₦airaland Forum

viyon02:
Nice one, hope it is affordable by all unlike the one privatize by FG.

of course not.

Since when is cancer care affordable in this country

DrFunmisticGlow:
of course not.

Since when is cancer care affordable in this country

Oga ooooo, when it is almost free in many Europe countries. We are 1000 years behind Western world.

Comedian2019:
The Centre can not function without equipment.
The question us, were equipment paid for or bought for the Centre? If yes, who paid for the equipment? Who was the money paid to?
Turai or those in government at that time should come out and tell us the truth, otherwise we will only be speculating.

Can't this present government get the equipment, get it running and share glory with Turai?

[quote author=plaindealer post=101060834][/quote]You cannot order lekki massacre on one hand and pretend to save lives via cancer centre on the other.

Proud of this state, my state. Proud of my heritage. Eko o ni baje o

But he will never attend the hospital but will prefer going out of the country

sonnie10:
One c arm machine
One mammogram machine
One X-ray machine
One ultra sound machine
A liner accelerator.
One surgical table

Hope they have a servicing contract with the vendor, but I doubt it because that linear accelerator is not new and no vendor will cover it.
This is going to be a huge challenge in terms of software update. Down time in radiotherapy is a big issue because of continuity of care. Patients who need multiple sessions would exceperince relaps.
There is solution only if they will consult the right people to help out .

Good comment

9jaRealist:
It’s private...
But great that government is visibly supporting such investments.
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Yes it is but the success can sill be credited to former governor ambode for creating the enabling environment and laying of the foundation of that centre in September 2018.

Beremx:
Nice one from LASG.

Continuity is what makes Lagos ahead of others. That’s how it should be

It is not owned by Lagos State government. So, continuity has nothing to do with this. The hospital is privately owned

Nauttyprof:
It is not owned by Lagos State government. So, continuity has nothing to do with this. The hospital is privately owned

I know it is not owned by LASG. . That it’s a private investment situated in Lagos makes it an achievement.
Meanwhile, the continuity I was referring to is a general term for development in Lagos. I wasn’t referring to the private hospital

viyon02:
Nice one, hope it is affordable by all unlike the one privatize by FG.

Oga even Lasuth is expensive talkless of this.

Romanoff:
Can't this present government get the equipment, get it running and share glory with Turai?

Good idea!
That's what I expect them to do.
Let's send the message to FG on that.

lmm4real:
Oga even Lasuth is expensive talkless of this.

That is just my point, it shouldn't be like that now, when we have it free in some countries, even Ghana have it free for civil servants especially teachers.

Beremx:
I know it is not owned by LASG. . That it’s a private investment situated in Lagos makes it an achievement.
Meanwhile, the continuity I was referring to is a general term for development in Lagos. I wasn’t referring to the private hospital

Great response. Very well said

Thanks babe

maxell:
Great response. Very well said

9jaRealist:
Ruth Marcelle is the co-founder’s mother-in-law who died of cancer...
Of course when you build your own hospital, you can name it whatever you want.
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you have said something coolooo,you con wan use salt kill am,elenu gun bi sibi

Phoenix6278:
How did you come to the conclusion that the pictures covered everything in the centre?
And how is your first reaction to something admirable so bland and negative?
By the way, that is a brand new Varian Truebeam machine. The first in West Africa. There are only 5 of it in Africa.
This is a privately funded centre where billions of naira have been spent. It is not there yet but hell, it is one great start!

I only listed what I saw, it will be presumsious to conclude otherwise. Like I suggeted earlier, and still maintain that stance, if there is no service contract with the original equipment manufacturer, its going to be a hell of struggle. From software issues, detent, collimation, cone angle missalignment and hard ware failure. This is not evil wishes, it is an inherent nature of those machines and no provider can avoid them. The only solution is maintance by highly trained experts in collaboration with the original manufacturer.
The bitter truth is, that machine will fail on weekly bases, the personal, parts and resources should always be standy.
You can be a biomechical engineer but if you are not partcularly trained on a specific equipment, if can't do nothing. Now being that this is the first in West African, it means that nobody around has ever been train to work on that machine. You can't run a business by flying in maintaince crew from overseas all the time. Those people have high paying jobs at their home country and would harly spare a week to fly down just to work on one equipment.

