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ok, please keep us posted

chrisja: I should get mine by Tuesday or Wednesday

has it been delivered to you? I just ordered mine too and have been called to confirm the order. Expecting delivery within 3-8 days

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ideology: Is Apapa the only road in Nigeria, is Ibadan expressway not being constructed by FG, what of 2nd Niger bridge and roads in other regions, must everything be done in Lagos,

is Nigeria not large enough for anyone to understand that development can't take place everywhere at the same time.

You talk of finance, what the allocation given to states for, at least he claims to use task payers money for road construction, so Will he say, he uses all the allocation to pay salaries.

Imagine what Akwa Ibom state will look like if the state, kept waiting for FG to construct federal roads.

Lets stop this attitude of pointing fingers when things go wrong under our watch, even when we know we can do something about the situation.

The same people will tell younger generation to think of what they can do for themselves instead of waiting for government, yet that's what They are doing indirectly.

Everything GEJ or FG.

There has been clamour for true federalism, then only can the state fix all roads as for now, the FG is in charge and it is only sensible to fix the roads around a port that generates so much income for the country. The state budgets for and fixes its infrastructures, the federal should do the same, no excuses

ideology: You are wrong to say FG lack the will to build new ports to decongest Apapa, its politics, some politicians blocked such to happen with the fear that businesses will move from Western region to where the new port will be sited, hence Lagos, will lose alot of Internally generated revenue.

Who are these politicians and where are they from?
Don't ask me!!

Fashola, has recently lost some points with his recent way of criticizing opponents at every function and instant, instead of focusing and scoring more points for APc.
Is there anything wrong if he looks into the road rather than wait for Fg, thinking using it as propaganda will earn him points.

There is not need pointing to Fg, if there is no budget for the road this year.
Ur indigenes are suffering u are trying to gain cheap points, fix the road, you are not the first state Gov to fix Fg roads, and won't be the last.

In reality who benefits more from that port, FG or Lagos state

You're saying Fashola should fix the road for FG. I would have let this slide but for my hate for falsehood I won't. The FG has more funds at its disposal and even at that the Lagos state government already took over the Badagry expressway and Ikorodu due to the neglect of the roads.

There is every need to point to the FG because it is their responsibility and they should live up to it. Just like you hold your employees accountable for tasks given to them. You don't tell the accountant to do the job of the HR when the accountant is there doing nothing.

Fashola said the obvious truth, NPA is just being unnecessarily loyal to the FG to the detriment of homes and businesses in Apapa

Smartsyn: And the first time BH recorded a miss is against Buhari and some Islamic cleric.


OK, am observing in HD.

Dear kid, there has been several misses

hmmmm....speechless, for now

Firefire: The lowest prices in the scheme:

1 Bedroom:
Oba Adeboruwa (1 Bedroom Type 2) – 7.5m (30% = 2.3m)
Monthly repayment after the initial 30% = 68k every month for the next 10 Yrs

Michael Otedola Odoragunshin - Epe (1 Bedroom Type 1) – 6.4m (30% = 1.9m)
Monthly repayment after the initial 30% = 58k every month for the next 10 Yrs

Shogunro Scheme II Ogba Ikeja (1 Bedroom Type 3) – 8.6m (30% = 2.6m)
Monthly repayment after the initial 30% = 78k every month for the next 10 Yrs


Ilupeju Scheme (1 Bedroom Type 3) – 9.1m (30% = 2.7m)
Interest Rate: 9.5% per year
Monthly repayment after the initial 30% = 82k every month for the next 10 Yrs



Room / Palour:
Michael Otedola Odoragunshin - Epe (Room / Palour) – 4.3m (30% = 1.3m)
Interest Rate: 9.5% per year
Monthly repayment after the initial 30% = 39k every month for the next 10 Yrs


I have no idea of other hiding charges, fees or dues.

Caveat emptor - "Let the buyer beware"


E&OE

Couldn't find pictures but see names here from July alone

Here is the list of winners from the July draw, we congratulate you!

