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StarBoard:
There is none whatsoever in the context of an exam over 100.Both are regarded failures.
Enough?I don't have a vendetta against Amaechi.I don't know him from a can of paint.So i have no reason to have anything personal against him.
My gripe with him has been highlighted by the fellow who released  the figures on Federation account allocation.If he collects that and is left with muddy,pot-hole infested roads in Port Harcourt,he is a failure.
As per the monorail,it still goes to show my point,which is a distinct LACK OF VISION IN GOVERNANCE:something he has in common with Odili.Odili did nothing;Amaechi is confusing things with the ones he is doing,in a bid to appear smart.
I live in Port Harcourt,have lived here for 4 1/2 years since I was transferred from Abuja at my place of work.I ply Trans Amadi-Nkpogu-Old GRA-Azikiwe axis twice everyday to drop and pick my child to and from school.I don't have to prove that to you or anyone.I do a masters in engineering at Uniport and I ply the NTA road most weekends.I know my way around PH enough to recognise that the roads are in terrible condition.
Fine the roads you listed are better now,but what about maintenance?Does that word exist in Amaechi's dictionary?Isn't Odili Road already developing holes?
What do you have to say about his jet plane?Isn't that lack of vision?What about hosting the sports festival that Rivers didn't need to?Don't be dull.Where have I backed Odili anywhere?This is supposed to be constructive and insightive argument.Why reduce this to a game of ludo and ayo?
If you don't have anything constructive to say,just do yourself a favour and climb down from Amaechi's rod.Posting pictures of a failed project (monorail) is just uncouth.Not to mention the verbal assault you gave to me,but it's a hazard we face on the internet.
Back to the monorail;I still think that only in Nigeria will a governor embark on such a white-elephant project.You need to castigate him seriously for lack of vision.The main Port Harcourt is crumbling,But Amaechi wants a greater PH so he and his cronies can make money.
I'm tired of being angry at a governor who wants to decieve us by pretending to work.
I'm going to pick my kid.I'm shuddering at the dangerous pot holes I'm going to face.Maybe if I can,I will take pictures and post.

you ve lived in PH for 4 and half years so i take it you relocated to PH at the time amaechi became governor, do you have any idea what PH was like before amaechii am not a rivers indigene but i was born in Portharcourt and lived here all my life.Dont you think i have seen govts come and go in this state and as such i should be in a better position to say which govt is failed or not.you ve only lived in PH for about 5years and you are asking how amaechi is better than odili
did you notice that the figures quoted by the other guy were from 1999-2007IF YOU WERE OBJECTIVE YOU WOULD HAVE NOTICED THAT.
Yes, the monorail is not necessary when we have multiple bad roads, but dont you think its best to wait till the end of his tenure to see what comes out of it
did amaechi do the peter odili road? i stand to be corrected
why didnt rivers need to host the sports festivalplease enlighten me,
The roads i listed are "better"??dude,are you for real
The old PH is crumbling.Why?dont you think the congested nature of old portharcourt as it is is responsiblehow you fail to see how moving key institutions to the outskirts solves that problem totally beats me.

StarBoard:
There is none whatsoever in the context of an exam over 100.Both are regarded failures.
Enough?I don't have a vendetta against Amaechi.I don't know him from a can of paint.So i have no reason to have anything personal against him.
My gripe with him has been highlighted by the fellow who released  the figures on Federation account allocation.If he collects that and is left with muddy,pot-hole infested roads in Port Harcourt,he is a failure.
As per the monorail,it still goes to show my point,which is a distinct LACK OF VISION IN GOVERNANCE:something he has in common with Odili.Odili did nothing;Amaechi is confusing things with the ones he is doing,in a bid to appear smart.
I live in Port Harcourt,have lived here for 4 1/2 years since I was transferred from Abuja at my place of work.I ply Trans Amadi-Nkpogu-Old GRA-Azikiwe axis twice everyday to drop and pick my child to and from school.I don't have to prove that to you or anyone.I do a masters in engineering at Uniport and I ply the NTA road most weekends.I know my way around PH enough to recognise that the roads are in terrible condition.
Fine the roads you listed are better now,but what about maintenance?Does that word exist in Amaechi's dictionary?Isn't Odili Road already developing holes?
What do you have to say about his jet plane?Isn't that lack of vision?What about hosting the sports festival that Rivers didn't need to?Don't be dull.Where have I backed Odili anywhere?This is supposed to be constructive and insightive argument.Why reduce this to a game of ludo and ayo?
If you don't have anything constructive to say,just do yourself a favour and climb down from Amaechi's rod.Posting pictures of a failed project (monorail) is just uncouth.Not to mention the verbal assault you gave to me,but it's a hazard we face on the internet.
Back to the monorail;I still think that only in Nigeria will a governor embark on such a white-elephant project.You need to castigate him seriously for lack of vision.The main Port Harcourt is crumbling,But Amaechi wants a greater PH so he and his cronies can make money.
I'm tired of being angry at a governor who wants to decieve us by pretending to work.
I'm going to pick my kid.I'm shuddering at the dangerous pot holes I'm going to face.Maybe if I can,I will take pictures and post.