Ajibel:
Explain to us how you came to this conclusion that Lagos will stagnate?

Ah you are too young to recall the period after the Northern Cabal needlessly moved the capital to Abuja.

Despite promising that Lagos would retain a special status (enshrined in law). Funds previously allocated to Lagos as the nation's capital were diverted to Abuja.

As a result the city began to stagnate. Infrastructure began to decay and criminality began to increase massively. This period resulted in the birth of the now infamous area boys, who previously would have found work in a functioning Lagos.

The height of Lagos's demise was famously documented by Rem Kool Haas in the late 90s. His words not mine,

"The real thing we tried to look at is what happens to a society when the state is absent. At that point, the state had really withdrawn from Lagos; the city was left to its own devices, both in terms of money and services"

This period ran from the 80s and 90s, only arrested by political haggling and deft management by the Lagos State government under Gov Fashola.

But lets be clear the extra funds received by Fashola, still pale in comparison to the funds sent to the likes of Kano, Kaduna and more importantly Abuja. Also the Northern Cabal only did it to placate Yorubas. If they won the North and SW, they maintained power.

Now that Yorubas are increasingly turning their backs on the APC and Northerners in general, watch as those federal funds will dry up.. Mark my words..

foreshore:
Poor reporting. No location stated. Junk journalism.

Of all the mentioned facilities the center are said to be equipped with, your headache is the address that wasn't mentioned. Jeez! Some dudes can't stop amazing me.

nograv:
Ah you are too young to recall the period after the Northern Cabal needlessly moved the capital to Abuja.

Despite promising that Lagos would retain a special status (enshrined in law). Funds previously allocated to Lagos as the nation's capital were diverted to Abuja.

As a result the city began to stagnate. Infrastructure began to decay and criminality began to increase massively. This period resulted in the birth of the now infamous area boys, who previously would have found work in a functioning Lagos.

The height of Lagos's demise was famously documented by Rem Kool Haas in the late 90s. His words not mine,

"The real thing we tried to look at is what happens to a society when the state is absent. At that point, the state had really withdrawn from Lagos; the city was left to its own devices, both in terms of money and services"

This period ran from the 80s and 90s, only arrested by political haggling and deft management by the Lagos State government under Gov Fashola.

But lets be clear the extra funds received by Fashola, still pale in comparison to the funds sent to the likes of Kano, Kaduna and more importantly Abuja. Also the Northern Cabal only did it to placate Yorubas. If they won the North and SW, they maintained power.

Now that Yorubas are increasingly turning their backs on the APC and Northerners in general, watch as those federal funds will dry up.. Mark my words..

I only agree with a few points you stated but the conclusion you reached doesn't show why Lagos will stagnate because of the current reality on group per the infrastructural development that are in progress.

How will a state that is about to play host to the following in months to come stagnate:
Dangote refinery and fertilizer
Lekki free trade zone
Lekki deep seaport
Imota Rice mill
Massey Children Hospital
Blue and Red line for mass transit
Eko Atlantic City & other artificial islands in development
And the massive investment in water transportation amongst others.

When these projects come on stream and with the kind of revenue that is projected to be earned by the state which the government can then used for other developmental projects, I don't see how Lagos will stagnate in the next few years. Instead, Lagos will move towards total independence from the FAAC allocations with an increase in IGR generated from these infrastructures

PHAYOL81:
Of all the mentioned facilities the center are said to be equipped with, your headache is the address that wasn't mentioned. Jeez! Some dudes can't stop amazing me.