SN JULY DRAW WINNERS
A CHOIS GARDENS, ABIJO-LEKKI
2 BEDROOM FLAT
1 OKEOWO AYOKUNLE OLUKAYODE (MR)
2 OMENUKO INNOCENT AMAECHI (MR)
3 ONI OLUFUNMILOLA OLATUNBOSUN (MRS)
B HON. OLAITAN MUSTAPHA ESTATE, IJAIYE-OJOKORO
3 BEDROOM FLAT
1 ISHOLA ISMAILA OGUNBAYODE (DR)
2 OFOEGBU PRINCE MADUABUCHI (MR)

C HON. ROTIMI SHOTOMIWA ESTATE, IGBOGBO-IKORODU
3 BEDROOM FLAT
1 OKORIKA BELEMA HENRIETTA (MISS)

D ILUPEJU SCHEME, ILUPEJU
1 BEDROOM FLAT
1 ESHIET IDONGESIT COMFORT (DR)
2 IKPEKEME OLAITAN OLUFUNMILAYO (MRS)
3 OLONIBUA DAMILOLA GABRIEL (MR)
4 OTINWA-AJAGUNNA ADEJOJU FUNMILAYO (MS)
2 BEDROOM FLAT
1 ADEKAUNSI OLUFUNMILAYO ELIZABETH (MRS)
2 ADEKUNBI OLUMIDE ALADE (MR)
3 ADENUGA ATINUKE EDIRIN (MRS)
4 ADEYEMO AJIBADE TIMOTHY (MR)
5 AINA EZEKIEL OLUWAFEMI (MR)
6 AKANDE SHAKIRAT KEKELOYE (MISS)
7 AMBALI WAJIU OLADIMEJI (MR)
8 ASOGWA TOCHUKWU CHARLES (MR)
9 ASUQUO ABIODUN ELIZABETH (MRS)
10 FEMI-ODU VIVIAN LILIMA (MRS)
11 GIWA WASIU OLUSHOGA (MR)
12 IBIDAPO-OBE OYERONKE OYEFISAYO (MS)
13 LAWAL OLUSEUN AYOTOPE (MR)
14 LERAMOH MICHEAL BALOGUN (MR)
15 MORDI OBINWANNE DESMOND (MR)
16 OBARO TRACY (MS)
17 OGUNREMI OLUBUKOLA OLUFISAYO (MISS)
18 OLAREMI OLALEKAN MICHAEL (MR)
19 OLAREWAJU IDOWU ADEBOLA (MR)
20 OLAYEMI TAIWO ASANAT FOLORUNSHO (MRS)
21 OLOKO KOLAWOLE OLAIWOLA (MR)
22 OLUSANYA ELIZABETH IDOWU (MRS)
23 OMEJIAKU OKEZIE KINGSLEY (MR)
24 ONASANYA FESTUS ONADOLAPO (MR)
25 ONYEDI ROTANNA MAUREEN (MISS)
26 OYELUDE ISMAIL SHITTU (MR)

