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He is not Nigerian. His accent and family name bear him out as Ghananian.

Has Eko Ile seen this?

Onlytruth:
Posted by: Abagworo
That gas deposit is greater than those of many countries. We ain't doing bad afterall. To God be the glory.
The glorious days of Igboland is still ahead!
We shall get there site n'ike nke chineke! 

Plus oil in the same Imo
Plus oil and gas in Abia
Plus oil and some gas in Anambra
Plus coal in Enugu
Plus all sorts of natural resources in Ebonyi
Plus the human capital in abundance
plus the zeal and resilience to make it

Little wonder Nigeria does not want to spew you from her mouth. E dey easy?

“Someone carrying trailer load of beer across federal highways to another country, and some people somewhere attacked it and destroyed the whole beer, all his earnings and living gone. Nobody said anything, and you want Nigeria to remain one?

This was an Igbo man meted with such injustice

It appears that these guys are more than 40 years late. No splitting for now, not after I have invested billions in Lagos, SW and the North. They wan claim my hard-earned property, okwa ya?

Boko Haram: Northern Christians talk tough, advocate that Nigeria should split
From NOAH EBIJE, Kaduna

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Apparently worried over the menace of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has advocated that Nigeria should split.



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Addressing a press conference yesterday, the Secretary General of the Northern (CAN), Elder Saidu Dogo, said the division of the country was necessary in view of the unabated killings and wanton destruction of property, particularly in the northern region by the Boko Haram.

Although the CAN scribe did not say how many parts the country should be divided into, he simply said if one section of the country did not want wholesome togetherness, everybody should go his own way, even as he expressed optimism that the sect would one day fizzle out.

He recalled that CAN was principally founded in 1964 to stop an interest group in the North opposed to the expansion of Christianity in the region, adding that the recent call by former minister, Prof. Jibri Aminu for the disbandment of CAN had justified the fear of Christians that some non-Christians did not want Christianity to thrive in the region.

Dogo also alleged that there was no Christian group in the country that was marginalized as those in the North, citing inability of northern Christians to clinch juicy jobs in public service allegedly because of their religious background.

He also accused former inspector generals of police of not helping in checkmating clandestine activities of criminals and the Boko Haram over the years through informants:

“If Nigerians are serious, then from here, we have to move forward, call a spade a spade, and move Nigeria forward. If we want to stay together, let’s stay, if not, everybody should go his own way. We cannot continue this way with this type of killings and so on and so forth. Some people do not want Nigeria to stay as one; It is important that this marginalization must stop.

“If you know what CAN stands for, CAN was formed in 1964, and why was it formed in 1964? There was an attempt to actually stop the expansion of Christianity in the North and Christians in the North decided that if we don’t unite and speak with one voice; we will be run over. So, all the Christians denominations decided to unite, forged ahead and formed this united body, so that they would be in a position to defend Christians in the North. If you look at it now, all these talks about indigenes, non-indigenes in Plateau State, people are just playing to the gallery.

“If you go to Katsina, Sokoto, Kano you have indigenes who are Hausa/Fulani, they have no other town, no other local government. They are being discriminated, they cannot be commissioner, they cannot contest for local government chairmanship because they are Christians. It is the Muslims in the North who started trouble in Nigeria, most especially in the North, the records are there.

“Someone carrying trailer load of beer across federal highways to another country, and some people somewhere attacked it and destroyed the whole beer, all his earnings and living gone. Nobody said anthing, and you want Nigeria to remain one?

“Let me tell you, believe you me, Boko Haram will fizzle away, our population is not up to America’s population, but as soon as the 9/11 incident happened, they put in place all mechanism, toady you cannot go to America and terrorize them.

“What is our population compared to America? Look at the amount of money we are having in this country, we are in the position in this country that even if a fly comes to any local government in Nigeria you will know. If we are determined to fight insecurity in this country, we will do it. But the issue is that, because of massive corruption, if you vote billions of naira for security, it will go into private pockets. Nobody will give any information. Anybody can cross from Niger, Chad illegally to Nigeria and have all he wanted and go free whereas individuals are stockpiling this money and taking them away.

“Honestly, if we have a government that is serious both at the state and the national levels, I am telling you that this crisis can be checkmated. This thing was done before, so I just want to tell you that if there is determination by the government, this thing can be checkmated by the government; if the United States and other countries have done it, why not Nigeria?