you ve lived in PH for 4 and half years so i take it you relocated to PH at the time amaechi became governor, do you have any idea what PH was like before amaechii am not a rivers indigene but i was born in Portharcourt and lived here all my life.Dont you think i have seen govts come and go in this state and as such i should be in a better position to say which govt is failed or not.you ve only lived in PH for about 5years and you are asking how amaechi is better than odili
did you notice that the figures quoted by the other guy were from 1999-2007IF YOU WERE OBJECTIVE YOU WOULD HAVE NOTICED THAT.
Yes, the monorail is not necessary when we have multiple bad roads, but dont you think its best to wait till the end of his tenure to see what comes out of it
did amaechi do the peter odili road? i stand to be corrected
why didnt rivers need to host the sports festivalplease enlighten me,
The roads i listed are "better"??dude,are you for real
The old PH is crumbling.Why?dont you think the congested nature of old portharcourt as it is is responsiblehow you fail to see how moving key institutions to the outskirts solves that problem totally beats me.

Fokativ:
^^^ Sorry, you missed out Airforce - Eliozu road constructed by StarBoard's mentor Odili. Ameachi had to escavate the whole road to get it fixed.

This was one of the worst roads in PH until amaechi decided to reconstruct the whole road, the man basically tore the former one down , even the flyover is not left out, i remember nearly having an accident on that flyover , but the point is, he has and is making a difference as governor,
he has identified bad drainages as a cause of roads breaking down and is slowly but steadily converting open drains to underground drains, look at OLU OBASANJO and STADIUM road,
well all i can say is that the effects of all these constructions will not be felt now,

@poster.no be only ada george wey bad o!!!i fit give you 10 more bad roads for PH, infact you should have really done justice to this thread by walking down wimpey road and getting pictures from there, next time go to elioparanwo and see the state of roads there, amaechi is not a saint but the man is trying to make a change, many of these roads are under construction.A first time visitor to PH will throw up, i swear!why??because there is construction going on almost everywhere,

Starboard, i am sorry if i insulted you at any time, i didnt mean it, but please be objective!

StarBoard:
Nice,introspective post there.People amaze me by the kind of responses they put out.
There is this mo.ron called phantom who says Amaechi is God's gift to nature.He started a thread on Amaechi's achievements.
When you try to debate with him,he gives you the impression that he shouldn't be in the company of human beings by his zoo-ish responses.I am just waiting for his snail-paced brain to come here and defend his mentor whose d/ick he sucks everyday. . .
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the last time we argued,you sounde reasonable AT first, then something happened, it was like you brought your brain out.threw it on the ground and stepped on it, i agree with you, the monorail is a colossal waste but must you throw away the baby with the bathwaterseriouslydo you deny this man has done reasonably well so far,even if you want to fail him in road construction
starboard, please be fair and tell us what rumuola road,elekahia-rumuomasi,old aba road,ikweree road(education to UST) used to be like
dont come off sounding like you have a personal vendetta against the man, if the above roads were not done or completed, na still you go come here dey cry blue murder, i ask again Do you live in PH?

StarBoard:
Nice,introspective post there.People amaze me by the kind of responses they put out.
There is this mo.ron called phantom who says Amaechi is God's gift to nature.He started a thread on Amaechi's achievements.
When you try to debate with him,he gives you the impression that he shouldn't be in the company of human beings by his zoo-ish responses.I am just waiting for his snail-paced brain to come here and defend his mentor whose d/ick he sucks everyday. . .
T

my man grow up, if the poster was objective, why im no snap the parts of adageorge wey dem dey construct , it wouldnt have done the poster bad to note that that same road is UNDER CONSTRUCTION,

