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Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by sweetgala(m): 3:31pm On Dec 02, 2016
SmartMugu:
It's one thing to perform at the state level, it's another to do same at the federal level.
I think something twists their heads as soon as they get close to Aso Rock.
In aso rock you spend your time tip toeing around issues that need affirmative action. You don't want to offend the ND, the SE keep shouting marginalization and the NE and NW have their mountain of issues. I have decided to leave out the SW because it seems to be the only sane corner of this country
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by sweetgala(m): 3:33pm On Dec 02, 2016
Selfhood:
Lagos would soon become inhabitable for average folks. Read this: http://www.hrtechnique.com/2016/12/the-imminent-economic-boom-in-lagos-do.html?m=0

#Increase in tax to meet up with infrastructure.
# Sprawling high end buildings.
# Ostentatious life of the rich folks thereby making things more expensive.
# Increase in property rent.
Welcome to modern metropolitan life. You should check out the situation in London , Central New York Manhattan , San Francisco just to mention a few ,even Dublin where I reside has become rather expensive in the last few years
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by Seriousboy: 3:40pm On Dec 02, 2016
It is one thing to appoints a lawyer as a minister of power, was that his field of study back in schoolhuh
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by buddyboi(m):
nickxtra:
Why has God not given to us a President in mood and likeness of Ambode?
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by buddyboi(m):
Omoakinsuyi:
Will soon get to number 1
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by nedu2000(m): 4:51pm On Dec 02, 2016
Phlegmwash:
Lagos isn't a country in Africa, sir.

The same way California recently leap frogged Brazil, France and Italy to become world's 6th largest economy. But I guess the world is a putrefying pile of giant turd, so that feat counts for nothing as some would reason here.
where did I mention 'country'?
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by madcollynzo: 5:09pm On Dec 02, 2016
Pavarottii:
U know a write-up by a kid wen u see one. Focus on ur books for now.
Coming from a lazy kid that still live with his aged parent in the village. You think everyone is your mate, leave your parents house then you can talk to my younger cousin. I have seen your ugly self here many times and you cant even look my face in real life.
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by lordmans(m): 5:23pm On Dec 02, 2016
Godprotectigbos:
grin grin grin grin

just watch how omo niles, agbero miscrant ofonjas will come claim lagos is their personal property grin grin grin grin




lagos is nigera common wealth state tongue tongue tongue tongue




if u dont like wat i said jump inside lagoon cry cry cry cry
D earlier u remember d land u left behind n stop deceiving ursef abt d status of Lagos d better for u n ur ppl.

We d indigenous lagosians v a saying dat "owo eko, eko l'ongbe"

Meaning: all u achieve in Lagos remains in Lagos. Tym will tell, if its d Commonwealth for d "idejos" n d "karo o jire" ppl. Keep making it great. We enjoy ur patronage.

As for d lagoon u mentioned, it sucks only d bloods of d initiated. Aki fi omo ore b'ore!

Come n build more jare.
Eko akete ilu ogbon.
Welcome to Lagos.
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by amanikondo: 5:53pm On Dec 02, 2016
devilson:
God bless Lagos nd all Yoruba's.

itesiwaju oduduwa lojewa logun


I know some pained ipob miscreant would wail but they can go shed tears in the flagpole
shed tears in the Lagoon
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by wadetaw202: 6:05pm On Dec 02, 2016
nickxtra:
Why has God not given to us a President in the mood and likeness of Ambode?
Ambode just came in last year. What if those that had been working before he cane up?
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by numericalguy(m): 7:57pm On Dec 02, 2016
I can see some ipods south_beasts rolling on the ground with serious stomach pain as a result of this news.
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by light193: 8:29pm On Dec 02, 2016
God had been good with lagos.....God always give them good govenor even during the army time
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by nickxtra(m): 8:38pm On Dec 02, 2016
wadetaw202:
Ambode just came in last year. What if those that had been working before he cane up?
If Ambode is good, then the instrument that brought him should equally be good. I dont need to emphasize that
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by Ndubestexplorer(op): 9:44pm On Dec 02, 2016
Lagos should emulate Norway, where all its oil proceeds are warehoused in a sovereign wealth fund and saved for the raining day. http://oilandgasrepublic.com
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by wadetaw202: 1:11am On Dec 03, 2016
nickxtra:
If Ambode is good, then the instrument that brought him should equally be good. I dont need to emphasize that
You should. He took over a good and boisterous government courtesy of Barrister Raji Fashola (SAN).
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by sweetgala(m): 7:56am On Dec 03, 2016
kenex4ever:
good fire
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Give a mad man d money dat lagos generate from taxing nigerians alone and see if he will not outperform ambode
How come delta and Akwa Ibom with 13% derivation + all the ministry of Niger delta monies have not even done half of what Lagos has. Why are Rivers and Bayelsa still backward
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by sweetgala(m): 7:57am On Dec 03, 2016
kenex4ever:
which budget range, lagos earns close to 4times the total earning of akwa ibom per year
Because it works harder at earning that money and keeping its society healthy for business
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by sweetgala(m): 8:06am On Dec 03, 2016
bakynes:
We cannot excuse the fact that Lagos has always been favoured by first of all the colonial masters and then as the former capital but Lagos is now back in the hands of the indigenous people(Yoruba's).