“There are elements of truth in what the former inspector general of police, Sunday Ehindero said recently that police intelligence unit is obsolete to withstand Boko Haram because when E-Department was cancelled and National Security Organisation (NSO) which is now the State Security Services (SSS), it was no longer effective.

“When the police had the E-Department, it was purely confined to intelligence gathering for the police force which work hand in hand with Criminal Investigation Department (CID), so in any place, you have any problem, even before the problem comes, the commissioner of police, the DPOs in that locality will know exactly what is happening, and within a shortest time, trouble will be curtailed, and the ability of anybody to cause problem will not be there.

“And let me tell you this, Boko Haram does not have the type of ability to bomb people outside the initial place where they were initiated, that is Maiduguri, Borno State. There are people who are actually using this opportunity to operate under Boko Haram. Boko Haram does not have the ability to do what they are doing, people know them and those who are sponsoring them. Thank God some of them have been arrested. Government can fish out all the Boko Haram members if it is determined, and that will be the way of stamping them out.”

http://odili.net/news/source/2011/dec/14/506.html

For the NDA to be named after OJUKWU is preferable, after all he was one of the finest and most educated in the military and the NDA is about education. The name UNN should be left intact. It depicts Zik, the founder of UNN, as the foremost Nigerian and places Nsukka nay Igboland in the forefront of Nigeria.

Fake voice over in video, obviously
Check his lip movement against the sound.

In Abia, 400 communities seek World Bank fund for projects

NO fewer than 400 rural communities in Abia State have applied for their respective projects’ funding from the World Bank.

The projects are in collaboration with Abia State Agency for Community and Social Development Project (ACSDP).

The funding would enable them execute their chosen projects, which included water, electricity, VIP toilets, classroom blocks, civic and health centres.

Under this programme, 59 communities have received N153 million directly between last quarter of 2010 and now.

The Guardian gathered that the minimum and maximum costs of the communities’ chosen projects would be N2.3 million and N9 million respectively.

A Mid Term Project Review meeting was held in Umuahia recently at the Kolping Conference Centre for the Communities’ Project Management Committee members, Local Government Areas Committee Members, staff of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, representatives of the academia, town unions executives, among others.

Speaking at the meeting, the Executive Secretary of the State Planning Commission, Mrs. Uloma Uruakpa, on behalf of the people of the state, thanked the World Bank for partnering the state in the task of uplifting the socio-economic condition of the rural poor, the youth, women and the vulnerable group.

Represented by Okezie Ezeigbo, the Executive Secretary who is also the Permanent Secretary in the state’s civil service, said that the state government resolved to sustain this community-driven development project and described the mid term review exercise as a forum for stakeholders to bring to the fore, the challenges encountered, give insight to new ideas, lessons learnt and the way forward.

“The review is an assessment or appraisal of the project effectiveness or otherwise that would determine whether or not to restructure some steps in the process that will make for improvement in the implementation to ensure sustainability” said the executive secretary.

The ACSDP General Manager, Chinatu Njoku, said that since the project took-off effectively in April 2009, over 60 Community Development Projects (CDPs) had been approved. And that 59 communities had been trained and funded while 33 micro-projects have been completed and were already in use with 43 others on-going even as over 400 applications for funding were receiving attention

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70578:in-abia-400-communities-seek-world-bank-fund-for-projects&catid=31:business&Itemid=562

http://www.copengroup.org/products/construction.html

The houses in question when under construction. I really dig Enugu.

Developer commissions N777m estates in Enugu

Homes & Property Tuesday, December 13, 2011

By McPhilips Nwachukwu

Nigeria's built environment recorded a very significant stride in the quest to addressing the nation's 16 million huge housing deficit as Enugu State based estate management firm COPEN Services Limited, last week commissioned and delivered 180 housing units at Goshen and Jubilee Estates, Ogui Nike Community in the state.



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The 777 million Naira project built, commissioned and delivered at the record time of eight months was a novelty in the quest for a solution to the huge housing deficit afflicting the country as a result of government's inability to provide housing fund for developers.

Apart from the fact that the community of Ogui Nike collaborated with COPEN, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria FMBN, through its Estate Development Loan Scheme provided the required funding that facilitated the actualisation of the project.

The commissioning of the estates brought together known players in the built environment sector as well as corporate and government establishments including; representative of Real Estate Development Association of Nigeria REDAN, Chief Bode Afolayan, Minister for Housing, Land &Urban Development, Ms Amal Pepple, Bishop of Amazing Love Assembly, Amaechi Nwachukwu and Managing Director of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Gimba Ya'U Kumo.

