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JuanDeDios:
The key thing here is that the trees he cut down are specifically PROTECTED by LAW. Harsh punishment though.

An Aborist advised that they should be cut. And the trees were dying! He shouldn’t be sold that property. He didn’t buy the property to be taking care of the tree.

adenigga:
Oakland’s City Council has voted that a Nigerian medical doctor, Matthew Bernard, and his wife will pay a fine of nearly $1m for felling 38 legally protected trees on and around their Claremont Avenue property in the United States.

A California-based media platform, KQED, reported that more than 20 residents at a public hearing on Tuesday demanded enforcement of Oakland’s tree protection laws.

They argued that the leafy canopies of the trees in the area were important for wildfire prevention, public health and environmental equity.

Diaspora Tales reported last month that Bernard and his partner, Lynn Warner, said they removed trees from their property on an arborist’s advice.


At the hearing on Tuesday, the Nigerian medical expert told the council that the trees removed from his property nearly four years ago were “dead, dying, leaning,” or in “hazardous condition.”

The city, however, disagreed and fined Bernard and Warner $915,135.40 and placed a claim on their property that would prevent them from developing or selling the land until the fine was paid.

Defending the fine, a community tree specialist, Erys Gagnez, said, “Trees of that size are not commercially available for replacement. Even with replanting, it will take decades, even centuries, to restore the ecological and protective functions that were lost. The scale of the fine reflects this reality.”

Source: https://punchng.com/nigerian-to-pay-1m-fine-for-cutting-trees

That mama senior am well well...no be only yahoo boys dey do 'come and marry', apparently doctors sef dey do am

ChristCee:
Very harsh judgement if you ask me. Our ecosystem has to be protected no doubt, but if you suddenly decide to invoke and enforce a law that you have not enforced for years and then come up with this sum of fine hmmm sounds like some racist shit.

By the way, people think Africa contributes immensely to global warming cux our mothers used firewood? Dey play, these white people burned trees, sometimes 24/7 for centuries to keep themselves warm in winter.

It’s not harsh.

If such Judgement weren’t in place, America wouldn’t be America.

Imagine you fine idiots who urinate, making the entire state stink in Lagos 10Million naira, or those that liter the roads with dirts 20Million, do you think Lagos wouldn’t be clean?

Singaporeans used to urinate in public and in elevators. Fines like this and other harsh policies fixed that madness.

anonimi:
Deport yourself to Nigeria for kwashiorkor water from shitty boreholes



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the shitty water is so good enough that you prefer to drink it than to go to the grave,shameless ungrateful human

But Donald Trump and his gang can fall humans and eat them after taking them in Epstein Estate

dominique:
One one hand, it's his property he should be able to do whatever he likes on it. On the other hand, those trees have been there for centuries and he took them down in one fell swoop. A lot of history was being preserved in those trees and now they're gone.

Talking from both sides of the mouth... ITK

Lanretoye:
the shitty water is so good enough that you prefer to drink it than to go to the grave,shameless ungrateful human

Why are you so pained to the point of describing your own Stockholm Syndrome suffering self

Splashme:
The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Tuesday, said that the cancellation of the Lagos metroline project in 1985 was a major mistake and disservice to many Nigerians.

Jakande spoke in Lagos during the launch of a book which chronicled his life in politics and journalism.

The book, entitled, ‘Jakande: Leadership in Action’ is written by Dr. Bola Olaosebikan, who told the audience at the event that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was not responsible for the cancellation of the project.

Jakande said, “Reflecting on the metroline project, I think it is a major disservice to many Nigerians. Imagine how many people would have benefitted. It would have made life easier and changed the face of transport in Lagos. Whoever cancelled it or gave the advice towards its cancellation didn’t do right.”

The former governor asked Nigerians not to vote for unserious leaders in the coming polls, saying the elections presented Nigerians with a good opportunity that should not be squandered.

Expressing the hope that Nigeria would soon overcome its developmental challenges, Jakande said hope would be actualised faster if credible people emerged as leaders in the next dispensation.

He said, “This book comes at a very auspicious time in Nigeria’s history as we need leaders who can act. We need leaders who would not compromise the standards of good governance. God has blessed this nation the most in Africa, although we have not reached where we should be; with the right leaders, Nigeria would overcome its challenges.”


http://www.punchng.com/news/cancelling-metroline-a-major-mistake-jakande/

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eluquenson:
REVISITING SOME OF THE LATEEF JAKANDE'S GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OCTOBER 1979 TO DECEMBER 1983 (FOUR YEARS AND 3 MONTHS) IN LAGOS STATE

* His government built the current Lagos State Secretariat which houses all the state ministries as well as the popular round house hitherto occupied by all subsequent governors of the state.

* His government built the Lagos State House of Assembly complex.

* His government built the Lagos State Television

* His government built the Lagos Radio

* His government built Lagos State University

* His government established General Hospital in zones all over the state with assurance of free health care.