Obviously you are deluded and do not have any idea of journalism, cos if you know anything about journalism you wont open your dirty mouth and speak without sense.

sonnie10:
I only listed what I saw, it will be presumsious to conclude otherwise. Like I suggeted earlier, and still maintain that stance, if there is no service contract with the original equipment manufacturer, its going to be a hell of struggle. From software issues, detent, collimation, cone angle missalignment and hard ware failure. This is not evil wishes, it is an inherent nature of those machines and no provider can avoid them. The only solution is maintance by highly trained experts in collaboration with the original manufacturer.
The bitter truth is, that machine will fail on weekly bases, the personal, parts and resources should always be standy.
You can be a biomechical engineer but if you are not partcularly trained on a specific equipment, if can't do nothing. Now being that this is the first in West African, it means that nobody around has ever been train to work on that machine. You can't run a business by flying in maintaince crew from overseas all the time. Those people have high paying jobs at their home country and would harly spare a week to fly down just to work on one equipment.

You seem to be making these assertions with certainty.
First you stated that the machine was not brand new and based on that, there is no service contract.

You are also making an assumption that people in a private sector that spent millions of dollars on a truebeam haven't thought about maintenance. Lest I remind you that this is a private facility and not government owned.

You seem to have an inherent and deep knowledge of these machines which is deeply appreciated but you can showoff your knowledge without atrociously assuming and seemingly suggesting that people who procured billions of naira worth of new equipment from Varian are naive.

Ajibel:
I only agree with a few points you stated but the conclusion you reached doesn't show why Lagos will stagnate because of the current reality on group per the infrastructural development that are in progress.

How will a state that is about to play host to the following in months to come stagnate:
Dangote refinery and fertilizer
Lekki free trade zone
Lekki deep seaport
Imota Rice mill
Massey Children Hospital
Blue and Red line for mass transit
Eko Atlantic City & other artificial islands in development
And the massive investment in water transportation amongst others.

When these projects come on stream and with the kind of revenue that is projected to be earned by the state which the government can then used for other developmental projects, I don't see how Lagos will stagnate in the next few years. Instead, Lagos will move towards total independence from the FAAC allocations with an increase in IGR generated from these infrastructures

I love lagos and my Grandfather is buried in Ebute Metta.

Dangote and fertilizer should indeed be a boon to Lagos if Nigeria holds together. Dangote as you know hails from Kano, his loyalty is with his people.

Lekki Free Trade Zone much like light rail has been promised for years but yet to deliver.

Lekki Deep Sea port. Much like the trade zone, lots of noise and ribbon cutting, byt no tangible development.

Imota rice mill, a nice development. But we had much larger agri processing businesses in the past on the mainland, they were left to rot by the govt. Also there isnt that much money in primary production unless it is on a massive scale.

Massey Children's hospital. Until the day Naija politicians stop flying abroad for medical treatment I dont care about local healthcare developments.

Blue and Red line, You know better than to quote this one. How long have we been waiting for Lagos to have a metro jare. Go to marina and the same columns stand as they have done for years with no trains running on them.

Eko Atlantic. I love this project, but remember this kicked off in 2007 and we are now at 2021. We have no more than five towers and not even all of the land originally outlined has been reclaimed. Eko Atlantic is great in theory, but without significant govt support like you see in Dubai, this project will continue to go no where.

If these projecta come online, then yes Lagos will prosper. But as with all things Nigerian that is unfortunately a big IF..

nograv:
I love lagos and my Grandfather is buried in Ebute Metta.

Dangote and fertilizer should indeed be a boon to Lagos if Nigeria holds together. Dangote as you know hails from Kano, his loyalty is with his people.

I don't get. Are you insinuating that should Nigeria break up, Dangote will leave a refinery which he has committed lots of resources into moribund? Same Dangote that has lived in Lagos for over 30 years? Forget loyalty, Dangote is a business man and he wont see his business collapse and besides the Lagos govt will do all it can to protect the investment since they were the one (Fashola admin) that invited him to site his project in Lagos.

Lekki Free Trade Zone much like light rail has been promised for years but yet to deliver.

Lekki Deep Sea port. Much like the trade zone, lots of noise and ribbon cutting, byt no tangible development.