The Chairman/CEO of COPEN Services Limited, Rev Ugochukwu Chime, a surveyor, noted that that it was only through the kind of collaboration COPEN entered with the Ogui community that the housing need of most states will be addressed. Apart from that, he said, such venture projects will also open up such communities for other viable economic projects.

"Our partnership with the Ogui Nike community is a testimony to the possibilities and benefits that can accrue to any community when progressive minded communities synergise with the private sector to accelerate development efforts.

"At the commencement of this project last year, a plot of land was sold in this layout for an average of two hundred naira only, Today through our value engineering and the value adding activities inherent in this project, the average price for the same plot of land is now three million naira, (3,000,000), he said.

Minister of Housing, Labour & Urban Development, Ms Amal Pepple noted the importance of housing in the Federal government's transformation agenda as contained in both the Millennium Development Goal and Vision 2020 .

According to her," when you give an individual shelter, you give him dignity."

The Minister further enjoined Nigerian developers to emulate COPEN Services by building houses for low income Nigerians, even as they strive to help government actualise the target of one million houses every year if the country should address her huge housing deficit.

The financiers of the project, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria also commended the professional efficiency of COPEN Services. Speaking on behalf of the bank, its Managing Director, Ya'U Kumo stated that " COPEN has recorded a giant stride in the establishment of housing estates in Enugu. He added that " it completed this magnanimous feat in eight months against the expected 24 months."

As a result of this achievement, the bank awarded a certificate of commendation to the estate developer, COPEN for completion of job in a record time.

Goshen and Jubilee Estates consist of one hundred and eighty units of housing comprising 148 three- bedroom bungalows, and 32 apartments. They are the second and third Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria sponsored Estate Development Loan projects to be completed in the South East of Nigeria, the first being, Bethel Estate, also developed by COPEN.

http://odili.net/news/source/2011/dec/13/310.html

Obi= modest man= modest achievements

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

13 years after, Abia ceramic plant set for re-commissioning
From Gordi Udeajah, Umuahia


Thirteen years after it was shut-down, the Modern Ceramics Industries Ltd (MOCERAM), Umuahia, in Abia State, has been re-packaged for re-commissioning on January 30, 2009, under a ceremony to be performed by Vice President Goodluck Jonathan.

The company, which was established in the 60's by the government of the defunct Eastern Region, under the premiership of late Dr Micheal Okpara, was handed over by the Abia State government to UCL Resources and Investments Ltd (UCL), Umuahia on May 9, 2003 and now called UCL-Modern Ceramics Industries Limited (UCL-MOCERAM).

Under the present arrangement, UCL owns 80 per cent, Abia State government five per cent, with the remaining 15 per cent reserved for undisclosed investors.

Addressing journalists at the factory on Tuesday, the Promoter of UCL-MOCERAM and Catholic Bishop of Umuahia Diocese, Dr Licius Ugorji, said that an Italian technical partner called FUCELLI-BRUNO was engaged for the rehabilitation, adding that with the modern technology now installed, the factory will on re-commissioning on January 30, under the first phase, begin production of floor, wall and roof tiles.

He also said that under phases two, three and four, electrical insulators; pottery; table; and sanitary wares; ceramic pipes; clay bricks; concrete slabs and blocks; artificial and construction stones; and other ceramic products will be added to the product line.

According to Ugorji, the factory will manufacture 2,500 square metres of tiles per day, which output is also flexible as capacity for additional output for up to 10,000 square metres per day for both glazed and unglazed tiles are inbuilt, adding that N3.2 billion is UCL''s estimated commitment in phase one at no extra cost to the state government, which intervened by providing a 1000 (33/415) KVA electric transformer.

"Although, we have gone this far, there is no doubt that we still operate within the environment we have found ourselves. Apart from sourcing for scarce funds, poor public power and energy have been posing serious inhibitions to the economic emancipation of Abia state and Nigeria in general.

"We therefore pray that UCL-MOCERAM will return to its former position as a hub of economic activity for this nation and beyond."

According to the company's managing director, Reverend Father Micheal Okoronkwo, who was present during the press interaction, the factory's present 200 workforce will increase from February after the re-commissioning excercise.

