oloworulz:
there is no alternative. let the Igbo boys pack their load and return to their state

will you also return to your own village ogbomosho.... Because every omo yellow-bar dey claim omo EKO, apart from lagos which igbos constitute 65% of it population, 70% of land owner and contribute 75% of it internal revenue tell me any other state in yellow-bar land u can compare with any eastern state in terms of development and standard of living

mrkayusfit:
Even tho the policy sounds elitist, it's a welcome development. We all envy the progress of the Western world but we frown at policies that can make our society be like theirs. No street hawker in London, nobody sells sausage in newyork traffic. I think it's time people start realizing that lagos is like a country in Nigeria where other vices in other states will not be tolerated. Nigeria has 36 states and as a citizen you are free to live in any of the remaining 35 States if hawking is your destiny. Most people living in Lagos have no business there. Most Nigerians see lagos as a greener pasture or mini London hence they relocate there with little money and resources with which they can thrive in more economic friendly cities to suffer for nothing. How do you explain youths leaving the southeast en-mass with the hope of selling gala and lacasera in traffic all in the name of living in Lagos? How do you explain northerners leaving there states only to come to lagos with the hope of begging and sleeping under bridges? Go back to your state if you can't cope with the directives of the lagos state government. For the fact that your parents raised you to become a doctor through selling wares on the streets doesn't make Street hawking right. No sane society allows such menace to thrive. If the hawker that was crushed by a BRT bus happened to be your family member, i guess you won't fault this policy. Living in Lagos is not by force, go back to wherever you come from.

Well said...
Some Nigerians will never be logical. Its like justifying crime because the economy is not good. What is wrong is jst wrong. I disagree when pple equate survival for been lawless

Are the agege bread sellers igbo or yoruba ?

mrkayusfit:
Even tho the policy sounds elitist, it's a welcome development. We all envy the progress of the Western world but we frown at policies that can make our society be like theirs. No street hawker in London, nobody sells sausage in newyork traffic. I think it's time people start realizing that lagos is like a country in Nigeria where other vices in other states will not be tolerated. Nigeria has 36 states and as a citizen you are free to live in any of the remaining 35 States if hawking is your destiny. Most people living in Lagos have no business there. Most Nigerians see lagos as a greener pasture or mini London hence they relocate there with little money and resources with which they can thrive in more economic friendly cities to suffer for nothing. How do you explain youths leaving the southeast en-mass with the hope of selling gala and lacasera in traffic all in the name of living in Lagos? How do you explain northerners leaving there states only to come to lagos with the hope of begging and sleeping under bridges? Go back to your state if you can't cope with the directives of the lagos state government. For the fact that your parents raised you to become a doctor through selling wares on the streets doesn't make Street hawking right. No sane society allows such menace to thrive. If the hawker that was crushed by a BRT bus happened to be your family member, i guess you won't fault this policy. Living in v is not by force, go back to wherever you come from.

Well said...
Some Nigerians will never be logical. Its like justifying crime because the economy is not good. What is wrong is jst wrong. I disagree when pple equate survival for been lawless

TheNewIbadan:
[size=18pt]Ibos, you've been warned. Enough fanyogo street hawking. Yorubas, if you buy from them, you buy time.[/size]

I feel sorry for people like you, because you are just ignorant of things, do you know how sad what this new development will be to some people, (me especially, a yoruba woman that gives the fanyogho to the those Ibo boys to sell) will be feeling. Those your so call Ibo boys are honest and hard working youth that life has really being too okay for them. The small money they make on that yogho they send it to their aged parent in their village. So just pray that you should never be in their shoes tomorrow because you wont even see the fanyogho to sell.

Beremx:
Stoopid people tribalizing the thread already. If you think Igbos are the only victims then you're mad! Go to the same Egbeda where Uche was interviewed and see Iya Afeez and Iya Monsuru strapped with babies on their backs hawking lacasera,teem and bottled water. What will be their next source of income if Ambode bans and arrest them?

I wonder.

Can Lagos State Government answer me this question- who is more a nuisance to the society? Area boys or street traders/hawkers?

