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Eko Ile: Sounds like this man is regretting not doing a lot of positive things while in office and he's scrambling to use his influence to make the same positive changes.

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed optimism about the ability of the country to rank among the greatest in the world in the nearest future.

Obasanjo, who addressed newsmen in Abeokuta,capital of Nigerian state of Ogun, said it was wrong for anyone to write Nigeria off as the country is endowed with abundant natural resources and other potentials to make it great.
He said God had been extra generous to Nigeria, adding that “many nations of the world are not as richly endowed as Nigeria’’.
Obasanjo, who lamented poor management of the resources, however, urged Nigerian leaders to harness the country’s endowments for its transformation.
“God has been kind to us, we need to be kind to ourselves,’’ he said.

The former president urged Nigerians to continue to exercise hope and enduring faith over Nigeria, saying “
I know we will get there very soon.’’
Obasanjo was twice Nigeria’s leader, first as military head of state, 1976-1979. He returned 20 years after to head a post-military civilian regime between 1999 and 2007.

He is often criticized for not using his second leadership tenure to pursue policies that would have developed Nigeria. Instead, he was accused of spending resources in pursuing a third term agenda in the last two years of his administration.

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chino11: You are an idiot to put Anambra the home to the best and brightest Nigerians in your list..

These are list of important and fore-front Nigerian states: Lagos, Rivers, Anambra, Delta, Kano. The above states has alot in common when it comes to economy.

van bonattel: Ekiti? just another shithole like Oshun.

anonimi: Were Osun state primary and secondary schools also tuition free during Oyinlola's administration?

Aderostock: You are a liar! Have read all your posts on nairaland, you are a non- yoruba disguised to be a yoruba. By the way, you are not the only one. I know of many but I will just write few that use yoruba Id's. They are mosun_ade, kunlekunle, bukky_ade and many. Unmask yourself now!

geeez: And Igbos sprouted from the ground like trees. How impressive

ijigbamigb: Haaaa Wale, o le pa ro oooo
Oyinlola did not do anything close to free uniform nor free feeding.

Paul John: ...
Plus, inauguration of this won't bring back dead but'll only reveal details of the cause and a little idea of how future occurrence can be averted and not taking care of the primary cause I.e. bad roads, ineffective communication system, sub standard airport etc.

lillyveezy: Hope the uniform does not have islamic logos, or better still the uniforms are not religion determinat.
Hope this uniforms are secular enough in style?

December 29, 2012 at 10:40 am
Usman told journalists on Friday in Lagos that the laboratory would be located in Abuja in line with international practices.

“The bureau is very close to launching its own Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) laboratory being installed by the CAE/FlightScape Incorporation of Canada which will enable us to download both flight recorders promptly during investigations. Hitherto and now, these units are taken overseas for downloading,” he said.

Usman said that when completed, the laboratory would also handle cases of air, marine, road and rail accidents.

“We have highly qualified accident investigators who were trained in world class institutions to man the laboratory on inauguration,” he said.

According to him, the bureau has commenced training its personnel in investigating marine, road and rail-related accidents whenever they occurred.

“So AIB’s planned collaboration with the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) in this respect is still ongoing,” he said.

Usman disclosed that 20 out of the bureau’s 32 recommendations had so far been implemented by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Aviation.

He identified some of the recommendations as the establishment of the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON) project and airlines installing ground tracking devices in their offices to monitor their flights while flying.

Usman recalled that no passengers was rescued in previous air accidents in Nigeria involving the ADC, Bellview and Beachcraft 1900 D airlines because there was no radar system to track them.

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