The factory, it was gathered, was distressed during the civil war, reactivated in 1972 but collapsed and shut-down in 1996 due to, problem of obsolete technology, vandalisation and destruction of the major components of the production lines during the successive military era.

^^^^^
In addition to the fact that the govt cannot run anything. Those companies should be sold at give away prizes to Igbo private investors with a mandate to resuscitate them within a specified period of time. I hear the Catholic church in Umuahia (or so) and some Italy-based persons are running the refurbished MOCERAM.

Some of the industries that have been abandoned in Enugu, Imo , Ebonyi, Abia and Anambra states include Niger Gas, Niger Steel, Nkalagu Cement Industries, Avutu Poultry Farms Ltd, Enugu Petroleum Depot, Sunrise Flour Mills, Modern Ceramics, Anambra Vegetable Oil Company of Nigeria (AVOC) and Golden Guinea Breweries Plc among others.

I hear that MOCERAM and Golden Guinea Breweries are back to life. Can anyone in Umuahia confirm this?

THAT industries in Enugu State are moribund is no longer news. Indeed, it is not only in the Coal City that industries are in comatose, but across the entire South-East geo-political zone.

The same above can completely be said of other regions but I'll keep the thread focused on the SE. What do you think about the article, SE folks? What is (are) the missing gap(s) that need(s) to be filled to regain the impetus?

South-East’s Industries: Any Ray Of Hope?



Saturday, 10 December 2011


JUDE OSSAI takes a panoramic look at the moribund industries in the South East that earned the region the sobriquet ‘Japan of Africa’ in the 60s, submitting that their revitalisation might just be the answer to the problems of unemployment and crime in the region.

THAT industries in Enugu State are moribund is no longer news. Indeed, it is not only in the Coal City that industries are in comatose, but across the entire South-East geo-political zone.

In the mid 80s, many industries blossomed with companies like the Anambra State Manufacturing Company (ANMAMCO) and Emene Flour Mill at their peak.

But regrettably, the once-thriving industries in the state are now moribund with the blame on the unfriendly attitude of the successive governments in the state.

It was learnt that the government’s multiple taxation and the poor patronage of their products to outright abandonment have been largely attributed to the problems of these industries.

In the 1960s, Chief Michael Okpara, premier of the defunct Eastern Region, had laid a solid foundation upon which the economy of the region stood without mineral resources. The economy of the region grew at a geometrical rate than many African, Asian and Central European countries.

Due to the strength of the economy of the region then, many concluded that it could actualise Nigeria ‘s long-held desire to be among the most industrialised countries in the world.

The conclusion followed the presence of many manufacturing industries and farm settlements in the areas that made up the region.

In fact, the visionary leadership of Chief Okpara brought the unemployment level in the South- East region low, following the presence of many industries and farm settlements.

Apart from Okpara, other leaders of the zone, including former governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo, former governor of old Imo State and Chief Sam Mbakwe, among others, established viable industries that sustained the economy of the region.

Following the abundance of viable and well-functioning industries and natural resources, the South East region was a beehive of activities, as foreigners and Nigerians trooped to buy finished and unfinished products.

The development forced many to nickname the region the “Japan of Africa” and even went ahead to predict that the economy of the zone would be better than all the economies of most developing countries in the world in the near future.

Unfortunately, the vision of the foremost leaders of the South East to make the zone the envy of all has been thrown into the dustbin of history as almost all the industries and farm settlements that made the region proud are now moribund.

They were abandoned shortly after the visionary leaders left office or went to the grave beyond. Also, the natural resources in the zone except crude oil have been abandoned.

Some of the industries that have been abandoned in Enugu, Imo , Ebonyi, Abia and Anambra states include Niger Gas, Niger Steel, Nkalagu Cement Industries, Avutu Poultry Farms Ltd, Enugu Petroleum Depot, Sunrise Flour Mills, Modern Ceramics, Anambra Vegetable Oil Company of Nigeria (AVOC) and Golden Guinea Breweries Plc among others.

Worried by the development, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) in Ebonyi, Enugu and Anambra states on May 2011 expressed concern over the inability of the South-East governments to revitalise all the moribund industries established by their predecessors in the zone to create employment opportunities and reduce crime.

Speaking with reporters recently after its annual general meeting, the chairman of MAN in the three states, Chike Obidigbo, noted that the absence of these companies in the South East zone have contributed to the unemployment problem and the rising incidence of crime in the zone.

He also lamented the unfriendly attitude of the state governments to the existing manufacturing industries in the states, ranging from government’s multiple taxation to poor patronage of their products.

