₦airaland Forum

donphilopus:
A non-northerner can never be made the Minister of FCT, just like the same way a Northerner can never be made the Minister of Petroleum (save military regime)!

Contrary to this your assertions, a none Northerner has been an FCT Minister and Notherners have been Petroleum Ministers

These Igbo people! From Lagos, they are going to FCT now! Gbagyi chiefs are not sleeping o!

If this is true, they will vomit them when the change agent is sworn in.

deolaj:
if you are in abuja and then u talk like one who just step foot in abuja its a pity..kubwa express road is said to be one of the best roads in Nigeria if not the best u knw he truth

I think I should rather pity you for your ignorance. So because Kubwa Express is so beautiful and the best, it was concieved and awarded by this present FCT administration? Check history books or google it to know how and when the Kubwa Express(ONEX) and the Airport Road were awarded. I think I know more of Abuja more than you think you know.

deolaj:
we are all talking like FCT minister never did anything, first who championed the construction abuja-kaduna railway he did, because of his investor friendly policies abuja attracted over 1.8tn in investments just to mention a few.Biko @nickxtra give us a break

Nobody is saying the Minister did not try his best, but not to credit you are giving him above other previous ministers. The Railway project is a Federal Government bankrolled project. You talk of the FCT light rail project, which was started right from the Obasanjo regime

johnnege:
@nickxtra then how come about the massive infrastructural development most esp housing?

Who is building these houses? Ok, you think it is the FCT Ministry? These houses are built by private developers for those who can afford them. Check round these housing Estates, how many can you afford to rent per year, let alone buying one? It would have been understandable if these houses had 'human face' for the average residents of the FCT.

kay1one2:
I mean some land had been occupied by locals claiming "son of the soil" and farming. They were given other options in other places freeing land in places like apo village.

How many of these options have been fulfilled by FCT administration? Are you aware of how Dutse market was demolished just to give it to a 'big madam' of the FCT, who has built and erected structures there which the original shop owners cannot afford? How many garri and yam seller can afford a shop which they have put at over 400 thousand naira? Go to Dutse market and you will discover that the market was 'forcefully' taken over from the poor market women and men to give to the elite and where do these monies go to? Can you still remember how the administration extort money which was going into private pockets of some privileged individuals in the name of parking fees? Pls, do your research and let me know

deolaj:
@nickxtra were you defrauded by anybody? loool go and do your research well or come down to the FCT and see for your self housing in the FCT is so much better roads are very plyable go to kubwa,lugbe,kuje etc and see for yourself

Housing by who and for who? By private developers for a few elite, right? You amaze me if a one lane road at Kuje, and the long awarded roads in kubwa are what you count as your Minister's achievement. These facts were brought to the fore by a journalist and you and I know what the Minister did to him just to initimidate and silence him.

kay1one2:
The "land swap" is the reason whh some land is now available in abj for sale. A.y.a flyovers got a boost during his tenure. Still don't trust politicians though.

How do mean? So the lands have been non existent? How many average Nigerians can get a genuine land allocation from the F.C.T?

johnnege:
@nickxtra come to think of it lets forget about sentiments and face facts, all his precedessors tried but his is doing better. In who's administration has housing been the major area of concern? Sen. Bala Muhammed and yet u still say land swap initiative was a fraud

Pls, even the FCT administration itself that started the land swap projects have started shipping blame on the near failure of the initiatives particularly on the Dallas Carraway District, to the private investors and the indigenes. Pls read the nation or daily trust newspaper of 13/04/15

amara45:
@nickxtra i guess u are not in abuja thats u have the guts to say such a thing if he has not done enough how come he is the longest severing FCT minister get your findings right before u make such comments next time

Oga, he is the longest serving FCT Minister because he is a 'loyal' man, who has always been doing the biddings of his employers.

Multichoice must not get away with this. The appropriate authorities must get them to face the law. Importantly is that they have base whatsoever to increase their subscription rates. If they must increase their suscription, then it must be in prepaid format as obtainable in other climes.

But tell the Minister that the land swap initiative was a fraud. Ask him how many roads has initiated and completed? All the major roads projects going on around FCT and the railway projects were all started by his precedessors.

Why May 29 and must they make it public? This NSA self!

