₦airaland Forum

Aliko Dangote is one of Nigeria’s most influential businessmen, and his recent refinery project has further increased his visibility and economic influence. But does business success automatically translate into political acceptance?
If Dangote decided to contest for President, could his reputation as an industrialist, financial capacity and experience in managing large organisations attract enough support across Nigeria’s diverse regions and political interests?
On the other hand, would Nigerians demand political experience, grassroots structures and a clear position on issues such as insecurity, unemployment, poverty and the cost of living?
If Dangote enters the 2027 race, what would determine his chances?

Your number 4 is off ....the blame is on an incompetent leader who saw what needed to be done to save the country but lacks the courage and vision to do it. Tinubu did it despite the opposition.thats what is called a leader.

nairalanda1:
1. Dangote started building his refinery under GEJ...and the government then assissted in helping him get some of the loans

2. Total loans dangote took was 20 billion dollars, out of which about 3 billion came from government. Which have since been repaid. The other loans are from banks local and international...which do not come cheap. They ain't government

3. Yes, government gave him cheap dollars, because he was building a project that would eventually provide some benefit to the economy. And probably bring in more money to the country...which is already happening as he has not only employed lots of nigerians, but is exporting crude products to other countries.

4. And if Nigerians had come out in 2012 and told the Ojota crowd to keep quiet, there would have been more domestic refineries. If Nigerians had supproted the removal of subsides in 1992/3, there would have been more refienries, and the NNPC refineries would have still been working and producing at very high capacity

5. Finally, if you work in buisness, you would sell your product at a price that keeps your business running well, and leaves you to earn money...if people like, let them call you evil. They are not you. They don't have to pay tax, maintenance costs, and salaries, and now pension payments.

6. Communist countries in the past dealt with all those 'evil' businesses and sold product at people's prices. Result...scarcity and black markets that sold product at heavily inflated prices.

All in all, am happy that we have refineries going up in nigeria, because the government removed subsides (under duress, but that's ok,sometimes hard times forces people to make sane decisions)>

I will advise that the SW states should call theirs "OLOPA" and Not Police.i.e
Lagos state OLOPA, Ondo State OLOPA Oyo State OLOPA,Ekiti State OLOPA Osun State OLOPA , and Kwara State OLOPA .

We thank God for their lives...The driver is equally wicked, when he observed that the brake could not catch up, he swerved the front passengers side to hit the mini truck. Sitting directly at the back of drivers could be the best in most cases.

OboOlora:
They know most yorubas don’t understand English 🤣

Yes ooo,99.9 % of us dont understand English. We are proud of it.hence our government have designed a service to help us.

Very good way to go.
Other countries in different continents cannot be celebrating our rich language and we will now be ignoring it...its been interpreted in foreign English language. So if you dont understand Yoruba, you should atleast understand foriegn English language.

Amenah06:
Please anyone with info on this EUROPE RECRUITMENT HUB
I got a job offer in Ireland through them and I don't know if it's a scam or not. Google is not giving much info.

Please any information about this recruitment hub?
Wanted to know if it's a scam.thanks.

To make people laugh or to make people cry which is easier...,?

MadeINchenzen2:
Actually I do

Maybe you dint see "telling lies"
Oniro oshi

Early morning pee...pee directly into her two eyes...it should be off within a week.

Kindly add me up. 07062025587.
Thanks

Sadly this is how the Nigeria economy has been dancing backward.....

The story of the fake officers of Lagos state waste basket management, that their video went viral,extorting the members of the public on the mandatory use of Lagos state waste basket by commercial and private buses.
What has Lagos government done about it?
Any arrest?
Has it been swept under the the carpet?

Reminder!

*WHAT NEXT⁉️*

*UBERBOLT SAID WE SHOULD GO AND GET BADGES AND TAGS BY OURSELVES*

*THEY SAID THEY CAN'T INCREASE OUR PRICE, INFACT, DURING THE ROUND TABLE BOLT TOLD US THEY HAVE PLAN TO REDUCE THEIR PRICE*

*COMMISSIONAL CAME ON AIR TO SUPPORT BOLT BY TELLING US TO GET THE BADGES FROM MOT, AGAINST WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING.*

*DURING THE MEETINGS WITH MOT, WE WERE TOLD THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES WHERE SHIFTED ON US BECAUSE APP COYS SAID THE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR US*