In April 2011, some cement dealers in Enugu State urged the South-East governors to build new cement factories and reactivate the Nkalagu Cement Factory.

“I am appealing to South- East governors to reactivate the Nkalagu Cement Factory, which was abandoned many years ago so that people here can have access to it,”one of the cement dealers at Kenyatta Market, Mr. Oliver Asogwa, cried out. “We travel all the way to Benue and Port Harcourt to purchase cement. But if the Nkalagu Cement Factory is re-activated, it will be easier and cheaper for dealers and consumers from the zone,” he stated.

To stem the tide, some Igbo governors had, in the past years, made efforts to revive the industries, but no success was recorded.

Saturday Tribune recalled that in 1998 under the military regime, Enugu State government reportedly entered into negotiations with a renowned steel company in a bid to revitalise the Niger Steel Company Limited, Emene, which has been in comatose for some years now.

The then government was said to have disclosed that a partnership agreement between it and the management of the steel company was being worked out with technical assistance from the Russian government.

It added that the company, when restored, would be of immense benefit to the nation’s economy in terms of job creation and making steel available in view of its high demand in the country.

Also in 2000, the Federal Government reportedly made moves to revitalise the Niger Cement Factory, Nkalagu in Ebonyi State.

It was reported that negotiations were going on between the Federal Ministry of Mines and Industries and stakeholders in the company on how best to raise funds for the revitalisation.

In 2010, the current State Commissioner for Commerce and Industries, who was then the Special Adviser to Governor Sullivan Chime on Diaspora Matters, Dr. Jude Akubuilo, urged people to expect the implementation of the privatisation programme of the state government, aimed at reviving some moribund industries in the state such as the Niger Steel, Emene, Niger Gas Limited, Avop Oil, Hotel Presidential, Daily Star, among others.

Investigations revealed that little or nothing positive has come out of it as the moribund industries are yet to be revived.

However, Governor Chime has assured that the state government would continue to provide an enabling environment for investors in the state.

The state government recently announced that it was going to get about N1 billion loan from the Bank of Industry (BOI) to fund Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in parts of the state.

Chime, who spoke to reporters through his Commissioner for Information, Chuks Ugwoke, explained that with the payment of the counterpart contribution, Small and medium enterprises in the state would have better access to bank credit to help them set up businesses and even finance the expansion of their existing ones.

Indeed, the prayer of many easterrners is for the industires to come back alive to stimulate employments in the region.

http://tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/features/6058-south-easts-industries-any-ray-of-hope.html

certainly not by putting more more into the generals to appease them, or what is the money for exactly? ransome fees?

The generals are not the only ones involved in defense contracts

Arisekola Alao
Folawiyo
Rochas Okorocha
Arthu Nzeribe and I believe several northern civilians are all defense/police contractors

So you admit GEJ was lying when he claimed that Boko Haram is fast becoming a non-issue?

Texazzpete:

''Is fast becoming a non- issues'' does not mean it is now a non-issue. This budget if well implement will help make it  (fasten) a non issue

Mannyforlife:

The easiest way to tell if it is allowed by NIGERIAN culture is to conduct a referendum. You will see that 99% of Nigerians will be against it. It is not our culture, period.

In some parts of Igboland, some barren, well-to-do women marry wives for their husbands or (or if widowed and childless) marry and let the lady play around with choice men to bear them kids to perpetuate their husbands generation, similar to what Jacob's wife did in the Bible. In those Igbolands where it is practiced, this culture is as good as dead presently and is definitely not akin to the g/a/y or l/e/s/b/ian culture under discussion where men/women sleep with their kind.

manny4life:
Yeah, alien to Nigeria, please man save this "alien to Nigeria" for other threads where this issue have been flogged seriously. I'm in no doubt arguing whether there should be a law or not, I believe my point was clearly stated well. Polygamous marriage in America doesn't constitute 14years in prison, if it is, please educate me man because I like to know. Besides, they did no say "any Nigerian with more than one wife will be jailed".

Yes it is alien to Nigeria because no Nigerian culture condones it. I know there are g/a/ys and l/e/s/b/ians in Nigeria but it is generally not an open thing like in the USA where a number of states have legalized it. And yes, you will be jailed (up to 5 years) in the USA if you are[b] known to be [/b]married to more than one partner. Depending on the circumstance, it can be a misdemeanor or a felony. In Canada you also get 5 years. The mormons who still practice polygamy today in Utah did find a way to beat the law.