Then it's obvious you haven't been updated about the progress and what has been happening at Lekki Free Trade Zone. The Port component of the zone will start operation in the first quarter of 2023. The investors and financiers of the project has assured. You don't know what goes into building a sea port hence you claim there hasn't been any tangible development or do you think its something that could be built in 3 years from conception to completion?

Imota rice mill, a nice development. But we had much larger agri processing businesses in the past on the mainland, they were left to rot by the govt. Also there isnt that much money in primary production unless it is on a massive scale.

What I can deduce from this is that you're not updated on what has been happening with Imota mill and the ongoing discussions around it. I cant blame you though. The govt either hasn't been doing enough to update people on the progress or you've missed updates about the project from the Ministry of Agriculture. But there has been lots of plans and policies already either being setup or in place to take advantage of the mill once its been completed. If you're in the agricultural sector, you'd be very much aware of these plans and polcies.

Massey Children's hospital. Until the day Naija politicians stop flying abroad for medical treatment I dont care about local healthcare developments.

No problem then. The Lagos state govt shouldn't bother to build any new hospital to cater for kids and the unborn until the politicians stop traveling for medical tourism.

Blue and Red line, You know better than to quote this one. How long have we been waiting for Lagos to have a metro jare. Go to marina and the same columns stand as they have done for years with no trains running on them.

The red line just started. And alongside with the blue line, it'll be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022. Financing for both projects have been secured. You should have known Ambode didn't fund the blue line during his time hence the delay in completion. Except you've chosen to be pessimistic, give the current govt the benefit of a doubt that it'll be completed.

Eko Atlantic. I love this project, but remember this kicked off in 2007 and we are now at 2021. We have no more than five towers and not even all of the land originally outlined has been reclaimed. Eko Atlantic is great in theory, but without significant govt support like you see in Dubai, this project will continue to go no where.

Eko Atlantic has been slow because of the economy. An improvement in the economy of Lagos will increase the purchasing power of the residents and they'll be able to afford houses in ECA and that'll in turn encourage investors to pump their money in.

If these projecta come online, then yes Lagos will prosper. But as with all things Nigerian that is unfortunately a big IF..

These projects will come online and Lagos will prosper.

Eko o ni baje ooo

nograv:
Ah you are too young to recall the period after the Northern Cabal needlessly moved the capital to Abuja.

Despite promising that Lagos would retain a special status (enshrined in law). Funds previously allocated to Lagos as the nation's capital were diverted to Abuja.

As a result the city began to stagnate. Infrastructure began to decay and criminality began to increase massively. This period resulted in the birth of the now infamous area boys, who previously would have found work in a functioning Lagos.

The height of Lagos's demise was famously documented by Rem Kool Haas in the late 90s. His words not mine,

"The real thing we tried to look at is what happens to a society when the state is absent. At that point, the state had really withdrawn from Lagos; the city was left to its own devices, both in terms of money and services"

This period ran from the 80s and 90s, only arrested by political haggling and deft management by the Lagos State government under Gov Fashola.

But lets be clear the extra funds received by Fashola, still pale in comparison to the funds sent to the likes of Kano, Kaduna and more importantly Abuja. Also the Northern Cabal only did it to placate Yorubas. If they won the North and SW, they maintained power.

Now that Yorubas are increasingly turning their backs on the APC and Northerners in general, watch as those federal funds will dry up.. Mark my words..