*IF GOVERNMENT IS AFRAID OF UBERBOLT, THEN WE MUST TELL BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND UBERBOLT THAT WE ARE NO MORE HELPLESS �*

*SO�*

*ON MONDAY WE ALL BE AT PROVIDENCE STREET LEKKI, PRESS MEN WILL BE ON GROUND TO COVER OUR ACTIONS*

*WE WON'T GO ONLINE ON MONDAY, WE WILL BE AT LEKKI TO SEND OUT A WARNING MESSAGE TO GOVERNMENT AND ALL APP COMPANIES*

*WE SAY NO TO BADGES AND TAGS����*

*WE SAY NO TO ROUND TABLE BRIEFINGS, WE WANT A PROPER MEETING WITH RELEVANT BODY AS ADVICED BY THE GOVERNOR���*

*WE WANT A RE-EVALUATION OF OUR PRICES���*

*WE ARE NO MORE HELPLESS, WE MUST STAND AND FIGHT ALL THESE IRREGULARITIES, WE MUST SEND A MESSAGE TO GOVERNMENT AND THE APP COMPANIES���*

*❌❌❌ NO TO TAGS�*
*❌❌❌ NO TO BADGES�*
*❌❌❌NO TO INDIVIDUAL ENGAGEMENTS*


*WE WILL SEND OUT A STRONG WARNING ON MONDAY THROUGH TV PROTEST������*


*....UNITED WE ARE STRONGER

*WHAT NEXT⁉️*

*UBERBOLT SAID WE SHOULD GO AND GET BADGES AND TAGS BY OURSELVES*

*THEY SAID THEY CAN'T INCREASE OUR PRICE, INFACT, DURING THE ROUND TABLE BOLT TOLD US THEY HAVE PLAN TO REDUCE THEIR PRICE*

*COMMISSIONAL CAME ON AIR TO SUPPORT BOLT BY TELLING US TO GET THE BADGES FROM MOT, AGAINST WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING.*

*DURING THE MEETINGS WITH MOT, WE WERE TOLD THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES WHERE SHIFTED ON US BECAUSE APP COYS SAID THE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR US*

*IF GOVERNMENT IS AFRAID OF UBERBOLT, THEN WE MUST TELL BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND UBERBOLT THAT WE ARE NO MORE HELPLESS �*

*SO�*

*ON MONDAY WE ALL BE AT PROVIDENCE STREET LEKKI, PRESS MEN WILL BE ON GROUND TO COVER OUR ACTIONS*

*WE WON'T GO ONLINE ON MONDAY, WE WILL BE AT LEKKI TO SEND OUT A WARNING MESSAGE TO GOVERNMENT AND ALL APP COMPANIES*

*WE SAY NO TO BADGES AND TAGS����*

*WE SAY NO TO ROUND TABLE BRIEFINGS, WE WANT A PROPER MEETING WITH RELEVANT BODY AS ADVICED BY THE GOVERNOR���*

*WE WANT A RE-EVALUATION OF OUR PRICES���*

*WE ARE NO MORE HELPLESS, WE MUST STAND AND FIGHT ALL THESE IRREGULARITIES, WE MUST SEND A MESSAGE TO GOVERNMENT AND THE APP COMPANIES���*

*❌❌❌ NO TO TAGS�*
*❌❌❌ NO TO BADGES�*
*❌❌❌NO TO INDIVIDUAL ENGAGEMENTS*


*WE WILL SEND OUT A STRONG WARNING ON MONDAY THROUGH TV PROTEST������*


...UNITED WE ARE STRONGER

Please recommend for a friend, your ANDROID phone ,that u have been using, that can run this Uberbolt apps without hanging and with accurate GPRS. Kindly state the SPECs. Thanks .

