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TravelRe: The Experience Of An English Cambridge Student In Ajegule, Lagos by phyl123(op): 9:38am On Apr 30, 2012
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TravelRe: The Experience Of An English Cambridge Student In Ajegule, Lagos by phyl123(op): 4:21pm On Apr 27, 2012
its better now. Thanks
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PoliticsRe: Which City In Nigeria Would You Like To Live In? Why? by phyl123: 8:33am On Apr 04, 2012
Benin City any day wink
PoliticsRe: They Are Finally Renovating Our Airports!! by phyl123: 6:57am On Apr 04, 2012
I am a regular user of both the Benin and MM airports. The toilets at the airport stink, you have to be careful with your baggage at the international airport as it is infested with cockroaches. I always have to spray the outside of my bags with insecticides to avoid bringing them home. This is a big embarassment to such a great country and it doesnt take so much funds to sort out these problems.
BusinessThe Constant Harassment By Area Boys In Benin Is A Detriment To Development. by phyl123(op): 3:39pm On Mar 30, 2012
A friend of mine from Benin City recently told me about her ordeal in the hands of community development extortionist in the city. I could understand where she was coming from. All she did was purchase a completed property and decided to do little maintenance. The painter was assaulted and his equipment confiscated until my friend paid N100K to a group of touts after which the painter commenced work the following day. A different set of youths came saying that that money which was paid, was to a different division and they had not benefitted, so she had to pay another N50,000, this time she made sure that she went to the head of the street knowed natively as(Odinwere) before she could commence work on the property. This experience has really made her to reconsider increasing her investments in the town. I am well aware that this happens in most places in the south but I think that of Benin is excessive. In most other places it is mostly during building of a new property. but in Benin during the renovation of your property, installing a fence, installing a flower bed, decking etc Just putting up a structure in this city and you get harassed by youths from different segments of the community and on several occasions until the end of the project and this can be so frustrating. I know of people who have had to pay about two or three different times because they found out that they had paid this so called development fee to the wrong set of youths.

I have nothing against this fee as long it is used for the right purpose e.g. actually developing the community (filling pot holes, security e.g. neighbourhood watch, youth centre to keep youths out of trouble). Edo state needs a lot of investors but cases like these just puts investors off. At the end of the day, this money ends up in beer parlours and the purpose is defeated.

What is the Edo state Governor doing about this? I think there should be some kind of intervention, like making all those responsible accountable and have set fees, not just free for all. Even in some cases some unscrupulous people who have identified themselves as officials of BDPA have been know to extort money from innocent citizens.
HealthRe: Lamentations Of A ‘frustrated’ Nigerian Surgeon by phyl123: 10:09pm On Mar 21, 2012
The journey of a million miles begins with a step, we should all try to say no to corruption, if you and i refuse to give bribe and stand our ground that is the start of making our country free from corruption. I always refuse to give bribe as a matter of principle. We should not accept it as the norm as this has made Nigeria a laughing stock to the rest of the world. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME. Lets start from ourselves.
PropertiesRe: An Uncompleted 3 Bedrm Flat In Ogombo For Sale @ 4m Naira Only by phyl123:
Hi please send me details of this property including pictures to my email

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