XBLadez:
I just love the way Rivers people treated Amaechi's fuckup

And don't forget that Amaechi is going to the National level as a big player there. It is just a matter of time, these people will come begging Amaechi to join him in APC. Just watch and see!

Rising to go and rescue her father

Funnicator:
you don't know it is a state? You must have been sleeping since 1999. Or perhaps you are ignorant and don't travel. Smh.

I know it is, just am lost how the state has been left behind over the years in terms of development, afterall, some comments depict it as one of the most backward states in Nigeria.

Ebonyi? Sorry, who were party candiates? Don't know Ebonyi is still a state in Nigeria. The state is so anonymous

bokohalal:
Dumbo, is oil a criterion for belonging to a geographical grouping? Anyway, Edo State has crude oil.

pls tell the the Ashi kolo my damned. Asokoromadam my foot.

You could still have been recoommended for the post of EFCC, but you can't be again, because you have compromised your hard earned reputation by allowing PDP thieves to contribute resources to your electioneering campaign. How can you fight them again when you are given the position?

GodMode:
Lagos is the smallest state in Nigeria occupied by the largest population in Nigeria.

Lagos is not a big state.

Oga, in developmental indices, you use population and not how big the landmass is. Thats why you regard Nigeria as the biggest economy or market in Africa, not because of it landmass, which cannot be compared to the size of countries like Sudan, etc

FlyboyZee:
I beg to disagree please.

I have owned 2 Nissan cars in the past. One was a 2.0L '99 Primera SE, while the other was a 1.8L '05 Almera Tino, both were automatic. The two cars had one characteristic in common. They were both sluggish from start, especially in second gear. I thought it was the transmission that was bad in the Primera and was a bit worried. I even opened a thread here on NL to see if anyone could help then.

https://www.nairaland.com/885475/need-new-gear-box-1999

But, I later found out that its a Nissan thing when I observed same thing in the Almera Tino. A friend of mine who owns both a Nissan Xterra and Rogue was arguing that I was wrong until he took my '01 2.0L European Honda Accord for a spin, ever since then he has come to agree that Nissan cars are sluggish from start but begins to perform very well when they shift into 3rd in Nissan cars with A/T.

I am not saying all Nissan cars are like that o! Because I know they have performance/muscle/sports cars which I haven't had the opportunity to drive. But, for production passenger cars, I prefer me an Honda. They have got good acceleration from start which is something I look forward to in any car I'm behind the wheels. I like to rev the car to the max before it shifts gears and all the Nissan cars I've driven don't cut it for me.

No wonder! Am experiencing slow start or acceleration with my Nissan Primera Auto. Thought it was a problem till you are explaining it now. Am experiencing same with my Nissan Primers now. Did you get yours fixed?

siraj1402:
Hummmmm.1st female governor in Taraba means we gonna have the office of the first man.Lolz

Meanwhile,
What a time to be alive ,first female gov in Nigeria, Oyo incumbent jinx broken, first incumbent president lost.

I don't think that woman is still married o. Except if the former husband will come back to reconcile with her

Who will even accept a betrayer in his house?

Osyxcel:
LMAO... This man na clown.... chai!

Irrational comment from you. Wise up!

Mogidi:
APC is dead in Edo state, enough of the dwarf governor and his cronies at house of assembly.

You must be out of this world

Animal in human skin!

Accusing APC of what they did in Rivers State at the Presidential elections

Happy Birthday sir. My only mesage to you is that you said a bag of cement has been reduced to 1000 Naira, yet we are still buying it for 2000 Naira! why na?

fhranciz:
Who are those who say lagos state does not get allocation from the federal government

Nobody said so. Compare a big state like Lagos and Bayelsa of even Akwa Ibom, you will see that Lagos works better with their Federal allocations

sauceny:
Akwa ibom is the only state i could say used theirs judiciously...

What is your measurement of the usage ofr 8 years? Imagine what 260 billion Naira multiply by 8 years can do if well utilized. This aside their share from Excess crude account, ecological fund and their internal generated revenue.

Akwa Ibom recieves the highest allocation in Nigeriam! No wonder Gov. Akpabio does anything he likes and talks like a spoilt and an uncontrollable child.