*WHAT NEXT⁉️*

*UBERBOLT SAID WE SHOULD GO AND GET BADGES AND TAGS BY OURSELVES*

*THEY SAID THEY CAN'T INCREASE OUR PRICE, INFACT, DURING THE ROUND TABLE BOLT TOLD US THEY HAVE PLAN TO REDUCE THEIR PRICE*

*COMMISSIONAL CAME ON AIR TO SUPPORT BOLT BY TELLING US TO GET THE BADGES FROM MOT, AGAINST WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING.*

*DURING THE MEETINGS WITH MOT, WE WERE TOLD THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES WHERE SHIFTED ON US BECAUSE APP COYS SAID THE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR US*

*IF GOVERNMENT IS AFRAID OF UBERBOLT, THEN WE MUST TELL BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND UBERBOLT THAT WE ARE NO MORE HELPLESS �*

*SO�*

*ON MONDAY WE ALL BE AT PROVIDENCE STREET LEKKI, PRESS MEN WILL BE ON GROUND TO COVER OUR ACTIONS*

*WE WON'T GO ONLINE ON MONDAY, WE WILL BE AT LEKKI TO SEND OUT A WARNING MESSAGE TO GOVERNMENT AND ALL APP COMPANIES*

*WE SAY NO TO BADGES AND TAGS����*

*WE SAY NO TO ROUND TABLE BRIEFINGS, WE WANT A PROPER MEETING WITH RELEVANT BODY AS ADVICED BY THE GOVERNOR���*

*WE WANT A RE-EVALUATION OF OUR PRICES���*

*WE ARE NO MORE HELPLESS, WE MUST STAND AND FIGHT ALL THESE IRREGULARITIES, WE MUST SEND A MESSAGE TO GOVERNMENT AND THE APP COMPANIES���*

*❌❌❌ NO TO TAGS�*
*❌❌❌ NO TO BADGES�*
*❌❌❌NO TO INDIVIDUAL ENGAGEMENTS*


*WE WILL SEND OUT A STRONG WARNING ON MONDAY THROUGH TV PROTEST������*


*....UNITED WE ARE STRONGER

Let's be careful on Oniru road, immediately the turning to Palace road,after the Redeem Church on the right, Men of Lagos State Task For will come and create artificial traffic on the right lane, one cars enters the left lane to join the road, the will block u all, just spilled out #60k.
That's the Nigeria we are.

*WHAT NEXT⁉️*

*UBERBOLT SAID WE SHOULD GO AND GET BADGES AND TAGS BY OURSELVES*

*THEY SAID THEY CAN'T INCREASE OUR PRICE, INFACT, DURING THE ROUND TABLE BOLT TOLD US THEY HAVE PLAN TO REDUCE THEIR PRICE*

*COMMISSIONAL CAME ON AIR TO SUPPORT BOLT BY TELLING US TO GET THE BADGES FROM MOT, AGAINST WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING.*

*DURING THE MEETINGS WITH MOT, WE WERE TOLD THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES WHERE SHIFTED ON US BECAUSE APP COYS SAID THE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR US*

*IF GOVERNMENT IS AFRAID OF UBERBOLT, THEN WE MUST TELL BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND UBERBOLT THAT WE ARE NO MORE HELPLESS �*

*SO�*

*ON MONDAY WE ALL BE AT PROVIDENCE STREET LEKKI, PRESS MEN WILL BE ON GROUND TO COVER OUR ACTIONS*

*WE WON'T GO ONLINE ON MONDAY, WE WILL BE AT LEKKI TO SEND OUT A WARNING MESSAGE TO GOVERNMENT AND ALL APP COMPANIES*

*WE SAY NO TO BADGES AND TAGS����*

*WE SAY NO TO ROUND TABLE BRIEFINGS, WE WANT A PROPER MEETING WITH RELEVANT BODY AS ADVICED BY THE GOVERNOR���*

*WE WANT A RE-EVALUATION OF OUR PRICES���*

*WE ARE NO MORE HELPLESS, WE MUST STAND AND FIGHT ALL THESE IRREGULARITIES, WE MUST SEND A MESSAGE TO GOVERNMENT AND THE APP COMPANIES���*

*❌❌❌ NO TO TAGS�*
*❌❌❌ NO TO BADGES�*
*❌❌❌NO TO INDIVIDUAL ENGAGEMENTS*


*WE WILL SEND OUT A STRONG WARNING ON MONDAY THROUGH TV PROTEST������*


...UNITED WE ARE STRONGER

*WHAT NEXT⁉️*

*UBERBOLT SAID WE SHOULD GO AND GET BADGES AND TAGS BY OURSELVES*

*THEY SAID THEY CAN'T INCREASE OUR PRICE, INFACT, DURING THE ROUND TABLE BOLT TOLD US THEY HAVE PLAN TO REDUCE THEIR PRICE*