YOU VE BEEN TODDLED ALL YOU LIVES, FREE EDUCATION THROUGH AWO,THE PRIVILEDGE OF HAVIN THE FCT IN YOUR REGION, YET WHAT HAVE YOU INGENIOUS,"SUPER-BRAINED" LOT DONE WITH ITBY NOW ONE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED DEVT TO SPREAD TO ALL OF THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH LAGOS BUT WHAT DO WE HAVE TODAY?EVEN THE LAGOS ITSELF HAS GONE SO BACKWARD,ITS MIND-BOGGLING, YOU CASTIGATE THE NIGER-DELTA EVERYDAY FOR RECIEVING  LOTS OF FUNDS AND NOTHING TO SHOW, YET YOU HAVE NOT MOVED AN INCH FROM WHERE YOU GUYS ARE TOO, PLEASE FACE YOU LOT ARE GOOD AT AND THRIVE ON POLITICS AND TRIBALISM.SIMPLE!!!
THAT LAGOS YOU KEEP HOLDING UP TO THE WHOLE WORLD IS STILL VIABLE TODAY BECAUSE OF MAINLY THE SOUTHEASTERNERS, YOU CAN ATTEST TO THAT(EVEN YOU STUBBORNLY DONT WANT TO,THE POVERTY INDEX IN YOUR REGION ALREADY DOES JUSTICE TO THAT ASSERTION) OTHERWISE YOUR REGION WOULD SIMPLY BE NO DIFFERENT FROM THE NORTH, PLEASE I IMPLORE YOU TO THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE ABOVE ,

Eko Ile:
J really wasn't expecting nothing but the same idiotic and delusional rubbish.

lol @ the same yeye people wey still dey write flight schedule on top black board in 2011 talking about civilization.

lmao.

, my man, you keep screaming lagos, this lagos was the former FCT and as such atrracted people from all over the country, PLEASE IN THE NAME OF GOD, DO NOT ATTRIBUTE THE DEVELOPMENT THERE TO YORUBAS, it is sickening to say the least, i have asked time without number here,to compare FAIRLY, PLEASE TELL ME APART FROM LAGOS (WHICH IS NOT "YORUBA'" IN THE REAL SENSE) WHICH OTHER SOUTHWESTERN CITY IS COMPARABLE TO WHAT YOU FIND IN THE EAST OR CORE SOUTH, EVEN BENIN BY ASSOCIATION LOOKS LIKE A DESERT , THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS BE HAPPY FOR AND GRATEFUL TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FEEDING YOU IN YOUR OWN HOUSE, LORD HAVE MERCY!!YOU WESTERNERS ARE INDEED STUBBORNLY AND ARROGANTLY PATHETIC, , LET ME ASK AGAIN, MINUS LAGOS,BETWEEN THE WEST AND EAST/SS, WHICH REGION LOOKS LIKE IT WAS DEVASTATED BY THE CIVIL WAR, , F****KING JOKERS

In the aftermath of the abuja un bomb blasts she said 'i thank all the doctors and nurses for responding to treatment' ,

epic!,

**patiently waiting and  chilling with a cold bottle of grand lager beer and groundnuts while holding a sawed off shotgun in the northern direction**

somze:
so after Four years we have no single completed project?

I tremble at your superior intelligence, you re a f***king genius! people like you is exactly what this country needs,

, and the world is still not a safer place 10years after, SMH.

monorail in progress

stadium road(under reconstruction), Updates
the street lights have begun to appear,

olu Obj, cont.d,

olu-obasanjo way (under reconstruction)

olu-obasanjo way(under reconstruction), updates,

Ada-George (under construction)cont.d(1st and 2nd pix), steel bridge along iloabuchi-eagle island link road(3rd and 4th pix)

Ada-George(under construction)updates!!

ada-george(under construction) UPDATES,

Much Ado About a Bond
by Ibim Semenitari

I have read with a smile some of the things that have been said about the proposal of the Rivers state government to issue a bond. Cynicism is understandable, indeed even forgivable in a country where the people have held the short end of the stick for so long. For many Nigerians, Rivers people inclusive, government can only do one thing well - lie through the teeth.

So what way to go? is it possible that government might ever tell some truth, sometime, if not the whole truth all the time? Is it possible that at some point and with some of our leaders, politics does actually give way to governance? How can anyone be convinced that government-speak is not simply another name for robust propaganda that is self serving and destructive. Indeed is it possible to see government as pro and not anti people?

I must confess that even I am cynical of government. And no, don't laugh or sneer at me. I too am a citizen with full citizen rights including the right to be cynical of government. But after a year and a half of sitting on this side ( that is the government side) of the negotiating table in governance, I must confess that I am better schooled. No, not every government person is a rogue armed with a pen or these days a computer, waiting to rob the unsuspecting public of the common wealth. True some of us haven't made life easy for everyone but there is a lot more sincerity in official chambers than many of us are willing to give the leadership credit for.