Shame. No Nigerian university made the first 30 in Africa, AS USUAL. All are glorified secondary schools

How would you fight Boko Haram, kidnappers, armed robbers and ritualists? With your teeth? The defense budget seems okay given the acute insecurity in the land

FCT budget should be depleted and added to Agriculture
Niger Delta budget should be left intact. Those who brew the beer need to drink it more (9 states are involved here)

What is land and housing budget? The feds have no business claiming to build houses for anyone. Land for what (okay may be for ecological disaster mitigation such as erosion, flooding and desertification)? Otherwise should be scrapped and added to Health and Science and Techhnology.

Except by ''transportation'' they mean reviving the rail system, that transportation budget should be tweaked significantly and used to augment power.

None. All of them parade half-baked graduates (read mediocres) and all have had their certificates forged by never-do wells. I will accept any in addition to, and importantly, a series of one-on-one examinations/interviews. With me, you will prove yourself, not your university.

1025:
this our FG is one of the most funny comedians of our time. an FG that cannot jail ordinary obasanjo who is from ogun state and mrs. etteh or even ibori na us citizen they wan try.
make we watch and see.

They do not even have to jail anyone. They can simply but subtly deny them entry into the country by asking for sex data in the immigration forms which can then be used against them. The last time I checked countries still have the right to whom they let in (into their country). Anyone who escapes that by lying may then be deported when caught. The west deports 100s of Nigerians on weekly basis. No biggie.

manny4life:
U.S. vs Nigeria,

I hope Nigeria is ready for the showdown including fierce retaliation from the U.S., I hope all the senators who voted should be ready as well. Ordinary citizens if jailed, U.S. will pressure Nigeria for their release, as for U.S. diplomats, that's a total ball game altogether. I hope Nigeria can survive this law because when the effect begins to kick in, I won't laugh enough.

Every country should make laws that suit their terrain. Enough of the West's meddlesomeness in other people's culture. G/a/y culture is alien to Nigeria (or at least frowned at by all Nigerian cultures). Will the West allow me to take a second wife (Nigeria-wide culture) in the USA without hurling me into jail for breaking their law? US citizens in Nigeria who are g/a/y should find a way of protecting their g/a/y[b]ness[/b] while in Nigeria, just like polygamous Nigerians in the west do. Wasn't a Nigerian ambassador nominee to the US once rejected by the US for having two or more wives?

Ejiné:
'Started'? His mates from 'The Graduation Class Of 2015' are on their final lap and he's just 'starting'? Wow, dude.

Better late than never. Plus, which of his mates? How many of them?

afam4eva:
@OP
Why didn't you take pictures like our Enugu and Lagos reporters have beein doing.

Development in Abia state seem like a clip from a hollywood movie. very fictional indeed.

The op did post some photos here. Just wonder why he is triplicating the thread.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-823246.0.html
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-823155.0.html

kasiem:
This should be moved to education

What is educational about this?

texazzpete:
I'm willing to bet that the cost of these 'projects' has been inflated 1000%!

Possibly, but hopefully you say the same for Fasola too, right?

http://tribune.com.ng/sun/news/5828-kidnapping-of-petrol-marketers-chief-osun-petrol-stations-shut-down

Kidnapping of petrol marketers’ chief: Osun petrol stations shut down

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Written by Adewale Ajayi, Osogbo Sunday, 11 December 2011
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Most petrol stations in Ile-Ife, Osogbo and some towns in Osun State have been kept under lock and key for the past three days to protest the kidnapping of the state chairman of the Independent Petrol Marketers Association,Mr Popoola Ogundoyin, who was allegedly kidnapped last Thursday night.

Mr Ogundoyin was said to have been abducted by four young men, who waylaid him in the front of his house in More area of Ile-Ife when he was returning from work.The men were said to have crossed his Toyota Camry car with the Golf car in which they came, and forced him into it, while they abandoned his car and sped off.

According to an eye witness account, his abductors were said to be armed with gun and did not remove any item from his car, including the money he kept in it.

The source added that since Mr Ogundoyin was kidnapped, nothing has been heard from his abductors, which has left his family members and business associates worried about his safety.

The source added that though his house was close to a police barracks, the police were unable to save the situation.

The refusal of petrol stations to sell fuel has forced most motorists to travel a long distance before they can buy fuel.