Igbos paying taxes in Lagos doesn't mean you are the ones who made Lagos. The taxes Multi-national companies, Dangote and foreign investments
outweighs the taxes of igbos by ratio 100:1.

Lagos has actually blessed lots of igbos than igbos have blessed Lagos. Paying your taxes just as you making money from living and doing business in a particular location doesn't equate to you doing that place a favour or developing it.

If the Lagos state civil service is 95% Yoruba's so that means the administration of Lagos is in the hands of Yoruba's.

You still need to credit the Yoruba's for the success Lagos has achieved today because if we didn't decide to make the state flourish and embezzle the funds no one will know Lagos today so kudos to the colonial masters the first administrators of Lagos,kudos to the FGN and Kudos to the Yoruba Administrators.
The igbos don't even do that much business in Lagos , that idea is a myth advanced by the fact many of them congregate in same location.

Major business players that drive the economy and provide employment would be the ijebu and egba people who have been doing this in Lagos for years. They are not artisans but rather professionals in different fields.

Importation and resale of substandard products is not what builds an economy. If it were why is onitsha aba and enugu not as big as Lagos
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by kenex4ever(m): 8:07am On Dec 03, 2016
sweetgala:
How come delta and Akwa Ibom wit 13% derivation + all the ministry of Niger delta monies have not even done half of what Lagos has. Why are Rivers and Bayelsa still backward
lagos has a very high internally generated revenue, total money dat lagos gets is 4 times the total akwa ibom gets. Not to talk of bayelsa and delta.
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Am not saying he is not doing well but it's is easy to do well with d kind of money dat lagos generates. He can steal half of the income and still perform well.
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by sweetgala(m): 8:07am On Dec 03, 2016
bakynes:
We cannot excuse the fact that Lagos has always been favoured by first of all the colonial masters and then as the former capital but Lagos is now back in the hands of the indigenous people(Yoruba's).

Igbos paying taxes in Lagos doesn't mean you are the ones who made Lagos. The taxes Multi-national companies, Dangote and foreign investments
outweighs the taxes of igbos by ratio 100:1.

Lagos has actually blessed lots of igbos than igbos have blessed Lagos. Paying your taxes just as you making money from living and doing business in a particular location doesn't equate to you doing that place a favour or developing it.

If the Lagos state civil service is 95% Yoruba's so that means the administration of Lagos is in the hands of Yoruba's.

You still need to credit the Yoruba's for the success Lagos has achieved today because if we didn't decide to make the state flourish and embezzle the funds no one will know Lagos today so kudos to the colonial masters the first administrators of Lagos,kudos to the FGN and Kudos to the Yoruba Administrators.
Their taxes are spent by the state to relief the burden of their presence and activities
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by kenex4ever(m): 8:11am On Dec 03, 2016
sweetgala:
Because it works harder at earning that money and keeping its society healthy for business
I didnt dispute that.
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by sweetgala(m): 8:13am On Dec 03, 2016
kenex4ever:
lagos has a very high internally generated revenue, total money dat lagos gets is 4 times the total akwa ibom gets. Not to talk of bayelsa and delta.
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Am not saying he is not doing well but it's is easy to do well with d kind of money dat lagos generates. He can steal half of the income and still perform well.
Abeg leave this nonsense , do you people ever say the truth

Delta has been looted dry by all its previous governors , rivers and bayelsa are same when are it's citizens going to ask more of it's leaders rather than shout federalism at FG
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by kenex4ever(m): 8:35am On Dec 03, 2016
sweetgala:
Abeg leave this nonsense , do you people ever say the truth

Delta has been looted dry by all its previous governors , rivers and bayelsa are same when are it's citizens going to ask more of it's leaders rather than shout federalism at FG
I dont talk with lousy people.




