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Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by arresa: 6:28am On Nov 13, 2014 |
ichidodo: There's no economy in that crime infested village hence multi nationals like Exon mobile leaving and heading to Lagos.. The clown should have spent the largest budget in Nigeria on real and strategic infrastructure, safety and security. The clown did not build a single school, he did not build a single hospital, he did not build a single skills center for manpower development.. Today, Akwa Ibom is broke and all you have to show is 1 football pitch.. 3 Likes |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by ichidodo: 6:32am On Nov 13, 2014 |
thomasthomas:That is your opinion and conjectures. What we neutral observers can see is a burgeoning state chokeful with a vast array of quality infrastructures that is not only businness conducive but commercially strategic which in the long run will only serve the people far better than any government welfarist intervention as you have in the north and south west...Give a man fish you only feed him a day,give a man a net with good road networks,world class economic facilities including air ports,seaports, stadiums,tourism,agriculture,factories etc hr can feed his family and umborn generations... |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by arresa: 6:32am On Nov 13, 2014 |
thomasthomas: Nigeria Makes Guinness World Records, With the Biggest Jersey on Earth http://connectnigeria.com/articles/2013/02/25/nigeria-makes-guinness-world-records-with-the-biggest-jersey-on-earth/ We enter Guinness World Records sef.... 1 Like |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by arresa: 6:34am On Nov 13, 2014 |
ichidodo: observers can see is a burgeoning state chokeful with fantastic infrastructures Please list the fantastic infrastructures over flowing in Akwa Ibom. 1 Like |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by sluvy4tune(m): 6:35am On Nov 13, 2014 |
morefire: You are probably not in Akwa ibom bro. If you have been to Akwa ibom you will not spill this trash u posted here. I have been in Akwa ibom for the past one year and I am yet to see a standard school/hospital build by this administration Yes he has done well in terms of roads (Ikot Ikpene/Uyo) and some other part of town Akpabio is a bragat so when he talked about 40k jobs I wonder whether in government house the jobs are created or he is counting the keke drivers or the roadside plantain sellers as part of the beneficiary of the job creation. An average Akwa ibomite is Jobless/Poor despite the huge resources , 95% of the businesses in Aks is owned by outsiders (igbos & others) 5 Likes |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by ichidodo: 6:43am On Nov 13, 2014 |
arresa:You don't work in Mobil therefore you ain't privy to any information based on their movement but to humor you let us also take another perspective that mobil left the 'village' to 'city lagos' to take advantage of the modern facilites and infrastructural leverage Lagos has been renowned for, a scenario Akpabio is working furiously to change with excellent road networks,world class infrastructures,a proposed sea port etc...Lagos is being given a run for its money hence this Pull-Him-Down campaign. 1 Like |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by luvmijeje(f): 6:48am On Nov 13, 2014 |
GHKWAME1: You are right. The only time they do seem to care is only during the election period. How I wish every Nigerians realize how powerful we're with our votes. Until we start punishing them with our votes, they will never stop this nonsense. |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by ichidodo: 6:55am On Nov 13, 2014 |
arresa:I don't need to list...Ujoinme can avail you with pictures of this uncommon transformation happening in Akwa-Ibom right now.. |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by aresa: 6:55am On Nov 13, 2014 |
ichidodo: Exon shouldn't have abandon the wonderful transformation and akpabio himself should have left his family in his transformed state to enjoy his transfoation . You ranted about the infrastructure choking the place, but just like others when asked to list the projects, you can not list anything beyond the road. Why are you fooling Yourself because you are not fooling me. 2 Likes |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by luvmijeje(f): 6:56am On Nov 13, 2014 |
CFCfan: Obama has a lot of important duties that he has to attend to. |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by aresa: 6:58am On Nov 13, 2014 |
ichidodo: He did already in this thread and failed because he couldn't list anything beyond what you listed. You people can not manufacture what doesn't exist.. Smh.. 2 Likes |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by ichidodo: 7:13am On Nov 13, 2014 |
aresa:No he didn't all he did was post pictures of the bone in contention in this thread which was the Akwa-Ibom International Stadium..BBc and getty images will agree he got that spot on...If you need pictures of the ongoing construction of the Ibaka deep seaport,newly commissioned general hospitals in Ika and Obolo Lgas.The Airport terminals and the multiple road infrastructures etc..then Ujoinme is our man.. |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by ichidodo: 7:27am On Nov 13, 2014 |
aresa:Again all of these is to the infrastructural albeit decaying leverage Lagos is well known for,exon mobil and all..We understand your pain,the feeling of impending doom when Lagos is finally stripped of its title as Akwa-Ibom is given the centre of excellence with its massive infrastructural facelifts attracting Presidents,investors and tourists.. 1 Like |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by Juvante(m): 7:29am On Nov 13, 2014 |