The policy is nt targeted at any tribe or religion. It may be painful now as it will deprive some pple their means of livelihood but on the long term its an excellent policy. Government has a responsibility to protect the lives of every citizen and as such shuld not allow citizens do things that will harm them. Street hawkers endanger their lives and the lives of road users.
I

madridguy:
Ambode Plz don't add to people suffering. No one is happy doing street/highway hawking but man must chop. Don't just ban street hawking provide alternative.

I stand with the masses.

This law wont have been effected if the so-called masses didn't resort to destroy government property over worth millions of Naira. Government property to make citizens transport easier. No serious government will allow hawking after the loss

I think it's a good development but it's coming at the wrong time. Considerations should be made on what they {the street hawkers} will do next. Taking a man's source of living can lead to extreme measures. But atlas in naija there is no good time

Beremx:
Stoopid people tribalizing the thread already. If you think Igbos are the only victims then you're mad! Go to the same Egbeda where Uche was interviewed and see Iya Afeez and Iya Monsuru strapped with babies on their backs hawking lacasera,teem and bottled water. What will be their next source of income if Ambode bans and arrest them?

Personally I hate street trading because the street traders always mess the environment, cause hold up and nuisance. Some are part-time robbers while others are fraudsters.

From the street traders I see everyday, no tribe is exempt from the menace. It all depends on the particular location. For instance, in Docemo, Azikiwe, Ereko, Balogun and other other adjourning streets in Lagos Island, you see mostly Yoruba and Ibo hawkers. In Agege, Abattoir, Ketu, Mile 12, you will encounter mostly Yoruba and Hausa street traders. In Oshodi, Mushin, Yaba, Oyingbo, you get a mix of Yoruba, Ibo and other tribes.

So why ethnicise the subject?

Sales of pure water and gala will drop drastically but is a welcome development

Pwhitelaw:
......the westerners provided job for their youth and they wont ever think of hawking on the highway.AMBODE is just creating room for another unemployment saga to the tons of undergraduate roaming the street.itz a good development but kindly provide jobs for them

Aside communist countries, government is not supposed to be the biggest employer of labour. What we ought to demand for is infrastructure and policies that wil allow big and small companies be profitable

TheNewIbadan:
[size=18pt]Ibos, you've been warned. Enough fanyogo street hawking. Yorubas, if you buy from them, you buy time.[/size]

Better than our fellow yoruba brothers who are Agbero's, and omo-onile's.

oloworulz:
there is no alternative. let the Igbo boys pack their load and return to their state

On the internet you can be anything you want. It's really strange how people choose to be arrogantly ethnocentric.

The suggestion here is for the governor to provide alternatives for those hawkers and you are saying the Igbo boys(based on whatever harm they might have meted out on you) should pack their load and go back to their state.

Let's assume the 'Igbo' hawkers leave, followed by the 'Hausa' hawkers...what would be the fate of the 'Yoruba' hawkers? They should pack up and come to your house i guess.

NDA is still trending on Nigerian security issues. Let's prevent the occurrence of LHA(Lagos Hawkers Avengers)...

mmsen:
Wonderful.

If there are no street traders then there will be no reason for all of those useless agberos to litter the street.

The government would never fight the agbero's who are worse off than these hustler. You think say na those silly agbero's dey chop the money? Na indirect tax.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT
" OBEDIENCE FOLLOWS THE LAW, IF THE LAW IS GOOD"
THIS IS NOT A GOOD LAW.
AMBODE SHOULD PLEASE REVERSE THIS ENFORCEMENT
IT WILL BRING PROBLEMS FOR ALL

HARRYFORD1986:
trash

Super Trash!!

NzeeChuks:




On the internet you can be anything you want. It's really strange how people choose to be arrogantly ethnocentric.

The suggestion here is for the governor to provide alternatives for those hawkers and you are saying the Igbo boys(based on whatever harm they might have meted out on you) should pack their load and go back to their state.

Let's assume the 'Igbo' hawkers leave, followed by the 'Hausa' hawkers...what would be the fate of the 'Yoruba' hawkers? They should pack up and come to your house i guess.