3 BEDROOM FLAT
1 ADEBISI GBOYEGA BOLAJI (MR)
2 ADEBOWALE ADEBAYO VICTOR (MR)
3 ADEGOR PETER ARUOTURE (MR) & ADEGOR VIVIAN ANULI (MRS) CO-APPLICANTS
4 ADEWUYI ELIZABETH ABOSEDE (MRS)
5 ANYANECHI FOLASADE ELIZABETH (MRS)
6 AWELENJE IBRAHEEM MOBOLAJI (MR)
7 EDEWOR OMONEFE (MR)
8 EMEYA PATRICK EHIAMETALOR (MR)
9 IGEIN UWAMAI PAUL (MR)
10 JEGEDE AMOKE ITEOLUWAKIISHI (MRS)
11 KOLEOSO OLABANJI OLUSOLA (MR)
12 ODEBODE BAYO ABIODUN (MR)
13 OGUNDE MODUPE OLUTOLA (MISS)
14 OGUNGBESAN TITILOPE OLUTAYO (MRS)
15 OLADOKUN ADEBUSOLA OLOLADE (MRS)
16 OLIYIDE KUBURAT ABOSEDE (MRS)
17 OMITOGUN OLALEKAN GANIU (MR)
18 OPEIFA ADEKUNLE ZAKARIYAU (MR)
19 OWORU OYEFOLARIN (MR)
20 OYEYIOLA ADEBOLA LAWRENCE (MR) & OYEYIOLA OLAYEMI ADAMA (MRS) CO-APPLICANTS
21 OZAH OLADOTUN OLUFEMI (MR)
22 OZIGI REKIAT OZOHU (MRS)
23 SOTADE PETER ADEBOWALE (MR) & SOTADE OMOTOLA ATINUKE (MRS) CO-APPLICANTS
24 SUNMOLA ABIMBOLA OLUWAFUNMILAYO (MRS)
25 TORIOLA ADETOYE TAOFEEK (MR)
26 YAMAH ADIJAT (MRS)
E SHOGUNRO SCHEME 1, OGBA-IKEJA
1 BEDROOM FLAT
1 FALADE TAIWO OMOSUNMISOLA (MISS)
F SHOGUNRO SCHEME 2, OGBA-IKEJA
2 BEDROOM FLAT
1 ADEBOLA ABIODUN OLAKUNLE (MR)
2 ADEMOLU OLUBODE JOHNSON (MR) & ADEMOLU OLUWATOYIN OPEYEMI (MRS) CO-APPLICANTS
3 ADEYEMO DAMILOLA KUBURAT (MISS)
4 AKINSOLA FLORENCE TITILAYO (MRS)
5 ALADEITAN WOLEADE MICHAEL (MR)
6 AMAEZE CHIMUANYA CHIABUGHOTU (MR)
7 AYOBAMI-ADEDEJI VICTORIA OLUWAFUNMILAYO (MRS)
8 AYORINDE ABIODUN JOSEPH (MR)
9 DAWODU DOLAPO BOSEDE (MRS)
10 DEPIVER ADEBOLA JACOB (MR)
11 DIYA OLUWAYOMI DAYO (MRS)
12 ESUOLA TITILOLA MORONKE (MRS)
13 FETUGA TOMILOLA IBIWUNMI (MRS)
14 IBITOYE ABAYOMI ODUNAYO (MR)
15 OBAJULUWA OLUWASEUN ELIJAH (MR)
16 OGUNDIMU ABOSEDE NUSIRAT (MRS)
17 OLUDE OLUBUNMI MODUPE (MRS)
18 OSIH OGECHUKWU LILIAN (MISS)
19 SHAKIOYE OLOLADE TOHIRA (MRS)
20 YAHAYA AHMED OLUGBENGA (MR)
3 BEDROOM FLAT
1 ADASONLA OLUMIDE (MR)
2 ADEGUNLE OLUWAYEMISI JULIANAH (MRS)
3 ADISA AKINTAYO OLUWOLE (MR)
4 AKANNI SHAKIRAT OLUWATOSIN (MRS)
5 AKINDELE TAIWO AYOBAMI (MR)
6 ALABI-BELLO NURUDEEN ADEKOLA (MR)
7 CHUKWURA ALEX IKENNA (MRS)
8 DOSUNMU TAIWO HASSAN (MR)
9 IVUE DENNIS AONDONGU (MR)
10 KUYE KAMORU OLANREWAJU (MR)
11 LAWAL BIOLA MUBASHIR (MR)
12 OJO BABATUNDE OLUWADAMILARE (MR)
13 OJOYE OLUKEMI MOTUNRAYO (MRS)
14 OKOSODO ANTHONY ERIAYE (MR)
15 OLALEYE AKINYEMI AKINTAYO (MR)
16 OLATUNBOSUN AFOLASHADE (MRS)
17 OYINLOYE ABOSEDE IBIDUNNI (MRS)
18 UABOI ANDREW OISE (MR)
19 ZITTA IBRAHIM (MR)

More at http://lagoshoms.gov.ng/blog/list-of-winners-from-the-july-draw/#.U8-NPKjeWSQ

Firefire: CAN WE SEE PICTURES of the Beneficiaries

Afrocatalyst: Just waking up?

Why didn't FG issue the ban when lagos came up with LASRRA and deportation of some people to their hometowns?

Why now that the Imo state government has taken same path.

I perceive cowardice.

My advice to Mr President: do what is right whether you are going to step on toes or not. People are watching and this might be your last chance as a president.

You should have done this long time ago with the LASG.

The bolded is not for deportation but for planning as even indegenes are required to register. Be informed

That's not true, from BPE to MOE, her marks remain

ammyluv2002: Honestly, she's really annoying! Pot calling kettle black. ...when she was the minister of education, she did nothing.

declaro: Well said that means we should mount pressures to the ministry of works and let them do their works. Beside every government need the citizen's supports to progress. Lets us not count ourselves out from our own responsibilities as citizens. Example, it our duty to report to the authorities when we see someone vandalizing or stealing our government properties and it is our duty to call the attention of the authorities for repair, replacement or upgrade of the properties.

And who told you the people have not complained over the years?

Popular Lagos politician and Chief Executive Officer of Jay Kay Pharmacy, Jimi Agbaje has declared his interest to run for the 2015 governorship race in Lagos state on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Agbaje declared his intention to succeed governor Fashola after his tour of all 57 Local councils in the state.

DailyPost also stumbled on one of his campaign posters posted online with the inscriptions: “Eko Initiative. JayKayok. Jimi Agbaje for Governor 2015.”