*COMMISSIONAL CAME ON AIR TO SUPPORT BOLT BY TELLING US TO GET THE BADGES FROM MOT, AGAINST WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING.*

*DURING THE MEETINGS WITH MOT, WE WERE TOLD THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES WHERE SHIFTED ON US BECAUSE APP COYS SAID THE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR US*

*IF GOVERNMENT IS AFRAID OF UBERBOLT, THEN WE MUST TELL BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND UBERBOLT THAT WE ARE NO MORE HELPLESS �*

*SO�*

*ON MONDAY WE ALL BE AT PROVIDENCE STREET LEKKI, PRESS MEN WILL BE ON GROUND TO COVER OUR ACTIONS*

*WE WON'T GO ONLINE ON MONDAY, WE WILL BE AT LEKKI TO SEND OUT A WARNING MESSAGE TO GOVERNMENT AND ALL APP COMPANIES*

*WE SAY NO TO BADGES AND TAGS����*

*WE SAY NO TO ROUND TABLE BRIEFINGS, WE WANT A PROPER MEETING WITH RELEVANT BODY AS ADVICED BY THE GOVERNOR���*

*WE WANT A RE-EVALUATION OF OUR PRICES���*

*WE ARE NO MORE HELPLESS, WE MUST STAND AND FIGHT ALL THESE IRREGULARITIES, WE MUST SEND A MESSAGE TO GOVERNMENT AND THE APP COMPANIES���*

*❌❌❌ NO TO TAGS�*
*❌❌❌ NO TO BADGES�*
*❌❌❌NO TO INDIVIDUAL ENGAGEMENTS*


*WE WILL SEND OUT A STRONG WARNING ON MONDAY THROUGH TV PROTEST������*


*....UNITED WE ARE STRONGER*

Thank you for choosing to drive and earn with Bolt.

As you may have heard in the news, the Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Transport recently provided a detailed list of requirements for ride-hailing companies and drivers to meet in order to continue operating in Lagos.

Our team has continued ongoing engagement with the regulators on behalf of drivers to ensure that the final rules are not disruptive to your ability to continue to earn with your car. We continue to pursue these discussions to gain further clarity on the revised requirements and ensure that all drivers can easily obtain all additional documents now required to drive and earn in Lagos. Further information on this process will be communicated in the near future.

While Bolt will be responsible for the licensing fees and other financial commitments to the State Government under these new regulations, these additional documents will now be required to drive with Bolt or any other ride-hailing company in Lagos:

New Additional Driver Documents

Lagos State Drivers' Institute Driver's Recertification Card (LASDRI Card) - ₦2,000
Driver Badge issued by Lagos State Ministry of Transport's Department of Public Transport and Commuter Services - ₦4,000
Lagos State Resident Registration Agency (LASRRA) Card at no cost.
New Additional Vehicle Documents

State Hackney Permit issued by the Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Agency (MVAA) - ₦4,000
Vehicle Body Tag (All Routes) issued by Lagos State Ministry of Transport's Department of Public Transport and Commuter Services - ₦6,000
All additional documents require yearly renewals & are obtainable at designated one-stop centers to be announced in the coming days.



Virtual Partners Roundtable for Drivers, Car Owners & Fleet Partner

To help you gain further insight into these new regulations and provide answers to other important questions you may have while adhering to social distancing guidelines and speaking to as many drivers as possible, we will be hosting a virtual driver roundtable next week.

More details will be shared soon.

Kindly send us your feedback and questions ahead of the event here.


P.S: These new requirements go into effect on the 27th of August 2020, and drivers will have 90 days to get all the requirements to be able to continue to drive and earn in Lagos.




Regards,

Bolt Lagos

This notice sticker will be paste at the back of the protective shield for riders to read.


Lol.

Thank you for choosing to drive and earn with Bolt during this pandemic.


Since the lockdown in Lagos was eased, you and other drivers have been helping to move the city while adhering to the safety guidelines and for this, we thank you!


While we continue to work with the health authorities, we are putting some measures in place to improve the safety conditions while driving with Bolt with our new safety solution in Lagos – the Bolt Protect category. Cars in this category will feature a protective divider between the front and rear seat, adding an extra layer of safety for you.


You are invited to have this Protective Shield installed in your car for FREE. You will also receive a FREE face mask and hand sanitiser!