Please, check out Delta State and compare! Akpabio is a saint, at least , you should be grateful that you even saw a stadium in the first place. Let the NFF "President ", Amaju Pinnick explain to Nigerians why a rat nest called the Warri "Stadium" has gulped billions of naira, just for renovation,a stadium that was not considered fit to host a junior World Cup match,all under his watch!How much does the Allianz Arena in Germany cost? Perhaps, he can't question his sister's husband, who used our state funds to buy the NFF Presidency for him,oops, sorry, bankrolled his NFF campaign at the Congress held in Warri! 1 Like |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by GHKWAME1: 7:32am On Nov 13, 2014 |
luvmijeje:Hurray to citizen power if only elections are free and fair. |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by thomasthomas: 8:09am On Nov 13, 2014 |
ichidodo: So how does giving a man a network of road translate into job creation for the unemployed youths of Akwa Ibom State who feed from the crumbs that falls from Akpabio's table? Has the state invested in agriculture? |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by thomasthomas: 8:12am On Nov 13, 2014 |
ichidodo: Those Hospitals you call 'General Hospitals' will only pass for a Primary Health Care Facility in Rivers State! |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by Reptyle(m): 9:46am On Nov 13, 2014 |
This is a very interesting thread. I am particularly impressed by how the OP has resisted the multi-pronged attempts to reduce the thread to another banal APC vs PDP or Akpabio vs Fashola thread. I wish this is how all threads on Nairaland go...hard facts vs hard facts. Regarding the topic, sadly Akpabio is not alone in this subterfuge. Many of our governors are media superstars with very little real development that impact on the lives of the real people on ground...not those that live abroad and need to see glitzy images of their countries so they can "boast to their foreign friends." The government at the federal level is no different. We continue to hold the short end of the stick while our demigod politicians continue to sell us hot air. 2 Likes |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by Eziachi: 10:44am On Nov 13, 2014 |
ujoinme:In this day and age pictures can tell loads of lies. My take on this, is the fact that Nigeria public officials treat public funds as some lottery they just won. Have you witnessed how most people that win lottery spend the money? I have seen one that bought 5 of the same model of a car in one go. I know that some of you have opinion controlled by party affiliations, big man followership, hoping that following them will make them become big too. Ask yourself this questions with a clear head and honestly supply the answer to yourself. As an Akwa Ibom tax payer: 1. How does Akpabio nest benefit my family and grandparents in the village? 2. If Akwa Ibom citizens are to share $450m , how much will one person, average family get? 3. If Akwa Ibom people are given an option of a nest for Neymar and well equipped specialist hospitals in all the local government areas with a modern supporting land and air helicopter ambulance system, which one do you think they will choose? 4. Do you think drinking dirty water from 17th century method through borehole merit spending millions on a nest? How many people in Akwa Ibom can turn a tap now a get water running out? How many had treckked to a river this morning to fetch untreated water for consumption? 5. How much do you think stadiums like the Arsenal Emirates stadium cost and how much they target to make annually to cover the cost and make it economic viable? 6.How much does Akwa Ibom planned to make annually from the nest in order to recover the cost of the nest in the next 30 years before it looks out of date like most infrastructures? 7.If this millions of dollars is your personal money or family inheritance and your family hired and paid Akpabio good salary to look after the money for you and your family and he decided to use the whole cash to build the nest and spend another millions to gather African corrupt rulers to celebrate your money. Will you join the party or will sack and sue him for squandering your family inheritance? The problem of most Nigerians is this mentality of not reasoning that public money that their politicians spend is actually their money and should get them mad whenever it's embezzled, squandered or wasted. There is nothing wrong with building a stadium but it's a matter of priorities. In economic terms it is called the scale of preference. Where will a sane person put Akpabio nest on that scale of preference for Akwa Ibom citizens? Ebola outbreak has shown how public money should be prioritized watching what has hit Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. In the modern world, Akpabio job will be to attract private investors to build the nest but which sensible investors will plug in $450m in Akwa Ibom in sports facilities and hopes to get his money back? Akwa Ibom need good rural roads for farmers, interest free loan for farmers and fishing industries, quality utilities that works, modern schools at all levels, modern hospitals per every 10 miles, employees paid every 20th day of the month and not a stadium that add absolutely nothing to the life of ordinary citizens, except the inflated ego of the king. 10 Likes |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by phantom(m): 11:21am On Nov 13, 2014 |