* His government established Teacher Training College and the College of Education.

* His government built low cost houses in Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Epe, Amuwo-Odofin, Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry, Isheri/Olowu, Orisigun etc.

* His government established the Water Management Board and Waste Disposal Board on the 18th of August, 1980.

* His government constructed the Adiyan Water Works to increase water supply in the state to 18.16 million litres per day.

* His government modernized and expanded the Iju Water Works which was first commissioned in 1915. This increased daily capacity from 159 million to 204 million litres per day.

* His government purchased and commissioned the giant car crusher equipment. The equipment was designed specifically to crush derelict vehicles in Lagos State. It had the capacity to crush 45 vehicles per day.

* His government constructed, rehabilitated and resurfaced Epe/Ijebu-Ode Road, Oba Akran Avenue, Toyin Street, Town Planning Way, Alimosho-Idimu-Egbe Road, Idimu-Iba-LASU Road, the new secretariat road and several others.

* His government constructed Victoria Island/Epe Road and thereby creating an ‘oil rig’ for Lagos State.

* His government established Asphalt Plant for the Department of Public Works.

* His government established Electricity Board for Rural Electrification with provision of street lights.

* His government modernized, expanded and commissioned Onikan Stadium in 1982.

* His government established a singular school system and ensured genuine free education in Lagos State and the beneficiaries of this policy are in different positions of eminence in the country and around the world.

* His government raised the primary schools in Lagos State to 812 with 533,001 pupils (against 605 primary schools with 434,545 pupils he met in 1979) and secondary schools to 223 with 167,629 students (against 105 schools with 107,835 students in 1979).

* His government constructed 11, 729 classrooms with the maximum of 40 children per class between March and August 1980, by 1983, he had constructed over 22,000 classrooms.

* In July 1983, two commercial passenger boats christened "Baba Kekere and Itafaji" to run the Mile 2 - Marina (CMS) route via the lagoons were inaugurated by his government to mark the official launch of the Lagos State ferry services.

* His government took over the ownership and financing of Lagos State Printing Corporation in July 1980

* His government established the first State Traffic Management Authority (Road Marshals).

* His government established small scale Industries Credit Scheme which preceded the EKO bank.

*His government established LASACO Insurance.

*His government expanded existing market and built new ones.

*His government established Traditional Medicine Board.

WHO SAYS 4 YEARS IN OFFICE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MEANINGFUL ACHIEVEMENTS?

IT'S A FACT THAT 90% OF GOVERNORS IN NIGERIA SINCE 1999 WITH REVENUES AT THEIR DISPOSAL CANNOT BOAST OF A QUARTER OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS EVEN WITHIN THEIR EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE.

Judolisco:
U dey stay Oakland City.. U go dey cut tree... Uno dey fear

cutting oak trees in Oakland ... risky

anonimi:
Why are you so pained to the point of describing your own Stockholm Syndrome suffering self


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I just told you that if you are sick of shitty waters,may God give you heavenly waters from the grave sides,since the waters that your parents drank is now shitty waters,the waters they used to bathe you is shitty waters,the waters that you drank till you get to the age where you are supposed to be sensible is now shitty waters,by the grace of almighty God the waters will turn to blood in your mouth and never quench your thirst again

Lanretoye:
I just told you that if you are sick of shitty waters,may God give you heavenly waters from the grave sides,since the waters that your parents drank is now shitty waters

If Jakande’s progressive 1980s Lagos State is your heaven, then is Tinubu’s waterless state of the past 27 years, your hellfire

Meanwhile, gbogbo epe tí eleribu rẹ ṣẹ, orí ará rẹ ni ó má ṣẹ sì.

anonimi:
Lawmaker scores Lagos Water Corporation low

A Lagos State lawmaker, Mr Saka Fafunmi, on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction at the performance of the state Water Corporation.

Fafunmi, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA), said in Ikeja that the corporation had not been able to justify statutory allocations to it.

The lawmaker, who represents Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency 1 at the assembly, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

He said that the corporation had the capacity to generate much fund internally through water rates but had relied solely on government funding because of poor performance.

'' Anyone that is using water will be willing to pay for it; the corporation has not been giving us water.

"Is there any new community that Water Corporation has given water? People depend on boreholes; even government estates have industrial boreholes.

"Why do we keep pumping money into an agency that does not give us the desired results?'' he asked.

He noted that the Adiyan Waterworks was located at Ifako-Ijaiye, where many of the residents had resorted to digging boreholes as a means of getting water.

''A lot of people are falling sick because they don't drink clean water.

''In the same compound, where you have sewage, is where you have a borehole.

''There is no way you can manage the sewage that it will not leak and pollute the water; everyone drinking such is drinking contaminated water,'' he said.

The lawmaker urged the corporation to increase water reticulation and supply to residents.

