

Many have tried and failed to pluck the Satellite Meister out of his geo-synchronous orbit in the sky above Nairaland, simply because his Jujumotive powers are just too strong to be confronted by mere mortals, so the most pragmatic recourse remaining is for us all to hang it up and become one with his all-encompassing philosophy of Satelliteism and Mystical Mapography.  

[size=16pt]All riiiiiiise ! [/size]     Becomerich has entered the room.  Let order prevail, and PLEASE do not panic.

platinumricky: that post was awesome, please... who is the composer?

jeremiah771: this picture doesn't look real to me.

ncpat: where is the picture every body is talking about because I can`t see any picture