I only stated facts dat lagos earns well. Even if ambode steals 2times what delta gov steals, he would still perform very well.


Am not saying other States are not stealing but lagos is fortunate to have much more than other states.
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Let ambode go and rule osun state then u will understand. Even Aregbesola would perform well with lagos. Hope u remember his history in lag b4 he went to osun
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by sweetgala(m): 8:54am On Dec 03, 2016
kenex4ever:
I dont talk with lousy people.




I only stated facts dat lagos earns well. Even if ambode steals 2times what delta gov steals, he would still perform very well.


Am not saying other States are not stealing but lagos is fortunate to have much more than other states.
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Let ambode go and rule osun state then u will understand. Even Aregbesola would perform well with lagos. Hope u remember his history in lag b4 he went to osun
Aregbe is doing a novel job in osun,however he is punching above his weight he has initiated projects that osun can not support financially.

If Aregbe was getting the 13% derivation like delta it would be competing with ogun state for industry .

I've made an effort to address the lack of good governance in delta especially and the fact all the citizenry are content with it
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by kenex4ever(m): 8:57am On Dec 03, 2016
sweetgala:
Aregbe is doing a novel job in osun,however he is punching above his weight he has initiated projects that osun can not support financially.

If Aregbe was getting the 13% derivation like delta it would be competing with ogun state for industry .

I've made an effort to address the lack of good governance in delta especially and the fact all the citizenry are content with it
ok bro.
Tnx for ur time
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by Realhommie(m): 12:22pm On Dec 03, 2016
sweetgala:
I've made an effort to address the lack of good governance in delta especially and the fact all the citizenry are content with it
With due respect not all the citizenry are content, very many are disgruntled..
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by 7lives: 2:04pm On Dec 03, 2016
Realhommie:
With due respect not all the citizenry are content, very many are disgruntled..
Says who?.
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by Realhommie(m): 2:28pm On Dec 03, 2016
7lives:
Says who?.
How do you generalize such, how can all it's citizenry be content with bad governance?? Do you know that since 2003 elections have been rigged massively against the will of the people? Most especially in 2007 and 2011.
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by Mojoy88(m): 3:10pm On Dec 03, 2016
nickxtra:
Why has God not given to us a President in the mood and likeness of Ambode?
Because we sideline the visionaire of the Lagos dream-Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Call him whatever you like, he still remains the best and different from the poli-thieves.
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by jahsharon: 3:57pm On Dec 03, 2016
seunmsg:
Hate filled iPod spewing trash as usual. If hatred and jealousy doesn't kill some of you, nothing else will.
You are not 100% correct my brother, if hatred and jealousy doesn't kill IPOB youths, Malaysia, China and Hong-Kong will kill them when they push their generational hard drugs. Italian mafias will also kill IPOB women doing pros-titution in Italy. Fake drugs will kill the remaining ones while Lagos reckless drivers will kill the IPOB youths selling Gala and LaCasera in Lagos traffic.
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by Mojoy88(m): 5:27pm On Dec 03, 2016
kenex4ever:
I dont talk with lousy people.




I only stated facts dat lagos earns well. Even if ambode steals 2times what delta gov steals, he would still perform very well.


Am not saying other States are not stealing but lagos is fortunate to have much more than other states.
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Let ambode go and rule osun state then u will understand. Even Aregbesola would perform well with lagos. Hope u remember his history in lag b4 he went to osun
Where were you 16 years ago when Lagos was in a big mess? Owing civil servants for months. Where were you when Federal allocation to Lagos ceased?
Lagos is a model other states are ashamed to imitate. Osun is another messy state that almost got economically liberated before nemesis of previous poor governance caught up with them.
Talk about the South-South states, their leaders are skilled in looting common wealth.
So, stop the excuse of Lagos being tge state with the highest IGR as an excuse for your state not doing well because your IGR is not like that of Lagos.
The major difference is that Lagos has a dream while most other states don't.
But watchout for Anambra and Ogun state.
Re: Lagos State Becomes The 5th Largest Economy In Africa by kettle84(m): 5:44pm On Dec 03, 2016
seunmsg:
Hate filled iPod spewing trash as usual. If hatred and jealousy doesn't kill some of you, nothing else will.
all you said doesn't change the fact that Lagos is a NO MAN's LAND housing properties belonging to FG,foreigners, Nigerians and igbos. it has no 100% Yoruba property.

brag with osun,ekiti,ondo ,owo,Oshogbo etc to show your true independent wealth and wisdom.
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