Stop spreading misinformation. Even though you're right about Abuja being carved out for the FCT in the late 70s hence the concentration of the common wealth on the new city which in a nutshell led to the abandonment of Lagos state facilities and development by the FG but it's quite wrong to attribute the recovery phase to a baseless focus from the central government.
Point blank, Lagos suffered slow development during its FCT days and lost a sizeable number of FDI too. The progress pre-independence was quite commendable hence the numbers of foreign investment in the land but FG made lots of poor decisions which led to the reductions in these investments as well as the local ones. Economy suffered greatly as a result of this unstable government policies.
By the time it was ready for the fourth republic, the infrastructural deficit has been absolutely obvious especially when there was unstoppable increments in the population despite. The Tinubu administration took up a crumbling city but quickly corrected the mistakes mostly committed by the military leaders. Note that the FG ceased fund into the state coffers despite the state itself generating a massive revenue for the FG outside oil but with the acumen of Tinubu, the recovery started. Roads were being reconstructed in portions the people were never accustomed with. Heritage centers were being revamped; workers salary which has been problematic became constant ever since; working conditions in the state started impressive improvement; introduction of free medical care started for residents (with JIGI BOLA- a program targeted at optical patients); town planning improved; the state industrialization enliven again and the state introduced partnership programs to accelerate development.
Remember, all these started from Tinubu administration even without FG allocations even though when fund was later released during Fashola era, things accelerated greatly. But it was nothing bigger than they shared to other state. And mind you, Lagos state was opposition to the central government all these while. Did Lagos stagnated then No! So stop spreading misinformation about FG funding Lagos state since Fashola and stop your useless argument about non- happening Lagos stagnation. Your evil wish over the state would never come to pass.
God bless Lagos state
God bless all South Western States of Nigeria
God bless all Yoruba land

foreshore:
Obviously you are deluded and do not have any idea of journalism, cos if you know anything about journalism you wont open your dirty mouth and speak without sense.

From your upended brain, journalism is incomplete until the location of any facility being reported has being explicit to the main address SMH. The article already stated that it was in VI. Yet your foolishness still needs address.
That's the reportage of Ronaldo's hotel in Marrakech, Morocco: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.africanews.com/amp/2020/12/28/ronaldo-s-new-hotel-in-marrakech. Read and take your foolishness off my mentions

Ajibel:
I don't get. Are you insinuating that should Nigeria break up, Dangote will leave a refinery which he has committed lots of resources into moribund? Same Dangote that has lived in Lagos for over 30 years? Forget loyalty, Dangote is a business man and he wont see his business collapse and besides the Lagos govt will do all it can to protect the investment since they were the one (Fashola admin) that invited him to site his project in Lagos.



Then it's obvious you haven't been updated about the progress and what has been happening at Lekki Free Trade Zone. The Port component of the zone will start operation in the first quarter of 2023. The investors and financiers of the project has assured. You don't know what goes into building a sea port hence you claim there hasn't been any tangible development or do you think its something that could be built in 3 years from conception to completion?



What I can deduce from this is that you're not updated on what has been happening with Imota mill and the ongoing discussions around it. I cant blame you though. The govt either hasn't been doing enough to update people on the progress or you've missed updates about the project from the Ministry of Agriculture. But there has been lots of plans and policies already either being setup or in place to take advantage of the mill once its been completed. If you're in the agricultural sector, you'd be very much aware of these plans and polcies.



No problem then. The Lagos state govt shouldn't bother to build any new hospital to cater for kids and the unborn until the politicians stop traveling for medical tourism.



The red line just started. And alongside with the blue line, it'll be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022. Financing for both projects have been secured. You should have known Ambode didn't fund the blue line during his time hence the delay in completion. Except you've chosen to be pessimistic, give the current govt the benefit of a doubt that it'll be completed.



Eko Atlantic has been slow because of the economy. An improvement in the economy of Lagos will increase the purchasing power of the residents and they'll be able to afford houses in ECA and that'll in turn encourage investors to pump their money in.



These projects will come online and Lagos will prosper.

Eko o ni baje ooo

Bros, you make me smile o. In my younger days I used to be just like you.

Seriously, I hope you are right and I am wrong. But I have had my hopes up, only to be disappointed by Naija..

I will check again if the red line has started. But last time I checked, not one train had moved.

About the break up of Nigeria, I dont want it. But such poor leadership from the likes of Buhari, we are slowly creeping towards it..

Look at Russia and see what happens when a great state crumbles..

Nonetheless you brought a smile to my face, Nigeria needs more people like you..

