₦airaland Forum

zomby:
Again, just because things are not perfect in Nigeria, doesn’t give cat, mouse and dog the permission to be doing things as they feel. Nigeria is a country that has rules and regulations…
Yes, it is ok to contribute to our communities, but we still have to apply common sense. Not all contributions are legal.
By the way, this has nothing to do with Tinubu; it’s time for use to speak like we have education; President is not responsible for every pot hots in our various neighborhoods. Please stop abusing our president and allow him to make our country great again.

Sicklebear28:
Tell what is working in Nigeria. FRSC abi?

casualobserver:
I am not interested in people like VDM who break laws under the guise of “doing good”. When in reality they are merely using the fodder to enrich themselves. Neither am I interested in being fodder for content creators trying to divert me to their website or YouTube page to get paid.

I have already conceded and said that I take your word for it. Is it that you don’t know what that means? Under normal circumstances from my vast experience in the private sector and corporate organizations, a company of that size has a dedicated transport officer whose job is to make sure the documents for all drivers are up to date. Clearly if what you are saying is true, it wasn’t followed. I don’t have to waste my time watching people like VDM.

004gist:
Well this is Nigeria and i tell u the laws that applies south is different from those in north.
The same constitution different application.

Or u don't know that u just speaking Hausa.. So many doors wil opens for you even if u dont qualify for such?
Good evening.

toprealman:
Finally, someone with a functioning brain has been located on this post!

aylipple:
This is probably the administration that allows anything goes otherwise, this work VDM (as commendable and life-saving as it is) is doing and some actions he has taken since arriving Auchi, are enough to land him in prison after being tried in court, of course.

You don’t go preventing a legal entity and perhaps Nigeria’s highest tax paying company’s trucks from plying a road because of the unwholesome actions of some of its employees on the road. You also as a private citizen, don’t have the rights to “work” or carry out any form of alteration to a federal road without necessary permits just because you’ve the resources to or have a messianic complex.

Even state governments that are subnationals don’t touch federal roads no matter how terrible they’re (even if they’re death traps) without first receiving permission from FG but hey, it’s VDM; he’s allowed to do anything that seems populist even though he maybe breaking the laws while at it.

smtx:
Sometimes more radical actions is necessary by activist aimed at creating change. If you are unable to create change, step aside and let those who are brave enough to confront your oppressors do the work.

aylipple:
This is probably the administration that allows anything goes otherwise, this work VDM (as commendable and life-saving as it is) is doing and some actions he has taken since arriving Auchi, are enough to land him in prison after being tried in court, of course.

You don’t go preventing a legal entity and perhaps Nigeria’s highest tax paying company’s trucks from plying a road because of the unwholesome actions of some of its employees on the road. You also as a private citizen, don’t have the rights to “work” or carry out any form of alteration to a federal road without necessary permits just because you’ve the resources to or have a messianic complex.

Even state governments that are subnationals don’t touch federal roads no matter how terrible they’re (even if they’re death traps) without first receiving permission from FG but hey, it’s VDM; he’s allowed to do anything that seems populist even though he maybe breaking the laws while at it.

Ikumapkayi:
He is breaking the law. He has no right to do what he just did. This is clout chasing and overreach. If he is so passionate, he could have volunteered to lead a campaign on safe driving with FRSC in that axis and elsewhere in Nigeria. All this na show off. He needs to use his brain. You can't try this nonsense in western country

omooba969:
Why would you commend an act of lawlessness?

zomby:
Only a bunch of hopeless illiterates will support a dude that constantly chooses to do what is right incorrectly

omooba969:
Hahahahaha , but some of your people are busy praising his good work na...lol

People like AZcontroversial and Racoon

Adakintroy:
Illegal no mean bad. It means not officially approved. But you not wrong

When Christ was accuse of healing on the Sabbath you know his answer. Is it lawfully to do good on any day?


Good is good. It's always lawfaull to do it..even if it unapproved by state hand

zomby:
Again, just because things are not perfect in Nigeria, doesn’t give cat, mouse and dog the permission to be doing things as they feel. Nigeria is a country that has rules and regulations…
Yes, it is ok to contribute to our communities, but we still have to apply common sense. Not all contributions are legal.
By the way, this has nothing to do with Tinubu; it’s time for use to speak like we have education; President is not responsible for every pot hots in our various neighborhoods. Please stop abusing our president and allow him to make our country great again.

casualobserver:
illegal actually means bad. A Highway should NEVER have speed bumps. do you know how many people have been killed or injured driving on a highway at night only to encounter an illegally erected speed bump with no signeage?


leave roads for experts, good intentions without knowledge may lead to worse consequences.
may ignorance not kill us.

AZControversial:

An 'act of lawlessness' that will reduce road accidents is commendable...

casualobserver:
Oga please can you stay n point and stop disturbing me with irrelevancies? Not everything is ethnicity and tribe. The driver did not have a license…end of matter!

omooba969:
How's VDM's action gonna reduce road accidents, or how's he gonna measure the success rate?

It's like you don't see VDM's action as a form of impunity.

I don't think you're thinking straight, guy.

XaToXi:
On top government road?

Hope he has necessary permits.

AZControversial:
Eehmm.... Presence of speed bumps controls vehicle speed, which will ultimately reduce accidents on such roads. It's not rocket science. So I'm pretty sure I'm thinking straight.

And yes. You may be right about the impunity part even if he's not doing it on purpose but even FG might have forgotten that Auchi road is theirs to maintain but because VDM has placed speed bumps, trust they will remember just like you to remind him it's FG's property. He shouldn't mount it normally.... It's a highway except it crosses a residential area, then the welcomed exception.

The point is....Of what good are the many laws we have, when lives of pedestrians are at risk from careless driving....

casualobserver:
illegal actually means bad. A Highway should NEVER have speed bumps. do you know how many people have been killed or injured driving on a highway at night only to encounter a speed bump illegally erected by the villagers on the road with no signeage?


leave roads for experts, good intentions without knowledge may lead to worse consequences.
may ignorance not kill us.


is it when it happens to you or your loved one that you realize why this is anot a good thng or why it is not only illegal but a criminal offense?

Adakintroy:
you are too absolute in you take. There times the experts do nothing and case are reported.

You can have areas with high robbery case with police doing nothing. The arm youth with take up resistance arm as civil vigilante. Sometimes doing the apprehension themselves. Are they police or is it lawfaull. Most of your logics hold we're a society is in full operational force. Can you say that for Nigeria in practical light

omooba969:
@bolded - That wraps it up.

So is he doing all the Federal roads in Edo state then? 😐

smtx:
Experts... Lol! So ridiculous! Where were the experts when trucks were killing people with impunity on this road? So many of them have illegal drivers. Instead of hating the messenger, let's listen to the message and hold the authorities accountable.