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Rossikk:
FORUM OF ILLITERATES.

Most of you don't even know of a single technical difference between narrow gauge and standard gauge railway. All you know is that one sounds 'less' than the other, leading to the usual tribal animosity borne of ignorance and crass stupidity and dumbness.

You illiterates don't even realise that narrow gauge rail is perfect for areas with large amount of forest and hills, and difficult terrain, as it allows trains to make tighter bends and curves.

As explained by wiki:


In some countries, narrow gauge is the standard; Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Australian states of Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania have a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge, and Malaysia and Thailand have metre-gauge railways. Narrow-gauge trams, particularly metre-gauge, are common in Europe. Non-industrial, narrow-gauge mountain railways are (or were) common in the Rocky Mountains of the United States and the Pacific Cordillera of Canada, Mexico, Switzerland, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia, Greece, and Costa Rica.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrow-gauge_railway

So, ALL OF YOU IGNORANT TRIBALISTIC SPEAR CHUCKING ILLITERATES - Hope you've learnt something beyond your usual tribal hate today.

Cutealexio:
Understand your point, I have been living in China for over three years and even though they have high-speed rail,they're still building more marrow gauge lines. We are a developing how many people do you think will be able to afford the ticket prices. People are evening complaining about 2k5 Lagos-Ibadan train ticket. We don't have the expertise and manpower to handle such infrastructure yet. One step at a time, I believe one day we will get there

Cutealexio:
It covers some South Eastern cities. The rail will move from Bonny Ports to PH in Rivers with a spur to Owerri and link Abia-Enugu-Benue-Lafia-Kaduna-Bauchi-Gombe and Borno. A new spur to Ebonyi and Anambra will be built to connect all Southeast states to the line.

emeshot:
Available

DMerciful:
There are kits to know the actual day of ovulation and PT strip to test for preg 2 weeks after. This I have done a couple of times with my wife while trying to conceive...test was positive on these occasions just after 2 weeks

Daytonbale:
But from 2nd December to 29th December is not up to 6 weeks

DMerciful:
When you meet a woman that's ovulating on the day of ovulation, she can conceive that day or the next day. It takes 2 weeks for pregnancy test to show she's pregnant. The old method is when she misses her period after a month but with test kits available cheaply now, by 2weeks you'd know. Take this from a married man with 3 children

Daytonbale:
Help your guy please I slept with a girl on the 2nd December 2020 , she came to my house this evening and told me that she is pregnant .

please house is it possible ?

is not even up to one month

EVideos:
As part of efforts to boost domestic and regional operations, we just took delivery of our 8th ERJ-145 Jet on Saturday, October 10, 2020. This is reflective of our determination to interconnect various cities across Nigeria and beyond.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEOcVDN2cpg

Rossinky:
Unfair criticism. The Port Harcourt - Maiduguri line is being rehabilitated, as there is actually an old line there, albeit narrow gauge. The Lagos-Ibadan line etc are brand new lines, and so had to be built standard gauge in line with modern convention.

Narrow gauge lines are still operated all over the world, and it would have constituted gross wastage of public funds to abandon the current Port-Harcourt - Maiduguri line to build a standard gauge line at perhaps triple the price.

In fact, ''In some countries, narrow gauge is the standard; Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Australian states of Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania..''

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrow-gauge_railway

gabazin080:
I went there with no sim pack and was told to go and swear an affidavit before they can do anything. it was after the affidavit I was told the sim belongs to a woman and can't be retrieved

GIdiata:
Federal government Wednesday approved the sum of $3.02bn for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri eastern narrow gauge railway.

Disclosing this the minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said “The Federal Executive Council has approved the award of contracts for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri eastern narrow gauge railway, with new branch lines and trans-shipment facilities.

“The council also approved the construction of a new deep seaport in Bonny, under PPP and the construction of a railway industrial park in Port Harcourt.

“The railway line will be at the cost of $3,020,279,549. The industrial park, which is under PPP, at no cost to Federal Government, will cost $241,154,389.31. The Bonny deep seaport will cost $461,924,369, at no cost to the Federal Government.

“The Port Harcourt to Maiduguri narrow gauge railway will have new branch lines: from Port Harcourt to Bonny and from Port Harcourt to Owerri are new lines.

“There is another connecting narrow gauge to standard gauge at Kafanchan. There is a branch line from Gombe or before Maiduguri to Damaturu and Gashau.”