Details shortly.

http://dailypost.ng/2014/07/15/jimi-agbaje-declares-for-lagos-guber-race-to-contest-under-pdp-photo/

declaro: Yes it is our responsibility as citizens to report and remind the government the roads that are not good enough to walk on. FG may not be passing every road so they may not know that it is not good for us. Everyone has a duty to do as a good citizen, report any problem you see and the people responsible for solving the problem will do it.

There's a ministry of works, they have an offices in Lagos and have officers to report. If only the the people in the right places are doing their jobs and if they don't do their jobs it rests on the FG to do something about it which wasn't done before now. No Excuse

komek: Your Last question, yes! we need to show them there responsibility. Because its for our own welfare. You stay in Apapa, having delays in going to ur bizness, wasted time and opportunities, stressed out and as a result becomes unproductive etc, the other man is in Abuja (Aso Rock) living a good life. Does not wake early to beat traffic or go anywhere to meet up with appointments etc, and u expect him to no what is happening in Apapa, if u dont tell them, they dont know because they have evil men around them who tell them that all is well just to get some evil money to spend around. SO bro, if u have opportunity of telling them what they need to know, pls do

Those that do are labelled opposition, boko haram, supporter of APC, etc instead of appreciating them and considering their solutions

no, because it took the outcry of the governor and residents

Scyllapatron: even if they did it on their first day in office, you must find another reason to hate and criticize. . .

Not when we have to remind him of his responsibilities everytime.

Kinkale: ABEG DIS DUDE IS WORKING.. HE MIGHT NOT BE UP 2 PAR, BUR HE'S BY FAR D BEST OPTION POLITICS HAS 2 OFFER THE NIGERIAN CITIZENRY

FG doesn't collect tax abi?

eaglechild: Fashola is busy collecting tax, but when it comes to road repair he will remember it is FG's.

Does Fashola and Lagosians need to cry out before the FG will do the right thing? Same happened for the Apapa-Oshodi expressway, it took a frontpage report by sun news for FG to give attention to that road and start patching and the took the exposure of watchinglagos.com for them to stop patching and instead, rebuild which has been impressive so far. Must we show the FG their responsibility?

A gang called “Community Policing Youth Vanguard” in Festac
area of Lagos State on Monday allegedly invaded the Amuwo
Odofin Local Council Secretariat, attacking and injuring
officials of the Local Council on Monday, 14th July, 2014.
The group which is allegedly owned and used by the Area
Commander in the Festac area, ACP Dan Okoro, is said to be
unleashing haphazard mayhem in the area with heavy reliance
on the arbitrary backing of the Area Commander, Mr. Dan
Okoro.
According to officials of the council, activities reported of the
gang in the past had included rape, robbery and unwarranted
physical molestation of residents.
The council Chairman, Mr. Ayo Adewale, said he had severally
reported activities of the group to police authority, but that
nothing had been done to curb them or their police clout, Mr.
Dan Okoro, the Area Commander who invented the group.
He also said Mr. Dan Okoro, in blatant display had threatened
to continue using the group against the Local Council.
In a recent scuffle between the gang and security details of
the Local Council, for instance, ACP Dan Okoro was said to
have brazenly opend restricted roads for trucks and personally
driven with truck owners to use the routes against orders
protecting the roads for maintenance.
With the attack on council secretariat on Monday, the group’s
alleged nefarious activities added another mileage. The
hoodlums reportedly invaded the Local Council office, wielding
bottles, machetes and other dangerous weapons and attacking
employees of the Council Secretariat.
The Local Council Chairman, Mr. Ayo Adewale said he was
their target, but had been rescued by men of the NSCDC and
the Rapid Response Squad, after police details attached to his
office watched the hoodlums without stopping them.
He said the hoodlums numbered about a hundred when they
swooped on the secretariat and overpowered the security
around the council office. He narrated stated that the group
had unleashed a major mayhem earlier in the day and one of
their leaders had been arrested and handed over to the police.
The arrested gang member however, was released upon
intervention by ACP Dan Okoro, following which they struck at
the Council Secretariat later around 5.30pm on the day.
Asides from ACP Dan Okoro’s “police” hoodlums, another
individual identified as Fatai Onifade is said to have also been
inspired by the impunity of the group and had created his own
gang. Fatai was quoted as claiming to belong to Dr. Fredrick
Fasheun’s faction of the OPC. Fasheun had however denied
him, but both hoodlum gangs still walk free and continued
with their activities.
Previously, the Local Chairman said he had led a protest
against activities of the gang, after the Area Commander, ACP
Dan Okoro allegedly spearheaded brazen violation of
Government orders, obtaining illegal money from trucks drivers
and leading them through areas of their restriction.
Adewale suggested that their attacks continued as he had
refused to recognize the “unlawful” group.
“The group is not recognized by law”, he said, adding that he
would not recognize any gang of hoodlums.
He also warned that his life is under serious threats by the
hoodlums.