Eko o ni baje ooo

PHAYOL81:
Stop spreading misinformation. Even though you're right about Abuja being carved out for the FCT in the late 70s hence the concentration of the common wealth on the new city which in a nutshell led to the abandonment of Lagos state facilities and development by the FG but it's quite wrong to attribute the recovery phase to a baseless focus from the central government.
Point blank, Lagos suffered slow development during its FCT days and lost a sizeable number of FDI too. The progress pre-independence was quite commendable hence the numbers of foreign investment in the land but FG made lots of poor decisions which led to the reductions in these investments as well as the local ones. Economy suffered greatly as a result of this unstable government policies.
By the time it was ready for the fourth republic, the infrastructural deficit has been absolutely obvious especially when there was unstoppable increments in the population despite. The Tinubu administration took up a crumbling city but quickly corrected the mistakes mostly committed by the military leaders. Note that the FG ceased fund into the state coffers despite the state itself generating a massive revenue for the FG outside oil but with the acumen of Tinubu, the recovery started. Roads were being reconstructed in portions the people were never accustomed with. Heritage centers were being revamped; workers salary which has been problematic became constant ever since; working conditions in the state started impressive improvement; introduction of free medical care started for residents (with JIGI BOLA- a program targeted at optical patients); town planning improved; the state industrialization enliven again and the state introduced partnership programs to accelerate development.
Remember, all these started from Tinubu administration even without FG allocations even though when fund was later released during Fashola era, things accelerated greatly. But it was nothing bigger than they shared to other state. And mind you, Lagos state was opposition to the central government all these while. Did Lagos stagnated then So stop spreading misinformation about FG funding Lagos state since Fashola and stop your useless argument about non- happening Lagos stagnation. Your evil wish over the state would never come to pass.
God bless Lagos state
God bless all South Western States of Nigeria
God bless all Yoruba land

You are ignoring the political angle..

Lagos was starved of funds once before and could be again..

nograv:
Bros, you make me smile o. In my younger days I used to be just like you.

Seriously, I hope you are right and I am wrong. But I have had my hopes up, only to be disappointed by Naija..

I will check again if the red line has started. But last time I checked, not one train had moved.

About the break up of Nigeria, I dont want it. But such poor leadership from the likes of Buhari, we are slowly creeping towards it..

Look at Russia and see what happens when a great state crumbles..

Nonetheless you brought a smile to my face, Nigeria needs more people like you..

Eko o ni baje ooo

I'm still optimistic and maybe that's because I'm still young and don't wish to make the mistakes of those before me. Hence I stay updated while searching for opportunities to contribute my own quota to the progress of Lagos instead of perpetually lamenting about what the government should and could do.

To clarify about the red line, I meant work on it has just started. The Lagos state govt was denied the ROW to make use of it but now due to the completion of the Lag-Ib rail line, LASG decided to apply for the ROW which the FG then granted it. So what LASG will do now is to build train terminals so that Red line will also share the same rail infrastructure alongside Lagos-ibadan rail line.

I understand Buhari's leadership style has really threatened the unity of this country but everyone cant just lose hope in this country because if that happens, the breakup of this country will happen faster.

Thanks for the encouraging words at the end. Just like Fashola once said, you also will live to witness the Lagos and by extension the Nigeria of your dreams

Ajibel:


I'm still optimistic and maybe that's because I'm still young and don't wish to make the mistakes of those before me. Hence I stay updated while searching for opportunities to contribute my own quota to the progress of Lagos instead of perpetually lamenting about what the government should and could do.

To clarify about the red line, I meant work on it has just started. The Lagos state govt was denied the ROW to make use of it but now due to the completion of the Lag-Ib rail line, LASG decided to apply for the ROW which the FG then granted it. So what LASG will do now is to build train terminals so that Red line will also share the same rail infrastructure alongside Lagos-ibadan rail line.

I understand Buhari's leadership style has really threatened the unity of this country but everyone cant just lose hope in this country because if that happens, the breakup of this country will happen faster.

Thanks for the encouraging words at the end. Just like Fashola once said, you also will live to witness the Lagos and by extension the Nigeria of your dreams

Have a great day my brother and may god grant you all of your dreams/aspirations..