From: http://www.punchng.com/politics/lawm...rporation-low/
https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1056&context=mes_capstones;Ensuring

38 trees,why did he bought a land with that kind of big plenty trees if he intend to build ?the $1m fine is too much,he should be allowed to sell the land & pay the fine.

anonimi:
Deport yourself to Nigeria for kwashiorkor water from shitty boreholes



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You have been drinking the "kwashiorkor water from shitty boreholes" all the days of your li-fe, and it has not killed you, so it won't kill him also.

anonimi:
Why are you so pained to the point of describing your own Stockholm Syndrome suffering self


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Mr. Stockholm's Syndrome, when are you going to be tired of using this your inappropriate cliche on Nairaland? It is becoming nauseating.

Didn't he seek approval before going on his tree cutting spree He should have known the whites place more emphasis on nature and the environment even more than they do on human lives.
38 trees? That's a lot and his fine is even heavier.

bizzibodi:
38 trees,why did he bought a land with that kind of big plenty trees if he intend to build ?the $1m fine is too much,he should be allowed to sell the land & pay the fine.

They have placed restrictions on the land. He has to pay before selling.

Mayflowa:
An Aborist advised that they should be cut. And the trees were dying! He shouldn’t be sold that property. He didn’t buy the property to be taking care of the tree.

Even if an arborist advised him he should have sought permission before cutting knowing how sensitive these whites are to such matters. Those trees are decades old probably centuries sef. Replacing them will take lifetimes.

The fine seems very harsh. Hopefully the doctor and his partner/mate get a good lawyer and appeal the large financial penalty.
Anyway Oakland is a bleep hole city full of drug addiction and homelessness.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs4bUV48Y4k?si=sm11artPcIXOP9k3

badoh:
So the company that he contracted to cut those trees did not do their due diligence before cutting the trees. In some climes, you need approval from the council before embarking on such operations.

LoL
Typical Nigerian never wanting to take responsibility.
Even the man and his wife didn't okay this card.
Some of you have interesting brains.

membranus:
Mr. Stockholm's Syndrome, when are you going to be tired of using this your inappropriate cliche on Nairaland? It is becoming nauseating.

Why don’t you seek medical attention to relieve your nausea and Stockholm Syndrome symptoms

ChristCee:
Very harsh judgement if you ask me. Our ecosystem has to be protected no doubt, but if you suddenly decide to invoke and enforce a law that you have not enforced for years and then come up with this sum of fine hmmm sounds like some racist shit.

By the way, people think Africa contributes immensely to global warming cux our mothers used firewood? Dey play, these white people burned trees, sometimes 24/7 for centuries to keep themselves warm in winter.

The amount of carbon foot print of your entire village fit no reach wetin one average 20 year old oyibo don already use up.

That is why whenever this issue comes up, I alway take my time to explain to them how they are the major destroyer of the planet not Africa. They fly more than the average African, they consume more meat than we do. You need to see how much chemical they use for their agriculture. Not to talk about their waste and the nonesense they order everyday from China.

Nigerian doctor??

I'm sure he must have gotten his US citizenship by now.

But yeah, Nigerian doctor.

See human being country o, even trees get right while no human right in my country

dominique:
One one hand, it's his property he should be able to do whatever he likes on it. On the other hand, those trees have been there for centuries and he took them down in one fell swoop. A lot of history was being preserved in those trees and now they're gone.

You're right,do they even consider the hazard aspect of leaving the tree as they met it on their land.Sincerely,l persive theres
element of racism in this judgement.

ARISHEM:
He cut the trees that he did not grow.

African authority in another man's land? 38 trees? Haba! That's too much now.

anonimi:
Why don’t you seek medical attention to relieve your nausea and Stockholm Syndrome symptoms

Unfortunately that advice applies to you, but in your blindness you failed to see the irony.

If the man and his wife are displeased with the fine, they may appeal.

dominique:
One one hand, it's his property he should be able to do whatever he likes on it. On the other hand, those trees have been there for centuries and he took them down in one fell swoop. A lot of history was being preserved in those trees and now they're gone.

It's his property so he can do whatever

If a tortoise, chameleon bird, or any other protected specie comes inside your property and you kill it, you are in hot soup. You think the white man rushes to eat anything like we Africans.

He is not new to the US or California and should have known those trees were not to be tampered with.

He’s gone to USA with that attitude that trees are evil see him life now.

themanderon:
Didn't he seek approval before going on his tree cutting spree He should have known the whites place more emphasis on nature and the environment even more than they do on human lives.
38 trees? That's a lot and his fine is even heavier.

Smaller.!








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[quote author=dominique post=139351982]One one hand, it's his property he should be able to do whatever he likes on it. On the other hand, those trees have been there for centuries and he took them down in one fell swoop. A lot of history was being preserved in those trees and now they're gone.

He cut down the assembly hall of witches...so they took revenge on him🤪😜