“May I use this medium to inform the general public that if
anything should happen to me or members of my family,
Emmanuel Onwa, Fatai Onifade a.k.a Apashe, Niyi and The
Area E Commander, ACP Dan Okoro who formed that group
should be the first set of people to be investigated and held
responsible”, he said.


watch video here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UyIEiljL4k

ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1153523

sexyseun: Na today?
Family inheritance has been in existence since the days of old.
Genesis 25:5 Abraham gave everything he owned to his son Isaac.
Check out the Ford Family, Walton family, Arnault family, Glazer family.. I can go on and on.
Even Pastor Joel Osteen of the largest church in America inherited his father's church(Lakewood church)
There is absolutely nothing wrong in inheriting your family's wealth, its just better if you can make it more better



If my papa na Dangote or Adenuga, Where u think say i go dey work?? Skyebank or Aiico Insurance

The bolded is the problem, people these days just lazy around because there's an inheritance somewhere for them, eventually they squander all

oduastates: What is this one saying?
More than 1.5 trillion already carted out from the ports this year alone.
Not to talk of the VAT,corporate taxes ,license fees being carted out of Lagos for sharing to laggard states.
Even after robbing peter to pay Paul,they still send all their responsibilities and poverty to Lagos .

If Fashola talks they say he's talking because he is off the opposition, instead of using brains to check out the facts.

Yomieluv: is the port only the business there,it should be joint effort.other business are there,that the state government tax..

The port is the major constituent of nuisance on that route, they've even spread to Iganmu/Orile axis hereby causing traffic there too

“Mismanagement of fuel and the Port is destroying Apapa and destroying Lagos; this must stop”, he says.
Keeping faith with his promise to be back in a week’s time to monitor progress in the efforts to address the problem of traffic gridlock in Apapa, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola again visited the Tin Can Port road and Creek road among others on Sunday calling on the Federal Government to live up to its responsibility by restoring the infrastructural damage which, he says, is threatening to destroy the area.
During his visit last week Sunday, Fashola who expressed dismay at the traffic gridlock created by the tankers, especially on Creek Road and other roads leading to both Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports, met with the leadership of the tanker drivers’ association and extracted a promise from them to create at least one lane to enable other road users in the area to access their homes and businesses.
Fielding questions from journalists after the inspection of the Tincan Port Road and Creek Road, Governor Fashola frowned at the deterioration in the area saying the State Government is paying heavily for the damage caused by the mismanagement of the Ports and fuel distribution by the Federal Government.
He told newsmen, “You can see, this is where tankers fall every day, claiming lives, damaging peoples’ vehicles. It is a herculean task everyday that we have to remove one container or one fallen tanker from here all because of the mismanagement by the Federal Government of its Ports responsibility and of its fuel distribution responsibility”.
”Our land has been desecrated; you can see the destruction, people living on the road simply because the Federal Government cannot manage the distribution of fuel. People are defecating in open drains, all the drains here have become refuse dumps all because the Federal Government wants to give us fuel”, he said.
Pointing out that the State Government does not benefit from all the revenue generated at the Ports and from the fuel distribution, Fashola noted, “The Federal Government wants to run a Port. Look at the roads here, they have all gone. And we don’t get derivation from oil but we pay so heavily for the distribution of fuel”.
“Residents must know this is a Federal problem, it is not the State’s problem; the distribution of fuel is a Federal problem. The Federal Government must get up now and change the game and live up to its responsibility. Its mismanagement of fuel and the Port is destroying Apapa and destroying Lagos; this must stop”, the Governor said.
Asked what option the Federal Government should adopt to solve the problem, Fashola said, “Well I don’t know what options the Federal Government has but clearly road haulage of fuel by tankers and containers is not going to work. The roads cannot stand it no matter how hard you build them. So, instead of its slogans and propaganda about transformation, this place needs to be transformed”.
The Governor recalled that when the State Government started the work to improve the situation at Apapa, the Federal Government came and indicated its intention to work with the State Government but added that one year after that expression of intention, the Federal Government has not shown up.
“We started this work; they came and said they wanted to work with us. We have not heard from them over a year after that. This place has returned to a worse state from where we pushed it when they came”, he said.
Speaking to some leaders of the National Road Transport Owners at the Apapa Ports entrance, Fashola said everyone, including the transporters, the cargo owners and other stakeholders, has a role to play in the effort to restore sanity in the area adding that the State Government is ready to work with other agencies to make things better.
He told them, “I promised to be here this week and I am here; and as you have acknowledged, we have at least achieved some progress over one week. Although it is not all yet done, we have established one lane compliance from two, three lanes on this Creek Road and access to the Port”.
Noting that Apapa is the nation’s oldest industrial Estate, Fashola declared, “What I don’t understand is how this Federal Government left the Apapa Port and fuel distribution to deteriorate like this. Because this is the oldest or one of the oldest ports in the country and if this is the largest contributor to the economy of the country, I think there should be a more responsible management approach to this Port by the Federal Government”.
“All the roads here are Federal roads; I have just passed the Apapa – Oshodi Expressway leading to Tin Can Island and what you see there just makes the heart bleed. By mismanaging the Ports, by mismanaging the distribution of fuel, the Federal Government has just paralyzed the Apapa Industrial Estate and the GRA”, he said.
He described as tragic the fact that the distribution of daily good and the distribution of fuel which, according to him, “many countries have taken for granted”, has become a big problem for Nigeria adding, “We are at the point where we must choose between our life and fuel”.
The Governor, however, promised to continue to work through the agencies of Government to improve the situation in the area adding that he would continue to monitor the progress while the State’s Transport Management Agency, LASTMA, and other law enforcement agencies of the State would be deployed to assist in bring sanity to the area.
Earlier, the President of the Maritime Truck Owners Association, Mr. Remi Ogungbemi, had thanked the Governor for his continued effort to bring sanity into the traffic situation in the area saying the major problem was that while many businesses have come into the estate in the last 40 years, there has been no corresponding increase in infrastructure adding that the places designated for parking vehicles have been taken over by other businesses.
In his contribution, the General Manager (Admin) for the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Mr. Aloga Ogbogo, also thanked the State Governor for his continued intervention at the Estate in spite of the fact that the Federal Government owns the businesses there.
He, however, appealed to the Governor to assist in an ongoing negotiation between the association and landlords of a 61 hectare land area around Mile 2 saying if the association could acquire the land, it would solve the problem of parking space for all the tankers and trailers presently causing traffic gridlock in Apapa.