Eziachi: as usual pa eziachi, you are spot on! its always a delight reading from you. how's your health? God bless you! 1 Like |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by InyinyaAgbaOku(m): 11:27am On Nov 13, 2014 |
sluvy4tune: If Aba with bad roads can be exporting shoes and other items, Onitsha with not so good roads habour the largest mkt in WA, Nnewi with narrow roads an industrial hub, what the hell is the excuse of akwaibom people for being poor when roads, airports are there? You don't expect akpabio to share money , do you? 2 Likes |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by ichidodo: 11:36am On Nov 13, 2014 |
thomasthomas:Are you serious? Improved road networks bring many benefits for local communities in Akwa-Ibom. These include improved accessibility to social infrastructure (schools, churches and health centres), increased access to education and health facilities and improved social interaction and mobility. These are important for social and economic development for Akwa-Ibom, improved access to markets through the reduction of transport costs and improvement of the marketability of perishable goods through timely and cheaper transportation for the people of Akwa-Ibom. |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by krayzieklay(m): 11:37am On Nov 13, 2014 |
Eziachi:What more can i say? You have said it all. I did my NYSC in Uyo,and believe me,what I witnessed and saw is the total opposite of what they are showing on the media. I mean,what dah hell do you need a stadium as expensive as that for when the basic amenities and infrastructures meant for the populace are not available? Meeeen,I really don't blame him... Many of them are not complaining. Its sad really. 1 Like |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by ichidodo: 11:59am On Nov 13, 2014 |
thomasthomas:Is that so? Have you been to Rivers? Have you cared to visit the newly commissioned health facilities in Obolo east and Ita Lgas never mind others in the state?Instead of writing off Akpabio's milestones why don't you come clean as to what this is all about as regards your annoyance.… |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by Eziachi: 1:39pm On Nov 13, 2014 |
InyinyaAgbaOku:He cannot share money that doesn't belong to him. He can use the money to alleviate people out of poverty by providing social amenities that help people become self sufficient. It's called social welfare. Building stadium is the job private investors and public bodies like the football or athletic associations who sources their fund from private enterprise. The new Wembley was not built with taxpayers money, the English FA who are independent of the government sort money through bank loans and paying it back through private business initiatives like friendly matches and music concerts. Stop making public servants believe that public money is their personal cash they can spend however they wished. But we have to ask members of the state assembly if they can go home and defend a budget that approved this sort of elephant project before the peasants that voted them into office to defend their interest?. This is no democracy. 4 Likes |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by bamosagie(m): 2:05pm On Nov 13, 2014 |
Abagworo: Primary Education is free in Akwa Ibom state and you claim education is not subsidized. the man is proactive in building fly over without waiting for traffick gridlock, encouraging tourism by promoting art is another form of turning the state to a destination point for business. it is better to encourage people that are commissioning real project instead of worshiping those whose phantom project are only on papers. 1 Like |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by otimize(m): 2:06pm On Nov 13, 2014 |
Eziachi:i have decided to follow u asap 1 Like |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by thomasthomas: 2:21pm On Nov 13, 2014 |
Eziachi: This is spot on! Brilliant, articulate and incisive! 1 Like |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by OreMI22: 2:26pm On Nov 13, 2014 |
arresa: See the type of waste they use to enter world record. This could have made thousands of shirts for homeless children. BTW, what happened to entering world record via building the biggest stadium or most beautiful city? Soon una go wan enter world record with the biggest toilet roll. Naija people sef! 1 Like |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by thomasthomas: 2:29pm On Nov 13, 2014 |
ichidodo: You call assessibility job creation? How does having a network of roads equates job creation? Roads are important for assessibility but they do not guaranty job creation as seen in Akwa Ibom as according to the governor, he has constructed several kilometers of roads yet no job created as a result! |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by thomasthomas: 2:33pm On Nov 13, 2014 |
ichidodo: Bro I am not an e warrior, I traverse the length and breadth of the country. I have been to Ika General Hospital, in fact the road ends there, the entrance is overgrown with weeds. The place is almost nearly shut because nurses and doctors are not always around! Like I always say, the fantastic Akwa Ibom exist only on the internet! |
Re: Akpabio's Extravagance And Misplaced Priorities In Akwa Ibom State by thomasthomas: 2:48pm On Nov 13, 2014 |
bamosagie:Yes it is free on the internet! What are the standards? Schools with no laboratories, teaching aids, 1000 students to one teacher. Let me ask you a question and please be honest with me. Can you send your child to any Akwa Ibom Primary or Secondary School? Yes or No? What are your reasons? |
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