The thinking is just on point.
The FG is the clog in the wheel of Nigeria's progress.
Bypass them and you would see success.
Ambode is thinking of Lagos seperately from Nigeria and thats why you are seeing the kind of progress.
If Lagos has 24 hrs power, hmmm! The kind of GDP increase the state would experience ehn!!



The funniest part about this is that Ambode is actually doing his job as Lagos state governor wonderfully. But he isn't stopping there. He is actually taking on Fashola's ministerial job and doing it ten times better and proving Fashola to be a terrible failure!!

OAUTemitayo:
Benin people,

You can count on we Yorubas anytime.

Let Ijaws keep deceiving them selves.

Errrm no. We cannot count on you. We fix ish ourselves. We've been doing it for centuries.

opuambe:
ijaw and trouble. No person born of a woman can oppress the ijaws, not even that beans face called Obaseki

Nobody is interested in oppressing any law abiding Ijaws in Edo State. Ijaws are a part and parcel of Edo State and have been from time immemorial. But any criminals coming from far away States to derail the seaport project would be dealt with severely.

Why would a people be so backward. It's just terrible. If anything good wants to be built, political Ijaws would just want to disrupt it. That's how the Oil and Gas free zone which was to be built in Escravos was derailed because of the stupid argument that they chose to have with itsekiri. Now Jonathan left and the project that would have created thousands upon thousands of jobs has been abandoned.
The Brass LNG project also has been abandoned. Not a single project in anywhere Ijaws dominate because the Ijaw elite are selfish and are fine with depriving the ijaw populace of development . Bayelsa with all its allocation is probably the worst state in the South. It appears like the political Ijaw are the Northern elite of Southern Nigeria.


NB
Most Ijaws I know personally are some of the most wonderful personalities you would come across. And I know a lot. My reference to Ijaws here is to the political elite that forment trouble @ every opportunity for development. Like every tribe there is the loudest mouths that stereotypically represent the crowd. Like Edo women have the stereotypical image of Italian prostitution.

If you understand the dynamics of the whole Gelegele issue, you will pity the backwardness of some people.

Let me explain the narrative. Gelegele is the only access Edo state has to the ocean. It has been a territory under the Benin kingdom from time immemorial. That's where the British usually pass to come visit Benin and those who know about the Benin expedition can relate.

Now like most communities in Benin, other tribes come in and are given the freedom to farm or fish within the Benin territory but do so under the purview of an Enogie- the palace representative. That principle has existed in Gelegele ever since without qualms.

Recently, something interesting is happening in Edo. There is a new forward thinking Oba and a new visionary Governor. They came in at the same time last year. They sat together and decided that Edo needs a Seaport to drive a new industrialization plan.

And some folks just don't want to see progress so they decided to look for trouble over what has never been an issue. I might just have to conclude that the Ijaws are anti progress. The only thing this unnecessary trouble making can cause is to scare away investors. It's just a pity how backward a people can be.

Royalty and Kingship is not about crowns. It's about authority.

Lies liles lies. The greatest hesit in the history of Nigeria is currently going on in this adminstration. And this budget is proof.

happybrother:
what are you planting

Sweet Potatoes and Spinach

Can We get considerable discounts on a 5 Hectare farm? Let me have a quote. And I do hope you have it on ground.

Thanks

All I can say is Fashola is a failure.
If you see what Benin Abuja road currently looks like, you would pity for Nigerians.

And et this government approved the highest of Budget for ministry of works.

A terrible president that was foisted upon us by people with a terrible mindset.

Visit Paystack's website. I think its pretty easy to understand.

A commercial dryer is needed immediately to rent.
Dryer should be located in Edo State.

If you know anyone who has any, contact me on papabrowne@gmail.com

The greatest heist in Nigeria's history s currently taking place under this administration.
Many people don't understand economics so they can't appreciate the massive loot that is taking place.

Let me simplify whaat this article has said with a simple narrative.

Basically, the FG printing money from the CBN just like in the days of Abacha. But its criminal to do that, so they found a way around it.
The TSA account does belong to the FG. It belongs to all parastatals and institutions under the FG's purview. It's just simply a central account for the purposes of transperency and control.

What's happening is that FG is now using the TSA account as collateral to get the CBN to print money for it. To understand this, imagine for a moment that the TSA is like an OSUSU account where a group of people come together to save their money. The person that is saddled with the responsibility of managing the funds, chooses to use the money as collateral to obtain a loan for himself. This is absolutely criminal.