#BringBackOurGirls: What Will President Jonathan Tell The People Of Borno During His Campaign?

I don’t know if Mr. President will be contesting in next year’s presidential election but there are indications that he will. I have seen some adverts showcasing his achievements so far. One advert even compares the president with Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Lee Kuan Yew, Barack Obama and probably others. That particular advert is indeed an audacious one but I don’t think it has achieved its purpose because I have observed that whenever the advert is aired on TV, those I am with almost always are not amused. So it may be safe to conclude that the adverts are part of the moves being made to secure re-election for the president. I don’t know if the president, his advisers, his party and political associates have ever thought that the current Boko Haram crisis may be a moral and political burden for both the president and the PDP.

It’s over 80 days now that the innocent school girls were abducted form Chibok and the government has failed to liberate them. It is reported that seven among the parents of the girls have died. All the government has been able to do since the event has been to assure Nigerians that the girls will be rescued. The Chibok abduction has gained worldwide attention, and all over the world, the kidnapping has been condemned with passionate rescue the girls. There is even a dedicated Wikipedia page for the kidnapping:

While some Nigerians have taken it upon themselves to pressurize the government on a daily basis to secure the girls’ freedom, the government has not demonstrated to Nigerians its seriousness to bring back the girls. In fact, the (in)actions of the government has brought opprobrium to our nation, going by the comments of foreigners who seem to be more concerned about the safety of these girls than our government and sadly, some Nigerians. These are some of the critical comments that have been made concerning the abduction issue:

Boko Haram’s strength “appears to be increasing. The government’s ability to provide security to its citizens appears to be decreasing.” – Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell

“If (the U.S.) knew where the kidnapped girls were, I certainly would send in U.S. troops to rescue them, in a New York minute I would, without permission of the host country. I wouldn’t be waiting for some kind of permission from some guy named Goodluck Jonathan.” – Senator John McCain

“We have never called the United Nations to guard our security. Me, Yoweri Museveni to say that I have failed to protect my people and I call on the UN: I would rather hang myself. We prioritized national security by developing a strong Army, otherwise our Uganda would be like DRC, South Sudan, Somalia or Nigeria where militias have disappeared with school children.” – President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda