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/10/fg-approves-3-02bn-for-port-harcourt-maiduguri-rail-line/

KingOdart:
Do you know that UAC foods that manufacture Gala Igbo hawk in Lagos is being control by a Yoruba man?

Same as Rite and Bigi, they are being control by Yoruba


Yoruba are the best entrepreneurs in this country and we control 90% of Lagos Economy.


Yoruba manufactures and control thousands of things in this country, tell all your Igbo businessmen to move back to Onitsha and see if Lagos still won't stand tall.

gabazin080:
I had an accident last month and my phone was stolen. mtn frustrated my efforts to retrieve my line. I was told the sim I have been using for 8years is showing a woman's data that the sim doesn't belong to me. same sim that I bought new and that's connected to all my banks and social media accounts.
now to the issue on ground, I decided to get another sim at least for now till the issue is resolved. to my greatest surprise the new sim I bought I registered newly is showing another name on true caller app. I also started getting Facebook messages on the so called new sim, sim that hasn't been used before is connected to a Facebook account.
now I'm afraid to use the line make my own no go be like the guy wey buy buhari daughter's old sim.
guys help me, how can I get my old sim back because mtn is frustrating all my efforts

Aloycrowned:
How can the vessels pass under the 2nd Niger Bridge when same is completed ?. The 2nd Niger Bridge does not have enough sea level height compared to the 1st bridge.

Except if the sea port will be relocated southwards before the 2nd Niger Bridge. If you travel to Onitsha and pass through the bridge, you will understand what I am talking about.

gidgiddy:
Barge technology has advanced more than that. Ships no longer have berth so as to load a barge. Some barges even have their own cranes. Gone are the days when you need a coast line to have access to the sea. All you need now is a waterway that leads to the sea and good barges

Blamelesscompas:
Thank you so much


P0685

ECM/PCM INTERNAL CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION (POWER CONTROL CIRCUIT(PERMANENT)

THIS IS WHAT WAS DIAGNOSED

WHAT IS THW SOLUTION PLEASE??

waleademolaa:
Nothing is meant to work in Anambra.. Anambra is a shithole state

Blamelesscompas:
I drive a Honda Accord 2004 manual tranny
I noticed anytime the check engine light comes on the card jerks to infinity and engine switches off
But when I start if immediately it continues that error,but if the check engine sign does not come on the car works perfectly.
Please note I've just seeviced the car and the fuel pump is new

Any ideas to this issue ??

mktinsight:
At least they got a FIFA-certified stadium construction company monimichelle to build the stadium. Monimichelle laid the Enyimba Sports field, Onikan, Katsina and Yenegoa. More about this company:

http://www.monimichelle.com/

oneeast3:
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Useless frustrated hungry jobless bastard. All you do is to camp on this thread night and day. What actually do you do for a living? You can only be a night witch that goes about sucking people's blood. Repent from witchcraft. Monstrous creature.

Obdk:
You re neither here nor thr.

Obdk:
Make up ur mind.

He shouldn't tar roads..
Yet u point out they have constituency project allowance...


If u ve nothing to say. STFU..

Obdk:
the guy tarred loys of roads. He is really visible

Obdk:
Maduka is not getting PDP TICKET...


Hon Chris Azubuogu aka Mr project....

The only visible politician in Anambra South


House of rep. Member with more project in his constituency than a sitting governor have in the whole of Anambra south..

mktinsight:
My father’s prowess in native medicine propelled me to study medicine –Godwin Maduka
28th June 2020

Dr. Godwin Maduka is a renowned medical doctor with specialty in anesthesiology. He is the founder of Las Vegas Pain Institute and Medical Centre in the United States, where he has received accolades for his expansive infrastructural and research work in medical science. Dr. Maduka is also an unrepentant philanthropist whose connection to the homeland is not lost. This has made him stretch personal resources to contribute to and develop his town, Umuchukwu, his state, Anambra State, and his nation, Nigeria, in order to create a conducive landscape for generations. On the occasion of his birthday, Dr. Maduka engaged the media as he reflects on his journey and his new found resoluteness on governance.

Can you give us insight into your background, what growing up was like?