There many questions that prove the heist that is ongoing.

1)Subsidy savings: Where is all the money that has been saved from the scrapping of subsidy. I'm talking trillions here. No account of whats happening with all that savings. The previous government implemented Sure-P and gave regular updates of the savings they reieved from the price increase. In my estimations, over the last 2 years, there have been over 2 Trillion Naira in subsidy savings. Where is all that mone??

Massive increase in debts both local and foreign: Have you seen the spike in Nigeria's debt profile in the last 2 years?? We have borrowed over 8 Trillion Naira in the last 2 years. Jonathan left 12 Trillion in debts. It is now over 20 Trillion. What did they do with 8 Trillion. If we spend just 1 trillion naira on infrastructure, we would have smooth roads across the country. Lekki Epe expressway was ridiculously expensive at 1 Billion Naira per km. If we use that as a benchmark, I trillion Naira would build 1000km of superb expressway. That is the distance between Lagos to Kaduna of six lane expressway. And I'm talking of just 1 Trillion. Not 8 Trillion. Its just sad!!

The list is endless!! It is trhe greatest heist the nation has ever seen. But we would just look the other way since we are all too dull to comprehend.

How much is it?

What kind of Potatoes? Sweet or Irish?

Fashola has not been able to complete one single road since he took over from the works ministry.

Apparently, Lagos which is just a state has completed more roads in the last two years the the federal government has done in the entire country

Hmmmm! Wonders!

Can we use some of the money to find, beat up, prosecute and lock up the first person that raised the false alarm that this physically challenged man is a ritualist. Can we also find those people that beat him up in anyway without any evidence of a crime and send them to sambisa with the same arms they used in beating this man to go and fight boko haram.

An attempt to stifle innovation always backfires.

I hope Uber pulls through. The have made life easier and cheaper for commuters around the globe.

Malawian:

what I really mean is that, all parameters being equal, the Igbo still tends to excel better than his opponent. The Yoruba guy " I chased out of the area" he had over 5 years experience in that very location, I came in and in just 2 short years, he folded. it is not like we put a gun on customers heads for them to patronise either of us, so why did I take all his customers? mind you, there is also another cafe owned by an Igbo further down the same street and have been operating longer than the Yoruba guys own before I came in, he is still there and just recently acquired a Lexus. the New one one my other side is still waxing strong, so it is not really about paucity of customer, Yoruba population in the area is just as much if not more in number, so how come the only Yoruba competition there did not survive? Bro, it is not ordinary.

I get your point very well. But I can tell you categorically why Igbos tend to trade certain goods better than others. Let me ask you a question, would an Igbo man be more successful at selling suya than a Hausa man? The answer is no and the reason is networks. Networks are built over decades and certain tribes have built better comparative advantages in certain fields than other tribes and vice versa. Igbos have a network of importers that span the globe and so are first in line to get the best goods at the best prices when it comes to imports. There are also other factors of collaboration that Ibos deploy as well as the mentorship system that are all cultural anecdotes that would always make the Ibo man thrive in business.
Also if you look at the Hausa man, they control the food trade because they have a massive network of farmers that only them can reach hence they can provide prices of foodstuffs that no other tribe an effectively provide.

MrLekan95:

Pls do you mind advising me on this....
i have someone offering me something similar to ur post(a poultry house with 1000 capacity cage) for 300,000/year for lease...
do you think the price is okay?

I like this response!!

Malawian:
There is something that make Igbos excel, i believe it is God's grace and not really about the level of hussling involved. Take me for instance, I started a cafe just four houses from another cafe owned by a yoruba, he has sinced packed up and moved elsewhere to restart his business, another Igbo opened also another few houses away from mine, we are both thriving and no beef.

God shines the sun on all tribes. He also ensures that all tribes have access to air to breathe.
Culture is what determines tribal success. Ibos have an radical entrepreneurial culture and the ephemeral components of that radicalism is what bequeaths success to many Ibos.
But then again, that same reason why Ibos are successful individually is the same reason why they have failed on a collective scale.

konoplyanka:


90% of hotels in Abuja?

LOL. you people and inferiority complex. I can assure you ibos have the least hotels and properties in abuja of the 3 major tribe.

keep flaming your imaginary ego to cover your inferiority complex.

Errrm..... I didn't write the article. And you obviously didn't read it. The writer who says he is Yoruba gave that statistic and that's what I quoted.