The major aim of this write-up is to ask President Goodluck Jonathan how he will go about his campaign for president if he fails to bring back the girls. Will Mr. President go to Borno State to campaign? Or will he stay away from the state? If he stays away from Borno, how is it going to look like? If he decides to campaign in Borno, what will he tell the people of the state? Even if the girls are found and brought back, knowing what they would have gone through, will the president have the moral justification to face the people of the state to ask for their votes? What will he tell them? Will he tell them that if they vote him in for a second term, he will ensure that the girls are brought back? Or will he tell them he deserves a second term for bringing back their children after many days in the bush? How will the president go around the nation with the Boko Haram albatross around his neck? Will he be able to convince Nigerians that he will be able to protect the territorial integrity of our nation if a well-organised foreign army comes against our nation? Does the president ever think about how much damage the Chibok school girls abduction has done, is doing and will do to his campaign? Does he think he will win in a free and fair election?
Whatever the president’s answers to my questions may be and whether he will contest for a second term or not, he should please #BringbackourGirls.

http://omojuwa.com/2014/07/bringbackourgirls-what-will-president-jonathan-tell-the-people-of-borno-during-his-campaign-darasimi-oshodi/

I'm motivated by this, I started driving lesson yesterday and I failed woefully my first test. Refused ti go today but will most def go on money. I'm inspired...

There was almost 48hours non stop at ebute metta in Lagos over the weekend, from Monday it went back to "normal"

the painful thing is Nigerians fall miserably for these government pranks

MissMeiya: Remember the #ReleaseOurGirls? That thing failed so miserably it was almost funny. They tried to protest against the protesters online and on the ground, and failed.

Nigeria has no shame left.

not at the expense of training two children with an income of about 30k monthly

majamajic: Do u know that 80% of naija marriages are based on hire-purchase, (pregnant or delivery before dowry or wedding).

Some prefer to be young single mum than old unmarried woman.

Thanks a lot, I'm looking at the discomfort of smell of garlic, especially with colleagues at work. I will stop white rice, I've replaced white bread with wheat bread, whole cream milk with skimmed milk (mostly dano slim), sugar with honey. I can't jog due to fatigue and palpitations but I've very comfortable with cycling. My meal now constitute mainly of blended fruits (most time pineapple and water melon), am I on the right track?

armyofone: Start adding garlic to your meal. One glove daily. Peel, chop and leave it for 10 minutes. Then add to your dinner. Don't warm it with your food... just chop, leave for 10 mins then add to meals.
Stop eating white rice...especially at night time. Eat brown rice more than white rice. Eat more fish too...
Again start adding garlic to your daily meals, it helps.
Don't forget to walk, jog or run at least 5 times a week for at least 30 minutes.

Since the kidnap of the Chibok girls and the beginning of the #BringBackOurGirls protests, the FG has hired crowd to protest against the protest(LOL), it failed, they payed touts to intimidate and even threaten protesters, it failed, used police to intimidate, it failed, used threat & bomb scare it failed.Now outright lies.It will also FAIL

If that is true then he should be in the Universal Basic Education Board and not the education ministry.

bokoslayer: Mallam Shekarau has been a teacher all his life. Who else would fit that ministry other than a teacher?

SIGNS CONCESSION AGREEMENT ON MANAGEMENT OF THE FACILITY

Lagos State Government has opened for the use of the public the first ultra modern cardiac and renal centre at Gbagada area of Lagos.

This is in a bid to stop the spate of medical trips abroad as well as build local capacity especially for ailments that could be treated locally but for the absence of expertise and facilities.

The facility which is designed to handle heart and kidney related diseases also offers out-patient services, diagnostic services, ultrasound, CT scan, Echo cardiograph, Stress Electrocardiography, laboratory services, fluoroscopy, ocular investigation for complications from hypertension, diabetes and renal conditions, haemo-dialysis for acute and chronic kidney diseases with 24 dialysis machine, admission for all cardiac conditions that requires hospital stay, critical care in intensive care unit (ICU) and high dependency wards, cardiac cauterization, non invasive cardiology, open heart surgery, renal surgery, nursing and diabetic services, rehabilitation services and corporate wellness program.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris while giving reasons for embarking on the project noted that the State government through the Ministry of Health considers it appropriate and timely to have a befitting cardiac and renal centre due to the increasing number of patients presenting with end stage renal failure adding also that the lack of a purpose built renal specialist centre, the periodic nature of the cardiac and renal missions which has limited the number of beneficiaries and the need to conserve the financial resources currently being expended in the management of patients with renal and cardiac diseases in foreign countries are key reasons for building the facility.

He noted that cardiac and renal diseases constitute a growing health burden globally stressing that there is what is called a triple jeopardy in the health sector especially in Lagos and Nigeria which require efforts of stakeholders in State health system to address.