I was born in 1959, before the civil war, I was a little boy during the war and it went a long way to shape me. If you survived the war, you will realize that fear, death, and uncertainty are no longer your enemies because we came face to face with them. After the war in 1970, I started primary one, I was around 11 years old, so you can see that the civil war robbed part of my childhood. We lived in the village so there were no social amenities; we grew up using the lantern to see and read. The saying that “a responsible child makes a responsible adult ” is true, you cannot allow a child to play too long, if you do, it will get ingrained in his head, and he will never know how to take responsibility. We were taught how to take responsibilities; we had to get firewood, we fetched water, went to the farm before and after school. We read with lantern and sometimes we hunted for bushmeat, and we were living with snakes and scorpions. The survival rate was low, so you saw young people dying of treatable ailments. We didn’t have modern medication and 75 per cent of adults in my community at that time were native doctors, including my father. We trekked to school because my town didn’t have a secondary school, except for a primary school, which I attended in my town. I continued with my secondary education at Nawfia Comprehensive School, which was too far, as a result, I had to come back to All Saints Grammar School, Umunze.

What would you say are the remarkable things about your upbringing that shaped your personality?

My father was one of the best native doctors around then, and people may not know that much of the drive to go into medicine, stemmed from watching my father’s prowess as a dibia. He never ventured into juju or witchcraft, but he cured malaria, infections, and several kinds of ailments. And these are the things we do today as medical doctors. We give people hope but the only time we don’t give them hope is when we know that the end is near, so we prepare them for their passage with a high level of consideration. I was close to my father, and I watched with keen interest all his ways, methods and realised that empathy was germaine for humanity. I think that shaped me a lot.

What is fascinating about your specialty, pain management, and how has medicine shaped your thoughts about life generally?

We have pain in the world today. Personally, as an anesthesiologist; I can relieve pain with surgical procedures, medicine, and by talking to my patients. It is a humane specialty. If you have never been in pain, you will not understand what people in pain go through. No matter how your partner loves you, they can never take away your pain. So that makes the sufferer a lonely person. I am well trained in it, and we are the pioneers of interventional pain management. We own six medical centres in the US, and in Las Vegas alone, I own more facilities in pro-health pain management than any other doctor. We are the largest in Nevada, and in terms of quality, we are still one of the best in the US, as well as the world.

June 21 was your birthday, if you look back at where you started and now, what comes to your mind?

Looking back, the journey, the sacrifices, it is amazing how a young village boy that was surrounded by hopelessness could attain this level of success; playing at a global stage. I am thankful and full of gratitude to God, but then I do not think we should rest on our oars, because so much hasn’t been done yet. It is not yet Uhuru. I believe so much in the power of hope. I think I work harder now than I worked about 20 years ago because so many still need to have access to medical care, so many need to receive qualitative education. As an African, a Nigerian in the Diaspora, I believe we should triple our efforts to bring our country and continent at par with what is obtainable globally.

We have witnessed all the works you did and the ones you are still doing in your town, Umuchukwu. What inspired you into philanthropy? How do you intend to extend this gesture to Anambra State?

I think watching my father, a great dibia then healing people and bringing relief to many, must have rubbed off on me. I guess I picked up that humane side of life from him because medicine, whether native or orthodox, is primarily a humanitarian job. Most times, my father gave people treatment without charging a dime. Secondly, my father was a philanthropist, I remember he built three houses in our compound, one for us; his immediate family, another for our wares and belongings, and the third for any relative or indigene of my community who visited Umuchukwu, but had no house of his own. Another remarkable event that instilled a kind heart in me, was how my brother sold off everything he had in his shop to raise about N5,000, which was the amount I needed to travel to the US at that time. I told God that if my brother gave me all he had, that I will never relent in my act of kindness to humanity. I will always give my all.

You built the tallest hospital in Africa which you envisioned to equip with state-of-the-art facilities in your town; Umuchukwu. What motivated you to conceptualize that kind of structure for your town?

I have lived in America for a long time, I have seen and experienced how the developed world functions. As a black man, I am always driven to replicate what I have seen and experienced here in the US. The 17-storey hospital in my home town; Umuchukwu, is beyond a physical structure, it is a functional replication. It is a symbol of hope, the power of possibilities. Just like the statue of liberty in America symbolizes freedom. It is an indication that if we put our minds and commit our resources in the building of our motherland, there is no limit to what we can achieve. All things are possible.

What is your perception of Nigerian democracy and June 12 and how do you think we can improve our democracy for the good of the greater majority?