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Oblang:


And ur reality is yoruba hate Igbo? How many yorubas have created a radio station calling for igbos to be killed like kanu did. How many igbos have bin attacked in yoruba land? The fact that yorubas don't own 2x2 shop everywhere selling spare parts doesn't mean they are not doing well....

I don't believe Yorubas hate Ibos. I also don't believe Ibos hate Yorubas. I see both tribes everyday in real life do business and laugh together. I see man Ibos working in Yoruba owned companies and I see man Yorubas working in Ibo owned companies. I see both tribes enter business partnerships day and night.

Its online cretins like you guys on both sides of the divide who have no jobs that promote all that hate nonsense in cyberspace.

Michael004:
[s][/s]These people have shifted the goal post from 99% properties in Lagos, 99.9% properties in Nigeria to 90%hotel in Abuja. Chai, abeg, when will you tell us the percentage of football club you people own In England?

Errrrm, I quoted the article which you apparently didn't read. Please go read the article. Thanks. And I'm not IBO. I'm just stating the reality.

Campusity:
By allowing the Igbo to become millionaires on their land shows the magnanimity and openness of the Yoruba. How many yoruba or hausas have made 10% of that money from Igbo land? Is this not telling enough that no one hates Igbos?

Use your head to think...( Abeg some help me with the appropriate meme biko)

Based on your logic everybody is then magnanimous as the Ibos have become millionaires everywhere from Lagos to Port Harcourt to Abuja to Kano. If it was about magnanimity as you want us to believe, why don't others own 90% of the hotels in Abuja or the building materials or eletronic shops? Or was the magnanimity extended only to the Ibos?

Gerrard59:


There's one in Port-Harcourt (owned by a Nigerian), I've forgotten the name.

@


It will take while before Uber "destroys" the taxi industry in a place where majority of people manage are too frugal. I can understand losing high-heeled clients, but the industry won't be destroyed anytime soon.

Moreover, the taxi union in Lagos can team up and come out with their app which will have registered members, different cars with different prices (since they have lower models than Uber, it means lower prices - more patronage) and they benefit. In the same article, the South Africans did same. Also, in Singapore, the biggest taxi union teamed up with GrabCar (Uber's main competitor) to cut costs and gain more users.

We're in the Gig economy, meeting with the government won't solve it. They should evolve.

No bro its not taking a while. Yellow Taxi is dead in Lagos. Uber's(and others) better services have killed it. And Lagos will be glad to attend its funeral.
Its a no brainer.
With taxis, the driver is undocumented so there is the security factor.
Taxis are 2 times more expensive than Uber.
Uber is super comfy. Your driver has a map so you ain't getting lost.
And more importantly, you don't have to walk under the hot sun to go hail a cab.
I am surprised there are still some yellow abs left in Lagos.

In Abuja its a different tale as Uber has struggled because Taxis have always been super cheap.

bolaino:
Hello Amarabae, I presume you are Ndigbo, I would not reveal my roots on social media on a normal day, but I will make an exception today to buttress my warnings, I am a full Blooded Niger Deltan, my Father is Isoko and my Mother is Urhobo, I dropped out of the university to pick up arms to fight against my perceived mistreatment of my people by the FG, and what did I get? the death of young men who were deceived like me that violence was the solution when it isn't. as I write you I have enough arms under my command to cause war here in the Niger Delta, but do you see me on the news threatening to do this and that to the FG, no. because violence only brings violence, threats of war bring more threats that eventually lead to times like these.

You are a liar Bola.
Today you are a CIA agent. Tomorrow you are a militant. Next Tomorrow you are a herdsman. Depending on the news of the day. Delusions of granduer.

And your narrative clearly exposes the fact that you are not even aware of the workings of militancy in the Niger Delta.

Let me expose you a bit with a simple question: What area was your camp located??

PentiumPro:


Una eyes go clear that you are and will alwayz be alone in this mindless and foolish agitation

I'm a pure bred Niger Deltan. Even though we don't exactly like the way IPOB operates, we would stand with Igbos anyday anytime.
And not just Niger Deltans but every right thinking individual would stand against injustice and any form of brutality to Innocent individuals

I don't usually disrespect leaders but All I can say right now is we have the most foolish President in the history of Nigeria.

How Buhari has fallen for Nnamdi Kanus trap is just terrible.

The man just keeps trying to use petrol to quench fire.

I did not see the mill. All I see is a plaque?
Did the photographer forget to snap the factory.