Installations will begin on Monday the 25th of May 2020. You will receive a text message with instructions with the date, time and location of your personal protect divider installation appointment.

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Follow these guidelines when you arrive for your protect divider installation

Arrive on time for your FREE installation and wait in your car for your turn
If you arrive on time, you will be attended to quickly. If you miss your appointment, the Protect divider kept for you may be given to someone else.
Installation takes about 10 mins per vehicle
You may be asked to identify yourself with your driver's license
You must be driving the current car on your profile. Your car is a Toyota corolla
The protect divider can easily be removed from your car when not in use for driving with Bolt


If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at nigeria@bolt.eu.



Stay Safe! �

#BoltHeroes


What's your take on this?

EzekielMab:
Someone just told me he has collected his LASDRI and hackney permit now.

He stated that:

LASDRI- 3k
Hackney permit- 4k


I don't know how true this is.

I bought a faulty car and sold it that's why I had to chill to buy tokunbo now.

LADSRI is officially- 2k, pay to the bank but 3k if u wan jum line.
Hackney permit - 3,725. , though they will collect 4k, the balance is for text messages they will be sending to you when it expires.
You will also need commercial Road Worthiness 6months,@5k.

Cooladex:
Whao. I dey always fear that iron o.
Thanks for the revelation.

The iron that nearly condemned my Double King tyre at Kudirat Abiola way.
Avoid it if possible some of them can puncture tyre ooo.

skillip:
So is this how Uche wants to remove all the weekend bonuses abi he's doing experiment ?

Revenue has dropped,
So ,the best business move is to cut the bonuses. So that they don't loose from both end.

Lagos State: Each Uber driver in Lagos State to pay N110,000 for Operational Permit
opera.comFeb 13, 2020 8:15 AM


The Code of Conduct Bereau explained some facts about the Operational license( provisional license) the Lagos State requests for.

In 2016, UBER/BOLT and Lagos STATE entered into an agreement as regards the Operational License, which stated that every vehicle that would operate on their platforms would pay 110k to operate. The operational license was meant to have been sorted out by Uber and Taxify (Bolt). But Bolt paid 5 million naira just 50 Operational license for its platform, while its said that Uber didn’t pay anything.

The Lagos State did the own part to lure them to honor the agreement which the E-hailing company didn’t respond to.

The new Lagos State administration is now asking for the payment and since they are not willing to pay, any vehicle used in operation with Uber/Bolt with out the operational license will be clamped down until the fee of N110,000 is paid by the owner of the car before using the Lagos State roads again

It clearly shows that many Uber/Bolt drivers are operating in Lagos State Illegally.




The operational license the Lagos State Government instructed them to pay is for life when paid.

Besides the Operational License, other documents are also required to be fully legal before using the Lagos State roads before you can make money from the E-Hailing business, LADSRI, Hackney permit, Road Worthiness and Car hire permit.



One of the Uber/Bolt driver got clamped and had to pay before he was let go.

what do you think about the Operational License payments?

Would should really take the responsibility?

https://news-af.feednews.com/news/detail/806b769fab71999a6f975406260f081b?client=news

northbird:
Your details are sketchy n not comprehensible.

What actually happened?

Were you on the service lane n you were supposed to turn right on RED. N you didn't turn or wat.?

Or you were on the Zebra crossing ?

Or perhaps ur car was beyond the STOP white line?

How can they suddenly cross you for no reason?

Give a better account n stop this sensational stuff

None of the above.
I was at the right place.
I dint comit any offense,
The officer that came near my window was telling other ones in Yoruba " Uber ni" he is an uber man.
But let's wait for your time, you probably may have a clear picture.

okorotalkative:
I know bolt won't say anything, very useless ppl.

Story.
Let's us go offline tomorrow.
They [uber or bolt] will take necessary step.

[quote author=dru23 post=86494882][/quote]I just escaped them, [Lastma] arresting uber. At Kudirat Abiola way Oregun, I was waiting for traffic light to turn green, they use their van to cross us, I arrested the guy before me I reverse and climbed their iron that punched my tire, but I escaped, I'm going offline by tomorrow.

On hackney permit of a thing,
Let's sacrifice Monday, let's all put off our app on all of the platforms.
And wait and see.no work for me on monday.
Thanks.