₦airaland Forum

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I've always been a traveller, but since I've been travelling, I haven't encountered it this bad.
It was a little after midday on Monday (3-11-2014), I just passed Shagam (Ogun state) on my way to Ikorodu (Lagos state), travelling on this semi-tarred "expressway" with very wide diameter potholes when the rain started.

It rained for about about fifteen minutes, until we reached this pool in the middle of the road. Already, several vehicles' engines had hibernated because of the muddy water that took over the road, while others were able to manipulate their way through to the other side of the brown pool.

We decided to also try our luck. Well... we were unlucky, as we were about to cross to the other side of the pool on the supposed inter-state "expressway", the engine just went off.

While I was frustrated and vexed because I was getting late to my destination, I decided to take some shots and post here, hoping that relevant authorities will take actions.

Our constitution should be thoroughly looked into and redressed. The reason for recent misinterpretation of the constitution is because many of these laws were made without the consideration of exceptional cases. And I think this is the best time for any meaniful amendment, because of the sound opposition we have presently, who are there to agree and/or disagree on matters inorder to favour all parties. Many of our laws were made when the nation was still a one-party state, with little or no consideration for any opposition party that might be a threat to the ruling party.

The only part of our constitution that we're making reference to today(section 68) on defection from a party to another, was made in '99, when we had just one national party.

eye4eye:
Why should you reward failure? I am sure you won't be able to defend the score of 4/10 if you are asked to explain yourself.

He has made some reasonable policies that I think are good for the economy. Like the high tarrif on importation of automobiles which has helped to boost locally assembled automobiles Industries, this 'll really help the economy.

4/10

Some people just shy away from the truth by giving excuses for this guy's(Fayoshe) very unreasonable and uncultured acts, describing it as a way of get close to commoners.

I doubt if any of us supporting this governor's visit to beer parlors would encourage our kids at home to visit beer parlor(even if we do visit ourselves), because we understand the harm it can cause them.
Is beer parlor the best place to meet reasonable and productive commoners in the society?

There are politicians who are also close to the people, but they don't go about it in an unreasonable way of visiting beer parlors, eating corn on the street, or riding okada.
People like Ladoja and Aregbesola.
Like or hate them, they are very reasonable street politicians and are supper close to their people.

They visit people in their places of worship are town halls to give words of encouragement, they let them know the necessity of being a good and law abiding citizens. They follow traffic rules and don't blare sirens to clear the way in hold-ups.
They organize weekly or monthly gathering with people from different parts of the state to hear them out, concerning issues bothering them and provide solutions to them.
They join the people on the street for physical exercise and body fitness on weekends and many more...

What word of encouragement or assistance can the governor have/render to drunkards in bear parlours?

Enough said jare.

Good luck to my people of Ekiti.

Been wondering, sacking a coach because we lost two matches?!
Very senseless move by the NFF.
Keshi to me remains the best coach we've had in like a decade.

Keshi should also be matured in handling those players.

zimoni:
Urban renewal is the way oooooo.

Very good idea from My Governor. Hope one may still get a plot there? I'll have to check online shaa.

I see Arc Muyiwa Ige becoming Governor of Osun State in near future.

Osun A Dara.

Ile Yoruba Koni Baje Layelaye.

Ire Oooooooo.

I was told everywhere has been bought, except you're lucky to encounter anyone who wishes to resell.

I hope so too @ Muyiwa Ige becoming governor of Osun, but that's not likely to happen in the next 12 years. Because of their irrelevant rotation of a thing. He's an Ijesha guy just like Aregbe.

^^^
May be.
Not familiar with the name and face.

latestsunny:
On what basis should the same rule not apply to mimiko and his state house of assembly members? If the rule doesn't affect mimiko, are his butt-licking state house members also free ?

I don't think they are. But as for governor, forget it.

SLIDEwaxie:
nope! Just asking ur brothers to remove the plank in their eyes first

Okay.

Thank goodness, after many years of postponment by previous government.

Even though many of us wey get land there don lose hope.
Learnt the least price for a plot as at now is around #6m.

Pictures from the flag off below.

Arc. Muyiwa Ige, Commissioner for land and planning in brown T-shirt.

SLIDEwaxie:
And they will keep talking abt tinubu?

Are you justifying Tinubu's greediness because Orji is towing same line?

nigerianvenom:
u and ur father will be disgrace.

You sure about that? I doubt that, so far he'll be contesting under PDP, it's a sure bet for him.

Abia and PDP can't be separated, irrespective of the flagbearers profile.

Because they reside in Lagos or what?

Ikengawo:
both of them are thorough lagosians. Or do you think 1% of the people you see in lagos are indigines? APC is the ruling party where they are so of course they'll join. In the east all the nollywood stars and musicians are PDP. Kanayo o Kanayo, Kate Henshaw, Tony one week, that comedian that dies films with Osuofia, etc

Lol
Bro, 9ice and Tonitetula are not vying for any political position in Lagos state, but in Oyo and Kwara respectively.

Ikengawo:
That's not true. The lagosian ones go to apc. Everyone else goes to pdp

Abolarin(9ice) from Oyo state and Tonitetula from Kwara are contesting under APC, not just Lagosians.

He has the option to step down voluntarily, if he prefers to be a gentle man(which I doubt) or not. But NEVER a MUST, because no law is against his defection as a speaker.

toludadon:
You are obviously a ghost worker... all workers have been paid for close To a month now

Oyo state governor is certainly one of the few governors that doesn't delay civil servant's salaries and wages, unlike Aregbe, Mimiko and Ekiti's ex-governor Fayemi. Was it not recently he increased their salary which was even posted on this forum. Does it sound reasonable to anyone that he increased workers salary and delay the payment?

latestsunny:
And what should happen to mimiko that defected to PDP?

Mimiko's case is different. The constitution was only specific about the national assembly members and not governors.

As in this part:

In Section 68 (1) (g), the 1999
Constitution says “A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall vacate his seat in the House of which he is a member if- – Being a person whose election to the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected; provided that his membershipof the latter political party is not as a result of a division in the political party of which he was previously member or of a merger of two or more political parties or factions by one of which he was previously
sponsored”

mikeansy:
This is the problem with Nigerian politicians
As a lawful citizen Tambuwal should know the rules and resign voluntarily as soon as he made the choice to leave PDP.
Why are Nigerians so uncivilised?

Where was it stated in the constitution that it is unlawful for the speaker or senate president of the house to defect? Because there has never been such scenario until now doesn't make it unlawful.

I think PDP's best shot is to challenge the speaker in court, using Section 68 (1) (g), the 1999 Constitution as a point. Which is not certain they'll win with the division in the Sokoto PDP chapter.

It seems the speaker did a thorough assignment before taking this action.
Who knows, the PDP might be smarter. They are all politicians anyway.

asandigbo:
imagine me,asandigbo voting for wickedness in human form? tufiakwa! Aru! abomination! ori mi ko.

Okay

^^
Okay, noted.

JiggamanGh:
Like I said the pop is closely similar. Especially when it comes to cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, Ivory coast and many more.

Nope. You said this:

JiggamanGh:
Well your lagos pop outnumber most of these countries. I hope you know that also.

Different sentences with unique meanings.