Like the case of the proposed Rivers State N250 billion bond. I thought borrowing bulk money to meet an immediate need and paying back over a period of time is elementary economics. In the days of more robust companies and government, it was common place to see staff take car loans and housing loans to meet the pressing needs of either buying a car or paying one's house rents. Till date the concept of mortgage loans follow the same principle. Borrow bulk sum and pay gradually with deductions from one's salary. In simple terms this is what the Rivers state government is doing.

For a government with strong fundamentals and enviable ratings by two of the worlds top rating agencies; fitch and Standard and Poors, it is no crime to function with other people's money. If anything, it is good business sense. You borrow bulk to take care of critical projects and pay gradually over time little bits. The long term benefit is completed projects on time, reducing the possibility of inflation catching up with the project and even stronger ratings earned by paying back.

But even more important is the fact that taking a bond is no piece of cake, more so in a strong regulatory environment. But I agree that the people have a right to ask questions and even query the wisdom of government. In the same vein, they must listen to sound argument and good opinions should give way to better.

For avoidance of doubt, the Rivers State government is not borrowing because it is broke. Governor Chibuike Amaechi began for the first time in Nigeria's history, putting aside money monthly in a future fund. A future fund is exactly that. Money that can only be used by a future government. Regardless of this, the N1billion put aside monthly can hardly suffice to make bulk payment for a N60billion project or even one of N30 billion. For that, one must borrow and pay gradually. Governor Amaechi has made a promise to tell Rivers people exactly how much each project to be funded by the bond will cost. All of these projects will be subjected to due process, government will consistently open its books to show how monies are being expended. That is a responsibility the Amaechi administration takes seriously and one it intends to judiciously follow.

Why should you trust us? Because we did promise you transparent and accountable stewardship, anchored on integrity and good governance in October 2007, and somehow, warts, pimples and all, we have kept faith with that promise. Still, for those who dont trust government, at least, trust Fitch, S&P and the Securities and Exchange Commission. They too have given this administration a clean bill of health, and that should count for something.

Abagworo:
you are wrong brother.Eleme has two refineries,one is the largest in Africa.One petro-chemical plant,Power generation plant,The second largest Port in Nigeria and fertilizer plant.What about Omoku?What of Obigbo?What of Bonny the largest oil export terminal in Africa which also houses the largest LNG plant?Three of those 4 cities generate more than almost every other Nigerian city apart from Lagos.

I deliberately removed Rivers and Delta because much of the industries there are oil and hence makes their economy very much like microcosm of Nigeria.

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thank you, They forget that the portharcourt they call one city state is made up of up to 5 LGAs out of the 23, now apart from Portharcourt as it is now,you have bonny that houses LNG, bori is another centre, ahoada is another, oyigbo is another, RIVERS state would have long expanded to the state lagos is in now if not for the different water bodies dividing the state.Even at that the riverine towns are developing even without a link to portharcourt.I have friends who live and do business in buguma,
My take is 1.Lagos 2.Rivers 3.Delta 4.Anambara

afam, you have forgotten that portharcourt as it is comprises, PH lga,obioakpor,eleme,ikwerre lga and oyigbo, The original portharcourt starts at"town" and ends at around UST, "Portharcourt" in the real sense can no longer be defined,

saintkola:
Alphas is crap! I really hope it gets cancelled after its 1st season.

my sentiments exactly, i barely made it through episode 1,

back in the day (from secondary school to uni) i used to listen to a lotta rock, then i started to notice a lot of things wrong with it.i started noticing subtle messages in the lyrics and videos and it dawned on me that a lot of these rock music were "deeply luciferian", listen very well to lyrics of known songs like "black hole sun"-soundgarden,hotel california-eagles or certain songs from the ozzy osbourne group "black sabbath", then you ll understand what i'm saying,

^^^^chairman don show, , there is no doubt that there is a lot of devil worship in music.it started with rock and is gradually seeping into blues ,hip hop etc

^^^^âre you sure?

^^^^why are you asking a question you know the answer to?

guys, abeg i need reviews on this album, lemme know if its worth my time, i hear its missing GZA and masterkilla, but i know say WU still dey lethal nevertheless.i just need honest reviews from peeps that have listened esp. diehard WU fans, does it match up to classic Wu stuff or it could ave been better, opinions pls, thanks,