NDA is still trending on Nigerian security issues. Let's prevent the occurrence of LHA(Lagos Hawkers Avengers)...

don't get me wrong, what I mean is Lagos government can't provide an alternative for the Igbo's, a tribe that fails to support it's agenda. we can accommodate the Hausa's, Yoruba's are very accommodative . can ur eastern governors provide an alternative to the Yoruba's and Hausa's in ur state? make una go back to una fathers land.

THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT CAN ALTERNATIVELY ORGANISE A REFERENDUM ON THIS ISSUE

THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC SUGGESTION

WorldRichest:


For every law, there is an exception. Ewa Agoin and Agege bread can never ever be banned. If Ambode or Atide ever tries it, what happened in 1770 that lead to the Yoruba Civil War will repeat itself. I stand with Ewa Agoin...... Where do you stand?

Keep quiet and stop ranting.

WorldRichest:


For every law, there is an exception. Ewa Agoin and Agege bread can never ever be banned. If Ambode or Atide ever tries it, what happened in 1770 that lead to the Yoruba Civil War will repeat itself. I stand with Ewa Agoin...... Where do you stand?

Keep quiet and stop ranting.

oloworulz:
there is no alternative. let the Igbo boys pack their load and return to their state

You don't have to say that.Ambode must provide an alternative.We are still one Nigeria until.....

lordkhalifa:
will you also return to your own village ogbomosho.... Because every omo yellow-bar dey claim omo EKO, apart from lagos which igbos constitute 65% of it population, 70% of land owner and contribute 75% of it internal revenue tell me any other state in yellow-bar land u can compare with any eastern state in terms of development and standard of living

I don't know who is deceiving u ppul, am a full time Lagos boy, hail from Lagos island, isale eko. u claim 65% population and ur tribe can't even win ordinary councillorship, not even car park chairman. . I can't remember which chieftaincy title the oba of Lagos gave ur tribe. 65% Igbos are there selling gala and ice cream. u better carry ur resources and go and develop ur land. must u ppul develop lagos.? una dey claim familiarity.

oloworulz:
don't get me wrong, what I mean is Lagos government can't provide an alternative for the Igbo's, a tribe that fails to support it's agenda. we can accommodate the Hausa's, Yoruba's are very accommodative . can ur eastern governors provide an alternative to the Yoruba's and Hausa's in ur state? make una go back to una fathers land.

Your errrection for Igbos will remain a burden to you...until you hit 6ix feet!

Igbos are major contributors in building Lagos and will remain in Lagos!

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO ABOUT IT!!!

So keep wailing!!!

oloworulz:
don't get me wrong, what I mean is Lagos government can't provide an alternative for the Igbo's, a tribe that fails to support it's agenda. we can accommodate the Hausa's, Yoruba's are very accommodative . can ur eastern governors provide an alternative to the Yoruba's and Hausa's in ur state? make una go back to una fathers land.

I don't know why you comment with so much impunity like this when it was not instigated.Be an Omoluabi...

So I can't buy Ewa agoin and Agege bread again oooo Anbode why, ok. what about those Mallam selling water in the street coz no government water in our area Ilupeju onipan oooo

Chynx:


Your errrection for Igbos will remain a burden to you...until you hit 6ix feet!

Igbos are major contribut in building Lagos and will remain in Lagos!

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO ABOUT IT!!!

So keep wailing!!!

must u ppul develop Lagos? what happened to Enugu, abia, IMO, ebonyi and d rest.

oloworulz:
don't get me wrong, what I mean is Lagos government can't provide an alternative for the Igbo's, a tribe that fails to support it's agenda. we can accommodate the Hausa's, Yoruba's are very accommodative . can ur eastern governors provide an alternative to the Yoruba's and Hausa's in ur state? make una go back to una fathers land.

So you think if ALL the Igbos leave Lagos, the state will remain the same? Then you guys will realize that 'you never know what you have until you lose it'.

I believe each tribe has its specific role to play towards the development of this and any State.

Who Ambode Epp

MarineOne:

Aside communist countries, government is not supposed to be the biggest employer of labour. What we ought to demand for is infrastructure and policies that wil allow big and small companies be profitable

And what we demand for, we will wait till thy kingdom come to get it. This is putting the cart before the horse..No one (even the hawkers themselves) like street trading.. But the big question is will there be a readily available alternative for the hundreds of thousands hawkers? The answer is NO.