Let me say that our democracy is still nascent and growing. If you compare Nigeria with a country like the US where I reside, you will realize that we are still in infancy, America’s democracy is about 300 years old. Therefore, our democratic journey is still a process, there are so many learning curves. I see democracy as the journey of an entrepreneur…a lot of ups and downs, today you are moving forward, the next day you dive. However, it is still not an excuse for underperformance. We can do better. Coming to the June 12 incident, it is one of the potholes in our journey to nationhood. It is imperative that we learn from it and do better going forward. But then, beyond June 12, the Niger Delta issues, the Biafra agitation, the farmer-herder crisis in the Middle Belt, restructuring, and so on, are all questions begging for answers. With all these agitations, people are saying they are marginalized, we should be able to listen to these voices and summon the courage, and the political will to solve these problems. This will go a long way in helping us build a great nation of our dream.

We have seen cases where philanthropists fail in leadership positions, is there any connection at all between philanthropy and leadership?

What we see most times in this clime is what I call political philanthropy; when elections are getting closer, people begin to share rice and garri. I think we sometimes mistake politicians with philanthropists. We should be able to look at the pedigree of some people who parade as philanthropists. For example, in my case, I have been giving back to my people for over 20 years now. It is a passion, it’s purely a commitment; I never had it in mind that I was going to be a politician. If in my dream, an angel had appeared to me and told me I will be aspiring to be a governor in my state, I would have doubted the message of the angel. This is because it was never in my plan . If you see an individual distribute rice, share tricycles, and in the next two-three years shows interest in any political position, he was never a philanthropist. But then, philanthropy is somehow connected to quality leadership, in the sense that a good leader must have compassion, a charitable heart. However , leadership goes beyond philanthropy, it is about experience, pedigree, sound education, vision, accountability, good judgment, and integrity.

Why do you want to contest for the governorship position in Anambra State?

Let me tell you something, I have never nursed any political ambition at all in my life. I have always wanted to retire a very fulfilled medical doctor. Something happened to me when I first came to Nigeria from the US, I had started working by then, so when I came to Umuchukwu, things were so bad. It was all about poverty, despair, and underdevelopment. I was so sad about that visit and I promised myself that I won’t allow the village where I grew up to remain the same. It was out of “positive anger” that I decided to build a semblance of an American city. So if you go to Umuchukwu today, you’ll see that that “anger” has paid off. I’m worried and sad again, not against anybody, but sad about poverty and underdevelopment. I have clarity of vision of the kind of urban development, I want to turn Anambra State into. Anambra people are very special people, we are like the heart of Igbo land, and when things are not going very well here, there’s the possibility that other places in Igbo land will be affected. We need the best man for the job now. To be frank, the next couple of years won’t be so easy in Nigeria, so we need leaders who can think outside the box in their effort to provide solutions. I tell people always that people who approach leadership with that kind of angry disposition are always the best. Prof Dora Akunyili (God bless her soul) lost her sister as a result of fake drugs, and when she was made the DG of NAFDAC, she fought the circulation of fake drugs with such a ferocious determination. I call it “positive anger,” the kind of anger that gives you the motivation to go the whole hog, not the one that encourages a person to harm, malign people for selfish reasons. It is not the kind of energy that pushes you towards brigandage or any dastardly acts. It should be a motivation to create new developmental imprints while consolidating and building upon the efforts of the former governors, as well as the current governor of Anambra State.

People believe that instead of contesting for the governorship position in Anambra State, you should be thinking of how to actualize the Igbo presidency project considering the fact that you are a highly successful professional in the Diaspora, to them being a governor will not add anything to your profile rather it will be a minus?

Public service is like community service; no one should be big enough to serve his people. That’s why you can see the likes of (Dr Ngozi) Okonjo-Iweala leave the comfort of her world bank job to come down to Nigeria and help fix the economy. I have seen a director at IMF; a Vice President at African Development Bank, being summoned by the people to serve his community as a traditional ruler, and he obliged. Therefore, I will never be ashamed to serve my people as a governor, I will rather be ashamed if I fail when the responsibility is given to me. Excelling in the job of a governor should be a stepping stone for a higher office. Friedrich Nietzsche said,”…he who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”

People complain that you’re coming from the Diaspora and may not have a full grasp on the terrain, what are you bringing to the table?