Said he “we have what we call double jeopardy but now it is triple jeopardy in the sense that we do not only have problems with communicable diseases, we are now having problems with non-communicable diseases, and the third one has to do with mental health. But this project is trying to address the major aspect of the non-communicable disease burden”.

Idris added that the non-communicable disease burden prompted the State government to embark on the screening of people for hypertension and diabetes which are major contributor to the cardiac and renal ailment burden as part of its preventive and health promotion strategy stressing that the study from screening conducted State-wide showed that roughly 20% of the people who were screened were hypertensive and between 5 and 6% were diabetic.

“Not only that, we also do know that these two diseases jointly cause serious complications in people who have these problems; and once you have these problems, you have them for life if they are not properly treated”, Idris explained.

The Commissioner also noted that State government had over the years earmarked as part of its free health policy quite a huge chunk of its budget to sponsor people abroad on various medical problems that could not be treated in the country where the needed expertise and facilities are not available stressing that it is the copulation of these factors that prompted the State government to build the cardiac and renal centre.

“A copulation of these factors prompted the need for us to build facilities locally, find a way of staffing them locally to provide the needed services to treat people of these ailments, reduce the number of money we are spending to sponsor people abroad, and more importantly to build local capacity, he stressed

Idris also opined that setting up of the facility will help bring back home Nigerian medical specialists referring to it as a way of ‘brain gain’ to defeat the ‘brain drain’ phenomenon stressing that over the years quite a number of indigenous medical personnel have left the country for greener pastures outside of the country due to lack of infrastructure and facilities with which to exhibit their skills.

“We have over 2000 specialists in the United States, similar number in Europe and Canada. And this is one way of brain gain instead of brain drain because if you established a facility with the right equipment and infrastructure, we can use that to attract the specialist abroad back home where they can exhibit their expertise and at the same time build local capacity here. That was the basic underlining reason why we decided to embark on this project.he said.

The Commissioner explained that the cardiac and renal centre building project started in 2008 when the award was made to Messr Deaux project Limited stressing that facility which was also equipped by the company will be managed privately through a five year operation and management concession by a suitably qualified competent consortium of medical professionals renewable for another five years term subject to satisfactory performance and mutual agreement of the parties wherein the proponent will provide all the health care services; clinical and non-clinical and total facilities management required for the value-engineering Renal and Cardiac Centre.

He noted that the need to get a suitably qualified competent consortium that has the needed requirement to run the facility prompted the state to opt for a public-private partnership agreement through the office of public-private partnership adding that this aim results in the appointment of Renescor Health Limited Liability Partnership to run and manage the facility.

Idris listed training of local medical personnel especially the establishment of a state government sponsored foreign capacity building for medical personnel as part of the concession agreement aside the operation and management concession.

The Commissioner for Finance who doubles as the Supervising Head for the Public-Private Partnership Office, Mr. Ayo Gbeleyi noted that the reason for opting for qualified competent consortium of medical professionals to manage the facility through a PPP initiative was due to dearth of appropriate competent staff in this environment and the highly specialized nature of the equipment and services to be rendered within the facility.

He added that the PPP office is quite convinced of the capabilities of the private managers stressing that they are expected to provide quality services in line with international best practices, promote medical tourism, provide training field to develop the capacity of state’s own health personnel and facilitate a gradual paradigm shift on dependence on foreign expertise with the skilled empowerment of local professionals.

The Managing Director of Renescor Health Limited Liability Partnership Dr. Ladi Awosika who was present at the event to sign the concession agreement gave kudos to the State government for building the state-of-the-art facilities which he described as first of its kind in sub Saharan Africa taking out South Africa and Angola.

He added that the cardiac and renal centre has been built to very good specification that specialists who have signed up with the company attest to, stressing that the centre has facility for telemedicine which will make every procedure going on in the facility to be reviewed by colleagues anywhere in the world thereby ensuring that training and cutting edge facility therapy will be available at the facility.

Awosika explained that Messr Renescour is made up mainly of Nigerian specialists in Diaspora who could not get any space to work in Nigeria stressing that when they saw what was on ground, they pledged to contribute their quota through the facility.

“As at today we have about 200 Nigerian specialists who have signed on to be a part of this. Some of them have decided that it will not even be for money, rather they will take one or two weeks vacation to be at this centre to impact their knowledge and skills to the people of Lagos in particular and Nigeria in general”, he said.

Awosika noted that more facilities of the magnitude of the cardiac and renal centre is required in the State to be able to satisfy the demand of more than 21 million residents of the State and promote medical tourism in Lagos. He thereafter pledged that his company will not let the down.

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