Living in the US has exposed me to global best practices. I know how to manage institutions, human resources, creativity, and innovations, I possess the know-how of wealth creation. In a nutshell, I will bring immense capacity to governance. People shout about living in the Diaspora as if it is a crime to do so, but it’s not. Living in the Diaspora should be an advantage because you have been exposed to how things are done right, and you will like to replicate that in your environment. For instance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is from the Diaspora and she did well as the finance minister. Mr. Peter Obi also came from the Diaspora and he did well as a governor. Leadership is not about location, where you have been or not. Leadership and governance have a universal language, if you are doing well, you are doing well, but if you are not doing well, you are not doing well. Nevertheless, somebody could be living in the US and be so connected to his root, and another person may be living in Onitsha and be so alien to his roots.

People believe that your philanthropy focused more only on your town, Umuchukwu, how will you allay the fears that if you become a governor, you will not focus development in your in your town only?

Yes, we indeed started from Umuchukwu, but then we have also done so much more beyond my community. We have contributed to a project in Ihite, we have done a road project in Owerri Ezukala and Ogbunka. We have gone as far as Mbano in Imo State and Nneato at Abia to execute projects. In Umunze, we have contributed to a project and in the next couple of years, we’ll begin to develop a housing scheme to help reduce the housing deficiencies in that area. We have supported various dioceses both Anglican and Catholic, in Anambra. We shared palliatives to all the 182 communities in Anambra, and all the Bishops; both Anglican and Catholic, during the COVID-19 total lockdown in Nigeria. Furthermore, those who have benefited from our healthcare intervention scheme at Annunciation Hospital Enugu are Anambrarians across board. Our educational scholarship fund caters to many Nigerians all over the world. If you have been attentive in the course of this interview you will realize I have a global perspective. I am committed to the course of the black man. I always contribute to helping the black race find its place in the world stage.

What is your opinion about the zoning of governorship position in Anambra state?

When there are unanimous agreements by stakeholders, zoning can be a good policy, because it ensures equity and gives all and sundry a sense of belonging, but it doesn’t mean competence should be sacrificed on the altar of zoning. I am not just coming out from the angle of people from Anambra South Senatorial Zone, but also on capacity. When you talk about zoning, we are there, if you talk about competence we are there as well.

What do you consider to be your comparative advantage over other aspirants?

I am not a trial and error aspirant. I am not coming to learn on the job, I am well prepared and I have a very clear vision of what I want to do in Anambra State. Umuchukwu is a perfect test run of what we want to do on a larger scale in Anambra; it is a progressive experiment. The other day, I was reading an article from someone who came to Umuchukwu to understudy the things we have done. He said that Umuchukwu is simply a replica of the Sustainable Development Goals. What more is governance if not Healthcare, Justice delivery system, Security, Housing, Education, Ease of doing business, and other little but outstanding innovations.

Political parties sponsor candidates for elections, under which platform do you intend to contest the forthcoming election?

I am a member of the PDP, but the most important thing now is to drive our message to the people. In a democracy, power resides with the people. Party is just a vehicle through which people get to power. Whatever symbol that your party displays, once the people accept your message, you are good to go.

As a medical doctor, what prompted you to build a law court in your community?

Law is the foundation of every society, a building block of every other area of human endeavour. Law is what controls the animalistic nature of man. Without the law, we will be back to the Hobbesian state of nature; it will be man eat man or survival of the fittest. I recall how my people travel as far as Ekwuluobia, Onitsha, and Awka in search of justice. Most times, when the poor and downtrodden calculate the cost implication of getting justice, they will naturally want to leave their fate in the hands of God.

What is your concept of justice delivery?

Justice should not be cash and carry, justice should not be delayed, because justice delayed is justice denied. I am an advocate of an independent judiciary because that will give the bench the freedom to deliver justice without interference or external pressure. Justice shouldn’t be shaken by the status of the accused or the defendant. It should, in the same way, serve the rich and the poor.

oneeast3:
It is your useless father that disappointed you and not Obiano. Obiano has done so well and infact he is the best in this region when we consider all sectors of development and we proud of him and his developmental strides. Again, stop calling on Soludo or Maduka, start calling your father. All you do here is coming to blow lies and unfounded rubbish. Call on your father to come contest the next election. Or is your father not from Anambra? This thread is not where they sell party nomination form.


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